Sigma's Return

Zero ran forwards and into the teleport, but not before he nabbed the large energy capsule to his right. Zero had already gone through a living nightmare inside The Final Weapon. He had killed Iris, he fought with the General, once he beat the General the General told him that someone else was controlling The Final Weapon, so Zero had to fight the eight Mavericks once more along with X who Zero had found inside The Final Weapon, now X was hurt by one of the Mavericks and had to return to the Hunter Base and Zero was the only one left to enter the last teleport.

Zero took a deep intake of air and walked forwards into the teleport. In a matter of seconds he found himself inside a room. The Main Computer for The Final Weapon was behind Zero who was standing on a large balcony. Zero was surprised to see an older looking man floating in the air with a cloak over him. He was holding what looked like an electric scythe. Zero watched him and the man laughed. He then said, "Good work, Zero!"

Instantly Zero recognized the voice. It was an old arch-enemy, one he and X had faced many times in the past. It was Sigma!

"You're, Sigma!" Zero yelled as he pointed a finger at Sigma's floating body. "So it was you!"

Sigma smiled under his hood and laughed once more before he said, "Yes! Simply brilliant! You even defeated Colonel and Iris!"

A flush of anger came across Zero's face and he began to become angry. "You made me do it!" Zero said pulling out his Z-Saber. Zero expected Sigma to laugh but instead he said, "No. You wanted to destroy them. Allow me to remind you that I was once the leader of the Maverick Hunters." Suddenly Zero was forced to bring up old memories he didn't want to remember.

Memories that sent chills down Zero's mechanical spine. A memory that was so secret that Zero hadn't even told X about it. The memories started to come.

Zero was inside a cave killing off Maverick Hunters until they were all gone. He was in a mad state. A Maverick state.

He remembered as Sigma walked in. Zero heard him so he turned around and gave a mad punch at Sigma. All Sigma had to do was side step and Zero's fist hit thin air. Confused and madder Zero punched at Sigma again, but Sigma just dashed away and Zero hit the cave wall, leaving a huge punch mark. Sigma smiled as Zero came out of the shadows. He then yelled and ran for Zero. Zero did the same, but ran for Sigma. When they reached each other Zero started to rapidly punch at Sigma. To his surprise, Sigma just dodged the attacks as if it were nothing.

After a while Sigma yelled and released a mighty kick in the face. He yelled and went reeling backwards into some oil drums. Zero growled as he watched Sigma stalk towards him. "Yaaaa!" He yelled as he tried to punch Sigma's stomach, but he hit nothing. He tried an uppercut to the jaw, but his fist missed once more. Zero yelled once more and continued to rapidly punch and Sigma's body. Sigma dodged these easily, smiling all the way through the process.

After about the twentieth time Zero tried to hit him, Sigma took Zero's arm, lifted his body over Sigma's head and slammed Zero back on the ground. Still holding onto his arm, Sigma threw Zero up into the air. Zero yelled as he zoomed towards the ceiling. There was a crunch and Zero's head was soon caught into the dirt. His head was stuck on the ceiling. Sigma smiled at his success, but suddenly Zero pushed himself out of the dirt. He was hanging onto two pipes to support his weight on either side of him. Before he fell back to the ground he pulled off one of the pipes in order to use it as a weapon.

Falling towards the ground Zero threw the pipe at Sigma. Sigma angrily knocked the pipe away with a sweep of his arm and jumped up into the air with his fist held high. Zero, still falling, made a fist also and fell straight towards Sigma. The two fists collided in midair causing them both to reel backwards onto the floor.

Zero was the first to get up, but Sigma didn't waist any time either. He was up as soon as he could, but Zero was already to him, punching madly into the air. Sigma dodged the attacks once more, but could tell that the Maverick was getting better. He couldn't keep this going. Quickly he jumped into the air and landed on a catwalk above. Zero jumped up too, doing a summersault in midair. He landed on the catwalk opposite Sigma. Sigma smiled and pulled out his sword.

"Try beating me with this you filthy maverick!" Sigma yelled. Zero smiled and pulled yet another pipe off of the wall to his right. He was going to defeat this hunter one way or another.

Sigma and Zero jumped into the air at the same time, wielding their weapons in their hands. The two collided with their swords. Each banging each other back to their original positions back on the floor. Sigma slashed at Zero's chest hoping to injure him, but Zero easily blocked the attack. Sigma continued to do two more slashes, each stopped by Zero's pipe.

He's skilled with a sword, that much is easy to see, Sigma thought as both he and Zero jumped backwards from each other. He would make a nice second hand man with the Maverick Hunters, Sigma continued to think. He watched as the red maverick jumped into the air with his pipe, ready to strike. But now I must focus on the fight at hand, it's imperative that I get that pipe away from him as soon as possible!

Sigma jumped forwards with his sword also raised. The two once again collided in midair, but this time they didn't bounce away from each other. They continued to fight while falling through the air.

Slash left, slash right. It was no use. His sword couldn't get any close to the maverick. There was only one thing left to do. With great speed and strength Sigma slashed at Zero's pipe. The pipe was cut clean in half, but it was still long enough to use as a sword. Sigma watched as the maverick smiled. He's up to something, Sigma thought as he slashed once more. He was surprised to notice that the maverick didn't block the attack. Instead he sidestepped and slashed his pipe.

Suddenly there was an intense pain in Sigma's left arm. Sigma didn't dare look at his arm. He didn't want to know what had happened. He tried to move it, but nothing happened. He couldn't take it anymore; he had to look before he drove himself crazy.

Taking a deep gulp of air, Sigma looked at his arm. He expected to see a bloody, humongo gash or maybe some wires sticking out of it, but instead he saw nothing. Nothing at all. For there was nothing to see. Sigma's arm was flying off to his left, the saber still clutched in its hand.

Sigma yelled in pain and started to groan. The pain was growing and it started to drip blood. Sigma turned to face the maverick. He clutched his arm tightly as if to squeeze the pain out of it, but it didn't help. The maverick started to laugh. A huge evil laugh. Sigma stared at him in fright. He had never seen a maverick so powerful, so unique.

The maverick stood close to Sigma now, leaning over his body in triumph. "Time to finish you off," the maverick said as he took Sigma's remaining hand. With all of the maverick's strength he picked up Sigma's body and kicked him in the face. Sigma went flying backwards, skidding along the gravel on the floor. His face was scared and you could see the metal bone beneath his skin. The maverick laughed and pinned Sigma to the ground. He then continued to pull up Sigma's head as if to break it off.

Sigma yelled in pain as his wires started to break. This is the end, he thought as the red maverick continued to laugh. I'm finished.

Suddenly the maverick stopped laughing and took his hands away from Sigma. "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" He screamed in pain as he held his hands on his crystal embedded in his forehead. Sigma turned to watch. The maverick seemed as if he was in immense pain. It was nothing Sigma had ever seen before.

"It's time to put you out of your misery!" Sigma growled as he got up from the ground. He growled and tightened his fist. He carefully aimed and then let out a mighty punch. His fist zoomed through the air and came smashing down on the maverick's crystal, shattering it to pieces. Suddenly everything seemed to stop. There was no sound, nothing moving, nothing. Then the maverick fell. He fell to the ground, defeated. Sigma stood over his body for one minute before spitting into Zero's face.

That's the last thing Zero remembered.

Suddenly he was back. Back inside the main computer room for The Final Weapon. Sigma was floating in front of him and even though Zero couldn't see Sigma's face because of the hood, he could tell that he was smiling.

"Zero!" He yelled in a laughing matter. "You were a maverick!"

"What's your point! Are you surprised?" Zero asked him. He was wondering why Sigma was bringing up this ancient topic. It was pointless.

"Ah, Zero," Sigma said to him. "You're most impressive!" Zero watched as Sigma took his electric scythe in both hands and got into a fighting stance.

"Sigma," Zero said putting his purple Z-Saber in a fighting position. "I will defeat you!" Zero rushed forwards with a yell and slashed down on Sigma, but to his surprise Sigma disappeared.

"What!" Zero yelled.

He looked around the room, but no one was around. "Just like Colonel!" Zero told himself.

Suddenly Sigma appeared above Zero's head. He slashed his reaper down on Zero, but Zero ducked just in time. Sigma disappeared once more and Zero waited for his return. Sigma once again appeared above Zero, but this time Zero was ready. He quickly dashed to the wall, kicked up it and jumped over to Sigma. While falling through the air he slashed down on Sigma making him fall to the ground. Once on the ground Sigma disappeared again before Zero could get any more attacks in.

Zero waited for Sigma to appear above him but instead he appeared to his right. Sigma dashed forwards with great speed, knocking into Zero. Zero fell backwards, but quickly regained his stance and jumped over to Sigma.

The fight continued, Sigma and Zero were both slashing at each other with their weapons. Zero noticed that Sigma wielded his scythe like a sword. The battle continued for some time and soon Zero was able to cut Sigma's cloak to shreds reveling his true body. Sigma was breathing heavily, but Zero wasn't. Sigma wasn't really becoming a challenge. To Zero he was just another ordinary Maverick. Nothing much.

"I've been waiting for you Zero! It's time to finish this!" Sigma yelled at him. Sigma shouted out a war cry and charged at Zero. Zero quickly jumped up on the wall and waited for Sigma to calm down. Sigma growled and threw his scythe at Zero, which hit him dead on. Zero fell to the ground in pain and lifted himself up. However Sigma was too fast. The moment Zero got up from the ground Sigma magically called his scythe back to his hand and threw it at Zero once more. The scythe hit Zero's cheek making blood slap to the floor. Sigma laughed as Zero weakly stumbled to the wall to rest.

"The surprises don't end there, Zero!" Sigma told him as he called the scythe back to his hand. Zero got ready for the next blow from Sigma. He watched as Sigma raised his scythe above his hand and instantly tightened his muscles. Sigma threw the scythe and it instantly came hurling a Zero.

Bam! The scythe hit Zero's shoulder and went straight threw it and out the other side. Zero screamed in pain and watched as blood oozed from his shoulder. Sigma laughed and called the scythe back towards him, but this time he aimed his hand at the ground. The scythe instantly hit that ground and Zero watched helplessly as bolts of electricity surged threw the floor and connected to Zero's body, frying his circuits. Zero yelled and screamed, but to no use. He couldn't stop the pain. Sigma just laughed and walked straight up to him. Apparently the electricity didn't affect him.

"So this is the end of the great and mighty Zero," Sigma said as he watched Zero suffer. "I'll finish you off quick and easily Zero." Sigma said as he called the scythe from the ground stopping the flow of electricity. "I'm doing this Zero because I have respect for you. I have respect for all the Maverick Hunters, especially X and you." Zero watched as Sigma retreated to the far end of the catwalk and raised his scythe. "That's why Zero you will die quick and painless. Good-bye Zero, my worthy rival." Sigma aimed the scythe for Zero's head and before Zero could react he threw.

The electric scythe went sizzling through the air leaving a trail of smoke behind it. Zero watched this. Everything seemed to be in slow motion. Everything was moving very slowly, very precise. Zero watched as the scythe came spinning towards his head and he suddenly remembered Iris. Iris, his one and true love.

"No!" Zero suddenly yelled. He jumped up into the air and onto the wall.

"What?" Sigma yelled as he watched Zero. The scythe had already hit the wall and was now sending electricity threw it, but Zero was long gone. He was already soaring into the air and down at Sigma. He landed in front of Sigma and instantly started slashing at him. Sigma yelled and backed against the wall. He quickly called his scythe to his hand and smiled. The scythe was coming straight for Zero's back, at Sigma and Zero.

As the scythe sizzled through the air, Zero noticed something. The sound of electricity on the wall had stopped and even though Zero was slashing at Sigma, creating cuts on him he was still smiling. Instantly sensing danger Zero jumped backwards and landed behind the spinning scythe. Sigma growled and caught the scythe in midair. Zero yelled and dashed forward. When he got to Sigma he instantly slashed downwards, trying to cut Sigma in half, but Sigma blocked the attack with his scythe. Zero however didn't care. He continued to slash, trying to hit Sigma, but it was no use. There was no way to hit Sigma while he had his scythe.

Then the scythe has to go! Zero thought as Sigma blocked yet another one of his attacks. Zero quickly kept Sigma distracted and when he least expected it Zero's foot came swinging through the air and knocked the scythe straight out of Sigma's hands. The scythe bounced away leaving marks in the metal and before Sigma could call it back it was already falling off the edge of the balcony. Sigma yelled as it went down, down, down and then Sigma heard a horrible crack!

"No!" He yelled as he turned back to Zero whose sword was raised in the air. Zero had a menacing look in his eyes like he did when he was enjoying fighting a maverick. Sigma smiled and saw that since Zero had his sword up in the air, his chest was wide open. Sigma yelled and blasted Zero with a laser. Zero went flying backwards all the way across the balcony and to the other side. "Where did that laser come from?" Zero yelled as he looked at his chest.

There weren't any huge, bloody marks, but his chest was dented badly and was sizzling hot. Zero growled and looked up. Another laser fired. Zero rolled to the right and saw the laser hit the wall. Zero looked up and saw that Sigma was firing the lasers from his very own eyes.

Zero growled and quickly got up. He wasn't going to let Sigma win after all he had done. Zero dashed forwards with his sword aimed forward. Sigma with his amazing eyes instantly saw Zero coming and started firing lasers like crazy. However, Zero was too fast. He just turned left and right and then left again to avoid the lasers. Sigma watched him come closer and closer with his sword aimed right at his chest. Sigma tried to move out of harms way, but Zero was just to fast. Sigma felt a pain in his stomach and looked down. Zero's sword handle was sticking in his stomach. The rest of the purple saber couldn't be seen, it was deep inside Sigma's body.

Zero laughed and pulled the sword out of the maverick's body. Sigma however slumped to the floor, leaving a trail of blood on the wall. Zero smiled as Sigma gave him a mean look before he blew. Sigma started to blow. Pieces went this way and that, but Zero avoided them with ease. He was enjoying Sigma's death too much to care about the flying pieces.

He had done it; he had defeated the leader of the mavericks. Sigma. Zero smiled triumphantly and head for the stairway leading to the main computer. It was all over now. The Earth was saved, Sigma was gone, the Repliforce had been stopped, X was-

There was a great whooshing sound and Zero felt him fall through the catwalk below. A mysterious hole had suddenly appeared and Zero was now falling deep inside the Final Weapon. However when Zero hit the floor he was right by the main computer. However, that wasn't what Zero was looking at. Zero was looking in front of him with a horrified expression on his face. Straight in front of the Zero was Sigma, but not exactly.

There were four Sigma heads: one red, one blue, one yellow, and a head that looked like it was completely made out of junk. Zero yelled. It seemed every time X or himself fought with Sigma he always had a backup plan and this looked like it. However this time X wasn't around. Zero watched as all the heads, but the blue one went to the left side of the room. The yellow and red ones suddenly grew spikes on the outside of their heads.

Zero listened as the head said, "Ha ha ha! You're finished Zero! Iris is waiting for you!" Zero felt a flush of anger and watched the blue head open his mouth and started spitting out little droplets of water. Zero laughed as the water fell to the floor. "This is Sigma's amazing backup plan!" Zero yelled and he reached out to touch the water. He yelped when it touched him. The "water" had burnt a small dent into Zero's palm. Zero yelled and jumped up into the air.

Once in the air he started to slash at the head, but he couldn't destroy it before he fell back to the ground. As he fell he slashed his sword in the air and noticed that the water droplets could be denigrated with on slash of his sword. When Zero hit the ground all the heads moved to the right side of the room except for the red one that had lost its spikes. The blue one now had them. Zero got ready for the attack that the red head gave by getting into a jumping position. He was going to jump and hit the head while it was attacking.

Zero waited for a moment and then the head opened its mouth. Out came four small walls of fire, each heading for Zero. Zero quickly jumped over them and slashed at the red head. As he got nearer to the head he landed on it and started slashing at it. That's when it moved once more. This time the mechanical head came and started sucking in everything it could. Junk from the gigantic room he was in started to fly into Sigma's mouth. Zero dashed the opposite way, hoping he wouldn't get sucked into the mouth, but suddenly, out of a dark shadow a huge metal box came flying out of the air and smacked into Zero sending him flying backwards into Sigma's mouth.

It was dark inside the mouth and very crunched up. It was getting hot and metal things were scratching against him. That's when the head spit him back out. He felt a weird sensation as he flew through the air, metal boxes hitting him along the way.

He fell to the floor in a slump. He was badly injured. His cut on his arm was bleeding again and a new scratch was on his chest. Zero moaned and weakly watched as the faces changed places once more.

This time all of the faces lined up above Zero. The yellow was in the middle. Zero got ready as the yellow head opened its mouth and started shooting electric balls at him. Zero dodged the first, which hit the floor and caused an electric shook much like the one Sigma used when he threw his scythe at the ground. Zero quickly dodged this, making sure not to get hit by it again. He didn't want to feel the pain again. Zero dashed to the other side of the room as the second electricity ball came. He watched as the ball hit the wall and the electricity went off and the one on the floor stopped. He didn't even notice the third electric ball come straight into his head. Zero felt another jolting sensation and he fell to the floor.

"Ahhhhh!" He screamed as he watched the heads switch places again. He didn't know what was next. He watched as the flying heads flew to the side of the room and formed a sort of stairway. None of them grew spikes to Zero's great relief. A humming sound came behind Zero and he turned to see what the noise was. A huge, purple robot had appeared out of nowhere with Sigma's head on it. The robot held a gigantic gun the size of four Zero's mashed together in its robotic hands.

"Crap," Zero said as he quickly got up.

There were a series of noises and lasers started popping out of the machine wherever Zero was. Zero dashed past the lasers, dodging them with ease. The stairway that the heads made was great help. Once the laser stopped the robot went away and the heads formatted again. This time the blue head came out of the crowd once more. Zero got ready as the mouth opened and more water sprinkled out.

Zero dodged the water and started slashing madly at the head. As the head closed its mouth, Zero fell to the ground and looked up at it. Maybe fire might work against this water head, Zero thought and he readied himself under the head and right before the heads changed places, Zero jumped upwards using the weapon he had earned from Magma Dragoon. Flames surrounded Zero's sword as he zoomed upwards and hit the head. There was a bang and the head exploded. Zero smiled and waited for the red head to appear.

Maybe Frost Walrus' weapon may be of use to the fire head! Zero thought as he waited for the heads to form. However instead of the red head the mechanical head came back. Zero sighed and was ready to start dashing away the moment the mechanical head opened its mouth. But instead of sucking in the head started to blow! Zero watched as he was blown towards the colored heads on the other side of the room. As Zero came closer to them he suddenly noticed that the heads had grown spikes. Zero yelled and started to dash in the direction of the mechanical head. He wasn't going to get killed by falling into spikes!

Then to Zero's relief the mechanical head stopped blowing and the heads lost their spikes. Zero quickly dashed forwards and got a few good hits on the mechanical head before it zoomed away and the red head came out. Zero smiled and jumped into the air even before the head had a chance to open its mouth. Then Zero aimed downwards with his sword and started to fall. Ice instantly covered his sword and smashed down on the head. However it didn't break, but it did start to smoke. It quickly opened its mouth and spit out four more walls of fire. Zero didn't have a chance to react. The fire came at him and instantly washed over him.

Its not to bad, Zero thought as he started to burn. However he still did get injured, but luckily his hole in his shoulder didn't start to bleed. Zero smiled and quickly took a slash at the head. It blew with such force it knocked Zero backwards. Zero quickly got up and brushed himself off and started to watch the heads move once more.

This time the yellow head came again. Zero didn't know what to use against electricity so he used his regular sword attacks while dodging the electricity. Once the yellow head was finished attacking it and the mechanical head formed the stairway again.

Zero didn't get the chance to beat the yellow head. "I'll have to try harder next time!" Zero said to himself as he faced the giant robot that had appeared once more.

Zero was ready to dash to avoid the lasers, but instead of the lasers coming out the robot said, "The end."

"What?" Zero said as the robot aimed its laser at him.

Suddenly there was a bright flash of light and a gigantic laser popped out of the sword. Zero quickly jumped up the staircase and quickly avoided death. Zero watched as the laser passed.

It's gigantic! Zero thought to himself as he watched the laser. It was two times bigger then any normal laser would have been and it probably would have killed Zero in one shot if it had hit him. Where does Sigma get this fire power? Zero thought as the robots stopped firing and retreated into the shadows.

Zero smiled and dropped off the head. Then he watched as the mechanical head came down and started to suck in. Zero made sure that he didn't get hit this time and when the head was done he quickly finished it off by doing some of his best sword moves. "This battles already over!" Zero said to himself as he watched the last head (not including the robot head) appear.

Zero watched as the yellow head opened its mouth and started firing electric balls at Zero. Zero quickly dodged the first and second, but the last hit the floor while Zero was still standing on it. Zero once again felt a jolting sensation run through his body and he instantly fell to the floor. Zero groaned as he watched the yellow head retreat away.

"Damn that yellow head," Zero said weakly as he lay on the floor.

"The end."

Suddenly Zero sat up bolt right. He had completely forgotten his pain and realized that the gigantic robot was about to fire on him. "No!" Zero yelled and he quickly got up. He started to run for the yellow head as the laser shot. "I have to outrun it!" Zero yelled to himself.

The laser was getting closer and closer to Zero as he ran. Zero was also getting weaker and more tired of fighting.

I'm not going to make it, he thought. It's all over for me, Zero thought as he felt the laser heat on the back of his neck. Then, through the gloom he saw it. The yellow head!

Zero jumped forwards just before the laser hit him. And with extreme accuracy he landed on the head. Zero smiled weakly as the robot head retreated again and Zero got back on the ground. And so the battle went on. The same thing happened again and again until the yellow head was destroyed.

"Now its time for you!" Zero said as he faced the purple robot. Zero quickly turned and ran as he heard the words, "The end." However he quickly realized all the heads were gone and there was no stairway. "Crap!" Zero yelled as he heard the laser sizzle towards him. Zero did nothing. He watched as the laser came closer too him. There was no dodging it. Sigma's finally won this time! Zero thought as the laser came closer.

The only thing Zero could do to make a few more seconds in his life was jump. He jumped high into the air as the laser sizzled and cracked beneath him. Then Zero felt himself falling, falling towards the laser. "No!" Zero yelled as he tried to move his body forwards. His body responded and Zero landed on the robots head. "Die!" Zero yelled and he started to wildly stab at the robots head. "No!" The robot yelled in agony as it started to explode.

Zero smiled. He had done it, the world was saved! But then Zero started to fall, fall to the ground. Then his head hit the ground and everything went blank.

Zero awoke some time later. The hole in his arm had stopped bleeding and Zero felt relatively better. He just needed to get back to Earth and fix up his wounds. Zero got up and took a look around.

The room was a mess. Scrap metal from the Sigma Heads were everywhere, boxes and machinery were lying on the ground and the giant robotic Sigma was in ruins to Zero's right. To Zero's surprise the robot was still laughing.

"What's so funny?" Zero asked the robot in a mean tone.

The Sigma face on the machine smiled and said, "This weapon is aimed at Earth. No one can stop it."

Suddenly Zero's worst nightmare had come true. The weapon couldn't be stopped; there was nothing Zero could do about. Earth, and all of its inhabitants were going to be destroyed. Zero was so shocked that all he could get out of him was a weak, "No!"

The Sigma robot started to laugh once more. It sparked a few times and then started to blow. "Good bye, Zero!" It said in a happy voice as it blew up and was killed.

Zero looked around. The main computer for The Final Weapon was in front of Zero. "There has to be a way to stop it!" Zero growled as he dashed forwards. In the distance he could see a large figure. As Zero got closer he could make out the figure as the General.

"General!" Zero said as he dashed forwards to him. General was still wounded from his earlier fight with Zero. He was clutching his arm in pain and part of his leg looked like it had been literally chopped off. Besides that all he had were a few scratches. He could still live if Earth weren't going to be destroyed.

"Zero, I was wrong," the General made out weakly. "Sigma blinded me from the truth." Zero couldn't help, but feel sorry for the General. He looked like he was in more pain then Zero himself.

"It's okay," Zero told him trying to comfort him. Zero didn't want to tell the General that the Earth was about to be destroyed, but he had a strange feeling that the General already knew. "Rest," Zero told him.

The General ignored Zero and said, "With my body I can stop the weapon." Zero couldn't believe what the General was saying. He would never have thought that any reploid would have the guts to kill himself for the planet.

"But then you'll-" Zero started to talk but the General cut him off.

"It's over for this soldier. Farewell."

Zero amazingly watched as the General crouched down with his injured leg and jumped into the computer. "General!" Zero yelled as he watched the General's body disappear into a hole in the computer.

There was a small explosion and then a larger one. Suddenly the alarms started to blare and the main computer started to blow. Zero dashed towards a rocket nearby. It was the only way he was going to make it out of the weapon alive. Zero jumped into the rocket and opened the hanger door. Another blast echoed nearby and the whole weapon shook. Zero activated the ship and rocketed out of the hanger. A few minutes later the whole Final Weapon blew.

And then the flashbacks started to end.