The Final Battle

**The Final Battle** is the 5th chapter of Super X.

## Summary

Two days have passed since Mega Man X killed the Robot Masters and been injured by Zero. Zero travels through Central Highway, observing the destruction the Robot Masters had caused and considering it "a decent job". However, when he returns to where he killed X, he discovers that X isn't there and is likely still alive. He thinks about how to lure out X and kill him, before noticing Vent. Zero concludes that if he kills Vent, X would notice and try to fight him. He then thinks about finding a building to fight X in, preferably one that allows him to set up a trap.

X, meanwhile, finishes creating his last armor, the Ultimate Armor, which was meant to be a superior version of the Nova Armor. He hopes that it will be enough to defeat Zero and flies off to search for him.

Vent keeps searching through Central Highway, before coming to the conclusion that all the Mavericks who were attacking it are now dead. He prepares to leave, but he sees Zero attacking him and quickly summons Model X in order to fight. During the battle, Zero manages to slash Vent's stomach with his Z-Saber before retreating to a building.

Vent prepares to chase him, but looks up and notices X flying through the air. Vent calls out to X, who notices and lands in front of him, admitting he didn't expect to see him again. Vent tells X that Zero is in Central Highway, but X mentions that he already knows. Vent mentions that his stomach and arm hurt from his fight against Zero, but when X suggests he hides, he states that because his mission was to get rid of all the Mavericks in Central Highway, he can't back down. X then asks where Zero went, with Vent mentioning the building Zero was hiding in. X dashes there with his Emergency Acceleration System, telling Vent to join him if he can still fight.

Zero, meanwhile, hides in a three-story building, waiting on the top floor. X destroys one of the walls and enters the building. X and Zero begin fighting. Eventually, X's charged Rising Fire collides with Zero's Enkoujin, sending the two flying in opposite directions. Zero then dashes at X with Hienkyaku and prepares to finish him off with the Z-Saber, but Vent arrives and attacks Zero in order to save X, allowing him to get up and hit Zero with an Ice Burst. X and Vent prepare to team up against Zero, but they notice purple energy surrounding him. Zero then reveals that it's the Zero Virus, as well as the fact that the Zero Virus was used to infect robots and turn them into Mavericks. It transforms Zero into Awakened Zero.

X and Vent continue to fight against Zero. However, Vent is sent flying through a wall by a Shingetsurin, knocking him down to the next floor. X, meanwhile, keeps attacking Zero, who activates Dark Hold in order to stop time, leaving him vulnerable. Zero then fires a fully charged shot from his Z-Buster, blowing up X and reducing him to a small chunk. Concluding that X is dead and that Vent will die trying to escape thanks to his mysterious trap, he leaves Central Highway.

After he leaves, X regenerates. Upon seeing that Zero was gone, X believes that he left Central Highway and begins travelling downstairs, where he encounters Vent again. Vent asks where Zero was, only for X to tell him he was gone, much to Vent's chagrin. The two mention how getting rid of Zero would've made it easier to fight the Mavericks, before travelling to the ground floor.

When they reach the ground floor, Vent accidentally hits something, causing a beeping sound to start. X raised his X-Buster, expecting something bad to happen while Vent realized he hit a tripwire. X then noticed an object in the distance and dashed to it with his Emergency Acceleration System, before grabbing it and realizing that Vent had accidentally set off a bomb. The two begin dashing toward the building's exit, but they aren't fast enough. The bomb explodes, killing Vent, knocking X unconscious, and destroying the building.

The next day, someone comes across the destroyed building and X's unconscious body. He concludes that X isn't a Maverick, before contacting someone else and telling them to have a medic ready, as X seemed pretty beat up.

## Characters

* Zero
* Vent
* Mega Man X
* ???
* ??? (Mentioned)

## Trivia

* Out of all the chapters in Super X, this chapter has the lowest amount of characters in it, having a total of five.
* This chapter was originally supposed to be named "The Attack".

## References

1. ↑ First mentioned in the history of Mega Man X's page.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Anonymous in this chapter. Name revealed in Epilogue.
3. ↑ If one were to look into the revision history of Mega Man X's page, they can find that this chapter was supposed to be called The Attack rather than The Final Battle.