Zero's Return

**Zero's Return** is the 8th chapter of Super X. It is also the last chapter due to the fanfic's cancellation.

## Summary

His attack on Maverick Hunter Base having failed, Zero is revealed to have escaped and hidden in an abandoned building on the outskirts of the city. He thinks about how to defeat the Maverick Hunters, before teleporting away.

Zero teleports to a forest in order to look for people to infect with the Zero Virus. He comes across Commander Yammark, who reveals he's with the Maverick Hunters. Yammark asks if Zero's responsible for why his teammates went missing the day before, so Zero mentions that he found numerous robots who claimed to be part of the 10th Unit, which Yammark happens to be affiliated with. Yammark fights Zero, only to be knocked out by a fully-charged Z-Buster shot and infected with the Zero Virus.

Mega Man X returns to Maverick Hunter Base, being greeted by Alia, who informs him that most of the 10th Unit is missing. X immediately suspects that Zero's responsible for it.

Yammark, now infected with the Zero Virus, heads to the building the Zero is hiding at. He enters and meets Zero, who tells him to destroy the world. Yammark asks what will happen if the Maverick Hunters try to stop him, so Zero reveals that Blaze Heatnix, Infinity Mijinion, Shield Sheldon, Metal Shark Player, Blizzard Wolfang, and Rainy Turtloid are also infected with the Zero Virus, reuniting the 10th Unit. Zero orders the 10th Unit to wreak havoc upon the world, so they all leave to do so.

Inside a town, Sonic and Shadow run by. Sonic notices Luigi being attacked by a Gun Volt, so Sonic quickly destroyed it. Luigi then walks over to Sonic, who tells him about how he's been searching the city and thinks he knows who's behind the Mavericks' attacks. Luigi initially think they'll die if they try to go in there, but Sonic reassures that it will be fine. Luigi then goes to get Mario and tell him about the situation.

Several hours pass, with Zero waiting in the abandoned building. Night begins to arrive. Suddenly, the building's door is knocked down by Luigi, who is holding his Ultra Hammer. Sonic, Shadow, and Mario follow him. Zero explains to them that he's planning to destroy the world and won't be stopped, viewing them as too weak to stand a chance, angering Mario, who attacked him. Zero got into a fight against Mario, Luigi, Sonic, and Shadow, which escalated when Mario used a Super Star and Shadow used the Chaos Emeralds to become Super Shadow while transforming Sonic into Super Sonic. Zero also became Awakened Zero, summoning a duo of Nightmare Zeros to help him. Eventually, Shadow uses Chaos Blast.

The explosion was visible all the way from Maverick Hunter Base, and was coincidentally accompanied by an explosion within the city, both of which were noticed by X and Alia, who were talking about how the 10th Unit was spotted inside the city and confirmed to be Mavericks. X decides to investigate them, with Alia mentioning that Axl was busy dealing with one of the 10th Unit's infected members.

Mario, Luigi, Sonic, and Shadow continue fighting Zero. Eventually, Zero uses Genmu Zero, knocking out Mario, Sonic, and Shadow, knocking them unconscious. Luigi managed to hide, but Zero thought he was dead. He then notices that Shadow was a robot, but decided to leave him alone, knowing that the Zero Virus would infect him. He teleports away.

Luigi gets up and gave Mario a Mushroom to heal him. He also gives Mushrooms to Sonic and Shadow.

X teleports into the city, finding himself surrounded by dead soldiers. He follows the sound of gunfire and saw two soldiers firing at Mijinion. Mijinion quickly kills the soldiers, before being confronted by X. The two fight, with X eventually knocking Mijinion unconscious with a charged Ground Dash. X contacts Alia and tells her that he was planning to bring Mijinion back to Maverick Hunter Base. Alia tells X she's planning to have a medic ready to cure Mijinion.

Mario manages to get up, before asking Luigi where Zero went. Luigi says that he was gone and that he couldn't catch him. This made Mario angry, and he punched Luigi. Sonic gets up and notices this, running between Mario and Luigi. Luigi tells Sonic that Mario's mad. Shadow then gets up and hits all three of them, claiming that said action was the power of the ultimate lifeform. Sonic fights Shadow while Luigi fights Mario. Eventually, though, Shadow uses Chaos Blast, knocking out Mario, Luigi, and Sonic.

X teleports in front of the abandoned building and notices the explosion from Shadow's Chaos Blast, so he begins walking inside.

Shadow prepared to fire a Chaos Spear at Sonic, but he was stopped when X fired a fully charged shot from his X-Buster and knocked him out. Sonic gets up and thanks X. The two introduce themselves, with Sonic telling X that Shadow's a robot, as well as his abnormal recent behavior. X calls Alia and tells her that he found someone showing symptoms of the Zero Virus. After a discussion, X agrees with Alia to bring Mario, Luigi, Sonic, and Shadow back to Maverick Hunter Base.

## Characters

* Zero
* Commander Yammark
* Mega Man X
* Alia
* Blaze Heatnix
* Infinity Mijinion
* Shield Sheldon
* Metal Shark Player
* Blizzard Wolfang
* Rainy Turtloid
* Sonic
* Shadow
* Luigi
* Gun Volt
* Mario
* Nightmare Zero
* Axl (Mentioned)

## Trivia

* Out of all the chapters in Super X, this chapter has the highest amount of characters in it, having a total of 17.
* Bulborb channel 3 doesn't know why he included Mario, Luigi, Sonic, and Shadow.