The final chapter! Wow, I finished this and my Sonic story around the same time! Impressive. Anyway, here is the final chappie, so I hope you enjoy it!
"That takes care of that," Zero said, staring at the dead maverick at his feet.
"Nice job Zero," X and Rush cheered, still being held up by their web-ropes. Beside him, Axl was nodding in agreement, due to the fact that his mouth was still duck-taped shut. Zero quickly slashed the ropes with the Z Saber, getting al; of them down. Axl, his hands now free, ripped off the ducktape a little too fast.
"YEOWCH!" Axl yelled, "That hurt. Stupid tape." The red headed hunter rubbed his hurting mouth, while Zero snickered at him. X was busy stretching after being stuck so long, and Rush was being...Rush.
Suddenly, the rumbling came again, and some rocks began to fall from the ceiling, one of which hit X on the head.
"What the?" X cried, looking around. Zero's ears pricked up, picking up the source of the noise.
"It's a drill," Zero said to Rush, who was translating. "It must have been left here before the mine shut down. Spyder must have set it up, in case something happened."
"Wow, he actually did something smart," Axl muttered. "So, how do we get out? It'd take too long the way we came."
"Unless..." X's voice trailed off, his eye meeting Zero. "Zero, transform into Ride Chaser mode." Soon, there was a ride chaser in front of them with a dog head, that was still holding the Z Saber between his teeth.
"I call Shotgun!" Axl cried, jumping onto the seat behind X, who was driving. Rush grabbed the saber out of Zero's mouth, and then jumped onto the back.
"Hurry up," Zero said, "Press the ignition, and let's get going already!" With the simple press of a button, the four of them were off, once again going through the tunnels. Axl, being in shotgun, shot the falling rocks with his duel pistols, missing only one (which, sadly, fell atop his head). Rush kept an eye out for anything behind them, while X concentrated on driving.
Screeeeeeech. Zero came to a halt, the trio on top of him looking around in suprise.
"What'd we stop for?" Axl asked, his eyes falling upon the exit of the cave. The only exit that was big enough for Zero to get through in Ride Chaser mode was blocked off, a barracade of rocks standing in the way.
"Looks like we're stuck," X muttered. "Any ideas?"
"We'll be stuck here FOREVER!" Axl cried. "Dang it, now I'll never get Signas' hat..." X and Zero both stared at Axl oddly, wondering what was so important about the cheif's hat. Rush, however, was making his way to the front. Then, he clicked a button. It was a button next to the ignition, the big red button. Click.
"Hey, what does that do?" Zero asked. Before he knew it, a barrage of weapons came out of various places on Zero, mainly lasers, grenade launchers, and other weapons that make those pretty explosions.
"Sweet," Axl cheered, as he took in all the beautiful weapons. "Can I fire them?"
"Wait a minute," Zero looked over at Rush. "I though you were designed to be a support unit!"
"I am," Rush replied happily, "Blasting debris out of the way is a mean of support, right? Besides, it also makes for an awesome fireworks display." Rush turned to X. "Okay X, see the big blue button there? Press it! Press it now!"
"Okay..." X uncertainly pressed the button, as every single weapon on Zero fired, blowing up the barracade of rocks in a ginat (yet awesome) explosion. Axl practically drooled over the display, wishing that he had such a cool Ride Chaser. Even X and Zero were impressed by the attack, for not even a pebble of the rock wall was left. The gang was soon out, and quickly made it back to headquarters.
"So, you finally figured out how to fix Rush and Zero?" X asked. They were back in the hospital wing, and were conversing with Dr. Sai.
"Yes," Sai replied. "It turns out that all we need to do is shock them again."
"Ha! I was so right!" Axl declared, cheesily posing again. Zero shook his head at such silly display.
"Are you ready?" The Doctor asked. Both Rush and Zero nodded. The two were soon hooked up to the machine, X at the controls.
"Is this going to hurt again?" Rush asked.
"No, I don't think it should this-"
"X sir!" The same reploid from last time ran into the room. "Just letting you know that Signas is on his way to talk to you."
"Is it that important to interrupt me?" X asked.
"Not that part, but I also have another message. Alia was wondering if you want to go on another date tonight." X blushed.
"Uhmm...tell her I said yeah," X mumbled. The reploid nodded, turning around to leave. As he ran out of the room, he tripped over the wires connected to the machine.
"Not agai-" Zero was cut off as a jolt f electricity streaked through his and Rush's body, and then everything went black.
"Hey, I think Zero's waking up." Did it work? Am I back to normal? I open my eyes, wondering what I'll see. X and Axl are looking down at me.
"Okay, are you Zero or Rush?" Axl asks.
"Zero?" I say. Hey, my voice isn't a bark anymore. I...I'm me again.
"Yes! It worked!" Axl cheers, while X breathes a sigh of relief. Yes, It's so good to be back.
"YEEEEES!" I yell, jumping up from my seat. "Haha, I'm back!"
"Arf!" I turn to see Rush, also awake. Before I can stop him, he jumps up to lick my face. For once, I don't mind.
"Hello there boys," Signas greets us as he enters the room. "I heard all about your mission. Excellent job, and I have something to say to each of you. First of all, X. X, congratulations on your date with Alia." X blushes again. I swear, he blushes way to easily. "Second, Rush, for Ride Armor expertise. I heard about what happened at the mine, and I'm sure they could not have gotten out without you." Rush happily barks in reply, no longer getting slobber on my face. "Axl...I was right." Axl gawks at Signas, who makes the "Loser!" sign atop his head. "I told you there were mavericks in there, but did you listen? Noooo, you denied the power of your commander, so TAKE THAT!"
"Well, since you are so smart, can I have your hat?" Axl asks hopefully.
"Sorry," Signas says, "Only people who believe in the commander get to wear the hat."
"I BELIEVE!" Axl cries. Suck up, the hat isn't that special.
"As for Zero..." Signas stares at me. "Zero, good to have you back to normal."
"What?" I ask. "You knew?" How the heck did he find out? I didn't think he was that smart.
"Remember the reploids who were working on the machine you broke?" Signas asks. "Those reploids are also my personal spies. They told me about the whole thing."
"So...when you petted me, you knew that you were petting me, and not an actual dog?" I ask. Dang, he's both smarter and dumber than I thought, and I never knew that was possible.
"Well, since I couldn't pet yout fluffy hair, I did the next best thing." He grins cheekily at me, the little b-
"Don't kill him Zero." I hear. I look over at Rush.
"Did you just...?"
"Talk to you? Yes!" Rush barks happily. "Since you spoke dog in my body, you can still understand it, and understand me! Isn't that great Zero? We can still talk!" ...Great, the dog still won't leave me alone. Oh well, I guess Rush is okay.
"You know what Zero?" X asks. "Since you and Rush get along so well, I think Rush should belong to you." Did he just say that? Dang, that's nice. Typical X.
"Are you sure X?" I ask, not sure how to respond.
"Of course," X says. "Besides, I already have the best partners a guy can ask for." Hmm, does he mean Axl and I, or is he talking about Alia?
"Yay, now I get to stay with you Zero!" Well, I guess that will be alright. Who knows, maybe it won't be so bad after all.
Owari, the end. Well, I hope you all enjoyed it. It was fun writing a non-Sonic fanfic. For now, I'm going back to my Sonic fics, but I may write another Megaman fic someday. Oh well. Thanks to all you Megaman fans for being so nice, it was fun. Anyway, catch ya' later!