Part 4 

                              Dark Crimson 
                                    By: Kevin Banda 


Zero had always been afraid of what he might become. Right now he is
faced with a mirror image of himself.
Sigma stood in the backround, obviously amused. The clone was the first
to react, firing three bursts of
plasma. Zero esily evaded them. The crimson hunter did a forward flip
and kicked his counterpart squarely in
the chest and knocked it back. 

"Nice moves, but can you get out of this one?" it said mockingly. It
pointed his arm cannon about five feet of
from Zero and fired. 

"What was that? You missed terribly!" Zero said. 

"He, he. I know." it replied. The blast impacted on a cloaked box. It
flung open and seven saw blades came
flying at Zero's head. He ducked and they hit a patch of trees. 

Sigma growled. "Destroy him!" he yelled. 

The clone grinned. "This'll be interesting." it said wryly. 

Zero looked behind him and saw a deep pit. Above him he saw a vine
strong enough to hold his weight. He
grinned. 

"Come and get me!" he cried. 

The clone growled and ran at Zero. Just before it tackled him Zero
leaped up and grabbed the vine. His
counterpart fell of the edge of the cliff before he could stop. 

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!" 

CRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHH! 

"Good show Zero, good show." 

"Well Sigma, what are you going to hide behind now?" Zero inquired. 

"You don't seem to understand Zero, I am so powerful I destroyed Mega
Man X." Sigma grinned. "Well, lets
get to business." 

Sigma pulled out a strange controller. He pushed a button on it. 

"YOW!" The liquid had changed to acid! Zero fell to his knees. He had
but one chance. He painfully pulled
out his sabre and threw it at Sigma. It buried itself in Sigma's chest.
With a surprised expression, Sigma
followed the clone of the cliff. 

After a second there was an explosion and the pain stopped. Zero picked
up the body of his fallen comrade
and beamed out.