"No! This can´t be!" Zero exclaimed as he walked in circles in Spade´s office. "He can´t be still alive! We destroyed him, right X?"

"Zero... We surely did," X said sitting in front of Spade´s desk, "but remember, everytime we destroyed him, he would come back, again and again."

"Zero, X is right." Spade said as he stood from his chair. "You´ve tried everything, you destroyed his body, you destroyed the main computer and you entered a Sigma-virus vaccine. And none of those worked against him."

"I don´t care!" Zero shouted desperately. "Come on X. Let´s kick some Maverick butt!"

"Right!" X agreed standing up. "This will be the last time, I´ll make it for sure!"

So, X called Dr. Cain through his wrist communicator. "Dr. Cain, get the capsules ready, we´re going into action!"

Minutes later, X and Zero entered the lab and went right to the capsule room. But, "X, Zero, I´ve got something to tell you about your armors" Dr. Cain said to the furious Hunters.

"What´s wrong?" X asked giving the scientist a doubtful look.

"Oh, nothing´s wrong, by the contrary, I´ve just finished some new upgrades for both of you." Dr. Cain said to the two astonished reploids. Then he explained X first. "X, with your new boot upgrade you´ll be able to air-dash in diagonal. Your new armor will allow you to run plasma currents, just like your old armor, but with this, you can charge that current and shoot it as a powerful plasma beam, and your repair systems are much faster."

X was impressed. "But..."

"X. please let me finish." Dr. Cain scolded him. "Your new X-buster is almost the same as your current one, but now you have your own Beam Saber, and it can interact with Zero´s one. You´ll better keep your helmet, its better than the one I´ve got here right now" And so, X entered his capsule, when he stood out of it, he looked quite different.

"Wow!" X exclaimed. "But, what´s going on with Zero?" He asked like a worried father.

"Don´t worry X, I´ve got something for him too" Dr. Cain answered as he turned over to Zero. "Zero, enter your capsule please"

"OK Doctor" Zero replied. When he got out of it, Zero was just astonished, "Hey Doc, this new armor is cool. What can it do?"

"Zero," X took the initiative to Dr. Cain, "Dr. Cain explained me about your new body. Now you are as powerful as me with upgrades! Remember your first Beam Saber?"

"Uh... Yeah!" Zero answered.

"Well, your new Saber, instead of slashing the air, it slashes everything in front of you. Your new Zero-buster doesn´t vary much from your old one, it´s just more powerful. Now, your boots allow you to dash twice in the air, just like my old ones. With your new body-armor you can concentrate plasma energy in your hands and shoot it in a plasma beam or hit something with your hands. And your new helmet, makes you able to locate enemies with an infrared visor." X finally finished explaining Zero all the things he could do. And Zero looked very impressed.

"Now," Dr. Cain explained, "I´ve installed a new chip to your bodies, and when your physical and mental energy come into a balance, you´ll be able to activate new powers. These powers activate some upgrades, but those ain´t new, they just increase your current ones." Dr. Cain directed to X. "X, you´ll use the Hyper power. And Zero, you´ll use the Omega power" Dr. Cain finished explaining the new power and said good-bye, "Good luck Hunters..."

In the moment X and Zero stood out of the building, they were received by an army of mavericks incluiding Sting Chameleon and Magna Centepede. A terrible battle started outside the Maverick Hunters HQ. X and Zero were surrounded by 100 or so repliods with their arm-cannons charged up and ready to fire. X engaged his new X-Saber as well as Zero did with his Zero-Saber.

"OK X." Zero remarked X as they stood back-to-back. "Let´s kick some Maverick butt."

As Zero finished saying that, X was already slashing three repliods in half with one blow of his X-Saber. "Pitty," X said to himself. "I thought it would be harder than this."

In a few minutes, the only reps standing were X and Zero. The ground was covered with half-slashed reploids. Suddenly, someone shot the ground were the two Hunters were satnding. Zero avoided the plasma shot with an air-dash, and X with back-flip. As X landed softly on the ground, he saw a familiar silhouette in the darkness.

"Good work Hunters." Sigma said laughing at the two hunters. "I see that Dr. Cain has been working on both of you."

"Sigma!!!" Zero shouted as he shot three plasma shots to the shadows. " We knew you would come back!!!"

"Ha, ha, ha!" Sigma laughed loud at Zero as he missed for a few meters. "I´m far much faster than my previous forms. You cannot get me this time, but I will!"

X, who was at the opposite side of the hole, shot a level 3 shot to sigma, and for his luck, it made full contact on him.

"AARRRGGGHHH" Sigma screamed in pain. "We´ll... meet... again..." And just after he finished saying that, he transported away.