Hawk: Draconis, wait!

(A falcon-like Reploid had just caught up with the furious Draconis.)

Hawk: Sir, the rescue unit needs you, don't leave!

(Draconis turns toward Hawk, and his cold, emotionless eyes seem to bore into his soul.)

Draconis: The Hunters are too full of themselves, and are too quick to judge.

Hawk: But, sir...

Draconis: NO! I'm tired of losing allies because they've been wrongly judged as mavericks!

Hawk: I am too, sir, but...

Draconis: But nothing! Just yesterday, someone in my unit was terminated! And for what?! He told off a government official for treating a kid like shit!

Hawk: Sir, please rethink this.

Draconis: No! My mind is made up. I leave leave unit R1 to you, Hawk, and if the hunters wish to judge me as maverick, so be it!

(Draconis stormed down the hall, startling a few rookies as he burst through the entrance, thus ending his career as a Maverick Hunter.)

End flashback

Yami: Earth to Draconis!

Draconis: Huh? Oh, Yami what is it?

Yami: You spaced out in the middle of our n00b hunt.

Draconis: Sorry, I need some time to think. I'll catch you later.

(Wolfang left the ruins of Doppler Town, and headed for Maverick Hunter HQ.)

Draconis: I know you're alive, Hawk, I can feel it.

(As he approached the HQ, he transformed into his past self.)

Draconis: I hope they haven't forgotten me.

(As if on cue, the R1 rescue unit had just returned from a mission.)

R1 Hunter: Hey, you? Do you have business with the Hunters?

Draconis: As a matter of fact, I do.

R1 Hunter: Wait a sec...you look familiar.

Draconis: Oh, really? I should hope so. It'd be a damn shame if my old unit had forgotten their leader.

R1 Hunter: Commander Draconis, is that you?

Draconis: I sure as hell ain't a clone.

R1 Hunter: Excuse me for a second.

(The raven haired hunter turned towards the rest of the unit, and barked an order.)

R1 Hunter: Get that man to Lifesaver, I've got matters to attend to.

(The unit rushed into the HQ, as the raven haired hunter approached Draconis.)

R1: Hunter: I don't frickin' believe this! Everyone thought you were dead!

Draconis: It's nice to see you, too, Tadashi.

Tadashi: That's Commander Tadashi, I've been promoted.

Draconis: I assume Hawk has his own unit then?

Tadashi: ...About that...

Draconis: What, was he killed?! I'll rip whoever did this to shreds!!!

Tadashi: No, no, he's not dead, at least I hope.

Draconis: What do you mean?

Tadashi: Come inside, I'll eplain everything.

*Reploid Rebellion HQ*

Shift: He just up and left!?

Brick: Did he abandon us?

Haukura: It seems that way.

Jeremy: We've already lost a member?

Skull: Maybe he found a new gig.

Yami: All of you, can it! He said he'd be back, he just needed some time to think.

*Maverick Hunter HQ*

(As they walked down the hall, Zero passed by.)

Draconis: Well, if it isn't Madame Zero. You're looking lovely today.

(Within seconds, Draconis was pinned to the wall, with a beam sabre at his throat.)

Zero: You say somethin', punk?

Draconis: My, my, it seems I have struck a nerve. Go ahead, kill me. I know all about your past, and I'm sure that you'd get a fair trial, given you used to be a maverick and all. I'm sure your little boytoy, X would be bawling up a storm when you get terminated for murder.

(Zero growls, as he pushes the sabre closer to Draconis's throat.)

Draconis: Go ahead, I dare you.

(X comes running toward Zero.)

X: Zero, that's enough, he's just trying to piss you off.

Zero: Grrr, fine.

(Zero deactivates his sabre, and stalks off.)

Draconis: Someone's upset he hasn't been getting laid.

(X shoves Draconis back against the wall.)

X: You behave yourself, Draconis.

Draconis: ...

X: That's right, I know who you are. You left because one of your own was terminated, right? That was a poor excuse.

Draconis: It seems Mr. Pacifist has bug up his butt. Don't feed me that bullcrap, you pansy. I had a damn good reason, and unlike you, I don't get all angsty because of a war. I know my duty, and it was not to standby and watch as an innocent was wrongfuly killed. You can either get out of my face willingly, or I can report your little friend to the government for his little outburst. I'm sure they'd love to have a reason to dismantle and study him.

X: You're bluffing.

Draconis: No, I actually have some connections with the higher ups.

X: Fine, but next time I won't stop Zero.

(X stalks off after Zero.)

Draconis: Well that's a fine howdy-do.

Tadashi: I see you still like piss Zero off.

Draconis: It always has been a favorite hobby of mine.

Tadashi: It was boring without you around.

Draconis: Enough reminicising, what happened to Hawk.

Tadashi: ...He's been missing for the past few months.

Draconis: WHAT?! What happened?

Tadashi: He's MIA.

*FLASHBACK*

Hawk: Okay guys, this is the place.

(What used to be a small town is now nothing more than a pile of rubble.)

Tadashi: Whoa, they weren't kidding when they said the place looked like shit.

Hawk: Yeah. Let's see if we can find any survivors.

*2 hours later*

Tadashi: Sir, there are no signs of life.

Hawk: *sigh* Alright, team, let's head back to HQ.

(Suddenly, a hand bursts through the wreckage.)

Hawk: HOLY--we've got trouble!

(A body begins rising out of the wreckage.)

???: Foolish hunters, you will not leave with your lives!

Tadashi: I-i-it's Sigma!

Hawk: Tadashi, you and the rest of the team get back to HQ, I'll handle this.

Tadashi: But, sir...

Hawk: That's an order!

Tadashi: Y-yes sir.

(Tadashi and the rest of the R1 unit teleport back to HQ, as Hawk engages Sigma in battle.)

End flashback

Tadashi: That's the last time we saw Commander Hawk alive, or at all for that matter.

Draconis: Give me the co-ordinates, Tadashi.

Tadashi: But Sigma could still be there, or the virus could still be lingering.

Draconis: I'm immune to the virus, and I have a score to settle with Sigma.

Tadashi: But, sir...

Draconis: I said give me the damn co-ordinates!

Tadashi: R-right. Here, they're on this disk.

Draconis: Good. I'll find Hawk, even if I have to face Sigma alone.

Tadashi: Good luck, commander.

*The ruined town*

(Draconis arrives on the scene, prepped for battle.)

Draconis: He's gotta be around here somewhere.

*3 hours later*

(Draconis uncovered a hidden lab amidst the rubble.)

Draconis: Hawk! Hawk, answer me!

???: I-is t-that you, c-c-commander?

(A falcon-like Reploid was against the wall, and appeared badly dammaged.)

Draconis: Hawk! What the hell happened to you?! You've only got one arm!

Hawk: S-Sigma won. I-I didn't s-s-stand a chance.

Draconis: Hang on, I'll get you out of here.

Hawk: NO! H-he's still h-h-here. You have t-to g-get away f-from here.

Draconis: I will not abandon a fellow soldier.

???: How touching, the AWOL commander is reunited with his faithful liuetenant...

Draconis: You bastard! I will kill you for what you've done!

???: It seems I have irked the once great Hunter, who is now nothing but a washed up Maverick.

Hawk: Y-you have no r-r-right to j-judge, you pathetic piece of s-s-scrap!

(Hawk is then cut in half by a beam sabre.)

Sigma: That is the fate of those who defy the great Sigma!

Draconis: RARGH! YOU MONSTER! I WILL KILL YOU!!!!

(Draconis lunges at Sigma, catching him off-guard, and knocking his sabre to the ground.)

Sigma: You pathetic excuse for a Reploid! You shall be the first to join your comrade in the afterlife!

(Sigma punches Draconis in the jaw, sending flying across the room, and crashing into a wall, as Sigma appears before him, and begins pummeling him.)

Sigma(between punches): You dare attack me!? I'll pound you into oblivion!

(Draconis falls to the floor, bleeding severely, his right arm hanging loosely from the socket, the left side of his face tore up, revealing the circuitry underneath.)

Draconis: *Huff*...is that all you got? I would've expected better from the great *huff*...Sigma.

Sigma: Insolent welp! You will pay for that insult!

(Sigma rushes Draconis, just a he summons his Wolfang armor, and leaps out of the way.)

Draconis: Too slow, you Mr. Clean reject!

Sigma: Grrrrrr...I will crush you!

(Wolfang fires an ice burst as Sigma leaps toward him, freezing his feet, sending him crashing to the floor.)

Sigma: I will not be defeated by the likes of you!

Draconis: Shut up and die.

(Wolfang crushes Sigma's head beneath his foot.)

WARNING! WARNING! SELF DESTRUCT SEQUENCE ACTIVATED! THE LAB WILL SELF DESTRUCT IN 30 SECONDS!

Draconis: Dammit! There's a jamming signal, I'll have to escape on foot.

(Wolfang barely escapes the explosion, his right leg catching the brunt of the blast.)

Draconis: ARGH! Dammit, that took out my leg.

*4 hours later*

(Wolfang reported to Hunter HQ, and was refused repairs by Zero, who tried to kill him. He returned to Doppler Town, and recieved repairs.)

Yami: So, Sigma's back already?

Draconis: Yeah.

Brick: He just can't stay dead.

Mr. Fortune Cookie: A trait him and Zero share.

Skull: So, I hear you had a run in with Zeronia.

Draconis: Yep, pissed him and X off good.

Haukura: I woulda loved to see that.

Jeremy: Me, too.

Shift: I missed the show? Aw, man.

End.

 

Mini Faq: To avoid confusion, I'll answer a few questions you may have.

Q: How was Wolfang able to defeat Sigma so easily?
A: Just like in X6, Sigma was ressurected before he had a chance to fully recover.

Q: Why wasn't Sigma babbling like a lunatic like he was in X6?
A: Even though "Die, Jusd die, Zellllllooooo!" is one of my favorite quotes of all time, I wanted Sigma to retain most of his sanity.

Q: Who ressurected Sigma?
A: I'm not going to spoil a future plot of mine, so I won't say. I doubt we've seen the last of ol' Siggy, though...