Tau Cain: One of All (Not suitable for kids)

[swimstud600]

I missed this. Can't wait to see how it ends Fus.

[Fusion]

About time, eh? A Megachapter!

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It was time for a decision... I needed a reason to get out of the loop for a while. Friends and foes... Are we really sure who's who?

Fusion jumped back, Electrance was next to him, both poised for battle, facing the infected Mon... "We'll have to put our differences aside before he kills us both..." Electrance spoke, Fusion simply stayed silent. He had to cooperate with his greatest rival... Mon grabbed the nearest thing he could, and flung it at the two. Electrance grabbed it, held it and then charged at Mon, smashing Mon with it. The infection around Mon buckled and bursted, bleeding over his mutated body, but it healed itself within moments, Mon with a sadistic grin upon his face... He grabbed Electrance and proceeded to smash him against the ground, kicking him afterwards, and then quasi-buried him by smashing Electrance into the ground, and smashing Electrance's leg. Fusion took this chance to dash at Mon, attacking with a lead pipe he'd found. This did not look good... Fusion repeatedly attacked Mon, Mon catching the pipe, breaking a piece of it, and then hitting Fusion fiercely with that piece...

Fusion fell over, getting up and slashing furiously with the broken end of the pipe, now having something lethal to use. He attacked furiously, slash after slash, cutting into the organic mutation that had utterly consumed Mon. The wounds healed seconds later. Mon then simply punched Fusion, shattering a few more pieces of his armor. Fusion landed near the wounded Electrance...

"Ugh... Electrance... This isn't going well..." Fusion said, pained, Electrance spoke up. "Yes... If only that... Er..." Fusion thought he heard something. "Wait... What are you talking about?" within moments, the viral Mon showed up, back facing the two wounded heroes. He turned a cold expression to them. "Don't get used to it. I'm only here because he's going after my prey! I won't let him kill MY target!" Viral Mon's arrogance seemed to show, for this moment, a sense of justice. He dashed at his infected counterpart, activating one of his sabres and he slashed furiously at the infected Mon's chest. The wound inflicted was great, but at the same time cauterized due to the heat of the blade used... Unlike every other time, the infectious monster healed itself, but now it can't, as it's like there's nothing to heal!

Viral Mon jumped back, looking at his former light-half's self. "You're a complete disgrace..." he spoke, "A complete disgrace to everything justice. Your own arrogance is what lead you down this path... Why does it always have to end with the darkness & light taking down something that overpowers both? I guess I'd be doing you a favor..." Viral Mon slashed again, but Mon catched his arm, crushing it entirely in his crip, V-Mon cried in pain as this happened. Mon proceeded to rip into his dark copy, smashing him fiercely to end the bout of "brothers" once and for all. Great... Fusion thought, things just went downhill once more. Electrance activated his wings, and lifted up off of the ground, bobbing in the air. "Fusion... This battle is yours now. I'll open up a gate, it's your job to go through it!!" Electrance charged at Mon, crashing into him on purpose. "YOU WILL NEVER SURVIVE, DEMON OF HELL!" Electrance charged incredible amounts of energy, and then, released all of it at once, resulting in a large electromagnetic shockwave that affected everything. Fusion himself was hit by the shockwave as well...

Fusion stood up weakly, after-effects of the shockwave effecting his internal systems. He got a quick glance of the area around him, and as well as reporting that his power systems were at 150% efficiency. 150 Percent!? So that's what that power surge did... Fusion had power to spare now. He got a quick glance of the area to find Mon, lying down, weak, organic material ripped in multiple places, the only pieces of Electrance lying around were simply shreds, ruptured armor pieces, and whatever was in one piece was burned badly. It was over for Electrance for sure... It was over for Mon, and his viral counterpart. Fusion was the only fighter left in this escapade. That's it... It's time to end this once and for all! So that no one else has to deal with that pain... Fusion jumped to his feet, charging damaged boosters in his feet , dashing at the heavily damaged Viral Mon, taking the saber from his amputated hand. Fusion stopped... "I'm sorry, old pal. This may mean you die as well... But knowing you... You want out of it now..." He dashed over to Mon, looking into the wounds. Pulsing and pounding, the organism tried to recover from it's wounds in moments, but couldn't due to the enormus shock on it's system Electrance left behind...

Fusion raised the blade, and brought it down into the 'center of the monster'. A gargled scream, was heard, as the organic material twitched rapidlyh in pain, until eventually, it stopped moving entirely... Fusion pulled the blade out then. The organic material's skin soon turned to dust. Fusion moved the dust out of his way to get one last look at his comerade fallen in battle... Mon's face was stricken with pain and suffering. Fusion thought no more of him. Just then, Mon's circuitry sparked, igniting a dangerous fire, resulting in an explosion. Since this came unexpected to a damaged Fusion, he did the best he could to protect himself.

...Fusion awoke moments later, near Viral Mon, his armor virtually destroyed. He looked around: Everything was burned... He saw Viral Mon to his left, he stood up, then looked down to him. "Now... You... What you did today was very just... I didn't think you had that justice inside of you... Even if what you did was only for your personal gain... You made a sacrifice that saved all of us, and so did your master. You are a hero from that dark depth..." Viral Mon opened his eyes weakly... Looking up to Fusion. "You... You really think so... Fus?" Fusion nodded, "Yes." Viral Mon shook his head a little. "I thought... I thought I'd be serving darkness all my life... Now I see why you fight. Why heroes... e-exist. I... I want to become a hero like you..." Fusion nodded, "You're much like Mon, I think I haven't really lost my best friend at all. You saved my life, and I owe you one..."

A few days later...

Fusion and the formerly Viral Mon stood in Electrance's hideout. "Hm, what a nice place. Electrance certainly valued how his place looked..." Mon looked at him, "Don't get any funny ideas. This is his place, after all." Fusion shook his head, "I was more of thinking of honoring his decision, and moving the hideout here." Mon blinked, "Hideout? You had your own place? Why didn't we know of it!?" Fusion smirked, "Because I and... Well, you, worked together to make sure no one knew of it." Mon nodded, "so you lived in secrecy... What a shame." Fusion shook his head again, "you can be shameful of yourself, you're guilty of the same crime." Mon seemed irritated for that moment. "Fine... Show me where this hideout of yours is."

Later, the two entered the old hideout. Mon looked around place. "This place is... Familiar to me. I don't know how, but it is." Mon walked around, looking at all the computers, "tell me... What did my deceased counterpart do all day long here?" Fusion smirked, "I have a backup of his memories... You want to unite with your light side? Become whole again?" Mon jumped a bit... "A full... reploid? Light and darkness!? Together!? I want to know what my counterpart's been through... Only then can I understand him! Prepare the memory transfer immediately, got it!?" Fusion blinked, caught off guard by the sudden authoritative comand of Mon, "Y-yes sir."

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Fusion's log, date: March 1st, 21XX

It's a good ending if I think of it. With the backup of Mon's mind being transferred into his viral half's mind, maybe he can answer those questions himself...

I won't forget what Electrance did, though... He has been my greatest enemy all of my life and yesterday, he proved that sometimes the most terrible foes can make powerful allies. It... It makes me miss him. If anything, he's part of the reason I am where I am today...

It's a shame, though... I'll miss the old Mon. He'd been more of a friend to me than anybody else ever had. And can't forget Majeh... But at least their suffering is over with now. It'll be a long time until I can adjust for this.

I've been invited to the Maverick Hunter HQ, seems they want me back for my performance... The thing is: Do I want to fight again? I don't think I could go with it...

But until I do choose to fight again, let it be known that I will not be defeated, my friends and allies will always be there, and even my enemies will stand up if they find that it endangers them, too. Mon's counterpart proved that true with that sudden twist of justice... It's amazing what a turn one can make if they try something from the other side...

As for me... I've gotta get repairs. Later!

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And so, with the world freed of a terrible menace, 3 fallen heroes, an ex-maverick soon to be Fusion's best friend Mon reincarnated, and Fusion himself having went through a grave trouble, the world was at peace once more.

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And with that, *whew* I finally finished it!