8: Growing Power
X and the group decided to wait until the manufacture programs had finished producing the new armor units before heading out to do battle with the next follower of Sigma. This gave the group time to visit with the youngsters and the mothers, to remind themselves of what they were fighting for and why they were willing to bring so much power to bear.
As the group got ready to leave, however, CiCi had a complaint for X. "You need to keep better control of your kids," she grumbled, holding little Maka and Shadow up in her tendrils. "I caught them messing with the armor manufacture programs."
Hearing this, X crossed his arms angrily as he stared down at his kids. He first turned to Maka, being the more forward of the pair. "Explain."
The blue haired little girl huddled in her bright blue onesie, the glasses on the bridge of her nose(1) shifting until she pushed them back up. "I was just looking at the Hermes and the Icarus, muu," she whimpered softly, letting off a quiet noise at the end of the sentence as had become habit. "They sounded so cool..."
"If you were just looking, why were you accessing the manufacture programs?" X demanded softly. "You could have seen the specs in the database."
"Grandpa worked hard on these, muu," Maka pointed out quietly. "But you're going to use the Ultimate...it didn't seem right, muu." Her eyes lit up happily. "So I put them together, muu!"
"...she did what?" X managed to ask CiCi.
CiCi examined the data. "Well I'll be. Ultimate Armor v3. The Plasma charge shot now also unleashes a tri-laser blast, charge speed maximized, damaging energy field generated while jumping, all damage halved, damage below a certain threshold negated entirely, increased jump height and dashing speed with invincible dashing...and X Drive, Giga Crush, and Nova Dash all available." She turned two of her eyes towards Maka. "How did you manage all that?"
"Daddy's second and third power cores are active, muu," Maka pointed out. "All that energy's gotta go somewhere, muu." Her eyes lit up. "Oh, and I designed a new insta-kill move for nee-chan! It works with her Ult 3, muu."
X looked over the specs. "Hmm...Tatsumaki Senpukyaku...balances on her horn and spins with all four leg busters, creating an electrical whirlwind that sucks the energy out of anything caught in it, using that energy to rip them apart..."(2) He rubbed his chin. "But if she's balanced on her horn, isn't she upside down? Shouldn't it be the Spinning-"
"Tatsumaki. Senpukyaku. Muu!" Maka insisted, pouting up at her father and shaking her small, balled fists.
X chuckled softly. "Very well. I must say, not bad." He turned to Shadow. "And you?"
Shadow glanced away, saying nothing. Then again, he rarely spoke as it was.
"He was upset cousin Axl doesn't have a one-shot move like you, Uncle Zero, and nee-chan, muu!" Maka explained.
Silently, the silver haired boy pointed to the program he'd made for the Red Scythe, showing how it could draw power from Axl's amplified A-Trans tech to amplify its cutting power to split a target in half in one strike.
"Looks like you sired a couple of tech geniuses," CiCi observed. "The manufacture is complete. Why don't you all put these new upgrades to the test? You're heading to Booster Forest next, right?"
"Might as well," X observed. He gave Maka and Shadow a look. "But we'll be talking about asking permission when I get back."
The four arrived at the top of a city completely overgrown by the woods. X and Octavia were both in their v3 Ultimate Armors. Zero had once more activated his Binary Ether Core, turning his armor white and his hair blue. Axl also had his alt-specs to amplify his Change ability, changing his black and red armor to white and blue...oddly enough, the same white and blue Zero sported.
"So, we going to see how much damage we can do like this?" Axl asked as he drew his guns.
"I'm looking forward to it, personally," Octavia observed, flaring the wings of her armor as she felt the power in her helm's crystal horn.
"Guess it's going to be my turn to try and keep up with you guys," Zero joked as he ignited his beam saber.
"Let's go!" X ordered, leading the way forward.
With the four of them so amplified, they were able to tear through the few Mechanaloids guarding the path without even half trying. X's charged shot - which could be fully charged in as little as two seconds now - eradicated nearly anything it hit, and anything still standing after a hit from it was surrounded in a plasma field that continued to tear away at it. Axl's Change shot was far more damaging, allowing him to collect Change data much more quickly. Between those, Zero's supercharged saber, and Octavia firing her own tri-laser, quite a few of the defending Mechanaloids began diving for cover the moment the four came into sight. The combination was so effective they actually chose to leave a Ride Armor they encountered behind as it actually slowed them down.
"I'm beginning to think the four of us together are too much for anything we'll face here," Axl observed.
"Two might even be pushing it," Octavia offered, giving X a look.
X frowned. "...if the Maverick here proves to be as helpless against the four of us as everything else, I'll consider letting us each take on one of the remaining four."
Before long, they reached the Maverick defending the place, a large panda based humanoid reploid built like a tank. "Do you all know what rockets like what were built here were first used for?" he asked softly.
"I don't think we care," X stated softly. "Bamboo Pandamonium, you are under arrest for breaking the laws of this world. Surrender or die."
The Reploid blinked in shock. "...what?"
"You're a New-Gen Reploid," Zero explained. "That means these actions are your own choice. So choose."
Pandamonium sneered. "You don't scare me-"
"Shoryureppa!"
"Crimson Slash!"
"Sonic Slash!"
"Tatsumaki Senpykyaku!"
By the time the attacks had finished, there wasn't even enough left of Bamboo Pandamonium to create a weapon program from. X blinked for a time. "Okay, we each take one of the remaining four solo."
(1) The glasses were for a vision problem Maka had inexplicably developed, though detailed examination showed it would naturally correct over time. Axl theorized that it had developed specifically because glasses made her more adorkable.
(2) When I was planning out the super upgrades X got last chapter with a friend on the phone, I promised him I'd give Octavia this technique. Forgot when I wrote the chapter, but added it in here.
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Well Bamboo's weapon did suck...
towards Maka?
Wait, CiCi is looking at herself? I suppose that's certainly possible, considering who we're talking about, but I'm pretty sure you meant this:
7758939 Um, I kinda think that's besides the point right now
Vinyl would be so pleased with those little ones
so maka is reploid pwny twilight?
At this point, weapon programs are kinda like pouring a bucket of water into the ocean. Completely unnecessary.
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That, is an adorable mental image! 
Prodigy children are always awesome.
...WELL...
Aww, the kids are so precociously adorable. I'm positively muuved.
Guess our heroes are gonna make true Pandamonium with the remaining foes.
Let's see how much destruction Octavia can spin with her Ultimate 3 this time eh? (PS. I kept imagining Octavia as Hitmontop for some reason)
you took the ultimate armor,the Hermes, and the Icarus armor ...AND COMBINED THEM!?
is it wrong to feel bad for Sigma? i think it is, but i cant help but feel bad for him.
granted, the Hermes and Icarus armor already had a rather powerful combo config, but still...
Not enough to make a weapon program from...?
Ooooooooh~ Foreshadowing~
*Snorts* Sorry, I'm currently running on no sleep, enough caffeene to allow a spacecraft to reach escape velocity, and pixie dust.
No... wait...
ANYWAYS!!!
Feels short, but I like the kid genius facet here. Maka completely outstripping Light at such a young age just makes me giggle. Or is that the caffeine? I'm fairly certain I'm not supposed to give off a faint hum sound...
I should stop before I start counting how many letters are in the chapter...
Good fucking lord the overkill. At this point any one of these 4 could probably solo a planet of mavericks and still come out unscratched... I know you love your OP characters, but this is getting ridiculous.
Makes me wonder how Command Mission is going to make them even more OP.
7759114 Why did you have to mention that image idea? Now my view on this fic has been taken for a ... Spin.
Another enjoyable chapter. Good job.
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Ugh, I remember how bad Axl's Copy Shot was in X7-- had to charge the fucking thing. X8 was a little better, but only one shot at a time, so you could spam it if you got close, but still... Basically, you had to Pokemon it to capture some of the hidden items.
True One: Sigma, this you have stayed in Cyber Hell or at home eating robotic chicken legs and Oily beer.
Real One: Never mess with their children, principally if they are robots that can be upgraded.
Huh... well... I think I just pissed myself for Sigma and Vile.
7759140 you have to feel bad for lumine here, not sigma
I'm just imagining Vile rushing to Sigma, shaking with fear.
"SIGMA, WE FUCKED UP HARD!"
If Zero is falling behind on the damage, just teach him slash dash canceling. Defeats any vulnerable boss faster than their healthbar can show. Totally OP, but requires TAS precision.
7759624 oh i know. i just feel worse for the guy who's dealt with them longer, and now has to deal with them at a higher level of power when his own is almost gone.
Maka is an adorable genius!!! I love the armor she made for her daddy!!! Three way laser beams and all the tricks... sweet. There can never be enough overkill and this armor delivers it!!!
And yes, the weapons are kind of redundant now, but can still be useful to make things easier in certain areas.
Sigma and Vile are going to feel PAIN AND SUFFERING!!!
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Muu~!
shouyldn't it be Tatsumuuki Senpmuu kyaku?
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That's the sound of a demon helping monsters. Rooster and Bamboo had it coming but Gigavolt and Avalanche Yeti were confused! In fact, nobody tried fighting so far because they die with their arguments. 
#dicksoutforavalancheyeti
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Actually, their confusion was over the fact that the Hunters weren't wasting time trying to convince them to switch sides. They wouldn't have, but it's part of the normal run of things.
This just fits.
OP fun for everyone.
"This is unfair!"
"Sorry..."
"...we don't give a duck."
For goodness's sake, enough with the weeb shit already. Forget the fucking "Taken 21XX" kick, it's THIS degeneracy that's the problem with the post End Times.
No one else in this continuity talks like this, so why's Leviathan talking like some moe blob caricature? Hell, Sera Levia-tan had more dignity than this, and she was a magical girl parody who doubled as one of the devil kings (get it, because she's a Maou Shoujou instead of a Mahou Shoujo).
They find the Maverick, shoot the fuck out of it, end of chapter.
Holy shit, that girl is a genius. Massively destructive, but a genius.
another maverick taken out, and for real these guys are genocidal madmen, even the other mavericks had SOME redeeming qualities that made it so they weren't kill on sight, THESE guys are basically just doing the pikachu face after they admitted to be planning genocide, which i do believe is liable for the death sentence at MINIMUM