(Then while Spider-Man destroys most of the Maverick Hunters, Return IX keeps attacking Zero, until he decides to shove his Z-Saber away.)

Return IX: You're nothing but a... (charges his buster) MAVERICK!

(Return IX kills Zero.)

(Unbeknownst to the Regime, the Repliforce (who was never destroyed in the alternate universe) manages to rebuild Zero thanks to the chip they got from Doctor Cain. Zero then wakes up and realizes that he's neither at the Maverick Hunters HQ nor in cyberspace.)

Zero: What... I'm supposed to be in cyberspace...

 I'm supposed to be in cyberspace

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????: Zero.

(Zero sees his longtime love interest.)

Zero: Iris? Is that you?

Iris: Hi, Zero.

(Then the Colonel comes in)

(Then the Colonel comes in)

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Colonel: Easy there, Zero. You've had a rough one.

Zero: Colonel?

Colonel: Heh heh, in the flesh.

Zero: I was... pulverized...

Colonel: Blasted into pieces, you were. Good thing we found ya.

(Then Zero looks in the mirror and sees his new design: A black and white armor with the Repliforce symbol in his shoulders.)

(Flashback ends.)

Zero: Sigma made a fool of X. And he will pay for this.

Ghost: They all will.

Ghost: They all will

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