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                        X - C R O S S
                         The Ending

                         Written by
                     Edward T. Hrzic III

                    Copyright (c) 1997 by
                     Edward T. Hrzic III
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What was the story is available at "ftp.std.com" in the directory
"pub/archive/anime-fan-works/Miscellaneous/EdFics/" or at my home
page "http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Alley/2247/" along
with most of my other fiction.
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                      THE EXPLANATION

What is this?  Well, its the "ending" (if you will), of X-Cross. 
The reason that I've written this "description" instead of taking
the story to its actual ending, is that fact that I became
disenchanted with the project.  This fiction is a prime example
of what NOT to do with fiction: write a whole bunch at once.  And
while the other fics of mine got my attention, this one was
pushed aside.  As well, no one commented on it, so I'm more or
less abandoning it.  And here we go!


                 PART 3:  "Amid the Wreckage"

Mike and Raph appear at Priss' door.  Since they disturbed her
beauty sleep, she tosses them out into the street.  Mike then
notices the pizza place.
  At Genom, they talk about perfecting the Teleporting Anti-
Guyver Boomer Unit.  Once the prototype is combat ready, Genom
unleashes it in downtown Neo-Tokyo.
  To combat the disaster, all of the major players are brought
together: Goliath and Elisa, the Turtles reunite, the Guyvers
appear, and the Knight Sabers arrive.   It is a grueling battle
as the TAGBU's precognitive information allows it to avoid the
attacks with ease.  The Turtles are wounded, and the Knight
Sabers' hardsuits are damage.  Only with Goliath's help do the
Guyvers get the TAGBU into a crossfire and finally destroy it
with a triple gravity globe.
  Since the people from the past seem to know, to some extent,
what they are dealing with, the Knight Sabers take them to their
headquarters.  Eventually finding out everything they need to
know, an assault on Genom Scientific HQ is planned.  Since the
Turtles would be an asset, Sylia unveils a set of four, prototype
exoskeletal boosters (PEBs).

               PART 4:  "Spark in the Darkness"

The final stages of the TAGBUs are complete.  Just as it happens,
the heroes crash through security (and boomers).  They head
straight for the lab, and destroy six of the TAGBUs in their
tubes.  However, they are too late to stop of the releases of the
remaining four.
  The PEBs come in great use to the turtles, who contend with one
of them.  The Knight Sabers take another, the Guvyers yet
another, and Goliath takes the final one.
  These particular TAGBUs, however, are "boosted" versions of the
prototype that they had fought.  Despite their best efforts, the
most that they could do was damage them moderately.
  Goliath, seeing that he himself needs assistance, wrenches a
large pipe from the wall to act as a weapon.  He does not know
that it will do, later, though.
  The Guyvers also have their hands full trying to find some way
to "trick" the TAGBUs.  This is for naught, as well.  The
crossfire won't work this time.
  There is a rumbling in the building.  Goliath, taking the pipe,
had violated the aqua containment of the lab.  Gallons and
gallons of water fill the lab.  The heroes jump to the upper
gantries to avoid drowning.
  The TAGBUs are not so lucky.  The water is the one thing that
the Genom scientists didn't content with.  The units go in and
out of phase, and eventually explode, ripping another hole in
time.
  Thinking that if one hole went forward to Neo-Tokyo, this one
would go back to their own.  It isn't that they have much of a
choice: the pull of the vortex is becoming too much.  And they
jump back in time.
  Sure enough, they appear back in their own time, and the sun is
almost upon them.  The Guyvers leave; Goliath goes back to his
clock tower; and the Turtles return to their home.
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