After Sigma's defeat, X became a hero. X, although sad about Zero's destruction by the hands of Vile, begins to work with the maverick hunters to defeat the mavericks.As they are being slowly destroyed for good, three mavericks known as the X Hunters are plotting to revive the maverick army. X heads to the last factory of mavericks hoping to destroy the last few, but little does X know that the maverick wars have just begun....