20XX... One day in 200X, A man by the name of Dr. Albert Wilydecided totake over theworld by taking control of the robots of Dr. Light, a fellow scientist and world-renowned robotics expert. At the behest of one of his creations, Rock, he made the decision to turn the robot into the super fighting robot known as Mega Man. Many battles ensued.
Many friends and enemies would be encountered. Many robots would fall victim to his mighty Mega Buster. And when it seemed like the fighting would never stop...
It did. Wily had gone quiet for quite a while, in fact.
Not that Dr. Light, Rock, and his sister, Roll missed the fighting... Rock did so reluctantly in the first place, so it was a chance to get back to being a somewhat normal family again.
Until...
Dr. Light's Lab: 8:00 a.m.
Rock hummed a familiar tune as he gathered the scraps from the latest tinkering his creator had been undertaking. Civilian life had been esppecially relaxing to him, especially after something like the "Roboenza" incident. As the robot boy walked past Dr. Light's workbench, he asked,
"What is it you're working on anyway?"
The scientist looked up from his soldiering for just a minute. "I'm working on a special titanium alloy. In theory, it would be able to support a far more extensive degree of... 'abuse', let's say, than even you can currently."
"Okay..." Now Rock was curious. "Did the government commission you to create another helper robot or something?"
He hesitated for a moment. "Er... no. Actually, this project is a bit bigger than that. In fact, this one won't be seeing the light of day for quite a while."
"Dr. Light, breakfast is ready!"
The call, of course, came from Roll, housekeeping robot and Rock's sister. She was in an apron holding a batter-coated wisk.
"I'll be over in a moment, Roll." He turned to Rock. "Can you put those scraps in the recycling bin?"
"Oh, right. I'll get-"
A round of bullets hit the door in Rock's line of sight with enough force to blast him off of his feet. He landed on his stomach, scraps scattering on the chrome flooring.
The newfound hole in the wall revealed a purple and black robot. It was none other than Mega Man's rival, Bass!
"Bass? What are you doing here?" The scientist couldn't hide his surprise at the break-in.
"You shut up!" Bass pointed his Buster at Dr. Light, then Roll before rounding on Rock. "Where's Dr. Wily?!"
"I...don't...know..." Rock said, struggling to his feet. "You sure he's not with you?"
"Hmm..." The black robot seemed to debate this point briefly before making his decision.
"Liar!" He aimed some pellets at Rock, which he barely managed to dodge out of the way of.
Left with no choice but to fight back, Rock pressed the button on a watch-like item on his arm and transformed into the Blue Bomber known as Mega Man.
"How many times do I have to tell you, Bass? We are not enemies!"
"Shut up and fight me!"Several more volleys followed. Luckily, Roll managed to get her creator out of the line of fire. Mega Man wasn't so lucky as he took some rather unfriendly fire as he tried to slide out of the way.
"Bass... Why don't you understand? We don't have to fight like this!"
More shots followed in response.
"We could be friends! I don't care if Wily created you!"
Bass stopped to scoff at the enemy robot. "Friends... With you? Ha! I'd much rather beat you and prove I'm the world's strongest robot!"
More battle ensued until...
"QUIET!" Roll's voice rang through the damaged lab, giving pause to both combatants. "You said you were looking for Dr Wily?"
"Where is he?" Bass asked, retracting his arm cannon but keeping his fist balled.
"We can help you find him..." Dr. Light added, "...if you'll let us.
The robot raised his hand, and the trio around him jumped in fright. However, he simply grumbled and crossed his arms. "The sooner I can find him, the better..."
About an hour later...
"Now, Bass," Dr. Light began, looking at his computer. "Where did you last see him?"
Bass appeared deep in thought. "The old man said something about constructing some new Robot Masters with some guy's help."
"Who could that be?" Roll questioned.
"Beats me. I'm usually doing target practice on dummies of the blue twit while pops is off throwing his weak little toys at the real thing."
The elderly scientist stroked his beard. "Hmm... Well, we can't get a good lead without any info..."
Suddenly, a transmission broke through on his computer. What was revealed was merely a figure encasesd in shadow.
"Hello, Mega Man." The voice, though distorted, sounded oddly young.
Everybody knew that this was what... or who... they were looking for.
"I've taken Dr. Wily. Now, I know that you can't let that slide due to your strong sense of justice and all that."
Mega Man unflinchingly looked straight ahead at the screen.
"In that spirit," the voice continued. "I've gone through the trouble of making and strategically placing 8 of my own Robot Masters at different places throughout the city. Check it out."
A screen showing the affected areas came up briefly before cutting back to the figure.
"You might want to hurry, Mega Man. Wily won't last much longer!"
The screen now cuts briefly to a scene of an uncounsious Dr. Wily in a cage.
"Oh, and Bass..." He continued after a pause. "I think it's absolutely adorable that you love your daddy enough to go rescue him." The last sentence was spoken in a tone so mocking that Bass raised his Buster to shoot the screen only for Mega Man to catch his arm before he could.
After an evil laugh by the shadowy figure, the screen cut off.
The black robot growled and shook himself free from the restraining grip. "I'll put some holes in that idiot!"
The trio watching him was shocked by the blluntness of his statement.
Laugh at me, will he..."
He dashed to the teleporter before anyone could stop him and headed off to the highlighted area.
I need to help, too, Dr. Light!" Mega Man's eyes shone with fierce determination.
Dr. Light gave an affirmative nod. "Indeed, you do. Good luck, Mega Man."
Mega Man headed for the teleporter and Bass' location.
...
In a Secret Lab...
An evil laugh reverberated throughout the building, waking up the evil scientist, Dr. Wily.
"It's gone all according to plan. Mega Man will be mine,"
The one emitting the laughter, a portly teenager with glasses, gloated as Dr. Wily came to.
"Yeah? Well your laugh's really irritating..."
The boy glared at him "Yeah? Well nobody asked you! I'll conquer the world better than you ever could, old man!"
"Good luck with that! I've tried over a dozen times," Wily snapped back before muttering under his breath, "Kids these days..."
Well, there you have it! The first chapter of "Mega Man and Bass: Enemy Within!" I'd love to hear your thoughts!