A flash of light and a loud bang echoed from DynaMan's hands, a loud explosion knocking our hero, Megaman, hero to the masses, forward to his knees. "Rock, Are you alright?!" It was Roll, Mega Man's sister and mission control. "Yea, I'm alright. Just temporarily blinded," He said while he got back to his feet and remarked "You missed." "Wasn't aiming for ya," replied DynaMan while laughing pointing behind Mega Man. He quickly turned around to see a large sign falling towards him. He managed to dodge, landing on the ground just in front of where the sign fell.

"It was almost too easy." DynaMan laughed, grabbing Megaman by the collar and pulling him up to the much taller bots' eye level. Mega Man was quiet, his eyes closed, before suddenly opening them and spluttering out a small cough. "I'll make this quick, alright kid?" DynaMan said, holding up a stick of dynamite intending to shove it in Mega Man's mouth. "I'm...Not done yet…" Mega Man managed to mutter. He mustered his remaining energy to switch to his Force Field power, courtesy of Volt Man, and activate it. DynaMan dropped Mega Man, and the stick of dynamite he was holding exploded, annihilating the robot.

"Drat, You'll pay for this Mega Man! I will defeat you!" Princesa called, unconvincingly while hopping into a convenient getaway car. Princesa, real name Nova Takahashi, was a rabid fangirl. Not of Mega Man, but instead, Dr. Wily. After the former's passing last year, she decided to insert herself into the spotlight and use her dad's money to fund a line of robots barely stronger than a blender. They each had spectacular powers which were very nice when copied, but barely put up any fight.

Mega Man stood up, dusting himself up and looking at the damage. Thankfully, it wasn't too bad. Well, except that sign but...Anyway, he quickly teleported back to the lab, where Roll jumped up from her chair to make sure he wasn't badly hurt. Their creator, Dr. Thomas Light, was in the other room on the phone. After he hung up, he walked back into the lab to see the duo talking, oblivious. He took a deep breath, and began to speak.

"I have some very bad news I need to tell you two. Please, sit down."

"It isn't fair! We've done so much for humanity!" Roll protested, Light nodding. Rock had his head in his hands, not quite understanding the situation but fully understanding his time was almost over. Light leaned in, and began to whisper to the two.

The Light household was in shambles for months afterwards. After the outbreak of Dr Wily's roboenza virus, politicians decided to start rallying against advanced robotics. Of course, it took a few years but mass hysteria killed the former multi-billion dollar field. A new law was imposed, making it so formerly sentient robots had to have "updates" performed, stripping all sentience and making them into little more than household appliances. The alternative option was allow cops to take them and send into special recycling centers to be used in new machinery. Anyone caught using former versions of the software, along with sharing or distributing, were to be fined and possibly given jail time.

This, of course, greatly shocked upset Dr. Light. Rock and Roll were his faithful lab assistants, a son and a daughter he made with his own hands. Having to either effectively lobotomize or kill his children was something he could not bear to do. So, he took a note from his old colleagues play book and he had to hide them. . He had already built a variety of pods containing his magnum opus, X, and further upgrades in case need be. So it was a simple case of assembling the pods, and getting them in.

This would not come to fruition, however as he delayed putting them in the pods until the last possible day, and the police decided to send an officer over, just make sure he was doing what he was told to do. Light was able to stall the agent long enough to seal Roll into her pod and produce a box of convincingly fake parts, however he was unable to do the same with Rock. The officer saw right through Light in his scheme as his suspicions were confirmed. However, he didn't know Roll was already sealed in a pod which was teleported into a room just under the lab, which happened to be near Light's other precious creation, X's pod.

Rock was forcibly taken away from Light, the officer unaware and uncaring he was in fact taking away the Mega Man who had saved him from enslavement under Dr. Wily. Doctor Light unfortunately passed on the next day due to a lethal combination of old age and heartbreak, age XX on July 7th, 20XX.

Doctor Light's Lab was thoroughly searched to see if anyone else was hiding, and later abandoned and quarantine. All other bots, Eddie, Rush, Tango, Auto, etc were teleported to a similar underground chamber to live the rest of their days in peace. Rumor has it, just maybe, one of them is even still functioning. But that's all hearsay and rumor. No one knows if it's true, the truth died with Light.

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【 ︎】I've been working on this one for a few days. The concept came from me watching Twitch's time skimmer videos, and wondering how Roll would fit with everything taken away. What will she do? Wait for the next chapter! Either it's coming in the next few days or...never.

Credits to Reploid Revo (Twitch), he's a really swell guy. Check his channel: channel/UC1GeLU2EbtqUJjCB1tifgdg !