Mega Man: Battle Mechs
The grassland was quite peaceful. The sky was a bright, beautiful blue and the grass lively and full. Small hills outlined the area, but most of the plain was flat. A white bird flew by the horizon, diving for a small lizard it saw on the ground. With its prize in its beak, it flies back up, and narrowly misses being it by a massive blue arm.
"Get out of here you stupid bird!" exclaimed Rock from the pilot's chamber of his Blue Bomber Mech. Rock moved a lock of his dark brown hair out of his eyes, then grabbed the controls tighter. "Come on Mega Man, let's do this". His Mech retracted its hand into its forearm and formed a gun. The Joe model across the battle area began to run to the left. Rock followed it closely as a large ball of plasma formed at the front of the barrel of his gun. Once the ball was bigger than his mech's head, Rock fired the blast across the landscape, hitting the Joe model in the chest and knocking it off line.
"Damn it!" the pilot called from inside his mech.
"YEAH!" Rock cried out in victory. Rock made his Mech walk back over to a large egg shaped module and got inside. A moment after the egg sealed itself, it shot off the ground and into the air, zooming past the repair mechs coming to his fallen foe.
The egg rushed by the beautiful scenery, all the while though, Rock was trapped in the dark of the egg, the only light coming from his cabin.
"Computer, play battle on screen one, show damages on screen two, and show me the battle statistics on screen three" Rock instructed. Immediately three holographic screens popped up on his window. The middle screen showed a first person view of the battle. The screen to the left showed an outline of his mech, and damaged areas were highlighted in red. The third screen showed a series of numbers and statistics. This was the one Rock was paying most attention to. "No way!" he screamed as he looked at it. "How could his hit percentage be so high? He only hit me four times!"
"Yes Master Rock, but he fired only five shots. You fired 67 in the course of the ten minutes match, and hit him 27 times" his computer told him.
Rock changed his attention to the damages. "My father should be able to repair these pretty fast" he said. Rock looked at his watch. "What time does Blues's fight begin?"
"Your brother's match begins in 10 minutes" the computer told him.
"Cool, I'll just make it" Rock said.
Minutes later, the egg arrived at the fighter's station. It was a huge metal building with a circular bottom, and a large tower reaching high into the sky. The egg dropped down a shaft, one of many that surrounded the building. It rushed down the tunnel till it came to a large room with many connecting tunnels.
"Light Team" Rock said. The egg began again and soon stopped in a large hanger. The egg opened up and locked into place behind the Mech. A staircase rose from the catwalk to the middle of the red gem in the center of Rock's mech's chest. A second later a door opened up and Rock jumped out. He immediately looked to his left. The space next to him was empty. He looked down at the catwalk and saw his father walking up with a large toolbox on wheels.
"Hey! Pop! Did Blues already leave?" Rock said as he bound down the steps.
"Oh yes" the old man exclaimed. "Left on the gravy train he did, just after 13'0'clock!" Rock stopped after hearing that.
"Um…okay dad" Rock said. He had gotten use to his father's ramblings by now. Dr. Light was quite brilliant, but after the death of his wife, he began to loose his mind. Rock ran across the catwalk to the door for the elevator. Before he got in though, he took one last look at Mega Man. Standing 90 feet tall, the catwalk hung around its waist. It had a large box like chest where the pilot's cabin was held. It had medium sized circular shoulders, and tiny upper arms. Its forearms were very wide, giving way to its large black hands. He looked up at its face, staring into its white eyes, which were contoured by the black area around them. Two large sliver crests ran above the eyes, bending around the head. A third crest ran over the top. All three were connected to a red diamond shaped gem on the forehead. "Good job today buddy". Rock stepped in and the doors closed behind him. "Referee Room" he told the computer, and he began to rise. A moment later, the doors of the elevator opened up into a small room with several tables, and lots of people all talking at once. Phones rang, and people argued as Rock made his way to one of the tables. A small little man in a black and white body suit, and square glasses on atop the base of nose was sitting there, fumbling with piles of paper work. Rock stood there for a moment before the referee noticed him.
"Oh, hello, you must be Rock Light?" he said looking at a piece of paper.
"Yes"
"And where is your opponent?"
"Um…" Rock said scratching his head. "I don't know"
"Hmmmmm" the referee remarked. He rubbed his chin. "Okay, well your winnings are 600 zenny and the Sniper Shot weapons program" The referee fumbled with more papers till he took out a contract of some sort. "You'll need to sign here…" Rock signed on the line the man pointed to. "…and here". When Rock was done signing, he shook hands with the referee and walked back to the elevator.
"Ground floor" Rock said. The elevator descended, and a second later the doors opened up into the common area. He stepped out and looked around. He saw his friends Iris and Auto sitting at a table. Rock straightened his large, blue, sleeveless shirt, and his baggy, blue pants. He tightened his red bandanna and checked his hair in the reflection from the metal walls. He put his hands in his pockets and began to walk towards them, strutting confidently. He nodded his head slightly, hoping to come off as cool to Iris. However, halfway across, he tripped on his own foot and slammed onto the carpeted ground with a loud bang. Everyone turned to look at him and most chuckled. Rock picked himself up and hurried over to his friends.
"Oh my god! Rock are you okay?" Iris exclaimed as he walked over.
"Me?" Rock said. He then scoffed and waved his hand. "I'm fine"
"Oh, that's good" Auto said. "And congratulations on the win"
"Thanks, that makes it my sixth professional win. I hope I can keep this undefeated record till the Mars Cup begins"
"That would be great, you would have a great standing in it if you did" Iris said excitedly.
"What did you win?" Auto said.
"I got a Sniper Shot" Rock told them.
"Oh that's awesome!" Iris squealed. "That will come in handy"
"I know" Rock said. Rock pressed a button and a screen rose up from the table. He pressed a button on the screen, then a holographic keyboard popped up. Rock typed furiously as the screen showed options for food, lodging, and matches. He stopped on one of them, Protoman vs. Berserker". He tapped a button on the screen and the keyboard disappeared. He pressed another button on the screen, and the screen started to show a dessert terrain. Two eggs dropped down on the ground with large crashes, both making craters. A moment later, a large buzzer sounded, and the eggs opened. A large red robot resembling Rock's stepped. The major difference between the two was color, this one was red, with blue gems in the chest and forehead. Also, this mech had no visible eyes. Mounted on its back was a large red shield as well. On the other side of the battleground, a heavily armored black robot stepped out of the other egg. It had spikes all over it's body, and was twirling a large metal ball attached to a chain. Berserker ran at Protoman full speed, then threw his metal ball towards Protoman's chest. Protoman jumped to the side and rolled on the ground. He got to his feet and jumped high into the air to avoid another hit. His hand retracted like Mega Man's and he fired several plasma bursts. Berserker stumbled with every hit. Protoman fell back down to the ground and kicked Berserker in the face, the only place there were no spikes. Berserker stumbled back again, and Protoman fired several bursts into his chest. Protoman then brought his hands back out and pulled his shield out and held it in his right hand. In his other hand, and sword of pure energy appeared. As Berserker got to his feet, Protoman ran forward and slammed into him. Berserker was knocked back, and Protoman cut Berserker's head off. It rolled on the ground as the loud buzzer rang again.
"How does he do it?" Rock asked. "How does he win and make it look effortless?"
"I was the top of his class at the academy," a voice said behind them.
"Blues!" Rock exclaimed. It was his brother. Blues had medium length black hair and a red long sleeve shirt with a gray jacket over that. His hands were in the pockets of his black pants. "How did you get here so fast?"
"The camera's have a delay Rock" Blues explained.
"Oh" Rock said feeling stupid for not knowing that.
"And just for the record, the guy wasn't a challenge. He relied on his heavy armor, he was easy to maneuver around" Blues explained as he tightened his black fingerless gloves.
"Oh" Rock said feeling stupid again. "Wow, Blues, you are a good pilot. You have to be a shoe in for the Mars Cup this year". Blues lip quivered for split second.
"Yes" he finally said. "I came to tell you that dad wants you to practice with your new weapon later". With that, Blues walked away.
"What was that about?" Iris asked.
"What?" Rock asked, not knowing what she was talking about.
"He seemed annoyed when you mentioned the Mars Cup" Iris told.
"Oh" Rock said now that he knew what she meant. "He made it to the final match of the Mars Cup in the last tournament two years ago…and lost". Iris looked shocked.
"I don't think I have ever seen him loose. How did he not win the Mars cup two yeas ago?" Iris asked. Rock pressed the button for the keyboard. After typing furiously for a moment, he turned the screen and an archived match was showing.
"This is the final match of the last Mars Cup" Rock told her.
Two eggs dropped onto the ground. The buzzer rang, and Protoman stepped out of his egg as it opened. Across the field, the other egg opened up and a black Mech stepped out. It had two large fins coming off it's head and going down to the middle of his back. His wrists were now at wide as Protoman's. On his chest was a yellow gem were four silver beams made an X on his chest. The two robots ran at each other, and the black on jumped into the air and kicked Protoman in the chest. Protoman stumbled back and the black robot fired four quick shots. All hit Protoman's shoulder and blew his right arm off. Protoman grabbed his shield, but the black robot shot it out of his hand as he lifted it up. The black robot ran forward and kicked Protoman again, knocking him off his feet, and taking him off-line. The buzzer rang again.
"Oh my god" Iris exclaimed. "That guy has to be amazing"
"His Mech is, that's for sure" Auto said. "It is an unnamed model"
"What does that mean?" Rock asked.
"It means there is only one of it, an original" Auto explained. "It was built by the pilot's father. It has the code name Bass though".
"Who is the pilot?" Iris asked. As if to answer her question, a large group of reporters entered not far from them. They surrounded a young man with long black hair.
"Look, I do not have time for questions right now" he said. He had a large smug smile on his face, it was obvious he liked the attention. He broke through the reporters and walked towards an elevator.
"I hope I never have to face that guy" Rock said.
"Me too" Iris agreed.
"Well, I'm go gonna test my new weapon, I'll see you guys later"