Pikatwig: A new Megaman story, separate from the canons we all know and love.
KKD: Huh? How different exactly?
Pikatwig: It's just about all of the canons mixed together, so Classic meets X, meets Zero, meets ZX, meets Legends, meets Battle Network, meets Star Force. In a sense. But this is a retelling of the classic Megaman games.
KKD: I see.
Pikatwig: May you roll the disclaimers like usual aibou?
KKD: Sure. As usual, we own nothing except a few OC characters that may pop up here and there. The rest belong to Capcom, Archie Comics, and their respective owners.
(Megaman's POV)
A blue flash arrived right outside a small clearing, where a tall castle stood. The area of it was tricky to pin-point at the moment, as I began my way to the castle. I then came into view revealing my helmet to be a blue with cyan/sky blue designs down the middle of it along with a red visor connected on the sides by red circular pieces, my body was mostly cyan with blue armor on his shoulder, torso, wrists, and boots, with a yellow circle on his chest, on it was a red symbol parted by a black line and two triangles. My eyes were covered by the visor, but a slash mark near my right eye is rather visible, as I walked forward.
"Alright Dr. Wily… it's time for you to pay!" I said, as I was getting closer to the castle, but I accidentally tripped a security alarm. "Shoot…"
Suddenly, some large red bots came hopping in, their most noticeable feature being the big eye on his noggin. I growled as I tried to evade them, and quickly reached what would easily be the quickest way to get inside, however the front door was locked. "Locked…" I muttered as my visor then displayed some options, and I changed to "Super Arm" changing my armor to a brown and white color scheme, as I tore apart part of the front door to open it up. "Unlocked!"
Switching back to my main weapon, the Mega Buster, I looked around for a moment, walking carefully just to stay on my toes. Suddenly, I heard a noise as I turned to see some strange yellow blob.
"...well, this is unexpected."
Well… it really was. How did it even come to this you may be asking? Well… I'll tell you. It all started a few weeks ago…
It was the day that Dr. Thomas Light revealed his greatest achievements, the Robot Masters. Me and my mom were VIP guests to this thing. Why? Maybe it was 'cause she's a friend of the good doctor.
"Okay Ian, you go ahead and meet up with Roll. I'll make sure things are secure," my mom, Dr. Stellar said.
"Sure thing, Mom. Just be careful, okay?" I waved as I walked off to meet up with Roll, the closest thing Dr. Light had to any actual relatives since most of them passed on and he was too old to marry.
Roll herself… simply beautiful! To me, her golden blonde hair tied in a ponytail via a green ribbon was just like the rays of the sun, and it perfectly showed off her sapphire blue eyes that shined like the stars… and her outfit… such a wonderful red dress with black sleeves, white color, black buttons, and matching boots… oh my… I can't begin to tell you how beautiful she looked to me then.
"Morning Roll," I waved as she turned to me.
"Well howdy there," she waved back in the cutest Southern accent I've ever heard… and oh MAN do I like it… it just… it just fits her so much!
"So, where's your mom?" she asked me.
That reminds me, I never told you what my mom looks like, huh? Well, she's got some long blonde locks, which almost remind me of Roll's, and yet she also has green eyes as bright as emeralds. Her outfit is most interesting in terms of design from what I've seen; her top has a yellow collar while it is mostly blue, and has some puffed up yet angular shoulders, from there, she has a pleated skirt with pockets in a nice shade of red, but then her footwear… that's quite surprising. She actually has some very interesting shoes, which appear to look like bulky blue boots with yellow rings around the ankles connecting to black stockings, but a simple press of a button on both shoes makes them suddenly retract to appear like simple ankle bands to reveal her barefeet.
She's taking care of business as I looked at a nearby mirror to check my appearance.
My black hair was still as spiky as ever, pointing straight up and over my goggles framed in white with a unique type of lense, these currently being over my light blue eyes. My jacket seemed like a rather interesting workout jacket it, being blue with the occasional orange rings, and white four-pointed stars on my shoulders, connecting to my fingerless blue and white gloves. My pants in contrast were quite simple, being a pair of beige khakis and my shoes being black and white converse. Yep, everything was in order, and just as nice as when I left home.
"Good day Ian," a voice said, as I turned around to see Dr. Light's assistant, Dr. Albert W. Wily, who was a pretty old man with balding grey hair, a ridiculously long mustache of similar color, a green collared shirt under his white lab coat, which had a strange green handkerchief in his chest pocket for whatever reason, black slacks, and matching shoes.
"Good day Dr. Wily," I replied, greeting the old man.
"Sorry, but I have to leave before the presentation can begin, Ian. But do give Dr. Light my best regards," Dr. Wily told me with a smile that somehow made me a bit uneasy.
If only we knew what he was going to do back then… anyway, I walked over to where I could see Dr. Light. He was a kind old man with white hair covering his entire head, including that very bushy beard and mustache of his. He seemed very simple having the same blue eyes as Roll, a pale blue shirt and blue tie with white spots under his white lab coat, along with his red slacks and brown shoes.
"Good day Dr. Light, how are things going?" I replied.
"Just fine, Inafune-san," Dr. Light replied politely… using my actual name.
"C'mon, Doc, I told you, call me Ian," I responded. I then walked over and then saw the eight Robots were covered by a cloth. "Is this where your latest inventions are?"
"Yes, please don't look now," he requested.
"Right, sorry." I simply chuckled a tiny bit, as I saw that Roll was already seated, but then she patted the seat of the chair next to her when she saw me.
"I reserved this just for you, Ian," she told me, and I walked over to the reserved spot, and I smiled at her.
"Thanks," I replied as I sat down.
Soon my mom sat down at her spot, and we waited for the presentation to start. Just as the curtains were about to rise, we saw cycloptic bots of various colors, but each having a silver cannon for an arm while holding a shield that was mostly white, but accented with their primary color and having a viewing port, came in blasting at us… blast, Sniper Joes! But I wondered at the time why they were even there, attacking us? The people who were there began to run amock in fear, and then all of a sudden, time seemed to slow down, and some fire appeared. My mom began to get the people away from the area, when some bombs came from nowhere.
We turned and saw some robot with a red mohawk, green eyes on his yellow face, a fat body resembling a bomb with red torso armor, along with red arms and legs connecting to gauntlets and boots the same color as his face. It was responsible for throwing the bombs.
"Bomb Man?!" Dr. Light exclaimed, as my mom quickly ran over to get him out of there, when Bomb Man smirked.
"Sorry Doc, but I've got new orders. Orders from Wily… to kill your daughter!" Bomb Man responded before throwing a Hyper Bomb at her, making Roll scream in fear.
"LOOK OUT!" I shouted as I rushed it, pushing Roll out of the way of the attack, but then I ended up taking the full force… at least I think I did; after the explosion, everything went black for me.
(Roll's POV)
I couldn't believe it! Ian… he was… killed by one of Dad's Robot Masters!
"Sorry about this Dr, but I'm gonna take over the world, using your Robot Masters. All eight of them," Dr. Wily announced. As two of the Robot Masters quickly covered his escape, with Dr. Light in shock, Dr. Stellar growled, as for me… I teared up and began to sob.
"Roll!" Dr. Light gasped, seeing me in tears.
"...Hope may be lost…" Dr. Stellar sighed… but even in my tears, I could hear this, and somehow, I had an idea.
"No… There's always hope, Dr. Stellar. Dr. Light, Dr. Stellar, we can do something about this," I told them, wiping my tears away. I heard them mention something about battle armor, and I know that they can do something about this.
"We can try… but… we need someone to use the armor," Dr. Light responded.
"Why don't we use Ian?" I suggested.
"It's impossible! He's dead! Even if we could, the technology to have him use it wouldn't work!" Dr. Stellar replied.
"Actually, we can. I have a robot that has the armor installed into it, I can duplicate Ian's personality and memories and then…"
"He'd be back," both me and Dr. Stellar said in unison.
"Exactly. Well, not entirely, but it's the best we can get short of Ian actually being resurrected," Dr. Light nodded. "In order for this to work, we need Ian's body before he's too far gone."
"Got it," I nodded as I picked up Ian's body and we rushed off to Dr. Light's lab. And they began their work… it took a while for them to get things started, but I knew it would work.
(A week later)
It took a long time, but the doctors were almost finished with their work. I was nervous, but still hopeful. Then, I heard the doors open and I saw Dr. Light and Dr. Stellar walked out.
"We're done," he replied, allowing me to walk in and see what happened to Ian.
(Ian's POV)
My first memory after my death was essentially me waking up in a strange lab, Dr. Light's I guessed, with him, mom, and Roll looking at me.
"Ugh… what happened?" I asked. But before anyone could say anything, Roll walked over and gave me a hug.
"IAN! Oh thank goodness! It worked!" she smiled, but her hug was so tight, I almost couldn't breathe.
She let go, and then I smiled at her. "Do ya, remember who I am?"
"...Roll? What happened? What're you talking about?" I asked.
"Well, you see… um… how do I put this…?" she replied, trying to figure out what to say. "After you saved me, you… died. And then, my dad and Dr. Stellar brought ya back,"
I took this in for a moment and was a little surprised.
"What?! How?!" I gasped before looking at myself.
"They brought ya back… as a 'bot like me," she explained.
"...Th-That's impossible!" I gawked.
Roll then turned over to the two doctors, and then kinda motioned for them to just try and help her explain this.
"Ian… you remember Project Mega I may have mentioned?" Dr. Light asked.
"Yea… what about it?" I asked.
"We modified it so that your memories could be used in the robot body you're in now," he answered.
I was a little surprised but… it also felt like I had some gaps in my memory. "But… it may take some time for you to remember everything, so don't worry."
"Trust me, Ian. I'll help you remember everythin'," Roll told me with a wink. I blushed at this, and then smiled. But that… was only the beginning...
Pikatwig: Nice first chapter huh?
KKD: Yea, and pretty interesting.
Pikatwig: So what did you think of the characters so far?
KKD: Pretty cool reimaginings of the original characters.
Pikatwig: I think Roll having a southern accent is really cool, you?
KKD: Yep. Inspired by AJ?
Pikatwig: Hit the nail on the head. Anyway, favorite part?
KKD: Not sure. I guess it'd have to be Ian saving Roll.
Pikatwig: Mine as well, anyway, ready to end this off?
KKD: Ready when you are. Until next time this is KKD and…
Pikatwig: Pikatwig signing off. Just Live More!
KKD: Jaa ne.