[Ice Man theme]
Rock warped into a section of Monstertropolis, materializing onto a street. After checking his systems for any malfunctions, Rock scanned the location around him. It was surprisingly silent, with everything frozen in thick sheets of ice. What were more terrifying were the people frozen into place, most of them having fear etched on their faces, giving an eerie feeling to Rock. It nearly overwhelmed him. The psychological fear nearly broke his spirit. But Rock knew he had to stop the chaos now, as Mega Man. As he walked further, it was starting to be difficult to not slip on the endless road of ice. He tried to jump, helping to halt his sliding better.
Suddenly, he heard something. It sounded like heavy stomping, perhaps survivors? Mega Man used his zoom function in his optics to see ahead. The only thing was, it was not human. A big purple robot with massive hands was charging at him. He knew what it was. It was one of the training bots for the gyms.
Aiming his cannon, Mega Man was ready to fire. But something prevented him to do so.
Wily had taken command of all the machines in the city, except for him and Roll, thankfully due to their resistance. But to kill a fellow machine, it was just unthinkable.
But if he didn't destroy the robot, he would be part of the countless casualties.
Megaman fired, just as the robot fired a shot as well, then, the robot detached itself from its lower body and went flying towards him. Mega Man fired another shot, destroying the upper body of the robot. Burying his hesitation in fury, Mega Man advanced.
After shooting down numerous robots, Megaman finally stopped at a door. Above it was the emblem of W. He finally made it. Charging out of the chilly fog filled hallway, Megaman barged through another doorway that met him. Entering a blue icy room, it felt like the whole area was constantly below zero. Megaman's limbs were stiffened and he felt like shutting down from the much more intense cold.
Looking around, there was nothing around. Stepping a bit further, Megaman was greeted by some cackling. Suddenly, a diminutive robot appeared in front of Megaman, surprising him.
"Peekaboo!" Iceman yelled out in his annoying voice. Megaman jumped back a bit.
Mega Man quickly regained his composure from the first shock.
"Ice Man, it's time to repent for what you done."
"What for Rocky Balboa? It's been my heart's desire to freeze everything in my way, so I can have my own massive snow globe!"
"No brother, this is not you, search within you, and please return back to Dr. Light…
"For what reason, blue boy? So he can destroy me! Dr Wily was true! You are trying to ice me! Well you'll never take me alive!"
Ice Man went in to throw a freezing punch at Mega Man, but he dodged it.
Mega Man fired off a shot from his trusty Mega buster. The ice themed robot responded with a jet blast of frost. The ice blast froze the energy blast at midair, making it fall frozen in pieces.
"Yeah think you take me out, you blue short fry? You are messing with the best! I'm going to ice you!"
Iceman proceeded to send a blast of a larger beam of ice. Megaman jumped over the blast, but when he landed, he slipped on the frozen floor.
"WHOA!" Megaman slammed onto the ice face first. Feeling the cold wet surface, he steadily stood up and dodged more of Iceman's projectiles. Using his Mega Buster, he shot many times at the Robot Master while whirling through the air.
Some blasts aimed at Iceman toasted his thick blue fur clothing, leaving some wiring revealed under his metal structure.
Getting angry, Iceman decided to get physical with his taller opponent. Megaman easily dodged the slow punches from Iceman and sent a swift kick at his chest,
Iceman went flying, crashing into a corner of the room. Megaman quickly charged his Megaman Buster at full power, and shot the highly unstable orb of energy at Iceman.
The Robot Master recovered, and went dashing towards the quick blast.
It looked like he was going to be destroyed in that attack. Just when the powered shot reached him, Iceman unleashed his most deadly tool.
"You want to play rough? It's time to give you the cold shoulder!"
The air around Iceman crystallized around his gloved hands, and both of the limbs conjoined to create a massive arrowhead made of ice. The blast was propelled forward, freezing Megaman's powered shot, going straight for Megaman.
Mega Man didn't react in time and was frozen in place.
Ice Man laughed for a moment, but his small grin turned into a sneer.
"Who's the big man now Rocky, who is it now?"
Mega Man struggled to get free but the ice had him trapped.
Ice Man raised his arms at Mega Man, ready to finish him off.
"Well who is the big man, sissy?"
"Neither!" Mega Man shouted in anger.
The energy released from his Mega buster broke his icy prison, sending shards and Ice Man back.
Mega Man walked up to Ice Man, who was lying on the ground. His body was singed from the Mega buster, and his breathing was coarse. Mega Man turned his body over, seeing the light blue eyes of his little brother one last time.
Mega Man closed Ice Man's eyelids, and began downloading his powers from his lifeless body.
[Power obtained, Ice Slasher.]
After the download was complete, he rested his little brother down on the ground, and warped away.
"Oh dear, it seems that Ice Man has been defeated, how sad. Robot Masters, prepare to defend your lairs from the pesky robot. Vhere he failed, you will succeed."
"It will be done Doc, this bug will be crushed!"
"I will be giving him a nice welcome, shockingly."
"Vhy do I get putting up with this, just destroy him you morons!"
Wily deactivated his communications signal on his computer.
"Gah, you vere lucky this time Light. But this is not over. Where Ice Man has failed, the others vill succeed."