Note: Hey, guys! Long time huh? Truth be told, I was kinda confused for a bit on WHO exactly our favorite Blue Bomber was going to fight, yet it suddenly dawned on me. What was that sudden realization? Keeping reading and find out! Plus, I'm including characters from the Archie comic series, so keep an eye out for them too.
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Chapter 2-Strange Case of Dr. Cossack Part 2
Siberia
He didn't want to leave her there, he really didn't. The guilt was tearing his core apart since he had left, Rush already asking him several times if he was alright. He knew Roll only wished to help, he knew that, and in many respects, he admired his sister's willingness to join in and face the danger along with him. Yet setting the odds against them, it ultimately always came down to the simple fact that HE was more equipped and able to fight than she was. He hated seeing her disappointed face every time this happened; he really did; yet it didn't change the fact that she could very well be literally torn to shreds if she faced the wrong person, and, while somewhat selfish, he couldn't live with her blood potentially being on his hands.
"Ruff! Mega, Mega! We're here! Row!" Rush shouted boisterously, lowering to the ground and letting his master disembark off his back.
"Thanks, boy. Now…" Mega Man's eyes wandered to what was in front of him. From the hill he stood atop, he was presented with what appeared to be a large castle structure of sorts, a tall, brick wall surrounding a cubic structure with towers of stone and angled tops meeting in a point, flags waving furiously in the cold, unforgiving wind of the tundra. In the center of the building stood another tower, yet this one had a spherical top, still rising upwards in a point, yet the structure in itself seemed far more…ethnic and peculiar than the others.
'Well, at least the guy has an appreciation for his own country's architecture.' Mega Man noted, he and Rush making their way down the snow-covered mound of land, their movements slowed by the ever increasing amount of the white substance surrounding them.
As they finally had made it to the castle's doors, the towering gate sounded with a loud BOOM as it began to slowly yet steadily split apart, presenting the blue robot and his canine companion with a dark, open maw, beckoning them into its abode.
"Time to pay Dr. Cossack a little visit."
Unknown Location
It had finally happened: the event Kalinka had been preparing for all her life and what her father had warned her of all her life would happen, whether it'd be someone physically taking her or just the simple act of talking to a stranger.
She had finally been kidnapped.
Her new 'room' consisted of a twin-sized cot, a small miniature bathroom, and her 'walls' consisted of iron bars sealing her inside from the outside world. Ironically, though she was trapped, the spaces in between the bars allowed her to see the large, albeit dark and poorly lit area around her. The mine itself, even this small section that was her prison was enormous. Even with the bars trapping her, the room in itself was possibly the most spacious place she had ever had 'refuge' in, far larger than her own room. If not for the bars…this could've been the most space she's ever had to freely roam.
"Looks like the Sleeping Beauty's finally awake, doc."
Kalinka's observation was halted, she turning the direction of whoever had addressed her. She didn't need to second-guess on whom that voice belonged to, his shades and yellow scarf being two of the few things she could discern in the dim cave. Yet whom he was addressing was still hidden in shadow.
"Welcome to my underground base, Kalinka Cossack." A man with greying hair split down the middle and fanning outward greeted, he dressed in a brown parka with the hood removed. "I'm your father's newest acquaintance, Dr. Wily."
"So YOU are the one I owe my newest misery to?" Kalinka dully replied. "And here I was frightened for a second."
The scientist scowled for a moment, yet his features mellowed out once again: after all, what could she possibly do and where could she even go? In retrospect, she was indeed correct about him.
"Oh, it is not ME you should be fearful of." He looked behind him and motioned the robot she had seen at her estate forward, he complying with his command. Wily turned away once again. "Proto Man, keep watch for now. I've got some…'business' to discuss with my newest college…"
As the scientist left the room, Proto Man rolled his eyes in annoyance at his current position. Mega Man was coming here, and as it was almost a sixth sense of sorts, his urge to search for his 'brother' was practically consuming his entire processor, but no! He was stuck her babysitting this spoiled brat! He heard the complaints she made about that stupid jacket of hers, human didn't even give a thought to how she had just escaped capture from, albeit, two rather incompetent Robot Masters, yet she STILL escaped! Though it didn't faze him in the slightest as he easily incapacitated her, he didn't exactly expect her to have the slightest degree of sense to carry a blaster with her, much less fire AT him. He couldn't exactly decide whether she was either slightly intelligent or even stupider than he imagined. He'd leave that to debate later.
"Your creator's a total Moodozvon."
All right, he'd give her a point in that. He couldn't deny that Wily was indeed a 'wacko'. "What else is new?" he walked forward to her bars, she backing up against the opposite side, yet easing slightly as he was merely leaning up on them. "By the way, that comment you made back there in the woods, you kiss your father with that mouth?"
Whatever fear Kalinka had felt for the robot called 'Proto Man' had left her that instant, the hole now being filled with rage and insult. How DARE he even mention her father! She ran forward and grabbed the yellow cloth tied around his neck. Though she desperately wanted to, she knew any physical harm she tried to cause would hurt her more than him, so she reached for something that she could take her anger out on. He felt the tug and quickly retrieved it from her grasp.
"Hey! Keep your hands off the scarf-"
"Don't you DARE talk about my Papa! You have no RIGHT to talk of him at all!"
Proto Man turned to face her, though his eyes were invisible to her behind his shades, he stared her down. NO ONE touched what was his. NO ONE.
"Don't YOU dare touch 'this'. If you so much put your HANDS on this again-"
Oh, he was going THIS route? Well, two could play at this game.
"You'll what? Last time I checked, YOU can't touch me! Now, what was that little law again…" Kalinka had inwardly congratulated herself upon the sudden memory jog she had, mockingly pacing around the cell with her finger tapping her chin. "Oh yes, of course! Law number one: A robot must NEVER injure a human being, or allow a human being to come to harm. So with that in mind, whatever you're WANTING to do to me for pulling that horridly rugged thing…well, tough luck."
The Law, of COURSE she'd reference the law. Though stronger, smarter, and all around BETTER than mankind in many respects in his eyes, even he had unseen chains binding him. It was not as if he could CHOOSE to break it either: the three Laws were imbedded in the processor of every robotic 'life-form' in existence, a code of honor that all of them, even he, were forced to abide by. His indecisiveness of her had been destroyed: she was neither smart nor dumb, simply someone he wanted to throttle if he could, yet all he could settle for was grinding his teeth as he leaned back against the bars.
"Really though, yellow is a little off putting with the rest of your-"
"Shut it, you brat."
Oh, this was going to be a LOOOONG day…
Outside of the Castle
"Mega, wait!" Mega Man turned to the previously all-too-eager dog halting his sprint into the open gate.
The dog listened in amongst the howling wind, his already sensitive ears detecting another source of sound, this one coming closer and quickly. He crouched down in a defensive manner, his programmed instincts to defend his 'master' having been activated as he began to growl and bark furiously at whatever was approaching them. Mega Man could then begin to detect something approaching as well, yet the sound itself was what confused him: there was no echo of any footsteps or anything traveling on the ground. If anything, it resonated far more with…flapping. Wings flapping.
A pair of aqua, glowing orbs were all he or his dog could see amidst the surrounding darkness of the inside, the glowing orbs soon sinking back further and further until they completely disappeared from sight.
"C-c'mon boy. I think we've kept out 'host' waiting long enough." Mega Man commanded the robotic canine, though he too was unnerved at the unidentifiable creature seemingly awaiting their arrival.
Both walked inside the massive 'palace', the door slamming shut upon sensing the two of them had entered. 'Of COURSE they'd do that. What else would Wily…' Mega Man halted himself: this WASN'T any fortress of Wily nor did he message him to come for this little 'challenge' practically across the globe, yet…such little details as that were such favorites of the crazed madman…
"Zdrastvooyte, Mega Man."
Both robot and dog looked up to see a small screen imbedded in the wall, the screen displaying an image of Dr. Cossack. "Welcome to my citadel. It was wise of you to accept my invitation."
"Dr. Cossack." Mega Man begrudgingly greeted, his tension becoming more and more intertwined with confusion.
"I am unable to meet you at the moment, and in truth, I am awaiting you at the end of your trials. Look ahead of you."
Mega Man and Rush shifted their view from the screen to the darkness ahead of them, the lights illuminating the room. In front of them was a large, elegant, and surprisingly lovely room, four marble pillars being stationed at each corner of the square room, a door resting in between each one of them, not counting the one he had just entered through.
"Behind each of these doors lays one of your challenges. These robots are built excelling in size, strength, prowess, and the most advanced technology of the decade. I…did not wish to disappoint." Cossack sighed for a moment, he biting his lip and furrowing his eyebrow before continuing. "I would suggest the door right ahead of you to be your first destination, as it's occupant has already gone outside to greet you. If you should…happen to survive, then I shall direct you to your next challenge. Good luck." The screen fizzed out, a blank, reflective surface of black displaying itself in its place.
Mega Man looked ahead of him, the door large and wide, easily able to allow whatever behemoth those eyes belonged to pass though those doors. Seeing no further point to standing around, the blue robot and his canine companion stepped forward and the door opened for them, a thick blanket of darkness encompassing the entire chamber…
Dr. Light's Lab, America
"It just makes absolutely no sense!" Dr. Light exclaimed, he examining the main computer's mapping system, a blue and red telltale dot on the screen entering a large, cubic grey mass. "Dr. Cossack is one of the most respected scientists and engineers not only in Russia, but in the entire world!"
"Then who else was on the projector, Doc?" Roll inquired. "I didn't see Wily or any other crazed goon pop up on the screen."
"Yes, it WAS indeed him yet…" the aged man knelt down, his hands. "Yet Dr. Cossack is in NO way in the same field of madness as Dr. Wily…he…he can't be."
Roll's attempt to bring logic and reasoning, the two things her creator was best at (at least in her mind) was met with only more confusion and, almost denial. Denial that the old, gentle man that gave her life could have his trust and admiration betrayed…again.
"Excuse me?" a voice broke through the uneasy calm, both Light and Roll turning to see Brain Bot standing in the doorway, a slip of paper gently clasped between his fingers.
"Oh, Brain Bot." Dr. Light greeted, leaving the computer and going over to the green, advanced piece of machinery. "Any new information?"
"Well…" he handed the piece of paper to the human, he scanning over the printed text with intense focus. "If it's anything progressive, he WAS originally going to come to the convention…but-"
"He cancelled, yes. But according to this…"
"Yes, according to this, he had just finished a project and displayed it with a pair of good friends of his from Japan, Dr. LaLinde and Dr. Kobayashi." Brain Bot explained, Dr. Light still studying the report.
It read akin to a regular new report, the headline: Famous Russian Scientist-Missing after Expo in Japan centered on the top, a picture displaying Dr. Cossack, a woman with dark, violet hair tied in a low bun and glasses to his left, and another man of obvious Asian descent to his right, all garbed in lab coats and glasses.
RING! RING!
"I'll get it!" Roll exclaimed, she running off the answer the door.
Dr. Light directed his attention back to the article's contents. "Brain Bot, has anyone tried to contact LaLinde or Kobayashi?"
"Yes, but the answer turned up the same. It's as if Dr. Cossack simply vanished from the face of the earth-"
"Hey! You can't just barge in here!"
"Sorry, lil-lady! But the big boys upstairs don't feel like waiting!"
Light and Brain Bot turned to the source of the commotion, the arguing growing more and more audible until the lab's doors automatically opened, revealing a middle aged, gruff looking man with a green trench coat and sideburns, the clothing underneath what Dr. Light likened to an old detective drama or noir film. Beside him was a somewhat younger woman of tan skin and short, flipped out red hair, her outfit more 'modern' than her companion's, a blue jacket with a police star embezzled on the right sleeve.
"I'm sorry Doc, but they just busted right in." Roll apologized, still giving her newest guests an irritable glare.
Dr. Light approached the two, the woman being the first to speak. "Dr. Thomas Light, yes?"
"That I am. Who are you?"
"I'm Roslyn Krantz. Pleasure to meet you, sir." She extended her hand, he steadily taking it.
"And I'm Gilbert D. Stern." The man stated rather than greeted, digging into his pants pocket and pulling out a badge. "Agent Gilbert D. Stern. And we've got some questions for you about the little 'incident' at the Expo earlier today…"
Cossack Citadel
The lights illuminated the room, Mega Man finding his surroundings to be rather bare and minimal compared to the room he had just previously been in. Yet the area was enormous! Whatever had made its domain here had to be huge!
"Keep your eyes and ears open, boy." He addressed Rush, the dog already sniffing and sampling the air around them. "Whatever's in here is big…and…"
His warning was interrupted as both caught sight of those two blue orbs yet again, they peering down from the ceiling at it's newest 'playmates'.
"…probably waiting for us."
From the celling descended a massive, winged robot, Mega Man and Rush likening it to a butterfly or moth. The 'wings' were circular with a straight edge on the tops for the upper and bottoms for the lower, two violet thrusters connected to the inner parts of the wings, fusing them together. It had a pink, segmented body of two, the 'mouth' of the robot going in a curve before going inwards and seemingly protruding from out its end, the end bearing more resemblance to a spear. Yet the detail to catch Mega Man's attention was the medium-sized, red gem lodged in its lower half, it seemingly rather contrasting to the rest of its appearance due to the visible workings of its machinery from behind the red hued glass.
Mothraya observed the blue robot in front of her, her sensors registering the same identification as when she saw him before. She unhinged the lock holding her proboscis tight, the barbed tip now free to release itself onto the much smaller individual below her: her prey had come.
Unknown Location
From pacing the room, to lying on her cot, to pacing the room again, Kalinka had finally succumbed to the dreaded boredom she knew would eventually come. Unless her newest idea of entertainment involved flushing the toilet over and over again until it eventually exploded into a flood of water, she was completely and utterly out of possible ways to keep her mind occupied. It had become at least semi-cemented in her mind that her captors wouldn't, or rather couldn't, harm her, so the lingering fear of danger had all but left, dull, all encompassing boredom taking its place. Then her mind focused on one of her captors, the one watching her at this moment. Why not? Even if it turned into another verbal onslaught, at least it'd pass SOME time.
"Hey you." Kalinka called out to the robot leaning against the bars of her cell.
"Hmm?" Proto Man stirred from his daze, then rolling his eyes at hearing his 'company's' voice again.
"Talk to me."
"Why?"
"Because I'm bored, and you're the only one here."
"Then talk to yourself."
"I've been doing that since I got here. Talk to me."
"We're talking right now."
"You know what I mean! You're supposed to watch me, which basically means to do what I tell you, and I'm bored out of my mind, so TALK TO ME!"
Proto Man inwardly groaned to himself: this girl was fifteen but here she was behaving like a five year old. He was beginning to regret leaving that stupid blue bird in the woods VERY much. Sighing in defeat (mainly out of giving up rather than ACTUAL defeat), he turned to face her, her young face trying to look intimidating, but all he could do is find it amusing. Her face looked more like a bulldog puppy or pug than anything to strike 'fear' into his heart.
"Y' know something? You are UGLY when you're angry."
"WHAT?!"
Oh now she was just getting hilarious!
"Really, you wear those 'ritzy' pieces of cloth to cover up that mug of yours?"
"Oh shut up!"
"But didn't YOU just tell me to talk to you, and that you couldn't stand being bored?"
Kalinka's tongue, willing and ready for whatever he was going to say was rendered speechless.
"…I hate you."
"Then I'm doing my job, princess."
Kalinka huffed, turning her head away from the shaded robot, nose stuck up in the air and eyes closed, completely putting him out of mind. If only she could do that. As the minutes rolled by without either one saying a word to each other, she began to start her fifth round of pacing when her watchman broke the silence.
"This is so unfair…"
Having nothing else to do, Kalinka responded. "It's not like I'm enjoying this either-"
"It doesn't have to do with you." he interrupted, his body growing more and more tense. He had no reason to tell her this, yet he WAS stuck here with her until Wily saw fit to let him off duty. "It's about my…brother."
"Oh? Which one? The one with the scissors, or the big one?"
"No, I'm not talking about either of those guys! He's probably already arrived here…"
The trapped girl now grew even more curious. He spoke that as if this said 'relative' of sorts was an outsider of sorts.
"Well…who IS your brother? It…" she bit her lip at the thought. "It's not that skeleton-"
"No way! If anything, that guy's the total opposite of him!" he remarked, almost as if he was offended at such a statement.
"Well, excuse me! I don't really CARE to keep track of the number of goons my kidnappers have roaming the place!"
Proto Man let out a frustrated groan. "If it's anything to you, Princess, his 'duty' in life is to take down anything Wily cooks up."
Kalinka's mind began processing the information he had given her: his brother had apparently, maybe just arrived, was not one of the robots that took her or connected to Wily, and was here to stop Wily…no. It couldn't be 'him', could it? The pieces fit together, yet his proposed 'relation'…yet as Kalinka studied what few features were visible to her amidst the helmet and shades keeping the rest of face a mystery…there indeed WERE some striking similarities.
"Is…is it…"
Cossack Citadel
"Mega, hop on!" Rush declared, his 'master' doing so upon Mothraya swooping down to her opponents, hoping to score the first blow or at least knock them off their feet to earn an easy shot.
Not so as Mega Man hopped onto the canine's back, he in turn flying upward and avoiding the giant insect's body, she slowly turning to face them, those emotionless blue orbs glowing even brighter with frustration.
"Easy girl! No need to get so worked up! The fight's just started!" Mega Man retorted, the moth now making her move to dash towards them again.
Unfortunately, the blue bomber and his trusty 'steed' didn't have as much luck as last time, as the massive blur knocked him off Rush and reverberating off the floor beneath, the red canine immediately flying down to check his owner's condition.
"I'm okay, boy." Mega Man reassured, Rush nuzzling and rubbing his snout against the humanoid robot's cheek. "But I think it's best if we stick to the ground for now." He declared, getting back to his feet and positioning his buster.
Mothraya's massive, orange wings flapped, flying a little more distance up, her massive aqua orbs still locked onto her target. The red gem stationed on her lower body started to gain a hot, white glow to it, the red glass soon completely enveloped in light. Mega Man shielded his eyes briefly, his blue irises catching only a minimal amount of the blinding light. Yet as he kept his limited gaze on the glowing gem, the light then seemed to…detach itself from the gem and rush forward, towards him.
Having put the pieces together, Mega Man and Rush leapt to the side, the spherical ball of pure energy hitting the very spot he had been standing instantly engulfed in electric sparks and flares, a deep, black scuff left when its power died down.
'Hmm…maybe there…' the blue robot thought, raising his buster towards the once again red gem. "Here, have one of mine!" he declared, his cannon letting a shot of plasma free and traveling at a rapid speed.
Though massive in size and powerful if her beams proved, Mothraya's speed was one of those fickle aspects of her design. Swooping towards the blue pest and his utter annoyance of a carrier was one thing, yet getting to that horizontal position from vertical was not as graceful or quick. The plasma shot made contact with the red gem, a stinging sensation piercing and spreading throughout her entire form, her body convulsing briefly before the sensation died down, her red gem having suffered minor damage.
Elated that his theory had been confirmed Mega Man fired his buster once again, Mothraya once again convulsed upon the shot making contact with her gem. Through her scrambling circuits and frying systems, she found the strength to let herself drop, yet keep her form upright, her small, blue, and easy to squish assaulter below her.
Mega Man didn't have as good of fortune this time; the tip of the proboscis stabbing in the floor and the sheer force of Mothraya's mass crashing to the floor reverberated and created massive tremoring throughout the room. The blue robot and his loyal canine were immediately knocked off their feet, rendering any attempts to stand up quickly near impossible. Seeing her opponent on his back and venerable, the robotic moth steadily lifted from the floor, flying right over him and positioning her proboscis directly above him.
"Mega! Mega! Look out!" Rush barked, grabbing the robot's firing arm in his mouth, attempting to pull him to his feet.
Unfortunately the robotic red dog's efforts were in vain as a large spearhead plummeted from above them, tearing through the floor and hitting the surface below. This sudden action caused Mega Man to lose his already unsteady footing and fall through the puncture wound in the titled flooring Mothraya had the courtesy to make, Rush following suit. His heightened sense of vision had to come into good use, as the only real source of light presently was the rays seeping through the hole. It was only then that he realized his newest predicament could've been a blessing in disguise: he was semi-underground, yes, and with minimal light, yes, but now his attacker couldn't see him. He was, in a sense, practically invisible to her.
His suspicions were correct, as Mothraya was now shifting her large, aqua eyes left and right frantically, searching for her lost opponent. Yet in her less-complex AI structure, she knew that he couldn't and wouldn't stay under the floor forever, that would just not be behavior fitting for a 'super fighting robot' and 'defender of the Earth'.
"Hey, you didn't give up already, did you?"
The massive moth's wires shot up, electricity surging through them with excitement, almost akin to an 'adrenaline rush' her creator may have, her orbs looking for the source of the voice even more furiously.
"You're getting warmer, girl…warmer…warmer…"
Her frustration was building, her proboscis already set to drop again.
"I don't it's any use boy! Poor thing's too near-sighted to find anything if it's not in front of her face!"
CRASH!
The sharp end of the proboscis tore through the surface of the floor, both Mega Man and Rush seeing that the area punctured was merely a few feet from them. Rushing towards the beams of light coming down, he looked up and saw the large moth still searching for him. If he passed this opportunity up…
"Hey! Down here!"
Mothraya turned towards the source of the voice, her red gem clearly in his sights…that was her mistake as she felt her entire being spasm and convulse as before, the gem becoming more and more cracked. She wouldn't be able to take much more if he continued. That was when her proboscis was set free on the floor below her: from each corner and every angle, the spearhead pierced through the first layer wildly and without restraint. As suspected, this got her blue opponent running, her large orbs watching his form pass by from the little 'peep' holes she had just constructed.
Mega Man kept ducking and avoiding the enormous spearhead, yet he was running out of ground to cover as she kept prodding and prodding with seemingly no end to her tirade. Then the proboscis started to puncture the layer HE was currently trapped on. His speed increased, Rush nearly being forced into vehicle mode as the spearhead kept chasing them, the holes it left leading to nothing but a seemingly, deep, black abyss. He couldn't deny that he was running out of places to hide; yet he also had more free space to get a clear shot…
Seizing an opportunity, Mega Man jumped into a clearing and fired, his shot hitting the red gem, yet Mothraya set her proboscis to pierce through the spaces she saw him pass through. As he continued this pattern of running and shooting, he didn't exactly know how long he could continue this game of 'dare' or rather if it was wise to, yet he couldn't deny that the ground underneath his feet becoming very unsteady.
Mega Man leapt out and fired a plasma shot at the red gem once again, for the final time. Mothraya felt her 'senses' leave her, sight and sound altogether dissipating, her strength slowly leaving her until the final realization she had was that she was no longer airborne. It was only seconds before Mega Man felt the massive weight make contact with the ground before he felt the ground from underneath give way and gravity snatch his body downward. He couldn't help but let out a yell of panic as he plummeted, his vision adjusting to the dark environment to reveal something that made the seemingly victorious Blue Bomber freeze up with fear.
Lining the floor were spikes: sharp, uneven shards of metal stationed at the bottom of the room, all tightly compacted together with barely, if no room for a possible safe area to land. At this speed and height, they would surely either severely damage his armor, or he would go offline upon having one puncture through his core or CPU.
Yet the surface he met was rather…flat: flat and flying upwards. Rush was inwardly singing praises that he had made it in time as both he and Mega Man traveled out of an available set of holes, both he and his 'master' exiting the room and giving themselves some well-deserved minutes of rest from their ordeal. Rush could contain himself no longer, he throwing himself onto Mega Man and letting his tongue trail itself across his apricot cheek.
"He-hey, boy! Kn-haha-knock it off!" the blue robot ordered, though his demeanor of authority didn't look so 'commanding' as the dog's tongue only forced more chuckles out of him.
After a few moments, Rush was content to be off his owner, yet still rubbed his head against his leg, a few worried whimpers escaping from him.
"See, boy?" his owner motioned to his form. "I'm fine. Let's just save the celebrating for later, okay?"
"Ruff! Yeah, yeah!"
Dr. Light's Lab, America
"…as you can see, Dr. Light, your cooperation would be most beneficial in this case." Roslyn stated, attempting the best she could due to her partner's 'slightly' rude entrance, she of course mentally noting she'd have to give him some advice on how breaking into a elderly man's house, even WITH government permission.
"Well, I certainly have no problem with that, Ms. Krantz." Dr. Light replied, he and Brain Bot still searching through the archives of the web, attempting to dig up and unearth whatever beneficial information he could find. "Yet for now, our attempts to scrounge up any existing information about Dr. Cossack the first few days during his disappearance is becoming rather…daunting."
Gilbert gruffly scoffed, lifting up from his place on the wall. "Well so far, WE'VE got all the info we need to place the crazed loon under arrest! All that robot of yours needs to do is-"
Dr. Light turned towards Agent Stern, his usually docile features forming into an offended scowl. "Now wait a moment! Dr. Cossack…" his aggression died down somewhat upon weighing Gilbert's words. "Yes, Dr. Cossack DID indeed challenge Mega Man against his arsenal of robots, and yes, he DID threaten to release them here if he didn't comply, but Mr. Stern, you MUST admit that behavior such as this does NOT match a respected individual as he!"
"Nobody really suspected Dr. Wily until HE started letting his robots go out and tear up cities!"
"Dr. Wily's motivations were fueled by jealously and sheer malice! I doubt a man such as Cossack would go on benefiting the world with his work to THEN turn against it overnight!"
"Um, Dr.?"
"Maybe the guy's a little more subtle than that coot! He built up a reputation, bided his time, then-"
"Dr. Light!"
Both men ceased their argument, looked towards a unusually frazzled Brain Bot, he adjusting his glasses and his eyes shifting as if he was searching for something.
"Oh! Uh, y-yes, Brain Bot?"
"I'm sorry for interrupting your invigorating conversation with Agent Stern, but has anyone here seen Ms. Roll recently? She was just present not too long ago."
Gilbert then began to look around. "Hey, yeah. Where IS that ponytailed girl?"
Roslyn stepped forward. "Well, I THINK I saw her leave the room and head for the back…said something about needing to get some fuel for…something…" she stopped. While she was Stern's second pair of eyes and ears, and in worse case scenarios, arsenal, she failed to take precaution of the two hovercrafts stationed in Light's garage, one of which seemed to have been unused for a small amount of time…
"Oh no…she couldn't have…"
Note: Sorry about the lengthy chapters, but I think I want to not let the 'episodes' drag on for more than four to five chapters as I DO have more ideas, so I'll try to keep the most important stuff in only. Anyhow, thank you so much, I hope you guys enjoyed, and if willing, please suggest any characters/scenarios you would like to see here! Buh bye!