Chapter 6: Bomb Man

As expected, the road to Bomb Man was full of jumps and enemies. Some caught up with him and others have been disabled them they hit him. Of the first attacks he received, a bomb he had never seen before would have hit him if it were not for Dr. Light's warning.

"Rock! Do not let that bomb hit you."

Rock dodged the bomb almost in time before Dr. Light told him it was a Napalm Bomb. A very dangerous bomb.

Eventually, Rock found himself climbing stairs, falling, deactivating enemies and trying not to die.

"These green Sniper Joes are annoying"

Dr. Wily grunted to one side of the communicator making Rock nod as he evaded Sniper Joe's attacks. Waiting for him to jump so he could run and dodge.

When he was in front of the door that was going to communicate him with his brother, he got ready and started down the long stairway avoiding being hit by those robots that went in a direction when they open their eye.

"Those robots are very annoying"

He heard a comment on his communicator and smiled broadly, feeling the robots move across the wall.

"Fire Man!"

Rock exclaimed happily as he recognized the owner of the voice.

"Mega Man, I'll thank you and a give you a warm welcome when you get back. Cheer up!"

With a big smile, Rock kept coming down with more courage than ever. All this effort is worth and he will not surrender.

Once the endless ladder was finished, Rock activated Fire Man's battle data and prepared to go down.

"And who are you supposed to be?"

Asked Bomb Man when Rock came down to his domain.

"Bomb Man! I'm Mega Man and I'm here to take you back to the doctors to get you fixed."

"Fix? Did one of my bombs hit you? Cannot you see I do not need anything? I'm perfect! And you, my friend, are going to explode when I'm done with you"

Bomb Man said taking out one of his bombs and throwing it at Rock.

And so began his attack.

Rock had wondered why the doctors had told him to go for Bomb Man and not for Guts Man. But when he fire he realized that the doctors sent him for Bomb Man for the same reason he went first for Ice Man and then by Fire Man.

Bomb Man was weak against the attacks of Fire Man.

A couple more attacks and Bomb Man had been defeated.

Rock quickly approached his brother and they been transported together towards the laboratory.

"Rock!"

Dr. Light said relieved while Elec Man and Fire Man took Bomb Man and placed him on the table.

"Good work, I'm glad you've returned."

Dr. Light said while Rock sat at the work table looking around and smiling at the Robot Masters who were there.

"I'm glad you're okay, Fire Man"

Rock said happily looking at the robot master.

"Thanks to you. I was burning for wanting to thank you for bringing me here"

Fire Man commented very grateful securing Bomb Man and leaving him ready for Dr. Wily.

At not seeing Dr. Wily, Rock moved his head to the sides looking for him.

"Where's Dr. Wily?"

He asked when can´t find the other doctor.

"Albert is with Roll and Cut Man making the official statement of what happened. The press began to invade the house while you were fighting with Bomb Man and we had finished with Fire Man, so Albert went to deal with the press"

Dr. Light explained with a sigh, repairing Rock, who was very confused.

"But Dr. Wily hates human interaction ..."

He replied, remembering all the times Dr. Wily approached "the universal stupidity of humans" as he called the press.

"And I still hate them with all my might!"

Exclaimed Dr. Wily grumpily coming in with a very annoyed Roll followed by a guilty Cut Man.

"Dr. Wily! What happened?"

Rock asked from the table in which they repaired him watching Ice Man enter with a glass of water with enough ice and hand it to Dr. Wily who took it with care.

"Thanks Ice Man. It's good to see you again Rock. I could not see half of your battle but I'll find out by repairing Bomb Man"

Dr. Wily said avoiding talking about the subject of the press.

"Albert, what happened? Usually when we talk to the press you're irritated about dealing with them, but now you're furious. Tell me what happened"

Asked Dr. Light repairing some scratches that had the armor of Rock.

Dr. Wily sighed, beginning to pull out parts of Bomb Man to repair his internal circuits after he finished his water.

"They're saying all this is a plan to create a machine of mass destruction and take over the world. That Cut Man and the other robot master are only reasons why we are going to use Mega Man to make them fear robots and other stupid things"

Dr. Wily said uneasily before continuing.

"If I wanted to dominate the world, I would have done it already"

Dr. Wily mutter under his breath before continuing to remove some parts that need to be replaced by the heat that Bomb man received from the attacks.

"In the end Dr. Wily lost his temper against them and told them some things to put them in their places, but before he started to say anything about human stupidity, I had to stop him and Cut Man along with Ice Man took him away while I activated the protocols to remove them from the property"

Roll said sitting down near the Rock table watching Dr. Light work on him.

"Really? What did he said?"

Rock asked with a slight smile, looking at his sister.

"Well, he told them that they did not make a war machine, just someone who wanted to stop his brothers from doing harm. That if you saved the humans and the robot master is because you are much more human than all of them. That they should thank you for all the effort you're making because you did not have to. He finally told them that Cut Man and the others were not to blame for anything and that it was all the fault of a chip that someone designed, also implied that it was a human who did this out of jealousy and envy. So if they want to blame someone, blame the guy who almost destroys the Robot Master with his chip. And many more things that I'm sure will come out in the news"

Roll told him as her anger decrease as she spoke and Rock could see that Cut Man was smiling a little.

Rock knew that Dr. Wily appreciates him and that he is very proud of the Robot Masters, but hearing that he came out to defend him, is something that Rock did not imagine.

As he looked at Dr. Light he could see that he was looking at his great friend with much gratitude on his face.

"Roll, you're exaggerating everything. Do not believe her"

Said Dr. Wily beginning to repair Bomb Man with help from Ice Man and Elec Man while Fire Man and Cut Man were assisting Dr. Light with Rock's Battle data.

"And now I'm going to finally go against Guts Man"

Rock said once he was ready to go looking at both doctors.

"Rock, I know you can do it, not worry. We will always support you no matter what happens"

Said Dr. Light placing his hands on Rock's shoulders looking at him with a smile.

"Dr. Light, Dr. Wily, thank you"

Rock said with a look of gratitude to both doctors.

Dr. Wily nodded a little before dismissing him.

He was going to bring Guts Man back. He was going to fix this and they were going to return to the tranquility they had.


I know some people are going to think this is a very Out of Character from Dr. Wily, but I firmly believe Dr. Wily is a prideful person. He tooks pride in his materpieces like Bass or Zero. From all we have seen, Dr. Wily was very very proud of Zero. As a prideful person, he tooks very personally what some people said about his work. His robot masters are the physical representation of his genius, he took a lot of pride in them and becomes very angry when they betray him. In this universe, he helped built Rock and Roll, he made parts of Rock's armor and he is very proud of his creations. So, when the press came and start bullying his marvellous creation, Dr. Wily snapped at the human idiocy and we all know what happened when someone start denigrating (in his mind) his creations (AKA Rock and the second numbers) but the premise in this AU is "Dr. Wily is not the bad guy" so, I think I tried my best to stay in his character as I see it.

Bomb Man´s level vas a very hard level. The napalm bombs (that was called in the Mega Man wiki but I called them in my mind "the awful bombs of pain) explodes in the air and the pieces damage you too. That was depressing.

But I think Guts Man was harder than Bomb Man.

As for the reviews. I'm very sad about the lack of response the fic have. I really like to have a review in order to know you like it. If you don´t like it (because that is the message you are giving to me with the lack of response) I do not see why I keep posting something people hates. So, untill there was one, only one review, I will not be updating. The reviews are mostly to help me know if something is wrong or bad or nice or if I have to change something because this is a very new thing for me to do and I really would like if you tell me if you think I should change something or not.

Nonetheless, thank you for reading