HW: Ack! Just made it in time!
Paradox: Hope this one turns out a bit better...
HW: Umm... No comment.
LM: Don't own Mega man, megaman, or anything referenced. Only own OCs and plot.
HW: Let's get this party started! TRANSCODE: 021
Hyper-writer on air!
Chapter 9: Requiem of Souls Act I
The End of a Boy: Birth of a Hero
The remaining heroes ran on. With two less than when their mission began, they continued forward. Then, they reached The Room. It reached towards the sky with purple monoliths covered with ruins and circuits. Code appeared in thin air, and then just as suddenly vanish.
"Why hello my dear children! I see most of you made it here, what a surprise!"
Terrified, Lan then yelped, "Ahh! Who's there! Show yourself!"
"Lan, please calm down," Sighed Hub, "Out of everything we've faced, that scared you?"
Stepping out of the shadows, Regal diabolically laughs: "Oh megaman, he's right to be afraid. You all should be afraid."
Confused, Lan asked, "Wait a sec, I thought you t (Steam: SPOILER ALERT LAN!)?"
"I did what now?"
"It seems like this Regal is right before that incident," explained Paradox.
Then an ominous black cloud surrounded Regal and through it, they heard him shout the name they all, but Mega Man, knew and feared. For he shouted the name of evil, he shouted "BASS!"
Lightning struck, black as night. Wails of the dead and damned echoed in the ears of the living. Then, a black hole appeared in the center of the cloud. Drawing in evil energy, sucking in and eliminating all light that neared it, and sending out a wave of blackness across their plane of existence. Then, the coffin appeared. The tomb was buried in chains that snapped one after another. Once all were gone, the coffin glowed with a black light and shattered.
"Ba-bass!? But we, I mean, we-"
"We deleted him!"
A being made of shadow and evil appeared where Regal once stood. Encased in life aura and wearing a cloak, it stood mute.
"So this is The King of Darkness... ruler of evil, and the undying personification of evil."
"Eon, should we deal with this?"
"No, not yet Steam. I promised him this fight."
"...No, you don't mean... That is so... totally AWESOME!"
"Shush. It's starting."
Just then, the air ripped. Stunned, Geo yelled, "What is going on here?"
Paradox smiled, and told Rock to record what they were witnessing.
Record on
On the other side of the tear, a world of nothing revealed itself. And out of it came Bass.
"Regal! When I heard you were going to copy me I had it! I hope you and that fake are ready, cause I'm going to delete you and your fake!"
Bass against Bass, they warred. Blades of shadows ripped into one of them. A Bass launched a gigantic black orb at the other. The Basses, exhausted, delivered rapid melee blows. They moved so rapidly you only could see after images. Then the final blow came. Both put everything into one last punch, and aimed at their foe's face. They both landed. Bass, real and fake, were sent flying.
End Recording
Unable to comprehend what just happened, Lan stuttered: "Paradox, wh-what jus-st happened?"
"I asked Bass for a favor and told him he would enjoy it. That's all."
"But... But"
"Hurry up! We're trying to save time, not waste it!"
"Coming!"
Shaken, but miraculously unharmed, they went through the door.
"Mwha ha ha! Prepare to die Mega... Men? Wha! Huh? What's going on?"
Coolly and politely, Rock smiled and said: "Oh, hi Wily! How are you doing?"
"You do realize I just said you will die, right?"
Paradox turned to Rock and with a bored look, checked: "You've got this, right?"
"Yeah, piece of metal!"
"Ok! We'll go ahead!"
Red in the face and fuming, Wily ranted: "Wha- why is no one taking me seriously! I'm the main bad guy! I-"
He freezes when he feels the cold metal against his forehead. "My dear Rock. What are you doing?"
As Wily looked in the eyes of the perpetrator, he paled in a nanosecond. "You're not Rock. You're..."
BANG
A figure fell
A villain's tyranny ended
Never reaching SF
The Mad Doc,
Co creator of Protoman
Was no more.
Covered in crimson, the killer grinned. He looked like megaman, all but in color. As the crimson killer walked towards the Mega men, he turned to the figure on the floor and finished: "Dark."
A chill went down Paradox's spine. He knew something was wrong. "Hub! Get in this Copybot!"
"Why?"
"JUST DO IT!"
Just as got in the copybot, the being known as Dark appeared behind them.
"Hello Megaman and Lan, miss me?"
Shocked, froze up.
"Dark..." Memories flooded Hub. Painful memories. Memories of him hurting his friends, committing evil crimes and acts of death and destruction. He collapsed, gasping for breath.
"I see you do remember."
Two beings, older than mortals aught, one an ex-god of death, the other an avenger. They squared of for a fight to the death. Unfortunately, it is nigh impossible to kill Death, for he gains power from deaths. Blinded by righteous fury, Rogue seems to not care. With a howl of loneliness and rage, he lunges at Ghost. Yet Laplace passed through him like he was a specter. Cackling, the Ghost taunts and goads the boy of Mu. The boy attacked, even though blinded by tears. The ghost passed through him and revealed a clawed hand. With a demonic grin, he created dark purple orbs and launched them at the rogue. Bombarded by murderous energy, his armor shattered. He was exposed, his heart unshielded. Broken and defeated, they little boy from Mu cried on his hands and knees. He cried for his weakness and for his impending death. Then, with a single blow, that boy-
Died...
And a New hero was born...
"Hyha!" Shrieked the Avenger of Mu.
"How, how did you hurt me?" Panicked The Ghost of Death.
"It's called the Blade of Time. It is what I will use to kill Death and let my kin finally rest in piece."
END CH 9
HM: I'm confused.
HW: How so?
HM: Well, a) how did Solo die, but not die? And b) how do you kill Death?
HW: A) His weakness died, he didn't.
B) Death (the entity) can be killed/die in two ways. The first is if there is no one that remembers the entity. This is how the Blade of Time works; it accelerates the time of what it cuts (aka localized aging). This causes the area hit to age to a point where Death would be forgotten. The second way is to heal Death of death.
HM: Um… How does the B.O.T. accelerate the time of only the things it cuts?
HW: …Time Magic?
HM: My head hurts...
HW: This is time travel. It is filled with conundrums and paradoxes. If your head doesn't hurt, I'm not doing my job.
Paradox: Actually, it doesn't have to be confusing. Also, if you are doing a good job explaining, it should not be confusing at all. In addition, magic? Really? It's just science that is too advanced for you to comprehend, mortal!
HW: …
HM: Ha ha! Well, on that note,
Hyper-writer Pulsing out!
Geo: Wait, Paradox isn't mortal?!
Paradox: … [face palm]…
