Chapter 10: Battle and Chase
Everyone at Light Labs was excited to see Bass and Treble, especially Roll. "Oh Doctor, you've simply got to make him better."
"I'll do my best Roll. Oh Mega Man, you'll be happy to know that the Rush Adapter is just about done."
"Excellent!"
"Indeed. Auto is just finishing it up."
"Excuse me" Bass interrupted "What's the Rush Adapter?"
"It's an upgrade that will allow Mega Man and Rush to fuse their bodies into an incredibly powerful warrior."
"Nice."
At that moment Auto entered the room and said "You've got to see this."
He turned on the television and all gazed upon an odd robot that looked as if it were made from car parts. He was standing in a street not far from Light Labs with damaged cars in the background.
"This is Turbo Man with a message for Mega Man; I'm driving around causing all kinds of chaos and you'd better come and stop me. I hope you can keep up." He collapsed into the form of a car and drove off at incredible speed.
"I'll have to take Rush! We'll fly over and…"
"Rush can't fly that fast" Roll interrupted "We need to catch him before we can beat him."
"What do you mean we?"
"You know that go cart that Auto and I have been tinkering with? It just might do the trick; I'll drive and you shoot."
"No way! Roll I can't let you do that."
"We have no time to argue and it is the best plan!"
Dr. Light said "I'm afraid she's right. You need to go immediately."
Mega Man still wasn't comfortable taking Roll into danger like this but he agreed and soon they were on Turbo Man's tail. "Very good rookies but not good enough."
The speed demon accelerated alarmingly and Roll struggled to keep up. "You've got to stop him, Mega Man. Aim for the tires."
"Good idea." He fired but Turbo Man was as agile as he was quick.
"Take this Mega Dork; Scorch Wheel."
Roll turned hard to avoid the wheel of pure fire that threatened to cook them. She ended up popping a wheelie and Mega Man was almost thrown out of the cart.
"Oh no, we've lost him."
They spotted an explosion in the distance and took of in that direction. It took them a few minutes but soon caught up to the robotic road hog.
"Scorch Wheel!"
"Freeze Cracker!"
The two attacks canceled each other out in a cloud of steam. Turbo Man tried to lose them by swerving through traffic.
"Roll, I can't fire as long as those people are in the way."
"We'll use the alleys and side streets to cut him off."
But this plan was thwarted when Turbo Man actually jumped from an overpass and landed on road below.
"Come on Roll, we've got to catch him!"
"Well it's not like I'm not trying!"
This chase continued and they lost track of time. Finally they were behind Turbo Man once again in a large parking lot. Mega Man took very careful aim and destroyed one of the back tires, causing their speedy opponent to spin out and hit a brick wall.
Turbo Man rose into his humanoid form and said "Very good, you actually beat me on the road but now we fight hand to hand."
"You were magnificent Roll but now you should leave and let me fight."
"Yes to the second but no to the first. I'm staying."
"Roll…" but he was mown down by a Scorch Wheel. "That was cheap."
"I do what I have to in order to win."
Mega Man rapidly fired but Turbo Man deflected the shots. "You'll have to do better than that."
"Mega Man, he looks a little roughly assembled. Sounds like he need to be careful."
"Don't you mean looks like?"
"Nope."
"You have an idiot for a sister but the brother isn't that much better."
"You hush up I…" He suddenly got Roll's clue "Noise Crush."
"What…Ouch!" Turbo Man shook violently as the vibrations tore through him. "Scorch Wheel."
"Noise Crush."
Both attacks were side stepped. "Idiotic Blue Bumbler."
"You're the idiot. Ever heard of an echo?"
The supercharged Noise Crush reflected off of the wall and struck the unsuspecting Turbo Man in the back. The result was very violent and the evil robot was torn to pieces.
"We did it Mega Man!"
"Yes we did!" he hugged his sister tightly and went on "I never would have won without your clue."
"But you used it very cleverly."
"We both won Roll and now all eight of Wily's robots are no more!"
"Hooray! Let's go home."
It took them a remarkably short time to reach the lab. They parked the cart in the garage and entered the main laboratory. They halted in shock as the surveyed the ransacked room. Dr. Light was struggling to his feet "Mega Man, Roll thank goodness you're home."
"What happened?"
"It was Bass."
Both siblings felt their jaws drop from this horrible revelation.
Here is the final chapter that I already had prepared. This means that future chapters will be a bit slower in comming.