Roll sat inside her room at the top of the Clock Tower and looked outside through the window. The city below was covered in troops. Roll didn't really know what to call them, they where faster and stronger than navis, but they looked almost human. She had heard Irashi say the name Reploid.
As the troops outside marched around in the dim lit night of the Clock Tower's gaze a small helicopter flew towards the landing pad nearby, and inside where Maylu, Kelly, X, and Sarioma.
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"This is horrible! An army of copies…and those ones that we saw before…this is bad…" Dr. Hikari said.
"So what do we do now?" Lan asked.
"I'd say we go forward." Chaud said
"I say we wait and see if they leave then go inside." Protoman said.
"Yes, but what if they come this way?"
"Ah, didn't think about that…"
So, either acting on bravery or stupidity Lan ran forward into the group of clones. Soon after the others followed, and oddly enough the clones didn't move.
"It seems that they aren't operational yet." Dr. Hikari said as he waved his hand in front of one of them.
"So is that a good thing?" Lan asked
"Well if you don't want to be blown to pieces than yes, it's a good thing!" Chaud said
"…Actually I have an idea." Dr. Hikari said.
"What is that?" Protoman asked.
"If I can find where these copies are being controlled from I could change their programming to fight against Irashi."
"Great!"
"Alright, Protoman you stay here with Dr. Hikari and help him, I and Lan are going to find Maylu, X, and Roll."
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Maylu, Kelly, Sarioma, and X all got out of the helicopter and walked toward the Clock Tower's large doors.
The Clock Tower was an old gothic building, the doors where tall and wide, made from iron trim and stained glass. Halfway up the tower was a small balcony, then another slightly higher up. The top of the tower was flat, aside from the two large horn like spikes that ascended from it.
In the center of the tower, just above the first balcony was a large stained glass window, which bore the shape of the Dark Star symbol. From the two balconies' and below the many stained glass windows of the tower hung small flags. Each flag bore the old, and new symbols of Dark Star.
Maylu knew as soon as she saw that building that they were in the right place to find Irashi. Only a man that crazy would stay in a building like that.
The hundreds of guards below the tower all marched in unison and saw the small group walking toward them. One of the men stepped out and stopped them. Just as he was about to speak the most odd thing happened.
The man fell to the ground, he had been shot.
The group looked around, as the guards of the tower all ran toward what had shot them.
And standing on top of the nearby hill where two people. A young man and his navi.
"Dega and Luciana!" Kelly yelled.
"Who are they?" Maylu asked.
"Dega is my boyfriend, and Luciana is his navi."
This Dega, stood on the hill with a gun in his hand, his navi with her buster smoldering.
Dega had short smooth black hair that hung slightly above his eyes. He wore a white headband, unlike the rest of his cloths which were black. He had a black T-Shirt and jeans, with white shoes. On his pants where a belt that held his navi's symbol in the center.
The navi's symbol was a rose, this rose was black on one side and white on the other. And around the rose, like tentacles, stems bearing thorns wrapped.
The navi was a strange combination of white, purple, blue, red, yellow, and black. Each piece of her armor was a different color, and no two colors that where the same touched. She had long hair, which was white at the top, and died ever color of her armor the rest of the way down.
The navi and her operator fired again at the guards, soon after doing so Kelly and Sarioma drew their weapons and fired at the guards, Maylu hid behind X as he shot at them.
"What are you doing?" Kelly asked Maylu.
"I don't have a weapon."
"Well you do now!" Kelly said handing Maylu a revolver. Maylu, who had never even handled a gun before, tried to aim and fire at the guards. Luckily her shot hit and the guard toppled to the ground.
But the odds where against them, nearly six-hundred of these Reploids against three humans and three navis….there defeat was inevitable….
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Roll watched all of this from her window, and upon seeing Maylu she jumped up and ran to the door, and tried to open it. It was unlocked!
Quickly Roll glanced around and descended the stair, she guessed that with the fight outside the guards had left. Roll continued her descent of the stairs and saw Megaman standing near Irashi on the balcony. She quickly hid behind the stone wall and listened to them talk.
"What the hell…who are those people attacking my soldiers!?"
"I do not know, shall I go greet them?" Megaman asked still in his trance. The virus had full control of his mind and body now.
"….no…no I want you to go downstairs to the research lab and check on Dr. Damatrias and Dr. Galaxy. They should be ready to activate the Clone Program."
"As you wish." Megaman said walking away from Irashi, and toward where Roll was.
As Megaman walked by Roll grabbed him and pulled him over to her.
"Roll…you should be in your cell remember…I can't protect you if I don't know where you are."
"Megaman! Stop this! Why are you helping Irashi!?"
"To protect you, I must be strong. And Irashi can give me what I need to be just that."
"Megaman! You've been able to protect me all along, you're already strong…and….I just want you back…please…" Roll said as she began to cry, each word she said didn't even change Megaman's blank expression.
Megaman just stared at Roll, and that was when Roll noticed something. On the side of Megaman's neck was a small bolt like object. Roll reached out and pulled at the bolt, it came off. When it did Megaman's souless eyes shined to life and his expression change to confusion.
"R-Roll?"
"MEGA! YOU OK!" Roll screamed, forgetting that Irashi was in the other room, and threw her arms around her lovers neck.
"Y-Yeah…I remember hearing a strange voice, and then a figure put that bolt on me and I fainted."
"No you didn't you shot Lan and Chaud, almost killed me, then came here and had yourself cloned to make an army for Dark Star!"
"WHAT!"
That was it. Irashi had heard Roll scream, but had dismissed it, but Megaman's outburst was heard, and Irashi drew his pistol and walked toward the two navis.
"How do you feel? Is the virus gone?" Roll asked as she ran her hand through her boyfriends hair.
"Yeah…I fell great! I think maybe the virus was temporary, or maybe they removed it when they put that bolt in me?"
"Good…I was really worried Mega…" Roll said quietly.
"I didn't mean to worry you Roll…" Megaman said, as he leaned in to kiss her.
Suddenly Irashi jumped out from the corner with his gun drawn.
"Oh how sweet." Irashi said in disgust.
"YOU!" Megaman yelled after he spoke.
"Ahaha! You can't shoot me." Irashi said taunting Megaman.
"And why not?"
"Because, when I had you cloned I took away your buster."
That was when Megaman noticed that he couldn't change his hand into his buster.