Chapter 10: Copies

Seeing himself in an unknown place, Rock remained still for a moment in order to analyze the situation.

The most logical explanation at the moment was that Break Man realized what was happening and transported him here with the hope that something in this way may deactivate him.

If he stayed here, Break Man would have time to do more evil things. If he goes this way, it could be full of dangers that could kill him.

Rock was quite focused on analyzing all aspects of this situation until he reached a decision that he did not hear the static of his communicator.

"... ck ... ock ..."

Once he decided to start walking until he found some way to return, he heard clearly in his communicator a voice.

"Rock!"

He returned to a point where nothing attacks him and he does not run the risk of dying to adjust his communicator a little and be able to talk.

"Dr. Light?"

He asked with a slight hint of hope.

"Rock! You're ok?"

He listened relieved that Dr. Light was asking.

"Yes! I'm still fine, but I do not know where I am, so keep moving until I find out how to get back"

He reported preparing to continue walking.

"We're tracking your location to be able to transport you back"

Dr. Wily said on the communicator just as Rock fell through a hole and found himself face to face with Cut Man again.

"Cut Man?!"

He exclaimed looking to the Cut Man who was preparing to attack one more time.

"Rock!"

He heard Cut Man's voice over the communicator.

"That is not me! Do not let yourself be defeated!"

Cut Man cheer from the communicator while the Cut Man in front of Rock start to throw his scissors and Rock dodges it.

Nodding to himself, Rock prepared his buster and started firing as he dodged the scissors until he beat that Cut Man.

When the fake Cut Man fell, its shape was replaced with another strange robot. Rock was going to approach the robot to look closely but he fell back into another hole hidden in the ground.

Arriving back to those platforms, Rock looked up trying to discover what robot was that.

"Doctors, do you know anything about that robot that was in place of Cut Man after I defeated it?"

Rock asked looking forward to the little robots that were waiting for him on the platforms he had to jump.

"That can be a copy robot or something similar. There are machines that create simple robots, like the machine that creates the Mets or the Sniper Joes, but to create something as complex as Cut Man ..."

Dr. Wily explained as Rock jumped to solid ground and fell, once again, through a hole hidden in the ground in order to see Elec Man.

"Uhm, Elec Man?"

Rock asked sure that the robot that was going to attack him right now was not his brother.

"Use the Rolling Cutter!"

He listened to Elec Man through the communicator and nodded to himself before switching to the battle data of Cut Man and shoot.

After battling the real one, Rock could see the small differences between the original and the copy. While the original tried to avoid the Rolling Cutter, the copy was more focused on attacking than defending itself and therefore was more likely to be defeated easily.

When the fake Elec Man fell, it stayed there, without changing or anything like that. Seeing Elec Man hurt again because of him made him feel bad.

"Rock, I'm fine. I'm in the laboratory with the others. That is a copy without mind"

He listened to Elec Man by the communicator before blinking and smiling a little.

"That guy is going to pay for making copies of us! What kind of guy is that who copies us without us noticing?"

He listened to Cut Man complain and gave a laugh.

It was nice to hear them.

"The next one to attack you could be my copy, be careful"

He listened to Ice Man nodding a little before continuing.

Unlike when he faced the two previous copies, this time the road to the next copy was longer and more dangerous. This change made him wonder if maybe the order was wrong and would not have to face Ice Man, but, perhaps, Fire Man or Guts Man.

When he went down the stairs, he watched as a machine came down and, in front of Rock, his copy appeared.

"It's a copy of me! "

He exclaimed with great surprise as his copy prepared to fire.

"Be careful!"

Dr. Light said as Rock dodged the shot of his copy. It was like the copies of Cut Man and Elec Man, it just thought about attacking. The expression of his copy became gloomy when the colored lights of the room illuminated them.

Rock dodged as many attacks as he could, the copy was strong and smarter than Elec Man's. The copy can dodged and could copy his battle data. The fight was getting long and Rock began to think about how terrible it was that his copy was so strong. If that was the force of the copy, what kind of monster was he becoming?

"Rock! Do not think of him as your copy, think of him as another enemy"

Dr. Wily's voice echoed and Rock blinked a couple of times as he saw his copy point to him with its Buster.

He nodded a little and prepared to jump to see the shot and begin to return the fire. Not seeing the copy as himself helped a lot and finally, he beat it.

When Rock was sure there were no more holes hidden in the ground, he approached his copy carefully to check it closely.

When he touched it, he could see the multi-use tool had obtain a new battle data.

"Rock, let's go back to fix your armor. We have the coordinates and we can send you one more time when everything is ready with you."

Dr. Light said and Rock nodded a little away from the copy as he felt the teleportation.

"Rock!"

Exclaimed Roll running to hug him tightly.

"We were afraid that something bad would happen to you!"

She said a moment later calming down and letting go slowly as if she was afraid that Rock would disappear.

"Don't worry, Roll. I will always came back. I promise"

Rock answered happy to return to the lab looking at the two doctors and the Robot Masters who were waiting for Roll to let him go.

"Rock, come here. Let's fix all the damage of those battles"

Dr. Light said happily that Rock has returned.

Rock went to the table where they always work on him and both doctors began to check him.

"Rock, you have resisted these two rounds enough. It was fortunate that we managed to bring you here before round three"

Dr. Wily commented smiling a little looking at his armor and bringing Dr. Light the tools to fix him while Dr. Wily checked his data.

"I still do not understand why the Yellow Demon was there"

He mumbled, going through the Yellow Demon data before continuing.

"Did anyone know about that project? "

Dr. Light asked, checking and fixing some parts of his armor carefully.

"No one. I did not tell anyone and you know well that you are the first to know about my projects"

Dr. Wily answered and checking Rock's systems before stopping and blinking a couple of times.

"Rock, where did you get this battle data?"

Dr. Wily asked, pointing to a series of numbers on the screen.

"I approached my copy to look at it and when I touched it, the multi-use tool was activated and I got this battle data. Is a bad thing?"

Rock asked worried but not moving so they can continue working on him.

"They are coordinates. Possibly from the base where the machine that made your copy was created or from where they controlled it."

Dr. Wily replied, typing quickly, nodding a little when he proved he was right.

"The coordinates are from where the machine left already altered with the orders to deactivate you"

He explained by showing on the screen the location that indicated the battle data of the copy Rock.

"Then that's where Break Man should be"

Rock said looking at the coordinates that were on the map of one of the lab's screens.

"Rock, do not expose yourself to so much danger. Think well what you will do now. Remember that you are under the three laws and you must be careful"

Said Dr. Light finishing repairing Rock and looking at it with intensity.

"Dr. Light, I have to do something. Did you see the copies? He could try something much worse and I can't stay here doing anything"

Rock exclaimed with determination. He was sure of what he was doing and was going to stop Break Man.

Dr. Light nodded gravely before letting him off the table.

"Rock, I trust you. I'm sure you'll manage to stop that guy. I'll prepare the teleporter"

Dr. Wily said moving towards the teleporter and placing the coordinates to send Rock.

"Good luck, Rock"

Whispered Roll when he saw Rock teleport.

"Why do you have to encourage him to put himself in danger?"

Dr. Light asked, looking wearily at Dr. Wily.

"Because I built him too and I know there's nothing I can do to change his mind. So if we can't take away the idea, we can encourage him and make sure he comes back alive and complete. Also, I have confidence in him, his brain and his armor. Not for nothing he and Roll are the first of their line"

Dr. Wily answered by turning on his communicator and sitting in front of the screen that connected with Rock's eyes and let them see what Rock saw.

It was now or never.


Here is it, the end of the Break Stage 2

I´m going to be honest, I didn´t get to play this part because I keep dying and dying, and dying, so my brother did it and I saw him doing the stage in order to write it. I know it´s hard, very hard. If I write the Rock that was me playing Rock, Rpck would have died in Cut Man´s stage and Break Man would have take over the world and having his revenge.

So, next week, Break Stage 3!

If you have any idea o something you want to read in the fic, please leave a review and I´m going to try and put it in the fic. Also, if someone can help me with the grammar and chek the fic before I publish it I would be very grateful. As this is not my root language and somethings slip in english I think this is not a very good translation, If someone can help me or tell me what is wrong in the chapter in order for me to change it, I would appreciate it.

Thanks for reading