RedKatana: HOLY CRAP I UPDATED!
The last time I updated was 8/13/08. Wow, ha ha.
...Seeing an update of this story was probably one of the last things you guys expected to see in your inbox, huh?
This chapter is the longest chapter I've ever written for the Dr. Wily Show; It's 8,118 words and the second longest was 4,012. O_O
Well, then... uh.. on with the show, I guess?
Word count: 8,118 words.
The Dr. Wily Show: Episode 22
Most of the members of the audience stared at Wily in silence as said man walked up on stage and took a seat in his giant, cozy, skull shaped chair which was right behind a nice wooden desk as Enker, Quint, Ballade Elec Man, and Gemini Man played music.
"Welcome to the Dr. Wily Show everyone! Did any one of you miss me?" he asked right before taking a small sip of his coffee and giving them all a small and slightly eerie smile.
The audience (which was probably made up of about 60% men, 38% women and 2% children) just stared at him blankly.
The Einstein look-a-like coughed loudly. "I don't think you heard me... I said, did anyone miss me?" he asked again, still giving all of them a small and eerie smile.
The audience just continued to stare at the scientist.
He glared at the audience for a few seconds before asking, "I SAID, DID ANYONE MISS ME?"
A few of the members of the audience cheered slowly and nervously.
Dr. Wily's dark blue eyes continued to stare at them all (almost as he was looking into their souls) as he slowly set his black coffee cup down onto his white coaster in a way that made almost everyone in the room feel uneasy and slightly scared.
"Now," he paused. His smile turning into a frown as he continued with, "I'll ask this simple question one more time... Did anyone miss me?" he asked slowly.
The viewers started to cheer loudly and lively.
"That's better," Wily said. The old scientist smiled widely. "Ah... It feels so great to be able to host the show again.. I feel like I've been sick for over a year!" he said before laughing a little.
Bass smiled a little at that. "I know exactly what you mean," Bass replied. "It really does feel like it's been while."
Wily nodded at him. "Now," Wily said, leaning back slightly. "What did you all think of Bass? Did he do a good job running the show?" he asked. The alarming frown slowly disappeared from his face and Wily's normal smile had replaced it.
The crowd cheered vociferously; some of them were even whistling.
"Oh wow, he was really that good?" Wily asked in surprise as he started moving his coaster even further away from himself.
Bass scoffed. "Of course I was," he said, looking at the audience briefly before turning his attention to Dr. Wily once again. "And you were going to let Star Man and Clown Man do the show. Thank God I managed to talk you out of that one," he muttered. "It was horrible. It was just.. ugh.."
"Hey!" Star Man cried out, looking offended. "It wasn't horrible!" he shouted right before puffing his cheeks out slightly for some reason; he really reminded Bass of a blowfish at that moment. He really did. It probably had something to do with how round his face looked and how pointy his armor was...
Bass faintly heard Wily say something; Bass shook his head a few times, trying to get weird thoughts involving fish and Star Man out of his head. "What did you just say?" Bass asked Dr. Wily. "I wasn't listening," he added.
"I said, 'it wouldn't have been that bad'. Really," Wily said; he took another sip of his coffee. "You exaggerate too much, Bass."
"Oh yes it would have. You weren't there for the rehearsal! It was terrible- no, it was abhorrent! Calling it terrible would be a compliment to that.. that.. that event I witnessed that night," the ebony and aureolin robot shot back; Star Man (who was sitting on a wooden stool) just pouted in response to Bass' harsh words.
"...We have rehearsals?" Ballade asked as he started to readjusted his microphone. he dropped the mic; he winced slightly. "Clumsy me," he said, smiling a little.
The rest of the musicians (minus Quick Man) and Punk, just stared at Ballade, shocked.
"What? Do we or do we not have rehearsals?" the purple Mega Man Killer asked, confused.
Elec Man, Enker, Quint and Gemini Man sighed; Punk just buried his head in his hands, groaning and muttering something with the words 'idiot', 'God', 'damn' and 'bat'.
"Bass," Swirling his chair around to face Bass, the old scientist added, "it couldn't have been that bad. Honestly, with the way you were acting..." the old man trailed off, shaking his head.
"What! What is with you guys! It's a yes or no question!" Ballade yelled out when the rest of the Robot Masters kept on ignoring him.
The old man stopped shaking his head as he looked Bass straight in the eye. "I mean, really, you were practically BEGGING ME to not let them run the show!" he said, thinking back to what happened that day.
"You don't understand!" Bass said viciously. "You didn't see Lenny!" he hissed, his red eyes narrowing.
"How the hell could you not know that we have rehearsals!" Elec Man asked Ballade; the former's eye was twitching lightly.
Ballade just blinked at him a few times. "I.. I have.. absolutely no idea what you're talking about..." he admitted after a few moments; Punk buried his head in his hands.
"It... They...You're... You were there! You're always there, Ballade!" Elec Man cried out.
Ballade just stared at Elec Man, confused. "Huh?"
"..Lenny? Who is Lenny?" Wily asked Bass, raising his eyebrows as he frowned.
"Wait... those are rehearsals?" he asked, shocked. Elec Man sighed softly.
"Yeah, who's Lenny?" Punk (who decided to ignore the now shocked Ballade from this point on) asked Bass, chuckling and grinning as he walked closer to the young ebony robot.
"No, you don't," Bass said, waving his hand at him as if he was shooing him away. "Now as I saying ol-"
Punk's smile widened. "Oh yes I do," he said.
"No you don't," Bass said.
"Oh yes I do," Punk insisted. "Come on, tell me."
Bass shot the older robot a look. "No, I won't. It was horrible, to say the least," he said, thinking back to the horrors he witnessed that day.
Flash Back
"What.. the hell.. is this...?" Bass whispered to himself as he saw the new stage for the first time.
They had gotten rid of the room's white walls, purple curtains, Wily's wooden desk, Wily's skull chair and had replaced him with light pink walls (with a tile that had small, red hearts on them at the very top), sequin curtains, a pink table that had nail polish and make-up scattered everywhere, a nice red sequin tablecloth to go with the curtains, and a bunch of heart-shaped chairs that were similar to dome chairs. The ceiling was painted pink also, and, hanging from it was a white banner that said Star Man and Clown Man's Fun Time Show in giant bubbly green, blue, pink, red, and yellow letters.
And that was just the part of the room where the band and Dr. Wily hung around at.
Around where the audience would sit were white walls with - strangely enough - what looked like a carnival painted on them, a gigantic pink carpet. Bean bags chairs and toys of every shape, size, and color were there. There was also a book shelf on the right side of the room, where Ballade was reading something.
It was the tackiest, weirdest and gayest thing Bass had ever (and would probably ever) see, to put it simply.
Bass dropped to his knees at the horror before him. "What.. have they done...? I don't... what is this... I don't even..?" he whispered, hands clutching the horrible rug.
"Oh, hi there Bass!" shouted a annoying, high pitch voice. "What do you think of the set?"
Bass turned his head towards the voice, his right eye twitching.
It was Ballade.
"What do I think...?" he asked slowly. He continued to stare at Ballade for a few moments before asking, "What do you think I think about it!"
Ballade smiled as his dark red eyes began to twinkle. "I know! Isn't it so great? Star Man and Clown Man have the best taste! I mean, look at this place!" he said as he closed the red and white book he was reading for a moment and stood up, smiling. "I mean, I knew it would look good, but not this good!" he said, laughing a little.
Bass' eye twitched a little as he tried really hard to control his anger; after a few more moments of listening to Ballade's ramblings about God only knows what, Bass he decided: oh, screw it all. "NO IT IS NOT GREAT!" Bass suddenly yelled out, startling the older of the Wily robots. "It's absolutely terrible! I hate it!" Bass yelled, this time a little quieter.
Ballade slowly frowned as that twinkle in his eyes disappeared bit by bit. "...You.. you mean... you don't like the stage?" he slowly asked Bass.
Bass rolled his eyes and groaned loudly. "No Ballade, I was talking about ketchup. I absolutely hate it; ketchup is the most disgusting thing in the world," he said sarcastically.
Ballade (who was taking him very seriously) raised his eyebrows as his already deep frown deepened ever so slightly. "I.. I don't.. you.." Ballade paused for a moment in confusion, as if trying to find the right words to say in some dramatic, life changing conversation; finally he decided to just settled with, "... you.. you don't like ketchup? Huh. That's like really, really, really, really weird Bass. Seriously Bass, seriously. I mean, most people like ketchup! Me, I LOVE ketchup! I'm practically IN love with ketchup! And you know it, Bass - you must know it! I put it on everything! and you know I mean EVERYTHING when I say everything, Bass! I mean, you know I'm always putting it on y food! I always put it on my hot dogs, hamburgers, fries, fried chicken, baked chicken, fried shrimp," Ballade suddenly took a deep breath before continuing, "Boiled shrimp, ham, turkey, grits, fried rice, sloppy joes, beans, toast, donuts, bagels, waffles, pancakes, fried eggs, boiled eggs, dumplings, omelets, bacon, sausages, pasta..."
"...Ballade," the ebony robot said as he ran his right hand through his purple hair in annoyance.
"... burritos, tacos, ravioli, pizza, sushi, salads, heck, I even dip some fruits and veggies in it sometimes, fruits like.. apples, bananas..."
"...Ballade," he repeated.
"... pears, oranges, peaches..."
"...Ballade," he repeated once more.
"...cookies, cupcakes, pie, cake, ice cream, popsicles- EEEEEEKKKKMMMPHH!" Ballade cried out, dropping his book as Bass charged towards him, grabbing him by the neck and then covering his mouth.
"Shut. The. Hell. Up. Ballade," he said, shaking him violently.
Ballade looked up at the ceiling as if thinking hard, and started lifting his hand to his chin (or at least he tried too) before putting it down when he realized it was impossible to do with the way Bass was holding his neck and mouth. "Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm-"
"BALLADE," the ebony bot repeated through grit teeth as he tightened his hold on Ballade's slender neck. "STOP IT."
"MMMPH!"
"STOP IT, NOW," he demanded. He tightened his hold on the other robot's neck more, causing Ballade to winced a little. "Will you stop now?" he asked. Ballade nodded, or at least he tried to. "Good," Bass said when Ballade fell silent; he slowly let go of his neck and mouth.
Bass watched as Ballade kept rubbing his neck for a few secs before looking down at the horrid carpet, finally noticing that Ballade had dropped his book.
'The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins by Dr. Seuss' it said on the cover.
"...Why the heck were you reading this rubbish?" Bass asked, picking it up and skimming through the book.
"Oh.. Well, it's one my favorite books. See, it's about this boy who removes his hat but finds out that there is, in fact, ANOTHER hat under that, and another one under that, and THEN there's ANOTHER one under THAT one, and another under that one, and anoth-" Ballade froze when he saw the look Bass was giving him. "Sorry," he said, taking a step back, obviously embarrassed and slightly scared of the younger robot. After a long pause, he added, "You should read it sometime. It's really good."
Bass scowled. "Why the hell would I read-"
"THIS WAY YOU GUYSSSS~~~~!" a annoying, deep, and goofy voice suddenly yelled out, causing Bass to cover his ears; they were suddenly in excruciating pain.
"Loud! You're being loud!" Bass yelled out. He turned towards the source of the voice and gasped.
"OH MY GOSH.. WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!" he shouted, pointing his finger at the yellow and white dinosaur that came out the door with a bunch of three to ten year-olds.
"That's Lenny, Bass," Bass heard the Mega Man Killer he had strangled earlier say.
Bass continued to stare at Lenny.
"Bass... It's not as bad as you think..." Ballade stated.
Bass shot Ballade a dirty look. "How it NOT as bad as I think!"
"Ummm..." Ballade looked at the ceiling. "Well.. uh.. he could.. be singing?" Ballade asked, shrugging. He sighed and scratched the back of his head. "I dunno. I just kind of said-"
"Sing along kids! OOOOOH`~~~ Near the end of the alphabet, just before Y, lives a letter-"
Bass glared at Ballade, making the latter gulp.
"Heh heh heh.. So.. um.. uh.. I.." Ballade fell silent, not knowing what to say.
"-by crossing two lines and this letter is called X-"
Bass dropped to his knees once again. "This is not happening to me.. this is not happening.. this is not happening..."
"-a word such as flex. Or right in the middle like in saxophone-"
"-not happening, not happening, not happening, not happening-" Bass continued to say as he started gripping the carpet.
"Come on Bass... It's not that bad..." he heard Ballade said, as he felt someone put their hand on his shoulder.
"-or taxes or New Mexico I hear it in six-"
The ebony bot started gripping the carpet tighter.
"-hear it in axe and I hear it in box-"
"At... least it rhythms," Bass heard Ballade say. "Uh... yeah." Bass heard some coughing and mumbling near him, presumably from Ballade.
"-old number six-"
"Well, it's time to start the show!" the smooth and girlie voice of Star Man said out of nowhere, causing the children cry out in joy.
Ballade chuckled a little. "You hear that Bass? That means the singing stopped!" Bass wasn't getting off the floor; he was just staring at the ground. "...Bass?" ask Ballade.
"...This... isn't..."
"...Bass?" Bass heard Ballade.
"...happening..."
"...Uh, Bass?" the ebony robot heard the Mega Man Killer asked again.
"...to..." Bass saw Ballade sit down next to him from the corner of his eye; he was just watching him.
"...me... Not happening... here... not... to.. me..."
"...Right. Nice talking to you Bass," Ballade said candidly.
"-but Star Man, why can I have it all the time?" asked a little boy with short black hair who looked about 5.
"Timmy, you can't eat sweets ALL the time!" Star Man said. "You need a nutritious diet with fruits, vegetables, meats-"
"I don't understand Ballade..." he muttered into the carpet; he buried his face deeper into it.
"Huh?"
Bass, ever so slowly lifted his head up and towards the confused Mega Man Killer who was looking at him in concern and then towards Star Man, Clown Man, Lenny and the children.
"This. Why? It's terrible," said the younger of the two Wily bots.
"Bass, it really isn't that bad," whispered Ballade.
"Yes it is! Look at it!"
When Bass didn't hear a response from Ballade, he added, "They turned it into a kids show, Ballade! A KIDS SHOW."
"Bass... It.. It really isn't that," he heard Ballade say.
"Look. At. It." insisted the younger of the two.
Ballade bit his lip and, after a few moments, he slowly turned his head to where Star Man, Clown Man, Lenny and the kids were.
"Now that's over with kids, let's find out what our word of the day is!" Lenny said, laughing a little.
"It's very important that you take cares of yourselves boys and girls," Star Man said, crouching down so that he could face them without looking down. "and I'm not talking about just your health."
"Like what?" a red-headed boy asked.
Star Man smiled. "Like in school, kids." A few of the kids groaned when he said the word school, causing Star Man to frown a little. "Come on, learning can be fun." His frown slowly disappeared. "Come on... You know what's my favorite subject?" he asked.
"..What?" asked a girl who had her brunette hair braided.
The yellow Robot Master pushed a few strains of her hair that were sticking out behind her ears. "Language Arts," he said. "I just love learning about languages." He gave the kid a tiny smile.
"Really?" another kid asked.
"Really," he said, chuckling. "I love languages." That bright smile of his found its way back to his face. "Speaking of which... Do you know what time it is kids?" Star Man asked.
"What?" asked most of the kids
"It's time for our word of the day!" he said. He stood up. "Alright, you all ready?" he asked.
"Yeah!" they all cried out.
"Alright then! Today's word is: Phoxylhgivngoayl-"
Everyone started staring at him as if he had just grown a second head.
"-vlyxophekelyzoceghylxvex-"
And a third one.
"-prolylphkenylxylvaxlekvil-"
Lenny slowly took a few steps back, freaked out.
"-kuulzylvexolyxkukuhlvaxily-"
And a fourth one.
"-arginylalanylgrilbylyxiaor-"
Clown Man slowly backed away from Star Man and the children, heading to where Lenny was.
"-arlygilyvleyroazilyxqilvily-"
Ballade and Bass just stood where they were, bewildered.
"-lunlyarxianklylilyxiaxly-"
And a fifth one.
"-valylalanylaspartylvalyl-"
Clown Man and Lenny ever so slowly made their way towards the back exit.
"-arlyunlyparvalylalyxiaonaly-"
And a sixth one.
"-vlyzinxkupaurylnilily-"
A few of the kids got up and started to follow them.
"liaxaixkphalexgnii-"
And a seventh one.
"-ulkilyzxviiqiliyli-"
Lenny ever so slowly opened the door for Clown Man.
"-kaulumilyphykoukeluilily-"
Clown Man slowly walked through the door and out of the room.
"- lanylisoleucylvalylly-"
And a eighth one.
"-sylisolyxnkiloylphekophily-"
Lenny who was still holding the door open, let the kids who followed them go out next.
"-maulyinilyaroaxiylz-"
Lenny slowly left the room after them, making sure to close the door softly.
"kuxilyxalynxiak-"
And a ninth one.
"-lipheoknilyixia!" Star Man exclaimed, his eyes shining with delight and excitement. "Isn't learning fun!" he asked right before giggling like a school girl.
Yep. Nine of them.
End of Flash Back
Bass shivered. "Ugh. I really have to stop thinking about that," he said as he crossed his arms.
Wily gave Bass a weird look. "Right," Wily lifted his coffee up towards his mouth, only to find it empty. "Whatever. I don't think I wanna know who 'Lenny' is," he said. "ICE MAN, I NEED MORE COFFEE!" he yelled.
"I do," Punk said but everyone ignored him.
Ice Man came into the room carrying a pot of coffee, almost spilling it on the carpet several times. He started pouring it into Wily's black coffee cup.
"ANYWAY..." Wily said loud. "..onto our guest. Today's guest is a young and brilliant scientist from the future. Please welcome... Dr. Ciel!"
The crowd cheered as Ciel came up on the stage; she was waving and blowing kisses at the audience
"So nice to finally meet you," Wily said, offering her his hand for a handshake.
"It nice to be here," she said as she shook it; smiling, she sat down on the chair.
"So.. how have you been?" Wily asked.
"Not too good," Ciel said, pushing back a few strains of her blond hair behind her ears.
"Oh? How so?" he asked.
Ciel shifted in her seat a little. "It's... personal," she settled with.
"I see..." There was silence for a bit. "You know, I heard a lot of nice things about you from.. " He paused and stared at his desk blankly before turning his to look at Bass. "Bass, what was his name again?" Wily asked him.
"What was whose name again?" Bass asked.
"That green robot we interview a while back ago," Wily answered. "You know the one," he added.
Bass looked at the ceiling, deep in thought. "Green reploid, green reploid, green reploid..." Suddenly Bass grinned and started chuckling. "You mean that Harpuia chick?" he asked.
"Yes! That's the person I'm talking about; that's the name!" Wily smiled and turned to blond girl behind him. "Harpuia said you were less than 10 years old when you made Copy X!" Wily asked.
"...You had Harpuia on the show?" she asked after a while of silence.
Wily nodded. "Yes, I did. So is it true? Were you ten?" he asked.
"Yes, it's true," she answered, smiling.
"Amazing! So how old are you now?" Wily asked.
"16," Ciel answered.
Dr. Wily whistled. "You must have studied every second," he comment.
Ciel just smiled at him.
Wily paused, looking into his coffee cup. "You're a scientist," he began, leaning even farther back into his chair. "So tell me, what have you recently invented?" he asked as Ice Man began to leave.
"Well... recently I've been working on working on a new source of energy," Ciel said as Ice Man started to leave.
"Really? That sounds interesting... Tell me more..." Dr. Wily said, taking a sip of his coffee. He made a face. "Uh, Ice Man."
The short Robot Master smiled. "Yes Master Wily?" he asked, turning around.
"This coffee needs more sugar," Wily said.
"Of course," Ice Man said, right before leaving.
"Go on," Wily said.
"Well... Where I come from, the world is suffering from an energy and reploids are getting killed because of it-"
Bass and Punk yawned.
"Boring," Punk said to Bass as he pulled out a wooden chair to sit on.
"Tell me about it," said the ebony robot.
"-it really is my fault though.. I did make Copy X after all..." she said, looking down at the carpet with regret, sadness, and anger showing up on her face as she did. "Weil doesn't matters much either..."
"I see. So how did you all take care of Copy X and Neo Arcadia?" Wily asked.
Ciel bit her lip. "Well... me, Passy, and my friends were looking for the legendary Maverick Hunter Zero in a-"
"Zero?" Bass asked. "Isn't that the name of that robot Wily's been building?"
Wily shot Bass a look.
"What robot?" Punk asked, glancing at Bass.
"You know.. the one with the long blond hair and red armor..." Bass said.
"Oooh," Punk said slowly. He looked at the ceiling briefly then at Bass once again. "...No, I don't know," he said; Bass sighed.
Dr. Wily rubbed his forehead, groaning. "Anyway... go on with what you were saying."
"Yes, well... after many years of searching, we had finally found Zero, but..." she took a deep breath. ".. he was in a coma." she finished, exhaling.
Wily leaned forward slightly. "How did you and your companions wake him up?" Wily asked.
"Well, my friend Passy had to sacrifice herself..."
Dr. Wily looked at Ciel apologetically. "I'm s-"
"I don't see how the hell that wakes someone up," Bass said, interrupting Dr. Wily.
"Well, you see.." Ciel started slowly, obviously annoyed by Bass' interruptions. "Passy's a Cyber Elf and-"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa - she's a what!" Bass asked, laughing.
Her eye twitched slightly. "A Cyber Elf," she repeated.
"What the hell is a Cyber Elf?" Bass asked; Punk just snickered.
"Well, Cyber Elves are sentient computer programs that help humanity out. Some of them can enhance a reploid abilities, such as make him or faster for a while, or make them stronger, maybe even recover some of his or her energy. The problem is they-"
"That is the dumbest name I have ever heard of," Punk said.
Wily slammed his coffee cup down. "PUNK!"
"What! It is!" Punk exclaimed.
"Not when I'm interviewing a guest!" he said through gritted teeth.
"...Fine," Punk said as he rolled his eyes and crossed his arms.
Wily waved his bony hand at the young scientist. "Go on."
"Thank you for that, sir. Now, what was I saying...? Oh yes, I was talking about Cyber Elves. You see, every time we use a Cyber elf it dies."
Ballade gasped. "That's terrible!"
"Well that blows," said Quint.
"Yes, it is," the blonde said; She looked at the cute little Robot Master from earlier walk right past her carry a pot of sugar and walk over to Dr. Wily.
"That's just the most retar-" Bass froze when he saw that Wily was threatening him with a plunger again.
"That's better," Wily said, putting it down as Ice Man started pouring some sugar into his mug. "That's enough Ice Man. Now go on, Ciel."
"Yes, well... after Passy died, Zero awakened," She gripped her clothes tighter as Ice Man stopped pouring sugar. "He, I, and the robots that were chasing after me were the only ones left in that place... Zero saved me in that place twice, by the way..." she said, looking off to the side, a light blush appearing on her face. Ice Man slowly cocked his head at her.
"...Why ya blushing, lady?" Ice Man asked, still looking at her with his head tilted.
Her cheeks turned red. "B-B-Blushing? I'm n-not blushing!" she said defensively as she moved her hand towards her face, as if trying to hide it.
"Yeah you are," insisted DWN-05.
"N-N-No really I-I'm not!"
"Ice Man that's enough sugar," Dr. Wily said.
"Yeah you are," Ice Man said to Ciel. He stopped pouring sugar into Dr. Wily mug. "You did it when you mentioned Zero."
Turning redder and redder after every one of of Ice Man's accusations, she said quickly, "N-N-No I didn't! I don't l-like Z-Zero! What gave y-you that idea! That's a-absolutely absurd!" She gave him a small and nervous smile.
"...He didn't mention anything about you liking Zero," Gemini Man pointed out.
Ciel went beet red as Punk and Bass started bawling.
"N-N-No I... I don't.. I.. you.. he.. we.. we're not... our..." she stammered, trying to find a way out of this one.
Wily groaned and rubbed his temples. "Just drop it. If she doesn't want to-"
"Okay fine, I admit it. I... like Zero," she said, looking away from Ice Man in embarrassment. She sighed before adding, "...But he doesn't return my feelings. I just know he doesn't."
"Aw, it's okay lady. If it makes you feel any better I like someone too!" Ice Man said. Suddenly he pouted a little. "She probably doesn't return my feelings either..." he said, looking down.
"...Really?" Ciel asked, looking at Ice Man.
"Yeah, she's such a beauty," Ice Man stated, still not looking at the blond woman in front of him. "And sweet too," he added.
"...Who the hell are you talking about?" Bass asked; he looked taken back by Ice Man's confession. The rest of the Robot Masters just listened to Ice Man, fascinated.
"Why don't you tell her how you feel?" Ciel asked.
"I can't," he said. Ice Man sighed as let his head drop even lower. "it wouldn't work out considering who I am and who she is..."
"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU- Ow!" Bass cried out when he felt someone hit him in the ribs. He glared at the source of the pain; it was Star Man.
"Hush, I'm trying to listen," Star Man said, glaring at him.
"That doesn't mean you had to hit me so hard..." Bass grumbled.
Star Man ignored the ebony robot; he clasped his hands together, clearly interested in the conversation Ciel and Ice Man were having.
"I see," said Ciel, leaning back in her chair. "I'm sorry to hear that..."
Ice Man sighed loudly. "I better go..." he whispered, taking the sugar jar.
"Erm... anyway," Wily said as Ice Man left. "as I was saying..." He paused. "...Wait, what was I saying?" he asked.
"Something about Zero," said Bass.
"Something about death," said Ballade.
"Something about Copy X," said Quint.
"...Right, now I remember..." Wily said. He took another sip of his coffee. "So, what happened then?"
"Huh? Oh, right. Well," She shifted in her chair. "Once Passy sacrificed herself, only me, Zero, and Copy X's lackeys were left; once we..."
Wily noticed that Shadow Man was peaking out of the curtains, saying something to him; Strike Man, Charge Man and Bulb Man was beside him, their eyes darting back and forth nervously. He raised his eyebrow at them.
"-after that he started helping us around the Resistance; he-"
"Get... here, Lord Wily..." Shadow Man whispered; he had a strange look on his face, he looked... worried, perhaps?
"I can't hear you," Wily said. He looked at Ciel; she didn't seem to have noticed that he wasn't really paying attention to her anymore.
"Cut to a commercial break right now," the ninja said.
Wily mouthed out, 'why?'
"Just come see, please!" Bulb Man pleaded desperately.
Wily looked at his watch. "Um, I uh... Look at the time! It's time for a commercial break!" he said, getting out of his chair.
Ciel frowned "Huh? It's time already?" she asked.
"Yes! So, um, I'll be right back. Bye!" he said, stalking towards Shadow Man, Bulb Man, Strike Man and Charge Man.
"Okay, so what's the problem?" Wily asked, annoyed.
Ciel and the rest of the Robot Masters looked at Wily and the three Robot Masters he was talking to, curious.
"It's about Quick Man," Shadow Man said.
Wily blinked. "What about Quick Man?" he asked.
The ninja bit his lip and looked at his younger brothers; Charge Man started leaning against the wall as he crossed his arms as Strike Man just looked at the ground.
Strike Man scratched the back of his head. "It's, uh... not something I can really.. explain well. I don't really fully understand it myself..."
"It's something you have to see," Bulb Man added.
"Yeah, it's.. one of those things," Charge Man added.
Wily sighed and rolled his eyes. "Fine. Make it quick though."
"..This way," Shadow Man said as he began to lead them all outside.
"He's outside?" Wily asked after a while; they were going through a hallway with dozens of labeled boxes.
Shadow Man looked at him briefly before saying hesitantly, "...Yes, he's outside."
After a few more moments of traveling through silent rooms, they reached a metal door with a huge red exit sign on it. Shadow Man looked back at his younger brothers and Wily and sighed. He opened the door very slowly. "..Yeah," he said once he stepped outside. He took a step back, letting Wily have a better look at scene.
Wily blinked and the shocking thing before him. It was... a racetrack; it was a gigantic, complex, and dangerous one too. The racetrack had several loop-de-loops and... painful looking things that even Dr. Wily wouldn't wish to use on Mega Man.
"...Sheisse," Wily muttered under his breath as he looked at the racetrack before him. "...SINCE WHEN HAS THIS BEEN HERE!" screamed Wily after a few moments of silence; this caused Bulb Man to wince.
"Since you've been sick," Shadow Man answered.
Ice Man started pulling Wily's pants gently. "Actually... I think it was here before that..." he said.
Wily pushed Ice Man away. "That's nice Ice Man. Just remember to play with Reggae somewhere else," he said. "Now shoo, Ice Man."
Ice Man frowned. "But.. I wasn't playing with Reggae," he said.
Albert didn't seem to hear him. Wily took a deep breath. "How the hell was this built when I was sick!" he asked, gesturing towards the direction of the complex racetrack.
"Doc... you're.. a hard sleeper," Bulb Man said.
"Yeah but-"
"No, you don't understand. You're a HARD sleeper," Elec Man interrupted.
"He's got a point there," stated Quint. "You can sleep through practically anything."
"Whatever! I'm hard sleeper! Just.. stop talking!" Wily screeched, shutting up Gemini Man; he threw his arms in the air. "...And why is Sonic here?" he asked, seeing him for the first time; he was arguing with Quick Man about something. Behind him were Cream and Tails.
"Well... that's the thing..." Strike Man rubbed his head with one of his hands; the one that was wearing a baseball glove. "...I.. have no idea." He heard Bulb Man cough nervously. "..I was just about to play baseball with Bulb Man and some of the other Robot Masters and I saw this..." Strike Man laughed nervously.
Wily groaned.
"You!" Sonic yelled at the blue-eyed Robot Master who was wearing orange, black and yellow armor; the Robot Master gave him a mischievous smile.
"What did you do with her you monster!" Tails asked.
"Y-Yeah! What did you do!" Cream clamored with tears running down her face.
Quick Man's smile widened.
"Where is she Quick Man!" Sonic asked.
Quick Man chuckled. "Take a guess."
Sonic gritted his teeth.
"Wait, where's who?" Wily asked, confused.
"Amy Rose," Sonic answered. "Quick Man kidnapped her." He closed his eyes tightly. "He..." Sonic trailed off, thinking back to that day.
Two days ago
"And t-t-the place w-w-was just like t-this when I g-g-g-got here!" Cream stuttered, sniffling every once in a while as she led Sonic and Tails to the scene of the crime.
Amy's living room was a complete wreck. There was broken glass all around the coffee table - which, had been knocked over -, it was also something green all around there, probably from whatever those glasses were carrying. There was also picture frames, novels, magazines, chairs, and sofa cushions lying all over the ground.
"A-All I d-did was come to visit h-her and I s-saw this o-orange robot k-k-kidnapping her!" she said as Tail's started heading towards Amy's room. Cream's eyes started watering again. "I-I-I w-was just.. just... j-just..." She stopped talking, latched herself to Sonic, and started crying again.
Sonic winced slightly and patted her shoulder slowly. "There there.. It's okay.. We'll get Amy back..." he said.
"I-I-I hope so!" she cried out
"Oh my gosh... What.. is this!" Tails cried out from Amy's room.
"What! Did you find something Tails!" Sonic asked in alarm as he ran into the room so swiftly and suddenly that it caused Cream to fall down.
"Ow..." she said, rubbing her arm. "..That hurt.." she said; slowly picking herself off the floor, she went to where Tails and Sonic were.
"What... is all this?" Tails said, looking at the 'mess' and the... bizarre things around him.
Amy's dresser's mirror was broken and the glass pieces were lying all over the ground. Lipstick, lip gloss, eyeshadow, and mascara. The pink door to her closet had been ripped open revealing some of her 'private' possessions.
The room was a complete wreck, and that was putting it generously.
But, this wasn't what had surprised Tails. After all, the living room was like that.
What had surprised Tails was the Sonic related things that were everywhere inside of her closet.
Torn up posters of him were dangling from the closet's walls, photos of people with Sonic's face pasted on them hanging out with Amy; there was also photos of Sonic that brought... a lot of questions. Questions such as: 'how the heck did she get this photo?' or 'why does she even have this picture?'; some of them were photos of him sleeping in his bed, eating and.. and... other things.
Also, plus-hies, and action figures of him were all over the floor. There was also a giant bronze statue of him in the back of the room; roses were surrounding it also.
Cream and Cheese gasped at the sight.
Sonic just whistled as he took a look at the room. "Sheesh... The guy really wrecked the place..." Sonic said as he scratched his nose.
Tails raised his eyebrow and looked at him. "Um... Sonic."
"Yeah Tails?" the blue hedgehog asked.
Tails gestured towards the statue of him in Amy's closet. "..Amy's closet."
"...What about Amy's-" He froze as he looked at her closet. "...oh, that." he said.
"Yeah, that." Tails said.
Cream and Cheese just continued to stare at the closet in shock.
"..."
"..."
Sonic squinted. "...What's that thing on my nose?" he asked, pointing to the statue in the closet.
Tails blinked, noticing the paper for the first time. "Huh," he said while walking over to it. "it's a note."
"What's it say?" he asked, leaning over Tail's shoulder to read it.
"I don't know, it's so messy," Tails said. He walked out of the closet and looked at the note again. Sonic snatched the paper from Tail's hand starling the young fox.
Dear Sonic,
You've never met me (well, I shouldn't say that. You were on the Dr. Wily Show. Stupid old man, trying to get
Turbo Man to race you and not me!) before and you've probably never even heard of me before, but... I've heard of you.
People say you're the fastest thing alive... Well, I want to know if that's true or not. I want to race you.
I want to prove that I'm the best. Think of my kidnapping of Amy as a... assurance that you'll come.
Meet me tomorrow at Dr. Wily's castle (you remember where that is, don't you?) at 11:30 PM.
- Quick Man
Sonic tore the note in half and threw it on the bright pink carpet.
"...Uh, Sonic? Are you okay" Sonic heard Tails asked; soon after he felt a hand gently and hesitantly touch his shoulder.
"It. Is. On." the blue hedgehog muttered.
Present
Wily blinked. "...Er, why?" he asked.
"He wants to race me," Sonic said; he gritted his teeth in anger.
"It was terrible, sir!" Cream cried out; she grabbed onto Ring Man's leg, startling him. "He... he.. he..." She trailed off as she began to cry.
Ring Man winced. "There, there... don't cry, don't cry," he said. "It'll be alright." This however, seemed to make her cry more.
Quick Man laughed a little. "Yes, it's true. I did do that," he said, smiling.
"Come on Sonic... what do you say?" Quick Man asked, leaning against one of the track's ramps.
Meanwhile, Wily was staring at the scene a little longer before asking, "...And who the heck are these people!" He pointed at a girl who was around 10 feet away from them. She was a slightly short robot who had spiky pink hair, green eyes and a almost chubby face; she was wearing a cap that had a microphone attached to it; a yellow, red and white leather dress and red, yellow and white shoes. Beside her was a blue robot and a green one.
"I'm Plum," she answered extending her hand to the old scientist.
"I'm Chest," said the blue robot.
"I'm Ripot," said the flying green robot.
Wily stared at Bulb Man
"You know... Plum, Chest and Ripot..." he said again.
"No I don't know!" yelled Wily.
"Reporters," said Bulb Man
"...And reporters are here because...?"
Bulb Man shrugged. "...Quick Man wants everyone to see the race? I dunno."
"Plum's here!" Quick Man asked, his eyes shining. He practically squealed; Sonic looked flabbergasted by the sudden behavior. "HI PLUM! HOW ARE YOU MY SWEETIE PIE?" he yelled out, waving to the pink haired girl.
Plum stared at hysterical robot waving at her, freaked out; she looked at the blue robot beside her. "...Who is that?" she whispered to him.
"That would be Quick Man," Shadow Man said.
"...Ah," she said before hesitantly waving back at Quick Man.
"I LOVE YOU TOO HONEY PIE!" he screamed before blowing her a kiss. Suddenly he looked at Sonic harshly. "Now, Sonic... if you can beat me, I'll release Amy..." Suddenly he smiled warmly; it was kind of eerie, in it's own weird way. If Quick had given anyone that smile at any other time it would have been normal, but right now..
"...he's also a little creepy sometimes," Shadow Man said, looking at that smile. He paused and put his hand to his chin as he looked at her; she looked really scared by Quick Man. "He's a really big fan of yours," he added.
"Yeah, I can tell," she answered, still staring at the Robot Master who was arguing with Sonic.
"...He's a good guy, really," said Shadow Man. "I know it might not seem like it..."
Still smiling, Quick Man continued, "If you don't race me, well..." He looked at the beautiful night sky for a few moments before giving him a careless shrug. "Let's just say you won't find her," he added.
"...but he really is," Shadow Man finished, still looking at her.
"Right," she said.
Shadow Man frowned. "...You don't believe me, do you?" he asked.
"Nope," she replied. Shadow Man just sighed.
"Come on you guys," Wily said, looking at both of them. "We can settle this some other way." He paused, looking at Quick Man, he added, "I don't want you guys fighting in my yard."
Sonic kept looking back at the old scientist briefly, then at the cocky Robot Master said scientist was talking about.
"Come on Sonic.. or are you too chicken?" Quick Man asked.
"You're on," Sonic spat out as he began stretching.
"No, no, no! You guys are not-" Wily stopped talking when he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Let them be," Tails mouth slowly.
"I- wait, what?" Wily asked; he was giving the fox a 'are you crazy' look
"Let them be, I said." Tails sighed. "You can't change Sonic's mind, trust me. You just can't," he said.
Wily stared at him for a few moments before looking at Sonic and Quick Man.
"You're going down, Quick Man!" Sonic shouted as he started stretching.
The orange robot gave him a cocky smile. "We'll see about that," he said.
"Come on, Sonic, you can beat him! Show him whose boss! " Cream shouted; she was now right beside Tails; Sonic just gave her a thumbs up.
Wily looked at Tails again. The fox sighed.
"I'm serious. You can't change his mind," said the fox.
Meanwhile in Dr. Wily's castle
Everyone was still waiting for Dr. Wily to come back.
Ballade coughed, trying to break the awkward silence. "So...uh... you're a scientist."
"Um, yes," Ciel stated, not sure of what to say to that.
"So," Ballade started, but stopped as he looked at the ceiling.
"Yes?" Ciel asked.
"..I..." Ballade trailed off as he looked away from the ceiling, feeling nervous; he looked at the audience.
"...Yes?" Ciel asked again.
"...I..I... Yeah, I don't know where I was going with that," Ballade admitted, sheepish as he look away the audience and looked at the blond. "I'm sorry."
Bass buried his head in his hands. "Oi..." he said.
Punk just kept on tapping his foot, annoyed.
Gemini Man frowned. "He's not coming back, is he?" he asked; he sounded slightly sad.
"Yeah, I don't think so," Metal Man replied. He looked at the giant clock on the wall; 1:30 AM it read. Metal Man sighed. "I'll just turn this camera off..."
RedKatana: I am mad right now. So very, very mad. This chapter was one huge pain in the butt because of the following things:
1) I had to rewrite the whole chapter.
2) Through-out the whole chapter the manager kept on causing me ridiculous problems (I've been a member of FF for 4 years and it has never caused me problems before now...).
The fact that I have a fever of 101, back ache, sore throat and ear ache right now does not help my mood one bit (It would be worse if I didn't watch Hyadain's MM2 videos again. Ah... so gay and funny XD)
And, I apologize for the long wait; I also apologize if this chapter wasn't funny. I'm just not feeling it right now.
P.S. I should have the next chapter up soon. But then again why trust me? I said I would have this chapter up soon and it took me two years...
Whatever.