{Last updated: 4/4/2014}
Gosh... This one is sure took a while to finish. But it's here! FINALLY! :D
I'm very, VERY sorry for my long absence, everyone! I don't know why, but this month REALLY worn me out. I was busy with looooooooots of stuff going on. X_x
... Well, except at 22 April— it's my birthday, after all... Goodie, I'm officially 17, and my parents bought me a laptop as a gift! That sure meant something~ x3
This Chapter is actually done for, like, one week and one day ago. But I'm REALLY busy, so yeah... I can finally edit and post the Chapter now. X_x
Anyways, thank you for your reviews for the previous Chapter, buddies! x3 ..As always, before I continued to the fic, I would like to thank koryandrs, blee7442, Sword Dancer Sapphy, Wolverine the biobot, Snodin, Prometheus16, ethan.muller.35, plz, Guest, and REDxYELLOW for the reviews you gave me— it means so much to me and I really appreciate it! Oh, and I would like to thank to any writers who has fav/follow this fanfic, too! x3
Alright, then! Without further ado, I hope you enjoy the Chapter~! :D
Disclaimer : The game company Capcom owns the series "Megaman" and any of its characters in this fic. Piano is owned by Capricorn— the company that create the Japanese fan-game "Rockmen R: Dr. Wily's Counterattack". Blastman is owned by blee7442, and Prometheus is owned by Prometheus16. What I own is the plot of this fanfic~ ^^-
Rock & Roll
Chapter 21 : Resuming the Mission
Prometheus watched in awe as Rock— who had transformed to Megaman again— just finished transferring 'Noise Crush' to Roll and received 'Flame Blast' from her only by shaking hands. Blastman was standing beside the black-haired teen.
"W-Wow!" Prometheus exclaimed, smiling widely. "That scanning capability you two have there was AWESOME!"
"I'm agree with Prometheus," Blastman said, placing one arm to his hip. "Dr. Thomas Light really an amazing scientist... I want to ask him more about this unique 'scanning capability' later."
"Thank you, Blastman, Prometheus," Megaman said with a smile. "I myself glad to be created by a kind doctor like—" he continued, but was cut off by Dr. Light's sudden loud voice.
"R-Really?! O-Oh, my... T-This is... This is great! A-Are you serious?!"
The four of them whirled to the other side, finding Dr. Light holding a phone against his left ear with a wide smile on his face.
It took a while before Dr. Light spoke again. "Oh, I-I would love to! But unfortunately, I couldn't bring what I planned there... Is it alright for me to bring another?"
Megaman and Roll looked to Prometheus and Blastman, confusion was written on their faces.
"... I'm sorry, Megaman, Roll. I truly have no idea who Dr. Thomas Light is talking to," Blastman said with a shook of his head, while Prometheus nods in agreement to the orange robot's statement.
Dr. Light's voice was heard again a few seconds later.
"I-I can...? Oh, thank you so much, Thane! Still, I feel sorry that Mikhail couldn't come... Wait, White will be there?! That's grea—! ... W-Wait, WHAT?! Noele would be there too?! Oh, Thane! W-Why didn't you tell me sooner that she'll—! ... H-Hey! S-Stop teasing me! M-Me and Noele are just friends! ... Oh, Thane! S-Stop it!"
Dr. Light was silent again before he sighs and smiled. "... V-Very well. I'm looking forward to see you and the others, Thane... Until then."
With a loud, relieved sigh, Dr. Light ended the call and turned around, only to let out a gasp of surprise when he saw Megaman, Roll, Blastman, and Prometheus were behind him, a look of curiosity plastered on their faces... Well, save for Blastman— he looks deadpan as usual... But the kind old doctor could sense the orange male robot was curious as well.
"O-Oh, my! You all were surprising me!" Dr. Light said with a chuckle, a small smile on his face. "So... Why are the four of you still here? I thought you all had left for the mission!"
"Me and Megaman just finished transferring our weapons, while Prometheus and Blastman were watching us," Roll explained, placing her arms to her hips. "Then suddenly, we heard you talking happily through the phone to, uh... 'Thane'?"
"And from what I heard," Prometheus followed, a small smirk ran across his face, "you can't wait to see this 'Noele' woman, Dr. Light. Oh, man! I can't believe it! For someone your age, you actually manage to get a girlfriend! Or maybe... soon-to-be girlfriend?"
"P-Prometheus! I-It's not like that!" Dr. Light suddenly become frantic, looking down.
"Nu-uh! Your face shows the truth of my theory, Dr. Light!" the black-haired male teenager said, his smirk grew wider.
"... Prometheus, stop it," Blastman said, a sigh escaped his mouth. "I believe Dr. Thomas Light would explain to us what we don't know if you stop making him uncomfortable."
Hearing this, Prometheus huffed aloud, crossing his arms. "Fine, FINE!" the teenager groaned, looking at Blastman in slight annoyance. "... But seriously, Blast. I think you should learn the fun of teasing someone about their crush!"
"M-Me and Noele are just friends!" Dr. Light quickly protested, before sighing and placed his right hand to his head. "A-Alright, then. Since you all are curious about me, I'll explain you some things that you have heard...
"Noele's full name is Noele Lalinde. She's also an expert scientist, and was my friend from Philippine," Dr. Light explained, a small smile could be seen on his face. "She's my former colleague who, like Mikhail and I, traveled to America as a college student. For your information, there are others too other than the two of them— like Thane and White."
"Wait, so you took college at America— the place where I came from, but live here at Monstropolis, Shinjuku?" Prometheus arched an eyebrow up, looking at Dr. Light in confusion. "Well, that explain everything. No wonder you and Blastman's creator knew my father!"
"But who's this 'Thane' you're talking to, Dad?" Roll inquired, head cocked to the side in wonder. "... And this 'White' you mentioned just now?"
"Ah, yes. Them..." Dr. Light said, smiling once again. "I've known Thane for long, as he's also in the same college as me, Mikhail, and Noele. In age, he's slightly younger than me. He lives at Tokyo, and just a few days ago, he's finally given the title as an expert scientist for his accomplishment for the betterment of technology!"
"Wow! That's great!" Megaman commented, a wide smile plastered on his face. "He must have worked hard to achieve it! But still... Dad, who's the other one? The one you mentioned as 'White'...?"
"'White'? Oh, he's also a friend of mine who came from the same collage as me and the others. He, like the rest of us, also an expert scientist," the kind old doctor replied, smiling to his blue-armored robot boy. "It's been a very long while since I met him that I don't know what he's been doing, but Thane told me that now, he lives at Osaka. Thane said that White has been very busy with a project he called as 'Mighty Numbers'."
Dr. Light then smiled. "I believe his project would succeed one day... White is a diligent student, after all. So I believe he would do well on his works. And I can't believe I'll meet him soon enough after a long time!"
"T-... That was surprising. I never knew you had friends other than my creator, Dr. Thomas Light," Blastman said, a hint of surprise was within his voice.
Dr. Light chuckled. "Mikhail really made you unique, Blast... Even when you look like you won't show your emotion, you actually did... Mikhail must have a complicated, yet good thoughts when he built you."
Blastman gasped lightly, as if in shock. "I-I..." the orange robot slowly turned his head away, "... I guess so, Dr. Thomas Light."
Megaman looked at Blastman in wonder, finding that Blastman somehow seems... uneasy just now.
... Or maybe it's just me, Megaman thought, quickly dismissing his negative thoughts. But still... I couldn't help but wonder about it...
Megaman was brought out from his thoughts when Blastman spoke.
"A-Anyway," the orange male robot began, somewhat awkwardly, "m-me and Prometheus will take our leave for our quest. We will see you later, Megaman, Roll, Dr. Thomas Light."
Before Prometheus could say anything about him leaving with Blastman, suddenly, the orange male robot took the teen's right arm and dragged him out of the main lab, making Prometheus yelps in surprise as he hobbled walking with Blastman due to his right arm that pulled by the robot.
"H-Hey, Blast!" Prometheus exclaimed, sounding annoyed. "What's the big idea, pulling me suddenly like this?! I mean, you could use that 'teleport' thing like Megaman and Roll, right?!"
Much to everyone's surprise, for the first time ever, they heard Blastman spoke not with his usual blunt statements that always straight to the point.
Instead, he spoke with... annoyance in his voice, which somehow also sounds so... dark.
"... I'm not in the mood to do so. What, is walking a problem for you, Prometheus?"
Prometheus' sky blue eyes widened at Blastman's unexpected remark. The shocked teen could only stare at the male orange robot with his mouth agape as Blastman continued to pulled him and both went out of the room.
"... Well," Roll bit her lip, looking nervous, "that was unexpected. I wonder what's bothering Blastman that he spoke with such way...?"
"No idea. But I hope Blastman's sudden change didn't last long," Megaman uttered, frowning a bit. "He looks like a completely different person just now..."
A moment later, Megaman decided to put the thought aside with a shook of his head. "I hope everything will be alright later... And I hope Blastman and Prometheus succeed on their quest," the Blue Bomber said with a sigh, before walking to the big computer screen not far from him. Roll followed soon after.
"Well," Megaman brought his head up, looking to the big computer screen just before him and Roll, "who do you choose to defeat now, Roll?"
Roll looked at the big computer screen in deep thought. There are only two Robot Masters left— Coldman and the unidentified one labeled as '???'.
Deep within her mind, Roll knew that even without Megaman asking her, she was sure that her blue-armored brother will take the one labeled with three question marks, knowing very well that her older brother feared about her safety, and planned to take the unknown route for her so she'll fought Coldman— the Robot Master her older brother ever defeat.
The blonde robot girl sighs, feeling annoyed with the fact that Megaman always— and she mean ALWAYS— willing to think of others before himself.
He must have thought not only about my safety, but also the theory that I'm not strong enough to face the unknown Robot Master... Roll thought, frowning a bit. Well, I better choose first before Megaman had a chance to—
"If you're unsure of who you should defeat now, Roll," Megaman suddenly spoke, looking to his sister with a small smile, "I could choose mine first before yours."
... I knew it, Roll thought, an annoyed look could be seen on her face. But sorry, Megaman. I'm not going to let you choose the unidentified one!
"No need to choose first, Megaman! I've made my decision!" the blonde robot girl exclaimed, purposely raising her voice so she could stop Megaman— who had opened his mouth— from speaking again.
"O-Oh? Really?" Megaman said, a hint of surprise was in his voice. Roll expected to hear her older brother spoke with such way— her voice was quite loud that she remembered hearing Dr. Light's gasp back when she exclaimed to Megaman.
"Yup!" Roll reassured with a nod, her gaze shifted from her blue-armored brother to the big computer screen beside them. "I'll take on the unidentified Robot Master!"
As Roll expected, her answer shocked Megaman that his bright green eyes grew wide, and a light gasp escaped his mouth.
Then, Roll added in her mind, he would protest about my choice in 3... 2... 1.
Surprisingly, what came out next from Megaman's mouth is not what Roll expected.
"O-... Oh. I see... Is your choice fixed, Roll?"
Slowly, Roll turned her head to her older brother, her bright blue eyes filled with a mixture of shock, disbelief, and curiosity.
But as soon as Roll's eyes focused to Megaman, she realized that he was actually disagree with her choice— he seems crestfallen, like those who were sad or failed at something. But his simple, small smile somehow could brighten up the moody feature on his face.
Sometimes, Roll wished she could be as kind and forgiving as her older brother Rock— or Megaman.
"Y-... Yes," the blonde robot girl finally replied after a moment of silence, bringing her head down as she looks away from her blue-armored brother. "My choice is fixed."
"I see... Alright," Megaman replied with a nod, looking back to the big computer screen, "I'll go after Coldman then."
Megaman turned back to Roll, giving his younger sister a sincere smile. "Well... I guess I'll see you soon, Roll. Good luck with your quest."
"Y-... Yeah. You too, Megaman," the blonde girl replied, watching her brother gave her a nod. Then, as Megaman's body materialized to a blue light, he looked up to Dr. Light— who's standing not far from him and Roll.
"I'll be back soon, Dad," the Blue Bomber said— still with his sincere smile, before he was gone from the sight in a beam of blue light.
Roll gave out a loud sigh. "... Dad?" she uttered, turning around to face her creator with a small frown on her face. "... How can Megaman do that? How can he become as good and forgiving like that? Is he made better than me and the others...?"
Dr. Light chuckled at the question. He may have thought Roll has 'growing up', but she too— like Megaman and the others, still unable to quickly understand of some things that completely new and not familiar to them.
Walking up to his daughter, Dr. Light placed a comforting hand atop her right shoulder, which instantly prompted Roll to brought her head up to look at him.
"No, Roll. I made you and your siblings with the same free-will programing. I do that so you could develop your personality on your own, learning by yourself about the world, the social life, and everything, little by little," Dr. Light explained, giving his daughter a smile. "I love all of you— I love all of my creations that I've made with all my heart. So there's no way I would make one better if I don't do the same to the others... Remember that, Roll."
Roll gasped at the answer, shock was written all over her face. "O-Oh, Dad... How come I doubt your love to me? I-I'm sorry..." the blonde robot girl muttered, frowning. "I-I don't know... It's just that I kind of envy that Rock— Megaman, manage to develops such personality that would make anyone smiles, even when he's moody."
"Now, now. What's with the frown?" Dr. Light placed his two thumbs at each corner of Roll's mouth, stretching it to a big smile. "There. This looks a lot better."
As Dr. Light move his thumbs from Roll's mouth corners, the blonde robot girl chuckles, giving the kind old doctor the same big smile he had made for her with his thumbs just a moment ago.
"Thank you, Dad. You sure knew how to cheer me up, huh?" Roll said with a giggle, taking a few steps back. "Well, I better get going and defeat this unidentified Robot Master. Wish me and Megaman luck, Dad!"
"Yes, I will. Be safe, Roll," Dr. Light replied, watching his daughter nods to him and brought her head up. Closing her eyes, Roll's body slowly materialized to a yellow light before she was gone from sight in a beam of yellow light.
Just after Roll take her leave, Dr. Light saw Auto coming through the door and walks in.
"Doctor," the big green bot began, looking somewhat worried, "I... I found something on—"
"Not now, Auto," Dr. Light cut in politely, giving the big green bot his biggest smile. "Anyway, could you call Elecman, Timeman, and Tornadoman to come back home more quickly from their work site, Auto? I want go to the city's convention building with them and Rush shortly."
Auto looked at Dr. Light in wonder. "H-Huh? What are you going to do there, Doctor?"
"I'm going to attend A.R.T.S. that being held at the city's convention building, Auto."
"What is 'A.R.T.S.', Doctor?"
Still with his big smile, Dr. Light extended his arms to the side in enthusiasm, as if to show Auto he's very happy at the moment.
"A.R.T.S. is the abbreviation for 'Advanced Robotics Trade Show', Auto. It's a convention where robotics engineers— both novice and expert— come together from all around the world with their creations! People around can also come to see the engineers' marvelous works!" Dr. Light explained, still with his big enthusiasm. "Oh, I'm so glad they held it here at Monstropolis this year, Auto! I can finally attend the event with no problem and meet my old friends!"
Auto looks at the happy, kind old doctor somewhat uneasily, as if there's something bothering the big green bot.
Dr. Light quickly notices this. "Is... Is something went wrong, Auto?" the old kind doctor quickly lose his happy look. "If it's important, then I could call Thane and said that I can't—"
"N-... No. It's... It's not something major, Doctor," Auto cut off politely. "It's just... some minor errors in one of your computers that could be repaired anytime. There's... nothing to worry about."
Even with the convincing words out from Auto's mouth, Dr. Light couldn't help but let suspicion filled his mind. But as soon as Dr. Light realized that doubting his creation is not a good thing, he finally accepts Auto's answer, even when the suspicion still resides within him.
"A-... Alright, Auto. Thank you for letting me know," Dr. Light uttered, placing his right arm to the big green bot's left shoulder. "Now, can you please do what I've told you before? I need to hurry."
Auto just silent, looking at his creator right in the eye. But after a few seconds pass by, the big green bot finally choose to not stand still and spoke.
"R-... Right away, Doctor. Please excuse me," Auto answered with a nod, before he turned away from his creator and slowly went out of the room.
Once outside, Auto walked away from the main lab's door. It was when he's far enough from the door that the big green bot sighs.
"I can't..." the big green bot put a halt to his steps, looking down. "Doctor deserve a free time... He looks so happy and eager to see his old friends..."
Auto brought his clenched left hand, looking at it with a frown. Opening his left fist, a crumpled piece of paper was revealed on Auto's left palm, its clean white color shows that the paper is brand new and not old.
"I'll try to figure this out myself."
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- Meanwhile, in a fortress somewhere far away... -
Coldman was standing near a big window, watching a group of birds flying at the sky that covered with dark grey clouds. Even with the thick grey clouds rumbling loudly every minute or two, the birds keep flying without fear at the darkened sky.
Coldman winced at the sight of multiple thin lightning went out from the darkened clouds.
He was about to observe the darkened sky once again when a voice of a girl suddenly came from his back.
"You're really a unique Robot Master, Coldman."
Coldman whirled, finding Piano there with a small smile at her face.
"Is watching the lightning that came out from the clouds will relieve your fear of your weakness?" the purple-haired girl uttered, walking to Coldman's side and looks to the window. "You know that electricity is totally something you should avoid, but here you are, watching it as if you're an electric-themed Robot Master. Or are you waiting for the rain to come down?"
Coldman sighs, looking back to the big window. "It's not the upcoming rain that bugs me... It's the lightning. Dr. Wily said that my weakness is not electricity anymore," the defensive ice-themed Robot Master said, crimson orbs fixed to the rumbling dark grey clouds. "But I couldn't help but still a bit paranoid for it... I tried to watch the lightning that came out from these clouds thinking it will help me, but sadly, it did nothing."
"There are no electric-themed Robot Master from you and the other 6 Robot Masters reconstructed by Dad," Piano pointed out, her gaze shifted from the darkened sky to Coldman. "You have nothing to worry about."
"But Megaman is not an ordinary enemy, Miss Piano," Coldman said with a sigh, turning his body completely to face the purple-haired robot girl. "Even with the fact I've made stronger than last time by Dr. Wily— and you giving me what you promised would be useful for me— I still couldn't throw away the thoughts that I could lose this fight somehow."
Piano was silent after Coldman said so, her red eyes still focused to the darkened sky. It was when a big, bright lightning with its loud rumbling sound came out from the dark grey clouds that Piano turned to Coldman— right when he winced and instinctively closed his eyes shut for the lightning's appearance and its loud rumbling noise.
"Coldman," Piano said, her once calm tone changed to a serious one, "open your eyes."
Coldman almost hesitated to open his eyes as he heard another rumbling noise from outside the window. But finally, after gathering enough courage in him, the defensive ice-themed Robot Master opened his eyes.
Right when another big, bright lightning appeared.
Coldman's eyes went wide at the sight of the lightning, but he found himself not scared of it. Instead, he was surprised for the lightning's appearance that took shape to those of a tree's roots a few seconds later.
"I knew it," Piano lightly chuckles, crossing her arms. "You actually had overcome your fear of electricity, Coldman. You just unsure about it. Now then, are you feeling better watching the lightning from those sky now?"
Coldman looks dumbfounded. "M-Miss Piano... Y-You—"
"You're welcome," Piano interrupted, turning her body away from Coldman. "Anyway, I want to inform you that Megaman is now at your place, Coldman. You should take your leave."
Coldman quickly regained his composure at the information. "Really? Ugh, I guess I was too distracted long enough to the lightning that I couldn't detect his arrival."
"It's okay. He's still halfway," Piano informed, as she walks away from Coldman. "I'll be on my way too, but I got something I should take care of first. You go on ahead."
Piano suddenly stops. "Oh, and Coldman?" the purple-haired girl turned her head to her back, her crimson orbs fixed to Coldman's red ones. "How many times do I have to tell you? You're my older brother. Could you please just call me 'Piano' next time?"
Coldman looked at her for a moment before he nods. "I... I will. My apologies," the defensive ice-themed Robot Master said, turning his body around. "I'll be back soon, Mi— I mean, Piano."
With those words, Coldman was gone in a beam of light, heading out to his place.
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- Meanwhile, somewhere at an unknown place... -
*Music Starts : Suspicion (Megaman 10)*
Roll's mouth was hanging open at the sight before her. Her bright blue eyes widened slightly, as if she had seen an unbelievable view...
Which she was.
While behind Roll is a hard, cold metal wall just like the floor she currently stood on, right before her eyes, she saw... a very, very, VERY long hallway. SO long that she couldn't see what awaits for her through the darkness coming from the unseen side of the hallway.
"W-... What kind of place is this?" Roll's blue eyes darted to her surroundings somewhat quickly, looking for any sign for robot enemies that usually would try to prevent her from going further.
However, Roll discovered another thing that surprises her once again.
There's totally... no sign of Dr. Wily's robot enemies at this unknown place. The place is quiet... TOO quiet, if she should comment.
And here I thought Dr. Wily's head is all spinning to build and sketching, just like he said at his announcement at the TV... Roll thought, shuddering for the quietness of the place. But here I am, inside a totally new place that I'm sure even Megaman didn't know about.
Roll looked to her left and right cautiously, her right hand slowly reached for the small ear piece she wore on her right ear.
But... Maybe I should ask Megaman what to do... Roll thought, her right hand finally reached her small ear piece as she sighs. Ugh, I can't believe I feel a bit paranoid in times like this...
Tapping the small ear piece, Roll waited for a few seconds, hoping Megaman to answer her call sooner as she began to feel paranoid.
15 seconds later, Roll heard a beeping sound, indicating that Megaman had tapped his helmet for the intercom planted in it to answer the call.
"Hello. Who is— WHOA!"
Roll winced at the unexpected loud yelp out from her ear piece, which came from the other side of the line— her older brother Megaman.
What makes him yelp suddenly like that, anyway?
*Music Ends*
"M-... Megaman?" the blonde robot girl muttered, confusion was clear from her voice. "Are you okay there? What's with the sudden yelp?"
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- Meanwhile, somewhere at a place with snow everywhere... -
*Music Starts : Cold Man Stage (Megaman & Bass [GBA])*
"What? O-Oh, yeah. I mean, I'm alright Roll. It's just that... you called not at the right time."
Megaman had one hand transformed to a Buster while the other one placed at the side of his helmet— where an intercom planted inside with Roll on the line.
"R-Really? Oh, I'm so sorry, Megaman. I don't mean to bother you," Roll muttered through his intercom. "... Are you busy fighting robot enemy right now?"
"More like sub-boss, really," Megaman replied, bringing his energy-charged Buster up. "I can't believe I'll say this, but this sub-boss is quite a trouble!"
Right in front of Megaman is a big, snowman-like robot called Snoler. For some time long, the big snowman-like robot has made the Blue Bomber couldn't continue his quest to defeat Coldman because of the robot's unexpected strong strength.
Releasing his charged shot to Snoler, Megaman saw it successfully hit the snowman-like bot, and Roll spoke again a few seconds later.
"Megaman, you're lucky the place you were at right now was NOT completely silent!" Roll said, almost screaming, a hint of anxiety was there within her voice. "Gosh, it's really, REALLY quiet here that I felt as if chills crawled up my spines!"
Megaman listened to his sister as he slides on the floor to avoid Snolar's jumping attack, watching the big snowman-like robot slammed itself to the spot where he had been just a moment before.
"Really?" Megaman asked to his sister, standing up from the snowy ground. "Well, that's sure weird... I mean, Dr. Wily never—"
Megaman never finished his words when suddenly, he heard Roll gasped aloud— as if in surprise. This confused the Blue Bomber, but then...
Suddenly, he found himself also gasped aloud, his bright green eyes grew wide.
*Music Ends*
The world around Megaman seems to stop, and what happen next was not what he expected.
A huge, extreme jolt of pain suddenly rose inside him, flowing through his core to all around his body.
"A-A-AAAAAAHHHHHH!" Megaman screamed aloud in pain, instinctively grasping his chest with his hand as he fell to his right side. Gasping wildly, he switched his Buster hand back to normal, then quickly brought it up to his chest.
From his intercom, Megaman heard Roll also screamed in pain, and a loud thud came next after her screams— a sound that meant she too fell for the sudden painful waves from inside her body.
"R-... *gasp* Ro-... *gasp* Roll..." Megaman muttered weakly between his wild gasping, eyes slowly closed as the pain grew bigger. "W-... *gasp* Wha-... *gasp* What happened... t-to us?"
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- Back to Roll... -
Like Megaman, Roll also fallen to the ground for her sudden pain— on her left side, grasping her chest tightly with both hands. She also gasping wildly, the pain within her grew bigger and bigger as she closed her eyes.
"H-... *gasp* Ho-... *gasp* How should I know... *gasp* M-Megaman...?" Roll said to her older brother, a single tear— which was artificial and planted by Dr. Light within all of his robots— went out from the corner of her right eye. "It... *gasp* r-really... *gasp* h-hurts, Megaman..."
From her ear piece, Roll heard Megaman grunted as hard stomps came.
Surely, it's not Megaman's since he's still in pain.
Who could it be...? Roll couldn't think straight as the pain within her grew bigger...
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- Back to Megaman... -
Still gasping in pain, Megaman forced one eye open, watching the big snowman-like robot Snoler made its way to him.
Slowly, the Blue Bomber switches his left arm to a Buster, knowing well that if he didn't try to fight back, the big snowman-like robot will win and thus, made him unable to reach Coldman.
"T-... *gasp* Take..." Megaman uttered weakly, charging up energy into his Buster, "... THIS!"
The Blue Bomber manage to lift his left Buster arm up, releasing a charged shot to Snoler when the snowman-like robot jumps and attempting to slam its round, heavy body on Megaman.
When Megaman's charged shot hit Snoler, small explosions began to appear all around the snowman-like robot. It quickly explode in midair, its remaining metal pieces thrown and scattered around the room as it happens. Luckily, none of the pieces hit Megaman.
"U-Ugh... G-Gah..." Megaman's left Buster hand quickly falls back to the ground as the Blue Bomber closed his eyes shut, the mysterious pain still making him couldn't move away from the snowy ground...
But suddenly, it's gone.
The horrible pain is gone.
Gone like a wind.
Megaman slowly opened his eyes, confusion was plastered on his face as he felt his energy flowing back into him.
"W-... What the...?"
Placing his arms on the snowy ground, Megaman slowly pushed himself up, carefully using his legs to stand.
"Ungh... R-Roll?" the Blue Bomber spoke, placing his hand to the side of his helmet again. "Y-... You're still there?"
Silence was all Megaman heard from the other line, making him feel agitated.
A minute later, however, Roll's voice was heard.
"I-... I'm here, Megaman. I'm alright..." Roll said through his intercom. "But the pain... i-it's gone!"
"Same here..." the Blue Bomber replied, slowly took a step forward as he still a bit dizzy. "This sure weird... Roll, we need to do a self-diagnostic."
"R-Right," Roll quickly replied, as Megaman nods and closed his eyes.
"Running self-diagnostic..." Megaman muttered, hearing his sister also said the same. The Blue Bomber kept still for a moment before he opened his eyes.
"... Self-diagnostic completed. Result : no errors found."
Megaman gasped at the result he got. "W-... What? But how...?"
"T-... There must be something wrong with our self-diagnostics," Roll concluded, voice a bit shaking. "M-Megaman... S-Should we head back home and ask Dad about this?"
Megaman sighs. "N-No, Roll... Dad's not home. Remember the time he called the one named 'Thane'? I think he's going somewhere right now."
"B-But Megaman..." Roll's shaking voice was heard again. "I-I'm scared... What if the pain comes again?"
Megaman lowered his head at the statement. "Roll... I-I..." he uttered, sighing, "... Me too."
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- Back to Roll... -
Roll gasped at Megaman's answer. "Y-You're... scared too, Megaman?"
It took a while before the blonde robot girl heard Megaman's voice again.
"Yes... Same as you, I'm scared the pain will comes again," Megaman said through her ear piece. "But I can't turn back now... I need to be brave, Roll. Everyone... They're in danger. If I go back home now, there are chances Dr. Wily will really get to his plans sooner than we all expected. However, Roll, if you want to go home, it's alright."
Hearing this, Roll frowned at the suggestion to go back home now. Megaman... Your 'chronic hero syndrome' got worse than before, she thought. Why you always like this? Why you ALWAYS think of others before yourself...?
"Errr... You know what, Megaman?" Roll muttered, a loud sigh escaped her mouth. "I changed my mind. I'll keep going."
"You sure?"
Not really, Roll said, but mentally. I'm not sure of myself right now.
Instead of telling Megaman of her worries, however, she said, "Yes. I'm fine."
There was a moment of silence before Roll heard Megaman sighs.
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"... Alright," the Blue Bomber uttered, a small smiled plastered on his face, "If you say so, Roll."
There was a long, awkward silence between Megaman and Roll once the former allowed the latter to keep going. It was until Roll spoke again that Megaman was sent out from his deep thoughts— which also broke the silence between the two of them.
"W-Well..." Roll began awkwardly, "I guess I will continue with my quest now. Megaman... b-be safe, okay?"
"I will," the Blue Bomber replied with a firm nod. "The same goes for you, Roll."
With that last statement, Megaman hung up, the subtle click of disconnection went through the intercom inside his helmet as he did so.
"Well then," Megaman looked up to the next route he should take to reach Coldman— which is a big hole placed not far from him on the metal, snowy ground he's standing on.
"I better get going... and finish this one quick so I could ask Dad about that sudden pain," Megaman muttered, before he proceed to jumped into the big hole on the ground to continue his mission...
Tehehe. Hope you like the surprise I've put here, everyone~ :3
More expected (or unexpected?) characters were mentioned. Will they appear here...?
... Maaaaaaaaybee~ x3
So what's makes Blastman spoke with a way that shocked Prometheus and the others...? What's Auto confused about...? And what's wrong with the two bot siblings Megaman (Rock) and Roll?!
All will be revealed... if you stay tuned for more Chapter~! ^^-
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IMPORTANT MESSAGE ABOUT THIS FANFIC BELOW! PLEASE READ!
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Gosh, this Chapter sure took a lot of time to finish. I did research to finish this one up, such as looking at the... errr... world map book (sorry, I don't know what it's called in English. The Indonesian word for the book is Atlas— dunno if in English is the same or not), using Google Map to find out how to reach one place to another place, reading some Wikipedia articles, and stuff.
Before I go to the replies, I need to explain a few things that has appeared here :
* Dr. Thane— a character from the fan-made, Japanese MM-based game called Rokko Chan— is coming from Tokyo because the game he appears in seems to come from Tokyo (Google says that too), which is why I made him came from Tokyo.
* Dr. Noele Lalinde— a character from MM Archie Comics series— is a Filipino according Ian Flynn, the comic's writer. So that's why I made her came from Philippine.
* Dr. White— which actually a character from outside the MM series but the same creator, and came from the upcoming 2015-game Mighty No. 9— is from Osaka because of the game's company Comcept Inc. headquarters were at Osaka... and Tokyo, actually. Since I've made Dr. Thane came from Tokyo, I made Dr. White came from Osaka.
* Shinjuku being a place where Dr. Light lives is actually unclear, but it's the only place from real world mentioned at Megaman Megamix, so that's why I made him came from Shinjuku. Also, Monstropolis is actually the former name of Mega City at the short-lived MM Dreamwave Comics series.
* Dr. Light and all the mentioned doctors at this Chapter taking a college at America is actually taken from the MM Archie Comics series, the same goes to A.R.T.S. (abbreviation for 'Advanced Robotics Trade Show'). See articles about Dr. Light, Dr. Lalinde, or Dr. Cossack at your favorite MM wiki for more details on this.
* I make Prometheus came from America because the character's owner— Prometheus16— came from USA, which is America.
.. Aaaand that's all the things you should know to avoid confusion. Quite a lot, eh? xD ..Anyways, here are the replies for the reviews of Chapter 20~ :
blee7442 : Am I really surprise you? I'm flattered! :3 ..Glad you liked the Chapter, buddy! x3 ..Again, thank you for the review! I really appreciate it! :D
Prometheus16 : Thanks for the applause and the points' explanation! That sure helps me and made me happy~ ^^- ..Again, thank you for the review! I really appreciate it! :D
Guest : Thanks for pointing out my mistakes! Now it's repaired! x3 ..Anyways, welcome to this fanfic~! :) ..Again, thank you for the review! I really appreciate it! :D
plz : So many BOLD, indeed! Gosh, I gotta notice things like that next time. O.o ..And Bass? Oh, don't mind him. He's always grumpy. xD ..Again, thank you for the review! I really appreciate it! :D
REDxYELLOW : Thank you for your comments on the Chapters! That sure meant something to me~ x3 ..Anyways, welcome to this fanfic~! :3 ..Again, thank you for the review! I really appreciate it! :D
... End replies~! ;D ..Once again, thank you for the reviews and supports, everyone! That really means a lot to me~ :'D ..I'm glad you enjoyed this story, even though I always make you all down by the late updates... X_x
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You know what they said; "Nobody's Perfect". So I beg your pardon if there's some errors and 'weird' sentences in this Chapter. Thank you to you all who've read, fav, follow, and review this story! :) ..Well, as always, next Chapter is in-progress. So stay tuned for more Chapters, everyone! Cheers~! ^^-
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Have a good day, buddies~! O:)