Chapter 27: Boss Rush
Rock saw himself in a room with eight transporter capsules and he knew he had spoken too soon.
"This transporter pods..."
Said Rock watching the capsules.
"I know. I guess we talked too soon. Don't forget to save some of all the skills."
Said Dr. Light gravely.
Rock nodded a little, looking at the capsule at the top and going up to that capsule.
He saw himself in front of a copy of Heat Man.
"Wow! Who would have imagined it? I look good in third person"
Commented Heat Man while Rock changed to the abilities of Bubble Man and shot. The copy had the same form of attack as the original Heat Man.
"The funny thing is, if you attack him with the Crash Bombs you're just going to give him energy to kill you"
Heat Man said quietly as Rock wrote down that somewhere on his data card.
Eventually he managed to deactivate the copy and seeing a robot copying Heat Man returning to his original look, he left the room.
He went down a bit to enter the next pod.
"Air Man"
He whispered when he saw the copy of the robot there.
"You know? It's weird all of us can talk but Air Man doesn't. It's because of the fan in his chest?"
Asked Bubble Man and Rock could hear the blow between the paper roll of Dr. Wily and the metal head of Bubble Man.
"He was supposed to but Break Man built him wrong and I would have to rebuild him completely to fix that but Air Man refused"
Dr. Wily said while Rock dodged the tornadoes of Air Man and launched the Leaf Shield quickly.
"Why did he refuse? "
Questioned Flash Man with a tone of surprise.
"We only know Air Man denied several times when we explained that he would need to be rebuilt. We can't communicate with him and for that reason we don't know why he refused"
Dr. Light explained with a sigh. He did not like the idea of Air Man don't having a way to communicate with his brothers and the whole world.
The current battle, for Rock, was not as complicated as the battle against the original. This time the copy remained as Air Man.
"Are you not upset because Break Man copied you? "
Dr. Light asked as Rock left the capsule and entered the next one.
Wood Man
"Not really. We are here and we know that Break Man was able to do many strange things with us so this is one of the many strange things that Break Man did. It doesn't affect us"
Quick Man explained quietly looking at the copy of Wood Man.
"It's seriously made of wood"
Flash Man commented having found out at that moment.
"Burn him"
Heat Man indicated calmly while Rock felt he could hold the shot for a moment and shoot. When he did it was a fireball of greater power.
"Whoa!"
Rock exclaimed seeing the amount of damage he did to Wood Man.
"I didn't expect that"
Dr. Wily commented.
"That was great ~ can I try it with Wood Man? "
Heat Man asked looking at his hands.
"Of course not!"
Dr. Wily responded exasperated with his robot masters. He hadn't planned on them having those personalities.
A few more normal shots of fire and the copy had been defeated. It had been a copy robot disguised as Wood Man.
"Which one will come now? "
Rock was questioned leaving the capsule and entering the next one.
"Vote for Metal Man"
Quick Man said.
"Vote for Bubble Man"
Said Flash Man.
"Vote for Flash Man"
Heat Man said.
"It's Bubble Man"
Said Metal Man very sure of himself.
"Vote for myself"
Crash Man said quite encouraged by the situation.
"Why me?"
Asked Bubble Man as Rock entered.
"Because I want to see you again as a knife holder"
Metal Man answered very sure of his words.
"Because I want to see you destroyed, if the previous one was a copy robot, this must be a robot that doesn't change and I want to see you lying on the floor"
Flash Man responded with a big smile looking at his brother.
"Apparently, Metal Man and Flash Man were right. It's Bubble Man but without the roof of spikes"
Rock commented changing to the Metal Blades and starting to shoot.
"It's funny that the Metal Blades leave Bubble Man as a blade holder"
Metal Man commented animated by the situation.
"What do you have against me? "
Asked Bubble Man once more.
"Nothing. I like to see everyone in pieces"
Metal Man commented looking at the screen.
Rock had defeated Bubble Man and was coming out of the capsule. This time the copy had not changed.
"I bet an E-tank that the next one is Quick Man! "
Crash Man exclaimed.
"I'm in. It's Metal Man"
Said Flash Man determined.
"It can't be!"
Flash Man exclaimed when he saw Quick Man.
"Ha! Now you pay me an E-tank"
Crash Man said while Quick Man copy throw the boomerangs.
"Throw Metal Blades. It works against Quick Man, and then stop the time"
Indicated Metal Man quietly.
"Will it work?"
Rock asked, dodging Quick Man and firing the buster.
A strange sound by the communicator was his answer.
"It works! Damn it, Metal Man!"
Quick Man exclaimed and Rock decided to trust his brother and throw Metal Blades to the copy and when he saw Quick Man copy with half his energy he stopped the time and saw him be defeated to change to another robot.
"What happened over there? "
Rock asked.
"Metal Man throw one of his Metal Blades to me to prove they can hurt me!"
Exclaimed very annoyed Quick Man and Rock stopped a moment to laugh at the situation and enter the next capsule.
"Rock, don't laugh of your brothers. Metal Man, we already talked about this, you know what I think about your attacks on your brothers"
Dr. Light scolded with a deep sigh. He had spoken with Metal Man and had clearly explained to him about loving his brothers and understanding that hurting them was not the solution.
"I'm sorry, Dr. Light"
Rock answered, blinking a little and looking at the capsules that were missing.
"But it's to help Rock. How else will I know if my Metal Blades hurt Quick Man?"
Questioned Metal Man taking out the Metal Blade from Quick Man.
"You could have reviewed his blueprints"
Dr. Wily mumbled. While it was entertaining to watch them fight each other, Thomas was going to scold him too if he started laughing. Why does Thomas have to be so ... morally correct?
"This is faster."
Responded Metal Man saving the Metal Blade and avoiding the Quick Boomerang that Quick Man threw him.
"Quick Man. Sit down and do not attack your brother"
Dr. Light indicated as Quick Man snorted and sat down again.
A sound told Rock that the Quick Boomerang came back and hit Metal Man.
"Quick Man!"
Exclaimed Metal Man wanting to hit Quick Man.
Bubble Man just took the Quick Boomerang and handed it to one of the doctors. Apparently, he would have no choice but to accept this as part of his life.
"You didn't change the background song, Dr. Wily. You are just repeating the dramatic song for each of the copies."
Protested Metal Man trying to hit Quick Man without Dr. Light seeing him and scolding him ... again.
"Critics. The background song for the bosses' showdown is perfect for this point and I will repeat it as many times as necessary until you stop asking for the other song to come back"
Dr. Wily protested making Rock, Metal Man and Heat Man snort in response.
"But that song is good"
Protest Bubble Man. Rock entered the next capsule and was seen with Crash Man.
"That Crash Man has no hands!"
Crash Man exclaimed while Rock avoided the shots of the copy and fired the Air Shooter until he defeated the copy that remained as it was.
"Wow. That is how I would see if I died. Amazing"
Crash Man commented.
"That...that was strange, Crash Man. Don't repeat it. Ever"
Said Dr. Light somewhat affected.
"You're not supposed to develop a psychotic personality! "
Dr. Wily protested while Rock denied a bit with a smile and went up to the other capsule.
"Metal Man or Flash Man? "
He asked amused entering the capsule.
"Metal Man"
They said Quick Man and Heat Man in unison.
"The Metal Blades work against everything. Even against Metal Man"
Quick Man said with satisfaction.
Rock started firing the buster at Metal Man dodging the Metal Blades.
"Seriously? Did you hit Metal Man with a Metal Blade?"
Asked Rock shooting.
"Throw a Metal Blade and listen to me! "
Quick Man shouted. Rock decided to listen to him and throw a Metal Blade to the copy of Metal Man.
Surprisingly, the Metal Blade was very effective against Metal Man.
"Did you really hit Metal Man with a Metal Blade?"
Rock asked when he saw Metal Man copy change to another robot.
"I didn't hit him. Unlike him, I downloaded everyone's blueprints and reviewed Metal Man's and that was the conclusion I reached"
Quick Man explained. Rock could almost see Quick Man staring at Metal Man. He left the room and went to the last one with Flash Man.
Because of what happened in the machine room, he didn't have enough Crash Bombs to beat Flash Man.
"Any idea of how to beat Flash Man?"
Rock asked climbing into the capsule.
"Metal Blades. They work with everything. Wait, I'll throw one to Flash Man to see if it works or not."
Metal Man said while in the background you could hear Flash Man running away.
"I appreciate the gesture, Metal Man. It's not necessary you attacking Flash Man ..."
He started to say Rock watching Flash Man copy jump to attack him.
"Buster. With the Buster, the Metal Blades or the Atomic Fire. Any of the three can kill him"
Quick Man said and they continued to hear strange sounds.
"Don't throw Metal Blades at him!"
He listened to Dr. Wily in the background making Rock laugh. He began to shoot his Buster at the copy until it was deactivated but it didn't change.
With a sigh, he came out of the capsule looking with surprise that one more capsule had appeared.
"It must be Break Man"
Rock said and all the background fighting he was listening to suddenly stopped when they heard Rock.
"Break Man!"
Exclaimed Quick Man and Metal Man.
"Be careful. Use everything you have in your favor"
Bubble Man said worried.
"Rock. Be very careful. You already know what it's like to face Break Man"
Dr. Light warned.
"We will be ready for everything that happens from here. Be careful"
Dr. Wily said when Rock entered the capsule.
The great machine that welcomed him made Rock realize it couldn't be anyone other than Break Man.
He was ready.
An update! Yay!
Dr. Light is losing his patience, Will he survive the Second numbers?
Will Rock free himself of the urge to throw Metal blades?
Will Metal Man stop throwing Metal Blades to his brothers?
SharpDragonKlaw : Yeah, he really hates people in general, he likes Dr. Light for his brain. But the press is making him lose his little patience. Wait until he have to deal with the Second numbers and the First numbers
itanimulli: And Wait por it. Precious Quicky with his Mecha Dragon are precious. I really like the way he is in Gigamix/Megamix manga and the way he is in Archie Comics, so...I put my own headcannons and because he is a newbuilt who only knew the kindness Break Man shows him and the last strange orders he did for him and the wakening in the doctors' lab, so...the personalities of the robot masters are going to be different even if they are the same. Yes, Crash is a fluffy happy thing and he are going to blow things up.
The Sniper Joe thing...well, it was a inner joke between my brother and I. When we were playing Megaman 2.5D i was Blues and he was Bass, so...one day I look at the Sniper Joe with the machine and have to lure it out for my brother to shoot that thing and I told him "hey, it looks like the people who are asking cars to stop and got them away. What are that thing called?" "Something weird" "Like "Hello, handsome?" "But...they are Sniper Joes" "You're right. The only handsome here is Blues. They ugly compared to him" so...that's why they are uglies XD
The Boss Rush is my favorite thing ever. I never got right when we were wondering who will be the next Robot Master.
Thank you for reading!
