While traveling through the portal, Zero tries not to fall, after all, his rocket boots broke earlier, but clinging onto Rock is making him increasingly uncomfortable. And can anyone tell me what many people ask when they are traveling uncomfortably?

"Hey Rock?" Zero says.

"Yeah?" Rock responds.

"Are we there yet?" Zero says. Both of them look at each other and Rock bursts out in laughter, making Zero angry.

"Grrr…Hey! It's not funny, if you drop me, I could end up showing up two weeks after you do! Stop laughing!" Suddenly, a bright light begins to pass over them; Rock holds onto Zero tighter and the both of them brace themselves for the unexpected as the white light envelops the portal.

In the Light labs, Dr. Light is performing standard maintenance on Proto Man. Proto Man was at first suspicious of the doctor, but after some experience, he realizes now that even though Dr. Light is not a very sympathetic doctor, that he wouldn't try to improve him if it meant compromising his personality. Now trusting him, he stops by on various occasions to either take a break from his crime fighting, or to celebrate the holidays with his very odd "family". Proto Man stopped by last week to have his broken buster fixed, but after hearing that Rock had disappeared, he felt somewhat obligated to stay and help them cope. Rock might not be a very serious person, but he is his little brother.

As Dr. Light works, he looks up from his "patient" and sees Roll sweeping nervously at an area that she had swept previously. The doctor put down his tools and walks over to her, asking her what is on her mind out of sympathy, even though it didn't take a scientist to figure out that she was still wondering about Rock.

"What's wrong honey?" Dr. Light asks.

"Oohh!" Roll puts aside her broom and hugs Dr. Light. "It's Rock, it's been a month now, and still, we don't know where he is! What if Wily got him? What if he doesn't come back? What if he…"

"What if, there were no more what ifs?" Dr. Light says philosophically as Proto Man rolls his eyes. "Rock is strong Roll, there's nothing to worry about. And besides, he has Zero to protect him if anything were to go wrong. And frankly, we haven't seen much violence from Wily, so maybe they just took some time away." Dr. Light says. Roll stiffens up and looks out of the window, wondering where they could possibly be.

"I don't know Dr. Light, I mean, he didn't tell us or say bye or anything!" Roll says. Dr. Light scratches his beard and then decides to try and stray her mind from the subject.

"How about we watch some T.V to help get your mind off of things?" Dr. Light wheels over the small TV into view and flips it onto the news. On the news is a frazzled male reporter is in the middle of the park as Wily has just appeared in the middle of the park. Wily swipes the microphone from the reporter and Proto Man jumps up from the bench and heads for the door.

"Wait!" Dr. Light says before Proto Man leaves. Dr. Wily says something that not even the genius Doctor Light could predict…

"I am taking a break! Don't try to find me, I will attack this city. Give me one week, I'm done, I freaking done, and when I come back, Mega Man is mine! But for now, don't patronize me." Wily throws the microphone back at the reporter and rides his bike away at tops speed, disappearing in seconds. The disheveled reporter simply stares at the cameraman and after a good ten seconds, he blinks hard and then clears his throat.

"Back to the studio Dave." The reporter says. Proto Man, Roll, and Dr. Light all stare at the screen in disbelief, their jaws dropped. The first one to straighten out is Proto Man, who shuts the door that he left half-open. Proto Man sits back down on the workbench and calls for Dr. Light, who is still standing speechless next to Roll.

"So…" Proto Man says, breaking the awkward silence, "Are you going to finish repairing me Dr. Light?" Dr. Light was startled and then immediately caught himself, walking over to Proto Man.

"Oh yes! Of course! *cough* let's finish this up." Dr. Light picks up his screwdriver and then works on Proto Man's leg, making friendly conversation as he works.

"So, that was an oddity, wasn't it Blues?" Light says to Proto Man.

"I told you, I prefer to be called Proto Man, but yes, that was really peculiar, Wily was gone for a month, and now, he says he's taking a break? What's that all about?" Proto Man says.

"Do you think it has something to do with Rock?" Roll asks while she rolls the TV back into place.

"I don't know Roll," Dr. Light says, "I personally think Wily's always been a little off his nut, but who knows, maybe something actually happened that involved Rock, but we can't know for sure."

After the flash of white overwhelms Zero and Rock, they suddenly realize that they're nose-diving into the surface of their world. They are almost in the exact location where they left, complete with the Light Labs about a block away. Rock tries to scoot up, but his rocket boots are having trouble with the speed. They sputter and stall, so Rock starts to freak out, it would have annoyed Zero too, if he wasn't freaking out as well.

"Rock, what the hell are you doing?! Pull up man! Pull up! We're gonna crash!" Zero yells, despite the fact that Rock was literally six inches from him.

"The boots aren't strong enough; we're not slowing down fast enough! This happened back on the other world too!" Rock yells in response. They try to straighten themselves out midair, but they still are moving too fast for comfort. They are now at the height of the skyscrapers, but that's not going to last very long. Zero frantically grabs onto Rocks shoulders and tries to shake him into doing something.

"Do something or were going to crash!" Zero yells into Rocks face.

"Zero! Calm down or I'm gonna drop you!" Rock yells at Zero to hold on really tight this time because he's going to do something completely stupid and dangerous. Rock charges up his buster shot and then attempts to try something a little differently. He aims the cannon to his left and shoots it, sending them spiraling uncontrollably like helicopter rotors, but it does succeed in slowing their descent by a reasonable margin. While spinning, Zero clenches his jaw and tries to see where they are going to land, but only sees blurs which are the buildings. Rock then steadies enough to activate his boots full throttle.

Proto Man, who had just happened to be looking out the window at the time, suddenly leaps from the bench and tackles Dr. Light to the ground.

"Get down!" Proto Man yells. Roll drops her broom and ducks under a bench as the door is busted open by the two crashing androids. Zero and Rock separate due to the impact and are sent colliding into different ends of the room. Rock ends up colliding into Light's other workbench and Zero ends up slamming into the wall on the right side. Their heads are spinning, but aside from the multiple injuries they sustained from the fighting in the other dimension, they appear pretty much okay. Rock is sitting upside down on the bench and when he tries to get off, he falls over onto the floor, extremely dizzy.

"Whoo! That was a little messy!" Rock says, half laughing. Everyone except Zero, who currently is halfway into a wall, rushes over to Rock's side. They help him up and when he's to his feet, Roll gives him a big hug, followed by some very pressing questions.

"Where were you Rock? You scared me so bad!" Roll says, pouting. Rock chuckles a little bit and rubs the back of his head.

"Long story…" he says. Dr. Light pats Rock on the head and laughs heartily.

"Well, we're all glad to see you back Mega Man, even Proto Man cared about you when you went missing!"

"Really?" Rock asked surprised. He steals a glance to Proto Man who is standing about five feet away, crossing his arms. He gives a quick snicker and a thumbs-up to Rock, without uncrossing his arms. Rock smiled and turned to Doctor Light.

"By the way, I think that I might need some…uhh…maintenance." Rock says, pointing to all of the scratches and dents on his body. This sparks a little wonderment in Dr. Light, but he shrugs it off and decides to play comforting father for once.

"Later my boy, but for now," He spreads his arms out wide and looks to all three of his creations. "Group hug!" He hugs Roll, Rock, and Blues all at once, Roll and Rock were delighted, but Blues was a little on the shy side about it. Nevertheless, he joined in on the group hug as well. From the other side of the room, Zero brushes his shoulders free of dust and looks to the very odd family happily, but at the same time, he feels a little longing. Whispering to himself, Zero begins to make his way out of the labs.

"Well, I guess my work here is done." As Zero takes his first step out of the door, he is stopped by a hand clings onto his own; he turns to see Rock's kind eyes.

"Where do you think you're going?" Rock asked Zero lightheartedly.

"Well…I just- I mean, well, the mission is over and, uh…I don't want to- intrude or anything… I- should leave you to, you know, be with your family, I mean…" Zero says nervously; Rock turns Zero around and gives him a heartfelt hug.

"Zero, like it or not, you are part of the family; anybody who cares so much about me to cross a whole dimension is a brother in my book. Thank you for helping me Zero." Everyone came over to Rock, and due to plenty of Rock's playful coaxing, everybody, including Zero, joined in a family group hug. On the outside, Zero has a reluctant smile and is patting Rock's back; but on the inside, the lonesome hero finally feels like he belongs, he has a family.

Meanwhile, as Rock reunited with his family, the government had arranged for Amy and her heroic friends to be awarded with medals for their exceptional bravery and contribution to taking down a major criminal act. Faulder, who was surprisingly still alive when the medics came, had all of his assets frozen and was sentenced to 50 years in prison.

All of the girls under Faulder's captivity were treated for injuries and malnutrition; but thankfully, there were no deaths and after they all get examined by the doctors. Some of the girls suffer from PTSD and need counseling, but other than that, they are all physically treated and recover eventually. The police came and took pictures of some of the girls who said they were taken from their families, and then ran the pictures of them through the missing person's database. Slowly, dozens of very relieved parents came forward and claimed their children, reuniting the previously broken families.

The aftermath of the battle atop the mountain was littered with people spouting government conspiracy theories and allegations of alien attacks; just as Amy was expecting. The government reached out to Amy to make a speech to calm the tension, Amy agreed in exchange for publicity on her orphanage, so the government would promote the adoption of hundreds of kids left without families, including her. After dozens of interviews with the press, couples lined up to adopt Amy, and eventually, she settled with a nice Californian couple, Travis and Anne Margery. Amy had a family to call her own, and she eventually wrote a book on her adventures, simply titled: "Rock."

After publicity died down, she was enrolled in Valley High School at the age of 15, and every summer she went to Camp Travis, reuniting with her old friends, the ones who met her in the most peculiar of ways. After the official release of her book, Amy was asked to a public interview with reporters, book-lovers, and historians. Amy sat behind a desk and had multiple guards making sure none of the reporters got too restless. She sat in a beautiful light blue dress, adorned with a teal ribbon in her hair and a jade bracelet that matches her superb heels. Her outfit totally contrasts with the almost unnoticeable gray string that led into the top of her dress. Though she had some light discoloration on her arms, she was no longer horribly thin and emaciated like she had been before. Her cheeks were pink and full, her skin was soft and full of life, and her hair was lush and strong, her body recovered, she has gotten stronger.

One historian, remembering the events of the Pelé Robot Scare (what Wily's threat came to be known as), asks Amy about the events of that day, asking her three questions.

"Miss Margery, how did you come to know this "Rock" character?" The historian asks; trivial enough, Amy jokingly notes how he must have not read the book; this gains laughter from the crowd. He laughs too, but his next question strikes her by surprise.

"Right, now Miss Margery…"

"Please, call me Amy." Amy interrupts.

"Ok, Amy. Are you aware that today is the anniversary of the Pelé Robot Scare?" Amy had to pause for a moment, she had totally lost track of the year, One year ago… Amy thought, Was it really only one year? So much had happened… The historian had interrupted her train of thought.

"Amy?" The historian asks, worried. Waking up from her mini-trance, Amy apologizes and informs the historian that she had completely forgotten about the anniversary, she gains a swift wave of understanding from him.

"Heh, whoops, I guess so much has happened in the last year, I kinda forgot."

"It's quite alright Miss." He jots down his notes in a small faded brown notebook and looks up at Amy to note her facial features, recording her emotion. Amy grew nervous and looked to her parents, they reassured her that they were there to support her, determined, she turns to face the historian once again.

And finally, he asks his last question.

"Now, last question, what do you remember about Rock?" Everyone in the room was silent, but Amy paid no mind. She started to speak, but before she did, she pulls on the grey string leading into her dress, and at the end was a small, notably irrelevant-looking gear. She holds the gear in her lap and awes at it; not taking her eyes from it, she speaks her answer.

"Well, he was my best friend when I was going through possibly the darkest time of my life." Amy began, the historian began to take notes, but as she spoke more, he became increasingly fascinated by Amy's clarity.

"Let's just say that he's the reason I'm here today. He was my friend when I thought that I was less than a nobody. He also helped me see that I wasn't a nobody, that I had the potential to be something more, a hero." Amy looks on at the crowd and continues speaking. "He saved my life, and with the help from my other great friend, an awesome dude named Zero, We ended up saving his. He's nice, funny, a little bashful, and so very heroic."

Amy softly closes her hand over the gear she held and stands up in her chair. The crowd stirs a little but they remain silent, Amy still has something to say.

"So now, I have a question for you…" Amy says, looking at the historian with her truly unforgettable eyes, the ones that have experienced a truly otherworldly adventure.

"How can I forget?"

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I would like to thank the following sources for their contribution to the project:

My dad, for fighting for the country, bringing me into this world, giving me a house over my head, food on my plate, a computer to write, and above all, love. I love you!

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My Uncle Randall and Aunt Ellie, for being some of the first readers to see this while it was still being written, and for listening to a bunch of my random stories.

Newgrounds, a community that first started me into submitting my talents online.

Coach Mike and my fellow throwers, for allowing me to be part of their awesome team.

My sister, who teaches me the importance of speaking your mind.

My brother, who offers ideas to contribute to some other projects.

My mom, for bringing me into this world, I'm your little sunshine. Good Luck out there!

My dog Rusle, for making sure I don't sleep until noon.

Fanfiction, for allowing me to post my ideas and talents.

Quadredurudoubleslash2 and Xajenn8 for following this story first.

And you… thanks for reading!

Writing this was a very ambitious, yet fun journey. I am glad to have my idea published; it started out as just a simple and unclear dream (not like a goal, like an actual dream), but it took shape and evolved into a story like this. Well, thank you all for reading, and I will most likely have more projects in the future, so if you liked this, make sure to check up on other stuff I might be doing. Till then, Farewell!