Chapter 35: Boss Rush?
When he arrived, the first thing he did was watching around him. He can never assume with Break Man. He's very irregular.
Jump, shoot, jump, dodge and shoot. All the battle data felt normal and his energy levels were in optimal state. He felt much better now.
Finally he came to a place where drills came from the floor and ceiling. With the experience he got from his old battles, he shoot with the weapon most resembling to Metal Blades and discovered that the Rolling Cutter works with the same effectiveness.
A big fall and Rock was fearing the worst.
"Calm down, we don't think there will be lasers here, be careful with the spikes underneath"
Said Dr. Light and Rock decided to listen to him.
"While you fall, try to go to the right. On the left side is an electric square and you can get hurt in the fall"
Dr. Wily indicated and stopping Rock before he jumped.
"Understood"
Said Rock jumping and falling.
"Dr. Wily, why this background music?"
Rock asked as he fell looking down to change the fall's path.
"I worked on this on advance. I assumed that Break Man would do something. "
Dr. Wily answered while Rock dodged spikes and finally landed on the ground.
"More jumps"
Rock commented jumping, shooting and jumping again. A fall, enemies and more falls. Jump, shoot and jump.
"To get to that high point you can use the Carrier and fall. Be careful"
Quick Man said making Rock settle a little and use the new data he acquired.
The fall was more difficult than before and Rock had to use the carrier once to avoid falling into the peaks.
"When are you going to solve the problem of the peaks? "
Asked Roll making Rock smile. His sister used to be busy with the press, the doctors and check if any of the systems in the house have been penetrated, she doesn't have time to talk while Rock risked his life in these things.
"We are working on it"
The doctors answered in unison and Rock knew it would be a long time before they managed to fix that.
"It seems like they're going to leave that forever and all future generations will suffer from the spikes"
Roll said with a slight smile. Rock didn't stop laughing.
"I imagine a super advanced robot that can fly, jump on the walls, beat things three times its size and almost indestructible falling on a floor of spikes and dying"
Said Rock landing and waiting for the electricity to pass in order to continue.
Quick Man's laugh answered on the other side.
"That would be ironic. The most powerful robot in the world is destroyed by a floor of spikes. "
Quick Man responded without stopping to laugh while Rock arrived at a passage full of those drills which with the Rolling Cutter he could destroy and continue advancing until he saw a fall.
"All right. I'll use the carrier until I get to the center to avoid the spikes"
He said Rock to himself using it and falling through a dark room and seeing, with terror, the teleporters.
"I'm going to call this part "Boss Rush""
Said Rock ready with his buster.
Upon going to the first transporter, waiting to meet Cut Man, Elec Man, Ice Man or Fire Man, he found Flash Man.
"Flash Man!"
Rock exclaimed with surprise when he saw the copy of his brother attacking him.
"Shoot him with the buster. You don't have the Crash Bombs, only with the buster you can do a lot of damage"
Quick Man reported while Rock decided to listen to him and shoot him with the buster while dodging his attacks. He knew Flash Man had used the Time Stopper because there was a record of damage that was not before.
He kept repeating the same thing until he managed to defeat the copy.
"Rock, you're going to need the Time Stopper but we can't transport you back. We will have to risk you obtaining the data of the copy and if there's something strange, we are going to try something else"
Said Dr. Light and Rock looked at the defeated copy with some trepidation. The feeling of fatigue he had when the virus reached a very high point was overwhelming. He was afraid something like that could happen again and shutting off the moment he faces Break Man.
"Ok"
Rock said approaching the copy and placing his hand near the chip of the copy and activating the multiuse tool to copy the Time Stopper.
"Calm down, I have the readings of your systems and Roll is reviewing them right now. Apparently Break Man supposed you had all the data from the previous battles and didn't think about contaminating the data of the copies"
Quick Man said and Rock breathed a sigh of relief.
"That means that I could copy all the data of the copies and nothing would have happened"
Roll protested while Rock left that room to the other corner up. He was afraid to meet one of his brothers who was not vulnerable to the buster so he decided to make an order that he had never done before.
"If they are copies of my brothers, it means we know who you will face. Right now it can be anyone but Flash Man"
Quick Man said as Rock entered and saw Bubble Man.
"I don't have the Metal Blades"
Said Rock preparing his buster.
"Try with the Buster and if it doesn't work, you can use something else. Maybe Fire Man's Fire Storm or something"
Suggested Roll while Rock fired his buster at the copy. Strangely, when he had faced the original Bubble Man, he was much more resistant to the buster but the copy was vulnerable to the buster.
After a long battle, the copy had fallen.
Rock approached and acquired the copy of Bubble Man's weapon.
"Ready"
Said Rock leaving the room and looking at the two portals that were left. He decided to go for the one that was over Flash Man's portal.
"Who will be next?"
Rock asked before entering the portal.
"Judging everything that has happened, I think it would be Crash Man"
Dr. Light opined.
"I think it's Metal Man"
Said Dr. Wily.
"I think it would be Air Man"
Commented Roll.
"A risk of sounding egomaniac. I think it will be me"
Quick Man spoke.
Upon entering the portal, he blinked a little.
"Quick Man was right. It was your copy"
Said Rock preparing the Time Stopper and shooting.
"I was the favorite of Break Man. He said that if he could make a robot army, he would finish me correctly and in time to lead his army. I assumed he had something hidden around there"
Quick Man explained while the Time Stopper was running out.
"That explains a lot"
"Shoot the Buster when he is in motion, it will slow him down and will unbalance him"
Quick Man said quietly.
"Does that work with you?"
Rock asked, surprised.
"That worked before Dr. Wily finished me. If he is a copy of Break Man's construction, he has that weakness"
Quick Man indicated while the Time Stopper was emptying and Rock was seen dodging boomerangs and firing.
As the two previous battles against Quick Man, Rock knew what to expect and quite carefully managed to defeat the copy.
"Very good!"
Quick Man said happily over the communicator.
Rock nodded a little before approaching, get the Quick Boomerang and leave.
"Any ideas?"
Rock asked, heading towards the portal.
"If it was Flash Man, then Quick Man, there should be Heat Man there"
Dr. Light resounded.
Rock nodded a little before entering.
Dr. Light was right. It was Heat Man.
"Well, you know how to stop him. Be careful, Rock"
Dr. Wily said while Rock used the power of Bubble Man.
Dodge, jump and shoot. A little damage and Rock had defeated him. He approached to receive the power of Heat Man and leave.
"Well, here's the new portal capsule. It must be Break Man"
Said Rock walking towards the portal.
"It's very strange Break Man doesn't make you suffer so much as the previous time. The other time there were six rounds including the Mecha Dragon, the Guts tank, those strange pink things, the shooting bubbles, the boss rush, the Break Man machine and an alien. Now it was just a road and the boss rush. Be careful."
Quick Man said making Rock remember everything that happened the previous time.
"You're right, it could be one of the robot masters of the second generation"
Rock said entering the capsule to face a robot he had never seen before.
"Enker!"
Both doctors exclaimed when they saw him.
"Enker?"
Asked Rock, Roll and Quick Man.
"Enker was the robot we designed to take the place of Rock against Break Man. We wanted Rock to stop fighting but his blueprints were stolen"
Dr. Light explained.
"That's why we know how to defeat him! We were going to change that when we built him. He is vulnerable to Buster. But be careful with the Barrier Spear. It can absorb Buster attacks and use them against you in a very accurate attack."
Dr. Wily indicated as Enker adopted the battle stance.
"Stop the talk and start fighting!"
Enker exclaimed, preparing his sword. Rock was very surprised by this. I had never heard, apart from the first generation, a robot who is on the side of Break Man, talk to him before the battle.
"Enker! Stop Please!"
Said Rock dodging the attack of his sword.
"Never! My goal is to defeat you and I will do it with honor"
Declared Enker determinate attacking Rock. Rock had no choice but to fire the buster to see part of the damage went to Enker's systems and the other part went to his Barrier Spear.
The more he fired, the more the attack was loaded and when he shoot it, Rock only managed to jump to prevent the attack from damaging him.
He kept firing and dodging with a lot of determination. With much effort, Enker was defeated.
"You can ... win now ... but ... but ... I'll be back"
Enker said with his few strength as Rock approached for both of them to be transported.
The multiuse tool adapted Enker's data as another additional data and when they were about to be transported, Enker hit Rock with his sword, separating from Rock just as the teleportation was activated.
"No! Enker!"
Rock exclaimed when he saw himself in the laboratory.
"I have to go back for Enker!"
Rock asked, looking at the doctors and his siblings.
Roll pointed to the screen. The place had exploded as soon as Rock was transported back.
"We're sorry Rock"
Said Dr. Light.
"Rock, if we could, we would wait for you, but the castle was going to explode and until the last moment you were holding Enker"
Dr. Wily said while Rock could not contain the sadness he felt at losing Enker. In spite of everything he was also his brother.
"What about Break Man?"
Asked Rock determined to defeat him for everything he did.
"There is good news in all this. The Mecha Dragon followed a capsule that had left before the explosion and obtained the coordinates of Break Man's ship"
Quick Man said quite proud of his dragon.
Rock nodded and walked to the table to be repaired.
"Rock, we know you feel bad for Enker, but remember he was with all his faculties and maybe he could escape"
Dr. Light said trying to console Rock while checking the systems.
"Besides, Time Man was able to slow time to get Enker out of it while you were teleported and return in time with him when break man escaped. Or he could simply be transported. I doubt Break Man would let go of a robot in which he put all his effort. He had enough time to make Enker and even made his weapon. That must mean he's going to save him"
Said Dr. Wily repairing the damage of the Battle.
Rock nodded a little. The words of the doctors helped him enough to feel better. Enker may be safe.
"Thank you"
Rock said something animated by the words of the doctors.
"Right, Rock"
"All right. Now you can go and punch Break Man"
With a few more objections, Rock was ready to go.
"Good luck"
Quick Man said entering the coordinates.
Rock was determined to stop Break Man.
One more chapter! yay!
As you were wondering, here it is Enker. i must confess to like him a lot and I have a lot of palns for him.
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