A/N: Howdy there! Welcome to my first piece of work for the website. Now, you should know that this isn't JUST my first work on the site; it is also my first fan-fiction EVER. I have had this idea and a couple others for awhile, but this is my first ever attempt of actually writing and showing others a story based upon an already existing franchise. Be told that that does not mean I didn't plan it out yet! I got the basic idea of the plot already and I'm pretty sure I know what to start writing for some later chapters and where in the story to end at specific chapters, however that does not excuse me away from the fact that this IS my first ever writing of fan-fiction that I thought through, and not counting the stupid fan-fics I wrote as a kid for obvious reasons.
Anyways, this is just the introduction chapter to the basic plot of the story, so I warn you, it is short, but you should still read it so later parts make sense. Please, do some R&R for this fic; that would be appreciated, sirs and ma'ams. Enjoy!
Oh yeah! I should mention this:
Italics are thoughts.
Thank you.
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Chapter 1: Intro/Prologue
Bass had always had the negative side of things as his normal nature, as it was what he was after all made for. He thought about his decisions a few times, but not much; not even when his old man gave him Roboenza.
However, he's thought of something; something after his recent mission with Wily and them: they went over to Dr. Light's laboratory to, in Albert's words, "take any robot, even Mega Man if you can, and give our enemy a bit of trouble for when we let loose our next batch of eight DWNs on the world! Oh-ho! That'll get 'em riled up I bet!"
Maybe not the smartest thing in the world to come out of the doctor's mouth, but of course they did it: Bass, Wily in his saucer, and a few of the usual fighting units. They actually got pretty close to even capturing Rush and Beat, if it weren't for Rock and a self-defense system inside of Auto that none of them ever expected to exist inside of him.
But nonetheless, they got Roll and two robots that Light had just completed to soon be shipped out for industrial-related purposes, Flora Man and Circuitry Man.
When all of them got back to the most recent of skull fortresses, Bass was wondering; he was having one of those conscious, self-aware sort of moments again. He tried to not think of it, but he always feels difficulty in trying to keep him from considering his decisions once they come up to the surface to get his attention.
To the ocean they went, diving into the most well-placed and least-known of every other once existing fortresses and castles. Bass helped put the two new robots from the Light lab into the underwater lair's equivalent of electric chairs in a way, and have Roll watch in another strapped chair, but without the "execution" part in it; this being due to the intentions not entirely planned yet for this early one of the Dr. Light numbers, and of course to enforce a partial bit of eye-torture.
"Alright," Wily says. "Get ready!" He looks at the lever in his hand that was going to get rid of all previous code within the duo's systems. It was here though unfortunately that Bass began to just start feeling regret in him, and a bit confused as to why he feels like he should be ashamed of something that's usually so normal and even dreamlike to him.
And then, Wily accidentally flipped not only the switch that struck thunder to Flora Man and Circuitry Man, but also the one in Bass' brain right at the second that the two were being zapped of their original programming. He began feeling like a few gears were now grinding with more than just his 'yes sirs' and 'I am the best robot,' but with wonder and emotion in some sort; with his "heart," like something was wrong.
And he was too late when it happened, because now there's a scared Roll and two of his own kind that were essentially Roll's siblings having been drained of the emotion and thought process from them, leaving them empty for Wily to install whatever information he wanted to add to the once automatons.
Only a single line crossed him, oh… shit...
A/N: Well then, that was the first chapter. Not much to say other than that you should expect the other chapters to be longer than this. I should mention the BassxRoll bits and mentions will not come up until quite a bit later in the story if all goes to plan. Oh! And if you are not the biggest BassxRoll fan, then don't worry; it is not as focused as much as the character development for Bass and some interactions with other characters should be.
As a teenager who wants to put his ideas on this site with successful execution of original intention, please be kind & leave some respectful R&R on your trail through reading this if you will. If you did, then thank you; it's highly appreciated!
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