As it turned out, Dr. Light didn't e-mail him. Bane had forgotten an interesting fact... that he'd included his mailing adress. So when the visitors came, it was a bit of a shock.

And it was a bit of a shock to the visitors, too. For one thing, the large Winebago was brand spanking new... and someone had gone to the trouble to plant rose bushes around it. It was easy to figure out who, since Rock was carefully planting some mums around the roses when they arrived. And Bane...

Bane was on the roof of the Winebago again, but this time he had loudspeakers and was... not dancing... practice fighting to an anime song.... at least, Rock thought it was an anime song, it might be a game song or something weirder. All he knew for sure was that Bane liked it.

"'Fore they getcha chainsmokin'... Word... 'Fore they getcha chainsmokin'... Word..." Dr. Light and Mega Man, in his street clothes, paused to watch the ariel display of agility as Bane whirled and struck out with his feet... "Ba-nanananana... Ba-nanananana.... Ba-nanananana... Ba- nanananana...."

"BWEE-NOW-NA-NAA!!" Bane exploded into action, in a surprisingly graceful series of moves... "Don't be shocked by the tone of our voice... check out my new weapon... weapon of choice..."

"Well, this is weird." Mega Man finally said. He was dressed in street clothes, and that sound attracted Rock's attention. He stood up and looked over...

And froze, just for a moment. Dr. Light blinked, glancing between the two. It was amazing, how alike they looked... although Rock looked so much older...

Rock?

Dr. Light frowned, shaking his head. That had to be a coincidence.

"Hello Rock." Dr. Light said warmly to the robot, who smiled weakly. "I just wanted to discuss that diskette your friend gave me. Very impressive. I was wondering if you could tell me, where did he get his training?" Rock glanced towards the roof, then decided not to disturb Bane. He was grinning, utterly caught up in his fun. Although that could have a bad side...

"Listen to the sound of our voice... hah-ha... you can check it all out. It's the weapon of choice... yeah... You can roll with this, you can roll with that, you can roll with this, you can roll with that..." And Bane was doing rolls. Rock couldn't help but smile.

"I don't know where he was trained... his memory is completely wacked." Rock shrugged, a bit uncomfortable. He didn't like lying. Doctor Light nodded slowly, gazing at him carefully.

"And why does he need to take Zelisim?" Doctor Light asked, very, very seriously. Rock took a small breathe.

Zelisim was a robotic drug, meant to sooth the equivalent of psychotic episodes. A newly forming neural net could sometimes become unstable, and Zelisim could ease over the worst of it.

Needing it badly enough to carry a container of it was a bad, bad sign. It showed a deep instability.

"He's... got some problems." Rock said evasively, glancing over at Mega Man. He seemed so... sympathetic... "It's nothing anyone can help with, just himself. He's okay as long as he has the pills."

"Walk without rhythm and it won't attract the worm... we walk without rhythm and it won't attract the worm... if you walk without rhythm... HA... YOU WILL NEVER LEARN!" Mega Man and Dr. Light gazed up at the roof for a moment, and Rock supressed the urge to squirm. Bane was not putting on a great show right now.

"He... he says he has two different sets of memories." Rock finally said. "It's sort of confusing, sometimes." That seemed to ease Dr. Lights suspicions a little. Not surprising, maybe... two differing, incompatable memories could cause exactly the sort of problems that would need Zelisim.

"That must be awful." Mega Man said. "How did that happen?" Rock gazed at him, and Dr. Light had to supress a frown. The resemblance was simply--

BCRASH!/B Rock started violently, whirling around, to see Bane looking a bit... flattened. He'd leaped right off the roof, and done a belly flop onto the hard, hard ground. Rock sighed, folding his arms.

"I see someone forgot they can't fly. Again." He said conversationally. A groan answered him.

"Owowow..." Bane slowly pushed himself up, nursing a few scrapes. He was wearing only a pair of loose, white pants, a bit dirty now. "It's... just that one scene, I always... unh?" Bane blinked as he spotted Dr. Light and Mega Man. "Rock! Why didn't you tell me they were here?"

"You were a bit busy." He said dryly, and Bane gave him a dirty look.

"I'm never that busy. Hello, Dr. Light." Bane greeted the Doctor, completely self-assured. Soon, the two of them were in a deep, deep technical discussion. To the outside observer, it was amazing how they seemed to know each other...

Rock was bored by it, and caught Mega Man's eye.

"Would you like to see our video games?" He asked quietly, not distracting the two. They could go do something more enjoyable...