"Even on this rotten earth (it is dying), day is the sun's light (full of
deception), night is the moon and stars (foolish struggle). The means of
the humans' last struggle." – Moon Sailor ~*Darkness is Beautiful
Chapter 2:
Confusion
Forte gaped at the sight that greeted his lavender eyes. The buildings were crumbling, making the whole city look as though it had been sitting here, rotting, for over hundred years. Cars were crushed almost as though Godzilla had been there. People were lying, dead, in pools of their own blood or blackish-red fluids, some without body parts which were found several feet away from the bodies. The sky was no longer the pale, beautiful blue it had been moments before, but was now dark gray, thunder rumbling in the distance.
The blood that carpeted the ground made his stomach churn in distaste and he was almost sure that he would toss up his donut and coffee. But, luckily, he managed to suppress the urge to vomit and settled for asking to the air, "What…what the h*** happened?"
"The Dark Moon Lord." Someone spoke, making Forte jump to his feet and look around for the source of the voice. Amusement and calmness was present in the speaker's, who was obviously male, voice that seemed to come nowhere and yet everywhere.
"Where are you?! Who are you?! And who is the Dark Moon Lord?!" Forte yelled, his lavender eyes searching for something, anything to show where this mysterious person was.
"Yare, yare…So many questions, yet none I can answer…what a shame." The speaker said, sounding a bit disappointed.
"Stop speaking in riddles and give me godd*** straight answer!!"
"Sorry. No can do. Must keep up with the, 'mysterious voice that annoys and helps the hero' cliché. Oops! I'm late for my dinner with Sheba. Must go. see you, Forte. Hope you don't hurt yourself trying to figure out who the Dark Moon Lord is. Now, for the riddle:
The blood red moon,
Shall shine bright soon,
Two other Heroes shall thee find,
Near two old friends hearts
Hurry! Hurry! The Dark One comes to
Claim their souls for her own!"
With that, the voice faded, leaving Forte to mull over the strange voice.
'Two other Heroes shall thee find, near two old friends hearts'…Who are these 'two other heroes'? He thought, trying to ignore the stench of the already rotting corpses that lay about the city streets.
Finally, after several minutes of muttering darkly and walking slowly, taking in all the destruction that greeted him at every turn and stop, he stopped and looked up at the building before him and frowned slightly, his lavender eyes locking onto the blond figure standing in the window of the apartment.
He walked up the stairs, readying his Armor Summoner just in case as he reached the top and slowly edged the door open.
Stepping inside, he saw the apartment was, just like the rest of the city, in ruins, but yet he heard life. The sound of a young boy's sobs reached his ears as he walked slowly and quietly down the hall.
Slowly opening the door to the end bedroom, he saw a blond haired boy appearing to be no more then 13 sitting by the window, a red haired boy, also looking to be 13, sitting beside him, crooning to his friend softly.
"Electro?" Forte asked softly, shocked at seeing the usually cheerful and optimistic Robot Master in such distress. The blond stiffened and sat up, looking over his shoulder at the purple haired robot.
Lavender eyes met blue eyes as Shock Man asked softly, his voice shaking as he wiped his tears away with the back of his hand, "F-Forte?" The black clad robot nodded slowly and walked over, kneeling beside his friend, who flung himself against his friend and sobbed into his shirt, "M- my brother…and…Fire Man…T-they left us here…a-alone…why? Did I d-do something wrong? Did I make them m-mad at me?"
Forte, taken back by the questions, answered, "No. Elec Man and Fire Man would never abandon you two…they care more about you then you could ever imagine."
He remembered what had happened the first time Shock Man and Torch Man had gotten into a fight with Guts Man. Elec Man and Fire Man had found out and had almost been dismantled for just about tearing Guts Man to pieces for trying to hurt their brothers. Shock had obviously forgotten, or his memory had been erased, and was blaming himself for their disappearance.
Torch Man sighed, laying a hand gently on his friend's shoulder in hopes of comforting him.
Forte hugged his friend's brother and crooned softly, "I'm sure they didn't leave you two on purpose…"
Shock Man sniffled and looked up at his friend as he stammered, "R- really…?" His answer was a slight nod. "Then…why'd they leave?" To this question, Forte had no answer and merely gave his friend a slight shrug and a sympathetic look. This answer made Shock Man cry all the harder, earning Forte a annoyed look from Torch Man.
After a minute or so, Shock had stopped crying and was sitting beside Forte, Silver Fang, his silver and robotic wolf, resting his head on his master's lap, looking up at the young Robot Master with his bright green eyes.
Suddenly, a thought dawned onto Forte that almost made his scream. "GOSPLE!" Jumping to his feet, he, followed closely by the two young robots who grabbed up their Armor Summoners on the way out, raced out the door and jumped over the railing, landing neatly on his feet as he ran, recalling his armor as he activated DASH Function to give him extra speed.
Shock and Torch also jumped over the railing, summoning their own armors before they hit the ground and DASHing after Forte.
Shock's armor was a lot like Rock Man X's, only with different shades of orange. His helmet was black with a lightning bolt on it, much like his brothers. Torch's was the same, only decorated with several shades of red, his helmet much like Quick Man's.
----Meanwhile…
Elec Man and Fire Man walked through the streets of Tokyo, their gazes on the ground, and the silence between them not been broken since they had left their brothers. Elec Man looked up at Fire Man and asked, "What if Shock thinks that we abandoned them?"
"Torch'll talk some sense—"
"What if Torch thinks that we abandoned them? And What if that b****, Dark Moon Lord, finds them and…and…" he couldn't bring himself to finish the sentence, for the thought of his brother going insane made him shiver as though he were standing in the middle of a blizzard.
Fire Man spoke after a minute or so a silence. "Nothing will happen to them…" he said softly, wrapping an arm around his friend's shoulders in a comforting manor.
----Meanwhile…
Rock stared in horror at the fallen heap of twisted metal and crumbling concert as he gasped, "What…?" his voice failed him and he just stood, his mouth slightly a gape as he tried to figure out what had happened. Blues looked over at his brother through his black visor, his arms hanging limp at his sides and pain shining in his eyes from behind his helmet's visor.
Rock sunk to the ground, pounding the already crumbling ground with his unarmored fist, the Armor Summoner rattling as he yelled, tears streaming down his face, "Why? Why couldn't I help them!?"
Blues grabbed his brother and shook him as he snapped, "Rock!! Get a grip!! This isn't your fault!!" Slowly, Rock ceased his sobbing and settled for crying softly into his brother's shirt. "Its okay…" Blues whispered, hugging his brother tightly.
Suddenly, Rock whispered, pulling away, "Something…is coming…" Blues nodded slowly.
"I feel it too…what is it?"
"I bet its…what destroyed our home…our family…" Rock whispered, his voice laced with anger, which was either directed to himself or to whatever this strange power was beyond Blues' comprehension.
Blues let out a shuddering sigh, clenching his fists tightly. Whatever this thing is…I'm gonna make sure that it doesn't live to see the light of day…he mentally growled, standing.
Rock stood as well and asked, "Wait…what about Ari? She was staying with Dr. Cossack…I hope their okay…" Blues nodded slightly. Ari was their newest sister and the one who spent most of her time reading up on mythical animals, D&D books and other things that the rest of her family thought was junk. But she was also a new model Dr. Light had been working on. She not only acted human but she looked human. And the fact that she was the first of her kind is what made Blues and Rock a little overprotective of her, for Dr. Wily had tried to kidnap her several times, so you can imagine their uneasiness when they had to send her to live with Dr. Cossack.
Blues didn't say anything except, "Its getting closer…I think…we should go and try to find the source of it…" Turning on his heel, he walked away, Rock following at his heels.
~*Confusion: Slayers NEXT
Chapter 2:
Confusion
Forte gaped at the sight that greeted his lavender eyes. The buildings were crumbling, making the whole city look as though it had been sitting here, rotting, for over hundred years. Cars were crushed almost as though Godzilla had been there. People were lying, dead, in pools of their own blood or blackish-red fluids, some without body parts which were found several feet away from the bodies. The sky was no longer the pale, beautiful blue it had been moments before, but was now dark gray, thunder rumbling in the distance.
The blood that carpeted the ground made his stomach churn in distaste and he was almost sure that he would toss up his donut and coffee. But, luckily, he managed to suppress the urge to vomit and settled for asking to the air, "What…what the h*** happened?"
"The Dark Moon Lord." Someone spoke, making Forte jump to his feet and look around for the source of the voice. Amusement and calmness was present in the speaker's, who was obviously male, voice that seemed to come nowhere and yet everywhere.
"Where are you?! Who are you?! And who is the Dark Moon Lord?!" Forte yelled, his lavender eyes searching for something, anything to show where this mysterious person was.
"Yare, yare…So many questions, yet none I can answer…what a shame." The speaker said, sounding a bit disappointed.
"Stop speaking in riddles and give me godd*** straight answer!!"
"Sorry. No can do. Must keep up with the, 'mysterious voice that annoys and helps the hero' cliché. Oops! I'm late for my dinner with Sheba. Must go. see you, Forte. Hope you don't hurt yourself trying to figure out who the Dark Moon Lord is. Now, for the riddle:
The blood red moon,
Shall shine bright soon,
Two other Heroes shall thee find,
Near two old friends hearts
Hurry! Hurry! The Dark One comes to
Claim their souls for her own!"
With that, the voice faded, leaving Forte to mull over the strange voice.
'Two other Heroes shall thee find, near two old friends hearts'…Who are these 'two other heroes'? He thought, trying to ignore the stench of the already rotting corpses that lay about the city streets.
Finally, after several minutes of muttering darkly and walking slowly, taking in all the destruction that greeted him at every turn and stop, he stopped and looked up at the building before him and frowned slightly, his lavender eyes locking onto the blond figure standing in the window of the apartment.
He walked up the stairs, readying his Armor Summoner just in case as he reached the top and slowly edged the door open.
Stepping inside, he saw the apartment was, just like the rest of the city, in ruins, but yet he heard life. The sound of a young boy's sobs reached his ears as he walked slowly and quietly down the hall.
Slowly opening the door to the end bedroom, he saw a blond haired boy appearing to be no more then 13 sitting by the window, a red haired boy, also looking to be 13, sitting beside him, crooning to his friend softly.
"Electro?" Forte asked softly, shocked at seeing the usually cheerful and optimistic Robot Master in such distress. The blond stiffened and sat up, looking over his shoulder at the purple haired robot.
Lavender eyes met blue eyes as Shock Man asked softly, his voice shaking as he wiped his tears away with the back of his hand, "F-Forte?" The black clad robot nodded slowly and walked over, kneeling beside his friend, who flung himself against his friend and sobbed into his shirt, "M- my brother…and…Fire Man…T-they left us here…a-alone…why? Did I d-do something wrong? Did I make them m-mad at me?"
Forte, taken back by the questions, answered, "No. Elec Man and Fire Man would never abandon you two…they care more about you then you could ever imagine."
He remembered what had happened the first time Shock Man and Torch Man had gotten into a fight with Guts Man. Elec Man and Fire Man had found out and had almost been dismantled for just about tearing Guts Man to pieces for trying to hurt their brothers. Shock had obviously forgotten, or his memory had been erased, and was blaming himself for their disappearance.
Torch Man sighed, laying a hand gently on his friend's shoulder in hopes of comforting him.
Forte hugged his friend's brother and crooned softly, "I'm sure they didn't leave you two on purpose…"
Shock Man sniffled and looked up at his friend as he stammered, "R- really…?" His answer was a slight nod. "Then…why'd they leave?" To this question, Forte had no answer and merely gave his friend a slight shrug and a sympathetic look. This answer made Shock Man cry all the harder, earning Forte a annoyed look from Torch Man.
After a minute or so, Shock had stopped crying and was sitting beside Forte, Silver Fang, his silver and robotic wolf, resting his head on his master's lap, looking up at the young Robot Master with his bright green eyes.
Suddenly, a thought dawned onto Forte that almost made his scream. "GOSPLE!" Jumping to his feet, he, followed closely by the two young robots who grabbed up their Armor Summoners on the way out, raced out the door and jumped over the railing, landing neatly on his feet as he ran, recalling his armor as he activated DASH Function to give him extra speed.
Shock and Torch also jumped over the railing, summoning their own armors before they hit the ground and DASHing after Forte.
Shock's armor was a lot like Rock Man X's, only with different shades of orange. His helmet was black with a lightning bolt on it, much like his brothers. Torch's was the same, only decorated with several shades of red, his helmet much like Quick Man's.
----Meanwhile…
Elec Man and Fire Man walked through the streets of Tokyo, their gazes on the ground, and the silence between them not been broken since they had left their brothers. Elec Man looked up at Fire Man and asked, "What if Shock thinks that we abandoned them?"
"Torch'll talk some sense—"
"What if Torch thinks that we abandoned them? And What if that b****, Dark Moon Lord, finds them and…and…" he couldn't bring himself to finish the sentence, for the thought of his brother going insane made him shiver as though he were standing in the middle of a blizzard.
Fire Man spoke after a minute or so a silence. "Nothing will happen to them…" he said softly, wrapping an arm around his friend's shoulders in a comforting manor.
----Meanwhile…
Rock stared in horror at the fallen heap of twisted metal and crumbling concert as he gasped, "What…?" his voice failed him and he just stood, his mouth slightly a gape as he tried to figure out what had happened. Blues looked over at his brother through his black visor, his arms hanging limp at his sides and pain shining in his eyes from behind his helmet's visor.
Rock sunk to the ground, pounding the already crumbling ground with his unarmored fist, the Armor Summoner rattling as he yelled, tears streaming down his face, "Why? Why couldn't I help them!?"
Blues grabbed his brother and shook him as he snapped, "Rock!! Get a grip!! This isn't your fault!!" Slowly, Rock ceased his sobbing and settled for crying softly into his brother's shirt. "Its okay…" Blues whispered, hugging his brother tightly.
Suddenly, Rock whispered, pulling away, "Something…is coming…" Blues nodded slowly.
"I feel it too…what is it?"
"I bet its…what destroyed our home…our family…" Rock whispered, his voice laced with anger, which was either directed to himself or to whatever this strange power was beyond Blues' comprehension.
Blues let out a shuddering sigh, clenching his fists tightly. Whatever this thing is…I'm gonna make sure that it doesn't live to see the light of day…he mentally growled, standing.
Rock stood as well and asked, "Wait…what about Ari? She was staying with Dr. Cossack…I hope their okay…" Blues nodded slightly. Ari was their newest sister and the one who spent most of her time reading up on mythical animals, D&D books and other things that the rest of her family thought was junk. But she was also a new model Dr. Light had been working on. She not only acted human but she looked human. And the fact that she was the first of her kind is what made Blues and Rock a little overprotective of her, for Dr. Wily had tried to kidnap her several times, so you can imagine their uneasiness when they had to send her to live with Dr. Cossack.
Blues didn't say anything except, "Its getting closer…I think…we should go and try to find the source of it…" Turning on his heel, he walked away, Rock following at his heels.
~*Confusion: Slayers NEXT