Metal Dolls: Mercenary Loyalties


Disclaimer: Mega Man and all related characters belong to Capcom Co. , Ltd. All other characters belong to me.


Note: I'm very, very, very sorry I took so long to update! Like I said I was working on one of my other stories. Thanks for the reminder Anth I'm glad you like this fic so much. Now, on to chapter five! ^_^


Chapter Five: The Plot Thickens


"STRATAAA! BAAASSS!! TERRRAAA!!!" Quick Girl's voice rang loudly through-out the halls.

Terra Man sighed. That had to have been heard by the entire fortress.

Quick Girl came roaring into the room at top speed. She put on the breaks as soon as she went trough the door and went skidding across the room with a horrible screeching sound, shooting right past Bass and Strata Girl and only just managing to stop before crashing right into the wall opposite the door.

Now it was Strata Girl's turn to sigh "You really do need to work on your breaks."

"Where's the fire?" Pyro Girl asked with a smirk. Hydro Girl rolled her eye's at The Fire Robot Master's idea of a pun and Jet Man, as usual, sat silently in a corner watching.

Ignoring them, Quick Girl zipped over to Bass and this time stopped on a dime when she reached him.

"Bass!"

"What is it now Quick Girl?" Bass asked in annoyance.

"TechnofoundsomethingyoushouldseeonthecamreasinDr.Lightslab!" Quick Girl answered the way she always did she was REALLY excited.

"What?" Bass asked as he glanced at Strata Girl who happened to be the only one who understood the pink robot when she talked like that.

Strata Girl sighed again, "She Said "Techno found something you should see on the cameras in Dr. Lights lab." You know, the ones he planted there after they captured the good Doctor and his two creations?"

Bass glared at her. "Of course I know Strata Girl, Wily told everyone about that part of the plan after he finally told us about capturing them last night." He turned to the others. "I guess we should check it out then. C'mon."

Quick Girl went zooming back out of the room again as the others followed at a considerably slower pace.


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"Sir." Techno Man said as Bass and the others arrived.

"What do you have for us Techno Man?" Bass asked as he came to stand next to the robot computer specialist. He noted without surprise that Quick Girl was standing behind Techno Man leaning over his shoulder and that Techno Man was completely ignoring her presence.

"It seems that Proto Man is already on our tail." Techno Man said as he punched up an image from the camera footage.

"Isn't that the robot you fought the other night with him?" a quiet voice asked from behind Bass.

He started slightly then looked over his shoulder and saw it was Jet Man who'd spoken. It wasn't the first time he'd forgotten the quiet robot master's presence.

The other robot masters called Jet Man the "Proto Man Lookalike" when he wasn't there but Bass didn't think it was a very accurate description. He was the same size and build, wore the same kind of helmet and carried a similar shield but that was where the similarities ended. His helmet, lower arms and boots were black, the visor of his helmet was grey, and he wore a black chest plate and shoulder guards. The rest his armor was silver and on the left side of his helmet was the image of a silver fighter jet.

Bass looked at the image on the screen again before answering "Yes. Her name's Disco and she calls herself the 'Black Bandit.'"

"I wonder what she's doing there." Strata Girl said.

"Look!! She has a puppy!!" Quick Girl squealed suddenly.

Everyone else except Jet Man and Techno Man fell down anime style. (Note: I couldn't resist. ^_^)

"We need to report this to Dr. Wily." Techno Man said as everyone jumped back up and Strata Girl whacked Quick Girl upside the head.

Whack!

"Pay attention!"

"Ow! That hurt!"

"Right. Pyro Girl?" Bass asked as he completely ignored Quick Girl and Strata Girl and turned to the dark red and orange robot.

"Yes?" She answered.

"Go tell Dr. Wily what Techno Man found. I'm going to check on the prisoners."

"Right away boss." Pyro Girl nodded and left the room.


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"What are we going to do?" Roll asked worriedly as Mega Man's latest attempt to break out of his force field cell failed miserably.

"I wish I knew." The Blue Bomber sighed.

"We'll just have to hope Proto Man can find us before it's to late." Dr. Light said.

"Wouldn't get my hopes up if I were you old man." Bass said as he entered the room, flanked by four of the robot masters. (Note: Jet Man wondered off and Heavy Man is standing guard at the door)

"What's Dr. Wily up to Bass?" Dr. Light asked.

"Uh, we don—" Quick Girl started to say but was cut off when Terra Man hooked an arm around her neck and clapped a hand over her mouth.

"Oh you'll find out soon enough Light, don't worry." Bass said as he ignored Quick Girl and Terra Man.

"Your not going to get away with this!" Mega Man shouted, to angry to notice Quick Girl's slip. "When Proto Man get's here–"

"When that meddlesome brother of yours gets here," Dr. Wily's voice interrupted, "We will be more then ready."

The mad scientist walked in with Pyro Girl and Heavy Man not to far behind. Heavy Man moved into position right behind Mega Man and Pyro Girl strolled casually over to a panel in the far wall.

"What are you going to do?" Roll asked nervously as she noticed.

"That's what I'd like to know." Bass added suspiciously.

In reply, Pyro Girl hit the switch that deactivated the force field on Mega Man's cell.

Before he could react Heavy Man grabbed Mega Man and held him.

"Hey let go!" Mega Man shouted as he struggled in the stronger robots grasp.

"Mega Man!" Dr. Light and Roll both cried.

"Take him to the main lab. We're moving to Stage Two a little early." Wily instructed as he left the room, beckoning all his creations to follow.

"You got it Doc." Heavy Man answered as he dragged a struggling and protesting Blue Bomber with him.

"Terra Man, I have a job for you as well. Come with me."


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"So what did ya find?" Disco asked as she leaned casually over Dr. Dark's shoulder.

"Well," Dr. Dark tapped her lip thoughtfully with one finger as she studied the display in front of her. "This isn't part of the shipment that went missing during the Powell Tech. thefts."

"How do you know?" Proto Man asked.

"There are identification numbers cut into any metal parts made by Powell Technologies. This one has them and since the shipment that was stolen hadn't been processed yet it's unlikely that it came from one of Wily's robots."

Disco sighed. "Well there's one dead end."

"Not exactly."

"What do you mean?" Proto Man asked curiously.

"According to the company records Mr. Powell gave me access to, this was most likely one of the Darinium parts made shortly after Powell Tech was first given permission to use the alloy three years ago."

Great. "You don't mean. . . ." Disco trailed off and frowned.

"Exactly, the only place they made these was at a factory that was shut down a year later."

"The factory near the old cemetery," Disco added in monotone. "Of course it just had to be there."

Proto Man looked at Disco and cocked his head to one side to indicate a raised eyebrow. "What wrong?" then he smirked as he added "Is the great Disco afraid of ghosts?"

Disco scowled back and put her hands on her hips. "Number one, there ain't no such things as ghosts, Number two it's none of yer damn business!"

"Touchy."

"Now you two stop this right now!" Dr. Cossack, had been standing quietly nearby watching, said as he stepped between the two robot's before things could start to get ugly.

"Save it for later." Dr. Dark sighed as she spun around in her chair to face them. "Right now the best thing to do is –"

"Yeah, yeah, I know." Disco said, sounding none to thrilled. "We gotta check the place out. C'mon Red." she added to Proto Man as she started to leave the room.

"'Red?'" Proto Man repeated blankly.

"Not so fast Disco, I'm not finished yet!" Dr. Dark called as she rose form her chair.

Disco spun around. "What!?" she snapped.

Dr. Dark stared blankly back.

Disco sighed.

"What?" The Black Bandit asked more calmly.

"If this is where Mega Man, Roll, and Dr. Light are being held, which is unlikely but possible, it would be best to teleport in close to the factory and check out the surrounding area before entering the factory itself."

"Yeah I know. That's what I was gonna do." Disco rolled her eyes behind her visor.

"Now you guy's be careful out there and watch each others backs." Cossack added. "Anything could happen out there and like it or not your working together on this one."

"We know Doc/Dr. Cossack." the two robots said in unison.


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"This sucks." Disco grumbled as they walked trough the old cemetery. "' Through the cemetery would be the best way to approach the factory without being seen.' Why did I listen to her?"

"It sounded sensible to me." Proto Man said simply without looking at Disco. "It's not as if this is the worst thing in the world Disco. You– Disco?" He looked to his left to find that she wasn't there anymore. Looking around he finally saw that she'd fallen behind and was standing silently in front of one of the headstones.

"Hey!" Proto Man walked over to stand next to her.

"What's wrong?" He asked, genuinely concerned.

Disco jumped and looked at him. "Nothing!" she answered, lying through her teeth. "I just got curious is all." she moved away from him and walked away.

Proto Man frowned worriedly and looked at the headstone.

'Here Lies Dr. Eric Mills, Lost But Not Forgotten'. . . . Dr. Eric Mills? Where have I heard that name before?

"Come on Red lets GO already!" Disco shouted, interrupting Proto Man's thoughts.

"Alright, I'm coming."


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Okay, that's the end of chapter five. Once again I'm sorry it took so long for me to update this. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed so far. I'm out of here! ^_~