Disclaimer: I don't own rockman wily or any of the other characters in this
story they all belong to capcom so don't sue me
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welp no one reviewed so I'm gonna post a new chapter anyway (cause I want to). In this chapter I will explain what exactly the robot masters (and rockman etc) are in my perception of the series, in other words ill say whether there machines, alive, have feelings, emotionless all that good stuff. Please excuse my god-awful spelling and grammar if spell check doesn't catch it I don't. PLEASE review I need reviews. They are my lifeblood, I need them to live. And now I present you with the second installment of
A Light from the Shadows
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Chapter 1: The Seeds are Sown
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He stood in the middle of a warehouse surrounded by pieces wires metal and circuitry. The floor was covered with blood and oil. He stood there in the panting. His bandages and cloth as well as his sword were soaked with oil and blood. His armor was cut in several places. He had several wounds from which he was dripping blood and oil alike. When he walked toward the back of the warehouse ever so quietly, his feet made a sloshing noise rather than there usual pat pat pat of cloth from the excess amount of fluids from his enemies.
Two robot guards suddenly jumped out from behind crates in front of him and fired their pistols. Swinging his sword horizontally in front of him he reflected the shots back at their sources. The robots brought their arms up in an attempt to shield themselves from there own attacks. He used this chance to dash forward and made another horizontal swing cutting the both of them in two, spraying circuitry and oil on the already drenched ground next to them.
"Common!" he shouted despite his injuries" is that the best you can do!? I thought you guys were made to fight!"
Hearing a soft sound behind him he whirled around swinging his sword to slice the source of the noise in two.
CLANG
"Well well" said a familiar voice" I see your getting better with that sword of yours shadow"
He stood there his armor as shiny as ever, he had obviously not yet fought anyone, and he had used his gigantic boomerang to block shadow mans sword.
SHING
In a circular motion the injured shadow man forced his enemies arm to the side, with the boomerang, and put his sword to his opponents throat.
'Hello quick I see you taken to actually trying to sneak up on some people" he said
The red robot grinned" you up for a little duel?"
"In my condition?" he asked" of course"
"Good"
Quick man jumped backwards avoiding his opponent's blade and fired several quick blades at him and put his giant boomerang back on its resting place on his back as he went backwards. Shadow man immediately jumped up into the shadows of the ceiling avoiding the deadly blades that cut only air where he had ben only seconds before.
From the shadows above him shadow blades began raining down on quick man. Fortunately for him he was fast enough to dodge the lot of them though he did get clipped a few times. After a few moments of dodging he began firing his own quick boomerangs.
"Don't you think its unfair that you get the shadows to hide in?" shouted the robot from the ground
"Its as fair as you fighting me wile I'm injured" a voice from the shadows above answered
"Fair enough" said quick man" but I think it's about time to take away that advantage before I lose mine"
Withought another word he sliced open the bottom crate in one of the piles and jumped inside, effectively shielding him from the hail of shadow blades.
"Now if you want to win you have to come down and_" before he got the chance to finish a sword's blade came through the top of the crate grazing the top of his helmet.
Immediately the blade was removed and stabbed into the crate again and again and again in different places each time forcing quick man to run out of the crate lest he be skewered.
Unfortunately for him shadow man had ben ready for this escape attempt, and as soon as he saw quick leaving he threw two shadow blades at him, both of them hitting him in the back
"GAH"
Quick man stumbled forward and fell down. He rolled out of the way just in time to avoid a stab to the head, also getting the blades out of his back, though it did tear his flesh and circuitry a little.
Getting up he got out his giant boomerang and held it with his left hand and aimed his launcher on his right hand at shadow man. Shadow man was already in a fighting stance with his left foot stepped forward and his right behind him pointing away. His arms were crossed against his chest with his right hand in front of him holding his sword ready to attack and defend and his left hand behind him holding two shadow blades ready to be thrown.
They both stood there for a long while simply looking at each other. After a little wile a voice suddenly blared at them from above.
"Quick man, shadow man get up here both of you I got an important mission" the voice shouted
"Damit" quick man cursed" he has got the worst possible timing.
"That's one thing I agree with you on" shadow man replied relaxing his stance and putting away his shadow blades" disengage virtual training simulation"
Everything around them began fizzing and becoming wavy like it was from a bad television. There was a sudden flash of light and the two of them were no longer standing in a warehouse filled with crates and destroyed robots, but a large room covered in perfectly square snow white tiles, while the blood, oil, and wounds from his simulated enemies, as well as the pain, were gone. The ones from his fight with quick man remained.
"Looks like we will have to finish our fight some other time" he said to the robot master standing next to him.
Quick man nodded" lets go see what the old man wants," he said
"Agreed"
~in wily's lab~
Shadow man and quick man walked into the huge room and were surprised to see many more robot masters in there. They usually worked alone or with one partner max.
In the room there was napalm man, turbo man, hard man, guts man, stone man, magnet man, and elec man.
"Ah good now that everyone's here we can begin." They old man said
"Ok wily what job do you have for us that needs so many people?" quick asked
Dr. wily grinned" a very special mission that requires everyone to do there part. Unfortunately rockman has become wise to our plans, and he now carries a small EMP generator. If the scanner is hit by that thing then it will be out for good, and im not sue I can build another."
"Hey doc" quick interrupted" why do we even need to scan him don't we already have his schematics?"
"We have most of them" Dr. wily replied" but unfortunately light never showed me how to build or program the weapons system"
"Huh? But I thought forte had the same weapons system as him" shadow man inquired
"He does" the old scientist answered" but I didn't build it. Dr light built three of the weapons systems, one he put into proto man, the third he build to put into rockman when I betrayed him. And the second one which he build after we completed proto man, I stole. I didn't want to use it right away so I hid it. I hid it as a last resort so if I ever became desperate I could put it into a robot in the future with technology superior to rockmans"
"Hence forte" said elec man
"Not exactly" he replied" while forte is the one I put the weapons system into it wasn't for the same reason. When I realized Dr. light had ben upgrading rockman to better fight you robot masters, I decided to create him to.even the playing field"
"Id say it was already pretty uneven in our favor with all the robot masters and the huge fortress and-"
WAM
"Thank you guts man," his master said grinning
"no problem for guts man. Guts man follow orders good" the giant robot master replied
"ooooooooooowwwwwwwwwww" turbo man groaned while laying on the ground half unconscious
"Now as I was saying, I decided to create forte to be rockmans rival and hopefully superior. Obviously he failed in the later part. And he even had the nerve to defy me! So I'm going to try with this new weapons system one more time."
"Hey doc" quick man interrupted again
He sighed" yes what is it this time quick man"
"If that thing can scan him from a mile away then why don't we stay out of the EMP's range and scan him?"
"Because it takes a minute to scan a met and the EMP will travel on the scanners waves, to the scanner, knocking it out anyway. And he will pick up the waves the second we turn on the machine even if he's not being hit."
"So how ARE we gonna scan him?"
"We will have to have him immobilized for about three minutes"
"Ok.how?"
Dr. wily's grin grew wider simply thinking about it" with that" he said pointing to what looked like a large metal loop about three quarters of a foot in diameter
"The hells that little thing supposed to do?" the now fully conscious turbo man asked
"Ill explain later" the scientist replied" now back to the plan. Oh and by the way, after this mission I will be having a tournament to see who gets the new weapons system"
The robot masters all exchanged looks
"And if I find that any of you have tried to destroy one another during the mission you will be scraped is that clear?" their master stated
"Yes master wily" they all replied in unison
"Good" he said," Now if no one has anymore questions ill continue with the mission"
~later~
"Alright well that is what each of you will be doing on the mission" wily stated" any questions?"
When all the robot masters remained silent he continued" good then you are all to meet back here at ten o clock tomorrow morning you have the rest of the time to do what you wish you are dismissed. O and you are not to tell ANYONE about this mission. Not the other robot masters, not the robots, your not to write it down anywhere your not even to speak of it amongst yourselves is that clear?" all the robot masters nodded" good"
"Hey!" quick man shouted to shadow man while catching up to him" so you wanna finish our duel now?"
"How bout we finish it at the tournament?" shadow man replied
Quick man grinned" sounds good to me!"
"Well I must be going" shadow man said turning to walk away
"Huh, hey wait where are you going?" quick man asked
"To relax" he replied and without another word he walked off
~later in metropolis~ (I couldn't think of a better name)
A teenager of average height walked down the sidewalk. He was thin and long black hair. He wore dark blue jeans and a shirt that looked like tarnished silver.
Watching him was another boy about the same hair. He also had black hair though, not as long, and wasn't quite as slim. He wore blue jeans and a light blue t-shirt.
"Were have I seen him before?" he said under his breath" something's not right about him" without thinking on the matter further he got up to follow the other boy.
The boy being followed made many turns and was very hard to keep up with. Finally he turned into an ally, which turned out to be a dead end. Though the boy didn't seem surprised by this.
"Why are you following me?" he asked
The other boy was startled" you. you knew I was following you?"
"You have been ever since I passed the restaurant" he replied
"Tch I thought you hadn't noticed"
"You know it's amazing how convincing you look"
"?!?"
"Come" he said motioning for the larger boy to follow him
"They went inside an abandoned building next to them
"I'm surprised you didn't recognize me. Rockman."
"?!? You know who I am!?"
"Don't you know who I am?"
Rockman shook his head
"Maybe this will jog your memory," he said. He raised his hand and produced two shadow blades
"SHAODW MAN!" he shouted taking a step back and forming a cannon with his right hand
"Please" he said" put the cannon away, I'm not here to fight. Besides that thing gives me the creeps"
Rockman remained silent for a moment with his gun still raised. Slowly he put his arm by his side and turned it back into a hand.
"So what has wily sent you here to do?" he asked
"Nothing"
"Nothing?"
"Yes nothing. I'm here on personal matters"
"What kind of personal matters?" rockman asked a little worried
"Well" he replied" I personally like the food at Joe's diner on Smith and Charles. And I personally like the exhibits they have in the museum. Especially the ancient ninjas, which should come as no shock to you."
Rockman stood there for a moment then a smile slowly played across his face. Soon he began chuckling until he was laughing uncontrollably. Imagine! Shadow man! One of the most feared robot masters of all was here to get something to eat and go to the museum! The same robot master that infiltrated at least 5 military bases to sabotage works and defense! and at least 2 of them were top secret! The same robot master whom he had fought four times and each time they both had to be carried away! Though rockman always in one piece. After being one of the most feared and infamous robot masters of all time he was walking down the street like he had never done a thing in his life to go eat at an little known restaurant
After a while his laughter slowly died down until it was down to a few chuckles
"Are you finished?" shadow man asked
"S-sorry" he said still laughing a little" so what your just here to relax?" shadow man nodded" mind if I tag along
Shadow man looked at him oddly for a moment" you do realize we are supposed to be mortal enemies and kill each other right now right?"
"Yep!" rockman replied cheerily
"Great lets go"
~at the diner~
"Huh so you guys get money and free time and all that other stuff huh?" rockman asked
Shadow man nodded" of course why wouldn't we?"
"Well. I never really thought you guys had emotions or anything like that"
Shadow man snickered" the name robot master is a bit misleading. Wily meant something more like masters of robots when he called us robot masters. As in we are not. Robots but we command the"
"I.see"
You're a bioroid to yes?"
"To? You mean you're also?"
Shadow man nodded" what did you think I meant we were androids?"
"Um aren't the two kinda the same thing?"
"Mentally? Yes. Physically? No. Bioroids are consisted of mechanical parts and artificially created human parts. Androids are made completely of mechanical parts."
"But they both still have free will and emotions? Right?" rockman asked
"To an extent" shadow man replied" they are all built with limitations mentally and both have programming beyond the basics. Partly because no one wants to build a machine with a total free will for fear of what it could do. Partly because we don't know how to make them able to learn without putting a few basic concepts into them. They can both expand their knowledge but only as far as their principles. The only reason androids and bioroids are still around and not fully sentient beings is mankind's fear of what they could do what they will do when given the choice of good and evil as they are given"
They both sat in silence for a moment
"You don't.hate mankind for that. Do you?"
Shadow man smiled" not in the least"
"Good"
"The doctor says that a fully sentient bioroid would be called a reploid. He says androids wouldn't work because things made only of mechanical parts don't have the capacity for full sentience. He always talks about making one as a last resort and setting it loose to wreak havoc on the world if left with no other options."
"But what's to say it wouldn't become good and not bad?"
"He says he would put it through thirty years of conditional testing to make sure he becomes a killing machine"
There was another long silence
"You know shadow man you can always join us. We could always use the more help and someone like you would be greatly appreciated" rockman offered
"Sorry rockman but I cant. It goes against my programming to disobey wily"
"I understand" rockman replied a little disappointed
"Well I should be going" shadow man said standing up
"Ok" rockman said," remember my offer is always there"
Shadow man smiled" if I ever defy all laws of physics ill take it" rockman laughed a little" and uh rockman?"
"Yes?"
"Don't tell anyone I told you but.something's going down tonight"
"Huh what?"
"Sorry I can't tell you about it, wily's orders"
But you just told me about it" rockman replied confused
"No I told you OF it. Wily said I couldn't tell you ABOUT it" shadow man said smiling
"Twisting the words eh?" rockman said smiling
"Would you rather I hadn't warned you?" he asked
"No no. Well thanks for the warning, I'm guessing ill be seeing you tonight then?"
"Armor and all. You to?"
"Id not miss it for the world"
~that night outside the city~
"Sorry I'm late," said a shadow man coming from behind in full armor
"Don't worry about it" said quick man" lets just get this over with. Everyone knows there parts right?" all the robot masters nodded" good then lets do it"
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Well what do you think? I know it's a lot longer then the prologue but so what? Again PLEASE review and forgive my horrific grammar. If I get good or no reviews I will post chapter two of "a light from the shadows", "the competition". Wherein I will have the tournament and we will see a little bit of what quick man and rockman do with their free time. Though I will probably post it if I only get or mostly get bad reviews to.
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welp no one reviewed so I'm gonna post a new chapter anyway (cause I want to). In this chapter I will explain what exactly the robot masters (and rockman etc) are in my perception of the series, in other words ill say whether there machines, alive, have feelings, emotionless all that good stuff. Please excuse my god-awful spelling and grammar if spell check doesn't catch it I don't. PLEASE review I need reviews. They are my lifeblood, I need them to live. And now I present you with the second installment of
A Light from the Shadows
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Chapter 1: The Seeds are Sown
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He stood in the middle of a warehouse surrounded by pieces wires metal and circuitry. The floor was covered with blood and oil. He stood there in the panting. His bandages and cloth as well as his sword were soaked with oil and blood. His armor was cut in several places. He had several wounds from which he was dripping blood and oil alike. When he walked toward the back of the warehouse ever so quietly, his feet made a sloshing noise rather than there usual pat pat pat of cloth from the excess amount of fluids from his enemies.
Two robot guards suddenly jumped out from behind crates in front of him and fired their pistols. Swinging his sword horizontally in front of him he reflected the shots back at their sources. The robots brought their arms up in an attempt to shield themselves from there own attacks. He used this chance to dash forward and made another horizontal swing cutting the both of them in two, spraying circuitry and oil on the already drenched ground next to them.
"Common!" he shouted despite his injuries" is that the best you can do!? I thought you guys were made to fight!"
Hearing a soft sound behind him he whirled around swinging his sword to slice the source of the noise in two.
CLANG
"Well well" said a familiar voice" I see your getting better with that sword of yours shadow"
He stood there his armor as shiny as ever, he had obviously not yet fought anyone, and he had used his gigantic boomerang to block shadow mans sword.
SHING
In a circular motion the injured shadow man forced his enemies arm to the side, with the boomerang, and put his sword to his opponents throat.
'Hello quick I see you taken to actually trying to sneak up on some people" he said
The red robot grinned" you up for a little duel?"
"In my condition?" he asked" of course"
"Good"
Quick man jumped backwards avoiding his opponent's blade and fired several quick blades at him and put his giant boomerang back on its resting place on his back as he went backwards. Shadow man immediately jumped up into the shadows of the ceiling avoiding the deadly blades that cut only air where he had ben only seconds before.
From the shadows above him shadow blades began raining down on quick man. Fortunately for him he was fast enough to dodge the lot of them though he did get clipped a few times. After a few moments of dodging he began firing his own quick boomerangs.
"Don't you think its unfair that you get the shadows to hide in?" shouted the robot from the ground
"Its as fair as you fighting me wile I'm injured" a voice from the shadows above answered
"Fair enough" said quick man" but I think it's about time to take away that advantage before I lose mine"
Withought another word he sliced open the bottom crate in one of the piles and jumped inside, effectively shielding him from the hail of shadow blades.
"Now if you want to win you have to come down and_" before he got the chance to finish a sword's blade came through the top of the crate grazing the top of his helmet.
Immediately the blade was removed and stabbed into the crate again and again and again in different places each time forcing quick man to run out of the crate lest he be skewered.
Unfortunately for him shadow man had ben ready for this escape attempt, and as soon as he saw quick leaving he threw two shadow blades at him, both of them hitting him in the back
"GAH"
Quick man stumbled forward and fell down. He rolled out of the way just in time to avoid a stab to the head, also getting the blades out of his back, though it did tear his flesh and circuitry a little.
Getting up he got out his giant boomerang and held it with his left hand and aimed his launcher on his right hand at shadow man. Shadow man was already in a fighting stance with his left foot stepped forward and his right behind him pointing away. His arms were crossed against his chest with his right hand in front of him holding his sword ready to attack and defend and his left hand behind him holding two shadow blades ready to be thrown.
They both stood there for a long while simply looking at each other. After a little wile a voice suddenly blared at them from above.
"Quick man, shadow man get up here both of you I got an important mission" the voice shouted
"Damit" quick man cursed" he has got the worst possible timing.
"That's one thing I agree with you on" shadow man replied relaxing his stance and putting away his shadow blades" disengage virtual training simulation"
Everything around them began fizzing and becoming wavy like it was from a bad television. There was a sudden flash of light and the two of them were no longer standing in a warehouse filled with crates and destroyed robots, but a large room covered in perfectly square snow white tiles, while the blood, oil, and wounds from his simulated enemies, as well as the pain, were gone. The ones from his fight with quick man remained.
"Looks like we will have to finish our fight some other time" he said to the robot master standing next to him.
Quick man nodded" lets go see what the old man wants," he said
"Agreed"
~in wily's lab~
Shadow man and quick man walked into the huge room and were surprised to see many more robot masters in there. They usually worked alone or with one partner max.
In the room there was napalm man, turbo man, hard man, guts man, stone man, magnet man, and elec man.
"Ah good now that everyone's here we can begin." They old man said
"Ok wily what job do you have for us that needs so many people?" quick asked
Dr. wily grinned" a very special mission that requires everyone to do there part. Unfortunately rockman has become wise to our plans, and he now carries a small EMP generator. If the scanner is hit by that thing then it will be out for good, and im not sue I can build another."
"Hey doc" quick interrupted" why do we even need to scan him don't we already have his schematics?"
"We have most of them" Dr. wily replied" but unfortunately light never showed me how to build or program the weapons system"
"Huh? But I thought forte had the same weapons system as him" shadow man inquired
"He does" the old scientist answered" but I didn't build it. Dr light built three of the weapons systems, one he put into proto man, the third he build to put into rockman when I betrayed him. And the second one which he build after we completed proto man, I stole. I didn't want to use it right away so I hid it. I hid it as a last resort so if I ever became desperate I could put it into a robot in the future with technology superior to rockmans"
"Hence forte" said elec man
"Not exactly" he replied" while forte is the one I put the weapons system into it wasn't for the same reason. When I realized Dr. light had ben upgrading rockman to better fight you robot masters, I decided to create him to.even the playing field"
"Id say it was already pretty uneven in our favor with all the robot masters and the huge fortress and-"
WAM
"Thank you guts man," his master said grinning
"no problem for guts man. Guts man follow orders good" the giant robot master replied
"ooooooooooowwwwwwwwwww" turbo man groaned while laying on the ground half unconscious
"Now as I was saying, I decided to create forte to be rockmans rival and hopefully superior. Obviously he failed in the later part. And he even had the nerve to defy me! So I'm going to try with this new weapons system one more time."
"Hey doc" quick man interrupted again
He sighed" yes what is it this time quick man"
"If that thing can scan him from a mile away then why don't we stay out of the EMP's range and scan him?"
"Because it takes a minute to scan a met and the EMP will travel on the scanners waves, to the scanner, knocking it out anyway. And he will pick up the waves the second we turn on the machine even if he's not being hit."
"So how ARE we gonna scan him?"
"We will have to have him immobilized for about three minutes"
"Ok.how?"
Dr. wily's grin grew wider simply thinking about it" with that" he said pointing to what looked like a large metal loop about three quarters of a foot in diameter
"The hells that little thing supposed to do?" the now fully conscious turbo man asked
"Ill explain later" the scientist replied" now back to the plan. Oh and by the way, after this mission I will be having a tournament to see who gets the new weapons system"
The robot masters all exchanged looks
"And if I find that any of you have tried to destroy one another during the mission you will be scraped is that clear?" their master stated
"Yes master wily" they all replied in unison
"Good" he said," Now if no one has anymore questions ill continue with the mission"
~later~
"Alright well that is what each of you will be doing on the mission" wily stated" any questions?"
When all the robot masters remained silent he continued" good then you are all to meet back here at ten o clock tomorrow morning you have the rest of the time to do what you wish you are dismissed. O and you are not to tell ANYONE about this mission. Not the other robot masters, not the robots, your not to write it down anywhere your not even to speak of it amongst yourselves is that clear?" all the robot masters nodded" good"
"Hey!" quick man shouted to shadow man while catching up to him" so you wanna finish our duel now?"
"How bout we finish it at the tournament?" shadow man replied
Quick man grinned" sounds good to me!"
"Well I must be going" shadow man said turning to walk away
"Huh, hey wait where are you going?" quick man asked
"To relax" he replied and without another word he walked off
~later in metropolis~ (I couldn't think of a better name)
A teenager of average height walked down the sidewalk. He was thin and long black hair. He wore dark blue jeans and a shirt that looked like tarnished silver.
Watching him was another boy about the same hair. He also had black hair though, not as long, and wasn't quite as slim. He wore blue jeans and a light blue t-shirt.
"Were have I seen him before?" he said under his breath" something's not right about him" without thinking on the matter further he got up to follow the other boy.
The boy being followed made many turns and was very hard to keep up with. Finally he turned into an ally, which turned out to be a dead end. Though the boy didn't seem surprised by this.
"Why are you following me?" he asked
The other boy was startled" you. you knew I was following you?"
"You have been ever since I passed the restaurant" he replied
"Tch I thought you hadn't noticed"
"You know it's amazing how convincing you look"
"?!?"
"Come" he said motioning for the larger boy to follow him
"They went inside an abandoned building next to them
"I'm surprised you didn't recognize me. Rockman."
"?!? You know who I am!?"
"Don't you know who I am?"
Rockman shook his head
"Maybe this will jog your memory," he said. He raised his hand and produced two shadow blades
"SHAODW MAN!" he shouted taking a step back and forming a cannon with his right hand
"Please" he said" put the cannon away, I'm not here to fight. Besides that thing gives me the creeps"
Rockman remained silent for a moment with his gun still raised. Slowly he put his arm by his side and turned it back into a hand.
"So what has wily sent you here to do?" he asked
"Nothing"
"Nothing?"
"Yes nothing. I'm here on personal matters"
"What kind of personal matters?" rockman asked a little worried
"Well" he replied" I personally like the food at Joe's diner on Smith and Charles. And I personally like the exhibits they have in the museum. Especially the ancient ninjas, which should come as no shock to you."
Rockman stood there for a moment then a smile slowly played across his face. Soon he began chuckling until he was laughing uncontrollably. Imagine! Shadow man! One of the most feared robot masters of all was here to get something to eat and go to the museum! The same robot master that infiltrated at least 5 military bases to sabotage works and defense! and at least 2 of them were top secret! The same robot master whom he had fought four times and each time they both had to be carried away! Though rockman always in one piece. After being one of the most feared and infamous robot masters of all time he was walking down the street like he had never done a thing in his life to go eat at an little known restaurant
After a while his laughter slowly died down until it was down to a few chuckles
"Are you finished?" shadow man asked
"S-sorry" he said still laughing a little" so what your just here to relax?" shadow man nodded" mind if I tag along
Shadow man looked at him oddly for a moment" you do realize we are supposed to be mortal enemies and kill each other right now right?"
"Yep!" rockman replied cheerily
"Great lets go"
~at the diner~
"Huh so you guys get money and free time and all that other stuff huh?" rockman asked
Shadow man nodded" of course why wouldn't we?"
"Well. I never really thought you guys had emotions or anything like that"
Shadow man snickered" the name robot master is a bit misleading. Wily meant something more like masters of robots when he called us robot masters. As in we are not. Robots but we command the"
"I.see"
You're a bioroid to yes?"
"To? You mean you're also?"
Shadow man nodded" what did you think I meant we were androids?"
"Um aren't the two kinda the same thing?"
"Mentally? Yes. Physically? No. Bioroids are consisted of mechanical parts and artificially created human parts. Androids are made completely of mechanical parts."
"But they both still have free will and emotions? Right?" rockman asked
"To an extent" shadow man replied" they are all built with limitations mentally and both have programming beyond the basics. Partly because no one wants to build a machine with a total free will for fear of what it could do. Partly because we don't know how to make them able to learn without putting a few basic concepts into them. They can both expand their knowledge but only as far as their principles. The only reason androids and bioroids are still around and not fully sentient beings is mankind's fear of what they could do what they will do when given the choice of good and evil as they are given"
They both sat in silence for a moment
"You don't.hate mankind for that. Do you?"
Shadow man smiled" not in the least"
"Good"
"The doctor says that a fully sentient bioroid would be called a reploid. He says androids wouldn't work because things made only of mechanical parts don't have the capacity for full sentience. He always talks about making one as a last resort and setting it loose to wreak havoc on the world if left with no other options."
"But what's to say it wouldn't become good and not bad?"
"He says he would put it through thirty years of conditional testing to make sure he becomes a killing machine"
There was another long silence
"You know shadow man you can always join us. We could always use the more help and someone like you would be greatly appreciated" rockman offered
"Sorry rockman but I cant. It goes against my programming to disobey wily"
"I understand" rockman replied a little disappointed
"Well I should be going" shadow man said standing up
"Ok" rockman said," remember my offer is always there"
Shadow man smiled" if I ever defy all laws of physics ill take it" rockman laughed a little" and uh rockman?"
"Yes?"
"Don't tell anyone I told you but.something's going down tonight"
"Huh what?"
"Sorry I can't tell you about it, wily's orders"
But you just told me about it" rockman replied confused
"No I told you OF it. Wily said I couldn't tell you ABOUT it" shadow man said smiling
"Twisting the words eh?" rockman said smiling
"Would you rather I hadn't warned you?" he asked
"No no. Well thanks for the warning, I'm guessing ill be seeing you tonight then?"
"Armor and all. You to?"
"Id not miss it for the world"
~that night outside the city~
"Sorry I'm late," said a shadow man coming from behind in full armor
"Don't worry about it" said quick man" lets just get this over with. Everyone knows there parts right?" all the robot masters nodded" good then lets do it"
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Well what do you think? I know it's a lot longer then the prologue but so what? Again PLEASE review and forgive my horrific grammar. If I get good or no reviews I will post chapter two of "a light from the shadows", "the competition". Wherein I will have the tournament and we will see a little bit of what quick man and rockman do with their free time. Though I will probably post it if I only get or mostly get bad reviews to.