Seeing as how Mega Man 10 isn't coming anytime soon (Rockman & Forte is the game I consider Mega Man 9), I made my own theory about how the Original and X series link. It starts out like this but things will heat up.

Battle

Mega Man and Bass stood on the roof of the building under the full moon. This must have been the 1000th time they fought. They faced eachother..the wind blowing on their faces. Finally, one spoke.

"Bass, why must we fight?" asked Mega Man.

"I'll tell you why, Mega Man," answered Bass. "It is because this world is not big enough for Light's foces or Wily's forces. Cyborgs must rule over the humans! I shall take the life of anybody that dares stand in the way of our triumph!"

"But robots and humans!"insisted Mega Man. "It's possible for us to live in peace!!"

Bass shook his head. "You just don't get it, do you?"

"No, I don't," admitted Mega Man. "So explain to me!"

"Less talk, Mega Man!!" yelled Bass. "More action!"

With that, Bass fired his Plasma Disrupter at Mega Man. Mega Man dodged it and fired back. Bass rolled out of the way, but stopped near the edge. When Bass looked up, Mega Man was gone. Bass looked around. In a rage, he shot the exit door that led to the bottom of the building.

"Come out and fight, Mega Man!!" he yelled out at the night.

No answer. Bass looked around. "Fine," he said. "If you won't come out, I'll MAKE you come out!"

With that, Bass jumped off the building. As he fell, he yelled out: "TREBLE!!!" At that command, a purple beam shot down upon Bass. A huge glow blinded the people inside the building. When it was gone, Bass had purple where there was orange on his armor and had metallic wings on his back. Using the wings, he flew up and floated around the building, staying out of sight where people on the top could see him.

All of a sudden, a security guard came around. Holding his flashlight, he was surprised at how there was no more exit door. It had been blown off. "Hello?" he asked. Finally, Bass took his chance. He flew up, surprising the guard. "Oh my God!!" he shouted in fear.

Bass flew down at the guard and took him up and floated in air over the edges of the building. The security guard looked down in fear. "AAAHH!!!" he screamed. "Please don't drop me!!"

"SHUT UP!!!!" Bass yelled. Then Bass looked up.

"Mega Man..........I have a security guard dangling on me over.....well.....air......heh heh....." chuckled Bass. "Aren't you going to play hero and rescue him?"

Silence. "I'm giving you 10 seconds to come out and rescue this man."

"PLEASE MEGA MAN!!!! HELP ME!!!!!!" the guard screamed out.

"10.....9....8.....7.....6....5.....4.....3......2........1.......Last chance, Mega Man," said Bass.

"MEGA MAN!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!" the guard screamed out.

"0!" With that Bass dropped the guard and the guard fell down into air........screaming as he fell.

"You could've saved him," said Bass.

X X X

The guard fell lower and lower and was about to meet a gory fate when at the split second before he hit the ground, something swooped him up. The guard looked up. It was, of course, Mega Man. He was flying on Rush.

"Oh thank you so much, Mega Man!" the guard gasped.

"No problem," said Mega Man. He flew into the building, which was a luxury hotel, and dumped the guard through shattered glass and continued to fly up. The guard immediaetly walked out of the dark room, which was empty.

X X X

"Damn it, Mega Man!!" he screamed at the sky. "I'm going to make you come out if I have to burn this city down!" All of a sudden the floor beneath him exploded and tripped Bass to the floor. Mega Man, in his Rush Super Adapter Armor flew, in front of him.

"That won't be necessary," he said. Bass angrily leaped at him. Mega Man dodged and flew higher in the sky. Bass fired his blaster at him. Mega Man dodged it and dived at Bass. Bass dodged and Mega Man cracked the part he hit. It was Bass's turn to dive at Mega Man. Mega Man wasn't so lucky and Basspushed him down the bulding. Wood and support bars shattered, hit against them, and flew by out of place as Bass pushed Mega Man deeper into the hotel.......floor by floor by floor by floor by floor by floor.....until they were all the way at the bottom, where Bass pushed Mega Man just a whole 10 ft. into the ground. Then, Mega Man kicked Bass off him. The cashier and attendants screamed and ducked or exited. Then Bass shot again. Mega Man dodged and shot back. Bass flew at Mega Man, but Mega Man dodged and shot Bass on his back. Bass screamed in pain and shot his fist ( i.e. Mega Man 7) at Mega Man. It strook him in the stomach. Mega Man fell to the ground. Mega Man looked and tried one more time to talk.

"Please, Bass.....let's stop the fighting," he pleaded. "People are going to die."

"They should get out of the way," Bass said simply. Bass then looked at all the attendees and the cashier. He smiled slyly. "10 seconds......or no more for you." They all caught his point and immediaetly got out of the room. "There," said Bass. "Is that better?"

"Grrrrr!!" he yelled. "BASS!!! Why are you serving Wily!? He tried to kill you!! (i.e. Rockman & Forte)"

Bass was shaken there. He looked at himself and then yelled at him. "I serve no one!" Then Bass powered up and was ready to shoot a HUGE blast. Mega Man did likewise.

"Please, Bass," he said. "Don't do this. If you serve no one, why are you trying to destroy me!?"

"Cause my creator put the circuits in like that! Now DIE!!!" Mega Man shook his head and said only two simple words: "Sorry, Bass." With that, the two robots let loose their EXTREME BLASTS!! They both collided in a huge explosion which saw both robots blown out through windows and the whole 1st floor destroyed. Since the 1st floor held most of the support on the hotel, the whole building lost support. Slowly, the hotel fell over and crushed any cars, vans, buses, or vehicles that were in its line of fire. Then it all went up in a ball of flame, lighting up the dark city like a bonfire at a high school rally night.

X X X

Bass was on top of a destoyed bus with Treble, trying to ignore all the burned and crushed bodies around him. He looked around for Mega Man throughout the mayhem. He didn't see him. All of a sudden, police, firetruck, and ambulance sirens broke the crackling fire's noise. Bass felt weak. He was down to his last unit of energy. That super blast must have drained him. So, he had to leave.

"C'mon, Treble!" he said and they both teleported out...

Mega Man and Rush were on the other side of the building (also trying to ignore the gore) and saw Bass's teleportation.

"Why, Bass?" he softly said. "C'mon, Rush!" They both teleported out as numerous fire trucks, police cars, and ambulances entered the scene.

X X X

Mega Man entered the Lab as Rush went off to play with Tango (the cat in the Game Boy version of Mega Man 5) and Beat. Mega Man entered the lab and was greeted by hugs from Roll.

"I'm so glad you're safe, brother," she cried softly.

Mega Man looked up and saw Auto and Dr. Light.

"When we saw that huge fire on the news, we feared the worst," said Dr. Light.

"Yeah!!" said Auto. "Don't EVER worry us like that again! What happened!!??"

Mega Man looked down and hugged Roll. Dr. Light already knew the answer.

"Of all the battles you've had with Bass-" he was beggining to shout but Mega Man interrupted.

"I had to! People would've been hurt!!"

"IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU SAVED ANY LIVES!!!!!" shouted Auto as he pointed to the TV, which saw ambulances picking bodies up and firefighters putting out the fire.

Mega Man looked down in shame. Dr. Light felt sympathy.

"Forgive us, Mega Man," said Dr. Light. "We were so worried about you. That was a huge fight."

"Yeah..." said Mega Man.

"We just want you to know that you're more to us than a fighter," he continued. "We love you."

"Thank you," said Mega Man. Mega Man would never feel the same again. He was a robot built with emotion chips as were all of his "brothers" and "sister." From then, he began to doubt his efforts on fighting........

X X X

Bass and Treble were back at Skull Fortress. They walked up to see Dr. Wily. Mega Man's question echoed in his mind: Why DID he serve Wily?

COMING UP:

Chapter 2