Ch. 9: Foreshadow/ Blaze Man
Protoman, Duo, Rush, Tango, Eddie, Auto, and Beat soon returned inside Dr. Light's Lab.
"Oh, thank God you are all well! We feared the worst!" Dr. Light greeted them.
"How's Mega Man?" asked Protoman.
"He's still the same. Roll is with him still," answered Dr. Light. Then, he took notice of Duo.
"Duo, what are you doing here?" he asked. "And why were you with Bass?"
Duo decided to ask his own questions. "What's wrong with Mega Man?"
"I'll tell you later. Answer me first!" said Dr. Light.
"I was with Bass because I thought he was affiliated with you and I thought he could lead me to you. I learned alot of things about your world in the long run! As for why I'm here, only Mega Man can know. Now lead me to him!"
Dr. Light nodded. They all headed to the reboot system room. Inside one capsule was Mega Man, rebooting. Roll was leaning on it, obviously worried.
Duo saw this and immediately asked: "What's wrong?"
"Mega Man has been having visions, Duo," answered Dr. Light. "Nightmare-ish visions. It includes all of us dying, Dr. Wily laughing, and a purple figure. It looks reminescent of the Evil Energy-"
"WHAT!!??" asked Duo. "Dr. Light, I'm afraid I must question Mega Man on these visions!"
"Well, uh-"
"NO!" yelled Roll. "Mega Man can't take anymore!"
"But the Evil Energy is why I'm here! This could mean something!"
Everyone fell silent. Dr. Light nodded. Roll shook her head at them in anger and ran away.
"Roll!" yelled Auto, running after her.
Dr. Light turned off the rebooting system and pushed a button, releasing Mega Man.
Mega Man slowly opened his eyes to see Dr. Light, Protoman, Duo, Rush, Eddie, Beat, and Tango over him.
"How are you, son?" asked Dr. Light.
"A little better. Duo, what are you doing here?" asked Mega Man
"Mega Man, I bring distressing news. Remember when we destroyed the Evil Energy?" asked Duo.
Mega Man nodded slowly.
"Well, the master Evil Energy is still here. I don't know where, but you must stop it. The human race is in danger," said Duo. "Dr. Light told me you were having visions."
"Yeah," said Mega Man, shuddering at being reminded of it.
"I think the purple figure might be the Evil Energy I was talking about," said Duo.
"That's not all," said Mega Man. "There's a robot.......NO!!!" Mega Man closed his eyes, grabbing his head.
"It's OK," said Duo. "That robot is of no importance to me. We won't talk about it. But I just wanted to tell you."
"Why only him?" asked Dr. Light. "You will help us, won't you?"
"NO!" yelled Duo. "Why do you protect them? They're evil!"
"Evil? I don't follow you," said Dr. Light.
"I went to this place called XXXtra Nude Babes-"
"Enough said!" said Mega Man. "That place is nothing good. But, Duo, not all humans are like that!"
"Oh, really? I've studied the history of this Earth for years! 68-75 years ago there was a war called World War II. The evil humans deliberately murdered people like animals merely for the fact that they were different!! Long before in the BC times, there was an empire called the Roman Empire. There were warriors called Gladiators fighting in a Coliseum. They let dangerous animals in there too. People watched them all murder and maul eachother down. People died for entertainment! Then, up to today, what do I see? Men touching girls for arousement. Men beating their mates, their children. Police officers beating people because they are different. Racist groups beating different-colored people. Young girls get pregnant and the father won't take care of his child, or the mother wants nothing to do with the child, leaving the father to raise the it alone, or neither raise the child and the child grows up to be an evil thing!! I've known all this, yet still believed humans were good. But, no, not anymore!!!!" yelled Duo.
Hearing this, Mega Man immediately forgot his visions and was ready to save the world, but, first, he had to change Duo's mind.
"Duo, not all people are like that. World War II is over, and that type of killing is soon-to-be eradicated! The Coliseum; nobody fight in it anymore because they realized it is evil. Only stupid men do those actions of lust. As for racist groups, President Franklin Richardson had them all hunted down and arrested in 2014. There are people who are good or trying to do better! Those are the people being put in danger by Dr. Wily! We have to save them! Duo, are you with us?"
Duo listened to Mega Man. He realized all of what Mega Man said was true. Duo nodded.
"Yes, I am. I'm sorry Mega Man. I had seen so much evil in this world, I forgot what was good about it. Forgive me."
"Another question," said Mega Man. Duo turned to Mega Man.
"Why were you with Bass?"
Duo stood silent. Then he spoke. "I thought he was a friend. But, I guess I might have been wrong. I'll tell you one thing. We don't have to worry about fighting him. After what he did, Dr. Wily will be after him, as well."
"What did he do?" asked Mega Man.
Auto came back from Roll's room once he heard that question. "Mega Man, he saved us."
"Really!!??" Mega Man was surprised.
"With Eddie's help," added Auto. Eddie smiled in a cute way and stood up in pride.
Protoman shook his head. Auto saw that.
"C'mon, Protoman!! Can you be grateful for once!!??" asked Auto.
Protoman looked at them. "I still think it was a scam. Just keep an eye on him if you see him again."
He walked away. They shook their heads in exasperation.
X X X
"NOOO!!!!!" yelled the purple one. "Duo is allied with them! If he isn't stopped, I'm doomed. Wily, where is my body!!??"
"I'm almost finished," said Wily. "I've sent out the next batch of Robot Masters to keep Mega Man busy. Blaze Man, Hemp Man, Spirit Man, and Deathbrush Man are all on the loose. They've got orders to crush Bass and Treble into flattened cans if they see them. Bass won't attack us. He's looking for freedom out of his own free will, not destruction. It seems Dr. Light's emotion chips work better than I thought. They allow the robots to "grow". Bass was like a kid of sorts. Now he's more like a teenager: lost, angry, confused, as well as other such negative emotions. So, we'll deal with him another time. Right now, we have to get Mega Man."
"True," said the purple one. "Then, I'll crush Duo into a burnt can as soon as I get my body. Until then, I'll just distract Duo from helping Mega Man. I'll spread my evil energy
X X X
The alarm sounded at Light's Lab.
Everybody went to the comlink. It showed 4 Robot Masters.
"Mega Man, Dr. Wily sent out 4 more Robot Masters. Deathbrush Man is tearing up the Monsternopolis Penintentiary. Wily plans on using it to trap his enemies. His weapon is the Death Hook. Blaze Man is at a Trash Disposal Center in Israel. They're throwing immense garbage into it so it pollutes the air faster. Wily will let acid rain fall if the world isn't given to him. Blaze Man's weapon is the Blaze Triple-Shot. Then, we have Hemp Man at an Agriculture Center in Japan. He plans to release a gas that will make all vegitation there die and therefore help knock off agriculture. Another reason to give the world to Wily. His weapon is the Weed Eater. Then the last one is Spirit Man. He's attacking the Monsternopolis Church. It holds something ancient and Wily threatens to destroy it if Monsternopolis isn't his. The government wouldn't care, but the Church Council does, so there. Spirit Man's weapon is the Devil Halo."
"Dr. Light, Mega Man can't go!" Roll pleaded.
"No, Roll," Mega Man said with his eyes closed. "I have to. I have to take my mind off of my nightmares. If I don't, I'd be wallowing in my pity. If I do that, the world is as good as Wily's. I have to."
Roll nodded, understanding. "Take it easy, OK?"
Mega Man nodded. He didn't want to scare his sister.
Then, Duo felt it. "Mega Man, I can only help you in one way."
"What's that?" asked Mega Man.
"Evil Energy has spread throughout the world. I'm sorry, but I can't help you in battle. I have to rid the world of evil energy."
Mega Man nodded. "OK, I'll go to Blaze Man first. I'll see you all later!!"
In a flash, Mega Man was gone.
X X X
Mega Man hit the floor. It was crunchy. He looked onto the floor. No wonder it was crunchy. He was standing on trash. The trash: a Sniper Joes' head. Mega Man shuddered in disgust, picturing himself here.
He looked around. It was a waste disposal center, as Dr. Light said. He walked through it. It was hot and heavy with steel. Things had changed. Before they used fire to burn these type of things. Now: controlled lava. All of a sudden: HISS!!
Mega Man jumped in shock, turned around, his blaster aimed. He sighed in relief. It was the sound of steel burning. Then, something grabbed Mega Man's foot. Mega Man looked down in shock and screamed as the thing pulled him under the garbage. Mega Man was lucky he couldn't breathe. He might've suffocated. There was so much trash in his face, he couldn't see what was pulling him down. Then, he remembered the Poison Needle he got from Venom Man. In a rage, he changed to that weapon and let loose a batch of needles. As soon as he blasted it, Mega Man felt whatever grabbed him let him go and he immediately "swam" up out of the ocean of trash. He grabbed trash and pushed himself up, resisting the trash coming down on him. It was a hard journey, but he made it.
Once he was waist-deep out of the trash, an attack came: a stream of fire burned through Mega Man in a flash. Mega Man screamed in pain, feeling the burn across his armor. The searing heat ran by his face. Mega Man felt he was in what some people called Hell. Then, he remembered the Hydro Cannon from Hydro Man. He switched to it and, despite the pain, lifted it up. He let loose the water and the force knocked the fire back. The figure who shot it quickly leaped up. He fell firmly on the floor.
Mega Man now had black scabs on his armor and his face was blackened. He pushed himself out of the trash and when he looked up at Blaze Man. He looked like Hydro Man (Weebo from Flubber), only he was red and instead of water making his "body" up, it was fire. Mega Man gritted his teeth.
"So you're Blaze Man?" asked Mega Man angrily.
Blaze Man nodded. "Do you like my disposal center?"
"No, I hate it," said Mega Man.
"Too bad," said Blaze Man. "Because you might be here for a while." With that Blaze Man let his center let loose fire. Mega Man jumped, but while he was in the air, Blaze Man's "head" leaped at Mega Man. Mega Man felt the burn again. It pushed him into a wall. Mega Man fell down onto the trash. As he fell, Blaze Man blasted him with small fireballs.
Mega Man was in tremendous pain. But, he was used to it. He stood once more and blasted Blaze Man. Blaze Man was hit and fell back. Mega Man ran at him top speed. Before Blaze Man could lift himself up, Mega Man bashed into him with his helmet. Blaze Man was now near the edge where the steel was destroyed. Under him was controlled lava.
Blaze Man was furious. "Damn you, Mega Man! I'm going to burn you like oil!"
With that, Blaze Man released a stream of fire. Mega Man pushed it back with Hydro Cannon. It hit Blaze Man and he fell back into the lava.
Mega Man bowed his head in relief. Then, he looked up. It was a hole in the ceiling that had been opened. Out of it came an eye of sorts. It was red and the "eye" was blue. The eye charged up and let loose a huge blast. Mega Man was blown away from the explosion. The blast had destroyed a whole portion of garbage!
Mega Man shook his head. He looked up. The eye was charging. Mega Man blasted the eye. The eye shattered. Mega Man bowed his head in relief. He didn't see the lava rising behind him.
The lava was rising. On top of it was Blaze Man. He laughed in an evil way.
Mega Man looked behind him and screamed as the lava was beginning to fall. He ran as fast as he could with Blaze Man's haunting laugh behind him. Mega Man knew the lava would disintegrate him. So he jumped as the lava barely crashed behind him. He slid across the garbage all the way to the edge. Mega Man screamed as he looked down to lava.
Then, he quickly turned only to find Blaze Man over him. Blaze Man looked at the eye machine. Inside was a Sniper Joe. "Fool!" Blaze Man yelled at him. His "body" let loose fire at the Sniper Joe. Sniper Joe tried to block it with his shield, but he burned to a crisp regardless. His robotic skeleton with bits of armor still attached to it fell from the machine to the lava.
Mega Man looked in anger at Blaze Man.
"Don't worry, Mega Man," said Blaze Man. "You'll be at peace from all this violence soon." Blaze Man slapped Mega Man with a fiery fist. Mega Man yelped and kicked at Blaze Man. Blaze Man doubled over and let loose a fire stream. Mega Man dodged it and went in back of Blaze Man and blasted him. Blaze Man fell back but stopped himself before he fell off the edge. Mega Man rushed at him from behind, but made the mistake of forgetting to let go. But while Mega Man was holding on, he absorbed Blaze Man's Blaze Triple-Shot.
He pushed them both off the edge. They fell. Blaze Man screamed. Mega Man caught onto a piece of steel lodged in the garbage. He grabbed onto it and tried to pull up, but Blaze Man's fiery hands were burning his foot, making it hard. Plus Blaze Man was trying to pull him down.
"If I die, you're coming with me!" yelled Blaze Man. Mega Man pulled his buster out. "Wrong, Blaze." Mega Man blasted Blaze Man off of him. Blaze Man yelled "BURN IN HELL, MEGA MAN!!!!!!" as he fell to the lava. Blaze Man might've recovered like last time if it wasn't for the fact some more steel fell in the lava.
Mega Man smiled. This one had been easier. He teleported out……
AUTHOR's NOTE:
I know this one is short. The next one will be, too. The battles with Deathbrush Man and Spirit Man will be harder and stuff. I want to get to the REVELATION as soon as possible, so there!!
