Chapter 2
The History of the Mavericks
Bass stumbled into Dr. Light's base and made it as far as the control room. Roll, Dr. Light, and Auto looked at Bass as if they'd seen a ghost. Roll ran over to Bass and wrapped her arms around him. Bass suddenly went into sleep mode in Roll's arms. As Bass dreamt he saw Megaman standing there waving goodbye to Bass. Bass saw Roll clearly as she blew a kiss at him, Roll was Megaman's sister. Physically Roll was about sixteen, she had long golden hair that she always wore a green ribbon in. Roll no matter what the situation, always had a smile on her face, she wore a red dress with black sleeves. Bass secretly always had a small crush on Roll, but he never told anyone that, not even his trusty companion Treble. Auto and Dr. Light appeared next in his dream. Auto was not a reploid, he was an automaton droid, or Auto for short. Auto was light green colored and had no real weapon, but he was a very good mechanic. Dr. Light was the same age as Wily, he was a human with a long white beard and a full head of hair. Light wore a white Lab coat and brown slacks, and had a slight belly from not having a lot of exercise in these chaotic times. Then Bass saw Eddie and Beak. Beak was a small bird reploid with unspeakable power, Eddie was a small robot that was a walking and flying suitcase, which would bring things to Megaman. Bass woke up with Roll, Auto, Dr. Light, Beak, and Eddie all standing around him.
"Where are Megaman and Rush?" Asked Roll. Bass hung his head and presented the piece of Megaman that had landed near him. Roll's ever-present smile faded and if reploids could cry, she would have. "Wily killed all his robot masters... He finally snapped I guess... Megaman tried to avenge Protoman... Wily was ready for him... He had this thing he called a Maverick, it was called Storm Eagle, and it made very short work of Megaman, Rush, and... Treble." Bass told the story about Wily trying to kill him, and everything that had happened to the tee. "Mavericks... Oh no. Before I made Megaman and Roll. I made peacekeepers to help Protoman stop Wily. There where nine mavericks in all. Storm Eagle, Chill Penguin, Spark Mandrill, Launch Octopus, Flame Mammoth, Armored Armadillo, Sting Chameleon, Boomer Kuwanger, and... and... I forget the last one's name, but he was the most powerful of the nine Mavericks. If Wily is awakening the Mavericks, then we must stop him, lest we will be powerless." Said Dr. Light. "But Megaman hit a maverick in the head with his buster fully charged and it didn't even phase it." said Bass. "This is true, if Roll and you are to stop Wily, I will need to upgrade you and Beak as well" replied Dr. Light. "I need an upgrade too." a dark voice said from the shadows. Everyone looked over to see Shadow Man holding Protoman's lifeless body, Shadow man was badly damaged and looked as if he had crawled through a minefield to get there. "Please help me. I will do anything you say." Shadow Man said. "Seeing as how Wily is as much of a threat to you as to us, I will help you. I'll fix Protoman, and make you more powerful."
All the reploids where shut down while Eddie, Auto, and Dr. Light worked on them. Roll was given Megaman's buster, which was powered up greatly. Bass was given an automatic buster that could charge, and it had a grappling hook. Protoman was fully restored and given a buster that was missile adaptable, Light had reprogram his memory to remove Wily's programming. Shadow Man's throwing glave was given a charge ability.
Roll while in sleep mode was somehow thinking, Roll was different than most reploids only she, Megaman, Protoman, and for reasons unknown Bass dreamt while in sleep mode. Roll remembered when she had first seen Bass, she hated him, especially in his form with the giant purple wings, but when the robot master King came and destroyed Protoman, and Bass had been an invaluable ally. Bass had also saved her life on several occasions, and seemed rather embarrassed when he talked to her. Roll thought he was really rather funny that way. Roll then brought her mind back to the problem at hand... Wiley. These mavericks sounded strong, so strong that Wiley no longer needed his robot masters... Not even Bass, the strongest one by far. Roll knew that Bass felt something for her as he always seemed to be calmer when she was around.
Dr. Light and Auto woke all the reploids up, Roll sat up first followed by Protoman and Shadow man. "C'mon Bass, wake up!" Roll said and Bass sat up. A wide smile cracked over Roll's face as Bass sat up, Protoman began to laugh too. "What?" Bass asked. "Your hair!" Roll laughed. Bass gasped and quickly ran over to a mirror, his helmet was missing, not even Treble had seen him without a helmet, only Wily. Bass had blonde hair that went to his shoulders, it was gorgeous, but not very befitting of a hardcore warrior such as Bass. Bass grabbed a towel from Dr. Light's desk and quickly wrapped it around his head. Roll and Protoman where still laughing. Dr. Light silenced Protoman and Roll and said, "Relax Bass, we both know that Wiley was a little off his rocker when he created all his robot masters anyway." "I resent that." Shadow Man said. "Roll, I have given you a suit similar to Megaman's old one." Dr. Light said. Roll looked down and saw that she was wearing a pink version of the suit Megaman wore, beat was red now so he could form her helmet, and her buster was red. "Ahem! Where is my damn helmet!?" Bass demanded angrily of Dr. Light. Dr. Light held up Bass' helmet and said, "Bass, about you're hair, I could have Auto cut it for you." Bass looked at his helmet. "I would like it if Auto would cut my hair." Bass replied to Light's offer. Auto sat Bass down and began to cut on his hair. "Could you make it black too?" Bass asked the mechanic robot. Auto agreed and began to insert dye into his hair. After auto was finished, Bass had short slightly spiky black hair. "Now you four, here is your mission. Inside Megaman's helmet is a chip, I need that chip. With it I can make another Megaman and some other powerful reploids. The three reploids and the last robot master left the base on hover bikes to go to Wiley's fortress.
The History of the Mavericks
Bass stumbled into Dr. Light's base and made it as far as the control room. Roll, Dr. Light, and Auto looked at Bass as if they'd seen a ghost. Roll ran over to Bass and wrapped her arms around him. Bass suddenly went into sleep mode in Roll's arms. As Bass dreamt he saw Megaman standing there waving goodbye to Bass. Bass saw Roll clearly as she blew a kiss at him, Roll was Megaman's sister. Physically Roll was about sixteen, she had long golden hair that she always wore a green ribbon in. Roll no matter what the situation, always had a smile on her face, she wore a red dress with black sleeves. Bass secretly always had a small crush on Roll, but he never told anyone that, not even his trusty companion Treble. Auto and Dr. Light appeared next in his dream. Auto was not a reploid, he was an automaton droid, or Auto for short. Auto was light green colored and had no real weapon, but he was a very good mechanic. Dr. Light was the same age as Wily, he was a human with a long white beard and a full head of hair. Light wore a white Lab coat and brown slacks, and had a slight belly from not having a lot of exercise in these chaotic times. Then Bass saw Eddie and Beak. Beak was a small bird reploid with unspeakable power, Eddie was a small robot that was a walking and flying suitcase, which would bring things to Megaman. Bass woke up with Roll, Auto, Dr. Light, Beak, and Eddie all standing around him.
"Where are Megaman and Rush?" Asked Roll. Bass hung his head and presented the piece of Megaman that had landed near him. Roll's ever-present smile faded and if reploids could cry, she would have. "Wily killed all his robot masters... He finally snapped I guess... Megaman tried to avenge Protoman... Wily was ready for him... He had this thing he called a Maverick, it was called Storm Eagle, and it made very short work of Megaman, Rush, and... Treble." Bass told the story about Wily trying to kill him, and everything that had happened to the tee. "Mavericks... Oh no. Before I made Megaman and Roll. I made peacekeepers to help Protoman stop Wily. There where nine mavericks in all. Storm Eagle, Chill Penguin, Spark Mandrill, Launch Octopus, Flame Mammoth, Armored Armadillo, Sting Chameleon, Boomer Kuwanger, and... and... I forget the last one's name, but he was the most powerful of the nine Mavericks. If Wily is awakening the Mavericks, then we must stop him, lest we will be powerless." Said Dr. Light. "But Megaman hit a maverick in the head with his buster fully charged and it didn't even phase it." said Bass. "This is true, if Roll and you are to stop Wily, I will need to upgrade you and Beak as well" replied Dr. Light. "I need an upgrade too." a dark voice said from the shadows. Everyone looked over to see Shadow Man holding Protoman's lifeless body, Shadow man was badly damaged and looked as if he had crawled through a minefield to get there. "Please help me. I will do anything you say." Shadow Man said. "Seeing as how Wily is as much of a threat to you as to us, I will help you. I'll fix Protoman, and make you more powerful."
All the reploids where shut down while Eddie, Auto, and Dr. Light worked on them. Roll was given Megaman's buster, which was powered up greatly. Bass was given an automatic buster that could charge, and it had a grappling hook. Protoman was fully restored and given a buster that was missile adaptable, Light had reprogram his memory to remove Wily's programming. Shadow Man's throwing glave was given a charge ability.
Roll while in sleep mode was somehow thinking, Roll was different than most reploids only she, Megaman, Protoman, and for reasons unknown Bass dreamt while in sleep mode. Roll remembered when she had first seen Bass, she hated him, especially in his form with the giant purple wings, but when the robot master King came and destroyed Protoman, and Bass had been an invaluable ally. Bass had also saved her life on several occasions, and seemed rather embarrassed when he talked to her. Roll thought he was really rather funny that way. Roll then brought her mind back to the problem at hand... Wiley. These mavericks sounded strong, so strong that Wiley no longer needed his robot masters... Not even Bass, the strongest one by far. Roll knew that Bass felt something for her as he always seemed to be calmer when she was around.
Dr. Light and Auto woke all the reploids up, Roll sat up first followed by Protoman and Shadow man. "C'mon Bass, wake up!" Roll said and Bass sat up. A wide smile cracked over Roll's face as Bass sat up, Protoman began to laugh too. "What?" Bass asked. "Your hair!" Roll laughed. Bass gasped and quickly ran over to a mirror, his helmet was missing, not even Treble had seen him without a helmet, only Wily. Bass had blonde hair that went to his shoulders, it was gorgeous, but not very befitting of a hardcore warrior such as Bass. Bass grabbed a towel from Dr. Light's desk and quickly wrapped it around his head. Roll and Protoman where still laughing. Dr. Light silenced Protoman and Roll and said, "Relax Bass, we both know that Wiley was a little off his rocker when he created all his robot masters anyway." "I resent that." Shadow Man said. "Roll, I have given you a suit similar to Megaman's old one." Dr. Light said. Roll looked down and saw that she was wearing a pink version of the suit Megaman wore, beat was red now so he could form her helmet, and her buster was red. "Ahem! Where is my damn helmet!?" Bass demanded angrily of Dr. Light. Dr. Light held up Bass' helmet and said, "Bass, about you're hair, I could have Auto cut it for you." Bass looked at his helmet. "I would like it if Auto would cut my hair." Bass replied to Light's offer. Auto sat Bass down and began to cut on his hair. "Could you make it black too?" Bass asked the mechanic robot. Auto agreed and began to insert dye into his hair. After auto was finished, Bass had short slightly spiky black hair. "Now you four, here is your mission. Inside Megaman's helmet is a chip, I need that chip. With it I can make another Megaman and some other powerful reploids. The three reploids and the last robot master left the base on hover bikes to go to Wiley's fortress.