Yes, however hard it is to believe, I am still alive, and this is my
attempt at restarting this fanfic. As I said ages ago, this chapter will
be in the past with ProtoMan fighting both GutsMan and CutMan.
Hope you enjoy the new chapter!
-shrapnel
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Chapter 10
POV = ProtoMan
PAST
Trees flew by ProtoMan as if in a dream. ProtoMan had wasted no time. –He sacrificed himself for me. I owe him my life.- he thought. With this single thought, recent memories had come flooding back to him in a wave of unnerving human emotion.
Flashback
ProtoMan stared in horror as the plane, now jerking faster and faster as it fell into the ocean, had lurched and thrown MegaMan and Bass to the other side of the hall, who were now both hanging on to a bar for dear life. ProtoMan was standing in the escape pod designed for just this type of emergency, with Roll lying unconscious a few feet away.
"ProtoMan! Close the hatch! Get Roll out of here! We don't have a lot of time left!"
ProtoMan could barely tell MegaMan even said anything but for the movement of his mouth. ProtoMan tried to respond as MegaMan lifted his blaster at him. –What is he... no... he wouldn't!-
With one swift motion of his arm, MegaMan aimed and fired at the pod's outer control panel, and by default, the door closed just as ProtoMan started to speak.
"MegaMan! Don't do it!"
End Flashback
ProtoMan shook his head, freeing himself of the memories that had come back to him. –I owe him one. And I always return my debts.-
"Yes Dr. Wily. As you say. GutsMan! Let's get going! Dr. Wily's got new orders for us!"
ProtoMan stopped abruptly. –GutsMan? Who's there?- ProtoMan slowly walked as softly as he could around the small grove of trees to his right to reveal a small clearing. Inside the clearing was a pond roughly the size of a house and standing next to it was...
"CutMan! What Dr. Wily say?"
"Just hurry up and get over here. Pick up this receiver and let's get going!"
A small smile spread over ProtoMan's face as he looked at the two robots. Both CutMan and GutsMan were robots originally designed by Dr. Light and stolen by Dr. Wily. CutMan was a robot roughly the size of ProtoMan with a white breast plate and leggings. His head, gloves, boots, and his part between his breast plate and his leggings were all orange. On top of his head lay a large pair of scissor blades. GutsMan was a much larger robot, almost a head taller than ProtoMan himself and much bulkier. GutsMan had a black breast plate with a red orb in the middle, and a metal bar on his back. His shoulder pads, boots, the part under his breast plate, and the parts between his hand and his upper arm were all red. His gloves, upper arms, and his legs were yellow. However, despite their menacing appearances ProtoMan knew he could take them. He had beaten them before.
"Well what do we have here? CutMan and GutsMan. It's good to see you both again. I'm in need of a laugh." ProtoMan said as he stepped out of the shadow of the trees and into the clearing. "Go ahead and do something stupid. It doesn't usually take you that long."
ProtoMan looked on with his blaster ready and his shield grasped in his left hand as both CutMan and GutsMan stopped in their tracks and turned toward him, their expressions angry and annoyed.
"ProtoMan! You're outnumbered! How do you expect to defeat both GutsMan and I?" CutMan yelled as his right hand grabbed the scissor blades on his head.
"ProtoMan make GutsMan angry! GutsMan will crush ProtoMan!"
ProtoMan laughed. "Oh I can't wait for this showing. Are you both sure you want to get scrapped?"
CutMan wasted no words. With a single deft motion, CutMan threw his scissor blades directly at ProtoMan as GutsMan ran to the side and ripped up a tree.
"Guess so." ProtoMan said as he shot the incoming blades out of the air. He jumped to the left and chucked his shield at CutMan, knocking him back in to the forest surrounding the clearing. He turned, looking for GutsMan, but instead saw a massive tree trunk swinging in his direction. In an act of quick thinking, ProtoMan ducked to the ground instead of jumping, avoiding the tree. He rolled to the left and jumped up, aiming his blaster at the source of the attack and fired 3 times, hitting GutsMan in the body, breaking the orb that was at the center of his breastplate. GutsMan faltered, taking a step back, clearly disoriented by ProtoMan's sudden counterattack. ProtoMan, taking advantage of his situation, quickly dashed toward GutsMan, allowing his shoulder to come in contact with the other robot, knocking GutsMan down and into the sand.
"PROTOMAN!!!!"
CutMan jumped out of the nearby forest, and broke into a run toward ProtoMan as he hit the ground. ProtoMan was caught off guard and had barely raised up his blaster as CutMan reached ProtoMan and kicked him, knocking him into the water. He quickly jumped back up and fired his blaster in a spread formation, making sure he hit CutMan. His plan worked as some of his shots collided with CutMan in the leg, forcing CutMan down to one knee. Acting on instinct, ProtoMan jumped up just as GutsMan threw another tree at him. Instead of hitting ProtoMan, the tree kept going in its direction and crashed into CutMan, crushing CutMan's frontal breastplate and stopping CutMan's lower functions. ProtoMan allowed himself a small moment of satisfaction before landing on the ground and powering up his blaster, aiming it at the remaining robot.
"I've got to say GutsMan. Your aim is a lot better than I thought it was."
And with that, ProtoMan shot his powered blast directly at GutsMan, throwing him into the water, overloading his energy systems and shutting down his systems.
ProtoMan breathed a sigh of relief. –Done. Now, for the hard part.- ProtoMan walked leisurely to the site of which his shield had fallen, his yellow scarf dangling at his side. Taking his time, ProtoMan grasped his red and white shield with his right hand, which had already changed from its previous state as a blaster. He swung his shield over his back and left it there as he turned and started the short walk over to CutMan's disabled body.
"ProtoMan! You were lucky this time! If it had been a one on one fight between you and me, I would have destroyed you!"
ProtoMan rolled his eyes inside his helmet and looked at CutMan. The orange and white robot which had previously been fighting him was now on the ground, clawing his way toward ProtoMan, his legs and his other lower functions disabled by the tree that hit him. His only weapon, his scissor blades, now lay on the far side of the water, blaster by ProtoMan.
"CutMan. You know what I'm going to ask you. So let's skip past all the banter. Where is Dr. Wily?"
"I will never tell you the location of my master! I would die before I told you!"
"CutMan, two things. One, you can't die, your data is probably preserved in some computer somewhere considering how many times MegaMan and I have fought and destroyed you. Two, you WILL tell me where Dr. Wily is."
"Never ProtoMan!"
ProtoMan rolled his eyes once again and sighed. This was going to take much more energy than he had hoped.
POV SHIFT = Roll/Bass
"Where are you taking us? We've been walking for hours!"
"Don't you tell me what to do! I don't see you helping me!"
"Why would I ever want to help you?"
Roll rolled her eyes back. After they had encountered each other in the forest, she and Bass and decided to travel together, but for the last few hours, they had been walking in the same direction, getting nowhere. Surprisingly, their walk had been rather quiet, but recently, tensions had erupted and they had been arguing for what seemed like hours.
"Tell me, Bass. Why do you want to battle my brother so much?"
Bass snorted.
"Isn't it obvious? Everyday he lives, he mocks me, his every action defying my will."
"What will? From what I've seen and heard, you do nothing but destroy innocent robots, and you intentionally try to hurt others!"
Bass snorted again.
"That's because none of them realize that I am the most powerful robot ever made and that they should all bow before me."
"Humph. Your ego is might just be bigger than Dr. Wily's!"
Bass stopped in his tracks.
"Never compare me to that weak human!"
Roll stopped and turned around to face an extremely aggravated Bass.
"But I thought Dr. Wily was your master! How can you speak of him that way?"
Bass clutched his right arm. He winced and looked at Roll.
"Because he is weak. Just look at him. He is old. His life's pursuit is to rule the world, but he will never succeed. He knows he will die sooner than later. His only thought nowadays is to make a mark on the world for everyone to see, so that he will forever be remembered in history. He spends his time in his lab, thinking up new robots to create, and new ways to conquer. He is pitiful."
Roll stared at Bass in silence. She had always thought Bass was a cruel robot, one with nothing but the goal of violence. This new side of him that she had touched was appalling. Upon speaking of Dr. Wily, Bass had suddenly become withdrawn and sullen, his voice suddenly quieter. She realized that there was much more to Bass than he cared to show. Her thoughts were derailed by a sudden outburst by Bass.
"Just don't worry about it. Turn back around. I have to find MegaMan. We have things to do."
Roll stared at him in silence.
"What?"
Roll shook her head.
"Nothing. I was just reminding myself not to bring up this subject with you again."
Bass looked down at the ground, with a look of sincere regret.
"I'm... I... I mean... just keep walking."
"Okay. You know Bass, it looks like there's more to you than meets the eye."
And with that, Roll turned around, her ponytail swaying in the wind and began walking away, on her way to MegaMan, her brother. Her hero. The world's hero.
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Well, there you go. I really hope you like it. I'm rather proud of the fight scene myself. Don't forget to review!
-shrapnel
Hope you enjoy the new chapter!
-shrapnel
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Chapter 10
POV = ProtoMan
PAST
Trees flew by ProtoMan as if in a dream. ProtoMan had wasted no time. –He sacrificed himself for me. I owe him my life.- he thought. With this single thought, recent memories had come flooding back to him in a wave of unnerving human emotion.
Flashback
ProtoMan stared in horror as the plane, now jerking faster and faster as it fell into the ocean, had lurched and thrown MegaMan and Bass to the other side of the hall, who were now both hanging on to a bar for dear life. ProtoMan was standing in the escape pod designed for just this type of emergency, with Roll lying unconscious a few feet away.
"ProtoMan! Close the hatch! Get Roll out of here! We don't have a lot of time left!"
ProtoMan could barely tell MegaMan even said anything but for the movement of his mouth. ProtoMan tried to respond as MegaMan lifted his blaster at him. –What is he... no... he wouldn't!-
With one swift motion of his arm, MegaMan aimed and fired at the pod's outer control panel, and by default, the door closed just as ProtoMan started to speak.
"MegaMan! Don't do it!"
End Flashback
ProtoMan shook his head, freeing himself of the memories that had come back to him. –I owe him one. And I always return my debts.-
"Yes Dr. Wily. As you say. GutsMan! Let's get going! Dr. Wily's got new orders for us!"
ProtoMan stopped abruptly. –GutsMan? Who's there?- ProtoMan slowly walked as softly as he could around the small grove of trees to his right to reveal a small clearing. Inside the clearing was a pond roughly the size of a house and standing next to it was...
"CutMan! What Dr. Wily say?"
"Just hurry up and get over here. Pick up this receiver and let's get going!"
A small smile spread over ProtoMan's face as he looked at the two robots. Both CutMan and GutsMan were robots originally designed by Dr. Light and stolen by Dr. Wily. CutMan was a robot roughly the size of ProtoMan with a white breast plate and leggings. His head, gloves, boots, and his part between his breast plate and his leggings were all orange. On top of his head lay a large pair of scissor blades. GutsMan was a much larger robot, almost a head taller than ProtoMan himself and much bulkier. GutsMan had a black breast plate with a red orb in the middle, and a metal bar on his back. His shoulder pads, boots, the part under his breast plate, and the parts between his hand and his upper arm were all red. His gloves, upper arms, and his legs were yellow. However, despite their menacing appearances ProtoMan knew he could take them. He had beaten them before.
"Well what do we have here? CutMan and GutsMan. It's good to see you both again. I'm in need of a laugh." ProtoMan said as he stepped out of the shadow of the trees and into the clearing. "Go ahead and do something stupid. It doesn't usually take you that long."
ProtoMan looked on with his blaster ready and his shield grasped in his left hand as both CutMan and GutsMan stopped in their tracks and turned toward him, their expressions angry and annoyed.
"ProtoMan! You're outnumbered! How do you expect to defeat both GutsMan and I?" CutMan yelled as his right hand grabbed the scissor blades on his head.
"ProtoMan make GutsMan angry! GutsMan will crush ProtoMan!"
ProtoMan laughed. "Oh I can't wait for this showing. Are you both sure you want to get scrapped?"
CutMan wasted no words. With a single deft motion, CutMan threw his scissor blades directly at ProtoMan as GutsMan ran to the side and ripped up a tree.
"Guess so." ProtoMan said as he shot the incoming blades out of the air. He jumped to the left and chucked his shield at CutMan, knocking him back in to the forest surrounding the clearing. He turned, looking for GutsMan, but instead saw a massive tree trunk swinging in his direction. In an act of quick thinking, ProtoMan ducked to the ground instead of jumping, avoiding the tree. He rolled to the left and jumped up, aiming his blaster at the source of the attack and fired 3 times, hitting GutsMan in the body, breaking the orb that was at the center of his breastplate. GutsMan faltered, taking a step back, clearly disoriented by ProtoMan's sudden counterattack. ProtoMan, taking advantage of his situation, quickly dashed toward GutsMan, allowing his shoulder to come in contact with the other robot, knocking GutsMan down and into the sand.
"PROTOMAN!!!!"
CutMan jumped out of the nearby forest, and broke into a run toward ProtoMan as he hit the ground. ProtoMan was caught off guard and had barely raised up his blaster as CutMan reached ProtoMan and kicked him, knocking him into the water. He quickly jumped back up and fired his blaster in a spread formation, making sure he hit CutMan. His plan worked as some of his shots collided with CutMan in the leg, forcing CutMan down to one knee. Acting on instinct, ProtoMan jumped up just as GutsMan threw another tree at him. Instead of hitting ProtoMan, the tree kept going in its direction and crashed into CutMan, crushing CutMan's frontal breastplate and stopping CutMan's lower functions. ProtoMan allowed himself a small moment of satisfaction before landing on the ground and powering up his blaster, aiming it at the remaining robot.
"I've got to say GutsMan. Your aim is a lot better than I thought it was."
And with that, ProtoMan shot his powered blast directly at GutsMan, throwing him into the water, overloading his energy systems and shutting down his systems.
ProtoMan breathed a sigh of relief. –Done. Now, for the hard part.- ProtoMan walked leisurely to the site of which his shield had fallen, his yellow scarf dangling at his side. Taking his time, ProtoMan grasped his red and white shield with his right hand, which had already changed from its previous state as a blaster. He swung his shield over his back and left it there as he turned and started the short walk over to CutMan's disabled body.
"ProtoMan! You were lucky this time! If it had been a one on one fight between you and me, I would have destroyed you!"
ProtoMan rolled his eyes inside his helmet and looked at CutMan. The orange and white robot which had previously been fighting him was now on the ground, clawing his way toward ProtoMan, his legs and his other lower functions disabled by the tree that hit him. His only weapon, his scissor blades, now lay on the far side of the water, blaster by ProtoMan.
"CutMan. You know what I'm going to ask you. So let's skip past all the banter. Where is Dr. Wily?"
"I will never tell you the location of my master! I would die before I told you!"
"CutMan, two things. One, you can't die, your data is probably preserved in some computer somewhere considering how many times MegaMan and I have fought and destroyed you. Two, you WILL tell me where Dr. Wily is."
"Never ProtoMan!"
ProtoMan rolled his eyes once again and sighed. This was going to take much more energy than he had hoped.
POV SHIFT = Roll/Bass
"Where are you taking us? We've been walking for hours!"
"Don't you tell me what to do! I don't see you helping me!"
"Why would I ever want to help you?"
Roll rolled her eyes back. After they had encountered each other in the forest, she and Bass and decided to travel together, but for the last few hours, they had been walking in the same direction, getting nowhere. Surprisingly, their walk had been rather quiet, but recently, tensions had erupted and they had been arguing for what seemed like hours.
"Tell me, Bass. Why do you want to battle my brother so much?"
Bass snorted.
"Isn't it obvious? Everyday he lives, he mocks me, his every action defying my will."
"What will? From what I've seen and heard, you do nothing but destroy innocent robots, and you intentionally try to hurt others!"
Bass snorted again.
"That's because none of them realize that I am the most powerful robot ever made and that they should all bow before me."
"Humph. Your ego is might just be bigger than Dr. Wily's!"
Bass stopped in his tracks.
"Never compare me to that weak human!"
Roll stopped and turned around to face an extremely aggravated Bass.
"But I thought Dr. Wily was your master! How can you speak of him that way?"
Bass clutched his right arm. He winced and looked at Roll.
"Because he is weak. Just look at him. He is old. His life's pursuit is to rule the world, but he will never succeed. He knows he will die sooner than later. His only thought nowadays is to make a mark on the world for everyone to see, so that he will forever be remembered in history. He spends his time in his lab, thinking up new robots to create, and new ways to conquer. He is pitiful."
Roll stared at Bass in silence. She had always thought Bass was a cruel robot, one with nothing but the goal of violence. This new side of him that she had touched was appalling. Upon speaking of Dr. Wily, Bass had suddenly become withdrawn and sullen, his voice suddenly quieter. She realized that there was much more to Bass than he cared to show. Her thoughts were derailed by a sudden outburst by Bass.
"Just don't worry about it. Turn back around. I have to find MegaMan. We have things to do."
Roll stared at him in silence.
"What?"
Roll shook her head.
"Nothing. I was just reminding myself not to bring up this subject with you again."
Bass looked down at the ground, with a look of sincere regret.
"I'm... I... I mean... just keep walking."
"Okay. You know Bass, it looks like there's more to you than meets the eye."
And with that, Roll turned around, her ponytail swaying in the wind and began walking away, on her way to MegaMan, her brother. Her hero. The world's hero.
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Well, there you go. I really hope you like it. I'm rather proud of the fight scene myself. Don't forget to review!
-shrapnel