An instant reaction which Bass did was to call forth his buster when all their hollering fell onto deaf ear. Driving out a massive plasma shot, Bass attempted to deactivate Zero there and then. The purple shot sailed Zero to the far end of the corridor, where the walls got caught in the impact. Their frames collapsed, yanking along the pillars to pin Zero when they topple. Fragments clapped enthusiastically and dusts made a run for it.
"Gutsman? Gutsman!" silently, Bass hoped for any smart jokes which the colossal vacant can usually makes but he knew perfectly well that he may never get to hear them again if no medical attention was given. Waving his palm to summon Treble closer, he shakily spoke, "T...Treble, quic...kk, get him t...to Dr. Light!" Treble regained some of his pluck, heaved the nearly headless body onto his back and teleported off. All that was left was a trail of black ooze from Gutsman, Bass and Blues gaping.
The older brother staggered indecisively into the fading mist of dust to retrieve the body which probably has a hole right through it by then. Bass spoke to no one in particular, "Man, is dad gonna kick me in the can for this... Leave it to him to create a robot which is just as insane as he is!"
Blues cautiously crept behind, shield withdrawn.
When Bass had cleared some of the rubbles, he was taken aback at how polished the red armor remained. Other than that, were the two icy emerald green irises locking onto his jet-red ones. Then, Bass let out a relieved and disappointed string of breathe which had choked him as Zero recovered and demanded the best reason for that action by changing the size of his optical receptors.
"Look bro, since this is your first day alive, I'll forgive you, but you must listen to me Zero! Damn it. I'm your older brother and so is Blues!" Bass just ran out of excuses and patience.
"......Dr. Wily's order, all Light bots are to be eliminated regardless of relationships." Zero stated the fact so briefly with a blunt unwelcoming voice that it sent a death chill down Bass's spine.
"No, no, no! Forget about that old shrewd and his stupid orders! If your brother, me, has never obeyed his commands, why should you? Don't let him use you; stick with me, Zero! Let's just get that punk, Rock and we can both ditch this sorry joint!" The rebellious teen offered his hand but Zero rejectedly turn to face anywhere but Bass. All the while, Blues said nothing, did nothing; he was just waiting for his internal generator to thaw his leg joints before he could slit his shield inti his back again and make a run for it. Zero got onto his unbreakable boots and brushed pass Blues in a military manner.
Due to the unpleasant scenery of the skull fortress, Bass was forced to relocate his battle with Rock on a street. Not just any street, but the one laying quietly throughout the game, the road outside the Lights' humble little 'cottage'.
Bass paced furiously across the road and back again. Zero had his trademark post out, tucking his fist into his alternate elbows and crossing his legs. The stage was set; all that was missing was the prey.
The front door finally yawned, but stopped when it was a quarter wide. Burbles were heard before the door revealed more. A blue helmet combed a bunch of black barbed hair as it got slipped on and another gruff-looking man drew him close to his heart.
"Just do what you always do. Don't worry, Blues was only joking, you know how he likes to exaggerate. Why Gutsman is one of the earliest robots to be built, I'm sure that you can stand up to that new friend that Dr. Wily built." Dr. Light shoved Rock onto the pavement and gave him a wink.
"Thanks dad, I won't let what Blues said get to me." Rock scaled his father's lab coat and gave him a child-smug. Bass frenzied, he thundered over to Rock.
After being scraped off each other, Rock callously dragged and splayed onto the dried tar. He bent his neck upwards to see the tapping foot of Bass, beating away edgily. A menacing snarl snapped from an unknown source, Rock felt his cheeks glowed eerily green as it swayed nearer. Straining his neck further, he found himself dazing at his executor foolishly. All seemed lost, that was it; he was caught perfectly off guard.
"Not now, Zero! We must have manners." Bass swung his arm underneath Zero's raised ones and stopped his beam saber from penetrating Rock before he had some fun with him.
"Bass, the enemy..." Zero established an argument but was cut off again.
"Let me handle this first."
Zero waved glare over to Bass as he toyed with some ideas of how to make this final battle fun.
He tugged Rock to his feet and rested the tip of his unwound buster at his life-long opponent. "Rock! I want you to meet Zero, my brother and still your adversary!"
Rock tweaked his head to the side to get a better view and queried, "Ain't that Centaurman's tail?" No reply was made, except the buster was now pressing dangerously against his forehead.
"You've just made your death 150% more excruciating my dear."