Any life left in the city dwindled like a flame on a wet match. Cars whammed into lampposts while pipes wept out loud after being dug up by tides of energy. Only the gush of that fountain resonated. Buildings were chipped by a large chisel of the size of two whales. The entire city had become a gory mosaic, sprinkled with shredded flesh and painted with tones of one colour in particular, crimson.
"Ahhhh!" Rock's defeated cry pierced the heart of the dead city and echoed on for miles. The temporary control over Zero had ceased and left him in coma out in the middle of a random highway which happened to be there when he fell. It was then when Rock abandoned his pursuit of Zero.
Both of his eyes vibrated while his helmet slanted and blinded the left one. His house was burnt inside out. Metallic carcasses were standing in still frames; they were fossilized while running from the fire. It would have been a funny sight to Rock but he knew very well that it wasn't a harmless comedy.
After scanning hopefully for any sign of life, he came across a familiar corpse which got clamped between a twenty ton of solid wall and a car which Zero threw and missed Rock earlier on. Rock remembered how the poor soul screamed in agony but he just wanted Zero down very much that he shot a plasma shot to silence the innocent man.
A system shock kicked when the pain in his tummy resurfaced.
Rock felt that he should just make sure that it was a robot and that he had not broken the first law of robots, "a robot must not harm a human being." Upon realization, he shrunk away immediately, slapping himself spontaneously. He hated the identity of that corpse, hated it for being so close during his pursuit, and mostly, hated him for creating him...
Back at the skull fortress, a corrupted robot creator stood a few feet away from a parked vacant eggshell. He smiled gleefully over his masterpiece, the mosaic. Two panting shadows emerged rapidly from the unlit section of the roof deck. Before they took form, Dr. Wily already knew who they were.
"Ah, Blues, Treble. Come to join me in my rule over the world?" He spoke irritatingly confidently.
"Cut the act Wily! I wouldn't even if the city suddenly comes alive and Zero had a hair cut!" Blues spiced. He grabbed his right chest to pacify the pain which was chewing at his wound.
"Too bad! Anyway, I only require Zero, he will do whatever I say and did you see how he killed Bass? I'm so proud of him."
Treble ripped forward and pinned Dr. Wily by the shoulders. Blues took the chance to interrogate, "What did you install in Zero?"
"I see you have finally recognized my genius. Usually, you were the one cracking the cases. Not so smart now, aren't you?" Dr. Wily humored but was booed by the silence which Blues and Treble held onto. "Oh, just a specially customized virus."
Blues poked his nose further, "But did Dr. Light not make the blueprints of his new robots include two important things which the robots cannot operate without? Namely the virus-immunity programmes."
"Ha! That old jug! He should have known that I am hundred times smarter than he is. I altered the file into a virus, but to the systems, it's that stupid virus-immunity programme." He cackled into Treble's face and Treble stopped his smell-receptors until his bad-breathe has gone to stink up someone else's nostrils. "Even as we speak, the virus is mutating into a permanent personality of Zero. (Beep beep) Oops, too late! It's 95.4% full already."
"Then, we have no choice but to kill him now. Treble!" Treble went towards Blues and teleported them to Zero's current location.
Their particles rearranged themselves on a tilted highway. Most of the cars had skidded or been thrown off the edge. They could hear the psychotic chortle of the merry river. Treble sprinted for Zero's unconscious body and sniffed for the dirty thing. Blues was not far behind, he was figuring out where the virus's heart was.
"Well, all I know is that it has to be in the head section. And I can't deactivate Zero by killing him, because Dr. Light made these new robots so human-like that they can repair themselves...Damn science!"
Treble could smell it but it seemed to be at a position which was much shallower than what Dr. Wily had been exaggerating. Searching through his memory, Treble found a valuable clue, he recalled the night when Dr. Wily was completing Zero's helmet. He was working on an insignificant chip almost too painstakingly. After which, he welded it into a crystal, which Treble thought was one of his absurd hobby to put the wrong things at the wrong place.
Blues saw the look in Treble's eyes and understood like how Bass always did. 'So that's how Bass communicate with Treble!' Blues was satisfied on solving another mystery.
Without further hesitation, Treble arrested the triangular crystal with his wolf jaws and gave a yank which he had never done before, crushing the 'W' projection into smidgens along as it left its holding. Something rolled around Treble's tongue, it tasted awful and he spat it out wildly. The saliva slithered of the coated silicon chip, and an electricity whipped from it and dissipated--- the virus's progress had paused.
Blues praised the mechanical creature and turned to look for Rock. However, Treble prompted Blues that it wouldn't be wise to leave such a lethal being out on the highway on a Saturday. So Blues grabbed one of Zero's lifeless legs under his arm and dragged. To where? He had not thought of it yet.
"Ahhhh!" Rock's defeated cry pierced the heart of the dead city and echoed on for miles. The temporary control over Zero had ceased and left him in coma out in the middle of a random highway which happened to be there when he fell. It was then when Rock abandoned his pursuit of Zero.
Both of his eyes vibrated while his helmet slanted and blinded the left one. His house was burnt inside out. Metallic carcasses were standing in still frames; they were fossilized while running from the fire. It would have been a funny sight to Rock but he knew very well that it wasn't a harmless comedy.
After scanning hopefully for any sign of life, he came across a familiar corpse which got clamped between a twenty ton of solid wall and a car which Zero threw and missed Rock earlier on. Rock remembered how the poor soul screamed in agony but he just wanted Zero down very much that he shot a plasma shot to silence the innocent man.
A system shock kicked when the pain in his tummy resurfaced.
Rock felt that he should just make sure that it was a robot and that he had not broken the first law of robots, "a robot must not harm a human being." Upon realization, he shrunk away immediately, slapping himself spontaneously. He hated the identity of that corpse, hated it for being so close during his pursuit, and mostly, hated him for creating him...
Back at the skull fortress, a corrupted robot creator stood a few feet away from a parked vacant eggshell. He smiled gleefully over his masterpiece, the mosaic. Two panting shadows emerged rapidly from the unlit section of the roof deck. Before they took form, Dr. Wily already knew who they were.
"Ah, Blues, Treble. Come to join me in my rule over the world?" He spoke irritatingly confidently.
"Cut the act Wily! I wouldn't even if the city suddenly comes alive and Zero had a hair cut!" Blues spiced. He grabbed his right chest to pacify the pain which was chewing at his wound.
"Too bad! Anyway, I only require Zero, he will do whatever I say and did you see how he killed Bass? I'm so proud of him."
Treble ripped forward and pinned Dr. Wily by the shoulders. Blues took the chance to interrogate, "What did you install in Zero?"
"I see you have finally recognized my genius. Usually, you were the one cracking the cases. Not so smart now, aren't you?" Dr. Wily humored but was booed by the silence which Blues and Treble held onto. "Oh, just a specially customized virus."
Blues poked his nose further, "But did Dr. Light not make the blueprints of his new robots include two important things which the robots cannot operate without? Namely the virus-immunity programmes."
"Ha! That old jug! He should have known that I am hundred times smarter than he is. I altered the file into a virus, but to the systems, it's that stupid virus-immunity programme." He cackled into Treble's face and Treble stopped his smell-receptors until his bad-breathe has gone to stink up someone else's nostrils. "Even as we speak, the virus is mutating into a permanent personality of Zero. (Beep beep) Oops, too late! It's 95.4% full already."
"Then, we have no choice but to kill him now. Treble!" Treble went towards Blues and teleported them to Zero's current location.
Their particles rearranged themselves on a tilted highway. Most of the cars had skidded or been thrown off the edge. They could hear the psychotic chortle of the merry river. Treble sprinted for Zero's unconscious body and sniffed for the dirty thing. Blues was not far behind, he was figuring out where the virus's heart was.
"Well, all I know is that it has to be in the head section. And I can't deactivate Zero by killing him, because Dr. Light made these new robots so human-like that they can repair themselves...Damn science!"
Treble could smell it but it seemed to be at a position which was much shallower than what Dr. Wily had been exaggerating. Searching through his memory, Treble found a valuable clue, he recalled the night when Dr. Wily was completing Zero's helmet. He was working on an insignificant chip almost too painstakingly. After which, he welded it into a crystal, which Treble thought was one of his absurd hobby to put the wrong things at the wrong place.
Blues saw the look in Treble's eyes and understood like how Bass always did. 'So that's how Bass communicate with Treble!' Blues was satisfied on solving another mystery.
Without further hesitation, Treble arrested the triangular crystal with his wolf jaws and gave a yank which he had never done before, crushing the 'W' projection into smidgens along as it left its holding. Something rolled around Treble's tongue, it tasted awful and he spat it out wildly. The saliva slithered of the coated silicon chip, and an electricity whipped from it and dissipated--- the virus's progress had paused.
Blues praised the mechanical creature and turned to look for Rock. However, Treble prompted Blues that it wouldn't be wise to leave such a lethal being out on the highway on a Saturday. So Blues grabbed one of Zero's lifeless legs under his arm and dragged. To where? He had not thought of it yet.