The Other World
Chapter 5: Past, Present…
Ohhhhhh my beloved readers. I am most apologetic about my inability to post the latest chapter for some time, but between school and...well... other...stuff... it's been hard to find the time. Hope this chapter floats your boat. Oh, and if you see the nameSforzsando being used, could you please tell me.
Disclaimer: A word derived from the prefix dis- that means not and claim which means treat as one's own. Therefore when I explain things in a bored manner whilst trying to topple the giraffe on my arm, I completely reformat the remaining I DON'T OWN MEGAMAN, ROLL, OR ANY OTHER PRODUCT OF CAPCOM LABS: 'Warping children's minds since 1980' (grimace). Sheesh, they've been around way too many years longer than I have. What a funny old world it is.
And if you reviewed, your cyber-brownie is really inside yourselves, a part of the warm tender fudgy chocolaty heart warming spot. Note: A change of scene is indicated by a series of capitalized phrases, like:
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"I was attempting to design more Robot Masters to keep Megaman busy so you could sneak 'round the back and finish him off. I was so doing when this appeared." He pointed to a dark corner. Since it was Dr. Wily's lab all the corners were dark, but this corner seemed to actually absorb the light. Out stepped a tall humanoid, made entirely out of shadows. His presence seemed to disturb all those around it and he radiated energy, Dark energy.
"Hello... I hear you've been having some trouble with a little blue boy..."
Bass looked at the robot. It's body rippled and recoiled with black waves. His eyes shone a bright purple and if he looked hard he could see two small pupils of complete darkness, like black holes. His voice was deep and booming.
"What do you want?" asked Bass, shifting uncomfortably. He hated not being the coolest looking in a room.
"Oh... are you the legendary Bass? I've heard all about you! Meeting Dr. Wily here was lucky, but two great powers together is amazing. I'm Baritone," he said excitedly. "I'm so honored to meet you both!" The robot's body radiated sincerity but his eyes told otherwise. Bass looked directly at them and could almost hearBaritone thinking, That pathetic man and his minion actually believe I am honored by seeing them. Ha!
"You said you had a dark power for my robots? One that will assuredly triumph over Megaman?" asked Dr. Wily eagerly.
"Yes, even greater than the one that crashed onto your planet before! I can even get you a special armor for some of your old robot masters, the ones you and Light-"
Dr. Wily turned and fumed, a dark scowl spreading over his features. "Don't you dare mention the scheming, mischievous Light. Besides, he destroyed those armors years ago. Even if he didn't, his compound is impenetrable," he spat.
Baritonemerely smiled. "Are you familiar with chronon displacement by antimatter phaz-o-tron and flux capacitor? Or, as you in this universe have aptly named, 'Time Travel'?" he asked.
Bass looked the black robot straight in the eye and said, "I don't care for your mindless technobabble, but if you want to help me defeat Megaman, I'm all ears..."
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"-------- ceiling!" raged Dr. Light as he hit his head on the low rocky ceiling for the umpteenth time. Rubbing his head as he laid down his wrench, he looked at his handiwork with pride. Now all he had to do was wait for his two patients to wake up. He sighed and thought back to when he had made these armors with his friend and partner...
-------------------Flash Back (To when the armors were built)-------------------
A small tubby man with a huge, greying brown beard and white lab coat was admiring his latest accomplishments. Nine steel tables laid out, ready to change their designated robot into their next form. If only I could get this into a capsule, then changing armors would be easier... I wonder if I could adapt it for that AI project I started. The young Dr. Light looked at his partner. A short wiry man with spiked hair that was going grey was attempting to pull the cork out of a champagne bottle, but was having no luck. He growled after a few seconds of frustration, gripped the top with his teeth, and pulled. Dr. Light pried the bottle from his companion and took out a small laser. "This is a little something I built in my spare time," he said and vaporized the cork with a single blast.
"Awww..." complained Dr. Wily. "You lose all the fun of the cork popping out and flying everywhere when you do that."
"Oh?" said the overly literal minded Dr. Light. "This should be just as fun!" He pulled out the blaster and set it to 'Twin'. He fired a blue laser at the ceiling and it began bouncing wildly around the rocky tunnel. Dr. Wily scrambled under a table to avoid it, followed closely by Dr. Light.
"Ooofff," wheezed Dr. Wily while being crushed by the other man's size. Hmmm... thought Dr. Wily to himself. I could use that in one of my other robots. I should rename it though, 'Twin' isn't cool enough. Double? Duo? Gemini?... His thoughts were interrupted by Dr. Light saying "Ooops. Maybe I shouldn't have set it that high. Oh well, it certainly does beat the whole 'cork popping' thing. Ha ha ha ha!"
Once the laser had dissipated, the two men came out from under the table and poured themselves champagne. At around their fifth glass, Dr. Light tried to start a conversation.
"You-ou know, thish shtuff ish shtrong. What do yooou think the fut-futer-fureter... The futurer will be like?"
"I think that we'll be best friends forever. Happy?" Shouldn't the sleeping drug I gave him be working by now? He drank enough to bring down a hippo.
"I'll tell yooou when Ivy had enouffe. You had the shame ammountte, why are you wobbbbling? Hahaha wobbling, it'sh a funny wurd."
Dr. Wily moved out of the way calmly. A few seconds later Dr. Light collapsed right onto the spot where he had been standing. Dr Wily smiled evilly. His plan to drug Dr. Light and steal their robots had worked perfectly! He grabbed a small device from his Skull Utility Belt (TM) and clipped it to the snoring Dr. Light. A quick flick of a switch on the little box's side and Dr. Light started hovering a few inches above the ground, making it a simple matter for Dr. Wily to drag him over to the elevator to their lab. Once in front of the elevator, the evil scientist pushed the little red 'Up' button and calmly waited for the doors to open. If only it didn't have to be this way, old friend, but you just don't understand the power we have. We could bring the world to its knees, and all you care about is developing a better Artificial Intelligence or weapon to 'keep the peace'. He loaded the Doctor on to the elevator and pressed the button to take him to the floor with the control room. When the eleveator let him out, he pulled Dr. Light along with him until he entered the room holding their latest creations.
Leaving his unconscious collegue at the door, he walked down the line and inserted a disc into each of the processors of the robots. He was about to get to Rock and Roll when he noticed Dr. Light awake and standing behind the control panel of a maintenance crane, aiming it straight at him. Thinking quickly, Dr. Wily grabbed a remote control and hopped into his hovercar. With the remote control he was able to command the larger robots to break down the wall, allowing him and the stolen robots to escape into the night with a final yell of "I'll be back for the others and their armor..."
-2 months later-
Dr. Light looked at Megaman lying asleep on his converter table. He looked at the burning scrap heap that was all that remained of the other converter tables. Megaman and his sister were all that remained. The doctor bowed his head and spoke into the small microphone leading directly into the computer where Rock's consciousness was being held:
"I am Dr. Light, your father. You are Megaman, a super-robot designed to help others, but I'm afraid that now you need to save the world. The only way you can is by defeating six Robot Masters, each with a different power that you can absorb..."
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Roll woke up first. She flexed her right hand, then opened her eyes and brought up her arms to her face. Her hands were now encased in black gloves. A red line led from her palm along her pink arms to her shoulders. Her shirt was deep pink and, to her surprise, she looked more like a teenager than a little girl, just as Megaman had also looked older. Her logo (a golden arrow through a heart) was printed on her chest and her dress had been replaced with pink pants ending in blood red high heeled boots. Her hair now poked out through holes in the back of her helmet, looking like a crown. A red visor covered her face and a red and pink helmet covered her head.
A steel bed away, Protoman woke up to find his head pounding, his body aching and his eyes sealed shut. The pain began to reside and soon Protoman was functioning normally. He touched his eye to try and dislodge whatever was keeping it closed. To his surprise he found his good old shades. He took them off and looked around, startled to find that the world appeared to him in crystal clarity. His eyes came upon a mirror. In it he saw a dark red robot with a night black shield hanging on his back. His scarf was still its faded yellow and his shades were still night black. Good, he thought. All the good stuff is still there. He looked at Dr. Light, who had fallen asleep in a chair. A folded piece of paper was taped to his lab coat, addressed to Protoman in Dr. Light's handwriting. Reaching over to pull the note off of his creator's coat, Protoman flipped it open and read it.
September 15th 20XX
Dear Protoman and Roll,
If you are reading this, I'm no longer with you. Just kidding. Protoman rolled his eyes at the lame joke. Please feel free to use the full length mirror to admire your new armor. Also, Protoman, I have upgraded your ocular sensors so now you don't have to wear those sunglasses-- Protoman looked up horrified. He wasn't able to wear his sunglasses?! --but if you truly want to, you can. Just activate the optics rendering program I installed into them. Once you're both finished, you should try my latest invention. It allows you to take off your armor with just a thought, instead of forcing you to teleport it on. Your right arm should change into your new personal weapon. Protoman, you now have a solid plasma sabre, as well as your standard buster. Roll, you have a nanorobot factory so you can heal your comrades, as well as a special attack I like to call the 'Roll Arrow', which produces an anti-matter arrow that bursts upon contact-- Someone tapped Protoman on the shoulder. He almost instinctively drew a gleaming purple sword from a sheath on his hip, until he looked to see his sister smiling and aiming a golden buster at the rock wall. She shot a gleaming gold arrow that blew apart a piece of the rock wall. --dissolving almost anything. With your new armor, you must also choose a new name. Like Rock became Megaman, so, too, must you choose a name.
Protoman put down the paper and looked at his sister.
"I think I'll stick with Proto," he said as he slipped his shades on. "I figure, why mess with the best? With that new hair you look like a queen or something"
Roll looked down at her new body. "Queen... No... I'll be... Empress."
They smiled at each other, then glanced over at Dr. Light.
"Lets-" Empress started to say, but she was cut short by a loud scream and a small blue and pink bundle that fell out of the ceiling and crashed into the floor with a resounding thud.
"Hey," Mega said weakly. "I can walk through walls..."
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...Blue the color, Blue the dog, Blue the feeling... Blue sighed and stared off into the distance. He was supposed to be on the lookout for any dangers, but it seemed that Mega and Roll were doing fine in their new home. The only problem was that his quantum brain was bored out of its skull. He sighed as he remembered the way life had been when the AllMost had still existed, when he could go universe hopping at any time he wanted. Now he was responsible for keeping the MegaGuardians safe, which meant staying in one universe - and pretty much just one building - the whole time. How dull. He looked at his own personal armband and activated the program inside it.
"Data?"
/Yes, sir?/ asked a small monkey on the screen.
"Teleport me to where Roll and Mega are, it's time for them to learn more about their powers. They need to be educated in the ways of the Perfect Millions..."