Megaman teleported back into the base. He staggered and fell. Dr. Light walked up to him. "What happened Mega? Are you alright?" Megaman groaned and held his stomach. "I- I got him good, but he... oh..." Megaman passed out. Dr. Light slung one of Megaman's arms over his shoulder and whistled. Beat flew to him.
"Help me carry him Beat!" commanded Dr. Light. Beat tweeted and clutched Megaman's other shoulder in his claws and flapped his wings hard. They took him to the lab and ran a scan on him. Megaman's power generator had been dented and was powering down. Dr. Light took out a welding tool and opened up Megaman's chest.
"Beat, go and get Auto!" said Dr. Light as he took out some tools. Beat flew off as Dr. Light began repairs. Megaman spoke as much as he could while energy wires were hooked up to his head. It kept power going into him even as it was shorting out. Sort of like a blood transfusion.
"Zero is very strong Dr. Light." he said. "He punched me fifty feet away and he was tougher than Bass without his normal weapons. I don't know how Dr. Wily built him, but believe me, I think I'll need some help getting him." Dr. Light loosened the dented panel on the generator and began straightening his wires and fixing circuits.
"Megaman, I don't know how much help we can get, but we need to rebuild Bass. He probably knows more about Zero than either of us." Dr. Light took out some transistors and cables and threw them away "I think that should fix you up Megaman. I think Auto should be here soon."
"Here I am doc!" called Auto. Dr. Light handed Auto a clipboard. "I want you to make this modifications on Megaman as fast as possible. No fooling around now, get to it!" Auto looked the paper over, then turned to Megaman. "Hold out your hands Megaman, and change them both into busters."
Megaman did as he was told. It was interesting, he always had two busters, but he only seemed to need one. Auto began taking them apart and removed the Z-Saber and Zero Buster. He took the saber and placed it in Megaman's left buster. Then he took the Z-Buster and placed it Megaman's right buster. He also added the power chip for Heat Man's cannon. "That should enable you to use both weapons at the same time Megaman." said Auto "The Heat Chip should enable you to fire small columns of fire, and if you charge it up you can create a fire storm!"
"Alright!" cheered Megaman. Dr. Light also called in Rush. "I did a little slimming down on the Rush Super Adaptor. You should be able to slide, even with the armor on!" Rush lept into the air and into Megaman's arms. Megaman hugged him "Alright! Rush, you can come with me! We can get Bass's parts back!" Rush barked happily and fused with Megaman.
"Rush's power enhancement to enable you to fire more shots has been redirected to your left buster. That way you can have one powerful buster, and one not so powerful buster. It will increase your weapons options." Megaman activated the Z-Saber and charged up his buster. "Wow. I've never felt so powerful before! Dr. Light, Zero had better look out! I'm going to get Bass's other parts back."
Zero arrived back at Dr. Wily's small base. Dr. Wily after loosing his other base to--- Bass, had built a small one, just for Zero. Zero limped over to Dr. Wily. "Wily, I need repairs. Megaman is tougher than I had at first thought."
Dr. Wily sneered at him. "I can't believe that a robot so advanced as yourself could be beaten by such a little blue twerp." Zero gave Wily a shove. "Aw shut up why don't you. The armor I have isn't near as powerful as it was supposed to be. You must have made a mistake." Dr. Wily walked to an automated repair capsule "Oh no, I never make mistakes Zero. I just didn't put on the armor I at first had in mind. I wanted to see how well you would do without it."
Zero lay back in his capsule. "You don't need to test me Wily. But I'd rather be whole than have a piece of me missing. Don't try anything else. I'll know whether I have more armor on or not."
"Drat. He's smart." muttered Dr. Wily as he closed the capsule "But then, I built him that way. I need someone with brains to get rid of that Mega-jerk. Unlike Bass." The machine started repairing Zero and adding the armor Dr. Wily had withheld. Dr. Wily smiled as he saw his masterpiece being repaired.
"I believe I'll add something extra." he thought. He typed new commands into the computer and new impulse inputs were placed into all of Zero's limbs. "He will be twice as strong as before." thought Wily. Megaman was just a fly in Zero's eyes. Just perfect for swatting.
"Now, to other business." Dr. Wily left Zero to be repaired. He went to his lab and went over to a workbench. A robot was lying there that has large, orange, raindrop shaped metal plates attached to his head. His whole body was painted green and was more strong than it was at first. He took out a blow torch and welded on the last arm.
"Finally." he said aloud in satisfaction. He took out a remote controlled activator and pointed it at the robot. He pressed the button and the robot stood up. "Stand up please Plantman!" he commanded. Plantman looked around and stood up. He got down from the workbench. "Dr. Wily! What am I doing here? I thought I was destroyed!"
Dr. Wily smiled "You were. But I find that I require your services once more. Megaman is getting in my way and I could use a robot like you to help me. Bass has been destroyed, and I want to keep it that way. I need you to go to a particular forest and find Bass's part. Once you do, destroy it. I can't have Megaman recovering it."
Plantman started to walk off. "Wait a minute!" called Dr. Wily. He opened a door and a large robot stepped out. "You need help. Here's Gutsman. The new and improved Gutsman. He will go with you. I'm building other old robots for now." Gutsman walked over to Plantman and stood beside him. "Now go my robots!" commanded Wily.
"Yes sir Dr. Wily!" said Plantman and Gutsman in unison and they both teleported out. Dr. Wily smiled "Megaman can't possibly take on my new and improved robots. All I need to do is destroy one part of Bass, and that's the end of him. Then when Zero is repaired, well, hee hee hee... it's only a matter of time! Nothing can stand in my way! Hee hee hee- Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
