Chapter 19
"The main guns have been taken out!" Roll yelled down from her turret station. Dr. Light was working on repairing the damaged rush and beat, when the news came. They were fighting a losing battle. Ring man, Skull man and Bright man had been completely destroyed, Pharaoh man had taken too much damage to continue battling. Suddenly there was silence and Dr. Light knew what was next.
"Give it up Thomas. It's over. Surrender and I might let you live." Came Dr. Wily's voice. Dr. Light didn't even hear him. He continued working on rush, but a shudder from the buildings supports brought him back to consciousness.
"This is your last warning Light! I'm coming in, so lay down your defenses and surrender." Dr. Light sank to his knees. He heard metallic footsteps come down the hallway and the cold touch of a steel hand touch his shoulder.
"I'd rather die than surrender to you..." he said softly.
"Funny, I feel the same way." Came a familiar voice. Dr. Light looked up into Mega man's eyes and he hugged his creation tightly.
"You're back. Thank goodness. I was so worried."
"Hey come on now, you're gonna crush me! Besides I know of a certain doctor that needs to be dealt with." Mega man said as he raises his arm cannon. Break man entered the room carrying a device.
"Yeah won't he be surprised to see us back. Oh and I've got the device." Break man said, putting two gadgets on a table.
"We should destroy them immediately." Dr. Light said as he reached for a hammer.
"NO!" they both cried in unison. Break man picked them back up. "At least not yet."
"I'll trust you have a good reason." Dr. Light said. Roll called down from the turret bay again.
"Dr. Light, there's two robots up her and their fighting off Wily's robot masters!" She said.
"What? I must see this." He said as he turned to leave. Mega man stopped him.
"You can't do that. We'll explain later, but for the time being, I need rush operational." Mega man said as he headed for the gate. Dr. Light simply nodded, going back to work on Rush.
"You'd better have a good explanation for all of this Mega man." Dr. Light said as Mega man reached the gate.
"Don't I always?" He said running out to the battle, Break man close behind. They reached the main door, but kept to the shadows. Wily though they had been caught in the future and therefore had the element of surprise. Mega man noticed his shotgun ice was VERY low on energy so he switched to the rolling shield. Though after realizing what it did, he went back to his tried and true Mega Buster. Break man had grown quite fond of the Boomerang Cutter, so he kept it active. They made their way to sneak up behind Wily's forces when a purple and black figure stepped out of the shadows.
"I'm glad you're back. Now I can get my revenge." Bass said, Treble coming up beside him, growling.
"You mean you didn't like your electric bath?" Break man said with a mock grin. Mega man looked at his brother and realized the two had had a meeting with Break man being the victor. Bass and Treble morphed together and dived at the duo. They both dodged and attacked. Mega man's buster went wide, but Break man's cutter hit bass on the return flight, knocking him out of the air for a brief moment.
"What the hell weapon is that? Wily never made that kind of robot!" Bass screamed tossing the cutter to the ground.
"That's for sure. And we're grateful he didn't." Mega man said, taking Bass's hesitation and letting off a charged shot. Bass took the hit and jumped back up. Treble was forced to disengage, the cutter hitting one of his wings.
"This isn't over Break man." Bass said charging off.
"Hold up Bass!" Break man said. Bass turned and caught the item that was thrown to him. He looked at the device and recognized it as a particular program chip that Wily had been developing. "You're fearless leader dropped this into that stuff I stole!" Bass disappeared into the trees
Mega man grinned, but then ducked as a piece of Shadow man flew overhead. He grabbed Shadow man's weapon, the Shadow Blade, and started heading towards the battlefield.
"Looks like those two are hogging all the fun!" Break man complained as they came out behind Wily's floating saucer. He had the hatch open and was barking orders to his creations as they were getting taken down one by one. Mega man armed the Shadow Blade, and threw it. It landed square in Crash man's back, and the robot master exploded. Wily saw the flash of light and turned around. His face fell as he saw Break man toss the Crash Bomb adapter to Mega man.
"They're back! We're surrounded!" Wily said, looking around. He closed the hatch on his saucer and took off.
"Hey boss, where ya goin? Don't
leave us behind!" Guts man said watching the saucer take off. He barely had
enough time to think as Mega man launched a Crash Bomb and it latched onto Guts
mans' chest. He looked down as it exploded, along with Guts man. Bass came out
of the trees from his sniping position.
"All units retreat! Get back
to the base! We're not here to clean up Wily's mistakes." Bass said, grabbing
Treble and teleporting out. There was another explosion as X took out Star man.
The remainder of Wily's forces, which were now eight robot masters out of the
32 that had marched, retreated towards their base. The brothers did not pursue.
"Thanks X." Mega man said to the warrior on top of the lab.
"No problem Mega man." He called back, jumping down. The four grouped together as they watched Wily's robots run off.
"What was that you gave that one robot Break man?" Zero asked as he resheathed his light saber.
"To be frank, it was your existence." Break man said with a grin. Zero shot him a confused look, but didn't push the subject. "Now you'd better hurry before Dr. Light goes nuts and sees you guys."
"Though I wish I could see my creator, you are right." X said, lowering his gaze. Mega man understood how he felt, then grabbed Break man's arm cannon. He retracted the two weapons, as well as the ones he held, and gave them to X.
"We shouldn't have these. You'll need them in your battles." Mega man said. Then his face lit up. "Hey X, you can charge those weapons right?" X looked up.
"Yes. But what good..." He looked at his weapons and the Chameleon Sting registered. The charged up form of C. Sting would give him invisibility. He nodded and started charging the weapon. Once he was fully charged, he released the energy and he faded from sight. They saw the metal footprints run to the lab, as the weight of X's foot pushed the grass down. X entered the lab and after heading down the main corridor, entered the main control room. He saw a short, white haired man working away on a mechanical dog, obviously Mega mans' ally Rush. He moved about the room to get a better look at Dr. Light when the scientist looked up to wipe his brow of sweat. X sighed contentedly as he got his first look at the living and healthy Dr. Light. Suddenly Rush's head lifted up and he started to growl in X's direction. The dog's sense of smell was easily overpowering his cloaking.
"What is it Rush? Stay down so I can finish repairs!" Dr. Light ordered, but he would have nothing of it. Rush jumped down to the ground, then yelped as his legs gave out beneath him.
"I told you, now get back up here. You'll get to help Mega man soon. I'm almost done." Dr. Light said, half annoyed but also half laughing at Rush's stubbornness. X noticed that his cloaking would wear off soon as the weapons energy got low, so he retreated out the main door, back to the group. He got to the group just as his cloaking vanished.
"Thanks Mega man. It was great to see him in the flesh, rather than in a hologram." X said with a smile.
"Hey you deserve it. We couldn't have beaten off Wily without your help." Mega man said.
"Well you kinda saved our rears from Sigma too!" Zero replied.
"So we're even then. Though you two had better head back to your own time. Dr. Cain will be worried." Mega man said, looking at the time device.
"Not yet. We have to do something first." Zero said, looking at the brothers. Break man looked at Zero oddly, then smiled as Zero produced his shield. "I managed to tear this away from Magnet man after I scrapped him."
"Hey, can't go anywhere without that!" Break man said grinning. Mega man pushed a button on the time device and the green portal opened.
"I guess this is goodbye then X." Mega man said. "It was fun." The others nodded their agreement. Zero went through the portal without looking back. X was standing in front of it when he turned to look at the brothers.
"Mega man, I've gotta know. Is it true that Zero was a maverick?" Mega man stood silent. Break man looked away, staring at the ground.
"Yeah he was. But there's a good reason. He'll be one of Wily's creations, and most likely our destroyer." Break man finally said.
"Then the thing you gave Bass... Was Zero's programming chip?" X asked. Mega man nodded.
"It was one of the things Break man had stolen to find the time device. After all we know we'll eventually be destroyed, and frankly I'd prefer if it were by Zero. At least he's a friend. Better him then one of Wily's pathetic robot masters. Besides, he'll be one of the greatest hunters in the future." Mega man said while looking at X. "Besides, we aren't supposed to know the future anyway."
"Mega man, you truly were... are the greatest hunter of them all. Forever and always." X said as he stepped through the portal. Once he was through, Mega man closed the portal, then smashed the device. Then he tossed it on the ground and vaporized it with a shot of plasma from his cannon. Suddenly Rush came bounding up beside him, Dr. Light close behind waving a wrench in the air as he chased him.
"Damn it rush will you come back here. I'm not finished!" Both Mega man and Break man broke out laughing as the scientist chased Rush around the yard.
"It's good to be home." Mega man said as he headed back to the lab. "Don't you think so bro? Break man?" He looked behind him, but Break man was nowhere to be seen. "Looks like some things never change."
"They sure don't brother. Don't worry though. I'll be watching." Break man said from a tree limb. He put his shield on his back and teleported out.