Chapter Two – Beginning of the End
"Rock!" Roll yelled at her brother, who was snoozing on the couch. Rock instantly jumped up, hitting his head on a met hat that was on the couch. He fell down on the floor, with the hat laid on his head. "Ow…! Roll, what'd I do?" Roll punched Rock playfully on the head, slamming the helmet down on his head a bit more. "You've totally messed up the house this week, Rock! You can fight all the Wily Bots, yet you can't pick up your garbage?"
Rock pulled at the helmet, mumbling, "I would clean up right now if I could see, Roll!" He finally pried the helmet from his head, looking around to see all the garbage littering the living room. Energy cans, paper plates, candy bar wrappers, and chip bags, among other things. Roll sighed, "I wish Dr. Light hadn't have given you taste buds, Rock. You're such a pig!" Rock gave Roll the trusted puppy eyes, and whined, "But Roll…It's so good…How can you resist the candies that they put out there?" Roll slapped her forehead, mumbling, "Oh, come on, Rock…Clean this mess up now! I think I lost Ice Man in one of the garbage piles!"
A voice then rang out from behind the two, "Don't worry Rock! Cut Man is here to save you!" –insert dramatic fanfare here-
Rock and Roll stared blankly at Cut Man for a few minutes, before Rock decided to break the silence, "Oh, uh…Don't worry Cut Man…I'll do it…you just go back to cutting the flowers…ahaha…" Cut Man fell over on his side, and whined, "Aw, you never let me have any fun…" The former Robot Master walked away, disappointed.
Roll shoved a broom into Rock's hands. "Now, Rock, you get to work in helping me!" She then smiled innocently, "Okay then, thanks, Rock!" Roll hopped away happily, singing one of those songs you would usually hear on the latest anime shows. Rock sighed audibly, "Aw, come on…Sis is such a slave driver…"
After about an hour of cleaning…
"All…done…" Rock collapsed back on the couch, covered in dust and who-knows-what. "Ow…I think my arms are gonna fall off. Roll, I'm done!" Roll walked into the room, looking around. "Well…I guess its good enough." Rock almost fell off of the couch at her comment. Looking up at his sister, he said, exasperated, "Wh-What do you mean good enough? I worked to make it spotless!" Roll walked over to a table, sliding her finger over it. She then showed her finger to Rock, which still had some dust clinging to it.
Rock stared at her finger blank of emotion, then stuck his tongue out at his sister. "If you want it done better, then do it yourself, Roll! I wasn't built for cleaning like you!" Roll laughed, shaking her head. "At least you can make my job a lot easier sometimes!" She then walked off, smiling happily. Rock stared at her as she went off, mumbling to himself, "Slave driver…"
Soon, Rock heard a voice coming from the lab, "Rock! Come to the lab quickly! We've got trouble in the city!" Rock hopped up to his feet, closing his eyes. His body glowed softly, as his blue armor appeared over his body slowly, the light of course traveling from the feet up. Soon, Rock stood there in his light blue battle armor, and ran off to Dr. Light's lab.
"Yeah! Burn, burn baby! I missed doing this!" Burner Man yelled out, shooting flames around like mad as he went past some of the guards for the bank vault. "I don't know why the ol' Doc wants us to steal from a bank, but I ain't complaining!"
Clown Man kicked open the vault from the inside, holding a bag of money. "Yeah, yeah, we'd better get going before Wily gets mad again, right propane for brains?" Burner Man glared at his partner. "Don't make me torch you, shorty! I could always say Rock Mandid it!"
"Someone say my name?" Rock pointed his arm cannon toward the two Robot Masters. "Stop what you're doing now! I don't want to have to fight you, but I will if I must!" Burner looked at Rock, grinning wildly. "Oh, you wanna burn, huh?" He quickly shot a stream of blue flames at the small robot. Rock rolled to the side, and shot at Burner Man with a small energy shot.
Burner flinched, glaring at Rock as he yelled, "Clown Man, now!" Clown Man's arms shot from under Rock, grabbing him up. Rock struggled to get free, as Burner Man aimed his flame cannon arm at Rock. "Let's see you dodge this!"
Rock pointed his arm cannon down, firing on Clown Man. Surprised, the robot master released Rock, who jumped away at the last minute, letting Clown Man get torched. "Ow! Hot, hot! Burner Man, how could you do that to me?" Clown Man jumped from underground, running around while his arms were caught on fire. Burner Man yelled, "Clown Man, stop running around so much! Where'd Rock go?"
"Up here!" Rock grinned, grabbing onto a ceiling lamp, his armor a yellow-blue color, lightning sparking inside of his arm cannon. The flame robot master stared, wide-eyed. "Oh geez…! He copied Clown Man!" Rock nodded, and yelled out, "Thunder Claw!"
Loud crashes were heard from outside the bank, along with the cries of the robot masters inside. Soon enough, there were two explosions, then silence. Rock walked out of the bank, dusting off his armor. "I really wish I didn't have to do that." Rock sighed, shaking his head slightly. His thoughts were interrupted suddenly by a loud laugh breaking the bustle of the town.
Wily floated down in his large saucer, grinning wildly as usual. "Rock Man, you're finally here! …Took you long enough." Rock growled, clenching his fist. "Wily! What are you doing this time?" Wily laughed, "Why, I just want to test my newest creation. Maybe you'll help me?"
As Wily said this, he pushed a button on the saucer's control console. A bright red flash blinded Rock for a moment; falling down from the sky a red energy beam hit the ground. As soon as it hit the ground, it started to take form. A tall robot appeared in its place, a dark blue glow emanating from the crystal in its helmet. The blonde hair flowed behind him slowly, in a ponytail.
Rock stared at the new robot, immediately noticing something was strange about this one. It seemed almost like it could be friendly. It showed no emotion at all however, looking over his opponent without so much as a word, seemingly quite calm. Wily grinned wide and spoke clearly, "ZERO unit, initiate battle programs! Your target is the small blue robot, Rock Man!"
Instantly, Zero ran out toward Rock, yelling out in a primal rage. Rock, reacting as quickly as he could, slid under Zero as he got close, firing a few energy shots toward his enemy. Zero, turning around, used minor jets in his feet to fly right through the bullets, reeling his fist back. Rock's eyes widened, as he started to step backward when Zero grew near.
Rock dodged left and right as Zero punched furiously, finding this new robot to be quite a challenge at the beginning. Rock ducked down suddenly, tripping Zero. While he fell, Zero caught himself with his hands, whirling his legs out toward Rock, who was sent flying back upon impact into a parked car, crushing the hood in. This new guy's really powerful, Rock thought, I don't know if I can beat him!
Rock jumped to his feet, leaping into the air. He charged in energy, pointing his arm cannon at Zero while he was airborne, and yelled out, "Take this!" He fired a large plasma blast at Zero after saying this. The red robot flipped up into the air, shooting his foot out toward the shot. In a loud crash, Zero sent the shot flying back to Rock. Rock, caught off guard, was hit full on by his own plasma shot, and was sent flying high into the air.
Zero jumped up, using buildings to boost him higher with each kick, as he then flew out toward Rock, and performing an aerial flip, slammed his foot into Rock's back. This kick sent Rock plummeting toward the ground, armor dented and damaged horribly. Rock skidded hard across the pavement, sending pavement flying from the ground with the impact he made to the ground. Zero landed softly on the ground, chuckling softly as he slowly paced toward Rock. The blue robot couldn't even get up; his energy systems were in critical condition.
Zero picked Rock up by the throat, staring at the young robot as his bloodlust grew. Zero pulled back his arm to deliver the final blow to the young one, as Wily watched the moment, grinning madly.
Suddenly, a large pair of blades, like scissors, cut along Zero's side. Zero, noticing this barely, glanced to the blade's source. Cut Man caught the blade, glaring at Zero. "No one hurts our little brother!" Elec Man, Guts Man, Bomb Man, Ice Man, and Fire Man stood next to him, ready for battle. Zero growled slightly at the nuisances, though not attacking without Wily's orders.
Wily smirked, and spoke with an air of confidence, "Meh, we'll let them live for now, Zero. They will soon realize your power in out next attack!" Zero dropped Rock to the ground, closing his eyes. The red robot converted into an energy beam, warping away. Wily followed suit, flying away in his saucer.
The six other robots ran to Rock's side, picking him up as a large support car rushed in. Roll pushed open the back doors, speaking urgently, "Come on, we have to get him back to Dad for repairs!" And so, they all quickly got into the car, taking Rock back to Light's lab.
Author Zero: Okay, to clear up some questions that might pop up...I'm using Japanese names, though I titled it as Mega Man so people would know what I mean. Also, Robots can eat, it just isn't an efficiant way of converting energy. Rock, of course, has taste buds installed. Thus, he likes food, a lot. And the robots that Doctor Light made consider him as their father, so they call him Dad, and they all consider themselves siblings. Also, after the first Robot Master incident, the six that were stolen and reprogrammed were brought back to Doctor Light and repaired. As such, they're a family again, and look out for each other. Anyway, there, all questions I can think of answered. Hopefully you also know that Forte Bass, Rock Man Mega Man, and Rock is Mega Man without his armor, his more childish form. Anyway, look forward to my next chapter when I get the time!