Chapter 9 – Drunk Scientists are Deadly

Netto and Meiru had been walking down the corridor for what seemed like ages. Nothing much was happening, so Netto decided to strike up a conversation.

"So Meiru..." Nothing came to mind.

"Yes, Netto?" Meiru looked at him inquiringly.

"Um... This has been a pretty wacky adventure, huh?" Netto wasn't used to not having anything to say. After all, Netto was a champion blabber, he could go for ages about nothing in particular.

"Yeah, it has." Meiru giggled. Their conversation was broken off, as they noticed a hole slide open in the ceiling and floor in front of them, followed by a faint noise.

"hhhhhhhHELPppp!!!..." It was Blues. Then came another.

DeeeeGUTSUuuu!!!..." Gutsman.

Netto and Meiru went blank, as the floor and ceiling closed up again.

"...Was that... Blues and Gutsman?" They smiled nervously.

Blues hit the floor with a thump, followed by Gutsman, who landed on him once again.

"Oh lord, by the time this is over, I'll be in a wheelchair. Gutsman, I told you not to touch that big switch that said 'do not touch'!" Blues groaned. Gutsman smiled in apology.

Gutsman got off him, and they looked around. It appeared as though there was some kind of a stage in front of them.

"Is this a theater, de gutsu?" Gutsman asked. Blues ignored him and walked around a bit. Suddenly the lights dimmed, and the spotlights focused on the stage. Gutsman and Blues watched as many men came up and stage, then they screamed out in horror.

"OH MY GOD, MIMES!!!" Blues shielded his eyes from the pain.

The mimes were in something of a standing foetal position, hiding their faces in their hands, before popping out and giving their best mime smiles. Gutsman was frozen on the spot from the horror.

"Make it stop, de gutsu!!!"

Blues and Gutsman were the first to be victimized by the evil of two drunk scientists.

Enzan could hear a distant sound, similar to someone screaming.

"Did you hear that?" he asked Yaito.

"Hear what?"

"Ah, never mind." Enzan thought he was hearing things. They finally reached a room with a stage at the end. There was a man standing with his back turned to them.

"Who're you?" Enzan called out, but the man didn't respond. Instead, music started to play, and the man turned around, singing along.

I'm too sexy for my shirt

Too sexy for my shirt

So sexy it hurts

And I'm too sexy for Milan

Too sexy for Milan, New York and Japan

The man was removing his clothes with the music. Yaito and Enzan looked with their jaws practically dragging across the floor.

"Really, Meijin and Dr. Hikari have really twisted minds." Enzan grabbed Yaito and they dashed off into the next room.

In the next room was a large bunch of people in congo lines, including two familiar faces.

"Thank heavens, help us!" Glyde pleaded. "They've been making us congo for so long, my legs feel like they'll fall off!"

Dekao was spotted too, who was so exhausted he was pretty much being dragged around by the two guys next to him.

"Really twisted minds..." Enzan muttered as he and Yaito attempted to pull them out.

Rockman and Roll were still in the corridor, which was longer than they expected.

"From the hype that Meijin made this out to be, I kind of expected something more..." Roll said. Rockman just shrugged.

"It's probably better this way. Besides, in my current state, anything can scare the pants of me."

They walked on and on, and finally reached the end of a corridor. Only thing was, at the end was a dead end and a single red button.

"Should we push it?" Roll asked. Rockman thought for a moment.

"Well... We don't have much of a choice. Might as well." Rockman reached over and punched the button in. Suddenly the one of the side walls opened up and a massive hand reached out and grabbed them.

"Ack! What the heck?" Roll tried to squirm out of the hand's grip, but to no avail. Rockman was trying to get out too, but then realized he was squirming next to Roll, causing them to blush. They gave up on breaking its strong grip, and the hand pulled them off into the darkness.

Netto and Meiru had continued walking down the corridor, and reached a large staircase going up. At the top, they made out a figure standing there looking at them. Netto recognized him immediately.

"Rockman! Finally, we found someone!" Netto ran up to the Navi.

"Netto! What's up?" Rockman said coolly. "Didn't think you'd be able to get here so easily! Guess you took the best seat!" Meiru ran up behind Netto, then noticed something.

"Hey, where's Roll?" Meiru looked around more. Rockman smiled smugly.

"Don't worry, she's fine. I've taken care of her." Netto tensed at his response. Something was wrong.

"You... You're the last part, aren't you?" Netto took a step back.

"Haha! Very observant of you Netto! You're right, I'm the brave Rockman! Unlike my foolish other parts, I manage to maintain my true form! I am after all, all of Rockman's strength." Brave Rockman clicked his fingers, and the floor underneath Meiru slid open, causing her to fall into the abyss.

"Netto!!" she screamed as she plummeted down. Netto attempted to reach her hand, but was too slow.

"Damn you, where is she?" Netto grabbed B. Rockman, who effortlessly pushed him away, slamming Netto into the wall. His human figure disappeared, leaving behind a crimson-red version of the original Navi Rockman.

"You think you can beat me? That's hilarious!" B. Rockman broke out in laughter. Netto slowly got up.

"I see you have the little strong-headedness that Rockman has, but to a much more annoying extent." Netto balanced himself on a wall. "But you're not half the warrior the true Rockman is! I can beat you without trying!"

"I like your confidence! But you'll never beat me in a fight. You're not even a Navi."

B. Rockman advanced towards Netto, preparing to finish him off.

"Dammit..." Netto knew he couldn't win, but he was determined to buy the others time to reach him.

Meiru had finally hit the bottom of the drop, landing in a pile of jelly.

"Ugh, yuck!" Meiru got up, trying to brush off the jelly. "The smell's still there... Oh! Netto!" Meiru looked around and found the door, and ran out. She came to a room full of men dressed in black and white, and two guys lying on the floor curled into balls.

"Gutsman! Blues!" Meiru ran up to them. "You guys okay?"

"The mimes! Make them stop!"

Meiru looked around, and saw what they meant. The mimes were truly an irritating force of newspaper fashion.

"Hey, mimes!" They all turned and face Meiru. "Let's see you mime yourself talking and I wanna hear the voices! Only a true mime can do it!"

The mimes thought for a moment, then opened their mouths, before closing it again. Soon, they gave up, falling to the floor in tears that they weren't good mimes.

Meiru grabbed Blues and Gutsman and carried them off to the next room.

"Thank the Net! It's over!" Blues sighed with relief.

Gutsman was still a little shaken, muttering to himself.

"Black... White... Black... White..."

Meiru dragged them into a new room, where they saw a lot of people in congo lines, including four of their friends.

"...You guys, this isn't the time for that." Meiru scolded.

"Help us! We can't get out!" Enzan tried to break free, but they were too strong.

"Oh jeez... Hey, I request the Macarena!!!" Meiru shouted. Surprisingly, the music changed to Macarena music, and everyone lined up, allowing Enzan, Yaito, Dekao and Glyde to break free. They all ran to the next room, which finally was the main chamber, where Meiru had fallen and separated from Netto. They saw in horror as B. Rockman stood over a beaten-up Netto.

"Netto!!!" Meiru made to reach him, but Glyde held her back. "Get away from him, you freak!"

"Ah, excellent, someone to watch me destroy you! Ha, it's great to be strong!"

"Let us deal with this." Blues said, as Gutsman and himself stood forward. "Enzan, sir. Please take care of everything here."

"You can do it, Blues." Enzan said, as Blues and Gutsman ran up the stairs to reach B. Rockman.

"Let's go, de gutsu!" Gutsman's hands turned into his old hammer, and he attempted to smash B. Rockman. But he was too fast, simply sidestepping and kicking Gutsman away, sending him flying.

Blues ran up and attempted to slice him, but B. Rockman smoothly caught his blade.

"What?" Blues said in shock, as B. Rockman lifted him up and tossed him away.

"Don't you understand? I am made entirely of courage, of strength! No foolish emotions to slow me down! This is the true Rockman!" he laughed out loud triumphantly.

"I believe I am the true Rockman!" B. Rockman turned around to meet Rockman's fist. He stumbled backwards, then regained his posture.

"Oh, it's you. The useless leftovers of me. You know you can't beat me." He looked at Rockman's legs, which were shaking uncontrollably. "You're shaking! See, you're nothing without me!"

Using his godlike speed, B. Rockman dashed right up to Rockman, grabbing his throat and pulling him off the ground.

"Rockman!" Roll ran up and bit B. Rockman's arm, managing to force him to let go. Rockman gasped and backed off. B. Rockman regained his composure and shoved Roll away, knocking her out.

"Wait quietly, you. I'll deal with you soon." B. Rockman smiled evilly, clicking his fingers again. A hole opened up nearby, the same hole that Meiru fell through. B. Rockman walked over to the still-recovering Rockman, picking him up and holding him above his head. "Time to say goodbye, fool." He was just about to throw him when suddenly something pushed him from behind.

"Not if I can help it!" Netto had gotten up to see Rockman in danger, and tackled B. Rockman in the back, sending Rockman flying backwards away from the hole, and B. Rockman and himself into it. They hurtled down into the darkness, the others running over in an attempt to help him.

"Netto!" Meiru screamed. She quickly retraced her steps to the room, followed by the others. They arrived to find B. Rockman as a red Chibi-Rockman, and a badly injured Netto. Enzan knew basic first aid, and checked out Netto. After a few minutes, he got up again.

"He's... dead." Meiru went pale.

"R-Really?" She was about to cry.

"No, I'm kidding." Meiru punched Enzan in the face.

"That wasn't funny!"

Gutsman picked up the unconscious Netto, and Dekao was carrying the Chibi-Rockman. Rockman came in from the main chamber, carrying the knocked out Roll in his arms.

"Is Netto okay?" Rockman asked worriedly.

"Yeah, he's just hurt. We have to get out of here." Enzan took out his PET and called Yuu.

"Enzan, how did it go?" Yuuichiro appeared on the screen.

"We managed to capture the final Rockman part. Netto's been hurt pretty bad, and the rest of us aren't too good either. We need a way out."

Yuuichiro frowned for a moment.

"Ah, yeah... I studied the plans and found the way out. Try to keep an open mind about this." None of them liked the sound of that.

Following Yuu's directions, they found themselves a room with a large grate for a floor. It was circular in design, the roof being so high-up that they couldn't see it.

"Okay, everyone stand in the center of the room." Everyone did as they were told.

"Now then, here's what you have to do first..." he instructed them to tie Netto onto someone else in order to keep him from being hurt further. Meiru volunteered to do it. Only after being tied onto him did she realize what they meant. They were tied together limb for limb, Netto's head behind hers, his hands behind hers, and his legs behind hers. She felt herself growing hot and her face turning pink. The same was done with Roll, everyone ignoring Gutsman's waving hand, telling him 'You're too damn big'. Roll was tied onto Rockman in the same manner.

"Okay, now remember, keep an open mind, and we were drunk, so don't take this the wrong way." They really didn't like the way this was going.

"Prepare for geyser exit!" Yuuichiro called out.

"Geyser what???" everyone said simultaneously, but they soon found out. The room rumbled as a strong gush of creaming soda poured out of the floor, sending the gang hurtling upwards.

"AAARRRGGGHHH!!!" they screamed, as the light at the top came closer and closer. They broke out into the surface by the coast, sent flying into the air from the force. They all flew up, then slowed down before falling once again into the water with a splash.

Everyone slowly made it back to land surprisingly in one piece.

"Is it just me, or do we smell like crap." Enzan complained. "I can smell rotten potatoes, green jelly, and now creaming soda."

Yuu appeared on Enzan's PET.

"Hehe, sorry you had to go through that. Honestly, we were drunk." Yuu apologized.

"Drunk or not, how do you come up with things like congo and mimes???" Yaito muttered.

"Let's complain later! We gotta take care of Roll and Netto!" Rockman got everyone's attention.

"Give them to Blues and me. You get yourself pulled together." Blues and Enzan carried Roll and Netto to the hotel, and Rockman and Glyde went to get the final piece put together.

"Another crisis averted!" Yuuichiro flung back on his seat in relief.

"But they found out about our Engine." Meijin reminded him.

"Ugh, I just want to forget all that." Meijin looked at him.

"Well, if that's what you wish, we could always play Cluedo. It always helps us forget our problems."

"Of course! Colonel Mustard, prepare to die!"

Deep in the mess that could only be called Netto's luggage, a girl's figure was struggling to get out of one of Netto's bag.

"Really that boy, he can be such a moron!!!" She said, finally breaking out of the bag. "I come over to visit, and what does he do? He slams my face with his door and packs me with his underwear! I smell like his underwear now! Gosh!"

"Calm down, you might hurt yourself!" Her Navi scolded. However, the girl wasn't listening. Instead, she was still having a tantrum, with a pair of underwear stuck on her head. She couldn't see, and accidentally slipped, toppling off Netto's balcony.

"Waaaah!!" She fell down a good 4 storeys before having her fall broken by trees.

"Are you okay??" Her Navi called out anxiously.

"Damn... That... Netto... Is... Stupid..." The girl said, before falling unconscious.

A/N: New character, I'll explain it when the time comes!

END CHAPTER 9