The Cliff 2:
Still un-named
Hello again!
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Golden-eyedwolf842: Thank you. This update is a little late though, cause I've been busy…
BanbieBunny's Bro: Looking back at it, I see what you mean. It was rather difficult to understand, and I apologize. BTW, would it have been better if I wrote FLASHBACK instead of just FLASH?
Umm, what's a strict cannon writer?
And as for Crash having feelings, I'm going to say he malfunctioned. .;
I'll be updating more often now that my internet is back up.
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RandyPandy: Yes, you were right. And as for where he came from… we'll be getting to that in a couple of chapters. Heheheheh…
And yes, Zero is crazy. But he's also a good actor, as you'll see…
Disclaimer: If I owned Megaman, I would own an army of mechanically powered Bass plushies, and take over the world. As it is, I can only dream… TT
THE CLIFF 2:
GEEZE I NEED TO NAME THIS THING!
CHAPTER 3:
Roll sobbed quietly into her pillow. Zero had just told her the bad news. Bass was dead. After Blues and Rock had left, he had explained, a huge surge of robots attacked him and Bass. They had been separated, and even as Zero was trying to get back to Bass, he saw a robot kill him. Since Bass' memory chip had been un-accessible, Zero had to fill them in.
Roll rolled onto her back and stared at the ceiling. What she would do if it could only bring Bass back. 'At least,' she hoped, 'he died knowing he had avenged his brother…'
She stood and walked to the door. 'I need to get out of here,' she thought, preparing to leave the house. Rock caught her before she left. "Where're you going?"
She shrugged. "The cliff. I need to get out." Noting the worried look on his face, she raised an eyebrow. "What?"
"Didn't anyone tell you?" Roll shook her head. "The base of the cliff is where Bass died."
Roll's eyes widened. "No one told me that…" she said quietly. Her eyes turned downcast. Seeing this, Rock quickly attempted to reassure her.
"We can go somewhere else, if you want," he offered. She sighed.
"Alright. Let's go."
They headed off to the mall. The group consisted of Rock, Roll, and Rush. Blues had left the house for one of his trips just before they had left, so they didn't have a chance to invite him along.
Roll busied herself with purchasing groceries to keep her mind of other things.
After she had purchased the food, she heard a familiar voice behind her.
"Hey Roll!" She turned and smiled happily.
"Rythym!" She gave the older robot a hug. "I haven't seen you in awhile!"
Rock walked up, carrying all the groceries. "I see your English has gotten better."
"Ja, it has." Rythym looked around. "But where is Bass and Blues? Did they not come?"
The smile fell off Roll's face. She looked downcast. "Blues is off on another one of his trips…"
Rythym nodded. "He won't be held down, will he? And Bass?"
"Bass is gone," Roll said, her voice barely over a whisper.
Rythym noticed Roll's sadness. "Gone where? He didn't leave you, did he?" she asked tenderly.
"No…" Roll shook her head. "He's dead."
Rythym stood for a second, unsure of what to say. She opened her mouth uncertainly, then saw something over Roll's shoulder. Her eyes widened. "ROLL! DUCK!"
Rythym hit the ground, dragging Roll with her as a round projectile just missed them. It flew over their heads into the wall behind them, and shattered into five smaller spheres. One of them hit Rythym as she and Roll huddled close to the ground. Roll looked up to see if her friend was alright, then gasped in shock. Rythym was frozen solid in a block of ice!
She and Rock looked over to the source of the icy blast and saw a large blue robotic penguin. The penguin grinned and shot another blast at the two still unfrozen bi-roids. Rock dodged, pulling Roll out of the way with him. Quickly donning his armor, Rock became Megaman.
"Try and get Rythym out of that ice! I'll stall this guy!" Megaman shouted to Roll, leaping into battle. Roll nodded, looking around for something to help Rythym. Humans and robots alike were scattering desperately, trying to escape.
To Roll's surprise, quite a few humans had been caught in the icy onslaught.
"Robots aren't allowed to hurt humans!" she thought aloud, looking for something to unfreeze the victims with. Luckily, nearby there was a hair salon. Running in, she grabbed some blow dryers and extension cords. She ran out of the store and began plugging the blow dryers in and aiming them at the frozen people. Slowly, the ice began to melt and the air began to heat up.
Megaman leaped at the penguin, shooting rapid-fire. Much to his surprise, the penguin charged into the shots! Somehow, his speed caused the shots to reflect. Before he could move, the penguin slammed into him at full speed. He flew across the mall and hit a frozen passerby. His systems cracked under the force and he fell limp. The penguin stalked over and reached out to grab Megaman.
"ROCK!" screamed two voices at once: The first from Roll, who had just gotten back from calling 911, and had just now noticed Megaman's plight. The second came from Blues. A large, fiery shot exploded from his buster and hit the surprised penguin. He flew into the wall, sparking.
"Blues?" Roll exclaimed in surprise.
Blues ignored her for the moment, and focused on defeating the penguin. Oddly enough, the penguin had not risen from the floor. Instead, he was sitting there, glaring at Blues. Cautiously, Blues moved closer, buster trained on the icy blue enemy. When he was only a few feet away, he noticed the penguin's armor was beginning to flash and spark. The penguin grinned maliciously, and a whirring sound filled the air around them. Realizing what he was planning, Blues quickly retreated, just in time to escape a series of small explosions. The remains of the blue penguin disappeared into smoke and rubble.
After the danger had passed, Blues checked to make sure it was dead before walking over to help the now unfrozen Rythym. She was sitting where Roll had left her, shivering and looking confused. Blues helped her to her feet.
"Hello darling," he said, giving her a quick kiss on the cheek. "Out shopping?"
"I was…" Rythym shivered and looked at him curiously. "I thought you were away?"
"Just for a short time." Blues waited until she had stopped shivering. "You're ok now?"
Rythym nodded in reply.
"Good. An ambulance will be coming soon. I need you to help them with the injured people while I go check on my brother and sister."
Rythym nodded again and walked over to one of the semi-frozen people. Blues walked over to his sister, who was kneeling next to Rock.
"Is he ok?" he asked, placing a hand on Roll's shoulder. She looked up at him.
"He'd not responding. I've tried to wake him, but…" she trailed off, turning her attention back to Rock. He was still in his armor. His eyes were closed, and one could probably mistake him for being asleep.
"You take him back to the lab," Blues told Roll, "and I'll be right with you in a moment."
Roll nodded and teleported away with Rock. Blues turned to help Rythym and the emergency workers.
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I don't have much to say tonight, except for that I'm soooooooo soooooo soooooooooooo sorry about not updating in forever. And that this chapter is soo short... My New Year's resolution is to update more often, so… cross your fingers on that!
See ya!