Sonic 2
CH.2: The ones who were caught
Inside the newest factory of Wily two robots were hauling around burnt leftovers from the last fight. Decoe and Bocue were left behind and were found by the evil Dr. Wily. Since they worked for Wily they were in hard labor till Wily thought they had enough. "My back is squeaking!" Bocue complained. Decoe put his load down and flexed his arm, it still was loose. "When will Dr. Eggman come get us?"
"If I know him he'll take his good time," Decoe said as he took a little break. The last battle was such a sure thing, until the hedgehog's friends showed up. Then Wily had the nerve to argue with Eggman and that ended any possibility of further alliances. The robots had served under Dr. Eggman for quite sometime, in all that time they managed to ruin things for him or hurt them in the process.
"Speaking ill of your former creator hmm?" Wily was above them; he wore his white lab coat and held a calculator in his left hand. "That machine was the finest and could've ended the Mega pest and your blue hedgehog, but nooo, Eggman puts just 2 lousy crystals in!" walking down the stairs one would be shocked by his height, but after the last step his height shrank. "Taking a break now?"
"No Dr. Wily," Decoe said getting up from his leaned and kicked back position. Wily smiled coldly and looked at his hand as if the answer given was just a coat of a lie. The two quickly set off to work and Wily walked back up the stairs from which he descended. As long as he kept those two busy he'd be happy, but if not the outcome of his actions may bring Eggman here in cold vengeance. As he entered his office he plopped into his swivel chair and rubbed his temples. As he sat there he contemplated his past failures and the recent one too.
"My early success was with my former partner…and friend Dr. Light. We were the future of hope for a crumbling city of economical mayhem. Light had the brilliant scientist label; I was his brilliant assistant, I Dr. Willy an assistant! After I left I was labeled evil scientist and soon set to work on my evil ways. What I hadn't planned for was Light to get volunteers for a new project. This close and blasted away by Mega Man.
"Mega Man destroyed my brilliant machines and resources leaving me in a state of confusion. No new ideas come to mind and all that was left for me to do was hide," Wily said as he swiveled over to the viewing screen. Eggman's two lackeys were down there busting their bronzes over Eggman's betrayal to him. His next project would be much bigger, so much that no attack could harm it, no speed was too fast for it, and this time there was an element of surprise. Spinning faster in his chair he laughed and laughed, until he fell to the floor. As he got up he brushed himself off and smiled wickedly.
Pharaoh Man bit the dust as Mega Man shot out a charged beam. To get over not seeing Helen he had scoured the city in search of Wily's creations, right now he had the luck to find Pharaoh Man. For the last hour the two had taken shots at one another until at last he succeeded in landing the final blow. Wily seems to think original, Mega Man thought tiredly. The constant movement he had to do limited his thoughts much like Wily wherever he was. Waling out of the alley he met the crowd of people (his fans) who always followed his battles. As he ran to Dr. Light's home they followed relentlessly. Sliding under the gate he managed to loose his overbearing fans and after he heard their voices grow fainter he leaned against the gate for rest. "Sorry…maybe you can get my autograph tomorrow," he said to the retreating fans.
"Do you have a girlfriend?" stopping before the door he sighed. The blonde haired girl in the wheelchair was out of communication, and their parting words were left to speculation. Turing back to his girl fans he said with a grin:
"Yeah, I do." This left many of them heart broken and others thought of him as afraid to love. He didn't care and closed the door with a heavy heart. Those fans that climbed his gate he never understood, but for any comment from him, the risk was none to great. Dr. Light was in his lab, as usual, and seemed to be preoccupied with a new experiment. "Hey Dr. Light what are you making this time?" No answer, must be really top secret, he thought curiously. As he tiptoed to the room he peeked around the corner to see Dr. Light hunched over the table. As he was about to leave he heard a whine…almost like the whine of a new weapon. His curiosity won and he looked over Light's shoulder.
"Ah…I see you've discovered your new arm canon," Dr. Light said without letting his eyes wonder up to his young friend. Mega Man gave him a confused look and Dr. Light chuckled to himself. "Well, I heard you were having problems of penetrating Wily's creations, so I've been working these past few weeks on it. Here try it out on the practice dummy in the training room," Light said lifting up the red canon. Mega Man gave it another curious glance before slipping his arm out of the blue arm canon and adjusting the new one on. The training room opened up recognizing his body signature and as he stepped in he poked at the arm canon suspiciously. The lights came on and Mega Man walked forward wary of his surroundings.
"Hello Mega pest!" Mega Man tightened his grip on his arm canon and stared in anger as the white haired man appeared in a robot with four legs. The robot lunged at the young hero, but Mega Man back flipped away before the machine could squish him. Wily charged the beam and the beam flew at Mega Man hitting him in his crouched form. Mega Man got up weakly and raising his arm canon took aim at one of the leg supports and let out the charged beam cracking the support in half. The Wily clone gave him a horrid smile then fired two beams in unison at the youth. Mega Man performed a handspring to the side over the beam and shot out 6 beams into the other leg support.
"Wily…you killed Rush…prepare to suffer…" Mega Man rolled under the robot and released a good dosage of charged beams. The robot collapsed and Wily was sent into the air and after a roll stopped in front of Mega Man. Mega Man charged his beam ready to dispose of Wily…but he couldn't. For after every fight Wily retreated and returned with bigger weapons at his disposal. The program ended and in the doorway stood Dr. Light with a proud smile on his aged face. "It still hurts Dr. Light…"
"I know Mega Man, but you will heal over time. Now on to more happier rumors, is it true you are building up a girl fan base of your own?" Dr. Light gave his young friend a curious look and Mega Man blushed a little. As the two headed into the lab Mega Man took off his helmet and shook his black hair loose.
"Yeah, ever since I started to go to the games in public they have been hounding me for dates. But my heart lies in another world and its counterpart is also there. Dr. Light do you think-?"
"Mega Man, I'm sorry but my technological skills do not include traveling to and from different worlds. Dr. Wily was the smart one in that department and the last of that technology enabled your friends to return home." He hated to crush Mega Man's good mood, but life never intended for every person, creature, or being to be happy. As he sulked away, Dr. Light looked over at his experiment chart to see blue dusty blueprints. With a hidden grin he put on the face shield and began to weld. In his room Mega Man lay flat on his back in a blue shirt and blue shorts. His black hair had grown and he had even grown an inch. Rush II flew in and sat obediently at Mega Man's side. Mega Man gave no acknowledgement to his friend.
"I got to go to Wily," he said determinedly, "then again it could get Rush II killed and I know how much effort Dr. Light had put in him and all." He also remembered the young two tailed fox named Tails who helped in creating his new friend. During the pool party he had noticed Sonic's girlfriend giving him the cold shoulder, maybe it was due to his lone gunman approach to take on Wily and Eggman, he thought.
"Mega Man, Wily just stole from the downtown bank and it seems he is accompanied by Gemini Man. Go check it out and take Rush II along; seeing how he's been bugging me all day to be taken out." Rolling off the bed he stood in the closet where a blue light played across his body, when done he wore a blue armored suit.
"C'mon Rush II, let's fly low and steal back what has been taken from the bank." Rush II extended to jet mode and Mega Man jumped on as Rush II burst out the window. Staring down at the city was nauseating, but once he got his balance he saw Wily's craft. Rush II did a nosedive and just as quickly met Wily's ship. "Wily…you've crossed the line this time!"
"Boy I created the line, and from my view I'm only 3 quarters of the way along. Ah, I see you found a new mutt for met to put to sleep." Rush II growled and barrel rolled as heat seeking missiles chased after them. "It seems Dr. Light has been quite busy-."
"Yeah, and he also added a new weapon to my suit," he said with a smile. Wily gave him a smile daring the young boy to thwart his newest scheme. Mega Man charged his new arm canon and returned the smile at his enemy.
"A new weapon huh?" What Wily couldn't see was that though his arm canon was red and looked exactly the same as his old one, the real truth was it packed more of a punch. Since Dr. Light had created most of Wily's experiments, he also still had their blueprints. The one Wily drove had a leak in the right side and the left canon had a 10 second waiting time to shoot. Wily however chose to make a bluff, "fine Mega Man, you have me beaten."
"All those years of fighting you have only made me smarter, and bluffing is not one of those qualities that get better with age." Mega Man jumped off Rush II as a beam was fired and with his left hand he grabbed onto the rail extended by Rush II; exactly at that same moment he had charged his beam super hot and one he had hold of the rail he fired. Dr. Wily pounded his board as electrical currents played across his board. It seemed the Mega twerp had scored.
"I don't have the stolen loot," Wily said to the surprised Mega Man, "Gemini Man has it and his other half is on its way to steal the diamonds. I may be in cold water, but you are not anywhere near warm." Rush II steered his way into the city and found one Gemini Man running into the alley, and the other one making his way to the diamond store. Mega Man pointed right and once off Rush II headed after the other.
"Ruff," he challenged the other Gemini Man as he tried to escape. The multicolored man had heard the unintelligible challenge and came into the alley.
"Dr. Wily destroyed your predecessor so sorry you have to hear it pup, but this time I have the privilege to take out you." Rush II saw the Gemini beam and weaved past it and kicked Gemini Man in the back. Flying along the wall Rush II made a comeback attack and sent Gemini Man into the trashcans. "Fight me like a…" Shaking off the "man" part he began to fire erratic shots at the dog and each one ended up burning the wall. Rush II made a note of the pattern and glided by unharmed. "Stay still!"
"Grrr," Rush II growled. Changing into regular form he landed beside Gemini Man and sat there. Gemini Man liked the odds now and jumped into the air to perform a triple Gemini beam. As he slowly landed on top of Rush II a spring popped up and sent him flailing into the air. His hearing was quadruple the predecessor Rush and his spring could send anyone over 2 buildings. Firing the jets he roared out of the alley and caught Mega Man in the middle of a heated battle against the other Gemini Man. Mega Man slid under a low beam and swept Gemini Man to the ground with a sweeping kick. Rush II took this time to test his net and watched as it enveloped him in pink netting. The police would be here soon, so the two left.
"Well Dr. Wily, it seems you were telling the truth for once. I might have to drop the visiting Helen, just until it's safer to leave. "Rush II flew through the open window and Mega Man did a dive onto his bed. His legs ached from sliding and his arm canon had run out of energy during his battle, now he was home, and still lonely. He let his arm drop over the bedside and scratched Rush II's ear. His day had started out by taking on Pharaoh Man, and then a nice friendly talk with Dr. Light, his day closed when he and Rush II took down Wily and the two Gemini Man's downtown. Rolling over onto his back he wished he'd see Helen; just not with Eggman.