Trouble In Paradise
By: Metal Sonic EX
Disclaimer: I do not own the Classic Megaman series, the Megaman comic series, or the Battle Network series. I like them all, but I don't own them.
In the next chapter, Megaman takes on the fiery EXE series Robot Master and things start looking worse for the Boltz Boys. In case your wondering, Protoman will be in most chapters from here on. Anyways, here's chapter six!
Chapter Six
Wildfire
Rocky was currently being driven to the steamworks facility along with Protoman. The steamworks purified the water that people drank and also contributed to a hydroelectric plant. This would halt few of the systems in the city, but it would still be a bad situation seeing as most of that power went to marketplaces and food storage warehouses. Chelsea, Alan, Dr. Light, Roll, and Elec Man all sat in the car as well, leaving Fr. Light to drive. "The steamworks is divided into four sections: north, south, east, and west wings. You'll have to thoroughly check each of them if you plan on finding Fire Man.EXE." Megaman nodded and clicked his watch, turning into Megaman. Protoman just gazed out the window until they arrived. "Even we are not allowed here for very long, so we'll wait for you at your high school." Megaman and Protoman left and Rocky nodded.
As the limo took off, Protoman turned to the looming maze of metal. "I'll take north and south. You take the east and west." Megaman nodded and the two careful entered the steamworks and split up. After twenty minutes of looking, Megaman had found nothing. "All clear on the east. How are you?" Protoman's voice rang out. "All clear in the south. I'm heading to the north, so we'll probably run into each other in the center. If you're not there, when I arrive, I'll wait. In five minutes, I'll come looking." Megaman nodded. "Got it." As he went to leave, one of the nearby machines sprung to life and Megaman barely managed to roll away as it spat out fire. Suddenly, Fire Man.EXE jumped down from an elevated pipe and landed in front of Megaman where he punched forward, narrowly missing Megaman's neck.
"You'll have to miss this date 'cause I'm burning up inside waiting for a battle." Megaman sweatdropped. "Cut it out with the fire puns. There really bad." Fire Man.EXE growled and punched forward. Megaman dodged it and fired his buster into Fire Man.EXE's chest. This threw him backwards, but another machine spitting fire forced Megaman to jump onto a high platform. Fire Man.EXE easily jumped onto another one nearby, then jumped to the platform with Megaman. There, Megaman dodged as Fire Man.EXE lunged forward. He then keeled over and launched a wave of fire from his head burner.
Meanwhile, just as the Light limo passed through the entrance/ exit gates, Elec Man woke up after dozing off. Immediately, he noticed something. "Um… Doc…" Dr. Light looked in the rearview mirror to notice that he was alone in the back. "I believe that two of our passengers fell overboard." Immediately, Dr. Light slammed on the brakes and turned around. Back in the steamworks, Alan and Chelsea were carefully maneuvering through the steamworks. It had been Chelsea's idea and Alan had followed so he wouldn't be called a sissy. "Hey, I see him!" Alan pointed to the distant battle of Megaman and Fire Man.EXE.
As Fire Man.EXE shot flames out of his hands, Megaman rolled away and fired his buster again. This time, Fire Man.EXE jumped to one of the highest points in the steamworks. Megaman looked at the great distance, then remembered something. He changed weapons and his armor became light yellow and gray. Alan and Chelsea, who were closer now, looked on in awe. "Sweet. That doesn't look half bad on him." Megaman took a running jump and managed to grab the edge of the platform. With semi-swift speed, Megaman used his grapple to pull himself up to the top. He climbed onto the platform and immediately dropped back down as Fire Man.EXE fired (no pun intended) a ball of fire. He quickly pulled himself up and fired lightning grapple. This knocked him back a ways and made his course with electricity.
Then, Fire Man.EXE jumped onto the central tower, the absolute highest point in the steamworks. It towered several stories from the ground and falling meant certain death, even to Rocky. He took another running jump and used Lightning Grapple. After using this for about four platforms, he reached the top and was nearly knocked off by a charging Fire Man.EXE. He then began stepping on Megaman's hand, causing him to sneer in pain. He raised his buster and fired at his face, knocking him back. He then grabbed his leg and pulled him off of the platform. However, Fire Man.EXE caught Megaman's leg and now dangled from that. Megaman began to slip and he got an idea.
To the shock and horror of Alan and Chelsea, Megaman let go and waited until the next platform came by to fire Lightning Grapple. He slammed against the side of the wall as Fire Man.EXE lost his grip on one of Megaman's legs and slipped off. "What? NO!" He plummeted to the ground, crying in shock and alarm as he created a huge crater in the ground and stopped moving. Megaman slowly climbed up and used his final Lightning Grapple to climb up to the top of the tower. After looking around, he noticed Alan and Chelsea. Alan waved in acknowledgement.
Suddenly, they ran a little ways back and, seconds later, Fire Man.EXE reappeared with huge streams of fire trailing from his hands. "Here's Johnny!" He never touched the ground because Protoman ran in and jumped on his back. Then, he caught Fire Man.EXE as he landed, flipped him, fired his buster at his chest, and sent Fire Man.EXE plummeting into the water below on the outskirts of the facility. A huge geyser of water emerged, followed shortly thereafter by many particles of light.
Upon getting his feet back on solid ground, Alan and Chelsea ran up. Immediately, Alan pointed at his friend. "Her idea." Megaman frowned. "I don't care who's idea it was, it was madness to come in here! Promise me you'll never do this again!" The two reluctantly promised and the four left. Back outside, Dr. Light was having trouble with the guard. "There are two humans in there who snuck out of…" He shrugged. "Sorry, visiting hours are…" The four walked into view and Protoman smirked. "Interesting. I never knew that those machines could spit fire." The guard seemed to panic and began running towards the steamworks. "Oh man! Not again!" Protoman shrugged. "Where would we be without gullible people?"
Back at the mansion, the group was soon informed of Rocky's new weapon. "This one is called Wildfire Cyclone. This is a powerful flame-based attack that can burn several different types of metals, wood, and even stone. This can also set some enemies ablaze. But this is a very limited attack and it's range is not that good." Megaman nodded and went outside to test it out. Elec Man then smirked, insulted Cut Man for no reason, and went back to his crossword.
Elsewhere, the Boltz Boys were getting ready to go for a walk when they saw their uncle Wily leave. "Wonder where he's going?" Dix shrugged. "Who knows." They opened the door after a few minutes and screamed as they saw Bass standing there. "Greetings. I'm your new babysitter and the first rule is no outdoor playing." He walked in, shut the door, and locked it. "Your uncle (being the old man that his is) has told me to watch over you three and I will do this. I'm Bass and I suggest not trying the back door. Dag had already run for it and screamed from the kitchen. He ran back in as a purple wolf-like dog ran in after him. "I see you've met Treble. Now, I suggest we go to your room, wait until he returns, and have ourselves a nice, fun time." The three brothers looked at each other nervously as the hesitantly moved up towards their rooms.
In the next chapter, Megaman takes on the stealthiest of the EXE series and problems begin to emerge, not for the Boltz Boys, but for Bass. Until then, Read and Review and I'll continue!