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 stealthiest of the EXE series and problems begin to emerge, not for the Boltz Boys, but for Bass. I'm just going to get to the point. Here's chapter seven!
Chapter Seven
I Spy
Be careful or I'll have to hurt in a way the EXE series could only dream of doing! Megaman smirked as he remembered Chelsea's 'threat' just before he'd left for a nearby state park, where Stealth Man.EXE lay in wait. He was currently flying above the city on Rush Jet when her suddenly had a vision.
-Flash-
A single capsule… Way too many wires… Something was wrong… Megaman slowly made his way over to the capsule and opened it. Inside, an incomplete robot lay. Megaman somehow knew who it was and pointed his buster at it. Suddenly, its' eyes snapped opened, it crushed his buster with a swift punch, and with another punch, his head turned 160° before he…
-End Flash-
He snapped back to reality and shook his head. He looked down and saw the state park. "I'll go on foot from here, Rush." The dog barked in response and Megaman flipped off as Rush beamed back to the Light estate. Megaman fell several stories before shooting Lightning Grapple and catching a flagpole with it. He spun around it to the ground, where it returned to his buster. Just to be safe, Megaman switched to Wildfire Cyclone and his armor changed to a combo of red and light orange. Before he knew what happened, a missile flew towards him and he barely managed to roll into the brush as it hit the flagpole, nearly toppling it.
"You cannot hide forever! I will find you eventually." Megaman waited until the right time and quietly moved a little further behind the brush. Search Man.EXE, who'd walked past him, stopped and spun around. Megaman kept low as he eventually turned back around and continued walking. He paused by the flagpole and Megaman quietly moved back onto the dirt path. He brought out Lightning Grapple and fired it at the tip of the leaning flagpole. As he flew over Search Man.EXE's head, he started and looked behind him, having seen the grapple first. Megaman kicked the flagpole's top and jumped to the ground as Search Man.EXE turned back around and had a flagpole land on top of him.
Search Man.EXE growled loudly and knocked the flagpole off as he jumped to his feet. Megaman took off and the EXE Robot Master took off after him. He fired several missiles at him, many of which missed by a large margin. Megaman eventually broke away and dove back into the brush. Then, he waited as Search Man.EXE ran past and stopped. He held a hand to the side of his head and his scope became a light red. "Infrared." He looked to both sides of him and began walking down the path while looking to his sides. Then, Megaman came up with a plan, but it would involve a secluded part of the park.
So, for about fifteen minutes, Megaman slowly and quietly followed Search Man.EXE before finally reached a circular patch of trees that were several yards away from the others. That's when Megaman lunged forward and took Search Man.EXE out by knocking his legs in. He quickly dove into the trees where he used Wildfire Cyclone. Instantaneously, the trees began burning, thus scrambling Search Man.EXE's infrared scope. "Very clever, Megaman." He said as he stood up. ""However, even you cannot survive… What?" A flaming tree snapped and the top half fell towards him. He rolled away where Megaman ran into him and took them both into the small pond which was nearby.
Megaman opened his eyes and saw Search Man.EXE shooting three missiles at him like torpedoes. He quickly swam out of harm's way and got another idea. He quickly swam to the surface and climbed out. Then, he brought out Lightning Grapple and spun around. Just as Search Man.EXE was about to break the surface, Megaman fired and Search Man.EXE was short-circuited. After all, water conducts electricity. Search Man.EXE didn't explode, but his almost lifeless body floated to the surface. His weight flipped him onto his back and, somehow, he managed the strength to talk. "Perhaps… What I'm doing is wrong… But… You must stop him… Take this…" He took a chip from his cannon and weakly handed it to Megaman who reluctantly accepted it. "It is a… Special weapon chip… Use it to… Defeat him…" Megaman looked at the Robot Master. "Defeat who?" Search Man.EXE took his last bits of energy and said. "Use it… To… Defeat…" He never finished because then, his energy ran out and Search Man.EXE was no more.
Megaman quickly extinguished the fire and propped Search Man.EXE's body against a pedestal in the center of the area. It was, he thought, the least he could do. He then beamed out and returned to the Light estate where his friends greeted him. "How'd it go?" Megaman, who'd turned back into Rocky, smirked. "Fine. Search Man.EXE gave me this chip personally and told me to use it to defeat him." Elecman snatched the chip before Dr. Light could and looked at it. "Defeat who?" Rocky shrugged. "Don't know. He died before he could tell me." Elecman frowned and handed the chip to Dr. Light before returning his gaze to the crossword puzzle he'd been doing. "Sniper Missile. A powerful missile-based attack. It is a good airborne attack, but it can also be used as a torpedo-like projectile. And, before you ask, you learn to identify this stuff when you're around microchips all the time." Dr. Light shrugged and went to his lab, leaving a confused trio of friends.
Meanwhile, the Boltz Boys were still dealing with Bass and Treble. They currently stood at the top of the basement steps. "Stay here. Treble, sick 'em if they try to leave." As Bass proceeded down the stairs, the three brothers looked behind them and the now laying Treble, who was looking at them. At the bottom of the stairs, Bass maneuvered through the junk before coming across a steel-plated door. "Let's see what the old man is up to now." He easily hacked into the system and entered the room. It was very simple; nothing except a large computer occupied it. "What the hell…" Bass walked over and hacked into its' system as well. He became curious and opened the first file he noticed, a file labeled 'Virus'. It immediately brought up pictures and blueprints of a certain robot that made Bass instantly jump backwards. "This is… It… Can't be…"
Although Bass was relatively new, he'd annoyed Wily to the point where he'd shown Bass some blueprints of a robot Bass described as a 'girly-looking, long-haired robot'. Of course, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out who it was. Bass slowly walked back to the computer and began sweating a clod sweat as he read numerous passages of information on the robot, one Wily simply called 'Zero'.
Dun dun dun! In the next chapter, Megaman takes on the biggest of the EXE series in a trip to an amusement park that he, Alan, and Chelsea won't soon forget. Until then, Read and Review and I'll continue!