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 this chapter, Rocky heads to the desert and faces off with an unusual Robot Master. I apologize for the wait, but here it is. Here's chapter ten!

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Chapter Ten

The Ocean of Sand

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Morning came and Megaman headed out for the artificial plant research lab. They had several species of rare plants, including several types of cacti. Dr. Light had called in and asked that they be removed due to the lack of a nearby desert. Megaman walked in and immediately escorted to the display. Megaman jumped in and looked around. It was a decently area, but big enough for Desert Man.EXE. "Come to see my new home?" Megaman, shocked looked down and was almost immediately pulled under the sand due to a sandy hand.

Moments later, he surfaced and climbed out. Megaman then used Lightning Grapple to hang from the lights that hung from the ceiling. A large hand ripped from the ground and went to grab him, but he maneuvered around it and dropped to the ground. However, a hole which was Desert Man.EXE's mouth opened and Megaman fell into it. Again, moments later, Megaman. He sputtered out sand and took off his helmet to shake it free from his hair as well.

"He said something about a nearby body of sand. Do you know what he's talking about?" The researcher thought for a second before snapping his fingers. "There's a playground not too far from here that's got a sandbox!" Megaman replaced his helmet and thanked him before running out of the facility. He jumped off of the roof and called for Rush. When he landed on him, he began flying in the direction of the playground. Meanwhile…

"Did we lose that thing?"

"I sure hope so."

"I'm getting tired of this. If Uncle Wily made that guy…"

"Then?"

"Like or not, we've got to tell Rocky about this."

"What?"

Dez raised a defensive arm slightly before lowering it. "We've put him through hell, yet we need him now more than ever." The other two agreed just as screaming was heard. They moved around the corner and saw a large hand emerging from the sandbox.

"What about this?"

"He'll find out. Let's move!"

Megaman finally reached the park just as Desert Man.EXE's hand was rising from the sandbox. He also saw the Boltz Boys running for it. "Cowards." He jumped off of Rush and landed in front of the sandbox. He fired a buster shot at the hand and it immediately. "On the run already?" A mouth formed in the sandbox and Megaman walked up to it. "No, I'm merely showing that your assumption of me being here was wrong." Megaman raised an eyebrow. "Wrong? Where else could you…" He suddenly started as he realized. "The ocean! Tons of sand is underwater!" Desert Man.EXE laughed. "Yes, there is. Who needs a desert when you've got an ocean?" With that, the mouth disappeared. Back at the Light estate, Alan and Chelsea were just getting up as they noticed the lack of Rocky.

"Got up early and went look for… Don't tell me… Desert Man!"

"Correction. It's Desert Man.EXE."

"Big difference!"

"It is. EXE Robot Masters are stronger than the original ones."

Alan and Chelsea turned to see Elecman in his chair working on a crossword and Cutman with the TV remote in his hand. "Nice to see you two are up and arguing." Elecman smirked. "It's a ritual." Cutman suddenly snapped his fingers and pointed towards the TV.

"…say that a large, sandy creature has begun crawling out of the ocean and making its' way down the street. Sources say that…"

"It's Desert Man.EXE! What's so hard to remember about that!"

"Apparently, this creature is annoyed that…"

"Desert Man!"

"My, my! We are quick. Take this!"

Megaman arrived at the edge of ocean just as Desert Man.EXE had crawled out. He threw a sandy hand at Megaman , who easily dodged it and fired a buster shot. However, it went through him and Desert Man.EXE was able to grab him. "I've been getting hungry." With that, Desert Man.EXE tossed Megaman into his mouth. "Fire, Rocky! Fire!" Elecman began acting as if this were a sporting event. Desert Man.EXE chuckled before sniffing the air. "Is it getting hot in here? Hot!" Just as he went to cry out, a whitish flash took place and, when it died down, Desert Man.EXE was sand anymore. He was glass.

Megaman had used fire and, due to the ferocity of the flames, he'd turned Desert Man.EXE into Glass Man.EXE. With a few good smashes, Megaman burst through his opponent's stomach and the whole thing shattered. He turned around, picked up a shard with a microchip in it, and beamed off, leaving behind a stunned news crew. Upon his return to the estate, he was greeting by Elecman congratulating him for a brilliant display of intelligence. Upon examining the chip, Elecman snorted.

"Sand Wall. By swinging your hand, you can create a wall of sand. It doesn't last long and it only blocks energy shots. Pretty useless if you ask me." He tossed the chip back to Rocky. "So, do you always get up this early?" Rocky looked up to a barely-awake Chelsea. "Only when I can't sleep."

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Not much of a chapter, but it's not much of a boss either. Anyways, in the next chapter, Megaman takes on what is personally my favorite Robot Master, Tomahawk Man. Until then, Read and Review and I'll finish this sucker!