Inside the Skull Prison's Lair...

"AHHH- *splat!* Ow..." The bomb from before whined out in pain before flashing in a yellow light. Out came a wincing a skinnier Aka, who was doing her best to not go into fetal positon. "I think Mizu kicked me too hard!"

Looking around, she noticed that the room had strange computers all over the area. When she looked outside of the window she somehow went through. She then looked back after seeing Lightning Commander throw Hard Man onto the window's bars, denting it and giving her an opportunity to hit him with a Daman Marble. *bang!* It tore a wall to the outside world. Upstairs...

With Shiro...

"CEASE FIRE! CEASE FI-" Was what Shiro heard before he hung a Sniper Joe from it's neck and used it to whip the other Sniper Joes behind him. Everyone was doing their part in escaping: White, Gen and Gladius were hurling normal bombs, Might and Dance were trying to blow open the doors, Shi-Shi was using her Perfect Shield as a barrier from oncoming fire and just like Shiro, Guts, Ice, Atomic, Amanda and Buggle were physically assaulting the many androids that were fighting them.

"DANCE! KICK A REMOTE BOMB TOWARDS ME!" The Bomberman shouted towards one of his counterparts. Said counterpart complied she then kicked a remote operated explosive towards him. Shiro then lifted the Sniper Joe he used as a bat and destroyed the Joe with it. Seeing some PiPi drop their eggs, he stopped what he was doing and barked out some more orders. "STAY BACK, EVERYONE! *vrr!* DOUBLE WIND BOMB!"

Summoning the green explosives, he threw the left bomb and sent the other flying towards it, creating an immense jet of air that scattered the PiPi and created a fiery tornado with the Remote Bomb's explosion.

"... That should do it!" Might then shouted out. Laying down eight Remote Bombs, he detonated the explosives without second thought. The door succumbed to the blast. "Freedom, here we come!"

"You said it!" Dance replied as she then gave him a fist-bump.

The group of twelve walked through the rubble, searching for supplies as they went. As they searched around, Shi-Shi looked at the debris and then to the fodder they destroyed. She then thought about her last mission, which ended with her being put down like a rabid animal.

"... Isn't it strange that Gladius and I are the only 'non-Bombermen' here other than Guts Man and Ice Man?" Shi-Shi said in a sad tone as she then stared at Shiro.

"... Where did you get the armor from?" The home universe's counterpart asked as he then stared at her pixelated eyes in content.

"Grid-city... Why?"

"... Are you sure that you aren't a Bomberman?"

"I'm just a customizable Anti-Virus inspired by the MYTHICAL Bomberman! I shouldn't even be ALIVE! One moment, I wake up to destroy some stuff, then do that same routine over and over! I GOT DELETED IN THE END! Now I am in an alternate universe that is somehow making me co-exist with said myth!" The running emotions of the living Anti-Virus was livid as she then stared at her Wave Cannon. Buggle then gave some knowledge that said Anti-Virus should know.

"... Neither should any of us. I died a gruesome death and got revived as a Dastardly Bomber."

"I was forced to become a Human slave and a merciless gladiator." Gladius added in, trying to break the chain his right arm was attatched to.

"Do you have buddies that try to kill you when a little argument comes up? That I do." Atomic commented as he picked up a wrench and gave it a few swings.

"... I am a Jetter member! What can you expect? I fought bad guys ever since I was a kid!" Said Gen. Then Amanda added her two cents.

"... I may not be any of you, but my father is a runaway slave! I had to rescue him before he could get atomized!"

"...Hey, I fought an evil old man who grew into cosmic proportions. I even ran away from the Bomberman Brothers... *sigh* My own family, just so I can prevent more deaths from happening." Might sighed out before staring out into the distance.

"I fought an angelic being... Also, being surrounded by teammates opposite to your gender? They can get attatched to you pretty quickly!" White muttered out.

"I'm just an experimental robot! What else can I do other than get discarded or destroyed?!" That shout came from Dance as she played with her red scarf.

Shiro remained silent when all of this happened. When Guts and Ice revealed that the person that trapped them here with Shiro used them as tools of destruction before being rescued by their older brother, Mega Man, the group was livid in anger that such a situation were forced upon them. Shiro still kept quiet and focused the anger with many ways he could kill Bagura. That was cut short by Shi-Shi, who wanted to know what were his experiences.

"What happened with you, Shiro?"

"... You are just going to egg me, aren't you?"

"I told you my problem... Can you tell me your experiences?"

"I don't really want to do-"

"C'mon! I insist!" The Anti-Virus then tried to make pixelated puppy eyes towards him. Shiro was contemplating whether or not he should say his... He decided to say it.

"Well... On this universe's version of Planet Bomber, I am the emperor... Or was it king? Anyways, there was a coup and now I'm running for my life... It wasn't always like that though. I was just a kid who joined the Jetters and nearly died 9 years straight just to protect the Bomber Nebula as a Superhero called Bomberman. It all started when..."

With Aka...

"Hello?" Aka called out through the halls as she went deeper and deeper into it's dark recesses. The walls echoed as the red Bomberwoman passed by some rooms that didn't look suspicious. She found the end of the hall... To the medical ward. When she opened the doors she saw two old men bickering.

"IT IS NOT FUNNY, LIGHT! I WILL DESTROY YOUR CREATIONS, STARTING WITH MEGA MAN!" It was Dr. Wily.

"Oh please! You have been doing this for how many years?"

"... 5?"

"Exactly! And you have been beaten by a 12- Nope, It's 16- year old bo-"

"He is a robot!"

"-oy who wears minimal armor." Aka then decided to remove her helmet and keep the Search Goggles on. With a shout, she garnered Dr. Wily's attention.

"*plop* ... I have been waiting for two months for this!" Dr. Wily then grinned and pressed a button *kzzt!* It was a new and improved Gamma.

"Thanks to Dr. Light over here, I have created the ULTIMATE Gamma!" All Aka could do was sweat in disappointment.

"... Considering how my companions and I are on the run from a smurfy old Bomberman that ascended to cosmic quantities... *bang!* Denied!" The Daman Marble on Aka's stomach fired once more, tearing Gamma's spiked fists to shreds. Wily was distracted into tending Gamma's injuries as she then grabbed Dr. Light.

"Who are you, young lady?"

"*picks up her helmet...* I am a friend of Mega Man! He launched a raid here! We have to find everyone else and get out of here!"

Chapter 9 end...

References:

1. After Mega Man 9, as referenced to chapter 2 of MM:DM Season 1, Rock has been given a body type similar to the Mega Man of the Ruby Spears Mega Man series

2. Yeah as mentioned before, Shi-Shi is literally physical now... Also, if you read SBR, Shi-Shi is an alternate version of Mini-Shi from said series

3. Gamma from Mega Man 3

That's all for now folks! I have written 2 new stories also! Sudrian Stupids and Kirby in: TRIGGERland!