Chapter 2: Aftermath.
Hey guys! JoshTheAce here! And last chapter(literally the only chapter there was before posting this one) Things weren't looking too good. Let's see what happens next!
All her fault. All her damned fault. That's basically all Roll could think after Rock had disappeared, She could never accept Rock being gone, It only made it her guilt worse. Multiple people have blamed her and despised her for the event, I deserve this, I really do. That phrase was stuck in her head every hour, minute, and second, she thought. "It's been 1 day since Rock went missing, Maybe I should watch the news." She did know people were making a statue of Megaman in his honor, She was just going to check if anything new had happened. On the way to the lab, Roll was greeted by some 3 Gigantic Robot Masters, Gutsman, Hardman, and Concreteman, "W-w-woah!" Roll cried as she stared at the colossal robots standing in her way, "Hey! Can't we do this the easy way?... right?" Roll muttered.
"You actually THINK we're going to take this the easy way?!" Hardman screamed at Roll "After what you did to MEGAMAN!" Hardman grabbed Roll and pinned her against the stonewall, " So LISTEN UP PUNK!, WE WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU AFTER WHAT YOU DID TO MEGAMAN! SO YOU BETTER SHUT UP YOU PUNY SON OF A-"Hardman's words were cut off by a blue robot wearing a cloak standing behind him.
"Let her go, please." He said silently to the trio. "I don't want to use my powers, Trust me." He whispered again to them.
"So what are YOU going to do about it?!" Hardman screamed at the mysterious blue figure, as his fists clenched.
'Fine. I guess I'll have to fight you. Peace really was a way, You know." The blue robot said as he threw off his cape, Revealing itself to be...
"SHADOWMAN?!" The trio raised they're voices and shouted at the same time.
"Please let her go. She's innocent!" he pleaded them, but the 3 consumed with anger, they didn't listen. A crowd soon gathered up to see what was going on.
"Well, I guess a friend of Roll is a enemy of mine!" Concreteman said as he was about to lunge at the Mechanical ninja's body,
But Shadowman took action very quickly. He dodged Concreteman's attack, "Concreteman! I don't want to hurt you!" Shadowman said, avoiding several attacks from him. Finally, After multiple and many attacks, Shadowman finally got hit, "GAHH!" He screamed in pain. Concreteman had put a giant dent on his shoulder, It hurt him, Pretty hard. The other two pummeled him as Concreteman laughed at the broken bot.
After this, Roll snapped. She grabbed something from her purse, A rock she had collected on her walk on the stone road to Dr. Lights Lab, "HEY YOU WANNABE GUTSMAN RIPOFF!" Roll hollered as she threw the rock at Concreteman, filled with rage, anger, and other vile feelings.
"OUCH! What was that for?" Concreteman stared at Roll, "It's not very nice to hit people, Ya know!" the other two beating up Shadowman went to Roll, with unpleasant grins on their faces. 'I'm going to beat you SO HARD you wish you were never CEMENT to exist!".
Suddenly, As Concrete was about to beat Roll up, Shadowman got up. He wasn't very strong and he was very dented, But he was still standing. "Your puns are...-" He raced towards Concreteman, possibly fast as Quickman. He leaped in the air, grabbed a ninja star, and aimed right for Concreteman's Body. Concreteman turned around to see what was happening, Then, Shadow thrusted towards Concreteman's body and-"HORRIBLE!" Shadowman jammed his ninja star inside Concreteman's cannon, it leaked tons of concrete, freezing his body. Being disabled from the dent, The other two ran at him, Their eyes, Red like blazes, rushed at him. Shadowman rapidly unsheathed his recently equipped katana, Dr. Light said he can only use it in a emergency, This definitely was an emergency. He dashed like it was the old times, The old times. When Dr. Wily had just build him a set out to fight Megaman, He never realized Megaman was good at the time but when he was reprogrammed, Things changed. He slashed his katana against them, causing giant dents against the two.
"Oh man! My new armor! Let's get outta here!" Gutsman cried out running with Hardman, "I'll never forgive you for this, Shadowman!".
"Guys! Wait for me!" Concreteman muffled out, trying break the concrete in his legs so he could run away.
Roll stood up slowly, a bit damaged from Hardman's grip. "Wow...Thank you for saving me." Roll smiled. "You're very nice.".
"No problem." Shadowman replied, "I just came here to talk about something, I don't think Megaman going in the machine is your fault." He confessed.
"Wh-What do you mean?" She spouted out, confused by what he meant. "It's my fault! I urged him to do it!" As she tried to convince him.
"What I'm saying is it isn't your fault! If anything, Its Megaman's fault! He went into the machine!" Shadowman shouted out. "If anything he should apologize!".
She had a gasp on her face after that whole sentence. "Wow..." Roll said quietly as she slowly ran away from Shadowman.
"ROLL! PLEASE! DON'T GO!" Shadowman cried, sigh... I shouted at her. Didn't I? Shadowman slowly said to himself.
After running away from Shadowman, As she was walking, She suddenly thought about what he said, Was it really my fault Megaman went into the machine? Was it, "GAH! WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ROLL! ITS YOUR FAULT! HE WENT INTO THE MACHINE BECAUSE OF YOU!" She screamed at herself. But not too soon. Everyone at the road was staring at her. Roll, forget it. You're causing a scene. She had finally said to herself, Again. One, last, time.
Wow. Megaman is real? This has to be a joke, right? right... ? Drake was thinking about that since the Blue Bomber had popped out of his TV. His life changed at that moment. Heck, Even his sister was surprised at such a thing. A fictional character coming into real life was really hard thing to believe too. And it would take a LOT of time to get used to it. Besides, It's not like he's fake... Is he? Drake thought about that for a sec. Well, He did pop out of the TV to be exact. But that wasn't enough proof. He HAD to ask him about that. So he went to Jane's room (Where Megaman was.) and opened the door. "Hey Megaman! How are you doing?" He greeted him.
"Oh. I'm doing well. He said politely, He was looking at the picture Jane was drawing. The picture looked like a weird white spiky urchin with a bow, and 2 big bugling eyes. "Wow. You draw... abstract?" He said, trying not to be rude. The thing (Can't even call it a PICTURE!) was a white Pomeranian.
"I'm done!" The young girl happily said with a smile on her face. "This is a picture of Polly!" She said once again.
"Cool, But who's Polly?" Then after saying that, a tear appeared on the toddlers face. "Oh... Sorry, I felt the same pain when Rush got hit by that gorilla robot at the caverns, But you probably wouldn't understand that." The blue robot said.
"Then Duo saved you and beat the BALONEY out of him?" He questioned, then realized he probably shouldn't of said that. Oh no... What have I done?
"Yes but... How THE * %$ #& DID YOU KNOW THAT?!" He shouted, extremely flabbergasted.
"Well, How do I say this... Your a video game series that started ever since 1987, Yeah." He said, I can't believe this! I told Megaman, right to his face, He is a video game! DARN IT DRAKE!
After hearing that, A tiny chuckle came from Megaman. "Are you kidding me? Come on, I'm not that gullible. Tell me the truth." He replied, Thinking that the teenager was crazy.
"Oh yeah! I'll prove it!" He enthusiastically told him. Drake got his iPhone and searched "Megaman", Soon, the search results viewed a picture of the Megaman 1 box art, with a caption saying "Video game series." "There, Now do you understand?"
Somewhat surprised by this Megaman looked closer. "Is this.. Real?" He questioned.
"MORE proof? Well, here you go." He opened his computer and opened a NES emulator. He clicked the text saying "Megaman 2" and opened it. Soon, The cutscene at the beginning of the game began. He didn't skip it because he wanted more proof. When it finished, he went to the stage select and pressed Metal man's mugshot. after the introduction, he played through a bit of the stage. "Is that ENOUGH?" He shouted,
"I-I cant believe this.." He stated right from the get-go. I am a... VIDEO GAME?! How is this possible? Oh, right. I just teleported to another dimension, stupid me.
"... Sorry I screamed at you. Okay?" He apologized. "It's just, I thought about that once you appeared." He then asked him another question. "So... Can I see your powers? Because, You know, to prove that you REALLY are Megaman."
"Fine. But just to let you know, I am NOT a toy. Understand?" He told him as they made a promise. They both knowing that this could go very, very, wrong. So the 3 went to the shed, The best place for... you know, DESTRUCTION! After that deafening scream from the narrator, They finally made it.
"Welp, Here it is. Our… mediocre shed!" the teen said, not too excitingly. They walked inside the shed which actually boasted a great amount of room inside. "Now let me find a target." He found a wood stand at the edge at the shed. It also had a round plank on the top, with a target painted on I. "Alright, Get ready to shoot in... 3" He placed the wooden target on the floor. "2..." As suspense was building up, the teen finally shouted one last word. "1!"
In a split-second. a electric orb that surrounded the Mega buster, energic and fresh, blasted off the metallic cannon and collided harshly with the wooden target as dozens of pieces flew off into the air. The target was completely destroyed, with debris everywhere around the entire shed.
"That... was... AWESOME!" The fascinated children shouted out at the same time. "Jinx!" he replied to the youngster in a snarky voice. "I can't wait see the look on Mom and Dad face!... Oh. Crap."
"gasp Our parents!" the sister realized as she broke the jinx. Soon, a pair of wo lights was closer to their house. It was a 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio, A not so surprisingly expensive car for a expensive house "What are we going to do?"
"Stay here, I'll talk to them." Drake said as he approached the 2, his parents had just came out of the car, So Megaman hid. He finally came face to face with them, Happily greeting them back. "Hi Mom... and Dad!" He faked a smile, but hoping the didn't realize it.
"Hey Drake! How ya doing?" his Mom asked in a soft, gentle, voice.
"I'm doing great Mom! How are you doing Dad?" He said politely again, I can't keep this up for longer. I have to think of a excuse.
"Hey Drake! Glad to see you off your console for once!" He smiled at him, but saw something suspicious in the shed. "Drake? Did you brake something in the shed?"
"Err... No! That was just Jane practicing for softball!" He lied. Good excuse. I wonder where Megaman is though?
"Oh, that little rascal. Come over here! I'm just kidding!" The dad laughed as the child leaped into his arms. "But why is it in so many pieces?"
Jane was dancing when she hit the target. She was so happy she hit it!" He again lied. That one didn't goes as expected...
"Hmm... Okay! Come inside, It's cold outside!" He said as they all walked inside the house. When they got inside, Drake and jane asked their parents a favor.
"Can we go to the basement?... Alone?" He told them, Wishing they wouldn't suspect something. "I promise it's nothing bad. I swear!"
"Okay. But I have to say something too. You and your sister can tell us ANYTHING in the world. Don't be afraid to ask. He replied in a understanding way. "You really can. Don't be afraid!" He told them once again.
"Okay Daddy!" she said as the two went downstairs. As they made their way inside, they both sat on the black couch and began to talk about the event. "What was THAT! Megaman is real, AND FUN TO TALK TOO!?"
"Be quiet! Our parents will notice what's going on down here! Keep it low!" He "shouted" at her.
"Do you think we're going to tell anybody about this?" She whispered to him.
"Well... There is this one exception." He said silently. The two already knew who could solve this Megaman mystery.
I'm SOOOO sorry this took so long! I'm glad this ended on a happier note. I promise Chapter 3 will come faster! And shoutout to Disparagin7 for following this story and TrimusicaDrag00n90 for following this too! See you later!