Scarlett: La la la!
Nora: Well that was random...
Nora was calm and happy. For the first time in her life, she had actual friends. Robot friends, but nonetheless, friends. She felt so happy, she wondered if she was ever going to go to sleep. Quick Man brushed her hair back gently with his hand, and then Nora dozed off.
When Nora woke, it was sunset and Quick Man was asleep. His charger battery was at 12%. It had been running all day. Nora shook him awake. Quick Man opened his eyes at once. "What's wrong?" He asked. Nora told him he was on low battery. "I should be heading back. I'll be back tomorrow." He said sadly. Nora hugged him. "Thank you for being my friend." She said. Quick Man hugged her back, then he climbed down the tree and headed back to the ruins. Nora watched the sunset as it went down, and wondered if she could make a portable charger for Quick Man so he could stay out longer.
Quick Man reached the ruins to find silence. Everything was in order and all was quiet. No Mega Man. Quick Man guessed they were still out in the Lanfront woods, stopping for the night. It's only their first time at Lanfront. Of course they haven't attacked. He thought. He walked into the charger room and saw Flash Man, awake and sitting at a table waiting for him. Quick Man stopped in his tracks, surprised.
"Sit." Flash Man said. Quick Man sat. "So . . ." Flash Man looked at him, "What were you doing out there, all alone like that?" Once he said the words all alone, Quick Man knew that Flash Man didn't know what happened, although he was suspicious. Quick Man shrugged. "It was a nice day to be outside." He said. "So I was outside." Flash Man glowered. Quick Man wasn't going to tell him what he had really been doing. He wished he could fight Quick Man, but if he did, it would wake the others. And he had to obey orders from Dr. Wily. After the incident with Magnet Man and Snake Man . . . well . . . Dr. Wily had ordered them to stop fighting each other.
Quick Man hooked himself to the charger, and his battery level started to slowly rise. Flash Man had dismissed him for tonight, but he was still suspicious Quick Man was up to something. Quick Man was going to need to be extra careful if he was going to visit Nora tomorrow.
Nora awoke again to voices. It was Mega Man, Rush, Bomb Man, Cut Man, and Guts Man. They seemed confused, lost and tired. "Well I think we're going in circles." Said Bomb Man. Mega Man nodded and said, "I think you're right Bomb Man. We should have rested last night instead of trying to continue to the ruins in the middle." Nora sighed in her head, and dropped to the ground surprising the others. Then they dropped their weapons in relief, seeing Nora as their friend from yesterday, and not a threat. "Need some more help?" Nora asked with a small smile on her face. The others nodded. "I would suggest taking a rest. The best places are up high." Nora pointed up into trees. Then she scurried up one like a squirrel, and waved from a high branch.
After a few minutes, they got settled. Nora even found a good overlap of branches for Guts Man to lay on. They drank some E-Tanks (E-Tanks are sort of like caffeine for robots. I suppose you could call it fuel.) and dozed off.
Nora watched over them in peace. She was mostly waiting for Quick Man, but she kept telling herself she was watching over her friends. Which she was. A little. Nora sighed and fiddled with the tools she had stored in her compartment. She shifted a little in the tree, trying to relax, but all her energy was bundled together like a spring. Coiling tighter and storing more energy until she let it all out. Nora didn't know how to relax anymore. Unless Quick Man was with her. But he wasn't. She would have to wait.
Quick Man got out of his charger the instant it reached 90%. He couldn't wait any longer. Flash Man was asleep and charging. Quick Man dashed out of the ruins, and into the woods.
The other robots were still sleeping so, Nora climbed higher, careful not to disturb them. She saw Quick Man from a distance looking around for Nora. "Quick Man!" Nora called in his direction. Quick Man heard it and looked up and around, and then he saw her waving from the tree and rushed towards her. Nora laughed, "Come on up. We got company." Quick Man glanced at Mega Man and the others who were still sleeping. "They got lost?" He asked. Nora nodded.
"So what do you want to do?" Nora asked excitedly. Quick Man thought a minute, then shrugged. "I don't know. What do you want to do?" Nora laughed and said, "I don't know either. What do you want to do?" Quick Man smiled and said, "I don't know. What do you want to do?" Nora grinned and continued the joke. After a few minutes, it got a little boring so they stopped. Quick Man played with Nora's hair, while Nora fiddled with her scanner on her arm. Then Nora gasped. Quick Man looked at her and said, "What? What's wrong?" Nora put a finger to her lips, and showed him her scanner. Someone was coming their way.
Quick Man's eyes widened. "You stay here. It's probably one of my brothers. Flash Man was starting to get suspicious of me yesterday." Quick Man leapt down from the tree, and onto the ground. Then he started to create a diversion, by whistling.
Flash Man could have sworn he heard voices, but then they stopped. Must be my imagination. He thought. He heard someone whistling. It sounded like Quick Man. He rounded the tree and the whistling stopped. Quick Man was right in front of him. "Hi, Flash Man," said Quick Man all friendly - like. Flash Man glared at him. "What are you doing out here?" Quick Man shrugged and said. "What are you doing out here?" Flash Man balled up his fists. Quick Man took a step backward and said, "Dr. Wily told us not to fight each other." Flash Man grinned. "And who's going to tell him I did it if you're dead?"
Quick Man took out his quick blade and casually inspected it. He appeared to be holding it up to the sunlight, but he was really glancing back at Nora's tree. She had a worried look on her face. Flash Man froze him where he stood before he could do anything, but just as he was about to deliver the death blow, Nora shot him and he fell down, disabled and unconscious. Quick Man was immediately unfrozen. He looked down at the disabled Flash Man. "What happened? Did he freeze me in time?" Nora nodded shaking. She had climbed down from the tree. "He was about to kill you!" She said. Flash Man groaned and shifted slightly. "I'd better get out of here before he wakes up." She said, and dashed back up the tree.
Flash Man was on his feet in a minute. He glared at Quick Man. "How did you do that? I froze you!" Quick Man shrugged and grinned. "Oh, and by the way . . ." Quick Man said, "I'm telling on you." Then he was gone. Flash Man didn't even see him run away. He had blinked too slow. Nora breathed a sigh of relief for her friend, as Flash Man raced back to the ruins, attempting to beat Quick Man there.
Nora realized that she was shaking only after she sat back down on the branch. I really do like Quick Man. She thought. And he likes me. Nora smiled. No one had ever loved her before. No one had hugged her or brushed her hair back like that. No one listened to her woes and told her, it's okay. Yep. He likes me. She smiled and relaxed herself, hoping Quick Man would be okay.
Quick Man had just finished telling everything to Dr. Wily, (cutting out the part about Nora.) when Flash Man stumbled in, disabled and damaged. "What were you thinking?! Go refuel and you can organize my computer for the rest of the day!" Dr. Wily told Flash Man. Flash Man glared at an amused Quick Man and stormed off. Dr. Wily didn't even scold Quick Man about fighting back!
Nora had awoken Mega Man and the others and helped them refuel. They thanked her and went on their way. Soon, there would be peace, and the robots would stop coming after her. She suddenly felt sleepy from staying up last night, and decided to take a nap herself.
Nora awoke to loud footsteps. She scurried higher up the tree where it was leafier and more concealed. She could still see down though. Snake Man and Top Man came into view. "She's not in the southern part or northern part. Let's check here." Top Man said. Snake Man nodded and said. "Hopefully she won't come to the middle of the ruins. Dr. Wily has something big he's preparing, and he wanted to make sure the girl wasn't spying or anything." They walked away and continued their search. Nora smiled. She started to head for the middle of the ruins.
Nora reached the middle of the ruins. Dr. Wily was outside looking around the area, Nora ducked behind a bush. She turned around to make sure no robots were behind her. Then she watched Dr. Wily. He went back inside. I wonder what he's planning. Nora thought. Nora dashed toward the door, staying hidden. She entered silently and swiftly. She came to the doorway just in time to see Dr. Wily to go into a control room and shut the door. Nora leaned against one of the walls and looked around. It was dim, but there were torches stuck to some of the walls.
Nora thought she heard a hissing. She turned around and looked everywhere. Nothing, but she still heard hissing. Snake Man? Nora thought. Wait, that doesn't sound like a snake. Then Nora saw a purple cloud coming down from the ceilings. Sleeping Gas! Nora almost said aloud. She ran for the exit, but the door was closed. She pounded and the door shook. She kept pounding as the gas started to make her sleepy. She pounded one more time, and the door fell off his hinges. Nora sleepily stepped out of the ruins but fell down and everything went black.
When Nora awoke, she was in her human form, and her suit was gone. Oh no. She thought. She was on a table in the control room she saw Dr. Wily enter. Dr. Wily was sitting at a desk with her back to her, not knowing she was awake. She also saw Quick Man staring at her with a sad look on his face across the room. He shrugged. Nora looked at Dr. Wily and saw her robot suit in a cube shape sitting on his desk. She shifted her feet, but they were numb and she ended up falling off the desk. "Ow." She said. Dr. Wily turned around. "Ah. You're awake." He said.
"What . . . I mean . . . how . . . ?" Nora stuttered. Dr. Wily chuckled and picked up the cube. "You made this, correct?" He asked. Nora glared at him, crossed her arms, and stayed silent. Dr. Wily said, "I'm pretty sure you made this, but I might be wrong." Nora stayed silent. "You are a very clever girl. You fooled us all." Nora was still silent. Dr. Wily asked, "Where did you come from?" Nora stayed silent and glared. "Ok. We'll do this the hard way." He frowned. "Quick Man, take her to cell B-12." Quick Man hesitated then took her hand and led her out the door gently. Nora looked down and tried not to cry. When they were in front of cell B-12, Quick Man hugged her and said, "I'll see if I can get you the cube." Nora hugged him back and said, "I'm not worried." Quick Man pressed a few buttons on a panel and the the door slid open. Nora walked inside the dark room and Quick Man shut the door.
Nora thought she heard something in the room. She gasped and felt around. Something grabbed her leg, and she kicked at it until it let go. The she heard Snake Man's laugh. Then she distinctly heard Metal Man say, "Sh!" to Snake Man. Nora backed up until she reached the wall. She felt something hard next to the wall too. A table. She climbed up on it so nothing could grab her legs and she heard more scuffling sounds. She felt a shelf on the wall. She used the shelf to climb up to the rafters on the ceiling. They were wide and stable to stand on, and she felt safer. "Where did she go?" Someone whispered below. Nora thought it might have been Top Man. Were they all in here?
The light turned on and she saw all the robots except for Quick Man for 5 seconds, then the light went off again. "She's hiding. The little scared-y cat." Snake Man whispered. "Not so tough now, when she doesn't have her suit." Flash Man said, and Nora could hear the smile in his voice. She curled up into a ball and moved to the edge of the wide shelf where the wall was. They wouldn't see her unless they looked up.
Nora could hear them whispering, but she couldn't make out what they were saying now. Her heart was pounding rapidly, and she hoped none of the robots would hear it. The light turned on again and the robots looked shocked. "Where did she go?" Snake Man hissed angrily. Nora gulped and tried not to think about what they would do if they found her.
They spread out and started looking under and behind objects and inside cabinets. "She's good at hiding, I'll say that much." Snake Man remarked. Hard Man nodded. For at least an hour they looked and looked, but didn't find her. Nora started to relax.
A little while later, the door opened and the dark room flooded with light. Quick Man entered and said, "Dr. Wily wants the girl." Nora stayed put. She didn't want anything to do with him. Quick Man gazed around the room, then looked at the frazzled robots. "Where is she?" He asked curiously. The robots shrugged. "She's hiding in here somewhere." Top Man said, "We just don't know where." Quick Man started to laugh. "You lost her?!" He had to put one of his hands against the wall to steady himself because he was laughing too hard. Flash Man growled, "It's not our fault she knows how to hide well." Nora almost smiled. But then she realized she was hungry. And Dr. Wily was her only hope of getting food, whether she liked it or not.
Nora stood up quietly and walked across one of the rafters to get a better look at the room. She stopped immediately when she heard Top Man say, "Did you hear that?" Snake Man nodded and looked around. Then he realized something. That girl always hides in trees. Or, to be more specific, heights. He looked up at the ceiling to see a nervous Nora standing on the rafters above. Then he chuckled. "There she is." And pointed up. As if on cue, all the robots including Quick Man, looked up to see Nora sitting on a rafter with a nervous look on her face. She spoke and said, "I don't want to see him." Quick Man shrugged and said, "Ok. I'll tell him you said that." He walked out of the room. The other robots looked at Nora vfand she walked across the rafters to her safe spot near the wall.
The other robots now knew where she was, but had no idea how to get her down. Nora heard them whispering and listened in. Snake Man said, "Does anyone here know how to climb?" No one raised their hand. Snake Man scowled and muttered something about how Dr. Wily should have built a Ladder Man. Nora put a hand to her mouth and tried to stop giggling. She felt a rush of pride. I'm still able to avoid them, even without my suit for protection. She smiled wider and went to sleep.
She awoke to the cell door opening, and Quick Man walking in. Nora rushed over to the rafter close to the door and told him. "I don't want to see him." Quick Man crossed his arms and said, "Dr. Wily says he wants to talk to you now. He knows you're hungry and he's prepared food." Nora shook her head. "I would rather starve to death. I hate him, and I want nothing to do with him. Not even food. He's probably poisoned it anyway." Quick Man sighed and put his head in his hand. "Dr. Wily's going to be mad at me for not bringing you." Nora told Quick Man, "You can tell him, I WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH HIM!" And with that she stomped over to her spot next to the wall.
She heard Quick Man sigh and close the door. Nora's stomach growled, but she could still survive. She wasn't thirsty, or if she was she didn't know it because her hunger was her body's first priority. She tried to tell her body to just die and be over with it, but her body seemed to have a mind of it's own and growled louder. The other robots heard it and giggled. "Saaay. I'm hungry. Does anyone want a nice juuuicy hamburger?" Snake Man said, even though he didn't eat hamburger's. The robot's laughed harder when they heard Nora's groan. "Shut up!" She shouted. And went to sleep with the sound of laughter filling her head.
Quick Man came back again annoyed and not happy. "Dr. Wily says come here NOW." Nora groaned. "Fine!" She hopped down from the rafters, avoiding the other robots, and walked out the door. When the door closed, she breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm starving. I hope he still has some food out at least." Quick Man looked at her curiously. "So . . . what exactly are you . . . trying to do . . . about the situation?" Nora shrugged. "I don't know what to do. And I don't want to know what the other robots will do if they get ahold of me. As soon as I figured out they were in the room, I went into flight mode." She paused and then said. "It's a figure of speech." Quick Man nodded as if he understood everything she just said, but to be honest . . . no he didn't.
Dr. Wily turned around the instant they came through the door. "Ah! Finally!" He pointed to a chair at the table and said, "Sit." Nora walked over to the table which was covered with fruits and vegetables. She sat down looking at the food, checking for poison or mold spots. She didn't breathe in the scent of the food or touch it. Dr. Wily seemed to sense what she was doing and said, "For Pete's sake, it's just fruit and vegetables. Nothing else." Nora continued gazing at the food before finally taking a peach and taking a small nibble.
After deciding it was safe, she ate normally, trying not to show how hungry she was. Dr. Wily set the cube on the table. "I tried scanning this thing multiple times with my strongest devices, and it kept saying there was nothing to scan." He said. "Do you know how that could be?" Nora shook her head and said, "It might be the coating I applied to it, so it wouldn't deactivate by the barrier field at the edge of Lanfront, but I'm not sure." Dr. Wily looked at it closely. "You made it, right?" He asked. Nora was silent. Then she nodded. What was the harm in telling him?
Dr. Wily was very impressed. "How did you make it?" Nora shrugged and said, "I just did." Dr. Wily looked at her and said, "Can you be more specific?" Nora looked at him and said, "Why do you want to know?" Dr. Wily said, "I have my reasons for that. I'm just extremely curious about your knowledge of robotics. You're what, 6?" Nora looked at him defiantly, and said, "Well, this is my business, and I don't wish to share it with you. And I'm 5." Quick Man was amused at this conversation. All that seemed to go back and forth was nothing but a refusal to tell information. Nora was more stubborn than Dr. Wily, especially now that she had been fed. She had also slipped some extra fruit in her pocket.
Eventually, Dr. Wily got fed up with Nora's refusal for information again, and ordered Quick Man to send her back to cell B-12. Once they were at the cell door. Quick Man asked her if she was okay. Nora nodded. She was confident she could make it to the rafters before the robots could pounce. The door opened and Nora immediately sprang up on the table, climbed up the shelf and was on the rafters in 4 seconds. The other robots looked up at her then at each other in awe. Quick Man closed the door, and Nora could see the hint of a smile on his face.
The robots were giggling about something as Nora headed to her wall spot so she could sleep. Nora paused to eye them suspiciously. They eyed her too, waiting for her to go to her spot. Nora went to her spot, only to find Metal Man standing there. Nora's reaction was to step backward which almost plummeted her off the rafter toward the floor. But she regained her balance just in time for Metal Man to leap toward her, so she was able to dodge successfully. The other robots were looking up waiting for Nora to fall. Metal Man threw a blade and Nora just barely ducked in time and almost fell. Nora leaped across 2 rafters to get to the other side of the shelf. Metal Man threw 5 more blades at her which Nora, who had practice at dodging, dodged easily.
Metal Man lept over to Nora's side at the same time Nora lept to Metal Man's previous side of the wide shelf. They glared at each other and Metal Man threw 3 blades then when Nora jumped to avoid them, threw 4 more. Nora came down and one blade grazed her forearm. Nora clutched it and said, "Ow! What was that for?!" She glared at Metal Man and Metal Man looked at her like she was a dummy. "That's for freezing me to a tree, of course." Nora yelled at him, "You were a threat! What was I supposed to do?! Let you attack me?!" Metal Man paused to consider this. Then he said, "Maybe. That would have been a whole lot easier." Nora rolled her eyes and said, "For us both? Or just for you?" Metal Man was silent. Then he threw another blade forcing Nora to dodge.
Metal Man stomped on the other side of the rafter Nora was standing on, and Nora almost fell, but grabbed onto another rafter just in time. She used the wall to help get back on the shelf. Metal Man threw another blade and Nora ducked, and the blade stuck to the wall behind her. She grabbed the blade and flung it back causing a surprised Metal Man to fall to the ground. This ultimately caused disappointment throughout the others. She then collected all the other blades Metal Man had thrown and stored them on a ledge next to her spot, and went to sleep.
When she awoke, her arm had stopped bleeding and had clotted up. The robots were in a huddle whispering. Nora tried to listen in, but she couldn't make out what they were saying. Time seemed to pass very slowly, and not only did Nora find herself bored, but hungry again. Nora reached into her pocket where she had slipped some fruit there, and found 4 oranges, 1 pear and 3 peaches. She ate one orange, and tried to save the rest, so she could hold out longer. As she slipped the fruit back into her pocket, she felt something hard. She took the hard object out of her pocket and grinned. She had remembered to bring her pocket-knife when she ran away.
She sharpened the 13 Metal Blades that Metal Man had "given" her, and set them back on the window ledge. Hard Man suddenly had an idea. He stomped very loudly on the wooden floor and the vibrations shook the room slightly, causing Nora to bounce upwards a few inches and then land back on the rafters. Nora yelped. Then she turned red as she heard the robots laughing again. She wished she could get back at them, but all she could do was ignore the other vibrations that came from Hard Man's stomping, as to not create more fits of laughter.
Eventually, the laughter died down, and Nora had some peace and quiet. But, then she realized the robots had stopped laughing because Metal Man had an idea, and they were huddled together again and whispering. Then they started to make a robot ladder. Hard Man was on the bottom and Needle Man climbed on Hard Man's back, so he could lift up Magnet Man. Magnet Man lifted up Metal Man and Metal Man lifted up Flash Man, who lifted up Snake Man. Snake Man jumped and caught the rafter easily and climbed up. Nora grabbed her collection of Metal Blades and went to the other side of the shelf, once she realized what was going on.
Snake Man finished positioning himself on the rafter, and looked for his prey. He saw Nora staring at him with a fierce expression on her face, and she was carrying Metal Blades. He shot little snakes out of his hands and the tiny snakes slided towards Nora. Nora flung a metal blade at a snake and it cut in half. She threw more blades and the other snakes were killed too. She quickly recollected the blades, as Snake Man lept toward her and grabbed her arm. Nora stabbed him with a Metal Blade and he let go, surprised. Nora leapt onto another rafter, then onto the other side of the shelf. Snake Man leapt after her, but Nora flung a blade at his foot, and he fell to the ground. Crash! For the rest of the day, Nora was in a good mood.
Snake Man now wanted double revenge on Nora. Metal Man too. But how were they going to get it, if Nora wouldn't let them?
The door opened, and Dr. Wily stepped in. He looked at the ceiling and there was Nora. "Go away. I don't want to talk to you." She said. Dr. Wily grinned and said, "But if you stay up there . . . then you won't get food." Nora snorted and said, "I'd rather starve." Dr. Wily shrugged modestly, thinking she would be begging for food soon, and walked out the door. Nora sighed in relief. Then, to satisfy her growing hunger, she ate a peach and an orange. She now had 2 oranges, 1 pear, and 2 peaches. The robots were huddling together again. Nora feared the worst.
Later, Nora awoke to a scratching sound. She was alert at once, and on her feet. She peered down at the robots below. They were whispering and Needle Man was using a needle to scratch something on a piece of wood. Nora couldn't see what they were doing, but she knew it wasn't good. Nora didn't think she could go back to sleep now.
Nora listened to the robots urgent whispering and planning. They seemed to be coming to an agreement by the way they're voices softened. They did a high five, and Needle Man scratched on the piece of board. What were they doing? Nora felt unsettled by this, and continued to be on alert. Her stomach growled yet again, and she ate the rest of her fruit, hoping that would settle her stomach, until she could escape.
Nora sat and waited cautiously. She flinched at the slightest sound, and her eyes continuously scanned the room for signs of danger. The robots were in a corner huddled together, sometimes glancing up at Nora who was watching them. Eventually, they all walked over to the part of the room directly under Nora and just stared at her. She stared back, trying not to show how nervous she was.
Nora dozed off. She needed sleep desperately, and if she didn't get it, she would not be as alert as she wanted to be. When she awoke later, there was silence in the room. The robots weren't there. Nora looked around the room from above, and heard nothing. Where did they go? Nora wondered. She started to climb down. She wondered if they were just hiding in the room, but if they were, they were being awfully quiet. As soon as she touched the floor, the robots burst out of the cabinet. Nora leapt back on the table and started to climb back up to the rafters.
Top Man grabbed her foot just in time and yanked her down on her back. Nora got up and raced to a corner of the room, picked up a chair, and held it out like a weapon. The robots knew that the chair would harm them quite a bit if she attacked. They just stood there looking at her, sizing up the situation. Nora backed up a small bit, watching them closely. Metal Man threw a blade and Nora blocked it with the chair. Too bad she left the other metal blades up in her spot. Hard Man approached Nora, and as Nora swung the chair, he grabbed it out of her hands and flung it aside, leaving Nora weaponless. She backed up to the wall, looking around for something else to use.
Hard Man advanced and Nora jumped onto another chair, and sprung onto a counter. Unfortunately, it wasn't tall enough for her to leap onto the rafters. The other robots turned the other way and all grabbed for the nervous girl. Nora leapt over them, but Snake Man grabbed her ankle and pulled her into Hard Man's arms. Nora struggled to get free, but Hard Man just tossed her to Metal Man, and then Metal Man tossed her to Top Man. Sometimes when they passed her back and forth, someone would fling her up in the air too high, and she would bonk her head on the bottom of a rafter. Other times, they would "forget" to catch her, and she would crash on the floor. By the end of their fun, Nora was bruised and battered, and could barely move. After their fun was had, they just left her on the floor in pain. Then everything went black.
Quick Man walked over to cell B-12 once again to retrieve Nora. When he finished punching the passcode into the side panel, the door opened and he saw Nora, unconscious on the floor, next to the other robots playing cards at a table. "What happened?" Quick Man asked, trying to hide his surprise and concern. The other robots just shrugged and Flash Man said, "We played catch. That's all." Quick Man walked over to Nora and pretended not to care. "Whatever." He said and carried Nora out the door to Dr. Wily's room.
When Nora opened her eyes, she was on a couch in the control room. She sat up, then groaned. Her arm had a large bruise on it, and stung whenever she moved it. Dr. Wily turned around in his chair to face her and said, "Welcome back to the land of the living. You've been out for 3 days." Nora's eyes widened and she looked over herself. There were plenty more bruises and scratches to be found. Her head also stung a little. Nora felt her forehead to find a small bump that hurt as soon as she touched it. She let her hand drop and stared at Dr. Wily.
Dr. Wily gave her some fruit, but Nora's jaw ached and she had a hard time opening her mouth. She pretended to eat, but actually slipped the fruit in her pocket because she knew she would probably end up going back to that dreaded cell. Dr. Wily said, "Better?" Nora nodded but didn't say anything, still stubborn. Dr. Wily sighed and said, "You're still refusing to talk to me?" Nora glared at him, and nodded again. Dr. Wily shrugged and bit into a peach, for he was starting to get a little hungry himself. Then he looked at her curiously and said, "Maybe I should just have Quick Man send you back to your cell, then." At the mention of Quick Man's name Nora flinched slightly. Dr. Wily didn't notice.
Nora looked up at Dr. Wily, then said, "It's not my cell. It's yours. You put me in it." Dr. Wily grinned when Nora blushed, because she realized she was talking to him again, when she had told herself to stay silent and not give any information. Dr. Wily said, "It may be my cell, but you are currently staying in it so it's yours too." Nora did not say anything, even though a clever comeback was trying to escape her mouth. Dr. Wily sighed and said, "Why are you so quiet all the time?" Nora glared and shook her head. Dr. Wily chuckled slightly at her struggle not to say anything.
Dr. Wily started to pressure her with questions Nora could easily respond with, but Nora just ignored him. After a few minutes, Dr. Wily got fed up with her ignorance, and spoke into a microphone on his desk. "Quick Man!" The tired voice of Quick Man responded through the microphone, "Yes? I'm willing to do anything else rather than continue organizing your computer." Dr. Wily said, "Take the girl back to her cell, I have something to work on." There was a pause. Then Quick Man replied, "Yes sir." Dr. Wily shut off the microphone and started typing on his computer.
Nora spotted her suit, still folded up in a cube on the windowsill. If she stood up from the chair, Dr. Wily would spot her moving instantly. She would need help from someone else in order to escape. But Quick Man was busy, and Dr. Wily never let the cube out of his sight. Who else could help her?
Eventually, there was a knock at the door, and then Quick Man came in. "I expected you to be here a little sooner because you don't like organizing the computer." Dr. Wily remarked. Quick Man shrugged and said, "I just thought I might finish it up a little bit more before coming." He glanced at Nora. Dr. Wily turned back to his desk and started making notes on a piece of paper. Then he said, "Well?" Quick Man nodded and gestured for Nora to follow him, hesitant about touching her bruised skin.
Nora followed him into the hall, and as they approached the cell door, Nora tried not to cry. Quick Man said, "Are you going to be okay?" Nora nodded and wiped her eye. Quick Man insisted, "You don't look like you're okay." Nora sighed and shrugged. Quick Man slowly punched in the passcode. Nora watched him out of the corner of her eye and saw him type, 178909. The door opened. The other robots looked up when Nora walked hesitantly into the room. Quick Man shut the door and Nora was alone with the robots.
At first Nora and the robots just stared at each other. Then Nora slowly started to climb up to the rafters. She was halfway up before the robots realized what she was doing and leapt into action. By the time they had ran across the room, Nora was completely up. She walked to her spot in the corner of the room, careful not to move her wounded arm. The other robots debated whether they should even try to get her down again. Nora should have felt proud of herself, but she was too injured and tired to think of anything to celebrate. Snake Man leapt up onto the table Nora used to climb up and tried to reach the shelf. He jumped and tried to climb up, but then the shelf cracked and Snake Man fell down. Now Nora had no way to get down safely.
Hard Man stomped hard on the ground and the room shook for a few seconds. Nora bit her lip to keep from shouting out in pain. Her eyes watered at the effort. When he stopped stomping, Nora breathed a small sigh of relief. Then she realized she was hungry. She took out the one orange she had and ate the whole thing. Nora was still hungry, but less so. Then she heard a scratching noise. It was loud and she could feel a slight vibration in the wall at the same time she heard the scratching. Then the shelf fell to the ground before she could realize that Metal Man was scratching on the bottom of the shelf she was sitting on to dislodge the shelf and make it fall. The last thing Nora saw was the robots crowding around her before she blacked out.
When she woke up, Quick Man and Mega Man were standing over her. Nora knew she had been rescued. The first thing she said was, "Where's my suit?" Quick Man frowned and pointed at her injuries. "I think you had better wait until those are healed before you put your suit on again." Nora sat up and said, "Awwww." Then she looked around and asked, "What happened?" Mega Man explained: Mega Man, Bomb Man, Guts Man, Cut Man, and Rush finally found the center of the ruins, and successfully attacked. Dr. Wily was captured and sent to jail, and Quick Man told the others the passcode for opening the B-12 cell door. Nora was taken out, and the other robots fled. Quick Man wasn't in the control room when Nora was rescued, so his brothers didn't know he wasn't on Dr. Wily's side anymore.
For the next few days, Quick Man had to disipline Nora because she wouldn't let her injuries heal. She kept trying to practice her fighting skills, and ended up hurting herself. Partly because she didn't have her suit, (Quick Man was forced to hide it for Nora's safety.) and partly because she had injuries from the robot's "catch" game. Quick Man immediately dissaproved of the game when Nora told him about what happened. He shook his head and said, "The crazy things they can come up with." Nora nodded and rubbed her knee. Some of the bruises were starting to heal up.
At the end of the week, Quick Man hesitantly gave Nora her suit, and told her to take it easy for a bit. Of course the mischevious little girl didn't listen, and ending up falling into a steep cliff. Even though nor she or her suit was harmed badly, Quick Man was still a bit ticked off.
Nora built a lab to work in and some new inventions. She was trying to make a large table for testing equipment, when she ran out of metal. Quick Man got some more for her. Dr. Wily had a stash of junk metal that he never used. It included stuff that fell off of the robot masters, like one of Metal Man's shoulders during a fight with Mega Man, and even a part of Flash Man's cannon that was cut off by a Metal blade, that was shot from Mega Man. Nora finished building her table, but for some reason it glowed a bright blue. Quick Man looked at the table curiously and said, "Is it supposed to be glowing like that?" Nora shook her head and examined the table. She set her hand in the middle of the table and then the table folded up into a large circle that sucked Nora into the middle of it. Quick Man grabbed for her, but she was gone, and the table stopped glowing.
End of Part 2.