Important notes for everyone: 2 things to know: First I'm French but as this site is an English site, I had to translate
my fanfiction from French to English so don't be surprised if there are errors of vocabulary. Finally, I don't know much about the Mega Man universe because I have started to interested in it so please don't be shocked if there are inconsistencies because I'm trying to write the story from my own point of view so I've invented a lot of things.
Somewhere on the planet Earth, in real life in the winter, there was a house that looked a bit old. Inside was a nine-year-old boy who had been living alone since his parents had died in a car accident when he was only 6 years old. According to the investigators, a drunk driver had try to escape a police control and the fugitive had struck another car, causing the death of the boy's parents.
This boy, who had blue eyes, short hair and a brown color, wore red socks, blue jeans and a long-sleeved green T-shirt called Jamie Mozanes.
Jamie was a French national living in the city of Chendy and he was such a clever kid since he was able to repair and created what he want by himself and he knew a lot of things at a young age. Unfortunately for him, life has been very hard since the death of his parents because, as he had no one to keep him, the police had placed him in an orphanage but he was not very popular with other kids. By being bullied and being bullied by children a little older than him, he had run away from the orphanage when he was seven and a half years old and he managed to escape the oprhelinat through the roofs despite it was dangerous. He had repeatedly warned adults in the orphanage he was bullied but his aggressor played the comedy posing as quiet and kind children. After a while, the adults believed that Jamie was lying to them so to get their attention for nothing and decided not to pay attention to his problems because the adults have had enough that Jamie accuses the other children without proof.
Since the day of his fugue, he never returned there because of the bad memories he kept in memory and the adults in the orphanage did not know where Jamie had gone despite the fact that the police had search to find the missing child, in vain.
Jamie had decided to be forgotten by staying in his parents' house, despite the fact that no one had cared or sold them for a year and a half, as if it were a ghost house that no one could notice. When Jamie wanted to go to school from the age of 8, while lying to the director
claiming that his parents can't meet him because they were part of an association to help people in the poorest countries and who will not return to France for 10 months, Jamie was still rejected by other children and, once again, he was bullied. When Jamie explained to the supervisors that he was being beaten and bullied by the other children, the supervisors were going to see the children responsible for Jamie's injuries but Jamie's attackers dared to claim that it was Jamie who had attacked them for no reason and even shown one of their wounded friend in the leg so Jamie end up with a punishment to copy 20 times before tomorrow not to lie to adults and not to hurt other children.
As nothing was done, Jamie's bully continued to mock him and hurt him. Even after school, on certain days of the week, Jamie had the right to be hit by 3 of his attackers before being left on the ground away from school. He was forced to wait until the next day to go to the school infirmary for treatment with the nurse who was always so nice to him and Jamie was always lying to him by inventing a false pretext as I fell into the stairs because I missed a walk or I bump against the wall without paying attention where I was going, the nurse still believed in her lies and always asked her to be more careful next time. When Jamie had enough of being a victim of violence at school, he had decided to stop school from the age of 9 and his teachers didn't understand why Jamie had stopped school because he was a brilliant boy and the best of all students of his class.
Since Jamie didn't work and earn money, despite being kind and caring, his heart was full of goodness, he had no choice but to steal from the stores to feed himself, to buy clothing and other objects that he has always wanted to have. Yet despite knowing that it was wrong to steal and that it was forbidden by law under penalty of imprisonment, he had never been caught by security guards since Jamie was always discreet.
Jamie loved video games because it was one of the few things that could cheer him up in his day-to-day calamity, and in video games he loved the Mega Man series a lot because he always had a thing for robots because he found them fascinating.
In addition, his favorite character was Napalm Man because he thought he was cool and he enjoyed playing with him in Mega Man Battle & Chase.
That night, Thursday December 14 at 8pm, Jamie was watching TV but he didn't know what to watch tonight so he was skipping the channels of the television until he finds something interesting. By dint of zapping, he ended up falling on a chain that presented the weather. The TV man warned people not to go out at home because of a violent blizzard that will be present throughout the northwestern, western and southwestern part of France in 30 minutes. Jamie had not planned to go out and, looking out the window, he had seen that it was starting to snow more and more but no blizzard at the moment. Since Jamie didn't find anything interesting on the television, he decided to turn off the television and go for a hot bath to relax. 45 minutes later, Jamie had had enough of being in the bath and after wiping himself off and dressing in red pajamas, he went back down to the living room to watch the television again. Before turning on the television, Jamie had a look out the window and saw that the blizzard was loud and violent.
"I feel bad for the homeless who have to sleep outside with this blizzard, I hope God will protect them." thought Jamie depressing.
As he was about to turn on the television, he heard a strange sound outside and, as he turned his head toward the window,
he had seen a violet light go out.
"What? Weird... Normally, there is only a hill without a house and without a lamppost, would I have had a halucination?" Jamie wondered.
As he thought about what he had just seen, he could see a shape move a little fast without moving his legs before this unknown form fell to the ground and didn't seem to move anymore.
"It's horrible, someone is lost in this blizzard and may die frozen." Jamie exclaimed in horror.
Without wasting time, he had put on his coat and gloves and wrapped a very long rope around his belly to tie the end of the rope to the front door for avoid losing his way when he will bring that person back to the house.
Outside, the wind blew violently and the snow flakes fell sharply on his faces in very many quantities.
As he was walking towards where he had seen the person who had fallen in the snow, he was screaming if there was anyone in the area who need help but the strong wind covered the sound of his voice. Jamie was very brave, he had kept going straight ahead and, despite he thought his efforts were futile, he had stumbled over something metallic and fell into the snow on his chest. When Jamie turned around to see what he had stumbled upon, he was shocked for a moment. The unconscious body he had stumbled didn't look like a human but looked more like a robot.
When Jamie got up and looked better at the robot's body, he realized it was Napalm Man.
"Napalm Man? No... It's impossible... You can't exist because you're a video game character so you can't be real. You are a halucination." Jamie was shocked to see him exist for real.
As Jamie touched the robot's body, he realized he was not a illusion and he was real.
"I have to take him to my home and treat him, it's not good for him to stay out in this state." Jamie thought when he saw that Napalm Man was seriously injured when he had turned his body upside down to see a hole in his chest, as well as the damaged electrical wires inside his belly.
It was not easy to wear Napalm Man because he was a bit heavy and Jamie dragged him to the house which he could easily find by following the rope he had tied around his chest. When Jamie and Napalm Man were back in the house, Jamie quickly close the door and drove Napalm Man to the garage because, as the garage was rather big, the garage had become his workshop since there was no car and that Jamie didn't have a driver's license since he was still too young to drive a car. As soon as Jamie had gently placed Napalm Man on the table, he had analyzed the state of the robot with the help of his tools.
"The wound looks like deadly but he is very lucky to not have exploded if that electric wire touch the other wire, I'd better add extra protection for this wire to avoid future problems." Jamie thought while using his mechanic skills.
Two hours later, after repairing Napalm Man and repainting his painting the same color he had before being burned, Jamie admired the repairs he had made to Napalm Man.
"You could almost believe it was me that he created it so he is brand new." thought Jamie, being happy with what he had done but Napalm Man was not waking up.
"I wonder why he doesn't wake up, I have repaired him and I didn't make any mistakes in connecting the wires, maybe he'll wake up tomorrow." Jamie wondered.
Looking at the round clock hanging on the wall, he had seen that it was 10:15 pm so he had decided to carry Napalm Man to his room on the first floor to put it in his bed, legs under the sheets but raising a little knees because the feet of the robot came out of bed since the bed was not very big and the arms on the sheets. Before going to sleep next to Napalm Man, Jamie had changed his pajamas because he was dirty and wet because of the snow and he had turned off the light from the lamp next to him. Before falling asleep, Jamie was happy to have someone at his side because it was 2 years since there was anyone with him in his parents' old house to keep him company and he was happy to have someone with him that night and, in particular, his favorite video game character next to him.
The next day, Jamie had woken up at 8:30 am and he had looked next to him. Napalm Man was still unconscious and Jamie wondered if there was a button or something like that that could wake up the robot. Before going to analyze the robot, he came out of his room and went down to the ground floor to have a breakfast in the kitchen. While Jamie was eating his bowl of cereal with milk, Napalm Man had opened his eyes, the robot was awake.
"What happened to me?" asked Napalm Man, rubbing his head with one of his arms.
He was trying to remember what had happened and all he could remember was a fight against Mega Man, X and Zero with Napalm Man who was seriously injured by a burning explosion before being sucked into a strange purple vortex to end up in a blizzard to which he used his tread and his booster to his back to move quickly but for some unknown reason, his tread stopped and he is fell into the snow before fainting.
Thinking back to what had happened, he had looked at the wound in his chest and Napalm Man had big opened his eyes because the wound was no longer there and his painting was brand new.
"Someone took care of me, why would anyone be so nice to me when all the people I knew were bad as me?" wondered Napalm Man.
"What is this place ?" Napalm Man was wondering while turning his head around him.
All he could see was a room that was large with a computer, some gaming consoles, a shelf with superhero figurines and comic books of all kinds and, what interested the most Napalm Man,
he saw three posters of himself in the room.
"Pictures of myself?" Napalm Man wondered before realizing he was in a bed, which he was surprised again because when he was in the Dr. Willy's castle, his creator wanted all his robots to rest in the same room by being stacked against each other without having their own room and having no bed or chair under the pretext that it's a little more free room in the halls and corridors for the Dr. Willy to move freely without a robot on his way when the robots have to rest.
While Napalm Man had put his feet on the floor, the bedroom door had opened and Jamie and Napalm Man looked directly into each other's eyes. Knowing that Napalm Man was no longer in the Dr. Willy's castle and was in an unknown place, Napalm Man pointed his right arm to Jamie.
"Don't shoot me Napalm Man, I will not hurt you." Jamie said, surprised at Napalm Man's aggressive reaction.
"How do you know my name, who are you and why did you keep me prisoner?" Napalm Man had asked, surprised that Jamie knew his name by keeping his right arm up to Jamie, ready to shoot whenever he wanted.
"You're not my prisoner, I found you in the blizzard and I brought you here to fix you. My name is Jamie Mozanes, I'm 9 years old and I'm a human." Jamie answered.
"Human? My master, Dr. Wily, explained to me that all humans must die because they are the source of the destruction of the planet by hurting others because of their selfishness." answered Napalm Man.
"Did the Dr. Wily tell you that? Well, know that he manipulated you to make you think humans are all bad." answered Jamie while Napalm Man was about to fire.
"What do you mean?" asked Napalm Man who wanted to learn more.
"Although what the Dr. Wily said to you is wrong, there is a small part that is true but the humans can be mean and selfish while thinking only of themselves because they are filled with hate and angry while trying to manipulate others peoples but other humans are filled with kindness as well and are ready for anything to help the others peoples. I am one of the humans to be filled with kidness and benevolence, that's why thanks to me and my help, you're up and alive." Jamie explained to Napalm Man who was surprised by what Jamie told to him.
"Now you're on the Earth Planet, a planet filled with humans, animals, water, vegetation and, more specifically, in the real life because you're supposed to be a video game character in the Mega Man's series. That's why I know your name and, to be honest, I..." While Jamie was talking and was about to tell him that he loved Napalm Man, the robot cut him off.
"How do I get back to the Dr. Wily's castle?" asked Napalm Man coldly to Jamie because Napalm Man didn't trust humans except his creator despite having doubts about him.
"I have no idea because I thought you were a video game character and lived only in video games." Jamie answered.
"Well, I can't stay here, I have to know why my creator lied to me." said Napalm Man. While Napalm had lowered his arm and left the bed, he had tried to activate his tread to the feet to move while rolling on the ground but he heard a blocking sound and his tracks didn't move.
"How come my tread still not work?" asked Napalm Man angry.
"Sorry, I didn't know your treads had a problem but I can fix them in my garage workshop if you want." Jamie answered.
"Very good human, take me to your workshop to repair me! I hate walking and I prefer to ride on the ground." replied Napalm Man, walking towards Jamie.
When Napalm Man stopped in front of Jamie, the human was impressed that Napalm Man was bigger than him and, if we had to compare Jamie's size to Napalm Man, Jamie's head stopped at the legs to the yellow part of Napalm Man's chest, the robot lowered his head down to look at Jamie before he left the room with Napalm Man behind him. As Napalm Man followed Jamie as he walked behind him in the corridors, he can look in the different rooms of the house. He had to admit that the house was pretty, quite big and welcoming despite being old. When the human and the robot entered the workshop, which was filled with tools scattered on the shelves and on the tables.
"To fix you, I need you to sit on this table please." Jamie asked.
Napalm Man hated being given orders but as he had to fix it, he had to obey a human he considered a nuisance. When Napalm Man was sitting on the table, Jamie asked him to lift one of his feet to analyze the tread and Napalm Man had obeyed. When Jamie saw how the tread were made, Jamie went to retrieve a toolbox from a shelf. Napalm Man had watched the human come back with his toolbox and put it on the table next to him. Jamie had opened the toolbox and searched the crate until he found the right tool. With the screwdriver in hand, Jamie had started unscrewing the screws on the tread of Napalm Man's left foot and he had carefully laid the screws of the tread in a small empty jar so as not to lose the screws. Once all the screws were removed, Jamie gently removed the tread and observed it. Looking at the tread, he had seen what the problem was.
"I see the problem, there is frost and ice trapped in your tread, which prevents your tread from working perfectly." explained Jamie.
While Jamie had removed the second tread and had seen that there was the same problem, he decided to plunge the tread into a basin of hot water for
make the gel leave. When the tread emerged, the tread were free of frost and ice. After putting the tread back on the right foot and the screws on the right tread, Jamie asked Napalm Man to try using his tread. As soon as Napalm Man came down from the table laying his feet on the ground, he saw that his tread were working again.
"Ha, Ha, Ha! Splendid, it feels good to ride on the ground again." said Napalm Man rolling a little back and then turned twice on himself before rolling a little ahead without ever leaving his feet from the ground.
"I'm glad I could have helped you. I'm sure you and me can become good friends." Jamie told Napalm Man hoping the robot would not reject his friend request.
Having heard Jamie's words, Napalm Man stopped rolling and stared at Jamie for a moment.
"Seriously? A disgusting human who wants to be friends with a robot like me? You want to joke right? I have no reason to be friends with you and that's why I want you to show me the way to go out of this house for I can go home find my master." Napalm Man mocked.
After hearing Napalm Man, Jamie began to have a sad look on his face.
"Okay, follow me, I'll show you the way out but I understand everything now, I guess I don't deserve to have friends because since my parents' death at the age of 6, I could never have friends. Everyone rejects me and hates me, I even beat by bullies I met and nobody helped me. All I wanted in my life was a normal life with friendly friends and a family that are alive. I don't want that life to which other people hurt me and tell me bad things. I've always liked you and loved you because you're my favorite video game character and you reject my friendship. What did I do to deserve this life?" explained Jamie who was beginning to sob.
Following what Jamie said, Napalm Man was perplexed and shocked. He didn't know that the child loved him very much. He didn't know that his parents were dead and he didn't know that humans treated him badly, which made him think of himself. Napalm Man remembered that he had some robotic friends in the Dr. Wily's castle with who he got along very well and considered them as his own family but as his friends complained about their condition of work and the Dr. Wily spoke to them badly, they ended up dead grinding for have tried to rebel against the Dr. Wily, according to the scientist. Therefore, Napalm Man had become the only robot of the castle to have no other friends with who to speak and expressed his pain while explaining his problems since the majority of robots fear Napalm Man because he is a robot filled with explosive missile, all he could do was keep his annoyance for him without talking about it who had for consequence of making him suffer even more. The Dr. Wily always disrespected him without ever apologizing once and, unlike Jamie, he didn't have any kindness because the scientist was gnawed by hate and anger. Seeing Jamie sobbing while putting his hands in front of his eyes, Napalm Man felt very badly.
"What did I do? This human, who I described as disgusting human have saved my life, repaired and spoke to me with great kindness. He reminded me my robots friends who were kind to me before they died by the Dr. Wily's fault. All I managed to do to this human, it was to have hurt him by my wickedness when he didn't hurt me and he liked me a lot. I have to correct this terrible mistake." thought Napalm Man.
As Jamie continued to sob, he ended up hearing "Uh... Jamie, is that?"
Removing his hands from his eyes, Jamie watched Napalm Man staring at him. Napalm Man had kneeled on the ground to be of the same height as Jamie.
"Listen, I'm really sorry for blessing you with my words, I didn't know you had been in pain since childhood and I couldn't know you are like me. I also had robotic friends who mattered a lot to me, I would say that I would be my family too before the Dr. Wily have destroyed them in throwing in a grinder under pretended they wanted to rebel against their own creator complaining that their creator speaks to them badly and that they are not very satisfied with their working condition so for a very long time I remain alone without friends and I ended up testing the wickedness because all the problems I had, I had kept it for myself without ever talking about anything and it made me worse. I thought about everything you told me earlier and humans are not all repugnant but thanks to you, I finally opened my eyes. This imbecile of Dr. Wily has been manipulating me since the day when I was created by making me believe that making all humans suffer was a good choice but that's wrong because you have not stopped suffering since you lost everything you loved and it's not a good car that makes me unhappy just like me. If I could come back, I would kill that stupid scientist to have taken my only robotic friends that I had and that I understood well without being afraid to have them in the same way as my friends. You're different from the Dr. Wily because, unlike him, you saved my life, you repaired me carefully and you treated me with a lot of kindness and respect even though I hate you because of an odious manipulation. Maybe you hate me and you never forgive me for hurting you but know that, whatever happens, I thank you very much." explained Napalm Man.
When Napalm had finished speaking, he had already seen Jamie walk towards him and Jamie wrapped around his arm, binding against his robotic body. Napalm Man was surprised by Jamie's gesture and he decided to do the same by wrapping his robotic arms in Jamie's back and he had heard Jamie tell him "I forgive you, don't worry, I'll be here to help you become a good person."
Napalm Man was again surprised by Jamie and asked him "So, are we friends?"
Jamie was silent for a while and after stopping Napalm Man and receding to look at him better, he answered "Yes!" with the smile.
Napalm Man became happy to be friends with Jamie. After that, Napalm Man had asked something special to Jamie.
"Normally, I'm not created for that and I don't want someone do that but, as friends, do you want to take a seat on my shoulders?" asked Napalm Man.
"Yes!" replied a Jamie surprised and with great enthusiasm.
Napalm Man had let Jamie ride on his back to sit on the robot's shoulders and put his hands around the barrel above the robot's head before Napalm Man gets up.
"In my world, I'm the best robot skater and I'll prove it so hang on." explained Napalm Man before starting.
The robot has go everywhere in the garage while making ride forward, backwards and turning on himself without stopping with both legs crossed then, behind with turning on himself without stopping in crouching. Jamie and Napalm Man had fun together and laughed together. The human boy was happy, it's been years since he had not experienced the sensation of joy and happiness while the robot was happy to get a new friend who are a human.
It looks like a new friendship has just been created.