Chapter 12: I'm not peeking!
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Rock looked at Bass every few minutes to make sure he hadn't gone into another one of those robotic epileptic fits that he had suffered from two hours ago. The path seemed to go on forever, but they were taking their time getting there so as not to alert any of the guards as to who was coming to mess things up for Adamus. Bass took a deep sigh from boredom, all work and no destruction must make Bass a dull boy. It probably made him go Jack Nicholson bat shit insane as well. It was awkward when Bass would catch him staring and eye him oddly, as if Bass thought Rock was checking him out when he thought he wasn't looking. There was a light coming up ahead, it seemed very small meaning it was a ways away, but at least it told them there was an end to this maze. Now he could see why Bass had wanted to kill Clown Man, hell he even wanted to kill Clown Man. There was no reason to create a long maze that was both very simplistic and boring as all hell. Then again, Clown Man could be leading them into a false sense of security so he could pull some other bullcrap.
Why can't Wiley die from a heart attack already, thought Mega Man before he reminded himself that Wiley wasn't that old or at least didn't seem to be aging negatively, unlike Dr. Light. It's just not fair, father is the one who suffers the most from these things, but Wiley, the bastard who causes all this, just get's away with a minor bruise and scratches. I'm sure even Bass notices that his creator gets hurt less than Bass does. This time though, he's gone too far and caused too much destruction. He's not getting off so easily.
"You know I can tell you're thinking of killing Wiley from the way your footsteps got heavier," said Bass as he turned around to look at Mega Man, his face was very serious, much like it was when he told him 'he who hesitates is lost.' "You know, I find it so odd that you, of all people, would be wishing Wiley dead. After all, thanks to him you are considered a hero of the finest caliber thanks to him. Hell so many people know you're name and there are action figures made after you, but something tells me that you don't care. You're not doing this for the glory of it all, you are passionate about saving people, much like I am passionate about proving I am the best there is, was and ever will be. In reality, I doubt you could ever gather the stones to take another human life."
"I don't that it would be very difficult for me to bring myself to kill another human being, but at the same time it is also hard for me to destroy other robots nowadays," replied Mega Man as he cupped his megabuster with one hand. "I've thought about what seperates a human from a robot and you know what, I've know robots with so many personalities and I've known humans with so many personalities. Robots both fear for their destruction, they fear things just like humans, but humanity doesn't realise this. It's odd because we're programmed with our basic purpose, but all they give them are tasks that they do not question. Then there are robots like you and me, like all the other Robot Masters that I've defeated, what seperates us from being humans?"
"You're thinking too much, dweeb," said Bass as he put a hand on Mega Man's shoulder, a strange gesture that was different from Bass normal interactions with him. "We're special, not like the humans or the robots, we think, we feel, and we live to do what is necessary. Light created you, not giving you a purpose that was set in stone, he just created you like a little boy and raised you like one. You chose to be this defender, you chose to fight and you never back down, one good quality that I'll admit you have, but still, you are not born for this. I suppose you got to be good enough to manage to defeat me some times, but make no mistake the reason all of that is temporary is because I am a natural born fighter. I was born to destroy things, to rip things apart, and you know what, I like fighting, but only if there is a challenge. You see, even my programming isn't set in stone because I can have other hobbies besides fighting, i can love other things besides destruction."
"Like Roll," asked Mega Man, it sounded like a hushed whisper. "You love her?"
"I told you...I...look just shut up, you bleeding heart vagina," cursed Bass as he turned to see a group of sniper joes looking at him and Mega Man curiously.
"Sir, should we...give them a few minutes," asked one of the sniper joes.
A blush spread across Mega Man's face and Bass's right eyebrow twitched.
"This is not what it looks like," said Bass as he withdrew the hand from Mega Man's shoulder and fired off a shot at the sniper joes. "Never gonna happen!"
"You got that right," said Mega Man as he fired another shot at the robots. "I'm not attracted to male robots."
The two managed to blast there way out fo the tunnel, taking down two units of enemies in the process, but they knew they had ot move fast before they piled up. Bass decided to have Treble hack into one of the terminals to find out where Roll's quarters were. Enemies wre popping out, one by one, each one painted with different colors to signify different units. There weren't just sniper joes but a few mets to provide cannon fodder. Adamus would really have to think about updating his security and the human resistance would really have to think about improving their army. Bass was ready to take on multiple skilled opponents, but this was just a joke, a joke that he wasn't laughing at.
"Treble have you found where Roll is," asked Bass as he fired destroyed another unit. The janitor was going to piss himself. Treble barked in response. "Good, in that case upload the data and maps into my HUD display in my right eye. Also relocate any guard bots to another room by switching their target to another place. That should allow us to get her out safely."
"We have to move fast, no telling when the bigger things are going to come," said Mega Man as he paused to look at Bass who was just standing there. "Um...I'm sorry what the hell are you doing right now."
"Setting internal music for something fitting for the situation," replied Bass as he looked up towards the new bots that were coming. They were like sniper joes, except there heads were sperical with one red dot in the middle and their bodies were very thin looking. They had no shields, just buster cannons. "Good, Ace of Spades."
Bass pounced on his enemies, much like a cheetah, and continued to unleash a volley of energy down upon his enemies like raindrops. They were faster able, to move while firing. This was going to be fun, very fun indeed. He ducked under a blast and delivered a scatter shot that sent small slivers of energy towards his enemies, though it was just to cause them to scatter around in response to the attack. They weren't that smart, they would allowed themselves to take small blasts instead of moving where Bass wanted them. He then brought up Blizard Man's data and fired off four snowflakes in different directions. Two weren't fast enough to avoid them, but the remaining three were able to avoid the attack. He lunged at one and fired a point blank blast right at it's head. A blue buster shot flew right past his head and hit another one of the attackers. Great, the dweeb is cutting into my fun. Not wanting to let the blue dweeb get the last one he shot a purple ball of energy at the enemy, only to have the enemy dodge, just as Bass was expecting. The ball rebounded off the wall and hit the enemy in the back.
"Good, but not good enough," said Bass before he looked at the elevator door. The elevator was going to be out of order for some time. Good thing he had Treble, another point for Wiley. "Hope you can call your dog."
"Yeah sure, hey wait," cried Mega Man as he watched Bass get on Treble and rise up the elevator shaft. "It will just take five minutes..."
"Here we are," said Bass as he was glad to see that the guards had indeed been sent elsewhere. He kicked open the door only to pause as he looked intot eh room.
Standing next to the bed was Roll who was in the middle of changing from her red dress into the dress that Adamus had undoubtely set out for her, a dress that was similar to her own, with long sleeves and a short length, all in a metallic color. She had not dressed in either her old or her new clothing, instead she was standing in only her underwear, a plain white bra with soft looking cotton panties that were also white. Bass didn't know how to respond to seeing her in this state of dress, but he did know one thing, she looked very beautiful as was right then. Heat was rising throughout his body as a blush spread across his face and he could feel a stirring in places.
"Bass, you've finally come to rescue me," cried Roll as she went to hug, dropping the new dress from her hands before she realized what she was wearing. "Ack! Pervert! Stop staring at me!"
"It's not like I planned to catch you like this," said Bass as he placed his hands over his eyes. He felt embarrassed for some reason, like he was a misbehaving kid being caught for doing something bad. "I'm not trying to peek at you, I swear!"
"Why don't you try closing your fingers then," said Roll as she narrowed her eyes at Bass.
"Just get dressed already, I don't need any distractions," said Bass as he turned aorund, the blush now covering his face. How could she have this much power over me? "Your brother is here, when the little dweeb finally gets here we can get you to safety."
"Bass are you feeling alright," asked Roll as she turned him around, she was still not fully dressed. Her breasts, though not very big, were pushed close to his chest. Thoughts of a carnal nature popped into his head. "You usually want to destroy things first before anything else."
"Just some clothes on woman," ordered Bass as he relunctantly turned away from her. Calm down, she is very attractive, but now is no the time to jump her bones. Wait! Did I say 'jump her bones?"
"I'm sorry," said Roll, a little saddened that Bass didn't like her body. It was probably the fact that she wasn't built with big breasts. Whenever she asked Dr. Light about adding to the size the man's face grew redder than a tomato. "I didn't know my body was offending you that much."
"It's not that, it's just...seeing you like that...makes it...it makes me...me-me-me-me-1-2-3-7-2355348649583943..."
"Bass, what's wrong," asked Roll as she tried to catch him before he fell. Unfortunately his armor was heavier than it looked. "I'm sorry! Bass answer me! Bass!"
Author's note: I'm sorry this was supposed to come out last week, but due to interference that was not made possible. I hope to get the next one out very soon.