Rebellious Ambitions
By: Metal Sonic EX
Disclaimer: I own the EX Robot Masters who will be used in this fanfic. However, I do not own Megaman or Dreamwave Comics. If I did, I'd be swimming in money. Literally.
Chapter V
What A Sight!
"Hey, Elecman! Get in here!" Elecman walked into the rec room where Alan, Chelsea, and Rocky sat. Quickman was on the couch as footage labeled 'Faster Than Quickman?' was about to be shown. "Three bucks says it's a bunch of bull."
Everyone gathered around as it was played. The video began and a robot stood next to the announcer, his creator. "I proudly present Swift Man, the fastest Robot Master in existence!" Quickman snorted as Swift Man got into a running pose.
"And… go!" The Robot Master stood up and brushed itself off. Everyone watching seemed confused as Swift Man held up three fingers, then two, then one. When he lowered his last finger, a sonic boom ripped through the area. When it passed, everyone applauded as he looked suave.
"Now, Swift Man, what is 987,654,321…" Swift Man held up a hand. "To the second power? 975,461,057,789,971,041. Times 123,456,789? 121,932,631,112,635,269. Divided by 3? 329,218,107. Did I miss any?"
As the crowd applauded and the movie ended, Quickman's jaw lay on the floor. "It's okay. I'm certain an old lady or two will need help going across the street sometime." Quickman growled and (dare I say) quickly changed the channel.
Elsewhere, Zero had seen this same presentation personally. "He's definitely a risk. I can't take the chance of keeping him around. "Also, may I present Titan Man." Zero turned to face the presentation as a large robot stomped up.
"Him again?" Zero snorted and beamed off to a nearby rooftop. "Please. Titan Man. Swift Man. More like Dead Men. I'll get to them both eventually, but the question is 'Which one comes first?'"
He thought for a few moments before decided. He jumped off of the building and looked in the direction of the racetrack. "One dead man running, coming up. Problem is 'How am I gonna do this?'" He heard another sonic boom and decided to go in the direction of it. "That's decently far away from the presentation."
(Rockman 4: The Complete Works (PSX) - Skull Man Stage begins playing)
(A.N. This tune is available on Atomic Fire.)
Ready
Zero ran into the stadium, then ran to the right as not to be seen. He ran down the hallway, occasionally passing a window. A red streak lapped the entire track without pausing as Zero snorted.
He paused briefly as he passed another window and tried to continue staring at Swift Man, but soon found it to be a pain in the eyes. He turned and saw a concession stand. "Why not?"
Zero took a few steps towards it before a wave of wind blew him to the ground and a crimson streak whizzed by. "Then again, work before pleasure." Zero jumped to his feet and grabbed onto the stand as the streak whizzed by again.
Zero began sprinting down the hallway, ducking into a hallway when necessary. He soon came to the entrance to the track and he made a mad dash for it.
Zero made it onto the track as Swift Man continued making laps around the outside of the track. He caught his breath, then walked into the center of the track. The streak soon slowed and began heading towards Zero.
(Rockman 4: The Complete Works (PSX) - Skull Man Stage fades out)
Warning!
Swift Man skidded to stop not-too-far in front of him. "Wait for it!" He held his hands to his ears as a sonic boom ripped through the area. "There it is! So, you're here to kill me off, huh?"
Swift Man had a red armor on his body, but had black stripes crossing his body in random areas. His legs had small, lightweight legs braces built into his legs, probably to make sure that his legs flies off.
Zero look surprised as Swift Man chuckled. "Please, I'm not only fast on my feet, but I think fast too! I can probably figure out whatever you're thinking at any given time."
Zero growled as Swift Man lowered his arms. "Like now. You want to get things started. So let me oblige!" He smirked and began dancing in place. "Hey, hey, hey!"
(Megaman ZX (Nintendo DS) - Boss Battle begins playing)
(Swift Man's Health)
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(A red bar crosses the screen as subtitles and Swift Man's head appears.)
"Now I'm here…" He dashed past Zero, striking him thrice so fast, he had to stop before Zero was knocked to the ground.
(A second bar passes the screen.)
"Now I'm there…" He spun around, waited for Zero to get up, then dashed forward and rapidly punched Zero.
(A third bar passes the screen.)
"Now I'm nowhere!" Swift Man vanished as Zero began charging his buster. Swift Man dashed around Zero, creating a ring of fire. He jumped into the ring as Zero unleashed the two charged blasts, then the saber slash.
(A fourth bar passes the screen as Swift Man's head disappears.)
"Now… I'm everywhere!!" Swift Man rapidly bounced around the area, punching Zero in the body numerous times. Zero growled and converted to his rage form. "Whoa! Major anger issues! Might I suggest therapy?"
Swift Man stopped briefly to mock Zero, allowing him to slash him with the saber. "Apparently not!" Swift Man jumped to his feet, dashed around Zero, tapped him on the shoulder, dashed around to his other side, and tripped Zero. "Neener, neener!" Swift Man dashed away and began taunting Zero, which wasn't the best idea.
Giga Attack
Relentless Rage
(Swift Man's Health)
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(Near Death Attack - Rollout Drill)
(A fifth bar passes the screen.)
"Think fast!" Swift Man rolled at Zero, knocking him into the air, and began running on his body. After a few seconds, he slammed him feet down, knocking Zero to the ground. As Swift Man dropped to the ground, Zero threw his saber into Swift Man's chest, knocking him to the ground.
(Swift Man's Health)
None
(Megaman ZX (Nintendo DS) - Boss Battle fades out)
Zero converted back to normal and walked over. "I don't have time for so-called 'Robot Masters' like you." He yanked out his saber as Swift Man exploded. "I wasn't fast enough!"
Zero then walked into the hallway and set up a scene implying that Swift Man's speed had him impaled. Dragging Swift Man's wreckage into the area, he held him up to a stone column and inserted a metallic pole into the impalement wound. He shoved it into the column and walked off.
(Megaman X2 (SNES) - Boss Beaten plays)
You got Swift Striker!
(Zero beams down and draws his saber as a line of enemies appear in front of him. He dashes past them all which the saber extended and they all explode simultaneously. He replaces the saber, then beams off.)
Nearby, a scientist informed Dr. Flockhart that Swift Man's signal had disappeared. Titan Man was sent to search and he soon came across the wreckage. For another day or two, the talk of the town was Swift Man's unfortunate impalement accident.
"Fools. I can't believe that they're actually believing that." Zero snorted and glimpsed into the night sky. He started and looked up again. Near the moon, he could barely make out some type of star or something. But it was moving constantly. "What the hell is that?"
Next time: Zero goes up against a foe that overpowers and outsmarts him, but doesn't fight.