Author's Notes: You guys thought that my fanfic and I were dead. Guess what? We're not! Sorry I haven't updated in so long, but writing this chapter was both time consuming and hard. I wanted this chapter to be a lot like how Guts Man's stage and boss fight play out so I had play the first Mega Man game again and watch some videos on it. I did add in some things to make it more than a copy and paste of the game. This chapter has a bit of exposition and flashbacks, but it serves to help get a better understanding of the characters and world of RockRemix. I will admit that writing action is not my strong point, so please feel free to make any suggestions. Now with that off my chest, let's get this show on the road!
Mega Man RockRemix - Chapter Two: Vs. Guts Man; Bass Attacks
Rock opened his eyes and rubbed them. A bright orange light pierced his eyes. He rubbed his eyes some more to make his vision clear. He was now able to make up the sun against the dark orange and pink sky. He jumped off the rooftop and went inside the lab. He walked up to Roll and Tron, who were working on some kind of slim cannon. He didn't bother asking what it was and what its purpose was.
"How long was I recharging for?"
The two mechanics met their eyes with his own.
"You've been charging for the last five hours or so," Roll responded.
"What? Why didn't you wake me up? I should of have been meeting with Colonel!"
"Calm down, Rock. My brother doesn't care what time you meet up with him. You just have meet with him by the end of today or else. . ."
"Or else what?"
"There are two possible things he could do. He could either scream at you with the hammiest voice or he can use his special weapon, Colonel Saber, if you really manage to piss him off."
"Lovely. Just lovely," Rock said in a sarcastic tone.
"You were the one who asked."
"And you were the one to mention it in the first place."
"Can you two stop it already?"
"Good idea. Anyway, I better get going."
Rock walked towards the door. When he had a hand on the knob, he felt someone touching his shoulder. He turned his head around to meet Tron's eyes
"Is something wrong?"
"I'm coming with you."
"Why?"
"Did you really just ask that? You know, you're really dumber than you look, Rock."
That made Rock scowl at her. He rolled his eyes and crossed his arms. His foot was tapping the ground, creating that easily distinguishable sound both his civilian boots and superhero boots made.
"Wasn't a filter built into your programming? I get you programmed to do whatever you want and all, but somethings should be kept to yourself."
She held her hand in a fist and growled a little at him. Her eyes were closed, and a small vein popped on her forehead.
"You, you-"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"
She relaxed a little and opened her eyes to stare at his.
"I suppose I can forgive you. Just don't try to piss me off."
"I promise."
"I have weapons and supplies to deliver to Repliforce, and since you are going there, I decided to tag along. I'm also a good map just in case you get lost."
"Well that makes a whole lot more sense. Why didn't you just mention that in the first place?"
"Let's just get moving already."
"Alright, alright."
As the two were about to walk out, Roll ran up to them.
"Can I come too? I really want to watch real navigators in action so I can become a better one for Rock. Besides, I want to experience something new, and I might learn other things while I'm there."
"Fine, but don't do anything stupid under my nose or else my brother will kick you out and might even slice your arms off!"
Roll nodded and the three were off to Repliforce.
The Repliforce Base was much bigger than Rock and Roll expected. They didn't expect all of the rooms simply for supplies. The two were so astonished on how the base was so grandiose. Tron, on the other, just kept walking to the meeting room where her brother waited for Rock. The two watched Repliforce soldiers leaving rooms and going into other rooms or leaving to go to their next mission. As they passed by, the soldiers would give Tron a warm greeting or thank her for her family's services. At the same time, the soldiers stared at Rock and Roll suspiciously.
"Ignore them. They're just not use to your presence yet. It was the same for me when I first worked here. They got use to me over time. You'll just need to wait and try to be comfortable in the meanwhile," she stated.
"Hey, I'm going to change into Mega Man. Which way is a secure place that no one will see me at?"
"On your left coming up should be a janitor's office. He usually isn't there." He ran off the room.
When he came back as Mega Man, the two just followed her lead. In the corner of her eye, she saw the curious Rock taking all of the scenery in. She couldn't help but smile at his behavior. He was like a child seeing snow for the first time or seeing so many star lighting up the dark sky. The funny feeling she had when he saved her from Paprika's attack returned. She dismissed it and continued to lead them to her brother.
Colonel sat patiently on the chair next to a tall figure not as tall as himself. The figure wore a gold coat with hundreds of badges, a blue belt with a green gem on it, and a skull mark. His hands were covered in silver metal and gold knuckles with blue on them. He had gold and blue shoulder pads with a red spike on it. He had armor safeguarding his forearms and boots. He wore a regal blue cape with Repliforce's logo on it that was connected by his shoulder pads. He wore a gold general's cap, and black armor protecting his chin. The thing that stood out the most was the silver, robotic mask he wore.
The figure faced Colonel and asked, "Do you know where the Mets are? They didn't show up when we had roll call earlier. I wonder if they got caught up in some battle."
"General, Dr. Wily broke into our Met storage and kidnapped Tron's Mets she was using. He reprogrammed them to follow his orders. We're trying to find a way to revert Dr. Wily's programming and turn them back into their normal selves."
"Is this why you sent this robot called Mega Man over to our base?"
"No. She had to destroy her creations. Mega Man was the one who saved her Paprika and defeated the prototype dog robot from causing more chaos."
"I see. Maybe Mega Man could be of some use to us. Our soldiers are falling one by one to the Robot Masters, but he seems strong enough to take them on. Did you happen to catch his real identity?"
"No, but I'm most likely sure that Tron did. I don't think it will help us though."
"We'll-"
The two knocking at the door. Colonel got up and took a peek from the hole. He smiled and turned back to General.
"Father, they're here!" Colonel's voice changed to something more hammy and goofy, but still deep and mature. He was a child so impatient for a new toy or going to an amusement park.
"Calm down, Teisel Bonne," General commanded in a stern tone.
"Yes, General." His voice and face was back to that of a hardened warrior and opened up the door.
The three looked up at Colonel with grinning faces. The first thing he noticed was that Mega Man wasn't wearing his helmet, but instead had sections and circles the same as his helmet covering his ears and visors that were slightly different from the one attached to his helmet. Colonel could also notice sweat on Mega Man's face. He placed a hand on his shoulder and gave him a smile full of confidence, hoping he could pass that feeling to him. Mega Man wiped off the sweat. He sat back down and saw the three walking up to a chair. When they all sat down, General opened his mouth.
"I want to thank you for saving my daughter yesterday. I'm not sure how our family would live on without her. She's our precious iris-"
"Father!"
"But that's not what we wanted to discuss about. We want to know who you are exactly, what your purpose is, and your connection to Dr. Wily."
"You might of had heard of me from Colonel or the news, but I'm Mega Man, Mega Man Trigger. I wasn't always Mega Man however. I was once a helper robot. My real name is Rockefeller Lan Light, but you probably know me more by DLN-001: Rock Trigger."
Mega Man pressed each section on his ears. His hair gained its normal color, and his visualizers went into the sections. Both General and Colonel's eyes grew wide with dropping jaws. Both of them regained their aloof exteriors.
"I've heard many good things about you, Rock." Colonel still couldn't grasp the fact that Mega Man and Rock were the same robot.
"Really?"
"You probably don't know how much of an impact you've caused on robotics. You've revolutionized a new era."
"I know what I caused, but I think you are giving me too much credit."
"Do you really think that? Then tell me, do you know what a Reploid is?" General asked with cold eyes looking down at him.
"A Reploid is an advanced robot that has free will and can make its own choices without human input. I'm not considered a Reploid because the DNA in my chip causes a glitch that gives me my free will and emotions. Reploids are programmed to do whatever they want or act however they feel."
"Correct. You, however, are considered a prototype for Reploids because you and your brother were the first robots with free will and pure human emotions. If you or your brother weren't made, my wife won't built our son, who's considered to be one of the two first Reploids."
"Wow. I guess I'm more important than what I thought."
"Now just why you are, a helper robot, equipped with weapons?" Colonel asked.
"I want to save my brothers from Dr. Wily's hands. I just can't stand and watch him hurt innocents and destroy countless homes. I would feel so guilty." He didn't want to tell them about him unintentionally giving Dr. Wily the idea of taking over the world.
"Why does a crazy, old scientist want the world to himself? Do you know?"
"Dr. Wily was always in Grandpa's shadow. It's most likely that he was sick of it and turned against the world."
"Interesting. Since we have the same goal, we don't we team up and take down Wily's forces?"
"I really don't want to get involved in warfare. My family is over that. I just want to stop him and save my brothers."
"Once you picked your armor and weapons, you already became involved in this war." Both General and Colonel had their hands in front of Mega Man.
"I hate to admit it, but you're right. I will team up with you, but once this is over, I just want to live a normal life like before."
"You'll live your life just it once was."
"It's a done deal." Rock first shook with General's hand. He then shook Colonel's hand.
"We'll set up a room for you, your family, and your friend, DLN-002: Roll right?"
"Yes," Roll responded.
General turned his attention to his robotic daughter.
"Tron, can you take them to them to the control room while I call his family over?"
"Yes, Father. . . General." She got up and started to walk off.
"Wait!" Roll shouted.
She stopped in her tracks and turned to look Roll in the eye.
"Can I grab something important at Light Labs?"
"Fine, but make it quick! I'll call someone over to give you the dash parts for your boots."
"Thank you." Roll got up and walked off.
Mega Man got up and went by Tron's side. The two were now off to the control room. General and Colonel couldn't help but smile at their family member and Monsteropolis's new hope.
As Mega Man was in the base of Repliforce, the mysterious girl walked in a construction site. Her cold, emotionless eyes inspected the area. Her breathing was heavy. Her legs were weak and tired. Even if she felt like collapsing, she kept on going. As long as she had energy left in her solar core, she would keep on pushing herself for a safer place somewhere. She looked up at the endless sky and spotted a flying dot. It flew closer towards the earth. She saw the streaks it created. A gold creature that looked like a hybrid of a bird and some kind of reptile landed on her left wrist. Her pupils grew slightly warm and friendly, but were still blank and very robotic. She stroked its head. Any Robot Master would smile, but not even her lips would curl into the smallest grin.
"Here it is safe, but up head is full of Birdbots and robots used by Albert Wily."
"Why would the Birdbots be here in all places? Shouldn't they be with my older brother?"
"It appearances that he is forced to work with Wily."
"He always blindly takes orders from everyone, even if he's a Reploid, unlike myself. He's pitiful, but I am too as I was like him during my first years. I never knew Wily that much, but he's interesting from what I've seen of him."
"Should we rest here?"
"Yes."
The creature walked up her arm to her shoulder and closed its eyes. She continued to stroke its head until he was fast asleep. Her smiled waned when she dropped to the ground and nearly closed her eyes. As she looked at the ground, an old memory was triggered.
Her eyes were closed, but she could hear the talking going on. She wasn't sure who they were, so she listened just in case they gave her any clues.
"We're done. She's finally complete. Now I just need to contact NAXA and tell them that I finished Project: Elysium. Rockefeller, can you stay and watch her?" A feminine voice called out to someone named Rockefeller.
"Yes, Mom." A voice of a teen boy replied.
She could now hear footsteps walking away. Something warm and rather soft touched her forehead. Her breathing was barely noticeable. Her hands kept opening and closing.
(NAXA? Project: Elysium? Rockefeller? Who or what are they and who am I? Why are my eyes closed?")
The boy opened his mouth and whispered, "I can tell that you're going to do great things. I can't wait for you to wake up when your creator, my mom, comes back."
She didn't know if that was a good thing or not, but she would have to find out. A few minutes later, footsteps echoed throughout the room she was in with this stranger. She wasn't sure if she should be nervous or not, so she waited to hear them some more.
"Let's wake her up, Rockefeller."
"Yes, Mom."
(Wake up? What does that mean? Do they want me to open my eyes and do this walking thing? I guess I have no choice but to do as they say and get some answers.")
She leaned up and opened her eyes. She looked at the two figures. One was a tall woman with short, chestnut brown hair. She was wearing a lab coat and thick, black gloves. The other one was a boy who was also pretty tall with the same chestnut brown hair as the lady. He wore his lab suit and a lab coat. His blue eyes and her green eyes marveled at the robot waking up.
"Good morning, my precious robot."
"Who are you two? Who am I?"
"I'm one of your creators, Dr. Volnutt. I built you with the help of my son over here." She pointed to the boy.
"My name is Trigger, DLN-001: Rock Trigger."
"Now that we introduced ourselves, I'll tell you more about yourself. The space administration, NAXA, contacted me some time ago to build them a moon exploration robot. They called it Project: Elysium, and you are the final result of that project."
"What's my name?"
"Your name is . . . is . . . shoot!"
"Is something wrong, Dr. Volnutt?"
"I was so busy working on you that I forgot to give you a name. I guess I should come up with a name for you. How about-"
"How about MSN-000: Serenade? Do you like it?" Do you mind if we call you Sera for short?" Rock suggested.
"I guess. I don't care what you call me."
"How do you feel, Sera?" Dr. Volnutt asked.
"I feel . . . lost, confused, and troubled. Do you know why I feel this way?"
"You're thinking metaphysically, dear. I would love to show you around, but I'm too busy with work. You can talk to me later, my perfect creation."
Rock held out his hand with a warm, gentle smile on his face. She back away a little, not sure how to react to it.
"Please don't be scared. I don't want to hurt you. I only want to help and comfort you. Now that you're self-aware, you'll need human culture. Take my hand, and I'll show you around."
With hesitation, she grabbed his hand, and he pulled her off of the table. He still smiled at her. She couldn't help but smile back. Dr. Volnutt smiled at them as they walked out of the lab.
She would smile at her first memory if only her face and her thoughts allowed her. Her hands turned into fist. She looked up with her dead eyes now filled with fire. A normal being would cry, but not even the smallest amount of emotion escaped from her. She cleared her mind of her "troublesome" emotions, but she still felt like a fool for being so naïve back then.
"I hate you, Trigger! I'll destroy you if it's the last thing I do and I'll do it by any means," She snarled before drifting off to sleep.
Two hours later in the Repliforce Base, the whole Light family arrived with all of their bags and equipment they would be needing. Once they got set up in their rooms, they headed off to the headquarters. Once inside, they all looked at a huge screen with the locations of the Robot Masters. Next to the red dots glowing on the map was a picture of the Robot Master occupying the area.
("Which Robot Master should I tackle first?") Mega Man thought.
He looked at each area and the Robot Master again to pick his first fight. His eyes kept looking at the huge, construction robot and the construction site he was in. He pointed to Guts Man while looking at Colonel and General in the eye.
"I'm going to fight Guts Man first to get him out of the way."
"Good choice. Colonel will lead you to the warp pad."
Colonel led him to the warp pad. Before he stepped on it, he turned around and waved at his family and friends. He was now looking at Roll, who had a worried look on her face.
"Mega Man, please be careful out there, and please don't shut me out when you're facing Guts Man or someone similar to him."
"I will, and I won't shut you out again. I'll cross my heart and hope to die again if I break that promise." Both of them smiled at each other.
He pressed both sections before he did anything else. He then placed one foot on the pad and placed the other foot on it. A blue column sent Mega Man high the air before disappearing with the blue light. Too bad Mega Man wasn't prepared for what was going to happen next.
At the construction site, Sera opened her eyes and rubbed them. She tried to get up, but she collapsed to the ground. Her support unit woke up from the force.
"Mistress Sera, are you okay?"
"I'm fine. It's just my power core." She moved her poncho out of the way, revealing a huge hole in chest with her power core covered in scars. Some of the wires were no longer attached to a core.
He flapped his wings and picked her off the ground a little. He landed her two foot. She looked up at him. Suddenly, they could see a blue column up ahead.
"Am I just seeing things in my final moment?"
"No, you're not dying. There's really a blue column made out of light up ahead."
"Geetz, hand me my helmet. I'm going to investigate," she barked.
"As you wish," he replied.
In his clawed feet was a beige helmet similar to an astronaut's with a black visor and red sections with a white trim. She grabbed the helmet and placed it over her head.
"Come on!" Her voice was much deeper now, and her breathing could be heard.
He landed on her shoulder. She raced towards the strange light. One hand was clutched to her core. Electricity sparked from the core as she ran faster. Her breathing was hard and heavy. She wanted to walked, but she knew that she was getting closer to the light. Underneath the mask, her eyes were flickering. A figure inside the light caught her off guard when she was very close to it. She hid behind a rock and watched the figure. The light faded away, revealing the super fighting robot wearing blue and cyan armor with his black suit and red visualizers. His hair was black with the blue tips now, but his hairstyle was very recognizable to her. Her eyes grew wide and her pupils grew even smaller.
"Is that Trigger? It can't be! Why would that helper Robot Master be running around in armor?" She muttered under her breath.
He looked around, but didn't see the two behind the rock. Even if he spotted them, he wouldn't focus on them. He fiddled with the transmitter in his right section.
"Roll, I'm hear at the construction site. Can you scan the area?"
"Sure thing, Mega Man."
He looked up ahead at the landscape. He whistled a melody that his older brother whistled before he mysterious vanished. Sera, however, didn't seem to care one bit. She turned her right hand into a silver, slim weapon similar to a buster. She looked through the green lens at the top and aimed at him. She tried to shoot, but her buster was shaking. She lowered her it.
"I'm too weak to fight him. I have to wait three days before I'll fight him. Besides, he hasn't done anything yet. I'll just keep a close watch on him."
He stopped whistling and said, "Thanks, Roll. I going on ahead now."
"Okay. I'll scan the data of Wily's robots while you head for Guts Man."
"Okay." Mega Man started to run with the two closely following behind him from the shadows.
A few minutes passed when Mega Man was by a closed off cave and platform-like steps similar to stairs stood in front of him. He walked further and saw a Met hiding under the ground on the step in front of him. Their yellow helmets with a green plus sign in the center were reflecting the sun's light. One of his hands turned into his Mega Buster, but he kept it down. He didn't move his eyes off the robots for even one second. His breathing was very quiet, unnoticeable even. His whole body was still.
"Roll, can you give me some information on these robots? I still need to figure out this visualizer."
"Sure thing." She was pulling up the data back in the Repliforce's headquarters.
"Mettaurs, or Mets for short, are Mechaniloids created by DBN-002: Tron Bonne. Their main purpose is to complete various task. Good point: hard workers. Bad point: cowardly. They like working and dislike torture rooms," she read to him.
"Thanks."
Mega Man couldn't help but be baffled at the fact of the Mets disliking torture rooms. He shrugged it off and decided that he would ask Tron later. He kept his focus on the helmets. He walked close to the first ledge where the Met rested. It popped out of the ground and began shooting at him. He carefully jumped. As he was in the air, he shot out his pellets quickly. They pierced through the Met's body. It collapsed face first into the ground. Mega Man jumped on the ledge and walked towards the broken body and placed his hand on it.
"I'm sorry about this. I wish I could save you, but somethings are not meant to be."
He jumped onto the next platform and walked. A Met popped out of the ground and shot its pellets at him. One of them hit him in the chest, but it didn't cause severe damage. It went back into the ground. He shot at the helmet, hoping it would get up and attack him. It still waited in the ground. He walked closer, and it popped out of the ground once again. He shot at it before it played any more games with him. The lifeless body fell down. He walked up to the ledge and jumped high enough to land on it. With his two feet on the ground. He looked up and saw another Met. It revealed itself, and before it could shoot, Mega Man shot out his pellets. He could hear the body falling down as he walked up to the next platform. He jumped up and landed on the ground. He noticed that up head wasn't a platform made out of the ground. There was a rail over a bottomless pit. A green platform was moving along, pacing back and forth.
"Roll, where are the rest of the rails? They should all be connecting together to make a path."
"On my map, the other rails somehow moved below the first rail you are currently seeing. This is just a guess, but I'm sure Guts Man moved them after Dr. Wily reprogrammed him."
"Sounds most likely. I'll talk to you once I get to the other side."
"Okay, Mega Man. Good luck!" He turned off his transmitter after she said that.
He made sure his placement would allow his jump to reach the moving platform. He jumped and carefully moved a little. His heart was beating harder as his pulses moved faster. As he was coming down, his hands underneath his gloves were sweating. When he landed on the platform, he took a deep breath in and out. He looked down and saw another rail with its own green platform. He noticed that there were two breaks with a thin rope connecting to the next rail. He watch and saw that the platform would switch downwards when it hit a break. It would come back up when it came back to a rail. He jumped to the platform and waited to jump over the break. When a break was coming up, he prepared himself. He jumped over the break and quickly looked down. The only thing he saw was the final rail with five breaks in it. He looked back up and saw that the break was coming up again. He jumped and landed on the platform. He looked down again and saw the final platform moving in the opposite direction. He looked up once again and saw that the about to come up. He prepared himself, and when the platform was about to switch, he leaped and landed on the platform. He repeated this until he was about to jump down and land safely on the platform of the final rail. When he was on it, he prepared himself to jump over the five breaks. He jumped over with much success and was able to jump to the other side of the construction site. He took a deep breath in and out. He turned on his transmitter again.
"If I have to jump and wait on anymore of those platforms, I'm going to scream out of frustration!" Mega Man's voice was filled with annoyance and a bit of anger.
"Don't worry. You won't be seeing anymore rails or platforms up ahead." She reassured him.
"Whew! I think I would lose my patience and go berserk if I get across more rails and platforms."
"There are some enemies up ahead, and they're not Mets. I'll see what they are."
"Thanks."
"No problem." He could hear a sweet chuckle and knew that she was smiling. He smiled back to himself.
He was walking now. Though he tried to keep quiet, the red circles on his soles created the unique sound. As he walked, green robots hovering in the air headed towards him with the blades of their propellers ready to attack him. He could hear the noise, and turned around. He shot each one as they swooped down in a blink of an eye. He walked up to a broken body and looked down on it.
"Bladers are robots made to pick cargo. Good point: strong-willed. Bad point: annoying. They like pranks and dislike downers."
He looked back at the path to Guts Man. In front of him was another pair of steps carved from the ground. He jumped to each step. When he jumped off the last step, a bird-like robot threw a pickaxe at Mega Man. It scratched his left cheek. He wiped the substance running from his cheek.
"Birdbots are Mechaniloids created by DVN-000: Glyde. Their main purpose is to help Glyde with various task. Good point: loyal. Bad point: troublemakers. They like to play poker and dislike intruders."
As the Birdbot was about to throw another pickaxe, Mega Man shot out his pellets. It damaged the robot's core, and caused it to fall on ground. It was still alive, but it was too weak to get up.
"I can't believe a rookie like you beat me! Kuh-kweeeh!" It screamed at him.
"I'm sorry, but I had too." He went back to his destination.
Mega Man jumped up the steps quickly. He reached the top and met face-to-face with another Birdbot. It threw its pickaxe, but Mega Man dodged the attack and made his move. The pellets hitting it caused the robot bird to fall down on his knees. He began to walk again but noticed something off. He looked down and saw that the rocky ground was gone, and all that he was standing on was a metal platform. He knew that he couldn't fall into the bottomless pit now. In front of him was a gap in between him and the other side. Before he could react, a Birdbot jumped on and began to attack. The attacks missed him, and he shot the confused robot. The Birdbot lost his footing and seemingly fell for a never ending cycle. He was able to jump to the other side, only to see that there was another gap and another side. He noticed that spikes were now below him. He jumped and was all in one piece when he landed. He walked along to Guts Man, but stopped to find some energy.
Dr. Wily and Bass watched Mega Man through the large screen in front of them. Bass smirked and laughed without control.
"This is Mega Man, the hero of Monsteropolis?" How pathetic! I can beat this guy in under two seconds!"
"Be quiet! You shouldn't be so sure of yourself. You haven't even fought before."
"I fought once when some crazy robot was attacking Dad's airship, Sulphur-Bottom. Luckily, I had help from Rocky and his strange friend. What was her name again? Oh yeah, it was Serenade! She was pretty cool, but a bit awkward. Anyway, I wouldn't be able to save Dad if those two weren't there. Too bad that I couldn't save him a few years later. Why did he have to go to Forbidden Island?" His smirk was replaced by a frown.
"Forte, focus!"
He rolled his eyes and stared his grandpa down. Dr. Wily bared his fangs and growled. His furious eyes locked on Bass's eyes filled with fire and blood lust.
"I'm wondering if your father ever taught you manners!"
"He did, but my manner were thrown out of the window when I ended up being stuck with you!"
"Do you want me to rip out your power core and leave you to die?" Bass kept quiet after that.
"Exactly! Now go find Mega Man and kill him!"
Bass walked off and muttered, "Dad would never say that to me if he was still around. Why do I have a bitter, old man as my grandpa? Whatever."
Dr. Wily let out a breath and placed a hand on his forehead. He shook his head. His hand slowly moved over his eyes and cheeks. He turned his head to take a quick glance at Bass. When he disappeared within a black light, he turned back to the screen.
"Forte use to be such a good kid even if he was a bit spoiled. What did I do wrong? How could I end up with such a good kid and such a rotten grandchild? I should of have just sent him instead of my grandson to deal with Mega Man."
Mega Man was fully recharged now. He continued his way to the Robot Master in this area. A Birdbot jumped in his way and was about to attack him. Suddenly, purple pellets moving at a rapid speed hit the Birdbot and caused it to fall down. Mega Man looked at the direction of where the pellets came from and saw a robot with black and gold armor. The robot gave him psychotic grin. The robot jumped down from where he was standing and met face-to-face with him.
"Who are you?" Mega Man asked.
"I'm Bass, Bass Dark. I'm here to crush you!" He began to shoot his pellets at Mega Man.
Each pellet struck him in the chest. He placed one hand there and shot his own pellets at Bass. His left shoulder was hit, causing his Bass Buster to turn into a hand. He moved his hand to his injury.
"You're good, but I'm still better!" He turned his other hand into his Bass Buster and started to shoot again.
Mega Man dodged the attack and jumped into the air. Bass aimed his weapon at him and shot him down. His right shoulder felt a painful burning as if fire was eating away at it. He turned his right hand back into his hand while he turned his left hand into his Mega Buster. He got up and shot Bass's blue gem on his helmet. The force caused him to be pushed back. Mega Man walked up to the fallen robot and grabbed his gorget. Mega Man proceeded to punched him in the face and dropped him to the ground. Bass touched his cheek and snarled. He opened his mouth and dug his fang into Mega Man's left leg. He kicked him in the jaw as a response. Bass got up and shot the injured leg. Mega Man held back his cry of pain. He shot pellets at the blue gem on his chest. Bass wanted to scream desperately as green liquid oozed out of the gem. Mega Man's eyes grew in horror as he realized what it was.
("This is Bassnium, one of the most powerful energy sources in the entire world, but it's also one of the most dangerous. Only a robot with the most strongest of metal can endure it. The only robot I know that is powered by this energy is . . . Forte! Why would he go this far? Does he even know who I really am? I need answers and fast.")
As Bass was about to shout as Mega Man stood there almost lifelessly. Mega Man shot his own pellets at the Bass Buster, causing Bass to fall back to the ground. Mega Man looked around to find something useful and found a rope. He tied Bass's hands up so he can't harm anyone. He was struggling to get his hands out the rope, but nothing worked. Mega Man looked him in the eye with worry.
"Forte. . ."
"What did you just call me?"
"Why are you exactly attacking me? Do you have a purpose or are you just a mindless machine doing Wily's bidding? Do you want to take over the world too or is something else playing a factor." His tone was very serious and rather cold.
Bass thought about it for a while and answered, "I'm only doing this to have Gramps stopping nagging about you ruining his plans. I'm also doing this to prove that I'm the world's strongest robot! Why are you so concerned?"
Mega Man couldn't just tell him that he was really Rock now. He knew that it would cause more tension. He got Bass off of the ground by lifting him from his shoulders. Bass looked down at him with bafflement. Mega Man too was baffled by the fact that Bass couldn't recognize him by his hairstyle. Then again, his hair color was different and his style was becoming more common.
"You may think of me as a rival, but there is more than meets the eye. I really don't hate you. I don't hate anyone actually."
"The way you act kind of reminds me of a good friend of mine. You probably don't know him though."
He wanted to let out a chuckle, but he didn't. Mega Man closed his eyes and felt the wind blowing through his hair. As Mega Man took in this peaceful moment, Bass used his fangs to cut the ropes. When his hands were free, he lunged at Mega Man. It was too late for him to react when Mega Man opened his eyes. Bass's right hand was in front of him with his claws reflecting the falling light. He raised his hand in the air and quickly lashed out his claws. His claws tore off some of skin of Mega Man's face. With his metal exposed, Bass let out a laughter like that of an insane man. Mega Man tried to get off of the ground, but he fell to his knees. Bass touch his shoulder guards and crushed them as his hands were closing. With his claws, he slashed Mega Man's chest plate, causing it to break. Bass grabbed Mega Man's gorget and pulled him close to his eyes.
"This is the great Mega Man? This robot people call a savior is weak! It was nice knowing you, but it's time that I reduce you to the scrap metal you were made from!" Bass threw him to the ground and began to charge his Bass Buster as green aura surrounded him.
As he rested on his knees, Mega Man gained a strange urge to destroy. His head began to ache. He began to hear strange voices telling to let out his desire to kill. His vision grew blurry. His headache grew worse. Tears began falling down from cheeks.
("What's happening? Make it stop!")
He looked up and saw a figure with a singular, green dot glowing. He now noticed the red helmet covering the figure's face and black shades covering its eyes. He could make out the whole figure now. The figure began to whistle the tune he knew so well. He smiled at the sight of the familiar face. The pain was growing too great, so he closed his eyes.
"Break Man," he whispered to himself.
Underneath the mask, Break Man's eyes grew wide as his pupils became smaller. His heart was pounding in his throat. His breath, however, was as still as time itself. Break Man hands were shaking. He turned his direction to Bass. His shaking hands became fist. His breath was now heavier than ten gold blocks. His eyes were filled with fire. He grabbed a spare sword from his pocket and threw it down to Mega Man.
"I'm sorry that I wasn't able to protect you earlier, little brother. I'm here now and will act as your shield. You're the city's hero now," he whispered very softly to himself.
Mega Man opened his eyes, but they were no longer human. His irises and pupils were both the same shade of blue. His sclerae were as black as the night sky. He picked up the sword with its blade made out of some kind of blue energy. Sparks of electricity flew out his arms. He was growling now. Before Bass could even blink, Mega Man slashed him in the chest again, and it caused a large slash mark this time. He dropped the sword and began to laugh like Bass before. He pushed Bass to the ground. He grabbed his arm that was equipped with the Bass Buster and pulled it off. He snarled at the blue and cyan robot. He face wore a grin filled with madness and satisfaction. He grabbed one leg and pulled it off. He grabbed the other and did the same. He threw the broken limbs aside. He locked his eyes on the damaged chest. He ripped it apart piece by piece. This time Bass let a loud cry of pain. He threw the metal to where the limbs were. He began to pull the wires of the now exposed core. He turned one of his hands into his Mega Buster and was about to shook the black robot.
"Please stop it, Rockefeller!" A voice cried out. He swore that he could heard muffled crying.
He looked back up only to see that Break Man was gone. He turned around but saw nothing. He looked in every direction. He finally realized where that voice was coming from. He let go of Bass. The black robot ran and disappeared with a black light. The voices in his head told him chase Bass, but he regained his normal senses. He looked at the ground.
"Did you hear the fighting all this time?" His voice was distorted.
"I heard everything. I tried to contact you, but our connection was somehow cut off. I couldn't send in supplies or see you either. I could only hear you. I'm not sure what caused it, but I grew so worried. I'm sorry for not doing anything soon!"
"You brought me back to my senses. If you didn't say anything, I would probably have gone on a massacre and kill many innocent people. Thank you, Rebecca." His voice became normal again and eyes returned to their nature state.
"I'm glad to hear that the old Rock is back. I don't like it whenever you lose control of yourself."
"I'll try to have it not happen again, Roll."
"Okay. I'm going to check your damages and see if we can fix them. By the way, who is Break Man?" He gulped when she said that.
"You heard that too, didn't you?" He asked.
"Yeah."
"I'll tell you when I return to the base."
"Okay. I'll talk to you when you reach Guts Man."
"See you later then." He turned off his transmitter.
He sat on the ground and looked at his hands. They were covered in the substance. He let out a sigh. He kept his eyes on the ground. He suddenly felt a tap on the shoulder. He looked up and saw a gloved hand holding an Energy Tank in front of him. He looked at it with curiosity.
"Take it," the robot responded to Mega Man's behavior. He recognized that voice instantly.
"Break Man! I thought you were gone."
"I was getting my bag and this Energy Tank for you. I have a few more with me and some other goodies too." He grabbed more Energy Tanks from the brown, tattered bag he wore.
Break Man grabbed some wood he found from his travels and created a fire. He took out some thinner sticks and handed one to Mega Man. He grabbed out some gram crackers, marshmallows, and chocolate. He gave some to Mega Man as he drank from his Energy Tank. When he was finish with the drink, the two roasted their marshmallows. As they did so, Mega Man kept looking at Break Man and then would look back at his marshmallow. He noticed this.
"Is something wrong?"
"Is that you, Blues?" He asked.
Break Man didn't make any sound. The world froze for a while. Break Man looked down at his own marshmallow and then back at him. Mega Man knew exactly what this meant.
"Big brother!" He had the biggest smile on his face.
"Blues is dead! I'm Break Man!" His voice became harsh with anger sprinkled in.
"Then why do know my name and why do you help me? Besides, you two whistle the same melody." Break Man was silent for a while as Mega Man smirked.
"Only an idiot doesn't know who you are. Though almost everyone in the city is an idiot. It's almost sad that Wily and Bass can't recognize you. Your hairstyle gives it away."
"That's true, but why are you helping me? You never gave your reason for that."
"You have the courage and hope that the city needs. You have limitless potential that is hidden inside of you. You are everything to that your older brother wasn't."
"You mean everything that you weren't?"
"I'm not Blues. My name is Break Man. The robot you are talking about is dead!"
"My brother isn't dead to me."
The two grew quiet and decided to focus on the roasting marshmallows. Once they were crisp, they finished added the other ingredients to it, finishing their s'mores. Break Man opened up his face plate and started to chomp down with Mega Man proceeding him. As the two ate and talked, Break Man noticed a humanoid figure with a red, glowing eye glaring at him. Another figure stared at him with ruby eyes, but it looked more like some kind of bird.
"Is something wrong, Break Man?" Mega Man asked.
Break Man noticed that the two figures were gone and simply replied, "Everything's fine."
The two continued to eat and talk as the night sky was replacing the day. In his mechanical heart, Break Man was at peace. He was finished eating and closed his helmet. He smiled underneath his mask at the fact that he was bonding with his little brother once again. Mega Man took in the peace in the construction site at this very moment. It almost made him forget of the awful reality.
Back at Dr. Wily's lair, Bass was under major repairs from the last battle. He was still active and looked at his grandpa fixing him. He looked at the other side and saw his helmet on a counter top. The robot clutched his one fist he had. His eyes no longer had blood lust inside. His smirk had vanished from his face. The only thing he did was breathe and think.
("Mega Man is as good as they say. I didn't expect him to be that strong or for him to rip off most of my limbs. Now that I think about it, he was really similar to Rock Trigger. Though that last part throws that idea away, but I heard from Gramps and Roll that Rocky very rarely lost his mind and gave into his machine instinct. Being the first, successful Robot Master means that he's going to still have some problems that later models don't have. Rocky can't be Mega Man! Can he?")
Bass kept on thinking as he now looked at the ceiling. He closed his eyes and let out a small breath. He felt a little pain in his chest as Dr. Wily was fixing it. He wanted to yell out to be more careful, but he didn't have the energy to fight with his grandpa. He just Dr. Wily the evil eye instead. He looked back at the ceiling and closed his eyes. A memory he loved so dearly played in his head like a record.
"Wake up, Bastian. Today is a special day," a voice whispered in an ear of a six year old boy.
He opened one of his red eyes and looked at the man standing by his bed. He sat up and rubbed his tiny eyes. He yawned and stretched out his arms. He got out of his bed and asked, "Why is today so special?"
"Did you forget already, son? Today is your birthday and I got a few surprises for you."
"Is today really my birthday? I thought it was next week." Bastian looked at his calendar hanging on the wall and saw that in a red circle was the date was March 24th, his birthday.
"You better change and cleaned up. I'll meet you outside when you are ready."
Bastian nodded with much excitement. He was almost jumping up and down since he was unable to contain his excitement. His father patted his head before he left the room. Bastian ran towards his closet at full speed and changed into a black vest, a white shirt underneath, a purple tie, and black pants. He grabbed black shoes and socks as he dashed out of the door. As he raced through the hallways, he hopped around while trying to get his socks and shoes on. Butlers and Maids couldn't help but smile at the innocent boy. He was ready by the time he reached the front door. He held his hand on the door knob and swung the door open. He saw his father looking at something at the dock of the family's former airship. He could also see his father smiling at something. He walked up to his father and looked at what his father saw. Right in front of Bastian's eyes was a massive airship with Sulphur-Bottom written on it. The somewhat resembled a blue whale. His eyes grew wide with amazement.
"Wow!" Those were the only words that escaped from Bastian's lips.
"You're the first one to see it. Your mother and brother will see it later. I have your surprises inside the ship. Come on."
"Yes, Father!"
The boy ran next to his father. They walked into the ship and were greeted by the crew members. As they walked to the control room, Bastian would took a quick glance at the rooms. Half of them were room for research, resources, weapons, and maps. The other half were rooms for the crew members, guest rooms, bathrooms, a dining room, a kitchen, and a ballroom. When the two were in the control room, his father turned around to meet his eyes. He was as quiet as a mouse now. His father fixed his white gloves and the cuffs of his brown coat. He smiled at his son. He grabbed two boxes from a hidden lock. He gave them to his son. Bastian opened the first box and saw purple paper. Peeking through the paper was something bronze shining. He tore the paper and grabbed the object. It was a silver pocket watch with a wolf, stork, and tiger craved on it. He opened it up and saw the clock ticking as the gears moved. He hooked up his pocket watch to the pocket of his vest. He grabbed the next box and opened it up. Black paper was covering something jet black. He threw the paper aside and grabbed out a comb. He placed it in the pocket of his pants. Bastian grinned ear to ear. His eyes lit up as he looked at his father.
"Those items were object I've received when I was your age. I hope you value these objects as much as I did."
"Thanks a lot, Father! This is the best birthday ever!"
"I have one more surprise for you. Stay right here while I get it."
He nodded and with that, his father walked away. In a few minutes, his father returned with a black and white Bull Terrier puppy. It wagged its tail as it saw the boy. Bastian's eyes and smile grew so wide that it looked like they were going to stretch off of his face. He held his arms out as his father held out the puppy closer. His father finally passed the puppy into the boy's arms. He held the puppy in his embrace.
"I know that you always wanted a dog of your own, but I never had the time for it nor did I trust you. Now that you matured and that I have more time, I decided that it was time you had your own pet."
"You're the best, Dad! I'm going to call him Crash." He then laughed with much joy.
Bass's happiness faded and was replaced by a frown and watery eyes. He kept his eyes close so his grandpa wouldn't notice though he soon opened his eyes. Two hours passed when Bass was finished with his repairs. He got off of the counter and walked towards the mirror. He noticed that the slash mark on his chest left a scar. His eyes grew with rage as he growled. He also noticed that the gold trims of his armor protecting his forearms had gold rivets on them. His forearms and boots had grey fabric covering his suit. He turned around and locked his gaze on his grandfather.
"I wasn't able to repair your scar, but I was able to upgrade your Bassnium. Now you can summon swords made from the energy. Have this cape to cover up your scar."
Dr. Wily handed his grandson a brown, tattered cape. Bass put his cape on and held one of his hands. An green orb of energy appeared in the palm of his hand. As if gathered more energy, the orb morphed into a blade. The blade finally took its shaped. He held his grip on the blade and swung it around. He made the sword disappear. He walked out of the room without even looking at his grandfather. The mad doctor could only sigh at Bass. He heard a strange sound and turned around. Right in front of him was a red and grey robot. His shades reflected the doctor's image. His breathing could be heard through the helmet covering his whole face.
"It's good to see you, Break Man. Did you encounter Mega Man?"
"I saw the blue boy fighting your grandson. I arrived too late to change the tide of battle, but I promise to break him myself if he continues to destroy your robots and return the Robot Masters to Dr. Light, Dr. Hikari, and Dr. Volnutt." He cringed when he spoke those names.
"Good. Unlike my grandson, I have total faith in you."
"You helped build me. You also saved my life and repaired almost everything but my core."
"It's true. If I fixed your core now, you would be as low as most robots on my army. I'm working on a way to repair your core while keeping in that little glitch. You should rest now. You got a busy day tomorrow."
"I'll rest when I feel like it." Break Man simply walked out of the room to go somewhere quiet.
Dr. Wily gave a small smile to the walking robot.
("Blues is quite the rebel, but not unbearable and uncontrollable like Forte. He always quite lonely though. I wonder he like me to build him a friend like Rock has Roll as his friend. I would call her Rhyme then. Then again Blues is too much of the lone wolf type to have a close partner unless I make a robot with a similar personality and design. Maybe I should finish that robot I was working on with my son. Never mind! I wonder if that idiot Light probably misses his first grandson. Too bad for that fool! Blues is a part of my family now!")
Mega Man stretched before jumping down to the two metal platforms below. His leaps were very quick and carelessly made. He landed on another metal platform. He could hear some beeping noise. He turned around and shot out his pellets without realizing what he was attacking. He looked down at the bodies and noticed that they were just Bladers. He now looked at the three holes that he could jump down. He chose the center hole since he noticed that the left and right holes had spikes underneath them. His jump was causing him to go to his left. He landed safely in the ground. His eyes caught something gleaming. He jumped towards it and examined it as the body laid lifeless on the ground. The whole design looked exactly like him, even having the same fringes and blue eyes.
("This must be an extra body. Roll must of have teleported this here for me. I'll just take it then. I'm going to thank her first thing when we talk again.")
He jumped to the ground below. A few steps away was a large, metal gate with a giant "W" painted on it. As he was about to walk towards it, some kind of monstrous pogo stick with one eye jumped in front of him. When the robot made a high jump, Mega Man ran under it as he was getting more tired and just wanted to save his younger brother. Mega Man stood in front of the gate and bent down. He grabbed the bottom of the gate and lifted it up. It moved up with much ease. He slowly let go of it. When his fingertips fell to his side, he ran to the other gate and shot the Mets trying to stop him. As he was about to lift the second gate, it opened up by a figure familiar to him. Mega Man was in front of a humanoid robot with a silver body, a black chest plate with a red gem in the center, red shoulder plates, red and yellow gloves with a black and yellow trim, red boots with black and yellow soles, and a construction helmet similar to those that the Mets wear. The robot's silver, prognathic lower jaw reflect Mega Man's image. The blue eyes of his black face stared at Mega Man.
"Go home before you get hurt, little boy! Only men can be at this constructive site." He yelled.
"Guts Man, it's time for you to punch out and go home. I really don't want to hurt you."
"Why should I listen to you, Mega Twerp?"
Mega Man pressed both sections of his head. His hair became brown again and his visualizers went into the sections. He gave off a small smile trying hard to mask his sadness.
"It's me, Rock Trigger."
"Big brother! What are you doing here and why are you calling yourself Mega Man?"
"What you're doing is wrong! I converted myself into Mega Man because I want to be the save you and our brothers. I want to save the city. Please stop destroying the place we are helping to build and harming the innocent!" He was holding back tears.
"I can't, Rock. Wily has reprogrammed me to follow his orders and has given me a job at this construction site. Do you realize what will happen to me if I get fired? I'm going to have to take you down with me!" Guts Man made a huge jump backwards that caused him to land into a chamber with metal walls, a rocky floor, two boulders on the ground, and boulders on the ceiling.
Mega Man got out his visualizers and turned on his transmitter. He could hear static before hearing Roll's voice.
"Mega Man, has Guts Man done any damage to you?
"I'm fine. The battle is just getting started. I thank you for giving me extra body though."
"It's no problem at all. While you were making your way to him, I got some information on Guts Man. He's weak to Bomb Man's Hyper Bomb. Since you don't have that weapon yet, you just have to use your Mega Buster. You have to be careful of his jumps. When he lands, you can't move for a short time. To avoid this, you carefully have to time your jump. He can't jump in the left corner, so he will jump backwards. After jumping for a while, a boulder from the ceiling will fall into his hand. You can only imagine what he'll do with that boulder."
"Anyone with half a brain can figure it out honestly."
"The only thing I can say now is good luck, Mega Man!"
"I'll do my best. Here we go!" With that, Mega Man stepped on to the battlefield and drew out his weapon.
The Mega Buster sparkled as he grinned. Guts Man growled at the blue boy and shook his fist angrily. The construction robot leaped into the air. As he was falling down, Mega Man jumped into the air. Guts Man slammed his huge arms into the ground and stared at Mega Man with fuming rage. Mega Man landed on the ground like a cat and turned around. Shots came out of his buster. Each one hit Guts Man's arms, but it didn't seem to do much damage as he kept beating the ground. Guts Man then held one hand out towards Mega Man, leaving him confused at first until he quickly realized what he was planning. A large, almost golden boulder landed in Guts Man's hand. One of his eyes twinkled as he gave Mega Man a smirk. He threw the boulder at one of the boulders on the ground. It broken into smaller pieces that made their way towards Mega Man. As they drew in closer, Mega Man jumped out of the way. The rocks hit against the wall and fell down. Guts Man jumped a few times with an Earth shattering way. Each time he jumped, Mega Man would jump to avoid being immobilized, and he would release his shots at the gem on his chest. Guts Man let out painful groans and fell down. Sparks were flying from his broken body, but he got up and jumped again. His vision was getting blurrier by each passing minute. A boulder dropped into his hands. He scanned the area, but he couldn't see Mega Man. As he was about the boulder in a random direction, a bullet made of solar energy shattered it into millions of pieces. He turned around and before he could react, Mega Man shot out more solar bullets at his chest. Mega Man stood still as Guts Man grabbed another boulder. When he was making his perfect aim, Mega Man jumped towards him. He threw the boulder, but Mega Man dodged it. It instead hit the ceiling. With a loud thud, a chuck of the ceiling came crumbling down onto Guts Man. Rocks buried the large Robot Master. The pile began to shake. With a roar, Guts Man broke free from his prison. As he was walking towards Mega Man, he fell down on one knee and held one arm with his hand. Mega Man's buster was pointing right at his face, yet he was not making any move.
"Aren't you going to finish me off? You suppose to destroy me!"
"You're my brother, Guts Man. I never would to hurt you, but it was the only thing I could do. Please let me take you back to Dr. Light so he can repair you." He held out his hand towards the giant robot.
He grabbed Mega Man's hand and answered, "Alright, big brother."
Mega Man pulled him up. As Mega Man fiddled with his transmitter, Guts Man took out a chip from his arm and tapped Mega Man's shoulder. He turned around to meet his eyes.
"Rock . . . er . . . Mega Man, I think you might need this. It's my Super Arm ability. With this, you can carry heavy objects like boulders and even throw them at enemies."
Rock replied, "Thanks, but I want you to keep the chip since you need that. I can just copy your Special Weapon ability by touching your arm, but your chip needs to be in."
Guts Man placed the chip back into his arm. Mega Man placed his hand on where the chip was stored and felt a strange pulse. His arm was glowing white as he was copying the weapon. When the process was done, Mega Man felt his circuits rushing throughout his body and his arms felt stronger. He lifted his hand off of his brother's arm and continued to mess with the transmitter. He knew to stop touching it when he heard Roll's voice.
"Mega Man, are you okay?"
"I feel great. Guts Man is back on our side now, but he needs some repairs. We're to the headquarters right now. I'll see you there."
"Great! Later, Mega Man."
Mega Man turned off his transmitter when Roll turned hers off. He looked back at Guts Man and grabbed his hands. A blue light picked up the two brothers. As the light was vanishing into the thin air, the space exploration robot walked into the chamber with her Support Unit flying by her side. The two caught a glimpse of the blue beam before it was gone. The two stared at the hole in the ceiling. The night sky could be seen. She took a quick glance at the moon before she turned around. The robotic creature followed his mistress.
"Two days left."
Author's Notes: You guys thought that Break Man was on Rock's side, didn't you? Well he is still on Rock's side, but he's also Wily's dragon (or second-in-command if you're not a Troper). I was planning on going this route since I decide to give Break Man an early introduction. In lots of Mega Man material, Break Man is either Dr. Wily's dragon or a reverse mole just testing Mega Man's strength. I think it would make him unique. Now onto Sera. You are all wondering why in my right mind would add her into the mix. One of my main reasons for adding her is because her concept is interesting, but her execution is rather underwhelming. The main problem with her is that she doesn't get much screen time and most of the information we get about her is through an exposition dump. My main reason for adding her though is to give Mega Man a unique rival compared to Break Man and Bass. Out of all of the characters, I had to change her backstory the most, but I still did try to incorporate a lot of her canon backstory into RockRemix's version. Because I wanted to make her stand out more, I also add elements of Archie's Blues, Bass's Net Navi counterpart, Serenade from BN3, and Quake Woman into her character. I made her full name Serenade just to make it a musical pun and a slight reference to the namesake Net Navi in BN3. The only thing I have left to say about Sera is that you should expect her to show up often. Finally onto Guts Man. I based his design on Ariga's Guts Man and EXE. His personality and some of his lines are based on Powered Up's portrayal. If all of you are wondering about Glyde and Yai, I'll say that those two will appear again very soon. That's all I have today. Stay tuned for more to come!