Omega stepped forward. Roll drew her gun and Megaman his sword. Rain tumbled down onto the roof making it slippery.

"Welcome to Castle Feliray, resting place of Count Farado, and your tomb!" cried Omega as a second sword appeared in his hand.

Megaman pushed Roll back and Ran at Omega. Omega took the hit and grabbed Megaman's wrist. Omega twisted his hand and Megaman's hand twisted all the way around in a three-sixty turn. Megaman screamed in pain and fell to the floor clutching his shattered wrist.

"You can't defeat me!" Omega bellowed. Just as he said that a bullet his chest, Roll stood behind Megaman, her gun smoking from the shot.

Omega ran at Roll who dodged the blow and fired again. The shot hit and Omega stumbled backwards as more shots hit again and again. Blood began to seep from the wounds on Omega's body.

Megaman tried to grip his sword, but to no avail his hand was completely useless. So he shot at Omega with his buster arm. It brought great pain to Megaman but he cast it aside to help Roll.

Roll fired a second barrage of bullets upon Omega and Omega fell backwards. He grabbed Rolls foot as he fell, sliding on the slick wet roof. Roll and Omega went sliding toward the edge of the roof. Megaman grabbed Roll with his good arm and pulled her up just in time. Omega lost his grip and fell, bouncing along the rocky sides of Castle Feliray, into the ocean below.

Megaman gripped Roll tightly and kissed her. Roll fell into the kiss and the two became lost in what was happening. The tower was named the Tower of Love for a reason. A spell was placed on the tower that made someone become uncontrollably in love with someone else. Megaman and Roll couldn't be separated no matter what happened to them.

Suddenly they broke the kiss as the Tower began to shake. Lightning flashed and the symbol on the floor erupted into a burst of light. From the center of the floor a black cloud arose. The cloud moved and took shape.

The lightning grew fiercer as the figure became Count Farado. Count Farado looked exactly as Megaman had dreamed him. He looked down at Megaman and Roll smiling darkly.

He bowed and spoke, "Hello, I am Count Farado of Feliray." He said in his British ascent.

"Count Farado!" screamed Lan and the others as they all climbed up the tower. The barrier was now gone and the virus had passed through everyone. Now that Omega was dead the virus was with him.

Count Farado spread his cape and a dark cloud flowed from around him engulfing everyone. Everything seemed to spin as the group found themselves standing in mid-air. They stood in the air with large patches of sharp crystal all around. Farado drew his cane and pointed the orb on the end to one of the crystals. Fire spewed from it and surrounded Farado like a shield.

"Now, shall we dance?" he asked to everyone.

Megaman ran at Farado and was brushed aside by Farado moving his eyes. Clearly Farado was strong considering that just looking at Megaman threw his around the room. Lan ran toward him with Protoman following. Farado chucked and snapped his fingers. Suddenly the two boys disappeared from sight.

"LAN! PROTOMAN!" Maylu screamed as they dissipated. Balthier fired at Farado, each bullet bounced away gracefully.

"Damn! How do you hurt this guy!?" he screamed

"Earth and Fire, Wind and Water, Light and Dark, Time and Unity. Elements of our world that hold us here, break the order that you hold dear. Open the gates to Hell and back. Give me the power of ancient kings, the power of the nine elements, the final one. Give to me the power of LIFE!!!!" recited Farado.

When the rhyme was done a circle of magic engulfed him. Rays of the magic touched the ground and it turned to a strange crystal. The crystals shown and the weapons our heroes held disappeared like ash in the wind.

Wind blew strongly, fire appeared around everyone, the earth shook, the water's raged, light flashed, darkness grew, time slowed, and life died.

All around Megaman a wall of flame appeared. The ground below, as clear as it was, cracked. Winds blew across the field, water spouted from nowhere. Light housed in the weapons they held broke. Darkness radiated from the crystals around them. Count Farado raised his hands and Megaman and Roll were lifted into the air.

Spinning his hands they turned. Faster and faster they went. Megaman crashed to the ground, followed by Roll. Vann and Balthier ran at Farado who hit them, brushing them aside.

Out of nowhere a large black door appeared. Farado entered it followed by our heroes. They now stood on a large air ship, floating above Castle Feliray. The deck of the ship was large and guards stood ready to fight.

Megaman and Roll ran toward Count Farado, the others turned and fought the guards. It was going to be a bloody battle.

--------On board the ship Altaria --------

A man in white knights armor stood on the bridge of the ship watching the battle around him. The resistance was winning; at least they were until Terra lifted off. Now that the gunship was flying above Castle Feliray, Dark Star was winning.

A man in black armor ran up to the man in white.

"Sir, we have good and bad news." The black man announced

"What is it?" asked the white man in an echoed voice

"It seems that Count Farado has began to attack Megaman and co. onboard the Terra."

"So what's the good news?"

"That was the good news. The bad news is that if they don't stop Farado in fifteen minutes the entire planet and both worlds are going to explode!"

"WHAT! How!?"

"It seems that Farado rose, had Cid and Omega killed, rose Nocturnes and is using his life force to stay alive. Now Farado can use Nocturnes connection to Megaman to control Megaman."

"HOW!"

"Well, since Nocturnes is a part of Megaman, when he controls Nocturnes he controls Megaman."

The man in white sighed, "…..I'm boarding the Terra. Megaman needs my help."

"But Sir!"

"Do not command me solider, I earned the right to become the resistance admiral for a reason. To kill Nocturnes and Farado! I will board that ship, and I will help Megaman."

"As you wish Admiral Samuel."

---------Back to Count Farado--------

Megaman armed his gun. Roll armed hers as well waiting for Farado to attack.

Count Farado lifted into the air and a shadowy figure lifted from the deck. Now standing before them all was Megaman Nocturnes, the one who killed Megaman.

"YOU!" cried Megaman, "How are you still alive!?"

"I'm alive because you are Megaman. I am your shadow, your greed, your lust, your power. As long as you exist I shall as well!"

Roll gasped as Nocturnes allowed Farado to hit him. Megaman suddenly felt the pain that Nocturnes felt.

"See, we are joined. If I die, you will as well. That's what killed you, not the virus, not the explosion, ME! Now that Count Farado has me, he has you as well."

Megaman gasped, this was it. He had lost. Farado could kill Nocturnes right there and Megaman would die with him.

"Nocturnes shoot Roll." Ordered Farado

"NO!!" screamed Megaman.

Nocturnes turned and fired a round a Roll. Suddenly Megaman turned and shot Roll too. Roll's face was filled with despair and betrayal, Why would Mega shoot me? She thought as she fell to the metal deck below.

Megaman screamed and looked at his own hands. He just shot Roll, the girl he loved.

Nocturnes and Farado laughed, "You see Megaman. Whatever I do, you do. Surrender, you can't win."

Megaman looked at his hands and then at Roll. He ran to Roll's side crying. He lifted her head with his arm and held her there.

"Roll….I'm sorry….." he cried as she looked at him, blood covering her. One gunshot had struck her arm, the other her chest.

Roll cried and gasped, "…it's ok Mega…. I know you didn't mean to……"

Megaman cried more and looked, filled with hate, at Farado and Nocturnes.

"Hahahahah! This is so…..disgusting!" said Nocturnes watching Megaman being torn apart by rage and sorrow.

"I agree. Nocturnes kill Megaman!" said Farado.

Megaman jumped up and ran at Nocturnes. Nocturnes jumped left, making Megaman jump left. Nocturnes stabbed himself, causing blood to appear on Megaman. Megaman fell screaming in pain. The others turned and saw that Megaman was losing and ran toward him, only to be stopped by a man in white armor.

"Turn back, I'll help Megaman, you get Roll to safety and escape from here NOW!" the man said.

The others obeyed and grabbed Roll and ran down the deck. Leaving the man in white, Megaman, Nocturnes, and Count Farado to battle it out alone.

As the group reached the end of the deck a small ship dropped down and a man told them to get it. It was just like a Halloween when they fought Dark Star, Megaman fought alone and they all ran. Suddenly they stopped.

Maylu turned to the man In white, who had escorted them down deck, "No. we won't leave Megaman! Not this time! We are his friends and we are going to help him, whether you like It or not!"

Maylu placed Roll on the deck and Fran stayed to care for her. Vann got in the ship with Ashe, Basch and Balthier to get help. Maylu ran down deck with Joshua, Chaud, Dex, and Gutsman and saw two boys lying on the deck unconscious. It was Protoman and Lan!

Maylu ran to Lan and Chaud to Protoman. Lan woke up when Maylu touched him.

"Lan! I thought you were dead!" Maylu screamed hugging onto Lan. Lan blushed as the girl hung onto him.

"I'm ok Maylu. Really I am." He said trying to reassure her that he was ok.

Chaud gripped Protoman's hand and hauled him up onto the deck. Protoman shook his friends hand and ran to Megaman's side to fight. Lan and Maylu looked around and saw two swords on the deck that the guards had left. They grabbed them and ran to Megaman. Chaud grabbed a sword and walked to Fran and Roll.

"Are you going to stay here and help her?" he asked Fran.

"Yes. She needs medicine. The others left to find some; I shall stay with the girl. You go and help your friends."

Chaud ran to Lan and Maylu's side. They stood beside Protoman, watching Megaman as he stood back up on the deck.

"Farado, you dirty bastard! I'm going to kill you!!" he screamed running at Farado.

Farado snapped his fingers and Nocturnes jumped in front of Farado. Lan threw a blade to Megaman, and Megaman thrust it into Nocturnes' chest. Blood spurted from both men; Nocturnes looked at Megaman with a maniacal grin.

"Now we all die!" Nocturnes screamed.

"No. Now you die!" Megaman said pushing Nocturnes off the ship, Nocturnes fell into the blades of the propeller on the back of the ship and split into hundreds of pieces.

Megaman could feel death creeping into him. He fell to the deck, his lungs begging for air. Lan and Maylu ran at Farado. Two blades pierced the man's coat and struck him.

Farado fell back onto the deck screaming in pain. Megaman drifted into darkness, the last thing he saw was Farado stand up and choke Lan and Maylu.