IT LIVES! I am so sorry about the delay. I was doing so many other story ideas and OC battles that I haven't found the time to finish this. But now, due to certain computer problems, I decided to finish it. So enjoy! If you are still there…
"ASTRO MANNNNN!"
Oh dear. Oh me. Oh my. I am really in trouble this time. I zoomed down the halls of my creator's castle with my trademark pair of floating balls flying at each of my trusted me. I past several fellow Robot Masters and even nearly knocked them clear over. I didn't actually seen any of them fall down but I DID got death threats and angry yells pointed out. I guess I should be happy that nobody took the violent route and yell at me.
Soon, I arrived at my destination. Or at least I arrived in FRONT of my destination. I didn't wanted to go in THERE. My creator scares me. However, I knew that I was being summoned in and it would be definitely be more trouble for me if I prolonged the evitable. Taking a deep gulp, (which sounded weird. Do robots even gulp?) I poked my head through the doorway. Indeed, there was my creator, Dr. Wily with an unamused and scary look on his face.
"Astro Man…" Dr. Wily said giving shivers down my spine (if I had one.) "Come in at once."
Taking another gulp, I slowly floated inside of the room taking interest in twiddling my fingers together as a poor excuse not to look at my angry creator's face.
"LOOK AT ME WHEN I AM ADDRESSING YOU!"
This instantly made me jump (or float higher in this case) hearing the loud yell of my creator. I wasted no time looking at Dr. Wily to see that his face was starting to go red. Nearly every Robot Master know that was a VERY bad sign.
"Astro Man, tell me. Do you know what I am always trying to do?" He said calmly. Hopefully, he stays that way.
I knew the answer but I doubt it would be better to act slowly. "Um, try to take over the world?"
Dr. Wily nodded his head. "Very good. Now tell me. HOW am I going to take over the world?"
I actually had to scratch my head on that one. "Um, build lots of Robot Masters?"
Dr. Wily simply put his fist to his mouth and coughed. "Let me be more specific. HOW am I going to take over the world by building a lot of Robot Masters?"
I actually still in confusion about he was talking about. Heck, I don't even know WHY I was summoned here. All I know was I did that something bad.
Suddenly, it hit me. "Ah! Stop Megaman!"
"Very good." Dr. Wily nodded. Maybe this won't be so bad, after all. "Now… Tell me. HOW that blue runt kept spoiling my plans?"
I actually think Dr. Wily called me to play a guessing game. Wow, I didn't think he was INTO games. Maybe there was a different side of him I never showed before. Personally, I liked this new Dr. Wily. He is far more nicer to me. I was about to answer his riddle.
Suddenly, my eyes widened in pure horror. I just realized why he called me in the first place.
"…Him always making our lives miserable by invading our fortresses." I said finally waiting for the Apolocalypse to my world.
"That's right." Dr. Wily said with his face slowly turning more redder. "And perhaps Megaman wouldn't have such a hard time fighting us if there were actually a Robot Master guarding the wall like he supposed to!"
I held up my arms in defence trying to block the loud scream heading towards my robotic ears. I can't believe I forgot all about it! I was supposed to go to my fortress today and guard it hoping Megaman would come and try to stop him. However, I was completely side-tracked!
"So, tell me." Dr. Wily said looking less and less amused. "What is your excuse THIS time?"
I mentally winced at these words. This isn't the first time I got sidetracked from my mission. Oh dear. And at nearly every time, Dr. Wily threw a huge fit. Sigh. I guess there is no other way around it. I have to tell him the truth.
"Um… I was… Um, well. I was in my room." I said finally. "Playing Solitaire…"
"SOLITAIRE!" He yelled at the top of his lungs.
"Um, yes. It is a game where you play cards with yourself." I explained. "You see?"
"THAT WAS NOT WHAT I MEANT AND YOU KNOW IT!" Dr. Wily shouted at the top of his lungs nearly making me float off into the wall.
I shuddered before my boss gave another one of his angry rants at me again.
"HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO RULE THE WORLD IF YOU, HECK HALF OF MY BUMBLINGS BOTS KEPT GOOFING OFF!" Dr. Wily said jumping up and down shaking his arms. "IF YOU ACTED MORE COMPETENT, I WOULD HAD BEEN THE WORLD RULES BY NOW AND DESTROYED THAT MISERABLE MEGAMAN IN HIS PLACE!"
I continued to wince listening to the verbal assault my creator was giving me. I was too scared to move or say anything. The whole thing was a blur. Dr. Wily was shouting so fast, I could barely hear his words. Not that I am complaining, though. I think I managed to overhear quite a few naughty words there as well.
Soon, after what seemed like an eternity, he finally concluded his rant. "And if you EVER do something like that again, I will have you reduced to scrap metal! Do you understand me?"
I shakily saluted. "Y-Yes, sir."
Dr. Wily then sighed shaking his head with his skin colour returning to normal. I think he is calming down. Mostly.
"Get back of my sight…" He spat.
Again, I saluted. "Yes, sir!"
With that, I zoomed off in the direction opposite of the one I am facing.
BAM!
Only to fly into a wall. Ouch… That rattled my circuits big time. I actually saw metal stars in front of my eyes. Holding my head, I retreated out of the room. I heard a faint groan behind me. I know fully well who it was. As I was floating away from my creator, I hang down my head feeling bad about myself. As I did so, I overhead some of my fellow Robot Masters tease me.
"Tsk tsk tsk." Heat Man said with a very cocky grin. "Making Dr. Wily more hot around the collar than I am, again, mac?"
Metal Man on the other hand shook his head. "Honestly, are you actually TRYING to get yourself disassembled?"
"Tsk. You are one of the few people who DESERVED to be a Robot Master." Tengu Man scoffed.
I winced at their cold words trying my best to drown them out. The last thing I needed was more people bringing me down. Dr. Wily did a great job doing that just now. Then again, most of the Robot Masters here were just as bad as him so it couldn't be helped. I sighed as I floated into a hallway. There was no Robot Masters to scold so I should be okay.
I wondered about Dr. Wily's words. Would he really disassemble me if I goof off one more time? I mean I know he isn't the first time he threatened me, heck one of his robots but I actually think he was serious this time. After all, if he wanted to finally scrap a robot, why not me? I mean, I admit it. I am one of the more easy-going Robot Masters and actually dislike violence. I wonder why Dr. Wily built with a carefree personality. Then again, I often wondered why he created a robot made of wood.
I continued to ponder my creator's threat further before looking up. Once I did, I immediately stopped floating. Just above me was a glass shard of some kind surrounded by a dark aura. I blinked my robotic eyes twice as I watched the aura dance around the shard. It was cool. I couldn't help but feeling me to reach out and grabbing the shard. Unfortunately, as I did so, I blacked out all of a sudden.
I slowly woke up looking around wondering what just happened. Thankfully, I didn't really feel a headache but I could tell I was knocked out somehow. I got up and look around.
My body was in a bed in some kind of creepy castle which looked different from the one I was just in.
"So, you are finally awake, eh?" A dark female voice said.
I turned to see a young pretty girl.
"Um, who are you?" I asked completely confused by what is going on?
"Haven't your mother ever told you to mind your manners?" The girl said scarily.
I immediately floated upwards waving my hands in front of my face. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! I didn't mean to sound rude!"
The girl raised an eyebrow with a small smirk. "Heh. You are the only person so far to actually know your place. Don't know if that's a good sign or a bad…"
"Um, okay." I said. "So where am I?"
"Mevious' castle." The girl replied simply.
I blinked twice at the funny name. "Mevious?"
"Yes, you summoned you so you can join his troops." The girl explained.
"Troops? Summoned?" I asked more confused than ever. "What are you talking about?"
The girl simply shrugged. "You will find out soon enough. Now get up."
I blinked twice at this. I then looked down at the bed under me. "I am up."
The girl rolled her eyes before scoffing. "Just come on."
With that, she walked off. I nervously followed not liking the mess I somehow got into.
A minute later, I reached a scary throne room with five people that made me just more nervous than before. A muscle-bound demon. An old man with creepy green eyes. An psychotic-looking chef. A fat creepy plumber of some kind. And a girly-looking man. Brr. There were all scary and being in the same room of them made me even more nervous.
I then saw who was on the throne. A man with long green hair. As silly as the hairstyle looked, he was just as scary as the others. The five people demanded why they were summoned here. I personally stayed quiet not wanting to upset him. After all, since he was the one who summoned us here so he could easily destroy us all just as quickly. Anyway, he told us to wait for another person who got summoned here. As if on cue, he came into the room. He was a big, muscular man who ironically looked the less-threatening of the bunch. Mainly he actually looked the most normal. Especially after he hit on that white-haired man. I almost felt sorry for him.
Anyway, this Mevious guy wanted us to form a small army. He wanted to engulf this big world with darkness by collecting pieces of something called a Twinklestar which acted as an actual wishing star. However, he had his very own Megaman stopping him. Queen Memory and Lord Ran.
Also, he created a dark version of the Twinklestar of people's sins. My being Sloth. I can't really complain about it. I am sure Dr. Wily and the other Robot Masters would be more than happy to vouch for that. However, when did he chose ME? I was probably the worst choice he could had gotten out of the group. I think there were a lot of other good choices of Robot Masters besides me to fight. I don't have the hear… Well, you know what I mean to do such an incredible order.
However, he then said that if we get the star pieces, he will grant any wish. Really? Any wish? Wow, I never had that much choice in my hands since EVER. Is it really worth going up against an army though and getting my circuits. I noticed that I was the last one to volunteer and I am not too surprised. They all seemed more eager. However, I volunteered anyway. Even though I was still second-guessing myself. Even now.
Apparently, we needed vehicles to fight Memory's army. Wow… I never ridden a vehicle before. This should be a fun learning experience. Three boys stood in front of me.
"Okay, before you need to battle Queen Memory's forces, you will need a battle." The tallest boy nodded.
"Don't worry, our special mechanical skills will pick out the perfect vehicle." The youngest boy agreed.
"And yet, we can't get ourselves a girlfriend." The middle one smiled.
The other ones kicked him in the shins. I watched wincing as the poor boy fell on his face.
"Don't mind him. Now, let's update you." The tallest one said.
"Um, isn't it wrong just to leave him…?" I asked before I realized what he said. "Wait? What?"
"We didn't had enough time to build vehicles for everyone so we had to make due with giving you an update." The smallest one said walking over to one of my floating orb. "Don't worry, your armour and firepower will just be as strong as the other vehicles."
That last line made me feel a little bit better but not by much. I mean come on, I could be up against big scary planes with such a robotic body? I sure hope they double the toughness of my robotic skin. Actually, I was impressed that they gave me firepower to not only to my arms put my orbs as well. Perhaps this wouldn't be so bad. Then again, I said that before facing Megaman for the first time.
Level 1
Mevious told me that the first star piece was inside of a forest. Wow, it was very beautiful. Nothing but green scenery everywhere. I floated down to the ground and started to look around for the star piece. Hopefully, I would find that star piece before any of Memory's forces show up.
However, after a few minutes, no luck. There just too many places where it could be and it could take forever. I don't have that kind of time. If I don't find it, Memory's army might show up and the last thing I want to do is want. However, that could be said for any situation. Suddenly, my robotic hearing picked up two voices.
"Hmm… I wonder where it is." One voice said.
"Keep at it. It is bound to be around somewhere." Another voice said.
I immediately turned my head to the direction of the voices to see two figures searching for something. One of them was a tall yellow-furred dog wearing nice clothes. The other one was with a panda with a very scary face. He doesn't seem violent though. In fact, they looked like nice people. No way there could be with Memory's army. If they did, I would had seen their vehicle nearby. I decided to greet them to see if they could help me.
"Heya!" I said waving my hand getting the two's attention.
"Um, hey there!" The dog greeted looking a little confused by my appearance.
"My name is Astro Man!" I greeted. "What's yours?"
The dog couldn't help but smile. "Muto. And this is my friend, Eike."
The panda remained silent. Perhaps he is shy.
"I LOVED your outfit." I said with sparkling eyes.
Muto blinked twice before shaking the back of his head. I think he actually blushed. "Um, thank you. I didn't actually think anyone thought my outfit was nice-looking but childish."
"Oh, but it is!" I gleamed. "I actually think it looked cool."
Muto chuckled a bit. "Aw… That is very nice of you."
I nodded happy at the fact that I made a new friend. Maybe this world won't be so bad after all.
"Excuse me?"
Muto and I looked down at Eike. "Um, yes?"
"Pardon but what are you doing in a big forest like this?" The panda said slowly.
"Oh! I am looking for a star piece!" I replied cheerfully. "Mevious told me to do so!"
My attention was fully on Eike so I didn't noticed Muto's shocked face.
"Wait. You are part of Mevious' forces!" Muto said in disbelief.
"Um, yeah?" I asked not liking where this is going.
"Then, I am afraid that makes us enemies." Eike spoke up. "We are part of Memory's forces."
My eyes widened in horror. These guys were actually part of Memory's forces. They don't look threatening at all. To make things worse, I was actually starting to like Muto even though we spoke for a few seconds. And to top it all off, I bluntly pointed out that I was on the opposing side.
"Muto, let's go." Eike said.
"R-Right." Muto said before getting up on his friend still looking stunned by this sudden change of events.
Heck, who could blame him? I am STILL shocked. I can't believe it. At first, I looked like I had found a friend in this world and it turns out he was the enemy. And I actually had to FIGHT him. I don't like fighting. Especially against people who don't seem like fighters themselves. Still, I dug myself into this so I afraid I had no choice.
Astro Man faces off against Muto. Astro Man wins.
Level 2
Sigh. I actually did it. I managed to beat those two guys. I felt so sorry for them. They both seemed like good people. Well, at least the dog anyway. After I beat them, I shortly found the star piece and retreated off before any of their allies came to help. Next, I had to go to a snowy plain. Thankfully, temperament rarely affects robots so I was completely fine.
I knew that another member of Memory's army would be coming soon so I knew that I had to search into the snow banks. However, that was until I noticed all of the snow around me with no one for miles. It seemed too cold to come.
"Heh. I think I got a bit of time." I said with a jovial tune in my voice. "I think I will go build a snowman!"
So deciding to slack off to have a little fun, I started to reach down to the snowy ground and started to roll a snowball for the body. After all, there was nobody for miles. I was okay, right?
Suddenly, while I was rolling the ball, I noticed a big lump in it. Blinking twice, I reached down into the ball and grabbed the object. Yanking it out, I realized I pulled out a star piece. Wow! Lucky! I was literally not trying to get it. I wonder if I should leave now. I mean I already got the piece so there is no reason to stay here but on the other hand I just got here and wanted to build that snowman. As I continued to ponder the possibilities, someone spoke behind me.
"Um, excuse me?"
I froze in my place thinking it was another member of Memory's army. I slowly turned around expecting a big scary guy. Much to my relief, it was a small child wearing a wizard costume with his face concealed by darkness.
"Um, hello there, little boy." I said. "Is there something I could help you with?"
"Um, yes?" The child said. "Could you give me that star piece in your hand?"
I blinked twice before hiding it behind my back. "Um, sorry. But um, someone really wanted this star piece and I can't let you have it."
"Um, is it Mevious?"
My eyes widened in shock at this. "How did you know!"
The boy poked his fingers together. "Because I am with Queen Memory's army."
I floated in shock. This child is actually part of the army. The giant dog and panda was surprisingly enough but I think he barely reached double digits. But I don't want to fight a child. Especially one who looked like he didn't even wanted to fight in the first place. Wait a minute… Maybe I could use that to my advantage.
"Hey, kid." I said.
"Um, yeah." He replied.
"Do you really want to fight?" I asked.
The young boy looked down at the ground when I said this.
"Look. You don't seemed like a very violent person and I am not a big fan myself." I explained trying to act like the villain using the sympathy card. "So why fight at all?"
"B-Because you have the star piece." He muttered.
"True but I found it first. There is no reason to fight." I said thinking I am getting to him. "The "battle" had already been decided and I am sorry but you lost. There is no reason to fight."
The wizard simply remained silent. I think I really got into his mind. Cool!
"Look. There are three more star pieces you could get." I explained. "Can't say I am rooting for you but the whole point is to collect ALL of the star pieces. Anyway, see ya."
With that, I turned my back coolly and floated off. Whew! That went well! In fact, that went PERFECTLY! I got the star piece AND didn't get to fight. Maybe if I am lucky, I can go to another part of this area to build my snowman in peace.
However, there was before I felt the pain of electricity surging through my body. I limply fell to the ground with the snow breaking my fall. Shaking my head, I turned around to find the child with holding a staff with dying sparks on it and a determined glare.
"NO! Mevious is a villain and the star pieces are too powerful to like him have!" He shouted determined. "I-If I let you just walk away with that star piece, nobody, not even myself will ever forgive that!"
My arms slumped. So much for THAT approach. If anything, I actually spark a fire in his heart. Great. So now even though I got the star piece in my hands. I WILL have to fight. Against a child too… Joy. This is going swimmingly for me so far.
Astro Man faces off against Vivi Orniter. Astro Wins.
Level 3
Well, I did it. I managed to beat that poor child and keep my star piece. I felt like such a bully taking down someone who isn't even half my size. At least I got two star pieces. Mevious said the next one would be on top of the clouds. Wow, really? That is just like a fairy tale. Then again, I think this whole world is a giant fairy tale, don't you think? I decided to look around knowing that the star piece should be around somewhere.
As I started to search, I couldn't help but look in awe. This place was beautiful and looked fun to explore. I started to wonder what would to be like if Mevious took over. It would probably be purple with static surrounding it. Ugh… Now that what it would be like if Mevious took over the world. And what would be of Muto, Eike and the wizard kid? They all don't seemed like violent. Would they be hurt? Is my wish really worth it? NO! This is a one-in-a-lifetime chance. One wish. One unlimited wish. I knew this was an offer I can't refuse.
I continued to think until I heard a familiar voice.
"IMPOSSIBLE! How could the great Gaston lose?"
I recognized that voice miles away. It was our unofficial leader. Suddenly, I heard more voices.
"Sorry, but you lost fair and square!"
"Yeah, so suck it up, man!"
I turned to the direction of the voices to see Gaston lying down on the ground defeated while two figures stood over him sternly. The first one was a tall, skinny red creature while the other one was a small white beagle. The former was holding the star piece.
"NEVER! Come on, best two out of three!" He demanded.
"And risk a chance to lose a star piece when you already have two?" The red creature said shaking his head spinning the star piece like a basketball. (Cool.) "Um, um, sorry. No can do. The world is already enough danger with you having just one."
Wait. THOSE two are with Memory's forces as well? They looked just as docile as the last two opponents I fought. Is Memory's army made up of children and animals? This IS a fairy tale world! Still, they looked pretty annoyed with Gaston so I better stay quiet. However, that was until Gaston saw me and blew my cover.
"Ah, one of my sidekicks!" He grinned. I am a sidekick?
The two creatures turned their head to see me. Oh no! I been caught!
The dog grunted in annoyance. "Another villain!"
Gaston then took advantage of this distraction and jumped up and grabbed the star piece out of Wilt's hand surprising the two.
He then laughed heartily. "Success! Gaston always gets his prize!"
With that, he ran off pumping the star piece in the air. I shook my head. I still stand by my statement. Besides me, Gaston was the least-threatening of Mevious' forces. The tall red figure started to make chase after the muscular man. The dog however focused his attention on me giving a glare that rivals some of the Robot Masters' making him shudder.
"We HAD it! We practically HAD the star piece in our hands!" He growled clearly angry. "And YOU came along and distracted us giving that hotshot THREE star pieces!"
With that, he whistled into his fingers summoned a giant flying doghouse out of nowhere. I shrank back. Even though fighting me wouldn't help get the star piece, he was willing to fight me. After all, my appearance DID caused this reversal of fortune for them. I gulped knowing that I would have my hardest battle yet.
Astro Man faces off against Snoopy. Astro Man wins
Level 4
Whew… That was close. I nearly lost that fight. That beagle was putting all of his strength and anger into his attacks. Still, I beat him but I felt guilty for hurting him. After all, he was still just a small animal. Oh well. At least we got the star piece. Next, I had to go to a grassy field with a giant wall next to it. Ha. This isn't be too hard. I think I could find the star piece fast before any more enemies come.
"Well, if it isn't the little robot twerp."
My eyes widened as I shook in fear. I turned around to see the hulking figure of Ifrit lumbering over with his usual grumpy face.
"Um, hi, Ifrit. How is it going?" I replied sheepishly.
"Humph. Tell me. Had you found this star piece?" He replied looking like he was in a bad mood.
"Um… No. In fact, I literally just got here." I explained not wanting to get on his bad side.
He merely scoffed. "Dang. Shame here. Looks like I am stuck with you until we find that star piece!"
I gulped nervously. Ifrit was definitely someone I wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley. He was huge with bulking muscles and had more power than Fire Man, Heat Man AND Burner Man put together. Worse or all, his temper was just as hot as his powers so I wouldn't DARE cross him. Still, I suppose if I watched my words, I think I could strike a conversation with him.
"Isn't this grand? We got THREE star pieces!" I beamed.
"Yeah, then again, you gotta admit, our opponents aren't much of a threat." He shrugged. I agree. They don't seem like they were into fighting in his home worlds.
"Maybe they wanted an army to match the environment of this world?" I asked scratched my head.
Ifrit merely rolled his eyes. "One of the smartest things you ever said, Astro Man."
"Um, thank you." I smiled. I think… Anyway, I decided to bring up another topic. "So we are going to be two star pieces away from our wishes? What ARE you going to wish for?"
Ifrit simply turned to be and raised an eyebrow. "Why do you want to do?"
I shrank back hoping I didn't said the wrong thing. "Um, well. I just wanted to kill time. You know while we were searching for the star piece."
Ifrit blinked a couple of times before sighing. "Well, if you really must do, I am trying to get back what rightfully belongs me and my allies back home."
I raised an eyebrow. "Why?"
"I believe I mentioned this before but I am a summon which gone through many names over the years." Ifrit said. "Espers, Guardian Forces, Eidolons, as of right now, we are called aeons. We used to live in the world with humans. However, the only times we could even touch the earth is if we were summoned by."
"Oh, I see." I nodded. I am suddenly reminded of one of those RPG games.
"We rightfully entitled to walk on the same earth as the humans." He growled angrily. "And yet we are forced to live in the spirit world instead. When I finished this task and get my wish, I would waste no time using it to restore new order."
I blinked twice. "So… You are actually wishing for a world to call your own?"
Ifrit quickly turned to be with an annoyed look making me shrink back. "Of course! This wish is the only reason I am helping that prettyboy! And let's start looking!"
"Um, okay…" I said deciding that was an indirect way of saying that he wanted me to shut up. His eyes had me thinking though. A place to call his own. That would be great. I would play all day and never get to fight at all. That would be the ideal world for me all right. Hey, maybe THAT is what I should wish for!
I was about to continue my musing until Ifrit and I both hear a snap. Both of us turned around to see two stunned teenagers. One of them was a tall raven-haired girl who had on a school uniform with some kind of yellow cat behind her. The other was a well-dressed boy with a top hat and an accordion in his hands.
Ifrit growled. "You!" He seemed to focus his attention on the boy.
"So we meet again, Ifrit." The boy said narrowing his eyes.
I looked back and forth between the teenagers and my ally in surprise. "Ifrit, you KNOW that guy?"
"Unfortunately, yes." He said with a snarl. "We met back in the snow plain where we fought and lost!"
The boy simply shook his head. "Obviously you haven't learned your lesson from last time."
"Watch it, you fruitcake!" He shouted at the top of his lungs. He then turned his attention to me. "Astro Man!"
I immediately jumped (or floated) to attention. "Yes, Ifrit?"
"Distract the girl and the freaky cat and if you must, defeat him. The pansy's mine!" He demanded.
I sighed before shaking my head. Once again, I had to fight. Against a girl and her animal friend I haven't even said one word to yet. Still, Ifrit is not one to tick off. For the sake of my metal skin, I need to make sure those two doesn't get anywhere near him.
Astro Man faces off against Sakaki. Astro Man wins.
Level 4
Well, I managed to beat those two. Wow… The girl wasn't THAT scary but the cat was just creepy. Pure nightmare fuel if I ever saw one. Thankfully, after we beat them, Ifrit and I managed to get the star piece which means there is only one star piece left. Good because I am getting sick and tired of this fighting. The last piece was inside of some dark ruins. I floated inside nervously looking around for any surprise attackers. It was terrifying but I am used to living in scary places. I do work for a mad scientist after all. Suddenly, I noticed something shine up ahead. Could it be? It was. It was the star piece just leaving in the open. I can't believe it. It is so easy. I was about to zoom and get it until… Wait, is that a giant floating basketball?
My eyes widened when I found the basketball was actually a plane and inside of it was a red figure. Hey, it was the same guy from before back on the clouds.
He narrowed his good eye. "Hey! You were that guy who caused us to lose the third star piece!"
I immediately waved my hands in front of my face. "Now, hold on! Anything could had made you lose that star piece! Even an ally."
He glared at me for a moment before shaking his head. "Guess that's true. Listen, sorry, but could you give me that star piece please?"
I blinked twice that was the second time someone politely asked me for the star piece. "Um, sorry. But I can't. Mevious really wants."
"Aw, come on!" He protested. You already have four!"
"But Mevious wants all five!" I countered.
"Why you think I want that last star piece!" He demanded. "One more and he would engulf this world in darkness? How could you help such an evil man?"
I merely shrugged. "Because Mevious said if I helped him get all of the star pieces, he would give me a wish."
"A wish?" He asked looking scared for some reason. "You mean those guys you work with would get a wish too?"
"Um… Yes?"
"This is worse than I feared!" He yelled. "Can you imagine what kind of selfish, dangerous or just plain stupid wishes those guys would make!"
He had a point. While Ifrit's wish was noble (in a scrappy sense), everyone else would wish for money, power and even just to get the interest of one girl.
"But… This is an one-in-a-lifetime chance!" I demanded actually starting to get angry. "I… I had fought with too many people to lose this chance now!"
He merely shook his head. "Sorry but the power of the Twinklestar is too powerful to just let fall in the hands of Mevious and his army."
I gave a small sigh knowing even though I wish obvious. There was no other way around it.
"I really wish it didn't come to this."
I actually gotten over the phase of being nervous about fighting and became just plain annoyed with it. However, this WAS the last piece so that makes this guy the final boss. I hope. I just want to get this over and hopefully win and get my wish.
Astro Man faces off against Wilt. Astro Man wins.
Final Battle
I slowly floating to the ground with wide eyes. As I did, I floated over to the star piece and grabbed it. I then looked to my opponent. He was bruised from head to toe and was lying outside of his broken down vehicle. Thankfully, his injuries didn't seemed too serious.
"I… Did it?"
"Indeed, you did!" A familiar voice said behind me. I turned around to see my leader.
"Mevious!"
"I must say, Astro Man. I am impressed! At first, I thought Gaston would collect the star pieces first because he is the leader, but as I can see, you got all the star pieces for me! Impressive!"
"To say that I am just as surprised is an understatement… So does this mean I get to have my wish now?"
"But, of course. Give me the star piece and I will grant you your wish."
Finally, no more fighting. No more hurting. No more going to scary places. All I had to do is give Mevious the star piece to end to all once and for all. However…
"I will NOT allow you to get the Twinklestar, Mevious!" A new voice said. We both turned to the direction of the voice to see a pink-haired woman.
"Um, boss, is this woman…?" I asked.
"Yes, it is! It is my old foe, Queen Memory." Mevious said.
She went over to the downed Wilt.
"Are you all right, Wilt." She asked.
"Queen Memory, I am sorry. I did my best…" Wilt said weakly.
She then glared daggers at me. "How could you? You could very well brought the end of my world and for what, your selfish wish!"
I immediately looked to the side hurt by those words. "Um, well…I…"
"Ignore her, my friend. After all, the winner of this battle is already confirmed." Mevious shrugged.
"No… No! I don't care if you gotten all of the pieces of the Twinklestar! I don't care if you defeated my small army! I will NOT let you win and destroy my home, Mevious!" Memory snapped.
"Oh, yeah! And what are you going to do?" Mevious smirked.
Suddenly, Memory started to glow a white light blinding us.
"Ack! What is going on?" I asked.
"No! It can't be!" Mevious said in disbelief.
"It is. The spirit of everyone of this world and flowing through me right now. They want to protect their home and THAT'S how I will defeat you!" Memory snapped.
"Drat! Not here! Not after coming so far!" Mevious snapped.
Suddenly, I noticed something. My glass shard was glowing a dark black. And so was the star piece I got.
"W-What's going on?" I asked.
Mevious smirked. "Ah, it's not too late to turn this game around! Here! I will give you the other pieces of the Twinklestar! Use your desire to get your wish to defeat Memory!"
"What? But you said I could stop fighting and get my wish after I get all of the star pieces! You promised!"
He then shoved them in my arms. "I know. I know. But unless you don't, you will never get your wish!"
While nobody could had, I had a very upset look on my face. It was bad enough I had to fight again but against the leader of the opposing army herself. Unfortunately, like Mevious said, I had no choice. I floated up to get ready for battle. I admit I was the most determined of robots but it is far too late to back down and hide now.
Astro Man faces-off against Memory. Astro Man wins.
Epilogue
Ugh… She didn't get to be the queen without a good reason. I saw my robotic life flash before my eyes when fighting her. I wonder why she would be like if she was a robot. Mevious then walked over to Memory who was on the ground battered and bruised with a few tears in her dress. He then picked her up by her neck.
"Tsk tsk tsk. Memory, you don't know why to quit, do you? The reason I gave you a heads-up about my plan and have you find a way to counter it is because fighting you, it will be too easy! And as you can see, my men easily defeated you easily!"
He then started to put pressure to her neck. I winced in horror at the violent sight.
"You know, I wanted to kill you so you don't have to face the new fate of this world. But, now, I will let you live so you can suffer."
With that, he threw her away like a rag doll. He then turned to me.
"Now, then, about your wish."
I fidgeted with my hands.
I stood in front of Mevious with Lord Ran, her dark Rabicat and the Griffon Brothers at his side.
"Well done, Astro Man! It wasn't easy but we managed to defeat Queen Memory's army and kept the Twinklestar! And, despite being an evil master, I will keep my word grant you my wish!" Mevious said in an out-of-character happy mood.
"Aw, thank you!" I said with a pink blush. Never had I been this praised.
"So… What IS your wish?" Mevious asked before I took a deep breath.
"I was created by a mad scientist who wished to take over the world. Me, along with many others are been given the special entitlement of Robot Masters and gave us each special powers and even our own fortress to help him with world domination. However, for some reason, he programmed me with an easygoing personality and because of that, I always slacked off when I had a task to do. Especially when it came to fighting. I wanted to stop fighting and live in a place where I DIDN'T needed to fight."
"So that is your wish?" Mevious asked.
"Yes. But now I realized something."
"Yes?" Mevious said with a raised eyebrow.
"I just realized. This place was exactly the place I was looking. The scenery is beautiful. There are lots to do and from what I seen, most of the people here are friendly. This was my dream world. Best of all, I doubt Dr. Wily would ever find me here and to be fair, while they were a few Robot Masters that were okay, I am not really going to miss most of them.."
"So w-what are you saying?" Mevious asked as everyone started to sweat.
I gave a deep breath before glaring at my former boss. "I wish… For YOU to be destroyed!"
"E-EXCUSE ME!" He asked in disbelief.
I narrowed my eyes further. "The only reason everyone is fighting like this is because of YOU! And if you engulfed this world in darkness, my dream world where turn into my nightmare world! Villain or not, you said that you would keep your word and grant my wish!"
He growled. "Very well, your wish will be fulfilled! But…"
He then engulfed his arm in dark electricity.
I immediately shrank back. "What are you doing?"
"If I am going to die, so will YOU!" He said with an evil smirk.
With that, he shot out his hand shooting dark electricity at me. It was too quick for me to dodge and it hit me square on the stomach. Pain surged through my entire body as I screamed in pain. I believed I started to short-circuit making I kept seeing sparks. Soon, my vision seemed to be going. Everything is so going blurry.
No. This was the only good thing I actually did and I am being punished for it… I was so close to my happiness. To living in this world. To be my own robot…
(Wilt's POV)
A few days had passed when Mevious somehow got defeated. And let me tell, I got so scared when I lost the match and watched the last star piece fall into the hands of Mevious. Currently, I was walking with my allies and their friends from their worlds.
"Wow. This place is amazing!" Mac said in awe.
"Yeah, it is, isn't it?" Cream smiled.
"It is like a fairy tale!" Chiyo-Chan beamed.
"And it only gets better!" Snoopy smirked as he continued to show them around.
I sighed. We knew that at the very last minute, we would had lost everything. This world wouldn't be as beautiful as it used to be if Mevious taken over. Can you actually imagine working for this guy? However, our savior was one of the most unexpected ever as he turned a heel turned face moment at the eleventh hour. However, his whereabouts had became unknown.
"Oh my gosh! What's that?"
I immediately snapped to attention and looked ahead. In front of us was the remains of some kind of robot and was the looks of things, he looked pretty banged up.
"Yeah, cool! A robot!" Bloo grinned.
"Hey, wait a minute." I said before walking forward and squinting my good eye. "Hey! Isn't that?"
Snoopy looked and his eyes widened. "Oh, snap! It is!"
"What do you do?" Vivi asked.
"We have to get him to Rabicat!" I shouted.
"W-Why?" Charlie Brown asked. "What's going on?"
"No time to explain!" Muto shouted. "Somebody help me!"
Me along with a few others decided to take the pieces of the robot. Perhaps Rabicat would be able to fix him. He IS good with vehicles.
Soon, we all took the pieces of the robot and took them to Rabicat. We all waited patiently as he continued to fix him up.
"Well, Rabicat?" Queen Memory asked.
"Almost done." The cute hybrid said. "Just one more tweak."
As he said this, we heard a strange noise and the robot started to come back to life. It looked around as if he just woke up from a deep sleep. As he did, two familiar orbs floated over to the side of him.
"Where… Where am I?" He asked. He then noticed the rest of us. Immediately, his eyes widened in pure horror and he shrieked before floating over behind a shut down robot and covering himself in fear. "Please! Go away! Stay back!"
I immediately stepped forward after seeing how hysterical he was getting and knew I had to calm him down.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! We do not want to hurt you!" I yelled.
This immediately made him stop shaking and he poked his head behind the robot.
"R-Really?"
"Yes. Really." I smiled before stepping forward and holding out his hand. "After all, you WAS the one who used your wish to save us all!"
The robot looked surprised at this as I nodded.
"We found some people who used to work for Mevious and interrogated them." Wilt explained. "They told us everything. It's all right. Nobody holds any malice against you."
"Only because I never met you!" I heard Bloo shouted. Thankfully I heard someone smack him.
I then held out my hand. The robot couldn't help but stare at it for a moment as if wondering if I was telling the truth. However, he soon accepted it. I couldn't help but grin at this.
"Welcome to the right side, Astro Man."
There's the chapter! Whew! And I thought I would never finish it! Now to work on the rest. Review away! If you are still reading…
