[Cut Man theme]
Rock beamed down to one of the two final destinations in his crusade. Ice Man, Fire Man, Bomb Man and Guts Man were been deactivated. More of Monstropolis' besieged districts were freed from
Wily's control. It would be in due time when he would have a reunion the same
man who he considered a father. When he arrived in the area, Rock felt a same sense of silence when he teleported into a Robot Master's stronghold. Mega Man walked out of the small room he had appeared in, heading for a ladder in front of him.
All around him, the Blue Bomber saw a thick fog. Out of the murkiness, he heard strange whirling noises above him.
Immediately, he encountered a swarm of helicopter bots, the Bladers. They had massive eyes and
propelled up in the air with helicopter blades. Destroying some with his
Buster, Mega Man ran from the rest of the group to the nearest building. Hot at
his heels, the bots flew after him, launching themselves like projectiles. Mega
Man turned around, switching to his Fire Storm and unleashed its fury upon the
mob.
The aerial machines all exploded when the fiery shot hit
them, raining shreds of burnt circuitry and melted metal onto the ground.
Assured they were defeated, Mega Man climbed and climbed up
the warehouse he had entered. After a while, Mega Man heard strange charging
sounds from the one the last upper floors. He peeked his head inside to see
where the source from was. Several strange machines moved in tandem. Each of
the machines had only a singular eye that unblinkingly scanned the area around
it like spotlights.
Looking at them for further investigation, Mega Man realized
they were the Octopus Batteries. Unlike the rest of the machines that went
rogue when Wily declared war, this series of robots had a very simple AI. They
were created to help in being mobile chargers for construction vehicles. In
times in emergency, they provided temporary power sources during blackouts. But
looking at them now, Mega Man was able to see what changed about their
programming. The four sides of the cubes were overflowing with unstable amounts
of electricity, which is enough to electrocute any human down with the
slightest touch. But as he realized, their offensive ability was all for
nothing as they moved in slow, predictable patterns. Mega Man slowly walked
under one of the Batteries, using the slow movements of the machine to his
advantage.
After he escaped the range of the Batteries, he used Guts
Man's Super Arm to lift a large block of metal off the ground. He tossed it at
his enemies, watching them explode from the crumbling pieces of the lifted debris.
Mega Man looked at his messy handiwork and ascended up more
ladders through more floors.
All the enemies he had faced ahead were melted, crushed,
frozen and bombed.
Finally, Mega Man went up to the rooftop of the warehouse.
Using his trusty scopes attached in his eyes, he zoomed in all around the
ground, searching for any humans. As before, no humans walked the streets. They had abandoned
this area for good. Giving up hope, Mega Man continued his main quest.
[Robot Master theme]
Finally, he arrived at his destination, ready for Cut Man.
Mega Man stood on atop two rocky platforms when he encountered him.
Cut Man stood on the low ground of the large room. His limbs and
head were covered in bright reddish and had dull white paint on his torso. His
head was decorated by a pair of massive cutters were shiny with a polished
touch. Cut Man's eyes however, his dark blue eyes were not of what Mega Man last
remembered.
Rock remembered how Cut Man was an artist at heart, but he
was a stubborn robot at best. He never wanted to give up, no matter what. But
looking him now, Cut Man's former mind was gone.
Instead of his cheerful smile, he had a cocky smile and just looking at his eyes showed his
drastic change in his personality.
"Mr. Rock, figures you got the guts to come here. Aren't satisfied
with butchering all of our brothers, and now me? Boy, that Light must have
really twisted your brain!"
Cut Man walked up to Mega Man with a grimace.
"Cut Man, please!" Mega Man pleaded to the Robot Master.
"I don't know what Wily has done to you, but we can easily
leave together, to stop this!"
Cut Man cracked his joints on one of his hands.
"No, you are not our brother. You don't even understand me!"
Cut Man leaped towards Mega Man, landing on the front platform. He was at equal height and size as him, only his cutter blades extended over Rock's head by 1 meter.
"Do you know how menial our tasks are? Of course not. You have all the respect from Light! We get sent away, while you get to spend time with him!"
The lumber felling Robot Master went up to his face and
shouted.
"If you were family, why do you do this to us? First you kill Ice Man, then Fire Man and even GUTSY! You are a murderer and hypocrite!"
Cut Man angrily unleashed his cutter blades that was locked on his
head, and threw them.
Mega Man countered by shooting his Mega Buster at the slick projectile, but
the blasts were sliced in half.
"Ha! Mr. Mega Man! Don't you know what my cutters are made
of?"
As the flying blade spun towards him, the Blue Bomber
ducked.
"End of the line Cut Man!"
Mega Man unleashed Fire Storm upon the seemingly defenseless
Robot Master. Cut Man leaped up in the air, smiling as he ascended up.
"Good bye! This is for my brothers!"
Mega Man questioned what he meant when suddenly he found his
answer.
The Cut Man's cutter tool had returned back behind him like
a boomerang and sliced through his right side.
He felt large amounts of his fluid flowing out like a
fountain from the gaping wound.
The Robot Master landed onto the metal floor with his tool
in his left hand.
"You really got to be kidding me!" Cut Man laughed as he
flicked the remaining fluid from his weapon. Cut Man attached it back on his
head.
"Come on! Are you giving up? "
Mega Man stood up with his dark stained right arm holding
onto his wounded side.
Cut Man chuckled as he flung his Rolling Cutter at Mega Man.
The wounded robot rolled out of the way when the Cutter flew
for his head.
Mega Man aimed his Mega Buster and fired upon Cut Man. The
Robot Master used his speed to leap and dodge the shots. But when the blasts
hit him, some of Cut Man's structure was torn up pretty badly.
When the Rolling Cutter came back, Mega Man ducked down as
it sailed through the air back to Cut Man.
Activating the Hyper Bomb, Mega Man launched it at the
Rolling Cutter when it was thrown back at him.
The resulting explosion obscured Mega Man's vision for a
moment.
Just when the smoke cleared, the Rolling Cutter went straight through the
clearing smoke, catching him off guard.
He ducked for cover as he saw the weapon spin about.
Cut Man's Rolling Cutter returned by to the Robot Master's
hands.
"I need a way to damage him effectively and to fend off that
blade!" Mega Man thought to himself.
What kind of weapon in his adaptation core would work
against that dense weapon?
"Come on Mega Man! I thought you were stronger than this!"
Cut Man taunted musingly,
He saw Mega man try to lift up a large block near the
entrance of his lair and laughed.
"What are you going to do? Throw that cube at me? Is that
the best you got?"
Cut Man spoke again, taunting Rock.
"I'm going to make paper dolls out of what's left of you!"
His Cutter Blades slammed together menacingly upon his head and he
preparing to throw his Rolling Cutter once more.
The Cutter went sailing across the air once more, but it
was bounced back with a hail of rocks sailing towards the Robot Master.
The rocks damaged Cut Man's body, imbedding some themselves
into his torso.
Cut Man quickly recovered, albeit slowly, and retrieved the
Cutter off the ground near him
"What the...? Nothing can beat my weapon!"
His mouth was agape as Mega Man charged his right arm once
more.
The robot lifted the massive final block off the ground like
a feather. Mega Man threw it at Cut Man with the last of his strength.
Cut Man threw his Rolling Cutter with all his power, hoping
to destroy the projectile.
Indeed, the Rolling Cutter did destroy the airborne block.
However, the massive pieces of shrapnel fell onto Cut Man, crushing several
crucial parts of his damaged body before he could run.
Mega Man fell onto the ground, exhausted from the battle. Limping,
Mega Man picked up the Rolling Cutter underneath a big piece of rock.
[Power Obtained: Rolling Cutter.]
Mega Man placed Cut Man's body in a peaceful position, and
exited the warehouse room.