[Elec Man theme]
"Dr. Light?"
"Yes, Roll?"
The doctor halted from his work on an tool. He
turned to Roll and placed his screwdriver onto the table.
"Dr. Light, Why is Rock fighting?"
Roll's big innocent eyes stared at him in confusion.
The bearded man thought for a moment.
"Roll, there so many complex things about what happened
before the riots that you may not understand,"
He continued after he sighed.
"But the point is, Dr. Wily has taken your six brothers, and
every robot in Monstropolis has been enslaved. The Robot
Masters have special abilities within them. They couldn't be stopped by the
police, because they are so powerful. Not even an army could hold them back for
long."
Dr. Light stopped for a moment to see if Roll understood the
severity of the situation. Roll nodded in mild understanding.
He continued once more.
"That is why Rock volunteered. Wily cannot be stopped by
anyone else. Do you understand why now, Roll?"
"I guess so, Dr. Light."
Roll slumped down in silence. Dr. Light gave her a
comforting smile and hugged her.
ZZZORM!
The teleportation machine activated and the two went to the
machine.
Both Dr. Light and Roll stood shocked at Rock's condition.
He looked very battered. Fluid stained the right side
heavily. There was a deep wound on his right side. When he tried limped off to
the ramp connected to the floor, he collapsed onto the metal floor with a thud.
"Rock, NO! Roll, help me your brother onto the table!"
Dr. Light quickly picked up the wounded robot with Roll and
set him on the table.
Rock's helmet and chest plate were removed as Roll fetched
Dr. Light's toolkit.
Roll stared into Rock's fading eyes. His blue eyes were
turner duller by the moment.
Dr. Light proceeded to weld the injury on Rock's damaged
structure, hoping to stop the bleeding. After a few attempts, he was
successful. When the bleeding was clogged, Dr. Light went to work replacing the
fluid with from a large Energy Drum.
Soon, Rock's condition stabilized and Dr. Light went to
clean up. Roll looked after Rock, unable to leave his side.
He slept motionless, but he was alive.
The next morning, Rock woke up, dressed up in full armour. Rock's wounds were healed, and his energy was at maximum.
He was ready to take on the final Robot Master that solely reigned Monstertropolis. Elec Man was somewhere inside one of the major power plants in the city's heart. Elec Man, out of all the Robot Masters, he felt a deep rivalry with. Elec was always prideful of his own abilities, and outwardly detested his job at the power plants. Rock himself felt insulted when he first met the Robot Master in his early weeks. Elec Man didn't even give him a glance. He remembered what the Robot Master had said once vividly.
"Why should I work you? You're just a low class lab bot. I feel insulted I have to babysit you. Perhaps Light was wrong in his judgment, he always is."
Strangely enough, Elec Man wasn't antisocial like his lonesome, short-tempered brother, Fire Man.
Rock had always seen the robot be around Dr. Wily instead. Apparently, Elec was more attached to Wily as a father. Mega Man had a hunch that Elec Man was also a willing pawn of Wily's plans.
"Rock, before you leave, you need to remember to debug the communications system and to reset electrical system that Wily had set up in the Rai Nuclear Power Plant after you defeat Elec Man. If you remove the bugs that he installed and reset the power system, all electric power and communication will be restored in Monstropolis. During the system reboot, the robots brainwashed by Wily in the city should return back to normal."
"So I'll able to get into Wily's hideout after I unjam the virus?"
"Affirmative. Now Rock, I have pinpointed one of my missing devices on the Rai Tower. It is the Magnet Beam, which is a tool chip that creates temporary beams of magnetic platforms."
"Thanks for the info, Doctor. I will return soon enough! Don't worry about me."
Mega Man ran to the teleporter machine, and warped to the Rai Power Plant in downtown Monstropolis.
When he arrived, Mega Man was met with eerie darkness and fog. Switching on his flashlights on his helmet, he leaped up some platforms and began scaling up a ladder. Reaching the second level, Mega Man encountered electrical sparks that emitted in patterns, but he passed them.
As he climbed further and further up the power plant, security robots, known as the Watchers, descended on his left and ascended on his right from the darkness. The hovering robots blasted short range volts along the ladder. Mega Man quickly tossed his new weapon, the Rolling Cutter at his new foes on his right side, slicing through them. The Cutter returned back to his hand, just as the second wave were closing in. Throwing his Cutter at them, they were quickly diced into oblivion just the first wave of Watchers.
Mega Man kept on climbing, eventually finding a mysterious walled up area. Mega Man tried his Super Arm on the wall, and removed the wall by lifting it. He removed two more inner walls and discovered a small blue clip. Scanning it, he discovered that the clip in his possession was the Magnet Beam! He inserted it into his left arm, and downloaded the information on the clip.
He continued climbing, and used the Magnet Beam to walk across long distances the air that he could not jump. Soon, he reached the top of the power plant, entering up a door disguised as a ceiling, to the final room.
[Robot Master theme]
"Rock, you certainly took your time."
Mega Man turned around, meeting Elec Man. Elec Man had the colour scheme similar to an ancient battery, red yellow, black and red. One large bolt of lightning was painted on his red chest, while a smaller upside bolt decorated his yellow mask. The Robot Master was leaning against a massive box. Atop the box was the master computer, a large device the size of fifty archaic phone books.
"I see that you still are a stubborn guinea pig as I remembered. Last time I checked, visiting hours were over."
"Shut it Elec. You will either step aside from the master computer now, or I will make you.
"You make me by what? Condemning me by death? What happened to your sense of honor and reservation of fellow AI existence?" Mocked Elec Man.
"You have killed hundreds of innocent human lives, and you assist a raving madman! Elec, you already condemned yourself when you joined Wily!"
"Silence Rock, or should I say Mega Man?" Elec Man shouted.
"You are deluding yourself. You believe you're a hero, yet you are nothing but a fool suited in scrap metal. Do you not understand? We robots are the strongest, therefore we should take this world for all robot kind!"
"You are deluding yourself Elec Man! You are not taking this world robot kind! You are just a pawn for Wily!"
Elec Man' azure eyes grew brighter with rage. His hands curled fists, emitting sparks of energy. In a fit of rage, the Robot Master fired a shot of electricity from his index finger, but not at Rock. The target was the master computer! The blast hit the computer, and was instantly vaporized.
"What will you do now, Rock? You cannot win, no matter what."
Mega Man unleashed his Mega Buster, and aimed it at Elec Man.
Mega Man fired shots from his Mega Buster, but Elec Man zipped around like a cheetah and disappeared in thin air. Mega Man cautiously searched around for the speedy robot. Elec Man suddenly reappeared behind Mega Man, and unleashed volts of electricity through a kick. Temporarily stunned, he collapsed onto the floor, unable to move. Elec Man charged up a energy ball with both of his hands. Sparks of electricity danced around the orb, colliding faster and faster. A sinister smirk appeared on the Robot Master's face as he aimed the formed projectile at Mega Man. With a bit of effort, he shoved his energy ball quickly towards his target. Just as the projectile was soaring through the air, Mega Man launched a Hyper Bomb at Elec's orb, unleashing a powerful explosion, which ripped through the thick walls of the room, leaving big holes for sunlight to enter.
In the dust of the explosion, Mega Man lifted a box off the ground. He saw Elec Man jump up into the air above him, and threw the projectile. The box split into dozens pieces, but Elec Man created forked lightning from one hand, while he charged up his other one. All of the iron shrapnel were vaporized in seconds, as Elec Man sailed towards Mega Man. Suddenly, the charged fist of Elec Man started to glow darker, and darker. Elec Man's twisted grin grew more disturbing.
Mega Man ran for cover, just as Elec Man landed. Elec Man stood up from his crouch, and aimed his charged hand at the Blue Bomber.
"THUNDER BEAAAAAAAAAAM!"
At an instant, a powerful blast of electricity was unleashed from Elec Man. The Thunder Beam spread like wildfire, splashing everything in its path with highly lethal volts. Mega Man was caught in the blast, frying out his shield to 0 per cent.
He rolled in a wall roughly, scraping his battered armour.
"Rock, you look like a little drained. Why don't I recharge you?"
Elec Man grabbed Mega Man from his neck and began to emit shocks.
The triumphant Robot Master smiled as he charged up his special ability in his free hand.
"Shame you put up a pathetic attempt to survive. But I have to admit, it was a fun time, wasn't it?"
Mega Man remained silent as Elec Man prepared the final blow.
"Thunder BeAAAAH!"
Elec Man's left arm fell onto the floor, spraying the robot's oil.
Mega Man kicked his stunned enemy away, tossing the Rolling Cutter at him.
The blade hit its mark, contacting with the Robot Master's neck. As the stained Cutter returned to Mega Man's hand, Elec Man's head dropped onto the floor along with his decapitated body. Mega Man kicked the head with all his strength, sending it straight down 50 stories through a hole.
Mega Man began downloading Elec Man's ability off the damaged corpse.
[Power obtained: Thunder Beam]
With the download successful, Mega Man contacted Dr. Light.
"Dr. Light, I have defeated Elec Man,"
"Well done Rock, but have you debugged the computer at the power plant?"
"Elec zapped the computer doc."
Doctor Light chuckled.
"Oddly enough Rock, all power and all communications had returned in the city. Apparently Elec Man must have misjudged his action in stopping your mission. I have identified Wily's hiding place. I suggest you return quickly before he tries to flee."
"Roger that." Mega Man said confidently. He ended the call and teleported out of the empty nuclear power plant.