RedDragon: And we are back everybody. Sorry about the cliffhanger last chapter. Now I hope you are ready, because it is about to get a little crazy. But that shouldn't discourage you or your faith in your heroes.
Sage Wolf: Wily's daughter?
Father Chapa: Are they still hung up on that?
AssassinK: No just Sage Wolf, I think that twist broke his mind.
The Dom: Probably gonna be like that for a while. Guess that means I can spoil now!
Sage Wolf: (snaps out of stupper) NO SPOPILERS! (punches The Dom in the head)
AssassinK: Guess he is back, now we can start the chapter.
RedDragon: Then there is now time to waste.
Chapter 15: Rebirth
"RAGO!" everyone exclaimed as the blast ensued. They had to turn away as the flash shone and almost blinded them. As the smoke cleared, they could see what had happen to their leader, ally, and loved one. Rago stood on shaky legs, using his spear as support. Most of his armor was gone and all that remained was his lower arm and leg armor and part of his left shoulder pad and a piece of his helmet. If the blast could do this to him then there was no telling of what would have happen to Amy and Kaede.
"So you weren't destroyed by it. No matter, I will deal with you myself." As Conquest finished its statement, its twin wire tentacles raced forward and stabbed straight through his shoulder and waist. "GRAAAAAHHHHH!" Rago roared out in pain, causing Amy to turn away with tears threating to form in her eyes. Conquest, still not yet satisfied with its actions, raised its right arm and held it out. Its arm became liquid like and the flowing form changed into a large blaster that looked like Mega Man's mega buster on steroids. Conquest then lined up the blaster to Rago's chest and taunted, "Goodbye, fool." Conquest fired and Rago was sent towards the group, landing on his back and not moving at all. "RAGO!" Amy yelled rushing over to her beloved. She reached him and looked over his wounds. The blast wound on his torso was the most damaging one. She could instantly tell that he may not survive it.
Grabbing his hand, Amy said with tears falling, "Please, Rago, please wake up. I need you, so please don't go." She continued to cry holding him close as she felt his power slowly fade. The others looked on in disbelief. This was their leader, friend and brother. Now he was slowly dying. Mega Man was in shock. The most powerful Robot Master he had ever faced who was also his brother was slowly dying before him. All he could feel was anger, anger at the machine that took the brother he just found away from him. Mega Man glare at Conquest giving it a look that could destroy a whole country. Conquest just stared back at him, giving off the feeling of smug superiority. Reacting quickly and rashly, Mega Man grabbed Rago's spear and tried to stab Conquest with it. The alien machine dodged the thrust and punched the blue bomber in the chest.
"Even with your leader dead and all hope gone, you still fight against your fate? No matter you shall all die now." Conquest told the group reading his next attack. Aiming his large blaster he readied his shot. "Be gone, foolish androids!" A large blast flew out of the cannon and headed straight towards the heroes.
"Heavy Stop!" Harris cried blocking the blast perfectly. Altair and Ben then rushed forward and delivered their own attacks.
"Atomic Stream!"
"Bash Shotgun!" the two attacks rushed at Conquest. Ben attack was new and was multiple bursts of energy that struck a wide area. Conquest slid back, showing some minor injuries. Conquest stood up straight and called out loudly, "Geist appear!" And legions of robots appeared around him. The robots were similar to Sniper Joes, but the body was thinner and had a red lenses in the center of their chest. The main color was a pale green and the other was a dull silver. The head was shaped like a skull without a lower jaw and had a single red eye. The left arm was obscured by a ragged cloth and the right arm was shaped like a Sniper Joes' except it with a clawed hand. The legs were thin and the feet ended in claws. "Geist, eliminate them now!" Conquest commanded the now revealed Geist.
The Geist rushed forward, their uncovered right hands transforming into a two foot blade. Two were about the reach Trent when he faded from sight. Trent appeared right behind the malicious machines, his helmet now fully deployed. "How do you like my Trap Mirage? Now here is a parting gift, Trap Spike!" Finishing his statement, Trent threw an orange and silver pointed device. When it was equal distance between the Geist, it extended and pierced right through both of them causing them to explode. He quickly turned around and threw a small cube at a group of seven Geist that were charging. The cube then multiplied and each one stuck to each Geist's head. The cubes blinked a bright orange light for a few seconds then exploded, taking the heads with them. "Trap Cube, works every time." He said and looked over at the uncountable amount of Geist left.
"Stretch Rifle!" a whole line was then destroyed and Stevan swung down next to Trent. "Guess this could be our last battle" Stevan said to his closest friend. "Oh yeah, so let's end this show in a bang!" Trent replied. "Stretch!" Stevan extended his arm way behind him as his hand was shrouded in light green energy. "Bazooka!" he then threw his first forward, releasing all of its stored energy and decimating the group closest to them.
Ben stared at the Geist that had surrounded him and got into a boxer stance. One Geist rushed at him, but he calmly dodged the attempted stab. He then crouched and then thrust his right arm upwards, his fist connecting to the Geist's head. "Bash Uppercut!" Ben then lined his next attack up as the Geist came down from its brief flight. "Bash Fury!" Ben's fists flew at incredible speeds, landing hundreds of punches until the Geist sailed back into its counterparts and knocked them all down. Before they could rise Ben fired his signature energy blast, "Bash Grenade!" The resulting explosion encompassed the drones and finished them off. "On to the next target then."
The Geist now alerted to the true danger their targets proposed removed the ragged cloth covering their left arm. With the cloth removed it was revealed that they did not have a left arm at all. In its place was a large skull like orb that looked similar to the face of the Wily Machines. The skulls opened their mouths and a large barrel cannon extended from the gapping maws. A few stared to charge their powerful weapons and fired a blazing white laser at the Robot Masters.
Acting quickly Harris jumped in front of the oncoming lasers and raising his left hand shouted, "Heavy Shade!" The lasers collided with a transparent green barrier and were reflected back at the Geist that had fired them. Not wasting anytime Harris lifted his right arm and a cannon unfolded from a gap between the shield and arm. "Now try this on for size, Heavy Missle!" a rocket flew from the cannon and impacted and blew apart the already wounded Geist. With the drones destroyed, Harris got ready to take on the big threats in the room.
"Atomic Spin!" Altair yelled, repelling and disabling the drones that attempted to destroy him. He straighten himself up and with hooded eyes glared at the Geist. "You drones discuss me. You are no worse than trash, and now I'LL TURN YOU ALL INTO IT!" He snapped his head up and revealed that his eyes were changing. His iris and sclera became the same light blue as his atomic energy. His pupil had become silver and a silver ring surrounded it. Attached to the silver ring were three silver blade like tips. When the eyes finished their metamorphosis, Altair's atomic energy exploded outwards and formed into a humanoid shape that carried a sword made of energy in its hand. "Now perish, ATOMIC SHROUDE!" the energy being swung its sword and destroyed several Geist. The others that were not destroyed by the powerful attack were caught in a sort of trance by Altair's eyes, which the rings in then began to spin. After a few seconds the Geist caught in the trance fell over with their lenses now cracked and smoking. "Pathetic, they fell for my Atomic Nightmare so easily." Turning towards the remaining Geist that stood against him he saw that they were slowly, almost unnoticeably, retracting their blades. Unfortunately for them, his new eyes allowed him to capture detail much more easily. "Too late, now be gone! Atomic Firestorm!" the remaining Geist were quickly swallowed up by a raging blue inferno that did not stop until they were nothing but slag. "Now for Conquest" with that he left to avenge his fallen comrade.
'Is there an end to these drones?' Shiro thought to himself. He quickly flipped backwards, stabbing his foot spike into a Geist's head. Seeing one approaching him from behind, Shiro quickly evaded the slash with speeds that made him almost invisible. Appearing behind the attacking Geist, Shiro swung his arm as he yelled, "Saber Cleaver!" The drone was split in half and then exploded with a violent blaze. Shiro straighten himself and looked over at the remaining enemies. Their skull blasters were charging and the formation they were in made it hard to dodge in his current state. Thinking fast, Shiro leapt high in the air and yelled, "Saber Shift!" He was then engulfed in a bright light and when it faded a new form landed. In the place of the predatory Robot Master was a robotic saber toothed lion. The face was brown with an orange lower jaw and gold metal mane. At the joint in which the legs connected to the brown body were orange armor that had golden saber spikes. The legs ended in orange paws that had sharp golden claws. The tail of the mechanical lion was the blade of the super saber that Shiro had used in his previous fight. The lion roared and charged at the Geists who in return fired their blasters. The lion leapt over the blasts and came crashing down onto the closest Geist and sunk his fangs into it, ripping its armor apart. The lion then turned towards the remaining drones as the sabers on the shoulder and hip armor glowed. Without warning, the sabers fired lasers that shredded right through the enemy robots. After the drones were neutralized, the lion glowed and transformed back into Shiro. "Alright, now time to takeout those Devil Machines."
Chad stood back to back with Kaede as they both looked over at the Geist that surrounded them. "Kaede, if you want to run now I'll understand."
"Chad-kun, I will always be at your side. I'm not going to abandon you now or ever." Kaede replied to her boyfriend with love and determination. Chad just looked at her with surprise and quickly understood what she had said. Turning back to the drones he got into a stance. He gathered chi into his hands and unleashed it in seven chi spheres that exploded on impact. "Chi Heaven Burst!" Kaede leapt around, dodging the blades and lasers of the Geist as she fired needles from a strange shooter on her arm. As the needles made contact with the drones, they began to melt. "My needles are coated with a special acid, in a few seconds you'll just be a puddle of sludge" she told the drones as the melted into puddles. Sensing something behind her, Kaede turned and saw a Geist sailing towards her with its blade fully extended. As it was about to impale her, it was knocked aside by a glowing blue form that hovered in the air. "That's, Chi Wraith!" Kaede yelled in surprise as see looked on at her beloved's powerful move. Chad, who was in a pure energy form, charged at the remaining Geist and phased through them. Once he exited them the exploded from the influx of energy. "Kaede, stay here. I'm going after Conquest and the Devil Machines." Chad told her as he sped away towards his next targets.
The Robot Masters gathered before Conquest and got ready to send the machine into oblivion. Conquest merely glared at them. "You earth machines are foolish. Your leader is dead, you are facing three of the most powerful machines ever created, you have worn yourselves out fighting my Geist and yet you still resist your fate! Now you shall fall and a new dawn shall rise!" Conquest raised his cannon at the gathered Robot Masters and ready a blast. But before he could fire, he was hit by two charged blast in the side. Turning, Conquest saw Mega Man and Proto Man standing in a firing position. "So you two wish to join your sibling. Fine by me, now perish!" with that the charged blast was fired and sailed straight towards the duo. But, almost like a miracle, the blast was stopped and all looked on to what had stopped it. Hovering in the air in front of Mega Man and Proto Man was Rago's spear, Dragon Arm.
You got the touch
You got the power
But it was what happened next that surprised everyone. The Dragon Arm flew over to Rago's body and almost not believing their eyes, they witness Rago's hand reach up and grab the spear. And as his hand touched it, his body was engulfed in a pillar of red energy.
After all is said and done
You've never walked, you've never run,
You're a winner
Then, the other Robot Masters began to shine with a respective light. Shiro and Chad were their already known gold and blue. Trent's was a bright orange light his trap disk. Stevan was light green like some of his armor. Ben's was gunmetal silver like parts of him. Harris glowed a deep, calm green like his accents. Altair was a light blue, similar to his atomic energy.
You know the moves, you know the streets
Break the rules, take the heat
You're nobody's fool
You're at your best when the goin' gets rough
You've been put to the test, but it's never enough
The shining energy then condensed in front of them until they were familiar spheres of energy. All seeing Rago's Super Mode before, they knew exactly what they had to do. Raising their hands above their heads, the spheres flew towards the red energy pillar and combined with it, turning it multi-colored.
You got the touch
You got the power
Inside the pillar Rago was undergoing a miraculous change. The last parts of his armor were removed and all he was left in was his red undersuit. The wound in his chest started to heal until all the damage was repaired. Then a multi-colored light shined from the center of his chest.
When all hell's breakin' loose
You'll be riding the eye of the storm
New armor started to form on Rago. His hands gained white segmented armor that allowed him protection and flexibility. On the top of his hands the familiar blue energy wells formed. His feet allow gained a two layered armor. The top was dark grey and the bottom, which covered most of the foot, was red.
You got the heart
You got the motion
His wrists were then surrounded by large white rings with gold trim. His ankles were also surrounded by white armor. But a triangular piece connected that armor to the rest of the feet armor. The front of the ankle armor appeared to have vents in them.
You know that when things get too tough
You got the touch
His lower legs were cover in sturdy white armor. The trim between the pieces were gold and at the knee a red piece jutted out and protected the knee. The bottom of his lower arm was also covered in white armor that left the top part of the elbow uncovered. The top of the lower arm was covered in blue armor that had a shield like cover. In the back of the blue armor were two pieces that were elongated vents, while on the top was a blue gem-like insert that had a golden cross surround it. On the end of the blue armor that passed over the hand were two red sabers.
You never bend, you never break
You seem to know just what it takes
You're a fighter
His upper arms and legs were quickly covered by white armor. The edges gaining a golden trim. The glow from his chest started to intensify.
It's in the blood, it's in the will
It's in the mighty hands of steel
When you're standin' your ground
His shoulders also gained armor. The armor was separated into three layers. The bottom two layers were white with gold trim. The top layer was larger than the bottom two. The main part was red and the top domed off with blue. After the layers formed, the compressed onto each other and fully attached to the shoulder.
And you never get hit when your back's to the wall
Gonna fight to the end and you're takin' it all
An armored belt formed on his waist and more armor attached to it. In the center was a blue piece of armor that was red where it met the belt formed. On either side of it were pieces that looked like parts of a jets wing with vents on the bottom edge. White armor formed above the belt and appeared to be flexible.
You got the touch
You got the power
Armor started to assemble behind him. The whole part was segmented and was three feet long. The segments were separated into a top and bottom pieces. The bottom pieces were white with gold trim and the top was blue. The whole part resembled a tail and ended in a familiar trident head shape. But there were some key differences. First was that the blades were red instead of gold and the trident head itself was larger than before.
When all hell's breakin' loose
You'll be riding the eye of the storm
At the point where the white waist armor stopped, new armor formed. The first to appear was two pieces that were thick and red. After they attached themselves to Rago's body, it was revealed that there was a space between them. Rago's newly armored hand clenched and brought them together in front of his chest.
You got the heart
You got the motion
Blue armor then started to form and cover the remaining parts of his chest. On two of the pieces that sat on his pecks were golden vent like sections that produced steam as the attached. Some of the pieces joined with the shoulder armor to cover more of Rago's body. On his back, two pod like parts with their backs cut out and a strange vent like piece in its place attached themselves.
You know that when things get too tough
You got the touch
"Aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!" Rago yelled as energy surged through his body. More steam came from his vents. Energy also flew out of the pods on his back. Some of the multi-colored energy around him started to gathered over the glowing spot on his chest.
You're fightin' fire with fire
You know you got the touch
The energy then formed into a blue armor piece that was trimmed in gold. The piece had a hole right in the spot that would cover the glowing spot on Rago's chest. As it attached itself, the armor piece caused built up energy flow through the hole and condense until it became a blue green jewel.
You're at your best when the road gets rough
You've been put to the test, but it's never enough
After the body armor was completely formed, Rago's helmet appeared on his head, but it was different now. The lower face guard was white now and had two upside down 'v' shaped slits in it. On the sides was two piece that were vent shaped and attached to them was blue armor. The familiar arrow like helm formed, now white with gold trim. On the front of the helm was a piece that was red in color and had a blue green diamond shaped jewel attached to it. Two sets of gold antennae were then attached to the jewel, one set in a familiar 'V' and the other set pointing straight up.
You got the touch
You got the power
Finally on his back a set of red wing like pieces with gold trim formed and attached themselves to Rago's back. The Dragon Arm then appeared in front of him. The spear flashed before it changed its formed. The long staff condensed itself into a regular handle as drill tip became the pommel. The guard was blue and crescent shaped. The trident head attached itself directly to the guard and a large golden blade extended from it. On the blade were red plates that had the familiar turrets attached to them.
You got the touch
You got the power
After the transformation finished itself, the energy pillar disappeared. With the pillar gone, Rago's new form was revealed to all. Amy stared in wonder, surprise and joy at her beloved that was now revived in a new form. The other were a mix of shock and ah. Amy finally spoke to her loved one in a hopeful voice, "Rago, is that really you?"
Rago turned towards her and the face guard split, revealing his smile as he replied to her, "Yeah Amy, it's really me, now stay there this won't take long." He finished his statement and his face guard closed. He then glanced at Conquest who looked at him in disbelief.
"How, I killed you. You should not be standing!" the evil machine yelled. Its anger was emanate as it glared with absolute hate at the Ultimate Robot Master.
"Conquest! For your crimes against earth, humanity and robot kind, I Dragon Man will defeat you! One shall rise and one shall fall!" Rago shouted as Mega Man, Proto Man, and the Robot Masters Gathered behind him. The true fight had just begun.
RedDragon: Man that chapter was long! In fact, it was the longest to date.
AssassinK: Well, isn't that wonderful. By the way, where did the idea for his new form and statement come from?
RedDragon: Well, I'll tell you later, but I'll also let the fans figure it out.
Sage Wolf: That's good, because if you would have told I would have to kill you.
AssassinK: Thanks for the 'pleasant' thought Sage Wolf.
The Dom: So how much longer is this gonna be?
Father Chapa: My guess would be one to two chapters more,
RedDragon: Right you are father. Right you are. And see you all next time!