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Rock & Roll
Chapter 2 : Request
Roll didn't know if it was possible as a robot, but right now, she felt as if chills crawled up her spine, especially after she witness how serious Rock was once he had his eyes focused to the TV screen— that right now showing a face of the well-known enemy of Megaman— Dr. Wily.
Roll bit her lip, remembering how gentle, kind, and innocent-looking Rock was before that face shows up on TV. Now he looks as if he was completely furious, and Roll had to admit— if cockroaches are the thing she feared most, then it'll be the second if Rock's serious look was added into the list.
"Dr. Wily... He finally shows up, but instead of giving himself to the police, he declare another evil plan to do?" Rock said, sounding angry. "Urgh! Just when will he stop?!"
"Rock, calm down. Right now, let's we listen to Wily's plans, then we'll make a move to stop it," Dr. Light told his robot boy, placing his hand atop Rock's right shoulder. "Though, I can't believe Wily hasn't move on from his evil ways after all of the Roboenza problem he had caused."
Rock fetch a deep breath before letting out a loud sigh, knowing that right at the moment, he need to listen to every words of Wily's 'speech' so he could plan what to do to stop the mad doctor— again. The brunette boy just couldn't believe that Dr. Wily would do another evil deeds to the world. He felt stupid to believe Dr. Wily has changed— especially after he saw the mad doctor leaves a large amount of Roboenza medicines back before.
"Now then, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and even babies," Dr. Wily began his 'speech', grinning like a mad man. "I gladly announces that I— Dr. Albert W. Wily— has decided to launch one of my genius, evil plans in purpose of— as usual— world domination!"
People out there might comment this 'speech' with a loud, long "boo", as Wily is never seen won to his arch-nemesis— a hero, to all people— Megaman. But for Light's family, this 'speech' of the mad doctor's means a lot cost of time and energy to win the fight. I mean, come on, who says Megaman beat Dr. Wily easily in every fight he faced? I'm sure you all knew that without lots of E-Tanks, weapon abilities, and quick-but-accurate repair from Dr. Light, Rock— or should we say Megaman— couldn't ever won every single fight with Dr. Wily. Now that I have said it, you all agree it cost a lot of time and energy, no?
"Sadly, though," Dr. Wily's voice was heard again from the TV, "my head is all spinning to build and sketching any new Robot Masters, so I'll tell you this— I decided to reconstruct some Robot Masters that my 'arch-nemesis' has destroyed from maybe a long time ago, but with upgrades, of course! Where's the fun in defeating the Robot Masters without any challenge, eh, Megaman?"
Rock grinding his teeth together in anger, his hands clenched harder at his sides. Fun? FUN?! How dare the mad doctor describe a plan of world domination as FUN?! Seriously, he was grateful that he was made by a kind doctor like his Dad— Dr. Light. As his serious, angry-looking eyes were fixed to the TV screen, Rock secretly wished Dr. Wily was right in front of him at the moment so he can beat him like usual, but ignoring the mad doctor's usual pleads of becoming a 'good guy' and put him straight into jail so all the mad doctor's madness will end for good.
All the thoughts to put an end to Wily, however, quickly broke and scattered out from Rock's head when he and the others in the room heard— surprisingly (very, very surprisingly)— a young female voice, coming from the background.
"Dad... 8 Robot Masters you've reconstruct were ready to be activated," said the mysterious, young female voice, before she stepped from the shadows. In doing so, she reveals herself to be a girl that seems to be in Roll's current height. Her face is completely hidden by the shadows, and the only thing seen on her was her white dress with long sleeves and her waist-length pale purple hair.
"Ah, yes. Thank you for the information, SWN-002," Dr. Wily replied to the purple-haired girl, which revealed to be the mad doctor's newest creation— SWN-002, as said by Dr. Wily... Wait, what?
"SWN series?!" Dr. Light exclaimed in shock. "So that girl is... a combat robot built by Wily for very special, focused purposes just like Bass? I can't believe this!"
"W-Wha... B-But... Why?" Rock was in complete shock to know Dr. Wily made a robot girl for fighting purpose. He thought the purple-haired robot girl was built for managing the old doctor's lab while he's gone or something, but built for combat purpose and being a Special Wily Numbers-series robot? Rock really never expect that coming from his arch-nemesis.
"Well, Megaman..." Dr. Wily's voice came again. "Let's see if you can beat me this time, eh?" the mad doctor uttered, grinning once again before he burst to a loud, evil laugh. In doing so, his face is gone from the TV screen, and was being replaced by the current program that the TV stations aired at the moment.
"Dad!" Rock turned to face his father, face looks serious. "I need to stop Dr. Wily!"
"I know," Dr. Light replied, also looking serious. "I'll get Rush and Beat ready— maybe Tango, too. Auto, please get them ready while I got Rock on his armor."
"Roger that, Doctor!" Auto said aloud before running out of the room to get Rush, Beat, and Tango ready. Rock and Dr. Light looked to one another, and with a nod, they too rushed out of the room.
That leaves Roll alone in the room. She silently grumbled, feeling irritated to Dr. Wily. With the mad doctor launches his evil plan, Rock is once again not "free at the moment" (why can't she push away that word from her head?), and the fact she mostly at home and pray for her brother's safety while Rock do all the world-saving almost made her feared to herself to can do nothing.
Oh, great. Another thing she can add to the list of 'what she feared most'. And this will be the first, replacing her fear to Rock's serious look and cockroaches at second and third place respectively.
It was then Roll saw herself drawn on the top piles of blue prints on the table. Remembering Dr. Light told her and Rock that he gave upgrades to all of his redesigned-robots, the blonde girl curiously walked to the table and picked the blue paper that contains her drawn on it, looking at it in wonder...
At least she was, until she noticed a certain 'something' on the blue paper, which made her shocked.
"E-... Eeeeekh?!"
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Rock sighs aloud as he gazed down to the blue helmet he held in his grasp. He was currently on his blue armor suit, which is also redesigned so Rock could wear it with no problem.
The one thing he noticed new from his blue armor are the blue piece that covered his entire neck— one that made him looked like as if he wore a turtleneck shirt, and there is a some kind of lid shaped square on his chest. Open the lid, and he'll see his core inside (it startle him the first time he do so). It seems the square-shaped lid was quite hard to open, which is a good thing since the lid could protect his core from any harmful attack. Mind you, a core is the most important thing a robot must have other than memory chips and sensors. A robot's core can be equated with human's lungs— without it, you can't live. So Rock couldn't let his core get destroyed at any cost.
Rock was brought back to reality when Dr. Light's voice was heard, calling out for him.
"Rock, my dear boy..." Dr. Light walked to Rock, who looked up to him once the old doctor stood before him. "You ready?"
Rock smiled to his father. "I am," the brunette boy said, putting on the blue helmet he held to his head— which completely covered his brown hair out of the view. "Oh, and I'm not Rock now, Dad— I'm Megaman."
"Yes... Yes, you are," Dr. Light placed both of his hands to Rock's shoulders— now Megaman's. "Auto said that Rush, Beat, and Tango are all ready to go. He also had found who were the 8 Robot Masters Dr. Wily has reconstruct. We should—"
"DAAAAAAAAAAAAAADD!" Roll's loud voice was heard all of the sudden, before the door of the room where Megaman and Dr. Light were at was slammed open by none other than Roll.
"R-... Roll? W-What's with the loud voice, my dear?" Dr. Light asked through his shocked state, curious at Roll's sudden appearance.
The blonde girl fetch a deep breath before she let out a loud sigh, and looked up to both Megaman and Dr. Light.
"Okay, I'm going to say this once," Roll began, regaining her composure before putting a determinate look on her face. "Dad, Rock... can I took part on this mission to stop Dr. Wily?"
The question said by Roll was totally unexpected to both Megaman and Dr. Light, and both shows the sign that they're in complete shock— Dr. Light is gasping aloud in shock, while Megaman had his eyes bulged out in surprise. The blue robot opening of his mouth slightly, in shock, but it quickly closed again before he gritted his teeth.
"Roll, stop it! What were you thinking?!" Megaman said, almost snapped. First was Dr. Wily's evil deeds, and now Roll's weird request? He was more mad at the latter, though— Roll wasn't designed for combat, so it's same as suicide if Roll took part on the mission to stop Dr. Wily!
Roll cringed at Rock's loud voice— now Megaman's. But she quickly get over it before she looked back to her brother.
"I got reason to ask that, Ro— Megaman!" the robot girl exclaimed, before she shows a blue paper that she held within her right hand. "If you ask what, then look at this!"
Desirous to know Roll's reason to want to join in the mission, Megaman walked to his sister before he took the blue paper from the blonde girl's hand, looking at it in wonder.
Megaman rose an eyebrow. "This is... your blue print, Roll. What's—" he stopped in the middle of his sentence when he noticed... a certain 'something' on the blue paper.
"W-What the..." Megaman looked to his father over his shoulder, face looks surprised. "D-Dad... Why did you install combat functions into Roll's systems?!"
Dr. Light lowered his gaze to the ground, not replying to his son's question. But he knew that if he keep silent, it won't do any change. So the old doctor sighs aloud before he looked at Megaman, staring at him right in the eye.
"I actually planned to installed some combat system on Roll's hands in a mean of self-defense, Ro— Megaman." Dr. Light admitted, sighing. "As I said before, I was planning to do that only to her hands, but the computer system won't let me do that. So I was forced to put a full combat system on Roll back when I redesigned her."
"So you're saying..." Megaman looked back to his sister. "Roll is now having a battle abilities like me?"
"Yes, Megaman," Dr. Light replied, nodding. "She's now capable to switch her hands to Busters, and she can also copy a defeated Robot Master's special weapon."
Dr. Light then put his hand under his chin (which mostly covered with his white beard), thinking. "Hmm... Well, I suppose Roll could take part on this mission to stop Dr. Wily, Megaman."
"What the— Dad!" Megaman began to protest as he turned to face the old doctor. "Not you too! Roll is—!"
"Megaman!" Roll suddenly called out loud, stepping in front of the blue-armored robot. "I don't care what would you think about this, but I'll go and help you out this time to beat Dr. Wily!"
"What the— Roll! T-That's..." Megaman wasn't sure what on Earth is going on with his family. One moment Dr. Light is shocked with Roll's request to stop Dr. Wily, the next he's all okay with it— even allowing her to participate in the quest she asked him! That's an unexpected outcome that Megaman never ever wanted to hear!
And thanks to Dr. Light's permission, now his sister insists to tag along with him... That even more frustrating than the fact Dr. Light allowed Roll to took part on the quest to stop Wily.
"... N-No, Roll. Even if you insist, I won't let you go!" Megaman said aloud, his right hand swung to the side. "If you come to this quest, Roll, then you'll be injured— even destroyed!"
"Then what is it you want me to do, Megaman?!" Roll retorted aloud, taking a step forward. "If combat system is not enough for you, then should I ask Dad to remodel me to a battle robot like you, Megaman? Or should I ask Dad to install more combat system into me? Answer me, Megaman!"
Roll's sudden outburst made Megaman gasped and stumble back a bit in surprise. Okay, he never expect this coming. "R-Roll! D-Don't make me—!" he began to say through his shocked state, but Roll quickly blurted in.
"I know you worried about me, Megaman, I KNOW!" the blonde girl looked like she was on the verge of tears. "But please! If you really not allow me to go, then at least let me go this time! After that, I'll go back to my household job! PLEASE!"
If world-destruction is what Megaman hated most, then it'll be the second if Roll's teary eyes was added into the list. He knew his sister would ended up crying and pleading nonstop if he didn't act fast, so he slowly sunk his face into his right hand in deep thought. It was clear for Dr. Light and Roll that the blue robot was struggling to make a decision.
After a long, tensed moment, Megaman looked up to his father and sister, sighing aloud.
"... Fine. Permission to tag along granted," Megaman said, closing his eyes as he brought his head down. "But if there is any danger that you felt you can't face, Roll, I want you to inform me about it so me or Dr. Light could try and return you back home. Do I make myself clear?"
At this statement, Dr. Light and even Roll were left shocked. But seeing from the situation, it is clear that Megaman really wanted his sister to stay, but letting her tag along instead. And once Roll is the part of the mission to stop Wily, Megaman will do anything to protect her from any harm— it was visible from his face.
But the statement also made Roll smile a little. "Crystal. Crystal clear, Megaman," the blonde girl replied, as she ran and hugged her brother tight, crying, but not for sadness— it's for joy. This sudden motion startle Megaman that his eyes shot open and a light gasp escaped his mouth.
"T-Thank you, Megaman," Roll muttered between her sobs, still hugging her brother. "I promise... I promise that I'm not going to let you down, Megaman. Mark my words."
Megaman was silent for a moment before deciding to hugged back his sister, nodding slightly.
"Yeah... You're welcome, Roll."
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- Meanwhile, in a fortress somewhere far away... -
"Wahahahaha! Now, my 8 reconstructed Robot Masters, awake and do me a favor!" a voice of a certain mad doctor was heard, and as a sound of a button was being pushed, 8 streams of lighting came out from a big machine high before the mad doctor before it streaked 8 robots that each laid on a reparation table.
After minutes passed, the streams of lighting are gone, and the 8 robots that just got streaked by the lightning are all had their eyes glowing, showing that they're back online.
"Yes, YES! A huge success!" the mad doctor— who was none other than Dr. Albert W. Wily (you guessed it!)— exclaimed aloud, bringing a fist up into the air as he watched his 8 robots all stood up from their reparation table.
It was then he noticed something seems missing. "Huh? Wait a minute..." Dr. Wily began to count the newly-awakened robots. "One... two... three... four... five... six... seven."
At first, Dr. Wily had no idea what's wrong. But three seconds later, he finally realized what's missing.
"Where is the eighth Robot Master?!" the mad doctor yelled aloud, noticing one of his master piece aren't up like the other seven. He then walked over to all of the reparation table, and found that at the last table, the eighth reconstructed Robot Master— Astroman— was laying down on his reparation table, and is currently... crying?
"Oh, for destruction's sake! Astroman, what on Earth are you doing?!" Dr. Wily roared angrily, while the space-themed Robot Master— Astroman— kept crying instead.
"Y-You reconstruct me again, Dr. Wily. B-But why don't you do the same to Tenguman?!" Astroman whined, slowly went to a seated position on his reparation table before he looked at his creator. "He and I are like best friends! We share an unbreakable bond of friendship!"
"And...?" Dr. Wily really wanted to slap himself on the face at the moment. Seriously, why does every robots he made has personalities? He didn't install any of it, for crying out loud! This is why he hates most of his creations.
"S-So if I'm the one being reconstructed again while Tenguman isn't, then I won't follow any of your commands, Dr. Wily! I'll stay here until you bring back Tenguman!" the space-themed Robot Master announced, still crying for his best friend that was nowhere in sight.
"What the— Oh, COME ON!" Dr. Wily groaned aloud, and (finally) slap himself in the face in irritation. "You're seriously not going to disobey me only because of Tenguman's absence!"
"Sorry, Dr. Wily, but I am!" Astroman retorted back between his sobs. "Y-You're a meanie! I should wish upon the stars for Tenguman's return this night!"
"Astroman! Oh, for crying out loud! This is RIDICULOUS!" the mad doctor gritted his teeth in anger, couldn't believe one of his master piece could made him annoyed this much as if he saw a victorious Megaman right in front of him.
"... Dad?" a new voice of a young girl was heard before someone stepped just behind Dr. Wily. "Something's wrong?"
"Ah, SWN-002! Perfect timing!" Dr. Wily exclaimed, as he turned around to face his newest creation.
SWN-002 is a teenage robot girl who has long pale purple hair that reaches her waist— some strands of her hair from the front are pulled back and were made stay in the back of her head by a hair-clip that supports a stylish black ribbon. She gains a small cowlick right atop her head. Her outfit are consists of a long-sleeved white dress that stops a bit high above her knees with black button-like thing and black lines adorned it, and black boots with white rims that length just below her knees.
"You see, SWN-002," Dr. Wily began, pointing to the still-cyring Astroman with visible irritation. "Astroman here doesn't want to get up to work because I'm not reconstruct Tenguman— his oh-so-called best friend. So what I want to ask you is—"
"Dad," the purple-haired girl cut in, as she held out a stopping hand in front of her creator. "... May I have your attention? I promise it won't take long."
"Hmm? Alright. Make it quick so you can help me with Astroman, SWN-002," Dr. Wily huffed as he crossed his arms. From the first time he activated her, Dr. Wily is actually wanted to protest of being called 'Dad' by SWN-002, but know he had no reason to tell SWN-002 if she asked him why. Seriously, why does every robots he made has personalities? He didn't install any of it, for crying out loud!
... Wait, aren't the last two sentences above were repeated from the paragraph that tells why Wily hates most of his creations?
... Well, doesn't matter. Just go back to the story already!
"A-Alright, Dad. I'll make it quick as possible," SWN-002 finally said, as she placed her hands to her back. "Well... You told the world back then that your head is all spinning to build and sketching any new Robot Masters, so I take it that until now, you haven't get a name for me."
Dr. Wily's eyes bulged out. How could he forget about that? He must have too focused at his new plan that he forget about giving a proper name to SWN-002! But really, he still had no idea of what name he should give her— giving perfect names isn't totally his thing.
SWN-002 sighs before she crossed her arms. "Well, Dad. I'll take your silence as a 'yes'," she said, before showing him a blue print of a certain robot Dr. Wily ever made. "I scanned through your piles of blue prints, and I stumbled across this one... A blue print of SWN-001— Bass, my older brother. Since my older brother's name based on the lowest vocal line in music, in order to match what his name based on, then I decided to give myself a name based on a gentle, soft dynamics in music— Piano. How about it, Dad?"
Dr. Wily put his hand under his chin in thought, pondering over SWN-002's words. Piano sounds nice, and the mad doctor is currently out of ideas for names. So he looked to the purple-haired girl before giving her a nod.
"Sure, sure! That doesn't sounds bad!" the mad doctor said aloud, officially named SWN-002 as Piano.
"Thank you, Dad. But I need to wonder, though— where is Bass, my older brother? He's nowhere in sight," SWN-002— Piano— asked, head tilting to the side in wonder.
"Oh, him? Well, he's... missing. And I couldn't detect where he goes, Piano," Dr. Wily said, hissing quietly. He still couldn't find Bass ever since he joined Megaman and Protoman to stop Roboenza (which still leaves Wily confused why Bass helped them in the first place). It's as if Bass is gone from the world, which sounds impossible (says Wily).
Oh, and Astroman is still refuse to get to work. That really broke Dr. Wily's patience over the space-themed Robot Master.
"Ugh, fine! Have it your way!" the mad doctor yelled angrily, stomping the ground in anger as he deactivated Astroman, stored him into a stasis tube, and put the stasis tube into the room that contains all of his defeated Robot Masters— which each also placed inside a stasis tube. He did all that in less than 10 seconds, which is a new record (at least for Wily).
"Ugh! Only 7 Robot Masters activated and ready to go? This is so incomplete!" Dr. Wily roared, both his hands were on his head as he frustrated completely. Now Megaman has advantage as he only had 7 Robot Masters activated at the moment. Is there no replacement for the eighth somehow?
It was then Dr. Wily remembered something. "Wait just a minute... Oh, that's it!"
He turned to face Piano, who at the moment was confused at her creator's weird doing.
"Say, Piano," the mad doctor began, smiling almost evilly. "... Ever thought to have a fight with my arch-nemesis?"
Whoa, this Chapter is sure longer than the last one, isn't it? And there's just so many things happen here... And it seems we finally meet up with a new character here— Piano!
You might assume she's my OC, but let me tell you this: NO, she's not my OC. She's a character from a Japanese fan-game called "Rockmen R: Dr. Wily's Counterattack". Some of you might know this. You can even watch the game-play videos from YouTube. :D
I hope you can imagine how Piano looks like by the description in this Chapter, but if you found it hard to do, then I suggest you to watch the game-play videos of the game I mentioned above or search images of her.
Oh, right. Just in case you forgot, Astroman and Tenguman are two Robot Masters from MM8 (which stands for Megaman 8). :D
Oh, right. If any of you noticed mistakes in this Chapter, then let me know— I'll gladly appreciate it if you do! Reviews are much appreciated, too— it'll made my day if you do! :D
Well, guess that's all for now. See you all next time in the next Chapter! Also, have a good day, buddies~! O:)