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Rock & Roll
Chapter 5 : Rematch of the Water
Here I am... Finally.
Megaman gave out a loud sigh as he gazed up to the grey metal door before him, the blue glowing 'W' written at the metal door in front of him marked that he almost reach the boss of this stage— which is none other than Aquaman.
The blue robot stood there for a moment before he approach the grey metal door, which opens automatically once he near the door. As he walk forward and went through the door, the metal door behind him closed with a heavy and harsh clang.
Megaman almost jumped in surprise at the loud sound of the closing door. Alright, that's just weird... Is it him, or the door seems to alive and hate him just now? Surely, Dr. Wily is not watching him from somewhere unknown and purposely made the metal door closed that loud and harsh, right?
Right...?
Megaman blinked in surprise and shook his head rapidly, deciding to throw the weird conclusions away from his head. He then looked up, finding that he's now at a narrow corridor, with the low ceiling just above his head. Another grey metal door with blue glowing 'W' written at it could be seen a few meters before him.
Doubt began to rise inside him. Oh, great. Not this feeling again... Every time he come across this small hallway, a huge feeling of doubt start to bubbled inside him. Sure, he had to defeat the enemy that wait for his arrival behind the metal door in front of him, but he couldn't help but feeling guilty to know that he need to hurt someone to finish this task.
Why can't Dr. Wily just give up to take over the world? Why can't the mad doctor realize that a peaceful world is a better place for a living? Is world domination really matter that much for the doctor? If somehow Dr. Wily did succeed in dominating the world, what will he do? Make a vicious move to drastically change the peaceful world, or he had another terrible plans up his sleeve?
Sighing, Megaman decided to cast off his doubts and troubled feelings, but found that he can't throw it away completely from him. I hate it when this happens... Maybe if I finish this quick, maybe I'll have a minute or two to get rid of this uncomfortable feeling inside me...
With the conclusion being made, Megaman began to walk to the grey metal door in front of him and proceed forward.
Once he was on the other side of the grey metal door, Megaman was now inside a small room with high ceiling, said ceiling consisted of piles of huge rocks that being held by a huge, strong-looking metal straps. The floor he stood on was metal in material that had small holes, making the clear blue water below the floor visible to him.
Same as before... Megaman thought in slight wonderment. Why did Dr. Wily only redesign and upgrading his robots, while his 'stages' are still like the ones in the past? Is the mad doctor serious when he said that his head was all spinning to build and sketching any new Robot Masters, which also means to give a new 'touch' to his 'stages'?
He then noticed something seems off with the small-holed metal floor he stood on. Something was... stuck within the small holes. It looked like small parts of a machine, and Megaman made a mental note to scan what it was later.
A huge pillar of water shot up from the water below and through the metal floor, bringing Megaman out from his world of thoughts. The water pillar also made the blue robot stumble back a bit in surprise as a light gasp escaped his mouth.
When the water pillar fell apart, a robot dropped to the ground. When Megaman's bright green eyes focused on the robot, he quickly realized who it was.
"Aquaman!" the 'Blue Bomber' shouted to the aquatic-themed Robot Master, while said Robot Master laughed proudly as he looked over the blue robot.
"Well, well! If it isn't Megaman! I've been waiting for you!" Aquaman said aloud, seeming so proud as he shot water upwards from his hose-like right hand, creating a small line of rainbow that has his name written on it. "You already defeated me last time, Megaman. But now, I'm the one who will defeat you! Now that I've been redesigned and upgraded by Dr. Wily, I'll show you what ultimate power I possess! So prepare yourself!"
"Aquaman! Stop! We don't have to fight!" the 'Blue Bomber' began to protest, his right hand swung to the side in motion. "Why can't we just—!"
"Silence! Your words mean nothing to me, blue boy!" the aquatic-themed Robot Master interrupted with a loud tone, pointing his hose-like hand to Megaman. "Actions spoke more than words! So let's just fight and see who is the strongest!"
*Music Starts : Big Boss Battle (Megaman 8)*
Aquaman shoots a jet of water to Megaman, which soon multiples to three rows of water jets. Noticing this new change of the Robot Master's attack, the 'Blue Bomber' quickly dodged the attack by side-stepping or slide under the water jets while charging energy to his Buster. However, when he stood up, one of the water jets succeed in giving damage to Megaman's right leg, which create quite a big dent on his right leg's blue armor.
"Ugh!" Megaman grunted quietly in pain, closing one of his eye in motion. "I-I didn't see that one... But that damage alone is not enough to stop me! Take this, Aquaman!"
After saying those words, Megaman pointed his fully-charged Buster to Aquaman before he release it to the Robot Master, who in return cried in pain, but manage to stood still as he only stumbling back a step.
"Well, that attack was kind of surprised me, but you have to do better than that to defeat me, Megaman!" Aquaman pointed out, somewhat mockingly. "Alright, since you're done with your turn, it's my turn now! Water Balloon!"
Aquaman shoots a stream of water balls to Megaman, which the blue robot knows will follow his movement. So he quickly step sideways, jump, and even sliding on the floor to avoid the water balls, and he did. When he was up to his feet, he once again charging energy to his Buster. Aquaman noticed this, and quickly make a move.
"I won't take any more damage from you, Megaman!" Aquaman shouted to his enemy before he once again launches 'Water Cannon' to Megaman, this time, it multiples to eight rows of water jets. Seeing this, the 'Blue Bomber' made a quick move to avoid all the water jets while still charging energy to his Buster. When the Buster is fully-charged, Megaman brought up his Mega Buster before he shot his trademark charged-shot from it, aiming it to Aquaman.
The charged-shot hit Aquaman straight in his right hand— his hose-like hand where he launches his attack a moment ago. This made the aquatic-themed Robot Master yelled in pain.
"Aagh! What...? N-No! Anything but my right arm!" Aquaman cried aloud, quickly observers his damaged hose-like arm. Upon he saw the large dent that was left on his said arm thanks to Megaman's charged-shot, the aquatic-themed Robot Master grew mad before he shot a dangerous glare to the blue robot who stood a few meters before him.
"How dare you, Megaman?!" the aquatic-themed Robot Master roared aloud, his red eyes suddenly become a bit purplish in color before he brought his left arm up. "Y-You... YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT!"
Once Aquaman shouted those words, the Robot Master brought his left arm down as suddenly, a large amount of water in blue-purplish color shot up from the floor below Megaman, creating a huge pillar of water that trapped the 'Blue Bomber' inside. This shocked Megaman as he look around, once again witnessing the new changes of Aquaman's attack.
Not long after, Megaman heard Aquaman's angry voice, somehow echoing.
"WATER PARALYZE!"
After hearing those words, Megaman felt the floor he stood on shake a bit before the blue-purplish water pillar that surrounds him fell at him, soaking him completely. But being soaked wasn't a big deal for him as Dr. Light made him a water-proofed robot.
But something unexpected happens. A few seconds later, Megaman felt an extreme jolt of pain inside him, flowing through his core to all around his body. This made the 'Blue Bomber' screamed in pain before he fell to the floor below him on his back.
While grunting in pain, Megaman found his whole body is completely paralyzed. This surprised the blue robot, and he struggled to move, but it didn't work out.
"Hahahahaha! You can't move now, can you? That attack I gave you just now not just an ordinary one that would break a robot that wasn't water-proofed! It's my new attack that if hit a robot, it would paralyzed the robot completely and allow me to attack the robot easily!" Aquaman said mockingly, as he casually walked towards his immobile enemy, his red-purplish eyes has changed completely to purple, much to Megaman's surprise. "Now you see the ultimate power I possess, have you? It was all thanks to Dr. Wily who gave me a second chance to turn you to scrap metal, Megaman!"
Megaman gritted his teeth as he struggle more to get up, but to no avail as he remained laid down on the floor.
"It's useless to keep fighting, Megaman! Your life ends here, in my hands!" Aquaman said with a cackle, his eyes seems to glimmering in delight as he pointed his hose-like hand right in front of the blue robot's face. "Now then... Any last word before me, the handsome guy Aquaman, blast your head off your body, blue boy?"
Megaman's eyes widened, realizing that something is definitely wrong with Aquaman, especially with the Robot Master's eyes being purple, and his voice seems... darker. The blue robot wants to clench his hands to fist, but his paralyzed body not allowed him to do the task.
No... I can't be defeated here. Megaman thought, biting his lip. I need to win... But how?
Time seems to stop as Aquaman waited for Megaman to speak his 'last words'. The 'Blue Bomber' opened his mouth to say something, but stopped when the fingers of his left hand touched something as all of a sudden, a foreign, yet familiar 'feeling' was flowing through his left arm before it spread completely inside his body.
Megaman's bright green eyes bulged open. Wait... This 'feeling'... It can't be.
"Hey! Say something before my patience is running out!" Aquaman yelled to his immobile enemy, pointing his weapon more closer to Megaman's face.
Aquaman watched Megaman's green eyes focused on his, remaining silent. But a few seconds later, the blue robot gave out a loud sigh before he closed his eyes.
"Yes," the blue robot said finally after a long silence, opening his eyes. "I have something to say."
"FINALLY!" the aquatic-themed Robot Master exclaimed with a very loud tone, grumbling quietly. "... Well? What's it?"
Megaman closed his eyes once again. Aquaman become confused at the sight, but his confusion quickly changed to shock when he heard the next words out from his enemy's mouth.
"Database scan complete. Activating the data..." Megaman muttered with a calm voice, his armor started to glow and change in color— his body suit transformed in color from light blue to bright yellow, while his cobalt armor changed to green color.
"I'm sorry, Aquaman. But..." Megaman opened his eyes again, looking at the Robot Master right in the eye. "... Astro Crush."
Aquaman's eyes grew wide upon hearing the last statement. With a bad feeling, the aquatic-themed Robot Master looked up, only to witness the thing he feared most.
Formed high at the ceiling were a group of balls made of machine, surrounding the balls are bright, scorching pink flames, making it looked like a group of meteors. Aquaman stood still in shock as he stumble back a bit, his wide eyes focused to the 'meteors'.
"A-A-Astro Crush?! B-But HOW?!" the aquatic-themed Robot Master shrieked in horror, as he diverts his gaze to Megaman, who was still immobile and laid down on the floor.
"I'm sorry, Aquaman. But it seems Dr. Wily forget to clean this place up," the 'Blue Bomber' muttered with a small smile, already knowing how this battle ends. "I knew it. It really is small parts of a machine that stuck within some holes of this metal floor I 'laid down' at. And fortunately, these small parts were none other than the remaining pieces of 'Astro Crush' that I used when I last fight you. And thanks to my scanning capability, I can once again equip and use your weakness to defeat you, Aquaman!"
"N-No! Please! A-Anything but 'Astro Crush'!" Aquaman yelled desperately, almost like begging to his enemy to spare his life. "Oh, Megaman! P-Please don't make those 'meteors' fall on—!"
"I'm sorry, Aquaman..." Megaman interrupted the Robot Master. "You know I can't do that... So I'll see you later. Down to the enemy now, 'Astro Crush'!"
"W-W-What?! N-No! NOOOOOOOO!" Aquaman cried out in frantic, taking a few step backwards before he fled to a haste. Forgetting that he currently inside a room, the aquatic-themed Robot Master gasped in horror once he witness the wall in front of him, and when he turned around, all the pink-flamed 'meteors' executed by Megaman hurled at him, doing a heavy damage for the Robot Master since it was his weakness.
"AAAAHHHH!" Aquaman's containment body breaks and spills the water content everywhere, making his containment body dry inside. Sparks are all around his body as the Robot Master fell to his knees, using his left arm to support himself up on the small-holed metal floor below him.
"U-Urgh... A-Agh..." Aquaman looked to his enemy, feeling his energy began to dissipate by any second. "M-Megaman... T-That was luck! W-When Dr. Wily rebuilt me again... I-I'll make s-sure... TO DEFEAT YOOUUU!"
With those last words, small explosions began to appear all around Aquaman's body, making trails of dark smokes coming out from the explosions' spot as Aquaman's eyes become blank. The aquatic-themed Robot Master then fall down to the hard metal floor with a loud thud as no more movement coming from the defeated Robot Master.
*Music Ends*
Megaman panted heavily as he switches back to his blue armor, thanking the fact that the odds are in his favor— because if it isn't, then he wouldn't defeat Aquaman thanks to his paralyzed condition.
Speaking of condition, he's still trapped in Aquaman's paralyzing effect. Megaman struggle to move, but found that he can't do it— not even an inch.
N-Not good... I should call for help.
But then he realize that to do so, he need his hand to tap the side of his helmet.
Oh, no... What should I do?
As if the odds are still in his favor, the intercom planted inside Megaman's helmet cracked to life, and the next voice coming from the intercom washed away the blue robot's worries.
"M-Megaman? Are you okay...?" Roll's voice came from the intercom, sounding worried. "I've returned to the lab not a long ago, and I couldn't help but worried when I found you nowhere in sight. When me and Auto track your signal, we found it, but it was weak! Megaman, what happened to you?"
Megaman gave out a long sigh as a small smile formed across his face. "I'm alright, Roll... My weak signal is probably because of Aquaman's attack that still left my body paralyzed. Which means... I can't move my body, not even and inch."
"W-What?!" Roll exclaimed in shock, her loud voice made Megaman wince. "Oh, Megaman! Please tell me you've defeated Aquaman!"
"I... I did. I just... can't get back... to the lab, that's all," Megaman replied, his voice going more fainter each words he says... Wait, what?
"R-... Roll...? I—" Megaman began to say faintly, but was cut off when he felt his voice box... switched off by itself.
"M-Megaman? Megaman! What's wrong?!" Roll's frantic voice came, almost hurting Megaman's hearing system. But that wasn't the thing that matters to him right now. Megaman opened his mouth, struggling to speak, but no words coming out from his mouth, only gurgle noise that brought wave of pain by any second.
"M-Megaman? What's with your gurgling noi— Oh, no... Your paralyzing effect! It must have infected your voice box! I must get you to Dad so he can repair you!" Roll uttered in frantic, anxiety was clear in her voice. "I-I'll call Cutman to help me pick you up! P-Please hang on until we get there, Megaman!"
With that last statement, Roll hung up, the subtle click of disconnection went through Megaman's intercom as she did so.
Megaman wanted to sigh in relief knowing that Roll would pick him up, but found that he can't. So he closed his eyes instead, all while trying to endure the pain that grew even bigger inside him...
But once again, the odds are in Megaman's favor. Two beams of light colored yellow and red flew down and landed a few meters before him, and materialized from the light beams were the ones that the 'Blue Bomber' waiting for— Roll and Cutman.
Like the rest of Light's family, Cutman also got redesigned. He's now taller and has green eyes. The same square-shaped lid at Megaman's chest was also present on him. The things that also new from the timber-felling Robot Master are the red piece that covered his entire neck— one that made him looked like as if he wore a turtleneck shirt, and the yellow 'L' writing that stamped on the upper left part of his chest.
"Megaman!" Roll exclaimed in frantic as she rushed to her brother's side. Megaman slowly opened his eyes, finding his sister kneeled at his right side.
But his eyes... Megaman felt it only manage to give him blurry images of his surroundings.
"Oh, no... Even your eyes started to get infected— it has lost its green color!" Roll pointed out in anxiety. "This is bad... Cutman, help me!"
"I'm on it!" Cutman replied, rushing to Megaman's left side before he carefully slung the blue robot's left arm around the back of his neck, and brought the 'Blue Bomber' up from the floor while wrapping his right hand around his blue-armored brother's waist to keep Megaman on his feet. Roll was about to help when Cutman stop her.
"Wait, Roll. I think Megaman hasn't scan Aquaman's data yet," the timber-felling Robot Master told his sister. "Could you touch Aquaman's body over there and get his data?"
"Huh? Uh... Alright," Roll said before she walk towards Aquaman's body, kneeling beside the body. Can she really copy a Robot Master's data just by touching the Robot Master's body? She felt unsure about it, but then shook her head before moving on to place her left hand on the aquatic-themed Robot Master's body.
Once her left hand was atop Aquaman's body, she feel something was flowing through her left arm before it spread completely inside her body.
Wait! This feeling... It's the same one when I touched Woodman's body! So touching a Robot Master's body means letting my scanning capability to work and get the defeated Robot Master's data, just like what Dad says to me back at the lab? Roll thought in slight surprise, slowly pull her left hand away from Aquaman's body. So that means I currently have two weapon data within me? I better ask Dad or Auto how to use it later!
"Cutman! I've scanned and obtained Aquaman's data!" Roll said aloud, standing up before she turned to the timber-felling Robot Master.
"Alright, good!" Cutman said, giving a quick nod to Roll. "Let's get out of here then! I think Megaman's condition is getting worse!"
"R-Right!" Roll replied with a nod. She then rushed to Megaman's right side and helped Cutman in carrying their immobile brother before they vanished from the place in the shape of light beams...
Well... That doesn't end well. What will happen next to Megaman? (X_x)
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Well, guess that's all for now. See you all next time in the next Chapter! Also, have a good day, buddies~! O:)