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Rock & Roll
Chapter 6 : Return the Favor
"Oh, my... Wily, what have you done now?"
Dr. Light could only stare in horror at the result of the machine's scan for Megaman's body. Roll, Auto, and Cutman also present there, and could only stared at the screen in shock and disbelief.
Back before, Roll and Cutman were back to the lab from Aquaman's place to come after Megaman, who can't move due to Aquaman's attack that paralyzed his body completely. However, the paralyzing effect unexpectedly going more and more inside to Megaman's systems, and right at the moment, the effect has corrupted his voice box and eyesight.
When Dr. Light put Megaman to one of his many reparation tables and do a scan on the blue robot, he was left shocked with the scan's result.
"A computer virus... has infected Megaman," Dr. Light finally said after a long silence, his eyes still focused on the screen that shows the scan's result from his robot son's body. "But this computer virus... It was one out of many that would infect a PC, not a robot!"
"This computer virus... Dad, what does it do to Megaman?" Roll asked, bad feeling began to flow within her as she eyed her brother, who laid down on the reparation table with cables attached on him, his eyes were blank and his face was somewhat pale. At that very moment, a frantic Cutman called all of Dr. Light's Robot Masters and told them about Megaman's bad condition, doing it quite fast with his right arm flailing around while his left hand was at the intercom planted at the left side of his head.
"It will shutdown his systems one by one, and now, it succeed in making him catatonic, then continued in ruining his voice box and his eyesight," Dr. Light explained, his face was pale. "At this rate, his core might also get attacked."
"D-Doctor... This virus... Y-You're serious about it?" Auto inquired the kind doctor, sounding frantic. "I-It's weird for me to said this, b-but... D-Doctor, please tell me that this virus is the prank, fake shutdown virus that programmed to make one's computer shut itself!"
Upon hearing Auto's statement, Dr. Light, Roll, and Cutman blinked in surprise before they looked at the big green robot in bewilderment, with Roll and Cutman raised an eyebrow at the green robot.
"Uh... Where did you get that information from?" Cutman asked in confusion, his head cocked to the side in wonder.
"Uhm... W-Well..." Auto began to say, rubbing the side of his head. "I found it at the internet a few days ago. It's about a fake virus people made to prank their friends by doing a simple procedure with the application Notepad."
Somehow, Auto felt Dr. Light glared silently at him, so the green robot yelped before flailing his arms around while saying, "O-Of course, I never get naughty to try it to one of your computers, Doctor. There are many important data in your computers, so there's no way I stressed you by this fake virus."
"Ah... That's good to hear," Dr. Light muttered, while Auto silently sighing in relief to know that the kind doctor wasn't mad at him.
"So back to the main problem..." Dr. Light began to say, as all eyes fixed on him. "As much as I hate to say this, Auto, it wasn't a fake virus that attacks Megaman's systems— it really is a shutdown computer virus that resides inside Megaman."
"Yeah... I can see that..." Cutman said with a frown, as he and the others in the room saw the scan result of Megaman's body shows a new sign of system corruption, now at the blue robot's hearing system.
Dr. Light gritted his teeth when he saw it. "N-Not good... What's the cure for this computer virus so it would stop corrupting Megaman's systems? Oh, dear..."
Everyone in the room were left speechless at Dr. Light's words. The severity of the situation started to sink in. They're all worried about Megaman, dreading that something worse will happen to the kind young hero.
Roll tried to stay optimistic as much as possible, but she couldn't help letting darker thoughts cloud her mind. Lowering her head without another word, she and the others in the room stood in utter silence, too lost in thought about what to do to find out what could they do to help Megaman out from his current condition...
Suddenly, a loud voice of a scream ringed through their ears, interrupting their trail of thoughts.
"DR. LIGHT! DR. LIIIIGGHHT!"
The door of the room suddenly slammed open, producing a loud echo that almost made Dr. Light, Roll, Cutman, and Auto jumped in surprise. The four mentioned people turned their heads to the door, finding two out of many creations of Dr. Light stood there, their face shows as if they know something surprising.
The first from the two robots who stood at the door is Elecman. His redesigned body made him even taller than before, not to mention his armor are now more detailed. A writing of 'L' colored white was stamped on the upper left part of his chest armor, and his eyes are bright green.
The second robot was Iceman. His now-redesigned body was more taller compared to his 'old' one, but he was still the shortest of all Robot Masters made by Dr. Light. His eyes are bright blue, and a writing of 'L' colored yellow was stamped on the upper left part of his chest.
"Dr. Light, DR. LIGHT!" Iceman cried aloud, while at the same time, clarifying that it was him the one that screamed Dr. Light's name before. "Me and Elecman found a surprising result from... o-our experiments with the data in one of your computers, Dr. Light!"
"You mean you 'playing' with the data in the computer to fill your boredom, me trying to stop you, but we ended up found something surprising in the middle of our... 'little fight'," Elecman corrected with a groan as he silently glared at Iceman. Hearing this, Iceman uttered a yelp and close his eyes shut.
"I-I'm sorry! P-Please don't punish me for this, Dr. Light!" the ice-themed Robot Master cried out an apology, begging his creator to forgive him.
"I-It's alright, Iceman. I forgive you, okay?" Dr. Light told his terrified creation, before he shifted his gaze to Elecman.
"What is it you and Iceman found, Elecman?" the doctor inquired the electric-themed Robot Master, his voice shows a little hope in it.
"Well, Doctor. You see..." Elecman began to say. "After I heard about Megaman's bad condition from Cutman, I quickly head back home from the city's nuclear power plants to see his condition. But then I saw Iceman playing around with your computer before I could reach your main lab, Doctor. I told him to stay away from it, but he won't. So me and Iceman had a... little fight with the computer. That 'little fight' I said there consist of holding the mouse and move it around fiercely, not to mention the random clicking."
"But then we unexpectedly run the data-combining test program and found something shocking!" Iceman exclaimed suddenly, which annoyed Elecman to know the ice-themed Robot Master interrupts him before he could even finish his answer. "Me and Elecman had found a way to cure Megaman from his current state!"
Upon hearing Iceman's last statement, loud gasps of shock came from the ones inside the room. And while Roll, Cutman, and Auto felt their core miss a beat, Dr. Light almost forgot how to breathe.
"A-Are you both serious about this?!" Cutman almost screamed upon saying that, eyeing both Iceman and Elecman in disbelief.
"Yes, we are," Elecman answered, nodding. "But... The result of the data-combining test program are kind of weird, if I should say. It shows that we can annihilate Megaman's shutdown virus if we make a medicine that contains a few anti-virus programs for PC, and..."
"And...?" Roll inquired the electric-themed Robot Master, wondering what's the last material needed to create the medicine to cure her 'sick' brother.
Elecman and Iceman look to one another, their faces shows that they somehow nervous, which confused the others. Then, as the two Robot Masters turned their heads back at them, Iceman keep his mouth shut while gazing down to the floor, while Elecman scratches the left side of his head.
"It's Airman's weapon data," Elecman finally said, his eyes squinted a bit as he look away from the others, feeling a bit awkward. "If we combined a few anti-virus programs for PC and Airman's weapon data, we can make a medicine to cure Megaman's 'sickness'."
The room fell to an awkward silent once Elecman said those words, with Iceman still found the floor interesting to him. Roll, Cutman, and Auto were staring at the electric-themed Robot Master somewhat skeptically, while Dr. Light couldn't help but raising an eyebrow.
"... W-What?" Cutman finally said, breaking the awkward silence. "From everything that sounded hard and almost impossible to find... Airman's weapon data would do the trick?"
"I know it's hard to believe, Cutman. But the data-combining test program stated that Airman's weapon data had this one 'particle' that can alter the composition of PC's anti-virus programs so it would be suitable to use for robots," Elecman explained, finally looking up to the others in the room, then to his creator. "Doctor... I was wondering if we can use Airman's data in your computer to make the medicine for Megaman?"
"T-Timeman and... O-Oilman were... o-out to find some anti-virus programs sold at the city as we speak. C-Can you do something about Airman's data in your computer, Dr. Light?" Iceman stammered nervously due to the awkward silence that lingered in the air a few minutes ago, before finally taking his eyes off the floor to look at his creator.
Dr. Light lowered his gaze to the ground, not replying to Iceman'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 everyone.
"I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I can't do anything," Dr. Light admitted, looking sorrowful. "A data that is quite old might be hard to regenerate and reused, which means, the opportunity to reuse Airman's data in my computer as 'active data' is almost impossible. There had been no chance of succeed for that."
Elecman and Iceman gasped in surprise upon hearing their creator's statement.
"W-What...? D-Doctor!" Elecman stumbled back a bit in surprise, his eyes widened in disbelief. "Please tell me you're not serious about that!"
Dr. Light only stay silent at the question. He then shifted his gaze to Megaman, who still laid down on the reparation table with cables attached on him. At the moment, the blue robot had his eyes closed and seems asleep, but his face looks deathly pale.
"I'm sorry," Dr. Light began to mutter, his hands clenched to fist at his sides as he closed his eyes shut. "I'm sorry..."
The severity of the situation is once again began to sink in. Everyone in the room stood in complete silence, some lowering their head. The scan result of Megaman's body once again shows a new sign of system corruption, now at the blue robot's core. Though it proceed to corrupt Megaman's core very slowly than his other systems, it still made everyone couldn't let go the negative thoughts that began to cloud their mind...
But then Roll gasped aloud, bringing her head up as her eyes shot open. In doing so, she brought everyone's attention went to her.
"One of the 8 Robot Masters that Dr. Wily reconstruct is Airman!" Roll exclaimed, her face started to lit up with hope. "If we can't use Airman's old data in Dad's computer, then we just need to get a new one!"
"Oh, goodness! You're right, Roll! How come I forget about that?" Auto's frown quickly dissipate once he said that. "It looks like luck was on our side!"
"Then it's settled!" Cutman brought his hands up and clenched it. "I'm going to battle Airman and get his data!"
"Not mean to interrupt, but... Cutman?" Iceman called the timber-felling Robot Master. "You should be in the city's forest now to help logging and collecting timbers with the city's lumberjacks, right?"
Cutman yelped as he stumbling back a bit in surprise. "E-EKH?! A-Are you serious?! Man, I haven't check my schedule today!"
"If that's the case, then..." Roll placed a hand to her chest. "I'll go to Airman's stage and defeat him so I can get his data!"
"W-What? Roll! That's dangerous!" Elecman stated aloud, eyeing his sister with a streaked look on his face.
"No! I can do this! Dad's not installing combat systems within me for nothing!" the blonde girl retorted back, looking to the electric-themed Robot Master right in the eye. "Besides, if you want to go instead, Elecman, you can't! You should be back at the city's nuclear power plants to help the people there, right?"
"B-But..." Elecman began to protest, but he ended up couldn't find words to say. He then glanced to Iceman, hoping the ice-themed Robot Master free at the moment.
"I-If you're thinking I got nothing to do, Elecman, then you're wrong," Iceman said, knowing exactly what the electric-themed Robot Master had in mind. "Same as you, I should head to the city. When we're on our way to the main lab, I got a call from one of the citizen to help him and his group with a task that had something to do with cold temperatures."
"I believe the rest of Dad's Robot Masters working with their own schedule too right now, so I'm the only one left to go!" Roll pointed out, before she whirled to face her father.
"Dad! I need to go and defeat Airman so I could get his data! Megaman— Rock, he..." Roll paused, and was silent for a second or two before she continued, "he has saved my life countless times, and now it's my turn to return the favor! Please allow me to do this, Dad! PLEASE!"
Dr. Light knew he was out of option other than sending Roll to Airman's place in order to save Megaman, especially with his Robot Masters busy with their own schedule. Not only that, Dr. Light saw Roll's bright blue eyes filled with worries that was hidden almost perfectly with a huge determination.
Those eyes... It's just like how Megaman's eyes filled with the last time he claims he's going to save Roll and every robots from Roboenza.
Dr. Light let a loud, heavy sigh escaped his mouth, looking to his daughter right in the eye. She has grown so much... Just like Rock.
"Very well, Roll, my dear. You have my permission to go," Dr. Light said finally, giving a small smile to his robot girl. "And just in case you need something on your way, just turn on your intercom. Auto would be there to answer your call."
Roll return her father's smile, giving him a nod. "Thank you, Dad. I'll make sure to bring good news when I'm back home," the blonde girl told the kind doctor. She then turned around and eyeing her brother Megaman, who still laid down on the reparation table.
"But..." Roll frowns as she shifted her gaze to the scan result of Megaman's body, eyeing the status of her brother's core corruption that still progressing slowly. "How long does Megaman have left before the virus completely shutdown his core?"
"Let me check on that," Auto said as he observes Megaman's scan result screen, using the keyboard connected to the screen to type something that Roll barely manage to remember as the big green robot do it quite fast.
A single beeping voice was heard not long after. "I... I got it," Auto announced, his different way in talk indirectly tells Roll that the answer won't be good. "I-It's... It's one hour. Megaman has one hour before the virus consumed him completely."
"Then I'll go now," Roll quickly stated, as she walk towards the big computer placed just a few steps from Megaman's reparation table. Then, from the big computer's keyboard, the blonde girl clicked the picture of Airman at the screen before her body slowly materialized to yellow light.
"I'll be back just in time! So please take care of Megaman until I get Airman's data!" Roll exclaimed to the people present in the room, before she finally gone from the room in a beam of yellow light...
Oh, no! Megaman was infected with an unknown shutdown virus, and now it's up to Roll to get the last, most needed material to save the 'Blue Bomber'! Will she succeed, or it would be the opposite...? Find it out by keep reading this fic! :D
Well, I hope you enjoyed the Chapter, buddies! Next Chapter is in-progress, so I hope you're waiting for it! Yup, guess that's all for now. See you all next time in the next Chapter! Also, have a good day, buddies~! O:)