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Rock & Roll
Chapter 8 : Rematch of the Wind
Ugh... Not this corridor thing again...
Roll sighs aloud, placing her hands to her hips. Once again, the blonde girl found herself at a narrow corridor, with the low ceiling just above her head. Another grey metal door was seen a few meters before her.
She still couldn't understand what was the purpose Dr. Wily made this corridor thing in each of his stages. Was it really to playing around with Megaman's feeling to make him doubt to go on, or it was made for other purposes?
I should ask Dr. Wily about this once I face to face with him... Because seriously, I still confused about this corridor thing, Roll thought in slight bewilderment. She then shook her head before she began to walk to the grey metal door in front of her, and proceed forward.
Once she was on the other side of the grey metal door, Roll shrieked as she fall down to the ground that level is unexpectedly way too lower than where the door placed.
What the— NOT AGAIN! Roll cried out mentally as she still falling down, one hand holding down her dress. Why can't Dr. Wily build a door at normal places?! It's the SECOND time I've faced this already!
Roll was too focused at complaining about Dr. Wily's 'unintelligent' inside her mind that she didn't notice the ground below her. So once her feet made contact with the ground, she landed unsteadily with one leg, stumbling forward before she fell onto her face.
Ugh... I should have seen this coming. And I fell on my face... again, Roll grumbled mentally, pushing herself off the ground, using one arm to rub the dirt from her face. Once she was up on her feet, she looks around.
She's now inside a small room of some sort. Right below her feet, many small glass platforms with red-colored machine blocks that attached to each platform were arranged in a shape of a big square, serving as the room's floor. Above her is the bright blue sky, though unfortunately, thick white clouds covered almost all parts of the sky, making the blonde girl couldn't get a clear view of the beautiful blue sky above her. Far in front of her is a wall made from the same material as the 'floor' she was standing on.
How I wish I could see the sun... If only this mass of clouds were not blocking the sky from view...
Suddenly, a robot came down from the clouds, which shocked Roll as she stumble back a bit in surprise. When the robot landed on the ground, Roll focused her eyes to the robot...
"Huh? M-... Matasaburo?" Roll muttered confusedly, squinting her eyes to take a careful look to the robot. When she did so, she realized it wasn't the robot enemy Matasaburo whom she witness.
"Wait a sec... You're not a Matasaburo..." Roll uttered slowly, before her eyes sprung open in shock. "You're... Airman!"
"... I can't believe you saw me as Matasaburo, Megaman's sister. Even worse, you're the first to do so. Not even Megaman ever mistook me as that robot." the robot— Airman— uttered with a groan, glaring at Roll. "Also, what wind blows you here? Where is Megaman? Why it was you who came here, Megaman's sister?"
"H-Hey! Don't blame me! You and that robot enemy Matasaburo are look-alike! ... Even though you both only identical at the fan in your mid-section," Roll muttered, unsure what else to say as she mistook a robot for someone else for the second time today.
"Also," the blonde girl added, pointing an accusing finger at Airman, "my name's Roll, and you better remember that!"
"I don't have time to remember such thing like that," Airman replied blankly, his eyes still focused at Roll. "Also..." he continued, but was cut off by a beeping sound from the left side of his head.
Airman sighs before he brought his left hand up. Seeing this, Roll presumed an intercom was planted within the left side of Airman's head.
"This is Airman. What is it?" the air-themed Robot Master uttered. After that, he was silent for a moment before a fleck of surprise crossed through his eyes, which confuses Roll.
"... Alright, I got it. I will make sure I won't fail," Airman finally said after a long silence, before he brought his left hand down from his head.
Airman focused his eyes at Roll before he got into his battle stance.
"I just got a report from Dr. Wily's new robot," the air-themed Robot Master began. "'She' told me that you need my data to save Megaman from... whatever 'sickness' he suffered. So don't ever hope I'll go easy on you... Megaman's sister."
"It's ROLL!" the blonde robot girl snapped loudly, narrowing her eyes at Airman. She kept still like that for a moment before finally realizing what the Robot Master said.
"Wait, what...?" Roll muttered in disbelief, her eyes sprung open in shock. "H-How could... B-But..."
Roll took a step back. "W-... Who told you about that?"
Airman sighed. "I've told you," the air-themed Robot Master began, "that 'I just got a report from Dr. Wily's new robot', which is a 'she', if you forget."
Roll lowered her head. A piece of memory flashed through her mind— a memory where she, Dr. Light, Auto, and Rock watched Dr. Wily's announcement of his plans of world domination from the TV. The memory then focused to the image of SWN-002— a robot girl standing behind Dr. Wily whose 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.
"SWN-002..." Roll muttered, before she diverts her gaze from the ground to Airman. "Is it her who told you about that?"
"You only know 'her' serial number, I see... Well, it's better that way," Airman commented, holding out his blaster-like right hand to the side. "Because if you know 'her', I think it will cause problems for us, especially Dr. Wily."
Airman then brought his blaster-like hand up, pointing it at Roll. "Megaman already defeated me last time. Now that I've been redesigned and upgraded by Dr. Wily, I'm planning to defeat Megaman this time, but turns out he was 'sick', and his sister took his place instead."
As Airman watched Roll switches her left arm to a red Buster, the air-themed Robot Master chuckles. "I see... So you choose to fight, Megaman's sister?" the air-themed Robot Master uttered. "Very well... Let's see how good you really are!"
*Music Starts : Boss Theme (Megaman 2)*
Airman executes a gust of wind from his blaster hand, aiming it at Roll. Seeing this, the blonde girl jumped to the side, avoiding the air-themed Robot Master's attack.
"Hmph, I'm surprised you avoided it," Airman commented with a groan, before the fan in his mid-section began to spun slowly. "But can you avoid this, Megaman's sister?"
With those words, Airman's fan spun faster as it executed seven small tornadoes in bluish color. The small tornadoes then flew to Roll at high-speed.
"W-Whoa!" Roll tried her best to avoid the tornadoes, but two of all the tornadoes succeed to hit her, making her cried out in pain before she was sent flying off and crashed to the metal wall behind her with a loud and harsh clang.
"U-Ugh... I can't believe you got the first attack..." Roll grumbled quietly, slowly getting on her feet. "B-But know this, Airman... I won't lose!"
With those words, Roll brought up her Buster, which fully charged with energy, before she proceed to release a charged-shot colored yellow to Airman. The air-themed Robot Master never expect Roll to counter his attack, and got hit by the Buster shot.
"Ugh!" Airman grunted in pain, closing one of his eye in motion, but manage to stood still as he only stumbling back a step.
"Tch... I'm surprised," Airman muttered, looking up to Roll. "Here I never thought you'll land a damage on me, Megaman's sis—"
"Can't you at least," the blonde robot girl said angrily with a loud tone, interrupting Airman, "call me with my name?!"
The air-themed Robot Master humphed. "In my opinion, your name sounds so lame, and has no challenge in it, unlike Megaman. So I don't need to do such task."
"That's it? THAT'S IT?!" Roll yelled, her right eye twitched in annoyance. "Look, just because my name sounds lame to you doesn't mean you're not calling me with my name, Airman!"
"Hmph, you sure talk much, Megaman's sister. Fine, here's the deal," Airman uttered, the fan in his mid-section started to spun faster. "If you manage to avoid this attack, then I'll call you with your name, Megaman's sister."
Airman's fan spun faster by any second, making Roll felt a tinge of uneasiness as her yellow bangs slowly blew from her face.
All of the sudden, Airman's fan executes a fierce wind at Roll. Not only that— the air-themed Robot Master also launched uncountable small tornadoes in bluish color that flew to Roll at high-speed.
Roll shrieks aloud upon seeing Airman's upcoming attack, trying her best to avoid all the small bluish tornadoes while trying to keep her balance, as she always landed unsteadily with one leg each time she jumps to avoid Airman's harmful small tornadoes.
As the tense moment continues (at least for Roll), suddenly, a beeping sound was heard from the small ear piece Roll wore on her right ear. She brought her right hand up and tapped the ear piece, but before she could say a word, the blonde robot girl was forced to utter out a yelp as she bend down to avoid two of Airman's harmful small tornadoes that flew at her.
"Whoa, Roll! Easy there! It's me, Auto!" Auto's voice came from the ear piece Roll was wearing. "Why are you yelping, anywa—"
"Not," Roll interrupted, jumping to the left to avoid two of Airman's small tornadoes, "a good time," Roll landed unsteadily with one leg before she regain her balance, "to call, Auto!"
Silence is what Roll replied with, but it only last for a few seconds as Auto spoke again.
"... Something's wrong there, Roll?"
"Do you really need to ask that, Auto?!" Roll almost screamed upon saying that, making Auto winced. "... Alright, maybe you need to, as you're a curious one, if I remember. But really, Auto... Isn't it obvious?"
Auto went silent again, presumably thinking. A few seconds later— right after Roll jumped again to avoid Airman's harmful tornadoes— Auto spoke again.
"I heard voices of wind... It sounded a bit fierce, though... Ah, I know! You've defeated Airman!"
Roll's right eye twitched when she heard the green robot's statement. Did Auto seriously not notice what was going on? The blonde girl screeched to a halt before she stomps the ground with her right leg, making the glass platform below her cracked slightly. Her action caused Airman jumps in surprise as he dismissed his attacks, while on the other line of Roll's ear piece, Auto secretly hoped he could turn back time and—
"Really, AUTO?!" Roll yelled angrily, her loud voice hurting not just Auto's, but Airman's hearing system as well. "You SERIOUSLY thought the voices of the FIERCE WIND means I've DEFEATED Airman?!"
Auto tried to find words to say, but when he did so, he completely messed up.
"Uh... Y-Yeah?"
"What the— AUTO!" Roll yelled, slapping herself in the face with her left hand in annoyance. "You really had NO idea of what's going on here?!"
While Roll continued rambling on Auto, Airman realize his chance to attack, getting back into his battle stance once again.
Hmph. What a fool, letting her guard down. Is she completely forgot that I was here? Airman thought, as he began to spun the fan in his mid-section. While doing so, he mentally hoped he has a mouth, so he could smirk to show how pleased he was with the situation.
Your time to play hero is over, Megaman's sister... I'm going to end you right here and now!
Airman released another fierce wind from his fan, which brought Roll back to focus on the battle. While the blonde girl tried to keep her footing, Airman launched uncountable small tornadoes in bluish color that flew to Roll at high-speed.
"Alright, Auto. Hear me out!" the blonde girl cried to her ear piece. "Your conclusion was wrong— I haven't defeat Airman yet!"
"You... You can't beat him?"
"N-No! Not like that!" Roll exclaimed, before she bend down to avoid Airman's three small tornadoes that flew at her. "Auto, you better told me why you called and—!"
Roll was abruptly cut off when Airman's wind starting to send her slowly sliding backwards, which startled her. As Airman started to walk forward, the wind blow even harder. This made Roll lost her footing as she was slammed to the metal wall behind her.
"AHH!" Roll cried out in pain, both her eyes closed in motion. She then found herself unable to move as Airman's wind had pinned and force her to stay still on the wall.
"R-Roll! Are you alright?!" Auto asked frantically through Roll's ear piece, which only replied by the groans that escaped the blonde girl's mouth.
"Relax, Megaman's sister," Airman said, as Roll open one eye to looked at the air-themed Robot Master. "The pain won't last long. Because after this, I will erase your existence."
While keeping the force of his wind in high level, Airman walked casually towards Roll. This made the blonde girl gritted her teeth, struggling to move away from the wall, but it didn't work out.
At the moment, the only thing inside Roll's head was to get herself off the wall. But the thought was interrupted when voices came from her ear piece.
"A-Auto!" Dr. Light's voice was heard, sounding frantic. "T-The virus is acting up again! Give me another medicine!"
Auto gasped. "A-Again? I-It's the seventh time now, and I haven't got the chance to tell Roll about this..." the green bot uttered, the anxiety in his voice was clear. "B-But... can't you see it, Doctor? I-It's no use! The medicine is incomplete! So even if we gave Rock the medicine, the virus would only acted up again!"
"I know it wouldn't heal him completely, but at least... it's enough to slow down the virus before Roll brought the last material needed to complete the medicine," Dr. Light replied, his voice somehow filled with desperation. "It's ten minutes before Rock's time is up... So it would be expected if the virus began to acting up on him..."
Auto sighed, feeling sorry for the doctor. "A-Alright, Doctor... I'll bring you the medi—" Roll couldn't hear more than that as suddenly, her ear piece was blown away from her right ear and smashed to the wall, destroying it instantly.
The remains of the ear piece were blown away by Airman's wind to no one knows where, but Roll paid no attention to it.
Her eyes widened in shock and disbelief, the thought to escape from the wall she trapped on quickly broke and scattered out from her head.
Rock has only... ten minutes to survive? How come time flies so fast when she didn't notice it? She felt it hadn't been long since she started her battle with Airman... So how come...?
Rock... No...
A mixture of worry and dread flowed within Roll as suddenly, she got the power to slowly push herself off the wall. The sight of her struggling made Airman blinked in wonder and put a halt on his steps.
Rock... You can't shutdown!
With that being said aloud in her mind, Roll successfully get herself off the wall, standing firmly. Even though the wind blowing hard on her, she stood on her ground with no problem.
"W-What?!" Airman took a step back, his eyes were wide in shock. "I-Impossible! How did you escape?!"
Roll was silent at the question, her head was lowered. But a few seconds later, she finally spoke.
"It's my willpower," Roll uttered, looking to the air-themed Robot Master right in the eye, not bothering about her bangs that blew at her face. "I want to save Megaman— Rock, from the shutdown virus he suffered. The medicine to cured him wouldn't complete if I don't get your data, Airman... So even if I fall, I will back up again and fight!"
"Y-You..." Airman narrowed his eyes at Roll. "I didn't know that you're as annoying as Megaman, never give up easily and keep fighting. But let me tell you this, Megaman's sister... You won't defeat me."
"Oh, really?" Roll brought her right arm up, bringing her index finger up before she pointed it to her right temple. "I doubt it, Airman."
The air-themed Robot Master was confused at this. "... What's that suppose to mean, Megaman's sister?"
"Well," Roll began, a smile was formed on her face, "inside my head, there are 100 database about me, Megaman, and the others, even the Robot Masters and Dr. Wily. These database were extracted from one hundred CDs that Megaman and Bass found back when they joined forces to beat King— and Dr. Wily. It's only filled with little information, though. It only consists of their good and bad point, and their like and dislike."
Airman's eyes grew wide. "W-Wait... Y-You don't mean—" he began, but was cut off by Roll.
"So... you dislike 'fall of the leaf', huh?" Roll switches her left arm to her red Buster, before placing her right hand atop her Buster. "I just get a hint of how to defeat you, Airman."
With those words, Roll closed her eyes, while Airman was left speechless, knowing that the tables have turned.
"Activating weapon data entry number one," Roll muttered with a calm voice before she brought her Buster up, her dress and boots started to glow and change in color— her red dress and boots transformed to deep green color, while her dark blue sleeves and her boots' cuffs changed to white color.
"LEAF SHIELD!" Roll cried out, before releasing eight leaf-shaped metal pieces from her Buster in a form of two rings— one ring formed by four 'leaves'. The 'leaves' were aimed at Airman. It went past the harsh wind easily with no problem, which shocked the air-themed Robot Master.
"T-That's impossi—!" Airman began to say, but was cut off when the 'leaves' struck him right on the fan in his mid-section. This made the air-themed Robot Master cried in pain as the metal leaves get stuck in his fan, made it hard to keep it spinning.
With Airman's fan unable to move, the fierce wind is finally stopped. Roll's hair has become a total mess by the wind, especially her bangs. But she didn't bother to comb it with her hand as her attention was still focused on Airman, who now on his knees while clutching his fan with his left hand, sparks were coming out from his fan.
"I... I won't lose..." Airman uttered with a groan, looking up at Roll. "... I WON'T LOSE!"
With those words, Airman pointed his blaster-like right hand at Roll, ready to launch an attack. Seeing this, Roll pointed her Buster at Airman, and was about to execute another 'Leaf Shield' when suddenly...
BHAM!
Roll gasped in surprise when she saw a charged-shot colored dark purple came out of nowhere and hit Airman's blaster-like right hand, causing Airman's right hand to almost fell off! His blaster-like right hand is now hung and dangling by his right side by cables, which can snap at any moment.
"U-UAAAGH!" Airman screamed in agony, bringing his left hand to his injured arm. Roll saw her chance to attack, pointing her Buster at Airman.
I'm sorry, Airman... Roll thought, frowning. It's not right to attack you who was injured badly... But I need to defeat you to save Rock...
Roll turned her head away from Airman, her Buster ready to launch an attack.
I'm very sorry, Airman...
"LEAF SHIELD!" Roll cried out, launching a ring of four leaf-shaped metal pieces to Airman, who was still on his knees. When the attack hit Airman, he cried aloud in pain.
"UAAGH! U-Urgh..." Airman put his left hand on the floor to support himself up, his eyes closed shut.
"H-Heh... L-Looks like luck was on you side..." Airman muttered, looking up to Roll right in the eye. "B-But I got... t-to admit. You've... f-fought well, Megaman's sis— No. I-It's Roll... was it?"
With those last words, small explosions began to appear all around Airman's body, making trails of dark smokes coming out from the explosions' spot as Airman's eyes become blank. The air-themed Robot Master then slid down into laying position as no more movement coming from him.
*Music Ends*
Roll switches her left arm back to her normal hand, her dress and boots changed back to its normal color.
She stared at the defeated Robot Master in shock, the feeling of relief and guilt slowly made its way to her core.
Not this feeling again... Roll thought with a frown, placing her hand to her chest. Still... Who fired the that dark purple charged-shot at Airman? Sure, it helped me to defeat Airman, but... I'm curious...
It was then something clicked in her mind, and it made her gasped, her bright green eyes grew wide.
Rock!
Without another thought, Roll sprinted over Airman's body, kneeling beside him. She brought her left arm to Airman's body, and in instant, something was flowing through her left arm before it spread completely inside her body.
This should be the data needed to make the medicine... Roll thought, before she stood up.
"Hey!" she cried aloud, bringing her head up. "I know you're there somewhere— someone who had released that charged-shot colored dark purple. If you can hear me, then I would like to say that I'm grateful for your help, but that's kind of callous, you know... I mean, you made Airman's right arm almost fell off."
Roll then shook her head. "Still... Whoever you are, thanks for your help! But please control your power next time you use it!" the blonde girl exclaimed. She then activated her teleportation system, setting it to go to her home as her body slowly materialized to yellow light.
Rock, hang in there. I'm coming! Roll thought, before she was gone from the place in a beam of yellow light...
Meanwhile, a male figure in black armor stood on the top of a high glass platform, a smirk was visible at his face. Standing at his side was a wolf-like robot dog colored purple.
"Control my power? Hah! That would be boring for sure!" the male figure exclaimed, his smirk grew even wider. "Besides, I didn't mean to help you. I just need to shot something, that's all."
He then brought his head up in thought. "But really, Airman looked very different from the last time I saw him... Did 'old man' redesigned him?"
He smirked. "Well, then I guess it wouldn't hurt to give that 'old man' a visit. If his robots get redesigned, then we must get it too!"
He looked down to the wolf-like robot dog beside him. "And you know what's better other than getting a redesign? Upgrades! Yes, that 'old man' must give us that, or else, I'll make sure he won't see the world again!"
With the decision made, he grinned almost evilly before he and the wolf-like robot dog were gone from their spot in a beam of dark purple light.
Roll win against Airman and get his data! But by the time she got home, will she arrive on time, or will the virus consumed Rock completely...? Find it out at the next Chapter! ;)
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