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Rock & Roll
Chapter 9 : Rejoice While You Can
A beam of yellow light flew down from the sky and landed right before the front door of the well-known "Dr. Light's Laboratory". The beam took shape into a humanoid form before Roll was materialized from the light.
I finally got home... I hope I'm not too late! Roll thought almost frantically, before she rushed through the front door and bolted her way for the main lab.
When Roll reached the door that leads her to the main lab, she slammed the door open, producing a loud echo that surprised the ones inside— Dr. Light and Auto. Rock was also in the room, still laying on the reparation table with cables attached on him, seemingly asleep with his face pale. He was still on his blue armor suit, but his blue helmet had been taken off from his head, making his brown hair visible.
"Roll! Oh dear, thank goodness!" Dr. Light rushed to Roll before pulling her into a hug, surprising the blonde robot girl. "Y-You're back! I-I'm so glad you made it back here!"
"I congratulate you on your success in beating Airman, Roll. But my, look at you!" Auto placed his hands on his hips, eyeing Roll from head to toe in bewilderment. "You're a total mess! I mean, just look at your hair!"
"W-Well, Auto. Airman executes harsh wind every time, so yeah, you got the point," Roll said with a light chuckle, before she gently pushed Dr. Light off her, looking to the kind doctor right in the eye.
"Dad, I've got the last material needed for the medicine," Roll uttered, before she shifted her gaze to her 'sick' brother. "How long does Rock have left, Auto?"
"J-Just a few minutes left... Four minutes, to be exact!" Auto became frantic once he said those. "D-Doctor! We need to complete the medicine quick!"
"R-Right," Dr. Light said with a nod, before he turned to his daughter.
"Roll, I need to copy Airman's data within you to complete the medicine," Dr. Light said, as he walked Roll to the chair next to Rock's reparation table. "So I hope you don't mind to sit here and stay still for a moment."
Roll took a seat on the chair, looking up to her father.
"I don't mind at all, Dad," Roll said, giving the kind doctor a reassure nod. "Do it."
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It didn't take long before Dr. Light finished copying Airman's data from Roll, and began to work on the medicine with Auto's help.
Meanwhile, Roll still sat on the chair, her eyes fixed to her seemingly-asleep brother. The blonde robot girl brought her right arm to Rock's hand, holding it gently.
Rock... Hang in there, Roll thought, closing her eyes as she clutched Rock's hand, but not too tight.
A hand on the shoulder made Roll open her eyes, and looked to her back.
It was Dr. Light, a serious look was visible on his face. Standing next to the doctor is Auto.
"The medicine is done," Dr. Light announced, showing Roll a capsule colored light blue within his right palm. "I really hope this works... We only had one minute left. Roll, would you mind to step back a bit?"
Roll hesitates to left Rock's side at first. But she then nodded, standing up from her seat and take a few steps back.
"Dad... Please, save Rock..." Roll muttered faintly, her hands clasped together over her chest. The blonde girl looked like she was on the verge of tears.
"I'll do my best, my dear..." Dr. Light uttered to his daughter, before he turned to face Auto.
"Auto," the doctor called the big green bot, "I want you to hold Rock up so I can give him the medicine."
"A-Alright, Doctor," Auto slowly put Rock into a sitting position. Seeing this, Dr. Light brought the medicine to his son's mouth.
Rock... Please, wake up... the doctor thought, putting the capsule into his son's mouth. Then, Dr. Light slowly lifted Rock's head so the brunette boy could swallow the medicine.
When Dr. Light saw Rock swallowed the capsule, he told Auto to laid the boy back down. When Auto did as Dr. Light had instructed him, suddenly, Rock coughed hard a few times as a pained expression crossed through his face. This made everyone in the room panicked.
"R-Rock!" Roll cried out in frantic, watching her brother in worry and dread.
The pained expression was still on Rock's face, but it was gone a few seconds later. This made everyone dreading the worst.
Suddenly, everyone notice some twitching from Rock's fingers that used to be limp. They let out a gasp of surprise, more twitching came from the brunette boy's body as a realization hit them...
The medicine works.
With shock and disbelief, Dr. Light, Auto, and Roll watched Rock's eyes slowly opened, showing his bright green eyes that once gone. They then heard the brunette boy let out a weak groan as he slowly push himself up to a sitting position. When he did, he looked around before his gaze fixed to Dr. Light, Auto, and Roll.
"D-... Dad? A-Auto? Roll...?" Rock muttered, his head cocked to the side. "W-... Why do you all... looked so surprised?"
Roll couldn't hold back the tears she tried so hard not to release. She then rushed to Rock and flung her arms around him, hugging him tight.
"R-Rock! Oh, I'm so glad you're okay!" Roll cried aloud, tightening her hug on her brother.
Rock returned his sister's hug. "Roll... What happened to me?"
"You were infected by a dangerous shutdown virus! But luckily, we can make a medicine to annihilate that virus from you!" Roll told her brother as she gently pushed Rock off her, looking to the brunette boy right in the eye. "I'm so relieved that the medicine works!"
Rock smiled to his sister before he glanced to the big computer placed not far from them. He was shocked to find Airman's picture absent from the view, indicating that the Robot Master had been defeated.
"Roll..." Rock looked back to his sister, his bright green eyes were wide. "Are you... the one who defeated Airman?"
Roll smiled to her brother, nodding. "Yup, it's me! I got to admit, Rock. Airman is a strong Robot Master. His wind attacks were quite a problem! Oh, and I'm not alone that time— someone helped me by firing a charged-shot colored dark purple."
Roll put her hand under her chin in thought. "I still get no idea who it was, though... The charged-shot suddenly came out of nowhere and hit Airman..."
Rock's calm face stiffened a bit. "Wait a sec... Roll, what's the color of the charged-shot again?"
"The color? Well, it's—" Roll began to say, but was cut off when suddenly, everything is blurry for her eyes. It only last for two seconds before everything is back to normal... At least until her eyes gets blurry again a second later.
E-Eh...?
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- Meanwhile, in a fortress somewhere far away... -
"I can't... believe this," Piano uttered with a groan, as she brought her left hand to her head and let her fingers slip down her face. "That Roll girl defeated Airman... Tch, how unexpected."
Piano is standing next to a reparation table, an 'offline' Airman was laying on it. Standing next to the purple-haired girl is Dr. Wily.
"Dad," Piano turned to face her father, frowning a bit, "it looks like Megaman will be back in action. I'm really sorry... You must be disappointed to know your arch-nemesis is back."
Dr. Wily was silent for a few seconds before he nods. "Well, Piano. I might be disappointed for that fact, but...!"
The mad doctor grinned almost evilly before he turned to face Piano. "I bet that Roll girl is now finished. She had no idea what I had in store... Hehehehehe..."
Piano got curious at this. "Dad, I was wondering... What did you do to say that?"
"Well, Piano. Let me ask you a question," Dr. Wily began, putting his arms behind his back. "What did you know about 'Project Blue W10'?"
Piano closed her eyes. "Searching for 'Project Blue W10'..." the robot girl muttered, and kept still for a moment before she opened her eyes. "File found. Open the file..."
Piano was silent for a second or two before she spoke again. "'Project Blue W10', otherwise known as 'Roboenza', is a computer virus created by you— Dr. Albert W. Wily— that only affects robots. The affected ones will had flu-like symptoms, and eventually malfunction and became violent. This virus made you succeed in ruling the world... at least until DLN-001— Megaman, DLN-000— Protoman, and..." Piano bit her lip, hesitating to continue, but know she had to, "... my older brother, SWN-001— Bass, put a stop to you and the virus..."
After finishing her explanation, the purple-haired girl sighed. "Dad... I really wished my older brother weren't missing. I really, really want to ask him why he helped them."
Dr. Wily turned around, facing away from Piano. "I hoped for that as well, Piano," the mad doctor uttered, emphasizing the word 'hoped' in annoyance.
"... Dad? Something's wrong? You sounds... annoyed just now," Piano inquired her creator, tilting her head to the side in wonder.
Dr. Wily waved his hand around, still facing away from the robot girl. "Never mind that, Piano. Anyway, can we go back to the topic?"
"Yes, we can," Piano said with firm nod, and Dr. Wily cleared his throat.
"Your memory chip seems to work well. You remembered each details of every data I put in you... Alright, so back to the topic..." Dr. Wily began. "It's about my backup plan. You see, I still remembered how to make 'Project Blue W10', but as time goes by, I realize it wasn't as stronger as before.
"At the time I reconstruct the Robot Masters, I put 'Project Blue W10' on each of them for my backup plan, but turns out it'll make them malfunction, while Solarman's systems was already immune to the virus. So I was forced to remove it away from them... except one," Dr. Wily had an evil look on his face at this. "Because instead of getting systems-malfunction, 'Project Blue W10' resides well within the systems of this one Robot Master thanks to this one 'particle' within his data... Even better, this one 'particle' made 'Project Blue W10' ten times more powerful. I've set it up so that the powerful 'Project Blue W10' will be moved and affect anyone who copy his data by touching his body."
Piano looked at her creator both in confusion and curiosity. "Only one Robot Master? ... Who is it, Dad?"
Dr. Wily grinned widely, turning himself around to face the purple-haired robot girl.
"Airman," the mad doctor told the robot girl, who in return gasped lightly. "And I believe... the powerful 'Project Blue W10' has taken its toll on that household-turned-fighting robot girl."
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- Meanwhile, back at "Dr. Light's Laboratory"... -
Roll felt something's not right with her. Whenever she tried to focus her eyes, her vision quickly became blurry. She uttered out a weak groan and barely keep her footing, the tremendous pain that coursed through her head made the blonde robot girl clutched her head tightly.
Auto had just finished moving the last cable attached on Rock when both he and the brunette boy heard Roll's weak groan.
"R-Roll...? You look pale, are you alright?" Rock looked at his sister with slight worry, wondering why his sister held her head tight.
"Hey, Roll. Are you—" Auto began to say, but was cut off when suddenly, Roll's eyes lost its blue color as she fell unconscious, hitting the hard surface of the floor.
"R-ROLL!" Rock hopped off the reparation table and rushed to his sister's body. Once the brunette boy reached Roll's side, he kneeled down before cradling the blonde girl in his arms.
"Roll...? ROLL! Wake up! Open your eyes!" Rock shook his sister a few times, hoping the blonde girl would awaken.
"R-... Roll? Oh, dear. What is wrong with her?!" Auto cried in frantic, kneeling down beside Rock with his eyes fixed on the unconscious Roll.
"Oh, no... What now?" Dr. Light muttered, his eyes were wide. First was his son Rock, and now his daughter Roll...? "Rock, put her on the reparation table! I'm going to scan her body and see what's wrong with her!"
"A-Alright, Dad," Rock said with a nod. He then lifted Roll's body and placed her on the reparation table where he 'laid down' before.
Auto began to attach cables on Roll while Dr. Light prepared the scanning program. Rock looked at his sister in worry, dreading that something worse will happen to the blonde robot girl as the scanning program did its job.
When the scanning program finishes its job, everyone in the room were shocked with the scan's result.
"R-... Roboenza?! B-But how?!" Dr. Light observes Roll's scan result screen in shock, before he proceed to use the keyboard connected to the screen to type something. When he was done, the doctor gasped.
"I-It's ten times more powerful than before! T-This can't be cured by the Roboenza medicines we had now— it wouldn't be enough!" Dr. Light cried out in disbelief, while Rock and Auto were shocked to hear this. "Oh, no... Wily, what have you done now?!"
Dr. Light's hands clenched to fist at his sides as he closed his eyes shut. "First was my son, and now... Roll? Wily, how could you...!" At the last statement, tears began to form in the doctor's eyes.
"D-Doctor..." Auto walked to Dr. Light's side, wondering what could he do to cheer up the saddened doctor.
Meanwhile, Rock stood still in shock, eyeing his sister with his wide green orbs.
R-Roll...
A few seconds later, Rock's eyes were back to its normal size, his teeth were grinding together in an angry manner.
Dr. Wily... the brunette boy thought indignantly, his hands balled into tight fist at his sides. He felt so angry right now. How could Dr. Wily hurt his sister again, especially with the virus that used to affect her and almost made her malfunction back before? Even worse, the mad doctor had upgraded the virus so it was ten times more powerful! This could led the virus to corrupt Roll's core, and the worst is, it could make her shutdown permanently!
Roll... What should I do? You've saved me from that dangerous shutdown virus you told me... Now how can I return the favor?
As if someone hears what Rock thinks, a faint beeping sound caught his attention. This surprised Rock as he looked around for the source of the voice, and found that the voice came from his blue helmet that placed on the table not far from him.
Curious, he walked over to the table and picked his helmet.
Someone is calling me...? I wonder who... Rock thought, before he put on his helmet— which completely covered his brown hair out of the view, and answered the call.
"Hello?" Rock— now Megaman, began to say to his intercom. "... Who is this?"
It took a moment before a voice of a chuckle was heard from the other line, and somehow, Megaman felt the voice was familiar to him.
"Hello, Megaman... It's been a while, isn't it?" the voice began, sounding robotic. It also heard like it was belonged to a male.
Megaman blinked in slight surprise upon hearing the statement. "How did you know my name? Who are you...?"
The male robotic voice chuckled again. "Oh, my. Just a few weeks passed, and you have forgotten me, Megaman? Heh, alright then. Let me give you a clue about who I am," the male robotic voice uttered. "You see... I'm capable of creating artificial sunlight from the top of my head. There, ring any bells?"
Once the clue was spoken by the voice, it didn't take long before Megaman realized who he was talking to.
"Y-You're..." Megaman clenched his free hand into fist at his side. "... Solarman."
"Glad you know me instantly with that clue, Megaman," the male robotic voice, which revealed to be Solarman, said with a light chuckle, while Megaman slowly gritted his teeth.
"So... Your sister, who goes by the name Roll, was infected by Roboenza again?" Solarman said, chuckling. Then, with a sarcastic and false sad tone, he added, "My, I feel sorry for you, Megaman."
The 'Blue Bomber' was shocked to hear this. "H-How did you know about that...?"
"I was eavesdropping on the conversation between Dr. Wily and his 'new robot'," Solarman answered the blue robot's question. "From the conversation, I got tons of information waited to be told. Want me to tell?"
"If you insist on that, then very well. Tell me," Megaman quickly replied, wondering what was actually planned by Solarman.
"Very well. So here's what I got from the conversation," Solarman began. "You see, it is revealed that Dr. Wily put Roboenza virus on each of us— the reconstructed Robot Masters— as his backup plan. However, it will cause malfunction to us if he do so, which forcing him to move it away.
"But this one 'particle' from Airman's data— which I heard was also the last material needed to cured you from... whatever 'sickness' you suffered before— protected Airman from the virus. Not only that... The 'particle' also caused Roboenza to be ten times more powerful within Airman's systems without damaging him," Solarman continued. "Dr. Wily had set it up so that the powerful Roboenza— or 'Project Blue W10', as he called it— will be moved and affects anyone who copy Airman's data by touching Airman's body."
Megaman tensed when he heard the last statement. "W-Wait... You mean—"
"Yes, Megaman," Solarman blurted in. "When your sister touched Airman's body, the powerful Roboenza moved instantly to her body, and infects her once again. Only this time, the virus was ten times more powerful."
Megaman was silent for a moment before he notice something. "Wait a minute... How about you? Did you get malfunction by Roboenza?"
"Oh, I haven't told you about that?" Solarman said, his voice sounds like as if he was pleased with the current situation. "Well, Dr. Wily said that I'm immune to Roboenza now. My systems must be able to fight away the negative effect of the virus..."
Somehow, the way Solarman spoke about his systems made Megaman suspicious that the sun-elemental Robot Master want to tell him something indirectly... And it didn't take long before the 'Blue Bomber' realized what Solarman is trying to tell him.
"Your data!" Megaman exclaimed aloud, which loud enough to brought Dr. Light and Auto's attention from Roll to the 'Blue Bomber'.
"Ah... So you got what I meant, hmm? That's good," Solarman uttered with a chuckle. "And you know what, Megaman? You were lucky."
"What's that suppose to mean?!" the 'Blue Bomber' almost snapped upon saying that, wondering why the sun-elemental Robot Master said 'lucky' to him.
"I challenge you to a battle," was all Solarman said. This enough to startle Megaman as he gasped.
"... W-What?"
"You heard me, Megaman. I, Solarman, challenged you to a battle," the sun-elemental Robot Master uttered. "You win, you get my data and save your sister. You lose... Well, let's just say that neither you and your sister will see the world again."
A serious look plastered on Megaman's face. "I accept your challenge."
"I knew you would," Solarman replied, a chuckle escaped his mouth. "I will wait for your arrival... Until then, Megaman."
With that last statement, Solarman hung up, the subtle click of disconnection went through Megaman's intercom as the Robot Master did so.
"Ro— M-Megaman..." Dr. Light called the blue robot, who turned his head to the doctor. "W-... Who just called you, my dear?"
"Someone who can help us to heal Roll from the Roboenza virus she suffered, Dad," Megaman answered, walking over to his father. "It's Solarman. He told me that his systems are now immune to Roboenza. So if I could get his data, we can mix it with the Roboenza medicine we had and get Roll cured."
"... B-Before the time is up," Auto added, his voice is shaking. Megaman and Dr. Light turned to Auto, wondering why the big green robot sounded anxious just now.
"I-I just checked at how long does Roll have left before the Roboenza virus completely consumed and ruined her systems. A-And the result surprised me..." Auto began, turning his head to Dr. Light and Megaman. "R-Roll only has... 40 minutes... b-before the Roboenza virus consumed her completely."
"Then I'll go now," Megaman quickly stated, as he walk towards the big computer placed not far from him. Then, from the big computer's keyboard, the 'Blue Bomber' clicked the picture of Solarman at the screen before his body slowly materialized to blue light.
"I'll be back just in time! Dad, Auto, please take care of Roll until I get Solarman's data!" Megaman exclaimed to the people present in the room, before he finally gone from the room in a beam of blue light...
An unexpected event happens, and now Megaman must fight Solarman to get his data to save Roll! Will the 'Blue Bomber' succeed...? Find it out at the next Chapter! ;)
Well, I hope you enjoyed the Chapter, buddies! Next Chapter is in-progress, so I hope you're waiting for it!
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