{Last updated: 1/30/2014}
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Disclaimer : The game company Capcom owns the series "Megaman" and any of its characters in this fic. Piano is owned by Capricorn— the company that create the Japanese fan-game "Rockmen R: Dr. Wily's Counterattack". Blastman is owned by blee7442. What I own is the plot of this fanfic~ ^^-
Rock & Roll
Chapter 16 : Rematch of the Flames
Roll huffed at the sight caught by her green eyes. 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.
I still couldn't understand what was the purpose Dr. Wily made this corridor thing in each of his stages... Roll thought in slight bewilderment. At times like these, I really hoped Dr. Wily was right in front of me so I could ask him about this.
Deciding to put the thought aside, Roll 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 quickly closed her eyes, fearing that the ground's level was too low just like those at Woodman and Airman's stages. But when she felt herself still standing on her feet, the blonde robot girl slowly opened her eyes, and gave out a loud sigh of relief once she found that the ground's level was normal.
Looking up, Roll finds that she was inside a small room with high ceiling. The walls are made of metal and colored red. The floor she stood on was also metal in material and is a bit hot, making the blonde girl thought that below the floor was lava or something.
Suddenly, the light that illuminates the room goes dim and almost pitch black, making Roll let out a gasp of surprise. Then, within the darkness, the blonde girl saw something coming down from the above.
The light came back on a few seconds later, and Roll found that the something she just saw in the darkness is actually someone. It is not much of a surprise for Roll to see that the someone is Flameman.
"You must be Flameman," Roll uttered, her blue eyes focused to the Robot Master far in front of her. "I see Dr. Wily redesigned you too. That means you're also getting upgrades from him."
"So you're Roll?" Flameman began to say, eyes focused to the blonde girl. "Hmph, for someone who looks like a weakling, you're actually pretty strong."
"H-Hey! Don't call me that!" Roll said aloud with a huff, crossing her arms. "I've defeated Woodman and Airman! That should be enough to prove that I'm NOT a weakling!"
"It doesn't matter," the Arabian-styled Robot Master uttered. "I'll put an end to you quickly so I can beat Megaman next and get praised by Dr. Wily."
"As if I would let you do that!" Roll snapped, teeth grinding together in anger. "Besides, you're NOT a robot made by Dr. Wily in the first place! Why you continued to work for him?"
Flameman sighs. "I am not accepted anymore at anywhere ever since that 'Mr. X Incident'. The reason why I continued to work for Dr. Wily was because he's the only one from all around the world to accept me."
"But Dr. Wily is Mr. X!" Roll pointed out. "You should have blamed him for making you 'exiled' from the world!"
"It's too late to blame him for that, little girl," Flameman replied, holding out his left Buster-like hand to the side. "He offered me a place to stay, so I have no problem in working for him now. Even Solarman does the same ever since he was 'exiled' from the world right after the 'Roboenza Incident'."
"F-Flameman..." Roll swung her right arm to the side. "Y-You're wrong! I know there's someone out there who would forgive you! All you have to do is try a little harder, and—!"
"Quiet, little girl!" Flameman cut in, pointing his left Buster-like hand to the blonde girl. "I have made my decision, so stop complaining and FIGHT!"
Roll was taken aback at this. "F-Flameman..." the blonde girl gritted her teeth, switching her left arm to a red Buster and points it at the Arabian-styled Robot Master. "A-Alright, then... You asked for it!"
*Music Starts : Boss Battle (Megaman 6)*
Flameman slams his left Buster-like hand on the ground, releasing pillars of flame from the ground and aimed it to Roll. The blonde robot girl reacted quickly by stepping to the side just in time to avoid the flame pillars, and countered by firing three small, yellow-colored shots at the Arabian-styled Robot Master.
Flameman flinched when Roll's small shots hit him, but quickly get back to his fighting stance as the small shots didn't do much on him.
"Tch..." the Arabian-styled Robot Master groaned, glaring at Roll. "Nice try, little girl. But I won't lose! Flame Blast!"
"W-What?!" Roll's eyes widened in surprise, not expecting Flameman to recover so quickly. Before she could do much, suddenly, the Arabian-styled Robot Master slams his left Buster-like arm to the ground again, launching a pillar of flame right below Roll.
"Aah!" Roll cried in pain, her red dress and dark blue sleeves had some burn marks as the flame pillar disappears.
"W-... Won't lose?" Roll looked up to the Arabian-styled Robot Master, silently charging up energy into her red Buster. "Sorry, Flameman. But I will not allow you to win this battle, especially with the fact that you are on Dr. Wily's side!"
With those words, the blonde robot girl launched her charged-shot. The sight surprises Flameman, not expecting Roll to attack as the charged-shot hit him.
"Ugh!" the Arabian-styled robot grunted in pain, stumbling two steps back.
"U-Urgh... What is WRONG with you?!" Flameman slams his left Buster-like arm to the ground again, releasing pillars of flame from the ground and aimed it to Roll. "I've told you, right? I have made my decision, so stop complaining and FIGHT!"
Roll avoided the flame pillars, but two successfully hit her, making her grimaced in pain.
"C-Can't you just try a little bit harder?!" Roll launches a charged-shot to Flameman. "Maybe someone out there still accepts you!"
Roll's charged-shot hit Flameman once again, making the Arabian-styled Robot Master grunted in pain.
"T-Tch... You just don't get it, do you?!" Flameman snapped, glaring dangerously at Roll. "You will never understand how it feels like to be 'exiled' from the world! The fact that Dr. Wily gave me a place to live was enough for me to royal to him!"
"Who says I don't understand?!" Roll retorted back. "In fact, I know very well how it feels like! I got emotions with me, so—!"
"LIES!" the Arabian-styled Robot Master quickly cut off, launching another 'Flame Blast'. "That 'emotions' program of yours doesn't really make you get a clear picture of my pain!"
"AAARGGH! Flameman!" Roll gritted her teeth, avoiding the flame pillars launched by the Robot Master. "Why you're so hard-headed?!"
Both robots keep arguing about this as the fight continues. Roll firing shot after shot from her red Buster to Flameman, who would countered the blonde girl's attack with his 'Flame Blast'.
A few minutes later, both robots backed away from one another to recover themselves, and finally stop arguing.
"Y-... You really... want to win... aren't you?" Roll said between her panting, her blue eyes focused to Flameman.
"O-... Of course," the Arabaian-styled Robot Master uttered between his panting, his gaze also focused to Roll. "J-Just because you're a girl... doesn't mean I'll go easy on you."
Still panting and had her eyes focused at Flameman, Roll silently thought of what to do next.
According to Megaman, Flameman is weak to 'Wind Storm' back when he first fight him, so maybe a wind-elemental attack would do the trick! ... Ah, that's right! 'Air Shooter'! Roll concluded mentally, but then shook her head. No, no, NO! Megaman told me that 'Air Shooter' was Solarman's weakness! ... Well, actually, 'Air Shooter' can do much on Flameman, but given the fact he was redesigned and upgraded, I don't think wind-elemental attack would be his weakness again... I should think of something else that might be his weakness! But wha—
"Hey! Our battle is not finished yet!" Flameman's loud voice snapped Roll out of her thoughts, as the Robot Master launches 'Flame Blast' once again.
"W-Whoa!" Roll stepped to the side just in time to avoid the flame pillars, and almost lose her footing while doing so.
"Tch, really now?!" Roll grumbled, glaring at Flameman. "Don't you know what 'thinking' was? It's when you reason, reflect, or ponder on something! It usually use logic or—!"
Roll suddenly gasped as a realization hit her. On the other hand, Flameman was confused why the blonde robot girl suddenly stop her 'rambling'.
Wait a sec... Logic? Roll's eyes grew wide in shock. T-That's it! Why didn't I think of that sooner?
"Hey... What's with the silence all of a sudden?" Flameman muttered, wondering why the blonde robot girl far in front of him just stood there and not doing anything.
"Hmph. Well, no matter," the Arabian-styled Robot Master brought his left Buster-like arm up. "I'll finish you off then! FLAME BLAST!"
Flameman slams his left Buster-like arm to the ground again, creating pillars of flame that went after Roll. Seeing this, the blonde robot girl just closed her eyes, placing her right hand atop her red Buster.
"Activating weapon data entry number three," 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 in color to teal, while her dark blue sleeves and her boots' cuffs changed in color to lilac.
"WATER BALLOON!" Roll cried out, firing a stream of water spheres from her Buster and aimed it to Flameman. It went past 'Flame Blast' with no problem, which shocked the Arabian-styled Robot Master.
"W-What the—?!" Flameman began, but was cut off when the water spheres hit him, doing a big damage on him.
"UAAGH!" the Arabian-styled Robot Master cried in pain, stumbling a few steps back as his eyes closed shut, tremendous pain coursed his body.
"D-... DANG IT!" Flameman keep walking backwards until he reached the wall behind him. "H-... How did you... k-know... t-that I'm not weak to... wind-elemental attacks anymore...?"
A small smile made its way to Roll's face. "Well, it all thanks to Megaman... and logic," the blonde girl began. "You see, Megaman told me that your weakness is wind-elemental attacks when he first fight you. But given the fact that Solarman's weakness was different the second time Megaman fight him, I take it that yours was different too... Can't believe it's true, though."
"N-... No! I-I... I WON'T LOSE!" Despite his low energy, Flameman slams his left Buster-like arm back to the ground, executing pillars of flame in hope to hit Roll with it so she won't attack him with 'Water Balloon' again.
Unfortunately for Flameman, Roll saw this coming. She dashed towards him while easily avoiding the Robot Master's 'Flame Blast'. It didn't take long before the blonde robot girl was right in front of Flameman, which shocked the Arabian-styled Robot Master.
"I'm sorry, Flameman," Roll uttered, bringing her Buster to the Arabian-styled Robot Master. "It looks like you can't fight my brother this time... WATER BALLOON!"
With that said, Roll launched a stream of water spheres from her Buster. With no room to avoid the attack, the water spheres hit Flameman, making him cried out in agony.
"U-UAAAGH!" The force of the water spheres made Flameman slammed hard to the wall, with the Robot Master groaning in pain. Roll jumped backwards just as the Arabian-styled Robot Master fell to the ground.
"G-Gah... I-I can't... b-believe this..." Flameman groaned, shifting his gaze from the ground to Roll. "I-I actually got beaten by you, t-the younger sister of Megaman..."
Flameman sighs aloud, moving his gaze back to the ground. "W-What a... s-shameful defeat..."
With those words, Flameman's body was covered with small explosions, making trails of dark smokes coming out from the explosions' spot as his eyes become blank, and no more movement was 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.
A small frown slowly made its way to Roll's face as she stared at the defeated Robot Master.
"Flameman... I just knew that there's someone out there who would accept you..." Roll uttered, sighing. "J-Just... Just try to talk to people around. It might be painful given the fact that you're 'exiled', but that doesn't mean everyone wouldn't forgive you after the 'Mr. X Incident'... Someone out there might understand it's Dr. Wily's fault... Really, you should try to do this next time you 'woke up'. Try to tell this to Solarman and the other 'exiled' Robot Masters, too."
Roll laughed a little. "Gee... What am I doing? You can't hear what I told you just now, right? Silly me..."
With a loud sigh, Roll walked over Flameman's body, kneeling beside him. She then brought her left arm to the Robot Master's body, and in instant, something was flowing through her left arm before it spread completely inside her body.
This must be his data... Roll thought, standing up from the ground. Well, I should take my leave then...
Activating her teleportation system and setting it to go to her home, Roll brought her head up. Her body slowly materialized to yellow light before she was gone from the place in a beam of yellow light...
Just after Roll leave the place, suddenly, Flameman's eyes came back online, but it looks vague and flickered every moment.
"M-... Maybe..." the Arabian-styled Robot Master began to say, his voice was low and weak, "... Maybe I should try... t-to do what that Roll girl said next time. T-Truth to be told... I-I miss... the people from... t-the country... I... c-came... from..."
With those last words, blackness took over Flameman's vision, and his eyes were blank once again...
Whoa, Flameman! That's some big dream you got there! My, not everyone worked for Dr. Wily was heartless after all! :') ..Next time, we'll see Megaman fight against Shademan! But, eh...? What's with the explosion on the wall in the middle of the fight?!
Find out Megaman and Shademan's fight result at the next Chapter~! ;)
By the way, sorry if the Chapter seems short... I dunno, but I think it looks kinda short than usual... Sorry. X_x
Also, thank you for the reviews and supports, everyone! That means a lot to me~ :'D ..I'm glad you enjoyed this story, even though I always make you all down by the late updates... x_x
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You know what they said; "Nobody's Perfect". So I beg your pardon if there's some errors and 'weird' sentences in this Chapter. Thank you to you all who've read, fav, follow, and review this story! :) ..Well, as always, next Chapter is in-progress. So stay tuned for more Chapters, everyone! Cheers~! ^^-
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