WILDCAT SCIENCE THEATER 3000 Episode Two "Rock and Roll" Original story created by DragonShadow. MSTed with permission. Story MSTed by G.A. Wildcat (Fanfiction.Net alias: Curtis Wildcat) Appearing before this MST only is the theme to WST Three Thousand. I figure that since a lot of you won't understand some of the names in the theme, I'll take a few seconds to explain. Thunderball is the name of the bad guy in one of my other stories who hoped to silence the world by banishing Curtis and the Samurai Pizza Cats to various dimensions. Story isn't quite complete. Shila is one of Wildcat's friends, and she'll be appearing in a future MSTing for a little while. Enough explaining. Enjoy, or don't! ------------- Inside Little Tokyo, constantly up to bat, swinging at pitches from the bad guys is Curtis Wildcat In a battle before us all he defeated the ferocious Thunderball But while he was resting to recover from the race, he mysteriously disappeared into interstellar space! Shila: (shocked) What in the....WILDCAT?! Robotnik: I'll send him terrible movies The worst I can find (Grounder: La, la, la!) He'll have to sit and watch them all as I work against his mind (La, la, la!) So, Wildcat did not expect that his sanity would bend But he also did not expect to meet some far-out foes and friends! (A-S-A-P) Tails! --"Sonic! No!" Robotnik! --"I hate that hedgehog!" Grounder! --"What does that button do?" Scraaaaaaatch! --"Joel?" If you're wondering how he eats and breathes and lives by truths and dares just say to yourself, "It's just a show. I really shouldn't care, 'cause It's Wildcat Science Theater 3000!" **guitar twang** (Forgive me if the lines were lame. I'm not a lyricist.) - (1...2...3...4...5...6) - (Cut to the inside of the Holocabana. It appears to be the Elec-Man setting from the first Mega Man game, complete with music and third-rate sound effects. Tails, wearing Megaman's armor, is busy climbing a series of ladders. He reaches the top of the last one, and encounters Elec-Man at the end. Wildcat, watching the action, begins coaching Tails.) Wildcat: Keep in mind, kid, you can't fly in this one! Flying was how Cut-Man beat you the first 4 times! Tails: Right! (dodges a blast of electricity) How exactly do I defeat this guy? Wildcat: See those orange crates over there? Get on top of them and blast him with the scissors. (Tails leaps onto the crates, dodging more electricity as he does so. Switching from the normal blaster to Cut-Man's attack, he begins launching scissors at Elec-Man. After hitting him 4 times, Elec-Man explodes, leaving behind his powerup.) Wildcat: (cheering) Great job, Miles! (But before Tails can reach it, a yellow light goes off on a nearby wall. Immediately, the setting fades back to normal. Tails' armor disappears.) Wildcat: (grumbling) C'mon, kid. Let's see what Jabba wants. Computer, save current state as MM-115. Computer: (female voice) Acknowledged, Wildcat. (Cut to the bridge. Wildcat and Tails have just arrived. Wildcat is holding a Megaman Nintendo cartridge in one paw. Robotnik appears on the monitor) Robotnik: Making good use of that video game library on the fourth deck? Wildcat: Yeah. We found a way to incorporate the cartridges into the Holocabana. We were playing Megaman against it just a minute ago, and we might try to find a way to play some of the more advanced games in the theater. (sets the cartridge on the counter) Or vice-versa, of course. It goes either way. Robotnik: (taps his chin for a moment) I suppose that could pass as this week's invention.... Wildcat: We were supposed to do that? I didn't know. Robotnik: It's a tradition! The guys on the Satellite of Love used to do it every week. I don't know why you can't, either! Wildcat: (trying to keep a straight face) I'm not an inventor. I just like playing video games in simulation rooms. Speaking of which, I oughta play that Swat Kats game tomorrow... Robotnik: Well, most of THEIR inventions were terrible, too....Mike Nelson, Joel Robinson, and the 'bots', I mean. Wildcat: (grins) Let's just say that my inventions would be the worst thing to come about since the dropping of the first atom bomb. (laughs) Tails: (to himself) That was bad..... Robotnik: (grins) Well, not to put a damper on anything, but I have this week's movie. It's another Megaman film that takes place after the first one. Wildcat: (sighs) More Megaman? Robotnik: You're the one that started playing it after the first movie three days ago. Until later, hairball! (image fades away) Wildcat: (growls) Me and my fast fingers. Tails: (does the same) Next time, YOU'RE Megaman. Wildcat: (growls) No. I think I'll be Guts-Man instead. (The alarms go off) Wildcat: C'mon. We've got movie sign! Hit it! (Wildcat opens the hexagon door and steps through. Tails follows him) - 6: The front doors to the Pizza Parlor slide open. 5: A castle door slams into the floor. 4: Small bubbles float upwards through a small ante-chamber. 3: A typical Megaman boss door rises open, bottom-to-top. 2: Several glowlamps light your way towards the next door. 1: The typical vault door, embedded in gray walls remniscent of the original "Metroid" mazes, turns and opens to your right. - (Tails and Wildcat enter the theater. Wildcat takes Tom Servo's seat, and Tails takes Joel Robinson's seat) (The screen remains black) Wildcat: (shouts) Hello? Robotnik? You're sending the movie on up, right? Robotnik: (over speakers) Oops. Must've forgotten. (The screen begins to brighten) Wildcat: (with a touch of sarcasm) Thanks. Much better. (The speakers click off) Rock stands on the balcony outside his bedroom in Doctor Lights laboratory. His black hair flowing freely in the wind. It's been a full year since he'd been built and transformed into Mega-Man, also since he'd fought the cyber-humans reprogrammed by Doctor Wily. He'd been leading a happy life for the most part. But people tended to be cautious about him, even to this day. Everyone remembered what the other robots had done and he could tell they were all afraid he himself would be reprogrammed similarly. Wildcat: (thinking to himself) Good idea. Tails: ? Wildcat: Nothing. In truth this had been a constant fear for him. The thought that his entire personality could be changed just by crossing a few wires was very disturbing to him. Tails: (Timon) Have YOU got your li-ons crossed? He didn't like the idea that his entire life and all his choices could be changed so easily by anyone with mechanical knowledge. Aw well... He supposed he should be grateful it HADN'T happened to him. Wildcat: If he'd been destroyed, we'd be leading happier lives. Tails: Dr. Wily? Wildcat: Megaman. But everyone distrusted him except for Doctor Light, it was a very lonely existence, he had nobody... Wildcat: He must not be seeing us very well. Tails: (shouts at the screen) Hey, Megaman! Over here! This way! He hears a voice coming over the loudspeaker inside the lab. "Rock, please report to the main laboratory." Rock sighs a bit and turns to head inside. He'd told Doctor Light about this, and he had told him he'd build something to help ease his stress and loneliness. Rock couldn't help being curious what this was, he just hoped it worked. Tails: (jeers) Ooooh, he's gonna get another rock.... Wildcat: Tails, let me handle that. Tails: Sorry. He heads inside the main lab where he himself had been built to see another robot lying on the table. It had long blonde hair and decidedly feminine facial features. Wildcat: (growls) Tails: You don't like girls? Wildcat: (growls again) Tails: That answered my question. It was wearing a red skirt with two straps going over its shoulders, and a white shirt underneath the top of the skirt. It was undoubtedly female, though its chest didn't reveal this fact, probably consequence of the fact that it was built to resemble a young girl. Wildcat: (muttering) Please not Roll. Please not Roll. Please not---- "What is it?" "This, Rock, is your sister, Roll." (Wildcat's ears flatten out of fright) "A sister?" Tails: My own sister was bad enough. Wildcat: Funny. I used to think you were an only child. Doctor Light smiles and reaches up to activate her. Her eyelids flutter open as power runs through her systems, her sky blue eyes searching the room. "Wh... Where am I? Who am I?" Wildcat: You are in the pits, and your name is Mud. Tails: (Bugs Bunny) And mud spelled backwards is "dumb". "You are Roll. This is your home." Doctor Light says patiently. Rock knows this was normal for just activated robots. It unfortunately wasn't possible for the knowledge to be planted during construction, so he had to be told after she'd been activated. "Roll... Home..." She looks at Doctor Light. "Who are you?" "I am Doctor Light... Your father." Wildcat: (Darth Vader) I am your father. Tails: (Luke Skywalker) That's impossible! NOOO! "Doctor Light... Father..." She turns toward Rock. "Who are you?" Rock speaks now, walking up to the side of the table. "I'm Rock, your brother." Wildcat: Don't speak to him. He's a rock. "Brother..." She reaches up to touch his face and smiles a bit. "Rock." Rock smiles at her warmly and helps her off the table, even though she didn't really need it. "Come on. I'll show you around the lab." "Great!" Roll grins at they walk hand in hand out of the room. Doctor Light smiling happily at them as they leave. (After a slight pause....) Wildcat: (Dr. Light) PRESTIGE AND POWER WILL BE MINE! BWA-HA-HA! Tails: Feeling kinda dark today, Curtis? Wildcat: (innocent voice) Who, me? ________________________________________________________________________________ A warm sunny day in the city. The citizens go about their daily routines and lives as always. The streets packed with people. Suddenly there's a huge white flash, blinding everybody. Both: (Krillin) SOLAR FLARE ULTRA!!! (The two of them break in hysterics for several seconds) Once it dims and they can see again, the town is in ruins. Buildings have been torn down and several people lie in the street unmoving. In the blink of an eye, with nobody noticing, the entire city had been decimated. Doctor Wily cackles at the news report on the TV. He couldn't believe it had actually worked, he was able to stop time. It consumed enormous energy though, but still, it would definitely work to his advantage. "Great work Flash-Man. Great work indeed." Wildcat: (Dr. Wily) You can have a cookie. Tails: (Flash-Man) I'd rather have chips. "Thank you Doctor." Flash-Man says behind him, watching the screen with something resembling pride at the destruction and confusion he'd caused. "Test run completed. Now we can begin making certain demands. And this time, I won't put all my eggs in one basket." Wildcat: Watch him. He'll probably but them in a "coffee cup tray" instead. He rests his hands on the armrests of his chair, watching the TV in satisfaction. Eight brand new robots, all built by his own hand. It had taken a long time, but now he was ready to try again. And this time, no little pest was going to stop him. Wildcat: (swats at something) Blasted mosquitoes. Who let them onboard? Tails: We should run the insect sterilization program after the movie's over. Wildcat: For a kid, you certainly come up with some good ideas. Tails: Thank you. Wildcat: (mumbles "You're welcome") ________________________________________________________________________________ Doctor Light walks into his private room in the laboratory where his bed and personal belongings were kept. He hadn't come in here much lately, he'd been working overtime so he could finish Roll by Rock's birthday. Aw well, it was time for a well deserved break. He kicks his shoes off and walks over to turn the TV on before plopping down on his bed wearily. Letting the news come on the TV. He didn't have the energy to change it, and besides, he hadn't seen it in quite a while. One of the few positive effects of not sleeping. Wildcat: Beds are for sleeping, not televison watching. Tails: (Jon Arbuckle) Lazy is taking a coffee break between naps. "And in a strange turn of events an entire city was apparently leveled without so much as a bomb blast or weapons discharge." "What the devil?" Doctor Light sits up to watch. Tails: (frightened) Curtis..... Wildcat: I know. Robotnik's playing mean. "It appears a blinding flash of light blinded the citizens, and when it was over everything around them was destroyed. Eleven were wounded and fifteen were dead." "Good lord..." Doctor Light gets up and goes to turn off the TV. "It's a strange world we live in..." Wildcat: You don't know the half of it, bright boy. ________________________________________________________________________________ That night in Rolls bedroom, she's fast asleep in her bed, her power systems set just high enough for her to live while recharging her internal battery. She breathes lightly in and out to resemble sleep as well. Doctor Light had spared no expense in her creation. Wildcat: Next time, they should just spare her creation. A figure appears in the window and opens it slowly, hopping quickly inside before shutting the window behind him. He walks up to the bed and looks down at Roll. "Who's this? I thought this was Mega-Mans room?" Tails: Welcome to the Twilight Zone. Roll stirs a bit at the sound of his voice. "Huh?" She sees the figure towering above her. "AAHHH..." She's cut off as his hand quickly covers her mouth. Wildcat: (Elbonian) Yorgi, try to breathe with your mouth! "Shut up!" She gets her first real good look at him. His body is red with occasional orange spots. There's a boomerang sign just above his eyes. Rolls muffles cries for help go silent as he glares at her menacingly. She suddenly realizes he's a robot. Tails: I wonder if he plans on coming back. Wildcat: Well, you know how it is with boomerangs.... The door creaks open and Rock sticks his head in. "Roll? Is something wrong?" Both: CORRECT! Like a flash the mysterious robot whirls, flinging a boomerang type object at him. It strikes rock in the head, the force of the throw sending him out into the hall where he slams into the opposite wall. "Agh!" The robot follows him into the hall and walks up to him. Wildcat: (singing; Police) ~/....Every move you make, I'll be watching you/~ Rock punches at him, but the figure easily ducks out of the way and whirls, kicking him in the head. Wildcat: Kick him! Kick him in the head! He goes stumbling down the hall to find the mysterious robot already on top of him again, striking in a flurry of punches and kicks. Finally Rock goes down, slamming into the floor hard. "Huh..." He looks up at the robot as it approaches. "Who are you?" Tails: Your worst nightmare. "I'm Quick-Man." "Who built you? Who sent you?" Rock gets to his feet quickly. "Shut up." He lunges again, striking faster than anything. Rock struggles just to keep from getting pummeled. The punches and kicks flying faster than Rocks superhuman eyes can detect. Finally a stray backfist sends Rock bursting through a door into Doctor Lights private room. "Rock!" Doctor Light leaps to his feet in alarm as Quick-Man follows him into the relatively spacious chamber. Wildcat: Volcanic! Rock lunges to his feet, his arm withdrawing into the plasma cannon as he turns to face his assailant again. "I'll ask again! Who sent you? Why are you here?" Both: (The Blues Brothers) We're on a mission from Doc Wily. "It doesn't matter." Quick-Man takes one step forward before something hits him from behind, making him take a half step to keep his balance, but not harming him otherwise. Roll is directly behind him with a frying pan, whacking at him with it. Quick-Man easily takes it from her in a flash, one hand shooting to her throat. Rock raises his cannon instantly and fires one shot as Quick-Man's back is turned. The shot tears through the metal of Quick-Mans knee, tearing his leg clean in half. He howls in pain a bit as he collapses to the floor, releasing Rolls throat, sparks flying from his leg sporadically. Tails: (makes airplane noises) Wildcat: Clever. Rock walks over to him and lifts him off the floor, shoving him up against the wall, shoving his arm cannon in his face. "Who sent you?" Quick-Man just looks away from him in disdain. "You'll find out soon enough. And you'll regret it when you do." Wildcat: Yeah, whatever. Rock just smirks at him, nudging his face with his cannon. "Oh well, you're right about one thing. I will find out eventually. This is for scaring my sister." He fires, the shot tearing straight through Quick-Mans head. His body falls slowly to the floor, scraping against the wall loudly. Doctor Light walks over to him and looks down at him worriedly. "Someone's building more cyber-humans... But these aren't made for construction." Wildcat: (Megaman) Construction, destruction, they're both the same thing. Roll walks up and pokes at the body curiously. "Who could it be?" "Someone with bad intentions obviously..." Doctor Light says, bending down next to the robot to fish around in its internal systems. He pulls out a core power chip from its body. "Does this tell you anything Rock? Only one person besides myself knows how to make such chips..." "Doctor Wily..." Rock says, staring at the little chip. Tails: Sour cream! "Who's he?" Roll says, walking over to examine the chip herself curiously, but Doctor Light hands it to Rock gravely. Wildcat: A super genius, huh? "You might need this..." "Thanks Doctor..." Rock takes it and inserts it into his cannon. "What's going on here?" Roll asks, looking at both of them fiercely. "I have to go for a while Roll. It's gonna be dangerous probably." Wildcat: (Dr. Light) No, there's nothing more dangerous than a BB pellet in a tuna can. "Well let me go with you!" She sees both Doctor Light and Rock roll their eyes at this. "I may have a little girls body but I'm not just a little girl! I can help you!" "It's not about that Roll... I just have to do it by myself." Roll scoffs at this. "Fine... Go ahead and go get clobbered then." She turns and stalks out of the room in a huff. "Roll..." Rock stands there staring after her, then sighs in exasperation. Wildcat: Cinnamon. Speaking of which, get on with this. Lunch won't wait forever! "She can wait Rock. She'll be fine a little later. Right now we should concentrate on finding out about Wily's new robots, including how many he has." "Right..." Rock follows Doctor Light out of the room, heading for the main control room of the lab. He hoped Roll would be alright, Doctor Light was right, he had bigger concerns at the moment. Wildcat: (Bill Cosby) Right! ________________________________________________________________________________ Underneath the water of a hydro-electric plant located at the edge of town, he lurks, watching the guard on patrol. Suddenly he leaps from the water in a huge wave, concealing him until the very last second when his fist strikes the guard, knocking him out cold on the floor. Tails: AND HE MAKES CONTACT! WHAT A HIT! Bubble-Man turns and heads for the main control room of the power generator, the huge machinery being operated by the turbines moved by the water. "Lights out." He grips the main lever and flips it with a mighty shove. The entire plant goes dark, along with the entire city. Bubble-Man lifts his arm. "All done Doctor." Wildcat: (computer voice) End of plant. All done. Doctor Wily's voice comes through loud and clear. "Excellent. Stay there, I'm sending Metal-Man to back you up. Make sure nobody restores power to the city. Without it, the police will be defenseless." Tails: Without it, ROBOTNIK would be defenseless. Wildcat: Checkpoint #2. "Yes doctor." Bubble-Man turns as the contact breaks and heads back to the water to wait for anyone who might decide to play hero. ________________________________________________________________________________ Rock and Doctor Light are examining the maps displayed on several computer screens when the lights suddenly go totally dead. (Wildcat and Tails cry for a few minutes, pause, then laugh) "What's that?" Rock says, looking around in confusion. "Someone must have shut down the power plant... We have to get it operational again." "I'm on it Doctor." Rock turns and heads for the door, having little difficulty seeing in the darkness. He stops for a few moments to grab his helmet from the desk by the door, rebuilt after his first one had been lost underneath the waves at Wily's island. Tails: Got to get a-head in the game. Wildcat: (pained) Tails, would you mind? Leave the puns to me. Mega-Man hits the streets, hopping in Doctor-Lights red car and hitting it into high gear, heading for the power plant. Suddenly something strikes the windshield, sticking there for a few moments flashing lightly. "What the?" He stares at it for a few moments before a whirring noise begins inside it. Wildcat: 3...2...1... It detonates spectacularly, engulfing the entire car in a huge fireball. Mega-Man is thrown through the back windshield by the blast, landing hard on the gravel street, scraping his back painfully. Tails: This has been done on a test course with fake robots and a used car. Kids, don't try this at home. "Yee-ha got a bullseye!" Mega-Man looks up at a figure standing on the roof of a small building, staring down at him. As he watches the figure leaps off the building, firing one object from each arm, which both end in cannons. The objects slam into the ground and embed themselves their, flashing just like the first one. "Agh!" Mega-Man leaps to his feet and jumps away just as they detonate, throwing him to the ground again, this time on his face and stomach. Wildcat: (hillbilly drawl) Now, that thar is one way to skin a robat. "Come on Mega-Man, I've heard such great things about you, don't disappoint me now." He fires two more bombs, which stick to the ground on either side of Mega-Man. "Fine..." Mega-Man leaps to his feet and leaps at the robot just before the bombs explode. The force of the blast throws Mega-Man toward the robot. His foot strikes out fiercely, knocking the robot back into a building while Mega-Man lands heavily on his feet, swaying slightly to stay up. "Who are you? Who sent you?" Wildcat: (Tassadar) I am Tassadar, of the Templar. "I'm Crash-Man." He smirks a bit. "Doctor Wily built you didn't he?" "What was your first clue?" Tails: The fact that you're powered by a chip. Wildcat: "Dorito", to be precise. He fires another pair of bombs straight at Mega-Man's chest, forcing him to dodge to the side. The bombs fly past him and stick to the wall of a building. "No!" Mega-Man watches as the bombs detonate, blowing two gaping holes into the wall. The entire building shudders as the foundation is weakened and begins leaning to the side. The people visible in the windows looking around in confusion. "No!" He feels something impact his back, making him lunge forward before he catches himself. "What?" He feels his back in confusion and feels one of Crash-Mans bombs on his back. Wildcat: (Kewie from DBZ) Hey, look behind you.... "Catch ya later, the Doctor wanted your head anyway." Crash man smirks and runs off. "Wait!" Both: (Kewie) SAYONARA!! The bomb detonates, throwing him up against the still collapsing building, as well as putting a gaping hole in his back, exposing wires and circuitry. "Uhn..." He looks up just as the building comes down right on top of him. Tails: Maybe he'll be dead in there soon. Wildcat: C'mon, break time. (Tails and Wildcat leave the theater) (1...2...3...4...5...6) (The two of them re-enter the bridge. Wildcat heads straight for the refrigerator, and drags out a bowl of chocolate pudding) Wildcat: Good. This stuff is cold. Care for some? Tails: (shakes his head) Wildcat: How come? Tails: Chocolate pudding makes me sick. Wildcat: Yeah, I know what you mean. (eats a spoonful) Makes my friend Aldonza sick, too. (The yellow light flashes) Wildcat: (disgusted) Speaking of sick.....(slaps the yellow button) (Robotnik appears again) Robotnik: Wildcat, I'm beaming up the other 2 acquisations that I've located. They'll be joining you now. Wildcat: (hisses) Alright, who is it THIS time? Robotnik: We found them wearing mechanic overalls, but we have no doubt as to what their real identity is. After we transport them to the Satellite, we'll be sending clones of them down to do their dirty work. (becomes sinister) They beat Dr. Viper just last Thursday. Wildcat and Tails: (panicked) THE SWAT KATS!? Robotnik: (grins) Bingo. (Two forms materialize on the bridge, in the form of the confused Jake Clawson and the puzzled Chance Furlong. Their land-fighting equipment, including a copy of the Cyclotron and its protective shell, appears in a storage compartment elsewhere on the Satellite) Wildcat: (to Robotnik; appalled) That is just pure EVIL! Robotnik: What's so bad about being forced to watch lame movies? (laughs) Jake: What's that about 'movies'? Robotnik: You'll be joining them in watching a bad movie already in progress. Speaking of which, guys, you're going back in the theater in 7....6....5.... Chance: (groans) I have a bad feeling about this, Jake. Jake: Tell me about it. (The red alarm wails) Wildcat: (snaps) C'mon, you guys, follow me! (Jake and Chance follow the other two through the hexagon door) (6...5...4...3...2...1) ________________________________________________________________________________ (Chance sits next to Wildcat, and Jake sits next to Tails [in Crow's seat]) "Rock!" Roll runs up to the rubble and starts hefting the rubble out of the way as best she can. It's not easy as her body was a fraction that of normal adults, since she was designed as a kid. Doctor Light walks up behind her and watches sadly. "Rock where are you!" She continues to dig, growing increasingly worried as there's no sign of him. Wildcat: Rephrase that question, Roll. Those are ALL rocks. "Roll, we should wait for the police to arrive and help..." Doctor Light says softly, putting a hand on her shoulder. "Where is he!?" She says frantically, still digging in the rubble. Tails: Dead. All: (Brain) YES! "Roll..." He takes her and gently pulls her away from the rubble, her struggling weakly against him. "We'll find him, don't worry..." Roll just stares at the rubble worriedly as he pulls her away, unable to do anything to help her brother, unable even to cry over him. Wildcat: (Dr. Light) I feel your pain, Roll. Now, shut up and let's go. ________________________________________________________________________________ Mega-Man slowly opens his eyes, his eyes having a hard time focusing. His power systems felt drained to the bare minimum. His back hurting him more than anything. He groans slightly and looks around him, trying to figure out where he his, his arms and seemed to be strapped to a table in the center of the room. "Ah, you're awake." Doctor Wily walks up to the table and looks down at him. Chance: HE'S ALIVE! "Doctor Wily... Why didn't you stay gone?" "I'm curious, your design looks familiar. That fool Thomas Light obviously built you, but something's different about you than the prototype." He looms over him, staring at him intently. "Well maybe he's just more of a doctor than you are." "We'll see." Wily smirks and turns away from him, where Crash-Man is waiting by the door. "Tear him apart, I want to see his pieces." "Yes doctor." Wily turns and walks out of the room while Crash-Man walks up to Mega-Man. "So should I do it the easy way, or the hard way?" He grins evilly and lifts his cannon, the bomb inside it clearly visible. All: HARD WAY! HARD WAY! "Mmm... I was just asking myself that same question." His hand draws into his cannon, bypassing the shackle around his left wrist. He raises the cannon quickly and fires, the shot tears into Crash-Mans chest, throwing him back against the wall. Mega-Man quickly reaches over to the control panel by the table and presses a few buttons, releasing himself. "Now..." Mega-Man hops off the table and approaches Crash-Man, ignoring the shooting pain in his back and the fact he could barely make himself move let alone fight. "What were you going to do to me... the hard way?" (Tails again starts to say something, but Wildcat slaps a paw over his mouth before it comes out) Wildcat: Whatever you're thinking, kid, don't say it. Jake: Something wrong with him? Wildcat: Never mind. Crash-Man struggles to get to his feet, but stays on the ground, unable to lift himself up. "What are you going to do Mega-Man? Destroy me? In a fortress guarded by three other cyber-humans? That's suicide." All: (bland) Yay. "I'll manage." He raises his cannon and fires again, the shot penetrating deep into his chest and penetrating his core. He powers down and goes limp against the wall. "And thanks for telling me how many of you are here." He kneels down and removes Crash-Mans power chip, inserting it into his own cannon. Wildcat: (Megaman) Cool. Nacho. He turns and heads out the door to the room, his cannon ready as he looks around him cautiously. Suddenly he turns a corner and sees a blue robot with a fan placed in his chest walking toward him. The robot sees him instantly. "You!" Chance: ME! Your point? "Expecting someone else?" Mega-Man says as he dashes through the hallway away from the robot. He was in no condition to try to face anybody head on. He could hear the robot behind him giving chase. Mega-Man raises his cannon and aims at a wall beside him, firing off a Crash-Bomb as he passes, it blinking softly. It detonates just after he passes, sealing the passage behind him to the dismay of the robot who'd been caught in the blast. The ceiling caves in on top of him, burying him under the rubble. One down, there should be two more in the building, but he needed to get out of here and get repaired. Jake: Altogether now, guys.... All: CRUD! Mega-Man turns and runs as fast as he can through the maze of corridors, searching for the way out almost desperately. He could feel his power reserves slipping slowly away from him with each second. Finally he gives up on finding his way out and starts blasting a straight line through the building with the Crash-Bombs. If he kept going straight, he had to reach an outer wall eventually. He reaches the outer wall, blasting a hole through it and looking out across the plains in dismay. He was in the middle of a desert, and VERY high up in a huge castle with the outside shaped like a skull. Tails: Reminds me of the Pastmaster's head. Chance: Nah, it was a mix of life and death. "Crap!" He slams his fist against the side of the hole. "What is it with Wily and huge fortresses?" Tails: Smaller fortresses didn't have enough of the brain material. Wildcat: Tails, you're asking for it. "Going somewhere?" Mega-Man whirls and sees the robot from before right behind him, looking a bit beat up, but obviously not destroyed. "I was thinking about it..." "Let me help you." The fan in the center of his body starts spinning at a phenomenal speed, the wind generated enough to blow Mega-Man toward the hole in the side of the fortress. Jake: (Popeye) Well, blow me down! (chuckles) "Agh!" Mega-Man grabs the edges of the hole and hangs on as best he can against the wind which threatened to toss him out into the open sky. "Rgh..." He feels his power reserves slipping with every second, the strain of holding onto the walls were too much for him to handle in his weakened state. "Go ahead and go, I'll be out in a few minutes to pick up what's left of you." Wildcat: (Air-Man) I'll write an invitation for a party at the trash heap. "Not today..." Mega-Man activates Quick-Mans chip and shoves himself away from the wall, running against the wind and gaining some headway. "RAAAGH!" He thrusts his cannon forward and fires, the plasma shot plunging into the fan, blowing it to pieces. The robot goes flying back into the hall, powering down even as he strikes the floor. Mega-Man collapses to one knee, panting heavily, his power systems feeling utterly drained by Quick-Mans chip. He hears a loud whirring sound from outside the hole in the wall, along with a familiar and welcome voice. Chance and Jake: We're baaaaack! "Mega-Man! Come on!" He turns and sees Roll in a hover van with the open door turned toward the wall. Mega-Man gets up and stumbles toward it as best he can, hopping inside as the door shuts behind them and they head away from the fortress. Mega-Man collapses to the floor as doctor Light kneels over him in the back of the van, Rolls voice coming from the drivers seat. "Will he be okay?" Chance: (Dr. Light) Outside of an unrepairable heart, he'll be okay. "I think I can repair the damage, but we need to get him back to the lab as soon as possible." Mega-Man tries to say something, but passes out on the floor of the van. ________________________________________________________________________________ He groans softly, turning a bit on a hard steel table. He hears voices from around him. "Mega-Man, can you hear me?" Doctor Lights reassuring voice says. "Please wake up Mega-Man..." Rolls worried voice chimes in. Tails: (Alice from Alice in Wonderland) Please wake up, please wake up, please wake up.... He opens his eyes slowly and looks up at them, his eyes focusing themselves eventually. He sits up slightly. "You're awake!" Roll grabs him and hugs him fiercely as he hugs her back and simultaneously takes stock of where he is. They're in a wooden shed of some kind, the lights and electronics in the lab itself still off. "You should be more careful Mega-Man. Your power systems were extremely low and I couldn't recharge them fully with the lights out. I had to use three car batteries just to get you conscious again." Jake: (Dr. Light) The Mustang, the Taurus, and the Neon all gave up their lives for you. "I understand Doctor, I'll be careful next time." "Please let me go with you Mega-Man. I can help." Roll says, clinging to his hand tightly as he lifts himself up off the table. "Roll..." Mega-Man begins, but Roll had already turned to Doctor Light. Wildcat: Roll over, Beethoven! "You can give me armor right? Like his?" "I'm afraid not Roll, that armor was specifically designed for his model body. Yours is different, it's not compatible." "But I can still help him. I can take one of the pulse rifles from the storage room!" Chance: (snide) To take a pulse from a robot during a battle? That's a hot one. "Roll!" Mega-Man grabs her and shakes her. "This isn't about firepower! I'm designed for this kind of thing!" "No you're not..." Roll says, looking him in the eyes. "You're designed to be my brother..." "And I will be your brother, once I make sure there are no more robots out there waiting to hurt somebody." He takes and hugs her tightly, she hugs him back just as fiercely. "I have to do this, then I'm gonna come back, and we're gonna be a family, just like we were meant to be. Okay?" Tails: (Roll) Just as soon as you promise to make me pancakes every morning. "Okay..." Roll says, finally backing away from him slowly, still staring at his eyes. "Be careful... Rock." "I will. Count on it." With that he turns and leaves the shed, Roll and Doctor Light staring after him. Jake: (Dr. Light) There goes a very stupid robot. ________________________________________________________________________________ The hydro-electric plant. Mega-Man goes inside slowly, his cannon ready. He looks around him, fully expecting an ambush of some sort. Suddenly a pair of saw blades strike the ground right next to his feet, embedding themselves deeply into it. Mega-Man quickly ducks behind one of the inactive turbines. "Like shooting fish in a barrel!" A voice comes from the other side of the room. "I've already taken down three of your buddies. Unless you want to join them, give up now." Mega-Man shouts back. Jake: (dramatically) He's the robot that quacks in the night. He's the pet shop canary who dishes out cheap shots. He is Mega-Man! "Well maybe so but you wouldn't dare use your famous plasma cannon here, you could hit a turbine and make this town PERMANENTLY dark." "So who are you? Saw-Man or something?" "The names Metal-Man. And that's nothing compared to Mega-Man, how lame can a name get?" Tails: How about "Rock"? That name's pretty lame. Wildcat: Well, there's "Rock", and "Roll". Think about it. It works both ways. "Well Metal-Man, care to see how much metal there is in your body?" "Big words blue-boy, let's see if you can back them up." "Yes, let's..." Mega-Man turns and thrusts his cannon outward, firing a Crash-Bomb at one of the turbines directly across from him. It soon detonates, taking the turbine with it. The screams from Metal-Man, who'd been hiding behind that turbine, sound throughout the room almost as loud as the explosion. Mega-Man walks over and looks down at him, lying on the floor, sparks flying from his body. "One thing you forgot, power plants can still function as long as they have one turbine." Chance: I had always wondered whether we should've had Callie authorize the construction of a hydro plant.... Wildcat: Well, you'll never tell her now, will you? Behind him there's a huge splash in the water as bubble-Man leaps out and grabs him from behind, his arms locked around Mega-Man's throat. Wildcat: AND HE GETS HIM IN THE HALF-NELSON!! Chance: NOW HE'S IN THE FULL NELSON.... Jake: (Genie) OH NO, IT'S THE DREADED OZZIE NELSON! "Let's see what's inside YOU." Bubble-Man jams one hand into Mega-Mans back, which is still open from the bombing it had taken. The water from Bubble-Mans hand seeps into Mega-Mans systems, short circuiting several systems. He screams loudly as his systems go haywire. All: CRAAAZY! Mega-Man clutches at him desperately, trying to make him let go of his grip. Finally he powers up his cannon and lowers it, firing it at Bubble-Mans knee. The shot tears through the kneecap, tearing the lower half of his leg clean off. Bubble-Man screams and lets him go, falling to the floor clutching the stump of his leg. Mega-Man turns and looks down at him wearily, just raising his cannon and blowing his head off before heading up the little metal steps to the lever. (Everyone cringes) Wildcat: John Wayne lives. He flips it and the remaining turbine starts moving, restoring power to at least part of the city. "There... Now maybe Doctor Light can fix me totally so I don't feel so cruddy..." With that done he turns and wearily heads for the exit to the plant. Stopping only a moment to fish out Metal-Mans power chip. Jake: (Megaman) Taco Supreme. My favorite. ________________________________________________________________________________ Doctor Wily examines the monitor that displayed the hydro electric plant. It had caught the entire battle on tape thanks to a remote uplink and independent battery. Again, Mega-Man was going through his robots one by one. Only Wood-Man, Heat-Man and Flash-Man were left. How was he able to do this? Was it the design model? If so... He should be able to take advantage of that himself... "Your orders doctor?" Flash-Man asked from his side. Wildcat: (Dr. Wily) A submarine sandwich. Hold the mayo. "Destroy that robot. Forget the rest of the city... Send Heat-Man and Wood-Man to finish him. If they don't do it, you do it." Chance: (Dr. Wily) And then get me some coffee. "Yes Doctor." Flash-Man turns and exits the room, leaving Doctor Wily staring at the monitor. He wouldn't let Mega-Man get off scot free this time, he'd planned for this. He wouldn't get away with ruining his plans again. Jake: Cliche. Tails: Normal. Chance: Odd. Wildcat: Clueless. Jake: The doctor, or the creation? Wildcat: Both. ________________________________________________________________________________ Mega-Man walks through the forest separating the hydro-electric plant from the rest of the city. The paved street winding its way through the forest. He stumbles a bit occasionally and has a slight limp, but he was still making pretty decent time. He stops as he picks up slight movement to his left, very miniscule, but he didn't feel like taking chances. Instead of looking for a fight he quickens his pace, hoping to just get away from whatever it was. Suddenly he's grabbed from behind by a mighty wood covered hand around his throat. "Grk..." Mega-Man clutches at the hand, trying to pry it off of him, but its grip only tightens around his throat. Wildcat: He "maple" it off. All: "Knot"! "Bad idea ignoring a potential threat." Wood-Man says, sneering. "I'll keep that in mind next time..." Mega-Man says, still struggling against both him and his low power reserves. "Well if there is a next time." Wood-Man laughs as he keeps even tighter hold of his neck, crushing it slowly. "You know... You guys all make the same fatal mistake with me." "And what's that?" Tails: (Megaman) You never let me play Starcraft. "You never grab my arm." He fires one bomb straight down. It sticks to the ground right underneath both of them. "Wanna dance?" The bomb explodes, sending both Wood-Man and Mega-Man flying in different directions. Mega-Man hits the ground hard, gasping at the pain in his back, but gets to his hands and knees to look back for Wood-Man. Wood-Man gets to his feet almost instantly and glares at him evilly. "Big mistake little robot." "We'll see." Mega-Man raises his cannon and fires one blast. It slams into Wood-Mans face, blowing it completely apart. "Slow moving lummox... Ugh..." Tails: (Raphael) SPLINTER!!! Wildcat: (miffed) Didn't I ask you to let me handle that? He holds his side a bit as he feels his power levels dropping even as he stands there. "Gotta get back to... Doctor Light's lab..." He turns and stumbles off down the street. Wildcat: (Birdman) Must.....feel....the sun.... Tails: (Birdman) Must...devour....everything in....sight.... Wildcat: You owe both me and my brother a big one for that line, kid. ________________________________________________________________________________ Roll stands outside the entrance to the lab, looking out across the streets worriedly. The power had been restored just recently to the lab, but there was no sign of Mega-Man anywhere. She was getting really worried about him. What if he'd been hurt, or worse, destroyed? Jake: You know, I was just thinking. What do you think would happen if they all got blasted right here, right now? Chance: Then this movie could end, and I could see what this hunk of a spaceship is like. Wildcat: Real enthusiastic, aren't you? "I'm going to look for him." She says determinedly. "Don't think about it. He'll be back." Doctor Light says, walking up behind her to wait with her. "He'd better... If he gets himself blown up I'm gonna be very upset." Tails: (Dr. Light) You're grounded. Jake: (Dr. Light) Follow me to---- Wildcat: (hisses) 13 years and under, Clawson.... Jake: I was going to say "to the supermarket", but never mind. She says plainly, looking down the street now. "Hey... It's him!" She sees him limping along the street, holding his side weakly. "He's back! He did it!" She runs down the street to him. "Roll wait!" Doctor Light yells, sprinting after her toward Mega-Man. "Rock you're... AGH!" Gasps in pain as a streak of fire engulfs her. Wildcat: (doing a Sailor Mars impression) MARS...FIRE....IGNITE!!! (falls out of his chair laughing) Jake: (to Tails) Is he always like this? Tails: Usually. I've only known him a few days, though. "Roll!" Mega-Man and Doctor Light scream in unison, running to help her. They both see a robot shaped like a lighter hiding behind one of the bushes along the side of the road, which is now on fire. (Wildcat gets back in his seat, still snickering) Wildcat: I hope no one noticed that I just flamed a Scout. Chance: (deep voice; similar to a Protoss Scout pilot) Locus acknowledged. "Barbeque time!" The robot yells, a sheet of flame erupting from its entire body to engulf him. He lunges forward suddenly like a huge fireball towards Roll, who's kneeling on the ground coughing up black smoke. Jake: (Heat-Man) I'll make mine rare. "Roll look out!" Mega-Man runs up and tackles her, throwing her out of the way of the fireball just before it reaches her. Mega-Man lands with her on the street, keeping her from landing as hard as she would have, but scraping himself up a bit in the process. "Oh Rock... Are you alright?" Roll says worriedly, looking at him. Tails: (Megaman) Nothing that anesthetic wouldn't cure. Mega-Man smiles a bit at her reassuringly. "Sure. But you get back to the lab with Doctor Light while I take care of this guy." Jake: (Roll) Give him mouthwash, then mail him to Planet X. "Okay." Roll gets up and runs to Doctor Light, who leads her back to the lab. Mega-Man gets to his feet and faces the robot, who's already facing him, the flames spouting out of his body occasionally. "Alright, let's see how hot that fire burns." Wildcat: Hot enough to turn fire into ice. (Everyone looks at him, confused by that remark, but Wildcat ignores them) "If you want." He erupts into flame again and charges at Mega-Man, who fires a bomb at the ground and makes a giant leap, right over the fireball. He lands on his feet on the other side of the robot as the bomb explodes, catching the robot in the blast. Chance: (Firebat) Got any questions about propane? Jake: (Firebat) Or, propane accessories? Mega-Man stands up and turns around, walking toward the robot. "Goodnight." "Good day." The robot says, quickly getting to its knees and firing a stream of fire at Mega-Man. "Agh!" Mega-Man quickly lifts one arm to protect his face from the searing flames. He fires a few shots of his plasma cannon at the robot, but the flames around him flare up dramatically, dissipating the shots. "No easy outs here Mega-Man." Heat-Man says, smirking. Chance: So, he keeps on getting extra bases? Makes no sense. Wildcat: With Megaman, NOTHING does. He's been off base for years. "Let's see how you deal with something that doesn't melt." He raises his cannon again and fires three Metal-Blades. They all strike Heat-Man head on, embedding themselves into his body, sparks flying from the wounds. "Urgh..." "See you around..." Mega-Man lifts his cannon again and fires one blade. It streaks through the air, cutting cleanly into Heat-Man's forehead. He falls back as his systems power down. Mega-Man wearily walks over and extracts his power chip before continuing on to Doctor Lights lab. Wildcat: Let's stop with the chip jokes. It's making me hungry. ________________________________________________________________________________ Mega-Man opens his eyes again, feeling fully restored to top fighting shape. "Alright!" He hops up off the table and looks around at Doctor Light and Roll. "Oh I'm so glad you're okay... I was worried." Roll says, looking at him worriedly. Tails: (Roll) Worried that you would win. "I'm fine Roll." Doctor Light steps up to him. "Mega-Man. Wily's in the town square with the mayor, making certain demands." Jake: (Dr. Light) He claims to want a sub sandwich without mayo. Chance: (Dr. Light) And he also wants some coffee. "I'm on my way doctor. I'm taking the van." "I'm coming with you." Roll says, prompting both Doctor Light and Mega-Man to glare at her. "Not to fight, but he needs someone to drive the van right?" "I know how to drive Roll." Mega-Man says a bit perturbed. Wildcat: But he DOESN'T know how to use the steering wheel. "Please... I need to do SOMETHING. Besides, you never know when you might need a pick up like at Wily's fortress." Chance: (Megaman) Forget it. I'll take the bus. Mega-Man watches her for a few moments, then finally smiles a bit and nods. "Okay, let's go." Roll smiles and follows behind him as he heads through the halls of the lab. They reach the hover van out front and climb in, Roll in the drivers seat. The van takes off and heads through the sky toward the city square as Doctor Lights face comes on the screen in the dashboard. "Mega-Man, you might want to check the news." "Got it Doctor." He reaches and presses a few buttons, an image of the town square coming up quickly. Wily's standing on the podium with the mayor being held by another robot. "Now, I make my demands for me to leave at least pat of this city standing." He laughs cruelly and looks over the crowd. I want this city to be MINE." Wildcat: (Dr. Wily; as Homer Simpson) I'M INVINCIBLE! INVINCIBLE! "He must not have realized the rest of his robots are all scrap." Mega-Man says, smirking. "Either that or he thinks that one robot alone can do it." Roll says simply, smirking along with him. "Guy must have a few screws loose." All: (bland) Bingo. "What was your first clue?" Mega-Man jokes. They both watch the screen as a squad of police officers arrive and aim their pulse rifles at Wily. "Flash-Man, if you will." Wily says simply. Tails: (Dr. Wily) Gimme my coffee. "They might not need us after all." Roll says just before a bright flash lights up the van, coming from the screen. It disappears just as fast as it had come and leave Mega-Man and Roll looking confused. "What was that?" Wildcat: Krillin's Solar Flare. Chance: On steroids. "I don't... Whoa!" He looks at the screen and sees the entire police squad on the ground, unconscious. Tails: (Scooby-doo) I don't whoa! "How did..." Roll echoes his confusion. Wily just laughs loudly at the confusion of the crowd gathered around him. "Now you've seen what I can do." He turns to the mayor. "Give this city to me or it will be more than just a bunch of guards that get it." Jake: (Dr. Wily) I'm hungry. Where's my sub? "How far are we from the city square?" Mega-Man asks. "Less than a kilometer." Roll says. "Okay." Mega-Man moves into the back of the van and opens the door, looking down. "Be careful Mega-Man." Wildcat: (Roll) Don't let me see you living. "I will." He says before he leaps out into the open air. He falls toward the crowd gathered at the city center and powers up his arm cannon, firing a few shots at the podium as he falls. The shots blow pieces of the podium apart in big explosions, one shot catching Flash-Man in the shoulder. He looks up at his assailant. Mega-Man lands on one of the police cruisers and looks at Wily, raising his cannon. "It's over Wily! Give it up." Chance: He's not going to share his sandwich. Wildcat: (Moltar) Cool! CHiPS! "You have no idea what you're dealing with Mega-Man." Wily chuckles a bit and looks at Flash-Man. "Get him." A flash blinds Mega-Man just before he feels something slam into his face. He flies off the cruiser and lands on the ground hard just before another flash lights up everything. He finds himself flying through the air into a building, slamming hard into the brick wall. "Uhn..." He pushes himself off the wall just before there's another flash. Tails: What? No Destructo Disc? Wildcat: (Sassy) NO TUNA?! NO MILK?! NO CATNIP?! ________________________________________________________________________________ Roll watches this with a growing sense of panic. Her brother was thoroughly outmatched by Flash-Man. She had to do something, but how could she hope to fight a robot that could stop time? She quickly presses a few buttons on the dashboard. "Doctor Light, come in." Tails: Doctor Robotnik, get out. Wildcat: (chuckles; then seriously) That was so funny it wasn't even fair. Doctor Lights face appears on the screen quickly. "I know Roll. I've been monitoring the situation. I don't know how Wily's done it, but his robot's actually bending time." "What can we do Doctor?" "I don't know, this kind of technology should be impossible. In theory, any time travel devices should be disrupted by a random electron pulse, the reason they could never perfect it." "Energy pulse, like from Mega-Man's cannon?" "Yes I believe." Chance: Not enough. "But he's already hit him with the cannon, it didn't work!" Tails: Not enough mustard. "Well then perhaps it wasn't strong enough, we need a stronger pulse." (Tails begins to say something, but looks once at a growling Wildcat and shuts up) "Right... Hey..." She quickly starts hitting buttons on the control panel, searching. "Maybe I can use the vans systems to emit an electron pulse. Not enough to disable mechanical things, but just enough to disable a fragile time dilation system." "It's worth a try." Doctor Light says gravely. Jake: (Pastmaster) I'M THE MASTER OF TIME!!! Chance: Buddy, stop it. Jake: (snickers) ________________________________________________________________________________ "Gagh!" Mega-Man slams into the ground, his body sparking all over him. "Rrgh..." He can feel his power systems draining even as he tries to get back to his feet. Doctor Wily's maniacal laughter ringing through his head. "Your winning streak is over Mega-Man!" Wily yells, laughing in glee as Flash-Man approaches Mega-Man to finish him. All: (more enthusiastic) ALL RIGHT!!! Rolls van hovers over them both. "Hold on Mega-Man!" An electrical spark flashes through the body of the van before pulsing outward in a huge wave of energy. Mega-Man gasps a bit as it passes through his body, not causing too much damage, just some discomfort. "Do it now Mega-Man!" "Nice try little girl! But you can't defeat Flash-Man with tricks!" Wily says, grinning. "Finish him off!" "Yes doctor." Flash-Man says, an electrical surge runs through his body, but nothing else happens. "What?" Wildcat: Where? Tails: When? Chance: Why? Jake: How? Wildcat: To what extent? All: Those are your common adverbs. Mega-Man chuckles a bit as he gets to his feet, leaning against the wall. "Looks like you're out of juice. Here, have some of mine." He quickly raises his cannon and fires, striking Flash-Man square in the chest. "Grk!" Flash-Man stumbles back, his body pulsing with pent up energy. "What's... Happening to me?" Wily gapes at him in horror. "No! His energy level's getting too high! He's gonna self-destruct!" The crowd runs around in a panic, trying to get away from him. "Urgh... At least I'm taking you with me!" Flash-Man says, stumbling toward Mega-Man with difficulty. Chance: Why are cyberhumans so heroic and yet so stupid? Wildcat: That's the price they pay when they're built by Wily. "I'm afraid not, catch your later." Mega-Man says, leaping upward to grab ahold of the door handle on the van as it turns and moves away from Flash-Man. "Noo!" Flash-Man screams as his body detonates, a wave of energy sweeping through the entire city. Wildcat: (Vegeta; lethal) Let there be light! Mega-Man hops inside the van and shuts the door just as the wave hits it, making it shudder a bit, but it stays in the air. "We did it!" Roll exclaims, looking back at him grinning. "Thanks to you..." Mega-Man says, smiling back at her and leaning against the door of the van. "Should we go back and look for Wily?" Chance: He's going to say it. It wouldn't be Megaman if he didn't say it. Rock shakes his head wearily as he reaches up and takes his helmet off, shaking his head so his jet black hair fluffs out. "No, the police can take care of him now, let's go home." Roll nods, smiling and turns back to Doctor Lights lab. Both Swat Kats: He said it. ________________________________________________________________________________ Rock lies on the corner of the sofa, taking it easy as the reporters on the TV are frantically trying to relay the days events. "The attack on the city earlier today seemed to have been thwarted by one Mega-Man. The remains of eight robots were found scattered about the city. But their creator, Doctor Everette Wily, remains free." Wildcat: (confused) Everette? What kind of name is that? "Oh no..." Roll says from the foot of the couch Rock is on. "As long as he stays out of the robot building business, he can go where he wants as far as I'm concerned." Rock says, putting his hands behind his head. Jake: (Rock) 8 robots, no brains. Doctor Light smiles at him from his chair. "Yes, you have done a great deal of good today Rock. Take it easy for awhile. You've earned it." "But what if he comes back? With more robots?" Roll asks. Wildcat: Maybe THAT time Wily will win. "Then I'll take care of them." Rock says simply. "After all, I do have one thing on my side Wily never will." "What?" Jake: (Megaman) A sub sandwich with no mayo. Chance: (Megaman) Coffee. Wildcat: (Megaman; Moltar-like) Chips. "Justice." Rock says, watching the TV, not noticing Doctor Lights proud grin or Roll's half smile. ________________________________________________________________________________ Jake: I was just thinking: Take all the robots in all MM and MMX games and put them together, and their combined intelligence is only one fifth of Dark Kat's. Wildcat: (sarcastic) Talk about overstating the obvious! Doctor Wily stomps angrily through the tunnels underneath what had been his fortress. Twice now! Twice he had been defeated by this one robot! How!? It wasn't possible! The power this robot was capable of seemed limitless. It had to be the design... Well. He had his own robot of similar design. Jake: (Dr. Wily) No fair. Now I'll have to have Chinese instead. He walks up to a steel door and places his palm against a scanner. The door gives a soft click as it swings open and he goes inside. There on a table in the center of the room was a robot with a crude outer casing, where it's eyes should have been was a long section where the wires and circuitry were exposed. "We'll see how Mega-Man stands up to a robot of his own design." Wily says to himself, grinning, then slowly the laughter bubbles out of him, maniacal laughter that resonates through the tunnels long after he'd begun work on the robot. Tails: (The wicked witch) I'LL GET YOU, MY PRETTY! THE END WATCH FOR Mega-Man 3: The Prototype Reborn (Wildcat stares at the screen long after the closing line flashes briefly on it) Wildcat: Let's not. Chance: And say we didn't. (Everyone leaves the theater, Wildcat tossing a ***raspberry*** at the screen on his way out) - (1...2...3...4...5...6) - (A number of minutes later....) Wildcat: (heaves a sigh, and continues eating) Glad it's finally over. (Tails and Jake step out onto the bridge) Jake: Hey, Wildcat, have you seen Chance anywhere? I can't seem to find him. Wildcat: Searching the ship for anything useful. Ever since we left the last movie behind, he's been looking for something to do here. (Suddenly, Chance, in the guise of T-Bone, races by in the Cyclotron) T-Bone: Hey, Jake, hop on! (turns to Wildcat) You say there's a Holocabana somewhere on this ship? Wildcat: (nods) Yeah, right down the hall. Just don't bother the Megaman game I have saved. (Jake hops onto the Cyclotron, and the motorcycle disappears down the corridor) (Cut to Robotnik's laboratory. Robotnik and Scratch are examining a reel of film) Robotnik: (chuckles) My latest masterpiece. By the time it ends 6 days from now, those 4 will be begging for mercy! (laughs, sinister) Scratch: Um....yeah, I guess so.... Robotnik: (looks at him) Let's just say I didn't warn them, though. Scratch: Well, you knew the job was bad when you took it.... Robotnik: (thinking for a moment) Scratch, get Coconuts up here. I need to talk to him. Scratch: Yes, sir! (Fade to credits) --------------------------------------- "Catch ya later, the Doctor wanted your head anyway." Crash man smirks and runs off. "Wait!" -- (End of file)