//------------------------------// // Working Thoughtfully // Story: Wily's Wittle Wub // by Tatsurou //------------------------------// By the time the group had finished watching Despicable Me together, Wily had decided that he had another item to add to the list of things he would build for Vinyl. She didn't just need a big brother. She needed a pet. Throughout the movie, he'd noticed her glancing over to the screen showing Mega Man's progress every time Rush was on screen. Perhaps building a similar support unit for her forthcoming big brother would give them both a pet. However, before he could act on that for his designs, he noticed that Mega Man had reached Pharaoh Man's chambers. He turned the sound back on as the group turned to watch. "This shouldn't be that long," he muttered. "Pharaoh Man's optics are adapted for low light for his archaeology. He'll be especially vulnerable to Flash Stopper." "Don't be so sure," Kalinka giggled. As Mega Man entered the chamber, he switched to Flash Stopper. He wanted to test that weapon out. Pharaoh Man turned to face him as he entered. "Bad day," he groaned as he saw Mega Man. "Yup," Mega Man replied. "Freeze Ray!" He set off the Flash Stopper. Seeing Pharaoh Man freeze, he grinned as he moved in close to spam his buster. Before he could pull the trigger - and while the effects of Flash Stopper were still in effect - Pharaoh Man blurred forward and slammed his fist into Mega Man's gut, knocking him back. "Would you like to try again?" he asked, cracking his knuckles. Mega Man growled deep in his throat. "Freeze Ray!" he shouted, setting off the Flash Stopper as soon as its effect ran out. Before he could get a shot off, Pharaoh Man had delivered a jump kick to his head. "Have another?" "Freeze Ray!" Mega Man shouted at the top of his voice, triggering another Flash Stopper. "You really shouldn't call out your attacks before using them," Pharaoh Man scolded. "It only lets me dodge." "How the hell can you dodge a flash?" Mega Man demanded, only to be knocked on his back from a Pharaoh Shot. "By turning off my optics when you shoot, and turning them back on exactly one second later," Pharaoh Man explained. "Also, that was a Pharaoh Shot. Just letting you know." Mega Man growled as he stood up. "Then I'll just stop shouting it." "And I'll just keep close and disengage my optics entirely," Pharaoh Man countered. "That's not fair!" "Says the robot trying to spam my weakness." Mega Man blinked for a time. "...touche-" A Pharaoh Wave slammed him against the wall. "Actually, that was your chin, and a Pharaoh Wave," Pharaoh Man offered helpfully. He then closed the distance rapidly, immediately delivering rapid fire punches and kicks, interspersed with close range Pharaoh Shots and Waves. Mega Man did his best to fight back, but he wasn't doing well. He was privately glad he had a few E tanks stocked. Kalinka grinned as everyone watched the fight. "That's why Daddy made Pharaoh Man with that personality. The Pharaoh Shots and Waves aren't his primary weapon. He's programmed with seven different styles of Martial Arts!" Wily stroked his chin as he watched. Hmm...if Vinyl will be spending a lot of time with her new big brother without me, he'll need to be able to protect her. Giving him martial art abilities wouldn't be a bad idea- "No more palm blasting!" Mega Man shouted from the screen as he caught Pharaoh Man's arm as he tried to launch a Pharaoh Shot. The sphere of energy kept growing since it hadn't been launched yet. As Pharaoh Man had to focus to control the growing sphere of energy, Mega Man resorted to a head butt before leaping back, causing his foe to drop his blast on himself, breaking him to bits. Kalinka pouted. "Aww...I just lost 500 rubles!" "You're betting on the outcome of these fights?" Wily demanded, shocked. When Kalinka nodded eagerly, he rolled his eyes. "At least tell me you're using a pseudonym. You are supposed to be kidnapped, after all." "Yes, I'm using a pseudonym," Kalinka promised as she started typing away on her mobile unit. Rolling his eyes, Wily went back into his lab to work on his new creation. Downloading everything related to 'Martial Arts' from the net would be a good way to begin, using an optimization program so his system would only keep whatever meshed well together in his actual hard drive. He then made a final decision regarding the exterior, and worked on finishing it up. Then came the programming. He decide to let the personality core craft itself for the most part, only encoding one thing into the actual programming. Primary Mission: be a good big brother to Vinyl. He was rather surprised that as soon as that was accepted by the systems, it immediately began accessing the net and downloading other files, running them through the same optimization program that the martial arts files had been put through. He stroked his chin, wondering if he should pay closer attention to this. "Daddy!" Vinyl called out. "Mega Man vs Ring Man!" Rolling his eyes, he turned to go watch the fight, deciding he could solve the conundrum of his new robot later. As Mega Man stepped into Ring Man's chamber, he held a full sized Pharaoh Shot over him, ready to throw. "Dattebayo!" Ring Man shouted as he leapt into the chamber, only to receive the full blast right to his face, knocking him back. "Ow! That hurt!" he complained as he leapt back to his feet, only to receive another Shot, though this one not fully charged. "Hey! Stop-" Mega Man continued this pattern, charging the shot until Ring Man was leaping to his feet and launching it before he landed on them. "Give me a chance to fight back!" Ring Man roared angrily. "Nope," Mega Man replied as the last Shot made Ring Man explode. The whole group stared. "So..." Wily began. "Was that bad programming on the part of Ring Man...or is Mega Man just getting that good?" Protoman shrugged. "Probably a little of both..." "I told Daddy he should have used the Shippuden version..." Kalinka grumbled.