10: Speed Run
Nitro Man seemed to be active in the city streets, rather than in any specific location. Once the trio teleported to the right general area, they began to explore.
Eventually, they began to approach one specific building, where they were attacked by car-like robots with turrets on top of them. Destroying the car-bodies caused the turret to fly away while shooting at them. Destroying the turret top caused the car-body to charge them at high speed. By working together, the trio was able to destroy both parts easily, and thus climb into the structure via ladders.
At the top of the ladders, they discovered they were inside a parking structure, and rogue trucks drove through at irregular intervals, barely clearing some parts of the roof. When there was clearance, jumping over them was a simple task.
This only became more complex at the third parking level, where the trucks payload made them too tall to jump over. However, a launch of Chill Spikes caused the trucks' tires to be popped, making them swerve and crash away from the trio before exploding. The trio took turns doing so in order to conserve ammo for when they came across Nitro Man himself.
Climbing back down the structure at the other side proved rather simple, as it was a shaft filled with spike traps and bomb platforms, both of which were easily evaded by the trio. This proved the last major obstacle before the trio reached Nitro Man himself.
Their information proved somewhat inaccurate, as Nitro Man was motorcycle-based rather than car-based. He entered the final chamber in motorcycle form before shifting back into robot form, with a crimson armored upper body and a grey, unarmored lower body. He wore a biker's helmet that matched his armor, and had an exhaust pipe on his left shoulder.
The trio discovered two separate strategies as they fought Nitro Man. If the shot of ice hit Nitro Man before landing on the ground, it froze him for a few moments. However, if he landed on the spikes that formed when the shot hit the ground - whether on foot from jumping or running over them in motorcycle form - his systems showed far greater damage. More concerning was his tactic of throwing wheels, which reminded Mega Man far too much of Metal Man's Metal Blades in shape, if not function.
The best strategy they quickly discovered was for Mega Man to freeze-lock Nitro Man, allowing Bass and Prometheus to blast him with their busters. This drained his energy rapidly, allowing them to send his defunct form back to the lab and acquire the Wheel Cutter weapon.
"One down-" Prometheus began, only to notice Mega Man shuddering. "Bro? You okay?"
"Other than the bouncing...it's the Metal Blade..." he muttered under his breath.
"Still not over that?" Bass asked, surprised.
"Mostly over it," Mega Man answered. "Just...bad memories."
"Well, only one more to go," Prometheus assured them. "Commando Man, at the desert army base."
The army base seemed to have almost been swallowed by the desert by the time the trio arrived. The first area was overrun by quicksand, which was also filled with mines and other hazards. Beyond there, spontaneous sandstorms blotted out any and all visibility in some areas, and even interfered with other sensors, leaving the trio to maneuver by speed to try and outrun the sandstorm, or blind luck if that failed. Eventually, the only way they could move safely forward was to have Prometheus take point while the others held on to the end of his scarf, ready to pull him up if he fell into a pit.
Once inside the base itself, things were less nerve wracking, as it was well lit and quite straightforward. Unfortunately, it turned out to only be the first building, and a very short break from dealing with the desert hazards. Thankfully, they discovered that they could ride Rush and Treble over the sandstorm in some cases to get past it when it happened, allowing them to make it more safely to the final chamber of the base, where Commando Man waited.
Despite his name, Commando Man was built more like a tank than a soldier. When he dropped into the chamber, the entire building shook. His heavily armored chassis was bright green, and he had two heavy rocket launchers instead of arms. He fought by firing off the rockets and jumping, each landing shaking the chamber and knocking the trio off their feet. Quite by accident, Mega Man discovered that if the Wheel Cutter was held rather than thrown, it could pull them straight up a wall for an aerial advantage.
Before long, the trio settled on barraging Commando Man with as many Wheel Cutters as they could get into the air at once, which put him down before too long. Once he was sent back to the lab, giving the trio the Commando Bomb weapon.
"Time to go check on the progress of the cure," Prometheus mused.
As the trio returned to the lab, Mega Man started to stagger. "Ugh...what the...?"
"Mega Man?" Prometheus asked worriedly. "You okay?" He started to take a step towards him, only for Bass to hold him back.
"He's got it," Bass warned just as Mega Man sneezed.
"Thankfully, we've managed to make a cure," Dr. Wily spoke up as he approached, holding out a small capsule. "Eat this, Mega Man."
Nodding, Mega Man ate the capsule. After a time, the headache, nausea, and stuffy nose faded, though he still didn't feel 100%. "It...it worked..."
"Efficiency's not the best," Wily admitted as he handed a capsule to Bass. "But considering the delivery system of the virus, it's the best we've got."
"Delivery system of the virus?" Prometheus asked as Bass took his capsule, marked with different colors from the one Mega Man had eaten. Plainly, Bass was being given a vaccine, rather than a cure.
"Its original form is a biological virus," Wily explained. "It's completely harmless to humans, but if it gets into a robot's artificial digestive tract, it converts to a computer virus when interpreted as data by the computer systems of the robot...at which point it attacks the robotic brain. The simple ones are rendered inoperable, while the complex ones are driven to berserker fury as the virus attacks the personality matrix." He rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Fiendishly clever in design, I must admit. Obviously designed as a weapon against those robots built to be more human, and designed so that the more advanced a robot is, the more dangerous it becomes once infected."
"How come I wasn't infected, then?" Prometheus asked curiously.
"We still haven't fully analyzed your build data in your new form," Wily admitted, "but if I had to guess, you were infected, but your body created antibodies to the virus before it left your biological systems. I actually formulated the vaccine that I gave Bass just now from a sample I took from you when you were here last."
"So now you can cure any robot that has it, and vaccinate those who don't?" Bass asked curiously as Mega Man slumped into a nearby chair.
"Yes, but those who need curing will go into standby for a time while their system is cleaned out," Wily explained. "How long depends on how far along their infection is. Mega Man should be fine by tomorrow. It might take a few days with others, though, possibly as long as a week."
"That could be bad if anyone decides to take advantage of that," Prometheus murmured worriedly. "I mean, whoever did this could be expecting this cure, and will try to take over and destroy robots before any of the victims recover."
"That's why we're returning to Sky Lagoon now," Wily explained. "In order to prevent that, Vinyl's reactivated eight Robot Masters that Mega Man hasn't fought before and is going to make a world takeover attempt, so that whoever actually set this up can't do it themselves." Pulling out a rather fancy card, he laid it in Mega Man's lap. "She even went to the trouble of crafting a 'Final Challenge' letter to him, nice calligraphy and everything."
"Won't this just make people believe she was behind the virus in the first place?" Bass asked nervously. "I mean, the cure comes from a bot loyal only to her, and before the world's fully recovered, she's trying to take over?"
"Apparently, the whole thing was a frame up, anyway," Wily explained. "She found a skull fortress already in place, and has already taken it over. No sign of whoever was actually behind it, though."
Groaning, Prometheus buried his face in one hand. "Does she really think this will work?"
"She's prepared a video challenge to the entire world," Wily explained. "If Mega Man beats her this time, she's going to leave Earth forever for the Mars colony, along with the rest of us. If Mega Man loses, he has to give up trying to stop her conquest forever. With the state the world's in now, there wouldn't be anything else the world governments could do to stop us."
"So...now we're taking over the world to stop someone worse from managing it?" Bass inquired. When this was greeted with nods, he smirked. "Just checking. Does that mean we're the heroes this time?"
"Depends on who wins," Wily muttered as they were beamed back to the Sky Lagoon.
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I'm rooting for Megaman for once...because I know whoever behind this will show up to try and kill Vinyl if Megaman loses, and if Melody of the future is any indication...the guy is crazier that discord, as deceptive as chrysalis, as cruel as Sombra, and more fucking terrifying than the fact that Cadance considers fighting a Tazlworm fun...(everyone wonders where Flurry got her destroyer of worlds shick from? Not her daddy that's for sure...)
I believe you meant "its," not "it's."
Still don't know why they didn't make an 11th game. Is Vinyl about to pull out the eight from Rockman & Forte (or Megaman & Bass, as the English translation calls it)?
perhaps this unknown enemy will resurrect Metal Man? it would be good for character development if Megaman and Vinyl had to overcome the fear and trauma involving him.(also hes my favorite robot master and it made me sad that he seemed so wasted).
or maybe the mystery villain IS metal man? his personality was based on jigsaw after all!
*blinks*
I think I figured out how Mega Man dies at the end (Yeah, I was referencing this): He accidentally comes across Sansyouo's works...
So just in case you didn't get the implication, don't look it up. You'll be saying this all day just to attempt to recover from it.
This'll be one hell of a climax...
7603192 That'd be cool.
7603213 What a twist!
7603192 maybe pull from megaman unlimited?
I honestly can't tell which way this will flip either way has great potential
(and I don't know the stories/games)
8 New Robot Masters......
Don't tell me... Vinyl got her ideas from the Internet again, didn't she?
Just saying......
Edit:
Just because she reactivated the Robot Masters, doesn't mean she didn't create them.
I would love to see this mysterious villain try to kill Vinyl... only for Wily to tackle them and start pummeling them with his bare fists. No power armor, no weapons, just a good old fashioned Papa Bear beat down. And Mega Man records and broadcasts the whole thing to the entire world so they know Vinyl isn't evil.
7603192 But Astro Man and Tengu Man were in that batch, Mega Man already fought them. Might be originals. Might be the Wily Killers from the Game Boy games and the Genesis Squad from Wily Towers.
Another enjoyable chapter. Good job.
Why do I feel like Vinyl's going to get in actual trouble this time and bring out her new invention... The Pwny Adapter.
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Actually she has a sound forcefield and sound weapons powered by her magic so even if they can be copied they won't work due to her being the only magical talking unicorn around.
I thought they never had a chance to face Metal Man?
How do we get our ideas for a robot master to you? Or are you just gonna have a pole again?
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The personalities for Robot Masters have already been selected.
So three ways this can pan out.
1. Possible fan favorites make an appearance, and a clever utilization of the scenario that does everything it can to prove itself to be The Final Challenge is present.
2. The same thing happens, except The Organization is somehow in the know and does things to sabotage this in a hilariously traumatic fashion.
3. None of this happens, and instead we're left with a hollow, empty shell of a finale that only succeeds in tying up the story than it does resolving issues in a satisfactory manner (insert obvious lead-ins at your discretion).
I'm hoping for 1-2, myself.
my theory is that Metalman is the mystery villain. his body was never destroyed and his personality was based off jigsaw.( and jigsaw is known for his secretive manipulation!) with the foreshadowing from megaman's reaction too nitromans' weapon and the fact that Metal man was technically the first robot master Dr.wily ever built entirely himself (his model number is DWN-09)and is also the doctor's greatest failure as a robotecist (metalman was FAR to unstable mentally)!
also seeing as Wily himself pulled the plug on metalman when he was only doing as ordered it would give metalman a really good reason to hate Wily. perhaps evil energy was involved in his resurrection? it would break any control Wily might be able to assert over him and make him more powerful.
not only would this make for an amazing plot twist but it would be perfect for character development for megaman, DR.Wily and vinyl!
it would also make me (and possibly others) feel ALOT better about how metalman was treated in the past,
He is a fan favorite after all.
If Rock had more allies... eight in total with him... Vinyl v. Mega Man: Civil War.
EDIT: I was listening to "The Night Begins To Shine" and "Convoy" for these chapters.
Another skull base and still no clues... As it seems to be easy, just like Dragon Ball, throw a pill, a little of water and you have your own skull base
7605389 notice me tatsurou senpai
7604001 hopfully they will......
Hey, Sans is a comic character
Missed that this finished, gonna speed through and catch up. The comments on Tavi's story were starting to have spoilers.
Feels like everything about this is falling into someone's trap, even the upcoming plan.
... it's time, the final fight begins, who will win, vinyl, megaman... or the mastermind behind all this chaos...