As Mega Man returned to base, feeling much more relaxed, Dr. Light rushed up to him. "We've located the eighth Wub Master!" he shouted out. "It was rather difficult to isolate him because up until now he wasn't causing trouble or wrecking havoc!"
"So where is number 2 then?" Mega Man asked, plugging himself in for a brief recharge. "Where am I going to be fighting him?"
"The sewers."
Mega Man paused. "...I'm going to be slogging through miles of sewage?" he asked worriedly.
"Actually, I have a solution to that," Dr. Light offered. "I've upgraded Rush's Jet mode. As long as he's gliding over water, he won't run out of fuel. And sewage is...mostly liquid. So you'll be able to glide your way through. And on top of that, I've managed to lock onto the Wub Master's exact location! I can beam you straight to him!"
Mega Man grinned widely. "This might actually be fun."
As Mega Man and Rush beamed in, they dove into the sewers. Rush landed in jet mode, hovering just above the surface of the sewage as he sped along, Mega Man braced on him. Since he had to maintain his balance at these speeds, he'd disabled his charge function. He didn't want to accidentally blast himself off Rush into the sewage.
Sewer Gator erupted from the sewage in front of him, also racing along in front. "Welcome to my home, Mega Man!" he proclaimed happily. "I hope you like it, cause you will never leave! I, Sewer Gator, will be your undoing!"
"I think you've got that the other way around," Mega Man grunted, leveling his Mega Buster.
"You'll have to catch me first!" Sewer Gator shouted, dashing off into the sewers, Mega Man on Rush in hot pursuit.
Mega Man leaned forward on Rush, trying to give him the smallest possible air resistance profile for the most speed. Every so often he swerved to one side or the other to dodge large red spike balls. As he sped along, he saw Sewer Gator deploy enemy robots to assault him...which appeared to be robotic anthropomorphic turtles armed with bo staffs, nunchucks, sais, and katanas. Each went down after several Mega Buster shots, but there were quite a lot of them.
After a time, Sewer Gator popped out of the sewage again. "Not bad, not bad!" he proclaimed happily. "But it's not enough to just blast! Ya gotta go fast!" With that, Sewer Gator shot up a fast running river of sewage and through a loop-de-loop.
Mega Man ducked down low, clinging tight to Rush as he followed the twisting, turning path that was reminiscent of a roller coaster. "How the heck is the sewage staying in the tunnel when it loops like this?" he demanded angrily.
"Miniature gravity generators lining the tubes!" Sewer Gator shouted back as he launched off the end of one tube, performed numerous flips in the air that somehow gave him extra height and speed, only to land in another tube that he shouldn't have been able to make the jump to according to normal physics. "Let's see if you've got the moves!"
Much to Sewer Gator's surprise, Mega Man grinned widely as Rush shot off the end of the jump tube. He proceeded to perform a number of skating tricks. Flips, handstands, spins... Each trick launched him higher somehow, and he landed in the other tube. "Woohoo!" he shouted, thrusting his clenched fists into the air.
"You're not supposed to be enjoying yourself!" Sewer Gator shouted back, dashing backwards away from Mega Man as he proceeded to throw brown and pink spirals at him. "You're supposed to be freaked out, grossed out, and barely able to function!"
"Now where's the fun in that?" Mega Man asked, swinging Rush to the side so he went completely around the circular tunnel to avoid the missiles as he fired back. "This whole thing has been a big joke! Vinyl wants to push me, to make it plain she doesn't like me throwing Wily in jail. It may surprise you both that I don't like throwing him in jail either! But we're on opposite sides here...so this is what happens! No reason we can't have fun with it!"
Sewer Gator growled angrily. "You're mocking me! I am a serious threat!" With an angry roar, he lunged forward, trying to snap his jaws shut on Mega Man.
Mega Man evaded by jumping upwards off Rush. As the jaws snapped shut, he used a belt he'd grabbed out of the sewage to bind Gator's mouth shut. "Vinyl's very accurate in what she does," Mega Man commented as he landed on his foe's snout. "Not surprised she made your jaws work like a real gator's or croc's. Now you're going to tell me where Vinyl's based, or I'm going to blow you away."
Gator smirked through the binding's on his jaw. "I only know the warp pad is up ahead," his voice synthesizer broadcast so Mega Man could hear. "And only my Master Weapon can activate it! So go ahead and blow me!"
Mega Man shrugged. "Fair enough." Cocking his buster, he unleashed a barrage of shots until Sewer Gator began to explode. Flipping off the erupting bot, he landed on Rush and sped forwards to the warp pad. As his systems registered the upload of 'Sewer Missiles', the warp pad activated, and Mega Man leapt in, warping away to Vinyl's home base.
He landed in country he didn't recognize before a massive, towering fortress with a huge, upside down horseshoe on the front, glowing in segments up and down with different shades of blue. The gates stood open for him, welcoming him in to the challenges that awaited. "Here I come, Vinyl!" he proclaimed, storming in.
I have a feeling that Vinyl has saved the best for last in that fortress
Nice sonic reference.
with how the other Wub Master weapons behave I'm guessing that this is literally a crap weapon
So... Sewer Gator is Sonic?
Is this the first time Megaman has defeated all 8 robot masters without retreating or loosing? Otherwise great chapter and loved that choice of music!
tbh i was thinking of this
Oh please, please have this be a stage that just wrecks Megaman. I really want him to be so sure that he's hit the heart of the matter (Vinyl is trying to teach him a fairly safe lesson about not going after the Dr.s directly) and here she kicks in a bonus lesson: That she can, whenever she wants to, break him in half and feed him into a blast furnace.
Err, sorry. But at this stage of the story I've learned to equate Megaman's suffering with my joy, so sadism is on the rise, you know?
So, TMNT robots, Vinyl should have made that the master.
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Don't worry.
Next up are the four Fortress Guardians.
6844908 And the final boss is...
Nothing but a note that says...
"Out For Lunch. Will be back whenever."
Neverr ever comes back from the longest lunch break ever.
Can't say I really get it, but Mega Man has part of it down at least: having fun with it.
Dat stage music. All my nostalgia
6844905 or the Shredder
heh heh, heh heh!
Megaman blew the boss!
Sewer gator gets the win for a classic reference.
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I was expecting Sewer Missile to basically be Megaman throwing poop at his enemies.
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Real One: Make one insane as Metal Man! Or make Vinyl ride a Metal Gear Ray using Liquid Ocelot's clothing and make Mega Man use a suit that will be the only way to pass through a microwave stage that could melt him in seconds that looks like Solid Snake's suit from MG2!
Hells Fire: Shut up, he/she is busy writing the next chapters to read a Metal Gear Fanboy/Kojima Fanboy comment.
into the sewers.Rush landed
He landed in country he didn't
1. Forgot your spacing.
2. He landed in a country he didn't.
Ahh, the nostalgia from TMNT and Sonic strikes again... I miss the animated shows from back then in comparison to those now. Guess I got too used to the older ones and their different versions like Sonic Underground and such.
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Country referring to an area of land (as in, the country) rather than a specific country (like France).
That was fun, may I have another?
Looking forward to more.
Keep up the good work. Deus tecum.
Another enjoyable chapter. Good work.
6845412 Hmm... I've never heard of it being used in such a way before... My mind has the prefix always being used for country in this kind of sentence though. So many rules to remember at times that I forget which belongs to which anymore.
Ahh, Sewer Surfin
If it's an upside down horseshoe, would that mean that there's two towers? And that Megaman would be going up the wrong one in pursuit of Vinyl and Wily?
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No. It's just got the horseshoe-U from the cover art instead of Wily's usual Skull symbol over the entrance.
god this megamans an asshole
6845769 Oooooooh...I misread
I read the title and was expecting Battletoads.
TMNT reference? Close enough.
6844961 I want this. Tat, please?
Heh...blow me...
Ha! I loved Turtles in Time, and that was my favorite level! I tip my hat to you, Tatsurou.
6846515 I'd bet you money that they DO. It's stupid how durable PS1 games are. Especially since PS2/3/4 games fail if you look at them funny.
The wifi I'm on has a filter so I assumed that "Surfin' Bird" or "Rock Lobster" was playing. heh.
Well, Mega Man is toast. Vinyl may have been screwing around before, but I think it is basically a given that she is going to be trying her hardest to murder the shit out of him here so I'm expecting him to run into Spike Wall Man soon.
I feel like an idiot! I never read comments so no "told ya so"s.
Skull man is Sans! How could i be so blind! I realised it only NOW of all the times!
6844908 let me guess, it's the robot masters that he couldn't defeat like air man?
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Actually, the music from the "Sewer Surfin'" stage of "Turtles in Time".
6846025 Tis a reference to the Galactic Hitchhiker.
6847850 I'm actually at good wifi now. I re-read the chapter and laughed when you mention the TMNT robots. I even thought there were a few Sonic the Hedgehog references, but just a line, a gator, a loop, and the thought of Sonic Riders were probably something else.
COWABUNGA!!!! It should be no surprise that after reading this chapter I had a craving for pizza.
I"m glad Mega Man is trying to have fun with this last stage, I honestly wouldn't have minded a stage like this in the games.
I'M GONNA BLOW YOU!!! away.
Awesome chapters, I'm deciding to catch up tonight.
Bow he will face real Robot Masters, right?
Very nice choice of background music.
Because of course he did.
Sneaking Sonic in there too, eh?
And is that an intentional subtle Captain Falcon?
PHRASING!
and thus the last wub master is bested... and mega's final trial comences...