VSW-018: Denoument
Mega Man lay back on the work table as Dr. Light worked on reattaching his limbs. "How bad's the damage, Dad?" he asked worriedly.
"Not all that bad, actually," Dr. Light replied. "Clean breaks at all points, so I just need to replace the connectors and reattach. More time consuming than difficult."
"That's good," Mega Man whispered gratefully. "Just wish I'd...actually managed to make the capture..."
"You would have had to let them go anyway," Dr. Light commented idly.
Mega Man's head shot up as far as it could without benefit of limb flexing. "What do you mean?"
"Albert's legal team finally got done working through the courts," Dr. Light explained, doing his best to suppress chuckles. "The final court decision is that neither he nor Vinyl has actually done anything illegal."
Mega Man could only stare, completely stupefied. "...what?"
"That's the reaction of the press, too," Dr. Light explained, unable to suppress his chuckles anymore. "But that's the straight legalities of it-"
"But he stole Guts Man and the others!" Mega Man complained.
"At the time, he had half ownership," the good doctor corrected, "and since you destroyed them under my directives from the legal standpoint, I void my right to press charges over the loss of my half."
"And all the damage they caused-"
"To places Wily owned outright," Tom countered. "With a clause in the renting contract about potential disruptions of business or residence due to unanticipated robotic activity. Even the destruction is classified as erroneous robotic behavior, so there's no crime as long as he paid to rebuild the places...which he did. Even paid for the loss of business as per the contracts."
Mega Man stared flatly. "...I take it the same is true for the second time around?"
"Yup!" Dr. Light agreed. "And since he turned himself in that time technically, it counts in his favor."
"And what about the third time?" Mega Man demanded angrily. "He took over those mining facilities-"
"Experimental off-world facilities," Dr. Light countered. "Even I made sure we wouldn't be held liable if something happened to our robots that time around in brand new conditions we couldn't properly simulate."
"And what about stealing Gamma?"
"Since we hadn't completed it and handed it over to the government yet, same situation as with the first six," Tom replied. "And the military doesn't want to make a fuss over just how much was invested in a project that failed. They'd rather just sweep it under the rug."
"And I cleared the whole thing up with Cossack myself," Mega Man groaned. "But what about kidnapping you?"
"If I choose to press charges over that, the entire incident will have to be made official," Dr. Light chided, a deep frown on his face. "The exact methods you used to convince Wily to surrender will be a matter of public record. I won't do that to you."
Mega Man lay back, sighing. "I take it Vinyl's antics are the same?"
"Yup," Dr. Light agreed. "Even the prison break is technically a kidnapping, since Wily had no agency in the break out. And since he's not pressing charges..."
"What about the damage to the prison?" Mega Man demanded. "Surely that's an issue!"
"The prison belongs to Light Labs Industries," Dr. Light explained. "In exchange for erasing all the charges you accrued damaging the businesses Wily owned while going after Vinyl's Wub Masters, I'm not pressing charges or fines over that. Saved me well over $5 billion."
"But they were trying to take over the world!" Mega Man proclaimed, trying for one last line of prosecution.
"While most people don't like the idea...technically neither the attempt nor the thwarting thereof is illegal," Tom allowed, his voice a bit embarrassed. "And since the Robot Masters and Wub Masters made sure to evacuate civilians in an orderly manner before starting their rampages...it's not even technically terrorism."
Mega Man slumped back, unsure what to say about that. "...infringement of civil liberties?" he offered lamely.
"With the set you didn't fight, several civilians paused to take selfies with the Robot Masters while evacuating," Dr. Light replied, shaking his head ruefully. "Even if any government wanted to press that charge, it would never stand up after that."
Mega Man sighed as he lay back. "Then...why am I fighting against them, anyway?"
"Do you want to let them take over the world?" Dr. Light inquired.
Mega Man thought about that for a time. "...no. I don't think it's good for the world to let any one person have total control, whatever their motives."
"Then that's why you fight. Because for you, that's justice...and peace."
Mega Man thought about what Dr. light told him. It felt...right.
Secret deposited Wily, Vinyl, and Protoman safely. "We have arrived."
"Arrived where?" Wily demanded worriedly.
"Home!" Vinyl explained happily as Mikhail and Kalinka came in with a hot meal for both of them.
"Welcome back to the neighborhood," Mikhail greeted warmly.
"Did you have fun?" Kalinka asked eagerly.
Vinyl happily raised her hoof to bump against Kalinka's offered closed fist. Albert sat down, stunned. "Here?"
"The legal team just got done clearing you both completely," Forte offered as he stepped in. "Why would anyone come after you here?"
Wily thought about that for a time, then shrugged. "Fair enough."
After relaxing for a while, he turned towards where Secret stood. "A rather interesting robot," Wily murmured. "How did you perfect the Sonic Blade technology?"
Vinyl grinned, eager to share. "Well, the Sonic Disruptor actually generates a special field that contains the focused blast of sonic energy, which is what keeps it from blasting out in every direction. With the disruptor, that field is energized by whatever it passes through, allowing it to keep going until the field runs out and the sonic energy disperses. In this case, the field is generated in a wide blade shape, basically having a constant Sonic Disruption blast bouncing around inside to create the permanent blade shape, generated by Secret's three power cores."
"Three?" Albert and Mikhail both asked, stunned.
"One for the robot, two for the blade," Vinyl explained. "Even managed to make them aesthetically pleasing on her!"
"...her?" Mikhail asked, surprised.
"Yup!" Vinyl proclaimed proudly. "I made a girl bot!"
"May I take a closer look?" Wily asked.
"Sure!" Vinyl agreed. "Secret, remove the cloak."
Nodding, Secret did as instructed. Her construction was rather bare bones, with the overall structure sturdy but not quite complete. She lacked a synthoflesh coating on any body parts, and the armored skin that covered every inch was stark and metallic. Only a single optical sensor showed on the face, glowing blue.
One other thing immediately caught Wily's attention, however. "Vinyl...what are those?" he asked, pointing.
"Mammaries!" Vinyl explained. "Adult humanoid females have big ones, right?" Kalinka nodded in confirmation.
"Not there!" Wily countered intensely.
Confused, Vinyl lowered her head to glance backwards between her forelegs, before looking back up at her father. "That's where mine are," she offered innocently.
Wily was not the only one present whose face met both palms firmly as Kalinka giggled.
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Wow Vinyl is dirty and does not even know it. So the next question is will Secret become Zero?
DAMMIT VINYL! STOP BEING FUNNY WITHOUT KNOWING!
I surprised that she didn't make a PONY robot master.
*slams head into a wall repeatedly and softly* Oh Vinyl... What did you see on the internet?
points
would've / would have
Poor Mega Man... Can't be easy being him.
Now I hope for an alternate chapter where megaman dodged secrets sneak attack and managed to remove her cloak only to be so dumbstruck by her body, that she easily disables him.
NO!
Would've. The word is WOULD'VE! WOULD HAVE, a contraction!
'Would of' is completely meaningless and lazy, showing that there was no effort put into even basic proofreading, and it pisses people with grammar issues off.
Oh, hey, the bit with the ski lodge became relevant. Neat.
Hooray, establishing character motive for the win!
Confound these fillies; they drive me to drink water!
6922897 Zero's possible quote (I say possible because he was friggin insane when he said this), "I was made by a girl!"
Sigma's (Previrus villain) reply from that, "I can tell."
Well, this chapter connects closely to an early "Melody of the Future" chapter.
Albert, get your kid off of 8chan, Tumblr, and Reddit. NOW.
Vinyl made a robotic girl cyclops
So Wily and Vinyl went through loopholes to avoid anything illegal
That's an interesting way out of troube in this last chapter, i must say!
6922975 then get your grammar issues fixed just because you have a problem doesn't mean you need to get mad, just looking at my writing in this comment will give you a bloody rage that could kill a thousand turtle dove's do want those dove's to die? no? then calm down its good to point out mistakes others make so they can improve, be the helpful guy who tells people what was wrong and not the guy who just starts yelling at the slightest slight and give into your anger, that never ends well.
Sheesh...Politics and law, am I right? Meanwhile, Vinyl is just so adorable with her obliviousness
6922974 Make it happen.
And remember, We will be watching.
Another enjoyable chapter. Good job.
Best part in this chapter
Phft
6922897 that'd require a gender switch. And so far even with redesigns she hasn't outright altered them that deeply.
The design reminds me of Zero from Borderlands 2.
Bwhahahahaha!
While Vinyl's misunderstanding of pony/human biology differences is amusing, it does comes with a dark realization: Anytime a character blows a raspberry on a pony's stomach, they're essentially motorboating them.
Drat. Now that's going to come to mind in every "human raises a foal-ified pony" story I read now.
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Actually, the mammaries are below the stomach. So no, they aren't.
6923678 Oh... Nevermind then. I need to stop assuming that I understand equine anatomy based solely on pony fics.
Poor Mega, he just realized the cake was a lie.
Also Wily didn't kidnapped Light, he invited him over for christmas. You ASSUMED he was.
and Oh Vinyl.
6923455 YES! Oh that would be so cool!
6923646 On equines the mammaries are located directing forward (above if standing on two legs) of the groin region. Besides, by that logic you are molesting any dog or cat that you give a belly rub, since they actually have their mammaries on their stomach.
6923814 Do you want Mega Man to try going back to simulator suicide? Don't make him think that the whole thing that gave him such issues was a lie the entire time making his actions even less forgivable in his perspective.
6923948 Yes, yes i do.
Everything's nice and neat, no one's in trouble, and that ending! Looking forward to more.
Keep up the good work. Deus tecum.
WHAT ARE THOSE?!i724.photobucket.com/albums/ww250/Wings-of-Ash/PONIES/Facehoof.jpg~original
Secret's true name is apparently Milky W-
*user was fired from his job and lost Internet access privs*
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):
Zero and Sigma's actual quote (and yes, he was friggin insane at the time
So I'd definitely buy that "Secret" is an early version of Zero.
6924479 1.bp.blogspot.com/-iGD2ef2Zv9g/UOhwxijQB6I/AAAAAAAAG-E/V-dCIzaH4Uo/s1600/cap.gif
I'm so proud of you Vinyl, plus she's awesome. I suggest Roll becomes jealous and starts wanting combat upgrades if Secret is ever revealed.
ROTFLMAO!!!! Oh man, I needed that laugh. Poor Wily, will he need to give his daughter a talk on biology??? And I suppose he should consider himself lucky she didn't make Secret a Centauress with mammaries for both the human and horse halves. And I see Wily will need to install a very creative internet content filter or his little filly is going to cause him to need to go spend time in a padded room. I'd suggest that if she goes anywhere that requires her to input her age Bass and Protoman both have to agree she can have access to the site.
Vinyl, didn't you study biology when figuring out how to shape the robots?
6925102 Is it possible that she just went off the design of other robot masters?
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Me too.
6925130
How many of the other Masters have been girls?
Exactly. She should have done more research.
6925611 or she could have just looked at her self and said "why not?"
...you went there. You went there and it is now canon to these stories.
Edit:
For those who haven't figured out who Secret is yet.
Secret was Zero? Hahaha!
Using legal loopholes to toy with the world and its heroes without getting into trouble to legally take over the world? This is why for the third time in these stories counting Nightmare Moon's and Chrysalis's stories, it just doesn't feel right to route for the pony character. They're trying to justify something that is morally wrong to begin with.
6926506 True.
What a precious genius.:3
6923344 actually if you read melody of the future then yea seret is zero
Robo Crotch Tits.
That's a great band name . . .
i double facepalmed AND laughed at reading the last line
So Wily has done nothing technically Illegal.