Mega-Sonic

Part 3

On our last episode, Megaman X was nearly wasted by the new Robot Masters sent by Dr. Wily. But luckily for him, his brother Proto Man and the Maverick Hunters came in at the right time to save the day. They were successfully able to fight off the Robot Masters, and save X from certain death. Little do they realize that Sigma, the rougue reploid, has appeared on the scene. And with him around, things are about to take a turn for the worst. Meanwhile, Rush was still having problems of his own. Can his problems be resolved? And what about Sonic and the Mobians? Can they find Eggman and stop whatever he has planned? Stay tuned to find out.

[The Blue Typhoon was heading toward a gigantic city on top of a flying island]

Rouge: That looks like Babylon Garden and Angel Island combined into one.

Tails: Huh. That's odd.

Shadow: The Chaos Emeralds are there somewhere and so is Eggman, we got to find him before he can use them for whatever he has planned.

Sally: Right. Now let's see, where to start from. Nicole, can you pick up any energy readings?

Nicole: Working...

Sonic: Well?

Nicole: Energy readings detected. 10 kilometers up ahead.

Sonic: Then 10 kilometers is where we're headed!

Tails: Hang on, I'm putting the ship down for landing.

Sonic: Huh? Hey, what's up?

Tails: Nothing, I just don't want us to get too much attention.

Sally: Good idea, Tails.

Shadow: Yeah, and besides we can't let Eggman know we're here yet.

And so they land the Blue Typhoon in a remote part of the island.

Knuckles: Well, let's get started.

Shadow: Wait. I feel something.

Knuckles: Yeah? What is it?

[Suddenly three streams of fire came at them]

Espid: Watch out!

[Knuckles grabs Sally, and dodges the attack. Shadow teleports to avoid the fire, and Sonic grabs Tails and Amy, and jumps to avoid the fire]

Sonic: Alright, who did that?

[Suddenly three unicorn reploids came out, they had on silver and black armor, though the flames on them were different, the first one had blue fire and parts of his armor were a darker shade of blue, the second had green fire and parts of his armor were a darker shade of green, and the last one had normal colored fire and parts of his armor were red]

Sticks: I'm guessing it was them.

Sonic: Who the heck are these weirdos?

Green Unicorn Reploid: Us weird? You're the one who is weird with those odd shaped eyes.

Blue Unicorn Reploid: Dreadmane, let's have Pyromane handle this.

Dreadmane: If you say so, Soulrazer. Go ahead, Pyromane.

Pyromane: Alright then. Listen up, we're gonna ask you some questions and if you don't answer them we're going to roast you alive. Now first; what are you doing here?

Shadow: We're looking for a mad scientist named Dr. Eggman.

Pyromane: I don't know any Dr. Eggman. And if he was here, why are you looking for him?

Shadow: He has theses gems called the Chaos Emeralds and we think he might be planning to do something that could threaten your home.

Pyromane: And do you expect us to believe that? How do we know you're not the ones up to anything nefarious?

Sonia: Hey, you're the ones who attacked us, and we weren't doing anything wrong!

Manic: Yeah! That is bogus!

Dreadmane: Okay, this is a waste of time. Listen here, if you guys aren't up to anything then you have two options, either go back to wherever you came from or get charred.

Sonic: We're not going anywhere until we find what we're looking for!

Soulrazer: Have it your way! Let's get em fellas!

Dreadmane: I'm gonna have fun frying you punks to a crisp! (powers up)

Sonic: Like we'll give you the chance!

[A fierce battle ensues]

Sally: Careful, Sonic!

Sonic: Whoa!

[Sonic dodge a fatal attack]

Soulrazer: Hold still!

[Sonic sticks his tongue out mockingly]

Sonic: Take your best shot!

Pyromane: Okay, now which victim wishes to go first?

Dreadmane: The double-tailed fox is mine.

[Meanwhile with Dreadmane and Pyromane they were dealing with the others]

Shadow: Stay away from him!

Dreadmane: Oh, tough guy, eh?!

[Dreadmane fires a blast of fire from his fists, which Shadow blocks]

Shadow: You think a little fire will stop me?

Dreadmane: Only one way to find out, big shot!

[Dreadmane powers up]

Shadow: Tails, look for cover! I'll handle this loser!

Tails: O-okay...

[Shadow turns to Dreadmane]

Shadow: Come on! I'm ready for you!

Dreadmane: We'll see about that, hedgehog.

[The hedgehog and the Unicorn Reploid continue engage in battle]

Shadow: Have a taste of my Chaos Spear!

[Shadow attacks with his Chaos Spear, and hits Dreadmane]

Dreadmane: You're going to have to do better than that! I hardly felt it!

Shadow: What?!

Dreadmane: (chuckles) Well, come on little man! Show me what you got!

Shadow: And I will! Come on!

Dreadmane: This should be fun!

[And as their battle continues, we cut back to Megaman X, Proto Man, Guts Man, and GMX, who had just made their way back to Dr. Light's lab. But upon arriving there, they realized that something was a miss]

Guts Man: WHAT THE HELL?!

GMX: What is that thing?!

X: It's... It's Rush!

Proto Man: But... What's happened to him?

Brain Bot: It's a long story, big brother...

Rush: (blushing) Please, don't look at me! I'm embarrassed!

Roll: Don't worry, Rush. We'll figure a way to restore you to normal.

[Roll pats Rush's bloated pelvic area]

Guts Man: (chuckles)

Rush: Hey! Don't laugh at me! I've had a rough day today!

Guts Man: Oh... I'm not laughing...

GMX: But it is pretty funny!

Guts Man: Yeah! Just look at the size of him! He's HUGE!

[Rush begins to blush in embarrassment]

Light: Now, now you two. Don't you start with it.

GMX: We... (chuckles) Can't help it!

Guts Man: Oh what the heck! Better to let it out now!

[Guts Man and GMX could no longer hold in their laughter, and start cracking up. They point fingers at Rush, and tease him over his predicament]

Guts Man: (laughing) Oh that's so hilarious! He's like a giant T-Rex!

GMX: (laughing) I don't know! He looks more like a giant hot air balloon!

X: Guys, would you cut it out already?! Can't you see Rush is embarrassed?

Rush: (tearful) You tell them, X...

Roll: Seriously! You two aught to be ashamed of yourselves! Laughing at Rush in his condition!

Proto: Yeah! How would you two like it if it happened to you?

Guts Man: Oh... Well... Now that you mentioned it...

GMX: I guess we WOULD be embarrassed...

X: Then show some consideration for Rush here.

Guts Man: Okay, okay... We're sorry...

Roll: Tell that to Rush.

GMX: Okay. We will.

[Guts Man pats Rush's bloated pelvic area]

Guts Man: Hey, we're sorry for laughing at you, Rush. No hard feelings we hope.

GMX: Yeah, we didn't mean to upset you.

[Rush remains silent]

X: Well what do you say, Rush?

Rush: Oh okay. I forgive you guys. But just don't do it again, okay?

Guts Man: Hey, we promise! And if we laugh at you again, you can flatten us into tin foil!

Rush: I would. But I'm not heavy enough to do that.

Light: We'll discuss this later. Right now we need to figure out how to shrink Rush back to normal.

Brain Bot: And figure out if I can fix that bug in the chip.

X: Or better yet, maybe you aught to start from scratch and make a new one. If the chip is that faulty.

Proto: He's right. No sense in wasting time on that defective thing.

Brain Bot: I guess you're right... (sigh) I seemed to have made an error in my logic.

X: It's okay, Brain Bot. We all make mistakes.

Proto Man: That's right. Besides, you're still young. Compared to us that is since we were activated long before you.

Roll: And if you want, I can help.

Brain Bot: Oh? How so?

Roll: Well, I am pretty smart in my own rights. And my IQ is in the genius category.

Rush: So can you help me?

Roll: Of course. We'll have you back to normal in no time!

X: But how will we shrink him down?

Roll: Maybe we should ask Brain Bot.

Brain Bot: Well... The chip has very specific functions. It increases the cellular structure in our bodies and expands them. You see, in all life forms, organic or robotic, we have molecules that are constantly moving about. And the bigger they grow, the bigger our bodies will grow. The Expando X5 chip maximizes the cellular structure.

Roll: Is there a way to neutralize the effect?

Brain Bot: Perhaps if we were to somehow... Magnetically disrupt it.

Roll: Magnetically disrupt it? That's it!

Rush: But wait! Won't that damage my circuitry?

Roll: Not if we target directly where the chip is.

Rush: It's in my chest compartment. Please be careful though.

X: Have faith in Roll, buddy. She knows what she's doing. Don't you, sis?

Roll: Of course! Don't worry, Rush. I know what to do. But first, I need to ask if I can use the power you collected from Magnet Man, bro bot.

Brain Bot: Sure, go right ahead, sis.

Roll: Thank you!

[Roll absorbs the power of magnetism from Brain Bot, and her clothes turn silver]

Proto: Go sis!

Roll: Okay! Here it goes! [Roll climbs up Rush's bloated body, and makes her way up to his chest] Alright, Rush. Where is the chip?

Rush: It's in here. (points to his chest)

Roll: Alright, here goes nothing.

[Roll gently places the palm of her hand against Rush's chest, and uses a small dosage of magnetism projecting from her hand. She manages to short circuit the faulty Expando X5 chip without damaging Rush's circuitry. And moments later, Rush slowly begins to shrink back to his normal size. Before long, he was restored back to normal. Feeling his chest, belly, and lower abdomen, he looked up at Roll, and hugged her with a sense of gratitude]

Rush: (tearful) I... I'm back to normal! Oh thank you, Roll! Thank you thank you thank you! How can I ever repay you?

Roll: Just keep helping X and Proto and we'll be good.

Rush: Okay then, I will! But first I must properly thank you!

[Rush licks Roll's face a few times]

Roll: (giggles)

Proto: Still a dog at heart.

X: Yeah. Rush still has canine instincts. But I love him anyway. He's my silly dog.

Roll: I think you deserve some treats, Rush.

[She pulls out some giant Battery Biscuits]

Rush: Wow! Yummy!

Roll: Wait, first, sit down. [Rush obeys] Beg. [Rush obeys] Now lie down and roll over. [Rush obeys] Good boy! Here you go!

[Roll tosses a biscuit, and Rush catches it with his mouth, and munches it up. He swallows it with satisfaction]

Roll: Good, huh?

Rush: Yeah!

Proto Man: Well, now that that's over, it's time to get back to business.

X: Right. Today's battle was just the beginning.

Brain Bot: What do you mean?

X: When I fought the Robot Masters today, I noticed something different about them.

Light: What is it?

X: It appears that they're powered by the Dark Energy that Duo and I fought in the past. How it could still exist is a mystery even to me.

Roll: I don't like the sound of this.

Light: But how can this be? It was eliminated!

X: That's what I thought too, doc. That's what we all thought. But it's back.

Roll: Guess Wily had some stashed away for emergencies.

Light: That may be the truth. But this has become more serious than ever.

X: We have to stop Wily's schemes before its too late.

Light: I know, X. But... Stopping the dark energy without Duo's help isn't going to be easy. If we can do it at all.

Roll: We've got to! To give up half way is to accept defeat! And we can't do that?

X: My sister's right, father. We must keep trying, no matter the cost!

Proto: I'm with X on this.

Guts Man: And we're gonna need all the help we can get.

X: Sorry Gutsy. You and GMX aren't going to fight with us.

Guts Man: What?! What do you mean?! You can't go without us! We're all in this together!

Proto: You guys almost got killed. We're not risking it.

Light: I'm sorry, boys. But Proto Man is right. You guys need to sit this one out.

Guts Man: AWE!

X: It's nothing personal, guys. It's just that I don't want to see you guys get hurt. You guys are like family to me. And if I lose you, I won't forgive myself. Please, try to understand.

GMX: Oh, alright.

Brain Bot: But still, I agree that we'll need all the help we can get. Who else do we have?

X: We got Zero, Axl, and the other Hunters.

[Suddenly, a voice is heard]

Voice: And you also have me.

Proto: Who said that?

Rush: (sniff sniff sniff) That scent is familiar... It's... It's...

X: Who is it, Rush?

Rush: It's Duo!

Roll: Are you sure?

[The figure steps into view, and reveals itself]

Figure: Your dog's nose doesn't lie, Megaman.

Rush: See! I told you!

X: Duo!

Duo: Long time no see, my friend. It's been a while.

Proto Man: A very long while.

X: It's good to see you again. But my name is now X.

Duo: X huh? Seems fitting.

Proto Man: So what brings you here?

Duo: Do you really have to ask?

X: I think we all know the reason why he's here, bro.

Duo: As soon as I picked up readings of the dark energy, I knew there was trouble.

Proto: And good thing you did.

Duo: And I brought along a friend of yours. Come, Tango.

[Tango appears]

Tango: You hollered?

Roll: Tango!

Rush: You look... Different...

Tango: You like the new me? I've received an upgrade!

X: We can see that.

Tango: Yeah. And I'm ready for anything. Anybody who tangos with me, has a date with his maker. (clasps fists together)

Rush: It'll be a pleasure to fight alongside you again.

Tango: Yep. Just like old times.

Rush: You said it.

[Rush and Tango do a bro-fist]

Proto: We better get going, I received word that the Unicorn Brothers are fighting some strange creatures at Sky Lagoon.

X: Them again?

Proto Man: That's right.

X: Alright then. Come on, Rush! Time to fly!

Rush: You got it!

[Rush transforms into jet form]

Roll: I want to come with you, X! In case those three do something stupid.

Light: You think that's wise?

Proto Man: I don't think so, sis. It's too dangerous. You'll stay here. It's safer.

Roll: What? Oh no you don't! You're not leaving me behind! X, back me up!

X: Well, to be fair, Roll has helped me out a few times. And even though she's my younger sister, she has proven her mantle quite well. So she can come along. But sis, stay close to me.

Roll: I always do.

X: Okay then. Come on, everybody, we have no time to lose.

[And so X and his gang take off toward Sky Lagoon meanwhile with Sonic and his friends they were still fending off the Unicorn Brothers]

Sonic: These guys are tough...

Knuckles: No doubt they feel the same about us.

Dreadmane: But make no mistake, you flesh creatures are about to die!

Shadow: We have many people try to kill us, though we're still here.

Amy: You can't deny some have come close.

Shadow: Regardless, we're not easy to kill.

Sonic: And you guys are nothing compared to what we've been through!

Pyromane: Is that right?

Sonic: Yeah! You heard me!

Pyromane: Then perhaps we should show you the full extent of our powers by combining our flames.

Knuckles: Then enlighten us, you mechanical monstrosities!

Soulrazer: Oh, we're going to enjoy this.

[The three reploids stand side to side and then they engulf their whole bodies in fire, the three fires mix together and become a dark unicorn with black flame]

Knuckles: WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!

Shadow: Not good!

Dreadmane/Pyromane/Soulrazer: Behold Amaterasu!

Sticks: This is not good.

Knuckles: How are we gonna fight this... This... Thing?!

Sonic: If only we had the Chaos Emeralds.

Amaterasu: (chuckles) We can see from your faces that you're frozen with fear at our great power!

Shadow: I am afraid of nothing! And if you want to get serious two can play that game.

[Shadow takes off his Inhibitor Rings and starts overflowing with power]

Amaterasu: What is this?!

Shadow: Now then, you ready?

Amaterasu: (snorts) Come at me then!

[The two charge at each other engulfing themselves in their own energy and as they clash, they create a huge explosion]

Sonic: (shields eyes) Holy crap!

Tails: TAKE COVER!

[Everybody races for a hiding place, and covers their heads as the explosion grows bigger]

Rouge: Aw man.

[The explosion stops growing and eventually the smoke clears up showing Shadow and three brothers scrapped up and exhausting]

Shadow: (panting) Damn... I think I used too much power in that attack.

Knuckles: Did he get them?

[Sally peaked and saw that the brothers were still standing though their condition was no better than Shadow's]

Pyromane: Da... Damn hedgehog...

[Suddenly Zero and Axl arrived to the scene]

Zero: What the hell happened?!

Axl: Whoa, you guys looked trashed, and that is rare to see.

Sonic: Zero? Axl?

Tails: What are you doing here?

Zero: Sonic?!

Axl: Tails?!

Soulrazer: Can somebody explain to me just what is going on here?

Dreadmane: Yeah, how do you know these guys?

Axl: I think the better question is, why did you guys attack them?

Pyromane: We thought they were a threat to the city.

Sonic: We weren't doing anything wrong, these psychos tried to roast us!

Zero: Is that right? Explain yourselves!

Pyromane: Hey, come on. We're just trying to play it safe!

Axl: This qualifies as safe?! Your lucky this wasn't in the city otherwise it would have been worse! No wonder why the commander worries about you going off on your own, there's no telling what you'll do!

Soulrazer: Sometimes you got to take a risk to ensure safety.

Dreadmane: Yeah, we can't afford to be too trusting! Many reploids and humans died cause the Hunters were careless with who they trusted, and that is a chance we can't afford to take!

Zero: Enough! You three are to return to HQ and stay there! Understood.

Pyromane: Of course. Come on guys.

[The three unicorn reploids descend, and disappear from the scene]

Shadow: Hmm...

Sonic: Zero, just who were those jerks anyway? And what's their story?

Zero: That was Dreadmane, Pyromane, and Soulrazer. They joined the Hunters about a year ago and they made quite a rep for themselves.

Knuckles: Are they always such jerks?

Axl: Kinda. They just take their job as Hunters seriously. Though, I won't lie their methods are...questionable.

Shadow: Well I hope we won't have anymore trouble from them.

Zero: We'll see soon enough. We're getting called back to HQ, we'll need to inform the commander what is going on.

[Suddenly, a voice is heard]

Voice: Going so soon? The party's just begun!

Axl: Who said that?

[Bass steps into view, and is seen standing on a cliff]

Bass: I did!

Zero: Not you again.

Bass: Long time no see, brother...

Zero: Not long enough.

Bass: Well, in any case, I'm here to kill some time. And I might as well kill you guys while I'm at it. Treble! Come!

[Treble came out in his anthro form]

Treble: I'm ready, Master.

Sally: Wait! That's Treble?

Tails: He looks different...

Bass: That's because he's been upgraded. Thanks to the genius of the reploid Sigma.

Zero: Wait... Sigma?!

Bass: That's right, baby brother. But that's the least of your concerns. Treble! Unite with me!

Treble: As you command!

[Treble jumps high into the air, and he and Bass combine in a flash of light. Everybody shields their eyes. When the light disappears, Bass is seen in his more powerful and sinister form. He now has wings, and the fins on his helmet are edgier, and the golden accents on his helmet, arms, legs, and shoulder guards are now purple]

Espio: Not good...

Bass: Now, brother... Let's see which one of us is the superior model!

Zero: Fine then! [Zero readies his lightsaber] Have at you! Brother!

[The two robots engage. Meanwhile with X and his group they were making their way to Sky Lagoon]

X: Something doesn't seem right.

Proto: Yeah, that explosion was huge.

Roll: What do you think caused it?

Duo: Don't know. But the energy readings are still strong.

X: Alright Rush, time to go full speed!

Rush: Roger!

[Rush starts increasing his speed and takes off with Proto and Duo following behind. Are they ready for what lies in store? And do the heroes stand a chance against the new and improved Bass? Only time will tell the tale]