Before I begin, I would like
to extend my special thanks to the following parties that were inspirational in
the creation of this fic:
The movie Stay Tuned starring John Ritter and Pam
Dawber for providing a look at the world of television gone mad.
Two great Nintendo games: Mega Man II and the Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. (Don't ask me about that one, those were just the games I was
playing around the time I wrote this, so I stuck elements from both games in
there.)
Those classic Saturday morning
cartoons for providing me with hours of laughs as a child.
And finally, Madonna for
giving me an awesome new weapon to use against Mega Man. (Author's note: If you're a fan of Maddy, I
strongly recommend you DO NOT read this fic.
You'll see what I'm talking about when you get to the end.)
And now….
…Mega Man in….
Robotooned!!!!!!!
It was a typical day on the
beach. Our hero, Mega Man was basking
in the sun, while his girlfriend, Roll was taking a dip in the ocean. As he watched her ride the waves, he took
out his favorite cereal Dino Pebbles and
started munching on a few marshmallows.
On the beach Mega Man felt home free, out of the woods, all alone. And he was all alone.
At least that's what he
thought. Far down below the surface of
the ocean, a familiar looking flying saucer rested, flanked by a shark on the
left side, and an octopus on the other.
A familiar looking mad scientist was struggling with the controls of the
saucer, while two head robots were mopping and cleaning the floor. These signs can only mean one thing: Dr. Wily and his minions are back!
With the saucer's periscope,
Wily spotted Roll.
"Okay boys." he said.
"We're going into the 'damsel in distress' business." The two head
cyborgs, Bubbleman
and Flashman quickly
finished cleaning, and struggled at the controls with all their might. The saucer slowly lifted up out of the
water. A mechanical hand then
appeared, and grabbed Roll. Wily then
jumped out like a madman holding a great prize.
As his girlfriend screamed
for help, Mega Man burst from his chair, grabbed a surfboard, and flew out into
the water. Wily instantly aimed his
laser pistol and fired, but Mega Man dodged every blast. Wily became stunned and confused, giving
Mega Man a chance to clobber him from behind, and knock him into the
water. Holding Roll tight, Mega Man
watched Wily's body wash up on shore.
Talking in a low and nearly
inaudible voice, Wily muttered some strange words. With an extremely weak hand, he grabbed Roll and pulled her
toward him. He then took out a strange
capsule from his lab coat, and held it high in the air. Suddenly, lightning bolts shot from the
capsule, and Mega Man was pulled into the water by some strange magnetic
force. Then he flickered and vanished!
Mega Man's weird
disappearance was a complete mystery.
Nobody knew it, but Mega Man had been transported to a mysterious
cartoon dimension. He didn't know where
he was either. As he sat thinking in a
desert scene, a cloud of dust streaked by him, making a "Beep Beep!"
noise. A doglike creature with big
ears, and a wobbly tongue charged out after the dust cloud.
Then a loud noise, similar
to an explosion was heard causing the scenery to shake violently.
The wounded coyote, his body
darkened by the smoke and dust of the explosion, marched angrily toward Mega
Man. Mistaking him for the Road Runner
that he was chasing, he grabbed Mega Man, and went down to his cave. Just as he was about to pop our hero into
his mouth, a big, black, bird swooped down and grabbed Mega Man with its
claws. Well, actually it wasn't a big,
black bird, but a big, black, daffy duck!
"Sufferin' succotash!"
exclaimed Daffy with annoyance,
"I fly looking for some nice,
juicy fish, and I catch a nice, juicy robot!"
He tied an anvil parachute to Mega Man's back, and then dropped him out
of the sky. Little did anyone know that
down below was Jellystone National Park!
Inside the park, Yogi Bear was stealing people's picnic baskets as
usual, when Mega Man literally dropped in.
"Alright, Yogi! Hold it right there!" Chief Ranger Smith 's voice rang out through
the trees of Jellystone Park. Yogi
quickly planted the picnic baskets on Mega Man, and then took off. Before our hero knew what was happening, he
was picked up off the ground by Ranger Smith, and dragged into the ranger
station.
"You've gone way too far
this time, Yogi." The ranger
said. "You're a disgrace to the
park! I'm packing you off to the zoo
right now!"
"But I'm no Yogi Bear or
whatever you called me!" Mega Man
protested. "I'm Mega Man, a cyborg
that definitely does not live in this place!" "A likely story" laughed Ranger Smith. "Now take off that silly robot
disguise. But if you really are a
robot, and not some bad news bear, then I challenge you to climb the snowy
peaks of Frostbite Falls and battle the Russian spy Boris Badenov. If you're too chicken to accept this
challenge, then to the zoo with you!"
Meanwhile, back in the real world,
Dr. Wily was still struggling on the beach with Roll. His super energy pill was lying a few feet away. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't
reach it. Just then a wave came, and
washed the pill right into his mouth.
Completely reenergized, Dr. Wily took Roll and flew off to Skull Castle
on his booster jet sled.
And Mega Man had to accept
Ranger Smith's challenge, or else he would be locked up in a zoo!
Climbing the steep mountains
of Frostbite Falls, at times, seemed like it was more difficult than fighting
Boris himself. Several times, Mega Man
slipped and stumbled on loose rocks.
Finally our exhausted hero made it to the top, and lay down to rest. Then all of a sudden an earthquake shattered
the mountain into two smaller mountains. Then Boris stepped out!
"Moose and squirrel on board, show yourselves!" shouted
Boris. But when he saw no moose and
squirrel, and only Mega Man awaiting his challenge on the mountain, he felt
shocked and stupid. Nevertheless, he
wasn't about to let a little blue robot make him look like a jackass. Using his strange Bubble Lead power, he
prepared to loosen rocks, to create an avalanche, which would crush our
hero. But Mega Man had an oily plan in
motion. Everyone knows bubbles and oil
don't mix.
Boris slid down the mountain slope on the oil slick Mega
Man created, and into the clutches of the local sheriff. But before he could thank our hero for
Badenov's capture, Mega Man disappeared!
Reappearing on stage where Rocky and Bullwinkle were supposed
to be performing in a theater show, Mega Man came to after a while. Then the curtain opened. The angry audience threw tomatoes, and other
vegetables at our hero shouting "We want Rocky and Bullwinkle!"
Mega Man had to get away from there before the audience
got rough. As he climbed up a rope on
the side of the curtain, Boris's sultry assistant, Natasha climbed up after
him. But Mega Man cut the rope with a
pair of scissors. Natasha fell to the
stage floor. Then Rocky and Bullwinkle
finally appeared. But before they could
figure out what was happening, Mega Man was gone.
Reappearing back at the Jellystone Park ranger station,
Mega Man told Ranger Smith about his victory with Boris Badenov. "You've done well," the ranger said
grimly. "But you must do another
desperate deed to prove yourself. The
Cartoon Counterpart of L.A. has been threatened by the evil Simon Bar Sinister,
and so is ace news reporter Sweet Polly Purebred. You must defeat Simon and rescue Polly!"
Little did anyone realize that the whole hype about the
Cartoon Counterpart of L.A., Sweet Polly Purebred, and Simon Bar Sinister was
actually the making of a movie! As
Mega Man searched high and low for the Cartoon Counterpart of L.A., in the real
world, Dr. Wily was shocked by the sudden, strange total malfunction of
Bubbleman. And Mega Man eventually
found what-was-soon-to-be- the Cartoon Counterpart of L.A., but it looked more
like a Hollywood soundstage than an actual cartoon city. There were video cameras, and makeup and
audio crew everywhere.
Suddenly, the director and producer picked up Mega Man.
"You there" shouted the director. "How many movies have ya been in?"
"And have you played the parts of any super heroes"? inquired the producer.
"I haven't played any roles. I' am a super hero!" protested Mega Man.
"Well, let's get the show on the road!" shouted the
director, without listening to him.
"Joe, get this goofy blue guy into makeup and tell everybody that we
finally have an UNDERDOG!"
Mega Man had to wear a cape, a super hero outfit, and a
dog's mask for his part in the movie as Underdog!
"I'm getting out of here," muttered Mega Man. "If I looked goofy before, I really look goofy now." He started forward, but it was too
late. Bright lights shone on him, and
the director shouted from his chair,
"LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION!!!!!!!!"
"THERRRE'S NOOO NEEED TOOO FEEAR! UNNNDERMEEEGA ISSSS HEEERE!" shouted Mega Man as he flew across the stage
with his cape. Meanwhile in Skull
Castle, Dr. Wily was trying desperately to fix Bubbleman, when Flashman came up
to him.
"Boss. I think you
should see who's on T.V." he said. Wily rushed to Roll's prison cell, and saw
before his very eyes, Mega Man on the Underdog show!
"Good lord, man!" gasped Dr. Wily. And he fainted! Loyal to the end to his master, Flashman tried to revive
Wily. Knowing that water can make a
human come to from a faint, Flashman struggled desperately with Bubbleman's
control mechanism. But Mega Man
happened to be taking on Simon Bar Sinister on the T.V. at this time. So when Simon was defeated, Flashman
suddenly froze, as if someone stuck a metal spoon in his control mechanism.
And on the T.V., Mega Man had scored another complete
victory! The battered and bruised Simon
Bar Sinister was taken to prison, while Sweet Polly Purebred was safe and
sound.
"The only thing I can't figure out is what this watch can
do." Mega Man said to the masses. He
pressed a button on the watch, and suddenly everybody froze, except Mega Man
who had vanished again!
At the Jellystone Park ranger station, Mega Man reappeared
in a sprinkle of stars. But Ranger
Smith looked as grim as ever.
"Yogi" he said sadly.
"Your cover's been blown. Some
mad scientist back in the real world saw you on T.V., and now he's getting your
creators to bring you back.
Indeed you are really a
robot, and not some bad-news-bear in disguise.
But you have more adventures here to follow, before you can go
home." He picked up the day's latest
Cartoon Land newspaper.
"Latest news" he read. "Dr. Claw plans to take over Metro City
with his M.A.D. agents." He turned
back to Mega Man.
"You must stop him," the
ranger stated. He then turned to the
newspaper again. "Hold on, it says one
more thing." Ranger Smith said. "It says that this message will now
self-destruct…"
Suddenly the newspaper
exploded right in the ranger's face!
"Yogi!!!!!!!!!" he seethed in anger.
"You promised no more tricks!!!!!!!"
But our hero had vanished again.
Meanwhile at Dr. Right (aka Dr. Light)'s lab, Wily had summoned Mega
Man's twin-brother Proto Man to see him immediately. Proto Man was playing MM3 when Wily arrived.
"You wanted to see me sir?"
Proto Man asked politely.
"Yes" Wily said. "First turn on the T.V. to Channel 003
Galacticodeon. Proto Man did as he
was instructed.
"It's about Mega Man," said
Wily. "I…." There was a long
silence. Then Wily burst into
tears. "All right! I confess! I did it!"
he sobbed.
"Did what"? Proto Man demanded, growing impatient and
panicked. Then he saw the T.V. He couldn't believe his eyes.
Mega Man was on the screen
again! "I transported Mega Man to
Cartoon Land." Wily confessed.
Proto Man went limp. "I'm getting too old for this." He groaned. Then he fainted. Wily
then watched the T.V. Mega Man was
battling his way through the M.A.D.Mobile and had now finally caught up to Dr.
Claw. The evil crime kingpin was
tossing deadly boomerangs at a super fast rate. Wily watched this display with interest. Something… about this seemed… …familiar…
At last Mega Man seemed to
have won. He found a spear and threw
it at Claw. But as our hero turned to
go, Dr. Claw came to and threw the spear back at him.
The evil M.A.D. leader
chuckled "Gadget, I've got you now!"
"No, not Gadget." Mega Man shouted defiantly. "But a different robot!" With that, he tossed the spear right back
at Claw. He then triggered the M.A.D.
Mobile's self-destruct sequence. Mega
Man escaped carrying Claw's unconscious body just as the M.A.D.Mobile exploded
in flames.
With Dr. Claw safely behind
bars, Chief of Police Quimby reached out to shake Mega Man's hand. But our hero was gone! At the Jellystone Park ranger station, the
very tired Mega Man reappeared in a twinkle.
"Please, Mr. Ranger" Mega
Man begged. "Please can I rest?"
"I'm sorry," said Ranger
Smith sadly. "But you must overcome
three more trials of courage and strength first."
"But I'm so tired!" moaned
Mega Man. "I don't know if I can go on
much further!"
"Well, I'm sorry Yogi," said
the ranger. "But after you pass the
trials, the people of our world will call you by your true name, and you will
be able to go back to your own world."
Stomping out of the ranger
station, our hero walked one mile to a junkyard. By now he was completely exhausted. Finding a pile of tires, he climbed upon them, and lay down. Soon he was fast asleep.
Meanwhile in Dr. Light's
lab, Dr. Wily had convinced Dr. Light himself to talk. Wily was pacing nervously in Dr. Light's
room, when Mega Man's creator walked in.
"Ah, Dr. Wily" Dr. Light
said. "What brings you here to my lab?"
"Well, you see Dr. Light"
Wily began slowly. He stayed silent
for a moment, pondering how he was going to tell his former friend what he had
done. Then he started again.
"Well, you see Dr.
Light. I uh…. I sent Mega Man to Cartoon Land."
Dr. Light was furious! "You did what?!? You sent Mega Man to Cartoon Land?!? How?!? After the
incidents where innocent people from this world kept getting trapped in that
dangerous place, we made sure that nobody would ever find the opening to that
world again!!! We did it
together!!! How could you possibly have
found a way to reopen the doorway, and send Mega Man to that insane asylum of a
world?!?
Dr. Wily appeared frightened
by Dr. Light's outburst.
"I…I came across this
mysterious capsule when I went out to the area where we originally closed the
doorway."
Wily said shakily. "I was out searching for spare parts to fix
my robots with, and I thought that area might be a good place to look. When I found this capsule instead, I decided
that I should conduct some experiments on it.
That way, I could see what
power this capsule had, if any, and to ensure that it never fell into the wrong
hands. Mega Man was present for some
of those experiments. Imagine my
surprise, when I found this capsule could reopen the door. But before I could try to close the door,
Mega Man got sucked into it! The
capsule not only opened the door, it transported him!"
"Show me this capsule." Dr.
Light demanded. Wily took the capsule out, and Dr. Light studied it. After what seemed like a long time, Dr.
Light returned from his study, shaking his head.
"Yes, this capsule does have
the power to reopen the doorway to Cartoon Land." Dr. Light said grimly. "And unfortunately, it also has the power
to transport a living being there, be it human or mechanical. There is a way for Mega Man to return home,
however. He has to find the mystic
portal located deep in Cartoon Land's
dark forest, and defeat the
hidden enemy that waits there. In order
to gain access to the forest though, he must pass six trials of courage and
strength first. So far, he's completed
three, and is about to face the fourth one."
"So what does that mean?"
Dr. Wily demanded.
"It means that Mega Man is
on his own." Dr. Light sighed, still
shaking his head. "All we can do is
offer him telepathic guidance, and hope that he survives the challenges that
lay before him. In the meantime, Dr.
Wily, I think I'll be keeping this capsule if you don't mind…"
Meanwhile in Cartoon Land,
our hero had a short nap. The junkyard
guard dog, Leroy, spotted Mega Man, and he loomed above him, roaring and baring
his teeth.
Our hero awakened to the
noise, and he turned as white as a clean sheet when he saw Leroy. With one blast from his Metal Blades, the
guard dog reduced Mega Man's pillow of tires to rubbery rubbish. Then Leroy towered above our hero, growling,
ravenous teeth ready to strike.
Suddenly, there was the sound of a laser blast, and the guard dog
toppled over, shot in the chest.
His killer stood
nearby. Mega Man could hardly believe
his eyes. It was Roll! She was clad in white, and she looked
almost real enough to touch. But it
was a ghost form, since her solid form was in the real world.
"Listen carefully" she
said. "I don't know how long I can talk
to you, so pay close attention. You
have just overcome the fourth trial of courage and strength sent before you. You have two more trials to pass before you
can find the warp portal that can take you back home.
Your fifth quest is to
travel to Duckburg, and stop the greedy Flintheart Glomgold from stealing all
the town's money." Then the ghostly
form dissipated before his very eyes.
But before our hero knew anything, he awakened to find himself in
Duckburg. Unlike the other towns he
visited, this one was very bustling and crime-ridden. Danger lurked around every corner.
And it crept up on Mega
Man! The town's most feared muggers,
the Beagle Boys, happened to be crossing the street, when they saw our
hero. They immediately grabbed him and
took him into an alley.
"You there" one of them
said. "Hand over your dough." Mega Man, still somewhat half asleep, didn't
have a clue what they were talking about.
Guns positioned in their hands, they shouted, "Hand over your dough, or
we're taking you to see Glomgold."
Mega Man still didn't
answer. Then the Beagle Boys picked up
our hero, and carried him off to Flintheart
Glomgold's airship. Inside the gigantic dirigible, the
look-alike of Duckburg's most famous millionaire, Scrooge Mc.Duck was preparing
to steal the town's money with the airship's anti-gravity beam. Then the Beagle Boys entered the airship
with Mega Man.
"So another bumbling fool
dares to stop my insidious plan." Glomgold snorted. "Beagle Boys, leave us.
I'll take care of this fool myself."
"I'm no fool!" Mega Man
shouted back. "I defeated Boris
Badenov, Simon Bar Sinister, Dr. Claw, and a fierce guard dog called
Leroy. I earned the use of their weapons,
the Bubble Lead, the Time Stopper, the Quick Boomerang, and the Metal
Blade. Do you call that a fool?"
"I find that very hard to
believe." Glomgold said. "But if you really are that brave, I challenge you in
battle."
But before our hero could
attack, Glomgold activated a special shield made out of leaves, which soon
surrounded the greedy duck. Finding an
axe against the wall, Mega Man charged him with it, but Glomgold was unharmed. But as he backed against the wall, Glomgold
accidentally stumbled into the airships'
electrical controls. A massive electrical storm ensued, and
Glomgold was consumed in the blast.
Dodging the deadly electrical blasts, our hero saw nothing left of
Glomgold but leaves. Then the airship
itself exploded.
When the smoke and dust of
the explosion cleared, Mega Man heard another familiar voice. It was Dr. Light!
"Mega Man" he said. "You've done well! You defeated Flintheart Glomgold! Now go to the Cartoon Version of The City and stop the evil Fat
Cat. Gadget is being held by him." His voice trailed off.
"Dr. Light!!!" Mega Man
shouted. He was so busy calling for
him, that he didn't watch where he was going, and he fell into a hole. Luckily for him, it was a warp hole. When he landed, he found himself in the Cartoon
Version of The City. As he stood
getting his bearings, two Rescue Rangers, Chip and Dale appeared.
But to them, Mega Man looked
like one of Fat Cat's robots! They
started shooting at him with their miniature airship's cannons. Picking up some Limburger cheese, our hero
warded off the two rodents,
but another one
appeared.
It ate up the Limburger
cheese like crazy!
"Cheeeese!" it shouted. Mega Man was surprised to see who it
was. (He was an avid Disney's RR fan.)
"Monterey Jack!" he shouted. The cheese-eating mouse stopped ranting and
raving when he heard his name. Then he
stopped eating and paced back and forth like a madman.
"It's hopeless," he
chanted. "No Rescue Ranger is a match
for that Fat Cat. He is much too fast
and ferocious."
"I can be a match for him."
Mega Man piped up. Monty looked at Mega
Man, and then he went back to his aimless chanting.
"He's a whole lot tougher
than you think." Monty chanted. "He
attacks with tremendous tornado twisters.
No one has ever beaten him."
"I'll beat him." Mega Man
said. "Just give me a chance."
"If you must go, take Zipper
as your guide." Monty said. "Only he
can take you to Fat Cat's headquarters,
THE CAT FOOD CANNERY!"
Instantly a small, green fly
zipped up to Mega Man, and they began the journey. On the way to the Cannery, Mega Man heard another telepathic
message from Dr. Light. It said to try
and trap Fat Cat with the Leaf Shield.
When they arrived at the Cannery, Mega Man had to cover his face with
the Leaf Shield, so that none of Fat Cat's guards would attack.
The pair stayed out of
harm's way until they neared a gigantic golden statue of Fat Cat. The statue emitted an extremely bright light
that shone on our hero's concealed face.
The intense heat burned away Mega Man's Leaf Shield disguise. Then Fat Cat himself burst from the statue,
along with Gadget.
Mega Man gulped. Fat Cat carried a huge shovel from where the
Air Tornadoes were produced. Zipper
fired his slingshot, but Fat Cat activated the Air Tornadoes, and Zipper's
projectiles were unable to break through.
Then Dr. Light's voice rang
in Mega Man's head again.
"Mega Man, listen!" it
said. "Wait until Fat Cat is finished
throwing his tornadoes before you try to him."
Taking his creator's advice,
Mega Man quickly armed himself with the Leaf Shield.
"I have you now, Fat Cat!"
Mega Man shouted.
"Stop before someone gets
hurt!" Gadget shouted. But Fat Cat
clobbered Mega Man with the shovel.
Knowing that the Leaf Shield was the only chance, Zipper tossed our
hero's leaves at Fat Cat. Soon, the
ugly feline exploded into a pile of leaves.
Then the Cat Food Cannery itself started to blow up. Mega Man recovered, and he, Gadget, and
Zipper quickly escaped, just as the Cannery exploded in flames!
When the storm subsided, the
ghostly white form of Ranger Smith appeared before our hero's eyes. To his surprise, the ranger called him by
his true name!
"Congratulations, Mega Man!"
he shouted. "You've survived the six
perils! Now you can begin your search
for the mystic portal that will take you back home. Go now to our deep, dark forest, and good luck." His image faded away. So did Gadget and Zipper!
Little did Mega Man know
that finding the portal was just as dangerous as the six trials. Cartoon Land's deep, dark forest was
notorious with its stories of unwary tourists who visited… and never returned.
It was quite possibly the
most feared place in Cartoon Land, and one never knew what creatures lived
there.
Most residents of Cartoon
Land tried to avoid it. But rumored to
be hidden within the creepy woods was a mysterious gateway that linked Cartoon
Land to the Real Dimension, and Mega Man was determined to find it.
Mega Man wasn't so afraid of
the forest. After all of his previous
adventures in this strange land, if anything, he had gained more confidence in
himself and his abilities.
Even though strange noises
sounded at every turn, he had plenty of Special Weapons to attack whatever
enemy was there. Ranger Smith had even
given him two more Special Weapons for the journey: the Crash Bomber and the
Atomic Fire.
Finally, after what seemed
like miles of walking in the darkness, Mega Man came upon a wide gap that lay
in a clearing. It was a warp
transporter. Our hero stepped onto it,
and he found himself having to fight the following enemies:
1. Name: Dr. Claw. Weapon: Quick
Boomerang. How Mega Man beat him: Threw spear at him.
2. Name: Boris Badenov. Weapon:
Bubble Lead. How Mega Man beat him:
Slip on oil.
3. Name: Flintheart Glomgold.
Weapon: Leaf Shield. How Mega Man beat him: Electrocuted him.
4. Name: Fat Cat. Weapon: Air
Shooter. How Mega Man beat him: Threw
Leaves.
5. Name: Simon Bar Sinister.
Weapon: Time Stopper. How Mega
Man beat him: Froze him in action.
6. Name: Leroy. Weapon: Metal
Blade. How Mega Man beat him: Blasted
him in the chest with Arm Cannon.
After all this fighting, a
new challenge awaited our hero.
Guarding the sparkling
portal was Ranger Smith's evil twin, Slippery Smith. The twin was equally matched with the ranger's abilities, and had
the power to use all of Mega Man's Weapons.
On top of that, he could also blend into the forest's dark background,
rendering him nearly invisible. Mega
Man fought bravely with all he had, but Slippery lived up to his name,
disappearing out of our hero's range, and reappearing somewhere else.
Then, a final, helpful
message from Ranger Smith formed in Mega Man's mind. Switching to Atomic Fire, our hero threw flames at Slippery until
he melted away into the forest. With
the way finally clear for him to pass, Mega Man dashed into the portal, but not
before waving the strange animated world goodbye.
There was a giant sprinkle
of stars in Dr. Light's lab.
Dr. Light and Proto Man were
waiting there nervously, when all of a sudden; the portal appeared in the lab.
From the portal stepped Mega
Man! For a few minutes, there was
great rejoicing, with group hugs and high-fives. But then the bad subject came up.
"Where's Roll"? Mega Man asked, still a little dazed from
his trans-dimensional trip.
There was a long silence
before Proto Man finally answered.
"She's at Skull Castle… in Wily's clutches!"
"I thought I had finished
him at the beach." Mega Man said.
"Yes, you did, but he took a
super energy pill." Dr. Light said.
"I have to go save her."
Mega Man said.
"You can't! You're
exhausted! It's much too dangerous!"
insisted Proto Man.
Mega Man didn't answer. Instead, he calmly took out the bag
containing all the souvenirs he had found in Cartoon Land. To everyone's surprise, the bag contained
all of the Special Weapons of our hero's enemies. Mega Man was armed to the teeth.
"Now can I go?" Mega Man
asked. Dr. Light and Proto Man looked
at each other. They had no choice but
to let him go.
Meanwhile in Skull Castle,
Dr. Wily was extremely angry about the malfunction of all of his robots,
Bubbleman, Flashman, Quickman, Metalman, Woodman, and Airman. What was worse, and even more bizarre,
their weapons mysteriously disappeared.
"If I know Mega Man, he
probably found a way to infiltrate my robots while in Cartoon Land." Wily
growled. "He's probably on his way
here now to rescue his precious girlfriend!
Hee Hee! Wait until he sees what
I've done to her!"
By using all of the
strategies he learned in Cartoon Land, Mega Man was able to scale Skull Castle,
and sneak past the guards unnoticed.
Poking his way through dark corridors, our hero fearlessly wound into an
eerie dungeon. There was a locked door
nearby. Mega Man quickly sliced through the lock with his Arm Cannon and burst
through the door. The sight of Roll was
more than our hero could bear. She had
been dismantled, and was now hanging lifelessly on a coat rack! Mega Man, shocked and full of anger,
blasted the first cabinet he saw.
Batteries showered our hero!
But before he could slip the
batteries into Roll's body, the lights went on. At the far end of the room, Dr. Wily strode.
"So we meet again, Mega
Idiot!" Wily laughed. "You see I was
only pretending to be concerned when you transported. Therefore I tricked your foolish brother and creator. You have just seen your precious girlfriend,
frozen, helpless. As still as
marble. It was my doing that dismantled
her, and now it's your turn."
Full of rage, Mega Man
bounded toward Mega Man with his Arm Cannon blazing. Unnoticed, the evil scientist slipped some batteries into
Flashman.
"Flashman!" he shouted. "Turn on the music machine!" The robot threw some switches on a gigantic
record player. At once it began playing.
"LIFE IS A MYSTERY! EVERYONE
MUST STAND ALONE! I HEAR YOU CALL MY
NAME! AND IT FEELS LIKE HOME!!!!!!!"
sang Madonna on the record. It was so
loud, and so horrible, even our hero screamed and cowered under Roll's
table.
"I feel like singing!" Wily
shouted triumphantly.
Then Mega Man heard Ranger
Smith's voice in his head.
"Mega Man!" he said. "Use Atomic Fire!"
Switching to Atomic Fire,
Mega Man threw flames at Wily. The evil
scientist backed away from the fireballs, but he ended up falling onto the
record. Flashman loomed above our hero,
gritting his teeth. But remembering
Leroy, Mega Man switched to the Metal Blade, and he sliced Flashman in
two. The cut up and delirious robot,
his wires exposed and sputtering, ran toward the record player where Wily was
spinning. As soon as Flashman and his
exposed wires touched the electrically powered record player, there was a
tremendous power surge. The record
player exploded, sending Wily and broken robot parts flying in all directions. Batteries also flew through the air, landing
right into Roll's control mechanism.
The recharged female robot, and Mega Man confronted the badly wounded
Dr. Wily on the floor.
"Alas, Mega Man. I 'am fallen. You have won." Wily whispered.
"You've certainly learned
your lesson this time, Wily." Mega Man said.
Then two voices rang out.
"Look out, Mega Man!"
It was Dr. Light and Proto
Man! Our hero turned, and saw Wily with
a huge spear charging him! Mega Man
jumped aside, and the treacherous Dr. Wily broke through a fence, and plunged
into a vat of boiling acid.
Wily's body bobbed up and
down for a few moments, and then disappeared, consumed by the liquid.
Cartoon Land was finally
free of Dr. Wily's tyranny. The whole dimension celebrated and held a great
party, with confetti and cheering. Ranger
Smith gave our hero a hearty, telepathic "thank you".
"Mega Man" he said. "You're one of the greatest." And it was true.
Later, at Dr. Light's lab,
Dr. Light, Mega Man, Roll, and Proto Man were celebrating Wily's defeat. When Mega Man went to the mirror to polish
himself, he could see all of his friends from Cartoon Land waving and smiling
at him. He waved back. As he turned to go, with a big grin on his
face, Bosko suddenly appeared and approached him. Bosko, thought that Mega Man was the robot he built in the Looney
Tune Bosko's Mechanical Man. And so he asked Mega Man "Where have you been?"
Mega Man turned around,
looked at Bosko, turned back, and then he looked at the mirror. Then he turned around and looked at Bosko
again. A look of horror crept onto Mega
Man's face as he realized what was going on.
Taking the T.V. remote, Mega Man pointed it at the mirror and screamed.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!"
The…. The…That's all folks!
Author's note: Well that
truly is all folks. Hope you enjoyed
reading this. It sure took a long time
to write this, so please be responsible readers, and review my work. I absolutely WILL NOT tolerate flames, so if
you come here to flame it, then don't bother coming at all.
Let me know if you picked up
on the hidden jokes in the fic. Take
care.
Force4.
