Enter Bass

Disclaimer; I do not own the 1994 cartoon Mega Man. All characters within the game and cartoon are property of Capcom and Ruby/Spears.

Roll cautiously descended the steps and flicked on the light. There were two robots standing there and Roll's fingers trailed the cold glass they were behind, mouthing the names silently. Bass and Treble…she snorted. He was drastically different from the others and judging from the expression on his face, looked like an arrogant jerk! He was kinda hot though.

Looking around, as though she were doing something wrong simply by being in this unknown lab, she turned on the computer and read the files. So this was what Dr. Wily had been working on before he... fury filled her and she let out a shriek of rage. How dare Wily think that he could replace her big brother with-with that!

Proto Man could never know, it would hurt him if he found out, she just knew it.

"Roll? Where are you?" Pharaoh's voice drifted up from Wily's office as he followed the passage down.

His eyes swiftly passed over the names of the robots and read the data on the computer screen.

"I see." He said at last.

"Please don't let him know." Roll said through grit teeth.

"I-it would…they…"She stammered.

Quick as a flash, Pharaoh wiped the data from the computer and put a strong, comforting arm around her.

"This secret is safe with both of us." He murmured.

Roll leaned into his chest.

"Yeah but…what do we do with them?" She asked.

Pharaoh cleared his throat.

"That's for Proto and Shadow to decide."

"Ok." She said and together they left the room.

Several hours later, the lab was crowded with robots, each curious to get a look at the newcomers.

Much to Roll's dismay, her brother couldn't keep his eyes off of Bass.

"Who's this cocky jerk?" He asked snickering.

He had to admit, to himself anyways, that the armor and color scheme looked pretty cool.

"So should we let these robocats outta the bag or what?" Asked Gyro Man.

"If we truly believe that all robots should be free, then we will turn them on, whether they stay or go, depends on them." Shadow Man said.

"Man what a dump!" Bass sneered as soon as he was turned on.

Unknowingly mirroring each other, Roll and Proto crossed their arms in front of their chests and glared.

He looked at the bots who were staring at him with various expressions of dislike and his eyes settled on the only female bot he saw.

"You! Maid bot, go get me an energy can."

Heat and Gyro stared. None of them would have dared to treat Roll like she was a maid and escape unscathed. For a Light bot, she had a surprising vindictive streak and was not afraid to use it.

Roll blinked owlishly behind her visor and said. "Excuse me?"

"Go get me a drink toots. Your circuits fried or something?"

"Toots?" She echoed.

Proto struggled to contain a smile. This jerk was gonna get it.

Roll pointed up the stairs.

"The main lab is up those stairs where you can get your own energy can." She said hotly. "And I'm not a maid bot."

With that she stomped off muttering furiously under her breath.

Pharaoh narrowed his eyes at Bass and followed her up the stairs.

Shadow Man had a bad feeling about this one.

"So where is our creator?" He asked.

"We don't have a human master." Flash Man said with a touch of pride. "Not…err…anymore anyways." The last was said in a faltering voice as he glanced at Proto.

"Good, I don't need one."

"If you don't want to stick around that's fine, but we'll need to modify your memory." Shadow Man said.

He wasn't intimidated in the least by this idiotic hot shot who had started making enemies the moment he opened his mouth.

Bass scoffed and Treble let out a metallic growl in defense of his partner.

"You think I'm really gonna let you do that to me?"

"Stay or go. It's your choice." Shadow Man said evenly.

"But its for the safety of the group and if you don't like it, tough." Proto finished.

"I guess I'll stick around. For now." He grumbled and slunk off to the main lab.

Every older robot master present shot each other hard looks. They'd have to keep an eye on this one.

Roll was still fuming when she came across Treble pawing unhappily at the container of energy.

"Your master didn't fuel you up huh?" She muttered and opened it up giving the robot lion a can.

Treble drank greedily and rumbled. Roll grinned and stroked him. He was totally different from Rush. Powerful, lethal…but she decided that she kinda liked him anyways.

Bass after getting the layout of Skull Fortress, came looking for Treble. He'd promised to fuel him up once he was done and when he entered the lab, he encountered a lovely sight.

That girl bot was sitting gracefully besides Treble, dainty, feminine face showing and stroking him, golden hair gleaming in the sunlight. She was very pretty. But that wasn't what irked and intrigued him, it was the fact that she wasn't willing to submit.

He decided that he was gonna stick around take control of this merry little band and show the world who was the strongest robot on earth.

"You fed him and not me huh?" He snapped.

"Yup!"

"We got off on the wrong foot."

You can say that again. She thought.

"I'm Bass." He said

"That's nice."

That dorky little squirt in the red and gray armor your boyfriend? He asked.

"That guy in the red and gray armor just happens to be my big brother." Roll said waspishly.

"Feisty." He said appreciatively as Roll walked away.

Treble shot his master a reproachful look.

Authors Note:

I was gonna put this in Flip side but changed my mind. It would take away from the focus of the story.

Still I couldn't bear to delete it cuz I'm a Roll/Bass shipper. ^_^'