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Mega Man 1 - Tuesday, June 13, 2000, 8:56 PM --------------------------------------------

================================ Robot Master ================================ Message: 12/31 Posted Author My Return! Tue Jun 13 Dr. Wily ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Everyone's favorite Mad Doctor appears, his hair short but beginning to grow back to something resembling normal, thanks to Wily's Hair Club for Men. He actually has clothes on this time, too.

"My Robot Masters! I have finally returned! After being falsely imprisoned by those pathetic fools at the Bergher Institute, I have escaped to once more fulfill my destiny as ruler of this planet! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! And no more shall we quest after hentai or borscht... no, no! This time we go for the whole potato! If I want hentai, I shall kidnap a porn theater! But more on that later... "Ahem. First of all. Bass, Ballade, and Metal Man are to be commended for their liberation of me from that hellhole. As is Search Man, for his skill with the radio. Although I WILL talk to you later about your ghastly singing voices. Now! Quick Man, for letting a Stardroid have his way with you, you are hereby DEMOTED to do whatever Metal Man tells you to for the next 3 weeks! MUAHAHAHAHAHA! Next time you attempt a diversion, make sure you are NOT blown to bits. Also, I want to know EVERYTHING that has been going on since my.. departure. Bass, you are to take King off the Wily Star's hull and have him brought to my lab. I intend to begin work on rebuilding him immediately. In the meantime, I want you all to capture me a Stardroid! Yes! BWAHAHAHAA! Lure him in, then all of you attack him at once! This I command!!"

<Wily Spinny> ==============================================================================

(Ch. A [Masters]) Search Man transmits: 'Business first.' 'Pleasure later.'.

(Ch. A [MasterLink]) Metal Man transmits: 'Idiots... I'm surrounded by idiots.'.

(Ch. A []) Charge Man transmits: 'You wanna repeat that to my face, buzzboy?'.

(Ch. A []) Blizzard Man transmits: 'What was that?'.

(Ch. A [MasterLink]) Metal Man transmits: 'Yes. Wily gave us orders, and we had better not let him down with these /stupid/ frivolities.'

(Ch. A []) Blizzard Man transmits: 'You're surrounded by midgets?'.

(Ch. A []) Guts Man transmits: 'Did Ballade give Wily his spongebath yet? Cause if he hasn't I'll do it!'.

(Ch. A []) Blizzard Man transmits: 'Uhm...I...And...'.

(Ch. A []) Charge Man transmits: 'Look...if you have an idea of attracting a Stardroid, lets here it Metalmouth.'.

(Ch. A [MasterLink]) Metal Man transmits: 'Well, Trainboy, they seem to be attracted to large conflicts and stressful events.'.

(Ch. A []) Charge Man transmits: 'Okay...then I'll go start a stressful event. Sounds good, you actually thought of something brilliant.'.

(Ch. A []) Guts Man transmits: 'What if we created the world's largest Rubix cube and offered it to them? I mean what's more stressful than trying to figure out a rubix cube?'.

(Ch. A []) Turbo Man transmits: 'The person who solves the rubix cube?'.

(Ch. A []) Blizzard Man transmits: 'I still say we should just steal an assault shuttle, put some hardhats in it and start them shooting at Starhaven.'.

(Ch. A []) Charge Man transmits: 'Any of you who wanna help start a rucus get over to my location!'.

(Ch. A [MasterLink]) Metal Man transmits: 'We can't /all/ show up at once, though... otherwise the Stardroids might expect something'.

(Ch. A []) Charge Man transmits: 'Then what are you suggesting?'.

(Ch. A [Masters]) Search Man transmits: '...uh guys... if you want to stop gabbering.' 'This punk can't be one..' 'He knows too much... and that weapon looks dangerous.' 'Right.. Rio... if no report in five minutes, come a running.'.

(Ch. A []) Charge Man transmits: 'You're having problems with some punk? Heh...you guys are too much. Lemme show you the fine art of intimidation.'

(Ch. A []) Charge Man transmits: '*Grumbles* Walking freak show.. *Grumbles*'.

<Soon...>

Rio - Southern Downtown Southern downtown Rio is a busy place indeed. Full of expensive restaurants of countless cuisines and styles of cooking, with a multitude of parks and zoos, this is primarily a tourist trap sort of place for those who come to Rio on vacation. Nearby the coast and the beach, it's one of the busiest places in all of Rio, the never-ending flood of noise and sound from hover cars and pedestrians, their honking and shouting and talking like a long melodical song.

Charge Man chugs out of the teleporters. Smoke pouring out from his stack as he shoves over anything in his way, merchant stands, people, cars...you name it. He heads down towards the spot where he saw the Stardroid last time....he figures Search Man is probably there still trying to do a whole lot of nothing and doing a bad job of it.

Duo stands across from Search Man, a glowing blue hand held up as he stares at him. At current moment, he looks like nothing more than another Reploid

Metal Man comes out on the call from Search... and sees diddly. Feh. Since he didn't bother to announce his presence, Metal goes to buy a soda.

Charge Man picks up a fruit cart and throws it over his shoulder, grumbling to himself while looking rather steamed. He could be out doing something he'd rather do...but nope. Search Man is busy messing around with some dumb punk. And all of this talk about finding a Stardroid is making him hot under the collar.....they don't come unless they want you to find them! Plain and simple!

Search Man's cannon arms and points downwards at Duo. "..I've had just about enough of your questioning." "Then let's educate this punk..

Duo chuckles as the blue aura around his hand suddenly spreads out into a forcefield around him, "Educate? Dear me, for someone who believes he can capture a Stardroid, such an insult means very little to me." Duo projects a forcefield around himself.

Guts Man comes strolling out of the teleportation area wondering who is giving his best buds a hard time? Or maybe he's just hear to laugh at them for being such wusses.

Metal Man blinks. .oO(Hmm... maybe he /has/ found a Stardroid.)Oo.

Turbo Man runs intp view. "So where's the party guys?"

Charge Man stops dead in his tracks as he finds the 'punk' with a blue field of energy around him, so what...he puts on a fancy light show, "Are you going to finish off that pile of waste, Search Man? I figure if we're gonna start some chaos to attract a Stardroid...a lot of us are here. So lets do it and quit goofing off!"

Guts Man yawns, "Are you ladies done yet? Just hand that foo his aft on a platter so we can go back on our search for Waldo."

Duo looks around at the suddenly large crowd and chuckles, "It seems that your collective intelligence does not raise the bar at all. A pity. I had higher hopes for the group that spawned Chaos' Will."

Guts Man eyes Duo, "Shut up you! Don't you be messing with Wily's boyz!"

Charge Man looks at the Reploid, "You talking to me you waste of natural resources!? I don't like your attitude." He pounds his fist into his open palm and moves towards..."Mono".

Duo snorts. "Then 'Wily's boyz' as you so articulately put it, should not have messed with me." he replies to Guts Man as he looks at Charge man and chuckles, "My attitude is what I chose it to be, if you do not care for it, then I suggest yo uleave me be."

Turbo Man saunters up beside Guts and whispers. "Er, Dude, that's MEN. not boyz, MEN. Sorta like boyz 2 men, without the bad outfits and crappy music." Charge Man blinks, and pauses....spawned Chaos' will? that sounds like something a Stardroid would say?

Guts Man snorts, "Or what? I've taken down bigger uglier looking fools than you before!"

Turbo Man looks around, trying to see someone as confused as he is. "What the HECK is Chaos' will?"

Duo chuckles, "I find it hard to believe that there would be one bigger or uglier than you," he says in reply to Guts Man. Either this guy is arrogant as hell, really powerful, or has some great plan.

Charge Man looks to Turbo Man, "I dunno....I don't like the sound of it though."

Guts Man says, "Hey shut up!"

Turbo Man looks back at charge. "Yeah, but if it's BAD, and we .. er, spawned it..."

Charge Man says, "Chaos' Will...that makes no sense. We spawn chaos...but we don't do its will."

Duo just shakes his head, "The ludicrosity of this situation grows higher and higher by the moment."

Guts Man says, "You know what else is growing? My temper! Now either shut the hell up or I'm gonna smash you under some rubble you damn punk!"

Turbo Man eyes Duo. "Ludi-what?"

Metal Man hangs back, just watching the 'reploid' from the shadows, letting his foolish friends make fools of themselves.

Turbo Man nods to Guts. "I saw we give him a can of shut the hell up!

Charge Man pushes an old audi towards Guts Man so he can have something to throw at him, "Here...bury him under this!"

Duo just sighs, "So be it," he says, as he suddenly makes his forcefield dissipate, as a ripple of energy rips through the area. Duo transforms into Order.

Duo as "Order": The symbol of order... Standing tall before you is the immense visage of Duo, the leader of the Stardroids, protectors of the balance of the universe. His large body is a mixture of blue, red, and silver, on one side, organized, neat, clean, the other, exaggerated, erratic, chaotic. His face is that of complete non-emotion, his tone of voice, level, fair, just. His frame is massive, almost making his head seem almost off scale. Moreso than that, however, is the fact that his left fist is considerably larger than his right. Further displaying the constrast of one side of his body to the other. A physical picture of balance, the meeting of order and chaos, right and wrong, light and dark, yin and yang. A calm blue aura constantly glows around him, radiating the feeling of security, yet, grave danger. He is one to be amired, feared, and completely respected. He is Duo, the one entrusted with preventing the end of existance as we know it. Behold... Duo.

Charge Man chugs back a little, "You too?" He looks over towards Turbo Man.

Turbo Man eyes Guts Man worriedly, "1) He sounds and acts like a Stardroid. 2) He's huge. 3) He just put his forcefield down."

Turbo Man says, "and OW?"

As the ripple of energy cuts through the area, the reploid rises up into the immense form of Duo, his face looking a tad agitated. "I had provided you with considerable warning ahead of time. I ask you again to leave me be, otherwise, you shall face the consequences."

Charge Man OOFS! Feeling the wave of enegry hit him as he slams back into the wall of a solid enough building, shuddering a bit as the enegry overloads his circuits for a while.

Guts Man is hit by the rippling energy wave, Guts Man stands tall trying to fight it, he stands there in place but much of his armor is ripped off, he shouts and growls, "Is that the best you got?! You really are pathetic! I've got more power in my little finger!"

Charge Man slowly picks himself up, then taps his Dr. W symbol on his body and carefully speaks into it.

(Ch. A []) Charge Man transmits: 'You wanted a Stardroid's attention!?!! Huh!?! You guys sure as heck got it! NOW WHAT!?!'.

(Ch. A []) Guts Man transmits: 'Smash him you idiot!'.

(Ch. A []) Charge Man transmits: 'Be my guest!!'.

(Ch. A []) Turbo Man transmits: 'You first, Boss Monkey.'.

Turbo Man gets thrown back into a wall from the force. "Uh, I think we got ourselves a Stardroid, boyz."

Metal Man rolls his eyes. .oO(Why do they have to be so stupid.)Oo.

Guts Man was built stupid it's not his fault.

(Ch. A [MasterLink]) Metal Man transmits: 'We're following Wily's orders to take down a Stardroid... I think they found one.'.

(Ch. A []) Charge Man transmits: 'Wily wanted a Stardroid....so we found one.'.

Charge Man tries reasoning....heck, he knows he can't take him down, "Umm....you wouldn't be intersted in comming back with us to our base...would you?" He says up to Duo.

Turbo Man looks at Guts Man. "So, boss, what do we do now?"

(Ch. A []) Ballade transmits: 'Masters, Report Location.'.

Guts Man fought Neptune and he didn't win, but did that scare him? No! Is he going to give up? Never! Will he ever be smart enough to know when to fight and retreat? Probably not. He looks to the others, "If he won't come with us, try to hold him so that I can smash him with a foreign object."

(Ch. A []) Charge Man transmits: 'Rio....we're hurting.'.

Duo looks down at Charge Man, "I think not." is all he says in reply as he flexes his oversized hand, "Now then, I ask you one final time, leave me be, before I make sure of it, that you do not disturb me again."

Turbo Man transforms into Race Car. Turbo Man gets up, and transforms into his drag car mode. Turbo Man revs his motor, making a loud sound. Turbo Man suddenly peels off, letting up a large cloud of debris and dust. His direction is that of Duo's location. Turbo Man misses Duo with his Crash attack. Turbo Man whips past Duo, pulling a quick 180, slamming on the brakes, barely escaping a near-death meeting with the wall.

Charge Man decides to back away at a moderately swift speed. Charge Man shouts, "He's all yours...Guts."

(Ch. A []) Turbo Man transmits: 'So what, I should ram him good?'.

(Ch. A []) Guts Man transmits: 'Yeah ram him upside the head or something.'.

(Ch. A []) Charge Man transmits: 'You're welcome to. He didn't say one of us specifically had to take him down.'.

Guts Man starts to run towards Duo ready to hit him with a foreign object, namely his fist, "Ahhhhhhhh!!!!! Smushify!!!!!!!!!"

Metal Man grimaces. He just knows that he's gonna get it if he doesn't at least try and help. Sighing, and transmitting his will to Gear, his hardhat, via radio, he transforms with a flash of red and yellow.

Ballade steps out of the teleportation area into nothing but carnage and chaos. It's not bad enough that the idiots had to attack a Star Droid. They had to attack -THE- Stardroid. Is he fazed? Does the fact that his troopers are getting the heck kicked out of them faze the Elite Bodyguard in the least? No. 'Cause that cat Ballade is one bad... err, anyway, back to the pose. Ballade watches the battle for now, not engaging quite yet.

Turbo Man revs his motors again, trying to figure out how to hit him if he can't peg him with a ram...

Metal Man hrms.

Charge Man sighs, and grumbles, "Well...if they're all going to attack...he better or else Wily is going to make a bedpan out of him. *Shudder* He builds up some steam to charge up and then barrels forth towards Duo at full speed, chugging as fast as he can while letting out a loud whistle noise, "COMMIN' THROUGH!!!!"

Ballade receives a radio transmission from Metal Man. You send a tightbeam radio transmission to Ballade: "Umm... he's tossin' Turbo, Charge, and Guts like rag dolls here... want I should go ahead and add to the futile effort, or hold back, and see if he weakens?"

Ballade sends a radio transmission. Ballade sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "To my side, -NOW-."

Metal Man doesn't attack... he takes of towards Ballade, not even close to the level as the bodyguard is.

Charge Man has his aim a little off, and goes through several building before finally crashing into a reinforced steel door of a vault inside some museum and leaving a grand impression before falling over. *thud*

(Ch. A []) Ballade transmits: 'All Robot Masters, Converge on my Coordinates. I don't care what you're doing...'.

Duo grunts as he takes Guts Man's punch and looks barely fazed as he merely dodges the rest of the attacks in a somewhat lackadaisical fashion, at least, for a . "So your choice is made," he says almost forlornly as he reopens his eyes and looks at Guts Man, the only person who managed to strike him, and begins to rise up as his body begins to glow brighter and brighter.

Turbo Man transforms into Turbo Man. Turbo Man says, "I say we shoot him some more!" Turbo Man jumps up, transforming, and starts charging up his flame wheel attack. Turbo Man looks around and the others. "Hey... bros.. we gonna attack or what?" He hears Search Man chime in, "aiight, Freak Man, let's GET IT ON!"

Search Man tromps in from behind. "That's your first bright idea, Skid Mark." He growls, and arms his cannon, "Hey, Stardunk, you think you're hot, well, here's why we rule all.." It's all in the quantity.

Guts Man dances likes a butterfly and stings like a bee or in this case, a fly. Meteors seem to fall from the sky, each of them missing Guts Man. "IS that the best you can do? You're the wussiest wuss wuss there ever lived ya big wuss!!!" Guts Man then tries to kick Duo.

Search Man drops down to one knee, and takes his aim at Duo. "Catch this!" "Targeting." "Locked!" "...you hope." "Shut up and fire!" "Firing! On the wayyyyy!" Kra-throom! A shrapnel bomb flies from Search Man's cannon at Duo.

Turbo Man fires off his scorch wheel, hitting Duo in the back, as he yells at guts man. Turbo Man says, "YEEEEAAAAH!!"

Charge Man slowly gets up and climbs out of the building. While Duo is facing the others he tries to moves up behind him and slam into his overgrown frame with all of his might. Hoping this'll work.

Search Man says, "Keep focused, Skiddles..."

Turbo Man transforms into his drag car mode, and starts revving up his engines to an insanely loud level. Heat waves rize from his engine.

Ballade looks over at Metal Man. "Go for his feet... where he's standing... try to keep him off balance with your blades." Ballade isn't exactly sure if that's gonna work, but hell, it's worth a try, and Wily did order them to do this. Running forward himself, the Elite goes down on both knees and skids to a halt, snapping up both of his arms as he does. The Plasma Blasters on the back of his hands whirl to life, letting out a hellish storm of rapid fire plasma shots at the Stardroid Commander.,

Metal Man dashes away at a vector from Ballade, pulling out an average sized blade and letting it fly at the legs of the Stardroid, silent at the time... contemplating his inevitable defeat.

Turbo Man lets the brake off, his tires screeching, leaving skid marks on the ground, as he blasts forward towards Duo.

Reporto flys overhead and not noticing anything yet. Still shocked a bit from the Zero Encounter. He flys and flys and then spots something enormous....it's pretty ugly too. One big arm. One skinny arm. Oh dear, it's so ugly. Reporto flys down and whips it out his lovable camera and starts filming! My boss will give me a promotion for sure!

Search Man looks around. "Camera!" "Get rid of it before we attract any other attention!"

Reporto zooms into the massive thing that the Robot Master's are fighting. Whoa, look at that one arm......amazing.

Duo crashes into the ground with his Meteor Strike, miscalculating Guts Man's position and creating a massive crater in the ground shaking the very foundations of the city. Whether he meant to miss or not is a mystery, but in the meantime, the Robot Masters assault him with all they have as he slowly begins to rise up, no-selling all of the blasts and merely climbing out of his self made hole, "Now then. I shall provide you with one final chance to flee, otherwise, your destruction is imminent."

Turbo Man says, "Flee?! We can't! Wily'll have our afts!"

Search Man says, "Rather get vaped here..." "Then vaped by Wily..."

Guts Man says, "You sissies, stand you're ground and beat that freak!"

Duo frowns, "Then stand and be destroyed," he mutters as he surrounds himself in another barrier, and suddenly lashes out with it, sending an even larger wave of power through the area.

"Aw crap," Turbo Man winces in anticipation.

Search Man turns his cannon around, and gets hit hard, blown back across the room with the energy dispersal. "Owww..." "I concur..."

Turbo Man nods to Guts, and charges up his Scorch Wheel. "I really don't want to go to the big racetrack in the sky, but if I have to pick between that and Wily's wrath, it's the big racetrack."

Ballade rises from his knees, continuing onwards towards Duo. He's facing what is probally the most powerful being in the galaxy. Is he afraid? Is he fazed? No. "I must agree with my soldiers Duo. We fight for a purpose. I'm sure you have your own, but our purpose is Wily. His will is our will. His judgment is our judgement. His wishes... are our actions. His current wish is to have you in a box. I am but a solider to carry that out. Now die." Still walking towards Duo, Ballade's shoulder cannon's come online and send out two large spiked balls towards the Stardroid with a loud *thoomp*

Search Man says, "...one shot left..." "Better make it count.." "Indeed..." He drops to his knee, looking around at the others. "...everyone, hit him with everything you got!" With that, Search Man closes the optics of his right head as the left head aims. The missile from that side tries to lock onto Duo, and *pop* fwwwwwwwweeeeesss towards Duo in an attempt to lock on. "Onnnnn the waaaaaaaaay!!!""

Charge Man skids out of controll after smashing into another wave of enegry, once he falls on his aft and climbs back up to his feet he decides to make another attempt, "Sorry Big guy....as Sword Man always says, 'We got our orders...so play dead already!" He then blasts off towards Duo again, reading to plant his cow catcher up Duo's posterior with his patented Charge Kick(tm).

Search Man misses Duo with his Homing Sniper attack. Guts Man is hit this time, now he's hurting, he's like missing lots of armor now. And his self repair systems are malfunctioning so he won't be able to heal up. He grunts, "That's better you two bit punk. At least you're partly a challenge now. But I've dealt more damage by accidentally sitting on stuff!" Ok he's never done as much damage as Duo just did but hey, it's fun to exaggerate! Guts Man slowly retrieves a giant boulder from under his hardhat. Hey how did he do that?! The world may never know! He tosses the boulder in his hand, "But it's time to end this now. I'm bagging you for Wily!" Guts Man starts to run towards Duo throwing the boulder! "SMUSHIFY!!!!!"

Metal Man is slammed back into a wall, crashing through a floor or two of a high rise, coming to rest in a pile of rubble. Metal Man groans, picking himself up slowly. Snarling, he draws a pair of blades, charging through the building with the last of his strength, tossing both with a cry of anger.

Duo merely teleports about, easily avoiding each of the attacks in time, aside from Turbo Man's which oddly enough, catches him by suprise. Kudos to Turbo Man, not often that Duo is struck when he choses not to be. The stardroid commander merely grunts in response to the attacks and stares at Guts Man, who has has now deemed to be the biggest threat and holds up his larger hand, as it begins to glow a bright blue, as he unfolds it palm outwards a blue ball of energy begins to form in front of it, and then suddenly streaks out in a solid beam of blue at the large, singing robot master.

Turbo Man's optics blink for a sec. "Damn. Gutsy went doooown." Duo turns to look at the others as Guts Man falls, "Now, shall you all follow along with your comrade? Or shall you do the intelligent thing and flee? It is only a matter of time before the rest of you follow behind him."

Search Man's cannon primes, and locks in a fresh round. "We're outta homers." "What have we got left?" "Dumbfire..." "It'll have to do." "Give me an up..." "UP!" "FIRE!" "On the waaaaaayyyyyyy!" The cannon krathrooms, and spits out an unguided missile at Duo. "Here's your sign."

Guts Man laughs at Duo. "Come on ya big wuss, give me your best shot!!!" He just stands there motioning him to try and hit him. That's not really bright, the Hyper Beam simply engulfs Guts Man. He starts to glow white before exploding into some energy rings that scatter across the screen... er area! Yeah that's it, I got myself out of that one pretty easily!

Turbo Man revs his engines again. "Fat CHANCE! Ain't no way I'm losing to some blue bag of bolts like you!" Turbo Man feels the need... for SPEED!

Turbo Man peels rubber again, leaving a distinct smell of burnt rubber in the air, he flies past Duo, having seemingly missed him. Yellow smoke, however, begins to escape his exhaust pipes as he zooms by duo.

Ballade watches as Guts Man explodes. No matter. That means less singing around. Eyeing Duo once again he says, "If this is my destiny, Stardroid, then I accept it. For now, though, I will fight as I was meant." Igniting his dash jets, Ballade heads straight up into the air, aiming a single Plasma Blaster at the Stardroid, he fires off another series of rapid fire shots.

Ballade strikes Duo with his Plasma Blaster attack. Duo falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage.

Charge Man looks at himself, his body really is in bad shape, he glares towards the Stardroid and shudders. Letting out a loud wail of anger that roars across the downtown area and makes nearly everyone grab for their ears/audio input. He then recovers himself, standing up and dusting himself off he looks towards the wreckage where the battle is...then sees a enormous amount of enegry being released from a blast of plasma and heads back over to the melee as soon as possible.

Search Man watches Duo fall. Whoa, is he really down? He can't be sure for a moment, but then walks over. He ain't moving. Cool. "We came." "We saw." "We kicked his aft!"

Duo takes the series of attacks from the robot masters in stride, as he begins to walk towards them, preparing for his next attack. However, as Ballade's blast strikes him, his body begins to ripple with energy, as he suddenly falls to one knee, as he chuckles, "Indeed, such a fine display of loyalty, a fine display... indeed." *thump* Duo falls to the ground, unmoving. Is it a ploy? Who knows.

Metal Man coughs, tossing off his helmet as he pulls out a Metal Blade. Coughing up oil, he blinks. .oO (He's... done?)Oo. Metal Man sums it up in one word. "Whoa." Then collapses himself, bleeding profusely.

Search Man then goes over to the cameras, and looks into it. "YEAH!" "We hear you all out that chattering on the radio." "We did it!" "And you didn't!" "LOOOOSERS!!!"

Turbo Man 180's, as he flies by Duo. He comes back, and transforms, throwing himself into the air, and coming to a skidding halt beside the Atardroid's inert body. Turbo Man transforms into Turbo Man.

Guts Man hahs at Duo! Or would if he were still in pieces. But he's just some energy rings that are scattering across the globe now. And he's much more deader than Duo! Hahahahaha!!! Oh wait... that's not good at all.

Reporto flys over to Duo. Real close. What a risk. That's why I got the skill 'Risk Taking' ;) Reporto captures Duo's face and body on tape real well.....

(Ch. A [Masters]) Search Man transmits: 'Let's get him out of here.. Repliforce and Maverick Hunter units are deploying.' ' And the Stardroids will be here any second!'.

Turbo Man puts his hand to the stardroid's head, as it begins to glow a bright red, then yellow, then blue, readying his scorch wheel in case the stardroid should try anything funny.

Ballade disengages his Dash Jets, landing right next to Duo. "And that, Stardroid, is why you don't mess with Wily." The elite's Plasma Blasters are both still smoking from the hail of fire they let out. Ballade turns to the Robot Masters, "Charge Man, Turbot Man. Get this thing back to base. The rest of you... fine those pieces of Guts Man."

Turbo Man powers down his scorch wheel. "Charge, you grab his legs. I got his arms."

Search Man goes around to find the pieces, smoke still trailing from his cannon, and most of his frame. "Move it, folks, we have about a minute." "Do-gooder cavalry is talking about heading this way!" "Hurry!"

Metal Man coughs, rising slowly, using his helm as a convenient basket. "As... as ordered." He starts looking around.

Search Man says, "That's right, viewing public!" Search Man calls into the camera, "We have this one.. and with this one, we shall rule the rest!" "The war is over, and you.. Hunters.. have LOST!" "*both heads in unison!* "BWHAHAHHAAHAHHA!""

Ashes slowly start to rain down on the area, oooooh those are ashes from the energy rings from the former Robot Master known as Guts Man.

Turbo Man says, "Uh, Charge Man?"

Charge Man salutes Ballade quickly, and works on getting a hold of his arms, "Somebody grab his legs....don't any of us have access to a deluxe sized anti-grav lift?"

Metal Man finds a tiny chip lying on the ground. "This must be Guts's brain."

Turbo Man grabs his arms, and heaves.

Search Man picks up an arm. "...got an arm." "Oh, by the way, Iris is a scraplet." "Or something." "Yeh, hi Zero!"

Search Man waves the arm at the camera. "Guts Man.. or what's left of him.." "Says hi too."

Turbo Man grunts, hoisting Duo with Charge. "Let's go, you blue bin of beryllium baloney."

Turbo Man stops for a moment, giving a "V", with a wide smile, and then continues dragging Duo.

Charge Man uggghhs...lifting him up as well, "Good one, Search Man...he'll take you apart for that. You gotta be tougher if you wanna face off with that blond bimbo. And I'm the last word in build tough..."

Ballade looks at Metal Man. "Only if it's a really small chip, Metal Man." He turns and heads off to follow the ones carrying Duo.

Metal Man finds more chips, and starts gathering the pieces of Guts Man, transforming into human form in a flash as he does so, in case any goodies show up.. he forgets that he's on TV.

Metal Man shimmers, armor fading as he changes into his civilian clothes. Search Man follows along, carrying the arm. "...yeh, Charge," "But he has to locate us first." "If he would leave Iris alone long enough." "Oh wait, last time he did that she ran off with Vile." "*snicker*"

Charge Man says, "We're on the victory train...baby! Ugh....maybe somebody ought to tell these Stardroids about slim fast."

Turbo Man looks back at charge. "SERIOUSLY! This guy could stand to lose a few tons."

Search Man slides his cannon under Duo, and helps lift. "..no kidding..."

(Ch. B [GoodGuy-Central]) Michael Eildath transmits: 'If y'all haven't noticed already, the Masters are getting pounded on live TV>'.

(Ch. B [Dragonfury-XO]) Auto transmits: 'Good for them.'.

(Ch. B []) Twila Peterson transmits: 'That's Duo, the Stardroid leader, they're ganging up on...isn't?'.

(Ch. B [Repli-Hunter]) Iris transmits: 'Did I forget to mention I've been sitting here listening to them talk about how they want to take down a Stardroid, cause Wily ordered them to?'.

(Ch. B []) Twila Peterson transmits: 'Ah....Wily...as in the one most everyone else presumed to be dead Wily? The Dr. Wily? Well...that sorta proves what we all kinda knew...Wily isn't dead...'.

(Ch. B [Dragonfury-XO]) Auto transmits: 'Uh...Hi, Iris...I didn't know you were a Hunter...'.

(Ch. B []) Zero transmits: 'She can talk. *pause* Anybody care to question that?'.

(Ch. B [Repli-Hunter]) Iris transmits: 'They found him yesterday. Did I forget to mention that, too?'.

(Ch. B []) Zero transmits: '*mutters* Yeah, great, ol' Pops is alive just in time for Fathers Day. I'm /ecstatic/.'.

(Ch. B []) Twila Peterson transmits: 'I would say you did Iris but...since I just turned woke up from a nap...I won't.'.

(Ch. B []) Twila Peterson transmits: 'Er...guys...did I just witness Duo being brough down by Ballade?'.

(Ch. B []) Zero transmits: '......'. (Ch. B []) Zero transmits: '....They're not gonna be very happy about that one.'.

(Ch. B [Lighthawk]) Seminole transmits: '......Oh CRAP!'.

(Ch. B [GoodGuy-Central]) Michael Eildath transmits: 'I... I... I don't believe it.'.

(Ch. B [Repli-Hunter]) Iris transmits: 'What would the Masters want with a Stardroid?'.

(Ch. B []) Zero transmits: 'Twila, I want you to forgive me ahead of time, but....'.

(Ch. B []) Twila Peterson transmits: '...?'.

(Ch. B []) Zero transmits: '/#$%&@!/!'.

(Ch. B []) Twila Peterson transmits: '*wince*'.

(Ch. B []) Zero transmits: '*snarl* If they took Duo down, then that's gonna trigger a ripple through the *rest* of the Stardroids. I /gurantee it/.'.

(Ch. B [GoodGuy-Central]) Michael Eildath transmits: 'We're screwed, aren't we?'.

(Ch. B []) Zero transmits: 'It wouldn't surprise me, Mike.'.

(Ch. B [Repli-Hunter]) Iris transmits: 'Either Wily is going to do something with that Stardroid, or he's going to use the rest of them to do what he no longer has to--break stuff, and blame Mavericks and Repliforce.'.

(Ch. B []) Twila Peterson transmits: 'Guys, maybe it's best to see what happens. We've seen enough of the Droids to know it's usually not *that* easy...if possible at all...to bring one of them down.'.

(Ch. B [Dragonfury-XO]) Auto transmits: 'Now now, you guys always assume the worst...Maybe the other Stardroids will come and beat them up! Or Duo is just faking!'.

(Ch. B []) Zero transmits: 'Twila, forgive me again, but: #$%&@, #$%&@, #$%&@! *CRACK! Sounds like something just got the Zero Fist <tm>* *long pause* ...I hope he's faking it, then. Do any of you know what Wily would /do/ with that kind of power?!'.

(Ch. B [None]) Guardian Kitsune transmits: 'Either way this is going to have a large repercussion....let us hope that we don't come in the radius of their anger.'. (Ch. B [Dragonfury-XO]) Auto transmits: 'Hey, Search Man! Wave at the camera! Wave at the camera!'.

(Ch. B [Repli-Hunter]) Iris transmits: 'Or maybe we're all going to die a horrible death, Auto.'.

(Ch. B [None]) Guardian Kitsune transmits: 'That's very comforting, Iris.'.

(Ch. B []) Twila Peterson transmits: 'Uh...deep breaths?'.

(Ch. B []) Zero transmits: '...Deep...Cleansing breathes...*mutter*'.

================================ Robot Master ================================ Message: 12/32 Posted Author Captured Stardroid Tue Jun 13 Ballade ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <Ballade appears on screen.>

As ordered by the good Doctor, we surrounded and attacked a Stardroid. After a long battle... and the destruction of Guts Man... we were able to capture what our archives report to be the Stardroid Duo.

We have gathered as much of Guts Man as possible, including what appears to be his brain chip. Duo is being stored in Medbay under a containment field, but I doubt that will stop him if he wakes up.

Masters in the battle: Search Man Metal Man Turbo Man Guts Man Charge Man Ballade ==============================================================================

Wily Star - Wily's Laboratory The laboratory is a well-maintained portion of the station, clean and very sanitized, it almost looks like a medical facility. Racks of multiple test tubes are placed on the counters, along with severed robot parts. Circuitry and wiring are scattered across the table, beside them are a series of blueprints, no doubt the next of Wily's creations. Posted on the walls are more blue prints, specifications and outlines for separate parts of a larger project. This is where the mad man concocts his androids, the place where ideas are conjured and artificial life is born.

Metal Man hrms. "I've got a very, very, very bad feeling about this."

Ballade nods, "Hurry up with those scans, Search!"

With little warning a bright light fills the room with a flash, before just as suddenly vanishing, revealing a small handful of what appears to be femme Stardroids.

Ballade looks at Turbo Man, "Remove those, Now. And back off... we need these Scans..." He blinks at the flash of light.

Turbo Man looks left, then right, then dives for cover behind one of the examining tables.

Search Man has the scanners going. "Attempting.." "Seventy-five percent complete." "Uh.. err..." "I'm hurrying..." "Too late..." "What?" "...trouble." "Hold position, I almost have these scans done...

Charge Man looks towards the three Stardroids, "Oh...oh...uh-oh."

Harry Hardhat's optics bug out before he hides under his hat.

Standing there, in the center of the group as the flash dies down is a rather large pink and white one, who does not move at first. Instead she just peers at the assembled Robot Masters, as she issues one final warning, "Release Lord Duo now, or face the wrath of me and my Zodiac. That is my judgment. That is the judgment of Duet. That is your only warning."

Turbo Man whispers loudly. "Duet? But there's only one of 'em... "

Ballade holds a hand up to the other RMs, "Quiet. I will handle this and I want no interference from the rest of you or I throw you out the Airlock."

(Ch. A [Masters]) Search Man transmits: 'Eighty-five percent...'.

Charge Man aggghhhs!! Heading right for the door, "We brought a whole bunch of them here! I'm leaving!" He quickly chugs for the exit. Charge Man lets the others handle him...the doors hiss as the open and close again as Charge Man leaves the area ASAP.

(Ch. A []) Ballade transmits: 'Get those scans done, I will try to stall as long as possible.'.

(Ch. A [Masters]) Search Man transmits: 'Working..' 'We need at least 45 seconds...'.

Virgo transforms into Judge.

(Ch. A [Masters]) Search Man transmits: 'Thirty seconds!'. Always at Duet's side, the Stardroid lady with the long white hair glances at everything with disapproval. The Robot Masters and also Duo. What a surprise.

Ballade moves over to the trio of femmes. Were he any other sentient life form, he would probably fall to his knees at the sight of these femmes and their beauty. However, Ballade is not fazed in the least, keeping his calm, cool manner as he gracefully walks towards the Stardroids. "... We would do so, but our programming overrides that. We face destruction at your hands, or at the hands of our master either way. The course is simple for me, my loyalty set. If you want him. You will have to destroy me. If that is your decision, so be it. You might consider it foolish, but I wouldn't change my beliefs for anyone else, so I don't know how you could expect me to change them for you."

Search Man continues to scan, as his cannon slips down, and points at Duo's head. A fruitless gesture, perhaps, but one he needs as his fingers continue to tap away at the scanning console, trying to gather as much of the information as he can off of the Stardroid before they come in and destroy the place.

"Your limitations are noted." And with that, a rather large white blade appears in her hand, a blade that starts to glow white, but then after a few moment the glowing not only intensifies, but little white tendrils of energy play off of the glowing blade. "And for that simple reason, I will show you some mercy," is said as Duet quickly brings the bade up, right before dashing forward, swinging it at Ballade. "But even I can not let you harm he who is more a part of what I am, than I am myself."

Metal Man just leans back on the wall, watching in pain as Ballade goes down. Duet takes out a medical scanner and scans Ballade.

(Ch. A [MasterLink]) Metal Man transmits: 'We done with the scans?'.

Turbo Man jumps out from behind the examination table. "BRING IT OOOOON! I'll finally get to see the big racetrack!"

Ballade is sliced neatly in half.

(Ch. A []) Charge Man transmits: 'You guys better be done soon...Hey...nice picture. I bet this'll make a good future bargaining chip next time some Stardroid times to bother us while we're busy on a rampage.'.

Turbo Man runs up in front of Duo and Search. He looks back at search. "Hurry up and get those scans done, if I don't have to, I'd rather not die here."

Metal Man starts to walk forward slowly, as though he was gonna be next. "Okay, okay, you've proven you have what it takes to drop an elite... nice."

Search Man watches the scanner scroll up to 99%, and hold there. No, not the time for a lag bum!

Virgo touches Duet's shoulder, her every movement accompanied by the gentle ringing of her chain weapon, "My lady..." She is interrupted by Turbo Man's brash yell. Her face scrunches up with a cute look of death. She waves dismissivly at Turbo and the end of her chain shoots out at Turbo Man, winding around him to envelope him completely.

Search Man taps the screen, and it suddenly flashes green. Woohoo! "Ladies.. you want him.." "Let us remove, Ballade, and you may take him where you wish..." Turbo Man struggles against the chains. %$#@&!.. this.. hurts...

Aries continues to stand there watching as both Duet and Virgo take two of the Robot Masters out of the picture and then eyes Duo before turning back to Duet, "Lady Duet. Your orders?"

Duet takes a deep breath as she feels the hand of her XO on her shoulder, causing her sword to vanish as she just stands there, her eyes closing for a second. "Do not say it, for I know it Virgo. And yet I must do this, so that they are protected, just as Lord Duo is, for if Chaos found him like this, all could be lost. You and Aries must take Duo back to Starhaven now, to the rest of my Zodiac, and his Stardroids. I will finish this here..." Suddenly there's another flash of light as a second Duet appears, just standing there next to the first, as they talk in perfect unison. "And now." Suddenly they both start to glow, as this time another flash fills the area.

"DOUBLE VISION!!!"

Turbo Man and Metal Man get pummeled by Duet's attack, and slumps to the ground

Search Man makes sure he has a backup of the files of Duo stored away, since he knew this was coming, and prepares to die. Yay.

Harry Hardhat says, "Nerp."

Virgo withdraws her chains and they snake up onto her shoulders and waist. "Yes my lady." She gives Aries a nod and steps over to the side of the table and waits for Aries to head over to the other side.

Aries nods as Duet makes her wishes clear, "Yes, Lady Duet." She then walks over to the other side of the table and then looks back over at Virgo nodding as she gets ready to leave this place.

Both of the Duets appear to take a deep breath as they turn to look at Virgo and Aries. Only then does the second one begin to morph and change into the darker form of Justice.

"Once you are ready..." Duet starts.

"We will leave." Justice finishes.

As the two just stand there though, the air around them almost cackles with energy as there optics glow brighter. Pure white on Justice, blue on Duet.

"We must leave before Chaos arrives." They say in unison.

Virgo places one hand on Duo's side and reaches for Aries hand. It would probably be wiser to join their power to send Duo back to Starhaven instead of draining out one. He's a big guy and we're two little girls. "Ready?"

Aries places one of her hands on Duo as well before taking takes Virgo's free hand. She then gives Virgo a nod, "Ready."

*Just* in time to miss all the fun, there's a flash of black light that drains away as the other four disappear, leaving behind a small, china doll of a girl, dressed in rose red. She looks around silently at the devastation caused by the Stardroids and the Masters. Kneeling down, she reaches over and gently runs her fingers over the broken helmet of a Hardhat. Still smiling, she looks up and at the returning Charge Man. "I'm sorry. Lady Duet can be so... temperamental." She stands up again and bows slightly. "My apologizes for the, ah, collateral damage." With a smirk, she grabs hold of the shattered Hardhat and vanishes in another flash of non-light.

Charge Man smiles, looking over a picture, "At least I still got this intact." Charge Man tucks the photograph away.

There's another flash of light, within seconds of the flashes signaling the departure of the other Stardroids. It fades to reveal the form of Mercury in it's place, glancing around with an arched brow and a sardonic expression on his face. "..." .oO(And they say that males are always breaking stuff. Femmes.)Oo. He shakes his head and frowns, shifting his gaze to Charge Man as he notices him chattering away in the corner. "You. Come here for a moment."

Charge Man huhs? Looking towards Mercury as he arrives. He slowly chugs over towards the other Stardroid. .oO( Just great....are we going to be having tours here now?)Oo.

Vrrrsh. A cylinder of bluesh energy forms opposite of where Mercury appeared - followed by a minor thunderclap. KABOOOOM. Soon, the sheath of light fades... revealing the emerald Stardroid known as Jupiter, energy crackling over his form. "I see we arrive at the same time, Chaos-seed...." Jupiter pauses, noticing the camera. "I see no reason for our visit to be a public affair." With that, he raises his gun-arm and blows the camera to smithereens. Circuit fry city. "Much better."

Search Man's last few rounds finish cooking off that will, and Search Man's frame falls silent.

Charge Man looks a little apprehensive right about now....too many Stardroids visiting this place to make him feel all that comfortable. Though he doesn't say anything at the moment.

Mercury turns slightly, eyeing Jupiter with an arched brow and turning away just as smoothly. "Hrmph. I don't recall anyone inviting you to this particular party," he mutters quietly. More loudly, he comments in a slightly lofty tone, "Stylishly late as always, Jupiter. You'd think that over a few centuries, you'd at least quit letting everyone beat you to the punch." He shakes his head, having concerns other than his fellow Stardroid at the moment. He eyes Charge Man again, shaking his head in disgust, apparently finding him unsuitable in some way. "Where is your superior, drone?"

Charge Man backs away, pointing to the mess that is chopped in half on the floor, "He's right there."

(Ch. A [Goldenrod]) Enker transmits: ''Where is the Stardroid now?'

(Ch. A [RedRocket]) Quick Man transmits: 'What Stardroid? I....... ........ .....Um. Found them.'.

Quick Man casually walks through the main doors, holding a block of cheese in his hand. "Say, Metal, w...." Then he sees the devasation of the room, and the two Stardroids. ".... ..... ..... .................................Eep."

"Tardyness is irrelevant. I am here for my reasons..." He eyes the other greenish Stardroid warily. "And you, obviously, for yours. These beings..." he walks over, patting the remains of Turbo Man, "Are in my territory; my world. The heavens belong to Jupiter..." he removes the remains of Turbo's shades from his head... "They are to submit or be undermined. I detest revolutionary spirits in my toys."

Search Man's charred and heavily damaged frame lies on the ground, ammo still cooking off with a light *pop* on occasion from the massive overload of the last set of attacks.

Mercury turns to look at Ballade, and then allows his eyes to move past him, trying to find the person he's talking about. Until he realizes that that mess on the floor IS who Charge Man is talking about. He rolls his eyes again, and walks over to the Pile of Goo Formerly Known as Ballade, and kneels next to it, shaking his head and muttering something about femmes. He sharpens his hand into a spike, shoving it into one of the halves of the downed reploid, and then begins to allow part of his nanite/liquid metal form to spread throughout Ballade's systems, rapidly drawing him back together and repairing him, right before the eyes of the onlookers.

Ballade opens his eyes to find himself fully restored. Ya know, there are alot of things that should be shaking Ballade up tonight, but he's got that Unfazable skill and all. Standing slowly, Ballade eyes the kneeling Stardroid, then the burnt crisp that are the others in the room. Turning back to Mercury, he says, "I'll let you make the first statement..."

Charge Man just keeps his distance for now.

(Ch. A [RedRocket]) Quick Man transmits: '..................... I missed something critical here, didn't I.'.

Jupiter mutters quietly of Mercury; "Such primitive technology..." Placing the shades back on the Pile That Used To be Turbo Man, he steps back and gauges the speedster quietly. "Hmmmmm.. yes. This toy looks entertaining." Jupiter aims his Electric Shock cannon at Turbo Man; "As the power of lightning gave rise to the Monster.... let the power of Jupiter give rise to the dead!"

VVROOOSH. A bolt of yellow energy flies from Jupiter's cannon, striking the Seventh Master... it begins to reassemble him.

Ballade looks down to where his waist was chopped in half .oO(And I thought Twila was bad around the Doctor when it was 'that time of the month'.)Oo.

Mercury rises once his work is complete, glancing at Jupiter and nodding thoughtfully. "True. Be that as it may, I will leave you to pursue your own reasons, just as soon as I have what I've come for." He then looks at Ballade, somewhat curiously, as if he's not sure what the android expects him to say. He speaks after a few moments, though. "You are in possession of certain information that I require." That's his whole explanation, so you can probably figure out what the choice is- either hand it over, or get taken back apart just as easily as he put you back together.

Turbo Man slowly gets up, adjusting his shades. "Thanks, boss."

Turbo Man slips over to the computer, as he's standing not far from it already. "Er, what information are they looking for, Ballade?"

Charge Man looks to Turbo, "Probably the same thing Search Man was looking for?"

(Ch. B [THE-MASTER]) Dr. Wily transmits: 'Where's my Stardroid?!'.

(Ch. B [Speedster]) Quick Man transmits: '...Your Lab. We have two.'.

(Ch. B []) Ballade transmits: 'In a minute, Doctor, We've had... an incident.'.

(Ch. B [THE-MASTER]) Dr. Wily transmits: 'I will not be stopped from claming my prizes! BWAHAHAHAHA!'.

Turbo Man says, "But, I didn't think we got any information. Search didn't find what he wanted, and our scanners could handle Duo's circuits, right Ballade?"

"'Boss?'" Jupiter looks somewhat confused at the appellation. "I am Stardroid Jupiter, ruler of the heavens... 'Boss?'" Jupiter's metallic features scrunch.

Ballade nods. He understands fully. "Of course." Moving over to the computer terminal Search was working at, Ballade pushes the hunk of burnt metal that is the MM8 master out of the way. He taps at the computer lightly, sending backups of the information to his own computer, Enker's and Wily's, as well as some other places. He removes the original disk and hands it to Jupiter.

Turbo Man says, "Yeh. Boss. Chief. Boss-monkey. but not boss like Doc Wily." Search Man's charred and heavily damaged frame lies on the ground, ammo still cooking off with a light *pop* on occasion from the massive overload of the last set of attacks.

Mercury just smirks, facing away from Jupiter, but clearly intending it towards him. Just because you have the expensive toys doesn't necessarily mean you have to waste it on peasants. C'mon, these are Robot Masters. Nanites are the best they're going to get from him. ;) Aloud, he says, "Quite impressive, Jupiter (if flashy). I wasn't aware that you needed to spend double the energy I do to achieve the same results, however. Perhaps I could tweak your (inefficient) power systems later, if you want?"

Dr. Wily hurries in, coattails flapping. "Where are they?!"

(Ch. B []) Ballade transmits: 'Doctor... please hold on for just a moment.'. Mets and Robot Masters are scattered everywhere, charred and burnt.

Dr. Wily ignores his radio and any common sense, peering from Mercury to Jupiter. "BWAHAHAHAAH! I thought they could be brought down just like anyone else. Not so high and mighty now, are you?"

Turbo Man grins a big toothy grin, as a big sweatdrop hangs beside him. Turbo Man says, "Er, boss?"

Quick Man gets roughly pushed aside as Dr. Wily enters. The scarlet Master ends up face-down in a pile of debris. Squishy debris.

Turbo Man says, "Doc? Uh, these guys re-assembled us. No disrespect boss." Ballade turns towards Wily, "Doctor... please... the Stardroid has been rescued by it's subordinates... these two have come to regain some information..."

"... MONKEY?!..." Jupiter snarls, his jet-pads raising him into the air. "Address your superior with more revere, whelp! It is only through our benevolence that we have not simply torn your home from the sea of stars!" He pointedly ignores Mercury.

Dr. Wily squints, "Rescued? How dare they steal what I rightfully kidnapped!" He turns towards Mercury, "Here now! Do you realize who I am?!" He waves his cane around.

Turbo Man scratches his head, unable to see how he insulted the stardroid, but knowing he's in a heap of trouble. "Er, it wasn't an insult, chief. But then, I don't like people threatening me much, even if they did reassemble me."

Mercury allows Jupiter to get all riled up, as a little intimidation wouldn't hurt at the moment. He frowns at Ballade, and shakes his head, speaking up. "I am not interested in system scans of another Stardroid. I could take plenty of those at my own leisure. No, the information I require is on..." He cuts off for a moment as he turns to face Wily, pointing a finger at Wily and turning his whole freaking arm into a HUGE cannon, which he then points at the ceiling. "Do be quiet, or I will have to blow a hole through this station, and continue our conversation in the silence of space."

Charge Man acks! Watching Mercury point the cannon at the Boss.

Dr. Wily seems to seriously consider the pros and cons. Decompression or futilely attempt to capture one of these two? Finally, he puts his cane down and leans on it, "I see your point. But... do you know who I am?" If he's aware of the utter carnage around him, he doesn't seem to care. Then again, he's probably seen worse.

[OOC] Duo has arrived. [OOC] Duo strikes Dr. Wily with his Meteor Strike attack. [OOC] Dr. Wily is temporarily disoriented by Duo's Meteor Strike attack. [OOC] Dr. Wily falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage. [OOC] Dr. Wily says, "Ow...." [OOC] Duo says, "Kidnap that, chump." [OOC] Duo has left. [OOC] Dr. Wily says, "So much for my return"

Ballade looks to Wily then Mercury and then back again, noding as Wily finally calms down. "Yes, thank you for that. We appreciate your repairs. What information do your require?"

Jupiter restrains himself for a moment, but does, indeed, aim his Cannon at Turbo Man. "Now I recall why I so *dislike* dealing with these mortals... no common *sense*. I suppose it would be wrong to eliminate them purely on the basis of their own limitations...." Jupiter shakes his head. "No matter. You..." he indicates Turbo Man, w who he still has his gun trained on, "Transform." he pauses. "Or dance. I wish for my toys to entertain me. And if you do *not*... I believe you're already aware of the power we possess, yes?"

(Ch. B [THE-MASTER]) Dr. Wily transmits: 'Where's my Wily Dragon?'.

(Ch. B []) Ballade transmits: 'In your room sir, hiding under the bed.'.

(Ch. B [THE-MASTER]) Dr. Wily transmits: '*snort* Stupid creature.'.

Mercury sighs, crossing his arms over his chest impatiently, and speaking carefully, as if explaining to a child. "Of course I know who you are. I just don't particularly care at the moment. I require certain information from you, and upon receiving it, I will be on my way." He glances at Ballade speculatively, nodding in satisfaction. At least one of them appears to have some degree of common sense. "I require a copy of all of the information you possess on the recent temporal disturbances that occurred not too long ago." Turbo Man cracks his knuckles. "While I generally don't mind showing off how much more talented I am than the rest of you FREAKS by transforming, I don't do JACK for anyone but the big boss over there in the labcoat."

Dr. Wily sputters in barely controlled outrage, not because the Stardroids have just decimated his forces, stolen back their comrades, threatened to kill him, blow up the station, or request all their data.. but because they don't CARE who he is! "Why... I...!" He glares at Turbo Man, "Go ahead and destroy him. I've been meaning to rebuild him into something more useful anyway." He turns back to Mercury, getting a sly glint in his eye. "And just why do you need that, eh? I thought you were all knowing? Heheheheh."

Pharaoh Man trods into the lab looking really pissed at the carnage around him, "What is the meaning of this? Someone shall pay dearly for this. Now which one of you wishes to face the wrath of the Pharaoh for this mess?" Pharaoh Man looks around the room for someone to blame.

Ballade nods again. "Of course, Mercury." He moves over to the computer terminal, reformatting the disk and filling it with all kind of info on Protoman and Quint-Sakugarne and the experiments that Wily did. "Doctor, Mr. Mercury here was kind enough to repair us...." He moves over and hands the disk to Mercury.

Turbo Man laughs. MISTER? That's rich.

Jupiter snorts quietly. "Impudent fool. If you will not dance on your own... then I shall *make* you dance." Jupiter hovers up into the air... drawing power into his arm-cannon. "...Now... *dance*... THIS, I COMMAND!

FWRSHOOOM.

Charge Man winces, looks like Turbo Man bit off more than he could chew...

Ballade snaps his head towards Pharoah, narrowing his eyes. "Pharoah. Back off. Now."

Pharaoh Man glares at Ballade, "Jafa Ballade," he more or less ignores Ballade's statement, "are you responsible for this? If not, point out this fiend to the Pharaoh and he shall get a sound thrashing from the power that is -the Pharaoh-."

Dr. Wily shoots an annoyed look at Ballade as he hands over private data, but for once says nothing, perhaps beginning to realize that this is beyond the scope of even him. "Ahem.. here on Earth, we believe in something called Capitalism. That means NOTHING is free! MWAHAHAHAHA! So if you want all of our data, we want some of yours in return."

Turbo Man 'dances', jumping around, from the electrical surge.

Ballade points to Jupiter. "It was him." He eyes Jupiter, giving him the 'cannon him' look.

Quick Man pulls his face out of the debris, reaches over, and clamps a hand over Pharaoh Man's mouth. Quietly, he states, "For once listen to somebody and *shut up* before I have to cut your vocal processors out. If you have any response to this *besides* nodding in silence, I'll make sure you won't speak for a week. Clear?"

Jupiter begins to laugh. This is not a merry laugh. This is a laugh cultivated from the CRASH of thunder and the shocking sizzle of lightning. "Oooh... yes. Hmmhehe. These toys shall suit me well, yes.. even if I must give them..." he turns his head, eyeing the fallen Metal Man,

Pharaoh Man blinks out from Quick Man's grip and appears behind the crimson Master. He looks to Jupiter, "Insolent dog you shall pay for what you have done, but for now," he turns to Quick Man, "Guardsman Quick, you -dare- touch the Pharaoh? Do you wish to be severely punished for such insolence? You are quite lucky that the Pharaoh has other matters to attend to." He looks back to Jupiter.

Mercury eyes Pharaoh for a moment, and just shakes his head, thinking to himself. .oO(It would seem that Jupiter will have no shortage of toys here. At least it'll keep him out of the way.)Oo. He nods towards Ballade, eyeing him speculatively for a moment, since he seems to be the most rational and helpful one here, and accepts the disk when it's handed to him. He then looks at Wily, crossing his arms over his chest and tapping his foot while he tries to maintain his patience. "There is an infinite amount of knowledge in the universe, and no one being can possibly hope to contain it all. Therefore, I must seek out that which I do not possess, which includes such trifling details as this," he waves the disk dimissivly, just STARING at Wily as he demands information in return. He sets his jaw, his eyes beginning to glow for a moment, before he settles down, smirking slightly. "Very... well. In exchange for the information you have so... -graciously- provided, I will grant you the answer to any one question that you wish to ask me. But ONLY one."

Dr. Wily barks, "Pharaoh Man, be silent!"

"... Jumpstarts..." Jupiter re-aims his cannon, sending out a yellow bolt of energy to the fallen warrior. "Arise, my broken toys! Arise and dance for the master of the heavens!"

Metal Man blinks. "The heck?"

Quick Man shrugs as Pharaoh makes things difficult. "Suit yourself." Pulling back his fist, the Red Rocket prepares to bash the old mummy's face in. Thankfully, Dr. Wily prevents him from having to do that.

Charge Man slowly backs away from the area, he's not performing for anyone.

Pharaoh Man hears the voice of his 'vizier' which stops any sudden action on his part. "Amun-Wily, do you see it wise for the Pharaoh not to continue this current course of action?"

Dr. Wily taps his chin thoughtfully, contemplating. Finally, he looks up at Mercury and asks, "What must I do to succeed in my plans to rule this planet?"

Jupiter is currently hovering in the air like some mad god. He stares down at Metal Man, at least three times his size. "I have given you another chance at life, construct." Not entirely true, granted, but who's going to argue? "In return, you shall dance. Or be MADE to dance." He jabs his arm toward the short-circuiting Turbo Man. "I trust your primitive computations can understand this."

Metal Man hrms. "Dance or get shut down again? Hmmm... interesting choice." Metal Man's got cojones... so, he makes his decision. "Nope... goodbye." Metal Man shuts himself down in defiance.

Not getting a response from Dr. Wily. Pharaoh Man turns back to Jupiter, "You, the insolent swine. Did you cause this mayhem aboard the Pharaoh's most heavenly palace? If you did you shall pay for such treachery to your Pharaoh."

Quick Man glances again to the Doc, and then to Ballade. "Can I *please* hit him, for all our sakes?"

Turbo Man manages to get out a sentence, in his shorted state... "come.. on... You want entertainment? Let me... shoot.. Pharaoh.. Man."

Mercury gazes back at Wily impassively for a moment, before the corner of his mouth tugs ever so slightly into a grin. "There is only one thing you must do to gain rulership of this planet for all of time to come..."

Quick Man visibly cheers up as his radio bleeps at him. Smiling widely, he snaps his fingers. "Hey, Pharaoh... over here! Watch the birdie!"

Dr. Wily takes out a notepad and pen.

Jupiter clenches his fist. "Why must these simpletons be so masochistic?" Jupiter's highly advanced brain then receives the bile Pharaoh Man spewn. Slowly, he turns...

"You stupid misguided FOOL." Jupiter's hoverjets send him toward Pharaoh Man. "*I* am the Lord of the Heavens. Your puny little "palace" is invading MY territory... therefore, you are subjects of MY domain." He aims his Electric Shock cannon at Pharaoh Man. "If you CONTINUE to think yourself above *my* laws, then you shall find yourself a victim of *my* wrath. And in very.." he leads his head forward, "VERY.. small.. pieces."

Quick Man ahems, and glances over to Jupiter. "Um, excuse me? If I might beg a minor favor... Mister Large Deadly Lord of the Heavens Guy?"

Pharaoh Man ignores Quick Man and blinks his way over to Jupiter. "You insolent swine. You utter such vile words from your mouth to the Pharaoh? You are quite insane to do so for the Pharaoh is the embodiment of the great Sun god, Re. And to challenge him means your total and utter destruction. So be gone foul demon. Back to the pits from which you spawned."

Mercury gets all quiet and solemn for a moment, and then continues. "You must defeat Order's Child. Do this, and this world will fall to your rule for all time. Fail in this, and you shall never succeed in your plans to rule this world. This is your destiny. Do not forget it."

Dr. Wily throws his hands up and says to Jupiter, "Oh just shoot him already." He looks back at Mercury. "Kill Megaman? THAT'S ALL!? It doesn't take a space-traveling lump of goo to figure that out! I want my money back!"

Mercury smiles condescendingly, as he begins to turn away. "Take it as you will. But note that I did not say that you had to *kill* Megaman..." He begins to walk away, which is odd, considering that there's nowhere to go on a space station, until a shimmering portal opens before him with a wave of his hand.

The Wilybrow lowers thoughtfully at that.

"I am Jupiter, lord of the heavens. Let those who fear me, follow me." He lowers himself with his jets, moving his arm to smack Pharaoh across the face with his taloned hand. "Let those who oppose me.. *die*. I have met the sun god, construct. And *you*... are no sun god."

Mercury glances back over his shoulder towards Jupiter, and the chaos that he's spreading, and smirks slightly. He continues onwards, however, not dawdling now that Jupiter has claimed this place as his domain, and now that he no longer has a right to be here. He steps through the portal and vanishes, the shimmering disk fading out behind him...

Quick Man just.... watches. "Oh, drat it. I never get to smack Pharaoh around. And he so deserves it..."

Dr. Wily grunts at Mercury's departure, obviously not impressed. "Bah! Here's your tip!" He picks up a piece of blown-up hardhat and tosses it at the portal, then looks back at Jupiter. "Are you done yet?"

Harry Hardhat is thrown, it would squeal "NERP!" If it were still functional.

After this minor display of might, Jupiter turns to Quick Man. He's still probably the largest one in the room. "What is it you wish, Fleet-foot?"

Pharaoh Man glares condescendingly at Jupiter as he hovers closer expecting the Stardroid to bow before him. He goes into a state of disbelief as the green space robot smacks him across the face with a huge clawed hand that sends him sprawling back into some debris. The insane Robot Master then slowly clamors back to his feet and holds out his right hand outstretched towards Jupiter. Practically pissed out of mind, Pharaoh Man spits the words right out, "You shall pay dearly for such insolence, you swine." Panels slide back and a green goo shoots out from Pharaoh's fingertips...

Quick Man rapidly waves his hands in a 'no-no' motion. "Nothing! Just.. well, I was going to smack Pharaoh Man around, but if you want to do it..... heck, I'm not going to stop you. Be my guest."

Dr. Wily sighs and shuffles over out of range for when Jupiter vaporizes Pharaoh Man. "Pharaoh Man! If you do not desist now, no pyramid tomb for you!"

Jupiter raises an electrical field around his body, which incinerates the goo Pharaoh Man launches at him. He pays it no mind. "At least one of these constructs is willing to cooperate. Destroying such perfectly good toys is a waste of my time and energy." Jupiter gives pause, then looking at Wily. "Allow me to cast some light onto the shadow world you mortals inhabit. I am Stardroid Jupiter. The skies are my domain, as are the heavens. Your floating discus is IN my domain. Therefore, you and all your little toys are *my* subjects. If you cooperate, I shall be a benevolent ruler... I simply seek entertainment from you lesser beings. Ceaseless combat bores me."

Dr. Wily yawns widely, "Yes of course... blah, blah, blah. Ooooooh, we're all /very/ impressed. Bow and scrape. Now leave, I have important things to do."

Pharaoh Man stops as he once again he hears Dr. Wily's voice. And since he really wants that pyramid tomb, he ceases his aft kicking on Jupiter, "As you see fit Amun-Wily. The Pharaoh shall follow your wise words." He teleports over to Wily's side.

"ALSO...." Jupiter crosses his arms over his chest plate. "As my subjects... you may also be granted MY PROTECTION." He clearly emphasizes this last point. "Clearly... this agreement must have some interest to you?" He raises a metallic eyebrow. "You provide *me* with entertainment whenever I so wish... and I, as your lord, will occasionally come to your rescue."

Turbo Man wishes he could talk at this moment, as he'd have words to share with Jupiter. Turbo Man, however, continues to dance for Jupiter.

Dr. Wily squints, one eye more narrowed than the other, making him look like he just swallowed a bug. "Protection, eh? As in, blowing any of those stupid Hunters or Replifools out of orbit if they stop over?" He looks over at Pharaoh Man and then Turbo Man. "Do I get to choose who you can make dance?"

Jupiter tilts his head to one side. "The heavens are my domain. Yours is the only one of the squabbling groups to make living quarters in my world. Thus... much as I despise mortals... I must give you SOME credit for your ingenuity. Therefore.. hmm. Yes. If there are invaders into my land... coming onto your discus... then, hmm. Yes. I suppose I could be persuaded to crush them like insects beneath my heel." Jupiter shakes his head slightly. ".. Yes.. perhaps finalizing this should be for another day. As a gesture of my will, I shall heal the rest of the constructs who fell by my comrades' hands."

Dr. Wily waves a hand, "Fine. Send me the contract by morning and my people will talk to your people. Now if you'll excuse me, there's a sponge bath with my name on it. BALLADE!"

Jupiter ..oO(Perhaps I give them TOO much credit..)Oo...

Ballade, for all of his badaftness, is still whipped by this one man. "Yes, M'lord."

Dr. Wily hobbles for the door, no longer interested in the Stardroid hanging around his lab. "And bring my rubber ducky! Guts Man, have all this mess cleaned up in here. I swear, I'm gone for a few weeks and you all start living like mecha-pigs..."