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Ecstasy of Blue
Chapter Three: Fate
By: Bibly
"BLUES!!" Roll shouted from the hallway as she stood before the front door to the house, her hands on her hips with her blue-eyed gaze locked on the large muddy mess that was now stuck to the carpet. "Blues, get down here right NOW!"
Blues paused the video game he was playing against Rock and smirked. "See, I told you! Now, don’t you dare cheat!" He stood and jogged out the bedroom door. "I’ll be right back…hopefully!" he added sarcastically as he disappeared out the door.
Rock couldn’t help but giggle at his brother’s misfortune. Blues himself stated that if Rock walked into the house covered in mud and dirt, Roll would have killed him. Although they had both thought they were pretty clean for just playing a game of football against one another, they had forgotten to check their shoes, which had apparently been covered in mud.
Dropping his controller, Rock laid back on the floor, placing his hands behind his head as he gazed up at the ceiling. A smile crept up onto his face as he listened to his two siblings’ bickering. After a few moments, he heard Dr. Light join into the argument. He took both sides, as he usually did during that kind of thing, saying that Roll had a right to be angry with them for trailing mud everywhere, but at the same time said that Roll shouldn’t yell. The Light siblings may have been bioroids, but when it came to being a family, they were just like every other one they came across.
Rock sighed as he closed his eyes. It was a rarity to actually have the whole family together under the same roof, and although he wanted nothing more than to bask in the joy of being able to spend time everyone at one time, his mind was still plagued with thoughts of Bass. A frown tainted his young face. The very thought of the black-armored bioroid made Rock feel anxious. It was hard enough telling Blues how he felt about Bass, and with that said, how was he going to tell the one he actually had those feelings for? Maybe I shouldn’t tell him. Everyone’d probably be better off if I never said anything. The very thought made him imagine what Blues would say if he brought up the idea. "Don’t even THINK of doing something like that! You HAVE to tell him how you feel! You shouldn’t block out your emotions like that!" Rock couldn’t help but smirk at the thought. If he didn’t tell Bass how he felt, Blues would probably put his buster to Rock’s head and demand that he tell him. Good old Blues. Always there to get things done in some way, shape, or form.
"Hey, Rock! C’mon down, bro! Roll wants to rip your head off!" Blues shouted, breaking Rock’s train to thought.
"BLUES!" Roll shouted. A loud "thunk" could be heard from her hand connecting with the back of Blues’ head.
Jogging out of the room, Rock hopped down the stairs to meet up with his two siblings.
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Bass smirked to himself as he walked down one of the many long corridors within the Skull Fortress. All of the Robot Masters he passed by seemed to do nothing more than glance at him, and as soon as he looked towards their direction, their gaze would fall and peer elsewhere. He didn’t mind the others being somewhat afraid of him. Fear was always a good thing from Bass’ point of view, and the more fear he struck into others, the more his life seemed to have some sort of meaning.
Walking into the lab, he spotted Wily typing on a large computer, information flashing across the screen. "All right, I’m here, doc," Bass stated, stopping behind him. "What did you want?"
Wily stared at him out of the corner of his eye. "It’s about time you got here, Bass." Gazing back up at the screen, he continued ,"I have decided that you shall attack Mega Man tonight!"
Bass raised an eyebrow. "Tonight? You’ve never attacked two days in a row before."
"Exactly!" Wily shouted, turning around. "He won’t be expecting it! Since he’ll be taken by surprise, it will be easy to dispose of him!"
Baring his teeth, Bass nodded. " Very well."
"You will attack at sunset. And you better kill him!" Wily yelled as Bass left the lab.
Bass sighed as he returned to his room. Opening the door, he was greeted by Treble, who licked at his hand until Bass finally petted him behind his ears. "Well Treble, it looks like we’re gonna attack Mega Man tonight." He pulled the door open once again. "Come on. Let’s go outside until it’s time to leave." p<>Following his master out of the room, Treble walked along side Bass as they wandered down the numerous hallways and out the front entrance, walking out onto a barren landscape. Not a single tree that stood scattered across the area had leaves on them, the grass was dead, and the mountains that hid the fortress from view cast eerie shadows on the ground.
Bass sighed, rubbing his temples with a gloved hand. "Looks like we’ve got about an hour until it’s time to move." Walking over to a large boulder that stood a ways away from the fortress, he sat down upon it and rested his chin in his hands. He knew that his programming would probably force him to kill Rock. After all, as a bioroid, whatever feelings he had weren’t supposed to confuse him with his programming. If that were to happen, no one knew the outcome. However, Bass knew that he would soon find out.
Rubbing his face with his hands, Bass looked down at Treble. He sat at his feet, looking out into the dead forest that surrounded them. What am I gonna do? I’m supposed to kill him, but I don’t really want to… He stared up at the night sky for a while. Before he knew it, it was time for them to be on the move. "Treble, let’s go." Looking up at Bass, Treble nodded. Jumping into the air, a white light enveloped the two of them, and once it subsided, only one of them was standing. Bass, who now had wings on his back and who’s gold trim had taken a purple hue, clenched his fists and disappeared into the sky within a beam of light. Maybe it’s fate that we have to fight like this, Rock. Fate never does since down upon me, anyway.