The Mega Man: Legend

Ch. 37 The True Masters Part 1

We stood quietly for a moment after the teleport, simply staring at the Wily castle looming a short distance away. 

I raised my weapon. "Alright, guys. It's now or never."

Time Man coughed, "Well, I've calculated that leaving in four minutes and 27 seconds would likely give us equal, if not greater, chance of-"

Bomb Man groaned. "No one cares, dude."

He looked around at us, seeming really frustrated for a moment. Then began to knit his fingers together anxiously. "Fine..."

I turned back towards the castle. "So let's do this thing."

We took off across the castle grounds. I fired a few shots at a small robot sitting on a platform up ahead. A familiar bird robot with an egg dropped the object over our group, but Elec Man blasted it out of the air. We approached one of the small robots that launched small pieces of metal. It was hard to get a good shot at it with its low position, but Oil Man performed an oil slide into it to destroy it quickly.

The Robot Masters and I fast approached the castle now, taking out anything around us efficiently.

Time Man grunted as he ran beside me. "This isn't working. We're going to far too slowly through here. If we plan to stop Wily, then we simply have to be incredibly punctual."

I tried to respond as well as I could while firing and running. "Time Man, relax. We can't change what happens, we just have to adapt and respond when it does."

He looked at me. "B-but...that's running in blind. I mean, surely you didn't just charge this castle without a specific plan of attack."

I rolled my eyes. "What do you think?"

He shifted his attention, lunging forward and hurling a purple arrow-like energy bolt into a robot approaching from my right. "I think we'd be better off under my direction."

I groaned. "Look, Time Man. I don't know what your deal is, but you have to be ready to help us. Light's idea isn't going to work if you're not all in."

He seemed a little offended. "But...what makes you think I'm not going to help you? Of course I will, I would never just let you get destroyed."

"I trust you, Time Man. Okay? Relax, and just let yourself do this. You don't always have to have a strict schedule."

Soon after, we reached a small opening where we could head to a ladder and begin climbing up to the top of the castle. We hurried through while Guts Man leaped up to the platform, landing beside us as we were reaching the top of the ladder. From down below, I heard Ice Man shout in surprise when Guts Man landed.

We continued upward through a number of ladders, having to take out a few Sniper Joe's holding positions on the platforms. Upon reaching the top, we waited a little bit for Bomb Man to catch up. When he finally joined us, he wheezed heavily beside us. "I...still hate...heights..."

I looked forward, spying yet another ladder ascending very high into the sky. "Well, there's more where that came from."

Oil Man lightly shoved Bomb Man towards the ladder he had just climbed, causing him to stumble forward, flailing his arms about.

Oil Man laughed under his mask, while Bomb Man grumbled under his breath.

"Enough, you two. Let's get moving." Elec Man interrupted.

"Absolutely. Time is of the utmost importance." added Time Man.

Oil Man started to give Time a talk about being obsessive compulsive, when I felt the ground underneath me become light. "Guys!"