Mega Man SF: HD Takeover

Chapter 5

"Who are we?" the man sneered and pushed Mega Man down to the ground with his right hand so that the boy would stop moving. Then he raised his scythe and grinned. "You're…executioners." And as quick as his sharp tongue, his just as sharp scythe was brought down instantly.

Mega Man's eyes widened. In a flash, he saw what he believed to be his entire life playing before his eyes. He was a shut in since the disappearance of his father, Kelvin Stelar. It was Omega-Xis, the FM-ian runaway at the time of their meeting, that changed his life after the EM Wave Being forced Geo to become Mega Man. It was because of Omega-Xis that Geo made friends like Sonia Strumm, Luna Platz, Bud Bison, Zack Temple, Patrick Sprigs, his teacher Mitch Shepar, A. C. Eos, Queen Tia and Jack, Dr. Goodall, and many others. Geo's world was expanded because he became and fought for the world as Mega Man, and right now, he's about to lose everything in a single stroke.

In his mind, he kept thinking, 'I don't want to die!', but the words won't escape his lips. He truly was afraid at this moment, and all he could do right now was close his eyes tightly. He bit his bottom lip, but was surprised he could still feel it. He could still feel his head intact. Slowly, he opened his left eye to find a blue blade of energy over his face. It was holding back the tip of the scythe just before it made contact with Mega Man.

"Ohh?" the silver-haired man grinned as he looked ahead of him. Mega Man tilted his head backwards to find a silver-haired boy his age in tribal clothing, wielding the blue blade in his right hand. "I'm actually surprised that you came."

"Hands off, freak," the boy growled and lifted his blue energy blade to push the silver-haired man back to the other group of attackers. He swung the blade down and released it, letting it take shape into a ghost-like figure with claws and small yellow eyes. "Good job, Laplace…"

"You're…Solo!" Mega Man exclaimed as he got up.

"I'm surprised, Geo Stelar," the boy named Solo scoffed as he looked back. "A fighter of your caliber would have taken these guys down. Though I'll admit, judging by their EM Wave signatures, they're not exactly the type you could have taken down alone." He turned his eyes to the enemy group, in particular the silver-haired man, and scowled. "I'll take it from here. I've got a score to settle with them…"

"You remember us. How nice." The silver-haired male looked back at the orange and brown one and nodded to him, and the latter EM Being leapt at Solo.

"Don't take me lightly!" Solo roared and lifted his left arm. He had a Hunter-VG attached to it, with the symbol identical to the one on his tunic in a deep red revealed on the middle. "Transcode! Rogue!" In instant, Solo was engulfed by a purple light, and a black-bodied warrior with a purple-flamed right arm. "LAPLACE, COME!!" In a series of static clicks, Laplace flew after the EM Wave Being named Rogue and turned into the blue sword once again, wielded by the flaming right hand. The interaction between the two caused the flames to increase in size, and Rogue slashed at the incoming enemy. The two's swords were locked, bolts of wave energy shooting from their touch. They pushed each other back and skidded on the dirt ground.

But as the orange and brown male landed, the two small EM Beings stepped forward, arming and shooting their light and flaming arrows at Rogue. Rogue looked up to find the arrows coming towards him, and as they were close to contact, and transparent blue barrier appeared before him, the symbol from his chest on the middle of the barrier. That's when the crowned man jumped down on Rogue and thrusted his spear, now with two added points made by waves to form a trident, onto the barrier. With a single touch, the barrier broke, and Rogue's eyes widened as he narrowly dodge the trident. He lifted his right leg and sent the male flying into a tree, kicking the trident with him.

He looked to his left and opened his palm, grabbing the small ball of an EM Being and threw him at the silver-haired male, but the ball was stopped by an invisible force caused by the priestess-like woman. "Hmph. It seems that I've underestimated you," Rogue finally said. But before he could say more, he watched something rise from his shadow in front of him. He jumped back to find dark spikes rising from his shadow, pointed at where he was standing before. His shadow even extended. Once the spikes disappeared, the shadow returned to Rogue at original length. He glared at the silver-haired male, who seemed to have pulled that attack off.