Lost Star

2.

I was, thankfully, quick enough to dodge the debris myself, although dust covered my hair. I shook my head, sneezing against my will. I focused on my battle by Rock's side, Wily yelling profanities all the while.

It was a long battle, but we came out triumphing. I stood by the robot masters' side as we waited for Thomas to teleport us back.

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I dodged as small rocks flew around, to land beside Fire man. I sighed. As much as we were asked to help with the damages we've made in the past, I have a feeling that this is not exactly what Thomas had in mind. I tapped my foot and crossed my arms.

"As much as it is entertaining to watch you play, we should focus on our work." I spoke up

They nodded and started working again. I helped Guts man and Roll with the debris, being myself able to hold quite a charge. I glanced to the side and widened my eyes as I saw a bomb head for Fire man's fire. Too late. The explosion pushed me back and I fell on my behind with a huff. A glare etched itself on my face once I heard Roll yell. I extinguished my own hair and got up with Elec man's help. I looked up at Thomas, to whom Rock and Roll had gone to complain or apologize.

"Back to work, seriously!" I barked out

The masters flinched and profusely apologized before going back to their tasks, this time around playing less roughly, thankfully.

After a small while I let them go back to their childish, but efficient way of working. They had opted to play a game humans call baseball, with a steel beam and a round rock. I watched as Guts man hit it with strength to send it flying. As it did, it was suddenly shot to smithereens by a familiar charged shot. I glanced up at Rock. His face let worry show easily and this put me on edge. He slid down and we grouped around him as he explained what happened. Thomas in custody, Wily on the loose again, and Roll kidnapped by the mad man. I grimaced at the dilemma, either I remain to help with the clean up, either I accompany Rock. Cut man and Ice man decided to go along with him, reassuring me on Rock's safety. I remained with the other masters, to continue the clean up effort.

We were quite advanced when they came back, looking unsuccessful in their research. As they talked about what to do next, a woman called out to us. She leaped onto a standing metal beam then landed next to us with a front flip. She assured that she could help us.

Before we knew, we were stuck in the back of a truck. I held onto the ceiling, silently thankful for the activable magnetic soles of my feet. As for my brothers, they were comfortable, unless you looked at Guts man, Cut man and Ice man who were asked to share a bench. Agent Kranz soon stopped the vehicle, and my brothers exited the small space while I crawled on the ceiling to sit on the roof of the truck. I jumped down, landing beside Elec man. We started to walk through the abandoned warehouse. I froze all of a sudden and watched as a robot I had no knowledge about tinkered with my back.

"There, the control should be back in place." He said

I could move again but stayed still.

"Who are you?"I questioned

He did not seem aware of the missing voice my body held.

"My name is Time man, another of Dr Wily's creations." He answered

I nodded and followed after him. He and his teammate did the same to my fellow robot masters. They glanced at me.

"Master must be waiting on us, let us join his side at once."

They nodded and smirked at me. They knew I was only playing.

I listened as Wily spoke on and on, until he called us out. I stood slightly in front of him, tail 'accidentally' disrupting the decoy he had set on the machine. I glanced at my brothers, catching some of their gazes as they smirked. I looked back down at Rock and agent Kranz and jumped down to 'attack'.

"Now!"

Rock froze Guts man, Elec man and I to the ground, to let agent Kranz run past us. I glanced back to see her headed for Roll. I nodded and watched as Time man headed for Rock. I nodded at my brothers and Elec man's man body lit up with lightning dancing around. Guts man glanced at me and I smiled, gesturing to the purple robot with my head. He grinned and charged, and like that, a short lived fight started between us and the two Wily had under his control. In the end, both were beaten, and I watched as the structure Wily stood on, fell to the ground with a small but loud explosion. This time it was quite obvious that it was a decoy from the way he stood at a slanted angle. Rock would have almost destroyed the ship in his anger, if it wasn't for Agent Kranz holding him back. We'd won this battle, at the very least. I glanced back at the two robots previously on Wily's side. 

In only a few minutes, we were back at the lab, with Time man and Oil man deactivated and ready to be worked on. I was about to teleport back to the clean up site myself, when Thomas asked for my input.

"Do you think Wily will be able to attack again any time soon?"

"Following the logic, he should not have the means to do so. However there is a small possibility he had a second plan in addition to his escape, and we should be ready for something to fall upon us."