Enemies Merge (A Sonic / Mega Man Crossover)

XIX. Sonic the Hedgehog

My ears twitched as I heard someone shout in pain, making me stir from an awesome nap. I couldn't hear it all that well, as if the sound was muffled, but I forced myself to sit up, rubbing my temples with my fingers. My head was still pounding with my temples still sore, and the shout hadn't made me feel any better. I had a feeling it was going to be throbbing for a long time from then.

But at least my ears had decided to almost cooperate now.

I stood up and stretched. My knee was a ton better and it felt good to move around. In fact, I felt good enough to run around the giant city four hundred times if it wasn't freezing everywhere in the world. Even the rooom I had been sleeping in was twenty degrees. I kind of wanted to roll myself into the blankets and turn into a hedgehog burrito.

I looked outside the doorway of the small holding room, but there was nothing wrong. The computer hadn't smashed to the floor and killed everybody, so that was probably a good thing. But then again, there was no one in sight. I heard metal clang to the floor, so I turned toward the sound. It turned out to simply be that Dr. Light was trying to fix Mega Man, whose arm had fallen the floor. He was strapped to a table of some sort, which obviously brought back bad memories. Except this one was parallel to the floor and there were no giant tubes anywhere.

Rock blinked tiredly as he saw me. "What're you doing awake?"

Dr. Light didn't turn away. "What're you doing without your arm?" I asked.

Mega Man looked down at his shoulder. "That's a decent point."

I chuckled. "But seriously, dude, why do you only have one arm?"

"Well, okay, it won't be one arm for that long. And... My blaster isn't working, and I can't move my arm all that much."

I was about to say something, but I suddenly froze like I had been caught in a Chaos Control. For some reason, what he had said sounded so incredibly familiar. My back started to ache, a tingling sensation running down one of my arms. At least I still had my arm, though. I still managed to laugh, though. "Oh. Perfectly good reason to cut of your arm, then."

Rock looked at me like I was an idiot. "I'm a robot. It's not like I'll never have that arm again."

I shrugged. "Couldn't it just be the virus?"

Rock blinked, and his dad looked back at me. "I mean, did you, like, check him for viruses or anything? That's what was making me go crazy, right?" I shrugged and waited for a response, but neither of them said anything. "I mean, that's what I thought he was saying..."

"Duo!" Dr. Light called, somewhat frustrated. When the green, weird looking almost-fat robot got to Dr. Light's side, he didn't seem to notice. Then he turned and said, "Run a scan on him. I'll watch from the computer."

Duo the Bot moved something flat over Mega Man while he whistled. He kind of reminded me of a janitor, lazy yet still welcome to doing his job. The metal sheet sat just above Mega Man, and he stared at it, his eyes wide. He almost looked scared, like it was going to collapse on top of him or fall and squish him. He watched as a red light traced across his body, back and forth several times.

I looked back at the computer, but it seriously looked like it was written in a different language. I could tell the outline of the body was obviously Mega Man, with a blinking red 'X' through where his arm should have been, as if it was saying, 'hey, dude, like, PUT THIS PART BACK ON'! But as to what the words and symbols were saying... That would be like throwing me into a physics class and asking me random questions. Literally.

Dr. Light came in and looked flustered, scratching his chin. "I can't tell you anything about the virus. Even if it says you're fine, which it did, I know how secretive Wily can be. Obviously, we know the effects wouldn't occur for a few days, but..."