-4-2-nat0- (Fortunato) Part 14

Megaman turned back to the scientist "That depends, did you immure him?"

Dr. Wily took offense to this "Are you saying that if you made a robot that I would want to dispose of him?"

"Well to be perfectly honest, that would all depend on the power you gave the robot. It would also depend if we on terms less pleasant than the ones we developed these past few days" Dr. Wily spoke, but he then realized something "Megaman, what do you think would be the motive of the one who immured Rhythm?"

Megaman pondered as he reattached one of the ears. "Jealousy? I mean, we have concluded that a robot made Rhythm. So if a human enclosed him, the person must have been jealous that a robot was able to achieve such a feat. But instead of disposing of the creator, the creation was to be removed"

Dr. Wily sighed "To be perfectly frank, I would be jealous too. Yet considering Rhythm's abilities, skills, and wisdom, it's cruel knowing that he was damaged as such"

Megaman sighed "Well, to answer your question, I didn't make him"

"I though not" Dr. Wily answered "Because if you did, I would think that either you or Rhythm would have remembered, even though Rhythm's memory is compromised"

Suddenly, a scream came from the other end of the room.

"YOU PUT IT ON BACKWARDS!" Bass shouted.

Megaman and Dr. Wily turned and saw that Bass had the test head looking towards the two of them and Bass's feet were pointed towards Roll and Rhythm.

"How do you mess that up?" Megaman shouted.

Rhythm shrugged while Roll tried to calm Bass down.

Megaman the approached the trio and asked them how the testing went.

"Well except for the fact that we put the test head backwards on Bass" Roll began as Bass laid on the ground and began to remove the test head "there were no hiccups in the transplant"

"Alright them" Megaman replied "I just wish that we thought of this previously"

Roll removed the test head and began to replace Bass's as Megaman returned to Dr. Wily.

Repairing the head took quite a while, after testing the transplant method. Everyone, including Rhythm, helped the repair in some way for some of the adjustments required more than four hands. The head of a robot is the second most complicated component of a robot, second to the torso.

It's weird seeing my own head being worked on...live.

"I understand" Dr. Wily replied "It's not something that a human is able to experience"

Hours passed with little tension, but most of the worry came from worrying if the transplant technique was going to work. The head was finally finished, and Dr. Wily just had to run it through test programming to see if it would still be operational. The scientist left the room and left the four robots alone, all of them concerned whether or not the handiwork was passable.

Rhythm was listening to a cassette as they waited.

"Like father like son 
Not flesh nor fish nor bone"

As the music played, Bass noticed that Mega Man's legs were shaking.

"What's worrying you?" Bass asked.

Mega Man looked at Bass "I'm just concerned about what Dr. Light may think of Rhythm. He is coming later"

Bass looked at Rhythm, an emotionless face was worn on the silent robot.

"He's a sly one, he's a shy one 
Wouldn't you be too. 
Scared to be left all on his own. 
Hasn't a, hasn't a friend to play with"

"Rhythm," Bass began "are you worried about meeting with Dr. Light?"

Rhythm stopped the tape.

A little bit worried. For I've gotten to know you four, including Dr. Wily, these past few days and I have no idea about his personality.

"Would you like me to tell you a little bit about him?" Megaman offered.

No thanks, I would like to form impressions by myself if that's okay.

"Thats fine" Megaman replied. Dr. Wily then entered the room with Rhythm's head in hand and a smile on his face.

"The repairs were successful. Lets reattach this to Rhythm"

The four robots got up and Rhythm laid down on the operating table. Dr. Wily placed Rhythm's head next to his temporary one. The scientist began to detach Rhythm's head, the wires still connecting power to his head's processes.

"So how exactly does this work?" Dr. Wily asked.

"We attach wires to the power and hearing sensors first of the original head, then attach the original head, and then remove the temporary one"

Dr. Wily shrugged as he procured the correct grade wires for the needed connection. He soldered them in to the head and then began to solder the hearing sensors to the torso.

"Is everything going well Rhythm?" Roll asked.

Everything is fine, I'll just have to prepare for the double stereo.

Dr. Wily then soldered the power wires and Rhythm slightly cringed.

The double voice startles me.

"Let us just disconnect the old wires" Dr. Wily whispered

Dr. Wily disconnected the power cables to the temporary head and Rhythm relaxed.

I feel much better.

"Wonderful Rhythm! How's his power? Did we lose any?"

Bass turned to a computer monitor "No power was lost"

"I can't believe that worked" Megaman spoke as he stared at Rhythm in amazement.

"Well I'm glad we tested the concept before installation" Roll spoke. 

"I think that we all deserve a well earned break" Dr. Wily announced. He left the room and returned with some E-tanks for the group, and a can of soda for himself. The five opened the vessels of liquid and Dr. Wily stood on a stool.

"I would like to make a toast" Dr. Wily began "to Rhythm, for understanding through adversity!"

"To a break from the monotony!" Megaman called.

"To new friends!" Bass spoke.

"To the lives examined!" Roll shouted.

To all that and more.

The five sipped, and a chime came from the front door. Megaman looked at the time. It was half past ten, much later than when Dr. Light would have called.

The group all turned to each other.

"Rhythm, get on the operating table. Megaman, Roll, Bass, you all stay here. I'll answer the door"

The robots did as they were told, and Dr. Willy answered the door.

"Hello Tom" Dr. Wily spoke.