"It's really quiet." Mega Man noted. The sun shone brightly in the cloudless sky, reflecting off of his blue armor. He shaded his eyes, and glanced at the lawn, thinking it had been ages since anyone had mowed. "Ick, the yard looks like a tropical jungle..."
"Well it should!" Proto Man said, "Your turn to mow, little brother." Proto's visor covered the top half of his face, and his trademark yellow scarf whipped around wildly in the breeze.
Mega scowled. "No, I mowed a month ago. It's your turn."
"Yours!" Proto insisted.
"Liar!" growled Mega, "You're just lazy! You know perfectly well it's your tur--"
"Oh shaddap, you little blue dweeb..."
"Visor face."
"Twerp."
Mega looked curiously at his brother's visor and asked, "Why do you ALWAYS wear that thing? What are you hiding under it?"
"I'm hiding a secret military base under my visor, Mega. DUH." Proto said sarcastically.
Mega Man smiled mischievously and made a grab for the visor. Proto instantly jerked away and yelled, "Leave the visor alone or I'll...I'll burn your helmet!!"
Mega quickly backed away, his hands holding his helmet tightly on his head. He sat down on the porch far away from his brother, and the tempting visor.
At that moment, Dr Light, a seventy-two year old roboticist, stepped out of the house and sat down in a lawn chair. He had a kind face, but at the moment he looked tired and worried.
"Hello, Dr Light!" Mega Man said.
"Hey Doc," Proto casually greeted the man.
"I octer ight.." Roll whispered, her voice muffled, due to the fact she had her face in the pillow of the hammock.
Dr Light smiled slightly, and rubbed his eyes. "I've been working so hard lately, I hardly got any sleep last night..."
Proto looked at his creator, and said, "Doc, you NEED to rest. You look like you got run over by a truck. What are you working on?"
Light's face became serious again. I am working on a new type of robot. A very special robot..."
Proto Man smirked, and playfully punched Mega on the arm. "Don't I have enough brothers?" he teased.
Mega Man ignored his brother and asked, "What is so special about it?"
"Well, the new robot would have a super-advanced system, an internal repair utility, and most importantly, he would have free will."
"What!" Proto exclaimed. "You're kidding, right? You know how dangerous it would be to make a robot like that and expose him to humans? It would be like putting a velociraptor in a pit of dachshunds.."
Dr Light sighed. "I know Proto....I have my own plans..."
Mega Man looked inquisitively at his brother. "I don't understand...what would be so wrong with making a robot that could make his own decisions?"
Proto Man shook his head. "Mega, THINK for a sec. Humans, because of their 'design', are constantly power-hungry. A robot with a similar design, and emotions like humans, would also feel the need for power.
Now, since robots are stronger than humans, odds are the robots would try to gain control in a violent way, in other words.....A huge war."
"Oh," Mega whispered.
"Proto," Dr Light said, "I am going to build a robot with a free will, and make him very sensitive. I don't know if this will work, but I will put him in a capsule, and when someone finds him in the future, they will make the other Reploids like him. Maybe if the Reploids, the free-will robots, are made sensitive like mine, they wont be as violent about their hunger for power. If it DOESN'T work, then I will have made my Reploid a powerful fighter. He could fight against the violent Reploids...."
"Why should we build a robot with emotions at all?" asked Roll.
"It is inevitable one will be built." Light answered.
Mega smiled and looked admiringly at his 'dad'. "If anyone could build a Reploid, you could."
Dr Light smiled back at him, and yawned. "I think I'll go inside and take a nap...so tired....goodbye."
"Bye Doc," Mega said.
"Okay, enough talk!" Proto Man yelled, "I'm going to give Rush a BATH!" With that, Proto ran toward Rush, Mega's robot dog, and scooped him into his arms. Proto began walking toward the garden hose, with Rush growling in his ear.
Mega yelled, "Leave my dog alone!!" He ran toward his brother, trying to help his poor pup. Proto aimed the hose at Mega and drenched him. "hehehe, WATER WAR!!!" Proto challenged.
Two gleaming eyes peered out into the yard, from a bush positioned next to th porch. Shade Man, a
vampire robot, laughed qiuetly. "Reploid wars, eh? I think Dr Wily might be
interested in this!" with a grin, Shade teleported away.