Unfortunately, with half of the World Domination Station ruined by unexpected intruders, the adolescent Megaman and his robo K-9 companion would have no problems finding...shortcuts to getting to WilyII if not for a minor distraction.
An audio only ocilliscope appeared on the monitor next to the T.I.M.E. steering wheel as a voice distorts its appearance.
"I'd go through the front door if I were you."
Mega stares at the monitor in bewilderment.
"Who are you?" he demanded, rather befuddled by the sudden acknowledgement of the person speaking to him.
Hajime sat in his beach chair in his lookout tower, still looking through the large telescope, but repositioned so he didn't have to sit up in order to keep locked on the moving T.I.M.E. machine.
"Just someone who doesn't want you to go through the same brash charge-and-blast techniques you're so famous for," he said nonchalantly, "And before you go telling me how many times you succeeded with that strategy in the past, you might want to think back on some of the moments where it hasn't worked in your favor." he picks up a red ball and tosses it in his hand, "That's assuming you can think back that far."
Mega purses his lips in hesitation; should he listen to this voice and go at it slowly, or screw that and take the quickest route to Wily? Even if he's only been in this world for a few seconds, he couldn't mistake the presence and name of the person he's after; obvious signs that Wily has already shown up and conquored parts of this strange world.
Then again, thinking back to the moments where his original plans to bust in and stop Wily often turn around to bite him in the ass, perhaps just picking his robots off one by one would be a better choice than charging in head-on and risk facing all of them at once.
Reluctently, Mega chooses a secluded place to hide the T.I.M.E. where no one would find it. He climbs out and looks over to Rush.
"You should stay here and keep an eye on the machine," he said, "Wouldn't want any curious passerbys coming along and mess with the controls and send themselves into the past."
Rush solutes while letting his tongue hang out his side, "Roger rat, Rega!!!" Mega grins a bit before heading off to the entrance to WDS.
Not five seconds after leaving the T.I.M.E., a hand lands on top of Rush's head, causing him to yelp in surprise as he felt his energy being sucked dry.
Hajime lets go of his head, watching as he stumbled around before falling on his back with all four paws in the air, before sitting inside the T.I.M.E. and shutting the hatch.
"Even in the Ruby Spears cartoons, they're way too gullible...." he mutters as he takes control of the time machine and drives it back to his junkyard.