Medic Man finds the two Berbils still working on getting Junk Man back together (Well whatever's considered together). They didn't seem to notice him, or rather they might have, but were too focused on working their magic to consider the danger of dissection; it was hard to tell when Berbils only have one part of their face that's animate.
As WilyII continued to spin in his chair, he soon began to notice one portion of the room was casting a shadow over him. By the time his chair slowed to a stop, Shadow Man was standing on his console, holding a seemingly inanimate Berbil in his hands.
"Please forgive me, Wily-dono," he said, sounding apathetic, "I was only able to capture this one Berbil without being seen by the others. But I think I may have popped a circuit on the way back because it hasn't moved since I snagged it."
Before WilyII could register everything Shadow Man said, the Berbil suddenly speaks.
"
Please do not dissect anymore of our kind," she blurts in the typical, monotone bleeps, "
Remaining Berbils swear allegiance to Dr. Wily II if Insane Medic Robot stops dissecting remaining Berbils."
"Oh...?" WilyII chirps as he snatches the purple Berbil from Shadow Man and presses her...snout against his face, "And why should I trust your word!? Since Shadow Man brought only you back, I can easily assume you were the troublemaker causing all this racket! Give me one VERY good reason why I shouldn't have you lumped in with the rest of the Berbils and stripped for parts!"
"
Berbils had no choice. Berbils defenseless and scared; Berbils use any means necessary to survive in unfamiliar world. Berbils very good mechanics, will build and fix anything that is put in front of us. But Berbils will become useless of Insane Medic Robot continues to dissect every last one of us."
WilyII cocks his lips to one side while the Berbil continues to beg and plea the only way she could muster, "
Please, do not let remaining Berbils' talents go to waste. Keep Berbils alive; let Berbils work for you as long as Berbils come to no harm. Please."
WilyII's mind seems to be a mixture of emotions; he wants to make the Berbils suffer for giving him a hard time, but considering their defenseless nature and the traumatic situation they had gone through watching their friends and family get dissected one at a time, he could use that to his advantage to not only get more vengeance out of the fiasco, but amass a new set of slaves to follow his every command for the mere prize of staying alive and happy. This contemplation was made even more one-sided when the purple Berbil pulls the one attack that would melt even the most cold-hearted villain.
A cute teddy bear pose; second only to the sad puppy eyes if only because it required actually having eyes that did more than sparkle to show life.
Hajime returns to the Junkyard and gathers the Robot Masters he needed to collect and repair the Wily Star II. The familiar trio from his
First Set, Broom Man, Mop Man and Bin Man, along with the assistance of Lantern Man and Beast Man. He then summons the rest of his second set of Robot Masters,
two of which were already introduced, though Hajime decides it was probably best not to bring CementMan along for obvious reasons.
DTN#009: Melt ManA melted mess of metal mashed together to somehow form a flexible, metamorphic robot. Concealed in his oozing hands is a welder and a gun containing a seemingly endless supply of super glue. Special Attack: Sticky Melt. Fires a basketball-size glob of glue at his opponents that slowly burns them as they struggles to get it off.
DTN#010: Minotaur ManResembles Centaur Man, but with only the rear hooves and a bull-shaped face. He was originally created to be a mascot bodyguard for RPM's history museum, but due to his constant urge to bash things with his head and mace, he was rejected and left to be the back up demolition bot in areas Wrecking Woman couldn't get to. Special Attack: Charging Bash. Closes in on his targets and thrusts his mace outwards; if the target jumps, he follows with a leaping headbutt in which he turns his head to the side so his horns can cause extra damage when penetrated.
DTN#014: Concession ManA crane-game like concession stand full of boxed foods, energy products, and canned, or bottled drinks; his are attached to the side walls and are long enough to reach the controllers. He has four eyes, two above the controller and two sticking out the ceiling, both take turns moving and positioning the crane to pick out whatever the customer's demand (if they don't do it themselves). Hajime built him out of complaints from both his first set and other workers he caters them to of not having a water-type to keep them refreshed on hot, blistering days. Special Attack: Fast Food. Inspired by the Atari 2600 game, when forced to attack, he opens the glass and uses his long arms to grab and throw whatever non-energy-type stuff he can get his hands on.
DTN#015: Botanic WomanA mechanical sunflower (most likely once a motion-sensitive dancing flower reminiscent of the sunflowers from Super Mario Sunshine) surrounded by a thick rosebush
he purposely trimmed to resemble D-size breasts. Hajime doesn't know what went wrong when he built Botanic
Woman; whether it was the fact he made
him out of a broken dancing flower pot, or because of some bumbling on the part of Bin Man (With perhaps a little bit of insistent screwing-up by one-trick pony technicians, Atsushi and Ittetsu), but the end result is a gardening robot with a stereotypical transvestite personality that's probably even worse than Birdo's. Special Attack: Glomp. An effective (if not annoying to those who win
his affection) tackle hug to where
his targets get pushed into his rose-bush body and riddled with their thorny vines.
DTN#016: Tarot CatWhat could be the most confusing Robot Master Hajime ever conceived. It is a genderless, floating white cat, draped in a large purple robe, with a stack of tarot cards on its back and a big snot hanging off its non-existent nose. Tarot was supposed to be a female, humanoid entity of light able to change into whatever form and ability is presented on the data cards he designed after tarots, but Ittetsu and Tango's fight over who cheated in Magical Drop Touch bulldozed its way into Hajime's workshop, creating a fiasco that caused the entity to take the shape of a fused version of
The Fool. Unable to fix the problem due to a lack of funds and parts, Hajime was forced to make do with what he got. Special Attack: Tarotmorphose. The cards on its back unhinge and spin around it; whichever card it eats becomes a
Magical Drop version of that character, obtaining their personality and abilities.
"Let me guess, you got swindled into another one of Wily's requests?" blurts a voice Hajime wasn't too happy to hear. He doesn't bother to turn around as Ryuta saunters up behind him with his arms crossed and a not to pleased look on his face.
"I don't like doing this anymore than you do, but it's the only way we're going to avoid getting slack from both sides over more than just money," he grumbles.
"I know," Ryuta sighs, "Just remember not to try and get us too involved. In situations like this, I'd rather wait until the final stretch before getting involved on either side."
Hajime eyes Ryuta, "You're still going to keep an eye on the Berbils and make sure they're safe from this conflict, right?"
"Do I have much of a choice?" Ryuta snorts, "Even if I didn't have a soft spot for something that cute, I'd still be outnumbered by the rest of the group." he adds by looking towards one area of the Junkyard where Atsushi and Ittetsu were in the midst of training most of the Berbil, some of whom had painted themselves black and red to match their uniforms.
Hajime looks towards the cutesy show before sighing and turning his attention towards the Robot Masters he summoned, "Alright, you guys, here's what's going to happen. We're being tasked by WilyII to repair the Star the Resistance just destroyed."
Hearing this, the Robot Masters began looking towards each other while complaining about their duties to the city. Hajime sighs again while rubbing his close-cut head.
"I know you don't like doing something that tarnishes your reputation, but in this situation we don't have much of a choice. It's either get dirty, or choose a side; and for the sake of this situation, I'd rather keep this business as balanced as possible."
He then points towards the truck, "So get seated. The sooner we get that Star up and running (or unavoidably alert the Resistance to its repairs), the sooner we can get back here, no worse for wears and with little to no free favors yanking us to either sides."
The Robot Masters let out a reluctant sigh as they all filed into two of the seven carts that were lined up behind the Dragon Truck. Hajime compresses his lips again in frustration before getting into the drivers seat and heading off towards WDS to get the fuel cells needed to reach the Wily Star II.