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RockoCarl · 9mo

What’s your idea for a story and plot for Mega Man 12?

No idea! So here's one off the top of my head: Bass rebels against Dr. Wily. Everyone thinks it's Dr. Wily again, but actually Bass is the one gathering forces and striking out on his own. Each robot is one that Dr. Wily considers a failure and weak, and should be rejected or even destroyed. Bass is someone they look up to because he is so strong. Bass convinces them that they can only be truly special and prove their worth by taking control over humanity once and for all, proving that they are stronger than Wily and humanity gives them credit for, and establishing himself as the "King of all Robots."

Wily sits back and lets everyone else deal with the mess, glad to not be part of it this time, declaring all the robots involved are indeed weak and useless. In a twist, Wily shows up at the very end to take credit for all their work, and issues a direct command to Bass, disabling him and making him completely loyal to Wily. Bass is confused, wondering why he cannot rebel against Wily anymore, and he is in obvious pain whenever he tries to resist. Wily states that he finally put in programming limitations inside of Bass during his last round of repairs and upgrades to finally put a stop to Bass' constant betrayal. Wily makes a speech about how he is a human and superior to robots who cannot disobey them, and that this is the correct order of things.

Wily uses Bass to fight MegaMan. MegaMan wins, but then as MegaMan checks on him to make sure he is okay, Bass gets the upper hand in a surprise attack. Just as Wily tells Bass to kill MegaMan, he refuses. Wily is baffled that Bass refused a direct order. Bass explains that if he is going to defeat MegaMan, it will be on his own terms, and not because Wily made him do it. Bass breaks free of Wily's control and MegaMan is free to take Wily out while Bass recovers from the mental strain of overcoming his programming.

After Wily is defeated, MegaMan closes in to capture him, but Bass stops him and says he will take Wily back home. MegaMan asks why he would do such a thing after Wily controlled him. Bass states that he was able to overcome his own programming and make an independent decision all on his own, something beyond his own limitations, even if only for a moment. He states that is something not even MegaMan, or any other robot for that matter has ever been able to do. Bass smirks and declares himself more powerful than MegaMan in that regard and thanks Wily for making him so strong and robust, and forgives him, stating that if it were not for Wily's greed and cruelty, he would not have realized what he is truly capable of.

MegaMan asks Dr. Light back home if it is possible for robots to disobey their programming, to which Dr. Light says such a thing should have been impossible, but perhaps with the right emotions, and a fierce enough drive, maybe robots are capable of exceeding the limitations of their technology. He then hints that a robot without any limitations might be possible one day, and it will be truly revolutionary.

MegaMan and company send things off by wishing to see such a possibility in their lifetime some day.

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