Back to Wily with her tail between her legs.

The villainous Dr. Wily was tinkering in the dark corner of Dr. Dolly's lab he called his own... He didn't have much to work with, here, but he hadn't complained about the arrangement because it at least put him mostly out of the other doctor's sight, free to work on his own experiments. More importantly, it allowed him to listen in on the tiny surveillance bots he'd placed around Dolly's tower. He was listening to one, in fact, when he suddenly became aware of a knocking against an innocuous grate near his feet.

"Wily... D-Dr. Wily!"

The old man recognized the voice and, grumbling, knelt down for the vent, wondering why it wasn't simply being kicked out. He soon realized that was because, for some reason, the expected visitor, the only one who knew about this vent, hadn't slid through it as she'd arrived. She'd crawled. "You fool, what's gotten into that processor of yours...? Ack! W-what is it?!"

"Dr. Wily..." He finally realized the young woman in his duct had thick tears rolling down her cheeks and snot dripping from her nose. "I... I was too weak! I c-c-coulden defeat Buusteeer Giiiirl!! Uwaaah!!"

"Eugh, c-calm down, calm down, there there..." The evil megalomaniac would ordinarily fly off the handle at one of his robots returning with such a disgraceful robot, but it was definitely different when the one reporting to him was such a miserable, weepy young woman. "Shush now, come on out of there..."

Break Girl crawled out of the vent and rose to her feet. She'd managed to clean up her body after her earlier fight, but she was still wearing the damage from the previous battle. "I remembered... I'm supposed to be moving in secret around here. I didn't want to let Dolly know I was here..."

"Yes, yes, very good." Wily rubbed his hands together. "I heard through my spy network that Buster Girl was disabled, eh... What am I not understanding?"

Buster Girl's eyes went wide behind her visored shades. "What...? Buster Girl was disabled? You mean she was destroyed?!"

"No, no, I meant what I said. I heard Buster Girl encountered you and the Doll Robot Dolly developed using the weapon technology of her previous eight robot mistresses, and that at the end of the fight, both of those two were disabled. Not quite as nice as 'destroyed,' but I figured it meant you'd basically done your job. But, it sounds like I did not have the complete picture. What happened?"

Break Girl tried to decide what to say... {if Heroic = true}She thought it would probably be a mistake to say "at the last second I saw, I decided to save Buster Girl," even though that was the truth. Instead, she just went with a half-truth: "I ran away. I'm sorry, Dr. Wily..."{endif}{if Anti-Heroic = true}She was mad at herself, but, truth be told, pretty mad at Wily as well. "I had to run away because I wasn't strong enough. Didn't you say I was supposed to be stronger than Buster Girl? She made me her plaything!"{endif}

Wily's face went red, and he seemed poised to go off on a tirade against his failure of a creation... Somehow, though, he managed to keep himself under control. After all, he'd done a rush job earlier, and he was pretty sure he understood what had happened. "So, those 'chips' I mentioned before must have done too good of a job of suppressing your aggression... It's turned you into this weak, submissive girl. Still, you basically completed your objective. Buster Girl is out of the picture, at least for a while. Now, we can move onto phase two of the operation."

Break Girl had been thinking only of her sister unit, and had completely forgotten there was more to do. "What's phase two?"

"Hmhmhm... Phase two is a heist. Right now, each of Dr. Dolly's new Robot Mistresses is in charge of a separate mining site, digging up a little thing called Energy Elements. Previously, my Robot Masters had collected these rare materials, which I then stole from Thomas to power my super robot, Gamma, and take over the world! Now, Dolly seeks to do the same, with each of her robots in place to monitor the collection. From the chatter I've heard, it seems no one yet knows you are working for me, just as I planned. It will be your job to sneak in and recover those Energy Elements for my exclusive use, leaving no trace of your presence behind as you move from location to location. Meanwhile, I'll stay here and try to disrupt Dolly's communications, keeping her in the dark."

"Ah... But... Each of those Robot Mistresses is a powerful fighter, aren't they?"

"Yes, my girl, they certainly are. With my weapons technology, they may be as powerful as my latest, greatest Robot Masters. However, because they are operating in secrecy, Thomas hasn't sent his Blue Bomber after them. We want to keep it that way. You can use stealth if you like, but most importantly, you must infiltrate those fortresses and gather those Elements by any means necessary. {if Toy Mode = true}Yes, including that one you wear in your arm.{endif}{if Futa Mode = True}Yes, including that one between your legs.{endif} If Buster Girl can do it, you cannot fail!"

{if Heroic = true}Break Girl wondered if that was true... Buster Girl had confidence, sexuality, and, it seemed, many different weapons at her disposal. Break Girl didn't feel like she had any of those things... Still, since Buster Girl had ended up out of commission, partially thanks to her, she felt a duty to put an end to Dolly's schemes in the heroine's place.{endif}{if Anti-Heroic = true}Break Girl nodded. She didn't know how yet, but she'd find a way past each of the Robot Mistresses, who were mere obstacles on her path to meet and defeat Buster Girl again. Each of them would serve as a stepping stone in increasing her power, until she wielded as many weapons as Buster Girl herself.{endif} "You mean to have me fuck them, Doctor?"

"If you must, yes! That is the only way to deactivate them."

"... I'll do what it takes. This time, I won't let you down."

"I wish I could believe that, my girl, but, unfortunately, your weaknesses have become apparent." He sighed wearily, then sat on a stool, patting the side of the pod Break Girl had woken up in. "Lie here, Break Girl. I'll repair your damage, and then we'll talk about what I can do to make you stronger. I'm sad to say it isn't much, at this juncture... Dr. Dolly will undoubtedly have me using much of my time and resources repairing her Doll Robot."

Break Girl lay in the pod on her stomach, feeling the doctor repairing her damaged chassis with delicate tools. "You can make me stronger?"

"I can help you survive. Bring me bolts you find by defeating enemies during your missions, and I will be able to provide you Energy Tanks you can use to replenish your energy, or even weapon energy to give you similar weaponry to the girls you must defeat."

"Y-you can give me their powers?! That's great! I can be as strong as Buster Girl for sure, that way!"

"No, I can give you a power. Singular. One. You will need to earn the rest by defeating those girls in that special way of yours and using your Variable Weapon System. Or, you might simply have me create more of those tanks so you can fight as recklessly as you want. I'll leave the decision up to you... You're calling the shots, and you're doing the fighting. That means you shoulder all the responsibility If you fail me another time, I will not be so merciful. Understand, Break Girl?!"

"Yes... Thank you, Dr. Wily."

"Good." Wily hit a button on the side of the pod and it closed, automatically regenerating the fibers of Break Girl's suit and completing the repairs. In just a moment, it re-opened, revealing the ****, strangely dressed girl again, who'd rolled onto her side to face him. "Break Girl, go to that console you see by the door. That's the mission computer. From there, you can access all of the mission data or let me know what upgrades you need to order. I will remind you there is a time limit: at any time, Dolly's robots might complete their mining operations and secure those Elements for her, after which my plans will become far more difficult."

"Right." Buster Girl stood from her resting position and walked over to the console, wondering without comment if Buster Girl or Mega Man had to use such a dinky computer when they met with Dr. Light. "This time, I'll get it done for sure! But what should I do first...?"

((Received 100 Bolts!))