Confusion Can Lead to Distraction

By: Dragon-Orb

Disclaimer: I own nothing. If I did...the series would have been different, believe me. .

--Any and all grammatical mistakes are my fault and I apologize. I'll see if Sandriver won't beta-read this for me next time.

Prologue 2

(Personal point of view)

And no, I'm not telling you who this time either. Figure it out.

I really don't think I understand anymore. Understand anything, to be specific. Recently, everything has been thrown upside down and I feel that I'm stuck in the middle with no-where to go. Let alone know what to do about it.

The last fight I had with the Robot Masters have been normal if not slightly repetitive. No difference there. But, after the last of them went down, I turned expecting an attack from Protoman as he came onto the battlefield as he always does.

Protoman...my brother. I don't understand him. The more we fight, the more I see him, the less I understand. He's like an unsolvable enigma to me. But I try anyway. I can't help it really. I want to understand him. I want to know him; how he thinks, feels, what he wants from helping Wiley, if there is anything. I don't think that he's the type to just follow orders. Not like me. I feel jealous of him in that aspect. If Dr.Light asks me to do something and I can, I will. No real questions asked. I trust Dr.Light to not send me into a bad situation or ask me to do something that is immoral.

I trust Dr.Light. But I know that Protoman doesn't trust Wiley...or anyone else for that matter. That's something I see in him every time we meet on the battlefield. That cold, unfeeling glare that says 'I don't trust or need anyone'. I wish I could change Protoman's mind. I wish that we could get along... maybe even fight together for the better of the world. With him fighting beside me, I could do anything. But I know that it's impossible. Every fight, he attacks me with everything he has. No holding back, no 'I'm sorry, I wish it could be different'... except that time.

True to the way that Dr. Wiley's plans go, I defeated the other Masters and Protoman appeared. I inwardly sighed and dropped back into my fighting stance, ready for his attack. But it never came. He stood there, looking at me with this...lost look in his eyes. Or at least, I think that there would have been one, if I could have seen his eyes. We stood there for a long time...an eternity; neither of us saying or moving, just watching each other.

Finally a louder-then-usual beep made me jump and I watched as he lifted his buster up slightly. Dr. Wiley's voice grated through the communicator, not loud enough for me to understand it, even with my higher hearing, but I knew it was him. I watched, fixatedly as Proto lifted his gaze from his buster to me. Our gazes locked for just a moment before I heard him say. "Sorry Doc, looks like my Bro gave me the slip. I'll grab the others and head back for the Fortress." And, without another look at me he grabbed his downed companions and with little difficulty heaved them into the waiting Skull-Car (I guess it was on auto-pilot) and left.

That was a couple of days ago and I haven't heard anything since. Wiley hasn't made any new moves nor have I seen any sign of my brother. I wish he would appear... even if we had to fight. I need to talk to him, to try to figure out what's going on with him. I even went as far as thinking about going out to find him. I had looked up the area that Wiley's last fortress had been in and thought about how I could get his attention. But before I could, an alert came in.

Dr.Light received the distress call. It was an emergency in the city; the details were foggy to say the least and I didn't know the area but I had to help. Dr.Light understood my want to help if at all possible but he insisted that he put one of his new radio-transmitter in before I left. This new model was on a higher frequency then the one that was already in my systems and would be harder to block and easer to pick up with his computers over a long distance.

As soon as he had finished I called Rush and took off into the darkening sky. I felt something as I left but I couldn't stop to find out what the 'feeling' was. I had people to save.