The Megaman in the Moon

(Our story opens at the nearby space center, where a shuttle is getting ready to launch...)
LOUDSPEAKER: T-minus 5 and counting. All astronauts to the shuttle entry.
(Dr. Light, Megaman, Roll, and Rush are observing the launch, along with Tina, the daughter of one of the astronauts, an
old friend of Light's.)
TINA: Isn't this exciting, Mega? It's my father's first shuttle flight!
MEGAMAN: I'm sure he'll be a first-rate shuttle captain.
DR LIGHT: He was a fine student. I was sad when he left robotics and joined the space program.
TINA: He should be coming by any minute.
(Inside one of the buildings, workers are busy loading cargo for the shuttle. They are soon interupted.)
GUTSMAN: Good afternoon.
(The workers turn to see Cutman, Gutsman, and Crystalman walking towards them. Gutsman grabs a robot worker.)
GUTSMAN: Time for you to punch out, chum. (He flings the worker into a locker and punches it shut. Another worker flees.)
CUTMAN: Running from me is SHEER stupidity! Heheh! (He throws a Rolling Cutter, which cuts the chain holding a large
container, which falls on the worker. Two men in astronaut suits approach. Crystalman turns to them.)
CRYSTALMAN: All set? (One of the astronauts nods.) Good. Cutman! Gutsman! Time to ship out!
GUTSMAN: Whatever you say, Crystalman.
(The three robot masters get inside one of the crates, and the two astronauts drive it out to the launch pad.)
ROLL: There they are now!
TINA: Daddy! (She runs over to one of the astronauts and hugs him.) Good luck! Don't forget to call me from the moon! 
(The astronaut doesn't answer. He just nods coldly and continues to drive to the shuttle.)
TINA: Daddy?
(Tina sits back down with the others, confused.)
ROLL: What's the matter, Tina?
TINA: I'm not sure. My father didn't speak to me.
DR LIGHT: He's probably just nervous.
TINA: No, he's never acted that way before. Something's wrong.
MEGAMAN: Relax, Teen, I'll check it out.
(Megaman hops down and runs over to the shuttle. Tina also slips away from Roll and Dr. Light. Megaman climbs up to the
cargo bay and looks around. He opens one of the crates...)
MEGAMAN: The other astronauts! Tina was right!
LOUDSPEAKER: T-minus one and counting. All personel clear the launch area.
MEGAMAN: I've got to stop the launch.
(Gutsman, Cutman, and Crystalman emerge from another crate.
CUTMAN: And we've got to stop you, blue-boy!
(He throws a Rolling Cutter at a steam pipe. It ruptures behind Megaman, blowing him toward Gutsman, who knocks him all the
way to the edge of the catwalk.)
CRYSTALMAN: Megaman minus four seconds and counting... three... two... one...
(He launches a Crystal Eye knocking Megaman off the catwalk. He falls to the ground next to the shuttle.)
MEGAMAN: Whoa. Good thing Dr. Light built me stronger than Humpty Dumpty.
LOUDSPEAKER: Ten seconds to ignition.
MEGAMAN: I'd better beat it... (He tries to move, but his foot is stuck.) Uh oh.
LOUDSPEAKER: Five... Four...
ROLL: Mega's in trouble!
(In the shuttle cockpit, we see our two astronauts, in case you didn't guess already, are Protoman and Dr. Wily.)
PROTOMAN: I'm pushing the ignition button! I want to personally fry my Mega-bro!
DR WILY: Be my guest, Protoman.
LOUDSPEAKER: Two... One...
MEGAMAN: If I don't act fast, I'm gonna be Mega-melted!
LOUDSPEAKER: Zero!
(He shoots the object binding his foot, and hurries away from the shuttle. He runs over to Dr. Light and Roll as the shuttle
launches.)
ROLL: Are you all right?
MEGAMAN: Yeah, but Dr. Wily's 'bots have got Tina's dad and the other astronaut tied up in the shuttle hold! Hey, where is
Tina?
ROLL: She was here a moment ago...
DR LIGHT: There's no time to find her. We've got to get to mission control! Hurry!
(In Mission Control...)
DR LIGHT: Dr. Wily has got control of the shuttle right now. But we don't know what he's after.
OFFICER: I'm afraid I do, Dr. Light. The shuttle's mission is to transport the lens of our new sun-focusing super laser from
the space station where it was built to the moon's surface.
DR LIGHT: I think I may know how we can catch Dr. Wily...
(Inside one of the maintanence bays...)
DR LIGHT: There. That should do it.
MEGAMAN: Cool! I always wanted my own rocket backpack. (They head outside.)
DR LIGHT: Be careful, Mega. Those engines develop a million pounds of thrust!
MEGAMAN: Will do. Clear the launch pad!
(He starts up the rocket-pack and jets off into space... Meanwhile, the shuttle is approaching the station.)
DR WILY: We'll be arriving at the space station in five minutes. Take the controls. I'll brief the others.
PROTOMAN: Ten-four, supreme space cadet, sir!
(In the cargo hold, the robot masters are playing cards...)
GUTSMAN: My deal! (He shuffles, then hands the deck to Cutman.) Cut the cards. (Do I really need to tell you what he does to
them?) Hey!!
CUTMAN: You said to cut the cards. Heheheh!
(The astronauts are tied up nearby. Tina comes out from behind a corner and motions to her dad. She hears someone coming,
though, and retreats back to her hiding spot.)
DR WILY: Wrap it up. We'll be at the space station any minute.
GUTSMAN: What are we gonna do with that big hunk o' glass once we steal it, Dr. Wily?
DR WILY: That "big hunk of glass" is a super lens, for the most powerful laser in the world! (He clears away the cards and
chips and lays a set of blueprints out.) The laser is already assembled on the moon's surface. Once we install the lens, I'll
be in a position to make the nations of Earth an offer they can't refuse! (Tina's listening to his every word.) We'll be 
docking at the space station any moment. Prepare for battle.
(Back on Earth...)
OFFICER: This is Misson Control to Space Station One. Do you read me?
COMMANDER: This is Space Station One. Go ahead, Mission Control.
OFFICER: Dr. Wily has hijacked the space shuttle! He's on his way to you now. We suspect he's after the solar laser lens.
COMMANDER: Copy, Mission Control. We'll be ready for him. (He speaks into a loudspeaker.) This is the station commander! All
hands, battle stations! This is not a drill!
(The stations defenses fire upon the shuttle.)
DR WILY: Opening shuttle bay doors.
(He opens the doors, and Protoman, Cutman, Gutsman, and Crystalman fly out, all equipped with jet-packs. The four of them 
start making short work of the station's defenses.)
GUTSMAN: Hey, space-bots! Ready or not, here I come!
(He flies down to a catwalk, where he's assaulted by the defense robots' laser fire.)
GUTSMAN: Hey! This is Wily's space staion now! (He rips off the railing.) And he wants you cads off his catwalk!
(He swings the railing, knocking the robots away. Crystalman, meanwhile, lands on the docking area.)
CRYSTALMAN: Alright! Everyone evacuate this space station, now! (The robots shoot at him.) Perhaps I didn't make 
myself crystal-clear. (He flings a Crystal Eye, blowing away the robots.)
GUTSMAN: Nice pitch, Crystal-dude! We're right on schedule; here comes Wily!
(Wily lands the shuttle and emerges.)
DR WILY: Follow me. (The walk to the door and try the handle.)
CUTMAN: It's locked!
DR WILY: Gutsman, have you got the key?
GUTSMAN: Sure thing, Dr. Wily. 
(He beats the door down, along with most of the wall. The lens is right inside.)
DR WILY: Ah! Feast your eyes! The solar focusing lens! Once I get it to the moon and into the super laser, the world will
bow down at my command!! Gutsman, put the lens into the shuttle.
GUTSMAN: No sweat! (He walks up to the lens, but is knocked away.) Hey! What hit me?!
(Protoman walks up and puts a hand up to it.)
PROTOMAN: It's protected by a forcefield.
CRYSTALMAN: And controlled by this computer. (He walks over to a computer terminal. Wily examines it.)
DR WILY: It's designed to destroy the lens if shut off without the proper code.
PROTOMAN: I guess you blew it this time, Wily.
DR WILY: I don't think so, Protoman. Cutman! Bring me the astronauts!
(MEanwhile, Megaman approaches the station.)
MEGAMAN: Nuts! Wily is already inside! I hope I'm not too late.
(Inside the shuttle, Tina is working at freeing the tied astronauts.)
TINA'S DAD: Hurry, Tina!
TINA: I'll have you free in a minute, daddy.
(She hears someone coming again and hides. It's Cutman.)
CUTMAN: Alright, you two, this way.
(He herds them out of the shuttle.)
DR WILY: Welcome, gentlemen. I need the forcefield locking code.
TINA'S DAD: You need your head examined if you think you'll get them from us!
DR WILY: Oh, I think I will. I think I will. Gutsman, make them talk.
GUTSMAN: Heheheh. My pleasure.
(Suddenly, Megaman arrives)
CUTMAN: Megaman!
(Megaman knocks Gutsman into a generator, zapping him and sending him flying into Cutman. The fight is cut short, though,
when Tina runs out of the shuttle and is grabbed by Wily.)
TINA: Daddy!
DR WILY: That's close enough, Megaman. Now, take a hike! Or else I'll turn this rocket pack on and launch this girl into
space!
MEGAMAN: Alright, Wily. Just don't harm her. (He flies away from the station. Wily turns to Tina's dad.)
DR WILY: Unlock the forcefield. (He does so.) Gutsman. (Gutsman hauls the lens onto the shuttle.) Protoman, you know what to
do.
PROTOMAN: Hey, don't I always? 
(Protoman leaves momentarily carrying a rectangular box. Wily turns back to Tina's dad, still holding his daughter hostage.)
DR WILY: You're coming with us.
(The shuttle leaves, with the astronauts. Tina is left behind.)
TINA: Daddy!
(Megaman returns to the station.)
MEGAMAN: Are you alright?
TINA: Yes, but that maniac has got my father!
MEGAMAN: Don't worry, Tina. I'll get him back.
(Suddenly, Wily appears on a monitor.)
DR WILY: Oh, Megaman. I forgot to tell you. Before I left, I planted a... a little bomb. Nothing fancy. Just big enough to
destroy the entire space station. You've got one hour to find it. Mwahahahaha!
(He breaks contact.)
TINA: This is all my fault. If I hadn't stown away, Dr. Wily would've never been able to get than lens.
MEGAMAN: There's no time to worry about who's to blame. We've got to find that bomb!
(They head for the control room to contact Dr. Light.)
MEGAMAN: This is Megaman to Mission Control!
OFFICER: This is Mission Control.
MEGAMAN: Dr. Light! Wily planted a bomb on the space station! It'll blow in less than an hour if we don't find it!
(Gasps emerge from Mission Control.)
OFFICER: We don't have any bomb-scanning equipment here!
ROLL: Yes we do! (Motions to Rush.) Rush's nose!
DR LIGHT: She's right. I programmed Rush's nose to be able to sniff out anything! But how can we get him to the space
station?
OFFICER: There's an experimental rocket on Pad 9. If you don't mind risking your neck, it'll get you there in less than
an hour.
ROLL: I'll take that risk. C'mon Rush!
(Roll and Rush hurry to the rocket and blast off.)
ROLL: Hang on, Rush. I'm putting her into warp drive!
(As they race to the space station, Wily arrives on the moon. The personel is already aware of them.)
LOUDSPEAKER: All base crew to your stations! Prepare for arrival of hostile intruders!
(The shuttle lands, and Protoman greets the crew by blowing a vehicle away. The other robot masters join in as well. 
Crystalman dodges another laser form a buggy.)
CRYSTALMAN: You guys are about to go where no 'bot has gone before!
(He pitches a Crystal Eye that makes a big crater in the ground, launching the buggy into the air, and crashing down right
in front of Crystalman. Cutman, meanwhile, shoots a Cutter at a radar dish, trapping two more 'bots underneath.)
CUTMAN: You can dish it out, but you can't take it, huh? Hahahaha!!
(Gutsman just plows his way into the base.)
GUTSMAN: Heeeeeeeeere's Gutsman!
(The rest of the crew run away. Gutsman opens the channel to Wily.)
GUTSMAN: The base is secure, Dr. Wily.
DR WILY: Excellent. Phase one of my plan is almost complete! Get the lens!
PROTOMAN: Sure thing, Doc.
DR WILY: Once the lens is in place, I'll control the most powerful laser in the world!
(Back on the station, Megaman and Tina search for the bomb, but to no avail.)
TINA: Nothing here.
MEGAMAN: We've got less than three minutes before the bomb blows! I hope Roll and Rush get here in time!
(On Roll's ship...)
ROLL: We're almost there, Rush. Rush?
(Roll sees Rush moaning and holding his hands over his mouth.)
ROLL: Why didn't you tell me you get space-sick? (Rush apparently pukes as the rocket lands at the station.) Yuck...
(They go inside.)
MEGAMAN: Roll! You're just in time!
TINA: What's wrong with Rush?
ROLL: He's space-sick.
(Rush looks ready to lose it again.)
MEGAMAN: Oh, great! The bomb's set to go off in less than a minute!
ROLL: C'mon, Rush! You can't fail us now! (Rush moans.)
MEGAMAN: Go get the bomb, Rush!
(Rush gets to his feet and staggers around the base, sniffing around.)
MEGAMAN: Aw, he'll never do it. We're goners!
(Suddenly, Rush finds something. Inside a rectangular box, is what looks like a fire extinguisher, but Rush signals the
others to it.)
MEGAMAN: He did it! I think...
(He takes out the 'extinguisher'. It has a timer on it with just ten seconds left.)
ROLL: There it is!
MEGAMAN: It's about to blow! There's no time to diffuse it!
(Megaman hurrys out of the space station and hurls the bomb as far as he can before it blows. The space station is safe.)
TINA: You okay?
MEGAMAN: Yeah, but we've got to get to the moon!
ROLL: We'll meet you there!
(Roll, Rush, and Tina hop on the rocket while Megaman takes his rocket-pack. Back on the moon...)
CRYSTALMAN: The laser's ready, Dr. Wily.
DR WILY: Good! Now to give my friends at the United Nations a call...
(At the United Nations...)
UN SPEAKER: And now, for our next order of business...
(Wily's face appears on the monitor.)
DR WILY: So sorry to interrupt, gentlemen. But unless you turn over command of all nations to me at once, I will be forced
to demonstrate the awesome power of my new solar laser.
UN SPEAKER: I think I speak for all nations when I tell you we will turn nothing over to you, Dr. Wily!
DR WILY: Hm. Have it your way. Observe!
(Crystalman activates the laser, creating a focused beam of light that totally evaportes a large lake on Earth.) 
DR WILY: You've got one hour to decide what to do. Then, I start shooting entire cities! Mwahahahahaha!! The Earth is
defenseless! You have no choice but to turn over control to me. I hope you make the right decision.
(He breaks contact, leaving the UN in peril. Meanwhile, Megaman and the others continue towards the moon.)
CUTMAN: Dr. Wily! I just spotted Megaman and another ship on the moon base radar! They'll be here any minute!
DR WILY: Well... What are you wating for?! Roll out the red carpet!
CRYSTALMAN: You got it.
(He activates the laser, and blasts Megaman with it.)
ROLL: Mega!!
(Megaman falls to the moon's surface below, in an unconcious heap.)
CRYSTALMAN: Got him!
(Wily contacts Roll's ship.)
DR WILY: As you can see, Megaman is history! Bring your ship in now, or I'll evaporate it!
ROLL: Alright. Don't shoot!
(She lands the ship.)
GUTSMAN: (To Cutman) C'mon! Let's take some prisoners!
(Roll, Rush, and Tina take cover inside a crater.)
ROLL: You mae a run for it, Tina. I'll cover you.
TINA: What about you?
ROLL: Don't worry about me. Run!
(Tina does so.)
CUTMAN: Hey! She's getting away!
GUTSMAN: (Turns to Roll) Well this one won't!
(Roll morphs her hand into a hair dryer, blowing dust in Cutman and Gutsman's faces.)
GUTSMAN: Hey!
CUTMAN: Cut it out!
GUTSMAN: Hey, we can't see!
(Roll's diversion is short-lived as she's grabbed from behind.)
PROTOMAN: Give it up, Sis.
ROLL: I'm not your "Sis".
(Rush is also captured by Cutman and Gutsman and they're both thrown in a cell with the astronauts.)
PROTOMAN: That 'ought to keep you out of trouble.
(He walks away. Roll tries the forcefield in front of the cell. Sure enough, she's zapped.
ROLL: Oops. I guess it works.
(Back at Mission Control, Dr. Light and the others are observing the situation.)
OFFICER: Telemetry indicates that Megaman's systems are not functioning. I think Dr. Wily has finally beaten us, Dr. Light...
DR LIGHT: There must be some way to stop him!
(The image starts to flicker.)
DR LIGHT: What was that?
OFFICER: We're tracking Megaman visually by our space telescope.
DR LIGHT: Space telescope...? That's it! I think I may have figured out a way to stop Dr. Wily! But first, I have to get
Mega's systems running again!
(Another transmission comes in.)
TINA: Dr. Light! I'm on the moon; we need help!
DR LIGHT: You've got to get to Megaman! Open his access panel, and press the Manual Circuit Repair button. Then, have him
go to the moon base satellite command center and call me for further instructions.
TINA: I'll try.
(She slips through the base, just eluding Cutman, and finds Megaman. She follows Light's instructions, and Megaman wakes up.)
MEGAMAN: Thanks. I was having a nightmare.
TINA: We've got to get back to the satellite command center. Dr. Light has figured out a way to stop Wily!
(Now Crystalman shows up.)
CRYSTALMAN: You're stopping no one!
(He throws a Crystal Eye, and Megaman and Tina jump out of the way.)
MEGAMAN: Now it's my turn!
(He fires a buster shot, but Crystalman jumps over it and lands right next to Megaman, grabbing his arm.)
CRYSTALMAN: Gotcha!
(Megaman copies the Crystal Eye.)
MEGAMAN: And I "gotcha" powers!
CRYSTALMAN: (Shoves Megaman down) I'm going to stomp you!
(He leaps into the air, but is blown apart by his own Crystal Eye. He lands in a torn up heap.)
CRYSTALMAN: I'll get you for this, Megaman!
MEGAMAN: (To Tina.) I've got to get to the satellite command center.
TINA: Go on. I'll be okay.
(The hour is up, and Wily follows up on his ultimatum...)
DR WILY: Well gentlemen, your time is up! Shall I start shooting?
UN SPEAKER: No. We've come to a decision; we will turn over control to you.
(Dr. Light interupts the transmission.)
DR LIGHT: No! They won't turn over control to you, Wily! I won't let them!
DR WILY: Dr. Light! You'll regret this, you fool!! (Turns to Protoman.) Charge up the laser to full power! We're going to
destroy an entrie city!
(As the laser charges, Megaman runs for the command center, but he's spotted.)
CUTMAN: It's Megaman!
DR WILY: Get him!
(Gutsman and Cutman chase Megaman into the command center. Megaman closes the door and bars it.)
CUTMAN: He's bolted it.
GUTSMAN: (Pounds on the door.) Come on out, Mega! Or I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll beat your door down!
MEGAMAN: I don't have much time...
(He activates the terminal and contacts Dr. Light.)
MEGAMAN: I'm in the satellite control room, Doc. What do I do now?
DR LIGHT: You've got to lock the space telescope onto Wily's laser aiming signal. This will cause the telescope to turn its 
reflective mirror toward the moon, and reflect the laser beam back at Wily!
MEGAMAN: Will do!
(He gets to work while Gutsman continues beating on the door.)
MEGAMAN: I hope this works...
(He gets the telescope to turn just as Gutsman smashes the door in.)
GUTSMAN: Stop him!
(Cutman fires a Rolling Cutter that wrecks the computer. Back at the base, the laser is charged.)
DR WILY: Fire!!
(Protoman fires the laser, but it's reflected back by the telescope's mirror.)
PROTOMAN: The...They reflected the laser back at us!!
(The laser returns and blows the gun and part of the base to bits. Wily and Protoman barely escape.)
MEGAMAN: Looks like you failed, boys.
(He blasts Gutsman with a buster shot.)
CUTMAN: I'm cutting out of here!
GUTSMAN: That's a wrap... Hey, wait for me!
DR WILY: Get us out of here!
(Protoman blasts off in the shuttle with Wily and the robot masters.)
MEGAMAN: So long, fellas! Don't forget to write!
(Once the astronauts are freed...)
TINA: Daddy, I'm so sorry...
TINA'S DAD: Don't worry about it, baby. (They hug.)
MEGAMAN: I couldn't stopped Wily without your help, Tina.
TINA'S DAD: And we would've been space debris without your help, Mega.
MEGAMAN: My pleasure.
(They shake hands.)

END