Mega Man Fully Charged: "Mind and Metal"

There's something very special about finding things that weren't meant to be. Perhaps an asset left unused for space reasons, or a concept that was too ambitious or didn't feel right. Me and my college friends made a hobby on finding such things or viewing them. We were never really that successful finding that much however, that is until one fateful day.
Matt was the guy who started this whole thing, ever since he heard about communities like it online. He would regularly skim through message boards and forums hoping to find a lead, but it never really came to him. Me and Matt were one day shopping at a dollar store when we found what seemed to be a DVD of Mega Man Fully Charged of all things. Never really watched that show, but Matt noticed that it seemed unofficial and immediately begged me to buy it. "It could have something new! Something we can get famous for!" Of course, with him being excited, I couldn't say no, could I? We bought the DVD and drove to Matt's apartment. 
Upon putting the disc in, we were introduced to a very poorly made menu. The episodes were lined up into columns, and moving down a row was a bit of a hassle. Most of the episodes seemed to be normal, at least, according to Matt who watched that show a bit. By the 10th episode, we both felt like giving up, but whether it be stubbornness or determinism, Matt continued to push us more and hopefully dig deeper. There was no way in hell I was going to watch 25 episodes of this, so we just tried playing with the menu and seeing how it would break. We tried going down the columns for kicks and somehow there was episode 26. The title was simply "Mind and Metal". After Matt looked up the list of episodes on Wikipedia (yes, really), he instantly told me it was an unseen episode and we need to watch it. I pressed play in hopes it would shut him up.
The episode started with Mega Man's high-school alter ego Aki (yes, they made this a Spider Man-esque superhero show for whatever godforsaken reason) walking his way towards chemistry class. As the bell rang, he frantically sprinted to be next to Ashley, who I presume is his love interest. However, he is stopped when Bert Wily gets in the middle and they clash against each other. "That hurt a little, man," Bert groaned, "My inventions can only help so much. It's just that you're made of metal, and I..." Before he could finish his sentence, the teacher came in.
The new teacher, a bubbly pink robot who honestly I couldn't remember the name of, went in and introduced herself to the students. She did a little chemical experiment that resulted in some kind of natural fireworks and Ashley was awed at the fact. Bert started to cheer as well, only for Aki's sister Suna to shush him. The teacher then told the class she had a lot planned for today, but not before getting hit with some weird gray blob. She started to scream as the blob melted and solidified along her mechanical backside and slowly spread around her. The teacher seemed to gasp for air as her head was completely encased in the material, ending up with a muffled choking. 
The students started to panic when all of a sudden a droning, sophisticated voice played over the speakers. "Do not fret, my associates. Class is not dismissed yet. If you value your lives, you will stay in your seats and continue progress as usual." The doors and windows shut, blocking out all light except for a sickly green glow that permeated through the classroom. Aki glared as the projector screen showed grainy footage of a robotic head gazing down at the class. 
"Yes, children, your beloved teacher is back," the automaton lectured to his now captive audience. "Chemistry Man!" Aki responded sharply, his fists now held up. "I see that you have taken my new identity in stride. But flattery can only get you so far." Chemistry Man then slowly backed up and showed another robot in the same metal casing as the new teacher, posed in a stance of horror. "While I was away, I have discovered revelations alchemists in the past could only DREAM of...! But, since my ramblings bore you, how about a presentation, shall we? And this presentation needs a volunteer. Anyone want to raise their hands?" 
A few seconds of silence passed with no movement on the TV. Matt thought the DVD was broken and tried to eject the disk. As he was walking towards the DVD player, Chemistry Man shouted "FINE THEN! Guess I'll have to choose", and upon that Matt jumped back into his couch. I laughed at it, and he laughed along with me, both of us slowly noticing how nervous the laughter was slowly becoming. While that was happening the camera slowly panned across the students's nervous faces. One random kid was singled out and suddenly his chair and the floor tiles surrounding it dropped down as a scream echoed from below. The kid was then brought to Chemistry Man's lab in his seat. "Now don't move, my little lab rat. This will hurt you more than it will hurt me," he chuckled as a drop of the liquid touched the kid's arm, spreading across his skin and clothes as he screamed once more, only for his wails to be muffled again. 
"You see, class," Chemistry Man lectured, "using some complex electron and neutron rearrangements, I can turn anything into solid platinum. You little brats weren't worth anything to me, but now, you'll be worth much more." As the robot cackled incessantly Aki decided to put a stop to it. While Chemistry Man was gloating over his recent success, he ran out and went close to the door, winking at Suna who then gave a thumbs-up. Sneaking out of the classroom and into a nearby locker, he then conversed with this little guy inside his head. This is part of the show, apparently, to become Mega Man he needs the consent of "Mega-Mini", who was no doubt created to sell merchandise. "I knew that chemical head had a few screws loose, but geez! We gotta find a way to stop him before he makes all of Silicon City his lawn ornaments," Mega-Mini snapped. "OK then. Mega-nize me!" 
Aki entered a Sailor Moon style transformation sequence where he became the Blue Bomber we all know and love. He immediately burst out of the locker and entered the classroom. "Ah, so I see your sapphire savior has arrived. No matter. Time to conduct another challenge." Clanking footsteps entered the room as Mega Man gestured the students to exit through the other door. Chemistry Man towered over them, looking down upon what he considered his greatest enemy in amusement. "We shall see who comes out on top, boy. Whoever wins," he holds up the unfortunate kid victim before tossing his lifeless platinum body to the ground, "gets the best trophy." 
Immediately Chemistry Man started shooting out that corrosive liquid everywhere, with it slowly spreading across the walls and tables littered around the classroom. Many of the students were using these as cover, and it seemed that no one got hurt. Mega Man saw this and used it to his advantage, running out of the classroom and having the mechanical mad scientist chase after him. Suna and Ashley gestured to the students and they quickly ran out of the classroom and into different hiding spots. 
"Playing hide and seek, huh? Such inane young minds need to be disciplined." Chemistry Man walked down the now dark hallways as Mega Man continued to shoot blasts at him to no avail. The camera cut to Bert in this chaos, cowering behind a locker. "I'm not scared..." he whispered to himself, "I'm going to save the day!" He burst out of the locker with a pair of robotic pants and started to do some kicking motions towards the fighters. "Mega Man, step aside. The brilliant Bert Wily will handle this one!" He charged towards Chemistry Man and started to throw punches at him. Chemistry Man laughed it off for a while... until one kick to the leg sent him toppling over. "You will regret this soon enough," he coughed, sending a blob of metal careening towards Bert's mechanisms. As Bert was busy showing off, he got hit with the stuff and realized his fate. 
The metal started to spread across his armor and slowly up his shirt. Bert looked at the now creeping metal as it started to reach towards his chest. He screamed, desperately swatting at it in hopes it would recede. The metal reached his arms, with him flapping them around in various positions as a feeble attempt to get it off. The movement stopped as the platinum surrounded his neck. He did one last scream before it faded and echoed throughout the halls. Bert, now a lifeless statue, toppled over and fell on the floor like a broken toy. 
Mega Man saw what went down and a snarling scowl arose from him. As he was aiming his blaster at the robot, Mega Mini tried to reason with him. "If you do this, who knows what will happen? He's gonna make a decoration outta you!" "And you think he's not planning that already?" They continued bickering until Chemistry Man slowly raised himself up from being on his back and started walking over to the locker they were hiding in and at that point Mega Man burst from the door and slid below him. The robot tried to grab Mega Man but then ended up reaching to the ground, almost about to fall over. Mega Man then had a smug look on his face, as if he figured something out. 
He gestured to Mega-Mini, and both looked at each other in unison, before sneaking off while Chemistry Man tried to re-orient himself. "Hey, metalhead! Wanna try to catch me?" Chemistry Man sneered as much as his metal face could at Mega Man and continued stalking the now empty halls. "Know this, Mega Man, soon your fall shall catch up with your pride, and then you will join the others. I might even hang your trophy up on my wall," he joked. Mega Man than blindly shot from the cover of abandoned lockers. Suna contacted him soon after, trying to be as quiet as possible. "Mega Man! Is there any weakness that this guy has?" "Well, Bert knocked him over like a bowling pin, is that enough for ya?" Suna then pouted a little. "You're gonna have to be a little more specific." "Well," interrupted Mega-Mini, "Bert did kick him in his leg, and all Mega was trying to do was knock him from the middle." 
"That's it!" shouted Mega Man. Realizing his mistake upon hearing the sounds of clanking footsteps echoing ever closer, he decided to take a mad dash for it. Unfortunately due to the lights being out and the seemingly endless amount of lockers he started to lose track. Chemistry Man had the blue bomber in his sights, as he started to shoot precise shots near Mega Man, with them being dodged a bit more hastily. "Come out, come out, wherever you are..." Chemistry Man beckoned as Mega Man took a locker door as a makeshift shield. He ran around and tried to get a good few shots in, which weren't as effective given his shield blocking part of the view. He kept running until he saw Suna hiding close to him. It didn't take long for Chemistry Man to notice too. 
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