Mega Man 2: Time Keeps Slipping


 * Previous Arc: Let the Games Begin! ←—→ Next Arc: The Return of Dr. Wily

Time Keeps Slipping is the second story arc of the Mega Man comic series by Archie Comics. It follows up on the events from the first arc, "Let the Games Begin!". Time Man and Oil Man are slated to appear.

Part One: Reasonable Doubt
Rock, Roll, and the Robot Masters are cleaning up the quarry that Guts Man had been stationed at, having offered themselves to clean up the mess they created while under Dr. Wily's programming. Watching over them is Dr. Light, who is currently being interviewed. The interview is interrupted by a pair of detectives, federal agent Gilbert D. Stern and federal agent Roslyn Krantz. Stern questions Dr. Light on his offering to help clean up, as if he had a guilt conscience and how he so happened to have the only thing that could stop the Robot Masters. Dr. Light explains that Dr. Wily's decisions were his own, as were Mega Man's selfless acts. Sensing the heat, Roslyn intervenes and takes over the questioning, asking the whereabouts of two missing robot models. Dr Light explains that those two were still experimental and had been left in Albert's care before the Robot Master's unveiling and that he did not know where they were.

A flying Mettaur sneaks into jail and receives a message from Dr. Wily about his time of being moved. Dr. Light reveals that he and Mega Man will be attending the convoy moving Dr. Wily shortly, in hopes to have Wily reduce his sentence by cooperating. Mega Man accidentally causes an accident in the quarry, resulting in an argument between him and Roll in front of the agents. Luckily, the convoy is preparing so Dr. Light takes Rock with him wihle Roll goes out shopping for their groceries. On the ride, Dr. Light and Mega Man discuss prison, which Rock concludes is a place for "localized errors." They also touch on the "x-factor" of free will in robots, which Light has hopes of cracking one day. As the convoy is moving, a sniper joe attacks from a bridge, to which Mega Man responds by attacking. During the dirversion, Time Man appears, freezing time and freeing Dr. Wily.

Agent Stern immediately puts the blame on Dr. Light and Rock, saying the diversion was their plan to free Wily. Back home, Roll has finished shopping and is approaching the front door. As she touches the doorknob her hand comes away covered in oil and she wonders if she ruptured a join. Oil Man steps up from behind and kidnaps Roll.

Part Two
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Part Three
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Part Four
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