YOU ARE THE DEAD.

And you father knew it. Now we're here, and we must go back.

I KNOW IT'S ALL GONNA END, BUT I SWEAR I DON'T KNOW HOW.

He fought the darkness, The darkness won.

(Liner: Albert Wily's eyes grew cold as Emily's rejection of him became clear. He turned to the machine standing at the door and quickly slid his finger across his own throat.)

When I turn, as a leaf when the wind blows, Gone away is the will of his hand.

But it won't be for nothing, HE LEFT US A WAY OUT.

Break out.

(Over the sound of the screen, Joe heard footsteps, slow and deliberate, echoing from the darkness of the alleyway. Kneeling down, Joe placed one hand on the street beside him, the other reached for the knife in his boot.)

And I will finish what was started: THE FIGHT OF PROTOMAN.

DESTROY HIM YOU CAN SAVE US YOU'RE OUR ONLY HOPE KILL PROTOMAN

There was not a man among them who would let himself be heard.

DO NOT SAY THIS IS HOW IT HAS TO BE.

And you father knew it. Now we're here, and we must go back.

SO LET THEM WATCH AS WE DECIDE, THE VERY FATE OF ALL MANKIND.

THERE IS A FLAME THAT I'VE BEEN FANNING, THERE IS A FIRE WAITING TO CATCH.

Someone's got to (NO ONE LEFT TO) BRING BACK THE LIGHT (PAST THIS ENDLESS DARK.)

YOU THINK THAT THEY'LL SURRENDER, IF YOU BIND THEIR WORKING HANDS?

FOR YEARS NOW.

GAME OVER.

YOU'VE BEEN FED WHAT THEY WANTED TO FEED YOU. YOU'VE BEEN BLED OF THE WILL TO SURVIVE.

YOU'VE GIVEN EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT AND STILL THEY WANNA WATCH IT BURN.

WE'VE GOTTA TURN IT OFF. FLIP A SWITCH, AND--

(Liner: Standing between the sea of men and Megaman's final purpose is an army of robots, commanded by one leader. This is not Dr. Wily. Wily has no power on a field of battle. This is Wily's second in command.)

And I hear nothing but the static, For years now theres been nothing but the static on the radio.

WE'VE GOTTA TURN IT OFF. FLIP A SWITCH, AND--

And when he died, he died in vain.

(THERE MUST BE AN END TO THE DARKNESS...)

I've seen your face in the shadows.

THEY WILL KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE FEAR DRAGGED OUT INTO THE LIGHT.

You've been fed what they wanted to feed you. You've been bled of the will to survive.

And I swore upon his grave: Someday, I would make things right.

You are not evil. (if they will stand) You are not broken. (beside their hero,) WE BOTH KNOW THEY'LL NEVER FIGHT.

WELL, HERE IT IS: A CHANCE TO TAKE BACK EVERYTHING WE'VE EARNED.

This city won't see where she's going, She won't speak of where she's been.

When I was young, couldn't stand to believe it Somewhere there was a sun left to shine Now my heart won't be still 'til I've seen it Won't be still 'til I've made it MINE.

Death is not something that scares me.

Light was a loner. A thinker. A man of ideas. Ideas forbidden in Wily's society. The society for which he worked. The society in which he lived. The society that he would set free.

There's a fear, can't be seen, it surrounds me. As afraid of the dark as the light. Was a time, long ago, these were safe streets Now I'm the only one who keeps me alive.

Step forward, step into the light.

Even here, it is not safe.

(The sound that finally caused Megaman to pause long enough to look back on the burning city was the voices raised over the din, chanting almost in unison:)

THEY LOOKED TO ME ONCE. NOW THEY TURN TO YOU. DO YOU UNDERSTAND NOW? DO YOU SEE THAT THE TRUTH IS: THEY DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THIS.

There was a moment in the darkness Just before the blinding light The world was standing there before you Just out of sight.

TELL ME NOW, IS THERE A MAN AMONG YOU HERE?

A FLAME, A FIRE, A LIGHT.

Some of the pain that she endures Would bring a strong man to his knees.

THIS CITY MADE US THIS CITY ATE US ALIVE.

(A few concerned women called out to him to keep his voice down. For his own sake. For all their safety.)

Twelve years Light worked and on a cold night in the year 200X, Protoman was born.