Roboenza

"Get him out of here.  He's in no condition to be working."  A panicked voice blurted.

A second panicked voice joined in.  "Get him to sick bay!  Or get him back to Light's lab!"

The scenery around me blurred, then went dim, then black.

My eyes opened to a dim, quiet room, in the far end of Light Labs.  I knew this room all too well; after tending to my wounded brothers after our run-in with our eight siblings, who had been reprogrammed by Wily, this room was rather familiar as a robot infirmary of sorts.  I tried to sit up, but a silvery hand pinned me down.

"Dr. Light and poor, sickly Roll would worry if you tried to strain yourself.  If it wasn't for those kind humans you work with, you would have been a goner."  Auto spoke, stern but gentle in his speech.

I closed my eyes weakly, giving the faintest of smiles.  "I'll be fine, won't I?  It's just a little overheat..."  Here, I gave a few coughs, though none were really productive.  "Certainly not a big de--"

Auto shook his head.  "Oh no, no, no, that simply isn't true.  Dr. Light tested you, Elecman.  You caught Roboenza."

I seized up, coughing hard before turning over and closing my eyes.  What would Quickman think if he saw me now in such a desperate situation, curled up in bed with fever and coughs that no normal robot should have.  I trembled, tossing and turning.

"He's getting rather hot.  Get Iceman to fire an Ice Slasher at him!" A voice bellowed.

An Ice Slasher?  At me?  They were kidding, right?

It turns out they weren't kidding.  Iceman slowly entered the room and stood up on a chair near the bed, then fired an Ice Slasher carefully at my forehead in order to cool me down.  I dozed off again, submitting to the fever and chills.

I could have sworn I was dreaming that my power chip was stolen from me.

I could have sworn I was dreaming when I found out that Rock, like I had been, was succumbing to Roboenza.

The cure took a long time to get; apparently Wily had run away as usual and Rock had to stop him.  Apparently, Wily had fallen ill.  Somehow...

When I took the cure, I wondered if it would work.  I took it cautiously, and I took it like a criminal eating an aspirin.  However, once I was cured, I could get back to my life.  My work.  That speedy handsome robotic dreamboat

Deep inside me, the worry of Roboenza coming back haunted me.