Poor Proto. This was a good fic. I think in a twisted way Proto would have been glad it was Mega that ended his life if he had to die. I think you got the bros actions and personalities just right. Ja.

See? Told you I'd get around to reading this! And I love it... even though Proto dies... *sniffles* I really wish I knew what it was they did to Proto, to make him so irredeemable that not even his optimistic brother wouldn't given him a second chance. I think the characterization was well done, though at first Proto seemed a little "off." Then I realized that you'd done that on purpose because something had happened to him to make him that way. I could talk forever about how deep this was and all the little details you captured... but I think the fic speaks for itself.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go live in denial and say that since you didn't actually WRITE that Proto died, completely dead, that the weapon was actually meant to KILL Proto and not just take him out, since you only implied it, then it didn't actually happen. ^_^ Deus ex machina shall save my favorite character!

Nitpickiness:

He knew that voice; see the face of its owner without thinking.
(You need to insert "could" before "see.")

Mega Man opened his eyes, staring deeply into the eyes of his enemy.
(Um... doesn't Proto wear shades? How could Mega look into his eyes? ^_^*)

“You wouldn’t…” Protoman hissed,anger and fearreflected in his eyes.
(You're missing some spaces in that sentences...)

This last one isn't necessarily a mistake. I just always thought that the quote was "Thou shalt not kill." Difference in bible translations?

This... was truly enjoyable to read. Even though you put up a warning, I was still surprised at how dark this story is, considering show silly the Mega shows themselves are. My nitpick is that I wish you had given a bit more background to the situation, but you said yourself it's AU so that helps.

I really liked the religious overtones too, I never thought of Mega Man and Protoman as Cain and Abel. That was a very clever analogy.

I thoroughly enjoyed it. I hope to read more of your work. I have a question though. What does off-kilter mean. And watch your spelling and punctuation. There were a some places I noticed these could have used polishing. Well I hope to read more of your work and I hope you read my first fanfic. I posted it up on April 2nd. Peace out!

Your going to write more megaman stories!? YAY! I love your writting, your mega/proto brotherly fics are the best around! You always write the two so well!! Especially Protoman!! I hope you keep writing this story was great you haven't lost their characters at all keep going!!

To all you people who sneak peeks at the reviews before reading a story: this is a piece of art. It's creepy, it's unstereotypical, it's brother vs brother; what more can you possibly need??

Atreyu, you know I'm not justing saying this. My reading's been a bit on the non-existent side, and I enjoyed this whole-heartedly. I love it. I love these conflicts. Length was appropriate, only the faintest outward hints of anything religious tickled me (as a fan of twistedly delicious symbolism, nothing more dear reader), and I love the astmosphere overall :3 Damn you. *fangirl squee*