Jazzerman here, I do not own any of these characters, they are owned by their respected companies, blah, blah, blah. You've heard this crap before. I DO own Jonny Wily. If you'd like to use him in a fic, just tell me.

A Wily tale, the beginning.

Part 25

Jonny smiled tiredly as they came upon the island that his grandfather had secretly built his new base. The place was little more than a rock with little vegetation save for some alleges and mosses. The base itself was within the interior of the island and Jonny was personally disappointed to see that it was almost exactly the same design as Dr. Wily's other fortress. It had a large skull dominating its other features but otherwise it was very... castle like. Jonny wondered if Dr. Wily had any originality despite his talent at building at robotics.

Treble landed at the front door, letting Jonny and a very happy Metool step back onto solid ground. All that could be heard from the underneath the canopy of rock was the faint sound of the surf breaking on the rocks outside and the seagulls that nested on the island. Personally Jonny was at the moment happy that they hadn't been attacked by those birds upon arrival. He had heard that seagulls where very territorial and would attack anything that got near their nests, thankfully that was either unreliable information or they just weren't feeling aggressive today.

"Okay guys, here's where I need your help." Jonny said, kneeling to look both of the robots in a more equal manner. "The old man must have left a terminal hidden somewhere and we need to find it to open the doors."

Treble nodded and began to sniff around the door for any traces of human scents. Doc waddled around scanning the walls with his sensitive eyes for any creases in the wall that might be hidden panels or switches that might open the doors. Suddenly Doc began to hop up and down excitedly chirping, Treble came over and sniffed the area around the small robot before looking at Jonny and letting out an affirmative bark.

Jonny walked over and looked at the spot wall both Metool and mechanical wolf had indicated. After running his hand over the metal Jonny found a crease near the ground that opened up what he discovered was an archaic secret passage just big enough for someone to crawl through. Jonny got down on his hands and knees and began to crawl though the passage with Treble and Doc behind him. At the end of the tunnel Jonny stood to find himself standing in a darkened yet clean hanger. Jonny walked past the inactive robots and aircraft and into the dark hallways. Thanks to Treble's keen nose and Doc's built in flashlight (located in a small compartment in the middle of the Metool's forehead) they quickly located the main control room of the base.

The flip of the switch sent the power roaring through dormant circuits and cables. The lights came in every room of the base as drones came to life and began to clean and make any repairs necessary. The base's computer immediately scanned the occupants of the control room. It found one standard Metool, the robotic wolf Treble, and one human. Knowing the chances that this was not Dr. Wily the computer did as its subroutines dictated. The center screen of the control room asked for a DNA sample as a panel on the terminal opened up to reveal a small medical kit. Jonny took the kit and opened it up to find a needle and a small slip of glass that scientists use as microscope slides. Jonny guessed at what he was supposed to do and pricked his finger with the needle and wiped the drop of blood on the slide. How what? With the weight sensors telling the computer that the human had removed the medical kit it followed suit by opening up two more panels and showing that if the human did not submit the sample they would come under fire from two very mean looking machine gun turrets.

Jonny continued to look for the area where the slide went and finally found a small hatch. Upon opening it Jonny slid the glass slide inside and shut the little door. The computer scanned the blood and found a match in its database, Wily, Jonathan A. potential ally, do not terminate. Much to the relief of the group the turrets withdrew into the wall. After a few moments to let his heart settle down and crawl back down his throat Jonny went about reactivating all the security systems and drones. Jonny wanted to be left alone, he just hoped Rock wouldn't stop by before he had the chance to shut down the automatic defense protocols.

Jonny sighed and sat back in the chair. "Well guys, let's see what the old man has in this base before we settle in..."

Jonny activated the computer and asked the computer to bring up an inventory list of the entire base. Among the technical data, Jonny saw some items of interest. One was an old reprogramming gun that Dr. Wily had created long ago to reprogram the original six Robot Masters. Others included diagnostics on every single Robot Master, small spherical containers containing samples of alien energies, new designs for a tower like fortress, designs for skull tanks, skull jets, a literal jackpot of scientific curiosities a young scientist would want to examine. But one stood out among them all that Jonny wanted to get his hands on. A device called the Time skipper, a hand held device that could send its user through time itself.

An idea suddenly struck Jonny, if people were unhappy with him now... He could go to another time where no one had ever heard of him. However the more Jonny thought of it the less appealing it sounded. The past was out for a few reasons, what if Jonny accidentally changed something and made so the present as he knew it cease to be? Or worse; if he had never come to be? Jonny didn't consider the future an option, obviously there would be no use for all the technical data he knew, in fifty years all he knew would be obsolete data and he'd have to learn everything over again.

The next few months Jonny spent studying the Time Skipper and the algorithms that it used to make the user move through time. Jonny was thankful for the super computer that was at his complete disposal, without it he'd have to do it completely in his head. Jonny took time off to check up on Treble and play with the wolf and Doc when he felt alone, that and the pirated satellite TV helped kill the isolation he felt encroaching on his mind day by day. Finally Jonny came to a conclusion, if he couldn't leave to another time he might be able to go to another world... Somewhere where neither he nor the name Wily had ever been heard before.

Jonny spent more and more time in the lab, cleaning and repairing minor damage the drones was quickly becoming a welcome break from his research. Jonny was so tired of seeing all the unnatural light from the computer screens and fluorescent lights he began to wear his sunglasses all the time. Finally after months more of number crunching and simulations Jonny had come to final product. The computer had no idea where the device would send Jonny but it knew it wouldn't be on this planet. Jonny packed a bag with some supplies of food and water, a sleeping bag, a respirator incase he landed on a world without oxygen, a few data card containing read outs of all the robots Dr. Wily had made including the 'Skull Tower' fortress plans, the reprogramming gun, some trinkets that Dr. Wily had created but never used like some weird metal head bands, a small chunk of Bassnium, and the energy samples.

Jonny took a breath to steady his nerves as he stood in the hanger with Treble and Doc, he had no idea where this device would take him. Jonny hoisted the bag on his back and petted Treble.

"You know you don't have to come," Jonny said, "We might end up on some barren rock or in some primitive culture that can't support you or Doc."

Treble snorted, almost as if to say that Jonny was being an idiot and that he didn't care about where they were going. This only made Jonny smile and look fondly on his friend. Jonny then looked at Doc who was hopping up and down with a cheerful smile on his face, with a sigh the young man hefted his bag of supplies and activated the World Skipper.

Instantly a fierce wind began to blow as a small point of white light began expand and pull everything that wasn't nailed down towards it. Jonny instinctively reached out to grab a desk to hold on to, looking behind him Treble and Doc had not had the same instinct and had fallen into the light. Before Jonny could deactivate a glass paper weight that had been sitting on the desk hit him on the head, making him let go of the desk and drop the Planet Skipper. Jonny and the sack full of his belongings disappeared into the light.

The vortex of light closed behind them, leaving only the echoing clack of the World Skipper hitting the floor.

END. (Only took 3 years...)