Jazzerman here, I do not own any of these characters, they are owned by their respected companies, blah, blah, blah. You've heard this sht before.

But I do own this story.

A Wily tale

Part 7

For the next few days, went on as usual around the village. The reports of strange noises had stopped entirely. Jonny continued to work in the back room on his 'project', Rotor and Tails both swore they wouldn't look under the blanket out of their respect for Jonny as a mechanic.

"It's okay guys, when I'm finished with it I'll show you."

"How much longer do you have to work on it?" Rotor asked.

"Not long at all. All I need to do is make a covering for it and paint it. Another day or so should do it."

"Cool." Tails said.

The next day, on the way to work at the workshop, he ran into her again. He had a question that had been bugging him for a few days. Jonny had run into Ali-Su a few times. Both discovered they had some similar interests. Both loved music of all sorts, rainy days, and were both into video games.

"Can I ask you a question Ali-su?" he asked.

"Sure." Ali-su said turning to look at him.

"Well, being on the road all my life, so I'm a bit out of the loop. I read in the library that all echidnas lived on the Floating Island. So why are you down here on the surface?"

"I wanted to help the people down here, instead of wasting all my time up there."

"Don't you miss your family?" Jonny asked, looking at Ali.

"Of coarse I miss them. I miss my home, I miss my friends back on the Island. I miss it all." Ali-su said, looking away. Jonny could have swore he saw a tear in her eye.

"I'm sorry Ali. I barely remember my parents, and my home. At least you know you're parents are still there. Don't start crying on me." he said, trying to comfort her.

"Yeah, you're right, I just miss them that's all. Sorry."

"That's ok, it's natural to miss your family. I'd like to see this island someday." Jonny smiled at her.

"Echidnaopolis is nice, but it's nice here too." She said, giving him a smile. "I have some more things to do, I'll talk to you later, kay?"

"Okay. I have something to do on a project of mine back at Rotor's workshop. Bye Ali." Jonny said, turning and heading off.

He's Nice. She thought as she walked off.

Jonny walked back to the workshop and returned to the back room. He took out his shades and immediately stared to weld together a metal case for his creation and paint them. After an hour he sighed and looked it over. Then smiled "It's done."

"It is?" Tails said coming to the door, "Can we see it now?" Tails frowned when he saw the blanket was back on whatever it was Jonny had been working on for a whole week.

"Why not get Sally and Sonic? I'd like to show them too."

"Good idea." Rotor said.

Tails ran out the door, and in no time at Tails returned with the princess, sonic, and Bunnie. Each eager to see what Jonny had been making all the time he had been staying with them. Jonny brought his creation from the back room into the main workshop.

"I think you left your breath outside Tails." Jonny joked.

Tails gave tired laugh, "Shut up." he said between heaving breaths.

"Ok, everyone ready?" Jonny asked, grabbing the edge of the blanket.

Everyone gave him a 'yes' and he pulled the blanket. Revealing a red and black robot with 6 yellow boomerangs on him, one on each of his wrists, his shins, and one on his chest and on the red helmet it wore. It was the almost size of an Overlander and it even had the realistic face of one. Everyone was surprised at this robot's appearance, as it was more realistic and stylized than anything Robotnik had ever made.

"That's awesome Jonny!" Tails cried, snapping everyone out of their staring spells.

"It's so cool." Sonic said, "It looks so real."

"Is it dangerous? Those boomerangs look sharp." Sally said noticing the still deactivated robot's weapons.

"Ah hope you can control it sugah." Bunnie added.

Jonny took out a device that looked like a tricked out TV remote and hit a button. The robot opened his eyes, revealing that they were a cobalt blue. The robot stretched, smirked when he saw the Freedom fighters and took a few steps.

"Not really, he's self directed. It has a mind and will of his own. It's choices are it's own." Jonny said

The robot began to take menacing steps towards the Freedom fighters with a wicked smile. The FFs backed up against the wall. The robot stopped a few steps away from them and busted out laughing.

"What's so funny?" Sonic said, shaking a fist at the robot.

"I was just kidding, I wouldn't hurt you." The red robot said, crossing his arms and smirking.

"Right..." Sonic said. Not sure to trust the robot.

"What's your name?" Rotor asked the red and black robot.

The robot looked himself over and then looked at Jonny. Jonny gave him a cold look and shook his head slightly.

The robot scratched his head for a second, then said, "You can call me red." It said, with a grin.

To be continued....