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 8

"Red..." Jonny said, "A fitting name. Care for a test run Red?"

"Sure boss." The robot said to his creator, "What did you have in mind?"

Jonny looked at Sonic, then back to Red, "How about a race?" He smirked.

"You up for it Sonic?" Sally asked, curious to see how this robot would fare against the fastest thing alive.

"I'm always up for a challenge." Sonic grinned and walked out the door.

"Sally, what do you think would be a good track to race on." The grey fox asked, "I mean you know the area better than anyone."

"Well, there's a large tree in the middle of the forest, it's half a mile from here and that could used as a half way point." Sally suggested.

"Excellent. You okay with this Sonic?" Jonny asked the blue hero of Knothole.

"Yeah." Sonic said, getting excited to race.

"Then it's settled. Let's go." Red said, crossing his arms.

As they walked out, they were greeted with whispers of awe at the sight of Red, who was unlike anything seen in the forest before. Word spread quickly from some unknown eavesdropper what had transpired inside the workshop.

"Did you hear Ali?" one of Ali's friends told her as she ran up to the yellow echidna "That new guy bulit a robot and it's going to race Sonic!"

"New guy? You mean Jonny?" Ali asked as she ran after her friend. She didn't get a response.

Ali-Su saw a crowd of Mobians gathered around two figures, one was Sonic, and another was a Red robot that looked like an Overlander.

Ali-Su saw Red and was very impressed, "Jonny built that in the workshop? Wow, he's better with machines than I thought!" She smiled, she was going to enjoy this race.

Red and Sonic lined up. Both eager to show the other what he could do.

"Prepare to lose Red." Sonic grinned, he was going to enjoy surprising this realistic tin can.

"We'll see who loses blue boy." Red said, he was enjoying the thought that he could beat Sonic.

Red and Sonic shook hands and got ready to race.

"Get set!" Bunnie yelled, muscles and servos tightened in anticipation. "Go!"

Both Red and Sonic sped off, both appearing as separate blurs, one blue, one red and yellow. Sonic was surprised that Red was able to keep up with him. He saw Red look over at him and chuckle through a smirk. Red then began to quickly pull away from Sonic.

I'm not getting pasted by no robot! Sonic thought and did his patented figure 8 maneuver, flying past Red as they both passed the half way point.

"Oh no you don't!" Red cried as he activated his reserve power cell and began to catch up with sonic. But Sonic pasted the finish line before him.

Both stopped and collapsed out of exhaustion, Red needed air to cool off his internal systems, but he was also mentally tired.

"Man! I haven't had a workout like that in a LONG time." Sonic said, giving the robot a thumbs up.

"You weren't so fast." Red joked, shooting Sonic a friendly grin. Both laughed.

The crowd that had gathered around them were a bit surprised to see how realistic this robot acted, it joked, it laughed, it looked so alive...

"He's so fast!" "He's incredible!" The crowd said, never before had they seen Sonic actually try to beat a robot in a race.

"Congratulations Jonny." Sally said, shaking his hand.

Jonny gave Sally a confused look. "Why are you congratulating me? Red lost."

"Not even Robotnik's fasted robots can even catch up to Sonic with out melting under the fricton those speeds produce. What you made was amazing."

"Um... Thanks Sally, but Red deserves more credit than I. He had to want to beat Sonic to beat him." Jonny looked at Red and grinned, "and he almost did. I am indeed pleased with you Red."

"Thanks chief. Any more testing today?" the robot asked.

"No. That will be all for today Red." Jonny helped Red to his feet. "Your systems need to cool off."

"Anytime you want a rematch you got one."

"You can count on that Sonic, and next time... I'll be the victor." Red returned Sonic's earlier thumbs up with a smirk.

"You gotta break the sound barrier first, I can do that easily." Sonic laughed.

"I... Don't think i can do that..." Red looked hurt, and slowly walked off towards Jonny's hut.

"Sonic. Maybe you should apologize..." Tails told his long time friend. "I mean he does have emotions, unlike Robotnik's robots."

"I'll do that tomorrow Tails, the guy needs to rest as Jonny said." Sonic said, then walked off towards their hut for a snack. Tails returned to the workshop, he hoped Jonny would stay, he could learn a lot form him.

Later that night, in Jonny's hut...

Red stood at the foot of his bed, which the Freedom Fighters where happy to lend him. Jonny stood across from him, the bat-like Botonton sat on the dresser in the corner looking at them.

"How are things going with Operation Sanctum?" The robot asked.

"Not bad. It is almost completed." Jonny explained. "Glad he had preprogram Red with all the information on Operation Sanctum.

"Red?" Jonny raised an eyebrow at the robot he built.

"What?" Red asked, a bit hurt, "I think I did a good job of coming up with an alias."

"Oh well," The grey fox said, his fists behind him, "I just hope Robotnik doesn't do anything before it's completed."

The Botonton simply screeched softly in agreement.

To be continued....