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 9
It was another warm day in Knothole, but Sonic had had some things on his mind, things he needed to tell someone. That's when he opened the door to Sally's hut.
"Sal, I've been meaning to talk to you about Jonny."
"What's the problem? Did he do something?" She asked.
"It's just the little things, Sal. I mean for one, have you ever seen him eat with the rest of us?"
"Come to think of it... No." Sally said.
"Another thing, yesterday it was scorching out there." Sonic told her, "Almost everyone went to the lake to cool off, but he stayed home in that hut, which has no ventilation."
"He still must not feel at home here yet," Sally guessed, "either that or he's extremely introverted."
"Or he's just strange. One interesting little tid bit I got from Rotor: He has a crush on our resident from the Floating island." He grinned.
"Sonic hedgehog, I never took you for a gossiper." Sally scolded and put her hands on her hips.
"It's not gossip if you don't spread it around." Sonic defended. "I'm only telling you this Sally because he's acted more and more introverted ever since he made Red."
"That reminds me, how is Red fitting in?" Sally asked.
"Not bad, but most of the older villagers dislike the fact that he looks like an Overlander." Sonic looked a little saddened at this. Red was a nice guy, even if was a robot.
"I was afraid of that. I wonder why Jonny chose to model Red after an Overlander..." Sally wondered.
"Well, I've got to go now Sally. Red's going to have another testing today, I want to see it." Sonic sped out the door with out another word. Sally just sighed.
Not far away on the outskirts of the village Sonic found Tails, Jonny and Red. Jonny had a old dart board in hand, and Tails sat near a contraption of some sort. A small crowd was forming near the area.
"Hey red! I'm sorry for that crack about you having to be able to break the sound barrier to beat me." Sonic said.
"I've already set that as a goal Sonic. I will beat you in a race someday." Red boasted.
"Just keep dreaming Red man." Sonic shot the robot a defying look.
"Ok, that's enough." Jonny said, walking in between them to break their concentration on each other. "Time for you to test your weapons systems Red."
"What did you have in mind?" Red looked at Sonic then laughed.
Jonny hung the dartboard on a tree branch and backed off, just in case Red missed.
"I see. I see." Red pulled the boomerang off his left wrist and hurled it at the dartboard with all his might. The boomerang spun at such a speed that it appeared as a yellow disk. It plunged into the dartboard with such force it knocked it back into the branch that held it and shattered it into splintered halves. Anyone who saw the incident stared wide eyed at Red, who only smirked at his own power. Jonny went over and picked up the boomerang that lay on the ground and inspected the bisected dartboard.
"He hit it on the bull's eye." Jonny said, pointing at the clean hole that was in the center. "Excellent work Red." He handed back Red's boomerang, who placed it back on his wrist.
Red smiled smugly, "It was nothing."
"Now, for a moving target. Tails, ready?"
"Yeah." Tails said, readying the clay pigeon shooter Jonny had rigged together out of a few things from Rotor's junk heap. (Jazzerman: What? you thought I was gonna use Tails as a target? Shame on you.)
"Pull!" Red shouted, and the clay disk sped off into the air. Red pulled off the 'rang from his forehead and gave it a powerful toss. The yellow blade spun and cleaved the dry clay disk like a hot knife through butter. A small 'sching' was heard as the boomerang passed through it. The yellow blade continued to spin and then quickly turned and returned to Red's hand. Who returned it to its rightful place on his helmet.
"Wow..." Tails said, who stared at where the pigeon had been struck. Everyone else was returning to their normal activities.
Ail-Su walked up behind Jonny, she had seen everything from the crowd.
"That was amazing Jonny!" Ali-Su said, making Jonny jump.
"Ali!" Jonny cried, "Don't sneak up on me like that!"
Ali-Su laughed, making Jonny blush a little. "What about me? Do I get any thanks?" Red said from behind Jonny.
"Of course! Mr. Um..." Ali-Su stammered, Jonny had never introduced them.
"Call me Red." Red said, leaning against a tree trying to look cool.
"Hey um... Ali? Can I talk to you tomorrow? Right over there on that hill?"" Jonny asked the echidna, blushing a little.
"Are you asking me on a date?" Ali looked at him smugly.
"No!" Jonny said nervously, "well, um..."
"I'll meet you there." Ali-Su walked off. Not very romantic, but I'll bite. she thought.
Jonny smiled, but was afraid of what he would have to tell her. His little secret.
"Congrats man!" Sonic said slapped him on the back. Jonny turned to see Tails and a number of Freedom fighters including Sally and Antoine.
"You didn't hear anything did you?" He asked, turning red with embarrassment.
"Every word." Tails grinned evilly.
Jonny turned even redder. "Crap." he sighed and walked off. Red followed, snickering a little. A few giggles and snickers came from the crowd behind him.
That night at Jonny's hut.
The Botonton watched as the Fox and robot talked from it's place on the dresser.
"Good news guys. Operation Sanctum is completed." The grey fox said, handing a bag of food to a hand in the hole beneath his bed, which grabbed it hungrily.
"When we put it into action?" Red asked, sitting on his bed.
"I haven't decided yet. But something in my gut tells me it won't be under happy circumstances. Until the time is right, we'll just have to play along." Jonny said. Red stared at the ceiling for a minute in silent thought, and powered down for the night.
Meanwhile that moment in Robotropolis, Robotnik was pitching a fit over all his stolen robots.
"Fifty Swatbots have disappeared in the past month! What are those pathetic urchins up to? The bulbous man said, sitting in his control chair. The Freedom Fighters had never stolen robots from him before, destroyed them yes, but never stolen any. "Snively!" He bellowed.
"Yes sir?" Came a meek voice.
"Ready the troops, I've finally had it with these pests!" He stood up, dramatically throwing his fists up.
"What are you going to do Sir?"
"I'm going to do what I should've done long ago!" The tyrant bellowed and twisted his mustache.
To be continued....
