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 17
The Freedom fighters where starting to get used to the idea of living with all these robots, they were kind, helpful, (Most of them anyway) and so much more alive than Robotnik's droids.
The other Freedom fighters had however not gotten used to Jonny. Even though he was the one who was letting them live in his Tower. This was mostly because of the sheer resemblance Jonny had to an Overlander. Most of the former residents of Knothole still held on to painful memories of the Great war, and Jonny looked too much like an Overlander.
The day after he had shown the FFs his lab, Sally had asked to use the sixth floor as a medical treatment center and seventh as the new school. Jonny had no objections and let her begin the preparations for the rooms.
Ali-su was walking around in the first floor hallway, trying to decide on what to do first. She kinda wanted to check out the dojo, as it was taught by the robotic ninja, Shadow man, the samurai Yamato man who juggled his guard duty with teaching bushido, and Sword man who taught fencing.
"Hi Ali." Came a cheerful voice from behind her. Ali-su turned to see the human that had 'built' her friend.
"What do you want?" She sneered.
Jonny winced, "I just wanted to know if we could be friends." he said, holding up his hands. "I came to apologize for-"
"No! You stole Jonny's designs and then claimed to have built him!" Ali pointed a finger accursedly at the human, her eyes burned with a fervor he had never seen. "You are a thief and a liar, and I'd never associate with someone like you!"
"Say wha!?" Jonny's mouth hung open. "Ali, I did build him."
Ali-su wasted no further words on him. She stomped off down the hallway, her dreadlocks swaying as she went, and disappeared around the corner.
"Man, she really let you have it." Tails said, coming out from one of the nearby rooms. He never did get that talk on eavesdropping.
"I just wanted to apologize Tails." Jonny told his young friend, he hung his head. "I never knew she could make her eyes burst into flames." He joked.
"She still doesn't know does she?"
Jonny shook his head. "She thinks I stole the plans for my Robot masters from the very android I built."
"Why didn't you tell her the truth?"
"I don't think she'd believe me." The 5 foot 10 human hung his head.
Tails decided to change the subject. "So, who is the work on that Roboticizer going?"
"Slow." Jonny said flatly. "This machine is a lot more complicated than it appears. Much more research is required to decipher the computer code to make it do what I want. Plus I still need to build the dang thing."
A ringing sound interrupted their conversation. Jonny pulled a black cell phone of his lab coat.
"Talk to me." He said upon turning it on.
"Hey Bossss." Came a voice on Jonny's communicator. Jonny knew instantly who it was.
"Snake man, what's up?" Jonny asked.
"Ssssstone man and Gutsssss man are having a friendly brawl in the Arena. You want to come ssssee?" Snake man said. His speech impediment aggravated some people, but Jonny thought it suited him well.
"Yeah," Jonny smirked, "Watching those two duke it out might brighten my day. You wanna come Tails?"
"Sure." Both the fox and human walked off towards the battle arena.
"He's building a Roboticizer!?" An echidna cried under her breath in terror, Ali-Su had just gone out of sight to spy on the Overlander she so disliked. An evil smirk came to her face. "Now I'll get that Overlander back for stealing Jonny's work."
Tails and Jonny found Snake man in the arena, sitting on one of the many chairs waiting for the show to start.
Tails sat near the arena, looking at the monitor, seeing both robots were in the arena, ready to fight. He looked up at the chairs up on the platforms, he saw no one in the chairs.
"Hey, I thought you had to use the M.I.S. to get in there!" The young fox exclaimed.
"Nah, the walls of the arena rotate to open and close." The human said.
Jonny hit a button on the monitor, his voice boomed inside the arena. "You know the rules, there are no rules unless you agree on them. If you agree on these rules you must abide by them."
"We're gonna use the battle systems damage meters." Guts man said. "I don't want to mess up my best bud up too bad."
"Who's going to mess who up Gutsy?" Stone man said, making the sound of moving bricks as he stretched.
"Begin the battle begin! May the best 'man win." Jonny smirked, colored bars appeared on sides of the monitors. Guts man's red, Stone man's orange. He sat next to Tails.
Stone man made the first move. He actually launched the whole center of his mid section at Guts Man, shattering upon collision and sending Guts man flying back into the wall. Stirring up a cloud of dust that completely concealed the construction robot.
The pieces of Stone man's torso rolled back to him and reformed themselves into his body, filling the gaping hole.
"Had enough already Gutsy?" Stone man called into the cloud.
"The party's just startin' rock head." Guts man said, as he burst out of the dust charging at Stone man like a bull.
Stone man jumped back, being made of heavy stone bricks, the distance wasn't ever far. He launched his torso again. But this time it didn't connect, Guts man grabbed the huge piece of stone with his huge hands and tossed it back at his best friend. The impact didn't hurt Stone man too much, but it did knock him over. The next thing he knew, Guts man was sitting on the hole in his chest, pounding the tar out his face.
Jonny looked at the damage meters, Guts man's was only 3/4 full from the hit he took at the start. While Stone man's was quickly passing that same mark from the punishment of Guts man's fists.
Stone man somehow managed to get his wits about him and split into sections and get out form under Guts man's devastating punches. He quickly reformed on the other side of the arena.
Guts man quickly got up and charged again. Stone man, in an unexpected move, charged Guts man. They looked like two runaway trains about to collide. However just before colliding, Stone man shattered into tiny pebbles. To Guts man, this was like the time Crystal man had made marbles to get back at Gemini man for switching his polish with soot. Guts man slipped on the pebbles and crashed, face first to the floor.
The pebbles quickly rolled together and reformed into Stone man, who leapt up into the air and elbow dropped ol' Gutsy right on the head. Fortunately for Guts man, his head is the most protected and heavily armored part of him. His damage meter barely went down at all, despite the small crater that had formed underneath his face.
"Man look at them go, both still at just under 3/4th damage!" Tails said, watching the monitor intently.
Jonny grinned, crossing his arms. "Can I build a 'bot or what?"
Stone Man crawled off the red and yellow robot and stood up. Foolishly, he had turned his back on Guts man. Guts man responded with a sudden mule kick, that made Stone man stagger and take a knee. Guts man then took the opportunity to lift Stone man up and give the rocky robot a piledriver. Using their Collective weight to fuel the wrestling techniques decent into the hard floor. Guts man then stood and released Stone man, who lay there motionless.
Stone man was getting tired of this, he shot his torso into Guts man's face as who foolishly bent over his friend.
"You'll pay fer that one Rock head." Guts man threatened.
Stone man chuckled, "Riiiiight..." he mocked.
Guts man noticed Stone man's rock like torso was still slinking its way back to its master, and grasped it. Stone man tried to will it to crumble to pebbles but he was too slow. Guts man had hurled it like a baseball, it hit its mark at the hole in Stone man's chest, connected to the rest of Stone man's body, doing no damage.
"Thanks Guts." Stone man laughed.
Jonny and Tails had just now noticed that cheering was coming from all around him. The Freedom fighters had noticed the ruckus that was coming from all the monitors that surrounded the arena. Some cheered for Guts man, some for Stone man. Jonny looked at the meters, both registering about 1/2.
Stone man charged Guts man again. 'Not this time rock head." Guts man thought.
He stood his ground, letting Stone man charge. But as Stone man got close enough, he lunged forward, clothes lining the orange stone robot. Stone man's momentum forced him into the air and came down hard on the ground.
Stone man groaned and tired to get up but was grounded by a kick to the head. Guts man lifted the heavy stone robot with one hand, Stone man was nothing compared to what he was capable of lifting. He lightly tossed Stone man into the air, a small feat for Guts man, and delivered a powerful uppercut to stone man's face.
An alarm went off inside the arena, indicating Guts man was the victor. The walls of the arena slowly rotate, then stopped, revealing openings on each side.
"Congratulations Guts man, you both fought well." Jonny's voice echoed inside the arena. "Now, I want the both of you to get to my lab for repairs."
Guts man helped Stone man up. "Yes Sir." Both wearily both responded.
Guts man helped Stone man's battered form to the door, and both began to chat to each other as they rounded the corner towards the elevator to their creator's lab.
Jonny grinned. "I'm proud of them. Both fought with honor and they are able to keep their friendship because of that."
"Jonny, I'm starting to like to here." Tails looked up at his new friend. "I'll talk to others, maybe they can talk some sense into Ali-su."
"Thanks Tails." Jonny gave him a thumbs up. "I have to go fix Stone man and Guts man, later."
Jonny walked to the elevator to his lab, his heart still ached a little. Ali didn't believe him, and may never trust him. That hurt him more than anything, he had grown to like her in the village. He sighed, shrugged, and pressed the button for the lab.
To be continued....
