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 23

Tails was taking the afternoon off to have some fun before going to the lab. He saw the arcade and was about to go in when he saw Bunnie heading for the Gym.

"Hey Bunnie!" He called to the cyborg rabbit, all the while walking towards her.

Bunnie turned and saw the two tailed fox and smiled. "Hi Tails! How ya'll doing this morning?"

"Just fine." Tails said, he then took a deep breath to calm his nerves. "Listen Bunnie... We built a roboticizer in the lab. We're now working on a machine to get you back to normal, to get your robotic limbs back to flesh and blood."

Bunnie took a few seconds to take all that in. Then hugged the small fox. "Tails... Ah don't know to say... How long till its ready?"

Tails flinched. "We've just begun. Rotor and I are assisting Jonny in its construction. I'm sorry, but I can't say how long it'll take Bunnie."

Bunnie kissed the fox on the cheek. "Tell Rotor and Jonny thanks for me sugah."

Tails blushed a little and waved good bye as Bunnie walked into the gym, she had made a good friend out of Guts man ever since she and him had begun arm wrestling.

Tails walked around for a while until he came to the Dojo. Inside was Amy taking a few self defense lessons from Shadow man. And doing fairly well by the way.

'Note to self: Start taking those same lessons to protect me form Amy.' The fox thought, then walked off in search of something else to do.


Jonny was in Dr. Quack's office, awaiting the results of his check up.

"Well doc... Do I get a clean bill o' health?" Jonny was sitting on the examination table, looking over at Dr. Quack who was looking over the X-rays he had taken of Jonny's ribs.

"Well, your bones are knitting together nicely. Must faster than I thought you would, you'll be up and walking in a week or so." Dr. Quack said, turning to the human. "But why did you want a cat scan? That concussion wasn't serious at all."

"Let's just say I have my reasons." Jonny took the cat scan results and looked at them. He just then remembered he knew almost nothing of medical science, and handed them back to the doctor.

"I detect nothing abnormal. Although I am no expert in human biology, even with all the information you provided me with." Dr. Quack admitted.

Jonny sighed. "It's okay. You've done your best and that's what I ask for."

Jonny got back in his wheelchair, "I'll be glad to get out of this wretched thing."

Jonny rolled out of the Doc's lab and was feeling both glad that he would be out of the wheelchair, but at the same time to feel uneasy about hearing that voice last night. He then noticed Sally getting off the elevator and walking towards him.

"Hi Jonny." She said.

"Hello Sal, what's up?" Jonny noted Sally's serious look, "What did I do this time?" he added jokingly.

Sally frowned, she hoped Jonny was going to take this news well. "Jonny, I have some news that may make things a little... Difficult around here."

Jonny raised an eyebrow. "What may that be?"

"My father and my brother are coming back from the Floating island." Sally said. "And I've told them the whole story about you, and Knothole."

Jonny frowned. "I was unaware that you even had family Princess. That may sound harsh but I never heard anything on your family when I was doing my recon in Knothole."

"I guess you didn't keep your ear to the ground as well as you thought." Sally explained. "My brother Elias and my father King Acorn will be here within a matter of days. Along with St. John and the rest of his secret service."

Jonny frowned. He always had a slight dislike of authority. He disliked people who were considered more important than others. He made the assumption that this King Acorn may be a snob and try to take his tower from him. However he was not close minded and decided to wait and get to know this King better. Still, Jonny worried that the King could cause some problems. He would wait.

"If you want I'll have Dust man and Star man prepare a room for his majesty." Sally could easily tell by Jonny's tone he wasn't too pleased by having other members of the royal family in Skull tower.

"What's your problem?" Sally replied.

"I want your guarantee that your father and brother will not interfere with my Robot masters or projects. I want them to follow the same rule of respect as everyone else." Jonny stated coldly. "I command the Robot masters and am the owner of this tower. You and your people are honored guests, but just that. I am the owner of this tower and would be scientist. You and your family have authority over all in this tower, except me." With that Jonny rolled off, only to stop and shake his head.

He turned back to face Sally, an apologetic look on his face. "I'm sorry, I haven't had any GOOD experience with political leaders, other than you of course. That and I've been... under some stress lately."

Sally was a little confused but she could understand how stress could make a person act like that. "It's not a problem. I'll talk to my dad when he gets here. And I would like it if you could ask if they could fix a room for my father and brother."

Jonny smiled weakly. But this little discussion was cut short as the alarm went off.

Jonny wasted no time in rolling over to the nearest terminal and pressed a few buttons. The screen showed an entire squadron of Robotnik's Eggbots approaching the tower, by air. And there were a lot more robots than the last time Robotnik attacked with his bot planes.

Sally, however, couldn't figure out why Jonny was snickering "What's so funny? You've gotta call out the Robot masters!"

Jonny shook his head. "I completed the security system a few days after you got here. Watch this."

Jonny pressed a few keys and the screen showed many large turret guns raising out of the ground and out of the sides of the tower.

Sally was speechless, even Robotnik didn't arm his city this strongly.

"Auto guns are online. Targeting all unfamiliar Robots." Jonny stated, his face had a wicked smirk on it. He activated the PA system and spoke in an unusually calm voice. "Attention all Robot masters with long range attacks! Please exit the tower and blow up the incoming armada off Egg bots. That is all." He then turned off the PA system.

Sally raised an eyebrow at that last statement, as he hit the last key and the turrets immediately began to fire on the Eggbots. The onslaught of plasma shots quickly took their toll on the army of flying droids as the bolts of energy tore through them like a knife through paper. Any that got near the tower were quickly destroyed by the Robot masters that had gone out to help. In no time at all, the entire battalion of Egg bots was no more than bits and pieces littering the ground around Skull tower.

"That was... Fast." Sally said, the whole incident had taken place in only a matter of minutes, and the screen showed only a large field of scrap metal and parts.

"Yeah." Jonny pressed a few buttons. "Auto guns are retracted and offline." Once again he turned on the PA system. "Will Junk man and Dust man please report for clean up duty? And bring a scooper."

Sally smiled. "You have any MORE surprises in this tower of yours?"

"A few." Jonny chuckled, "However, right now, I have to ask for your permission for a little prank for our favorite mad doctor."


Meanwhile in Robotropolis.

"Sir, all the Egg bots have been destroyed." Snivley told his uncle.

"WHAT? ALL OF THEM?" Robotnik bellowed.

"Sir, we have a transmition." One of the Swat bots droned, Robotnik motioned to the robot to open the link.

The screen showed the face of a young man wearing sunglasses. "Thanks for the parts fat boy. I really needed more spare parts."

"Who do you think you are you upstart?" The fat tyrant growled.

"Just a young man who stole the plans for the roboticizer. Fascinating little toy, you got any other toys I could have?"

Robotnik quizicly raised an eybrow, "What would a boy want with MY machines?" He replied sarcasticly.

"Oh nothing. Isn't that right, Sonic?" Jonny snapped his fingers and a roboticized Sonic the hedgehog and Princess Sally Acorn stepped up next to Jonny. Robotnik's eyebrows (and Snively's for that matter) shot up in surprise. "Say 'hello' to the nice doctor numbers 14 and 26."

"Hello doctor." Both of the roboticized Mobians droned.

"Now go to the lab. I want to upgrade you two into proper Robot Masters personally.

"Yes master." Both Mecha Sonic and Sally droned in unison as they walked off screen.

Robotnik drumed his fingers and grinned evilly. "You've roboticized both the hedgehog and that bratty princess? How delicious. I'd gladly overlook this whole incident with my Egg bots if you were to, say... Hand both of them over and all your Robots."

Jonny snorted and gave Robotnik a defiant grin. "No. I think I'll keep them as trophies, along with the rest of the Freedom fighters."

"Tell me one thing Robotnik." Jonny scratched his chin, then spat: "Are you making your robots out of tin foil? Because this is just too easy."

Robotnik roared with rage, stood up, and tore the monitor out of the console and chucked it across his control room, nearly hitting Snively. Effectively terminating the connection.

The tyrant growled. "That boy has proved one thing to me. There is someone on Mobius more annoying than that Hedgehog." Robotnik shook his fist, vowing to tear that tower down even if it ment destroying all of Robotropolis.


"HA! That was fun huh guys?" Jonny turned to Sonic, Sally and Gemini man who were all standing off screen snickering. The Robot versions of Sonic and Sally faded into nothingness as Gemini man lowered his arm.

"Using Gemini man's Hologram projector in a crank call. You are a genius." Sonic gave his quadriplegic friend a pat on the back.

"Nah, I just felt like cheering myself up. That and ticking someone off." Jonny grinned evilly. "I knew I'd get that reaction if I showed him I had you and Sally roboticized, and I say it was worth looking at that fat face."

"I think we could've done better Chief." Gemini man spoke up, after all, he was a master prankster.

Everyone turned to look at the light blue robot. "How so?"

"It just felt like it lacked something... I can't say what, but it missed something."

"Maybe, but I did pretty good job at acting I think." Jonny smiled at his friends.

They all shared a few more laughs before separating and going about their normal activities in Skull tower.

Gemini man went to his room to polish his exostructure, Jonny went to find Ali-Su, and Sonic and Sally both went to be alone in the auditorium.


Turbo man had been walking around the second floor. He was on a little prohibition, as Jonny had removed his wheels and was now completely immobile in his dragster mode. He was now sitting in Crystal man's shop playing cards with none other than the proprietor of the shop.

"I can't believe the boss took my wheels." Turbo said, looking at his hand, which wasn't very good. "The King of the road needs his wheels."

"That's what you get for playing dirty." Crystal man said, he had his poker face on, and was very pleased with his hand.

"The hedgehog called me a clunker, popped one of my tires, and then made me crash into Quick man and Top man." Turbo man argued.

"You did ram into Sonic and try to knock him out of the race." Crystal man said calmly. "Gin."

Turbo man tossed his cards on the desk. "I hate Gin, and you know it. I wanna play old maid."

Crystal man chuckled and shuffled the cards. "Okay we'll play old maid, but after a game of black jack. Now ante up."

Turbo man couldn't take listening to this con man any more and left. Crystal man sighed and began to play his 100th game of solitaire since He opened his shop.

"Maybe I should lower my prices..." The robot thought aloud. "NAH!"


Inside, Sonic had his feet up on the seat in front of him and Sally was sitting next to him.

"So, Sal. What do you think of this place?" Sonic asked. "I mean we've been here for a few weeks, and I gotta say, I like it here."

It sure is a change from Knothole. It's nice here I guess." Sally sighed, "But I'm just worried what daddy is going to do when he meets Jonny."

Sonic sat up, "The king's coming back from the Floating isle? Wait a minute... What do you mean 'when he meets Jonny'?"

Sally coughed, "I may have... not told my father EVERYthing about Jonny..."

"Liiiike...?"

Sally winced. "... Jonny being a human for one thing."

Sonic raised an eyebrow at Sally. "You didn't tell him he was an Overlander did you?"

"Heavens no!" Sally cried. "Dad would've flipped if I told him that."

"And what do you think he's going to do when he gets here and sees Jonny?" Sonic said.

Sally smiled weakly. "I panicked."

Sonic laughed. "Sally Acorn panicked. HA!"

Sally playfully punched the hedgehog on the arm. The two Mobians sat in the auditorium for a while engaging in small talk for the next few minutes until Sonic left to go to the arcade and Sally to take a few lessons from Yamato man in the dojo.


Meanwhile in the arcade, at the CarnEvil game.

The game had ended and the final scores were: Player 1 accuracy: 72.9 percent, Player 2 accuracy: 62.7 percent.

Jonny wore a surprised look as he turned to Ali-Su. "I can't believe you beat me..."

"I often went to the local arcade back home." Ali-Su said, hanging up her shotgun and grinning at her friend. "And they had a shooter game that was kinda like this."

"So you've had practice? That clears that up." Jonny smiled at the echidna, and put the shotgun back in the holster

"So... how long will you be in that chair?" Ali-Su asked.

Jonny gave her a reassuring look. "The doc says I'll be able to walk in a week."

The yellow echidna looked at Jonny, smiling weakly. "That's good. And I'm still sorry for putting you in that chair."

"It's okay, I told you not to worry about it." Jonny reassured her. 'I may not be sure if I really heard that voice last night, but I don't think I believe what it told me.'

Ali-Su smiled. Both of them exited the arcade together.

"I don't have anything planned for the rest of the day. And I told Tails and Rotor to take the day off too." Jonny blushed a little and looked straight at Ali-Su. "You... want to do something together?"

"What you mean like a date?" Ali raised an eyebrow at her human friend.

"No... I... You're one of the only people that seems to like doing things with me."

Ali-Su thought on that for a minute. 'I've seen him and Tails do stuff together, but... he still gets sour looks from people.' She looked at Jonny and smiled. "Where'd you like to go?"

Jonny smiled happily. "How would you like to see my lab?"

"Absolutely!" Ali-Su said ecstatically, she had wanted to see it ever since Hard man told her she couldn't.

Ali grabbed Jonny's chair and quickly ran to the elevator and stepped inside. Jonny hit the button and in no time they were standing in the basement of the tower.

Ali-Su stared at all the machinery. She knew he must've used a lot to make the tower, but this was overwhelming. As they walked through the lab Ali-Su would stop and ask Jonny what this machine was and what it was used for. Until they reached the roboticizer.

"This is it huh?" Ali-Su asked, looking the machine over.

"Yeah." Jonny said, rolling up beside the echidna. "We haven't started testing and remaking the dang thing yet, but I hope this doesn't become too difficult a job."

Ali-Su looked over at Jonny, "Tails told me that you want you want to make from the roboticizer, I think it's nice what you're doing for Bunnie.

Jonny took a breath and said: "Ever since I built my first robot, a small robotic cat, I wished it was a real one. That's why I want to build this machine. Helping Bunnie was unknown to me when I began, but it has become a reason to work harder on it."

Ali-Su smiled at her human friend. Jonny was always so honest and open with her, she liked that a lot but she chalked it up to just because he wanted to make up for the beating she gave him. 'He'd never want a friend like me. He says he forgives me...But I don't forgive me. I was so foolish, why was I filled with so much hate and anger? I've NEVER acted like that ever in my life.' She thought. 'Looking back on it, it doesn't make sense why I hated him so much.'

Jonny looked over at Ali-Su, noticing the sad look on her face. 'I hope I didn't say something to make her sad. I like her.' he thought.

Jonny took his shades off and took a deep breath to steady his nerves and put his arm on her shoulder. Ali immediately turned and looked at Jonny, who was smiling warmly at her. His hazel eyes were looking right into her own emerald green eyes.

"Ali, if I said anything to make you sad, I'm sorry. Besides, you look prettier when you smile." He told her softly.

Ali-Su didn't say anything, she just threw her arms around him and hugged him tightly.

"Why do you say things like that to the girl who wanted you dead?" She cried, hugging him tighter and buried her face in his shirt to hide the tears on her face. Not understanding why he was always so nice to her.

"Because your my best friend Ali. And I care about my friends." She looked up at him, her face was a little wet as she pulled away from his tear stained shirt. "And I already told you, I forgive you for doing what you did. You're not the first to want me dead."

Ali-Su dried her tears and laughed. "I guess that's true. I'm sorry for getting all emotional on you like that."

"It's okay, it can happen to anyone." Jonny said as the echidna released him.

Ali-Su's heart was racing, she had never done something like that ever in her life. I've... got to get going..." She said nervously.

Before heading for the elevator, Ali-Su kissed Jonny on the cheek, making him blush. "Thanks for being so nice to. And thanks for forgiving me."

The doors were closed and Ali-Su was gone but Jonny was still smiling like an idiot and red in the face.

"Well wasn't that sweet." Jonny whipped his head around to see Rotor and Tails walk out from behind one of the many machines that lined the room. Both had a wide grin on his face.

"I see that your eavesdropping habit is contagious, Tails. Okay... What did you see?" Jonny asked hurriedly, wiping the smile off his face.

"The whole thing." Tails said grinning. "You like her don't you Jonny?"

Jonny sighed. "Yeah I do, but I don't think she'd be interested in me."

"Dude. She confided in you and kissed you, she obviously likes you." Rotor was trying to cheer up his friend, who was steadily growing more depressed.

Something in the back of Jonny's mind didn't think so. "I like her, but..." Jonny shook his head in a depressed manner. "If she started going out with me it would just cause problems. Both with her family and the rest of the residents of this tower. The last thing I would do is hurt my friends."

Tails put his hand on Jonny's shoulder. "Come on Jonny, she likes you. I could see it on her face."

'Why would she want to be with me? If she lived on Earth she'd want me dead like every other girl I liked.' Jonny was feeling pretty down and he didn't even bother to hide it. "I'm pretty sure she likes me Tails, but... aw forget it."

Jonny sighed then went over to the elevator and went to his floor.

Tails turned to Rotor. "What was that all about Rotor?"

Rotor rubbed his chin, "I don't know little buddy, Jonny's probably never had a girl like him that way. I mean he was an outcast all his life."

Tails sighed. 'I hope Jonny will tell her how he feels. Because otherwise he's just gonna get more and more miserable.'


Later that night, Ali-Su was lying on her bed. Something was troubling her, namely her feelings for her best friend.

"Do I love him?" Ali-Su asked herself. She really didn't know anymore, he was kind, sweet and always willing to help someone out. She remembered that the android acted the same way, she knew it was really Jonny pretending to be a fox to learn about them but it was such a convincing act.

She sighed and hugged her pillow. "But what does he think of me?" She sighed again and turned out the light.

At that moment. Deep in the dark recesses of the Sub basement, among the many large robots. Something moved in its container.

To be continued....

A/N: Okay I'm going to admit it, I have trouble writing Bunnie's accent, but she's not as bad as Antoine though...