Jazzerman here, I do not own any of these characters, they are owned by their respected companies, blah, blah, blah. You've heard this s> t before.
But I do own this story.
A Wily tale
Part 32
Sonic and all of his closest friends were having breakfast together. They liked getting together like this since the tower had risen and they had started to live there.
"So Bunnie, what have you been up to these past weeks?" Sally asked her closest friend.
"Ah've been in the gym mostly." Bunnie said. "Gutsy and ah have become good friends. He's a bit on the rough an' tumble side, but he's real nice."
"You ever let him win at arm wrestling?" Sonic asked, a smirk on his face.
"Let nothing!" Bunnie laughed. "Sometimes ah feel the ol' boy lets ME win."
"Sonic, did Turbo man ever apologize for ramming you in that race?" Tails asked, taking a big bite of his scrambled eggs.
"Yeah, after Jonny took his wheels away for a week and MADE him." Sonic chuckled.
Everyone shared a laugh at the thought of Jonny scolding the self proclaimed 'king of the road' like a naughty little boy, then making him apologize to Sonic.
"Zat Jonnee iz perhaps the oddest person I've ever meet." Antoine said calmly.
"Not me. Compared to some things me and Tails have seen, he's normal." Sonic said, rubbing his chin. Tails only nodded in agreement.
"Okay, is there anyone who any of ya haven't gotten along with?" Bunnie asked as she took a sip of coffee.
"That Shade man, brrr... he gives me the creeps." Sally said with a slight shiver. "He looks and acts like a vampire and have you ever heard any of his goth poetry?"
"Ze 'bot called Skull man iz very scary... Ze way he looks at me is like he would keel me in my sleep." Antoine said in a half frightened tone.
"Well he is one of the three Robot masters that Jonny warned us about Ant." Sally said. "Skull man is scary, but he's more intimidating than anything else.
"Hmmm... I can't think of anyone who's really gotten under my skin." Sonic said. "I mean Turbo man was a jerk, but that's pretty much the worst of it."
"Treble used to growl and snap at me, but now we even play together." Tails said.
"You mean that big mean dog bot and you play together Tails?" Sally said, looking surprised at the young fox. Along with the rest of the table.
"Yeah, and he's a wolf Aunt Sally." Tails said. "Once he gets used to you and decides that you're not a bad person he's a big puppy."
"Treble sure don't look like Lupe and her wolf pack Tails..." Bunnie said.
"Treble was modeled after a wolf from Jonny's world." Tails explained. "Trust me, the foxes on Earth don't look anything like me."
"Jonny's world IS strange looking..." Sally admitted. "But I'd like to see it for myself before I make a real decision about it."
Not long after that the conversation broke down and all of the freedom fighters went about their separate ways.
Ali-Su giggled as she and Jonny kissed again. They had been secretly coming to the auditorium for this reason for the past few weeks. They could talk about things more freely there and not worry about being overheard or seen.
"Is there anything you would like for your birthday Ali?" Jonny asked. "It's only three days away..."
Ali-Su just smiled and shook her head. "You don't have to get me anything."
"Come on... I want to get you something." Jonny said.
"I got you. That's all I need." Ali-Su said, planting another kiss on Jonny's cheek.
"Um... I hate to interrupt..." Jonny and Ali-Su both turned deep shades of red and whipped their heads around to see Tails standing there, a little red himself.
"Um... Yes Tails?" Ali-Su asked at long length. Her hands, which had previously been on Jonny's chest, were now on her knees.
"King Acorn wants to see Jonny." Tails said.
Jonny raised an eyebrow. "And he sent you?"
Tails shook his head. "No... I heard from Geoffrey, he asked me if I knew where you were."
"Did you tell him?" Ali-Su asked.
Tails shook his head again and grinned. "I know he's been following you all this time. I thought I should tell you before he found you."
"Thanks bud." Jonny said giving the fox a kind grin. "Would you mind keeping what you saw here a secret?"
"Of course." Tails said, as he walked back toward the exit doors, but before he left he called back; "I wouldn't tell anyone I found you two making out!"
Jonny and Ali-Su blushed again and smiled weakly.
"He's a nice kid." Jonny said. "But he could be a little nicer."
"Yeah... You should get going before Geoffrey finds you. Or he'll start checking here more often." Ali-Su winked.
"You're right. Oh! Take this." Jonny handed her a piece of paper. "This is the password to my personal floor. You can come visit me whenever you want. But once you memorize it I want you to burn it. Okay?"
Ali-Su smirked and drug him down by the collar on his coat and kissed him one last time. "You got it."
Jonny smiled back and quickly walked after Tails.
Elias was taking his afternoon walk around the tower when he noticed two figures fighting inside the dojo. Elias had never personally gone into this room, so he thought he should see it at least once.
Inside he saw Yamato man and his sister Sally engaged in combat training. Sally was using a quarterstaff and Yamato man using his spear. Yamato man swung his spear at Sally's feet in an attempt to trip her using the shaft of his spear. Sally however leapt into the air and swung her staff downward. Yamato man simply moved to the right, avoiding the attack and Sally found herself staring at the blade of Yamato man's spear.
A small "Whoa..." escaped Elias's mouth, he had never seen his sister bested before.
Both robot and squirrel looked over at Elias, who felt a lump grow in this throat.
"Hi Sally... Am I interrupting?" Elias said as he entered the Dojo.
"No, we just finished our lessons for today." Yamato man said, standing with his lance at his side. He then bowed to Sally, and she bowed likewise to Yamato man, then placed the quarterstaff she had been using in it's holder on the wall.
"Keep practicing Princess." Yamato man said, crossing his legs and sitting on the floor, his back to Sally. "You were slow on that last attack."
"Hai Sensei." Sally told Yamato man before taking off the white Gi she had been wearing (that white thing you see people practicing karate wear) and putting her vest back on.
"Hai?" Elias said, not grasping the meaning of the word.
"The word for 'yes' in an Earth culture Yamato man reveres." Sally said. "He insists that I use it when we practice."
"Sounds silly if you ask me." Elias said, shrugging.
"He says you must understand a people's culture to truly learn anything from it." Sally said. "I believe there's a hint of truth in that."
Elias nodded, his sister had a good point.
"Elias." Yamato man called to the ex-prince.
"Yes Yamato man?" Elias asked, turning to see the purple robot still meditating on the floor.
"Next time you step foot in my Dojo, please remove your shoes." Yamato man said in an annoyed tone.
"Yes sir." Elias said.
"Was there something you wanted to tell me Elias?" Sally asked, slipping on her shoes.
"Do I need a reason to see my sister?" Elias smiled. "Actually, I just had never been in that room before."
"Yamato man has been training me like this for some time now." Sally said as both her and her brother exited the dojo. "He's a great teacher, if not a little demanding."
"Sounds like you enjoy it." Elias laughed. "If I remember correctly, today is the day Frost man makes snow cones and popsicles for the school kids. Wanna go get one?"
Sally smiled. "Sounds good to me. He always makes extra."
Jonny entered the room that was now serving as the King's chambers. Jonny had seen that Dust man had done a great job at furnishing the room, much better than Jonny had thought the pack rat of a robot would.
"So what did you want to see me about Sir?" Jonny asked, quickly noting that Geoffrey was standing next to King Acorn, crossbow ready as always.
"I am asking to see an inventory of what you have in the Sub basement." King Acorn said. "If that would not be too much trouble."
"That... would take some time..." Jonny thought on this for a second, then got an idea. "Sure. But on one condition."
"And what may that be?" The king asked, raising an eyebrow at the human.
"I want you to call off Geoffrey." Jonny motioned to the skunk, who only glared at Jonny. "He's been tailing me for weeks, not giving me a moment's peace except when I go to my floor and lock the door so I can get some sleep. Would you please do something about this?
Geoffrey just narrowed his eyes at Jonny.
King Acorn smiled. "Of course. You could've killed or roboticized us all by now, and you haven't. Geoffrey?"
The skunk snapped to attention. "Yes sir?"
King Acorn turned to Geoffrey. "You will no longer observe the actions of young Mr. Wily here. Instead, I am ordering you to oversee the welfare of everyone here."
Geoffrey scowled at Jonny, but complied with a simple; "Yes Sire."
As Jonny turned to depart, he snapped his fingers and turned back to the king. "So your majesty, before I leave may I ask how has your time been here in my tower?"
"Other than the décor, quite pleasant actually. I enjoy my daily game of chess with Pharaoh Man. Very cultured fellow." King Acorn said, a slight sound of contentment in his voice.
"Good to hear." Jonny smiled and quietly left the king's quarters.
"Sir, I must protest." Geoffrey said the second the door was closed and Jonny gone. "He may have not been direct threat in the past, but have you seen my report? Robotropolis is GONE because of him."
"Yes I did read it." King Acorn said, turning to look out the window. The sunlight shining in made Maximilion smile. "And I also read my daughter's report."
Geoffrey flinched. "What did she say?"
"That the events that lead to the desolation of Robotropolis can never be repeated." The king said. "That every bit of the energy responsible for such a transformation was destroyed."
"Still, what if he acquires more?" Geoffrey protested.
"That's enough Geoffrey." King Acorn said. "I want you to take the rest of the day off."
"But sir!"
"Do I have to make it an order?" King Acorn asked sternly.
"No sir..." Geoffrey sighed as he walked towards the door.
"And Geoffrey..." Geoffrey stopped and looked back at the king. "If I hear that you where bothering Mr. Wily on your time off..."
"I won't sir." Geoffrey stated.
The heavy iron door that lead to the sub basement opened with a loud creak. Jonny stood with Tails and Rotor next to him, each holding a pad of paper and a pen.
"Ready guys?" Jonny asked.
"We're as ready as we'll ever be." Rotor said.
Tails and Rotor where stunned at what they saw. The whole sub basement had unfinished machinery strewn about the floor, most likely due to either the tower being raised, or the attacks Robotnik made weeks before.
"Where do we start?" Rotor asked, seeing the mess. "And how do we even know what half this stuff is?"
"If it looks like it could work, just ask." Jonny said with a slight shrug. "Rotor you take the North East part, and Tails will take North West. I'll take the South."
The trio was about to separate when Tails spotted something.
"It looks like something was over there, and there." Tails said pointing over in the directions of two large areas that had nothing in or around them.
Jonny looked over at the spots Tails indicated and smirked. "Oh, that's where Mad Grinder and Mech Dragon stood."
"What about Yellow Devil?" Tails asked, he was very interested in all this machinery Jonny had stored down here.
"See that large container?" Jonny said, pointing to a large cylindrical tank that stretched from the ceiling to the floor, filled with a yellow milky liquid. "That's where I store Yellow Devil's gelatinous body. It came back up here after the attack and got back in it's container."
"Where are the other two Guardians now?" Rotor asked.
"When the Tower was lowered after the attack, I sent the signal for them to deactivate. If I just turned off Yellow Devil I'd have a nasty mess to clean up." Jonny said, shuddering at the thought.
"Why?" Rotor inquired.
"Because there are only two parts to the Yellow Devil. The yellow goo that makes up its body, and the mechanical eye that controls the goo." Jonny explained. "Turn that off and the goo goes everywhere, and believe me, that stuff is hard to get out."
"Eww..." Tails exclaimed, as each of them went and began to do inventory.
Tails was counting the capsules that lined the left side of the sub basement, when he found...
"Hey, that's Metal!" Tails exclaimed, pointing at the broken robot that stood in one of the capsules.
Jonny turned to look at what Tails was. "Oh yes... I put him in storage for the time being."
"What do you plan to do with him?" Rotor asked.
"I figured he deserves more than to be simply repaired since he helped save my life." Jonny said scratching his chin. "I'm designing him a new and improved body."
Tails and Rotor nodded in acknowledgement, and resumed their inventory taking.
Once again they stopped when they heard Tails exclaim; "Hey! That's the Justice energy Sonic used!"
"That's odd..." Jonny said, looking over at the container on one of the tables. "It's a lot smaller than when I put it down here... I wonder why?"
"Not sure." Said Rotor "Maybe with out Sonic to 'feed' it, it's reverting back to what we originally saw."
"An interesting concept." Jonny said. "I'll have to experiment with it sometime."
Later that day...
"Here you go yer highness. Me, Tails, and Rotor took an inventory of everything down in the sub basement." Jonny said, handing the handicapped King a few sheets of paper.
"Thank you Jonny." King Acorn wasted no time looking through the papers. "Is this everything?"
"Yes. That's what you requested." Jonny stated. "Now if you don't mind, I'll take my leave."
Jonny was almost at the door when an idea struck him.
"If you don't mind sir." Jonny said, turning back to King Acorn. "I have a request."
To be continued...
