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, 6 Years later.
Part 8
Star man hovered over Amy, clearly worried about the Robian that was both his girlfriend and room mate. Star man had removed the cable that connected Amy from the net and had moved Amy's motionless body into their bed room. Being robots nothing ever happened in there, in truth the only reason they even had a bed was because Amy liked to lay down as she recharged her batteries. Amy's eyes were still like bad reception on a satellite TV and she was as lively as a toaster, but Star man still had hope she would be okay.
"I know you can hear me Amy. I'm right here..." Star man held Amy's hand. "I know you can beat this thing... Just hold on."
Star man's words helped him feel him a little better, but what really made him smile was when he felt Amy's hand twitch in his own. Star man softly released Amy's hand and got out his guitar and began to play a soft tune for her. Star man really did care for Amy, and he knew how much adopting that child meant to her. But he knew his creator could fix her... He hoped.
Star man looked out the window, the citizens of Down Town were freaking out. Many drones and Robians were standing in the street, in the same condition as Amy. Cyborgs however had different problems, some could be seen walking or limping, but many where without the use of their robotic limbs. One woman who by some unfortunate accident had to have all her limbs replaced was sitting helpless on the ground pleading for help back to her house. Star man sighed and set his guitar down.
"I'll be right back Amy..." Star man said, giving Amy a smile before he walked out the door to help the woman to her house. "Don't go anywhere."
"This is our chance guys," Knuckles said as they moved out of the alley, joining Remington in the streets within eyesight of the Elite masters and Dr. Wily for the first time. "While that other Robot master lays down cover fire we can retreat back to the hotel."
As the Guardian and Remington started to make their trek towards the rendezvous site that was the hotel, Remington looked over his shoulder at the Robot masters, who remained standing defiantly facing the Elite masters.
"Aren't you guys coming?" The police chief asked.
"We never run from a fight." Skull man growled, glaring evilly at Ballade and no one else.
"Fleeing is for the weak hearted." Yamato man said, holding his spear proudly at his side. "I must avenge my lord's honor."
"Call me weak all you want Yamato man," Knuckles said, just before running off down the street, with Remington right behind him, he added. "I gotta make sure everyone's okay!"
"Be ready my comrades for this may be our final battle." Yamato man said solemnly, griping his spear.
Skull man snorted and continued to glare at Ballade. "I don't care about dying, but if I do die I want to take that pansy with me."
Meanwhile at the hotel, Ali-Su, Sonic, and Sally where still in the room where Jonny had been operated on. If one could call it that.
"Sorry about the mess Ali..." Jonny said, looking at the amount of dried blood on the sheets. "I'm afraid you're going to have to toss these lovely covers in the trash."
"I'm not worried care about the sheets, I'm worried about you..." Ali-Su said, her face was finally dry and free of both tears and redness, but not free of worry. "How do you feel?"
Jonny frowned and looked at his shoulder, his frown turning into a sneer. "Lousy, but it beats the alterative."
"So, care to explain a little more about this plan of yours?" Sally said, somewhat cross at Jonny's lack of an explanation. "Or are you going to keep us in the dark?"
"Sure, but first you'll have to fetch something for me. Reach into my coat pocket, third on the right on the inside."
Sally reached into the coat and thumbed thought the pockets for a few seconds before pulling out her hand. In her hand she saw that she had pulled out two small cube-like devices from the white lab coat.
"What are these things Jonny?" Queen Sally said, looking over the small cubes, holding them up to the light to perhaps get a better look. "They look like dice."
"Don't be fooled Sally," Jonny said, leaning up a little from the bed. "Those things are powerful hologram projectors I made."
"THESE little things?" Sonic exclaimed. He knew Jonny was good with machines, but never THIS good.
Jonny nodded. "Yeah. Try one out Ali."
Ali took one of the small devices. "How do they work?"
"Just give them a small squeeze, then just put them in your pocket." Jonny explained. "They'll work as long as you keep them on your person."
Ali-Su took a deep breath, she had never even seen these things before and had no idea exactly how they worked. Still she trusted that her husband would never do anything that would jeopardize her health and gently squeezed the tiny cube then slipped in her pocket.
A silhouette of light appeared around Ali-Su, this light began to reshape itself into something different.
After the light faded there was a moment of silent blank stares. These stares made Ali-Su feel very uncomfortable...
"What? What's wrong?" She asked.
"Ali... You look..." Sonic said slowly, looking for a way to put this delicately.
"Look like what?" Ali-Su asked, somewhat scared of what had just happened to her.
Sally handed Ali-Su a mirror, not taking her eyes off the disguised echidna for a moment.
Ali-Su's mouth took a nose dive south when she looked in the mirror. "...My Goddess... I look like a human..." Indeed Ali-Su did. She had flowing blonde hair down just past her shoulders. She was wearing the same green T shirt and jeans she had been wearing, but now she had no hole for her tail (which was no longer visible).
"It's just something I've been tinkering with, if I ever found out how to back to Earth I could've taken you and kids there for a visit without incident... Don't worry, it's not real."
Ali-Su was still looking at her reflection, then at her hands. "I have five fingers, and no fur... Man this is weird..."
"What about the other one? What does that one do?" Sonic asked.
"That one's for Jack, I'm afraid it's useless for my plan." Jonny said.
"Well, what is your plan?" Sally asked, getting a little impatient.
Jonny cleared his throat. "That device you hold Sally, is the same device that brought me to Mobius."
"You mean you can send your grandfather and his robots back to your world with that?" Sonic asked, just now getting over the sight of seeing another human, it didn't matter that Ali-Su 'wore' a hologram disguise. She just looked so real...
"That could work, if the World Skipper worked like that Sonic..." Jonny gave a deep sigh before continuing. "After a single use the World Skipper needs half an hour to recharge before it can be used again. So if were to use it and miss..."
"So if we can't use it to send them back what good is it?" Sally asked.
"I intend to go back to my world and bring back help." Jonny said.
"Who?" Sonic asked.
"Mega man, the only one who's ever beaten my grandpa." Jonny grinned at the mention of the blue bomber, remembering years ago how friendly the robot had been towards him. Mega man was truly Jonny's first real friend.
"But you can't go alone, you're still hurt!" Ali-Su protested, she stated what was clearly obvious but to Jonny this mattered little.
Jonny looked up at the echidna from his place on the bed. "That's why you're going too Ali..."
"Me? Go to Earth? I don't know..." Ali-Su stared at her husband for a few seconds, taking a few moments to process what Jonny had just told her. As much as she wanted to go and see her true love's home world, she was really worried about how the trek to Earth would be and how it would affect Jonny's health.
"Please Ali-Su... I need your help with this..." Jonny's eyes were pleaded at Ali-Su.
Ali-Su sighed, she just couldn't argue with Jonny when he pleaded like that. Especially when she knew he was right. "Okay... What do I have to do?"
"First, help me up... and hand me my arm." Jonny said.
Ali-Su went around the other side of the bed and put Jonny's left arm around her and gently helped him up. Sonic meanwhile retrieved Jonny's arm and set it next to him, on the side it used to be attached to his shoulder.
"So what do you need to do to get that Planet Skipper to work?" Sonic asked.
"I just need to set the coordinates..." Jonny said as he set the device in his lap began to press buttons with his remaining hand. "There. Ready Ali?"
"Ready as I'll ever be... Will this hur-" Ali-Su wasn't able to finish her question as Jonny pressed the red button on the hand held device.
In a flash of light and a sharp gust of wind Jonny and Ali-Su disappeared. The only thing they left behind was a round scorch mark on the floor.
"Woah..." Sonic said.
"Yeah, I'm as surprised as you are Sonic." Sally said looking at the scorched ring on the floor around the bed. Needless to say he sheets were now a total loss. "I almost expected an explosion..."
It was at that moment that Knuckles and Remington came to the door of the hotel, completely out of breath.
"I think I need to start working out," Remington said between deep breathes. "Dang desk... Sitting around all day doing paper work makes a cop soft."
Both Guardian and Police Chief followed the skid marks and dried blood on the floor to the room that lead to the room Jonny had been taken too. But only Sonic and Sally where found there.
"Where's Jonny?" Knuckles asked as he came into the room. "Is he okay?"
"He's okay," Sonic said in his old characteristic nonchalant tone. "Ali-Su and Jonny went to go get help from Earth."
"... Say what?" Remington asked in disbelief.
Jonny and Ali-Su reappeared in a flash of light similar to the one they left Mobius in. Jonny looked up at the sky and smiled, it was good to be back.
"Wow... this is your world?" Ali-Su asked the obvious question.
Jonny smiled. "Yeah. What do you think?"
Ali-Su looked around. "I was expecting it would be something extremely different... An orange sky, bizarre shaped buildings, something... But it's just like home. Only there's a lot more humans here."
"Yeah. The Human to Mobian ratio just flip-flopped." Jonny smirked.
"Do you know where we are?" The disguised echidna asked.
"Yes." Jonny looked around at their surroundings. They were in a suburban area, many of the houses weren't very lavish but they where quite lovely, well kept places to live. Ali-Su had to admit she kinda wished she and Jonny just lived a simple life in a small house like these instead of in that tower. But then again, doing so would mean having to go back and change things, which Ali-Su did not to do. Simple or complex, she loved her relationship with Jonny right where it was.
Jonny led Ali-Su down a few streets to an oddly shaped house. It had a large dome shape in contrast to the block like shape of the other houses. It clearly had had many additions to it, as many rooms and unknown structures were built from out of the house. There where a few satellite dishes and antennas coming out of the roof. This was either the home of a scientist or a crazed weirdo with a lot of time and money on his hands.
Ali-Su wasn't quite sure what to think of this house. She had lived in Wily tower for years and had seen many different styles of homes, but this was like nothing she had ever seen. "Well, I think this could count as a bizarre building."
Jonny laughed lightly. "Yeah. Dr. Light's house always was quite unique." Jonny knocked on the door. "Doctor Light? You home?"
A little girl dressed in a red and white dress opened the door. In Ali-Su's opinion she didn't seem to be much older than Alison.
"Dr. Light, you have a visitor!" She called back into the house. The little girl then looked up at Jonny. "You look familiar..."
Jonny smiled. "It's me Roll, It's Jonny."
Roll's eyes widened and with speed that rivaled Sonic's hugged the much larger human. "Jonny I missed you a lot! You just disappeared all those years ago!"
Roll's excited cheers where met with a loud cry of pain. "I'm so sorry Jonny, you're hurt! I'll call 9-1-1 right away!"
Jonny grabbed the little robot's arm before she could run off. "No Roll, I've already been taken care of. Just really REALLY sore."
"What's all this ruckus Roll? Are you bothering the mail man again?" A friendly looking old man with a cottony white beard came out of the other room. He was wearing a blue tie that was neatly tucked inside his white lab coat, which he had on over a tan button up shirt and brown pants. He had blue eyes and snow white hair, and he seemed just a little on the plump side. Everything about him from his smile to his voice seemed to be filled with a sort of warm jolliness.
"Oh Dr. Light, Jonny's come home!" Roll exclaimed dancing around excited to see her friend after so long.
"Jonathan Wily, It's been years since I've seen you. How have things been treating you?" Dr. Light then turned to Ali-Su and smiled. "And who might you be miss?"
Ali-Su had just met this old man and already determined that she really liked this old man. "I'm Ali-Su Wily. Jonny's wife of six years."
"So what have you been doing these seven years?" Dr. Light asked. "And is that Bass's arm your holding?"
Jonny sighed. "Well... take a seat Thomas, this will take a while..."
Dr. Light smiled at Jonny using his first name. It reminded him a lot of when he had taken him in when he was just a boy. Dr. Light sat down in a chair, as Jonny and Ali-Su both sat across from him at the table and began his story.
Mega man was lying on his bed. Not that he needed to sleep, but because he always liked to lay on his back and watch the clouds outside his window.
'Such a nice day..." Mega man thought a content smile on his face.
Roll opened the door to her brother's room. "Mega man, we have company!"
Mega man turned to his little sister. "Who is it Roll?"
"It's Jonny, and he's got a wife now!" Roll said, she let out a giggle at the mention of the word 'wife'.
Mega man hopped off his bed. "Jonny? You mean Dr. Wily's Grandson?"
"Yep!" Roll said with a grin wider than any human girl could've made. "He's talking with Dr. Light right now.""
'I hope Jonny's not sore at me for not saving Dr. Wily...' Mega man thought. Jonny was one of his closest friends, and he didn't what him to be mad.
To be continued...
This chapter was proof read by Nail Strafer.