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 15
Nicole parked her hover cycle outside Castle Acorn and looked around. She never could get over how beautiful it was there... The ivory buildings, the green grass and trees, the many fountains... All these things gave a person a sense of peace and tranquility. Even Nicole, a sentient computer inside an artificial Mobian body, felt thus in these serene surroundings.
Nicole rapped on the heavy doors of the palace, and not long after she was met by the new head of palace security, Hershey.
Hershey had had little contact with Nicole since she had decided to stay in Down town. To tell the truth Hershey at first thought that Sally was at the door, but Nicole's shoulder length auburn hair and green eyes set Nicole apart from Queen Sally. Plus Hershey was very sure that Sally never wore a lime green tool belt in her life.
"Nicole? What brings you here?" Hershey asked, both glad to see her old friend and that Nicole's interruption had gotten her away from those stuffy delegates.
Nicole decided to get to right to the point. "I came as soon as I heard that people where being evacuated, is Sally okay?"
Hershey sighed, and drooped her shoulders. "Sally is still on the island with Sonic, Knuckles and a few others. Sorry you came all this way for nothing."
"That's not the only reason I came." Nicole said. "I have some urgent news from Down town that should be brought to their attention up there."
Remington smirked as he put down his binoculars, his position from on top of the one of the buildings neighboring the hotel gave him a very good view. "I can't believe they did it... I better call the girls and tell them the good news."
Remington pulled out his cell phone and dialed the hotel. He immediately got a certain female echidna on the other line.
"Hello? Who is this?" Ali-Su's voice came over the other end.
"This is Remington, I have great news! They beat them, all the robots are destroyed!" Remington said with glad satisfaction in his voice.
Ali-Su squealed happily, causing Remington to flinch as he heard her and yell the news over to Sally and Julie-Su. Remington then took a second while the girls talked to rub his aching ear. 'That woman has quite the set of lungs...'
"Are they okay?" Ali-Su asked, eager to know as much as possible about the situation... and her husband.
"I can't tell from here." Remington said. "But the Robot masters that fought are all hurt pretty bad I think."
A few more seconds passed, before the echidna on the other end said, "Hold on, we're on our way over."
"Wait I'll escort-" Remington didn't get to finish as he heard the line go dead. The chief of police shook his head. "Women... I'm getting too old to deal with them."
Dr. Wily snorted. He knew this place was no longer safe with out Zero or the Elite masters. "Zero may be beaten, but there's plenty of places to hide here. I'll just build another Zero and come back even stronger..." Dr. Wily mumbled to himself as he began to move his hovering one man vehicle, intent on 'running away to fight another day'.
"You are not getting away this time Wily! Rush, Fetch!" Mega man cried, pointing to the skull shaped ship.
Rush barked once as he changed into his jet mode and flew up into the air.
"Treble, go help him!" Jonny ordered and the robotic wolf was more than happy to do so.
Both mechanical canines bit into the sides of Wily's personal vehicle and flared their jet engines, Wily's ship slowly began to head downwards to the small yet angry crew on the ground. Inside Wily tried to increase the power of the ships engines but he suddenly found a large red fist was now trying to open the hatch by sheer brute force.
Dr. Wily tried to dash past Jonny but was knocked back to the ground by a sharp shove from Jonny.
"You wouldn't hurt me, I know you wouldn't..." Dr. Wily stammered as he cowered below his grandson.
"I've grown a lot since you last saw me gramps..." Jonny breathed as he held his grandfather over his head and shook him violently by the collar. After a few seconds of shaking the old man Jonny threw him to the ground. "I just might be able to kill you."
"Jonny!" came an ecstatic voice from behind the group.
Jonny just smiled and hugged Ali-Su.
"I was so worried..." Ali-Su said, looking up at her husband.
"Don't be, we're okay." Jonny then looked over to the damaged Robot masters, then at Knight man. "Well... most of us..."
"You two okay?" Sally asked as she, Remington, and Julie-Su rushed over to their respective husbands.
"Nothing that a chili dog wouldn't cure." Sonic said, shrugging off his fatigue with a playful smirk.
"I busted my hand fighting that robot over there." Knuckles said as he pointed at the headless form that was lying on the ground. "But other than that I'm just fine."
Julie-Su helped Knuckles to his feet and slowly removed his glove to get a better look at his hand. "Yeah... It's broken... Come on Knuckle head, time to get to the hospital and wait for the doctors to get back from Neo Mobotropolis."
Knuckles groaned, a weary look on his face. "Some reunion... Next time Jonny we'll get together at Down town. That way I won't have to hear anything about an attack for the next 6 weeks if one occurs in your tower."
Jonny nodded, then turned to the red robot that had only NOW shown himself. "Quick man... Where have you been?" Jonny asked, understandably ticked that this Robot master had not joined in and fought like the others. Like Knight man had...
"I... I'm sorry boss..." Quick man stammered and hung his head, scared of what his creator might do to him for fleeing when he was really needed. "I'm not as brave as like Knight man, strong like Guts man, or as skilled as Shadow man or Skull man. If you don't remember I was beaten almost every time when I'd fight in the arena. I'm sorry..."
It was true. Quick man had the worst fighting skills of all the Robot masters. Despite his speed and formidable weapons, Quick man was known in the arena as being very predicable and utterly pathetic if his legs where damaged, thus making his speed worthless. Due to this Quick man became the butt of many jokes in the ranks of the Robot masters. 'The fastest failure on the planet' was the name Skull man coined for Quick man, and Quick man had carried a grudge for him ever since their last fight.
But Jonny surprised Quick man by placing a hand on the robot's shoulder. "As long as you get a hold of the Skullker and bring it around you. I want the Robot masters gathered up and put inside. Every single bit."
"What about Knight man?" Quick man asked, looking over at the broken blue crusader.
Jonny nodded. "Him too. I'll have his body repaired and bronzed, I'll have him stand in the center of Down town. Knight man will watch over Down town in a different way."
"Aren't you going to repair him?" Sonic asked, motioning towards Knight man.
Jonny sighed. He felt a twinge of pain in his heart at having to explain this. "Knight man's CPU was crushed. Even if I rebuilt him completely, there is no chance that he would be the same person. I'd be better off just making a new version of him and that's not something I want to do."
There was a moment of silence as the group processed this information, as well as mourn the loss of a trusted friend.
"I guess I'll be going then, is that device ready to be used again?" Mega man asked, somewhat eager to get back to Earth so that Dr. Wily could be behind bars.
"Yeah. See ya later Mega." Jonny was about to press the button to send both Mega man and Dr. Wily back to Earth, but stopped when his cell phone rang. Jonny sighed and pulling the black phone from his coat, lowering the World skipper in the process. "Hello? I'm kind of in the middle of something..."
Jonny stood tall and rigid as he listened to the voice on the voice on the other end. "What's that? A virus? ... Don't worry, I'll get right no it. ... Thanks Nicole, bye."
Jonny turned and lifted Dr. Wily by the collar again and shoved his cannon in his face. The elderly man could see a dim spark of light beginning to grow in intensity from within the metallic limb. "Tell me what it does gramps."
"It disrupts the connection between a robots CPU to their body! That's all it does I swear!" Dr. Wily cried out. For the first time in his life he felt frightened of his grandson.
That didn't feel like enough for Jonny. He wanted more. Once again he shook Dr. Wily with his weapon in his face. "Why'd you do that Gramps? Why?"
"I was hoping to render all those copies you made of my Robot masters inoperable so you wouldn't fight me!" Dr. Wily managed to say as he was whipped back and forth. "I wanted you to join me!"
Jonny cringed at the idea of helping this old man, but his vague look of disgust turned to a hateful scowl as he threw the old man to the ground. "I would NEVER join you old man! After trying to kill me, kill my friends, and destroy what I built I don't even want to be related to you! Mega, get him out of my sight or I may do something I might regret."
Mega man grabbed Wily by the wrists and whistled for Rush to join him. "I'm ready."
"I'm not." Dr. Wily muttered under his breath, not liking the idea of returning to his prison cell and bad food.
"Mega man, when you get back to Earth I want him in a jail cell. And I hope he stays there this time." Jonny said, a sense of subdued rage was in his voice. But one person among them could blame him for feeling ticked at this old coot.
Mega man nodded. "I'll gladly make sure of that."
"I'll see you Mega, and make sure to take care of Dr. Light." Jonny said.
Mega man smiled and nodded. "You know I will."
"Here, take these." Remington said taking a pair of handcuffs from his belt and offered them to Mega man.
Mega man took the handcuffs from the police chief and slapped them on the old man. After making sure they where on tight he called Rush over to him.
Jonny and the others waved good bye to Mega man as Jonny activated the World Skipper. A flash of light and a powerful gust of wind hit the group, sending a cloud of dust rising into the air. All that was left of the Blue bomber, his dog, and Dr. Wily was a scorch ring on the ground where they had been standing seconds before.
"Hey, you guys hear something?" Sonic asked, as a faint whirring sound could be heard.
"HEY SONIC!" Came a voice from above.
"Well well well... Hi Tails!" Sonic said as he waved up at the twin tailed fox.
The group cleared the streets as the tiny biplane made a bumpy landing in the deserted streets. As the plane skidded to a halt the young pilot stepped out of the cockpit discarding his goggles in the driver's seat.
"Where's this robot? I'm here to help kick his butt!" Tails looked around at the tired smirks on the others faces, not understanding what was going on. "... Well?"
"He's gone Tails." Jonny spoke up. "Me, Sonic, Knux, and the Robot masters managed to beat him. Barely..."
Tails kicked a rock, disappointed that he wasn't needed after all. "Aw..."
"But you could give me a hand with putting the others back together." Jonny and the others then looked up as a large craft cast a shadow over the group. "There's the Skullker, all he needs to do is activate the vacuum function."
"I still wish you would remodel that thing..." Ali-Su muttered, not thinking the Skullker's cryptic design was fitting for this peaceful lifestyle they now had.
As the mouth of the ship opened a large tube came out and instantly began to suck what was left of the Robot masters into a small compartment below the drivers seat. If the Robot masters had been able to respond they would've been complaining about the horrible accommodations.
Quick man landed the Skullker in the streets and hopped out, hoping that his comrades wouldn't come after him after they where all fixed up. Metal man, Burner man, and Magnet man stepped into the ship, each holding a handful of parts in their hands. Guts man, Skull man, Shadow man, and Yamato man climbed in after them while carrying the drained Astro man and the broken Knight man.
Skull man grumbled as he climbed into the Skullker. He had, like most of the others, been injured and was forced to retreat into that blasted alleyway with the other 'masters. Skull man sighed and looked at the others, this was going to be a long wait for his turn for repairs...
Jonny sighed as he turned to Sonic and Sally. "Sorry this reunion turned out to be such a bust."
"It's not a problem Jonny." Sonic said as he walked over to the human, showing the human an understanding smile. "It's not like this was intentional."
"You're right, but I just wish that all this destruction could have been avoided." Jonny sighed as he directed their attention to the devastation around them.
Many of the buildings had suffered damage from the firefight between the two sides, and the roads where in far worse conditon. They would have to be completely replaced.
Sally nodded in agreement. "This is pretty bad yes, however there where no innocent civilians caught in the crossfire."
"Right. And your construction 'bots can have this place looking like new in no time." Sonic said.
"If I'm allowed to bring them here after this." Jonny said. "I'm afraid those Anti-tech protesters are going to be on my ass for a long time after this incident..."
"Who cares about them?" Ali-Su cried. "Those losers have been causing trouble and attack Robians and robots alike. They're bad people who don't see that you're not an evil Overlander who wants to hurt them."
Jonny put an arm around Ali-Su. "I know it's not important what EVERYONE likes me, I'd just prefer that I didn't have an organization out to destroy everything I've helped make."
Tails sighed. "Memories from the Great war may not be all that fresh in the minds of the people, but the images of Robotnik and his empire of steel are very fresh. It will take time for them to warm up to a human with as much robotic engineering skills."
Sonic smiled as he turned to Tails. "You really grew Tails. Or should I call you 'Miles' now?"
Tails gave a half hearted laugh as both of his tails flicked involuntarily. "Nah, I still like Tails more than Miles."
Jonny smirked. "Okay Tails, follow me in the Tornado. You and me have some work to do at the tower."
"Right behind ya Jonny." Tails said as he climbed into the blue biplane. "You want a lift guys?"
Sonic smiled. "He's something special isn't he Sal?"
Sally turned to her husband and gave him a quizzical look. "Do you mean Tails or Jonny?"
"I think both of them count." Sonic said as he and Sally boarded the Tornado for the first time in years...
To be continued...