Jazzerman here, I do not own any of these characters, they are owned by their respected companies, blah, blah, blah. You've heard this crap before. I DO own Jonny Wily. If you'd like to use him in a fic, just tell me.
A Wily tale, the beginning.
Part 8
The years passed quickly. Dr. Light had kept his promise and had made sure that he was safe. Jonny was given a room right next to Mega man and for added reassurance Rush slept next to his bed every night until he felt safe living there. After a few failed attempts at sending Jonny to school (resulting in severe cases of bullying and depression) Dr. Light took it upon himself to home school the orphaned child. Jonny was now thirteen, and had become almost obsessed with learning about his family. Dr. Light had tried all he could to encourage Jonny's interest in his family, while trying to keep this blood ties to Doctor Wily a secret. This was difficult because of how much press Dr. Albert Wily got in all forms of the media. Still, somehow Dr. Light was able to keep it from him for all these years. Jonny was becoming a great help to Dr. Light in the lab. Quickly learning everything Dr. Light taught him. Jonny wanted to learn everything about robots, especially how they where programmed. He wanted to know to make robots that could help people. Just like Dr. Light.
Jonny was now thirteen, and commonly wore a grey hooded sweater and blue jeans as the approaching winter months had made the air crisp but not yet chillingly cold. Jonny had been watching television for the last hour. Not much was on that day. Even in the future Sunday morning TV sucks. Jonny eventually settled on the news and leaned back against the arm of the sofa.
"Today Dr. Albert Wily, the infamous mad scientist is still on the loose from his last escape from the Mega city maximum security prison. As we know well know, Dr. Wily was sentenced to five consecutive life sentences three months ago. Some people present in the court at the time moved for the death penalty but as we all know that was abolished twenty years ago in this country. The search for the rouge robotics engineer is still on but it is not expected that Dr. Wily is anywhere near the city. Still, we are advising people to be on the alert for suspicious activity until Dr. Wily's apprehension. And now Bob with sports-"
Jonny turned off the television. Confused upon hearing of this 'Dr. Wily'. Was he a relative? His last name was Wily, heck it was even spelled the same way. He laid back staring at the ceiling. He wanted to rest quietly in peace and wiped what he had just seen from his mind but his subconscious mind wouldn't let it die. So many questions buzzed around in the young man's head he felt like a chorus of shrill voiced eight year olds were screaming at him. Finally Jonny got up from the sofa and walked into the lab, where Dr. Light was making some small adjustments to Mega man's buster cannon.
"Tom, can I talk to you?" Jonny asked as he approached the aging doctor.
"Always my boy. One moment... There you go Rock." Dr. Light smiled as he closed the casing on Mega man's buster cannon. "Now what is it you want to talk about?"
"Dr. Light... who exactly is Dr. Wily?" Jonny asked.
Mega man hopped off the table and walked out of the lab. 'Best if I left this to Dr. Light...' Mega man thought.
Dr. Light sighed. He knew he would have to explain this sometime. Yet at the same time, deep down he had hoped he never would have to talk to Jonny about Dr. Wily. "Son, you should sit down."
Dr. Light had begun to call Jonny 'son' a long time ago. Partially because that Jonny was a great deal younger than the aging doctor of robotics, but also because Dr. Light had begun to feel very close to the young teen. Jonny likewise was beginning to see Dr. Thomas Light as a segregate father.
Jonny silently took a seat across from Dr. Light. The look on his face told Dr. Light that he was excited to learn about this member of his family. Thomas Light just hoped he wouldn't take it too hard.
Dr. Wily is your fraternal grandfather, that's your father's father mind you. Back before you where born he and I where partners. Dr. Wily assisted me in the building of the first robot, Proto man. Then six more robots. All intended to improve mankind by performing one task or another. But your grandfather became increasingly jealous of me. As the scientific community gave me all the credit for building these robots and didn't even mention your grandfather. I would mention him often in my reports and thesis just so he would get his name heard. But no one seemed to care. He eventually grew resentful and began to think that I was toying with him. That I actually wanted all the glory for these robots we designed and built when I truly and honestly wanted him to have equal recognition. Not long after the creation of Roll and Rock, who is now Mega man as you well know. Dr. Wily left my company, but not after reprogramming the six specialized robots and swearing vengeance against me. He disappeared for a whole year after that."
Jonny sat staring at Dr. Light. Mentally glued to this part of his family's history. "What happened next?"
Dr. Light felt a twinge of regret. He mentally cursed himself that he had even begun this story. But despite himself he continued. "The next time I saw your grandfather he had stolen and reprogrammed my six latest designs to attack the city. I had to make the hard decision to change Rock into a battle robot. Mega man fought hard and destroyed the robots and put Dr. Wily behind bars. Time and time again no matter how many times the federal officials tried to put him in a more secure prison, no matter how tight security was Albert Wily always found a way out to seek his misplaced revenge."
Jonny now stared dumbstruck as the pieces finally fell into place. "You mean... All these years of torment and anguish are because-"
"Because you share his name. I'm so sorry my boy." Dr. Light tried to look as sympathetic as possible as he moved over and sat next to Jonny. Who now had his eyes in his hidden under his hand. Not wanting his segregate father to see him in tears.
"How can people hate me because of something a senile old man did? That's so retarded!" Jonny cried. He was on the verge of bursting into tears. He just couldn't understand why this old man's crimes where his.
Dr. Light felt conflicted. He wanted to comfort the young man who had lived with him these past seven years. Yet he feared that interfering at this moment would only cause Jonny to push him away and become more distant. Finally after contemplating his options he set a hand on Jonny's shoulder.
"They don't hate you my boy... They're just upset over what Dr. Wily has done. His crimes are not yours." Dr. Light consoled the young Wily.
Jonny didn't answer. He just stood up and walked off, letting Dr. Light well meaning hand slide off his shoulder.
Dr. Light watched as Jonny walked out of the lab and sat back in his chair. He knew the news of who he was related to would be tough on him but he didn't expect him to just walk out of the room like that. He had expected Jonny to give some sort of reaction other than a look of utter depression. Jonny was clearly bottling up his feelings, Dr. Light feared what would happen when he couldn't keep it inside him anymore.
Jonny sat outside on the porch of the Light household. This was a lot to process at once. His grandfather was not only a mad man, he had made people suffer all over the world just because he wanted to be in the spotlight. And now all those people out there hated him. The longer his wicked grandfather was behind bars the faster people would be able to accept him.
At that moment Mega man and Rush passed Jonny on the porch and began to head down the sidewalk.
"Where are you going Rock?" Jonny asked.
"Uhh..." Mega man stuttered as he and his canine partner halted and looked back at Jonny. He didn't want to tell Jonny that he was going out to bring his grandfather to justice... Although it was against his nature, Mega man lied. "I heard on the news that there's a mad man that broke into a robot supply store and is wreaking havoc with reprogrammed security 'bots."
Jonny nodded. "Well be careful Rock. I don't want to have to help Dr. Light fix you up later."
Mega man smiled. Both that Jonny cared for his well being and that he bought his lie. Mega hated to lie to someone as close as Jonny but he felt this was one instance where a lie was better than the truth. He'd have to make it up to him later.
Jonny watched as Rush converted to jet mode and flew off with Mega man on board.
Jonny hung his head and got up. His restless mind began to go over and re-go over what Dr. Light had told him.
Lost in his thoughts Jonny began to walk down the streets and into the city, thinking a stop at the coffee shop for some green tea would settle his nerves. Roll had introduced him to the stuff and he admitted that at first he didn't like it very well. Okay he outright hated the stuff. But after a while he found he had grown a taste for it provided it had some sugar in it. The people he passed on the streets paid no attention to the young man wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt. Jonny knew that he had just to tell them his last name to cause a riot. He felt a sharp ache in his heart as he took a eight year old Polaroid picture. It was the only way he would ever see his mother and father with happy faces. He choked back tears as he tried to wipe the memories of the brutal and pointless attack that robbed him of his parents. He didn't realize what was going on around him until he walked into someone and fell backward on his rear.
Jonny growled and rubbed his head. "Why don't you watch-" Jonny stopped short when he saw that he had knocked a young lady that was about his age to the ground. Jonny quickly got up and offered his hand out to her. He hoped she wasn't hurt. "Oh I'm sorry, I wasn't watching where I was going."
"You sure as hell weren't!" The young brunette spat, glaring up at him. Just to spite him she smacked his hand away. "I can get up on my own."
Jonny winced. That really didn't help him any better. Perhaps offering her a drink at the coffee shop would stop her from looking like she was going to put his eyes out. "Look I'm real sorry... I'd feel a lot better if I made it up to you. I'm on my way to the coffee shop. I could buy you a drink or something."
She scowled at him. Obviously neither liking him nor trusting him. "What's the catch?"
"No catch. I just would feel better if I did something to make it up to you for knocking you over." Jonny tried to sound sincere but he couldn't help but sound a little depressed. After all that was revealed to him who could blame him?
The brown haired girl's hard stare softened a little. But she still looked kinda miffed. "Well... Okay. But you better be paying."
Jonny and his 'friend' walked into the small local coffee shop and sat down at one of the tables. Only then did Jonny get a really good at the girl who sat glaring at him from across the table. She was actually kinda pretty. She was wearing blue jeans, white and red tennis shoes, a light blue sweater which was a size bigger than it needed to be, and a necklace with a small blue stone set in it. The odd thing that Jonny noticed though was that the girl's face had lost it's irritated look and she was now staring down at the table with a distant look in her eyes as if she was pondering something that troubled her greatly.
But before Jonny could pick up the menu the waiter walked up to their table. "Hi what can I get you two?"
The girl didn't even look at the waiter. "I'd like a coke... Please."
The waiter scribbled down the order on his pad of paper then turned to Jonny.
"Green tea with honey please..." Jonny asked.
The waiter looked at Jonny for a second, he had never heard a kid this young ordering green tea. The waiter shrugged and assumed he was trying to impress his girlfriend and walked off with their order.
The girl raised an eyebrow looked at Jonny skeptically. "You like green tea?"
"I didn't like it at first..." Jonny admitted as he poured some sugar in his tea. "But I kinda like it now."
The waiter returned and set their respective beverages. Jonny had always loved the speed of which they got you your order here.
"Listen. I'm sorry I was rough on you... I've had some personal issues at home." the girl sighed. "You know how things can get..."
"You want to talk about it?" Jonny asked. "My dad says it's better to talk about your problems."
She shook her head. "No not right now. Sorry."
Jonny shrugged and drank a gulp of his tea. Knowing it would have just made things worse if he prodded her to talk. Roll sometimes would get temperamental and Jonny had learned the hard way that it was sometimes best to just keep quiet. He remembered how big the lump on his head was. Still he thought it best to change the subject rather than just sit there in silence. "So... What's your name?"
"I'm Zoe. Zoe McKain." The brunette said. "And you are?"
Jonny took a long sip of his tea to disguise his hesitation to answer her relatively easy question. He couldn't tell her 'I'm Jonny and by the way I'm Dr. Wily's grandson.' That would end his possibly only chance for a human friend. Yet he didn't want to outright lie to her. Then an idea hit him. Why should he even have to give his family name?
"Jonny." The young Wily said rather plainly. "I live with Dr. Light a number of blocks to the North, heading out of town."
"You live with THEE Dr. Light?" Zoe exclaimed, only at the last moment regaining control of her voice as not to cause a scene and embarrass herself and bringing it to a soft whisper.
Jonny nodded. "He adopted me years ago. He's been home schooling me since I had problems with kids picking on me."
"You gotta be pulling my leg." Zoe scoffed. "I never heard of Dr. Light having a son. I'm sure some one would have known if the old guy had a kid and made it public."
Jonny was kinda hurt by that last statement. He knew that if Dr. Light had told anyone about him the kindly old man would be dogged by the press, and no one would want to do business with him. Jonny thought this was true but honestly people would have loved Dr. Light just the same. Jonny now considered his name to be a curse. A curse that makes everyone around him angry and violent towards him. Jonny looked down at the table with a forlorn look on his face but said not a word.
Zoe had not let his sad look go unnoticed. She didn't mean to offend the nice boy who had offered her a drink after knocking her down and otherwise been a young gentleman. Now she felt bad for what she had said. "Look, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to get you down."
"Thanks." Jonny said taking another drink of his tea.
Zoe and Jonny finished their drinks in silence. Well, silence between them anyway. This local coffee shop was a meeting place for many people and their voices could be heard throughout the room.
Zoe graciously waited as Jonny went to the register to pay for their drinks before going her as they both exited the coffee shop.
Zoe smiled. "Well it was nice meeting you. And thanks again for the drink."
"It was nothing." Jonny nodded. Happy even though he had spent nearly all his allowance for the week.
"Well, I guess I'll see you around." Zoe gave Jonny an appreciative smile before walking off and disappearing around the corner.
Jonny was in a much better mood after talking to Zoe. He didn't know why, he only knew that the pain of knowing of his family's line didn't sting like it had only a short time ago. Jonny pulled the hood of his sweater over his head and began to make his way home with a smile on his face.
To be continued...
Author's note: Sorry for the wait. I had to have my compy fixed and Best buy had me running back and forth getting me to get upgrades and crap like that. Luckily for me my compy is under warranty and it didn't cost me a dime.