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 14

Dr. Wily paced around in his cell. He was dreading the daily outside recreation in the courtyard as last time he was out there the other inmates mnade sure was sent to the infirmary. And knowing those meat heads they'd make his next stay even longer. They wouldn't kill him, they wanted to make him suffer before they'd end his life. Even these days prisoners were as barbaric as they had always been. Some things never change.

"Dr. Wily I presume?" Came a voice from the other side of the cell wall. Dr. Albert Wily couldn't peek through the window as it was just a narrow slit near the ceiling and had a heavy screen behind the thick iron bars. The guards were obviously not making his stay very scenic.

Dr. Wily looked up at the window then peeked out to check if any of the guards were standing outside his cell. Finding no one outside he looked back at the window he answered; "Yes I am Dr. Wily. Who is this?"

The voice wasted no time. The all to familiar hum of a buster cannon powering up was followed by; "Get to the other side of the cell. Now."

Dr. Wily didn't know what was going on but the hum and the uncaring tone in the man's voice was more than enough reason to listen and get back against the cell bars. Just in time too. As soon as he had gotten up against the bars there was an explosion that made the wall crumble and send small bits of rubble past the mad doctor quickly followed by a cloud of dust.

Wily had raised his hands instinctively to protect his face from the debris but as he lowered them he could see one of his Sniper Joes standing on the outside next to a very familiar rope ladder. There was no doubt that this Sniper Joe had brought the Skullker and was here to bust him out.

Dr. Wily wasted no time on pleasantries as he ascended the rope ladder to the vehicle that hovered above the prison. He was quickly followed by Jonny in his green and black armored disguise. As Jonny reached the top of the ladder he looked down to see the other prisoners were shaking their fists and throwing whatever they had at them. The guards however had arrived and were beginning to shout their clichéd 'halt' and 'freeze' lines. Jonny closed the bottom hatch after cutting the ladder loose. Letting it fall to the ground as the guards opened fire.

"What about Mega man?" Dr. Wily inquired as Jonny took the controls.

"Distracted. I had some of the 'Guardians' attack the city. He'll have to take care of them first. Hang on." Jonny stepped on the accelerator and the Skullker gave a jerk as they sped off. Leaving the guards to complain that someone had escape on their watch and the inmates to find someone else to be an outlet for their anger.

Dr. Wily had grabbed hold of the back of the driver seat to steady himself. But he was still pleased at these turn of events. "Wonderful! Splendid work!" He laughed.

Once they were on a course back to Skull castle and a safe distance away from Mega City Jonny set the Skullker on auto pilot and stood to face the father of his father.

Curious about this Sniper Joe's actions Dr. Wily stood up. "Something wrong my loyal creation?"

"After we land I have questions that only you can answer." Jonny answered coldly. He wasn't at all surprised that he was aggravated by the old man's presence alone.

Dr. Wily smirked. None of his Sniper Joes could talk. With this knowledge there was only one explanation this one could. Someone was inside it and the only place there were Sniper Joes was Skull castle and besides Wily himself there were only two people that were allowed to enter that fortress. "So Jonathan my boy I see you survived that horrible experience. I am indeed glad."

Jonny took off his helmet and glared at his grandfather. He let out a sigh to steady the rage he felt boiling inside him. "Yes I live. And you should know I am fighting with every fiber in my body not to kill you now."

Dr. Wily did the last thing Jonny had expected him to do at that last statement. Dr. Wily had walked over and put his hands on his grandson's armored shoulders. A pleased smile hung below the shaggy mustache on his old face. "My boy when I heard the news of what happened I looked for you everywhere. But when I activated the control program I secretly installed in your robotic canine the house was burned to cinders by those murderous..." Wily's face contorted in rage for a moment as he went on to let loose a string of curses in his native German.

Jonny was surprised to see the old man even cared that his parents lived or died. Dr. Wily noticed his look of bewilderment and smirked.

"You wonder why I care at all yes?" Dr. Wily asked as he turned away from Jonny to take the controls of the aircraft. He wanted to make sure his grandson had made no mistakes in their trajectory. "Did in the few short years you had with your parents can you remember I ever being mentioned?"

"No. I didn't even know about you until a few years ago. Mom and Dad never mentioned you."

"Nathan was so stubborn." Dr Wily said with a touch of weariness in remembrance of his one and only child. "After I taught him everything he knew about robots he left to teach in that infernal university. That's where he met the woman who would become your mother. Not long after that they were married and you were born. And not once in all those years did he ever contact me."

Jonny blinked. There was obviously more to the story than he knew. "Is the reason he never did that was because he was afraid of what would happen to me if you got involved with his family? Like their murder."

Dr. Wily snarled. He whipped his head around and nearly lost his temper at the young man. "I had nothing to do with my son's murder. As much as you dislike me the deaths of your parents were not by my hands."

"Maybe but it was your actions that made those people do what they did!" Jonny cried, all the anger he had suppressed was coming out like puss running from an opened wound. "Besides you could've visited sometime! I thought I had no living relatives all these years!"

"Your father refused to even let me see you after you were born!" The old man yelled back at his grandson. "And it's not like I didn't try. Now sit down and buckle up."

Dr. Wily took hold of the microphone that was built into the com panel and turned on the intercom. "Attention all robots attacking the city! Break off and return to the castle. That is a direct order form your master!"

Although still irritated but not as angered as before Jonny did as his elder told him. He and Dr. Wily sat silently next to each other for the rest of the trip back to the castle.

Mega man had been called in to dispatch the Wily bots that were attacking the city. He had already destroyed the crab robot and the Mad Grinder was now a smoking heap of scrap. He had only recently engaged the Yellow Devil. The yellow monster had grabbed the blue bomber in its gelatinous hand and was about to deliver a crushing blow with its other hand when it dropped Mega man and slithered into a nearby storm drain. The robotic eye of the monster tore through the iron grating of the drain like paper. Leaving a hole to allow refuse to clog the city's sewers and Mega man to wonder what was going on. Even the Mech Dragon that had been circling above the city had flown off. Leaving only the destruction they had wrought as proof they had ever been there.

"What was that all about?" Mega man asked aloud. A tired sigh escaping his mouth as he sat down and began to pet an equally tired Rush.

"Mega man!"

Mega man looked up to see that Rush's hologram projector had activated and Dr. Light was now looking at his masterpiece creation. "I have some bad news my boy. It seems in all the confusion Dr. Wily has escaped from prison."

Mega man hung his head. He should've known better. "I'm sorry Dr. Light... You must be disappointed."

Dr. Light shook his head as the corners of his mouth formed a forgiving smile. "Rock I've never disappointed with you. You kept those robots from hurting anyone and there was only structural damage to the buildings and roads. But those things can be rebuilt. Come on back for repairs."

"Okay Doctor." Mega man said as the image of his creator faded away and the projector slipped back into Rush's frame.

"Will this ever end rush?" Mega man asked his canine friend. "I don't want to have to keep fighting Dr. Wily forever..."

Rush whined. He didn't like seeing Mega man unhappy. What friend would?

To be continued...