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 22
Days later Jonny was still recovering from his inner turmoil and going about the tasks his grandfather set upon him. updating the software in an older Sniper Joe unit that was somehow left over from when Wily had first attacked Mega city.
Jonny had just finished checking the Metools for any data errors and had sent them on their way (with the exception of Doc who stayed by Jonny's side) when Jonny saw his grandfather sprinting down the hallway in a panic.
"What's wrong?" Jonny asked, not even bothering to sound even a little concerned for the safety for the castle or the old man.
"We have an intruder coming towards the castle and he's destroying everything I throw at him." Dr. Wily called out in a panicked voice as he passed his grandson, not even bothering to slow down as he spoke.
Curious Jonny turned on the nearby monitor and began to flip through the security camera feeds. As he cycled through the different camera feeds he could see plasma scarring on the walls and bits and pieces of what once were the robots he had tended to. This irritated Jonny, meaning he'd have to actually build and program a whole new set of bots for the old man so he could keep working on his precious Project '0'. Still, the cameras continued to switch and Jonny would see either nothing out the ordinary or scorched metal slag. However Jonny was shocked as the final video feed switched on, allowing the young man to see a familiar blue robot as he blew a Metool to bits with his Buster cannon.
'Rock?' Jonny thought, 'What are you doing here? If you aren't careful you'll get trashed and I don't think I'll be able to fix you.'
Jonny watched as Mega man began to transverse the labyrinth of the first three levels of the castle when he did something the young man had not expected. Upon the destruction of one of the many nameless drones the resulting explosions ripped open on of the main water pipes that ran down to the reactor that powered the whole castle. Jonny immediately ordered the water shut down and diverted through the auxiliary set of pipes to the reactor. Silently Jonny was very happy the old man thought that far ahead or the reactor would have gone into meltdown.
Turning back to the screen he saw Mega man wading through waist deep water, continuing on deeper into the castle.
Jonny looked around at the controls for a speaker to tell Mega man to turn around and get out of here before he got hurt. However when he tried all that came through was a loud blast of feedback and a loud pop before the speaker died because of water damage. While Jonny was trying to get another speaker to work Mega man slipped through the reinforced door at the end of the hall to do battle with the castle guardian, a large steam roller robot called Mad Grinder.
Jonny ran to the door with Doc waddling right behind him, Jonny headed in the same direction that Dr. Wily had taken. With any luck he could catch up with him before he could do anything harsh. However Jonny was too late, as he entered the hanger he saw that one of the vehicles was missing, a floating war machine with particle cannons and projectiles similar to circular saws. Reaching the nearest terminal he once again cycled through the cameras until he saw his grandfather battling one of his few real friends.
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Mega man was doing his best to find a weak spot in the armor of this new war machine of Wily's but it seemed hopeless. Even the eye socket windows had an impenetrable coating over the glass windshields of the cockpit. Dr. Wily's main idea of attack was at this point trying to smash the blue robot into the walls of the chamber. Each attack causing the entire fortress to shake, knocking over inactive drones in the main hanger and furniture in the living quarters on the other side of the castle. Outside the birds could hear the sounds of a great struggle and took flight to look for a safer place to roost.
Dr. Wily was beginning to become irritated at Mega man's feats of agility, avoiding his attacks in this cramped room seemed to be too easy. Switching tactics the old man brought his war craft back to the center of the room and opened the mouth of the skull, revealing a large plasma cannon.
Mega had barely enough time to run as a blast of searing energy plowed into the wall, tearing away most of the wall away, revealing pipes and wires beneath the armor tiles. Mega man responded by blasting the larger cannon with his own Buster cannon, yellow plasma shots severed the thick cords connecting the cannon to it's power source, rendering it useless unless it was repaired. However Dr. Wily had neither the tools nor the spare cable inside this Skullker vehicle to make those kind of repairs. He would have to rely on the other weapons he had.
Dr. Wily launched a few saw blades at the blue robot, hoping to sever him in half with a single shot. Mega man's only response was dodging the blades and letting them hit the wall and floor behind him and following up with a volley of plasma shots.
However one of the saws launched ricocheted off the floor and nicked the hard plastic of one of the larger pipes that Wily's plasma cannon had uncovered in the wall. At first only a small stream of water came trickling out of the pipe, but the massive water pressure within the pipe quickly forced the crack to widen until it broke open and shattered spraying water everywhere.
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Jonny tried to find another pipe to route the water through but none of them could hold the sheer volume of water that the main could. In a gesture of defeat Jonny activated the alarm and ordered all the robots to evacuate, they may have been only mindless or semi-intelligent but Jonny had a hand in their creation and felt they could perhaps be turned to a force of good if they had a better master than Dr. Wily. Jonny then ran to the room where Mega man and Wily were fighting, hoping that neither of them had killed or injured the other.
Before reaching the door Jonny's fears of the reactor were confirmed as a series of explosions rocked the fortress, sparking fires and causing sections of hallway to collapse. If there was anything to be said that Jonny gained from all this it was a sense of urgency to flee and a little gratification that the door to the chamber where his grandfather and friend were had been blown clear off. Inside he saw Mega man and the rubble of his grandfather's vehicle.
"Jonny what are you doing here!?" Mega man asked, shocked to see the young man coming through the door.
"No time Rock, we have to get out of here!" Jonny said, "That last attack hit the reactor! This whole place is going to go blow sky high! Where's my grandfather?"
"What are you talking about?" Rock asked, completely lost as to what was happening.
"One of you his the reserve water pipes that cool down the reactor! We only have a matter of minutes before this place and miles around it is going to be reduced to ashes! Hurry and get out of here Rock!"
Out of the rubble of the ruined Skullker crawled Dr. Wily, battered, dirt, and his coat torn in several places but he was clearly alive and kicking. Looking up he saw to his grandson and his hated enemy standing together looking at him with looks of surprise.
"Come on Gramps! We gotta get out of here before the reactor goes!" Jonny pleaded with the old man. Even though he still had not forgiven him for killing those heartless monsters that slew his family so long ago he did not wish for him to die just for the sake of that damned project 0 of his.
Dr. Wily responded to his grandson's concern for him by shoving him away and fleeing further down the hallway and disappearing into the flames.
Mega man tired to make it to Jonny, however the safety override triggered. A failsafe that Dr. Light had installed him long ago when he was first altered into his armored warrior configuration to ensure that if Mega man was ever in mortal danger he would be involuntarily teleported back to Dr. Light's lab. Mega man was instantly engulfed in blue light as he felt himself being whisked away, the last thing he saw of Jonny was him running into the flames after Dr. Wily.
Jonny however lost sight of his grandfather as the ceiling gave way and collapsed in front of him, cutting off his chance of catching up with his grandfather. Jonny attempted to retrace his steps through the smoke but it was just too thick to navigate through. The more he walked the more smoke he inhaled until finally everything went black.
To be continued...