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 24

Jonny owed Treble a debt he knew he'd never be able to repay as they flew over astonished farmers in their fields. Without the wolf he would no doubt be on his way to a jail cell after a quick and uncaring trial. But where to go now? Jonny sighed as he stood on Treble's back with a frightened Metool under his arm. Jonny knew that Dr. Wily had one other contingency plan left just in case he was captured. Another Fortress that was being built by drones on a small island in the Pacific Ocean that was currently unknown to anyone but Jonny and Dr. Wily. However Jonny felt it would be a good idea to sneak into Mega city and check on his foster family.

"Treble, let's go visit Dr. Light in Mega city." Jonny said politely to his friend and mode of transportation.

Treble let out a canine sigh and changed course to in the direction North America. He only wished he had a master that didn't make dangerous decisions like this. After all he didn't like that red mutt Mega man had.

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Roll was preparing supper for Dr. Light, cooking was something that seemed to help her think. The smell of tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches filled the room and would've made her hungry if it was possible for her to feel that way. Roll spooned a small bowl of the thin red soup and cut the sandwiches in half. Placing them together on a tray with a glass of iced tea she carried them into the lab where her father was busy designing plans for a new construction robot.

"How are things Doctor?" Rolled asked politely, hoping she wasn't disturbing the kindly old man.

Dr. Light put down his pencil and inhaled the scent of Roll's cooking. It was one of the simple comforts he had come to appreciate in this line of work. He looked over at Roll and patted her on the head as he gave her a thankful smile. "Things are going well, thank you so much for going through the trouble of cooking for me again."

"It was no trouble Dr. Light." Roll's fears of disturbing Dr. Light disappeared with the sight of her father's warm smile. Roll looked over at the designs Dr. Light was creating and blinked. "Are you sure that's going to be a big enough processor doctor?"

Dr. Light blinked and looked at his plans. "I think it will suffice, but this is going to test out a new kind of micro processor I have invented. If it functions as well as I hope it might mean a vast upgrade for all robots."

Roll smiled, she could go for a upgrade like Rock did when he was transformed into Mega man. Although it's not like she wanted to go into battle like her brother, she just felt like she wanted to become more. Her brother was once just Dr. Light's assistant and after his transformation he grew so much, that's what Roll wanted. Roll wanted to know if she could someday grow into something more like Rock did.

"Where's your brother Roll?" Dr. Light asked as he tasted a spoonful of his soup, however it was still too hot to eat.

"Last I saw him he was outside playing with Rush." Roll said. "Did you want him for something?"

"No, I was just curious." Dr. Light shook his head and turned his attention to his sandwich. "Did he tell you that he saw young Jonathan at Dr. Wily's castle?"

Roll blinked, she hadn't heard anything about him in a long time. "No, Mega didn't tell me anything. He said he was feeling kinda blue so he thought he'd play with Rush."

"Well as long as Mega man trying to cheer up I guess that's the best thing to do right now." Dr. Light said, he didn't want to tell her that Jonny might've died in the explosion that destroyed Wily's fortress. He was very sure that if told Roll that she would have a nervous breakdown. Roll had a too kind of a heart to take news like that.

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Outside Mega man was taking a break from things, even going so far as removing his blue armor. With the exception of his buster cannon and his armored shins and feet of course, since these armored parts are integrated into his body. Mega man was wearing a pair of blue shorts and a grey T shirt. Rush was sitting in front of him wagging his tail with a small red rubber ball in his mouth. Mega man and Rush had been playing for about half an hour now and he was starting to feel better now that his mind was only focused on tossing a ball for Rush to catch.

Mega man took the ball from Rush and tossed it into his Buster Cannon. "Okay Rush, try this!"

Mega willed his Buster Cannon to fire at the lowest setting, launching the ball high into the air. Rush converted to his jet mode and flew in to catch the ball, eager to meet this new challenge in this game. That was until a certain purple wolf showed him up by blasting past him and catching it in his teeth, then turned to face Rush with a smug look on his canine face. Rush growled at Treble, half because of their mutual dislike of each other due to their history and half because Treble had had the gall to show him up like that.

"Treble!? Does that mean Bass is here somewhere?" Mega man felt a slight twinge of panic, being in a possible battle situation and being without his protective armor.

Treble looked at Rush with a superior smirk before doing a back flip and launching the ball, hitting Rush square in the forehead. Rush yelped in surprise of being hit like that and looked back at where the Wolf had been, only to see that Treble was descending to the ground in front of Mega man. Rush sparred nothing in getting there first and protectively growled at the wolf. Treble wanted to teach this red mutt a lesson but heeded the whistle of his new master and ran over to someone coming through the hedge that surrounded Dr. Light's property line.

"Treble's a handful ain't he?" Jonny said, brushing the stray leaves and twigs that still clung to his lab coat. A small Metool waddled up to Jonny until it was standing next to Jonny's shoes, upon seeing Rush it dove underneath its protective helmet. "Doc here on the other hand is easy to deal with."

Mega man was greatly relieved to see that Jonny had survived the explosion and would've given him a hug if not for an irritable purple wolf giving him a nasty look.

"How did you survive?" Rock asked, "Last I saw you had taken off after Dr. Wily."

"I didn't find the old guy and I think I blacked out thanks to all the smoke." Jonny knelt down and patted Treble on the head, unintentionally making Rush more than a little jealous. "If it wasn't for Treble I'm sure I'd be dead now."

"What about Bass? Did he send Treble to help you?" Rock asked, still curious why Treble was here alone. To his knowledge the wolf and Bass were a package deal, you never saw one without the other.

Treble snarled at the sound of Bass's name, obviously not happy with the topic.

"Bass showed up one day and had some words with the old man." Jonny said plainly, not really sounding one way or another about either bass or Dr. Wily. "Bass made a crack about not needing anyone's help, Gramps yelled back that he had always needed Treble's help. After that Bass had a tissy fit and took off without Treble. Ever since then I've been Treble's friend."

Treble smirked, he was enjoying the jealous look he was getting from Rush. Treble had never liked Rush since they had first met and still didn't like Rush in the slightest way. Treble knew he had an ally that Rush wanted and silently swore he'd keep the human safe just to make Rush all the more jealous.

Rock scratched his head, trying to think about what to ask next. "So... Did you be come back to stay here with us Jonny?"

"No, I'm sure they're tracking me after they saw me at what's left of the old man's base of operations." Jonny said, shaking his head. "I don't want to get you involved in all that."

"Who's tracking you?" Rock asked bluntly.

Jonny sighed, hoping that Rock wouldn't blow this out of proportions. Today had been rough enough. "UN soldiers tried to capture because they thought I was one of Dr. Wily's supporters, but Doc, this Metool here and Treble helped me escape."

Rock was struck but this shocking news, this meant that Jonny was now an international suspect connected to Dr. Wily. "Well, I'm sure Dr. Light could try to get you out of this. I'm sure-"

"I'm sure he could help me but I don't want to bring that kind of trouble here." Jonny interrupted, waving his hands in a dismissive manner. "I have plans already. Gramps had another base in the Pacific Ocean, I'll be heading there to figure out what to do next."

Rock said nothing, not knowing words to say to his friend in a situation like this. He just walked over and gave Jonny a hug. "Okay, just be careful with whatever you decide."

Jonny smiled and hugged Rock back. "Don't worry, I'm not crazy like the old man."

Rock watched as Jonny picked up the Metool and stepped onto Treble's back. With one final wave goodbye the three of them jetted upwards then off into the west.

"Is someone out here Rock?" Roll asked as she stuck her head out of the front door.

Rock sighed tiredly as he hoped his sister would take what he told her in good humor otherwise Roll might threaten to weld him to the floor in his sleep again.

To be continued...