If you've read Sonic Rush: New Version, you may remember me mentioning another story called The Legend of Tobias Novak. Well, here it is.
For those of you who don't know, Tobias is Armand's father. He died at the end of a battle with Eggman Nega, and Armand took up the laser watch, scanner, and communicator with radar. See how the true story goes.
This story takes place between the Splash Canyon Race and the Red Canyon Survival Race...
Disclaimer: All OCs belong to their owners. You'll know who they are.
Chapter 1: The Story Begins.
Everyone was on Jet's airship. The racers had gotten on a short while after Jet's date with Wave. They needed some way to pass the time until the Red Canyon Survival Race. Emily had an idea.
"Hey, everyone. I know." Emily spoke up. "Armand, why don't you tell us about your father?"
This caught Armand's attention.
"Well, I don't really like talking about that, but since we have nothing else to do, I suppose." Armand said nervously.
Zeus, Mintra, and Hurricane heard what Armand said. They were among those that were allowed on the ship besides the racers.
"Wait. Are you sure you want to talk about that?" Zeus asked.
"I'm sure. After all, a lot of you don't know the story. Zeus, Mintra, Hurricane, you all remember, right?"
"Of course. It's one of the events that stick out of our minds." Mintra told him.
"Well, here it goes." Armand said. "My father told me about what all went on since his marriage to my mother, Alicia…"
About 19 years ago…
There was a wedding taking place in Station Square's Great Chapel. It was the biggest church the city had in that time. Inside, a purple tiger and a yellow leopard were at the altar. The one performing the marriage was 34-year old Mayor Jack, Draco's father. He was just about to wrap up the marriage. The purple tiger was Tobias Novak (19). The orange leopard was Alicia Cyan (17). Some of the attendees were Zeus the Hedgehog (15), Mintra the Rabbit (16), Hurricane the Echidna (15), Accel the Hawk (33), Mech the Swallow (34), and James the Cheetah (a 16-year old cheetah who would eventually become Emily's father). Tobias's best friends were there too. Thomas the Fox (a 20-year old fox who would become Basil's father), and Jason the Boar (a 19-year old boar who would become Axel's father). Sitting beside Jason was his wife, Sophia. She looked to be about 1 month pregnant. Up at the altar, Mayor Jack was wrapping up the marriage.
"By the power invested in me, I hereby pronounce you two husband and wife from this day on." Jack concluded.
Tobias and Alicia shared a kiss as everyone cheered.
"We're together at last." Tobias said to Alicia.
"Yes. I love you, Tobias."
"I love you, Alicia."
They headed into the next room, where a party was about to start to congratulate Tobias and Alicia.
The proposal, 3 weeks from that day, at Emerald Coast.
Tobias and Alicia were standing on the beachhead, watching the sunset. Alicia was wearing a black tank top, white shorts, black sandals, and a clear visor. Tobias was wearing a red polo shirt, black shorts, and white shoes. Standing about 20 meters from their position, Zeus, Mintra, Hurricane, Accel, Mech, James, Thomas, and Jason were behind them. They knew what was coming. Tobias and Alicia turned towards each other.
"Isn't this nice, Tobias?" Alicia asked.
"Yes. It is. By the way, I want to ask you something." Tobias answered.
He got down on one knee and pulled out a small black box. The others smiled when that happened.
"Alicia Cyan, will…you marry me?" Tobias popped the question.
Alicia was taken aback in shock. Her longtime love had proposed to her. She kneeled down and embraced him.
"Of course I will." Alicia accepted.
The others started congratulating them.
Back to the wedding party…
Tobias was talking with Zeus, Mintra, Hurricane, and Jason.
"I'm glad you're happy, Tobias." Jason said.
"Thanks, Jason. How's Sophia doing?"
"She's doing well. She's only one month pregnant and we've already thought of a name." Jason told them.
"And what might that be?" Hurricane asked.
"How does Axel sound? We already found out it's going to be a boy."
"Sounds perfect to me." Zeus said.
Across the room, Alicia was talking with James, Sophia, Accel, and Mech.
"I'm so glad you got married. He really seems to match up with you." Accel told Alicia.
"It's hard to believe. I just hope nothing ruins this." Alicia hoped. Then she turned to Accel and Mech. "So, do you two have girlfriends yet."
"Not me." Accel said.
"Well, I have been thinking of a girl I met long ago. She's a swallow named Maya. Man, I've had the longest crush on her." Mech told them.
"I don't blame you for that. Nearly every bird in the city falls over just hearing that name." James said.
At that moment, Accel fell over. He got back up.
"Like that?" Accel asked.
"Uh-huh. Just like that." James answered.
"Is that so?" Sophia asked.
"It's true. About a year ago, I was talking to Maelstrom the Albatross when Maya walked by, and Maelstrom just stood there, staring at her. It took me 30 minutes to snap him out of it." James told them.
"Wait a minute. Maelstrom? Who's that?" Accel asked.
"He's a gray albatross that absolutely loves to eat. It's his favorite thing to do other than go racing on his hoverboard, the Thunder Bolt. He's been dead for a year, now. His brother, Thunder (credit goes to Kiba for the name, though I own the character himself), is still missing to this day. I just hope Thunder's wife, Sylvia, is still alive."
"When did Thunder go missing?" Sophia asked.
"About five weeks ago. He was abducted by some unknown cult known as the Rogue Riders, our rivals. We knew Thunder for a long while. Mech and I were good friends with him since childhood." Accel told them.
"I'm sorry to hear that." Alicia said.
Just then, one of the Rogue Riders, a 21-year old cardinal named Redd, rode by.
"Well, if it isn't Accel and Mech. How long has it been?" Redd asked in a taunting voice.
"Redd. You scumbag!" Accel quickly tackled Redd to the ground. "Where did you take Thunder? Tell us, NOW!"
"Like I'd tell you. Get them, boys!"
Just then, the other four Rogue Riders appeared. They were Cyrax the Falcon, Donald the Vulture, Flash the Buzzard, and Tyson the Heron. They were all only 20 years old and black colored, but they had a criminal streak that was about the length of Station Square.
Cyrax attacked first. He threw a punch at Accel, who dodged, flipped off of Redd, and countered with a kick. Cyrax was hit in the head, and Accel had some force in that kick, so Cyrax was knocked out. Donald was the next one to fight. He headed straight towards Mech, but his attack was off balance, and Mech just tripped him. Donald went flying towards James, who just held out his fist. Donald was sent head-first into the fist, and was knocked out. Flash then attacked. Instead of going after Accel or Mech, he headed towards Sophia. He saw that she was pregnant, and decided to cause misery.
"I see someone who's planning to have a kid. Allow me to ruin it." Flash said as he sped towards Sophia.
"DON'T YOU DARE HURT HER OR MY KID!"
Jason came out of nowhere and socked Flash in the jaw. The force knocked Flash out. The only one left besides Redd was Tyson, who headed towards Alicia. He grabbed her by the throat and started to choke her.
"How about I kill the bride?" Tyson suggested.
"LET HER GO!"
Tobias then grabbed Tyson's free hand and twisted it. Tyson was forced to let go of Alicia and turn to avoid having it broken. Tobias then delivered a hard kick to Tyson's stomach, knocking him out. Redd was the only one left, and he couldn't take on all of them.
"Damn you all. I will return!" Redd said, and left, but not before revealing a piece of information that would leave Accel and Mech wanting to kill him.
"Oh yeah. About Thunder, we killed him last week."
"YOU WHAT!?" Mech yelled.
Redd then left without a word.
"Damn him. Why did he have to kill Thunder? WHY!?" Accel wondered.
"It's okay. I'm sure you'll get your revenge." Tobias tried to calm him down.
A few minutes later, Accel and Mech had calmed down. The party resumed.
About 2 years later…
Tobias was rushing Alicia to the hospital. She was about to have her baby. Tobias had to get her there quickly. Their friends had done the job of clearing the way for them.
"Hurry, Tobias. I don't know how long I can keep this up."
"I'm trying, Alicia. Just hang in there."
They reached the hospital quickly. It didn't take long for them to get Alicia into an emergency room.
Some time later (I'm not going through what all happened), the baby tiger was in Alicia's arms. Tobias looked at the baby.
"I knew it. It's a boy." Alicia said proudly.
"What should we name him?" Tobias asked.
"I don't know. Do you have a name?"
"How about…Armand?"
"That works perfectly. Armand Novak. It's perfect."
And so Armand was born. About a year earlier, Sophia had given birth to Axel, who was now about a year old. What would the future have in store for them?
End of Chapter 1.
And that's how the story begins. The next chapter will tell how Tobias became such a hero. Oh yeah, as each chapter begins, there will be a return to present day where the others will give their word about Armand's story up to the point he stops at each chapter. That's why there was nothing like that at the end of this chapter.
This story will continue. Expect the next chapter for this story within 4 days. I'll alternate between this and Sonic Riders: Ultimate Tournament in the days to come. However, I plan on finishing this story before the tournament story. I'm not canceling it, no matter how lame it gets (I doubt it will, though).
With that, I only have one thing to say, and I really don't need to say it.
Read and Review.
