Disclaimer: I don't own Sonic the hedgehog and any characters attributed to it are all the property of Sega of America. I do however own the fan characters in this fic that have come to be created under my careful hand, thank you for reading this disclaimer, now on with the fic.
Glossary: Drakehedge – Species of Hedgehog whom descended from a mystical pair of a powerful hedgehog priestess name 'Destine' and a dragon knight named 'Eternion' who fell in love during the mystic war. Their love was taboo and their passions put all into a single evening together; from their copulation on the night of passion, it is said that the entire mystic species had been born of these two.
The Hellion Rider: Rivalry of the Great Powers
Prologue: Side by Side
For as long as the power Chaos has existed on Mobius, there has been its line of supernatural forces to counteract it. There to maintain order and harmony of nature and the scientific growth of the Overlander, hidden in myths and legends that are created to explain the unreadable mystic and powers well beyond any worldly understanding through science. It was through this that the powers of the heavens, earth, and hell have always been free to grow and maintain a match in the infinity circle; Chaos Emeralds and the Master Emerald.
The Chaos…the fourth source of energy known to the Overlander, by itself the very energy of 'chaos' was contained in these simple stones, pure power that could make the elements jealous from where they stood in comparison to it. Amongst the Four pillars of power that exist on Mobius, the supernatural is one of the must underestimated due to the lack of knowledge about it; as its role as the mystic its research by Overlanders are very often left undone. Most forgotten and ignored, it continues to exist with growing weakness due to people's persistent lack of disbelief of the power supernatural. Of the four pillars noted by Overlanders, they list as: Technology, Chaos, Supernatural, and Arcane.
The report submitted to the public for free readers, was scoffed by its most current of readers who tossed the book onto the table with a snort. It was obvious that he didn't believe in the power order that they had dared put it in, Supernatural a third to Technology and the very alien to him; Chaos? Certainly the Overlanders had a thing or three to learn about the order of things.
"Weakness in the worst form, blasted Overlanders really think that Technology is so good? It couldn't stop me even if they wished, if they knew what they faced they wouldn't be so damn cocky. This job isn't as busy as I was looking to have it, blasted demon slave driver gives a lot of work when you don't want it…" the figure continued to utter to himself about how his 'work' wasn't what it was cracked up to be.
His steps took him outside to where his motorcycle had been waiting, a dark silver street chopper with chrome exhaust pipes and golden handle bars; the wheels themselves and the design streaked in hell fire with the color of fluorescent red and orange colored in very realistically. It was a way to get attention in a common place look, one person could say with ease that his ego was large and built on the back of the bulk of abilities under his belt; something that would have made him believe that his job now as a 'Hellion Bounty Hunter' was too boring even for his tastes.
As he mounted the street chopper and turned it on, the engine roared to life in a single twist of the handle; revving the engine a few times to get the handle of his bike's "voice". "Purring like a kitten, let's move out!" his words going unheard under the heavy grind of his bike's engine. If anyone chose to pay attention, they could catch notice that there was no real exhaust from the motorcycle; a nature friend chopper whose abilities were far greater than any piece of Mobian technology would be able to offer. With speed far beyond a mortal's ability to handle, it was simply stuck on his shoulders; boredom was something that he was used to in his life.
Simply days without action that spawned no result, so he would simply ride into the sunset to find a quiet spot. In a place of silence where he could hone his skills and senses on his quest to become the best Hellion he could be, wanting to be the one to prove the power Supernatural could stand higher than any of the other three. He reminisced for a moment while he was riding off, just how the hell he fell into this game; this job and style of life that now sat before him.
(---- Flash Back ----)
"Well I'll be goddamned!" Wushan ended up tumbling back up to his feet, rolling forward again and leaping up into the air; narrowly avoiding one of the 'spine' missiles released from the monster known as Silver Sonic. A well known cohort of Dr. Robotnik's whom had stricken out on his own in the late, until coming into contact with the Evening Dragon a.k.a. Wushan Long, a well known Drakehedge Knight in the resident area; who rose to the occasion to put the mechanical menace down and prevent it from causing any trouble. His titanic strength had been a birth-given right of his; it showed when he'd finally managed to step to Silver Sonic's right side; his foot rising in a clear blur as it struck the side of the armored machine. The blow did shoot the oversized robot to the ground about 10 feet away from his position and while Wushan was disappointed at the dent only left in the wake of his attack; Silver Sonic was stunned after seeing that his heavily armored waist was damaged from a single kick.
"What the hell are you? You aren't mortal to dent me like this, I'm going to destroy you right now and be done with this." Silver Sonic began to speak with a confidence; that Wushan was certain that the robot was bluffing about. He hadn't seen anything impressive that would back the robot's claim.
"We shall see if you are able to satisfy your claim." He said this calmly while he slid his right foot back about one foot and crouched slightly into stance; both palms in dragon style stance, he would test his physical combat prowess against the robot straight out.
Making his move initial and swift, he avoided the spine missiles of Silver Sonic with a simple twist of his body; throwing himself to the floor and taking hold of the rope bind around his waist. Quickly rising from the ground by pushing himself from the ground wit unbelievable strength, he twisted himself in midair and freed himself from the weighted rope; while at the same time kicking the weight hard and sending it straight at Silver Sonic's midsection.
Silver Sonic had seen the weight coming and scoffed it, a mere metal weight like that packing any force? He raised both hands and fired off each finger missile he had to spare, aiming them at the airborne target as the metal weight struck his chest and forced him onto his back; his chest frame now packing a medium sized dent had troubled him to some degree. "What the hell is this hedgehog using? No hedgehog is this strong." His mind was racked with trying to understand what made this hedgehog different from Sonic; aside from the fact that he wasn't faster than sound.
Wushan was glad to see his attack damaged the robot, but the missiles served as a problem; though he proved to be more than a match for the small projectiles that had been aimed for him. He twirled his wrist and shunted the missiles' direction by whipping the rope and the weight violently in a circular pattern; managing to turn the missiles back with strength and mastery of his weapon. He gave a little smirk when the missiles struck the ground and exploded far enough away from him, despite it not being far away it was still enough to satisfy him. "Is that the extent of your power?" his words brought a mechanical sounding growl from the robot.
Silver Sonic had simply lost his need to do anything strategic, he had one target and one goal in mind with his succeeding; that would be strangling the life out of this fool. He didn't care what he was facing anymore quite, his microchips were about shorting with his anger; he paid the Drakehedge a fierce punch across the face , then wrapped his cold mechanical claws around his throat, and began to squeeze harshly at his neck. "Die hedgehog! Just die!"
Wushan had been stunned by the punch and was suddenly finding himself being strangled by Silver Sonic; a move that he'd allowed to happen after the punch, he felt the strength behind the attack and snorted, if this was the result of technology's power, then this would be a simple manner to deal with. His clawed fingertips dug into Silver Sonic's wrist and began to reverse the pressure around his neck, making sure that the robot knew his strength was greater by nature; he began to burrow his claws into the alloy skin of the machination before him.
"How the…what the hell are you doing?! I'm strangling you! I'm killing you!" Silver Sonic was truly shocked, his mechanical voice which should have been devoid of emotion was torn with rage and growing anger; a need to squeeze harder that he found wasn't working for him. His eyes widened, what were his pupils would have been seen shooting open wide as he recorded the damage being done by claws; digging through the armor plating that served as his skin.
"I'm showing you this once now where you stand, where you stood against me from the start will be made noticed in a minute. You stand no where but as a victim, you aren't my match and were only a stepping stone in a challenge event. Be destroyed and be proud to know that I destroyed you." He said it very simply while twisting the wrists backwards and upside down, ensuring that the bend wouldn't be returning to normal in this battle; once he was done with the wrists he shot his claw through the robot's chest and ignited a powerful combustion burst from his palms. This move shooting the robot into fragments of it, each of which bounced off of the drakehedge's fur without any trouble more or less.
While he gave a yawn and stretched out, seemingly through with the battle; his ears perked up at some sound of applause that he hadn't noticed until a short minute ago. "Who's there?" a straight forward question to ask for anyone.
"Someone who can give you that wish inside of you, the wish I read from your mind. You want to prove something to this world…its almost deathly important to you." The professionally dressed female hedgehog said with a smile suited for a Customer Service representative.
"I want to prove something…you're right that I do, but how-" cut off before he could finish.
"We have our ways of finding out when someone has a wish that reaches across the mortal plane of existence; we've decided to choose you as a representative for our firm. We are a supernatural firm who wants everyone to know that we are the best; that there is nothing stronger than our kind on the market." She stated the line so bluntly and to the point, Wushan didn't seem to question it for a minute.
"Where do I sign up with your people? I'll be the Drakehedge to prove to the world of Mobius just where the hell we stand, no one is stronger than a Supernatural; if that is the matter of pride that we can't hold above our heads, then it's a title to be won over to our side." He stated it downright bluntly, with arrogance that was befit his family and would have made his father proud.
"Ah…you've just made my day, won't you come with me? We'll get you signed up at our main office, right this way." She said this, waving her fingers and forming a portal tear that formed a nice silver and bronze glitter curtain. She stepped through first and left it open for Wushan to follow; she grinned to herself knowing that it was almost too easy to play off a fool's pride.
The rest seems to be standing history, as to that day of Wushan's foolishness leading him into the job force that he assumed would at least be exciting and would sate his honor; he found it dull and boring without a decent challenge. "Damn Hariene, she enjoys her job too damn much…" he uttered as he turned another effortless corner; awaiting his newest assignment to come to him.
(End chapter)
Well what do you think? A Hellion Rider, who does a job for the betterment of living; also lives to prove that Supernatural forces are the best? Can it be done is the question, especially with the power of Chaos standing on that list; we'll explore that front as the chapters go on. Well until then enjoy.
-Quentix
