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Btw, everyone, sorry about Org XIV ^^' I just had other ideas lol, like this one… hope you enjoy it! Excuse the length! I was originally gonna put the entire prologue as a chapter, but after realizing I'd typed over 5 pages of this, I decided to slice it into parts… POV is determined in the () guess what the letters mean :P so here's chapter one of book "zero" of The Tales of Mobius
Book One:
Death of a Legend…
Birth of Another…
Chapter -1: Prologue (part one) (T)
October 11, 2008…
It was the worst day of our lives.
A war had started. Atanasia had risen up against our nation, Talongara. For what reason, we do not know and cannot guess. They won't even tell us why. But what was the worst of it, Eggman was their core weapons provider.
Well, out of all the wars we've had (which was really only two, not including this one) This was the biggest and worst; this was only the first week and over ten-thousand people have died.
Anyway, today was the worst day because of two things: 1) Eggman was ordered to make a Nuclear bomb. And 2… well you'll see. But before we get on to that, guess who'll have to save the world from him yet again…
(3O)
A field near the Atanasian base was filled with dead bodies. Some had freshly died and starving birds were picking at their bodies. In any case, the action had died down and now what was needed to be done can now be done.
There was a soft wind blowing but soon enough, it grew stronger. It blew in the direction towards the base. Now he could get there faster, riding along with the wind. He ran in a zigzag pattern to avoid stepping on any bodies. Ahead was a bumper that was dented and stained with blood from the recent battle 'It'll do…' He jumped onto the bumper and it sent him flying. He landed on the top of a cliff and looked out towards the building in the distance, the Atanasian base. "Looks like it's all up to me to save the world, yet again," he said to him self, but others heard him on the other side of the radio.
"EXCUSE ME!?" said a very angry voice. "THE REST OF US ARE IN THIS TOO, YOU UNGRATEFUL BA—"
"Shut it, Amy."
"Don't tell ME to shut it—OW!" A punch was heard. "DON'T YOU HIT ME, FOX BOY!" Amy yelled. He rolled his eyes. "This is no time to yell," said the fox boy to Amy. "You can talk to your boyfriend later!" He said "boyfriend" with some sort of contempt. "There you go again with the 'boyfriend' thing!" yelled Amy. 'Oh dear, Tails and Amy caught on fire…' he thought with an amount of annoyance. "Why have you been so hostile ever since Sonic and I have started going out!?"
"Well, let's just say I hate seeing you two together!" This offended both him and Amy. "Take that back!!" Amy yelled. "NO!!" yelled Tails. Another punch was heard, but this one was harder. "GUYS!" Sonic yelled out of impatience. "YOU'RE telling ME to shut up, but YOU guys are the ones holding us up!" Silence fell upon them all.
"H-He… he's right…" said Tails. He took the candy bar next to the radio, took a bite out of it, and spoke again; "Do you see us, Sonic?" Sonic looked around. "Yeah," he said after spotting a dark shape in the distance. From where he was standing, the airship almost looked like a huge "X" piercing through the body of the ship, which resembled a sort of twister or tornado. (Guess what this airship is named) Sonic spoke again. "You're about 5 miles from my position, which is about 2 miles or so from the base."
"Only 7 miles from the base?" said Tails, confused. "Surely we've gone into range of their radar…" at this point he was mostly talking to himself. "Why haven't they shot us yet...?" Something suddenly whooshed past the air ship. "Woah! I spoke too soon!" said Tails, surprised. "Amy! Knuckles! Ready your positions and prepare to deploy!" he ordered. Another battle would soon ensue.
(T)
Another battle… dear Argus, when was this going to end!? I couldn't stand taking any more hits like we did earlier last battle; over 1000 of Talongaran and Atanasian soldiers dead… me and the rest of the team are basically the only ones left on this field… We had to be more careful. This was enemy territory. One false move could get one, or all of us, killed! And I don't want anyone here to die! Especially in the midst of war! Especially… oh, wait… sorry. I'm getting off topic…
Anyway, I remember what Sonic told me earlier this morning, "Don't worry, buddy!" he had said. "This war will end soon!" "How!?" I had argued, being pessimistic. "Eggman's created over 100 nuclear bombs, Sonic! That's over 100 tons of unstable Uranium, able to cover over a 200 mile radius! Each!" he smiled his famous overconfident smile. "So?" he said. I hated it when Sonic was overly optimistic… yet, I couldn't help but feel he meant something else… especially with the face he made as he walked out of the room. His eyes turned sad, his mouth pressed into a thin line, his arms sort of trembling but limp, and his ears were—well, they weren't drooping, but they were not at its normal, uh, pointy-ness? Yeah, I'll use that: "pointy-ness". That wasn't the face he usually had before a battle, which was strewn with hatred for Eggman, but this was… a different face. I never thought I'd see Sonic make one as such. It was like he knew he would die today.
Like the face Cosmo had on the morning of that fateful day…
We landed the Tornado-X and carefully opened the wide doors, expecting a few Atanasian soldiers. We all readied our positions; Amy with her famous hammer, Knuckles with his bracers, and me with a… wrench. (Hey, I was still too young to have a gun, okay?) The door opened slowly, but when it finally gave way, we jumped off, and Amy gave a landing swing to the closest enemy, only, there was no enemy to hit. No one was there to be hit. We looked around in confusion, and I saw Sonic run up next to us. "What was that?" he asked, referring to the thing that almost hit the Tornado. "I don't know," I said. "Could've been a missile but—" "Hold on there," said Sonic, "It couldn't have been a missile… There was no trail of smoke." He could've been right; I didn't really see if there was a trail, but in any case, someone was out here and after us. It would be best to just do what we had to do, but we had to be on our toes. After I said the previous sentence which I just said to the others, Sonic said, "Can I grab something to eat, first? I'm parched!" Rolling my eyes at his use of the word, "parch" (which is supposed to be used for drinks not food), I told him "yes", and he went inside, followed by Amy. I looked toward the base and I realized just then that Sonic had brought one survivor with him, and I knew this because the person was lunging at me. She was wearing an Atanasian uniform, and according to Sonic she had been hiding next to a bumper and he found her on the way to the landing airship. Sonic, let alone any of us, didn't kill her nor take her prisoner because she was an old friend.
She tackled me and gave me the tightest hug I've ever had, her robotic left arm making the hug actually hurt. "Tails!" she squealed in her deep southern accent. "It's been so long!" "N-Nice to see you too, B-Bunnie," I gasped. I didn't lie. If Sonic was my brother, then Bunnie was my mother. (Well, using a comparison like that, "sister" would be more appropriate; and Sally would be my "mother", but then again, Sonic had hots for her so… that'd be awkward) Bunnie finally released her death grip just in time for me to breathe, and she put her hands on my shoulders and knelt to my height. Well, sort of. Before, when I was little, she had to kneel on her knees and then some to reach my eye level. Now, she barely had to bend at all.
"My, my, sugah!" she said, slapping my check playfully. (It totally embarrassed me, especially in front of Knuckles, who took childishness as a bad trait) "My have you grown!" To my surprise, Knuckles hadn't laughed yet, and glad for it, but then… "But you're still my sugah-fox-y-Tails-y-poo!" with that, she gave me the "funny kiss"; a kiss on the nose (but something special, meaning that only certain close people could do it correctly, so I guess Sonic would be able to do it but I certainly don't want him to try—wait, I'm getting off topic again) I blushed horribly and Knuckles fell over laughing the loudest I've ever heard him laugh, which wasn't often. As if Knuckles weren't there and I wasn't blushing, Bunnie took her non-robotic hand and… felt my chest with it… I slapped it away. "Bunnie! What are you doing!?" I yelled, blushing yet again. "Sugah-fox, have you been working out!?" Bunnie said with ebullience (extra enthusiasm) and a twinkle in her eye. If this were an anime, my eyes and mouth would be straight horizontal lines and I'd have a sweat drop coming out of my head. She squeezed my arm for a few seconds then looked over my shoulder. "Oh, sorry for embarrassing you, hun," she said with a sincere expression and tone. 'Oh, now she realizes what's going on,' I thought. I turned, and then I saw Sonic and Amy, watching us and standing next to Knuckles's body, almost unconscious for being unable to breathe between laughing. "Especially in front of your girlfriend, the—I mean, your friend, there," she whispered. Who was she talking abo—oh, Amy, I thought. I didn't think Bunnie would know that I liked Am—I mean, that Amy and Sonic were together, since we hadn't seen each other in a long time. Sonic must have blabbed. A moment of silence ensued. I heard a chuckle from Knuckles and he stood up. Knuckles looked where Sonic and Amy were looking. Knuckles's mouth dropped open a bit. Bunnie and I slowly turned…
Bunnie and I realized that they weren't looking at us, but at what was behind us. It was an army of creatures that which we've never seen before (seriously, we see "never-before-seen" things so often it's not shocking anymore). Their brains and intestines were exposed, and everything else was covered in what appeared to be a yellow and black jumpsuit. They each had a single eye that resembled a cross between a cat's eye and a lizard's eye. Some low chattering could be heard from the horde of creatures. I heard Sonic whisper, "What are these things?" "I don't know," I answered. "But if we keep quiet…" I was cut short when on of the things stepped forward and its head separated into about six tentacle-like things covered in teeth. Before I knew it, a puke-like substance was shot at me. I quickly ducked out of reflexes and the stuff hit Knuckles instead. The stream of the puke was so strong it pinned him to the outside of the Tornado-X. The same could be said about the smell. "NO!" I yelled. "NOT ON THE TORNADO!!!" Amy rolled her eyes. Knuckles struggled to get free, but was cut short because the smell was horrible. Unable to hold it back, Knuckles puked. Amy stepped to the side, but it still hit part of her dress. "Eww!" she yelled, gagging. "That's disgus—" She turned and threw up on me. "What the heck, Amy!?" I yelled. She stuck her tongue out. I couldn't tell if it was a mocking gesture or if she was trying to get the taste out of her mouth. In response, Bunnie threw up as well. Soon, it was a cycle resulting in puke all over the place. Two of the creatures looked at each other in confusion. Before it was my turn to puke I said, "I'm gonna go change." And I rushed inside. Everyone was groaning from the fires that were made from the puke, and I heard cries such as "Mommy… I need my mommy…" which I think came from Sonic. Anyway, I quickly threw my clothes and shoes in the hamper and grabbed NiCoLE (Queen Sally's old computer which she lent to me; this was an earlier version of her program) and walked outside. I'd forgotten there was puke until I stepped in it. One of the creatures walked forward for some reason and I puked on him/her/it/whatever.
When I recovered from having my stomach completely depleted of its acid and mucus, I realized that when I had puked on the creature, it fell over, squirming in pain. When it stopped, the only thing left was its jumpsuit. "Hey!" I said smiling. "Maybe these things have a low pH tolerance!" "Oh, screw that!" said Bunnie. I turned, and her left arm had turned into a sword. That was new. "Let's just go for the ol' hack and slash!" "Now you're talking!" said Amy, Piko-Piko Hammer at the ready. I've always wondered where she pulls it out from… (Sonic and Knuckles have had some… "inappropriate" theories…) Then Bunnie and Amy got to work, Sonic following suit soon after wiping the gunk off his shoe. I stood there watching; I didn't know how to fight, ok? The crowd was taken out brutally within minutes. "You haven't lost your touch, Bunnie," said Sonic afterwards. "Thanks, sugah-hog! You didn't do so bad yourself!" she said with a wink. Sonic and Amy were catching up with Bunnie while I was analyzing our mission: stop the nuclear missiles from destroying Station Square.
"NiCoLE," I announced, "Analyze." I pointed to one of the creatures' corpses. NiCoLE then spoke in her monotonic voice, "Analyzing… Sample contains 20% HCl and a significant amount of bile and partly digested food. This substa—" I realized she was talking about the puke, and then I shook her. "Not the puke!" I said. "The… other thing!" I pointed NiCoLE a little closer to the corpse. "Analyzing, Sally…" I slapped my forehead. She always mistook me for Sally…
"Analysis shows the item contains much of HCl as well, and about 76% of the substance is covered with bile and mucus. The other substance covering the specimen is organic; similar to leather, but this is actually attached to the specimen, as if it were skin. Claws are what would be hands on a normal person, but these are made of what appears to be a solid mixture of carbon and iron, or steel."
"DNA analysis?" (The last analysis was a Chemical analysis)
"Analyzing… Results show rapid DNA replication in certain parts of the specimen…" 'Wait, I thought this thing was dead!' I thought when she said that. "Shows no sign of somatic or gamete production…" 'So this thing doesn't grow or reproduce…? Could that whole group have been a bunch of sterile clones?' "Muscles appear to have the same molecular structure as rubber. Analysis suggests that the specimen was created artificially." "Woah, woah, wait a minute!" I said out loud. "How can it be that the DNA can replicate but not have dividing cells? After it died, no less. Even if these were made artificially, things like that wouldn't happen in a living, breathing—" "The DNA is probably inconsistent throughout the specimen." 'What are these things…?'
I looked up and saw the Atanasian base in the distance. The creatures would have to wait. Then I looked back at Bunnie. She was still in her Atanasian uniform. Sure, she was an old friend, but could we trust her? What would we do with her? Bring with us and risk a trap? Or have her stay in the Tornado, filled with Talongaran plans and blueprints? I shook my head at the thought and went back to the group. They stopped talking as I approached. "We have to go," I said. Bunnie started walking. "Just like old times, huh?" she said. It would have been suspicious if she went toward the base, but she didn't; she headed for the Tornado. Sonic, Amy, Knuckles, and I stood there, and from the expressions on their faces, they were thinking my same thoughts. "Knuckles," I said a few moments later, "think you can stay with Bunnie until we—" "Sure thing, bro'," he said. "I'll keep my eye on her." "Just make sure your hands stay off her," Sonic said. Amy and I laughed. Leave it to Sonic to make everything seem better than they actually were. "What, is she yours, Sonic?" Knuckles retorted sarcastically. "I saw the way you looked at her, you pervert," said Sonic.
"Hey! I was not checking her out! I was just amazed that she was roboticized from her left arm all the way down past her waist!"
"What a shame," he said with a shrug. "Now you can't screw her."
"If you don't shut up, I'll screw you up, man!"
"Woah! Not literally I hope!"
More laughter. I looked over and Bunnie was sitting on the edge of the gate we had come out of, laughing her half-robotic gut out. "Ooh! I want in on that action!" she said, playing along. Seeing that this was starting to get a bit inappropriate, I tugged at Amy's shirt. "Amy, I think we should go now," I whispered to her. "Go screw yourself," she said as she waved me off as if dismissing me. She then walked away and joined Sonic in teasing Knuckles. She totally hates me. Whatever. I can do this on my own. I went inside for a moment to get the things I needed to disable the bombs, and left for the base without another word.
Acknowledgements: No Line on the Horizon (formerly Legman124), for inspiring a few ideas for this… you'll see! And also the Tales series (Tales of Symphonia, Abyss, Vesperia, etc.) for inspiring a better name XP
There's a show that inspired the subplot for this as well, but if I told you what it was, that'd reveal a few things and that'd be boring :P
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