Disclaimer: I only own the characters I've created, therefore I don't own
any of Anthony Bault's characters, nor do I own DBZ, SoA, Ranma ½, Sonic,
Mario, and anyone else you could find hanging around in Mobotropolis!
This is a repost of the story by Link, King of Rogues. The difference this time is that both Link and Deadly Warrior are working on it!
Prologue
It was a dark, stormy night like no other. The residents of Mobotropolis were all in their homes, with the doors locked and their homes silent.
It almost seemed like nobody lived there as the rain poured unusually hard, forcing even those used to that kind of weather to take shelter.
Lightning torn through the dark sky, as if exiting the void itself which was hanging over Mobotropolis.
In a single bed, in a house indistinguishable from the others, a single pink hedgehog jumped up, screaming from her nightmare.
"Amy, what's wrong?" Mary ran in. Amy pointed at the window, "They came through the window, grabbed me and jumped out!"
Mary looked at the window, seeing nothing beyond a single sheet of darkness that covered all, "Amy, it's safe. You can come to my room if you wish,"
She took the little hedgehog's hand, and walked out.
On a tree outside, a dark form lurked under the pouring rain, "Afraid, I see...They should be!"
What seemed like a huge dark blanket surrounded the city from every side, and broke through the walls that guarded it.
Immediately, the sirens sounded throughout the night sky, waking everybody up.
Anthony teleported into the meeting room, arriving at the same time as Mary and Amy.
"Geez, Anthony!" said Sonic, "Wasting no time at all! I have to fear my reputation of being the fastest person to reach my goal!"
"What's going on?" he demanded.
"We're under attack! The radars just noticed them as they were too close to the city!"
"They were using the storm as a cover, whoever they are!"
Sounds of gunshots and inhuman growls were heard outside, then the guards screamed one last time before a sickening rip was heard.
"Good god! What could that be?" Sally shouted.
"Sally, Sonic, everybody...leave!"
"What?"
"It's no time for heroic stands!" shouted Amy, "We don't even know what we're facing!"
The door burst open, and a huge centaur appeared, "All those who stand in my way shall be crushed!"
"Sonic, LEAVE!" shouted Anthony, walking toward the centaur.
"You dare step before me, human! Now, kneel, and I shall spare you!"
Anthony couldn't believe his eyes as several hundred attackers appeared in the corridors, crushing each other and running at him.
Taking his chance, he lifted the centaur and threw it at them, crushing several. He then ran out after the others, only to find that they were surrounded by an incredible number of attackers.
"You will die! All of you!" an attacker shouted and attacked.
Anthony dodged sideways and pilled out his lightsaber, swinging it around on their heads.
The Heroes of Arcadia fought back, starting to beat up their foes by the dozens.
"Guys, they're not strong at all! What causes trouble is their numbers!"
Vegeta shot a large beam of energy which took out at least a couple thousand.
They turned around to find that the Centaur had landed behind them.
"You shall die now!" he said, grabbing Anthony by the throat and lifting him off the ground.
Anthony's face turned red, then blue.
"You're killing him!" shouted Amy, activating her armor and firing a shot at the centaur, making him drop Anthony.
"Little girl, you shall die very, very young!" he shouted, and roared with his legs raised up, then charged forward, right at her.
She looked at him, terrified. Anthony jumped and stuck his lightsaber into the centaur's throat.
The centaur fell down, defeated.
"This city is swarming with them! They've managed to break into everything, even the Royal Palace!" King and Queen Acorn approached with several royal guards armed to the teeth, "You must go!"
"Not without you!" said Sally.
"It's my duty to stay here! You, however, have a good chance by regrouping and coming back here to take this city back!"
Several attackers (with high tech guns) fired in their direction.
"Go, now!" he shouted, but nobody moved.
"I'll follow you!"
T-Bone landed his helicopter in front of them, "Get in, NOW!" he seemed panicked.
Anthony turned around and saw King Acorn's guards falling rapidly by the attackers in close quarters.
"T-Bone, go! Leave!" shouted Anthony, running at King and Queen Acorn.
"Anthony, no!" shouted Amy.
"Shutting the doors! Watch your hands!" said T-Bone, and Amy looked at him angrily.
"Why do we have to leave him here?"
T-Bone took the helicopter to a high altitude, "Those guys...they are death itself..." he said, "I've seen them before."
"What are they?" asked Sally.
"They can only be described as Outcasts," he replied, "They are fueled by great rage. They came out of nowhere, and took over Area 51. Right now, they've got the Portals under their control, and they're moving their great forces from one world to another..."
"Are you suggesting that they're planning a universal invasion?" said Vegeta, laughing.
"That's exactly what I'm saying!" replied T-Bone, "They want to turn the tide, or so they say..."
"Well, they're pretty weak for the biggest part. How did you escape?"
"I was thrown into the portal right before it was sealed shut..."
"WHAT?!"
"I don't know how it happened, but it did..."
"Where are we heading?"
"The Floating Island. Hopefully they wouldn't know it exists, and it would remain that way..."
As they approached the Floating Island, they saw that it had been raided and destroyed, turning it into one big lifeless rock floating in the middle of nowhere.
"How could this have happened?"
At this point, Amy was choking in her tears, "This is just another dream! Please, God!"
"I'm afraid it's not a dream, it's a nightmare," said Sonic, "And it's real!"
Sally shot a glance at him, "Sorry..." he said.
They touched down on the Floating Island, and got off the chopper.
"It's worse than I have thought..." said Mary.
Vegeta touched the ashes, "They used fire to destroy it..."
"I hope Knuckles is okay!" said Chuckles.
Right then, a weak groan of pain came from behind a rock. They ran to it and found Julie-Su, gunshot wounds on her chest.
"Julie-Su! What happened?"
"They came..." she said weakly, "They took the Master Emerald...and Knuckles...tried...stop them...I couldn't..."
"Shh..." said Elias, "You fought well..."
"No! leave me in peace..." she spat, "I want to be alone..."
"I've seen just about enough deaths here today!" said T-Bone, "I have some medical experience! I might be able to help you!"
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Anthony was brought into the interrogation room, where a cloaked figure stood.
"Sit down, Gamemaster!" he said, "Don't be surprised. I know all about you..."
"Who are you?" he said.
"I am just...a normal person. At least I used to be, until I was thrown aside...just like filth, an Outcast!" he said.
"Do you know what it feels like...to be an Outcast? To know that nobody wants you? Nobody loves you? Nobody gives a shit if you live or die?"
Anthony stood up, but was pinned by the Outcast leader, who brought his face close to his, "Trust me, Gamemaster, you don't want to do that..."
Anthony threw himself backwards, flipping the chair over. He got his hands in front of him and punched the leader with his chains, "Trust me, Outcast, the people of Arcadia will never bend to your rule!"
"Is that so?" he said, "Try to leave this room, and billions of Outcasts will spot you, and attack! Even the great Gamemaster wouldn't stand a chance against that large a number!"
The leader walked out, and locked the door.
Anthony tried to communicate with the others, but found that he couldn't.
He heard a laugh from behind the door, "This prison is very complex. It's been designed so that no frequencies may get in or out! Let's see how hard you can try to communicate with your friends!"
Anthony concentrated on the chains binding his hands, trying to break them.
*KLANK!*
The chains broke, and Anthony smiled, "Maybe I can't contact my allies, but who said I have to do so to leave?"
He tore the door down, and ran out.
The Outcasts noticed, aimed their weapons at him, and fired. Before the bullets could hit him, he had teleported away.
"Sir, the Gamemaster has escaped! It's over..."
"It's not over, you fool!" he said, picking him up and tearing him in two with his bare hands, "It has just begun!"
Ooh...nice prologue, isn't it?
Chapter 1 is coming soon...
This is a repost of the story by Link, King of Rogues. The difference this time is that both Link and Deadly Warrior are working on it!
Prologue
It was a dark, stormy night like no other. The residents of Mobotropolis were all in their homes, with the doors locked and their homes silent.
It almost seemed like nobody lived there as the rain poured unusually hard, forcing even those used to that kind of weather to take shelter.
Lightning torn through the dark sky, as if exiting the void itself which was hanging over Mobotropolis.
In a single bed, in a house indistinguishable from the others, a single pink hedgehog jumped up, screaming from her nightmare.
"Amy, what's wrong?" Mary ran in. Amy pointed at the window, "They came through the window, grabbed me and jumped out!"
Mary looked at the window, seeing nothing beyond a single sheet of darkness that covered all, "Amy, it's safe. You can come to my room if you wish,"
She took the little hedgehog's hand, and walked out.
On a tree outside, a dark form lurked under the pouring rain, "Afraid, I see...They should be!"
What seemed like a huge dark blanket surrounded the city from every side, and broke through the walls that guarded it.
Immediately, the sirens sounded throughout the night sky, waking everybody up.
Anthony teleported into the meeting room, arriving at the same time as Mary and Amy.
"Geez, Anthony!" said Sonic, "Wasting no time at all! I have to fear my reputation of being the fastest person to reach my goal!"
"What's going on?" he demanded.
"We're under attack! The radars just noticed them as they were too close to the city!"
"They were using the storm as a cover, whoever they are!"
Sounds of gunshots and inhuman growls were heard outside, then the guards screamed one last time before a sickening rip was heard.
"Good god! What could that be?" Sally shouted.
"Sally, Sonic, everybody...leave!"
"What?"
"It's no time for heroic stands!" shouted Amy, "We don't even know what we're facing!"
The door burst open, and a huge centaur appeared, "All those who stand in my way shall be crushed!"
"Sonic, LEAVE!" shouted Anthony, walking toward the centaur.
"You dare step before me, human! Now, kneel, and I shall spare you!"
Anthony couldn't believe his eyes as several hundred attackers appeared in the corridors, crushing each other and running at him.
Taking his chance, he lifted the centaur and threw it at them, crushing several. He then ran out after the others, only to find that they were surrounded by an incredible number of attackers.
"You will die! All of you!" an attacker shouted and attacked.
Anthony dodged sideways and pilled out his lightsaber, swinging it around on their heads.
The Heroes of Arcadia fought back, starting to beat up their foes by the dozens.
"Guys, they're not strong at all! What causes trouble is their numbers!"
Vegeta shot a large beam of energy which took out at least a couple thousand.
They turned around to find that the Centaur had landed behind them.
"You shall die now!" he said, grabbing Anthony by the throat and lifting him off the ground.
Anthony's face turned red, then blue.
"You're killing him!" shouted Amy, activating her armor and firing a shot at the centaur, making him drop Anthony.
"Little girl, you shall die very, very young!" he shouted, and roared with his legs raised up, then charged forward, right at her.
She looked at him, terrified. Anthony jumped and stuck his lightsaber into the centaur's throat.
The centaur fell down, defeated.
"This city is swarming with them! They've managed to break into everything, even the Royal Palace!" King and Queen Acorn approached with several royal guards armed to the teeth, "You must go!"
"Not without you!" said Sally.
"It's my duty to stay here! You, however, have a good chance by regrouping and coming back here to take this city back!"
Several attackers (with high tech guns) fired in their direction.
"Go, now!" he shouted, but nobody moved.
"I'll follow you!"
T-Bone landed his helicopter in front of them, "Get in, NOW!" he seemed panicked.
Anthony turned around and saw King Acorn's guards falling rapidly by the attackers in close quarters.
"T-Bone, go! Leave!" shouted Anthony, running at King and Queen Acorn.
"Anthony, no!" shouted Amy.
"Shutting the doors! Watch your hands!" said T-Bone, and Amy looked at him angrily.
"Why do we have to leave him here?"
T-Bone took the helicopter to a high altitude, "Those guys...they are death itself..." he said, "I've seen them before."
"What are they?" asked Sally.
"They can only be described as Outcasts," he replied, "They are fueled by great rage. They came out of nowhere, and took over Area 51. Right now, they've got the Portals under their control, and they're moving their great forces from one world to another..."
"Are you suggesting that they're planning a universal invasion?" said Vegeta, laughing.
"That's exactly what I'm saying!" replied T-Bone, "They want to turn the tide, or so they say..."
"Well, they're pretty weak for the biggest part. How did you escape?"
"I was thrown into the portal right before it was sealed shut..."
"WHAT?!"
"I don't know how it happened, but it did..."
"Where are we heading?"
"The Floating Island. Hopefully they wouldn't know it exists, and it would remain that way..."
As they approached the Floating Island, they saw that it had been raided and destroyed, turning it into one big lifeless rock floating in the middle of nowhere.
"How could this have happened?"
At this point, Amy was choking in her tears, "This is just another dream! Please, God!"
"I'm afraid it's not a dream, it's a nightmare," said Sonic, "And it's real!"
Sally shot a glance at him, "Sorry..." he said.
They touched down on the Floating Island, and got off the chopper.
"It's worse than I have thought..." said Mary.
Vegeta touched the ashes, "They used fire to destroy it..."
"I hope Knuckles is okay!" said Chuckles.
Right then, a weak groan of pain came from behind a rock. They ran to it and found Julie-Su, gunshot wounds on her chest.
"Julie-Su! What happened?"
"They came..." she said weakly, "They took the Master Emerald...and Knuckles...tried...stop them...I couldn't..."
"Shh..." said Elias, "You fought well..."
"No! leave me in peace..." she spat, "I want to be alone..."
"I've seen just about enough deaths here today!" said T-Bone, "I have some medical experience! I might be able to help you!"
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Anthony was brought into the interrogation room, where a cloaked figure stood.
"Sit down, Gamemaster!" he said, "Don't be surprised. I know all about you..."
"Who are you?" he said.
"I am just...a normal person. At least I used to be, until I was thrown aside...just like filth, an Outcast!" he said.
"Do you know what it feels like...to be an Outcast? To know that nobody wants you? Nobody loves you? Nobody gives a shit if you live or die?"
Anthony stood up, but was pinned by the Outcast leader, who brought his face close to his, "Trust me, Gamemaster, you don't want to do that..."
Anthony threw himself backwards, flipping the chair over. He got his hands in front of him and punched the leader with his chains, "Trust me, Outcast, the people of Arcadia will never bend to your rule!"
"Is that so?" he said, "Try to leave this room, and billions of Outcasts will spot you, and attack! Even the great Gamemaster wouldn't stand a chance against that large a number!"
The leader walked out, and locked the door.
Anthony tried to communicate with the others, but found that he couldn't.
He heard a laugh from behind the door, "This prison is very complex. It's been designed so that no frequencies may get in or out! Let's see how hard you can try to communicate with your friends!"
Anthony concentrated on the chains binding his hands, trying to break them.
*KLANK!*
The chains broke, and Anthony smiled, "Maybe I can't contact my allies, but who said I have to do so to leave?"
He tore the door down, and ran out.
The Outcasts noticed, aimed their weapons at him, and fired. Before the bullets could hit him, he had teleported away.
"Sir, the Gamemaster has escaped! It's over..."
"It's not over, you fool!" he said, picking him up and tearing him in two with his bare hands, "It has just begun!"
Ooh...nice prologue, isn't it?
Chapter 1 is coming soon...