Okay, I've got a legit reason for this new story too; I was inspired by LadyofScarletto's Chaotix complexities: Sneerfield Mansion. I sent her the jist of my idea and she sent back this epic intro for it, a lot of which you'll see here, and generally inspired me again to expand on it. I had planned to get farther into the second chapter before I posted this, but since I already posted Puppet Master tonight, I figured there was no harm in uploading it.
Copyrights tiem! Espio the Chameleon, Vector the Crocodile, Charmy Bee and other characters you recgonize from SEGA games (C) SEGA; Kaity the Chameleon, Fear the Cat and Malice the Rabbit (C)-moi =3
Chapter 1: The Portal
The cold, red eyes of the silent being flashed in front of the quartet. All of them were silent; not one made a move to attack or show any signs of an argument. The room was sparcely lit, so little detail of the room they stood in could be made out. All the mobians and emobian could see were each other standing under the dim lights.
"You wanted us?" The chameleon, known as Espio, growled warningly. Charmy, close to the chameleon's side, beat his wings to hold him in place preparing to sting if given the chance.
"If I am not mistaken," the navy blue male feline purred in a dark tone, "you received a case from the famous Blue Twilight."
"That's right," Kaity scowled, tensing her muscles in case a fight were to follow. "How'd it bring us here?"
The cat chuckled and slowly shifted in size and form. When he was through, in his place stood a familiar, colbat-colored hedge girl dressed in pop-star attire. "Oh, just bad timing, I guess." the emobian cackled, his voice mimicking that on their friend, Cloud.
"All a set up." Vector huffed, "I should've known something was up."
"Yes," Fear smirked, taking his natural form again, "You should have. Detective."
"So, what's the scheme behind all this?" Espio demanded.
"Well, I've taken a partner, you see," Fear said with a slight smirk, "I'm pretty sure know him; Malice."
"Malice?" Vector mumbled, and shared a look with Espio. "Isn't that-"
"One of the greatest villians of all time?" The four detectives watched as a familiar black and red rabbit, sporting a black fedora, trench coat that hung down to his ankles, and his usual black and red boots, walk next to Fear.
"Yes. The same." Fear replied, not at the moment saying Malice was no where near the greatest villian, let along one of them. "Him and I have decided to send you all on a trip."
Espio tensed, his golden eyes flashing around to look for an exit; none. "What exactly did you have in mind?" He already knew the answer would be bad.
"A trip to what I call the Horrorverse." Fear answered.
"A one way trip." Malice added with a dark smile. the male rabbit snapped his fingers and a large portal opened; to the untrained eye, it seemed as though Malice, a mortal, had summoned it simply by a snap of his fingers. But to Vector's keen eye, the trick was pulled through two small squares, about the size and likeness of computer chips, attached to the thumb and middle finger of villian's black glove. The portal, a swirling vortex of sickening red and horrified screams, pulled the Chaotix and Kaity toward it.
Being in the air, Charmy was the easiest to nudge in the right (Or perhaps wrong) direction. "Vectooooooooooor!" the bee cried out, flailing his arms as if it would save him.
"Got'cha, Charmy!" Vector answered, pulling the six-year-old closer to him with one massive arm. "Hold on tight, you two." Vector said, looking back at Espio and Kaity, both of which were crouched low to the ground with one leg under them and other out at its full length. "This things pretty strong."
"No kiddin'." Kaity grunted, putting her hands out in front of her as the force of the portal began pulling her.
Espio, dispite their efforts, felt his feet slowly and unwillingly inching closer and closer to the portal, "We can only keep this up for so long, Vector." He reported, "We need an actual plan to get out."
"If we could move, we could probably-" A shocked yell suddenly interrupted, followed by Kaity crashing into Espio. Both chameleons lost their footing after and were sent crashing into Vector. The combined weight drove Vector off his feet, leaving the four at the mercy of the portal's suction.
OoOoO
Fear grinned, watching the four crash into one another and fall through the portal. "I should have done this much earlier." he leered. The cat frowned, suddenly feeling the suction of the portal himself. "Perhaps we should shut it down now." He said in an even tone.
Malice, still grinning from the show, snapped his fingers as he had before. The portal didn't stop. The male rabbit took on an irritated look and snapped again; Still nothing. "What the...?" snap. snap. snap. "It's not working..."
"Yes, I can see that. Why isn't it working?" Fear had taken a fighting stance to hold his balance.
"Hell if I know." Malice responded, reaching wildly for his fedora as it sailed toward the portal. The rabbit took hold of Fear's wrist, positioning himself to withstand the force himself.
"You made it. How can you not understand?" Fear demanded with a growl, feeling his feet starting to slip. There was nothing immeditally near to hold onto.
"Just because I built it, doesn't mean I understand it competely." Malice hissed back.
Fear scoffed, "Some scientist you are."
"Hey! There are plenty of people who wouldn't even understand-chair!"
Fear's ears lowered in confusion."Wouldn't understand chair...?" For a moment, the emobian seemed confused. It made sense when the cat felt a wooden object smack his back and send him tumbling forward, throwing him and his partner to the portal. He looked back to see what had hit him; a chair.
snapsnapsnapsnap!
The black and red rabbit went through first; cursing everything he could think of on the way. as Fear was pulled through the vortex, a sudden, heavy feeling dropped on him. He didn't have time to figure out what it was before the world went black.
I think I'll be messing with Fear and Malice as characters in this story w They sort of need it anyway...they're a bit too flat for my taste.