Author's Notes:
OMFG! It's finally here, after a couple months of waiting the amazing sequel to Starting All Over! I have been waiting for the right moment of inspiration to continue this series, and when my dad told me he would take the to the comic shop to get the compete Sonic Encyclopedia; I guess it came, along with some further inspiration for the trilogy and the ending to my first sonic story series. Well, here you have it…
It has been a while since the group has arrived back at Angel Island. Well, the group minus Espio that is. Espio is currently at home, living with his clan, slowly trying to regain his memory which he had lost in a fight against Eggman, well more so parts of the Dark Legion working alongside with Eggman, but at this point in time that is not important.
"I miss Espio…it's so noisy here without him." Charmy whines, much to the annoyance of Vector who was trying to simply listen to music and relax, for once in a while. However, Vector's annoyed groan goes completely ignored as both Knuckles and Mighty jump up and try to help Charmy calm down, however, their efforts are proven futile, because they all know that Charmy responds best to Espio.
"I'm sorry Charmy, but Espio is gone and is getting help." Knuckles replies to the sniggering of Mighty who obviously took that the inappropriate way.
"Shut up Mighty." Knuckles says rather harshly. Mighty's face immediately pales before going straight again, and Ray who had been sitting silently on his lap giggles softly.
"Well, there's nothing to do, so I'm going to go tour the island." Vector says, getting up from his seat and making his way to the door. Knuckles sighs, but doesn't say anything else, instead he just nods to his friend and looks back to Charmy who is sitting on the couch disheartened.
"He'll be back soon." Saffron says her arms wrapped tightly around her fiancé. Charmy nods, though anyone can tell that the nod is only half-hearted and that Charmy has decided to stop talking and listening altogether.
The silence in the room slowly grew heavier and denser, up to the point in which it was suffocating and people were hurrying to escape the room. The first to leave was Mighty, quickly followed by Ray who was simply flying behind him. After a couple of moments, Knuckles and Julie-Su walk out of the room as casually as they can, simply leaving Charmy and Saffron in the room, Charmy still moping over the loss of his "older brother" and Saffron trying to cheer him up, not noticing the fact that she was being blatantly ignored.
A sudden scream jumps the two out of their stupor, and both quickly buzz out of the room to see the entire Chaotix, without Espio, being held hostage by the Destructix, a cruel smile on Lightning's face as he stood at the head of the group.
"I'm looking for a friend, do you think you can find him, he doesn't seem to be here right now." Lightning says, his smile harsher than before.
A small gasp escapes Charmy's mouth as he surveys his closest friends, taking in how each and every one of them is being restrained in some way, shape, or form.
"We aren't telling you where Espio is." Knuckles says through gritted teeth having a mild understanding of what the clan wars is about, and how it works.
"Oh, I already know he's with the Shinobi Clan, I just need to know where in the mountains they are located." Lightning sneers, a wicked smile placed on his face.
"We don't know. We had to wear blindfolds going there and back." Mighty admits, but then smiles when he realizes that he has just slowed down the Destructix.
"Well then, I guess we'll just have to keep you for a while won't we? I mean, certainly by keeping a hold on his little cronies we can draw the boy out of hiding." Lightning says before simply waving his arm.
"We shall be taking them, just bound and gag them, we'll get our pay." The lynx continues turning on his heel and motioning for the rest of the Destructix to follow.
The group sends questioning glances before simultaneously nodding that they should follow the lynx for the time being. So, the two bees along with the rest of the Chaotix is bound and gagged and thrown lazily onto a small plane like flying device, the group then clambers onto the little ship, Scourge and Fiona taking the pilots seats.
"Why are we listening to him and this old bat?" Fiona asks, once the two are out of earshot.
Scourge smirks wickedly, a plan already forming in the back of his mind. "Well, if we do what this old bat says, for nothing in return, then she owes us."
Fiona lets out a cold laugh, "And what makes you think she will keep up her end of the bargain?" The fox asks a look of utter disgust on her face.
Scourge continues smirking, already understanding how people in the Dragon Kingdom work. "Well, if we get her word of honor, then she'll have to repay us. And either way, this is Sonic's main back up team, and your biggest threat, with them out of the way, Angel Island is open and the Master Emerald is free for the taking."
Fiona's mouth twitches upward in a wicked smiling, understanding just how much they are doing by simply ridding Angel Island of their enemies.
The Destructix finally landing in the Dragon Kingdom quickly remove their still seething captives and take them into the large building that is the home to the Raiju Clan. The group drags their prisoners inside as Lightning goes through all of the formal stuff with The Bride of Conquering Storm.
The Destructix stood cockily in the middle of the building, looking around at the training ninjas as if they were the ones in charge and not the bride.
After a moment of standing though, the group is met by the Bride herself, who looks at them with disgust evident on her face.
"Where is…the chameleon?" She asks, looking at a nervous looking Lightning. Lightning takes a step backward, his eyes wide with fear at what his Bride might do to him for failing his mission.
"He-he wasn't there. Yo-you see, he's at home…with the rest of the Shinobi." Lightning says, looking away.
Storm looks back at the prisoners and sighs. "Then these are his closest friends. Fine, I guess they will have to do, won't they. Gordon –Lightning growls – take them down to the dungeons." Gordon drops down from above and lands perfectly behind Fiona. He swiftly moves the Destructix out of the way and simply grabs the Chaotix, puts an energy bond to bind their hands together and simply drags them forward.
As soon as the chameleon leaves Conquering Storm looks back to the group who helped her acquire more prisoners. "So, how do you want your payment? Of course, it might have to be lowered for not actually getting the Shinobi Clan spy; however, I am sure we will be able to negotiate a deal."
Scourge scoffs, "What do you mean our payment will be lowered? We had to steal them and drag them over hear, and we had to listen to Lightning, like hell we better be paid properly for our works."
Conquering Storm laughs, much to the dismay of Scourge. "What the hell are you laughing at woman?!" Scourge yells through gritted teeth, Fiona moving slightly behind him, either to suppress him, or whisper words of encouragement to fuel him onwards.
"You listened to him, that pathetic form of a being." Storm says, speaking as though Lightning weren't listening to the conversation at all, and he wasn't slowly becoming depressed upon hearing his uselessness. "Well, why should I pay you for your own stupidity?" Storm asks, not even paying attention to any of the others.
"Well… you know what woman, I like your way of thinking. Call me, we should work together sometime." Scourge says an evil smile on his face.
"Well, that will come sooner then you expect." Storm says another smile still on her face. "I could use your help obliterating a few…enemies." Storm continues before walking away.
"Gordon, go fetch them their rings." Storm commands, making her way back to her form of a throne.
Gordon quickly reappears, once again out of nowhere and hands a pile of rings to Scourge. He then bows and quickly disappears. Scourge smirks before turning and making his way towards the exit, the rest of the Destructix following.
"Phase one, complete."
The moment that Knuckles and the Chaotix were chained to the wall everyone started pulling at their restraints, not surprised when the ones on Mighty, Vector, and Knuckles restraints came loose easily.
Mighty and Vector immediately move to loosen the restraints on the other members of the Chaotix, however, Knuckles notices a silhouette of something off on the other side of the cell. The echidna moves slowly making his way over to the lump, hearing the harsh breathing from the lump over in the corner.
As he makes his way over, the shadows start clearing away from his line of vision, allowing him to see a pink, red, black, and blue lump that looked somewhat familiar. Moving slowly he finally makes is way to the immobile body and gently the body, just a tad so that the face becomes visible.
A loud gasp escapes his lips as he sees the gruesome face of…
"Liza…"
Author's Notes:
Here it is. The beginning of the second part of the three part trilogy has begun. Next chapter we visit Espio, and we learn what is home to our favorite chameleon. We also now learn who works for who and what is going on.
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