Okay, new story. I don't own anything accept My OC and anything else I made. Big thanks to Zoran Prower for going over it and making suggestions and Silver Candy 101 for giving me confidence to post this.
I hope you all enjoy and review please~
Edit: Trying out something new.
Mission- Observe and Report
Location: North side of Central City
Time: 1430 hours (2:30 pm)
Date: May 6
A young echidna ran through the post-apocalyptic city. They leapt from the mosses coated street to a large rusted M1 Abrams tank; they stopped on top of the M1 looking about cautiously. "Gerald, locate G.U.N base fifty-nine." Their soft voice said into a tarnished silver bracelet. The sounds of gears whirring inside the bracelet made relief flood over them. The echidna leapt off the tank, a low pitch scream that reminded the echidna of a dying man's scream, filled the stale air. The sound of flapping wings made the echidna shudder.
"G.U.N base fifty-nine, northeast of current location." The sound of the computerized voice pulled the echidna out of their thoughts. A fuzzy 3-D map appeared in front of them. Gloved hands brushed stray white hair from their line of vision. Nodding their head, creamy orange-peach spines bouncing along with the motion; they took off. The loud screech of the flying creature over head was not lost on the echidna. Their white tipped black coated shoes hit the cracking pavement with anew zealous. The enclosing sound of the leathery wings beating started to make the echidna's heart race. Their worry left them upon seeing their salvation. An uncovered manhole was their escape. They dove into the uncovered manhole, the splash they made upon entering the murky water echoed in the aged sewer. Looking up they saw the humanoid flying creature's head poking in; the sickening snaps it made in their direction frightened them. The echidna returned their eyes forward their mission becoming prominent in their mind once more. They trudged through the unrelenting sewer for what felt to be hours; they stopped at a ladder that looked older than its current user.
The echidna pushed on the heavy cover, the lid slide slowly and far enough away from the hole that they could squeeze out. The echidna placed the cover back over the hole. Turning forward to their destination; their eyes were greeted with the sight of partially collapsed tower. The windows of the tower were stained with old blood. Whose blood though was a haunting question.
Black gloved hands adjusted their tattered gray and violet scarf. They picked up the pace when grunting sounds alerted them to another approaching figure. The old self automated doors whirred loudly opening the reinforced iron doors less than an inch. A sigh left the pale muzzle; dark eyes spied a broken window. Walking over to examine the broken window; they picked up a medium sized rock, tossing it leisurely up and down before they began to break the damaged glass that could cause harm to them. The tinkling sounds of the glass hitting the floor signaled to the echidna that there was a steady surface for them to land on. Carefully they crawled through the window thankful that dust cover linoleum floor was in fact there.
"Subject located ahead." Gerald's voice filled the moaning building. The echidna rushed forward, "Turn left." They made a sharp turn, letting out a gasp when the floor gave way. The echidna heard the wind whistling past them; turning towards the wall they dug their fingers into the decrepitude steel wall. Their speed slowed to stop two feet above their intended location. They grumbled about Gerald and his directions. Scanning the room the echidna spied their objective; a large pod with a surreal glow coming from it. Quietly the echidna padded over to the tank, they scrambled on top of the supposed glass. Dark ocean blue eyes looked down at the holding tank covered in dust. They ran their hands over it wiping away the dust and stray pebbles from the tank. Sleeping peacefully in said tank was a black hedgehog.
"Subject: Shadow, remains in suspended animation even though the base containing him has been destroyed and power has been shut down in this sector of the city" The feminine voice pierced the stagnant air "Subject's holding tank seems to be more equipped to handle these conditions than anything else in this base…" A frown creased the thin line of lips that adored the echidna's muzzle. A whirring sound made her turn her head; the echidna's eyes widen behind her tiny square glasses.
"Intruder…" The deep robotic voice cried; before the rounds it fired off at said intruder could make contact, a large clear blue water engulfed the echidna, encasing her in a protective watery sphere. The water melted away from the echidna, it pooled in front of her bubbling slightly as if agitated by the robot.
"No Chaos! We are to observe only!" The echidna called to the watery being. "We must re-" Her sentence was cut off by another barrage of bullets. The echidna's fingers pressed a flashing dull green button located on her bracelet.
"Chaos Control program initiated" The static coated male voice of Gerald said; the echidna watched the bullets slow to a snail's pace. "Time: Five minutes and sixteen seconds." Their legs worked fast while the computer rattled off the time. Collecting Chaos into a clear ring located below the minicomputer like bracelet, they took off as the counter became displayed in a hologram before them. "Normal time resuming…" The voice informed the echidna; sounds of a building crumbling and metal being torn to shreds assaulted her ears. She looked back at the base; said base had gained several new bullet holes. The echidna turned her tired eyes forward, before another step could be taken pain ripped at her arm. Looking back she spied a rusted old robot holding up its firearm; those cracked faded red eyes made the echidna's heart race with fear. They took off, the tails of their scarf flapping wildly. The robot watched the intruder disappear into the wasteland that once was a thriving city.
"Resuming stand-by mode." The robot announced to its only companion before shutting down again.
The frantic echidna soon arrived in a decaying hotel; they listened to the echoing sounds of water dripping while they walked up the creaky steps. Creamy orange shoulders and arms became displayed, as their tattered coat was shed to reveal a gray sleeveless shirt. A bullet wound could be seen clearly from what little sunlight they could get in the hotel. The echidna's fingers brushed over the wound wincing when they ghosted over the wound.
"Report, Taika?" A commanding voice asked, the bloody wound was soon being tended to by familiar white gloves.
The echidna flinched when the bullet was removed from their arm. "S-Subject still remains in cationic state.. Robot Omega is still on guard." Taika hissed as the alcohol burned their wound "And functioning." Taika heaved raising her small developed chest. She was the descendent of the few echidnas to survive the destruction of the world. She ran her hand through her white locks trying to make sense of the current situation. "So, Blaze" She asked the purple cat attending to her wounds "what is the plan?" Taika looked into Blaze's bright yellow eyes.
"We go into the past and we fix this." Stated a young serious tone, Blaze shook her head at her young companion's tone.
Taika looked up at the floating hedgehog. "Silver, you can't muck around in the past too much." Taika stated in an annoyed tone; she released Chaos who took the shape of five foot humanoid being, it turned its head examining Taika with gleaming green eyes. The watery creature looked distraught at what it had let happen to its friend. "I think it is time we released Shadow…"
"No!" Silver shouted stomping his booted foot down like a child. "People locked him up for a good reason! He's the one who helped destroy our world!"
"But I'm sure he can.." She stopped when Blaze stood looking down at Taika with a solemn air about her.
"Shadow was created to destroy the world." Blaze helped her young friend. "Leave him as he is Taika. It's for the best."
Taika dug her fingers into her palm; "Yes Blaze…" She answered stiffly.
"We will continue to monitor him; make sure no one releases him or destroys Omega..We can't let history repeat." Blaze said sullenly looking at Taika. "Right, Taika?" Upon receiving no answer Silver jumped in.
"Taika!" He shouted at her. Taika nodded her white locks hid her eyes from the pair. She turned away from her friends, frustrated with their close mindedness of the subject. Taika started down the stairs picking up her jacket.
"Where are you going?" Silver shouted looking worried he had prodded his friend into do something foolish. "It's getting late." He said starting down the stairs. A blood coated white gloved hand grabbed Silver's gray shoulder. He looked back at Blaze curiously; matching yellow eyes stared into each other.
Taika looked back at Silver and Blaze "I'm going junk hunting." Her voice broke the silent transaction between the two. Her eyes returned forward, immersed in thought "Maybe go see if he is still guarding that Emerald." She said starting to run out of the hotel. The sounds of a click singled to Taika that her shoes gilder ability had kicked in. It is true they were prototypes, but they worked like a dream for short amounts of time. She headed towards her favorite junk sight. This junk sight was located in the south sector of the city. It had a spectacular view of the beach and wasn't far from the hotel, a twenty minute walk to be exact. Taika looked up at murky sky above; she wondered what it looked like before. 'Was it always a dark gray with a dull crimson tone?' She thought closing her eyes. Taika picked up the pace when the dull thunderous roar of local automobile could be heard not too far away. She made a right turn at an old convenience store. The store didn't seem very convenient anymore with the busted door that hung on to the frame work of the store by one hinge and the large hole in the display window.
The smell of salty ocean air caused Taika's eyes to light up; her feet came to a stop in front of ruins that were reminiscent of a technology graveyard. Broken robots, planes, cars and weapons decorated the fallen building. The remaining outside of the structure suggested it had been a modern styled building. Smiling Taika rushed into the junk yard with renewed enthusiasm. She ran through the scrap yard looking over many old and new items "Chaos, come out and help me look for parts for that robot we found." Taika said releasing Chaos. The watery being looked disgruntled at being in such a filthy place; it helped Taika look for the required parts anyway.
Taika peeked up from her place in the junkyard that used to be a high security lab. In her rucksack she had pieces of functional machinery that she planned to use. "Chaos…Did you hear that?" She climb up a large piece of metal the resembled the wing to a plane. She froze; her dark ocean eyes locked on a fumbling robot. The arm of the humanoid android clung to its owner with two floss thin wires; sparks flew from its mouth as the robot let out a shriek. Large beasts akin to a dog charged at it; the sounds of the robot being ripped to shreds made Taika's knees give way. To most it was just a robot, but to Taika that robot was more, it was a living creature that could hold potential. She stopped her grieving when a nasty splat made her head turn; a large pool of drool formed next to her. Her eyes shot upward much to Taika's dismay a large forked tongue hung out over jagged teeth. The stench of the creature's foul mouth reminded Taika of the dead bodies. She froze, the beady milky blue eyes of the dog creature swiveled frantically in its socket. The repugnant pink bags of skin nearly reached the lips of the monster. Taika shook as the forked tongue came to rest on her shoulder; the disgust that filled her when the forked tongue tickled the side of her neck was unbearable.
Before Taika could react to her disgust, the tongue retracted into the owner's mouth, it smacked the lips of the creature with a sickening wet slap. The torn tattered ears perked up, a loud appalling high pitched screech echoed faintly in the distance. The creature let out its own high pitched screech; Taika looked up to see matted singed fur coated body leap over her. Pieces of metal and dirt rained down upon her. The dog creature landed awkwardly, its back end was moving faster than its front. Taika shook watching the beast run sideways before it bounded off like a demented puppy. Taika frowned letting herself hit the cracked tile beneath her. She covered her face shaking, "That robot didn't dissever that…" She wrapped her arms around her legs. "I gotta find him…The one that did this." Taika stood daring not to look back at the mangled body of the robot. "Come on Chaos, we haft to go talk to the elders." She took off in a sprint towards the crystalline beach.
"Gerald, transport prototype Eclipse board version 2.5!" Taika cried nearing sandy beaches.
The sparks flew from her bracelet, she stopped her running; Taika stared dishearten that her invention chose now to breakdown. Pulling her left sleeve up Taika revealed a light weight metal gauntlet with a small broken key pad next to a tiny cracked screen. Her fingers danced across the key pad; the sounds of the keys clicking echoed in Taika's ears. Her thoughts ran a million miles a second trying to process what it was the elder echidna had told her about the creation of their world.
"Eclipse board 2.5….Transferring.." Gerald's voice came from the gauntlet. The sounds of a splash out in the water, indicated to Taika that Gerald need some fine tuning. She turned rushing out into the water. Taika climbed aboard a steel board.
"Chaos let's go!!" Taika shouted stomping down on board. The eclipse lit up before it blasted out air from its two exit points at the bottom. Taika smiled when she felt Chaos return to his holding ring. She pressed lightly on the pedal of the board; she shot across the water towards her elder's home. 'I need to know.' She thought leaning slightly making the board turn. 'I need to hear that story…'
Mission Status- Success
New Mission- Gather and Inform
