-*-So hey everyone who decides to find this story and give it a shot! First of all) Thank you! I'm not sure it's very good but I appreciate constructive criticism! Secondly) I know this kind of plot has been done before but hopefully I manage to pull off this story the way I want it to go. Well without further ado, Let's Get Rolling!
Disclaimer: Woops, almost forgot this! Well I don't own Sonic the Hedgehog or any of his friends! They all belong to SEGA and Archie of course. As does the name Freedom Fighters. Let's see I own all the fan kids as I did make them up, as well as Angel the Hedgehog. Okay now that's it.
Enjoy the Story!
A/N; had to redo this chapter so hopefully its a little better
"Quinn! Look out. Robot on your left!" I whipped my head around at the urgent sounding voice only to be knocked back into a solid surface. Hard. I felt my breath leave my body with a hard woosh and stars clouded my vision as I slid to the ground. "Dammit. Fall back guys. SCATTER!" I heard the same voice shout out in anger before I was yanked up into someone's arms. I managed to only catch a glimpse of navy blue fur before I completely faded out.
*Approx. 2 hours later*
Normal P.O.V
"Well? How is she Oli?" an impatient navy blue hedgehog, otherwise known as Jax the Hedgehog asked as he paced around the recovery table in the white brightly lit infirmary. Laying on said table was a pure black girl hedgehog with streaks of magenta running through her fur and short black quills. Her hair, normally pulled up into a high ponytail was now unbound so the bandage around her head could cover the wound that had opened up when she hit the wall. The hedgehog in question was none other than Quinzel Rose. Daughter of Amy Rose and Shadow the Hedgehog and also leader of the Freedom Fighters*. The group of fighters had made it back to their small underground base about and hour ago after stopping another Eggman attack on an innocent village and Quinn had been out for almost two hours now.
The small dark orange fox sitting as his computer sighed and twirled his twin tails in frustration. "I don't know yet Jax. We will find out when she wakes up and I am able to run tests on her!" Oliver cried out in exasperation. That was like the 20th time he had asked. He understood Jax's concern but how did he expect him to get anything done when all he did was hover.
Oliver knew the reason Jax was showing concern was 1). Quinn was asleep, so she couldn't scold him for it. It was no secret that Jax had a very deep affection for the pretty leader. It was also no secret that Quinn rebelled against any means of romance whatsoever. Countless times she had told Jax that romance just wasn't her style. And each time, Jax said the exact same thing, "Oh I'm not worried about her Oli, She'll come around. Just give her some time."
Honestly Oliver couldn't understand Jax at all. Why keep chasing a girl if she didn't want to be with you? Gemma once said that she thought the reason Jax had always been all over Quinn was because she was the strongest person in the group as well as the courageous, selfless, intelligent leader that kept them all alive on a day to day basis. Hero Worship, Gemma had coined it. But Oliver, personally didn't see how that could be it seeing how Jax was a hero in his own right.
Being the only son of Sonic the Hedgehog did have it's advantage that way. Not only that, Jax was also kind, caring and always did the right thing. Plus there was the super speed he had inherited from his father and telekinesis he had inherited from his mother. That was probably the only thing he had in common with his mother seeing as Jax was also cocky, sassy and always had an attitude, just like his dad. Quinn was the only one who could keep his ego in check.
Reason numero dos was because well, Quinzel Rose was all together an extremely tough cookie (like her Ultimate Lifeform dad) and her being out of commission this long was so rare it was practically unheard of. Oliver wouldn't say it loud, so as not worry his navy best friend, but Quinn being out this long was making him nervous as well. No matter how bad her injuries had been (and there had been some pretty bad ones) Quinn would always be ready to go after a quick ten minute break. The smaller kitsune silently prayed that it was nothing big and that the black-pink hedgehog merely wasn't ready to come back just yet.
Just as that thought crossed his mind, the paper on the examination table crinkled ever so slightly as the hedgehog occupying it shifted. Jax stopped his pacing and lifted his head up to meet Oliver's eyes, his own eyes widened slightly in surpise. Then the hedgehog grinned and blurred over to the table. He looked back at the kitsune and smirked his signature troublemaker smirk as Quinn suddenly moaned out in pain. Concern briefly flickered across his before it softened into a geniune smile.
Oliver stood up and made his way to the table slowly, praying against prayer that Quinn was finally waking up. Not only would it ease his troubled mind, it would also get the pesky blue hedgehog off his back for little while, knowing she was OK, so he could run some test and assess the full extent of the damage inflicted on her head.
"Quinn? Quinzel? Can you hear me Quinn?" Oliver spoke quietly so as not the spook the semi-conscious girl. Jax held his hand up and smirked at Oliver once again.
"Chill Oli, I got this. Yo Q baby enough with the faking, you're giving us a heart attack here. Now wake up and lemme see those pretty rubies you call eyes. What'd ya say babe?" Jax chuckled.
Suddenly, the leader shot up from the bed and turned with a glare to Jax. "What did I say about the pet names, Jaxper?" She growled out behind gritted teeth.
He merely giggled and shrugged. "Dunno baby. Must've slipped my mind. Hows about refreshing my memory with a little kiss."
Instead of gracing Jax with an answer she simply turned her glare to the smaller kitsune on the other side of her. "What's going on here Oliver? Why am I in the recovery room?" Her hand flashed up to the bandage around her head and she attempted to start unraveling it. Jax's smirk of amusement dropped to a look of concern.
"Hey Q seriously don't do that, you need to keep the bandage on." His hand shot out and gripped both of hers in just his one. She whipped her head around and glared at the taller hedgehog.
"Don't you tell me what to do Jaxper. I don't need you looking out for me. Don't forget, I'm the leader here." Ouch, Oliver thought silently to himself as he watched the scolding.
Jax simply fixed the girl with a calm stare, "yeah well you were bleeding Quinn. A lot. Don't forget you made me your second-in-command. And as second, I demand you keep the bandage on. It seems your wound closed up but we have to sure." he spoke serenely as he set her hands into her lap. He then set to work on re-wrapping her head gently.
Her hard ruby red eyes softened slightly and her grimace turned into a simple thoughtful frown as she watched Jax work on her wound. "Hey Q, you're drooling a little." Jax said with a laugh as he finished wrapping and noticed Quinn staring at him
The leader's eyes hardened again before swinging her long legs around and off the side of the table next to Oliver. "Where is everybody else and how did they fare?" she asked, tilting her head back to look up at the ceiling.
Oliver sighed in relief as the tension slowly faded out of the room. "Well Gemma was getting started on dinner when we brought you in. It must be done by now. The others were fine. Only worried about you. Mostly Marion." She only nodded at this
"How are you feeling? Would you like to go eat or shall I run some tests on you?" Quinn was the only person Oliver would ask it were anybody else, he'd force them to lay down and endure the tests but she wasn't one to downplay injuries. She was independent, fierce and fiery but she was also smart. She knew when she needed treatment and when she didn't.
Quinn rolled her neck around a bit and flexed her fingers softly. Then she leaned off the table just enough to where her toes were touching the ground softly. Suddenly she sprung up into a backflip over the table and landed next to a shocked Jax. "Q? What the hell?! Are you crazy? You can't be over-exerting yourself like that." Jax spit out angrily studying his black and pink counterpart.
She snapped opened her eyes with a small frown. "No J, I'm merely testing out the injury. It appears I am fine for now but if I start feeling different I'll let one of you know." She replied indifferently as she strode past a slightly startled Oliver. The door to the lab opened to reveal a darkened hallway. "Come now boys it's time for dinner." Quinn stepped out and turned to the left before the door closed behind her.
Oliver shrugged and started to walk towards the door. He turned when he realized he wasn't being followed. He had to swallow down a giggle at the look on the navy blue hedgehog's face. It had morphed from shock and aggravation to a dreamy, almost goofy, lovestruck smile. The blue hedgehog turned his head to slowly to the orange fox and tilted his head slightly. "She called me J." he said softly.
Oliver smirked and shook his head slowly. "Alright come on loverboy, we got some things to discuss over dinner." He hooked his arm through Jax's and led him out the door and into the hallway.
They soon arrived at a small dining room with two small tables in the middle. It had one medium sized window on the wall opposite the door to let the sunshine in seeing as it was the only room above ground, and a small TV up in the corner to keep surveillance or for the kids to watch something while they ate. On the wall to the left of the door was a small collection of pictures. The first and biggest one was that of all their parents, taken shortly before Quinn and Jax turned 10 years old, only one year before the war with Eggman began and Queen Sally and King Khan called them out to battle.
Shadow and Amy were in the middle, Shadow's arm was wrapped around Amy's waist and he was kissing her cheek while she had one hand on his chest and her head thrown back slightly with laughter. Cream and Tails stood to the left of them with Sonic kneeling slightly in the front. Cream was leaning forward and pulling a funny face while Tails was pulling one Sonic's ears and giving a smirk, with Sonic glaring playfully up at him. On Amy and Shadow's right were Blaze and Silver. Silver was standing behind Blaze, both arms around her waist and his chin tucked into her neck, looking like he was trying hard not to laugh. Blaze had her head thrown back in laughter at the fiery headed couple in front of them. Knuckles was sitting on the ground wearing an extremely annoyed expression and mud dripping from his quills. Rouge was sitting in his lap smirking triumphantly.
Other pictures surrounded the larger one such as; Amy and Shadow dancing at their wedding, Shadow holding Amy up in his arms and spinning her around, Amy grinning madly.
Tails and Cream in front of a display of fireworks, Tails on his knees, Cream standing in front of him with her hands clasped over her mouth in surprise at the small black box in Tails's hand.
Sonic sitting on the ground on a picnic blanket with Angel, a light blue hedgehog with chocolate brown eyes, Jax's mother who left with absolutely no explanation a few months after Jax was born.
Knuckles and Rouge leaning against the Master Emerald, smiling serenely and staring up at the sky. It was obvious that picture had been taken in secret because it was rare to get a sweet picture of the couple like that.
One of Silver and Blaze playing in a lake and splashing each other, both with big happy smiles.
Oliver smiled and studied the pictures as he sat down at the table next to Jax. He was barely aware of the soft white echidna passing him a plate but he did remember to say thank you when it clanked in front of him. While Gemma didn't have the same temper as Quinn, her temper was still monumental and not something Oliver was looking forward to experiencing.
He went back to studying the picture with Sonic and Angel. No one ever really knew what happened to her. As far as Oliver knew, Sonic had finally figured his feelings out for Amy after many years of her chasing him but when he confessed them to her, she sadly told him that he was too late, Shadow has already won her affections.
Sonic grew depressed for a long time before meeting Angel at one of Rouge's New Years Eve parties. The two hit it off and apparently started dating and got married about 7 months later, Angel getting pregnant not even a month later.
When Jax was only 7 months old, Angel got up and left. She left a note saying that she wasn't ready for a serious relationship. Which was rather ironic because everyone figured it would be Sonic that wouldn't have been ready.
"They moved way to fast." Cream had scolded.
"Everything Sonic does is way to fast," Tails countered.
The only thing she left was a gold medallion good luck charm for Jax to kind of remember her bye. Jax hated even mentioning his mother and the only reason he wore the medallion was because it doubled as a locket and he kept two pictures in there as reminder for all he fought for.
The first picture was one of him and his dad on Christmas. Aunt Amy had always made everyone get together on Christmas and open presents together and this particular picture was of them when Jax was 8 years old. Sonic had gotten him a pair of specialized sneakers, like his own red and white pair. The picture displayed Sonic sitting behind Jax smiling excitedly, watching Jax's face lit up in surprise at the amazing present.
The other picture was of Quinn. Alexia had taken it two years ago. It was a rare moment when Quinn let her guard and was enjoying a day with her friends and team. She had been playing chess with Oliver and she had thrown her head back in laughter after beating Oliver for the 5th time. Jax had said it was the most beautiful picture he had ever seen. It made sense too seeing as Quinn looked exactly like her mom, who was a definite beauty.
Sometimes it made Oliver laugh at the way they were. Almost like their parents, except gender-swapped. Jax chasing Quinn instead of Amy chasing Sonic.
Oliver was quickly shaken out of his thoughts by the voice of their leader from the head of the table. She was speaking to the hedgehog sitting on her left, her younger brother Marion, a dark grey and red hedgehog with quills styled like his father. He also had three front bangs that Quinn often affectionately referred to them as "Mom's Bangs".
On his other side sat Alannah a purple hedgecat with crazy skills, such as: telekinesis and pyrokinesis as well as speed that could rival Jax's. She was also Silver and Blaze's only daughter.
Next to her sat Oliver's twin baby sisters, the seven year old bunnies, Alexia and Vanessa Prowers.
Across from Marion and sitting to Quinn's right, was Jax the navy blue hedgehog with deep brown eyes. No one had an assigned seat at the table except Quinn and Jax. Quinn was always at the head and Jax was always on her right.
Next to Jax, sat Oliver the young dark orange kitsune with twin tails and who was the spitting image of his father Miles "Tails" Prowers, except for his eyes. He had his mother Cream's eyes, all big and chocolate brown and sweet yet they held the same kind intelligence his father's own baby blues had.
On the other side of Oliver sat Gemma, youngest daughter of Knuckles and Rouge. She was a soft white echidna with her mother's teal blue eyes. Next to her sat her own older brother, the red bat dubbed Drake.
Oliver looked around and smiled. While the war had taken a lot from them such: as their childhood, innocence, family, friends and home, it hadn't taken them from each other.
Quinn may not be the most nurturing of people but she worked hard to see that they lead a safer life than most.
Their parents had built this bunker shortly before they left to battle, telling the kids to stay put and wait. And they had for almost two years. A little after Quinn and Jax's birthday, they received the news; their parents had gone M.I.A. Along with a good portion of the old Freedom Fighters. Without the great heroes of Mobius, the Kingdom Acorn fell. King Khan and Queen Sally were captured the same day their parents went M.I.A so it was believed that their parents had been taken prisoner as well. The royal children; Prince Ken, Princess Sandi, and Princess Elizah were forced into hiding.
Then all Chaos broke loose. Quinn, Jax and Drake were forced to grow up faster than they had prepared for. After a few short months; the New Freedom Fighters were reborn. Quinn became leader and their small group became the strongest squad in the New Freedom Fighters.
"Hey Oli! What did you say you wanted to discuss again?" Oliver was again snapped out of his thoughts by Jax's voice.
"Oh right. Well I've been working on a new, more advanced version of our teleportation devices. This one could get us anywhere in the universe, hopefully." Oliver said with a smile
"Wow Oliver that is amazing. I'm so proud of how far you are coming along in everything you do. Your father would be proud too," Quinn spoke up with a small smile, her normally hard voice was warm and soft. Oliver flushed with pride at the compliment. It wasn't every day one would receive a compliment from the ultra tough leader. Especially one so sweet.
"Thanks Quinn! hopefully it'll be do-" suddenly Oliver's words were cut short by a rumbling sound followed by the ground shaking. Everyone gasped and grabbed the table. Oliver looked around wildly for the source of the shaking. He caught his little sister, Alexia's, baby blue eyes. Big and terrified they captured Oliver's own chocolate eyes.
"Olipop. I'm scared." Vanessa gripped first Alexia's hand then reached across the table to grab the kitsune's hand, fear reflected in her own blue eyes. The world went silent to Oliver for a second as his baby's sister's words registered in his mind. Seven years old and she already faced more dangers in the world then Oliver ever had to even dream of facing at their age. It broke his heart knowing that no matter what he did, what any of them did, his little sister's would never have the normal childhood they deserved.
Pictures fell from the wall and crashed to the floor making glass fly everywhere. The T.V. tumbled to the floor, giving a loud pop of electricity making Gemma shriek in surprise. That stirred everybody to action. Quinn leapt to her feet, her face deadly calm. "Everyone grab your emergency bags and get to the lab. Now."