Spiral was a dark blue Echid-hog with red and green shoes and a white jacket. He stood at his desk, reading over a paper. "A cloning test, eh?" He murmured too himself. He read the last of the letter, his eyes bulging out. "That much money? And 36 cents?" He immediately whipped out his cellphone and dialed the number on the paper.
The phone rung a few times before a female voice answered it. "Hello, this the B.E.A.T. Section of G.U.N., how may I help you?"
"This is Spiral. I called too tell you that I accept." He said, his voice shivering with excitement.
"Alright Spiral, we are ready for you know. See you there." the voice said before hanging up.
"Let's do this then!" He walked over too his desk lamp and touched the light bulb. He turned into static, disappearing into the light bulb, closing his eyes. When he opened them he was in some sort of stream, made of electricity. "Never gets old." he chuckled before focusing on what was before him. On the sides of the stream there were several "outlets" as he liked too call them. And each one lead too a different place. One was a McDonald's sign, the other a Best buy store.
He passed many other places before stopping at the G.U.N. Westopolis branch. He forced himself through the "Outlet", coming out of a computer monitor. He startled the woman in front of the screen, who dropped her coffee.
"Hey, I'm looking for B.E.A.T.? The names Spiral pretty ladies." He grinned, giving her a wink.
The woman followed his eyes too her chest and slapped him. "The elevator too the left." She turned away.
"Thanks." He winced, rubbing his sore cheeks whilst walking too the elevator. When he got inside, he realized he had no idea what floor it was on. "Uh, Miss!" he called out, but the door closed. "Darn." he repeatedly pressed the open door button, but nothing happened. The elevator suddenly jerked, rushing downwards at high speeds, scaring the Echid-Hog too the floor.
The Elevator came too a sudden stop, the door opening. Immediately scientists clad in white lab coats swarmed him, taking his jacket and strapping him to a bed-on-wheels, rolling him down a hallway. "H-hey!" he cried out.
"Don't panic Spiral, my name is Mason." a raccoon smiled excitedly. "We've been waiting for this test for weeks, and we can finally try it!"
"All I know is I want my money." Spiral narrowed his eyes at Mason, who nodded enthusiastically.
"You will be fully compensated, if not over compensated." He grinned, Spiral doing the same. The scientists rolled the bed into a room with some type of chambers. They tightened the strap around his arm and injected a red liquid into his vein.
"What is that?" Spiral asked fearfully.
"It's nothing too worry about, just a chemical that makes the cloning process much less painful." Mason chuckled.
"Right..." Spiral gulped as they unstrapped him and ushered him towards the first chamber. He opened the glass door on the chamber and walked inside, watching a scientist close it from behind.
"Okay, begin the process, immediately!" Mason ordered. One of his scientists pulled a lever while another began typing rapidly on a computer.
Spiral chuckled, feeling nothing. "It's not so bad." he soon regretted those words. His stomach exploded with the painful sensation of something being ripped from him. He hissed loudly, banging on the glass. "For the money...for the money!" He screamed at the top of his lungs, trying not too pass out.
"Don't worry Spiral, it's almost over!" Mason reassured him.
"Mason, once I'm paid I'm gonna kill you!" Spiral hissed. Of course he didn't really mean it, but when your in pain, anger is usually the first emotion you feel. He tried too distract himself from the pain by remembering the seven hour martial arts marathon he saw the other day, but of course it didn't work.
"Okay, shut it off, we're done!" Mason laughed with glee. The machine shut off, and Spiral slumped too the ground.
Mason opened the chamber and helped Spiral up, having him lean on his shoulder. "It was a success!" They looked at the opposite chamber and saw a dark Echid-Hog staring back at them. "Of course there were some flaws. But it worked. He has your eyes."
Indeed he did have Spiral's hazel eyes. "That's nice, but does he have my abilities? And what about my check?"
"I'm afraid he does not. He is actually powerless right now. And you'll have too wait while we move him." Mason said. "Please go back too the front desk."
"Alright." Spiral left the room. He was near the elevator when he heard the sound of glass shattering and some screams. He turned and ran towards the room, everyone passed out on the floor, the clone's chamber broken, and the air vent open. "Mason!" Spiral ran too his side and shook him awake.
"T-the clone escaped...you wouldn't by any chance know any kind of combat?" the raccoon coughed.
"Not anything that requires technique, although I did see that seven hour marathon the other day." He said absentmindedly.
"That must be it then. You must escape!" Mason passed out.
"Not going too happen." Spiral dived out of the way just in time to dodge an arrow with some sort of electric charge. He turned to see his green colored clone, clad in sky blue boots and holding some sort of bow.
"Where did you get that?" Spiral asked, eyes wide in fear.
"They had a weapons room. This bow works with my mind too make my shots more accurate. Watch." the clone fired another arrow at his original, who waved his hand, causing a wall of electricity too repel the projectile.
"Yeah, well I have tricks of my own." Spiral grinned and charged towards his clone and threw a punch at it's face. The clone blocked it with the side of his wrist and sent his palm into Spiral's face, causing him to stagger back.
"There is no way I can be YOUR clone." The doppelganger growled and punched his original in the gut, causing him too bend over. He then jumped and delivered a round house kick too his face, sending Spiral into a nearby wall.
"Well...believe it." Spiral thrust his hand forward, sending volts of electricity into his clone, shocking him. He tried too ram his shoulder into the clone, but instead received an arrow in his shoulder. "Ugh!" he cried out, before falling on his hands and knees. He noticed his clones feet in front of him.
"Pathetic. I hope you like hell." He heard the clone pull the bow string on his bow.
"Sorry, I'm not one too travel." He sent electricity through the metallic floor, shocking his clones, and the scientists.
"H-how?" His clone cried in pain, foaming at the mouth.
"Simple, metal conducts electricity. I realized the floor was made of metal when you sent me flying into the wall." Spiral chuckled, and stopped shocking his enemy, who fell too the floor unconscious.
"Good work Spiral. Here is your check as promised." The G.U.N. Commander himself handed the Echid-Hog the check he was promised. "You aced it."
"Gee thanks...Wait, what do you mean I "Aced" it.?" Spiral asked suspiciously.
"That was a test too see if you were worthy, and you passed. Ever since the disappearance of the Sonic Heroes, evil has been festering, growing stronger. We're putting a team together, and we want you, as well as your clone, Aero, to join." The Commander held his hand out.
"Do I get paid?" Spiral narrowed his eyes.
"Not in money, but you won't have too pay bills or taxes again." The Commander grinned, as Spiral immediately shook his hand.
"So, who else is on this team?" He asked curiously.
"We have several candidates, of which we are recruiting now. You, along with Aero, are the first members. Welcome too the New Sonic Heroes."
And so it begins. Took a little longer then I would have liked but here it is. I am still accepting OC's so don't be shy, send them in! Just try too be original in origin(I could use some villains), okay? And chapters will be getting longer and better as we go, as I want this too have a building up effect :)