Hello and welcome to the second chapter of Sola Boom! Let's get started with no delay!
Chapter 2 : Are we in the Game?
Sora rubbed his head in pain as he gained consciousness. He found himself in the middle of a street. He looks around and noticed Kyla was missing.
"Where am I?" Sora asked himself as he got up to his feet.
He starts to feel he was being watched. He turned and his eyes widened as he sees a giant bee!
"Wow, that's big." He then sprints away from it.
The bee starts following him until he catches up and pops in front of Sora's face. "Hey mister!" Sora yelped and fell on his bum. The bee started laughing.
"Uh, OK. Hi there." Sora said.
"What's your name, mister? My name is Charmy, Charmy Bee!"
"Name's Sora." Sora answered.
With Kyla
Kyla slowly opened her eyes. She sat up and rubbed them as they adjust to the light. She was in the middle of a grassy field with flowers poking out at random. "Excuse me, miss." Kyla turns her head to a young rabbit standing behind her. Kyla's eyes widened. "Are you OK, miss? You seem like you had quite a fall..."
Kyla's eyes softened. "Y-yeah... I'm fine." the young rabbit smiled, "Good. My name is Cream, what's yours?"
"Kyla."
"Well, Miss Kyla, do want to come to my house and have some cookies?"
Kyla nodded, "Sure."
Back with Sora
"Hey Charmy, think you can help me find a friend of mine?" Sora asked.
Charmy glances at him, "Sure. Who you searching for?"
"Her name is Kyla." Sora said.
Charmy smiles slyly, "Oh? Is it your giiirrlfriend?"
Sora blushed, "N-no, just a friend."
Charmy rolled his eyes, "Yeah. Sure."
"Just help me find her." Sora said.
"Fine." Charmy starts flying over to a building that said "Chaotix Detectives."
Sora followed him, "I'm guessing that you know these guys."
"Know these guys? Hah!" Charmy laughed, "I work with them! Espio and Vector will help find your missing friend."
"Really? Cool." Sora said.
They enter through the door and find a crocodile with headphones leaning back in his seat. He seemed to be listening to something as he was very engrossed into it. A purple chameleon was leaning against a doorway with his eyes closed. Charmy flew up to the croc and yelled "VANILLA SENT COOKIES!" The croc jumped up in surprise and fell out of his seat. The chameleon stayed in his usual spot, unmoved.
"Ok then." Sora said.
The croc quickly got to his feet. "What? Cookies? From Vanilla?!" Charmy laughed, "Nope! We have a case!"
"A case?" The croc asked. Charmy pointed at Sora. "Oh." The croc took out a notepad and pen, "Well, who are you and what's your case?"
Sora walked up to them, "Name's Sora and I'm looking for my friend, Kyla."
The croc scribbled down some notes and nods, "Uh-huh, OK. Was he stolen, killed, missing, what?"
"SHE has gone somewhere and I haven't heard from her since." Sora answered.
The croc arched an eye ridge, "She? A girlfriend or something?"
"She's just a friend." Sora simply said.
The croc scribbled down some more notes. "Ok. That'll be... a hundred and twenty dollars." Sora's eyes widened.
"That's expensive for such a small job." Sora said.
"Well, we don't cost cheep. Plus, detectives are always expensive!" Finally, the chameleon sighed, "Why are you doing the case for a brown hedgehog that has a bad aura?" He said. Wait. Brown... Hedgehog?
Sora looks at a nearby mirror and his eyes widened, he was his created character! "Cool." Sora thought. "Wait, I have a bad aura?" Sora asked the chameleon.
The chameleon opened up his amber eyes, "Yes. And the one you are searching for has an even blacker aura." The croc rolled his eyes, "Don't listen to Espio. He's just doing his silly ninja-sensing."
"A ninja chameleon? Cool. Anyways, you gonna help me find her or not?" Sora said.
Espio sighed again, "Maybe. Unless Vector raises the price." Vector grinned, "Ok! A hundred and fifty rings!"
"Gee, no wonder you guys don't have much business." Sora said.
A vein pops up on Vector's forehead, "HEY!"
"Just saying. So, I'll ask again, you three gonna help or not?" Sora asked.
The three glance at each other and nod at the same time. They turn to Sora, "Yup!"
"Great. Let's get going." Sora said.
The four start looking down the street. Charmy and Vector were looking through the most random places, like the top of trees and sewer holes. Espio was glaring at Sora the whole time. As they continue searching, Sora bumps into a sea green hedgehog and a young rabbit.
"Sorry about that." Sora said.
The hedgehog frowned, "That's alright." she said and she started to walk away with the rabbit by her side. "Hey!" She stops and turns her head. Vector went up to the rabbit and patted her head. "How you doing, Cream?" The rabbit giggled, "Fine, Mr. Vector." Vector smiled, "Good." He glances over to the sea green hedgehog, "Who's your new friend?" Before Cream could answer, the hedgehog said, "We need to get going. Bye." She and Cream start leaving.
Sora looked at them, "That was familiar." He said to himself.
Espio seemed to be annoyed. "That hedgehog... Her energy seemed... unbalanced. Her emotions are so... contained."
"You all right there, Espio?" Sora asked.
He glanced at Sora, "I'm fine." He mumbled. Kyla quickly left with Cream in tow. "Miss Kyla, is there something wrong?" Kyla looked at Cream and smiled softly, "Nothing. Its just they seem... untrustworthy." Cream tilted her head, "But Mr. Espio, Mr. Vector and Charmy aren't bad." Kyla sighed, "You can never know these days."
"Just asking, dude." He then heard what sounded like a scream, just faintly. "You guys hear something?"
Charmy and Vector seemed confused. "Yeah." Espio said, "I heard it."
"Where did it come from?" Sora questioned, looking around.
The scream is heard again. Charmy and Vector jump. "Oh! Oh! We gotta help!" Charmy said with an excited voice. "Let's go!" Vector said as he and Charmy ran the wrong way.
"Wrong way!" Sora called out to them.
They run the other way. Espio face palms then runs after them. Sora follows.
"All right, to the source." Sora thought as they went.
The Chaotix make an abrupt stop and Sora crashes into Vector's back. His ears twitch to the sound of laughter. "Ho ho ho ho!"
Sora stumbled back a bit, then shook it off. "Who laughs like that?" He questioned.
"Eggman!" The Chaotix yelled. A giant robot stood in the middle of the street with a man in its head. The man laughs again, "Ho ho ho! I finally have the dark mana I need!" In the robot's clutches was Cream and the sea green hedgehog. Cream was shaking her, "Please wake up!" She said in panic.
Sora clenched his fists while glaring at Eggman.
Before the Chaotix could react, a blue blur zooms by and slams into the robot, making it teeter. "Huh!?" Eggman gasped. The blur slams the robot on the other side, making it tilt to the other.
"That dude is fast." Sora said to himself.
The blue blur continues this until the robot finally tips to the ground and Cream and the hedgehog tumble to the ground. The man growled and slammed his control pad, making his seat fly out. "I'll get that hedgehog if its the last thing I do!" He yells out as he flies away with his hover craft.
"Not bad." Sora said to himself. He then runs over to Cream and the hedgehog.
Before Sora could run over to Cream and the sea green, the blue blur zoomed past him and stopped at the two girls. Cream hops up to her feet and hugs the blue hedgehog. "Mr. Sonic! You saved us!"
Sora walks over to them, "Sonic fits the speed." Sora said to himself as he walked over.
Sonic chuckled, then he looks at the knocked out hedgie. "Cream, who's that?" Cream turned her head to see what he was talking about. "Oh. That's Miss- Er. Miss Kay!"
"Miss Kay?" Sora repeated as he stopped by Sonic.
Sonic turned his head to Sora and arched a brow, "And you are?"
"Sora." Sora answered.
Sonic smiled, "Well, nice to meet ya Sora! You new around here?"
"Yeah." Sora said.
Sonic patted his back, "Well then, welcome to Central Station! I'm Sonic, the hero!"
"Nice to meet ya, Sonic." Sora said.
The Chaotix run over and Charmy flies over to Cream. "You OK?" Cream smiled at him, "I'm fine." Vector picked her up and started examining her closely, making her go upside down and side-to-side a few times. He puts her back down. "OK. You're a-OK!"
"Nice to meet ya, Cream." Sora said.
Cream turns to Sora and smiles. "Hello!"
Sora smiled back, "Hi."
Cream giggled. Espio goes over to the sea green hedgehog and picks her up. "Let's take her back to Vanilla's house."
"All right." Sora said.
Done! The duo arrives in a new place, as well as new characters that are not from their world. What will happen next? We'll see next time. So until then, we'll see you guys in the next chapter, buh bye!