(One month later. Station Square.)
Talandar sighed. He didn't understand this. Why was Catriona so excited about something like shopping?
Talandar continued looking through the shelves, searching for just the right shirt. He had already grabbed a pair of jeans, but he needed a certain type of shirt. He pulled out a plain black T-shirt, inspecting it closely. He smirked, realizing this was exactly what he needed. He pulled out three more of the shirts, and waved to Catriona.
"Didja find anything good, Tal?" Catriona eagerly asked.
"I found exactly what I wanted, Cat." Catriona proceeded to look through what he got.
"Three black T-shirts and a single pair of jeans! Come on! You need some variety!" Talandar chuckled.
"This is exactly what I came for, and so this is exactly what I get."
"Come on, let me choose one shirt for you!" Tal shook his head, chuckling.
"But I don't need to get another shirt. Now come on, let's go pay." They proceeded to go to the check out and pay and exited the store into the center of Station Square, crowded as usual. Ever since it was rebuilt after Chaos destroyed it, there were always people everywhere. Talandar and Catriona walked down the street towards their apartment building, chatting as they went.
"Why are you so mad about my purchase? It was my money!"
"You're so boring! You need to get better stuff. Variety is the spice of life!" They entered their apartment building, riding the elevator up to their floor and going into their apartment. They had managed to get a good sized apartment, complete with two bedrooms, a living room, bathroom, and kitchen.
Talandar went to his room to put his new clothes away, leaving Cat to flop onto the couch and turn on the tv. She flipped through the channels, passing by talk shows, kiddy shows, infomercials, and the home shopping network before finally settling on the news. Their were the normal stories on corruption in government and business, reports of particularily disturbing crimes, and a special feature on gardening. Talandar came back out and sat down next to Cat in the middle of the gardening feature.
"Thank you for that informative report on flowers, Daisy" the news anchor said cheerfully, smiling a very fake smile. "Now for our current stories. The evil Dr. Eggman has attempted to take over the world yet again." At the mention of Eggman's name, Talandar and Catriona sat up sharply. "And of course, Sonic foiled his vile plans again! With him were his fellow heroes, Tails and Knuckles. Sonic has been quoted as saying that 'it was a piece of cake, that eggbrain could never stand up to me!' In other news..." Talandar and Catriona weren't paying attention anymore.
"He tried to take over the world? Maybe that means he isn't after you anymore" Catriona ventured cautiously.
"I doubt it. We were used in an experiment. He wants us back. I know it." As if they were listening, a group of Buzzbombers smashed through the window to Tal and Cat's apartment.
"SHIT!" Talandar jumped up and dashed between the Buzzbombers and Cat, firing off a quick laser from his robotic eye, destroying one of the robotic wasps. The rest aimed at Talandar and fired simoultaneously. Tal grabbed Cat and jumped back past the couch as it was shredded.
"Get into you room and stay there!" Cat did this as Talandar dashed back to the living room to face the Buzzbombers. He caught one by surprise, smashing it with his robotic arm, firing a quick laser at the same time, destroying another. The rest shimmered and disappeared. Talandar stood there cautiously, hearing the buzzing of their wings as they flew around the room. One appeared in front of him. Roll under it, punch through it's abdomen. One appears to the right and left. Dive at the one on the right, crushing it's head, taking a grazing blow to the shoulder from the other. It disappears. 3 appear in front. Dive underneath them and shoot fire out of the robotic limb, making them explode. 6 left.
All reappear. Only time to destroy three that were in a clump. The remaining three fire. No time to dodge it. Suddenly there was a flash of light and the shots ricocheted off an invisible shield. A white blur streaks through the three robotic bugs, and they blow up in it's wake.
Talandar merely stood there in shock. He had no clue what had just happened. The white blur stopped before him, revealing itself to be a white hedgehog with upturned spikes and red streaks.
"Uh... Hi?" Talandar blinked in shock. This was who did all that? "Thanks for your help, I'm-"
"Talandar. Yes, I know who you are. I've been watching you. I need your help."
"What? With what? I don't think there's much I can do that you couldn't, looking at what you did to those badniks!"
"There are things you don't understand, and you don't need to right now."
"Could you at least tell me your name?"
"That is not important right now. All you need to know is you are neccesary."
"What? When?"
"I will be in touch with you." Talandar closed his eyes for a second, rubbing his temples.
"So, let me get this straight. You will need me-" Talandar opened his eyes and found he was talking to an empty space. "Crap."
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(Unknown desert.)
Strike watched his newest quarry walking over the sand dunes. He had taken the job of a bounty hunter/spy after escaping from Eggman, and this newest job had the most interesting target. An experimental robot created by the government as a way to counter Eggman's badniks. It was supposed to be the first truly sentient robot. That was it's problem. It broke out of the research facility it was in, taking the green chaos emerald with it. It seemed that whenever this robot got a chaos emerald it's form shifted slightly, reflecting it's new power. Right now it was in a sleek humanoid form with green glowing eyes and green lines all across its body.
Strike pulled out his grey emerald, puzzling over his next move. The emerald had made all his previous assignments easy, but this one could prove difficult. He would simply have to bide his time, wait for an opening.
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(The Kor Mountains.)
Gorn jogged up the trail, bobbing and weaving, jabbing at the air. The cool mountain air invigorated him. He had taken to boxing ever since escaping Eggman, and the illusion powers he had learned using the emerald had helped him avoid suspicions of his ridiculous strength.
As he jogged up the trail, he could not help but sense the raw chaos energy that was all around him. There must have been several chaos emeralds here. So he decided to try to find them, and veered off the trail in the direction that the chaos energy was greatest.
After some time climbing over rocks and boulders, he saw a large flat area in the otherwise uneven landscape. Standing in this area was an armadillo who seemed to be the source of the chaos energy.
"Hey you! You got some chaos emeralds or something?" The armadillo looked over, and Gorn was unnerved. Something seemed unnatural about how hard his face was.
"I have none of those weak jewels. They are useless to me."
"The hell? Weak jewels? Who the hell are you?"
"I am known as Kor. Now leave this place immediately."
"So, you're threatening me? Heh... I'll show you how weak this jewel is!" Gorn pulled out the orange chaos emerald and prepared to fight.
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YAY FOR CLIFF HANGERS XD
John: I've never really liked satAM in particular, but whatever floats your boat, right? Oh, and about the chaos emerald thing, the reason Eggman did that chaos emeralds with them is that he was performing tests to make some kinda super badnik. Shoulda made that clearer ^^0
Talandar sighed. He didn't understand this. Why was Catriona so excited about something like shopping?
Talandar continued looking through the shelves, searching for just the right shirt. He had already grabbed a pair of jeans, but he needed a certain type of shirt. He pulled out a plain black T-shirt, inspecting it closely. He smirked, realizing this was exactly what he needed. He pulled out three more of the shirts, and waved to Catriona.
"Didja find anything good, Tal?" Catriona eagerly asked.
"I found exactly what I wanted, Cat." Catriona proceeded to look through what he got.
"Three black T-shirts and a single pair of jeans! Come on! You need some variety!" Talandar chuckled.
"This is exactly what I came for, and so this is exactly what I get."
"Come on, let me choose one shirt for you!" Tal shook his head, chuckling.
"But I don't need to get another shirt. Now come on, let's go pay." They proceeded to go to the check out and pay and exited the store into the center of Station Square, crowded as usual. Ever since it was rebuilt after Chaos destroyed it, there were always people everywhere. Talandar and Catriona walked down the street towards their apartment building, chatting as they went.
"Why are you so mad about my purchase? It was my money!"
"You're so boring! You need to get better stuff. Variety is the spice of life!" They entered their apartment building, riding the elevator up to their floor and going into their apartment. They had managed to get a good sized apartment, complete with two bedrooms, a living room, bathroom, and kitchen.
Talandar went to his room to put his new clothes away, leaving Cat to flop onto the couch and turn on the tv. She flipped through the channels, passing by talk shows, kiddy shows, infomercials, and the home shopping network before finally settling on the news. Their were the normal stories on corruption in government and business, reports of particularily disturbing crimes, and a special feature on gardening. Talandar came back out and sat down next to Cat in the middle of the gardening feature.
"Thank you for that informative report on flowers, Daisy" the news anchor said cheerfully, smiling a very fake smile. "Now for our current stories. The evil Dr. Eggman has attempted to take over the world yet again." At the mention of Eggman's name, Talandar and Catriona sat up sharply. "And of course, Sonic foiled his vile plans again! With him were his fellow heroes, Tails and Knuckles. Sonic has been quoted as saying that 'it was a piece of cake, that eggbrain could never stand up to me!' In other news..." Talandar and Catriona weren't paying attention anymore.
"He tried to take over the world? Maybe that means he isn't after you anymore" Catriona ventured cautiously.
"I doubt it. We were used in an experiment. He wants us back. I know it." As if they were listening, a group of Buzzbombers smashed through the window to Tal and Cat's apartment.
"SHIT!" Talandar jumped up and dashed between the Buzzbombers and Cat, firing off a quick laser from his robotic eye, destroying one of the robotic wasps. The rest aimed at Talandar and fired simoultaneously. Tal grabbed Cat and jumped back past the couch as it was shredded.
"Get into you room and stay there!" Cat did this as Talandar dashed back to the living room to face the Buzzbombers. He caught one by surprise, smashing it with his robotic arm, firing a quick laser at the same time, destroying another. The rest shimmered and disappeared. Talandar stood there cautiously, hearing the buzzing of their wings as they flew around the room. One appeared in front of him. Roll under it, punch through it's abdomen. One appears to the right and left. Dive at the one on the right, crushing it's head, taking a grazing blow to the shoulder from the other. It disappears. 3 appear in front. Dive underneath them and shoot fire out of the robotic limb, making them explode. 6 left.
All reappear. Only time to destroy three that were in a clump. The remaining three fire. No time to dodge it. Suddenly there was a flash of light and the shots ricocheted off an invisible shield. A white blur streaks through the three robotic bugs, and they blow up in it's wake.
Talandar merely stood there in shock. He had no clue what had just happened. The white blur stopped before him, revealing itself to be a white hedgehog with upturned spikes and red streaks.
"Uh... Hi?" Talandar blinked in shock. This was who did all that? "Thanks for your help, I'm-"
"Talandar. Yes, I know who you are. I've been watching you. I need your help."
"What? With what? I don't think there's much I can do that you couldn't, looking at what you did to those badniks!"
"There are things you don't understand, and you don't need to right now."
"Could you at least tell me your name?"
"That is not important right now. All you need to know is you are neccesary."
"What? When?"
"I will be in touch with you." Talandar closed his eyes for a second, rubbing his temples.
"So, let me get this straight. You will need me-" Talandar opened his eyes and found he was talking to an empty space. "Crap."
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(Unknown desert.)
Strike watched his newest quarry walking over the sand dunes. He had taken the job of a bounty hunter/spy after escaping from Eggman, and this newest job had the most interesting target. An experimental robot created by the government as a way to counter Eggman's badniks. It was supposed to be the first truly sentient robot. That was it's problem. It broke out of the research facility it was in, taking the green chaos emerald with it. It seemed that whenever this robot got a chaos emerald it's form shifted slightly, reflecting it's new power. Right now it was in a sleek humanoid form with green glowing eyes and green lines all across its body.
Strike pulled out his grey emerald, puzzling over his next move. The emerald had made all his previous assignments easy, but this one could prove difficult. He would simply have to bide his time, wait for an opening.
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(The Kor Mountains.)
Gorn jogged up the trail, bobbing and weaving, jabbing at the air. The cool mountain air invigorated him. He had taken to boxing ever since escaping Eggman, and the illusion powers he had learned using the emerald had helped him avoid suspicions of his ridiculous strength.
As he jogged up the trail, he could not help but sense the raw chaos energy that was all around him. There must have been several chaos emeralds here. So he decided to try to find them, and veered off the trail in the direction that the chaos energy was greatest.
After some time climbing over rocks and boulders, he saw a large flat area in the otherwise uneven landscape. Standing in this area was an armadillo who seemed to be the source of the chaos energy.
"Hey you! You got some chaos emeralds or something?" The armadillo looked over, and Gorn was unnerved. Something seemed unnatural about how hard his face was.
"I have none of those weak jewels. They are useless to me."
"The hell? Weak jewels? Who the hell are you?"
"I am known as Kor. Now leave this place immediately."
"So, you're threatening me? Heh... I'll show you how weak this jewel is!" Gorn pulled out the orange chaos emerald and prepared to fight.
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YAY FOR CLIFF HANGERS XD
John: I've never really liked satAM in particular, but whatever floats your boat, right? Oh, and about the chaos emerald thing, the reason Eggman did that chaos emeralds with them is that he was performing tests to make some kinda super badnik. Shoulda made that clearer ^^0