Halleluiah! I have finished the chapter on time!
Anyways…
Greetings from the north!
I hope everybody enjoys this story, 'cause it's gonna take a while to finish.
Oh yeah, and I have changed the format to make it legal.
Disclaimer: I don't own any characters except Charge. All OC's mentioned belong to their respective owners. Their artists own all songs mentioned in the story. All lyrics go to
The stage is engulfed in darkness.
The crowd is silent, for now.
Suddenly, a screen lights up, displaying the logo for So You Think You Can Dance Mobius.
The theme starts to play, as the crowd screams with anticipation.
The host, Charge, comes onto the stage to loud screams.
Tonight, he is wearing a navy blazer over a white shirt plus tie with khaki pants. He also has a navy blue fedora on his head.
He grins and lifts the microphone to his face, "Hey there Mobius! Hope you guys are ready to fully kick off this season of So You Think You Can Dance Mobius!"
The crowd cheers wildly.
"Let's meet the contestants one more time, shall we?" he adds, "Everybody come on out!"
The two groups come on out and line up on either side of the stage, waving to the crowd like a bunch of metronomes.
Charge turns and sweeps his hand dramatically along the ranks, "You know everybody from last time, but today, I'm adding a few new faces to the mix."
All the contestants freeze and look at Charge suspiciously.
Oblivious to this, the green feline continues grinning and pulls out a random list, "Okay, so first on my list is…Cory the Hedgehog!"
The black and blue hedgehog walks on coolly, ignoring the screaming fangirls, some of who are fainting. As he walks past Shadow, they exchange something inaudible, but certainly not friendly. He walks over to the end of the boy's line that is closer to Charge, giving the host a smirk and a nod as he goes past, which the cat returns.
Charge waits for the fangirl screams to die down before continuing, "Next up, we've got Enzan the Hedgehog!"
Enzan jogs out to cheers, waving, and comes over to give Charge a high-five on the way past.
"Okay, next up on ye old list is…Eclipse the Hedgehog!"
Eclipse came onto the stage and proceeded to bust a move. When she was done, she stood up and grinned manically before sprinting full tilt towards Charge, attempting to grab the microphone. Charge caught her outstretched hand around the wrist, grabbed her other arm and pulled off a perfect Osoto Gari, but he was sure to put her down carefully to avoid further conflict.
Once she was on the ground, he dusted his hands off, looked into the camera and smirked, "That's how we do it up in T.O!"
The crowd cheered wildly as Charge helped Eclipse up, checking to make sure she was all right. Suddenly, the microphone, left unattended by Charge, was magically transported to Eclipse's hands, as she shouted, "KEEP ME ON, OR I SHALL UNLEASH A BLACK HOLE ON YOU ALL!"
The silence that followed was broken only by Charge's palm connecting to his face and Shadow applauding quietly, which quickly died away after a few seconds.
Once Eclipse had finally settled into line, Charge proceeded to dust off his blazer and pants and re-slick his hair back.
Once he was done, he once again turned to the camera and put on his best Ryan Seacrest smile, "Okay, our final contestant for the night is…Flare the Dragon!"
Flare walked out, eating a cheeseburger, much to Charge's annoyance. He got decent cheers from the crowd, as he waltzed over to join the line.
Once Charge had finished checking every square inch of the stage for burger crumbs, he straightened up and once again dusted off his outfit.
"Stupid thing cost me 800 rings," he muttered under his breath, unaware of the mic in his hand.
Once he had finished his quick prime-up session, he once again flashed the smile, "Okay, let's hear it for all the contestants!"
Loud cheers and fangirl screams responded to his invite, as most of the contestants proceeded to wave like they were flagging a taxi. Cory, however, simply smirked and blew a kiss to a young maroon hedgehog in the crowd.
The hedgehog promptly fainted, along with nearly a dozen others.
Charge allowed the cheers to continue for a few minutes before gesturing for silence, "Now, we've got the dancers, but how about the judges? They are important to this show, are they not?"
The crowd unanimously yelled, "YES!"
"O.K, good. 'Cause it's time to meet 'im! First up, you know her and love her, queen of randomness and comedy and one of my inspirations, JoAnne the Fox!"
When the fox with rabbit ears walked out to cheers, the roof of the place literally blew off.
No, seriously. It blew off into a black hole above the stadium that promptly disappeared afterwards
"ECLIPSE!" everybody yelled.
The purple hedgehog grinned sheepishly and shrugged.
JoAnne looked up at the gaping hole ringed by barbs of steel and whistled, "Nice work. Couldn't have done it better myself!"
Charge face once again was drawn to his palm as he shook his head, "These two are going to be the death of me, and my funeral is going to be soon."
On top of all that, it started raining like they were in the middle of the Peruvian Rainforest, which they strangely were.
Slowly, the contestants, crowd, single judge and host (with 800-ring non-waterproof suit!) were drenched to the bone.
In an attempt to preserve the show and his sanity, Charge promptly introduced the next judge.
"Leah the Hedgehog!"
The lime-green hedgehog walked out to promptly be drenched by the rain.
"Okkkkaaayyy…wasn't expecting this to be an environmental show." she commented in her last British accent, quills and ears drooping, looking a little annoyed.
That was the last straw for Charge.
There was a flash of light, and all of a sudden, a massive glass dome suddenly slammed down on top of the studio.
It promptly stopped raining inside the studio, and Charge appeared in his usual spot.
Charge dusted off his hands and glared at Eclipse and JoAnne in turn, "Either of you try anything, I personally will send you out of the building via Crescent kick. Understood?"
The two girls in question gulped and nodded.
Once again, the Seacrest grin, "Our final judge is…Marina the Hedgehog!"
The light blue hedgehog with the hairdresser's nightmare came out smiling and waving. She was obviously enjoying the attention she was getting, and the crowd was cheering quite loudly for her.
The three girls took their seats at the judge's table. After putting her feet up and leaning back to the breaking point of the chair, JoAnne called for a Pepsi. There was a pause, and then someone mentioned that they only had Coca-Cola, because it was a sponsor of the show this season.
"WHAT?" JoAnne exploded.
Charge, Shadow, Cory, Silver and most of the rest of the cast pulled out random bowls of popcorn and ate it while watching the fox/rabbit hybrid cuss, rant and rave about the lack of Pepsi. It made for quite a show.
"WHAT THE (Censored) DO YOU MEAN THAT THERE IS NO PEPSI ON THE SHOW? IT'S THE BEST GOD (Censored) DRINK IN THE (Censored) WORLD!"
After a performance worthy of toddler temper tantrum, JoAnne calmed down enough to sit back down, muttering eternal curses upon Coca-Cola and it's owners.
However, Sonic then stupidly pulled out a Coke Zero and chugged it up.
JoAnne pulled out a random hammer and proceeded to attack Sonic with it. It took the combined strength of Over Charge, a reluctant Super Cory (I'm assuming that's what he's called), an equally reluctant Super Shadow, Flaming Flare (Again a random guess, if he has one), Super Enzan and Super Silver to pull the fire-eyed, swearing fox off of Sonic.
They dragged her back to her seat as Over Charge bent a metal bar around her hands to prevent her from escaping.
However, she continued to thrash and yell, shooting murderous glares at Charge as he smirked.
Shadow soon silenced her with a kiss.
Although this shut JoAnne up and knocked her out, it brought the wrath of the fangirls upon Shadow's spiked red and black head.
"SHADOW? HOW COULD YOU?" Leah shouted angrily, jumping up and knocking over her chair, "I THOUGHT YOU WERE MY BOYFRIEND!"
"YOUR BOYFRIEND? YOUR BOYFRIEND?" shouted an equally ticked-off Marina, "HE'S MY BOYFRIEND, AND HE KNOWS IT!"
Eclipse also joined in, although she had no known interest in Shadow.
The three girls advanced on Shadow, demanding an explanation. JoAnne also woke up from her kiss-induced slumber and proceeded to break free from the metal bar. She joined in with the three others, staring at Shadow, arms crossed and feet tapping.
The Ultimate Lifeform visibly sweat-dropped and backed away nervously, towards the stage wall.
His eyes pleadingly looked to Charge, Sonic, Flare, Enzan, Silver and Knuckles.
Charge had a "Nice try, Shads" smirk on his face, Sonic was still K.O'd from JoAnne, Flare didn't seem to care about the current situation, Enzan had a box of popcorn out ready for some action, Silver looked a little too scared and Knuckles was laughing his head off.
Heck, Shadow even tried Cory, who simply ignored him.
He was stuck between a wall, and a bunch of insane fangirls.
"Heh." he laughed nervously, "Uh…can I say that I love you all equally?"
With those words, the four girls pounced, therefore starting the show.
Charge had quickly set up a movie theatre-style seating arrangement for everyone, and had gotten everyone Coke and popcorn, all within a fraction of a millionth of a second.
Everyone ooohed and ahhed while the fight went on, until it came to a standstill.
Marina had Shadow's left arm in her right hand, and a ball of hot water in her left. She stared at the other three with a look of pure jealousy.
Eclipse had Shadow's right arm in her heft hand, and was controlling a dozen chair-sized meteorites with her right, all the while giving the deluxe "I'm a maniac and this is my boyfriend!" stare to the rest of the group.
Leah had Shadow's right foot and hover shoe in her left hand, while charging up a wind attack with her other hand and glaring at JoAnne.
JoAnne had Shadow's left foot in her left hand and in her right she held a massive hammer, while staring back at Leah with just the same amount of jealousy.
Shadow, meanwhile, was lying spread-eagled with a stunned expression on his face, not even trying to escape.
For the longest time, nothing happened in the standoff.
Then, Charge stood up, yawned, scratched the back of his neck and stretched out his arms.
"Well, ladies." he began, "You've been a lovely source of entertainment, but I'm afraid that'll be enough for tonight."
With that, he swept his arms downward, as his body became engulfed in light.
Soon, his fur became darker, his eyes changed to black corneas with red pupils and he grabbed the two Dark Light energy blades that appeared near his hands.
Charge chuckled, his voice coming out deep and distorted, like a thousand sopranos with laryngitis, "Well, well. I figured it was about time I unveiled my new form. I call this Gamma, after the deadly rays on the electromagnetic spectrum. In this form I control light, gravity, magnetism and electricity, but also anything nuclear as well. I would consider it the same as Sonic's Dark form, except much more powerful. Anyways, back to business. I need to get this show on the road, and I need it to get going now."
With that, Gamma crouched and unleashed an anti-gravity blast.
Everything that was caught in it was immediately levitated of the ground and became immobile.
"Hey!" yelled JoAnne, struggling.
Gamma smirked evilly as he maneuvered Shadow to one side, and the four fangirls to another.
Once he was set down, Shadow snapped out of his trance. Jumping up into a fighting stance, his eyes quickly scanned over the girls before he slowly inched back towards the group.
Once he was a safe distance away, he lowered his arms and relaxed a little.
Still keeping his eyes on the girls, he quickly backed up to the guy's section.
Once he was sure he was safe, he leaned in and whispered to Silver, "What's up with Charge?"
Silver shrugged, "Showing off his new dark form."
"Ah." was the response from Shadow.
However, once those words were spoken, there was another flash of light, and Charge reverted to normal.
"Ahem." the feline said, straightening his tie, "Now, no more funny business or I'm going to have to go a little bit harder on you next time.
"
"Anyways!" he exclaimed turning and pointing into the camera, "After this commercial break, it's time to start the contest after a quick performance by one of the contestants!"
One 5 minute commercial break later:
Surprisingly, it was Cory was sitting on a stool, holding an acoustic guitar, and looked like he was ready to perform.
The crowd and the contestants hushed and watched wide eyed, waiting for the start
Slowly and carefully, Cory began to play the acoustic for a little while, before he started the lyrics,
Sunny days and starry nights
And lazy afternoons
You're countin' castles in the clouds
And hummin' little tunes
But somehow, right before your eyes
The summer fades away
Everything is different
And everything has changed
If you feel lost and on your own
And far from home
You're never alone, you know
Just think of your friends
The ones who care
They all will be waiting there
With love to share
And your heart will lead you home
Funny how a photograph
Can take you back in time
To places and embraces
That you thought you'd left behind
They're trying to remind you
That you're not the only one
That no one is an island
When all is said and one
If you feel lost and on your own
And far from home
You're never alone, you know
Just think of your friends
The ones who care
They all will be waiting there with love to share
And your heart will lead you home
Suddenly, the main part of the chorus stopped, and piano chords began to play.
There'll come a day
When you're losing your way
And you won't know where you belong
They say that "Home is where the heart is"
Silver, Sonic and Enzan suddenly joined in
So follow your heart
And know that you can't go wrong
If you feel lost and on your own
And far from home
You're never alone, you know
Just think of your friends
The one who care
They all will be waiting there
With love to share
And your heart will lead you
Now, the entire cast joined in for a while
If you feel lost and on your own
And far from home
You're never alone, you know
Just think of your friends
The ones who care
They all will be waiting there
The cast faded away, and Cory sang the last part alone.
With love to share
And your heart will lead you
Where you belong
I know your heart will lead you home
One short, but beautiful guitar solo later, Cory quietly stopped.
The fangirls promptly screamed loudly.
Once the crowd stopped screaming, Charge came onstage clapping.
"Wow…that was…wow." was all he had to say.
Cory grinned sheepishly and looked down at his shoes.
"Let's all give him a hand, folks!" Charge exclaimed, tucking his microphone under his arm so he could clap better, "What a performance! Worthy of Kenny Loggins himself!"
Cory stood up and bowed to the screaming, ranting audience.
"Now, were going to wait for a few minutes to let the contestants work out their routines. Don't go away, So You Think You Can Dance Mobius will be right back, after these words from our sponsors!"
One 6-minute commercial break later:
"Okay people! Welcome back to So You Think You Can Dance." Charge greeted the camera, "Well, our contestants are lined up and ready to dance for their 1 minute performances. So, without further ado, here's Amy!"
Amy went to the left side of the stage and crouched down.
The crowd screamed, but quieted away to allow No Air to start up.
Amy rose and swayed and dipped with the music as it went along.
If I
Should die
Before
I wake,
Its cause
You took
My breath
Away.
Losing you is like living in a world with no air
I'm here,
Alone,
Didn't want
To leave.
My heart won't move,
It's incomplete.
Wish there
Was a way
That I can make you to understand,
But How,
Do you expect me,
To live alone with just me?
'Cause my world revolves around you,
Its so hard for me to breathe.
Tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with no air.
Can't live, can't breathe with no air.
That's how I feel when I know you ain't there.
There's No Air ,No Air.
Got me out here in the water so deep.
Tell me how you gon' be without me.
If you ain't here, I just can't breathe.
Its No Air No Air.
No air air
No air air
No air air
No air air
Suddenly the theme came on, signifying the end of the performance.
The crowd cheered, as Charge came up clapping.
"Now that was impressive!" he exclaimed, clapping, "Let's go to the judges to see what they think."
"Absolutely amazing." Marina declared, "7/10"
"Good job." Leah exclaimed, "8/10"
"Decent try." JoAnne said, "7.5/10"
"And that is a combined total of…22.5! A good start, Miss Rose."
Amy giggled, "Thank you! I hope I stay on!"
She skipped offstage, still giggling.
"Okay, next we have…Cory the Hedgehog!"
Everybodys looking for love. Oh. Oh.
Aint that the reason youre at this club. Oh. Oh.
You aint gonna find a dance with him. No. Oh.
Got a better solution for you girl. Oh. Oh.
Just stay with me now.
Say the word and well go.
I'll be your teacher.
I'll show you the ropes.
You'll see a side of love you've never known.
I can see it going down, going down.
In my head, I see you all over me.
In my head, you fulfill my fantasy.
In my head, Youll be screaming no.
In my head, its going down.
In my head, its going down.
In my head.
Yeah.
In my head.
Oh yeah.
Some dudes know all the right things to say.
When it comes down to it, its just a game.
Instead of talking let me demonstrate. Yeah.
Get down to business lets skip foreplay.
Just leave with me now.
Say the word and well go.
Ill be your teacher.
Ill show you the ropes.
You'll see a side of love you've never known.
I can see it going down, going down.
In my head, I see you all over me.
In my head, you fulfill my fantasy.
In my head, Youll be screaming no.
In my head, its going down.
In my head, its going down.
In my head.
Charge comes onstage clapping, and is about to say something when he is interrupted by a loud, shrill horn.
Once everyone has their hearing back, Charge announces that they need to end the show, "But we'll be back next Saturday for plenty more dancing and antics." he finishes, shooting an evil look at the fangirls.
"See you next week, everybody!"
