Hello once again, audience! I'm Tobe... Yeah right.
My name...
Is SonicMX!
And welcome to another fabulous chapter of Chaos and Order.
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References from last chapter:
Metal Sonic told Sonic of a lab that could not be traced, the only clue being that it held a Generic Life-form and Disk Operating System. Put the first letters of those words together and you get none other than GLaDOS. Sonic and Metal Sonic were looking at Aperture Science, which is a piece of the Portal universe that became fused with Earth/Mobius. Don't worry, it doesn't play any role to the story other than that cameo.
Act One: Was I Too Slow?
Chapter Two: Temporary Home
THE NEXT DAY
Me and the rest of the group learned a little more about what was going on while we stayed in the little base Metal Sonic had made.
I also learned some more interesting facts.
As it turns out, Knuckles isn't reprogrammed yet. Metal doesn't know his location, but I'm sure that knucklehead is handling things on his own. I also learned that the Master Emerald had hidden itself in some place called Hidden Palace Zone. I feel like I should remember what that place is, considering I have been to almost every Zone possible, but it doesn't ring a bell. Oh well.
I've also learned that there is little to no more Mobians or humans free in this world, but there are some who have successfully avoided enslavement. Of course, there probably scared out of there flippin' minds right now, so they aren't seen much because their hiding. Lastly, the place where we are located is unstable and we have to find a new location. Metal told me that we were leaving and relocating somewhere around Mystic Ruins.
It amazed me that all this was happening. Well... not all that. I'm more amazed at the fact that multiple worlds are colliding and is changing my world into something unimaginable.
Pff. Like that will stop this hedgehog.
It's just like Dash said, nothing isn't fun if it's to easy! So I better start the day right.
"*Yawn* Wake up guy's and gal's. Time to start the ne-"
"MORNING EVERYPONY!" I was cut off by Pinkies large mouth. I sat up, holding my head as she bounced around all of us, making sure we were all getting up.
"GET UP GET UP GET! IT'S TIME TO GEEET UP! WAKEY-WAKEY EGGS AND A WHOLE LOTTA BAK-EY! RISE AND SHINE, MR. FREEMAN! RISE AND SHINE!" Rarity though a pillow at Pinkie, stopping Pinkies chatter.
"Darling, please be quiet. I'm sure all of us and... Whoever 'Mr. Freeman' is will want five more minutes." Rarity said, getting back into her sleeping bag.
"Now Pinkies right." I said, slowly getting up. "Even though the yelling was uncalled for, she's right. We need to get up." I fully got up, as well as the others, and made my way into the 'living room' of the base, which is basically the base itself. Metal had made another area, one for living organism's to sleep. Look's like it came in handy after all.
"Applejack, how come you're not tired? We woke at, what, 5:00?" I asked as I watched the orange mare trot past me with so much energy.
"Well, ah live on a farm. Remember? Ah get up at these kind o' times all the time!" She said, taking a seat next to Rainbow Dash, who was snoozing on the couch. Pinkie frowned and trotted to Dash, took a deep breath, and... Uh oh.
"WAKE UP, RAINBOW DASH!" Pinkie yelled, smiling crazily as Dash jumped up and hit the ceiling. Normally, this would be funny, except that Pinkie forgot that this was the sewers.
The roof was concrete.
Dash fell back onto the couch, holding her head in pain.
"Whoops." Pinkie said, smiling sheepishly. "Sorry about that, Dashie." Dash mumbled something under her breath. Cream's eyes shrank in shock at what she heard, and Metal Sonic was... Laughing? Hold up!
"First of all, Rainbow, are you alright?" I asked, jogging over and helping her sit up.
"Yeah, just a knot, but I'll be fine." She said.
"Good. Second, Metal... Are you laughing?" Metal looked at me for a sec, then responded with another shocking thing.
"Well duh. What does it sound like I'm doing? Crying?" He asked sarcastically. My jaw dropped, much to everyone's confusion, but I kept it to myself.
"It will take a while before I can get used to the new you, Metal. Anyway, when are we leaving?" I asked.
"Let me check the details and statistics.
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..Right now. It seems the pink mare has made enough noise to attract some attention, so we better get moving." Pinkie face-hoofed herself as everyone, now fully awake, got up and made a move towards the exit.
"WAIT!" I yelled. Everyone and pony stopped and looked at me. "Do you guys even know where we're going?" They all stood there for a moment.
"Exactly. We should follow Metal Sonic. He knows where to go." Omega said. Toby, who was on Omega's shoulder, started to move his hands, speaking through sign-language. I don't know what he said, but I think he was agreeing with Omega. Everyone nodded and let Metal go first, before everyone and pony else left.
Everyone was walking together in a line, either two together in a row or three, as we walked across the train rails. Metal was first, Fluttershy oddly walking with him. Omega, Toby, and Twilight were walking together, being the second group in the line. Twilight kept asking Omega question's about what he is, what powers him, bla bla bla, while he carried all the stuff in a grey sac. Pinkie Pie and Cream were third in line, discussing recipes and stuff. I guess those two chef's will make us a meal when they get the chance. Me and Dash were fourth, just enjoying each others company as she trotted close to me. Applejack and Rarity were behind us. I don't hear them talking or anything, so they must be just trotting, waiting to get to our location.
As we walked, I looked around. Everything seemed normal. Well, normal for being fused with Mobius, anyway. What concerned me was the palace in the distance. I don't know what it was. It didn't seem human or Mobiun in design. What really put me off, was the weird blue light on one side and a yellow light on the other. It was like the palace was split into two factions. One could say it was insane to do that, but I shouldn't judge other worlds cultures and whatnot's.
"Hey Sonic." Rainbow spoke up, causing me to turn from my current thoughts.
"What is it?" I asked her.
"I'm sorry." She said, looking down.
"W-What?"
"I said I'm sorry. Look, if I hadn't kept the last Chaos Emerald from you, you might have been able to save your world." I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
She was blaming all this on her.
"Rainbow, listen." I said, looking her in the eyes. "This is not your fault. If anything, it would be my fault for being slow." She looked at me, shocked. "But right now, it's all Silver Sonic's fault for causing harm to my world." She lowered her shocked expression, but still held a stern look.
"O.K. then. Just promise me you will never blame yourself for this. The last time you did that, we lost you for two days." Dash said. I remembered that day. I ran away, kicking myself for not being there. I guess I'd better listen to her. Blaming myself for something I had no control of is not cool. But still...
If I was a bit faster. Maybe I could ha-
"We're getting close. We should hurry and get to the Chao Garden. That's the only safe place here." Metal Sonic said.
"Chao?..." Cream asked. She mumbled something out of earshot, so I didn't think nothing of it. We all got off onto the wooden steps and made our way onto the island and to the cave, Metal leading.
"Wow... This place is beautiful." Fluttershy said as we entered the area.
"Yeah..." I agreed. "This is the once place so far that seems to be intact." I sighed, letting the clean air fill my lungs.
"OH MY CELESTIA, THEY GOT A POOL!" Pinkie screamed, jumping into the small pond. She managed to actually swim in it, to my surprise. I walked over and took a good look at the water. It seems that the ground under it had gone down a few feet, making this a 'pool' as Pinkie had called it. I turned to go see what Dash thought about this, but my eye caught Cream looking around with a sad expression on her face.
"Hey Cream, I everything alright?" I asked. She looked at me, fear in her eyes.
"N-Nothing is wrong, Mr. Sonic." Cream said. I doubted it was nothing, but I better wait before asking again. I'm not gonna push an answer out of her that she doesn't want out. I looked around for Dash and noticed a rainbow tail hanging off that ledge on the mountain. I loved hopping up there when I ever came to this Chao Garden. I jumped up onto the small cliff and hopped onto the ledge. She was laying down with her wings outstretched.
"Hey Dashy, mind if I come up here with ya?" I asked.
"Sure, as long as you never call me that again. I get enough of that name from Pinkie Pie." She said, not moving.
"Well, I think it's cute. Kinda like yourself." I said. She blushed and punched my arm as a sat beside her.
"Shut up, furball." She said. I started to scratch her behind the ear, earning a happy sigh from her.
"Hey Sonic, is your world like this place?"
"Yes. It is."
"It's so bright and colorful..." She looked at me, determination in her eyes.
"I promise I'll destroy that stupid bot and make everything right."
"What do you mean 'I'?"
"Huh? What are you trying to s-
"Don't you mean 'we'?" She punched me again, making my arm sore.
"You know what I mean." she said. We both stayed there as the sun went down. I decided to lay down next to her, and as we watched the moon rise, we fell asleep.
Normal P.O.V.
As everyone slept in a sleeping bag and as the robots were on standby, a small figure rose and slowly walked away, running outside. The figure started to fly up and away, into the moonlight.
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This was originally going to be two separate chapters, but I accidentally mashed them together, so yeah...
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