I've decided write some replies to the people… 'kind' enough to review this thing. You know, to make them feel special…
Wingless Rain: Wow… brutally honest there, aren't ya? Well I thank you, I need some negative reinforcement. Yes, I'm aware Chapter one isn't the best, I did go a little heavy on the pronouns… As for lacking backstory and things like that, think of it like a movie. Chapter one is the beginning, you don't learn everything at the beginning, things are explained as they go on. Trust me, It gets better, just you wait! But come on… it wasn't THAT bad…
Hidden-Truths: Well hello there, glad to see… erm, read you, I didn't think you'd be here. Yeah, I know I haven't got many reviews, but it's the beginning, there'll be more. And yes, there's more chapters, but I can't post everything I have at once, there's no fun in that!
Shadow Stalkr: Good lord man, where the hell did all of you critics come from? Alright, admitingly, I didn't fully read over the first chapter before I submitted it, I was in a rush, and it was my first time submitting somthing. It's damned confusing here, I still don't know what I'm doing. First, that "list" is part of the plot, it's a startup sequance, and it's there for a reason. Second... I didn't know about the horizontal line... Third... It gets better, don't throw this thing to the dogs just yet. Wow... you know, I've never been ragged about one of my storys... But hell, all it makes me want to do is prove you wrong! Thanks... but was it really THAT bad?!
Alright then, chapter two… things pick up here.
The white clouds in the sky ripped and parted, making way for the aircraft that passed through it. The blue and yellow plane dashed through the sky, flying at high speeds to reach it's far off destination. Sitting in the cockpit of the craft was a certain young fox, piloting the craft with expert precision. A pair of goggles on his eyes kept the wind out, allowing him to maintain the sight from the oncoming wind. Plus… he thinks they make him look cool.
Gauges and monitors where planted on the dashboard, buttons and switches accompanying them. He took a look at one monitor, a radar it seemed, a lone blip was apparent on a top-down map of the area. The symbol for the plane drew closer, and the boy turned his head around and shouted, "We're approaching the signal!"
"Got it!" A voice yelled from the backseat, the famous blue hedgehog was sitting in the back, a pair of goggles on his head as well. The clouds vanished as the plane lowered to the ground, revealing vast expanses of grasslands and forests. In the distance, a town could be seen, it wasn't large, but it wasn't small either, but it WAS the apparent target for Robotnick's latest attack. The craft descended to the ground rapidly, more subtle features coming into view. The trees, the buildings, everything was coming into focus. And in the distance, emerging from over a forest, was a large metal sphere.
"There he is!" Tails yelled, referring to the ball of metal and glass descending towards the town. The plane left the air, coming down into the town, stopping at the edge of it, and landed in a grassy field next to it. Sonic jumped out first, tossing the goggles back into the plane, Tails following suit. The blue one dashed forward, and in the blink of an eye, was in front of the floating ball.
A man was inside, different from the rest of the creatures of this world, because unlike them, he was not a mobian. The machine was a personal transport, the bottom half coated in steel casing, with the top of it cover by a layer of protective glass. The man wore a pair of goggles over his eyes, hiding them from sight. His bald head was tremendously thrown off by his incredibly large orange mustache. His large body was half hidden from view, the machine cut off at about chest height. His large red suit showed through like a beacon, with trails of white and yellow through it. Below his pudgy nose and large mustache, a wicked grin formed, "Hahahahaaha!" His powerful voice cut through the air, "Well, Well, Well… look who it is… predictable as always" he chuckled, obviously expecting the two to arrive.
"What are you doing this time Robotnick? When are you going to learn that you'll never win?" Sonic asked, his voice boasting with confidence.
"Blasted rodent… you and that cub think that you've got me beat no matter what I do! Well no more! I'll show you who's best!" He yelled, his threat booming.
Sonic grinned, "Like I haven't heard that before, come on! We can take anything you can throw at us!" Tails clenched his fists, he was ready to fight as well… but he didn't forget about the readings he picked up earlier… Robotnick had something up his sleeve…
The man cracked a wicked grin, "Very well then…" He said as he brought a white gloved hand up to his ear, which held a device in place, "Get in here…" The two of them looked around, before snapping their attention over to the edge of the forest.
Slowly, something emerged, covered from head to toe in a kind of orange armor, and standing taller than anyone present. It stepped into the open, in plain sight for the two to see, it was obviously a machine… tall, lean, and not based on any mobian. It stood at 6 foot 2, towering over the creatures, it's metallic body seemed to be based more off Robotnick's form… Sure as hell didn't look like him though…
"What is it?" The boy asked, engrossed by the sight of this new machine.
"Impressed? You better be! This is the most advanced piece of machinery on the planet!" The man boasted, throwing his fists up in the air.
"It's based off the human form, it's abilities FAR surpass ANYTHING you miserable creatures could do!" Indeed, the machine was based off the human form, if the two knew what a typical human looked like, they would see the replication.
It did have a few differences however, it's head was more of cube than an oval, it was bare and jagged at the edges. It's limbs where all lightly blocky, lacking the smoothness of a living form. There where thin extensions at the wrists, like something was stored there. It's rectangular fingers flexed, as if it was eager to begin. "But that's enough stalling, destroy them!" The man yelled, pointing to the two who stood in his way.
Glowing red eyes focused in on the targets, it clenched it's fists, a smirk forming on it's face. It slowly began walking forward, heavy armored boots smashing into the ground. "Sonic The Hedgehog…" Came a low, menacing voice from the machine. Sonic gasped, Robotnick's machine never talked! "Age, 16… Species, Hedgehog… You're quite the thorn in Ivo's side, aren't you? Hehehe" It said, chuckling at the notion.
"Miles Prower…" It continued, shifting it's attention to the child. "Age, 8… Species… Fox… hmm, it seems like there's a mutation in your DNA… Very special, and very rare… and very different from a regular fox… I do believe we have a survivor…" The robotic threat said as it grinned wickedly, "But I can fix that..."
Sonic growled, but Tails was confused, what was this thing talking about? But there was no chance to follow up on it, this thing had to be taken out. The blue one tensed up, this thing looked tough, he hadn't seen the doctor make anything like THAT before…
"Well it doesn't matter WHAT it is, it's going down!" Sonic yelled as he dashed forward, intent on smashing the machine to pieces. He jumped, sending himself high into the air, and upon coming back down, he curled himself into a ball, his spines protruding from the sphere of blue fur.
The machine didn't move, it stood it's ground as the spiked ball hurtled towards it.But at the very last possible second, the machine darted to the right, the blue buzzsaw smashing into the ground. Before he had any time to react, the creation reeled back, and sent a swift kick to his sharp form, sending the blue one flying like a soccer ball.
Sonic's breath was lost, that had hurt, A LOT, and it hurt even more when he smashed into a tree. The spines dug into the bark, tearing it apart, and sending him flat on the ground. "Sonic!" The twin tailed boy shouted, fear in his voice, he darted over to the collapsed form, desperate to see if he was alright.
Sonic coughed, shaking his head, "I'm alright Tails, but man that hurt..." He groaned, noticing the bruise on his side, he stood, aiming his attention to the grinning machine. Even Robotnick was a little surprised, which was a far trek form his usually crackling when something got a hit in… "This thing is tough… come on, I'll take it front the front, you come up behind it and try to get a hit in" Sonic whispered, clenching his fists. Tails nodded, and darted off to the right, while the blue one charged the deadly machine.
In a flash, he was on him, the blue mobian's speed passing beyond the limitations of his species, and attacked. He set a fist forward, colliding with a metal arm, which the machine had brought up to block, Sonic followed up with a flurry of swings. Each one was blocked as easily as the last, until the robot backed up a step, and sent a fist of it's own towards the attacking hedgehog. Sonic dodged to the left, and narrowly ducked under a swift kick that was aimed for his head, and jumped out of the way of a blow that crashed into he ground.
Behind the machine, Tails charged forward, jumping into the air and smashed into the robot's back with a strong kick. It stumbled forward only slightly, and before the child could move, it sent a powerful sidewinder to his suspended form. He let out a loud scream of pain as he was sent flying off, crashing into the ground.
"Tails!" Sonic yelled as he tried to run over to him, but was stopped halfway by the machine, an outstretched arm caught Sonic's head, cloths-lining him and sending him strait to the ground. Without missing a beat, the mechanical man sent a powerful fist down to meet the speedster's skull, but was met with only ground.
It looked around for a moment, until it turned to the felled form, seeing it's target kneeling in front of the boy. Sonic lifted him up in his arms, the boy groaning his pain, there was a large bruise on his chest where he had been hit. "Are you alright?" He asked, fearful for his friend.
He groaned, "I'm fine" He muttered as he tried to stand, but couldn't as his feet suddenly lost contact with the ground. For a moment, he wondered what happened, until he realized he was in the blue one's arms, about 10 feet from where they where, and where the machine was now.
It turned it's head, and locked it's eyes with Sonic's and in that moment, he knew that he had to get Tails out of there. He slowly put him down, never leaving the lock he had with the machine, who's eyes burned with an unnatural brightness.
It's eyes drifted over to the child, and back to Sonic… and nodded. Sonic gasped lightly, but quickly brought his attention to the wounded child, "Run Tails, get out of here, I'll handle this one myself"
He went wide eyed, "NO! I'll help, I can-"
"Just go!" Sonic said, staring strait into the boy's eyes. Tails wanted to say no, to say that he would help him fight, but something in Sonic's eyes told him to just do as he says… and he did… The child ran over to the plane, casting glances at the two who stood motionless, both staring at him.
"What are you doing!? Destroy him!" Robotnick shouted, but it fell on deaf ears, the armored figure did not move, it didn't even cast a glance in his direction. Tails jumped in the plane, a safe distance from the fight, and stayed there, watching the two."I SAID-" the doctor was cut off as a loud BANG resonated through the area, something sliced through his ear, and the earpiece exploded, sending shards of metal into it, causing blood to run freely.
"AHHHHRRRGGG!!!" He yelled, clenching his ear, and looking over at the machine. The metal attacker's arm was outstretched, it's index was pointed in the air, and a small hole was opened in the tip of the finger. A small metal tube fell to the grass, landing without a sound.
"You will NOT tell me what to do…" It said, it's eyes never leaving the hedgehog.
Robotnick growled in anger, "You insolent machine! How dare you! I-" He was cut off by another shot, this one only about a centimeter from him skull.
"Leave now... or next time, I WON'T miss" The machine said. Robotnick froze for a moment, before cursing and turning his ship around, flying off into the distance. Sonic gaped at this, what was this thing doing?
But before he could pursue the thought further, the machine pointed it's hand to the blue one. A flash of light emerged from the end of his finger, making Sonic see spots. But the only reason he could still see ANYTHING was due to his incredible reflexes, he bad barley dodged the bullet. A small hatch on it's wrist was open, and another small metal tube was ejected from it, falling to the ground as did the others.
It didn't hesitate, it moved it's hand again, and fired again, and again, and again. Sonic was constantly moving, if he held still, he knew he would be hit, those things where barley missing him. The ground was littered with casings, and that thing didn't seem like this thing was going to run out of ammo any time soon… he had to do something. He ran in a circle once more, before abruptly turning, and jumping into over the machine, landing behind it. He had a split second to decide what to do, and he took the most obvious course of action… attack.
He twisted and leapt into the air once again, curling into a quilled ball, and hurling himself towards the hostile machine. This time, the machine couldn't dodge, the creature had moved at an insane speed, one that it's sensors could barley keep up with. All it had time to do was turn before it was taken by surprise as a blue buzzsaw sliced into it's arm. The sound of tearing metal and sliced wires filled the air, after a stunned moment, the machine used it's other arm to send a powerful punch strait into the center of the ball.
This dislodged the spinning hedgehog and sent him careening into the ground, tearing up grass and dirt, before he uncurled. He let out a loud growl of pain and his hands instantly went to his head, where there was a large bloody gash, and by god it HURT! Tails gasped, that looked bad, really bad, he wanted to go help, he wanted to do SOMETHING other than just sit here and watch his brother get beaten on.
"Damnit! Ahg, That hurts!..." He yelled, his bloody gloves pulling away from his wounded head. The cub's ears where completely lowered, flat down on his head, but he was glad Sonic was okay… hurt, but okay…
That didn't make him feel any better though...
Sonic looked up at the machine, it was winching, like it was in pain as it tried to flex it's arm. It failed, the arm wouldn't move, it had been sliced at just he right points to sever the connection, now all it was simply a dead limb. "DAMN YOU!" It yelled, grasping it's dead arm, the machine seemed to be seething, the blue hedgehog had never seen any machine act like this…
It winched again, before it closed it's eyes tightly, and in a desperate act… ripped the arm off…
It let out a loud yell, one of anger and pain as it yanked the limb from it's socket, letting another roar out as it looked at it's side. Sparks and trails of energy danced along the mechanical socket, surges bolted across the entire thing, tiny electric explosions rippling across the hole… "YEEEEEAAARRRRRGG!!!" It roared, throwing the robotic limb aside, and staring down the blue male with a look of pure malice.
"You're dead! YOU HEAR ME!? Dead! I'll kill you and that pathetic child! I'll kill you all!" It screamed, it's voice of hatred reaching for miles.
Sonic growled, NOONE threatens his best friend, "I'll make sure you won't be around to back that up! I'll finish you right here, right now!" He announced, balling his fists.
The machine formed a wicked grin and let out a demented chuckle, "Oh really… let's just see about that!" It said as it flicked it's remaining arm and a long shimmering steel blade emerged from the thin slit above it's wrist. The blade gleemed in the early sunlight.
"Oh hell…" was all he could think before the machine rushed him, darting ahead at a deadly speed. Luckily, he was faster, and he moved out of the way, ducked under a swipe, and jumped back from a stab.
"Stand still you little fucker!" It screamed as it swiped again, and followed up with a rising cut, both of which missed. Sonic jumped over a low swing, landing behind it and swung a kick at it's legs, hoping it would fall to it's knees. It didn't have the affect he had hoped, it barley moved, and had the opportunity to turn around, swinging the blade with it and bringing it across the blue one's face.
Sonic barley had time to duck, but he DIDN'T have time to avoid the low kick that had been sent at his face, it connected with his forehead, and sent him to the ground. He landed in a heap flat on his back and let out a yell of pain. His head was throbbing and he could barley see strait anymore.
He tried to stand, but was forced back to the ground by a metal boot pressed firmly into his stomach, knocking him back to the ground. The wind was knocked out of him, and his ribs felt like they where in a vice, he coughed in a burst of pain, and gazed up at his attacked. What he saw was pure malice, a hate like he had never seen… and he had a deep fear that it would be the last thing he ever saw.
The machine lowered it's arm, the blade only inches from his face. "Hehehaha" it crackled, "Oh don't worry, I'll make it quick… as will I for the little one" It raised the blade, the steel shimmered, casting a glare off the blade.
Sonic struggled, squirmed, and wrenched around under the machine's foot, but it was in vain, he saw the blade, and could imagine it being brought down into his skull, piercing it and killing him. His eyes quivered but he stayed strong, clenching his teeth and continued to struggle. "Meet oblivion!" The machine yelled as it brought it's arm down, blade ready to meet the skull of the hedgehog below it. Sonic's eyes squeezed shut, he didn't want to see the strike that would end his life…
"ACK!" A robotic voice yelled out, Sonic felt a jolt in the machine's body, and he opened his eyes to see what had happened. Tails had sprung fromt he plane and was grasping the metallic limb, hanging on to it and keeping it from crashing to the ground. "Get off!" It yelled, wrenching it's arm around, swing it back and forth trying to dislodge the cub. The machine was off balance, and Sonic took this opportunity to push the machine's foot off and rolled to the side. His chest was on fire and it felt like his ribs had collapsed, every breath was like a punch to the gut.
With a roar of rage, the machine flung the cub from it's arm, sending him flying through he air and crashing to the ground. "That's it! I'll run you through!" The machine yelled as it shifted focus onto the downed cub, dashing off towards him.
This got Sonic's attention, despite the tidal waves of pain, he stood and turn to the machine. He had to do something, NOW! Tails stood up shakily, and just as he did, he was greeted with one seriously pissed off machine, charging strait for him. His tails twisted around each other, and he jumped into the air. But instead of falling back down, his tails began spinning like a helicopter, he ascended to into the air just as the machine's blade met where his body used to be.
"Smart move" Sonic thought as he got ready to use his next attack, this was going to hurt, A LOT, but it seemed like the only way… If it worked… He curled himself up, trying to ignore the immense pain, and began to spin in place. The friction and the dirt tore at his wounds, pain flaring throughout his whole body, but he kept it up. His spines extended outward even further, getting sharper and stronger, becoming more like blue blades than fur and bone.
He let out a yell as he the friction stopped, and he was sent hurtling towards the machine, tearing up the ground and traversing the gap in moments. The machine turned just in time to see a blue buzzsaw slice across the ground, and drive into it's body. The blade rolled up the machines leg, using his momentum to go strait up, leaving a trail of sliced metal and severed connections across it's entire front. It drove up it's leg, up it's chest, and sliced across it's head, and launched into the air, landing right behind it in a crouch.
"Ah… ah… I… I…" It stuttered, frozen in place, the huge cut reached from it's foot to it's face, sparks and trails of lightning shot out all around it. Small fires erupted in it's body, eruptions of fire and electricity surged throughout it's form, it's twitching wildly. It clenched it's remaining fist and let out one final roar, "EEERRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!" The slash was filled with a white light and beams shot out of it, casting shadows across the ground.
Sonic ran, just barely making it out of the way before a devastating explosion rang out, shards of metal and fire erupted from where the robot stood. A single shard of metal pierced his arm, he yelped in pain, he stopped a moment later, clear of the blast zone. He grasped the metal, and yanked it from his arm, dropping it to the ground, and a whole new pain flaring up in his arm…
He stopped and breathed, now realizing how much it hurt, his body was beaten and bruised, blood was running down from his face, as was his arm, which was freshly pierced. "Sonic!" A young familiar voice shouted above him, he looked up and saw the young cub descending from the sky, lowering himself down next to the blue hedgehog.
As soon as he landed he dashed over to Sonic, who looked like he was having a very difficult time standing. As soon as he got over to him, the hedgehog's legs buckled under him, Tails caught him just in time. "Erg… You alright…?" Sonic asked, grunting in pain.
"Don't worry about me! Look at you! Come on, I'll get you to a hospital" The child said as the injured Sonic leaned against him.
"That… would be a good idea…" He muttered, holding onto the young one's shoulders and helped walked, but suddenly his legs felt like weights, and it was getting harder and harder to move them. The adrenaline was wearing off, everything was slowly starting to fade and go dark… Tails carried him back to the plane, and loaded him in the back seat, being very careful, he didn't want him to be in any more pain then he has to be.
"Just hold on Sonic…" He said, his voice wavering and breaking, he was chocking back tears. He jumped in the pilot's seat, and put the goggles over his eyes, and before he started the plane, he cast another glance at the one in the back. He was unconscious, covered in bruises and blood, his breathing was heavy and ragged… he was pretty messed up.
Tails turned back to the controls, he knew that if he looked at him for another second, he would break down in tears, and wouldn't be able to stop. Seeing his best friend… his brother like that, was just to much… he had to stay strong… The plane engine sprung to life the propeller turning and spinning, it slowly turned and headed down the field. It came into the town, and using the deserted street as a runway, lifted off into the air.
He was taking him to the hospital in Genesis, the largest city in the world. It was close by, and had the best facilities avalible. As he flew through the sky, another thought entered his mind… how had Robotnick made that machine? It was unlike anything he'd ever seen… it was like it was alive… Robotnick's bots are usually simple machines, easy to destroy and never had much intelligence to speak of, just firing the weapon was usually good enough for the doctor…
Then, an even more dreaded thought entered his mind, one that made him freeze from terror… if Robotnick could make one of these things… He could make more…
First Sergeant Jonathan Anderson, U.N.E., 1st Marine Division, Personal Log:
Date: November 18th, 2554
The ships assigned to defending Mobius have set out, we're got to stop this from becoming another Jachyer… we can't let that happen. The initial signal we picked up has vanished... our sensors say it was shut down quite violently, which means someone over there managed to destroy it… that's good, they seem have the means to fight them…
But it was only one… hopefully, they'll be able to hold off the rest of them, but very few planets manage to do that… We've had to save about 6 inhabited planets from ROB, only 1 of them where able to hold them off until we arrived, but none of them had the technology to truly combat an enemy of that caliber.
We've set up stations in the systems where the attacked planets where, to provide protection and to set up Navel bases for other systems, if ROB decides to take over an empty planet, or one that has life, there needs to be an instant response. We've yet to find any species with technology equivalent to our own, but all of them have potential and it's our duties to protect them.
The REAPERS have arrived, and like in most cases, the crewmembers are on edge. Most of them haven't seen an alien species in person, and to be honest, the REAPERS aren't exactly… pleasant. Many of the marines on this mission have fought alongside the REAPERS before, including my squad and I, so they've become accustom to them, and in most people's case, truly grateful. They've assisted in many operations, leading them or providing support, and they've saved many people from death… many marines owe them their lives…
Their squad leader, 117, has already prepared them for the landing, running drills and checking equipment. Admiral Jaggie is in command of the liberation, he's lead many ground operations before and he's a tactical gunius, with him in charge I'm sure we can handle this ordeal.
In other news, Staff Sergeant Robotnick needed some assistance with something, I need go to down there and help her, it's probably some mundane thing… but it never hurts to help out… It's not like there's much else to do…
It'll be awhile until we arrive… Now the only problem is finding things to do to until we get there. It's not a long enough trip to go into stasis, so we have to wait the entire time…
Damnit…
END LOG
Aaaaaand there ya go, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, there'll be a lot more of them… and they only get better from here… Like before, I'd like to see what people think about this, so review please! good or bad, I'd like some feedback...
Later!