So, I don't really have anything to say at the start of the chapters from now on, so I thought it might be a good idea to start replying to reviews!
Black Twilight Wolf: Yes, Sonic is in a coma again. I was thinking about doing something else, but it would've involved... you know what, I'll just PM you about it. And yes, Chip is calling her Ms. Bird Lady.
SharpDragonKlaw: Thank you for letting me use the couple name and for coming up with it! She's going to have a good couple of special powers while in her Phoenixhog form.
SwanGirl24: I'm going to do a slight mixture of both.
VoidReader: Yes, Sonic is in a coma again. There was going to be something else, but that would've led to this whole adventure being done again and probably break my heart. Yours too.
Sonic's Werehog form is a mixture between a hedgehog and a werewolf. So Alexis' Phoenixhog form is a mixture between a hedgehog and a phoenix. There will be a good reason for that later on.
And yes, Sally is gonna be in this too! There will be a lot of reoccuring characters in this, so expect a few cameos.
Guest: First off, are you SpiderDom? You sound like him.
Sonic and Alexis are siblings, it's only natural that those two have a strong bond. So never tick off the hedgehog siblings. Do you know what happened to Neo?
Disclaimer; I do not own Sonic the Hedgehog. I only own my OC's. All properties belong to SEGA.
And with that, let's get on to the story!
[X-Tornado- Close to the rift between Apotos and Spagonia]
Alexis gave a sigh, feeling the gentle sunlight that played across her face and the wind that gently tousled her long quills. Boy, was she glad that it was daytime again. She had returned to her normal form as soon as the sun had risen, although she kinda freaked out Tails when he saw the flames spiraling around her. She couldn't help giving a small giggle at his shriek. She had to wonder what the others would think- including Shadow.
Just thinking about the black hedgehog made her smile widen a little more.
*Enjoying yourself back there?*
Alexis looked up as Tails' voice came over the loudspeaker. "Yup!" she called back, "This is what you call riding with style!"
*Yup!* said Tails, *It feels pretty good to fly like this!*
*I agree!* said Chip, who was in the second cockpit, *Although I kinda wish the seats were a little smaller.*
"Sorry they're not kid-sized," joked Alexis.
*Well don't worry. It's just a hop and a skip to- wait, what's that approaching?* Tails suddenly stopped at Yacker's sudden blurbing at the scanner. He noticed the red dots that were appearing on the radar.
Alexis looked forward, seeing several drones and planes appearing in the sky. "Yup!" she said, "Here comes the parade!"
*Better hop into the second cockpit, Alexis,* said Tails, the second cockpit opening up, *You handle the shooting and I'll handle the driving! You do remember how to shoot, right?*
"I do, but everyone was kinda confused as to why a veterinarian needs a pilot license." Alexis hopped into the seat as Chip moved to the one in the back. As the cockpit sealed, a pair of handles popped up in front of her. She grabbed the handles and adjusted her grip until her thumbs rested on top of the shooting buttons. "Lets do it to it!"
*Yeah!*/"Yeah!" cheered Tails and Chip.
Alexis opened fire on several drones that were coming at them. They vanished in plumes of orange fire. Several planes came in on the left, but Alexis fired several missiles, which crashed into the planes.
"Alexis! On the right!" yelled Chip.
"I see them!" yelled Alexis. She fired again as several more drones came in, trying to blindside the plane. "Score!"
*Coming in from the top!*
"Egghead is losing his touch," said Alexis, blasting the planes that came from above them. "I'm not even breaking a sweat!"
"Maybe its because you're not running or jumping?" asked Chip.
"Could be." Alexis blasted a whole line of drones and planes that said straight for them. "Boom! Turkey! You're outta here!"
*Nice shooting,* complimented Tails, *But now there's something else coming up on the radar. Something big!*
"Five Rings say it's Eggman," said Alexis, rolling her dual-colored eyes.
*That's not even a bet,* said Tails as the enemy in question came into view. It was a massive battleship shaped like some of the smaller drones that they had been facing earlier. It had a flat top, was curved underneath, and had several large propellers and engines that held it up in the air.
Eggman's voice came suddenly over the loudspeakers. *HO HO HO!* he cried, *Prepare to be defeated by the likes of the Egg Cauldron, Phoenix!*
*Be careful, Doctor,* came Orbot's voice, *The Egg Cauldron wasn't ready for deployment yet!*
*Betcha he's gonna wreck it!* came Cubot's voice.
*Silence, you two!* yelled Eggman.
"Doesn't really look like a cauldron," said Chip, peering out the window. "Then again, I don't remember what a cauldron looks like either."
Alexis decided to humor Eggman. "So... what? We're gonna get pulled into the top with a tractor beam and get defeated by large blades inside it?"
Eggman sounded confused. *Open the top? No, I, uh-*
"Ooh! Does fire spew out of the top?" asked Chip.
*Or are there gonna be projectiles coming out of the top like bad oil?* asked Tails, joining the game.
*N-no! No! Nothing happens with the top! There's a massive panel on the side that when it opens, missiles spew out! Yes!*
"Well then," said Alexis, "You should've named it 'Egg Dome' or 'Missile-Mouth'! Actually nah, that's a callback to Missile Wrist. But 'Egg Cauldron'? Now that's just false advertising man!"
*I MAKE THE NAMES AROUND HERE, PHOENIX!* yelled Dr. Eggman. *Egg Cauldron- FIRE!*
The front of the Egg Cauldron opened up and missiles spewed out as turrets opened up on the sides and more missiles appeared. "This is gonna hurt!" yelled Chip.
Suddenly, several of the missiles blew to the sides and collided with each other, exploding suddenly. *Who did that?* asked Tails, confused.
A familiar voice came on the com-link them. *You kids don't mind if I butt in, do you?*
"Sally!" cheered Alexis. "Right on time!"
Appearing out of the clouds was a Mobian on a tri-colored blue Extreme Gear. The Mobian was a female chipmunk with shot, auburn hair, a short blue, sleeveless jacket that exposed her middle and a pair of black and white shorts. A pair of blue boots and a pair of gloves with blue rings completed the outfit. Held in her right hand was a green and blue Hover Wisp, with a green Wisp floating beside her.
*Glad you made it, Sal,* said Tails as she flew next to them.
"Well, I couldn't leave you guys with all the fun, now could I?" she asked. She leveled her Wispon as the Hover Wisp flew into it and fired at the Egg Cauldron, but the shots bounced off. "Need a weak point."
"Didn't Eggman mention that the front opens?" asked Alexis, guesturing to the now closed door.
*So we just wait for it to open! Nice thinking!* said Tails.
"And there it opens!" said Chip, pointing as the hatch opened again, letting out a slew of missiles.
"Sally! Clear the way! Tails, as soon as it's clear, let 'er rip!"
The two Mobians complied. Sally let off concussive bursts out of her Wispon and when the missiles were gone, Tails let every single missile and shot burst into the opening, causing fire and smoke to pour out, almost completely destroying it.
*UUUUUGGGHHH! I can't believe this!* yelled Eggman as the Egg Cauldron slowly started limping away.
"Believe it! See ya later, Egghead!" called out Alexis. As soon as Eggman was gone, Alexis turned to the nearby Sally. " Thanks for the assist, Sal'. But what are you doing here? Weren't you going to meet us at the university?"
"That was the plan," said Sally, "But we've got a situation."
[Spagonia University- Prof. Pickle's office]
"What?!" exclaimed Tails, "Professor Pickle was kidnapped?"
The assistant, a young man wearing a smart suit and looking slightly in shock still, said, "It was about a week before the tremors hit. This man showed up with a-" he mimicked a mustache, "-and a-" he mimicked a large belly, "-and a whole pack of robots! They carted poor Professor Pickle off- lab data and all!"
"I came here early," explained Sally when the two younger Mobians turned to look at her. "When I found that Professor Pickle wasn't here, I knew I had to meet up with you guys before you got here."
"Oh man," said Tails sadly.
"That sure sounds like Eggman," said Alexis, crossing her arms, "I don't know anyone else with a-" she mimicked a mustache, "-and a-" she mimicked a belly.
"What a horrible thing to do! We have to go rescue that Professor guy, and fast!" said Chip, causing everyone to look at him. He hovered up in the air and said, "If he had been kidnapped that long ago, he's probably really hungry! And- and I don't think I could go that long without food! I'd- I'd rather be DEAD!" With that, his body fell back to the floor and a small gray spirit stood in his place, guesturing, but not saying a word. He soon realized that he was a spirit and rushed back to his body.
"Uhhhhhh..." Sally looked at Chip in confusion.
"He's like that," Alexis reassured her.
"I'm... I'm pretty sure Eggman's feeding him," said Tails, "Even he's not that cruel."
"Tell that to my comatose brother," snarled Alexis, flames gathering at her fingertips.
"Okay guys," said Sally, "How about we stop discussing how bad Eggman can get and start trying to find the professor?"
"Alright," said Tails, "but where do we start looking?"
"There were a lot of people outside when the attack happened," said the assistant, "Maybe you could check with them."
"Alright," said Alexis, her flames dying down. "Sally, you and Tails can check the east side of town. Chip," she said to the revived Chip, "We'll check out the west side. Meet back at the X-Tornado."
"Actually," said Tails, "I think me and Yacker had better head back to the X-Tornado. I want to make sure that it didn't get too damaged during our fight with Eggman."
"I'll be fine," said Sally, "Besides, I've got Gust." The Hover Wisp that had been with her came out of her Wispon, chirping happily in Yacker's direction, who responded with a tentacle being raised in the air.
"Alright then," said Alexis, "Let's go everyone."
"What did you mean by a comatose brother?" asked Chip as they walked around the town after asking a few people. "If you don't mind me asking!" he quickly added as afterthought.
Alexis sighed. "Well, I do need to get it off my chest," she finally said. She took a deep breath before starting. "It was about... wow, three days ago? It feels like longer. Anyway, me and my brother, Sonic, were visiting the Acorn Kingdom when it was attacked. Eggman was using the Chaos Emeralds and he... blindsided Sonic, I guess you could say. Something was injected in him, and next thing I knew, Sonic was limp in Eggman's grip. Shadow grabbed him and took him to the hospital while I grabbed the Chaos Emeralds and smashed through Eggman's machine.
"When we got to the hospital, Dr. Quack said that Sonic had been given a chemical that attacked his systems, putting him in a coma. And we still don't know if or when he's gonna wake up." She gave an angry sigh. "I can't wait to punch Eggman in the face for that."
Chip thought to himself. While the had been talking to Tails in Apotos, Alexis had used her flames to heal the bruises that he had gotten from the Colossus. "You can't just heal him?"
"I can't heal internal injuries. And chemicals? I haven't even tried those yet. So... yeah, I can't heal Sonic."
Chip flew over to his friends side, gently putting a hand on her shoulder. "I think he'll wake up one day," he told her, "I can feel it."
Alexis looked at him and smiled. "Yeah. I know he's gonna wake up one day. I just wish he was here with me right now."
[Several hours later]
Tails looked up as Sally and Gust approached him and Yacker. As the two Wisps greeted each other, Tails asked, "Anything?"
"Nope," said Sally. "East side of the city was a bust."
"Guess we'll have to wait for Alexis then," said Tails, turning back to his Miles Electric and continuing to fine-tune the X-Tornado.
"You're really fond of this plane, aren't you?" asked Sally, leaning against it as Gust and Yacker played together.
"Yeah." Tails smiled fondly as he looked up at the plane. "Charles Thorndyke helped me make the first version of it on Earth when we were stuck there. Chuck sorta became a parent figure to me. I can't help but think that Uncle Chuck would love to meet him. They're both mechanics and love adventure." He gave a sigh as he looked down at the ground, thinking of Chuck.
"Hey, don't worry," said Sally. She placed a gentle hand on Tails' shoulder ashe looked up at her. "As long as you remember him, he'll always be here." She gently touched Tails' chest as if to point at his heart.
Tails smiled and nodded. "Right."
Just then, Alexis and Chip joined them. "Did you find any...thing?" asked Sally, suddenly noticing the look on Alexis' face. She looked like she was about to burst with laughter.
"Y-yeah," said Alexis, barely managing to get it out. "Few people said that they saw him headed west, towards Mazuri. And Tails? I have to ask." She turned to the fox and asked, "Is it true that the Wisps call Dr. Eggman 'Baldy Nosehair'? A little girl told me about it."
Tails chuckled. "Yeah. The Wisps call him that, but me and Sonic changed it to 'Baldy McNosehair' when we heard that. Made it more memorable."
That made Alexis and Chip lose it. They rolled on the ground, laughing their heads off. "I am SO calling Eggman that the next time I see him!" Alexis managed to say through her laughter.
"Hahahahahahah!" Chip laughed, "That's the funniest thing I've ever heard all day!"
Tails and Sally looked at each other and shrugged. "Well then you two," said Sally as they calmed down, "Let's head over to Mazuri and rescue Professor Pickle, shall we?"
"We shall!" said Alexis, standing up. "Let's roll!"
I finally found out how to do the line break thing on here! :) And I just love the nickname Baldy McNosehair! And teasing Eggman is so much fun!
Alexis is dealing with the shock and sadness of losing Sonic to a coma again, but he'll be waking up, don't worry! But he might be missing out on the whole adventure, just so you know.
R&R!