Authors notes:
Really just some things
1 I noticed I've got a bit of a problem with "A's" and "H's" Seriously almost every first letter is a capitalized A or H
2 I can't write battles or sprinting stances for the life of me
3 I'am awful at writing about feeling for stuff
Oh and fight scenes…And jumping…Damn I'am bad
Anyway I hope the "mediocracy" of this isn't too blaring so you can have some fun reading
Chapter 3 Alexander "Defender of Boston" Jensen
Many hours later at a nearby forest
As the young hedgehog walked through the trees Alex Brought his wrist up to his face and spoke to the hologram of Eric
"So why am I here again?" Asked Alex
"Like I said you need to train your reaction time when speeding through small spaces there is a really big difference between running in a large open space And through alleys in-between skyscrapers" Assured Alex
Alex sighed slightly before nodding in agreement
"I see your point"
He crouched down and placed his right foot ahead and placed his hands in front of it getting into as natural a sprinting stance as he could before running straight into a tree
He felt a sharp pain in-between his ears and uttered a curse word and rubbed his head in pain when he looked at his hand again he noticed something
There was a small amount of blood on it
Alex quickly reached the spot in-between his ears again and felt for some form of scar but the only thing he did was rub a small amount of blood on his fur
He grunted slightly before looking back at the morpher on his wrist
"…Eric you hear me still?" he asked as the hologram suddenly popped up again still showing Eric
"Loud and clear kiddo" said Eric enthusiastically
"Could you get Tails? I wanna ask him something"
"Oh yeah sure kid I'll be back in a sec'" he smirked for a second before speeding off shortly before coming back a dizzy Tails in hand
Tails was seemingly in the middle of working on machinery as there were some oil drops on his fur
"Wha-What is it?" he said still slightly dizzy
"Listen I kind of had a run in with a "rouge" tree before and… "Accidently cut myself" but when I looked back at the scar after a couple of seconds it wasn't there…What's up with this?" asked Alex
Tails uttered something under his breath before he answered
"If I were to assume I'd say very complex genetic differences which I could spend many hours talking about But right now I've got a plane to fix" he blurted out and walked off again
Eric looked over to Alex and spoke up
"Well, Back to work buddy" he said before the hologram shut off once again
Alex sighed before he turned around sped off again
Half an hour later
Another loud crash was heard in the forest as the Hedgehog once again Hit a tree and fell to the ground
He was beginning to lose faith that he would ever learn how to use his newfound super speed, Maybe all of this was just pointless
All but a small part of him
If he just went and quit Just because it was too hard for him Then Earth would be doomed to fall to whatever plan Robotnik had thought up and sent here to take over
"One more go" he uttered to himself and stood up
As he looked ahead into the trees again he felt as if some part of him began to practically scream for him to go already until he sped off again
When he approached the first tree on the way it felt as if some instinct in him made him jump to the side of it and pass it
The suddenness of what happened made him trip and fell straight to the ground once more
As he pulled himself off the ground and rubbed the dirt off his head he cracked a smile to himself
Thirteen minutes later
Alex felt as if someone was giving him directions in advance as he sped past the trees in the forest
As he ran through the forest, foreign feelings about his situation began to flood his head
He knew he was going to defeat whatever giant mechanical monster Eggman had thought up
A real challenge to have some good fun
Suddenly he heard a noise coming from the morpher and quickly stopped running barely missing a tree
"Training hard kiddo?" spoke Eric as the Hologram of him popped up once again
"Yeah I'am doing fine" Said Alex confidently
"Alrighty cause Tails just told me something interesting, He told me for a very short while He was able to tap into some radio frequency It was only for a short time and it was mostly static But from what he made out Something was happening somewhere in "Chinatown" involving a rouge robot" Explained Eric before the hologram shut off again
Alex smiled to himself and heard the distant sound of a car passing by behind him and turned around walking off before he quickly stopped and uttered to himself
"I need an amazing entrance, Can't just walk up in there" He spoke to himself before De-morphing and moving out towards the city
45 minutes later
Alex had been walking through town for over half an hour and was beginning to get tired when he suddenly saw a crowd of people screaming at the top of their lungs before a large group came running from around the corner and straight past him
When the group of scared people past him he uttered a couple curse words under his breath and continued going down the street
Passing around the corner he saw something he almost couldn't believe down the street
A Giant Robot that seemed like it was ripped right out of a Sonic game
Alex gulped slightly and uttered a curse word under his breath before moving forward again
"You can do this…It's just an evil robot that's double your size...Or double and a half" he assured himself
He looked down at the Morpher on his wrist shortly before slowly walking into a nearby alleyway
A very brief transformation later
Alex stepped out from the alley and looked down the street at the robot again and smirked
He quickly thought up a plan in his head before speeding off down the street
As he neared the robot he quickly stopped having noticed the robot was looked over to two children cowering in a corner and spoke in a robotic monotone
"Citizens of Earth, the great Ivo Robotnik the Second has graced you with the opportunity of being annexed into the great Eggman Empire. Any attempts to fight back will be met with Deadly force. Surrender or be exterminated"
The younger of the two children began crying and clang to the other one in fear
"Hey Scrap Face!" Shouted Alex to distract the robot
As the robot was turning around Alex jumped at it sending a hard kick right into it making the robot surprisingly topple and fall backwards
"Alert, Unit's Movement actuator out of sync, Adjusting" Blabbered the Robot rolling around seemingly attempting to get up again
Alex stared in disbelieve at the Poor excuse for a first fight for a moment before turning his attention to the two kids
They both looked at him with awe seemingly speechless
Alex smiled slightly before he noticed their attention go to someone behind him, as turned around hesaw a woman in her mid-40s run over and embrace the kids in a hug
Before Alex was able to say something he noticed the sound of a blaring siren in the distance and smiled
"Well I would stay around and all But it seems It's "Need-to-get-out-of-here" o'clock" he said before speeding off down the street as the police cars turned the corner
Short time later in an alleyway in the outskirts of town
Alex looked around quickly to see if anyone was around. The only living thing other than him was a cat sleeping on a nearby trashcan
He smiled as he was about to demorph quickly But before he could do anything a sudden burst of light assaulted his eyes
When the light faded away Alex quickly noticed he was somehow back to normal
He looked at the Morpher on his wrist with a feeling of distrust before pulling his sleeve over it again and went on his way again and uttered a few words of relief before a thought sprung to mind
His mother
Many swear words and shiny novelty item browsing later
He took another glance at his phone once again while turning the corner to his street as it turned to 16:30 around the normal time his mother would be sleeping on a weekend
"Bingo!" he exclaimed picking up speed as his house came into view
He glanced at his phone once more before he stopped at the door and quickly went over everything he was going to say in detail before he crouched down and pulled out the emergency key from the doormat and slowly opened the door
As the door opened slowly he took a quick look around, to his surprise didn't see his mother at the phone
Stepping in he suddenly heard a loud snoring come from his mother's bedroom. He sighed in relief as he turned around and locked the door and pulled out the small noveilty Elephant statuette and put it on the coffee table next to the door
As he was about to go up the stairs back into his room His phone rang
"Yeah who is this?" he asked pulling out his phone without checking who was calling before he heard Lara quickly respond
"Dude! Ya' hear about what happened back in Chinatown a couple hours ago?"
Alex was silent for a couple seconds before replying
"Nope"
"Well check Reddit man it's all over r/Worldnews and r/Nottheonion!" she exclaimed clearly excited
Alex smiled happily as he quickly ran up the stairs and into his room and booted up his laptop
When the reddit page came up, the first post quickly caught his eye
"Giant robot runs rampant, Locals in the area say "anthropomorphic hedgehog" incapacitated robot" from r/Nottheonion
He stared in disbelieve at the Post, He knew his situation was strange at least But as he read the title it all began sinking in
"You looking at it Alex?" Asked Lara over the phone
"... Holy shit" he uttered with a smirk on his face
"Pretty sure the cops ain't commenting on or something and there are some reports that there is even Video of it!" Exclaimed the teenage girl once again
Alex leaned back into his chair, the smirk turning to a smile
"This is so insane! I gotta tell everyone about it! Bye," said the excited girl before turning off her phone
He sat there for a moment, All of this was over He could just throw away the oversized wrist watch and never have to think about the
Suddenly he heard Mile's voice from the morpher
"Ehm Alex i-" He was quickly interrupted by Alex as he brought the morpher up and spoke
"Relax it's over I beat the big ol' bad robot and saved the planet So it was fun knowing you But i'd rather go live my life without any interruptions" he said with a satisfied smile on his face
"... Airight then, Anyways I just interrupted a video feed that went from Eggman's base all the way back to Earth and it seems Old Ivo didn't just sent a "thing" to earth he also sent a person… Around 35 earth years ago... To tell you the short story He sent some kind of clone of himself who is going to conquer the planet... Whatever you faced was just a creation of "Eggman the Second" or whatever he calls himself" Explained Miles
Alex's eyes widened as he realized what Miles just said
"But cheer up Alex! Chances of him making a new robot for tomorrow are very slim so there is always that… Oh yeah and Hologram emitter broke obviously… Anyways hope to see you overmorrow!" exclaimed the happy fox as the transmission cut off
He uttered a curse word as he got off the chair and lay down on his bed and sighed heavily
Next morning
Alex sat on the sofa in the living room and switched through different TV Channels everything from Fox to the local news channel BNC9 was reporting on the "Chinatown case" as they were beginning to call it
Suddenly he heard his phone's ringtone go off as he quickly grabbed it and answered
"Yeah who is it?" he asked as Henry's voice quickly answered
"Alexander, We need to talk about something I've already sent Leyton out to your address with Father's limo"
Leyton was the Smith families driver who they had hired a few years before Alex met Henry two years ago
"Alright slow down about tenfold there H'. First of all what do you want to talk about?"
"It would take a long time to explain That and i need you to come here for it. I've already come to agreement with your Mother. Now i need to get some things ready, I'll be see you here soon" explained Henry once again as the phone hang up
Alex lay back into the sofa and sighed heavily as his attention turned back to the Television
"BNS Special Breaking News Report" read the flashy news stinger as a female announcer came on screen
"Further developments in yesterday's Chinatown case as the Chief of the Boston Police Department has made an official comment regarding bizarre rumors about the involvement of a "anthropomorphic hedgehog" in taking down the rampaging robot" The screen cut to what seemed the Chief of police in a press conference"
".. The BPD is not going to answer certain rumors about Extra-Terrestrial life forms at this or any point in the foreseeable future" explained the eldery Chief before the Camera cut back to the reporter
"President Clinton has yet to comment on the events of yesterday" Declared the reporter as Alex heard the horn of Leyton's Limo outside his house
As he stepped outside he saw the elderly man silently standing at the Limo holding the door open for Alex
Alex gave a quick thumbs up before he stepped into the Limo and made himself as comfortable as he knew the drive to Henry's house would be long
Sometime later in the Richest parts of Boston
As the Limo turned the corner into one of the more exclusive areas of downtown Boston Leyton glanced into the rear-view mirror at Alex who was on his phone and spoke
"It may interest you that we're nearing The Smith's residence" Alex glanced up from the phone at Leyton and gave a quick thumbs up before he put the phone back into his pocket
The Limo reached the driveway of Henry's house and Alex quickly exited the car and looked up at the house admiring it slightly before he continued to the front door
Short time later in Henry's room
As Henry's finger sweeped across the keyboard of his computer he was interrupted by his door suddenly being opened by Alex
Henry glanced up from his keyboard at Alex before looked back to the screen and began talking
"Good you've arrived, We have much to discuss" he spoke as he finished reading another sentence of his Email
"Alright speak up." Said Alex closing the door and turning his full attention to Henry
"I'll make a educated assumption and say you've heard about the recent happenings in Chinatown?" Asked Henry pulling up another tab on his computer
Alex nodded as Henry glanced over at him
"Good well as soon as I heard about what happened I looked it a bit further into this And discovered a very interesting video" he explained as he spun the laptop around so Alex could see the video
The video was obviously taken with an older phone most likely from the early 2000s and was taken from the upper floor window of an apartment Outside Alex was able to make out the robot he had fought yesterday staring at the children he rescued
He smirked slightly to himself as he watched the events of yesterday play out again in the video although from a less personal angel
As the Video came to an end Henry spun the laptop back to face him and he continued talking
"After this evidence came into my lap I decided to "research" further into all of this and found some more interesting snippets" He contuned to explain while typing away
"Last Friday US officials detected a unidentified object hit a small Boston forrest around 3 p.m When local authorities reached the crash site they found a small metal object with some kind of "hatch" opened The case was quickly closed by federal authorities" He continued as a small smile came to his face
"Coincidentally around half a hour later Your Mother filed a missing persons report about you not coming home which was closed again by her a short tim-" Explained Henry before he was interrupted
"Question!." Blurted Alex
"... What?" said Henry as he turned around to face Alex
"How did you get that video from before?" asked Alex
Henry squinted slightly as he answered
"You do remember my Father owns Boston News Central right?" Asked Henry
Alex stared at Henry for a couple seconds before slowly nodding before Henry turned his attention back to the computer
"Now i'am not going to lose your attention by telling you the whole process but I've worked all day on figuring this out" Henry stopped for a moment and took a deep breath
"And no matter how insane it sounds... I'am just going to get to the point" he said and turned over to Alex
"Are you directly involved in this in any way?" He asked with hesitation in his voice
Alex stood there in udder disbelieve for a moment He knew Smith was very smart for his age Although he never expected something like this He muttered a curse under his breath and thought for a moment before he provided a few words
"... You could say that" he answered
Henry leaned back into his chair with the smile of a person quite obviously proud with himself
"Sweet Relief!" he exclaimed
When Henry looked back over to Alex he slowly pulled up his Jacket arm revealing the morpher
Alex looked up at Henry again before he asked him
"Demonstration?"
End of Chapter 3
Yeah I want to be nice and set a shorter wait cycle Cause this took one hell long of a time And yeah sorry about that I'll try to not be this late again
Although it's a bit demoralizing to just have one review from a actually user and the rest be from one single visitor
So I'll hope to get the next chapter out as soon as possible with the rest of what was SURPORSE to set up this series in this chapter
Anyway have a nice day cause I've got a little vacation ahead of me now!
And remember to leave a review I'd like some more constructive criticism too...Hell I'd go for any at the moment
