Chapter 4: War Has Just Begun!
A/N: Hello again! I just wanted to let you know that I'm not discontinuing this story. I'm super sorry for taking so long (months!) to update this one. I've been working with my Wattpad story, Pink Kunoichi: Daughter Of The Sun, bit by bit, but for now I'm giving it a pause.
I hope I do better with this one. Lately I'm kind of making crappy stories, which I consider suckish.
Well, this chapter's all yours to enjoy! Don't forget to review! :)
The Mobian public did nothing but panic. Legionnaires searched everywhere for the one wielder of the Powers. Of course, they were looking for me, but as they did so and as I desperately ran to find a place to hide, some parts of the city began being either destroyed or manipulated by Regina's Magitek. However, as the Freedom Fighters commenced a battle against the horde, Nicole repaired the damaged structures using nanites and also manipulated them back to her will in order to resist the Iron Queen's power.
The battle grew large every second as I ran. I could see multiple explosions and desperate little Mobians, but I could also see some action from the Freedom Fighters.
Sonic would usually spin dash at countless Legionnaires, sometimes even making combo attacks one right before the other. Sally relied on her skills to take them down. Despite not having superpowers, her every punch and kick were very powerful against the hooded enemies. Her every move was swift too. Sometimes Tails supported her whenever the enemies tried to counter attack.
"Take that!" Shouted a furious Amy as she swung her hammer at a Legionnaire before others came in, and got swung off as well. That big hammer of hers carried a bunch of super strength with every swing. It almost reminded me of Thor for some reason... only without the lightning.
Khan's lightning powers seemed to subdue the Legionnaires, go figure. The cowardly soldiers fled like ants in a maze when lightning struck on the ground near them. The monkey king then advanced to the ground to fight off some more oncoming Legionnaires.
I have to say, it was an all-out war between heroes and enemies. Funny thing, the amount of heroes was so little, but their united strength, agility and relentlessness made them become one.
I, in the other hand, was one of the handful of people who just kept on running away, but something in me made me turn to the opposite direction.
I felt a huge urge of asking for help, so I moved to the direction the battle took place, despite others telling me that it was unsafe. But just as I did so, a pair of hands that emerged from the ground held me... tightly.
The irony, right?
But I hated it!
"Mree hee hee hee!" The witch laughed as she suddenly shows up before my eyes. I swear, I seriously hated this witch to pieces.
I tried to catch my breath just as the huge hands squeezed it all out of my lungs. But all I felt was rage for the woman with the staff.
"Any last words, Chosen?"
The woman once again broke into cold laughter while the freaking hands squeezed me tighter! My vision was running blurry and my chest begged for oxygen as my heart wildly raced for so much compression.
Something snapped in the witch, though, as the squeezing eventually stopped to a certain degree. I tried to recover my vision to see, but it all just became worse. My head spun around and around before some missiles crushed the giant hands that held me, causing me to hit the ground and black out for a moment.
It didn't last long. The witch never managed to suffocate me THAT hard. My consciousness slowly returned as I started picking up all the oxygen my body lost. While my body processed it all, I heard constant arguing and some little loud explosions.
Then I felt a pair of warm, soft hands, picking me up bridal style.
That touch felt so good I almost fell asleep.
But time seemed to pass so quickly after the little drift off.
Someone had placed me on the ground when I woke up.
My sight took note of a cute skunk with icy blue eyes and combat suit. However, I couldn't exactly see the blue in his eyes, as he had some eye protectors that were exactly blue. But I knew who this guy was...
"You okay, mate?" Geoffrey St. John asked with his usual Australian-like accent.
If I could squeal at that time, I would.
"You're cute." My voice squeaked. I still felt a bit dizzy.
"You sure aren't from around here, are you?" He asked as he helped me up.
I simply shook my head.
"Well, these blokes aren't going to hold back." He said, staring at some part of the battlefield.
"What can I do to help?" I managed to ask. Finally.
Geoffrey gave me a serious look. "Start by helping yourself, mate. Go to the hospital. I'll cover your way there."
"I can't do that. I need to help my friends."
Another explosion surprised us, but also caught our attention. I cringed at how loud it sounded to my ears.
"Fine. Just do as I say and you'll be okay."
I nodded.
Despite my body's limitations, I used all my will to keep up with Geoffrey. I also hoped the Powers didn't bothered me, at least for a while.
We took a fast run, as fast as we could, avoiding laser beams from weapons from the Legionnaires as well as the Legionnaires themselves. The commander of the Secret Service would constantly be either firing a few missiles at them to keep them out of our way or start a weaponless combat against them. And he had so much skill.
But all I could do was stand there like a freaking damsel in distress and watch as the heroes did the fight for me. I wasn't going to get away with that. I had to help!
And my moment came, right when a Legionnaire gripped my wrists and forced me to walk. I could admit that it was scary. Even St. John was about to come for me when I used some physical strength to spin-kick that Legionnaire off.
I could see an impressed look in the male skunk's eyes. The Legionnaires stopped to regroup against the two of us, but I immediately started feeling some fears for them. I hugged Geoffrey from behind as he aimed his crossbow weapon at them.
"Uh..." My breathing shivered.
Before the Legionnaires could make another move, a blue blur hit them one by one before Sonic himself landed with style.
"You guys okay?" He asked, holding a thumbs up.
We both smiled at the hedgehog. Then it was that moment when the rest of the Freedom Fighters reunited and faced the Iron Queen. Though I wondered why she wasn't accompanied like last time.
"Give it up, Iron Queen! It's over!" Khan yelled.
The witch laughed. "It's only a matter of time before all of you get Legionized! And when that happens, I shall claim this city for myself!"
She was seriously pissing me off now!
"And I won't let that happen!"
I walked in front of the heroes, nerves high as I was face to face against my worst enemy.
"What's she doing?" I heard Amy say.
"Stop this, you witch! Or we'll stop you!" I yelled.
The Technomage waved a hand, summoning power. Her golden eyes brightened... in a bad way.
"Let's see how well you handle those Powers before they fall upon my control!"
I made the evilest face you could ever imagine. I wasn't going to use the Powers, I never learned how. Instead, I dug out something from my pocket. A particular object I had found during my little runaway with Geoffrey.
"J.J.! Run!" Sonic called, but I never listened.
When I felt the small object running through my fingertips, I raised my hand to the air, and with all my strength, threw it to the ground. Shimmering lights succeeded in blinding the Iron Queen, but failed at having me present in that area as I accidentally jumped through.
The lights disappeared, leaving nothing but sparks that dissolved into nothingness.
The Iron Queen as well as the heroes themselves found it shocking to see J.J. had disappeared.
"Where did J.J. go?" Asked Tails.
They adverted their attention to the villainess as she spoke.
"War has just begun, Freedom Fighters! Before you know it, that J.J. girl will soon become a part of my Empire!"
"Yeah, yeah. Keep the cloud nine coming, queenie."
Regina felt irritated by the hedgehog before she used her powers to disappear. When she was gone, the heroes calmed down.
"What's up, Nicole?" Sonic asked. He spotted the female lynx detecting something.
"I'm picking energy signatures."
Khan walked next to them. "Did J.J. used the Powers?"
When her scanning was complete, Nicole continued. "The Powers sustain larger energy signatures. My scanners have just detected the usage of a Warp Ring."
"Then we have to go after her before the Iron Queen does! If she gets close to hurting her-!"
Sally gave Khan a supporting hand on his shoulder, calming him from another burning rage.
"Ken, she might not be exactly where J.J. could be. If only we could track her current location..."
"That's it!" Tails snapped.
The Mobians adverted their attention to the young fox.
"What is it, Tails?"
"Nicole mentioned the Powers generating a large power signature. Maybe J.J.'s current location can be tracked down using the energy signature the Powers are radiating."
Nicole and the others smiled at him. Immediately, nanite particles surrounded her.
"In that case, I'll be reprogramming my scanners to detect the radiating energy from the Powers. It might take a while."
The group watched as Monkey Khan made a new cloud to fly on.
"Going alone, monkey boy?"
Khan looked back at the group. "I have to find her. She's not safe on her own."
Sally held him back. "You shouldn't go alone, Ken. You're susceptible to the Iron Queen's powers."
Not long afterwards, Nicole was able to detect the current location of the energy signature.
"I found it! The Powers are located near the Yagyu Clan's whereabouts. Jennifer Jane Anderson must be there."
"Why not taking another journey like the good ol' times?"
"Huh?" The group glanced at Sonic, who smiled, ready for another adventure.
"Last time it wasn't easy for us out there. If we don't make it this time, the Iron Queen will win."
"You never make it simple, monkey boy."
"Protecting something powerful is NEVER simple as you think! J.J. almost died twice! I can't allow that to happen a third time!"
Sally separated the tempered monkey from starting a bigger argument with Sonic.
"Stop arguing!" She exclaimed.
Ken breathed a big puff of air, allowing himself to relax, or did he?
"Sonic, Tails and I will go with you. We'll find J.J. and put an end to this scheme."
...
And so, the remaining heroes said their farewells before leaving to protect the city. Tails as well as Sonic and Sally were boarding Tails' biplane, while Ken used a cloud to fly.
And off they flew into the skies, heading to the East.
The Sun shone before me. I lost track of what happened before this. I never heard the sounds of battle. I never heard anyone screaming or calling my name. Instead, it all felt peaceful.
But just as my consciousness was coming to, I felt a poke on my face. It felt sharp as an animal's nail, and sometimes I could even hear constant hissing.
The poking continued. Less hissing this time, though. I wondered if there was someone trying to wake me up.
My hands twitched and my legs tickled. It had been for all the running that made them go exhausted, I guess. Or perhaps it was because I used a WARP RING to get the hell out of that witch's face!
But, where was I now?
The moment my eyes started to open, I heard a chatter. Turns out there was a group before me. But that wasn't the big deal...
...they were ninjas from the Yagyu Clan.
My eyes opened big and wide at that, and I came to the realization that I wasn't in New Mobotropolis anymore...
I was somewhere within the Dragon Kingdom!
All because I used the Warp Ring.
Great.
The group of bat ninjas stared at me with such creeper eyes, eyes that had intentions of their own. I never moved a finger, I just sat there petrified like a little frightened child. My instincts told me to get up and run, but my conscience thought it would have certain consequences.
I thought these guys would make the first move on me sooner or later, so I just stood still.
Within a second, the creepyheads threw me into a sack.
...
The journey had not been too long, but despite that my protests were endless. Though they never listened.
I felt the ninja holding the sack I was in walking up a little stairway. A few more steps later, he stopped and threw the sack.
"Ow!" I wonder at the sudden pain.
Almost immediately, the Yagyu member rolled the sack so I could get out. As soon as I was revealed to them, and to my greatest shock ever, they seemed to recognize me, especially the creepy LORD in front of my eyes!
"It'ssss the Chosen!" One of them hissed.
"Uh..." I nervously looked around.
"Should we do sssssomething, Master?" I heard one of them speak to the Lord of this area.
"I can handle her myself."
I freaked out even more when the Lord left his throne to take a closer look at me. My reaction was to back off.
"Um, uh... I should not be here."
The Lord stopped when he took notice of my necklace. The tiny Sun charm shone like gold before his eyes.
"Could this be possible?" He whispered, creepily, but, yeah...
"Um, is... is something wrong, mister- Lord?" I nervously asked, correcting myself at the end.
"The Four Houses have long searched for you. You are the proof that the Powers still exist. Tempting, its power is, but it is something that not even the Yagyu Clan itself should steal." He said, sitting back down to his throne.
"So you wanted to rob me."
"We had our intentionsssss!" One of the ninja minions squeaked. Even the Lord heard that. It was clearly obvious that the Yagyu ninjas were thieves.
"Okay, this place is not for me." I said, turning to leave.
"Ignore them." The Lord said with a strong voice. "Where is the King now?"
My body panicked hard. I had used a Warp Ring and got myself in the middle of the freaking East coast of Mobius! What else could happen to someone like me?!
"Oh my gosh, he's probably looking for me!"
I was quick to take a knee before the Lord. I didn't knew why I did it, but since it's a Clan leader, I had to show respect.
And I also needed his help.
"Lord Yagyu, I'm depending on your Clan's protection. Who knows if the Iron Queen...?"
"The Iron Queen cannot get near our lands, child. The Four Houses have broken ties with the Iron Dominion prior to the existence of the Powers. Gladly, we returned back to those glorious old days we sought for."
I made a little poker face. Whatever that is. "Oh. But, haven't you thought of choosing a Bride for your Clan?" I asked, remembering my favorite comic issue.
Lord Yagyu sighed. "We're not interested in people who tell us what to do, " He was quick to change the subject "Now, as for you, I suppose the Powers haven't awakened yet, have they?"
"No, sir- I mean, Lord." I corrected myself again. The awkwardness.
"I see. Only the Bride of the Gossamer Clan might prophecize the exact moment."
"So you suggest I visit the Gossamer Clan altogether?"
He nodded. "My ninjas will guide you, and they'll make sure to not steal anything."
I jumped excitedly, happy to get some help.
"Thank you, sir-! I-I mean, Lord!" GOD, that was the third time I corrected myself!
I ran to the exit before two Yagyu ninjas followed me. Looking back at the Lord, I smiled.
"Oh! Your place is very cozy, by the way. I like it."
When I was ready, I asked the ninjas the exact location of the Gossamer Clan Sanctum, then we left.
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