Rouge gulped as she processed what was in front of her. It had to be a Black Arm, the resemblance to Eclipse was uncanny. The same black eyes, glowing irides, and jagged pupils. However, this one was definitely a female, and she was a dark purple, but with lilac patches all over. Her voice was definitely more feminine, but rough around the edges, and she had the same, almost robotic effect on her voice as Eclipse had. She thought Eclipse was the only Black Arm that looked like that though. She was forced to put her thoughts aside to reply to the alien.
"I'm sorry, little missy, do we need a permit?" Rouge's voice dripped with sarcasm. Rouge usually wouldn't provoke a Black Arm, but this one, frankly, was very short. She'd only reach her stomach, surely? Rouge knew she shouldn't assume the Black Arm wasn't a threat due to her size, but she had such a small stature that she appeared barely a threat. The only thing about her slightly intimidating were her sharp fangs.
"Do you have no respect?" The Black Arm snarled. "You are on our planet, and I demand to know what you're up to."
Rouge paused. Should she explain they were looking for the Chaos Emeralds? No, definitely not, they'd try to find it for themselves and try to initiate another conquest. The bat sighed and her ears fell flat. "We're lost, our transportation crashed."
"Really?" The Black Arm asked, her tone was condescending. "I thought the ship was perfectly intact when I encountered it, until I destroyed it that is."
Rouge gritted her teeth. Great! Her cover was blown already and their only way of going home was broken. "Before you think about lecturing me, look at you're own actions first, destroying our ship wasn't very respectful, was it?" Rouge's voice began to shake with anger.
The Black Arm snorted in contempt. "Why should I show courtesy to Mobians?" She hissed the last word and saliva spat out of her mouth.
Rouge stood up from where she was beside Shadow's side. She was about to kick this girl in the ass if she insulted them one more time. "I don't know, maybe we deserve some consideration after you tried to take over our planet!"
"You think you're the one that deserves consideration after our kind have almost gone extinct because of you?" The Black Arm began to slowly walk forward, and her voice grew softer.
"Maybe you deserved it after trying to kill all of us." Rouge said, equally quietly. The Black Arm was right in front of her, and Rouge had to look down so she could make eye contact.
"Did we now?" The Black Arms voice was barely more than a whisper.
The Black Arm suddenly vanished. Rouge felt her ram into her back, and pinned her to the ground. Teeth teared into the flesh of her wing and a roaring pain shot through her. Rouge was able to lift her head and yelp in pain. The fangs continued relentlessly to rip her wing, and the red hot sting grew worse and worse, until the bat couldn't bare it anymore. Rouge forced herself to swivel around, and she violently kicked up to feel her boot collide with the Black Arm's gut. The alien was sent flying away, and with a thud the Black Arm hit the ground, giving Rouge enough time to stand up.
Omega, who had previously let Rouge do all the talking, was now charging a beam canon to fire at the Black Arm. "Run, try to find somewhere safe so your wing can heal." He said to Rouge, although still focusing on the Black Arm who was now getting up.
Rouge tried to speak, but a grunt came out instead. She looked back at her right wing, where one half of the wing was now dangling awkwardly. "It's just my wing." She managed to say after steadying her breathing. "I can still fight."
Bramble! Can you hear me or what?
Yes I can, Primrose, sorry I couldn't get to you sooner, I was with Crimson, unfortunately.
You need to get to Violet, pronto.
Why? What's going on?
She's attacking some Mobians, can't you hear her in the hive mind now? She hasn't locked herself out.
I told you, I've been with Crimson, I haven't been keeping an eye on the hive mind. The real question is, what are Mobians doing here?
That's something I've been unable to tell from her thoughts, although what I do know is that she almost tore off one of their limbs, she's frustrated she didn't rip it off completely.
Did they attack her first?
It's a bit hard to tell just by reading her mind! Although my guess is that she attacked them despite them not presenting a threat. I don't think there are many of them, that's for sure
Bramble outwardly sighed. So in other words, she attacked through careless aggression.
What's new, Bramble? Sun's already on his way there though, I think you should go before anymore sparks fly.
I'm on my way now.
Let me know once you've found out what's going on.
I will.
Bramble let out a soft growl, why did Violet have to be so difficult? Not to mention the fact that if Primrose hadn't notified him, he wouldn't of known about this event at all, which made a slightly sick feeling settle at the bottom of his stomach. He was spending more and more time with Crimson, rather than keeping an eye on those that mattered. Bramble was also unsettled by the arrival of these Mobians. Are they as innocent as they seem? Even if they are, what are they doing here? What was he supposed to do with them?
Omega decided not to argue with Rouge, he knew how stubborn she could be.
"You'll regret attacking us." Omega simply said to the alien. The laser beam he was charging now shot out of his arm canon at a blazing speed. The Black Arm just manged to dodge out of the way. She appeared slightly stunned, Omega used this opportunity to fire small missiles at her, and a few of them managed to scrape her arm before she manged to avoid them by leaping to the side. She began to hiss as Chaos Energy began to spark off of her, forming an aura. Omega continued to shoot at her, but the bullets disintegrated as soon as they came into contact with the energy.
"You'll regret ever stepping on this planet." She retorted, unphased. Omega noticed that she was using Chaos energy to heal her arm where the bullets had hit her. She suddenly let out a yell before leaping high in the air towards him, with her claws outstretched and Chaos Energy shooting off of her. Omega started to prepare a flamethrower so he could attack, but before he got the chance, a sudden burst of yellow knocked the Black Arm out of the way.
"Stop, Violet!" The yellow blur was now pinning Violet to the ground, and it was now evident that he was also a Black Arm. Unlike Violet, he was yellow with orange eyes, and his fur went around his head like a lion's mane.
"What are you doing, Sun?" She snarled while pushing him off, her fur bristled as she continued to yell at him. "They're intruders!"
Sun shook his head. "Maybe you should hear them out before you attack them. Just a suggestion."
"I did ask them! And when I did, they lied! They said their ship crash landed, yet there wasn't a single scratch!" The claws on Violet's foot digged into the ground as she glared at Sun.
Sun turned to face the Mobians, and Omega held his gaze. The robot didn't care what way this may go. If they fought, they fought. If they talked it out, they talked it out.
"Why did you lie?" Sun asked, with what seemed more like curiosity than hostility.
Rouge approached Sun calmly, trying to not show the pain she was enduring. "Lack of trust, to put it simply. I'm not willing to tell creatures that have tried to take over my planet in the past what I'm doing."
Sun shrugged. "I don't agree with Violet's methods, but I won't lie, the fact you wouldn't tell us why you're here makes me inclined to believe you are up to no good."
"It's not like we attacked her, and I assure you we were going to leave as soon as we did what we needed, except now your little friend here," she pointed to Violet, "has destroyed our ship, which, by the way, is our only transportation method."
"Ah." Sun remarked uneasily, his gaze flicking between Violet, Omega, and Rouge, before his gaze suddenly fell on Shadow, who was still unconscious on the floor. He suddenly whipped around to Violet, his eyes wide. "Did you kill him?" He asked, his voice filled with shock as he gestured to Shadow.
"No." Violet grumbled. "He was like that already."
"I can confirm that." Rouge added to assure Sun. "Although the circumstances of him passing out were rather strange, and I wonder if one of you Black Arms could explain why." She said suspiciously.
"I don't know a Black Arm who can kill without leaving a single scratch.." Sun wondered, staring at Shadow's body.
"He's not dead, he's unconscious!" Rouge huffed in impatience.
"Unconscious...?" Sun asked shaking his head and leaning forward as if expecting an explanation.
Omega blinked in realisation. These creatures were immortal, and they healed from every wound. It made sense to him that none of them had been injured so badly that they'd end up passing out. It made sense that they didn't know what being unconscious was. "Unconscious means to not be awake and aware of and responding to one's environment."
Rouge smiled as she looked at Omega. "Did you get that definition off of the dictionary Tails built in?" She asked.
"Yes." Omega responded, it seemed the most suitable way of explaining the term.
"You could of just said 'sleeping but not really', and I would of probably got the gist of it." Sun grinned, although he glanced at the pair hesitantly. Sun suddenly bent down beside Shadow, and picked him up bridal style. Omega noticed Rouge's fists clench slightly, she was obviously prepared to fight if Sun tried anything. Sun then looked Rouge in the eyes with concern, with Shadow in his arms. "I'm willing to offer you guys a place to stay for the time being. We can help you heal as well."
Rouge was taken aback, but hesitant to accept his offer. When Rouge turned her head to Omega, he nodded slightly. He failed to sense any form of hostility now. "Okay, thank you." Rouge smiled back to Sun for the first time.
Omega picked up a quiet hiss from Violet, but didn't bother to comment. There was no point arousing her violent temper. "Okay!" Sun said, surprisingly cheerfully. "Although, we'll have to be stealthy." He suddenly added.
"Why is that?" Omega asked, suspicion returning again in a heartbeat.
"We can't let-"
"What's going on?" Everyone quickly turned to face behind them where a deep voice spoke, a light brown Black Arm with black markings was approaching. Rouge tensed up beside Omega.
Sun suddenly heaved a sigh of relief, and then beamed a smile at the newcomer. "I thought you were someone else for a second, Bramble, although I hate to say you're quite late to the party."
HELLO AGAIN READERS!
THERE'S A LITTLE MORE GOING ON IN THIS CHAPTER, AND I'M QUITE PLEASED WITH THE RESULT! I HOPE YOU'RE ENJOYING THIS STORY SO FAR. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE SUPPORT! YOU'RE ALL AMAZING :3
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