Well, I haven't gotten any hate reviews yet for that cliffhanger…of course I haven't gotten any reviews for that chapter at all yet.
Neco: …
No comments this time Neco?
Neco: You're insane…
You say it like it's a bad thing
Neco: IT IS A BAD THING!
Normality is an abnormal state of being, so ha!
Neco: That doesn't even make sense!
Yes it does. …Wait, how did you get out of the chair and turn the television off?
Neco: Umm…
(duct tapes Neco's mouth shut because I'm running out of ideas of what to have him say)
Knuckles: What about me?
Take it easy, your gonna get in soon too, alright? For the love of something lovable…
Rouge: …
Not you too…You'll show up same chapter or one right after that Knucklehead does
Cream: Mister Shin?
Cheese: Chao?
…Please, I'm even less mentally stable right now then I normally am. Just let me get a chapter done where no one pesters me about getting in the story other then just a paragraph.
Shadow: Shut up and start typing so I can find out how badly I kick Sonic's blue ass.
You want I should put your life in jeopardy in the story?
Shadow: You wouldn't dare…
I have the power to, I'm the one writing this fanfic
Shadow: …
Good. Now stand over there and attract reviewers or something
Now for those of you out there, read the chapter and review please.
Unknown location, 15 minutes after Moon was captured
Moon slowly awoke. She blinked a few times as he eyes adjusted to the low level of light. There were several forms of black hedgehogs moving around, each of them with red eyes lacking pupils. She tried to get up, only finding that she was bound to some sort of table. "Where the hell am I?" She whispered to herself. "Members of group #8 5 4 7 5 8 15 7, move subject #19 9 12 22 5 18 13 15 15 14 12 9 1 8 20 to group #6 15 24." A mechanical voice came from what Moon assumed was an intercom. Several of the hedgehogs grabbed the table she was bound to and wheeled it down a hallway that was completely cut off from light. The hallway ended leading into another room like the one she was in previously, except instead of hedgehogs moving about performing various tasks, this one was filled with the forms of black foxes with the same eyes that lacked pupils. One walked towards her. It stood out among the others, mostly because it had on a long black trench coat, and had normal silver eyes. "Neco? Is that you? Untie me!" Moon called to him. The fox laughed lowly. "I suppose I do resemble him don't I?" It said in a cold voice. Moon's eyes focused and noticed that the fox had black fur, but unlike the others that seemed like a lifeless color, this one shined a bit in the dim light. The fox blinked and its eyes changed. But unlike Neco's that turned a bright green, this fox's eyes turned a sickening blood red color. Moon struggled against the bounds that held her to the table. "You'd best stop that…you're going to be here for a while." The fox said as it turned around and walked away from her.
"Let me go now!" Moon growled as she glared at him. She kept struggling as she yelled "What do you want with me!" The fox kept walking until he was standing next to the control panel to some machine in the room. "We're just going to run a few experiments." The fox said to her without turning around. He signaled to the other foxes with a hand gesture and they started to carry vials full of some glowing gel like substance towards the machine and inserted them into it. Moon growled louder. "What is that stuff! Why are you doing this and who the hell are you!" She yelled at him. The fox slowly turned around to face her. "Must you ask so many questions?" He sighed. "One, that gel is a special substance that can contain types of energy so that they do not dissipate into the air, it's currently containing the same type of energy the chaos emeralds generate. Two, you remember how when your friend fired upon one of our units the area around it combusted? He somehow gained the ability to do that through the shock he received from the emerald, we're using you to experiment how chaos energy can affect a specimen, and you were the only one available that did not currently contain chaos energy within them. I suggest you hope that the chaos energy does not kill you. It's a rather messy process of trial and error. And three…well I'm technically not aloud to tell you who I am." He said to her.
A glass shielding came down around the table she was on, as well as a mechanical spire of sorts that had a crystal lens at the end of it. Moon struggled greater. "Let me go! I demand that you release me!" She growled, fear starting to fill her voice no matter how hard she tried to hide it. The spire was fully lowered as the one fox started to hit commands on the control panel. Energy was being focused into the crystal lens as the force behind it grew stronger. Finally the energy passed through the lens and into Moon. Moon let out a loud shout of pain. She started screaming as the intensity slowly rose, then she started snarling and growling. She was acting more as a wild wolf would as she let out a howl of pain. The fox smirked as he watched the results, it was a cold smirk of satisfaction. He turned the machine off and cut the energy current. "That's enough for now…I don't think it would be a good idea to kill the specimen by trying to force too much energy into it at one time. Get a containment unit here and move her to a cell." It said to the other foxes.
Moon fell limp breathing heavily. "Release me…" She growled at him as he approached the glass shield. "No, not yet. Don't worry, we'll give you a chance to move about soon. But for now you're going to sleep." As he was saying this a thick vapor filled the glass shield. Moon tried to hold her breath, but the gas managed to enter her lungs. She fought against sleep, fighting a losing battle. Eventually she was forced into a heavy drugged slumber.
Station Square, present time
Sonic and Shadow had began to use light dash attacks against one another. One could only register their movements if they were able to slow the passage of time itself. The force that was being created by the speed of their movements was enough to literally rip the support beams down as the passed them. The building of course collapsed without the support beams. The two of them used chaos control to escape the rubble from crushing them. Thankfully the surrounding building's supports did not give out as well as the rubble fell upon the outside walls. "Are they trying to get someone killed!" Star yelled clinging to Tails' hand as he slowly decreased altitude and the three of them were able to rest their feet on solid ground again.
The two of them breathed heavily as they stared each other down, neither even blinking. They for once walked towards one another. They stopped with about a yard and a half apart. Neither said anything. Then suddenly Shadow was in front of Sonic, throwing punches as Sonic blocked using his own fists. As Shadow threw another punch Sonic dodged it and grabbed Shadow's wrist. He threw Shadow over his shoulder and onto the ground. Shadow rolled out of the way of a downwards kick aimed at him and shoved himself back up. The two of them then started to just exchange blows, the fists flying as quickly as their feet did earlier. They didn't bother to block, they simply kept lashing out in any way they could think of. Finally the two jumped apart, then started to run yet again. Shadow light dashed at Sonic, nailing him in the back and making him bounce along the ground as his momentum carried him. Sonic slowly got to his feet. Shadow wasn't holding back. Even though his body was becoming fatigued, he smirked. He was enjoying pushing himself to his limits against his rival. But he also noticed the damage their fight was causing. He had to end it now.
"Hey Shadow, how about we just finish this now and save ourselves some time?" He called over. "Fine by me!" Shadow called. "Chaos Control!" He yelled as he vanished in the flash of light. Sonic smirked as he knew just what to do. He began a light dash attack, but then activated the emerald's power to chaos control in the middle of it. The two hedgehogs both reappeared, their backs to one another. "…Cheap…shot." Shadow muttered as he fell forwards and hit the ground out cold. "Thought you'd… say that…" Sonic said as he did as well, but remained conscious.
Neco and Star walked over towards Sonic. "Heh…I guess I over did it a bit huh?" Sonic chuckled as he looked around at the large fragments of the building that had come crashing down. "You think!" Star said, the irritation obvious in her voice. Neco helped Sonic to his feet and moved the victorious hedgehog over to one of the standing buildings, resting him against its wall. Tails went over to Shadow and reached for the emerald in his hand. However it suddenly started shining brightly, the light quickly diminished however and the emerald turned a dark grey color. It cracked, then shattered into dust sized particles. "…So it was a fake..." Tails said as he looked where the gem had been seconds earlier. "Great, we wasted all that time and the thing's fake!" Star yelled. "Calm down. Shadow may still know something." Sonic said after catching some of his breath.
Neco looked over towards one of the buildings. "…We've got company." He said. He took out his gun and fired at one of the windows. The glass shattered and fell, revealing a black cat with red eyes that lacked pupils. "A cat too!" Tails yelled. "Data gathered, will return." It using the same monotone voice that the hedgehog had used. "Hold it right there." Neco said to it. "I've got a few questions for you." He drew forth his second gun. "Subject showing signs of hostility. Course of action suggested?" The cat said. "Understood, will engage subject in combat." The cat jumped through the broken window and landed a few feet away from Neco. "I'll handle this. Get the emerald and Shadow back to the Tornado 2." Neco said to the others. Tails nodded and grabbed Shadow's wrists while Star grabbed his ankles, the two of them managed to move him with ease. Sonic still holding the emerald got to his feet and fallowed them. "Alright cat, where did the hedgehog take Moon?" Neco asked it. "Requested information denied." The cat answered. "Then I'll have to force it out of you." Neco said as he took aim.
Unknown location, present time
Moon groaned as she slowly opened her eyes, wishing she had stayed asleep. "Where am I?" She wondered out loud as she looked at the holding cell she was in. "Specimen #19 9 12 22 5 18 13 15 15 14 12 9 1 8 20 has awakened." Came the same mechanical voice from before. A robotic arm reached out from the side of the cell and grabbed a hold of Moon's arm. Moon struggled to get loose from the bindings that still held her in place as well as the robotic arm. "Get this thing off me!" She yelled. The arm attached something similar to a cuff used to measure blood pressure to her arm and then retracted.
"Show yourself you stupid coward!" She yelled, trying to get the black fox's attention. "Sorry to disappoint you, but I'd prefer to avoid getting killed by an unforeseen situation." The fox's voice sounded in the cell over an intercom. A small monitor lowered from the ceiling. It turned on, the sound of static electricity dancing across its screen as the image of the fox came into view. "What are you doing to me! Why do I feel so strange!" She yelled at him, her face showing the deep anger in her. The fox looked down at a small gauge. The needle on it was slowly rising. "I'm just recording some data." He said calmly. "Who are you!" Moon demanded again. "If you wish to know so badly, I'll give you the only hint I'm allowed too." The fox said smirking. "By those around here, I'm referred to as #5 14 5 3 15." He said.
Moon growled in anger as she tried to figure out the vague clue the fox had given her. He was infuriating her without even really trying. She winced. She felt pain in her mouth and figures. She looked down to see her claws were growing. Running her tongue over her teeth, she found that her fangs were as well. The pain was growing, starting to spread throughout her body. "What's going on!" She asked in panic. "Yes…As we hoped. The change is delayed more then we wished, we'll have to work on that." The fox said, taking out a small notebook and writing something down on it. "What do you mean? What the hell's happening to me!" She yelled. "Answer me!"
"You should pay more attention to that clue I gave you." The fox said, not looking up from the notes he was writing. Moon's growls became deeper, more primal sounding, and her eyes grew dark. "Your name…it's Eneco, I've seen it somewhere before." She managed to say. The fox looked up. "Indeed. My name is Eneco." He said. "Perhaps your friend Neco told you about me…then again, perhaps he doesn't trust you enough." His eyes were still that horrifying blood red color. Moon continued to struggle, thrashing about and snarling like a trapped animal. "What do you mean!" She demanded. "He probably detests how you're always fallowing him around and worrying about the smallest thing wrong with him." He continued.
Moon let out a loud snarl as the ropes holding her broke and she smashed the monitor. She tried to destroy the barricades keeping her within the cell, losing control of her own actions and acting like a wild animal. "Good, very good. Total transformation time took longer then desired. Perhaps an aggression steroid or another charge of chaos energy could remedy the delay. I shall consult with him. But first, we don't want her to harm herself attempting to get free." The fox said as he hit a button on the control panel. The same gas from before filled the containment cell. Moon stumbled and fell into a drugged sleep once more.
Station Square, current time
The cat ran at Neco. Neco quickly fired both guns at the cat. They would normally be impossible to dodge at that range, but the cat did somehow, faster then Neco could see the cat had landed on its hands behind him and kicked him in his back. Neco managed to keep on his feet, but still stumbled, giving the cat a chance to attack again. The cat somehow got around Neco and flung its fist into his face. Neco was knocked off of his feet and landed on his back. The cat walked towards him slowly. Neco swung his body around, catching the cat's leg with the curve of his foot and tripping it. He got to his feet and was ready to strike the cat, only to find it had vanished from view again. "What's going on here? …" He whispered to himself as he looked around. The cat came down from above, its foot colliding with Neco's skull. Neco hit the ground again. The cat grabbed a fistful of Neco's coat and threw him towards a building. Neco managed to get his hands ahead of him, taking most of the force of the collision away from the rest of his body. "Damn, how does it keep attacking me when I can't see it?" Neco wondered aloud.
Neco was suddenly punched in his side, and then hit from behind again. "Ugh! Neco grunted. He hadn't managed to land a single hit on his opponent and the cat was landing attacks left and right.
("It has to be moving outside of my vision somehow…") Neco thought as he kept his guard, looking around. He closed his eyes and focused on his other senses. ("If I can't see it, maybe I can find it some other way…") He thought. There was nothing for several moments, only the slight sound of the wind. ("Getting nervous…This could be a tough fight if I don't find a way to locate my enemy quickly.") Neco thought as he kept his eyes shut. Then his ear flicked as he heard something. It was quiet, almost like the ghost of a sound, but it was there, something moving through the air and fast, coming from right ahead of him. He opened his eyes and spotted the cat moving right for him. "Gotcha." Neco smirked as he flung his fist at it, landing right on the cat's chin. The cat flew backwards but flipped in midair landing on its feet and hands soundlessly. It jumped to one side and out of Neco's vision, but this time something was different. Neco turned his eyes to fallow it and managed to catch glimpses of its movements. Neco's eyes were slowly filtering to a green color once more. ("It's only a little, but I can keep up with the cat's movements.") He realized. He also noticed something, a faint tingle of something throughout his body as he tracked the cat's movements. Neco managed to make a connection. ("Is this something I gained from the chaos emerald?") Neco thought as he managed to block a fierce kick from the cat and shoved it away from him. ("Regardless if it is or not, it's giving me the edge I need.") He thought.
("The cat tries to move to my blind spots, so it looks like it's disappearing, but it's just keeping itself out of my line of sight.") Neco thought as he watched as much of what he could catch of the cat's movements. The cat noticed its movements were starting to be noticed, so it decided to stop sneak attacking and attack full force. It dropped down right in front of Neco and ran at him. Neco was confused by this sudden change in tactics and received a punch right to his ribcage. He doubled over, winded by the powerful blow, and the cat kicked upwards at his head, knocking him backwards. Neco flew yards by the force of the kick, he was lucky to still be conscious. He slid along the concrete ground, finally coming to a halt. He swore as he got to his feet, he wasn't doing well in this fight. He looked over and saw the Tornado 2, Tails and the others still waiting to take off. He suddenly got an idea.
"Tails! Toss me the chaos emerald!" Neco yelled at the younger fox with two tails. "What?" Tails said in confusion at the sudden demand. "I said give me the emerald!" Neco yelled again. Star growled at Tails' hesitation and snatched it from him. "Catch!" She yelled, throwing it right at Neco. Neco dove and caught it. He could feel the warm pulsations coming from the gem. He could tell that this single emerald contained the potential to do both good and evil, and he currently felt it reacting to his emotions. The positive power of the chaos emerald was more then enough for his intentions. As if some foreign instinct was guiding his actions, he drew his laser firing gun and aimed at the cat currently speeding towards him. The warm energy flowed through him, focusing on the gun in his hands. Something changed about the gun for only moments as he pulled the trigger. A massive continuous beam of multi colored energy was released from the gun. The cat only having seconds to react shifted into a defensive stance as the beam engulfed it completely. The beam finally died down and Neco fell to one knee. He smirked and laughed a bit between heavy breaths. "Whoa…that was cool." He said as he tried to give his lungs the much needed oxygen the rest of his body was yelling for.
The cat remained, damaged but standing. It was strange, it looked like it had been affected by the blast as a machine would be. "Critical damage received. Estimated 47.6 percent of total systems received damage. Suggested course of action?" The cat said, still emotionless. "Understood, returning for repairs now." It said, before jumping backwards and then disappearing as if it was slowly blurred out.
"What the hell was that thing anyways?" Star slowly asked. "Absolutely no idea…" the teenage genius fox answered. "A little help?" Neco asked. "I'm not sure if I can stand on my own to be honest." He said in a tired voice. "No problem." Sonic said, having recovered over the course of the fight. Surprisingly, Shadow was still out cold. Sonic extended his hand, which Neco gladly took. Mindful of his quills, the blue hedgehog pulled Neco's arm over his shoulders to support most of his weight. "Thanks." Neco said. "No problem. What was that thing you did anyways? It was sweet!" Sonic said, his usual attitude restored to its full glory. "Dunno." Neco answered honestly. "…Sonic, whenever you use the emerald's power…do you feel like your fatigue's gone and basically…a raw warm power surge through you?" Neco asked. "Heh, yeah sometimes. You only felt the strength of one emerald though." Sonic said. "I won't bore you with details on how I did, but whenever I use the power of all seven of them, it's like my strength is limited only by my desire." He said. "Which usually means I'm basically undefeatable." Sonic smirked then. Neco laughed a bit. Sonic was a rather amusing person to talk to, self confident and determined.
"Would the two of you hurry up so we can find my sister before something kills her!" Star yelled at them. "We're coming! Never thought I'd say this, but hold on!" Sonic yelled at her. "We should head back to Central city. We can't just do this on our own anymore. I didn't want to have to, but I think it's time we informed the rest of GEM about this situation." Neco sighed. "First we've got a smaller problem. I've got to pilot the Tornado 2, and Shadow can't move on his own right now. Someone's gonna have to travel on foot with Sonic." Tails said. "I'll come with you, I'll be able to make sure Shadow doesn't fall out or something." Star said. "That's a good idea. Don't worry, I can easily get back to Central city in no time at all even carrying Neco here." Sonic smirked. "…How exactly do you intend to do…" Neco started as Sonic shifted his hold on Neco's arm. "THAT!" He yelled as Sonic took off running, the speed lifting Neco off his feet, preventing him from being dragged along. "…I hope Neco's still in one piece by the time we get back…" Tails said as he watched.
Somewhere above the road between Station Square and Central City
Star looked down at the unconscious black hedgehog she was keeping a hold on to make sure he didn't fall out of the small bi plane. He almost appeared to still be scowling even when out cold. As if something plagued him even in his dreams. She couldn't help but wonder what he'd look like if he actually smiled. Not a smirk or laughter of triumph, but a genuine smile. She then blushed a bit, realizing she was thinking about a hedgehog that had just caused a building to collapse and nearly flatten her. She shook her head to clear her thoughts, only to realize that her hand had started to run through the patch of softer white quills on his chest. She withdrew the hand, staring at it as if it had taken on a life of its own.
Central city, one hour and fifteen minutes later, at GEM headquarters.
Neco was still considerably light headed from being carried along the way to central city at near sound speed. He showed his ID to the brown crocodile at the desk and gestured towards the others, showing they were with him. The crocodile nodded and went back to paperwork. Neco led them past offices and a couple of meeting rooms, finally stopping at one office next to a heavy metal door. Neco knocked on the office door, ignoring the metal one. "It's open." A deep voice answered within. Neco turned the handle and walked in, ushering in Tails and Star. Sonic had stayed outside to keep an eye on Shadow. (Who still hadn't waken up…or maybe he started to and Sonic hit him with something, who knows) The chief was sitting at the desk, looking through files. "Hello Neco, what is it?" He asked, not really noticing the two others that had walked in. "We have a situation." Neco said. The chief looked up and noticed the other two. "What do you mean?" The chief asked. He gestured towards some seats as they all started to explain what had happened.
The chief didn't believe what he was hearing. Fake chaos emeralds? More of these strange people that lacked pupils? Something strange happening to Neco? It overwhelmed him. He sighed and rested his hand against his forehead. "Neco, this is hard to believe." The chief said. "It's all true sir." Tails said. "I didn't say I just because it was hard to believe I didn't." The chief said. "So you see, this might be more then a single kidnapping." Neco said. "…We'll question the hedgehog, then decide on a course of action." The chief said. "Understood." Neco answered him.
There you go, another chapter.
Shadow: What the hell! I lost!
Sonic: Ha! Take that!
Shadow: And what the hell is that wolf doing to me!
Heh heh heh, it's the start of another part of the story.
Shadow: I'll kill you!
By the way Shadow, your life will most likely be put into jeopardy, but you'll probably bust out a cool new move at the last minute or something.
Shadow: …you get to live for now…
Eneco: Finally, I'm in the story.
Knuckles: But I'm not! (cracks his knuckles)
CALM DOWN! BEFORE I TAKE AWAY COOKIES AND MILK TIME!
Knuckles: (grumbles about being quiet)
Now review my loyal subjects, and I might not be getting chapters up as quickly since school and stuff gets in the way.
