Not much to say this time, so here's the latest installment...
I released a Q&A for Dragonriders' Destiny, you should check it out!
I'm also putting my take on a few things, just to fill in the story a tad bit!
BTW: I don't own anything but OC's and some fan-made chapters (I will let you know which are fan made)!
TPV
Sonic, Tails, and now Tyler's hut.
It was a cold and rainy night, as everyone was sound asleep from the sounds of rain outside. Inside the three boy's hut, Sonic, Tails, and Tyler slept comfortably in their beds as they dozed off into the night, but a sound woke Sonic from his slumber. It sounded like a small knock coming from his door. Sonic became rather annoyed that such a noise interrupted his sleep, but then shrugged it off as possibly the wind. He closed his eyes and attempted to fall back asleep, but the knocking grew louder and louder. Sonic covered his ears and tried to ignore it so he could go back to sleep, but it never ended. At one point, it was so loud, it knocked over him to the ground. Sonic groaned in annoyance as he rubbed his head, then gave a glance to Tails and Tyler; both were still asleep. How could they still be asleep if they were supposed to have better hearing then he does. Sonic growled at that as he dashed to the door and opened it up. What he didn't expect to see was Dr. Eggman standing in his doorway, wearing a half soaked jacket.
"Hi," Eggman gave a small wave.
"What do you want?" Sonic growled.
"First of all, uhh, thank you for answering the door at such a late hour. I realize what an inconvenience this must be-," Eggman tried to speak.
"Get to it, Eggman," Sonic cut him off.
"Well uhh… I… I… I need your help," Eggman managed to huff out.
"You need my help?" Sonic raised his eyes in surprise slightly.
"Yes! My sinister island lair, y'know the ultra high tech stronghold where I hatch my diabolical evil schemes to eliminate you? It was destroyed in the storm! I was hoping I could crash with you and Tails for a few days? Just until my robots are able to rebuild it?" He paused to press his hands together, "please, please! Don't strand me in this wilderness!"
"Well, you certainly could use a roof over your head," a stench reached his nose, he cringed slightly, "and a bath. But how do I know you won't capture me, Tails, or my friends while were sleeping?"
"I swear I will not harm you or your fox friend during my stay!" Eggman placed a hand over his chest, "I didn't even bring any weapons! Here! Check my pants-!"
"No no no, it's okay. I believe you. So it's only for a few days and it's just you?" Sonic pressed on.
"Just me…" Eggman said as he walked into the hut, "... and Orbot and Cubot. They're family!" Sonic groaned as he got them situated, then Eggman went to sleep while Orbot and Cubot went into sleep mode. Sonic groaned, 'boy, tomorrow is gonna be a tough day…'. He walked over to Tails and shook him up.
"Nnngh, Sonic?" Tails rubbed his eyes as he yawned.
"Tails, don't freak out, but Eggman is living here," Sonic whispered.
"WHA-MMPH!" Tails almost screamed, but Sonic cupped his hand over his mouth, muffling his scream.
"Shh! Listen! His lair was destroyed, so he's living here until it's repaired. We can't let him know," Sonic explained as he pointed to a still sleeping Tyler.
"What do we do?" Tails asked.
"I'm gonna place him on the wing of your plane, keep him for figuring out Eggman's here," Sonic explained. Tails nodded as Sonic gently picked up Tyler and dashed to place him outside. Sonic placed him on the wing of the Tornado, and placed a pillow behind his head. Tyler didn't even react to the sudden transference. Sonic dashed back and placed himself back on the couch. He noticed Tails had already fallen back to sleep. He stretched and did the same..
The next day, Tails woke himself up around nine o'clock. He yawned as he look at a spare bed. Eggman was lying there asleep. 'Huh, Eggman really is living here. I guess that wasn't a dream'. Tails hopped up from his bed and walked to his bathroom, where he brushed his canines. He gagged a little as the minty power of the toothpaste reached him suddenly. After that was finished, he grabbed his gloves, goggles, and belt as he headed for the workshop. He felt like he was missing something as he entered, only to find what he was missing, sleeping on the wing of his plane. Tyler was lying casually on the wing, snoring slightly. 'Oh, right. I forgot he was here. Maybe I should grab his toothbrush and toothpaste just in case'. Tails nodded to himself as he quietly dashed back into the hut's bathroom, snatching the wolf's items. As he returned to the Tornado, he was startled by Tyler groaning as he sat up. He yawn and stretched as he looked around, then instantly became confused, scratching his head. He noticed Tails below him.
"Oh, morning, Tails!" Tyler waved.
"Morning, Tyler!" Tails waved back.
"Uhh, why am I lying on your plane's wing?" Tyler asked as he looked around.
"Uhh, your bed broke as well as our bathroom," Tails lied.
"Really? Wow, that sucks," Tyler raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah, anyway, there is a sink in the back of you want to brush your teeth, then is it okay if you can help me with some matinence on the Tornado?" Tails asked.
"Sure!" Tyler said as he jumped off the wing onto the ground below, grunting as he landed. He ran to the back and brushed his teeth. He coughed as he said in an aggravated voice, "ach! This is so minty!"
"Whoops! Sorry! Must've given you mine instead!" Tails nervously laughed. 'Shoot! How did I screw that up?!'
"Nah, it's cool! Quite literally," Tyler joked, breaking Tails' transe. After a few minutes, Tyler came back out from the back of the workshop.
"So, what do you need help with?" Tyler asked as things got situated.
"Well," Tails said as he rotated his tails to fly off the ground and into the cockpit. He pressed a couple buttons and the landing gears emerged, as well as its floating ceased. It gently touched the ground as Tails continued, "anyway! I needed you to-", Tails stopped when he saw a stunned Tyler just staring at him.
"What?" Tails asked as he flew down and landed beside him.
"Dude! You never told me you could fly!" Tyler said in astonishment.
"Well… sorry," Tails shrugged.
"No, no. It's fine. I'm just confused about something: if you could fly, why do you have a plane in the first place?" Tyler asked.
"Well, first, I can't fly forever, as my tails won't allow it. Second, I like planes and machines," Tails responded. He kinda became nervous, as he didn't know what Tyler's response would be.
"Huh… okay… that's kinda neat," Tyler nodded.
"Oh, thanks!" Tails replied happily.
"Sure! Now, about what you needed me to do?" Tyler said as he looked at the plane.
"Right! I need you to…".
1 hour later. Back with Sonic…
Sonic woke up from a noise coming from the front door. He walked over and opened, yawning as he did so. He opened the door to see Amy, Sticks, and Knuckles on the other side. He moved out of the way as they entered. As the three entered, they were all startled by a yawn and a pink pajama wearing Eggman stretching.
"Eggman?!" Knuckles shouted as everyone but Sonic got into a battle stance.
"Oh, hey gang! Didn't know you'd be visiting so early! Heh! I'm still in my evil pajamas; they've got a trap door in the back!" Eggman said as he walked passed them, pointing to his rear, then sitting down on a hanging couch.
"What's he doing here?" Knuckles asked as he pointed to the evil doctor.
"We have a truce. Tails is letting him stay here until his lair is rebuilt," Sonic said while rolling his eyes.
"Ahem! Still waiting on that salmon egg benedict!" Eggman called out. Sonic rolled his eyes again, groaned, and dashed to the kitchen. He grabbed a tray with the food and dashed to the doctor's side.
Eggman eyes it carefully, then looked at Sonic, annoyed as he pointed at the food, "I asked for egg whites, these are yellows. See the yellow? I'm trying to watch my cholesterol, and this salmon is FARM RAISED! WHAT IS THIS? PRISON?!" Sonic gave him the look to eat it anyway.
"It's all some evil plot, man! First he lures us in with some terrible room made poy, then blam! Outcomes this 50 foot Obliterator-bot that obliterates us all! We gotta get out of here!" Sticks shouted as she shook Knuckles slightly.
"Guys, we have to help him! If we don't, we'll be no better than he is!" Amy spoke up.
"Yeah, you'll be no better than I am!" Eggman chimed in as he ate.
"Think about how this is for him!" Amy said as she walked up to his side, "do you feel scared without a home? Do you feel alone? Are you eating your feelings?" Amy asked as she stared at him.
"Someone get her away from me," Eggman said in a creeped out tone. All of a sudden, the workshop door opened, revealing a slightly sweaty and topless Tyler and Tails walking in, talking.
"...and that's why some of us don't wear clothing!" Tails said as they walked in the house.
"Huh, neat! Well, I guess we better-" Tyler paused when he saw someone who he never saw coming. That vile human that hurt him a few days ago. His face scrunched up in anger, "no, no, no, NO! I'm not having any of this!"
"Tyler-," Amy tried to speak.
"I'm sorry, but remind me who you are," Eggman stopped eating his food.
"I'm that guy you used as a hostage during your attack on the town a few days ago!" Tyler said in a aggravated voice.
"Hmm, let's see… OH! Yes, I remember you! Hehe… no hard feelings?" Eggman tried to smile innocently.
Tyler scoffed at him, then faced Sonic, "why is HE here?" Eggman frowned.
"His lair was destroyed in the storm last night. So he's staying here," Sonic returned.
Tyler growled, "alright, but nothing funny. Got it?" Eggman nervously laughed while nodding, "good. Glad we are on somewhat equal footing". Tyler said as he grabbed his jacket and walked back to the workshop, with Tails following. As soon as they got into the workshop, Tyler crossed his arms as he stared at the way they came.
"Why is he here?" Tyler pondered out loud.
"We just explained it!" Tails shouted aloud.
Tyler growled, "it just doesn't make any sense, why now?"
"Tyler, just let him stay! Who knows! Maybe he won't be so bad!" Tails tried to be optimistic.
"Whatever, I'm gonna take a walk, clear my head and maybe approach this in a different mindset. C'ya Tails," Tyler waved as he placed on his shirt and jacket, then walked away from the twin tailed fox. Tails watched as he left, then returned to his plane. 'Man. He's taking this seriously. Then again, he almost died because of Eggman, so I guess I can see the hostility'.
An hour and a half later, Tails was fixing a component in the rudder of the plane. He was still thinking about earlier when all of a sudden, Eggman appeared out of nowhere.
"Pillow fight!" He screamed as he smacked Tails in the back of the head, dropping a necessary component to his plane. It shattered as it hit the ground. Tails turned and faced Eggman with an annoyed stare, before he ran off inside. Tails swore he could hear Eggman destroying everything with a pillow indoors.
"I'm back," Tyler's voice reached his ears. Tails looked back to see him with a more happy expression on his face than earlier, so that was good.
"Oh, hey Tyler!" Tails said as continued to listen to the madness in the huts.
"What's going on in there?" Tyler raised an eyebrow.
"'Pillow Fight'", Tails said as he made air quotes, "wanna help me with the plane?" Tyler shrugged as the two got to work on the plane, occasionally hearing Eggman's screams and Sonic's annoyed voice from time to time. They continued to work until dinner, where the two faced the destroyed furniture around them once they returned inside. They both knew Eggman had to do it. After rapidly cleaning up the place, Sonic made a meal for everyone. Tyler had to admit, Sonic was pretty good at cooking food, and it was SO much better than the slop his parents gave. After the meal, everyone decided to get ready for bed. Just as everyone was about to fall asleep, Eggman made a loud, fake snore that kept everyone awake. He laughed as he continued making the sound. Tyler forced his eyes shut, 'Cmon Tyler! You dealt with this kinda thing before! Just ignore him! Just… ignore… him…' Tyler instantly fell asleep while everyone else had trouble.
Next morning…
"That's it! I've had enough of Eggman! Lair or no lair, he's outta here!" Sonic said as he crossed his arms. Tails nodded in agreement. "What do you think, Tyler?" Sonic tried to ask the wolf, but Sonic realized he was still asleep, somehow.
"You can't just throw Eggman out! Sure, he might be a difficult, but it's only because you have a communication problem," Amy retorted.
"Communication problem? He whacked me with a pillow, hard! I'm dizzy, and I have a serious short term memory loss!" Tails paused in his complaint for a moment, "AND I have a serious short term memory loss!"
I think we should settle this with a roommate meeting!" Amy suggested. Thirty minutes later, Eggman was sitting with everyone in the living room, while Sonic moved Tyler back to the Tornado's wing.
"Now Sonic. Do you have something that you want to share with Eggman?" Amy asked the blue streak.
Sonic rubbed his head, "yes, how do I say this delicately? You're a horrible roommate and nobody in this house likes you-".
"LET'S reframe our statements with 'when you do this, it makes me feel like this'", Amy interviended.
"Fine, oaky, uhh… When you live here, it makes me feel angry… because you're a horrible roommate and nobody in this house likes you". Amy rolled her eyes.
Eggman stared for a moment before bursting out in 'tears', sobbing, "you're right… I am the worst roommate. I've never lived with other people before!"
"What about us?" Cubot chimed in.
"You don't count," Eggman suddenly grew dark in tone before going back to crying.
"Sonic, I think someone here could go for two spoonfuls of forgiveness washed down with a glass of friendship!" Amy spoke to the blue streak, who cringed as he rolled his eyes.
"Eggman, if we give you a second chance, do you promise you'll shape up?" Sonic asked reluctantly.
Eggman suddenly sat up and snapped his fingers, "you bet!"
"Group hug?" Amy asked as she stood up, everyone did the same as Eggman embraced them. Cubot and Orbot tried to join in, but Eggman gave a "not you", disappointing them. For the next few hours, Sonic, Tails, and a now awakened Tyler witnessed a cheerful, friendly like Eggman cleaning up the place. While Tyler was surprised at this marvel, something didn't feel right. Tails was sitting on the couch, tinkering with a device when Tyler approached him.
"Hey Tails, can I talk to you in here?" Tyler pointed to the workshop.
"Oh, sure!" Tails followed the wolf into the workshop, once they were behind the walls of the building, Tyler faced the door back to the house.
"Something isn't right here," Tyler said as he crossed his arms.
"Yeah, Eggman is actually cool!" Tails said.
"NO. That's not what I mean. Think logically, Tails. A Villian never 'crashes' with their nemesis unless they are up to something! Eggman is plotting something!" Tyler said with a stern look.
"It is a bit strange, but I think you're overreacting a bit," Tails shrugged.
"Seriously? Ugh…", Tyler smacked his head in annoyance. He gave a growl-like sigh, "do you have like a hoverboard or something?"
"Umm, yeah?" Tails walked behind his plane and pulled out a large blue board, with green fire painted on it, "It may need a few calibrations, but it should be good to go! Why do you need it?" Tails inquired as he handed the board to Tyler.
"Just gonna take a look around, still haven't seen everything yet," Tyler lied as he looked down at his new fancy communicator watch he got from Tails. It read '4:30'. "I'll be back later, promise". And with that Tyler hopped on the board as it came to life and floated off of the ground. He moved his body slightly forward as the board took off in the distance. Tails watch him go down the hill and take off at high speeds. Man… I hope he knows what he's doing…
Tyler's FPV
I had to know what was going on behind the scenes. I knew nobody would believe me, but I had to know anyway. As I started to come into the town, I began to realize something: I don't know anything about Dr. Eggman's lair. Fortunately, I saw someone standing in the markets ahead that might give me an insight: Zoey. I stopped the board to a halt midway of the street, with everyone including her looking at me.
"Tyler, what are you doing here?" Zoey asked, carrying a basket with goods in them.
"No time! Do you know where Eggman's lair is?" I asked.
"Why do you need to-".
"Please! This is important!" I cut her off.
"Just over those hills to the right and it should be on top of a volcano like mountain. Can't miss it," She pointed.
"Thanks!" I say as I hopped back on my hoverboard and zoom out of the streets to where she was speaking about. As I zoomed around the hills and mountains, I could feel the speed of the vehicle decreasing as I zoomed around mountains. I grunted as I put more pressure into it. The smell of the air began to grow more dark as the hills began to turn black with red cracks, I knew I was close. I looked ahead to see a monstrous mountain in front of me. Putting all the power into it, I began to climb the mountain with the board. The wind brushing on my face, as I continued high into the sky. The summit of it was in sight, 'Time to see if he was really lying or not…'. As I landed on the top of the volcano like mountain, I stopped the board just in front of a monstrous, high tech lair. My eyes and mouth opened in shock, it WAS a lie! ALL OF IT! I walked to the entrance of the lair.
"I knew it," I said to myself as I inspected the place. All of a sudden, small turrets appeared from the walls of the lair, all pointed at me. I gulped as I ran, and the turrets opening fire on me. The small bolts exploding all around me as I dodged and weaved my way out. I hopped back on the board and began to fly out, but a shot exploded right next to me. I screamed as I fell to the ground, no longer on my board and landed in a forest patch below…
Time jump to a little before Eggman reveals his ultimate scheme…
I groaned as I opened my eyes and sitting up. 'Where am I, what happened?' I noticed the board next to me. 'Oh, right. Eggman…. EGGMAN!' Racing into overdrive, I hopped back onto the board and raced back to the huts.
"I hope I'm not too late!" I said to myself as I raced past trees and bushes.
TPV
Back with Team Sonic…
Both Tails and Sonic had large bags under their eyes as they sat at the couch. All of a sudden, Amy, Sticks, and Knuckles came through the door, but were confused when they saw the two on the couch.
"You're still hanging out with Eggman? Heh! How many hours of sleep did you get?" Knuckles laughed a little.
Sonic placed his hands under his chin, "zero…"
"It's stage two of his evil plot, man! We are minutes away from him summoning his big obliterator bot!" Sticks shouted in accusation.
"Sticks, stop being paranoid!" Amy tried to protest, "Eggman's lived here for 2 days, and he's still hasn't hatched a SINGLE evil scheme!" However, to Amy's dismay, Eggman walked out the door without anyone realizing. She looked around, "Hey, where's Tyler?" Suddenly, laughter came from outside of the hut. Amy, Sticks, and Knuckles immediately ran outside to see Eggman standing on a small rock triumphantly. Sonic and Tails wadded slowly to them.
"...what's so funny..?" Tails asked groggily.
"Remember how I said my island was destroyed in the storm? Well, I lied! I faked it so that way, I can live here and tire you to the point of exhaustion so you would be unable to stop: Obliterator-bot!" Eggman shouted. He heard a noise from behind, and looked to see a small tree was about to fall down on top of him. Eggman scurried out of the way to avoid being crushed and to reveal a tall robot with a claw as his left hand, chainsaw as his right, and had a fireman-like head. Everyone stared at the robot.
"I knew it! He DID have an Obliterator-bot! Why doesn't anyone believe me! It's not like I'm paranoid!" Sticks shook Amy, then faced her shadow in annoyance, "STOP FOLLOWING ME!"
"Guys!" A voice shouted from behind them, as well a mechanical noise. The five looked behind them to see Tyler come up the hill, riding on a hoverboard. He screeched to a halt as he hopped off the board, "Eggman, he lied to us and-!" Tyler looked at the giant mech in front of him. 'I was too late to say anything'.
"Enough! Obliterator-bot! Destroy Sonic and his four friends! Oh, and the wolf, too," Eggman pointing at them.
"HEY!" Tyler shouted aggressively.
"Four… tress? Fortress. Destroy Fortress. Destroying Island Fortress," Obliterator-bot said in a mechanized voice and slowly walked away.
"W-What?! That's not what I commanded!" Eggman shouted as he rapidly pressed buttons on his arm console.
Orbot and Cubot poked their heads out of a hut, "we're still working on a few kinks".
Eggman rushed to Obliterator-bot and hugged his leg, "DO NOT DESTROY ISLAND FORTRESS!"
"Affirmative: playing up-tempo music while destroying island fortress", the robot said as two large speakers appeared on its shoulders, blaring music as it stomped over Sonic.
Eggman jumped off and rushed to Sonic's side, "SONIC! You have to help me!"
"Why… he's your Obliterator-bot," Sonic crossed his arms.
"Because if you don't, I'm truly stuck here until I build a new island fortress," Eggman spoke flatly.
Sonic's tired eyes widened at one point, then returned back to their tried state, "Let's roll!" Everyone hopped onto Eggman's egg-pod or Tails' plane, while Tyler hopped back into the hoverboard. They all made their way in front of his lair, where the robot had destroyed several parts of the structure.
"Man, this is kinda bad," Tyler said as he witnessed the destruction taking place.
"Gotta… stop it… but so… tired," Tails collapsed onto the ground. Tyler raced forward and brought Tails' head on knee to rest.
"He must have a weak spot!" Knuckles said as he made a fist.
"Maybe there is a clue on the ground. This soft, soft… bed like… ground," Sonic dozed off. All of the sudden, Sticks rushed forward and rapidly kicked Sonic in the back to wake him up. "What's going on?! ARE WE UNDER ATTACK!?" Sonic shouted as his eyes darted around. Sonic noted his surroundings, "oh, right…", he said as he gave a massive yawn.
"Eggman, you built this thing, how do we take it down?" Knuckles asked.
"By activating two kill switches at the same time. One there and another there!" Eggman pointed out the two locations.
Sonic groaned, "alright: Amy, Sticks, Knuckles; distract the robot. Tails and I are on the kill switches. Eggman, your gonna have to show us how this works. Tyler, stand by if we need you," Sonic pulled up Tails as he commanded; everyone gave a nod. Sonic began to run on the walls, dodging laser fire from mounted turrets. Tails twisted his tails and flew to a control panel opposite of Sonic. He pulled up the pads as he he pressed some buttons. Barriers ahead of Sonic collapsed as he continued running to the second panel. Tails droopily walked over to a panel on the floor and opened it up, yawning as he did so. He pressed a button, which caused a door on Sonic and Tails' side to open, revealing two levers.
Sonic was about to fall asleep again when Eggman rushed to his side, "Jam the kinetic barrier processor! THE KINETIC BARRIER PROCESSOR!" Sonic ran and held down the switch when Eggman left. Eggman ran to Tails, who was lying against the console. "Okay! Power down the central operating system!" Tails held down the remote, as Eggman ran back to the main console showing the signs. Meanwhile the team was dealing with the robot as it jumped down from the roof and Tyler watched back from afar. Eggman on the other hand was struggling to keep Sonic and Tails up to activate the kill switches. Eggman growled as he was about to pull out something, but a voice stopped him.
"At this point, Sonic and Tails are out of commision!" Tyler ran up next to him, "Eggman, you and I are gonna have to do this together! Even though we had a rough start, we need to work together here!" Eggman stared at him for a while before nodding. They both ran for a switch; Eggman taking Sonic's while Tyler took over for Tails.
"Ready?" Eggman shouted.
"ON THREE! ONE!"
"TWO!"
"THREE!" They both shouted in unison as they pulled down the switches at the same time. The robot's head short circuited, as it stopped. Both nodded to each other as they grabbed a small sheet of metal. They held it as they entered the egg-pod and flew up to the robot's head. Clicking a button to keep the pod in air, they both jumped out of the pod together.
"PILLOW FIGHT!" They both screamed as they brought the metal sheet on top of the robot's head, destroying it. Both landed on the ground hard, but Tyler fell over on the ground, giving an 'ow!' before darting back upright.
"YES!" Eggman jumped, but the second he said that, the top half of the base exploded, "NO!" All that was left was the lower sections and rubble.
"Alright, gang. Let's get Sonic and Tails home, huh?" Tyler asked. Everyone nodded as they hopped on the plane.
"HEY, WAIT! WHAT ABOUT MY ISLAND?!" Eggman shouted before they left.
"Consider this payback for what you did with Sonic and Tails," Tyler said before taking off with the team. Eggman stared at him for a moment, "and I really thought we had started a friendship…".
This took way too long to do…
I'm rather annoyed that I had to do a lot of checking to make sure I got everything I got while still aprinkling my seasonings (my version/take), but I feel good about this!
PLEASE R&R AND HAVE A NICE DAY! :D
