Titan's version of Chapter 4.
This should be the last "point five" for a little while.
Chapter 4.5
Robin glanced through the window in the door, the blue hedgehog still hadn't moved since they had brought him here. They were starting to get worried. He glanced back at Raven. "Did you learn anything?" He asked.
She shook her head. "I hate going into someone's head without their permission, so I didn't go very far. He's pretty good at shielding his mind; I would guess there's another psychic from wherever he comes from. I couldn't see very much, but what I did see was a garbled mess. The most prominent thing I could see is that he's not from this world. As for the rest, most of it involved a robot, and a few involving some amount of pain. They all looked like they were from this world, so he must've been pretty worried about it or thinking about a problem."
Robin sighed. "But no name or why he's here or anything like that?" She shook her head. "A week is a long time to be out, and it's harder to look after him when that robot of his is still on the loose."
Raven shrugged, glancing through the window. "It's awake."
Robin jumped up, quickly gathering everyone else in case it attacked.
The hedgehog whipped its head around as the door opened, and the five Titans filed in. It flattened his ears, backing away. "Great. You guys again." It hissed, eyes searching furiously for an exit. Robin stepped forward as it stepped back, his hands held up in a peaceful gesture.
"Settle down. We're friends." He said, hoping the creature wouldn't attack.
It looked doubtful, but it stood up straight and crossed its arms, giving them a doubtful stare. "Yea, that's why you guys try to catch me every time you see me. Sounds friendly to me." It snapped, looking away pointedly.
Robin grinned apologetically. "Eheh…yea…sorry about that…" The creature snorted. "Seriously, we got you confused with someone else."
The hedgehog shrugged. "I know who you're talking about, the guy I was fighting. His name's Metal Sonic. He's modeled after me. His camouflage got upgraded so he looks exactly like me. He normally doesn't' look that much like me. It's normally obvious he's a robot." Robin noticed that it rubbed its chest; he figured the blue hedgehog didn't know it was doing it though. "Dude caught me by surprise when we first came."
Robin knew the hedgehog was from somewhere else, Raven had told him that, but he wanted to know more. "Wait, first came? Where did you come from?"
"Mobius. Another dimension." The hedgehog winced. "Warping space hurts. I recommend not trying it." He said with an uncomfortable face.
"So…What are you doing here?"
"Followed Metal-butt here when his boss sent him into this world to distract me." He scowled. "Unfortunately I fell for it and Chaos knows what Egg-head's doing on my world right now." The creature slumped onto the bed again, disheartedly. "I'd leave and go stop Eggman, but I'm not leaving Metal here with you guys. As far as I know, I'm the only one who can stop him." The creature sighed, Robin noticed it's body was mostly chest; made sense, considering how fast it ran.
Beast Boy snorted, butting in with a sarcastic tone. "And look how well that turned out."
The creature glared at him, Robin was convince it was going to leap at Beast Boy, not much they could do to stop it either. Luckily, it didn't. "You try fighting your most powerful enemy in my world and not being able to use your powers to its full extent." He snapped. Once again, Beast Boy was speechless. Robin's eyes widened under the mask. Beast Boy speechless twice in the span of two weeks. New record.
"What, you mean you can go faster than what you were doing earlier?" Cyborg asked, his eyes wide. The same thought was running through Robin's mind as well.
The creature raised an eyebrow, making its already huge eyes look slightly bigger. "Uh, yea." He glared down at his legs. "If it wasn't for Metal-Butt, he'd be toast by now." It hissed. The creature obviously held a grudge.
"So, how did you get to look like….that…?" Cyborg asked, indicating the creature's scruffy pelt.
The creature glanced down at its bruised chest. "Warping space. Before I came-" He paused, looking up at them. "OK, before I start, what the heck are your names?" He asked.
Cyborg laughed. "Oh, yea, sorry. I'm Cyborg."
Beast Boy looked up from where he was pouting. "Beast Boy."
Starfire waved to the creature, grinning widely. "I am Starfire."
Raven spoke, though she seemed distracted by something. "Raven."
Robin smiled. "And I'm Robin. We're the Teen Titans."
Cyborg looked at the blue hedgehog. "You?"
The creature grinned, giving them a thumbs-up. "I'm Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog."
"It is the nice day to be meeting you, Sonic the Hedgehog!" Starfire smiled, pulling Sonic into a hug.
"Gah! Owowowowowowowowowowwowowowowowowowowowowow!" The blue hedgehog let out a gust of air as the girl pulled him into a death hug. He squirmed wildly, struggling to free himself. Robin winced as he remembered Starfire's bone-crushing hugs, that can't be fun if you've got a bruised chest-and possibly back.
"Uh…Star? You might wanna let the dude go…" Cyborg said, poking her arm. He looked at the hedgehog, not wanting the girl to kill him before they could help. Was it just him, or did the hedgehog look a darker shade of blue?
The girl looked down at the pained hedgehog, then gasped, letting him go. "I am the sorry! I did not mean to harm you!" She said, worried.
The hedgehog sucked in air, grinning. "Uh…It's cool?" He said warily.
"So…Seriously…How did you end up looking so battered?" Robin asked, raising an eyebrow.
Sonic's expression darkened. "In my world, there is only one super villain. Dr. Ivo Robotnik, better known as Dr. Eggman, affectionately called Egg-head or Ro-Butt-nik." Beast Boy snickered, reminding himself to remember an insult like that. "He's a genius, and can build robots for any purpose. One of his favorites is Metal Sonic, a robot based off of me, and the only robot who ever gave me any real trouble. About a week ago, Eggman sent Metal-Butt to your world to distract me. Unfortunately, I fell for it. The best way to get from one dimension to another in our world is to go really fast, which we both did. I would not recommend it." The hedgehog shuddered, once again rubbing his chest-probably not on purpose. "I landed face-down, hitting my chest the hardest. So, I got the wind knocked out of me; one of the things I need to run. I tried to get it back, but who should arrive but Metal. He pushed me back down so I couldn't breathe, then he decided to give me a parting gift. A boot to the back of my head." He rubbed the back of his head; the Titans assumed there was another bruise hidden in its untidy quills.
"So, I woke up-not sure how long I was out-and tried to follow him. My head and chest hurt really badly, and my legs didn't feel like working because of the lack of air earlier. Then he flew over my head, saying that I was in trouble. Then you guys showed up and, well, you guys know the rest." Sonic finished, flopping onto his back with a resigned sigh. "I want to beat Metal into scrap, and then go home."
Cyborg walked up to the hedgehog, raising an eyebrow. "Earlier you were going around a hundred miles an hour, and you just said you couldn't go full speed because of this world. How fast is your top speed?" The half-robot said, his eyes wide with curiosity.
Sonic shrugged from where he lay on the bed. "I dunno. Twice the speed of sound if I'm sprinting, and that's pushing it." Cyborg's jaw dropped. Sonic grinned, sitting up. "Heh, there's lots of fun stuff where I live. My buddy Tails is a two-tailed fox who can fly. Then there's Knuckles, who can punch through a wall of steel. Amy can make hammers appear out of nowhere, Shadow can teleport and do this weird energy spear thing, and Silver is telekinetic. Oh, and Cream can also fly with her ears." Sonic rattled the list off, counting on his fingers. Cyborg's eyes were growing steadily wider. This was all brand new to him, flying rabbits? "And that's only a few."
"Ok, what about this Robuttnik guy?" Beast Boy asked, more interested in the guy with funny nicknames than Sonic's top speed. "We've got some pretty cool robots here, but nothing like Metal Sonic."
Sonic shrugged. "Evil genius, great with machines, super overweight, has robot lackeys do everything for him. The usual. His robots though, they can be pretty tough. Metal is his toughest, but his robots can usually think for themselves, can fly, walk, sometimes talk, and they always have guns. Or lasers. Or sharp things." Sonic said. "Metal has most of them, the only things on that list that he doesn't have is guns and/or lasers. But he does enough damage without them. So it's probably a good thing."
"Speaking of damage, you're hurt." Robin broke in, indicating the hedgehog's bruised chest.
Sonic looked down at his grimy chest, and rubbed his neck, most likely an injury from his most recent encounter with the robot and wall. He shrugged. "I'll heal."
"Something tells me it won't be fast enough."
The Titans jumped and Sonic whipped his head around as the voice broke in. It sounded just like Sonic, but it wasn't him. A red shoe swung through the window, announcing the arrival of the metal double. Five heroes covered their heads as glass rained down; the only one who didn't flinch was Cyborg, who didn't have to worry about glass. He jumped forward, yelling and charging the cannon in his arm. A gloved hand grabbed the opening, crushing it. The other hand was currently crossed behind the robot's back. Cyborg's eyes opened wide. "Oh dang." The robot's mouth twisted cruelly and he drew his fist back.
The Titans ducked as Cyborg went flying over their heads, and the robot grinned. "Who's next?"
Sonic turned to the Titans. "Go! Get something fast that can keep up with him!" They nodded as he turned back to his double, snarling. "I'll keep him distracted."
The five hurried through the door, Cyborg with help from Starfire. She glanced back as Sonic swept the legs out from under the robot. "Why can we not stay to assist him?" She asked.
Robin didn't look back as he replied. "He's got it under control, and he's had more experience fighting that thing than we have, so we need to do as he says until we know what to do."
Beast Boy's expression was worried. "What could keep up with it? Sonic said he could go around twice the speed of sound, tops. So how fast can that thing go?"
"It gave Sonic a run for his money last time, so I could only begin to guess. And as for what could keep up with it, I don't know." Robin said.
They are so clueless. It's hilarious. And Raven knows stuff. o.0
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