Showdown
Everything seemed to go to hell as the sirens blared due to an intruder. Gardens were slamming shut with big metal doors. Mr. Stevens was in his office, setting up his safety, when his sheltering door seemed to explode out of place. There stood Rick, holding a gun. Before the bear could take any action, Rick shot him. He then looked in Mr. Steven's laptop for Bucky. He found him all right, Garden 1AB.
The man frowned slightly when it said that his caretaker was absent from garden. But he could at least save his ammo for when he got to Bucky. He walked to the Teleporter in Mr. Steven's office, and warped to Bucky's lobby. He noted sight of Mary, and shot her in the chest, a huge red splatter of blood on her nice clothes as she fell to the ground lifelessly. He pulled out a small grenade and threw it at the door. The grenade exploded on contact.
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A huge BANG scared the daylights out of Bucky. From the smoke walked a man he thought he'd never see again: Rick! He walked in, and smirked like he had the upper hand. He held up the gun. Then a bloody, bulky figure came and tackled Rick to the ground. It was the nearly dead Mr. Stevens. They scuffled, but it ended when Rick shot the bear in the head. He stood, and held the gun to Bucky again,
"STOP," shouted Bucky, "I'M NOT AFRAID OF YOU ANYMORE!"
"Really?" said Rick, "and why?"
"You've done everything to me. You've held me under the water and hung me up to dry. You've cut me, you've stomped on me, and you've strangled me. So what could you possibly do that you haven't already done?" Rick laughed
"Aren't you retarded?" he asked, "I'm gonna kill you."
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Meanwhile, Rouge was unable to get her Teleporter to work. She flew as fast as she could toward Shadow's house. She pounded on his door, praying that he was there.
"WHAT IS IT, ROUGE?" he demanded, "IT'S TWO IN THE DAMN MORNING, SO SOMEBODY DAMN WELL BETTER BE DYING."
"Bucky will die," said Rouge, "if you don't Chaos Control me to the Chao Garden."
"Fine," said Shadow, he took out his green Chaos Emerald, "CHAOS CONTROL!"
She was there in a heartbeat. She was only able to get to Bucky's garden by crawling through the vents. She noted sight of blood and Mary's dead body. She flew in just as Rick was about to squeeze the Trigger. She kicked his hand with such force that the gun flew out of the sore hand, and landed in the pond, thus rendering useless.
"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!" demanded Rick,
"I'm Bucky's new caretaker." Said Rouge, "I won't let you Touch my baby." She looked towards Bucky, "Get to the shelter." Bucky nodded, and ran. Rick smirked,
"You won't even be a good warm up."
"Oh really?" Rouge taunted, "And yet, you have the nerve to pick fights with innocent little Chao?"
Rick smiled devilishly, "Of course. These little buggers do not deserve to exist anyway." He then pulled out a large butcher knife that glinted off the light shining down on it from the moon. "And anyone who gets in my way deserves the same fate!"
In no time, he was up in her face, ready to strike her dead. But Rouge had other plans for she ducked to avoid the knife and kicked him away from her.
He is a bit tough, Rouge thought to herself, wincing as her foot throbbed through her shoe. The kick used up more backfired a bit when she realized that he must weigh a ton; it hurt her foot a lot. Nevertheless, she wasn't going to back down from this – Bucky's life depended on her.
Rick re-pocketed his knife and came out with a pack of grenades in his hand. He laughed evilly as he began throwing them wildly around. Rouge flipped, ducked, and even kicked some away from herself. But she wasn't aware that the grenades were only a distraction; Rick took the opportunity to make a dash for her and punch her straight on to her face. Rouge staggered a bit, which was plenty of time for Rick to chain punches on her. Rick went for another punch, but Rouge took enough and caught it just in time. She then kicked Rick straight on the side of his face, which caused Rick to spin out of control.
Rouge didn't stop as she continued to keep kicking Rick to oblivion as he still kept spinning in a wild frenzy. On her last attempt for a kick, Rick blocked it and tried to punch her, but Rouge dodged and counterattacked. Rick stepped back and growled under his breath, instantly kicking sand into Rouge's eyes. Rouge saw it coming ahead of time and shielded her eyes just in time; though all Rick needed was a few seconds to utilize enough energy into his fist to send Rouge flying backwards into an unforgiving tree (Rick got a nice bonus of having a Chao Fruit fall on her head).
As Rouge slowly staggered up once again, Rick cocked a sinister smile; now he pulled two butcher knives of the same fashion with his other hand and proceeded to slowly walk to Rouge, who stood her ground.
"Not frightened?" he scowled, not waiting for her to answer as he went into a run and tried to impale her.
Rouge didn't move however, for she jabbed her foot straight into his stomach. Rick immediately dropped his weapons due to the sudden realization of pain in his torso.
"Maybe you should be the one frightened," Rouge whispered to him before kicking him with her other foot and sending him flying into a rock pillar. Bucky was hiding behind this pillar as well. He shrieked as he ran to get away from Rick; however, he didn't take into account that he recovered quickly and grabbed him by his left arm.
"Let go of my baby," Rouge screamed to Rick as she made a beeline at him.
"If you say so," he taunted, flinging Bucky at her. Rouge changed her priority by making a dash to her beloved Chao.
But it all came crashing down when she heard a gunshot.
And a yelp.
And feeling Bucky land safely into her arms.
And blood beginning to creep on her gloves and arms.
And how still Bucky was lying right in her arms, trying to stay awake.
She was too stunned for words or actions…
"Damn," Rick grumbled. "Only one bullet, but it was worth the shot." Rick's eyes darted to the ground – he smiled. He picked something up and pulled a trigger from it.
"I hope you both enjoy a nice afterlife!" He threw his grenade with incredible force. He snickered as waited for the explosion to occur, but as he looked up he became horrified.
Rouge caught the grenade with her bare, blood infested, gloved hand. She was still looking down on her dying baby as she gripped the grenade even tighter.
"It is good that your grenade is made of solid silver," she said lowly, through her teary eyes as well. But then her voice rose dangerously high as she spoke her next sentence,
"You can pay the devil for your trip to hell!" With all her might she could muster with one hand (and without dropping Bucky), she threw with much force.
And all Rick did was stand there, as he didn't react quickly enough against the explosion. Rick lay still, before looking up to her. Barely able to manage a laugh, he said to her,
"You lose, bitch." He then coughed up some blood, and died. Rouge didn't waste anymore time, she ran out of the garden (grabbing Rick's tattered shirt on her way out), and bumped into something furry and hard: Shadow,
"Rouge," he said, "are you alright?'
"Shadow," she said, "I'm fine, but Bucky." She couldn't say anymore, a huge lump in her throat forbidding it.
"Don't worry," said Shadow. He pulled out his green Chaos Emerald "CHAOS CONTROL."
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When Rouge arrived at where ever Shadow took her, it only took her a minute to figure out where she was. The Chao Hospital. This was like a human hospital designed with Chao in mind. She ran to the desk. She had wrapped the remains of Rick's shirt around Bucky in attempt to lessen the blood flow.
"My Chao has been shot," said Rouge, "he needs to be treated now!" The lady at the desk called for the ICU (Intensive Care Unit). The men and women carried him off. Rouge had splatters of purple Chao blood on her hands, arms, and breastplate. She sat in the waiting room chair.
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Sonic, Amy, and Knuckles had come to provide comfort for Rouge. She was in the corner chair, bawling. There was a considerably large puddle of tears on the ground. Rouge had been made to change into some scrubs. They had placed her bloody clothes in a bag for her to clean later. Amy worked up the courage to go to Rouge.
"Rouge," she said, "You did a lot for Bucky. You've nurtured him, you've played with him, and you have shown him that not all caretakers are scumbags. Be strong, For Bucky." Amy said no more and returned to her seat, there seemed to be no more to say.
Sonic then gathered his courage and went to her.
"Rouge," he said, "You were like a mom to him. I am sure that he'll be okay. Even if he does die, he'll take to the grave with him the knowledge that someone loved him." The doctor came from a door,
"Ms. Rouge," he said, "Would you like for me to tell you the fate of your Chao in privet, or here?"
"In Privet." Said Rouge, she slumped out of her seat and walked into the door.
WILL BUCKY LIVE, OR DIE? ALL WILL BE REVIELED LATER! I AM GONNA LEAVE YOU HANGING. I KNOW, BUT YOU DON'T.
