Previously on the bssc,our heroes had joined forces with the speedy daredevil sonic and his faithful companion tails on a mission to infiltrate the a.p. base stationed in the red mountain not only to retrieve another chaos emrald, but also to rescue cream and cheese who had been captured and sent to the lab for the same "luxury treatment" as ben put it. With their combined forces, it took only little effort to rid the base of it's defense systems and make it on the inside. With the infiltration complete, our heroes split up to find anything within it's confines that might aid in their mission. While stumbiling onto a laboratory, danny and ben found a young boy named chiro who had been recently transported to the base and was the guinea pig for unspeakable genetic experiments. Meanwhile, dexter had extracted some very interesting data on the rehabilitation chambers used to turn ordinary girls into ruthless fighting machines. The team soon reunited to investigate the main room which as it turns out, was already being investigated by their blue friend. Sonic was engaged in a losing battle with the proto-type battle mech,buster. This was no ordinary machine as it had not only a chaos emerald, but also a power ring and was two speedy steps ahead of sonic the whole time. Not being able to sit by while this went on, our heroes jumped into the fray and eventually reduced the robot to a pile of rubble. But this victory was soon short lived as sonic's newest rival, Shadow the Hedgehog, had mysteriously appeared on the scene and swiped the chaos emerald right from under their noses. Leaving the team to deal with a very angry hayley and half an army of amazon pirates. If it wasn't for ben, who had managed to harness the power of the emerald like the black hedgehog did before, our heroes may have met an early end to their mission. With the mysterious shadow now holding not one, not two, but three of the seven chaos emeralds, our heroes discuss on what to do now.
Just to let everybody know, any major characters will have a not-so-little part in each story chapter. And don't think knucklehead won't be included. There's no way i can finish this story without including the gaurdian of the master emerald. Also, new original characters arrives courtesy of princessbinas. The second will appear sometime later on.
Shadow:Hey...Mind explaining why i spoke so little in the last few chapters?! You made me more invisible than that ghost kid.
Danny:Hey!
U.H.:Don't get your quills in a bunch shadow. I just didn't think about your part in the story well enough in the beginning. But don't worry. You'll be shown alot more in these last four chapters. Plus, i suggest you prepare yourself, because it's almost time you confronted the blue hedgehog.
?:Yeah ,chill out! Said a young little girl giving shadow an atomic nudgie.
Shadow:OW! What the heck-?! Where did you come from?!
?:Wouldn't you like to know. Read this chapter and you'll find out.
Chapter 7:An egghead's pyramid scheme!
We join the pirates sitting in what used to be their mountain region base in sonic's world. But after the recent struggle against ben and the others, it looked like a level two twister had hit the place. Lilith cyber, the hegehog/fox hybrid female had seemed one of the ones who were more pissed off than the others as she not only had to endure a serious beating from dexter, but had been exposed to the explosive mix of stinkfly's goop and the firepower of johnny and jake. She felt like she hardly got to do any butt kicking at all and instead had got her butt kicked instead.
Lilith:Dang it! What went wrong?! She shouted in anger. I train my body to it's physical limits...i rose up from the lowly grunts and servants to finally become a feild operative. And you know what happens? I get trumped...by a nerd! A nerd!
Mina:Technically,you got beaten by a nerd who has the power to shift his surrroundings to his will. Not to mention those freaky friends he hangs out with. Mina said laying back in a chair that remained untouched by buster's explosion. I think i can finally see why the good captain has these guys on her black list. The kid with the watch, the dragon boy and the ghost kid i can fully understand. But we didn't find out about the dork's alchemy until recently, and the test kid has mutant gentics on his side. What is it that she wants from those boys? Oh well,guess there's no sense in thinking about it now. All right girls,let's get this place cleaned up.
Demona:Hey mina! We're getting a transmission from the saphire moons!
Mina:Who could be calling us when w've already got so much to do as it is. The caller on the other end of the line was maya amaru.
(Jump back to the first chapter to find her)
Maya:Sup ladies? Having fun getting your hands dirty?
Demona:Maya? If you called just to remind us how beautiful you are again i swear i'll-.
Maya:Wooah! Put away the fangs kitty cat. I don't have to remind you just to know you know how much prettier i am than you.
Sonya:Remind me again when exactly did she turn into vanity smurf? Sonya whispered to raven. She only answered with a shrug of her shoulders.
Mary:For your information, the newest little recruit that you brought back to the base turned it upside down. Literally! Maya complained as she had to stand up to speak because the chair was on the ceiling.
Sonya:You know, i thought the background looked kinda funny. Anyway,what's this about this escapee?
Maya:That little twelve-year old girl had single handedly used some crazy magic to move the air. Then she nearly blows us up with these wierd balls of light. And if that wasn't bad enough, the minute she started laughing, she opened a hole in the space-time continum and vanished from the base completely.
Mina:Is thgat right? You didn't put her through the rehabilitation proccedure did you? Mina asked with her arms folded.
Maya:Duh! That's the first thing we tried when she wouldn't cooperate with us. Strangest thing is, every chamber we put her in, it short-circuted seconds after it started up. Mina almost jumped back in shock but quickly shook it off.
Mina:It must have been a malfunction. There's no one who's immune to the captain's rehabilitation! She designed the program herself.
Maya:Well either the program is flawed, or this certain little girl has an ability that prevents her from any form of brainwashing. I thought her brain patterns looked a bit wierd.
Lillith:Hey,if the girl escaped the base through a space/time rift, then why are you telling us? Shouldn't you be tracking the little brat down?
Maya:That's just it dummy! We've tracked her and she popped up right in station square!
WHAT?! Mina,sonya,lilith and demona screamed simultaniously. Rose seemed to contain her shocked expression and hid a slyly hid a little smile behind it.
Rose:Well,despite her age, it sounds like she's a handful. Let's just hope she dosen't find out about the ones the captain's after. What do we know about this girl?
Maya:Her full name is sabrina was known for being a little prankster. But above that, a young magic user who's powers were considered still developing. I'm sure you know how dangerous and unpredictible underdeveloped magic can be.
Rose:So...what do we do? No doubt she's going into town to find the boys. And they're already trouble enough with just the five of them alone. If she joins up with them, with that kind of power on her side...
Maya:All the more reason to safely transport one of thoe chaos emeralds back to hq. The captain has a plan that can counteract that little princess powerhouse. But in order for the plan to work, we need tremendous amounts of chaotic energy. Don't ask why, just get that emerald! Maya said before finally cutting the transmission.
Demona:Greeeeeaaaat. Just fan-FREAKIN'-tastic! Now we have to deal with those wanna be heroes and that little princess.
Mina:Well, dosen't seem like we can do anything about it now. Come on. We better get to work. Mina said as she began to repair the damaged circutry and checked for any missing data.
Demona:You see,that's what bugs me! If we're working, then that means the enemy is playing!
As if demona called it, the heroes had nohing to do but lounge about the hotel and relax. After doing considerable damage to the base,the pirates wouldn't be active for sometime now. Sonic had recently left with tails after recieving a transmission from eggman to the president. They offered to go with him, but he said the he and tails had the situation covered and would get back to them as soon as possible.
Ben:CANNONBAAAAAAALL! Ben screamed before leaping off the diving board and plunged into the water. This bothered some of the other people, but they decided to just ignore the noise and continued to relax. After seconds underwater, ben had resurfaced swimming on his back.
Ben:Now this is the life. Ben said letting himself float above the surface of the water. I wish i could just stay here forever. Ben sighed before reminding himself that it wasn't the time to be lounging about. While he's taking a dip in the pool, his mother and father could be forced to work tirelessly in the mines digging up precious minerals. His grandfather could be forced to prepare meals for the captain evryday! Ben's mind temporarily went back to all the times grandpa had made interesting foods that would more likely would be eaten by aliens than humans. Thinking of how she would be hugging the toilet later, ben had cracked a small smile. But it only lasted seconds after he began thinking about gwen.
Dexter told ben that they rearrange the memories of their captives and make them think that they belong with the amazon pirates. Which means that gwen would have absolutely no memory of him or anyone for that matter. Ben had already came close to loosing her once. He wasn't ready to do it again. He decided that he had enough of the sun and was about to head inside for the rest of the day. But before he went inside,nadi had appeared and had caught him before he left for his room. She was wearing a light blue swimsuit and light green sandals.
Nadi:Had enough sun for today? She asked holding her sunglasses on her left index finger.
Ben:Uh,yeah. You know. Don't want to get sunburned so-. Ben began as he scratched the back of his head. After setting off on an adventure that would take him from universe to universe,ben didn't really think that he had to talk to any girls. Except the ones who'd try to kill him or capture him.
Anyways i'm...
Nadi:I know. Ben tennnyson. She said cutting him off.
Ben:Uh,how do you know my name? Ben asked curiously.
Nadi:Well, not to sound like a total fangirl or anything, but you kinda saved my town earlier this summer. One of my friends saw you change, and he told me so, here we are. She said holding back a giggle.
you heard of me? Ben said as a smug smile appeared on his face. Well i'm not suprised. A famous hero like me is sure to be known to dozens of worlds by now.
Nadi(a.k.a.)danielle had contained her laughter at his cocky attitude and soon grew silent. Nadi:Hey...um...ben? She asked with a bit of nervousness.
Ben:Hmm? What is it?
Nadi:If your...i don't know,not...busy with anything tonight...maybe...if you wanted to...Ben was having a hard time trying to piece together what the girl was trying to say. She was being too hesitant. Before the girl could finally spit it out, ben's communicator had beeped loud enough for him to hear it all the way to his lounge chair.
Ben:Hold on, i gotta take this. Ben said as he walked over to his communicator. He picked it up and answered the call.
"Ben,come back to the hotel room. We've about to leave for the thorndyke house." said dexter.
"Got it. I'm on my way replied after pocketing the communicator. Sorry nadi, but something just came up. Hero buisness. you understand." Ben said with a smug look at he had retrieved his towel and headed inside the hotel. See ya later nadi! Nice meetin' ya!" Ben said before the doors slid closed behind him.
"Yeah...you too." She said in a rather deflated tone. Ben had soon returned to hotel room 510 to find sonic and the others already dressed and ready to move out. With the exception of johnny, chiro and jake.
"Hey sonic, what brings you here? And what happened to johnny, jake and chiro?" Ben asked.
"Johnnathan and the others have been sent out on another assignment. Dexter replied adjusting his glasses. They will meet up with us shortly."
"And as for me being here, tails said he had something important he wanted to show you regarding eggman's latest plans.' Said sonic.
"Alright then, no time to waste." Dexter said as he danny, ben and sonic began to leave the hotel. Sonic had already gotten a superfast head start considering anyone who spotted him might report the authorities. Just when ben was about to leave, he saw danielle who he currently knew as dani talking to her wrist. Or more accurately, her wristwatch communicator. Letting his curiousity get the better if him, he had decided to spy on her before leaving.
"You guys go on ahead! I forgot something." Ben yelled out to the others. Once they left, ben had hid behind a wall just meters away from nadi.
"What do you want me to do, he's too focused on getting his home back to think about girls." Nadi protested.
"Every boy has their weakness. Don't stop until you get him to fall for you!" A women on the other line replied.
"And how am i suppose to that? She asked more than a bit annoyed at her current situation. You know i can't use my powers if i want to keep up the charade. And now that their friends with the hedghog, that's only going to make things harder.
"Relax and just listen. The caller demanded. You'll give anannominous tip to the president framing their team. Don't let the president know who you are.
When they have their butts up against the wall, you play hero and bail them out. The kid will owe you, you'll get a date, then the rest is easy." The woman finished.
"This seems like a lot of trouble to go through just to capture them. Danielle replied. Why is the leader so intent on making him fall in love?"
"Because she needs their team demoralized as soon as possible. The woman spoke as her tone changed from casual to they do actually reach us in the future, there's a chance, all though be it slim, we could lose. If they can't focus, then they'll be easier to deal with."
Besides, we can't think of any other way right now. It be to brass taking them head on right now."
" Fine,understood. Nadi sighed. Tell her i'm on the job." Nadi said as she cut the communication. Ben's jaw was wide open after hearing this news. A girl trying to cozy up to him just to weaken him and the others. But realizing that the others must be waiting for him, he decided to think this over after he made it to chris' house. Thankfully, he crept away silently without allerting her to his presence.
Later that night...
Downtown at radical highway, there were multiple cars surrounding a towering skyscraper. Helicopters surrounded the structure focusing the lights on the sky piercing building. On the top of the building, shadow could be seen. The so-called ultimate life-form and partners with eggman.
Hmph...pathetic humans. The black hedgehog hissed as he looked across the multiple forces surrounding him, he flashed back to a memory of the abondoned reaserch colony otherwise known as A.R.K. He flashed back to the moment where he was trapped inside a capsule and a soldier was ready to shoot a young blond girl at point blank range.
"Shadow, i want you to live...the girl named maria whispered to him. ...To live and help the human race get what they deserve." Please, do this for me."
MARIAAAAA! Shadow yelled from inside the capsule as he could only stand and watch as his closet and only friend in the world get shot in the back. With her last dying breath, she whispered...
"Siyonara...Shadow, the hedgehog..."With that, she pressed the launch button and sent shadow down to the earth just before she died.
Soon after the flashback ended, the ebony hedgehog had tightened his fists.
"I will keep my promise to you maria. Said the now enraged hedgehog. I promise you...REVENGE!" With that the hedgehog had jumped on to one of the rails and slid down into the streets swarming with G.U.N. all began firing at shadow at once. But despite their numbers and firepower, they somehow all missed several times while the black hedgehog advanced closer. He had leaped several feet into the air and charged yellow chaos energy into his right hand. Chaos...spear! Shadow had launched a spear shaped mass of chaos energy which had exploded on contact with one of the tanks causing a huge explosion that took out half of their forces with one attack. He didn't bother with the rest as he continued onward. His speed alone was more than enough to deal with some of the G.U.N. robots. As he made his way to the main intersection of the city, his wrist communicator had activated. Eggman's isignia flashed on and off signaling shadow that it was him calling.
"Shadow? Are you there? Where are you?" He asked over the line.
"I'm headed to the B block area now"! He replied
"Remember to get the chaos emerald and the flame ring. When you get to the safe, you'll know what to do." Eggman instructed. Shadow had nodded and ended the transmission as he continued to blast through the G.U.N. forces. But as he was occupied by his mission, he didn't notice the two shadows looming over him from above. The first one was a a familiar face as the heroes had encountered her before back at their base in the red mountain. The blonde hedgehog, lilith cyber. The second shadow belonged to rose who was using the undercover name as thorn. She had her double-edged scythe in a special holster strapped to her back.
"Hmm...so that's our target huh?" She asked as she pulled her mask on to her face.
"That's Shadow the hedgehog?" He's kinda handsome for a project. Said lilith with her interest peeked by the hedgehog's displaay of power.
"Save your fantasies for later! She demanded snapping lilith to reality. We need to gauge his abilities and powers. That's it! She said in a rather strict tone.
"Ugh...fine. Let's at least enjoy the rest of the show." Lilith replied in a deflated tone. As the two continued to watch the path of destruction the black and red hedgehog continued to carve, he had soon made his way into the B block area which was gaurded by multiple G.U.N. soldiers with guns,sheilds and robots from top to bottom.
"You guys never learn do you?" He said with a smirk as he dissappeared in a blue flash of light. Before he could look, shadow had reappeared in midair and kicked one of the soldiers in the back of the head. The ariel robots had began to fire at the hedgehog, but it was useless as being as fast as sonic as he was, the robots had a haard time getting a lock on him. He began running up the left side of the wall as the robots continued to fire. He soon jumped off the wall and curled up into a ball and used the homing attack on ten robots and killed the rest of the gaurds. In a matter of seconds, the black hedgehog was now standing in pools of blood and oil on the ground. Payback's a real bitch ain't it? He asked as he procceded. The hedghog had walked across the corpses and machinery and finally came to a transport truck with a large dark red safe strapped on the flatbed. It had triple locks and a hard outer coating that seemed to make the safe impenitrable. Though now matter how thick it's defense was, it was now match for shadow's power. Once again, he used his chaos spear and he completely obliterated the safe. Inside were multiple stacks of money. On top of them were two slightly smaller steel crates. It only took a couple of swift kicks, to break apart the crates revealing the contents inside. On the left was the blue chaos emerald and on the left was the flame ring. After picking up the emerald, shadow had activated his communicator.
"Doctor, i retrieved the emerald and the ring." Shadow stated.
"Ho,Ho,Ho! Excellent work shadow!. Said the evil roboticist. Attatch the flame ring to one of your power inhibitors. This should upgrade your spin attack with an intense heat charge. And as for the emerald, make sure it gets back to base. Stay in the area any longer, and they're sure to send reinforcements.
"Understood." He said as he ended the transmission. Shadow had began to walk away and planned to activate his chaos control to warp away again, but the two people who were watching him from afar earlier were now standing in front of him. "Who the hell are you two?" Shadow askd a bit annoyed.
We were just enjoying the show. Rose replied casually. "By the way, nice touch with the bodies."
"I don't have time to deal with this. Either get out of my way or suffer!" Shadow said growing more agitated with each passing second.
"Ooooh, so forceful. I just love that in a man. The hedgefox said with a flirtatious smile.
"I'm sorry, Shadow the Hedgehog, but i must insist that you come with us. Rose said with a more serious tone.
"And if i should refuse?" Shadow asked not changing his expression.
"Then you leave us no choice but to subdue you." She replied as she drew her scythe from her holster and activated it.
"Hold it, thorn! I want first crack at him!" Lilith said as she was starting to get anxious.
'Fine, But the moment things look bad, i'm stepping in." Thorn said reholtering her weapon.
"Heh, like that'll happen. Replied lilith as she advanced towards the black hedgehog.
"You guys really aren't leavng without a fight are you? Shadow asked
"Nope." She replied in a playful tone.
(Sigh) "This is such a pain in the ass. Fine, i guess i have no choice. Shadow said reluctantly as he attatched the flame ring to his wrist. The minute he put it on, the gem in the center had started to glow bright red.
"All right,Let's have some fun!" Bellowed the young hedgefox as she charged at shadow leaving a yellow trail of energy behind. The speed had caught shadow off gaurd, but not enough to stop him from blocking the incoming attack.
"Well, looks like you got some good reacction time. Though your gonna need more than that if you wanna keep up with me. The hedgefox did not hesitate to continue her assault as she began trying to break through shadow's defense with an assortment of punches and kicks. Though shadow had countered blow for blow as he had no problem with close-up combat. After a while, it seemed like a fair tie. But as soon as he saw an opening, he had blocked one of lilith's attacks then had quickly countered with a shadow kick. (Sonic Battle move) The kick had gave shadow the opening he needed. Before she could retaliate, shadow had closed in and started landing multiple smash-style combos.
Shadow had gave one kick strong enough to send her flying into an abondoned police vehicle across the road. Rose had appeared next to lilith at that point.
Sure you don't need any help? Not that i doubt your abilities or anything but...She mocked in a teasing tone.
"Get real, i was just warming up!" Lilith replied. "Now stay here and wait for my signal." She said wiping a drop of blood from her mouth and procceded to get back into the fight.
"You should give up while your still breathing." Said shadow. Lillith could only laugh at shadow's death threats.
'Well someone's mighty confident. I guess i'll have to take of the gloves for this one." She said as she smashed her fists together. Suddenly, they began glowing bright yellow.
"Whatever your planning, it's not going to save you now! Said shadow as he dashed foward again. Lilith only smirked as she dissappeared. What the-? Said a suprised shadow as he couldn't figure out where lilith had went to. Without noticing, lilith had reappeared behind shadow sucker punched him sending him sevral feet across the road. Shadow had quickly regained his compusure and prepared for the next attack. But he still couldn't find where the hedgefox was. Before he knew it, he took another hit to the face. He soon endured multiple strikes at a blinding speed. Enough games! Shadow shouted as he took out the emerald he had recently obtained.
"Lilith!, Watch out!" Rose shouted alerting her partner. But the hedgefox was having to much fun to listen. "Chaos...Control! Bellowed the hedgehog as he gripped the blue gem tightly in his left hand. In an instant, everything around him had stopped. He had quickly located his enemy right in front of him. He had dashed attack lilith four times and use a chaos spear before snapping his fingers allowing time to flow once again. The aftermath had put the hedgefox in a crater in the ground. Shadow had one foot on the hedgefox's stomach ready to finish her off.
"I warned you that this wouldn't end well. Any last words?" Asked the black hedgehog as he pointed his hand to her face preparing for one final chaos spear. The hedgefox had just smirked again as she came up with a new plan.
"Actually...just one question. She said as the smirk on her face grew almost as big as the cheshire cat. Which is your favorite side of the coin?"
"Huh"? Shadow asked confused
"Cause personally...she began as her tail wrapped around shadow's ankle. I CHOOSE TAILS!" The tail had tightened it's grip on shadow's ankle.
"What the hell?" He exclaimed as he was flung into the air with a swing of her tail.
"Thorn,Now!" Yelled the hedgefox. Rose nodded nas she leapt into the air after shadow. Lilith had did the same as soon as she recovered. Before shadow could react, he was cut several times by rose's dual bladed staff before being knocked downward where lilith was waiting below. She kicked shadow upwards keeping him airborne. Soon lilith and rose appeared on opposite sides of the black hedgehog. First, lilith preformed a deadly pioueete with her sharp tail. She had struck him about thirteen times before passing him over to thorn. With an axel kick, she had struck shadow six times befotre she blasted a yellow energy beam at shadow from her scythe. Shadow had bounced a few times before he was on the ground flat on his back. Lilith and thorn had landed on the rails nearby. We'll, do you wanna finish it or should i?" Lilith asked.
"Let's do this one together. Can't be too careful. They were walking towards shadow preparing to finish him off, but he smirked as he quickly got up on his feet .
"Still not dead yet huh? Asked the hedgefox slightly annoyed. Though juding by the beating you just took, it dosen't really look like in any condition to fight anymore.
"Ha!You call that a beating? He asked confidently.
"Laugh all you want, your finished one way or the other. Lilith replied. But if you rather surrender...
'Hmph, i don't think so. said shadow as he begun to charge his spin dash attack.
As he continued to spin a red viel of flame began to cover his body. Lilith and thorn were alarmed by the increase in power.
This is starting to get annoying. Said lillith getting irritated. It must be that ring he was wearing, said thorn as she got into battle position.
when shadow finished charging, he had used his new move fire spindash at the two amazones. thorn tried to block shadow's attack with her weapon, but he had broke right past one of the metal edges like a knife through butter. lilith had decided to jump out of the way, but thorn was too close to the attack making it impossible for her to doge.
She had took the full brunt of the attack as she was pushed back into a nearby building. The attack had caused several burn marks revealing some of her skin underneath the suit. Seconds after shadow hit thorn, he went straight for lilith at blinding speed.
Lilith had tried blocking the attack with her tail, but shadow had dashed past her defense. the attack had sent the hedgfox into the air. at that point shadow had froze time again. shadow had used his flame spin dash attsck five times then snapped his fingers resuming time. lilith had began to fall to the ground. shadow was already at the bottom waiting for her.
It's over. said shadow Chaos...SPEAR! shadow had launched several chaos spears at lilith resulting in a giant explosion. she had fell to the ground with her cloths tattered and her tail slightly burned.
Hmph.. your formidable, i'll give you that started shadow. But in the end you two only prolonged the inevitable. But to shadow's surprise thorn was still able to stand up, although her hedgfox friend looked like she was tottaly knocked out.
Still want more huh? asked shadow Thorn: Heh... no.. we got what we needed.
And what is that suppose to mean? Asked shadow.
Don't worry started thorn, this isin't the last time you'll see us. Next time, things are going to play out differently. you really think i'm going to let you get away?! asked shadow as he charged at the wounded amazons ready to finish them off. but before he could land a hit, they had dissapered.'
what the, where did they go? asked shadow as he looked around. but he decided it. They were gone.
Why are they here? And what did she mean by we have what we need. Shadow asked himself as he began to wonder.
Hmph, no matter. I better return to base, the doctor's probably blowing a gasket waiting on this emerald. said shadow as he dashed off from the battle scene.
-The next day, downtown-
Chiro, johnny and jake were exploring the western part of town. They had already visited three arcades, two pizza resturaunts and one skatepark. During this time, jake had taught chiro to skateboard and was now taking his teachings into town.
"Uh, jake?" Chiro began.
"Remember chiro. During my teachings, i am to be referred to as sensei." Jake interupted.
"Alright then. Sensei jake? Chiro asked again.
"What is it? Jake asked
"Weren't we supposed to be doing something for dexter? Chiro asked. I think it had something to do with tracking down a hacker.
"Hmmm. Jake said as he thought for a moment. Then, like a bolt of lightning, the memory came back to him. Oh yeah!
-Flashback- Several hours prior to now, dexter and the others were back in the hotel room.
"Tell me, do you all remember the last encounter we had with hayley and danielle two days ago?" Dexter asked them.
"Yeah..and we still have the scars to prove it." Danny replied
'Well during the fray, i noticed that i was getting weird static from my glasses. But none of us had any tech on us that would cause interferance." Dexter stated "You think we got a spy? Danny asked
"Most likley. Dexter answered. I could'nt make it out, but i overheard two people having a conversation over the line. It sounded like it was important."
"Did you manage to see anyone besides us ? Ben asked.
"I could'nt make it out. Dexter answered. The person was dressed in black most of the time. I managed to capture an image, but i'm not sure we've met before." Dexter had brought up the image on the computer showing someone who was obviously female. She had a slim figure, the fugure supermodels would have, with bat wings and a heartshaped breastploate.
"Is that a...bat?" Ben asked a bit confused by the appearence of the spy.
"Looks more like a girl. Jake said eyeing the bat's figure. And a fine-lookin' one at that."
" A bat girl to be percise. Said dexter.I've run a few searches, and i've confirmed that the one who spied on the fight was non other than treasure hunter, Rouge the Bat."
"So...a treasure hunter was spying on us? Chiro asked. Why would she spy on...then chiro had eyed the bright red gem on the desk. The chaos emerald. He said in a serious tone."
"Correct. Or at least half-correct. Dexter continued. Being the treasure finatic that she is, rouge is known to have a weak spot for jewlery. And no doubt she's been eyeing the chaos emerals long before we arrived here. But i am afraid to inform you all that she's no ordinary treasure hunter. She's also a hired hand by the G.U.N. Hearing this shook them a little, but quickly shrugged it off knowing that the g.u.n. might already be on their trail.
"So, is she going to be a problem?" Danny asked curiously.
"Well, besides the fact that she's a skilled fighter, i imagine that she was the cause of the static." Said dexter.
"What static?" Chrio asked.
"During the midst of the fight for the emerald, i notice that i was getting some static from my glasses. But how can that be possible when none of us have any tech capable of interfearing mine. Excluding my tech of course."
"Think it could be rouge?" Johnny asked.
"Most likely. Dexter answered. I couldn't quite make it out, but i orverheard two people talking through a com link. And it sounded important."
"Ya think he's the cause of the interfearence? Jake asked?
'Well, she was the ony other person there at the time. I think it's a safe bet. Dexter replied adjusting his glasses.
"So an agent of a military force was spying on us?" Johnny asked.
"Guess we failed trying not to draw attention to ourselves." Jake said as he folded his arms across his chest.
"Hey! Don't blame us! Danny said as he shot up from the chair he was sitting in. "Ben was the one who shot off that solar flare! A flash like that could have woke up the entire city.
"What?! That move saved our butts! Ben argued getting up from the bed.
"Correction, it was sonic who saved our butts! Danny argued. All your little flashlight did was demoralize them for a few seconds.
"You want a replay ghost boy?" Ben asked angrily as his eyes narrowed.
"Anytime hero. Danny replied shooting a glair at the young omnitrix bearer. Before the fight could escalate any further, dexter had transmuted the ground in the middle between the two and brought forth a wooden pillar.
"Simmer down you two. Dexter said as he pulled at the ends of his gloves. We're supposed to be fighting the pirates, not each other. Danny and ben had just turned from each other and crossed their arms.
"Fine." Ben said angrily.
"Whatever." Danny said. Jake couldn't help but snicker at the two arguing.
'Wait a minute, a solar flair? Chiro asked curiously.
"I'll explain that later." Dexter said.
"So, what are we gonna do now? Jake asked with a concerned look. We now who's been spying on us. But how do we plan on taking care of this mess? One wrong move and we'll get busted in no time.
"I do have a plan...Dexter began. But we'll need more than the six of us. If we're planning to go up against an entire milatary and an evil madman bent on world domination, we're going to need some back up. In the meantime, you three go into town and see if you can't find any clue of the bat girl.
-Flashback over-
"Now i remember! We're supposed to be looking for the bat girl spy." Jake stated.
"So...where do we find her?" Chrio asked.
"That, i don't know." Jake said sheepishly. Unbeknownst to the three, they were being watched by a single figure lurking in the shadows. The figure seemed to be female. For a girl, she had unusually long legs that were bigger than her torso. She had long blond hair that was tied up in two pigtails reaching her back. She had blue slanted souless eyes and wore a grey jacket and dark pink leotard with the same color skirt that had hidden spikes. On her back, she had been hefting a huge cannon. The blond had hefted it over her shoulder as a targeting vizor had popped out. She had aimed the firearm at the three boys. But just as she was about to pull the trigger, jake saw a gleam come off from the weapon from a distance.
"Hit the dirt!" Jake screamed as he got off his board and tackled the ground. Johnny and chiro were a bit confused at jake's sudden action until they saw a large violet colored energy beam head straight for them.
"CRUD!" They shouted simultainiousley before they hit the ground as well. The blast just missed them, but had instead hit a jewlery store causing an explosion killing half a dozen people inside leaving nothing but fire and rubble. This scne caused all the passerbys to stop in their tracks. As jake and the others picked themselves off the ground, they saw the girl appear right behind them without making a sound.
"Another pirate! Were you the one who fired that blast?" Chiro asked enraged
"So? What if i am? The girl asked stoicly.
"You do realize your going to have to pay for what you just did, right?" Chiro asked with his hands only inches away from his badge.
"I seriously doubt you'll have the power to collect. But if your adamant to try, you are more than welcome. She replied keeping her stoic expression.
"Alright, you ask'd for it!" Chiro shouted as he gripped the medalion. In an instant, he was enveloped in a bright light. As chiro levitated into the air, his body surged with energy from the power primate. While spinning, his street clothes had dissppeared and in their place appeared chiro's hyperforce costume.
HYPERFORCE, GOOOO! Chiro shouted as he struck a pose before the light vanished. He surged with small sparks of green electricity for a second until it wore off. Unfortunetly, chiro was so caught up in the moment that it was too late before he realized he had transformed in a public place. Everyone who was watching was awestruck at the sudden light show.
"Hmph. Have it your way." She replied before she tossed the gun to the side. Then i suppose it should be only right for you to know the name of your killer. She said as she assumed battle position.
Amazon pirate number 2174. Code name:Dee Destruction!"
-Insert battle music-
(Tension Rising)
Chiro had saught to end the battle before it began and charged energy into his palms.
"MONKEY...FU! He shouted as he fired a green enrgy blast at deedestruction. But she crouched on the ground before she leaped into the air completely avoiding the blast. She had gracefully twirled in the air like a ballerina while she flipped several times before she brought down her shoe in an attempt to smash his head into the ground. Chiro had jumped just inches away from the blow. While she was still in range, chiro had attempted to deliver a left hook. But the blond had easily dodged the attack by leaning far back until her hands touched the ground. With the attack evaded, this gave her the chance to suprise chiro by kicking him with his right shoe. The attack caused chiro to stumble back a bit while dee destruction had did several flips backwards.
"Dang...The girls got some moves!" Jake said impressed. Chiro was not about to give up as he charged again and leaped into the air high above her head. She prepared to dodge as she saw chiro charge energy into his right boot.
"MONKEY KICK!" He shouted as he did several motions midair before releasing a green energy wave from his foot directring it at the blond. She had dodged the attack and ran towards the now descending chiro at a somewhat inhuman speed. She ran up the side of a building, jumped off and did two midair flips before slamming chiro into the ground just as he touched down. The impact caused a small crater. Chiro tried to pick himself up, but suddenly found himself under her foot.
"Looks like you won't be collecting anything today" She said pressing her foot down onto his head keeping his face planted in the concrete.
"Don't be so sure about that! Shouted jake as he charged at her in dragon form. Jake had proceeded to deliver a flying kick to the face. But she had blocked it with her right arm. Soon jake had unleashed a flurry of punches and kicks. But she had just as easily countered his attacks although they were forcing her back.
"Gotcha now! Shouted johnny as he tossed a fireball at dee dee while she was distracted by jake's attacks. She had to move fast. So she grabbed jake's tail and threw him into the line of fire causing him to get hit instead of her.
"Dude,...watch where your throwin' those things!" Jake said annoyed
"Hey, it's not my fault! She's the one who-..."Johnny began before he was suddenly kicked in the gut and slammed into the ground.
"You know, you boys talk far too much." She said as she kicked johnny causing him to roll over to the sidewalk on his back. Before johnny could get back up on his feet, dee dee had put johnny into the same position she did chiro.
"As much as i would like to end it here, i have my orders. She sighed as she reached for her communicator. But just before she had the chance to make a call, the area was already surrounded by multiple g.u.n. forces. Ranging from cars, to carrier trucks to choppers.
Just perfect...She said observing her current situation. You won't be so lucky next time. She said just before tossing a smoke bomb to the ground creating a white cloud temporarily blinding everyone within range. With nobody looking, dee dee had fled from the scene leaving the three to deal with station square's military. As chiro began to regain conciousness, the first thing he saw when he woke up was a gun pointed to the space between his eyes.
'What?" He asked startled.
"Whoever you are, we have you surrounded. Began a soldier. Either come with us peacefully, or die where you stand right now".
"Aw man...Jake said rubbing his head. And here i thought we were safe from this kinda thing happening. Jake had raised his arms over his head surrendering.
"All right. All of you into the back of the truck now. And no funny buisness either." A soldier said holding a gun to the dragon's backside. The three had no choice. They could try to fly away, but that would run the risk of being shot down before they got too far out of range. So they had been forced to move to a black truck with the g.u.n.'s symbol on each side of the back. But just as they were inches away from stepping into the vehicle, out of nowhere, an energy blast comprised of ectoplasmic energy had shot down destroying the truck.
"Hey! I thought i said no funny buisness!" Shouted the soldier avoiding another blast. The attacks continued until eventually a dust cloud had risen giving the perfect cover for an escape.
"Okay, what's going on?" Johnny asked trying to see where the attacks were coming from. While the soldiers were distracted, the ground beneath chiro, jake and johnny had been turned into a small concrete wave that had carried them into an alleyway and out of sight. When the dust cloud cleared, the g.u.n. soldiers had thought the three had dissappeared.
"Wha-? Where'd they go? One soldier asked looking about frantically. Did they just disappear?
Great. And just when i thought we had 'em too. The commanding officer said as he pulled out his communicator. Everyone search the city. They can't have gotten far.
With that, the soldiers were split into seperate groups to search for the three escapees. Meanwhile in the alleyway, the three find that they were rescued by dexter and danny.
"All right, what did you do?" Dexter asked folding his arms in a dissapointed fashion.
"It wasn't our fault! We would have been in the clear if that girl back there didn't jump us!" Jake argued.
"You mean there was only one? Danny asked. But that should be a walk in the park for you three. So far, all the pirates we face aren't really all that strong."
"This one was different. Said chiro. We tried to fight her, but...we were tossed aside in a matter of minutes. She was too fast."
"Well, do you know who attacked you? Danny asked.
"Um, if i may interject. Dexter interupted. But i suggest we continue this conversation in another location. One without the danger of being thrown into prison."
"Dexter's right. We can continue this once were out of sight. Let's move." Danny said as he and the others had carefully avoided the soldiers now patroling the city and had safely made it to the thorndyke manor. Ella had aleady prepared a lunch before hand. Seeing as it was already noon, it was more than appropriate. Sonic, tails, cream and chris were there as well. After they were nearly full, they had began to go over the recent encounter they had downtown.
"So chiro, jake, johnny, what can you tell me about your recent battle in the city?" Dexter asked as he set a cup of tea on the table.
"Well, this one was definetly more agile than the others. Chiro began. We couldn't even touch a single hair on her. Let alone hit her with one of our attacks.
"I see. So she's fast. What else?" Dexter asked.
"Well, one thing i noticed was that she treated the fight like it was some kind of preformance. Said jake. She was back-flippipin' and cart-wheelin' all over the place. And at one point, i think she did a move that ballerinas usually do. Hearing that word made dexter cringe a bit.
"I see. Dexter said with a bit of worry. And what exactly did this girl look like?
"Well, she had long blond hair, blue eyes, wore a dark pinkish ballerina outfit... This caused dexter to flinch a bit. He was a bit worried, but continued.
"And...her name was?" Dexter asked
"Don't know. Johnny answered. She kept calling herslef dee destruction. At the mention of her name, dexter had hit his teacup with the back of his hand causing it to crash against the wall.
(Damn it all! It's true...they got her.) Dexter thought angrily in his head as he clenched his fists tightly. This suprised everyone in the room.
"Dexter, what's wrong?" Cream asked worriedly.
"Yeah dude. You got some beef with this girl? Jake asked.
"More than you know. Dexter said holding his head down. Me and that girl have a history...That stupid...incompetant girl."
"Who is this girl?" Ben asked taking a sip of his drink.
"This girl...is my sister, dee dee." Dexter said with a bit of anger. This caused ben to spit out his drink in a cartoon-style fashion.
"Your sister?! Everyone asked
"Yes. Dexter replied. The one you all know as dee destruction is my dim-witted, long-legged sister. She always unintentionally destroyed my current work along with my laboratory on numerous occasions.
"Sounds like you two didn't exactly get along well." Said ben.
"Although, sh's not all bad. At least...wasn't all bad to be percise. Dexter spoke. She always had a positive dispositon on things. In fact, she even saved my life once or twice. Even though she's usually the one to put my life in danger in the first place. I thought that since dee dee was...well, dee dee, it would take longer for her to be brainwashed. But...it seems like it was already too late when they got her. I thought i would be able to save her..." Dexter spoke with a defeated expression.
"Chill man. We'll get her back. Jake said assuringly. If they could turn my little sis into...that, then there must be a way to reverse it."
"And if those pirates get in our way, we got your back!" Sonic said giving a thumbs up.
"Y-your right. Sorry, lost my head for a minute there. Dexter said with a smile before regaining his stoic expression. Now with that out of the way, i do believe we we had buisness to attend to. Tails? Dexter said turning to the twin-tailed fox.
"Recently, me and sonic had obtained this disk from the president. Tails said as he held up a rectangular-shaped disk. Eggman threatened to destroy the city if the president didn't meet his demandds.
"Yep. Typical villan agenda. Ben said unsuprised by this fact. How's he planning on destroying the city?
"By using a machine he calls the eclipse cannon. Last night he demonstrated it's power by cutting the moon in half!
"Last night?! Ben asked now sitting straight up. That can't be. Just before we went to sleep, the moon was full. We didn't see any changes.
'You shouldn't have gone to bed so early. You went and missed it! Said sonic. And with a laser that strong, he must be using the chaos emeralds as a power source.
"And so far, the egg head has his mits on three of them. Said danny as he grabbed the red gem. And we still have only one. That means that there's only three left between the two sides."
"Precisely. Which is why we must find the remaining chaos emeralds before we make an attempt to stop him. Dexter said as he took out his computer and activated the hologram function. Now, there are certain things that are happening right under the noses of station square's police force. We're going to do a little snooping about and hopefully avoid getting caught in the process.
"Johnny, i want you to go find another one of sonic's associates named Knuckles the echidna and locate a secret robot manufacturing sight in the aquatic mines. Dexter began. Apparently eggman has a few contingency plans just in case the eclipse cannon fails to work out.
"Who's knuckles?" Johnny asked.
"Well, first off, he's a knuckle-head plain and simple. Sonic answered. He rather think with his fists and his shovel claws instead of his brains. Heck, he's even fallen for one of the egg heads scheme's for more times than i can count. But he's pretty cool once you get to know him. Look for a guy with red dreadlockes and spiked boxing gloves. You'll know him when you see him.
"All right. Aquatic mines, got it!" Said johnny.
"Ben, sonic, tails, you three will investigate Area B of downtown station square. Dexter continued. Recently, our black and red friend had made an appearence there last night hours before eggman fired the eclipse cannon. Two items were stolen from that area. A silver chaos emerald and a flame ring.
"Another one?! Chiro asked shocked. But, that means there's only two others now."
"Which is exactly why we need to get the rest before they do." Said dexter. "Now there may be some clues ascertaining to where we might find sonic's doppleganger. Espcially this one particular device that still seems to be intact. He continued as a picture of last night's rumble had showed up on the screen and zoomed in on a small device.
"Hey wait, how'd you get to downtown without getting spotted? Danny asked curiously.
"I didn't. Dexter replioed I told you once before that i have several spybots scanning the city for anything interesting. And what took place last night was far more than i was expecting. Dexter said as he began to play a recording of shadow's midnight street fight.
"That black hedgehog again. Sonic growled under his breath. When i find him..."
"You'll get your chance sonic. Said dexter. But for now, let's just sit back and watch. The video had captured the entire fight. Even though it was two against one, it turned out that shadow won the dispute. Immediately after the battle ended, the two pirates had fled the scene stating that they were only gauging the hedgehog's abilities and prowess. Although the hedgehog seemed a bit concerned, he shrugged it off and once again used chaos control and dissappeared from the scene.
"So, he was fighting against rose?" Jake asked
"If not, then she and this one definetly seem to have the same taste in costume. But back to more important matters. Dexter continued as the screen now focused on the little device that was left behind the two after the fight. After a careful zoom, it appeared to be a small flash drive. Can anyone tell me what this little device is?
"Uh, a flash drive?" Jake asked cocking an eyebrow.
"Correct. But not an ordinary flash drive. Dexter answered. A flash drive that was left behind by our enimies. One that may contain important information. No doubt that they will realize it's missing and sooner or later come back to retrieve it.
"Say no more. We're on it." Ben said as he rose to his feet.
Danny, jake, chiro, i'll need you three to travel to the ice cap in the mystic ruins. Dexter continued as he brought up an image of the snowed over area of the mountain. Recently, there has been the movement of machine parts up and down the mountain. Though since the spybots that i sent up there were imnediately rendered useless thanks to the constant snow storms, i can't tell if it's the cause of g.u.n., the pirates, or some new expansion project the city's working on. If it's cause of the pirates, then there won't be any need to be sneaky or cautious. At least not if the numbers aren't too overwhelming. In the meantime, I'll be working behind the scenes seeing what i can do to locate eggman's hideout. The frozen ice up there will be tough to crack, so you may have to use some of your powers. Just don't overdo it or the enemy will certainly know your there.
"Man, lot of stuff to take care of today. Said ben scratching the back of his head. Well, won't get anything done just standin' around." He said as he made his way to the front door. The others had soon followed. Once outside, they left in different directions. Johnny headed to the south, danny, jake and chiro headed west, and the last group consisting of sonic, tails and ben headed for the north.
"And now with everyone else occupied, there are other matters that i must attend to. Dexter said as he went back inside.
-Aquatic Mines-
Following the directions he recieved from dexter, johnny had arrived in the southwestern end of the city. The only thing there seemed to be an old manhole cover with unusual markings.
"I guess this is it. He said as he removed the cover and started climbing down the ladder into the sewers. When he had touched down, his shoes were suddenly submerged in the muk and grime that can be found in any sewer. Aw man! So much for these shoes. Johnny had two ways to go. Either to the left or right. After a few seconds, johnny had decided to go left. As he walked through the sewer tunnel, he noticed that the hazordus contents of the water started to lessen the further he went. After almost seven minutes of walking, johnny had arrived in what looked like to be an underground water station. Multiple mining tunnels were dug here and there with concrete walkways to safely traverse the water. In the middle, there was the main machine for controlling the water with several switches placed on different parts of the machine. Well, that was easy. He said looking about. Now, where is that knuckles guy sonic told me about?" He said to look for a guy with red dreadlocks and spiked boxing gloves. Just before johnny was about to search the underground mining facility, he heard a faint scream that seemed to be getting louder.
AAAAAAAAAAHHH! The screamer shouted. When the sound was close enough, johnny determined that that screams were coming from above. Johnny had stepped several inches away from the spot where he assumed he would land. Knuckles had crashed into the ground making a small crater in the concrete. Seconds after the crash, the echidna had sat up and rubbed his head.
"Agh! That's gonna leave a mark. He said before getting up.
"Hey, you knuckles the echidna?" Johnny asked.
"Who wants to know?" The echidna asked cracking his knuckles.
"A blue friend of yours told me you'd be down here. Johnny replied.
"You mean sonic? Hmph. Sorry, but he's no friend of mine. He said. Who are you and why are you here anyway?"
"I'm johnny, johnny test. The flame-headed kid answered. By the way, have you seen any machines making robots like printing paper?" Before the echidna could answer his question, rose had landed several meters away from the crater.
"You! Knuckles shouted clenching his fists in rage. Give it back right now!"
"What? You mean this? The former huntsgirl asked as she held a glass container containing a bright green shard. Sorry, but right now, i need this more than you do."
"I said give it back!" Knuckles shouted as he charged at rose preparing to deliver a right hook. But the punch was easily evaded as she had jumped over knuckles and landed several inches away. But just as she landed, she heard a loud breaking sound. She turned to see that the container holding the green shard was blasted apart by one of johnny's fireballs. The shard had landed in front of the echidna allowing him to reclaim it.
"Sorry, was that important?" Johnny asked with a smirk. Seeing as it was completely useless now, rose had tossed away the broken part of the container that she was still holding into the water.
"Dosen't matter. She said as she unsheathed her scythe from it's holder and assumed battle position. I'll just have to take it back." She said before charging at the echidna ready to cut him in two. Just as she was about to attack, the scythe was blasted out of her hands and went spiralling into the water. Rose could only watch as her weapon sunk further and further out of her reach.
"Alright, you asked for it. Rose said as she turned her attention to the flame-headed kid.
"Bring it on!" Johnny challenged. Rose had begun preforming several flips before attepting to kick johnny square in the chin. However, her attempt was a failed one as johnny had blocked her kick with his arms sending her back to her side. Johnny had tried to incinerate her with another fireball attack, but she avoided every one as she continued to close the distance between the two of them. With each attack missed, the closer she got. Soon enough, she was close enough to hit him with a right hook knocking him back. He would have kept flying till' he hit the wall if he hadn't planted his feet to the ground forcing himself to stop. But he had little time to consider his next move as she was preparing to hit him with a left hook. With her at such a close range, johnny had saw the oppurtunity and set his hand on fire.
Gotcha! FIRE PUNCH! He shouted as he delivered a fiery left hook to rose's abdomen. This caused her to stagger back in pain while clutching the area she got hit. With her distracted, knuckles had delivered a sucker punch sending her crashing into the side of the machine. She held her head in pain feeling that she wasn't too far off from becoming unconcious. Another hit like that and it's gonna be a definite K.O. She managed to get herself unstuck only to come face to face with both the echidna and the flame-headed kid.
"You got lucky. Rose said holding her inured spot. The knucklehead already worn me down. We'll finish this at another time." She said as she activated an emergency teleporter device. Her image began to fade in and out until she finally disappeared.
"That's right, run away! Johnny shouted mockingly.
"Glad that's over. Said knuckles as he gripped the green shard that rose tried to steal earlier.
"What's that?" Johnny asked pointing to the green shard.
"The master emerald. Knuckles replied. At least, a shard of it.
"What happened to it? Johnny asked curiously.
"That's none of your concern. Knuckles replied. It's my responsibility as he gaurdian of the master emerald to make sure no harm comes to it. But, since you did help me get it back, i guess i owe you. What do ya need?
"Remember what i asked before? About the robot manufacturing machine?" Johnny asked.
"That hunk of junk? I took care of that ten minutes ago." Knuckles answered.
"Say what? Johnny asked. You mean i didn't even have to come down here?! Johnny asked angrily.
"Seems that way dosen't it?" Knuckles asked casually.
-Ice Cap zone-
We join team two in the ice cap zone of the mountains in the mystic ruins. Danny had kept himself, chiro and jake invisible as they took shelter near a large blue container. It seems like that it was a good thing that they were sent there. Dexter told them earlier that multiple packages were being sent up the ice caps. Turns out, the thing was being orginized by the pirates! The packages were being deleivered into a large cave in the mountain that was made a couple of days earlier. There were gaurds everywhere gaurding the entrance to the cave.
"Dang, looks like they're trying to build another base. Didn't know we tore up their last place so bad." Jake said.
"Dosen't look like they're building a base from here. Chiro said as he squinted his eyes to get a better look.
"Your right chiro. It be a waste of time and supplies to build another base. Danny said. No,i'd say that they're building a machine that requires a lot of manpower to operate. Or womanpower in this case."
"What could they be building?" Chiro asked curiously.
"I'll try to get a better look." Jake answered as he turned his eyes glowed red. With his vision enhanced, jake could see inside the cave. Inside the snow cavern was a large cannon of elaborate design. The front of the cannon had a sharp spear like appendage at the front. Looks like they're building a cannon.
"A cannon? What do you think it's for? Chiro asked.
"I don't know, but i'm about to find out!" Jake said as he proceeded to leap over the crate and storm his way inside.
"Hold it jake! Danny demanded. We can't just go charging in! We're too outnumbered!"
"You've got a better plan?" Jake asked
"How's this? Danny asked as he had put his hand to the ground. For a few seconds, nothing happened. But soon, danny's eyes had glowed blue. In a few seconds, all the gaurds outside were frozen in pillars of ice.
"Huh...okay then" Jake said flatly. The three had made their way inside avoiding being spotted by any of the scientists and getting a closer look at the machine. At first, it didn't seem like it would do much, but that opinion quickly changed once they saw the remaining two chaos emeralds inserted into two seperate containers on the machine. The first one was a shade of dark purple and the second was a light ocean blue.
"Ha ha! Jackpot! Jake said running over to the machine. This ought to even up the score." He said as he turned his right hand into a dragon claw and procceded to slash it open and retrieve the emeralds.
"Wait a minute. Danny said stopping him once again.
"What is it now?! Jake asked annoyed. You already took care of the gaurds outside."
"But not the scientists inside. Danny whispered pointing to the workers stationed around the machine and at different computers on and above ground. In fact i'm suprised that we haven't been spotted yet. Up in the section where the securtiy monitors were placed, a girl with long blond hair, wearing a lab coat was laid back snoozing in a chair.
"Let's take care of the nerds first. Then we'll worry about the emeralds. Danny said as he flew away and began to quickly yet quietly incapacitate the scientists in the cave. Jake and chiro did the same, yet causing a bit more of a ruckus than danny did. Eventually, they had knocked out everyone inside the cave.
"Is that all of them?" Chiro asked
"Don't know. I'll do a double check just to make sure. Danny said as he headed for an unexplored section of the cave. You guys try to get that glass open. Danny was floating through the cave until he heard a faint moaning coming from somewhere nearby. He found that it was coming from a crate below.
"Better not be the box ghost again. At a time like this, that's the last thing i neeed!" Danny said as he descended to the ground and landed in front of the crate. He carefully approached the crate to hear small breathing and the occasional moaning as well. Thankfully, the moaning sounded nothing like the box ghost causing him to sigh with relief. He carefully opened the box to see a shivering little girl. He jumped back thinking she was brainwashed. The girl looked to be about twelve years old and had long brown hair and wore a pink t shirt with a gray skort. Both were tattered. Feeling the light hit her face, the young girl began to stir.
"Huh? What? Hey, who are you?! The girl asked backing away thinking that danny was about to harm her. Danny assumed that she was a prisoner who had yet to be brainwashed. He had backed away from the girl trying to assure her he was an ally.
"Please don't hurt me. I'm trying to get out of here. Don't you see the 'To: Miami' sticker?", The girl said getting flippant.
"No. Why are you in a crate?", Danny asked.
"I'm mailing myself! Duh! It's to get away from these weenies! They tried to brainwash me and failed like the dunderheads they are!", The girl said getting even ruder.
"Man, what's eating her?" Danny though to himself.
"Now if you'll excuse me, i'm going back to freezing to death.", The girl said closing the crate. "Now just hold on a..." Danny began before the crate began to shake violently.
The girl came out of the crate with wide eyes and to Danny's never ending surprise, transformed with two balls of white light spinning around her. She gained a pair of pink butterfly wings, her shirt turned into a pink leotard made of petals, and her skort became a pink skirt made out of flower petals as well, same goes for the petal slippers that are now on her feet.
A black show like humanoid popped out of the crate and bellowed like am otherworldly demon. What the hell?" Danny asked shocked at the creature.
"Buzz off Shadow Creep!" The girl yelled as shee fired two balls of light that exploded upon contact with the shadows legs. With the creature crippled, it fled in hopes of preserving it's life.
"Ya you better run!", The girl yelled shaking her fist high in the air violently and the air pressure fluctuating as she yelled, "I hate those Shadow Demons as much as those Amabutt Skunk Bag Freakettes!" Danny only stood there with a dubfounded look. The silence broke when the girl turned around and asked
So, who are you? She asked. You with those freaketts too? She asked with a death glare.
"If you mean the pirates, then no, i'm not." Danny answered calmly yet still a bit unsure of what just happened. My name's danny. Danny fenton."
"Well, nice to meet ya, danny. The girl replied with a smile. I'm sabrina pratt. If your not with those freaketts, then why are you here?"
"I could ask you the same thing. Danny replied. And it's kind of a long story."
"Okay, then you can tell me when we get out of here." She said before walking towards the main area of the cave.
"Wait...what?" Danny asked
"Well come on,slowpoke! She said as she flew ahead of danny. Danny only let out a mushroom shaped sigh and followed. Meanwhile, after several minutes of hacking and slashing, jake had finally managed to break open the glass cases holding the two chaos emeralds.
"Finally! Jake shouted triumphant. Now the score's three to four."
"Who's the home team? Sabrina asked innocently as she had landed in front of jake and chiro.
"Great, looks like we missed one." Jake said as he pocketed the two emeralds and prepared to transform.
"Jake don't. She's on our side." Danny said as he landed next to the young girl.
"You sure danny?" Chiro asked cautiously. Every girl who seems to know us is working for the pirates."
"Are you kidding? She asked putting her hands at her waist. I just escaped from those skunkbags and their brainwashing machines. She said defensively.
"Escaped?, How?" Chiro asked. Your just one girl."
"And that's supposed to mean what exactly?" She asked shooting a glare at chiro.
"Heh heh, nothing. He said nervously. It's just that, i thought everyone that got caught were all brainwashed by those rehabilitation chambers. And after what we've seen, they haven't failed yet.
"First time for everything. Sabrina said as she leaned agaisnt a stack of crates only to have them fall over making her trip in the process. A sweat dropped from each of the boys at the girls sudden act of clumsyness.
Sorry about that. At times i can be a little clumsy." She said rubbing the back of her head.
"Well, i guess we can trust her." said chiro.
"What makes you say that?" Jake asked.
"Well, besides the fact that three minutes have passed and she hasn't tried to kill us or capture us, she says she escaped from being brainwashed."Chiro answered
"Actually, i'm kind of immune to brainwashing. Sabrina interupted. It's sort of a mental condition.
"Capturing a disabled girl? Jake asked. Yo, that is whack in so many ways!" He said outraged.
"Well sabrina, it looks like we have a common enemy. Chiro began. How about you join us?"
"If it means taking those weirdoes down, then count me in. She answered. Now, where exactly are we going?"
"Just follow us." said jake as he and the others had flew into the air away from the mountains.
-Station square, area B- The heroes were speeding across the highway, sonic and Xlr8 on the ground and tails flying just above in the X-tornado.
"Yo tails, we getting any closer to the area yet? Feels like we've been running for awhile now. Asked Xlr8"
"Just a little further, said tails. If these cordinates are right, then we should come up to the remains of what used to be a storage area.
As they continued to speed down the higway, sonic had noticed there was a faint fire coming from up ahead.
"Hey guys, you see that? up ahead. asked sonic as he directed their attention to the faint flames coming from what seems to be the remains of a failed defense against an attack."
"That must be the place, Come on lets move it! Said Xlr8 as they all rushed to the crime scene." soon enough they had arrived at the end of area b.
as they stopped ben had reverted back to his human form as they searched around the area.
Multiple sighns were broken off and only a few that were left were only hanging by a wire.
"Yeash.. They really did a number on this place.." ben said as he looked at the multiple holes in the walls and debrie in the area.
"Yo buddy, you sure that thing is located here?" asked sonic now a bit skeptical.
"It has to be, Dexter's coridnates were dead on, it should be here. ben had looked around until he saw something under the corpse of a dead G.u.N soldier.
he got close but then coverd his nose from the rotting corpse. "Aw man, what is it about dead body's that makes them reek so bad? asked ben as he reached for the Item that was under the dead soldier. he had picked up a red item wich looked like a flash drive with the amozones pirates symbol on it.
There was dirt on it, but it was clear that it was a flash drive.
"Hey guys, i think i just hit paydirt." said ben as he held up the flash drive for the two mobians to see.
"ALright ben, way to go" said the hedghog as he gave ben a thumbs up.
I don't know..interupted tails. This seems to easy.. said tails a bit worried.
Ben then looked at tails with a worried face. Tails, don't say stuff like that or else... began ben before he was cutt off by mechanicle whirring sounds coming from a distance. "Greaaaaatttt... said ben in an annoyed tone."
"Whoops.. hehehe" laughed tails in a joking tone as a mecha bot had dropped from the sky. It was definetly a robot of the amazones design. It had a sleek figure, a chrome body that was clear as crystal and hard as a diamond, the robot had green emerald eyes that looked like it could see right through someone's mind.
"What is that thing..? asked tails in a frightend tone" "I am Amazon andriod #3568. Code name: Battle Sneaker. My misson is to subdue the flash drive left behind and Ben Tennyson. Please coaperate or be terminated.." said the android in a monotone voice.
"Yeah right, dream on ya bucket of bolts!" yelled ben. You want this thing back, you gotta go through us! said sonic as he prepared to fight.
Resistance here is dumb. "if you insist on dieing, then i have no choice but to accomidate your wish." Said the android as it sprouted mechanicl wings wich soon had jets coming out of them allowing it to move at high speeds. The android did not hesitate to charge at the heroes as she turned her right arm into a sharp blade.
Here It comes! yelled ben as both him and sonic had doged the incoming slash from the robot. Ben had tucked and rolled then activated the omnitrix again.
Ok, let's see how you like a taste of cannonbolt! ben had slammed the omnitrix down and was enveloped in a green flash of light.
his body began to grow as his face and arms began to expand. hje had grew a yellow shell like covering on his back and two on his arms as his feet became circular with three spikes at the end of them. as the green light dissapered he had transformed into cannonbolt. Let's rock and roll! He shouted as he curled into a ball and charged at the robot. When cannonbolt got close enough, the robot had materialized a green energy sheild on it's left arm and deflected his attack and knicked him back sending him crashing into the side of a police car. Okay, that backfired. Said cannonbolt rubbing his head. The robot had once again charged at the alien attempting to strike while he was down. But it was stopped as it had suddenly took a spin dash attack to the face causing it to stagger back a bit.
"Hasn't anyone ever told ya never to kick a dude while he's down?" Sonic asked with a smirk.
"Foolish organics. Your puny attacks may have won you the last couple of battles, but be assured that they won't help you here! Said the mech as it activated it activated it's rocket boosters once again and charged aiming it's sword for tails. In response, tails had activated the x-tornao's jets and flew backwards avoiding the attack.
"Try some of this! Tails shouted firing several missiles at the enemy mech. Unfortunetly, the missles had only made contact with the energy sheild and caused no damage to the robot itself. Drat!" Tails said slamming his fist onto the arm rest of his chair.
Cannonbolt attempted to attack the robot again charging at it in his ball form. But the results were no different from the last time as he was knocked back into the same car he did before. The fight had continued as it traveled up the road to the main roadway. The android was knocked back by a combined spin dash attack by cannonbolt and sonic. During the entire fight, the only caused about minimal damage to the mech while the heroes looked like they were ready to call it quits. Apparenlty, there was a good reason why this robot was called the battle sneaker. It was only a bit faster than the others.
"Dang, this thing is tougher than that buster mech. Sonic said exshausted. And it's not even using a chaos emerald! At that moment, the symbol on cannonbolt's chest flashed red indicating that ben's alien time was up. With a bright flash of red light, Cannonbolt had transformed back into ben tennyson. Hey sonic, i've got an idea! You still have that emerald? Ben asked.
"Yeah, why?" Sonic asked as he revealed the red gem.
"Toss it over. I'm gonna try and use that chaos control again." Ben replied
"You sure about that? Tails asked. I think we just got lucky last time.
"Well it's better than standing here waiting to be killed! Ben argued. Sonic nodded and tossed the red chaos emerald over to ben. But this caused him to be the mech's current target as it charged for ben at an even faster pace. Ben only stood his ground and held the chaos emerald high above his head. Eat this ya pile scrap! Chaos...He began as to tails' shock, the small gem began to surge with chaotic energy. ..CONTROL!" He finished as the light consumed ben as he disappeared. When ben reopened his eyes, he saw that everything had stopped moving. To ben, time had completely stopped.
"No way..." He said making sure that everything had frozen in place. Two people about to enter a nearby resturaunt, a dog barking at a hissing cat, even the screeching of a toddler. I've got time powers! Ha ha this is so awsome. He shouted as he thought of everything he could do with him being faster than anything else. But, unbeknownst to ben, the effects of chaos control were only temporary. Even now, everything started moving again. Especially the battle sneaker about to cut the hedgehog in half. Before everything moved again, ben had pushed sonic out of the way of the mech's attack. When time started again, the mech had ended up on the other end of the road.
"Huh?" It asked in shock as it quickly stopped trying to procces what just happened.
"Sonic,now! While it's not looking!" Tails shouted. Sonic had dashed off and attempted to use spin dash on the machine's backside. But the robot heard his scream and turned to block sonic's attack with it's energy sheild forcing him back. But he wasn't done yet. Immediately after sonic landed, he literally started to run circles around the battle sneaker. The mech tried to attack, but it couldn't get a single hit in. Soon, sonic had began stirring up a blue tornado that had enough force to lift the robot into the air. W-what is this?" It asked as it tried to escape using it's rocket jets. But sonic's tornado was displacing too much air caausing difficulties with it's flying.
"Now! Sonic wind!" The hedgehog shoueted as the currents of air turned into sharp blades formed from his own energy. The blades had sliced through the mech as it started taking multiple damage. It's energy sheild was now rendered useless as the wind blades were too much for it to withstand. As sonic had skided to a halt, the robot began to descend to the ground. It's over! Sonic said as he leaped into the air and preformed his trademark spindash attack right through the torso of the robot. Seconds later, the battle mech known as the battle sneaker had imploded causing a huge explosion. Sorry, better luck next time. Sonic said as he waved his finger in an (uh-uh-uh) motion.
"Well, looks like your plan worked ben. Said tails. But what about the flash drive?"
"Right here! Ben said pulling the drive out of his pocket. Let's see what dexter can find out with this little guy." And speaking of dexter, we now join him on his solo mission to gather info around station square.
(Dexter's P.O.V )
"Alright. If i can convince the president that our intentions are good, then that should take care of the...huh?" Dexter said when he suddenly saw a shadow fly several meters above him. What have we here? Glasses, zoom in by fifty percent. As commanded, tiny zoom lenses activated on dexter's glasses allowing him to get a clearer picture of the shadowy figure. It had revealed to be danny's clone danielle!
Danielle?! Just where is she off too? Dexter first thought that he should just make himself scarce and hide until danielle was gone. Then again, this could be an oppurtunity to gain some intel on what they're planning. Activating chameleon mode. Dexter said as he pressed the d shaped buckle on his belt. In a matter of seconds, dexter was completely invisible to the naked eye and continued to follow danielle unoticed. Dexter had followed her to a skyscraper on the west side of town. As she landed on the roof of the building, dexter had landed several paces behind her and took cover behind an air vent. He had kept a close watch on the ghost girl as she had took out a cell phone from her left pocket. She had dialed in a ohone number and put the phone to her ear. It rung a few times before someone answered on the other end of the line.
"Hello? ?" She asked.
"What?! Dexter gasped quietly maintaining his cover.
"Who is this?! How did you get this number?" The president asked over the line.
"That dosen't matter right now. Your in great danger!" She said with a fake tone of seriousness. "You know those boys who appeared in the city yesterday? Their in leayge with the rouge hedgehog. They're planning to overthrow the city! And they're going to use the power of the chaos emeralds to do it!
"What?! That can't be possible! The president shouted in disbeleif. Sonic and his friends have saved station square on countless occasions. Why would he suddenly choose to do this sort of thing?
"You think he actually cared about this city? Danielle asked. He only came here to reclaim the chaos emeralds. And he dosen't care who gets in his way. The hedgehog recently allied with those boys you saw fighting in the city. They obviously have the same goal. Or did you not see the recent aftermath their battle? She asked flashing back to the recent destruction that was caused during the last fight. Since she was in it, she could describe every detail. There was a small moment of silence. Not yet knowing the identity of shadow, the president assumed that sonic was the same hedgehog that was the cause of the recent thefts and deaths in station square. Yet sonic had also saved the city many times before. Why would he suddenly turn to a life of crime?
"If you value your city and the people who live in it, then i suggest you take care of sonic and his accomplises as quickly as possible. I hope you make the right choice. With that danielle had cut the communication.
"Okay, i think that takes care of my part for now. She said as she pocketed her cell phone. Only thing left to do is set back and wait for my cue." With that, danielle had flew off.
"Why that little...Ugh! Dexter said bawling up his fist. "She beat me to the punch! Now what am i supposed to do?! Dexter asked himself holding his chin contemplating his next move. (Sigh)Might as well check in with the others. Dexter had took out his communicator from his pocket. He first checked in with sonic, tails and ben. Ben had took out the communicator and recieved the call.
"Ben, how are things on your end?" He asked.
"Great. We ran into a bit of trouble here and there, but we got that flash drive. Ben replied flashing the flash drive on the screen.
"Excellent. Meet me back at thorndyke manor. I can't wait to see what's stored on that flash drive.
"Hey, what did you do anyway? Sonic asked.
"I thought i'd go have a talk with the president and try to better help our position so we wouldn't have to constantly sneak about."
"And how did that turn out?" Ben asked.
"I regret to say that danny's cousin beat me to the punch. Now we're registered as fully wanted criminals." Dexter said angrily. I suggest you get out of there before...suddenly, dexter's voice was drowned out by the multiple sirens that were hastily approaching the three.
"Stop! Hands in the air!" Shouted a policeman stepping out of the car and pointing a loaded pistol at sonic, tails and ben. "I think that's our cue. Chaos control!" Ben shouted as he had once again activated the teleportation ability of the emerald. In an instant, the three were back in front of the thorndyke manor.
"Took ya long enough." Johnny said standing at the front doors of the mansion.
"Johnny? When did you get back? Ben asked
"Just a while ago. Turns out the robot-making machine was already taken care of by the time i got down there. He said pointing to the echidna.
"I take it your knuckles? Ben asked.
"Yeah. And your the kid with the wierd watch on his arm.
"The very same." Ben answered.
"Now we just have to wait on the others. Ben said as he walked towards the house.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't sonic and his meddlesome friends." Said a voice that was sonic was all too familiar with. Evryone turned to see sonic's long-time rival and arch-nemises, Dr. Ivo eggman robotnik floating in a flying machine that looked like half of an egg-shell. Eggman seemed to complete that image. He was accompinied by shadow the hedgehog.
"Huh, no wonder he's called eggman. Johnny said forming the image in his head.
"Hey! It's that fake hedgehog again! Ben said pointing at shadow.
"Best check your eyes kid. If anyone's a fake around here, it's him. Shadow replied pointing at sonic.
"I'll make you eat those words." Sonic growled getting ready to attack.
"What are you doing here eggman?" Ben asked preparing to activate the omnitrix.
"Why elementary my dear boy. I'm here for that pretty little rock your grasping onto. Eggman pointing to the emerald ben had in his hand. Now if you would be so kind as to hand it over...
"No way. Said ben holding it behind his back. We've seen what you've done wth these things.
"I'm sorry, but i'm afraid i'm not giving you a choice. Shadow? said eggman as he motioned to shadow.
"Right. Shadow replied as he took out the green chaos emerald. Chaos...
"Not this time!" Ben shouted as he charged towards the black hedgehog in hopes of stoping him.
"Control! Shadow finished as the emerald surged with chaotic energy. Meanwhile, jake, chiro and danny were returning to the city with their newest addition sabrina.
"So sabrina, how'd you end up in this world anyway?" Chiro asked to sabrina who was currently flying upside down while holding her arms behind her back. It's pretty obvious that your not from here just by looking at you. Are you a fairy?" Hearing that, sabrina started to have flashbacks. She had cringd a bit reminescing about those old times.
"Half-fairy actually. She began. I don't like to think about it."
"Ah, sorry. Chiro replied with a worried look.
"As for how i ended up here..." She began before the others suddenly spotted ben, sonic, tails, dexter and johnny knocked out on the ground.
"What happened?! Chiro asked before spotting eggman and shadow. Hey, isn't that...?
"The black hedgehog that appeared back in the mountains. The one who's been framing sonic. But how did could he take them all down by hemself? The four had landed right behind shadow and eggman.
"Ah, now the gang's all here." Eggman said turning to them.
"You must be doctor eggman. Said chiro.
"The one and only my dear boy. Eggman replied with a chuckle.
"What did you do to them? Danny asked with his eyes glowing bright green.
"I only came here to reclaim what was rightfully mine. Eggman replied as he flashed the red chaos emerald to them.
"Hey! That's ours! Jake shouted as he charged at eggman only to be punched by shadow and landed on the ground returning to his human form.
"Not anymore. Eggman replied. And from what shadow's told me, you have two more of these emeralds. Hand them over."
"In your dreams dork! Said sabrina charging two balls of light energy into her hands. Why don't you just try and take em'?"
"If you insist. Shadow, if you would be so kind?" Eggman asked. Shadow replied with a nod and used chaos control once again to stop time.
Shadow had quickly moved past the last standing heroes. when he got up to jake, he had made sure not to miss a beat when he struck him at binding speed.
Berfore time had resumed, he had summoned two yellow spears of energy. He had sent the 1st one at jake and the second one at sabrina.''
when time began to move again, jake was on the ground with bruises on him, but somehow shadow's attack only did little damage to sabrina.
"That's...really getting old..." said jake staggering to even move.
"SIgh, you could have avoided this if you just coaperated politley.., oh well, shadow it's time we take our leave." said the evil scientist as he and the black hedghog as they made their exit.
"Fat bastard"... Mutterd sonic as he had got up on his legs again. "It's obvious we need to do something about that black hedghog, he's going to become a real hinderance if this continues."
More importantly.. those guys now have all seven chaos emeralds, if we don't do something soon were going to have a egg shaped tyrant for president and i for one don't feel like being ruled by someone shaped like something you find off a breakfest menu" Said sabrina.
-A few minutes later, they were all inside healing from the attack-
"Hmm, so eggman now has all seven emeralds does he? Chuck asked folding his arms. This is bad. Now he has everything he needs to take over the world.
"What are we going to do now? Cream asked holding cheese close to her.
"What else? Sonic asked with a smirk. We stop him of course.
"How do you think we should do that?" Sabrina asked now in her street clothes from before.
"First, we need to take care of that eclipse cannon. Dexter began. Without that, eggman will lose all his power.
"Only problem is, that thing's up in space. And the only spaceship we have is back at mt. rushmore. Added danny. So right now we're stuck.
"Maybe not. Hopefully the flash drive that ben retrieved has some helpful data. Dexter said as he insserted the drive into his laptop. By the way, who's she? He asked looking at sabrina.
"Name's sabrina pratt. Sabrina answered.
"She escaped from the amazoness pirates brainwashing machine and somehow ended up in a crate at the ice cap. Jake added. And from what she's already told us, she's half-fairy.
"Another halfa to the team then? Dexter asked. A beep came from the computer indicating that the data transfer was a success. Done. Several numbers appeared on the screen as well as several pictures of a desert pyramid and multiple robots that strangely resembled eggman. This...these are the coordinates to eggman's base. So he's been hiding out in the desert all this time has he? Dextr said as he quickly scanned the information. There's even a secret space shuttle inside!
"Well, that takes care of the rocket issue. Said johnny. Looks like we're headed for egypt!
"Well,now that we know what are priority is, i suggest we begin as soon as possible. Dexter said as he closed his laptop.
Now that the maniacal dr. eggman has all seven chaos emeralds, the countdown for not just station square, but the entire world begins. Our heroes prepare to put an end to his plans as they begin to set out for the desert. The final confrontation draws near. Will they be able to stop eggman and the menacing hedghog who's been framing our blue hero? And what about the amozones pirates? Just what are they planning thats making them stay in the shadows for so long.
Could they be planning something more elaborate and just waiting for eggman to make his move? Whatever happens, a showdown is sure to follow.
WHo will win. Heroes,Villans, or pirates? Find out next time In Chapter 8:The great pyramid escape!
