Hazen: Welcome back, my Friends. How do you all today? Here I am again with another chapter and I hope you guys like it. And now the Disclaimer: I would like to say that I do not own Sonic and Co. They belong to SEGA. I only own the Plot and any possible O/C Characters.
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Note- Just a small change on the story. I changed Carnival Night to ForeverNight Zone*. This change also applies for the Carnival Night reference in the previous chapter. And Carnival Night reference in "The Years After..." chapter is switched with "Night Carnival". (Don't give me any weird looks. I'm just going with what my ideas tell me do.)
And now that that's out of the way, here's the next chapter of this tale. Enjoy... *Signature grin and salute*
Sonic and The Elemental Chronicles: The Beginning...
Chapter 5: Mayhem at The ForeverNight Zone...
Time: 12:49 PM, Casino Night Plaza, The ForeverNight Zone...
The ForeverNight Zone; A place where the sky, as the name says, stays as dark and starry night eternally; No matter what the time of day is. And where people who seek fun and excitement spend their time.
An amusement theme park zone, which has divided into the famed Casino Night and the thrilling Night Carnival, it was created Dr. Ivo Julian Robotnik to help as a way to raise money for the Eggman Empire. And was eventually abandoned when Sonic kept destroying the place due to it's sinister nature.
And now, thanks to Rouge the Bat and several other wealthy mobians, it was now a thriving city and one of the best spots to meet, hang out and party "the night away" as the bill boards in Station Square says and shows.
But right now it was in a full scale of fear and panic; Collapsing and fire-razed buildings with screaming people in the streets as the former father of the place gives out a maniacal laugh, flying about in his Egg-Mobile while his Army of Egg Pawns, SWATbots and JETroids and other mechanical soldiers swarm around the city. They seemed to be interested in getting their steel hands on money, precious metals and jewels and other valuables.
"That's it! Get everything of value and load them aboard the Grand Egg Imperial!*" shouted Dr. Eggman. Looming above him was a gigantic form of battleship, casting a shadow over the him and the city; The former two robots piled the treasure which was carried up via tractor beam while the latter ones fly to an opening of a Cargo Bay.
"This will be just splendid." said Eggman as he eyed a amethyst with a loupe before placing them away. "Soon this city will be wiped cleaner than a empty piggy bank. Hahahahaha!"
From the Cargo Bay, overseeing cargo loading were Decoe and Bocoe, with Bokkun shouting at the flyer robots who were boarding the treasure on his megaphone as he flies behind their backs.
"C'MON, YOU SLOWPOKES!" boomed Bokkun. "WE NEED PLENTY MORE THAT IF THE DOC'S GONNA BE HAPPY!"
"Remind me why we're gathering this stuff again, Bocoe?" asked the tall, gold-plated Decoe.
Before his short and silver companion could answer, they were interrupted by Eggman calling through an electronic tablet in Bocoe's grasp.
"{...Because, you empty metal heads, we're running out of financial backing to get resources for my ingenious plans. With raiding a place like the ForeverNight Zone, we won't have to worry that for a lifetime...}" said Eggman.
"We wouldn't have to do this if he'd quit eating junk food and gone on a diet for a change..." whispered Bocoe to Decoe, both of them then silently chuckling.
"{...What was that?!...}" barked Eggman.
"Nothing!" said the pair quickly.
Eggman frowned.
"Sir?" asked Decoe.
"{...What!?...}"
"What are we gonna do if Sonic-" began Bocoe.
"{...He'll soon be out of the way...}" replied Eggman smugly. {...With my latest E-series creations, I'll be rid of him once and for all!...}"
"I wonder if that will ever happen..." said Decoe silently. "It's what he always says."
"{...Just what are you two talking about?...}" asked Eggman coldly.
"Nothing!"
Eggman just gave them an ugly look which clearly said that he didn't believe it.
"{..Well then, quit yapping and get back to work! Hop to it!...}" said Eggman, the screen turning blank as the video comm ended.
"WELL!" said Bokkun. "YOU HEARD THE DOC! HOP TO IT!"
"Why don't you give it a rest with the megaphone, Bokkun?" groaned Bocoe.
"Yeah! We already have a big enough a headache without you practically shouting at our ears." moaned Decoe.
Bokkun sped to them, "NO WAY! I LOVE SHOUTING, ESPECIALLY AT YOU TWO!" screamed the minor robot at the two.
At this point something happened. Their ears started to leak out columns of smoke as the inside of their heads suddenly gave off the sound of an explosion. They then started to wobble on their feet, fall apart in pieces and finally fall down with a sonorous clank into a pile of metal. The result; Bokkun had screamed them out of commission.
Bokkun slowly lowered the megaphone, looking at what he did.
"Whoops..."
Elsewhere in the City...
And speaking of screaming, Rouge doesn't sound too happy right now does she as she takes down a SWATbot with her Shrill Screech piercing through it's head, gritting her teeth angrily as she did so.
Knuckles, who had his back to her, delivers a powerful punch into another bot's stomach and shutting it down with an uppercut. He looks back at Rouge and says in a comforting voice,
"Rouge, calm down. I know you're mad right now but we need to-"
"How about you shut it?! That would do wonders right now for being around an idiot like you!"
"Hey! Why are you yelling at me for?!"
"It's your fault!" shouted Rouge. "Why didn't you come in earlier?!"
"My-?!" sputtered Knuckles. "I didn't even know 'till I got the call from Sally! What were you doing in there in the first place?!"
"I phoned and asked if I could crash in your place late last night. Remember?"
"Yes, I did! And I thought I told you to take the couch!"
"Are you kidding me?!" Rouge said. "We're gonna be married and you expected me to sleep on the couch?"
"Right there's my point!" said Knuckles. "We're not married yet and-"
"For your information, we've been together under the roof of your house ever since we got engaged! And every single time I'd come home we'd-"
At this point Rouge was so overcome with anger that she choked on her own words as she mustered enough willpower not to crush Knuckles' head like that bot she wrecked. She just stared daggers into Knuckles' eyes, which he returned with a steely gaze of his own.
Meanwhile, Tikal and Chaos were watching this display of anger, unsure of what do do in this situation. After getting the courage, she then began to walk close to the bickering couple.
"Umm..." said Tikal nervously. "I wouldn't want to interrupt but...?"
"What?!" said both Knuckles and Rouge as they looked at her sharply.
Tikal squeaked in fright of their voices. She then took a deep breathe and said, "I'd like to say that I feel responsible, at least partly, for your infighting and I would like to say sorry. If Chaos hadn't wrecked the guest room..." She bowed in apology as she said this.
Knuckles and Rouge looked at Tikal, having been shocked by the blunt apology. They then looked at each other, guiltily at their behavior.
"No, Tikal." said Knuckles before Tikal could continue. "If there was any fault, it was ours."
"He's right about that, sweetie." said Rouge. "You didn't do anything wrong. Besides, it was nice with having to have to spend with you."
Tikal smiled with relief at these words.
Rouge looked apologetically at her husband-to-be and said, "I'm sorry, Knuckles. I should have listened to you in the first place."
"No, Rouge. You had every right to be mad at me. I should have warned you that Tikal would be staying with us. I guess I was too tired that it slipped my mind..."
"I don't think I was really mad at you." frowned Rouge. "It was the fact that Eggman just decimated my lovely club that had got me so steamed."
"I wouldn't blame you. You worked pretty hard to run it, even when your off on your missions with G.U.N."
Rouge then gave a sudden giggle.
"What?" asked Knuckles.
"I'm just wondering what the others would say when I show them your little secret..." Rouge winked and giggled again.
"What secret is that?" said Knuckles as Tikal looked at Rouge questioningly.
"The one that's hidden under that loose floor board under the bed."
Knuckles suddenly turned pale as a piece of chalk the moment Rouge took out a book from behind her and showed it to him.
"How...?"
"Last time I came I had flown by the window of your room and saw you scribbling away without noticing me watching. After that, you got up and placed this in your little hidey-hole." She waved the book at him, teasing him.
It was a brown notebook with a binder backbone; The kind that you might use for writing down your to-do-for-the-day lists, though on this one there was the word "Diary", the curved letters of which emblazoned in gold.
Knuckles made a grab at the book but at that instant Rouge took flight so as to evade it.
"Give it back, Rouge!" yelled Knuckles, waving his fist at the flying bat.
"Nope!" said Rouge.
"Just what happened to 'I should have listened to you, Knuckles?'"
"I really wanna be there the moment I show this to everyone."
Knuckles blanched at the thought. If any word written there gets out, he'll never be able to live it down the rest of his life, especially with Sonic on his case.
"It would be really hysterical watching you squirm." said Rouge, thoughtfully looking at the book when suddenly a light bulb floated over her head. She grinned at this idea took inside her head.
"Unless..." Rouge looked at Knuckles, with an expected gleam in her voice. Knuckles knew that gleam all too well.
"Alright, Rouge." sighed Knuckles, exasperated with this usual tactic of getting expensive baubles from him.
In reply, Rouge handed him a coiled roll of paper to Knuckles. He drew it open and the end fell at his feet. So did Knuckles' mouth as he looked at the list with popped eyes.
"You're kidding?" said Knuckles hoarsely after picked up his jaws from the ground.
"It's either that or I get to post this on my mobius net profile. Your pick, Knuckie~" cooed Rouge.
Knuckles crossed his arms as he weighed in his options. But seeing how Rouge is in control, the decision was quick.
"This is gonna leave a great, big hole in my bank account." thought Knuckles gloomily as he caved in.
"Fine, I'll do it! But how about after the wedding?" said Knuckles.
"As long as I get what I want." said Rouge shrewdly. "But I'll be keeping the book until after as well. Can't have you trying to ditch the deal when my back is turned.
"Gah. She thinks of everything!" thought Knuckles in frustration. "Fine!"
Tikal didn't understand what had just happened but when she looked about she just noticed that...
"Umm...are you two done?" Knuckles and Rouge turned to her.
"I guess so. Why?" said Knuckles as he scowled at Rouge.
"Because we seem to have gotten ourselves cornered." She pointed around them.
The couple looked and saw that they were completely surrounded by Eggman's robots, the biggest of of the bunch being an E-12 Behemoth. And they were quickly closing in on the cornered four. They all struck their battle poses and dashed towards them.
"Argh! This is turning out to be a really lousy day!" snarled Knuckles as they began to fight, with him heading for the straight for the hulking behemoth.
Back inside the Grand Egg Imperial...
"There! Now you two are good as new!" said Bokkun happily as he closes his toolbox; Not wanting to get an earful off Eggman, Bokkun had tasked himself with fixing Decoe and Bocoe.
"Thank you, Bokkun." said Bocoe.
"Yeah, Thanks." said Decoe. "We feel great! Only there's just one thing wrong..."
"Oh yeah? What?"
"Oh, I dunno." said Bocoe irritatingly. "Maybe the fact that...YOU FIXED OUR HEADS TO THE WRONG BODIES!"
You heard it right. Bokkun had switched their heads and the end result was would just smash your funny bone to smithereens; Decoe's long, pill-like head waddling around on a short, stubby body while Bocoe's small, round head on a long stick-like body looking more like a giant lollipop on legs than a proper robot.
"Pffft...PWAHAHAHAHAA!"
Unable to keep a straight face any longer, Bokkun began fell over onto the floor and laughed himself silly while rolling through and fro, clutching his stomach.
"Quit laughing!" cried Decoe angrily.
"This is not funny, Bokkun!" shouted Bocoe.
Bokkun at once stopped laughing as he got into a crossed-legged sitting position.
"You're right." said Bokkun, his tone ashamed. "It's not funny."
"It's not?" said the two, amazed that Bokkun could actually be a good little...
"It's HILARIOUS!" guffawed Bokkun as he once again began to laugh at the ridiculous pair.
Wait, y'know what? Scratch that. Bokkun'll never change.
By then Decoe and Bocoe were starting get really mad, to put it a little mildly. As they were thinking dark thoughts on how to do him in, they were immediately alerted by a blaring alarm from the Control Room.
As the trio made their way towards the main control system they saw that the huge glass monitor was showing a reading of Chaos Energy just blocks away from the Plaza; The same kind which was used for Chaos Control.
As Decoe quickly typed to get a video output of the location, it showed a sphere of green light which imploded to reveal non other than the smirking figure of Sonic the hedgehog.
"{...*Whistles* Looks like ol' Egghead's been a busy, little bee...}" said Sonic as he surveyed the place. "{...I think it's high time I toss the ol' monkey-wrench into his machinery!...}" With that said, Sonic ran off to beat badniks and help his friends.
Once seeing this, the robots then began to establish a comm link to Eggman. The video feed should Eggman trying on a jeweled crown and looking into a mirror.
"Sir!" said Decoe urgently.
"{...What now?!...}" said Eggman as he put them away, before doing a double take on the metal pairs' new look. "{...What in the name of Mobius happened to you two?...}" he asked in an incredulous tone.
Bokkun pushed the pair aside and faced Eggman with a gleeful look. "I just gave those two a new look! Like it, Doc?"
After a few beat of scrutinizing, Eggman smirked, "{...It's an improvement that's for sure, Bokkun! Remind me to reward you a strawberry shortcake for this...}"
"Yay!" shouted Bokkun excitedly.
"Doctor!" said Decoe, over the minor robots cries of cheer. "We have an emergency! Sonic is-"
From Eggman's position...
"I don't need you to already know Sonic's here, you bolt brain!" said Eggman. "I see him already being a nuisance. No matter. He'll soon be out of my hair."
Eggman switched off his monitor and began to use the keyboard controller of his hover craft. He began to shuffle his cards of his robots before inserting them on the slot of the now activated Selection Machine. Pulling the lever, the slot machine began to spin and then made out it's selection.
"E-Series 25; Blastronaut! Oh how egg-citing! It's time to end you in flames, Sonic!" said Eggman, laughing as he rubbed his hand evilly. And rising behind him was a dark silhouette with red robotic eyes, it's hands ablaze.
Hazen: There and that's done. Looks like Eggman's got some new tricks up his sleeve. How will Sonic deal with them? Will Eggman be able to triumph this time? Hmm...not likely if the Blue Blur's still around and on his tail.
Remember that your reviews are much appreciated! See you with the next chapter of this fic!
Until then, Farewell my friends...
*A/N- The "ForeverNight Zone" thing is just an idea of mine and to know more about Eggman's Battleship, search "Sonic wiki Grand Egg Imperial."
