Disclaimer: All Sonic Team characters are owned by Sega. Deacon Sparks, Kane, Karen and Quote are all owned by me, JerseyDevil.
(A/N: To answer a question, the name Kane does come from the wrestler. I was searching for a good name and I noticed how Kane's main color is red and so is the Kane in my story. I was watching Raw while racking my brain for a name and "BAM!", Kane was born)
Chapter 8: Prison Break Island
Setting: The helicopter going to Prison Island
The gang had been in the helicopter for a couple of hours now and were growing impatient.
"What the hell is taking us so long?" complained Deak.
"Prison Island isn't exactly next door to Angel Island, plus with the storm and the fog, I can't fly as high and fast I would like to," responded Bruno.
After twenty more minutes, a silhouette of an island and a base appeared in the fog. Prison Island was now just ahead of them.
"Keep low, Bruno," instructed Vector, "We'll use the fog to disguise our appearance. We'll come out through it and surprise them."
"How will we attack?" asked Amy. A bolt of lightning then struck besides the helicopter. The impact upon the water caused sparks to fly in the air. An idea suddenly struck Deak. He opened the side door of the helicopter and stood on the edge of it.
"What the hell are you doing?" asked Rouge.
"Answering Amy's question," responded Deak, "I have an idea on a first attack."
Setting: Prison Island
Quote was standing outside of the entrance to the base. He had gotten a tip that their would be a strike against them today in the mourning. He approached a small group of robots and hedgehog clone soldiers who were on the beach area in front of the base.
"Listen up, I've received word that there's going to be an attack on this base very soon. The supposed attackers are believed to be coming from Angel Island so there is a good chance they will strike from this area. Be alert, guard the base and leave no survivors," commanded Quote. The purple raven afterwards left the beach and walked inside of the base. One of the hedgehog clones, a brown one, stepped in front of everyone.
"Okay, you heard Commander Quote. Stay alert and kill all intruders," said the soldier clone. Fifteen minutes passed by with no action. After a while, the sound of chopper blades could be heard in the distance. Everyone pulled out their guns and aimed them toward the sound. They could soon see the silhouette of a helicopter in the distance and a figure sticking out of the side. The helicopter turned sideways.
"Time for a barbecue," shouted a voice from the helicopter. Suddenly a large surge of electricity flew toward them. The electricity made an impact among the sand on the beach and caused an immense explosion, destroying all of the guards.
The helicopter lowered down to the sand and the chopper blades stopped. Everyone climbed out of the helicopter and onto the sandy beach.
"As much as I hate to admit it, Deak had a great idea there," said Knuckles, after landing on the sand.
Deak responded, "Just working with what we had." Everyone rushed up to the steps leading to the Prison Island base. While climbing the grey, stone steps, they were interrupted by a gun shot. They looked up and saw a group of six robot soldiers.
Shadow went into a spindash and rushed into one of them, causing it to explode. Amy's Piko Piko Hammer took out two of them. A ninja shuriken thrown by Espio took down another robot, while Knuckles punched one of the robots, sending it flying into another robot, causing both of them to explode.
"That was too easy!" said Amy, holding her Piko Piko Hammer.
"Don't celebrate just yet, Amy," warned Knuckles, "We just got here." The group reached the top of the stairs. There stood a steel door with "Top Secret: Trespassers Will Be Dealt With" written on the doors in yellow block letters.
"So, how do we get in?" asked Rouge. Everyone racked their brains for a minute until the sound of thunder struck. Deak smirked and backed away from the door. He formed an enormous electricity ball in his hands and chucked it at the door. The impact caused an explosion which caused a gapping hole to be formed in the door.
Hedgehog guards from inside the base noticed the blast and rushed out of the hole. They drew their guns and stared firing out of it. Everyone rushed to the sides of the hole. The guards ran out of bullets and the group noticed this.
Vector led the charge into the hole and tackled one of the hedgehog soldiers. Shadow rushed in second and spindashed through two others, who were in a single file line. Deak came in afterwards and shot the remaining three guards with his M-9.
"The same hedgehog guards and robots," observed Deak, "This isn't gonna be too hard." However the rest of the gang did not notice one of the hedgehog guards crawling toward the metal wall. He struggled to his feet and with the last ounce of his strength, pressed a red button attached to the wall. Red lights began to flash from the hallways and a loud blaring noise echoes through the halls of the base.
"Intruder Alert! Intruder Alert," said a robotic voice over the loudspeakers.
"Shit!" exclaimed Shadow.
"This should up the challenge a bit," said Deak.
Setting: Kane's office
Quote was sitting in a chair with his feet up on Kane's desk, the chair on its rear legs. The alarm went off, taking Quote by surprise and causing him to fall backwards onto the ground with the chair. He got up and brushed himself off.
"Dammit! This is just what I need!" shouted Quote angrily. He turned around and began to search the bookcase behind. He found a white book with a red stripe across it and pulled it out. It revealed a black, round button up against the wall.
"Let's see who our trespassers are," said Quote to himself. He pressed the black button and the wall to the right of him slid open, revealing a large number of television screens. Quote walked over to them and started to survey them. One of the television screens revealed Shadow, Deak, Rouge and others who were seemingly on their side.
"You're back, Shadow. I have to make sure this time, you're interference will lead to your demise," said Quote under his breath. He rushed over to Kane's desk, grabbed his pistol off of it and rushed out of the door.
Setting: Prison Island, Base Entrance
"What do we do now?" asked Cream, "They know we're here."
"We gotta keep going," said Knuckles, "We should be fine if we stick together." With those words, the gang raced up ahead and through a couple hallways. They were soon bombarded with gun shots. A door next to them was busted wide open by a robot kicking it down. They raced ahead a few feet to get a better fighting angle.
"Freeze," said a voice coming from behind them. There stood a brown hedgehog soldier holding up a shotgun to the. Behind him, there were at least a dozen other soldiers.
"You have nowhere to run, so just give up," said the soldier. Deak smirked and spread his arms. All of a sudden, lights in the hallway blew out, leaving the area in complete darkness. A large noise of metal clanking and bones shattering could be heard. After the lights were restored, it looked like a plague had hit the area. There were the bodies of defeated hedgehog soldiers and robots lying all across the hallway. The gang all stood in fighting positions waiting for the next adversary to come out and attack them.
"If I'm counting right, that's the third time I've taken care of your asses," bragged Deak.
"Shut up, Deak!" shouted Knuckles, "I'm getting tired of all your shit!" Deak got right up into Knuckles' face.
"So, you gonna do something about it?" said Deak, in a stern tone, "Or are you just gonna run your damn mouth?" Knuckles shoved Deak back with both hands and Deak wanted to charged him but Vector and Shadow held him back while Knuckles was being restrained by Espio, Rouge and Blaze.
"Dammit, you two! The last thing we need is dysfunction here. You guys need to get along!" shouted an angry Vector.
"Don't tell me what to do! You're not my boss!" shouted Deak in response.
"Listen..." said Vector in an attempt to reason.
"No, I'm tired of listening," said Deak, beginning to walk away, "I'm gonna get this Kane bastard and my money, alone."
"Deak, don't do anything stupid," pleaded Shadow, "You can't defeat a whole army all by yourself." Deak ignored his comments and continued down the hallway, gun in his hand.
"Great! We have enough problems in taking down Kane, and now he have a moral dilemma in the group," said Rouge.
"Not really," said Espio, "I think Deak just left the group."
"Good riddance!" said Knuckles.
"Hold up, Knux," interrupted Vector, "Deak may have some character issues, he's helped us a few times already. We need him as much as he needs us." Shadow began to race up ahead of them, down the hallway.
"Where are you going?" asked Rouge with concern.
"To talk to Deak," responded Shadow, "He'll get himself killed going in there alone." After saying this, he sprinted up ahead toward Deak.
Setting: A few hallways ahead.
"That red bastard," thought Deak angrily to himself as he , "He's lucky I didn't kick his sorry ass!"
"Going somewhere?" said a voice from behind him. Deak turned around and saw a white hedgehog soldier behind him, holding a knife.
"Well I know where you're going," said Deak, "Straight to hell!" The hedgehog soldier charged him and swung his knife, aiming for Deak's throat. Deak sidestepped the attack and formed an electric sphere in his hand. He tossed it toward the hedgehog clone and it made contact, sending the soldier flying into the steel wall.
"Should've brought a gun," said Deak walking over towards the clone. He then pulled out his M-9 and shot the hedgehog soldier right between the eyes.
"Maybe you're not as screwed as I thought," said a voice from down the hallway. Deak turned his head and saw that it was Shadow.
"What are you doing here?" said Deak scornfully. Shadow approached Deak.
"C'mon, Deak. You know I'm on your side. Listen, why don't you...," was all Shadow could get out.
"No! I'm not going back. Not with him!" interrupted Deak. Shadow sighed.
"Deak, the truth is, you can't do this alone. Kane's army is too massive and too powerful for someone to take it down alone. But those guys back there need you too. If I could take down this damn army alone, I'd do it. But I can't and neither can you or anyone else back there," said Shadow, "You're not thinking correctly, Deak. You could get killed by doing this alone." Deak thought to himself for a minute. Vector and Rouge soon approached them down the hallway.
"So, Deak, are you back with us?" asked Vector.
"Fine, I'm back with you guys. But tell Knuckles anymore crap like what just went down and I'm out," responded Deak. Vector waved everyone ahead and the gang regrouped in the hallway. Deak gave Knuckles an evil stare, one which Knuckles returned.
"So now what's our plan?" asked Blaze.
"We go into the basement," said Vector, "That's where we believe they're holding Sonic and Tails."
"I hope my Sonic isn't hurt," said Amy. Thinking about Sonic being imprisoned and tortured began to choke her up. Tears were brimming in her eyes.
"Don't worry Ms. Amy," said Cream, laying a comforting arm around her shoulder, "I'm sure that Sonic's okay. I know that it hurts a lot. That's how I felt when Tails was kidnapped, but if you have faith, anything can be possible."
"Thanks, Cream," said Amy, wiping her eyes. The gang advanced on toward the elevator to gain access to the basement.
Setting: Sonic and Tails' cell about an hour later
Sonic was pacing to and fro in his jail cell. He was very nervous and jumpy. Tails was supposed to be taken out of his cell by now and there was no meal for them in the cell.
"You think they just leaving us in here until we starve to death?" asked Sonic, "Maybe this is their last form of torture, first the lasers to wear the body down quickly and then the starvation to kill us slowly." Tails, who was sitting on his bed, was now very nervous at this, as he curled into a ball, into the fetal position.
"I'm scared, Sonic. I don't wanna die," said Tails weakly. He was trying to be brave by fighting back the tears that were brimming in his eyes. Sonic sat on the bed next to Tails and began rubbing his back.
"Don't worry, Tails. I'm not gonna let anything bad happen to you," he said.
"Thanks, Sonic. I don't know if I could've found the strength to carry on through this without you," said Tails. They sat on the bed for what seemed like for an eternity, waiting for any signs of what was going on to occur. Suddenly, a huge smile spread across Tails' face.
"You think...someone's trying to rescue us and that's why no one's coming," said a beaming Tails, "I mean, if someone's invading this place, there's more on the minds of those running it than a couple of prisoners."
"Not likely...," thought Sonic to himself. However he patted Tails' head and said, "Sure, that's a possiblity. You never know, anything can happen." As soon as he finished this statement, the door to the cell was knocked down by a robot.
"What the hell!" exclaimed Sonic, rising to his feet. He saw the robot guard on the ground with the cell door laying across the room. In the doorway, stood a black hedghog, a white bat, a yellow and blue porcupine and a pink hedgehog.
"Sonic!" exclaimed the pink hedgehog as she rushed over to him. She glomped right on top of him and began to sob into his chest. Sonic returned the hug, rubbing her back. The others soon followed into the room. Tails knew who their rescuers were and he jumped off his bed.
"Shadow?" he inquired, "Is that you?" Shadow nodded yes to answer.
"Looks like someone's happy to see you," said Rouge toward Sonic and Amy. Amy lifted her head from off of Sonic's chest.
"I'm just happy that we found Sonic unharmed," responded Amy.
"It's been a while since you knocked me down like that," joked Sonic. He then asked, "So are you the only ones who came or are there others? And who's this guy?"
"Nope, Knuckles, Cream, Blaze and the entire Chaotix are here and his name is Deacon Sparks, but just call him Deak,"said Rouge. All of a sudden, a girlish scream could be heard from outside of the cell. Rouge and Shadow peeked around the doorway to see what was going on.
"Crap!" said Rouge as he saw what the situation was. A purple raven had Blaze in his clutches with a gun to her head. Knuckles was at the front with a look of deep concern on his face. Cream and the Chaotix were behind him, looking nervous as well.
"Now you're all coming with me," said Quote, "Or your little kitty friend gets her brains blown out."
"You lay one finger on her and I'll knock your head right off your shoulders," said Knuckles.
"You talk big," snickered tQuote, "But don't forget I have gun in my hand."
"So do I," said Deak, holding up his M-9 toward the raven. The raven turned around and saw the porcupine holding up a gun to him. Quote laughed to himself.
"I suggest you drop that," replied Quote, "Unless you want your friend here to get blown to hell!" Deak did not drop his gun, but he did chuckle.
"And I suggest you look behind you?" warned Deak sarcastically. Quote turned around and was met with a fist to the face, courtesy of Knuckles. The punch sent Quote straight to the cold metal floor. Blaze broke free of Quote's clutch rushed into Knuckles' arms.
"Thanks for saving me," she said gratefully and then gave him a kiss on the lips. Shadow grabbed Quote by the throat and stared him right in the eye.
"Where's Kane?" he asked sternly.
"I dunno," replied Quote, "I'm just making a living." Deak had enough of his tone. He took his M-9 and positioned it right underneath his chin, the barrel of the gun aimed directly at the purple raven's throat.
"I believe my friend just asked you a question," said Deak, "Now if you're not gonna answer them, I might as well spill your organs all over the damn hallway."
"No, No, Don't Shoot!" replied Quote nervously, "I'll answer anything you want, ANYTHING! Just please don't kill me. I'm the one in charge! I swear Kane is not here!"
"Where's your office, or wherever you work?" asked Sonic.
"I-I-It's on the top floor," replied Quote, who was still nervous, "We'll take the elevator, it's right down the hallway."
"Fine, but don't try any slick shit or you'll be meeting Mr. Boomy here," warned Deak. The gang made their way down the hallway. When they reached the elevator, Shadow and Deak took Quote into the elevator.
"Deak and I are gonna interrogate Quote by ourselves. Everyone else look around here for supplies, food or any other crap you think we're gonna need for this," said Shadow. Rouge stepped up close to Shadow.
"I wanna come with you, Shad," asked Rouge.
"I don't think so, Rouge," responded Shadow, "Leave the information digging to me and Deak."
"Puw-Wease?" asked Rouge, giving her best "puppy dog" face and twirling Shadow's chest fur with her finger. Shadow sighed and waved Rouge to enter the elevator. Rouge gave Shadow a kiss on the cheek to thank him. Shadow pressed the button on the control panel that represented the top floor and the doors closed. Deak made a hand gesture that represented a whip crack and used his mouth to accommodate the motion with a whipping sound effect. This caused Quote to laugh.
"Shut up!" shouted Deak, hitting Quote on the back of the head with his hand.
"Too bad you can't practice what you preach," commented Rouge. Deak didn't reply and just sulked up against the wall of the elevator.
Well that's the end of that ordeal. Sonic and Tails have been rescued by the gang and now Deak, Shadow and Rouge are set to find out about Kane's operations. The next chapter is going to be huge because the origins of Kane are going to be revealed. So keep on with the reviews!
Also, on a side note, I found out that this story has been placed in a C2. It's called Tales of an Ultimate and it has some great Shadow stories so you should go check it out if you like my stories.
Peace out, pimps and pimpettes.
