Hey. Sorry I haven't been posting as often guys, but I do have to make this announcement every year. Spring is my busiest season because of track (even more so now that I'm a captain. woot), finals and school coming along and the recertification for my job (I'm a lifeguard. Yeah. We do have to take tests to get recertified or we get fired. Sucks). I'll try to post as often as I can, but I am in overdrive mode in spring and may not post as much. Just letting you all know.
NOTE: My goal is to post once a week so this story can move along.
ANOTHER NOTE: For those who didn't get the reference in the last chapter with the worms, there is a part in the Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises where Bruce Wayne has to climb out of a prison in a pit, scaling the walls and not using any rope. The people down below are chanting "deshi deshi basarasa basarasa." Thought it'd be cool for all those who remember that part from the movie. Yeah… I'm a movie nerd *sigh*
Anyway, you probably want the next chapter right? WELL TOO BAD!
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You're still here? Ugh! FINE! Lemme see here… *furious typing and scratching of the chin*…hm, yes… Very good… Me gusta mucho… 你不得不谷歌这个… And done! Yeah! Should be below. Enjoy!
*With Sonic, in the Di-Kai Mountains, ten minutes later*
The Blue Blur shot up the side of a moderately sized mountain and sat at the peak, looking down upon the rocky edges and walkways below him. The mountains became slightly snowy as the height increased, and fog awaited him if he chose to go downward. The Fastest Thing Alive stood up and took a deep breath in before sliding down the slope of the mountain and landing at the base.
"What am I looking for, Tails?" Sonic asked, tapping his earpiece, however only static responded. "Bah! Too deep in the mountains. Flying solo this round."
The hedgehog zipped through the rocky area, careful as to not slip off of the sharp turns, which would sent him freefalling for fifty feet onto some jagged spires at the bottom. Instant death. Eventually, the hero stopped in a large, circular opening in the mountains and looked around.
"This seems man-made…" Sonic muttered, stooping down and tracing his fingers across the smooth surface, which differed from the sharp and jagged rocks everywhere else.
Not far off, curvy and swirled symbols were engraved into the stone, encircling some sort of small crevice. Half of the symbols were filled with some green liquid, but eventually it ran out, leaving the rest of the lines and curves un-filled.
"Weird," The Blue Blur sighed, standing up. "Maybe I need to fill the rest of these lines up with that green stuff to open some sort of passage?"
At the sound of his voice echoing off the mountain walls, the sickly green slime began to crawl out of the swirls and clump together. Slowly but surely, the ooze began to form into a figure that made the Fastest Thing Alive sick, yet enraged. Standing before him, was Toxic.
The slime ball narrowed its eyes at the sight of Sonic, balling its fists up and sprouting tentacles from its spine, if it had one.
"You've gotta be kidding me," The hero exclaimed, holding out his arms. "How'd you find me?"
Toxic only hissed in reply.
"Where's Boulder Boy?" The hedgehog jeered.
The slimy villain extended a dripping finger towards a side of a wall, which upon closer inspection, contained the face of The Plague. The rock monster grinned evilly as he began to form. However, this was not his normal body. A large, stone arm erupted from the ground, next to Toxic, followed by another one. A third arm grew out of a nearby mountain and sped towards Sonic. The hero leaped into the air and landed on the index finger of the third rock arm. The blue hedgehog sprinted up the side of the arm, but stopped midway when the normal form of The Plague quickly shot up from the forearm.
"My…domain…" The monstrosity chuckled.
"This just isn't my day!" Sonic complained.
Toxic slithered up the stone arm using its tentacles and blocked the hero's escape from behind. If Sonic chose to jump, he'd fall an even longer drop than before, surely crushing him.
No way out.
*With Tails and Knuckles*
The echidna jogged back into the lab room, carrying an ingredient needed for the vaccine. Tails eagerly took it from him and placed it in a cooling chamber so as not to damage it. All around the two, help-bots were rushing around, operating different systems hooked up to Amy and monitoring her vitals.
"So what's the deal with Sonic?" Knuckles asked.
"He's at his second location now. The next ingredient will be tough to find, since it may no longer exist, but…here's hoping!" The fox replied.
"Yeah. Here's hoping," The guardian of the Master Emerald repeated, lightly swinging his right fist in the air. "What about…ya know… Amy?"
Tails' expression softened. "She's hanging in there. So far, she's been steady. Nothing had changed as far as the poison goes."
"You think Sonic'll make it in time?"
"He's the fastest thing ever! If he can't…"
The room grew silent.
"Best not to think of that," The echidna finally stated, patting Tails on the shoulder. "If I know Sonic, he'll make it. This is personal for him."
"Since this time it's one of us? One of his friends?"
Knuckles looked over at the comatosed girl and lowered his eyelids. "Maybe something more."
*With Sonic, in the Di-Kai mountains, fifteen minutes earlier*
The blue hero took a deep breath in and blew it out, looking at the two in front and behind him.
He went for Toxic first.
The Blue Blur dashed for the green glob, spinning into its head and sending bits of goo in every direction. The Fastest Thing Alive landed behind the beast, turned and punched a hole through the middle of Toxic's chest before tearing one of its slimy legs off and chucking it at The Plague. A hiss sounded as the green villain melted into a lime colored puddle, but was beginning to reform once more.
Sonic hurdled over the rebuilding creation and was about to slam his fist into the rocky beast when The Plague sunk back into the stone arm. The bewildered hero halted and paused for a moment, but was snapped back to reality when he received a blow to the back of his head. Sonic stumbled forward and whirled to see The Plague, who had shot up from behind the hedgehog. A low laugh broke through the stony assailant, which enfuriated the hero even more.
"RAH!" Sonic roared as he shot towards Eggman's creation.
The Fastest Thing Alive slammed his foot into The Plague with such speed that his foe had no time to react. The Blue Blur sent and uppercut to The Plague's chin, leaped into the air, grabbed ahold of the stone beast's head and flipped the monster over him and on top of the almost-reformed Toxic, splattering the green enemy again.
"Get off me, you large oaf…" Sonic heard Toxic whisper as The Plague slowly stood back up.
The hero took his chance. Hurdling over the two creations, the hedgehog sped towards an opening in the mountains, which would have led to an exit, but as soon as the blue hero neared it, a large rock wall shot up from the ground, blocking his path. Sonic looked around at the other exits.
Blocked off too.
No escape for sure. The walls were too big and too smooth for him to run up. Large hands and arms awaited the hedgehog at every mountain. Trying to escape there would be suicide.
"Don't have time for this…" The Fastest Thing Alive said impatiently.
The Plague sunk back down into the rock arm and within a minute began to emerge in the center of the arena; however he was eight times as large as normal. Only his head, torso and arms were out of the ground, and his body was attached to the rocky floor, allowing for easy movement.
"Now…die," The beast growled.
"You first!" Sonic complained.
There it is! Hope you guys enjoyed it. Sorry if it was short. I do have a large test to study for, ya know. No do well in school = no laptop use = no chapter updates. Sorry, guys!
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