Crimson Blood
By Streak the Chameleon
Chapter 10: Inferno On ARK
I do not own any of the Sonic characters. Sega does. I do own Streak and Damien.
Pyro, thanks for your review, and I guess Damien supposed to be emotionless, but I guess that's you. Anyway, enjoy the chapter!
Damien walked into the kitchen to find Streak sitting at the table. The chameleon was drinking bottled water, most likely from Damien's fridge.
"So," Streak said. "We all have our strengths and weaknesses, huh?"
Damien said nothing as he sat down.
"Maybe, but you're still not ready."
"I say I am."
"Well, that's your opinion, and trust me, you're not."
"But-"
Damien waved his hand. "Tomorrow, we'll work on sword techniques. That's it." With that, he got up from the table, and walked off.
"Good night."
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Sonic walked in the doorway of the ARK's lab.
Currently he hadn't found a cure, and Tails was playing around somewhere, but that didn't mean he couldn't mess around with the liquids in here and try to find one.
Sighing, he sat down near the test tubes and began to work…
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Streak, like Sonic, wasn't ready to sleep yet. He was practically nocturnal, with night being a strong point for everything he did.
And, it was night, so why wasn't he out there?
He walked outside. Damien's house was on a hill, so you could see for miles over the city. Also, if you look up, on a clear night you could see the ARK in the sky.
Streak looked up. Sure enough, there was the ARK, hovering in the atmosphere.
A flash suddenly blinked on the side. Streak stared at it.
"What is that thing?"
An explosion rang out, and before Streak could blink, fire and smoke appeared on the ARK's right side.
"What the-"Streak's mouth fell open.
He fumbled with his bracelet, there was a flash of light, and Streak was gone.
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He reappeared on the ARK. Fire blinded him.
"Hello! Is anybody in here?" He quickly ran through the smoke.
After vaulting over a piece of fallen metal, racing through a maze of doors, and smashing down a door, he saw Sonic lying on the floor, unconscious.
Streak quickly decided to carry Sonic out. As he slung him over his shoulder, Sonic opened his eyes.
"Streak?"
Streak looked behind him to meet Sonic's gaze.
"I've got you! Just tell me where to go!"
Sonic looked around and nodded. "That way!"
Streak ran forward, following Sonic's directions.
"Take a right!"
Streak turned right, and just managed to avoid running into a fire that sprung up in front of them.
Sonic could see the ARK's transporter up ahead.
"We'll have to go another way!" Sonic yelled, trying to be heard over the inferno.
"There's no time!"
"We have no choice!"
Streak noticed that the hallway's walls were thin. If he could just…
"Hang on!"
"What are you-"
Streak ran forward, and then ran up the wall at a diagonal angle, missing the fire on the ground.
He put Sonic on the ground, and ran over to a panel on the wall.
He pressed buttons on it, but it wasn't working.
He smashed a fist on it. "Dang it! Work!"
The panel blew. Streak shielded his eyes.
"I've got it."
Sonic stood up and ran over.
As Streak looked down the hall, he could see that the fire was getting dangerously close to the fuel tank of the station.
Then he remembered his bracelet.
He rubbed it in the correct order until it glowed, and then went to Sonic.
"Grab my hand!"
"But I have to-"
"DO IT!"
Sonic grabbed Streak's hand and the two vanished in a flash of light.
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Damien watched the night sky as the ARK blew, its pieces scattering to the sea below.
There was a flash of light, and Streak and Sonic appeared, lying on the ground next to him.
Sonic was unconscious again, and it looked like Streak was about to pass out, too.
"Hey. Guess where I went?"
Damien grinned as Streak lost consciousness.
"I don't want to know."