Damaged Heart part 9
"Rebel Rumble,"
"Alright guys were back!" called a voice. Ness, Lucas, and George turned to see Sonic and Lucario walk in with bags. Currently the three boys were in what appeared to be the living room. Fancy couches, giant 60 inch TV, and beautiful décor. The works basically. George had just explained to them about why his house has all this random expensive stuff.
"Finally, I'm starved!" Ness exclaimed running over. He took a bag from Sonic.
"Great, and you guys didn't have any trouble?" Lucas asked taking a bag from Lucario.
"Besides the outrages prices of this stuff, I'd say there wasn't a problem," Sonic said.
"Great," George said taking his meal. "Could you guys not make a mess?"
Sonic and Lucario had ran out to get something to eat since everyone didn't think George's cuisine met their standards. In other words it was awful, and he was a vegetarian.
"You'll never see a stain," Ness said as he unwrapped a cheeseburger.
"Boy, do you have any idea how hard it is to find a good chili dog place. Tragic how such good food is so hard to find," Sonic said opening his bag and taking out a chili dog.
"Yeah, plus all those weird looks from everyone else didn't help. Those coats were quite hot, and uncomfortable," Lucario said opening his bag to a fruit salad.
"You ordered a fruit salad, you may as well had a real one here," George said.
"I wont eat vegetables if I don't have to. The opportunity showed it self that I didn't have to,"
"Fine," George said turning his attention back to the TV. His mouth suddenly dropped. "Guys look,"
They all turned their attention to the TV. They were currently watching a video feed from one of their numerous 'outings'. This one is a recording of them busting up some Pigmask Soldiers who were trying to raid a store. Though the situation got out of hand, they still were able to prevail. The reason George wanted to bring this to their attention was what the headline was. Red hat kid wanted dead or alive, preferable dead. Then there was a jaw-dropping amount of zeros after a one. This is what got their attention.
"Hey we there too," Sonic pouted.
"Yeah, but it was Ness who was the first to show up, and we just backed him up," Lucas said.
"I don't get why he was singled out though," Lucario muttered.
"Yeah, and this is a direct proclamation from King P. Which means he's serious," George added. They all looked at Ness who was just confused.
"Maybe he doesn't like my hat," Ness said.
"Sounds like a personal grudge to me, and trust me I know," Sonic said.
"So you saying King P might know me? That's impossible!" Ness said.
"Not really, anything is possible every once in a while," Lucario said.
"But this is 200 hundred years into my future! I don't know anyone who could survive that long, and hold a grudge for that long,"
"Trust me when I say this Ness. There's always someone who will always dislike you, and would want nothing more then to see your downfall. Whose to say that this King P isn't one of your bad guys that's been ravaging the world since he never got the pleasure of beating you? It could be a villain you haven't met yet," Sonic said.
"Maybe, but it just doesn't click in my head. The question is, who?" Ness asked himself looking down at his food thinking. It was quiet for a moment. Lucas looked at Ness sadly. He didn't want Ness to feel like this whole world being messed up is his fault. He knew Ness might be thinking he failed to defeat a key enemy and now Lucas was paying for it. Truth be told, guilt was also a part of why Ness was here. Lucas had to think of something to take his mind off of it.
"Oh, we have one thing to do to you guys," Lucas said. Everyone visibly cringed at the request. "Oh shut up. It will be easy. Thanks to Araboo, I was able to find out about this shipment of a strange unknown metal,"
"Metal?" Ness asked.
"Yeah, apparently our 'King' has discovered a metal. I can't tell ya what it is though," Lucas said.
"Yeah the reports are scarce," George agreed also being aware of Araboo's report.
"Why are we bothering with this again?" Ness asked.
"Yeah, if we don't know anything about it, or what he's gonna use it for we may as well wait and see," Sonic said.
"Well I'd rather not wait and see. The reason I brought it up is because he's got some heavy hitters guarding it. Lamb Chops,"
The room was quiet for a moment. Then Ness and Sonic burst into laughter, Lucario chuckled too. George and Lucas sighed at their ignorance.
"Whew! That's-That's rich!" Ness said.
"Gosh, I think I may die!" Sonic called.
"Guys this is serious!" George exclaimed.
"I can't take them serious with that name," Sonic said.
"A little ridiculous to be scared of something…named that," Lucario said.
"Well trust us those things are deadly. They're made to kill, and wont hesitate,"
"Aren't all robots made like that?" Lucario asked.
"That's besides the point, look lets just go and get this thing. This metal may be able to help us. We don't need all of it, just a few samples," George said.
"Okay fine where and when?" Sonic asked.
"Two hours, it's being transported through the air,"
"Uh in case you didn't realize, but non of us can fly," Ness said.
"True, and the air craft I have here isn't really built for battle. We might have to hit it when it lands, but then that's where the…" everyone save Lucas began to snicker. "…Robots will be waiting,"
"When it's most vulnerable, that's when we can't reach it. When we can reach it it's at it most powerful. How can we pull something like this off?" Lucario asked.
"Simple. The drop off isn't the Emprie Building itself. No shipment of anything usually goes straight to the building. They have soldiers stationed everywhere in certain places all over the city. This is smart on King P's part since it makes it impossible to know where a shipment of anything will be. I'm not even sure where all his shipments go," George explained.
"Okay, so we're back where we started," Lucario said.
"Not necessarily. Follow me you guys," George said. All four of them looked at each other then followed George. George walked into his partly rebuilt foyer, then through a hall came to a stop on his right. He was about to touch the buttons on the touch screen pad when he looked back at them. "I know we're all friends, but do you mind?"
With a sigh they all turned as George entered the numbers. There was a click sound then the door opened. George beckoned his friends to follow. They went down a flight of stairs. When they made it down the steps they came to an empty room. It looked well kept, but there was literally nothing there. Four pairs of eyes looked at George curiously.
"Password: Andounuts," he said.
"PASSWORD ACCEPTED," came a voice that made the newcomers jump. Suddenly the room began a startling transformation. Tables and machinery flipped out of the wall. Wall and floors opened up the reveal inventions of all kinds, and some unfinished. "WELCOME MASTER GEORGE,"
"Thanks A.D.A.M, alright guys here's my greatest creation," George motioned to a strange device that was about as tall as George. On the top looked like a projector of some kind, and out of it showed a face. An old man's face.
"Dr. Andounuts?" Ness asked tilting his head.
"WHY HELLO THERE YOUNG MAN. YOU MUST OF MET MY ORIGINAL CREATOR," it said.
"I thought you said you made him," Lucas asked George.
"I did, but the original plan was a Dr. Andounuts. He began work on it, but I wound up finishing it,"
"Wow, digital Doc huh. So, how have things been?" Ness asked.
"WELL, I SUPPOSE. JUDGING FROM ALL THAT'S HAPPENING I'M GUESSING YOUR FINALLY GONNA PUT ME THROUGH MY PACES EH MASTER GEROGE,"
"You got that right A.D.A.M. You think you can do even though you're not a 100% complete?" George asked.
"I'M ALREADY OPERATING AT 98.7 PERCENT. I THINK I CAN BE OF USE TO YOU,"
"Great. Oh let me introduce my friends. This is Ness, Lucas, Lucario, and Sonic the hedgehog,"
"PLEASE TO MEET ALL OF YOU, EVEN YOU STRANGE CREATURES. ARE YOU CHIMERA'S BY ANY CHANCE?"
"Nope. We are o'natural," Sonic said.
"We are not of this world that's all," Lucario said
"I SEE, AND WHAT ABOUT YOU NESS SIR. MY READINGS DETECT YOU HAVE PSI, BUT YOUR PSI READING IS ABNORMAL FROM ANY OTHER PSI USER OF THIS WORLD,"
"It is?" Ness asked.
"Oh yeah, Ness you haven't had to force your PSI under control. You know those pads I used to wear on my shoulders to help give me more control of my PSI, and push them down so they couldn't be detected," Lucas explained.
"Oh I see, but I doubt that alone would make me abnormal,"
"YES, THE ABNORMALITY IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING ELSE, ALTHOUGH I CAN'T QUITE DECIPHER WHAT IT IS,"
"I guess your just 2.3% of being perfect," Sonic said.
"Anyway, A.D.A.M I need a fix on certain aircraft. Coming in 46 degrees South, and 50 degress East,"
"SCANNING…SCANNING…AIR CRAFT FOUND!"
"Excellent give us a visual,"
The Dr. Andonuts head was replaced with a 3-D model of a ship of some kind. The wings and tail have circular fans, and the ship was sleek in the front. It was hard to say what color is was from the model, but easy to see it was armed quite well with concussion lasers, missiles, and a Gatling gun.
"Okay, again I ask, what's the plan?" Ness asked.
"Simple, were gonna shoot it down," George said.
"Huh, how and with what?" Sonic asked.
"A cannon and you," George said pointing at Sonic.
"What!"
"Ya see if we launch you at the air craft you'll be able to puncture the hard texture of the ship. Once inside you can grab as much of this metal as you can find, then jump back down, before the thing crashes,"
"Simple he says,"
"Sounds dangerous," Lucas said.
"But if its our best shot lets do it. What ya shooting me out off?" Sonic asked.
George smiled then waved for Sonic to follow. "Stand right here," he said bring Sonic to another part of the lab. He also handed him a backpack. George went inside a room, with only a narrow window, the walls made of steel.
"Geroge…" Sonic said.
"Just stay calm, and get ready to spin when I tell you," George said.
Suddenly the room came alive as four steel panels started moving toward Sonic who stood in the middle of the room. The panels seemed to hold some type of energy, seen from the sparks it randomly let out. Sonic gazed around him to watch the panels move towards him.
"Get ready Sonic, the ships coming into position," George's voice echoed. A few moments passed by then suddenly the ceiling opened up to reveal the sky. The lab actually sat underneath his lawn, and at the moment Sonic's one way out was a shoot of some kind. Just big enough for him to fit through, but it looked narrow. "Spin now Sonic!"
"Got it," Sonic did a little hop then began spinning in place. Suddenly the panels started super charging his spin attack to unimaginable levels. Sonic spin form began glowing with power.
"Here it goes, launch!" George said as he pushed a button on his end. The panels gave one last discharge then shot Sonic off into the shoot, and then into the sky.
"George what do you even use this for?" Lucas asked.
"How do you think my computer was able to get that model of the ship? I have satellites all over the planet. Gotta keep a watchful eye out for trouble,"
"What so you use this thing to launch small satellites into space! Then wont Sonic…." Ness began.
"No, no, no, I set the power level down so he'll go as high as the ship, besides Sonic really took to the energy pretty well. That was a variable I didn't anticipate. I hope he doesn't wind up destroying the whole ship,"
Sonic was shooting high into the sky like a rocket, but as his elevation increase his speed went down. "If I don't make it this is really gonna hurt when I land,"
The aircraft slowly came into view, and not a moment to soon. Thanks to George's calculations Sonic impacted the ship right in the body and inside the cargo bay.
"What the!" one of the soldiers yelled.
Sonic still had some built up momentum so he bounced off the walls taking out all four soldiers. "No need to get up, I'll get my own peanuts," Sonic walked over to check one of the many boxes he saw. The box was as big as his stomach in width and length, and it was really light. He forced the box open to see a shiny blue piece of metal. "And who says complimentary flights are all bad?"
Sonic put his hand on it to feel the smooth texture, and he also felt a tingling sensation from this metal. Sonic pulled off the backpack he brought along, but was only able to grab three boxes out the dozens. He decided he'd take one he could carry, after all the stuff was light. Sonic suddenly realized a very important fact. The plane was still airborne. Sure when he hit it, he felt the thing tip, but afterwards it was just as smooth a ride as ever. He looked over to the whole he made to see it was sealed up from in between the outside and inside. He had a good feeling he wasn't gonna break it as easy, so he opted to taking control of the ship. He turned to go out when he saw something, and it wasn't a soldier. A robot had just walked into the room. It had a bug like body. It has long sharp blades for arms, two pairs on its back, green bug eyes, two antenna, and was about Sonic's height. It looked at the box under Sonic's arm then immediately hissed. It started slashing it arms together at an incredible fast pace.
"…You must be the Lamb Chop…fitting," Sonic gulped.
The robot charged at Sonic head on. He shot its arm out at frightening speed, so fast all Sonic could do was jump over it using its head to do a hand stand. The Lamb Chop began to beat the blades on its back like bug wings. Sonic made his way out with minimum scratches. The Lamb Chop then smacked Sonic with the side of its blade. Sonic hit the wall, then quickly tilted his head to the side to avoid the sword stabbing right next to him.
"Boundaries!" Sonic said kicking it in the chest. It fell back slightly then came back at him. Trying it rapid moves to stab its victim. Sonic vigorously moved from side to side to dodge. "Sewing suddenly doesn't seem as dangerous to me until now,"
The robot pulled back both its blade limbs then shot forward. Sonic saw his chance then did a corkscrew flip over its head. He charged at it from behind, but forgot about the blade limbs on its back. Sonic slid to in between the Lamb Chop's legs, but it was prepared for this and got it's sword ready. Sonic's leg poked out, but when the blade came down Sonic quickly pulled it back. Then Sonic spun his leg around kicking the bots feet from under it. Sonic then quickly slammed it into the ceiling using a spin attack.
"Dontcha just hate being a bug on the wall," Sonic said. It obviously understood Sonic and began trying harder to get unstuck. Sonic started to feel the ships decent, and decided this was his stop. "No need to get up, I will see myself out,"
Sonic walked over to the side door then opened it. The ship was actually going down a lot faster then he thought because the plane was only hovering above the building it needed to land on. Sonic had revealed himself to everyone there. The robots and soldiers stared at him, and he stared back. They glared, he sighed. The one behind him finally got loose then shot towards him, as did another in front of him. Sonic performed a back flip out of the way just avoiding both stab attempts, but then they punctured the other in the head.
"Talk about a double edged sword," Sonic said atop the craft. The soldiers got their weapons ready, then fired. "Is accuracy even in you guys's vocabulary!" Sonic flipped off dodging the lasers then falling to the streets below.
Once on solid ground he dashed off in blur, too fast for anything, or anyone to catch. Although unaware to this, Sonic just ticked off another group of people besides the Pigmask, and action was about to be taken. Sonic found one of the many underground passageways from the unused subways tunnels, another perk of George's house since it turns out his house used to be the center of the subway system and where all the trains gathered. Sonic came to a screeching halt, and as predicted his friends were waiting at the bottom of the steps for him.
"Sonic delivery service here with a package to the Freedom Fighters!" Sonic exclaimed.
"Great we were getting worried, you're pretty good going solo," Ness said.
"Thank you, thank you,"
"But don't get cocky, and from the look of you I'd say you did," Lucas said.
"Well I got what we wanted right, so lets take a look at this stuff," Sonic said holding out the box he had under his arm.
Indeed they did George took all the metal and began studying it, but he said we wanted to take his time. Non of them were that patient so they would have to find something to do while George studied it.
"I'm bored when is George gonna be done?" Ness asked.
"Beats me," Lucario said.
"…I have an idea," Lucas said. He got up from sitting on the couch. "Come on guys,"
The other three looked at each other unsure, but followed. Sonic and Lucario put on tall trench coats, and hats cover themselves up a bit. Ness and Lucas put on a change of clothes, but only a different color variation of what they usually wear. Ness has on a shirt with white and blue strips, blue pants, white shoes, and a white hat. Lucas has on a red and black striped shirt, black pants, and black and red shoes. They all went out, but decided to leave a note for George in case he ever did come up with anything. They ventured out into the streets.
"So, Lucas what's up?" Sonic asked.
"You'll see when we get there," Lucas insisted.
"Can we at least go faster?"
"Chill Sonic, it's only a 15 minute walk,"
Sonic sighed, but had no choice but to go along with it. He walked alongside them, until Lucas lead them to what looked like a club.
"What is this place?" Lucario asked.
"This is Club Titiboo, why are we here?" Ness asked.
"This is that place where you guys got into a rumble right?"
"Yeah,"
"Well, I've noticed that our morale is down, so I thought we could have some…fun," Lucas wasn't used to that last word.
"Who are you and what have you done with Lucas!" Ness questioned.
"Shut up Ness. I just wanted to do something nice for you guys, after all you are helping me,"
"Well thank you for this," Lucario said. He leaned toward Sonic. "I checked his Aura it seems it's really him, but lets keep our guard up," he whispered.
Lucas however caught it. "You guys suck sometimes," Lucas said turning away and walking toward the entrance, his friends chuckling behind him.
They all walked into the club's front door. They were in what looked like the lobby of the club, and the actual party was going on behind twin doors in front of them. A few people were there to greet them, and to take Sonic and Lucario's coat. They both politely rejected the offer. They walked through the doors into a suave room. Lights hang from all over the ceiling, and amps were scattered around the room, so everyone could hear the person who was performing. Tables were full of people, and strangely enough Pigmask too. Ness, Lucario, and Sonic flinched at the sight of them.
"Guys calm down," Lucas said waving them to settle down. He got them a table in the back of the room, but they were still able to see the stage, albeit even with the giant Pigmask sitting in the front row on the couch.
"Hard to stay calm with all this ham around," Ness muttered.
"Pigmask usually hang out here, it's not abnormal. They don't cause trouble, so lets not cause a scene alright," They all nodded, but remained on guard. "Weird I'm usually the paranoid one,"
Ness shot him a glance. "Sorry, future boy, but guys like me tend to do things by the book when around enemies,"
"What book?"
"The one I'm gonna eventually get to,"
"Do you want your bubble busted now, or later?" Ness gave him a look then turned to look at the ceiling. Lucas gave a cheeky smile. "Just relax, Club Titiboo is the safest place. The only reason I don't go often is because Boney isn't allowed in here,"
"Well lets hope we can have some actual fun," Sonic said.
"What type of fun are you thinking of?" Lucario asked suspiciously.
"Well knowing our luck, the regular definition, and mine,"
"Hello guys!" came a hyper voice. They all turned to see a pink hair waiter girl. Ness and Lucas knew it was Kumatora already, and from sensing her aura Lucario knew as well. Sonic was the only one who was left in the dark. "What can I getcha?"
"You guys hungry?" Lucas asked.
"Yeah, you bet. We'll have four dogeys with the works," Sonic spoke up.
"Huh?" she asked tilting her head.
"Four chili dogs, hold nothing back," Lucario clarified.
"And some soda," Ness added.
She scribbled on her pad for a moment, "Alright coming right up," she then walked off.
"Was it me or did she look familiar?" Sonic asked. They looked at him with raised eyebrows. "What?"
"TONDA GASSA!" exclaimed a voice from the stage. They turned their attention to the stage to see five musicians, from the looks of em. They looked like a band they had the electric guitar player, electric piano, drums, saxophone, and upright bass. The crowd went wild for them. "You guys ready for a good night?"
The crowd burst into cheers, especially the pigmask. Hard to believe they were dangerous. "Alright here we are the DCMC!"
The band began playing a very high key song. They jammed and the crowd cheered.
"DCMC?" Lucario questioned.
"The Desperado Crash Mambo Combo," Lucas said. They all stared at him. "What I didn't make the name,"
Sonic watched with a bit of interest, a small glint of envy in his eye. He didn't even notice when his chili dog was put in front of him. Ness kept saying how they performed like some guys called the Runaway Five, but Lucas never heard of them though. Lucario only watched to crowd while eating his food, still on guard. DMC finished playing and the crowd burst into applause.
"Thank you, thank you. Now we gonna do something special tonight. Someone in this crowd will have the chance to jam with us!" The whole room gasped in excitement. "Okay whose gonna be our lucky star?"
The room went haywire with everyone raising their hands at the same time then waving them around. However, the giant Pigmask that sat in the front stood up, and instantly everyone's excitement died down. Sonic nudged Ness.
"Can I borrow that guitar pick you carry around?" Sonic asked.
Ness grimaced slightly, but relinquished his guitar pick. "It's special so give it back to me okay," Sonic nodded with understanding then stood up.
The giant Pigmask soldier already felt he claimed the spot, and no one was foolish enough to tell him otherwise. "I would love to perform with you, after all I am you biggest fan, and I'm sure no one here has a problem with…" he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned but saw no one, but kept looking.
Sonic stepped up to the stage. "While the big guys busy with that, why don't I jam with the band,"
Relief was obvious on all the members faces. "Great so what do you play guy," said the guitar player. "I'm Magic by the way in case you didn't know. I haven't seen anyone like you around so I decided to introduce myself. That's OJ our saxophone player, Baccio on the drums, Shimmy Zmizz on the electric piano, and our boy Lucky on the upright bass,"
Sonic stared at them all. Those were either the stupidest names he's ever heard, or stage names. "Uh, Sonic," he said unsurely.
"Well, Sonic what do you play?" OJ asked.
"Guitar, but I'm short one,"
"Here borrow mine," Magic said taking off the strap of his guitar and handing it to Sonic. Sonic gaped. "Go ahead take it,"
"You sure?" Sonic asked. Sonic felt guitars are sacred, and that only the proper owner should play it. He's a nice guy, but mess with his guitar, and you'll see a very ugly side of him.
"Yeah, I invited you up here, might as well hear what ya got. Now I have a suggestion for ya, it's an easy song so…"
"Hold the phone Houdini,"
"It's Magic,"
"Sorry, Magic, I got a song myself, and I want everyone to hear it," Sonic turned to the other band members behind him. "All you gotta do is follow me, and keep the beat alive. Also make sure that my guitar can stand out, okay?" They nod. "Great,"
"Okay everyone put your hands together for Sonic!" Magic exclaimed clapping standing to the side of the stage. Sonic took a breath then held the guitar pick up then began playing.
Sonic began playing, then he played a repeating chord. Then he cued Baccio to begin. Baccio played one measure then the whole band joined in keeping the flow, and the beat of the song. Sonic was impressed with their versatility.
"This song is for everyone who feels trapped under a certain King who shall remain nameless," Sonic said smirking.
Sonic: This is my escape, I'm running through this world, and I'm not lookin back…cause I know can I go where no ones ever gone and I'm not lookin back…But how will I know when I get there…and how will I know when tooo leave we've all gotta start from somewhere it's right there for me, the possibilities are never ending!
Chorus: I see it, I see it, and now its all within my reach….(endless possibility) I see it, I see it now, it's always been inside of me….and now I feel so free…endless possibility!
Sonic: And so I carry on, my time to shine has come I feel it..…As fast as I can go…straight to the top I know you'll see it. So please wake me up when I get there, it feels like I'm lost in a dreammm…I know in my heart that it's my time, and I already see…the possibilities are never ending…
Chorus: I see it, I see it, and now its all within my reach….(endless possibility) I see it, I see it now, it's always been inside of me….and now I feel so free…endless possibility!
(Sonic and DCMC continue to play. Sonic then signals for a complete key change. A much darker sound)
DCMC: Drop that smile cause ya feel it again!
Sonic: No this is where my journey begins…
DCMC: You're losing your speed, you're losing your flow…
Sonic: When inside be's the power you'll never know
DCMC: Let it out it seems like you!
Sonic: Better all stand back…
All: Cause I'm coming through!
(Sonic begins to play solo. Then signals for the key to return to normal)
Sonic: I see it, I see it, and now its all within my reach (AAAAAAAHHHH)…. I see it, I see it now, it's always been inside of me (AAAAAAAHHHH)….
Chorus: I see it, I see it, and now its all within my reach….(endless possibility) I see it, I see it now, it's always been inside of me….and now I feel so free…endless possibility!
DCMC: Endless Possibility!
Sonic: Endless Possibility
DCMC: Endless Possibility!
Sonic: Endless Possibility
(Sonic finishes with a last few chords, then fades out)
The audience goes into complete chaos. As do the DCMC members. They were a little fatigued trying to keep up with Sonic. Magic burst onto stage in a made applause.
"That was incredible Sonic!" Magic said.
"Thanks, you guys really rock, I've never heard the song sound so good like how you guys did it," Sonic said.
"HOLD ON ONE SECOND!" boomed a voice. Everyone in the room jumped, while Sonic just tilted his head towards the voice it was the giant pigmask. "How dare you steal my spot with DCMC!"
"Oh, I'm sorry you want an encore?" Sonic teased. The Giant Pigmask growled harshly pulled back it's giant arm for a punch. Sonic sighed. He unhooked Magic's guitar then tossed it back to him. "Wouldn't want that ruined,"
The fist came down, but Sonic moved out of the way. The Giant Pigmask's fist slammed into the stage, but this did not seem to bother him. He pulled back his fist then turned to Sonic. He then charged head first at Sonic. Sonic simply spring boarded off of the Giant's back.
"Olay!" Sonic cried. The Giant Pigmask's face slammed into the wall. "He's gonna feel that in the morning,"
The other Pigmask instantly got ready to get involved. However, a multiple energy shots were fired towards them and a small majority to the ground. Sonic looked over to see his friends by his side.
"Ness, Lucario you guys take those wimps, me and Sonic can handle the big guy," Lucas said.
"Hey how come you get one guy!" Ness protested.
"Oh, so do you want him?"
Ness looked toward the Giant who pulled himself out of the wall. He then let out a roar of anger. "The fifty pigmask it is then," Ness charged toward them with Lucario at his side. Sonic and Lucas turned toward the Giant. The Giant then began to sniff.
"Wait a second…I know that stentch,"
"Yeah its called BO people like us use this wonderful device called showers to get rid of it," Sonic said.
The Giant reached out for Sonic, but he moved out the way. However, Sonic's coat was loose, and the latter grabbed it then threw him into a wall.
"GRR, I meant I recognize your stench. You're that kid that supposedly died. Guess death was good enough for ya, well allow me to give the hurting of a lifetime!" The Giant cupped his hands the brought them down narrowly missing Lucas.
"Back off big guy," Sonic said using his spin attack. The Giant blocked it which made Sonic bounce off uncurling. The Giant then punched Sonic into a table top smashing it to pieces. "Ugh, that kinda hurt,"
Lucas decided to intervene before The Giant Pigmask could do anymore damage. Lucas launched a powerful PK Love attack into its back. However, it barley flinched.
"Sorry kiddo, but my suit is PSI proof, and looking at ya you wont be able to out muscle me. You're done!" The Giant uppercut Lucas in the chin launching him into the air, but he flipped to absorb the impact then landed on the ground.
"This guy is good…" Lucas muttered wiping his mouth of saliva.
Ness and Lucario were quickly succumbing to being outnumbered. They had set their weapons to a setting extremely sensitive to PSI users. Lucario was having a tough time of fighting and protecting Ness. Lucario charged up then fired an Aura Sphere into the crowd. Three soldiers focused their laser blast on Lucario's aura sphere making it explode. Ness burst through the smoke slamming his foot into one of the soldiers stomach then roundhouse kicking the other two in the face. One of the soldiers shot a laser at him, but Ness raised a shield from behind him with his quick reflexes. However, he forgot the special setting so it went through his shield and into his back. Ness hit the ground struggling to continue at this point.
"FIRE!" commanded one soldier. Five lasers came towards Ness, but then an Aura Sphere intercepted them making them all implode. Lucario was in front of Ness in a second.
"This is getting out of hand, and my PSI is useless against them," Ness said.
"Capture the red hat and kill the blue thing," commanded one of the soldiers.
Lucario grunted glancing around himself. He and Ness were surrounded, Lucas and Sonic had their hands full, and worst their were civilians still inside. This looked like one battle they were not going to win.
"Lucario," Ness said. Lucario turned to him. "I got an idea, lets work together,"
"But Ness your powers…" he started.
"There not very effective…on there own, but with yours we might have a chance," Lucario mused on the idea, and then nodded. "Hold out your hand," Lucario agreed. "PSI Skill Copy,"
Lucario began to feel some of his Aura flow into Ness. Ness then stood up then launched an… Aura Sphere! Lucario gawked for a moment. They both used Bone Rush then and Ness began to mimic Lucario's every movement, his every step, and even his rate of breath. They both continued to battle the group of Pigmask that seemed to get bigger as time passed. All of them must not have been in the room at the same time. Wonderful…
Sonic used his spin attack while Lucas shot off his PK Spark. All three burst were ineffective, and the Giant deflected Sonic's spin attack forcing him to uncurl and hit the floor. Lucas jumped up towards him, but was quickly put back down by the back of the Giant's fist.
"I may not be able to hurt you, but I can at least give you one ugly headache!" Sonic said slamming into the Giant's head. The Giant grunted more in annoyance then pain.
"Why don't you go back to old Mcdonald I'm sure he misses you," Sonic said ducking under a punch. Sonic then performed a back flip avoiding a punch that slammed into the ground. "Or maybe Marry is missing a few of her sheep, interested?"
The Giant Pigmask roar in complete anger then charged like a bull at Sonic. However, a white burst of energy shot him into a wall. Sonic looked to the side to see Lucas begin to power down, but he looked extremely fatigued. Sonic ran over.
"You alright?" he asked.
"We can't keep this up Sonic…I'm running out of energy, and you're running out of quips. Ness and Lucario are struggling to hold their own,"
"Well I got a plan, two actually, first lets try plan A!" Sonic instantly shot off in a burst of speed. He charged head first toward the Giant Pig Mask. The Giant began throwing debris and other objects but Sonic using his speed quickly moved left and right in a blur motion. Sonic started coming in hot while the Giant ran out of objects! The latter was ready though. Sonic charged head first for a head butt into his the Giant Pigmask's chest. The impact was like a giant explosion. The two flew through the wall into the lobby. Lucas covered his face so dust wouldn't get in. Next thing he knows Sonic comes flying back in from the whole and lands in front of Lucas. "Okay, plan B it is,"
"Which is?"
"We work together,"
"Isn't that what we've been doing?" Lucas asked confused.
"Why don't we call it a team blast, for lack of a better term,"
"Team Blast?" Lucas questioned.
"Yep, lets combine our strengths and pray something good happens,"
As Sonic said that the Giant Pigmask stomped out of the smoke and towards them. "Well, if that's all you…punks got…I'll finish ya," he was clearly injured from that last maneuver.
"Lets do it Lucas," Sonic said as Lucas began to help him to his feet. "Ready?" Lucas had no choice so he nodded.
The Giant Pigmask charged toward them. Suddenly, Lucas had words flash through his mind. He focused his power and then used telekinesis to lift Sonic into the air.
"PK Charge Spin!" he exclaimed.
Sonic began to feel the same feeling Lucas did then began to spin as fast as he could. Lucas charged his spin form with intense PSI energy. Lucas dropped his hands toward the Giant launching Sonic at him. Sonic flew like a white comet towards the Giant. The Giant saw this and thought he could out muscle the spin attack like before. This time however, Sonic was super charged with energy slammed into the Giants chest then push him through two walls until they ended up in the bands dressing room. Sonic walked calmly through the smoke while the Giant lays on the ground.
"Yeah we did it!" Lucas exclaimed jumping into Sonic's arms for a hug.
Ness and Lucario were still in a bind, but had noticed Sonic and Lucas's performance. The other Pigmask soldiers were so shocked to see the Giant go down. While they were distracted Ness gave Lucario a look, then Lucario nodded. Ness jumped up then kneed a soldier in the face who didn't have his helmet on at the time. Ness charged up his PK Flash to full power then throws it at Lucario. Everyone was shocked. Lucario however was ready.
"Metal Claw!" Lucario turned the spikes on his paw into three separate claws. He crossed his arms, letting the rays of power bounce off his claws. He forced his arms to open up letting out a powerful burst of power that threw all the soldiers to the ground. Afterward Lucario was smoking. "That hurt…"
"But it work out," Ness said bounding over to him.
"GUYS LOOK WHAT YOU DID!" yelled a voice. All four Freedom Fighters turned to the pink haired waitress. She was beyond pissed.
"Wait…is that Kumatora," Sonic said finally piecing it together.
"Idiots destroyed the club!" she yelled.
"Yeah, heh, things got kinda…out of hand," Sonic said. Sonic then noticed his chili dog still lays on his plate at his table astonishingly untouched. Sonic got over his surprise and walked over to his chili dog. "We had fun beating in a few heads though,"
Sonic reached for the dog on the plate when suddenly a laser of some kind hit him in the back. Sonic legs began to fail at holding him up until he just fell over dropping his chili dog. His friend instantly concerned.
"SONIC!" they cried.
At that moment more people came out firing lasers. Kumatora quickly ducked to the side. These soldiers were different from the Pigmask, the fact that the uniforms looked nothing alike gave that hint. A few of them ran up and picked up Sonic.
"No Sonic!" Ness called. He began to run towards them, but Lucario grabbed him. Lucas also tried to get Sonic, but Lucario grabbed him with his other free paw. "Lucario wait, stop!"
Lucario did not listen as he quickly bounded out of the hole that the Giant had made. The soldiers gave chase. Lucario dashed out the back entrance, into an alley. He heard the sound of cocking then looked back.
"Surrender," said one of the soldiers. He was dressed in all black like the thers, but he didn't have goggles or a helmet on. He has black hair wavy hair, and a thin mustache.
"Who are you guys, and what are you gonna do with Sonic!" Ness demanded.
"You'll see," he responded.
"No, we wont," Lucario said. Lucario quick jumped toward the wall then kicked off. The soldiers opened fire on him. Lucario did not stop he kept going until he made it to the rooftop, and out of range for their rifles.
The lead soldier growled at this. "Sir, we have been able to capture the other one," said another soldier.
"Well, I guess that's good enough," he said grudgingly looking off to where Lucario had gone.
Lucario traveled across the rooftops getting farther and farther away from Club Titiboo, much to the protest of Ness and Lucas.
"We have to go back for him!" Ness exclaimed.
"We can't leave him!" Lucas exclaimed.
"He would of gone back for you!"
"Turn around now!"
"W-w just can't…"
"That's enough!" Lucario yelled. This shocked both boys who were on the verge of tears. They rarely heard Lucario raise his voice. "I want to go back for him too. I didn't want to ran away, but we had no choice. We're weakened from that fight, we're outnumbered, outgunned, and they had the element of surprise,"
At this Ness and Lucas were quiet. "If I didn't pull us out when I did we all would've been caught, and whose gonna rescue us? Sonic's tough he can handle it if not just for a little while,"
Ness and Lucas looked up at Lucario's face and were struck with two emotions. Shock and fear. Lucario was angry. Lucario eyes flashed with such fire it was scary. Lucario never showed such feelings before, and for a moment they felt a pang of pity for those who will go against him.
"I promise you guys, they may have Sonic now, but they wont for long!" Lucario growled.