You've all been blessed since I actually got some inspiration for this story! I may concentrate on this more than Prince of Babylon since it has become quite popular. Also, this takes place before Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity. For the first time, I actually got writer's block! Amazing, really which is why this chapter's so short.
Characters (C) Sega, Sonic Team
Kumori (C) Babylon Sky Hawk
Ch. 10: Eggman VS G.U.N
Doctor. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik stood erect, a broad grin plastered on his face. Behind him, was a large red ship that looked alot like the Egg Carrier. Eggman chuckled coldly, greeting us Rogues. "Why, hello Babylon Rogues! Such a long time since I last saw you a few months back."
Jet crossed his arms, a smug look filtering his face. "Huh, well, apparently, your plans of ruling the world still ain't working for you."
"Hohoho! Jet, always the wiseacre."
"...What's that mean?"
"Wiseacre?"
"Yeah."
"It means you're the one that cracks extremely lame jokes," Eggman replied snugly. "You really do have no life, Hawk."
If this were an anime, Jet would've had one of the viens popping out on his forehead. However, he didn't get the chance to retalite because of two figures approaching him. One was a white female Bat, and the other was a black Hedgehog: Rouge and Shadow.
Eggman gestured for them to come closer. "Well, well, I haven't seen you two for quite some time."
Shadow gave a simple nod. He presented the doctor with a folder with documents. On the sidebar of the folder was a poorly written word. I could barely make out G.U.N. Eggman was looking pleased when he thumbed through the documents. He gave off a quick bark of a laugh.
Did Eggman even notice I was floating there? My buzzing is quite loud, and I was making faces at him. But he didn't notice. That fat man must be blind and deaf.
Eggman gave the folder back to Shadow and ordered Rouge and himself to go back onto the Egg Chopper. Egg Chopper? Man, Eggman really needs to create different names. Or at least ask for advice from his robots. Maybe conducting a survey of names would help. Egg Ninja, Egg Knocker, Egg...NOG! Okay, I really got to lay of the lollipops while watching television.
"Eggman, seriously, get a hobby," Rouge muttered as she flew away with Shadow.
"Stop giving Knuckles free cleavage shots!" Eggman shouted back, making Shadow laugh until he cried.
Rouge gave Shadow a slapping before storming away with a him; Shadow's bleeding profusively, now, from the nose.
"Anyways, I-" Eggman paused, finally noticing me. "...What's he doing here?"
I rolled my eyes, saying, "Finally! You saw me. Are you that blind?"
"Shut up."
"Don't wanna!"
"Wait, Charmy Bee! Where are the Chaotix?" Eggman instantly darted around. He was probably checking for Vector since last time we saw him, Vector tried to eat Eggman. Before that, Vector attempted to sell Eggman's gizmos on some gambling site. The Crocodile nearly got arrested if it weren't for Espio paying all of his savings on Vector's bail.
I didn't reply, but dropped my head shamefully towards the ground. I fidgeted a little bit before Storm placed a hand on my head. Glancing up at him, Storm nodded his head.
Eggman seemed interested since I was refusing to speak. A few seconds later, he figured it out. "Oh, I-I'm sorry."
Sincerity. Eggman was being sincere? Weird for an evil genius to actually apologize. That's probably something I'd expect Knuckles to do. My head jerked up to see if he really was trying to sound forgiving. He was, even though I couldn't see his eyes from the goggles.
Storm exchanged looks with Jet. Jet caught the glance and stared back at Eggman. "Just why are you here, Eggman?" the Hawk demanded.
"Well, I have a proposition to-"
"NO!" the Babylon Rogues shouted at once. "Last time we took a job from you," Wave added, "nearly got us killed!
"And you tricked us!" Storm shouted.
"Besides, you didn't even pay the Chaotix!" Jet snapped, folding his arms.
Eggman slapped himself in the forehead. Grumbling some curses, he glanced back at me. "Nevermind then...Anyway, Charmy, what exactly happened to the Chaotix?"
"Rodrigo the Crow," Wave answered, noticing my sorrow.
"Ah, that mass murderer bird. He's worse than me."
"Anyone's worse than you," Jet muttered under his breath.
Eggman ignored him. He gestured back at the legion of robots that looked identical to the doctor. Many robots were holding lasers; some with swords; some with knives, but one had a television. The one holding the television was the most annoying robot ever: Bokkun. Bokkun was grinning from point on his head to point on his head. Bokkun is a diminuative, black robot with yellow boots and gloves. For accessories, he had a small belt.
"DOCTOR EGGMAAAAAAAAN!" Bokkun screeched. Latching onto Eggman's large nose, he cried, "DID'JA GET THE ROGUES TO JOIN YET?! HUH?! DID YA! DID YA! DID YA-"
Grabbing onto his pesky minion, Eggman chucked him onto the ground. "Bokkun! Do something useful and leave me alone!" I seriously wonder why he invented that brat in the first place.
Bokkun brushed himself off. Using his jet packs, he hurtled up into the air and presented a portable television. He pressed the on switch. On the screen, was the G.U.N commander.
The Commander was a dark-skinned man with different colored eyes; one blue and one green. He had a polished suit with matching tie, which clashed with his white hair. He was a scornful man that hated most Mobians, me included since I nearly caused the destruction of earth in his words. Remember when I slammed in the Computer Room's screen? Well, Commander blamed me for almost blowing the world up since the Computer Room was connected to ARK's main laser.
"Doctor Eggman," the Commander stated solemnly.
"Well, good day to you, Thomas!" Eggman jeered, grinning wildly. He gestured back towards the Rogues and I. "Have you met the Babylon Rogues?"
The Commander nodded. "Yes, but I am surprised to see that the traitorious bee is there from the Chaotix. We could have put him up for adoption-"
"Oh, no way," I snapped in disgust. "I don't wanna be adopted; I got a new family right here."
Storm patted my head. "Yeah, and Charmy's staying."
The Commander grew quiet and serious. His look darkened his features, but made the scar on his face more freakish. I always wondered how he obtained that scar. Perhaps a fight when he was younger, which is what Shadow said. I don't believe him though since Shadow can't remember sqat. Everytime that Hedgehog screamed Maria, I chuckled. Of course, I made sure he wasn't around. If he was, I'd probably be in my grave.
Eggman smirked. "Well, what do you want, Commander?"
"I've come to tell you that G.U.N has found your new headquarters, but that was only to be fair and give a warning. Care to surrender?"
"Never! So long as I live and breathe, surrending is no option!" Eggman bellowed.
The Commander nodded, and the television shut off. A few seconds later, a countdown appeared on the screen. Bokkun didn't notice the countdown and continued to hold the television in his own little fantasy world. As we all screamed for Bukkon to dispatch the television, Storm just grabbed the tiny robot and chucked him far away. An explosion was heard soon after.
Jet thanked Storm and returned his attention to the evil genius. "Just what are you going to do now? That old guy said the military's gonna attack you."
"You don't know me that well, Jet. We've only encountered once." Turning to face his legion of robots, he ordered them to be ready for an attack by the powerful forces of G.U.N. He watched as his robots charged back towards his ship, sighing with distress. Seeing his utter distraught, I poked his shoulder, asking what he would do.
"I'll take them down." His face was hard. All emotions turned to dust, but anger. Anger usually led to his downfall. I know so very well what happened to the egg-shaped human, but I can't reveal that just yet. If I do, well, it would take away the eagerness of surprise!
Eggman glanced back at us. "Can you assist me? I promise to pay you all."
'Pay you all' were the three words that had Jet hold dollars signs in his teal eyes. He grinned dorkishly, which caused Wave to smack him over the head. Ignoring his girlfriend's warnings, the Hawk agreed to Eggman's proposal. Wave sighed, shaking her head. She grabbed Jet's shoulder, asking if he was sure. Seeing him nod, the Swallow rolled her eyes and finally agreed. Storm and I were already on deck. Whatever Jet did would always affect us. We were the ones that usually had to get Jet out of trouble. Wave would screech at him later.
The doctor grinned and led us onto his ship. Pulling out a remote control, he pressed a button. Surprisingly, our bird-shaped airship suddenly connected to the Egg Chopper. Shadow was waiting for us on the ship. Next to him was another black Hedgehog with red streaks: Kumori. She was Shadow's girlfriend, and a prototype version of Shadow, another immortal being. I guess that made me jealous. I was still young, only six, but I wondered if I could ever taste that power. That ultimate life. Nah, couldn't happen.
"Someone just becoming immortal is not a worthy thing," Espio once said to me. "Charmy, listen to me, if someone offers you enternal life, don't take it. Live your life and love it. No matter what."
But Espio was the one that took the fall when he was bombed. He didn't take up that philosphy. He died before he could truly embrace life!
Enough of my emo-like rambling, let's get back to the juicy part. Kumori greeted me kindly. Thankfully, she didn't mentioned the Chaotix. Patting my head, I gave a chuckle and smile. I like Kumori, she's nice, but she can be stubborn as a mull. The Hedgehog glanced over to her boyfriend, Shadow.
Shadow caught the glance. "Yes, the Babylon Rogues, I believe."
Jet nodded. "Nice to see you again, Shadow. How was the beat-down Storm gave you?"
Giving a quick glare at Storm, he muttered, "It was an un-even fight. I didn't have an Extreme Gear..."
Storm smirked. "I'll be looking forward to that re-match."
Shadow smirked back. "Anyways, now that the accomodations are completed, the good ol' doctor has given me assignments for each of you." He handed out some papers to us. I looked on with Wave since it said our names. "Jet and Storm are in charge of distracting the...G.U.N units. Wave and Charmy are in charge of blasting the feeble robots they make to bits. Kumori shall help you, while I assist Jet and Storm. Those two probably can't do anything right." He muttered the last part under his breathe.
Jet and Storm shrugged, walking off with Shadow.
Wave and I guided Kumori towards our own armada of cannons. The cannons were located right in the dusty attic. I never used a cannon in my life, but Storm read to me about them in that One Piece book. Kumori opened a window and saw G.U.N fighter jets coming at us. The planes landed and soldiers filed out holding assualt rifles and knives. G.U.N beetles, a type of flying robot, poured out. Wave ordered Kumori and I to blast them.
Kumori poured the cannonballs in with her far-above-the-female average strength. Wave handed me a match and lighter. Lighting the match, I tapped the string on the cannon. It ignited and after a few seconds, the cannon fired with a deafening BOOM! Covering our ears and my attenae, the lead ball smashed into the robots. An explosion filled the air.
Kumori cheered loudly. "Whoo! That was awesome! Let's do it again."
"Don't you have any feminine prowess in you?" Wave asked.
Glaring at the Swallow, Kumori retorted, "Hm? And you call yourself feminine? Yeah, right."
"Girls, girls!" I shouted, flying between them so a brawl wouldn't ensue. "C'mon, don't fight. We've got work to accomplish."
They gave each other one final glare before huffing and turning away from each other. Sighing to myself, I thought, This'll be a long day...
Kumori and Wave continued to pick on each other. I stop trying to break them up when Eggman suddenly barged in. We had blasted alot of Beetles, but more were storming in their place. The doctor was distressed.
Guns started to fire upon Jet, Storm and Shadow. I heard Storm shouting at Jet for a raise, but Jet declined. Shadow remarked something about Jet's mother and they started a fist-fight. Storm tried to tear them apart, but was shoved backwards. The idiotic soldiers chanted for them to fight. Some cheered for Jet, but most cheered for Shadow.
Meanwhile, Eggman decided to film the event for "future references". I bet he just wanted to watch them beat the crud out of each other. Eggman held the video camera on top of the cannon, making sure to pick up every punch. Fights are fun to watch. Vector loved betting on fights, but he always lost. The only time he actually won was when he betted on Espio on a "Who Can Make The Other Puke" match. Let's just say Espio did the most disgusting acts, and he punched himself repeatedly afterwards. I nearly threw up. Espio's opponent was Bean, and that clinically insane duck is hard to make vomit.
Suddenly, the Commander stormed into the cannonball room. How he came in, I have no clue. He issued a warrant on Eggman, calling out for his arrest. Then he grabbed his gun and shot, just a few centimeters above Wave's head. She fell to her knees in utter shock.
"Wave!" I cried, flying next to her. "Come on, are you okay?"
She shuddered and nodded.
Smiling, I helped her help, but she wasn't smiling. Wave was downright P'Oed. Exposing her wrench, she stalked towards the Commander at an incredibly slow rate. The Commander backed up against a wall. He aimed his pistol at her, but was to frightened to dare make a move. Wave raised her wrench over the Commander's head. Amazingly, the wrench grew longer until he was about as tall as Storm. That was a good two feet taller than the Commander. Wave was about three feet and a half, but Storm was an estimated four feet and a half. Combined, it would make about eight feet.
"Oh, crap..." the Commander muttered as Wave unleashed hell on him. Clangs, bangs, and screams of pain filtered the air as Wave unmericilessly plowed her wrench on to him. Smack, smack, smack. Wave stopped abruptly and heaved the Commander into the air. He squeaked.
"And she tells me I'm not feminine," Kumori murmured to Eggman, who chortled in return.
Wave dragged the Commander along to the window. Lifting him over the window, Wave shouted in her mightyest, "HEY, MORONS!"
The fight between Jet and Shadow stopped. The soldiers stared up in horror as their leader was dangling above over a five thousand feet drop. Storm was impressed, as I could see, by Wave's strength. Jet gave her a thumbs-up.
"Okay, now, all you soldiers high-tail it out of here, or oldie here gets it," Wave warned.
Two point seven eight four seconds later, the soldiers dispersed in their jets.
"...What about me?" the Commander whined.
"What about you?" I asked. "Ha ha! Wave called you old! Cuz you are and-"
"Charmy, don't even try," Kumori said, making me whine.
Wave stared at the Commander, clapped him on the head, and dropped him. The Swallow paused, realizing what she done. "...Oops."
Eggman laughed. "Good job, Wave! I thought that old man would never leave."
The Commander plummeted into a tree, face-planted onto a few branches and landed into a bush. Unfortunately, a skunk lived in that berry bush, and the Commander was covered in blackberries. The skunk raised his tail, and the Commander screamed bloodly murder. I think you can all figure out what happened...
Jet, Storm and Shadow came back on the ship via Extreme Gear. Eggman detached our airship from his. Jet immediately demanded for money. Sighing heavily, Eggman reached for his wallet and pulled out a few bills. The bills were twenties. He gave Jet five of them.
"A hundred bucks?" Storm inquired. "That's all?"
"Better than nothing, I suppose," Jet shrugged, handing the money to Wave for safe-keeping.
Kumori suddenly grinned at Shadow, flirtatiously. Shadow raised an eyebrow at her antics.
"What are you...?" he asked as Kumori was mere inches from his face.
"Date. You promised me one, right now!" she barked, poking his cheek.
Shadow's eyes widened. He looked completely and utterly terrified. Backing away for the door, Shadow pulled out his trademark green Chaos Emerald and used Chaos Control to escape his girlfriend.
"That doesn't fly with me!" Kumori shouted, pulling out her light blue Chaos Emerald, and Chaos Controlled too.
That left the Babylon Rogues, me and Eggman. Eggman seemed a little disturbed by today's actions. He dabbed his forehead with a napkin as he perspired slightly.
"Well, see you around," Jet said, waving at Eggman.
"Yes, don't worry, we will see each other soon." Eggman's Egg-Copper, that silver floating thing, was waiting for him with Bokkun in it. He leaped in, knocking Bokkun out. When Bokkun commented on Eggman's weight, the poor, defenseless was punched so hard, he probably was sent to North Dakota. Anyone in North Dakota that reads this tale, watch out for an idiotic black robot that carries TVs! He'll, well, I think he's a guy, will annoy you to death!
As we laughed at Eggman, I remembered the Chaotix and I laughing at Eggman when he caught fire from Metal Sonic after he attempted to kill Team Sonic when Sonic and his boys were in their super forms. You know, thinking of the Chaotix wasn't so heart-breaking for me. I could actually think of them without getting teary. Glancing up at my fellow Rogues, Jet asked me if I wanted my tattoos.
"Sure! Um, it won't hurt, will it?"
"'Course not," Storm assured, patting my shoulder.
Jet dragged me along into the bathroom with Wave and Storm following. He lazily trudged through the cluttered objects in the closet. He finally found this pen/needle with an orange body. He asked for my wrists. Taking one arm, my left, Jet began to draw orange flames. There was no going back. I had the flamed wrists, the mark of the Babylon Rogues. After finishing, he stared at the bright orange flames contrasting with my black furred arms. Bright is the word to describe them, I guess.
"Welcome to the Babylon Rogues. You are no an honorary member." Jet grinned, but it was more of a smirk. Guess Jet never really smiled.
Storm rubbed my head playfully, and Wave gave me a nudge to my shoulder. Jet's grin faded suddenly. Telling me that the work of the Babylon Rogues wasn't easy, I knew that. I had already worked with them.
"Come on, Jet," I sighed. "I'm ready!"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know!" Jet poked my nose. "It'll just be a little freaky having a bee around instead of another bird."
"Well, you know what they say. The birds and bees!"
Everything grew quiet. I stared at them. Wave was giggling, Storm covered his head in embrassament, while Jet was laughing.
"What?" I asked.
"Nothing," Wave muttered through surpressed laughter.
"What!"
"Forget it, Charmy," Storm said.
"What's so funny?" I huffed, but no one answered.
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Next: Twinkle Park Romance! And It's Not Jet and Wave!