S. Kat: Hello everyone! How's everyone doing today?
Ruby: Erm, good. A-and glad to be alive…
Leo: Yeah… You're SCARY when you're mad, S. Kat!!
S. Kat: Ahahaha… y-yeah, sorry. But what have we learned?
Ruby & Leo: Never update a story with out your permission.
S. Kat: Very good. Okay, peoples, since we got that all settled Espio shall do the disclaimer today.
Espio/Disclaimer: saphireKat does not own the Sonic cast, she simply owns Ruby and Leo. Oh, and enjoy the chapter. (bows then vanishes)
Leo: O.O That is so COOL!!!
Chapter 10- Confusion
In the instant that I fired, I squeezed my eyes shut, hoping I had a clear shot. I must have, because I heard a monstrous shrieking sound. I opened my eyes wide. Black Bull thrashed about in the air. 'Well, at least since we've fought one before, we can easily defeat this guy! Now I have to get Rouge out of here!' I picked up the unconscious bat and put her limply on my back, as if I was giving Ricky, my little brother a piggy back ride, except this one was on a desperate attempt to prevent ourselves from being killed.
I dashed over next to a tree and gently put Rouge down. I gently shook her, trying to wake her. "Rouge? Rouge! C'mon, wake up! You're a tough chick, I know that 'love tap' that evil flying puff-ball gave you couldn't have knocked you out!"
Rouge finally reached up with her hand to rub her head. "Ugh," she groaned. "That was hardly a 'love tap'." I smiled and sighed with relief. Rouge must've heard me, because she looked at me with a slightly concerned look. "Sorry, sweetie, did I scare you there?"
"Well, a little, but I'm glad you're alright!" I smiled again out of relief.
"So… what was that thing you did to save me?" Rouge asked.
I hesitated. "Y-you saw…?"
"Not exactly, but I know you did something back there. And I'm not interrogating you, I'm just curious." She stated, getting up.
"Uh, yeah… I sort of… developed a new power? Heh heh." I rubbed the back of my head, a little… embarrassed for some reason. Was I just scared of what she'd think? That maybe she'd probably reject me? That never happened to me before. Even when my family found out, they still treated me the same. No matter what. Sure, it took some adjusting to get used to it, but everyone thought it was cool I had powers. Powers in which I didn't completely understand. Was it really that cool? Having a power that I couldn't understand and possibly not control?
Come to think of it, when I started going to 'train' in the G.U.N. base, I think some of the people there resented me. I thought I might've insulted them and not know it. When I asked Aunt Topaz, she just scowled at them, then shout at them as they quivered from her rage, then smiled at me, telling me I did nothing wrong. But… why did I still feel like I did do something wrong? And, I also wanted to know how I got these powers. I literally just woke up one day, got a Chaos Emerald form Leo, and I got powers…!
Wait… I got the Chaos Emerald from Leo…
'The Chaos Emerald…'"Ruby!" Shadow's voice snapped me out of my thinking state. I jumped, a little and quickly whirled around.
"Y-yes?!" I squeaked.
"Is Rouge alright—oh." He stopped asking his question when he saw she was standing up, like nothing happened.
"I'm just fine. Thanks for thinking of me, Shady." Rouge winked.
"Tch. Just shut up, bat girl." Shadow folded his arms and looked the other way.
'Wait, was Shadow concerned about Rouge? Whoa.' I blinked in surprise. Shadow slowly turned his head towards me.
"…What?"
"Nothing." I blinked again.
"Then why were you staring?"
"I was just looking." I frowned.
He frowned, then moved his glance at Black Bull, still thrashing in pain (I guess I must've hit a vital organ.) then back to me. "Knock it off then, it's annoying me." He turned back the other way, then scoffed, "Idiot."
The hair on the back of my neck bristled and my face grew red with anger. I opened my mouth, hoping that an insult would come out and bite his head off, until I remembered what Aunt Topaz had worn me about losing my temper…
Flashback:
"Ruby! Calm down! That's enough!" Aunt Topaz shouted as she grabbed my shoulders from behind.
"Let me at 'im!! Let go!" I hollered in rage. "I wanna beat him to a pulp!"
The dude with dark hair and was maybe about 16 or 17 years old smirked with a big fat hint of cocky-ness planted right on his face. All I did was bump into him, and he just tried to take my purse as 'payment' because I accidentally had spilled my chocolate shake on his jean jacket. I had apologized, but he said, "You're sorry?!? Tch! Screw you, bitch. I'll just take your purse to buy myself a new jacket!" He made an attempt at grabbing my purse, but, luckily, Aunt Topaz was watching from a distance, and was able to get behind the jerk, and twist his arm around, making him release my purse. But, I was still enraged, because that guy called me the 'B' word, and if anyone is smart out there, you know not to call a girl with Chaos Powers the 'B' word.
"Aw, too bad," snickered the jerk face, "looks like you can't beat me now that your 'Auntie's' here, little bitch."
"YOU…!!" I thrust forward, away from Aunt Topaz's grasp, my hand was started to glow as I pointed and was about to fire. The guy's look actually went from cocky to terrified, and stumbled backwards.
"Ruby, DON'T!!!!"
I froze. Standing there. I had the upper advantage now. I could destroy him in a second. But… that wouldn't have made me a better person than he was, would it? I lowered my hand, and bow my head in shame. Just what was I thinking? Was I really going at him with the intent of killing him just now? Or was it just blind rage…? The older boy scrambled to his feet and ran away. I stood there, feeling like I was going to cry. I turned toward my aunt. "I-I'm… sorry…" I mumbled. A clear drop fell from my face and landed on the ground. Aunt Topaz said nothing. She just walked up and hug me.
After I was done crying for a while, we sat down on the bench at the park. I was still out of it, but I do remember one thing she said to me:
"Emotions are a part of who we are and play an important—or rather, a very important part of our life. They can help motivate us to make successful decisions… and can make failure ones. They can make us stronger or weaker. They make us do things we will be proud of… or regret. It's not a crime for our motions to get in the way, but all of us, even myself, must know when to set our emotions to good use or set them aside. I want you to be the type who thinks clearly about using your emotions wisely and when to use them. And, once you've mastered that," she laughed, "I think you'll become an even greater person, Ruby."
I smiled back.
End Flashback.
'It was just a little insult, but I don't want to do something that I might regret… like last time.'
I clenched my fist and muttered, "Whatever."
"Hmm. So that didn't work, huh? Okay then. How about: you are a stupid, idiotic, weak, pathetic little girl that can't do anything without almost killing herself."
Okay. Screw the consequences and regrets. He's dead.
"I KILL YOU, BLACKYYYYY!!!!" I yelled in rage. I thrust my hand forward, made the a gun shape, and basically fired at will. I wasn't too sure if I actually wanted the 'bullet' to hit him or not. But, even if it did, it wouldn't hurt him that bad, right?
Shadow dodged it, as expected of him. But, I was so focused on Shadow before, that I didn't realize that Black Bull was right behind him!!
What was more surprising was, that my shot went right through him as if it was a hot knife through butter!
The monster didn't even have time to roar in pain. It just simply… fell to the forest floor and… died.
Rouge blinked. Then blinked again. "Holy…oh, my… shoot…" She tried to come up with something to say, but nothing came out quite right. Not that I can blame her.
I stood there, a little wry. Until it hit me. Shadow was trying to get me angry on purpose! "You!" I pointed a finger, not in the killing intent like before. "You were trying to get me angry on purpose, didn't you?!"
"Yes. Yes I did." He answered flatly.
"Ha ha ha ha… well, done. Shadow…" A deep evil voice chuckled.
A shock jolted up and down my spine. I remembered that voice. And on cue, the octopus like creature floated down to just a little above Shadow's height.
"So, you really think that this girl might really be of some use to discover your past? You were curious about how her powers were similar to yours… AND how they worked… or rather… if they worked in a similar way to YOUR powers. Isn't that right… Shadow?"
All of us stood there, motionless, not knowing how to act, especially me.
"I've had just about enough of you." Shadow warned. "Get out of my sight." He gave him the most terrifying death glare I've ever seen him give yet! The 'Doom's Eye'… I think it was called just cackled and replied,
"Perhaps… you still need to think a little while to know your place. We'll meet again very soon Shadow… and a word of advice: You'd better keep a close eye on that girl-wench… if you don't want her to meet her demise anytime soon…"
And it floated off just like that.
I was speechless.
I just… didn't know what to think anymore.
I don't know what to do anymore.
And now…
I felt more alone then ever.
Wow, how dramatic! Let's see what Leo's up to now…
"Whoa!! Oof!" I landed right on my face with a 'whack'! I was able to escape that crazy Cyber Space place and exit through some link that, if I calculated right, would lead me into another one of Eggman's bases. I lifted my head up and grumbled. "Some way to land flat on my face." I picked myself up and cracked my neck. "Huh? Where's my laptop…?" Suddenly, my laptop came flying out of the portal I just got out of and hit me in the head with a 'thunk'! "OUCH!" I fell flat on my back this time. "…Am I the only one with such bad luck…?" I moaned… quite pitifully for a guy, really.
I picked myself right up, again, and grabbed my laptop. "Well, at least it didn't get broken with my head." I half joked with myself. I sighed and looked around the room I was in. It looked like some kind of junk room. There was robot parts, cabinets, dross, dried oil on tables, paper with advanced math equations on it and a few monitors and broken computers. "Hmm… maybe there's some stuff in here I could use…" I wondered. I set the laptop down and started to search through random stuff. I found a sling bag, that was good for carrying stuff, a few blue prints of the place, so I wouldn't get lost, some handy tools, incase I needed to fix something, and a few blank discs, perfect for downloading anything. "Okay, this should be good." I bounded off towards the door and pressed the green button for it to open. As soon as I did though…
Bonk!
"Ow!!"
Surprise, surprise. My face ran into something… AGAIN!!!
"Damn it!" I cursed, a liiiitle frustrated. "What the hell!!" I rubbed my nose, hoping there wasn't any blood.
"Unidentified life form detected." Said a robotic voice.
"…what?" I looked up. There was a robot standing right in front of me! And he looked like one of Eggmans's robots! Not good! "Gaaaaah!" Crawled backwards, away from the robot. "St-stay away from me or I'll fry you…!" I pulled out something from my backpack. 'Please be something that'll kill it, please be something that'll kill it, please be something that'll kill it…!'
…and I was going to do it with a…
"…a screw driver…"
Damn. I'm sure lucky today, wasn't I?
There was an awkward silence that hung in the air for a little bit.
"Scanning for possible threat…"
' 'Possible threat'? I'm screwed! Sure, I pulled out something completely useless, but if it thinks that I could really kill it, and maybe with that weird punch thing that I did earlier, it might kill ME!!' I screamed in my mind.
"Possible threat: 1"
"…Say what?!"
"Need for extermination: zero. Not an Eggman specimen." And the thing just started to turn around to walk away.
"Hey! Now hold up just for a second here!" I jumped in front of its path. "Hold on, buddy! I've got a few questions for ya!"
"You have nothing to do with me. Step aside."
"Look, I will, I will. But I need to ask you some things first!"
"What is it?"
"Okay," I held out a finger to represent the number one, "One: Aren't you one of Eggman's robots? I thought that you ARE one of his robots."
There was a brief pause.
"… I mean, you have to be one of his right? Weren't you… created by him?" I was sort of nervous. Here I was, talking to a robot. Brilliant idea, Leo.
"Affirmative. I was created by him. I was the last of the 'E Series'. I am number E-123 Omega. My mission is to annihilate Dr. Eggman for revenge."
"Revenge…?" I was surprised. A robot turning against his own creator! That's something I never thought would happen, at least, in my life. Even more surprising is that the robot was 'seeking revenge'. I thought robots were supposed to lack, feelings and emotions. Actually, I thought that counted for all things 'created'. Then again… Shadow was 'created' so I guess I'm not the one to talk, am I? "Huh… well, that makes sense I guess. Okay, two: WHY AM I NOT A THREAT?!?!"
"Do you want to be? That would mean it would result in me destroying you."
He had a point. "That's… true. But that's not what I meant." I answered. "I mean, I like, totally killed that Eggbreaker thing in Cyber Space with that weird punch thing and I'm not considered a threat? That's a little insulting to me."
"You were the massive energy source in the Cyber Space?"
"Huh?" I blinked. "Um… I guess, maybe? I'm actually not to sure of it myself. It just happened… wait. How did you know I was in Cyber Space?"
"I downloaded files of Eggman's to further my knowledge on his base, and discovered that he was in Cyber Space dealing with 'viruses'. And the one contained a massive amount of Chaos energy, which can only be found from a Chaos Emerald. Then it simply vanished. Are you saying that you were the energy source?"
'Uh… do I want to be?' I thought. "…What if I am?" I folded my arms, trying to act like a tough guy (or like the tough guy that I am). "Am I going to be a threat to you then?"
"Perhaps not to me, but to Eggman."
"Ahhhh. So that's why you want to know?" I thought for moment. This moment, then added. "Okay, three: just out of curiosity, why tell me all of this?? I don't know you, and you don't know me. Do you think I might be… I don't know, someone who could possibly be your ally or something??"
"Possible. But, I have no knowledge to any of your abilities. I would prefer if you would just give me useful information that could mean the downfall of Eggman." He answered.
"Fine, but… I need something in return." I said smoothly.
"Which would be…?"
I smirked. "Know where I can get a Chaos Emerald?"
Just as I asked, the one screen in the room turned on, and started blinking. It made a beeping noise that said "Chaos Emerald Detected!" I was surprised that some of the junk in here still worked!
I dashed to the screen. "What?! A Chaos Emerald?! Already?!?! Woooow!" I clenched my fist. "Okay then!!" I started to press random buttons on it. "Show me where the rock is!"
"Please Enter Password."
"What? Oh c'mon!" I groaned. "I've gotta put in a password, just too see where the stinkin' thing is?!" I sighed. "Okay… um, 'Eggman Empire'?" I typed in.
"Incorrect."
"Nrr… what could it be--?"
"Emperor Eggman."
I turned towards Omega. "What? You mean that's the password?"
"Affirmative. This is my exchange for information on Eggman."
I stared at him for a minute. Maybe some robots weren't so bad after all. "Heh. Okay, then…" I pulled a disc I had found earlier about all information on his plans and locations, "I'm kind of busy. So here's a disc that'll help you. It has all of Eggman's plans on there. And his locations on where he has to be, his robots, bases, all of it. I've already got a copy, so you can keep that."
"This will prove to be useful." He put the dist inside a little slot on his jest. "I must continue with my previous mission. Good luck, human."
"Thanks," I mumbled, not taking my eye off the screen or my fingers off the key board. "And it ain't 'human'. The name is Leo." I turned around, but he'd already left the room. I waited as I heard his heavy foot steps go down the hall, then went back to work. "…you're welcome. Sheesh."
'Okay, no more delays, Leo! If I have the same ability as Ruby… that means I can probably do Chaos Control too! And if I can get that Chaos Emerald… then finding Ruby should be a piece of cake… then I can figure out how the heck I got this power!'
Geeeh! (collapses) Marching season is finally dooooone! No more marching band for a while, woooooh! Okay, sorry this was a tad late… like I said in my other updates (I think) earlier, school, marching band, schedule, yadda yadda yadda. Life. I'm glad I got this done, though… Sorry if this wasn't as 'good' or anything. I'm trying make things a little more dramatic, and I needed to stop here for the next chapter, which I'm making some good plans on… it should be quite interesting. :D
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