Hey guys! I'm alive! I'm really sorry this took so long; trust me, I wasn't planning on taking this long. :( Well, for those of you who were curious, I was originally going to do Swift's POV…but now that I look at it more, it'd make more sense for it to be Velo's POV.
Velo: Seriously?
MTK: Yep.
Velo: …Who are you and what have you done with Mikomi?
MTK: Do you still want your chapter?
Velo: …Yeah…-mumbles under breath-
MTK: What was that?
Velo: Nothing! Nothing…
MTK: Alrighty then. BTW, thank you for all of your reviews! You guys got me inspired to work on this again!
I do not own the Sonic the Hedgehog series, but the Chikara Emeralds, Velo the Hedgehog, and Mamoru the Echidna belong to me, MikomiTheKitsune, and cannot be used without my permission.
The Future Of Mobius
By MikomiTheKitsune
Chapter 11-- In the Fortress -Velo
My name is Velocity the Hedgehog. You can call me Velo. Dammit, why do I have to be so 'heroic'? I know people say I take from my dad but--ah, never mind. When I came to, mom, dad, and the Prowers were nowhere to be seen…I'm stuck in this cell…with an echidna…?
"At least, I think it is…" Velo thought out loud as he poked the strange creature next to him. I know dad said that he had an echidna friend of some sort, and this matches the description, but…what was it? Knuckles, right?
Velo's eyes went straight to the girl's hands at that thought. Spikes… Velo had only seen a couple of pictures of 'Knuckles' but the one thing that always stuck out were his…well, knuckles. And this girl has the same kinds…
But that wasn't all that was strange. There was an odd glowing coming from her vest pocket. As Velo reached in to see what it was, the girl instantly came to and punched his hand. "YOW! What was that for?" Velo yelped.
"Where am I? And who're you?" the girl shouted before stumbling back to the ground.
"T-take it easy. We're in one of Eggman's flying prison cells…I think," Velo replied, "And my name's Velo."
The girl crossed her arms. "So it's really true…damn Master."
"Who?"
The girl waved it off. "Nothing. So you're…Velo? What kind of a name is that?"
Velo glared. "It's a nickname. I prefer being called that. Why, what's your name…Pinky?"
"I'M MAGENTA! And my name's MAMORU, for your information!" Mamoru screamed at the incompetent idiot.
"Alright, alright, yeesh…I never knew echidnas had such flaring tempers…if you're even one. Look more like some kinda rat."
"WHAT? Look who's talking you little red--"
"Oh be quiet, both of you!" an elderly voice shouted from across the hall. "Not to be rude, but I get a headache listening to you two. Teenaged animals are such a burden…"
Velo and Mamoru glared back up at the tall old man who watched them from the ship's controls. He seemed to have sticks for legs they were so skinny, and he wore an aqua jacket and black shades. "And who the hell are you supposed to be, fatty?" Mamoru shouted, beating Velo to it.
"Oh my, how rude of me. I suppose I should introd--"
"Eggman, right?" Velo growled, seeing as that's the only person it could be.
"Rude, rude…interrupting me before I could introduce myself and then only using half my title! My word…"
"Half your what?" Velo asked stupidly.
"So, you're Eggman Nega then," Mamoru said.
"Yes, that is correct."
Why didn't I realize that sooner? Velo asked himself as he slapped himself on the forehead. "If you're the one who kidnapped mom and dad…where are you hiding them?!!"
Eggman Nega scratched his chin in thought. "Parents, parents…ah yes. Eggman has them. He's finishing the infusion process now, is he…?"
Mamoru threw herself against the bars. "If you think you're going to get away with this you sick twisted psycho, you're wrong--"
Eggman Nega gasped in mock disgust. "Oh my, oh my. So rude. Well, I'll have to do something about you two kids won't I…? Yes, yes. As troublesome as your fathers. Just as dimwitted, too."
"DIMWITTED?!" Velo and Mamoru screamed.
"I don't know what's worse: calling me dumb or dad!" Velo growled.
Despite the fact Eggman Nega was probably right about Velo, this was still one thing the two could agree on. "Ditto. Either way, he's getting his ass kicked," Mamoru muttered as she cracked her knuckles.
Eggman Nega continued to think out loud, ignoring the two fuming rats. "Hmm…I could throw them in a lake…"
Velo frowned. "Oh great."
"What?"
"Did you hear that? 'Throw them in a lake'…" Velo shuddered.
Mamoru cocked her head in confusion. "So? I can swim."
"I…can't."
Mamoru was stunned. "…Are you serious?"
"YES, I'm serious! Why wouldn't I be?"
Mamoru sighed. "You're even wimpier than I thought."
"HEY!"
They heard Eggman Nega's voice continue to wander off into his 'brilliant' ideas. "Oh yes, a lake full of sharks would be nice…"
Mamoru frowned. "Annndddd…there goes swimming."
Resisting the urge for a well placed 'haw-haw' at the girl, Velo pointed out, "Shouldn't we be figuring out some kind of escape plan while he's distracted?"
Mamoru smiled. "Wow. You can be intelligent once in a while! Bravo."
Without another thought, Velo shot right back, "Wow. You're not a self-centered pink alien who doesn't acknowledge people's existence! Bravo."
Before Mamoru could even think of a response to a pathetic comeback like that, Velo tried to change the topic. "What's that in your pocket?"
Mamoru pulled out the Emerald without hesitation this time. "It's a Chikara Emerald…though I wouldn't expect someone like you to understand how powerful this thing is--"
"If it's anything like a Chaos Emerald, then it's worth a try!" With that, Velo swiped the Emerald at super-speed out of Mamoru's hand.
Wait…how does he know about…? Mamoru's thought was interrupted by Velo's glowing body. It was reacting to him in a way that neither one of them had experienced before.
"Whoa…" Mamoru accidentally said out loud.
Velo grinned at that. I don't really understand what's going on, but…it's kinda nice that's she's not putting me down right now. Even admiring me a bit. Velo chuckled. "Well? Ready for a ride, pink princess?"
"ERM, EGGMAN NEGA SIR, WE HAVE A PROBLEM," one of Eggman Nega's polite lackeys informed him. "I AM SO TROUBLED TO SAY THAT THE TWO IMPOLITE CHILDREN HAVE ESCAPED."
"Oh my. That is a problem," Eggman Nega sighed, "I guess we have no choice…send in the Shadow Phi."
"YES SIR."
"Now for the record…I'm not your freakin' princess! Got that, red rat?" Mamoru shouted straight into Velo's ears as she rode on his back, unable to keep up on foot herself.
…OW…Velo winced as he ears continued ringing. "So rude, so rude…" Velo tsked in Eggman Nega's tone of voice. "Y'know, I could've left you in there to be dissected or whatever the heck he was gonna do to you and snatched the Emerald for myself."
"Like you could!" she quipped.
"Isn't that what I've already done, you--"
"Wall."
"What?"
"WALL!"
"AH!" Velo yiped as he just narrowly turned the corner. "…W-why don't we just focus on getting the hell outta here now?" Velo asked, still flustered in embarrassment from his inattentiveness.
"You see? This is why I hate guys like you," Mamoru ranted, "You go on and on about how great you are and then you pull stupid stunts that prove you're an incompetent boob! Or am I wrong? I pity your siblings, if you have any, which I don't really care at this point--"
"Look Mama-whatever-your-name-is, let's just get out of here and fight later, OK--ah crap!"
"What?" Mamoru asked as Velo screeched to a dead halt. "What? What's wrong with you now?"
"Look," Velo said in pure shock, pointing right in front of them.
Mamoru peered through her sunglasses to where Velo was pointing. There stood a figure that had black with red highlights on its body and wore shoes unlike anything either of them had seen before. "PRISON BREAK," the robot spoke in a low monotone voice.
"Those…FIENDS!" Velo screamed.
"What?" Mamoru asked.
"They made robot clones of my dad!" Velo proclaimed as he waved his glowing fists in rage. "Fiends! Bastards! They won't get away with this as long as I live and breathe!"
Mamoru was stunned. "Wai-wait a sec…your dad is Shadow the Hedgehog?" she asked in almost a dreamy tone. I can't believe that a cool guy like Shadow could have such an idiotic son like this…she thought as her once beautiful image of Shadow began to crumble.
Velo lifted one eyebrow in misunderstanding. "No…Sonic the Hedgehog."
Mamoru slapped her forehead. "Oh." Well, that's no surprise…but a major relief. "Well, hate to burst yer bubble, but that ain't a 'Sonic' clone. It's a Shadow-Phi…or did your dad not tell you about Eggman's supposed defeat 20 years ago?"
Velo glared. "He did. But that's not a Shadow-Phi…it's a Sonic-Phi. That looks nothing like Shadow."
"What, are you color-blind or something?"
"No! I'm just saying it looks like my dad and not Shadow. Why won't you get that?"
"…Someone dropped you on the head when you were a baby, didn't they?"
"WHAT--"
"EXCUSE ME," the Shadow-Phi said in an eerily polite voice that grabbed the kids' attention. "I MUST STUN YOU AND BRING YOU BACK FOR YOUR PUNISHMENT, SO IF YOU'D BE SO KIND AS TO SWITCH YOUR ATTENTION BACK FROM YOUR IMMATURE SQUABBLE TO THE MATTER AT HAND--"
"Ah, shuddup," Mamoru snapped as she blew up the creepily polite Shadow-Phi. "You're right for once, Velly. Let's just get out of here and I'll beat you to a pulp later."
"'VELO'! It's 'Velo'!"
"EGGMAN NEGA SIR--"
"What now?" Eggman Nega snapped at the robot before catching himself. "Ah, I apologize. I had just wished that those insignificant animals had never reproduced…and to cross-breed…" He let out a disgusted noise and waved it off. "I shall not get into it. I apologize once more."
"I FORGIVE YOU, SIR," the robot said. "I JUST WISHED TO INFORM YOU OF THE MINUSCULE ERROR OCCURING OUTSIDE OF YOUR BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED…AIR-CRAFT."
"Yes?" Eggman Nega asked before it blinked on his screen, everything starting to shake at the same time.
"A COUPLE MORE ANIMAL NUISANCES ARE TARGETING THE SHIP WITH THEIR PATHETIC EXCUSE OF A BI-PLANE, AND I BELIEVE THEY JUST SHOT AT US."
Nooo…you think? Eggman Nega suppressed the immature response. "Shoot them down and have the Shadow-Phi's pursuit of the impolite children continue, if you would be so kind."
"YES SIR."
"What was that?" Mamoru asked as the whole ship started to shake again.
"I dunno." Velo glanced around. He had just figured out that now, thanks to the Chikara Emerald's power, he didn't even have to have his feet on the ground; the power levitated him somehow. Not that he cared how anymore, but he didn't have to worry about keeping his balance during whatever the heck was going on. "Hm?"
"What?" Mamoru asked.
"I thought…someone just called my name," Velo said honestly, trying to strain his ears to hear. It sound like two familiar young girl's voices. Daisy and…Sora? His heart leapt for joy. "We're gonna be alright," Velo proclaimed proudly and in relief.
Mamoru smirked. "If I didn't know any better, I'd say your girlfriend's here."
Velo's face turned redder than it already was. "W…what the heck're you going on about?!…L-let's get moving."
Deny it all you want. It's written on your face. Mamoru kept the statement to herself as Velo sped faster than ever before to the source of the voices.
"AHA! FELLOW SHADOW-PHI! I HAVE FOUND THE MEDDLING RATS," a Shadow-Phi proclaimed from behind them.
Velo stopped in his tracks. "Damn," Velo and Mamoru swore in unison as they turned to where the Shadow-Phi spoke.
There were now many Shadow-Phi behind them, and they were all glaring intently at their prey. "OPEN FIRE!"
"Damn it!" Velo swore again as he avoided the gunfire from the Shadow-Phi. "When the hell can all of these clones just die, we can be the heroic heroes, and we can go home happy?!"
"When you shut up and look where you're going," Mamoru mumbled as she shot green beams at their pursuers. "You keep us moving and I'll shoot 'em down," she said, not even beginning to mention how annoying and difficult it was going to be atop a hedgehog's back running at the speed of sound.
Velo got the message. "Got it," he said, speeding up his floating pace. Then, in a flash, his consciousness swam and he almost lost his balance. Nngh…What the hell…was that?
"What the hell, Velly?" Mamoru shouted over gunfire. "Get yourself together and get moving!"
"It's 'Velo'!" Velo snapped back, his awareness coming back as fast as it was almost lost. "V-E-L--"
"I don't care! Just keep moving!" Mamoru shouted again.
"Fine, fine…" What was that though? When I tried to speed up…maybe it was the Emerald? He thought as he took a quick glance and the glowing Emerald.
A quick glance was all it took to shift his attention from where he was going. When his eyes met the pathway again, he had finally figured out why Mama-what's-her-name cursed his inattentiveness, and he swore at it too. "Damn."
Mamoru turned around to face the front. "What is it now--oh hell."
Velo was heading straight for a hole in the ship that had been ripped open from a plane's gun-fire outside. And couldn't stop.
"You do realize I hate you for life now, right?" Mamoru growled.
For good reason. Velo didn't get a chance to tell her that as they flew out of the ship. The last thing Velo remembered seeing was an aqua-ish bi-plane careening out of control with what looked like Sora and Daisy aboard before his senses left him.
Yay! Another chapter finally done. Phew. Hopefully the next chapter will come sooner than this one did. -sweatdrop- Please review! --MTK