Chapter 11: Celestial Emergence
Author's Notes: Plot twists are incoming… Some obvious, some very unexpected.
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Bass walked along the beach, looking around. Clearly, Akuma didn't do much in terms of decorating the island. Clearly, Akuma cared far more about training. He knew that humans could become stronger through training, but what about robots? The only thing they could do was get upgrades, and Bass wouldn't be able to upgrade, after he practically cut all ties with his creator. There must be another way to become stronger, he knew that, but could Akuma possibly know?
He soon spotted Akuma, toppling a tree close to him. He then proceeded to slam his fist into a large rock, demolishing it. He was sure dedicated with his training, Bass thought to himself.
"You've finally found me."
Akuma turned around, apparently had been aware of Bass' presence on the island. Bass stepped forward, undeterred. "Impressive that you actually knew I was coming. I'm not here to fight you, I want to know something."
Akuma stared in the robot's eyes, interested. "And what would that be?"
"My goal is to become the strongest, and I my rival is my greatest obstacle. How can I become stronger…"
Akuma immediately interrupted him, holding his hand up. "You are machine… Your muscles cannot become stronger. However, there is one thing you can do… Is to learn how to use and improve your ki."
Bass scoffed, crossing his arms. "Ki? That's some power that only humans can utilize…"
"Incorrect. Machines can use it too, except you do not realize it. You can use a different type of ki to humans, but this ki depends on your 'power source'…"
Bass' eyebrows widened. If robots could use ki, then Bass had the ticket to becoming stronger, in a sense. Before Bass could speak, Akuma continued. "I do not doubt your skill. In fact, I see much potential in you. If you wish to learn how to use your ki, then perhaps I can teach you, if you are willing to become my student… It is your decision."
Student? Bass wasn't expecting this. But, it couldn't hurt to become Akuma's student. To hell with his pride, he wanted to become stronger. It was a win-win situation. Bass bowed, and replied, "In that case… I accept your offer, sensei. Teach me all that you know!"
Akuma, satisfied, stepped towards his student, and stared into his eyes once more. "Very well. We shall begin your training… Now. First, we'll start with the basics."
Akuma turned to the side, and launched a Gou Hadouken. "Imagine a surge of energy coming into your fists. You must unleash this energy out, as a projectile."
Bass turned in the same direction, and attempted to do so. Nothing happened. Akuma noted this, and continued to help him practice. Eventually, Bass managed to produce a short-range fireball. "Good. Practice makes perfect, as my master used to teach me. Now… Since you can unleash your ki as projectiles, try just using it to improve your attacks… Hit that rock over there."
Bass charged towards the nearby rock, and slammed his fist into it. His fist smashed into it, but didn't demolish it. "Good, but did you use your ki? Use the same principle as when creating a projectile."
Bass nodded, before allowing his ki to flow through his fists. With another punch, the entire rock was demolished. Bass smiled, and slammed his fist into the ground. "The first step… In becoming the strongest!"
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"Are you sure?"
Eggman nodded, as he pointed to the screen. It was an urgent meeting among the Chaos Combination members, due to news of a large object heading towards the Earth. "From closer inspection from GUN's troops stationed on the ARK, it appears to be a ship. As we speak, it is heading towards the pacific, and calculated to crash near an island. We should check it out."
Of course, everyone agreed. However, they knew little about the island in question…
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Alarms sounded throughout the ship. A young girl tried to keep steady, but swiftly fell over. A male voice assured her, "We're nearly at the planet. Hold on, we'll we fine!"
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The ship soon crashed into the island's beach, sending sand flying all over the place. The top hatch opened, and the girl climbed out, dizzy from the crash. She seemed rather plant-like, with two flower buds on the sides of her head. She was also wearing a green and white dress, with a red stone on her chest. She looked around. "This… Seems like a fairly peaceful place…"
She walked up to a nearby palm tree, and placed her hand on it. Her wrist communicator spoke with the same male voice. "What does the tree tell you?"
"This planet… It's called Earth. Two people live on this island… The tree told me to be careful."
She suddenly noticed something approach at high speed. It slammed into the ground nearby, and a large, thin bony dragon, which lacked horns, emerged from the crater. It roared, as the girl stared in horror. "You thought you could run from ME?"
Immediately, Akuma jumped in, performing a Messatsu Gou Shoryuken. The dragon reeled from this attack, before charging. Bass appeared, slamming his fist into the dragon's head, stopping it in its tracks. The dragon stepped back, thinking of a different strategy. "Powerful… I've never seen humans fight like this, without power suits!"
Bass growled. "He's human, I'm not!"
Suddenly, they noticed air carriers approach. An RPG shell slammed into the dragon, forcing him to take to the air. The carriers landed, and the CC members dispersed, attacking with every ranged attack they had. Mega Man noticed Bass, before the arch-rival spoke. "We don't need your help, blue boy!"
The dragon kept his distance, attempting hit and run attacks with his deadly tail, though failing to hit anyone every time. But it was slowly taking damage. Then, it was executing bombing runs that split the entire group. The plant girl tried to get out of the path of a bombing run, and was quickly saved by Sonic, who hid her behind a rock. "Stay here!"
The girl nodded, as Sonic went back to attack. Suddenly, a strange ship came out of nowhere, firing air-to-air missiles at the dragon. However, the dragon was quick enough to dodge a few of them, and slashed the underside with its tail. The ship then crashed onto the shore. As well, Gordon overheard a voice behind a large rock he was close to. "Well, so much for that plan."
He checked, to see two figures – the first, being a brown-haired man with combat gear, and with glasses, and a blonde woman with a similar outfit. The man noticed Gordon, and proceeded to swear under his breath. "Oh, that's just perfect."
The woman shrugged, before speaking. "Well, don't just stand there! We'll get to the introductions later, let's just kill that thing!"
Suddenly, the dragon landed, and raised a claw, hoping for a cease-fire. Neither side took further action. The dragon spoke, introducing himself. "Before we continue this battle… I must warn you. I didn't come without bringing reinforcements. I am Ridely, leader of the Zebian Space Pirates. My fleet has already arrived at the edge of the planet's atmosphere… Hand over the girl."
Shadow suddenly walked up, smiling. "Actually… You are in no position to make demands. Your fleet is about to be rendered useless in… Three… Two… One…"
The blonde woman's communicator suddenly blared, "WHAT THE…"
The woman spoke into it. "What is it, Colonel?"
"A green beam just came out of nowhere, and not only annihilated the capital ship, but decimated most of the fleet!"
Shadow chuckled, as Ridely growled in frustration. "We have a weapon that you cannot defend against, powerful enough even to destroy entire planets. I suggest you leave."
"Fine… But not without the girl!"
"PISS OFF, RIDLEY!"
Suddenly, a figure came out of nowhere, firing missiles at Ridley with an arm cannon. Ridely roared, and then fled. The figure turned towards everyone else. "Well, that's over and done with..."
The stranger, who was wearing an orange power suit, took off the helmet – revealing the face of a blonde, longhaired woman underneath. Nobody was expecting a girl under the suit. Suddenly, the survivors of the mysterious ship walked up the beach. The first was a man in his somewhat mid thirties, with short brown hair, also wearing combat gear, like the people behind the rock. The other appeared to be an African-American man, wearing similar combat gear as well, but he had a strange marking on his forehead, which resembled a snake. The Caucasian man sighed. "Looks like we didn't need to do that, after all…"
As Akuma and Bass left, the attention was turned towards the plant girl, the woman in the power suit, and the four guys who had executed the ship attack. The woman rushed over to the girl, and hugged her. "Thank God he didn't do anything to you…"
"Miss Samus, I'm fine…"
Samus stood up, facing everyone else. "I am Samus Aran, Bounty Hunter who often works for the Galactic Federation. This is Cosmo, a Seedrian I rescued from a ship that was under attack, by both Space Pirates and another attacker…"
The man with the snake marking stepped forward, seeming somewhat relieved. "I thought there wasn't any survivors… Thankfully, I was wrong."
Cosmo walked forward, recognizing him, but still depressed. "It was horrible, Mister Teal'c… I can't bear to think what happened to everyone else… Thank you for trying to save me from Ridely."
"Anything for a friend, Cosmo."
Samus then inquired, "SG-1, I presume? Of course, I expected you guys to show up whenever something extraterrestrial comes to Earth…"
Teal'c nodded, and then introduced the rest of SG-1. "My friends here are Lieutenant Colonel Cameron Mitchell, Daniel Jackson, and Samantha Carter. We are the lead team from Stargate Command."
The Chaos Combination members were a little confused. Sonic raised an eyebrow, as he crossed his arms. "Stargate Command? Never heard of it."
Cam Mitchell, the guy who was piloting the ship with Teal'c, remarked, "Yeah, that's because the entire thing has been under wraps by the US government for years."
The only woman in the team, Sam, followed up. "Ever since recently, after the disturbance that caused several alternate realities/dimensions to fuse, we've been busy with all these new planets and races that keep popping up everywhere. And we thought the Ori was going to be enough trouble…"
The last team member, Daniel, finished the explanation. "Considering the help you can be to us, we thought you deserved to know. Why don't we just head over to Cheyenne Mountain, and explain everything there?"
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The Cheyenne Mountain complex was simply huge. The Major General serving there, Hank Landry, was on his toes in order to try and keep the visit organized. Everyone was shown the Stargate, which was a massive ring, with symbols on it, and nine 'chevrons'. Kliener was awed as well as everyone else. "This is fantastic! Such a magnificent method of transportation, I must say."
After that, Cosmo was walking along the hallways with Teal'c, whom seemed a little depressed. "I am saddened by your loss, Cosmo. It was shocking to hear of it, only days after your visit to Dakara."
Cosmo nodded. "The attack was completely unexpected… Who would do such a thing?"
"I promise you, Cosmo… The culprits will be found, and brought to justice."
Daniel Jackson suddenly bumped into them, and quickly apologized, then spoke to Cosmo. "Oh, Cosmo… I'm sorry about what happened. I know what it's like to lose loved ones. Well, I've got to get somewhere."
He walked off, heading to a nearby room. The room was fairly large, more than enough to fit everyone. Daniel cleared his throat, before speaking to the Chaos Combination members there. "Now, I should keep this short, since there's little time, and we have somewhere to go… Now, you know about the Stargate. From what we could gather, it seems that quite a few of you have come into contact before everything went wrong a few days ago, so this won't be TOO unusual… I hope. Anyway, we have to brief you guys on the current situation in our galaxy. You see, there is an enemy from another galaxy, called the Ori, who intend on invading the Milky Way, to either convert it's inhabitants to their religion, 'Origin', or destroy them entirely. Those who follow Origin believe that the Ori are Gods… That, of course, isn't true. They're what we call, 'ascended beings'…"
Samus, being in her normal clothing, suddenly spoke up. "Ascended beings… Can you quickly explain? Sounds familiar…"
"Ascension, is pretty much going up to a higher plane of existence. It does have its perks, but ascended beings have made their own specialized 'rules', in order to prevent interference with the lower plane. The only other race other than the Ori who have ascended, are the Ancients, and they happen to have similar origins, but are great enemies. The Ori intend on destroying the Ancients, using worshippers to increases their power."
Samus shook her head. "The Ori have more enemies than that. I know of two other ascended races – the Chozo, and the Alimbics, in a sense. If you mean that they shed their physical bodies to take on a higher form, then they have definitely ascended, just probably not in the same way."
Eggman raised an eyebrow. "How powerful is the technology of the Ori?"
Samantha answered for Daniel. "Well, we don't know all that much, beyond an Ori weapon that easily destroyed the Prometheus, which was one of the most advanced spacecraft in the galaxy. Also, this may not really count as technology, but the Ori send 'Priors' through the Stargate to planets to try and convert inhabitants. They possess many abilities, which we have only been able to counter with a special device."
Arioso whistled. "I don't think we should take 'em lightly, guys…"
Daniel sighed, as he told the REALLY bad news. "Well, we don't have much time to prepare. There's a 'Supergate' somewhere in the galaxy, and it'll only be a matter of time before the Ori forces arrive. However, we've discovered the location of a weapon that can destroy ascended beings, which could be our ticket to beating them."
Shadow then noticed something strange, behind a nearby table. He dashed over, and prepared to attack the stranger hidden behind it. The intruder dashed away, smiling. "Hey, about time you found me!"
It was a human figure, with black, spiky hair. He wore an orange and blue karate ki, as well. He held his hands out, in order to show that he didn't intend to fight. "But seriously, sorry about eavesdropping on you guys like that. Just not sure you guys would trust me, that's all. My name is Son Goku. It's quite a pleasure to meet you guys."
Shadow smiled. "Well, from the energy I'm sensing, I suppose we've picked up a powerful ally."
"Sure thing. I'll help you fight these 'Ori' guys. I've even got quite a few friends who'll help as well. But I would really suggest getting even more allies, can't take chances, after all."
Daniel nodded. "So… it's decided. You guys go and find more help, the rest of SG-1 and I will go off to Camelot to find the weapon."
Then, everyone was suddenly intrigued with the fact that they had actually found the "Camelot" of legend. Then, a single voice remarked, "It's only a model."
Everyone looked at Ken, who burst into laughter. "Seriously, who doesn't like Monty Python?"
After the meeting had ended, Tails had noticed Cosmo still a little depressed. He went over, smiling, and asked, "Cosmo? Something wrong?"
The plant girl shook her head, before Tails spoke again. "Look, can I try and make you feel better? My name's Miles 'Tails' Prower."
Cosmo immediately giggled. "I can see why you're called that."
Tails was pleased to at least see a smile on her face. "Come on, I've got something to show you. It's a huge ship, I built it myself. It's called the Typhoon, I think you'll love it!"
Cosmo nodded, as she followed him. "I would be delighted…"
To Be Continued
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Author's Notes: You know, I've sort of instigated this rule with this fanfic – if it's game related, it can be included. I'm not going to even bother with Dragonball Z, it's got so many games, I've lost count. Stargate has an SNES game and an upcoming MMORPG, which easily warrants it. We have a new, and interesting situation. The Ori are about to attack, can our heroes actually put up a better fight than in the original show, and NOT get their asses kicked in the first battle? We'll see.
