SONIC HEROES: THE SERIES

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Sonic characters, just the OC's

Chapter Eleven: "Big" Trouble

It was only yesterday when the heroes suffered at the hands of Hell Nazo. Sonic and Jet, being the less critical ones, were already up and running by the next morning. But the hole in Silver's chest was still regenerating itself and Shadow's wounds progressed much slower due the cryogenic pod. Since Shadow was out of charge, Sonic, being second in command, became temporary leader of the Sonic Heroes (Everyone was still complaining about the name). Blaze was in the infirmary, sitting next to her boyfriend as she held his hand. "How are you feeling?" Blaze asked Silver. "Like I've been to Hell and back." Silver chuckled. Just then, Tails walked in. "I guess I shouldn't be too surprised to see you here, Blaze." Tails said and he moved to check Shadow's heart monitor. "How long do you think it will be till they are up again?" Blaze asked. "I don't know. Judging by the injuries, it could be a while. Oh, by the way, Sonic wants to see you, Blaze." Tails informed the pyrokinetic cat. "What for?" Blaze asked. "I don't know. He just said the commander wanted to see you." Tails said. Blaze got up from her seat and kissed her boyfriends on the cheek before saying. "See ya, later." And walked out.

As Blaze walked down the hall, she made a left to turn into the main room, where Sonic and Cream were waiting. "It's about you got here." Sonic said, tapping his foot in his normal impatient manner. "Calm down. Just tell me what's up." Blaze said her usual stern fashion. "Don't ask me. Ask him." Sonic said as he pointed to the commander on the video screen. "Why did you wish to see us Mr. Commander?" Cream asked politely while holding Cheese. "Blaze, Cream, I have a mission of the utmost importance for you." the Commander said seriously. "I can understand me, but why do you want her?" Blaze asked, referring to Cream. "This mission will require both your skills. A representative for a nearby fishing town will arrive in Soleanna. I want you two to guard him and show him the sights." The commander instructed. "So in other words, you want us to be tour guides." Blaze said. "That's one way of putting it. If everything goes well, the town will provide us with its resources during troubled times. So don't fail." The commander said. "Yes, sir!" Blaze and Cream saluted.

Meanwhile, the Egg-Carrier III was currently floating across the Atlantic Ocean with Eggman sitting at the controls. Just then, Metal Sonic walked in the through the sliding doors and closed behind him. The tension mounted as the room was filled with an unnerving silence. "You wanted to see me?" Metal broke the silence. "You know something about that creature that attacked Station Square yesterday. Tell me what you know." Eggman demanded with his back still turned to Metal. "What makes you think I know anything, Eggman?" Metal asked. Eggman grinned as he turned to Metal and answered. "Because I know you, Metal." Seeing as how Eggman would find out eventually, Metal decided to give in. "His name is Nazo. I don't know much, but what I do know is that he holds a strong connection to the chaos emeralds." Metal admitted, though partially lying. He knew more about Nazo then he was letting on. "And how did you meet him?" Eggman asked. "I battled him and lost...terribly." Metal admitted. Eggman was shocked. It took Sonic, Shadow, and Silver in their super forms to defeat Metal Sonic in his current state. Just how powerful was this creature?

Just as Eggman was about to ask how he was defeated, Bokkun suddenly flew and yelled "EGGMAN!" Bokkun was flying too fast and smacked into Eggman, causing the doctor to fall over in his chair. "Bokkun! What have I told you about using that jetpack inside the ship?!" Eggman yelled while holding the small annoyance in his hand. "But Eggman, I've got something to tell you!" Bokkun screeched. "Can't you see I'm in the middle of a..." Eggman trailed of when he noticed Metal was gone. "Fine. What is it?" Eggman asked. "Mecha told me to tell you that the heroes are going to meet a representative from a fishing town." Bokkun informed. "Really now? Ho-ho, this could work to our advantage." Eggman smiled evilly. "Huh?" Three question marks appeared above Bokkun. "If we want to take over the world, we have to start small and work our way up." Eggman said. "Wow, Doctor, you're so smart." Bokkun said. "Yes, I am." Eggman gloated. "So who are you sending this time?" Bokkun asked. "No one. It's been a long time since I had any fun." Eggman chuckled.

Cream and Blaze sat down at the fountain of the central plaza in the town of Soleanna. Even though she did not remember her the Solaris incident like Silver and Mephiles, Blaze felt somewhat familiar to this place. "Ms. Blaze, who is it that we are looking for?" Cream asked while petting her chaos on her lap. "I don't know, but the commander said he would be easy to find." Blaze said. "What's his name?" Cream asked. "His name is Big." Blaze said awkwardly, feeling strange about the name. But then, out of nowhere, a small, bug-eyed frog landed on Blaze's head. "Huh?" Blaze said in confusion. "Froggy!" They heard someone shouting. The two females looked over to see a large, violet cat with darker stripes on his arms and tail. He wore simple light brown gloves, tan sandals, and a large belt. "Froggy!" the cat cried. The large cat jumped to grab the frog, but frog jumped away. Big fell flat on his stomach, crushing Blaze in the process. The frog jumped into Cream's arms and the frightened girl ran to the cat's side. "Ms. Blaze, are you ok?" Cream asked. "What do you think?" Blaze muffled voice said under the fat.

Blaze tried to claw her way out from under the monstrous fat and was finally able to get her upper half out. Blaze gasped for air as if her life depended on it. "You have no idea how angry I am." Blaze growled in a low voice. "Excuse me mister, but your crushing my friend." Cream said in her usual polite manner. But on sight of the frog in Cream's hands, the large cat reached out and grabbed the frog, yelling "Froggy!" 'Not a very bright one, is he?' Blaze mentally cursed herself as she continued to claw her way out from under the cat. "Excuse me, but who are you?" Cream asked. "Hi, I'm Big." The cat said stupidly. "Obviously, you overgrow fa..." "I think his name is Big." Cream interrupted Blaze's rant. Blaze's face deadpanned after that. 'This is the representative. They must not have had a lot of choices.' Blaze thought as she finally escaped with a snap. "Nice to meet you, Mr. Big." Cream politely bowed. "Yeah, whatever. Listen, we are supposed to watch you for the day. So don't wander off, got it!" Blaze ordered. "Ok." Big said stupidly. 'This is going to be a long day' Blaze thought.

"And over there would be the palace of Soleanna, home to its current ruler, Princess Elise the 3rd." Blaze pointed out as she continued her tour of Soleanna. "So, you understand so far?" Blaze asked Big. Blaze awaited her reply from the cat, but received none. "I said do you understand?" Blaze asked again as she turned back to him. But when she looked back, she found that neither Cream nor Big were with her. "Aah! Where'd they go!? Don't tell me I lost them!" Blaze panicked. "See, I told you could see the ocean from up here." Blaze heard Cream's high-pitched voice nearby. Blaze looked over to see Cream and Big standing on top of the guardrail of a nearby cliff. "Aah! Cream, no! Get down from there!" Blaze screamed as she ran at the two. "Let's go to the beach." Cream suggested. "Ok." Big agreed. Cream and Big walked perfectly across the guard rail as Blaze made a jump for them. She missed and was now floating over a thirty foot cliff with the ocean below her. "You have got to be kidding me." Blaze said. Blaze fell down the cliff and landed in the water...hard.

"I had no idea Ms. Blaze liked to swim." Cream said naively. Cream and Big were sitting at the beach with Big trying to fish Blaze out of the water. "Maybe she wants to play with the fishes." Big said stupidly. When Big felt a tug on the line, he started to reel his catch in and, amazingly, pulled Blaze out of the water by her shoe. "It's so good we found you, Ms. Blaze." Cream said happily. Too bad Blaze didn't share the same feelings. She had the most threatening scowl that would he scare Nazo. "You two, sit!" Blaze ordered. "Huh?" Cream and big questioned. "I said SIT!!!" Blaze screamed this time. Fearing what Blaze might do to them, they obediently dropped on their butts, many items jumping from Big's weight. "I have had enough of this. I am just trying to do my job and you aren't making it any easier." Blaze pointed to big. "But..." "Shut up!" Blaze interrupted. "All I want to do is get this over with. And I swear, if one more thing happens, I am going to blow." Blaze said in a huff and turned back to the ocean. "Uhh...Ms. Blaze?" Cream spoke up. "Yeah?" Blaze asked. "Eggman is kidnapping Mr. Big." Cream informed. Blaze instantly turned back to see that Big was missing and Eggman was carrying him away in his Egg-mobile. "I'm gonna kill that Egg-head!" Blaze cried of venomously.

"Whee! Look, Froggy, we're flying." Big cheered in happiness as Eggman floated away with Big grappled at the bottom. "This guy is the representative of the fishing town?" Bokkun questioned. "They must not have had a lot of choices." Eggman said. "That's exactly what I said." A voice came from behind them. "Huh?" Eggman and Bokkun questioned as they turned to face the direction of the voice. They turned to find Blaze as she jumped from the roof of a nearby building and shot straight at them. Blaze ignited her hands with her pyrokinetic powers and clawed her way through the chain like a hot knife through butter. As Big fell to the ground Cream ran to him under she was directly under him. "Don't worry, Mr. Big, I got you!" Cream said before taking a moment to realize the situation. "What am I? Crazy?" Cream quickly dived out of the way just in time to avoid being flattened by Big's body weight. "Grr. You'll pay for that, you hotheaded fur ball!" Eggman shouted. "I would like to see you try." Blaze challenged. "Grr. Black clones, attack!" Eggman ordered. On command, eight black clones jumped from behind the building and charged at the female heroes.

Blaze ducked down to avoid a black clone that jumped at her and swung around to kick the clone into the fountain. One black clone brought its claw down, But Blaze flipped back to land on the edge of the fountain. One black clone walked up to her as the one in the fountain jumped at her with its claw held forward. "Come on. Surely you can do better then that." Blaze taunted the two. Both black clones swung their claws at the pyrokinetic cat, but Blaze easily flipped back over the clone behind her. The two clones clawed through each other and reduced each other to puddles. "Hah! This is just too easy." Blaze chuckled. Unfortunately for her, she did not see the black clone behind her until it wrapped its arms around to capture her. "Gotcha now!" One clone shouted as it ran in for the kill. Thinking fast, Blaze pushed of the ground to flip over, causing the attacking black clone to kill its ally. "My turn!" Blaze shouted. Blaze ignited her hands with her pyrokinetic powers and ran past the clone with lightning speed. They stood there for a moment before the black clones head fell off and was reduced to a puddle.

Cream scarcely ducked and dodged as the black clones came at her left and right with no chance to fight back. Out of everyone in the hero group, she had the least experience in fighting. In other words, she was a sitting duck. "Hahaha. This is way too easy." One black clone said as it Cream by her little leg and hung her in the air. "Alright, let's end this." the black clones said as they gathered around. "Chao!" Cheese screamed. Unfortunately, the chaos was easily tossed aside and thrown to the wall. "Cheese!" Cream cried. "Hey, I got an idea. Why don't we kill that pest first?" One clone laughed. "Don't you dare!" Cream screamed. Cream suddenly flapped her ears to float in front of the clone holding her to kick its head off. "What the?" the clones questioned simultaneously. Cream then charged at two clones and kicked them in the face. The clones were sent flying and splattered all along the walls. "All right, you little brat, time to teach you a lesson!" the last clone yelled. The clone swung its claw down to the rabbit, But Cream flew up just before it could hit. The clone was able to look up just in time to see Cream stomp her feet into its face and pound it to the ground, reducing it to a puddle.

"Are you ok, Cheese." Cream asked her poor little chao. 'Amazing. I had no idea Cream was that strong. Her fighting spirit must come from when others are in danger. She an unpredictable one, that girl.' Blaze thought. "I must say, that was very impressive, but the fun is not over. Time for you two to meet my latest creation." Eggman stated. Just then, the ground suddenly shook until it burst open. From beneath the ground came a gigantic steel scorpion. "Behold, the Egg-Scorpion!" Eggman shouted. "It doesn't matter, because in a moment it will be a pile of scrap." Blaze said as she ignited her hands once more and jumped to the steel monstrosity. Unfortunately, the Egg-Scorpion opened its mouth and fired a stream of sand from inside. The sand didn't hurt Blaze, but it did extinguish the flames on her hands. "What the?" Blaze questioned. Taking advantage of Blaze's shocked state, the Egg-Scorpion raised its tail and slammed down of Blaze to crush her into the ground. The Egg-scorpion removed its tail to reveal a battered Blaze indented to the ground.

"Ms. Blaze!" Cream cried. "Time to end this. Attack, Egg-scorpion!" Eggman commanded. The Egg-scorpion raised its tail once more over its head and swung it straight down to Blaze. Just as it would seem that she was finished, the tail suddenly stopped. "What?!" Eggman yelled. After taking a closer look, Eggman noticed a fishing line connected to the Egg-scorpions tail. "Nobody hurts my friends." Big said. "Mr. Big!" Cream cheered. "Enough of this. Egg-scorpion, finish him instead." Eggman ordered. The Egg-scorpion released its tail from the fishing line and swung it directly at Big. But, to everyone's surprise, Big caught it. "What?!" Eggman screamed. In an impressive feat of strength, Big then lifted the Egg-Scorpion of the ground and started spinning it around in circles before releasing it to the direction of the ocean. The Egg-scorpion fell into the water and a second later, a large explosion came from where it landed. "Grr. This isn't over, you meddlesome heroes!" Eggman proclaimed as he turned tail and flew away. "Wait for me!" Bokkun cried as he chased after the doctor.

An hour later, Blaze was fully healed from her battle and stood in front of Big with her head bowed down to him. "I'm sorry for what I said earlier. I was just frustrated about the recent events that had happened. I shouldn't have taken my anger out on you." Blaze apologized. "Aww, it's ok." Big said happily and wrapped Blaze into a bone breaking hug. "Ow! Personal space! Personal space!" laze screamed. Blaze finally broke out from the hug and held out a small communicator with the Sonic Heroes symbol on it. "Big, because of your bravery, I think it's only fair if we made you an hororary member of our team." Blaze said, suprisingly cheerful. Big gratefully took the communicator and yelled a loud cheer. "(Chuckles) Well, we have some time left. Why don't we go down to the beach?" Cream suggested. Cream and Big gave Blaze the puppy dog eyes, hoping she would say yes. "Ok. It's not like we have anything better to do." Blaze said. "Yay!" Cream and Big cheered as the made a run for the beach. 'It feels like I'm babysitting a bunch of children. But, for some reason, it doesn't bother me.' Blaze thought. "Hey guys, wait up." Blaze called out while chasing after the two.

Meanwhile, back at the Egg-Carrier III, Mecha was headed for Metal's secret chamber when a strange light emitted from the creases of the secret door. "What in the world?" Mecha questioned. Mecha placed his hand on the wall to open the secret door into Metal's private chamber. The four mechs were in their usual place while Metal stood in the center of the room with the time stones floating above his head. The time stones seemed to be reacting to something as they glowed on and off every ten seconds. "What just happened?" Mecha interrogated. "I've done it." Metal said. "Done what?" Mecha asked. "I have learned bend the time stones to my will through the power of the chaos emerald." Metal said as he held out the yellow chaos emerald. "So does that mean you will be going home?" Mecha asked. "Unfortunately, no. The time limit is still active. I can only travel back and forth between five years. But in two more days, the time limit will expire." Metal said. "You do realize you have to tell Eggman before then." Mecha said. Metal stared intently at his darker counterpart and said "I know."

A new member has joined the Sonic Heroes. Will this new addition change the outcome of the war? Metal prepares to reuturn home. But the question, where and when is his home? Stay tuned to find out

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