Hello, everyone! This is Umbra the Hedgehog signing back in! This chapter actually has an interesting story. I actually thought this up almost immediately after last chapter was finished, but then...well, I got kinda stuck. Anyway, here you go... CHAPTER 12!
NOTE:
-All of the characters or universes featured in this fic belong to their respective owners. Umbra the Hedgehog belongs to me. Flame Torpedo Burn belongs to Flame Burn96.
Multi-Dimensional Melee!
Chapter 12: Relieving the tension.
The team was back in the monitor room, trying to calm down and recover from their harsh battle.
Out of nowhere, they heard a beeping noise. After looking for the source, they noticed it came from the gun that Sonic had.
After eyeing the gun, he noticed a flickering blue button. He pressed it.
"Um, guys...it's...it's Tanya. What am I saying? Who else would it be?"
The group was surprised.
"You put a communicator in this thing as well?" Especially Sonic.
The Guyver made a legitimate comment. "How many other functions does that gun have?"
"Guys, um...we have a, uh...small problem..." Some fighting noises could be heard in the background.
Since Sonic knew her better than the others, he was the one who answered her call.
"What's wrong, Tanya? What's going on in there?"
"They found our hideout."
"Wait, how?"
"The guys behind this...they-they sent Wildwing."
"Of course...Wildwing's mask." Sonic then remembered something. "Wait...how did he get through the door?"
"They did something to him. He can turn intangible at will now." A thud was heard in the background. "Hurry, guys!"
"What can we...wait a minute..." Sonic then turned to his partner. "Guyver, the button!"
The Guyver remembered. He was the one that Tanya gave the button to. And he still had it. Immediately, he pressed it.
Suddenly, Tanya, Flame and Spyro appeared in front of them. Tanya had her Puck Launcher ready, and Flame and Spyro were knocked out.
"Huh? Wh-what happened?"
"It's OK, Tanya. You're in our HQ."
"Oh." She breathed a sigh of relief. "Good to know it worked. I was getting worried."
The transmission was still being heard, however.
"Where did they go?"
"I don't know..."
"What do we do, sir?"
"We lost them...all we can do is..." The transmission was cut off by an explosion.
Sonic then handed the gun over to its owner. "Hey, even though this gun saved our hides, I think I'd feel more comfortable not having it. I think you'll need it more than any of us."
They then joined the others, who were busy checking on Flame and Spyro.
"Are they all right?"
"They will be. They just need some time to recover."
"Even so, I think we should tend to their injuries as best as we can." Tanya then lifted Spyro, though not without difficulty. "I'll take him."
After she walked not too far away, Sonic stood up. "Hey, you guys take care of Flame. I'm going with her."
And so did the Guyver. "I'm going too. He saved our lives; I guess I owe him that."
With this, they went to where Tanya was checking on Spyro, while the others were helping Flame recover.
We'll follow them first...
Tanya had only began to help Spyro with his injuries, when she noticed Sonic and the Guyver approaching her.
"Hey, uh, what's up, guys?"
"We just came to give you a hand with that, Tanya."
"Really?"
"Sure. I mean, he's the one who saved us and he brought us to where you guys were. If he hadn't, we'd be dead right now, and so would you. The way I see it, we owe him as much."
"Yeah, I was thinking that too."
The Guyver decided to talk now. "Any serious injury?"
"Well, nothing broken, but he's gonna need, you know, some help with the bruises."
"Do you have anything for that?"
"Um, not really."
After a little thinking, she had an idea.
"Hey, you think there's something here that works?"
"Maybe. Let me check."
Sonic ran around the place, looking for anything that could pass for a first-aid kit. It wasn't long before he saw an actual first-aid kit. Without saying anything, he just grabbed it and went back.
"Hey, I got it."
"That was fast."
"Well, they don't call me 'the fastest thing alive' just because, you know."
He handed Tanya the first-aid kit, and she proceeded to get everything prepared.
Now, to the others...
"You sure this is gonna work?"
"Don't worry, Yin. I've used it a couple times in the past. It works wonders."
Umbra began to form a purple energy sphere, and then he introduced it into Flame's chest.
"3...2...1..." Flame opened her eyes. "Done!"
She then got up, not seeming hurt anymore.
"Hey, where did the weird things go?"
Everyone except Umbra and Flame was surprised.
Yang, in particular, got really curious. "How did that happen?"
"I guess I had to have some time-related trick that actually worked."
"Wait...that's time? How does that work?"
"Well, that's my secret."
During the short conversation, it took Flame a while to notice that she was not locked in battle anymore.
"Woohoo! We're alive!" She then took a good look at the people near her, and Umbra in particular caught her interest. "Hey, who are you?"
"I could ask you the same thing." He looked at her, and decided to take a guess. "You know Sonic, right?"
"Well, yeah."
"You're a two-tailed fox..."
"Unless there's another one sprouting out."
"OK, um...are you Tails' girlfriend, or his sister?"
Flame couldn't help but laugh at this question.
"No, no, no. I'm single, and I have two sisters called Starlight and Venus, and two cousins called Jazz and Mellissa. Tails and I are just friends." She then noticed Zero's Chain Rod had been cut off. "Hey, want some help with that?"
"Can you repair it?"
Flame made a wrench seemingly appear out of nowhere. "Hey, working on machinery is one of my favorite things!" She walked towards Zero and began to look at the Rod in detail.
"I'll help you with that!" Yin went over to where they were.
Umbra was going to follow, but was stopped by Yang.
"Hey, dude. Can I talk to you for a moment?"
"Uh...OK."
Back to the other four...
"OK, I think that should do it."
After a lot of work, Spyro's bruises had pretty much faded away.
"Hey, you think he's OK?"
Tanya reassured Sonic. "Yeah, we just have to wait until he, you know, wakes up."
"I mean, after all that's happened to him."
"What do you mean?" Tanya was confused, since she didn't know Spyro as well as Sonic did.
"Well, remember he told us how he ended up with you?"
"Uh, yeah."
"The one who let him escape and got captured...was his mate."
After hearing this, Tanya and the Guyver were both shocked.
"Long story short, Cynder was his enemy, and he freed her. After some experiences, they fell in love with each other and saved their world together." Sonic remembered the story Spyro and Cynder had told him once.
"Also, at some point, well...his mentor and father figure, a fire dragon named Ignitus, sacrificed himself to save them. As you can imagine, it really hurt him. Back when I met him, he still had some trouble dealing with it."
The three looked over at Spyro, who still had his eyes closed.
"And there's also his brother, Sparx. Who knows where he is now..."
The Guyver decided to speak again. "He's had some bad experiences."
"Yeah. I'm just hoping he can hold himself together after all this."
"All of us went through the same, Sonic. And I'm sure everything will go back to normal once we fix this."
"Yeah, I guess."
After the conversation had ended, Spyro finally woke up.
"Huh? Where am I?"
"It's OK, Spyro. The button worked."
Now, over to the others...
"OK, there it is. As good as new!"
Flame had worked hard on the repairs, and it showed. The Chain Rod had been repaired perfectly, almost as if it was never cut off. Also, Zero was looking better, almost brand new, having even his old injuries effectively fixed.
"I'm back to...105%?." He then turned to his mechanic. "You're good at mechanics, Flame."
"Heh, told ya: I love working on mechanics!" She then turned to Yin. "High five, sister!"
But Yin wasn't really paying attention. She was looking at Yang and Umbra, who were talking about something, but she couldn't really figure out what.
If she had, she would have known they were talking about...her.
"So, wait. You're telling me...you're in love with her? Really?"
"Yeah. I'm serious. Why is that so hard to believe?"
"Well, you're the exception, dude."
"What do you mean?"
"Everytime my sister falls in love or gets a date, the guy is either evil or a complete dork."
"Can't imagine why. She's really great."
"Maybe because pigs fly when she does."
"You're kidding, right?"
"No, really. She gets a date, and pigs get wings."
"Guess we better get used to having flying bacon for breakfast then."
Yang couldn't help but laugh at the comment.
"Good one, dude. I like you already."
"So, you're OK with the whole me-and-your-sister thing?"
"Hey, you're the only guy who's gotten her attention without having evil involved. I'd say Yin can deal with that."
"I'll take that as a 'yes'. Good to hear that." Umbra streched out his hand, waiting for Yang to shake.
It didn't really take long before he did.
As she watched from where she stood, her initial feelings of slight worry just disappeared, as she saw her brother and her love got along just fine.
"Hello? Pinky? You OK?"
And she was called back by Flame.
"Oh, uh, sorry. What happened?"
"Work's done. Our boy here is back to top shape again."
Yin took a look at Zero. "Wow, you left him like he was just built!"
"It was nothing. Besides, you helped me with that, remember?" She lifted her hand again. "High five, sister!"
This time, she actually got a high five in return.
And then, she remembered something. "Hey, where did Tanya and Spyro go?"
"Oh, it's OK. They're over there."
She turned to where they were standing, and saw that they were OK.
Yang and Umbra came back almost immediately afterwards.
"Hey, let's go join the others."
Everyone agreed and did so.
Almost immediately after, the disembodied voice began to speak again.
"I see you found some survivors."
Sonic answered first. "Yeah, they got lucky."
"There might be at least one more."
"Wait, what? Really?"
A screen came down in front of them, showing a map. "There is a very faint signal coming from this spot." A part of the map was highlighted. "It is vaguely life-like, but it only got detected by machine-searching frequencies." The screen went back up. "I do not know what it is, but it does not seem tainted by evil."
Zero stood forward. "We should go now, before something happens."
"The problem is that the entry is unstable. I can not send all of you."
The Guyver responded quickly. "How many of us can enter?"
"Only two."
The team huddled up.
They began to dicuss who would go, but they didn't think about it for too long before someone stood forward.
"I'm going." Sonic had already decided that he would go, convinced that maybe this was the work of Tails. "Who's coming with me?"
Umbra stepped forward as well. "Count me in, Sonic."
"Alright." Sonic looked at the others. "You guys OK with this?"
"Even if we weren't, I don't think it would make a difference." Tanya pointed out. "I know that determined look of yours when I see it, Sonic." She then looked at Umbra. "And he shares that look with you."
"Very well then." A portal opened in front of the two. "But be warned. You can not take too much time. The stability of this zone is fading away, and it will soon disappear. If you take too long, you will disappear with it."
"Got it." They spoke in unison.
A bracelet with a switch appeared on Sonic's wrist. "Once you are done, flip the switch. It will open a portal and bring you back."
"Understood." They spoke in unison again.
"You ready, Umbra?" As Sonic expected an answer, it didn't come.
Umbra had gone to talk to Yin.
"Please be careful, Umbra."
"Don't worry, cutie. We'll be back before you know it."
"You promise?"
"Would I lie to you?"
Yin let out a small chuckle. "Guess not."
Umbra then went back to Sonic's side. "OK, now I'm ready."
With that said, they both jumped inside the portal, and it closed.
Alright, small announcement here.
I'm gonna take a short break from this fic. Why? Well, I got a request for a Penguins of Madagascar fic, and I actually want to write it. Don't worry, that one won't be so long, and it shouldn't take too long before I return to this fic.
Hope you liked this chapter. Stay tuned for the new fic and for Chapter 13.
This is Umbra the Hedgehog signing off.
