Chapter 14: Oh, Devil Meet Price!

Listen, I'm busy because of a very special reason. You can actually look at my homepage, which I'm actually using for once! Oh, and I'll start giving out a challenge in each chapter. Some of them may be hidden in the story. Some of them may be located directly from me. And some of them may not be told of, because I might forget. I'll try not to do that. And there's a challenge in this chapter. YIPPEE! I'll tell you after the chapter.

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Bob showed them a device with a big red button. Why does it always have to be big and red? Bob wondered.

"What's that?" Tails asked.

"It's a device that..." Bob began dramatically, "will send you to the moon!"

"What!" Shadow exclaimed. "That's impossible!"

"Actually, it's a lot more possible than you think!" Bob replied with a dangerous grin. And with that, he pressed the button.

A hole suddenly appeared beneath all of them. You won't believe what happened next.

They all fell down to their doom.

Or did they?

A moment later, they appeared again. Thanks to a couch that is suppose to go up through the open hole. It is shaped like a crescent moon and has pictures and colors that matches the moon. The only difference: you can't really bounce up to about six feet in the air.

"See? I told you that you would go to the moon!" Bob bragged boastfully as he puts away the device.

"Why did you have to be so mysterious?" Eggman yelled in frustration.

"It makes it more fun!" Bob said, adding a chuckle. "What else?"

"So you're not evil?" Tails asked in suspicion.

"No."

"Are you sure?"

"No."

"Positive?"

"Yes."

"Good." Tails said in satifaction.

"What? What did I do?"

"That was a trick question. You see-"

"Actually, I can't see it."

"Whatever. The point is that you aren't obsessed with saying no. Otherwise you would have said no, as in you wouldn't be positive."

"Oh."

"So what use is this couch beside proving that you sent us to the moon?"

"Oh, that reminds me." Bob suddenly said as he took out another device. It also has a big and red button.

"Another one?" Shadow exclaimed. "Let me guess. It's going to send us to the sun."

"No, actually.." Bob began, but thought better of it. "See for yourself." He pressed the button.

Instantly the same previous hole appeared beneath the couch and the couch went down, taking the unfortunate characters, who were too slow to notice, with it.

"Oops. Wrong device." Bob said as he dumped out all the devices, including the one in his hands, onto the floor. They are all... the same devices with a big red button. Here's the bad part: he forgot to label them!

"I knew I should have labeled them earlier!" Bob muttered, though there was no point in muttering since no one was there with him. So he decided that he should take them out before he can experiment on which one is which and then he could label them. That's when he reached the next problem.

"Uh-oh." Bob stated. You could probably tell what's the problem.

I'll give you some time to think before you read on.

And on.

And on.

And on.

And... oh who cares?

Since he also tossed in the device that controls the moon-like couch height, he can't tell which one it is. So he will have to test each one.

And here he goes.

Press!

Suddenly the couch that is in total darkness spun around and around and around and around and... well, you get the point.

"Who's driving this thing?" Tails manged to shout.

Even though the hole that is in the floor of the house is closed, that doesn't mean that it is soundproof. After hearing Tails shouting, he knew that was not the one. He pressed the button again to stop whatever action the couch is using. He tossed it into the pile and picked up another one.

Press!

The couch spun again. Soon the shouts were so loud that Bob is already nervous, frantically tried to press the button, which somehow got stuck. After what seemed like an eternity, he managed to press the button and the shouting stopped.

This time, he threw that same insane device somewhere else. Let's just say that... it's somewhere where he'll never find it.

Then he took another one.

Press!

The couch below started leaning to one side. To the left, unfortunately. The reason that it is unfortunate is that Eggman is the person who is on the outside to the right. So...

"WHOSE SQUISHING ME?" shouted the blue one.

"NOT ME." said the egg-shaped one.

"I'M NOT EGG-SHAPED!" protested the egg-shaped... oh, fine.

"EVEYONE STOP SQUISHING ME!" yelled the one who claims to be the ultimate life form. No reply. "I'm going to die." he added sarcastically.

"Aren't we all?" the smart fox replied back.

"Eggman isn't." the red echidna pointed out.

"Yay! I'm not going to die!" Eggman shouted in joy.

Suddenly, the couch went back to the normal level.

"And so are we!" chorused the rest of the five.

Bob had just pressed the button in time. And guess what? He threw away that device too.

And picks up another.

Press!

Now the couch is leaning back.

"We're actually going to space!" Eggman claimed.

"That's ridiculous!" Tails replied, outraged. "We don't even have astronaut suits!"

"We don't need astronaut suits." Eggman pointed out.

Since there were hardly any complains, Bob quickly assumed that this button isn't doing any harm. Boy, is he wrong, as he labels that device as 'harmless' and picks another one.

Press!

Suddenly, engines appear behind the couch, aiming at the ground.

"You're kidding." Tails said.

"I'm afraid he's not kidding." Sonic argued.

"Whose side are you on?" Rouge asked.

"Uhh, the side of justice?" Sonic said weakly, hoping that the answer is okay.

Rouge was about to reply when the most devastating noise had reached their ears.

Press!

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Are they really going into space? Or is it just a simulation? You will find out soon enough.

The challenge? This will remind you.

Oh, Devil Meet Price

Now you will notice that that's the title of the chapter. But it makes no sense. Maybe because it's just random. Or maybe not.

Even so, you'll most likely think that that's not the right title.

So what is the real title? This is your first and only clue:

Oh, Devil Meet Price