Shark Frenzy
"Ugh, exactly how long those it take for them to find the control?" Wave moaned in boredom as she watched all the sharks except for Maurice leave the area, some seemed to be relieved while others looked back with worried expressions.
"Uh…won't we need them to return to the surface?" Strom asked worriedly, his attention turned toward the remaining shark. Maurice chuckled slightly as he removed the headphones from his head.
"We won't need it after we retrieve the aquamarine," Vector replied before the fish had a chance to open his mouth before turning to the purple swallow, "and as for you, be a little patient; I bet they just got the system down." As if on cue all the lights around the base went off, the buzzing sound that occurs when a machine is shut down was heard in the quiet darkness. Seconds later, annoyed shouts from the patrolling soldiers were heard below, complaining about a fuse blowing or some idiot spilling coffee on the monitor again.
"See, what I tell ya." The swallow growl slightly, muttering a few unpleasant words as she walked away from the reptile which had a smug look on his snout.
"Rouge, would you give the honors and lead us to the entrance?" Jet said as he bowed mockingly to the right, knowing that a few feet away was the infamous jewel thief and former spy of the enemy. Rouge smiled, her nocturnal gift giving her an advantage in this environment.
"Why thank you, I glad to see a boy finally give me the respect I deserve." The albino bat replied as she heard a certain echidna growl angrily and a hedgehog 'humph', arms mostly crossed his midnight fur.
"What the…Jet, since when did you actually show respect to someone's talent?" Wave replied as she crossed her arms against her chest, glaring in the direction where the hawk's voice radiated from.
"She has something special to appreciate; you on the other hand, do not." Rouge chuckled softly, basically hearing the bird go into a somewhat between a tantrum and a murder attempt. Storm looked confused and worried, hoping he wouldn't be in the crossfire of his teammates while the others rolled their eyes in irritation.
"Stop it you two, we don't have time for this. Let get the aquamarine before they get the power back on." Vector said angrily, making whatever Wave was about to say too scare to leave her open mouth.
"Alright, sorry to cause so much trouble," rouge sarcastically apologized as she started to swim toward the door, "come on, Maurice, you be in the back to make sure nobody accidently wonders off." The shark nodded as everyone swam after the mammal.
~ Inside the Base ~
"That was too easy." The once hedgehog said as he pushed a few buttons on the control panel, watching with a smirk the screen flashing as the base's defensive grid was shut down. Now they can get gem without causing at least a bit of trouble for the soldiers.
"Hah," the chameleon was caught by surprise as thick arms wrapped themselves around the reptile's short neck, "look at what I got, the Guardian of the island the Commander told us about I presume." Sonic struggled in the humans grip. A few seconds ago, the guy was passed out, sprawled on the floor, but seemed to be quick to regain his conscious and catch sight of the one who caused him to be in that predicament in the first place, "Yu caused a lot of trouble for him, but he'll be so glad I caught you that he'll give a big promotion and away from this dump."
"Ugh," the blue reptile groaned as he twisted his head away from the guards face, a wretched expression on his face, "maybe it's best for everyone else here, your breath reeks." The complaint earned a growl from the human as he squeezed tighter, limiting the air coming in and out of his hostage's lungs.
Whack!
The soldier's body fell limp once more, his grip on Sonic's neck disappearing instantly as the chameleon gasped to breathe. Turning around quickly after several seconds of panting for breathe, he caught sight of Espio, the purple chameleon having a small smirk on his face as he watched quietly, his arms crossed against his chest as he leaned on the wall.
"Thanks, but I didn't need help." Sonic said as he stood up tall. Espio's smirk widened slightly as he replied.
"And exactly how arrogant you are to accept help?" he asked as they both exited the room. Sonic carefully closed the door and locked it before placing the keys on the top of a nearby security cam.
"No, I didn't mean it that way. The guy just had me by surprise. I'm not the one to not appreciate help from my friends." The blue reptile replied as the sound of a body hitting the marble ground was heard down the hallway, "I guess he finally caught the 'ball'." Sonic chuckled slightly as he walked down the hall, followed by a slightly confused ninja.
"What so special about a ball?" he asked as they passed a few other hallways branching off of the one they were walking down before turning left. As the guardian had expected, on the floor of the hallway was one of the two guards that protected the security door, in the palm of his open hand was a red ball. Sonic glanced at the chameleon beside him, a mischievous smirk on his face as he whistled. The ball immediately began to stir on its own before it uncurled it revealed a centipede, its exoskeleton the same color and look as the red ball it once was. Sonic squatted down as the centipede crawled up the chameleon's glove, but stopped at his cuff and waited patiently for any other instruction.
"As you just realized, that ball was a centipede. I outlined its exoskeleton with the same substance used to make rubber balls. The venom he has causes its victim to be paralyzed for certain time limits, usual about an hour and a half, so don't worry, he's not hurt, and it's perfectly painless." He answered as the centipede crawled over the cuff of the white glove before turning around and disappearing underneath the glove.
"Interesting." The Chaotix member said, intrigued in the small discovery.
"Yeah, I have to tell you later. First thing first, we need to meet up with the others then we find the gem." Espio nodded before the duo dashed down the hall to the entrance to wait for the others.
~ Outside the Base ~
"Dang, the doors shut tight." Rouge complained as she pulled at the crack that separated the two movable glass doors.
"Move out the way bat, let me have a swing at it." Knuckles said as he punched his fists together, an overconfident smirk clearly seen on his muzzle. The thief shrugged before swimming away as the echidna reared back before releasing a bit punch. The smirk disappeared immediately off of Knuckles face as he slowly moved his arm away from the door. Disbelief shone brightly in his amethyst colored eyes as he noticed that he didn't even put a scratch on the door. "I didn't even put a crack on it." He muttered before angrily punching the door several times, none of them making any progress on the door than the first.
"Oh just stop it Knuckie before you hurt yourself." Rouge said, her eyes closed and hands placed on her hips, making the irritable mammal back away from the door, slightly shaking in anger. Seconds later, Maurice walked up to the door, a small smirk on his face as he studied it.
"I think I can break it." He said. Knuckles mumbled angrily under his breath before commenting.
"Be my guest." Maurice cracked his knuckles before surprising the group by his next action. Instead of rearing back to punch at the doors, the shark grabbed the sides of small door frame and reared its head back before head-butting it hard, the door shattering instantly and shards of glass floating up to the surface. The others stared shocked, all except for Shadow who simply raised an eyebrow in interest.
"You ok?" Vector asked as the large fish took a few steps back. The shark chuckled slightly before turning his head to the croc.
"Of course I am son. I dealt with your nephew and survived didn't I. He was a feisty one when he was young, glad to see it out his system now." The shark said.
"Whoa cool, your dad is a shark Vector, he's very cool." Charmy squealed loudly, causing everyone to glare at him to keep his large pipe-hole closed.
"What do you mean by Sonic being a 'feisty' one?" Tails asked earning a nervous look from Vector.
"Well, it's not my place to tell about his past. He'll have to tell you on that part."
"Oh anyway," the shark said as he handed the croc the clear headphones, "give these to Sonic and tell him thanks for letting me borrow it again. I seemed to have misplaced mine's once more." The green reptile nodded and Maurice wave goodbye, stating that he's got to get back to his duties.
"Alright, so now all we have to do is find Sonic and Espio?" Jet said as he took the lead inside.
"Don't waste your time." Espio replied as he and Sonic appeared directly in front of the hawk, causing him to gasp in shock and jump a few feet in the air. Sonic chuckled slightly as he looked at the leader of the Babylon Rogue.
"Even though I played this prank on you several times, it's still funny. I'm surprise you haven't got used to it."
"Really Sonic, and you too Espio." Vector said as he glanced between the two chameleons. The purple one shrugged innocently while the blue one replied with a toothy grin.
"Sonic talked me into it. I have to say, though, it was actually funny." Espio said with a smirk, causing the croc to sigh.
"Look, let's just get the aquamarine and get out of here. Also, Sonic, here's your headphones from Maurice." He tossed the glass headphones to his nephew, who easily caught it.
"Finally," Sonic replied before he was surrounded by multi-colored lights, blinding everyone around him. He shape changed once more and when the light dimmed, in place of the chameleon was a light blue, almost grayish shark. The shark quickly placed the headgear on his head, the sides placed directly over the gills before he pushed a button on one of the sides, causing water to flow through them and for the gills to start pulsating slightly in a set rhythm, "I'm set now. Let's go thrash some soldiers." Sonic replied with a toothy grin, sharp, pointed teeth glistened slightly under the artificial light.
"Alright then, while Sonic located the control room, I accidently stumbled upon the storage where the aquamarine was being kept. They have set up an ambush on the other side of the door, so its best we be prepare for that." The purple reptile stated as he led the group through the base's maze of hallways until they stopped in front of a titanium steel door.
"Guess that they don't really want us in there," Sonic said as he grinned before steeping up to the door, "let me do the honors of opening it."
~ Storage Unit ~
"How is the gem doing?" the commander asked, the upper part of the body being the only thing visible on the monitor, the rest being hidden by the black desk he sat behind.
"The gem is still in the containment capsule, sir." the soldier said, giving a salute to the G.U.N. commander. Behind him, several other soldiers were readying themselves just in case the doors were breached and the aquamarine was put in danger of being taken from their watch.
"And what about the Guardian, did he and the traitors arrive?" the soldier nodded in response.
"Yes sir, we are preparing for any breach they might cause, the entrances to this room are secured and guarded tightly." The commander nodded in approval before the screen went black. The human turned around quickly, the sound of something tearing came from the door as they all gasped in shock, seeing that standing out of the gray door was two sets of sharp, pearly white teeth. The teeth closed quickly before pulling away, leaving a huge hole in the door and behind it was the head of a bluish gray shark. The shark then back away, fingers placed inside the hole before forcefully ripping the hole larger, revealing a surprised echidna, fox, bat, swallow, albatross, chameleon, bee, and hedgehog while the croc and hawk looked at them with smirks.
"I believe you have something of mine." The shark said, but was answered by dozens of guns being pointed at him and the activation of the surrounding robots. The soldiers pulled the triggers, bullets rapidly being flown through the air, making the others scatter quickly while Sonic crossed his arms in defense. The bullets bounced off harmlessly, unable to easily penetrate the thick scales surrounding his body. Shadow charged up a chaos spear and threw it at one of the approaching bots, making it explode and destroying any that were unfortunate to be close by. Knuckles, Vector, and Storm each rushed toward one of the clusters of soldiers, distracting some and allowing Sonic a chance to attack. The shark quickly rushed toward one of the soldiers, sending the human a single punch and making him fly into his comrades. Espio jumped onto the wall, quickly pulling out his shuriken and throwing them at several bots, causing them to malfunction and stop in their tracks. Charmy flew around, stabbing anyone he could get with his stinger. Tails and Rouge quickly flew over to the capsule that contained, carrying Wave and Jet to quickly retrieve the gem before any harm could be directed in their direction.
"Everyone," Vector yelled to the group, dodging a bullet sent in his direction, "whatever you do, do not make them bleed and try not to do the same."
"Why?" the gray albatross asked. Not watching the strength in his punch, he punched the soldier hard in the face, breaking the glass covering his face which had cut the skin, causing several scratches to start bleeding as he screamed in pain. Sonic's fist stopped inches from the soldier in front of him, the human open one eye in surprise to see the shark's had tilted toward the ceiling, the snout twitching slightly as the smell of the human's blood wafted in his nose. It smelt wonderful to him, the life giving liquid had a small, salty smell to it, but had a healthy scent to it. The human slowly back away, not liking what was about to happen.
"That's why." Vector answered as the shark tilted his head back down and abruptly opened his eyes, the emerald green eyes were now dulled and were turned into slits, the pupils barely visible in them as a toothy, blood lust grin slowly formed on his face. His eyes focused on the frightened human who was unlucky to be in front of him
"Shark Frenzy!" Jet shouted as Sonic lunged, mouth opened, revealing three sets of flesh tearing teeth.