Chapter 13
A lot of Bad Luck.
A/N: Long time, no see, eh? Well I hope this suffices for that long time. Man, it's hard to focus on every character in this story! Well, I hope you enjoy.
The nameless wolf knew he could not catch the bus on foot. Yet fortunately for him, he had a plan in mind. It would almost be as easy as stealing candy from a baby…
He noticed a child riding home to school on his bike, who had suddenly stopped to speak to a friend of his. While the child was distracted, the wolf slowly crept up on him. Right when he was close enough, he pushed the child off the bike, and while his friend was busy staring at him in shock, hoped on the bike and rode on.
"Easy as stealing candy from a baby!" The wolf cried triumphantly.
Unfortunately for the wolf, he did not see that same child speedily running after him.
He had stolen the new bike of Cinnamon's brother, who had not ridden the bus that day. He was a fast bicyclist, and a good runner. "Hey, that's my bike!" He yelled.
The wolf only chuckled. Cinnamon's brother wasn't fast enough to keep up with him.
But someone else was.
Out of nowhere, Sonic II appeared several meters in front of him. But the wolf slowed down. He was confident that he would move out of the way.
Yet he didn't move.
A moment later, he still didn't move, but his glare intensified.
The wolf slowly put his hand over the brakes, stopping just centimeters in front of Sonic II. He then got off, slowly lowering the bike, ignoring the out of breath Marius several hundred meters behind him.
"You're brave little hedgehog." The wolf said to him coldly, never letting the glare in his eyes leave him. The nameless wolf knew who he was facing. Sonic II, the son of his master's rival.
The wolf knew he was ahead of the bus's path. He had ridden the bike a different way, and knew that he should merely leave the bike, and wait patiently for the bus to cross his way.
But he had a different plan in mind. Why not be entertained while waiting? Was he, trained under his master Shadow, stronger than this hedgehog, trained under Sonic?
"My master has defeated your father on a number of occasions." The wolf coaxed Sonic. "He has trained me under his wing, and soon, I may be equal to him in power. What about you? Are you as weak as your father? Or will fighting you prove to be challenge?"
Sonic II, eager for any challenge, especially from the likes of this wolf, who he didn't like, wasn't going to back down. "You'll be lucky to land a punch." Sonic II returned.
"Um… guys?" Marius said, having picked up his bike, was looking to the north of him. Three cars had just stopped meters in front of them, blocking off the road. The wolf turned behind him, hearing a sound of a bus getting closer and closer.
Out of one car exited Gorman, the pig. The second car contained Kauri and the rhinoceros and the third contained Henri, with a rather sore face. "Get out of the way" Kauri ordered the wolf and Sonic II.
"It's them." The wolf stated.
"Who?" Sonic II asked. He then recognized Kauri. "Hey," He called to her. "Didn't you get beat up by Cinnamon? I mean, if you got beat up by that girl, then why would you try to go against me?"
The rhino charged at Sonic II, or so he thought. He merely wanted him to jump out of the way. Lowering his horn, he sped toward the Sonic II, and predictably, Sonic II had moved out of the way in a moment. He continued charging, until his horn collided with the bus.
He had charged with enough force to certainly knock it down, but it merely stopped, nearly tilting to the side. The students inside screamed, gasped, and started clutching to their seats.
Except for one of course… "Alright!" Cinnamon shouted.
Pitney gently and confidently made his way toward the bus, while Kauri and Henri merely walked past the too proud Sonic II.
"What, you don't want some more?" The over-confident hedgehog shouted.
"Shut up, you fool!" The wolf yelled at him. "Don't you see that they mean to hurt your friends?"
That put some sense into him. He hurried to the bus, but speed would not help him get through the doors. The huge rhino stood guard over the only available entrance.
"Get off my bus!" The driver yelled at Kauri boldly. Until he was shut up by Kauri, falling out cold on the wheel.
Violet literally stood frozen in the back seat, backing farther and farther away. She wanted to close her mind and forget everything.
"Just keep backing up and the trap will be set…" Violet heard in her mind.
Startled, she stopped moving backwards, looking behind her just in time to see the red hedgehog trying to get at her from the emergency exit door.
"She's done for…" Another thought in her head.
Whether she went backwards or forwards, Violet was stuck.
Outside the bus, the wolf cunningly made his way behind Henri through the emergency exit while Sonic II bravely (and foolishly) decided to fight the rhino.
He first punched the rhino in the stomach. It only smiled.
He punched it in the face. It only smiled.
He then kicked it hard in the groin. It still only smiled.
He tried punching it a fourth time in the chest. His fist was caught in his hand, and Sonic II was neatly thrown in a trashcan.
"So much for speed…" Sonic II said dizzily.
Yet the rhino had not anticipated an attack from behind. Cinnamon had grabbed her tennis racket and whacked it upside the back of the Rhino's head.
Roaring with pain, the Rhino fell off the bus, and Cinnamon dove after it, racket in hand. Yet Cinnamon underestimated the Rhino's strength and speed, her tennis racket's next strike ended with the racket in two pieces. The rhino then yanked Cinnamon from her throat, and Cinnamon had to smell its nasty breath while it spoke. "You can't defeat me, little girl."
"If not by physical means, then maybe by other ones!" Cinnamon growled back. With her hands, she tried to blow the Rhino away using her abilities with the wind. The wind grew violet indeed, but it was still not enough.
The rhino grinned even bigger. "If you're going to hurt me, can you at least do something about your breath?" Cinnamon boldly said.
Inside the bus, the wolf was battling the red hedgehog. The red hedgehog greatly underestimated the wolf. The wolf wasn't even trying to attack him yet. Every strike the red hedgehog made miss. Angered, he pulled out his jackknife.
Big mistake. Seeing his hand reach to his belt, the wolf kicked Henri in the face, while his other leg quickly swept under, making him trip. While Henri fell to the ground, the wolf grabbed his face and guided it forcefully to the ground.
Henri groaned under the fall, and groaned again as the wolf stepped over him.
Gorman Pitney wasn't stupid. He knew that he would not be able to defeat the wolf. Instead, he pulled out a laser pistol, and aimed it all around. "If anyone moves, I'm killing that one and everyone after that." He warned.
Kauri grinned as the wolf drew back, and Violet only grew more fearful. "She's as good as ours now!" She heard in her head. Violet now knew that she was reading thoughts, the last thought Kauri's. She begged that she wouldn't read Gorman's next.
The rhino raised his fist, about to club Cinnamon, when he heard a voice from below. "Hey, leave my sister alone!"
Marius had never left the scene.
The rhinoceros laughed. "And what will you possibly do about it?" For effect, he slammed her against the bus wall, while his other arm slammed into her head.
"I warned you mister!" The enraged Marius said. First the wolf, and now this rhino?
"Give it your best shot, whelp!" The rhino laughed even harder now.
Marius was the most weak of all around. Yet he was not without weapons… creative weapons, that is. Taking two gumballs out of his pocket, he threw one to the left of the rhino, making him turn. When the rhino turned back to laugh, he didn't pay attention to the second one aimed at his right eye.
The rhino roared in pain, dropping the groggy Cinnamon. "Why, you!" He yelled.
"Enough, Dennis." A voice ordered the rhino. Gears Robotnik moved closer and closer toward the boy Marius.
"Today… I'm your worse nightmare…" He said softly… and with a sinister edge.
Marius shivered, and Gears smiled sinisterly, turning back to the rhino. "Take that little rabbit. I saw her abilities. I would love to have those as my own."
The rhino dutifully obeyed. Marius could do nothing but watch. After all, he only had two gumballs. Gears then shouted at Kauri. "Hurry up and get her already. Shoot the wolf if you must."
As soon as Gorman heard shoot, his disgusting face twisted in satisfaction as he pulled the trigger, aimed straight for the wolf's heart.
But the shot changed miraculously. Gorman watched in horror as his shot went out the window. Every time he shot, he would miss.
The wolf smiled triumphantly as Gorman moved backward, the wolf moving forward. Kauri this time acted, pointing her pistol straight at Violet's head.
But still the wolf moved, taking himself, her, and Violet to the ground. At the same moment, Henri pulled out his own pistol, and fired.
The shot missed the wolf, and grabbing Kauri's pistol, he threw it at Henri's head, knocking him out.
Irritated, Gears knew that he would have to pull out. After all, he knew that they were drawing too much attention. Sirens were already sounding. "Get out of there!" He called to them
Out ran Gorman, carrying his leader, Kauri. "Leave that stupid red hedgehog. He ordered Gorman as he was about to run to the back. Let's not fight the wolf in such crowded quarters. I have another idea."
The group ran behind the evil scientist Gears evilly looked at the bus. Out he brought his cannon from his back, and as the energy ball charged up, he cackled evilly.
"The wheels on a bus go round and round until they explode!" He cackled and fired the cannon.
The blast zoomed toward the school bus, but another blast intercepted it. The two blasts canceled each other out, and what were two energy balls was just merely a cracking sound of energy.
In front of the bus were Sonic Sr., Tails, and Knuckles. The Three Super Amigos.
"Shoot." Was all Gears said.
A/N: Only a couple of chapters left until the first part of the saga concludes! What is the wolf's real name? Where is Shadow in all of this? Can Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles stop Gears? What happened to Charles and Gryrozx? Where's Richard? And can the Rhino be beaten? Find out in the next chapter… coming VERY soon.