Well…. Here we are…..chapter 20………geez the last chapter was corny….……I never thought I would get this far……….nor did I think I would have a romantic scene (pfft…..romantic….. Yeah right)…or get as many reviews as I have………..a few problems arrived in the last chapter……..so I will be sorting them out in this chapter…..hopefully…………there was a good thing about the date though…….Orbin….I had so much fun working with him……im going to make him talk more often….how…….you would probably guess from the ending of the last chapter……..well………let's get on with it shall we?
Disclaimer: at the fear of being hung upside down by my big toe and having my head blown off by a 3-0-3 shotgun wielded by Yuji Naka…..I will have to say that I do not own Sonic and Co. but I do own vixen and Orbin……..oh…and speaking of vixen…..aveestar….a friend of mine drew a picture of her……..it's really good….if you wanna see it……just ask…..and you will receive….
Chapter 20: You Gotta Tell Her What Happened Manic.
The sun shone brightly outside the lab, its golden rays of light lit everything up beautifully. The flickys were singing a beautiful tune to anyone lucky enough to hear it. And the many unanthromorpic creatures of the island were scurrying around doing there usual morning things. The sunlight crept through the window of Manic's bedroom in the lab, it landed on his face gently giving the warm, comforting sensation that one would usually get when in the sun early in the morning. The sensation woke Manic from his deep slumber and greeted the world with a big yawn……………………………………….all of this would have happened………………………….if Manic hadn't closed his curtains the night before……………….instead he was in a room of complete darkness……………and the only sound that could be heard from within the lab was that of Manic's loud snoring………until another sound entered the room
"I love you"
The sound was loud enough to wake Manic up from his sleep…..he sat up and rubbed his eyes and tried to focus, but it was no use…..the room was in complete darkness…….so instead….he slowly got out of bed, and stumbled towards the curtains….upon reaching them he pulled them open……….the bedroom was instantly bathed in a golden sunlight from outside…….Manic rubbed his eyes once more and tried too focus once again……this time, succeeding…..he could see all the things that were in the bedroom…….now all he had to do was find the source of that sound……..Manic waited…..and soon enough..
"I love you"
The sound was emitted from somewhere in the room once again……Manic walked around his bed too look around the other side where he couldn't see…….when he looked………he saw something he would have least expected…….a brown teddy bear……..but that wasn't all……..it was standing……….and walking……well…..stumbling actually………and it also had it's arms outstretched in front of it as if wanting a hug…….and on top of that…..it was repeating the phrase 'I love you' over and over again…….all this first thing in the morning was a bit too much for Manic too comprehend……so he went with the fear emotion purely on instinct
"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH! IT'S ALIVE!"
Manic tried to run backwards…..but ended up taking one step back and colliding with the bed……he tripped onto the bed…..rolled backwards…..and fell off the other side….. The bear quickly followed….it jumped onto the bed………..yes…jumped……..this startled Manic even more
"AAAAHHH!...IT'S GUNNA EAT ME!"
Then Manic reacted…….he swung at the bear….he collided with it's soft body and the bear went flying across the room and collided with the wall next to the door…Manic was expecting that to be enough….but instead…
"Ow……….that hurt you idiot" the bear said in its high pitched squeaky voice
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Outside Manic's bedroom….all that could be heard was the occasional screams from within the bedroom……..and whenever you couldn't hear that……..all you could hear was the maniac like laughter from vixen who was sitting at the main computer……looking at what Manic was doing through a camera that was in place in the bedroom……she could barely contain herself……she was laughing so hard that tears were forming in her eyes……and she ended up falling off of her chair and rolling on the floor laughing her head off…….she continued to laugh uncontrollably until she heard what sounded like an explosion…..she looked in the direction of the explosion and saw the door to Manic's bedroom had literally blown off it's hinges and flew a few meters from it's frame……..quickly followed by a small brown teddy bear flying across the room. The bear slid across the lab floor and slowly came to a stop. The bear slowly got up on its feet and rubbed its head……..
"Geez Manic……calm down would ya?" said the teddy bear
Manic replied by slowly walking out of his bedroom and eying the teddy with a death stare he was about to lunge at it. But vixen stepped in front of the bear…..protecting it……
"Step aside vixen…….you teddy is a zombie"
"Geez you're a gullible hedgehog Manic" said vixen.
"Huh….gullible…..vixen….do you have anything to do with this?" asked Manic a bit pissed off
"Uh…maybe" replied vixen, and then smiling with a huge cheesy grin.
"GOD DAMMIT VIXEN" roared Manic "IS THERE GOING TO BE ONE DAY WHERE IM GOING TO WAKE UP BY MYSELF?"
"Probably not…besides……we love waking you up……..it's funny when you're angry" replied vixen
"WELL THAT DOS-………..wait a minute……..did you say we……..who's we?"
Vixen looked down at her teddy bear, which spoke up in its high pitched squeaky voice
"She's talking about me you idiot"
Manic crouched down and stared the bear in its little sewn eyes……and the bear looked blankly back
"Ok….I gives up" said Manic "what's with the bear?"
"Heh heh…….well Manic….notice anyone missing?"
"Missing?...what are you talking about…there's no one missi-" then Manic realised what was going on
"Orbin!" Manic said triumphantly
"Geez…..took you long enough" replied the bear, crossing his little arms
"Oh……I get it now…..you possessed the bear the same way you did with Sonic and all the others that we have done before"
"Yep….. It was my idea" said vixen
"There's one thing I don't get" said Manic
"Huh? What's that?" asked vixen
"How is Orbin capable of possessing an inanimate object?"
"Inanimate?" said vixen confused
"This bear isn't completely inanimate" interrupted Orbin in his high pitched voice
"It's not?"
"Nope…there's a small piece of machinery inside the bear"
"Small…piece….oh….the voice thingy!" shrieked vixen
"Yep" said Orbin while nodding his head
"Well……..this is good and all…..but why?" asked Manic
"well…..I thought it would be a good idea….you know….so he doesn't have to fly around you all of the time…….and that orb thing looks so boring…..and besides……seeing a little teddy bear walk and talk on it's own is really cute!" stated vixen
"Ugh…..cute" said Orbin in disgusted type of way "I hate being called that"
"Hey orbin……can you still do all of your techs.?" Asked Manic
"Huh"
"Like your energy beam and stuff?"
"Oh…uh….dunno…."
"Lets try it out then…..uh…we need something to aim at"
"Got you covered" said vixen stepping in front of Manic
Vixen faced a clear spot of the lab, and held out her right arm, it glowed brightly and began to change shape, the glowing stopped and where her arm one was, was now a long barrelled cannon
"What the heck is that?" asked Orbin
"Oh….I know" said Manic taking a step back
Vixen aimed her cannon at a clear spot on the floor and fired. A large mound of yellow goo spurted from the tip of the cannon and landed on the floor. Leaving a huge blob. Much similar to the yellow blob that Orbin found Manic in the night before.
"Oh" said Orbin. Realising why Manic stepped back
"Well…there you go Orbin" said vixen as her right arm, glowed and returned to its normal shape
Orbin stepped forward and concentrated on firing an energy beam. Within moments, a white ball of energy formed in front of him. Then Orbin let it loose, he threw his hand forward and hurled the energy beam. It fired normally; however, it missed the target completely. Luckily the beam faded out before it could hit any of Tails' lab equipment.
"Hmm….it seems like you have a bit of an aiming problem while you're in the bear suit huh?" said Manic
"Yeah, guess so" replied orbin in his squeaky voice.
"Well…..try firing it in a pushing action" suggested vixen
"Huh?" replied Orbin and Manic in unison
"You know……if you stand side on, and hold the energy beam to the back of your body, then push forward with both hands; you should be able to aim by pushing the energy beam in the direction that you push it."
"Oh……I get you now" said Manic "here orbin…I'll show you"
Manic got into a deep martial arts type stance. Then cupped his hands and held them to the rear of his body. He then thrusted both hands to the front of his body.
(A/N: Think of Dragon Ball Z, how the Sayans do the Kameameha)
Orbin watched Manic very carefully, and began to mimic his movements, as he took his little arms to the rear of his body, he charged up an energy beam, then as he pushed forward, he released it in the direction of the large mound of glue. The energy beam went straight and impacted with the glue. Causing the entire mound to evaporate under the heat of the energy beam.
"Allright Orbin" cheered vixen as she jumped up and down
"Dude……you know how weird it looks to see a teddy bear do that?" said Manic chuckling
"Heh….still think I'm cute?" said Orbin to vixen
"I'm never gunna think other wise" said vixen giving a wink and smiling
"Ugh" grunted Orbin in his squeaky voice
"That voice makes you even cuter" added vixen
"Yeah" agreed Manic "it's about as high pitched as Cream's"
"Whatever" said Orbin Coldly?
The trio stood in silence for a moment until vixen broke the silence
"So orbin…..how did your date go?"
"Date……oh crap I forgot….Sonic" said Orbin worried
He ran over to where Sonic was laying in the large comfy chair.
"Good thing he is still there" said Orbin
"Why's that" asked Manic
"I've got some things to leave in his memory"
"Huh….like what" asked vixen
"Oh, just some small things, like she now knows that Sonic and Manic have a sister, and I gotta make Sonic remember that Amy is great cook. That might come in handy for him one day"
"Amy" said Manic quietly
"Huh….what did you say Manic?" asked vixen
"I gotta tell Amy about the date"
"Oh…….I wonder how she'll take it"
"I dunno…..I just hope she understands"
"You gotta tell her what happened Manic" said vixen
Manic let out a huge sigh and said "well…I better get it over with…..Orbin….are you coming?"
Orbin climbed onto Sonic's lap and said "can't….I gotta put the memories and thoughts back into Sonic and then wake him up and see if it works"
"Oh….fair enough then" said Manic as he headed out the front door of the lab, and ran for Amy's house. Within seconds. He was there. He knocked on the door, and was greeted by a cheery Amy Rose.
"Hey there Manic" said Amy in a cheery tone
"Amy……I got something to tell you"
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"Is it ready yet?" yelled the harsh voice of bark the polar bear
"Not yet sir" replied a small Eggman robot
"Well hurry it up……the doctor is running out of patience with you guys"
Bark then broke out in a fit of laughter
"What's so funny?" asked fang stepping up behind bark
"HAHAHA….get it……doctor…….patience…….you know…..doctors treat patients in a hospital……..HA HA HA HA HA!"
Fang just stood there astounded at the polar bear's stupidity
"That has to be a record for the world's dumbest joke" said a voice from behind fang and bark
"Shut up bean" roared bark "or I'll rip your arms of and stuff 'em up your nostrils"
Bean just grumbled and walked away, leaving fang with bark and the robots
"Well" yelled fang at the robots "you heard the bear, move it! Or I'll blast the bolts right out of your head!"
The robots sprang to life and began working.
"You reckon this plan is going to work?" asked bark
"Truthfully….I don't really know" said fang
"What do you mean!" yelled a familiar voice from behind them "of course it's going to work"
Fang turned to the direction of the voice, to see the figure of Dr. Eggman looming in the shadows
"Well…..I dunno doc……what happens if Manic outsmarts us again?"
"He won't be able to" replied Eggman stepping out of the shadows; he then broke into a laughter fit, much like barks. But a lot more evil sounding.
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"So it was Orbin?" asked Amy
Manic didn't say anything. He just stood there, and nodded slowly. There was a long silence…until Amy broke it by saying
"I thought something was going on"
This surprised Manic
"What? You knew?"
"while I was on the date…..I noticed Sonic acting strange…..not how he normally would…….and when he couldn't eat all of his dinner….that's when I knew something was wrong with Sonic"
"Oh…….I guess you want me out of your house and to never see me again huh?" asked Manic sadly
"What?...no Manic….of course not…in fact…….I feel the complete opposite"
Amy then stepped forward and planted a small kiss on Manic's cheek, Manic turned a deep shade of red, and Amy giggled happily
Manic held his cheek for a moment and then asked "why…….I lied to you"
"No you didn't…..you said you would get me a date with Sonic. And you did……sort of…..so really….you didn't lie…..and besides…….I had a great time with Orbin anyway. So all is forgiven"
Manic let out a sigh of relief "well……that's ok…..there is just one favour you have to do for me"
"Favour……what's that?" asked Amy
"Obviously….Sonic doesn't know that you went on a date with him…..or….his body anyway……..so it's important that you………………."
"Don't worry Manic…..I won't tell him" interrupted Amy
Manic let out another sigh of relief, and stepped out of Amy's house, saying good bye to Amy, he jogged down her small path and on to the road, where he picked up the pace and sped back to the lab.
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"So…have you finished with the memories orbin?" asked vixen while leaning closer to Sonic's slumbering body.
"Yep…..it's all done……..I've altered the memories as well"
"Huh? Altered…….whad'ya mean"
"He'll have the memories…….but they'll be 'in the corner of your mind' kind of memories….you know what I mean"
"Uh…….."
"Ok…..let's put it this way…..if Sonic ever has any of these memories bought up….he would basically think…… 'oh….how could I forget that'……….you get what mean now?" said Orbin
All of this finally processed into vixen's mind
"Oh……..I get it now"
Then a sound was heard at the front of the lab….it was the sound of the hydraulics of the front doors working.
"Manic must be back" said vixen
And in moments, a green hedgehog emerged and approached vixen and Orbin, and the unconscious Sonic.
"So……how did it go?" asked Orbin
"Actually…………she kinda knew all along"
"WHAT?" said orbin "she knew?"
"Yes and no" replied Manic "she knew something was going on….but she didn't know what……and besides that….she had a fun time anyway….so she's happy"
"Ugh….tell me about it……..she was a non-stop ball of pure energy while I was with her."
"Really? Then you would be the perfect match for Amy then" said vixen laughing.
"Huh……what do you me-…….oh….ha ha vixen……very funny?"
Manic began to laugh as well, until they heard someone interrupt
"Ok….what's so funny?"
Everyone turned to where the voice came from to find that Sonic was now awake……
"Hey…….your finally awake……….it's about time too bro" said Manic
Sonic rubbed his head "uh……what happened last night…….the last thing I remember was trying out the new gadget that tails made….then nothing"
"That's coz you fell asleep" said vixen quickly, she then turned to Manic and winked, signalling to Manic to play along.
"Huh…I fell asleep!" said Sonic
"uh…oh…yeah……..almost straight away…..man….you must have been really tired bro."
"Wow….I must have been" agreed Sonic.
"We got a call" interrupted vixen suddenly
"Huh….we got a call?" said Manic "from whom?"
"Dunno…..lets find out"
Vixen's eyes flashed, and the lab was bathed in darkness, vixen flashed her eyes again. And the holographic projectors that were placed around the wall of the lab came to life, casting a very dim light on the middle of the lab. Then the projectors casted an image of something, in the dim light. It was a figure of someone.
"It's Cream" said vixen as 3D image of the small rabbit came into focus.
"Wow……3D video phone calling" said Sonic amazed "nice job tails"
"Hi guys" said the holographic image of Cream, the image waved. And smiled in that cute way that only someone likes Cream can do.
"Hey Cream" said vixen happily "to what do I owe the pleasure of speaking to you?"
Manic looked at vixen "wow….you can actually be polite sometimes Vixen….amazing"
The hologram of Cream turned to face Manic and said "hi Manic…..where's Orbin? Isn't he usually with you?"
"He still is" said Manic as he looked at the teddy bear that Orbin was now residing in.
Cream looked at the teddy… "Orbin…is that you in there?" she asked
The teddy bear nodded and then gave a deep bow "Orbin at your service madam" he said in his squeaky voice.
Cream giggled and returned with a curtsey.
"Hee hee….it suits you" she said
"Why thank you Cream" replied Orbin
"Wow…I've never seen you act so polite Orbin" Manic said amazed.
"There's nothing wrong with using manners towards a lady" replied Orbin
"WHOA!" screamed Sonic "THE BEAR'S A ZOMBIE!"
Vixen couldn't help but laugh, either could Orbin. Though the laughing soon stopped as vixen asked Cream a question
"So Cream…..what's up?"
"I'm having a big dinner at my house…..and you're all invited"
"Oh Cream…we'd love to come…..right guys?" said vixen to everyone else
Manic and orbin agreed, however Sonic said
"Well…..I'm not really that hungry……."
Orbin just chuckled nervously until Sonic said
"But I'll come anyway"
The holographic image of Cream jumped up and down happily.
"Great….I'll tell my mother that you're all coming"
"Ok Cream" said vixen
"Oh…..I almost forgot, if you see tails at all….tell him he's invited as well ok."
"Couldn't you tell tails?" asked Sonic
"I tried calling his house on the video phone….but he wasn't home….so I thought he would be at his lab…….but he isn't….so…he might be out for a walk or something……"
"Cosmo" thought Manic
"I heard that" thought Orbin telepathically towards Manic
Manic turned to face Orbin
"He is probably there you know"
"Yeah….you're probably right…"
"I should go and get him"
"Well…..we'll see what we can do" said vixen to Cream
Cream's hologram waved and slowly disappeared. Leaving the lab in darkness, that is until vixen flashed her eyes to turn on the lights again. But when she did….
"Hey?…..where's Manic?" asked Sonic
"He's gone looking for tails" said Orbin in his squeaky, high pitched voice.
"hmm….I'll go help him"
And with that, Sonic sprinted out the lab and looked for Manic, since Manic was never as fast as Sonic. Sonic caught up to Manic reasonably quickly.
"Hey bro….don't think you're going on a run without me?"
"Huh…oh…it's you Sonic" said Manic
"So….any idea where tails could be?" asked Sonic as he ran beside his brother.
"I'm pretty sure I know where he is." Replied Manic, as he picked up speed.
The two speedy brothers sprinted across the open plains. And soon approached the so-called 'cliff' where Cosmo's secret garden was located.
"Hey Manic! Look out!…you're headed straight for the cliff!" Sonic yelled…..
Manic just ignored Sonic's warning, he continued to sprint forward, towards the end of the cliff…..then what Sonic saw next amazed him…..Manic ran on air for a few moments……then just disappeared….
"What the……..what….. Happened" said Sonic to himself looking like a stunned mullet.
"He……disappeared….into nothing"…….Sonic just stood there…..confused….until….he saw Manic reappear……..and he was standing in this air……or that's what it seemed like to Sonic….
"MANIC!….YOU'RE FLOATING!" yelled Sonic in shock as he pointed to his brothers feet.
"no I'm not" replied Manic calmly
"y-you're not"
"Nope…..come on…..I'm pretty sure tails is in here somewhere"
Sonic hesitated for a moment, then slowly hovered his foot over the edge of the 'cliff'…..then lowered his foot…..and to his surprise…it made contact with something solid…..Sonic slowly made his way toward Manic…….who turned around and soon disappeared into nothing once more….Sonic hesitated again…but headed to where Manic went…..he soon felt a strange sensation for a moment…he closed his eyes and prepared for the worse….but the sensation disappeared as he took a few more steps…..he opened his eyes, and was once again shocked at what he saw…
"Wow" said Sonic "this has to be the biggest garden I've ever seen!"
Manic just smiled and said "welcome to Tails' secret garden!"
"I never knew Tails was so into gardening"
"Either did I" replied Manic "until I saw the reason why"
"Reason why?" said Sonic confused "what's the reason"
"You'll find out….now come on….tails would more than likely be in the centre of the garden."
Manic led Sonic through the hidden garden to the centre, and once again, Manic saw the huge plant left over from Cosmo. And….as before…tails was in front of it……although he was not crying like before……this time…he was merely snivelling…….occasionally wiping the tears from his eyes…..
Sonic noticed tails crying, he rushed up to him
"Tails buddy……are you all right….what's wrong?...are you hurt?"
Tails didn't answer….he just hung his head low….and sobbed lightly
"Come on tails…..tell me what's wrong….I might be able to help"
"Don't worry Sonic" tails finally replied "I'm perfectly fine…….."
"No your not tails" Sonic corrected... "Look at you…you're a mess"
"Really Sonic……I'm fine……just leave me alone for a minute ok?"
Sonic stepped back, a little shocked and confused….until he felt a sharp tap on the back of his left shoulder….he turned and saw Manic, who was pointed to the large plant that tails was in front of.
"Look familiar?" asked Manic
Sonic stared at if for a few moments….then he figured it all out……
"Tails……it just nodded slowly
"Wow" said Sonic in awe "man….you sure have a knack for all this gardening stuff…..looks at how healthy she looks……. …im sure she's happy"
Tails lifted his head and smiled weakly, while wiping another tear from his eye. He slowly stood up, and faced Sonic and Manic
"Why did you come here?" asked tails
"We come to get you" said Sonic
"Get me?"
Cream has invited all of us round to a party……so that means you too" finished Manic
"Yeah…..so let's go guys" said Sonic, and he disappeared leaving behind the sound of a Sonic boom followed by a gust of wind
Manic was about to take off, but was interrupted as tails caught his attention by calling his name, Manic turned and faced Tails
"Huh…yeah…..what's up?"
"I'm ready" said tails
"Ready….what for"
"You"
"Me?"
"To help me"
"Ready for me to help you…….." Manic trailed off but then quickly remembered what he promised last time he was in the garden
"Ah….I got it……about Cosmo"
Tails nodded, with a determined look
"Are you sure you're ready?" Manic asked
"Yes" said tails triumphantly
"I'm sick of being sad all the time……I'm losing focus on all of my lab experiments…….I can't sleep……..and whenever I'm lucky enough to get some sleep, im invaded by nightmares which chill me to my soul………I constantly think to myself that I'm loosing it……..like im going psychologically insane….I want it all to stop….I want to be happy…….I want to be able to go to sleep without the fear waking up in a sweat and my heart racing and my mind contemplating things like death and destruction……I want it to stop…..I want it gone………I want my feelings of fear and sadness gone………..and I want them gone now….." tails was once again on the verge of crying once again
"Now that what I wanted to hear tails" said Manic calmly
"Huh……..it….was?"
"yes……..now I know your ready……….you were brave enough to admit to someone you barely know…..how you truly feel…….also….you asked for help yourself……rather than waiting for something to happen……you put your heart and mind into making something happen…….an in my opinion…….that shows you have a good soul……..and that to me, is something that is an admiral quality in a person that is hard to find anywhere."
"So you'll help me?" asked tails hopefully
"I'll help you" replied Manic putting a hand on tails' shoulder
"What do I need to do?"
"well….first off……you'll need to be comfortable…….relaxed…..and most importantly…..somewhere safe…….and since Amy and Sonic are all going to Cream's house for lunch…..I think the best place to go right now is Creams house……..whad'ya say?"
"I'll beat you there!" said tails happily as he dashed to end of the garden, soon passing through the invisible barrier and headed in the direction of Cream's house
Manic just smiled to himself, then turned to the plant left behind from Cosmo's seed, he looked straight into the centre of the large flower at the top
"don't worry Cosmo….I'll sort him out……..he'll be happy before you know it……….the next time you see him…..I guarantee he will be smiling….not sulking."
Manic continued too look at the plant…….and was shocked when he saw it shake lightly….gently rustling her leaves, making a light scuttling sound……Manic just smiled at the plant…….he could tell that Cosmo was listening………..Manic turned away from the plant, and bolted out of the garden, leaving the plants with nothing but the sound of a Sonic boom and a gust of wind
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Author's Notes: now I think that's enough for this chapter………it took me a while, that's for sure……..well…….it's a s big as the last chapter…..maybe even bigger……….there might be a while before the next update……so just hang in there ok………..I think it might take a while to get the next chapter going…..I'm going straight into helping tails…….and once that's done…..I'm going to have some fun with food again…….but this time……I'll………well……..you'll just find out for yourself……….well…..that's it for now……….just leave a review and I'll see what I can do………heh heh……that rhymed……TKW
P.S. I apologise for any spelling errors…..my spell checker is playing up on me at the moment.