Chapter 20: The Assault (Viva La Vida)
Disclaimer: I only own Dexter, Lauren, and myself (Dr. Ben Brooks) Coldplay owns Viva la Vida.
Dexter's POV
"Alright, you ready Dex?" Asked Tails. "Ready," I said as I Stood firmly on the right wing of the X Tornado, holding a big machine gun in my hands, programmed with laser technology so I may never run out of ammo. "Okay, let's do this!" Shouted Tails as he raised his fist in the air.
I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own
"Here they come," said Tails, "Get ready." I held the gun tight and was ready to fight. We mave gotten rid of most of Eggman's fighter pilots, but there were still a few more flying around. At least it's improved our chances of survival significantly. I took aim at about six flying robots looking like bees, except all orange and it has Eggman's ridiculous looking signature smile wihch he uses on almost all of his robots. I pulled the triger which sent a barage of laser bullets out at the robots as I held onto it. The blue flashes of light managed to make contact with these robots as they passed through.
I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemies eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing:
"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"
I looked behind us to see three fighter pilots performing barrel rolls at the same time and pclosing in on us. They launched missiles at us and they started spinning towards us. "Hang on Dexter!" Shouted Tails. I grabbed onto the edge of the wing, unpreparred for what was gonna happen next. Next thing I knew, Tails fired up the turbo boosters and started going way up while I struggled to hang on. The plane went upside down afterwards and the missiles that pursued us had exploded into black balls of smoke rising into the sky. Tails went straight down and then went back to the way we were supposed to: straight forward. "Hey Tails, I'm still here," I said. "Sorry Dex," Tails replied, "You scared?" "Actually, that was really exciting," I said, "Do it again!" "Uh, Dex? Can we save that for when we really need to?" Asked Tails refering to the fighter jets which I had nearly forgotten about.
One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt, and pillars of sand
I looked behind me, gun still in hands. The fighter jets started firing bullets at us. I stood firm while narrowly missing their shots and returned fire. I managed to shoot one of them causing it to run into another one causing an explosion and another cloud of black smoke which the third fighter pilot emerged from. He had a lock on us and he fired a missile. I carefully took aim at the missile and fired causing instant destruction. I then turned m attention towards the third fighter pilot and fired more rounds causing it to spin out of control and begin to crash land onto the cold, hard pavement of the city streets. "Heh, good thing the entire city was evacuated, otherwise that would've been a disaster," said Tails. "How far are we?" I asked. "We're almost there, just a few more minutes," assured Tails. The wind blew through my hair and through my fur, giving it a nice cool feeling as we flew toward our destination.
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can not explain
Once you know there was never, never an honest word
That was when I ruled the world
Just then, out of nowhere, appeared a fighter plane right next to us with a robot aiming it's gun at me. It began firing immediately causing me to lose my balance and fall backwards. I quickly caught onto the edge of the wing. My body was dangling over the edge while I tried to climb back up. I had noticed that the robot on the fighter jet had it's gun pointed at me. I quickly climbed back up and immediately started shooting at the mechanical gunman while it started shooting at me, but I was too quick for it and I proved to be the victor. The fighter pilot flew right ahead of us in order to get away, but Tails had launched a missile at it, it exploded as soon as the missile touched it. "Nice work Dexter, don't let your guard down," said Tails. "Right, sorry," I responded scratching my head.
It was the wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in.
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
People could not believe what I'd become
Revolutionaries wait
For my head on a silver plate
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh who would ever want to be king?
"We've made it," said Tails. I looked ahead to see the two saucers in plain sight sending what seemed like an endless army of robots beaming out of what was the center. "Alright, let's do this," I said. Tails flew in closer so the teleportation device could be an easier target. Just then we noticed more fighter pilots and "bee-bots" flying right behind us. "I'll handle this," said Tails. Just then, missiles began flying out of the plane and heading straight for the flying robots in a very sophisticated flight formation. Each missile managed to hit the mark and that ment more black clouds appearing from the damaged hunks of junk.
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can not explain
I know Saint Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
And that was when I ruled the world
We managed to get a whole lot closer to the teleportation device, close enough to see the robots emerging out of it as it transferred them to this location. I could hear the sound of more fighter pilots right behind us once again. I looked at them and counted up the grand total: eight. We were being chased by eight fighter pilots and they were firing missiles at us. "Leave it to me," said Tails, "Hang on tight!" I held on to the wing and felt the entire world spinning around me. Somehow, I knew he was doing a barrel roll. I closed my eyes so I wouldn't get too dizzy from what was happening. I could hear random explosions coming from behind us which meant that the missiles were blowing up. Then came the louder explosions, then I knew that there were fighter pilots being destroyed. I opened my eyes and saw that we were circling around the teleportation device. I got up and stood firm on the wing I was on. Tails began firing the special charges he had made. He fired four of them at the teleportation device and some sort of green gas began surrounding the metal. I could see that the metal was corroding as the saucers fell to the ground, causing Eggman's henchmen to run away. As soon as the metal had corroded, we knew that the battle had been won.
I Hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can not explain
I know Saint Peter will call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world
As we were landing, Tails and I were shooting at whatever robots were near the remains of the teleportation device. When we did land, I jumped off the wing and Tails opened the hatch of the plane to jump out of it.
"Yo Dex," said a familiar voice. I turned around to se my true blue friend along with a few others. "Hey Sonic," I said. "Now are you brave or are you brave?" Asked Sonic. "Hm, I gonna have to go with brave 'cause brave is for squares," I said jokingly. Everyone laughed as I said this. "Now how's that for an adventure?" Asked Knuckles lightly punching my arm. "Awesome," I answered Knuckles. "Now where did you learn to shoot like that?" Asked Rouge. "Well, nowhere. I never used a gun until today," was my answer. "Now with that kind of skill with a gun, talent like this doesn't come that quickly. Takes a whole lotta luck for something like that to happen," said Blaze. "Now, I wouldn't call it luck, I would call it... Well, luck I guess. So what?" I asked. "So, you would really be contributing a lot for this group if you were our gunman," said Silver. "Hmm, gunman huh?" I pondered, "Interesting. Something for me to definitely consider." "Great," said Sonic, "So you'll do it?" I sweatdropped and sighed as the blue hedgehog said this.
"Hey Sonic," shouted a very familiar female voice. Sonic turned to where the voice was coming from and was suddenly tackled by the pink hedgehog we all know and love. "Must you always do that, Amy?" Asked Sonic. "Yes, I must," said Amy as she snuggled her head into his chest." Sonic sweatdropped at the feeling of this but he returned the hug anyway, being the kind hero he was. "Oh Dexter," said another familiar voice, only it was female and high-pitched. I turned to see Cream and Cheese running over to me with open arms, well, Cheese was flying but you get my point. I opened my arms as well andcatching them in a warm embrace. "I was so worried about you," said Cream. "Chao," said Cheese. "It's okay," I said, "Don't worry, I'm here." "I'm glad," said Cream. "Chao," said Cheese.
"Dexter!" Shouted another female voice. I looked over to see that it was Lauren running towards me, panting as she ran. "Lauren," I shouted and began running for her. It seemed like it took an eternity to reach eacother, but it was worth it in the long run. She jumped into my arms and wrapped her arms around my neck. I wrapped my arms around her waist and we spun around a little. It felt so good to be with her again, and after such a dangerous mission, it felt like years since I've seen her wwhen it's only been a couple of hours. I looked into her golden-amber eyes which glowed with passion. I felt her fae get closer and closer with mine, but it was cut off by an "Ahem..."
We looked over to the side to see where that "ahem" came from. Apparently it was Knuckles, who was tapping his foot, expecting answers. After a moment, I got up the courage to say something, "Uh... Everyone, this is Lauren, she's gonna be living with us for a while." "How come?" Asked Knuckles. "Well... 'Cause she has no other place to go and we have plenty of space," I answered. "Could you be a little more specific about her... situation?" Asked Knuckles. "Look, now is not the time to ask questions," I said, "We have to find the Chaos Emerald." "Oh yeah," said Ben, "That's right. Everyone start searching!"
Just then a shine of light shown through the corroded metal that was once a part of Eggman's plan. I ran over to the light a saw that the source was the Chaos Emerald. I picked it up and showed it to everyone. "Hey, I found it," I shouted. Everyone laughed and cheered as I pridefully showed the purple gem in my hands. Just then, we heard laughing coming from somewhere. I looked to see where it came from, but then I felt the Emerald pesence from my hands vanishing. I looked at my hands to notice the Emerald was gone.
I looked up to see the emerald being withheld by none other than the evil doctor himself. He was in what looked like a giant fighting robot with very muscular physique and clad in red with Eggman's symbol in the center of the chest. "Hehehe," laughed the doctor, "So, you thought you could outsmart me this time, Hedgehog?" "Eggman!" Sonic shouted, "Give it back!" "Why should I?" Asked Eggman, "I worked so hard to keep this beauty to myself, now if you would just hold still, I would have beat you by now." "Heh, kiss my hedgehog ass," said Sonic. That comment seemed to irritate Eggman very much. "Wise guy," he said angrily, "I'll show you."
Then without thinking, I fired my gun at Eggman only for him to duck behind the windsheild at the last second. He looked over at me and gave me a hard look. "Nice try," he said, "But it's bulletproof!" Before I knew it, I felt an tight grip around my body, so tight that I dropped my gun. He brought me up to eye level so he could converse with me, but I knew he didn't want any small talk.
"So you're the one who's been shooting at my robots and destroying everything I held near and dear to me," said the egg-shaped doctor, "What's your name?" "D-D-Dexter," I said weakly. "Well Dexter," said Eggman, "I certainly hope you can swim, we're taking a little trip to the ocean." As I heard those words, I couldn't help but be terrified at that moment. "What!? Nooooo!!" I shouted. Just then, I could feel us flying away from where we were and where would be my doom if somebody didn't do something fast...
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Well, that's it for this chapter. Starting by the next chapter, I'll have an editor: SexyShadowGirl (a.k.a. Caroline) I would've had her edit this one, but I got so excited that I just had to post this chapter right away. Well, please stay tuned for the next chapter and please review.