Wow, I haven't touched this story since May. May! I'm sorry people; I hope you haven't totally ditched this story… I've just been so caught up in other stories (and school), that I've forgotten about this one. Plus, humor doesn't come to me as easily as it used to. Ah well, here's an update, and I hope it's enough to satisfy your wants and needs. I'll try to update sooner next time I promise.
Chapter 21: The Extremely Sad Attempt at World Domination
After five long hours of hard labor, Sonic had finally pulled himself out from underneath the pile of plates. He picked up the nice china plates and threw them in the garbage can without thinking twice. He then headed upstairs to his room and crashed on his bed. Shadow poked his head in and walked right up next to Sonic and blew an air horn in his ear. Sonic was hurled off the bed and out of the house. He wasn't seen for the rest of the day.
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The next day, everyone awoke to screaming. Loud, annoying, shrieks of terror from random pedestrians among the planet we love, and call Earth. The inhabitants of the house of 0000 Life Gets You Nowhere St. looked out their bedroom windows to find people running up and down the streets screaming, cars flipped upside down, and some on fire, and a huge fleet of army jets soaring above in the sky.
Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Rouge, and Espio all met in their kitchen.
"So, what do you think the deal is with everyone screaming?" Shadow asked.
"Maybe they've finally accepted the fact that the war across seas is going nowhere and we're all slowly going broke," Sonic answered.
"That's not a true statement Sonic," Tails told him, pushing his glasses up his nose farther.
"Exactly! But, you don't hear me whining do you? No you don't!" Sonic snapped back, sticking his nose up in the air in a snobbish manner.
Everyone blinked. "Okay, that made absolutely no sense," Knuckles muttered.
"What does nowadays?" Sonic asked.
"Would you just put a cork in it?!" Shadow barked at him.
Sonic stared at Shadow with a puzzled look on his face. "Put a cork in what?" he asked.
Shadow's head turned into mushroom cloud. When it cleared, Shadow's head was burnt and covered in ashes and soot.
"Ow…" he muttered.
Rouge rolled her eyes before speaking. "Okay, before the author fires us because we are acting so retarded, why is everyone screaming?" she asked.
"I have no idea," Sonic said. "But seriously Shadow, what did you want me to put a cork in?"
Rouge screamed. "That's it! I tried! I really did!" she yelled.
"Rouge calm down, this is just typical Sonic. It's best for us to just ignore the poor creature and let him discover what Shadow meant on his own. That way he'll stay quiet for a good amount of the time," Knuckles explained. "Now, back to your question. Why don't we just turn on the news and see?"
Espio, who was miles ahead of these slow people, already had the TV and was watching the news.
"They said, it's something about Eggman threatening to destroy planet Earth," he told them.
"Eggman huh?" Knuckles said, a smile coming across his features. "He hasn't showed his face for what, about three years now? He must have some brilliant plan if it took him three years to think of it. What's the plan Espio?" he asked.
"He spent the last three years gathering an army of mice together and plans to use them to take over the world," he replied, reading off of the TV.
Knuckles, Rouge, Shadow, and Tails fell to the floor. Sonic was still trying to figure out what Shadow's previous question had meant.
"He thinks he can take over the planet by using an army of mice?" Shadow asked.
"He has exactly 1,987,654,321 in the army currently, and is still in the process of drafting," Espio read.
"You have to admit, that is a lot of mice," Tails said.
Nobody paid any attention to him.
"Where's he getting all these mice from?" Rouge asked.
"Oh, here and there, everywhere," Espio said.
There was a moment of silence. Well not really, because everyone was still screaming outside. Knuckles then asked a question.
"Have the mice taken over any places yet?"
Everyone gave him a blank stare. He sweat dropped.
"I mean not like mice could actually overthrow humans, but you know what I mean right?"
"Eggman's planning to start in Station Square, then move east across the continent," Espio answered.
"I've got it, let's nuke Station Square!" Shadow blurted out.
"No!" everyone cried.
"If we do that, sure we'll kill the mice, but we'll kill several million humans as well," Rouge told Shadow.
Shadow shrugged. "Eh, what are a few million humans?" he asked. "There'll still be like 2.7 billion left on the planet."
"Yeah, plus a huge crater in the center of the planet," Knuckles added. "Anyways, that's not the point. The point is we'd be killing people. And killing is wrong."
"Since when did you become Elmo?" Shadow asked.
"Since when did you become heartless and cruel?" Knuckles countered.
Shadow smiled and shrugged. "Easy. When I was born," he replied.
"Guys, cut it out," Rouge said. "If we don't do something soon, Station Square is going to be filled with mice."
"I've got a better idea! Why don't we gather our own army of cats! Then when Eggman releases the mice, we release the cats! Cats hate mice, surely the cats will eat all mice!" Tails exclaimed.
Everyone stared at him.
"Oh good idea!" Shadow said. "Let's go gather up Blaze and Big and ask them to go eat a bunch of mice! Great idea Tails!"
"Thanks, Shadow!" Tails replied.
"THAT WAS SARCASM DIMWITT!"
After much chaos, and no, not the little blue things with wings, I mean the other kind, you know, pandemonium. Anyways, after much of that, the group of special ed animals had come up with an agreeable plan: Tails would make a bomb that would nuke Station Square, but only nuke all the mice and not the humans (much to Shadow's dismay). Tails built the bomb in record timing, 2.5 seconds, and they went over their plan once more. Then it was set.
Knuckles, Rouge, and Espio arrived at downtown Station Square to find Eggman in his floating thing that he never got out of. Sonic remained at the house still lost in thought. Underneath Eggman was a large, wooden crate, which everyone figured held the mice. It was shaking and jumping. On the side was CAUTION tape and a sign that read: "Prepare to meet your doom! As of today, Station Square, not mention the rest of the world, will be ruled by rodents!"
"Hey Eggman!" Knuckles hollered up to him. "When do you plan to release the mice?"
"In approximately," he checked his wrist, which was completely pointless because he wasn't even wearing a watch, "oh, fifteen minutes. Why? Anxious to see how much better a government run by mice is than a government run by people?"
"Uh, sure let's go with that!" Knuckles replied.
He spun back to face Rouge and Espio. "Fifteen minutes," he told Rouge.
She faced Espio. "Fifteen minutes," she told him.
"I know, I heard Knuckles the first time," he muttered.
"Sorry, just wanted to say that. It makes me feel important," Rouge told him.
"I'm sure it does," Espio replied.
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Fourteen and three-fourths of a minute later, the X-Tornado was circling over Station Square. Tails was piloting of course and Shadow was on the wing holding the bomb, and waiting to drop it. Knuckles, Rouge, and Espio had climbed up a sky scraper so they wouldn't be hit by the tidal wave of mice soon to come.
"Okay, tell us when all of the mice have been released, and that's when I'll tell Shadow to drop the bomb," Tails said over a walkie-talkie.
"Rodger!" Knuckles replied.
They looked up at Eggman who was staring at his extremely pale wrist again, acting like there was a watch on it. He grinned and stared down at the crate that was now jumping up and down and shaking the streets.
"Well, your fifteen minutes are up! I hope you've enjoyed life! Now prepare to be miceified!" Eggman yelled as he pressed a big red button.
"Miceified?" Knuckles said.
"Is that even a word?" Rouge asked.
"In Eggmanese it is," Espio said.
A hatch in the crate then opened up and a bunch of tiny gray rodents erupted from it. They were all squealing and squeaking with glee.
"Or fright because they were all claustrophobic," Knuckles pointed out.
The author ignored him. The mice continued to flow from the container and spread throughout the city. It was mayhem.
Up on the plane, Shadow was near to having a seizure because he was laughing so hard.
"This is pathetic!" he wailed. "I mean mice? He'd be better off with chinchillas then mice!"
"Shadow, please don't encourage him," Tails said, hoping the fat person couldn't hear him.
Back down on the skyscraper, Knuckles, Rouge, and Espio were carefully watching the crate empty out. Once the last straggler escaped the box, they all smiled. Knuckles held up the walkie-talkie to his mouth.
"All clear," he said.
Back up on the plane, Tails smiled. "Okay Shadow! Drop it!" he hollered.
Shadow stared at him. "Drop what?" he asked.
"The bomb!" Tails yelled.
"Oh yeah, the bomb!" Shadow said.
He grabbed it and held it above his head. His eyes grew wide and his tongue hung out from the side of his mouth. He was going to have so much fun with this.
"It's nukin' time!" he hollered.
Shadow then shoved the bomb off the plane. Tails swept down to the building to allow Knuckles, Rouge, and Espio jump on the plane before flying a safe distance away. Station Square was soon a gigantic mushroom cloud. Eggman was sent hurling into space from the force of the explosion. After the mushroom cloud dissolved, it was clear to see the mice were gone, and the people were not. Everyone stopped screaming, and began cheering instead. The X-Tornado was quiet. For a good two seconds that is. The silence was soon broken by Shadow.
"Yeah baby! That was awesome!" he hollered. "Woo! I hope Eggman tries to dominate the world again soon, so I can do that again!"
Everyone on the plane hung their heads at their friend who desperately needed help.
Please review to let me know that I still have people reading this! This is kinda like the story I work on when nothing comes to mind in my other stories. I'll work on it, but it's not going to be my first priority. Or maybe it will be, since I haven't updated in 6 months… I don't know. I'll think of something though I promise!!!