"SNT, HELP!"
SNT was running through the house of Christine hearing Sonic's voice. "Don't worry Sonic! I'm coming."
She ran from the messy hallway from another messy hallway until she opened the door of Chris' room. Standing right there was Sonichu, waiting for her.
"Looking for Sonic, SNT?" Sonichu laughed. "Your gonna have to Zap through me."
"Don't test me Sonichu! I'm not afraid of you." SNT stood there tall to and tried not to show any emotion.
"Come at me little girl!" Sonichu said in a baby voice. SNT then punched Sonichu in the face. And with that, it was over.
Sonic ran out of the closet. "Oh thank you SNT!" he smiled. "Now you need to wake up... it's time to go."
"What do you mean Sonic, I'm finally alone... with you, I'm not letting this chance get me by." SNT started to let her charms go out and got her face closer to Sonic.
"SNT, you might want to walk up. I'm serious!" Sonic mentioned now panicking a little that SNT was trying to kiss him.
"Today, you are the damsel of distress and I am your knight and shining armor that wants a little kiss in return." SNT closed her eyes and puckered up.
"SNT STO...!" *Smooch*
SNT opened her eyes and found her arms and her body raised up over the pillow. She was once again not kissing Sonic... she was kissing me!"
SNT quickly jumped back. "EEEEEK!"
I was just crossed... that was it. "I just came to help us pack up. But I guess that's is one other way to wake you up?"
SNT blushed in embarrassment. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"
"I forgive you, you were dreaming after all." I then go outside of the tent.
SNT then sat on her pillow for a second. "I need to find a way to control myself, even in dreams."
Courtney was already awake at this point because she decided to get a bath by using the notepad to draw herself a shower on the lake and swimming out there to freshen herself up for privacy. Once she was done, all of us did the same after she was done.
Once we were all packed up. We got back on the road. This time I was watching the smoke and following it. SNT sat up front with me and Courtney went back to sleep in the back since she woke up too early.
We got onto the Indiana Toll Road which turned into the Ohio Turnpike once we crossed the stateline. SNT was interested in the world we where in, the place her creator called home so she kept up on the map.
I kept following the smoke until SNT told me otherwise but her compas never changed. I originally thought the smoke was coming from Detroit but the more I followed it, we passed that city to the south. That was really when I realised where we were going.
"Oh..." I said under my breath.
"Whats up?" SNT asked.
"I think I know where the smoke is coming from." I announced. "Do you see Cleveland on the map SNT?"
SNT looked down. "Yes, its right here."
"That maybe where its coming from." I announced. "The more I think about it, the more it makes since."
"What do you mean?" SNT asked.
"Cleveland is a dying city because it was known for industrial factories. But since those days Cleveland is dying."
"Everything is completely abandoned now, how could there be smoke?" SNT asked.
"I don't know, but something must be on that shouldn't be." I mentioned. "We should turn it off, whatever it is."
My assumption was correct, we exited the Turnpike into the City and right ahead of us was the old fashioned smoke stacks just outside of town. This was the one of the rare places where there were no gimmicks for the town. It looked like everything was going to be in the old factories.
SNT pointed to a large plant feeling the Chaos Emeralds energy. The factory was just beside the river and it was putting purple waste into the water.
I stop the car right outside of the plan. Courtney then wakes up. "Where are we?"
"Cleveland, Ohio!" I responded.
Courtney shot up to look at the large factory standing while in the car. Then she looks at her surroundings. SNT and I got out of the car and stood in front of it. The area around us was all along the Cuyahoga River was mostly industrial, barely no vegetation around these plants.
"Should we be worried about our health?" Courtney asked.
"I hope we won't be here for a long." SNT mentioned. "This place is more polluted than Oil Ocean."
"Weird, I always thought that oil ocean was more polluted due to the fact that... ITS AN OIL OCEAN!" I responded.
"Have you ever been to Oil Ocean?" Courtney asked. "I don't remember writing that."
"I the world of Fan Fiction, everything is possible Courtney. Everything is possible." I mentioned.
"That statement, especially coming from you." Courtney pointed out smirking.
SNT started to walk toward the factory with the two of us right behind her. The ground was really muddy under our feet, like it just rained. The only noises you could hear was from the factory.
SNT then put her ear on the factory walls. "The Chaos Emerald is somewhere around but it may be under this factory."
"Under!" I started to cringe a little.
"So your theory on if SNT fell from really far up in the sky just discentigrated." Courtney smiled.
"Not yet, it may have been moved down there!" I come back with a counter theory.
"That doesn't matter right now guys!" SNT looked at us both. "Lets get what we came for and work together!"
We then circle the building until we found a door. When SNT tried to open it. She couldn't do it.
"Hey guys, can you help me here?" SNT asked. Courtney turned into a Magical Girl and attempted to open it. I looked at the door. "Hey, it may be a push door." I suggested.
Courtney and SNT looked at each other. Then attempted to push it. There was more of a reaction in pushing it but there appeared to be a lock on it.
I transform into a Necromancer. "Alright, lets run it together!" Courtney, SNT and I then step back.
Courtney started the countdown. "On the count of 3! 3...2..1... NOW!" We all then charge forward moving as fast as possible slamming into the door and crashing into the factory. Suddenly we find ourselves falling noticing the light of the door was leaving us behind as we fell into complete darkness.
"AAAAAH!" We all yelled in panic. Unable to see the ground or anything below us.
CLEVELAND PLANT ZONE ACT 1
Light started to appear below us revealing a platform surrounded by purple waters. SNT quickly took action by grabbing the both of us and using her tails to lower us softly to the ground. All of us once we landed took a second to calm down from our near death experience.
"That was too close." Courtney mentioned.
"Where are we anyway?" I asked.
"I don't know but... look at this place!" SNT was standing a looking at the area.
It was like a hidden city under Cleveland but was made out of oil refineries and mines. It looked a lot like oil ocean with pipes going everywhere but also a mix of Chemical Plant. The plant was clearly active as there was a lot of equipment and computers running. That means that we were probably not the only ones down here.
"We are going to have to work together, I don't want to separate this time." I mentioned.
"I was thinking the same." Courtney mentioned.
"Let's combine our skills!" SNT smiled. "This place maybe dangerous."
"Alright, lets go SNT Heros!" Courtney got a little taste of Nostalgia, considering that Sonic Heroes is her favorite Sonic Game.
"Are you sure SNT Heros is fitting enough for a team name?" I asked.
"What are you implying?" Courtney asked.
"Well SNT could mean, Sonic, Knuckles, Tails on one team which now as I think about it is a better name for Sonic Heros." I explained.
"It doesn't matter!" SNT facepalmed. "Lets go!"
We stuck together like glue through the factory. Just like Sonic Heros, each of us had our own quirks and abilities. SNT was the fast one as she got us through loops and long sections of running, even boosting. SNT also took in the power of flying to higher platforms. Courtney's quark was swimming, She was a better swimmer than all of us so she went through the purple waters even though she thought it was gross. She was also our defender as she took in a lot of attacks from enemies for us. I was the attacker, I had a higher attack power than anyone so I was the one doing most of the fighting. I also held on to one ring in case SNT got hurt or any of us for that matter.
There where all kinds of obstacles including the dreaded box platforms with the rising waters almost crushing us. I do admit, I did struggle on that part when I played it for the first time. Courtney took it with no problem since we were swimming and not platforming underwater.
We also went into many pipes to transport ourselves to the other parts of the factory. Courtney and I had trouble going through them as we couldn't turn into a ball like SNT could but because it was pulling us through with air pressure it was fine.
The enemies in the plant where live slimes, almost like grimer but not pokemon. It was something I have never seen before. You could see their heart and that's what I went for when I attacked. But if I cut off another part of it, it would multiply. So it was important I shoot it in the heart.
The 3 of us worked together to make our way through the factory until we reached a dead end. That was expected since this place seemed like a maze anyway.
All of us looked at each other. "Alright, let's turn around, we may have passed something that could lead us to the center of the factory." Courtney mentioned.
Once we started to turn around, we heard a voice. "Hello there!" We all looked up above ourselves to find a guy. It was hard to make his features though because he was so high up. "Welcome to my factory!"
He then jumps off and then lands onto the ground in front of us. That was when we noticed the horns on his head and the read tail behind him. Due to that, Courtney and I didn't trust him. But SNT a little unaware of who this was a little more open and willing to reach out. "Hello."
"Did you enjoy your tour of the factory?" He asked.
"Well, the slimy attendents giving the toar wasn't very friendly but it's been quite an adventure." SNT responded in a sassy tone.
"When did you have time to build all this?" I asked. "How did you build this place under Cleveland?"
"I can do anything with the power of imagination. I'm the Idea Guy." He announced.
Courtney and I recognized what he just said. Courtney and I then started to step back and spoke to SNT directly. "Um... SNT, you might not want to... talk to him!"
"He seems like a nice guy! What's up with him?" SNT asked.
"Trust us SNT," I said. "You don't know the Idea guy like we do!"
"I'm perfectly fine, why don't you trust you friend." Idea responded. "Here, I want to play a game with you so you can win my trust? Sound fair, I do a lot of roleplaying and I sure love to play games with people."
"Sure!" SNT smiled.
"SNT NO!" Courtney and I yelled. Suddenly, The Idea Guy responded by pressing a button and the floor dropped below all of us as suddenly we were transported into pipes below us. Suddenly all 3 of us find ourselves separated into 3 different capsules. Courtney and I were trapped into a glass chamber behind SNT who as at the controls to something. Next to us landed Idea Guy who started to laugh. "Here are the rules to this game, the loser, gets to fall in love with the tentacle monster made of pure... chaos, I created below us." He announced. "You guys and that monster will be the bestest of friends."
"Tentacle Monster!" Courtney already knew where this was going.
"Oh god!" I tried not to imagine what would happen if we lost, but that was too late. "Damn! SNT you can't lose this... no pressure."
"There is already a lot of pressure!" SNT mentioned looking at the idea guy who is laughing.
"Let's do this!" Idea guy said as the game was revealed. Drops of chemicals with eyes and different came down 2 at a time with then next pattern of blocks creating an L-shape.
"Um... what am I supposed to do?" SNT panicked, she has never seen this game before, but Courtney and I have.
"SNT, your playing Puyo-Puyo Tetris!" Courtney yelled. "Those drops, match 4 of the same colors in a row to get rid of them. With the blocks, make a full row of blocks and you can get rid of them that way."
"You got this SNT! Just believe in yourself!" I yelled in support. That gave SNT the motivation she needed. "Just don't let your board fill up!" We were unable to help her since we were stuck behind plexiglass.
SNT started to match colors together for the drops as well as fill in complete platforms on the board. They were the same board which made this challenging. She then notices that she could fill the blocks and the drops to complete the platform as well and it would help just a little as it would clear row giving her more time. She would also match only 4 which was not enough. As the Idea guy would get many combos on his board. This made it harder for SNT as everytime he would get a pattern, SNT gets an extra drop in a random place that she could not get rid of unless its touching another pattern, She also couldn't use them with the blocks. So she was forced to keep going forward.
"SNT try to get 3 in a row and try and make a combo." Courtney suggested.
SNT took that suggested and really didn't respond as she was deep in focus. She learned the game quickly and the more as time passed, the more she got better at the game.
Soon enough, the tables turned as SNT almost cleared her entire board. That was when Idea guy did this. "Let's change it up shall we?" He pressed a button and now the Puyo-Puyo and Tetris pieces where now mixed with each other. So now, drops could be with blocks and vice-versa. SNT didn't allow that to intimidate her as she quickly learned these new rules and was able to come up with a really good combo.
"Almost have him, just a little more time!" SNT said to herself.
A minute later, Idea Guy's board finally ran out of space. His side started to self destruct and the floor opened up under him. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" he fell in to the depths below into the upcoming torture coming for him. All of us watch him as he then fell into the purple waters and get over taken when he emerged from the tentacle taking him under.
Suddenly, a rush of air pushes up into the air and continues us to the next room where we then land on the ground on our feet and then SNT boosted with the 2 of us holding her hand. We then zoom pass an empty sign which then spanned around as a reaction for us passing it. The SNT's face is posted on the sign.
SNT, COURTNEY, AND I GOT THROUGH ACT 1
RANK S: SLIMY
CLEVELAND PLANT ZONE ACT 2
This time, the same enemies existed but now where a little larger. But now we get to do a little chemistry. There were added places where the liquid was now bouncy. The greener the liquid was, the bouncer it was but the dark blue hurt you. We used that to jump to higher platforms. There were also newer liquids like red liquids in slow you down temporarily, which SNT hated as it seems like time would slow down around us if that stuff dropped on us. But purple neutralized that effect.
Another liquid introduced was yellow and would speed you up really fast like speed shoes would but almost uncontrollable as it wasn't a boost as it only speed up time for you.
We used these liquids to conduct tight platforming and in cases where we had to run up walls in order to keep momentum. Overall, most of it was pretty straight forward.
This part of the factory also introduced places of just flat water and in order to get across, Courtney didn't have to swim but SNT would boost across. She would stay on top of the water easily. There were also some rooms where the only way to get through them was to defeat all of the enemies there. That is when I would take over and attack. Overall, we stuck together like a team.
Eventually we arrive at a purple lake in the middle of the plant. "That must be the central command!" SNT pointed out. We then boosted to the middle and stop. Courtney then runs to the other side of the smoke stack and finds the off switch. It was extremely hard to pull it so I ran over to help her. We eventually break the friction and the smoke stack spewing on Chicago was then turned off.
"Great!" Courtney and I then sit down next to each other. But there was still another thing to do. SNT ran to the other side of the stack to remind us. "Where is the Chaos Emerald?"
"Great question!" I answered. "I have no idea."
"Well, lets keep going around the plant until we find it. SNT you can feel its power right?" Courtney asked.
"Yeah, but there is a problem, I feel it energy everywhere right now!" SNT pointed out.
"Everywhere?" I questioned. "That's not possible right?"
"I don't know why... but it's true!" SNT mentioned. Suddenly, the ground started to shake around our feet and suddenly a crash above us. It's the smokestack suddenly being crashed into by a purple tentacle. "LOOK OUT!" SNT then pushed us out of the way as we felt the ruble crash beside us. We then look in front of us and find a purple liquidy slime dragon right in front of us. It had a horn and on top of that horn... was a Chaos Emerald.
"THERE IT IS!" SNT yelled.
Courtney and I recognised who this was. "Its... Perfect Chaos!" Courtney pointed out.
"But how?" I asked
"Its a chemical plant, plus Idea Guy said he was working on a Tentacle Monster of pure chaos." Courtney mentioned.
"He did say that did he?" I thought. "Figures!"
SNT grabbed the both of us as the tentacles then came tumbling to our spot to try and grab us. SNT then took us to another platform a little ways away. Once we got over our panic attack we then thought up of a strategy. "SNT you have to use your boost, don't let Chaos slow you down, Attack him in the Chaos Emerald and you should win. But you need to get close!" I explained.
"Are you sure that's the way to go?" SNT asked.
Courtney nodded. "That should be it. We will try and help you as much as we can!" she promised.
"Alright, let's do this." SNT then looked at Purple Perfect Chaos. "Alright you slime bag, by the time I am done with you, not even nickelodeon would want to use you." SNT smiled for a second. "Wait... what's nickelodeon?" She then looks back at us.
I had a notepad in my hands with a pencil with Courtney ready to draw. I put the notes behind my back and whistle like I did nothing wrong. SNT then got started and started using the platforms around Chaos to get closer. They weirdly just felt like another stage like they where leading toward Chaos eventually. SNT tried her best to keep going fast by boosting just like we suggested. Eventually she got close to Chaos and rolled up the slime right into the emerald. That did hurt him.
Chaos screamed. SNT was propelled to another part of the factory. Chaos tried harder to take out the platforms before SNT got to them, but Courtney would step in to draw a platform quickly saving SNT.
I would write. "Then SNT instantly went the speed of light toward the emerald, hurting Chaos." That happened exactly what was worded. Chaos screamed again. This time, Chaos saw us and then grabbed us with his slimy tentacles. Now the both of us drowning inside he sokes the notes we had now unable to help SNT with our creative skills.
Courtney then used her powers to break us out of the tentacles with her axe. We both jumped to a nearby platform. "If we can't help SNT with our creativity, lets help her with taking this monster down." she explained.
"Alright!" I responded.
Courtney and I then go from platform to platform getting closer to Chaos. Now having to deal with 3 targets. SNT once again attacked him, then I did it by using my sword. Then Courtney uses her axe on the emerald. Chaos screamed once again. All of us propelled to different parts of the factory now having to work our way back to Chaos. This was too many targets for Chaos to handle at once. So it was easy for us to attack again for all 3 of us.
Once Chaos realised that that wasn't going to work. He changed the style of the fight. We all land together on a circular path around him. Chaos formed a waterspout with his hands to chase us with. We ran ahead to get prepared for the worst. The attacks the Chaos would use is to try and tip us with his tentacles then smacking us to slow us down into the tornado where we would get hurt. But one thing we could do is swim through Chaos so, Courtney would dive into his tentacles and swim through the obstacles in his body to get the the emerald and attack him. I would use the tentacles to bounce on it to get to the head. SNT would run on the tentacle fast enough then roll into a ball to get to his head. With every attack, Chaos would scream.
After 15 hits, Chaos screamed really loudly and sunk into the liquid just leaving the Chaos Emerald there in the middle. Every tentacle then splashed into the purple waters below us from the path. That was when we noticed, the battle was over.
SNT, COURTNEY AND I GOT THROUGH ACT 2
RANK S: SUSSY
The only thing to get was the Chaos Emerald. "Nice job guys, thanks for helping me." SNT mentioned. "I don't think I would have gotten through this without you two."
"It's no problem, we are just here to support you after all." Courtney smiled. "But I do really need a shower, who knows what was in that slime."
"I agree!" I nodded. "Let's get the emerald and get out of here SNT."
SNT nodded in agreement then looked at the emerald in the middle. Then started to boost. But suddenly, a blue flash distracted us and then the Chaos Emerald was taken from its spot. SNT noticed the blur but then stopped herself on the other side of the circular path.
"What just happened?" SNT asked.
"I did!" a familiar southern nasally voice said. We all look up to see someone we never thought we would see.
"Chris Chan!" Courtney recognised.
Chris was in his Sonichu form and he was touching the emerald in his hand. "I can't let you have this. The Dimensional merge will continue as planned and there will be nothing for you to stop me!"
"Chris, your playing with fire here!" I added.
"Really, well watch this!" Chris then took a match, lit it, and threw it into the purple waters. Suddenly, the water exploded sending all of us flying into the air. "AAAAAAAAHHHH!"
Courtney quickly put us in a shield to protect us from any more damage. She watches Chris Chan as he zooms off and gives chase.
"Quick thinking, Courtney." I mentioned, thanking her. SNT opened her eyes and noticed she was fine. Then said. "Follow Chris!"
We bounced after Chris until he went onto a ship. It started to move. We landed on the ground and chase after it. SNT then jumped on it and grabbed onto a bar. Courtney was next as she grabbed onto SNT's leg and then I grabbed onto Courtney's leg as we held on. SNT used her tails for force us onto the ship.
With Chris Chan taking the emerald with him, what was around the corner? It was obvious that getting this Chaos Emerald will be harder than we have ever expected.