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"WAKE UP!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
The Peach Creek kids screamed at the sudden wake up call.
"Up and at 'em, maggots!"
They looked to see a large brown dog looming over them. He was dressed as a sergeant.
"SERGEANT DOBERMAN!"
They looked to see Shelby, obviously ticked.
"Uh oh." Topaz said. "She's tapping both feet, he's gonna get it."
It was early morning and quite frankly, everyone was tired.
"Sergeant Doberman…didn't I tell you to stay home?" Shelby asked.
"Of course, I'm just here to get the blue hedgehog who stole the keys to the defense system." He said.
"F.Y.I., Warhead, Shelby took them 'cause of what happen last time you let your wife train without her glasses." Topaz said.
"IS THAT ANY WAY TO TALK TO A COMANDING OFFICER?" Sergeant Doberman yelled.
"Doberman, heal!" Shelby snapped. "We've got enough problems as it is!"
"Oh, and what would be the problem?"
"The Sonic Underground have been turned into babies and we need a way to turn them back, and on top of it all, I have to train these guys-oops!" Shelby slapped her hands over her mouth at what she just said. This could only lead to-
"You need someone to train these maggots? With pleasure!"
"Sergeant Doberman!" Shelby said, trying to stop him.
"Line it up!" Sergeant Doberman ordered.
However, he found that the Peach Creek kids were asleep.
"WAKE UP!"
The kids were awake at once.
'How do I get myself into these messes?' Shelby thought. "Doberman, you can train in military ways but you won't train them way I had planned."
"Why's that?" Sergeant Doberman asked.
She climbed up his arm and whispered into his ear. When she was done, the dog's eyes were very wide.
"Well, why didn't you say so? I can train them in a heartbeat." Sergeant Doberman said.
"We're doomed." Topaz said.
"You can train most of them if you want." Shelby said. "But I'm training Double D personally. He has a lot more to learn then the others."
"Yeah, and I'm training Jimmy to use the Magic Paintbrush Queen Aleena gave him." Topaz said.
"Very well then." Sergeant Doberman said.
"You can paint?" Jimmy asked Topaz.
"My mom taught me how to by the time I was half your age." Topaz said, pulling him into a different room.
"C'mon Double D, we have a lot of work to do." Shelby said, shaking the half asleep boy.
"I'm awake." He groaned.
"Good, now get your shoes and gloves one, we've got some training to do." She said.
"At this hour? It's only six o'clock." Double D said.
"Yeah, Sergeant Doberman let you sleep in a half hour late, now come on." She said, pulling him up.
However, the others weren't quite as willing to wake up.
"No way."
"Forget it."
"And pipe down."
That did it for Sergeant Doberman.
"Now listen up, you lazy brats, being retired doesn't stop me from waking up at five in the morning sharp! Now get up and give me-"
"Honey, come an help me find my glasses!" A high-pitched, older woman's voice called.
"Coming dear!" Sergeant Doberman called.
"Nicely done, Shelby." Topaz said. "I thought the really Mrs. Doberman was here."
"Thank you, thank you." She said. "Now let's wake these lazy bums."
Ten minutes later, the Peach Creek kids were soaking wet with cold water. Shelby had tired every trick she knew to wake them up and that was a last resort.
"Okay, here are your assignments:" Shelby started. "Eddy, you're working on the dummies I set up in the backyard, work on flying and stinging. Kevin, you are to roll into a ball and knock them over. Nazz, work on your martial arts in the dojo I set up. Johnny, you and Plank are working in the backyard with tag teamwork. Sarah, you're with Nazz. Rolf, time to learn some self-control, you're on a course, hit only those your suppose to, hit anything else and you'll have to repeat it. Ed, there are target boards out back, learn how to aim and use your fire breath, or sneeze or whatever you call it. Jimmy is with Topaz, and I've got Double D. Everyone get to where you're suppose to be."
Mostly everyone went outside, however, Nazz, and Sarah headed into another room that would be their dojo while Topaz took Jimmy else where, leaving Double D and Shelby in the living room.
"What are we doing to do?' Double D asked.
"First you need to learn how to fight before we go onto weapons. Do you know any martial arts?"
"No."
"Any fighting style at all?"
"No."
"Oh, we've got so much work to do."
"What do you mean?"
"Double D, I'm going to have to train you from the start. I don't have the time to get everything down, so I'll do what Jerome did with Weed."
"And that was?"
"I'm going to teach you the basics and you can work on your skills from there. Make up your own style if you will. After teaching you how to fight with your hands, I'll show you how to use weapons."
Double D gulped. This was going to be a LONG day.
For the entire day, everyone trained their new bodies and skills so they could control themselves. Eddy had finally managed to control his wings and use his stinger and the same time. He could now shrink down to bee size. He was flying circles around Kevin.
Kevin was knowable to control his rolling, and found that he was now incredibly strong he even scared himself as to how strong he was. He also found he could use his shell as a shield for weaker weapons, and with some training, it may even be able to hold off a laser.
Nazz had been training her martial arts to an extent. She found that she could do better then ever before with her new, stronger body. She was also even faster with her punches and kicks, only Sonic could dodge them they were so fast.
Sarah found that she was also faster and stronger in her new body. She could also yell ever, louder then before. And now being a fox meant she was sneakier, so she could more easily sneak up on the Eds, and scare them.
Johnny and Plank were making one heck of a tag team. Johnny could throw Plank he'd hit the enemy, bouncy back, and land in Johnny's hand. And Johnny discovered that the bomb design on his sandals were for more then show: he could some up bombs in his hands and throw them, however he thought they were just extremely low fireworks.
Rolf had been doing the course nearly fifty times before he actually got it right. In that time, he had discovered he could make his horns grow and sharper, making them weapons.
Ed probably was doing better then the others. He was now able to easily breath stream on fire from his mouth without sneezing. He also learned how to use his teeth properly to tear robots apart.
Jimmy was doing great. Under Topaz's wing, Jimmy learned how to control the Magic Paintbrush. He could make the objects appear as close as he wanted or as far as he wanted, that's how good he was doing.
But probably the on who learned the most was Double D. Shelby may have been harsh with him for a while but he quickly caught on. Under her training, he learned how to become invisible without jumping, just Manic had said during their first fight. He also discovered several weapons in the compartments of his gloves. Shelby trained him hard with them but he was learning, fast. Soon the two of them were sparing and Double D was actually having a chance. And the last thing he learned was how to climb walls. This time, he got it right on the first try.
After seeing the results, Shelby knew they were ready to fight Robotnik.
"I can't find them, sweetie!" Sergeant Doberman said.
"Sergeant Doberman, there's an emergency back home, you better check it out." Shelby said slyly.
In a heartbeat, the brown dog was gone.
"He maybe a retire sergeant but he's just as easy to trick back in the day." Topaz smiled.
"Well, you guys have done awesome." Knuckles said.
Kevin was too busy showing off his new strength. He was holding Nazz on one arm and a table on the other.
"So, we've learned enough to help save Sonic, Sonia, Manic, and Shadow now, right?" Eddy asked.
"Bingo." Topaz said.
"Now all we have to do is wait for the call." Shelby said.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
"Speak of the daredevil." Shelby said.
Double D ran to the communicator on the wall.
"Yes?" He asked.
It was Cyrus, Spike, Fire, Sun, and Moon.
"We've got news on that ray and it isn't pretty." Cyrus said.
"From what the Mousers have found, there's only one o f those ray guns." Spike said.
"And it also has the only cure on a small button on the back." Fire continued.
"And that's not the worst part." Sun said.
"If you don't turn them back to normal by midnight, tonight," Moon continued.
"You won't be able to change them back!" And five ended.
"Oh my goodness!" Double D said. "Thank you, I shall let the others know!" Double D said.
When Double D passed on the news, it wasn't pretty.
"We have to find that thing, and fast!" Shelby said.
"But how?" Kevin asked.
"My sources tell me that Robotnik has the ray in his headquarters, we need to break in and get that ray-gun." Topaz said.
"The sun is already going down! We don't have that kind of time!" Shelby said.
"So what do you suggest?" Nazz asked.
"We'll have to take the babies with us." Shelby said. "We might be able to get the ray gun, but we might not be able to get it back to them in time! I'm gonna be going, so I'll need three others to carry the other three babies. I'm not going to take chances, I'm going to take the three who did the best in their training."
"So, who am I with?" Kevin asked.
"Actually Kevin, you got the lowest score, you're not going." Topaz said.
Kevin tripped over his own feet at that.
"Well if I'm not going, then who is?" He demanded.
"Ed, Edd, 'n Eddy." Shelby smirked.
Kevin and Knuckles nearly had a heart attack.
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Happy 4th of July! R&R please.
