{Last updated : 3/6/2015}
Hello, everyone! *waves hand around* ..I'm so sorry for yet another late update. Right now, I'm having problems with my upcoming college. Gosh, I never knew just to register to a college would be soooo HARD! (0_o)
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Adventure Through the Unknown
Chapter 46 : Crimes and 'Z'
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A black-colored portal appeared out of nowhere before a green crocodile and a purple swallow thrown out from it, landing quite roughly on the hard ground.
"UAGH!" both Mobians cried out for their painful landing, while the portal slowly disappears from sight...
"O-Ouch..." the purple swallow— named Wave the Swallow— grunted in pain, getting up to her knees with much effort. "Landing face-first on the ground is not what I expected."
"Well, try to get used to it," the green crocodile— named Vector the Crocodile— said with a chuckle, offering a hand to her, "uh... Wave, isn't it?"
Wave chuckled, taking Vector's hand and allows him to help her stand.
"So... We're together again?" Wave said, rubbing herself down for dust. "I honestly never expect this... I hope you don't mind my acquaintance once again."
"Same here," Vector said with a nod, looking to his back. "Well...at least Miss Vanilla is not following us."
"I'm agree..." Wave sighed. "Madam Vanilla is not fit to follow us in this 'game'."
Vector arched an eyebrow up. "Wait a sec... You call her 'Madam'?"
"W-What's wrong with that?!" the purple swallow snapped, her face red in embarrassment. "S-She's a PERFECT mother figure! I-I bet others also thought the same as me!"
"W-Well, now that you mention it..." the green crocodile trailed off, remembering Charmy commented numerous time that Vanilla is a perfect mother for everyone, telling him that Cream is lucky to have her as her mother.
Before the talk could get more further, suddenly, a black-colored portal appeared right above Vector and Wave, shocking them.
"W-What the—?!" With wide eyes, Wave looked up in shock, followed by Vector not long after.
"W-We're going to get sucked in again?!" Vector groaned as winds started to blew from the portal. "W-We're not even started yet!"
Silence...
"Waaait... On a second thought," Wave arched an eyebrow up, "I think this portal here not intended to suck us in."
Vector gave the purple swallow a questioning look. "H-Huh...?"
"I mean, just look at it," Wave held out a clenched fist before she brought up her index finger from it. "First, the winds from it blew to us without any means to take us in or the like."
"Oookay...?" Vector muttered, unsure what to say as he realized that the winds from the portal was indeed only blew to them.
"Second," Wave brought her second finger, "I hear a faint scream of frantic from inside." She then look worried. "A-And somehow... I-It sounds like...'Madam'."
Vector's eyes bulged out. "Y-You don't say—!" the crocodile began, but was abruptly cut off when suddenly, someone fall on the top of him, toppling him to the hard ground with a loud thud.
"OUFF!" Vector cried out for the pain his back received, while the one fall on him landed on the top of him.
Groaning in pain, Vector felt the one on the top of him get off his body. At this, the green crocodile placed his hands at his sides, and was about to push himself up when he felt something on his upper snout...accompanied with a yelp of surprise from a familiar voice.
Vector felt his heart skip a beat. T-That voice... I-It can't be...!
Opening his eyes, the green crocodile gasped in disbelief when knowing that the one on the top of him is none other than Vanilla the Rabbit, her surprised gaze fell straight to his eyes as his upper snout rests below her chin.
"M-MISS VANILLA?!" Vector grabbed her shoulders, pushing her gently as he put himself in a seating position, his face shows great disbelief. "W-What the... H-How?!"
Vanilla's ears flattened, looking away from the green crocodile. "I... I'm so sorry, Mister Vector."
Vector's eyes widened. "Y-...You went into the portal?!" the green crocodile exclaimed in shock. "M-Miss Vanilla! W-We told you to stay!"
"B-But I don't want to!"
"What the— W-WHY?!" Vector yelled, panic and frustration mixed into one. "Miss Vanilla, this isn't just a mere 'game' me and Wave talking about— it's DANGEROUS! W-Why are you—?!" he continued, but was interrupted when Vanilla suddenly pulled him to a tight hug, startling the green crocodile.
"M-Miss Vani—!"
*sobs*
Vector felt his voice stuck at his throat when he heard the unexpected voice from the mother rabbit.
"I-I'm... *sob* I'M SO SORRY, MISTER VECTOR!" Vanilla tightens her hold around the frozen crocodile. "I-I- *sob* I have...m- *sob* my own reason to be here! P- *sob* Please accept my apology! P-PLEASE!"
"M-Miss Vanilla..." Vector had no idea what to say at Vanilla's unusual display of emotion. So he decided to hug her back despite the awkwardness he's feeling, in what he hoped would calm the crying mother rabbit.
Wave just watched the two, unsure what to do at the situation...
She suddenly blinked when she caught a familiar voice of a male coming from within the portal. Turned around, the purple swallow squinted eyes, focusing her gaze to the dark portal above her...
"...-OOORM!"
Huh?
Wave took a step forward in curiosity, only to got hit by something green that being thrown from the dark portal.
"OUFF!" With her guard down, Wave couldn't brace herself, falling to the ground with a powerful thud.
"G-Gah... Who the heck...?" Wave groaned, turning on her back to face up...only to stop when her beak touches someone else's.
Someone familiar with green feathers and a beak.
Realizing what had happened, Wave's eyes widened as she blushed madly.
"J-...J-...JET!" the purple swallow somehow looked furious, pushing the green hawk with such force that he let out a yelp in surprise.
"Ouch!" Jet cried out, looking at the purple swallow indignantly. "Wave, what the heck?! Suddenly pushing me like that and got all angry?!" he added, grabbing his Extreme Gear that was thrown not far from him.
"W-Well!" Wave quickly stood up, crossing her arms. "You almost stole my first k—!" Pause. "Ugh, y-you know WHAT of course!" she said, turning her head away from the green hawk, still blushing.
"Honestly, I have no any idea what you mean," Jet uttered, arching an eyebrow up as he stand up, Extreme Gear in hand.
Wave humphed. "W-Whatever..." she said as she looked around... Only to gawked a few seconds later. "W-... What the...?"
"What is it, Wave?" Jet inquired the purple swallow, looking at her in wonder. At the time also, Vector finally went up to his feet while helping Vanilla to do the same.
Wave looked at the green hawk with a worried expression.
"J-Jet... Everyone..." Wave wrapped her arms around herself, "T-The gravity here is weird... I-I mean, we're currently standing on the WALLS, for crying out loud!"
The three Mobians became wide-eyed as they began to look around, only to see the truth of Wave's words.
They're not standing on the road— like Wave said, they're all standing on the WALLS.
"W-What the heck?!" Jet yelped in shock, taking a step back.
"T-The road is RIGHT beside us, b-but we're standing on the WALLS instead!" Vector cried out in disbelief. "A-Are we outside Mobius right now?!"
"M-Mr. Vector..." Vanilla inched closer to Vector, hiding herself behind the green crocodile with dread in her heart.
The four of them just silent, wondering where are they right now if it wasn't in Mobius...
The tense moment that lingers around the four Mobians suddenly broke when they heard a faint sound of...something flying?
"H-Huh...?" Vector and the other three Mobians turned around, only to yelp in shock when suddenly, a flying black car stops near them, the back door opens with a hard swing.
"What the—" Vector began, but was cut off when a red gloved hand peeked out from the car's back seat, with a futuristic-looking gun in grasp.
Without warning, the red gloved hand pulled the trigger, releasing two darts that aimed to Vector and Wave.
D-Darts?! Vector's eyes widened as the dart got closer. T-That means...!
T-Tranquilizer?! Wave thought, closing her eyes shut in frantic. C-Crud!
Before the darts could reach the two panicked Mobians, however...
"M-Mr. Vector!" Vanilla cried out, stepping in front of Vector before she push him away from her, making the green crocodile fall to the ground with a loud thud.
"Dang it!" Jet gritted his teeth as he jumped in front of Wave, wrapping his arms around her, which made the purple swallow's eyes flew open.
"J-JET!" Wave exclaimed with a bit of anger, "W-What are you—!"
"Shut u— UGH!"
"J-Jet! NO!" Wave gasped as she saw the dart that aimed to her now stuck at Jet's back. At the same time, the dart that aimed to Vector stuck itself at Vanilla's left shoulder, making the mother rabbit yelped in pain.
"M-Miss Vanilla!" Vector quickly held out his hands and caught the mother rabbit before she could reach the ground.
"M-... Mr. Vector..." Vanilla muttered weakly, looking pale. The green crocodile gritted his teeth— the tranquilizer has clearly taken its tool.
"Wave!" Vector turned his head to the side. "How's things there?!"
"I-I'm fine, but Jet..." Wave looked down to the green hawk in her arms, who grimaced weakly with his eyes closed. "T-The dart hit him!"
"Which goes as we planned, girl."
Wave and Vector gasped as they turned their heads back to the mysterious floating black car, watching the owner of the red gloved hand— a male Mobian— got out from the car, gun still in his grasp, a smirk on his face.
The male Mobian is a hawk with blue feathers and sky blue eyes. He wears a red headband, long red gloves with large cuffs and clawed fingertips, silver bandolier slung over his left shoulder, and tall red boots.
"Hoooh," the blue hawk look amused. "What a surprise... The four of you must be new here, hmm? I can see you found yourself comfortable on the walls," he added with a chuckle.
"Which is NOT what we wanted," Vector pointed out with a groan, holding Vanilla closer to him in alert. "What is this place, anyway? And who are you...?"
"Who I am is not important," the blue hawk replied with a smirk. "But I can tell you, though, that this place is located at an angle of exactly ninety degrees from all the other zones in Mobius."
"N-NINETY DEGREES?!" Wave cried out in shock. "T-Then it explain why we're on the walls and not the ground..." Looking up to the blue hawk, she asks, "Are you from here that you're not affected like us?"
Before the blue hawk could answer, a new young male voice came from the floating black car.
"Heh, that's funny, girl. But we're actually not from here!"
The window of the car's front door went down, and hopping out from it is another male Mobian.
He's a lynx with light brown fur— black at ears and his short bushy tail, short spiky black hair, black spiky eyebrows, and sky blue eyes. He wears light blue gloves with spurs on the knuckles and light blue boots— both which adorned with a picture of yellow lightning bolts.
The blue hawk groaned. "Lightning Lynx," he began rather angrily, looking to the male lynx, "don't you know how to open a car's door?"
The brown lynx— named Lightning Lynx, as said by the blue hawk— just huffed at the question.
"Don't you know what they call as 'dramatic entrance'?" Lightning groaned, crossing his arms. "Man, you should learn more at how to be a perfect bad guy, Predator Hawk."
"What the— WHY did you say my name, you dumb?!" the blue hawk— revealed as Predator Hawk— said in annoyance, teeth grinding together. "Ugh, why you need to ruin my scena—!"
"That's NOT my fault, duh!" Lightning snapped, and before Predator could give him a piece of his mind, the male lynx turned to Wave.
"So yeah, back to the topic," Lightning pulled down his left glove slightly, revealing a metallic bracelet that looks futuristic.
"This little buddy here is called Spatial Stabilizer," the brown lynx began. "It helps us people who are not from here able to walk normally like people from here. Predator also have one, and—"
"Let me guess," Wave cut in, looking unimpressed, "to obtain it, you steal it, don't you?"
Lightning yelps as his eyes widened in shock. "Oi, oi, Predator! H-How did she know?!"
Predator face-palmed. "And YOU call yourself a perfect bad guy...? Duh, Lightning! It's OBVIOUS!"
Before Lightning could protest, a new male voice came from the floating black car— now sounds older and deeper.
"Enough, you two. Don't you remember our purpose here?"
The car's front door at the other side opened as a big male Mobian stepped out from it, his unimpressed gaze fell to Predator and Lightning.
He's a gorilla who's heavily built, having deep brown fur and sky blue eyes. He wears a military themed outfit, which consists of a green helmet, green bandolier slung over his right shoulder, green camouflage pants, and green heavy combat boots.
"Gee, Simon," Lightning groaned to the male gorilla, "stop being a straight person who's always serious about a mission. It annoys me, like, SERIOUSLY!"
The male gorilla— named Simon, as said by Lightning— looked at the lynx rather angrily. "It's Sergeant Simian, Lightning Lynx. Simon is long gone, and you know why."
"You really hate that name now, huh? Even though it is your rea— yikes!" Lightning quickly silenced himself when Si- errr, I mean, Sergeant Simian— shot him a death glare.
"Good," Sergeant said to the male lynx before looking away. "Now then... Predator, Lightning, we should leave quick."
"Huh? Why...?" the blue hawk inquired while crossing his arms, casually watching the brown gorilla went forward and easily pried Wave and Vector away from the weakened Jet and Vanilla by swinging his big arms to each of them.
"UAGH!" both Wave and Vector cried out in pain as both thrown quite far from Jet and Vanilla due to Sergeant's strength.
Sergeant then pulled out two futuristic-looking metallic bracelets, clasping them around Jet and Vanilla's wrist each. In that instant, the two weakened Mobians fell from the wall to the ground, indicating that the bracelet placed on them was Spatial Stabilizer.
"I've heard it from the radio," the brown gorilla picked the two weakened Mobians into his arms— Vanilla cradled in one arm, while the other slung around Jet's waist. "'They' are coming."
The statement quickly made Predator and Lightning went pale.
"T-Then let's get inside the car and leave! Like, NOW!" Predator cried out as he and the panicked Lightning went into the floating black car, with Sergeant following from behind.
"W-... *cough* Wait!" Vector shouted to Sergeant despite his pain. "W-... *cough* What did you want with Miss Vanilla?!"
"A- *cough* And Jet?!" Wave followed, trying to stand up, but the her pain didn't allow her to do so.
Sergeant put a halt to his steps, but not turning his body to them.
"That's not your business," the brown gorilla uttered. "But I can tell you, though, that the payment we got for doing this is more than enough for the three of us to live."
"W-What...?" Vector was able to get up to his knees, still struggling to went up to his feet. "A-Are the three of you are...m-mercenaries...?"
Sergeant lowered his head. "Well, you could say it that way...but we'll never do something cowardly like kidnapping or something extreme like murder, to be honest."
Wave gritted her teeth. "Are you kidding me? I mean, look what you did no—!"
"SILENCE!"
Before either Wave and Vector could ask more, Sergeant Simian stormed off to the flying black car, going to the back seat.
"Predator, you drive," the brown gorilla said, pulling the blue hawk from the back seat. "I'm in no mood to do so."
The blue hawk look at the brown gorilla knowingly. "Sergeant..." he sighed. "Fine. But stop worrying."
"... I'll try," the brown gorilla replied after a long pause, before proceeding to enter the back seat of the car while Predator goes into the driver's seat.
"W-WAIT!" Vector forced himself to stand up, teeth grinding together to hold back his pain. But before he could do more, the black car already flew away from him and Wave, leaving only strong gust of wind behind that toppled the crocodile back to the gro— errr, I mean, wall.
"Uagh!" Vector hissed in pain as his back made contact with the hard surface of the wall. "C-Crud... H-How can he be so strong?!"
"U-Ungh..." With much effort, Wave finally went up to her feet, wobbling slightly. "N-No... T-They got Jet and Madam. Must go...after them."
"N-No, Wave..." Vector manage to went up to his feet, walk forward and grabs her hand before she could reach for Jet's Extreme Gear— which lying not far from the purple swallow. "Not with our current condition."
"Y-YOU...!" Wave whipped around to face the green crocodile, looking angry. "I could just modify Jet's board a bit so it'll suit me and go for them! Don't tell me you'll let them go!"
"I WON'T! AND I'LL NEVER BE!" Vector shot back, surprising the purple swallow with his loud voice. "But...what can we do, Wave? We don't even know who they really are, and—"
Before Vector could finish, suddenly, the two Mobians heard yet another faint sound of something flying. But now, it's accompanied with...police sirens?
"Ugh, one problem not solved yet, comes another! What NOW?!" Vector cried out in annoyance, frustrated of what he believe would be another flying car stopping near him and Wave...
...which proves to be true as a flying car— now colored white and black with typical red and blue siren at the top that currently flashes brightly— stops near Vector and Wave.
"Oh, great. It's a police car," Vector grumbled, crossing her arms. "What, we'll get arrested for doing nothing? The 'stage' of this 'game' here is driving me CRAZY already from the start!"
"G-Gee, calm down!" Wave told the frustrated crocodile. "You're not acting like yourself!"
"Does that matter right now?!" Vector brought a palm to his head, letting out a frustrated sigh. "Gosh, I can't believe there's something that would frustrate me much other than Charmy's—!" the crocodile was cut off by a new, yet familiar male voice, coming from behind him.
"... What are you doing here, 'Zec?"
In alert, Vector and Wave whipped around and on their battle stance, surprising the newcomer— which none other than...Espio? Well, he looks like Espio, only...different.
The Espio look-alike is wearing a uniform of some sort, which consist of a red bodysuit, a blue visor on his unlikely helmet (which also hides his eyes at the moment), golden armor on torso and shoulders, blue gauntlets, silver belt, and boots colored green and gold.
"W-Whoa, whoa!" the Espio look-alike stepped back in surprise, hands raised in defense. "What's with the sudden battle stance, 'Zec? Also, why are you standing on the walls?"
A confused look plastered on both Vector and Wave's faces as the Espio look-alike say so, standing straight up and not on their battle stance anymore.
"Uh..." Vector began, scratching his head. "... Who are you?"
The Espio look-alike looks unimpressed. "'Zec, I know you're a forgetful person, but I can't believe you'll forget my name," the purple chameleon sighed, bringing his visor up— which shows his yellow eyes that seems darker than those owned by Espio.
"Alright, listen up," the Espio look-alike began, "the name is Zespio, and I'm your partner in work."
"Z-Zespio...?" Vector's right eye twitched. "T-That's just 'Espio' plus 'Z' at the front! A-Are you playing games with me, Es—!"
"Ugh, stop playing around, Zector!" the Espio look-alike— named Zespio— exclaimed with a huff. "We got criminals in pursuit right now!"
Vector's jaw dropped. "Z-...Zector? B-But my name is—!"
"Where's your uniform, anyway?! Urgh, can't you give me one day without you creating problems?!" Zespio groaned, pulling out two futuristic-looking metallic bracelets— Spatial Stabilizer, thought Vector and Wave.
"I have no idea how you get yourself on the walls and drag a civilian into your mess," Zespio clasped the bracelets around Vector and Wave's wrist each, making the two Mobians let out a yelp as they fell from the wall to the ground.
"But I'll keep that for later. Right now," Zespio opened the door of the car's back seat, "we have criminals in pursuit. Get inside!"
"O-Okay," Having no idea what to do yet grateful to finally be able to stand on the ground, Vector pushed Wave from behind as they get into the back seat, while Zespio goes into the driver's seat. After they got into the car, the car quickly flew off at high-speed.
Inside the car, Vector and Wave's gazes quickly fell back to Zespio, who now drove the car while trying to communicate with someone from the radio— perhaps, an intercom was planted inside it for each police car.
"Hey," Wave whispered to Vector, "I don't think this guy is the one you knew."
"Now that you mention it," Vector whispered back, "you're right at that. Makes me wonder even more where are we now, really."
"Zespio, what did I tell you about not scaring the civilians? I can hear them whispering to each other. What did you do now...?"
Vector and Wave yelped in surprise at the new male voice coming from beside Zespio. They whipped their head to the side, finding the fact that they were too focused to Zespio that they didn't notice that beside the purple chameleon, there sat a male Mobian, currently reading a book about law.
The male Mobian wore the exact same uniform like Zespio's, only he got golden belt and his helmet obscured the rest of his head except his peach muzzle. His eyes couldn't be seen as the blue visor of his helmet blocked them from view.
"Captain, the ones at the back seat... One is a civilian, but we knew the other so well," Zespio said to the male Mobian beside him, eyes still focused on the road as he's still driving. "It's Zector, Captain. And he didn't wear his uniform and standing sideways!"
"T-That's NOT my name, for crying out loud!" Vector shouted in protest.
"Oh, stop playing around, 'Zec!"
"Huh? Zector...?" the male Mobian looked to his back over his shoulder curiously, finding Wave trying to calm Vector down...
The male Mobian let out a light gasp. "Umm... Zespio? Can I tell you something?"
"Yes, Captain?"
"Well... How to say it..." the male Mobian turned his head back to the front, closing his book. "You see, Zespio... The green crocodile at the back... He's not—" he began, but was cut off when a buzzing sound was heard from the radio, followed by a male voice.
"A- *bzzt* Anyone? D- *bzzt* Do you copy?!"
Zespio gasped at the incoming transmission. He's about to make a reply when the male Mobian beside him stopped him.
"Focus on driving, Zespio," the male Mobian ordered the purple chameleon. "Let me answer the call."
"Y-Yes, Captain," Zespio said with a nod, focusing his gaze back to the road while the male Mobian beside him push a red button near the radio.
"It's me, and I'm with Zespio," the male Mobian said to the radio intercom. "Where are you now, Znuckles?"
Vector and Wave's eyes bulged out in shock at the last statement.
"E-Even the 'other' red mutt is here too?!" Wave said with a quiet tone. "I can't believe this!"
There's another buzzing sound before the male voice from the radio— or Znuckles, as said by the male Mobian— answered the call.
"Yo- I mean— CAPTAIN?!" Znuckles cried out, sounding surprised. "Y-You're in this too?!"
"And don't complain about it," the male Mobian uttered with a sigh. "Who are you with? And tell me your current position, Znuckles."
"R-Right!" Znuckles replied rather nervously. "I'm with Zhadow here, and we're right behind the criminal! I'll send you our coördinates, Yo- I mean— Captain!"
As Vector and Wave let their jaw dropped at the mention of 'other' Shadow, the male Mobian nods.
"Good," the male Mobian said. "Try to stay close behind them, Znuckles, Zhadow. We'll be on our way."
Before Znuckles could reply, a new voice from the transmission do so— "Zhadow," the male Mobian acknowledged.
"Understood, Captain," Zhadow said with a serious tone. "Don't be late."
"Same to you, Zhadow," the male Mobian replied with a nod. "Stay close behind them," he added before cutting off the transmission.
"I-I've got the coördinates from Znuckles, Captain!" Zespio informed the male Mobian.
"He's getting good at it, I see," the male Mobian put a small smile on his face. "The first time Znuckles do that, he totally failed."
"Well, practice makes perfect, Captain," Zespio pointed out with a light chuckle.
"Right..." the male Mobian uttered with a nod.
Both polices went silent after that, the sound of the police siren was the only one fills the silence...
It was then the male Mobian remembered what he's going to say to Zespio. He opened his mouth, would like to say something when Wave spoke up.
"H-Hey, if I may ask..." Wave looked to both Zespio and the male Mobian. "W-What is this place...?"
"What do you mean, girl?" Zespio said while arching an eyebrow up. "Don't tell me Zector has spread his forgetful 'virus' to you!" he added with a groan.
Vector looked furious at the statement, an anime-like popping vein was there on his head. But before the green crocodile could protest to Zespio, the male Mobian spoke.
"That's what I want to tell you, Zespio," the male Mobian let out a deep sigh. "The green crocodile behind us... He's not Zector."
Zespio looks at the male Mobian in disbelief, eyes wide in shock. "C-Captain, what do you mean?! He's—!"
"—Vector the Crocodile; current leader of a group of trio detectives for hire called The Chaotix. I believe he's confused right now because of your appearance that greatly resembles one of his team members— named Espio the Chameleon, to be exact," the male Mobian explained precisely. "And for your information, Zespio, Zector injured his leg yesterday, so I told him to stay at the office and help the Warden with his paperworks since he's still unable to work with us."
Zespio was very shocked with the revelation that he brakes and stop the car at the sidewalk— quite suddenly that the shocked Vector and the bewildered Wave hit their heads to the front seats, making them yelped in pain.
"C-C-Captain," Zespio turned his head to the male Mobian, mixture of shock and disbelief was written on his face. "Y-You don't say—"
"The one beside Sir Vector is Wave the Swallow— the 'brain' of a treasure-seeking group of trio thieves called Babylon Rouges," the male Mobian cut in. "We never really label them as criminals here as the team was already formed since ancient times, so to respect its legacy, we Zone Cops never interfere with their doings, although polices other than here from No Zone is an exception since they'll only saw them as mere thieves."
"W-Wait, No Zone...? And... Zone Cops?" Wave uttered between her shock. "D-Does the first is the name of this place?"
"Yes, Miss Wave," the male Mobian answered politely.
"A-And the second one is..." Wave continued, "t-the name of the police group here?"
"Correct again, Miss Wave," the male Mobian replied once again.
"W-Well, we would like the details of those two, but first," Vector looked at the male Mobian both in shock and suspicion, "WHO are you? How did you know about me and Wave so precisely...?"
"A-Allow me to explain that one," Zespio said suddenly, watching the male Mobian next to him— who actually already opened his mouth to answer Vector's question— gave the chameleon a nod while moving his hands to his helmet.
"B-But first off, I'm sorry to mistake you as someone else...Vector, isn't it?" Zespio said, lowering his head slightly. "And to answer your question, let me tell you a brief explanation about our Captain."
Looking to the male Mobian, Zespio began to tell his answers; "when Captain first joined Zone Cops, his job is only as an Observer— a job to monitor all places in this planet Mobius from an uncountable screens in a big room. But we never expect him as a precise one— he remembers all people that he sees from the screens in every detail, making him look like he got unlimited knowledge.
"The Warden suddenly interested with him and convince him to follow the test to be an elite officer. And Captain does so, passing the test with flying colors— one that quickly earned him the highest rank in Zone Cops just below Warden— a Captain, but keeping the job as an Observer too courtesy of his own request," Zespio continued, sighing. "Even so, Captain has a bad point— he never consider to take a break from his job. Like, seriously."
"Zespio, please don't say out your personal opinion when introducing me to other people," the male Mobian warned with a deep sigh.
"But you really need to consider to take a nap, Captain..." Zespio pointed out. "You rarely have one these days with the whole portal phenomena happening all around Mobius."
"Which is why as an Observer, I must keep an eye on them every seconds," the male Mobian said matter-of-factly, seemingly pushing something from the circular golden part of his helmet that the large green metallic piece that covers his head was gone, showing off his ears and his long blue quills...
Vector and Wave could only gawked at the sight of the familiar quills.
"N-No WAY!" Wave cried out in disbelief, eyes wide as saucers.
"Y-YOU'RE...!" Vector followed, but was too shocked to make a comment that all he do was letting his eyes grew wide and stuttering.
The male Mobian let out a light chuckle as he raised his visor and turned his head to Vector and Wave, shocking both Mobians even further— especially with his exact same face, with the only difference was in his eyes— where they are colored with a darker shade of green.
"Although I look like the one you two knew very much, I believe I haven't introduce myself yet, so allow me," the male Mobian began with a small smile. "My name is Zonic— Zonic the Hedgehog. I am an Observer and the Captain of the Zone Cops. It's a pleasure to meet you, Sir Vector and Miss Wave."
Whoa! It seems Vector and Wave find themselves in a world familiar to us readers, especially Archie Sonic fans— NO ZONE! I hope I portray Zonic right, though. xD ..Oh well, grab those party popper and cheers, fans of Zone Cops; 'cause they FINALLY make an appearance here in this fic~! :D
Still, what would happen next to Jet and Vanilla...? Why Predator Hawk, Lightning Lynx, and Si- I mean, Sergeant Simian is here too in No Zone?!
Why stay tuned for more Chapters, everyone~! ;)
Dunno how the new characters that make their appearances here looks? Look up their names at your favorite Sonic wikis~ ;)
By the way, here are the replies you all gave for Chapter 45~ :
glittering wolf : A-Amazing...? Awwww! *blushu~* ..And as always, your reviews always made my day, buddy~! x3 ..Thank you for your time to read and review this fanfic! I really appreciate it~! :'D
Aisyah-Shiepumpers : You're welcome, dear buddy~! ^_^ ..Also, awesome story...? W-Why thank you~! *blushu~* ..Again, thank you for your time to read ALL the Chapters and review this fanfic! I really appreciate it~! :'D
TrancyXOXO : Nah, it's alright. I sometimes do that too~ xD ..Aah, I see~ *giggle* ..Alright then! When their part is up, I'll try to write more things between them~! x3 ..Thank you for your time to read and review this fanfic! I really appreciate it~! :'D
Guest : Why thank you very much! I glad that you liked them~! x3 ..Thank you for your time to read and review this fanfic! I really appreciate it~! :'D
... End replies~! ;D ..Once again, thank you for the reviews and supports, everyone! That really means a lot to me~ :'D ..I'm glad you enjoyed this story, even though I always make you all down by the late updates... X_x
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You know what they said; "Nobody's Perfect". So I beg your pardon if there's some errors and 'weird' sentences in this Chapter. Thank you to you all who've read, fav, follow, and review this story! :) ..Well, as always, next Chapter is in-progress. So stay tuned for more Chapters, everyone! Cheers~! ^^-
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Have a good day, buddies~! :3
