Sorry for being gone for so long. I hope every one of you is safe in these troubling times.
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Classic Sonic running through Mystic Jungle, defeated Heartless lying on the ground behind him.
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Kirux: Sonic's speed is truly remarkable. I've never seen anything move as a fast as he does! #sonic #mobius
Comments:
Lea: How fast can he run?
Sora: I'm with *Lea. I wanna know how fast he can run too!
Kirux: *Lea *Sora I don't know exactly, but you have to see it to believe it. Me explaining it to you doesn't do it justice.
Xion: *Kirux Why do you get to have all the fun while I do all the work? It's not fair :(
"We're set to land outside of the city in twenty minutes. Start getting ready."
Sonic stretched out, "It'll be good to breath in some fresh air."
Xion looked out the window, "The rain is coming down pretty hard."
"Yeah, kind of a bummer. But it's better than that jail cell on the Death Egg."
Xion didn't respond to him, just watching the clouds.
She pulled her phone out of her pocket, just to see if Kirux had said anything new to her yet.
Nothing. The last time they'd spoken was before they had gone into the Death Egg.
Zeon knocked her out of her trance, "You okay?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah. I'm fine."
He looked at her phone, "You have a cell phone?"
She pocketed it, "Yeah. Is that a problem?"
"No, but...it's different. Where did you get it from?
"A friend back home."
She obviously couldn't tell him about Ienzo, so she made something up, "He was good with small electronics, and he made me one. Made one for my friend, too."
Zeon didn't answer initially.
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"You said you were from far away, right?"
"Uh-huh."
Sonic overheard them, and chimed in, "So you're not local, huh? Well, where are you from?"
Xion looked at him, "Oh, you wouldn't know. It's-"
He cut her off, "Of course I would know. I've been all over the planet multiple times. I know just about everywhere and everyone."
"Not everyone."
"Exactly. Everyone except you. Now come on, spill it. We've just met, but you can trust me. Promise."
"Uhhh…" was all she could come up with as a response.
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Silver interrupted their conversation, "We'll be landing soon. We're gonna have to make our way back to HQ from the outskirts of the city, but we at least have the rain for cover."
Sonic looked out the window, "Yeesh. You guys bring any umbrellas?"
Xion sighed, whispering to Silver, "Does he always joke like this?"
He nodded, "You get used to it. It's just how Sonic is."
"He needs a reality check."
"I...don't disagree."
Xion sat back and stared out the window.
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Then, she saw something. In the clouds. Something...big.
And it was heading straight for them.
"Hey, are we-"
She was interrupted when a voice came from the cockpit, "Everyone be ready to move. Once we land, we'll have to destroy the ship, so-"
The ship suddenly jerked to the side, as it tipped over a complete ninety degrees. Silver fell over (who was standing up), and Xion and Sonic had to hold on just to not fall and crash into the others.
"What's happening?!" Sonic yelled.
"We were hit!" Silver yelled back.
"By what?!"
"I don't know!"
The pilots tried to steady the ship, but it was too late. They were already barreling towards the city.
"Brace for impact!" One of the pilots yelled to the rest of them.
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The ship crashed into a (thankfully) empty area in the city, barreling through a few blocks of buildings before stopping.
After a few minutes of no movement, the back of the ship was forcibly being opened. After a few knocks, it opened and the group stumbled out.
Xion and Zeon were able to walk on their own, seemingly unharmed. Sonic was able to walk out, but he was visibly disoriented. Silver had to be carried out by two Resistance soldiers that survived the crash and couldn't walk on his own.
"Everyone okay?" Xion yelled as the rain poured onto all of them and the crash site.
"Most of us are fine," Sonic said, "What about the pilots?"
Silver shook his head, "They're dead..."
The rest of them were all shocked, Sonic even letting out a soft "No..."
They didn't have time to mourn though, as a bunch of Eggman's robots landed nearby, pinning the survivors between the robots and the crash site.
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Xion pulled her Keyblade out, but Sonic put his hand up and said, "I'll take care of them."
He ran towards the robots, jumping into the air and dashing from one to the next. He was making quick work of them, but more came through the rain and Sonic couldn't deal with them fast enough.
Zeon attempted to stop one, but his Wispon was damaged in the crash and the drill wouldn't spin. One of the robots smacked him away, and came right for Xion.
Xion pulled her Keyblade out and attempted to fight, but when she ran forward, her ankle gave out and she collapsed.
The robot brought its cannon up to shoot her, but it was gone a second after, as Sonic had kicked it into a nearby wall.
"Don't worry," he said, "I got ya."
He reached a hand down to help her up, but before she could grab it, another group of robots came through the rain. It shot at Sonic, and the blast connected with his back.
"Sonic!" Xion yelled as he was knocked forward over her, landing on the ground behind her. He tried to get up, but collapsed back to the ground.
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More robots moved in on Xion and the group. The other two Resistance soldiers had fired at the robots, but they were knocked out like Sonic was. Xion was the only one left that was in fighting condition.
She used her Keyblade to stand back up, and readied herself as the robots continued to move towards her.
Before she did anything however, a barrage of lasers came from her left. The robots were ripped to shreds, and Xion let out a massive sigh of relief.
At least ten Resistance soldiers ran over towards the crash site. Behind them, Knuckles was following.
He ran up to Xion, asking her, "What happened?"
"I - I don't know. We were about to land, and...something hit us and we crashed. I don't know what it was, but...it was huge."
Knuckles looked towards the wreckage, seeing everyone who had been knocked out by the robots. He went and picked up Sonic, helping him stand.
"You okay, Sonic?"
"I'll be fine...what about...what about the others...?"
"They'll be fine." Knuckles looked up at Xion and Zeon, who was walking over, "The city is under attack. A massive army of robots rolled in right after you guys destroyed the Death Egg. When we saw your shuttle crash, I took anyone I could spare. Can you two still fight?"
They both nodded.
"Good. I'll have some of these guys take the injured back to HQ. You two and I have to go to the front line. We're holding, but...you'll see."
There was a ruckus behind them, as Sonic was shoving Resistance soldiers away.
"No! I can fight. I didn't escape the Death Egg to sit around in an infirmary."
"Sonic," Xion said, "You're injured. Don't make it worse on yourself."
"I'm not injured! I swear I'm-"
"No. You're in no condition to fight, Sonic." Knuckles said, and then turned back to Xion and Zeon.
He picked up a normal Wispon and tossed it to Zeon, "Let's go you two."
He led the way, Xion and Zeon following close behind. The other resistance soldiers took Sonic and Silver towards Resistance HQ.
The sounds of laser fire got louder as they ran, even drowning out the rain at points.
Knuckles led them behind the Resistance line. Tons of soldiers were running around, some towards the makeshift wall they had, others were scrambling towards other places where laser fire could be heard.
Xion looked around, and...didn't know how to react.
"Is this...what war looks like? Is this what it'll be like when we go confront Xehanort?"
"How many people are gonna lose their lives...for what?"
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"Xion."
"Huh?"
"You okay?"
"Yeah, sorry. I'm fine. What were you saying?"
Knuckles turned away and said, "I was saying that I need-"
He was interrupted by an explosion. It came from over by the makeshift wall.
"Second Wave!" Some of the soldiers were yelling.
Play: The Deep End (Phase 1) - KH3
A/N: Whenever the phase changes, I'll put a note in parentheses so that you will know.
The trio ran over towards the wall, and saw a massive wall of robots moving towards them. The road was long, but you could see robots covering it for miles.
"That's...more enemies in one place that I've ever seen." Xion said.
She'd never seen that many of anything in one place, not even Heartless in the Realm of Darkness.
"Shoot. Quickly, a few blocks away we were setting up a funnel area where we could draw them into a square and take them out. Head over there and help them."
"What about you guys here?" Zeon asked him.
"We'll be fine. Now go. We need that area secured, or else we'll lose this battle and the city."
He went back towards the front line, as a barrage of laser fire erupted from the Resistance soldiers on the wall.
"Come on, Xion!" Zeon said, dragging her away."
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"You think Knuckles's plan will work?" Xion asked Zeon as they weaved their way through alleys and empty streets. At least the robots were all focused on one place, where Knuckles and the rest of the Resistance was.
"We don't have anything else. It's his plan or no plan."
"But how are we going to draw the robots to us?"
"I don't know! We'll have to find out!"
(Switch to Phase 2 of "The Deep End)
They reached the square, and the Resistance soldiers there were being overrun by robots.
"We've gotta help them!" Zeon yelled, and the two of them ran towards the soldiers.
Xion used her grappling hook and shot it at one of the robots. It impaled the head, and she flew towards the robots. She landed on the head of one, and stabbed it with her Keyblade. Zeon had picked up a second Wispon on the ground, and started to blast the other robots.
One robot even got the jump on Xion, and blocked her attack. Zeon riddled it with lasers, the robot collapsing on the ground.
"Thanks." She said, Zeon giving her a nod.
Xion then fired a large blast of electricity towards the robots. It stopped in the center of the group, and caused a massive lightning bolt to come from the school and destroy all of them.
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"What were you guys doing here?"
One of the remaining Resistance soldiers responded, "We were setting up the Laser cannon before we got attacked. We've secured all of the other walls except the one we need. Can you help us?"
Xion put her Keyblade away, "Of course."
They ran towards the only makeshift wall that wasn't completed. At the end of the road, you could see the line of robots moving towards Knuckles and the rest of the Resistance. A massive, mounted cannon was nearby in a container. The wall was made of sandbags and debris, but had been blasted through by the robots.
"Get the cannon out! The line is gonna need our help!"
"What do you need from us?" Xion asked.
"Just get the cannon! We'll have to set it up now while we fix the wall. Leave that to us while you two get the cannon ready!"
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Xion and Zeon immediately went over to the cannon, and went to lift it out of the crate.
Xion almost dropped it immediately, saying "This thing weighs a ton!" before regaining her grip and balance.
The stand was already out and up, so they went and place the cannon on the stand. They barely got it on before one of the Resistance members yelled "They're coming this way!"
Sure enough, a column of robots was coming down the road straight towards them.
"Is the cannon ready?"
Zeon slammed it into place, and yelled, "We're good!"
One of the soldiers pointed towards the robots, "Hitting one will cause a chain reaction, but we've only got a limited amount of shots with that thing. You need to make them count."
Xion looked at Zeon, "I'll let you handle this one."
He nodded, and grabbed a hold of the cannon. The Resistance soldiers moved to defend the wall.
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? - Use the Laser Cannon to defend your position. When one robot is hit, a chain will move towards others nearby and destroy them as well. Take caution: you only have a few shots in the cannon.
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Zeon immediately fired the cannon towards the robots coming towards them. The blast hit the robot closest to their position, and then quickly moved around to the robots nearby. They all exploded, and knocked over some other robots nearby.
"Nice shot! Keep it up!"
Zeon aimed a bit higher, aiming for the fork where the road split. He fired, and the same thing happened as before, only the blast spread to a lot more robots.
He fired a few more shots down the road, taking out any robots that came down the road towards them. The cannon was super effective and was tearing through the robots.
Eventually he got to his last shot in the cannon.
The Resistance soldier loaded it in, and said, "This is the last one. REALLY make it count."
Zeon nodded, and was aiming towards the fork in the road. He was about to fire, but Xion stopped him.
"Wait!" she yelled, "Don't waste the last one on the small fry. Wait for something bigger."
He looked at her confused, "Something bigger? What do you mean?"
"Just trust me on this."
(Switch to Phase 3 of "The Deep End")
"They're falling back!" One of the soldiers yelled.
Xion looked over the wall, and sure enough, the robots were running the other way. Lasers were flying past them as Resistance members chased them off.
She should've been more optimistic, but...she wasn't.
"Something feels off..." She thought to herself.
Xion said to Zeon "Stay here" and vaulted over the wall, summoning her Keyblade.
She ran down the road, past the busted robot parts scattered along the ground, the rain continuing to pour down.
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She reached the fork, turning into a larger square. Resistance soldiers were all whooping and celebrating a battle well fought and won. Even Knuckles was smiling (he had run up there was well).
But when Xion looked at him with concern, his smile faded.
And...then the ground shook. And it shook again. And again. And again.
Something was coming. Something big. Just as Xion had feared.
They all looked into the clouds, wondering what was coming.
(Switch to the final phase of "The Deep End")
Out of the clouds, there was a red glow. Then, a massive laser came down and blasted the center of the square. The explosion caused everyone to get knocked down.
"Death Egg Robot!" Some of the soldiers yelled, as everyone ran to take cover. Some started shooting at the massive robot, but their small arms were doing nothing.
The Death Egg Robot stomped heavily into the square, firing at any Resistance it could get its sights on. Thankfully, this didn't include Xion or Knuckles, but lots of soldiers didn't get away from the blasts in time.
Xion used her radio and yelled, "Zeon! Shoot that dang thing!"
"But what if it doesn't work?"
"Just do it! We don't have any other choice!"
She looked up at the robot, and saw the blast from the Laser cannon, which did...nothing.
The robot turned towards where Zeon was, and fired an energy blast. Xion could only see the massive explosion that came after.
Her eyes widened, and she let out a loud "No!"
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Knuckles pulled her back inside the building they were hiding in, right as the robot stomped down outside.
"We've gotta do something to take that thing down!"
"But...how?"
The ground shook again, as more Resistance soldiers were yelling and screaming around them.
Xion then adjusted the grappling hook on her wrist, and thought for a second.
She then ran out, and fired it at the head of the robot.
"Hey, what are you doing?!"
"Gonna go destroy the robot."
"How?"
She shrugged, "I don't know. I didn't think that far ahead."
Before Knuckles could say anything else, Xion was rising towards the robot's head. She was able to dodge the arms and laser blast and hop onto a tall building nearby, disconnecting her grappling hook.
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She pulled hey Keyblade back out, and yelled, "Hey! Chrome dome!"
The robot turned towards her, and she jumped towards it, going to strike the face of the robot.
Her Keyblade collided with the face, and the robot "stumbled" away from her.
However, apart from knocking it away, the strike did almost nothing.
"This didn't work like I thought it would..."
The robot swung one of its massive arms at her, and she rolled to avoid it, the arm barely missing her.
"Maybe I can take out the eye-thing on top of it."
She jumped off of the building and landed on the arm of the robot. She ran and jumped towards its head, the robot unable to do anything.
Xion stabbed the robot's "eye", the red lights going dark. Sparks and electric currents started coming out of the eye when she pulled her Keyblade out, but the robot was not fully defeated yet.
The robot shook itself so much from the damage that Xion lost her balance, and fell off, her Keyblade falling out of her hand.
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She was about halfway down when she was snatched out of the air by someone. She looked up, and saw Knuckles with one of his hands in the wall and the other holding her arm.
"Thanks for the save." She said to him.
"Not a problem, but man. What you did, that was crazy."
She looked back at the robot, which was stumbling down the road away from them, "It didn't work though. That thing is still up and moving."
Just then, they felt a gust of wind, and then were splashed with excess water (the rain was still coming down).
The wind caused them both to fall, but they both landed on their feet. They looked over to see a streak of blue jumping up the robot, towards the malfunctioning eye. They both knew who it was already.
Knuckles sighed, "He's as stubborn as ever."
They then saw that same blue streak plow straight throw the head of the robot, causing an explosion. The robot collapsed backward as smaller explosions came out from all around it.
When it landed, the explosions stopped. The robot was fully destroyed.
Stop: The Deep End (Final Phase) - KH3
Sonic sauntered up to them as Resistance members poured out of the buildings and moved towards the robot.
He stopped a few feet ahead of them, sighing, "Sorry, but...I couldn't sit by and not help at least a little bit."
Sonic stumbled and nearly fell, but Xion caught him and helped him stand.
"It's fine," Knuckles said, "But you need to go back to HQ and heal. We're gonna need you. Both of you."
He looked at Xion, and she nodded towards him. Her and Sonic walked away, in the direction of Resistance HQ.
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She opened the door for Sonic, who limped inside the infirmary. A Resistance medic came over to help take Sonic away.
Before they could though, Sonic turned back to Xion, "Hey."
He then smiled, and gave her a thumbs up, "Thanks for the help."
Xion just smiled back, and gave a thumbs up back. Sonic then walked off with the medic.
"Hey! Xion!"
She turned to see Zeon walking over to her, some soot on his spikes and clothes. Overall, he looked fine.
When she saw him, she sighed heavily, "Dude, I thought you were a goner. What happened?"
He stopped and said, "Yeah. That robot trounced the wall. I was able to get away, but...it sure got us good."
"Yeah...is Silver here? Is he okay?"
"I saw him heading back to the command center, so I guess he's doing fine."
"That's good..."
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She felt her phone vibrating in her pocket, and pulled it out.
It was a call. From Kirux. Along with notifications saying she'd missed two other calls from him.
"Shoot..." she whispered to herself.
"What's that?"
"Oh. Nothing. I'll be right back. I need to do something."
Zeon didn't question it. Just saying okay and then walking off.
Xion walked out of the infirmary and into a small room that nobody was in.
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She pulled her phone back out, and answered Kirux's call.
The screen changed, showing Kirux standing in the woods somewhere.
"Hey Ki." She said in a low voice.
"There you are. I've been trying to get a hold of you for a while."
He noticed her hair (or really, fur) looking all messed up and the soot she herself had accrued during the battle, "Are you okay? What happened?"
"I'm fine," she said, running her hand through her fur, "A lot has happened over the past few hours. It'll take time to explain, so I'll just tell you when we meet back up."
"Okay, well...we saw an explosion in the sky. My pal Tails told me it was from this thing called the "Death Egg". Do you know anything about that?"
"Oh yeah, the Death Egg. Would you believe me if I told you we destroyed it by accident?"
He hesitated but then said, "I mean, compared to everything else in this world, it's not that crazy."
She laughed, "Yeah, tell me about it. A scientist with a robot army fighting a bunch of animal people led by a blue hedgehog that we had to rescue? It's hysterical."
"So, you've heard about Sonic?"
"Not just heard of him. I've met him."
"Huh?"
"Yeah, we rescued him from the Death Egg. Gotta say, I'm not a fan of his attitude and constant joking, but his speed...it's unlike anything I've ever seen."
She looked back down at her phone, where Kirux was sitting there confused.
"What?"
"Uhh, Xion...Sonic doesn't...are you sure it was actually him?"
Now she was the one that was confused, "I'm pretty sure. Why?"
Kirux turned his phone screen around, and showed...Sonic. But not the Sonic that Xion knew. This Sonic was shorter, had black eyes instead of green, and was noticeably more...round.
"THAT'S Sonic. He's right here." Kirux said, as Classic Sonic noticed the phone. He smiled and waved, but Xion was too stunned to do anything else.
"Hold on a sec."
She went back to the door of the infirmary, and showed her camera at Sonic, who was being tended to by some medics.
"You see? Sonic is RIGHT THERE. We rescued him from the Death Egg."
Now, it was Kirux's turn to not say anything.
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"So...there's two of them."
"Yep..."
He sighed, "This place just keeps getting weirder and weirder."
"Tell me about it."
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Someone was talking to Kirux, and he then said, "Alright Xion, I gotta go. We're almost at this lab that belongs to Dr. Eggman."
"Oh. Okay, well...be careful, Ki. And take care of Sora."
"I will. We'll see you soon, okay?"
"Okay. See you soon, Ki."
Kirux gave her a smile before he hung up. Xion pocketed her phone and sighed heavily.
"I should probably go tell the others what Kirux told me."
She stood up and left the room.
I don't feel like this was my best work, but hey, it's been a while.
Again, everyone please stay safe. All of you.
Until next time.
-Broncozfan623
