Last time on Sonic & Sega All Stars Subspace Unleashed, the battle with the SCR-HD robot comes to a conclusion thanks to a nice save by Aika and Fina. While everyone would await for Vyse's group, a certain Syndicate robot would be experiencing a series of malfunctions. Meanwhile, everyone would soon learn of a way that would help their ship after explaining their story to the Maboo Chief Jimba. Everyone made their way to the famed Hall of Life to create the ultimate monster to help their team. What does it look like? We will see when the chapter begins.
The smoke dramatically clears to reveal the one and only monster that the heroes created. But something felt off about about. Or more many things would look wrong with it. It resembles the exact same skeletal form that they saw from the creation process in the mirror. It towers above everyone as this large drake with small forelimbs and massive bent hind legs, long tail, bony crest, small wings, big white eyes, and slender ribs. Just the unfinished appearance of it alone sent shivers down the spines of Honey and Amy.
"This is our monster? It looks like a freak experiment gone wrong. Shouldn't it have flesh on its bones?" Tails wondered.
"This better not be a rip-off. Where are its powers too?" Knuckles demanded.
"The poor creature look like it's suffering from no vitals," Ulala said.
The three tribesman would point at their unhappy customers with their fingers.
"Relax, we are only close the final steps. You have to name what appearance you want for it," Folu said.
"Not just the skin, any other changes you want like the limbs and facial structures. Just say it and the magic within the creature will change based on your desires," Chinto said.
"After you all done and finished, give it a name and you all can help our village as promised,u" Lagu said.
Vyse and the others would go "Oooooooooooh" and realized that they were a little rude over some steps that the three couldn't explain first.
"Some changes eh? Well first, give it some skin. It should be all red with a white belly," Knuckles said.
The skeletal creature rapidly grows its muscle and red scales on a whim upon his request. Now resembling a real living dragon, the monster awaits more changes to its body as it ways its tail. The echidna would be surprised at just how instant the change is.
"It should have a spiky tip on its tail. That would make it a formidable force," Gilius suggests with a grin.
The tip of the monster's tail swells as it grows a series of spikes, now resembling a combat club from a glyptodont.
"Nice, it looks fearsome enough already," the surprised dwarf shouts.
"Give it some bigger hands. It needs them to be a formidable martial artist with them," Akira said.
On a whim, the monster's tiny clawed hands swelled big enough to a size where punching would be lethal to its enemies.
"If one thing needs to change, the wings need to be bigger. I can't imagine him flying with wings small enough to fit a baby," Beat says before shrugging.
The tiny wings on the beast would now expand into an impressive wing span. This would lead the creature to happily flap despite the winds pushing AiAi too far back.
"I personally think it needs to look more unique. Give it the same eye type as Sonic and he'll be the cutest monster ever," Amy beamed.
The dragon's sideways eyes would eventually draw closer to front of the face, expanding into a large white combined eye with a few colored irises. Now it closely shared one main thing in common with Sonic and a few of his allies.
"Amy, now you've made it look too non-threatening. If I were to decide, it should have more spikes. Maybe on the shoulders and back," Knuckles ponders in thought.
The dragon-like monster would check out its shoulders to see large spikes growing out of its shoulders. Then it felt its spine growing longer than usual thanks to Knuckles' suggestions.
"Let's not forget that it has traits of a swordsman. If I were a designer, I would have it grow horny sheathes on each leg. These sheathes would contain a sword made of bone that it can dual wield with ease," Sakura describes.
The monster eventually feels more of its legs changing shape slightly. It reached on its leg to feel something large and hard. It pulls what appears to be a large bony blade out of the aforementioned sheath, moaning in surprise at its size and shape. Sakura giggles at her idea coming into fruition.
"There's something missing. I can't quite put my finger on it. Wait, I know. It needs a more dragon-like face. Sorry, but looking like a blade head doesn't make it threatening enough in my opinion," Alis said.
Eventually, the monster grew a longer snout and gained more familiar reptile traits compared to its initial unfinished appearance. Vyse grew more pleased with how their new crew mate is starting to look thanks to everyone's suggestions.
"It looks just about finished to me. We can hold off on the suggestions since it looks quite overdesigned already, but fit enough for combat to me. Let's move out!" the captain exclaimed.
"Lastly, you all need to give it a name. Say it and it will forever recognize that name when you call it or want to give it orders as your ally," Chinto said.
"How about Delphinus Junior?" he said.
Everyone would eventually drop to the ground in shock at such a self centered name.
"Very well. Now your beloved Delphinus Junior is complete. Let's not forget, there is much work to do, help us rebuild the huts in our village," Lagu said.
"That's right, friendo. The path to the village is right behind you. Just watch you step, it's a long way down," Folu sang in joy.
"Alright, we can all help the best way we can. Right, Delphinus Junior?" Vyse said to the large red creature.
The newly finished monster nods to his master and lets out another mighty roar to celebrate his first real mission. All the heroes made way out of the secret hall to start helping everyone in need within the village. Then the mighty beast begins for take off with his impressive wings to soar across the air. Just watching him go would impress Vyse already for how healthier he seems compared to his first hatching.
"See, we have ourselves a happy camper. And now to help these villagers," he announced.
Big, Tembo, and Vectorman would carry large stacks of straw to the villagers to carpenters that agreed to help rebuild the huts. Each person would be responsible for using an equal amount of saw and mud to replace FE damaged parts on the roofs or sides of the buildings. They included Vyse, Ulala, AiAi, Amigo, Beat, Larcen, Ryo, and Honey. A demolition team of Axel, Knuckles, Akira, Amy, and Gilius would destroy any stray debris they find in the village to clean the village grounds up. For ever rock or fallen trees destroyed, a team of Maboo tribesmen would pick up the pieces to throw away. NiGHTS, Tails, Headdy, and the Delphinus Junior would be flying the skies to look for more resources that would be of benefit to the Maboo village. They would search far and wind in the skies to find any tree that may have fruit for regrowing new trees or rivers for fishing.
"We have a river at twelve o' clock. Big will be thrilled when he sees this," the fox said. "Over there, I see a few trees that survived. Perfect for replanting them," the Nightmaren called.
"Great work, we should be brining everything back to its former glory in no time," the plane faced puppet says.
Delphinus Junior makes a joyful growl for being of use to his new allies. NiGHTS and Tails flew down to gather all fruit they could get from the trees below. Headdy would fly back to the village to tell big about the river. Delphinus Junior is the only one would didn't go anywhere since he could sense something in the distance. The dragon-like monster sniffs out the scent that been bothering his snout for a while. He would begin following that scent in another direction away from his allies. Turn out that he's attracted to the scent of the beached Delphinus itself and continue flying in that direction. The creature flies at very impressive speeds that would rival Sonic himself as he wastes no time getting to the ship. Delphinus Junior would finally land near the locked back door of the ship itself, initially growing disappointed that there would be no way inside. Then the creature would think of a great idea. The first thing it would do is begin lifting at the door with its strength, slowly pulling it out of its locked state and raising it slowly. Opa Opa and AGES would notice the strange situation happening, growing more alert than usual.
"What is that thing? Opa Opa is not liking the looks of it," the Menonian ship beamed.
"We have another intruder that we never knew about or some wild animal attracted to the smell of food. But with the power gone, no one should be cooking here," the Ferrari explains.
The curious creature drew even closer to the talking machines after hearing them speak, cautiously alerting them even more.
"Stay back. Opa Opa has a Heavy Bomb and Opa Opa's not afraid to use it. Just stay away from Opa Opa and friend!" Opa Opa warned.
"You are unauthorized here, my scaly friend. Go back to where you came from or we will be forced to destroy you," AGES also warned.
Delphinus Junior ignored their warnings and only drew closer to them in curiosity. Both machines had their weapons ready regardless to shoot the curious critter. Delphinus Junior then picks up that same strange scent again, and decides to wander down the hall behind him to find the source. Opa Opa and AGES eventually sighs now that they weren't about to be dragon food, but then realize the possibility that everyone else may be in danger.
"We have to do something. That dragon is heading for everyone else! Standing here will do us no good," Opa Opa panics.
"If only the power were here, we would be able to send a warning to the others. But we will have to do things the hard way and follow him silently," the Ferrari said.
"That's a genius idea, AGES. We will keep an eye on that beast and make sure he doesn't destroy anything valuable here. Vyse would be upset if his prized ship is hurt anymore," the colorful ship replied.
The two would slowly follow the path to not loose sight of their big intruder at all. The big red dragon continues running at fast speeds to find the source of the smell with huge determination. Little did he know that the same mechanical friends he found would be quickly following him to monitor his every move. Opa Opa would use his scanners to try picking up the identity of this creature. All he could see are ancient Maboo texts and a picture of the Hall of Light's mirror. The more he scanned, the more difficult it would be in picking up the beasts identity.
"Maboo. Hall of Life. Isle of Monsters. What is this thing and what kind of island did we land on?" Opa Opa beamed.
"I never heard of this Isle of Monsters before. It wouldn't be on my world map either. This must be a newly discovered island that we all happened to land on," AGES replied.
"Maybe Vyse and the others ran into more monsters like this and never came back. Opa Opa hope they didn't get eaten by them or worse," the colorful ship said.
"Perhaps that's what it is after, more prey it could feed on. But aren't there natural wildlife out there that it could eat. Something's not adding up," the Ferrari wondered.
"Whichever it may be, we have to keep following it at all costs. We will not let anyone get eaten on this ship or have a single room get destroyed," OpaOpa shouts.
"Don't be too loud. We wouldn't want to get detected very easy. Try to shout less and be more like an owl," AGES suggests.
"Opa Opa very sorry. Let's keep up with this red beast," the ship apologized.
In the distance, the two Rin Sisters would be seen walking ahead of them.
"What are they doing out of the holding room? Were they also give special permission like Shiva?" OpaOpa shouts.
RinRin and Ai Rin would be guided by Dr. Zan and Max Thunder to look for the treasury room now that the two were finished with their tears. Mei Rin the KapuKapu leads the way as the curious cat picking up the scent of something unusual. The orange space cat turned to see the large beast charging at them from the distance and shrieks in fear.
"Kaaaaapukapuuuuuu! Kapukapu kapukapukapukapukapu!" he chatters in a scared manner.
Ai Rin sighs at her pet being his usual self.
"Mei Rin, what is it now. I get that you are...what the hell is that!" the smaller sister screamed.
"Sister, is there something wrong?" RinRin asked in concern.
"It appears we have some wild beast that somehow wandered into the ship. I thought Vyse locked the back door?" the scientist said.
"Let's restrain this thing before it ventures any deeper," Max Thunder said.
"We would fight too, if we had our weapons. What's taking that cop friend of yours so long?" RinRin barked.
Delphinus Junior still charged forward without any care for the four heroes and pet, ignoring them as if they never mattered. Zan and Max turned to see the beast still running down the dark hall as he eventually disappears.
"What is that beast?" the wrestler asked.
"It doesn't matter, we have to catch it and bring it out of the ship before it does any more damage," Zan warned.
Opa Opa eventually goes overhead the entire group in a flash. Then AGES would crash into RinRin, carrying the red dress wearing assassin with him on accident. Ai Rin would look around for her KapuKapu pet, then see him cowering against them wall in fear of the fearsome beast's appearance.
"Mei Rin, this is no time to be afraid. We have to go after them and get our weapons. Isn't that right RinRin?" the younger sister said.
She looked around and saw that her sister would be nowhere in sight but just Max and Dr. Zan who are just as confused as her.
"Where are you RinRin?" she calls.
"I think one of our allies accidentally hitched her a ride after that monster," the wrestler said.
"What?" Ai Rin shouts.
RinRin screams at the top of her longs while withstanding the speeds of the car that carries her.
"This is AGES speaking and I would like if you kindly get your large posterior off of my front mirror," the vehicle announced.
"Well, you shouldn't have run into me and see my ass, you pervert!" RinRin snarled.
The VMU in the drivers seat would only kneel and shake his nonexistent head.
"Just get in the passenger's seat already," AGES replied.
The driving Ferrari opens the red right door for RinRin to get inside. The assassin quickly gets inside the door and buckled her seat to stay secure. Of course, AGES closed the red door to keep his passenger safe. RinRin turns to see the living Dreamcast VMU and screams at him.
"What the hell are you anyway?" the assassin screamed.
"I'm one of a kind. Now do you want the ride or not? We got a monster to hunt," AGES said.
Zephyr and Leanne would be going on a walk down the hall from the treasury room to make it back to their respective dorms. The blonde boy is still speechless about the kiss her received earlier, pondering his thoughts wondering if this is the same Leanne that he knew for a while. Leanne instead would be very happy knowing she can walk with the boy that she loves. The two walking together in complete silence would give them all the privacy that they needed. Even better with Vashyron nowhere to be seen after his beating. Zephyr averts his eyes again, knowing he did the one thing that he never thought he would do to her.
"So, today sure was interesting wasn't it?" he awkwardly asked.
Leanne looked at him once more with a warm smile. He tries his best to play it out cool and not make it any more obvious.
"Yes, it surely was. I haven't been this happy since you saved me so long ago. I never wouldn't have thought that we would make it this far after journeying together," she said in joy.
Zephyr chuckled, knowing they were great memories they had.
"Yeah. Good times. The power went out and I ran in to protect you from a monster. Gotten slapped for it, but it was worth it to ensure your safety," he replied.
Leanne giggles since she remembered that time too well.
"But did you like what you seen? Come on, be honest," she playfully said.
Zephyr gulps knowing well that she caught on to him. But being the guy he is, he felt hiding it any longer wouldn't do them any good.
"Yeah. It was the best thing I've ever seen. You were quite beautiful. Just never appreciated it until that time we faked a marriage ceremony. That time, I was too nervous about the idea of kissing you. But with Vashyron's interruption, my hand caught your kiss. Which is again, done for the sake of protecting you," the blushing boy replied.
"Vashyron, he can be quite annoying. All the times he made fun of me, especially my chest. While he drools over that Barbarella women because she's bigger. He's a pig, at least you are better than him in many ways. You said I am perfect the way I am. That made my heart beat in more ways than one," Leanne replied.
"Yeah. I've known you for a while and always felt you were pretty. Vashyron can be cool when he needs to, but he's definitely not too focused when it involves women that suit his tastes. Melons are overrated, just nothing but artillery bags full of emptiness. But with your raisins, they are just right with love and heart. Sorry if that last one sounded wrong," Zephyr says while fumbling toward the end.
Leanne would respond by grabbing his hand and pIaces it directly on her beating heart lovingly. Zephyr wouldn't believe that he's touching her chest once again, but this time she wanted him to feel her heart beating for his warmth. He gulps as she looked back at him with her beautiful blue eyes into his own.
"That was just fine. Zephyr, I never thought I would say this in person. But I appreciate you calling me that way more than that perverted jerk Vashyron. You can enjoy my heart watt any time you want. It's beating faster than our own gun fire, so you know what that means," she said in a romantic tone.
Suddenly, Delphinus Junior runs across the cross in the ship's path at high speed. Zephyr and Leanne screams from the sudden appearance of the large beast, which echoes along the same path Opa Opa is following. The ship eventually flies faster than usual to catch up with the source of the sound.
"Oh no, that beast ran into more of our crewmates. Opa Opa needs to fly faster than before!" the ship panicked.
AGES with RinRin inside the Ferrari would be catching up to the flying alien ship to pursue the runaway intruder. They both flew past the fallen duo that firsthand seen the running monster that's rampant in the ship. Leanne is very dazed from the frightening sight of this monster and Zephyr's face lay flat onto her smaller chest as an airbag.
"Wha...what was that monster and why is it on our ship?" the frightened girl asked.
"It sure was scarier than that Yeti we've fought before," he speaks why his face is muffled by her chest.
The runaway monster continues his high speed rampage to seek the scent he's picking up. Whether it was food or not, he wanted to find it within the heroes' ship at all costs. The GG's eventually caught wind of the massive beast heading their way from the distance.
"What the hell is that, some dinosaur with wings?" Corn shouts.
"It's called a dragon, you dumbass!" Boogie remarked.
"Enough fighting, let's mark this winged lizard up before he gets any closer," Gum ordered.
The five rudies got into their attack formation, with Gum front and center as their leader. Delphinus Junior had little time for games and begin picking up his speed to get their faster. Soon, all five of the GG's jumped into the air to mass spray their large incoming target with paint. The clouds of colorful hues would then cover the dragon's entire body and even blind his eyes. However, it couldn't stop his collision course with the roller skating delinquents and knock them in many directions.
"Damn you, scaly bastard!" Gum shouts in pain.
Everyone eventually fell to the ground from the hit as the massive creature continue stomping his way to his destination. Opa Opa still flew past the downed rudies but AGES stops dead on the tracks to avoid running them over. The back doors of the Ferrari opens and a loud horn honks to wake them all up.
"Do you all need a lift?" the vehicle announced.
Columns is seen talking to Vashyron, mostly about his annoyance of the new rules in place and why this was an unfair rule. The goddess did agree with a few of his points on how everyone has a right to do and react how they feel instead of being treated like a public business, unknowingly ignoring how the many just continue to stare at her chest.
"As I'm saying, that Aika chick is too strict and only projecting her own insecurities with this role. Women have melons, they shouldn't be forced to hide them. This is only the start of a rule I'm not staring to like and I hope Vyse comes back soon before she turn this place into a nunnery. You understand where I mean, Columns," Vashyron describes.
"You may be right. It's a shame I have to change my attire because it inspires lechers. I can't help the way I dress. This been my attire for many centuries. And goddesses like me need room for their earthy bosoms to breathe," the goddess whines.
Vashyron would only do nothing but keep staring at her breasts' movement. The only thing in mind would be him picturing himself doing a strange dance. It can de described as a mixture between an arm shuffle and boogie dance as he swings his head wildly. This is usually what's on his mind whenever he's looking at a really attractive lady.
Yes, that's right. These melons have the right idea. We need to think of a way to overthrow Pippy Longstockings here so we can get our cooler captain back. Nothing is worse than having these precious goddesses' gifts covered because of sensibilities. Yeah, my magnum can only rage harder just thinking about it. Vashyron, you are a genius for landing in a real catch.
Columns would scream so loud that the man snaps himself back to reality. He couldn't catch what happened, but would wind up having his face swallowed into her deep cleavage. He would be too speechless to say a word as the goddess clings onto him in fear.
"A monster invaded the ship! We have to warn the others before it destroys everything," the goddess yells.
Vashyron would be too lost in the lofty pillows of love to pay any more attention. His face now hotter than a baked potato while still imagining himself doing the same strange dance.
I've hit the jackpot. Eat that, twerp and raisins. I've scored one of the biggest catches on this ship easily. Nothing can stop the Vashyron train from chugging further. Daddy's found the biggest mother than even Barbarella wish she were. Magnum overload, going to fire that .45 shot. Caching!
Columns wondered why he is taking too long to respond as she is oblivious of her body space invading his own. "Don't worry, I'll save you from that monster. On my duty as a man, his head will be a perfect mount for this ship. Tell me which way he went!" he said in a muffled speech. Columns looked to the right and saw Opa Opa fly in the same direction Delphinis Junior went.
"He went that way. I hope you mean it. Because it would be the bravest thing you've ever did," she said. Vashyron once again returns to his dancing imagination after hearing her words, thinking of the best idea ever.
She's totally depending on me. If I can take care of that monster before anyone rose does, she will be head over heels for me. I'll have the best chick from this ship in my arms along with her miraculous melons. They are already the best I've ever laid my eyes upon, feeling warmer than a Christmas miracle.
He resurfaced from her cleavage and stood on his feet to depart on his next mission.
"Don't you worry, my dear. The great Vashyron will stop this monster from causing you any harm!" he announced.
Just the sound of AGES driving by along with Corn and Rhyth skating past that same route would send him into panic mode.
"Shoot, I got to hurry. Be right back, my darling!" Vashyron said.
The man with the ponytail eventually makes a mad dash down the hall to follow everyone else. Columns would only look speechless at his sudden change of character after her hug on him. The creature finally arrives in the large power room, observing the series of wires and circuits being worked on by the tech team of Vyse's crew. The frightened crew workers finally taken notice of the large red beast staring them down, shivering instead of continuing the work that they've promised for Aika and Fina.
"Wh...what is that thing?" one of them said.
"Is it here to eat us or stop this ship from going anywhere?" another crew member said.
"We will not a I don't our promise to the vice captains. Some stupid beast will not scare us away from our goal," an angry one shouts.
Delphinus Junior begins spreading his wings and charging massive amounts of energy into his wings. The crew members would flinch as if this would had been their last day to work for the Delphinus.
"Everyone, get out of the way, it's going to burn us!" a crew member shouts.
"But what about the generator? If we abandon it, that thing will destroy it," a smart one said.
"Who cares, let's get out of the way and not die a pointless death," the larger crew member said.
All workers eventually scrambled from their spots to reach the walls for safety. They al he no choice but to what what the creature plans to do to the main source of the ship's power. The beast lets out a small roar as trails of energy streaks from his wings and into the main power source. Trails of this energy would flow into the halfway finished wires of the power core as the wires slowly fix themselves. Just watching this phenomenon would begin to shock the crew workers.
"What is happening, the monster is actually fixing the machine faster than us," one shouts.
"This must be an island full of beasts similar to this one. Talk about major convenience," the large one said.
"But how are we going to explain this to the crew. They would find it in no time and think it's trying to harm the ship," a smaller one said.
"If it's helping us, it meant no harm. It's only making all of our jobs easier. We can just sit and watch everything fix itself," one sitting down says in a nonchalant tone.
Delphinus Junior continues pouring his energy into the ship to bring back to its former glory. It is noticeable that it's taking a lot of his energy as well, the beast slowly losing grip of his own legs and sweating from the energy downpour. Opa Opa finally arrives with his weapons ready to attack the monster.
"Stop right there, Opa Opa will make sure you don't harm a single crew member!" the ship beamed.
Several of the crew members would run behind the helpful beast and line up. Forming a human shield to defend their unlikely savior.
"Don't shoot, this monster is actually recharging the ship and fixing it. We don't know why, but you have to trust us on this one," the large crew member shouts.
Opa Opa then uses his scanner once more to see if they were telling the truth. He could see high energy readings coming from the wings of the beast. Then he scan's the ship's power source to notice it at a staggering thirty-five percent charge that slowly rises from the dragon's powers.
"Opa Opa can't believe it. This big monster really is helping us. But is it a wild creature or something sent by someone helpful on the island," the multicolored ship wonders.
"We don't know, but it's better to accept a miracle that's helping us out of being stranded on this island forever," another crew member shouts.
Then AGES arrived onto the scene with Rhyth and Corn grinding into the room. The Ferrari's doors open to have Gum, Boogie, Cube, and RinRin jump out to corner their large uninvited guest from causing more damage to the ship.
"Freeze! We are going to beat your ass if you lay one finger on that power source!" Gum shouts.
"You all don't understand, it's helping us. Do you not see the generator being fixed because if it? a crew member shouts.
"Yes, Opa Opa demands you all look at it and notice anything different!" Opa Opa shouts.
Everyone would notice the generator now looking better than ever, but also starting to pump itself with energy once more. They knew that it was far from finished and needs more time to get itself fixed.
"How is that possible? What is this thing?" Cube said.
"We don't know, it's just happening. Maybe it's a creature that runs on pure solar energy, or it's plain magical," the large crew members shouts.
"This is one strange island. Now that's over, I must be going now and get my prized fans back," RinRin said.
The red dress wearing assassin solemnly walks out of the room as if nothing of interest is going on. The GG'a still keep their eyes on the amazing beast for its strange appearance and powers that somehow made its way on the ship.
"What is this thing anyway, some kind of energy dragon?" Gum asks.
"Even my scanners can't give me the concrete answers. All I see are strange hard to translate tribal texts and records about something called the Hall of Life," Opa Opa said.
Gum thought about these things, wondering if they were any familiar to her.
"This isn't adding up. Isn't it a fictional concept from a library book. I remember it being called Amazing Island" she said.
"Amazing Island, what's that?" Boogie asks.
"It's an ancient folktale dating from ancient times about a tribe called the Maboo that lived on a monster shaped island. There were talks of people visiting their island to use something called the Hall of Life to create monsters with. But that should be fiction, this thing shouldn't be walking around in the real world in that case," Gum explains.
Boogie and Gum widened their eyes at her statement, then looks back at the beast that remains recharging their battery.
"That is supposed to be inside of a book? How is it in our face and not some two-dimensional drawing!?" Boogie exclaimed.
"We don't know. But all we know is that the island we are on is being explored by Vyse and the gang. That island could be the Amazing Island itself, that somehow made its way into reality," Gum said.
Vashyron arrives onto the scene with his gun ready to fire at the monster he made a promise to defeat.
"The amazing Vashyron is finally here to put an end to your terror, monster. I can say that your kind were easy to kill back in the old days. You are no exception to the rule!" he valiantly shouts.
"Wait, don't shoot it, it's recharging the ship's battery for us, it means no harm!" a crew member shouts.
Opa Opa also flies in the way of the beast's backside to defend him.
"Vashyron, just listen to them. This monster is saving the ship and Opa Opa orders you to put that gun down," the ship beamed.
Vashyron couldn't tell what is going on that everyone suddenly defends a beast that intentionally intruded the ship, but he still didn't want to back down from his promise to Columns.
"You are all only doing this to get in the way of my goal to score the best chick on the ship. Well, Daddy will not listen to your feeble lies any time soon. She wants this beast dead for frightening her and rightfully so. Get out of my way!" the love crazed man shouts.
Opa Opa and everyone would collapse in shock due to his own selfish reasons taking priority over the ship's repairs.
"You dumbass, this monster is fixing our ship. And you are only doing this for a pair of boobs. Aika is right for implementing this new rule, for people like you that only act on their urges than being a reasonable crewmate. Just put the gun down and don't jeopardize our only way of leaving this crazy island!" the dreddlocked rudie shouts.
"Ohohohoho no. You all are just jealous. That I am going to be the first one to take Columbs as my woman. She is also against this rule as much as I am and like me for being the sensible one. So how about you get out of the way so this fire breathing beast can rest in peace," Vashyron replies.
Cube rolled her eyes being the only member of the GG's that has low tolerance for nonsense or in her own words "bullshit".
"You mean the same Columns that is seen talking to BD Joe and already in love with?" she replied.
Just hearing that would cause Vashyron to get angrier than before since he hates the idea of being beat to the punch by anyone no longer.
"We'll see about that when I unleash a nice round of Thunder Bullets in its head then going for the heart!" he shouts.
"Wait, stop. You really need to listen to us!" Opa Opa shouts.
It would be too late as he already jumped into the air to fire at the dragon's exposed neck as he focus on charging the ship to its fullest. The fast moving bullets entered his red flesh and fully envelopes the creature in electricity. The beast roars in loud pain from the attack and stood completely on its hind legs in pain.
"Now look at what you did, the ship will never fly again and it's all your fault!" Gum shouts at Vashyron. He already has his gun aimed for his back with more thunder bullets ready to fire.
"I don't care, this beast needs to die!" he coldly replied.
The bullets would fly their course at the dragon, it wasn't until Opa Opa flew in the way to get damaged by the attack. The Menonian ship is now being shocked by the electrical surges traveling throughout his mechanical body as he screams.
"You fool, only getting yourself hurt for the sake of a monster that could endanger everyone. Why did you risk your life for this creature?" Vashyron asks.
"Because it was created by Vyse and cane here to help get this ship in good condition..." OpaOpa replied.
The defeated ship dropped to the ground as a result and continues to struggle from the sparks in his body. The power of the ship is slowly starting to turn back on, the lights coming on in the main room first. And then the halls would slowly illuminate everywhere. The lights would turn on in the girl's shower room, who Latisha would be sleeping in to give herself some personal space. The sudden hot water turning on for the showers would burn the resting Funkotronian from her sleep. Her scream would alert Electra, Pai Chan, Sarah Bryant, Meemee, Claris, Helen, Grace, Gunstar Red, Tillis, Zoe, Paris, Tyris, Rolly, Mae, Narsha, Varla, and Pudding from their conversation.
"What was that?" the roller skating Gypsy said.
"The bigger question is more why our lights are back on when we were told that it would take a few days to fix everything," Narsha wondered.
"Well, the showers can work properly and I really need a nice one," Pudding said while looking at the room.
A soaking wet and singed Latisha would walk out of the shower room with the most irritated expression ever.
"Whoever decided to turn the power back on and singe my entire body, I would like a word with them," she said in irritation.
In the men's dorm, the lights would finally illuminate to reveal that everything is back to normal. Chomp and Ace would be scampering around in joy now that they can actually see where they're going. Max and Rex would only enjoy their dinosaurs' hyperactivity now that they can enjoy the well lit room.
"The power is back on, no more playing chess in the dark!" Gunstar Blue shouts.
"Such a shame that Vash dropped out of the game to let Harrier take over. He's doing a worse job than him," Dr. Frank N Stein says in excitement.
Doctor would be the clear winner thanks to his supreme intellect for a monkey scientist. The Star and Cyril stumbled out of the hot showers that suddenly turned on and soaked them within the last few minutes. The Star would be the most irritated since his famed hooded cloak only droops all over thanks to the water.
"If any of you living guys want to get wet, knock yourselves out. I preferred if the power never came back so soon," he said in disappointment.
"Cyril, very afraid. They suddenly came on and attacked me all over with hot water. Shower, very scary," the paranoid axe wielding zombie shouts.
Kazuma sighs and followed Jacky Bryant into the shower to get themselves cleaned.
"Instead of standing around, I advise all of you to get cleaned. You wouldn't want to stay smelly forever," he said.
Shou, Ichiro, Ax Battler, Washington, G, Alex Kidd, Billy, Bantam, Chick, Shiva, Elliot, Will, Skate, Yogurt, GonGon, Baby, Ash, Odin, Noah, Lord Max, Schezo, Axel, Segata, and Satan eventually followed suit to get themselves cleaned. Space Micheal would be staying behind lost in thought, which co corner Jaguar.
"What's bothering you. Still thinking about who's handling Space Channel 5 HQ during your disappearance?" the space pirate asked.
"Yes. Blank had been demoted to a lower position. I have a bad feeling he is up to no good and planning to abuse the system for views again. There's a reason why I would be appointed the new CEO after Ulala thwarted his plans in the past. I want to use this time to contact Space Channel 5 myself to see how things are going. I know Ulala did earlier, but she never wanted to tell me who she was speaking to," the space superstar said.
Jaguar would think more about why would she intentionally withhold such important information from the current CEO since she rarely hide anything from someone who owns her from a business perspective.
"No matter, I will call headquarters myself if she's not willing to tell me about it. Many clients probably miss my famous face on the screens from space," Space Micheal continued.
He typed victoriously on his wrist device to contact his agency as Jaguar oversee his intent to check on everything. The briefing room is back in business as Aika and Fina didn't expect everything to be back in good running condition again. The screen depicts the view of the entire jungle ahead of them as many others would show alternative views from the cameras all over the ship's on the outside. Even the indoor cameras would depict everyone in their right spots on the left and right sides of the room.
"It appears that we gotten our power back again. But how is this possible?" the Silvite woman wondered.
"I'll check the camera in the control room to see how everything's going," Aika said while tapping onto the control keys.
The screen would depict an unusual sight, the monster that risked his own energy now collapsed onto the ground. Many of the crew members seemed unstable happy and gave their thanks by hugging the tired beast. Aika still felt it would be too soon to fully trust this guest for the simple fact that no monster would wander out of the wild and inside a powerless ship without reason.
"What is that and why everyone seems to be happy for it?" she wondered.
"Maybe it used its own power to bring everything back inside the ship. Maybe it could be an electrical type monster that felt the need to help," Fina replies.
"But how did it get inside when we locked all doors? Did it just lift the back door and crawl itself inside just to find a power source to recharge?" the skeptical vice captain asked.
"Perhaps that could be the case. It's a noble act for the creature to risk its own life just for helping us fly. Maybe it seems to be aware of the damage the Legion did to its own habitat," Fina continued.
Being the kind hearted girl she was, she would treat all creature with kindness unless they seemed highly dangerous. Cupil would notice the creature and coos like a happy creature. Fina noticed this behavior and wondered why is he so happy.
"Cupil, you sense that this creature means no harm?" she asked.
The artificial being nods and flies to her side.
"Cupil seeing it as harmless doesn't validate that it couldn't be dangerous. I'll get down there and find some way to cafe it while it's down," Aika declares.
Fina reaches out her hand to stop her fellow crewmate from leaving.
"I advise we talk to Vyse while the power is back before we do anything rash. Their devices should be receiving our messages at this time," Fina insists.
Aika looks back at her, but this time understood her intent since always checking on the captain is the most important thing to do.
"Fine. We'll check on Vyse since the whole island search is useless now that we have the power to fly away and try looking for Morte's group," she replied.
The Maboo Village is now close to its former glory thanks to the help of the heroes helping the tribesmen with their duties of rebuilding. The huts were now cleaner and less torn than to the good carpenter work. Certain spots would have fresh fruit seeds planted within them to regrow all damaged trees in due time. Rows of carts would be full of fresh fish than Big personally rustled for the entire village. All debris and rocks were cleared out thanks to the help from Knuckles and the other powerhouses. Lastly, Tembo pushed all fallen trees to the farthest edge of the village so no one would trip over them again. The tribe villagers cheered for the pachyderm behemoth for his strength and usefulness. He eventually lets out a mighty trumpet of victory to celebrate his good work as an animal soldier. Tails and NiGHTS would be busy looking around for the monster they were responsible of looking after earlier.
"Delphinus Junior! Where are you?" the fox called.
"Come here boy, we still have more work to do on the rest of the island!" the Nightmaren shouts.
Vectorman would catch up to the two with his Copter Form to see how the search is going.
"Has the search been successful?" the green robot asked.
"Not that I know of. We searched everywhere and can't seem to find him. A big monster like that shouldn't be too hard to miss," NiGHTS replied.
Something important came to Tails' mind after thinking about all the possibilities.
"Maybe he flew back to our ship to recharge it. I did wish for him to have that ability during the creation process. Just wish he didn't wander off while we were in the middle of helping that village," he explains.
"Say no more, leave it to me. You two can go back to the village and report to Vyse. This shouldn't take too long," Vectorman replied.
The green robot would soon fly his way in the east to reach the location of the parked Delphinus. NiGHTS and Tails would only follow his wish and depart for the village together with quick flight. Vyse is seen in the heart of the village overseeing the work of his crew mates to finish all they need to do for the village. He eventually felt his wrist device rumbling as if someone is sending a message to him.
"Wait, someone's contacting me this soon?" he said in caution.
He would see that the sender happens to be from the Delphinus itself. This flabbergasted him as he didn't expect everything to be fixed so soon. He answered the message to see the less than happy face of his fellow long time Blue Rogues crewmate Aika.
"Hello captain. I see you been too busy fooling around as usual. Did you find anything out in that jungle?" she asked with that same expression.
Vyse would only smile while brushing the back of his head in a nervous manner.
"Hello there, my beloved vice captain. We did find some life, the Malabo Tribe here needed our help to fix their island. They did suffer from the same storm that hit us. It's far to help them like they helped us, we have a new friend. A monster that we created who should be all we need to help recharge the ship," he explains.
Aika then snaps her fingers to lower a screen behind her that depicts said creature after he just finished recharging the ship.
"So this thing is your doing? While I'm thankful the ship can fly again, but that doesn't excuse how you let an unknown and possibly dangerous creature on the Delphinus. Everyone would had been hurt or eaten. What did you do, Frankenstein this thing in minutes?" she barked.
Vyse laughs nervously since he could feel her anger.
"Well, how can I explain it. The Maboo Tribe taken us to a place called the Hall of Life. They ask us questions, the creature is made based on our answers, the monster hatches from a fruit in an unfinished state, and you finish the appearance by saying what you want it to look like. It's hard to explain it so you could fully understand it, but consider it a magical creation than a mad scientist way," the captain replied.
"Oh is that so. Well then, you want to come here and bring it back to the wild now that we're done? We have no time to babysit wild animals that may hurt us," Aika replied.
"Well about that, Tails and NiGHTS are already looking for him. If I see them, they will be informed and fly your way to get him. And young lady, that's not a way to treat own newest crew member. He's not just a wild animal but a trump card for the Legion," Vyse proudly declares.
Aika would twitch her eye in annoyance from the implications that this monster will travel with them when this is all over.
"Crewmate? Anyways, I have something to tell you. Some strange robot sent by Eggman invaded our ship with the intent of stealing our Chaos Emeralds. We don't know why it came, but we barely defeated it and locked that mechanical pest in a cage for now. Fina's stone spell may not last forever and I hope these electrical force fields will be enough to hold him down. He has gravity powers and carried some strange device on his hip. Maybe Tails or Knuckles would be more familiar with this robot," she explains in detail.
Vyse would begin to take this conversation serious once he know that someone tried to attack him with their guard down. Then he remembered what happened with Zobio and Chuck that stopped them from going to Hell with Bayonetta. Just moments before the storm would attack all ships. Everything is starting to make more sense to him.
"This isn't good. Once we all help them fix the monster courses on the island, we will be ready to depart soon. If that robot starts moving again, do everything possible to hold him down, even try using the special security systems if you have to. This shouldn't take too long since there are twelve courses for us to fix throughout the entire island. We will all split up and help in any way we can since these villagers were seeking help for a while. Promise me that you will hang on longer as leader for a while, ok?" he said in a trusting voice.
She couldn't help but to blush from hearing his voice becoming more romantic to her, and turned her head to the side.
"Yes, I promise that things will be fine. Take all the time you need," she said softly.
"Then great. I'll call you back when things are set and we are ready to take off. Later, vice captain!" Vyse said.
Then she shuts off his screen to see just the right high flying friends he needed to see.
"There you guys are, I would like you to fly to the ship and lead Delphinus Junior back to us for helping out. We still have a long way to go before we are all done," he called.
"Well about that, Vectorman offered to go bring him back while we help the others with the courses. If you don't mind that," the young fox replied.
"Nah, he's a good robot. I have faith that he can convince our ace in a hole to fly his way back here. Are everyone else ready to huddle for a meeting?" he asked.
"A few are starting to finish up, leave it to me to fly around and get them to gather around," the happy Nightmaren said.
"Thanks NiGHTS. Because I have a plan to help us get things done a tad bit faster with Maboo Village back in shape," Vyse said with a smile.
The flying jester nods then takes off once more for another quick flying course. Tails however would fly closer to Vyse with a few questions.
"Are everyone safe aboard the ship, I hope nothing happened," he asked.
"They did have a little scuffle with a robot that serves Eggman, one with gravity powers. Are you familiar with it in any way?" the captain wondered.
"Wait, you mean? No, I don't expect SCR-HD to still be around after we destroyed its Master Core form outside the planet. Did Eggman find the scraps and rebuild it? Not to mention Jet did get trusted with putting both Ark of the Cosmoses away for good. I wouldn't put it past that crafty scientist," Tails exclaims.
"What are these Ark of the Cosmoses. Some powerful artifact compared to the Chaos Emeralds?" Vyse asked.
"They are five ancient ring like devices made by the ancient Babylonian race, their purpose are to control the powers of gravity itself. All five of them can be used to open the gates to the Babylon Garden itself, once the home of an ancient powerful race our rivals the Babylon Rogues. That robot however used its power to create a black hole that destroyed the garden and almost threatened this planet. Knowing that robot is still loose gives me a very bad feeling," Tails explained, feeling uneasy in the process.
Vyse then remembered exactly who Tails was talking about.
"The same Babylon Rogues that wouldn't join our crew. I wonder what they are up to and if they are aware of this robot stealing valuable tech that involve their ancestors," he said.
"Knowing them, they probably are and using their Arks to track down the source. You see, the Arks have a magnetic force between then that allows them to find each other very easily as all five pieces are needed to bring the Babylon Garden back towards our planet," Tails explains.
"I see. So the chances of them finding us is quite high already. If they think they can't join the New Blue Rogues, then they've got another thing coming for them," said the determined Vyse.
The entire group would finally make their way back to the heart of the village to Vyse's surprise. Big would be carrying a nice sized fish just for himself as a reward for his hard work and Tembo feasts on a bag of peanuts a tribesman gave him.
"Everything is all done. So how are we going to finish the rest of the island?" Knuckles asked.
"Perfect timing. I was waiting on all of you to get here. Splitting ourselves into groups is the best way that we can do this effectively. There are twelve courses around the island that need to be fixed, which is where we come into play. The quicker we get things done, then Jimba will be pleased with all we done for this nice island. Our power is back all thanks to Delphinus Junior, so we can leave to find where the others landed," the captain announced.
"Yay, I'm glad our monster helped us out that quickly. But shouldn't he regroup with us before we all group up?" Amy asks.
"Vectorman already left to go bring him back. At least before the others on the ship think he's some dangerous being. I hope you explained everything to Aika and Fina already, Vyse," the young fox said.
"They are aware, I trusted her to also make an announcement to tell everyone else. Not like he will stay inside any longer. They also managed to find a robotic sky sent by Eggman to steal the emeralds. I believe he's named SCR-HD," the Blue Rogues captain explained.
Knuckles knew exactly who he's talking about and punched his fists together in anger.
"How is that tin can still standing after we destroyed it? It almost destroyed this planet before with a black hole. Those Babylon bird brains must had screwed up in protecting all of the Ark of the Cosmoses. No matter, I'll have a word with them the next time we meet," the echidna explodes.
"But enough about that. Is this robot still rampant or they already taken cared of it?" Ulala asks.
"Yes. Actually, Fina turned it to stone and they finished it up with a steel electrical cage while it froze. But because her stone status with magic is temporary, they will have to try keeping him contained long enough. Aika's in charge for the time being and promised that they will not let it escape," Vyse continues.
"Personally, I say we pick up the speed and fix things before it finds a way to break out. I've fought it before with Sonic and Tails. It's a machine not to underestimate. We all have to very careful about imprisoning a dangerous machine," Knuckles warned.
"We will. Just need to wait on Vectorman to get here with Delphinus Junior, then we can split each other into groups for this last task. Don't get too comfortable, we won't stay on this island too long when we have a world to save," the captain explains.
A humanoid islander would approach them from behind out of interest.
"Excuse me, but aren't you all planning to bring the monster challenges back to their former glory. Then allow me to be the one to wish you all luck on that," she said.
Everyone turned to see what appears to be an islander, but her appearance is different from that of the Maboo Tribe. Most notably how she's closer to human in height and shape in comparison to them all. She had large brown eyes, red lips, tribe bracelets on her wrists, a long grass skirt, straw sandals, a sarashi band that covers her breasts, braided black hair, a flower lei around her neck, and monster teeth that hanged off her ears as earrings.
"And who would you be?" Vyse asked.
The woman then does a powerful pose as if she were dancing in a ritual, rolling her head in response.
"I am the announcer, the one in charge of commentating the many trials on the island these monsters compete in. The beauty who keeps track of all scores to compare the best beasts that perform exceptionally, and the voice that calms all that are a part of my tribe. Or you can call me, Meilani," the odd woman flamboyantly announced.
Everyone would remain speechless at the s end she's causing before them. Honey looked at the group of tribesmen chatting to the east and looked back at her, trying to connect the dots on if they were the same people. Knuckles is more surprised at her overly dramatic demeanor for someone who just announce island games for monsters on this island.
"You are part of the same tribe as these guys? But you aren't short, or have mask-like faces like the others. This got to be some joke since I barely see the resemblance. Explain that!" Honey shouts.
Meilani would only laugh in response to her as if she is always presented the same question over and over.
"What's so funny, I'm being serious here. You sure you aren't some girl who happen to land here and thinking you are one of them?" the irritated Honey shouts.
"You are just like all the others. Yes, I am a Maboo Tribeswoman. Let me fill you in on a secret, the female tribe members always retain the same stature and beauty as humans would. The males however would be a different story. Alpha males like Jimba grow the largest and have the most drastic appearance. Others like the lizard guards look more animal and less humanoid. Then the average male tribesmen you see are the ones you know. Always small, adorable, sometimes colorful with their own expressive faces. Their faces alone are the mask or they wear a second mask for that intimidation factor. If I had a coin for every time someone say this, I'd leave my announcer job to travel the world," the tribal woman explained before succumbing to sheer laughter again.
Honey still couldn't process what she just heard, knowing there's a tribe that has just drastic physical differences based on their gender alone. Even the entire thing couldn't get through the heads of Ulala or Beat either. Vyse would be too busy staring off at how she's beautiful, like he had the feeling he never seen someone so beautiful before.
"Hello, earth to the captain. We need to focus on the task at hand!" Axel says while waving his hand in his face.
"Intriguing. This island is unique, I can admit. Although we have bigger things to focus on," Akira said.
Then a group of similar Maboo women would appear to greet Meilani. Each of them shares a common them of having generic Maboo masks on their heads and color coded clothing of red, purple, and green. Just seeing them along would make Honey faint in shock, leading a worried Ryo panicking over her fallen body.
"Honey, pull yourself together! Oh geez," he said.
"Oh great, there's more of them. But they do look pretty fine," BD Joe said.
"Here we go again," Gilius said in mild amusement.
Vyse is once again back into this state of being allured by their beauty. He haven't made this face since watching a dance performance by Belleza in the past. Gear himself would be nervous by the amount of eye contact the four island women were giving the entire group.
"You all are the sweeties that helped rebuild Maboo Village, how could we repay you?" Cinnamon said.
"Usually what we sell are parts for changing your monster. Hopefully it didn't run away," Jasmine adds.
"You all must be exhausted, how about we all treat you to some island drinks," Ginger says in a flirty manner.
Knuckles would only shake his head at Vyse still being stunned by their fetching appearances than answering their questions. NiGHTS would be the first to a wee though thanks to being one of the few unaffected by anyone's charms.
"Our monster should be on its way here soon. I'm wondering what monster parts you sell, and do they appear on the monster like magic? It just sound wondrous to me," he said.
"It's simple. All it takes is paying us gold that you win from the monster challenges and we give you the parts. With a little imagination, that part will appear on your monster like magic. Just like when you first create your monster in the Hall of Life. This your first time here?" Cinnamon replies.
"You could say this is all of our first time being here. It's really impressive how magic and imagination are what allows the strongest monsters to be made than science. It all feels quite refreshing as a zombie to see the impossible," Zobiko says in amaze.
"That's right. Our Isle of Monsters is the island of dreams. We haven't had customers in a long while, so why don't all of you stop by our shop to check everything out?" Ginger suggests.
"Are you sure? We don't have any gold on our hands. Unless you can accept other forms of payment," Tails said in caution.
Amy while annoyed at half of her male allies gazing at the women would then notice two objects flying their way. One of them would be smaller and green, which looked quite familiar to her.
"Everyone, Vectorman is back! And with our monster too!" she called.
Vyse snapped out of his gawking and saw that his prized Delphinus Junior is back in ONE PIECE.
"Hey Delphinus Junior, how did your first trip aboard our ship go?" he called.
The happy creature roars in response to answer his master from above. The three shopkeepers and announcer would be amazed at the design of this creature, something about it seem different from previous monsters they've seen before.
"That's truly a powerful monster. Whoever made this deserve a discount," Cinnamon shouts in amazement.
"There's my first test monster for these revived island trials. He's a real stunner," Meilani announced.
"Such a nice wing span, it's an amazing flier," Jasmine said.
"I really want it to come to our shop, we haven't had a visitor in a long time!" Ginger squeals.
The monster slowly descends in front of his group after Vectorman lands, looking quite happy to see them. Just the sight of the red beast's tail wagging would win over Ulala and Amy for its cuteness.
"Good job for restarting the ship for us. But that's far from the last thing we need you for, we have some obstacle courses on the island to fix up. You would come in handy to help and eventually test them all if possible. You are up for it?" Vyse spoke to the happy creature.
The creature nods with a low growl to his acceptance.
"Now that he's back, what's the plan? I'm ready to get everything finished if it means us looking for Shadow. He's probably very worried about our current whereabouts," Knuckles informed.
"I'd hate to be in a rush, but he's right. We have a world to save as nice as the locals on this island seem. Thankfully half of their problems appear to be solved," Gilius said while holding his axe overhead.
"There's also the question of where the disappeared monsters are hiding. From my flight with NiGHTS, we were unable to spot a single one. Hopefully they weren't wiped to extinction by the storm," Tails said.
"Nonsense! I doubt a mere storm would call these precious monsters that protected our island for centuries. They were trained on the island courses for good reasons. Building their strength, speed, stamina, and durability to serve as island guardians. Maybe they will come out of hiding if we can rebuild these courses. They usually appear once every week to test their skills and possibly fled after seeing the damage done to them," Meilani protests defensively.
As an announcer for these events, the island woman is very passionate about these weird and wild monsters that the idea that they all died seemed foolish to her. Tails then felt maybe his last statement struck a nerve and it was a bad move on his part to say it around someone who's life revolved around training them.
"Sorry. It's just that we tried our best to find them that there don't seem to be many options left to think of their whereabouts. You know of any places they usually go to hide?" the young fox apologetically said.
Meanwhile, a certain missing member of the team would be lumbering her way in the dense jungles southeast of the Maboo Village. Opal would be in the middle of doing her own personal investigation as she carries her famed bow in hand for the first possible hostile wildlife that chooses to attack her. She personally snuck out behind Vyse's group several hours ago due to feeling that staying behind while Gear would be the one chosen for recon didn't sit well with her. She looks around the silent forest with steady eyes, looking for any signs of life that either would seem like great food or someone to give directions. Her legs brushed through every thicker of scrubs and other plant life during her long jungle trek.
It's too quiet. I've been walking around for a good time with no signs of life. I birds, no bugs, it makes it hard to believe that this island doesn't have any forms of life here. That storm wouldn't be strong enough to do more than wound a population of people or species. Hopefully the others found any at all.
Opal would find her way into another path, this one would be rugged with many torn trees and destroyed stone as if something razed its way through. She would notice that these were very fresh and not from the storm itself.
What's this? The work of a very dangerous beast? It's a good thing I am already alert with the right weaponry for these creatures. Best to be on my best guard.
She slowly followed this damaged path after making a turn and the next thing she saw shocked her. She would see high levels of evil intent from the air alone. She almost had a headache just feeling this immense pressure, but felt the need to press on since this is worth more investigation. The long haired archer continued walking slowly down this path slowly at the risk of not alerting what could be nearby. Each step making slow crunches in the crumbled path of dirt and ruined foliage, she continued her silent sneaking to seek what may be behind the damage. The more she walked, the more of this evil pressure would send shivers down her nervous system. Chances were that this is no ordinary animal and something much more dangerous that she's looking into. Suddenly, rustling would be heard. She aims her bow at the source and made the approaches stance to look around. She knew not to make a single sound or this will scare this creature away. Her body slowly sweats a lot due to being very serious about making the first move instead of being pounced on by her stalker.
Damn it, I've been found. This is not good. I'll just have to be ready for when it attacks. I've been hunting all my life, there's no way this dumb beast can beat me in stealth.
She slowly backed up while aiming at the source of the rustling. She could feel that same evil pressure earlier, that only made her entire body feel more uneasier the longer she could feel it. With her arching position getting less steady and fear starting to kick in, she's in a really tough spot in this forest battle of the fittest. The rustling would be heard again in another direction, which alerts her to aim her bow in another direction in response. This would remind her that the possible predator is a fast one and not a patient stalker to stay in one spot. Things were slowly shaping up to be less and less inviting now that whatever would be hiding in the shadows is starting to make its move on her as she seemed like vulnerable prey.
Opal's heart slowly beats as she's trying not to panic as a brave Seguan warrior. Her eyes made sure to scan the entire area around her to pinpoint the next spot this creature would reveal itself to her. Before another rustle would occur, she pinpoints the exact location of her target and shot her arrow to the east. Then a large snarling creature out appear from that exact spot, being unfazed by the arrow. Opal would only widen her eyes at how horrible this creature looked and froze instead of running any further. Soon, a high pitched scream would echo across the jungle for more than enough people to hear from Maboo Village. Vyse and the gang would only grow alert from hearing this shrill sound from afar. Delphinus Junior would only grow since he could sense an evil presence from the same source of that scream. Gear would recognize this voice instantly and had a bad feeling about this. The blue haired warrior could only get mad at himself instead of her despite her willingness to be put in serious danger.
"Opal! You should had stayed out instead of wandering around here. And I'm just wasting my time her instead of protecting you. Damn it, I will not lose you! Not like how I've lost him years ago," he shouts with tears rolling down his eyes.
Amy felt really bad for the heartbroken warrior as she knew that something about this situation seemed too personal to him. "Are you all right?" she asked. "No. I won't be if she dies right here, I'll handle this alone. Everyone can focus on fixing the courses themselves," he replied.
Without any waste, he dashed off in a hurry before anyone could say a thing to him. It wasn't just him, but also Delphinus Junior once again flies off after the running speed demon to provide back up.
"Not you too! Just when we were going to buy you some upgrades!" Knuckles called.
"I think I know who Gear is talking about. It's got to be Opal. There's no doubt he's in tears because of wanting to protect his girl," BD Joe said.
Folu, Chinto, and Lagu would appear from the chief's but with some urgent news that would shock everyone. "The Evilings, they have returned and they're stronger than ever. Unless we want this island to stay in one piece, it's our job to cleanse all evil on the island before it spreads to other parts of your world," Chinto announced. When a usually jolly tribesman like him isn't very happy, this is a situation meant for the biggest of all urgency.
"Perhaps your friend is leaving because someone's already their first prey," Lagu said in solemn manner.
"We will come with you. We may be advisors, but our magic should be enough to combat anything these black hearted creature throw at us!" Folu shouts.
Knuckles, NiGHTS, Gilius, Axel Stone, Akira, Beat, and Ulala already taken off to assist Gear while he's heading for Opal's aid. AiAi called his famed Monkey Ball with the Ei Ei Poo spell to get ready for some action. Amigo furiously shake his maracas since no one harms any of his allies when he's around. Sakura and Alis prepare their swords for battle as Vectorman checks his power level for combat. Yes knew that now is the time to get serious when one of their own is in danger, bringing out his cutlasses for battle. All three shop girls would be surprised that he's pretty armed for a battle. Meilani would only smirk knowing that she's interested in his skill.
"Everyone, let's kick some Eviling tail and save our crewmate!" he shouts with one blade in the air.
Everyone else would yell along with him to pump themselves for an intense jungle fight to come. Tembo bring the loudest thanks to his elephant trunk. Opal is thrown back against a tree again with tremendous force. This creature she faces is no walk in the park and giving her a hard time that her bow is too useless with the basic Shooting abilities. Her face now bleeding and body too sore to move, the creature now towers directly above her with demonic eyes.
"Wh...what are you? Some kind of demon?" she said in serious pain.
What stands before her is a Scorpion Worm, one of the few serpentine beasts local to the Isle of Monsters. With four powerful crab legs and a powerful stinger, this mean beast is one of the deadliest insectoid beasts one would create with the all of life. It's striking feature would be the mantis like claws that help for hunting prey and partaking in contests of strength. But several things about it were off. It would be drooling a black goopy liquid, having yellow demonic eyes, a darker complexion that no hero would choose, and a bloodlust no creature would ever have. This is indeed one of the missing monsters the islanders loved so dearly, but now controlled by the sinister Evilings for the first time ever. The creature looked at her vulnerable body with a huge series for carnage and waits for the moment to strike.
Opal would use her remaining energy to try aiming for the beast's face with her bow once last time before it would possibly kill her in seconds.
"You... will not have me for dinner, stupid bug," she replies silently.
Her tenacious behavior is helpful in situations where she's backed in a corner so dying without some form of damage wouldn't put any shame on a warrior like her. The creature reared up its mantis like claws go strike at her quickly in a flash. Gear shown up just in time to repel the creature's arms with his own quick strikes. As a result, the Scorpion Worm would almost fall off balance from the force and barely saved itself from falling thanks to its stinger tail. Gear once again tackles it with his famous spinning ball form rotate into its body at full force. The friction of the spinning combined with blue flames would burn into the skin of this armored beast as it screeches in pain. Eventually, both of them would be sent flying into multiple trees in the jungle in a high pitched battle of dominance and ferocity with the big-like monster as the clear loser. Opal could only smile that she is saved by her closest ally, but collapsed due to the severe pain on her body. Amy and Knuckles already arrived in time just to see her fallen body. The remake hedgehog's first instinct would be healing her body while she has time to get her in better condition.
"What monster did this to you?" Knuckles asked.
Opal still remained unconscious despite her wounds beginning to heal thanks to Amy's power. The hotheaded echidna would have his eyes on another creature that jumped from the darkness to attack him. He narrowed dodged the large arm in time. This would be another famous monster called an Evil Beast. Despite the name, they are usually mischievous and not really evil unlike the Evilings. Like the Scorpion Worm, it's also gained Eviling traits due to possession. With its slouching appearance and four arms, it is a powerhouse and among one of the strongest monsters on the island. A competitive Knuckles never backs down from a fight and charged the demonic being head on for another punch.
"I don't know what the heck you are, but face my fists for that sneak attack!" Knuckles shouts with his arms back for a grapple.
The two eventually combined arms to try holding each other down, only difference with the Evil Beast using both arms to use all of its strength. The red echidna groans as he's being slightly overpowered thanks to the Evil Beast using its all to pressure him. But when push comes to shove, he can put his strength into overdrive by pushing to his limits.
"You..aren't going to best me..this day," he said.
NiGHTS arrived just to see Amy continuing ti heal a wounded Opal in the forest. He would be glad that someone arrived to help their friend, only for a flying beast to approach him. It would be a Dragon Man, a bipedal monster that combines the flight and durability of a dragon with the intelligence and dexterity of a human. The beast roars at NiGHTS before tackling him at full force. The Nightmaren then retaliates with a powerful Drill Dash into its scaly underside in defense. The once jolly NiGHTS is now taking this fight in the skies serious now that someone decides to challenge him in a serious test of aerial combat.
"Don't say that I didn't warn you. Nightmares like you deserve to be erased from the minds of everyone," the Nightmaren said sternly.
The Dragon Man without warning once again charge at him time collide against his Drill Dash at once. Akira would already be face to face with another monster, this one would be a Hero. Heroes are the most humanoid of monsters, having the stature and strength to match any skilled human while still being competition to other monster types. The red humanoid figure gestures the martial artist to come at it once more with his best shot. The strong warrior knew that this would be no time to be going easy on an opponent and charged at him.
"Youhou!" he shouts with both arms out attack.
The two eventually clashed in a way that blew many plants from around each other. Tembo is charging against the towering legs of another monster called a Giant. The Giants are towering humanoids with long legs that take up most of their smaller bellies and upper bodies. The massive beast pulls back one of his legs to kick the large elephant across the entire forest with its might. The persistent pachyderm wouldn't let a kick get him down and stampedes across the area he damaged to reach his massive target. The massive Macho flexes its muscles to taunt a defeated Axel that failed to phase its muscular body. His last attack Grand Upper would have little effect thanks to the swollen biceps being sturdy enough.
"You're pretty tough. There's no way that I would lose to something like you. Not right now," the determined cop said.
He got back to his feet to try another attempt to fight his hyper-masculine monster opponent. Beat would be chased by a large Dinosaur, a Tyrannosaurus-like monster with a large reptilian head and great running legs. The rudie never faced a prehistoric predator like this before and could only grind his way out of the path of these large jaws. He knew that no spraypaint would save him
"This isn't cool. Can someone make this guy extinct already!" Beat complained.
AiAi would be rolling away at a feline monster known as a Cat. This lion sized predator would be chasing the rolling monkey in hopes of having him as its next prey.
"Waaaaauuuahahahaha!" he screeched.
Just the sight of the creature's demonic eyes and sharp claws would have their sights on him.
Lastly, the Bunny would be jumping around to dodge every blast Vectorman fires at it. This long eared cute monster would be one of the faster monsters of this island and can jump high enough to clear the forest if it wanted to. Half of the heroes would be fighting various monsters in the forest that are under control of the Evilings that rage enough chaos in the forest. Amy would finally finish healing the body of Opal, her body would begin feeling warm again from her own movements. She opened her purple eyes to see her pink furred ally watch her recovery. She would be relieved that someone helped heal her wounds at all after moving her arms.
"You, just saved me?" she asked.
"Yes, I know that it's the right thing to do, everyone was worried when we all heard your scream in the jungle. That thing that attacked you was a monster. But they are controlled by something evil since these are actually guardians for the island," she explained.
Opal didn't know how to react as she knew far less about the island that everyone else. But one thing would be on her mind.
"Where's Gear? I remember that he came in to protect me. Is he still safe?" Opal frantically asked.
Amy would be just as worried as she had no concrete way to answer her. Both of them would eventually see Knuckles duplex the Evil Beast right in front of them to their shock.
"Watch where you are going with your rough housing, you jerk!" the female hedgehog shouts at him.
Knuckles instead would be too focused on subduing the multi-armed demon beast with his own strength, pulling his body in a special submission hold thanks to his tenacity. The monster would only moan in the clearest pain despite the echidna's clear determination to defeat it. Amy would only grow angrier within seconds at the clear recklessness of her ally. Opal would only be slightly unnerved since she never seen Amy this angry before during her time knowing her.
"Are you alright?" she asked.
Knuckles would only continue to stretch the monster's arms even further while pushing his back with his legs. The monster couldn't take it anymore and begs the belligerent red devil to let him go. But it would be far too late for mercy as Knuckles wanted to really break his opponent. Suddenly, Amy would jump into the air directly above both of them with her massive Piko Piko Hammer at a size that towers them both. The massive mallet eventually crushed both of them in one go, making the loudest impact ever. Gear still pummels the defenseless Scorpion Worm over and over again in a fit of rage. He really didn't care of how sacred these monsters were and only saw it as a mindless beast worth bashing in for hurting a long time ally like Opal. Being lost in his emotions, Gear wouldn't notice the black mass finally leaving the creature's body to escape the pain. The Eviling finally shows up in the flesh as a animal like creature with large red jaws and many small eyes. If would be visibly traumatized from the damage it's receiving and thinks of a new host to look for with Gear too distracted. It would have its eyes on Gear as its new target and reared its body back for a lunge. A plasma blast would strike it, causing it yell loud enough to get his attention. Gear would then glare at the black critter with a terrifying look of vengeance. He quickly punched it hard enough to tear its body into a cloud of darkness. The Eviling is no more thanks to defeating it swiftly before it found a new body. Ulala rushes into the scene in time to see Gear standing above the wounded monster.
"You should thank me. If I hadn't intervened then you would had been another puppet for that black creature to control," the reporter pouts.
Gear would only look at his hands to realize he went a little too overboard on a victim that was only forced to be this evil being against its own will. The creature would only continue panting in clear pain and fatigue as he stood atop him.
"At least we're know there are ways to save these monsters. Those people never said anything about Evilings having the ability to possess even their own guardians. It's sickening that these black hearted beings would do this. We have to save the others if there's more out there," Gear said in frustration.
Knuckles and the Evil Beast would be defeated in a massive crater formed by the impact of Amy's hammer. The angry young hedgehog would be breathing heavily with her famed weapon in hand knowing that she really overdid it by hurting her own ally for his reckless nature. As the fight loving freak, Knuckles would eventually recover but get angry knowing Amy is the subject for hurting him.
"What the heck was that for? You do know that we are both on the same side!" he shouts.
"After you were too reckless for fighting too close to me and Opal. Mind you, she was already hurt by similar monsters that attacked you. What does Sonic ever see in you!" she snapped.
Knuckles really did. It feel like arguing with Amy at a time like this, but still let his hot head get the best of him.
"That's because I'm his strongest buddy. He's always the one that comes to me to help, way more than you. All you ever cared about would be begging him to be your boyfriend because of your selfish desires," he replied.
"Easy for you to say. You sure act so professional whenever Rouge is around. Maybe you are the one that's got less guts for the one you like than me," Amy sassily says.
Just the statement would be enough to make the blushing echidna overly irritated.
"Just shut up! Don't be saying things like that. That bat girl had nothing to do with this and I'd rather not get on Shadow's bad side. Wait, why are we talking about this again?" Knuckles blurts.
"Because you had to belittle me for my love of Sonic. As if you never been in love before, you knucklehead!" Amy shouts.
The two would continue their heated argument with the body of the Evil Beast laying down cold. Little would they know that the shadowy body of the Eviling crawled out of its hosts due to fatigue. The small four legged creature would be slightly dazed and eventually shake its had at the heavy impact that it would be dealt. Then looked at the two arguing allies. It would be hungry for a new host to latch onto but couldn't decide which of the two would be a strong enough host to join. It looked at Knuckles' body and did enjoy how strong it was. Then it looked at Amy feeling when has way more potential with her athleticism and hammer weapon.
For every argument by they shout, it would look between the two of them and be too indecisive of which hero it wants to possess. The back and forth spitballing of arguments would overwhelm and confuse it as it really wants to make one shot to take over a new body with the old one too wounded to continue controlling. Opal would take notice if this creature and aims he bow in a good position, but really wanted to aim slightly away the arguing duo to avoid hurting either of them. The two continued one and on over who is a bigger hinderance to Sonic more than anyone else as Opal tries to remain focused on shooting the single target that intends to take over their body.
I only have one shot. While these two are too distracted with each other, I'll save them both before it's too late. They should at least be aware that the evil creature would be out of that demon's body but instead choose to argue with each other. How can Gear take working with these two?
She finally fired her shot after noticing it jumping in between the two in a lunging pounce. The arrow would pierce right through its body to split it in half. The halves creature of darkness squeals as it begins to fade away, both Knuckles and Amy would witness the sight that happened between the two. All negativity they had for once another is gone once they realized that either one of them would had been possessed had Opal not saved them in the nick of time. The creature eventually vanished in thin air with no will to live. The surprised hedgehog and echidna would soon look back at Opal nervously thanks to her quick save.
She smiled with her bow lowered and said, "This is the part where you two thank me for that split second bullseye from your hearts."
The two would only be more speechless at her lame joke afterwards. Meanwhile, NiGHTS is being overpowered by Dragon Man when the later would be proven too much trouble for even his own personal Dragon form. The bipedal monster grabbed the elongated body of the dragon and slammed it against the forest ground with all its might. The wounded NiGHTS reverts back to his normal form, with the Persona Mask beginning to fall off his face. The creature lets out a loud howl before rushing at his defenseless target for one last powerful blow. Before the Nightmaren would try flying for safety, he would be struck once again. This time flying toward the hard jungle grounds right between a wounded Akira and a healthy Hero that survived his best techniques. The Hero and Dragon Man eventually regrouped with one and another with the intent to finish both of their wounded targets off while they had little chance to escape. NiGHTS limped his way toward the already kneeling Akira to try surviving with the little time they all had left.
"These things are too strong, no one would had given me this much trouble," the martial artist said.
"We need Delphinus Junior to come here and do something about these two. Before it's too late," the NiGHTS replied.
The two healthy monsters would lift their hands in the air for their finishing fatal blows. Until, something large and red knocked them into the air out of the blue. The two wounded heroes would look again to see that their neighborhood monster arrived just in time to save them.
"Delphinus Junior!" the two would shout.
The red dragon-like monster thrashed both of his possessed allies around with quick flying rams in the air in rapid succession. With each and every blow, the Evilings inside then would slowly lose their will to stay on their hosts any longer. Then, Delphinus Junior would grab Dragon Man to carry him high into the air at sonic speeds that no one would catch up with. Even the Giant would be distracted by the sight, which gave Tembo a chance to swing water from a nearby river for his next ultimate tactic. Soon, Delphinus Junior would be diving back toward the ground at the same speeds to slam the monster on top of the already fallen Hero that lies in pain. The resulting shockwave would spread to all the other monsters on the island to momentarily stun them. Now with the towering Macho losing its strength, Axel had just the right move to finish him off. The cop dashed at the dazed beast to knock him out could with a Dragon Punch, which forces the Eviling out of the beast's body. With the black creature finally free from his host, he would eventually be cleaned in two by a powerful Grand Upper. The victorious Axel would see the blackness fade away from his heroic fist.
"One down, several more to go!" the cop said.
Tembo would have his funk full of all the fiber water he needs for his next big move oh the nearby Giant. The long legged creature would be too focused on its stunned head to care about his defenseless legs.
The elephant soon launched a powerful jet of water that pushed at both legs of the large behemoth. The Giant finally topples over from the water pressure that broth his legs and drops toward the forest like an overgrown falling tree. After the massive thud, the Dinosaur would fall over. It's large head combined with tiny arms would give it a harder time to even pursue Beat any more. This gave him a devious idea, which is evident by his larger than average grin. The rudie would begin skating up the tallest tree nearby and leapt high into the air while spinning. This would take him back to the times he played tennis with Sonic and friends in the past. With enough height and momentum, the rudie finally spirals his way towards the head of the Dinosaur with a drilling kick that traveled faster than a tank shell. Upon landing, another this would be heard along with a loud sorrowful roar that traveled throughout the jungle. Delphinus Junior has already taken care of the twin Evilings by destroying them in a single tail swing. This left his two fellow monsters free of his control and new friends completely safe from any harm. The limping Akira and NiGHTS would get back to their feet and thank him with a thumbs up.
The creature happily responds with a victorious roar to alert everyone else around him. The Eviling that left the Giant's body would be hovering around for a new safe place to hide. Then it came face to face with an angry guerrilla elephant that found it trying to escape. The creature would slowly turn around in mortal fear to see the snorting pachyderm Thad has his eyes on it. It couldn't sweat but only pulsate its body of darkness I fear that it had no other way to escape somewhere for safety. Eventually, it would be sent flying into the air after a powerful slap by Tembo's mighty building destroying trunk with ease. It would soon collide with another Eviling that would be chased away by Beat's threat of spraying it. The two eventually died in a big cloud of black darkness from their own weakened states. Beat and Tembo successes at defeating their own foes. This would leave Vectorman as the last one, still struggling to keep up with the Bunny's annoying speed and evasion techniques for minutes. The robot finally grew impatient and quickly shifts into the powerful Tank Mode to get the job done. This time, the long earred monster would shiver in mortal fear, bring frozen like a dead facing headlights instead of the same mischievous monster that teased the robot for so long. Soon, the bunny would be flying towards the opposite end of the jungle after one green tank shell blows it away at high speed. Vyse, Sakura, Alis, Headdy, Larcen, Big, Zobio, Zobiko, BD Joe, Folu, Chinto, Lagu, Amigo, Joe, Ryo, and Honey arrived just in time to see Gilius shocking the Cat monster into submission. The felid monster finally collapsed, leading the Eviling to leave its body. Before it would fly away, an angry AiAi jumps into the air with his Monkey Ball and flattens it with a slam.
"Eeek eeek yeaaah!" the angry AiAi shouts.
He would continue rolling back and forth to flatten the defenseless evil creature for all the trouble it caused him. The entire group is left speechless at the sight happening before them. Headdy almost felt sorry for the Eviling since AiAi isn't giving it a chance to defend itself. The three Maboo guardians would finally step forward to give them their assistance.
"You all been helping us, but now it has become clear. They finally found a way to control our beloved monsters and use them as savage beasts to attack anyone in the jungles. This behavior is beyond unacceptable and only slaps the faces of our Gods. We know a spell and it's a forbidden one. These are far from the only monsters in their control and more will come very soon," Chinto stated.
His words were right as the sounds of more loud howls and fries were heard throughout the jungle. Ulala got her space blaster ready as Gear stood into a battle pose. Amy and Knuckles finally put aside their differences and swore to do their job of being back up for Opal in their next fight. Beat would jump on Tembo's back before the later lets out a nightly trumpet to prepare for battle. Delphinus Junior spreads his wings defensively and roars to swear his plan to protect NiGHTS and Akira at all costs. Vectorman remains in Tank Mode once Axel reunite with him to act as back up. Vyse and his own group would also prepare their weapons for the next battle. On one end of the jungle walked herds of Scorpion Worms, Heroes, Evil Beasts, Kids, Bunnies, Hamsters, Dogs, and Machos. On the other end would be a stampede of Cats, Evil Spirits, Tinies, Giants, Horses, and Spider Worms. The skies of the jungle would be swarming with Dragons, Mantis Worms, and Dragon Men ready to keep their prey from escaping this island with their lives.
The entire population of monsters that everyone were looking for were now showing themselves but with an evil intent bent of spreading the evil that infects them to more possible victims. Even the three Maboo warriors could tell that these were not once the gentle souls that past humans created with good intent. But instead hollow puppets controlled by the very evil that once plagued their island in the last. The three shop keepers and Meilani eventually appeared just to see everything happen with their own eyes. It's almost heartbreaking for them to see what could be their guardians now bloodthirsty beasts hellbent on carnage and infection with evil intents. Folu would notice this and feel less like himself.
"What are you women doing here! Get back to the village. Your safety is more important, this is where warriors like us should be on the frontlines to defend this island. Your souls are as fragile as your delicate bodies. Please report back to the village!" he ordered.
Meilani would refuse to listen to the same traditional standards placed on her just because she is a woman.
"No! You think this is some kind of hard ironed rule that women like us can't defend this village too? You got to be the most selfish group of Maboo that we've ever known!" she shouts.
The three warriors had little time to argue the rules of the village and tribe with women that a rigidly want to go against it just for once.
"These are under the under of our great Elder. You can't go against it. What weapons you have? What training did you accomplish? Have you done anything other that things like selling monster parts and being an announcer? Losing the four of you would ruin the only business we have and no powerful voice for our monster trials. We are serious, head back to the village!" Lagu sternly said.
"Then why aren't the female heroes staying in the village with us? Is it just because we are nothing more than delicate flowers to be protected while it's the men to risk their lives? You will need all the help that you need while half of the village's warriors are still recovering from their wounds. We are done playing the role of support and want to assist you all!" Cinnamon barked.
This is one of the rarest moments of any shopkeeper being this angry. This almost made Chinto feel somewhat guilty as the nicest one of the trio.
"Because they simply have the weapons and experience to help us. They are the exception and not the rule as they didn't grow up in the village for centuries unlike you. One hit from these monsters and you wouldn't survive while we have tamed these beasts without the help of humans many years ago. Our bodies are trained in mind and spirits. We are the soul of this island. What could you four possibly accomplish other than dying foolish deaths here!" Lagu shouts.
"Instead of having this in-fighting, we all need a plan to take on these monsters. If this is the whole island's population, we will not survive longer than a minute at this rate," Vyse called.
Joe Musashi already clashed with a Hero that almost attacked the entire group as Sakura clashes swords with a Mantis Worm's bladed arm. Honey and Ryo would double team a Macho that almost charged for the entire group. A radioactive potion drunken Zobio would fight off a few Giants that dared to step anywhere closer to his allies. Zobiko provides support on his gigantic shoulder to shoot the Dragons with her Apple Gun. Larchen strangles an Evil Beast with his grappling hook together with the help of Big's fishing pole to subdue the towering monster that threatened them. BD Joe blares a massive horn to try scaring some of the monsters from getting any closer to him. Headdy already knocked out a few Horses and Dogs thanks to his hard and heavy Hammer Head for double the damage. Alis is using her Chat ability to try talking some sense into these once peaceful creatures telepathically.
Please, we don't want to hurt you. Just fight all the evil out of yourselves and you wouldn't have to harm the people you sworn to protect on this island.
The Hero tries to fight with the Eviling that controlled his mind and responds to her.
I ha...hate this so much...that I could kill you for being a mere insect to me. No reaching out into the mind of this perfect vessel will stop us from carrying the Will of the Black Evil. Die!
The lumbering beast would strike at her with his powerful hand, which she blocked in time with her sword. Alis was hoping for more peaceful ways to end this conflict, but only see that violence is in the only answer with the evil in their minds being too corrupted to be reasoned with. Vyse would already clash with an Evil Spirit that found its way closer to him. Everyone deeper in the jungle would already fighting with a slew of monsters that found their way to them. Tembo would already be charging at multiple monsters as Beat blinds the airborne ones with his paint spraying. Knuckles and Amy fought off any monster that dared to attack Opal while she's getting used to her healed body. Vectorman blasts away at the many Machos with his tank fire and Axel trades blows with a pack of Tinies that tried to dogpile him at once. Delphinus Junior sliced down any monster that dared tried to attack his two friends thanks to the organic swords on his body. Ulala blasts at the flying Dragons with her gun with Gear serving as a high speed bodyguard to lunch at the lunging Dinosaurs and Bunnies. Gilius throws a massive Giant that he defeated at a group of monsters that attacked him while AiAi continues his bowl over of countless incoming Kids. All heroes would be giving it their all in fighting an entire possessed island population of monsters that endlessly poured to one location to stop them. This would leave Jimba's three trusted advisors and the four dissatisfied women arguing between whether following island traditions is worth it in a time when everyone needs the help they can to take these beasts.
"This is your last warning, go back to the village this instant! Jimba would be very displeased if women have any intention of breaking island rules and we will not be responsible if one of you were to die this day," Lagu sternly said.
"Island rules? Please, we need to break these old rules one day when most of your warriors can't even fight anymore. You want to save these monsters? We care about them as much as everyone. Our very jobs depend on them. Let us help and we can take this subject to the Chief and let him decide if you give us a chance!" Meilani shouts.
"Exactly. You can't just think we only exist to stand around and look pretty. We are warriors at heart and will save our own guardians. See? Even the heroes you have faith in are struggling to fend them all off!" Ginger barked.
"Just believe in us! We can show you all that we can be capable in a fight. We even brought the right tools for battle from our own shops. We want to return the favor to these heroes for helping our village," Jasmine stresses.
"Instead of being stuck up on traditional values for centuries, we need to push past them just this once to protect our own home and take our beloved monsters back from these Evilings while we can. Just let us help!" Cinnamon said.
The three warriors could only remain silent at the four women's willingness to help despite the traditional Maboo rule going against them. Chinto once again feels the most guilty of the three since he could tell they were genuine about wanting to help. Folu is torn, but at the same time feel it's best not to lose a valuable announce and shopkeepers for this proud village. Lagu once again feels the most serious and refuse to listen to any reasoning they had to justify their help as he's the closest to his own chief compared to the others. As Vyse fends off the towering beast that fought him, he really wondered what would be taking Tails so long on contacting the others to assist them. He could only feel his cutlasses keeping weaker within each clash, but had no time to back down from a fight.
"I'll hold you off as much as we can. But I'm counting on Tails to bring more help our way!" the desperate captain said.
Tails quickly flies across the northeast direction of the island to try finding a good spot for a signal. His main focus is to call Aika and have her send some reinforcements to help take on the possessed frantically taps on his special handheld communicator to try getting the signal ready.
"Come on, work already. I got friends to help. Don't fail me now," he frantically begged his trusty device.
The signal symbol would begin to blink on his screen rapidly. Usually, that's a sign of him finding the perfect spot for the communications to be working.
"Yes. Now I can get the others ready to help..."
Suddenly, he receives a message from an unknown party on the device. The young fox is hesitant on answering it since chances are that it could be an enemy or stranger that's possibly following them.
Think Tails. You get a strange message out of nowhere while you're trapped on an island. It could be Eggman trying to warn us about getting the emeralds or possibly Shadow who found our location. I would either take the chance and get us all in danger or possibly lead our separated allies to our location to regroup. There's only one way to find out.
Tails pressed the button on the communicator to finally answer the distress call and answered, "Hello! May I ask who I'm speaking with?"
"Glad you finally answered. The name is Sam Gideon. I'm a member of a special team called the Marines. You've heard of us before despite being in competition with the Guardian Unit of Nations. We've been hoping to get the assistance of your Sega Superstars group," the voice said.
The screen would finally depict the man wearing his special high tech grey suit the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency bestowed upon him since his years of service. The tech is nothing like Tails has ever seen before, as he's visually amused by the detail put into its cool design.
"Woah... Anyways, how do you know about us? Are you on our side or possibly working for the Legion?" he asked.
"Negatory. We always were against what they've been doing to our world. Several members would be sent around the world doing investigation for us. We learned of the identities of all members, heard of your efforts to cooperate with the GUN, and recently found their current resting area. We found some unrelated parties that also happened to be spying and saved them before the Legion would had captured them. Ever since, they are now a part of our team. One of them would be familiar with certain members of your group. Leanne, Zephyr, and Vashyron. Do these name ring any bells?" Sam explains.
Tails would hesitate at first due to finding the last pasty slightly suspicious.
"Yes. But why, are these people friends of theirs?" Tails asked.
"Let's just say their relationship is complicated. But they are also associated with a certain member of the Legion that is thought to be killed by Shadow the Hedgehog, but actually be sighted to live in Red Mountain. What we learned from these spies were that they attempted to save all of his men, but they were slaughtered by the Legion with only two survivors barely escaping them with our help. Strangely, there's some phenomena happening that almost every being dead is starting to live again throughout the universe. Your friends have any loved ones that died?" Sam says in clear detail.
Tails would think hard of any notable ones that came to mind as the man awaits an answer.
"Well, Shadow has this one friend called Maria Robotnik. Who's the grand daughter of Eggman's known as Gerald Robotnik. Alis has a brother called Nero. Gear has this childhood friend that I always remind him of, Til. Azel did want to hurt Sonic for thinking he had to do with her husband's death. G knew an agent called Thomas Taylor that sacrificed himself with The World in his last major mission. Gilius and his friends knew a soldier named Alex that was mortally wounded by Death Adder in the Old Firewood Kingdom. Bayonetta did once talk about her mother being killed in a great war between the Lumen Sages and Umbran Witches many years ago. Lord Max was trained by a highly respected knight called Varios, that met his end from a mercenary named Kane. Ali is always grieving the dead of not only the king, but his sister who did remain in the spirit world to protect..."
"I think you've told me enough. The point is that these people may still be walking around and alive thanks to that magical storm that affected the planet and universe. We are still investigating if this was an accident by the Legion or not. But with them gathering the numbers of once dead villains like Galician and others, this sounds quite intentional. Things are looking quite grim, but our next mission is to find those living again and recruit them. You all should do the same if it means growing their numbers for the planned War for the World in Kingdom Valley. The reason I am contacting you is to not only warn you, but propose an alliance that we work together effectively. You can't refuse as bigger numbers are needed to face these powerful threats. Are you in?" Sam asked.
"Honestly, you should be talking to our captain Vyse of the Blue Rogues about that one. But he's in the middle of fending if a population of hostile monsters with a few of our allies. Everyone else remains on the Delphinus with Aika in charge for the time being. But this alliance sound like an excellent idea if it makes us strong enough to win the war," Tails replied.
"Strange. We tried contacting the ship in hopes of speaking with him but they refused our answer. We can understand being skeptical, but this is a plan me and the Marines decided that this should be a top priority plan if it guarantees success. The world is at stake and all heroes that want their world saved should work together. Can you try adding this Aika woman to our call if it means further negotiation?" he asked.
Tails felt that now isn't a good time with everyone still struggling with countless Eviling controlled monsters overwhelming them.
"Where are you exactly? Because if you are close, send your allies in the forest to assist the others. I was sent to try finding help when the numbers of these monsters are too high. I do plan to add Aika to the call, but you need to assist us if our alliance will be definite. Please," Tails begged.
Sam would begin tapping a few coordinates on a device he held in his hand. The fox would tell he's making sure all commands were done in an orderly fashion and with precision. Then the helmeted man turned to face his furry friend once more with great news.
"We are already above the island currently. I've sent a few of my best allies to dive down and help your friends. They should be arriving shortly and assist in this monster mash you all have going down there. Now can you add Aika to this call? This alliance should concern her if she's taking Vyse's place on the ship. It's great to form a superpower to take down a stronger force that threaten the state of the world," Sam explains.
Tails would smile knowing that help is finally coming soon to assist them. He eventually press a few buttons for Aika to be added to the conversation. A new screen appeared beside Sam's on the device as confirmation that Tails did the right thing. She is happy to hear from Tails but very skeptical of the armored marine in the call with them.
"Can I ask what's going on? I thought we were told not to trust anyone other than the GUN?" she wondered.
"We've been expecting you, Vice Captain of the Blue Rogues. The name is Sam Gideon, a high class soldier of the marines with my own team of heroes doing investigations on the Legion's destruction. We are wondering if you would be interested in a partnership. A few of my good soldiers are already sent to this island to assist your captain and his men in some population control crisis. We promise that this is all in good faith and we share the same common goal: the end of the Legion's control of our universe," the man explained.
Vyse's closest ally is still very skeptical of the man while also being surprised that he is helping her crew out in the middle of a difficult situation.
"Thanks for your assistance. But that still doesn't mean that we can't trust you still. Tell us more about your investigation and prove to me that you aren't just spies for the Legion," she demands.
Sam could only laugh at the level of spunk she has in her position for a vice captain.
"You really are quite the strong young woman. Reminds me of someone I once knew. Anyways, we recently spied on the Legion's current status in Speed Highway and saved a few people who were almost captured for their espionage. Soon after we made it back to HQ, we spent some time researching the recent storm that occurred and how it revived the dead. Tails was nice enough to tell us a list of dead loved ones his crew knew. Why is this important is because we can recruit them while they are still about. At least before the Legion target them on their gathering of powerful revived allies worldwide," he replied.
Aika grew silent upon heading his words, certain things in her mind flashed that only gave her an intense worry. She could only do nothing but shiver and bowed her head down intensely. Tails and Sam grew worried by her strange behavior.
"Is there something wrong, Aika? You've look like you've seen a ghost," Tails asked.
She would only respond to them with a state of urgency, "We need to get back to Valua and fast. Enrique is in more danger than ever with Galician back and looking to attack his kingdom while it's defenseless. We've waited on this island long enough!"
Tails and Sam could tell that what she's saying is no joke when the man was someone obsessed with wanting to rule all of the skies with an iron fist in the past.
"Fine then, we'll join your alliance. But promise that you help everyone fix this island and save their monsters immediately. We need to hurry and back up Enrique while he's still in a state that an old enemy would cross paths with him once more!" she shouts.
And that concludes this new chapter. The monster not only turned out better than expected, but he succeeds in recharging the entire Delphinus on a whim. Before everyone would help rebuild all the island courses, they would soon discover that many of the island's monsters were controlled by the Evilings all along. The battle would only be tougher for the group that Tails is sent to find backup. But not until he receives a message from another hero group lead by Sam Gideon from Vanquish among other shocking news. The next chapter may be the conclusion of the Amazing Island shenanigans to see what became of Shadow's group. As usual, next Saturday is what you all can expect. Later.
