SURPRISE! Thrawn here, with a great surprise for all you beautiful people! Its an early and long chapter of Rose Red, Hedgehog Blue! :D
Now, there is a fight scene in this story, and while I have tried to make it interesting, in no way will I feel insulted if you do not really like it that much.
Well, enough out of me. Enjoy!
1:30 pm, outside Beacon courtyards
"So, how did you guys get to this place? I didn't see a spaceship where you crashed," asked Ruby. She was very curious about these strange creatures.
"Well, in the world where we come from, we fight against a madman that wants to take over the world. A bit stereotypical, but if he had his way, he would have probably taken over our world many times over," answered Sonic.
"Have you fought in many battles?" asked Jaune.
"Sonic, Tails, Amy and I have been fighting this guy for many years," replied Knuckles. "His name is Dr. Ivo Robotnik."
"But we just call him Eggman," said Tails.
All the humans of the group chuckled at the name.
"What does he use?" asked Pyrrha.
"Main enemy Eggman uses inferior robots to attempt to destroy us. I am a rare example of his more successful works," Omega said with pride.
"Don't worry, kids. Omega has dedicated his life to toppling the Eggman Empire," Rouge reassured after seeing the humans getting nervous.
"So do any of you have special abilities? I know we already saw Tails' awesome ability," inquired Yang. The fox blushed a bit before he responded.
"Well, Sonic and Shadow have super speed, though Sonic is the fastest. Amy also has super speed, but it's not as fast. Shadow has teleportation and other powers of Chaos, Knuckles is super strong, Blaze is pyrokinetic, Silver is psychokinetic, and Rouge can sneak around quietly, as well as fly."
"It certainly is useful since I am a jewel thief on my days off from government work," Rouge said while striking a pose.
Weiss looked uneasy at this. "So are you going to steal my family's fortune from me?"
Rouge looked at the girl in the white dress in confusion. "Your family is into jewels?" she asked with curiosity.
"Of course. The Schnee Dust Company is the major seller of energy propellant in the world," Weiss said importantly. "Dust comes in all forms, and crystal forms are not uncommon."
"Well, don't worry, sweetie, I will try to shelf my love of jewels. At least until we get off of this place," Rouge reassured. "I am curious as to how energy propellant acquired the name 'Dust', though."
"It's a long story that goes back to the beginning of human life on Remnant. It's really not that important," explained Pyrrha.
"Ok, if you say so. I am surprised that humans evolved on two separate worlds with no recorded contact from each other," Tails wondered.
"Well, maybe-"
BOOM!
A thunderous crash interrupted whatever Blaze was about to say.
"Is this normal?"
"Let's see, explosions in the middle of the day. Of course it's normal, Silver," said Ren sarcastically. "In all seriousness, Nora can get carried away-"
"Hey, that was only once!" Nora protested.
"Guys, can we stop the arguing and just find the source of the explosion?" asked Tails.
"Do we have to?" asked Jaune meekly.
"It sounded like it came from the Emerald Forest!" Blake said, disregarding Jaune.
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" said Sonic.
They all followed Blake to a clearing next to the cliff where Teams RWBY and JNPR started their initiations. What they found surprised the Mobians.
The source of the explosion was a gunship floating just off of the cliff. Standing on the side of the ship was a familiar figure to the natives of Remnant, especially Ruby. It was a man with green eyes and orange hair dressed in a white trench coat with brown pants. On his head was a bowler hat with a feather in it. Even to those who have never seen him in person, he left a menacing impression on everyone.
"Well, fancy meeting you here, Red! We really must stop meeting like this," the nefarious criminal said. He casually put out the cigar he was smoking with his cane.
"Hey, Ruby? Who is this joker?" asked Sonic with a raised eyebrow.
"He is a big time criminal in Vale. His name is Roman Torchwick," answered Ruby with anger in her eyes.
"Is he dangerous?" asked Knuckles, who was cracking his namesakes in preparation for the inevitable fight.
"Let's see, he has a flying ship and who knows how many reinforcements in it, and he is casually smoking a cigar. Seems not that different to Ol' Egghead. It's probably nothing you can't handle, Knuckie," Rouge said while batting her eyelashes at Knuckles. The red echidna's face matched the rest of his body as he muttered to himself.
"I know we are about to be under attack, but when we are finished here, you have got to tell me what is going on between those two," Yang whispered to Shadow. The Ultimate Life Form nodded, smirking evilly.
"My, my, my, what colorful animals you have," laughed Roman. "No matter, they won't stop me from grabbing all the Dust from Beacon Academy." He lifted up Melodic Cudgel and a targeting reticule opened up. "Ta ta!"
A small missile shot out the end of his cane, but before it could reach anyone important, Omega opened up with machine gun fire that intercepted the missile, harmlessly detonating it halfway to its target.
"Explosive projectile no match for my superior firepower," Omega proclaimed proudly.
"Hmph, you have a robot now. It looks so… antiquated. Certainly compared to these!" Roman proclaimed. He waved an arm and pointed at the group of heroes.
Three more airships pulled up, offloading their deadly cargo. This consisted of AK-130 Androids. The robots surrounded the Mobians and Beacon students. They all extracted blades from their arms.
"Hey, I remember fighting these!" Blake revealed.
"Wait, you fought these before?" asked Weiss. "When?"
"Let's just say that I fought during my time with the White Fang," answered the Faunus. "In any case, they weren't that effective guards for that train." Weiss glared at Blake, but wisely didn't bring up the past.
"Well, let me judge how tough they are!" shouted Sonic. He became a blue blur as he jumped and spin-dashed the robots. A familiar sight greeted the Mobians after a few minutes; large, unidentifiable piles of metal. Sonic jumped back, smiling with satisfaction. The Beacon students were stunned by the speed of the blue hedgehog.
"Piece of cake," Sonic proclaimed. "Easier than Eggman's robots."
"Well, that was only the first wave!" shouted Torchwick, still recovering slightly at the unexpected speed of the complete decimation of the robots. "I still have an ace up my sleeve!"
Right on cue, two airships pulled up and dropped off two large shipping containers.
"Uh-oh, something tells me this isn't going to go well," said Silver worriedly.
As if to punctuate his statement, the doors on both containers were blasted off, and two huge robots walked out of each container. The four spider droids once again surrounded the group.
Now, Roman Torchwick may be a criminal, but he does know when he is outmatched. 'Time to make my escape,' thought Roman, as he ordered his ships to leave. He was not looking forward to reporting to Cinder about his failure. 'She's probably going to roast my ass for this.'
"Now this is more like it!" said Knuckles eagerly. "Want to join in the fight, Yang?"
"You bet!" shouted the blonde, and they ran to one of the droids.
"Wait for me, Red!" Rouge flew after the punch-happy duo.
"Silver, Blaze, Jaune, Pyrrha, Weiss, you take the second one. Ren, Nora, Amy, Tails, Blake, the third. Sonic, Omega, Ruby, and I will take on the last one."
"I'm on board with this plan, Shads," agreed Sonic. "Let's go!"
With Yang, Knuckles, and Rouge-
The first mixed group of heroes was being shot at by the spider droid. Fortunately, Rouge was able to fly above it.
"Ya know, I think this might be more fun than destroying Eggman's clunkers," commented Rouge as she swooped down and kicked the robot in the head. The spider droid just shrugged off the attack with only a small dent.
"That all you got, Rouge? Let me show you how it's done!" Knuckles ran up to one of the legs and punched it with enough force to shatter diamond. The leg's outer armor shattered, but it was still working and kicked the echidna. "What is this thing made of?!"
"It's steel infused with certain types of Dust. Not the strongest material, but it is certainly up there!" said Yang as she fired off missiles from Ember Celia. The robot's limited AI had enough intelligence to be angry at the girl ruining its paint job, and transformed its guns into one large cannon.
"Watch out!"
Knuckles didn't have to worry, for Yang just did a backflip over the burst of energy. She was fine, but there was a slight scent of burnt hair in the air. A quick glance showed that a half inch of Yang's hair became burnt off from the top of her head. There was a very tense pause.
"You… NOBODY BURNS MY HAIR!" shouted Yang as her purple eyes turned red and her hair lit up in a small explosion.
"Hey, Knuckles? I think we might want to get out of the way," Rouge said nervously as she dragged Knuckles away from the droid.
This advice was worth listening to, for the second Knuckles was out of the way, the air was filled with gunfire. Flashes of light and plumes of smoke had hidden whatever was happening, but Knuckles was glad that Rouge had dragged him away. After a few minutes, the smoke cleared, and a figure was visible. This figure was Yang Xiao Long standing on a pile of scrap metal once known as a spider droid. There was nothing left that could be identified as part of the droid. Yang jumped off the pile in front of the red Echidna.
"Whoa. Remind me to never get on your bad side," said Knuckles. He and Yang bumped fists.
"How is everyone else doing? We should see if we can help."
With Jaune, Pyrrha, Blaze, Silver, and Weiss-
"I don't know what I'm doing!" shouted Jaune as he blocked a blast with his shield. While this battle wasn't as exciting as his battle with the biggest Ursa in Forever Fall, it was up there.
"Don't worry Jaune, just remember what I taught you!" encouraged Pyrrha. She blasted a few rounds from Miló in rifle form. The bullets just glanced off of the robot. "This is just like the Deathstalker battle at our initiation!"
Silver picked up a large rock with his abilities and threw it at the droid. The rock did take off some outer armor, but the robot was still moving.
"I have to agree with you, this robot is pretty durable," remarked Weiss. She summoned a white glyph that deflected a blast.
"We've got to find a weak spot! Do you know anything that could help us, Weiss?" asked Blaze.
"Well, this particular model-" Weiss interrupted herself as she saw a fatal flaw in the robot. "What?! A Mark IV?! Those were not rated for high temperatures; they were all sold for scrap when the Mark V's came out."
"Did you say 'not rated for high temperatures'?" asked Jaune.
"Yeah, so what?"
"And didn't Tails say that Blaze was pyrokinetic?"
"Indeed I am."
"Okay, guys, here is my plan." Jaune relayed his plan to the others.
"Jaune Arc, is that the greatest plan you could come up with?" asked Weiss incredulously.
"Why, do you have something better?" asked Silver.
"… Not really. Let's go for it!"
"Okay, break!" Pyrrha quipped.
The group dispersed with Jaune, Silver, and Pyrrha running towards the robot. Pyrrha transformed Miló into its sword form and whacked the robot in the legs. Jaune blocked a leg that was about to kick Pyrrha.
Silver picked up another rock, but this time, Blaze and Weiss both shot fire at the rock, slowly melting it.
"Are you done yet? It's pretty hard for me to lift liquids." Sweat was gathering on Silver's head, and it wasn't from the ambient heat.
"Go for it, Silver!" shouted Pyrrha. She and Jaune ran out of the way as Silver hurled the molten rock at the Spider Droid. The rock, now resembling lava, splashed onto the robot. It made screeches of pain as it slowly melted. There was small bang as the crude lava melted an important part of the robot. It made powering down noises and sagged on the ground, never to rise again.
"Whoa. I actually didn't think it would work," commented Weiss.
"Well, that's another robot destroyed! I think I am beginning to see why Sonic enjoys this so much," Silver said as he kneeled in exhaustion.
"Hopefully the others had it as easy as we did," said a worried Blaze.
With Nora, Ren, Tails, Amy, and Blake-
"Geez, Amy, how many of those hammers do you have with you?" asked Ren dryly. All around the robot were Piko-Piko hammers thrown by the pink hedgehog. As for the robot, there were many small dents in the body, but nothing critical was hit yet.
"Well, lets me see if I can do something," said Blake. She took out Gambol Shroud and turned it to pistol form.
"Are you sure that pistol will do anything to the robot?" asked Nora, who was firing Magnhild. "My grenades aren't doing anything to it, so why do you think that will turn the tide?"
"Just watch me." Blake launched her pistol and it embedded into the robot. She yanked on the ribbon, shooting the gun and sending the gun back at her, along with a piece of armor.
The robot, sensing that its front was vulnerable, shifted parts of the armor from its back and placed it in front, still firing at the group.
"And how does this help us?" asked Ren.
"Well, now that the armor has shifted from the back to the front-"
"That means there is now a vulnerable back!" shouted Tails in understanding. Blake nodded, smiling at the kitsune.
"Still doesn't help that we are in the front, though," said Ren. "But if it is distracted, one of us can insert a bomb in its back."
"Nora, can I use one of your grenades?"
"Since you asked so nicely, sure thing!" Nora took out a cylinder with a distinctive heart on the end. Tails took a screwdriver out and revealed the mechanical workings of the grenade.
"Tails, what are you doing?" asked Ren.
"Don't worry; Tails has been doing this for years. He knows what he's doing," said Amy confidently.
"Got it! Now all I need are a few seconds."
"Then allow me to give them to you."
With that, Ren started running towards the droid, shooting his Stormflowers at the robot. Said robot turned towards the human, while Tails flew in behind it and placed the grenade into a hole in the back. The droid noticed that there was a strange animal on its back, and spun around rapidly, managing to dislodge Tails. Fortunately, he was grabbed by Blake before he could hit a tree.
"FORE!" shouted Nora as she transformed Magnhild into hammer form and whacked a rock. The rock hurtled towards the robot, and hit the grenade.
There was a loud boom as the grenade exploded in the robot. It collapsed, and all the lights on it went black.
"Whew, that was close. Thanks for the save, Blake," Tails said gratefully.
Blake just kneeled down and hugged him. After a moment of surprise, Tails returned the hug.
"Uh, why the hug?" asked Tails. Blake stood up.
"Well, I feel that we could be good friends, since we both were bullied for being different. I have only just started to let people in, and I didn't want to lose a potential friend," Blake said, wiping a tear from her eye.
"I wanna hug, too!" interrupted Nora.
"And now, the moment is gone," said Ren while shaking his head.
With Sonic, Shadow, Omega, and Ruby-
"Enemy robot worthy adversary," observed Omega as he fired rockets from his arms. The droid lifted up its arms and shielded itself from the onslaught.
"Caught that, did you?" asked Shadow sarcastically. He and Sonic were spin dashing the droid's head without success. "Got any ideas, Faker?"
"Well, Shads, maybe you should check your Emerald."
Shadow stopped with his fruitless efforts and pulled out the green Chaos Emerald. It was pulsating wildly to something in the vicinity.
"Um, why is it doing that?" asked Ruby, who was firing Crescent Rose.
"Sensors indicate energy of additional Chaos Emerald nearby. The source seems to be this droid," observed Omega.
"Wait, so this droid isn't powered by Dust? It's powered by one of your gems?"
"It certainly seems that way, Ruby. Only one way to find out!" Sonic dashed along the ground at a high speed. Unfortunately, the robot kicked the hedgehog into Omega, rendering them both helpless. The droid formed its arms into a super charged cannon.
"Not on my watch!" Ruby, with help from Crescent Rose, dashed towards the robot. Just before the droid was going to fire, the large scythe ripped through the gun, leaving it useless. Omega stood up and helped Sonic get up.
"Wow, that scythe is impressive. I still can't believe you built that thing," Sonic said, gazing at Crescent Rose.
"I know my weapon is awesome, but that robot still wants to kill us!" shouted Ruby.
"Then allow me to finish it."
Ruby, Sonic, and Omega looked at Shadow. The black and red hedgehog was starting to glow red.
"Hey, is he ok?" asked Ruby.
"Yeah, he's fine, but unless we get to some cover, we won't be fine!" said a panicked Sonic. He ran off to a safe distance while dragging Ruby and Omega.
Meanwhile, Shadow was bringing forth all the negative Chaos Energy he could, and considering what his early life was like, he reached the crucial point fairly quickly. "Chaos…"
The robot, oblivious to the incoming danger, pounced at the Ultimate Life Form.
"…BLAST!"
As Shadow uttered that last word, a red sphere of destruction appeared, and anything within twenty feet of Shadow was obliterated. Needless to say, the robot was decimated. The black hedgehog looked at the wreckage of the robot and saw something flashing. He skated over and found the source, which was the red Chaos Emerald.
"Is it safe to come out yet?" asked Ruby.
"Yeah, it's fine. Well, that was fun," said Sonic.
The group of heroes, both Mobian and human, gathered at the center of the clearing. All around them were destroyed robots.
"So, what do you think?" asked Knuckles.
"You guys are awesome!" gushed Nora. "But I think that you need weapons of your own. This world is dangerous."
"As much as I hate to say this, I have to agree with Miss Hammer Head."
"HEY!"
"Not you, Amy." Shadow held out the green and red Chaos Emeralds. "We have to make sure that nobody else can use these for evil purposes."
"You sure you don't just want a weapon for yourself?" asked Rouge. "Wait, don't answer that, we know you do."
"What is going on?! What were all those explosions?!" Glynda Goodwitch finally showed up, and she was not happy. "Why are there robot parts all over this place?!"
"Miss Goodwitch, don't be mad," said Ruby. "Sonic and his friends helped us stop Torchwick from robbing Beacon."
"What?" Glynda paused in shock. "You stopped Torchwick?"
"Well, we stopped his robots. Just another day for us," said a grinning Sonic. "Sorry about the mess, though."
"It was either that or die, and some of us don't want to relive that experience," remarked Shadow. "Before any of you ask, it is a long story and really isn't that important at the moment."
"…Very well."
"Miss Goodwitch?" asked Tails meekly. "Does your school have a machine shop?"
"Yes, but why do you want to know?"
"Well, considering we might be here for a while, I thought that we should also have weapons of our own."
"But you are so young!"
"Hey, don't doubt my little bro!" defended Sonic. "He's a genius! He built the Tornado when he was less than ten years old!"
"And what is this Tornado?" demanded Glynda.
"It's a plane. It's really not that special-"
"Pardon?" interrupted the Headmistress of Beacon Academy. "You built an airplane?"
"Yup! And I think I may be able to build another one here, after I work on some weapons!"
"Goodness… This is all very strange." Glynda took a breath. "I will talk with Professor Ozpin. You will hear his response tomorrow."
"Awesome!" shouted Sonic.
"However, I suggest you keep a low profile. We don't want to cause more of a disturbance, now. Do we?" Glynda smiled a little before walking off.
"Wait! Where do we go to get some shut-eye? We can't exactly call a hotel," said Rouge.
"There are two unused rooms next to our dorms. Maybe they could stay there?" asked Ruby.
Glynda turned around. "Indeed, Ozpin did prepare those two rooms for Sonic and his friends. You may go there to get settled in at any point. For now, just enjoy the day. I will have someone clean up the shrapnel from this fight."
"Great!"
Meanwhile, in an abandoned warehouse on the Vale docks-
Sigh…
Roman Torchwick was not looking forward to reporting in to his boss. Cinder was still not happy about the robbery attempt that was thwarted by the strange girl with the floating swords. Roman pulled up a scroll, and braced himself for the coming lash.
"Don't bother, Roman. I'm already here."
The thief jumped a foot in the air at the voice. He turned around and saw the owner of the voice. She was an attractive woman in a red dress with black hair, but any thoughts of romancing her were cut short by evil yellow eyes that seemed to glow with menace.
Recovering quickly, Roman addressed Cinder. "Well, boss, I would have gotten the Dust if it wasn't for an unforeseen complication." He described the encounter with the Mobians.
"Hmm… This is most troubling. And you have proof?"
"Yes, ma'am." Roman gave Cinder a scroll that was showing footage of Sonic destroying the AK-130 droids with ease.
"And what about the Spider Droids?" demanded Cinder.
"I haven't heard anything from them, but I think we can assume that they have been successful in eliminating the creatures-"
"Don't assume anything, Roman. Or do you recall what happened the last time you underestimated an adversary?"
Roman grimaced. "I remember perfectly."
"Good. I am calling off all attempts of robbing Beacon until it is safe for us for sure." Cinder walked off, but not before giving Roman one more order:
"If you find yourself in a convenient position, kill them."
Aaaaannnnd... cue the fade to black while there is a piano solo playing Roman Torchwick's theme!
Just so we are clear here, there will be no romance between Blake and Tails. It's more of a best friend or kinship kind of feeling. Heck, if there is gonna be any romance, it will be human/human or Mobian/Mobian.
Also, this probably won't be the last we will see of Roman Torchwick. That guy is one of my favorite villains. I actually had him as my Minecraft skin for many months before I changed it to fit my gamertag. Which is Thrawn.
BTW, don't feel bad if you didn't know who Thrawn is. He was one of the few nonhumans who held a position of importance in the Imperial Fleet. His full title was Grand Admiral Thrawn. He was a brilliant tactician, able to exploit a species by studying their artwork. He first appeared in books, and never showed up in the movies. I only know about him because I have an extensive collection of Star Wars books, numbering over a hundred when I last checked a few years ago.
Just wondering, but how do guys feel about a romance subplot? I already have one in mind for Blaze and Silver, but do you want anything? I do have a few rules, though:
1. No Mobian/human romance. I don't want this story to end up like Sonic '06.
2. No love triangles. This is my first story, and I don't want to complicate things already.
And just out of curiosity, does anyone have a problem with a Ruby/Weiss romance? If you don't, great, if you do, it won't impact the story that much.
Well, see ya, and please leave a review!