Sup, guys?
Sorry about the late update. I've been watching a lot of anime lately, and haven't really gotten down to write anything. I apologize for that. Fortunately, I'll be writing a bit more, since I've finished watching all the English Dubbed episodes of Fairy Tail released... and also all of Soul Eater. Of course, it didn't help that my brother contracted a cold or something from an ear infection, and now I think I have a cold... Again. And I just recovered from the one I got during New Years... Xp
I don't own RWBY or Sonic. Enjoy!
Forever Fall mines, 12:00 p.m.
"MOVE!" shouted Shadow as the King Creep charged the group. Everyone ran out of the way just in time as the huge Creature of Grimm crashed into the wall.
"What a perfect time for my wings to not work!" growled Rouge as she fired her pistols at the monster. Not surprisingly, the bullets didn't have much of an effect on the monster.
Neptune took out his gun and started shooting the beast. The rounds from his gun just ricocheted off of its thick hide, and Neptune barely got out of the way as the King Creep blasted fire in his direction.
"This Grimm's power is inconceivable," Omega said while shooting his machine guns. "Detecting additional power source inside beast."
"Additional power?" wondered Shadow. He quickly checked the Chaos Emerald Detector. The radar showed the Emerald was right on top of them. From there, he deduced that the Chaos Emerald wasn't just near them, it was- "Oh, you've GOT to be kidding me."
Any further comment was interrupted as he dashed out of the way of a large foot. He was about to be stomped on again, but Sun whacked it out of the way with Ruyi Bang and Jingu Bang, which he transformed into nunchuk pistols.
"Is it really necessary for us to fight this thing?" he asked. "I mean, we could just get the Chaos Emerald and leave this guy alone, right?"
Knuckles chose that moment to pop his head out of the ground. "If only it were that simple, monkey boy," he said. "I'm sensing the Chaos Emerald INSIDE the beast."
Sun did a double take at the Grimm upon hearing this. "Oh, you've GOT to be kidding me."
"That's what I said," the hedgehog responded, sweatdropping.
"I don't think I follow," said Neptune as he dodged a tail swipe from the beast.
Shadow pointed at the King Creep. "That creature has swallowed the Chaos Emerald, and this size change is the result of a huge power infusion."
"Are you saying these gems will work for anybody and anything?" asked Sun in dismay.
Knuckles grimaced. "Pretty much. The Chaos Emeralds don't discriminate on who- or apparently what- gets to have their power."
The King Creep roared again and tried to stomp Rouge. She caught the foot with her left boot, and used the pistol on it, knocking the creature back. "So how do we stop it?" she yelled. "I can't exactly fly up there and blow it's brains out, my wing is still busted!"
"I've got an idea!" shouted Shadow. "Rouge, pass me those Dust crystals you picked up!"
"What makes you think I picked up any?" asked Rouge indignantly.
"Come on, we're in a mine, and I saw you swipe a few!" Shadow retorted. "If you want to live, don't argue with me!"
"Oh, fine," the white bat said, resignation in her voice. As Shadow skated past her, she threw him the Dust crystals she picked up. "I want to be reimbursed for this!" she said as he caught them.
"Rouge, we're in this for a Chaos Emerald!" Neptune interjected.
"Everyone, do as much damage as you can. We've got to make it angry!" ordered Shadow.
"Aye, sir!" said Neptune as lunged at the King Creep, transforming his gun into a trident-like weapon. He stabbed one of the legs, and the beast roared in anger. It tried to charge the blue-haired youth.
"Oh, no you don't!" Knuckles quickly climbed up one of the legs. He used his wrist blades to slice the leg at the hip, then fired the integrated shotgun into the cut. The Grimm bellowed in pain as the leg had now become completely useless.
"We're hurting it!" exclaimed Rouge. However, she saw that the Grimm was now directly in front of her, but more importantly, it was about to take a huge bite out of her. Omega was firing at its head, but the King Creep was determined to take out at least one of these creatures that injured it.
Poor Rouge had nowhere to run, and she still couldn't fly. Facing certain death, all she could say was "Crap."
Fortunately for the white bat, Sun Wukong saw her predicament. The Faunus stood still and focused his aura. As he brought a hand to his fist, he activated his Semblance, making two aura clones appear. He directed one to to impact against the King Creep while the other quickly grabbed Rouge and brought her safely to his side.
Rouge was very surprised at the intervention. "What the- How?" she stammered.
Sun opened his eyes, pleased with the results. "That was me. You're welcome," he said while winking.
Suddenly, the beast stopped its rampage. It opened its huge mouth and started to inhale, preparing a fiery blast. Shadow saw a chance to do some damage, but not by him alone.
"Omega! Grenade down the throat, NOW!"
The robot transformed his arms into the bladed grenade launchers. "Affirmative. Fire!"
The grenade left the barrel of the launcher at a high velocity while Shadow threw the crystals at the mouth of the Grimm. Both got caught up in the vortex caused by the beast. The King Creep's eyes widened as the grenade exploded in its throat. This alone wouldn't have been enough to kill it, but that's why Shadow added Dust into the mix.
There was a bright flash, followed by an intense amount of heat and sound. As the group slowly regained their eyesight, they looked at the result with shock.
The explosion caused by the grenade managed to set off the Dust crystals, and they also blew up. The resulting explosion completely obliterated the head and upper torso of the Grimm. As the lower half sagged to the ground and started the dissolving process, a yellow glow was seen bouncing out and clinked on the ground.
Rouge ran up and gently cradled the yellow Chaos Emerald in her hands. "Whew, glad that's out of the way."
"Yeah, no kidding," said Neptune. "So, how are we gonna get out of here?"
Shadow held up his green Chaos Emerald. "I'll teleport us to where we first descended. Let's make sure that place is covered up for good."
"But what about the jewels?" whined Rouge.
"Chaos Control!" shouted Shadow, ignoring the bat. With a flash of light, all six of them vanished, and the mines regained their silence once again.
Airspace above the Forest of Forever Fall, 12:45
"So, how was the mission, sir?" asked the Bullhead pilot. The airship had just arrived to pick up everyone. Noticing the white bat's expression of pain, he couldn't help but wonder, "Is your companion okay?"
Knuckles, who was tending to Rouge's wing, answered, "She'll be just fine. She just needs rest, and to not fly for a few days."
"A few days?!" cried Rouge. She started sobbing, creating comical waterfalls of tears. "I'll never make it. How will I sleep?!"
"I guess you'll just have to learn to sleep on a bed like the rest of us, bat girl," said Shadow, unmoved. He turned back to the pilot. "To answer your first question, the mission was a success."
"Not yet, Comrade Shadow," Omega said. He then held up a clawed hand with three "fingers" pointed out. He silently counted down from three, and when he reached "zero" and made a fist, a loud rumble was heard, followed by a huge plume of smoke and dirt. This was caused by the robot. He remote activated demolition charges set at the tunnel Knuckles had dug before they got trapped in the mines. The explosion completely sealed the entrance, so nothing could get in or out. "Now consider the mission a success."
The pilot nodded, and started the flight back to Vale. "I thought you guys might be hungry, so I returned with a lunch in the cooler back there. Help yourselves to whatever you need."
Sun opened the cooler and pulled out a few bananas. "Alright, that was an interesting experience. Are all your adventures that exciting?" he asked, taking a bite.
Knuckles stood up, finished with Rouge's wing. "There's never a dull moment, that's for sure. Although Sonic's adventures are more… intense." He reached for the cooler and got a sandwich for himself
"Yeah, I'll bet," said Sun, throwing a peel out the aircraft.
"Blue hedgehog attracts trouble of all kinds," agreed Omega. Suddenly, his eyes started flashing. "Alert. Anomaly detected in local gravity."
"What's the scary robot talking about?" Neptune asked.
Omega silently pointed out the side of the Bullhead. Everyone looked at where he was pointing and saw Sun's banana peel apparently floating in the air.
"Reassessing previous statement about local gravity," droned Omega. "Fruit peel is not suspended in atmosphere. Rather, it is lying on a cloaked construct of some sort."
"Shall I investigate?" asked the pilot, preparing to turn around.
"No."
Everyone looked at the one who spoke- Shadow. "But why?"
Shadow turned his eyes to Rouge. "If that's what I think it is, we'd better come back to it at a different time. We're too tired to go up against that thing- rather, against what might be inside it." The black hedgehog took out his scroll and jotted down the coordinates of the anomaly to check out out at a later date.
Sun held up a hand. "Okay, resident Faunus here totally confused. What the heck IS that invisible thing, then?"
As the Bullhead left the forest and the mysterious building behind, Shadow kept the answer to himself for now. He knew what Omega's reaction would be, and it was too soon. However, he smiled and laughed softly to himself.
As far as he knew, it was the first time a base of Eggman's was found by a banana peel.
Yup, that's right. Eggman's base was discovered on accident AND with a banana peel.
I promise that I'll get this story back on track with weekly uploads. I really just need to find time to write more. BTW, I just saw that this story has passed 200 reviews! WOO!
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