Chapter 2 Bruised Ego (among other things)
The green hedgehog got up and rubbed his head "Hey who put this tower...OOOF" he said being cut off again by a fox in a military uniform falling on top of him.
"Phew, I am glad zat zis green bush is breaking my fall" the fox said in a heavy french accent.
The green hedgehog said in a strained voice, as his head was buried in the ground "Your..uuhh,"He said in pain, "...welcome"
"AAAAAH" the fox exclaimed "Zee bush, it talks" to which the hedgehog replied
"I'll talk a lot more when my spine stops being broken"
The fox, now thoroughly scared out of his mind scrambled off the "bush" and ran a good distance away, but finding a small bit of courage, he picked up and rock and yelled "You will not be defeating the great Antoine, you phantom bush" while he hurled the rock towards the "ghost bush."
"I'm not a...OOOF" the "bush" said getting hit for the third time, this time with a rock right upside his head. He would have liked to have made a snappy comeback, but he was far to busy passing out.
"Allo, mister phantom bush" the fox called. Of course there came no reply. "AHA, Zee great Antoine de Coolette 'as done it again. I must be telling ze others about zis."
A short while later, Antoine arrived at Knothole village. He checked Sally's room first, "Princess???" no one there. He proceeded to check the rooms of the other freedom fighters until he came to the "cafeteria." He opened the door, just as a cheer erupted from the crowd of freedom fighters hovering around sonic. "What!!! What is happening??" Antoine exclaimed, startled by the sudden cheer.
"You just missed it Antoine" Tails said "Sonic just beat his old chilli dog record"
"How interesting" Antoine said sarcastically "if any of you is wanting to know, while you were watching Zonic stuff his face, I waz out zaving your lives"
"From what??? What happened" Sally said sounding concerned
"Are y'alright?" Bunnie said.
"Oh I am fine" Antoine replied "It waz not'ing I cannot 'andle"
"Then it was a mosquito right" Sonic said jokingly with chilli still on his mouth.
"'ardly. I 'ave just zaved you from a 'orrible vampire ghost bush" Antoine said, apparently very proud of himself, and conveniently exaggerating the situation at the same time. There was a pause for a full three seconds before everyone broke out in a roar of laughter.
"A phantom bush!!!" sonic said through fits of laughter, spitting up pieces of chilli dog as he did.
"Y'all gotta be kiddin' me" Bunnie said laughing just as hard
"No, No I zwear it. I am telling ze truth. It was trying to kill me by shaking me out of ze watchtower. But I 'it it with a rock" Antoine said attempting to convince the general populace of Knothole that he had saved the day. Unfortunately he only made everyone laugh harder. Sonic did a mocking impression of Antoinne, playing the roles of both Antoine and the bush.
"Grrr I'm a vampire bush here to suck your blood" Sonic turned around "and I am Antoine, fear my rock." Some were laughing so hard that they were rolling on the floor. Sally however was not impressed.
"Antoine I...believe you" she paused not entirely sure if believe was the right word "Maybe you can show us, and Nicole can analyze it for us"
"Come on Sal, you cant be serious." Sonic said finally cleaning his mouth. "His story is really out there, he was probably just havin a bad dream"
"If you are zo sure I am lying. Zen why do you not come and zee for yourzelf" Antoinne interjected.
"Chill out Ant" sonic said "I'll come, if anything it will be good for another laugh" And so sonic and sally decided to follow Antoine back to the watchtower. Tails, Bunnie, and the rest of the freedom fighters decided to stay behind. Sally said that if it was even a bit true it would be too dangerous for Tails, and Bunnie was pretty much convinced Antoine was making it up anyway so she elected to stay behind with him.
So, Antoine led them back to the watchtower, where he left his "bush" lying unconscious. Sally took out Nicole, her personal pocket computer, giving it a command. "Nicole, scan for any paranormal activity or trails of energy"
"NO _ PARANORMAL _ ACTIVITY _ DETECTED. NO _ TRACES _ TO _ ENERGY _ ANOMALIES _ FOUND. LAST _ RECORDED _ PARANORMAL _ ACTIVITY _ ESTIMATED _ TEN _ THOUSAND _ YEARS." Nicole said in her electronic voice.
"And I'm supposed to understand that?" Sonic said, not understanding Nicole for probably the 10 billionth time.
"THERE _ WAS _ NO _ GHOST" Nicole repeated for sonic.
"But, I zwear, it iz right zere, zee it iz ztill zere, right zere" Antoine said, pleading for them to believe. He pointed straight to the unconscious hedgehog which he pretty much left for dead.
"Might as well do this the old fashioned way" Sonic said picking up a stick from the forest ground. He walked up to the "bush" and did what anyone would have done, poked it with a stick...........repeatedly. The "bush" stirred a bit, still very out of it from repeated blows to the head. Antoine yelped and ran a good distance away ready to throw another rock.
"Hold on Antoine, Nicole, analyze" Sally said.
"ENTITY _ SHOWS _ HEDGEHOG _ BIO _ SIGNATURE. ENTITY _ IS _ UNCONSCIOUS _ DUE _ TO _ REPEATED _ BLOWS _ TO _ CRANIUM" Nicole said in her electronic voice.
"Hedgehog bio signature?" sonic said as he nudged the stick underneath the "bush"
"No, Don't" Antoine said, apparently still scared.
"Chill Ant, I got this under control" Sonic said as he flipped the "bush" over, finding out what it really was.
"Eaguh, uuuuhh aaauuh" the hedge hog mumbled, still mostly unconscious.
"AAAAAAAH" Antoine screamed at the top of his lungs "IT IS ZE 'ORRIBLE WAIL OF ZE GHOST BUSH"
"No, Antoine it's a hedgehog" Sally said as she got closer to the green hedgehog with the blank look on his face "and he's in pretty bad shape. Any idea how he got this way Antoine"
"Um...no" Antoine said nervously.
"We should get him medical attention quickly" Sally said "We don't know how bad he is injured"
"No problem, quickly is my middle name" Sonic said as he picked up the unconscious hedgehog and his small bit of equipment. "Time to juice" and he sped off back to Knothole, with Sally and Antoine following FAR behind.
The green hedgehog got up and rubbed his head "Hey who put this tower...OOOF" he said being cut off again by a fox in a military uniform falling on top of him.
"Phew, I am glad zat zis green bush is breaking my fall" the fox said in a heavy french accent.
The green hedgehog said in a strained voice, as his head was buried in the ground "Your..uuhh,"He said in pain, "...welcome"
"AAAAAH" the fox exclaimed "Zee bush, it talks" to which the hedgehog replied
"I'll talk a lot more when my spine stops being broken"
The fox, now thoroughly scared out of his mind scrambled off the "bush" and ran a good distance away, but finding a small bit of courage, he picked up and rock and yelled "You will not be defeating the great Antoine, you phantom bush" while he hurled the rock towards the "ghost bush."
"I'm not a...OOOF" the "bush" said getting hit for the third time, this time with a rock right upside his head. He would have liked to have made a snappy comeback, but he was far to busy passing out.
"Allo, mister phantom bush" the fox called. Of course there came no reply. "AHA, Zee great Antoine de Coolette 'as done it again. I must be telling ze others about zis."
A short while later, Antoine arrived at Knothole village. He checked Sally's room first, "Princess???" no one there. He proceeded to check the rooms of the other freedom fighters until he came to the "cafeteria." He opened the door, just as a cheer erupted from the crowd of freedom fighters hovering around sonic. "What!!! What is happening??" Antoine exclaimed, startled by the sudden cheer.
"You just missed it Antoine" Tails said "Sonic just beat his old chilli dog record"
"How interesting" Antoine said sarcastically "if any of you is wanting to know, while you were watching Zonic stuff his face, I waz out zaving your lives"
"From what??? What happened" Sally said sounding concerned
"Are y'alright?" Bunnie said.
"Oh I am fine" Antoine replied "It waz not'ing I cannot 'andle"
"Then it was a mosquito right" Sonic said jokingly with chilli still on his mouth.
"'ardly. I 'ave just zaved you from a 'orrible vampire ghost bush" Antoine said, apparently very proud of himself, and conveniently exaggerating the situation at the same time. There was a pause for a full three seconds before everyone broke out in a roar of laughter.
"A phantom bush!!!" sonic said through fits of laughter, spitting up pieces of chilli dog as he did.
"Y'all gotta be kiddin' me" Bunnie said laughing just as hard
"No, No I zwear it. I am telling ze truth. It was trying to kill me by shaking me out of ze watchtower. But I 'it it with a rock" Antoine said attempting to convince the general populace of Knothole that he had saved the day. Unfortunately he only made everyone laugh harder. Sonic did a mocking impression of Antoinne, playing the roles of both Antoine and the bush.
"Grrr I'm a vampire bush here to suck your blood" Sonic turned around "and I am Antoine, fear my rock." Some were laughing so hard that they were rolling on the floor. Sally however was not impressed.
"Antoine I...believe you" she paused not entirely sure if believe was the right word "Maybe you can show us, and Nicole can analyze it for us"
"Come on Sal, you cant be serious." Sonic said finally cleaning his mouth. "His story is really out there, he was probably just havin a bad dream"
"If you are zo sure I am lying. Zen why do you not come and zee for yourzelf" Antoinne interjected.
"Chill out Ant" sonic said "I'll come, if anything it will be good for another laugh" And so sonic and sally decided to follow Antoine back to the watchtower. Tails, Bunnie, and the rest of the freedom fighters decided to stay behind. Sally said that if it was even a bit true it would be too dangerous for Tails, and Bunnie was pretty much convinced Antoine was making it up anyway so she elected to stay behind with him.
So, Antoine led them back to the watchtower, where he left his "bush" lying unconscious. Sally took out Nicole, her personal pocket computer, giving it a command. "Nicole, scan for any paranormal activity or trails of energy"
"NO _ PARANORMAL _ ACTIVITY _ DETECTED. NO _ TRACES _ TO _ ENERGY _ ANOMALIES _ FOUND. LAST _ RECORDED _ PARANORMAL _ ACTIVITY _ ESTIMATED _ TEN _ THOUSAND _ YEARS." Nicole said in her electronic voice.
"And I'm supposed to understand that?" Sonic said, not understanding Nicole for probably the 10 billionth time.
"THERE _ WAS _ NO _ GHOST" Nicole repeated for sonic.
"But, I zwear, it iz right zere, zee it iz ztill zere, right zere" Antoine said, pleading for them to believe. He pointed straight to the unconscious hedgehog which he pretty much left for dead.
"Might as well do this the old fashioned way" Sonic said picking up a stick from the forest ground. He walked up to the "bush" and did what anyone would have done, poked it with a stick...........repeatedly. The "bush" stirred a bit, still very out of it from repeated blows to the head. Antoine yelped and ran a good distance away ready to throw another rock.
"Hold on Antoine, Nicole, analyze" Sally said.
"ENTITY _ SHOWS _ HEDGEHOG _ BIO _ SIGNATURE. ENTITY _ IS _ UNCONSCIOUS _ DUE _ TO _ REPEATED _ BLOWS _ TO _ CRANIUM" Nicole said in her electronic voice.
"Hedgehog bio signature?" sonic said as he nudged the stick underneath the "bush"
"No, Don't" Antoine said, apparently still scared.
"Chill Ant, I got this under control" Sonic said as he flipped the "bush" over, finding out what it really was.
"Eaguh, uuuuhh aaauuh" the hedge hog mumbled, still mostly unconscious.
"AAAAAAAH" Antoine screamed at the top of his lungs "IT IS ZE 'ORRIBLE WAIL OF ZE GHOST BUSH"
"No, Antoine it's a hedgehog" Sally said as she got closer to the green hedgehog with the blank look on his face "and he's in pretty bad shape. Any idea how he got this way Antoine"
"Um...no" Antoine said nervously.
"We should get him medical attention quickly" Sally said "We don't know how bad he is injured"
"No problem, quickly is my middle name" Sonic said as he picked up the unconscious hedgehog and his small bit of equipment. "Time to juice" and he sped off back to Knothole, with Sally and Antoine following FAR behind.
