Crystallis' Secret
A MAT2K1 Adventure by Ashura Hedgehog
Chapter 1 - The Adventure Begins!

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short, sweet and to the point! :-)

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The Absolution. The third incarnation of Dr. Ivo Robotnik's evil
MSTing devices. At first, it was the Death Egg-ish "Satellite of Eggs".
Soon, it became the Satellite of Love 2 when Yugi transformed it. Finally,
it became the Absolution when Ashura screwed up a very unique ability. This
ship, while very popular, has its share of secrets. Sure, we all know
Princess Ayeka can't cook worth beans, Sara will kill any girl near Sabian
and Crow's the biggest hentai in the galaxy. But, there's one secret
left undiscovered.

The secret of Crystallis. And today, you'll learn her secret, and
witness one of the biggest adventures in history.

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"Oh, man. What a night!" Sara said, walking down the corridors of the
Absolution, dressed in a robe, bunny slippers, can carrying a towel. She
was ready to take a shower, and she hoped that there was NO ONE in there.
"Whoever's in there better get out!"

"Hold on!" a person said from inside. Soon after, the toilet flushed
and out walked Merc. "Sorry, Sonic's chili dogs decided to revolt." Sara
groaned and pulled out a clothespin and placed it on her nose as she went
in. "I hope she can hold it REAL long!" Soon, Merc was on his way to the
bridge. As he did, he happened to pass by Crystallis' room. Once again, she
was staring at the stars. "Hey, Cryst!"

"Hmm? Oh, hello, Merc." she said, turning around to see one of her
friends there.

"Y'know Ashura's waiting for ya!" Merc said.

"I know." she said, smiling at him. "Tell him I'll be there in a sec."
Merc gave her a thumbs up and walked out. As she continued to look at the
stars, she let out a sigh and sat down on her bed. She clutched her chest
once again. "Stupid scar. Why won't you leave me alone?!" She shook her
head, stood up and headed in the direction Merc went.

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"Alright, who drank all my Dr. Pepper?!" Ashura said, stomping into
the rec room. Everyone knew Ashura loved the drink and he would kill ANYONE
who touched it, even Crystallis! "I want answers! NOW!"

"Woah, easy! Down, boy! Heel!" Mike said. "I drank it, okay?! I
couldn't find the coffee, so I drank your soda!"

"Now you'll die, Nelson!" Ashura said, looking like he was going to
foam at the mouth.

"Ashura. Stop." Crystallis said, as she walked in. Ashura turned to
see his girlfriend standing there, her arms crossed across her chest. "You
know he didn't mean it."

"But, it was MY Dr. Pepper!" he whined. Crystallis sighed and walked
over to Ashura. "But, it was."

"Ashura, you can have something else, can't you?" she said. He sighed
and walked away.

"Another win for Crysty!" Sonic said, walking by. "That's, what, ten
times you did that?" Crystallis just turned red at that.

"TOM! CROW! GET AWAY FROM MY CHAIR!" came the shouts of the
Absolution's captain, TOM II. A few seconds later, the two Satellite of Love
'bots raced out of the bridge, followed by TOM.

"It's your fault, pinbeak!" Tom shouted

"You're the one who thought it would be fun to spin the chair THAT
fast!" Crow shouted back.

"Oh, bite me!" Tom shouted again.

"Will they EVER learn?" Mike sighed. As he went to stop the robots,
the room began flashing red.

"Damn, it's the Eggman again!" Merc said.

"Actually, it's something more important than that, MercStar." Sara,
the ship's computer, said.

"More important than fanfics?" Sonic said. "DUDE! Hey, call Ayeka,
Amy, Sara and Seiyuka and get them up here."

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Pretty soon, the entire crew were gathered on the bridge to see the
big emergency.

"You dragged us here to see a planet?!" Sara said, tapping her foot.
"YOU DRAGGED ME OUT OF THE SHOWER FOR THAT?!"

"Actaully, its the power coming from that planet." the computer Sara
said.

"I see what you mean." Seiyuka said. "I feel the power down there.
WAY too much!"

"But, what would cause it?" Ayeka asked.

Do you really want to know? A voice said. This alarmed the heros.

"WHO'S HERE?! SHOW YOURSELF!" TOM said, activating twin buster guns
that Merc had installed in him awhile back.

Allow me to show you the power. the voice said. In a millisecond,
the crew had literally vanished from the ship. Unfortunantly, Dr. Robotnik
had saw the whole thing.

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"What the hell just happened?!" Robotnik said from his captain's chair
on the Egg Carrier. "Where did everyone go?!"

"What are you talking about?!" Pearl said, walking in.

"Our captives disappeared!" Robotnik said. "Get that Brain Guy to
bring them back."

"I wish I could." Observer said, walking in. "I saw what happened and
attempted to bring them back, but something down there is keeping them down
there."

"Blast!" Robotnik said. "Very well." He went over to a microphone.
"YUGI! GERO! METAL SONIC! UP HERE! _NOW_!" In seconds, the three were on
the bridge.

[What is it, tubsey-ubsey?] Metal said. [We WERE busy!]

"Yeah, if this is some stupid prank...." Yugi said.

"It isn't. I assure you." Robotnik said. "It seems that our prisoners
have escaped somehow to a nearby planet."

"And you want us to retreve them." Gero said.

"But, there seems to be a problem." Robotnik said. "This planet
seems to have a special power nullifiying force. This'll make the retreveal
much harder."

[Hey, if it gets us off the ship, I'll do ANYTHING!] Metal said.

"Very well, then." Robotnik said. "Brain Guy! Send them down!"

"Yes, sir." Observer said. With his infamous headbobbing and SFX, the
three were instantly teleported to the planet.

"They're doomed." Pearl said.

"Oh, yeah." Robotnik said.

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"Oh, man. What a trip." Crow said, standing up. "Feels like I have a
hangover!"

"You look like one!" Tom said, hovering over to his "brother".

"Would you two shut up, please?" Angel said. In mere seconds, the
entire crew had recovered and gathered at the spot the two bots and Angel
were at.

"Well, we're here." Ashura said. "Where ever HERE is."

"It's real dark in here." Amy said.

"I've have that fixed in a Sonic Second!" Sonic said. With that, he
tried to go Super Sonic. But, for some oddball reason, he couldn't! "Hey,
what's going on!? I should be gold!"

"Here. Lemme try!" Seiyuka said. With that, she tried to go to Super
Saiyan mode one. But, like Sonic, she failed. "What gives?!" Merc also tryed
to go Super, but also failed

"This isn't right." Merc said.

"Perhaps I can shed some light." Ayeka said. She attempted to created
a force ball, but failed. "This is impossible! No one can nullify the power
of Jurai."

"Maybe that's why this planet has so much power...." Mike said.

That is incorrect, Nelson. The voice said. All of a sudden, the room
exploded in brightness as lights came on all at once. In the center of the
room was a blonde-haired woman in a white room. She was sitting on a pure
gold throne. Welcome, crew of the Absolution

"Who the hell are you?!" Ashura said.

I am called the Guardian. she said.

"Complete ditz, is more like it." Sonic whispered to the robots.

I heard that, Sonic the Hedgehog. Guardian said.

"Alright, why did you bring us here?!" TOM said.

I called you here for a special mission. But first, I must know
something... she said.

"If it's "Do you know where I live", I'm leaving!" Merc said.

No, I must know who here has The Scar. she said.

"The Scar?!" Sara said.

Yes. It is a scar that goes from the shoulder to the hip. she said.

"Waitasec! Crystallis has that type of scar!" Ashura said.

Can I see this scar, Crystallis? Guardian said.

"O-okay." she said, reluctantly. She removed her jacket and tank top,
revealing her long, disfiguring scar across her body. Two seconds later, a
whumping sound. Amy had knocked Sonic out with her Piko Piko Hammer.

"Why did I mention that scar?" Ashura muttered as he covered his eyes.
He wasn't going to look at Crystallis' body unless it was clothed.

Crystallis, the scar you have is the mark of the Guardian Maiden.
the Guardian said.

"Well, your stupid mark has been causing me pains for over 17 years!"
Crystallis said, putting on her shirt and jacket.

I apologize for that, young hedgehog. the Guardian said.

"Okay, that's over with. Now, WHY ARE WE HERE?!?!" Tom shouted.

I think now is the time for you to know. she said. All of you are
about to imbark on a great adventure.

"You dragged us here for that?!" Merc said. "Servo's bedroom is an
adventure on its own!"

No, this adventure is one to save this planet. she said You see,
this planet has been ravaged by the forces of a creature called Razla. At
that, a picture of the creature. He was a red anthropomorphic dragon wearing
damaged black armor. Ashura was totally shocked by this.

"I...I reconise him!" Ashura said in shock. "Back in my world....I
drew a picture of him..." He shook his head and kept on looking "I never
thought, in my entire life, he was real!"

I, too, wish he was fake. the Guardian said. His armies have
ravaged this planet for centuries. During that time, I have searched far and
wide for the one with the scar the hedgehog girl bares on her chest. At long
last, this planet has a chance to regain the peace it once had.

"Okay, with that answered, why the heck is most of our powers and
abilites her nullified?" Seiyuka said.

This is caused due to an imbalance of power here. Guardian said.

'This is so confusing!' Sara thought to herself.

"Oh-kay....so, how do we fix this?" Mike asked

You must find these seven gems. They will unlock the power of the
Guardian Maiden. Guardian said. The picture of Razla disappeared and were
replaced with seven jewels resembling something Sonic easily remembers.

"Those things look like the classic Chaos Emerarlds!" Sonic said.

Now, you know your mission, now go. I will give you the only clue you
have to find the first jewel. Search in a cave where one would not expect
one to be. Guardian said. With that, the group vanished from the place and
reappeared in a field.

"Okay, now this is messed up!" Angel said.

"I still like to know why we're doing this?" Amy said.

"Either which way, we're stuck here." Crow said.

"Man, I wish Knuckles was here. His treasure hunting skills would come
in handy here." Sonic said. At that time, Ashura dug into his shoe, and
pulled out a Dyno-Cap. "Hey, Ashy. Whatcha got there?"

"Back up." he said. Pushing the button on the capsule, he tossed the
capsule down and watched it form into something no one though possible: A
hedgehog-sized Wing Gundam Zero armor. "There we go."

"Ashura, where the hell did you get that?" Merc said.

"I found it awhile back." Ashura said, getting in the armor. "Figured
I find this sucker useful one day."

"Well, at least we have a bit of firepower." Tom said. He was right.
Ashura, Amy Rose, Sonic (to an extent), Sara, Angel, Merc and TOM were
capable of attacking. Seiyuka and Ayeka were out due to power loss, while
Mike and the other two bots had NO WAY of attacking. Merc could only be
able to fight since he still had his katana.

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Ashura said. With that, the
group moved forward. Crystallis ran up to Ashura.

"Ashy, I don't like this. Not at all." she said.

"I know how you feel, Cryst." he said back. "But, if this can, at the
very most, help you in any way with that scar, we're going for it!" All of
a sudden, she lept into Ashura's arms. "Huh?!"

"Caywe me!" she said in her most cute, yet annoying, baby voice.
Everyone else laughed at Ashura's misfortune.

"Oy vey." he muttered. He didn't mind this. He just hated the fact
that everyone was laughing at him.

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Meanwhile in another part of the planet, Metal Sonic, Dr. Gero and
Yugi had arrived, missing the heros by miles and minutes.

"It's times like this I wish _I_ could teleport!" Gero said.

[Same here, brother.] Metal said.

"Oh, shut up, you two." Yugi said. She unconsiously created a bolt of
plasma energy and fired it at a rock. "Well, my powers are still intact."
Dr. Gero saw that, and tested out one of his android abilites. He turned his
head 180 degrees and fired an optic blast at a forest, decimating it.

"I'm still at full power." he said. Metal had tested his abilites by
punching and kicking at supersonic speeds.

[I wonder what the worry was?] Metal said. [It musta only affected the
idiotic heros.]

"Speaking of, we got our search and retrieval mission to get to." Yugi
said.

"And as we try to find them, we'll do a bit of "search and destroy"
while we're at it." Gero said.

[Now THAT I'd like!] Metal said, with an evil grin on his face. With
that, the three villians went off in search of the missing captives.

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TO BE CONTINUED....

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AUTHOR'S NOTES:
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Wow, the first chapter of this awesome saga is over. And there is so
many more chapters to go! This adventure takes place after Mystery Anime
Theater 2001 Season 2, episode 4, "The Only Evil Tiger". It, like the
rest of the MAT episodes are in the MST3K section.

Why did I start writing this instead of going on with the next
episode? It gives me time to find more MiSTing targets. They're pretty
hard to find, yet pretty easy to attack. Not only that, if I don't write
this now, I'll forget it!

Anyway, I really hope you enjoy this!

As always, read and review!
Ashura Hedgehog