Shocked Again
Chapter 3
By Jason Winter
Benten-cho
Sonic sighed, and walked into the door to the small hotel. He was wearing an overcoat as not to arouse suspicion, he had no idea what Tokyo thought of his kind, so he'd keep himself incognito at the moment. He quickly went up to the desk, and rung the little bell.
A tall, thin man came to the desk, he looked at he cloaked figure.
"Hello, and welcome to the Bentenant Hotel." he said "How may I help you, Mr.…"
"Hida." Sonic replied "Sonno Hida."
"Ah, well, Mr. Hida, what do you need, a room?"
"Yeah." Sonic replied, giving the man the money "Will this be enough?"
"Yes, this will pay for one of our best rooms and free room service."
"Thanks."
The man gave Sonic a key, with the number 3B. Sonic took the key and his change, and went to 3B, and opened the door and stepped inside. It was nice, with a shower, a well-made and well sheeted bed, a restroom, and a mini-fridge.
"This will do nicely." Sonic… excuse me, Sonno, smiled, closing the door behind him and plopping on the bed to take a nap.
Somewhere outside Tokyo-to
A man in a black suit tapped his foot, waiting for the rest of the group to arrive. With Goji dead, the Golden Rhinos had run off into hiding. However, this was no ordinary secret meeting. For this guy had found Goji's will. His name was Jason, but he was well better known as Assassin Number Four, an explosives expert with a fetish for Molotov Cocktails.
Soon, came the sounds of marching feet, as about thirty Golden Rhinos entered the room. His fellow assassins were in prison now, so he was in charge since Goji was dead. All the group members sat down in their chairs without a word, wiggled their cheesy mustaches , and repositioned their sunglasses and looked at their new leader shiftily.
"I have an announcement." he began "I recently found our former master's will. It was sent out secretly to all his willholders around the time we began Project Devil's Contract. I obtained a copy of this will from one of his willholders, who said he didn't want anything to do with any of this. I killed him, and now, all the stuff he was going to inherit is mine. Anyway, it has come to my attention in this will something important concerning us…"
"Like what?" asked one of them "What do we get?"
"Unfortunately, as employees, we get nothing from his will, except for me of course, which I will gladly split with all of you. Anyway, it appears, we are actually one of his will items. The Golden Rhino organization has been given to an old friend of Goji's from high school. He is to arrive shortly, I sent him a letter telling us where we are now. However, I do not know when we will get to see Doctor…"
The door came crashing down, blown from its hinges. A series of loud, metallic clanks were heard as someone stepped into the room. The clanks came from a riding armor, which had blown the door open with its weapons. Driving it was an obese, bald man, with a ridiculously large brown mustache, a pair of sunglasses, and a set of work goggles on his head. He wore a red and white overcoat that looked like an orchestra conductor's uniform, with gold plates embedded, four in front, and four in back. His walker had a pair of metallic legs with rocket boosters attached to them, a machine gun attached to one side, and a large laser cannon mounted on a pole on the back.
"And, here's our new owner now…" Jason said "It is finally a pleasure to meet you… Doctor Eggman."
"Thank you, my new investment." Eggman chortled "I and Goji go far back, all the way to high school, he a business buff, and me a science geek. Our friendship was one of the best. He was like a brother to me, and now, sadly, he is gone. However, I am grateful that he gave me a piece of his will. Gentlemen, welcome to the Eggman Empire! Hohohohahahahahahaha!"
Jason and he rest of the Golden Rhinos joined in on the maniacal laughter… A new age had begun.
Bentenant Hotel, several hours later
Sonic yawned, all refreshed from his nap. This vacation was not going to be ruined by anything, he thought… Little did he know that at the same moment, Eggman had taken complete ownership of the Golden Rhinos, and that meant his vacation would be ruined sometime in the future.
He was amazed it was still dark outside, however, he knew that Tokyo's timeframe was weird, the light never changed anywhere. However, human activity did, and around this time, everyone was going to bed, well, except for the Rudies. Sonic decided to take a walk, and maybe do some running without anyone around. However, he took his coat with him just in case, and went outside the door. He ran downstairs, a new employee on watch, but all he felt was a slight breeze as Sonic zoomed out the door and outside.
No one seemed to be around, so Sonic zipped through the streets, happy he could finally get some normal running done. He grinned when he saw a rail, and used his shoes to grind it. He got some air from the speed, and used his Air Dash to zoom across a telephone wire, and to a roof. He went over it, and came to a gate. It went to a set of railroad tracks, and to another gate. He opened it, and lept again, and grinded across a metal bar to a circular platform held up by more of these bars. He then took another bar to a broken billboard, and dashed though the path, which led to a place with a bunch of cars and houses.
He walked around a little, and found a green walkway between the buildings, which went over a place with inactive subway trains below. Two more walkways were below it, one green, one red. He grinded the guard rail, and jumped to the next lowest path. Unbeknownst to him, he was being watched from above by Hotwire.
"Who is that guy?" Hotwire thought to himself "He's got some mad talent. But he isn't wearing skates, he seems to be wearing some odd shoe made for grinding… Hmm… And he's a fast guy, too… It couldn't be him, could it? Only one way to find out…"
He clicked on his wrist communicator, calling out his fellow Noise Tanks. Suddenly, there were two puffs of black smoke and purple sparkles next to him… Nucleus and Tia.
"What is it, boss?" Nucleus asked in Noise Tank speak.
"Fresh meat, that's what. Look down there."
"It's some dude in a coat." Tia said "What's so special about him?"
"Just watch…"
Suddenly, Sonic grinded on the next guardrail and lept to the lowest pathway. He looked down on the trains and argued whether he should continue across the path or check out the abandoned trains.
"Wow, that's some style that guy's got." Nucleus said "He doesn't even wear skates, he wears shoes like… Boss, you thinking that's…"
"I'm sure it's him, you should have seen him run while I watched him when he came over here." Hotwire said "The guy's FAST."
"But why would Sonic be in Tokyo anyways? What reason does he have for being here?"
"He's on a vacation." Tia said "It's one of those odd things you know about the guy. His other vacations have always been ruined by you-know-who."
"Eggman?"
"Yeah. I guess he wants a vacation that will last. So he came here. Or at least, I think so."
"Boss, are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
"If you're thinking about making Sonic a Noise Tank, then, you're absolutely right." Hotwire said "Imagine what Sonic could do on our team. We'd be unstoppable."
"I thought he didn't do any illegal stuff." Tia said "So, how are we gonna get him to join?"
"Simple, we go down there and challenge him. If he says no, we leave him on his vacation."
"Good plan, let's try it." Nucleus said, as he clicked on the mechanism on his wrist communicator, as the other two did the same, disappearing in an explosion of smoke and sparkle, and then reappearing in the same fashion in front of Sonic.
"Who are you?" Sonic asked, not knowing who these guys were. They didn't look like Eggman or GUN's forces, but you could never know. He decided to play it cool.
"Click click whee beep whir click click squeak." Hotwire said "In other words, 'Hello, we're the Noise Tanks.' Who are you?"
"The name's Sonno Hida. You don't work for the Eggman Empire or GUN, do you?"
"Don't be daft!" Nucleus said "We wouldn't touch either with a ten foot pole. We're just kids who like dressing this way. We'll show you."
Hotwire nodded, and the trio took off their helmets. Hotwire was a kid with short, black hair and steel blue eyes. Nucleus took his glasses from his pocket and put them over his green eyes, his hair blonde and messy. And finally, there was Tia, with long, red hair tied in a bun, and brown eyes.
"Okay, I believe you." Sonic said "It's nice to meet you, I guess… So, what do you do for fun, skate?"
"Yes, and we also tag." Hotwire said.
"Wait, you guys are Rudies, huh?"
"Guilty."
"Wow, I've heard of you guys, and I've seen your work all over this place. It may be kind of illegal, but I think everyone needs to express themselves without worry."
"Heh, thanks, Soni-- MPH!" Nucleus said, only to get Hotwire's gloved hand slapped over his mouth.
"Well, I guess the cat's out of the bag, or rather, the hedgehog." Sonic said, throwing off his jacket "I'm Sonic the Hedgehog, but I think you already knew that. Just keep this a secret, okay? I don't want the entire town to know."
"Don't worry, your secret's safe with us." Hotwire said "Say, would you like to be an honorary Noise Tank?"
Sonic scratched his "chin" for a moment, before saying…
"Sure, what do I have to do to become one?"
To be Continued
