Heart to No Heart
My keyboard is on fire from how fast I'm writing these chapters, by time you read this chapter, chapter three would already be done. Now that's the progress I was hoping to get with my fiction. Remember, flames or not, reviews are welcome. I don't set a required amount of reviews for the next chapter, since getting the story across is all I hope to get in this n_n.
------------------------Chapter 2: Crossed Wires
How embarrassing it was to be back here with all the common criminals! It was the first thought which came though her mind sitting in the dark cell with her legs lightly crossed in front of her. The questioning went smoothly, Remmington did say she would have to stay here though until Lein-Da was caught. The Echidna female laid back, her arms folded behind her head while she looked up at the ceiling. She moved one paw forward in the shape of her blaster which got her into this to begin with and whipped her hand back like she was shooting.
"Bang..." She smirked in her own mind seeing another Echidna in front of her fall to the ground in a heap. It was the only thing she can do in the time that she was going to be here. " You're dead again, dead sister..."
Remmington just so happened to be passing by the cell when she said that statement, Julie-Su would've ignored him, but seen that he had the set of keys in his paws and came upright. The Echidna motioned out of Julie-Su's view for someone to come over. " You're in luck Julie-Su, someone managed to pay your bail."
She seemed happy, she was going to get out of this place. Two hours was more then enough time for her, she placed both boots on the ground and came over to the bars, putting her paws on it. She thought for a second and then looked back to Remmington. " Hold on...who paid?"
"I did, woman!" A large gloved paw came though the bars and smacked her over the head, she lightly bumped her head on the front bars. Those eyes narrowed at the sound of that voice...that deep...annoying voice which she grew to hate. "You wuz supposed to be down at the Shrine, but you managed to make a pitstop at that grave and do Aurora knows what!"
"I didn't do a thing to Knuckles grave!" She reached though the bars and caught hold of Vector's big snout, it was something about him which sent her into a rage so suddenly. She wanted to repay the favor of slamming his head into the bars which kept her from attacking him directly, but something inside her stopped her motions. She stepped back for a moment and straitened herself out. " I love Knuckles...and you know that!" That was all she could counter with.
Remmington nodded lightly, he moved over to the door of the cage and started to work the key against the lock of the cell. " We know that, but there's more then me and Vector that you have to prove this to! Not everyone on this island are friends of the Ex Legionaree Julie-Su!"
The door was opened and she stepped out, looking towards Remmington and paying Vector no mind. " Last time I checked, the only opinion on this island that matters was the Guardianship's and the Legion's!"
"The Guardianship doesn't believe you...they had a bad feeling about you from the beginning!" Remmington closed the door to the cell and they started their way down the hallway. "They were just waiting for you to slip up somewhere."
"And I think you getting caught alone at a dug-up gravesite was their ticket. " Vector grinned a little, this time they both turned around in union and glared at him.
Remmington cleared his thoat and stated his case. " If what you claimed happened really did happen...you'll have to prove it. The only evidence that we have right now are a couple of picks and shovels with no fingerprints on them and what is clearly your blaster. Point in case is..."
"That you need a body, you need Knuckles' body to be found. " Julie-Su nodded off to him. " That's no problem, I'll be more then happy to break into Legionare headquarters and get him back!" She rolled both of her hands into fists and slammed them together in front of her, a pose that her departed boyfriend was well known for.
They came to the door, Remmington looked outside though a sheet of glass before he put his hand on the doorknob. " You're going to have a slightly hard time doing that without being allowed outside the area of your duties!"
Vector looked at the brown Echidna for a moment before he shook his head confused. " Run that by me again in English."
"While Julie-Su is on bail, she's only allowed to go to the Master Emerald Shrine to perform her duties. The rest of the time she has to stay in the borders of Echindaopolis. "Remmington explained before he swung the doors of the Police station open and let the night air come though.
Vector yawned a little behind that, half because he was tired, and the second half because he was unimpressed with what he just said. " Hurrah for the Echidna Justice system!" He said that sarcastically before he chuckled at his own joke.
Julie-Su found herself snickering right along with him for a moment before she caught herself and added to the remark. " Well we are talking 'bout a system where people are thrown off the side of the island as punishment!"
"I dunno what's worst, the swim with the sharps or the sudden stop at the end of the drop!"
"I hear the fall is pretty nice until then!"
"Hey!" Remmington cut them off, a deep flush was placed on the bridge of his muzzle which he tried to cover up with the shade that his hat provided. " You're talking about my profession there!"
"Maybe you should consider a new line of work..." Vector put his hand under her lone jaw like he was pondering that himself before he shot a glance over to him. He started to break down again in a snicker.
"I heard there might be an opening in the Dark Legion!"
The laughter was spread along the three there for a moment before the silence started to set in again. Mainly because Julie-Su was starting to think about more things then one. She had never been that open about her feelings, especially over a joke like that. Even moreso, she was joking with Vector, something that she never caught herself doing before. Ah well, a little bit of humor would've helped the situation. " I'll think of something in the morning time, right now I want to go to sleep more then ever. "
A yawn came from the young Echidna's muzzle, and she moved down the long pathway of steps towards the bottom where she stood like a statue. Remmington wanted to ask what was wrong, but was called back inside by his fellow officers because of a robbery which was taken place. Vector looked over his shoulder and then back down at her, he could hear a little whimper, but he tried to ignore it. The best way was to turn up the volume on his Walkman and try and walk past her. Unfortunately, the song changed, to that of a slow and dreadful melody...
Oh great, a love song. Mainly because Vector had never been in love he hated these types of songs. Now, standing next to her, he moved to turn from the station with his right paw only to stop himself when he heard another sharp whimper from her. He let his eyes trail over to her and seen that she was crying, not the open crying that you would see from a more emotional girl though. She was looking down at the ground with little emotion though those mainly broken eyes, letting the tears stream down her cheeks and dropped to the ground.
Vector bit the bottomside of his muzzle since, he wasn't good at conforting either. Instead of drowning her out with music, he toned it down a little, but not completely off so he could say something. " You shouldn't cry in the middle of the street, " There he was, a mobian of bold words.
Julie-Su moved her head up, only so she was looking forward. The stream coming from her eyes where more constant now, it was obvious what she was crying about. Knuckles walked her home, all the way up to her apartment every night for the past two years, how long she had known him. Now with him gone and the mourners leaving her along, this would be the first night she would make the trip by herself.
"Yo, earth to Julie-Su! You can come in from your own lil' world now!" Vector was still trying to grab her attention, but was more then surprised when she grabbed him and yanked him along the sidewalk. " Ey! What you doin' to me? Let me go!"
Even when she was crying Julie-Su had an iron grip over Vector. When they came to the corner, she spun around with his wrist still in her arm which caused his arm to twist around painfully. " I want you to walk me home, Vector!" It wasn't a suggestion, she rarely gave suggestions to him, it was a command. "Say nothing to me! Just take me home and keep your large mouth shut!"
Vector had to agree of suffer the loss of the limb which she was still holding, all he did was nod and she let him go. He couldn't chance running from her, she was faster then him as embarrassing as it sounded. They started across the street, which was almost empty at this time of night since the Echidnas were mainly afraid of the fighting which happened between the two ruling Echidna familles.
It was silent between those two, with the except of the occasional cricket which was stopped by Vector on his way down the street. He paid little attention to them or her, just bobbing his head up and down to the beat of a more uptone choice of music now. He was trying to surpress the urge so he wouldn't upset Julie-Su, but seen he started to mutter the words to the song.
"What the hell are you doing? I told you not to talk!"
Vector growled a little, that little interruption caused him to forget the rest of the words he were muttering. " You're not the boss of me, especially when it comes to music!"
"I ask you to do one little thing as a favor to me and you can't manage to do that!"
They stopped, now in front of Julie-Su's high rise apartment she turned to face off with him. She looked more disgusted then angry right now, she pointed down to the little blue box which was attached to his hip. The box which ran on four different types of energy (Solar, Hydro, and Battery), playing tapes, CDs, and MP3s as well as the radio with little slowdown. "You can't even think without that thing blasting your brain out!"
Vector stood his ground this time, his hand came over that box protectively before he glared at her. He would shoot back with the facts though. " A few minutes ago you were laughing because you took a load off your way too serious mind! If you would just lay back and enjoy yourself sometimes..."
"If you would get serious and turn that damn box off sometime..."
She didn't think about what she did next, that bearing anger got the best of her and she reached out quickly. She found her paw around that box on his waist, yanking it forward until she heard a snap from the clip which held it in place. Finally, the box was on the ground in pieces between both of them, that was when she got control over her actions again. She broke it...someone actually broke Vector's Walkman...and she did it. Her eyes widened a little, sparks were flying from it and the wire which was once attached to the headphones which were still around his head.
Vector didn't say a word, he couldn't think of anything to say now. He just moved his claws up and slowly took the headphones off each side of his head, placing them on each shoulder. He wasn't mad, he knew that for sure, there would be more then enough time to be mad at her later. Right now he turned and slowly walked away, he was shaken...really shaken by what just happened and it showed in his steps.
"Oh...my god..."
---------------------Somewhere in the West side of Angel Island
The lab was brightly lit much to Lein-Da's dismay, but Dimitri knew what he was doing. She had to make the actions work for her Great-grandfather, who was barely alive and had to be wheeled around the large quarters of their underground headquatersd. She caught herself staring in the center of the room at the body which was on the table, the dead Echidna they had robbed the grave of. That black nose crinkled a bit, the smell was getting to her, but she just shook her head lightly and continued with the preparations. "Great Grand-father, I'm done on this end."
"Excellent child, make sure you have the equipment hooked up to Knuckles properly...we haven't much time before the time is at hand!" Dimitri wheezed a little behind that, his 400 year old body couldn't take too much more stress...the time was certainly at hand for him.
Lein-Da was only worried about him now, it was the only family that she could rely on now. She turned around and headed towards him, the wires and metal which sprouted from almost every inch of his body made it almost impossible for her to touch a piece of living flesh and assure him. She weaved though the wires and found the side of his muzzle. " Dimitri, even on your deathbed...you're giving commands..." Dimitri was her envy so to say, he was the only one she would answer to and for good reason.
"Death bed? " The cyborg-echinda let out a hearty laugh which stirred up his young great-granddaughter's nerves even further. "I am far from my deathbed, Lein-Da. This is only the humble beginnings of the Dark Legion! We shall start with our triumph over the Guardianship!"
Lein-Da was confused, but she tried to confirm his plans. "We will strike them while they're weak then?"
"Not this time...we will use their own system of logic against them!" That old Echidna's head slumped towards the side almost lifelessly so he could catch a glimpse of what was on the table. The bloody spiked glove which was hanging lifelessly. Under those layers of wires and metals he grinned and finished off softly.
"I think it is time for a reunion, Lein-Da...you know what I mean..."
There was the part of her job that she hated, but she offered no resistance against it, only a nod. " I understand..." She left the room to leave her Great Grandfather to stare at the body of the dead Echidna on the table. It would only take a few moments to gather up a team and head back to Echindaopolis.
-------------------End
I got the idea for the plot in the middle of this Chapter, this fic is going to be a long one, I just have that feeling right now. Anyway, reveiws are welcomed right now.
My keyboard is on fire from how fast I'm writing these chapters, by time you read this chapter, chapter three would already be done. Now that's the progress I was hoping to get with my fiction. Remember, flames or not, reviews are welcome. I don't set a required amount of reviews for the next chapter, since getting the story across is all I hope to get in this n_n.
------------------------Chapter 2: Crossed Wires
How embarrassing it was to be back here with all the common criminals! It was the first thought which came though her mind sitting in the dark cell with her legs lightly crossed in front of her. The questioning went smoothly, Remmington did say she would have to stay here though until Lein-Da was caught. The Echidna female laid back, her arms folded behind her head while she looked up at the ceiling. She moved one paw forward in the shape of her blaster which got her into this to begin with and whipped her hand back like she was shooting.
"Bang..." She smirked in her own mind seeing another Echidna in front of her fall to the ground in a heap. It was the only thing she can do in the time that she was going to be here. " You're dead again, dead sister..."
Remmington just so happened to be passing by the cell when she said that statement, Julie-Su would've ignored him, but seen that he had the set of keys in his paws and came upright. The Echidna motioned out of Julie-Su's view for someone to come over. " You're in luck Julie-Su, someone managed to pay your bail."
She seemed happy, she was going to get out of this place. Two hours was more then enough time for her, she placed both boots on the ground and came over to the bars, putting her paws on it. She thought for a second and then looked back to Remmington. " Hold on...who paid?"
"I did, woman!" A large gloved paw came though the bars and smacked her over the head, she lightly bumped her head on the front bars. Those eyes narrowed at the sound of that voice...that deep...annoying voice which she grew to hate. "You wuz supposed to be down at the Shrine, but you managed to make a pitstop at that grave and do Aurora knows what!"
"I didn't do a thing to Knuckles grave!" She reached though the bars and caught hold of Vector's big snout, it was something about him which sent her into a rage so suddenly. She wanted to repay the favor of slamming his head into the bars which kept her from attacking him directly, but something inside her stopped her motions. She stepped back for a moment and straitened herself out. " I love Knuckles...and you know that!" That was all she could counter with.
Remmington nodded lightly, he moved over to the door of the cage and started to work the key against the lock of the cell. " We know that, but there's more then me and Vector that you have to prove this to! Not everyone on this island are friends of the Ex Legionaree Julie-Su!"
The door was opened and she stepped out, looking towards Remmington and paying Vector no mind. " Last time I checked, the only opinion on this island that matters was the Guardianship's and the Legion's!"
"The Guardianship doesn't believe you...they had a bad feeling about you from the beginning!" Remmington closed the door to the cell and they started their way down the hallway. "They were just waiting for you to slip up somewhere."
"And I think you getting caught alone at a dug-up gravesite was their ticket. " Vector grinned a little, this time they both turned around in union and glared at him.
Remmington cleared his thoat and stated his case. " If what you claimed happened really did happen...you'll have to prove it. The only evidence that we have right now are a couple of picks and shovels with no fingerprints on them and what is clearly your blaster. Point in case is..."
"That you need a body, you need Knuckles' body to be found. " Julie-Su nodded off to him. " That's no problem, I'll be more then happy to break into Legionare headquarters and get him back!" She rolled both of her hands into fists and slammed them together in front of her, a pose that her departed boyfriend was well known for.
They came to the door, Remmington looked outside though a sheet of glass before he put his hand on the doorknob. " You're going to have a slightly hard time doing that without being allowed outside the area of your duties!"
Vector looked at the brown Echidna for a moment before he shook his head confused. " Run that by me again in English."
"While Julie-Su is on bail, she's only allowed to go to the Master Emerald Shrine to perform her duties. The rest of the time she has to stay in the borders of Echindaopolis. "Remmington explained before he swung the doors of the Police station open and let the night air come though.
Vector yawned a little behind that, half because he was tired, and the second half because he was unimpressed with what he just said. " Hurrah for the Echidna Justice system!" He said that sarcastically before he chuckled at his own joke.
Julie-Su found herself snickering right along with him for a moment before she caught herself and added to the remark. " Well we are talking 'bout a system where people are thrown off the side of the island as punishment!"
"I dunno what's worst, the swim with the sharps or the sudden stop at the end of the drop!"
"I hear the fall is pretty nice until then!"
"Hey!" Remmington cut them off, a deep flush was placed on the bridge of his muzzle which he tried to cover up with the shade that his hat provided. " You're talking about my profession there!"
"Maybe you should consider a new line of work..." Vector put his hand under her lone jaw like he was pondering that himself before he shot a glance over to him. He started to break down again in a snicker.
"I heard there might be an opening in the Dark Legion!"
The laughter was spread along the three there for a moment before the silence started to set in again. Mainly because Julie-Su was starting to think about more things then one. She had never been that open about her feelings, especially over a joke like that. Even moreso, she was joking with Vector, something that she never caught herself doing before. Ah well, a little bit of humor would've helped the situation. " I'll think of something in the morning time, right now I want to go to sleep more then ever. "
A yawn came from the young Echidna's muzzle, and she moved down the long pathway of steps towards the bottom where she stood like a statue. Remmington wanted to ask what was wrong, but was called back inside by his fellow officers because of a robbery which was taken place. Vector looked over his shoulder and then back down at her, he could hear a little whimper, but he tried to ignore it. The best way was to turn up the volume on his Walkman and try and walk past her. Unfortunately, the song changed, to that of a slow and dreadful melody...
Oh great, a love song. Mainly because Vector had never been in love he hated these types of songs. Now, standing next to her, he moved to turn from the station with his right paw only to stop himself when he heard another sharp whimper from her. He let his eyes trail over to her and seen that she was crying, not the open crying that you would see from a more emotional girl though. She was looking down at the ground with little emotion though those mainly broken eyes, letting the tears stream down her cheeks and dropped to the ground.
Vector bit the bottomside of his muzzle since, he wasn't good at conforting either. Instead of drowning her out with music, he toned it down a little, but not completely off so he could say something. " You shouldn't cry in the middle of the street, " There he was, a mobian of bold words.
Julie-Su moved her head up, only so she was looking forward. The stream coming from her eyes where more constant now, it was obvious what she was crying about. Knuckles walked her home, all the way up to her apartment every night for the past two years, how long she had known him. Now with him gone and the mourners leaving her along, this would be the first night she would make the trip by herself.
"Yo, earth to Julie-Su! You can come in from your own lil' world now!" Vector was still trying to grab her attention, but was more then surprised when she grabbed him and yanked him along the sidewalk. " Ey! What you doin' to me? Let me go!"
Even when she was crying Julie-Su had an iron grip over Vector. When they came to the corner, she spun around with his wrist still in her arm which caused his arm to twist around painfully. " I want you to walk me home, Vector!" It wasn't a suggestion, she rarely gave suggestions to him, it was a command. "Say nothing to me! Just take me home and keep your large mouth shut!"
Vector had to agree of suffer the loss of the limb which she was still holding, all he did was nod and she let him go. He couldn't chance running from her, she was faster then him as embarrassing as it sounded. They started across the street, which was almost empty at this time of night since the Echidnas were mainly afraid of the fighting which happened between the two ruling Echidna familles.
It was silent between those two, with the except of the occasional cricket which was stopped by Vector on his way down the street. He paid little attention to them or her, just bobbing his head up and down to the beat of a more uptone choice of music now. He was trying to surpress the urge so he wouldn't upset Julie-Su, but seen he started to mutter the words to the song.
"What the hell are you doing? I told you not to talk!"
Vector growled a little, that little interruption caused him to forget the rest of the words he were muttering. " You're not the boss of me, especially when it comes to music!"
"I ask you to do one little thing as a favor to me and you can't manage to do that!"
They stopped, now in front of Julie-Su's high rise apartment she turned to face off with him. She looked more disgusted then angry right now, she pointed down to the little blue box which was attached to his hip. The box which ran on four different types of energy (Solar, Hydro, and Battery), playing tapes, CDs, and MP3s as well as the radio with little slowdown. "You can't even think without that thing blasting your brain out!"
Vector stood his ground this time, his hand came over that box protectively before he glared at her. He would shoot back with the facts though. " A few minutes ago you were laughing because you took a load off your way too serious mind! If you would just lay back and enjoy yourself sometimes..."
"If you would get serious and turn that damn box off sometime..."
She didn't think about what she did next, that bearing anger got the best of her and she reached out quickly. She found her paw around that box on his waist, yanking it forward until she heard a snap from the clip which held it in place. Finally, the box was on the ground in pieces between both of them, that was when she got control over her actions again. She broke it...someone actually broke Vector's Walkman...and she did it. Her eyes widened a little, sparks were flying from it and the wire which was once attached to the headphones which were still around his head.
Vector didn't say a word, he couldn't think of anything to say now. He just moved his claws up and slowly took the headphones off each side of his head, placing them on each shoulder. He wasn't mad, he knew that for sure, there would be more then enough time to be mad at her later. Right now he turned and slowly walked away, he was shaken...really shaken by what just happened and it showed in his steps.
"Oh...my god..."
---------------------Somewhere in the West side of Angel Island
The lab was brightly lit much to Lein-Da's dismay, but Dimitri knew what he was doing. She had to make the actions work for her Great-grandfather, who was barely alive and had to be wheeled around the large quarters of their underground headquatersd. She caught herself staring in the center of the room at the body which was on the table, the dead Echidna they had robbed the grave of. That black nose crinkled a bit, the smell was getting to her, but she just shook her head lightly and continued with the preparations. "Great Grand-father, I'm done on this end."
"Excellent child, make sure you have the equipment hooked up to Knuckles properly...we haven't much time before the time is at hand!" Dimitri wheezed a little behind that, his 400 year old body couldn't take too much more stress...the time was certainly at hand for him.
Lein-Da was only worried about him now, it was the only family that she could rely on now. She turned around and headed towards him, the wires and metal which sprouted from almost every inch of his body made it almost impossible for her to touch a piece of living flesh and assure him. She weaved though the wires and found the side of his muzzle. " Dimitri, even on your deathbed...you're giving commands..." Dimitri was her envy so to say, he was the only one she would answer to and for good reason.
"Death bed? " The cyborg-echinda let out a hearty laugh which stirred up his young great-granddaughter's nerves even further. "I am far from my deathbed, Lein-Da. This is only the humble beginnings of the Dark Legion! We shall start with our triumph over the Guardianship!"
Lein-Da was confused, but she tried to confirm his plans. "We will strike them while they're weak then?"
"Not this time...we will use their own system of logic against them!" That old Echidna's head slumped towards the side almost lifelessly so he could catch a glimpse of what was on the table. The bloody spiked glove which was hanging lifelessly. Under those layers of wires and metals he grinned and finished off softly.
"I think it is time for a reunion, Lein-Da...you know what I mean..."
There was the part of her job that she hated, but she offered no resistance against it, only a nod. " I understand..." She left the room to leave her Great Grandfather to stare at the body of the dead Echidna on the table. It would only take a few moments to gather up a team and head back to Echindaopolis.
-------------------End
I got the idea for the plot in the middle of this Chapter, this fic is going to be a long one, I just have that feeling right now. Anyway, reveiws are welcomed right now.