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-------Heart to No Heart: Everyone and their Mother get involved
Something was wrong, but no one could see it at first...all except for Lien-Da and Knuckles who thought all was now right in the world. The green light slowly came from around the island which showed everything was in perfect working order. It struck fear into the Brotherhood and they tried to get contact with the Chaotix to investigate. The time that passed between the island 'exploding' and it returning to normal was uncertain, though it was late in the night by the appearance of the city.
"Lets call it a night...and worry about which night it is in the morning..." Espio said to the four standing (or flying in Charmy's case) around him. Julie-Su has loss consciousness when Vector made that insane flying dive into the city. They both hit their heads on a lamppost on the other side, but Vector's head was hard enough to prevent any serious damage besides a little bump later on.
Charmy nodded and then realized something. " Man! I told Saffron that I was going to be home two days ago! Man, the time flew..."
"Kinda hard for it not to when you're fighting the Legion. Take care Charmy, be sure to drop around some other time." Mighty waved to his friend when he flew off and then looked back to Espio and Vector with his ears lowering a little. " Kinda sad that he doesn't have any free time anymore... " He sighed.
Vector chuckled and nodded to that. " He's not gunna now that he has a girlfriend, they take away all your freetime!" Lucky thing that Julie-Su wasn't awake, or she wouldn't surely smacked what sense was left out of him. He shifted her in his arms so her head was against his chest, she was out cold and wasn't going to come around anytime soon. " I'll head back to the swamps when I drop 'er off...I'll see ya two tomorrow. We'll start out bright and early and...do somethin'..."
"Gunna take Julie-Su home?"
"Might as well Espio, though I could just leave her here for the Legion to find..." He smirked a little and shook his head. " Naw, that wouldn't be good fer our image!"
"Image?" Mighty asked innocently.
"The Chaotix Image! Yanno, the cool helper mobians who hang around the Brotherhood! The good guys and crap, that kinda thing!"
The three shared a laugh before they parted ways that night, the Chaotix Image was something they hadn't thought about since the earlier days. Though none of them actually expected that something was seriously wrong with Angel Island that night (besides the fact that the Master Emerald was gone), which might actually spell doom for all that live there.
It was Charmy who noticed it first when he was flying home, looking for the edge of the island. He looked from side to side a little confused, just to see more land then he remembered before. The bee was getting tired and found a flat rock which he could rest on at the side of a path.
When he sat down, he looked at the area around him, not knowing that he wasn't alone here. Something caught his eye on the side of the path, which was a sign that he hadn't remembered being on the island before. It was made of wood and not Metal which was the standard for the signs in Echindaopolis. He pushed himself off the rock and hovered in front of the sign to read the worn writing...once...twice...
" Oh Aroura..." He gasped lightly, he couldn't believe it! How on Mobius did they get here?
His question would be answered by someone coming up behind him. " Its all part of my plans..."
Charmy turned around at the same time that he swung, but seen nothing but a hint of silver followed by total Darkness. The red Echidna smirked, the pipe dropped from his hand with a little dent in it from the point of contact. He picked the unconscious bee up with his spiked claws slowly and made his way from the area calmly, back into the darkness where he came.
The sign could be seen more clearly now, written on a piece of worn paper with black marker. " Welcome to Downunda."
------Haven
"Why do we need the Chaos Syphon Lara-Le?" When he noticed he got no answer he headed in.
Locke had walked up to her slowly with a tray in his paws with some sandwiches and coffee. Lara-Le had been sleeping in the chair which was facing the control panel, head rested up against the back of the seat with her hands lightly placed in her lap.
He smirked and walked behind the chair after putting the tray down on the round table and quickly put both paws on her shoulders and shook her suddenly to take her up. She jumped up in her seat, instantly aware and reached back to grab Locke's beard and yank him forward.
"Goddess Locke! " She was more surprised then angry at him though and let his beard go to face forward with her arms folded over her stomach. " Don't do that!"
"You used to love that!" Locke chuckled and walked back over to the tray, handing her a cup before sitting down on the control panel beside her, he made sure he didn't push any buttons before he settled down. " At least one of us thought it was funny..."
Lara-Le was looking at the screen in front of her, mainly at what looked like the new borders of Angel Island before she looked over to him. " You say something? "
"Nothing that's important..." He sighed and looked at the screen too. " What's gotten your attention so bad that you can't pay attention to me? "
"Wynmacher..." It was a joke, but Locke wasn't laughing. She just cleared her throat and pointed out the areas which were covered with water just yesterday. " There, there...and there...that's land now..."
Locke seemed not to be impressed, but looked at the screen anyway. " Yeah, so ?"
Lara-Le leaned down and pressed a few buttons on the control panel to bring up a bird's eye view of the entire island and the area around it. Locke, who was taking a sip of his coffee almost choked at what he seen. The island wasn't in the island anymore, granted they already knew it wouldn't be. The area they were in, the surrounding brown around it which looked barren.
" Its Downunda! We landed in Downunda!?" Locke wiped his mouth with his gloved hand, which left a slightly brown mark on it before he looked back at the screen. " The Legion did it, but how did they do it?"
Lara-Le zoomed out a little more so they could confirm that was where they were now. " Knuckles told me once about his friend using some sort of teleportation to get something from place to place...the name escapes me for the moment though. "
" But why would be need a Chaos Syphon? "
Lara-Le moved her hand off the control panel and took a sip of her coffee. " The Master Emerald is gone...using that method of teleportation takes a lot of energy. Knuckles transported the whole island halfway across the planet." She looked down into her cup of coffee which was placed on her lap with a sigh. " According to his story about going to the ARK, he must be drained like his friend was when he used the teleportation (She's talking about Sonic using Chaos Control BTW) wherever he is."
"Well, yeah and..." He heard a light beeping coming from the folds of his jacket. He picked up a beeper and looked into it for the message before pocketing it again. " The Chaos Syphon is ready, we're going to get in contact with the Chaotix in the morning so they can help. "
"Can't we do this without asking them for help? Just once it could be just our problem like..." She looked down at her coffee and idly shook the cup to mix it up a little since it was settling, she hoped that Locke got the point.
He just nodded while looking at the screen. " You want it to be a 'Grown Up' situation...Lara, the Chaotix are in their teens. That's old enough for them to be considered 'Grown Up' ! "
" Maybe that's the problem...somewhere along the lines we mistaken the children for the adults and the adults for the childern! " She slowly stood up from her chair, straitening out that yellow dress before she turned and headed towards the door.
Locke looked at her go. His eyes seemed to be sorry that she was leaving, just like his voice did. " It seems like we forget a lot of things, Lara..."
She looked over her shoulder at him, that brown braid swaying around behind her before she shook her head and left though the double doors. She knew he was right, she would never admit it thought. Not now...
---------Master Emerald Shrine
The Master Emerald Shrine was deserted that night, the lights were turned off since there was no emerald to power the area around it. The steps were left unswept from when Knuckles died, he was the only one who did high matanence around the Shrine and without him...
Anyway, there was a light coming from where the Master Emerald was supposed to be held. It was not just another mold in the ground without that large gem there to be held in place. The light was orange, mixed with a little red which took over the whole abandoned area. The light started to fade, shaping into two forms side by side who looked at each other uncertainly. One light was toned orange and in the form of a female Echidna and the other was formed into a red tinted Echidna though only the details of their eyes could be seen.
"We have to get going..." The Orange light said to the red one, who was inspecting himself before nodding back to her. Instead of walking out of the shrine, they turned into a small sphere of light which floated next to each other before flying into the skies over Echindaopolis.
--------Legion Headquarters
Cling, two glasses came together around the table before they came to the muzzles of Lien-Da and Gala-La who just smirked. Lien-Da just kicked back, heels on the table in front of her before saying. " Do the Legion, we're so close to victory I can smell it. "
Gala-La just nodded towards her. For some reason the Echidna had an uneasy feeling of what was about to happen, just looking down at the wine before taking another sip. " Is he going to be okay? "
Lien-Da knew she was talking about Knuckles, but waved her off. " He's going to be fine, he just needs to recover from using all that energy! He'll be fine by tomorrow night, we can lead the first attack without him thou'..." She chuckled behind that, probably drunk from the fumes already. " Hell, who's going to stop us now? Those old farts up at the Brotherhood? Maybe those teens that poke their muzzles in everyone's business. Gala-La, you know that Knuckles was there Trump card! They're nothing without him...nothing!"
"You might be right..." Gala-La took a nervous look over her shoulder, into the other room which was where he was laying now sleep.
----Outside Echindaopolis Path to Heaven (The Apartment Complex)
The light to the penthouse apartment was on still at this hour, which brought around someone's curiosity. After three hours of waiting, he eventually gave up and turned off the camouflage power which hid him while he sat crouched on top of that lamppost. Espio slowly made his way to stand on top of the lamppost, looking up at the window one last time before jumping down to the sidewalk. He was waiting for Vector to come out for a while, but hadn't seen him yet. He figured he could just call in the morning and ask what the hell he was doing....right now he was tired and needed to sleep.
---------------TO BE CONTINUED
Bah, Fanfiction.net goes up, fanfiction.net goes down, it doesn't respond...I wanted to get this chapter out of Monday Morning but the site's acting like trash to me. ._.
-------Heart to No Heart: Everyone and their Mother get involved
Something was wrong, but no one could see it at first...all except for Lien-Da and Knuckles who thought all was now right in the world. The green light slowly came from around the island which showed everything was in perfect working order. It struck fear into the Brotherhood and they tried to get contact with the Chaotix to investigate. The time that passed between the island 'exploding' and it returning to normal was uncertain, though it was late in the night by the appearance of the city.
"Lets call it a night...and worry about which night it is in the morning..." Espio said to the four standing (or flying in Charmy's case) around him. Julie-Su has loss consciousness when Vector made that insane flying dive into the city. They both hit their heads on a lamppost on the other side, but Vector's head was hard enough to prevent any serious damage besides a little bump later on.
Charmy nodded and then realized something. " Man! I told Saffron that I was going to be home two days ago! Man, the time flew..."
"Kinda hard for it not to when you're fighting the Legion. Take care Charmy, be sure to drop around some other time." Mighty waved to his friend when he flew off and then looked back to Espio and Vector with his ears lowering a little. " Kinda sad that he doesn't have any free time anymore... " He sighed.
Vector chuckled and nodded to that. " He's not gunna now that he has a girlfriend, they take away all your freetime!" Lucky thing that Julie-Su wasn't awake, or she wouldn't surely smacked what sense was left out of him. He shifted her in his arms so her head was against his chest, she was out cold and wasn't going to come around anytime soon. " I'll head back to the swamps when I drop 'er off...I'll see ya two tomorrow. We'll start out bright and early and...do somethin'..."
"Gunna take Julie-Su home?"
"Might as well Espio, though I could just leave her here for the Legion to find..." He smirked a little and shook his head. " Naw, that wouldn't be good fer our image!"
"Image?" Mighty asked innocently.
"The Chaotix Image! Yanno, the cool helper mobians who hang around the Brotherhood! The good guys and crap, that kinda thing!"
The three shared a laugh before they parted ways that night, the Chaotix Image was something they hadn't thought about since the earlier days. Though none of them actually expected that something was seriously wrong with Angel Island that night (besides the fact that the Master Emerald was gone), which might actually spell doom for all that live there.
It was Charmy who noticed it first when he was flying home, looking for the edge of the island. He looked from side to side a little confused, just to see more land then he remembered before. The bee was getting tired and found a flat rock which he could rest on at the side of a path.
When he sat down, he looked at the area around him, not knowing that he wasn't alone here. Something caught his eye on the side of the path, which was a sign that he hadn't remembered being on the island before. It was made of wood and not Metal which was the standard for the signs in Echindaopolis. He pushed himself off the rock and hovered in front of the sign to read the worn writing...once...twice...
" Oh Aroura..." He gasped lightly, he couldn't believe it! How on Mobius did they get here?
His question would be answered by someone coming up behind him. " Its all part of my plans..."
Charmy turned around at the same time that he swung, but seen nothing but a hint of silver followed by total Darkness. The red Echidna smirked, the pipe dropped from his hand with a little dent in it from the point of contact. He picked the unconscious bee up with his spiked claws slowly and made his way from the area calmly, back into the darkness where he came.
The sign could be seen more clearly now, written on a piece of worn paper with black marker. " Welcome to Downunda."
------Haven
"Why do we need the Chaos Syphon Lara-Le?" When he noticed he got no answer he headed in.
Locke had walked up to her slowly with a tray in his paws with some sandwiches and coffee. Lara-Le had been sleeping in the chair which was facing the control panel, head rested up against the back of the seat with her hands lightly placed in her lap.
He smirked and walked behind the chair after putting the tray down on the round table and quickly put both paws on her shoulders and shook her suddenly to take her up. She jumped up in her seat, instantly aware and reached back to grab Locke's beard and yank him forward.
"Goddess Locke! " She was more surprised then angry at him though and let his beard go to face forward with her arms folded over her stomach. " Don't do that!"
"You used to love that!" Locke chuckled and walked back over to the tray, handing her a cup before sitting down on the control panel beside her, he made sure he didn't push any buttons before he settled down. " At least one of us thought it was funny..."
Lara-Le was looking at the screen in front of her, mainly at what looked like the new borders of Angel Island before she looked over to him. " You say something? "
"Nothing that's important..." He sighed and looked at the screen too. " What's gotten your attention so bad that you can't pay attention to me? "
"Wynmacher..." It was a joke, but Locke wasn't laughing. She just cleared her throat and pointed out the areas which were covered with water just yesterday. " There, there...and there...that's land now..."
Locke seemed not to be impressed, but looked at the screen anyway. " Yeah, so ?"
Lara-Le leaned down and pressed a few buttons on the control panel to bring up a bird's eye view of the entire island and the area around it. Locke, who was taking a sip of his coffee almost choked at what he seen. The island wasn't in the island anymore, granted they already knew it wouldn't be. The area they were in, the surrounding brown around it which looked barren.
" Its Downunda! We landed in Downunda!?" Locke wiped his mouth with his gloved hand, which left a slightly brown mark on it before he looked back at the screen. " The Legion did it, but how did they do it?"
Lara-Le zoomed out a little more so they could confirm that was where they were now. " Knuckles told me once about his friend using some sort of teleportation to get something from place to place...the name escapes me for the moment though. "
" But why would be need a Chaos Syphon? "
Lara-Le moved her hand off the control panel and took a sip of her coffee. " The Master Emerald is gone...using that method of teleportation takes a lot of energy. Knuckles transported the whole island halfway across the planet." She looked down into her cup of coffee which was placed on her lap with a sigh. " According to his story about going to the ARK, he must be drained like his friend was when he used the teleportation (She's talking about Sonic using Chaos Control BTW) wherever he is."
"Well, yeah and..." He heard a light beeping coming from the folds of his jacket. He picked up a beeper and looked into it for the message before pocketing it again. " The Chaos Syphon is ready, we're going to get in contact with the Chaotix in the morning so they can help. "
"Can't we do this without asking them for help? Just once it could be just our problem like..." She looked down at her coffee and idly shook the cup to mix it up a little since it was settling, she hoped that Locke got the point.
He just nodded while looking at the screen. " You want it to be a 'Grown Up' situation...Lara, the Chaotix are in their teens. That's old enough for them to be considered 'Grown Up' ! "
" Maybe that's the problem...somewhere along the lines we mistaken the children for the adults and the adults for the childern! " She slowly stood up from her chair, straitening out that yellow dress before she turned and headed towards the door.
Locke looked at her go. His eyes seemed to be sorry that she was leaving, just like his voice did. " It seems like we forget a lot of things, Lara..."
She looked over her shoulder at him, that brown braid swaying around behind her before she shook her head and left though the double doors. She knew he was right, she would never admit it thought. Not now...
---------Master Emerald Shrine
The Master Emerald Shrine was deserted that night, the lights were turned off since there was no emerald to power the area around it. The steps were left unswept from when Knuckles died, he was the only one who did high matanence around the Shrine and without him...
Anyway, there was a light coming from where the Master Emerald was supposed to be held. It was not just another mold in the ground without that large gem there to be held in place. The light was orange, mixed with a little red which took over the whole abandoned area. The light started to fade, shaping into two forms side by side who looked at each other uncertainly. One light was toned orange and in the form of a female Echidna and the other was formed into a red tinted Echidna though only the details of their eyes could be seen.
"We have to get going..." The Orange light said to the red one, who was inspecting himself before nodding back to her. Instead of walking out of the shrine, they turned into a small sphere of light which floated next to each other before flying into the skies over Echindaopolis.
--------Legion Headquarters
Cling, two glasses came together around the table before they came to the muzzles of Lien-Da and Gala-La who just smirked. Lien-Da just kicked back, heels on the table in front of her before saying. " Do the Legion, we're so close to victory I can smell it. "
Gala-La just nodded towards her. For some reason the Echidna had an uneasy feeling of what was about to happen, just looking down at the wine before taking another sip. " Is he going to be okay? "
Lien-Da knew she was talking about Knuckles, but waved her off. " He's going to be fine, he just needs to recover from using all that energy! He'll be fine by tomorrow night, we can lead the first attack without him thou'..." She chuckled behind that, probably drunk from the fumes already. " Hell, who's going to stop us now? Those old farts up at the Brotherhood? Maybe those teens that poke their muzzles in everyone's business. Gala-La, you know that Knuckles was there Trump card! They're nothing without him...nothing!"
"You might be right..." Gala-La took a nervous look over her shoulder, into the other room which was where he was laying now sleep.
----Outside Echindaopolis Path to Heaven (The Apartment Complex)
The light to the penthouse apartment was on still at this hour, which brought around someone's curiosity. After three hours of waiting, he eventually gave up and turned off the camouflage power which hid him while he sat crouched on top of that lamppost. Espio slowly made his way to stand on top of the lamppost, looking up at the window one last time before jumping down to the sidewalk. He was waiting for Vector to come out for a while, but hadn't seen him yet. He figured he could just call in the morning and ask what the hell he was doing....right now he was tired and needed to sleep.
---------------TO BE CONTINUED
Bah, Fanfiction.net goes up, fanfiction.net goes down, it doesn't respond...I wanted to get this chapter out of Monday Morning but the site's acting like trash to me. ._.