Let me start off by saying' I'm terribly sorry.__. for getting this chapter out so late (Was supposed to release this chapter before Valentine's Day). Everything in the world was stopping me from writing this rather large chapter which is just as important as...::twitch:: the lost chapter three! o_...the problem has been fixed...sort of. I'm going to attempt to load the whole section of Chapter three in the Chapter three slot, then remove its temp position after chapter four.
---------------------------Heart to No Heart: The Terms
----Outside Echindaopolis Path to Heaven, Morning
"Are you sure about this Espio? "
Mighty was walking with the Chameleon back to the apartment complex, but they wouldn't head upstairs and knock on the door not knowing what to expect. Instead they headed to the payphone across the street, Espio picking up the phone and digging around for some chance. " After all, this is Julie-Su and Vector...Julie-Su and Vector! "He stressed that before digging into his own pockets and giving him some chance. " They're not exactly buddy-buddy!"
"It sounds strange, but I know Vector didn't go home last night..." He put the coins into the slot and thought up Julie-Su's number before dialing it. He rested the phone on his shoulder, tilting his head to press it down while he talked. " Vector was acting a little...off yesterday."
"He acts 'off' everyday!" Mighty corrected, but he knew what Espio meant. Vector saved Julie-Su's life yesterday, after all the times that he told her to go off and die under the rock she came from. The armadillo shook his head, Vector was the slowest out of the Chaotix so he put himself in danger as well when he could've easily told one of them to go back and get her. " Maybe he just felt obligated to do that..."
"Vector doesn't feel obligated to say or do anything! " Espio finally heard the ringing on the other end, the phonelines were a little slow around Echindaopolis. He frowned around the sixth ring. " He's not picking up..."
Mighty looked up at the open window of the penthouse suite and then back down to him. " Its my quarter, let it ring...."
------Penthouse Suite
Ring...Ring...There was a light groan before he opened his eyes, laying back on the couch with his head tilted back. The sunlight was getting to him, blinding him for a moment while he felt around for the cordless phone. Getting it in her paws he instinctively moved his hand up to remove his headphones but felt air. That's something I'll never get used to...He thought before cutting the phone on. " What? " He wasn't one with manners, then again he doesn't have a phone where he lives.
"Vector!"
"What? Espio I told you I'll meet up with you..." He yawned, still sleeping from the events yesterday.
"What the hell are you doing at Julie-Su's house?!"
"I was sleeping until you woke me up!"
"You know what I mean...you told me you were going home last night! "
"I didn't specify who's home I was going to..."
"So why? " There was a pause on the other end which made Espio feel a little restless, so he yelled a few seconds later. " So why are you there Vector!?"
"Its a long walk home from here..."
"Liar"
"Liar? What you think I did last night?"
"Vector?" Another voice joined in the short lived argument from next to him. " Who's on the phone Vector?"
"Its Espio, he's yellin' at me..."
"Is that Julie-Su? Put her on the phone!"
"Why?"
"Its her phone!"
Vector sighed and switched the phone over to the pink Echidna who just woke up. She yawned a little before shifting off Vector's side so she was sitting up strait. " Why are you callin this early in the morning? "
"If you haven't noticed, there's a crisis which involves the Master Emerald!"
"Who you think you're yelling at!?" Julie-Su got that flare that she usually got when she knew she was going to get into an argument. She stood up form where she was sitting, a little wobbly but made it. "I know about the Emerald, its not going anywhere wherever it is!"
Beep-Beep...it was call waiting but Julie-Su was too mad to notice. Vector heard it and moved his paw over to the base of the cordless phone about to switch over before she ripped the phone apart. " Julie-Su..."
" That's just it, we don't know where the Emerald is! Its our job to find it!"
Julie-Su was raging, she didn't notice that Vector switched over the line to whoever was waiting to get though. The first thing that came out the Echidna's mouth was. " Listen you little son of a-"
"Julie-Su! " A more femine voice was on the other line, it was Lara-Le.
Julie-Su felt her muzzle going to a deeper shade of pink then her fur was. Turning around and looking at Vector she pointed to the phone and mouthed the name. Vector flushed and got up, stretching before walking over to the open window and looking around. Julie-Su answered quietly. " I'm...sorry Lara-Le. "
" Julie-Su, this is important " She just brushed the mistaken line off her shoulder, she heard worst in her years here. " The Brotherhood's going to attack the Dark Legion and use the Chaos Syphon on Knuckles, the Master Emerald somehow got inside of him! "
" Inside of him? Inside of him how?"
" Inside of who? " Vector looked over his shoulder at her a little confused. Julie-Su just realized that none of the Chaotix knew that Knuckles was resurrected and in the Legion Headquarters.
She just shook her head and whispered to him. " Its nothing..."
Lara-Le continued after that. " I want you and the Chaotix to stay in the city today. We figured that he didn't need to call on you ever chance that he got. " Now that was not an exact order from the Brotherhood. They told her to call and warn them about the Legion, not to stay clear of it altogether. It was her own wishes against the wishes of the most Powerful Echidnas of their day...
" Its our duty to follow the Master Emerald wherever it goes...Knuckles said that years ago. " Julie-Su pointed out.
" Please...promise me that you won't get involved this time! I lost my son, I don't want any of his friends to die because of them. He died protecting his family and friends, don't let his death be in vain..." It sounded like Lara-Le was crying on the other end at this point.
Julie-Su's eyes burned with the memory of Knuckles death. She couldn't quite answer and thankfully Vector came back and took the phone off her paws before she brought her paws to her face and sobbed lightly into them. Vector looked down at her before he answered for her. " Its all about the Legion...we can't let them win or it'll be vain too yanno. "
Lara-Le was taken back by that, thinking about it before she whispered. " ...I guess I can't stop you all if you want to go help. I couldn't stop Knuckles when he ran off like that either. Vector just promise me...that you'll protect the Chaotix and you'll all come back alive. I have a terrible feeling about this. "
"Well, sho' Lara-Le. Ya know that they can't touch us! We're leagues above the Legion!" He said that with confidence, but heard a chuckle on the other line which made him flush. " I'm serious! Da Chaotix are unstoppable!"
"I'm going to hope you're right about that...good luck! " A dial tone was heard on the other side, she was gone.
Julie-Su let out a chuckle from her sobs which made the tears rain down on the carpet under them. She looked back at him with softened eyes and smiled. " So we're The Unstoppable Chaotix?"
" Of course babe! " He smirked behind that, but Julie-Su smacked him over the head with the phone before putting it back on the stand. " Hey! "
" I told you not to call me that!" Her voice was stern, but she was smiling too, that was the spirit lift that she needed. She paused to look at him before she beamed. " Thank you..."
"For what?" He blinked in confusion.
Julie-Su walked over and wrapped her arms around his midsection, giving him a loose hug before backing off. It was what little emotion she would show towards him. " For being my friend when I wouldn't be yours. "
" Aw, that's so touching I think I'm gonna puke!"
They both turned their heads towards the window to see Mighty and Espio sitting on the windowsill waving at them. They watched the whole scene unfold after taking the time to climb up the side of the building ( I'd imagine that Mighty held onto Espio's tail while he climbed).
Julie-Su flushed heavily, a deeper shade of red then Knuckles himself had. She walked over to them and roughly pushed Espio out the window again, but he caught onto the side of the building like she thought he would. " Do you mind? " She put her paws on the windowsill and looked down at him.
" Actually I don't! " Espio smirked before climbing back up though the window.
-----Haven
Lara-Le was getting ready to move out with the rest of the Brotherhood. Pregnant or not she was going to see her son one last time before he was gone forever, it would require a chance of clothes though. She wore a white T-shirt which stretched over her slightly swollen stomach with a yellow vest over it to cover her shoulders. She kept her brown boots, but now wore a pair of yellow shorts which came down to her knees and fit closely so it wouldn't get caught on anything. She wore a large belt around her waist to try and cover the swell from a distance, though someone right in front of her could see. She wore gloves, yellow fingerless gloves with fake spiked bumps like Locke wore. Right now she was sitting her gloves over her hands, the only thing she wore on her knuckles was two golden wedding bands: Wynmacher's on the right (Which meant to the heart) and Locke's on the left (Which means broken Promises in Wedding Myths).
She took a moment to admire both of them after she finished fitting on the gloves. The newer one was a plain band made of regular gold while the other was embedded with diamonds with a inscription on it. Lara-Le slowly took the diamond embedded ring off her left hand and looked at it before looking at the writing inside of it.
" Now and forever our hearts and souls are joined in and outside of the Guardianship. I give you this sign of a love which will last an eon..."
Lara-Le jumped, whipping her head around to see Locke leaning against the doorframe looking at her halfhearted. " I thought you would've removed that inscription by now..." He walked over slowly, Lara-Le quickly slipped the ring back onto her hand, not paying attention which hand she put it on. She was about to stutter on something, but he stopped her muzzle by putting a paw over her mouth. " You're planning on coming with us? I don't think so..."
She whipped her head back and glared at his purple eyes with her emerald ones. " And why not?"
" This is a Brotherhood problem...when you divorced me, you lost your way into the Brotherhood. You're going back to Echindaopolis when we move out. "
Lara-Le folded her arms in front of him, still glaring. " You can't deny me a chance to see my son! "
" You can go see your son, just not with us! "
Lara-Le pushed past him, walking towards the door with her heels clicking against the ground. It was the only sound which was heard in the room for some time besides the constant humming of the machines behind them. Locke looked up at her, and then back down at his spiked claws...
"A bond that will last a eon..." He sighed when he repeated that. Looking back to the door he pushed off the control panel and headed out the door to finish the preparations.
----Legion HQ
Lien-Da was walking along the catwalk with Gala-La which overlooked the large airships that the Legion were going to use in the first strike against Echindaopolis today. She looked over her shoulder back down at the workers and smirked, everything was going exactly to plan, and with a little luck the Brotherhood would deliver themselves to them!
She leaned over the side and yelled down to one of the workers. " How much longer until we're ready?"
The Echidna looked back up at her from his work and responded. " Two hours! "
Good, everything was going fine, she looked back to Gala-La who still looked worried over something. " Is something wrong?"
The younger Legionnaire looked back to Lien-Da and shook her head. " Just thinking about Dimitri...are you sure he's okay?"
"There's no doubt! Everything was planned out perfectly!" She stated, loud enough for her voice to echo off the metal walls. She continued on with her towards the other side where the wards where, still continuing her speech along the way. " No one's caught onto where Dimitri is yet, by time anyone finds out it'll be too late to stop us anyway."
They came to a door, which Lien-Da opened with a card she was carrying on her waist. The door opened to show the Island's only resident Robotizer (would figure the Legion have it) with their first unlucky victim in almost a year now.
Charmy couldn't be heard protesting behind the improved bulletproof glass cover. When Charmy seen the two Echidna enter he started hovering eye level to them with his eyes narrowed. He was saying something, but he couldn't be heard.
Gala-La moved to the other side of the room to turn on what looked like a Video camera on a stand and then stepped behind it. " I'm ready Mistress..." She said solemn, she thought personally that this wasn't necessary to get the Brotherhood's attention, but still carried out Lien-Da's orders.
Gala-La counted down, and at the end Lien-Da started out.
----Haven
The Chaotix stepped though the door of the Warehouse and looked around, the place was almost deserted which was obviously a bad sign. Mighty looked back towards the group and sighed. " Don't tell me the Brotherhood said they're going under them too?"
Julie-Su chuckled a little. " They were the ones trying to stop us remember?"
Suddenly, the lights dimmed heavily, a sign of a sudden power surge before every TV in Haven flickered on to show a fuzzy picture of the Legion's headquarters. The same broadcast was being shown all over the Island, but was directed towards this building.
" I know you little rodents are out there somewhere..."
That voice caught Julie-Su's attention which caused her to run down the hallway to the large TV screen in the control room. "Guys! Guys!" She yelled back for them to hurry up before slamming her fists on the control panel.
" No matter where you and your little lackeys are hiding Julie-Su, I know you can hear me...and Luckily I can't hear your hideous voice! I'm going to be blunt with you Julie-Su: don't interfere with our plans this time around because I'll determine your fate if I run across you during the takeover. "
The camera suddenly veered off to show the Airships rising one by one to join the others on the Runway. The ships were loaded down with cannons and handran guns along the sides. Each ship was about half the size of the Egg Carrier to be blunt, but was still considered big compared to some of the airships the Legion made in the past.
" At Four in the afternoon these fleets will be sent over the area of Angel Island and will capture any sign of resistance in their search for members of the Brotherhood. We will have complete control of the island before this day is done. Of course I have some insurance that you will continue to hide under your little rock behind me..."
The Camera cut back to Show Charmy in the Robotnizer trying to ram the glass so he could get out.
" Get within a Mile of Legion HQ and the little Bee will be turned into a Toaster, got it dear Sister? "
The Camera shut off soon after, turning into a snowy screen before returning back to the Camera's normal positions on the Island. Julie-Su looked down at the control panel for a moment, silent though the whole scene while the others were discussing. They all noticed her silence though and looked back to her.
"So...how are we going to attack these losers?" Julie-Su broke the silence herself, pulling herself together so she could look back to the Chaotix.
" Before thier ships can be launched out on the island preferably. Who knows what'll happen to the residents if the Legion gets to them first. " Espio chipped in.
Mighty nodded to that, but then a slightly pressing question came to mind. " We can't get to their Headquarters in an hour though..."
Vector thought about that, and then looked around the room. After a moment he walked up to the control panel and started to randomly press buttons. " Hmmm."
"Vector, what is it?" Mighty looked back to him and then up at the screen. The main camera changed from showing the area outside Julie-Su's apartment, to showing the forest, then a overhead view of Echindaopolis.
" Just remembered somethin' ..." He pressed the button again, this time getting a larger scope of the Island in overhead view " Remember when ah was tellin' ya about how I joined the Chaotix?"
"Yeah..." Espio looked up at the screen and then back down at him. " What about it?"
"Those...erm...teleportin' things...one of them has to run by the Legion's headquarters!"
"Yeah!" Julie-Su's happiness was quickly replaced when she thought about it. The Legion wouldn't dare have a warp that close to their headquarters, that would be too easy, even for them. " There has to be some sort of catch..."
Vector pushed the button again, and had a couple of white dots come up on the island. At the same time the white platform in the corner of the room fired up with a soft whirling sound. " Hah, got it! Come on ya'll!"
Vector, Mighty, and Espio stepped on the Platform. Julie-Su looked back at them with a sigh and then walked on the platform with them. " I'm tell you, this sounds too easy to actually work!"
The crocodile looked back towards Julie-Su with a smirk. " You worry too much, babe! Nothing's going to happen!"
Julie-Su growled, he hated that nickname Vector had for her! She was about to smack him, but the four where suddenly caught in a shield of white which teleported them away from Haven.
---Legion Scrapyard (Think Robotropolis without the Factories)
Lara-Le couldn't find the Chaotix, so decided to try and go it alone from where she was. She told Locke that she was going home, since she didn't want him looking for her out here. Right now she was traveling over the scrapiles carrying what looked like a compact blaster.
Suddenly she heard the something which sounded like an explosion behind her which caused her to freeze in her tracks. She pointed the blaster shakenly at the white light that she seen, scared out her mind.
On the other side of the pile, the Chaotix came out of the white light coughing up a storm. The air over the scrapyard was horrible, just like the air in the Overlander-made cities down on Mobius' surface.
Julie-Su was the first to recover, one hand holding her throat with the other balled up to smack Vector over the head. Coughing and sputtering she yelled at him. " I warned you didn't I? Do you ever listen to me? No, you don't!"
Vector grumbled a little, taking a look around to see that the situation wasn't as bad as Julie-Su thought it out to be. " Oh come on, its just a little set back!" He retorted before taking a few steps forward, he stopped and then pointed over a hill. " Look, the Legion's Headquarters is right over that hill over there...no problem!"
Espio nodded to that, but suddenly looked over his shoulder. " You guys feel somethin'?"
"Not a thing..." Mighty responded almost instantly, things seemed a little quite around here.
Espio could feel it first since he was a reptile (they could feel termors though the ground), something was heading over to them, something large. Four large metal paws came down, the robot crouching down behind the pile right behind them.
Julie-Su looked at them, and then whispered. " Run!"
" Just us? What about you? " Mighty asked.
"I'll stay here and blast it!"
Vector looked over his shoulder at her worried. " Julie-Su, ya don't have you-"
"Get out of here!"
He sighed and went with Mighty and Espio over the pile. Jumping over the pile they found themselves at the damage giving end of the blaster wielded by Lara-Le.
Mighty backed up with his hands in the air in front of him. " Lara-Le, its okay! Its us!" He cried out.
"No its not!" She shouted and aimed carefully, then pulled back the trigger of the gun. The barrel turned a bright blue color before a single shot was sent from the end of the gun over towards where they were.
No one could see what Lara-Le was shooting was shooting at, since soon after the area they were in flared up with a blue light.
-----------------------To Be continued
I originally planned for this Chapter to be a lot longer then it turned out to be, but I decided to cut it off short to make up for my lack of updates. This Chapter was erased a number of times, so I ended up starting over a few times. Bah --.
---------------------------Heart to No Heart: The Terms
----Outside Echindaopolis Path to Heaven, Morning
"Are you sure about this Espio? "
Mighty was walking with the Chameleon back to the apartment complex, but they wouldn't head upstairs and knock on the door not knowing what to expect. Instead they headed to the payphone across the street, Espio picking up the phone and digging around for some chance. " After all, this is Julie-Su and Vector...Julie-Su and Vector! "He stressed that before digging into his own pockets and giving him some chance. " They're not exactly buddy-buddy!"
"It sounds strange, but I know Vector didn't go home last night..." He put the coins into the slot and thought up Julie-Su's number before dialing it. He rested the phone on his shoulder, tilting his head to press it down while he talked. " Vector was acting a little...off yesterday."
"He acts 'off' everyday!" Mighty corrected, but he knew what Espio meant. Vector saved Julie-Su's life yesterday, after all the times that he told her to go off and die under the rock she came from. The armadillo shook his head, Vector was the slowest out of the Chaotix so he put himself in danger as well when he could've easily told one of them to go back and get her. " Maybe he just felt obligated to do that..."
"Vector doesn't feel obligated to say or do anything! " Espio finally heard the ringing on the other end, the phonelines were a little slow around Echindaopolis. He frowned around the sixth ring. " He's not picking up..."
Mighty looked up at the open window of the penthouse suite and then back down to him. " Its my quarter, let it ring...."
------Penthouse Suite
Ring...Ring...There was a light groan before he opened his eyes, laying back on the couch with his head tilted back. The sunlight was getting to him, blinding him for a moment while he felt around for the cordless phone. Getting it in her paws he instinctively moved his hand up to remove his headphones but felt air. That's something I'll never get used to...He thought before cutting the phone on. " What? " He wasn't one with manners, then again he doesn't have a phone where he lives.
"Vector!"
"What? Espio I told you I'll meet up with you..." He yawned, still sleeping from the events yesterday.
"What the hell are you doing at Julie-Su's house?!"
"I was sleeping until you woke me up!"
"You know what I mean...you told me you were going home last night! "
"I didn't specify who's home I was going to..."
"So why? " There was a pause on the other end which made Espio feel a little restless, so he yelled a few seconds later. " So why are you there Vector!?"
"Its a long walk home from here..."
"Liar"
"Liar? What you think I did last night?"
"Vector?" Another voice joined in the short lived argument from next to him. " Who's on the phone Vector?"
"Its Espio, he's yellin' at me..."
"Is that Julie-Su? Put her on the phone!"
"Why?"
"Its her phone!"
Vector sighed and switched the phone over to the pink Echidna who just woke up. She yawned a little before shifting off Vector's side so she was sitting up strait. " Why are you callin this early in the morning? "
"If you haven't noticed, there's a crisis which involves the Master Emerald!"
"Who you think you're yelling at!?" Julie-Su got that flare that she usually got when she knew she was going to get into an argument. She stood up form where she was sitting, a little wobbly but made it. "I know about the Emerald, its not going anywhere wherever it is!"
Beep-Beep...it was call waiting but Julie-Su was too mad to notice. Vector heard it and moved his paw over to the base of the cordless phone about to switch over before she ripped the phone apart. " Julie-Su..."
" That's just it, we don't know where the Emerald is! Its our job to find it!"
Julie-Su was raging, she didn't notice that Vector switched over the line to whoever was waiting to get though. The first thing that came out the Echidna's mouth was. " Listen you little son of a-"
"Julie-Su! " A more femine voice was on the other line, it was Lara-Le.
Julie-Su felt her muzzle going to a deeper shade of pink then her fur was. Turning around and looking at Vector she pointed to the phone and mouthed the name. Vector flushed and got up, stretching before walking over to the open window and looking around. Julie-Su answered quietly. " I'm...sorry Lara-Le. "
" Julie-Su, this is important " She just brushed the mistaken line off her shoulder, she heard worst in her years here. " The Brotherhood's going to attack the Dark Legion and use the Chaos Syphon on Knuckles, the Master Emerald somehow got inside of him! "
" Inside of him? Inside of him how?"
" Inside of who? " Vector looked over his shoulder at her a little confused. Julie-Su just realized that none of the Chaotix knew that Knuckles was resurrected and in the Legion Headquarters.
She just shook her head and whispered to him. " Its nothing..."
Lara-Le continued after that. " I want you and the Chaotix to stay in the city today. We figured that he didn't need to call on you ever chance that he got. " Now that was not an exact order from the Brotherhood. They told her to call and warn them about the Legion, not to stay clear of it altogether. It was her own wishes against the wishes of the most Powerful Echidnas of their day...
" Its our duty to follow the Master Emerald wherever it goes...Knuckles said that years ago. " Julie-Su pointed out.
" Please...promise me that you won't get involved this time! I lost my son, I don't want any of his friends to die because of them. He died protecting his family and friends, don't let his death be in vain..." It sounded like Lara-Le was crying on the other end at this point.
Julie-Su's eyes burned with the memory of Knuckles death. She couldn't quite answer and thankfully Vector came back and took the phone off her paws before she brought her paws to her face and sobbed lightly into them. Vector looked down at her before he answered for her. " Its all about the Legion...we can't let them win or it'll be vain too yanno. "
Lara-Le was taken back by that, thinking about it before she whispered. " ...I guess I can't stop you all if you want to go help. I couldn't stop Knuckles when he ran off like that either. Vector just promise me...that you'll protect the Chaotix and you'll all come back alive. I have a terrible feeling about this. "
"Well, sho' Lara-Le. Ya know that they can't touch us! We're leagues above the Legion!" He said that with confidence, but heard a chuckle on the other line which made him flush. " I'm serious! Da Chaotix are unstoppable!"
"I'm going to hope you're right about that...good luck! " A dial tone was heard on the other side, she was gone.
Julie-Su let out a chuckle from her sobs which made the tears rain down on the carpet under them. She looked back at him with softened eyes and smiled. " So we're The Unstoppable Chaotix?"
" Of course babe! " He smirked behind that, but Julie-Su smacked him over the head with the phone before putting it back on the stand. " Hey! "
" I told you not to call me that!" Her voice was stern, but she was smiling too, that was the spirit lift that she needed. She paused to look at him before she beamed. " Thank you..."
"For what?" He blinked in confusion.
Julie-Su walked over and wrapped her arms around his midsection, giving him a loose hug before backing off. It was what little emotion she would show towards him. " For being my friend when I wouldn't be yours. "
" Aw, that's so touching I think I'm gonna puke!"
They both turned their heads towards the window to see Mighty and Espio sitting on the windowsill waving at them. They watched the whole scene unfold after taking the time to climb up the side of the building ( I'd imagine that Mighty held onto Espio's tail while he climbed).
Julie-Su flushed heavily, a deeper shade of red then Knuckles himself had. She walked over to them and roughly pushed Espio out the window again, but he caught onto the side of the building like she thought he would. " Do you mind? " She put her paws on the windowsill and looked down at him.
" Actually I don't! " Espio smirked before climbing back up though the window.
-----Haven
Lara-Le was getting ready to move out with the rest of the Brotherhood. Pregnant or not she was going to see her son one last time before he was gone forever, it would require a chance of clothes though. She wore a white T-shirt which stretched over her slightly swollen stomach with a yellow vest over it to cover her shoulders. She kept her brown boots, but now wore a pair of yellow shorts which came down to her knees and fit closely so it wouldn't get caught on anything. She wore a large belt around her waist to try and cover the swell from a distance, though someone right in front of her could see. She wore gloves, yellow fingerless gloves with fake spiked bumps like Locke wore. Right now she was sitting her gloves over her hands, the only thing she wore on her knuckles was two golden wedding bands: Wynmacher's on the right (Which meant to the heart) and Locke's on the left (Which means broken Promises in Wedding Myths).
She took a moment to admire both of them after she finished fitting on the gloves. The newer one was a plain band made of regular gold while the other was embedded with diamonds with a inscription on it. Lara-Le slowly took the diamond embedded ring off her left hand and looked at it before looking at the writing inside of it.
" Now and forever our hearts and souls are joined in and outside of the Guardianship. I give you this sign of a love which will last an eon..."
Lara-Le jumped, whipping her head around to see Locke leaning against the doorframe looking at her halfhearted. " I thought you would've removed that inscription by now..." He walked over slowly, Lara-Le quickly slipped the ring back onto her hand, not paying attention which hand she put it on. She was about to stutter on something, but he stopped her muzzle by putting a paw over her mouth. " You're planning on coming with us? I don't think so..."
She whipped her head back and glared at his purple eyes with her emerald ones. " And why not?"
" This is a Brotherhood problem...when you divorced me, you lost your way into the Brotherhood. You're going back to Echindaopolis when we move out. "
Lara-Le folded her arms in front of him, still glaring. " You can't deny me a chance to see my son! "
" You can go see your son, just not with us! "
Lara-Le pushed past him, walking towards the door with her heels clicking against the ground. It was the only sound which was heard in the room for some time besides the constant humming of the machines behind them. Locke looked up at her, and then back down at his spiked claws...
"A bond that will last a eon..." He sighed when he repeated that. Looking back to the door he pushed off the control panel and headed out the door to finish the preparations.
----Legion HQ
Lien-Da was walking along the catwalk with Gala-La which overlooked the large airships that the Legion were going to use in the first strike against Echindaopolis today. She looked over her shoulder back down at the workers and smirked, everything was going exactly to plan, and with a little luck the Brotherhood would deliver themselves to them!
She leaned over the side and yelled down to one of the workers. " How much longer until we're ready?"
The Echidna looked back up at her from his work and responded. " Two hours! "
Good, everything was going fine, she looked back to Gala-La who still looked worried over something. " Is something wrong?"
The younger Legionnaire looked back to Lien-Da and shook her head. " Just thinking about Dimitri...are you sure he's okay?"
"There's no doubt! Everything was planned out perfectly!" She stated, loud enough for her voice to echo off the metal walls. She continued on with her towards the other side where the wards where, still continuing her speech along the way. " No one's caught onto where Dimitri is yet, by time anyone finds out it'll be too late to stop us anyway."
They came to a door, which Lien-Da opened with a card she was carrying on her waist. The door opened to show the Island's only resident Robotizer (would figure the Legion have it) with their first unlucky victim in almost a year now.
Charmy couldn't be heard protesting behind the improved bulletproof glass cover. When Charmy seen the two Echidna enter he started hovering eye level to them with his eyes narrowed. He was saying something, but he couldn't be heard.
Gala-La moved to the other side of the room to turn on what looked like a Video camera on a stand and then stepped behind it. " I'm ready Mistress..." She said solemn, she thought personally that this wasn't necessary to get the Brotherhood's attention, but still carried out Lien-Da's orders.
Gala-La counted down, and at the end Lien-Da started out.
----Haven
The Chaotix stepped though the door of the Warehouse and looked around, the place was almost deserted which was obviously a bad sign. Mighty looked back towards the group and sighed. " Don't tell me the Brotherhood said they're going under them too?"
Julie-Su chuckled a little. " They were the ones trying to stop us remember?"
Suddenly, the lights dimmed heavily, a sign of a sudden power surge before every TV in Haven flickered on to show a fuzzy picture of the Legion's headquarters. The same broadcast was being shown all over the Island, but was directed towards this building.
" I know you little rodents are out there somewhere..."
That voice caught Julie-Su's attention which caused her to run down the hallway to the large TV screen in the control room. "Guys! Guys!" She yelled back for them to hurry up before slamming her fists on the control panel.
" No matter where you and your little lackeys are hiding Julie-Su, I know you can hear me...and Luckily I can't hear your hideous voice! I'm going to be blunt with you Julie-Su: don't interfere with our plans this time around because I'll determine your fate if I run across you during the takeover. "
The camera suddenly veered off to show the Airships rising one by one to join the others on the Runway. The ships were loaded down with cannons and handran guns along the sides. Each ship was about half the size of the Egg Carrier to be blunt, but was still considered big compared to some of the airships the Legion made in the past.
" At Four in the afternoon these fleets will be sent over the area of Angel Island and will capture any sign of resistance in their search for members of the Brotherhood. We will have complete control of the island before this day is done. Of course I have some insurance that you will continue to hide under your little rock behind me..."
The Camera cut back to Show Charmy in the Robotnizer trying to ram the glass so he could get out.
" Get within a Mile of Legion HQ and the little Bee will be turned into a Toaster, got it dear Sister? "
The Camera shut off soon after, turning into a snowy screen before returning back to the Camera's normal positions on the Island. Julie-Su looked down at the control panel for a moment, silent though the whole scene while the others were discussing. They all noticed her silence though and looked back to her.
"So...how are we going to attack these losers?" Julie-Su broke the silence herself, pulling herself together so she could look back to the Chaotix.
" Before thier ships can be launched out on the island preferably. Who knows what'll happen to the residents if the Legion gets to them first. " Espio chipped in.
Mighty nodded to that, but then a slightly pressing question came to mind. " We can't get to their Headquarters in an hour though..."
Vector thought about that, and then looked around the room. After a moment he walked up to the control panel and started to randomly press buttons. " Hmmm."
"Vector, what is it?" Mighty looked back to him and then up at the screen. The main camera changed from showing the area outside Julie-Su's apartment, to showing the forest, then a overhead view of Echindaopolis.
" Just remembered somethin' ..." He pressed the button again, this time getting a larger scope of the Island in overhead view " Remember when ah was tellin' ya about how I joined the Chaotix?"
"Yeah..." Espio looked up at the screen and then back down at him. " What about it?"
"Those...erm...teleportin' things...one of them has to run by the Legion's headquarters!"
"Yeah!" Julie-Su's happiness was quickly replaced when she thought about it. The Legion wouldn't dare have a warp that close to their headquarters, that would be too easy, even for them. " There has to be some sort of catch..."
Vector pushed the button again, and had a couple of white dots come up on the island. At the same time the white platform in the corner of the room fired up with a soft whirling sound. " Hah, got it! Come on ya'll!"
Vector, Mighty, and Espio stepped on the Platform. Julie-Su looked back at them with a sigh and then walked on the platform with them. " I'm tell you, this sounds too easy to actually work!"
The crocodile looked back towards Julie-Su with a smirk. " You worry too much, babe! Nothing's going to happen!"
Julie-Su growled, he hated that nickname Vector had for her! She was about to smack him, but the four where suddenly caught in a shield of white which teleported them away from Haven.
---Legion Scrapyard (Think Robotropolis without the Factories)
Lara-Le couldn't find the Chaotix, so decided to try and go it alone from where she was. She told Locke that she was going home, since she didn't want him looking for her out here. Right now she was traveling over the scrapiles carrying what looked like a compact blaster.
Suddenly she heard the something which sounded like an explosion behind her which caused her to freeze in her tracks. She pointed the blaster shakenly at the white light that she seen, scared out her mind.
On the other side of the pile, the Chaotix came out of the white light coughing up a storm. The air over the scrapyard was horrible, just like the air in the Overlander-made cities down on Mobius' surface.
Julie-Su was the first to recover, one hand holding her throat with the other balled up to smack Vector over the head. Coughing and sputtering she yelled at him. " I warned you didn't I? Do you ever listen to me? No, you don't!"
Vector grumbled a little, taking a look around to see that the situation wasn't as bad as Julie-Su thought it out to be. " Oh come on, its just a little set back!" He retorted before taking a few steps forward, he stopped and then pointed over a hill. " Look, the Legion's Headquarters is right over that hill over there...no problem!"
Espio nodded to that, but suddenly looked over his shoulder. " You guys feel somethin'?"
"Not a thing..." Mighty responded almost instantly, things seemed a little quite around here.
Espio could feel it first since he was a reptile (they could feel termors though the ground), something was heading over to them, something large. Four large metal paws came down, the robot crouching down behind the pile right behind them.
Julie-Su looked at them, and then whispered. " Run!"
" Just us? What about you? " Mighty asked.
"I'll stay here and blast it!"
Vector looked over his shoulder at her worried. " Julie-Su, ya don't have you-"
"Get out of here!"
He sighed and went with Mighty and Espio over the pile. Jumping over the pile they found themselves at the damage giving end of the blaster wielded by Lara-Le.
Mighty backed up with his hands in the air in front of him. " Lara-Le, its okay! Its us!" He cried out.
"No its not!" She shouted and aimed carefully, then pulled back the trigger of the gun. The barrel turned a bright blue color before a single shot was sent from the end of the gun over towards where they were.
No one could see what Lara-Le was shooting was shooting at, since soon after the area they were in flared up with a blue light.
-----------------------To Be continued
I originally planned for this Chapter to be a lot longer then it turned out to be, but I decided to cut it off short to make up for my lack of updates. This Chapter was erased a number of times, so I ended up starting over a few times. Bah --.