Act I - Chapter I- Wecome To Sanctuary
It was a peaceful, normal day for the six of us. If you can call it normal that is. You see, us six, namely Bell, C-4, Nokame, Kitkat, Serena, and I, were sucked into the Sonic Universe about a few months ago, and our bodies were changed to look like one of our fan characters. Bell was a white fox with some cyan streaksgoing through her fur here and there and didn't have a tail. C-4 was a yellowish grey echidna that was armed with a sword and pistols and, as I could tell, three voices in his head. Nokameko, or Nokame as we called him, was koopa turtle and he was the intelectual one of our group. KitKat is a red furred cat with blue jeans, a white baseball cap, and white sneakers. He's the crazy and random person of our group. Then, their's Serena. She looked a hell of a lot like Maria, and is the cousin to Eggman, in this form that is. Then, there is me. (If any of you have read my work or seen a picture of my character, you know what I look like, so I'm not gonna go in to detail about me.)
All six of us were sucked here, and since then, we've found a way to travel to here and back to our world. Me and Kit Kat seem to be the only ones that can be in Mobian form in our world though. He can put on that white cap and turn into his form on Earth. Me, I'm like permanently. Which, I don't mind a bit. Anyway, we were all walking down the street in Station Square. We had decided that all of us were going to just spend the day together and hang out. First, we were going to Twinkle Park, then we would visit the Chao Garden, then sneak into the Casino and gamble a bit, then go out and eat with what money we had left.
"So.how long are we gonna stay at Twinkle Park?" asked Serena.
"Well, two to three hours sounds pretty good to me. How about you guys?" said Nokame. We all agreed to that as we rounded the corner and headed towards the front gate.
"This is going to be so much fun!" said Bell as she skipped down the sidewalk. I had to admit, even though she did a few childish things like this, she looked rather cute doing it.
"Yeah, that is, if someone doesn't suddenly decide to kick the roller coaster into overdrive" said C-4 as he looked at Nokame.
"Hey, that little brat deserved it! Nobody calls this koopa slow and gets away with it" said Nokame.
We all chuckled a bit as we walked down the sidewalk. Then suddenly, I got this strange feeling. My psychic abilities were telling me something, and I stopped in my tracks and glanced around the area. The others noticed I had stopped and did so too and looked at me. I had already told them that I was psychic, and they didn't like it when I started doing this.
"Something wrong Rahn?" aske Serena.
"Yeah, something just doesn't feel right. There is something in the air around here....something evil." C-4 took out his pistol and loaded it up with a couple of rounds.
"I swear Rahn, if this is another of your damn false alarms.."
"It's not" I said, cutting him off.
"Hey guys, look!" yelled Bell as she pointed towards the ground. Right below us, a really familiar looking red portal was opening up under us!
"Everyone jump away!" yelled Nokame, but it was to late to escape. The portal shot open and engulfed all of us. We fell into the red pit, and felt the familiar sensation of falling. Then, it closed behind us.
"Anyone have any idea where this might lead?!" yelled C-4.
"Not a clue, but the fact that it's all red, yellow, and orange around us doesn't make it any bit comforting!" yelled Serena.
"Let's just pray that the exit isn't in the air!" yelled Kitkat. I held my head and as we fell through the portal, or gate, or whatever it was. The evil that was in this thing, it was enormous! I had never felt anything like this before! Needless to say, it about scared me to death. At least the others couldn't feel the sensation.
"Hey everyone, look!" yelled Bell as she pointed towards the exit we were rapidly apporaching.
"Please don't let it be in the air, please don't let it be in the air, please don't let it be in the air.." Kitkat prayed. We finally reached the exit and, sure enough, we were in the air. We all screamed as we fell through the grey skys and down to the ground below.
"BAD DAY, BAD DAY, BAD DAY, BAD DAY!!!!" yelled Kitkat as we hit the ground. Nokame hit the ground first, but was protected due to the fact he was inside his shell. Bell hit next, landing not to far away from Nokame. Serena managed to cushion herself by landing 'on' Nokame. Me and Kitkat fell into a nearby tree, and C-4 had managed to land on his back on top of a large rock. Me and Kitkat got ourselve out of the tree, and went to check on the others. I hope they aren't to injured.
I ran up to Bell first and offered my hand for her, and she gratefully took it.
"You alright?" I asked her.
"If you call hitting the ground at twenty miles and hour and falling a hundred feet from the air alright, then yeah, I guess so. Come on, let's go help the others."
Everyone except C-4 seemed to be alright. It took us all to finally get him to move. I actually felt sorry for him. I mean, that had to hurt like hell! After everyone was up, we looked at our surroundings. It was dark and cloudy, and looked like rain. The grass was rather green, except for a few dirt patches, and there was a range of mountains not to far off.
"Anybody have any idea where we might be?" asked C-4.
"Wow, is it creepy out here. I don't even hear any birds or anything, just the sound of the wind" said Serena. She was right, this was very unsettleing. I glanced at everyone else, and they all had the same look. A look of uneasiness.
"Hey, there's a path over there!" said Bell. She scampered over to the path and took a good look at where it led to. The rest of us joined her a second later. She looked towards the mountains, where one directionled, and towards the opposite path away from the mountains.
"I vote we walk 'away' from the mountains. All in favor?" said Nokame. We all raised our hands, then started our trek away from the mountains. There was something about this place though, something familiar. I couldn't put my finger on it. As we walked, we noticed a small cave that the path forked to. Nobody wanted to go into it, so we moved on. Not to long after, it started to get dark, and I got the feeling we were being watched.
"Anybody else hear that?" asked Kitkat, who was now grasping hold of his frying pan rather tightly.
"Your just being paranoid. Just because it's spooky doesn't mean that there is something out here" said C-4.
"I think we should stop and rest for a moment. I'm getting kind of worn out, and it is starting to get dark. We should probably consider making camp here or something" said Nokame.
"Sounds good. Kitkat, why don't you start a fire and dig out whatever you may have in those pockets of yours?" I asked
"Sure thing, I just need some fire wood."
"Why don't you and C-4 go out and get some Rahn? We'll wait for you right here" said Bell. I was about to protest, but she was giving me the classic puppy eye look, and her being a fox and all, it just amplified the effect. How could I resist something like that.
"*sigh* Alright. Come on C-4, let's go" The two of us headed into the woods that the path we were walking on was running through. We got a little ways in before we both got the sensation again that we were being followed. As I looked around, I caught something out of the corner of my eye as it dashed back into the darkness. I threw my hand infront of C-4, and he stopped.
"Hey,what gives?" he asked. I moved my eyes to meet his, and I told him flat out.
"We are not alone." Right when I said that, a small group of creatures leaped from the shadows and stood in front of us. They were red, impish looking creatures with black hair pulled back into ponytails, and weilded small swords and sheilds. They were also about the size of a normal mobain.
"Dude, what the hell are those!" yelled C-4. I took a good look at them, and I finally placed where we were.
"Nothing good! Just kill the little basterds!" I told him.
"You don't need to tell me twice!" C-4 withdrew the sword he had and charged at the group. I did the same and followed him. He managed a blow against one, successfully killing the creature, and its other comrads quickly ran off.
"Well damn! They are just nothing but little cowards, huh?"
"They'll be back in a second. Cowardness is their nature, and they'll regroup here in a moment" I told him. He looked over at me with an arched eyebrow.
"How do you know?" he asked. The group of creatures returned before I could answer.
"I'll tell you later. Look, everytime we kill one ,the rest will run away and regroup. We have to kill as many as we can before they run" I said.
"Okay, You've got it!" C-4 put away his sword, and pulled out his gun and opened fire. He managed a headshot on five out of the seven remaining creatures. Seeing a weapon like this must have scared them good, because they didn't return this time.
"Yeah! Who's bad? Me!" said C-4. I grinned and rolled my eyes.
"Okay, let's get that firewood, and take one of these things back with us" I said.
"What? Why?"
"I just figured out where we are, and this will help prove to you guys that I'm right. Now, come on."
We both gathered the firewood, and brought the carcass of one of the small creatures back with us, dragging it by the ponytail as not to get any blood on us. As we arrived back, the others were there waiting, and Serena jumped up to greet us.
"What took you guys? We heard gunfire and..." she stopped when her eyes fell upon the body I was dragging, and feaked out.
"AAAAAHHHHH!!!!! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!?!?!?" she yelled.
"Dude, what is that thing?!" yelled Kitkat.
"Fascinating" said Nokame. Bell just stared blankly at it, not showing any kind of expression, but she a hell of a lot more white than she usually was. I could even tell that in this darkness, as it was now completely dark.
"I'll tell you guys in a moment. Kitkat, get the fire started." I said. After he got the fire started, we all sat in a circle around it, everyone on guard for anything.
"Alright Rahn, now tell us, what the heck is that?" said Bell, indicating the dead body I had laying nearby.
"That, my friends, is a demon called a Fallen" I said.
"A demon?" asked Nokame.
"I knew demons were ugly, but damn" said C-4.
I continued to tell them all about the 'Fallen,' and I also told them my hyphoisis.
"Are any of you familiar with the PC game called 'Diablo'?" I asked. They all nodded their heads no.
"Well, I believe that that portal has sucked us from Mobius, to the world of that game" I said
"You mean like when we were pulled to Mobius?" asked Kitkat.
"Sort of. But you see, we are more likely to die here than like when we were first sucked to Mobius" I stated.
"Why do you say that?" asked Bell.
"Because in the game, there are hundreds of these little bastereds" I pointed toward the dead fallen, "running amuck throughout the area. There are also many other types of hellish demons afoot as well, even some with the ability to use magic" I said. "And I'm betting that it's the same here."
They all looked at eachother, then turned back towards me.
"Maybe you should tell us the plot of this game" said Nokame. I continued to tell about how the forces of heaven and hell had been battleing for eons, and that the mortal plain, which is were man lived, was now their battle field. I told them that long ago, the three prime evils, Diablo, Mephisto, and Baal, were banished here to the mortal realm by the lesser evils, Azmodon, Belial, Andarial, and Durial. I explained everything from the capture of their spirits inside the souldstones given to the Horadrim mages by the Archangel Tyrael, up to the time of Diablo's escape from his soulstone. I told them about the warrior that beat Diablo under the passages beneath the town of Tristram, and how that same warrior had now become possessed by Diablo, and was adventuring out to free his two brothers in the east. I had told them everything I knew about the game.
I finally finished an hour later, and they all stared at me with their mouths open in shock.
"Wow." said Nokame.
"So, is there anyway to get back to Mobius or Earth?" asked Bell.
"Well, from what Rahn just said, the people here only have magic and medievil technology. I don't think they'd know how to make an interdimensional transporter or anything" said C-4.
"Hey Rahn? You said that the whole area is infested with all kinds of demons. Is there any place safe that we could stay at? Because this path probably isn't going to keep us from harm" said Bell.
"Well, that would be the Rogue Encampment further up the path away from the mountains. Their in charge of guarding the pass that heads east. It shouldn't be to far from here" I stated.
"Okay then, let's eat something then head on to that camp!" said Serena. Kitkat cooked whatever he pulled out of his pockets. Things like a baked ham, biscuits, burgers, chiken, and such. We all ate our fill, then lit a few torches using some kerosene that Kitkat, for a reason I'd rather not know about, had on him. Then, we put the fire out, and started our trek towards the camp.
On the way there, I told everyone not to take it to hard if they shoot at us first and ask questions later. They were more than likely going to mistake us for demons. Maybe Serena could talk our way into the camp, bacause she was the only one of us that was human. I also said that the Rogues were all made up of women and that there were only a few men in the camp, which would help Serena even more if she had to talk our way in.
"Hey, is that the camp over there?" asked Nokame as he pointed ahead with his torch. There was a shabby looking fort ahead of us with tall log walls, and a glow from a fire in the middle of it. There were also a few torches by the entrance.
"Yeah, that's it. Okay guys, don't freak out if they shoot at us, and let Serena try to do most of the talking, okay?" Everyone nodded, and we proceeded.
As we walked up to the gates, there were two Rogues guarding the entrance. They immediately took notice of us, and aimed their bows at us.
"Halt demons! You will advance no further!" yelled one of them. Serena quickly jumped out from behind us and comminced talking to them.
"Wait, wait, don't shoot!" she yelled. The Rogues dropped their bows and stared at here somewhat perplexed. I grinned inwardly to myself, as I could here exactly what they were thinking. 'What is this girl doing traveling with a bunch of demons?'
"Child, do you realize that you are being accompanied by demons, and that you have led them to our camp?" asked one of them.
"Hey, I'm not a child! And yes, but they are not demons, their my friends! If they were demons, they probably would have killed me by now!" Serena yelled at them. She obviously didn't like being called a child.
"Okay, then what is your business here?" asked the other Rogue. Serena glanced at me for help, and I communicated with her mentally.
"Tell them we need to speak with their leader about a safe place to stay." I told her.
"We need a safe place to stay, and we want to speak with your leader to see if it's okay" said Serena. The Rogues looked at eachother, and nodded.
"Alright then. You come with me, the rest of you stay here. If you so much as do anything suspicious, consider yourselves as a few more tallies for the number of demons we've killed." She then left into the camp with Serena, leaving her friend to watch us.
"I hope she can convince their leader to let us in" said Bell. She looked rather worried. Perhaps she was scared about the things that I had said earlier, or maybe she was worried about Serena, I don't know. I wasn't going to look into her head and find out though, because that would just be abusing my abilities. Then, I saw Kitkat reach into his pockets and pull out a stick of gum.
"Umm, Kitkat, what are you doing?" I asked him as I noticed the Rogue had pointed her bow at him.
"Chewing some gum to pass the time" he said as he put into his mouth an commensed chewing.
"That's going to get you shot" warned Nokame. Kitkat had now blown a bubble, and had the Rogue on edge. Then, C-4 brought his hand around and popped the bubble in Kitkats face, causing the sticky goo to cover his whole head.
C-4 started laughing, and the Rogue had let her bow down. Me, Bell, and Nokame couldn't help but laugh too as Kitkat tried his best to pull the gum from his fur.
"Hey guys!" said Serena as she walked back towards us. Followed behind her was the Rogue from before, and an old women dressed in a purple cloak.
"I've talked to the leader here, but she said she wanted to meet you first before she decided whether to let us stay" she said as she indicated the women in the cloak. I already knew her name as Akara.
"These are your friends I take it" she asked Serena. Serena nodded, and Akara turned towards us. She made eye contact with each one of us, like she was trying to discern our intentions, which she was probably doing. After a few minutes, she smiled at all of us and started to talk.
"Well, you all seem like good natured souls. I see no reason why you can't stay" she said. We all thanked her, and she introduced herself to us.
"Now, I already know Serena here, but what might your names be?" she asked us.
"I'm Bell."
"I'm Nokameko, but I prefer Nokame among friends."
"The name's C-4"
"I'm Kitkat, and I don't mean the chocolate bar either!"
"Kitkat, she wouldn't know what a Kit Kat Bar is, jeez! My name is Rahn, and It's a pleasure to meet you Ms. Akara" I said. I got a few stares from everyone as I said this. They had never heard me so formal before.
"Well then, now that inroductions are over, let us continue our conversation inside camp." Everyone followed Akara in. As we all entered, the others realized I was right about their being no men in the camp. There were only two! One was dressed in blue clothes and stood by the fire, trying to keep warm. The other was standing next to a caravan not to far off at the back of the camp and was counting a few coins in his hand.
"Wow Rahn! You were right! This place is pretty much babe central, huh?" said C-4. This earned him a slap in the back of the head by both Bell and Serena. Akara led us to the fire at the center of the camp, and asked us to all sit down.
"I know this isn't much, but this is the best we can do in these troubled times until we can reclaim our monestary" said Akara.
"You mean this place here isn't you home?" asked Nokame.
"For the time being it is home. You see, a few weeks ago, a dark wanderer travled through the pass that led into the east. We allowed him to go through our monestary, as it is the only safe route through the mountains. But, not long afterwards, our monestary was taken over by Andarial and her minions. We were unable to hold her army off, as she had caught us by surprise, and we were forced to retreat here and build this camp. Ever since, we have been fighting to relaim the monestary."
"You were all forced from your home? That's terrible!" said Kitkat.
"Things have gotten worse I'm afraid. Since our monestary is the gateway to the only safe pass through the mountains, trade as been cut off from the western kingdoms, and the deserts just passed the mountains. There have also been tales that Diablo, The Lord of Terror, is once again walking upon us. Given the recent events, it wouldn't surprise me if the tales were true."
"Wow, this world sounds like it has really gone down the toilet huh?" asked C-4.
"Yeah. I just wish there was something we could do to help" said Bell. To be honest, I didn't actually believe we had to help. Pretty soon, the heros from each of the character classes should be here pretty soon to help. I just hope they don't decide to scour us alive if they did come.
"You know..." said Akara, pulling my attention back to her. "you six might be able help us."
"Really? How?" asked Serena. Wait a minute, Akara can't be suggesting...
"The six of you have a familiar auras of magic about you. I'm detecting the magical energy of a sorceress from one of you, and the energy of a paladin, and a few others. If you taped into this energy, you might be able to help us fight against Andarial!" said Akara. I was hoping she wasn't going to say that.
Bell hoped up and down in excitement. "Wow, you mean we would be able to use magic, and do stuff like pulling rabbits out of a hat, or turning cards into doves, dissappearing in a cloud of smoke or." Akara threw her hand onto Bell's muzzle and clamped it shut.
"While that all is a form of magic, it is not the same. If you are all willing to help us, we will supply you with whatever you need to start you off, and I will tell you what kind of traits and abilities would be more suitable for you to use" she said.
"If we do this for you, will you find a way to send us back home to our world?" asked Nokame.
"You all come from anothers world? Well, I guess that would explain the why we've never seen creature like you, or your odd way of dress. I will see what I can do. If I can't find a way, then maybe someone else in this world can."
"Alright, then I'm in!" yelled Kitkat
"Same here! Just point me towards this Andarial, I'll fill her full of lead!" said C-4 as he loaded his gun.
"I guess I'll agree too, if it gets us all home" said Serena
"This would be an interesting experience, count me in as well" said Nokame
"I suppose I'm game, how about you Rahn? We could use someone like you that know what we are up against" said Bell. I looked at her for a few moments, then to the others. I guess I might as well. Besides, I may know just the person who could send us back if Akara couldn't, but we'd have to clear the monestary, go through the pass, and across the deserts of Aranoch to find out if he could.
"Alright. I'll help too" I said. God, I hope we don't regret this.
"Thank you very much for your help. Now, why don't you all get some rest, we will make preparations tomorrow" said Akara. She led us to an area where there were some empty tents we could use. However, there were only three, and that meant bunking up. Of course, Serena and Bell bunked up, so that left us four guys. C-4 and Kitkat decided that they'd share a tent, so that left me and Nokame in the third and remaining tent.
The two of us went in and found the tent to be quite welcoming. There was a table at the opposite end of the entrance, and small place for a fire in the middle, a chair, and a feathered mattress on each side of the table.
"I got dibs on the left bed" I said. I can only sleep if I fall asleep on my right side facing a wall.
"Fine by me, I'll take the right" said Nokame.
"Well, we better get our sleep for tomorrow, because it's going to be pure hell. Literally" I said while hoping into the bed. We said our goodnights, then drifted off to a peaceful slumber.
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Okay, that was the first chapter. The next will have us clearing out the Den of Evil, and fighting Blood Raven. Now, before you all ask 'what's this doing in the Sonic section if Sonic isn't in it,' I'll tell you now. Sonic will make an entrance later in the fic, but it won't be for a while yet. Not until we get around to Act 4 or 5. So, I hope everyone enjoyed reading this. I would appreciate any reveiws, and I ask that there be no flames please. I don't enjoy them, and I'm pretty sure you wouldn't either if I gave you one.
Thanks a bunch, and I'll get the next chapter out as soon as possible.
Rahn (Mechabot VII)
It was a peaceful, normal day for the six of us. If you can call it normal that is. You see, us six, namely Bell, C-4, Nokame, Kitkat, Serena, and I, were sucked into the Sonic Universe about a few months ago, and our bodies were changed to look like one of our fan characters. Bell was a white fox with some cyan streaksgoing through her fur here and there and didn't have a tail. C-4 was a yellowish grey echidna that was armed with a sword and pistols and, as I could tell, three voices in his head. Nokameko, or Nokame as we called him, was koopa turtle and he was the intelectual one of our group. KitKat is a red furred cat with blue jeans, a white baseball cap, and white sneakers. He's the crazy and random person of our group. Then, their's Serena. She looked a hell of a lot like Maria, and is the cousin to Eggman, in this form that is. Then, there is me. (If any of you have read my work or seen a picture of my character, you know what I look like, so I'm not gonna go in to detail about me.)
All six of us were sucked here, and since then, we've found a way to travel to here and back to our world. Me and Kit Kat seem to be the only ones that can be in Mobian form in our world though. He can put on that white cap and turn into his form on Earth. Me, I'm like permanently. Which, I don't mind a bit. Anyway, we were all walking down the street in Station Square. We had decided that all of us were going to just spend the day together and hang out. First, we were going to Twinkle Park, then we would visit the Chao Garden, then sneak into the Casino and gamble a bit, then go out and eat with what money we had left.
"So.how long are we gonna stay at Twinkle Park?" asked Serena.
"Well, two to three hours sounds pretty good to me. How about you guys?" said Nokame. We all agreed to that as we rounded the corner and headed towards the front gate.
"This is going to be so much fun!" said Bell as she skipped down the sidewalk. I had to admit, even though she did a few childish things like this, she looked rather cute doing it.
"Yeah, that is, if someone doesn't suddenly decide to kick the roller coaster into overdrive" said C-4 as he looked at Nokame.
"Hey, that little brat deserved it! Nobody calls this koopa slow and gets away with it" said Nokame.
We all chuckled a bit as we walked down the sidewalk. Then suddenly, I got this strange feeling. My psychic abilities were telling me something, and I stopped in my tracks and glanced around the area. The others noticed I had stopped and did so too and looked at me. I had already told them that I was psychic, and they didn't like it when I started doing this.
"Something wrong Rahn?" aske Serena.
"Yeah, something just doesn't feel right. There is something in the air around here....something evil." C-4 took out his pistol and loaded it up with a couple of rounds.
"I swear Rahn, if this is another of your damn false alarms.."
"It's not" I said, cutting him off.
"Hey guys, look!" yelled Bell as she pointed towards the ground. Right below us, a really familiar looking red portal was opening up under us!
"Everyone jump away!" yelled Nokame, but it was to late to escape. The portal shot open and engulfed all of us. We fell into the red pit, and felt the familiar sensation of falling. Then, it closed behind us.
"Anyone have any idea where this might lead?!" yelled C-4.
"Not a clue, but the fact that it's all red, yellow, and orange around us doesn't make it any bit comforting!" yelled Serena.
"Let's just pray that the exit isn't in the air!" yelled Kitkat. I held my head and as we fell through the portal, or gate, or whatever it was. The evil that was in this thing, it was enormous! I had never felt anything like this before! Needless to say, it about scared me to death. At least the others couldn't feel the sensation.
"Hey everyone, look!" yelled Bell as she pointed towards the exit we were rapidly apporaching.
"Please don't let it be in the air, please don't let it be in the air, please don't let it be in the air.." Kitkat prayed. We finally reached the exit and, sure enough, we were in the air. We all screamed as we fell through the grey skys and down to the ground below.
"BAD DAY, BAD DAY, BAD DAY, BAD DAY!!!!" yelled Kitkat as we hit the ground. Nokame hit the ground first, but was protected due to the fact he was inside his shell. Bell hit next, landing not to far away from Nokame. Serena managed to cushion herself by landing 'on' Nokame. Me and Kitkat fell into a nearby tree, and C-4 had managed to land on his back on top of a large rock. Me and Kitkat got ourselve out of the tree, and went to check on the others. I hope they aren't to injured.
I ran up to Bell first and offered my hand for her, and she gratefully took it.
"You alright?" I asked her.
"If you call hitting the ground at twenty miles and hour and falling a hundred feet from the air alright, then yeah, I guess so. Come on, let's go help the others."
Everyone except C-4 seemed to be alright. It took us all to finally get him to move. I actually felt sorry for him. I mean, that had to hurt like hell! After everyone was up, we looked at our surroundings. It was dark and cloudy, and looked like rain. The grass was rather green, except for a few dirt patches, and there was a range of mountains not to far off.
"Anybody have any idea where we might be?" asked C-4.
"Wow, is it creepy out here. I don't even hear any birds or anything, just the sound of the wind" said Serena. She was right, this was very unsettleing. I glanced at everyone else, and they all had the same look. A look of uneasiness.
"Hey, there's a path over there!" said Bell. She scampered over to the path and took a good look at where it led to. The rest of us joined her a second later. She looked towards the mountains, where one directionled, and towards the opposite path away from the mountains.
"I vote we walk 'away' from the mountains. All in favor?" said Nokame. We all raised our hands, then started our trek away from the mountains. There was something about this place though, something familiar. I couldn't put my finger on it. As we walked, we noticed a small cave that the path forked to. Nobody wanted to go into it, so we moved on. Not to long after, it started to get dark, and I got the feeling we were being watched.
"Anybody else hear that?" asked Kitkat, who was now grasping hold of his frying pan rather tightly.
"Your just being paranoid. Just because it's spooky doesn't mean that there is something out here" said C-4.
"I think we should stop and rest for a moment. I'm getting kind of worn out, and it is starting to get dark. We should probably consider making camp here or something" said Nokame.
"Sounds good. Kitkat, why don't you start a fire and dig out whatever you may have in those pockets of yours?" I asked
"Sure thing, I just need some fire wood."
"Why don't you and C-4 go out and get some Rahn? We'll wait for you right here" said Bell. I was about to protest, but she was giving me the classic puppy eye look, and her being a fox and all, it just amplified the effect. How could I resist something like that.
"*sigh* Alright. Come on C-4, let's go" The two of us headed into the woods that the path we were walking on was running through. We got a little ways in before we both got the sensation again that we were being followed. As I looked around, I caught something out of the corner of my eye as it dashed back into the darkness. I threw my hand infront of C-4, and he stopped.
"Hey,what gives?" he asked. I moved my eyes to meet his, and I told him flat out.
"We are not alone." Right when I said that, a small group of creatures leaped from the shadows and stood in front of us. They were red, impish looking creatures with black hair pulled back into ponytails, and weilded small swords and sheilds. They were also about the size of a normal mobain.
"Dude, what the hell are those!" yelled C-4. I took a good look at them, and I finally placed where we were.
"Nothing good! Just kill the little basterds!" I told him.
"You don't need to tell me twice!" C-4 withdrew the sword he had and charged at the group. I did the same and followed him. He managed a blow against one, successfully killing the creature, and its other comrads quickly ran off.
"Well damn! They are just nothing but little cowards, huh?"
"They'll be back in a second. Cowardness is their nature, and they'll regroup here in a moment" I told him. He looked over at me with an arched eyebrow.
"How do you know?" he asked. The group of creatures returned before I could answer.
"I'll tell you later. Look, everytime we kill one ,the rest will run away and regroup. We have to kill as many as we can before they run" I said.
"Okay, You've got it!" C-4 put away his sword, and pulled out his gun and opened fire. He managed a headshot on five out of the seven remaining creatures. Seeing a weapon like this must have scared them good, because they didn't return this time.
"Yeah! Who's bad? Me!" said C-4. I grinned and rolled my eyes.
"Okay, let's get that firewood, and take one of these things back with us" I said.
"What? Why?"
"I just figured out where we are, and this will help prove to you guys that I'm right. Now, come on."
We both gathered the firewood, and brought the carcass of one of the small creatures back with us, dragging it by the ponytail as not to get any blood on us. As we arrived back, the others were there waiting, and Serena jumped up to greet us.
"What took you guys? We heard gunfire and..." she stopped when her eyes fell upon the body I was dragging, and feaked out.
"AAAAAHHHHH!!!!! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!?!?!?" she yelled.
"Dude, what is that thing?!" yelled Kitkat.
"Fascinating" said Nokame. Bell just stared blankly at it, not showing any kind of expression, but she a hell of a lot more white than she usually was. I could even tell that in this darkness, as it was now completely dark.
"I'll tell you guys in a moment. Kitkat, get the fire started." I said. After he got the fire started, we all sat in a circle around it, everyone on guard for anything.
"Alright Rahn, now tell us, what the heck is that?" said Bell, indicating the dead body I had laying nearby.
"That, my friends, is a demon called a Fallen" I said.
"A demon?" asked Nokame.
"I knew demons were ugly, but damn" said C-4.
I continued to tell them all about the 'Fallen,' and I also told them my hyphoisis.
"Are any of you familiar with the PC game called 'Diablo'?" I asked. They all nodded their heads no.
"Well, I believe that that portal has sucked us from Mobius, to the world of that game" I said
"You mean like when we were pulled to Mobius?" asked Kitkat.
"Sort of. But you see, we are more likely to die here than like when we were first sucked to Mobius" I stated.
"Why do you say that?" asked Bell.
"Because in the game, there are hundreds of these little bastereds" I pointed toward the dead fallen, "running amuck throughout the area. There are also many other types of hellish demons afoot as well, even some with the ability to use magic" I said. "And I'm betting that it's the same here."
They all looked at eachother, then turned back towards me.
"Maybe you should tell us the plot of this game" said Nokame. I continued to tell about how the forces of heaven and hell had been battleing for eons, and that the mortal plain, which is were man lived, was now their battle field. I told them that long ago, the three prime evils, Diablo, Mephisto, and Baal, were banished here to the mortal realm by the lesser evils, Azmodon, Belial, Andarial, and Durial. I explained everything from the capture of their spirits inside the souldstones given to the Horadrim mages by the Archangel Tyrael, up to the time of Diablo's escape from his soulstone. I told them about the warrior that beat Diablo under the passages beneath the town of Tristram, and how that same warrior had now become possessed by Diablo, and was adventuring out to free his two brothers in the east. I had told them everything I knew about the game.
I finally finished an hour later, and they all stared at me with their mouths open in shock.
"Wow." said Nokame.
"So, is there anyway to get back to Mobius or Earth?" asked Bell.
"Well, from what Rahn just said, the people here only have magic and medievil technology. I don't think they'd know how to make an interdimensional transporter or anything" said C-4.
"Hey Rahn? You said that the whole area is infested with all kinds of demons. Is there any place safe that we could stay at? Because this path probably isn't going to keep us from harm" said Bell.
"Well, that would be the Rogue Encampment further up the path away from the mountains. Their in charge of guarding the pass that heads east. It shouldn't be to far from here" I stated.
"Okay then, let's eat something then head on to that camp!" said Serena. Kitkat cooked whatever he pulled out of his pockets. Things like a baked ham, biscuits, burgers, chiken, and such. We all ate our fill, then lit a few torches using some kerosene that Kitkat, for a reason I'd rather not know about, had on him. Then, we put the fire out, and started our trek towards the camp.
On the way there, I told everyone not to take it to hard if they shoot at us first and ask questions later. They were more than likely going to mistake us for demons. Maybe Serena could talk our way into the camp, bacause she was the only one of us that was human. I also said that the Rogues were all made up of women and that there were only a few men in the camp, which would help Serena even more if she had to talk our way in.
"Hey, is that the camp over there?" asked Nokame as he pointed ahead with his torch. There was a shabby looking fort ahead of us with tall log walls, and a glow from a fire in the middle of it. There were also a few torches by the entrance.
"Yeah, that's it. Okay guys, don't freak out if they shoot at us, and let Serena try to do most of the talking, okay?" Everyone nodded, and we proceeded.
As we walked up to the gates, there were two Rogues guarding the entrance. They immediately took notice of us, and aimed their bows at us.
"Halt demons! You will advance no further!" yelled one of them. Serena quickly jumped out from behind us and comminced talking to them.
"Wait, wait, don't shoot!" she yelled. The Rogues dropped their bows and stared at here somewhat perplexed. I grinned inwardly to myself, as I could here exactly what they were thinking. 'What is this girl doing traveling with a bunch of demons?'
"Child, do you realize that you are being accompanied by demons, and that you have led them to our camp?" asked one of them.
"Hey, I'm not a child! And yes, but they are not demons, their my friends! If they were demons, they probably would have killed me by now!" Serena yelled at them. She obviously didn't like being called a child.
"Okay, then what is your business here?" asked the other Rogue. Serena glanced at me for help, and I communicated with her mentally.
"Tell them we need to speak with their leader about a safe place to stay." I told her.
"We need a safe place to stay, and we want to speak with your leader to see if it's okay" said Serena. The Rogues looked at eachother, and nodded.
"Alright then. You come with me, the rest of you stay here. If you so much as do anything suspicious, consider yourselves as a few more tallies for the number of demons we've killed." She then left into the camp with Serena, leaving her friend to watch us.
"I hope she can convince their leader to let us in" said Bell. She looked rather worried. Perhaps she was scared about the things that I had said earlier, or maybe she was worried about Serena, I don't know. I wasn't going to look into her head and find out though, because that would just be abusing my abilities. Then, I saw Kitkat reach into his pockets and pull out a stick of gum.
"Umm, Kitkat, what are you doing?" I asked him as I noticed the Rogue had pointed her bow at him.
"Chewing some gum to pass the time" he said as he put into his mouth an commensed chewing.
"That's going to get you shot" warned Nokame. Kitkat had now blown a bubble, and had the Rogue on edge. Then, C-4 brought his hand around and popped the bubble in Kitkats face, causing the sticky goo to cover his whole head.
C-4 started laughing, and the Rogue had let her bow down. Me, Bell, and Nokame couldn't help but laugh too as Kitkat tried his best to pull the gum from his fur.
"Hey guys!" said Serena as she walked back towards us. Followed behind her was the Rogue from before, and an old women dressed in a purple cloak.
"I've talked to the leader here, but she said she wanted to meet you first before she decided whether to let us stay" she said as she indicated the women in the cloak. I already knew her name as Akara.
"These are your friends I take it" she asked Serena. Serena nodded, and Akara turned towards us. She made eye contact with each one of us, like she was trying to discern our intentions, which she was probably doing. After a few minutes, she smiled at all of us and started to talk.
"Well, you all seem like good natured souls. I see no reason why you can't stay" she said. We all thanked her, and she introduced herself to us.
"Now, I already know Serena here, but what might your names be?" she asked us.
"I'm Bell."
"I'm Nokameko, but I prefer Nokame among friends."
"The name's C-4"
"I'm Kitkat, and I don't mean the chocolate bar either!"
"Kitkat, she wouldn't know what a Kit Kat Bar is, jeez! My name is Rahn, and It's a pleasure to meet you Ms. Akara" I said. I got a few stares from everyone as I said this. They had never heard me so formal before.
"Well then, now that inroductions are over, let us continue our conversation inside camp." Everyone followed Akara in. As we all entered, the others realized I was right about their being no men in the camp. There were only two! One was dressed in blue clothes and stood by the fire, trying to keep warm. The other was standing next to a caravan not to far off at the back of the camp and was counting a few coins in his hand.
"Wow Rahn! You were right! This place is pretty much babe central, huh?" said C-4. This earned him a slap in the back of the head by both Bell and Serena. Akara led us to the fire at the center of the camp, and asked us to all sit down.
"I know this isn't much, but this is the best we can do in these troubled times until we can reclaim our monestary" said Akara.
"You mean this place here isn't you home?" asked Nokame.
"For the time being it is home. You see, a few weeks ago, a dark wanderer travled through the pass that led into the east. We allowed him to go through our monestary, as it is the only safe route through the mountains. But, not long afterwards, our monestary was taken over by Andarial and her minions. We were unable to hold her army off, as she had caught us by surprise, and we were forced to retreat here and build this camp. Ever since, we have been fighting to relaim the monestary."
"You were all forced from your home? That's terrible!" said Kitkat.
"Things have gotten worse I'm afraid. Since our monestary is the gateway to the only safe pass through the mountains, trade as been cut off from the western kingdoms, and the deserts just passed the mountains. There have also been tales that Diablo, The Lord of Terror, is once again walking upon us. Given the recent events, it wouldn't surprise me if the tales were true."
"Wow, this world sounds like it has really gone down the toilet huh?" asked C-4.
"Yeah. I just wish there was something we could do to help" said Bell. To be honest, I didn't actually believe we had to help. Pretty soon, the heros from each of the character classes should be here pretty soon to help. I just hope they don't decide to scour us alive if they did come.
"You know..." said Akara, pulling my attention back to her. "you six might be able help us."
"Really? How?" asked Serena. Wait a minute, Akara can't be suggesting...
"The six of you have a familiar auras of magic about you. I'm detecting the magical energy of a sorceress from one of you, and the energy of a paladin, and a few others. If you taped into this energy, you might be able to help us fight against Andarial!" said Akara. I was hoping she wasn't going to say that.
Bell hoped up and down in excitement. "Wow, you mean we would be able to use magic, and do stuff like pulling rabbits out of a hat, or turning cards into doves, dissappearing in a cloud of smoke or." Akara threw her hand onto Bell's muzzle and clamped it shut.
"While that all is a form of magic, it is not the same. If you are all willing to help us, we will supply you with whatever you need to start you off, and I will tell you what kind of traits and abilities would be more suitable for you to use" she said.
"If we do this for you, will you find a way to send us back home to our world?" asked Nokame.
"You all come from anothers world? Well, I guess that would explain the why we've never seen creature like you, or your odd way of dress. I will see what I can do. If I can't find a way, then maybe someone else in this world can."
"Alright, then I'm in!" yelled Kitkat
"Same here! Just point me towards this Andarial, I'll fill her full of lead!" said C-4 as he loaded his gun.
"I guess I'll agree too, if it gets us all home" said Serena
"This would be an interesting experience, count me in as well" said Nokame
"I suppose I'm game, how about you Rahn? We could use someone like you that know what we are up against" said Bell. I looked at her for a few moments, then to the others. I guess I might as well. Besides, I may know just the person who could send us back if Akara couldn't, but we'd have to clear the monestary, go through the pass, and across the deserts of Aranoch to find out if he could.
"Alright. I'll help too" I said. God, I hope we don't regret this.
"Thank you very much for your help. Now, why don't you all get some rest, we will make preparations tomorrow" said Akara. She led us to an area where there were some empty tents we could use. However, there were only three, and that meant bunking up. Of course, Serena and Bell bunked up, so that left us four guys. C-4 and Kitkat decided that they'd share a tent, so that left me and Nokame in the third and remaining tent.
The two of us went in and found the tent to be quite welcoming. There was a table at the opposite end of the entrance, and small place for a fire in the middle, a chair, and a feathered mattress on each side of the table.
"I got dibs on the left bed" I said. I can only sleep if I fall asleep on my right side facing a wall.
"Fine by me, I'll take the right" said Nokame.
"Well, we better get our sleep for tomorrow, because it's going to be pure hell. Literally" I said while hoping into the bed. We said our goodnights, then drifted off to a peaceful slumber.
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Okay, that was the first chapter. The next will have us clearing out the Den of Evil, and fighting Blood Raven. Now, before you all ask 'what's this doing in the Sonic section if Sonic isn't in it,' I'll tell you now. Sonic will make an entrance later in the fic, but it won't be for a while yet. Not until we get around to Act 4 or 5. So, I hope everyone enjoyed reading this. I would appreciate any reveiws, and I ask that there be no flames please. I don't enjoy them, and I'm pretty sure you wouldn't either if I gave you one.
Thanks a bunch, and I'll get the next chapter out as soon as possible.
Rahn (Mechabot VII)
