Reunions

Okay, I think I've gone through this legal junk enough already. You guys know who owns what.

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Vincent looks around a little bit more for an address and map of the city. He tries to hook the Tek up to the computer, but finds that it was busted in the fight with Ganondorf. After a while, he finally finds out exactly where his old friend's laboratory is. "Okay, I've got it!"

Nobody's listening. Everyone else is just amazed by their surroundings. None of them have ever seen anything like this. True, neither had Vincent, but he at least had seen technology from his era. His friends have lived in more primitive setting their entire lives.

Vincent elects to not bother them and tries to activate his Wind armor so he can get a bird's eye view of the area. To his surprise, he finds that he is not able to do it. Just to make sure, he tries activating his Fire armor, and it works. He notices that the wings that grew when the elemental power of Spirit was unlocked are still there. "Hey, do you guys think these wings actually work? The Wind armor seems to be gone now, so they are my only other option."

Link looks over to Vincent and says, "I guess it's worth a try."

Vincent spreads his wings and moves them around experimentally. When he is pretty sure he has the technique down, he says, "I'm going to try it now."

Everyone gets a little closer to him. Ruto says, "Don't worry, we'll catch you if you fall."

Satyr looks at Ruto and says, "Speak for yourself! I'm going up with him so I can laugh at him while he falls!"

After a short time, Vincent and Satyr have ascended into the air. Vincent is looking down and says, "I think I see it. Let's go back down."

Satyr laughs at him and says, "What, afraid of heights?"

Vincent shoots back, "Are you forgetting that I was able to fly with the Wind armor?"

Satyr says, "Fine, whatever! Let's just go!"

Back down on the ground, Vincent says, "I'm glad that these wings work, because apparently the rest of my powers are sapped after being used a little too much. When we finally get to Dr. Light's lab, we've got to rest a while."

Zelda asks, "So you were able to see it?"

"Yeah. Let's go, it's this way" and they all follow Vincent in the direction that he is walking, still taking in the sights as they go.

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In a small workroom, Dr. Light is working on some invention. Roll walks into the room and says, "Dr. Light, there is somebody here to see you. He says he knew you years ago.

Dr. Light, still not looking up from his work, says, "I wonder who it could be. Send him in, Roll."

Roll says, "He has some friends with him. Should I have them come in, too?"

"Well, I guess so. How many are there?"

"There's five of them."

"Okay, I guess there's enough room in here."

Roll leaves and comes back with Vincent, Ruto, Satyr, Link, and Zelda. Dr. Light still isn't looking up from his work.

Vincent speaks first. "Are you Dr. Michael Allen Light?"

"Yes, I am. May I ask your name? You sound familiar, but this is delicate work, and I can't really stop" the doctor says.

"Does the name 'Vincent Wolf' sound familiar?" he asks.

Dr. Light drops his tool that he has in his hand, and it falls to the ground. He looks up and at Vincent's face. "Vince?"

"Yeah," Vincent says, "it's me, Mike."

"But, I thought you were dead! And why are you still young?!?"

"It's a long story, so I guess we should find a good place to sit down."

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As they are walking down a hallway, Vincent is telling Dr. Light about everything that has happened so far (It took him a little longer to explain the wings). When they pass by this one door, Vincent hears a familiar guitar number coming from inside, accompanied by a bass and a keyboard. Vincent says, "That sounds like 'The Beer Song'! Is Jason in there?"

Dr. Light looks a little nervous as he says, "I… guess you could say that…"

Vincent rushes into the room and sees Megaman, Protoman, and Bass. Megaman is playing a bass guitar, Protoman is playing on a keyboard, and Bass is playing the guitar that he heard. All 3 bots stop playing and look up at Vincent. Vincent looks around the room and asks, "Alright, where's Jason?"

Dr. Light says, "Well… seeing as how you are familiar with the games, do you know about Bass?"

Vincent says, "Yeah, he was a bot created by Wily to be a perfect match for Megaman, but you guys eventually defeat him and reprogram him. Why?"

"When we defeated him, we needed some new brain patterns to download into him, so I used Jason's."

"Then where is the real Jason?"

"Jason died years ago. Bass here is now what you would call the 'real' Jason."

Vincent walks over to Bass and says, "It's nice to see you again, Jas…"

Before Vincent can finish what he is saying, Bass knees him in the crotch. As Satyr laughs and Vincent holds himself in pain, Bass says, "Now we're even! Did you think I wouldn't remember when you did that to me? And by the way, it's 'Bass' now. I like that name better than Jason."

"Gotcha…" is all Vincent says.

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Everyone is now sitting at a large table in a dining room. Roll has brought lots of food and set it before Dr. Light, Vincent, Link, Ruto, Zelda, and Satyr. Dr. Light, Vincent, and Link are each having chicken, Ruto is eating fish, and Zelda and Satyr are eating salad. Vincent has finished telling everyone about what he thinks is going on.

Megaman speaks up, "So you are some guy that was a friend of the doc's and Bass' when you guys were younger? If that's true, then why are you still younger, and the doc has gotten so old?"

Roll says, "Hey, leave Dr. Light alone!"

"Sorry, sis." Megaman says, "I didn't mean for it to come out like that. But why are you still young, Mr. Wolf?"

Vincent says, "Please, just call me either Vincent or Vince. Well, the only thing I can guess is that different worlds move at a different pace of time. I was in Hyrule for only a month, but many years passed here while I was gone. Does that make sense to everyone?"

Satyr says, "No, but that's alright."

Everyone starts laughing and then Vincent gets a thought. He asks, "Hey, Doc. If you are still alive, then how about everybody else? Like my family?

The bots and Dr. Light stop laughing, and soon after, so does everyone else. Dr. Light says, "I'm sorry, Vince, but…"

Vincent cuts him short, "It's alright. I didn't really expect too much. My dad's dead though, right?"

Light begins to chuckle a little bit, "Yeah, thank heavens!"

Vincent, Bass, and Light laugh, but everyone else looks at them like they've lost their minds. Ruto smacks Vincent in the back of the head, "My father is dead, and you laugh about yours? What's wrong with you?"

Vincent looks at her and says, "My dad was a deadbeat. He nearly killed my mom, he beat me as a child, AND he drank more than Satyr!"

Satyr, who is drinking out of a large liquor bottle as he says this, stops and says, "Hey, I don't drink that much!" Then she goes head first drinking out of the bottle again. After a few moments, she falls in. Everyone in the room starts laughing as Roll tries to get her out.

After she is finally out of the bottle, completely passed out, Protoman says, "Vince, Bass here used to tell me that you play drums. We've been trying to get Roll to learn, but she really has no interest in it. Since you are probably going to be staying for a while, how would you like to jam with us sometime?"

"Oh HELL yeah!" Vincent says, "That would be awesome! As if meeting some of my favorite video game characters wasn't enough, I get to play drums with you guys too! If this is a dream, I hope it never ends!"

Dr. Light says, "Well, now that everyone has gotten acquainted, how about we get some rest? It's getting pretty late, and we need to find some way to keep your wings concealed in public. We'll figure that out tomorrow, though. Roll, set up some of the empty rooms for our friends." He sniffs the air, "Maybe you guys should bathe. That fight you told me about still has its smell about you."

Vincent, Ruto, Link, and Zelda laugh. Link says, "I guess you're right!"

Zelda yawns and says, "And that whole rest thing doesn't sound like a bad idea, either."

Dr. Light says, "I'll have Roll show you all to the washroom. The rest of you bots can recharge for the night."

Vincent reaches into his pouch and pulls out the Tek. He says, "This broke during our fight with Ganondorf. Any chance you would be able to fix it?"

Dr. Light takes it, "I'll do more than that! I'll make it better! Now get some rest. Tomorrow we'll find some way for you to conceal those wings."

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The next morning, Vincent is in a room with Dr. Light, Bass, Ruto, and Satyr. Dr. Light is fiddling around with some tools and stuff.

"So," Bass says, "you're some sort of wizard or something now?"

Vincent responds, "Not really. I'm more of a fighter that can use magic."

Satyr speaks up, "But he didn't even beat Ganondorf! Link had to do that!"

Ruto shoots a look over at Satyr and says, "He did just fine! It was his first major battle, and if we didn't have him there, we would've lost!"

Bass smirks, "The way you defend him, I'd swear you two were boyfriend and girlfriend."

Ruto blushes. Vincent says, "We've gone out a few times, but we're really just really good friends." After hearing this, Ruto looks a little down. Vincent asks, "What's wrong, Ruto?"

Ruto looks up at him and says, "Oh, nothing…"

Vincent is about to say something back, when Dr. Light sets down his tools and walks over to him. "Finished" he says as he hands a watch like object to Vincent. He says, "This should cloak your wings when you press this button here while wearing it."

Vincent straps it on and presses the button. In a second, the wings seem to vanish. "That was awesome, Doc! Have you been able to fix the Tek yet, though?"

Dr. Light points to another few buttons on the object and says, "Those buttons will control a hologram version of the Tek. I wasn't able to get the internet back on there, but I was able to put a location sensing device in there, which should be able to tell you where you are at any given time, no matter where you are."

Vincent starts pressing some of the buttons and starts to play 'Black and White' by Static-X. He says, "This is great! Let's check the rest out." He opens up the locator. On a pop-up hologram comes a map that says 'Neo Earth: Neo Chicago: Dr. Light's Laboratory.' "Okay, everything seems to be working" he says.

Satyr flies over to Dr. Light's shoulder and says, "Hey, Doc. I've been meaning to ask. What was that thing you were working on when we first got here?"

Vincent looks up from the watch and says, "Yeah, I was wondering that too."

Bass responds, "He was working on a new bot. After those 3 other guys came here, he decided to study that rift they left. He thought that he might be able to make a bot that control them. Just in case I also created a hand held rift opening device."

Vincent asks, "Cool. So how is that going?"

Dr. Light looks over to where the dormant bot lays. The bot is a deep, dark purple and light blue. Other than that, he looks very similar to Bass. "He will be able to use the power, but the problem is, his personality is lacking the same social skills that the other hero bots have."

Satyr starts to laugh and says, "So what your saying is, he doesn't play well with others? HAHAHAHAHA!"

Bass says, "No. He's a loner. We had him running for a short time, but he didn't want to cooperate with us. We had to shut him down."

Vincent walks over to the bot lying on the table. "Maybe all he needs is to trust us…"

Ruto walks over to him and says, "I think your right, Vince."

Now Dr. Light, Satyr, and Bass walk over and join them. Dr. Light says, "Well, I suppose there's only one way to find out." He walks over to a control panel and starts typing on it as he says, "We have to bring him back online."

Vincent looks down at the bot again and asks, "Before you do, can you tell me his name?" Dr. Light looks back to see that Link, Megaman, Protoman, and Roll are all standing at the door.

"I guess you can call him Shift," he says looking back at Vincent. With one last press of a button, Shift begins to move a little.

In a moment, he opens up his eyes and looks around. When he sees Dr. Light, he says, "I was wondering when you were going to wake me back up. I guess it's normal that you would just forget about something that was of no use to you. This is why I don't like working alongside any of you." Without saying anymore, he stands up and leaves the room. Megaman watches him walk into the music room and slam the door.

He says, "Well, at least he's in a better mood than he was the last time you woke him up."

Vincent walks towards the door and says, "I'm going to go and talk to him." Bass is already out the door.

"I'll talk to him," Bass says looking back.

Vincent looks back at everyone else and says, "You guys all stay here. Me and Bass can handle it." With that, he walks into the music room.

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In his secret laboratory, Dr. Wily is looking at some blueprints and notes standing in front of a huge device of some sort. He walks over to a small table where a pile of what appears to be very old looking comics sits. Picking up one of the top ones, he laughs maniacally. Flipping through the pages, he lands on a picture of a very obese looking man with a mechanical arm and a long red mustache.

He yells out a nearby door, "RIFTMAN! Get over here! I'm ready to download the data I gathered from that rift into you." He looks back at the picture and says to himself, "Soon Dr. Ivo Robotnik, I will bring you here. With your power backing me up, I will rule the world!"

As he laughs to himself again, he drops the comic he was holding and it flips back to the cover. On the cover of it is the title 'Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog'.

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A/N: If you hadn't figured it out, because of lack of brainpower or whatever, I'm bringing in Sonic the Hedgehog. Besides the obvious Sonic and Tails, I will be using other characters everybody is familiar with, including Shadow, Knuckles, Sally, Amy, and probably some others. This chapter was a tiny bit shorter, but I hope that didn't take away from the quality. Unlike other people, I don't want to spend all my time on action scenes. Any ideas or anything can be submitted in a review. I have to work on another fic, so it may be a while before I can update this one again.