CHAPTER 2 - Revelation.
It's been three months now. Three months since I last held the power of a laser blaster on maximum force. Three months since I could fly effortlessly at nearly the speed of sound. Three months... since I was freed. After my Cybernik armour was destroyed, a creature called Chaos appeared on Mobius. A large group, most of the freedom fighters, fought it and eventually won. It was during this time that I realised just how useless I am to the freedom fighters like this. On my own. I was sat around in Tekno's lab, she was crouched under some large metal thing, busily messing with a tangle of wires hanging just above her head. I'd been thinking about asking for a while now... She said, as soon as I lost my old armour, if I ever wanted a new suit, she'd build it for me. I took a deep breath and tried to sound as least desperate as I could. "Tekno, I want new armour." "What?" "Cybernik armour, I want it... please." She climbed out from where she was working and brushed her hair out of her face. "Why, Shorty? I thought you were making the most of this new lease of life, learning to fly the plane and use a crossbow...?" "I am, Tekno. It's great to be part of the team with things I can do naturally, but... I miss... the power." Tekno looked hesitant. "Shorty, to make Cybernik armour, I'd need Megatal..." "So get some, you've done it in the past, for weapons and stuff. The Sky Pods Megatal plated isn't it?" I was confused, I'd seen loads of it in a huge melting pot in one of the underground rooms of the lab. "Yeah, it is. But that Megatal was all I had left, it came from the supply I managed to steal when I... stopped working for Robotnik." "So you're saying you can't get any more?" "Well, there's only one place that has the technology to manufacture it... Robotnik's plant in the Metropolis Zone..." "Then I'll just have to go in and get some." I was Shortfuse the Cybernik, I could do any-- "Shorty, you can't. You're not invincible, remember?" It hit me again, like it had hundreds of times in the last 3 months, I wasn't Shortfuse the Cybernik. I was Shorty the Squirrel. "Oh, yeah." Tekno looked at me again. "We could get Sonic to go in and get it, he'd be able to get through the defences." "No, Tekno. I don't want to tell the others, they all think I love being free. They'd think I was weak if they knew what I wanted. I just want this between me and you." Tekno looked like she wanted to say different but she just smiled and nodded. "Thanks, you're the best friend I have." "What're we going to do then? We still need the Megatal..." "I'm going to get it. I can do it. I'm Shortfu- Dammit. Well, I can still do it." She smiled for a second. "No, I'd never let you do that. You'd be dead in minutes. I'm going with you." "No Tekno, this is my job. I'm not going to drag you into it with me." "I'm already into it Shorty," She tried to wipe an oil stain from under her left eye but only succeeded in smearing it in even more. "You're my best friend too and no matter what you say, I'm going with you." I licked my thumb and smudged the oil stain from her face, then gently shoved her back under the machine she was working on. "We'll see, girl."
********** This isn't the complete chapter, I'm just putting this up so you all know I'm not dead. There'll be more, no idea when, maybe next year. But there will be. All I'm gonna let you know now is that Cream's in the plot and this is how I'd have her introduced to the STC world. =)
- Stiv.
It's been three months now. Three months since I last held the power of a laser blaster on maximum force. Three months since I could fly effortlessly at nearly the speed of sound. Three months... since I was freed. After my Cybernik armour was destroyed, a creature called Chaos appeared on Mobius. A large group, most of the freedom fighters, fought it and eventually won. It was during this time that I realised just how useless I am to the freedom fighters like this. On my own. I was sat around in Tekno's lab, she was crouched under some large metal thing, busily messing with a tangle of wires hanging just above her head. I'd been thinking about asking for a while now... She said, as soon as I lost my old armour, if I ever wanted a new suit, she'd build it for me. I took a deep breath and tried to sound as least desperate as I could. "Tekno, I want new armour." "What?" "Cybernik armour, I want it... please." She climbed out from where she was working and brushed her hair out of her face. "Why, Shorty? I thought you were making the most of this new lease of life, learning to fly the plane and use a crossbow...?" "I am, Tekno. It's great to be part of the team with things I can do naturally, but... I miss... the power." Tekno looked hesitant. "Shorty, to make Cybernik armour, I'd need Megatal..." "So get some, you've done it in the past, for weapons and stuff. The Sky Pods Megatal plated isn't it?" I was confused, I'd seen loads of it in a huge melting pot in one of the underground rooms of the lab. "Yeah, it is. But that Megatal was all I had left, it came from the supply I managed to steal when I... stopped working for Robotnik." "So you're saying you can't get any more?" "Well, there's only one place that has the technology to manufacture it... Robotnik's plant in the Metropolis Zone..." "Then I'll just have to go in and get some." I was Shortfuse the Cybernik, I could do any-- "Shorty, you can't. You're not invincible, remember?" It hit me again, like it had hundreds of times in the last 3 months, I wasn't Shortfuse the Cybernik. I was Shorty the Squirrel. "Oh, yeah." Tekno looked at me again. "We could get Sonic to go in and get it, he'd be able to get through the defences." "No, Tekno. I don't want to tell the others, they all think I love being free. They'd think I was weak if they knew what I wanted. I just want this between me and you." Tekno looked like she wanted to say different but she just smiled and nodded. "Thanks, you're the best friend I have." "What're we going to do then? We still need the Megatal..." "I'm going to get it. I can do it. I'm Shortfu- Dammit. Well, I can still do it." She smiled for a second. "No, I'd never let you do that. You'd be dead in minutes. I'm going with you." "No Tekno, this is my job. I'm not going to drag you into it with me." "I'm already into it Shorty," She tried to wipe an oil stain from under her left eye but only succeeded in smearing it in even more. "You're my best friend too and no matter what you say, I'm going with you." I licked my thumb and smudged the oil stain from her face, then gently shoved her back under the machine she was working on. "We'll see, girl."
********** This isn't the complete chapter, I'm just putting this up so you all know I'm not dead. There'll be more, no idea when, maybe next year. But there will be. All I'm gonna let you know now is that Cream's in the plot and this is how I'd have her introduced to the STC world. =)
- Stiv.