Chp 08: The Good Doctor
Grand Design Stealth Plane
Shadow woke up and tried to figure out where he was. The last thing he remembered was getting beaten by the other Shadow. His first thought that he was in a transport plane to the enemy base, but he saw that Lecko was at the wheel. The hedgehog stood up and found his friends sleeping next to him. He decided not to wake them and went straight to the lizard.
"What are you doing here, Lecko? We told you to get on the escape pod."
"And I did. After a few seconds, I got off and came to help you guys. And your lucky I did! You were getting killed out there." he stopped when he saw the pain in Shadow's eyes. "Sorry dude, I didn't mean to…"
"It's okay. I should have expected his strength to be greater than mine. Gerald has probably spent all of that extra time training him and Endigo. His plan was to use Chaos Control to go back fifty years. Since Sonic and the others weren't born until about thirty years after that, he would have had plenty of time to perfect the Shadow and Endigo of this dimension. I was just surprised."
"Yeah. I guess that would be hard to deal with." a smile came across the chameleon's face. "Well, you won't have to worry anymore! We're going to see the greatest scientific mind in the world!"
"Tails?"
"Not quite."
Station Square
The ship entered the mountaintop and prepared to land. "Wait a minute." Knuckles said. "Are you telling me that Gerald never discovered Station Square?"
"Think about it, Knux." the fox began. "Fifty years ago, Station Square hadn't been discovered. Anything that Gerald did could have stopped it from happening. Then, when the resistance discovered it, they were able to use it for themselves. And since this 'Doctor' of theirs lives here, he can invent whatever he wants in private."
"By the way, you still haven't told us who this guy is?" before Shadow's question could be answered, the four heroes were sucked into a hidden tunnel.
The ride was over in a few seconds, and when they landed, a voice asked, "State the password." the voice sounded very familiar to Knuckles and the two others from the alternate 'verse.
"Death to Gerald and the Altera scum." the lizard answered.
Knuckles was the first to remember the voice's owner. "No, it couldn't be him." the metal door in front of them opened to reveal Big the Cat.
"Good to see you again, Lecko!" the feline said in his same, goofy voice. He looked towards the other three. "And you must be the ones from the alternate universe!"
"Alternate is definitely the word I would use."
Big's Lab
"Okay, the first question is this: in our dimension, you're a fisherman. Why is it that you are a genius inventor in this one?"
"That's simple enough." the cat started. "When I was younger, I was training to follow in my father's footsteps to be, as you said, a fisherman. Unfortunately, it was in my seventh year that the Altera Guard came into the Mystic Jungle. My parents knew this, so when they came to our home, my uncle took me and ran away. I ended up in the Altera Correctional Facility, despite my family's effort. While I was there, I became library boy. Since I was forced to live there, I read all the books in the facility. In one, I found the maps of the grounds and made my escape. When I was found by Grand Design, they nurtured my intellect. So, here I am today."
Endigo was prepared to ask another question, when Lecko interrupted. "Guys, maybe we should hit the hay. I've given Big the tape I made on the battle, so he will be able to analyze all of your stats and see what needs to improve." with no complaints, the four were taken to the bedrooms and Shadow, Knux, and Endigo collapsed onto the first real beds they had seen in over a year.
Next: A New Warrior
Grand Design Stealth Plane
Shadow woke up and tried to figure out where he was. The last thing he remembered was getting beaten by the other Shadow. His first thought that he was in a transport plane to the enemy base, but he saw that Lecko was at the wheel. The hedgehog stood up and found his friends sleeping next to him. He decided not to wake them and went straight to the lizard.
"What are you doing here, Lecko? We told you to get on the escape pod."
"And I did. After a few seconds, I got off and came to help you guys. And your lucky I did! You were getting killed out there." he stopped when he saw the pain in Shadow's eyes. "Sorry dude, I didn't mean to…"
"It's okay. I should have expected his strength to be greater than mine. Gerald has probably spent all of that extra time training him and Endigo. His plan was to use Chaos Control to go back fifty years. Since Sonic and the others weren't born until about thirty years after that, he would have had plenty of time to perfect the Shadow and Endigo of this dimension. I was just surprised."
"Yeah. I guess that would be hard to deal with." a smile came across the chameleon's face. "Well, you won't have to worry anymore! We're going to see the greatest scientific mind in the world!"
"Tails?"
"Not quite."
Station Square
The ship entered the mountaintop and prepared to land. "Wait a minute." Knuckles said. "Are you telling me that Gerald never discovered Station Square?"
"Think about it, Knux." the fox began. "Fifty years ago, Station Square hadn't been discovered. Anything that Gerald did could have stopped it from happening. Then, when the resistance discovered it, they were able to use it for themselves. And since this 'Doctor' of theirs lives here, he can invent whatever he wants in private."
"By the way, you still haven't told us who this guy is?" before Shadow's question could be answered, the four heroes were sucked into a hidden tunnel.
The ride was over in a few seconds, and when they landed, a voice asked, "State the password." the voice sounded very familiar to Knuckles and the two others from the alternate 'verse.
"Death to Gerald and the Altera scum." the lizard answered.
Knuckles was the first to remember the voice's owner. "No, it couldn't be him." the metal door in front of them opened to reveal Big the Cat.
"Good to see you again, Lecko!" the feline said in his same, goofy voice. He looked towards the other three. "And you must be the ones from the alternate universe!"
"Alternate is definitely the word I would use."
Big's Lab
"Okay, the first question is this: in our dimension, you're a fisherman. Why is it that you are a genius inventor in this one?"
"That's simple enough." the cat started. "When I was younger, I was training to follow in my father's footsteps to be, as you said, a fisherman. Unfortunately, it was in my seventh year that the Altera Guard came into the Mystic Jungle. My parents knew this, so when they came to our home, my uncle took me and ran away. I ended up in the Altera Correctional Facility, despite my family's effort. While I was there, I became library boy. Since I was forced to live there, I read all the books in the facility. In one, I found the maps of the grounds and made my escape. When I was found by Grand Design, they nurtured my intellect. So, here I am today."
Endigo was prepared to ask another question, when Lecko interrupted. "Guys, maybe we should hit the hay. I've given Big the tape I made on the battle, so he will be able to analyze all of your stats and see what needs to improve." with no complaints, the four were taken to the bedrooms and Shadow, Knux, and Endigo collapsed onto the first real beds they had seen in over a year.
Next: A New Warrior