CHAPTER FIVE! Yay! And thanks to all the reviewers who reviewed meh story! You guys make meh day so much better! THANKYOU THANKYOU! And I apologize for this chapter coming out so late. I've been on so many different sites, and discovering new things (such as Furcadia. Damn, that game is fun). To let you know a head of time, this chapter has IM SNs. I made them up as I was writing, so I'm not sure if they're real or not. Please don't IM them unless you know who they are, because I'm sure that person would be extremely angry at me!!! BUT, you CAN IM funisfun26, cuz that's my SN. Songs are from Sonic Adventure 2: Battle. IMPORTANT NOTE: I'm moving this story up to PG-13 because of some major violence at the end of this chappie. :3 yesh, I know. (shiver) I have a little bit of bad language in this chappie, plus the violence. Just letting younger readers know, ok? Sorry. -.-;;;
-ME!
[and we continue...]
Tyler was working in the shop he had gotten a job in. It was an engineering/machinery type place, and he enjoyed his work. The shop was one of the few shops who hired children, which could be the reason why it was kind of hidden.
"Boy, how'd you find this place?" The old man that was the owner asked him.
"Your niece told me about it, sir."
"Niece, boy? I don't got a niece, never the less children." The older man looked at Tyler a little strangely, and then went into the back room to have a smoke.
"What?" Tyler whispered to himself, feeling very confused. "But, sir," He called, walking into the room. "Are you sure? Or, maybe do you have relatives that are my age?"
"Yep, I'm sure, boy. Don't got any family or nothin'. The only thing that I got is an old dog that don't hear no more."
Tyler looked perplexed and went back to his work. He wanted to push the idea that Taylor was up to something out of his mind. He had gotten so close to her lately.
Mean while, Kevin had obviously forgotten the true reason he had gone out on that date with Tobitha in the first place. He was having a great time with her. She was just like him, and always had a come-back for all his insults. Of course, being impressed, he'd come up with something better.
Although being human was all fine and dandy, Kevin missed the exciting life with action that he had had as an echidna. He guessed that Derek was feeling the same way, because being human was making him slower. Derek was still fast, but he missed his speed-of-sound ways of life.
Finally the day came when everyone had instruments, and they had songs written out. The new band was working out everything, and was working in an old garage, since they had already gotten kicked out of the apartment building twice for being too noisy. 'Stupid rich people down stairs!' they all thought again and again.
"So, we got all our songs written out, and I guess we can sign up for the concert." Derek said while tuning his guitar.
"Sonic, maybe we should think this over again. Why are we doing the whole band thing?" Sam piped while he was replacing the strings on his bass.
"A time passer?" Kevin answered as he looked up from his drum set.
"FUN!" Amy answered.
"Practice makes perfect!" Tyler exclaimed.
"Money?" Niki reminded them.
"But we've got money. Why did we just spend this much money on instruments?" Sam questioned. The garage went silent.
"Well, it's not like we can do anything NOW." Derek scolded. "We should just carry out with the plan. Maybe if we become famous, that'll get Eggman's attention, and we can get him to change us back."
"But when we become our normal selves, the people will wonder where we went."
"He's got a point, Sonic." Kevin agreed.
"We were in our private plane, and it crashed. Easy solution." Said Derek; his way of ending the conversation. Everyone shrugged it off, and then stared practicing.
The next couple of days went by quickly, and before our friends knew it, they were about to get on stage to perform.
It was about two hours before they went on stage, and everyone was getting nervous. They were all at the Galaxy Theatre as planned, and were back stage. Kevin was looking over his rhythms frantically, Derek was running in place, Sam was tuning his bass, Niki was looking at herself in the mirror making sure she looked perfect, Tyler was looking around backstage for something to fix, and Amy was on sugar high from eating too many pixie sticks after dinner. They had all told her not too, but did she listen? Noooooo..
"Hey, hey, hey SONIC! Can I have another pixie stick?! Huh? Huh? Huh?!" The blonde was jumping up and down, with words spilling out of her mouth.
"No, and again, just incase you come back, NOO!"
"Ohh, you make me sad.. BUT I'm STILL HAPPY!!" Amy went to everyone in their band and asked for pixie sticks. The only one that would give her any was Tyler, who had been eating some himself. "Thank you, THANK you, thank YOU, THANK YOU!" She skipped around the room, and then tripped and fell asleep on the floor.
Kevin, still looking over his beats and rhythms, thought he'd go online and talk on AIM or something. He signed on [do NOT try and IM these SNs, because I don't know if they're real or not.] and looked for a chat room to go into.
He finally found one, and clicked on it [his screen name will be RadRedKnux22].
RadRedKnux22: Hi, who's in here?
OcarinaMaster64: me.
CallMeBeepMe: I am.
PikaPikachu: pika, pika pi.
RadRedKnux22: well, it would help if I knew who u are!
CallMeBeepMe: Kim Possible here.
PikaPikachu: Pikachu!
OcarinaMaster64: This is Link, the Hero of Time. And NO I did NOT make this screen name myself. Saria made it for me, and since I don't know how to make another, guess what? I can't HAVE another!
RadRedKnux22: ooookk.. its not that hard, but alright..
OcarinaMaster64: Mario was in here a second ago. There are a LOT more ppl in here, they just aren't talking. Look at the list.
RadRedKnux22: who's "IWantToMarryJennyIt"?
CallMeBeepMe: That's that Yami Yugi guy from Yu-Gi-Oh!. He's obsessed with his girlfriend. She must be kinda weird cuz her nickname is "Jenny It".
IWantToMarryJennyIt: YA GOT A PROBLEM WITH IT, PHONE GIRL?!
CallMeBeepMe: phone girl?
IWantToMarryJennyIt: THAT'S IT!! I SOMMON THE DARK MAGICIAN IN ATTACK MODE!!!
CallMeBeepMe: -- idiot..
GoddessesGrantedMe72: LINK!!! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU??! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET ME AN HOUR AGO AT THE GREAT FAIRY FOUNTAIN RESTAURAUNT!
OcarinaMaster64: uuhh.. That would be Zelda... nice talking to u guys, gotta go!
OnlineHost: OcarinaMaster64 has signed off at 6:55 pm.
OnlineHost: GoddessesGrantedMe72 has signed off at 6:56 pm.
RadRedKnux22: OK, this is the weirdest chat room I've ever been in. Even weirder than the ones I've been in with Amy Rose when she's on sugar high.
DaBomb783: it cant be that weird. Cuz that's pretty weird.
RadRedKnux22: who're you?
Dabomb783: Joey Wheeler. Havent you ever heard of me b4?
RadRedKnux22: uuhh, no?
DaBomb783: COME ON, KNUX! I date your X-Girlfriend!
RadRedKnux22: oh yeah, now I remember. I don't date humans anymore, just so you know.
DaBomb783: sarcastic don't worry, Alex misses you, too.
RadRedKnux22: SHUT UP!!
PikaPikachu: pika, Pikachu, chu pi.
DaBomb783: huh?
RadRedKnux22: he's a Pokemon, just ignore him.
DaBomb783: right.
OnlineHost: IWantToMarryJennyIt has signed off at 7:05.
RadRedKnux22: OMG!! Its already 7:00?!
DaBomb783: no, seven 'o FIVE, not just SEVEN.
RadRedKnux22: w/e, Wheeler.
Death8976: dead Lois!
RedRadKnux22: What the?
Death8976: DEAD LOIS!
DaBomb783: who the heck are you?!
Death8976: someone who wants to kill Lois.
CallMeBeepMe: Oh, I know who that is. That's Stewie from Family Guy.
Death8976: got that right. Now, who wants to help me kill Lois? OnlineHost: Death8976 was zapped out at 7:10 by DaBomb783.
CallMeBeepMe: thanx.
DaBomb783: no prob.
RadRedKnux22: --' I gotta leave soon. We're having a concert at the Galaxy Theatre.
CallMeBeepMe: Who?
RadRedKnux22: the band I'm in.
DaBomb783: coooool.
CallMeBeepMe: yeah. If you get famous, I'll buy your CD.
DaBomb783: I'm bored.
DaBomb783: really, really bored.
PikaPikachu: pika pika pi. Chu, pika pi Pikachu.
KenshinBlade34: what did I miss?
PikaPikachu: PIKA! Pika pi! Pikachu, pi pika. Chu, chu!
KenshinBlade34: --' obviously nothing.
FunIsFun26: that u didn't! XD
KenshinBlade34: HEY! I LIKE talking that way!
FunIsFun26: that u do! XD
RadRedKnux22: Alex, shut up.
DaBomb783: don't u DARE tell my gf to shut up!
RadRedKnux22: Alex, you're not supposed to be in your own fic.
DaBomb783: she can if she wants.
KenshinBlade34: yeah, she can if she wants.
FunIsFun26: its ok, I was just checkin in on u guys.
CallMeBeepMe: ...
FunIsFun26: heh, eh-heh, and gals...
RadRedKnux22: alright, if Alex is gonna be here, I'm leaving
FunIsFun26: -.-
Dabomb783: -.-
CallMeBeepMe: -.-
KenshinBlade34: -.-
PikaPikachu: PIKA, PIKACHU!
RadRedKnux22: SHUT UP, POKEMON!
PikaPikachu: pii...
CallMeBeepMe: uh, Knux, I wouldn't have done that if I were u...
DaBomb783: EVERYONE, OBANDON CHAT ROOM!!!
RadRedKnux34: huh? Why?
OnlineHost: KenshinBlade34 signed off at 7:20 pm.
OnlineHost: CallMeBeepMe signed off at 7:20 pm.
OnlineHost: DaBomb783 signed off at 7:21 pm.
OnlineHost: FunIsFun26 signed off at 7:21 pm.
OnlineHost: a lot of other people signed off, too, but just because I'm a robot, do you REALLY think I'm going to write them all?!
RadRedKnux22: uhhh..
PikaPikachu: PII—KAA—CHUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kevin got a huge shock from his computer and found his computer shut down. "oww." He said as he tried to turn it back on. That's when Tyler came up from the basement, also fried like the wires.
"I was working on the electricity wiring. Oww.."
"Oops." Kevin said. "Do you think you can fix the wires?"
"Uh, yeah." Tyler answered, crawling under the desk. After about 10 minutes, the little boy had finished working on the wires. The computer came on automatically, and surprisingly enough so did the AIM buddy list. That's when Kevin noticed that Tikal's SN was logged in. His eyes went wide. Poor Tyler, who was struggling to get up from under the desk, (still fried) got pushed over when Kevin sat down in his chair.
"Thanks for helping me up." Tyler said sarcastically as he made his way down stairs again.
Kevin was nervous to talk to his Princess. What had she been up to? Had she looked for them? How was the Master Emerald? All these questions raced through his mind. He finally clicked on the name, and the little screen popped up.
....
RadRedKnux22: Princess Tikal?
AngelPrincess12: GUARDIAN!!! KNUCKLES!!! WHERE ARE YOU?!?!
RadRedKnux22: I'm in America. What happened to you? Why did you leave? How's the Master Emerald?
AngelPrincess12: In America?! How did you get there?! Knuckles, I've been so worried! Ever since those scary humans came out of that portal I thought maybe they killed you! Come back, please, Knuckles!
....
'So THAT'S why she ran. The whole time she thought it was really humans and not us.' Kevin thought as he thought of what to write. He didn't want to tell her right now about the whole transformation and such, but he didn't want to be unfaithful, either.
....
RadRedKnux22: Princess, please just calm down; everyone's alright.
AngelPrincess12: But I'M not!
RadRedKnux22: What happened?!
AngelPrincess12: I want to tell you, but...
RadRenKnux22: Princess, calm down and tell me. There's nothing to worry about.
AngelPrincess12: I-
....
That's when the screen went blank. "DAMN FRIED WIRES!!" Kevin shouted at the computer as he slammed his fists against the sides of the key board. The whole desk shook, and he swore he heard a crack in the wood. Being human was making him furious. He needed to go back to Angel Island. He needed it as if an addiction and it was making him sweat. He missed his life as an echidna. He couldn't stand the city air any more, either. The only connection to his island was broken, and he didn't get to see what Tikal needed to tell him. He held in the river that felt like flowing from his eyes, and swallowed. He had to suck it up for the next hour and a half, for he'd be on stage with his friends; playing.
The next 30 minutes went by quickly, and Derek felt himself perspire. They were about to get on stage. Everything was ready, and he was sure nothing was going to go wrong, but he still had that feeling that he was forgetting something.
Sam was happy and nervous at the same time. He knew that Victoria would be in the audience rooting him on, same as all the group's new friends. Following Derek, everyone went up on stage behind the curtain, and started doing last minute set-ups.
Amy was standing at her "computer" as everyone called it. It was like a computer without the screen. It made all the extra sounds and such. No one had ever seen anything like it, but they figured it was one of a kind because some weirdo in a "behind-the-shops" shop had sold it to them. Question marks went up in their heads, but the machinery worked, and that's all that mattered.
They all exchanged looks, as the curtain started to rise. The feeling of the spot light on them caused a smile, and a pound in their chests [OMG, I LOVE the spot light feeling!]. They were more confident then ever---or at least Derek was.
Derek's wild bangs waved in his face as he started the signal to start the first song. (Tyler, Amy, and Niki went backstage because they weren't needed in this song :( )
There was a bit of a guitar part at the beginning, but then Derek started to sing, with Sam harmonizing every once in a while:
Can you feel life Moving through your mind? Oooooh, looks like it came back more – yeah yeah yeah!
Can you feel time Slipping down your spine? Oooooh, you try and try to ignore!
But you can hardly swallow Your fears and pain, And you can't help but follow, And puts you right back where you came!
[repeat]-Live and learn!- Hangin' on the edge of tomorrow! -Live and learn!- From the works of yesterday! -Live and learn!- If you beg or if borrow! -Live and learn!- You may never find your way!
Can you feel life Tangle you up inside? Yeah, now you're face down on the floor!
But you can't save your sorrow You've paid in trade. And you can't help but follow And puts you right back where you came.
[Repeat] [so what if I'm a lazy butt and don't feel like copying it! :S]
[guitar solo]
There's a face searching far, so far and wide; There's a place where you dreamed you'd never find' Hold on to 'what if'---- Hold on to 'what if'!!
[Repeat again]
[Repeat again]
When they're new band finished that song, they were all sweating, but from the audience you couldn't tell. The audience was roaring with applause. Everyone liked the song, and wanted to hear more. Tyler, Amy, and Niki came from back stage and got ready.
"That song was called 'Live and Learn'!" Derek said into the microphone. The audience applauded even more at the sound of the lead's voice. They changed they're transformation quickly, with Niki up front. She flipped her hair and started singing a song called Fly in the Freedom. Some times in the background, Kevin sang.
In about an hour they had sung all their songs. Tyler even sang one, and put the mothers in the audience in tears. Derek nudged Tyler before they all took their bow and smiled.
"Yeah! We did GREAT!" Derek exclaimed upon coming back stage. Niki and Amy collapsed on a back stage couch [auctioning off, it is a SPECIAL BACK STAGE couch! Starting at 2 cents, thank you! Back to the story!], and the others watched as another band made their entrance.
"SAM, YOU DID GREAT!!!" Victoria screamed, running past guards and through the back stage door. She threw her arms around him, almost knocking him over.
"Heh, thank you."
"Your song was really cool. You were all alone up there, huh?"
"Well...Amy was backstage and she did most of the instrumentals..."
"My fingers HURT!!!!!!!!!" Amy moaned, putting her head on Niki's shoulder.
"Get the hell off me!" Niki said, pushing Amy away. Amy pouted and put her head on the arm rest.
"Well, you still did great." Victoria smiled.
"Guys, I'm going to dinner with Vicky, ok?" Sam announced when they all got home. They were all hanging out in the 'boy' apartment, so everyone knew.
"Yeah, whatever, take your time..." Kevin grumbled, engrossed in a book.
"Have FUN!" Amy squeaked. Derek gave her a look of disgust as he got a card deck out. "What?! Are people not allowed to have fun any more or something??" She asked stupidly. Tyler giggled and closed his eyes as he lay on the couch.
Sam shook his head. "Sometimes I worry about you, Amy."
"Really?! How sweet of you! But why? I'm perfectly ok!"
"STUPID, that was an INSULT!" Derek exclaimed.
"Oh. Well..."
"I'll see you guys later." Sam said, finally leaving and closing the door. Niki snickered to herself as she took her hand of cards and started playing a game of BS with Derek and Amy.
"Well, you finally got here." Victoria laughed as Sam pulled up to the place where they were meeting.
"Yeah...uhh, we..."
"Don't worry, you don't have to explain anything." She kissed him on the cheek as they walked in to the bar. When they sat down, Victoria sighed.
"I'm not that hungry, how about just a drink?"
"Alright. It's on me, of course." Sam said.
"No, I want to pay!!" She said, smiling.
"No way, I just got a ton of money from the concert, which was kinda bizarre, actually, but STILL. I want to pay."
"Well, I don't have a good enough reason to go against that, so you throw your money away on me!" She said, leaning back with a smirk across her face.
"I'm not throwing it away if its on you..." He said. They both smiled and there was a silence.
"Sam..."
"Yeah?"
"I really need to tell you something..." Victoria mumbled.
"Lookit, Sonic, we're on the news!!!!" Amy screamed, waking everyone up except for Tyler. It was the middle of the night, and Sam hadn't come home yet. Everyone had fallen asleep – Kevin at his book, Tyler long ago, Derek on his hand, and Niki was leaning back. Amy thought she would stay up and wait for Sam so she turned on the TV, and BOOM, there they were, at the Galaxy Theater up on stage.
"WHAT THE HELL AMY, I'M SLEEPING HERE!!" Derek screamed, a little distressed.
"But we're on TV!"
"...did I seriously go up on stage with my hair looking like that?! But I could have sworn it was perfect before we got up!!!" Niki gasped.
"Calm down, there's no way you can fix it now. I bet half the guys were drooling anyway.." Kevin mumbled, shaking him self awake.
"listen, listen!" Amy hushed, her eyes glued to the TV.
"Sonic Boom, the latest and coolest band, made their first appearance at the Galaxy Theater just today. Fans are demanding CDs, videos, autographs and performances which the band doesn't have yet. Many are saying that if Sonic Boom were to just record on a simple tape recorder it would be fought over by millions of fans." The reporter said. "including me, of course!! I LOVE YOU SONIC BOOM!" "ok, take her off, we need a new under-control reporter..." "NUUUU, WAIT!! I'M NOT DONE!!"
"Whooaaa..." They all gasped.
"I wonder how many times they played that thing." Kevin thought aloud.
"It's been on since 9." Tyler mumbled, opening his eyes.
"How would you know, you've been asleep since we got here!" Niki said.
"Well, its been on the radio." Tyler said, pulling a tiny phone out of his ear. "I've been listening this whole time."
"Freak..." Niki mumbled.
"Hey, has Sam gotten back??" Derek said, wondering if maybe he had seen it yet.
"Nope. He's still with his new girlfriend." Amy said, flipping through channels.
"Great. He's gonna come back dead drunk. He's probably lying on the side walk some where..." Niki mumbled.
"By the way, how in the world did he get an ID saying he was old enough to drink?" Derek asked after a couple minutes of silence.
"Dun ask me, I never got one..." Niki answered.
"YOU LITTLE BITCH!!" Sam yelled, standing on the bar with his gun in his hands. People in the bar were against the wall, not wanting to move or get noticed by this drunk mad man.
"Please, sir," The bartender pleaded. "Please sit down, calm yourself, and we'll get you a ride home." His voice was wiggly.
"Stay OUT OF THIS! This is HER and ME!" Sam yelled, staring at him with angry red eyes.
"SAM, STOP!!" Victoria screamed. She was the most frightened of all, for the gun was pointed at her.
"You little traitor, why even call me Sam?! You KNOW my frikken real name!" He shouted.
"Sam, calm DOWN, you're DRUNK!"
"CALL ME BY MY REAL NAME!" He shouted, getting the gun closer to her.
"SAM!!! J-JUST STOP this madness!!" She cried, her face covered in tears.
"MY REAL FRIKKEN NAME!!!" He repeated angrily.
"...Sh-sh-SHADOW!!" She cried, stuttering. "Common, let me just take you home and we can talk this over in the morning!!!!" More tears came flowing from her eyes. "No way, I'm not letting you go. You're DONE; here and NOW!" He said, getting the gun ready to shoot.
"NOOO, Shadow!!! I told you all of it because I actually—," Before she could finish, Sam fired the gun twice, the bullets sinking deep into her chest.
"...I...I..." She coughed, her eyes starting to close.
"GOT SOMETHIN' TO SAY?!" He yelled in her face, not realizing what he had done yet. She gasped in as much air as she could, the last inhale she would ever take, and continued.
"I...a-actually...loved you..."
[to be continued]
Wow, some drama. I'm happy I finally got that part finished. Now...what did Victoria tell him? Can you guess? Woohoo!! I've been planning that ending for Victoria since I had the idea for the story. ;; kinda weird, huh? Sorry to all the hardcore Shadow fans, but I needed something to go extremely wrong, and Shadow's name came out of the hat!!! ((jk)) Please read and review! Thanks -Me