AN: Well, with 'Zero Point' finished as well as the side story 'Of A God
And A Principal' which is exclusively at the Speed Freak yahoo group. With
Zero's first adventure complete, now it's time to do some more work on
Xanders end of the Multiverse.
Sonic hovered for a moment as the elven commando team, the Sword of Acorn was held in a loose grip in his right hand.
"Surrender mudboy," one demanded, weapon coming to bare on him.
"Not a chance," Super Sonic replied, lashing out with the blade and removing the barrel of the fairy blaster, "Now then, let's play a little game."
Sonic sheathed the blade, clearing his head and drawing on the blades power, he felt tired, but he wasn't going to get shot up by midgets with ray guns.
The glow he put out grew and a wicked smile as he brought his hand up into a classic gesture for 'bring it on' and so they charged.
"What's the big deal?" Holly Short responded as she gasped for air, she had just been ordered to take a week off after the last incident with Artemis Fowl.
Root had insisted on it after her attachment to the human who had been mindwiped. And almost as soon as she reached her apartment, she had been called back. An hours drive there and back, but at least Root wasn't screaming yet, of course it could be that he was in the ops booth with Foaly.
"Foaly, sitrep," she asked as she entered the booth, noticing Root panting, apparently he'd run out of air and was trying to get a second wind, or by now it could be the third or forth.
"Started with a strange energy surge, caught our attention because it was under one of the few satellites we actually own up there, the one over Fowls place, then we got a flash and we saw a glowing thing drop to earth, then we got pinged from something named Nicole that I managed to track back to that point, found a mudman standing there."
"Then what?"
"Well...Root ordered Trouble's squad up, they got beaten after the guy changed into some blue creature and then started glowing, and in less than a minute, the teams unconscious, then the guy passed out, shifting back to the blue form."
"So why is it that I got called?"
"Because when he started glowing, it registered as magic with a concentration greater than the combined populations of Haven and Atlantis, not to mention that sword of his and those energy attacks, the one he used left a crater three yards across and it looked like he wasn't even trying to charge it."
"You mentioned a sword," the LEPrecon officer managed to say, the whole conversation had taken a turn for the surreal.
"It cut through one of the pistols like it wasn't even there, did a number on the wings as well."
"Not good," she muttered to herself, "Not good at all, so what's happening now?"
A second Retrieval team is bringing back the wounded now and surveying the damage, the kids being brought back now as well, they couldn't disarm him, the officer who tried got his magic drained instantly and it still wouldn't budge."
"Drained?"
"As if it was depleted to the point he needed the ritual, tonight he's being sent up to do that in a shuttle because he can't shield."
"Once again, D'arvit!"
Sonic started to come to, his mind slowly working through what had happened to him. He twitched, arms feeling a band holding it down. His eyes slowly opened a slit, viewing his surroundings.
There wasn't enough room to use most of his abilities, but it seemed far more high tech than he had seen in his world. He spotted his pack leaning against the wall as a dull thrum reached his ears.
He glanced around him, looking for those who had trapped him, memories of what happened slowly returning. Sonic had won the fight, but then he felt so tired and collapsed among his foes.
Then he remembered his form and focused for a moment, releasing the transformation as he had when he was at home. The pale light encasing him for a moment as the spikes slowly receded and vanished as his human features to predominance over his hedgehog ones, the gloves vanishing and his shoes reverting back to his hiking boots.
On the plus side, his hands were free, and he snatched Nicole from a counter.
"Nicole, a little help here," he commented as he activated his companion.
"Restraints disabled," she responded, "And I have analyzed what happened above ground."
"Soon, I need to get out of here, the midgets are really starting to tick me off," he answered.
"Keep your energy flow up, keep the intake, you burned through quite a bit in that fight and your currently stable, but you need a more if you want to try that again with out the same result."
"Sure thing Nicole, just get me to where I can raise it."
"I've hacked the system, just follow instructions and I'll lead you to where you can get some food, high energy should be the best, namely sugars."
"Sure thing," he said as the door unlocked and slid open, revealing a hallway, "Where are we?"
"I believe they refer to it as Haven, the underground city that I mentioned earlier, anyway, I'm modifying the output of my holographic projector to grant a short tem cloaking field for you, it will be visual only, motion detectors and other sensors will still detect you though, be careful and quiet."
"Sure, just project a map inside of the cloak to show me where we're going."
"I'll do one better," the AI responded, projecting the map complete with flashing dots of different colors, "Red dots are sonic sensors, blue are motion, yellow are IR, and green are the people moving around."
He nodded in response and set off after grabbing his bag and adjusting his blade, "I'm making a pit stop at the armory, not a good plan to bring a sword into a laser fight unless I'm in fast forward mode."
"Appropriate, the swords special properties aren't as easily accessible in your current form," Nicole responded.
"Why?"
"As a preventative measure against Robotnik, no humans can easily activate it, but there is a way, the data is not stored in my memory."
"Well, we'll figure it out eventually, hopefully when we aren't staring down a gun barrel again."
"Agreed, and I just may have an idea, how would you like to disable pretty much everything this place has to offer, most likely their highest technology isn't centered here, so it won't effect our chances of discovering a way home."
"Tell me more..."
"It goes like this..."
Sonic hovered for a moment as the elven commando team, the Sword of Acorn was held in a loose grip in his right hand.
"Surrender mudboy," one demanded, weapon coming to bare on him.
"Not a chance," Super Sonic replied, lashing out with the blade and removing the barrel of the fairy blaster, "Now then, let's play a little game."
Sonic sheathed the blade, clearing his head and drawing on the blades power, he felt tired, but he wasn't going to get shot up by midgets with ray guns.
The glow he put out grew and a wicked smile as he brought his hand up into a classic gesture for 'bring it on' and so they charged.
"What's the big deal?" Holly Short responded as she gasped for air, she had just been ordered to take a week off after the last incident with Artemis Fowl.
Root had insisted on it after her attachment to the human who had been mindwiped. And almost as soon as she reached her apartment, she had been called back. An hours drive there and back, but at least Root wasn't screaming yet, of course it could be that he was in the ops booth with Foaly.
"Foaly, sitrep," she asked as she entered the booth, noticing Root panting, apparently he'd run out of air and was trying to get a second wind, or by now it could be the third or forth.
"Started with a strange energy surge, caught our attention because it was under one of the few satellites we actually own up there, the one over Fowls place, then we got a flash and we saw a glowing thing drop to earth, then we got pinged from something named Nicole that I managed to track back to that point, found a mudman standing there."
"Then what?"
"Well...Root ordered Trouble's squad up, they got beaten after the guy changed into some blue creature and then started glowing, and in less than a minute, the teams unconscious, then the guy passed out, shifting back to the blue form."
"So why is it that I got called?"
"Because when he started glowing, it registered as magic with a concentration greater than the combined populations of Haven and Atlantis, not to mention that sword of his and those energy attacks, the one he used left a crater three yards across and it looked like he wasn't even trying to charge it."
"You mentioned a sword," the LEPrecon officer managed to say, the whole conversation had taken a turn for the surreal.
"It cut through one of the pistols like it wasn't even there, did a number on the wings as well."
"Not good," she muttered to herself, "Not good at all, so what's happening now?"
A second Retrieval team is bringing back the wounded now and surveying the damage, the kids being brought back now as well, they couldn't disarm him, the officer who tried got his magic drained instantly and it still wouldn't budge."
"Drained?"
"As if it was depleted to the point he needed the ritual, tonight he's being sent up to do that in a shuttle because he can't shield."
"Once again, D'arvit!"
Sonic started to come to, his mind slowly working through what had happened to him. He twitched, arms feeling a band holding it down. His eyes slowly opened a slit, viewing his surroundings.
There wasn't enough room to use most of his abilities, but it seemed far more high tech than he had seen in his world. He spotted his pack leaning against the wall as a dull thrum reached his ears.
He glanced around him, looking for those who had trapped him, memories of what happened slowly returning. Sonic had won the fight, but then he felt so tired and collapsed among his foes.
Then he remembered his form and focused for a moment, releasing the transformation as he had when he was at home. The pale light encasing him for a moment as the spikes slowly receded and vanished as his human features to predominance over his hedgehog ones, the gloves vanishing and his shoes reverting back to his hiking boots.
On the plus side, his hands were free, and he snatched Nicole from a counter.
"Nicole, a little help here," he commented as he activated his companion.
"Restraints disabled," she responded, "And I have analyzed what happened above ground."
"Soon, I need to get out of here, the midgets are really starting to tick me off," he answered.
"Keep your energy flow up, keep the intake, you burned through quite a bit in that fight and your currently stable, but you need a more if you want to try that again with out the same result."
"Sure thing Nicole, just get me to where I can raise it."
"I've hacked the system, just follow instructions and I'll lead you to where you can get some food, high energy should be the best, namely sugars."
"Sure thing," he said as the door unlocked and slid open, revealing a hallway, "Where are we?"
"I believe they refer to it as Haven, the underground city that I mentioned earlier, anyway, I'm modifying the output of my holographic projector to grant a short tem cloaking field for you, it will be visual only, motion detectors and other sensors will still detect you though, be careful and quiet."
"Sure, just project a map inside of the cloak to show me where we're going."
"I'll do one better," the AI responded, projecting the map complete with flashing dots of different colors, "Red dots are sonic sensors, blue are motion, yellow are IR, and green are the people moving around."
He nodded in response and set off after grabbing his bag and adjusting his blade, "I'm making a pit stop at the armory, not a good plan to bring a sword into a laser fight unless I'm in fast forward mode."
"Appropriate, the swords special properties aren't as easily accessible in your current form," Nicole responded.
"Why?"
"As a preventative measure against Robotnik, no humans can easily activate it, but there is a way, the data is not stored in my memory."
"Well, we'll figure it out eventually, hopefully when we aren't staring down a gun barrel again."
"Agreed, and I just may have an idea, how would you like to disable pretty much everything this place has to offer, most likely their highest technology isn't centered here, so it won't effect our chances of discovering a way home."
"Tell me more..."
"It goes like this..."