Dreamwatcher:
Chapter 20
Friends in Need
"Let us not stay in one spot…
We received a message and we must fulfill it…
We travel the world to find you.
Don't ever loose hope or you will not survive
We are not heroes in your eyes, we are your friends…"
AUTHOR'S COMMENT: First off, I changed by name from Neo to NeoRemmy to better distinguish myself. Yes, NeoRemmy since I like Remington a lot, my fave overall Sonic character). Second of all, this one features a lot of Big (and the others) and you'd be surprised on just who he likes…unless you already somehow knew…*coughphysiccough*
Enjoy and sorry for the lack of updates. Busy I am.
Oh, and one more thing, if you ever want to request to see something in the fanfic, let me know. I might be incline to do it if I think it is good enough . I will credit you and your ideas. And if you still have questions, come and ask them…
-Neo
*Big's POV*
The letter shocked both me and Rouge. It was from Remington! Finally, we had some clue! And what a big clue it was! This is what he wrote:
"Anyone, family, friends, it is I, Remington. Alive and well.
Unfortunately, the feeling other then being alive is another matter.
We seem to be stuck in a giant….whatever with shape shifting rooms."
"Shape shifting!?" Rouge gasped.
"Rouge." I hissed. We continued to read.
"Yea, I know it sounds weird. Knuckles and Amy are safe, too.
The room has virtually no area to escape as far as I can tell. I manage
To send this message outside through a small window which is too small
To fit me. I did see what the outside world was like. I believe we are in Asia.
As for what part, well, I'm making an estimated guess, but I assume we are
In China. I'm surrounded by trees, possibly in a forest, but the building I'm in is so
High, it sticks out like a sore thumb. Why anyone hasn't noticed is beyond me. I assume
It was cleverly disguised by magic. Anywho, I also saw a small village.
The main man who masterminded our kidnaps is some magical and
old being known as Mammoth Mogul. He plans to marry Amy Rose and rule the world.
I'm doing my best to get myself and the others out. I hope this
Message helped you guys concerning clues. It's all I can give. Good day for now.
-Remington, The Moon samurai"
"Moon Samurai?" Rouge gasped, "I think he's being a little too much into his character."
"Rouge, his ancestor wore that armor and he looked exactly like him." I sighed, "I know, he showed me a picture when I didn't believe him at first."
Rouge stared at me like I was crazy…maybe I was.
"Anywho, that's not the point." I gestured, "The point is we have a HUGE clue here! We can save Remington, Knuckles, and Amy! Come on, let's get the others!" With a big leap, I ran with Rouge following behind.
"Big, in all honesty, what is with you and your hopeless optimistic nature?" Rouge asked, running alongside me.
"I don't know." I shrugged, "It's just how I am." I blushed. Yea, blush…I never told anyone this before…but I have a big crush on Rouge…no, it WAS a crush. Now, it was…love. Yea, you're probably wondering how this happened? How did I fall for her? Well, first thing to note is that I'm someone that no one would think I am…I'm a G.U.N member. Yep. You heard right. I've been a member since I was still a young teenager. Before that, I spent most of my life as a rich kid living with rich parents in London. Living in American for so long caused me to loose my British accent. Anywho, I joined in the G.U.N army and I was so good, I'm the current Captain of the ENTIRE G.U.N army squad, second only to the general. Rouge joined a few years back. She doesn't know I'm the captain of the G.U.N squad since as a captain, my status was so high, everyone just knew me as The Captain. Only a rare few would see my face. I was a legend to the people. But I knew Rouge. She was very cute and very nervous when she first attended the G.U.N. Because I couldn't get enough of her, I kept an eye on her at times (no, not in her private moments, I'm not a pervert), the small crush turning into love. Rouge STILL doesn't know I love her, but right now, I cannot think of this. I must get the others.
It was so late into the night when we gathered in Knuckles' palace. The entire Sonic cast and the Chaotix were tired, as was Knuckles', Amy's, and Remington's family.
"Man, couldn't we do this in the morning?" Vector yawned, revealing his giant mouth.
"But this is important! Read this!" I practically stuff the letter in front of everyone's face. Emperor Locke grabbed ahold of the letter and read it carefully. He looked thrown back and he reread it again just incase. Then he looked at us, his eyes wide open.
"What, what is it?!" Bean shouted, being the dramatic duck that he is, "FOR GOD'S SAKE, SOMEONE TEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLL ME!!!"
"SHUT UP!" came Grandmaster Moritori Rex, one of Remington's grandfather. Bean looked like he just peed himself.
Emperor Kragok snatched the letter from Emperor Locke (who seemed a bit turned off at his actions) and read it. He also made the same face Emperor Locke did.
"Kragok, are you okay?" came Emperor Kragok's mother, Merlin-Da.
Then, he started to cry.
"Oh, great, what happen?" Sonic sighed, "Is the letter depressing?"
"No." Emperor Kragok sniffed, "My son…he's….he's alive! He's…he's really alive." His mother comforted him.
"Hmmm, never pictured him the wussy type." I heard former emperor Spectre (one of Knux's great grandfather) muttered. I could hear with my sharp ears.
"So, who is this Mammoth Mogul guy?" Espio asked.
Everyone shrugged.
"We should research on his name." Emperor Locke came in, "No doubt he has magical powers, like young Remington spoke, one with such powerful magic powers should not be underestimated."
"And how do we get our loved ones back?" Queen Thorn asked.
"Well, there's only one thing to do, we send the ESTs…" Emperor Locke started.
"…And the Dark Legion army…" Emperor Kragok came back.
" …And bring back our kids!" Eggman shouted.
"My gosh, they finished each other's sentences." Syntar (one of Remington's uncles) spoke.
"Making the entire EST and the Army go all the way to China is a foolish mistake!" Tails retaliated, "It could cause too much attention."
"Then what do you suggest we do?" Emperor Locke kneeled down to Tails' level and stared at him harshly, frightening the little fox.
"Ummm, well…" It looked like his head would be ordered to be chopped up at any minute by now.
"We go, of course!" We all turned around and faced Sonic who answered, "We save the others. The Sonic crew!"
"Hey, don't ya be leaving us out!" Vector hissed, "We're Knux's buddies, too, ya know!" Soon, the entire group seem to agree.
"You expect us to send MORE of your kids out to save the others?!" Emperor Locke gasped.
"Hey, trust us, we can do it." Sonic shrugged, "We've got experience."
"I'm not sure." Emperor Locke pondered.
"Maybe we need to trust them." Emperor Kragok came, "After all, they said they did have experiences…do they?"
"You bet your black robes they do!" Eggman came in, "And I should know, they fought me a lot of times…so many, I lost count."
The emperors and Queen Thorn felt uneasy, but she was the first to speak.
"I trust them if what my husband said is true." Thorn held Eggman's arm, "My husband would never lie in my presence." Eggman slightly blushed.
"But I want Rob to go with you." Thorn ordered.
"Okay, fine, cool with me." Sonic shrugged.
"I shalt not fail, mother!" Rob saluted, "I shall bring forth thy sibling, her consert, and Prince Remington!"
"I want one of my family to go, too." Emperor Kragok ordered.
"I'll go!" Rykor shouted as he raised his hand up like a kid in school ready to answer a teacher's question.
"Rykor, you can't go, you're too stupid to go." Syntar sighed.
"…I'll go!" Rykar raised his hands again and Syntar groaned.
"You can't!" He shouted.
"But I miss Remington." Rykor spoke in a rather whiny voice "And besides…I can take a lot of damage."
The Shinjuku family gathered around like a huddled football team. I didn't wanted to hear since it was a private talk, but my big ears suddenly took a mind of it's own.
"Well, he has a point, all those accidents he suffered and one too many painkillers reduced him into someone who can't even feel pain." I heard Emperor Kragk whispered.
"Plus, he ain't all that shabby out in a battlefield." Remington's grandfather, Luger, responded. They agreed and decided Rykor could go.
"Just do yourself a favor and keep a VERY close eye on him." Emperor Kragok whispered to us as we saw Rykor run around like a happy child coming from a toy store after getting his favorite toys.
"Okay, I also want to send someone from my family." Emperor Locke came which promptly made Sonic groan in frustration. He received death eyes from Knuckles' family.
"Piper, this is a good chance to prove your worth as the next future ruler of our kingdom, go with them." Emperor Locke ordered to which Piper was more then happy.
"Alright, time to do some ass kicking!" Piper leaped up.
"Piper, don't speak in that language!" Her mother cried out.
"I'm old enough to say that." Piper sighed.
"You're only 12." Lara-Le crossed her arms, "And I don't think she needs to go halfway around the world to rescue our son. We already have more then enough. I will not have another one of my child endangered."
"And times like these, Lara, you do not make the decisions." Emperor Locke replied, "She goes and THAT is a direct order from me and my word is law."
"You guys have best be going." Eggman sighed, "Oh, and Tails. Here." He gave Tails a wristwatch with his face on it.
"so that we can keep in contact." Eggman smiled.
"Thank you, Mr. Eggman." Tails smiled, "I'll take good care of it!"
"Come on, let's GO!" Sonic shouted impatiently, "I'm aching for a good adventure here!" And we left.
"He called me Mr. Eggman, not Dr. Eggman." I heard Eggman speak, "I feel like a family man now."
"Take one of my private jet planes!" Emperor Locke shouted.
"Where the hell is that?!" Sonic sighed, running at the same level we were, though it disturbed him greatly.
"Just follow me!" Piper smiled.
And indeed, Piper led us to the Royal Airport where several airplanes and jets, biplanes, etc. dwelled.
"Wow, you own an airport." Bark gasped.
"We're royalty, we can own several small continents." Pipe groaned, "Ahh, here it is! This is the latest jet plane, stronger, faster, and more powerful then all the other jets here! Behold…The Black Dragon!" And there, in front of us was a jet plane that made the ones in G.U.N nothing but mere toy planes. It was sleek black and it's wing spread out for yards. It was nicely polished from top to bottom and as a result, was very shiny. There was a grayish dragon on the side of the jet plane, one of them Asian ones, which comes as to surprise for Knuckles Chinese family.
"My gosh…what a masterpiece!" Tails gasped, clutching his cheeks as he was blushing, "Something I would LOVE to create someday!"
"Well, no one has operated this at first, we're the first." Piper smiled.
We entered the jet plane and admired it's advance technology. The G.U.N did not have as much technology as the echidnas did. I was ashamed.
"Okay." Tails went on the pilot' seat. There was another chair for the co-pilot, "Uhh, anyone else know how to drive a jet pane?" Everyone gave looks of "Uhhs" and "Errr". I sighed and slightly raised my arm, "I do."
"Big?" Everyone stared at me.
"I never expected a cat who spent his entire life in the Mystic Ruins Jungle would be able to drive planes." Mighty came in. I never told them that my life as a rich kid in England and how I became a G.U.N member where I learnt to fly.
I embarrassedly took my seat and became the co-pilot. Soon, we were up in the air. Rouge came up to me a few minutes after we were up the sky while the rest were checking out the jet plane in general.
"So, where DID you learn to fly like that?" Rouge asked me.
"He learned it at-" Froggy started.
"Froggy." I groaned, ordering him to be quiet to which Froggy cupped his mouth shut.
"Learned where?" Rouge asked.
"No where." I smiled nervously, "I just did." Rouge stared at me with a suspicious glare, but I think she decided to leave me off the hook.
"Well, I'm impressed." Rouge smiled slyly.
"Really?" I gasped.
"Yep." Rouge nodded, "I mean, I never expected you to fly a plane…impressive." She gave me a pat on the shoulder and left, leaving me to blush deeply…more then usual. She touched me on the shoulder. I was in heaven.
"Hey, stupid, keep your eye on the sky!" Froggy shouted. I gasped and turned my attention back to the sky.
After 14 hours of traveling ( Piper said this jet could go faster, but we decided to be cautious), we saw a Chinese airport where we could land. Piper (coming from a Chinese family) spoke to them in her native language that they are sent by the emperors of Angel Island. They believed us.
"Okay, Tails, Big, land this thing!" Piper smiled.
"Wow. Most people don't believe in Angel Island, how did you conviece them?" Charmy asked Piper.
" I didn't, a lot of Asians are superstitious." Piper responded, "Unless I can think of another reason, that's the one I'll stick with."
We shrugged and landed our jet plane. We made our way around China by Piper since she was the only one who could speak Chinese.
"So, we must look for a little village." Ray came in.
"Which will be impossible since China has A LOT of little villages." Bean cried out.
"Why don't we let the people who can fly go look for them?" Rykor came in, pointing things out.
"Rykor, none of us can fly for such long distances." Tails came in, Cream sadly nodding behind him.
"I can!" Rykor raised his hand.
"Rykor." Sonic sighed, "Unless you have Guardian powers…you can't fly. It's impossible."
"Yes, I can!" Rykor smiled in a goofy manner.
"No, you can't." Espio joined in.
"Can so." Rykor kept his smile.
The argument went on for some time.
"If you can fly, let's see it!" Most of the others agreed. And with that Rykor pulled out an Asian umbrella. Ya know, one of those umbrellas that you see in resteraunts, they serve it in drinks.
"An umbrella!?" Bean cried out, "What the hell is wrong with you?" I was a little thrown off since I also had an umbrella (connected to my fishing rod), but it was for gliding, but Bark came and stopped him.
"Hey, at least the umbrella aren't as dangerous as explosions." Bark spoke calmly.
"ARE YOU CRAZY!?" Bean shouted, " Those umbrellas have them pointy things on the front DESIGN to poke someone's eyes out and…and…" He stopped when he saw Rykor fly.
"My gosh…he's Mary Poppin's reincarnation!" Vector gasped.
"I'll be back!" Rykor shouted.
"I thought none of Rykor's family was magic." Sonic asked…well, whoever was around.
"They are not." Rob crossed his arms, "But how he got ahold of thy magic umbrella…I do not know."
We watched Rykor until he was no more then a dot. Wow, there was so much I did not know of the Shinjuku family.
"Come on, let's find a hotel or something." Omochao came, and we followed the robotic Chao.
*Knuckles' POV*
Morning soon came upon us and I was the first to wake up. I felt something warm I and turned around to face Amy. She was sleeping right next to me, infact, I had my arms around her. I smiled, this was like a dream come true. I stared at her. Her face was truly a sign of innocence and cuteness. I lifted up parts of her hair which was blocking her face and smiled some more. So…this is what it feels like to sleep next to someone…it was my first time, too. I felt like the husband that I was suppose to be. I held her close, hoping she would do the same to me. I was tempted to kiss her, but I kept it out of my mind. I fell asleep some more afterwards and the next time I woke up was a couple of hours later when I felt something being pushed off. I got up and noticed Amy Rose fell out of her bed (she was on the edge). I gasped and looked down.
"Ow." Amy groaned.
"Amy, are you okay?" I asked.
"Okay…OKAY!?" Amy gasped, "I'm not okay! I slept with you!"
"Yes, I know that." I cleared my throat.
"Why did I sleep with you?!" Amy gasped, "My gosh…I mean…What will Remington think!?"
"Amy…" I tried to calm her down, but she refused to let me touch her.
"Just…stay away from me!" She groaned.
Amy, come on." I sighed, "You were crying and…and I was comforting you…one thing must've lead to another and we ended up in bed together."
Amy groaned in frustration.
"Hey, at least we didn't get naked!" I shouted, crossing my arms.
"Oh, gods…." she clutched her head, "I feel like I got drunk…oh-no, did I drink?
"No." I shook my head, "Even if you did, you're underage." I touched her shoulder.
"Don't…touch me!" she shouted,.
"I touched you on the shoulder, Amy!" I cried out, "It's not a sin!"
"It is to me!" She crossed her arms. I was getting extremely frustrated and at that point, my anger let loose.
WHY CAN'T I LOVE YOU?!" I shouted, which actually threw off Amy, she was not expecting it. I wanted to stop, right there, but all the frustration was getting to me now. It was a good time to unleash my anger.
"Knuckles…" she gasped.
"I'VE treated you LIKE…like a Queen since I first met you!" I cried out, "Yes, I kept a secret from you, but it was out of sheer protection! WHAT EVER HAPPEN TO FORGIVE AND FORGET!?"
"It flew out the WINDOW!" She shouted back.
"Oh, very funny! Ha! Ha!" I sarcastically fought back, "The point is…I love you! I always will."
"Knuckles, there are other fish in the sea." Amy cried out.
"No! The soul touch remains on you and only you!" I pointed, "I can never find another woman for as long as I live!"
"How do you know that!?" Amy sighed, "There's more then a billion women out there for you!"
"Oh?!" I crossed my arms, "What makes you think Remington is the right one for you?!"
"Because he is!" Amy cried out, "The Tarot Cards told me!"
"The Tarot cards don't control your destiny, YOU DO!" I shouted some more, "They're nothing but cards!"
"Remington loves me and I….love…him!"
"Do you have any prove Rem loves you because last time I checked, he didn't look so much in love with you!"
"That's how Remington expressed himself. I'm working on his love side."
"Open your eyes, Amy!"
"NO! You're jealous, you and I, even Remington, KNOWS that!" She was at the point in where she would kill me with her magic and I was at the point where I would kill her with mines, that is…until she said I was jealous. I stopped arguing for a few moments because she was right. I was green with envy. I took a few deep breaths, then spoke, softly, almost in embarrassment.
"Yes…you're right, I admit it…I am jealous." I mumbled.
"I thought so." Amy had her arms on her hips.
I was blushing, I was so ashamed of myself. I sat down on the bed.
"I'm just so frustrated…getting kick out of my house…loosing you to…Remington, Remington, of ALL person, Sonic I can understand…*sigh*….I'm so frustrated." My head was lowered.
"Knuckles, please, don't be like this." Amy came, "Just…move on."
"What more is there for me, Amy?" I asked, "My life serves no purpose for me!"
"What are you saying?" Amy grew a bit scared.
"Nothing." I sighed.
"Are you thinking about killing yourself?" Amy came, her voice harsh and firm.
"Why, would it help?" I asked sarcastically.
"NO!" She shouted to my ear, "NO, it will NOT help! What kind of foolish thought are you thinking?! Don't think about suicide!"
"Amy…" I wanted her to stop talking, "Just please leave me be."
"I can't help it, we're stuck here unless one of us leaves." Amy sighed, "You know what, maybe I'll just leave. It'll probably make you happy!"
"Amy, don't!" I cried out, "We need to stick together!" But it was too late, Amy went for the door…unfortunately, it was locked.
"I..I can't open it!" She gasped.
"What?" I went over and I tried it. She was right, it was stuck. I tried to punch and kick it, but to no avail.
"What do we do?" She gasped, "Why is it locked?"
Perhaps it's locked from the outside." I answered, "We have to wait till Remington gets here. Speaking of which, where is he?"
"I don't know." She shook her head, "I'll try to contact him." And she did. I waited. I had a feeling she was saying how much she loved and missed him…it made me cringe.
She came back to reality.
"Well?" I asked.
"He just got up…thanks to me." She cleared her throat, "He's on his way…he's still pretty far from us and the fact the room keeps changing is but another hinder."
I groaned and sat back down on the bed.
"Oh-No, what will we eat?" Amy asked, "We don't have an food and…" She groaned, "We're going to starve if we don't have food."
"We'll think of something." I sighed.
This was going to be a loooooooooong day.
To Be Continued…