"Mercenary's Birth"
Disclaimer: hmmm. well. I don't own Sonic or any of their characters,
Authors Note: On a RPG site I went to. I had to make up 4 characters, and so I came up with the following, though I'm not sure if the Sonic characters like Sonic or Tails Or even Bunnie will be in here, they might though.
11-18-03 - I rewrote the whole story, in order to give further Details of Red's Past, and Circuit's.
A shadow ran through the trees of the Mobian Jungle, he was panting heavily, & his clothes seemed dirty. He had apparently been running for some time now, carrying what looked like a bundle of clothes. The only things visible at this point were the eyes, only the eyes, red as flame. The shadow moved stealthily through the jungle, he kept looking back every few seconds while running, though his running soon turned into walking, & eventually a slow limp, until it seems he finally decided he had enough. He stopped under an opening in the trees, witch let in some sunlight.
You could now see that he was a hedgehog, a dark red one. He had some minor lacerations in his arms from all the thorns; his face & arms were full of scars. He placed the baby down on the floor, tired, & beaten. He took one look at his leg & realized that he had been shot, he looked around the jungle floor in search of some herbs he could use to heal himself, he was lucky though that the bleeding had stopped, but he had to mend this soon or he would surely die of infection. Whatever was following him had surely caught up to him by now, how long had he been running?
He thought about this for a while & finally decided to drop it, it wouldn't really matter in a few minutes anyway & he knew that all too well. He then took his child, & placed him behind a tree, he stared at the little creature with tears in his eyes, knowing this would be the last time he would ever see his baby.
"Be brave little one. it will all be all right." the man said. he took a belt he had crossing his chest & unbelted it, it now showed it was actually an exaggeratedly large sword & Sheath, he placed it next to the child and stood. The child though was asleep, he opened his eyes slowly, smiled & cooed at the sight of his father, the father closed his eyes & took out a pair of daggers.
A few moments passed before he stood. He then walked away from the tree, & his child, cracking his neck as he stepped away. He turned towards the path he came from & stood his guard against anything that came his way. Mechanical movements could be heard in the distance, getting louder & louder, slowly approaching. Suddenly, the mechanical sounds stopped, replaced by some low volume whirring noise that the man new all to well.
The hedgehog stood there nervous trying to spot where the machine of death was with both daggers in each hand. He started sweating & shaking, his eyes were shifting left & right & up & down, he couldn't take the stress anymore. Suddenly the hedgehog began glowing, brightly, his muscles then jolted as he grew five times bigger, Sharp claws emerged as his teeth became sharper, the father of the small child now became a large beast, his eyes glowed brightly, a crimson red color, and the daggers transformed into large short swords. 3 SWAT-bots came out of the bushes as the demon back- handed all three. The demon growled loudly through the Mobian jungle as he sliced another 2 bots to pieces.
Suddenly a shot rang out in the distance, the demon turned to it as he saw it come out of the brush, it incinerated everything in its path. The demon growled loudly at it as the shot reached inside his own mouth, destroying his skull & part of his shoulders, The body fell limp as eight robots approached, SWAT-bots. One of them took some pictures with his bifocal lens, as the demon transformed to normal, and became the hedgehog he once was. Bots took pictures on their bifocal lenses, & left. Followed by the rest. The baby only slept soundly not knowing what had just happened.
It wasn't until later that afternoon that he started crying that he caught the attention of another hedgehog, brown. He was next to a pile of stocked wood and an axe, it looked like he was cutting a tree into quarters to save some wood, but he was eating his lunch, since he had been working all morning, he came from a family that wasn't rich, but wasn't poor either, the family was that of three, husband wife & child. He was eating a Tuna sandwich when suddenly he heard a child crying in the distance, at first he didn't believe it, so he stood to listen better.
"What... is that??" the hedgehog said as he listened. Once he verified it., he ran as fast as he could over to the origin of the cries, as he cleared some bushes, he saw the dead body of a hedgehog on the floor, to his right, he saw the baby as it cried.
He quickly ran towards it. He opened the cloths it had on and noticed that it was a red hedgehog, it looked kind of like an Echidna but had the characteristics of a Hedgehog, he quickly ignored this, took the baby, he looked around, ignoring the decapitated dead body, or at least trying to, as he noticed the weapons. He took the daggers, and tried to pick the sword up, but soon failed as it was too heavy.
"No wonder this poor fool lost his life... this weapon is useless... unless its a family emblem or something..." The hedgehog said to himself as he looked at the blade more carefully and saw the name "Russell "RED" Packard" carved on the side of the blade. The brown hedgehog looked around the area one last time, and finally decided to run back towards his house. He soon saw that the baby had stopped crying in his arms and fell asleep again. As the hedgehog came home, his wife and a small child ran out the door and came up to the brown hedgehog.
"What happened to the fire wood Jack?" The wife said. "How will we cook dinner?"
"You will not believe what I found in the jungle Marian!" Jack said as he held the child in his arms, he uncovered the face & Marian was instantly shocked
"Oh my god Jack, Where did you find him!?!" Marian asked. "Do you know where the parents are?" the baby was by now, tugging at Jack's coat. Jack only lowered his head, and Marian got the picture. "I found him next to a tree with what appeared to be his father a few feet away" Jack said, "He had died instantly, and he had been there for a while from what I could tell..."
"How did this person die?" Marian asked as she took the baby in her arms.
"He.... he.... was unrecognizable..." Jack said. Marian only looked at the child & saw he had fallen asleep, then, Marian then turned towards her son, who was tugging at her husband's coat as well.
"Philip! Leave your father alone and go get me the blanket from my bed, its folded-the green one, quickly!" Philip then let go of his fathers coat and did as he was told, a few seconds later he came out with the blanket. Marian placed the cloth away & replaced it with a clean blanket. The scene now changed to the family, standing in a tight circle, just outside their home. They all then walked inside, ready to nurse for the poor orphan child.
"Do you know what were going to call him?" Jack asked
"Were keeping him?!" Marian asked
"Of course... he's all alone... and i found no ID whatsoever on the body..." Jack replied. "So what will we call him?"
"I don't know what we can call him." Marian answered as she stood there.
"We will call him Russell... Red for short..." Jack continued, remembering the large Buster-sword "Well... Red it is then... anyway... I will go take care of his father... and ill see if I can bring back wood while I'm at it... " Jack said as he turned but soon stopped, and turned around to face his wife again. "I think the father was a Freedom Fighter..." Jack said. "Oh...No... Do you think Robotnik is thinking of taking over the Jungle?" Marian asked nervously.
"There's nothing here for him, what would he want?"
"I don't know... Ill go do what I've said id do, in the meantime, wait here and see what you can do for him." Jack said as he ran back into the Jungle.
7 Years Later.
"Come on Red you can do it..." Jack said as a young seven-year-old Red tried to lift the heavy sword, Jack couldn't even lift it off the ground, though Red wield it as lightly as one would use a butter knife. Red spun the sword and then made a direct vertical swing down, Stopping inches from the ground. He then swung his arm around, slashing at a direct horizontal slice.
"Very good, your getting better." Jack said as he stepped forward, showing him a move with his much smaller Sword.
"Dad? why does my Sword say, Russell "Red" Packard on it?" Red asked as his father froze, he couldn't tell him, he didn't have the heart to do it. How do you explain the fact that your not the real father to your own son, who didn't even have the slightest idea.
"Ill tell you when your older son..." Jack replied as he looked at him.
"I recognize the first 2 names, but the last one is weird..." Red said as he stared at the carvings.
"That's your last name..." Jack answered sadly. "Naaa, my name is Russell Hedgehog dad!" Red said with a smile.
"Ill explain when your older Red, now lets get back to your lesson." Jack said as he brought his blade back up again. "See now you have to know how to block, vertical, direct, and horizontal attacks, You block a vertical attack by placing the Sword above you, like this." Jack said as he bent his knees a bit and placed the sword above his head. "If the attack is too strong, place the blade like this, and hold the other end with your hand, so you don't cut it." Jack said as Red followed his instructions.
"Yay I'm doing it daddy I'm doing it!!" Red yelled in happiness.
"Alright now a vertical attack, With your blade being so big, you can actually disarm your opponent with one swing, by either destroying the enemy's blade, or throwing it aside, for now lets practice blocking, start by simply blocking to the left or right, depending on witch side your being attacked, then push your enemy's sword away hard, sliding the blade down to the upper body area. That's my technique, and it works, most of the time anyway." Jack said as Red followed.
"Dad? what about a stabbing motion?" Red asked cutely.
"Well you swing the blade in front of you, pushing the blade away from you, and then you bring your blade back to strike before the enemy has a chance to recover, watch try to stab me, but not too hard, do it slow." Jack said as red pushed his blade directly at Jacks stomach, Jack swung his sword in front of him like a color guard riffle, directing his blade to the side, and swinging the blade completely around his body as red continued coming forward, Red then lost grip of his blade and Jack swing his towards Reds head in slow motion, he stopped as he pointed at Reds sword.
"Wow... COOOOL!!! can I try that dad?!? can I!? can I?" Red asked. "Not now son im tire--" Jack said before he was interrupted.
"DAD!" Phillip yelled, he was now much older. 14 to be precise. He had a pair of blue jeans, a black vest and Boots. "Come here son, I'm just giving Russell his lessons." Jack said as Philip approached.
"I finished my chores, like you told me. Can me and Red go to the waterfall to swim?" Philip asked as red turned to see him and lit up.
"YEAH can we dad Can we?" Red asked excitedly.
"Sure... go on ahead" Jack answered with a chuckle. "But don't be late for supper or your mother is going to get very upset."
"Yeeees Daaad!!" Red and Philip said in unison. as they ran off into the bushes. "Cant catch me!" Philip yelled as red began running faster and faster, though he still couldn't catch up to his brother, and began getting tired. Red began getting angry by now.
"Heeeeey! that's no fair!" Red said as his eyes glowed a crimson red for a few seconds, though the feeling soon subsided. red was surprised by this and walked the rest of the way.
"What happened..." Red asked himself as he walked, he soon shook it off and began running again.
"What took you so long?" Philip asked teasingly as red got there, and began taking his clothes off. He didn't really worry about being seen without clothes since his fur was thick, so he ignored it, but he did like having clothes on anyway for some reason.
"I don't know... I felt weird..." Red said as he shook it off and jumped in the water.
"You just got mad because I beat you..." Philip said with a smirk as he splashed water at Red, red splashed water back, and a water fight began between the two.
10 Years Later... A red Hedgehog with very large Quills could be seen running through the Mobian jungle, he had a pair of baggy pants, and a black vest with black boots, plus a gun holster on his hip. 2 twin daggers were sheathed on his back, and the large sword was also on his back, being held there by the sheath that his real father wore the day he died.
Red had gone out to get some firewood, every week he did the same chore, mainly because he was the fastest in gathering firewood, and the strongest to chop it.
"Hmm. why is it that I'm always the one that gets the fire wood." Red said. "Red do this Red do that. man I wish there was a faster way to carry all this." Red said this as he sat down, he remembered the talk he had with his father and mother the previous week.
FLASHBACK "W-w-WHat do you mean I'm not your real son!?!? " Red yelled as he sat on the kitchen table, he had heard the story of how he was found.
"Its true, we found you seventeen years ago in the jungle, next to your dead father, " Jack said as he stared at the ground.
"This cant be... this is a lie, you just want me to leave!" Red yelled.
"THATS NOT TRUE!" Jack yelled. "We love you with all our hearts, we didn't tell you before because you weren't ready! Want proof? Look at your Sword, we named you after your father, the only difference is the last name!"
Red then stood up and ran out of the house.
"RED!!" Jack yelled as Marian held her husbands arm back. "Let him go... he needs time." Red ran through the Jungle aimlessly now, though something strange happened as he ran, he began to see a red light on the ground, something was illuminating his path, and he felt that same feeling he felt ten years ago, as he ran, he noticed he was in the forbidden part of the Jungle, though Red didn't care at this point. As he ran, he suddenly bumped into a gravestone and tripped, As he looked up, he read what the stone said and was shocked.
"HERE LIES RUSSEL "RED" PACKARD" BORN 12- 24 -3028 -- DIED 09-13-3053
"Dad?!" Red said as he sat there staring at the grave, he ran a hand over it, clearing the dust and dry mud. Red sat there for countless hours just staring, as a shadow emerged from behind him.
"This is where I found him, and over there is where I found you..." Jack said as he leaned down to Red's side. "Listen... I may not be your biological father, but in my eyes, you are still my son, and to tell you the truth, you have, and always will be a blessing for us..." Red sat there eyes closed not really knowing what to say or do, he simply turned to see his father and hugged him tightly.
"Your still my father... you always will be." Red said as Jack returned the hug. Red then let Jack go and stood up. "Thank you for taking me in when I was little" Red said as he looked towards the ground
"I would do it again if it was up to me." Jack said as he stood there staring at Red. "You make me proud Red, I just wanted to let you know, Marian and I are proud of you, and we always will be..."
END FLASHBACK
Far off some mechanical noises were coming from the shadows, a squad of SWAT-bots had emerged near a house, in the Mobian jungle, and they then began to close in on their prey. Red continued walking, and day-dreaming, wood carried in hand, Red now felt some sort of attachment to that sword, especially after the revelations of his past. As Red walked, he was awakened from his daydreams as he heard a scream coming from his home. He immediately began sprinting. His sword unsheathed and ready for an attack, he remembered how his adoptive father had taught him how to use it in attacks & defense as well, he had also taught him how to shoot, but all he wanted now was to know his family was all right and that nothing wrong had happened, unfortunately, this was not true. He stopped in front of his house & saw to his horror that his family was gone, A few robots lay dead or destroyed near the house but that was it!
"Oh no. No, no, no, no, no," Red shuttered in fear as he came in; he had a grim look on his face, half of his house was destroyed, He ran back out, knowing the robots would not be able to lift off inside the thick jungle, he followed the tracks, he soon saw the robots, & sliced one directly in half, he continued running, hoping he would be able to catch up to the robots holding his family captive, he saw another bot, but this one turned around, he jumped in mid air while spinning like a top, he landed directly in front of the bot slicing him horizontally in half.
"MOTHER, FATHER!!" Red yelled as he continued running, suddenly he saw it, the bots, his family was being carried by 3 bots, He was about to reach them when suddenly, they took off, Red tripped, and fell on the dirt, he had reached the end of that part of the jungle, he saw his family yelling after him, slowly getting farther & farther away from the ground.
"FATHER, MOTHER,!!" Red yelled in tears as he saw their shocked faces heading toward Mobotropolis, or Robotropolis as it was now called, he then lost control of his mind & his body. He then turned around & suddenly he started glowing, His eyes turned a crimson red, He ran toward the first bot, which was headed strait for him, he raised his hand & a short but powerful green energy beam went straight at the bots head, which easily melted & incinerated off. He then slashed at it like there was no tomorrow with his sword. the robot exploded sending shrapnel everywhere, though for some reason, it didn't affect Red.
The sky suddenly began thundering as it began to rain, as it always did in that part of the jungle. He heard the noise of water drops falling onto the moss covered ground & dried leaves, he heard the birds, cawing & singing far off, the noise of the wind in the trees, & the sound of the now destroyed bot, which was sizzling.
"W-where.... a-am. I." Red said as he dropped on the floor, the last thing he saw was a guy with pointy ears & a tail kneeling next to him, then everything went black & he was unconscious.
Meanwhile in Robotropolis, Robotnik saw that a large amount of Bots were destroyed in the Jungle area. he turned to see what looked like a Roboticized brown Hedgehog, 3 of them in fact.
"What happened to my robots!" Robotnik echoed as he studied the Video transmissions from all the bots, He saw Jack destroy one, he then switched to Philip being captured, and ignored it, he found the one with Marian being captured and ignored it, he found Jacks and did the same, he then activated 4 camera windows set at the same time, He saw one lone transmission, and then saw the next one turn around, Robotnik saw a fast moving object and the bot went dead.
"Computer, clear the image and replay in slow motion!" Robotnik yelled.
"CONFIRMED!" the PC uttered as Robotnik lay eyes on Red destroying his Robots.
"Why does he look so familiar..." Robotnik said as he saw Red's blade slice the bot in half.
"THE SWORD, Computer, Replay last 4 Scenes, and zoom in close to the blade." Robotnik ordered as the PC zoomed into the blade, as the image cleared, the name Russell "Red" Packard lit up.
"IMPOSSIBLE... HE CANT BE ALIVE!!" Robotnik yelled in anger.
"He must still have my Chips!" COMPUTER... Activate program Circuit 010 through 100 now!!" Robotnik yelled as the computer began loading updates to go through with the order.
Meanwhile back with Red.
When he woke up, he saw it was now morning, he was now next to what appeared to be a fox, he saw it putting wood on the fire, & cooking a large bird on a stick, the fox then noticed & looked at the hedgehog with a smile, but didn't turn to face him.
"Hi" the fox said. "It seemed you needed some rest after that light show you gave that SWAT-bot back there." The Fox said.
"Who are you?" Red said, ignoring the last comment.
"The names Mackenzie, just Mackenzie Fox, that's all I know " Mackenzie said. "Call me Mac for short though."
"What light show were you talking about" Red said as he stood up. "What do you mean
"what light show", you totally killed that bot in a few seconds by shooting a green light at him which melted its head off, then you slashed him with your sword like, anything I've ever seen!" Mac said excitedly. Red was now slightly annoyed.
"How old are you?" Red asked.
"Why, I'm only, around 15" Mac answered. "By the way. What's your name?"
"Me.?" Red asked, he then remembered what his parents called him, and his heart simply sank as he remembered what had happened earlier. "My name is. Red, just Red." Red then walked around the fire & wondered what he was going to do.
"Where are you from anyw--" Red stopped as he looked closer at Mac, he saw he had a green piece of glass connected to a round oval shaped piece of metal stuck to the side of his head, his left arm was a robots arm, & so were both his legs!! Red instantly stepped back.
"WOAH. WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU!" Red asked.
"I'm not sure. I was in Robotropolis, and I was inside this green tube...called...theee... roboticizer, but then I broke the glass, and. that's all I remember. Up till I found you." Mac said. Red instantly felt sorry for the fox.
"I'm sorry." Red said. Mac just shook his head with a smile.
"Don't worry about it. These things are the best things that has ever happened to me. I'm stronger, faster, and have pinpoint accuracy with my arm." Mac said as his metallic hand retracted into his arm, he then pointed what was now the barrel at a tree & literally blew it to splinters. his hand then locked back into place. "The best part of it is that this metal, its waterproof, so I can swim like anyone, and the metal is light, and at the same time durable & strong."
Red looked at Mac now more clearly, he decided he wasn't going to sit around anymore.
"I need to move, my family is probably roboticized by now. My father. Told me about what happened to people when they were roboticized" Red said, "you turn into a slave. right?".
"There is more to it than that. anyway, I was gonna ask you. Let me go with you. I could be of great help!" Mac insisted. "Fine..." Red said as he sat back down. "Lets eat first" Red said as both the fox and Red had breakfast. Red wasn't really in an eating mood but knew he would regret it if he didn't eat. Eventually both Mac and red now well rested and full of food, stood and got ready to leave. Red just kept walking & Signaled the fox to follow, he joined him & both headed out of the Jungle. Mac kept talking the whole way, until the jungle was once again quiet. though it was strange, the jungle was in fact TOO quiet. Suddenly a large black SWAT-bot, appeared out of nowhere & stomped on the active fire that had just barely gone out, he checked his surroundings & turned towards the direction Red and Mac headed off to, and flew off into the same direction.
This story I think has great Promise. Did you enjoy it? AWW don't worry. the sonic Chars will soon join us. just not the way you'd expect ANYWAY, Please review CH.2 currently being typed. I just hope it doesn't take a long time. cause this will get interesting. Wont it Arion Prower?
Disclaimer: hmmm. well. I don't own Sonic or any of their characters,
Authors Note: On a RPG site I went to. I had to make up 4 characters, and so I came up with the following, though I'm not sure if the Sonic characters like Sonic or Tails Or even Bunnie will be in here, they might though.
11-18-03 - I rewrote the whole story, in order to give further Details of Red's Past, and Circuit's.
A shadow ran through the trees of the Mobian Jungle, he was panting heavily, & his clothes seemed dirty. He had apparently been running for some time now, carrying what looked like a bundle of clothes. The only things visible at this point were the eyes, only the eyes, red as flame. The shadow moved stealthily through the jungle, he kept looking back every few seconds while running, though his running soon turned into walking, & eventually a slow limp, until it seems he finally decided he had enough. He stopped under an opening in the trees, witch let in some sunlight.
You could now see that he was a hedgehog, a dark red one. He had some minor lacerations in his arms from all the thorns; his face & arms were full of scars. He placed the baby down on the floor, tired, & beaten. He took one look at his leg & realized that he had been shot, he looked around the jungle floor in search of some herbs he could use to heal himself, he was lucky though that the bleeding had stopped, but he had to mend this soon or he would surely die of infection. Whatever was following him had surely caught up to him by now, how long had he been running?
He thought about this for a while & finally decided to drop it, it wouldn't really matter in a few minutes anyway & he knew that all too well. He then took his child, & placed him behind a tree, he stared at the little creature with tears in his eyes, knowing this would be the last time he would ever see his baby.
"Be brave little one. it will all be all right." the man said. he took a belt he had crossing his chest & unbelted it, it now showed it was actually an exaggeratedly large sword & Sheath, he placed it next to the child and stood. The child though was asleep, he opened his eyes slowly, smiled & cooed at the sight of his father, the father closed his eyes & took out a pair of daggers.
A few moments passed before he stood. He then walked away from the tree, & his child, cracking his neck as he stepped away. He turned towards the path he came from & stood his guard against anything that came his way. Mechanical movements could be heard in the distance, getting louder & louder, slowly approaching. Suddenly, the mechanical sounds stopped, replaced by some low volume whirring noise that the man new all to well.
The hedgehog stood there nervous trying to spot where the machine of death was with both daggers in each hand. He started sweating & shaking, his eyes were shifting left & right & up & down, he couldn't take the stress anymore. Suddenly the hedgehog began glowing, brightly, his muscles then jolted as he grew five times bigger, Sharp claws emerged as his teeth became sharper, the father of the small child now became a large beast, his eyes glowed brightly, a crimson red color, and the daggers transformed into large short swords. 3 SWAT-bots came out of the bushes as the demon back- handed all three. The demon growled loudly through the Mobian jungle as he sliced another 2 bots to pieces.
Suddenly a shot rang out in the distance, the demon turned to it as he saw it come out of the brush, it incinerated everything in its path. The demon growled loudly at it as the shot reached inside his own mouth, destroying his skull & part of his shoulders, The body fell limp as eight robots approached, SWAT-bots. One of them took some pictures with his bifocal lens, as the demon transformed to normal, and became the hedgehog he once was. Bots took pictures on their bifocal lenses, & left. Followed by the rest. The baby only slept soundly not knowing what had just happened.
It wasn't until later that afternoon that he started crying that he caught the attention of another hedgehog, brown. He was next to a pile of stocked wood and an axe, it looked like he was cutting a tree into quarters to save some wood, but he was eating his lunch, since he had been working all morning, he came from a family that wasn't rich, but wasn't poor either, the family was that of three, husband wife & child. He was eating a Tuna sandwich when suddenly he heard a child crying in the distance, at first he didn't believe it, so he stood to listen better.
"What... is that??" the hedgehog said as he listened. Once he verified it., he ran as fast as he could over to the origin of the cries, as he cleared some bushes, he saw the dead body of a hedgehog on the floor, to his right, he saw the baby as it cried.
He quickly ran towards it. He opened the cloths it had on and noticed that it was a red hedgehog, it looked kind of like an Echidna but had the characteristics of a Hedgehog, he quickly ignored this, took the baby, he looked around, ignoring the decapitated dead body, or at least trying to, as he noticed the weapons. He took the daggers, and tried to pick the sword up, but soon failed as it was too heavy.
"No wonder this poor fool lost his life... this weapon is useless... unless its a family emblem or something..." The hedgehog said to himself as he looked at the blade more carefully and saw the name "Russell "RED" Packard" carved on the side of the blade. The brown hedgehog looked around the area one last time, and finally decided to run back towards his house. He soon saw that the baby had stopped crying in his arms and fell asleep again. As the hedgehog came home, his wife and a small child ran out the door and came up to the brown hedgehog.
"What happened to the fire wood Jack?" The wife said. "How will we cook dinner?"
"You will not believe what I found in the jungle Marian!" Jack said as he held the child in his arms, he uncovered the face & Marian was instantly shocked
"Oh my god Jack, Where did you find him!?!" Marian asked. "Do you know where the parents are?" the baby was by now, tugging at Jack's coat. Jack only lowered his head, and Marian got the picture. "I found him next to a tree with what appeared to be his father a few feet away" Jack said, "He had died instantly, and he had been there for a while from what I could tell..."
"How did this person die?" Marian asked as she took the baby in her arms.
"He.... he.... was unrecognizable..." Jack said. Marian only looked at the child & saw he had fallen asleep, then, Marian then turned towards her son, who was tugging at her husband's coat as well.
"Philip! Leave your father alone and go get me the blanket from my bed, its folded-the green one, quickly!" Philip then let go of his fathers coat and did as he was told, a few seconds later he came out with the blanket. Marian placed the cloth away & replaced it with a clean blanket. The scene now changed to the family, standing in a tight circle, just outside their home. They all then walked inside, ready to nurse for the poor orphan child.
"Do you know what were going to call him?" Jack asked
"Were keeping him?!" Marian asked
"Of course... he's all alone... and i found no ID whatsoever on the body..." Jack replied. "So what will we call him?"
"I don't know what we can call him." Marian answered as she stood there.
"We will call him Russell... Red for short..." Jack continued, remembering the large Buster-sword "Well... Red it is then... anyway... I will go take care of his father... and ill see if I can bring back wood while I'm at it... " Jack said as he turned but soon stopped, and turned around to face his wife again. "I think the father was a Freedom Fighter..." Jack said. "Oh...No... Do you think Robotnik is thinking of taking over the Jungle?" Marian asked nervously.
"There's nothing here for him, what would he want?"
"I don't know... Ill go do what I've said id do, in the meantime, wait here and see what you can do for him." Jack said as he ran back into the Jungle.
7 Years Later.
"Come on Red you can do it..." Jack said as a young seven-year-old Red tried to lift the heavy sword, Jack couldn't even lift it off the ground, though Red wield it as lightly as one would use a butter knife. Red spun the sword and then made a direct vertical swing down, Stopping inches from the ground. He then swung his arm around, slashing at a direct horizontal slice.
"Very good, your getting better." Jack said as he stepped forward, showing him a move with his much smaller Sword.
"Dad? why does my Sword say, Russell "Red" Packard on it?" Red asked as his father froze, he couldn't tell him, he didn't have the heart to do it. How do you explain the fact that your not the real father to your own son, who didn't even have the slightest idea.
"Ill tell you when your older son..." Jack replied as he looked at him.
"I recognize the first 2 names, but the last one is weird..." Red said as he stared at the carvings.
"That's your last name..." Jack answered sadly. "Naaa, my name is Russell Hedgehog dad!" Red said with a smile.
"Ill explain when your older Red, now lets get back to your lesson." Jack said as he brought his blade back up again. "See now you have to know how to block, vertical, direct, and horizontal attacks, You block a vertical attack by placing the Sword above you, like this." Jack said as he bent his knees a bit and placed the sword above his head. "If the attack is too strong, place the blade like this, and hold the other end with your hand, so you don't cut it." Jack said as Red followed his instructions.
"Yay I'm doing it daddy I'm doing it!!" Red yelled in happiness.
"Alright now a vertical attack, With your blade being so big, you can actually disarm your opponent with one swing, by either destroying the enemy's blade, or throwing it aside, for now lets practice blocking, start by simply blocking to the left or right, depending on witch side your being attacked, then push your enemy's sword away hard, sliding the blade down to the upper body area. That's my technique, and it works, most of the time anyway." Jack said as Red followed.
"Dad? what about a stabbing motion?" Red asked cutely.
"Well you swing the blade in front of you, pushing the blade away from you, and then you bring your blade back to strike before the enemy has a chance to recover, watch try to stab me, but not too hard, do it slow." Jack said as red pushed his blade directly at Jacks stomach, Jack swung his sword in front of him like a color guard riffle, directing his blade to the side, and swinging the blade completely around his body as red continued coming forward, Red then lost grip of his blade and Jack swing his towards Reds head in slow motion, he stopped as he pointed at Reds sword.
"Wow... COOOOL!!! can I try that dad?!? can I!? can I?" Red asked. "Not now son im tire--" Jack said before he was interrupted.
"DAD!" Phillip yelled, he was now much older. 14 to be precise. He had a pair of blue jeans, a black vest and Boots. "Come here son, I'm just giving Russell his lessons." Jack said as Philip approached.
"I finished my chores, like you told me. Can me and Red go to the waterfall to swim?" Philip asked as red turned to see him and lit up.
"YEAH can we dad Can we?" Red asked excitedly.
"Sure... go on ahead" Jack answered with a chuckle. "But don't be late for supper or your mother is going to get very upset."
"Yeeees Daaad!!" Red and Philip said in unison. as they ran off into the bushes. "Cant catch me!" Philip yelled as red began running faster and faster, though he still couldn't catch up to his brother, and began getting tired. Red began getting angry by now.
"Heeeeey! that's no fair!" Red said as his eyes glowed a crimson red for a few seconds, though the feeling soon subsided. red was surprised by this and walked the rest of the way.
"What happened..." Red asked himself as he walked, he soon shook it off and began running again.
"What took you so long?" Philip asked teasingly as red got there, and began taking his clothes off. He didn't really worry about being seen without clothes since his fur was thick, so he ignored it, but he did like having clothes on anyway for some reason.
"I don't know... I felt weird..." Red said as he shook it off and jumped in the water.
"You just got mad because I beat you..." Philip said with a smirk as he splashed water at Red, red splashed water back, and a water fight began between the two.
10 Years Later... A red Hedgehog with very large Quills could be seen running through the Mobian jungle, he had a pair of baggy pants, and a black vest with black boots, plus a gun holster on his hip. 2 twin daggers were sheathed on his back, and the large sword was also on his back, being held there by the sheath that his real father wore the day he died.
Red had gone out to get some firewood, every week he did the same chore, mainly because he was the fastest in gathering firewood, and the strongest to chop it.
"Hmm. why is it that I'm always the one that gets the fire wood." Red said. "Red do this Red do that. man I wish there was a faster way to carry all this." Red said this as he sat down, he remembered the talk he had with his father and mother the previous week.
FLASHBACK "W-w-WHat do you mean I'm not your real son!?!? " Red yelled as he sat on the kitchen table, he had heard the story of how he was found.
"Its true, we found you seventeen years ago in the jungle, next to your dead father, " Jack said as he stared at the ground.
"This cant be... this is a lie, you just want me to leave!" Red yelled.
"THATS NOT TRUE!" Jack yelled. "We love you with all our hearts, we didn't tell you before because you weren't ready! Want proof? Look at your Sword, we named you after your father, the only difference is the last name!"
Red then stood up and ran out of the house.
"RED!!" Jack yelled as Marian held her husbands arm back. "Let him go... he needs time." Red ran through the Jungle aimlessly now, though something strange happened as he ran, he began to see a red light on the ground, something was illuminating his path, and he felt that same feeling he felt ten years ago, as he ran, he noticed he was in the forbidden part of the Jungle, though Red didn't care at this point. As he ran, he suddenly bumped into a gravestone and tripped, As he looked up, he read what the stone said and was shocked.
"HERE LIES RUSSEL "RED" PACKARD" BORN 12- 24 -3028 -- DIED 09-13-3053
"Dad?!" Red said as he sat there staring at the grave, he ran a hand over it, clearing the dust and dry mud. Red sat there for countless hours just staring, as a shadow emerged from behind him.
"This is where I found him, and over there is where I found you..." Jack said as he leaned down to Red's side. "Listen... I may not be your biological father, but in my eyes, you are still my son, and to tell you the truth, you have, and always will be a blessing for us..." Red sat there eyes closed not really knowing what to say or do, he simply turned to see his father and hugged him tightly.
"Your still my father... you always will be." Red said as Jack returned the hug. Red then let Jack go and stood up. "Thank you for taking me in when I was little" Red said as he looked towards the ground
"I would do it again if it was up to me." Jack said as he stood there staring at Red. "You make me proud Red, I just wanted to let you know, Marian and I are proud of you, and we always will be..."
END FLASHBACK
Far off some mechanical noises were coming from the shadows, a squad of SWAT-bots had emerged near a house, in the Mobian jungle, and they then began to close in on their prey. Red continued walking, and day-dreaming, wood carried in hand, Red now felt some sort of attachment to that sword, especially after the revelations of his past. As Red walked, he was awakened from his daydreams as he heard a scream coming from his home. He immediately began sprinting. His sword unsheathed and ready for an attack, he remembered how his adoptive father had taught him how to use it in attacks & defense as well, he had also taught him how to shoot, but all he wanted now was to know his family was all right and that nothing wrong had happened, unfortunately, this was not true. He stopped in front of his house & saw to his horror that his family was gone, A few robots lay dead or destroyed near the house but that was it!
"Oh no. No, no, no, no, no," Red shuttered in fear as he came in; he had a grim look on his face, half of his house was destroyed, He ran back out, knowing the robots would not be able to lift off inside the thick jungle, he followed the tracks, he soon saw the robots, & sliced one directly in half, he continued running, hoping he would be able to catch up to the robots holding his family captive, he saw another bot, but this one turned around, he jumped in mid air while spinning like a top, he landed directly in front of the bot slicing him horizontally in half.
"MOTHER, FATHER!!" Red yelled as he continued running, suddenly he saw it, the bots, his family was being carried by 3 bots, He was about to reach them when suddenly, they took off, Red tripped, and fell on the dirt, he had reached the end of that part of the jungle, he saw his family yelling after him, slowly getting farther & farther away from the ground.
"FATHER, MOTHER,!!" Red yelled in tears as he saw their shocked faces heading toward Mobotropolis, or Robotropolis as it was now called, he then lost control of his mind & his body. He then turned around & suddenly he started glowing, His eyes turned a crimson red, He ran toward the first bot, which was headed strait for him, he raised his hand & a short but powerful green energy beam went straight at the bots head, which easily melted & incinerated off. He then slashed at it like there was no tomorrow with his sword. the robot exploded sending shrapnel everywhere, though for some reason, it didn't affect Red.
The sky suddenly began thundering as it began to rain, as it always did in that part of the jungle. He heard the noise of water drops falling onto the moss covered ground & dried leaves, he heard the birds, cawing & singing far off, the noise of the wind in the trees, & the sound of the now destroyed bot, which was sizzling.
"W-where.... a-am. I." Red said as he dropped on the floor, the last thing he saw was a guy with pointy ears & a tail kneeling next to him, then everything went black & he was unconscious.
Meanwhile in Robotropolis, Robotnik saw that a large amount of Bots were destroyed in the Jungle area. he turned to see what looked like a Roboticized brown Hedgehog, 3 of them in fact.
"What happened to my robots!" Robotnik echoed as he studied the Video transmissions from all the bots, He saw Jack destroy one, he then switched to Philip being captured, and ignored it, he found the one with Marian being captured and ignored it, he found Jacks and did the same, he then activated 4 camera windows set at the same time, He saw one lone transmission, and then saw the next one turn around, Robotnik saw a fast moving object and the bot went dead.
"Computer, clear the image and replay in slow motion!" Robotnik yelled.
"CONFIRMED!" the PC uttered as Robotnik lay eyes on Red destroying his Robots.
"Why does he look so familiar..." Robotnik said as he saw Red's blade slice the bot in half.
"THE SWORD, Computer, Replay last 4 Scenes, and zoom in close to the blade." Robotnik ordered as the PC zoomed into the blade, as the image cleared, the name Russell "Red" Packard lit up.
"IMPOSSIBLE... HE CANT BE ALIVE!!" Robotnik yelled in anger.
"He must still have my Chips!" COMPUTER... Activate program Circuit 010 through 100 now!!" Robotnik yelled as the computer began loading updates to go through with the order.
Meanwhile back with Red.
When he woke up, he saw it was now morning, he was now next to what appeared to be a fox, he saw it putting wood on the fire, & cooking a large bird on a stick, the fox then noticed & looked at the hedgehog with a smile, but didn't turn to face him.
"Hi" the fox said. "It seemed you needed some rest after that light show you gave that SWAT-bot back there." The Fox said.
"Who are you?" Red said, ignoring the last comment.
"The names Mackenzie, just Mackenzie Fox, that's all I know " Mackenzie said. "Call me Mac for short though."
"What light show were you talking about" Red said as he stood up. "What do you mean
"what light show", you totally killed that bot in a few seconds by shooting a green light at him which melted its head off, then you slashed him with your sword like, anything I've ever seen!" Mac said excitedly. Red was now slightly annoyed.
"How old are you?" Red asked.
"Why, I'm only, around 15" Mac answered. "By the way. What's your name?"
"Me.?" Red asked, he then remembered what his parents called him, and his heart simply sank as he remembered what had happened earlier. "My name is. Red, just Red." Red then walked around the fire & wondered what he was going to do.
"Where are you from anyw--" Red stopped as he looked closer at Mac, he saw he had a green piece of glass connected to a round oval shaped piece of metal stuck to the side of his head, his left arm was a robots arm, & so were both his legs!! Red instantly stepped back.
"WOAH. WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU!" Red asked.
"I'm not sure. I was in Robotropolis, and I was inside this green tube...called...theee... roboticizer, but then I broke the glass, and. that's all I remember. Up till I found you." Mac said. Red instantly felt sorry for the fox.
"I'm sorry." Red said. Mac just shook his head with a smile.
"Don't worry about it. These things are the best things that has ever happened to me. I'm stronger, faster, and have pinpoint accuracy with my arm." Mac said as his metallic hand retracted into his arm, he then pointed what was now the barrel at a tree & literally blew it to splinters. his hand then locked back into place. "The best part of it is that this metal, its waterproof, so I can swim like anyone, and the metal is light, and at the same time durable & strong."
Red looked at Mac now more clearly, he decided he wasn't going to sit around anymore.
"I need to move, my family is probably roboticized by now. My father. Told me about what happened to people when they were roboticized" Red said, "you turn into a slave. right?".
"There is more to it than that. anyway, I was gonna ask you. Let me go with you. I could be of great help!" Mac insisted. "Fine..." Red said as he sat back down. "Lets eat first" Red said as both the fox and Red had breakfast. Red wasn't really in an eating mood but knew he would regret it if he didn't eat. Eventually both Mac and red now well rested and full of food, stood and got ready to leave. Red just kept walking & Signaled the fox to follow, he joined him & both headed out of the Jungle. Mac kept talking the whole way, until the jungle was once again quiet. though it was strange, the jungle was in fact TOO quiet. Suddenly a large black SWAT-bot, appeared out of nowhere & stomped on the active fire that had just barely gone out, he checked his surroundings & turned towards the direction Red and Mac headed off to, and flew off into the same direction.
This story I think has great Promise. Did you enjoy it? AWW don't worry. the sonic Chars will soon join us. just not the way you'd expect ANYWAY, Please review CH.2 currently being typed. I just hope it doesn't take a long time. cause this will get interesting. Wont it Arion Prower?