(I do not own Sonic X etc.)-I'm updating this quicker because I've got a lot of work coming up and I won't be able to update any other time)
Flip card 1:
Name: Lumina Flowlight
Age: Ageless
Sex: Female
Description: Chief servant of queen of MaginaryWorld, Guardian angel of the Precious stone.
A single chime sounded and Sonic opened his eyes. Radiant Emerald, the strange chaotic dimension around them had vanished completely. Pushing himself up to a sitting position, the blue hedgehog found himself once more in relatively familiar surroundings. He rubbed the back of his head absently, blinking as he stared around the roof of Chuck's garage on the Thorndyke estate. The sky overhead was clouded the low rumble of an approaching storm on the horizon. After a brief moment of silence, something cold fell on the end of Sonic's nose. The blue hedgehog looked up and it began to snow. Slowly he pushed himself to his feet, looking around.
He saw no sign of any of those who'd been pulled into Radiant Emerald with him. His breath froze in his throat. What if he'd been the only one sent back and the others were still trapped in that dimension with those fatal orbs. Silently, he slid down off the roof and down to the ground below, landing in a snow bank pushed against the back of the building. Speeding around to the front of the garage, he found the door open and Chuck's car missing.
"Hello?" He called up inside but nobody replied. Ascending the ladder and pushing the trap door open, the found the above apartment deserted as well. Although it was obvious someone had been here recently, Chuck's tools were spread out everywhere with a fresh puddle of oil on the floor. Although he was aware it couldn't have been Chuck, he'd been in Radiant Emerald with them.
Sonic found the main house itself empty too. Not even Elle or Mr. Tanaka was here taking care of the household. The blue hedgehog eventually wound up in front of the estate scratching his head. Just where was everyone? There was a sudden load groaning sound and Sonic looked directly to his left, sighting to busy orange tails sticking out of the line of bushes that ran alongside the fence. "Hey Tails you ok?" he asked, pulling the twin tailed fox out, his fur completely covered in leaves and twigs.
"I think so." He replied, scrapping some of it out of his tails. "Are we back, did it work?"
"I think so." Sonic looked around again. Everything seemed so grey and miserable, hardly anything like the uptown apart of Station Square he was used to. Not even a single car was driving by. It was like the entire upper district of the city was deserted, the streets devoid of a single soul. It was like everyone had bailed out of here at once. "You didn't see Shadow or the others have you?" Tails shook his head. Sonic pushed his lips together, looking thoughtful. "Maybe they got left behind or something." The snow intensified into a fast fall and the blue hedgehog quills sagged with the weight of it. Tails shook himself to dislodge some that seeped into his fur.
"Where is everybody?" The fox asked as the two of them made their way down the street towards the city interior, failing to sight anyone as they walked. The silence was broken only by the busy honking of traffic from the city itself. That was some small comfort, knowing that at least the place wasn't completely deserted. Eventually they found themselves amongst the sky scrappers, the streets now full of traffic making a terrible noise. Everyone here it seemed was trying to get somewhere. The city was the verge of near chaos, overworked police desperately trying to direct the steady flow of vehicles around the streets. Some of the cars were towing RV's and trailers, some with baggage tied to the roof.
Sonic and Tails, finding the streets now too congested to use, raced to the top of a sky scrapper so they could see the city itself better. From that birds eyes view, they could see plenty of G.U.N Mech Walkers patrolling the harbour, the Flying Dog models escorting large tanker like ships into port. Laser hunter robots, the militaries latest foot soldiers were standing erect on the side walks like an occupying force. To Sonic, it appeared as if the entire city had been placed under martial law.
"Just what happened here?" The blue hedgehog asked himself. This was getting way out of hand now. Military choppers filled the sky, flying across the entire length of the city itself. From here, Tails could see fortifications being constructed in various locations. Some of which looked a tad excessive, such was large turrets towering like a ten story building around the outside edge of the city.
Without warning there was a sudden flash of green light emerging from a single point behind them and the two turned in exclamation to see Shadow emerge out of a Chaos Control warp, Chuck hanging on his back for dear life.
"Ah." He began, stretching himself out. "That feels much better. Chaos Control works again."
"Great, then it worked." Sonic stated, folding his arms with a coy look on his face. "But have you seen Eggman or that Metal Knuckles?" Shadow shook his head.
"Maybe we lucked out and they got stuck in Radiant Emerald." Was his reply as he joined Sonic by his side and stared out across the city. "We've been gone for over a week." He added sharply, giving the two of them a side long glance.
"What?!" Sonic exclaimed. "We were only in Radiant Emerald for a few hours." Chuck picked himself up and shook his head, folding his arms.
"To us, it only appeared like a few hours, but I believe inside Radiant Emerald, temporal continuality was stretched to a point were time itself moved at a slower rate. Probably due to the excessive amount of chaos energy floating freely in that dimension." Sonic stared at him, his expression showing clearly that he had absolutely no idea what Chuck had just said. "Inside Radiant Emerald we all moved in slow motion." He added, trying to wrap it up in single sentence.
"And while we were gone, a lot happened." Shadow put in, slipping himself over the end and sitting down on the edge of the building. "It seems after we disappeared, Eggman's robots attacked the city. G.U.N placed it under their direct jurisdiction. A lot of people aren't happy about that." Sonic looked down at the traffic below and how could see people leaning out their windows, cursing at the occupying mechanoids as they drove past.
"Here, read this." Chuck said; handing Tails a newspaper that Shadow had picked up after arriving back. The date written on the top was indeed a week a bit later from the date set for the finals of Emerald Grand Prix.
The fox held it in front of himself, skimming through the words. The large headline at the top of the front page was 'G.U.N TAKES THE STREETS.'
"But that doesn't make any sense." Sonic began, looking more confused now than he had a few moments ago. "Eggman was inside Radiant Emerald with us, he couldn't have sent his robots to attack Station Square." Tails looked up briefly, before ignoring Sonic's comment and reading on. According to the report, after the attack, G.U.N forced had moved directly into the city without Presidential permission, turning Station Square from a popular civilian destination to a fortified position intended to be used in the war against the Eggman Empire. A lot of people were trying to leave but G.U.N forces were not letting them beyond the city perimeters. No one was to be allowed in or out until construction had been completed. "Look at this place, it's like they're turning it into some kind of base." Sonic added sourly. Shadow heisted and then looked out across the city and the construction that was underway of military technicians, assisted by the large Mech Walkers.
"I think that's exactly what they're doing." He stated, narrowing his eyes. Sonic cast him a glance for a moment, before turning back to look out again.
"This is outrageous." Chuck commented, folding his arms. "G.U.N had no right to hold civilians prisoner like this and without permission from the Government as well. Who do they think they are?" Sonic was quick to realize that this crisis wasn't one that could solve simply with his fists, although he felt more than inclined to race down there and rip those robots limb from limb. Piloting those things were soldiers, who were only following orders.
"You haven't seen Amy or the others have you?" Shadow shook his head in reply.
"But if they're anywhere, I think I know where to find them." He added quickly, standing up again. "Come on, let's go see." The black and red hedgehog held out his hand and Sonic took it, their combined energies linking into a small Chaos Control warp that swallowed the two others within itself and transported them away from the rooftops, through time and space to land directly within the Mystic Ruins on the other side of the bay. In the winter cold, the Mystic Ruins was coated in a thick blanket of snow, all the leaves had fallen already, leaving the forests devoid of any colour.
As the white haze faded, Sonic could see they were now standing near the edge of a cliff face overlooking Station Square. From here, he could see all the military vessels going in and out of the harbour, bringing with them both materials for construction and in some cases, even unloading more Mech's. The cliff face they were one was nearly on the doorstep of Tails' workshop, the building jutting out into the air a short distance away. From here, they could all see a light turned in the kitchen area window.
"Someone's home." Sonic remarked, making his way through the leafless trees towards the light. Reaching the door, he found himself pausing for a moment before pushing it open. Tails was the first one inside, shivering in the cold. Unlike Sonic who could maintain his body temperature in relatively any climate, Tails' thick fur was all that was keeping him from freezing to death outside. Sonic was about to step inside when a pink blur came flying out of nowhere, tackling him to the ground, two arms already around him an air tight, bear hug. Shadow side stepped as the two of them skidded along the ground, outside through the front door and into a pile of snow across the path.
"Where the hell have you been?!" Amy demanded, pinning herself to him like a limpet. Sonic tried to choke a reply but her grip was so tight all that came out of his mouth were raspy whispers.
Chuck pushed past them and entered the workshop itself, finding Chris and the staff from the estate here. Ella was in the kitchen with Vanilla and Cream cooking something that after that long day smelled very appealing. Emerl was there as well, the robot simply refused to leave Cream's side. Mr. Tanaka seemed to be just standing around, apparently distracted from something by their arrival. Metal Sonic was in the corner with Amy's hero Chao Turel sitting on his lap, a funny looked on the robotic hedgehog's face.
"Grandpa!" Chris exclaimed, up from the sofa when he saw Chuck come in. "You're alright!" he rushed across the room and gave his grandfather a hug.
"Last time I checked I was."
"It is good to see you again Mr. Thorndyke." Tanaka stated with a polite bow, his face was emotionless as ever. Eventually, Amy loosened her grip on Sonic and the two of them managed to get inside, shutting the door on the cold behind them.
"And just where were you people?" Elle asked, looking slightly annoyed. "You know how worried we got when you disappeared?" Amy added to that by tightening her hug again, refusing to let go of the blue hedgehog.
"It wasn't our choice, let me tell you." Shadow began sourly. Each of them took turns telling the bizarre tale, ending up in Radiant Emerald with the strange creature Void before attempting a life threatening dash up the spire avoiding the red orbs that would destroy with but the simplest touch. Amy wasn't listening to a word of it; she was still clinging onto Sonic like a wet towel. Cream, who was always enticed by the good story, was sitting there with Emerl, her imagined fired up by the descriptions Chuck gave of Radiant Emerald with its glowing crystallised structures. "As for what happened to Eggman…" Shadow said after Sonic had descried in great detail of their race up the spire, a race that nearly killed them in the process. "He simply disappeared when he got back here, we couldn't find him anywhere."
"Maybe he as his robot are still in Radiant Emerald?" Metal Sonic queried. Sonic shook his head.
"Eggman's bounced back from worst, I doubt we'll ever get rid of him that easily."
"SIR!" Decoe exclaimed as Dr. Eggman walked onto the bridge of the Egg Carrier 3 for the first time in a week, a sour look on his face. Both the hence robots stood to attention, saluting the scientist as he crossed over and sat down in his throne. The ends of his moustache dripping wet and it was clear that he had changed his clothes. Both he and Metal Knuckles had existed Radiant Emerald, although both of them had emerged off the coastline where Decoe and Becoe had landed the Egg Carrier 3. Eggman was not pleased. "Where have you been sir, we're been looking over half the countryside for you."
"Never mind!" The scientist snarled, shivering slightly. The sea water had been exceptionally cold. Metal Knuckles was in the workshop for repairs, Tails Doll had been near ruined and on top of that he had a cold. He sneezed violently, coming to the conclusion his participation in the Emerald Grand Prix had not been profitable.
"So what happened here?" Tails asked in almost a rush after being handed a hot mug of coco by Elle. "Why is G.U.N ruling the city with an Iron fist?"
"Eggman's robots came flying out of across the bay." Metal Sonic replied before any of them could reply. "They attacked the beach resort, a whole swarm of them. Since I was there I did my best to drive them off but there were too many for me to handle. If G.U.N Walker's hadn't turned up at the last moment they could haveinfested the city." Shadow narrowed his eyes.
"Rather convenient that they suddenly turned up." He muttered to himself, looking thoughtful.
"After the battle however, Marital law was declared and they started constructing those turrets around the buildings. The President's been ordering them time and time again to leave but they just ignore him. He's a step away from declaring the whole lot of them traitors and having them arrested." Metal Sonic continued
"They've promised to end the occupation when they finish though." Vanilla put in. "Which shouldn't be long, they're nearly finished by the look of it. If Cream and I hadn't been here at the time, we'd have been trapped in there like the rest of them." Sonic smacked a fist into an open palm, thinking that maybe taking a little frustration out on some G.U.N Mech's wasn't such a bad idea after all. It was then that he remembered that Amy was still clinging onto him, her face buried in his neck.
"Hey Amy, you can let go now." He began, putting his hands on her shoulders.
"Sorry." She sniffed, finally releasing him. "I was just so worried." She blinked, suddenly remembering something. "Oh, and we've got something for you." Tanaka went over to the kitchen area and picked up a small jewellery box, returning with it to the sofa. After being passed it, Sonic flipped the lid open and came face to face with the purple Chaos Emerald, the prize for taking first place in the Grand Prix.
"You mean you won?" Tails asked, stating the obvious. Metal Sonic nodded in confirmation. "Who raced in Sonic's place then?" Sonic however already had an idea exactly who had done it and eh turned to look at Amy, who was sitting her with the largest smug long imaginable on her face. Without even thinking about it, he leaned over aand hugged her.
Void paused just long enough to breath in the atmosphere of this new plane of existance, fresh, cool and crisp, hardly anything like the stale air of Radiant Emerald. Freedom was more vitalizing and refreshing than he remembered. With that crystallized dimension gone, his restraints had been torn away. He felt the cold air blow through his hair and a large smile crossed his eyes. Floating high above some mountain range, thick blankets of snow on the summits below, the distant calls of mountain goats on the wind. Void was quick to realize that when Super Sonic had unwittingly destroyed Radiant Emerald, the small imp like creature must have been pulled along with him to the same dimension, for this was merged world, Mobius and Earth. IT matter little what dimension he was in now. As a trans-dimension being he could shift between them at will, and his destination did not lie here. Now was the time show Illumina just who she was messing with.
"I'm sorry Void." A voice stated. "But I can't let you proceed." The imp swung around, facing the one person he did not expect to find here. Lumina Flowlight, chief servant to the deity Illumina hung in the air behind him, holding his silver staff in one hand, a steadfast look on her face. Seeing her again, after forty years, Void nearly lost his composure by his pride quickly reasserted itself and he managed a frown.
"Stay out of my way Lumina, I don't want to hurt you but I will if I must to achieve my goals." The finger on his cloven hands arched, two orbs of life-force energy burning in-between them. These were merely intended for show, none of them had the power to harm Lumina. Not that void would ever attack her, not even if she allied herself with his enemy; he cared for her to much.
"No." She stated simply, hovering closer to him, holding his staff out in a battle position. "I will not let you harm my Mistress." Void's frown descended into a grim sneer. There was silence between the two of them for at least several moments on that, the level of hostility in the air rising to dangerous heights. Finally, Void's clenched both fist and the two orbs dissipated. He breathed out loudly, looking agitated.
"Why put this charade on Lumina, we both know that neither of us could ever harm the other." The fairy like creature hesitated, before a small smile crossed her face and he lowered her weapon.
"Please Void. This is one of the few moments we may have left if you continue down your path. Illumina states that if I am not able to persuade you to stop then she will take steps herself." Void's sneer turned into a smirk.
"Let her." He replied forcefully. "She'll not stop me, not with her lies and not with her none existent power." Lumina seemed to take that personally, flying up in his face with anger in her eyes.
"Illumina dose not lie and nor is her power none existent." She stated crossly. Void floated backwards, folding his arms behind his back.
"Not true." He replied coyly. "Perhaps in time you will see the truth, but for now anyway we are enemies." Lumina slumped her shoulders at those words, feeling tears welling up in her eyes. Void sighed, sensing her feelings. "I do not wish to bring harm to anyone, but I will do what I must." Lumina was silent for a moment.
"Why must you?" She asked. Void, who had his back to her, turned to give her a look over his shoulder.
"Because if I do not, who else will reveal the truth?" He paused and Lumina would see near unrivalled sadness in his starlight eyes. "They'll be a day when all this ends, I promise you. Tell Illumina you failed to sway me, I was expecting her to send her servants after me soon enough anyway." Lumina stayed perfectly still for a few seconds before a thin tear trickled down her cheek.
"Goodbye Void." She replied before her form shimmered in the air and then completely disappeared. Void was left floating there, his stomach churning silently.
"Goodbye, Lumina."
In Chris' voice
(The Grand Prix is over and Void is sure to cause trouble in the future. Captain Okida is a heap of trouble and Chaotix's got a new member when the Rei saga begins, next time on Sonic X; A Spanner in the works. Don't miss it!)
(R&R)
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(End of Saga notes :)
Few that was one hell of a long saga, six whole episodes like the Emerl one. Two more Saga's left. (Reached 40 chaps….whohoo!)
Sorry people, but the Sonic Shuffle Saga will start in the beginning to the sequel story coming as soon as I reach 26 episodes. So you'll have to wait for that one, but the next two saga's are going to have new characters and a lot of surprises in them, you have my word on that one. (Keep in mind that I haven't played Sonic shuffle myself, but I'm tinkering around with the storyline to fit my story. From what I heard of Sonic Shuffle, it was a pretty awful game, but the concept idea's can be salvaged from it.)
So what you think of my R saga? Let me know in the reviews. Be honest.
Seems I have a lot of people hanging on my new chapters, when I started writing this series I didn't think that many people would be reading it. Please review,I enjoy hearing what others think of my work.
A step up from that would be people writing fiction to go with my fic: but it's a dream...