CHAPTER 4
Angorf is not a normal town. The land has a series of many small houses, upon valley, after valley, after valley of small shrubs, tiny creatures, and flowers This place looks strangely like Ireland with its rolling valleys.
A red echidna, with a beige muzzle, long ropy hair, and wearing a shepherd's gown and cane, was watching over a flock of Mareep (yellow sheep with strange markings on their tails and ears, and a single red orb at the end of each tail). All was peaceful here until, the small echidna saw something fall from the sky at incredible speed! The UFO crashed (and made a large hole in the process) upon the neighboring mountain. The scared echidna hurried the sheep down the mountain, as he called a name that was so strange, it would be impossible for me to pronounce.
"Mmmmm?" I groaned as I woke up.
The sun had suddenly blinded me. My vision cleared. There were two echidnas, staring down at me. They were riding strange green creatures with small trunks, that looked similar to dinosaurs. Both had feathers and plants in their 'hair" giving the appearance of old, but important guards. They had long sticks, and were trying to talk to me in some "out of date" language. "What the?" I goged.
One of the echidnas picked me up by the collar of my shirt using the stick, as if picking up something toxic "POOMPH!!" I landed on the grassy earth with a thud.
"HEY!! WATCH IT!!" I yelled.
The two reared back in surprise at this outburst and pointed their sticks at me threatingly. I looked in the sky, and gasped!! There were clouds in the sky, yes, but many other things were up there that weren't supposed to be. A gigantic jellyfish passed by, as if in water, making a buzzing sound as it went. A large ship made of brown wood was being landed from above. A strange purple helicopter, a red dragon, a yellow submarine, a pack of whales, spaceships, flying pigs, strange birds, a which and black cat on a broomstick, and some flying squirrels were among these objects.
I stared at the echidnas flabbergasted at this sight. They hadn't noticed though. They were now both staring upward as well, trying to see what amazing sight I had seen that had made me gasp. They both looked at each other, and shrugged before pointing the sticks at me once more, as if nothing had happened. I decided to try to communicate again.
"Where...am...I?" I said slowly so they might be able to understand.
One of the red echidnas tilted his head to one side as if confused. He pointed at me
"Speak English?" he asked.
"Yes! Yes!" I replied.
"Bring harm to Angorf?"
"No!!" I said surprised. He thought I was a traiter!
"Most speak English here. We take you?" he asked, offering a hand. I took it and he helped me to my feet (with a bit of difficulty because I was bigger, and much taller then he was).The two let down their guard, and helped me up on one of the creatures. I could feel the creature's spine under the leather padding used for a saddle. The echidnas hopped on each of their transporting creatures and, away we flew! We started so suddenly, that I ended up clinging on to the echidnas' waist for support. He didn't seem to mind, he just smiled.
I thought to myself, "The train, rocket, and now this,.... .why does everything here have to start so quickly?!?"
Over the hills of valleys we went, passing tall grass, and odd shaped flowers. The creatures ran along at a steady pace. We went over an extremely large hill. I looked down on the other side and, (once again) gasped! A large town sat on the bottom. Not made up of humans, but of cartoon characters! Many homes and creatures here were so brightly colored with different hues of the rainbow, that you had to squint to see them correctly in the sunlight.
The dinosaur creatures were now headed toward this town at a much slower pace then before. I (being the only realistic person in the place), was stared at as we traveled down the hill. The whole lot of them looked at me and followed the glare with those huge, deformed, bug eyes of theirs, and me at them. It looked as though they had never seen a "real" human in years, and had been itching to see one once more (especially of the young to teen type). For these were the people who adored them the most out of any living thing ever created. As we followed the town trail (made from large, stones, of hues of various browns), I looked at the animated buildings, some more quaint then others. Many were stores labeled with one word such as: "Bakery", "Toys", and "Shoppe".
Soon, we came to a office-like place. Here we stopped. The creatures grunted as we climbed off. For some reason, this place smelled strongly of a carnival. The same sweet smell of fried items and sweets. This stench made me a bit sick, reminding me of all the times I had gotten ill from eating too much junk food.
The two echidnas led me inside this strange building. Inside here was a regular room. A blue sheeted bed was in one corner, it looked very rugged, and used. Next to it was a bed that looked exactly alike, but green. On the opposite side of the room there was a brown, wooden desk. Placed next to the desk was a small freezer. So, other then the blue carpeting, there wasn't a whole lot in this house. The two echidnas sied, went to their beds, and fell asleep (leaving me clueless as of what to do). I stood there, helpless. The sun was setting, and I had no place to go! I spotted a closet in one corner of the room. I walked over to it, casually, and found a pillow inside. It was very worn, beige in color, and smelled of old spice. I took this pillow, curled up on the floor, and fell asleep.
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"WOOOOSH!!!" I woke up, startled from a noise of a large wind! I could hear screams outside! I sat up. The two echidnas had left. It was the middle of the night now, and not a decent hour to be up either. "BOOM! BOOM!" the sound of crushing could be heard! I ran out the door, but immediately wished I hadn't. There, staring straight at me. was a massive creature. A creature at least 250 feet high.
It was pure black. So black even, that if it were to hide in the shadows, the only thing you would be able to see would be a pair of it's red, glowing, eyes. It had a set of huge purple wings that seemed to sweep over this entire "Toontown". The thing let out an ear piercing roar, that sent shivers down my spine. It began to come closer! as it did though, I saw a limp figure near its feet. It was a mild orange, with a bit of white, and was about to get trampled to death! That's all I knew about it. Without thinking, I ran toward the figure as fast as I could! The monster, surprised of this act, saw what I was after and, began to go towards it as well. I got there first, picked it up, (not really caring what it was) and ran for my life! The monster, enraged, came slithering toward us at top speed! The furry thing I was carrying stirred a little, signifying that whatever it was, it was still alive. Suddenly, a pack of animated dogs came out of nowhere, and the monster ( seeing that they were a bigger meal then us) went after them instead. I saw this as an opportunity, and ran out of town, over a few grassy hills, and into a small burrowed hole on one side of one of the mountains. It was dark in this small cavern and I could hardly see anything. I put the limp figure on a large rock, to rest. I could hear the massive thing in the distance give another roar, flap it's wings, and be gone. After I knew it was safe once more. I closed my eyes, and fell asleep again on a nearby rock...
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It was morning again. I had wondered if the experience had been a dream. I looked around and saw that I was now asleep in a cavern, so I knew it had been real. I quickly ran outside to see the damage done on the town. The grass looked beautiful, and brightly colored on this morn.
I scurried over the hills, and was shocked to see that the town was now in ruins. No sign of life anywhere. Large lakes of blood were scattered along the town, and I hated to wonder what had happened to the guards I had been staying with. I was alone now, with no help from anybody to tell me where I was, or how to get back. There was a silence, as if everything around the area was dead, The only sound, was coming from the wind in the grass. Without the teleport, or the dinosaur creatures, or anyone to carry info of this horror, I was stranded here... or, was I? I had just remembered the body I had saved from the wreckage. I ran back to the tunnel I had stayed in. Now that it was daytime, I could see the body more clear in the dim light.
It was the body of a fox, except human-like in appearance. He was mostly orange, with a white muzzle, and chest to match. His legs and arms were beige, and so thin, you could probably brake them with one swipe. He was wearing a pair of white gloves, and a pair of red tennis shoes ( with the fronts in a white hue). I examined him closely. He was very fuzzy, like a stuffed animal, but possibly the strangest thing about this creature, was instead of having one, he had two bushy tails. He looked more like a Japanese animated figure then an American one. So, I figured he was more of the anime type.
I scratched behind his ear, he seemed to be enjoying it. A smirk crept over his face in the state of the unconscious, and his foot tapped gently. I knew I had seen him before, but in the dim light, I couldn't make out much of his figure. All of a sudden, a strong wind blew outside, and stopped so suddenly that you could have sworn something had zipped by, but there was nothing. I continued to scratch the fox's ear. His foot tapping faster now. A gasp was heard from outside, followed by two sad moans of despair. I, curious, and hopeful, crawled outside to see what had made the noise. There was nothing outside of the cave but another strong wind. I climbed over the side of the mountain and looked at the town once more, and here, I saw it. It wasn't much, but it seemed to me that a blue dot was creating the wind below. I tried to follow it with my eyes, but was nearly impossible for it was moving so fast. I heard a cry from below. A name. As if, someone was trying to find someone elts.
"Taaaaaiiiiilllllssss!"
As the thing passed different volumes of the name echoed off of the valleys.
I decided to give it a try. "Hello!" I shouted.
The dot stopped somewhere in the rubble, and then headed straight toward me!
"AAAAAAAA!" I yelled, frightened, and ran back into the hiding spot.
The thing stopped near the hole and peeped in, as if cautious. It was something blue all right but, had been so mutated from the animator's design, it was impossible what to make of it. It (like the fox) was a human-like animal. It's body was somehow able to support the out-of-proportion head on it's shoulders. The creature (also like the fox) had twig legs, beige in color. The spikes on it's head and shoulders gave a frightening appearance, although, there wasn't many. Six large ones on the head, two large on the back, plus a pointed, stubby, tail. The creature stood on it's hinds, wearing red sneakers, with white straps, and golden buckles. The two eye sockets were connected, the white gloves, the beige tummy, the two pointed ears, all seamed so familiar....The creature took one look at the fox and cried a joyfull,
"TAILS!"
before running to the limp figure, faster then I could see (and, kicking up a lot of dust in the posses). He snuggled his lost friend, hoping that the limp figure was all right.
He looked at me and asked "What happened?"
But before I could answer, another figure appeared at the door.
He looked exactly like the guards I had been staying with. Except, he had a lunar shape on his chest, was wearing shoes with what looked like legos on them, and had two points on each knuckle.
"Isn't it obvious?" he asked with a rude sneer in his voice." It was Clucose."
The blue one gasped! I stood, puzzled. He continued as he crossed his aims and gave me another sneer, before closing his eyes to explain.
"You,...being the stupid human that you are, don't know about Clucose,...do you?"
I felt enraged my this comment but shook my head.
"Clucose,..." he looked ahead in a daze "...is the king of The Land of Darkness. The king of nightmares. The king of evil." He stared at me once more. "He comes out only at night, with the appearance of a large dragon, feeding on the souls of the innocent....that's how he gets his power."
A low moan was heart in the tunnel. The fox was awaking!
"Mmmmm...Ohhhh... my head..." The fox groaned in pain.
I walked over casually and began to scratch his ear again, hoping it would make his head feel better."Aaaa..." the fox relaxed, his foot tapping vigorously again. The two other animals stared at this, surprised.
"Tails! Are you O.K.?" asked the blue one, as he got closer.
"I'm all right Sonic! I think,... Oh, wait,.... CLUCOSE!!!!" Tails' shout made me jump!
"It seems that your a bit behind on the times buddy!" said Sonic. "It's daytime now, Clucose can't get you,....your in a burrow!" Tails looked around, confused.
"But I blacked out, after a piece of building hit me in the head,... I was in his path,.,., are you sure that we aren't in someone's belly? Did you get caught too while searching for him? Where'd this human come from?"
"Yeah! Where did you come from?!" asked Sonic becoming towards me. "We don't get many real humans around here...Who are you?"
"An innocent bystander slash-hero that's who!" I said impatiently. "I saved Tails life when I saw this "Clucose" coming toward him. Not surprisingly, we were the only two survivors! That's right! You heard me two!" I said angrily as I stuck up two fingers.
They stared at me, not knowing what to say.
"Uhhh..... well.....thanks!" said Sonic, now walking backwards, slowly with Tails, as if in fear of something.
He wasn't looking at me when he said this though. He was looking behind. There, in the darkness of the burrow was something I hadn't seen before. It was another limp figure, It was a red mound, mid-sized. The thing was about 3 feet taller then I. It had a sword.
The thing shuffled, scaring Sonic and the others out of the hole.
"RUN HUMAN! RUN!" yelled Sonic, "IT'S A DEMON!"
I watched in horror, stunned as the demon stood up, it's face facing the back of the hole. The creature was wearing red robes, and had the largest patch of white hair I had ever seen! He turned around! It was...a ....man? This man had an old fashioned appearance, with a mid 20's in age. As he looked at me, his anime pupils became smaller with hatred. He seemed almost a normal human, except for the large tuft of hair on his back, and two dog-like ears that perched on top of his head. His voice was low as he growled at me
"Human,... such revolting creatures..."
He grabbed his sword. I was shivering in my skin, when all of a sudden, something blue came out of nowhere, and hit the hand baring the sword. The sword flew off to the side, and the demon retrieved his hand in pain. The blue sphere stopped in front of me, very suddenly. It was Sonic.
"Heh,...Inuyasha Spying eh?" asked Sonic, in a matter-o-fact tone of voice.
"NO! I got attacked by Clucose! I'm not working for him anymore!... RRRRRRRRRR.... CURSE YOU HEDGEHOG!!! My hand is bleeding!" yelled Inuyasha as he began to suck his wound.
"You were going to hurt her,..weren't you?"
"It's none of your business!!!.... How can you even stand saving the things! Humans bring trouble, war, pollutants, year after year! HOW CAN YOU STAND IT?!?"
"Not all humans are like that,... especially the smaller ones, such as she. Besides, what can I say? I have a weakness toward the creature that invented the chile dog."
"FOOD?!?! YOU LIKE THEM BECAUSE OF THE FOOD?!?!?!?"
"NO! You may be surprised Inuyasha, but almost all humans are very loyal, and trustworthy."
Inuyasha gave a displeased grunt at this comment, but said no more. It had seemed, Sonic had won the argument, for now. Inuyasha looked at me with hatred, before climbing out of the burrow, and jumping off into the distance.
"WE SHALL MEET AGAINI!" he snarled at me, before disappearing into a near by forest.
"Chicken." said Sonic casually as he began to leave.
"Wait!" I yelled, he stopped, and turned. you give me some directions, or, uh,....something?"
He stared at me. "You don't know where you are?"
"Well.....it's kinda' my first time, you know, on the job, and all,......"
"Job? What job? Your to small to have a job."
"Uhh.......OHI HERE!" I reached into my pocket and fished out a "DFN" patch I had found in the license bin of the transporter he stared at it for quite some time before signaling for me to stoop down to his level. I did. He put his face close to mine, as if searching into my soul to try to find something. He then sniffed at me a few times, (as most animals do) before smirking.
"Soooooo,.. haven't found a partner yet, eh?"
"How did you know?"
"We animals have a six since for this sort of thing,...y'a know?"
"I,...I guess so...."
"Well, Knuckles won't be to happy bout' this but, what's your name kid?"
"Uhhhhhhhhhhh.......Molly sir."
"Well that's just fine, and dandy, yes? Well Molly, meet your first partner, agent #1."
WOOF!! That was a long chapter! Anyway, please someone review me! Tails! How many people have reviewed me so far?
Tails: "Er... um.... ONE person..."
WHAT?!?!? ONE PERSON!?!? THAT'S ALL I GET FOR 8 MONTHS WORTH OF WORK?!?!
Tails cowers into a scared, cute little ball....
Tails: "Well... there was ONE other who reviewed you before all your stories got erased... someone named Rhaevyn..."
YEY! TWO REVIEWS! What was the name of the other one?
Tails: "Nail Strafer... and they were both good reviews..."
YEY! THANK YOU NAIL STRAFER, AND RHAEVYN!!! To everyone elts, keep pileing in those reviews!!!
I don't own, Sonic, Knuckles, Tails, Inuyasha, Legos, Toontown,or Mareep
NEXT CHAPTER: Sonic's dream home... really