Chapter 8 - Dance of death

We searched through the village. Yeah, no one here alright. What happened? Lexer is sure of it. He's been here for several days, or so he says. "Yo Lexer, are there any secret entrances or hideouts here?" Summers asks. "Not that I know of. But nearly every village normally has a gathering point near the village, in case of emergency." I suddenly hear a sound. But I don't see anything. This situation seems familiar. "Hello there, Hero." Blaze lights up a flame. It's the pitch black hedgehog and Chao.

Me: "What brings you here, Solar?"

Solar: "I heard rumours that The Malicious was here, so I hurried to this place."

Blaze: "Why are you searching for that dangerous man anyway?"

Solar: "Because he supposedly knows the secret to get out of this world. I want it, and i'm confident of my strength."

Summers: "Hero, get ready to fight. He obviously doesn't know how strong The Malicious is."

Hero: "Wait a minute!

Overdrive: "You can do it, man."

Solar: "Sure, i'll accept the challenge."

Summers: "Who said anything about challenging you? Me and Hero will demonstrate how powerful we are. Then add 2 times more strength, and then you have The Malicious 's strength."

Hero: "I'm not nearly as strong as you might think."

Summers: "Don't fool me! I've seen you train! You won't fool me by saying you're weak!"

Summers runs at me and tries to punch me in my face. Thanks to my reflexes I manage to dodge most of it. It still scraped my skin. "That's it! I won't hold back, Hero." I dodge his next punch, and then he tries to kick me. I dodge his kick and uppercut him at the same time. Summers goes airborne, makes a back-flip and gets some distance. He's much faster and stronger then me. But i'm able to easily predict what he does, and even dodge it. So this is what he was talking about. I dash to Summers. Just when he wants to kick, I jump while dashing and punch him in the face. His kick missed, and he flies backward to the ground. He lies on the floor for a while. Is he KO? No, his eyes are open. He's preparing something. I get into a defensive stance. I suddenly feel an overwhelming energy. Summers stands up. "Take this!" He gathers a lot of energy. At least... that's what it looks like. "HEAVEN CANNON!" It comes at me at high speed. It's way too fast for me to dodge. So I decide to block it. It hits my arms, but it still blows me very far backward. The pressure is immense, but I can't afford to remove my arms. If I do, i'm dead. The blast stops, and I still get pushed into a building by force it had. It drained nearly all my stamina. But i'm still standing. Summers seems to have used up a lot of energy too. He comes at me. When he's close, he continually makes combo's, and I dodge and block most of 'm. He gets some in though. He's full of openings, so I just attack back. From now on, it's just a race of endurance and will.

Suddenly someone grabs him from behind, just as he is about to hit me. It's a girl. "What are you doing, brother! Don't fight." I relax, and sit on the ground. The girl releases him, and Summers goes to sit on the ground too. Our fight got interupted, and i'm too tired to keep standing while doing nothing. The rest of the guys get closer. Not all of them are guys though. There seems to be a girl between them too. Who is she? She came along with the other girl?

Summers: "Jody, what are you doing here? I told you not to follow me long ago."

Jody: "You're not supposed to fight at all! Didn't you hear our parents last wishes? They wanted us to live a peaceful life here!"

Me: "Hey little girl. Fighting is unavoidable."

Jody: "You don't understand!"

Summers: "I'm sorry Jody, but if I want a peaceful life, I need to take care of things first."

He grabs her shoulder, and presses in a spot so that she falls asleep. Summers stands up and looks at Solar. "So, do you still think you're a match for The Malicious?" Solar sighs and looks to the ground. Then he looks to me, and scratches his head. "Nah, I don't even think I can beat Hero."

Regulus: "Why is Hero this strong? His technique is clearly inferior to yours, Summers. But yet... he beats you in hand to hand combat. Why?"

Summers: "He has a special ability. Once I move he knows exactly what i'm going to do. He thinks about 10 moves ahead. So even with his less speed, power and endurance he will still beat superior opponents."

Me: "I do?"

Solar: "You don't excel in anything, except for reading opponents. You fight strategically too, but that's because of the reading. You don't have any weak spots. All of this combined makes a great fighter."

Overdrive: "It's obvious your physical ability isn't up to any of us, except for Solar of course. He's weak."

Solar: "I have other qualities that make me great.

Girl: "So ah... I am stronger then Hero?"

Overdrive: "Oh, I forgot about you. You're a girl, how can you be stronger?"

Girl: "That's not my fault! I wasn't always a girl!"

Regulus: "Not always a girl?"

Girl: "I was a guy, before I got in this world. I changed my name after I got here, and am sort of used to it."

Lexer: "Seems like nearly everyone here is from another world. Anyone wants to make a confession?"

Yeah, it seems they have a confession to make. I thought only Regulus, Overdrive, Lexer, the girl and myself were from another world. But... after the confessions it seems that Solar and Blaze are too. I suspect Summers and his sister aren't from this world either, but he won't let anything loose. Oh man, I forgot to do something. "Hey, girl. What's your name? You'll be coming with us, right?" She calls herself Seria Idon. She won't say her old name, too bad. Summers has been awfully quiet for the last few minutes. He's about to walk to... somewhere. Some thin air flies toward him with a high speed, and he falls unconscious to the ground. It happened before I could react. My eyes lay on the unknown sword wielding hedgehog. Then I hear a twisted laugh. No doubt about it, that's Jackal. The others notice them too. There's more then just Jackal and the sword wielding hedgehog! Revenant and Malicious are there too! Oh man, how are we gonna get out of this!

End of chapter

New character

Name: Jody Summers
Age: 18
Gamefaqs member name: Fictional character that UltimateSummers made
Color: Pink
Spike style: Rather short, pointing to the sides and down
Others: Blue T-shirt and blue jeans with pink hearts, and a ponytail.
Side: Good
Time in Hedgehog Mania world: About 17 years when her brother got introduced into the story
First appearance: Chapter 8
Role: A wise girl, good leader. Though she has to share leading the group with Hero Red most of the time.
Personality: A very nice girl overal. She just wants a peaceful life for her and her brother, but that's not possible at the moment. She often forces her way in, when big decisions are being made. And that's not always a good thing. She has a habit of slapping people when they annoy her, or make rude comments about certain friends or herself.
Backround: She was only 1 when she was transported to the Hedgehog Mania world, so she doesn't remember anything about her life as a human. Her brother Jamie (Summers) was 4 then. They were raised in a mysterious village, and trained to fight and defend themselves. The villagers knew, for some reaons, that they needed the skills. But they were thaught to never use them, unless it's really necessary. 5 Years ago, The Malicious came to the village. He had a short stay there, and learned about the special powers that her brother has, and the evil he has within him. Because of that, he wanted to take Summers with him. The villagers couldn't allow that, and The Malicious ended up wiping nearly all of them away. Two female villagers escaped, in two different directions. One of them had Jamie, while the other one had Jody. Both of the ladies died shortly after. Jody started a search for her brother, but there were so many hedgehogs that needed her help that it was too hard for her to just leave them. It slowed her down a lot, and as a result, she's been searching for her brother for 5 years now while also helping people.
Special power: Powerful energy based attacks (Tornado Whirlwind made out of energy. Can be combined with many other attacks too. Energy burst Explosion of energy, very damaging and drains a lot of stamina)

Status growth:
Power: 4/10
Battle speed: 9/10
Endurance: 5/10
Melee fighting: 10/10
Strategy: 10/10
Running speed: 8