Chapter 9 - Bad situation

There they were, standing all around us. Our enemies. Three of them I know already, but there's one I don't. He's pretty hard to see, but his shiny black fur and spikes give away his position. Malicious starts talking. "Soon, his power shall awaken." Revenant walks up to Summers, and grabs him. "It's best if you people stay away now, unless you have a death-wish." she says. Jackal starts laughing again, but manages to keep it in a bit. "We will come back for you another time." Solar suddenly jumps at The Malicious from behind. He sneaked up on him while we were distracted. That doesn't help, since The Malicious just takes out an energy shield. He just gets thrown backward again. "You fool. Nothing can penetrate my shield. Not only can I use it to defend, but I can use it to attack as well." After that he punches Solar with his shield. Solar gets up again, and returns to the group by running very fast around The Malicious. When he's there, thin air just barely misses him. "A blade of wind?" I think out loud. The sword wielding hedgehog looks me straight in my eyes. "Yes, that's right. Wind Blade. A special ability only I can do. They call me Zero Zaca, the Samurai hedgehog." In the meantime, Regulus manages to get close to Jackal while he laid his eyes upon Zero for a few seconds. He grabs Jackal and throws him to Overdrive, who punches him down to the ground before he lands. He tries punching him when he's on the ground, but Jackal dodges it and gets up with no trouble at all. Jody awakens due to all the noise. "Hmpf, you guys are pretty resistant." The Malicious noted. "Revenant, throw Summers to me. You guys can take care of these ones. Enjoy yourself beating them up, but don't kill them. Keep that in mind." Revenant throws Summers, but Jody catches him by jumping into the air. "I won't let you take my brother!" Then she runs away with him. "Looks like i'll have some fun for myself too." The Malicious proceeds to chase her.

Revenant runs to Blaze and kicks him in the gut. Blaze didn't expect that at all. But he retaliates fast, and gives her a few punches, ending with a kick. It doesn't seem to have any effect at all. "Hey honey, melt me with that burning passion of yours." That really ticks Blaze off. He creates a huge fireball, and fires it at Revenant at close range. It doesn't set her on fire, but it seems to have had some effect. "More, more!" She says. She runs up to Blaze and hits him over and over again. She's too fast for Blaze to react. Lexer rams her in the back, Blaze quickly takes some distance, and she falls to the ground. "Why you!" She stands up fast, and punches Lexer. "Take that brat! You shouldn't hurt a lady." While she says that, Blaze charges up another fireball. This one is much bigger, because he had more time to concentrate. Blaze shoots it when Revenant turns around. It hits her. Lexer runs aside and Revenant flies backward to the ground. But she stands up again. "So it's 2 on one? Hah, that's still nothing for me." She runs up to Blaze and they fight again. Blaze can this time block and dodge some of her moves. Lexer runs up from the back and helps Blaze with his fight.

Meanwhile i've finally gathered enough power to move around. I've regained about 1/4th of my stamina, and some of my power. Solar and Chao are fighting with Zero. Solar fights on close range, with his windmill shuriken. Chao isn't too strong, so he only attacks Zero when he's about to hit Solar. Solar doesn't get hit too often because of Chao. Regulus and Overdrive are fighting Jackal. None of them seem to hit hit each other often. That Jackal guy was much tougher than I thought. But it seems that the matches are about even now. I decide to run after The Malicious and Jody. I'm not able to do much, but I might be able to help somehow.

End of chapter

New character

Name: Zero Zaca
Age: 25
Gamefaqs member name: Zacazaca520 (gs)
Color: Dark-red and black
Spike style: Shiny black, and pointing diagonally downwards
Others: Uses a wooden katana, dark red sneakers
Side: Good
Time in Hedgehog Mania world: About 11 years before he gets introduced into the story
First appearance: Chapter 8
Role: One of the minions of The Malicious
Personality: A samurai hedgehog with a big ego and a lot of honor. He often searches for new challenges, but sometimes the challenges come it him. He's really annoyed if it's not a one on one battle, and he'll insult the opponents for cowards then. He seems a bit like a fool then, but it distracts the opponents he can pull off some deadly stuff. He doesn't use a real sword because it's quite heavy, and because his boss, The Malicious, often doesn't want him to kill anyone. If he has to kill someone he's good enough to do so without a blade.
Backround: Still a secret
Special power: Wind manipulation (Wind Blade Shoots blades of wind with anything that resembles a sword.)

Status growth:
Power: 7/10
Battle speed: 9/10
Endurance: 8/10
Melee fighting: 9/10
Strategy: 8/10
Running speed: 5/10