ANOMALY
Eggman flung her body across the room and she collided into the wall. She struggled to her feet in great pain. There was a large gash across her stomach, and her right arm and both legs along with her left ear had been replaced with metal limbs and a metal ear. She was wearing a sleek form of body armor except for her head.
"Well, well, well, my dear... now we see who is the master!" cackled Eggman. He was wearing a less sleek form of armor.
The girl gritted in pain and fury. She raised her hands at a robot standing in the corner. A light shot from her hands and the robot became a floating stream of metal. She wove the metal around Eggman until he was entirely encased in it.
Silence.
The girl breathed a sigh of relief. A light shone in between the cracks at the coffin shattered. Pieces of metal shot around the room. She dove aside, expecting to be pierced by the metal shards. Nothing. She turned around to see metal floating in front of her face. "Force... field...!" She thought frantically.
She heard painful groaning and spun around. Her eyes grew wide as the shards fell. "T- Tails!" she screamed.
Tails was lying in a corner, destroyed robots all around him. He had been pierced by the metal. She rushed over to him. Tails looked wearily up at her. "C- Cream..."
"Tails... no... please, no..."
"This... this is the best thing... for us..."
Cream shook her head no, tears flying out of her eyes. "NO! It's not! You can't, Tails... you can't..."
Tails put a box in her hand and sighed. "I was meaning to give this to you... when all of this was over... but... but now..."
Cream opened the box and tears started flowing harder. "Tails... you... yes... BUT YOU CAN'T!"
Tails' eyes began to close. "I can... thank you..."
"TAILS! NO!"
Tails closed his eyes.
"YOU CAN'T DIE! TAILS!" screamed Cream.
Cream heard laughing behind her. She spun around, anguished and infuriated.
"The stupid kid. He should have stayed back there..." said Eggman.
Cream lifted up Tails' body and fell silent.
"It's time... my dear..."
"No."
Eggman looked surprised. "What did you say?"
"No... you killed him..." Cream looked up. Her eyes had turned red from anguish and fury. "YOU KILLED HIM! NOW IT IS YOUR TURN TO DIE!"
Chapter 1. Bring me to Life
Wake me up
Wake me up inside
Can't wake up
Wake me up inside
Save me
Call my name and save me from the dark
Wake me up
Bid my blood to run
Can't wake up
Before I come undone
Save me
Save me from the nothing I've become
Bring me to life
I've been living a lie
There's nothing inside
Bring me to life...
One year earlier...
Cream the Rabbit woke up in a place that she did not recognize. She looked around. It looked like a hovel. She looked at herself and instantly wished that she hadn't. Her right arm and her left leg were gone and had been replaced with metallic limbs! An intense pain unlike anything she had ever experienced ripped through her body. It felt like she was being ripped in two!
"EIEEEE!" she shrieked.
A navy-blue hedgehog with white stripes dashed in with a jug of red liquid. He grabbed her and poured the liquid down her throat. Cream had no choice but to gulp it down. When the jug was empty, the pain had vanished. She gasped for air.
"Damn... that was too close..." sighed the hedgehog.
Cream stared at the hedgehog. He was wearing a leather jacket, a white shirt and jeans. He had large overshoes on and was wearing leather gloves. A cross hung around his neck.
"My name is Nanomirio Gyoubu, but everyone calls me 'Mey'," introduced the hedgehog, "Nice to meet ya, Cream."
Cream stared at Mey. "How...?" she asked.
"Your name was on the door of the hospital, and I did the mechanical handiwork," sighed Mey, "I have no earthly idea how you lost your limbs, but I had orders to retrieve you."
"Wha- WHAT!" yelled Cream, standing up, "YOU MEAN THAT YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW THIS HAPPENED TO ME!"
Cream slumped to the ground, worn out from shouting. "You need to sleep." said Mey. "We'll figure this out later..."
Cream was more than happy to oblige. She quickly fell asleep. Mey stood up and looked at her. "This is just gonna get more and more confusing, kid. Just wait and see..."
Mey walked over to his living room and plopped down. "Orders from the doc..." he picked up a book titled ANOMALY and began to read.
"'anomaly noun (pl. anomalies) something that deviates from what is standard or normal.'"
Mey leaned back. "This book seems to read my mind! This certainly ain't normal..."
"' A long time ago, there lived a simple girl. One day, a freak accident caused her to lose her right arm and left leg...!' What the heck! This is... just like... 'A mysterious man sent a trustworthy alchemist to retrieve the young maiden, whom gave her shelter in his home. Soon after the alchemist replaced her missing limbs, the girl woke up. The alchemist introduced himself as Mey and gave to her the elixir of healing. After the maiden fell into a deep sleep, two people knocked on his door. Thus began their journey...'"
Mey quickly put down the book and backed away. Sharp knocking on the door interrupted his chain of thought. "Oh, my God..."said Mey.
Mey clicked the door open. Two people stood outside in the snow. One was a fire-red fox and another was a human girl with golden hair.
"Can we come in..?" asked the fox, "It's freezing out here."
Mey blankly nodded his head yes and the two shuffled in. "My name is Foxfire..." introduced the fox.
"And I'm Mai. Mai Kitsune." said the girl.
"Nanomirio Gyoubu... but everyone calls me 'Mey'," shuddered Mey.
Foxfire nodded. "Where is she?" he asked.
"Wha- what do mean!" demanded Mey.
Mai looked blankly at Mey. "Don't play coy with us, Mey. The rabbit girl! Cream! We're working for the same person!"
"We- we are! Well... okay..." sighed Mey.
"You'll have to forgive my friend, here." sighed Foxfire, "She is VERY straightforward..."
"What does the boss want?" asked Mey.
"He wants the kid delivered to him ASAP. Now." said Foxfire.
"Now! Why!"
"He has his reasons."
Mey looked back. "Alright..." he sighed.
They walked back into the room where Cream was sleeping. Mey opened the door to find someone else in the room. An orange fox with twin tails was holding Cream in his arms. He quickly looked up to see everyone staring at him. The boy picked her up and sprang out the window. Mey gasped and Mai tore after him, pulling out a strange-looking gun. She shot the gun and silver rings shot out and bound the boy, who fell to the ground. They scrambled out the window and rushed to the boy. Cream was waking up beside him, and the fox was thrashing.
"You kidnappers!" yelled the boy, "You'll pay for this!"
Next chapter: Chapter 2. In the End