Mystic Mansion
Feral walked down the main hall of the large building where his master had set up base. He was still angry that he had been called back. "I could've been out of there in a few seconds. I just had to smack that stupid echidna around a few more times and I would have been able to grab Shadow. I would have been gone long before any plane arrived."
"Aw, is Feral sad?" the armadillo turned angrily, seeing a black bat, his wings silver . He was wearing a white lab coat and a pair of goggles were right above his eyes.
"Shut up, Rook." Feral growled, striking at the bat, who easily jumped back.
"Come now, Feral, you really shouldn't be striking out a the person who saved you."
"Oh, you told me that a plane was coming. So what? Anyone could have been using that plane, and they could have been going anywhere."
"It was a biplane, low on gas, so it must have been going somewhere close by. And since that was the only place for thirty miles, that's where it would need to go. Also, there was a hybrid creature of some kind flying next to the plane, and it had trace amounts of Super Emerald energy. I just figured it would be smart to get you out of there."
"You just couldn't stand that one of your creations was going to show you up. That's the real reason, right?"
"Silence, both of you." came a harsh, robotic voice. The two looked to see their metallic blue master walking towards them. His speech was also more human like, thanks to an upgrade. "It was I who made the final choice in the matter, Feral, so I suggest you leave Rook to his work." Metal Sonic looked to the bat. "Go back to the lab and continue upgrading Omega."
"Yes, Master Metal." Rook turned on his heels and walked back towards his workplace.
"As for you, Feral, I expect you to be a little more respectful of my wishes. We shall get Shadow, but I do not want to lose my minions in the process."
"I am sorry, Master Metal."
"Just learn from your mistakes, Feral. I will not be forgiving next time." Metal Sonic began to walk back to his control room.
"Yes, Master Metal." Feral said calmly, hiding his anger.
Salrose Desert
Funk awoke slowly, trying to remember what had happened. He burst up from his bed when the battle returned to his head, pulling his guns out.
"Uh, Funk, do you think you could put those away." Endigo said, being the one they were pointed at.
"Huh? Oh, Endigo, sorry!" he put the pistols back into the belt loops. "The last thing I remembered was-"
"Fighting somebody?"
"How'd you know?"
"Celestial and I found you beaten and bruised in the back, all bloody. We were lucky that window was broken. Otherwise, we would have had to figure out that damn remote of yours."
"Don't knock it, until you've tried it."
"I have tried it. I hate it."
"Whatever. Well, thanks for not taking me to the hospital. I've never had to use my health insurance before, so I don't want to start now."
"But you don't have health insurance. And we were planning to take you, but I didn't want to chance you accidentally falling out."
"Hey, if I need to get healed I can… oh, crap, Shadow's still in the basement!" Funk got up, only to find his left leg was numb and broken. He fell back into the bed. "Endigo, can you go into the basement and release the black hedgehog from the regeneration tube."
"We have a regeneration tube? See, I could have put you in there in the first place if you had told me we had-"
"Do it now!" Endigo jumped from his chair, heading out of the room.
"How's he doing?" Celestial asked as Endigo entered the living room.
"Something about a hedgehog in the basement." the fox, followed by the hedgird, headed down the stairs into the room where Funk kept all of his inventions. "Oh my god." he was referring to the tube, which currently held Shadow the Hedgehog.
"Is this why Funk was so beat it up? He must have been protecting Shadow."
"Whatever reason, he said to let him out." Endigo walked up to the tube and looked at the console pad, which looked even more confusing than th remote Funk used. "Dang it, Funk, can't you do anything simple!"
"Shut up!" they heard Funk shout from upstairs.
"You know, there's an open button right here." Celestial said, pushing the blue button. Endigo chuckled weakly, feeling stupid. As the tube drained of the regenerative liquid, it began to hiss, the air tight locks releasing. As the tube finally opened, so did Shadow's eye.
"Where am I? Last thing I remember…" as his vision finished clearing, he stopped, seeing Celestial. He sensed what was running through her body, and made a mistake. "Get away from me!" he charged at her, his armj going aound her neck. He slammed her into one of the walls. "I won't let you kill me!"
Endigo was shocked, not knowing what to do.
To Be Continued…
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