Salrose Desert- Endigo and Funk's House
Funk grumbled as he messed with another one of his inventions. In a few minutes, however, he had chucked it off his work bench angrily, just for missing a wire once. He then moved on to another of his creation, which was also discarded quickly. Usually, the blue echidna was a lot more focused, but right now, he was pissed. More than anything, he was angry about Endigo's cold attitude towards him. So he had insulted Celestial? No reason to make a federal case about it.
The injured mobian chucked a third invention away, slamming his fists into the table. "Endigo knows me. He knows I don't mean a lot of the things I say. Celestial's my friend just as much as his. It's just cause he likes her. He won't admit it, but it's true." the echidna sighed, leaning back in his chair. "Now all my friends are angry with me, I've got a wounded hero in my guest room, and one of the greatest evil being's has me on his death list." Funk let his head fall onto the table, another sigh passing through his lips. "What to do now?"
Meanwhile, upstairs, Endigo sat in his room on his bed, throwing a rubber ball back and forth with the wall. This was one of the few things that calmed him down. At this time, he was only trying to ease his worry about Celestial. He knew that the hedgird was prone to getting into trouble when she was angry, sad, are basically any mood other than 100 happy. And the only thing that put her there was usually beating the pulp out of some drunk jerk.
Endigo mindlessly let his hand flick back and forth a few times before he realized the ball hadn't been returning for a while. He got up to retrieve it when he noticed a picture of himself, Celestial, and Funk sitting on the night stand. It had been taken a little over two months ago, when the trio had spent the day at Twinkle Park. The fox smiled, pushing a lock of hair out of his eyes. "Things never stay good long, do they?"
Mystic Mansion- Rook's Lab
"You will bow to me!" the enraged bat shouted, shoving the electric rod into Omega's chest. The large metallic red robot slashed one of its large claws forward, but he died out from the charge, stopping midway. "Piece of trash!" Rook yelled, kicking the lifeless behemoth in the chest, causing him to topple over. The bat's blood was boiling from all that this E-100 had put him through.
In the start, Metal Sonic had taken over Omega through a simple assimilation control chip, but the maniacal blue bot didn't like the idea. He wanted Omega to belong to him without having to fuse with him in that way. So, he had put Rook in charge of reprogramming the clawed creation.
Rook now regretted having agreed to do it. He should have known straight of that it would be a near impossible job. As bad as Eggman was when it came to taking over the world, he was definitely a robotics genius. Rook had repaired Metal Sonic before, and he knew how complicated the circuitry was. And since Omega was a lot further along in production, he would be even more complicated. He learned that from first hand experience.
This had been the third time his tampering with Omega's systems had been useless, only leading to him getting the tar beaten out of himself by the massive robot. He stared at Omega, a spiteful look in his eyes. "I will figure you out, Omega. There's not a robot on this planet I can't understand. You might even be my Sistine Chapel, but I will understand you, I swear it." Rook turned to the exit and made his way out of the room.
Elsewhere, Feral sat in the Weapon's Room, polishing his favorite weapon, a dagger from the earl 20th century. The hilt was decorated with deeply detailed carvings of twin dragons, each head jutting out to one side. The blade was rather simple compared to the rest, just shooting up into a centric point. He knew it was a bit flashy, but he liked it none the less.
Suddenly, he shoved it into his skull, using it to flick out the bullets that had been fired at him earlier. As he finished, he pulled out a rag to wipe clean the mixture of blood and oil that was coming from the wounds. He smiled, a bit surprised that the echidna had even been able to hit him. He had a feeling that the next time they met, it wouldn't be as easy to take him down. He was actually looking forward to it.
Station Square
Celestial pulled her jacket close to her body, trying to block out the chill in the air. The sky above was pitch black, the only light provided by the streetlights. Her face was downcast, her thoughts lost in a mix of emotions. She was both angry, scared, sullen, and strangely happy in some way. For the most latter, she could barely explain it to herself. She only had a small feel of it, almost completely drowned out by the other three, but it was there.
But why? That was the question the black hedgird kept asking herself. She just knew that she had felt it first while fighting Shadow. "Could it be that I liked it? I always thought I would never do what GUN had programmed me to, but now… How can I like it so much though? I mean, I love to fight , but when I was attacking Shadow… it felt like it was something I needed.'
Celestial was brought out of her thoughts as she bumped into a muscle bound echidna, a wicked smile on his face. "Hey there. Haven't seen you around here before." Celestial looked around to see that she had wandered into one of the slums of the city. She sighed, feeling really bored with what she would probably have to do.
"Listen, idiot, I've been having a really bad day, so I'll say this once: back the f off."
The echidna chuckled. "Well, I didn't know you'd want to-" before he could finish, Celestial had jumped up and shoved both her talons into his face. She then flipped him hard, ramming him into the concrete sidewalk. He tried to get back to his feet, his face bloody and angry, but the hedgird quickly rammed her knee into his jaw. He fell back, unconscious.
"Idiot." Celestial took off, flying toward her current location of residence. As she went, only one though was in her head: she hadn't enjoyed that as much as she had beating up Shadow.
To be continued…
Well, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter of self reflection for each character. Next, the story will start speeding up .Any comments are welcome, so please drop a review. And thanks to Celestial and el knackered for the reviews, and glad I captured your characters well. Peace out.