Mystic Mansion- Metal's Keep
As Rook made his way into the room, he saw Feral leaning against a wall, his eyes closed and arms crossed. He smiled, saying, "Sleeping on the job, huh, Feral?"
The armadillo's eyes fluttered open, going towards the bat. He also smiled. "So, did Omega make you his bitch again last night?"
Rook frowned, angered by Feral bringing up the robot. "Shut it. I really don't feel like talking about E-123."
"Aw, let me guess. Is this because you were the catcher?" with that, the bat charged across the room, balling his hands into fists. As he was about to strike, however, Feral ducked to the ground and rolled forward, under the bat. He then whipped around, wrapping his arm around Rook's neck, holding the point of his knife at the skin. "You designed me to be a killing machine, remember?"
"Both of you, enough!" their master, Metal Sonic, was walking into the room. He had no mouth, but his eyes showed the anger in him. Feral pulled away from his teammate, returning the knife to his belt. "That's better. Now, we have plans to discuss."
Salrose Desert- Endigo and Funk's
Funk, after a long night at work, finally made his way upstairs for a bowl of cereal. When he got there, he noticed Endigo sitting at the table. They looked to each other a minute, before the echidna started, "Look, about last night… I really didn't mean to-"
"It's okay, Funk. I know you lose your temper… a lot. But it doesn't really matter right now. We have a famous hedgehog in our guest room, and we should probably try figure out what to do." a smile then came onto the fox's face. "Besides, Celestial's the one you should worry about, not me."
"Ha ha, very funny." the echidna said sarcastically, but a smile also coming onto his face. "Anyway, you're right. We need to figure something out about Shadow. It crossed my mind while I was working last night, and I think our best option is to wait for Shadow to awaken. Then, we can ask him what happened."
"Then I guess I should explain, eh?" the duo's head spun to the stairway, where Shadow the Hedgehog stood, his hand on the wrapped wound on his chest. His other was against the wall for support. "So, where should I start?"
Station Square- Celestial's Hideout
The hedgird's eyes shot open, her senses returning to her. She had had horrible dream just then, and she was drenched in sweat. She took a deep breath, looking around to find that she was alone, what had been happening in her head slowly drifting away from her. In a few minutes, all she could remember was Shadow, a blade in his hand, which had been covered in blood. Her blood.
Reality soon took hold again. Celestial remembered the events of the past 24 hours, and her fear of the dream was quickly replaced by anger towards Funk. She still couldn't believe what he had said to her. 'Bioengineered freak.' How could he say that. "And I thought we were friends."
She let loose her rage by punching one of the few support beams left in the run down apartment. It groaned menacingly before settling. She knew she pushed the beam farther into collapsing every time she did that, but she never thought about it until afterwards. Celestial sighed. She didn't know where to go from here. The hedgird slid to the floor against the beam, her head in her hands. For once, she was really confused.
Salrose Desert- Endigo and Funk's
"Alright, so what happened to you, Shadow?" Funk asked, before taking a sip from his coffee mug. They had taken some time for introductions, and making the hedgehog comfortable on the couch, but now it was time to get down to business.
Shadow sighed, resting his head on one of his fists. "It started a little over a month ago. Do you remember hearing anything about the Metal Overlord Incident?"
"Definitely." Endigo answered. "It was all over the news how Super Sonic stopped that monster from taking over the world."
"But if you remember, they never found Metal Sonic." Shadow continued. "That's because Omega and I took him. We thought we could change him, try and find out what made him act the way he did, but in the end-"
"He found out a way to take over the E-123 robot." Funk interjected, finishing the black hedgehog's sentence. "That's what happened, right?"
"Yeah. I woke up one day to find his claws around my neck. He had me pinned against a wall, that blue Sonic-bot watching and laughing. I was able to fight back, but I had to run once I got free. They had taken away the Chaos Emerald I was using, so I was powerless. I mean, I'm a good fighter, but a pair of killer robots was too much at the time. After a while, he started sending a pair of mercenaries, a bat and-"
"An armadillo?" Funk questioned.
"How did you know that?"
"We crossed paths the other day." Funk replied, rubbing his broken leg. "He came for you, but I fought back."
"Thanks, I guess." Shadow said, scratching his head.
"Look, now that we're all caught up, I think we should figure out where to go from here." Endigo said, breaking the awkward silence that had fallen over the apartment.
"Not much we can do." the echidna said. "Other than trying to find Metal Sonic."
GUN Headquarters- Interrogation Room
"Now listen, you're going to help us, whether you want to or not!" the buff GUN agent yelled, slamming his fists into the table. The guy sitting at the other end, however, just smiled.
"Look, buddy, you came into my home, shot me with a tranquilizer, then woke me up here, demanding I do this. Sorry, buddy, but if you want my help, you're going to have to pay me a lot more than the assurance of my living. Cause from what I'm hearing, that's not something you really can assure."
The other man growled, staring at the other darkly. The sitting mobian, however, just continued smiling. The agent sighed, saying, "Fine, I can get you up to 1G."
The mobian laughed out loud. "I expect that there's a ride waiting to take me home?"
"Alright, 10 grand, but not a penny more." the other thought for a moment, before a smile broke out on his face.
"You've got yourself a Hedgehog Hunter."
"Glad to work with you, Mr. Duck."
"Please, call me Bean."
To be continued…
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