What's Wrong With You?
Chapter Two
Okay, so I'm NOT crazy after all, phew! And, to celebrate, a new chapter. Disclaimer's the same as last time.
Shadow: I HOPE it is, I don't want to have to deal with anyone else...
Vinny: Whatever, I'm fine with having more people...
Kai: Sure, I'm with Vinny.
Jayln: Kai...choosing Vinny over Shadow...something's wrong...
ShadowX: Something's always wrong!
Vinny: Okay...a new chapter it is then!
What the heck? I was just enjoying a peaceful day of hanging out with my friends, and now some person, probably a male, but then again, I shouldn't be a sexist...is after us, trying to take over our minds to do something with our bodies...wait, that sounded like...forget I ever thought that. I just hope ShadowX is okay, his eyes don't seem right...wait, a guy noticing another guy's EYES have changed? I'm scaring myself...
Vinny's thoughts as he runs...
ShadowX caught up with the group and was taking effortless strides, keeping up with the others with ease.
"Something smells fishy about this...and it's NOT that fish stand over there...ugh, tuna..." Vinny said, dashing ahead of the group with Shadow.
"Yeah, like the way Kai's been acting. It just doesn't seem right..." Shadow thought out loud.
"You're right. I'm not exactly an expert, or even a technician, but I think she's in..." Vinny started.
A few dozen yards back...
"What are they talking about? And why'd they just bolt ahead like that?" Kai asked. Jayln shrugged, and stopped when they saw Shadow and Vinny stopped dead in their tracks. Kai, ShadowX, and Jayln caught up. It looked like the two teens had run into something solid that was invisible.
"Another forcefield that can be flown over? This guy doesn't have many ideas..." Kai said, pressing her palm against the forcefield.
"One problem...none of us can fly, unless Vinny here sprouts wings and flies." Shadow replied, peeling himself away from the wall.
"I do not see any possible method of entry. We should simply not try to go in." ShadowX said weirdly. Everyone looked at him like he'd just sprouted seven heads. ShadowX just blinked.
"How about we just use Chaos Control?" Vinny asked, pulling out the purple Chaos Emerald. Shadow pulled out the green one.
"I'm game." Kai said, before walking next to Vinny. Jayln gave Kai a weird look, and walked next to Shadow. ShadowX stood between them.
"CHAOS CONTROL!" both Shadow and Vinny exclaimed at the same time. There was a flash of pure emerald light, and they disappeared.
Inside the Pointy Tower with the Dangerously High Tip and Eggman Logo...
"I don't think we could have placed it better." Vinny said, as he fell from a foot in the air, and landed on his feet. Shadow landed the same way, but Jayln and Kai fell, and they landed with their backs to the ground. ShadowX landed catlike before standing up straight. They were inside Eggman's main lab, with a giant computer in the front, and a keyboard. All along the sides were pictures of him on vacation. Eggman himself had just walked into the little crazy scientist's room.
"We need to be quiet, so he doesn't notice us!" Kai whispered, before walking quietly towards the main computer. Vinny stealthily followed her, and the other three just stood still.
"I think I can hack into the main data frame, but you'll have to help, Vinny." Kai said as she started typing. Vinny started typing, and they managed to get through most of the security, working together, but got stuck about three-quarters of the way through. A giant red bar appeared, and above it read 'Password'.
"Password...what could it be? Vinny, help!" Kai exclaimed. Vinny rolled his eyes, before typing in 'Eggman'. The password was accepted, and all security was turned off.
"That wasn't that hard at all. Hang on; I don't see anything about 'mind probes', or even the word 'mind'!" Vinny exclaimed. Kai quickly read the document, and gasped.
"You're right!" Kai exclaimed. Just then, Eggman walked out of the restroom, and turned to face them.
"Huh? How'd you get in there?" Eggman asked.
"We used common sense, good computer skills, and your lack of secrecy." Shadow said in a teasing voice.
"Look, we can go now, there's absolutely No mention of the words 'mind probe, 'mind control', or even the word 'mind'! I think we're barking up the wrong tree!" Kai exclaimed, turning to face the group.
"Actually, I think the term would be 'hacking'. Hacking up the wrong tree." Vinny said, raising his hand with his pointer finger raised.
"Mind control? Say, that idea's not half bad..." Eggman muttered to himself. Kai shuddered nervously.
"Wait...if he didn't do it...then who did?" Kai asked no one in particular. Everyone shrugged, but ShadowX started twitching weirdly.
"It is...no, cannot tell, Master's secret safe...but my friends need to know...Master's secret must be safe...but my friends need to stop it...Master wouldn't allow me to tell...but I must, it's for the good of everyone...only the good of Master matters...I have to tell them..." ShadowX was saying aloud, voice changing from normal to metallic then back again every time.
"They got him, too!" Jayln exclaimed. Vinny grabbed a tazer, and charged it. He closed his eyes, and concentrated. He moved his arm back to throw, and just as he was about to throw, something grabbed his arm. Vinny opened his eyes and saw Kai holding his arm.
"Don't hurt him." Kai simply said, as she then walked over. Vinny raised his left eyebrow in sheer confusion.
"Okay, whatever you say..." Vinny said, lowering his arm. He released the power on the tazer, and replaced it in his cloak. Kai bent down, so she was squatting, and looked ShadowX in the eyes.
"ShadowX, you can tell us. We're your friends, we can help." Kai said in a soft, reassuring voice.
"Okay...it-I-it's..." ShadowX started. There was a shock, and he fell to the ground, knocked out. Behind him, a fully charged tazer in his spider-like fingers, was the figure who attacked Vinny. His face was hidden by a hockey mask, and he was wearing a full body black cloak.
"No one shall know my name..." He said creepily, before disappearing like mist. Jayln and Shadow were looking at the spot where the figure was in pure horror. Kai had just managed to catch ShadowX before he hit the ground.
"No...way...I thought...that seems...familiar somehow..." Vinny said, sweating nervously.
"Look, it's not Eggman, so it looks like we came here in vain." Jayln said, calming down. Shadow was still slightly shaken. Vinny tossed him a can of soda.
"Here, this should calm him down." Vinny said, as Shadow opened it. Shadow guzzled the drink, and pegged Eggman in the back of the head with the can.
"Wait...Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy aren't here, it may be one of them!" Shadow exclaimed, regaining energy from the soda. Shadow then belched rather conspicuously.
"Nicholas was right...Coke DOES make you burp more..." Vinny said nervously.
"Look, I say we visit good ol' Amy first. It seems that she always manages to make herself a victim, or kidnapee, or whatever." Kai said. There was a flash of emerald light, and they disappeared again. They reappeared in Amy's room, and they all managed to land on their feet. Vinny looked up, and backed up against a wall. Kai looked at what Vinny had seen, and backed up as well. Jayln gasped, and Shadow closed his eyes, slightly embarrassed.
Chapter Two comes to a close with more suspense then usual. Only one...two men (or teens, whichever one sounds more reasonable) know who it is...and one of them is me! And please review, it makes me feel sad when I realize that only around 1 out of every...actually, it varies to around anywhere between 9 and around 2000, but, still!
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