What's Wrong With You?
Chapter Four
Shadow: Okay, now it's TEN bucks. Pyro Hedgehog4ever, the author, what's-his-face owns Vinny, Kai owns Kai, Sil owns Jayln, Gahlik owns Gahlik, and then Sega and Sonic Team own the rest of us. Wait, why is it Sonic Team, and not Shadow Team? I'm the better one of the two! I'm more popular amongst the l-
Vinny: Yes, we all need to know that you're 'a hit amongst the ladies'. Now just be quiet all ready!
Jayln: It looks like Vinny got another sleepless night...
Gahlik: before this gets into anymore arguments...
ShadowX: On with the chapter!
Kai: The chapter must go on!
Vinny: Since when have you had a dramatic side?
Kai: I dunno.
No way...it can't be him of all people...I haven't see him once! Still...wait, what was that scream? JAYLN! Hang on, I'm coming! If they get her, we're screwed! Unless suddenly the Master Emerald suddenly sucks in all of the evil and implants it in something else, like a tulip...hey, that's not a bad idea! How is it that I give myself ideas by simply acting stupid? I don't fully understand myself...
Vinny's thoughts as he hides out in the jungle...
Shadow...
"No way...no way in HELL!" Shadow exclaimed, taken aback by who it was. He grinned, scaring Shadow.
"Now that you know who I am, you will suffer!" he exclaimed, before attacking Shadow.
Vinny...
"Hang on Jayln, I'm coming!" Vinny exclaimed as he jumped over a line of bullets. They burned the ground, and left long scorch marks that stretched several feet. Vinny looked over his shoulder, and shuddered at how close they were to perpetrating his skin. Vinny juked Gahlik, and spun around him. More bullets fired, loud bangs piercing the eerie silence. All of them fired, and seemed to only just miss Vinny. One of them actually skimmed the skin of his arm. He felt a slight pain, but he kept going, knowing Jayln was probably going through something a lot worse right now. He saw a few dark colored birds fly through the trees, rustling leaves as they flew.
"Crows...wait, that means a-no! Jayln, hang on!" Vinny exclaimed. Even though it wasn't that far from where he heard the scream, it seemed to him like he was miles away. Miles that could never be covered in time. Vinny dashed, working his legs as hard as they would go. It still wasn't enough.
Shadow...
Shadow was flung through the side of the cabin. His head was bleeding fiercely, and he couldn't see exactly straight. Still, there was no mistaking who was under that hood, who had knocked him through the wall.
"No way...not him...not the-" Shadow never finished his sentence. A green and white-striped bullet pierced his forehead. It sunk into his skin, leaving a burn mark that was hardly visible through his black fur. His crimson eyes flashed as the microchip in the bullet entered his brain, and took control. He stood up stiffly, before analyzing the scene.
"Gahlik: First. ShadowX: Second. Kai: Third. Shadow: Fourth. Jayln and Vinny still safe. Must acquire targets immediately." Shadow said in his own voice, which was now slightly metallic, before disappearing in a bright flash of emerald light. ShadowX landed behind him, his burn mark completely invisible. ShadowX then headed for the forest, slightly confused.
"How did I get here? I remember...he dragged me from the room into the woods, and got me with the special bullet, but I managed to escape its effects. Still, if Kai and Vinny are still out there while being persecuted by Shadow, Gahlik, and Kai, I've got to do something!" ShadowX exclaimed, before dashing into the woods, blurring his outline.
Deep inside Angel Island...
Jayln was just regaining consciousness from being tazed. Apparently, Kai had switched the tazer around, and Jayln had gotten herself on accident. Jayln saw a black blur, and realized that Kai was carrying her over her shoulders like a bag of potatoes. Shadow was approaching, and Jayln wasn't sure whether he was still with her and Vinny, or was hit with one of the mind control bullets. Then again, she didn't know what side Vinny was on, either. He could have been very well hit as well. Jayln felt alone, and didn't know who to trust, who to turn to. A black blur suddenly attacked Kai, and she dropped Jayln. Another black blur grabbed her by the hand, and sped off. Jayln didn't look at her savior, just focused on not tripping over fallen trees, or roots that were sticking out of the ground. After a while, they stopped in a small, empty clearing. Jayln looked up, and saw her savior. It was ShadowX, freed from mind control.
"ShadowX! I thought..." Jayln started. ShadowX put his hand to her mouth and drew a double bladed sword.
"Who knows where Gahlik, Kai, or Shadow may be...we need to keep quiet, and pray that Vinny meets us, I know that he's still safe, for now..." ShadowX said, eyes flickering from bush to tree, and from tree to gap between trees. There was a cry of pain, and a shout.
"Looks like we lost an ally..." ShadowX said, removing his hand from Jayln's mouth.
Vinny...
"YEOW!" Vinny exclaimed, as Shadow clawed him in the side. There was a loud bang, and Vinny froze as he felt something hit him in the back. He looked, and saw a green, white-striped bullet start to enter his back. Vinny quickly pulled it out, but too late. He was infected, but not completely. He felt his limbs go stiff, and a voice enter his mind.
'This is your Master speaking, Vinny. Your targets are Jayln, who evaded capture by the help of ShadowX. A gun will materialize in your hand soon, hit Jayln and ShadowX with it. Do you understand?' asked a familiar voice inside his head.
"Yes Master, my mission shall be completed." Vinny said, as his eyes turned blood red, and a small burn mark appeared on his back. Vinny used a targeting system that he was now able to bring up in his vision, and he dashed after where he saw ShadowX and Jayln to be: a small clearing on the center of the Island.
Jayln and ShadowX...
"Stay quiet. Here someone comes." ShadowX said, before raising the double-bladed sword. There was rattling in the trees, then the bushes, and then a different tree. ShadowX was slowly following the noise with his eyes, blade at the ready. Jayln was ready to fight back, her tazer missing. Vinny then jumped out of the tree, and ShadowX relaxed the sword. Vinny's eyes were their normal shade of sapphire. Vinny seemed slightly frightened.
"Guys, they got me. I'll lose control every now and then. But I found out who the Master is. It's-" Vinny was cut off as his eyes suddenly turned a blood red, and the gun appeared in his hand, atom by atom.
"Prepare to be annihilated!" Vinny exclaimed, unable to control his actions, and fired rapidly.
Shadow...
"Master, I cannot find them, but I was able to hit Vinny with a dart. He is now under your command." Shadow said aloud. The cloaked figure emerged from the shadows, laughing.
"Soon, all of you will be under my control, and I'll have complete control over the world, something Eggman could never do!" he exclaimed, before pulling back his hood. It turned out to be-
Ouch, cliff-hanged! What, you thought I'd give it away that easily? Actually, I probably will next chapter or so...or maybe I'll keep it hidden until the very end of the chapter...no one knows, not even me!
Shadow: Oh come on man, they all ready know who it is!
Vinny: Actually, they don't.
Shadow: WHAT? It's-
Knuckles: NO! You cannot give away his identity!
Gahlik: How'd you know it was a he?
Knuckles: Well, I wanted to have-
Kai: Knuckles, that is sick and wrong, as usual.
Jayln: When is he not?
Knuckles: HEY!
ShadowX: Break it up, break it up... okay, until next time, I'm ShadowX, Knuckles is perverted, and Vinny cheats at video games!
Vinny: I don't cheat, I just 'accidentally' glitch the game through experiments!
Shadow: That's not what the men in the white suits said...
Vinny: Leave that out of this!
ShadowX: Okay, until next time FOR REAL, I'm ShadowX, Knuckles is perverted, and Vinny-
Vinny: Cough cough
ShadowX: Ummm, Vinny... does...something...what, I dunno...
Pyro Hedgehog4ever, OUT! (Sorry, American Idol reruns...)