((( I GOT A REVIEW! -picks up gamegirl and spins her around in an excited squeeze- eeeeeeeeee thankyouthankyouthankyou. Although pikki...pinnochio...porche?
Piccard: -- it's Piccard.
Yes, that-... hasn't had the opportunity to review being that he's still on vacation(oh, sorry, "holiday"), lucky bastard. -salutes him with a toast, holding up her tiny manekineko sake cup.-
P: ...you Americans scare me. -.-;;;
A: aaaaaaaaaaaanyway, me gots tons of stuff to put in this chappy because I feel as lovely as a tub full of nice things today so I'm going to spread my warm fuzziness over you all like jiff peanut butter. (not crunchy.) aahh, I love love, don't you?
P: ...what? oh, yes of course. Ahem.
A: English people are interesting, yes they are. Tea?
P: yes, of course, thankyou. -sips pompously-
A:... okay! I need to start writing! -throws on cape and mask- TO THE FIC! UP, UP AND AWAAAAAYYYYY! GNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
K: neh?
& EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE- what oh? yeah. My characters is mine, neh? Thou gets? Gud. Sonicteampeople owns Soni-kun. Wakarimaske? Hai! Now shut up and continue reading.&
Chappy 12- TO THE RESCUE! -trumpet fanfare-
The city looked somewhat menacing from the air; of course the doctor had gone all out for his "secret" lair so it had all the villainous appeal to it. Vector had some training in flying some of Tails' machines, and was doing tolerably well despite the fact the cockpit was crowded. The animals present included Amy, Cream (and of course Cheese), Espio, Charmy, Knuckles, Rouge and a still-unconcious Sonic. He was in stable condition, though, and all he needed was some nice cold water in the face to get him on his feet again.
He sputtered pieces of slurred curses, wiping at his face hastily after being assaulted with the water.
"What in? Where? Who the? KNUCKLES!"
"What? We're here. You were out. Amy just happened to have a Dasani.-evil grin-"
"T.T stop grinning."
Just then the machine pitched forward, causing Knuckles to stumble, tripping on a wire and falling heavily on our blue hedgehog.
"MY SPLEEN!"
Amy came rushing to her crush's aid.
"What happened? What's wrong? Are you okay?"
What she saw couldn't have been reassuring. The two were inadvertently tangled in a 'very' provocative position, looking up at her with horrified surprise. She gasped.
"KNUCKLES, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO HIM?"
"Oh, God, no. No no no no no. it's definitely not-" Knuckles began to object, removing himself from the other.
"YES IT IS! You caught us! I'm actually gay! NOW LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE!" Sonic insisted, standing and dusting himself off angrily.
Amy smirked evilly. "If that's true, then you'd have no problem kissing him, right?"
The two males looked at each other; Sonic bearing a fearful expression and Knuckles bearing a glare of first degree murder.
"Yeah, sure, no problem..." he said waveringly, looking up at Knuckles pleadingly. He shrugged in reply, leaning in for the kiss...
"GROSS! I CAN'T DO IT!" Sonic shouted turning away and grimacing.
"Yeah! I so rule at gay chicken!" Knuckles raised his hands triumphantly.
Amy just frowned and blinked, confused.
"Hey, I found the building!" Vector called from the cockpit.
Charmy pressed against the glass, looking out in awe at the robot city.
"I hope Tails is alright..." Cream said, joining Charmy.
"He's fine. I talked to him an hour ago. He's working on getting the other two prisoners out." Espio stated from his seat in a corner.
Rouge leaned on the back of the pilot seat, looking over Vector's shoulder.
"I just hope we can pull it off."
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"You're a spy and yet you have nothing that can saw through metal? Absolutely nothing that can help us?" Shadow asked, arms folded across his chest.
"... not really, no."
"Psh. Some spy you are."
He turned back to the young fox who was calculating the exact amounts of each element in the alloy that made the bars. Despite the aged and decayed aura of the dungeon, these bars were looking brand new. He decided after a series of small tests that the alloy was platinum, titanium and ytterbium, the last of which puzzled him.
"Okay! I'm going to need some magnesium disulfide. Either that or liquid bismuth technetium hydride... you wouldn't happen to have any, would you?"
Shadow felt his chest and thighs as if searching pockets. "Aw, damn. I left 'em at home. Sorry."
"T.T gee thanks." Tails took off, circling the room. "Well, I guess I have to make a bomb then..."
Karpa stood, remembering something.
"Would a small vial offrancium oxide help?"
Tails flew back to the cell hastily. "Yes! Yes, that's great!"
"And you've had that this whole time?" Shadow demanded.
"I simply forgot. Forgive me for not being perfect like you and single- handedly using my 'ultimate life form' powers to lift us from entrapment."
"Oh, shut up."
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"Oooooooooo... Niiiifffftyyyyyyyyy..." Charmy said approvingly of the inside of the unit as the group stepped out of the chopper.
"Be quiet! I don't have enough ammo for a whole hoard to drop on us right now..." Rouge scolded. Charmy huffed.
"I wish Big were here..." Cream whimpered.
"Now, now, Cream, you know he had therapy this week..." Amy informed her.
"Yeah, but I don't wanna stay in the helicopter all alone..."
"Hey, you got Charmy and Cheese to keep you company. And nothing can get in to harm you. Now, get inside."
Amy activated the shield after the door had closed, following the others down the metal hallway.
"This place never ends!" Vector said after about half an hour of walking.
"Strange that we haven't run into anything yet...it could be a trap..."
"Oh, lighten up, Espio." Sonic gave him a hearty pat on the back. "Nothing we cant handle!"
At that precise moment, a thunderous explosion erupted from the grate they were treading on, sending them flying.
(AN- at this point, everyone would bescattering rings, noh dah.)
"Sorry, Sonic! My bad!" Tails called from below.
Sonic crawled quickly back to the grate. "Hey! You're alive!"
"Yup! And we got outta the dungeon too!" he grinned upward with soot covering his face.
Just then the familiar form of Shadow joined the child.
"Tails! Look out!"
"What? Why?"
"It's Shadow!"
"Nuh uh. He ain't Shadow. Shadow's dead."
"I am?" Shadow was now thoroughly confused.
"And this guy's tons nicer. He likes GreenDay!"
Sonic sighed in defeat. "Hang on a sec, Knux is gonna get this grate off and we'll pull you up."
Knuckles found his feet, rubbing the back of his head. "Alright then, stand aside." And he commenced in punching a reasonably-sized hole in the metal grating.
Rouge had attempted to dust herself off during these events, not much paying attention to the rescue until she saw a familiar face.
"Shadow! Long time no see! How the hell are ya?"
Shadow, who had followed Tails, pretended not to notice, turning away.
"God, it's HER again..."
He winced as she gave him a tight hug.
"I almost missed you, you know? Where've you been hiding all this time?"
"...do I know you?"
(AN- I explain in the sequel how Shadow knows Rouge since his loss of memory. STAY TUNED!)
Karpa was hoisted up next, fussing with her hair the minute she was on solid ground.
"Damn the humidity..." she froze as her gaze fell upon Knuckles. "Hell-lloo, what have we here?" she smirked, walking to him.
"This is just a guess, but you must be Knuckles."
He had to do a double take when he looked at her. Aside from herhairstyle, fur,and eye color, she looked exactly like Tarsa. He could find no difference.
"Y- yeah...that's me..."
"Nice to meet you in person." She offered her hand.
Shadow cleared his throat audibly.
"Ok, we need to get going. Everyone ok?" Sonic asked, taking their attention.
"OH MY GOD, AMY! WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FACE?" he screamed upon seeing her.
"What! What is it! Is it bad!" she felt at her face in panic.
"Oh, wait, that's how it normally looks. Nevermind. "
"rrrrrrrrrrrg. T.T"
"Someone tell me why we just rescued Shadow." Vector said finally as he lifted the chopper.
"He's with her...so I guess that's why... hell if I know. You tell us- ehh..."
"Karpa Fairchild. And you are?"
"My name's Sonic. Why are you hanging around with this loser? And why isn't he dead?"
"First off, he can't die. Second... he didn't look half bad. So I kept him around."
"She needed me to help retrieve the emerald." Shadow explained from his dark corner.
"Oh, and that too."
"You...you wouldn't happen to have a sister, would you?" Knuckles, who had just stepped into the crowded room, inquired.
"Why do you ask?" there was a tone of apprehension in her voice.
"I know someone who looks exactly like you...well, not the same color, but-"
She straightened. "You know Tarsa?"
"Yes! oh, man, this is weird..."
She smirked and was about to speak when suddenly,she gasped and dropped to her knees,clutching her chest with both hands.
"Damn it! Not now!" she emitted a sound that was half scream and half snarl, gritting her teeth against the pain. Shadow was at her side in a moment.
"What's happening?" he asked her.
Knuckles just stared helplessly, feeling like he was watching Tarsa all over again.
"Something's happening to my sister... they're trying to remove the shard... GAAAAUGH!" she collapsed under the agonizing ripping sensation, swearing.
"Shard?" everyone except the two newcomers was confused.
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"I thought she was under? Give her more, she's thrashing!"
"But, doctor, that cant be! I gave her ten CC's!"
"Tie her down, then! She's going to kill herself!"
Tarsa was then strapped to the operating table, breathing heavily and quickly. They had just gotten her chest open and her quickly-beating heart was visible through the blood, which was now beginning to seep into the green sterile cloth covering her.
"I've found it! Give her some gas before I remove it."
"But doctor, any more could ki-"
"Just do it!"
"Yes, doctor..."
Just as he had fixed the instrument around the supposed offensive object, Tarsa let loose with a shrill wail, tugging at the straps. The gas had no effect.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
The straps snapped simultaneously. The surgeons backed away as her body levitated from the table.
"What in the name of God..."
Her body righted itself mid air, her hair and tendrils flowing lucidly as if she were submerged in water. A blinding light pervaded from the center of the gaping hole in her chest, and to the physicians' awe, the opening healed itself. Her eyes opened slowly, now absent of pupils. Her irises burned a blood red.
"How dare you... How dare you try to remove me from my vessel?" the voice that emulated from the girl's throat was no longer her own, but a deep, unearthly one that reverberated against the walls and caused instruments to clatter from their trays.
Her body jerked slightly and a brighter light poured from her very skin, vaporizing the terrified surgeons in an instant.
"Karpa...the time has come to awaken..."
(((AND ANOTHER CLIFFHANGER ENSUES! Hope you liked it. I may or may not update soon. It all depends on the reviews... dun dun DUN!)))
PS: I ALLLLLMOST FORGOT but I didn't. This is a name profile for Val!
The name Velociti creates a very independent, practical, analytical nature with skillful business abilities. You desire freedom from restrictions and authority in order that you can pursue your own ambitions. This name gives you leadership qualities and you are seldom happy in positions where you must direction from others. Material and financial success are the focus of your interests, but sacrificing much for material ambition will result in a lack of harmony and balance in your personal life, particularly a lack of appreciation for social courtesies and things of a more inspirational nature.