Dragon Blue

Disclaimer: Sonic and his friends and foes are © SEGA, Aquaphina and the other Seagons (plural of Seagon/Aquari) in this fanfic are © Imperfection07. Other Dragon Characters are © Dark Dragon Kyra (with permission)
Rating: Teen (Warnings: Violence, language, Frightening "Scenes", character deaths, crude jokes, and some sensuality)
Genre: Action/Adventure/Romance (One sided Amy/Sonic/Aquaphina)
Summary: Aquaphina's life changes after she finds the Green Chaos Emerald that leads to many events that have to deal with the destruction of her home and family, new enemies (including a rival), and a blue hedgehog. (Sonic-X universe)
(Sorry about the Nightmare typo, Dark Dragon Kyra!)

Warning: Chapter tends to get a bit odd near the end…due to the bad joke...

Chapter 4: The Unexpected Rescue Mission

Previously: Aquaphina continued glaring at the monitor with fury in her eyes. Although she hated to admit it, Eggman had a point. Neither she nor Echo would last very long without food or water in the confined space. However, she was not looking forwards to being ordered around by a murderer.

"I'd sooner die of hunger…" She snarled. "…than work for someone like you…"

Eggman paused before sneering. "Maybe starving you for twenty-four more hours will make you see things my way…"

Then the monitor shut off leaving the sister and brother alone.

"What do we do now?" Echo asked.

Aquaphina only remained silent as she thought over the words she blurted out and her brother's question.

"What do we do?"

The trio of Sonic, Tails, and Nightmare were still flying towards the signal's origin on the X-Tornado. Nightmare was silent, barely moving from his crouched position on the plane, while Sonic was clinging onto a vertical wing desperately trying not to slip.

"Tails, how much longer do we have to stay up here!" Sonic yelled, loud enough for the kitsune to hear over the engine's loud humming.

"I don't know, Sonic! The emerald is reacting in the direction of Eggman's base!" Tails shouted so the blue hedgehog could make out what he was saying.

"Might as well go there…" Nightmare muttered aloud. "Eggman already has an emerald so it would be no surprise he has the other by now…"

"You're really sure Nightmare?"

The Echidron didn't verbally reply to Sonic's question, he only nodded.

"Okay then, let's go!"

Aquaphina sat down in place as she held onto her brother. She was starting to feel slightly dehydrated from the lack of water and Echo was struggling to stay conscious despite his empty stomach which was growling at thirty-second intervals.

"Have I made the right choice?" She mused. "I don't want to work for the murderer of my family…but we need food or we'll starve…" Unconsciously, Aquaphina tightened her hold on the sleeping Echo, making sure she wasn't going to be holding a corpse.

"Hang in there…" She whispered as she heard another stomach growl from the Aquari. A moment passed before she wheezed a bit, remembering the lack of water.

Eggman continued watching the Seagon through the monitor before the screen abruptly turned red and flashed, catching him off guard.

"Doctor Eggman! The fox, hedgehog, and Echidron are flying into our airspace!" Decoe announced.

"They probably detected the energy from the chaos emerald we have!" Bocoe added.

"It was starting to get boring watching these two," Eggman smirked before slamming his fist on the control panel. "Attention all units, destroy that blasted hedgehog and his friends before they get into the base! That is an order!"

No sooner had Tails flown the X-Tornado in close, he spotted a mass of robots flying directly at them.

"Uh…guys, WE HAVE A MAJOR PROBLEM HERE!"

Sonic glanced up ahead and spotted the army flying at them.

"Tails, remember what we did to Eggman's base when we first came to Earth!"

Tails glanced at Sonic before remembering that he shot a hole into the side of the base before Sonic had drilled his way through.

"Not good! Eggman probably remembers us doing that!" Tails shouted. "It's probably reinforced!"

"What do you think Night-…?" The cerulean hedgehog tuned to see that the midnight-blue Echidron had already flown towards the base, leaving two puncture marks where he was hanging onto the plane. "…mare? Oh, you did not just do that! ARGH! Tails create an opening like you did previously!"

Tails reluctantly began shooting a barrage of bullets so a hole was created into the side of the base before Sonic jumped off the side of the plane and spun in mid air so he busted his way through, skidding to a halt on the floor.

"About time you showed up."

Sonic spotted Nightmare standing a distance away.

"What, you were the one who left me behind, you jerk!" The hedgehog snapped before the Echidron flew in a direction, apparently following the energy from the chaos emeralds. Sonic grumbled before giving chase as the two smashed their way through robots that tried to stop them.

The Seagon continued holding onto her brother, trying to keep him calm by stroking behind his ears like her mother had done previously. There seemed to be a moment of silence before a loud explosion caught their attention. Aquaphina got into a standing position while holding onto her now half-conscious brother, almost ready to defend him if something was to turn up.

"Now what's going on!" She said gritting her teeth as she became alert and wary of her surroundings although her stomach was starting to growl, maybe a bit lower than Echo's. "This had better not be worse than Eggman…"

Sonic continued jumping past the robots that came in his and Nightmare's way. Many of them were flying based and weren't easy to avoid, fortunately Nightmare had slashed them apart with his claws before rounding on a few of the ground robots.

"Geez, how many of these robots can Eggman throw at us?" Sonic asked with a joking tone of voice.

"That's for him to know and for us to find out…" Nightmare grumbled. "…for now stay focused on the task at hand, hedgehog…"

"Alright Nightmare…" Sonic shrugged while hovering in mid-air before spin-dashing into a robot that promptly exploded when the hedgehog busted a gaping hole right through its torso. "How much farther is it, Nightmare!"

"I don't know…there are two energy waves, one from the two Chaos Emeralds while I'm not entirely sure about the other." The Echidron replied. "I'll go after the Emeralds while you go down that hallway towards the other."

"How can I be sure you won't leave me behind!" Sonic asked, smashing through yet another robot.

"I have no use for the Emeralds hedgehog, I'm only helping you and the other Mobians get back to the home-world so we can get away from these humans…" Nightmare used the word 'humans' like it was a deadly toxin before zipping into the hallway opposite the one he pointed out to Sonic.

"Fine…" Sonic grumbled and got ready to sprint. "Angst Dragon…" He said under his breath.

"I HEARD THAT, HEDGEHOG!" Nightmare's loud snarl was enough for Sonic to zip away in a blue streak.

"Sheesh, loosen up will ya!" The hedgehog yelled as he ran.

Echo's green eyes snapped open when another loud rumble knocked Aquaphina over from her standing position.

"GAH, Aquaphina you're squishing me!" Echo tried to get out of his sister's grip. He did successfully but saw that his sister was gasping for air for some strange reason. "Sister, Aquaphina stop doing that! You're freaking me out!" Panicky he flipped his sister so she was lying on her back only to recoil and shudder seeing how thin she was getting. He glanced down at himself and blinked, he was hungry but his skeleton wasn't showing as much.

He was still hydrated for a strange reason…

Echo tried to ponder over this before hearing a closer sound coming from a wall to the right of him. The Aquari froze and shivered as he leapt in front of her right before a louder crash was heard and the wall was dented.

"Damn-it, stupid Nightmare gets the easy job with the Emeralds while I have to break down a wall." Sonic growled. He had found the door at a dead end and decided to start with it. Sonic rammed into the door over and over again with his shoulder before a dent started to form. "Okay, one more and…"

The hedgehog went back really far and ran straight at the door, smashing it in by kicking it down. A loud yelp was heard as the dust started settling and Sonic tried to get a good look at the two figures.

Both were a silver-gray color with black lines, they were ocean based as far as he could tell.

"D-Don't hurt my sister!" Echo stuttered as he tried to get in a fighting position like his sister had done earlier.

"I'm not going to!" Sonic responded before spotting Aquaphina. The blonde Seagon's eyes were clamped shut as she was gasping for air like a fish out of water. Deciding it was better to save the siblings than leave them, Sonic turned back to the little brother. "Listen, I'm going to get you and your sister out of here! You just have to trust me!"

Echo shivered and alternated between protecting his sister and laying his and her fate in the hands of the blue hedgehog before choosing the second and nodding. Sonic nodded back and picked up Aquaphina in his arms before motioning for Echo to hang onto him. The Aquari clung onto the back of Sonic's head, barely avoiding getting himself impaled by the spikes before the hedgehog sped off at a fast rate.

The Aquari almost yelped before diving into a safer place so he wouldn't get blown off. He hadn't expected anyone besides his sister to be fast. Then again his sister was the fastest swimmer while this hedgehog was a speed-demon on land.

Sonic came to an abrupt halt in front of the midnight blue and red Echidron, who was holding onto the green and turquoise chaos emeralds, causing Echo to slip off and crash in front of Nightmare. The Hedgehog grinned sheepishly.

"Well…I found them…"

Nightmare looked at Echo with his red/violet eyes and paused.

"Good thing you did hedgehog, they also have the same energy source I was telling you about." He replied causing Echo to shiver and dive behind Sonic. "We have better leave now before that stupid human decides to take things into his own hands and try to fight us."

A loud explosion appeared behind the Echidron causing his eyes to narrow in disgust.

"…just…shut up…" Nightmare growled at Sonic before Eggman showed up in his Egg Breaker, grinning evilly like a homicidal maniac. "Shut the hell up…"

"Thought you could take my Chaos Emeralds did you?" Eggman sneered, "And my prisoners in the process… how like you Sonic…being a hero."

"Sonic…is that his name?" Echo stared at the hedgehog before leaping onto his shoulder.

"Get out of the way Eggman," Sonic growled. "I promised I would get these two out of here…"

"Really, well I'm sorry but I cannot let you take them for I have something planned for that girl Seagon…"

"Seagon, what's a Seagon…? Keep it together Sonic, kick Eggman's butt and ask questions later...embarrass him first…" Sonic got back into focus and a very odd question came to mind. "Uhm, isn't she too young for you?"

Nightmare slapped his free hand into the middle of his forehead, Echo blinked in confusion and tilted his head (not getting the joke), and Eggman almost fell out of his robot's seat.

(And the authoress banged her head on the keyboard due to the bad joke she just reinvented.)

"D'oh, SHADDAP AND GIVE ME MY PRISONERS AND EMERALDS YOU IDIOT!" Eggman yelled, trying to hit Sonic with his mace arm only to miss before going for Nightmare, missing the Echidron as well. This went on…making Eggman dizzy. "STAND STILL! HEY! LET ME GET A CLEAR HIT AT YOU! NO! DAMN IT! STOP MOVING YOU ANIMALS!"

Sonic, Echo, and Aquaphina (still unconscious) appeared in front of Eggman before vanishing and the mace arm flew at the scientist's cockpit.

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAA…!"

WANG!

The Egg Breaker struggled due to its arm being stuck in Eggman's seat, almost squishing the human inside who was yelling out profanities. During this, the robot collided with the walls around it as it stumbled around.

"Well, I guess we can go now…" Sonic shrugged before Nightmare slapped him upside the head. "OW! What was that for!"

"That was the worst joke you ever did hedgehog, and I don't EVER want to hear it again…" The Echidron snarled before grabbing Sonic by the wrist, as the hedgehog kept a good grip on both Seagon, and flying out the huge hole that the Egg Breaker created in its frenzy to get the mace out of itself.

"I'LL GET THAT HEDGEHOG, AND THAT STUPID HALF-BREED!" Eggman shouted from his self-created prison before Nightmare landed on a wing of the Tornado.

"Fox-boy! Open up! I have to get your friend and two others in the seats!" The Echidron shouted over the noise, folding his wings so he wouldn't get blown off the plane.

"You found two others in Eggman's base!" Tails asked before Sonic was forced into the secondary area with the Seagon.

"Okay-okay, stop pushing me you stupid Echidron!" Sonic yelled as he tried to get Aquaphina in a sitting position on him while Echo clung onto his shoulder before the door closed. Nightmare returned to his previous place on the wing while Sonic gave him a raspberry.

"I saw that, hedgehog!" Nightmare snapped, glaring over his shoulder with his red/violet eyes causing Sonic to stop the vulgar gesture and settle back down before the Echidron turned his attention back to what was happening up ahead, still clutching the emeralds in his grip.

"Sheesh, lighten up once in a while will you…?" Sonic growled before looking at Aquaphina who was still unconscious while Echo had fallen asleep on his shoulder. "She looks cute…wait…did I just think that!" The blue hedgehog averted his gaze from the female Seagon in his arms.

"That was weird…"

As Sonic was pondering over his last thoughts, which he rarely did, Aquaphina opened one eye slowly as she tried to visualize her surroundings. All the Seagon could tell was that she was safe with the blue creature which was gently holding onto her…for the moment…

Then her vision went dark…

…do I get paid to say it three times?

I shortened the battle scene with the Egg Breaker (I'm pretty sure it wasn't Egg Wreaker…), I'm not too sure that joke was really necessary even though it did rile up Dr. Robotnik, and I'm sorry about the typo in the previous chapter. I'm glad a few people are reading this fanfic as its progressing…right…Please Review!