Mario awoke the next morning, feeling unusually groggy. Perhaps it was just because of the goings on around the Mushroom Kingdom; let alone the NintenVerse. He got up and started to make breakfast. He didnt see the need to make a big one, however; with Luigi gone, there was basically no point of making a large meal. Just as he sat down, however, the doorbell rang. Mario sighed, got up, and went over to answer the door. It was Fox, who came bursting through the door with various amounts of equipment.
"Hey Fox..looks like youve been busy."
Fox nodded as he put all of the stuff down on the table, next to Mario's breakfast. "Yeah, I have been. After seeing Falco get swooed by some tramp with a cute smile, I want to try my damnest to figure out just what the hell is going on around here."
"Your'e telling me."
Fox continued to assemble his equipment. For a few seconds there was silence, but then Mario broke the silence.
"What exactly did you equip Sonic with?"
"Not much, actually. Since Sonic's gimmick is that he's, well, fast, I only put a few things on him so that he wont lose any speed. Plus, we cant really weigh him down. He looks pretty fragile."
For the first time in days, Mario smiled.
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Sonic stood in a large, green room surrounded of pictures of X members. Mega Man, Master Chief, his nemesis, Shadow, and the four Nintendo members that flocked to X, Link, Luigi, Jeff, and Falco, all surrounded him. He felt insecure about doing a risky job such as this, but he decided to stick around. After all, Nintendo counted on him. Even if they were rivals in the early ninties, Nintendo is there for him now.
Just as he sat down, two men wearing the X logo came through the door. Sonic noticed that both were wearing a green colored ring, but thought nothing of it. Perhaps it was just a part of the dress code.
"Sonic, my boy! Hello! Name's Dan."
Sonic shook Dan's hand. He also shook the other persons hand. He introduced himself as ken. He noticed that both of them looked strikingly alike. However, he wasnt going to ask any questions.
"Now, Sonic, why have you chosen to accept our offer? Is Nintendo not giving you the right amount of time that you want? Do you want to venture onto other products?"
"Yeah. I got tired of them. Especially on Mobius. As a part of the NintenVerse, we have to follow some, well, strict guidelines. So I decided to try out what its like to be employed here."
"Oh, of course!" Ken replied. "People awlays want to experience change in our lives. We completely understand your reason for joining us."
"Great!" Sonic replied. He was pretty confindent by now that he had secured a spot on the X roster.
"Well," Dan said, "I guess we should show you your house here in the land of X. Ken, you mind showing him where it is?"
"Sure. Come with me, Sonic."
"Okay."
Sonic and Ken walked out of the room. No sooner did they do this, Joanna Dark walked into the room.
"Hmm. He's a good actor."
Dan looked surprised. "What do you mean?"
"Master didnt tell you? The guy's a spy. You know, in the same sense that Im spying on them."
"Oh. Good one, Dark."
"Of course. Im good at my work, arent I"
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As Ken left, Sonic inspected the new apartment. It was definately a lavish one, with a widescreen tv, lots of kitchen appliances, and a big, comftorable bed. Sonic sat on the bed and communicated with Mario.
"Mario, you there?"
"Yeah. Whats up, Sonic?"
Sonic chuckled. "Well apparently, if your a member of X, you definately get the high life around here."
Mario wasnt laughing, however. "Well, Sonic, you arent going to have time to see all that stuff. You need to talk to one of the Nintendo guys and see just why they left us"
"I know. Its not like im ignoring the mission or anything."
"Yeah. I know."
"Hey, Sonic?" Fox was now on the reciver.
"Yeah, Fox?"
"You ought to be careful communicating with us in the future. They could be intercepting phone lines. I hadn't thought of that before, but since I'm pretty sure they havent suspected anything of you yet, I dont think they are right now."
"Got it."
"Oh, and Sonic?" It was Mario.
"Yeah?"
"Be careful."
"Will do."
As soon as he turned off the communicator, the doorbell rang. Sonic walked over and answered it. As he saw who it was, his face had turned from noncholant to shocked. Before he could even get a word out, a swift kick to the face sent him kareening to the floor.
"Ugh..what the f-"
"Shut up."
She kicked Sonic again, sending him outisde of the apartment onto the balcony. Joanna calmly walked over to the balcony. She picked up the blue blur and hung him over the balcony. Since Sonic was on the third floor, he was pretty high up.
"Poor little Sonic. He might be the fastest thing alive, but damn, he can sure take a kick, can't he?"
"What the hell are you doing Joanna? You are going to ruin everything. And why are you attacking me?"
"Joanna laughed. She flung Sonic back inside the house, with him landing on the couch next to the TV. By then, his nose was bleeding.
"Haven't you realized by now, you blue dolt? Im with X. And soon, my blue friend, you shall be as well."
Sonic laughed. "I would never join you and your pathetic attempt to get rid of Nintendo. The NintenVerse is way too strong to be toppled by some lame one letter company.
"Well, I guess thats true. But yet, you really dont know much about X yet, do you, Sonic?
Joanna put her leg to the throat of Sonic. As Sonic was gasping for air, Joanna retrieved something from her pocket. At first, Sonic thought it was a ring, but as soon as she slid it on Sonics left hand, he realized that there was much more to it than just being an ordinary ring..
It was a source of true power.