Victor John Foxfire: Johan is certainly influencing the world subconsciously. Everyone has been a little tense, and the world tension is going to grow. Johan does not sit idle while everyone works, nor do Eggman and the Legions. While they are all currently offsetting each other, and making life easier for the freedom fighters, this wont always be the case. As For Sally and Sonic's relationship, things are going to get rough before they get better, and responsibilities are going to start straining them.
MerendinoEmiliano: Oh... Hey! It's you... I honestly didn't expect to find you here. Thanks for the review, I'm trying to keep this interesting.
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The wind gusted through his quills as Sonic ran through the forest towards the factories. He zipped by as alarms sounded, and tore through the walls. Sonic dodged the lasers as they seemed to… strike all around him.
He stopped running and noticed how there were no swatbots and the turrets were missing every shot they took. Sonic bolted further into the facility, passing over the cracked concrete and asphalt.
He burst into the main headquarter, "Alright, Eggman, show me your weather machine so I can…" What he saw, was Eggman, huddled next to Orbot, his assistant who was using an afterburn to warm his master.
Eggman grit his teeth and turned around, "I hate you hedgehog. I hate you so much."
"T-turn off the…weather machine?" Sonic was really confused.
"I don't have a weather machine. They bring too many problems when you use them. My potatoes for chips are growing, and now the crop might be ruined." Eggman growled, "On top of that, millions of my beautiful machines are now broken because they were design for tropical warfare, not cold, arctic warfare."
Sonic saw a metal sonic with an open back, indicating that Eggman had been doing repairs. Sonic chuckled, "This is what you get. All that pollution in the air, you really though the world wouldn't change?"
"Ha-ha stupid rodent, The world would get hotter, not colder." Eggman growled, "I should be g-getting a t-tan now."
The temperature was dropping again. Sonic felt himself shiver. "Wh-what about the dark Legions?"
"They're suffering too. No one would consciously try to freeze the world unless they were suicidal." Eggman complained.
Sonic pressed his communicator, "S-sally, Eggman is not behind this."
"Then who is?" Sally shouted. This was a global instance. Crops were going to fail if this kept up.
Sonic bolted back to the base. Eggman wasn't doing this, The Dark Legion wasn't doing this, maybe one of Knuckles enemies was doing this?
Sonic ran to Tails' room, "Buddy, Can you get me to Angel Island?"
Tails was huddled in his namesakes, his teeth chattering, "T-Tornado won't fly… Too cold. Water coolant frozen. Fuel Frozen."
Sonic snapped his fingers but then he got an idea. After grabbing a winter coat, he bolted over to the beaches to find… they had indeed frozen some blocks in the water. He ran over and jumped on one after the other.
"Sonic, what are you doing? Comeback to base." Sally commanded. She'd burned that bridge. He was doing what was right, and she wasn't going to stop him.
Still, there was a right way to handle this, "Sally, I think Flinty knows a lot of magic right?"
"And he also wanted the destruction of the world." Sally finished for him, "Alright, but be careful. Get Knuckles' help if you can."
"On it." Sonic exclaimed as he jumped onto another ice berg. He probably should have had Nicole line up ice bergs to make sure he could get there this way, but he was in this situation now.
Sonic saw the massive floating Island, and jumped on the icey platforms that led up to the beautiful island.
Sonic jumped up into a cave that sat closer to the bottom of the island, and began to work his way up. He crawled up, ignoring the various wildlife that was taking shelter from the unexpected cold, before finding his way up to the green glow of the Master Emerald.
Sonic saw Knuckles huddled up close to it, barely awake.
"Hey Knux, You ok?" Sonic called out.
Knuckles shook himself, "W-what? What are you doing here? It's freezing outside."
"I know, I thought Doctor Flint or what ever his name is might be behind this weather problem." Sonic proposed
"Flintavious? I guess, but What does he have to gain from this? Did you confront Eggman?" Knuckles asked.
"He's suffering like the rest of us." Sonic explained, "I searched every lead I can think of."
Knuckles nodded, "I think I know where his hideout is."
Sonic nodded, "Alright, let's go."
Knuckles led him up the surface where they exited into the snow…which had stopped falling. Sonic shook his head. This was getting really weird. The temperatures were sea sawing.
Now it was rising as though nothing had happened, and Sonic ditched his winter clothes as Knuckles led him through the large mountain to a small lit cave.
Sonic ran inside to find the Doctor hunched over, still as could be.
"Alright, Doctor magic-man, did you cause the snow fall." Sonic growled.
Knuckles came up behind him.
Doctor Flint groaned, "I am not magic, I specialize in Chaos manipulation. That is science. I am no more magic than Super Sonic."
"Did you cause this?" Sonic growled.
"No. I couldn't even if I had something to gain by causing this traumatic weather." Flintavious groaned.
Sonic stomped his foot, "WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD."
There was a player they hadn't seen, an invisible force that was hidden. Sonic growled and ran to the airstrip to wait for Tails to come pick him up.
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That little girl was once again crawling through the fire. She felt it nip at her sides but she kept crawling. The whirl of machines and gunshot firing betrayed the battle that was emerging throughout the building.
Fiona kept crawling until…she finally found an exit through a window. She crawled through, falling onto shattered glass which cut her belly, but she was alive. Scared. She was scared.
She crawled through bushes. Where was her mommy? A metal foot stomped in front of her, and the quivering child looked up to see two swat bots, weapons pointed at her.
Fiona bolted awake as the wagon came to a halt.
Oswald jumped out, "Alright, I'll go give out our profits, I'll see if we got you a hut built."
A hut… Just like when she was a freedom fighter. Gosh she hated these hicks.
Fiona Climbed off the wagon and walked back into the village. Bill Was there and had his typical warm smile. It made her anger vanish… He honest. He was stupid.
Still… these were good people… They took care of her…
Fiona caught herself. These were stupidly trusting people. They were asking to get hurt. She smiled back, her attempted honest smile, and walked up, "You are really good people. Thank you."
Bill smiled, "We try our best. To be honest, to be kind and love our fellow man."
No Ambition, Good grief. Fiona smiled through her teeth.
"We've made you a small hut, I hope it's to your liking. Thank you for all of the help you've given us." Bill bowed his head.
Fiona found herself involuntarily smiling, "It's no trouble."
She was slipping. These people weren't nice, they were dumb. Being trusting got you hurt. They needed to learn this just as she had.
Fiona took a breath.
"Is everything alright." Bill asked. She could feel Oswald's eyes on her.
Fiona frowned, "I've done some bad things in my life. I think I should be honest about that. I don't want to talk about what I did but… I am not a good person."
Bill frowned at her words, before nodding and smiling once again, "I don't care about what you did in the past. Are you going to causing problems for us?"
"I won't try to." Fiona scratched her arm nervously. "My past has a bad habit of coming back."
Bill nodded slowly, "I understand, but sometimes it can't be helped. Ms. Aria, If you are trying to improve your life, I can't blame you for what happens. We all have things that catch up to us."
Oswald nodded and smiled as he passed, "I'll show you your hut."
Fiona followed him north and saw a small hut next to a recently cleared area. It was small, but as she walked through it, Fiona saw it had a bed, a table and two chairs. These people worked fast.
Oswald smiled, "Is this alright?"
Fiona nodded, "It's great." It was all she needed.
She ate dinner with them. The village ate together, which was somewhat familial, and kind of warm. As night passed, Fiona waited in bed… until she was certain it was safe. Then she walked out of her hut. There were low snores coming from the village.
Fiona walked north through the woods. If I was a cocky, green hedgehog, where would I be?
Fiona, stopped and turned around to find Scourge, resting up against the tree, "Aw, you had to ruin the surprise."
Fiona walked over and kissed, "You know I'm always on guard."
A snap was heard nearby, and Fiona and Scourge paused. Nothing… just the forest making sounds.
Scourge smiled, "Are you ready to ditch this joint?"
"We need a warp ring, we are on our own, and I can't leave without arousing suspicion." Fiona Smiled, "As much as I want to see you pulverize little boy Blue, we need a team."
Scourge rolled his eyes, "Yeah, yeah. I'll be back as soon as I can."
"Did you find-" Fiona asked.
"Yeah, Pathetic really. We wasted money on those guys." Scourge growled, "I dealt with our little friend. He probably won't ever trouble us again."
Fiona nodded. And walked back to her hut.
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Johan Ripped through the rubbery hide of the sea beast. It was black and white, and had tried to ambush him. Foolish creature.
There was so much fat to it… hardly nutritious, but maybe he could make Nafta. There didn't seem to be any fire around. Johan would have to be content with the fact that he knew it was here, and could use it later.
Johan crawled back inside the opening, and began to eat more, when he heard scurrying.
Johan's ears perked up.
"Remember Odacer, the best way to sneak up on your prey is to pretend they don't exist." Johan explained, walking towards the rabbit, his head held high.
Odacer seemed to take no mind to this, and rushed strait at the creature, causing it run down into the burrow.
Johan was so close to his rabbit, he simply thrust his hand forward and grabbed the rabbit by the neck. It squirmed as it came to the realization it had been caught. Johan placed his hand on It's head and twisted, snapping the neck of the poor criter.
Odacer saw how easily he had done, and looked so awestruck. It wasn't, it just took discipline. Now the next thing did require strength.
He stuck his finger into the rabbit's rectum and pulled the fur clean off the rabbit.
"Odacer, You can be honest with nature, but being calm while honest is far more effective than either alone. Tell the beast you will kill it, but approach calmly, and it will know it's fate."
Johan trudged through the snow. The critter was buried in the snow. Johan made use of his nose. It was working surprisingly well. His wounds were all healed, so he could pursue prey if necessary and he was certainly stronger from the sea-beast. Still, the little gifts in life were to be taken gratefully, not ignored.
Johan trudged on all fours across the surface of the snow, the Wolverine's paw pads serving as snow shoes. The scurrying stopped, and Johan maintained his speed. The Critter froze, as though he might miss it.
Johan crawled right on top of where it was buried… Before pouncing. The Snow soared in the air as He dug deep to find… nothing. It had burrowed elsewhere. He would have to refine the skill. No sense in getting frustrated over it… Or at least that was what he told himself.
Johan was, without a doubt, angry. He had missed a step he couldn't quite remember, and it had cost him his quarry. Johan trudged through the snow, deliberately tearing up as much as he could to take out his anger.
Johan continued to trudge until… He caught a scent… Multiple scents… Similar in body and family in nature. Johan examined the snow. It had been pressed down, which indicated weight, and different sized compressions meant different ages. A family. Food for him.