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Dimension Hoppers 7
Intro
Setting the Stage
The camera turned on high above the soundstage at the end of town. It was currently night. Spotlights were present at the sides of the stage. A huge crowd was also present. The camera moved to the front of the stage, where a curtain was drawn.
"Ladies and gentlemen of the Rocket Power Dimension," The announcer started. "Please give a round of applause for your author, dimension hopper, Prince Izzy!" The crowd roared as I stepped out from the left side of the stage. A light was shining on me as I made my way to center stage, waving at the crowd all the while.
I was six feet tall. I had tanned skin and a small amount of black hair. I was also wearing a jester's outfit. The shirt was purple on the left side and black on the right. My pants were black on the left leg and purple on the right. Card suits were also displayed. A dirty pair of running shoes was on my feet. I was also wearing a cape that was black on the outside and red on the inside. My gold crown shimmered in the lights as I reached center stage.
"And his partner, fellow dimension hopper and a major sour puss, Izzy!" The announcer continued. The crowd cheered as my partner stepped out from the right side of the stage. Like me, a light was shining on him as he walked to center stage while waving at the crowd.
He was about a foot shorter than me. Like me, he had tanned skin and black hair. The difference though was that his hair was almost as big as an afro (think Tai from Digimon). He was wearing a black shirt that had a picture of Bowser (from the Mario games) on it. He was also wearing baggy shorts and sneakers. When he got to me, the spotlights turned off and the house lights turned on.
"Just wait until I get my hands on the announcer…" Izzy growled, crossing his arms. I rolled my eyes at him and turned to the crowd.
"Welcome to the show folks! We will provide your entertainment for the evening (or day, depending on when you're reading this). As dimension hoppers, it's our duty to amaze and amuse you while we research whatever dimension we decide to work on! Last time we were—well—here, in the dimension for the greatest cartoon ever!!!"
The crowd roared as Izzy sighed.
"Yeah…" He held his head. "It was torture losing against SAM of all people! Ugh!"
"Well, he ain't the greatest action hero in this dimension for nothing." I said with a shrug. I turned back to the crowd. "Anyway, I had a pretty good time working in this dimension. The last couple of months were a blast!"
"I wouldn't say that." My partner commented. "One slash fic after another…" He shuddered, causing me to again roll my eyes.
"Whatever. But now, I guess we gotta say see ya. We all must move on. But I will remember all the fond memories. Pairing up Otto and Lars."
"Blech!" Izzy yelled with distaste. I glared at him.
"Creating all those theories."
"Half of them made no sense." Izzy remarked. I sulked.
"Extending the ideal of Sam/Twister."
"Again, blech!"
"Can I finish?" I asked, crossing my arms.
"It depends."
"Ugh…" I moaned. I shook my head. "And finally, making reference after reference."
Izzy glared coldly at me. I ignored it as I continued.
"But nonetheless, it was great working with some of my favorite characters of all time. Now we must part."
"Yeah, yeah! Get to business already!" My partner yelled, rushing me along.
"Alright, alright!" I replied before gesturing to the curtain. "Presenting our ticket to adventure!"
The curtain rose, revealing…
"THE WHEEL OF PLOTLINES!!!" The crowd cheered.
The panels present on the wheel this time were a red silhouette of Mario's face, a yellow silhouette of Pikachu's face, a purple silhouette of Yugi's face, Sonic Team's symbol (a blue silhouette of Sonic's face :-P), and a circle with a P on it. A ? block was floating next to it.
"As always, whatever panel the wheel lands on will decide which dimension we'll go to next." I turned to Izzy. "Alright, you know what to do."
"Of course I do." Izzy scoffed. "It may have been a long time since I did this, but I'm a pro at this." He walked over to the wheel. Before he got there, he tripped over a loose floorboard and crashed into it, causing the crowd to break out in raucous laughter. Izzy groaned as he pushed himself off the wheel.
"I meant to do that…" He said, stumbling around. I only crossed my arms at him.
"Uh-huh… Quit fooling around and get under the block." I told him. Izzy grumbled and walked under the ? block.
"Ok! Start it up!" He said. I snapped my fingers.
The crowd screamed and cheered as the wheel began spinning. The panels became a blur as Izzy waited for the right moment. After close to three minutes, he punched the block. The wheel started to slow down. The panels slowly became visible. Soon, the wheel was spinning at a snail's pace. It looked like it was about to stop on the Pikachu panel, but instead, it landed on the panel with a P on it.
"Hmph. So much for going back to my home dimension." Izzy mumbled, crossing his arms. He turned to me. "So what does that symbol mean?"
"Hmmm… I've never seen that one before." I answered. "Better take a look at the instructions" I reached into my pocket and pulled out a book entitled Instruction book for the Wheel of Plotlines, Second Edition. I then thumbed through it.
"Let's see… Aha! Here we go! It says here that the circle with a P in it means we have to do a parody."
"A parody, huh?" Izzy asked. "Of what and with who?"
"According to the book, we have to use the inhabitants of the last dimension we worked with." I replied. Izzy blinked.
"Then that means…" He slapped his forehead. "Ugh! We're stuck here, again!?"
"I'm afraid so." I rolled my eyes. "Anyway, as for what we're doing a parody of, the wheel will spin again and you gotta hit the block. Depending on what panel it lands on, we'll do a parody of something involving the chosen dimension."
"Like if it lands on Yugi's face, the RP cast will do some kind of parody involving Yu-Gi-Oh?"
"You got it." I said with a nod. I then turned to the Wheel of Plotlines. "Alright, Parody Panel! Do your job!"
The wheel started spinning again. A few minutes passed before Izzy hit the block. The crowd looked on in anticipation as the wheel started slowing down. After a few seconds, it finally stopped on the Sonic Team symbol. That symbol blinked for about a minute before the bottom of the ? block opened. My partner looked up curiously.
"Wha?"
::BONK!::
A lump formed on Izzy's head after getting it by a Gamecube. His eyes became two swirls as he swayed dizzily.
"Floy haven!"
::CRASH!::
A second lump formed after he got hit by a Playstation 2.
"I'm only three and a half years old…" He said with a babyish voice. He was still swaying under the block.
::WHAM!::
The ? block finally closed after unloading an X-box onto my partner's head. Now his eyes became two Xs.
"No more for me, thanks. I'm driving!" He shouted dizzily. He fainted shortly after. I blinked and walked over to him. I got into a thinking pose as I looked carefully at the three systems.
"Hmmmm… A Gamecube, Playstation 2, and X-box… The Sonic Team symbol…" I snapped my fingers. "Of course! It's obvious what this means!"
Izzy, meanwhile, sat up, holding his head.
"Ohhhh… What happened?" He groaned.
"You took a little spill, but that doesn't matter!" I answered. "I figured out what we're doing a parody of!" He stood up.
"So what are we doing?"
"Think about it. The wheel landed on the Sonic Team symbol and all three consoles landed on your head. So you know what that means."
"I'm gonna have one hell of a concussion?" He asked.
"Yeah, but besides that." I replied. "What Sonic game came out on all three systems?"
"The only thing I can think of, aside from the extreme pain I'm in, is…" His eyes widened. "You mean we're doing a parody of—?!"
"That's right!" I interrupted with a grin. "We're doing a parody of Sonic Heroes with the Rocket Power cast!" The crowd roared at that.
"Aha!" Izzy shouted, pointing an accusing finger at me. "I knew it!"
"Uhhh… Knew what?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I knew you were gonna do this eventually! It's so obvious!" He answered. "All those references you made! Identifying the stars with the Sonic crew, the theory on eye colors you made in Rocketmon, the intro to Race Across Rainbows; it was all there! You've been hinting at it since we got here!" I raised my eyebrow higher as he punched the air and started break dancing.
"Right… And why exactly are you dancing around?" Izzy paused in the middle of a handstand.
"Because now that you're doing this idea, you'll get it out of your system at long last and you won't make anymore Sonic references while we're in this dimension!"
"What exactly makes you so sure about that, anyway?" I asked. "We've combined this dimension with Pokémon's and yet I still do Team Rocket jokes whenever possible." His eyes widened to that.
"Err…"
"Never mind." I sighed, turning to the crowd. "Anyway, for those who don't know (and why are you reading this fic in the first place?), Sonic Heroes is the latest 3D Sonic game to come out. In it, you play as not one, not two, but three characters at once! You can play as any one of four teams and go through fourteen stages, battling tons of dangerous robots and going through ingenious traps.
"Each team has a speed character to blaze through the stages; a power character to take on the enemies, bust walls, and open doors; and a flying character to carry his or her teammates to bigger heights and to fight airborne foes."
"So we're transforming the RP cast into furries to do this?" Izzy asked.
"Yep."
"And since we're playing the whole parody deal, you're having them face the robots featured in Beach Bandits?"
"Nope." I replied, causing him to raise an eyebrow.
"Huh?"
"I'm not gonna have them face those wimpy robots!" I shouted, putting my hands on my hips. "Our twelve guys and girls are going up against robots created by the greatest evil genius in the Sonic Dimension, Dr. Ivo Robotnik!"
"WHO!?!" The crowd asked. Izzy and I faced them with a cold glare.
"Eggman." We both said icily.
"Oooooooohhhhhhh…" I shook my head at them.
"Anyway, since our heroes still wouldn't have super speed when they're transformed and so that I could play on the whole extreme sports theme of the show, most of them will be outfitted with the same air skates the master of darkness, evil, and all that is ultimate in the Sonic Dimension wears."
"Figures you'd put them in somewhere." Izzy said, crossing his arms.
"Whatever."
"Hey, why aren't you going to give all of them air skates?"
"Two of the characters are too small to use the skates. They'd have to wear SOAP shoes instead." I answered. "And one of them has rockets on his back, so he wouldn't need them."
"And now, the big question on everybody's mind is: Who's playing as who!?"
"YEAH!!!" The crowd roared.
"Right. I almost forgot." I started, turning back to the audience. "Like I said, we got twelve characters to play as our heroes. First up is Team Sonic. Their mission is to stop Dr. Robotnik from taking over the world. Pretty cliché by now, but it works. Their stages have a medium difficulty with just the right amount of enemies and traps to get through. This team will be spending most of the time speeding through the levels."
"So spill. Who's on this team?" Izzy asked.
"I'm getting to that." I replied. "Anyway, our first character is no stranger to all of us. You've known him since the early nineties. He can run at the speed of sound and then some. The original speed demon, Sonic the Hedgehog!"
The crowd cheered.
"Now, since Sonic's the leader, we gotta use someone who has a leader-type role on RP." I continued. "So the speed character for this team is none other than Otto Rocket!"
The audience roared to that.
"Pfft! Figures he'd get Sonic's role." Izzy scoffed. I rolled my eyes at him.
"Next, we have the power character, Knuckles the Echidna, guardian of the Master Emerald. He's so diligent in his duty that he'll punch out anyone who so much as gets near this all-powerful jewel. He has near super strength, which he uses to pull his teammates to victory! He has the ability to glide through the air. He can also dig underground and climb walls, due to the spikes on his fists. Of course, like all great heroes, he has but one flaw: He's gullible.
"Of course, in order to fill his role, we need someone who's equally protective of their prized possession and is gullible as well. So the power character for the team is Twister Rodriguez!"
The crowd cheered. Izzy put a hand to his chin.
"Hmmmm… So who's Tails?"
"Don't rush me! I was getting to that!" I yelled, turning to the crowd. "Anyway, lastly, we have the flying character for Team Sonic, Miles 'Tails' Prowler. He may be eight years old, but this fox is extremely smart. He's gifted in technology. He has made all sorts of inventions, including his biplane, the Tornado. He's so smart; it's said that he rivals Dr. Robotnik in intelligence. He has the ability to fly by winding up and rotating his namesake, his two tails, like a helicopter's blades. He can also use his twin appendages to speed along the ground and keep up with Sonic.
"Now then, as for who's playing the part, we require someone who's just as smart, or at least is smart compared to his friends. Also, he must have some sort of nickname. So the flying character for the first team is the greatest action hero in this dimension, Sam 'the Squid' Dullard!"
The crowd applauded. Meanwhile, Izzy growled at the mention of his hated rival.
"Of course, it would be kinda weird to have the team named Team Sonic if it consists of Otto, Twister, and Sam." I said, getting into a thinking pose. "Hmmm…" I snapped my fingers. "I got it! The name for this team is Team Rocket!"
"WHAT!?!" Izzy roared, grabbing his mallet. I held my hands in defense.
"Chill Izzy." I said coolly. "For once, it's got nothing to do with that little coincidence, I swear."
"You sure?" Izzy asked, tightening his grip on his weapon. I kept my cool.
"Of course." I answered, waving a dismissive hand. "In fact, to make sure it's out of my system…" I faced offstage. "Otto, Twister, Sam! On stage now!"
A few seconds passed before Otto, Twister, and Sam walked on stage. The crowd cheered, clapped, and even whistled at them. They waved at the audience. Izzy glared daggers at the blond as he fought against the strong urge to bash his skull in. They stood across from us.
"Hey guys!" Otto greeted. "What's up?"
"Just stand right there for a moment." I answered.
"Uhhh… Ok." Twister said unsurely. And he had a good reason to be unsure!
I snapped my fingers, causing a bob-Omb to materialize in my left hand. I lit it and made the wind up.
"Somehow, I don't like where this is going…" Sam said, quivering slightly.
I then tossed the bomb. It whizzed through the air towards the trio, who scrambled to get away. It was no use though.
::BOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!::
The crowd roared as the group was sent flying.
"It looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!!!" Otto, Twister, and Sam screamed as they became a star in the night sky. Izzy glared at me.
"What?" I asked, causing him to sigh.
"Never mind. As much as I love to see Sam harmed brutally, was that the last Team Rocket joke for the fic?"
"I'll try to make that the only one, but I'm not making any promises." I replied. Izzy slapped his forehead.
"Ugh… Moving on, what's our second team?"
"Ah yes. Our second team is a personal favorite of mine, Team Dark." I started. "Each of the three members of this team has their own agenda. Their stages are a little more difficult than Team Sonic's. This is due to the addition of more robots. As well as the higher amount, the robots this trio will have to fight are stronger. This team spends most of the levels fighting."
"And now for our characters!" Izzy yelled, rushing things along. I gave him a strained look before turning to the audience.
"The speed character for this team is the great Shadow the Hedgehog! Known by all as the Ultimate Life Form. He has been frozen for fifty years, following an accident onboard the space colony ARK. Using one of the seven Chaos Emeralds, he can distort space and time with his signature technique, Chaos Control." I snapped my fingers, making a glass of cherry soda appear. I quickly chugged it down and caught my breath.
"Whew… Using this technique, he can freeze time or teleport wherever he wants." I continued. "He moves around by skating with his air skates. He can go as fast as Sonic. He's one hell of a badass. At the beginning of the game, he's found inside a room in one of the good doctor's bases. His reason for going after Robotnik is to find out why he was locked in there in the first place.
"As for who's playing as Shadow—"
"HOLD IT!!!" A mysterious voice yelled.
"Wha?" Izzy and I said, looking around.
Right in front of us, a cloud of red smoke appeared and engulfed us. As we coughed and sputtered for air, the smoke dissipated, revealing Eddie, who was wearing his mask.
"Eddie?" Izzy said, coughing some more. "What are you doing here?"
"As the prince of the Netherworld, I command that I play as the king of darkness!" The caped brunet commanded in his creepy voice. Izzy and I raised an eyebrow at him.
"Huh?" Eddie pulled back his mask.
"I want to play as Shadow." He said in his normal voice.
"Ha! Yeah right!" I scoffed, crossing my arms. "What makes you think you can play as the great Shadow?" He pulled his mask over his face.
"I've have been studying the king of darkness for years." He answered in his otherworldly voice. "I am the most well-versed on him. Like the dark hedgehog, I am gothic and very reflective. I can move among the shadows and am very stealthy. I can be a great villain! So what do you say, oh great patriarch from another world?"
"'Patriarch?'" Izzy asked, raising an eyebrow at me.
"It's another word for author." I replied.
"Ooohhhh…" He nodded in understanding. I turned back to Eddie.
"I'd love to cast you as Shadow, Eddie, really I would, but I already had someone else in mind." I noticed the disappointment in his eyes. "But don't despair! I'm sure I can find a role in this for you."
"But I—" I snapped my fingers, causing a trapdoor to open underneath the "prince."
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" He screamed as he plummeted. I dusted off my hands as the door closed.
"Weird…" Izzy said, raising an eyebrow. He turned to me. "So, back to casting."
"Right. Anyway, since Shadow is the Ultimate Life Form of the Sonic Dimension, it's only proper that the Ultimate Life Form of this dimension plays his role."
"Meaning…?" I turned to the crowd.
"Playing as Shadow the Hedgehog is the master of darkness, evil, and all that is ultimate in the RP Dimension, Lars Rodriguez!" The girls in the audience swooned after hearing that. The guys, on the other hand, glared at their girlfriends. Izzy and I gave all of them a weirded out look.
"Right…" We both said.
"Anyway, next up is our power character, E-123 Omega." I started. "He's the last of Dr. Robotnik's E-series robots. For some reason or another, he was decommissioned and locked up in the same room Shadow is found in. His motive is revenge against any and all of Dr. Robotnik's creations, as well as the doctor himself for getting tossed out like a piece of trash.
"He has an impressive array of weapons. Machine guns, flamethrowers, and missile launchers; all concealed in his arms. Like the other power characters, he can also turn his partners into fireballs and use them to attack groups of enemies.
"It was kinda difficult to figure out whom to give his role. I needed someone who had a smart-sounding name and looked strong. So the power character for this team is one of Lars' goons, Pi Piston."
The crowd gave a confused applause.
"I know, I know." I acknowledged their worries with a shrug. "Who else was I gonna pick?"
"Wait, how is Pi's name smart-sounding?" Izzy asked.
"Pi is a math term, remember?" I answered. "Besides, all of Ivo's E-series robots have a letter of the Greek alphabet as their name. And Pi just happens to be the sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet." I turned to the crowd.
"Anyway, finally, our flying character is—" I sighed wistfully. "—Rouge the Bat. She's a professional treasure hunter that's always searching for the rarest of jewels. She's also a government spy. Whenever a task is put in front of her, she goes through it to the end and never leaves empty handed. Her mission in this is to get a load of treasure.
"On a lighter note, she's without a doubt the hottest character in the game! Her beauty is unsurpassed. She's got a figure to die for. And her emerald eyes are so hypnotic…" I drooled as images of the beautiful mammal entered my mind. Izzy raised an eyebrow at me.
"Uhhh… Boss, you're going ga-ga over a fictional character that's a bat no less!" He yelled. I blinked and wiped my mouth.
"So? Who says I can't swoon over a bat?" My partner slapped his forehead at that.
"Just say who's playing her role."
"Oh right." I turned to the audience. "The role of the alluring Rouge the Bat will be played by the equally beautiful Reggie Rocket!" The guys in the crowd gave wolf whistles and cat calls while the girls glared at their boyfriends in utter disgust.
"Hmmmm…" Izzy hummed, getting into a thinking pose.
"What's up?"
"Twister is playing as Knuckles, Lars is playing as Shadow, and Reggie's playing as Rouge." My partner answered.
"Yeah… So?"
"Something about those roles seems a bit odd…" He walked offstage to his dressing room.
"Yah…" I raised an eyebrow before turning to the crowd. "Anyway, Reggie is supposed to play as the leader of the team, but do you honestly think that Lars would let himself be bossed around by her of all people?" The guys roared with laughter at that while the girls reached into their purses for something hard.
"Didn't think so. As for the team's name…" I shrugged. "Well, I owed it to him in Rocketmon, so the name of the team is Team Lars!"
The crowd cheered.
Meanwhile, in Izzy's dressing room…
The room was a modest size. It had a mirror by the left wall. On the back wall was a computer. Plush furniture covered the remainder of the room. Exotic plants were at every corner. The floor was covered with a velvet rug. Izzy was seen pacing around in thought.
"I don't get it." He said to himself. "What is it about those three roles that have me so messed up!? I gotta hurry up and get back to the show." He looked at the ceiling.
"Boy, this must be the longest intro we've ever done. I might as well see if there's a quick fic I could look at before I go back." He walked over to the computer and got on this site. He then went into the Sonic section.
"Hmmmmm…" He clicked around a bit. "I gotta make sure I read that one later." He clicked a bit more before he realized something. "Hmmmm… There sure are a lot of Rouge/Knuckles and Rouge/Shadow fics to read tonight… Wait a minute…" He crossed his arms and looked down.
"Reggie's playing as Rouge, Twister's gonna be Knuckles, and Lars is gonna play as Shadow." He leaned back into his chair as he pondered. "Reggie… Rouge… Twister… Knuckles… Lars… Shadow…" His eyes widened in horror.
"Oh crap!!!" He got up and bolted out of the room with a murderous scowl on his face. "That idiot! Doesn't he know what kind of implications this'll cause!?!"
Back onstage…
The audience laughed at a joke I made to stall while waiting for Izzy. It was a pretty funny one I heard a million times before. Despite that, I was chuckling a bit myself.
"So then I said—"
"BOSS!!!" Izzy's voice rang out urgently. I sighed and tilted my head to the left.
"What now?" I turned towards the left side of the stage, where my partner was running towards me. "What is it?" He ran up to me and fought to catch his breath.
"Reggie… Twister… Lars…" He panted. I raised an eyebrow at him.
"Breathe."
A minute or so passed before he caught his breath.
"Now what's the deal with you?" I asked. He looked up and gave me a frightful stare.
"Boss, Reggie's playing as Rouge, Twister's playing as Knuckles, and Lars is playing as Shadow!!!"
"Yes, I'm aware of that." I rolled my eyes. "Now chill. We still gotta tell who's playing as the other characters." His jaw dropped.
"But, but—" He stuttered.
"Izzy, drop it." I said, growing impatient.
"But I—" He was stopped as I made a giant mallet appear.
"Are ya gonna chill now?" I asked, holding it dangerously above my head. Izzy gulped.
"I'll chill." He nodded. I tossed the hammer behind me, causing a great crash.
"That's better." I said, turning towards the crowd again.
'Fine. Let him find out the hard way.' He thought with an evil smirk.
"Anyway, on to the third team, Team Rose." I started. "This team is the easiest out of all four to play as. Their stages are shorter and there are fewer robots to worry about, which will be just fine with me when I write them out. This team's agenda is to find their friends.
"The speed character for this team is Amy Rose. She is Sonic's self-appointed girlfriend. Basically, she'll go to the ends of the earth and back to be with the blue hedgehog of her dreams. She's a little on the fanatic side if you know what I mean. If you get in her way, prepare to face the wrath of her Piko Piko Hammer! She's the leader of this team.
"As for who's playing the part, I need someone who has at least been hinted at having a thing for Otto. So of course, the role of Amy goes to Clio!"
The crowd cheered at my decision.
"I guess now would be a good time to issue an OOC warning." I said, rubbing the back of my head sheepishly. "I think I might wind up making Clio hyper and absolutely crazy for Otto." I shrugged.
"Oh well. She's only been in two episodes. Three if you count that cameo she made in Game Day. I don't think that tiny amount of episodes is enough to establish an understanding of her personality or anybody else's for that matter."
"Heh. That belief didn't stop you from giving her and Little Scottie a cameo in Rocketmon or using Keoni in your past fics." Izzy said with a small grin. Again, I shrugged.
"What can I say? I wanna be careful."
"Whatever. Moving on?"
"Oh right. The power character for Team Rose is Big the Cat. A cuddly little—"
"Ahem!" Izzy interrupted. I rolled my eyes.
"Ok… A big kitten." I turned back to the crowd. "He lives in the jungles of the Mystic Ruins with his pet frog, Froggy. He loves to fish, so he always has his fishing rod with him. He may not have a whole lot going on upstairs, but his heart's in the right place. His mission in this is to find Froggy, who has once again gotten lost (He got lost before in Sonic Adventure 1/DX for those who don't know).
"As for who's playing the part, I need someone who has done at least one of these things: Lived in a jungle, fished, and owned a frog or at least some kind of pet. My choice has only done one of these things: Lived in a jungle. The power character for this team is Izzy's 'delectable pineapple—'" I smirked as he growled. "—Keoni Makani!"
"Do you always have to bring that up whenever we talk about Keoni!?" Izzy roared, shaking his fists. "I've been straight ever since we finished The Runaway!" He blinked. "Hey wait! Why is he playing as Big?!"
"What's wrong with him?"
"Well, for one thing, Big is, well, BIG!!! Tito is a more worthy character to play the role! He's lived in the jungles of Hawaii and fished!"
"I can't use Tito!" I defended. "What reason would he have to hang out with Clio and the flying character?"
"And what reason would Keoni have?" Izzy argued, crossing his arms.
"I'll think of something!" I answered with a glare. "Besides, he's been in the same episode as Clio!" Izzy glared back.
"So has Tito! Twice!"
"Grrr… I'm not making an adult travel with Clio and the flying character and that's that!"
"Hmph!" My partner grunted, turning away. He looked over his shoulder at me. "So, who is the flying character, anyway?" I scowled at him before turning to the audience, who was stunned at our bickering.
"The flying character for Team Rose is Cream the Rabbit. At six, she is one of the youngest characters in the game. She is cute, tiny, naïve, innocent; basically sweetness personified. Like the Disney character Dumbo, she has the ability to fly by flapping her ears like wings. She's always seen with her pet chao, Cheese, who sorta serves as her protector and best friend. Cheese has a twin brother named Chocola, who gets lost. Cream's mission is to reunite the two twins."
"Hey! That's kinda like in that game, Yoshi's Island, right?" Izzy asked. I held a hand to my chin.
"Hey yeah… It is like Yoshi's Island, except Creamy Dreamy doesn't have to worry about protecting Cheese." I turned to the crowd. "Anyway, in order to figure out who could play the part of this darling creature who gives you cavities just by looking at her, I had to use a girl (duh!), preferably one with pigtails, who's really young and is sweetness personified. Having two pets couldn't hurt, but it's not a requirement. I can just have Cheese, Chocola, and Froggy guest star."
"Hmmm… What girl on RP fits those criteria?"
"That's easy." I said without turning to him. "The part of Cream the Rabbit will be played by Mackenzie Benders!"
"HUH!?!" The crowd yelled with wide eyes.
"What they said." Izzy added. "Mackenzie? Sweetness personified?! Are you nuts!? She's worse than Angelica! She's the queen of darkness in this dimension!"
"She's the only one small enough to fit the role." I said with a shrug. He slapped his head in response.
"Fine. Just get to the team name."
"Right. Well, the name of the original team uses the leader's last name, so the name for this team is Team Rodriguez!"
"Heh. Could be worse. Now for the last team."
"Ah yes. The final team is Team Chaotix. This trio is a crack team of detectives who'll take on any case. As long as it pays good money, of course. They're kinda the oddball group of the game. Every stage is a different mission for them to undertake. Depending on how good you are, each stage can be completed in less than ten minutes or over an hour. They get roped into this adventure when they receive a job from a mysterious client through a walkie talkie they get in the mail."
"Yeah, yeah. Get to the characters already!" Izzy rushed. "This intro is way too long already!"
"Keep your shirt on!" I shouted before turning to the audience. "Anyway, first up is the speed character, Espio the Chameleon. He's a ninja who can use his camouflage ability to get by enemies unnoticed. He can toss a shuriken (ninja star) while invisible. Being a ninja, he can move among the shadows with ease. He's so stealthy that he can be right behind you and you'd never know until it's too late. He's also extremely reflective and serious." I held a hand to my chin.
"Reflective, serious, moves among the shadows…" I snapped my fingers. "I got it! The speed character for this team is Eddie 'Prince of the Netherworld' Valentine!" I grinned proudly. "See? I told ya I'd give him a role!"
"Whatever." Izzy said, rolling his eyes.
"There's just no pleasing you, is there?" I sighed. "Anyway next up is the power character, Vector the Crocodile. This reptilian powerhouse is the leader of the trio. He can crush enemies by chomping on them with his powerful jaws. He'll do just about any kind of work, but won't do anything dirty, like finding dirt on a political figure. He'll sometimes undertake unpaid work, like helping little kids get their kitten down a tree. You'll always find him with a pair of headphones on his nonexistent ears."
"And the RP character that'll take on the role is…?"
"Trent." I answered simply. The crowd and Izzy gave me a freaked out look.
"Uhhh… Any particular reason?" My partner asked.
"Nope."
"Riiiiiiiight… So all that's left is the flying character."
"The final character for this team is Charmy Bee. Basically, he's a hyper little bee that's lighthearted for the most part, if not a little insane. Along with Creamy Dreamy, he's one of the youngest characters at age six. He's mainly happy and joyful, but if you get him mad, he'll make sure you get the point right where it hurts!
"Obviously, we need a little kid to fill in the roll of this little guy. It also helps if he's naïve and kind hearted." I got into a thinking pose. "Hmmmm… Who could I use?"
"How about Little Scottie?" Izzy suggested. "He's young enough for the role. Plus, he's never been used in a fanfic other than Rocketmon." I gave him a curious look.
"How on earth would you know that? For all we know, Little Scottie could've been used in some—Blech!—Rodriguez Brother/Reggie fic." I scolded. "Don't jump to conclusions."
"Fine. Sorry." He rolled his eyes. "So you gonna use him or what?"
"Heh. Why not?" I shrugged. "Got nobody else unless I age you down."
"You better not." Izzy warned, crossing his arms. "If I had to be in this fic, I'd wanna be Shadow or Dr. Robotnik. Speaking of whom, who's playing as Ivo?"
"Hang on. I still gotta name the team. Let's see…" I tried to think of a name, but nothing came. I held my head and shook it. "Ugh! I have no clue what to name this team! Maybe I should name them Team Potpourri because none of them were ever seen together. No. That name wouldn't work."
"How about Team Rare? Trent was seen in two episodes while Scottie had only one."
"But Eddie's been in at least ten." I rationalized. We were both silent as we looked down while crossing our arms.
"I got it!" Izzy yelled a few minutes later.
"Ya do!?" I asked excitedly.
"Yeah. They're detectives, right?"
"Yeah…" I nodded.
"So how about we name them Team Sherlock?" I stuck my tongue out at that.
"Blech! That's completely idiotic!"
Izzy glared hotly at me.
"But I got nothing, so we'll use that." I turned to the crowd. "The name of our final team is Team Sherlock!" They cheered at that.
"Hey, I just noticed a similarity between each team." Izzy said.
"Oh? What?" I asked.
"Each of them has a Rodriguez in it." I held my chin in thought.
"Team Rocket has Twister, Team Lars has Lars, Team Rodriguez has Clio, and Team Sherlock has Little Scottie." I nodded. "Yep. You're right."
"Yeah…" He rolled his eyes. "So who's playing as Robotnik?"
"Hmmmm… We need someone who displays at least two of these qualities: Is fat, is really smart, hates kids, and has technical know-how." I thought for a moment before snapping my fingers. "And it just so happens that the villain for this fic displays all four of them."
"So who is it?" Izzy asked. I winked and shook a condoling finger at him.
"Sorry, you'll just have to keep guessing." I turned to the crowd. "Anyway, we'll be right back with Chapter One after this short break!"
The crowd roared and applauded as the camera faded to black.