Giyuufan: Maybe if I was a different kind of writer, but I intend to keep the rating T.
Generalluis: Well… lots of things go wrong. That's what makes a fun story.
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Sonic ran up the spiral stairwell, following Surge. He knew Kit and Tails were following behind, and so He wasn't worried about the guys behind him. Sonic found himself looking forward, watching Surge's tail flap with every step. They were running forward, without a clear idea of what was coming afterward.
After Surge and Sonic saved everyone, what would they do? Surge still had the urge to rip Sonic to pieces, even if she didn't really want to do it anymore. Sonic knew if she cared about him, Surge would run away, and keep her distance. Sonic didn't want that.
The alternative was that they found a way to fix her head. Sonic didn't know how to fix repeated hypnosis attacks. But Sonic also didn't want her to run away. Part of him knew that his mere presence caused Surge to be in pain. She'd reacted enough to show Sonic just how bad it got.
Sonic didn't want her to suffer, because a piece of him wanted her to be around forever. Despite her mouth, despite her rough nature, despite the fact that she tried to kill him a number of times… Sonic enjoyed every moment with her. She was fun in ways that most of his friends couldn't be. Or maybe those little quirks were the reason he wanted to be around her.
Sonic felt like he was burning sometimes when he was around her. Maybe his racer mentality kicked up when there was actual competition. Maybe something was wrong with him. Sonic wasn't sure, but he knew one thing: she was someone else he didn't want to say goodbye for good to.
They reached the top of the stairs, and the air lock seemed shut tight. Surge scowled while they waited for the two foxes to make it up the stairs. Tails finally made it up.
"Finally, lets get this shit done." Surge growled, balling a fist. She seemed a little closed off. Sonic wondered if she was having an episode with her anger, or if he had something wrong.
"Hey, are you ok?" Sonic asked at the top.
"I'm fucking fine." Surge growled, before sighing, and nodding, "Yeah… We'll talk later…"
Sonic had a feeling they wouldn't but he didn't pry. That only made things worse with Surge. They opened the airlock and stepped into the jungle once more. The large circular arena…. Was not an arena at all.
There were several stations of machines, some with arms, others with blow torches. Sonic quickly realized that Vanilla's super Badnik was being prepared and repaired. They were early.
"Well… I guess since we're early, you want to let them finish? It's only good sportsmanship." Sonic stepped next to Surge with a grin.
Surge put her own grin up, "You think I give a shit about the Doc's stupid feelings? Fuck that, let's fuck them up!" She bolted forward, and Sonic did the same.
They smashed through two Buzzbombers that were trying to patrol the airway, and skidded to a halt in front of the large badnik. It seemed to be slow to wake up.
"WHAT? THEY'RE… Oh… Hello hedgehog, you're early… I was trying to get TYPHON ready for you… but well… you know." Eggman sighed, before looking down on the large screen, "You think you could come back later… like around two or something."
"Come on Eggman, I'm on a schedule too." Sonic grinned up at the Doctor, "And what kind of name is TYPHON? I get CERBERUS and PHANTOM, but what the heck is a TYPHON?"
"It's the Father of Monsters! Didn't you pass mythology class?" Eggman shouted in disbelief. Sonic didn't exactly stay in school.
Sonic simply smirked up at the angry Doctor. Eggman just shook his head and sighed in disappointment.
Surge called, "You know, I'd love to keep listening to this lovers' quarrel, but I got shit to do." She caught her fist, and cracked a knuckle.
Sonic nodded, "Alright, let's rip it to pieces." He got low, and ready to rush into the Super Badnik.
"Nice try, Hedgehog!" Eggman shouted and TYPHON came to life, walking out of the repair bay, "I just needed to give it a little time to boot up. Now prepare to meet your doom!"
Sonic heard it all before, and He and Surge bolted forward at the Super Badnik. TYPHON it seemed, saw it coming and launched its arms at them.
The two Speedsters had the time to passed each other a grin before they jumped up and landed on the arms as they retracted backwards they rode up to the Super Badnik's head, and slammed into it. That was the idea anyway.
Instead, Eggman had made a few upgrades. A shield passed around the glowing head and swatted him aside.
Surge got her hit in though, and the super Badnik staggered backwards. Surge landed next to Sonic and leaned down, "You alright? Don't be a dumbass next time."
"It blocks one shot…" Sonic gasped, catching his breath. That seemed to be a little different from the regular shields they had. It seemed like Eggman was starting to learn from that Death Egg fight so long ago.
Kit picked up a piece of the repair station with his water Tentacles and threw it at the badnik, and the shield rose to block it.
"So one of us needs to get hit. Fuck… I'll take this one for you." Surge growled turning towards the Super Badnik, which was back on its feet.
"No… I think there's something else… A timer?" Sonic groaned and stood up.
Sonic saw Tails dive down to try and smack TYPHON on the head, only to get repelled by the shield. It was annoying. TYPHON then turned back to Sonic and Surge.
TYPHON shrieked, and Sonic was pretty sure its back opened up to fire a bunch of rockets out.
Surge and Sonic split up as the rockets aimed for where they were standing. They then ran and slammed into the legs of the TYPHON, and Sonic actually felt the metal bend. It was just a piece of plating, but it worked.
Surge, however, was knocked back. TYPHON could make a shield appear, but only in one section. Sonic and Surge Really had caught the thing when it was still in production.
Sonic called out, "It has a weakness, It can only block one attack!" Sonic had to trust everyone heard him. Kit was struggling to keep his composure until Tails calmed him down.
Sonic passed a look to Surge, who's bruise was already healing. She nodded, and Sonic ran in to slam into the super Badnik. The shield appeared at the leg that Sonic was going for, and Sonic jerked around as Surge slammed into the other leg.
TYPHON Scrambled back, and shrieked, and activated the spinning spikey hands once again. Sonic and Surge grinned at each other. This thing was already out of tricks.
Sonic and Surge nodded, both sharing the same idea of rushing it down. TYPHON launched its hands at them again, and the two spikey rodents jumped in the air.
Unfortunately, Sonic did not expect the hands to change course. Sonic felt his lungs compress as the hand closed around his chest. Last time something like this happened, Sonic had the chaos emeralds, but this time he was out of luck. Sonic grunted as he struggled to pull out of the tight claws.
Sonic felt the claws tightened around his chest. He felt his nose practically tearing itself apart as the air ripped out of it. Sonic groaned through his teeth, not really able to cry out.
The hand flung him to the ground and Sonic got a glimpse of the green blur pulling away from the arm. Surge should have gone for the hit, but instead… Sonic was free.
He needed to catch his breath and Sonic slumped down and closed his eyes.
"Come on faker, don't be a pussy. You're not going to die from that after all the effort I put into trying to merc your ass." Surge (Attempted) to lightly slap Sonic's face. She failed to pull her punches like always though, and instead, Sonic felt himself slapped across the face, forcing his eyes open and blinking.
Surge loomed over Sonic, looking down at him with an actual bit of concern. Sonic flashed her a thumbs up, and she smirked back at him.
Sonic saw the Metal claws rise behind Surge. The sound of rushing water filled Sonic's ear and the blue tentacle smacked TYPHON away. Surge held out a hand, and Sonic took it.
She pulled Sonic to his feet, and he shook himself as Tails flew overhead and dropped a rock on the Super Badnik. The rock just sort of bounced off the head, but it still bought Sonic a couple breaths.
"Shit, party's getting good without us!" Surge growled… playfully? Sonic decided to laugh.
"Well, Let's show the kids how to have a good time." Sonic got low, ready to bolt at the now overwhelmed Super Badnik.
Surge mirrored Sonic's pose, "Let's fuck it up."
The two bolted straight at TYPHON as it struggled to change between targeting Kit and Tails.
Sonic and Surge then split in separate directions. As Typhon moved to target Kit, who's pack was starting run low, Sonic rushed forward and slammed into the Super Badnik's side, knocking its claws off course.
Tails flew down and kicked TYPHON in the head, making it stagger back. The Super Badnik's back opened up to reveal its rocket pods once again.
Surge slammed into TYPHON's back as it got ready to fire, slamming it down.
"YOU'RE JUST BEATING UP ON THE POOR THING, GIVE IT A BREATH!" Eggman shouted from the screen, sounding very horrified by what he was seeing.
Sonic did actually slow down a bit. The other fights were challenging, but once the four of them put their heads together, this thing was easy. He actually felt kind of bad for a brief moment.
Then Sonic saw TYPHON getting ready to attack Kit with its drills. Kit's pack was out and the Fennec was running around trying to avoid getting hit.
Sonic bolted forward at the Super Badnik, slamming into it and forcing it to stagger back once again.
Sonic called out, "SURGE, LET'S FINISH THIS!" He to his left, prompting TYPHON to rotate to follow him.
Surge ran around the other way. Sonic and Surge made eye contact and Sonic silently sent his plans to her. Surge gave a nod.
Sonic called out, "A little help Tails!"
The Fox dove down from high up as Sonic got ready to run. TYPHON raised its shield to block Tails' strike, and in that moment, Sonic and Surge moved. They ran straight at the Badnik, and both curled into balls as they flew into the Super Badnik. Sonic hit the front and Surge Hit the back at the same time.
The two pierced the Super Badnik at the same time. Sonic broke the Yellow Sphere which held Vanilla inside. He grabbed her, and carried her out of the hole Surge made.
Sonic skidded along the arena and turned around. Surge burst up from the chest of the TYPHON, tearing its head off, and landing on one foot and a knee, holding the head up triumphantly.
Sonic the two grinned at each other, and laughed.
"Hmmm… Oh… Mister Sonic… My… so much has happened." Vanilla mumbled, rubbing her head in exhaustion.
"Don't worry Vanilla, we got you." Sonic smiled down at her. Vanilla seemed to gather here senses.
Sonic set her down, and Vanilla stood up, "Where's Cream?" Vanilla jolted away from her slumber, frantically looking around for the little rabbit.
Surge walked over, "Oh, she's back at shithead's place." Surge pointed at Sonic.
Vanilla blinked a couple times, and Sonic saw her jaw lock. He knew she wasn't a fan of profanity, and to be fair neither was he. Sonic saw Surge shift uncomfortably as Vanilla passed a look at her.
Then Vanilla stood up and smiled at Sonic, "I need to see my daughter. Please, mister Sonic, could you take me to her."
Sonic laughed, and pulled out a warp ring, "Of course. Also, there's no need for this Mister stuff. Just "Sonic" works."
Vanilla turned to Surge and Kit, "Oh my, these are two new Faces. Might I know your names?"
Surge and Kit looked at each other. They weren't used to introducing themselves yet, or so Sonic Guessed.
"This is Surge the Tenrec, and Kitsunami the Fennec." Sonic held out his hands as if displaying a brand new device. Probably too much fanfare, but Sonic didn't care. They earned it. He then turned back to Vanilla, "Alright, let's go back."
He tossed the warp ring, and Vanilla bowed her head before walking through. Sonic walked beside Surge, "You may want to watch your mouth around Vanilla. She can get pretty scary if you are on her bad side."
"Not this shit again." Surge groaned, tapping her foot.
"Just for one more day." Sonic pleaded as they got to the warp ring's borders.
"Fine… fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck." Surge growled, clearing up her swear quota for the day.
When they got out of the Warp Ring, Sonic saw that it was noon overhead. Already lunch time. Sonic didn't have time to dread on that when he was cut off by a loud, "MAMA!"
Cream barreled out of his house and ran at the large Rabbit. She tackled her mother with a hug, and the two rabbits embraced each other.
Sonic smiled, and pulled Tails into a hug.
Vector walked out, and nodded with a proud grin, but kept his distance, with Espio at his side.
Sonic looked at Kit, who had eyes of longing, like he wanted to join the hug. Surge… she was harder to read. Her face was hard, like she didn't want to express anything.
They were cut off by a Stomach growl. Sonic turned and saw Tails, who looked embarrassed, "S-sorry, I didn't eat too much breakfast."
"It's alright, we'll go get something at the diner." Sonic smiled at his buddy.
"Diner? Sonic, did you take my daughter to a junk-food store?" Vanilla asked, her voice getting testy.
Sonic gulped, and kept quiet.
Vanilla squinted at him deeper, before nodding ,"Oh well. I will make lunch for everyone. I'll make it special. Sonic can you take me home?"
Sonic blinked ,"Oh no, Vanilla. You just got out of a Super Badnik. I couldn't ask you to-"
"Sonic… I will make lunch for everyone. Will you take me home?" Vanilla repeated, firmer and Sonic realized there was no arguing with her.
Sonic nodded, and pulled out another warp ring, "Alright, let's go." He threw it, and they walked through to the outside of Vanilla's house.
She went through her house as Sonic watched Kit, Tails and Cream run around in the yard from a porch table. They were actually playing around, and having fun.
Surge was also sitting there, watching her little buddy run around and play. Sonic saw a sort of… depression on her face.
"Hey… thanks for having my back out there." Sonic smiled, and put his hands on the table, not sure if it was alright to grasp her hands.
Surge turned to look at him, "Yeah… Well… We're friends. That's what friends do, just don't make a fucking habit of getting like that." She shifted with a mixture of awkwardness and pride.
Sonic gave her a look, reminding her about restraining those words.
"What? She can't hear." Surge laughed.
Sonic laughed, before Vector came out, "Hey Sonic… uh… most of the goods are spoiled, you need to go to the store."
Sonic blinked, but sighed and stood up.
Surge stood up as well, "I'll go with you."
"No, it's good. I'll just be a second." Sonic smiled at her, and left her there on the porch with the kids.
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Alright, Sonic and Surge have finally rescued Vanilla. Surge might just go insane from the inability to swear.
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