Greetings dear fans. The VISION-KING has a short-story focusing on the Sonic the Hedgehog universe. It's something a fan requested and so I made it as something to pass the time. So kick back and enjoy some funny surprises…
Chaotix Protection
The scene opens to show that something was rushing through a bunch of trees during a bad thunder storm. It was a young, anthropomorphic fox with a unique genetic mutation giving him two tails instead of one. Has mostly yellow-orange fur with white fur around his muzzle with cheek tufts, front torso, and the tips of his tails. Has blue color eyes, triangular ears with white canals, a small black nose, and three locks of hair on his forehead. The attire consists of white gloves with a gray band around each wrist, and shoes that are red from the heel to the middle and white from the middle to the toe with gray soles, each with a gray band around the ankle. His name was Tails, and currently had a brown backpack on him while using his tails to make a helicopter to help him fly through the woods before landing.
"Pant-pant, man…what a bad time for Sonic to not be around?" Tails pants from looking a bit exhausted right now. "Right now, Eggman's forces are not slowing down. I gotta lay low until I find a way to contact Sonic?" The guy looks back while being wary of if he was being followed.
The two-tailed fox then came out of the woods to end up seeing something ahead.
"I know where I am!" Tails smiled in realizing that this may be what can save him.
The scene changes to an old shabby looking wooden shack. Where inside, we find what looks like a little office space where three folks are working. The only thing was, they were not human, but anthropomorphic creatures.
The first one was a large, green-skinned crocodile with spiky red scales down his tail and goldenrod-colored eyes. He sports a thick body that resembles that of an S-shape, with a broad upper body which includes his long arms, getting slimmer towards his tail and legs. His belly, snout and arms are light green, while the rest of his body is dark green. Wears small, black shoulder pads, white gloves with black-and-orange cuffs, embellished with gold buckles as well as black shoes figured with white and orange colors. Wears a gold chain around his neck, serving as a trademark accessory alongside the pair of black-and-grey wireless headphones, and the crocodile is rarely seen without one or the other. With the exception of the chain, the complete attire's frequently made out of leather. This was Vector the Crocodile, the muscle and leader of the Chaotix.
The second one was an anthropomorphic purple chameleon with a yellow horn between the gold eyes. The muzzle and the heart-shaped pattern on the torso are peach in color. Has a ridge of three black spikes going down the spine and a coiled tail. Wears dark purple shoes with black accents, metal-reinforced arm bracers, and white gloves with dark purple pads on the backs. Around the wrists and ankles are bandage-wrapped cuffs with gold studs on the lower bands. This guy was Espio the Chameleon, the ninja member of the Chaotix.
The third one was an anthropomorphic black-and-yellow striped bee with yellow-and-black striped antennae and golden eyes. Wears an orange vest with a bee emblem on the left, white and orange shoes, white gloves cuffed with black rings, a black pilot's helmet with a dark pink rim and flight goggles. He was Charmy the Bee, the youngest eager member of the Chaotix.
They were the Chaotix Detective Agency, run by a devious team of crack detectives for hire. While having a noticeable reputation, the agency is in constant debt due to Vector's free-of-charge charity.
"Brother, another day, another dulls moment?" Charmy signed in feeling pretty much bored now. "When are we gonna see some action?" The young bee asked in wanting something to happen.
"About the time when we get a call in to take a case Charmy." Vector stated to calm the young bee down. "But right now the phones haven't been active the whole time." The guy stated on the lack of any contacts.
"This storm could be the cause of it?" Espio looked out the window to confirm why the phones are not active.
"Man, we're stuck inside, and the only exciting thing to do is bug Vector." Charmy signed in feeling like all the best stuff is limited.
"Hey! The only times you should BUG me is when WORK is involved!" Vector snapped at the young bee trying to get him riled up.
"But we're not working?" Charmy stated about they have no work to work with.
"So, we're on STANDBY!?" Vector issued in stating what they are doing.
"Then I can Bug you for fun then?" Charmy smiled in trying to see if he get away with that.
"Well, urgh, you see I…Gwah!?" Vector was at a lost, feeling like he lose his mind.
"Hmm?" Espio raised an eyebrow in looking at the door. "Something's approaching us!?" The guy stated from his ninja-like reflexes.
The Chaotix had their full attention, unaware if it's either friend or foe. But when the door opened, the storm was brewing before something came in.
"Pant-pant…made it." Tails was panting from being a bit out of breath.
"Tails!?" Vector raise an eyebrow in seeing who came to their place. "What were you doing during this stormy weather?" The crocodile asked in feeling very lost over this encounter.
"Ugh, funny story? I was flying the X-Tornado when Dr. Eggman showed up and shot me down to the ground." Tails groaned a bit from remembering the last things that happened.
"Wait! Dr. Eggman attacked you? Weird, was he trying to get Sonic?" Charmy raise an eyebrow in knowing the guy goes for Sonic the most.
"No, Sonic's not with me. I was by myself when it happen." Tails shook his head to explain about the events that occurred.
"But why would Dr. Eggman go after you?" Espio asked the first question that everyone was wondering.
"It's because he got word about my latest invention." Tails mention this with some concern.
That's when Tails pulled something out of his backpack for the rest to see. A mechanical hexagon with at least what seem like six place Chaos Emeralds in the ring lines and one in the center.
"Ohhhh…looks like a pretty ring?" Charmy was awing at the strange thing Tails showed.
"Actually, it's a mechanical hexagon with at least 7 Fake Chaos Emeralds attach to it." Tails explained the function of the hexagon device using fake Chaos Emerald in place. "It's suppose to help be stable enough for enough people to use Chaos Control and warp anywhere." He explained the function the device will serve.
"Seriously? You can do that?" Vector asked in thinking that be one amazing device.
"Hold on, wouldn't using a Fake Emerald be risky? They might not handle the strain?" Espio raise an eyebrow in recalling the risk of using a fake emerald.
"That's where this device comes in, it's to help circulate the drawn power to the right amount without causing the fakes to shatter after their use." Tails explained the sceinctific areas the device operates on. "This is just the Prototype, but this could help us in a jam." He smiled in being proud of his work that can help them out.
"Then why does Dr. Eggman want it?" Charmy asked puzzled about Dr. Eggman wanting this thing.
"Probably to do all sorts of evil and underhanded acts that fit his bad guy vibe?" Vector rolled his eyes in knowing just what kind of messy stuff the doctor could get into.
"Ugh…" "I have to make sure Eggman doesn't get this. But I can't reach Sonic in this weather. I was on my way to GUN, but was shot down. Can you guys let me stay here until things cool down?"
"Well of course, you came to the right place to do business." Vector smiled with pride in approaching the fox kid. "In fact, consider this the Eggman Protection service we're serving out." He pats Tails back which made him yelp from the crocodile's strength.
"Hold on!? When did we start a Protection Service?" Espio raise an eyebrow in what Vector was doing.
"Since now! You really want something like this to fall into the wrong hands?" Vector protest to argue that they gotta get ahead of the game.
"Oh, what's this button do?" Charmy flew near Tails to notice a big red button on the device.
"Wait! Don't…" Tails was about to protest when…
Too late, as Charmy press the button which made the device flash brightly through the emeralds. Then the group were emitted in an aura before they vanished from the office. Then they reappeared again in some dark facility place.
"Do that?" Tails finished but it was too late.
"Where the heck are we?" Vector asked off puzzled by their change of scenery.
"Looks like a facility?" Espio stated from looking around to determine with so few lights on.
"Hey guys, I think I found something." Charmy stated as he went near a light switch with a big logo imprint.
"Uh oh! That's…" Tails yelped from what he recognized…
Without waning, the lights came on from Charmy pulling the switch. Only when it was lit, there were many dangerous machines, AKA Robots all ovcer. And there was a symbol with a red circle with sunglasses with a large orange mustache. Then the group heard something of a hovering aircraft, and saw a floating sphere with someone sitting in it. A man with a rotund in appearance who possesses a dome-shaped head and no visible neck, a bald head, a bright red nose, and a very bushy mahogany moustache. The figure was burly, tall, thin arms and legs. Wears both tinted glasses and green-lensed goggles as headwear. Wears an elegant, red coat sporting two square metal buttons on both sides of the chest in gold. The buttons have white straps that run across the coat's sides to identical buttons on the back. The coat also has silver, zipper-like linings down the back, arms and front, yellow cuffs, and two extensions on the front that have large silver buttons. In addition, also wears white, cuffless gloves on the hands and a pair of black pants with matching boots seemingly attached to them bearing circular plates on the both sides of the ankles and three square ones riding up the shin. This man was known as Doctor Eggman, or just Dr. Eggman for short, a well known scientist and arch-nemesis to Sonic with an IQ of 300 who dreams of dominating the world.
During his early years, Eggman had a completely round torso with normal-looking arms and legs. Back then, he also wore a red shirt/jacket with yellow triangles (which can be described as either a collar or part of a cape, which can be seen on his back), with black pants with connected boots and silver-colored round buckles, white gloves, and mirrored pince-nez glasses.
"Well-well, who decided to drop by?" Dr. Eggman brags about those that are here. "And you even brought what I was hoping to acquire. Just hand it over peacefully and you just might make it through." He gave the order for those to follow or else.
"Forget it! I'm not letting you have this!" Tails protest in refusing to hand over his invention.
"Ho-ho-ho! Is that so, clearly you ended up at the Wrong Place at the WRONG time!" Dr. Eggman laughs off to boast before he secretly press a button.
Without warning, all of Eggman's Robots came online to begin their attack on the group. Splitting off, Tails and Charmy took to the air while Vector and Espio ran on the ground. He see Vector deliver a strong punch that bash a bot's face into the body. Espio revealed some kunai with lit bombs he threw that stab into the weak leg and arm limbs before blowing them off. Charmy and Tails caused some distraction in which the two-tailed fox threw some paralyzing capsules to stun the foes and the young bee used his stinger to puncture the faces.
"Haha, this is kinda fun! Way better then sitting around and being bored!" Charmy chuckled in finding this rather amusing.
"YOU CALL THIS BETTER!?" Vector shouted in anger from having to survive against these things.
"Why not? We're Winning!" Charmy stated in seeing they were beating these bots hands down.
"Maybe because Eggman sent his stronger Robots out to deal with Sonic, that those here aren't much difficult?" Tails ponders a guess in what they are fighting are the weaker robots.
"That's possible." Espio ponders to think that Sonic is the hardest foe for Dr. Eggman to find a way to beat. "Hmm? Something's coming now!" He raised an eyebrow, his ninja-like reflex senses went into overdrive.
That's when everyone ducked away from something huge that stomped into the room. Upon examining it, it resembles a humanoid-dragon body made of dark gray metal platting with purple plate features for the nails, chest-waist, neck-line, and the elbows. But instead of claws had large energy canisters connected to advance energy neutron cannons, once more, the top half of the dragon's eyes was the same canister and neutron cannon as well which was over the mouth.
"You might have crushed a few of my minions, but let's see you take on my next great creation!" Dr. Eggman pilots his Egg-Mobile before docking it within the giant robot as metal doors closed around the top like a dome. "Behold – The Egg Barrel Dragon!" He announced the name of his latest creation for all to bear witness: as he was the brain on top of the mechanical dragon-gun head area.
"Cool?" Charmy was in awed at such a sight.
"Charmy! It's not COOL to compliment a bad guy's robot meant to destroy us!?" Vector protest to see the young bee think something like that be cool.
"Still, the design is strange? We should be careful." Espio raise an eyebrow in thinking this robot has something hidden they don't know.
"I'm so glad you noticed, this robot has a special function in where it has Three Attack Patterns, instead of one. So even if Sonic ran in circles, I can pinpoint him in THREE Locations when in the presence of my creation." Dr. Eggman grins to explain the function of the Egg Barrel Dragon, in which it can fire off three attacks to take down the number of foes in in front and on all sides.
"What! Three Attacks!? And pinpoint location, then…?" Tails sounded concern, knowing that might be a very bad thing for them.
"That's right, even if there were more then one, I can take down not just Sonic, but anyone who's getting in my way. Including you fools!" Dr. Eggman grins evilly to express how he's gonna make life hard for Sonic and his allied buddies. "FIRE PROTON CANNON!" He shouted off to begin the main attack phase.
At that time, Tails and the Chaotic yelped as the Egg Barrel Dragon fired off triple shots in all directions. The destructive power of firing three attacks in any direction made it seem impossible to coordinate attacks. It was much worse it one got hit by all three shots at once.
"Impressed, just imagine what I can do once I hook up Tails' little invention." Dr. Eggman grins at seeing that his creation was this good, and with Tails' Warp Device, it'll make it more powerful. "I can target Sonic no matter where he is, it'll be hard to outrun things that show up out of nowhere? I'll have no blind spot where he can't reach me but I'll reach him! Ho-hohoho!" He lets off an old laughter in boasting about his next great achievement at hand.
"In that case, Tails, get that thing active to get us out of here!" Vector turns to have Tails figure a way out for them.
"I'm trying, but I think during the robot conflict, got it a bit bang up. It's reacting weirdly?" Tails was trying to work his device, but it
"How weirdly we talking about?" Charmy asked a very puzzling question now.
When Tails was fiddling around, the Warp Device began to react weirdly as the seven fake emeralds flash in different patterns. This caused untold vortex portals to appear out of nowhere in the facility. There were lots of modern day appliances from chairs and vacuum cleaners to even refrigerators?
"Apparently weird enough to make anything appear out of the bloom?" Espio narrow his eyes in seeing how weird they can measure this up to.
"Woah! And they can fall from the sky too?" Charmy was amaze by the sight he was seeing.
"GAAaugh!/CRASH!" Vector screamed as he jumps to avoid a falling piano that broke where he was. "Falling Pianos!? Now I KNOW that's weird? It's like what you see in Cartoons?" The crocodile stated from what happen felt like a cartoon theme.
"What's going on here?" Dr. Eggman was studying the whole oddball situation while somethings break against the robot's face. "Was that a Kitchen Sink? And was that just a Toilet? And a BATHTUB!?" The guy was pretty much baffled, what was this; throw random junk to damage his deadly robot creation.
"For today's Forecast, Hailstorm the size of Mini-Vans!" Charmy was seen flying near the Egg Barrel Dragon in pretending to be a reporter.
"BEEEEEEEEP!/CRASH!/GRRAAAAUGH!?" Then without warning, a large mini-van actually fell, crashed to caught the surprise screaming doctor to hit the floor.
"Hehehh, correction, Fully Loaded Mini-Vans!?" Charmy chuckled in correcting himself, that mini-van was not empty.
"This Ain't FUNNY, Charmy!? These things are popping out and could hit any of us more then Egg-Head!?" Vector protest in trying to not get hit with any random stuff falling all over.
"We need to stop this. Tails, shut it down!" Espio turns to Tails in hoping the fox kid can do something.
"No good, the system's jam? I'm gonna try to see if I can reprogram it to bring in things that might help."
While evading the Egg Barrel Dragon that rose up from the fallen mini-van wreckage, Tail's Warp Device continued to drop things that were unexpected. Some were useful things from grenades, bombs and even missile launchers that Vector took to deal damage to the foe. That did a little work, but it was only a little to scratch the surface.
"Tails, can't you make something like a tank drop in?" Vector asked in hoping that maybe they get something to penetrate the doctor's robot's defense.
"Sorry, it's stuck on bringing in anything within the area outside this facility." Tails shrug off his shoulders to mention this.
"Well a bathtub isn't small, where that come from?" Charmy scratch his forehead in not sure where they got such things.
"That was by chance. We must be outside a nearby city. And judging by some of the weapons, a possible small GUN employee's arsenal collection." Tails explained the best knowledge theory he had to answer the question.
"Great, not even GUN's got maybe a giant mech suit to help about even the odds. Here! Let me have a go with this thing!" Vector slapped his forehead before taking Tails' Warp Device to give it a few shakes, whacks and random button pushing.
"Vector, watch out!" Espio called out to warn his leader.
But too late, as the Egg Barrel Dragon unleashed it's attack, destroyed where the group stood. When the dust was clearing, Tails, Espio, and Charmy were coughing at the time. But then when everyone spotted Vector, there was a new problem because he held the Warp Device, and it was near him but not in his hands…
"Hugh…Urgh!?" Vector yelped as the Warp Device was jab stuck within his jaws, very close to his cheeks even.
"Hah-hah! Nice save Vector! Way to use your Big Mouth!" Charmy gave Vector a thumbs up for saving the device while laughing it up as a funny gig.
"Urgh, get it out of mah MOUTH!?" Vector cried out in trying to get the thing out, but it seem stuck tight and he can't open the mouth anymore. "Beep!" Then Vector accidentally push a red button on the Warp Device, which summoned a vortex portal in the mouth. "Gurgh-Gurh-Gurgh!?" Without warning, red liquid stuff was poring into the crocodile's mouth as he had no choice but to swallow.
"Something's coming through, and it's going into Vector." Espio raise an eyebrow in seeing something strange go into his friend, and it was letting loose steam.
"It looks like something hot, is it lava?" Tails asked in fearing that might be a very bad thing.
"No, it's…" Charmy approach to tap a finger on the splashing liquid, then realize it wasn't hot before taste testing it. "Hot Sauce!?" The young bee issued in recognizing what was coming through was hot sauce going into Vector.
"Your device must have open a warp near some hot sauce source." Espio ponders to Tails in what was the logical explanation. "Just how much is going through, seems more then one bottle?" The chameleon ninja ponders in seeing the downpour of sauce not stopping.
"Um, according to my scanner, it looks like…" Tails used a little device on him to triangulate where the Warp Device was linked up to. "An entire factory's large storage canisters of Extra Hot Spicy Ghost Pepper?" The young fox explain that they tapped into an entire factory's worth of large hot sauce canisters.
"That's not good, I've seen what happens if Vector reacts to Charmy's hot sauce pranks on a sandwich, if he's swallowing untold gallons of something more potent then…" Espio theorized what it was that they are about to experience…
"Ugh, guys….I don't think Vector's looking too good?" Charmy spoke up in noticing that Vector was not looking so good.
"Urrgh…Urgh…AAARRughh-AARRRGH!?" Vector was crying out with teary eyes turning red, body sweating and steam coming out of the ears as more hot sauce kept pouring in from the trap Warp Device between the mouth.
"SHE'S GONNA BLOW!?" Charmy yelled out in knowing they gotta split.
"And where do you think you're going?" Then stomping to approach the group, was the Egg Barrel Dragon. "You can throw anything you like at me! Nothing will penetrate this Metal Dragon's Hid! NOW GIVE ME WHAT I DESERVE!" Dr Eggman snaps in demanding these fools surrender the Warp Device or else..
"Well, as Sonic would say…" Tails shrug off his shoulders in what comes next. "As you wish." Tails simply stated to answer the guy's request.
The group split with Tails and Charmy going left and right, while Espio became invisible to go down the middle of the enemy. When Dr. Eggman could have target them, his eyes fell upon the Warp Device trap in Vector's mouth, the crodoile's entire green color was turning completely red, sweating, eyes turn red and steam whistling out the ears like a steam kettle.
"Oh….This Can't Be Good!?" Within the Egg Barrel Dragon, Dr. Eggman looked very worried with concern, knowing he's really step in it in.
"CRACK!/BREAK!" Then without warning, Vector's powerful jaws crushed Tail's device, free from the endless hot sauce consumption, but then the recoil occurred. "GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!/POOOOOOOWWWVVMMMMM…." Vecotr screamed at the top of his lungs while blasting the largest Fire Breath 10 to 20 times his size against the Egg Barrel Dragon before…
"KABOOMVvhhmmmm…./AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" A loud explosion occurred that destroyed the Egg Barrel Dragon, and shot Dr. Eggman skyrocketing out of the building and became like a shooting star in the night sky.
Outside the Eggman Base, we spot Tails and the Chaotix witnessing the facility catch on fire, breaking apart one by one foundation. Wasn't long before Vector ran out the front door, siren noises and bell sounds could be heard as the crocodile ran out while his mouth on fire. Then the crocodile jumped into a nearby lake, and Vector was seen drinking lot of water as nothing but black smoke exhale from his open jaw.
"Way to go Vector!" Charmy cheered as he and the others came to congrats their leader's job.
"You did an excellent performance back there." Espio praised Vector on having handle that situation well.
"Pant-pant-pant….pant…WAH-ER!?" Vector pants from looking like his throat was dry that he can't help but keep gulping more water.
"Ah-hah? I guess he's a little distracted right now?" Tails sheepishly rubs his back head in seeing Vector needs more time.
"Tails, allow us to make an apology. I know that we were suppose to give you protection, and yet, failed to do so from our own careless actions." Espio did a humble ninja bow with clap hands in front to the fox.
"Oh, it's okay." Tails replied off in not being bothered.
"But your device…it got destroyed?" Espio raise an eyebrow in thinking Tails would be upset.
"Well, it was a Prototype, plus at least Eggman's not gonna be using it." Tails shrug off his shoulders to look on the bright side.
"Yeah, and after what Vector did, that Egg is probably Scrambled by now." Charmy grins happily in knowing they showed Doctor Eggman who's boss.
"If I know Dr. Eggman, he's probably escaped and is plotting another scheme." Tails shook his head in knowing it's not the last they will see Eggman.
"Pant-pant….pant…" Vector was panting a bit while slowly getting up from the lake. "Well boys…gape…Another….PANT….Job Well Done? Ugh…Sorta?" The guy was really out of it, but knew what was done, up to the most of success and problems along the way.
"Well, while I can't pay you in full for the protection, how's about another reward?" Tails rubbed his back in seeing that his device was destroyed, so the full pay for protection is out but he can offer a different deal.
"You want to pay us?" Espio raise an eyebrow in having heard this.
"Cool! What do we get?" Charmy cheered while awaiting what they get from Tails.
"Well I'm gonna meet Sonic later for a Chili Dog Lunch tomorrow, you up for that? My treat." Tails offered to buy lunch as his way of thanking the Chaotix.
"Alright!" Charmy cheered with a pump fist to the air.
"We would be honor…" Espio humbly clam his hands to bow in being grateful.
"Pant…Okay, but can I just say…" Vector pants from still being out of breath while fanning his burn tongue. "Nothing SPICY on mine, okay? I had ENOUGH HOT MOUTH to last me all WEEK!?" He issued in wanting to not have anything hot for a while.
Tails sheepishly smiled while Charmy just laugh at Vector's expense. As the scene slowly ends on a peaceful end in sight. Well, minus the hot burns, but hey, nothing like a little something spicy to start the day…
THE END
CAST:
Colleen O'Shaughnessey: Tails, Charmy
Matthew Mercer: Espio
Keith Silverstein: Vector
Mike Pollock: Doctor Eggman
NOTE: The Egg Barrel Dragon is based on Barrel Dragon from the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monster series.
Well I hope many of you folks enjoyed this story. Until then, stay tune to my other story project updates to enjoy.
