Extinct Intergalactic Survivor
Chapter 2: The Third Survivor
Preparations had already been made, and we already took off In Pho's space ship. As a trip to the prison was at least 2 hours with this ship, we still had time to discuss a few things. After all I wanted to talk to Pho about a few more things before we went on ahead with this mission. He put the space ship on auto pilot and came to sit with me at the table. "We'll be arriving shortly, about another 10 minutes or so." Pho said as he sat down. "You know Pho, I've been thinking about something ever since we left. I don't feel like going in there stealth wise would be good at all. I was trained to take out my enemies right away and give them a quick death. Now I don't know if all those prisoners are there because they are criminals or not, but for some of them to die every year to make space just feels wrong. I feel like we need to do something about that!"
I felt concerned, not just for our fellow sister in there, but also because there innocents were going to get slaughtered cause they needed space. "You really are a good person Ty, and I get where you're coming from. But remember that there are over 10 million prisoners and over 2 million of those elites guarding the prison. I've seen your strength, but do you really think you are powerful enough to take out an army of millions by your own?" I shook my head. "I've always wanted to test my powers against an army before, so I'm kind of excited honestly. But my priority is getting her out of there of course."
The ship made an announcement that we were nearly at our destination. "Looks like that's our cue, time to roll out." I got up to check my armor and weapons one last time. "Oh I almost forgot to show you this." Pho said as he pressed a button to open up a door. It was a space bike. "This space bike is specially designed not just for the ground, but it can also fly temporarily. It's got weapons on it in case you want to make yourself a hole to get yourself inside. But it doesn't necessarily have to be your way out. I will be assisting you from the air of course." I went over to the space bike and got on. "This will do, let's go!" As the door in the back opened up, I began to boot up the engine of the bike.
As soon as the doors will fully opened up, I flew out of the ship. The prison was right there, I knew what I had to do at this point. The bike seemed to have many different modes, including attack mode which I activated at this point on. The girl inside of the prison who was asleep at the time in her prison, suddenly woke up from sensing something or someone. "W-who is that? This feeling, I've sensed it before! Who is this? And where is he?" The weapons on the bike loaded up as I flew towards the prison and began my attack on the walls. As my attack had started and I was damaging a part in the wall, Pho flew around to attack the top of the prison where many guards were on the lookout. The alarm began to sound and all of the guards went over to their stations. Many of them getting in space ships to attack us. "Tyson, change of plans! It looks like an army of space ships is going to come our way. I think I can shake them off and take care of them while you're inside. But you're going to have to be quicker about this than you were supposed to. Please find her and let me know when you are ready to leave!" Pho said as he shot two rockets into the part of the wall I had damaged to make an open hole. I gave him a thumbs up and flew straight to the hole.
As I arrived at the hole I jumped into it and let my bike fall onto the ground. Luckily there was still some land on the side where it fell onto. I could hear many guards coming my way, I entered my battle stance and got ready. When suddenly a door opened up, with someone hinting to come their way quickly. I decided to follow my instincts and go in there. The person closed the doors as he began to show me directions to get inside of the prison without getting caught. "Just who are you, and why are you helping me?" I asked. The person made signs with his hands, it turned out he could not speak anymore because he lost his tongue. Luckily for me I could read sign language. He predicted someone would come for her, the signs said. I was to take a certain path to get there, however I could tell that this person really wanted to help me get her out. The guards opened up the door behind us, and they began loading up their guns to open fire. The person that gave me directions began to yell with all his might, as he stood in front of me to cover me. The guards began their attack and shot at us, however he protected me and took all of the shots for me. It was tragic having to see him go like this, but I couldn't let his death be in vain now. I immediately dashed away and followed the path he wanted me to follow.
After following the path, I stumbled upon a door which required a key card. I began punching the door with all my might but no luck, as well as finding some kind of hidden passage, but there was none. A group of at least 20 guards had shown up behind me. "Put your hands up in the air intruder, or you will be shot like the other prisoner!" As they mentioned the very man who protected me and gave up his life, I saw a sudden flashback of his death before me. The tears of the poor man, falling which I had not even noticed. Dying while putting a smile on his face. I could feel my anger boiling up again as I felt filled with rage and power. A dark blue aura began to surround me as I turned around. "What's this!? The scouter seems to pick up a massive amount of energy from the intruder!" one of the guards said. This power that was flowing through me, I didn't like it that much as it felt very dark. However to avenge the death of the man that protected me, I accepted it. As I pulled out my sword and the same dark blue aura began to glow around it as well, I began to dash towards them. Without realizing it, not a minute later I was up against the wall.
The powers I had not long ago had faded away, and as I looked around I saw dead bodies everywhere. I put my sword back into my bag and looked at my hands. It's not like I had never killed someone before, but this must have been the first time I ever fought to avenge someone's death. These powers that I had used, I had never felt this before. I felt weak, not just because I couldn't save the man, but because I felt like it's a power I cannot gain by my own will. Suddenly I heard a voice coming from my wristwatch, I looked at it and saw that it was Pho. "Tyson, do you read me!?" I was in shock for a second. "Yes, I do! H-how did you contact me from my watch?" Pho laughed. "You should know that I am quite a genius pal! Now listen up, I have an army of about one hundred space ships chasing me and trying to destroy me! Thankfully I installed these newly advanced weapons onto the ship before we left. Now this does not mean I can hold them off forever or take care of them all as it will take time! I need you to hurry up still and find her, do you understand!?" I went over to one of the guards and picked up his scouter.
"Understood, I'm on it Pho. Tyson out." I said as I closed the transmission and put on the scouter. "The scouter seems to do more than check on one's power, it also contains a map of the prison. Apparently only guards have these because it can get you into the prison very easily. Meaning that this door must be protected by an eye scan encryption." I thought to myself. I walked over to the door which required a key card, however underneath the key card spot, there seemed to be a part that also worked for eye scanning. I let it scan my scouter, the door had opened up afterwards. According to the scouter this lead to the inside prison where underneath me all the prisoners were being kept. However as I entered this place, I noticed there were another group of at least 40 guards, who seemed to be surprised to see me. I clenched my fist and was ready to take care of them, as I needed to let off some steam.
Pho seemed to be taking care of the problems in the air, however he had a lot of work to do constantly. As he was constantly trying to make sure all of the turrets and engines on the ship were functioning properly, the newly advanced weapons he had installed were capable of carrying twice the rounds the previous ones could carry as well as fire on its own when set to fire at anything within a specific radius. The ship had a total of 12 turrets and an additional 2 turrets that were there to be piloted by actual people.
As he stopped to fly away while having the turrets shoot at the space ships, he turned around ready to launch a proper attack. "Let's see you try to dodge this!" Pho said as he pressed a huge red button. It launched the ship at an insanely fast speed into the horde of space ships. While the ship was flying this fast, the turrets also reacted twice as fast, aiming, pinpointing and hitting their targets twice as fast. Nearly more than half of the entire horde was destroyed as he Pho was still flying around to take care of the rest. They couldn't fight from the prison as Pho drove them far away from the prison, meaning there was no surviving for them. Additionally they wanted to send more ships from the prison, but they didn't have time to prepare fuel for more ships at the time. As well as Tyson was causing trouble inside of the prison, taking out many guards at ease.
However the head of the prison seemed to be having other thoughts. As he received a transmission from one of the heads of the EoE. "I see you are having trouble over there Chairman, I would not hope this would mean the end of your prison because of some intruders now would it?" The chairman gulped. "N-no of course not sir! Do not worry, we have the situation under control!" The Chairman said out of fear. "Do not worry Chairman, one of my highly skilled elites was already at the prison, he was supposed to deliver a personal message to you in case you were to fail." The transmission had closed as someone appeared behind the Chairman. He turned around to face him. "Oh h-hello there, how c-can I be of service to you?" The person began charging a shot from his hand at the Chairman. "Where is prisoner #1903021?" The Chairman pointed towards the computer on his desk. "It's all in the d-database! Please do not kill me!" The person smiled as he blasted the shot through the Chairman's chest.
As I had fought my way through the prison, I was running through the prison. When suddenly I sensed something coming from a prison all the way down. The girl from the prison also sensed something at the time. She got up and went over to the bars. "I'm over here!" she yelled. I heard a yell from all the way down there, so I jumped all the way down heading for the prison. When I was about to reach the prison where the scream came from, I suddenly felt a presence coming near me from above. It seemed to be the elite the EoE sent, who also killed the Chairman. He kicked me away to the other side of the prison. As I landed, I saw him stand in front of the prison I was trying to reach. I sensed the familiar presence again from there. I immediately sped up and went over to him. "Hey you! I'll give you two seconds to leave!" I said. However the person disappeared, and reappeared above me all of a sudden. I saw a kick coming in from the left, and wait for the second the impact would happen. I tried to stop it, however a punch came in from my blind spot at the least second and he still kicked me afterwards.
I was on the ground, trying to get up. "What's the matter, I thought you were going to beat me. And you are supposedly one of the remaining survivors of the extinct race? Hah, you're nothing! You betrayed my boss, my allies and me. And now I will finish you and be known as the hero who destroyed your precious race!" He said as he began to charge a shot from his hand again. As I was getting up I felt my anger boiling up again. I felt the same power I felt before when the man died for me. I wanted to stop it this time, but the fact that I couldn't reach this kind of strength on my own only made me more angry.
When suddenly I heard a soft voice. "Don't do it, you can defeat him without your lust for anger. You are better than this!" The Elite turned around in surprise and looked at the prison. "That was odd, I could've sworn I heard something." I calmed down, yet powered up once more with my own willpower. This time it was bright blue aura surrounding me. It felt like positive energy. However I wanted to try something out while I had this attained. The Elite faced me again and shot a beam from his hand. "I don't think so! Die!" As the beam was coming my way, I turned the anger from before into fuel for my power. Instead of giving into my anger, I used it to increase my willpower and used my power up as a weapon. "Haaaaaaaaaa! I will free the innocents!" I said as my scouter broke from the amount of power, I too shot a beam from my hand towards him. As our attacks clashed a massive explosion occurred which let to most of the inside in destruction.
When I woke up I felt warm feeling. I woke up to seeing a what seemed to be someone. It seemed to be a girl from the looks of it. The girl opened her eyes and backed away. "Oh you're awake, my bad!" she said as she looked the other way. I touched my lips as I felt an odd feeling. Something I had never felt before. I got up as I looked around me. I saw many prisoners fighting guards to fight for their freedom. As well as The Elite being knocked out near one of the prison cells. I saw that the door of the prison cell I was trying to reach was completely destroyed. I immediately went over there to see if she was there. "Did you see anyone leave from this prison cell?" I asked the girl as I was making my way there. "Umm that is the prison cell I was in." she answered. I stopped and slowly turned around to look at her. "You are the one I've been sensing, the other remaining Hedgehog." She nodded. "And so are you, I could sense that you were coming for me." She said. I slowly walked over to her. I never thought I'd get to see a woman from my own race ever again. This truly is magnificent. The outstanding beauty, the calm mind, and the power to control the anger inside of us.
"That was you that stopped me back then, wasn't it?" she nodded. "Yes that was me, however that one over there seemed to hear it as well for some reason. Very odd." I grabbed her hands. "We should leave, immediately." She let go of my hands. "We can't leave just yet! What about the other prisoners?" I shook my head. "They don't necessarily have to leave, this is their home. There are more prisoners than guards, me and Pho have already taken care of a majority of them. They will turn this place from a prison into a fortress. Or so I hope at least." She seemed confused. "Pho? Who is that?" she asked. I grabbed her legs and held her like a princess. "Look, we can discuss this later alright? I have to get you out of here now!" I said as I began moving all the way up. "Pho, listen up. I need you to be at the prison in a few minutes from now. And have the back of the ship open up, extraction incoming, I repeat extraction incoming!" Pho seemed to have taken care of his part. "Phew! Finally done with these guys. I read ya pal, on my way!" he replied as he began to head towards the prison.
As I had nearly arrived at the hole, I was looking around for the body of the man who protected me. It was nowhere to be found however. "What's wrong? Why did you stop?" she asked. "Oh it's nothing really, my bad I was just spacing out I guess." I said as I quickly headed over to the hole. I suddenly saw someone coming towards us from the right. It was The Elite from before who I had beaten, he was damaged and could barely move. "Y-you...I will not let you escape! Nobody escapes from The Gate! I will kill you both, right here and right now!" I laughed. "If you make it out here alive yourself, I'll fight you again. But I won't bet on it." I said as I jumped out of the hole. "Nooooo!" The Elite screamed as he rushed over to the hole. He noticed me and the girl leaving towards the ship. As we entered the ship from the back, we went over to the pilot's room to see Pho.
"Good thing you were on time, I was nearly amazed at your timing." Pho laughed at hearing that. "Come on pal, I told you I'm a genius!" we both laughed. "Pho got up and introduced himself. "My name is Pho, and this is Tyson. What is your name?" he asked. "Holly, Holly The Hedgehog. Thank you both for coming to rescue me, I never expected anyone to ever come. So are we three the remaining of our kind?" Pho and I nodded. "Hedgehogs! I will come for you!" The Elite yelled. "We should get out of here, but first I should do this." Pho said as he pressed a button that sends a rocket towards The Elite. "Curse you!" The Elite said as he ran away. "Time to go back to my place, we can celebrate our mission as a success then!" Pho said with a smile as he launched the ship to travel back to the garage.
After coming back, Holly seemed to be surprised by the amazing technology as much as I did at first. "Look at all of this stuff! This must have costed a fortune!" Pho laughed out loud. "Let's just say if you have connections, things are much easier. Allow me to get the cake you guys, just give me a few minutes!" he said as he left. Holly smiled as she looked over to me. "What's the matter? You don't seem all that happy for having rescued another one of your kind!" I looked over to her. "I still don't understand what that strange feeling was back when I woke up. I saw you so close and near me and felt a soft gesture on my lips. I had never felt anything like that before, do you know what it could've been?" Holly looked away. "Nope, wouldn't know what it could've been!" I scratched the back of my head in confusion.
Pho had returned with dinner plates, forks and a huge cake. "Here we go! Dig in guys, I had been saving this for special occasions. Best cake you'll ever eat!" We all sat down and enjoyed the cake, shared many laughs and what not. And learned more about each other. However everything seemed like it was all too easy for some reason. And something bothered me about that Elite from before. After spending the evening enjoying ourselves, Pho led me and Holly to our room. There was only one bed, however it seemed to be a double. I had no problems sharing a bed, however Holly seemed to have other things going through her mind for some reason. I turned the lights off as she got into the bed. I didn't feel like sleeping one bit and was just looking out the window, staring at the sky.
Holly looked at me in surprise and got up. "Something bothering you again?" she asked. I went over to her and smiled. "No, it's nothing to be worried about. You should sleep, you could use it." I said as she had slowly closed her eyes and began to fall asleep. I put her covers around her slowly. Afterwards I stared at the sky again. "Everything Pho has told me was true, meaning that the EoE wanted me to find my fellow brothers and sisters all along. They truly trained me just to take out my own kind in a way. I now know what to do however, and that is to take them out. I feel like there was much more to it then to just target my kind due to our hidden potential. They want more than just a race to be extinct, I feel like the galaxy is in danger. And I must stop them, as I feel like there is no one else who can do it!" I thought to myself. As what happened today, was just a small piece of what is to come.