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Chapter 15: Movie Night Crashed

Sonic was standing in front of his bathroom mirror, combing his quills as he got ready; he and his friends were going out that night to see a movie. The movie they were seeing was "Lord Draco: Slayer of Demons", it was an action/fantasy movie about an anthropomorphic dragon boy who learns of his true destiny of being a demon slayer and the true king of his homeland, and the adventure he goes on to fulfill his destiny.

The group was also planning on leaving their kids with a babysitter on Angel Island so they could keep an eye on both the children and the Master Emerald because Knuckles also wanted to see the movie and his friends kept pestering him to take a break from guarding it and have some fun.

"Alright kids, Uncle Shadow will be here in a few minutes so he can Chaos Control you over to Angel Island while we go to the movies", said Sonic as he walked into the living room where Speedy and Turbo were sitting while SJ sat in his baby carrier. The twins became excited, "Can we see the movie too, Daddy?", asked Speedy. Sonic gave them an incredulous look, "Um...no! You two are eleven years old, you're both way too young to see a movie that has a warning of intense violence, harsh language and maybe one or two scenes of nudity", he said in a stern voice.

The twins were both disappointed and confused, "But then why is Maria allowed to go see it?! We heard her talking about her Dads taking her to see it", said Turbo. "Because the movie is rated PG-13, as in children under the age of thirteen cannot see that movie and even thirteen year olds need parental supervision to see it. Since Maria is thirteen, Shadow and Silver said she can go see the movie with them. You two are far too young to see it, but don't worry: when you're older, I'll buy the movie on DVD so you can watch it", said Sonic.

Speedy and Turbo pouted, "But Dad...we wanna see the movie too! Come on, PLEASE!", they pleaded/shouted in rather whiny voices. Sonic had enough and did what he always did to properly discipline his children: he changed into his werehog form and roared at the two young hedgehogs, effectively scaring them.

Sonic was known to be a little lenient on his kids as he wasn't a strict parent, but he knew that he needed to enforce his rules to make sure his kids didn't turn into spoiled brats; now he never yelled at or even hit them as Sonic didn't want to be or be seen as an abusive parent, so he decided to use his werehog form to scare them into behaving properly since he did look quite scary in that form and it was enough for them to either stop fighting with each other or stop whining when they were told 'no' about something.

"Sorry for scaring you, kiddos. But when I say 'no', that's the end of the conversation and what I say is final. You're too young to see this movie, I'll get you the DVD of it when you're older, end of story! Now get ready, Shadow will be here any minute", said Sonic as he changed back to normal.

Sighing in defeat, the twins went upstairs to get their sleeping bags; right on schedule, Shadow appeared inside the living room. "Hey there you are, Shadow. Well the twins are getting their stuff and SJ's baby bag is all packed up", said Sonic. Shadow smiled as he reached down and grabbed the baby bag before picking up the carrier that held SJ, the twins came speeding down the stairs with backpacks on their backs as they walked over the hold Shadow by the hands.

"I'll meet up with you and the others at the theater after I drop them off. Now then, hold on to me tight, kids", said Shadow as he pulled out his green Chaos Emerald and Chaos Controlled to Angel Island. As it turned out, the kids were being watched by the Chaotix as they were certified babysitters; Finn and Ruby were already there playing tag with Vector and Charmy, Gadget was in Ruby's house making dinner for the kids and Espio sat meditating on the alter of the Master Emerald as he took it upon himself to guard it.

They stopped their game when they saw Shadow arrive with Speedy, Turbo and SJ, "Hey you finally made it. We've been waiting for you", said Vector. Shadow set SJ's carrier and baby bag over by the alter and let the twins run to join their friends. "There's plenty of diapers in SJ's baby bag, he eats two jars of apple/banana/carrot mash and one bottle of milk every four hours and don't lie him on his stomach when you put him to sleep. As for the twins, just make sure they don't hurt themselves and don't give them too much sugar. Amy said if you have any questions, just text her", said Shadow before he teleported away.

"So, what are you guys doing?", asked Turbo. "We were about to play 'Dino Riders', you know like the cartoon", said Finn. The twins were confused, "Um...dinosaurs are extinct. Remember?", asked Speedy. Finn rolled his eyes as he snapped his fingers, summoning a cluster of red cubes that circled the air until they formed a bright yellow velociraptor.

"Ohh, we kind of forgot you can do that", the twins said in unison. Finn smirked as he reached up and scratched the velociraptor on the chin, "Now do you guys wanna play 'Dino Riders'?", he asked. Before they could respond, Gadget walked out of the hut holding a baking pan. "Before you kids play, wouldn't you like some dinner first? Its homestyle macaroni and cheese, you know, the kind with the crunchy bits on top of it", he said.

The kids smiled wildly as they all gathered at the picnic table the Chaotix set up as Gadget passed around paper plates and plastic forks, and then proceeded to scoop the macaroni and cheese onto the plates; the kids politely thanked Gadget for the food before tucking into their meal as Vector went around the table pouring glasses of grape juice and placing them next to the kids' plates.

Meanwhile at the movie theater, the others were seated in the auditorium waiting for the previews to end and the movie to start. "Thanks for convincing me to come, guys. I needed to take a break from guarding the Master Emerald for a bit", said Knuckles. Sonic smiled as he took a bite out of his chili dog, "No problem, Knux. I, out of all of us, thought you needed to take a breather", he said. Amy pulled out her cellphone and was about to dial when Sonic stopped her, "Ames...please tell you're not calling Vector right now. Like, right as the announcer is telling us to turn off our phones", he said.

"I just wanna check in and see how the kids are doing. Vector hasn't called at all", she said. "Amy, I told him to call you if he has any questions regarding your kids. If he hasn't called its obviously because he doesn't have any questions, stop worrying so much and just sit back and enjoy the movie", said Shadow. Amy sighed as she turned off her phone and placed it back in her purse.

An hour later, back on Angel Island, the kids were riding on the backs of Finn's illusion dinosaurs before they all got tired and decided to take a break; Charmy set up a campfire for them to roast marshmallows over. The entire group sat around the fire roasting the marshmallows and making s'mores; the sound of a hooting owl could be heard from within the forest, causing Gadget to flinch.

Espio, who sat near him holding SJ as he bottlefed him, gave his boyfriend a reassuring smile. "Calm yourself, its merely an owl", he said. Gadget looked down in embarrassment, "I know, I'm sorry. I just...I've lived in a city for my whole life that I just get so freaked out in the woods", he said. "That reminds me of this really scary story I heard once", said Vector. "Awesome! Tell it, Uncle Vector", said Finn. "Are you sure? Because the story I'm thinking about is pretty hardcore", said Vector. "Oooh, we're so scared!", taunted Charmy.

"Okay but don't say I didn't warn you. One night, a lot like this one..."

Meanwhile in the strange new dimension, a small anthropomorphic wasp wearing an odd pair of glasses and holding a clipboard flew into what appeared to be a throne room. "What have you to report to me today?", said a loud enigmatic female voice which was now revealed to be an anthropomorphic wasp about ten feet tall; she had bright red stripes instead of black, red eyes, and was wearing a crown and a flowing purple cape.

"My Queen, the human mammal has been taken to the laboratory to work on your machine. And also, the nursemaids are in the nesting chamber and they have something quite amazing and unexpected to show you", said the small male wasp creature. The queen rose from her throne and made her way towards the nesting chamber, which was a rounded room with yellowish green slime covering the walls, floor and ceiling. On the floor were large bowl shaped structures that held ten glowing blue eggs in each of them.

A small group of female wasp creatures wearing nurse uniforms gathered together as one of them held a strange looking baby: it looked almost like a Mobian, specifically like a cat or lion; it had bright orange fur, dark purple hair, yellow eyes and white fur going from its chest to its stomach. It also had a pair of long antennae on its head, a pair of translucent dragonfly esque wings on it's back and two spindly insect arms sticking out of its body just below it's normal arms.

The nurses looked at the infant with happy smiles, "So this was the only grub that would hatch from the royal egg cluster, Flora?", one particularly short nurse asked the one holding the baby. She looked down sadly, "Yes, I'm afraid. None of the other royal eggs would hatch, they were all stillborn", she said.

One of the other nurses, who was quite round and pudgy, looked upon the child, "Queen Vespa had shedded her exoskeleton a month ago and noticed several wrinkles in it, they were evidence of her approaching old age. As beautiful and strong as she is, she is very much aware that she won't live forever. That odd looking child is her only heir", she said.

Just then, the little insect/cat-like baby began crying. "Now now, don't cry little one. You're alright. I nearly forgot: we haven't given him a name yet", said the nurse who held him as she rocked him gently to calm him down.

"Fluke".

The nurses gasped as they turned around to see Queen Vespa standing before them in all her glory, they bowed respectfully as she gazed upon the child. "He shall be known as Prince Fluke, heir to my throne. I have laid many eggs but they've all hatched into ordinary Hornetites, just more soldiers to add to my army. But since I've started...experimenting with our Hobidon slaves, I now have an heir; true that fornication with mammals may taint our pure Insectoid genes, but 'tis a small price to pay to ensure that death from old age won't interfere with my plans.

"And yes, I am growing old but I plan to use the time I have left to enact my plan of dimensional domination and then once my time comes, my son shall rule in my place. Please raise him and teach him our ways, seeing as he is a hybrid, he'll most certainly age faster than most grubs and he'll need to learn a lot about being a king; guard and protect him with your very lives. Our future as the dominant species of this and other dimensions depends on it", she said as she left the room.

The nurses looked down at their newly crowned prince with happy smiles, "Do you hear her Highness? You're a very special baby, little one", said the nurse who held him. Queen Vespa made her way out of the nesting chamber and walked through the hallway of her castle towards a room with a metal door; the interior of the room resembled a science lab except the technology looked far more advanced than any seen on either Earth or Mobius.

There were computers that consisted of three monitors and large control panels, on another side of the room were large rounded tanks filled with bright green liquid and strange looking insect/fish-like creatures floating inside them; off to another corner were examination tables where more of those strange cat creatures, or 'Hobidons' as Queen Vespa had called them, were strapped down to them.

Some of them looked sickly and unconscious while others were quivering in fear and trying to break free, one of them was even screaming for help before a Hornetite in a white lab coat placed a face mask over his nose and mouth, a thick purple gas was pumped into his face rendering him unconscious.

And finally in a large alcove at the back of the room was a large, unfinished machine with several wires and rubber tubes hanging off it; near the machine, several Hornetite soldiers were restraining Dr. Eggman by his wrists and ankles with glowing metal chains that were long enough to allow movement but were strong enough to keep him from escaping.

Queen Vespa looked at the scene in amusement, "Well well, it seems my soldiers have shown you to your new work station", she said. Eggman looked up at her with a mixture of confusion and anger, "What's the meaning of this? I already told your little stooges that I'm done with world domination, I've already been given a life sentence, and I'd like to at least spend it relaxing in my cell and trying to forget my mess of a life!", he shouted in indignation.

The lead soldier, the tall one with golden battle armor, rammed the butt of his spear into Eggman's stomach, forcing him to bend over from the pain. "Watch your mouth in front of our queen, mammal! You should feel honored that she selected you for such an illustrious role in her plans", he said.

Queen Vespa smiled as she patted the golden clad soldier on the head, "That's my second-in-command, Yellow Jacket. He is the general of my army, they don't make a move unless he says to and he won't tell them anything unless I say so. Now then, Eggman, I've seen your work in your dimension: building machines and weapons to fight a blue hedgehog, and take over your world. And while you've failed to do so, I am impressed with your achievements in technology and thus, you will work on the machines I shall use to conquer your dimension and cement myself as Supreme Empress!

"Both devices are nowhere near finished and I honestly don't expect you to be done within a day or so, but it matters little to me. I can be a patient Insectoid and I've recently birthed an heir to my throne, so I don't care if it takes you weeks, months or even years to finish the machine. I can wait and besides, with that 300 IQ of yours, it shouldn't be difficult for you to finish but my royal scientists and technicians have been ordered by me to give you assistance if needed.

"Also, don't get any foolish ideas about escaping. I have assigned ten armed guards to watch you every second of every day, and they will also rotate shifts so that there will be another set of guards to watch you while the first rest. And those restraints are designed to deliver a painful yet nonlethal electric shock through your body if you try to break free. So with that said, Yellow Jacket! Select the first set of guards to watch over Eggman while he works on the machine, if he request food or lavatory breaks, give them to him but watch him closely! Then meet me in the briefing room", Queen Vespa said as she left the laboratory.

Yellow Jacket smirked as he assigned ten of his soldiers to watch Dr. Eggman as he picked up a toolbox and began to, reluctantly, work on the machines; he then made his way to the briefing room where Queen Vespa sat a the head of a round table surrounded by her advisers. "Eggman is working on the machines, your highness. What do you wish for me to do next?", he said as he bowed in respect.

"I want you to take a party of your best warriors, preferably twenty or thirty so, take the dimensional transport ship and go capture the power sources. Now that Eggman is constructing the machines, we need to more on to the next stage of our plans. Take the dart guns instead of your spears, I want them alive and unharmed, it is necessary for my plan to work. Kill them, even accidentally, and I'll have your head Yellow Jacket!", she commanded.

Yellow Jacket bowed before leaving the room; he gathered together twenty of his best soldiers, commanded them to grab dart guns and board the transport ship. "Set a course for Sector 173-934!", he ordered the pilots as they typed in the coordinates. A laser cannon at the front of the ship shot a beam into the sky, opening a blue and yellow vortex before they activated the engines and flew into the portal.

"So suddenly, they started hearing this tap tap tapping on the side of the car. The girls started to freak out and by this time, even the guy was getting a bit scared, so he turned on the car and he stepped on it! When they got back to the girls' house, she opened the door and scream! Because there...hanging on the door handle...was the bloodied hook!"

Back on Angel Island, Vector was coming to the end of his scary story and everyone else was completely terrified by this point: Speedy and Turbo held each other as they quivered in fear, Ruby had her body wrapped in her floral printed blanket where you could only see her face, Finn held a large teddy bear he conjured with his powers close to his chest, Charmy shaking while trying not to drop his s'more and Gadget cuddled close to Espio for comfort. Espio was the only one who wasn't scared, he sat there holding both his boyfriend and a sleeping SJ, and he was trying not to doze off from how bored he was by Vector's story.

"They say...that this killer is still alive...lurking in these very woods. He could be just about anywhere, really...maybe even right...HERE!", Vector shouted as he pulled up his right hand which was now a hook. Everyone screamed in fear as they hid behind a brick wall Finn suddenly created, they all peeked out and saw Vector laughing as he removed the hook from his hand revealing it to be fake.

"Vector! That wasn't funny!", shouted Gadget as he blushed in embarrassment. Vector snorted, "Oh yes it was! I just wish I had my camera with me, I could've recorded your reactions! Hahahaha!", he said. Espio, who had stood up and placed SJ in his carrier, walked over to Gadget and gave him a hug and a kiss to calm him down. "Well Vector, if you're done gloating, it's time we get the kids to bed. Don't worry, I'll tell you all a much better story. One that won't give nightmares", he said. The kids calmed down and started to settle into their sleeping bags as Espio sat in front of them and began telling his story.

"This is the story of a half demon and a young girl who could travel between the past and present..."

Meanwhile at the movie theater, Sonic and the others were just leaving as the movie had ended. "Well, I thought it was pretty good", said Silver. "That battle scene at the end was awesome!", said Sonic. "I loved the part where Draco confessed his love for Penelope before discovering his hidden powers", said Amy. "And the twist near the middle of the movie where he found out that his father was alive and leading the resistence, and that his brother was working for the Dark Lord was insane! I didn't see it coming!", said Infinite.

Shadow looked down at his wrist watch and saw that it was 11:48pm, "Its really late. We should go collect our kids and go home", he said. The others nodded in agreement but before Shadow could take them to Angel Island, a loud whooshing noise caught their attention; they looked up to see a blue and yellow vortex open up in the sky. A large metal ship emerged from the portal, the few civilians out and about at that time ran and hid in fear while Sonic and the others bravely stood their ground.

Three metal rods protruded from the bottom of the ship, steadying it as it landed on the ground; a door opened beneath the ship and a staircase slid out, stretching from the opening down to the floor. Out of the doorway stepped Yellow Jacket as he looked down at Sonic and his friends, smirking as he walked down the staircase with his soldiers following close behind him.

He then stopped to address them, "You right mammals! You have been forcefully invited to the kingdom of Queen Vespa, leader of the Hornetites and ruler of the Insectoid Nation. You've been selected specifically to be a part of her plan to dominate this dimension! And if you do come quietly, then we will force you!", he said as his soldiers held their dart guns at the ready.

Infinite scoffed as he conjured a Wispon for Nyx to use, "Well...then I guess you'll just have to force us because my friends and I don't surrender to fools who desire to take over our home", he said as the group took battle stances. Yellow Jacket sneered, "So be it, then. We tried to do things the easy way but as usual, you mammals are so simpleminded and brutish. Soldiers...ATTACK!", he shouted as his warriors charged forward while he hung back and watched.

Shadow turned towards his daughter, "Maria, go hid behind that bench! We'll take care off this", he said pointing to a nearby park bench. Maria nodded as she ducked behind the bench, noticing that none of the wasp creatures went after her, which meant she wasn't their intended target; Shadow turned back around as they charged at the bugs.

Sonic spin-dashed forward, slamming into three of the soldiers, knocking them senseless; Amy batted a few with her hammer while Nyx shot at some with her Wispon. Knuckles and Rouge assaulted a small group of bugs with punches and kicks, Shadow shot at them with his Chaos Spears, and Silver lifted some into the air and slammed them onto the ground with his psychokinesis.

Just as Yellow Jacket was about to shout out a command, Infinite lunged forward and slashed at him with his red sword; Yellow Jacket was able to dodge and deflect the attack with his dart gun, "So you just sit back here and let your men fight while you watch? You're either a weakling or a coward or maybe both, but then again, with the exception of Charmy, bugs are pretty weak", said Infinite.

Yellow Jacket paused for a moment, which confused Infinite; he stood still and watched him closely. Yellow Jacket shook with rage before screaming and striking Infinite across the head, knocking him out. "Soldiers, enough dawdling! Take them out already!", he shouted. The soldiers all nodded as they pointed their dart guns at Sonic and the others; the first dart fired zoomed towards Silver but Shadow jumped in the way and it pierced his hip.

Shadow gasped in pain as the dart pumped a dark purple liquid into his body, he suddenly felt sick and nauseous before his eyes rolled to the back of his head and fell onto the ground unconscious. As Silver tried to wake him up, a dart stabbed him in the back and he passed out as well; Rouge tried kicking away the darts that flew at her, which worked for the moment before one flew into her blindspot, jabbing her in the shoulder.

Knuckles punched out a soldier that tried to shoot him and kicked another, but the one he punched threw dirt into his face, blinding him long enough for the soldiers to shoot him in the chest; Amy tried to block the darts with her hammer and Nyx shot the darts with her Wispon, so the two soldiers shooting at them threw these tiny black pellets at them, causing smoke to erupt and forcing the girls to cough as their eyes watered, leaving them open to be shot down.

Only Sonic was left standing, he was in his werehog form and slapping the soldiers around like they were beanbags; he actually had been shot about four times but hadn't fallen unconscious yet, most likely the Dark Gaia energy in his body was fighting back against the foreign substance, but even then he could feel the fluid flowing through his veins and slowly weakening him. Sonic slashed at two more soldiers before one snuck up behind him and shot him with another dart, this time he couldn't fight it anymore and fell over.

Sonic's vision went blurry and his head swam, but he could vaguely see Yellow Jacket ordering his warriors to restrain his unconscious wife and friends, and loading them into glass orbs before carrying them onto the ship; Sonic tried to fight the strong pull of sleep was rendering him unconscious but he finally gave in and passed out, four soldiers approached him and restrained him, tossing him into a glass orb as well.

Maria, who was watching the whole thing, angrily ran after them. "Chaos Spear!", she shouted as she fired a yellow arrow of chaos energy at them. The Chaos Spear collided with Yellow Jacket's face, leaving a bloody scar across his left eyes, one of his subordinates lifted his gun and shot Maria in the leg with a dart, causing her to fall over. Due to being a child, Maria found herself quickly succumbing to the effects of the purple fluid.

Before Maria had slipped into unconsciousness, she could faintly hear Yellow Jacket talking to her. "Consider yourself lucky that you're not one of the mammals her majesty needs, child. Otherwise I'd take my time making you suffer for damaging my face, but we got what we need and you're not worth our time. Relish your freedom while you have it because when our queen's plan is complete, you will serve our whims!", he shouted before entering the ship. Maria watched through halflidded eyes as the ship opened up another portal and flew through it before her eyes finally closed.

"And then the girl and the half demon got married, with the girl choosing to live five hundred years in the past. The end".

Back on Angel Island, Espio finished telling his story to the kids and they had a much better reaction to it: they all had smiles on their faces as their eyelids drooped and yawns escaped their mouths. "That was a nice story, Uncle Espio", Ruby said sleepily. "I liked the little fox demon kid, he's really funny", said Speedy. "And the demon slayer and her pet demon cat was cool", said Turbo. Finn let out a yawn, "I just wish that monk wasn't such a creepy pervert! I mean, it's sad that he was cursed but it's not cool being a creeper around girls", he said.

Espio smiled as he tucked the kids into their sleeping bags, their eyes slowly closing and they drifted off to dreamland; he turned towards the others to see Gadget and Charmy lying on their own sleeping bags, snoring. "Why don't you go to sleep too, Espio? I'll watch the Master Emerald for ya, don't worry, I took a nap earlier so I'm wide awake", said Vector. Espio smiled gratefully as he let out a yawn and laid down on the sleeping bag next to Gadget, falling asleep while cuddling him.

With that, the small group of children drifted off to sleep and Vector sat in front of the Master Emerald while playing a mobile game on his cell phone, and they were all completely unaware of what happened to their friend or their parents.

Author's Note: That's it for Chapter 15, and we have finally been introduced to our main villain; find out what happens next in Chapter 16. Until then, this is SuperKirbyLand234 signing out!