Chapter 7: Battle of Fate II "Infiltration"
A/N: Alright some news, I would like to welcome our newest cast member, Mercury the Hedgehog by Oceanic Coral! Mercury is the first Anti-hero character of the story and probably going to be the only one in that sort of position. So let us begin!
The streets of Westside City were lit by streetlights and reflected light on the puddles of water. The city was quiet as the group of heroes walk in. "Wh-where are we?" Amethyst asks
"Westside City." Rage answers "My home."
"What are we doing here?" Zoldea asks
"For some reason it was the only place my Chaos Control could take us." Rage replies "It's strange…something doesn't feel right."
"I wish sometimes you weren't so aware of stuff Rage…" Edgar's voice sighs as a beam is shot at him, Rage avoids it and it heads straight for Amethyst who kicks her foot out and deflects it
"HAY!" she hisses "How dare you!"
"Oh" Edgar chuckles "looks like Little Miss Misfit is a little cranky…" he smiles looking at her enraged face. Amethyst was trying to hold herself back as hard as she could.
"May I?" she asks
"By all means." Jaden says motioning for her to go ahead
"Thank you." She smiles leaping at Edgar taking him by surprise as she beats him to a pulp in seconds. Huffing over the knocked out Edgar she spits on him, moves her hair out of her eyes and walks back to the others, "Alright let's go." She says as if nothing had happened.
The others not wanting to say anything just follow her out of the city, "If we are going to find where our enemies are hiding out we will need to split into groups." Rage suggests.
"That sounds like a good idea." Markus agrees "We can cover more land this way
"I'll go with Jaden!" Amethyst says almost instantly
"Alright, Blaze why don't you, Zoldea and Markus lead go with Hikari, That leaves me, Icezer and Kurai." Rage suggests
"Sounds good to me." Blaze says "And if you find Silver send him our way."
"Will do." Rage says "Why don't we meet on Angel Island say in three days?"
"Sounds good to me." Jaden agrees and Blaze nods as the three group split up.
(With Jaden and Amethyst—Green Forest)
"Manis sure is hot here." Jaden sighs
"Y-yeah." Amethyst agrees wiping some sweat from her face when the notice a figure in the distance. A hedgehog! A dark pink one as a matter of fact the two get a little close and are able to see she had hair similar to Amy's only longer, two short quills poked out of her forehead, both hair and quills highlighted with black. Here eyes a deep green almost like a shade of green you would see on a soldiers uniform. Bellow the deep green eyes were mahogany markings that curved a little reaching towards her nose but don't quite touch. Her black top had one strap cut while the other unscathed. There were some mahogany colors visible but hard to define from some of the green strips on the top. As for pants she wore a short jean skirt also tattered like the top. Her feet were covered by a pair of dark brown boots with a few tethered areas as well. Her silver belt glistened some in the sun that barely peak through the lush trees a black stipe on the belt was what caused the disruption of the shine. Bracelets sat on her wrists and ankles. On her arms were some strange black material scattered as if it had been ripped a torn as well. The only article of clothing that seemed to be in good condition was her black fingerless gloves.
"I wonder what she is doing all the way out here." Jaden whispers to Amethyst as GUN robots surround her and she looks surprised by their appraence
"G-Go away!" she yells "I-I know what you want and I won't give myself up! You won't take me back!" she yells running off making the robots stand confused
"What's her problem?" one asks
"Don't know, let's just let it go." Another replies
"Good idea," the first one says and the group of bots head off.
"C'mon!" Jaden says as they follow the path of the hedgehog before they find her in a clearing. "Hay!" Jaden calls and she looks at him pointing two pistols at him.
"G-Go away!" she yells
"Hay! Calm down!" Jaden says putting his hands up "We aren't your enemy!"
"Like hell you aren't! You came to take me back right? Finish you weapon?" she asks
"W-Weapon?" Jaden and Amethyst ask confused
"What weapon?" Amethyst asks
"Don't play dumb with me!" the hedgehog spits
"Look we don't even know who you are!" Jaden yells defensively
"Oh like you don't remember Mercury the Hedgehog your best lab rat!" she spits at Jaden
"I dunno what you mean," Jaden replies shaking as she cocks the hammers of the pistols "Heck I can barely make a good baking soda volcano without it blowing up!" he says shaking as the hedgehog looks him dead in the eyes before hoistering her pistols
"Alright…" she says still sounding like she did not trust him
"What are you doing all the way out here?" Jaden asks
"Personal." She answers
"Come one Jaden we should go." Amethyst suggests
"Yeah, we should." He agrees as the two head off in a different direction
"Don't think I trusted that act for one minute you damn scientists!" Mercury scoffs after the two had left.
(With Blaze's group—Blue Ridge Zone)
"Did you find anything?" Blaze asks Zoldea as they come together
"No." she answers "Markus?"
"Nothing of any use." He asnwers "How about you Hikari?"
"Nothing but an abandoned hideaway that looked like it had not been used in decades." The hedgehog replies "Blaze?"
"Only some Dark Energy residue but nothing else." She answers
"I hope the others are having better luck then us." Silver says
"Yeah…" Zoldea agrees
"Do you think it's possible that they never came to Mobius at all?" Silver asks
"I doubt it." Hikari answers "Our enemies use Christain's means of teleportation and unless he has been to another world besides Mobius he cannot warp there."
(Rage's group—Robotropilis Ruins)
"It's strange…" Rage thinks aloud "Why would The Dark Energy be massed around here?"
"Could they be looking for some of Eggman's old bots?" Icezer suggests
"It is possible but then GUN would be here by now." Rage answers before a bright light shines on them,
"Freeze!" a voice over a loud speaker calls "This is GUN identify yourselves!"
"you were saying Rage?" Kurai asks
"For the love of Chaos…" Rage sighs to himself
"We will ask one more time identify yourselves!" the soldier yells again
"I am Rage Chaotic the Hedgehog, The Chaos Guardian. The other two are Icezer and Kurai they are with me." Rage says and the spotlight turns off then out of the now landing chopper comes the GUN commander
"Rage the Hedgehog it has been a long time." He says
"Commander…" Rage sighs annoyed with GUN again.
"What brings you around these parts?" he asks
"I am looking for a group of people from Moebius" Rage answers "They threaten Mobius and their energy seemed to lead here."
"Well they are not here. If they were they would have tripped our sensors by now." The commander replies
"Did you ever consider they disabled them?" Rage asks
"As if!" the commander scoffs "They couldn't have gotten close enough!"
"Uh guys look at this!" Icezer says pulling out a sensor that had been deactivated. "They deactivated this one."
"But how?!" the commander asks
"Well based on the scrambled systems I would say by some form of EMP." Icezer answers
"Hay you feel that?" Kurai asks
"Yeah…." Rage answers "It's coming from The Mystic Ruins!"
"What is?" the commander asks
"It's a strange energy signature, probably nothing but I need to check it out." Rage answers as he and his two buddies are warped to Angel Island to see none other then Anit-Sonic, Fiona, Miles, Christain, Edger and Spinster against, the others. They looked tired out from battle the only ones still up were Jaden and Amethyst. "Looks like we are just in time." Rage says as he takes front next to his still able body allies as he summons his sword.
"Yeah good timing too." Jaden says
"Well it is about time you showed up Rage." Christain chuckles
"Shut up!" he answers
"Boy do we have a surprise for you…" Miles smiles as he shouts "Oh Rex!", soon a bland red hedgehog appears.
"Yes…sir?" he asks
"Get them!" he smiles as the hedgehog launches at the group
"Oh no you don't!" Rage says firing a Chaos Pulse but to no effect. "huh?" he asks as Rex and Miles chuckle before Rex uses the power against the group sending them back instead.
"What the hell just happened?" Jaden asks
"Like it?" Miles asks "It's a creation of mine who can absorb any form of energy that is normally used, Chaos, elemental and magical then turn it against it's user in an anti-form of the energy,"
"So you mean our Chaos powers are useless?" Jaden asks
"Exactly Jaden." Edgar smiles
"Jaden…" Rage grunts "I think there is only one option here. One energy Rex cannot counter."
"Right." Jaden says
"Were you even listening?" Miles laughs "He absorbs any form of energy!"
"Arc Nova 38: Nova Shadow Burst…." Jaden says as the shadows of their enemies make an explosion of energy knocking them down.
"I-impossible…" Anti-Sonic pants
"That was…Arc….Nova…" Christain pants holding the open wound on his chest. 'Good everything is going according to plan' he thinks
"We c-can't stay here." Fiona says
"This isn't over…" Christain hisses as the small group vanishes into darkness and Jaden turns to see the surprise written on the other's faces.
"I can't believe it." Blaze says
"I thought the Arc abilities were only a myth" Hikari says
"J-Jaden you have Arc Nova!" Icezer asks "How?"
"I do not know…" Jaden says "All I know is I have it."
"I am beginning to think that this is no coincidence." Rage says "Jaden's coming here."
"How come?" Markus asks
"Just think about it…he came with the only Chaos Emerald I could not find and obtained the legendary Arc Nova powers? I think this was planned not some accident." Rage explains
"Is it cause he is different?" Amethyst asks "Huh?"
"Actually Amethyst what Rage says makes some sense." Jaden answers
"How?" she asks him
"I mean why would Chaos grant me those powers? Me an outcast from a different world receiving them out of the blue? I think he planned this whole thing." Jaden answers
"Another world?" Amethyst asks
"Jaden!" Rage yells "You were supposed to keep that secret!" Rage yells
"Sorry…" he apologizes
"What world did you come from?" Icezer asks
"It was called Earth, a land of humans…I found a Chaos Emerald while hunting one day and was warped here. Back home I was bullied for my difference and when I came here I admit I love it and I want to stay." Jaden answers
"But Jaden…you will have to go back eventually, you cannot stay on Mobius…"
"That's not fair!" Amethyst spits
"No… its' not" Jaden agrees "Why do I have to go back when this is all over?"
"Balance." Rage answers "And you will be safer there then here with your Arc Nova powers… you are in so much danger here Jaden."
"If you stay every day you will be hunted by those wishing to use your powers for evil. No place is safe here for you. Your life will be easier in your homeworld." Rage answers
"I can deal with that." Jaden says
"Jaden you have to go back." Rage insists "Think about it, now that you have been teleported here somebody from our world could invade yours and from what I can gather your world would not stand a chance against someone from Mobius."
Jaden remains silent before nodding in agreement to Rage.
To be continued