A/N: I'm back! And this time, I plan to finish up Episode 1. Oh, by the way, before anybody asks, the cards are to show some information about the characters or equipment used. They're split into either Chao Card, Human Card, Robot Card, or Gadget Card. Okay, wish me luck!
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Human Card: Christopher Thorndyke
Occupation: High school student, inventor (in spare time)
Known Family: Lindsey (mother), Nelson (father), Samuel Speed (uncle), Charles (grandfather), Edward Tanaka (godfather)
Hobbies: Flying in planes, helping his grandfather with experiments, martial arts
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Chuck's Garage- 15:49
Danny casually got into the pilot's seat, and turned on the plane's engine. Just as he thought, the plane's engine roared to life, and the propeller started to spin. "All systems green," he grinned at both Tanaka and Chuck, who simply clapped their hands.
"All right," Chuck nodded, "now, all that's left is the flight test." He then turned to the slightly ajar door that led from his gadget filled garage to his home collection of objects from around the globe. He opened it further, and peaked his head inside the house to see Chris in his Latin American decorated living room where, after he was done with the adjustments on the wings, was watching the news.
Now, Chuck had quite a lot to be proud of in his humble abode, I'm not going to lie to you. There was the amazing Egyptian guest room upstairs and the all seeing eye that was to be on top of the Giza Pyramid was on the curtains; there was the ancient Greek study, where you felt like that you were in the ages of Gods and monsters while you worked; there was even the European renaissance in his grand kitchen, which instantly made people visiting feel enlightened. But his greatest room was the Latin American living room, which was decorated top to bottom with his findings from various adventures from Mexico all the way to the bottom tip of Argentina. His latest discovery from that region was back about a week ago when he was part of an excavation in the former Mayan Empire where the Chao had originally been discovered. He had found an odd, dark blue gem in an old building that was still standing. The size of a human palm and the shape of a diamond on a ring, it seemed out of place in the Mayan Empire. So, he took it for further research. So far, there was nothing he could find out about it.
Chuck went over to Chris, and said, "We're ready for the flight test." Chris looked up at his grandfather.
"Alright, then," Chris stated while getting up. Just then, the television flashed with the words, "SPECIAL BULLETIN," making the two look at it.
"This just in," the reporter announced. What the two saw next was rather shocking. Station Square was in flames, and robots were storming the city. "Downtown Station Square is under siege by rampaging robots. About twelve citizens are dead, and several more are in critical conditions. According to word on the street, some robots are actually taking hostages in a local store." Chris gasped when he saw his friends Helen and Frances, along with other people, being held at gunpoint by the robots at the local grocery store. Helen was holding a small, light pink hedgehog Chao with grass green eyes, her quills going straight down her head like actual hair to her small shoulders, a crimson feather sticking out of the side of her quills, a magenta spot on her stomach, and a scarlet dot above her head. "These robots were likely to have been created by the infamous Dr. Ivo Robotnik. Citizens are advised to stay indoors."
Chris turned off the television, and looked at his grandfather with a serious look on his face. "We're going downtown to get them out of this mess."
"Really?" Chuck asked, looking at the situation. "…Well, they are your friends." Chuck and Chris headed back out to the garage, where Tanaka was getting into the back seat, and the engine was still running. Chuck yelled over the roar of the machine, "We have to head downtown! There are lives at stake!"
Danny and Tanaka both blinked as Danny turned off the engine. "What?" Danny asked. Chris and Chuck both jumped into the plane, themselves. Chris leaned in, and told the situation. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY'RE IN TROUBLE!?"
"Exactly," Chris replied. "They're downtown. Take off!" Danny only nodded, and restarted the engine of the plane. This time, though, he actually moved the plane down the driveway past Chuck's old, brown sedan at a rather steady speed. Danny, near the end of the long driveway, finally pulled on the lever, and the plane went airborne, taking the four into the skies.
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Downtown Station Square- 16:02
When going shopping for groceries this afternoon, Helen Rose expected a nice, quiet trip to the store, pick up a few things for her parents with her friend Frances and Chao Amy by her side, and be back before dinner. What she didn't expect, though, was to be starring down the barrel of a large bazooka held by a menacing red robot when she turned the corner of the next aisle. Now, here Helen was, among several other people, the back of her wheelchair pressed against the shivering cold of the dairy section, holding her pink Chao Amy as tightly as she could, looking at several robots, who pointed their guns at them and seemed to be arguing over what to do with their new hostages.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK THE DOCTOR WOULD WANT WITH THEM?" one of the robots questioned.
"PERHAPS AS TEST SUBJECTS FOR ONE OF HIS INVENTIONS," another suggested.
"NEGATIVE," a third argued. "HE WOULD MOST LIKELY USE THEM AS MANUFACTURING LABOR FOR MORE OF US."
"IF ANY HUMANS ARE TO DO LABOR," a forth disagreed, "THEN THEY WOULD BE FINDING THE MATERIALS NEEDED TO MAKE US, NOT MAKE US THEMSELVES."
Frances Burns was also being held at gunpoint. Looking at the robots arguing, she probably would have found it amusing if she wasn't afraid that one small chuckle could result in a bullet being placed in an inconvenient location between either her ribcage or eyes. However, inside her head, she was mad at herself. Damn it, Frances thought while looking at the amount of robots- there were about six in the store. As for the number of hostages, if she had to take a guess, Frances would say that including herself, Helen, and Amy, there were about twenty of them. I could probably take these tin cans, myself if there wasn't so much risk involved.
This thought, although it seemed to be exaggerated, was actually true- Frances had been taking as many lessons in martial arts as Chris was, though it was agreed that between the two, Frances was stronger. If anybody wanted to mess with Helen, they'd have to get past Chris and Frances first, and then Tanaka, should he be in the vicinity (because of the whole bodyguard to Chris thing). However, Frances knew that, even though it would give her absolute pleasure to crush these robots into the ground, the robots would start killing hostages. Not wanting a death or two on her hands, Frances had to surrender without a fight.
The robots turned back to their captives, and the leader, the one with the bazooka, announced, "WE HAVE DECIDED. ALMOST ALL OF YOU ARE TO COME WITH US BACK TO THE CRUISER FOR WHATEVER THE DOCTOR HAS PLANNED."
At this, the hostages were all confused- the sole Chao of the group had a question mark over her head. Out of curiosity, the Chao Amy asked, "Wait, what exactly do you mean by 'almost all of us?'" The leader of the robots pointed its bazooka at Helen, making them all gasp, and the pink Chao had an exclamation point over her head.
"THOSE WHO CANNOT POSSIBLY HELP US IN OUR CAUSE," the robot declared. "THEY WILL BE THE FIRST TO BE TERMINATED." Helen's eyes boggled at the sight of the large bazooka being pointed at her. There was no way that she would be able to move out of the way before the robot fired and blasted her to bits. The robot started to pull down on the trigger-
Just as out of nowhere, a light blue blur passed by the machine, slicing its right am off, spraying oil all over the ground, and dropping the bazooka as well. The blur slowed down to reveal the dark blue hedgehog Chao, arms crossed, and a semi-serious look on his face. "Don't you metal heads know that's no way to treat a lady?" he began, raising his sunglasses with one tiny hand.
"AND WHO ARE YOU TO INTRUDE ON OUR MISSION?" the leader robot asked, completely ignoring the fact that oil was still leaking out of the area where it's arm once was. At this, the blue Chao actually smirked. His cobalt bracelet seemed to glow for a minute before he disappeared in the blink of an eye. When everyone looked to see where he was, they were shocked to find that the hedgehog Chao was standing on top of a robot's head, placing the sunglasses back over his eyes.
"Just some meddling, heroic Chao," he simply answered. One of the robots decided not to take any chances, and opened fire. The hedgehog Chao jumped off before the bullets slammed into the head of the robot he was standing on, creating a fountain of oil before it fell over, destroyed. The hedgehog Chao then curled into a ball, and started to spin in midair, surrounded by a sudden gust of wind. Before anybody else could guess what was going to happen next, he let gravity start bringing him back to the ground, and rammed through the one robot that just tried to shoot him like a comet would pierce the atmosphere, going in on one side, and coming out the other, leaving a huge, gaping hole in the robot, casually shaking off the motor oil that was dripping off of his quills as it fell over.
Acknowledging that two of their buddies were just destroyed by one Chao's tricks, the robots decided not to take this small creature lightly, anymore. Two robots with lances decided to try to stab him, but to no avail. He dodged out of the way with perfect grace. He however didn't seem to notice the third lance wielding robot behind him. The robot swiped his sword, hitting him with the power of a baseball bat swing. The Chao, with a green swirl over his head, crashed into the egg cartons, getting bits of yolk and shell all over him. Combined with the oil he was already covered head to toe with, the hedgehog Chao looked a complete pigsty.
"As much as I hate water," the blue Chao muttered to himself while rubbing his head, wiping and shaking the gunk he was covered with off as much as possible, and actually standing up, "I'm going to need a shower after all of this." The lance robot that was responsible for knocking him into the eggs walked over, lance raised to cut the annoying Chao in half. The Chao moved to run, but the robot moved faster, kicking the Chao in the chest, knocking the wind out of him and cracking a couple fragile ribs. Before the Chao could move, the robot placed its foot on top of the Chao, so he wouldn't be able to run away.
"BEGINNING TO EXECUTE MEDDLING CHAO," the robot said while started to bring the sharp weapon down. Now, despite all of his strength and speed, there was no way that the hedgehog Chao could dodge or counter this attack. In a few seconds, he would be skewered Chao.
That's when Frances made her move. She hurdled over the destroyed robots, grabbing a blaster as she did so, and kicked the robot in the side, knocking it away from the hedgehog Chao, allowing him to breathe. The robot started to get up, only to find a few bullets blasted straight into its metal frame. After Frances was sure it wasn't moving, she sighed and lowered the blaster. Turning to the Chao, Frances asked, "Are you okay, little guy?"
"Yeah," the hedgehog Chao replied with a grin. "We hedgehog Chao heal ridiculously quickly than most Chao, so my ribs should reset themselves in a few minutes. Nice move, by the way."
"Thanks," Frances stated while aiming the blaster at the other three robots, who were rather mad that one of their hostages had just went and played "heroine" by destroying their other buddy. The two remaining lance wielders rushed straight at them in an attempt to skewer the two.
Rather than become a pair of shish kebabs, though, the two acted fast. The hedgehog Chao rushed straight at the first one, and, at the last second, sprung off of the ground, and let the robot swing up, hitting nothing but air. The robot was at first confused by this, until the Chao landed on the top of the lance, a grin on his face as he slid down the lance at impressive speeds until he smashed the machine's head in with a super fast fist, making it fall over.
Frances also ran at her robot, but rolled to the side as it swiped. She then sweep kicked the robot, letting it fall on its back. Not missing a step, she then axe kicked its stomach, crunching in the heavy metal. It was quite an interesting sight seeing a fifteen-year old human girl being able to kick through steel, but Frances had done something similar to this several times before. So, it was natural to her. As she prepared to deliver another kick, she heard a clicking right behind her. The leader of the robots, with his remaining hand, was holding a once discarded blaster to her head.
"I SUGGEST THAT YOU DO NOT FINISH YOUR NEXT MOVE," it warned her. The hedgehog Chao turned to the robot, prepared to act. "AND I SUGGEST THAT YOU DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ATTACK, CHAO. UNLESS, OF COURSE, YOU WISH THIS GIRL'S DEATH ON YOUR CONSCIOUS." The Chao started to look around, until he caught sight of movement on top of the aisles. Flashing a brief grin, he got to work acting.
"Whoa, whoa," the hedgehog Chao stated, a question mark over his head. "Big words and death threats confuse me. Are you saying that if I try to do anything, you'll blast her skull to bits?"
"AFFIRMATIVE," the robot replied.
"Even move?"
"AFFIRMATIVE, AGAIN."
"So, if I even take one teensy step, you'll kill her?" At this, Frances and the robot both got annoyed.
"ARE YOU TRYING TO BE A SMART ASS!?" both of them yelled at the mischievous blue Chao. The question mark faded, and the confused look turned into a sheepish grin.
"Sorry," he grinned, "I was seeing what you'd say. And besides, this threat doesn't apply to him." Before anyone could ask who "him" was, though, the robot found two small feet being rammed into its eyes. The two tailed fox Chao kicked the robot with surprising speed, knocking it over to the ground, and making it drop the gun. The fox Chao then started to spin his tails, performing his helicopter ability again. "Nice entrance, Miles."
The twin-tailed Chao, or Miles, as he was now known, simply landed on his feet, and bowed. Miles had quite a few bumps and bruises, but he was fine, otherwise. "Thanks," he grinned while removing his goggles. "Do you wanna take it from here?"
"With pleasure," the hedgehog Chao replied while jumping towards the aisle wall, kicking off of it, curling into a ball, and came crashing down quite literally on the final robot's parade. After crawling out of the oily wreckage, he smirked while taking off his sunglasses and started to clean them. "Thanks again for the help, back there," he honestly told the human that helped him while perching them back onto his head.
"No problem," Frances replied, still slightly annoyed by the delay tactic the two employed. "But next time, don't do something ridiculous like ask repetitive questions."
"Sorry about him," Miles stated, a swirl over his head. "My friend here likes to toy with people."
"Sorry, a force of habit," the hedgehog stated. Turning to Miles, he asked, "So, what made you come after me?"
"Well," the fox Chao answered, "I was dealing with the robots in the southern part until GUN robots came here. Now, it's a war that I think the military can handle."
Truth be told, though, Miles was right. Outside, there were several of Robotnik's robots that were already destroyed being joined by others thanks to GUN's robotic foot soldiers. Even taller than most humans, had blasters mounted onto their arms, carried larger shields, and had lock-on sensor units, these robots were slightly more advanced than the current robots Robotnik had on the streets. Despite the advancements, though, Robotnik and GUN's drones were at a stalemate
The two Chao stood outside, watching the fireworks fly. The two sides were duking it out, and heavy casualties were occurring on both ends. Even with the Speed Team, Station Square's special SWAT unit dedicated to take things out quickly and armed with formula one high speed pursuit vehicles that had several gadgets to utilize, things wasn't looking good. Looking outside at the battle, the blue hedgehog Chao sighed, having fatigue kick in. "All of this firepower and it looks tied," he announced. "We need to take out the leader… what happened to Goldie?" He was referring to the golden robot that was leading the attack on the city. After giving orders, he had seemed to vanish.
"I think that robot went for city hall," Miles replied, also showing his tiredness. "But he was surrounded by twenty others, last time I checked. And considering how exhausted we're getting, I doubt we can take the whole bunch alone."
"We're going to have to," the blue Chao pointed out. "Damn it, though… if we had the Emerald, I would have had the lot scrapped by now." Turning to his friend, he asked, "Did you happen to make any more of those Power Rings?"
"Made them last night," the fox Chao replied. He then reached into his pouch, and pulled out two golden rings, similar to the cobalt bracelet around the hedgehog Chao's wrist, but bigger. Power Rings were a unique object Miles created while studying the Emerald. A golden circle laced with Chaos Energy, it allowed Chao (or other beings that had Chaos Energy running through their veins) a quick boost of energy. Now, the side effects left the user exhausted once the Power Rings healing and extra strength wore off to the point that if you were tired before the use, you'd probably pass out afterwards, and there are plenty of bad places to fall unconscious, such as in the middle of a war zone. It wasn't as reliable as an Emerald, but to finish this quickly before too much permanent damage was done… it was worth the risks of side effects.
"Remember," Miles warned the hedgehog as he handed one of the Power Rings over. "We have approximately three minutes after use. Let's find the gold robot and take him out fast." The hedgehog Chao noticed Frances, Helen, and Amy coming to see them.
"Hey," Amy told the blue hedgehog Chao. "Thanks again for saving Helen like that. You really were swift on your feet, back there."
"'Swift on my feet,' eh?" the hedgehog Chao asked. "Thanks, I'll remember that." He then pressed a button on the bottom of his cobalt bracelet, and the light faded away to a plain, white bracelet. From there, the hedgehog Chao slid his Power Ring over the bracelet, and pressed the button, again. Miles pressed his Power Ring to the badge on his chest. Both Rings started to glow, and two golden auras enveloped them. Instantly, their wounds vanished, and they felt relaxed to the point that hearts appeared over their heads for a few seconds before fading away to dots. The two placed their eye protection back over their eyes, and then nodded at each other. With only a wave to say goodbye, they then dashed towards city hall, leaving the three girls in the dust. Their countdown had begun
"…I wonder who those Chao actually were," Helen asked aloud.
"They were pretty cool," Amy smiled a heart above her head. "Especially that cute hedgehog Chao!"
Frances had to shake her head. "Well," she agreed, "I hope we see them, again. Wait until Chris and Danny hear about this!"
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Skies above Station Square- 16:14
From what he could see, so far, Chris saw that the town was in flames. They had been doing several sweeps of the city with no signs of their friends. Earlier, like twelve minutes ago, he could have sworn he saw a small, two tailed fox Chao dismantling robots by either pounding on them with its tails or removing a few screws. Chris had also seen GUN robots as well, destroying any of Robotnik's droids coming towards them. He had seen a few formula-one cars down on the streets plowing through the robots as well- it was Samuel Speed's Speed Team, a special SWAT unit in Station Square. Whenever there was a problem that needed to be dealt with quickly, such as oh, this is just an example, but, an army of robots burning the city down, then they were the first ones on sight to handle it. And right now, handling it they were.
But so far, Chris hadn't seen Frances or Helen. "I sure hope they're alright," Chris muttered to himself. He was starting to get worried about them, but then again, who wouldn't be? I'm pretty sure that if large robots armed with guns and lances crashed landed into your town, started shooting up everything in sight, were killing people, and ransacking all that they could, you'd probably be worried about your friends and family first if you didn't know where they were. Especially now that GUN was here and there were chances that they could end up in the crossfire.
"They'll be fine," Danny assured them, staying completely focused on his flying. "Right now, let's focus on helping those we can." Chris nodded, and returned to looking for his friends and other people on the street. That's when he noticed the small platoon of robots being led to the entrance of city hall by the gold robot from before.
"Hey, guys!" Chris yelled. Tanaka and Chuck, who were also looking out for people, noticed the robots, themselves.
"Hello, there," Chuck stated while looking at the gold robot. "I think we've struck gold in this minefield." Turning to Danny, he asked, "Do you think you can take us, down?" Danny nodded, and prepared to dive down there when Tanaka's attention was drawn towards something else.
"Not to surprise anyone," Tanaka yelled, "but there are two objects approaching the robots, themselves!" The other three had to look. Two small blurs, one cyan blue and the other sun yellow, were dashing at high speeds towards the robots. Curious, Danny flew after them.
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City Hall- 16:16
The golden robot stood at the steps of- in its creator's opinion- the second most important building in the entire world. The capture of this city meant the starting location of the Robotnik Empire. From there, they would travel across the states, conquering city after city, town after town, spreading their influence, until they reached Washington, where taking over by then would be a cakewalk. And all the gold robot had to do was walk in there, place a gun against the mayor's head, pull the trigger, burn those wretched American and Californian flags, and replace them with the flag of the Empire. Even with GUN, there was nothing that could stop the robot from doing just that.
Unless, of course, you take the two small blurs making their way towards the gold robot's small militia into account. So, when the golden robot heard an odd sound, it had to turn around just in time to see one of its men stumbling backwards, and another bending forwards. The one able to fall on its back fell apart, bisected with oil spilling everywhere. Standing behind it was a twin tailed fox Chao. The one that was heaving, however, had a blue hedgehog Chao, in a similar effect to one of the Invader vs. Hunter movies burst out of its back, leaving one ugly hole through the body. (A/N: Guess the reference, again, and you get another imaginary cookie.)
"We have got to find a cleaner way of doing this!" the blue Chao complained with a swirl over his head, shaking off even more oil. To the gold robot, he scowled behind his sunglasses, "Honestly, do you even know how long of a shower I'm going to need just to get all of this junk out of my fur!? Whoever you work for really should consider using a clearer power source. What the hell kind of oil do you run on, anyways?"
Sighing at his friend's quick wit, Miles took a serious role in all of this. "Listen, pal," he scowled at the gold robot while his friend calmed down. "We can do this in either two scenarios. Door number one, you call off your troops and get out of the city, and that's the end of it. Door number two, all I can say is that you get destroyed like the rest of your buddies."
"AND WHO ARE YOU TO GIVE ME ORDERS AND THREATS?" the golden robot asked, raising its lance and shield in a defensive manner. The blue hedgehog Chao turned to Miles.
"How are we on time?" he asked.
"I'd say we have about a minute of Power Ring energy," Miles answered. "Give or take ten seconds." The blue hedgehog then disappeared for five seconds, and reappeared. The other eighteen robots suddenly fell apart, surprising the golden robot.
Okay, let me slow down what exactly has the currently unnamed hedgehog Chao hero and Miles been doing for you. The two had originally used the rings at 4:15 p.m. current time, zero minutes and five seconds. After that, they dashed at high speeds, plowing through any remaining Robotnik robots in downtown, much to the confusion of the Speed Team and GUN robots, one minute and twenty-five seconds. Then they went to bash the two robots that were destroyed at the start of this little battle, one minute and thirty-four seconds. After a bit of threatening and complaining, the two saw that the golden robot took (according to Miles) door number two, one minute and fifty eight seconds. And in the five seconds that the hedgehog Chao disappeared, he had flat out went nuts and bashed through the robots in similar methods he had employed before, only at speeds so fast that the robots didn't even feel the effects of his attack until he was done. Total time taken up so far: two minutes and eight seconds. That meant that they had only fifty-one seconds and thirty-eight milliseconds to destroy gold before wearing out. Probably going to be tough, but was still manageable.
"LOOKS LIKE I UNDERESTIMATED YOUR ABILITIES," the golden robot stated, getting back into focus. "I SHOULD WARN YOU, HOWEVER, THAT AS A MEMBER OF THE EGG PAWN ELITES, I AM SUPERIOR TO THOSE LESSER GRUNTS YOU HAVE DEFEATED SO FAR."
"So you guys do have a name!" the blue Chao grinned while placing his sunglasses on top of his head. He then disappeared at impressive speeds again.
Forty-six seconds left.
Now, considering how he had already destroyed the other Egg Pawns so far without too much difficulty, the hedgehog Chao expected to get behind the gold robot, curl up into that ball form again, and plow right through with a little over half a minute of Power Ring energy to spare. However, what he didn't know that the Egg Pawn Elite, although barely stronger and a little more durable than the normal red Egg Pawns they commanded, was a much smarter line than their red counterparts. This being said, they can adapt to almost any battle style by just seeing it in action. So, it didn't take that much effort on its part for the gold Egg Pawn to turn around, block the spinning ball attack with its shield, and then swat the annoying hedgehog Chao away with the large lance, sending him crashing into a pillar. All the damage suffered by the Egg Pawn Elite by that move was a small dent into his heavy shield.
Forty-two seconds left.
The hedgehog got up, a swirl over its head. There were a few traces of crimson liquid on his lips. "That's shield got to go," the hedgehog Chao grumbled as the swirl disappeared, and he wiped the blood off of his mouth.
While the Egg Pawn Elite once again attempted to go into City Hall, Miles had already started to act, clamping onto the back of the golden robot. It was then that he took out his screwdriver again, and plunged it into the back of the robot. Sensing this unwanted presence, the Egg Pawn Elite started to spin its upper body around, in hopes to shake off the passenger. In about ten seconds, it got the results it wanted with Miles being slammed into the front window of an abandoned police car, shattering it on impact. Considering them defeated, the robot turned back towards City Hall.
Thirty-one seconds left.
"Alright," Miles growled, "I think we're going to have to use that combination attack we've been working on."
"Finally," the hedgehog Chao grinned
Both Chao, after finishing recovering from their brief beating, rushed the Egg Pawn Elite at the same time. The robot turned around, annoyed.
"YOU TWO HAVE NOT LEARNED YOUR LESSON," the Egg Pawn Elite declared. "CONCLUSION: TEACH BY EXTERMINATION."
With only twenty-seven seconds left to go, the signs of fatigue and injury were coming back. However, both of them knew that if they let the robot see this, then it would most likely take advantage of the situation. The hedgehog Chao got close to the robot, most likely preparing to curl up again. The Egg Pawn Elite, not surprised that the hedgehog Chao didn't learn from the last time, raised up the shield, and swiped with the lance, hoping to decapitate the pesky rodent Chao. However, instead of letting his head fly off with a fountain of blood, the hedgehog Chao ducked at the last second to let his foxy Chao friend jump onto his back after the swipe, and springboard off of it into the sky, hovering above them.
Twenty-three seconds left.
The Egg Pawn Elite was confused by the sudden aerial maneuver that he didn't register the hedgehog Chao had started to circle it at intense speeds. When it finally caught onto the running, it was too late, though- the hedgehog Chao had created a small tornado to surround the robot before running behind the police car, the wind speed high enough to cause anybody caught in or around it to have troubles keeping their feet on the ground. This of course, included robots, so the gold robot started going airborne, being spun around in the vortex.
Fifteen seconds left.
The hedgehog Chao, sure that the Egg Pawn Elite had gone airborne, dashed out and jumped into the twister, curling into a ball as he did so. He then let the current take him upwards, spinning at rapid speeds. The Egg Pawn Elite had lost its large shield in the confusion of the attack, so it was helpless to the small ocean blue spiky ball of death rushing straight at it, and plowing through its entire body before going into the air. Miles waited until the hedgehog Chao uncurled to extend his hand, grabbing his friend before the hedgehog Chao went too high, like the now lifeless robot was doing.
With only five seconds to spare, the two watched as both the tornado dispersed and the golden robot fell to the ground, shattering to pieces on impact. All around the city, any and all remaining active red Egg Pawns seemed to deactivate upon the destruction of their superior robot. The battle for Station Square had been won by two freelancing Chao.
The two Chao, with no Power Ring energy left, dropped to the ground, exhausted. "…That was awesome," the blue hedgehog Chao barely got out, his chest rising and lowering rapidly as he lied down on his back. "Let's do that again."
"…Maybe later," Miles replied, sitting down. "Let's… get out of here, first." The hedgehog Chao struggled to get up, but could barely move. The fox Chao had the same trouble. The one thing about Power Rings is that at the end of their use, they left you with the worst case of sore muscles to the point that it hurt to move. They were so exhausted, that had started to black out.
That's when the two saw it. Up in the skies, there was a dark gray biplane coming towards them. In the plane, the two Chao could have sworn that there were four humans. But that's all they could see before they both passed out….
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Chuck's Garage- 18:09
The dark blue hedgehog Chao opened his eyes to see that he was lying down on a comfortable pillow. His buddy Miles was also on a pillow, and they were forced to share a blanket. Looking around at the room, the hedgehog Chao didn't know whether or not he was still in the United States. Because with all of the decorations in the room, he sure felt like he was in Egypt. Looking at his fur, the hedgehog Chao was surprised to see that it was sparkling clean- somebody had given him a bath while he was out. All of their stuff- his sunglasses and cyan bracelet, as well as Miles' badge, goggles, tool belt, and the Chaos Morpher- were also cleaned, placed gently on the nightstand for them.
As appreciative as this was, this made the Chao wonder. "Who did all of this for us?" he asked. He nudged Miles awake, and the two looked around. Just as they were about to head to the door, it opened, and they saw Ella.
"Ah, I see the two little 'Hero Chao' that Chris was talking out are awake!" she greeted them. "Do you two even know how big of a ring you left around the bathtub walls?" The dark blue hedgehog blushed in embarrassment. He forgot that he hated water so much that it was a miracle and a half that he convinced Miles to let him bathe only once a month.
"Sorry," both Chao apologized. At this point, Chris walked into the room, himself.
"They're awake, now, aren't they?" he grinned. Ella nodded. "Thanks, Ella."
"No problem," she replied. "Just next time you bring home two superhero Chao, make sure that they're clean before you do so."
"Hey," the hedgehog Chao pointed out with a swirl over his head, "in my defense, I was busy fighting robots that bled oil and knocked me into eggs and milk. I believe I have a right to be dirty!"
You know that one girl that you knew back in either high school or college that absolutely hated to be told anything but what she wanted to hear? That tough-as-nails, "doesn't take crap from anybody" kind of girl? That quote, "psycho bitch", unquote, who if they threatened you, nine times out of ten that threat actually turned out to be a very good promise? I'm not saying that all women tend to act this way, but, if you've seen any of the Tyler Perry Madea movies, you know the kind of woman I'm talking about. Well, Ella was kind of the same way when it came to cleanliness. If anybody told her that they can get away with being dirty in her house, she'd break their neck if she wasn't told to calm down.
Picking the small hedgehog Chao up by one of his ears, Ella glared angrily at him while the swirl faded. "Listen, here," she warned him. "From this position, I can easily kill you in eight ways without leaving this spot. Now, unless you wish to find out what exactly those ways are, I suggest you try to stay clean around me. ¿Entiendes?" The hedgehog Chao would have responded with a smart comment, however, he was still kind of sore from the fight downtown. So, not wanting to risk it, he simply nodded. Ella placed him down.
The hedgehog Chao, while rubbing his ear, turned towards Chris. "So, I take it this is your house?"
Chris shook his head. "Actually, this is my grandfather's house. I live on top of the hill, not too far from this place." Sitting on the bed with the two Chao, he smiled, "Thanks for helping out my friends Frances and Helen at the store, by the way. I heard from them what happened after Mr. Tanaka took my friend Danny home."
The hedgehog Chao blinked. He had heard of the name Helen from that pink Chao he met, so he had assumed it was the name of the blond girl in the wheelchair. However, this was the first time he heard Frances… maybe it had been the girl that destroyed the robots with him and Miles. "No problem," he honestly replied. "It's what we do."
"What exactly do you guys do?" Chris questioned. "Because I'm pretty sure that normal Chao don't go around bashing robots."
"True," Miles agreed. "What we normally do is go around, helping people in trouble. And boy, there sure were plenty of them, today."
"Yeah," Chris smiled. "I saw that last battle, myself. You guys sure know how to fight." He then offered a hand. "I'm Chris Thorndyke. And you guys?"
"Call me Miles," the fox Chao announced, placing his hand in the human's. The hedgehog Chao also placed his hand in Chris' palm.
"As for me," the hedgehog Chao finally introduced himself, "…I've been called Swift. Nice to meet ya, Chris." The human then shook their tiny hands.
"Hey, Chris!" Chuck's voice carried up the stairs. "Are the two Chao we rescued in the plane awake, yet?" Swift's ears couldn't help but twitch. He thought he had heard that voice, before. But just to be sure, he closed his eyes, and tried to sense the Chaos Energy levels in the house. Now, he couldn't help but feel as though as he was tied at second for the strongest levels of Chaos energy in the house- there was another scent just as strong as him in this very room. It couldn't possibly be Miles, as his Chaos Energy reading was barely over half of the energy Swift was dealing out, though it was ridiculously close. However, that wasn't important- what was important was the stronger scent coming from downstairs. Letting go of Chris' hand, he then jumped off of the bed, and dashed downstairs. There was a muffled scream, making Chris and Ella both jump.
"Oh crap," Miles groaned. The three then head downstairs to see a rather interesting sight. Swift was on top of a surprised Chuck, holding the gem that Chuck found in the Mayan empire in one hand, and had Chuck by the collar of his shirt in the other. "Hey, isn't that the Emerald!?"
"Yep," Swift replied, holding the gem victoriously in his hand. "But more importantly… I think I finally found our thief of the other day back in Latin America. Isn't that right, old man?" Chris and Ella both looked shocked.
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Swift: Alright, we're finally done with the first episode!
Miles: Swift, I believe we're supposed to be doing previews for the next episode.
Swift: Oh, sorry… too early to call it quits.
Chris: What do you mean my grandfather stole that gem of yours?
Swift: First of all, it's called a Chaos Emerald, and second, I know he did.
Chris: Well, even if he did, he'll give it back to you. But for now, I promised my friends I'd go to the mall to make sure they're alright.
Swift: I don't know about you, but I'm going to consider that a wasted day unless something cool happened, like a giant robot chicken.
Miles: Well, if something ridiculous like that, happens, the Morpher is almost complete, Swift. You just need to find a human who has almost the same amount of Chaos Energy as you do
Chris: Next time, on Sonic Chao Chronicles: The Blue Blur! Enter the Hero, Sonic the Hedgehog!
Swift: Just try to keep up with me!
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Kingdom Rider92's Notes: Okay, this one's finally finished. Oh, yes, a robot chicken. How cute, Swift. Like a robot chicken's going to come invading the mall on a path of revenge for what you did to Robotnik's last batch of robots. …Oh, who am I fooling?
Zohaku: Of course they'll get it working soon, what did you expect? Miles is the Chao embodiment of Tails, after all (good guess, by the way, I just wanted to use his real name). By the way, you get an imaginary cookie for the Tomb Raider series. And naturally, the Morpher Miles is working on is a mere prototype, and he plans to mass produce them. Also, great guesses on two people, I was intentionally hinting them joining the team. As for Frances, I gave her a last name- Burns? Now, who do you know from the Sonic series that has the ability to burn stuff?
White Hunter: Geez, I don't really know how Chris will react. Knowing me, he'll think it's really cool and freaky at the same time.
Edvis93: …You win an imaginary cookie for guessing the thief! *Bangs gabble* Congrats for guessing who took it.
By the way, the rest of the exchange about the Emerald will finish up in the next episode. Kingdom Rider92, out!