A/N: Ladies and gentlemen, I am sorry for the huge delay- I've been working on something (that random project I've been doing on deviantART) that has been just about as successful as this story. If you ever want to look it up, it's called Ross' Fortune: The Golden Ho-Oh by BladeSquall. Yes, it's a Pokémon fan fiction (you can tell by the word "Ho-Oh"), but it's a fan fiction for a fan comic series called Random Doom by BehindtG. Her work is amazing. But fret not, for I have some good news for you. It's time for some more Sonic Chao Chronicles.
Robot Card:
BocoeModel: E-0004
Equipment: Robot Link Drive, Heating Unit
Purpose: Road Buddy/Servant/Comic Relief Henchman
Swift and Miles' House… or what's left of it-
11:36Nobody, not even Chris, had ever seen Swift and Miles cry before. It was an awkward sight to see two heroic and brave Chao shedding tears. But nobody could blame them- they had been living in the house who god knows how long, only to find that about three weeks later it had been totaled by whom knows what.
All Chris could do was to try and comfort Swift and Miles by rubbing their heads like his mother did earlier. "…I'm sorry, guys," Chris whispered, trying to make them feel better. "None of us were expecting this."
"Don't blame yourself," Swift stated with his eyes closed before sniffling. "We were gone too long, and somebody ransacked the place because of it."
"I told Swift we should've installed a house alarm!" Miles bawled, snapping Swift out of his own self-misery.
"We're living in an abandoned house in the middle of the former Mayan Empire, Miles," Swift argued with a swirl over his head. "Where would we have found a house alarm, let alone, how would we install it without looking suspicious!"
"We could've always sprung for a lock," Miles retorted.
"It's part of the park," Swift shot back. "We would've been found out!"
"Good to know you two are somewhat alright," Chris sarcastically jumped in. "Still though, your old house is a wreck." Both Chao stopped arguing with each other, and stared at their shot-up Mayan home. "…Not the best choice of words, right?"
"They were not," Frances sighed. Lindsey giggled while scooping up the two Chao. She then rocked them back and forth while humming the tune of a lullaby. Swift and Miles somehow forgot their sadness, and just closed their eyes. Soon, the Chao were simply breathing in a peaceful sleep.
"There we go," Lindsey smiled while handing Swift to Chris and Miles to Karin. "That should make them feel a little better. Are Amy and the echidna Chao still awake?"
"What makes you say that?" Helen asked. She then looked down to see Amy napping on the floor, slight snores escaping her lips.
"My mother taught me that so I can lull my Chao to sleep when she was cranky," Lindsey replied as she picked up Amy and placed her into Helen's lap. Looking at Spike, she giggled, "It works on three out of four Chao, I see."
"I never liked lullabies," Spike insisted. "But does anybody have a camera?"
"Spike," Ahaw Kin growled, making the echidna Chao silent. Out loud, Ahaw Kin sighed, "I am terribly sorry about this development, everybody. I'm new here, and this was not like this when I took the job. I will look into it, though, mark my words." Everyone else nodded with the vow, and started to head back… save for Chris and Danny.
"You guys were trying to tell Swift about this, weren't you?" Chris realized. Spike reluctantly nodded. Chris handed Swift to Danny, and said, "Tell everyone I just went to the bathroom… I need to check to see what's left of the place."
"Are you nuts?" Danny questioned. "No offense to Swift and Miles, but whatever shot up this place made it so that the house could collapse at any minute. Hell, since Robotnik did make a Morpher and Swift and Miles made two so far, what's to say that he wasn't the one to do this and left a trap for us?"
"Ahaw Kin and Spike are going to stay with me just in case something like that happens," Chris replied, much to the shock of the mentioned duo that Spike had an exclamation point over his head. "Should something happen to the house," Chris explained to Ahaw Kin, "I may need you to save me. I don't want to make my mom worry on her birthday."
"Wait, it's today?" Ahaw Kin asked. Danny just rolled his eyes as he headed back with Swift, still snoring away. "Anyways, Sonic, I will stay with you. Should I become Knuckles now just in case?"
"No," Chris waved off. "It's too soon."
Chris turned to the house, and went into the closest of the buildings. Chris then looked around to see a small, wooden work table that was sliced in half, a few singed and shot up notebooks, a cracked wooden pencil holder, a stale and moldy salami and Swiss cheese sandwich- the only thing in the building that was left untouched- and a broken glass oil lamp on the floor, which- from the look of it- was accidentally knocked against the wall that was slightly burnt. Luckily, the fire seemed to have been put out before it became noticeable. This building must have been Miles' workshop.
Chris then noticed a small little document that was slightly burned on the floor below what remained of the work table. Curious, the boy pulled it out and pocketed it, saving it for later. Seeing nothing else of importance, Chris decided to let moldy sandwiches lie and leave before the smell of the sandwich got to him.
The next building wasn't in as bad shape as the workshop was, but it was still pretty jacked up. Chris noticed another broken oil lamp on the ground, but it looked like it fell from a damaged hook that was placed in the wall. Also, Chris noticed what remained of two straw beds- beds that were way too small to be for humans. It was clearly obvious that the beds were for Chao… before the destruction of the house. So, this must have been Swift and Miles' living house.
But that wasn't what interested Chris. What interest the boy was that under what remained of one of the beds was a small trap door with a string attached to it. Chris curiously pulled the string… and found a small, black, circular device with a large gray button on the top. Shrugging, he pushed the button, triggering a holographic projection of none other than Ivo Robotnik.
"For whoever was living here," Robotnik began, "I'd just like to thank you for taking care of those important documents until I got there. And I'd also like to thank you for improving on the Chaos Morpher design for me to make it easier. I have taken the liberty of confiscating them- they were, after all, Robotnik property before I got my hands on them."
"Robotnik property?" Chris questioned. He then remembered that he was speaking to a hologram. Perhaps he could discuss it with his grandfather later
"But I must apologize for the obvious mess," Robotnik continued, snapping Chris back into reality. "But my robots and I made ourselves at home when we were searching the house. After all, I'm going to need those blueprints you were watching more so than you. I'd pay for the damages, but this message is designed to activate a bomb that will destroy the house in about two minutes at the end of it, more than enough time for you to clear out. If you feel like getting revenge, I'll be waiting in the Mayan ruins of Yaxchilán. Good-bye."
The holographic image faded away, and up rose a large, gray capsule like device. For those of you who need a hint as to what it looks like, remember those capsules you press at the end of a level back in the classic Sonic the Hedgehog games? Yeah, it looks like one of those, but on the side was a really large, red timer counting down from two minutes, with the golden plunger switch at the top slowing lowering down. Chris breathed, "Aw, crap… Ahaw Kin, Spike!"
Just then, a red echidna smashed through the wooden wall. "I'm way ahead of you, Sonic!" Knuckles announced as he got up and dusted himself off. He then looked at the large machine, and questioned, "What in the world is this?"
"That thing will blow a crater in the park if we don't get it out of here!" Chris explained. "Where can we get it to blow up that won't harm anything in less than two minutes!"
"I may know a place," Knuckles replied while walking up towards the bomb. He then slid his spiked claws right under the explosive, and easily lifted the massive bomb over his head, much to Chris' shock. "Is this a good time to say that the males of the Knuckles Tribe of echidna were rumored to lift up to ten times their own body mass, which is the reason why they had taken over almost half of the world when they were around?"
"Actually, yes," Chris reasoned. "Need any help with that?"
"No, I'm fine," Knuckles replied as he turned towards the large hole he made earlier. As he walked out, a bigger gaping hole was made, knocking the holographic projection unit off of the plunger with the rubble. Chris quickly pocketed the projector, thinking he would need it later. "Go back to your family and pretend everything's fine. After this, my Chao side has a few things to do, anyways. I'll meet you back in Flores!" Chris nodded, and ran off, leaving Knuckles with a time bomb hovering over his head. Now, while it was no secret that the echidna is stronger than the hedgehog psychically, the hedgehog is faster than the echidna. Knuckles was pretty fast, but not on the level of Sonic.
Still, Knuckles could move, even with the large mass above his head. As the clock started to tick down, Knuckles carried it as far away from people and animals he could. When he saw that he only had ten seconds, the Echidna looked into the clear air. From there, he bent his knees, and launched the large explosive airborne, and ducked behind a conveniently placed Mayan ruin just as the clock struck zero.
POOF! POOF! POOF! POOF!
Knuckles looked up from behind his cover to see a bunch of baby forest animals landing on the ground, clearly confused as to how they got there, and the crumpled remains of something metal and scrunched up. Knuckles then realized that the whole thing was a set-up. The animals decided to try to find their way home before their parents got worried about them, but not without thanking the echidna for saving them.
'Hey,' Spike asked, 'what the hell just happened?'
'I do not know nor want to,' Ahaw Kin replied as Knuckles confusedly walked back to the park. 'Let's just go get that tour guide you knocked out from the broom closet and give him his clothes back before he wakes up.'
Flores, Guatemala- 14:32
"…I'd pay for the damages," Robotnik continued his speech for the rest of Team Sonic, "but this message is designed to activate a bomb that will destroy the house in about two minutes at the end of it, more than enough time for you to clear out. If you feel like getting revenge, I'll be waiting in the Mayan ruins of Yaxchilán. Good-bye." Chris waited until the message went dead to look at the rest of the group.
After they got back to Flores- well, most of them, as Ahaw Kin and Spike had to clean up the mess the two of them made- the large group decided to see the sights for a few hours after Swift, Amy, and Miles woke up. Despite their home being a wreck, Swift and Miles were trying their best to be happy. However, due to the horrifying memory of what became of their house during their stay in Station Square, the Chao's façade was easily read.
Once Ahaw Kin and Spike quietly returned to the city, Chris called Team Sonic together privately to look at Robotnik's holographic message. "So," Swift scowled with an angered swirl over his head, "that bastard Eggman is responsible for what happened to my house."
"Robotnik," Chuck corrected the Chao. "His name is Robotnik."
"And he took all my research notes," Miles calmly added. "This is going to be a problem if we don't find and stop Robotnik soon and get the blueprints for the Chaos Morpher back soon."
"Why is that?" Ahaw Kin questioned, clearly confused by the Morpher's importance. "Why is it so bad that he has the Morpher's blueprints?"
"Ahaw Kin," Karin spoke up, "the Chaos Morphers you, Chris, and Danny wear are now the key to winning this war Robotnik has started. So far, only Miles, Robotnik, and I are capable of building a Chaos Morpher, but Robotnik is the only one of us who has the technology and materials capable of Chaos Morpher mass production. Added with the potential energy that your Master Emerald wields, he could create a series of limitless Chaos Morphers- he could easily take over the world with those."
"We have to get the Master Emerald back, then!" Spike concluded, an exclamation point over his head.
"You do that," Swift agreed with the echidna Chao. "But I call dibs on Eggman."
"Robotnik," Chris corrected. "Anyways, Swift, this seems like a trap- and a more obvious one than four days ago."
"This guy broke my house," Swift angrily replied, "and now I'm breaking his face! Besides, we're supposed to be getting the Master Emerald back for Ahaw Kin and Spike anyways."
"Swift," Chuck ordered, "you're going to need to calm down before we attempt anything on Robotnik-"
"You're in no condition to tell me what to do!" Swift yelled at Chuck, shocking everyone. "Had you not taken my Emerald in the first place, I would've been able to at least defend the house instead of chase you down to get my Emerald back!"
"Swift, enough!" Tanaka interjected into the conversation, making the hedgehog Chao stop. "I know that your house is destroyed and you want revenge, but Master Charles is right. You need to calm down and shut-up. If you go in guns blazing like you currently are, you're just signing your own death warrant. We're going to do something about this, make no mistake- you just need to calm down and shut-up before you do something reckless."
The hedgehog Chao stared at Tanaka's firm face, and sighed, calming down. "…Fine," Swift reluctantly agreed. "I'm done for today." He then jumped off the bed he was sitting on, grabbed a key card for later, and headed for the door. When he realized the handle was too high for him to reach normally, he turned to Chris. "Could you open the door for me?" The human boy rolled his eyes, and opened the door for the hedgehog Chao to slip out. "Now could you angrily slam it?" Chris then slammed the door. "Thanks!" Swift called from outside.
"He'll be fine," Miles sighed. "He just needs to vent a little." Miles then realized something about their conversation. Turning to Karin, he asked with a question mark, "By the way, Dr. Naka, what do you mean, 'you're capable of building a Chaos Morpher?' I thought I only showed you how Chris' works to help me build Danny's!"
"Yeah," Danny added, "you two need to teach me how to build one of these things."
"Well," Karin explained while pulling out a briefcase, "let's just say I haven't been twiddling my thumbs for the past week while Chris was in the field." She opened it to reveal an indigo colored Chaos Morpher that looked fresh off the production lines. "I'm working on a substitute for Ahaw Kin's Robotnik brand Chaos Morpher, just in case there's a fail-safe in his that Robotnik placed in."
"What's a fail-safe?" Spike asked with his own question mark above his head.
"Well," Karin replied, "Robotnik could have placed in a self-destruct function in Ahaw Kin's Morpher just in case he needed to terminate you two quickly. Also, with Robotnik's devilish grin on his wrist may have people thinking that we're really with Robotnik, so we need to get rid of the Morpher anyways." Both Ahaw Kin and Spike looked at the human guardian's wrist in shock.
"…Good point," Ahaw Kin agreed, poking Robotnik's logo.
"I can whip up one in a few days," Karin suggested while looking at the Morpher she made. "But I don't think I have any notable field skills as Chris with his martial arts, Swift with his speed, Danny with his gadgets and piloting skills, Miles with his brains and flight, Ahaw Kin's self-defense skills, and Spike with his muscle."
"So why did you build a new Morpher if you're never going to use it?" Chuck questioned.
"Swift is obsessed with the idea of getting Frances on the team," the Chao doctor replied. "It may be a slight crush or something."
"Actually," Chris replied, "Frances' fighting skills are better mine, and he had seen her in action before. But Swift having an actual crush on her? That's kind of odd for a Chao."
"True," Karin smiled, "but it happens, sometimes, with Chao. You may be Swift's owner, but sometimes, Chao exhibit minor feelings for humans of the opposite sex. So, if we ever found Frances a Chao partner, he could finally have an excuse for her to join the team and get closer. However, it would never go any further, though. Both species mutually decide that it would never work out in that manner, so they draw the line at owner and close friend, never soul mates."
Danny interjected, "Well, somebody should keep an eye on Swift for the rest of the day, just to make sure he doesn't go guns blazing on his own." Everyone looked at Chris, Karin, and Miles, expecting one of them to volunteer. Eventually, Miles' dot turned into a swirl of annoyance.
"I'll talk to him," the fox Chao replied, flying towards the door. "I have that brotherly duty, and all of that jazz." Soon, the group had watched the other depressed Chao leave.
"Master Chris," Tanaka announced, "we better keep a close eye on Swift and Miles this weekend. We both remember what happened the last time Swift lost something." Chris, Danny, and Tanaka grimaced at the thought of Swift's irrational behavior against Robotnik over a chili dog.
"I'll do better than that," Chris replied. "You're right, we're going to do something about this. We have no real choice, anymore. By now, he knows we're in Guatemala, so he'll be prepared for a fight… and use dirty tactics. But we can't just sit down and ignore it- as long as Robotnik's here, he's a threat to everyone in the nation."
"We have to get the Master Emerald back, as well," Ahaw Kin agreed. "So… what's the plan, Sonic."
"Chris," the boy replied, slightly annoyed by Ahaw Kin's consistency with the name. "And right now… I've kind of got nothing."
"I do, though," Chuck interrupted. "We keep calm and collected about this. We don't mention a word about what went on in this room to anyone. Also, Ahaw Kin and Spike have to hide until we get away from everyone long enough to go after Robotnik and the Master Emerald."
"I've been meaning to ask," Spike questioned with a question mark over his head, "but why do we have to keep out of your friends' sight?"
"As far as our friends and my family know," Chris explained, "you guys are just tour guides in Tikal National Park. It would be a little odd if you two just randomly started hanging out with us, no offense."
"Well if you put it that way," Spike shrugged as his dot returned to normal, "I guess we'll stick to the shadows."
"Good," Chuck replied. "Now, I think it's best to adjourn here. We need to make sure Swift doesn't leave Flores." Almost everyone left the room normally while Ahaw Kin and Spike stayed. Spike picked up the holographic transmitter, and replayed the message.
'Yaxchilán,' Spike thought to himself after the message finished. 'So that's where Robotnik took the ancient treasure of my people… he is going to pay with his life for this.'
"Itzamna," Ahaw Kin scolded the echidna Chao, causing an exclamation mark to pop up above his head. "I know what you're thinking, and no. We're not going after Robotnik by ourselves. We are going to wait on everyone else before moving out."
"Fine," Spike sighed, an annoyed swirl appearing above his head. "We'll stay put for now." The two then headed out onto the deck before turning back into Knuckles and climbing down the building to return into hiding.
For the rest of the day, Chris and his friends just spent it celebrating Lindsey's 40th birthday. Chris' gift was revealed to be a locket with a picture of Lindsey, Nelson, Tanaka, Chuck, Ella, and Sam back when Chris' parents weren't away as much. While everyone was enjoying themselves, Chris and the rest of Team Sonic was looking at the false happy faces of Swift and Miles, making sure that they didn't try anything.
Looking at Swift playing hide and seek with Amy, Chris thought to himself, 'Whatever you do, Swift, please don't be anything reckless.'
Guatemalan Airspace- 22:01
Robotnik was watching the monitors of the news reports in the country from the comfort of his Egg Balloon. Apparently, Guatemalan police discovered a vandalized Mayan dwelling in Tikal National Park. The scientist grinned in realization. This did not go unnoticed by the small black Dark Chao in the room. "Master Robotnik," Bokkun began in concern, "why are you grinning?"
"I take it Sonic is here and he has found your little message," the scientist replied. "This is going according to plan."
"What do you mean, 'according to plan?'" Decoe questioned. "Team Sonic knows we're here, and we haven't secured the Maya Base yet!"
"I know we haven't," Robotnik replied. "But now that Team Sonic has seen what we've done to their Chao sides' old home, they'll probably want revenge. That's why I purposely didn't wash my boots when we were digging around in Tikal National Park."
"You lead them here, doctor!" Bocoe gasped in horror. "Are you out of your freaking mind!"
"Perhaps I am," Robotnik replied. "But we have our little guardian's Master Emerald and we caused some serious property damage to the Chao's old home. They'll come running with their Chaos Emeralds. And with what I have in store, this should be quite interesting."
"By the way, doctor," Decoe asked, "what made you think that the Chao side of Sonic actually lived there?"
"Reports show that Guatemalan villages and towns within a twenty-mile radius of the house have had some odd robberies happen," the scientist explained, showing the reports on monitor. "These robberies have similar qualities to them: nobody was injured, no houses were raided, the only things that were stolen were the same materials used to make the very Chaos Morpher I designed for our guardian friends as well as food, the raids happened at night, and there were reported sightings of a small, blue devil… Chao sized. Oddly, the raids stopped approximately two weeks prior to Sonic's first sighting… sounds familiar?"
"You mean that the blue hedgehog Chao that stopped your conquest of Station Square and Sonic the Hedgehog are related, somehow!" Decoe and Bocoe both realized at the same time.
"You're just now catching onto this, boys?" Robotnik chuckled. "I thought I programmed you two smarter than that."
"HEY!" Decoe protested. "We're smart!"
"In all seriousness," Robotnik smiled, "of course they're related. Super speed and strength, rapid healing ability even to the context of a Mobian, blue fur, hedgehog DNA… these two have to be related in the case that the Chao is one half of Sonic! If I can find out the human half's identity, we can take this war straight to him and either recruit him to our cause or wipe him off the map!"
"And you had our troops desecrate the Chao's home in order to draw the human half out?" Bocoe concluded.
"Actually," Robotnik sheepishly replied, "this was more for luring the two Chaos Emeralds he has here before I made arrangements to acquire the remaining four."
"So," Decoe questioned, "now what?"
"We rendezvous with the troops in Yaxchilán, establish a defense, and wait for Sonic to show up. I also need to begin working with the Master Emerald in the morning; figure out how it can null the Chaos Emeralds." Robotnik yawned, and said, "We better get the Egg Balloon down in Guatemala… making sure everything goes smoothly is really tiring." With that, the blimp lowered itself downwards into the small country, where Robotnik's plans would begin….
Chris: Oh crap! Helen, Frances, have you seen him!
Frances: Seen who?
Chris: Swift! He's gone missing!
Helen: He's not the only one, Chris. I can't find Amy, either!
Miles: Damn it! Swift must have slipped off when I was sleeping.
Tanaka: You all don't think Swift… ah crap.
Chris: He must have gone to Yaxchilán and Amy must have followed him! We've got to go after them before they get hurt.
Lindsey: Chris, I better help you out. Yaxchilán is where I'm shooting next, anyways.
Chris: Thanks, mom.
Lindsey: Next time on Sonic Chao Chronicles: The Blue Revenge! Swift Goes Solo!
Miles: Gotta fly!
Kingdom Rider92's Notes: Yep, I'm back before I leave for college! Now, I'm sorry for the long wait and you guys have… mediocre work to read. I've been working on something on my deviantART, as I've said at the start of this chapter, and I've been pumping a lot of my creativity into that. So, I'm sorry if this sucks compared to my earlier chapters… I've gone from Sonic to Pokémon back and forth.
Edge's Corner: Well, we better get someone to do these comments with me. Can't leave the fans hanging and all of that, can we, Spike?
Spike: How did we even-?
Edge: It's best not to ask. Instead, just answer the first comment.
SuperSpeed by Spike: I know, it hooked me right into that chapter, too. And I got little screen time in this episode for my tastes! As for Ahaw Kin's little habit, he's working on it. More importantly, Swift almost called his human partner Sonic? I'd better look at that?
Zohaku by Edge: Yeah, she is, isn't she. Is the author that obvious, though? Hm… he better get creative.
Porky2 by Spike: Well, he's out of there. You know, we're lucky that the guy had no recollection of what happened. Otherwise, we'd probably be going to jail or something. But is Swift's hammock that damn important.
White Hunter by Spike: Since this is the same man who tricked me and stole the Master Emerald, those two guys aren't the only Chao he'll have to worry about…
Roxai by Edge: This one's going to have some explaining… you see, the author wanted Robotnik to be considered an actual threat both physically and mentally. The guy has a high-enough IQ to be dangerous mental wise, but all that knowledge would go to waste if a hedgehog could just destroy his plans and it takes a few physical blows to bring him down. That's when he found out that Robotnik in the Sonic X comic did wrestling to earn money. So, why not incorporate being a professional wrestler in Robotnik's arsenal. I know it's hard to believe, but it gives the guy some way to fight without riding in a mech all of the time.
Hanzo the Salamander by Edge: …I have no comment…
Samswimmer by Spike: You know what will happen to this "Maria?" Because I'm kind of in the dark.
Invader Kiwi by Edge: …D-do I have to comment on this one? …Yes? Okay, fine. Thank you for all the awards, and thank you for giving us the chance to live long enough for us to update. When the world gets obliterated by aliens in 2012, please instead of killing our writer, just abduct him so he can continue with this story for your amusement, as well… also, we're the best Sonic fanfic out here? Cool!
Kingdom Rider92's Notes: Well, that's everything. Here's to hoping I have time in college to work on this! Kingdom Rider92, out!