A/N: And we've returned to some more Sonic Chao Chronicles!
Human Card: Lindsey Speed-Thorndyke
Occupation: Actress, Historian (former), Mother
Known Relatives: Nelson Thorndyke (husband), Christopher Thorndyke (son), Samuel Speed (brother)
Hobbies: History, Drama, Chao Care
Tikal, Guatemala- 11:00
Amy rubbed the back of her neck in slight pain. "I can't believe Swift has been paying attention to my lectures," Karin muttered to herself. "If only he had patience to take a bath, then we'd actually have a breakthrough." All of a sudden, two bright lights erupted from behind the house, blinding her, Frances, Helen, Amy, and Tanaka.
"What the heck is that!" Frances spoke up, shielding her eyes. Once they adjusted to the light, they saw Chris walking from behind the house, furiously rubbing his eyes.
"Master Chris, are you all right?" Tanaka questioned the young heir.
"I'll be fine," Chris insisted his bodyguard. "Just remind me never use a flash bang. Whatever the heck that light was really hurt my eyes."
"Well," Karin announced, "wherever Swift is, we're not going to find him here, anymore. We should probably head back to Flores and either wait for your folks to show back up or head to wherever the shooting is. Swift will at least remember where we are, and head home."
"Hey," Frances questioned, realizing that one of their friends was missing. "Where did Danny go?"
"Yeah," Chris explained. "Danny told me he'll keep looking for Swift, though… he may find something. He said he knows how to get back to Flores, and he'll call me if he sees Swift." While everyone turned away, Tails and Knuckles dashed out from behind the house, and Tails grabbed the echidna's hand.
"Hope you're not afraid of heights," Tails remarked to Knuckles as he took flight. "It's going to be a long ride."
"You do realize that Angel Island is called that for a reason, right?" Knuckles shot back at the kitsune Neo Mobian. "Neither side of me should have any reason to fear heights." Chris briefly looked back and gave the duo a thumbs-up before departing while Karin looked back and threw the two her Chaos Emerald, which Knuckles caught. While Karin knew the two would need her Emerald, Chris knew he would have to catch up with the two before Swift got to Yaxchilán. Otherwise, there would be hell to pay for his family.
Yaxchilán- 12:04
"Alright," Mr. Springsteen called out to Lindsey, "this is it… the big scene where Blair hands over the Amulet of Tikal in exchange for her husband, however the CGI guardians we have will send things quickly to hell in a hand basket. Nelson, I'm glad you could come on set for this one."
"No problem," Nelson replied to the director as Sam clapped handcuffs on him from behind. "But question… how are you going to explain how Blair's husband Victor was kidnapped by Sanchez in such a short time?"
"This scene takes place about three days after the chase scene in Flores," Springsteen answered. "And you know how the movie industry goes- anything can happen in that short of time."
"And the handcuffs?"
"We want this to be authentic," Springsteen answered. Nelson gulped at Springsteen's idea of "authentic"- the director knew Lindsey was fully capable of doing her own stunts… it was something he exploited in the movies. And every time Nelson happened to be on set, the stunts they did tended to be more realistic than the CEO of Meteor Tech Industries ever wanted movies to be.
"Please tell me you brought the key to these cuffs," Nelson whispered to his brother-in-law.
"I should have it somewhere," Sam humorously stated as he patted himself down, making Nelson look at him in fear. Pulling the key out of his pants pocket, though, Sam smiled, "Don't worry, I got it."
"Now Nellie," Lindsey smiled, "I know you're not the best actor in the world. But Springsteen remembers my contract about family- I have the right to sue him should any set-related injury happen to you, Chris, Ella, Tanaka, Chuck, or Sam."
"And I humbly respect that contract you had him sign after what happened in the first movie," Nelson grimaced.
"I swear," Springsteen sighed, "that won't happen again. We'll make this quick, I promise. For this part, Nelson, I want you to improvise fear, since we don't have a script exactly planned out for you. Just follow Lindsey and Ramon's lead, and you'll do nicely." Ramon walked up from behind Nelson, and took him behind a few pillars while Sam casually walked off the set while Lindsey prepared for the scene.
"Break a leg, guys," Chuck told his son and daughter-in-law. "I'll be rooting
"Alright guys," Springsteen stated. "Let's do this. Take 1, and… ACTION!"
Blair casually walked up the stairs to the large temple in Yaxchilán. "You know," Blair smiled to herself, "if it wasn't for the fact that I'm being pursued by an international criminal who's kidnapped my husband and those echidnas are everywhere, I'd enjoy taking the time to look around."
"Unfortunately," Sanchez stated as he came out with Blair's husband Victor, "time isn't on your side, Mrs. Rhodes."
"Sanchez," Blair stated with a scowl. "I understand you trying to kill me after I've beaten you this far, but this is pretty damn low even for you."
"I would've also taken your son," Sanchez gloated, "but he wasn't exactly there at the time. Now, Mrs. Rhodes, let's make that trade we discussed. The Amulet." Pulling out a gun and forcing Victor to his knees, Sanchez asked, "Or should I just shoot your dear husband?"
"Blair, honey," Victor pleaded. "You know how much I like my head… please just give the um, nice gentleman, what he wants."
"I honestly don't know why I married you, sometimes," Blair humorously giggled before pulling out the Amulet of Tikal. "Sanchez," Blair warned him again, "I'm only going to say this one more time: you have not a goddamn clue as to what forces you're getting yourself into. and the fact that the echidna clan seems to be after this thing is not exactly helping. I don't think you're going to be safe with it."
"I didn't come here for a warning from you, Rhodes," Sanchez stated. "I came here for the weapon. Now, shut-up and hand the pretty necklace before I- how do you Americans say it? Ah yes… bust a cap in yo' husband's ass." Blair rolled her eyes before tossing the Amulet to Sanchez, who caught it with ease.
"I'll be taking Victor now," Blair scowled. Sanchez pulled Victor up, and pushed him over to Blair, who hugged him with a smile-
Only to dodge a laser blast that was shot at her foot. The group looked to see Egg Pawns surrounding them. Victor- or rather, Nelson- asked, "So, are these the guardians Springsteen was talking about?"
"Not at all," Lindsey replied.
"CUT!" Springsteen ordered the cameraman. "What the hell is going on, here!"
"These guys again," Sam groaned while looking at the Egg Pawns. "So Sonic did have a reason to come here… that Eggman guy's here."
Lindsey turned to her older brother, a mischievous look on her face. "Sam?"
"I know what you're going to ask for," Sam stated, pulling out a gun and throwing it to his sister before pulling out a second for himself. Lindsey got behind Nelson, and shock the chain between the handcuffs, freeing her husband's hand movements. The two Speed siblings took aim at the robots, and prepared to fire-
When a blue whirlwind crashed into the robots, sending several of them flying and landing in an explosive heap. One of the Egg Pawns turned to find the source of the tornado, only to have his head taken off by a small blue ball of doom. The blue ball landed in the middle of the crowd, revealing a somewhat exhausted Swift. "I never want to run halfway across Guatemala ever again," Swift growled with a swirl over his head.
"Swift!" Nelson gasped. Swift walked past the group, pulling his sunglasses down over his eyes in complete anger. "Where have you been! Chris has been worried sick about you-"
"Not while I'm pissed, Mr. Thorndyke," Swift stated. Turning to them, the hedgehog Chao explained, "I suggest you guys get out of here, now, while the getting's good, and the back way is clear." Before anyone could say anything else to the Chao, he sped off into the temple, destroying several of the Egg Pawns in his wake.
"I don't know what that Chao is up to," Springsteen announced, "but he does make a good point about getting out of here."
"I'm going to ask him some questions after this," Lindsey stated as she turned back towards the robots, and began shooting them, taking a few down.
Inside the Temple- 12:21
Swift tore through the Egg Pawns before they even had a chance to strike. Finally slowing down, Swift looked at his surroundings. The ruins were an amazing site. If the Mayan ruins were once part of the echidna culture, then the echidna really had an interesting taste in architecture. However, Swift did not exactly have time for this… not while Robotnik was here and still had the Master Emerald. Looking at his dark blue Emerald, he noticed how dull it was starting to become. He had heard the stories from his mother- the Emeralds separated were no match to the Master Emerald. And as far as he knew, Swift only had his one while Karin had a second and the other five were Chaos knows where.
So, as rash as he was right now, Swift knew he'd have to do something about the Master Emerald before he could get his shot at Robotnik. Something that wouldn't get him killed by Spike, though… any damage done to the Master Emerald wouldn't be pretty for his head. Getting Robotnik away from the Master Emerald so they could fight on even grounds, though… that he could manage.
"Alright, Eggman," Swift yelled through the temple, "you and I have been at this little game of yours for far too long. Let's just cut to the chase, already- where are you!"
"I'm surprised at you, Chao," Robotnik's voice called out to the hedgehog Chao over a speaker, who now had a swirl over his head. "You came here by yourself?"
"What the hell of it?" Swift replied. "You broke my house while I was away. Now, where are you so I can even the score with your face!"
"No need to get hasty," Robotnik taunted Swift. "Though, if you could just hand over your little Chaos Emerald and swear your loyalty for the Robotnik Empire, I will gladly let you and those actors leave Yaxchilán alive."
"They should already be on their way out," the hedgehog Chao growled. "And I believe I told you before that this is the last keepsake of my mom's I have. No way am I giving it to a kidnapping, overweight, oddly facial-haired madman like you!"
"I keep telling people that it's genetic," Robotnik insisted about his weight. "Have it your way, hedgehog Chao… don't say I didn't warn you." All of a sudden a trap door opened up right below Swift, revealing a long metal slide. Swift stayed in the air for a few seconds, a swirl over his head.
"I really hate you," Swift groaned before falling down the slide, Chaos Emerald and all. While he was sliding down into Robotnik's lair, he didn't know how hectic things outside were becoming.
Yaxchilán- 12:27
Danny finished recharging his Chaos Morpher's battery from behind the large rock that he, Miles, Ahaw Kin, and Spike were hiding behind. Spike took a peek from behind the rock to see that the ancient ruins were now a war zone. Although Sam and Lindsey were decent shots (one being a detective and the other having been trained to use firearms for her movies), they didn't have enough ammunition between the two of them to fight their way out.
"I don't see that hedgehog Chao friend of yours, anywhere," Spike announced as he climbed back down from their spot of cover. "And worse, those minions of that Egg guy are crawling all over the place. I guess the Chao realized he was outnumbered and ran away."
"Not so sure about that," Miles argued as he flew up. Looking towards the completely destroyed robots, the kitsune Chao explained, "That's clearly Swift's handiwork. I think between the four of us, we can take these guys."
"You said a similar thing about the spider robot… or was it Robotnik before he beat the ever-loving snot out of us?" Danny argued.
"This time, I'm sure," Miles replied. Looking around, he spotted the Golden Egg Pawn commanding the troops. "Swift and I fought these guys before, and we learned that killing Goldie there will get rid of the rest of his troops. Convenient for us, because that's the only one we have to worry about."
"I wouldn't be so sure," Ahaw Kin stated, pointing at something. The other three watched in awe as a large, stone echidna that looked like Knuckles jumped down from the top of the temple into the battlefield, cutting off the escape routes of the humans.
"…I believe there's a phrase that's called 'dibs'," Spike stated to Miles while pointing at the robot Echidna- the Egg Gigas- extending a set of steel claws similar to Knuckles.
"That would be so cool if it wasn't going to hurt us," one of the actors worriedly announced.
"I will deal with the stone echidna," Ahaw Kin declared. "You get rid of that gold machine. Hopefully we will find the Chao side of Sonic."
"We're going to have to work on that Chris, Swift, and Sonic thing of yours," Miles stated with a swirl. "But I agree with your plan. We'll help you as soon as Goldie is scrap metal. And whatever you do, keep Chris' family alive." Danny and Ahaw Kin soon activated their Chaos Morphers.
"Chaos Soul, Take Flight!"
"Chaos Soul, Roar!"
Back down on the battlefield, Chuck barely ducked out of the way of a stab by the Egg Gigas, who stabbed the stone pillar he was standing in front of. "I'm getting too old for this shit!" Chuck swore while grabbing one of the fallen Egg Pawns' guns and taking aim at the Egg Gigas. He shot the large statue in the leg, but all that did was make the Gigas angrier… if that was possible.
But before the large stone monster could attack, a red creature only about one eighth its size jumped on its head and dug his own claws into it. "Get the heck out of here!" he called down to the actors. "I'll deal with this behemoth!"
"There you go, Lindsey," Sam stated as he saw Knuckles try to avoid being thrown off of the Egg Gigas. "A real-life Mobian echidna."
"If it wasn't for the fact that we're being attacked by robots and ancient statues," Lindsey assured her older brother, "I'd be a little more interested, Sam!" The group began to retreat from the ruins, catching the attention of the golden Egg Pawn Elite standing on a high-up square shaped platform. He pulled out a bazooka, preparing to fire it-
"I don't think so," Tails' voice called out, shooting the Egg Pawn Elite in the back with his new Dummy Ring Rifle, paralyzing it. Tails then whipped his tails through the robot, spraying oil and metal parts everywhere, shutting the Egg Pawns around down.
'That has got to be such an exploited weakness,' Danny told Miles as he watched the bottom of the robot fall down.
'I don't know,' Miles pondered. 'This guy's location was too easy for us… you would almost think it would be a trap.'
Before Danny could retort, the platform Tails was standing on suddenly flipped over, taking him to an unknown location. Meanwhile, with Knuckles, he was thrown through a pair of pillars by the Egg Gigas.
"Could use that back-up," Knuckles stated out loud. He then noticed Tails was missing. A bit confused, Knuckles triggered his own Chaos Sense… and noticed that Tails' energy went into the ground. "What in the…?"
Before he could even do anything about it, though, the Egg Gigas attempted to slam a closed fist on him, which he had to push back. Knuckles realized it as he started to slide back- wherever Swift and Tails were, he was on his own.
'If they both bailed on us,' Spike told off Ahaw Kin, 'I'm going to kill them.'
'Somehow,' Ahaw Kin argued, 'I doubt that they would retreat at a time like this… not when there's so much at stake. Wherever they are, I doubt they're having as easy of a time as we are.'
Chris: Damn it! I can't believe how late I am to this! Danny, Miles, Ahaw Kin, Spike, Swift… hold on until I get there, all right!
Swift: Oh, I'll hold on. I'm not letting Eggman get away with everything he's done!
Robotnik: Really, now, hedgehog Chao… do you think you can use the full potential of your own Chaos Emerald against mine when I have the Master Emerald?
Swift: You have a Chaos Emerald, too! Oh great, it's the element of my weakness. This isn't going to be pretty, but even if you have all that power, I'll still take you down!
Ahaw Kin: Guys, I hope you realize that I'm still alone out here!
Spike: We could really use the help, here!
Danny: Where the hell are we, anyways!
Miles: I don't know, but I do know that next time, on Sonic Chao Chronicles is 'The Battle of Yaxchilán! Swift vs. the Master Emerald!'
Swift: Just try and keep up with me!