A/N: Here ye, here ye! The long awaited Chapter 8 is finally here!

Chapter 8: Reggae Beach Party

"Ulala's Swingin' Report Show!"

A number of the Mercenaries were gathered around the TV in one of the rooms of the Great Hurricane as the ship went for the next destination, a few eating some snacks, as they watched Space Channel 5 for an update on what was going on. As the groovy jingle ended, the screen switched to the pink haired reporter as she did some dance poses before starting.

"Groove Morning space-cats!" Ulala smiled at the camera as she walked through what appeared to be Spagonia. "We're coming to you live from Spagonia, one of the first area's on Earth that was suddenly attacked by what witnesses say to be a vengeful sprite of a legendary pilot. While his intentions are still unknown for the time being, many people say that he is attempting to take something that Germany lost years ago. However, Germany states that they will not agree to any of the proposals that the sprite offers them. Their once epic hero, now a powerful adversary..."

"Sonic sure has some interesting old friends," Zoey commented as they continued to watch the news.

"She certainly is quite the dancer," Nekane smiled, "She must really enjoy her career."

"She reminds me of Austin Powers..." Akiwo said before she suddenly shouted out, "YEAH BABY! YEAH!"

"Yes, I wonder what other members of his peanut crew are out there," Michelle nodded as she stretched slightly with a relaxing sigh (making her look incredibly sexy to Amara).

"Yeah, I always wondered what other people he knows," Misora added. She looked to her left and her eyes widened in confusion as she saw a connected plug sticking out of Otome's skirt as she sat down, silently drinking some juice. Well, she has seen robots before, Chachamaru was a prime example, but not one who would have a plug sticking out of their butt.

"I like her, she makes the news fun," Rini smiled.

"I've been wondering... me and my friends want to know what's so important about the Chaos Emeralds?" Yayoi asked.

"The Chaos Emeralds are seven powerful gems created by the gods." Knuckles explained. "They can be used to power some machines, but when all seven come together, they can either grant miracles... or destruction."

"Whoa, so we have to really find them all before our enemies do, huh?" Ririka gasped.

"Yes, it'll be trouble for us all if we don't get them first." Ayaka nodded.

"Don't worry about it," Makie smiled, "We can find the Emeralds quickly while those guys have to use their guts. It ain't that big of a deal."

"Oh hell no!" Ayaka shrieked at her, "You did not just say that! What do you mean 'it ain't that big of a deal?' We aren't gonna get anywhere if you insist on this negative attitude."

"Negative attitude?" Makie asked as her eyebrows rose. "I'm negative??"

"If you continue to have this pessimistic way of life, you won't be able to enjoy the good things!"

"I'm pessim-whadumacallit??"

"You're pessimistic! A negative pessimistic person!" Akaka declared as she pointed. "You have completely failed at being Makie!" Lighting struk behind her as she let it sink in.

Makie gawked in shock and depression as she suddenly turned as white as snow and a blue word, CRUSHED, appeared over her head.

"That wasn't very nice," Yuri chided. She didn't need to say that.

"I just do what I do," Akaka sighed as she sat back down.

"OH!" Kagome suddenly gasped.

"What is it?" Sango asked.

"I just realized something... the Chaos Emeralds are far more powerful than the Shikon Jewel! If Naraku finds out..."

"He'll be unstoppable..." Inuyasha growled.

"Same with Orochimaru," Sakura H. added. When the older Sakura met the younger Sakura, they were both surprised to find that they had the same first name. To avoid identity crisis, the younger Sakura was called Sakura A. (for Avalon) and the older one was called Sakura H. (for Haruno).

"Do you think that Nii-san will be able to stop them?" Hotaru asked.

"He will. He's been in tougher scraps than this," Trista reassured. She got out her Garnet Orb and made it flash a little as she took a small peak. "We've almost reached our destination. We should get ready."

They all got up and left the room. Kagome was the last to leave as she turned off the television. Only Makie was left; she was still depressed.

"I... I fail at being Makie...!" Makie whined. She leave soon too, but for now....

Kingston, Jamaica...

The Great Hurricane landed near the docks.

"Ok. Remember what we're here for and spend as much time-" Before Laharl could finished, the girls rushed out, trampling him. "Sight seeing…" Laharl groaned as he has the swirly eyes.

Sonic looked around, Moka and Zoey were drinking milkshakes, Sakura A. and Sakura H. were buying some clothes, Asuna and Ayaka were auguring as usual, Kagome was at the souvenir shop debating which gift she should give Inuyasha and Kumuru was auguring with Sakuya. Then he noticed Misa putting on a wig of dreadlocks and saying in a fake Jamaican accent "Look at me, I'm Beenie Mon!" Then he noticed Raspberyl trying jerk chicken, she ate it and her mouth got so hot that she breathed out fire and she went back to the Great Hurricane for water and the Sailor Scouts and 5 members of the Koi Koi 7 buying souvenirs.

Sonic noticed a soccer ball near his feet. He looked up to see a boy he recognized.

"Sorry mister." The boy apologized, he has blond hair and blue eyes, he walked up to Sonic and picked up the soccer ball.

"Billy Hatcher! Man! It's been a long time!" Sonic smiled. The boy now known as Billy Hatcher blinked then gasped.

"Sonic! I almost didn't recognized you in that pilot get up. It's cool by the way." Billy grinned.

"Billy! What's taking so long with the soccer ball?" A young girl's voice yelled, Billy's friends, Rolly Roll, Chick Poacher and Bantam Scrambled walk up to Sonic and Billy.

"Whooooa! S-Sooonic!" Bantam gawked as he saw him.

"Wow! You came back!" Chick smiled.

"What brings you to Jamaica?" Rolly asked.

"Aw, you know. Same old, same old," Sonic shrugged.

"It's about that Baron guy, isn't it?" Billy asked. Sonic nodded. Then he noticed someone missing. "Hey, where's Tails?"

"Eggman's got him," Sonic frowned, "Something about a new weapon, I don't know. But we have to find out what he's up to."

"I hope he's alright," Rolly said.

"No worries, I have faith in my bro," Sonic smiled.

Suddenly, something landed in front of them. They all looked down curiously.

"What is that?" Billy blinked. Sonic's eyes widened as he saw it. It was a grenade bomb!"

"Get down!" Sonic shouted as he pushed them out of the way in a blink of an eye. The grenade blew up moments later, causing everyone to stop what they were doing and see what was going on. More grenade bombs appeared and blew up as planes flew into the beach.

"So much for a beach party!" Umi frowned as she took out her rapier.

"What's going on!?" Billy yelled over the planes as they hid under a beach house.

"It must be Richthofen again!" Sonic shouted, "He must be taking more hostages! You guys stay here and hide!" He ran of to the battleground.

"You guys, we have to help him!" Billy told his friends.

"But what can we do?" Rolly asked, "We're just normal kids now!"

"If only we still had our power chicken suits..." Chick sighed.

Billy frowned sadly. He knew they were right. Before leaving Morning Land, they handed their suits over to the Chicken Elders. Without them, they were powerless.

Suddenly, a bright flash of light engulfed them and they found themselves in a place that they knew.

"Is this Morning Land?" Bantam wondered as he looked around.

The four friends looked around foggy, grassy area bathed in sunlight until they found six large shadows looking over them.

"You... the Chicken Elders!" Billy gasped.

"We have been watching the events of your world, young ones," the first Elder said. "This ghost is willing to take control of every world he come across, and he may even take over Morning Land if something is not done."

"This adventure will be twice as dangerous as your last," the fourth Elder continued. "Help your friends, and discover the secrets of your world." The Elders hit them with rays of light and sent them back to their world.

As Sonic and his friends continued to fight of the robots, a huge egg rolled by and destroyed the robots that got caught in its quake. They turned to see where the egg came from and found none other than Billy in his friends in their chicken suits.

"Hi!" Billy waved.

"Hey, kid!" Sakuya pointed.

"Huh? Eek!" Rolly screamed as she saw the Prowlers about to jump them. Then they were about to attack, missiles appeared from no where and destroyed them.

"You guys can't seem to get out of trouble, can you?" a dark and cool voice asked. They found Shadow, Rouge and Omega standing by the exit of the beach. Shadow and Rouge were in their GUN uniforms by the way.

"Hey, right on time!" Sonic smiled.

"Let's go, we'll explain on the way," Rouge said as she, Shadow and Omega left the beach. Everyone else followed.

The team raced into Kingston town as the fought of the robots that they came across. They saw solders fighting off the robots as well. "Alright, we'll make this brief," Shadow began, "Since the beginning of the the incident, the GUN as been making trips around the world to combine with other military teams to fight of the threat. We've just arrived at Jamaica."

"The robots that you were all fighting are dubbed 'Phantaroids,'" Rouge continued, "Most of them are illegal weapons that that were banned some years ago."

"So those Phantaroids are illegal weapons?" Bridget asked, "Then how did Manfred von Richthofen get his hands on them?"

"All such traces of the original weapons have been destroyed," Omega responded, "Manfred uncovered the blueprints to the weapons and used them to build his robotic army."

"And here's the other thing," Shadow added, "Most of the terrorism groups from all over the globe have teamed up with Manfred. He promised them riches if they did what he asked."

"That explains the bandits we saw in Egypt!" Prier exclaimed.

"Hey, look out!" Gin shouted as three Zap Shockers and five Strikeans appeared in front of them.

"Leave this to me! Chaos Spear!" Shadow shouted as he released a yellow flash. Four of the Strikeans were destroyed.

"Winds of Abdonishment!" Fuu shouted as she summoned a gust of wind to keep the other Phantaroids trapped.

"Thanks Fuu! Sapphire Whirlwind!" Umi shouted as she summoned a fast moving tornado of water to destroy the rest.

"Look out, more of them are coming!" Yuna yelled as Strafes, Sideliners and Slash Solders appearing or jumping down from the roofs.

"Hurricane Tornado!" Sonic shouted as he used his vertical whirlwind attack to blow some away.

"Saint Tornado Dreaming!" Daisy added to the assault by launching at shimmering tornado to destroy the rest.

Around the corner in front of them, one of the bandits that Shadow was talking about turned his radio on and asked: "Permission to use the weapon sir!"

"Permission granted!" said a voice on the other line. The bandit turned over the jar next to him and lots and lots of bugs came crawling out, right for the Mercenaries.

"Oh no, what is that!?" Ako gasped as she saw the bugs coming.

"I hate bugs!" Kumuru shrieked.

"Quick, back away!" Shadow shouted as he, Omega and Rouge pulled out their guns. "These creatures scatter if they are hit with an attack! The best weapon to use is a hand gun, shot gun or machine gun!"

"That's our que!" Jr said as he pulled out his guns. Sakuya, Mana, KOS-MOS, T-elos, Rozalin and, reluctantly, Peach followed suit and began shooting at the bugs as they approached.

"Get away from me, you creepy crawlers!" Yukari screamed as she fired magic shots from her wand at the bugs that went for her.

"Behind us!" Filia pointed as more bugs came.

"The insects are also sensitive to heat," Omega said.

"Works just fine! Flame Arrow!" Hikaru yelled as she fired a stronger version of the Flame Sniper to burn the bugs into a crisp. With all the bugs crushed, they were able to press on.

"Just what was that?!" Asuna gasped.

"Those things were a stolen GUN weapon unit made for biological warfare. Mutated termites known as Terror Bites," Shadow said, "A single bite is equivalent to an electric sting. One Terror Bite alone is as weak as a skeeter fly. But if you get caught by a swarm of Terror Bites, then you're in trouble."

"You got that out of a video game, didn't you?" Renee asked as she arched an eyebrow.

"Well, the Commander was always fond of simulations," Shadow smiled. "There are three types of Terror Bites. Mark I is the swarm you just saw. Mark II are mutant mantises. They are the only ones that scatter from swarms but they are more durable and fire resistant. Mark III are mutant wasps that can fly at high speeds. They are the most difficult to track."

Yayoi got a good look at Shadow. "Hey Tetsuro…"

"Yeah?" Tetsuro asked.

"That Shadow guy looks almost like Sonic."

Tetsuro got a good look at him again. "Yeah, you're right. He does look exactly like Sonic. I wonder why?" Tetsuro asked. Naruto and Sakura H. got a good look at Shadow too.

"Hey Sakura H. He looks like Sonic." Naruto gasped in awe.

"I know. Could they be twins?" Sakura H. blinked.

"What the hell are those kids doing?! What a minute... those are freedom fighters! Send the M82-Nitro over here, stat!" The head bandit yelled.

"Copy that!" The voice acknowledged. Suddenly, a helicopter with no tail but wings armed with missiles, lasers and ice weapons appeared out of the cliff they reached and near the Mercenaries.

"Oh, this just gets better and better…" Naruto grinned as he cracked his knuckles.

M82-NITRO (Theme: Boss Attack 1 from Time Crisis 4)

The M82-Nitro began the battle firing ice missiles at the heroes, they dodged it, the missiles hit and froze the ground. "Mars Flame Sniper!" Mars launched her attack at the M82-Nitro, damaging it a little. Miyabi used her long purple hair to slash the missiles it fired and slashed it three times. Sakura A. and Li dodged the lasers it fires and team up to give it a double whammy. "Chaos Brust!" "Hurricane Tornado!" "Egg Bomb!" Sonic, Shadow and Billy each used their attacks with wind, Chaos Energies and an egg to give the M82-Nitro massive hurt. The M82-Nitro fired missiles and lasers at the Mercenaries, but they dodged some of them. Setsuna and Hikaru leaped up in the air and slashed it three times. "Sol Flame!" "Chaos Nitro Slam!" Silver and Blaze combined their attacks to damaged the M82-Nitro. The M82-Nitro fired lasers of ice at them, making a freezing streak. "Take this! Gravity Hold!" Zoey used her Ark of Cosmos to fire a blast of focused gravity at the M82-Nitro. It was smoking, knowing it is about to be defeated. "Now let's finish this! Blue Tornado!" Sonic summoned a blue twister to spin the M82-Nitro around. "Eat this!" Sakuya yelled as she fired a bazooka at the M82-Nitro. It spun out of control and crashed somewhere around the shorelines in a haze of flames.

Meanwhile, at the ocean, a couple on a water bike witnessed the crash. "What that?" the woman asked in a Jamaican accent. "Me tink it's some kind of explosion."

"Aw man!" the man frowned, "I just bought a condo up there!"

"Woohoo! We did it!" Billy cheered.

"That should keep the Red Baron's forces at bay for now. We have official GUN business to attend to, we'll meet up with you later." Shadow said as he, Rouge and Omega left.

"Looks like we got a long way to go to save the world from Manfred." Sonic said seriously. Sonic turned to Billy and his group with a grin.

"Wanna come with us? It will be dangerous, but it's nothing you can't handle." Sonic offered.

"Yeah! Let's go teach that Red Baron a lesson!" Billy raised his fist in the air with a grin, so did his friends.

Billy Hatcher and friends have join the party! Manfred better watch out cause he won't have the world begging for mercy for long!

TBC

Next time: Dream Dreams Again