Don't own Sonic or other SEGA characters.
Love Don't Roam by Murray Gold from Dr Who soundtrack. ( I wanted to use it in this chapter, but I think I mucked it up.)
Enjoy! (And sorry for any mistakes.)
Chapter 5.
The finding of half The Leopard in Soleanna had raised their spirits when they packed up and headed back to Mystic Ruins. Once there though, Chuck ,again, told them that the next few days were going to be their toughest. Hacking into Eggman's main computer at his Base, via Carla, the gang found that the Doctor's goose chase would be about five days, ( Two getting there, one digging around and two to get back.)
On the second day, Chuck had gathered them around the big table in the meeting room and advised them to go out and enjoy themselves, fearing what the out-come of the battle might be.
Sonic had wasted no time at all. The blue hedgehog grabbed Amy by the arm and whisked her away to the lower levels of the workshop. He said he had a top secret plan and needed Amy's artistic skills to pull it off. They spent most of the day in the paint-shop, until sleep claimed Amy, causing her to fall asleep face-first in some black paint. With his special delivery all finished , Sonic rushed out the house wanting to see Eggman make an pratt of himself at the fake dig-site. But told the others he'd heard of a new chilli-dog café on the other side of the planet that did to die for foot-longs and he wasn't going to miss it.
Shadow had left after receiving an urgent E-Mail from G.U.N HQ, it seemed that Eggman had left his buddy Mephiles in charge of improving the Death Pods and now G.U.N were swamped all over Earth trying to destroy them. They had issued him with Priority One Clearance, this allowed him to use the Chaos Emeralds in the Treasury to tele-port and provide back-up. Once the gems were in his hands, Shadow used the Red Emerald to go to the house and handed Uncle Chuck the Yellow jewel as he requested. The black hedgehog promised that he would be back to help take down Doomsday as soon as he could.
Rouge was the black sheep ( or should that be black bat ?) She had gone to HQ with Shadow to give her up-dated report. When she returned, carrying a holdall and sleeping bag, she surprised everyone ( herself mostly) by volunteering to help Knuckles keep watch over The Master Emerald. As the days rolled by, the two treasure hunters worked out and trained till the sun started to set, and according to the echidna, Rouge got so engrossed with the chores that she lost some of her tartness and he found her a lot easier to get along with.
Chuck, Amy and Tails devided their time between The Leopard Diamond, and finding a way into Eggman's Doomsday Machine undetected. Tails was puzzled by the white flecks embedded in the stone that gave it its name and spent countless hours hunched over the scope, trying to figure its secret out with Carla's aid. Chuck and Amy poured over countless photocopied blue-prints, each one covered in red ink as their ideas of a surprise attack came to dead-ends. One night while Amy was busy fixing the trio a light dinner, the elderly hedgehog sat at the big table chewing the end of his red pen in thought. Chuck looked at the base of the tower and spotted a crude drawing of a fuel tanker. He clicked his fingers with a grin, another plan already cooking in his brain and got scribbling at once.
Time went by quickly for all of them, and before they knew it, it was just over 26 hours before the attack. Amy found herself leaning against the fence over-looking the sea. She sighed deeply and sat down crossed-legged on the warm dirt, soaking up the last rays of the sun. She faintly heard footfalls behind her and didn't flinch when someone else took a seat next to her. Her nose caught the slightest whiff of Christmas Spices and she smiled softly.
" Scared ?" She whispered.
"Nope. You?"
" I'd be lying if I said no."
" You don't have to be, Amy. I'll protect you, you know I will."
"Really?"
A nod. " Yeah. Hedgehog's honour."
She kissed his cheek lightly, " Thanks, Sonic."
He grinned shyly, " You're welcome." He looked out to sea, the last rays warming his blue fur,making it look dark purple. " You know, we could do something to pass the time,"
"Li-like what?"
Sonic tapped his nose in thought," Hm... I know!" He got up and made a quick dash to the Jungle, when he returned, he was carrying a long stick and a small rock. Handing the rock to Amy, the blue hedgehog starting drawing an odd shape in the dirt. When he had finished, Amy blinked then smiled, testing the rocks' weight. " Right. Ready?"
" I didn't know you played!" She clapped her hands and hooted happily. "The great Sonic the Hedgehog plays Hopscotch! Tee-hee-hee!"
He blushed again, "Weell, baby-sitting Cream and Cheese does things to a bloke." He leaned forward and whispered, "Just don't tell anyone."
"Okay. Me first, then." She took her place at the start of the shape on the ground and threw the rock, it landed neatly on the number four. She hopped up to the end, turned and hopped back, picking up the stone and handed it to Sonic for his go. " You must land on an odd number only ,since I landed on an even."
He cringed," Fine. Just don't laugh." He threw, missed the seven and landed on the eight. " Ah, nuts!"
Well, I've roamed about this Earth
With just a suitcase in my hand,
And I've met some bog-eyed Joe's,
I've met the blessed, I've met the damned.
But of all the strange, strange creatures
In the air, at sea, on land,
Oh, my girl, my girl, my precious girl,
I love you, you understand.
So, reel me in, my precious girl,
Come on, take me home.
'Cause my body's tired of travelling
And my heart don't wish to roam. No, no.
She did laugh, and pretty hard too." OK,you must jump backwards."
"What!? You're joking, right?" She shook her head. "Aw. Here goes.." He managed to get up to the end backwards, but wobbled and fell onto his butt, causing Amy to laugh harder. He pouted at her for a second, then snorted and joined her in the giggle-fest.
I have wandered, I have rambled
I have crossed this crowded sphere,
And I've seen a mass of problems
That I long to disappear.
Now, all I have's this anguished heart,
For you have vanished too.
Oh, my girl, my girl, my precious girl,
Just what is this man to do?
Yeah, reel me in, my precious girl,Come on, take me home.
'Cause my body's tired of travelling
And my heart don't wish to roam.
They took turns throwing and hopping, one time Amy had to jump on numbers with an N in them, then Sonic had to jump, making sure to touch the numbers with his hands too. The blue hedgehog looked up and found Amy grinning at him, he grinned back shyly and hopped back to the starting place.
Well, you took me in, you stole my heart,
I cannot roam no more.
Because love, it stays within you,
It does not wash up on a shore.
But a fighting man forgets each cut
Each knock, each bruise, each fall,
But a fighting man cannot forget
Why his love don't roam no more.
Oh, reel me in, my precious girl,
Come on, take me home.
'Cause my body's tired of travelling
And my heart don't wish to roam.
The light grew faint and they called time on their game. Amy sat crossed legged once more and rubbed her arms from the chill. Sonic sat next to her, looking behind them and waving as Rouge and Knuckles floated to the ground from The Floating Island for the meeting. Ten minutes later, a bright, green light flashed a few feet away and Shadow emerged. ( Slightly bloodied and bruised.) By his side was a G.U.N officer. He nodded a curt hello to the other two hedgehogs before the two of them entered the house, with Shadow limping every other step.
Yeah, walk with me, my love, my love,
Walk tall, walk proud, walk far,
For you know my love, you are, you are,
You are my shining star.
They sat there in silence, until Uncle Chuck called them from the house telling them it was time. Sonic held Amy's hand all the back in doors, for reasons only known to himself and he was going to keep it that way.
Walk with me, oh my love,
Walk tall, walk proud, walk far.
For you know my love, you are, you are,
You are my shining star, you are, you are.
Reel me in, my precious girl,
Come on, take me home.
'Cause my body's tired of travelling
And my heart don't wish to roam.
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Doomsday Machine-- Badlands. ( A place you really don't want to go, trust me.)
In the metal stomach of the most terrible creation made by Dr Eggman, the door leading to the main control room swished open. The Doctor stormed up to his chair, grabbed the back of it and turned it around. Phillips, who was seated in the cushions, let out a ear-splitting squeal and borrowed into the rest of the chair.
Eggman lifted him up by the lapels of his jacket and snarled, " You made a fool out of me.."
" S-Sir?"
" I found the dig-site, Mephiles, just as you said it would be, but the gem wasn't you know why?"
Mephiles swallowed," I -I have a feeling you're going to tell me, Sir."
Dark glasses glinted," The hedgehog got there before me! He led my robots on a wild goose chase around Earths' cat-box, to the hot geysers near the volcano Fittaburst." He took calming breaths," With the gem in his hand, he laughed and threw it into a geyser, it disintegrated at impact." His brows furrowed, " The Leopard is useless to me now, and so.. Are you..."
" I--What !?" Eggman released him, he fell onto his butt on the hard floor. Trembling, Mephiles got up onto his knees, clasped his hands together and begged for another chance." But Sir, 57 percent of the planet is over-run with Death Pods ! Within 24 hours the planet will be ours and we can build our empire, we'll be supreme rulers!" Sweat beaded on his temples, " We had a deal!"
Eggman clicked his fingers, two new robots marched out. They were big, black and chunky, had dome-shaped heads with a thin red visor. "Meet my new army, Mephiles. I call these babies--Swat-bots,and they follow my orders to the letter. Take him away! Room twelve...YES! Bring him to room twelve at once!"
" We obey." The two Swat-bots grabbed Mephiles by the arms and dragged him along the corridors, kicking and screaming. They shoved him into a glass tube of some sort and stepped back to wait for their Master.
Eggman stood at a small console, he grinned at the struggling man. " Any last words, Matt ?"
" You can't do this! We had a deal!" He pounded on the glass, " We had a deal!"
" We did, and I told you at the very beginning, you'd get what was coming to you." He pulled a lever and chuckled as Mephiles screamed, disappearing in a shower a pure yellow energy. The whole room was bathed in the same glow for a few minutes, then the machine died down and Eggman stepped forward. " Reading?"
A worker-bot opened the door and did a quick scan, " 100 percent, Doctor."
" Ah... Eggscellent !"
He flicked a switch and an image of worker-bots crowded around a wicked looking Battle-Suit made him smiled proudly. The repairs were coming along nicely, Sonic had ruined the prototype Suit in a previous fight, but now.... Isn't Diamondius a wonderful thing? He thought, chuckling and walked to a large window, over-looking his Doomsday Machine. He grinned as the pipes that carried the Death Pods slammed into the Earths' crust and sent his creations all over the world.
" Yes..Within 24 hours this world will be mine! And not even you--Sonic the Hedgehog, will be able to stop me! Mwah-ha-haa-haaa!"
Next soon!
Dr Eggman vs Sonic the Hedgehog ! Who will win?
Please R and R
If song was a stinker, sorry.