The next morning Tails woke up and walked out to his kitchen. He started to make a pot of coffee. He got out the cream and sugar and waited for the machine to do the work. Tails yawned and walked out to his mail box and checked for any mail. There was a news paper and one letter in the box. He walked back inside and the coffee was ready. He poured himself a mug and put a lot of cream and sugar into it, making it sweet enough for him to drink. Out in the living room, the TV turned on. Tails bend backwards to see a black hedgehog sitting on his couch, still wrapped in a blanket.
"Good morning Shadow." Tails said.
"Good morning Tails. May I have some coffee as well?" Shadow asked.
"Sure, you want anything in it?" Tails asked as he poured a mug.
"No, thanks, I like mine black." He said. Tails walked the mug over to Shadow.
"Be careful, it's hot." Tails handed Shadow the mug. He took a drink and didn't seem fazed. Tails shrugged and walked back into his kitchen and sat down once again to drink his own coffee. A couple minutes of weather scan music later, Zephyr woke up and came down the hallway and into the living room.
"Good morning." He said. He had a pretty bad bed head.
"Good morning. How did you both sleep?" Tails asked.
"It was the best sleep i've had in a while. Thanks again Tails." Shadow said with a smile.
"Well, I can't remember anything besides yesterday, so I guess the sleep was pretty good." Zephyr said. Tails nodded and sipped his coffee.
"Ooh, whats that? It smells good." Zephyr said.
"Oh this? It's coffee. Would you like some?" Tails said. Zephyr nodded. Tails went over to his Mr. Coffee machine and poured a little bit of coffee in and added a little cream and sugar to make it as sweet as Tails'.
"Here you go." Tail said and handed him his mug.
"Thanks." He said. He drank his small amount and his eyes lit up. "Wow, thats good! May I have more?" He said.
"Alright, i'll give you a full mug this time." Tails said. He handed Zephyr his mug. He sipped thankfully and walked over to the TV and sat down with Shadow.
"What was with you eyeing my Chaos Emerald yesterday?" Shadow said.
"Hm? Whatever do you mean?" Zephyr said.
"You were looking at my Chaos Emerald before I used Chaos Control to take us to Robotnik's Base." Shadow said.
"Hm? I don't recall this." Zephyr said.
"And your amnesia oh-so-conveniently returns." Shadow said. Zephyr shrugged and continued to watch the weather channel. Tails brought out the blue Chaos Emerald and put it in front of Zephyr. He sort of zoned out and stared at the Chaos Emerald.
"So you did have a reaction to Shadows Chaos Emerald. But I wonder what this means? Zephyr?" Tails said, but to no avail. Zephyr was totally zoned out. Tails sighed and let the Emerald fall in Zephyrs lap. Suddenly, the emerald reacted with a bright shining light! Zephyr floated up into the air as he drew energy from the Chaos Emerald. The one emerald started to revolve around Zephyr, then suddenly, the green emerald from yesterday came crashing through the window!
"What's going on!?" Shadow yelled.
"Didn't Eggman steel that from you yesterday?" Tails said as he pointed to the green emerald.
"Yea, and if my assumption is correct, then-" The red Chaos Emerald came crashing thought the window this time.
"Aw man! Do you know how much that is going to cost me to fix?" Tail said. Shadow just looked at him with a 'wtf' look. Next was the purple emerald, followed shortly by the yellow, light blue, and white emeralds. Finally, all the emeralds had been gathered into the living room as they swirled around Zephyr. He kind of erupted in power as all the emeralds swirled around him in a rainbow. Seconds later, the Chaos Emeralds fell to the ground in a circle and Zephyr stood in the center with his fur flowing with the 'wind' that he was emitting. He stood there with a power-filled blue aura flowing around him.
"My name is Zephyr the FoxWolf. Son of Randon the Wolf and Yuna the Vixen. My mother was killed in the Great War of Caldeana, my home planet. My father was reported Missing In Action. My warrior name is The Blue Zephyr. I was chased from my home by the enemy and saved by a passing group of soldiers. Upon the escaping of my planet, the escape ship was shot into oblivion. I was put into the only escape pod. As I was launched from the ship, my head hit a button marked as 'cryogenic freeze'. My pod drifted through space for two hundred years, where my mind was free to mature and learn on it's own. I gained knowledge the more I let my mind wander. I am currently two-hundred-and-fifteen-years-of-age." Zephyr finished and let his aura simmer down and die off.
"I can't believe it. You remembered everything!" Tails said.
"But wait, if you are two hundred and fifteen, how are you still alive?" Shadow asked.
"My planets race lives for an easy thousand to ten thousand year life span. I am still in my 'infancy'. In time, I will become a great warrior and knowledge seeker." Zephyr said. There was a knock at the door.
"Tails, it's Sonic!" Sonic yelled through the door. Tails ran to open the door and the blue hedgehog, along with another pink one, an echidna and a bat. "What is going on here!? I saw all the Chaos Emeralds fly thought the air and go to your house!" Sonic said. He saw Zephyr with his bright purple eyes. Tails looked to Zephyr and he nodded. Zephyr retold the message to the four furries that walked in. Everyone was in shock and awe.
"I feel sorry for you. Both your parents are gone." Sonic said.
"Yea, that was a downer, even for me." Knuckles said.
"So, that explains what you are doing here, now, just to find out how to get you back." Rouge said.
"Oh, i'm not leaving quite yet. I still have to get even with that stupid copy." Zephyr clenched his fist with a small amount of electricity bolted around it.
"You mean Metal?" Sonic said.
"If that is what he is called, then yes, I must get even with Metal." He said. "But that can wait. First of all, I am wondering why this planet has Chaos Emeralds." Zephyr said as he picked up the light blue emerald.
"What do you mean, 'why this planet has Chaos Emeralds'?" Shadow asked.
"Well, back on my planet, we also had Chaos Emeralds, they were used in The Great War." Zephyr said. Everyone's jaw dropped to the floor.
"There is more than one set of Chaos Emeralds!?" Sonic said.
"Apparently." Zephyr said. He gathered up the emeralds on the ground.
"Where can we put these for safe keeping?" Zephyr asked Knuckles.
"The Master Emerald Shrine. It was the original resting place of the Chaos Emeralds." Knuckles said.
"Right. Shadow, would you be so kind?" Zephyr tossed the green emerald to him.
"Sure." Shadow said. With a flash Zephyr, Knuckles, and Shadow were gone. Sonic, Rouge and Amy were left standing in Tails' living room. They all stood there in an awkward silence.
"So, who wants coffee?" Sonic asked.
"Sure- Why not?" Amy and Rouge said.
XxXxX
A flash appeared at the Master Emerald Shrine. Zephyr, Knuckles, Tails and Shadow appeared at the base of the shrine. Knuckles spread his arms wide as the Chaos Emeralds floated up to each of the pillars that surrounded the Master Emerald.
"You're sure they are safe here?" Zephyr said.
"Yes, and to make them extra secure," Knuckles chanted a few words and a mysterious barrier enveloped each of the emeralds before turning invisible.
"Good. Now, lets go back." Zephyr said. Shadow used his Chaos Control to teleport them back to Tails' house.
XxXxX
When they got back, they saw Sonic, Amy, Rouge and Winter sitting in the living room, drinking coffee.
"Hi Tails!" Winter ran up to him and gave him a hug.
"Hi Winter." Tails said. He returned the hug.
"Hey there sleepy head." Zephyr said. He got a playful glare from Winter. Zephyr smirked at this and sat down. "Alright, we need to formulate a plan of attack. Or I can just take Metal down by myself." Zephyr said.
"I saw we rush in, guns blazing!" Knuckles said as he cracked him namesake.
"One problem. He will have an army of Mecha MK II's lying around at his disposal. We can't possibly take them all down." Sonic said.
"So what are we going to do?" Tails asked.
"I'll tell you what we are going to do. We are going to have Amy and Knuckles, our heaviest hitters, clear a pathway for Sonic, Tails, Shadow and I, our quickest members, to rush through their defense. Sonic and Tails will confront Metal after Knuckles and Amy get through the hangar door and close it. Shadow and I will seal off all the exits from the hangar so that we have Metal trapped. Then, we all do our best to destroy him." Zephyr said. They all nodded.
"What if Metal anticipates all of this?" Tails asked.
Zephyr turned to Tails. "You've fought him once before, is he that smart a robot?" He said.
Tails shook his head. "No, he wasn't that smart when Sonic and I fought him." he said.
"Alright then, he probably won't anticipate any of this." Zephyr said.
Winter raised her hand. It was like she was back in kinder-garden.
"Yes Winter?" Zephyr said.
"What should I do?" Winter said as she pointed to herself.
"Yea, and what about me?" Rouge said.
"Oh right, we have two extra players! I had forgotten." Zephyr said with a sweat drop. Everyone besides Zephyr did an animefall. "So, what can you do Winter?" Zephyr said.
"Well, I used to take Karate... So I can defend myself and take out a few bots." She said.
Zephyr sweat dropped, "No offense Winter, but I think you would only get in the way." He said.
"Oh... Alright... Is there anything else I can do to help?" She said.
"Hm... I'll tell you what. You caaan... Cheer us on!" He said. He produced eight pairs of sun glasses from his infinite space pockets.
"How are those going to help?" She said.
"These glasses have a speaker system in them, making it possible to communicate between us." Zephyr said.
"Cool! Did you make these Zephyr?" Tails said.
"I dunno. I just sorta had them when I woke up in the hospital." Zephyr said. He put the shades on and leaned against a wall. "So, how do I look?" He said.
"More importantly, whats my role in this operation?" Rouge said.
"Ah yes, Rouge. What are your talents?" Zephyr said.
"Well, i'm a thief, not that I like to admit it. I can be sneaky and I can steal things. I'm not too shabby at kick'n either." She said.
"So you are a thief with strong combat skills. I have the perfect plan." Zephyr said with a smile. "I want you to go into Metals computer mainframe and find out what he's planning." He said. He handed her a small, blank disk.
"How much will this thing hold?" She asked.
"The person at the store told me that disk will hold up to a terabite of memory." He said.
She let out a low whistle. "Thats a lot of space. Will we need it all?" She said.
"Most likely. Now, we need at least one day of rest. Tomorrow, at 2:00pm, we destroy Metal." Zephyr said.
"Right!" Everyone said in unison.
XxXxX
Later that night, Zephyr woke in his bed. He got up and walked outside from the guest bedroom to the living room and out the front door. He floated up and sat on top of the roof, deep in thought.
"What if I put them all in danger? I don't even know them that well." He trailed off in his head. He looked to the sky and watched the clouds go by. He thought back to the time he was drifting in his escape pod. All the things he learned. One of his favorite songs came to his mind and he started singing to himself- or rather, went and got his iPod and stereo system. "Lets see how well I can do Metallica." He said to himself with a small chuckle and a smile. A/N: I do not own Metallica or thier song One.
(Note, you should listen to Metallica's One from the Live S&M Disc 2 album. By the way, I don't own either...)
I can't remember anything
Can't tell if this is true or dream
Deep down inside I feel the scream
This terrible silence stops me
Now that the war is through with me
I'm waking up, I cannot see
That there's not much left of me
Nothing is real but pain now
Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please God, wake me
Back in the womb its much to real
In pumps life that I must feel
But can't look forward to reveal
Look to the time I'll live
Fed through the tube that sticks in me
Just like a wartime novelty
Tied to machines that make me feel
Cut this SHIT off from me
Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please God, wake me
Oh please God help me
(Instumental)
Now the world is gone i'm just one
Oh God help me
Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please, God, wake meeeee, HELP ME!
(Instumental)
Darkness imprisoning me
All that I see
Absolute horror
I cannot live
I cannot die
Trapped in myself
Body my holding cell
Landmines has taken my sight
Taken my speech
Taken my hearing
Taken my arms
Taken my legs
Taken my soul
Left me with life in Hell
No, no, NO NO NO NO NO!!
Oh please God help me!!
(Instumental)
Please God help me!
Huh huh, huh huh, huh huh
Huh huh, huh huh, huh huh
Zephyr finished his song with a small 'thank you' and bowed. Suddenly, there was a large applause and 'woohs' and 'yea's!' from beneath him. Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Rouge, Amy, Winter and a whole bunch of other people were down on the ground in front of Tails' house as they listened to Zephyrs performance on top of Tails' house. Zephyr was completely taken aback from his performance and the reaction that he unexpectedly got. He smiled and dismissed them back to bed. Everyone left and Tails, Winter, Shadow and Zephyr all went back in to get back in bed.
XxXxX
The next morning, Zephyr was the first to wake up. He walked out to the kitchen and started cooking. He got out eggs, salt, cheese, miracle whip, and bread. Soon, He had a lot of egg sandwiches ready. He poured eight or so glasses of milk and sat down on the love seat next to the couch. Shadows eyes shot open after Zephyr sat down.
"Don't sneak up on me like that." Shadow said.
"Huh? Oh, sorry 'bout that. I was just busy slaving over a hot stove to make break-fast to worry about weather or not you herd me or not." Zephyr said sarcastically.
"Yea, what ever." Shadow dozed off for a while.
A few minutes later, everyone woke up to find hot food on the table, along with glasses of milk.
"Zephyr, did you do this for us?" Tails asked.
"Yea, Sonic and the others should be here soon to eat with us, so I would prefer you wait." Zephyr said. Tails looked at him with a grumble in his belly.
"But-" There was a knock at the door.
"That's them now." Zephyr said. He walked over and opened the door to see, none other than, Sonic and the others.
"When do we eat?" Was the first thing out of Sonics mouth.
"Shaddup and get in side." Zephyr said. Everyone came in and walked over to the breakfast table. They all sat down and picked up their food. "Eat well, my friends, for today, we take down Metal Sonic!" He roared. "YEA!!" Everyone else said in unison.