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Chapter 4- Lady in the desert
An old truck towing a bi-plane rolled slowly through the desert plains that made up Dust Hill. In the passenger section Vector, Espio and Jack sat sleepily while Tails, Amy and Charmy engaged in conversation.
"I don't know how those three stand the heat", said Amy wiping the sweat off her brow.
"We're reptiles", mumbled Jack lazily. "We love the heat".
"Well lucky you", grumbled Tails as he took out a small electric fan and turned it on.
About 100 metres up the path they were taking, a group of figures were watching the truck with hungry anticipation.
"What do you see?" asked a figure to another who was holding a pair of binoculars.
"Fresh meat!" replied the other psychotically.
"Hey they have a plane!" exclaimed another binocular wielding figure.
"I've always wanted a plane", cackled the psychotic one.
"No", said an armoured figure flatly. "You guys can take whatever you want, but the plane is mine".
"Yes chief", replied the disappointed figures in union.
Meanwhile back with the others, the level of doubtfulness was beginning to rise.
"Knuckles, are you sure you know were you're going?" asked Sonic questioningly.
"Of course I do!" snapped Knuckles, who was driving, irritably.
Suddenly in the back of the truck there was a sharp ripping noise as something tore a small hole through the canvas that surrounded the back of the truck.
"What was that?" asked Tails as he peered through the singed hole in the canvas. As he did this he saw a glint of reflected light. "Guys", said Tails fearfully. "I don't think we're alone".
"They've spotted us!" called out the first figure. "Go for the tires!"
"Attack!" cried another one as dozens of gun wielding bandits burst out of the sand and charged at the truck.
Bullets whizzed through the air, ricocheting off everything in sight and yet somehow missing anything organic by mere inches. Everyone jumped out of the truck and engaged the enemy except Amy who was protecting Charmy and Tails, who was protecting his plane.
"Hey!" cried Tails in alarm. "You scratched the paintwork!"
Before he got out, Jack grabbed a pair of goggles and a red bandanna which he tied around his mouth.
"Hey Jack", called Knuckles as he knocked out a bandit with a right hook to the jaw. "What's with the head gear?"
"It's for keeping the sand out of my mouth and eyes", replied Jack as he sliced the arm off a dingo. The dingo howled in pain as blood squirted out of his shoulder. Meanwhile Sonic was jumping on the head of each bandit he came across like stepping stones.
"Die!" screamed a thorny devil shrilly as he came at Sonic with a tomahawk. Sonic side stepped the lizard and kicked the axe out of his hand. "Miserable worm, I'll roast you alive!" spat the thorny devil as he pulled a flamethrower off his back. A tongue of flame shot out of the weapon, frying a cactus and narrowly missing Sonic.
"You need to cool off!" shouted Sonic as he jumped into the air and onto the flamethrower, crushing it.
"Now I'm really pissed off!" roared the lizard as he took out a spiked ball and chain and charged at Sonic.
This guy's not messing around, thought Sonic as he dodged the lizard's flail. I've got to get rid of him. Suddenly Sonic lost his footing as he dodged another clumsy blow and he fell forward into the path of the flail. Just before it could mash his face the flail was cut in two, vertically, by Jack. The thorny devil just stood there in surprise and before he could react his skull was smashed inwards by a swift side-kick to the face. Jack watched as the reptile's body fell to the ground, went limp and started twitching before stepping back into the battle.
Eventually Jack caught the eye of the armoured figure who was the leader of the group.
"You!" it said pointing to Jack. "Over here, one on one, with me".
"All right then", said jack in an agreeing tone.
The armoured kangaroo turned towards two of its comrades, made some hand gestures and pointed to….the rest of the group, who were tied up with steel cable.
"I'll make a deal with you", growled Jack. "If I defeat you in combat you let us go, but if you win you do whatever you want with me and let the others go".
"Fine by me", it said as the rest of the bandits crowded around their leader and Jack in a large circle.
"Wait", said Jack. "I want this to be a fair fight, so I'll put down my sword if you put down any weapons you may be carrying".
"Alright", He said as he threw a spiked knuckleduster into the sand and Jack stabbed his sword into the ground.
The bandit lunged at Jack with a right hook but Jack sidestepped it and brought his knee into the bandit's chest. Slightly dazed from the blow he spun around and leapt up, hitting Jack square in the jaw with his elbow.
"Fuck!" grunted Jack before he hit the bandit with a roundhouse kick to the face.
"Bitch!" growled the bandit before axe-kicking Jack's goggles off of his face.
As the goggles flew off Jack's face and he was falling backwards, he thrust his leg out and up knocking the bandit's helmet off.
Dazed, both of them looked up to find that they were staring at familiar faces.
"Jack?" asked the bandit, who turned out to be a female kangaroo.
"Kanga?" replied Jack as he pulled down his bandana.
"How many years has it been?" he asked as they stood up and walked over to each other.
"Five years", she answered quietly.
"Really?" he said cocking his head.
"Yeah", she said with slight anger in her voice.
BAM!
Kanga punched him hard in the face and he instantly dropped, out cold.
"Five years, basterd", she growled.
Kanga's a bit scary isn't she XD. If you want to know, she will be in the rest of the story. please look out for the next chapter, It'll be up soon!
