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The ship continued shining with a bright silver light, even from their hiding place behind the bushes Bolt, Kayla, Apollo, Ren, and Tails had to cover their eyes. Bolt finally got smart and pulled out a pair of sunglasses, fitting them over his face he peered out.
The ship was slowly dropping in size! A small orb of light was discharged when the ship became the size of a car. It landed on the ground and became a rolling Quake. Who stood up from his tumble and walked over behind the bush.
"I was worried you were going to get crushed or something." Bolt said
"Nonsense, I have the smarts to get out before it gets to small." Quake replied. He had grown to his taller height so he could be heard. "Thanks to the ship, I 'borrowed' some energy to use."
"Cool!" Bolt exclaimed. The light gave a final blinding pulse and faded, the ship was now the size of a football. The others stepped out.
"Near blinded me there!" Apollo complained.
"Be quiet, you always say that." Kayla retorted.
"Do you guys always argue so much?" Tails ventured timidly.
"Yes, get used to it." Kayla shot back.
"Ok ok!" Tails replied, holding up his hands in defense. Bolt walked up, and attempted to lift the ship, but after trying several times in vain, found he couldn't.
"What the heck? Why's this thing so heavy?"
"Because, we didn't take away any weight, I just merely sucked out the empty space between the atoms in the ship, making it smaller but still the same weight, I would never be able to balance the entire thing at that height!" Quake explained, walking over to where the football sized ship lay. He put his hands underneath it, and gestured for the others to help.
"No need Quake; I've got just the invention for this!" Tails exclaimed happily, reaching into (whatever it is they pull things out of… 0_o) he pulled out a small octagonal purple disk, dropping it onto the Dawn Edge and pressing the green button on its center.
"So, what does the thingamajig do?" Apollo piped up.
"It generates a low gravity field around whatever it's attached too, this is a great test, try it out!" the brilliant kitsune explained.
Quake attempted to lift it, and sure enough, the ship began rising until he was holding it on his shoulders.
"Phew, this things still heavy, but I think I can manage." He puffed out.
"Best if we all help mate. Make the job must faster eh?" Apollo suggested, helping him lift it. Bolt and Kayla nodded, helping out, Ren added a small whirlwind underneath it.
"Alright Tails, lead away." Bolt said. The fox nodded and began walking.
~~~Sparing you the long boring walk~~~
The four lifters sat down on the hard lab floor from exhaustion.
"ok… now what?" Bolt asked.
"First we put the ship back to normal." Kayla said. Leaning over and tapping the engine of the ship, a pulse of energy sent them all backwards into the walls as the ship expanded.
"Safety precaution, don't want anyone getting crushed." She explained. Tails stood admiring the ship.
"I still can't get over this, it's so much different then the Blue Typhoon…" he mumbled.
"You have your own ship?" Quake asked.
"Yes, me, Sonic, and the others used it to fight people called the Metarex" he explained, but his face was suddenly downcast. "You can go look at it if you want and do whatever, I'm going to get straight to work, I'll call you when it's finished." Tails answered, quickly disappearing into the ship to avoid any questions about his abrupt sadness.
"So, we gonna go take a look?" Bolt asked, but answered his own question as he began walking towards a door located on the far wall, his boots making small clicking noises on the metal of the lab floor. The others rushed to follow, not wanting to be left behind in a place they weren't familiar with. Bolt wrenched open the door and stepped inside.
The Blue Typhoon looked good as ever, Tails had of course cleaned it up after the final showdown with Dark Oak. Kayla looked at it in fascination.
"Heh, its like one of those old spaceships you read about in history files they had to use, before they figured out the useful fuels. Vintage."
"Sure does look cool." Bolt replied. Apollo had somehow already gotten to the top of the ship, and was inspecting it.
"Hmmm… a few laser batteries, a couple missiles… What's this? Some sort of custom built cannon thingy? What could that be for?"
"Oh! I've heard Sonic make a few remarks on that, something called the 'Sonic Power Cannon' " Bolt answered.
"Sounds… Strong." Quake commented, taking a second to say something other than 'powerful'. "But what do we do now?"
"Well, first this." Kayla said, picking up a screwdriver from the many scattered tools around Tails' lab, she walked up to Quake and began pulling the top off of his speaking collar. When she got it loose, she re-arranged some of the wires inside and reached into her pocket, pulling out a top that wasn't broken and replacing it. Quake was silent throughout the procedure.
"Alright, Test it out." Kayla prompted. Quake nodded and shrunk down, clearing his throat. "Ah-Hem… Testing? Testing 1-2-3, alright enough of that it works."
Apollo had been tapping his foot impatiently throughout the procedure, now back on the floor. "Alright now what?!"
"Food." Quake said.
"Heavens above yes! A chap needs tucker to survive! Can't subsist off air ya know, I'm not an Alvarix." Apollo agreed.
"Not even going to ask." Bolt commented, rolling his eyes.
"You wouldn't want to, it's gross." Kayla said, shuddering slightly at some gruesome thought of this mystery 'Alvarix' species. Bolt led the way out of the hanger bay for the ship; Tails was still inside the Dawn Edge working on fixing it.
"So, Number one question, where are we going to eat?" Kayla asked.
"Someplace so horrible, so mind bendingly terrifying to work at, I shudder to speak of it!" Bolt said.
"There's always Subway." Apollo chimed in.
"That too!" Bolt replied.
~~~~~~~~One Scene change to a subway later~~~~~~~~
They were in line to order there food.
"Yes, Ill have all the meat you've got on a footlong sub, then. I want you to put as much cheese as you can fit on a footlong. Then, I want you to add them together and dispose of the extra buns." Bolt ordered.
"But… Couldn't I just put the meat and cheese on one to start out with?" A confused human employee, whose nametag said "Brice"
"No, I believe it's better my way." Bolt said, eyes narrowing.
"So you just want a shitload of meat and cheese?"
"No… I BELIEVE… it's better… my way." Bolt said, his voice was even darker sounding.
"Alright alright! Do you want me to toast it?" the stunned worker asked. I wasn't trained for nuts… damn you subway!
"what am I? Crazy? That would be disgusting toasted!" Bolt replied, sounding offended.
"Fine! You'll get your dang sandwich your way!" Brice said, sounding exasperated. Jesus what is this? Burger King?!
"Yay!" Bolt cheered, walking along the line, next up was Apollo.
"Hmm, alright chap, fuel me up with what my mate over there is having, but then I want you to sprinkle every other vittle you've got onto me tucker!"
"Excuse me… Whaaaaa?"
Apollo face-palmed "I'm not even going to bother with you laddie, The works, that make sense enough to you?
"Ummm… Yeah."
"Good on ya!" the cat proceeded down the line. Kayla walked up. "Meatball sub, white American cheese."
"Oh thank god an normal order! What are those other guys, aliens?!" the boy said thankfully.
Kayla growled. "Those 'aliens' HAPPEN TO BE MY FRIENDS"
"Ok ok! Sorry!" the person was severely freaked out by now. Kayla nodded and walked past. Quake was now standing on the counter. The person failed to notice for a couple minutes.
"Ah-hem." Quake said, the employee looked around, finally looking down and seeing him standing.
"Damn rats in this crappy place."
"Rats?" Quake responded, offended. Kayla pulled out her gun, aiming it at Brice, whom apparently was the only worker there that day. "
"You really have issues with insulting people don't you?"
"WHY DO YOU HAVE A GUN?!" Brice yelled, officially scared.
"Excuse me, but ill just have a salad." Quake interjected.
"Fine. Ill make your orders, just put the gun down." He attempted diplomacy.
Kayla smirked and holstered her weapon. The poor employee began making the food, continuously cursing to himself. He finally lugged over the tray piled with the subs and single salad to the register, running up the bill. Bolt paid for it, smiling in a way that said 'sleep with your eyes open tonight' but otherwise not making a sound as the wolf brought it to a table.
"You all enjoy… now if you'll excuse me… I QUIT!" Brice screamed, hurtling over the food case and out the door "FREEDOM! FRE-HE-HE-DOM!"
"You see, you have to take charge with the employee's or they wont take you seriously!" Bolt lectured.
"It's like that pretty much everywhere else too." Kayla replied.
"Heh, small universe" Apollo added.
"Why is it that people immediately assume any rodent or rodent like being is a rat?" Quake asked.
"Dunno, ignorance or something." Bolt answered, shrugging. He had already wolfed (yeah yeah, puns) down his sub, but was even slower than Apollo.
"You two gluttons, your going to make yourselves sick!" Kayla complained.
"When have I ever made meself sick marm?" Apollo said, indignant.
"Many, many times." Kayla shot back.
"Oh yeah… Sorry!" he apologized.
"Should we be worried about security footage of you pulling a gun?" Quake said, worried.
Bolt shook his head, pointed a finger at the camera, then smirked. "All gone, except for the worker dude quitting."
"Bolt? Bolt! This is Tails! I think I'm finished!" the foxes voice came from Bolt's cell phone, which he picked up and opened. "Alright Tails, boy how time flies eh?"
"Especially when you're a genius!" Tails added.
"Alright, be there in a few. See ya."
~~~~Insert cool scene transition~~~~
Kayla opened the door first, wanting to see her ship fixed up. Tails was standing proudly in front of it, the variety of holes and scratch's the Dawn Edge had received were all gone.
"Good work Tails!" Kayla praised.
"Aww, it was nothing!" Tails said modestly.
"Are you sure we can't pay you?" she asked.
"Yeah, I'm sure." The kitsune answered.
"Very nice work indeed laddie, well done!" Apollo added.
"a fine job." Quake chimed in.
"ok ok!" Tails said, getting overwhelmed.
"Shouldn't we test 'er out?" Bolt suggested.
"What's this 'we'?" Kayla said suspiciously.
"What, you think I'd miss this?" Bolt asked.
"That could be how you repay me… Could me and Bolt come along for the test flight?" Tails said timidly.
"I guess I can't really refuse that request… Fine." The blue canine agreed. Bolt immediately punched the air "Yes! I owe ya one Tails."
"Just don't touch anything…" Tails and Kayla said simultaneously.
"Oh fine… You guys are no fun." Bolt replied unhappily.
"That's what I say all the time chap." Apollo whispered.
PHEW! Thought I'd never get that done, finally my writers block has been defeated. Brice and help for all subway ideas comes from Bricesmudar, give him a big round of applause.
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