Hi again, I'm back! I've been having a case of writer's block with this part, but hpefully the rest of it will go away soon. But in case it doesn't, I'll just say that I might not be able to update this as often, though I will try to. Either way, here's Chapter 5 (or six, if you're counting prolouge).
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It was still night time at Cybex Capital, but Yume could not sleep. The notion that she might be reunited with her father soon was clear in her mind. She had always been close to her father, both of the twins had. Yume looked down at her airshoes, which Shadow had given her on her tenth birthday. They were built similiar to his, except the soles were purple, and Yume had decorated the airshoes with the same spade-shape that adorned her spy-suit.
"Still can't sleep?" Yume turned her head to Akumu, whom the girls had made sleep in a sleeping bag on the floor (since the room had only two beds, which the girls had claimed).
"You can't either, I see," The white twin agreed. "I'm just so...I don't know, excited?"
"I just can't sleep," Akumu answered. "You know, I think I saw a jewlery store somewhere around here..."
"I get what you're saying," Yume got out of bed, searching through the small pack of stuff she brought for her equipment. A good heist would probably take her mind off of things. Besides, she didn't want to be out of practice when they got home.
"Ready?" Akumu asked after she grabbed her things.
"Of course I am," she replied, "Let's go." The hedgebat twins left, silently, leaving Amythyst asleep. A few minutes after they left, a mysterious figure climbed into the room, staying in the shadows. He looked around cautiously, not seeing what he had hoped to find. He did, however, see Amythyst.
"Blur to Zynth, Blur to Zynth, over," the figure spoke through a comm-link. "The twins are nowhere in sight, but the other girl is here. What do you request I do?"
"Bring her here," a cold voice on the otehr side replied. "The more the merrier, as they say."
"Roger that, over and out." The figure known silently picked up his new target, who opened her eyes.
"Hey, put me down, you-" The purple girl supressed a gasp as her eyes fell upon her captor, a familiar looking blue hedgehog. "Daddy?" Her captor didn't know how to respond, for Zynth had never trained him what to do in such a situation. But the mission was still clear: retrieve the target at all costs. So, he did the one thing he knew would get her to come with him, and hopefully without a fight.
"Yes," he replied, "Daddy's got you. Come on, let's go."
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"Damn, these people sure are confident about robbers," Akumu noted, scanning the area with a minature computer desigend for scouting out hostile machinery before their heists.. "No security systems whatsoever! Not even one guard! I swear, what are these people thinking?"
"I don't know," Yume replied, "but they're going to regret thinking that by the time we're out of here." Akumu nodded, putting his computer away in his own pack before the two sneaked inside. True to the scanner, there was nothing to stop them so far.
"It feels like a horror movie," said the bat-twin, looking around nervously. "I'd say it's almost to good to be true."
"What's so good about it?" his sister replied. "There's no challange in it. Part of the whole reason why we're thieves is for the excitement. Excitement and money, that's the purpose."
"I guess so," Akumu took out his computer again. "Hey, it says there's a robot in the next room." Yume quietly snuck to the doorway, looking through a crack. All she saw was jewlery and a shopkeeper, a rabbit girl.
"That can't be right," she replied. "There's only a shopkeeper. Either she couldn't sleep, or she thinks she's all that's needed to guard the jewels." Akumu joined her at the door.
"My computer doesn't show anyone in there except for a robot," he whispered, so they couldn't be heard. "So, either my comp's gotten majorly busted, or..." Suddenly, red lights filled the room, accompanied by the sound of sirens. The shopkeeper in the next room came to life, making her way toward the intruders at the door.
"We've been spotted," Yume cried. "Dammit Akumu, I thought you said there was no security!"
"There wasn't!" He claimed. "Come on, let's get out of here. Chaos Control!" The twins were warped to their hotel room, but were suprised to find it abandoned.
"This isn't right," Yume walked around the room, inspecting it. "Where'd the faker-girl go? Did she chicken out or something?"
"Her stuff's all here," Akumu pointed out. "It's as if she got out of bed, and disappeared. It's like she was..."
"Kidnapped," his sister finished. "Just great. I knew it wasn't a good idea to take her with us, but did anyone listen? No, and now we have to rescue Mom, everyone's parents, and that wench!"
"Cool it Yume," Akumu said. "Look, at least we know that we're in the right spot, right? We'll just need to find out who the heck took her, and why."
"And how the hell they could spot us without any security," Yume started pacing around the room, stopping in front of the window as her eyes rested on the citadel. "Can't you just warp us in?"
"Yume, if you don't understand Chaos Control, you won't be able to use it," Her brother groaned. "Remember, it's impossible to warp anywhere unless you've either been there before, or you know what it looks like. I wouldn't think it's a good idea to warp in front of the castle, and I have no clue what the inside looks like. It won't work."
"Stupid magic rules," the white hedgie muttered under her breath. "Well then, we'll just have to make a plan in the morning."
"I guess so. G'night Yume."
"Good night Akumu."
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The doors to the main chamber of the castle opened for the second time that night as another blue hedgehog entered. Unlike the last, he was a perfect replica for Sonic, a purple hedgehog girl slung over his shoulders. Thankfully, she had fallen back to sleep before he arrived.
"Ah, Commander Blur," Zynth greeted, his servant Mech nearby. "I see you have captured your target."
"Yessir," Blur agreed. "What do I do with her?" His master contemplated this for a minute.
"Put her in the dungeons with the other captives," Zynth said. "At least she will be reunited with her parents before the procedures begin." The two Sonic look-a-likes stared at him quizzatively.
"Procedures, sir?" Mech asked quietly.
"Yes, procedures," Zynth replied. "I shall be...shall we say, researching a specific part of the captives. For the betterment of our people, and to assure that we shall not be stopped when we expand our territory."
"You mean the continental invasion?" Blur asked, Amythyst still slung over him.
"The exact one," Zynth agreed.
"But sir," Mech spoke up, "may I ask what specific part of the prisoners we'll be researching?" Zynth smiled before replying, another sadistic smirk.
"Their souls, of course."
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Okay, there you have it. What exactly is Zynth planning? Well, I certainly can't tell you yet, can I? Next chapter may be a day or so late, I'm not sure. See you when I see you!