Ch.8
THD
Happy Valentine's Day Everybody!
Mobius Prime...
"So, how did it go?" Sonic asked Rob as both hedgehogs were walking around the castle corridors at a slow pace, stalling time. Rob looked at him with a smirk "It went pretty well, except the fact the person is going to help us is Mighty the Armadillo" Sonic stopped mouth a gap "You mean Mighty? Mighty? The Armadillo himself?" Rob nodded "Yep, and he's helping us take down Scourge if he ever comes back and try to take over or something including the Squad if they came with him"
Sonic looked pleased "Yes, can't wait to see the face of Scourge when he finds the one person far more powerful than him, but do we have a plan or something so we can outsmart them?"
"Hmmm" Rob searched through his brain for any possible answer
"Or least make them run away?"
Rob continue to look for answers. The Moebians are smart but sometimes they're a bit easy to fool like Scourge for instance, because of his arrogance, the green hedgehog can make himself an easy target...
"Actually we can..." Rob trailed off
"How?" Sonic asked
"We can make Mighty a backup fighter if anything else went wrong" Rob answered
Sonic looks a bit confused "And why is that? He's very strong"
"Listen Sonic, Mighty may have brute strength and all but he can get overwhelmed if he gets jumped, so what we do is basically what we did last time we fought Scourge"
Sonic looked at him with a pondering face "Oh all of us team up against him?"
Rob nodded his head yes "But if the Squad are with him, then it's simple, we try to split them up and make sure we don't we fight with our actual counterpart, such as don't make Tails fight Miles, instead make Tails fight somebody else that way it will be an easier battle"
"Ohh I see... I can fight Scourge but his speed and fighting skills are equal to mine, so instead I'll go with Miles and take him out, right?" Sonic reckoned "The old switcharoo trick"
"Something like that" Rob assured
Sonic snickered
"So, what do we do now?"
"I guess we can wait til they come, I'll make sure I tell the others about this plan to get everything ready" Rob announced "I must go Sonic, see you later blue boy" he smirked
Sonic looked at him annoyed. "You don't have to state the obvious you know!" Rob began to race towards the castle exit doors but he shouted "I know! Its fun to mess with you anyway!" He pushed the doors open and ran off into the horizon.
Sonic snickered "Wow, Rob is something, but he's lighter blue than me, he looks like a Jolly Rancher" He laughed a bit.
Then he remembered something "Wait...am I supposed to see what's up with Sally...? Hmm, yeah I guess" He decided. He zoomed all the way to Sally's room which on the 2nd floor. Her room is at the end of the hallway which he already reached. He knocked on her door. A female voice called out "Who is it?"
Sonic cleared his throat "Its me, the blue pizza delivery guy!" He joked
"Very humorous Sonic!" She joked back "Come in!"
Sonic creaked the door open, and he sees Sally sitting on the edge of her golden brown bed looking worned out. He walked in. Sally's father really wore her out? "Wow, Sally what happen to you?" he exclaimed
Sally tiredly glanced at him "What? Oh, yeah, my father is not that easy to calm down, he was angry for the past 2 hours until finally he stopped huffing around and sat down in his chair, I was yelling at him the whole time and he kept saying "No I won't!" ticking me off"
Sonic whistled "Bummer...you ok though?"
"Yeah I'm fine, just tired"
"
Sonic slowly walked to her and sat down beside her, and immediately Sally wraps her arms around him while Sonic did the same. They looked at each other in the eyes and peck a kiss. He scanned the around her room. She has very simple stuff, lots of makeup, a golden brown bed, a picture of Sonic on top of the dresser, brown walls and her closet stashed with clothes. "I think she might be spoiled..." Sonic thought. He's surprised there wasn't any pink object unlike somebody he knows...
"Hey Sally?" Sonic spoke up
"Yeah?"
"Do you think Scourge might come back and will try to, you know, invade us or something?"
Sally shrugged "I don't know, I doubt it, the Moebians probably won't go back to him because of what he did..." she reminded him
"Your probably right... but if what he actually tried like showing up in Mobius?"
Sally pondered "Umm, think of a quick plan while's he is on the move before he reaches the castle I guess, do we even have any?"
"Yep, we do! Rob and I luckily came up with up just a couple of minutes ago, but I'll tell you later" Sonic remarked
"By the way, what's up with all that yelling?"
Sonic suddenly look annoyed again what Rob said before "Oh yeah you heard that?"
""Yeah, duh"
"Rob called me a blue boy and I told him "You don't have to state the obivious!" and he was like "I know, its fun to mess with you" Sally giggled "Oh Rob, that hedgehog is something, wonder how Amy have to put with him?" Sonic scoffed "I know right, maybe lock him up or steal his arrows and he'll be like "Oh! Where's my arrows? I have to hunt wolfs so I can stuff my face!" He made a bad impression of him which made Sally laughed.
"I need arrows so I can practice how to miss!" he continued
"Wow Sonic, your so freaking stupid hahaha!"
"Oh man that'll be so hilarious!"
They were both going into hysterics, leaning forward. Their sides felt as if they were about to split .As soon as it started it went away. And they sat in silence for a couple of seconds, the blue hedgehog was gasping for air "Ok... that was..."
"Funny" the hedgehog and chipmunk said together
"Anyway...can I go and see your dad for a quick minute while you calm down?"
"Sure go ahead, blue boy!" Sally teased
"No, not you too...well later babe!" Sonic shouted and he zipped out of the room in a flash.
Sally sighed in relief as she laid down on the mattress and she laughed again "I need arrows so I can practice how to miss"
Throne Room
Sonic peeked in the semi-dark room with blue light gleaming from the moon behind a window. He creeped in and walked to the chair where he sees the King of Mobius in his chair. "Hello your majesty, how are you today?" Sonic bowed to him respectfully as he approach him on the steps. King Maximillion is leaning on the throne chair, about to doze off in sleep. He must be exhausted of his energy after stomping around and shouting out curses. Sonic can easily notice the dark spots around his eyes.
The king spoke in a hoarse voice "I'm doing fine, just...a little..." he breath heavily, gasping for some air
"Exhausted sir?" Sonic finished for him. Looks like he's too tired , can barely even finish a sentence which the blue hedgie suggested he should leave the king to be.
"Yeah..."
"Ok sir...I guess I'll go now since your tired and all, but we can talk tomorrow morning... will that be fine?" Sonic eyes widen as he received snoring instead of answer
"King fell asleep" Sonic uttered. And he stepped down and left the room. Hopefully he can wake up by the time he returns... "Well that sucks..."
Meanwhile...
Fiona Fox arrived in the colorful, energetic, neon-signs filled with life in a place called Casino Night Zone as she came out of the warp ring she used. Ended up under a bridge. Automatically, the sights of trash cans knocked down were already in sight. This part of Casino Night is the worst part of this zone. Thieves and criminals love to hangout here, better be careful they might be cases where you get jumped and robbed. Fiona has no problem taking anybody out who tried to threatened her, thanks to her martial arts skill. The streets are littered with garbage disposal, rats scurrying around, the wailing sounds of the Zone Cops sirens, run down buildings and tons of graffiti on every street block and it smells very horrid.
Fiona scoffed at this place "Ugh, this place is downright disgusting..." she muttered as she walked on the sidewalk, avoiding contact with any trash on sight thinking it as a disease. But its familiar to her, this area has a bar, a run down bar, the main hotspot of the crooks. She remembered something "Oh yeah, the Destructix hangs out in this bar they have in this dump, I wonder if they're here?" She said to herself. The Destructix loves to drink there and have fun such as causing trouble.
Looking straightforward, the sight of the run down bar came into view. With the words "BBBG" printed in white on top. The Bottom of the Barrel Bar 'n' Grill or BBBG for short which ever you preferred to say it, loomed in the distance on a lonely streetblock. Lots of noises emerged from, laughing, the glasses clinking, murmuring and lots of shouting.
Fiona smirked "Hmm, I'm guessing this is the bar" She walks towards the old western style doors, the ones you just pushed out of your way. Once she sets foot in, two large muscular dogs wrestled by Fiona, who step dodges it and watch them, swinging hooks and jabs at each other on the road. She ignores it and walks in...
Inside the bar was hectic as loud rock music was playing, the people in there were whooping their heads off or drunk walking around and falling clumsily on tables which makes even more laughter from others. Fiona already can't stand it one bit. She has to struggle and fight her way through the crowd just to get to the drinking bar area. The men were trying to make a move on her, results of her kicking them in the face away from her. She finally approached the sat on the stool
The bar has a very large stash of alcohol and rum from other zones around here. A female yellow cat went towards her ready to take her suggestion. "What would you like?" she asked, Fiona looked at her with a nasty attitude "A bottle of Rum Joe and make it snappy" Fiona ordered. The cat scoffed and left to get her drink. The bar is still in frenzy as ever. The red fox sighed sadly.
Does Scourge even like her? She does with all her heart, she sits down and listen to any problems he has, told him to let go of any girl he dumped or got dumped by, made food and even comforted him when he's depressed or very sick.
How can Scourge do this to her? By the very strong hints she received, she knows that the green hedgehog deep down has a powerful feeling for her, hopefully not that psychotic pink devil she got hit by. Fiona growled at that thought, she wants to strangle the living hell out of her and watch her eyes rolled up to the back of her head while her face turns blue and shocked. The sight of it made Fiona grinned. What if Scourge likes her too much and he becomes furious and will never speak to her again? The grin was replaced with a depressed frown thinking about it. Wondering if the green hedgehog is in prison or something.
"Here's your bottle of Rum Joe ma'am" The cat chimed as she returns with 32 oz. of bottle with death written on it. It has 34% of alcohol, but she didn't care when the cat set it on the counter. "Thanks" she said, uncared. Then she left. Fiona looked at it, gulped and grabbed it, popped the cork. The fumes of the alcohol was destvating but still didn't care. So, she took a big swift of it. The deathly liquid poured down her throat. "Ugh!" she exclaimed in disgust, she tasted her mouth which now tastes like the drink.
"First time drinking?" A deep male voice suddenly spoke, and it was beside her. Fiona was startled by it "Yeah who's asking?" She asked not looking.
"That would be me..." a meaty finger which looked suspiciously like a gorilla hand tapped in front of her. She was surprised as she turned her head and saw who she thought would never see again... a monstrous gorilla wearing a soldier helmet and with army-camo pants and a giant strap around his chest right in front of her. She grinned.
"Hello Simon..."
"Well Fiona long time no see..."
"Same to you, where you've been?"
"Been around, hanging out in this bar with other members of the Destructix" Simon grunted
"Oh where are they?" Fiona wondered
"I don't know" Simon shrugged "But they're here"
"Ok, let's get to the point of this, Simon, do you remember Scourge the hedgehog?"
Simon looked at her with an angry, scrunched up face "Yes, that green wannabe..what about him?"
"I have an idea, and I have a wierd feeling that Scourge might still be in Mobius Prime tonight in prison"
Simon grunted "Prison huh? And what are we gonna do?"
"We go to Mobius Prime, when it's nighttime, go to the castle where the Freedom Fighters are located, because they captured him and challenge them and we'll bust Scourge out of prison ..." Fiona said
"Hmm...okay, sounds reasonable.. but I'm only doing this for your gain" Simon insisted
"So be it" Fiona assured "Oh and get your other teammates as well..." She took the bottle off the counter and took a another swift of the alcohol while the gorilla did the same.