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The Resistance: Chapter 4
Memories
(Did a little research on one of my favorite characters before I put him in here. You sonic fans might be pleased on what I found out.)
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"So let me get this straight." Knuckles said. "You're all from a different time period in a different dimension?"
"That's right." Jeff said.
"And you're all trying to stop this Porky/Pokey guy from taking over that dimension?"
"That's correct." Loid said.
"But somehow, when he tried to kill you, you ended up in a wide, dark place, which led you into green hill?"
"Yep." Ness said.
"And you need the chaos emeralds to go back home?"
"How many times do we have to explain it?" Kumatora whined.
"I'm just making sure I understand this!" Knuckles stared at her.
"And you didn't get it the first three times?"
"Knuckles can be slow sometimes." Tails said, earning an irritated look from Knuckles.
"Anyway, I can't just let you have the emeralds." Knuckles said. "I am their guardian, and I must keep them safe."
"But you let Sonic hang on to them most of the time." Tails pointed out.
"That's because I trust him. I just met these guys and I can't let them take the emeralds."
"But Knuckles they need to get home to stop Porky!" Amy cried. "If you were stranded somewhere while Dr. Robotnik was attacking, wouldn't you use whatever you needed to get back?"
". . ."
"That's what I thought." Amy then turned to the group. "Give us a moment please." Then she dragged Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles along as she walked off.
"Ok, so what should we do?" She asked once she thought Ness and his friends couldn't hear her. "I say we give them to them."
"I say we ignore them and keep moving." Knuckles said.
"I don't know, what if they aren't telling the truth?" Tails said.
They all turned to Sonic to see his opinion. Sonic stood there with his eyes closed, which showed he was deep in thought. If they were telling the truth, then they wouldn't let Porky take over their world. But if they were lying, then Sonic and friends could be in trouble. If they did give them the chaos emeralds, lives would be saved. But if they didn't, a whole population could die.
Sonic smiled and walked over to the humans. He gave them a thumbs up and smiled widely.
"So we can have them?" Paula asked.
"Better yet, how about we go with you?" Tails suggested. "That way, we can help you and make sure the emeralds are safe." He looked at Knuckles out of the corner of his eye when he said this.
"Will you be ok with that Knuckles?" Amy asked.
"Fine…" was all Knuckles said.
"Anyone have any objection to this?" Ness asked. When no one responded, he then said "The emerald hunt will go faster with all of us looking." To Sonic, it seemed as if Ness was the leader of the group.
"We can all stay at my house." Amy said. "It may be a little drafty since I have to try and fix my door, but it should be comfortable enough for everyone."
"Then we'll just pack up our stuff and be on our way." Lucas said smiling. And in a matter of seconds, thanks to Sonic's super speed, they were all packed up and on their way to Amy's house. As everyone walked and talked, the Chosen Four chatted with Team Sonic.
"Now I know why this place looked familiar." Ness said. "This is from the game 'Sonic the Hedgehog'."
Sonic stared at him as they walked.
"They made a game about Sonic?" Amy asked.
(Warning: Ness proves to be a big video game fan here.)
"Yeah, a whole bunch of games! You all are very famous back in my time." Ness said. He then started naming each game he owned. "Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, that's where Tails was introduced. Sonic the Hedgehog CD, which was where Amy was introduced into the games. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic and Knuckles, where Knuckles was introduced, can be put together to make a complete game. I'm waiting on Jeff to put all of the games together."
"I just haven't had much time Ness." Jeff said. "Hacking a video game is a lot of work."
"Did we get our own separate games?" Tails asked.
"Well, you and Knuckles did, but Amy hasn't gotten one yet. Tails has two while Knuckles has one."
"There's a game made…after me?" Tails sounded stunned.
"Yep, it's called 'Tails' Adventures'. The other is called 'Tails' Sky Patrol'."
"I bet my game is probably lame." Knuckles sighed as they waked.
"Actually, your game is one of the highest sales because it's rare." Ness told Knuckles. "Your game is called 'Knuckles' Chaotix'."
Knuckles looked at him. "I remember that adventure…"
"Are all these games based off of their adventures?" Amy asked.
"Yep, but there have been some games that have you all against each other, like 'Sonic the Fighters' and 'Sonic R'."
"Well we've never fought against each other, except for Sonic and Knuckles." Tails said.
"It was just a friendly completion to see who would beat Dr. Robotnik." Ness told them.
"And Ness loses every time he gets to the second stage." Paula said laughing. "And that's Amy's stage."
"It's not my fault she uses that hammer so much!" Ness retorted.
"Ness may be a good fighter, but not when it comes to video games." Poo said.
"Maybe that's because he always picks Sonic." Jeff said.
"Can we change the subject?" Ness whined.
Amy stared at Sonic, who had a bored expression on his face since they were walking. "I'd never hit Sonic with my hammer…right?" She thought to herself. She shrugged it off when they got to her house. The door was lying off towards the side of the house.
Amy sighed. "I guess I better get started."
"Why don't you let us do it for you?" Ninten asked her.
"Because you're not the one who tore it down in the first place." She said.
"But we can fix it in a jiffy!"
"You'd fix it for me?"
"Of course! My team and I can do it. It's the least we can do for you since you're letting us stay here. Right guys?"
"It is the right thing to do." Ana said.
"It shouldn't be hard at all since we've got strength and brains." Loid said.
"It's not like we can do anything else." Teddy said.
"I've broken my fair share of doors, so I know I can help fix it!" Pippi said.
"Thank you all so much!" Amy said.
"No problem, it's what we do." Ninten said.
As Ninten's team got to work, the rest of the team walked in. As everyone started to find a place to put their belongings, Amy noticed her fireplace had a small fire in it. She then remembered that the ice climbers stayed behind.
(AN: I still need a name for Ninten's team. I only got 1 suggestion. Surely there are more people out there with cool ideas! Let me know!)
"Nana, where are you?" Amy called.
"I'm up here in one of the bedrooms!" came a voice from upstairs. Ness recognized the voice. He then walked upstairs in the direction of the voice. When he reached a bedroom, he saw a girl in a pink parka sitting on a green bed. In the bed was a boy in a blue parka that seemed to be unconscious.
Ness walked up to the two. "Nana…?" He asked.
The girl turned around. The moment she saw Ness, she jumped up and hugged him. "Ness! What are you doing here?" She asked him, surprised to see him in this dimension.
"I could ask you and your boyfriend the same thing." He smirked.
Nana pushed him away blushing. "He's not my boyfriend; he's just my best friend. What's so wrong with having a guy as my best friend?"
"I'm just messing with you. So you haven't told him yet?"
"No…I'm waiting for the right time to tell him, but…" she sighed. "I think I waited too late." She then told Ness her story on how they got here.
Ness walked over to Popo's unconscious body and placed a hand on his chest. "There's a reason why I can be considered a psi master." He smirked. He then closed his eyes, letting a white aura surround his hand.
[Ness used psi healing γ!]
As soon as Ness opened his eyes, Popo opened his also.
[Popo was revived!]
Nana then hugged Popo tightly. "Popo! You're alive!" She then smacked him in the face. "I TOLD you to stop fighting! And if Ness hadn't come along, you might have died!"
"I'm sorry; I didn't think they would know an attack that powerful." He muttered, rubbing his cheek. He then noticed Ness standing there with a grin on his face. "Oh shut it. What are you doing here?"
"Oh the usual, on a grand adventure to stop a villain from taking over the world." Ness said. He then told his story on how he and his friends got here.
"Need any help buddy?" Popo asked once Ness stopped talking.
"I think you two should worry more on these doppelgangers first." Ness said.
"Actually, we're going to help Sonic and his friends find the chaos emeralds." Nana told him.
"That's what we're doing!" He told the duo. "I guess we have the same goal."
"Just like old times…" Popo smiled.
As the three walked downstairs, they saw Lucas, Flint, and Claus were seen hooking up a T.V. into the wall.
"Hurry up, it's going to start!" Amy cried, sitting on the couch.
"What's she going on about?" Ness asked.
"Her favorite show is coming on." Knuckles sighed.
"And she's having us hook up her new T.V." Flint said, fiddling with a wire.
"Honey are you sure you know what you're doing?" Hinawa asked.
"I know exactly what I'm doing." Flint told her. "Besides, I've got my two kids to help me." He smiled.
As soon as they were done, Amy immediately turned on the T.V. While she flicked through the channels, the Ice Climbers introduced themselves to the group. As they chatted, Ninten and his team had just finished putting in the door. With people and animals either standing or sitting in her living room, Amy found it hard to hear the T.V. At last she found her channel. "Quiet! It's on!" She yelled. Everyone immediately stopped talking and looked at the T.V.
(Stop the music, and then play this: watch?v=PmFFraHbu2w)
On the screen was a green crocodile. He wore a white and yellow set of headphones and was standing on his two back feet. He wore white gloves and had black buckles behind them. He had black eyes and wore purple shoes. He had a purple messenger bag around him.
"HELLO EVERYONE!" He cried. "My name's Vector!"
Next to him appeared a purple chameleon. He had black eyes and a shiny yellow horn. He had green scales on his back and wore gold rings right above his socks. He also wore shoes, just like Vector, but his were half black and half green.
"Greetings." He said, more calmly than Vector. "I'm Espio."
Just then a medium sized bee flew onto the screen. He was big, but not as big as Espio, who was short compared to Vector. Like any other bee, he was black and yellow with black eyes. However he wore a black helmet with orange goggles. His antennas stuck out of the helmet. He wore red and white sneakers.
"Hey Hey Hey!" He said excitedly. "My name's Charmy!"
"And together we are…" The three said together.
The three were then knocked away by giant words, each a mixture of green, purple, black and yellow. Each of them landed on the top of the words.
"The Chaotix Detective Agency!" They cried together, which was exactly what the words read.
(Not many Sonic fans know that Team Chaotix are actually from the classic era. They are my favorite team in Sonic heroes (mainly because of their theme song), so here they are! Now for the moment you will watch them on the big screen!)
(Now play this: watch?v=AewjGVLpQ74)
"Hey I know them!" Ness cried. "They were in-"
"SILENCE!" Amy yelled.
Vector appeared on the screen with Espio and Charmy at his side. They were standing outside of a door. The rest of the house couldn't be seen.
"Now as you all know, this is our last episode due to budget cuts." Vector said.
Charmy flew in front of him. "But we'll still be solving mysteries! We'll find a place to set up and we'll take on any case!" He said.
Vector pushed him out of the way. "That's right. But for our last episode, we decided to answer a special fan letter we got." He pulled out a pink letter from his bag and gave it to Espio. "Espio, you read it."
Espio took the letter from Vector. He opened it and cleared his voice.
Dear Chaotix Detective Agency,
You guys are so cool! I love how you go around solving mysteries every week. I love Vector's can-do attitude, Espio's ninja-like abilities, and Charmy's awesome comedy! I'd love to hang out with you sometime! But I want to know exactly how did you guys start? When did your detective agency begin? I'd love it if you wrote me back! But I understand you're busy with mysteries. I'll understand if you don't read it, but I hope you do!
Your biggest fan,
…
Espio stopped reading.
"That's all it says."
Vector took the letter out of Espio's hands. "Let me see that." He read over the letter and stopped when he reached the bottom. "There's honey on the bottom and we can't see the name." He stared at Charmy. "Charmy, what did I tell you about eating honey around the fan mail."
"I wasn't eating honey this time!" Charmy said. "I was making honey!"
"You never told him he couldn't make honey around the fan mail." Espio pointed out.
Vector let out a huge sigh. "Ok, from now on, anything involving honey is not allowed around the fan mail."
While Charmy started complaining, Vector went on. "Well even though we don't remember the name, we still have the return address and we're going to feature this girl on our last episode. No one's ever said they were our biggest fan."
Charmy flew in front of Vector, blocking him out. "You should have seen Vector cry! He cried for a whole ten minutes!"
Vector grabbed Charmy and pulled him off screen. "Charmy we need to have a little talk…" He said as he pulled Charmy away. This left Espio the only one on the screen.
"Anyway, Right now we're outside the house of the fan, but before we go in…" He looked off screen where Vector and Charmy went. "…I'll explain how we came to be." He sighed.
"To be honest, we started off as a group called Knuckles Chaotix."
"Hey that's-"Ness began.
"Shh!" Amy told him.
"It was named after our leader, Knuckles the echidna. We started small, just solving small problems in an amusement park. Then Dr. Robotnik came, and boy things got crazy! We started saving children, fighting robots, and yet we still had time for a lunch break. When Knuckles had to go back to his home, he left Vector in charge of the team. We haven't seen Knuckles since, but he said he has to guard a very important item and can't leave it for long. He's probably there, bored out of his mind guarding that thing."
Knuckles sighed.
"However after a while our friend Mighty went missing. He's been missing for a few years now. Since then Vector's been focused on finding him, helping everyone in case we may get a clue about Mighty in one of those cases. Mighty's our friend and we won't rest until we find him. It's the honorable thing to do."
Vector and Charmy walked up to Espio with smiles on their faces.
"Thanks for telling them Espio." Vector said. "And today, we got a clue that may lead us to Mighty!"
"We did?" asked Charmy and Espio at the same time.
"Yep, I just didn't tell you guys yet." He pulled out another letter. This one was red. He pulled out a black sheet of paper and started reading.
Dear Team Chaotix,
You must be quite the detective team. I've heard a lot about you. I've even heard you found a chaos emerald not too long ago. I am prepared to make a negotiation with you. In exchange for the emerald, I shall tell you the whereabouts of Mighty the Armadillo. I'm sure you're dying to know. Enclosed are the directions to the drop-off point. I'll be waiting for you.
P.S. Don't get any funny ideas, for something may happen to Mighty.
"They didn't sign it, so I didn't say anything." Vector said after he stopped reading. He then pulled out a white chaos emerald. "And it just so happens that the drop-off point is right around the corner. What do you say boys?"
"A chaos emerald!" Tails exclaimed.
"Quiet!" Amy told him.
"Vector we can't take an innocent person with us into this!" Espio told him. "We're supposed to protect the innocent, not drag them into danger."
"But what if our fan is like a six-foot tall giant?" Charmy asked.
"Only one way to find out." Vector said. He then walked up to the door and knocked on it. However as soon as he did, the door fell down.
Vector stood in the doorway, with Espio and Charmy right behind him. Everyone stared at each other.
(Pause the music and imagine the awkward moment.)
"Sorry about your door." Espio said. "But we received a letter from this address."
Amy jumped up. "I KNEW it was my letter you read!" She ran up and hugged the three. "COME IN!" she almost dragged each of them in.
But not too far from Amy's house, Dr. Robotnik was watching the show as well. Sitting in his Egg Carrier as he watched the show on his monitor, Dr. Robotnik stroked his chin as Amy and the others explained their predicament to Team Chaotix,
"Psychokinetic users, other worlds and dimensions…" He mumbled to himself. "I think it's time we have a little fun… Perfect Chaos can wait just a little while…" He then pulled out a button and pressed it.
Back in his lab, the strange capsule shook even more violently. It rocked back and forth as whatever inside it was desperately tried to break out. The red eyes that could be seen inside it seemed even more menacing as the capsule shook with anger and hatred. With a powerful force, the capsule was smashed into pieces and the object inside stood there, taking in its freedom.
"Your mission is to find the remaining chaos emeralds that are not in anyone's possession with the built in radar I installed." Dr. Robotnik spoke through a communicator. "Then bring them to my location as soon as possible."
The object looked at its metallic hand.
"And then, you and Sonic can have some fun."
The hand formed a fist as soon as Sonic was mentioned. The object then dashed away at an incredible speed.
One could say it was supersonic speed.
"I shall…have…my revenge…" It muttered.
(No spoilers!)
As soon as Amy finished explaining the story to Vector, Charmy, and Espio, the three looked at each other, and then backed at the large group.
"Well I know what we have to do." Vector said. He gave Amy the white chaos emerald. "You guys need this more than we do."
(Play this: watch?v=FcR81-nhKk0)
"But Vector, what about Mighty?" Charmy asked.
"What's more important is that we help these guys stop Robotnik. Who knows, Mighty might be also trying to do the same thing. We'll go see this guy AFTER we help."
"You want to help us?" Knuckles asked.
"Of course! It'll be like old times, right Knuckles? You know how tough we are! With a fire-breathing crocodile, a ninja chameleon, and a bee that's grown to the size of an average kid, we'd be able to do wonders to your team!"
"It would be the right thing to do." Espio said. "We can't just walk away knowing a whole world could be destroyed, much less our own. And once Vector's made up his mind, he won't rest. You're stuck with us either way, because Vector won't leave until you agree."
"Come on, you HAVE to take us!" Charmy cried. "We can help out a lot! We can help beat up the bad guys and get the chaos emeralds! We haven't been in a real fight in so long! You have to take us along!"
Knuckles let out a long sigh. "Anyone object?"
No one responded.
"Ok you can come along."
The three, along with Amy, cheered. Vector turned to the cameraman. "We'll have to cut this live show short, but we'll air it as soon as recording's done! Roll the credits!" He then signaled the cameraman to go away, and he did without any objection.
Sonic stared out the window. "That person wanting to meet the Chaotix…could it be Robotnik?" He thought to himself.
"Perhaps we should go see who this mysterious person is." Ninten said. "With four chaos emeralds, we can maybe find out more about Mighty's whereabouts."
"That sounds like a good idea!" Tails said. "We can-"
(Stop the music)
At that moment, C.E.L. started beeping loudly, grabbing everyone's attention and interrupting Tails. He picked it up and stared at it with a surprised expression.
"Hey, the other emeralds are being collected at a fast rate!" He cried.
(Play this: watch?v=xRDx75XH0N0)
Everyone crowded around the screen. On the bottom was a giant 4, but on the top was a big exclamation point moving to the locations of the chaos emeralds, then moving off to the next. Sure enough, the last three were gone.
"Someone's got the last three emeralds!" Cried Knuckles.
Sonic jumped out the window. However before he could move a muscle, something blue flew by him so fast Sonic couldn't see it. However he knew exactly what it was. He started off after it, not noticing that everyone had come outside in time to see the blue blur.
"Sonic, wait for us!" Tails cried as everyone ran after him.
"Where's he going?" Asked Lucas.
"C.E.L. says that whoever took the emeralds is heading that way, and Sonic's chasing after them!" Tails said.
Eventually, the large group caught up with Sonic. Sonic stood there in front of a large man in a floating vehicle. He had a big, bushy mustache. He wore a red shirt with two big yellow strips of paint that made him look like he was wearing fangs around his neck. He wore white gloves and blue goggles. He wore a menacing smile as Sonic stared at him with a frown.
"Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and even Amy. I didn't expect to see you with the Chaotix." The man said.
"I know him!" Ness cried. "It's-"
"Dr. Robotnik!" Tails cried.
Next time, Sonic faces off with an old foe!