Here we go! Chapter 6! Enjoy!

The Resistance: Chapter 6

The New Plan: Paula's Story

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"This is just ridiculous." Ness sighed. He looked around. Just like before, there was nothing but darkness in sight. "So now we have to wander around looking for another portal, right?"

"Why did we end up back here?" Jeff asked, knowing no one knew the answer. "First when Pokey dropped the bomb, and now when the chaos emeralds started glowing."

"Perhaps this is where dead people go." Tails suggested. This sent chills down everyone's spine. "If we're dead, then we could be awaiting transportation to heaven." He then looked at Robotnik. "Or hell, whichever comes first."

"Does it LOOK like we're dead?" Knuckles asked him.

"How would I know what the dead look like? I'm only five!" Tails told him.

"Yet you have a high IQ. You know more than the rest of us. So shouldn't you be able to tell us where we are?" Knuckles sounded annoyed. When Tails didn't answer, Knuckles sighed.

Sonic walked over and placed a hand on Tails' shoulder. He gave a warm smile. Tails didn't say anything, for he was deep in thought.

"We might as well walk on to find a rift somewhere." Loid said. "It's better than standing around here."

"I have a better idea." Ninten said. He then turned to EVE. "EVE, can you scan the area for any nearby rifts?"

"I shall try Ninten." EVE responded. She then turned around in a full circle, and then stood still for a few moments. Everyone stared at her, waiting for a response. Finally, after quite some time, EVE made a small ding. "Two dimensional rifts detected in southwestern area."

The group looked around.

"Which way is southwest?" Pippi asked.

EVE then rolled off, and the group followed here without objection.

Lucas thought about the past events. What he once thought was a dull sleepover had turned into one of the greatest nights of his life. He had confessed his feelings for the girl that had mocked him in both his dreams and in reality. He was shocked to find out she shared the same feelings. However she sometimes confused him, but then again she was older than him, so she knew stuff he didn't understand. Then, he traveled back in time with his friends and made new friends. He felt like one of those time travelers in a movie. Next his mom and brother was revived, which made Lucas' family full again. Even if Porky was back and at large, Lucas was happy. And he wasn't going to let Porky ruin things a second time.

Ness let his mind wander once again. This place was even darker than deep darkness. Where they actually dead? Did they break the rules of life by going into Sonic's dimension? Why did they come back here again? Ness did not know what to think about this predicament. He then started recollecting his memories. What he thought would have turned out into a simple day with his friends lead to a grand adventure, meeting new friends and old enemies. Ness didn't regret helping Lucas and his buddies, but he did wonder if he would make it out alive. Even though he was strong, he knew there was always someone out there stronger than him. He still had his gift to Paula to give, anyway.

Sonic couldn't even think straight. He could feel Amy's eyes on him as they walked. Not to mention Metal Sonic's as well. What he thought was a mere treasure hunt turned out to be a great adventure. He loved to be in the middle of danger and excitement. He loved running around, trying to save the day. He never thought twice that he could die. Seeing Amy on the battlefield like that made him realize that he could die at any given moment, most likely by the hands of Dr. Robotnik. However he was more focused on what he had did. He had kissed her. Kissed her. What was he thinking? He did like her back, but he didn't plan on kissing her. The thought of that hasn't even crossed his mind before. Well…

At last EVE stopped in front of two rifts. One rift was of a village covered in flames. The other rift was of a grassy field.

"We have two choices." EVE said. "One rift leads to a place called Pop Star, while the other leads to the nowhere islands.

"Which one is the nowhere islands?" Lucas asked.

"The one with the village on fire." EVE told him.

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Lucas walked up to the rift. He stared inside it. He saw the smoke rising from the houses. The forest was coated in bright orange flames. In it he could see the pigmask attacking. They were firing lasers at the innocent, who were scrambling to safety. They showed no mercy as they fired, increasing the amount of flames. He saw villagers going into an underground passageway. It was probably one of the passageways that lead to Osohe castle, Lucas thought to himself. He then noticed an old man, fighting off the pigmask. He jumped around, using ninja-like abilities to fight back. However he was hit by one of their lasers. Two villagers carried him and ran off, much to the man's disagreement.

". . ."

"Lucas, are you all right?" Flint asked.

". . ."

"Lucas?" Hinawa placed a hand on his shoulder.

". . ."

"Bro…?" Claus stared at his brother.

"Woof? (Lucas?)" Boney barked softly.

". . ."

Lucas then tried to touch the portal, but as soon as he did, it moved below him and the others. All of them fell into in, except for Robotnik, who was in his egg carrier. He would have left, but Metal Sonic was caught off guard and had fallen in. Against his first thought, Dr. Robotnik went into the portal.

When Dr. Robotnik landed through the portal, he was in an underground room. There was a small hallway connected to it. He then noticed a huge pile of heroes. He then flew down to ground level and watched. Metal Sonic, being at the bottom of the pile, knocked everyone away upon getting up.

"Still as strong as ever…" grumbled Knuckles.

As they recovered from the small "attack", they scanned the area. It was a big room that had a man in the corner, who was staring at the heroes.

Lucas ran to the person he recognized and hugged him.

"Grandpa!" He exclaimed.

The man had a white beard that covered most of his face. He wore a brown hat and white glasses. He had on a green shirt and black sweater vest that looked old and worn out. He wore purple pants and brown shoes which also looked old as well.

"Lucas…" The man smiled weakly.

"What happened?" Lucas had asked.

"While you were gone, he came back." The man wheezed. "He set the village on fire, and attacked everyone and everything. Just like he did four years ago… with no defense, we were forced to flee. Abbot discovered this secret passageway that leads to Osohe castle. They haven't reached the castle, since they think it's abandoned. The ghosts have been kind enough to help us hide and heal for the past few days… However they captured some of the villagers. All I know is that I managed to escape before I got nabbed."

Claus ran up to his grandpa next.

"I must be worn out from all that fighting and running." He laughed wearily. "Now I'm thinking I see good old Claus by you. Your dear, sweet mom standing in the background, too."

Hinawa, Flint, and Boney walked up to the man. The man adjusted his glasses. "Or am I seeing the real deal?"

Lucas and his family explained what had happened to them while they were gone.

"So he attacked this place while Lucas was gone…" Ness said with his head down.

"That cheap bastard!" Kumatora punched the wall.

"Now what do we do?" Duster asked.

Dr. Robotnik turned to leave along with Metal Sonic. "Well I guess we'll take our leave." He said.

"Where are you going?" Tails asked.

"Somewhere to stop this tyrant. He needs to know exactly who's the big bad boss."

"What if he's stronger than you?" Tails asked him.

"That's a risk I'm willing to take." Dr. Robotnik said coldly.

"What if you lose?" Knuckles asked.

"We shall return once more." Dr. Robotnik said smirking.

"What if he beats Sonic?" Amy asked.

This made Metal Sonic stop in his tracks. He turned around and stared at Sonic. Robotnik, noticing this, looked back at his robot.

"No one shall destroy Sonic but me." Metal Sonic said.

"Really feeling the love…" Sonic thought to himself.

"So what do you say doctor?" Knuckles asked. "Temporary alliance?"

Sonic walked up to Metal Sonic and held out his hand.

"For now, we work together." Dr. Robotnik said. "But afterwards, it's back to fighting to the death."

Metal Sonic shook Sonic's hand reluctantly. The two smiled at each other.

"Now then, we need a plan." Ness said. "We can't just attack Pokey directly up front. Not with all of his defenses still up."

"We have to find a way to sneak in undetected." Espio said.

"Or a way to destroy the defenses!" Charmy exclaimed.

"Well how are we going to do that?" Vector asked.

Everyone thought in silence.

"What if…" Ness began.

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Porky and Pokey looked up upon the village from the skies. They watched as the villagers ran for their lives.

"A good place to start." Porky smiled.

"Perhaps we will actually win a game against pig's butt this time." Pokey smiled.

"Yes, but we must be careful. Things seem too easy. Surely SOMEONE is out there fighting."

"Shall we go down and check?"

"No, we could be going into a trap."

"So we just sit up here and do nothing while everyone else works to the bone for us?"

"That's the way of the king for you."

"I'm going to like being king."

Porky bot 0 walked into the room.

"Ah, Porky bot 0, welcome back." Porky greeted.

"Thank you master." The robot replied.

"So did you dispose of that robot?" He asked.

"Even better; I had the pigmask rebuilt it and I let it loose in the village on defense mode."

". . ."

"You magnificent creation." Porky couldn't hide his smile if he tried.

Pokey stared out the window. "Things are finally becoming sweet."

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"If we can trick Pokey, then it'll be a piece of cake!" Ness cried.

"But it is dangerous." Paula said. "After all, HE is involved."

"Trust me; if anyone can kill Pokey, It's HIM all right." Ness said.

"Are you sure we should go through with this?"

"Trust me." He smiled at her.

". . ."

"So Lucas, do you still have that time machine?" Ness asked.

Lucas pulled out the Mr. Saturn device from his bag. "Right here, why?"

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Ness took the device from Lucas and gave it to Jeff. "We're going to put our plan into action. Jeff, you, Loid, Robotnik, and the Ice climbers will go back to my time and start the product."

Jeff turned on the time machine. "Ok Ness." He stood by Loid and Dr. Robotnik. The Ice climbers stood next to him.

"Metal, don't do anything rash while I'm gone." Robotnik warned. The device made a loud ringing sound. The group of five then disappeared before Metal Sonic could respond. Metal Sonic didn't move.

"Next, I want Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Espio, Charmy, and Vector to build us a base so we can be prepared. This means you'll have to go onto the surface and clear out a pathway in order to find a place. Since you're animals, they should leave you alone as long as you're not seen. Got it?"

"You can count on us." Knuckles said, cracking his knuckles.

Ness then looked at Metal Sonic. "Can we count on you to help, Metal Sonic?"

Metal Sonic simply nodded. The group of eight then left the room.

"Now, Lucas, I want you and your team to search Osohe castle in search of anything we can use. Food, items, weapons, etc. Then when Team Sonic gets back, take them to the base, ok?"

"We can do that." Lucas told him. He, Kumatora, Duster, Boney, Flint, Hinawa, Claus, and Alec (who turned out to be the twins' grandfather and Hinawa's mother) walked off into the depths of the castle.

"Ninten, you and your team will go above and infiltrate the pork ships. Save any abducted passengers, then teleport back here. Try to avoid being seen, ok?"

Ninten looked down at the ground. "Loid left with the cloaking device…"

Teddy smiled. "You mean this?" He held up a small disc.

"You took it from him?" Ana gave him a look of disbelief.

"Just the new model of it." Teddy gave her his "I'm sorry" look.

"Can EVE fly us up there?" Pippi asked.

"The answer is yes." EVE responded. "I can carry you all and fly up to the ships."

Ness turned to Pick and Poo. "I want you two to go with them, keep them out of trouble."

"What if we see Pokey?" asked Poo.

"Run." Ness told him. "Do not fight him yet, or else he'll know we're still alive and that will ruin the plan. Just try to remain undetected."

Poo and Picky stood next to Ninten's team. With the press of a button, they were no longer visible. Ness was certain they left the room, because the only psi user he could sense was Paula.

"What about me Ness?" She asked him. Ness set up a small video camera in the corner. He then turned around with a devilish grin.

"You and I are going to train." He said.

Paula looked at him with a worried look. "Why?" she asked.

"Because you and I are going to lead Pokey into the trap."

"Why?" she asked again.

"Because I know what he did to you."

"!"

"You can tell me now Paula."

(Warning, may be considered dark. Another reason why it's rated T)

". . ."

Ness placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Paula…please tell me."

"He…"

Ness stared at her.

"He…beat me…"

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Ness gave her a tight hug. "That's it, let it out."

"In the Monotoli building…he kept asking me about your weakness." She began to cry, remembering the horrific event. "Then he raised his fist and…" She couldn't say the rest. When Ness hugged her even tighter, she continued. "He then said he was going to punish me even more…by impregnating me…" She shook at the thought. "But before he could do anything, Mr. Monotoli came and said you and Jeff were in the building. He then told Pokey he didn't want to work with him anymore. So Pokey panicked and ran off. Mr. Monotoli apologized for having me abducted and even healed my wounds. That's why I told you not to hurt him…"

Ness said nothing. The two stood in the room for a while. Paula softly cried in his arms.

"You don't have to do this if you don't want to." He softly spoke, breaking the silence.

"I want to." She said. "I need to make him pay." She wiped the tears from her eyes. "I will make him pay for what he did to me. I'll never forgive Pokey for hitting me. I want to be the one who leads him into the trap." Ness saw a look of determination in her eyes. He could see them burning with a strong passion of hate.

"Then you gotta trust me. I want to take down Pokey with you. I know you want revenge and you want to make him pay. I want to help you accomplish this goal. However we must do this together if we want to accomplish this. I need to know you trust me Paula, 100%. If not, then I won't put you in danger."

Paula hugged Ness as tight as she could. "Have I ever given you any reason to doubt me?"

"No, but I'm making sure."

"Well I do trust you. Whatever you have planned I want to be a part of."

The two smiled at each other. "I'm going to help you learn your own unique psi attack then."

"You will? How?"

"Trust me on this; it's only an idea…"

-One hour later-

"Still nothing…" Paula said tiredly as they stopped practicing.

"We can't stop now. You want to learn this right?"

"Yes!"

"Well then le-"

Suddenly the wall tore down. Standing in the hole in the wall was a robot. It looked like a female robot. It had blonde hair and wore a blue maid's outfit. Its eyes were red with anger, and it had a drill and claw extended out of its back.

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"What's with the robot?" Ness asked, taking a defensive stand.

"I don't know, but it can't be good." Paula said, also taking a defensive stand.

The robot stared at the two. No one moved.

". . ." Do we fight it or…" Ness asked.

"I… don't know…" Paula told him.

"H…E…L…P…" The robot muttered.

"It's in pain." Ness said.

"Bad time to send Jeff out." Paula sighed.

"Maybe I can help it." Ness said, getting close to the robot.

The robot smacked him away.

"Maybe not…" He muttered.

The two stared at the robot. "How can we help you?" Paula asked.

"W…A…I…T…A…N…D…S…E…E…"

"Wait and see?" Ness repeated.

The robot came closer to the two. Ness and Paula backed up, not knowing what the robot would do. With each step the robot took, the two psi users took a step back. The robot's eyes flashed colors, switching from red to black. Small electric jolts were emitting from its body. It staggered towards Ness and Paula. The black eyes called for help, while the red eyes told the two to stay away. Neither kid knew what to do. Since the robot wouldn't let them close enough to it, they couldn't try to help it. Soon enough, Ness and Paula backed into a corner in the room. The robot smiled. It raised one of its robotic hands, and then collapsed to the ground.

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". . . I think its batteries died out." Paula said.

Ness walked up and examined the robot. ". . . Yeah, it needs to recharge. We should probably wait for Jeff to get back and he can examine it."

"Sounds like a plan to me." The two picked up the robot and placed it in the corner. Then they stared at the wall.

"What do we do about the wall?" Paula asked.

"Guess we have to fix it." Ness said. "We can't afford any pigmask spotting us."

Paula groaned, and the two got to work.

Next Time, Jeff and his team go pick up an old friend!