SONIC HEROES
Disclaimer: I do not own the Sonic characters, just the OC's
Chapter Eight: Feeling Lucky?
After their painful and humiliating defeat at the hands of Team Dark, Jet, Storm, and Wave escaped the dangerous Grand Metropolis and were currently hiding in the Casino Amusement Park. Storm was guarding a lone alleyway, keeping watch for anyone who might attack, while Wave was nursing a wounded Jet. Chaos' last attack not only broke his shoulder blade, but his entire left arm was shattered. Jet had finally woke up, more confused then he normally was. "Ugh. Did anyone get the license off that truck?" Jet babbled. "Well, look who's up. It's about time." Wave said. "Wave, what happened? Where are we?" Jet asked as he started to get up, but Wave kept him down. "Don't move. You're still hurt. Your arm was completely broken and we had to escape to this amusement park." Wave explained the recent events. "Well then, we should get moving." Jet said as he began to get back to his feet. "But Jet, you're still hurt!" Wave protested. "I'm fine, Wave. Trust me." Jet gave a reassuring smile before walking out of the alley. "I just know I am going to regret this." Wave said to herself before following Jet.
As Jet walked out, Storm quickly took notice of his recovery. "Boss, you're ok! I'm so happy!" Storm cried as he wrapped Jet into a bone breaking hug. Jet felt lightheaded as all the oxygen in his body began to leave him. Luckily, Wave showed up just in time to whack Storm over the head with her huge wrench, forcing him to release Jet. "Hey! What was that for?!" Storm yelled. "You idiot! Jet is still hurt and you were just making it worse!" Wave yelled back. "How was I supposed to know?!" Storm Yelled. "By just looking at him!" Wave yelled back. As usual, Wave and Storm were shouting their heads off, irritating Jet. "SHUT UP!!!" Jet screamed, which was enough to stop the two from continuing. "Listen, we need to hurry up and find our way to Eggman' before those freaks get to the treasure before us." Jet said. "But where are we supposed to go?" Storm asked. "Well, Wave?" Jet asked. "It would be a good idea if we got out of this place first. Then we can look for Eggman." Wave said. "Alright, let's get out of here. The sooner, the better." Jet said as he started to walk away with his team following from behind.
While searching for a way out, Jet learned why this place was called Casino Park. The entire place was built like a casino with Slot machine buildings, roulette floors and other things that you would see at a casino. "Whoa, look at this place." Storm said in amazement. "It's no wonder how this place got its name." Wave said. "Hey, what do you guys say we hit the place? I'm feeling lucky." Jet said. "Jet, every time you feel lucky, we are the one that have to pay this price." Wave said sternly. "Ah, come, Wave. Lighten up." Jet said. "Jet, as your second-in-command and girlfriend, I said no." Wave said sternly. "Ahh, why do you always have to spoil our fun?" Jet complained. "I think we might have the chance, boss." Storm said. "How's that?" Wave asked. "Because it looks like we'll have to use the machines to get across." Storm said. As Jet and Wave looked out, they found that Storm was right. "I never thought I would say this, but Storm is right." Wave said. "It was bound to happen eventually." Storm said. "Alright, let the fun begin!" Jet cheered as he ran off with Storm and Wave trailing behind.
Team Babylon ran through the amusement park until they found themselves stopping right in front of a small cannon in front of a large pinball table. "Whoa, this place has everything!" Jet exclaimed. Wave ignored Jet's exclamation to inspect the cannon and figure out a way through. "Hmm, it looks like we'll have to use this cannon and act as pinball to get through this mess." Wave explained. "So who's going first?" Storm asked. Storm felt really nervous as Jet and Wave looked at him with menacing smiles on their faces. Jet and Wave forcefully grabbed Storm and stuffed him inside the cannon, which was amazing considering the size of the cannon. "Ready, Strom?" Jet asked. "No!" Storm shouted. "Too bad. Fire one!" Jet yelled as he pulled the cord that shot Storm out. "You're next, Wave." Jet said. "I don't think so." Wave said as she picked up Jet and stuffed him inside the cannon. "HEY!!!" Jet yelled. "Fire two!" Wave yelled as she pulled the cord that shot jet out.
When Jet and Storm landed on the pinball table, the two birds were forced into ball forms similar to the ones the four hedgehogs, Sonic, Shadow, Amy, Kumori, use. "How do you work this crazy thing?!" Jet yelled as he started to roll down the table. Back near the cannon, Wave had discovered a small control panel on the side wall. Wave pressed a button that activated a hologram of the pinball table. "This must be the master controls to the table." Wave guessed. It was then that Wave saw that Jet was headed to bottom of the hologram. Wave knew that if he fell off, he would die. "I should have let Storm do this. He's the game expert." Wave said. As Jet nearly reached the bottom, Wave pressed a button that activated the flippers. The flippers on the pinball table activated and hit Jet towards the top. Luckily enough, a flipper close to the top hit Storm and flung him up to the next area. Jet bounced off the bumpers at random before falling back down. Wave waited for a moment before delivering another blow with the flippers. The angle of the blow flung Jet high enough to pass the bumpers and over to the next area. "NEW HIGHSCORE!" the machine said. "Oh yeah, I am good." Wave gloated.
Jet and Storm were recovering for their experience as they tried to get back to their feet, stumbling over before actually succeeding. Just then, Wave appeared out of nowhere, riding the Tsunami before landing in front of the two. "Whoa! Hold on! How come you didn't have to go through all that?!" Jet questioned. "Because unlike you two, I remembered to bring my Gear." Wave boasted. "Why didn't you tell us?" Storm asked. "You never asked." Wave joked. "I hate you." Jet said lowly. "I love you too, Jet." Wave said before grabbing his beak and proceeded to kiss him. "Oh, gross!" Storm exclaimed while shielding his eyes. Unfortunately, their little moment did not last long. For seemingly out of nowhere, three powerful kick hit the Babylon Rogues in the back and sent them fly five feet away. The bird trio got back to their feet and turned around to face their attackers. Standing only a few feet away were three standard mechs with nothing but razor sharp claws. A green mech, a purple mech, and a grey mech. "Leave it to Eggman to build things like these." Wave said.
The three mechs suddenly jumped and pulled the trio away fro each other to fight alone. Jet was pulled away by the purple mech before being thrown to the side. Jet was lucky enough to land on his arm to break the fall, but unfortunately, it was his left arm. "AHH!" Jet screamed as he clutched his shattered arm. The purple mech walked up to Jet and pulled out what looked to be a mechanical wrench. The purple mech raised its wrench and brought it down on the fallen bird, but Jet quickly use his other arm to pull out his fan and blocked it. "You'll have to do better then that!" Jet exclaimed as he pushed the mech back and jumped to his feet. Jet proceeded to wave his fan to form a miniature tornado. But the mech was too heavy to be lifted and jumped out of the tornado to punch Jet in the beak. "Ok, that didn't go so well." Jet said.
Wave was left to deal with the grey mech, who was leaving large holes in the ground from it barrage of missed punches. "Geez, this thing is probably even more strong then that Omega robot." Wave said as she ducked under another punch. When the grey mechs landed its fist it the ground again, Wave took the opportunity to pull out her wrench and charge at the mech. "You're finished, you ugly overgrown toaster!" Wave yelled as she swung her wrench. Unfortunately, the minute her wrench made contact, it rebounded and greatly shook Wave. Wave dropped her wrench as the mach approached her. "You know, maybe that toaster crack was a little out of line, huh?" Wave said nervously. The mech grabbed Wave by the back of her shirt and proceeded to spin around before throwing Wave to the other side of the area.
Storm was left with the green mech and seemed to hold the advantage as he continuously punched the mech left and right. "Come on! Is that all you got?!" Storm exclaimed before throwing another punch to the side of the mechs head. Even though Storm was brutally beating the mech to a pulp, it had seemed that the mech showed no sign of damage. Very soon, Storm grew so tried that he couldn't even lift up his arms. "Ok, your turn." Storm said exhaustingly. The green mech merely raised its hand toward Storm and opened a small hole in its palm. All of a sudden, an extremely high pressure of wind escaped from the hole and shot out towards the muscular bird. The high pressure was too much for even Storm to resist and was hurled back to the far end of the area.
Jet, Wave and Storm were all beaten without mercy by the mechs and thrown to the center of the area. "Well, this could have gone better." Wave said as the mech drew closer from each side. Each mech readied their individual attack to finish the thieving birds. Just then, an idea struck Jet. "Wave, give me your wrench!" Jet ordered. "Ok, but why do you need it?" Wave asked as she handed him her wrench. Just as the mechs were about to attack, Jet lifted his right arm and shouted "TIME BREAK!" With that, Jet disappeared. Wave and Storm waited for a few moments, but nothing happened. "I can't believe he ditched us!" Wave yelled. "I didn't ditch anyone." Wave and Storm looked over to see jet standing next to the green. And with a snap of his fingers, the mechs fell to pieces. "Great job, boss." Storm said. "Yeah, but we should get out of here before more of those things show up." Jet said as he began to walk away with his team.
Unbeknownst to the thieving Rogues, a familiar red hedgehog we have all come o know as Recter was watching from the top of a nearby building. "Are you sure Sonic is here, Eggman? The only ones I see are a flock of pigeons." Recter said, referring to the Babylon Rogues, into the walkie-talkie. "No, I am not sure that Sonic is there. I only sent you there so that you would pursue those 'pigeons'" Eggman said over the walkie-talkie. "What?! You lied to me?!" Recter questioned. "Calm down, Recter. I promise to reveal Sonic's location, but only if you follow your orders. Now listen carefully. Their leader, Jet, possesses two extraordinary items, the crystal box and the golden ring. Bring them to me and I will give you what you want." Eggman bargained. "Fine, but I won't like it." Recter said before cutting off the Walkie-talkie and jumped down to follow the Rogues.
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