SONIC HEROES
Disclaimer: I do not own the Sonic characters, just the OC's
Chapter Fourteen: Team Babylon vs. Team Chaotix
Team Chaotix were scouring deep inside the Frog Forest for the next mission: find and rescue the ten captured Chao from their cages. The three decided to split p and free as many chao as they could find. Espio, using his invisibility, has already set five chao free, Vector had set four chao free, and Charmy had somehow been able to free at least one chao. Somewhere close to a clearing in the forest, two white fighter mechs were standing guard in front of a scared chao trapped inside a cage. But unknown to them, Espio was scouting from the bushes. "Let's see. Two guards, both heavily armed, moving at a rotational pattern. Should be simple enough." Espio said as he made a hand sign and blended in with the environment. Stealthily, Espio ran up to the mechs and placed special tags on their backs and one on the cage before running back to the bushes. "Explosive tags in place. Ready...release" Espio said while performing a hand sign. But what Espio didn't know was that while he was placing the tags, Charmy and Vector were ready to attack from the side. "There it is, Charmy, the last one. On the count of three, we jump them." Vector said. "Ok. Let's get 'em" Charmy cheered.
As Espio activated the tags, Vector counted to three and jumped out with Charmy. "This can't be good." Espio mumbled. The tags exploded just as Vector and Charmy were ready to crash down on the mechs. When the smoke cleared, the captured chao was seen flying away happily while Vector and Charmy were covered from head to toe in soot. Then, Espio decided to make his presence known. "Hey, Espio, do you know what happened?" Vector said as he shook the soot off. "Well, you and Charmy attacked just as I activated my explosive tags." Espio said coolly, not intimidated by Vector's angry face. "WHAT!? You mean you the one that nearly blew us up!?" Vector yelled. "The only one at fault is you." Espio said coolly. Vector's temper had reached maximum and he made a dive at Espio. But the chameleon quickly jumped to a high tree branch and clung to it with his feet. "Get down here!" Vector yelled, but Espio didn't reply. While up in the branch, Espio noticed a familiar group not far from them. It was the Babylon Rogues, the thieves they encountered in Soleanna. Espio knew Vector wouldn't listen, so he jumped off the branch towards the direction of the Rogues. "Get back here!" Vector yelled as he chased after Espio with Charmy.
Jet, Wave, and Storm had finally been able to get out of the casino theme park and were traveling along the lake in the forest. How they got there is a big mystery, even to them. "Exactly how did we get here?" Storm asked. "I told you, I don't know." Wave said irritantly. "I think you better stop before she blows." Jet whispered to his friend. "Wave was that?" Wave asked. "Nothing." Jet said quickly. As Wave looked away for a moment, Jet unexpectedly pulled her back and made her fall on top of him. "Don't you think we're going a little fast, Jet?" Wave said. "Huh? Ah, hell no! That isn't why I did that!" Jet exclaimed as he got back up to face the direction Wave was standing. In that exact spot was Espio, who had pulled out one of his giant shuriken. Just then, Vector and Charmy had finally caught up to them and caught sight of the Rogues. "Hey, I remember those guys." Vector said. "They're the thieves from Soleanna." Espio explained. "Oh no, not these clowns again." Wave groaned. "Don't complain, Wave. Now we can finally have some excitement." Jet said. "I'll crush them into dust!" Storm exclaimed. Charmy looked between the two teams and cheered. "All right, let rumble!"
Jet quickly unleashed his fans and made a run for Vector. Jet jumped to make a strike at Vector, but a large shuriken blocked his path and forced him to fall back. "If you wish to fight a worthy opponent, fight me." Espio said as he jumped in front of Jet. "HEY!" Vector exclaimed. "All right, you look much more fun to play with anyway." Jet said as he charged towards Espio. As Jet brought his one of his fans down on the chameleon, Espio jumped to the side and threw three kunai towards him, but were blocked by the metal of Jet's other fan. "Not bad. I must admit, you are particularly difficult to deal with. I'll have to take care of that." Espio said. Espio quickly formed a hand sign and activated his invisibility. Jet started panicking and searched around for any place he might be. "All right, where are you?!" Jet shouted. "Perhaps this would help." Espio's voice echoed. Just then, Jet was sent hurtling into the air and was currently hanging upside-down. Jet looked up to see that he was dangling from a rope on a tree branch with Espio sitting at the top. "It looks like you'll have to do better." Espio said. Jet merely sent an angry glare and reached to undo the rope.
Since Espio had taken they Babylon Rogues leader, Vector was stuck with second best. "Looks like I get stuck with this guy." Vector said, referring to Storm. "Hope you're ready for this, because I'm not holding back." Storm said. "Me neither." Vector said. The two masculine anthro's made a run towards each other, which took a while because they were very slow. When they were close, Vector jumped up into the air and clenched his fists together and brought them down on the Albatross. "Luckily enough, Storm slipped and fell on his back so that Vector would miss his target. "You are even more of a klutz then Charmy. There's no way you can win, fatty" Jet and Wave looked in terror at what Vector had just said. "I suggest your friend starts running." Jet said. "Why?" Espio asked. "Because that word is taboo to Strom." Jet said. "I'm not fat, I'm big boned!!!" Storm yelled furiously. "Uh oh." Vector mumbled. Storm ran at Vector at a surprising rate and delivered an uppercut that sent him into the air. While in the air, Storm grabbed Vector by his tail and slammed him into the ground. "I better help." Espio said as he threw a shuriken towards Storm. The shuriken missed, but completely wrapped around him with the string that was attached it to trap him.
"Those guys are idiots. They were both captured by the same person. Hmm...The chameleon seems to be the superior of the three." Wave thought. Wave tried to formulate a plan in her head on a way to beat Espio until an annoying little voice interrupted. "Hey! Hey!" Wave looked over to see the overly excited Charmy bee. "Come on, let's rumble." Charmy said excitingly. "No, now go away." Wave shooed him away, but Charmy wouldn't take no for an answer. Charmy held a mischievous smile on his face and held his stinger high. "Wave and Espio were staring at each other as the revealed their weapons to each other. Wave was ready to strike until she felt a sharp pain...right on her butt. "YEOW!" Wave screamed as she jumped into the air in pain. Charmy was on the ground, laughing his head off, until Wave overshadowed him with burning flames in her eyes. "YOU LITTLE BRAT!" Wave yelled as she began to pound away at the little pest. Before had a chance to cause anymore damage then already did, she felt herself being pulled back and tied to a broken log. Just then, Espio appeared in front of her. "That ought to hold you for a while." Espio said as he tightened the knot around Wave.
It took some doing, but Jet was finally able to free himself from the rope and flipped down to land on his feet. Unfortunately when he did, he found himself completely surround by Team Chaotix. "It over, bird brain. Just give up and come along quietly." Vector said. Jet looked around to find a way out, but found none. "Ooh, shiny." Charmy suddenly said. Jet looked down to see Charmy admiring Shahra's ring, then an idea hit him. "Nah, I not one to give up and here's proof." Jet said as he lifted the ring into the air. "TIME BREAK!" One second, Jet was trapped and the next, Team Chaotix found themselves tied to a tree by the same rope Espio used. "Uhh...what just happened?" Charmy asked. "It would appear that the thieves have got away." Espio said, noticing the Rogues were no longer in the area. In an impressive show of power, Vector broke the ropes that bound them to the tree. "Now what do we do?" Espio asked. "Maybe we should head back to that castle. We're bound to find something there." Vector said. "Yeah, let's go!" Charmy cheered as he flew off into a random direction. "Get back here, you idiot!" Vector yelled as he chased after them bee along side Espio.
While no one, not even Espio, noticed, a certain red hedgehog we have all come to know as Recter was watching the whole experience from the bushes. "Those three seem to be on some sort of mission set up by their unknown client. But I find it strange that we would even have the same communication device." Recter said as he stared at the red walkie-talkie in his hand. "Are you there, Recter? Listen, I have a new mission for..." Eggman was cut off when Recter crushed the walkie-talkie inn his hand. "Sorry, Eggman, but I no longer work for you." Recter said as he threw the parts into the nearby lake. "Hang Castle. That will be the place where I will find my answers and hopefully...Amy as well." Recter said before disappearing into the shadows.
Winners: Team Babylon
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