Chapter 25: Chaos in dreamland
Vector, Espio, and Charmy were in their ship and doing some of their favorite activities. Vector was sleeping in the pilot's chair, Espio was sitting at the same table where he and Vector played cards, and Charmy was playing a handheld game that looked like a gameboy advance SP.
"Charmy, give me that!" Espio said, getting up to try and snatch it.
"No way, Espio. You play when I lose my last life!" Charmy said, taking it out of Espio's reach.
Just then, the game beeped in a way that said, "Game Over". Charmy stood there, his eyes transfixed on it, and after a few seconds, he then handed it to Espio.
"Go crazy." Charmy said as he hovered away.
Just then a siren went off and Vector woke with a start, almost falling out of his seat. He then looked up and saw they were near a star-shaped planet.
"Prepare to land, boys. Link and Sonic, here we come!" Vector said, activating the landing gear.
The Chaotix Crew looked around and eventually came across something their eyes had never beheld.
"OH MY GOSH!" Vector said, his eyes widening.
"Whoa." Espio said, his eyes equally wide.
"What the…" Charmy said curiously.
Just ahead of them was a patch of burned land. It was devoid of grass or any other form of plant life. Just bare scorched earth. In the middle of this was a patch of muddy glass, molten metal, and the air stunk with burned rubber.
"My best guess is that this used to be a car of sorts." Vector said, inspecting the patch closely.
"THIS? A CAR?" Charmy said, fearfully.
"Maybe those guys over there can give us a hand." Espio said, pointing to four people nearby.
They ran over to them and Vector immediately recognized one of them. He was small, round, and pink.
"Kirby?" Vector asked.
The pink puffball turned around, surprising everyone around him. There was also King Dedede and Escargoon.
"Vector? Is that you?" Kirby asked.
"No. I'm Shadow the hedgehog. What's it to ya?" Vector answered.
King Dedede shrugged as he turned to Escargoon and asked, "Who's THIS doofus?"
"DOOFUS?! Look who's talkin', ya blue dweeb!" Vector shot back, furiously.
"Uh, your majesty? I think it's a good idea NOT to mess with this alligator." Escargoon said, trying to hold Dedede back.
"I'm a crocodile, not an alligator. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE!" Vector growled at the ugly-looking snail.
"Vector, you need to get to the point." Espio said, elbowing his friend.
"Oh, alright." Vector said, reluctantly, "Have any of you guys seen a guy in green and a fast, blue guy?"
Dedede scratched his chin for a while and Escargoon did the same. Finally, another voice answered their question.
"I believe they left just a few minutes ago." It answered.
Vector turned to see Metaknight and shrugged. He obviously didn't like the whole sexy, Spanish accent.
"Who's the Zorro wannabe?" He asked, but then something hit him. "WHAT?! THEY'RE GONE AGAIN?!"
"Oh yeah, those two guys who helped us fight the dragon." Dedede said, his finger pointing up.
Vector froze and slowly turned on the spot. His face was full of shock and his mouth was hanging open.
"D-did you say gulp dragon?" Vector asked nervously.
"Yeah. That lousy lizard that burned this whole place, melted my car, and destroyed my castle!" Dedede said angrily, putting up a fist.
Dedede pointed to a place just to the side and the Chaotix looked. It WAS a castle, but smoke was billowing from the towers and there were huge chunks taken out of it.
"THAT used to be your house?" Espio asked.
"Looks more like something a firefighter put out." Charmy said, amazed.
"Was this dragon red?" Vector asked, still looking at the burned castle.
"Nah. It was big, black, and covered in spikes. That guy in green seemed to know him. He called it, 'Ryu'. Does that ring a bell?" Escargoon asked.
"Not really. But I think that this 'Ryu' guy is the Dragonoids' head honcho." Vector said.
Without further hesitation, Vector seized Charmy by the wing and Espio by the arm and took off. They hopped into their ship and took off. Things were really starting to get dangerous here. If one dragonoid did THAT, who knew what a whole army would do?