Well, I have nothing interesting to say, except to thank, once again, Josky for creating that little Babylon Bee tribute. (Go to DA and look for me and look for my faves.)
Babylon Rogues and Charmy (c) Sega
Kiba and Stream (c) Me
Raine (c) Babylon Sky Hawk
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Ch. 9: Babylon Garden's Puppy Love
We were visiting Babylon Garden. Just us Babylon Rogues, and one extra insect. We rode our Extreme Gear for what seemed like several miles. Of course, we had to wait to days to get permission from this so-called "alliance" between us, the Wolf Tribe, and the Sonic Heroes which now included Team Virtex.
But guess who had to tag along to make sure we were doing our job? None other than Raine.
She kept staring at me, so I kept looking ahead. I tried to concentrate on the mission, but I couldn't. That butterfly just kept looking my way. What did she want from me? A thousand dollars? Do I have to punch her or something?
"Charmy, um, why do you keep ignoring her?" Kiba asked, flicking my forehead with her pinky. She pointed over at Raine, who seemed ready to go into a depression.
"Oh! Uh, s-sorry, I just got a lot on my mind," I lied. Even though the whole Rodrigo thing stuck with me, I was actually thinking of ways to beat Storm's video game score on Mario Kart.
Raine gave a soft laugh. She kept smiling at me, making me squirm. I glanced up at Storm and Jet. They were looking at me, snickering. I glared at him, scorning them for not assisting me. Well, they had girlfriends. What was I supposed to do? I turned my attention to Stream. She seemed out of it, confused. I didn't bother to ask what her issue was.
The butterfly tugged on my arm. We were sharing an Extreme Gear board. One arm around my waist, the other constantly poking me. If she kept poking me, I was going to punch her in the face.
"Yes, Raine?" I asked, using all the venom in my voice to get her to stop.
Raine didn't detect it, but instead screamed, "Charmy, we're about to crash!"
I glanced back at her, and we crashed right into the sand. We flew off my board. She collapsed on the ground right on top of me. I was on my back, and our faces were so close that it honestly looked like we were kissing. My face flushed bright red as we stood. I gathered my board, but I was then hit in the face by Wave's giant monkey wrench as Storm and I call it.
Wave gripped me by my collared jacket. I flinched, wincing at the rage in her eyes. She began to rant about all the damage I possibly caused to her board. I zoned out after the first few words.
I glanced over at Raine. She was brushing all the sand from her blue jacket. She took out a blue liquid and drank it, making her cuts vanish into thin air. Man, what a genius! She's like Tails, only cuter and a girl.
...Did I just say cute? Oh, snap, why is my heart beating so fast? I only get this way around Cream...My thoughts froze as I realized something: I did call her cute. Maybe, could I be falling for her?
Storm dragged me away to check me out. I protested, saying I was fine. The albatross suddenly smirked. Behind me came Jet, whom wrapped his arm around my neck. They were grinning at each other before glancing down towards me.
"What's wrong?" I asked, trying to push Jet off.
The hawk gripped my shoulder tightly. "Oh, dearest Prince Charmy-" I hated when he killed me prince. "-you should really know when to call a girl out."
"Huh?"
Storm interepted in the simplest of words. "You like her, and we're just saying for you to tell her your feelings."
"WHAT!" I screamed with a face the color of cherries. I flew up in of them, completely bewildered by their sudden accusation. I turned away, arms crossed, pouting. I could hear their snide laughter. Making a face out at them, I noticed in the corner of my eye that Kiba, Wave, and Stream were pretty much doing the same to Raine.
Kiba had her arm around Raine, and she was grinning sharply. Raine seemed uncomfortable as they girls crowded around them. She pulled out a vile of red powder and chugged it into Kiba's mouth. Kiba gagged, falling over. She was unconsious.
Wave and Stream backed away, letting Raine growl at them. The butterfly turned away and flew towards me. "Come on, Charmy! We don't need their rudeness! We can save Babylon all on our own, can't we?"
"Uh, y-yeah," I stammered, completely oblivious to Kiba's suffering while I stared at Raine's glamorous face.
I glanced over my shoulder to the Babylon Rogues. Wave was kicking Kiba in her side. She wasn't moving. Raine gave me my board, ordering me to go. I fired it up, heaving her onto my shoulders. We flew off towards the distance with the sun blazing over our head and a team left behind.
Reaching our destination was quiet. We stayed silent, fearing the awkwardness in the air. I continued to stare straight ahead through my brown goggles. Raine had a pair of black-rimmed sunglasses on her face.
Babylon Garden looked exactly the same: A broken castle in the sky that is filled with destroyed technology. We pretty much ruined Babylon Garden during my time as Golden Charmy to fight against Rodrigo.
We flew up via our wings. I had my board under my arm as I showed Raine to the main control room. The room before the main control room was a room filled with golden bookcases with maps and textbooks. Raine managed to snag some books on medicine and shoved them in her jacket.
"That's like me," I said, finally breaking the ice between us. "I always sneak book under my coat from Wave."
"Silly, I'm only using these so I can find new ways to cure common diseases," she giggled. "I'll return them later."
"I'd just keep them."
More aggrivating silence. We entered the room that Wave dubbed the "Digital Dimension". It was in here that we fought Rodrigo. I thought I beat him, I thought I killed him. I never killed a man before, and I thought I never would. Well, things never go according to plan, right?
Raine zoomed over to the computers. The computers were pretty much destroyed from out last visit. I cocked my head at her, asking what she planned to accomplish by playing around with silly computers. Seeming surprised, Raine pressed multiple keys. However, the computer screen blipped on and then froze. Getting frustrated, Raine smacked her hands onto the screen.
"Ooh, ooh! Let me try!" I jeered. I rammed myself into the computer, and...it blow up.
Raine grabbed me by my wings and dragged me to another computer. "You moron! I was trying to see if those computers could tell me anything about Rodrigo."
"I'm sorry..."
"It's okay. Just stop fooling around."
I remained quiet and guitly, holding onto my last shred of dignity. I really screwed that up. Maybe I shouldn't touch anything. Whatever I touch usually explodes like that computer. Wait, why'd it work on the Space Colony ARK and not here? Maybe their technology was more advanced to withstand idiotic bees! Hah! Oh, wait, I just insulted myself...
I looked up at the what seemed to be endless cieling. There were markings of a battle, presumably mine, and some from even before. I squinted, but than something caught my eye. It was shiny and circular, but with a hint of color that I couldn't make out because of the dim light. I flew towards it, dragging Raine from her computer. She whined, but than stopped when I showed her what I saw.
It was an Ark of the Cosmos.
"Impossible!" I shouted, snatching it. It was my Ark. The Ark had a yellow hue to it. Here's the download on the Arks: yellow is mine, green is Jet, purple is Storm, red is Wave, and blue is Sonic. Well, Sonic gave his Ark up, so I guess that's Kiba's.
I stared at the Ark, remembering the time Jet was possessed by his. He turned into Shadow Jet, a demon on Mobius. Carefully, I placed it around my wrist. Raine suddenly grabbed my hand, inspecting it.
"Are you okay? You seemed so...distressed," she said, cocking her head shyly.
I blushed and fervently nodded my head. I managed to pull off a smile and take her other hand. "Well, if I was sick, you'd detect it. You're a doctor, ain't ya?"
Smirking, I made her face flush with color. We began to laugh softly, yet it was loud enough to fill the entire room. We flew around for a bit, just talking about our lives and such. Our friends, our hopes, dreams, apsirations. She flipped out when I told her I was a prince. It was the usual response I got every single time. It reminded me of the time Jet and Wave looked me up on Wikipedia. Yes, it was Wikipedia. Seriously, who trusts that sight?
(Kiba: My sister. Charmy:...Okay...)
Raine and I sat down on the computer. We were still talking, but than I remembered something. I unzipped my jacket, ruffling through the pockets on the inside. I frowned, not finding what I was looking for.
"What's wrong?" Raine asked, concerned for my welfare.
"Well, I had some a flower in here somewhere..." I mumbled some incomprehensible things as I, out of rage, began to flap my jacket around under a violet fell out. I handed it to her. "Um, this is...for...well, helping me get better when Espio, um, attacked me. I'm not good at doing this!"
Raine smiled. She gingerly took the flower, and did the unexpected: She kissed my cheek.
Being the spazzy retard that I am, I fell off the computer and onto the cold, unforgiving floor. I blacked out for a few seconds before Raine started to shake me. I blinked at her, still feeling the warmth of her lips on my cheek. Rubbing my attenae which hit the ground first, I opened my mouth to speak, but nothing but gibberish came out. I felt more like an idiot than ever.
She laughed. At me. She placed the voilet in her jacket pocket. "I'll treasure this forever. Thank you, Charmy."
"Um, uh, y-yeah! You're welcome."
"To be young, and in love," a voice behind us said viciously.
I turned around and gasped: Rodrigo. Rodrigo posessed Espio once more. He turned Espio's scales into a deep purple, close to black and his eyes were fiery red. His shoes were now blue with black stripes and his gloves were gone. Revealing his burning white flamed wrists.
I glared at him. "What do you want, Rodrigo?"
"That Ark. It can control gravity, as you well know."
"Gravity?" Raine repeated, confused.
Rodrigo ignored her, turning his full attention to me. I stood in front of Raine, wanting to protect her with my life. He rushed at me, punching me in the face. Using my wings, I hovered over him and latched onto the back of his head. He flailed around as he tried to snag me. Grinning deviously, I raised my stinger and stabbed him repeatedly all over his body. Espio was going to get hurt, but whatever. Who cares?
I sure don't. Not after the fact that he betrayed me! Would you team up with a madman that murdered you in your life? Yeah, didn't think so!
Glancing around Espio's body, I saw an Ark of the Cosmos on his neck. What was he planning on doing? Use the Arks to lift the world and invade Babylon? Hah! What a laugh!
...If I'm right, someone shoot me...Not really, though, just like, hit me or something with a rock. Not hard, please. Thanks!
I made a wild grab at his wrist, only to get socked in the face. Right on the spot where Raine kissed me. Splating on the ground, I hacked up spit. Raine suddenly flew up and released one of her potions on Rodrigo. He wheezed, doubling over with pain. His hands were on his stomach, and he started to vomit.
"W-what was this?" he gasped after finishing his puking session for about five minutes.
Raine smirked, twirling the bottle in her hands. "Just a little bacteria mixed with some..." And after that I had no clue what she was saying. She was saying all this scientific stuff that neither me nor Rodrigo could understand.
I frowned, scratching my head. "Uh, what the heck are you saying, Raine?"
Bad move. Raine growled at me. Apparantly, she hates when people don't understand her. Like Wave and Jet. I swear our relationship will be just like their's, and did I just say "relationship"? I blushed at the thought of us, together. Married, have a kid, hopefully a girl, watch her go find the man of her dreams, and grew old together. And...and...OH MY GOD, I SOUND LIKE VECTOR!
Meanwhile, in Heaven, God was laughing at me with Jesus and Moses having popcorn by his side. Vector was staring at me as if I was crazy, like I offended him.
"Tch, hey, Jesus? Can I have popcorn?" Vector asked.
Jesus held the popcorn close to his chest. "No! Mine!"
(I'm going to hell...)
Rodrigo wiped his mouth of the vomit. His head twitched, and the aura from his red Ark darkened to a brownish color. Trembling, Rodrigo glanced over his shoulder. Voices were heard: The Babylon Rogues! He snickered loudly than burst into a full brunt of laughter. He snapped his fingers, and he was gone.
Raine helped me stand up. I wobbled a bit, but than felt my Ark glow. It looked like it was resonating with something. Whenever an Ark was near, the Ark would glow brighter. I grabbed Raine's hand, and we flew over to the Babylon Rogues.
Wave punched me in the face, and than punched Raine in the face. Behind her was Rector, who was flipping out. Rector chased me throughout the entire room, and I was screaming. Raine was trying to calm him down, but nothing helped.
"What did I do?!" I shouted, barely avoiding his grasp.
"STOP FLIRTING WITH MY ADOPTIVE SISTER!" Rector roared, snatching my wings.
Bursting into tears, I flailed my arms and accidently whacked Rector in the face. I gulped, watching Rector rub his nose. He growled at me, glaring at me with that hate-filled eyes. I flew away on my Extreme Gear as fast as I could.
Storm flew after me. He was all over me, asking how my "little date went". I stabbed him with my stinger. He winced with pain, rubbing his sore arm. Storm grinned down at me. He chuckled at my embarassament.
"W-what's so funny?" I asked, blushing to my full extent.
"Kid, let me just tell you a little bit about love," Storm said, smirking.
"Oh, no..."
Storm looked ahead, dragging me onto his burly shoulders. I positioned myself behind his head, like usual. I smiled, placing my chin on his small head. Storm glanced up at me, still grinning wryly.
"Well, kid, love is just like a battlefield. You have to fight to win that girl's heart. Besides, don't you like Cream?"
Grrrrreat advice. Please note my sarcasm. I shrugged. "Actually, I used to, but..." I pictured Tails and Cream. Back then, I got really mad at Cream for not assisting me and the Chaotix down on South Island where they were vacationing when they could've saved us. I pretty much exploded at her, making her cry to Tails. Tails comforted her. Just to be blunt, I felt like such a jerk. "I think Tails deserves her. Besides, they're like a mini Sonic and Amy."
Storm stared at me quizically, but than he just smirked and rubbed my attenae. "Guess that's quite the heartbreak, huh?"
"Nah, well, I did give Cream a violet, and I gave Raine a violet, and darn! I wasn't s'pposed to say that!"
"Awwww!" Storm pinched my cheek, making it swell. "Charmy has a little girlfriend! Wait, no, you're a pimp!"
"Shut up! I am so not a pimp!"
"Uh huh!"
"Nuh uh!"
A hand wrapped around my petite frame. Turned out to be Rector. I winced, waving shyly at him. Mustering up a nervous chuckle, he laughed along with me. He was listening the whole time. He took me away from Storm, who stupidly followed. Rector was still smiling, and I was mentally freaking out. His gi was looser, possibly from all the running.
"So, you like Raine?" Rector asked finally, dragging us away from the group.
"Um..."
"Answer me, Charmy, or face A Thousand Years of Death."
"YES! PLEASE DON'T KILL ME! I LOVE YOU WITH BACON STRIPS!"
The hedgehog and albatross exchanged glances of confusion. I was sweating. I recalled what Rector did to Vector, and, wow that ryhmed, down during Sonic Heroes time. (Cough-Babylon Sky Hawk's Sonic Heroes-Cough) I shuddered at the very thought of someone, well, "invading" me. Scary rape!
Rector smiled and than sighed. Shaking his head at me, he released me. Instantly, I flew back to Storm, fearing the jutsu Rector was famed for. Well, he was famed for knowing about six to eight different types of martial arts. I mean, I'd be flipping out if we fought at the second World Grand Prix.
"Fine, okay, you can date her," Rector gave in. I smiled, but it was quickly replaced with Rector glared at me. "but if you do anything to harm her, I swear, I'll kick your ass so fast, you won't even get to beg for mercy!"
"Y-y-yes sir!" I quickly replied, saluting him.
When he went back to the group, Storm and I exchanged freaked out looks. Storm glanced over to him, who was conversing with Jet. Jet insulted his mother, and they fought. Jet was punched in the face, thrown into a computer, and was knocked out. Wave slashed her wrench over his head, knocking Rector out. Everyone started to back away from Wave as she tended to her boyfriend.
Once everyone was regrouped outside on the sandy desert, Raine explained what happened inside. Kiba chuckled at the part where Rodrigo threw up. Stream seemed to sway behind the group, staying out of our way. I swear, there's something wrong with that girl.
And I plan to find out.
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Next: Siblings