Chapter Four: The Mission
I appeared in a field...a lush green field. I wonder if this was the place that was in grave danger; it sure didn't look like it though.
"Hello human!" I small voice said
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" I screamed, looking down at the strange creature.
"Welcome to Mobius!" It squeaked
"Thanks...I guess. No offense but...what are you?" the creature was small, about a foot tall. It was mostly a light blue color with yellow accents. Its arms looked like elongated raindrops and the yellow color was at the end. The feet were oval shaped and had yellow tips at the ends as well. The head was teardrop shaped with yellow tip on top, but hovering above was a golf ball sized dot. The eyes were oval shaped and the irises were huge.
"I'm a chao!" it said eagerly. So what do I do now? I asked myself.
"So why did you call me here?" the chao's dot turned into a question mark and then an exclamation point
"Come with me" it motioned it turned around and I saw two fluffy pink wings. It rose into the air and flew forward. I followed. We walked for quite a while, crossing the field. We stopped in front of a giant boulder, with a chao-sized hole. The chao proceeded to crawl through the hole. I called after the chao through the hole
"Wait! I can't fit through there!" suddenly hole got bigger so I could get through. I got on my hands and knees and began to crawl through the tunnel. It took awhile but I soon got out of the tunnel to reveal...a garden. There were tons of chao there; some had yellow accents like my chao, but others had purple accents. They all looked alike so I couldn't find the chao I was following. The chao somehow sensed I was here, they all looked at me. Their little eyes lit up when they saw me (it was the most adorable thing I had ever seen!) and rushed over to me. They all started chirping
"Our savior! Our savior!" I couldn't help but smile. But I silently thought, is that why I'm here, to save them? I put my attention back to the chao. They were parting to reveal another chao, but it looked different than the others. He was a dark blue. And he had...tennis shoes! Along with blue spikes on the back of it's head and all black eyes. It came over to me; I sat down to get a better look at him. He began
"I am grateful you answered our call Terry." he stated simply "it was very urgent."
"You're welcome. So get me up to speed, why do you guys need me?"
"Well as you saw outside, we are basically the only ones around. The main inhabitors of this planet are mobians, have you heard of the popular sonic the hedgehog game series on your world?"
"Yeah it is one of the biggest franchises back home. You're saying this is his world?"
"Exactly!" he exclaimed "but all the mobians have gone on a mission to space, leaving their home planet defenseless. And a new threat has come to the planet; we need you to help us"
"Well what can I do?" I was perplexed. I was not skilled in any type of combat whatsoever, but I think the little guy was about to explain
"I know you are thinking there is nothing you can do to help, but let me explain. we have recently unearthed some old research, which suggests that when humans and chao's combine, the result is a mobian, which are much stronger and more enduring than either chao's or humans alone." well that settled it, I was staying.
"Well I'll be happy to be of assistance, but can I ask you a question?"
"Anything."
"Do you think I could get in contact with my friend, tell her that I'm all right?"
"Certainly, follow me and I'll bring you to the communications room." I followed the chao to the other side of the garden where another corridor opened up in the rock.
"I must warn you, right now we are on nano-time which means every moment that feels like a second here is a nano second in your world. So since all this has expired in about a half a nano hour, in real time it was only about a minute or two."
"That's great! that means if we stay on this nano time and I stay until tomorrow then that is about a month and a half here!" the blue chao smiled and said it would be plenty of time to train and bond with my chao.
"Bond?" I asked
"Yes bond. According to the research, chao and human have to have the same amount of chaos energy, and in order to bring that about we need to find you a chao that you like and bond with it over the month and a half you'll be here. Then let our scientists do the rest." I nodded as we arrived in to the communications room. He directed me over to a computer where I typed a message to Lina's email address. I told her everything would be fine and I would be back around nine o'clock tomorrow morning. I also said that I would tell her the whole story when I got back. I sent the email and then went back to the chao. He started
"We have some young chao that are perfect for you to bond with. If you'll follow me, you can pick one from our selection."
"Ok" was all I said. I was thinking about my time here. I was actually excited about it. I mean who else would get to go to an alternate universe and bond with one of the cutest things I've ever seen! This is better than getting my allowance! We entered another garden where some juvenile chao were playing. The blue chao addressed them
"Ok children, just like I told you." the little chao started to line up in rows the blue chao said
"Just for gender purposes the girl chao are the chao with purple accents and the boys are the chao with yellow accents." I nodded as I scanned the rows of cute chao. My eye landed on a girl chao in the back of the group, trembling. I knelt down next to her,
"What is your name, little one?"
"N-Nika."
"Well Nika, how would you like to be my partner?" I picked Nika up in my arms like a baby and petted her. Her dot turned into a heart. "Can I take that as a yes?" the little chao nodded and the blue chao came over
"I see you have found your partner" me and Nika nodded "let me show you where you will stay with Nika, Terry." I picked up Nika again and we followed the blue chao.