This unexpectedly took longer than I expected, but then again I need to study for school. Please Review. I do not own anything except the plot and OC characters.
Chapter 11: Uncertanties and Unraveling Secrets
"Master."
The Metarex leader cocked its head towards the speaker. A Metarex walked out of the shadows and bowed at the leader's throne.
"Blade."
A single acknowledgement, but its name suited its appearance. Multiple blades covered its entire slim form. Two prodded on the tops of its heads as horns while the one in the middle of its face gave the appearance of a rhino. More stuck out of its shoulder blades, knee caps, shoulders, and waist. His fingers and feet also were sharpened blades. However, animalistic eyes stared at the feet of the throne waiting.
"You know I don't like it when you call me that." A slight admonishment, but not spoken seriously enough to hint any offense.
"I'm sorry, but it's what I am comfortable calling you." said the Metarex refusing to move from its position.
"I suppose. You have some news." The Metarex leader moved its entire body to face its servent.
"We collected the crystal hearts fom the planet of sands. We were able to extract the planet egg without their notice as well." Displays appeared beside it that showed the obtained materials being carried off by Metarex.
"Where are Des and Ert? I would have heard them by now." There was a slight quiver, but neither acknowledged it.
A slight hesitation before Blade spoke: "You already know."
The Metarex leader stared out the window as it gripped the throne's armrest.
"Master." It now looked at its leader with concern and watched for an rash movements.
The armest broke under its grip and the pieces crumbled to the floor as it said, "I had hoped otherwise. I had hoped that when you picked up their remains, there would be a chance to fix them. A fantasy."
The Metarex rose abruptly as it said, "It's not your fault for wishing. You're still upset about Scarship and Venom."
The Metarex leader got to its feet and went to one of the windows with Blade fast at is heels. They stared out into space until the leader broke the silence.
"Am I a horrible leader?" It stared at its own hands as if it to confirm its question.
"No master. I don't believe that." The Metarex knew where this was heading and tried to cut it off before it got any farther.
The Metarex leader ignored his comment and muttered to itself: "I let the ones closest to me die. Die for a selfish goal."
"A goal nonetheless. We were lost. You gave us a reason to keep going." Blade reached out to its master, but the leader brushed it aside.
"But at what price?" spoke the Meaterx leader facing its Metarex.
Blade placed a reassuring hand on its master's shoulders as it said, "Master. All we want is to make you happy. You're our world. Nothing would make us happier."
"Blade. Promise me. Promise me I won't lose you either." spoke the Metarex leader.
"You know I can't promise that." said the Metarex as it withdrew its hand.
The Metarex leader grabbed Blade's hand as it spoke, "I could order you to stay by my side."
"And I'll obey, but we'll both know I'll be unhappy." They stared at each other until the Metarex leader broke off to look down at their joined hands.
It let out a deep sigh as it placed its hands on the Metarex's shoulders careful to avoid the blades.
"Please be careful." said the Metarex staring deep in Blade's eyes.
Its repsonse was, "I will."
The Metarex leader released Blade and the Metarex disappeared into the shadows.
The two-tailed fox typed in commands as the crew watched him save for Chris and the plant girl.
"Well Tails? Is it going to work?" asked the girl hedgehog as she tapped her foot.
"Yeah. I modified the system to use a chaos emerald instead of the power up or Master Emerald, but we don't want to push anything. It may not be enough for us to use given that we're using systmes that require a lot of energy and that the ship is more used to those two." Tails continued to look at his controls rather than look up.
Starlight appeared on the screen and they focused their attention on her.
"How's Chris?" questioned the girl rabbit.
"Choo?" wondered the chao.
"He has a high fever, but otherwise fine." answered Cosmo's daughter
"How did he summon flames? It was unreal. Chris is a normal boy right?" Knuckles glanced at everyone to see their expressions and most looked uncertain.
"It's the power up." the two-tailed fox spoke up attracting everyone's attention again.
"How do you know that?" Amy looked ready to pounce on him if he didn't answer quickly.
"I did some studies on it and I saw that it affected his internal workings. It causes his body to accelerate and produce high levels of energy which leads…" Tails started.
"Tails. We don't get what you're saying." the hedgehog interrupted before he could go into more technical detail.
"Sorry. Basically, it makes his body overwork itself. His body's internal temperatures are raised beyond normal levels to the point where it can concentrate the energy into one point. That's why he can produce fire." simplified the two-tailed fox.
"So you're saying he's a walking heater?" said the echidna in plain terms.
"In simple terms." Tails confirmed his response.
"Is he going to be okay?" Cream now looked panic and stared back at the screen.
"Choo? Choo?" Cheese mimiced the girl rabbit's actions.
"For now, but if his temperature gets too high, it'll kill him." spoke the two-tailed fox.
"We should keep it away from him." said the girl hedgehog.
"I tried. It won't work." spoke Tails.
"What do you mean? Just take it off." said Knuckles.
"I can't. It's bound to his wrist." spoke the two-tailed fox.
"Bound? You mean it's stuck to his wrist?" said Sonic.
"The power up has fused with his skin. It'll be impossible to remove unless we do surgery." Tails provided a diagram on the screen for all of them to understand.
"Then do it already Tails." spoke Amy.
"It'll be dangerous for him. It's linked to his nervous system and if we try to separate it, it could damage it. It's basically part of him." said the two-tailed fox.
"Sonic. Why did you give us something so dangerous?" wondered Cream.
"Choo?" The chao flew up to the hedgehog's face.
"I didn't realize it'll dangerous." He was going to go into everything about White Lily when he found his voice wouldn't come out.
"Why can't I talk?" thought Sonic as all he could do was gap at his friends.
"Where did you get them?" inquired the echidna.
"I found them...after they crashed unto Mobius." The hedgehog found it difficult to let the words out, but he managed.
"That's wierd." commented the girl hedgehog to herself.
"I think we should leave this world. The faster we leave, the faster we can figure this all out." interrupted the plant girl.
"The energy levels seem stable. We're launching now." spoke Tails.
Everyone moved into position and the ship rose into the air as the crew monitored its readings.
"Everything is looking good." said the girl rabbit.
"Here to." spoke. Amy
"Good. Where to next?" said the two-tailed fox.
"Whatever planet has a chaos emerald." spoke Sonic.
"Okay. We still have Chris's chaos emerald finder. I'll modify it to allow us to locate the emeralds and still power the ship." said Tails.
The hedgehog stared out at the stars thinking about the heart crystals.
Starlight glanced towards the sleeping boy before she opened up her communication device.
"White Lily. White Lily." whispered Cosmo's daughter desperately.
The woman appeared on the screen with annoyance etched on her face.
"You know that you're not supposed to call me unless it's an emergency." spoke White Lily.
"I was worried about last time. You were hit by the beam. It could have killed you." said the plant girl.
"I wasn't there." spoke the woman.
"What? But I saw you." said Starlight unbelievingly.
"That wasn't me. I was using a dummy. The dummy took the hit and died." spoke White Lily as if it was perfectly normal.
"You could have told me." Cosmo's daughter felt hurt that she wasn't trusted enough to know this.
"I didn't think it was important. Is that all?" The woman didn't seem to notice how she felt.
"Chris." said the plant girl.
"What about him?" spoke White Lily.
"He's unconscious." continued Starlight.
"And I should care?" said the woman.
"It's your fault. The gift you gave Sonic is killing him. If he uses it too much, he'll die. Even if it doesn't, it'll leave permanent damage on his body." Cosmo's daughter couldn't believe that she was acting this way.
So? We have to use every opportunity to stop the Metarex. Chris was your weakest link so I adapted it to fuse with him." spoke White Lily.
"What about the others? Are theirs bobby trapped too?" The plant girl was disgusted by what she was hearing.
"What a vulgar word. They do have the feature too, but I doubt it'll be activated." said the woman.
"How could you endanger them? You have no right." spoke Starlight.
"I didn't force this on them. They chose to use it." said White Lily.
"Because you didn't tell them the truth about what they can do." spoke Cosmo's daughter.
"It doesn't matter. They would have gotten involved anyway." said the woman.
"What's a chaos heart egg?" asked the plant girl.
"What? Where did you hear that?" White Lily seemed surprised she even knew the phrase.
"The Metarex called the power ups that. They seemed even surprised we had them." Starlight waited to see for a reaction.
"They did? I'll have to look into it. I don't know why the Metarex would call it that." The woman revealed nothing.
"Really?" spoke Cosmo's daughter.
"Do you question me Starlight? I'm the one who helped you deal with your powers since Cosmo wasn't there to help you. There are some things that you can't know yet." said. White Lily.
"So secretive White Lily. You should tell her everything."
"What?" They were both caught off guard by an uninvited guest.
The woman vanished from the screen and was replaced by the Metarex leader.
"You. What do you want monster and how did you get this frequency?" the plant girl snarled.
"There are a lot of things you don't know and I would gladly tell you free of charge." spoke the Metarex.
...To Be Continued
I hoped you like that. Now my next story is called A Watery Grave.