A/N: Alright, this will be the last chapter before I take a quick
break to write "A Super Smashin' Christmas", and then I'll return to
this fic at the beginning of January, at the latest.
Some of you may reconize Thunder, as he's appeared in a heavy number
of fanfics, and most of my A/N's. Now, however, he shall be answering
the reviews of the last chapter, right Thunder?
Thunder: Yup! I'll start now...
Werehog20: Yeah, I found it rather comforting when Gnat1 returned
(otherwise I might be forgotten!). And yes, Gnat1 mentioned that he
picked Water Palace for many reasons, one being for water-based
characters such as Bedwyr, so there's gonna be a lot of butt-kicking
in this chapter XD
Duskzilla: Sweet, we'll be sure to use that song! Eclipse's Werehog
form won't come in this chapter, but Gnat1 is planning it for the next
one, so thanks for suggesting music! And Serum X will play a large
roll in this story. It plays a significant part in my past, and Gnat1
decided to kind of combine all of our history's, so we decided that
Serum X should be connected to Eclipse as well. I think you'll be
pleased with the creative merge of stories we're doing here :)
TatlTails: YES! I knew many reactions would be like this! The
Destructix is BY FAR one of the most powerful enemies in the Sonic
Universe! We'll have to see how this unfolds...
Acid Fish: Heh heh, I'll be sure to tell Gnat1 that! Thanks for
reviewing, and I'm glad you liked it! Your OC should appear in this
chapter, by the way :)
Epic Jac: Yay, another suprised reaction! Yep, its gonna get real, or
your money back! Wait... you never paid, did you. Oh well.
HEY, GNAT1, CAN WE START ACCEPTING PAYMENTS FROM THE READERS?
Gnat1: NO!
Thunder: Pff, whatever. Anyway, thanks for reviewing! You are truly
The Epic Jac!
Casino Nights: Thanks, I'm glad we're protraying everyone correctly!
(I think we are, if not I better go tell Gnat1). Hmm... Lexi's had a
run-in with Scourge, you say? Well, we'll keep that in mind (lol, I
wrote down two types of "well's").
Nick: I actually agree with Whirl on that one. Gnat1 used a lot of
EPIC songs in the last chapter!
Gnat1: *calling from the background* Um, Thunder? I didn't have ANY
songs in the last chapter...
Thunder: Exactly! Anyway, we're glad your enjoying the story, Nick!
Thanks for reviewing!
Now, I, the amazing Thunder, shall do thy amazing disclaimer.
Gnat1: No, you won't.
Thunder: But-but-but why not?
Gnat1: Just ignore him, guys. Anyway, special thanks to gamer097 for
doing some extra Destructix research and Acid Fish for supplying this
fic's epic villian.
Disclaimer: Own nothing. 'Nuff said.
Time: 8:49 AM
Location: A Mountain Range, somewhere near Mystic Ruins.
Sonic looked cautiously over the base with Tails. Their only hiding
spot was a small ledge, coming from a mountain overhanging this new
"Secret Base" Robotnick had made. Tails peered through with his
binoculars.
"See anything, Tails?" Sonic asked his friend.
"Robots, ray guns, robots, chain-link fence, robots, more robots, a
'Robotnick Systems' logo, did I mention robots?" Tails answered in a
humorous voice.
Sonic chuckled. "Yeah, that's the Eggster's usual gimmick. See if you
can zoom in on the Control Room."
Tails nodded and fixed the lens on the large windows of what could
only be the Control Tower.
"He's working on something, thats for sure." he zoomed in further.
"Wait... it looks like a roboticized Mobian. A Robian, maybe? Wait...
no... he's armoring a Mobian!"
Sonic turned away from the view of the nearby mountain range. "Say what?"
"Look for yourself." Tails simply replied, handing he binoculars to
Sonic. The cobalt hedgehog peered through, trying to make out what it
was.
"Tails, thats not a roboticized Mobian... that's a perfectly fine
Mobian! It looks like Eggman's repairing it's injuries with robotics.
Wait, hold on, it just stood up..."
Tails looked at the glorious mountain peak, far beyond their location,
but large enough to be seen miles away. He waited for Sonic's reply.
"Yeah, Sonic? Didn't you say it stood up? Hellooooooooo..." Tails called.
Sonic didn't answer.
Tails sighed, and turned to face his friend, only to gasp in shock.
The blue hedgehog's face was pale, as if he had just witnessed an old
nightmare returning to him.
"Sonic, are you okay? You look like you saw a ghost!" Tails said, a
concerned look on his face.
Sonic gulped. "I think I just did, Tails. You might want to take a
look at this."
VvVvVvV
Welcome to the planet Mobius! A world unique and beyond from the SEGA
Games, where Sonic and the heroic Freedom Fighters have formed a new,
special organization of elites. A group simply called the Alternate
Freedom Fighters, or better known as...
The New Recruits
-Chapter 5: A Brawl in the Water-
VvVvVvV
Time: 11:01 AM
Location: Water Palace.
The Alternates found themselves surrounded, and confused, to say the
least. They simply watched as some of the planet's most wanted outlaws stepped out of the shadows. There was Scourge the Hedgehog,
Fiona Fox, Sergeant Simion, Predator Hawk, Flying Frog, and Lightning
Lynx. Although the group they all formed had been proved to be very
powerful, they weren't the only ones. Team Hooligan, composed of Nack,
Bean, and Bark were there as well.
"I'm gonna ask you guys a question." Scourge said with a smirk. "What
prodded you guys to stalk us all the way down here?"
Whirl growled. "We were not 'Stalking'. We were told that there was
Chaos Radiation coming from here."
Scourge smiled. "All of you comin' down here... just to do some
checking up? Sorry, not buying it." He looked at each alternate.
"We don't care if your doing a stupid investigation, we're going to
'dispose of you', if your followin' me here." The green hedgehog
chuckled.
"Alright kids, put your hands up." Simion growled as he and his allies
pointed their weapons at the team. Devlin sighed and tried to find a
way out of the situation. Could he attack? Set a distraction?
"Pss!" Bedwyr hissed at Devlin. The lynx glanced at him. Bedwyr
quickly pointed to a kunai hanging on Devlin's belt, and nodded
towards a chandelier hanging behind Simion. Devlin processed what the
turtle was trying to tell him, before finally nodding. He grabbed the
kunai off his belt.
"I said PUT YOUR HANDS UP!" the ape growled.
Slowly, each Alternate lifted their hands over their heads. Devlin
gripped his kunai, and as he brought his hands up, threw it at the
chandelier. The kunai flew threw the air and landed a direct hit on
the chandelier's chain, breaking it and causing the entire
candle-structure to come falling down, and thus slam into the floor.
CRASH!
"What the..." Simion thought as all of the Destructix and Hooligans
whirled around to face the sound's origin.
Devlin smirked as he and his team drew their weapons, turning the tide
in their favor.
[Music Playing: This Machine, by Crush 40]
"Alright, that's enough questioning." Unova announced with a grin.
Their enemies snarled as they quickly charged forward, and engaged the
team into an intense battle.
Darkness and KT began firing off from their guns immediately, ducking
behind cover of a small water fountain. Nack dived behind another one
and pulled grabbed a crate. He ducked low as he pulled a machine gun
out from it.
"Uh oh" KT groaned as she and Darkness did their best to avoid the
constant fire. KT decided that, if she wanted any chance at beating
the weasel, she would have to stay behind the fountain for now.
Suddenly, she felt someone nudge her. She turned to see Darkness
handing her a grenade.
"This should work. When say, throw it over to Nack." the black
hedgehog said with a grin as he pulled out a grenade of his own. They
both waited patiently until Nack took a quick break to reload.
"NOW!" Darkness shouted as they both chucked their weapons at the
weasel's location. They waited for a few moments until...
POW!
A cry of pain escaped Nack as he got launched into the ceiling from
the explosion, and fell back down unconscious.
KT fist pumped while Darkness smirked to himself.
"Owtch!" Bean grunted as Lexi slammed her foot into his stomach. The
duck flew up quickly to catch some air. Lexi grinned as she put on her
trademark weapon, which was a set of knives all connected like a claw,
enabling her to attach them to each knuckle. She noticed Scourge about
to fire a shot from his pistol at where Unova was, and quickly slammed
the gun out of his hand, and knocking him down.
Scourge glared daggers at her, with malice in mind.
"...You!" he growled.
Lexi smirked. "It's been awhile, eh Scourge?"
The emerald hedgehog shot up and behind Lexi in less than a second and
kicked her in the back. "I DO NOT want to have to deal with you
again!" he shouted furiously. He chuckled at seeing her stumble from
his kick, but was interrupted when the hard fist of a boxing glove
slammed into the back of his head. Unova smirked and flung another
punch at Scourge. At the same moment, Lexi jumped up sliced her claws
at her rival. The impact of Unova's punch, combined with the fearsome
cut in his arm (courtesy of Lexi), was enough tomsend him sprawling
across the ground.
"Thanks for the back up." Unova said with a nod towards Lexi.
The purple hedgehog shrugged, "Same to you."
Bark then jumped down, causing a crack in the marble flooring, and
readied to smash the two. He raised his huge fists and brought them
down. Lexi and Unova tried to avoid it, but they would be too late...
"SOUL SURGE: AQUA CANNON!" Bedwyr shouted as he leaped down in front
of the polar bear. A powerful jet of water shot out from Aquarion,
blowing Bark back a few feet. The large Mobian stumbled across the
sippery floor and into the deep water. Bedwyr jumped down after him.
"You doing okay, Aquarion?" he asked his blade.
"Of course! Quick, we must not let the bear exceed the upper hand!"
Aquarion replied eagerly. Bedwyr grinned, and spotted the polar bear.
The two circled each other beneath the water surface, each deciding what their next move
should be. Bedwyr then kicked his back feet, propelling him through
the water as he sliced at Bark. The polar bear shot back, and quickly
dove further down. Bedwyr sighed inwardly and followed his opponent to
the underwater pathway. He spotted Bark by an air pocket and quickly
aimed Aquarion at him.
"AQUA CANNON!" he managed to shout underwater. A huge current erupted
from his blade and launched Bark upward and out of the water. Bedwyr
followed quickly.
Bark flew out of the water from the Aqua Cannon's force, and landed in
front of Bangs.
The green kitsune whipped out a revolver and pointed it at the large Mobian.
"Don't move." she said sternly as her gun clicked, preparing to fire a shot.
Bedwyr hopped out of the water and landed beside Bark. It was then
that he noticed Bean jumping down, ready to slam into Bangs.
"Bangs, behind you!" he shouted. Bangs sidestepped quickly, allowing
Bean to splat on top of Bark.
"That... was by far the LAMEST attack plan I've seen." Bangs laughed
as she then pointed her gun at both Bark and Bean.
"It's been a while, eh Devlin?" Lightning Lynx asked casually as he
took out a katana.
Devlin glared at his rival. "It was never long enough. I had no
intentions on seeing you again." The two watched each other
suspiciously as they stood in the center of a marble slab projecting
out of the ground, where several sculptures were set.
Lightning shrugged. "Its all the same to you, isn't it? Well, I'm glad
your clan seems to be doing fine without me."
Devlin sighed as he took out a katana of his own. "You were exiled
with good reason. It pains me to fight you, my friend. But I have
realized that the path you chose involved treachary and deciet."
They immediately let out a flurry of attacks, slashing at each other
and dodging behind statues. Devlin swung his blade at Lightning, who
ducked behind a stone protrayal of an ancient king. Devlin's blade
sliced it's stone arm off.
"Ugh, I can see why they called you Lightning Lynx." he growled as he
dodged a kick from the lynx.
Simion watched the dual quietly and decided to interfere. With a grin,
he flung himself behind Devlin, and prepared to deliver a winning
blow.
SLAM!
"Nope." Whirl smirked as he kicked Simion into a pool of water. With a
wave of his hand, he caused a huge wave of water to launch Simion out
of the pool and into a small cluster of trees outside the palace.
Whirl let a smile escape him. He had many abilities, but
water-manipulation was his favorite.
Scourge groaned and pulled a Chaos Emerald out of his jacket. "Chaos
Heal" he whispered into it as his wounds instantly healed up. He
jumped up and handed the precious stone to Fiona.
"Hey babe, run this thing down to the boat we have docked down there.
And hurry, will ya?" he said with a grin. Fiona smiled and grabbed the
emerald, before taking off into the jungle.
Darkness saw this and quickly called to Scorch and Eclipse.
"SCORCH! ECLIPSE! STOP HER!" he shouted.
The two hedgehogs jumped up and nodded before following the fox into the jungle.
Eclipse caught a glimpse of her red tail move down the hill and headed
that direction, Scorch close behind. The duo rolled themselves into
balls and spun down the trail, wheeling over tree's and spiraling
across large tree roots. Scorch jumped up into the air and aimed
himself at Fiona, who he could now see clearly. He closed in and
prepared to bowl her over when... she ducked under a tree branch.
"OOF!" Scorch grunted as he slammed roughly into the tree. Eclipse
stopped by him.
"You okay?" he asked quickly. The red hedgehog nodded.
"I'm fine, you better keep moving. I'll catch up."
Eclipse nodded and went after his target.
VvVvVvV
"Darkness, you should go help them." Unova said as she motioned to the
trail Scorch and Eclipse took.
Darkness glanced at her. "I don't think I should. There's enough trouble here."
Unova shook her head. "We'll handle it, but Fiona is said to be very
cunning. It'll take at least three of you to take her down."
Darkness sighed. "Fine then." He then ran towards the fresh trail. He
pulled out a small radio device on the way.
"Zonic, could you get an airboard down here?"
VvVvVvV
Eclipse growled as he slid under another branch. How was that fox
moving so quickly? He leaped over a log and zoomed through the jungle,
just inches from grabbing the red vixen. She suddenly made a sharp
left, leaving Eclipse still soaring down the trail. He grunted and
kicked off a rock, propelling him to the left direction and after
Fiona. It wasn't long before he caught up to her again, but she was
still a ways ahead. Suddenly, the jungle stopped and Eclipse found
himself chasing the fox down a beach. The sand managed to slow his
pace slightly, but he did his best to keep up.
Fiona continued running at an unchanged pace and was about to head
into the nearby city, if it wasn't for a fireball heading her way.
Scorch flung himself out of the jungle and lit his fists ablaze. He flung a huge mass of
fire at Fiona, but missed by about an inch.
A huge explosion of fire and sand blew the three in seperate
directions. Scorch grunted as he slammed into the grainy sand.
"Ugh..." he groaned as he looked up from the smoke. He spotted Eclipse
jumping up from the sand.
"Darn it, where'd she go?" Eclipse asked. Scorch shrugged as he slowly
got back on his feet.
They both heard a low hum. Eclipse's ears pricked up.
"Did you hear that?" he asked.
Scorch nodded as the hum became increasingly louder. Palm trees
ruffled in a steady breeze as Darkness appeared on an airboard.
"Climb on, we'll catch her." the black hedgehog said calmly.
[Music Stops]
KT grinned as she made a final punch on Flying Frog. She breathed a
sigh of relief and turned to her team.
"Okay, that's everyone."
Thunder jumped up, grinning. "Haha, great job guys!"
Devlin sighed. "Did you help with any of that?"
"Heh heh, nope!"
"Well, THAT certainly isn't supporting your team..." Aquarion began as
he started lecturing Thunder about proper assistance. He was cut off
when a deep voice blared through an intercom. Bangs felt her skin
crawl at strange pecularity of the voice.
"VERY GOOD."
*muffled sounds are heard in the speakers.*
"YOU PUT ON QUITE A SHOW."
*the sound of the voice moves down to a nearby column*
"BUT YOUR EFFORTS ARE IN VAIN."
It was then that a robotic figure rocketed down by the column. He was
a robotic hedgehog with a mostly red body, except for the center of
him, which was black. Tubing came out from the side's of where his
stomach would be, and connected to his head. He didn't exactly have a
face, but instead had a black screen on the front of his head. On this
screen was a group of purple-colored pixels that made up two eyes and
a mouth. This digital face gave an eerie grin at the team and held his
hand out.
"Chaos Heal."
Instantly a surge of energy went across the room, healing all of the
wounded members of the Destructix and Team Hooligan. They got up and
smiled deviously. The robotic hedgehog continued speaking.
"Allow me to introduce myself. I am Metal Dreadlord. I run this
operation, in which you all barged in on. Fear not, we completed out
testing before you arrived, but we don't like people investigating our
doings. Apologies that it had to be this way."
[Music Playing: Open My Eyes, by Andy Hunter]
As he finished, thousands of Egg-Pawns dropped down from above as a
large ship flew away. Bangs looked at them in amazement.
"Egg-Pawns? Are you tied in with Robotnick?" she asked.
"He is an ally, yes. Farewell." Metal Dreadlord answered flatly. He
then waved his hand again.
"Chaos Control."
He, along with the Destructix and Team Hooligan, disappeared in a flash.
Whirl sighed and turned to the Egg-Pawns. His eyes narrowed as he
concentrated on a Chaos Spear. A form of energy appeared in his right
hand as he shouted the words and flung it at his enemies.
"CHAOS SPEAR!"
A large explosion came as Whirl smiled. That is, until more came.
Lexi groaned and pulled out her claws. "Okay guys, it just got a whole
lot worse."
VvVvVvV
"There she is!" Scorch growled as he hung onto Darkness' airboard. He
pointed to the streets of the village, where Fiona could be seen
dodging through the crowds.
"Right." Darkness replied. "Okay guys, remember the plan. I'm going to
drop you off now." He then flipped his board over, causing Scorch and
Eclipse to fall off. They landed in the streets and took off after
Fiona. Darkness flew low over the streets and raised his revolver.
With perfect aim, he shot from his handgun, and watched as the bullet
whipped through the air and hit the Chaos Emerald Fiona was holding.
She gasped as it was knocked out of her hand.
"NOW, SCORCH!" Eclipse shouted. The red hedgehog nodded and rolled
into a ball, while also setting his whole body ablaze. Eclipse slammed
his foot into him, kicking the flaming ball into the air. Scorch shot
through the crowds and uncurled right before he reached the Chaos
Emerald. He grabbed it and landed smoothly. He had made sure to slam
through Fiona on is short trip through the air, and smiled as Darkness
flew down on his airboard and pointed his revolver at the now knocked
over Fiona.
"Move, and I'll shoot your hand off." he growled.
Fiona smirked as Eclipse ran up and tied her hands together with a nearby rope.
"Do you always go this far for a girl?" she called up to Darkness.
The black hedgehog gave a slight smile. "Only the one's that interest me."
Suddenly, Predator Hawk swooped down and grabbed Fiona, yanking her up
before Eclipse could do anything.
"Sorry, but none of us are going to tolerate getting arrested by a
Zone Brat." he hissed as he glared at Darkness. The hawk then swooped
away, carrying Fiona with him.
Scorch chuckled. "He forgot the emerald." he said as he tossed it into
the air, catching it again.
VvVvVvV
"I can't hold these all off for much longer..." Whirl hissed through clenched teeth.
"Just keep going..." Thunder growled as he tore through several robots
with his clawed fingers.
Lexi sighed as she kicked one into the water. "This is ridiculous.
There's over a hundred Egg-Pawns here!"
Unova, Bangs, KT, and Devlin didn't say anything as they all manged to
successfully take out fifty at once. Devlin was slicing at the robots,
and occasionally swung KT or Bangs into robots Unova was holding down
with telekinesis. This team effort proved to be very effective, but
the robots kept coming.
Bedwyr backed up to a large body of water in the palace.
"Aquarion, I think we've got one option left." he said to his blade
and companion.
Aquarion sighed. "I know, but this could weaken you greatly."
[Music Stops]
Bedwyr gulped, as he realized that the amount of energy he was about
to use could prove fatal.
"EVERYONE STAND BACK!" he called. He then got as close as he possibly
could to the water without falling in.
"ULTIMATE SOUL SURGE: MISTY TSUNAMI!"
As soon as the words left him, a large body of water lifted out of the
water and launched over the robots. Bedwyr grinned as it's pure energy
rushed through him, although it proved to be exhausting. He held
through as the water continuously shot over the robots, wearing him
down greatly. Finally, he shut his eyes and collapsed on the ground,
the large wave falling as well.
Devlin coughed as he drenched out his fur. As the others got up from
the sudden water wave, he saw Bedwyr laying on the marble floor,
unconscious.
"Uh oh." he said as he rushed over.
Thunder looked at the turtle. "Is he okay?"
Lexi came over and examined him. "Well, he's definitely not awake."
"We owe him one." KT sighed and turned to Unova. "Where's the other three?"
"They went after Fiona. Me and Bangs can round them up."
"Hurry, then!" Aquarion called. Devlin smiled at the blade.
"We'll get back to base soon and give everyone time to rest." the lynx
then sighed. "Until then, we better think of what to say to Sally
about this. We're definately dealing with something hostile."
A/N: FINALLY DONE! Now I can get some sleep! I literally finished
this at 12:43 AM! Okay, so I'm gonna allow you guys to send song
suggestions, because I don't think my selection was that great. Well,
it was actually okay, but it wasn't perfect. Anyway, R&R, everyone,
and be honest! Please alert me if you detected any spelling/grammar
errors. Hope y'all liked the chapter!
Ciao!
-Gnat1