"We can't let him go alone, onward!" Meiou said, breaking the silence, still on his spot on the supply wagon, which they began unloading.
"Leave the entire wagon itself here, besides there isn't anything the scientist has that's more than this." Abyss said, as she pulled a large weapon out of the pile, placing it on her shoulder, now having a rocket launcher.
The two rabbits quickly dispersed the weapons between the group, multiple guns, small knives, and bombs all courtesy of either the Quicktails or the Organization. Already it seemed that the scientist's forces were beginning to regroup.
Jazz himself took only a small gun, but nothing else, immdediatly following his uncle into the base. If Shadow arrived upon what Omar had described to him before he could, he would lose it. The crazed fox had taken advantage of the green hedgehog being away, and had had fun manipulating his two main captives. And what was more, he had given them a secondary master, one that Shadow was most likely familiar with, Scourge the hedgehog.
It had been ages since any of them had seen the evil hedgehog, or for that matter Fiona the fox. But apparently both of them were here, and of their free will at that. Now ridden with experiments and such to make them even stronger, the pair had been the replacements just in case Dante and Omar had been taken out or defected. And they had, which the the fox expected; he had never trusted them in the first place, even with Omar being his first mind control experiment.
Already Cobalt was beginning the cycle again, teaching Fiona most of what he knew, but not all of it, for that was Bujin's mistake, teaching his pupil all. If the female fox was to rebel, her master would be ready to stop her.
It didn't take Jazz long to catch up to his uncle, who had mett a barricade of creatures that his father had explained about. Experiments, now controlled by the scientist, but old friends, of the Rubieteau and Doralien.
Jazz knew Shadow couldn't attack them, they were not under their own will, yet they were still there, somewhere... How could he harm such pitiful cretures?
Suddenly the experimented onces stopped, parting to reveal a green hedgehog, wearing a black jacket.
"Omar...?!" Shadow began.
Jazz put a hand to his uncles arm again. This was not the green hedge-fox's father. "No."
The green hedgehog chuckles maniacally for a moment, then stepped into a bit of the little light there was. He had on the jacket like Omar, but instead of gold buttons it was flame embroidered, and he wore glasses, like Jazz, though a different, red color. He grinned at them, his elongated fangs showing.
"Did you really think you could get away with just attacking blindly? Your rescue mission is futile, with all of them under our control. Hmmm.... Come now, why dontcha fight my prized pets?" The green hedgehog waved a hand, and two beings came from the darkness of the room.
The two creatures were no longer normal, even more abnormal then the others around them, with their fangs, claws, talons, spines and yellow glowing eyes. Tattoos, markings, and scars covered them, showing signs of heavy experimentation, the only clothes they were left wearing was what seemed an old body suit that was torn and shreeded at the back, legs, and arms. They prowled hunched over, growling and hissing. Shadow and Jazz could barely make out who they had been previously. Foxy and Shade.
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Omar had returned to the group briefly after Jazz and Shadow had left, but only to one of them. He handed a small device to the red rabbit, Meiou.
"This will open any of teh doors on teh base, even if teh fox changes teh codes. It wasn't easy ta pickpocket him. Everything else, you'll have ta fight though yourself, though if ya have a stunny it would be helpful." The green hedgehog pointed to one of the large bubble machines that had been used before to attack their home.
"As horrible as it seems, with all teh bodies and captives in there, that ship I've hotwired, and use it ta transport them, once you've caught them back. If necessary, ya can seal them in it, and move them until they've reached their right mind." The hedgehog finished.
The rabbit nodded at him, and watched as he took off again. The poor hedgehog was reaching his breaking point, even most of his accent had left him, and the rabbit knowing what waited inside for Shadow and Jazz, none of them might not survive this, but Omar most of all.
"Good luck..." Meiou said after him.
The rabbit turned back to the rest of them, without Shadow, shockingly it was Abyss who was taking the lead. The black rabbit had rounded the groupd up, and gone to the front, and was beginning to job at a reasonable pace, which they were all now following.
Meiou had taken his small sword, but other than that, nothing but his backpack, which contained some of the most accurate, and recent disguises he had created. If it came to it, he knew how he could handle his old student...
Meiou had taken to running right behind Abyss, and then next to her, and they smiled at each other, perhaps one crazed student didn't mean he couldn't rain another, and this one be sane.
Again, the mongeese were in the back of the groupd, though Mina was in front of the two males now, who, though now serious because they were on a mission, were glaring at each other.
Copper, Silver, and Blaze were now running together in the middle of the group, the weasel and hedgehog protecting the cat. Silver's giddiness was gone, the air of danger about, and his eyes glowed as he glanced around as he ran, sensing for a coming attack.
Copper had grabbed a gun for a weapon, and was watching carefully, he could smell an old adversary nearby, Fang was close...
It wasn't too far into the base that they encountered resistance. But this, was not experiments, not the leaders, as Omar had said were the most numbered. Hired hands. A hyena and weasel appeared in front of them as they entered what appeared to be a small hanger, its ceiling high and domed, with vareious ships in it. Like outside of the buildings, the interiors were all white.
Coppper growled, he had been correct, Fang. But who was this other one?
Fang the sniper smirked, then snapped his fingers, and half a score of weasels appeared behind him, coming from behind different ships and boxes. Unholstering his gun, he flipped aroundin his hand while the hyena spoke.
"There really isn't much to say to you, but I'm sentinel, whom only a few of you would know, and this is an old companion of mine, whom nearly all of you know, isn't that right Fang?" The ragged hyena said, with a dark laugh. He had a notch in his left ear, and was spotted. His clothes, all rags, a pair of shorts and simple shoes, with some old wristbands, nothing more.
The Fanger Sniper had new equipment of course, a gun holster strapped to his side, boots and a fedora to go with the oversized fang in his smile.
The weasels in the background all had empty looking eyes, and to Ash and Mina's surprise, they saw that they were old friends of theirs, the ones that had been trapped in the fire. Apparently the fox had not allowed them to be burned to death, they had become his experiments. The two mongoose didn't know which was the worst fate.
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On the other side of the complex of the building, Shadow and Jazz were watching as their former family stared at them with the same, empty glowing eyes that were the former the same as the former weasels of Organization 0.
"Now I see why Omar said you wouldn't let him live if any of us made it out alive. He couldn't prevent it though..." Jazz muttered, staring.
Shadow said nothing, he didn't even glance towardes his nephew now. His sister, and his son, they were both... monsters.
"Like what we did to them, I have to admit though I helped, Colbalt was the mind behind it all. Spliced their genes and recovered what was dormant inside them. With the blood of the Black Arms, the hidden gene of power. It had a nice side effect though, mighty cool looking now. Of course the other side effect, where they practically lost their mind and will only obey us and are bloodthirsty, I assume you won't like that. But oh well. All has its price don't it?" Scourge said, cackling every moment he spoke.
Shade was an enormous monster, as was Foxy, and they had mechanical collars and wristbands, numbered and making beeping noises, apparently control devies. They walked on all fours, and were staring at Jazz and Shadow hungrily.
Shadow nodded to the control bands, and Jazz nodded back. Perhpas if they removed those somehow...
"Oh don't even think aobut it. Take those off, and they go berserk, then no one can control them." Scourge said.
Shadow glared at the scarred hedgehog, he had never liked him, now he hated him. And beyond that, in the midst of slaves, he saw familiar faces. Sonic, the blue hedgehog, though he had somewhat respected him hadn't really liked him, but had promised Tails to find him, Amy, Articzlar and Crimzone.
All of them now experimental creatures and manipulated, horribly disfigured after the process. And under the control of the crazed fox. He, like Bujin before him, had attempted to build an army to protect him as he experimented. But unlike his mentor, had succeeded.
"I bore of this talk... Kill them." Scoureg said suddenly.
Without warning, the two monsters let out anguished howls and charged at the two. Shadow dodged nimbly out of the way, but Jazz stood his round and was knocked back as Shade attacked him. Foxbeast hissed at Shadow, who was holding ontol a lowly-lit ceiling light, staring at his sister.
Shade hovered over Jazz for a moment, and just as he went to rip the hedge-fox's throat out with his fangs, his cousin pulled out the gun he had brought, and fired it at point blank at the collar on Shade's neck, then again twice, once at each of the arm manacles. They broke apart, flying off alone with the bullet, which only grazed the skin of the genetically configured hedgehog.
The black creature reared up, clawing at teh air as the control to his master was severed. Scourge himself fell back, cluthcing at his head, yelling in pain. The chip he had Colbalt implant into his brain was malfunctioning now that Shade's connection was destroyed.
"Dmmit! What the Hell?!"Scourge screamed and stard angrily. "Kill them!"
Shade landed back down on Jazz, and glared back into his eyes, though the control between Scourge and him was severed, his eyes still glowed, and now he was more bloodthirsty than ever. His clawed hands pinned Jazz down, the hedge-fox unalbe ot move, stared up at his cousin in fear, his heart pounding. Scourge had told the truth about one thing, they were truly insane, but could they be brought back?
Shade growed and showed his fangs, shaking his head in anticipation, the many quills all over his back and head making a rattling noise.
Shadow turned as he heard this and looked toward the sound. Seeing the scene, he leapt out of the way again as Foxbeast leapt up at the light, clinging to it and ripping it out of the ceiling in her rage.
The ebon hedgehog ran to his nephew, Shade was going to kill him if he didn't intervene. At the moment, his mutated son went for Jazz's throat again, his sharp teeth sinking into the young hedge-fox's throat. He made a movement, as if to rip them out, easily killing him, but Shadow appeared. Grabbing his son's muzzle, he quickly but carefully pulled the fangs out, leaving a gaping wound, but less of what it would have been if the mutant had continued.
Shade threw his head to the side and Shadow lost his grip and was sent flying into the wall. Jazz looked up, his vision blurry from the loss of blood. Shade had left him, and was going after Shadow, while his mother came to finish him off, still under the control of Scourge. He lifted the gun again, blowing away her restraints as well. Shade may be willing to devour him, but his only chance was that she would not.
She hissed and scratched at where the collar and bands had been, then looked at him, growling.
Shadow again looked for Jazz, Foxbeast wasn't attacking him, Shade was, where...? He saw her going for the boy, and being momentarily distracted, Shade lunged at him, and like had had Jazz, pinned his father to the floor. Shadow glanced again, he was unable to save his nephew.
Scourge stared at the scene, his head reeling from the loss of control, but he regained his senses enough to start running. He would use the slaves to round the two up after they had feasted, but for now he had to get his chip replaced, and he was sure he could get Fiona to do it, after all, it wouldn't be long before all this was theirs...
None of them noticed Scourge and his other mutated slaves leaving, they were too busy focused on the present. Jazz laid on the floor, about to pass out, his neck sushing with blood that was now pooling around him. Foxbeast licked it up, before turning to him again. His breathing raspy as he struggled for air through a torn windpipe. She sat there, staring at him for a moment, her eyes flicker for a moment, then filling with confusion. The mutated hedge-fox growled again, garabbing at her head and shaking it. A feeling... and emotion... what was this?
Shade was doing likewise, holding down his father, but not murdering him, just glaring and hissing. Shadow stared at the mutated face of his son, then sighed. Shade had become such a beast, and yet he still hdan't delivered a killing blow...
Foxbeast and Shade finally stepped back from what had been their prey, growling. Then finally seeming to notice each other, they hissed and back away, again towards their own, Shadow and Jazz.
Shadow carefully stood up, and the two watched him as he began to walk slowly towards the door, glancing at Jazz. He didn't want to leave the boy, who was now unconcious, but Foxbeast had proven so far she wouldn't eat him, nor allow Shade to, and if the black hedgehog didn't find Blaze of Mina quickly, Jazz would be one of the ones not making it out of the complex.