Author's note:
Hey guys, thanks for the views and comments/reviews, this is chapter two, it tells the story in same time span as Cosmo, but this time, I's from Eggman's team's point of view! There is one more chapter like this, and then we (finally) get on with the story, this one is longer, so get comfortable. I really want some reviews about my characterization and plot skills (I want to know if I have any, and I'm worried that I didn't do very good with ) don't worry, this will all make sense once I get to chapter four. This fanfic is based more towards people who have seen sonic x series two, but if other people would like to understand what is going on, here is a summary of where this story is starting:
This is from sonic x on 4kids series 2 (season 3). This story starts just before the episode where Eggman helps the Metarex attack sonic and his team on the blue typhoon and they have a star shield that repulses all Sonic's attacks until tails comes up with a plan that allows him to escape (episode 70 "the Eggman fleet appears!"). There are a few changes though, the team is going back to their planet for supplies, and they have all seven chaos emeralds, instead of Eggman's team having two. In case you don't know what the Metarex are, here is a link describing them and another describing the series:
wiki/Metarex
wiki/Sonic_X
Chapter Two-Eggman
"Arrrgh! Where could they have gone?! I'm losing my patience!"
Sonic always manages to ruin his plans. He and his friends had trumped him over and over, and now, they had just completely disappeared from the universe. He was about to give up on finding that pesky hedgehog and his annoying friends and go back to working on his ingenious plan to take over the universe from the Metarex after they did all the dirty work for him.
He had started to get to work on hacking their databases to find out exactly how they planned to accomplish this enormous task when a little red bulb started flashing in the corner of his vision. Never the one to ignore any equipment he'd designed, he took a better look at the device. It was labeled: "significantly large object making its way towards Mobius"
It's probably just some space junk or a satellite. He thought to himself, but then again, if that pest has taught me anything, it's that paying attention to details is crucial. He grudgingly admitted this to himself, not that he would ever admit it to the blue rodent. I better check, just to make sure.
So he pulled up the cameras that recorded the area where the alarm was going off.
The view that met his eyes surprised him to say the least, and then a malevolent smile crept onto his mustached face.
"Boco! Decoe! Alert the Metarex that we have spotted the hedgehog and his colleagues! Bokkun! Tell Rouge and Shadow to get up here now! Their services are needed!" He commanded.
"Right away, Eggman!" The three bots unanimously replied, then ran off to complete their respective tasks.
Then Eggman settled into his luxurious egg-shaped command chair already planning his speech for when he saw the blue hedgehog.
~~~~~~~~~~switch to dark Oak (metarex leader) P.O.V.
"Lord Dark Oak, sir, there were just two robots on the communicator informing us that Doctor Eggman has pinpointed Sonic and his friends' location. What are your orders?" A small Metarex messenger android scurried in.
"Hm, I don't trust that Eggman buffoon to not mess things up, so send all our fleets in the area, and send Yellow Zelkova as well. Oh, and also, send that new shield gadget that the doctor invented, are the modifications to it complete?" Dark Oak, the leader of the Metarex demanded.
"The modifications to the star shield are complete lord, the shield now runs on the power of the fake chaos emeralds that we have manufactured. The power capacity has increased by 62 percent." the bot reported.
"Good... Very good... Well, there is never a better time than the present, let's test it out, shall we?" Oak mused, "send that shield, and make sure to send plenty of ships to take them out, by the end of this day, I want those pests gone!" He thundered.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~switch back to Eggman P.O.V
The huge 'Crimson Egg' spaceship was the first to arrive on the scene. In camouflage of course, as Eggman did not want to draw attention to himself just yet. He was willing to wait a bit longer for the rest of the Metarex to arrive. He had his speech to the blue menace ready, if he ever got close enough to say it. He had already hacked into the 'Blue Typhoon's' camera network, and was spying on the hedgehog and his friends.
"HO! HO! HO! HO! HO! They don't suspect a thing! We could attack now and they would be completely caught off guard!" Eggman gleefully boasted.
"Don't go bragging just yet, doctor. Those guys have gotten out of tighter situations than this." Rouge reminded him.
Shadow was standing behind the two of them, arms crossed and eyes closed. He seemed to be deep in thought.
"Come on Shad, don't look so glum, we're on the winning side, remember?" Rouge teased.
"I know," Shadow stated, still with his eyes closed, "but doctor, you promised to help me with my memories, and yet I still know nothing about my past. Sonic and his friends seem to know who I am, so you can see that I might be reluctant to obliterate them without having learned anything of value."
"Yes, yes, Shadow, we all know about your recent amnesia," at this, shadow opened his eyes to deem Eggman with one of his infamous death glares. "But," the doctor continued hastily, "I have been working on your memories, but the brain, especially the bit to do with memories; is... tricky... to say the least. And I have told you who you are; you are 'project Shadow', the Ultimate Life Form, an invention of my grandfather Gerald Robotnik. You were meant to be used as a weapon for the Government until the president became paranoid and sent GUN up to the space colony ARK to destroy it. There, happy now?"
"Not particularly, but I suppose that's enough for now..." Shadow yet again closed his eyes, "If you need me," he pulled out his new fake chaos emerald the Metarex had lent him and deftly tossed it up and caught it, "you know where I'll be, Chaos Control!" and Shadow was gone in a flash of light.
"Well, he certainly knows how to drain the excitement out of a room, doesn't he?" Rouge said.
"Mm-Hm, I don't know what I'm going to do if I ever lose control of him, honestly. Even though he's on our side for now, I'm more wary of him than I am of sonic or any of his friends." Eggman mused.
"You should be, I wouldn't like to think about being up against that Hedgehog." Rouge agreed.
The communicator beeped, signaling Yellow Zelkova's arrival.
"Ah, he is here, finally. Now the fun can begin!" Eggman shouted exuberantly before pressing the button to answer the communicator.
Rouge rolled her eyes at the doctor's excitement.
Eggman composed himself, "Well hello commander Zelkova, I assume your contacting me means that you are ready to attack?" he inquired.
"Nearly all our troops have arrived. In camouflage, like you requested. It seems your alarms came to good use after all Doctor." Zelkova stated.
"So, are we ready to get this party started?" Rouge interrupted.
"Silence rodent!" Yellow Zelkova boomed, "I have no patience for your kind, but yes, we are ready to begin the attack."
"I will not tolerate your abuse of my colleagues, Zelkova! Just because that blue hedgehog and the echidna beat you does not give you any right to insult my partners!" Eggman yelled back, then calmly asked, "Now, let's be civil about this, and start the attack, I wish to inform the hedgehog of our arrival myself. May I have permission to fire the first shot?"
Yellow Zelkova was shocked, but he quickly recovered, "Have it your way doctor, permission granted."
The screen went dark.
Eggman smiled tersely. "Well, Rouge, would you be so kind as to fetch Shadow for me? I want us all to be here when I start the attack." He requested politely.
"Ummm, sure, Eggman." Rouge was, for once in her life, at a loss for words. The doctor and Zelkova's shouting match had left her a bit stunned. She left swiftly to bring Shadow back up to the control room.
Eggman began his task of hacking into the enemy's ship so he could make his dramatic speech on their own screens.
~~~~~~~~Switch to Rouge P.O.V.
Rouge was confused.
Did Eggman just stand up for her? Better not to worry about it for now. Focus on the task at hand. Finding Shadow.
Well, he said we'd know where to look for him, so...
She turned the corner into another hallway. At the end of this hallway was a dimly lit room. She walked to the threshold quietly. The ceiling had a few hanging lights, and the entire room was made of stainless steel. The rivets were large, and spaced out between the panels of the metal. Some of the panels were slightly tarnished around the edges. The room was rather small, and the temperature was about 15 degrees cooler than the other rooms in the spaceship. In the center of the room was a metal pod with dimensions that would be just large enough to snugly carry a human child of around 12. It would carry someone about her own size perfectly. The thick glass cover to the pod stood open. Right next to the pod was a huge board of controls that were too confusing for Rouge to interpret, but it didn't matter because they were no longer operating, they had completed their task. Which brought back to mind her own task.
Shadow was standing in front of these controls. The dark hedgehog was once again with his eyes closed, deep in thought.
He didn't notice Rouge as she nimbly walked in.
"Maria... Who are you? Why do I have this horrifying memory of you?" He was muttering under his breath.
Rouge snuck up behind him, and one of Shadow's ears perked up at the sound of her near-silent footsteps.
"Well, sorry to break up this party, but Eggman needs us up top, so let's go Shadow!" Rouge proclaimed.
Shadow opened his eyes. He didn't seem surprised. "What does he want now?"
"We're ready to begin the attack, and Eggman wants us there for the announcement." she replied.
"Huh, fine. I'll go, but don't expect any petty conversation." They started heading out of the room and down one of the numerous hallways aboard the spaceship.
"Don't worry, I don't" Rouge mumbled.
"I can hear you, you know…" Shadow complained.
"I know." Rouge replied with a smile. She loved messing with the grumpy hedgehog.
Shadow huffed, and walked faster. Rouge just grinned and took to the air to race him to the control room.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Switch back to Eggman P.O.V.
They were all at the cockpit together, Eggman had finished setting up communications and was ready to begin the attack.
"All right you two, particularly you, Rouge. Just let me do all the talking, this is going to be fairly short, I don't want to give them too much time to prepare." Eggman stated.
"Cross my heart, Doctor" Rouge unconvincingly replied.
Shadow just rolled his eyes. He knew the doctor enjoyed theatrics, and wasn't planning to join in the conversation anyways. He could really care less what happened to Sonic and his friends, as long as it didn't affect him.
Eggman wasn't pleased with Rouge's response, but he let it slide. It didn't matter, as long as he finally beat Sonic the Hedgehog.
He pressed the key to begin the communications, if he'd set this up correctly, (which he was sure he did,) this should make every screen aboard their 'Blue Typhoon' a broadcasting system for him to announce their doom. The camera started rolling with a satisfying beep.
Aboard the Blue Typhoon, every screen suddenly showed the team's nemesis' excited face.
"Well, hello Hedgehog, and company," Eggman added the latter as a side thought, but he was mostly focused on Sonic. He had set up his own screens to show the hedgehog and his friends wherever they happened to be on the ship. He'd even had the time to allow them to respond to his communications by taking over their own security cameras, sound and video. As he thought this his grin widened, and he watched the reaction of the animals to his sudden appearance.
"As you can see, I have located your elusive group. It was no simple task either," he lied, "but, nonetheless, you are now in my grasp."
"Oh yeah Eggman? What makes you think you can win? We aren't exactly helpless!" Sonic yelled back defiantly.
Eggman grimaced for a second before recomposing himself. That confident hedgehog always managed to get on his nerves.
"Well, hedgehog, this time, I believe that I have the upper hand." He replied smugly.
"Oh yeah? You and what army?" The blue hedgehog responded equally as smugly.
"Well, I am actually glad that you asked, Sonic. This army." He shut off the recording for a minute and set the screens to show his icon.
He connected with Yellow Zelkova on his handheld communicator. "Hello, commander? Yes, I would like you to request that the ships come out of camouflage now. Yes, I do know what I'm doing. Very good. Thank you for your cooperation, fare well."
He restarted the recording, "Sonic the Hedgehog, behold your doom."
"I'm waiting, Eggman!" Sonic shouted back.
He saw the hedgehog on his screen waiting impatiently, tapping his foot. Then Eggman witnessed shock crossed the blue hedgehog's features as the fleets of Metarex ships appeared from seemingly nowhere surrounding the Blue Typhoon.
"Now Sonic, do you see how completely pointless opposing the Metarex and myself is? You cannot win this one. Surrender now, and perhaps we will allow you and your friends to live, as our captives of course."
He saw the hedgehog look uncertain for a moment, then he seemed find his resolve.
"I will never surrender to you, Egg-butt!" Sonic yelled defiantly, using his favorite insult for the doctor.
His friends piped in as well, yelling their resolve to never give up at the doctor.
Eggman was amused. "I was hoping you would say that. Now this is going to be so much more fun! Watch out, because I'm not going to go easy on you! Now, Crimson Egg! Fire all weapons!"
The screens shut down as the spaceship diverted all power to the laser cannons, missiles, and various other weapons the doctor had designed. But Tails had been preparing during their conversation, and the attack was met with an equal counter-attack and none of the projectiles hit their mark. However, the animals weren't out in the clear just yet, as Eggman's first shot was a signal for all the other ships to start firing and begin sending out their troops. Millions of shots fired at the spaceship all at once. Hundreds of thousands of Metarex troops flew towards the ship in waves. Eggman almost felt bad for Sonic and his friends, then he remembered Sonic's smug smile before the screens went out. The pity evaporated instantly. The hedgehog had this coming.
The ship did fairly well at first, the shields held the Metarex at bay for a while, but then they faltered, their weapons systems shot down many an android, but for every one they took out, three more replaced it. The troops broke through the shields, it was at this point that Eggman began seeing the blue menace rocketing around the ship bashing as many as possible before deciding it was more crucial for him to defend the control center of the ship. He was keeping them at bay by the glass cockpit when knuckles ran out to help. Together, they started to push back at the oncoming wave of Metarex.
Eggman continued to fire at the ship, and used his cameras to keep a close eye on the action around Sonic.
A few minutes later, a disheveled, and sleepy looking Amy ran out with her enormous hammer and began attacking the Metarex with Sonic and Knuckles. The three of them were making real progress on the advancing waves of androids.
Then, only a minute or two later, the Seedrian, Cosmo, ran out carrying the seven chaos emeralds. As she neared Sonic, they started to glow in her arms.
Eggman saw her shout something, and throw the glowing gems at his nemesis. During the few milliseconds as they flew through the air, and started to surround the hedgehog, Sonic forgot to pay attention to the Metarex around him. Knuckles and Amy also looked over at their friend and leader.
One single Metarex made its way through their defense and found its mark.
That's it for chapter two! Hope you enjoyed it! Expect chapter three soon! Comment, rate, favorite? At the very least, please tell me how I'm doing. I'm pretty proud of this one, let me know if I should be! If you like it, let your friends know! Lol, I sound like a commercial. Lol, l8r. *text talk*
Sorry about the P.O.V. changes that weren't clear before, the website deletes my page breaks, so all the underscores I had dissapeared. Thats why I'm using the squiggly now!