Chapter 3 FREEEEEDOM! Part 1
"YA CAN'T STAY UP THERE FOREVER TAILS!", Sonic screamed at the sky, where tails refused to leave.
"I can try!", Tails retorted.
"Just forgive him, Sonic. It's not like he gave Eggman the Chaos Emeralds.", said Knuckles. Everyone had gone off in groups, and the 'Mobius Group' had gone after Sonic, who had gone after Tails, who had gone to the roof and jumped into the sky. "Besides, Amy swore us all into secrecy, and your not chasing any of us." Just then, Knuckles knew he had done something stupid.
"Hey, your RIGHT!", he said. Next moment, Knuckles jumped onto the ground and burrowed under the dirt, like all echidnas do when they're scared. *The more ya know* Yet Blaze just stood still. "You think you're that tough, don't you, Blaze?"
"Hello Sonic", said Blaze. This response didn't make sense, did it? Sonic scrached his head, wondering what the hell she meant. Then it hit him. He had yet to actually greet any of his friends...and Tails. "Get it now?", she asked.
"Sorry, guess I did get a bit carried away." He turned to the sky and yelled "Hey Tails, I'm so-", then realised that Tails had flown away. He turned back to Blaze.
"Ha ha, very clever. Well distract THIS!" He lunged at Blaze, who simply side stepped, and Sonic landed face first into an AC unit with a very loud THUNK.
"Catch me if ya can, retard", she said. Before Sonic could turn around, Blaze was gone.
"YOU ALL SUCK!"
"Twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, yep it's all here! 27,000 credits!", exclaimed Bio Spark. "Add our default 15 grant, and BINGO! 42 thousand!"
"So, which dorms do you think we should rent?", asked Dedede.
"Riiiiiiight...like we're gonna throw away 12 K! I've got a better idea!", Knuckle Joe declared. " I've got this block copier thing from Simirror. With it, we could take a single block and turn it into a castle. All we need is a durable block."
The group was sitting in the large yew tree the gang had helped transplant last year to the centre of the Institute's "Peace Garden", and were trying to stay away from all the other Smashers, who no doubt wanted their money back. The tree was unusually huge, two hundred feet, and provided a good hiding spot for those who could get up it. Then again, it wasn't too hard, yews being evergreens, but that also made them good hiding spots.
"Maybe we could get a Steel Block delivered from home.", suggested MK. "Wouldn't be that hard for Tac, considering he hid in the school ducts last year. Man, Headmaster Hand was pissed when Ness found him."
"Ya, I never understood why Ness was in there. And with Yoshi, of all people.", said Dedede.
"We're getting off topic.", Bio told them. "Tac can do it that's for sure. After all, he's a master thief."
"Yes, but how do we contact him?", Knuckle Joe pondered. "He won't even tell us his phone number, let alone his address."
"Relax. I told you I had a plan, didn't I?", and with that Bio Spark snapped his fingers, and Tac came out of nowhere.
They just stared for a while. "Nothing, really? Not even a gasp?", asked the feline robber. "Geez, have I lost my edge, or something?"
"Nah. We've just gotten used to you stalking us.", said Meta Knight. "You've just gotta go scare someone else for a while, we'll let are guard down soon enough."
"It worked before, that's for sure. Hell, I just don't get why you don't mix it up.", Knuckle Joe said. Then he got an idea. "Hey, you like Cheep Cheep sushi, right?", Before Tac could answer, Knuckle Joe continued. "It's not available in Dream Land, so how about you go scare Wario and Samus for a few weeks, and I'll get you some every day. Oh, and Luigi too."
"Why them?" Tac asked.
"Because they're on my list, except Luigi, and if only people on my list get scared, all fingers are on me, and of course that's no good."
"Sure. Any suggestions?"
"How bout ghosts? It's classic, it's easy, and Luigi's already scared of 'em."
"We're getting off topic again.", Bio reminded them.
"Right, right, sorry.", Tac said while searching through his bottomless loot sack. "Aha! Here it is!", he exclaimed, and pulled out a solid metal cube.
"Good old steel number seven, light, durable, and best of all, rustless.", said Bio Spark, taking the silver block out of Tac's hand.
"With that, we could make an indestructible palace!", Knuckle Joe stated. "Hell, we could make an EMPIRE!"
"Not that simple, Joe.", said Dedede. "This isn't Dreamland. You gotta buy the land, first. We need to find a cheep piece of forest or plain, or something that people don't care jack all about. THEN WE BUILD AN EMPIRE!." Just then, Knuckle Joe punched Dedede straight off the branch he was sitting on, and he tumbled all the way down, hitting every branch on the way.
"POYO!", Kirby cried worriedly.
"That's Knuckle Joe!"
Meanwhile, in the cafeteria...
"Again!", Peach and Zelda demanded.
"We apologize, your Highnesses, for breaking our vows.", Mario and Link said.
"Again!", they yelled.
"We apologize, your Highnesses, for breaking our vows."
"Again!"
Just then, Sylux walked in, followed by Samus, who obviously was keeping her eye on her new intergalactic co-worker. Sylux walked over to Bowser and Gannondorf, who were sitting near the 'broken record' people. "What's going on?", asked the blue man.
"Again!"
"We apo..."
"They have to apologize for betting on the dames when they promised not to.", said Bowser. "We've been listening to this for an hour and it's still funny."
"We apologize, your highness..."
"Well, we can't beat them, but their girlfriends sure can. If they keep going like this, they're gonna lose their voices!", chuckled Gannon.
"Hey, Bowser, where's your son?", inquired Samus.
"Dunno. He said something about Crazy Hand.", replied the Koopa King.
"Don't you care about your own offspring?", asked Sylux, in a strange tone.
"He's fifteen. What's he gonna do, take out the-"
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM.
"That sounded like it came from the teacher's lounge, didn't it?", said Samus, smirking under her helm.
"...JUNIOR!", screamed the draco-turtle, who dashed for the door.
The room was silent for a while. Then all of a sudden...
"Again!"
"We apo..."
Gannon burst out in laughter.
The Ice Climbers, Mr. Game & Watch, Ness, Lucas, Snake, Yoshi, and Pit were all at the dorms, deciding on which one to pick out. R.O.B. and all the Pokemon, save for Red's, were already moved in. The Pokemon had got there first, getting the largest room in the process. R.O.B. rented a janitor's closet, and Pit was asking if he could bunk with Popo and Nana.
"Why not?", they said. After all, it's not like he's a worrier, like Snake.
"Beep Beep(I can't believe Kirby and them aren't here renting out the building!)", said a certain 2-d figure.
"Now we HAVE to get jobs, ASAP.", complained Snake. "Stupid bet!"
"Well, it was bound to happen eventually. 1000 Credits can't pay for a years worth of food, after all.", said Yoshi.
"Yeah, but now we can't eat until we get jobs. At least with 1000 credits could pay for food while you LOOKED for one.", Ness said.
"True.", Yoshi replied. "Still, if we didn't have to pay all year's rents right off the bat, things would be a lot smoother."
"And of course, Kirby's just gonna use his Final Smash to feed all the Popstar asses while we starve to death.", Snake added.
"Serves ya right!", said Nana, who was secretly forming a plan to torture her brother for being a jerk.
All of the rooms were different, suprisingly. You could customize if you could afford it, which, of course, barely anyone could. Nana would be the only one who wouldn't be running around Smash City looking for employment. Good grief...
"Pika! Pika Pi!", screamed everyone's favorite mouse. Pikachu was dancing on bubble wrap, and loving it. Jigglypuff and, suprisingly, Gallade soon joined in. Lucario couldn't be bothered: he was stealing Pikachu's ketchup.
"Put it back.", said Bisharp.
Lucario stared him in the eye. "MAKE ME."
"Why do you hate me so much? I've never done anything to you".
"You just don't seem like the kind of guy I'd want to be friends with.", stated Lucario with an icy sting in his voice.
"Ah...'friends' huh? This is adorable, Lucy. Your jealous of Gallade and I."
"WHAT?!", everyone in the hall screamed. Gallade, Pikachu, and Jigglypuff all stopped and stared. Everyone else came in.
"Wha...? T-that's not true!", screamed the jackal.
"...tch!", said Bisharp, who walked out the door. Gallade watched him leave, glanced at Lucario, then followed Bisharp out. Lucario felt ready to burst.
"I think we should leave.", said Snake. Everyone who wasn't a Pokemon dashed through the door.
"Pika...", said the mouse. Lucario turned and looked him in the face.
"No, I'm...I'm fine, really. I just...I just need to meditate for a while..." Then, Lucario sat on his bed, crossed his legs, closed his eyes, and began levitating.
The Library...
"Hey, Krys, have you seen Tails?", asked a certain grudge holder.
"No Sonic.", she said while reading.
"What about Blaze or Knuckles?", he asked.
"Nope".
"What about you three?", he asked the other Lylat pilots.
"No", they said in unison.
"Alright. Thanks anyways." And with that, POW, he was gone.
"Come on out Tails", Falco said without looking away from his book on space freighters.
All of the sudden, a massive dictionary on top of the table they were all sitting at flipped open. The pages had been cut away in the centre, leaving a large, circular hole. And guess who was curled up in that hole?
"Thanks for the help, guys.", Tails said while stretching his back.
"No problem. After all, us pilots have to stick together.", Krystal said. Tails nodded in agreement.
"Geez, what'll he do to us if he sees us helping you?", asked Wolf, reading a book on insects. Falco couldn't help it. He giggled at the section Wolf was reading. "What? I can't read about fleas?" Krystal, Fox, and Tails jumped as far away as they could from Wolf.
"Relax, guys,", Falco started, "he's reading how to prevent them!"
"How about taking a shower?! The books on this shelf are starting to rot from that putrid odour!", yelled Roy, who was sitting at another table with Ike and Marth.
"Calm down, Roy.", said Marth. "He bathes regularly, just not in the Summer."
"That's what he smells like after a measly two months?! Smells like he hasn't showered since he was born!", Roy screamed.
"Actually, it's only been one week.", said Wolf.
"Ugh! You're a wolf! You don't even have sweat glands! I mean really-"
Then, in the blink of an eye, Wolf jumped from his seat, grabbed Roy's head, and rubbed his armpit with his face. "Ah...that's the spot.", he said in a joking
way.
"Mmmph!" Roy tried to scream, but it was no use. Everyone just looked on, too shocked to even blink. Finally, Wolf let him go. "OH MY *censured* GOD! WHAT THE HELL YOU RAT BASTARD! I-I CAN'T SEE! OH GOD!" Roy started running around like a headless chicken, clawing at his face, when he ran strait into a chair. He went flying, flipping over, and smacked into a bookshelf upside-down. He opened his eyes just in time to face-five the floor as the bookshelf fell over.
Everyone just sat there, open-mouthed, then burst out laughing. They laughed for about five minutes non stop, then stopped to catch their breath. Falco spoke first.
"Okay, okay. It's not that funny. He could be seriously hurt."
They all became totally silent. Then Krystal began to giggle, then Marth started to chuckle, and then they were all on the floor laughing their brains out.
Everyone was to occupied laughing to notice the strange metal eyeball in the vent above them. With a glowing red pupil, it asked in a hushed, robotic voice, "Doctor, are you getting this?"
"Yes. And might I say, they're a very odd bunch. However, their fun times will end soon, very soon. Back to base."
"Yes Doctor Robotnik."
END
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