It has been a day since the meeting with Nepgeo.
Nepgear and I have spent that day in my dimension with Jonny and Matt, playing games and whatnot.
And Matt was not really surprised by our hair-colors contrasting Jonny's reaction.
Speaking of Matt, he's having boring-styled, brunette hair, a green hoodie and black jeans. He's also barely shorter than me.
*Evening of that day*
"So how'd you two get together? It's obviously not a joke." Matt suddenly speaks up during a match in some fighting game.
Surprised by the sudden question, I think about just that...
"I have no idea. It... just happened, I guess."
"Actually, I don't really know either..."
These are our responses. We have no clue.
"I guess I shouldn't ask. It's your privacy... But have I ever cared about other's privacy?"
The correct answer is 'no', but nobody bothers to say it out loud as it is dead obvious.
Like, literally: Obvious to even the dead.
Thus silence covers the room once again.
That is, until Nepgear's N-Gear suddenly rings: A call (duh).
"Hello?" She picks up the call. "Uhu... I'll put you on the speakers." And so she does.
"This is Linda. Super great news: Geo can't find anything to extract from the Gehaburn!"
How is that– Wait... But... HOW?!
Meanwhile Jonny and Matt just stare at the device like it was made by aliens... actually... by definition, it is.
"So you're telling us that my sister... didn't die?" Nepgear replied after a few seconds of silence.
"Probably. The sword was definitely in range... Though, we'd now have a murder case." Linda explains.
So somebody killed an alternate dimension Neptune and swapped the dead body with our living Neptune... I think.
"Yeah, f*cked up sh*t, I'd say. I mean, I am not exactly the nicest person to be around, but this... is just wrong..." Another voice, probably Nepgeo, calls out from the background.
"Will you call Histoire and tell her?" Nepgear asks.
"I can do that. Still, it's just a possibility..."
If that is true though... I wonder what Neptune is doing then...
*Neptune's PoV*
Uhg... Where am I? My head feels like I've been clobbered too much by a bunch of trolls.
My vision returns... slowly...
Metal bars.
Instantly snapping back to reality, I look around to see that I'm trapped.
"Oh man, this sucks. Three years weren't enough as it seems." I mutter.
"Ohohoho! Looks like somebody finally decided to wake up!"
Some fat dude with tight black pants, a red shirt, weird goggles and an XXL-mustache (which was the only hair on his head) walks into my field of view.
"Whoa there, Fatty-Mac-Mustache..." "That is not my name!" "...whatcha planing to do, 'cause I don't get it." The main-character may not be interrupted, buddy. It's impossible.
"You wanna hear my evil master plan? Good, I'll tell you!" The evil-dude begins explaining. "But first: My name is–"
"Boring, get to the point!"
"Uh... you have a lot of power and I want to abuse that." He sighs and covers his face with one of his gloved hands.
"Uhm, how about... no."
"Do you really think there is a 'no'?" He questions.
"Well, yes. I could just escape, you know?"
"You are a bothersome one. How'd you want to escape anyways? I'd like to see you try!"
"Oh well... how about... ~Victory Slash~!"
I summon my katana saying that and immediately slice at the cage in a V-shape.
Unsurprisingly the metal breaks off allowing me to easily jump out.
I pose, pointing my blade towards Fatty and exclaim. "Is that all you've got? That tiny cage can't contain all of my awesomeness!"
Instead of answering, he swiftly produces a device and presses a button.
"Attack, minions!"
A swarm of robot quickly runs past him toward me, preparing an attack.
"Out-numbering me won't help you! ~32-bit Mega Blade~!"
The impact of the sword-shaped data deletes all the enemies he sent.
"And this isn't even my final... form..."
My enthusiasm fades as I realize that he is long gone and therefore doesn't listen to me. What a douche.
(I gotta bring that line again later.)
"OH NONONONONONONONONO!" And there he comes again.
I stop him in his ways without hesitation by pointing the katana at him as I realize what he has been running from.
Some yellow and glowing thing (for a lack of better words) dashed around the corner.
"Huh? Somebody seems to have beaten me in terms of speed..." The being lowered to the ground to stand on his feet and red-and-white shoes.
It's eyeing me with a confused look. "A... little girl? Whoa, Eggman. That's a new low. Even for your standards."
"By the way, I am special 'cause I am a goddess!" I point out.
"I'm only believing that once I see it."
"Yeah, not right now though, I am kind of tired."
"I see... why are you here anyways?"
"That Eggman-dude captured me, wanted to abuse my power."
Speaking of whom... he's gone.
"Well, snaps. We got distracted." I realize.
The creature however simply shrugs before glowing brightly.
When the light disappears it is no longer yellow but blue.
Some colorful crystals drop to the ground. While picking them up, he explains:
"He always does. Some way or another. Also, I am Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog."
"I am Neptune... the CPU... I guess." I reach out to shake his hand once he is done.
"Where are we anyways?" I further question.
"Space Colony Ark."
"Wait? Space?! And how do we get down?"
"Uh... We jump."
"...I figured. Not the first time I did extreme-free-falling."
While free-falling at terminal velocity, I and Sonic exchanged some information:
I told him about me, my friends, the whole CPU-and-goddess-thing, my world, et cetera.
He, on the other hand, told me about this world:
It's called Mobius and is not only inhibited by humans but also humanoid, intelligent animals like himself.
Fortunately, he said he knew somebody who could help me (if what I said was true). Maybe.
Then... the landing.
Sonic lands elegantly on his feet while I... faceplant. Once again.
"You should have at least tried to land on your feet, girl. I don't think your spine will enjoy that repeatedly."
Pulling myself out from the ground I retort: "Hedgie, this ain't the first time I fell from those heights. And I'm fine."
"Yeah, I know. You've told me about that." He boredly says while turning around.
"Come on, we gotta get goin' if we wanna get to base before nightfall."
He picks me up bridal style and dashes off.
"...This is weird, buster..."
"Get over it!"
No point in cutting this section as it takes like five minutes running from those desolate wastelands to the closest town.
"You're sure fast. But I don't think I need to tell you that." I point out.
"I get that a lot, really."
He stops in front of some mediocre shack.
"Hey, Tails. I'm back. Guess what? Eggman escaped. Again. And a girl helped me out." Sonic shouts into said construct.
"That's... good to hear..." Out came a orange-ish... fox (?) with two tails. Probably Tails. 'Creative' name. "Is that said girl?"
"Neptune is the name, and... I've got stuff to explain or something."
"...and quiet a lot at that." Sonic adds.
"Let me check if I got this right: You say that you're a goddess from another dimension, that Eggman wanted to abuse that power of yours and therefore kidnapped you somehow. Yet you don't remember how he did and you don't remember anything post fighting a huge dragon." Tails recounts my explanation.
"Yup, you've got it, buddy."
"And why do you think we'd believe that?" He questions.
"...because it's the truth."
"Then I'd like to see some proof."
"Oh, you can have that..." And like the many times before a bright light engulfs me...
"And this isn't even my final form!" I, Purple Heart, proclaim.
"Uh... Yeah, I believe you now..." The fox says.
"Ditto..." The hedgehog agrees.
"I usually don't transform if it's not absolutely necessary. But I couldn't think of any other way to prove my point."
"She's like another person, right, Sonic?" Tails asks his blue friend.
"Absolutely, buddy." He replies.
"In this form, my power is amplified. I am also more serious and focused. I guess we'll need to track down Eggman to find a way back for me, right?"
"Sounds like a plan. Tails, any objections?"
"Nope. Let's track him down!"
A/N
First off: I am still missing any kind of feedback or criticism.
Please, just anything. I want to improve...
I'd also like to know who saw Neptune's return coming. Or Sonic.
Then again... She's the 'main-character'. She's not gonna die that easily.
BTW, I only own my OCs; everything else belongs to their respective owners.
...If that wasn't obvious as is...