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Chapter 9. Cities and Wastelands
Haven City was never an easy place to live, It had gone through a number of invasions, and takeovers, that your wondering why people are still living there.
Let me give you a short history of the troubles of haven city.
First they went though a brutal dictatorship, an invasion of creatures called metalheads.
After the dictatorship ended, and the metalheads were gone. You think there would be peace, but nope Erol's robots invaded, and the metalheads returned, and then another faction invaded known as the dark makers,whom Erol worked with for while.
After that defeat, it seamed that haven city would have peace for the first time in years.
However that peace was about to end.
Outside of Haven City's forest a vortex opened, and a small ship came out.
No those aren't the heroes, remember last chapter they teleported with the MTM.
This was the villains ship, however they decided to go smaller, but they still had a few rooms.
Let's zoom inside the ship, and see what they are up to shall we.
Now we see the villains around a table looking over a map of the current locations of the emeralds.
"What is the current status of the heroes?" Earl asked
"Their still teleporting" Erol said.
"How can you know that their still teleporting?" Nefarious asked.
"I have a detector that detects people that are traveling at high speeds though space." Erol explained. "Help's know if their still going."
"Excellent" Eggman said "I'm currently sending out the bots to ambush our heroes at the locations"
"What do we do now?" Nefarious asked.
"We wait." Eggman replied with a evil smile on his face. "Once the heroes are wiped out we shall take the emeralds."
And with that all 4 of them burst out into evil laughing.
Inside the Haven City firing range a field of electricity began to take form, and after crackling for a few seconds our heroes appeared.
A few were disoriented by the teleporting, even Daxter fainted after a few seconds.
But eventually most of them recovered. Well except Daxter who was still knocked out.
"Don't worry" Calvin said "Disorientation is usually an effect that first time, but sometimes there are other effects such as vomiting, confusion, and Impersonating a robot."
"Well its a good thing most of us didn't suffer those effects" Ratchet said.
"Well except Daxter who has fainted." Jax said looking at Daxter.
"Never mind that" Sonic said. "what is the location of the chaos emeralds here?"
Calvin got out the MTM and opened the map. Suddenly he raised an eyebrow.
"What is it?" Tails asked.
"Well it looks like the emeralds are in two separate locations." Calvin said looking at the map. "One is somewhere here, and another is at a desert"
Jak looked at the area with the desert. "That must be the wasteland" He said. "From what I heard sandstorms there could bury things, If were going to get that emerald, we need to get that now."
"However keep in mind Jak we don't know our way around this planet" Clank pointed out. "Were going to have to split up, You go with one group, and Daxter goes to another group."
"I'm going to have to agree with Clank Jak." Ratchet said "Were going to have to go in groups of two to find those emeralds faster"
Jak thought about it for a moment. Then he said "Your probably right Ratchet, but lets just wait until Daxter wakes up."
Just as soon as he said that Daxter snapped awake.
"Alright i'm awake what is it?" He asked. Then he noticed the map out then he said "Did I miss somehting?"
Everyone rolled their eyes.
After a recap with Daxter they began setting up the groups.
In one group that was going to the wasteland were Jak, Clank, Tails. The other was Daxter, Sonic, Ratchet, and Hobbes.
In the end there was Calvin and Amy left.
"Calvin your going with..." Sonic began
"I'M NOT GOING WITH THIS GIRL" Calvin yelled pointing at Amy. "YOU CAN'T MAKE ME!"
"You didn't even let him finish." Amy said. "At least let him say what hes going to do."
"WELL IF I'M GOING WITH YOU I MIGHT AS WELL QUIT THIS ADVENTUE" Calvin yelled back. "AND NO ONE ASKED FOR YOUR OPIONION."
"Oh no not this again." Hobbes muttered over the arguing. "Normally I would go tease Calvin, but this is downright stupid."
"YOUR ASKING FOR ANOTHER WATER BALLON" Calvin yelled aiming a Water Balloon at Amy.
"WELL YOUR ASKING FOR A HAMMER SMASH" Amy yelled back.
"Ok I've had enough of this." Jak said, and he got out his blaster and fired into the air.
Everyone was shocked at the sudden noise, but it was enough for Calvin and Amy to start fighting.
Jak calmly put the weapon away and said to Calvin and Amy. "You do realize the more you two fight the closer Eggman gets to getting all the chaos emeralds"
Calvin and Amy looked at each other, and then at the two groups, still holding whatever they were about to attack each other with.
"He has a point" Amy said.
"Very well." Calvin said. "But next time I wont hesitate to throw a water balloon at you."
And Calvin walked off to Jak's group, and Amy walked off to Daxters group.
"Normally I would say I'm glad to be with you but with this situation, I'm just glad to be away from that jerk" Amy whispered to Sonic.
After the groups got settled in, they left the firing range.
"Oh and I need to give you one more thing." Calvin said before going to their locations.
"What is it?" Sonic asked.
Calvin then threw something that looked like a baseball To Sonic. "These are emerald trackers" he explained. "They track the nearest location of the emeralds."
"Thanks Calvin" Soinc said. "We could use some tracking."
"Aslso take this" Calvin said giving sonic another item. "When you find the chaos emerald use this, it is linked to the MTM."
and the wasteland group, entered the ship, and went to find the emerald there.
After the ship took off, Sonic managed to activate the emerald tracker, it was pointing right. So the group followed the path to the emerald.
The Desert.
There is still a lot of sand.
And there is also the only settlement of The wasteland, Spargus.
And nearby The Haven City ship, landed near the Settlement.
And out came the wasteland group.
"Hold on a second." Jak said after they got out. "Need to go in Spargus to get a vehicle for us."
Then he went inside the city Leaving Calvin, Clank, and Tails alone in the desert.
"You do realize you didn't have to be mean to Amy Calvin." Tails said to Calvin. "You could have done better without that fight"
"So what shes a girl, and I don't really like her." Calvin replied back.
"True, but keep in mind were on a adventure here and if there is any more arguing this group could come apart." Tails pointed out to Calvin.
"That's true but I just cant stand her." Calvin replied back.
Just then Jak drove out in a vehicle that looked like it could hold all 4 of them.
Jak then looked at them "Well are we going to find the emerald or what?" He asked them.
Then they got in, Calvin activated the tracker, which pointed to the east of the wasteland.
Then they drove to wherever the emerald was.
As Calvin watched the dunes of sands go by, he had a conversation with the MTM.
"You know I sort of wish I had this adventure much earlier" Calvin said "Because this would have been great for my desert diorama."
"That's true" The MTM replied. "It would have made a good idea, but i'm pretty sure that deserts from another planet doesn't count, remember what happened when you trusted aliens to do your leaf project."
"Ughhhhhh" Calvin groaned "Don't remind me of that time."
For the next few minutes, they drove in complete silence.
Then suddenly they got rammed from the side.
Jak looked and muttered "Bandits" And then he made a sharp turn, and fired the vehicles weapons.
The vehicle then exploded, presumably taking the bandit with it.
For a moment everyone looked at where the bandit was.
"That is good right" Calvin said nervously "There's only one bandit and we got it."
"No" Jak replied. "If there is one bandit there a group of them"
Tails looked back, and got worried. "Uh guys there are a bunch of Vehicles coming right at us."
Jak then looked at what tails saw, and then started the hit the accelerator.
"Hold on everyone." Jak said "Were going for a bit of a ride." Then they went went out of there with bandits in pursuit.
Now back to Haven City since we haven't seen the other group for a while.
Right now they were following the directions to the Chaos emerald's location/
"Where do you think this emerald is" Hobbes asked "This city is big you know."
"We'll find them" Sonic said. "I mean, it could be any ware"
Then the arrow turned and pointed, to a ramp where there was a metal door.
Apparently Daxter recognized this place. "OH NO NO NO NO NO NO" he said. "I am not going down there again."
"Why whats down there." Ratchet asked. "A monster?"
"No down there is the sewer" Daxter said, "just let me guard the entrance."
"Nice try Daxter" Sonic said. "But we need you to help us guide through this area."
As they walked to the door, it automatically opened with various gears and then opened revealing an elevator.
"Let's go team" Sonic said and ran to the elevator, and everyone followed suit.
Well everyone except Daxter who paused for a moment as if considering his options, and then...
He turned around and went the other way, but he didn't get far until Hobbes suddenly appeared and grabbed him.
"Normally I used to do this to Calvin" Hobbes explained. "But Nice try Daxter, we need you for this."
Daxter groaned, as Hobbes brought him to the elevator that went down to the sewer.
Once everyone was in, the door closed, and everyone descended to the dark and murky depths of the sewers.
"I can't believe I got myself into this." Daxter muttered as they descended in the elevator.
And after awhile the doors opened, revealing the tunnel to the sewer.
"Alright everyone." Daxter said "Lets descend into the sewers and find that emerald."
Now back to the Desert tv and the thrilling chase with Jak and his friends, with the bandits in hot pursuit.
"We aren't any closer to losing them Jak" Clank said looking the the advancing bandits.
"I know" Jak said. I'm trying to lose them while tracking the emerald"
Then Calvin got an idea. "Guys you may want to cover your ears." he said digging through his hypercube, until finally he got out a megaphone.
The MTM noticing it then told the group "I would DEFINATELY cover your ears if I were you" it said.
"Why are you saying that?" Tails asked.
"Trust me" Calvin said "You don't want to hear this."
Following on his advice everyone covered their ears, or in clanks case lowered hearing noise
Then he activated the Megaphone, and the sound of 100 Calvin's screaming at once came out.
It stunned the bandit long enough to lose control over its car, and it upturned on itself taking another with it.
However one bandit managed to get to the groups vehicle, and then he rammed it into it.
The impact caused the emerald tracker to dislodge and hang off the vehicle.
After Calvin took care of the Bandit with his transmogifyer gun, he looked and noticed the emerald tracker was hanging off the vehicle.
He got over there and tried to grab it, but it was too far away.
Suddenly Calvin got an idea. "MTM Can you hold me by the legs with your manipulator arms." he asked.
"Sure" The MTM said. "What exactly do you have in mind for that?"
"Im going to try to get the Emerald tracker with this" Calvin replied.
"Calvin that is a ether very dangerous move, or a very smart one depending on your point of view" The MTM replied as he brought his manipulator arms out and grabbed Calvin's legs.
"I'll take smart one." Calvin said "Just lower me."
"If you say so" The MTM said,
Then Calvin went over the Vehicle to grab the emerald tracker.
It didn't help that the vehicle was in motion, and the tracker was swaying, making it difficult to grab it, oh and The MTM was slowly losing grip of Calvin.
"Calvin hurry up and grab the tracker." Clank said looking at Calvin progress. "The MTM is losing grip of you."
"I know, I know" Calvin muttered. "I almost got it."
He then managed to grab the tracker, but by now the MTM lost grip of one of Calvin's legs, and now he was dangling by one leg.
"Ok I got it pull me up MTM" Calvin said holding the tracker.
"I will but pulling you up by one leg is not that easy" The MTM replied slowly pulling the other leg up.
But as Calvin was near cthe vehicle, the MTM's other manipulator arm lost grip, and let go of Calvin.
Calvin then grabbed the railing of the vehicle hanging on for dear life.
"Uh guys i'm in a bit of a situation here." Calvin said.
"I can see that" Clank said "Tails can you pull Calvin up."
"Ok" Tails said going to the area where calvin and dangling from. "Calvin take my hand"
Calvin then grabs Tails hand, and got pulled back to the vehicle.
"Whew thanks tails I thought I was a goner" Calvin said.
"No problem" Tails said.
Just after that the emerald tracker started beeping, Calvin checked it.
"Stop the Vehicle" Calvin said, "were near the area that the emerald is"
Jak stopped the vehicle.
"Why would this be the location of the emerald" He asked. "All there is a rock"
"Well according to the tracker it says it here" Calvin said.
"Well I hope the tracker didn't get damaged when it fell off the vehicle" Jak said.
They then walked off the vehicle to the rock, suddenly Calvin tripped over something, he looked at is and gasped.
It was a half burred eggman robot, deactivated, and damaged.
Jak looked at it. "The sandstorms must have damaged them, to the point where they deactivated them."
"Lets search the rock" Clank suggested "Maybe were missing something"
For the next few minutes they searched the rock hoping to find any secret entrance. Of course it wont be obvious to the entrance.
Just then the MTM beeped. "Hold up I just noticed something." It said.
"What is it MTM?" Calvin asked,
"Look at that small gray piece of stone." The MTM said.
Calvin looked at it. "What's so interesting about a gray piece of stone?" he asked.
"Well the rest of the rock is brown" The MTM explained "So why would this area be a different color?"
Calvin thought about it for a moment.
"You have a point MTM why would this gray piece of stone be here" he said. "Unless it was a secret entrance."
Then he went to touch the gray piece of stone.
"Calvin I wouldn't touch that" The MTM warned "We don't know what it could do, it could even be a trap."
But Calvin touched the piece of stone, and then it moved.
Suddenly the area near him shook, and a piece of stone next to him went down, revealing a passageway down.
The other members of the group went to where Calvin was standing wondering what happened, when they saw the entrance.
"Well good job finding that secret entrance Calvin" Tails said.
"Oh sure I did all the work and you get all the credit" The MTM said.
"Oh yeah good job too MTM." Jak said. "Now let's descend into the unknown depth's"
"Wait" Clank said. "We don't know whats down there it could be dangerous"
Everyone considered their options.
Jak then noticed something, a sandstorm was coming.
"If were going to survive I think our best option is to get inside" Jak said. "because theres a sandstorm coming and you saw what they did to those robots"
"Good point" Clank said
And with that everyone went down into the secret entrance.
Meanwhile a surveillance drone was watching them.
Let's zoom in on it's eye shall we.
And it turns out that the villains are watching them.
"Well that was certainly a disappointment" Earl muttered.
"Looks like your robots don't like sand storms" Nefarious said.
"Oh shut up" Eggman said "We still have our sewer ambush squad up"
"Well were going to the break room" Erol said "Let me know when the heroes are near the ambush squad."
All the villains followed suit except Eggman, who stayed.
"Why did I decide to join this team" Eggman muttered as he watched the heroes progress.
Authors note: And so our heroes descend into underground area's to find the emeralds.
Will they find them and will any of them survive, Probably.
Check back next week, and have a happy 4th of July.