Chapter 2: My Name is Vector
The city was in shambles, being completely destroyed and showing no signs of anyone else living or being here anymore. Vector could easily see a large trail of smoke in the air coming from a specific direction, unaware that it's coming from Kyousuke's ship.
"I wonder where all that smoke's comin from." Vector tells himself, carrying Kyousuke, who's still passed out as he heads for the large smoke trail that can be seen in the sky. He takes the quickest route to the ship, going through multiple alleyways before getting a glimpse of the destruction that the ship had created when it crashed into the city.
"What a wreck." Vector says, eventually making it down an alleyway that leads to the ship. He's surprised to see the ship completely wrecked, due to the explosion. "The kid must've got here using this." Vector says, as he comes up to the ship and gently sets Kyousuke down on some rubble before exploring the ship. The ship's door is wrecked with no possible entry, so Vector rips the door off with ease and throws it across the road behind him, beginning to explore the wreck. He sees something glowing under the seat, and reaches towards it, grabbing and pulling out a brightly glowing, cyan colored gem that radiates within his hands.
"Hey! It's one of those Chaos Emeralds!" Vector notes, holding on to it as he also notices a brown journal sticking out of a cabinet door in the ship. He tries to pull the journal out, only to slightly rip its cover accidentally due to the book being stuck in between the door. Vector pries the door open with ease and pushes it away, and gets ahold of the journal in the cabinet.
He randomly opens the book to somewhere in the middle and reads some of it out loud, saying, "Today, my planet is being populated with zombie like creatures that are infecting my population. It's only time before we're to all face the doom that once haunted us in the beginning." Vector closes the book and picks up the still unconscious Kyousuke, holding on to the journal and emerald in the process. "Man it's gonna be a real adventure for me." Vector says, carrying Kyousuke as he plans on exiting the city.
He makes it to the exit of the city that heads into a dense forest, but is ambushed by a couple of silver robots. "Eggman's probably behind this." Vector says, setting Kyousuke on the ground before preparing to battle the bots. They fire a laser blast at him, but Vector easily dodges it, upper-cutting one of the robots into the air as it explodes when hitting the ground. "C'mon, is that all you got." Vector says, mocking the other robot that fires yet another simple laser blast. Vector easily dodges it and blasts a punch right into the robot, breaking it apart as the pieces of the robot fly everywhere and explode. Vector then brushes his hands off as he then picks Kyousuke back up and continues heading into the dense forest.
"Yep, this is gonna be fun." Vector says, as he then stares into the sky to see the sky turning from a blazing red into a dark blue. Vector travels to an area in the forest free of trees, deciding to camp out here for the rest of the night. He sets Kyousuke down on the ground gently, as he goes into the forest to look for some firewood. "There's gotta be something around here." Vector says to himself, as he approaches a dead tree, stuck in the forest. "Ah! This will work." He says while grabbing a rather large amount of firewood and carrying it all the way back to Kyousuke with ease. He sets it down on the ground in the center of the area, and arranges the sticks to start a well-lit fire.
"Looks like I'll have to light it myself." Vector says, preparing to light the fire by breathing in a large amount of air. He then breathes out a massive stream of fire, lighting the fire easily and instantly heating up the area around him. He stops breathing the flames and sits down, about to play his music until remembering the journal that he found in Kyousuke's ship. He goes over to Kyousuke and quietly pulls out the journal from under him, also taking the Chaos Emerald and setting it by his side while examining the cover of the journal in the ship. He opens the book to the first page, and reads the text on the page out loud.
"My name is Alisa Irene, and you are reading the first page of my diary. If you're not Kyousuke Watanabe, please read only the back page of the diary." Vector reads out loud.
"Something tells me that Theotrin guy is some real trouble." Vector says, as he turns to the back page of the book and continues reading.
"Please be warned about Theotrin and warn others about him as soon as you hear this name. His power and genocidal personality will kill all inhabitants of any planet without hesitation." Vector reads, as a piece of paper from the journal falls out of the book.
"We've got a big problem now." Vector says to himself, as he then notices the paper. "What this?" Vector says, grabbing the paper and reading it out loud once again.
"The research data that I have collected proves to be sufficient, showing that elementals do ha…" Vector says before hearing something.
"Huh?" He says, looking at Kyousuke who's moving around finally. Vector immediately stashes the paper into the journal and hides it next to him with the Chaos Emerald, as Kyousuke picks himself up from the ground. He sits upright as he holds his head in pain, trying to stretch out the rest of his body in the process.
"What the hell happened?" Kyousuke says; as Vector goes on to explain it to him.
"We were all gonna be used by Eggman in his Egg Grapes, until some large blue bolt of electricity came out of nowhere and set me and you free." Vector tells Kyousuke, who still for some reason is holding his head in aching pain.
"What happened to everyone else?" Kyousuke asks Vector, unaware that he is the one with him.
"Eggman teleported everyone somewhere else and you tried to save my pal Mighty before he got sucked in, but ya couldn't and you passed out after resisting the portal yourself!" Vector tells Kyousuke, who finally is relieved of the pain. He looks up and sees Vector, remembering him from both his dream and the incident. Kyousuke is surprised by this, but doesn't show it like he did last time.
"So, what is this place?" Kyousuke asks Vector, as Vector blows onto the flames in the fire to keep it going.
"They call this planet Mobius." Vector tells him.
"And you are?" Kyousuke asks, stretching his neck out in the process.
"The name's Vector and I'm the leader of the Chaotix." He tells Kyousuke, who seems more interested in this.
"And the Chaotix is?" He asks again, as Vector exhales before going into a long speech.
"We'd help out a friend of ours named Knuckles when things went bad, but since Dr. Eggman attacked us, everyone is trapped except me and you." Vector tells Kyousuke, as he felt upset for not being able to save everyone from the trap that Eggman and Theotrin had set up. Kyousuke felt like teaming up with Vector was the best choice he currently had, so he decided to.
"Do you care if I join you?" Kyousuke asks Vector kindly, as Vector is surprised.
"You wanna join me?" Vector asks surprised, as Kyousuke pulls his hand down the back of his bright blonde hair.
"Of course, I mean, you helped me out by getting me here while I passed out, the least I could do is join you and help you out." Kyousuke explains, hoping for Vector to agree. "I really want payback at Theotrin for what he did to me." Kyousuke says, wanting to stop him and get revenge on him more than anything. Vector took a bit to think about it, but eventually agreed.
"Alright then, you're in! Welcome to the Chaotix!" Vector says cheerfully, giving Kyousuke a thumbs up. Kyousuke smiled in response.
"Thank you." Kyousuke says delighted, with Vector looking at him happily. "Ok then, since you're the leader, when do we head out next?" Kyousuke asks Vector, as he tells him that sunrise is the best option. "Ok then, you should rest up for tomorrow then. I'll watch the fire until it goes out." Kyousuke tells Vector.
"Are you sure about that?" Vector asks Kyousuke, who puts his hands towards the fire.
"With you fighting alone while I was doing nothing? You need to restore your energy more than I do." Kyousuke tells Vector, as he then gets up, trying to hide the journal from Kyousuke, so he doesn't notice.
"It was a piece of cake but alright then, just be prepared for tomorrow, you got that?" Vector tells Kyousuke, as he assures Vector that he will. Vector walks over to the closest tree and sits down. He puts the journal and Chaos Emerald behind him, as he rests his head against the tree with his hands as support and falls asleep. Kyousuke stares at Vector for a little bit, wondering how it all came to this in the first place. "I didn't like Theotrin doing that to me, but meeting Vector wasn't so bad either." Kyousuke tells himself, as he falls asleep right after, the fire goes out, and the night passes by for a new adventure to come forth.