Chapter 6 – Blaze's Hustle
Glaring at the weasel, Silver the Hedgehog stepped forward while Fang looked at him with disdain. "Nobody attempts to take away an innocent life in this world while I'm here!" he said bravely.
"And who might you be?" asked Fang. "How dare you disrupt my fun?"
"My name is Silver the Hedgehog," replied Silver. "And anyone who messes with my friends messes with me!"
Viper approached Silver. "It's good to see you again," he said. "But how did you manage to find us?"
"Well, after that freak accident with the portal, I've been trying to find you these last couple of days. It was then when I've been hearing the commotion here that I spotted you guys and realised that you were in trouble, so I came to help you out with this cretin."
"Cretin?!" hissed Fang. "You watch your mouth or I'll blast you!"
"I'd like to know who is this guy," said Silver.
"That's Fang," replied Viper. "We're trying to recover the Chaos Emeralds he stolen from Sonic, Blaze, Tails, and the rest of their pals."
Sonic slowly recovered and got up. "Silver, is that you?" he croaked. "Good thing you have arrived in time!"
"Leave this to me, buddy," said Silver. "You look as if you've taken quite a beating."
"I suggest we should all work together in stopping Fang," said Blaze.
"All of you are wasting your time!" laughed Fang. "Your new ally may have magic powers, but can he really damage my Super Aerobike? I sincerely doubt that!"
"Don't get cocky, you," said Silver. "My psychokinesis abilities are not be underestimated, and I'll beat you with ease!"
"We shall see," sneered Fang. "You're being cocky yourself, so you better watch it!"
Silver turned to the team. He may not have seen the dragons before, but he could tell that they were on his side. "Are you guys ready?" he asked.
"Yes, we are!" replied the team.
"Hey, don't forget about us!" called a voice.
Everyone turned around and saw Percival and Jeremy flying to the fray with a plane following close behind. After they landed, the door of the plane opened, and the Nightriders climbed out. The Flame Hearts were with them too.
"Sorry for taking long," said Jeremy. "Our friends here had to do complete some recording deals before coming along to help us with getting back the Chaos Emeralds."
"Thank goodness you made it!" exclaimed Torden. "That Fang is a lot more problematic than we have expected!"
"Not a problem, dudes," said Axl and he looked at Fang. "So this is the guy we're dealing with."
"That's right," said Jakkin. "He set up a very shady store to sell jewels that he had stolen. He also upgraded his vehicle into a lethal monstrosity, and if we don't get the Chaos Emeralds back, Eggman could come here and take them away, which would only make things worse."
"Well, we won't let that creep get away with his crimes," said Rolf as he clenched his fists.
"Say, where's Draco?" asked Lonnie.
"He along with Lily, Tails and Charmy are gathering incriminating pictures of his operations so they can show them to the police," said Sonic. "Soon Fang is going to be busted."
"What?!" exclaimed Fang. "Oh, that is it! I'll silence all of you if it's the last thing I do! I'm not going to let you deprive me of all my hard-earned money!"
"Money that you're gettin' dishonestly," retorted Vector. "That's bound to get ya in trouble, ya know that?"
"I don't care!" hissed Fang. "It's my business, and I do whatever I want with it! I've been doing this for thirty years, and there's nothing you can do about it! I shall continue smuggling jewels and selling them for high prices!"
"You're going to regret that, pal!" declared Axl, and he turned to his bandmates. "Are all of you ready?"
"We sure are!" replied Lonnie, Rolf, Iggy, Slade and Brutus.
"Don't forget us gals!" added Lucinda, and Selena, Sabrina, Melissa and Jan nodded in agreement.
"Glad to see we're getting extra help," smiled Silver. "It's time to finish this sorry charade!"
"We're with you all the way," said Blaze. "Percival, tend to Sonic. The rest of us will handle this."
"Got it," said Percival and he flew to the fallen hedgehog.
"Alright, then let's do this!" shouted Torden.
Fang gulped as he realised that he would not be able to take on a large group, but he kept his composure and engaged in battle. However, it became apparent that the combined strength of Silver, Viper, Espio, Vector, the dragons, the Nightriders and the Flame Hearts proved to be too much for him to handle. The dragons' breath attacks along with Blaze's pyrokinetic powers crippled his aerobike's guns, while Silver used to psychokinesis to turn some of its firepower back on it, doing substantial damage. Espio and Vector were able to dent parts of the aerobike, but not without the help of Axl, Lonnie, Brutus and Iggy. Slade and the Flame Hearts distracted Fang to prevent him from firing at their teammates. Eventually, the aerobike collapsed into pieces, and an enraged Fang climbed out of wreck.
"Look what you have done!" he snarled. "My aerobike is destroyed! Prepare to feel the wrath of my popgun!"
Quickly, Fang removed his popgun from his holster, but before he could open fire, Silver used his psychokinesis to pull the gun away from the weasel and he grabbed it while aiming at him.
"This is the end of the line for you!" he said. "Now come down quietly if you know what's good for you!"
"It won't make any difference!" laughed Fang. "I can cleverly disguise my business as legit! There's no way you can expose me that easily! It would be your word against mine!"
Blaze grinned smugly. "Actually, it's your word against yours," she said as she took out her phone, and she pressed on the replay button, revealing that she had recorded Fang's plans.
"I've been doing this for thirty years, and there's nothing you can do about it! I shall continue smuggling jewels and selling them for high prices!" the phone looped back the recorded voice clip much to the shock of Fang.
"But, but, but how?" he spluttered.
"It's called a hustle, sweetheart. Boom!" replied Blaze smoothly.
Fang remained speechless as he found himself surrounded by police officers accompanied by Draco, Lily, Charmy and Tails. They have heard everything.
"Alright, Mr. Nack, come with us," said a horse officer as he handcuffed Fang. "You're going to be locked up for a very long time."
Later, after the police hauled Fang away to prison, news has spread about the recovery of the stolen jewels. The Emperor of Japan arrived at Koka City to congratulate Sonic, Silver, Tails, Blaze, Viper, Team Chaotix, the Nightriders, the Flame Hearts and the dragons for their efforts in putting an end to the weasel's jewel trade scheme. The team were also pleased to have the Chaos Emeralds in their possession yet again.
"It is my honour to reward with anything you desire," said the Emperor. "Now tell me, what do you wish the most?"
Torden and Jeremy looked at the Nightriders and they had an idea. "How about we play a gig here at night?" they proposed. "We'll bring in a couple more guests for support too since they're all the way out at the Ise-Shima National Park."
"That sounds totally rocking!" beamed Axl. "The band and I always love performing with you guys!"
"You bet!" agreed Lonnie. "When it comes to your group, I look forward to hanging out with my pal Draco!"
"Aw, shucks," blushed Draco. "That's really kind of you to say that, Lonnie."
"Count me in!" said Sonic. "I'm good at the guitar and my fingers fly just as fast as I run!"
"We'll be in too," said Vector. "We may be detectives, but we sure know how to rock!"
"The more, the merrier, that's our motto," smiled Axl.
"Then a night concert it shall be," said the Emperor. "I'll have the good citizens of Koka City arrange the venue for all of you."
"Sounds perfect," said the group. "Thank you very much, your Excellency."
As the Emperor left, Sonic checked the sack with the Chaos Emeralds. "Once this concert is over, we better really make sure they won't be stolen by anyone ever again," he said.
"Hey, about the concert," said Viper. "I'm afraid I'll to skip out on that as I'm not really much into playing music. However, I'll be happy to watch you with the rest of the upcoming audience."
"Yeah, same here," said Silver and he looked at Tails and Blaze, feeling surprised that they were together just like in the world Viper came from. "What about you two?"
"Oh, we'll be performing," said Blaze. "Tails and I are excellent singers, so this will be a treat for you to witness our other talents."
"This should be interesting," smiled Silver. "Oh, and by the way, I'd like to know about those dragons that helped us catch Fang."
"These are our friends," said Tails. "The two Charizards here are Draco and Charonus, the pink dragon girl's name is Lily, the blue one is Torden, the orange Chinese dragon is Jakkin, the gold one in robes is Percival, the purple one with wavy hair is Jeremy, and the black dragon girl is Cynder, who is also Blaze's apprentice."
"Well, it really is a pleasure to make your acquaintance," said Silver as he nodded at the dragons.
"Our sympathies are the same, Silver," replied Cynder.
"I better go pick up Bowser, Amy and Darky," said Percival. "Be right back, you guys."
"Alright then," said Blaze. "Take care on your way to and back."
Percival nodded and flew away. Sonic smiled. "What a day this has been," he said. "We've reunited with an old friend, outsmarted an old enemy, and got the Chaos Emeralds back! I say that before the concert, let's have some lunch! I sure am hungry for some chili dogs!"
Everyone agreed with Sonic and they set off to explore Koka City before their big night.
To Be Continued…
Another story completed! The team now have Silver on their side, but they also have to help him and Viper return to their world! After a night of rocking with the Nightriders, it's back to stopping Eggman, but what fiendish plans does have concocted for our heroes and the Anthro League? Find out in the next exciting instalment of Dragon Heroes! Oh yes, and bet you didn't see that Zootopia referencing coming, did you?
