SONIC HEROES: THE SERIES
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Sonic characters, just the OC's
Chapter Seven: Team Virtex
Deep in the heart of Station Square, a lone building stood that housed the newest group in town. Inside, sitting at his desk, was Amy's older brother, Recter Rose. 'Hello, my name is Recter Rose. You may remember me from my battle against Metal Sonic. As you can tell, a lot of things have changed since then.' Recter narrated. During his narrations, a new character entered the room. The new person was a nineteen year-old grey wolf with black marks over his eyes. He wore a black, sleeveless gi with a grey belt, black sandals, and a samurai sword strapped in the back of his belt. "Recter, have you seen Raine?" the wolf asked. 'That's Howl, my best friend. He's a skilled swordsman from the west. In fact, he even created his own sword style.' "Nope, haven't seen her anywhere." Recter replied. "That girl really worries me." Howl mumbled. "Recter!" a scream came from down the hall. All of a sudden the door burst open to reveal an excited Seven year-old white butterfly with ocean blue wings. She wore a simple red shirt, light blue jacket, red shorts, and a pair of red sneakers. 'That's Raine, my adoptive little sister. She may be young, but she's a genius at medicine. She even discovered the cure for the common cold.'
"What is it Raine?" Recter asked. "It's the phone. Someone wants to talk to you." Raine said as she held the phone to the red hedgehog. Recter took the phone from Raine and said "Hello?" "Hello, is this Team Virtex, the mercenary group?" the voice questioned. "Yeah, that's us." Recter answered. "What are do you charge for your services?" the voice questioned. "That depends. We categorized jobs from lost pets to assassination. We cahrge depending on the difficulty of the job." Recter explained. "I want your team to be bodyguards for a rare artifact." The voice said. "Anything we need to know?" Recter asked. "The artifact is a chaos emerald and we fear that people like Eggman will try to steal it tonight. I need you to guard it until the G.U.N. commander's escorts arrive to pick it up." The voice explained. "No problem, we'll be right there." Recter said as he hung up the phone. "Alright, we have a job!" Raine cheered. "Don't get ahead of yourself, Raine." Howl commented. "No worries, this job will be a cinch." Recter smirked.
Meanwhile, at the Dark Ruler's dimension, Nazo and Mephiles were looking through the viewing portal as the human workers transported the purple chaos emerald into the museum. "Idiotic humans, believing they can keep the emerald from us." Nazo commented. "How will you plan to precede, Nazo." Mephiles questioned. Nazo snapped his fingers, then all of a sudden, then walls opened around them to reveal over a hundred canisters containing a different item inside. "Ah, so many choices, so little time." Nazo said while trying to make a decision. Just then, one of Mephiles' dark birds swooped in through the window and absorbed itself into Mephiles' back. "What's the news?" Nazo asked. "It would appear that the owner has called in a group of mercenaries to guard the chaos emerald. Some group called Team Virtex." Mephiles' recalled the bird's memories. "Team Virtex, huh? In that case, I know just the thing." Nazo said with a sinister smile.
Nazo raised his hands to call forth a canister with a Japanese headband and a canister filled with ooze from Mephiles' own body. Nazo summoned the black flame in his hand and called out "Black Chaos: Dark Merge!" Nazo hurtled the black flame to crush the canisters and envelope the items within. The flames grew larger until a new monster stepped out from inside. The monster was a purple ooze ninja with two swords strapped to its back. "Present yourself." Nazo commanded. The oozing ninja honorably kneeled to Nazo and said "I am Kensu. I live only to serve the great and powerful Lord Nazo." Kensu introduced himself. "Do you really think he can stand up against those three alone?" Mephiles asked. "Who said the he was going alone." Nazo said. "What do you mean?" Mephiles asked. "Nazo made no reply, only sitting there with a sadistic look on his face.
Later that day, Team Virtex arrived at the Station Square museum as the sun slowly went down. Upon their arrival, they met up with the curator in the front of the museum. "Are you the one who called us?" Recter asked. "Yes, it is good to see that you have arrived on time." The curator said. "Looks like the sun is about to go down. It would be best if you would head home now." Howl suggested. "Yes, that would be best. I do hope that things will be ok." The curator said with concern. "It'll be no problem now that Team Virtex is on the job!" Raine cheered. "Come back down to Earth, Raine." Howl said as he pulled the excited girl down by her wings. "Ok, but just be sure not to break any of the other priceless artifacts inside." The curator said. "Not a problem." Recter reassured him. Feeling safe leaving the team, the curator walked away towards home. "Ok, everyone got their lights?" Recter asked. Raine held out her flashlight and Howl held up...an oil lamp? "Howl, get with the times." Recter said as he tossed an extra flashlight to the technological challenged wolf. "Ok guys, let's get started." Recter said.
Recter, Raine, and Howl separated to go three different ways. Recter remained with the chaos emerald, while Raine took the left wing and Howl took the right. Before splitting up, Recter handed each of them a radio receiver that they wore around their necks for quick communication. "Man, this is getting boring." Recter complained into his receiver. "Toughen up, Recter. It won't be too much longer until this is over." Howl said. "But if this keeps up, then our pay will be cut." Raine said. "Oh man, she's right!" Recter exclaimed. "All you guys ever think about is money. There are more important things, like honor." Howl said. "Honor doesn't pay the bills, Howl." Recter said. Just then, a slow eerie creak could be heard coming from the entrance door. "Hold up, I thought I heard something." Recter said. "Be careful." Raine said. Recter slowly made his way to the entrance and reached out to the door. Once his hand was firmly placed on the handle, Recter whipped the door open to find...nothing. "(Sigh) probably just the wind.' Recter said. But the minute the red hedgehog turned, a silver fist collided with his face and knocked him to the wall.
"Recter? Recter, what's going on?!" Howl shouted into the receiver. Just then, one of the rare Chinese vases was thrown at him and he quickly caught it to set it down. In a split second, over ten vases were thrown at him, but he managed to safely secure each and every one of them. "You much faster then you look." Howl looked to the shadows the watch Kensu make his appearance. "And you would be?" Howl asked. "My name will be of no importance in a moment." Kensu said as he draws his swords. Anticipating the challenge, Howl drew his sword and held it to the ninja monster. They stood, waiting for the first move to be made. Finally, Howl moved his foot and the two instantly jumped at each other. Metal clashed against metal as the two were locked in a stalemate. "Not bad. You were able to block my initial attack. But your form is weak. I can easily maneuver around this." Kensu said. True to his word, Kensu he pushed swords down to bring Howl's sword with it. Having absolutely no defense, Howl was unable to avoid Kensu's knee as it bashed against his face.
"Recter, Howl? Oh, I hope they are ok." Raine said with concern. "I think the one you should be worrying about is yourself." Raine turned completely around to come face to face with Mephiles. "AAH!" Raine screamed as she jumped back. "CHOAS SPEAR!" Mephiles called as he sent a single black arrow. Raine was quick to dodge the initial attack, but was unfortunately grazed to the side. Raine whimpered as she clutched her side. "This is too easy." Mephiles said. Just then, Raine pulled out a vial of yellow liquid and rubbed it on her side. To Mephiles' surprise, the wound instantly healed in seconds. "Impossible!" Mephiles exclaimed. Raine took at advantage of Mephiles' temporary shock and pulled out a vial of silver powder. "Take this!" Raine shouted as she threw the vial at Mephiles. Unfortunately, Mephiles instantly shattered the vial with his claw, covering him in the powder. "It's over." Mephiles said. But before he could even attack, Mephiles clutched his stomach as he felt his insides burning. "What is this?" Mephiles questioned. "That powder I threw was a stomach virus." Raine explained. 'This girl, she can not only heal wounds, but she can also create diseases. That's it, no more holding back.' Mephiles thought.
"Who are you?" Recter asked as he stood up. "The names Nazo and I'll be taking that emerald off your hands." Nazo said as he walked over to the chaos emerald. As he reached out to the emerald, his hand was instantly stopped as Recter grabbed him by the wrist. "You're not going anywhere." Recter said. "And who's going to stop me?" Nazo smirked. "Me." Recter proclaimed as he tossed a punch to Nazo. Nazo figured he was weak and made no effort to move. Big mistake. The initial punch not only knocked Nazo off his feet, but it also sent him crash through the wall. Nazo walked through the hole in the wall with a look of surprise and anger. "But how? That kind of monstrous strength only belongs to the echidnas. Unless..." Nazo trailed off. "Unless I can use chaos too." Recter confirmed Nazo's beliefs. "Interesting. You are able to gather up a maximum amount of chaos into your fist and then release it in an instant. That is impossible, even for me. I have a feeling I no longer need to hold back." Nazo smiled, finally receiving the challenge he's been waiting for.
"If you think you can stop me with that weak fighting ability, then you'll be an easy kill." Kensu laughed as Howl slowly got back to his feet. "You actually thought I was being serious? I was only testing your abilities. To tell you the truth, I am completely useless in forward swordsmanship." Howl said. "What are you taking about? That is the only swordsmanship." Kensu said. "Not anymore." Howl said. Howl held out his blade and flipped it around so the blade would point to the ground. "Now you will face my style, the reverse-sword style." Howl said in a serious tone. "If this is how you wish to die, then that's fine by me!" Kensu yelled as he charged forward. Howl crouched down and reeled his sword back to await his opponent. Kensu jumped on Howl and swung his two swords down. "Die!" Kensu yelled. Then, in the blink of an eye, Howl swung his sword and returned it to its sheath as he ended up behind Kensu. The ninja monsters eyes went blank as Howl's attack not only cut through him, but it also destroyed his blades in the process. Howl turned to Kensu's dead body and said "Don't ever underestimate me."
After settling the ordeal with the stomach virus, Mephiles chased down the hall until the reached a dead end room that was currently under renovation. "Look's like there's nowhere left to run." Mephiles said in a sinister manner. "I know that, silly. I brought you here so we wouldn't ruin all those nice art things." Raine said giddily, deeply confusion Mephiles. "What is that supposed to mean?" Mephiles asked. "This." Raine said as she pulled out a veil of red powder. Raine pulled out the cap and flew over Mephiles, dumping the contents inside. "What kind of trick is this?" Mephiles questioned. "Let's light 'em!" Raine exclaimed as she pulled out a sparkler from her jacket. "Where does she get all these things?" Mephiles asked. Raine dropped the sparkler and quickly took off down the hall. Mephiles watched as the sparkler slowly fell to the ground and made contact with the red powder. The sparkler ignited the powder and created a miniature explosion that caught Mephiles off guard. Mephiles body was splattered all over the room and slowly dissolved into the ground. "This isn't over." Mephiles proclaimed before he completely disappeared.
Back at the main entrance, a loud crash could be heard as a cloud of dust formed around the area. When the dust cloud died away, the entire room was in shambles. Craters in the ground, holes in the walls, and small black flames everywhere. Yet, in the middle of all this stood Nazo, completely unscratched, and Recter face down into the ground with several numbers of injuries. "You. What kind of monster are you?" Recter questioned weakly. "I am no monster. I am a god. Now if you'll excuse me." Nazo smirked as he walked over to the chaos emerald. Recter desperately tried to crawl to reach him, but his body quickly gave out and collapsed. Nazo effortlessly to the chaos emerald and turned back to Recter's battered form. "I'll admit, you were a bit difficult. But it all ends here. Until next time, Recter." Nazo smiled menacingly as he used chaos control to transport back to his dimension. Unknown to him, Rector smiled and slowly got back to his feet, trying not to fall over. "I can't believe he fell for that." Rector chuckled, but quickly stopped because of his aching side.
Morning came within the hour as the team awaited for the arrival of the people would be picking up the emerald. That's to Raine's amazing ability with medicine, most of Recter's wounds were healed up, but a few still required a longer period of healing. "Just what did he do to you?" Howl asked as Raine applied a blue liquid to Recter's back. "This guy, he's no ordinary hedgehog. This guy was completely of a different level." Recter said. Recter hissed as he felt the sting of Raine's medicine. "Hold still!" Raine said with authority. "Ok, ok, geez." Recter sighed. Howl sniffed the air and found the scents of the curator and two different scents. "Look's like our clients are here." Howl said. Recter stood up and turned to find not only the curator, but Sonic along with his little sister. "Amy? What are you doing here?" Recter asked. "Hi, big brother. Me and Sonic were come here to pick up the chaos emerald." Amy said. Recter nodded his head and reached behind his back to pull out...the purple chaos emerald. "Here, take it. That thing is nothing but trouble." Recter said as he tossed the emerald to Amy.
"Thanks, big brother." Amy smiled as she caught the chaos emerald in midair. "Hey, Sonic, can I talk to you for a moment?" Recter asked. "Sure." Sonic answered. Recter slung his arm around Sonic's should and pulled him away from hearing distance of the others. "Hey, I heard that you and Amy are a part of a team and are now living together. Is that true?" Recter asked. "Yeah." Sonic said. Wrong answer. Recter then closed his arm around Sonic's neck and tightened it to cut off the circulation to Sonic's lungs. "Thought so. If I find out that anything happens to my baby sister, physically or emotionally, I'll hunt you down and skin you alive. Got it?" Recter threatened. Sonic quickly nodded his head and desperately tried to gasp for air. Recter finally loosened his grip around Sonic and moved in closer to whisper into his ear. "Also, watch out for a silver hedgehog named Nazo. He's after the chaos emeralds and he very powerful." Recter warned. "Got it." Sonic said in a serious tone as Recter released him and walked over to the others.
"Well it's about time." Amy said in a huff. "Sorry, we were just having a little chat." Recter said while glaring at Sonic, sending shivers down the blue blur's spine. "Recter, we've collected our payment." Howl held up a wad of cash. "I think it would be best if we left right away." Howl forewarned. "Why? What's the rush?" Sonic asked. Before Recter could even answer, a loud scream erupted from inside the museum. "What happened to my museum!" the curator screamed at the top of his lungs. "Uh oh, got go! See ya, sis!" Recter yelled as he ran off. "Take care of yourselves!" Howl exclaimed. "Bye-bye!" Raine shouted before the both took off after their leader. "You know, Amy, you have a weird family." Sonic said stupidly. "WHAT!?" Amy yelled. Sonic instantly realized his mistake and turned around, only to be piled into the ground by Amy's hammer. "This is not my day." Sonic mumbled under his breath.
Back in the dreary dimension of the Dark Ruler's, Mephiles leaned against the wall as he slowly reformed his right hand and left leg. "Those three were more difficult then were expected." Mephiles pointed out. "And a lot more clever too." Nazo said irritantly. Nazo held out the chaos emerald he stole, only to crush it in his palm and reduce it to dust. "So, the emerald was a fake all along. Very clever." Mephiles commented. "Fate has taken a turn against us." Nazo said as he resummoned the chess board with the small figures. Nazo angrily waved his hand over the hero's side to summon three more figures of Team Virtex. "This is getting out of hand. If we don't do something soon, we will surely fall." Nazo said. "What do you intent to do?" Mephiles asked. Nazo picked up Recter's figure and moved it forward one space before picking up his own figure. "It's time we take things into our own hands." Nazo said as he placed the figure one space forward.
"Take things into our own hands". What does Nazo have planned. Will the Sonic Heroes be able to stand against them. Stay tuned to find out.
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