SONIC HEROES: THE SERIES
Chapter Forty-Five: An Egg-cellent Day
The scene opens up at the Station Square Mall. Jet felt like he was living a nightmare; he kept punching himself in hopes of waking up. The reason for Jet's grief is that Amy and Kumori once again decided to go shopping. Wave said she wanted to buy new parts for the new Extreme Gear she was making. Wave pleaded Jet to come and, unable to resist her, accepted. He regretted the decision at once when he was forced carrying piles of cloths, weapons, and machine parts.
"Are you done yet?" Jet whined for the twelfth time today.
"No, so there's no point in beating yourself up." Wave stated.
"Although, it does add a bit of entertainment." Kumori grinned.
"When will this nightmare be over?" Jet groaned.
"We're going all the way." Amy said cheerfully. "We've already done this floor, so it's on to the next."
"We'll at least it almost over." Jet sighed. "I mean, how many levels could this mal have?"
"There are seventy-two floors." Wave stated.
Jet wanted to die on the spot. Wave, he could tolerate. But add Amy and Kumori and you are practically in hell. Jet wished more then anything that something interesting would happen. No soon did he think it, a large explosion erupted from the fifth floor.
"Finally, some action!" Jet cheered, dropping all the shopping bags.
The three females rushed to the elevators, soon followed by Jet. But before Jet's foot even touched the elevator floor, Amy, he eyes inflamed, pushed the emerald bird back. Jet would ask why she did it, but he had enough not to question an angry Amy.
"Aren't you forgetting something?" Amy said, tapping her foot impatiently. Jet was baffled until she pointed to the shopping bags he dropped. "You better pick those up. Remember what happened last time."
That was enough to get Jet motivated. He quickly paced back and picked up the massive piles of bags off the floor. He tried to rush back to the elevator, but the door. Jet growled furiously as he trudged up the stairs, weighed down by the bags. Up on the fifth level, Mephiles emerged from the debris of the jewelry store they had just destroyed. Tomo came after him, stopping Nack from stealing the scattered jewels on the ground.
"Sit still, you idiot!" Tomo said, hitting the weasel over the head. "Ugh, why did we bring him in the first place?"
"He was irritating Lord Nazo." Mephiles said simply. "Besides, we've got what we came for."
Mephiles held out both of his claws. In one claw, he held the purple Chaos Emerald Nazo lend him for this assignment. In the other, he held a purple square-cut emerald: The purple Sol Emerald.
"Why exactly did we need a Chaos Emerald for that?" Tomo questioned; Nack was squirming under her foot.
"Lord Nazo says they seem to form an unknown link." Mephiles explained. "They may appear different, but their power frequencies are almost exactly the same. Lord Nazo wishes to examine them closely."
"He's going to have a hard time doing that without the emeralds."
Mephiles looked to his right as a red hammer suddenly zoomed into sight. Amy swatted her hammer as she zoomed by, literally knocking Mephiles head off, and Wave stole the emeralds a moment later. Tomo began to perform a series of hand signs when Kumori jumped in connected her heel with the chameleons face. Nack, free from Tomo's grip, scampered back into the jewelry store. Mephiles casually walked over and placed his head back on his shoulders. At that precise moment, Jet came along, panting.
"They need more elevators in this place." Jet wheezed.
"Why do you want this thing?" Wave questioned, holding up the Sol Emerald.
"That's a question we want answered." Tomo said coolly.
"Well, if Nazo wants it, it can't be any good." Kumori said.
"Be a good pack of rats and hand over the emeralds." Mephiles said.
"And if we don't?" Amy glared.
"I am so glad you asked me that." Mephiles sniggered.
Mephiles formed a black version of Shadow's Chaos Lance in his claws. Tomo formed a series of hand signs and spat out a massive fireball. Amy and Wave held up their weapons and Kumori went for a direct assault. On one side, we had the heroes. On the other, we have the villains. And in between the two attacking, we have Jet standing like an idiot.
"Why me?" Jet moaned.
The scene changes to night time at the Sonic Heroes base. After hours of fighting Mephiles, Tomo, and occasionally, Nack, they dragged their feet back home. They were exhausted, but had managed to obtain the Chaos and Sol Emeralds. The mall was half destroyed when they left it; they escaped before they received the bill. Unfortunately, during the fight, all of Amy's purchases were burned; Amy promised to beat Jet later.
"Finally, we're home." Wave moaned.
"Why do you think they wanted this thing?" Kumori asked groaning; she held up the Sol Emerald.
"I don't know." Amy said, slightly yawning. "But it does kinda reminds you of the Chaos Emeralds, doesn't it?"
"What do you think, Jet?" Kumori asked. No response. "Jet?"
The two female hedgehogs, their vision blurry from sleepiness, searched the dark living room for said bird. They didn't find him, but heard a loud snore. The noise was coming from the couch. The two females stared for a moment before edging themselves closer. They smiled at the sight of Jet and Wave fast asleep, cuddling against one another.
"Maybe we should let them sleep." Kumori said. "We'll worry about the emerald in the morning."
They left the two love birds on the couch while they dropped the emeralds in the storage room. The two enjoyed the peaceful sleep, not knowing what strange occurrence they would experience. The next morning came quick. The rising sun past over the living room window and glared at the emerald hawk. Jet was waking, closely followed by Wave. The gazed lovingly at one another before sitting up. But all of a sudden, they back were aching terribly.
"Man, this couch is lumpy." Jet groaned.
"Amy needs to make better decision about..." Wave trailed off.
Jet eyes traced over to Wave, who had her mouth hanging wide open. A fly nearly flew down her throat. It was very uncommon to see the purple swallow act this way, unless it's over a new Gear part. Jet followed her gaze and found he too was gaping. Meanwhile, in the room Amy and Kumori shared. Both girls were pleasantly dreaming about catching their loves when a piercing scream woke them. Kumori fell over the side of her bed.
"What was that?" Amy asked surprised.
"Sounds like it came from the living room." Kumori stated.
They both made a dash out of the room, both still in their pajamas, and screeched to a halt as they entered the living room. Both Jet and Wave were sitting against the wall, both pale as ghosts.
"What happened?" Amy asked.
"E-e-e-e-e-e-e..." Jet stammered repeatedly.
"Huh?" Kumori questioned.
Realizing they weren't getting the message, Wave lifted her hand and pointed back on the couch. The female hedgehogs walked over and were surprised by their findings. A small blue egg lying perfectly still on the cushions.
"That's it?" Kumori glared. "You're all worried about some egg?"
"I don't think that's just any egg." Amy said smiling.
"What do you mean?" Kumori asked.
"You're smart. Think about it." Amy said excitedly. "Two birds sleeping together and find an egg the next day."
"So you're saying..." Kumori gasped.
"Jet's a father!" Amy cheered.
"NO!!" Jet screamed. "There's no way that can be mine! Tell 'em, Wave."
"I...don't know, Jet." Wave said hesitantly. "I mean, it certainly looks that way. I mean, we have been very close and maybe something happened while we were sleeping."
"You're not saying..." Jet asked frightened.
"I think..." Wave said with more determination. "No, I know it's true." She gathered up her courage and walked over to the couch. She gently grabbed the egg and held it lovingly. "This is our baby, Jet."
Wave cuddled her egg close while Amy and Kumori cooed at her shoulder. Jet, on the other hand, looked ready to explode. Nothing happened last nigh, he kept telling himself. Some one had set that egg there as a joke! There was no way he could be the father of some egg! He tried to tell this to Wave, but it was no doing. She carried the egg away, smiling fondly down to it.
"You must be excited to be a dad, Jet." Amy said, mistaking his confusion for happiness. "I wonder what it will be."
"Hopefully nothing like Jet." Kumori joked. "The world is bad enough with one mindless birdbrain."
The girls laughed heartily, but Jet found no humor in the joke. He later set himself down at the table for breakfast. With everyone else out on missions, it was just him and the girls in the base. Kumori sat across from him while Amy was in the kitchen. Amy always did the cooking since she was the only one capable of not burning the food. Ironically enough, today's breakfast was…
"Egg?" Jet said irritably.
"We would have had a better fill." Amy said. "But someone burned all the food we bought at the mall yesterday."
"Hey, Tomo was the one burning everything!" Jet stated angrily. "If you want to yell at someone, take it to her. Personally, I had enough eggs for one lifetime."
"I thought you would be excited about being a father, Jet." Kumori said.
"Well, you're wrong." Jet said nastily. "Being a father has to be the worst punishment ever."
"How can you say that?" Amy glared.
"I say that because I mean it." Jet said venomously. "I'm like the wind, free to do as I please. I don't need some stupid brat holding me down. When I get a chance, I'm turning that egg into breakfast."
"Is…that how you really feel?"
Amy and Kumori swerved around swiftly, but Jet remained in place. Wave had just walked in during Jet's verbal assault. She was clutching the egg, which was wrapped in blankets to keep it warm. Wave looked hurt, but Jet either acted like he didn't notice or he didn't care. Amy and Kumori were blathering up any excuse they could come up with.
"No, no, Jet was joking." Kumori said feebly.
"Yeah, he's really happy for you." Amy followed.
But Wave ignored the two female and walked up to Jet. The emerald bird made no eye contact as Wave was a few feet from him. He did glance at the egg momentarily, giving it an evil look.
"Jet, I want a straight answer." Wave said; her voice breaking. "Do you care about our kid or not.
Jet didn't speak, but that was answer enough for Wave. She was normally able to suppress such feeling as sadness, but this hit Wave hard. Tears leaking from her eyes, Wave stormed out of the base, the egg clutched to her chest. She made a quick run for her Gear and escaped into the forest. Jet remained unmoving, prodding his breakfast, while Amy and Kumori were ranting.
"How could you be so heartless?!" Amy roared. "Don't you care about anyone but yourself?"
"Did you see the look on Wave's face?" Kumori glared. "What do you have to say for yourself?"
"Pass the salt?" Jet shrugged.
Amy whacked him over the head with her hammer while Kumori kicked him in the chest. But they realized they had other matters to deal with. Giving Jet one last kick, Kumori raced after Amy to chase down Wave. Jet meanwhile, look unbothered, staring disappointedly at his ruined meal.
The scene changes over to the central plaza of Station Square. The crowds of people were eye a purple swallow, who was crying with an egg held to her chest, as she passed by. But Wave didn't care what they thought. How could Jet just abandon his own child? Wave had always agreed that he was great leader; a little ignorant, but great. Being a father wasn't that bad was it? Jet's father, Accel the Hawk, must have thought that, too. Accel…maybe he –
"Wave!" Wave turned on her heels as Amy and Kumori, both shaken, ran up to her. "Wave, are you ok?"
"What do you think, genius?" Kumori commented. "The father of her kid threatened to kill it and you ask if she's ok?"
"I'm just trying to be supportive!" Amy snapped. "You could do the same yourself, faker!"
"What did you call me?!" Kumori screeched.
"Guys, enough!" Wave cut in. Amy and Kumori silenced sadly. "Listen, I know that I'm a little upset about Jet. But I'm not worried. Somehow, I know he'll grow use to the idea of being a father."
"You really think so?" Amy asked hopefully.
"If I know jet, he will." Wave smiled.
Wave wasn't sure if she was right, but she felt confident. Jet was just in shock and would come around eventually. Wave walked around the plaza, spirits raised, conversing Amy and Kumori about what the baby would look like. Wave nearly killed Kumori when she made the idea that her child would end up like Storm. All in all, it was almost a good day. Keyword being almost.
"Such a sickening sight." The girls turned and looked towards the roof of a local café. Tomo stood at the edge with Mephiles and Nack on either side; Nack missing half his teeth from yesterday. "It's almost as disgusting as watch Mephiles and Shira."
"My, I had no idea you were the jealous type, Tomo." Mephiles sniggered; Nack Roared in laughter.
"Shut it!" Tomo snapped.
"What do you clowns want?" Amy sneered.
"We 'clowns' want the emeralds back." Nack said, suddenly dazed. "Those big, bright beautiful, precious…" Tomo slapped him back to his senses. "I'm ok!"
"Well, for you information, we don't have them." Wave stated.
"That's all right." Mephiles said malevolently. "We could always have some fun with you three."
"Get them!" Nack screamed. Mephiles and Tomo stared at him oddly. "Please?"
Shaking his head, Mephiles jumped off the roof with his claw held out. He was aiming for Wave when Kumori suddenly jumped in. She spun around and directed her foot at the time demon. Mephiles raised his arms to block and was thrown to the side. Kumori rushed behind Mephiles with her speed, readying her fist to strike. But Mephiles having experience from fighting Shadow, flipped over the punch and grasped her arm as he landed.
"How disappointing." Mephiles said coolly. "And here I thought this would at least be entertaining."
"Don't worry." Kumori said. "The fun is only beginning."
Kumori flipped over and the battle continued. Meanwhile, Tomo unsheathed her katana and lunged herself at Amy. The pink hedgehog whipped out her Piko-Piko Hammer. The two clashed with Tomo slightly pushed back from the impact. They held their weapons against each other, but there no denying that Amy was the superior. Using whatever strength he had left, Tomo pushed Amy's hammer to the side and swung around with a blinding kick. As Amy staggered back, Tomo performed a series of hand signs.
"Fire style: Great fireball jutsu!" Tomo exclaimed.
Taking in a deep breath, Tomo blew out a massive fireball. Amy wasn't scared. She readied her hammer and swung at the burning flames. The bundle of fire was sent skyward, exploding in a flurry of flames.
"I must admit, that was highly impressive." Tomo complimented.
"You haven't seen anything yet." Amy returned.
Amy and Tomo made a dash for each other. In the meantime, Wave was facing off against the insufferable Nack. The only problem was, he's the sharpest shooter in the world. He pulled out his signature shotgun and fired a few choice shot at the swallow. Wave normally rolled away, but with the egg in hand; she didn't want to take any chances. She held out her wrench to block the shots, but most of them passed through. One shot managed to drill into her leg, forcing her to the ground. Unconsciously, she released the egg, which rolled near Nack's feet.
"What's this?" Nack sniggered as he picked up the egg.
"Stay away from my baby!" Wave screeched.
"Your kid, huh?" Nack grinned evilly. "Well, I haven't eaten any breakfast. I think some scrambled eggs will do."
Nack raised the egg over his head hungrily. Wave staggered on her injured leg, wanting desperately to run and protect her egg. Nack dropped the egg and closed his mouth over it when...
"Stay away from my kid!"
Next thing they knew, hard foot knocked out the rest of Nack's broken teeth. While Nack ran to the nearest dentist, Jet landed with the egg safely in his hands. He walked over to Wave, who was staring in shock, and held out the egg for her to take back. She gratefully took it, but she was still confused on Jet's reaction.
"Sorry, I took so long." Jet said sheepishly. "You wouldn't believe the kind of traffic on the way here."
"I don't get it." Wave gasped. "I didn't think you would change your mind so quickly."
"To tell you the truth," Jet said hesitantly. "When I found out about the egg, I was scared."
"Scared?" Wave repeated. "Of what?"
"When we were little, you know our fathers went out on a mission." Jet said apprehensively. Wave nodded slowly. "When they never came back, they were presumed dead. We were left on our own after that. With Nazo and Eggman, there's a good chance the same thing will happen to our kid. I don't want him to go through that."
"Jet, we won't be dying for a long time." Wave said calmingly. "And even if we do, he won't be alone. There will be others to look out for him: Storm, Sonic, Amy. We can rest peacefully, knowing he's in good hands."
"Thanks, Wave." Jet smiled. "I needed that. Now if you don't mind, I'd like to finish this fight off."
Back with the fight, Mephiles and Tomo surprisingly overwhelmed Amy and Kumori. The female hedgehogs were thrown against the wall. Tomo waved her katana threateningly and Mephiles preparing for another Chaos Lance. As they closed in, Jet suddenly flipped in front of the girls with his fans out. The arrogant villains chuckled and thought nothing threatening about him. Suddenly, both his green ark started glowing as the emerald bird blew his fans.
"GRAVITY GUST!" Jet shouted.
The pressure built from his fans blew at everything within a mile. Everything it touched suddenly grew lighter and was carried away by the wind, Mephiles and Tomo included. Mephiles quickly conjured an orb of energy and teleported both villains away. They would get Nack later.
"Jet, you were great!" Amy cheered.
"I knew you had it in you." Kumori grinned.
"You see, Jet." Wave said happily, holding her egg. "Our baby doesn't have anything to worry about. Its parents aren't going anywhere."
Yeah, I guess you're right." Jet said
"Look, the egg!" Amy suddenly exclaimed.
Quiet unexpectedly, the egg started moving. The four gasped and eagerly waited for the newborn to break from its shell. The shell started to crack; there was movement inside. Finally, a large gap opened at the top and...
"Chao!"
Much to their surprise, it was a chao that popped out of the egg instead of a bird.
"He has your eyes, Jet." Kumori joked.
"Oh, I can't believe I forgot!" Amy slapped her head.
"Forgot what?" Wave asked.
"Cheese was going through his rebirthing cycle and Cream asked me to watch his egg." Amy explained. "I was watching it on the couch when we decided to go to the mall. I had completely forgotten about it until now."
Jet sighed in relief, but Wave didn't seem all that happy. Though she was still young, she was really looking forward to being a mother. She had dreamed of the life she would experience with Jet and their child. She felt a hand on her shoulder and found Jet lingering over her.
"I know what you're thinking, Wave." Jet said. "We have plenty of time until then."
Yeah, I guess you right." Wave said proudly.
Amy picked up the newborn Cheese and departed with Kumori and the Rogues back to their home. The experience was for nothing thought. To Jet and Wave, they were closer than ever.
The scene changed to a far off island on the other side of the world. Deep in the vast jungle, a trio of characters was traversing through the harsh wilderness. Two of the trio was recognized as Gale the Hedgehog, Sonic's father, and Wrist the Echidna, Knuckles father. But the third one was new. He was a red hedgehog about Gale's age with six quills curved downwards and three bangs jutting from his forehead. He wore simple black boots, white gloves, golden earring in his left ear, and a flowing black cloak. He was Thorn Rose, Amy and Rector's father.
"Are you sure there here?" Wrist complained again; cutting down another tree.
"My senses tell me they are." Thorn said. "I have never been wrong before."
"I never really did like magic." Wrist said. "Especially when the controller is an animagus."
"You want to make something of it, echidna?" Thorn glared.
"Shut up, you two." Gale cut in. "I think I see something."
Gale pushed aside the next brush and opened a path into a small clearing where two figures were seated. One was a green hawk with five spike feathers on his head, white feathers on his chest and a scar over his right eye and the left side of his beak. He wore silver and green boots with black racing gloves and an armored pad on his left shoulder. The other was a purple male swallow with four large feathers draped down his back. He wore a blue vest, white gloves with black cuffs, red and white running shoes, and a red bandana tied to his right arm.
"Hey, look who its." The hawk said, noticing the group. "Gale and friends! How are you doing?"
"This is isn't the time for pleasantries, Hawk." Thorn said.
"Uh oh, Thorn's serious." The swallow joked. "This must be bad news."
"It is." Wrist said. "Naga's back."
"Naga!" The Swallow exclaimed. "I thought he died years ago!"
"Well, apparently, he's back." Gale said seriously. "We need the whole crew back if we want to have a chance to beat him."
"If that's the case, you can count on us." The Hawk said.
"Thank you, Accel, Mech." Gale said gratefully.
There are many worries, but hope remains the same. Will the Heroes discover the secret of the Sol Emeralds? Will Gale's crew be enough to defeat Naga? Find out on the next Sonic Heroes!
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