So now we move onto Blaze's short story saga, which is mainly a reference to two things, and it's quite obvious to guess what they are at some point, but one won't be referenced this early.
Black Cat Saga: Chapter 30 – The Mysterious Substance
It was two days after all the commotion at the carnival, which is a little surprising considering how spaced out the other sagas are. Eggman, Eggman Nega, Virus, Rose and Lily were travelling towards the scientific lab where Virus had once killed several scientists. The lab was currently packed with dozens of people working on an experimental liquid. Just then, there was an explosion which came from the ceiling, and seconds later Rose and Lily dropped down.
Lily, who was still cosplaying as the same character at the carnival, got to her feet and clapped as she walked forward. "Okay people, you're gonna need to clear out, we need your extra stuff for progress."
"You and what army?" One scientist retorted.
Lily spun round and gestured towards the wall. "Well, this guy has a robot army..."
Right on queue, Eggman blasted down the wall nearby and walked in with two dozen armed egg fighters close behind. One scientist wearing a black cap with the Sonicteam logo on it pointed ahead and said, "Hey, it's a talking egg."
SA2, who was standing beside him, slapped him upside the head and said, "Crazy fool, that's the Eggman!"
"Indeed I am." Eggman replied. "Now, if you'd all be so kind, please proceed to the exits so my fellow associates and I can get down to business." Eggman continued before Virus rose up from a spot a few feet away from Eggman, shocking a few scientists who recognized him.
"Associates?" The black capped scientist repeated. "What, the air-headed cosplay girl, the emotionless loner who thinks she looks good in a trenchcoat, a little purple demon who looks more like a plushie, and a recolored version of yourself?"
"Hey!" Lily yelled as she shook her fist at him. "That's cosplay genius girl, get it right!" Rose frowned at him, and then looked at Virus who nodded back as he smiled. Eggman Nega noticed the exchange between Rose and Virus while Eggman stroked his moustache. "Well, we have quite a problem here."
Eggman clicked his fingers, ordering the robots to point their guns at the scientists and push the reluctant ones towards the exit. While this was happening, Rose threw several icicles at several containers high above the exit, and as the scientist wearing the black cap was leaving, the glass from above hit him in various spots all over his body, killing him moments later.
Lily, Eggman, and Eggman Nega turned their attention towards Rose, who looked away from them and said, "I won't tell if you don't..."
Soon afterwards, Eggman was ordering his robots around the large lab as they collected various experiments and projects they were working on, Eggman Nega was waiting outside, Rose was reading a book on a wooden box, Lily was holding and examining a small tube of black liquid, and Virus stood against a wall, looking around at the current events.
"Egg fighters, move faster!" Eggman ordered them. "Lily, be less annoying!" Eggman said.
"No u!" She replied before turning back to the tube. "You know, this stuff is amazing, regardless of the side effects. I'd like to try it someday."
"Only a crazy person such as yourself would say that." Virus retorted.
"I'm not crazy." Lily said, turning to Virus instantly as her smile faded.
"Maybe not right now but it just takes a little push in the wrong direction."
"Foreshadowing is a wonderful thing." Rose added, still focusing on her book.
"But maybe it's not." Lily replied.
Just then, there was an explosion farther away and the wall fell down. As it did, in walked Blaze, Amy and Cream. Amy then ran ahead of Blaze, budging her out the way as she exclaimed, "Your fate is clear, because Amy Rose is here!"
"I wish you'd stop doing that." Blaze said, narrowing her eyes at her.
"But I just-"
"Just don't."
"Hmm, I was expecting Sonic to turn up…" Eggman said, expressing disappointment.
"He's a little busy right now, so he asked me to take care of business."
Meanwhile at Tails' house…
"So are you sure you've fixed this thing?" Sonic asked as the two left Tails' basement lab and entered he living room.
"Well the side effect shouldn't come up again, but if it does…" Tails shrugged. "At least I tried."
"At least I tried." Isn't good enough, Tails."
Back at the lab, Eggman proceeded to the exit as he said, "I've got business to attend to, so I'll leave you all to get acquainted with one another."
"Hey, you're that girl with the machete!" Amy exclaimed as she pointed at her.
"Yeah, and I'd finish you off if I didn't have to get this stuff to another location." She said before picking up a big black bag. "Cover me, robo guys." She said before running past the egg fighters and to the exit.
"Cream and I will go after her, and by the way, look out for the black haired one, she uses ice attacks." Amy said. Blaze nodded at her before she took off with Cream.
"I've got my own agenda to take care of, excuse me, ladies." Virus said before sinking into a puddle of darkness.
Seconds after he left, Rose morphed her right arm into a large sharp icicle and fired four in quick succession at Blaze. She dodged two by moving left and right, flipped over the third and slip under the fourth before hitting her with an upward kick which Rose blocked before trying to kick her. Blaze flipped over Rose and attacked with a roundhouse kick which Rose ducked under.
Rose then slashed Blaze twice with her large icicle then as she tried to stab her in the heart; Blaze deflected the attack and hit her with a fiery spinning kick which ascended into the air and sent Rose flying back ten feet. "I see you're a fire user." Rose said before standing up straight.
"You are correct."
"I am finished fighting with you for today, I will allow you to leave for now."
Blaze raised an eyebrow at her, and slowly took off while watching her movements until she ran out the exit. Far ahead, Amy was chasing Lily through the remainder of the lab as robots fired at her, and missed a lot due to their bad aim. Amy and Cream soon came to dark room filled with large test tubes which were only visible thanks to a lamp lit in the corner. As they slowly explored the room, a small bomb was thrown at them from the right, which bounced once before exploding, sending them both flying back as Lily came out from within the shadows. "Let's continue where we left off."
Amy turned away from her to see if Cream was alright, but was unable to see her properly due to the dark room. As she turned back to face Lily, she had already withdrawn her machete and was preparing to slice Amy's head off, and would have succeeded had Amy not jumped back a split second sooner. Amy called Cream's name out as she tried to avoid contact with Lily, the fear of her closest friend dying overwhelmed her consciousness, like the attempts to be funny overwhelming the plot of this story.
Lily threw three more bombs which she had kept within a backpack, the blast radius being bigger managed to hit Amy and knock her into a wall as Lily put on night vision goggles. "Good thing I brought these just in case." She then saw Cream unconscious by a broken glass tube and carried her over her shoulder. "I should probably take the rabbit as insurance, for...stuff." She took out a rocket launcher and blasted through a wall further ahead then waved goodbye to Amy before leaving the laboratory.
Blaze turned up moments later as she slid by the room. She looked around before running over to Amy. "Hey, are you alright? What happened here?"
"She took Cream...for insurance. You go, I'll be fine." Amy said as she struggled to sit up. Blaze took her advice and took off after Lily. Outside the lab, Lily was getting onto a helicopter flown by one of Eggman's robots. As Blaze jumped out through the hole in the wall, she saw the helicopter take off by the edge of the building and ran after it. Once Lily was safely abroad the helicopter, she took out her rocket launcher and fired at Blaze as she jumped across a few rooftops and knocked out several robots in her path.
Lily continued to keep reloading and firing, with Blaze avoiding the missiles completely soon before jumping up, grabbing the end of one missile and throwing it back at the helicopter. "Aww crap..." was all Lily uttered before quickly taking off with Cream using a jetpack while the Eggman robot died in the explosion. The size of the explosion caused Lily to drop the black liquid test tube as she flew off.
Blaze could do nothing but watch as the two flew higher and further away but managed to catch the small test tube Lily dropped. She then spun round and proceeded back to the lab to help Amy.
Later that day, at Tails' house, Sonic and Tails were currently playing Pure Ownage.
"Hey, isn't that the Loch ness monster?" Sonic said as he looked at the screen strangely.
"It is, and he's tripping on acid!" Tails yelled.
"That's awesome. Pure awesome."
"Pure Ownage." Tails corrected him.
Amy and Blaze walked in moments later, looking completely exhausted. Without looking at them, Sonic asked, "So how'd it go?"
"They got away and Cream got kidnapped." Blaze replied.
"Ahh, that sucks."
"Indeed. I can't help but think this is my fault."
"You shouldn't blame yourself, Blaze." Amy tried to comfort her. "Because after all I thought it was okay for Cream to accompany us, and I couldn't find Cream fast enough after she was hit by that bomb…and I should stop right about now."
"Yes, you should. Well I'm going to find her, and before you ask, I'd prefer to go alone." Blaze said before taking off.
"I hope you find her." Tails replied a second later.
Many hours later as it was getting dark, Blaze returned to find Sonic and Tails in the exact same positions as when she left.
"Did you find her?" Sonic asked.
"No luck. Besides, shouldn't you two be helping?"
"We did try. Amy's also been looking for quite a while." Tails replied. "We looked all around Eggman's current base, she wasn't there, and neither was Eggman. You can have the second room upstairs if you want, Sonic and I will share a bed."
"Thank you, Tails." She said before leaving the room.
Sonic and Tails continued playing for a little while, then Sonic suddenly turned to him and said, "No snuggling this time though, okay?"
"When have I ever done that?"
"You'd be surprised…"
Upstairs in a dark room, overlooking the night sky, Blaze sat down on a bed and looked out the window. "I haven't been as good at what I do lately. If only I was stronger…" Conveniently, the test tube containing the black liquid fell out of her pocket and the substance managed to get out as it heard Blaze. It waited a little while after Blaze had finally fallen asleep, and then slowly made its way along the bed and onto her right hand. From there the mysterious substance slowly began to grow.
There will be no extra stuff here, as I just didn't feel like doing it.
