In real life, some people call me Jonny, Harry, Billy, and various other names with Y, and then some people call me Bob, because they think for some reason it's funny. Those people are idiots. And I could be lying about this, your call.

Also, I finally got off my ass and uploaded Robot Hedgehog chapter 4, for anyone who still gives a damn.


Black Cat Saga: Chapter 31 – Wrapped in Black, Part 1 (I'm sure you knew I'd use it at some point)

A few hours before the present time, Lily arrived at a large ship, with the same design as the Egg Carrier, codenamed the Egg Cruiser. Lily entered through a hole which opened up from the roof, and slowly descended as she looked around the area, which also resembled the Egg Carrier. As she landed, she dropped Cream, who was still unconscious, and the black bag before yelling, "Honey, I'm home! Nice place you got here…"

Eggman entered the room seconds later in his eggmobile and floated up to her. "You got here sooner than expected. So, it all went according to plan?"

"Just as planned?" Lily said with a smirk. "Maybe so, but you see, the thing is, I kinda lost the black experimental organism…" She backed up a little as she spoke.

"What!? You lost the very thing I wasted my time getting?!?" Eggman was obviously furious over the news.

"But what about the other stuff they had?" Lily replied, pointing at the bag.

"Well yes, that's also helpful, but what you lost was quite valuable."

"Well don't worry, because I planned ahead so I'll find it in no time." Lily slid over to the left and pulled out poster, which displayed nine boxes, three on each row. The box in the middle of the poster displayed a red and blue circle with a SB symbol on it, while the other eight boxes around it displayed various robots with slight differences and names displayed under their pictures. "I've created eight robot guardians to find this black substance, which that cat probably has."

"Quite impressive." Eggman said with a nod as he examined the poster.

"It should be, since I borrowed parts off you to make them."

"Then I will expect to see results."

Back at the present time, Blaze awoke to find herself on the roof of a city building in Station Square. Dazed and confused, she looked around her surroundings, shortly before glancing at her hands, which were now completely black, as well as the rest of her body. Blaze seemed to be somewhat intrigued by this, instead of being quite concerned. After looking over the rest of her body, a dark raspy voice spoke to her. "So, do you like what you see?"

"What are you, and how did I get here?"

"I'm just a pet who needs a home, such as purple needs prose. Endurance, agility, power, you want it? It's yours, my friend, as long as you have enough determination. I'm like a frickin' cheat code! Go on, take me out for a test spin, go nuts."

"If you insist." Blaze crouched before taking off and leaping across from one building to another 20 feet away, then she flipped and twirled across a dozen more with ease.

"You seem to have natural talent, we'll be sure to bond quite well." The black substance commented.

"Don't get too attached, this isn't permanent."

"While going through this free trial, I'll make all your special abilities easier to activate, and introduce you to new ones. Try running on all fours."

"I could already do that, I just choose not to, because it's unnecessary."

"If you say so."

As Blaze ran along a rooftop a bit further ahead, she managed to see three little bombs drop down and quickly jumped, avoiding a large explosion. As she landed, she looked to the roof north-west to see a humanoid grey robot with a bomb fuse on its head, a jacket with bombs placed over it, and the word 'Stuff' written on its chest. "I finally found you. I'm Mini-Boss Guy, and I need that black thing you're wearing."

"Get lost, I'm busy."

"Fine, we'll do it the hard way." He said, removing a few bombs from his chest.

"Let's try and finish this quick." The black substance said.

A second later, Mini-Boss Guy threw the three bombs, which Blaze dodged by moving left and right. She jumped towards him and attacked with a flying kick, which missed as Mini-Boss Guy ran to another rooftop and threw several bombs towards her at once. The blast blew up the roof of the building and sent her flying before she recovered in mid-air and landed perfectly on a rail by a balcony. She moved as Mini-Boss Guy threw another bomb, somersaulted in the middle of the city, grabbed a streetlamp and spun round it three times before flipping up towards the roof Mini-Boss Guy was at.

As Blaze soared over the rooftop, Mini-Boss Guy threw several more bombs, which Blaze dodged in midair as she swerved around the building, spun into a ball and landed behind Mini-Boss Guy. As the robot turned around, Blaze kicked the bombs out of his hand and knocked him to the ground with a punch. "Now tell me, why are you here and who do you work for?"

"I'd never tell you, but I will direct you to this guy I hate." He said, reaching into his chest and pulling out a note. "You're pretty good, so I hope you kick his ass."

"Thanks." Blaze replied before turning her back to him and walking off. Mini-Boss Guy, thinking she'd dropped her guard, threw one last bomb at her, which she deflected back at him with a kick as she spun round a second later, resulting in Mini-Boss Guy dying in a huge explosion by his own lame weapon.

An hour later, in Lily's room, her mobile rang as she was sleeping, causing her to wake up and answer it drowsily as she yawned. "Hello? I was sleeping, you know…What? She beat one? So, the game begins…and I love games."

The next morning…

As with most usual mornings, the sun was shining brightly, the birds were singing beautifully, all the cake was gone, and the grass was silky green. On the second floor of Tails' house, he and Sonic walked out of one room as they both yawned.

"Man, I feel fantastically invigorated!" Tails said enthusiastically.

"It was alright." Sonic said with a shrug. "So what caused you to buy that Pure Ownage game?"

"Well, after Amber brought it round, and we got to level six which featured a zombiefied dinosaur chasing us across lava in a buggy as we fought Vikings who also chased us in buggy's, I knew I just had to get the game." Tails paused for a moment before saying, "Plus Amber said she'd hurt me if I didn't buy it."

"That's harsh."

"It was in my best interest."

"I'm sure."

They arrived in the living room shortly afterwards, looking to continue Pure Ownage where they left off, but instead they encountered Blaze in her original attire sleeping on the couch. After a moment of silence, Sonic walked into the kitchen. After a few more seconds, Tails turned on the television and sat down on the left arm of the couch. Mads was on the screen once again, who then said, "I had some different things to discuss today but that'll be saved for another time, due to this important update."

On the screen it began showing footage of Blaze and Mini-Boss Guy's fight as Mads continued talking. "According to various sources, around midnight yesterday at downtown Station Square a somewhat strange fight broke out, involving a black cat with amazing reflexes and a robot who threw bombs, and the footage was recorded by some black ninja person, apparently. We'll have more on that later, so you'd be Mads not to come back…seriously."

Tails stroked his chin as the segment ended. "Fascinating…"

Amy suddenly kicked in the door moments later and yelled, "Come on, guys! I'm all set to go!"

"Well I'm ready." Tails replied.

Sonic exited the kitchen eating a sandwich as he said, "I'm cool."

"Then let's go! I know where we have to go, so let's hurry! And what about Blaze?" Amy asked.

"Just leave her to sleep; we can handle it, no problem." Sonic replied. The three of them left shortly afterwards, and as they did so, Blaze finally got up. She yawned before rubbing the sleep from her eyes.

"Good morning, Blaze, are you ready for more action?" A fragment of the black substance asked.

"I'm not fully awake at the moment, but I'm capable of easily doing this."

"Good, now just remember the code…"

"Up, up, down, down, up, up, up, up."

After saying the code out loud, as if by magic, the black substance grew to a miraculous extent and covered her body completely, now imprinting a signature fire symbol on the back of her hands. She quickly jumped out the window and hopped over the fence in the garden before taking off down the street. She soon arrived at an abandoned mechanical factory, using the directions given to her in a note. She looked around the area to see no-one outside, and then proceeded to enter the factory.

Shortly after entering, Blaze encountered robot clowns in a massive room with collections of old toys to the sides. She punched and kicked them out the way as she ran through the room, up some stairs and then across several platforms with robot clowns on them until she came to another massive room. There were assembly belts throughout the area with hacksaws occasionally dropping down, which were originally designed to cut wooden trees, and there was no floor far below. Blaze ran across the multiple assembly belts, sliding under the hacksaws and running on all fours to reach one assembly belt far from her.

She soon spotted four robot clowns from a window to the right who threw bombs on her path. Instead of continuing to move on, Blaze spent half a minute kicking them back and blowing them to bits before leaving. After entering the next room, she began climbing a tall ladder with platforms on both sides, with robot clowns who shot proton lasers. Blaze causally climbed the ladder and avoided them, and then as she reached the top she leaped across various platforms and hid in small spaces to avoid hacksaws which came down from the ceiling. After reaching the end of the room, she encountered a steel door, which opened to reveal her target.

The generic robot looked the same as Mini-Boss Guy, but was yellow and wore a joker hat. He cheerfully greeted her. "Welcome! My name is Crazy Guy! Thanks for coming!"

"I need information, so you'll either tell me or I'll beat it out of you, your choice."

"I'd rather have some fun first!" He quickly threw a bomb which Blaze slid under as she charged at him. Crazy Guy quickly took out a remote control and pressed a button, sending tiny clown cars after her. Blaze rolled her eyes as she crushed them instantly, then crouched and pulled back her right arm before charging forward and punching Crazy Guy right through his chest. She pulled out a piece of paper, and then kicked Crazy Guy to the ground. "Thanks for your help, and pleasant dreams." She said before jumping up and then hitting Crazy Guy directly with a downward kick to the robot's skull, crushing his head instantly.

In a location somewhere aboard the Egg Cruiser, Lily had Cream tied up to a chair in a neon green room. She was lying against a wall and tilted her head as Cream finally woke up. "Well it's about time you woke up; your cat friend has started her assault. She's taken down one of my fighters so far."

"Blaze will defeat all of your fighters, and you too, because she's kewl!"

"Maybe so, but I'm awesome so that's not gonna happen."

"May I ask a question?"

Lily shrugged. "Well, okay."

"Why are you working with Eggman? You could be using your gifts for good things, and make the world a more peaceful place."

"Yeah, but that would be boring. I'll be back later, so continue to stay sugary sweet." Lily quickly left and shut the door behind her.