More action in this chapter.
Mysterious new character in this chapter.
Disclaimor: ...
Chapter 6: Mobius Prime
T.J. and a girl that looked a lot like Sovia, but with brown hair were sitting in a meadow in the shade of an oak tree. They were holding hands. They looked into each other's eyes. Just as they leaned in to kiss the sky went black. Shadows descended from the blackened sky. Shadows T.J. thought, not now.
The two began to fight the endless onslaught of Shadows. T.J. was blocking a Shadow's sword with his own, the Blade of Heroes, when he when looked over and saw a Shadow dropship over the girl. It was falling. It was just over her...
"SONIA", T.J. screamed. He was back in his room aboard the Smash Carrier. He was shaking, sitting up on his cot in a cold sweat. The nightmares are getting worse he thought. T.J. wasn't afraid of anything except one thing, losing anthing that means everything to him because of his own mistakes. He looked at his ceiling clock. 3:00. Perfect he thought looks like I'm not getting any sleep tonigh, well I'd better get into wardrobe, today I see Sonic again.
Soiva woke up to her alarm, she was excited, today she was going to meet one of the famous Smash Brothers. Timmy and Tootie woke up with the same eagerness. Tootie looked around her Timmy picture infested walls, their rooms were exactly like back home, thanks to T.J.'s precise moving expertise. She dressed for the day and joined Timmy, Sovia, and Speedy in the cafeteria.
"T.J. must have gotten up early", she said looking around to find that T.J. wasn't there.
"Yeah, he usually eats with us before going to the flight deck", Sovia added.
"Don't worry, for whatever reason he's not here it's probably for a good reason", Timmy said getting a muffin from the counter.
"It better be a good reason", Sovia said, darkly. She couldn't stand not seeing him in the mornings, or more than three minutes.
The other three looked at her awkwardly. She smiled nervously, not aware that she said that aloud.
"Hehe, that was out loud wasn't it", she said. The others looked away like nothing happened. Speedy had a bowl of fruit eating like there was no tomarrow. Tootie was eating some French toast. Sovia had an apple, she never ate a heavy breakfast.
When Speedy finshed eating, they all went to the flight deck. T.J. couldn't be seen because of his position in the pilots seat, so they went around to the other side. He stood up when they got there. They couldn't believe there eyes, instead of his normal blue T-shirt, and brown pants he was dressed in light white-plated swordsman's armor that only covered his chest, shoulders, half of his forearms, and half of his shins. In the gaps of his armor was blue clothing, and his brown hair flowed over a red bandana.
"T.J. what's with the new clothes", Sovia managed to say.
"This is my Smash Bros. fighting armor, I always wear it during Smash Bros. affairs. It's also my true clothing.", he replied.
He changed the subject, "We're about an hour away from Mobius, so why don't you guys go to your positions and let me tell you about the first Smash Brother."
They took their seats and he began, "His name is Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog. He's a super fast, blue hedgehog. Only few of the Smash Bros. talk and Sonic's one of them. He defend's Mobius Prime from an evil scientist, called Dr. Eggman Robotnik, along with his friends which you will meet later. Any questions", he finished ready to answer.
"How did you meet him", Tootie asked completely fascinated.
"It was the last tournament, he was new, as a matter of fact he saved the rest of the Smash Bros., including me, against the leader of the Subspace Army, but it isn't the right time to go into detail about that", he answered.
Sovia gasped when she heard that T.J. had been saved, in her eyes, he was invincible.
"What happened for you to get saved", she asked trying to figure out why he would have to be saved.
"Like I said, now is not the time to go into detail about that", he said repeating himself. Sovia was disappointed, she really wanted to know.
"Timmy, I've picked up a very powerful energy signature", Timmy's purple C.O.M.S. said.
"Alright, J.A.R.V.I.S. where", Timmy said, turning to his infrared scanner.
"It's right in front of us", he replied.
"T.J., you better come look at this", Timmy said. T.J. looked at the monitor, it was an enormous energy signature.
"There's only one thing I know that can generate that much power", T.J. said, "J.E.E.V.E.S. stop the Carrier and open the airlock. You guys, I'll be right back." He warped to the airlock and, after engaging his forcefield, left the ship. He followed the signature to a small asteroid. There you are, he thought pulling out a yellow gem, but what are you doing here. He warped to the flight deck.
"What is that", Sovia asked, her eyes on the jewel.
"This is a Chaos Emerald, one of seven. It's my favorite one, the Hope Emerald. Chaos Emeralds come from Sonic's world there are seven, and one that controls them, the Master Emerald. With this we can charge the Carrier's core capacitors and be able to increase our speed.", T.J. explained, over excited.
"I thought emeralds were green", Tootie said, noticing its color.
"Not Chaos Emeralds there is only one green one", T.J. explained further, "I better put this in the core."
He went to the core and installed the emerald. The Carrier reacted immediately. Its speed increased greatly.
"At this pace we'll be there in five minutes" Timmy said, calculating the distance and speed on his status console.
"I'll be in the construction bay", T.J. said, warping to the bay, Sovia close behind. Timmy and Tootie were now alone.
"Uh, Timmy...", Tootie said blushing.
"I know",he said, just before kissing her.
In the construction bay, T.J. was readying a small container. To Sovia, it looked like a bottle-sized capsule.
"What is that", Sovia asked. That question is getting old, fast, T.J. thought.
"It's a Capsule, a Smash Bros. weapon, when broken it releases a random item. I have this one fitted with a special item, which I hope we won't need to use", T.J. said without looking up.
Sovia thought it may not be worth it to ask what the special item was. As T.J. put the Capsule under his armor, they both heard J.E.E.V.E.S. say Mobius Prime was in visual range. They both warped back to the flight deck. Timmy and Tootie had their backs to them, looking out of the front window at the planet in front of them.
It looked almost like Earth, without the seven continents.
"How are we going to find Sonic down there", Tootie asked.
"Don't worry it'll be easier than you think", T.J. reassured her, noticing that she was slightly dazed.
"Can we warp down there", Timmy asked.
"Sorry Timmy, not even I can warp to a Smash Brother's world, but I can get us down there. We'll take the Arwings", he said. They all warped to the hanger. They were soon on their way down to Mobius.
"You remember that evil scientist I was talking about earlier", T.J. asked over the radio.
"Yeah, Dr. Eggman", Sovia called back.
"Right, he probably has active air defenses all over the ground, so when I say drop below 1,000 feet, drop below 1,000 feet, or you'll get blown out of the sky before you know what's happening", he said.
Cosmo and Wanda looked at each other nervously. That worried them.
The four were flying to one of Sonic's friends's home to ask where he might be. They were about half way there when Sovia noticed strange heat signatures all over the ground.
"Guys do you see those-", Sovia began.
T.J. interrupted, "Everyone drop below 1,000 feet now", his orders were like a gunshot. Without hesitation everyone dropped.
"We have, to land the trees are too tall, we're not far, and we can walk", he said. They landed in a small clearing. T.J. pushed a few buttons on his C.O.M.S. and their Arwings flew back to the Carrier.
"If we hurry we can make it before lunch", T.J. said bringing up a holographic map.
"Let's go", Sovia said not minding the idea of walking. They set off. About 30 minutes later they were intercepted.
"Ambush", T.J. yelled. They took cover as countless robots opened fire. Sovia began firing arrows back.
"Timmy try and hit them with a lightnig blast", T.J. shouted. He tried, but there were too many, he couldn't get a clear shot.'
"There's too many", Timmy announced.
"Sovia cover me", T.J. shouted running from behind cover deflecting laser blasts from the robots with his sword. He took about 16 down when he was hit badly in his left arm in between his armor shoulder and forearm armor by a melee combat robot. Searing pain shot through his arm. He destroyed the robot and took cover, holding his arm. Looks like I have no choice, he took the Capsule out and broke it. The Smash Bros. emblem appeared and he crushed it with his hands. Sovia, Timmy, and Tootie watched as a glowing aura surrounded him and his brown eyes changed to yellow.
He walked out and jumped into the air and yelled, "Let's see how you handle this one, Elemental Attack!"
He raised his left hand and a beam of fire, air, water, ice, and lightning shot into the crowd of robots. It destroyed half of them, then he took his sword and struck the ground in the middle of the other robots causing a monstrous explosion. The others searched the dust for him. When the dust cleared they saw him leaning against a tree clutching his arm. Blood flowed between his fingers. Sovia gasped and rushed over.
"T.J. are you okay", she said her heart thuding in her chest.
"Yeah", he lied, "does anyone have the first aid?" He was in almost unbearable pain. They all shook their heads.
"Great all I have is this small bottle of ether", he said taking off his bandana and removing a bottle from underneath his armor. He moved his hand, revealing a deep gash.
He rubbed the anesthetic on the wound, which didn't help the pain, and wrapped it with his bandana.
"Now you know why I wear a red one", he said, returning to clutching his arm, "We have to go this won't hold for long."
They set off again and ten minutes later they arrived at a small house.
"Stay here I'll be right back", T.J. said. He walked up to the door and knocked. A large rabbit anwsered.
"T.J. what happened to you", she asked, shocked ,looking at his blood drenched arm, "you better come in so I can help you."
"Thank you, Vanilla", he said gratefully. He walked inside and sat at the dining room table. She brought a first aid kit from a closet and began to dress his cut.
"Thanks again, my high-school nurse could have learned a thing or two from you", he said examining his bandaged arm.
"You're very welcome, T.J.", she said with a smile.
"Before I explain what I'm doing here I want you to meet some friends", he walked to a window and beckoned them in.
Timmy and Tootie walked in first and were acquainted. When Sovia walked in, Vanilla gasped.
"T.J. she looks-", she began but he quickly interrupted.
"Beautiful, I know", he said slightly shaking his head to tell her not to bring up the subject.
"Vanilla, this is Sovia", he said.
"Hello, it's nice to meet you", Sovia said.
"Well now that you're all introduced, it's time to explain why we're here. We're here because we hoped you would know where Sonic is", he said.
"I'm sorry, but Sonic and the others have gone to space to fight the Meterex Army", she replied.
"We were attacked by that very same army, what can you tell us"
"Well, they are looking for the Chaos Emeralds. Sonic threw them across the universe after losing a battle to the Meterex Leader."
"Super Sonic lost a battle", T.J. said astonished.
"Yes, Tails invented a ship that could travel space to look for the Emeralds. They left 2 days ago.", she went on.
"We have to find them, sorry to leave so soon, but this is important, again I thank you for your hospitality", T.J. said. Motioning for the others to leave.
"Wait, Vanilla would you like to come along", he asked.
"Well, I would have to pack", she replied.
"Not a problem", T.J. said, "J.E.E.V.E.S."
"Yes, sir", the C.O.M.S. said.
After Vanilla's things were packed, they were ready.
"You three can warp back to the Carrier", T.J. said.
"I thought you said we couldn't warp", Timmy said somewhat confused.
"I said we can't warp to the world, but we can warp to the Carrier", T.J. corrected.
"How are you and Vanilla going to get back, all of our ships carry one", Sovia said.
"Not all of them, J.E.E.V.E.S., call the Smash Skiff, you three get to the Carrier"
They warped to the carrier, and a flat surfaced transport with thrusters on the bottom landed in front of them. T.J. engaged his forcefield. Vanilla didn't need one because everyone from Sonic's world could somehow breathe in space. They were all back at the Carrier, and Sovia showed Vanilla her room, which likec everyone's looked like theirs back home.
"Timmy open the radar field as far as it will go. J.E.E.V.E.S. set a course following Sonics D.N.A.", T.J. instructed.
They were on their way.
Looks liked there are some unanswered questions. Who is Sonia? Where is Sonic? Why do the Meterex want the Chaos Emeralds?
They'll be answered...soon.
Sorry for the updating delay. I had trouble figuring out what T.J.'s new outfit would be. If you want an idea of what his armor looks like send me a pm and I will email you a picture.