CHAPTER 5: MAKE WEAPONS AND GET INTO FIGHTS
Sonic quickly got up.
"Bad dream?" Caliburn asked.
"Worse, good dream went bad." Sonic complained. "I'd rather have a full length nightmare than have a decent lucid dream shit on itself.
"Care to tell what happened?"
"I'd rather not."
"Anyway, I'm almost done with the 'Moist Nugget' thing. After that you need ten of the rounds?"
"Yeah I don't plan on using it much. Kill guys that would normally take like ten hits to kill in one shot, it'll give Arthur a surprise, and after that I can make sure followers will follow."
Caliburn rolled his eyes. "That sure is not much different from King Arthur."
"I don't intend to stay in this land much longer. I'll be going home, bringing as much as I can with me."
"... Why?"
"Because it'll be fun. Anyway, I need to eat." Sonic turned to the blacksmith. "Anything you got?"
"Nah, I went out to eat. Go in town, should be cleared of goons by now." The blacksmith said over his shoulder.
"Kay." Sonic got up and left the workshop. He walked through the streets, now appreciating the structure of the city. -Y'know I wish those cities I always see artwork on the internet existed. Boatways through modern/futuristic cities, buildings connected by walkways over nothing, and stores sky high with apartments next to 'em, all in the same place, I could settle down there. Fuck I'm getting offtopic.- Sonic saw the place he was at yesterday, Boar's Head Tavern, and rushed in.
In the bar there were a bunch of people there for an early drink or breakfast. First one was a purple weasel hunter with an oversized fang, -Fang the Sniper.- a large beige polar bear with gauntlets and a scarf, -Bark the Polar Bear.- a yellow cat with black hair wearing red and black robes, -... Beats me. I think I remember the description though... Didn't Amy tell me about how she beat a catgirl up for me just before that one championship started? Oh wow I think that's her.- a green duck with a handkerchief and an eyepatch -Bean, but... eyepatch?- were sitting at the bar. The men all had beer, the bear had a keg of it half empty, while the woman just sat there with an empty shotglass.
"Oi, lad!" The duck shouted with a drunken slur.
"Uh, hi."
"Wutz yer name, I recall ye here yesturday..."
"Sonic. Sonic the hedgehog. Fastest thing alive. Yourself?"
"Ah, me name's Degroot. The purple guy's Sax, big guy's Al, an' tha gal's Rachel."
The weasel spoke up with his also accented voice, this time Australian. "And that's quite a statement you made there, hmm?" -Y'know, Aussie accents ain't bad . Normally you'd think of higher pitched voices, but Fang's got the deep voice to turn a normally silly voice badass.-
"Yea, but it's true. I'm faster than you, I'm sure." Sonic gloated as he sat down at the bar.
"Judgin' by ya looks, maybe. But, you armored or anythin'?"
"Yea, me n' Rockay ovah here saw ya tear through town yestaday, wearin onna dem cursed armors. Ya ain't wearin' em now. Any protection of yer own or are ya fast but weak?" Al asked. -He had an accent. I can't begin to pinpoint where the hell he's from. Just try to imagine him saying that with a 'big dumb happy lug' voice, except not as stupid as Big.-
Sonic paused. "Ditched the cursed one for health reasons. I'm gettin' the smithy in town to get me one."
"Anything else?" Rachel asked. -No accent. Okay, so the team is slightly normal. Or does it just make it more stereotypical? I think too much and talk too less.-
"Uh yeah, sharpen the sword I used, getting a couple handy weapons, and other stuff. Gonna see the lady of the lake today, get in a couple fights, and get things done."
"What kinda fights? I think we can help with 'em. Oh, an' my full name's Saxton. Saxton Hale."
Sonic paused for a second, contemplating whether or not it would be a good idea to share his plans. "Black Knight and his goons."
"Woah, fuck man." Saxton commented. "That's a tough job."
"Yeah, it'll be okay, I could handle it without a sword." Sonic replied as he chuckled.
As he opened his eyes, Sonic saw Fang's signature smirk on Saxton's face as he began to speak. "Ya up for a bet, then?"
"Wha-WAIT WHAT." Sonic stammered.
"C'mon. You win ya get us to help you out and we'll trample the fucker. We win you'll do us a favor."
"What's the favor?"
"This guy called fer me in the middle of the street, and asked me if I could do one small favor." The weasel began as he leaned back in the bar chair. "This 'one small favor' turned out to be this wild goose chase across the map. The last guy I talked to told me that I hafta help the city out from its gang problem, and I ain't gonna do that shit I already spent 3 months doing this 'small favor' of that one bastid's, and I'm sure there's gonna be even MORE fuckers if I kept tryin'. So why not get a faster guy?"
"I don't blame ya man." Sonic replied with a cocked eyebrow. "Christ you better be payed well for that."
"Ye, if ya take this bet 'n I win you know you ain't getting' paid, right?" Saxton asked.
If I win, I get a bunch of henchmen so I don't have to DO EVERYTHING like I said before. If I lose... well fuck.
"Sure, why not. I could use some buddies other than this annoying talking sword I have." There's a gang, right? I bet they do drugs. And I bet that Silver guy is the leader.
"That's the spirit!" Saxton said hopping out of his chair. "I'll wait for ya."
Sonic got out of the chair, and cracked his neck. The first ever bar fight you get into is with a leader of an armed gang while you only have your fists. Way to go, slugga.
"Ready?" The weasel asked. I love how the bartender not only just watches us fight, but bets on someone. I think it was me. Whatever.
"Yeah. Bring it on!"
Saxton threw the first punch, right for the head. Sonic ducked under that, grabbed his arm, and sent an uppercut to Saxton's jaw. Saxton made the attack connect lighter by swinging his knee with Sonic's arm. He was spun a bit, Sonic saw another punch coming from the spin, but reacted late. He got hit, -The hell I thought this was medieval times. Why the hell does Sax have guns like THEM?- but quickly recovered. He waited for Saxton's next attack.
Another punch flew. Sonic pushed this one aside and sent a punch to the gut, getting in closer. Saxton reacted by quickly trying to bring his arms back. Sonic grabbed his ear and pulled the weasel away as he reared up his fist. Saxton did the same and let out a punch much quicker than Sonic. However, this one failed to reach Sonic -Sums up Australians well. Small but they got some fight in 'em.- Sonic launched a punch at Saxton, hitting him right in his nose.
Saxton recoiled a bit, and he decided to use his size to his advantage. He grabbed Sonic's arm and jumped, and swung. This forced Sonic to bend over, and Saxton kicked as his shins mid swing, causing Sonic to face plant on the floor.
Sonic rolled onto his back to see Saxton in the middle of getting up. He launched both his feet to his backside and sent him flying into a table. Sonic rolled himself back up and began to walk over to the table. Saxton had slid over and off the table, but he turned around when friction slowed him down. Saxton lifted the table, -YEESH.- and began pushing it. Sonic began to back up, and then he charged it.
It was almost at a standstill, with Saxton and Sonic pushing from both sides. Sonic knew he had to get rid of Saxton's improvised Spartan Shield, but how to do that...
Sonic began to lift the table with one foot a little bit off the ground..
The table went over Sonic with Saxton still pushing. -Time to see if I can do this like that Military Guy did back at that festival I went to about a year ago. It's SHOW TIME!- Sonic did a quick punch at Saxton, landing it in the cheek. Before he could wander off, Sonic launched another punch with his other hand in the face. Again before Saxton could move much, Sonic had flung a leg up to head height, connecting with the side of his head. Sonic watched as the weasel spun around and stumbled for a bit. -Fuck yeah.-
As Sonic walked over, Saxton spun around and did a punch to the chest. Sonic got hit and stumbled backward. Saxton stepped forward and punched again. Sonic raised his hands to stop the punch, but it blasted him back further. Saxton stepped forward again threw another punch. Sonic backflipped to dodge it.
Sonic began a spindash -Did I ever spindash during the first runthrough? No? Time to make up for that.-, and launched it quickly. This attack caught Saxton off guard and he flew backward as Sonic barreled through. Saxton rolled back onto his feet, using his tail to help stop the momentum. He turned around as Sonic was rolling out of a ball and ran. Sonic turned around to see a flying kick heading toward him.
Sonic turned around and began another spindash.
Saxton landed in the middle of a curse word in the middle of his regret, and narrowly dodged this next spindash. He ran up, but he didn't try attacking like that again.
Sonic got up and was immediately greeted with a kick to the pelvis. He flew onto the ground on his back, and saw Saxton about to do a jumping curb stomp on him. Sonic quickly brought his feet up to his head, and Saxton landed on them. Sonic then kicked Saxton into a wall. Sonic got up and walked over to Saxton. Saxton tried kicking back, but Sonic jumped over his legs. Sonic kicked Saxton back into the wall, flipping him in the process, and began to step on his back and neck.
Saxton couldn't pull or kick him off. Trying to roll didn't work. So, he began to do a pushup.
The sudden change in balance that wasn't left and right caught Sonic off guard, and he fell off. Sonic tried to get up but Saxton quickly flung a kick to his inner thigh. Saxton grabbed his hat and crawled on top of Sonic and began punching Sonic. After taking a few hits, Sonic flipped it over, put his knees on Saxton's arms and unleashed a fury of hits against the weasel. The weasel was being hit so much, he was being stunned.
Sonic slowed down the punches. Eventually, he got up.
Saxton stayed there, staring at the hedgehog. It looked like he didn't fight back, and was about to explode in rage. But then, he smirked, and shrugged.
"You're pretty good." the beat up weasel said in a complimenting tone as he began to clap. "That's some nice fightin' there."
Sonic rubbed his nose. He saw blood there. He honestly didn't feel it at all. "Yeah, you kicked some of my ass, too."
"Welp, guess that one small favor ain't gettin' done." The weasel chuckled.
Sonic laughed along with him, and stuck his hand out. "Nope."
Saxton grabbed the hand, and pulled himself up. "Well guys," he said as he turned around. "Guess we're fightin' the king."
Bark growled as he handed the bartender twenty rings, who looked at the combatants. "First ya gotta clean up your mess. I'd like to take this moment to say your table flipping skills are remarkable."
"What?" Saxton complained..
"Hey, I'm being nice." The bartender said, pocketing the rings. "I let people do whatever the hell they want here this early, so long as they fix what they break. Boss don't come till seven, and you guys wouldn't want him to know you twos got into a fight, would ya?"
"Fine, fine." Saxton said as he walked over to the flipped over table. "Help me with this."
"'Sides, I don't get paid much. In fact the reason drinks cost more when boss isn't here is 'cus he pays dirt." The bartender continued, moments later being pelted by a napkin ball.
After eating, a couple of quick stops, and being followed by four mercenaries, he returned to the Blacksmith's workshop.
"Hey Smithy! Brought some friends." Sonic shouted.
The blacksmith turned around in his chair over the workbench. He saw the three men and catgirl and looked at Sonic. "Mercenaries?"
"Really?" Caliburn asked.
"So I don't have to do everything." Sonic assured.
"Alright, but still. Mercenaries?" Caliburn continued, with a somewhat disappointed tone.
"Whatever. Anyway, the Moist Nugget is done, I'm busy on the last three rounds. After that I'll fix up this... Boom stick? What's the deal with these names, anyway?"
Sonic chuckled. "Jokes from where I come from. When will the rounds be done?"
"It should be done in an hour or so," the blacksmith answered. "I've gotten used to how it works."
"Alright. I have a special request for the last 2 rounds." Sonic said pulling out a bag.
The two tailed fox watched as Sonic pulled out 2 large gems. He saw a black gem and a purple gem.
"Make these the bullets."
The blacksmith paused. "Not my specialty, gem-work, but I can try."
"Alright." Sonic said, leaving the workshop back into town.