Past Of Shadow by Zhao Yun 320
Ok now back to the mid air-ass kicking. You know the drill, Sonic and his friends don't belong to me. Only Raul the Puma does. As for Rose the Ocelot, Max the Bear, and Frank the Fox, they belong to my friends.
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'Thoughts'
Storyline
Flash back
"Talking"
Chap: 4 Skirmish in the Sky
Tails made the first move by charging towards Eggman's plane as if to pose a full out assault against the genius. The scientist's retaliation was a quick and large barrage of gunfire from both the main cannons and from Bocoe and Decoe's guns. Sharply turning to avoid the hail of bullets, Tails gotten close to Eggman's aircraft, close enough for Sonic and Amy to do a Homing Attack on the two robot flunkies and their guns.
However, without his loyal servants backing him, Eggman continued the attack on the X-Tornado and had decided to use his new weapon on them. The plane had started to turn when Eggman had fired his Flame-Cyro Thrower at them (I don't have a good name for it but I'm calling it that for the time being.) Dodging the deadly attack, Tails started a quick barrage at the genius' plane. This had not much effect on the plane as Eggman change his craft's nozzles from hover to flight.
This resulted a chase between the two aircraft, with Tails giving pursuit of Eggman and Eggman outmaneuvering the fox's attack. Enraged of this, Eggman dived down sharply enough to throw the X-Tornado off track and came back up, this time at Tails' six. Taking advantage of Tails' folly, he fired a missile at the heroes.
"Oh Shit shit shit!!!" said Tails as he saw it on radar. He knew that he can't turn in time to fire at it. However Sonic had an idea.
"Hey Ames…Fast-Ball Special?" asked the blue hedgehog as he went to ball form and started to spin rapidly. She smirked at this and nodded, giving Sonic the signal to charge towards her. When he got close for her to hit, Amy knocked Sonic towards the inbound missile.
"ITS UP!" started the pink hedgehog as if she was commentating a baseball game. Sonic hurled faster than usual to his target. Hitting dead on and with enough momentum, he bounced back to the other wing of the plane and smirk.
"and its good…." he said as he landed on his feet. Eggman was beyond pissed at this moment. He lost al rational thought and charged after them again. Tails was maneuvering as hard and fast as he can to avoid the fat scientist's attack but to no avail as his tail-end of the fuselage was hit by gunfire.
" NOT GOOD! The tail's wounded!" shouted Tails as he tried to pull out of the attack.
"THANK YOU CAPTAIN OBVIOUS!!" yelled Sonic as he held Amy down to dodge the hailstorm of bullets. Seeing smoke emit from the enemy plane, Eggman decided to fire at them but was interrupted by a flash of pink. He turned and saw a flight of black winged creatures heading for him. Looking back at the X-Tornado, he saw that they were under attack as well by the new arrivals. This was his undoing, as the ones inbound to him had began their attack.
"Decoe, Bocoe! Begin defensive positions! We have to withdrawal at once!" Shouted Eggman as he started to fire at the aliens that attacked.
It held them at bay but not for long. They then attacked again and started to damage the body of Eggman's plane. He then used the Flame-Cyro Thrower again but they just got angrier at the scientist. They manage to rip the wings of as the craft as it started to plummet down to the ground, Eggman deployed a countermeasure weapon that targeted not the aliens, but the X-Tornado.
As for Tails, Sonic and Amy, they continued to attack the aliens that had appeared. Sonic was both deflecting and slashing at them with the twin blades he had while Amy continued to reflect shots back at them with her Piko-Piko Hammer. However they were both exhausted and was oblivious to the attack Eggman's plane had shot.
As he struck one of the attackers down, Sonic turned and saw the incoming attack. Knowing that he doesn't' have much choice, he jumped down and spin dashed towards the blast that was going to hit the plane.
"SONIC! NO!!!" scream Amy as she smacked an inbound alien with her hammer and could only watch as her crush charged towards the blast. Taking it head on and extinguishing it, Sonic uncurled and was unconscious.
"DAMN IT! Amy, I'm starting to lose control of the Tornado, she can't stay up for much longer!" Shouted Tails as he punched the dash board( yeah, sure. Go ahead and break it some more ya moron!) in frustration.
"Tails, what the hell's that supposed to mean!?" cried Amy as she deflected another shot of energy the aliens shot at the plane.
" I gotta turn back! If we don't, this craft is as good as trash! Get back in the cockpit!" said Tails as he started to turn sharply.
"Whoa….wait! What about Sonic!?" she asked the kitsune with a 'Are you crazy' expression on her face.
"I know it's a shitty thing to do but we can't help him unless we turn back now!" he said as he started to fly back to the Mystic Ruins. Amy nodded but still cried. She knew that if they lost the plane, they might as well say that Sonic is as good as gone.
'Sonic…please be safe…don't leave me…' she said in her head as she looked back at the place were Sonic fell at.
Meanwhile
Sonic was in freefall when he was about to be attack by the remaining aliens when he woke up. He felt groggy but knew that if he pasted out again, he'd be worm food for these aliens.
Looking at them, he saw that they were vaguely familiar. As he began his attack, he saw that they had the same colors as Shadow's quills. Then it hit him harder than a truck hitting a retard running across the street( You know I'm just using an expression.). It was the colors of a Black Arms alien.
"How the hell…think later, fight now!" said Sonic to himself as he struck one on the head and jumped of it towards it brother. However this one had fired a volley of energy blasts at the blue hedgehog as he got closer. Deflecting them with the swords he had earlier, he started to loose altitude.
Taking advantage of this, one of the aliens struck him from behind, knocking him out again. Going in for the kill, one charged down to strike him again. As it charged down to kill him, it was oblivious to its surroundings, oblivious of its brothers falling down dead, and above all else, oblivious to the surge of energy that hit its face and ended its pursuit.
A figure had emerged and grabbed the blue hedgehog before he hit the ground. Picking him up with ease, he hoisted him on his shoulder and carried him towards the forest.
Two hours later
"Is he still alive? He took a mean beating from that dogfight and those creeps." said a gruff voice as Sonic started to regain his sense of hearing.
" He looks like he's been tossed through a meat grinder….how did that happen?" asked a feminine voice as the girl brushed Sonic's forehead with a cloth laced with both alcohol and hydrogen peroxide. The pain didn't come but still lightly stung the hedgehog.
"He hit at couple of branches on the way down. Nothing major, but he should stay out for a while. By the way, I saw a couple of those 'Black-Arms' up there. They started to fall back, thought you guys should know." The gruff voice said.
"And Egg-Head?" asked a more calm voice.
"Yea…he was there too. Me and Fox manage to stay outta sight till blue boy's friends had to go. They may come back for him, Puma." said the Gruff Voice.
"Eggman I understand by why the Black Arms…I thought their after Sonic's brother? Why leave Shadow alone for now??" said Puma as he paced.
"Maybe they want to use him as ransom…it's the most logical thing I can come up with, Puma. It could get Shadow's attention faster." said Fox as Sonic started to stir.
"Rosie…he's waking up…" pointed the gruff voice. That's all Sonic heard as he felt dizzier and finally fell asleep.
Another Two hours later
'Sonic, watch this!' said the Black hedgehog in his dreams as he started to curl to a ball and started to spin rapidly.
"Wow! Hey Shad! Teach me how to do that!" said a younger Sonic as he ran after his brother who took of light a rocket to the tree line. Sonic caught up to him but saw that he was on the ground.
"Shad?? SHADOW~!?" said Sonic as he shook his brother awake. Shadow chuckled and grabbed his brother in a head lock and shouted.
"Noogie attack!!!!" as he started to knuckled his brother on his head.
"AAH. Hhahaha! Ok…hah..OK UNCLE UNCLE!!!" shouted Sonic as he laughed under the attack.
"…Alright. You ok Sonic?" asked Shadow as he got up and hugged his brother.
"I'm mkay! Just happy that you're not hurt…."
Sonic woke in cold sweat as he shot up from his dreams. He then placed his head in his hands and groaned in both pain and frustration. As he did so, he took notice of the bandages that were wrapped around his head and got up from his bed. He was in a make shift hut, made from both bamboo and palm leaves. The interior had the look of a jungle but inside there were its both modern and primitive design. He got up and saw that there were pictures in the hut of animals he never seen before. He then saw a glass of water and 2 painkillers. Beside them was a note. Grabbing it, he read.
Take these two and walk outside. You'll feel better. BTW your swords are on the wall adjacent to ya.
Taking the painkillers and pulling his shoes on, Sonic got up and holster the two swords he had with him. Heading out of the hut, his eyes grew big as bowls. What he saw both thrilled and scared him.
He was in a vast green forest that was abundant with huts, water and ivy. As he looked around he saw that it was both somewhat primitive as well but they had some modern design. The most that was forest like is that some of the area was growing both large plants that bared fruit and veggies and some were used to power areas that ran off hydro-electric generators. As he looked, there were some Mobians that wondered around looking both happy and content with the area.
"Ahhh…good. You're awake!" said a voice that rang in Sonics head. He turned and saw a silver-gray kitsune on the roof of the hut he was in. He leaped down and landed beside Sonic.
The Kitsune had a mullet style hair that reached to the nape of his neck, with bluish-green eyes. He wore a black ninja armor with red covering around the joints and a grayish-under suit. He had a long red scarf around his neckline and a row of shurikins on his armbands. On his back was a teal handled Ninjatō that was strapped on his chest plate. His tail was the same color as his fur but at the end it was a white color.
"Are you ok?" asked the ninja as he offered his hand to Sonic.
"Oh…Yea sorry…still a little fuzzy but I'm good. Thanks for helping me." said Sonic as he shook the fox's hand.
"No problem. By the way, my name's Franklin. Franklin the Kitsune, but my friends call me 'Grey' or 'Fox', I also answer to the combo of the names…" said Frank as he smiled kindly at Sonic.
"Nice name…I'm Sonic…Sonic the Hedgehog." said Sonic as he gave Fox his trademark smile and thumbs up.
"Glad to see ya up!" the gruff voice from earlier. Sonic turned and saw something that would both excite and scare him.
The speaker was a mid-brown bear with the muscle size of a human body builder. He had massive scars on his face, his arms, and some that carried on to his chest. He had a sleeveless black tee with a pair of blue Wagner jeans that had some cuts on them. He had dark brown eyes with a light dark brown hair that had a few bangs that stuck out. On his back was a massive pike that had a forked bladed tip with one on the bottom but smaller.
"Whoa…thanks for helping me… pardon my French but ahh… DAMN you're big!" said Sonic with a smile.
The bear laughed and stuck out his hand. Sonic took it and thought that he was gonna loose it when the bear shook it.
"Don't worry. I won't hurt ya. The name's Max. Max the Bear." he said as he released Sonic's hand.
"Nice…are you the same…"
"Yeah…the same 'Maximus the Bear' you seen in wrestling. I used to be the champ but I left the biz for adventure and to pass on what I learned in my life of fighting and from the Chaotix." said Max as he smiled warmly.
"Whoa…its nice to meet ya! I'm Sonic. One of the Fastest things alive." said the blue hedgehog as he smiled.
"Oh…good. I thought you'd be awake by now." Said another voice , this time it was a girl's voice. Sonic and the other two turn and who was talking.
The girl was a light brown ocelot that was the same height of Amy Rose but a tad bit taller. Her hair was done like a short bob cut that was a reddish brown color in it, and like Amy, she wore a head accessory, but instead of a hair band, it was a red headband. She had golden brown eyes that shined like honey and had a smile that Sonic thought he seen on Amy before.
Her outfit was a Mandarin style sleeveless gi that was ablaze with gold, red, and black and ended just after it pasted her bellybutton. Her legs were a feminine look but had some muscle to them. Her arms too had that look but had less muscle to them but all in all she had the look and figure of a tomboy. Her legs were covered by a pair of tight pants that were of similar color of her top. As for her shoes, she had a pair of blue high-tops. On her waist were two large pinwheels that had blades that covered 2/3 of the handles and had red grips.
"Hi…thanks for patching me up…" said Sonic as he offered his hand for her to shake.
"No problem. I see you've met Max and Frankie. Its very great to see ya again, Sonic." said the Ocelot as she smiled at him.
"Uhhh…You know me??" asked Sonic confused.
"He probably forgotten about us, Rose!" said another voice. This one was familiar to Sonic from not earlier but from a long time ago. He turned and saw a figure on the roof of the hut.
The figure leaped down and landed on the side of Rose as he got up to face Sonic.
'This guy…where have I seen him before??' Thought Sonic as he looked at the new guy.
This one was a Light blond Puma with brownie-blond hair that was done into a ponytail that reached between his shoulder blades. The front of his hair had covered part of his eyes like a curtain, which were an blue-green like color. His face was adorn with scars on both sides, on the left was one that was the shape of an 'X' on his cheek. The other ran up from his eyebrow to his cheek.
He wore a black trench coat that covered a red tank top and a dark blue pair of levis. His boots were black with both a red and blue streak that ran on the sides of the pair. He also sported a headband but it was blue-green colored. He had two swords, one on his back and one on his hip. On the other side of his back he had a viridian colored spear with a red feather on the base of the tip of the head of the spear.
"…Have I seen you before?" asked Sonic afraid and confused of the puma.
" Yup…long ago. I known you and your brothers and sister since I was a cub. We were friends back then. You, me , Sonia, Manic, and Shad…Rose and Frank were with us as well." Said the Puma as he smiled.
"Ok….this is getting freaky…how do you know my brother and sister, Shadow, and me from that long when I can't remember when I've met you? Who…are you?" asked Sonic as he took a step back.
"The name is Raul….Raul the Puma. And I'm one of the fastest things alive as well. If any thing, I can keep up with you, Sonic the Hedgehog." said Raul as he gave him a cocky smirk.
All Sonic could do was to smile at the part that Raul claimed that he could match the blue hedgehog.
Ok this chapter has Officially introduced Raul the Puma and my friends' OCs into the world. So please review, its not that hard. Thank you!