Chapter 40: Love gets Stronger and Love gets Weaker:
I am Dr. Eggman Nega! The greatest scientist in the Sol Dimension!
Now that I've finally made it to Mobius, it is now time to begin Phase 1 of my plan:
to retrieve my Sol Emeralds from Blaze! That meddlesome cat thought she had won
when she brought them with her to this world, but she clearly didn't remember that I still
have the technology to travel between dimensions after our last two encounters! Now
it's time to exact my revenge on that purple bitch, and start the empire that I originally
intended to build back in the Sol Dimension! I'll show her what happens to those who
mess with me! I'll show her who the rightful ruler of this pathetic world is! I'll show her
what it's like to be defeated countless times! And once all of THAT is done...heh heh
heh...I'll disembowel her and write my name all over this world in her blood!
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...! (cough)(choke)(gag)(sputter) Ohhhh!
The rainstorm that had hit Mobius National Park had completely missed the neighborhood where the mansion was located, and instead of clouds and lightning, a peaceful sky was present with stars scattered all over. At the moment, it was dusk and just about everyone in the entire neighborhood was getting ready for bed. But of the few who were still wide awake was Dr. Eggman Nega, who was busy piloting his Egg Mobile down the quiet streets all the while eyeing a handheld gadget that appeared to be some sort of tracking device.
He passed by a sign that read: "The Speed Limit Is 20mph, Unless You're Me" and had a picture of Sonic striking his signature pose from his first game beneath the words. The doctor was exceeding this speed limit by at least 20 miles, though he wasn't aware of it. Luckily for him, nobody had caught him. The streets were silent at this time, and the silence was so far only interrupted by the soft humming of the Egg Mobile's engine. That is, until the tracking device in his left hand started to beep.
In surprise, he fumbled with it briefly before catching it and quickly swerving behind a shrub that had been sculpted to look like Sonic, just as the beeping grew louder and the glowing dot on the grid-map started to flash more brightly, and achieved a rate of 10 flashes per second.
"Hmm, I must be getting pretty close." He said, examining the screen before looking around.
As he examined his surroundings, Eggman Nega found that he was right next to the entrance to the very mansion that Sonic and his friends lived in.
"So they're in there now, eh?" He asked, an evil grin splitting his face apart as he cracked his knuckles, "Heh heh heh...Now to get back my Sol Emeralds!"
My name is Miles Prower! But everyone calls me Tails!
To be honest, it feels surprisingly quiet with Shadow and Rouge
gone! And that seems odd, seeing how Shadow hasn't spoken much
at all during these fourty chapters, and Rouge's lines are mostly
relegated to situations that focus on her! Regardless of all that, though,
I heard that a thunderstorm hit the park where they're camping,
so I hope they're not in any serious trouble! But even if they ARE being
affected by the storm, at least I don't need to worry about getting rained on
when I fly Cream home tonight! ...If I can get this goddamn plane WORKING,
that is!
In the garage, Tails was sitting in his Tornado, attempting to work the controls, while Cream (who had stayed over for dinner) was standing nearby.
"Any luck yet?" She asked.
"Still nope." Tails replied.
Cream sighed.
"Well, I guess I'll walk home then?" She proposed.
"Um, well, I dunno. I mean, you could also stay for the night. I don't mind, and Sonic wouldn't either, since he trusts you." Tails said.
"Really? Oh, how kind of you!" Cream replied, kissing her boyfriend on the cheek.
Tails blushed, a hand behind his head as the two went inside. He escorted his girlfriend into the house until he reached Shadow's old bedroom.
"So yeah, you can sleep here. Sorry if it smells like whiskey because...well, let's just say this wasn't always a guest room." He explained, gesturing Cream towards the bed with an extended hand.
Cream started to look skeptical.
"Um, I'm not really sure about this." She said.
"What do you mean?" Tails asked, slightly concerned.
"Well, the thing is, I've never slept away from home before; at least not without someone nearby." Cream admitted.
Tails easily held back a laugh.
"Oh, that shouldn't be a problem, since my room is right next door." He said, thumbing to the wall.
Cream still didn't look satisfied.
"Give me some time and I'll think it over. But for now, is there anything we can do?" She asked.
Tails nodded.
After the next few hours or so, the couple had played countless games of foosball and marathon'd through all three seasons of Sonic SatAm. When bedtime finally came around, Tails escorted Cream back to the bedroom.
"Alright, I've made up my mind." Cream said, "I want you to sleep in here."
"Um, okay." Tails replied somewhat hesitantly.
After the two got into the long unused bed, Tails asked: "So...what do people do when they share beds?"
"Oh, maybe they stay up and watch TV, or...cuddle all night, or get undressed, and..." Cream replied.
"W-wh-what!?" Tails asked, an uncomfortable expression on his face.
"You heard me! This is the first time I've slept away from home, and I need to do something to help me relax!" Cream replied, "...or someone!"
She kissed Tails right on the mouth, ridding him of the tense feeling he had just had.
"Alright, now you step out for a bit while I get ready!" Cream ordered.
"Okay!" Tails replied, walking into the hallway and shutting the door.
After a bit, he heard Cream say "Alright, all clear!" Upon reentering the guest room, Tails jumped at the sight of all of Cream's clothes on the floor and Cream herself completely covered in the bedcovers except for her head and one of her arms. Shivering, he cautiously stepped over to the bed and climbed into it.
I can't believe I'm actually doing this! He thought as he allowed Cream to grab his arms and wrap them around herself before pulling him in close and doing the same with her own arms.
"Now! Are you ready?" She asked.
"Mmhmm." Tails reluctantly nodded.
I'm Silver the Hedgehog! The hero from the future today!
Sorry for not getting much attention recently, but the things I've done
over the last several chapters have been very unimportant, everyday
things (the most interesting thing that happened was me cheating in a
volleyball game with my telekinesis)! That aside, I also heard about the storm,
but since I'm psychic, I can already tell that Rouge and Shadow are doing just
fine! As for me, I'm just enjoying this beautiful night outdoors and, of course,
spending some quality-time with Blaze! As enjoyable as that sounds, however,
I can't shake the feeling that some shit's gonna go down really soon! I don't know
when or what, but it ain't gonna be good!
Meanwhile, Eggman Nega was climbing up the tall hedge that lay on either side of the gate that lead into the driveway. When he made it to the top, he surveyed the front yard and was alarmed to see that some of the household was out front as well. In shock, the fat scientist stumbled onto some barbed wire that was on top of the hedge and fell into the rose bushes below, letting out a loud belch as he landed. With a mild groan in pain as he inspected his slightly torn and bloody clothing, he quickly looked up to see if he'd been spotted. No one had seen him.
The doctor continued to crawl through the garden until he got near the doorstep and saw Silver and Blaze conversing in front of the door. Peering between the bars that were holding the railings up, the only part of the conversation that he could make out consisted of Blaze saying "Be right back!" followed by her kissing Silver's cheek.
"Bingo! Wherever that annoying cat goes, the emeralds are there too! I've just got to find a way to sneak into the house though, and since I can't turn the damn sound off, I'm unable to use my radar." He muttered, "Wait a minute! That's Silver! Hmm, maybe I can use him to distract the others, cause a little mischief perhaps? Aha!"
Eggman Nega spotted Amy along the bushes on the other side of the front porch. She was playing with Sonic Jr. and was teaching him how to catch fireflies. Quietly chuckling, Nega coolly pulled a ray gun out of his pocket and aimed it right at the back of Silver's head. Silver was standing by the railing, facing the gate, unaware of the evil genius lurking behind him.
"Haha, even I don't know what exactly will happen when I pull this trigger, but it should work in my favor!" He grinned, finally firing a single blast from the gun.
The beam hit its target perfectly, and Silver stumbled forward, immediately getting a headache from it. With his eyes tightly shut, he collapsed onto the porch, emitting a combination of groans and growls as he jerked and twitched, his curled fingers gripping the ground as if he was trying to avoid being sucked into a wormhole. Barely able to lift his head, Silver let out a blood-curdling scream of pain, though it did not distract anyone thanks to one of Eggman Nega's other inventions, which could throw voices, and thus threw the scream all the way to Chun-Nan.
Finally, Silver stopped writhing and entered a more relaxed state and holding his head, he stood up. After he opened his eyes, one could look closely and see his pupils shrinking until they were completely gone as his gold irises started to glow eerily. His entire body was surrounded by a purple aura. It turned out that the ray gun that had hit Silver was a hypno ray, which violently hypnotized him. Now that he had been painfully infused with evil energy, only time would tell what trouble he would cause.
Showing no signs of memory of what had just happened, or pain or side effects from the hypnosis, Silver saw Amy walking Sonic Jr. up the steps and into the front door. Without a word, he discretely and casually extended a black-booted leg and tripped her just as Jr. had safely entered the house. Amy looked up from the ground and saw what she had tripped on.
"Oh, it's just you Silver. You don't need to apologize or anything, I know it was a mistake." She said, standing back up and noticing Silver's change in appearance, "Uh, Silver? Are you alright? You don't look too good."
Silver finally spoke, his expression blank.
"Come closer." He said, "Come closer and say nothing."
"Seriously, what's up?" Amy continued, only to be yanked into Silver's arms, "Uh, what are you doing? OW!"
Silver gave her a slap across the face as she talked.
"Do what I say, alright?!" Silver ordered, "Now. Kiss me."
"Um, I really shouldn't, and you shouldn't either. AAH!" Amy replied, breaking free from his arms only to be yanked back.
"UNDERSTOOD?!" Silver demanded.
Amy continued to try wriggling free. Rolling his eyes, Silver proceeded to pat her around the thighs and calves, causing her to tingle with delight.
"Mmph! No! Stop it! Blaze is gonna get pissed!" Amy said, right before she was kissed on the lips against her will.
As this happened, Blaze was coming back out of the front door carrying two glasses of sparkling cider, only to drop them to the ground at the sight of what she saw, angry tears welling up in her eyes. Before the kiss could reach ten seconds in length, Amy used all her strength and broke free of Silver's grip. Panting, she stumbled backwards.
"Really, what the hell is wrong with you!?" She asked.
"Ohhh no! I think the question is 'what the hell is wrong with you'!" Blaze said, her voice shaky as she stomped onto the front porch and lit her lower arms on fire.
"Huh!? No! Really! I didn't kiss him, he kissed me!" Amy replied, stumbling back again but this time to the point of falling down as Blaze pursued her further and further away from the front door, having not taken a single glance at Silver since observing the kiss.
"Nice try, but I know what you're after! You just want to get with Silver because just having Sonic isn't good enough for you!" Blaze cried, "So no point in playing dumb with me!"
After crab-walking along the ground until she was cornered, Amy lifted up one of the flower pots and attempted to block herself from the front. But the angry Blaze effortlessly destroyed it with a claw swipe. Amy could see that some of the chips that had landed by her were slightly melted due to the flames. She started wriggling away, barely avoiding another claw swipe. But one of Blaze's claws still managed to make a small rip in her dress, barely managing not to leave a mark on her skin. The torn part of the dress also had a tiny stream of smoke coming from it.
"Yeah, I said it! And there's absolutely no way Sonic won't hear about this! But before I make sure he does, I'd better teach you a lesson first!" Blaze continued, making her own arms burn even brighter (though as her tears of rage started splatting on the ground, a few of them landed on her extended arms and caused the flames to flicker).
This caused Amy to sweat due to her close proximity to her. Despite her shocked state, she managed get back onto her feet and ran into the house. After watching her flee, Blaze started to sob as she levitated about a foot off the ground and crossed her flaming arms close to her chest, lowering her head towards her arms too. Her entire form was then consumed in fire, and she curled into a ball. After rolling in place for a few seconds, Blaze suddenly jerked back into position as sparks flew out and landed in scattered positions around the front yard, but not creating any fires. One of the sparks had landed a few feet away from Eggman Nega's position in the bushes.
In the very spot where the familiar-looking Blaze had been standing, a cat made entirely out of flames (about the same size and shape as a housecat from the real world) with demonic yellow sclera stood on all fours, showing no resemblance to Blaze at all. Within a few seconds after this transformation, vertical, ovular black pupils appeared and Blaze let out a meow, though much louder than her usual one as it echoed across the yard and caused both the possessed Silver and Nega to cover their ears.
"Blaze! Wait a minute! Amy was righ-" Silver admitted, only to be cut off.
"Outta my way, Silver!" Blaze said as she hurried past him, leaving charred paw-prints on the front porch.
Right after Blaze left, Silver started to twitch before collapsing on the ground again, similar to how he had when he was first hypnotized.
"How can this happen!?" Eggman Nega groaned, "Oh right. If they get attacked, the hypnosis wears off...well at least it worked."
"Uggh!" Silver groaned loudly as misty purple aura started to quickly shoot upwards from his back.
Before long, he stopped making noise and lay still as the aura that hung over him quickly vanished into thin air. However, Silver had not been completely knocked out as he came to shortly after this happened. He weakly got up onto one knee and realized that the front part of the mane that surrounded his neck was charred black from Blaze's fire attack.
"What the hell happened?" He asked, tightly gripping his aching head and looking around the deserted and slightly messed up front yard.
Before he had time to think though, he heard screaming from inside the house. He cautiously stepped in and saw a frightened Amy run by, followed by some kind of flaming creature who was hurriedly flying after her up and down the halls and repeatedly looping around the interior of the house.
"Ugh, I would ask what's going on, but my head hurts too much to give a shit. I think I'll go to bed and avoid the rush." Silver said, slumping to his bedroom while the conflict continued to rage on.
Meanwhile, Sonic was in his bedroom with the door shut as he gently rocked Sonic Jr.'s bassinet to try and lull him to sleep. It worked surprisingly quickly, and just as Sonic was silently climbing into bed, the door swung open and Amy began to hurriedly rummage around looking for something. Now that the door was open, the hissing and scorching sounds coming from Blaze could be heard down the halls.
The noise woke Jr. up and he started bawling on the spot. Sonic sighed as he watched Amy finally find her hammer, but was in shock as he saw the area outside the door light up as Blaze appeared, looking around until she spotted her. Amy chose to flee again for the sake of protecting Jr. from the flames and the chase continued. The flaming cat grew tired of chasing her and started to spit fireballs.
Amy narrowly avoided most of them, and managed to jump over a particularly large one. However, the larger one hit the ground in front of her and erupted into a small wall of fire. She barely avoided touching it, but as she was leaning forward due to lack of balance, she fell onto the other side, unscathed by the flames, but realizing that she had dropped her hammer on the other side and that the flying inferno was still coming after her. She managed to get back up and keep running, finishing yet another lap around the house, cutting through the living room this time, completely defenseless against the fire until she tripped over a fold in the rug and looked back to see that Blaze was gaining even more speed.
Being in the second hallway for the sixth time now, Amy started looking around desperately, until a fire extinguisher that was hanging in the kitchen caught her eye. Not hesitating to reach for it, she gripped the handle, a finger on the trigger as Blaze started coming closer and closer. Amy ended up stumbling back with fear, and sitting against the wall, she looked away as she opened fire. Blaze stopped flying upon being hit with the extinguishing solution, and started running rapidly in circles on all fours, hissing as she went, a thick trail of steam billowing from her head. In a few seconds, the steam expanded into a cloud before dissipating, revealing Blaze unconscious on the floor, having been reverted back to normal.
Cautiously getting back up, Amy said nothing, continuing to stare down at her new ex-friend as Sonic came from behind and put an arm on her shoulder. Instantly, the shocked Amy started to cry quietly as she was silently walked back to her bedroom.
Meanwhile, Eggman Nega was still out front. He had emerged from the bushes and had been watching the fight the whole time through the front window. A look of shock appeared on his face as he saw Sonic come to comfort Amy.
"What!? That hedgehog's here too!? I can't handle the two of them alone! This calls for desperate measures!" He complained, quickly running back to the hedge.
Once he reached the other side, he pressed a button on a small remote from his pocket and his Egg Mobile appeared from thin air (he had turned it invisible while he was spying on the household in order to keep as low of a profile as possible). Before taking off, the doctor began to brief his plan in order to make sure he understood exactly what to do.
"So since those two are too powerful to take on alone, I need to find Doctor Eggman so he can help me defeat them, enabling me to get my hands on the Sol Emeralds! " He exclaimed, "Hell, we can even rule the world together once we make rope-sausage out of their little friends!"
Grinning, the doctor silently started hovering off the ground and flew off into the night, completely undetected by anyone, including those within the mansion.