Good evening fellow Sega lovers and fans! This is your author Big Red speaking and I have returning with that well deserved chapter. For those who were looking forward to that filler chapter, it sadly won't happen for a while due to the weekend fishing trips that I'm taking with my grandparents. But on the bright side, I'm still working on that Sonic Sega goodness that you all look forward to. For a recap, Chuck decide to face Max D. Cap alone while the other heroes dealt with The Magician's group. Things were a bit difficult for them since Zik and the others had a few trick up their sleeve until mysterious hero would arrive. That hero would be none other than Kirby who had overseen the situation and helped everyone take on the entire Legion squadron together. Only few managed to escape the heroes's onslaught while few, namely Max and The Magician, weren't lucky to survive. Before we dive into why G would be terrified of the idea of Varla killing the horned creature with her own hands, we shall tune in to see how thing go in today's chapter.
The undead stripper could say nothing about what she had done wrong, but she knew that drastic measures had to be taken in order to help herself and her allies. Varla turns to the concerned agent and raised out her bloodstained fist to show that she was the one responsible to or defeating The Magician herself. Shadow had no objections to her actions since showing his arrogant opponent that he's not the higher being was something he had wanted to do and watching Varla dish out the dirt would be the best way for his to judge her abilities.
"G, it had to be done. The Magician was a foolish monster who thought he was above all and having him put into an end was the best option. You agents can arrest people, but you can't do the same thing for an emotionless monster like him," Shadow said with his arms crossed.
While Zobiko was happy that her husband was saved thanks to Varla's plan, she still doesn't appreciate the fact that she's slowly losing her own humanity just to kill another being.
"And killing is the best way to solve our problems? You do realize that we can't have this happen to another Legion member just because "it's for the best". There's a reason why me and Zobio are reformed living deads since we choose not to be labeled as killers like the many zombies before our generation," she argued.
"No Zobiko, it had to be done. This monster already killed a living being before my eyes in an attempt to threaten my life. So I figured that doing the same to him would have been a great way to prove that karma is always a bitch. Would you rather have him live and continue this reign of terror like the other Legion members?" Varla remarked while observing her bloodstained hand.
G couldn't believe what his long lost partner was saying and had no intention of listening to her words of wisdom. The shades wearing agent stormed off to where she was and grabbed her by the hand to show that this wasn't the woman he remembered from the glory days.
"Varla, listen to me! What you're doing isn't right and it really hurts to see you resorting to mindless violence just to solve a problem. As if the other signs of this like when you've stabbed me in my chest and knocked Curien out of the mansion aren't signs that you are becoming one of them! You've could have let me handle him just so I wouldn't see you as this cold blooded killer," he said in a stern tone.
"And do what, killing him with a freaking gun that you've already killed many with? You are starting to become extremely hypocritical lately G and to believe that I was happy to make up for hurting you earlier. What makes it a difference if I've killed with my own hands and power instead of using a pointless weapon that was meant to be fired at criminals," she said before snatching her hand away.
G wasn't surprised at the way she was treating him and knew that he shouldn't have done a different approach with her since there were other ways for defeating someone than taking their life away from them.
"Guns are meant for more than just criminals, they are practically for self defense and it was necessary to solve both Goldman and Curien's wrong doings. Varla, I really care for your being and wouldn't want to lose you again. While what you did was considered "the right thing", you would wind up alarming the rest of the Legion of your presence in the end. You beating someone to death easily makes you more of a monster instead of a fellow human like the rest of us," the agent said.
Everyone minus Shadow grew shocked at G's harsh words about what Varala did and it definitely show how seriously this agent treats the idea of humanity. Kirby was more concerned about eating the splattered pieces of watermelon to even care about the conversation with Opa Opa keeping an eye on him. Chuck really wanted to have a word with his human ally about what he said, but his body was too broken and sore for him to even move that much. The first one who even wanted to confront the man about his troubling viewpoint was non other than Ralph himself since this entire situation reminded him about the treatment he had in the past.
"If I were really you, I would stop right there, mister. What you consider right is actually wrong in its own way since not everyone is meant to follow the same role as you. I myself was programmed to be a bad guy and nothing more and knew that being a hero in the end wasn't right for me in the arcade. So I would be the one to tell you that what you want this woman to do isn't meant for you to dictate. So I suggest you be thankful about what happened and move on to another level!" he said before poking his chest in threatening manner.
G glared back at the larger man since he didn't like to take orders from anyone who isn't a part of the US government. Washington did a sorrowful facepalm since he couldn't believe how low his partner had sunken since the time he was finally abel to see Varla alive again.
"Oh yeah, and what makes me think that I should listen to some damn gorilla that seems to know about being a villain? What I'm trying to say that a woman like her using force to defeat her enemies isn't what makes her human. As a matter of a fact, I'm just trying to make her take the right path and not becoming like the rest of those mutated freaks," he barked.
The ChuChus had landed right in front of what would be the burning corpse of Max D. Cap see how the others were doing. Needless to say, a majority of the space mice freaked out soon as they seen what they were looking at through the rocket's main monitor. ChuBach faints from what he saw and the other ChuChu captains were too squeak-less to even say a single word about the nightmares scene they were looking at. As for their other cargo Cyril, he finally caught up with his ride since he was scared enough to drop dead before they even arrived at their destination.
"Cyril was sorry for being late. I guess the axes weren't strong enough to hold them…"
The scene of his friends and Zobio arguing with one another and G was able to catch his attention. It appears that Zephyr was trying to reason with the agent about his views of humanity and how killing is actually a part of human nature. Zobio was back to arguing with his wife again since he agrees with what the others were saying about G's viewpoints being flawed. Washington as usual was cursing them all out in annoyance since dealing with his partner's stupidity was something they didn't want them to do. The axe wielding zombie had no idea what was going on and didn't like the looks of it since they had more important manners to do instead of fighting with each other. Now the thing that really cause his attention was seeing a massive red man that towered above them trying to lead things in another direction. This zombie had a feeling that he had seen him before, but could quite put his finger on it due to the fact that this may have been nothing but a slight coincidence. But this still didn't stop the zombie from walking in Ralph direction with the same look of shock since he at least wanted to get a closer look at them. Opa Opa watched as the voracious Kirby gulped the entire chuck of watermelon he had found near the Graveyard Dragster with a massive sweatdrop expression.
"Opa Opa wonders if there's anything you can't stop eating. You are the quite the interesting life form and still act hungry after helping me out with my father," the surprised ship said.
The shocked Cyril that walked past them in a zombie like direction caught both of their attention as they stared at this weird moment.
"Poyo?" the confused pink creature said while watching the zombie move.
The curious Opa Opa placed his right wing on his head and flapped with the other as he watched Cyril move like any other mindless zombie would and wandered what he's planning on doing.
"Opa Opa can't seem to process what's going on in his mind. Maybe he's back in the stage where zombie's no longer think for themselves?" he suggested.
Kirby was too curious to even think about staring and started running off to where he was since he just walked passed the Graveyard Dragster.
Opa Opa reacted to the puffball's sudden movement and cried, "Hey, where do you think you're going?".
The hero of Popstar ran like a cat chasing after flies and cut up to the now eased zombie to se what was wrong with him. One thing Kirby knew is that his eyes were devoid of life and he was in complete shock over what he is walking to see.
"Poyo poyo poyo poyo poyo!" he babbled while jumping near him.
The zombie ignored the little pink one's cries and kept walking toward the mass of arguing heroes before him. Now things were getting a it more violent when Varla pulls back her fist and prepared to punch G where he stood.
"Just stop treating me like I'm a defenseless woman, you stupid prick!" she yelled before dealing the blow to his face.
This sudden outburst of hers would finally cause the group to be silenced as the agent flew towards the graveyard like a broken punching back. It was then when Kirby was pulling him to safety with his Inhale ability since he knew that crashing towards that grave would have been no fun. Then the knocked out agent crashed to the ground before Varla's feet, with a bruised face and bloody once than's to having some sense knocked into him.
"To be honest, I would have rather had G hit the damn gravestone so his ass would have been hospitalized," Washington said bluntly.
Zobiko would then use this opportunity to apologize for doubting her husband's logic again since Varla knew what she was doing all along.
"Yeeeesh, that's going to leave a mark. Gonna needs some power-ups to heal those wounds," Ralph said in disgust.
The large man would eventually be confronted by a still shocked Cyril who was able to meet him face to face like a frozen fanboy. He had jumped in surprise since the zombie's appearance was unexpected and wondered what the undead axe holding cretin wanted.
"What are you supposed to be, one of Zobio's friends? You really have to warn me before getting that close since you almost scared me to death," said the frustrated Ralph.
Cyril could do nothing but keep looking at his face since he had a feeling that he seen him from before and dropped his axes to start getting feel of his tattered overalls. The villain of Fix It Felix Jr. watched as this zombie felt his rock hard body and wandered what was his problem. It wasn't until he realized that something was familiar with this specific zombie, like someone he personally knew back in Mr. Litwak's Arcade.
"Hey, do I know you from somewhere? It would be nice for me to get a good look at your face so I can know who you are at least," he said with eyes of annoyance.
Cyril would eventually stop his hands dead in their tracks and slowly look up at Ralph's face to get a feel of his appearance. The zombie's brain was so rotten that it normally takes him more than just finding his train of thought to remember the things he used to do in the far past that had little to do with the mansion that he lives in.
"Cyril, knows who you are. You're the guy from that arcade game that I've played during one of my vacation travels. Cyril believe it's called Fix It…. Feeeeaaaulll …..iiiiiieeeeexxxx…"
The forgetful zombie lost his train of thought again and needed to think harder in order to get his thought out.
"Fix It Felix Jr you mean? Are you a fan of my game or any others in the arcade? Well, I'm pretty much out of my machine while Litwak is gone thanks to some strange phenomenon that sent me and Turbo into the real world," he said before brushing the back of his head with a smile.
"That's right, Litwak was the name of the arcade Cyril was in. Your game was actually pretty fun since there' plenty of things for me to dodge from your hands. I believe the main character was some short blue man with a hammer that fix things," the zombie said after briefly shaking against Ralph's body.
Kirby walked up to the two and waddled around them to see what was the commotion being the curious puffball he is.
"Poyo poyo!" he said to get their attention.
The curious video game star looked to the right to see this pink creature and grew surprised since this one was like no other he had seen before.
"Who are you? And why are you so round like a ball?" Ralph said in suspicion.
The hero of Popstar blinked and places his right hand over his mouth since the man's large hands were very interested in him.
"Poyoooo poyo poyo poyoooo!" Kirby cried in excitement before latching onto his massive right hand.
Ralph screams and ran away from Cyril while attempting to shake the pink puffball off of his hand. The jolly pink creature was too excited to even care about the large man that tries to fling him off of his hand. G's would eventually recover from that powerful punch he was dealt with and strokes the swelling on his cheek since it was pain. Shadow did nothing but watch the entire thing since it was now up to Varla to fend for herself instead of being treated as something frail that needs attention all the time. The beautiful undead woman would reach down and pull her human partner into the air by the collar like a nagging wife. She looked dead into his eyes like a hawk staring intensely at its prey to show him that she was serious about what needed to be said. G was now to scared and hurt to even utter a word as he struggled to get out of her empowering grip.
"Listen to me well, G. I am no longer the damsel in distress that you knew me as before my damn brain was switched out. So whether or not a kill someone is none of you concern and you better be thankful for what I've did. Can you for once in a life time let me fight my own battles instead of depending on you or Washington's help? Isn't that too much to ask for?" she said coldly.
The zombie couple and Zephyr could do nothing but watch since they know that it's only meant to be between those two. Hearing her words loud and clear, the agent thought about what she said while she still held him into the air with her one arm. G really felt worried about her well being since she was back from the dead and now that he's becoming nothing but a burden to her. He all of sudden starts to slowly cry due to the feeling of guilt taking over his hardened professional soul, which actually surprised Varla this was quite unusual of him to do. Washington slowly nods with his same grouchy look since he is glad that his now alive partner punched some sense into him since he was too overbearing instead of understanding in the end.
Shadow glanced over at the two next to him since the agent's sobbing was able to catch his very attention. This alone gave the black hedgehog the idea that the little conflict from earlier is finally over and his new ally gets an idea that Varla needs to follower her own path instead of listening to his views. She keeps holding the sobbing G and watched as the tears ran down his face and mix with the bleeding red on his cheeks. This was a bit sad since she finally realizes how broken he was since all the years she was nothing more than a jar that was protected by security instead of being able to comfort his loss since the Clement Darling incident. While she wanted to give him an idea that she needs to do things her way now that she's more than a human, she felt that she might have gone a bit to far with that punch to his face.
G, I really love you and know everything you've been through since my "death" was pretty rough. I'm truly sorry if I went far enough to break you like this, even if it meant to prove that I'm not just a defenseless woman.
The shades wearing agent continued to bawl emotionally as this sadness had fully enveloped into what used to be his serious and nature from earlier. Zobiko herself couldn't help but to feel a bit sad herself since the situation reminds her of all the times she would fight with her husband since their marriage. The zombie husband would comfort his smaller wife as she cried into his torn chest and pats her blonde hair. Zephyr could only think about his friends Vashyron and Leanne when he looked at what happened and what he had to cope with before meeting them back in Chandelier. The blonde boy observed his gun with eyes of loneliness while thinking bout the struggle he had to go through when they were together and before he was able to meet Shadow at Red Mountain.
Friendship, it's one of those things that shape you as a person as you live in life and what makes you human. The more I think bout it, the more it feels like one of the keys of making you a person than just an empty shell. If only the others were here to see how I'm doing with these strange new allies.
G was too emotionally stressed to even say a word or even apologize to his beloved as she kept watching him cry. The first thing Varla decided to do was to envelop him into a powerful hug so that all of his sorrows could seep into her bosom. The agent's continuously sobbed as the blood and tears ran down her black baring top and she comforts him. She lovingly strokes his hair as she cried to let him know that everything was going to be fine and she know he was sorry. Her eyes watched his head as he continued letting it all out into her bosom for which it was the seat of her emotions and where all the negative ones should go. Shadow watched the Chaos empowered woman do her hand at calming him down and nods since she's doing the right thing to make up for the argument that happened earlier.
"Good, let your long lost partner know that there are just things that aren't worth fighting for and you know what you are doing. Even if you aren't like someone I've known in the past, you are making amends for having him be in such a situation since the last time you had lived," he said while walking in their direction.
Zobio now wipes the tears off of his wife's face after the amount of sorrow she lost since watching this miraculous moment occur. The blonde zombie was now feeling much better since Varla is doing her hand at making G feel better and taking every bit of sunken feelings out of him. Opa Opa hovers in the air and cries himself since the situation was reminding him of what he had to do with O-Papa earlier. The Menonian ship had loved his father since he was much younger and remembers the times they had before the day he died from trying to defeat the Dark Master. More tears rolled from under the ship's visor and he was struggling to keep himself afloat since this was indeed one of the most painful things he had to do.
"Oh Papa, you can finally rest in peace where ….. you belong since you shouldn't be used for things like evil. It was a good thing your son Opa Opa was ….. able to help snap you out of their control by destroying that undead husk," he said while sobbing.
This was truly a somber moment for what could be one of the least liveliest areas in the world, something that relates to the idea of a graveyard being one of the most depressing places to be. The sounds of powerful engines could be heard which were a sign that the Legion were now preparing to find their next destination. Everyone looks at the sky to notice the ominous black warship leaving the area now that they were victorious for taking the Chaos Emerald and stoping their plans of recruiting a new army of monsters fueled by it. Shadow kept his eyes on it to make sure that it doesn't think about attacking at all given that he can be pretty belligerent at times. But it was the relief that the ship was more focused on leaving the area since it was not the time to fight now that they had lost three valuable members of their squadron and their trump card that played a big role in their invasions. Kirby was really surprised by the size of it and even thought of it as something that could easily rival the Halberd in terms of taking over countries easily. It was lucky that he was able to arrive on Earth just in time since he heard about all the massive takeovers the Legion had been doing with the help of their third party allies.
"Poyo poyo?" he said quietly as the ship kept flying towards the dark horizon.
Everyone had a feeling that despite the ship leaving, there would be bigger things to expect out of the entire organization in the future and they wouldn't let them get away the next time. The four ChuChu captains made it to where the others were and blinked once they saw the ship retreating before they were able to help.
"Chuchuchu chuchuchu chu?" ChuPea asked with her pretty eyes staring at it.
"Yes, they are gone for now and there's no telling what they might do the next time we see them. Their main goal is to capture many areas around the world after all and prepare to rule this planet with the Chaos Emeralds. It's a good thing that they only have one in their possession while Sonic's other friends managed to keep the others," Shadow responded.
Ralph walked beside his short black ally after being annoyed by Kirby for the past few minutes and shook his right hand in disgust.
"So Shadow, is there anything you plan on doing next now that we have our second Chaos Emerald?" he said.
"It depends, I would like to have a word with Rouge and the others at the G.U.N. HQ since I want to know the status on the others. But it appears that I've accidentally damaged my transmitter during my fight with The Magician. I doubt we have anyone here who's good at fixing things, so it would be a miracle if I can contact them from other means," Shadow said before crossing his arms.
ChuBach looked at the now damaged device on Shadow's wrist and made a suspicious squint under his swirly nerd glasses. The green ChuChu captain walked closer to the hedgehog and kept checking it to see if there was anything wrong with it. Needless to say, the brains of the ChuChu Platoon had an idea of what could be wrong with it and wanted them to fix it.
"Chuchuchuchu chuchcuchuchuchuchu chuchuchuchu chuchu chu," he explained to Shadow's interest.
The Ultimate Lifeform had an idea of what the space scientist was talking about and knew he had some knowledge of repairing or building technology of the same level. He would then take this time to unwrap the device from his wrist and handed over to the green ChuChu captain for repairs.
"I can trust that you'll do your best to fix it while we're here and we should be able to contact HQ soon. Thanks for the offer and I would be looking forward to its fixture," Shadow said with a slight grin.
The ChuChu captain nodded and takes the device away with his mouth to ensure that it's in the right hands. ChuBach would then run towards the rocket at full speed, which would inform the other captains that it was time to head back into the ship and help supervise his plan. Zobio walks over to where Shadow was with Zobiko riding atop his shoulders since they were ready to leave.
"Since me and Zobiko are prepared to leave, do you have any idea where we should go next? I couldn't help but to overhear that we had to wait until you were able to speak with someone you worked for," he said.
"You heard it alright, we can't really go anywhere since I need some orders from my partner at the HQ to really go anywhere. The next Chaos Emerald is somewhere out there as we speak and it would be nice to know if they can handle it or not," the hedgehog replied.
It wasn't until the Menonian ship would show up right in time soon as he read talk about needing a contact.
"Opa Opa heard that you needed some assistant in contacting Rouge. It was a good thing that I've arrived to even help you to begin with. While Opa Opa did tell you that I worked for her, Opa Opa didn't really say that I did have some upgrades that allow me to contact her at any time," the ship said in glee.
Despite that somber moment he had earlier, he knew that it was best to move on since his friends needed some assistance for saving their planet. Shadow looked at him with a look of skepticism since this was actually something that he should have been told when they first met.
"Oh really? Then it would have been nice if you told us that ahead of time, but its great to know that we don't have to wait any longer just to speak with Rouge. I have plenty of questions for her and it will be nice to know of Sonic's current location so that we can strike at the right moment," he said.
"Opa Opa was thinking about that at first, but I was more concerned about stoping Papa at first. But it would be a favor that can be done for an Earthling that want to keep this planet from being in a state of crisis. Opa Opa will look through his menu and activate the signal necessary to speak with the G.U.N. immediately," he exclaims before a jig.
The multicolored ship would then stand in an about face manner and shoot a projection from his visor to project the screen necessary. Shadow watched as the blue static fizzed before him since it was something serious that he had to discuss with his jewel loving ally about the G.U.N.'s current information. Ralph, Cyril, Zobio, Zobiko, Kirby, Chuck, Head, Zephyr, and Washington watched the static projection in awe since it's unusual to actually see something this advanced. G and Varla were still talking things out after the emotional hug they had since the fight started and the two were finally on good terms.
"Varla, I understand where you stand and it was rude of me to even think of you as the same woman before your kidnapping. You are your own woman and can handle things the way you want instead of depending on me all the time," he said after wiping the remaining blood off his bruised face.
Varla would turn around see the static projection that Opa Opa had created and knew it was time for them to see how everyone else was doing. The undead stripper gripped G's right hand and looked back at him with a more inviting face.
"Thank you, G. I knew that you were quite the man after all and I promise that we will put an end to this whole mess with our new allies. We've got to go and see if they know where our next place of departure is," she said softly.
The shades wearing agent smiles since he was happy that she accepted his apology and the two would start walking to where the others were waiting. The fizzing screen would eventually start flashing the image of a holographic version of Rouge the Bat, which impressed Shadow since that's what he was waiting for from the Menonian ship. Everyone would be amazed at what Opa Opa had done since this was beyond anything that he could do other than being a ship for aerial combat and heated battles. The jewel loving bat looked around to see the entire group watching her and then saw the one she needed to talk to. She unsurprisingly giggles since seeing her dark friend never failed to make her smile and she placed her hands on her hips in preparation of an announcement.
"Good morning Shadow, or shall I say good early morning. I heard that things were going swell with finding the emerald's location thanks to Opa Opa and it appears that things went well based on the new allies you had gained. Especially the fact that you met someone cute on the way, his face is just too adorable for me to resist due to his eyes seeming like a pair of shiny sapphires," she said in a playful tone.
Kirby was confused by the bat's words and placed his hand on his mouth to much of Zephyr's amusement.
"Yes Rouge, we were able to recover the Chaos Emerald and stop Dr. Curien's plans of helping out the Legion last night," Shadow said before showcasing the purple sacred gem, "It's only a matter of time until all seven of the Chaos Emeralds are in the right hands. I just need you to tell me what's the status on the white one that still remains to be found."
Rouge would look at device she pulled out to check out how thing were going and made sure to pinpoint the status of Omachao's whereabouts. Then the winged G.U.N. agent would look back at her old friend to answer his request.
"The last emerald is now at Outrun Bay and it appears that Omochao had arrived at his destination as expected. But the bad news is that the Legion had already arrived just in time to wreak havoc in the bay and scare off any potential police that would try to get involved with them. But the good news is that Omochao's new tracker had revealed that Amy's group should be on their way there since they are aware of the emerald's location as well," he explained.
Shadow looked towards the ground while thinking about the situation given that he is extremely worried about the possibly of the last emerald falling in the villains' hands. Though the black hedgehog knew that retrieving Sonic from Eggman's hands would be a bigger priority since the doctor could be planning something worse for him than just a simple hostage holding game. He thought back to the time when Sonic helped fight off the Finalhazard in Space Colony Ark since it was one of the first times the two worked together. Back then, he was nothing more than a lost soul that loathed humanity because of what happened with his only friend on the Ark and escaped from Prison Island with Eggman's help just to plan on the planet's destruction. It wasn't until Amy would snap him out of it and remind him that simply wanting to kill off life wouldn't do anything to bring his dead friend back. He even befriended two people, Rouge the Bat and E-123 Omega, would would be formed as Team Dark and fought for their own purpose. Since then, the three of them would be valuable members of the G.U.N. to investigate any problem that happens on a global scale.
"So Shadow, is there anything else you want me to tell you or would you rather go off on your own again like the good old days," the bat said in a teasing manner.
Shadow looks at his partner and prepared to give off his best answer yet due to having a new order of business.
"Rouge, I plan to go after Sonic and save him from Eggman's clutches. The emeralds themselves should be fine for now since most of our new allies got that covered, so Amy's party should have no problem getting it," he responded.
Rouge would then give off a smug grin since this was the Shadow that she knew and love.
"And what if Amy and the others were to fail at getting the Chaos Emerald themselves? Are you not worried about the possibility of the Legion taking their second gem for the keeping?" she asked.
Shadow clutched both of fists and crossed his arms to show off more of his brash side for the talkative bat.
"Those clowns getting two emeralds wouldn't be too much of a victory, so I'm not really worried when I have two in my hands. I have faith that Amy and the others should put up a good fight and they shouldn't have to succeed since it's more about making their army fall in numbers. Think about it, less Legion members means less trouble in the long run since they are probably planning a huge war once we save Sonic from their possession," he replied.
"A war? You mean, they will face all of us including the other guys who were out there getting these gems?" Zephyr said in surprise.
"That's right, Zephyr. We will have to build our own army in the end to face the Legion properly since we can crush them all if we play our cards right. So just us by ourselves and Sonic won't be enough to put an end to their plans," Shadow remarked.
The black hedgehog even thought about one of Sonic's closest friends since he might be the first one to go after Sonic at the moment.
"Speaking of Sonic, there's someone I feel like I'm missing. How's his yellow friend doing Rouge? I know that he's currently at the HQ with a few other people, but are they planning to find Eggman yet?" he asked.
Rouge would then slightly shake her head sideways since this was an easy answer given her own plans.
"Not really and not yet. I've told them to sit tight for now until the moment when these last few emeralds are dealt with. While I can understand that he truly wanted to save Sonic a few days ago, but he would rather wait until the right moment to strike since they might need some assistance from you or anyone else who might run into them. So it's best to pinpoint the location of Eggman's mothership for now since that might be valuable information for them or any other hero who plans on stopping Eggman's plan," she explained.
Kirby thought about Rouge's words since he had the slightest idea of what she mean by looking for Eggman's ship. Then he remembered that one time that he spied Dedede riding a blimp with a green haired man to find someone called Vyse. The puffball's main problem was figuring out the exact location since he was more concerned about hunting down the one responsible for stealing his cellphone. One specific conversation he could recall was when Dedede gave Kirby's cellphone away to a guy called Bowser since he needed it for personal reasons. This was something important the puffball needed to tell his new friends while they are hear looking for the exact location of Eggman's Mothership.
"Poooooooooooooooooooy poyo poyo poyo poyo poyooooooooo!" the puffball cried while in panic.
Kirby's slight panic attack was frantic enough to get the attention of everyone and Rouge since it might be something important for them to hear. Shadow glanced at the spooked out puffball and wondered what was up with him.
"You seem to have some valuable information that you're not telling us. Would you be kind enough to tell me what it is?" he asked.
"That pink freak has some information for us? Perhaps he might be pretty useful for the future instead of saving our freaking hides after all," Washington said in relief.
"Information? As in he knows where Eggman is after all? This is going to be easier than I thought instead of warping all over the place like the last time," Ralph said while before brushing the back of his head.
Everyone surrounded the hero of Popstar with eyes of anticipation, which made Kirby nervous since he feels like they could potentially plan of attacking him where he stood. Opa Opa had the right idea of activating his translation device and turning the speakers on so that everyone can hear.
"Alright Pinky, tell us everything you know since Opa Opa can make it easier for everyone to understand you. It's ok if you know brief details since even the simplest things can be the most useful," the winged ship announced.
Rouge chuckled again since the data she installed in Opa Opa's system would be proven useful for moments like these.
"You heard my jolly ship ally, tell us everything you know about Eggman's location. This could be proven useful for when we would send Tails and the others after them," she said.
Kirby knew that it was perfectly fine for him to babble about everything he remembered from his time that arrived on Earth since it would be translated like Opa Opa said. The pink hero would then clear his throat and prepare to tell the surrounding heroes what they wanted to her. As Kirby spoke in his own language, Opa Opa's system would announce everything that he says in English so that everything could easily be understood.
"As you guys probably didn't know, My name is Kirby and I'm an inhabitant of a planet called Popstar. I arrived on this planet in the first place to investigate the theft of my precious cellphone since it was something that I would have used for important tasks. Some of these would normally include calling for more Kirbies when in the Mirror World or even summoning my Warpstar when it's really needed. Dedede had snuck in my house one night while I was having sweet dreams and it appeared that he was leaving with it from Popstar the other day. It was a good thing I've decided to go after him since following his every move would be proven necessary to know everything he planed to do. It turns out that he was working with Bowser who needed that silly king's assistance in helping an organization called the Legion of Subspace," Opa Opa announced.
Everyone would chatter amongst themselves now that they knew who Kirby really was and what was the meaning of him traveling all the way to Earth to get involved in the Legion's business. Shadow on the other hand was more interested in the more important details since he would rather not hear the puffball's entire story.
"Well then Kirby, it was nice to know about you and why you've got caught up with the Legion. But what would be every interesting is if you can tell me what you know about this Dedede guy and what he has to do with Bowser's location? I've got a feeling that he would even be scheming with Eggman since they seemed pretty close back in the Olympic games," he said urgently.
Kirby nods with serious expression and understood that his new partner needed to get to the more important details.
"Well if you insist, I will speak about the things I've gathered about these Subspace jerks. I've followed them closely and watched as they would conquer many areas with the help of these strange bombs. While it was a bit too much to see so many people suffer, I had to worry more about following Dedede to the bitter end. The first place he went to before I've kept track of him was that I've seen this massive ship that hovered above an ocean in the far southwest from here. The next place I've went to when following Dedede's personal ship was a place that was full of lush tropical jungles where many monkeys were rolling in balls. Then I would keep following him until they had reached another ship that he would camp out at for a while. It wasn't long until Dedede would escape again in his blimp with some girly horned guy," Opa Opa said valiantly.
G heard what the ship said and had some serious question to ask since certain information might be valuable for the U.S. government.
"So these guys had been recruiting people from other lands just to take over this planet? I knew they had to get that advanced technology from somewhere given that ship you fought earlier. Can you tell us more about where this Dedede guy is since we do need to know more about the background of the legion from him?" the agent asks when approaching Opa Opa.
"Opa Opa not the one you should be asking since Opa Opa's just the translator. Kirby should be to one you should approach since he was telling the story!" the ship shouts with his own voice.
G backed off since the ship's outburst taught him to never ask the one who isn't speaking at all and walked over to where the others where standing. Kirby was now ready to finish telling the entire story since he were starting to get hungry.
"So I've followed that blue doofus all the way back to where he was planning to go and this was where things get interesting. It turns out he needed my cellphone so that Bowser could reconstruct it as a weapon for calling in reinforcements for the war. What really got me was that Dedede actually quit being with them since he didn't want to be forced to harm Sonic. Then I would hear that Sonic would be locked back at that mothership and his fellow friends were heading to the Curien Mansion. And this is how would eventually find my way here and try to get some food," Opa Opa said.
Rouge actually found that last translation funny since the cute puffball found his way here just because of hunger. Now what really got G was that Kirby would be here just because of food and never understood why he decided to help them.
"So Kirby, can you tell me how you knew that there would be food here. And what I also couldn't get was why you felt the need to help us out with the Legion earlier," he said.
The puffball could feel the rumbling within his stomach since he traveled a long way with little food due to his determination to investigate Dedede's whereabouts and plans for this planet.
"Dedede complained about how there was this one Zik guy who would toss fruit at people and expect them to eat it back where he worked there. So I honestly went there just for the sake of eating fruit from him in the first place despite the fact that he's a bad guy. Well, I've felt the need to help you guys out since I needed some allies to help me on my journey to get my cellphone back from these subspace jerks. I guarantee you guys that I would be quite the helpful guide with my light speed Warpstar and Copy Abilities," Opa Opa announced.
Zephyr couldn't help but to stroke the puffball on his head for everything he said since this was mostly what they need to know when there were here.
"Thanks for telling us about the Legion and who to follow for information. Since you do need a reward for making things easier for my friends, I'll give you this chocolate bar that I saved," he said with a smile.
The young boy would pass Kirby the packaged candy bar as the pink puffball sighs in excitement with his mouth drooling in hunger.
"You would give me chocolate? Just for me? Why thanks for the offer and I'll gladly eat it," Opa Opa said.
Kirby would then inhale the entire chocolate bar with his suction and chews it to enjoy his well deserved treat. Shadow smirked since he now know an easier way of fulfilling his mission since thing were now going well as planned.
"Then that settles it, we will all follow Kirby since he should be able to know exactly where Dedede is heading since he might just provide us with the location of his ex-boss's location. Rouge, it was an honor speaking with you and we will keep in touch a bit later," he said.
The sassy bat nods and waved to bid her friend's entire group farewell.
"Take care Shadow and I hope you don't get led into trouble on the way there. And even if this guy had been reformed, try not to trust him too much. Good luck, New Team Dark!" the bat said.
The screen would eventually shut off and Opa Opa's projection slowly subsides as the rays of blue dissipates like light being sucked into a vortex. Ralph would head for his Wreck-It Mobile in a hurry while the zombies headed to their prized Graveyard Dragster. Zobio had the right idea to drag Cyril with him since he knows that he's better not flying on the ChuChu Rocket again due to his fear of heights.
"Good job, Zobio, take Cyril to your vehicle since the fight earlier was too much for me to handle," he said in relief.
Both G and Washington reunited with each other and did a high five in excitement.
"Well Isaac, looks like we have some business to settle with these terrorists and Kirby's information might be the key to finding that egg faced slime ball soon," the agent said with a grin.
"Don't get me wrong G, but I think you mean that we should kick their freaking asses until they can no longer sit with them," the detective said.
G chuckles and grabbed Varla's hand since she was the last thing needed before their departure.
"And I think I know the perfect spot for this sexy lady once we get back to our ride. Isaac, won't you be a gentleman and make some room for just the two of us?" he asked with a sly grin.
Washington rolled his eyes with a frown since he know that his partner would rub his romance with the undead Varla in his face for the whole ride. Then he ran off to the north which left the couple surprised since this wasn't like him to leave their partners behind like that.
"Like hell I'd make room for free unless you two get there first!" he cried while running in the distance.
Varla looked at G and smiled since she had just the right idea to get there fast enough. She would use the power of her Chaos Emerald DNA to lift herself off the ground with G still holding on to her. This surprised the agent at first since he wasn't fine with the idea of flying there, but being help by his partner's strong hands was enough of a sign that he's safe with her.
"You heard what that bald wise ass said, we have to get there first if you and I would get the quality seats in that van of yours," she said in a suggestive voice.
G would then smile and nods back since he really want that to happen for her sake. Then the two flew off after Washington at a high speed which didn't surprise Shadow at all. Opa Opa allowed Zephyr and Chuck to get on his back so that both would have some means of flying with Kirby finally back on his trademark Warp Star.
"Poyo poyo!" the pink warrior cried in joy as he jumps.
The ChuChu Rocket itself had finally lifted off and hovered its way over to where the heroes where with ChuBach sticking his head out the window. The green ChuChu captain had Shadow's fully repaired transmitter in his mouth and tossed it down for the Ultimate Lifeform to catch. Shadow had warped to where the device was and used his Chaos Control to slow every thing round him down for a brief moment. Within that timeframe, he quickly attached the device back onto his right wrist and drops to the ground when time returns to its desired speed. He looked back at the captain that closed his window and seeks as the rocket begins to prepare for another boost.
The hedgehog looked up and said, "Thanks for the repairs. Now I'm ready to go get there!".
Everyone had their own vehicles ready to follow Kirby with the agents finding their own and The Star M.I.A. since the time he pursued The Magician. While Shadow wondered whatever happened with him, he felt that it wasn't a high priority thought and focused on getting ready to leave. Ralph checked his Gas Gauge to see if he had enough for another drive and check for some pie in the built-in mini oven to eat.
"Sweet, got to have some points in my system before I'm off on another long drive," he said before taking out a slice.
Zobio wondered if Cyril was comfortable sitting in between the two of them since he was pretty thin for a zombie and there wasn't enough room for a third seat.
"Cyril, are you sure that you can handle being our personal barricade for this ride. Because those axes are stuck in the ground pretty tight to ensure you don't fly out," he said while checking his gas.
"No, Cyril is fine where he is. Anything better than being forced to fly on that rocket again," he said.
Zobiko giggled to her amusement since it was nice having to share some space with a good friend of her husband' black van that G and Washington finally made its way back where everyone was and there was something different about it. Both Varla and G were in the front seat driving the car since the two made it before Washington. As for the bald agent himself, he sat in the middle seats with a pissed off expression and his hand placed below his chin.
"This is the most messed up thing I would ever agree to. Ain't this some proper romantic bullshit," he complained to the couple's amusement.
Now everyone is together and things were set for their next mission to track down King Dedede for information about Eggman's mothership. Shadow glances at the pink puff after getting into his usual starting pose with a serious composure.
"You know what to do Kirby," he said urgently.
"Poyoooo!" he replied with a smile on his happy face.
The Warp Star would then fly off into the distance at a speed that could even rival Sonic, which gave everyone the signal to start their engines. The ChuChu Rocket and Opa Opa flew after the puffball's course of flight as Shadow skates after them at high speed. The zombie, Ralph, and G's party then drove off after their allies to catch up with them at their highest speed so that they won't lose track of anyone else. Now the entire area was barren with no signs of life near the infamous Curien Mansion and not a single trace of bodies since Max's was fully disintegrated due to the burning he received earlier. Turns out that The Star truly didn't abandon anyone when he left the mansion, but he had already latched onto the ship that Zik and Neff escaped into since he had his own plans for following them. The tricky hooded creation had the right idea of hanging onto the bottom of it with his twin knives and to stay hidden until their next destination without a single member noticing.
And now to see what these guys are really after. You all had the right idea of wanting my master to get involved with you and it would be interesting to see what this whole operation is all about.
The ship would still traverse the dark skies towards the sun that slowly risen out of the East. Now thing would then reveal how the situation was going in the formerly sunny beaches of Outrun Bay and the citizens sure weren't having any fun when the Legion had arrived. Grunty terrorized the scrambling citizens by turning then into living vegetables with her magic like the mischievous witch she was. Many vehicles where being sucked into Greedy's massive black hole since his idea of looking for the emerald would be to clear out any space in the sandy area.
"Samurai, make sure that these peasants don't think about interfering with our plans!" the Black Shogun said while pointing his sword at his fellow samurai.
The black armored warriors were already threatening the beach going citizens to step away from the sand and leave their masters be. Marcus was already ordering his solders to have their arrows ready in case any cops even have the nerve to interrupt their plans of digging for the Chaos Emerald. The lifeguard of the area that was supposed to prevent this was already frozen by a relaxed Zeena, who sat on the grainy sand and paints her nails. This was mostly due to the fact that he bothered her at first and had to be the victim of her icy breath. Mr. X's goons were raiding the streets and streaking into any nearby vehicle to steal all the money their boss demanded. This was proof that the revived crime lord was still as greedy as ever and won't stop until he rises back into power. Trouble Bruin is in a fully armored battle machine that he recently invented before they arrived here. Not only it had the best digging equipment available to help them look for the Chaos Emerald, but it had a ton of other useful weapons for any destructive combat. The machine hovers in the air while looking around the beach since he was sure that the emerald is hidden in the sand in this area.
"And now to find that stinking gem so that we can finally have a second one of our own assuming the other group didn't fail to get the one in the Curien Mansion. I'm sure that not a single human would be foolish enough to step foot on the beach or even try challenging my new body suit," the toy bear grumbled.
Both Selvaria and Ramirez appeared to had found their first victim who was unsurprisingly the defenseless Omochao that was observing their entire situation from afar. It wasn't until the villainous couple would run over to where he was before he could have chance to fly away. The Valkyrian spear and rapier points towards the mechanical blue helper's body for which he was in a touch situation.
"Looks like you shall die where you stand for thinking about getting in our way. Even if we let you go, we have the feeling that you'll spread the message to the rest of your foolish allies," the Valuan general said with a terrifying look.
Selvaria herself had no time on waiting since destroying this mechanical spy would be the fastest way to end this as she glared at their victim. The azure aura emits from her very body to show this while she kept her bloody red eyes locked on their little spy. The little Chao-esuqe robot still shown little fear despite his tight situation since he had the right insight on the position of his incoming backup.
"Even if you were to think about tearing me apart, it will be useless in the end. Mostly because the heroes that you hate so much are finally here to put an end to your scheme," Omochao beamed.
Varla reduced The Magician to a bloody pull upset the agent since he would rather not have her become "one of them" due to her brutality. Thiswouldeventually result in an emotional argument between everyone except Shadow and the other non-human heroes. The zombified stripper would be forced to punch G in his face and make the agent burst into tears due to the struggle of having to lose her again. While the two made up with a hug, Shadow would contact Rouge about their next plan of having to hunt down Eggman. With the efforts of Kirby's babbling and Opa Opa new translator, the heroes would then set off to find Dedede since the ex-Legion member could know the location of the fat scientist's mothership. And it appeared that Rouge was right about Ramirez's group terrorizing the citizens of Outrun Bay and their captains were close to assassinating Omochao. Next Friday is when you guys will finally see Amy and the others confront these corrupt villains in the sunniest places on Earth. In the meantime, good luck and prepare to enjoy a wonderful weekend fans!
