Welcome back everyone, this is Big Red speaking. As a recap, everyone made it to a mysterious island due to crash landing from being attacked by the storm caused by the Legion. Speaking of the Legion, their numbers are growing thanks to recruiting more villains that were dead or alive to join their numbers for the incoming war. For the Amazing Island fans, I know some are wondering why the island is in the real world when it was originally in a book. But everything will be explained later in the chapter. Anyways, let us begin.
The tribal inhabitants surrounded the heroes with their large spears pointed at their intruders. Their colorful expressive masks would only show that they were warriors who will not back down from any possible threat to their remaining people. Their colorful bodies were another oddity, as if these were no ordinary tribespeople on this uncharted island. Vyse got his cutlasses out for the possibility they may think about attacking him or his crew. Honey stands by Ryo's side to show that he's got all the back up they need in case any sparks would fly in this battle.
"You got any bright ideas, Captain? They don't look like very friendly people," Knuckles called.
More of these tribesmen gathered around from behind to make sure no one thought about running back for the ship.
"These scary little people will not let us run away," Big said.
"Don't worry, we aren't the slightest afraid of these people. We have every right to at least see where we're stranded instead of staying on a broken ship," Amy remarked.
"It's not fully broken. The engine and other important sectors just need some fixing. My ship isn't going to have its last flight as long as a captain and his crew is still standing," Vyse called.
More of the tribesmen appeared from the bushes to surround them, this time with more unique weapons like stone axes and bows. They were serious about wanting to put an end to a y harm that came to their beloved island home. All of them continued chattering in their native language, which worried the entrapped heroes that have nowhere to run. Vectorman would keep reading their every move to wonder what they would do next. Tembo could only trumpet in anger as if he were being cornered as possible prey for these tribal attackers.
"You'd think they are here since they want to eat Sir Peanut Eater?" Zobio suggested.
Just his words would only make the pachyderm tremble in fear at the thought of being hunted.
"Even if that's the case, we will not hand our friend over to be some meal to a group of unruly savages," Zobiko shouts.
Akira gets into his stance due to unfortunately being in a position to fight back against these colorful jungle warriors.
"Maybe we can try talking them out of fighting. You'd think they can understand English?" Ryo said.
"I don't know, we already heard them speaking in something neither of us can understand. We'll have to fight them," Honey panicked.
"Seriously? You would think these spear wielding clowns would be able to listen to reason?" Knuckles asked.
"It doesn't hurt to try. Peace can easily make our mission to investigate the island short. Maybe I can talk with them," Tails proposed.
"And let you get hurt? Not a chance, Tails. Sonic wouldn't appreciate you throwing yourself in harm's way in some crazy island," Amy called.
"Trust me, it's better than mindlessly attacking what could be a reasonable tribe that only want to keep their people safe in this island. Maybe they previously been under attack by invaders that almost wiped out their people and that's why they possibly see us as enemies. This is why a peaceful proposal could allow them to see that we mean no harm," the young fox continued.
Tails eventually spun his twin tails to approach the nearest row of tribesmen in front of them.
"Get back here, Tails! Don't tell me you seriously think these people will simply not attack you," the echidna called.
One of them with a bird shaped mask would approach the fox with a nice black tipped spear. Tails approached him with his arms open in a calm matter to show that he's not someone worth attacking. The leader of this tribe group observed what he plans on doing, still gripping tightly on the spear just in case he could be a threat. The fox gulps, but shown no fear while giving the tribal man his best eye contact and shown no fear.
"Greetings, we all come in peace. I promise you that we are not going to hurt your people or village. We recently crashed here from a powerful hurricane that knocked our airship down. Listen to me, show us around the island. We will not steal or hurt anyone at all. Consider this a way for us to understand each other better. I'm begging you," Tails announced.
The leader keeps his eye on the twin tailed fox as he listened to his words. Vyse would be amazed that Tails' plan could be working better than expected if these tribesmen could possibly understand him.
"Good work. Let's hope they can understand and lower their weapons. Everyone should do the same and don't appear aggressive, " he said after putting his own down.
Knuckles groaned, but decides to lower his trusty fists to follow orders. Amy puts her Piko Piko Hammer away after Gear also regained a more friendlier stance. The zombie couple puts their apple guns down, same for Alis and Sakura with their swords. Arle puts her hands away to lower any magic that she had planned to attack with. Vectorman lowered his segmented floating limbs to appear more peaceful to comply with these negotiable terms.
"Great work, everyone, let's remain peaceful if we will win these locals over. It's better than being like the last bad visitors they ever had " Axel Stone called.
Ulala's space pistol is back to hanging on her white space holster around her thigh. AiAi makes his Monkey Ball magically disappear to appear more harmless, Amigo then only play his maracas to make himself look friendly. Beat innocently put his spraypaint cans away as if he didn't want to appear as a vandal. Everyone is now withdrawing from attacking or holding up any weapons, all to prove a point to these alert natives.
Tails, I hope your plan is a good one. We wouldn't want to cause any trouble while stranded in the middle of nowhere.
Knuckles still remain nervous as he had a bad feeling about all of this. One of the tribe's people eventually approached Tails closer than usual to see if his actions are genuine. Vyse gulps while observing the scene to hope for the best in this scenario. Amy remains calm the entire time to keep the act as genuine as possible for these jungle dwelling warriors. Soon, the tribesman begins to laugh a little to everyone's surprise. Ryo widened his eyes and looked around in case his jacket wasn't on the wrong way. Vectorman couldn't comprehend what's going on due to being a robot all about completing his tasks than interpreting humor.
"What's going on, is this some kind of joke?" Knuckles demanded.
The small tribesman removes his mask to greet his special guests. His face is quite dark with the biggest bug eyes and square nose. Resembling a tribal mask as if he's wearing another one under his bird one.
"Welcome, we've been expecting some heroes to be of assistance. It's quite the miracle that neither of you appear to be one the Evilings' side," he declared in a jolly voice.
Everyone eventually dropped to the ground in shock, due to not expecting him knowing English very fluently. The other tribes people taken off their masks to reveal unique faces just as friendly as their captain to greet the heroes. Amy and Honey were amazed at how varied each and every tribe member looked in facial markings and structure. Like their group leader, these tribe members had faces that wouldn't be out of place in a tribal history museum. Some like Beat and Ulala wondered why they all needed masks to begin with.
"You were the expecting people like us? What happened to your tribe?" Vyse asked.
"A big storm that's stronger than the usual island monsoons wiped out most of the island. Our main village were hit the hardest. Many huts to rebuild and our remaining people struggling to stay healthy. That's not to mention most of the unique creatures of this island going into hiding since the storm damaged their habitats. We've prayed to our great gods in hope that someone would land here and restore the island to its beauty," he replied.
Vyse knew exactly what he meant by storm due to it being the reason they all had crash landed here to begin with.
"I know what storm you mean. It's the reason we are here already," he replied.
"You mean you came here with the help of the great gods? Wonderful, you are all just who we need to help rebuild our great civilization here on the Isle of Monsters," the tribesman shouts in joy.
Knuckles turned his head at the moment monsters were mention.
"Isle of Monsters? I never heard of this island before. And if this place is full of monsters, we can beat their butts for you," the echidna dared.
Just hearing that would cause visible upset amongst the tribes people around them.
"Uh Knuckles, maybe you should be a little more sensitive. These monsters could be sacred animals to these people," Arle remarked.
"You are right, young lady. The monsters here are very special creatures. We protect them and they protect us. We even host special events for these creatures to enrich their environment and make them stronger. But like we already mentioned, they have been in hiding due to the storm that attacked. Which is where you all would come in," the tribesman said.
"Interesting, what is the population like, and how many species are there?" Honey asked. "We have an abundance of these monsters, over thirty types and the population is enough to fill this entire island," the tribesman replied.
"As for that storm. We know exactly what may had caused it. Or more which group is responsible for it," Vyse replied.
The tribesman would open his ears due to interest in knowing the one responsible for the damage to his home island.
"Were it the Evilings? They are our people's natural enemy and often attack the monsters on the island that dared stand up to them. The original hero long stopped them, but the gods may informed us of their imminent return," he recalls with his hand under his chin.
"Evilings? We never heard of them. But anyways, it was the work of a group called the Legion of Subspace. An organization made up of our worst enemies with goals of universal domination," Vyse explains.
"Region of Runrace? I never heard of them. But if you want to know more about the Evilings, it is best you talk with our chief about it first. He is the oldest and wisest of the Maboo Tribe and lived long enough to see what happened to our people before the Black Evil summoned them to bring our numbers down," the tribesman said.
"Interesting. Then show us the way. We would like to speak with your leader to learn more about this island. Perhaps finding ways that we can fix up the entire island for your people," the sky pirate replied with promise.
"The entire island? But we promised that we would regroup with Rouge's group in the GUN headquarters. We can't be spending too much time here," Ulala said frantically.
"That is not nice. These people asked for us to help recover their island after they were hit badly by that nasty storm. Helping others in need is what we all should do. It's only the right thing," NiGHTS said.
"But we have to remember that the Legion is still at large and probably getting stronger behind the scenes while we crash landed on this island. We would have to hurry instead of wasting any time," the space reporter states.
"Reminder that the ship is damaged and need time to get fixed. The Blue Rogues already have their ship crew working on it now. Besides, we have some time to see if we can help these nice tribespeople rebuild their home in better condition. Would you all rather help rebuild the ship?" Vyse said.
"No. I am a reporter and not a shipwright. Besides, I would rather save my energy for a new report whenever we make it to GUN first. My agency is already worried about how long I've been on Earth and far away from the space station," Ulala replied in a guilty tone.
"Speaking of which, I wonder where Morte and her crew are," Amy said.
"There is nothing to worry about. They probably landed on a safer island or were only sent off course. We may just have to wait until the ship gets enough energy to send a signal to them. Maybe they could have the same problem as us," Vectorman suggests.
"Not to interrupt the chat we are having, but the nice tribesman here would like us to meet their leader to learn more about this Isle of Monsters," Tails says with his tails spinning.
"You are very right Tails. Sorry, we can follow you to your leader Mr. Tribesman," Vyse said before focusing his attention in the tribesman.
"Ah yes, come follow me. We can take a shortcut to make it to our home village. Just watch your step, the destruction of our island will become more clear the further you explore this mystical home of ours," he said.
Soon he speaks in a native language to let his fellow tribespeople know that it would be time to escort their guests to the chief of their island. Many of them would lower their weapons and start coming out of the bushes. Now that Amy and the others gotten a good look at them. They were pretty small, at least comparable to the size of a grade school student. Honey found them adorable now that she gotten a better view of their appearance. Soon, they all started to follow their leader down a different forest trail that would lead to their home. Then everyone else would trail them to what their next destination should be. Akira had a feeling that what they would see next wouldn't be the best sight to witness.
Back aboard the Delphinus, it wouldn't be the most inviting place thanks to no light in the halls or water for recreational use like baths or cooking. Those that chose to stay behind the ship were ordered to stay in their designated quarters until it's safe to explore. The men's quarter would be semi packed due to the notable men leaving for recon purposes on this mysterious island. That would be Ash, Noah, Odin, Myau, Rex Owen, Max, Jaguar, Space Michael, Doctor, GonGon, Baby, Skate, Dr Frank N Stein, Yogurt, Gunstar Blue, Satan, Toejam, Earl, the Bonanza Bros, Bahn, Corn, Axel, Ichiro Ogami, Elliot, Will, Vashyron, Chuck and Head, The Star, Cyril, Agent G, Detective Washington, Alex Kidd, Billy Hatcher, Bantam, Chick, Segata Sanshiro, Kazama Kiryu, Jacky Bryant, Zephyr, Ax Battler, Chaos, Schezo Wegey, Lord Max, Shou Amabane, and Harrier.
Axel is seen in the top bunk having his prized taxi in mind that he missed driving. Doctor, Frank N Stein, Gunstar Blue, and Vashyron were playing chess together to pass time during their wait. The monkey scientist would use a special light invention to illuminate the room at least to see where the pieces were going. Ax Battler is busy sharpening his famed sword beside Yogurt, who waits his turn to use the spinning device. Corn decides to play around with Chaos by seeing what colors would look the best on him using spray paint. The creature is now covered with splotches of red, blue, green, and yellow. This would cause Max and Elliot to laugh at the sight like easily amused children. Ichiro lies in the bottom bunk, worried that Sakura may try and get herself lost in the jungle or captured by hostile natives. While he understood that she is an experienced Flower Division captain, his heart couldn't help but to wonder if she is completely safe outside. Skate and Space Micheal would be having a dance off near the closed-off men's shower to see who had the better moves between the two of them. Noah would be combing his elegant light blue hair since he needed to groom after days of providing magic support to his allies. Odin however isn't taking this stay at home order very well and wanted to be out there to support his ally.
"Damn it, why are we the ones that have to stay here while they get to have the fun? Alis may be strong, but it doesn't feel right for us to not support her. I can't be the only one thinking this, Noah," he shouts.
"These are ironclad orders that Captain Vyse given us. We need to respect the rules at all costs," his long haired ally replied.
"He's kind of right. It's not fair that we all have to stay out in a dark ship without any light. It all feels just boring and gloomy here," Alex Kidd stated.
"You call this gloomy, I call this paradise. I've always love the dark and hate every time bright lights or that damn sun is in my dried dead face. But I can really get used to this. Don't know why you humans are so obsessed with the light so much," Chuck states.
"Of course Chuckie, because you are undead and they are living. Their eyes are not adapted to the dark unlike you, Mr. Tall Blind and Scary," the skull chattered.
Chuck sighs then clocked Head on his cranium in annoyance after his offhand statement.
"You two sure know how to get along," Jacky says in a joking manner.
"They fight all the time. That doesn't mean that they get along with one another," Lord Max added.
"I take it you must be new to the world of sarcasm, your royal highness," Gunstar Blue said.
"More like, your royal dumbass," Washington adds.
"Everyone, knock it off! I know some of you are losing your minds because of the stay inside order, but we shouldn't be fighting in a damn ship with no power," Bahn called.
"Sure, Mr. Armored Delinquent. Like there's any freaking thing to do being locked in a cold ship with barely any light or anything to do while they get to go outside in a sunny jungle," Washington remarks.
"Cool it Washington, you never know what may be out there. Dangerous monsters or tribals that may eat the flesh of any non-native people. It's like in the movies, they are out there seeing if it would be too dangerous for us," G reminded his temporal friend.
"Too dangerous? We almost died trying to save Sonic from the Legion and lived to tell the tale. I doubt anything in this jungle can top that," Satan arrogantly declared.
"It was worth it. Thanks to all of you, I gotten my party back. And we saved many others that were held hostage by the Legion. But the battle is far from won when they are mobilizing as we speak," Lord Max said.
"Maybe that's why that hurricane came out of nowhere and knocked out ship down. They did this dirty trick to try slowing us down and possibly kill us. The timing of this happening after they landed in Speed Highway is almost too convenient," Kiryu suggested.
"You may be on to something, Kiryu. No storm on this planet would be strong enough to be a threat to the Delphinus if what Aika said were true. And there was this unnatural air from the storm when it struck the ship. Like it were caused through unnatural means. It could had been similar to something Satan would do. No offense," Schezo brought up.
"I would say it's stronger than something I could do. Many multiple magic forces were involved in the making of it. I felt its presence when it had occurred, some of the magic forces felt quite familiar," the green haired demon prince stated.
Kiryu and Schezo leaned forward to listen to their villain-turned-hero ally.
"You used to be with the Legion. Tell us what did the magic reminded you of when it hit our ship," the yakuza demanded.
Satan eventually explores his mind in deep through to try remembering what made the magic so familiar several hours ago. Then it hit him once he snapped his fingers.
"So many names. I could recognize most of them, but unfortunately some were new like I've never heard of them. But I can say this involved Greedy, Reala, Mishaela, Death Adder, Dark Raven, Dark Corvo, and Neff," Satan described.
Billy and Bantam dropped their jaw from hearing a few familiar names.
"Dark Raven? I thought we defeated him? And he's somehow fully recovered after my courage eliminated all of his darkness?" Billy shouts.
"But that's not all. Even I am not surprised that Death Adder somehow lives. He's always around as long as there's evil around the world to make his body reborn. However this is the fastest it ever happened," Ax Battler says while approaching the group.
"Then there's no doubt he is somehow involved in bringing the two ravens back. Maybe he possibly revived the other members that were killed by us and even themselves," said the serious Segata.
"They are so desperate that they mess with the laws of life and death to keep their numbers stable. Can't tell if they're deeply afraid of losing or too desperate," Odin said.
"They could be both. Evil always acts like a scared bitch when their plans fall apart one too many times. Just like Papa Caesar's ass," Washington shouts.
"It's a good thing Isaac still isn't misused for more of their schemes. Even they couldn't control him when his powers got lost from his rage and hatred," Lord Max said while glancing at his brown gloves.
"Say, where did Isaac go again? He was told to stay in here and not go anywhere," Yogurt wondered.
"You shouldn't be too surprised. He's probably coddling that Fei Rin girl again. She's been feeling down since we had to arrest her sisters for what they did on the ship," Skate said.
"Please don't tell me that she invited him to the ladies quarters. That's against the rules of the ship!" a surprised Noah shouts.
The mage's suspicions were right, Isaac and Fei Rin would be sharing the same bunk in the women's section of the ship. The two were sound asleep in a warm embrace with a blanket to wrap them. The other women in the female quarters would watch them curiously from a distance altogether. They included Princess Stella, Rolly, Mae, Narsha, Lisa Rogan, Pai Chan, Sarah Bryant, Zoe Drake, Meemee, Claris, Tyris, Electra, Helen, Grace, Joy, Boogie, Gum, Cube, Rhyth, Leanne, Columns, Pudding, Tillis, Gunstar Red, and Latisha. Pai and Sarah covered the eyes of the two girls that knew NiGHTS to keep them from being exposed to an adult manner too early.
"Is it over, because I want to play my saxophone," Helen complained.
"Just wait a little longer, those two aren't done doing their cuddling yet," Pai Chan warned.
"Well why aren't we covering the eyes of this one?" Latisha asked while pointing to Stella.
The small princess grew furious as if what she said heavily insulted her.
"I am not a child! From my home planet and Alex Kidd's, we keep the same small stature as teenagers! We may look like kids to humans and other interstellar species, but we're fifteen years old! You don't see me calling you a hag, Funkotronian," she barked.
The blue alien could only twitch her left eye from being called old by someone younger than her.
"Listen, I'm old...err mature and rich enough to have my own place. So don't be implying that these blue braids of mine have any grey hairs. If you know what's good for your puny ass, then don't piss me the hell off!" Latisha retaliates.
"Quiet down, you'll wake them up! Because it looks like both of you are acting like children to me," Mae sternly replied.
"You want some of this, horse hussy? Because I've always wanted to make some special glue for my braids," Latisha dared.
The centaur knight tries her best to ignore the offensive insult at her own species.
"Latisha, don't you think you cut her a little too deep? We shouldn't even be arguing at a time like this. That will only awaken Fei Rin and that boy," Pudding called.
"Eeeaaauuuuugh eeeauh eaaagh!" an angry Meemee chirps.
This is the first time Meemee every gotten angry with the behavior of anyone that wasn't Bad Boon. The female monkey stomps her feet vigorously and points at Latisha to call out her rude behavior, chirping furiously like a protective primate mother. Narsha laughs at the sight due to how one of the sweetest girls turn out to be scary when chewing someone out. Lisa would be speechless at what is going on since she's not the best at understanding animal language.
"Can someone tell me what she is saying?" she asked.
"Beats me, but Little Miss Rich and Mean got owned hard. That is one burn she will take a while to shake off," Boogie remarks in her sassiness.
"All of you are very funny. This is my first time traveling with such a huge group. I wonder if Ryo will be alright out there. Jungles sometime have some very dangerous animals out there," Joy said before growing concerned.
"They can't any more dangerous than the dinosaurs we've fought before. They could be just the average predators like jaguars, snakes, crocodiles, and boars," Zoe adds.
"Do not worry about Arle, Sakura, and the other ladies. They are strong enough to handle themselves in the toughest situations. That is why Vyse ordered for them to do reconnaissance in this unknown island instead of the rest of us," Tillis explained.
Everyone would turn to see Meemee and Latisha fighting physically in a heated argument turned fight that begun to escalate. Latisha swore when the monkey wife pulled on her blue braids hard behind her head in anger. Then the Funkotronian diva grabbed Meemee by her skirt and begin swinging her around in the air with her ferocity. This would finally cause Helen and Claris to look from their blocked views and laugh at the fight happening before them. Pai Chan and Sarah when back to covering their eyes since this senseless violence would had poisoned their minds.
"Hey, I want to see the fight it reminds me of the cartoons I used to watch," Claris cried.
"Except this is not a cartoon and these two would set a bad example for young ones like you," Sarah scolds.
The four then turned to see Latisha and Meemee bumping into the walls of the women's quarters during their intense scuffle. The blue alien slammed the monkey against the wall to try shaking her off at all costs, even if it kills her.
"Alright you two, this fight had gone on long enough. Just stop it!" Mae ordered while stomping her forehooves.
The two didn't listen and continued their entire fight in a cluster of anger the rages on than a tornado.
"I told you to get off of my head, you banana for brained bitch! I will show you that you will get funked up by me," Latisha yelled.
"Eeeek uuuah uaaah hauh huah!" Meemee chattered angrily.
The girls would only watch the fight rage on and only stand back from the chaos that ensued. Pudding couldn't take this anymore and whipped out her famous guitar. Columns would see this, and tried to restraint her with her power.
"Do not think about playing that guitar. You will wake these two up and ruin their sleep. I hate this fight as much as you, but try and be more reasonable about this," the goddess of gems begged.
"Don't stop me now. Because this reporter is sick of the bickering and want to liven everyone up with a nice song from me. The one and only Pudding of Space Channel 42," the green haired reporter shouts.
"Just let the girl play some music. We all need some soul in our lives," Grace encouraged with some grove in her step.
"You know, I like you. You should join the GGs since we should have room for more potential rudies like you," Rhyth said with her hand out.
"How about no. You would not want to stray for the path of delinquency with these rolling troublemakers," Narsha stated.
Fei Rin still sleeps soundly next to Isaac in the midst of their slumber. The young man rustled in the covers slightly to turn on his back in the middle of the noise.
"See, look at what you all are doing? They may wake up in any moment!" Mae corrected her fellow women.
"Blame that loudmouthed rude blue meanie for starting all this. If I weren't a nice girl, I would use my Shellcore martial arts to knock some sense into her myself," Stella shouts.
"Maybe spraying that snooty face with something good ought to calm her down," Rhyth suggests with a devious smile.
"Or we can not do anything to disrespect our peers while we are stranded in the middle of nowhere," Columns said in a nervous manner.
"That reminds me, aren't we missing someone. Where did Miss Zombie Stripper go anyway? Is she alone in the dark ship somewhere?" Pudding wondered while still restrained.
Varla explores the dark steel caverns of the ship in solitude to clear her mind that's been going wild lately. She wouldn't care less about following the strict orders of staying in the girl's dorm and looked around for something that aroused her suspicion.
I can not shake this strange feeling that there is someone on this ship watching us. While the captain are busy searching this island, I will do my own work to find who this stowaway may be. This may be someone even more dangerous than those two assassins that came here for their sister somehow found themselves aboard the ship. I wouldn't put it past the Legion to send a spy here to try killing us while we are recovering. Forgive me G, but I will be the one to find this person and stop them.
The undead stripper navigated her way to the lower section of the ship to follow the source of this feeling she is having. She would clench her fists tightly in preparation of the battle that may start whenever she finds who this stowaway may be. Using her special hearing thanks to the Chaos Emerald energy in her veins, she made sure to follow any source of sound on the entire ship. She began to hear the sounds of her fellow women wondering about her whereabouts, which she sighs to little surprise at their worries.
They should know better than to worry about me. I am both immortal and strong. Nothing can kill me unless I give them a chance to even do heavy damage to my body. I am no longer just a defenseless brain in a jar or a damsel in distress. But someone who will save this world with the new life I have.
She continued her super hearing to catch wind of the men talking about their plans of going to the ladies dorm to take Isaac back by force to confine to the rules Vyse placed upon all of them. Some conversations sounded serious to her while a good few have intentions that lied elsewhere.
Typical. They are only jealous and want some of that action too. Just go to a club if some of you are really desperate. He is just fortunate to find love at all. Orders or not, they are allowed to be as close as they want regardless of the captain's orders.
She continued to listen around for anything else suspicious within the entire building. The next voices she picked up would be Aika and Fina monitoring a few Blue Rogues ship repair crew working on the engine of the ship. Overall, it appears that progress of fixing everything will take a while due to the damage being too serious. Fina in particular notes that it would take a big enough power source to get everything running again. Or even have the energy back to have everyone fed and warm aboard the ship.
Tch, of course. This can only be the work of those Legion fools. They only did it to slow us all down. Maybe this whole island stranding was a trap all along and they sent some assassin on the ship to eventually stop us. This is why I am out here and will put an end to their plans myself. No one will be a danger to my friends, or even G. They will be stopped by my own hands.
Varla continues listening around the ship for any more voices worth listening to, catching wind of some voices coming from the cargo area where all vehicles reside. These would be from Opa Opa and AGES talking about why they had to deal with sitting in the darkest part of the whole ship just because they were vehicles. One of them brings up how it would be nice to fly outside and explore this place they landed on to gather information despite Vyse's orders to stay inside at all costs.
Of course even our resident living vehicles are bored of being inside all the time? Cute. Even those with wheels and wings have their own little personalities. Ah well, this isn't enough for me just laugh at personal conversations. I need to find this intruder fast and take them out before they complete their own goals.
The determined zombie woman continue using her enhanced hearing to pick up any extra voices within the ship. Her ears listened to every hollow wind in the empty rooms to the sparks from electrical failure in the wires around the ship. Varla had no intention of giving up as she walks down these dark halls with low light at all. This would be no issue since the Chaos energy flowing in her retinas allow her to see very clearly in any dark area no matter the costs. This made her the ultimate night prowler that would have zero issue hinting down her prey in complete darkness. She had the feeling whoever did this prevented anyone more than Jeanne, Bayonetta, Prince Ash, and Jack Frost from making it to Hell without extra assistance. The timing of the attack felt too convenient, everything is lining up for something big that would be all set up for them.
Where ever you are hiding, we will stop you at all costs. We will be victorious in stopping the Legion for good.
Suddenly, she picked up an odd sound. It sounded like something no one on the ship would had ever made. Listening closer allowed her to determine what these sounds would be.
Found you. You're mine and won't be getting away from here!
Varla begin dashing down the hall and turns to the left sharply as if she were in a massive hurry. She darks down this pathway to follow the strange sounds that were being made many meters away from her location. With her Chaos eyes, Varla finally saw the shape of the figure. It appeared to be some kind of robot of a strange shape with one red eye. This being would be done sitting in a certain position as if it were gathering the data it needed. It stands on two strong bent legs that walked like that of a typical robot walker. The metallic creature held three gems in its hand. The only emeralds that Vyse were in charge of keeping safe with the other two aboard Morte's ship. The devious robot used this entire opportunity to raid the ship and take back the hard work these heroes went through to gather these Chaos Emeralds. It finally begins to make its move after placing them inside of high tech case it intends to carry on its back.
"You give those gems right back, you metallic bastard!" Varla shouts.
Her punch finally connects and knocked the robot away at full strength. Its highly advanced steel allowed it to withstand the blow, but not stop it from flying at full force. Thankfully the robot had its own plan of recovery by curling into a massive white wheel to slow down the acceleration of flight. Varla wouldn't be surprised that the mechanical monster is smart enough to react that way. Now the entire steel case of emeralds stood between them, all at perfect distance for either party to charge and grab it while they could. Varla's intense eyes watched the machine to try predicting its next move before it would think about running clean with these powerful gems. It would scan her to see that there are many traces of Chaos Energy within her very veins. Just seeing these results would let it know that she is far from human and need all the firepower needed to take it all down.
"Mission, defeat all that oppose the Legion. Retrieve more emeralds for Master Eggman. Initiating the power of Ark of the Cosmos," it spoke in a mechanical manner.
"Your mission ends here, tin can! You will not leave here with the very gems that will save our world no matter the costs. Now get the hell out of my way!" the zombie stripper shouts.
She dashed at the machine at a high speed. This robot would be none other than SCR-HD. A once subservient MeteoTech robot now stronger and smarter thanks to the energy of the Ark of the Cosmos and once plotted to destroy the entire planet with a black hole.
"Commencing Attack Mode, prepare yourself, failed Chaos creation," it said.
The two chased in a powerful headbutt that caused a massive ripple within the entire ship itself. Little did they know that their fight would alert everyone else aboard in their own dorms as it travels to the upper floors. The women stumbled around from the sudden tremor that occurs violently. Columns still restrains Pudding despite this to keep her from making a single sound. Claris and Helen almost fell from the sudden shock, which Pai and Sarah stopped their falls in time to save them. Meemee finally stops attacking Latisha's head thanks to fearing the powerful tremors. The blue alien tries her best not to lose her balance, until Stella stopped her fall with a powerful punch to her back.
"And that's for earlier!" she shouts.
"Now is not the time to fight. Our ship is under attack by something. Could it be those Legion punks?" Gum wondered.
Isaac's face would finally reach Fei's motherly bosom again thanks to the powerful shaking. The women would be surprised that they were still sound asleep.
"What was that? This island is starting to have an earthquake?" Boogie asked.
"It only shaken once. More like something is hitting the ship or causing a ruckus within the lower floors. Varla was taking so long for a good reason. We have ourselves an intruder," Mae said urgently.
"An intruder? But who?" Stella wondered.
Pudding darts for the room door with her guitar in hand while Columns is too distracted to hold her down any longer.
"Instead of wondering, we need to get down there and help her fight this guy off," the reporter shouts while running.
"Pudding, we were ordered to stay here and not leave these dorms!" Latisha called.
"It's either we follow orders and let this guy trash our ship or fight him off and keep the ship safe while Vyse is home. For once, I agree with Pudding on this," Tillis replied.
The hi-tech firefighter flies into the dark door to follow Pudding to the source of the attack. Tyris grabs her favorite pair of sais and followed her to defend the Delphinus, same for Zoe running with her trusty Parasaurolophus, Paris.
"Wait for me, you all need your friendly neighborhood jewel goddess to assist you!" Columns shouts while flying after them.
Gum and her fellow female rudies rolled their way towards the hall with their best cans ready for spraying.
"GG's, follow my lead. We will kick some ass while Beat is gone and show him that we are the heart of the team," the green rudie announced.
Lisa Rogan reloads her trusty pistol before following the belligerent Electra out the door. The rest of the women however choose to stay since too many of them leaving would lead this room wide open for their intruder. Claris and Helen would still be babysat by the two Virtua Fighter women to keep them out of trouble while NiGHTS is gone. The guys however were jumbled all over their dorm thanks to quake that occurred. Ash jumped in the arms of Odin in fear, the latter being annoyed at a man hugging him this tight over a minor shake. Max realized that Chomp is growing for a good reason when the chibi Triceratops could sense something unfriendly below the ship.
"What is it boy, we got an enemy to take care of?" the dinosaur loving boy asked.
"What the funk is going on anymore?" a frightened Toejam asks.
"We have an uninvited guest who's taking advantage of our ship while it's down. Come, we must vanquish it," Ax Battler commands.
"Orders are orders, but the barbarian has a point. We have to take out the trash before they do more than cause a few holes in the ship," Corn ordered.
"Maybe there's a bomb on it already and we have to defuse it. It's a piece of cake when we are experts of disarming them no matter the kind," Mobo said as he tugged his partner's hand.
"Or they are here to take the Chaos Emeralds that we worked so hard to gather. We already lost two and these three we have shouldn't even fall in their hands," Alex Kidd said in worry.
Billy had just the thing in mind thanks to the supply of eggs he has saved.
"Let's go. We'll teach this thief a thing or two about stealing emeralds. No offense Bonanza Bros," the chicken warrior said with caution.
"None taken, kiddo. We will will join you guys in stopping this bozo if it means making up for our mistake with Dr Egghead in the past. As thieves, our honor shouldn't be trifled with and all mistakes would have to be corrected with a Plan B," Robo replied.
"That's the spirit. Because Knuckles is already angry enough with you two for that one. But all we can do is move forward and protect the emeralds that we have right now," Alex Kidd says with a smile.
G and Washington reloaded their prized guns in urgency, as did Vashyron and Zephyr do the same.
"Chances are that they are after Varla too. She was something the Legion wanted for their own use. Wouldn't put it past those sick bastards," the agent said.
"Well those assholes will get two things coming if they mess with our girl. Twenty bullets up their motherfreaking ass and a kick in the seat too. Like hell she'll be used again on our watch," Washington replied.
"Ready to shoot together like old times sake, Vashyron?" Zephyr asked.
"I personally would have preferred checking on the ladies for their safety. But you are right that we can finally have some exhilarating fun together taking down our first standalone target together," the older man said.
Another tremor happened that shaken everyone within the room. Harrier bumped his head against the ceiling from the top bunk and Ace falls over from the shock. Rex could see his fallen Carnotaurus and reached down to help him up. Just the sight of the his dinosaur struggling to stand from the pain would only fill his head with that fiery spirit of rage.
"Don't worry boy, we will teach them a lesson soon as we find them. No one hurts my ace on my watch," the blonde boy says with revenge in mind.
Earl caught his smaller red buddy from falling over, fixing his own shades to cover the semi exposed beady eyes he's not proud of. Toejam's eyes swirled around in a dazed manner all while his body waggles around.
"Thanks a lot, homie. We really need to get that damn power back on for the security defenses," the red alien says in a dazed manner.
Shou flies out of the door with his water pistol ready to take out the mysterious threat on the ship.
"Everyone, follow me if you want to defeat our special guest in the ship. All help is appreciated," Shou said.
Both Odin and Naoh followed him outside the door with the ironist urgency. Satan and Axel looked at one another as a meeting between two green haired speed demons.
"You thinking what I'm thinking?" he asked.
"Damn straight, we will crazy speed our way to kick some ass!" the hot blooded Axel agreed.
They look both did a high five to celebrate their next plan. Bantam and Chick gathered their biggest eggs to use for their famed egg combat.
"Billy, we are here for you if you need help scrambling that no-gooder!" Chick called.
"Yes, because these strong muscles combined with my big eggs will be enough to crack their bones like eggshells," Bantam says in confidence.
Billy could only smile knowing that his two allies are still ready to fight as usual. Meanwhile, the holding room is in shambles due to the sudden rumbling of the ship. The guards Blaze, Dr. Zan, and Max got back to their feet when guarding the few cells within the room. Shiva is seen slammed against the wall of his cell, barely trying to recover from the sudden shock. Ai Rin is fallen into her side and sore from the fall. RinRin still remains unconscious since her transformation's defeat with zero signs of recovering. And lastly, the KapuKapu alpha male is stunned in his tiny cage with images of ChuChus running around his head in a cartoony manner. The few Wood Oak City police looked around to double check what could be the cause of this sudden violent ripple.
"Did someone feel that? It's something that could do with the ship. Perhaps another storm is starting to brew on this island," Blaze wondered.
Dr. Zan taps into the buttons on his mechanical fingers to look at the overall map of the ship. He would use this time to look around for any oddities or signs of damage within the region. The projection shown a perfect replica from the room structures to the many parts of the actual ship. One of the rooms would be blinking red, which would be the treasury room a couple floors up. But that wasn't all, he could see the presence of one unknown individual who isn't a known crew member of the ship. Zan is someone who always make sure to register anyone he meets as a crew member and those who are unknown to him has a high chance of being an enemy.
"This is the problem. We have someone new to arrest for these cells if we can stop them. They sound pretty powerful too, above the likes of the prisoners we have currently," the cyborg cop said.
"Good, another for to test my own strength on. It does get boring not being able to use my body the right way," the burly wrestler says while flexing.
"But at the same time, we would have to stay here and watch these four at all costs. Captain's orders are to be taken quite serious. Axel would not be the slightest proud of us leaving anyone behind," Blaze said.
"Then you will just have to trust me and let me out there to help," a voice said.
The three turned to see the wounded Shiva standing on his own two feet with the strength he has to be that forbidden volunteer. He's aware that their answers wouldn't be the most positive, but really has his mind in the right place to help the entire crew's personal crisis.
"Sorry, but we shouldn't disobey our captain's orders to let you out. You wanted to atone for your own sins, then you are best staying in the cell to make up for everything. We have little reason to trust that you're not going back to attacking your own allies again," Blaze replied.
She stares down the man's face with little fear at all. She means business as a experienced police officer and would never fall for the bribes of a lowly criminal.
"It is true, I did want to atone for my own sins. But you need help to take down that intruder. With the orders you gave your own allies, that leaves on stowaway running rampant doing their worst on the ship. This isn't the time to hold something against me when this will be my way of redeeming myself to all of you," Shiva called.
"But if you were to receive a single injury and he figured out we let you out, then it would be all on us for the blame. You have good intentions, but serving your sentence is more priority. We will stay here and guard you at all costs if that will remind you to stay behind bars," Dr. Zan explained.
"Just leave them intruder to me. I don't mind going up there to solve the problem. Just tell me which room and I can do it," Max Thunder declares while cracking his hand bones in preparation.
"Easy Max, it would be better for a large group to deal with it. If there were any power, we could contact everyone in their dorms to try helping. But we are unsure of who's handling the situation at hand," Blaze warned her belligerent wrestler partner.
Ai Rin crawled from her sore side just to see what could be going on in the ship.
"Whatever bastard knocked me down, I want to show them a piece of my mind. And even worse, they hurt my pet Mei-Rin. Cops, let me out! I will find this person and kick their ass myself!" the younger Rin sister demands.
"For the last time, all of you need to stay here and enjoy your sentence. We don't trust either of you the slightest. You could even use this as an excuse to escape or even go back to hurting our allies. Neither of your words will simply convince us," Dr. Zan said after turning his holographic map off.
"Escape? I have two sisters here that I love too dearly to abandon. We don't have a choice on the matter and know that the Legion will see us as traitors. Even worse, The Baron may beat us with an inch of our lives for our failure. He put so much faith in us succeeding in this mission only for us to be locked against our will in this dirty cell. Life isn't fair," Ai Rin cried with white tears rolling down her pale face.
Blaze could have little time for her captive's tears, only filling with annoyance and rage at this attempt to warm her heart.
"You chose the life of an assassin did you not? Think of all the innocent lives you've killed instead of letting them live long enough to experience their life to the fullest. Don't give me that fallacy that being an assassin is a good thing when you are just using it as an excuse to revel in needless bloodshed. People like you deserve to be locked up for a long time and rethink your own twisted way of life. This is what justice is, dropping the hammer on all the people that chose to live a life that endangers others and break the law. You say that you will help us, but it will take more than that to atone the many sins you've collected in those bloody murderous hands. I would say you were better off not choosing a life to begin with," Blaze shouts at her.
"Just shut up! You don't know what kind of life me and my sisters had lived! We were born in the worst parts of AsianTown, poor and constantly fighting for our life against dangerous men to survive. We were not good at anything, not even having a normal life when young. Since the day our master taken us in, he trained us to be stronger warriors to defend ourselves even without us paying him back. We assigned ourselves as assassins to kill if it meant stable income to buy ourselves food, buy a better home in a non-violent neighborhood, and at least have decent clothes to wear. These weapons we have? Also bestowed upon us for free by our own master to help us hone our skills to keep living. Don't be talking about us like you know how our own lives went! You police are all the same. Preaching about justice and failing to understand why some of us even live the life of crime. In actuality, you are only wanting an excuse to keep your jobs by locking everyone!" Ai Rin barked sorrowfully.
Blaze could only struggle to hold her anger at someone that dared question her own sense of justice. She could only clench her fist and try holding back from even trying to attack her while she's still behind bars.
"Don't let that anger get to you, Blaze. You are better than that. If the Wood Oak Police superiors were here, they would honestly be disappointed in you. Just let it go and keep your professionalism," Max Thunder warmed.
"She does have a point, you are all quite hypocritical for people who's all about justice. You are allied with a man that revel in carnage and bloodshed, some kid that partakes in a dangerous job like assassination, a warmonger that was a major player in the Cold War, a European imperialist who crushed countless Gallian armies, an ex Valuan commander that almost ended the world itself, a man that did succeed in ending and changing this world we're in, six colorful freaks that also tried to drain the energy of this planet once, a hedgehog that dare opposed to one of the major world government powers, two taxi drivers that constantly break speed limit laws for their jobs, a group of teenage punks that constantly vandalize property and partake in gang warefare that gets the attention of other police, alien invaders that attack humans or even kidnap them, two literal crooks that robbed enough banks and museums for their own desires, a witch that accidentally destroyed multiple planets in our own solar system just to kill one goddess, a couple of drag racers that rarely get caught for their actions, and lastly you teamed up with pirates that constantly opposed many military forces in the skies. You call yourselves the face of justice, yet choose you associate with "heroes" that have enough sins of their own. If they deserved a chance despite what they've done, then it's undeniable proof that I'm just as deserving of that treatment. Same for that girl and her pet," Shiva called with his arms crossed.
Ai Rin would be shocked that a fellow inmate actually went out of his way to defend her who lost also pointing out the flaws of their services aboard the ship. Even the KapuKapu dropped his orange jaw at the speech he heard with his own cat ears. As much as Dr. Zan didn't want to argue against it, it's one of the few times a criminal is right in what they say about how justice is being handled. Max is still speechless just for how seemingly correct the former right hand of Mr. X truly is, more proof of his stunning intelligence. Blaze could no longer hold in that anger and had refuting the man's point in mind.
"You really think you're so smart trying to call Axel and the good members of the Wood Oak Police corrupt. You never changed Shiva, even if you try to make yourself better than your own boss that caused enough damage to more than the same city you and your criminal friends tried to take over countless times. Jack Cayman and Zephyr's trio already agreed that they will never kill anyone unless it's the right thing to do, General Winter is allying with us since he can't protect Russia alone with the damage it sustained from the Legion, both Ramirez and Selvaria were already atoning for their crimes by helping us stop them with their valuable military experience, Kyrie changed the world for the better and he intend to do the same for us if we were to fail in defeating the Legion, the Deadly Six were clearly mistreated and help us undo everything that ever happened, Sonic was framed by Shadow the Hedgehog in the past which was eventually cleared up once Gerald released his message to the world, and we are aware of BD Joe and Axel's speeding crimes but will excuse it with the state of the world now. The police in Tokyo-To is not only destructive but abuse their authority a lot for police that want to stop these harmless teenagers, the three Funkotronians were acting out of self defense when looking for funky things on our planet and said humans snuck on their ship than get kidnapped by them, we constantly keep an eye on the Bonanza Bros. and make sure they don't target any banks on our watch, Bayonetta and Jeanne clearly saved our planet from destruction even if it costed other planets being destroyed which gods fixed, Alberto and Clarissa are on complete watch as long as they're with us, and lastly the Blue Rogues were in the right since many people in the Valuan army were destructive and constantly abused their authority in Arcadia. Think again if you want to call me a bad cop for doing what's right and forgiving those that do want to help save this world," Blaze shouts at Shiva.
The long haired man could only sigh knowing that she's still standing on a hill she wants to die on.
"Then let me make this clear. Give me a chance to go out there and stop someone who's actively associated with the Legion and attacking us while we are in a state of vulnerability. Same for the girl and her little pet. We will prove our worth by helping you all. It sure as hell beats the idea of staying in these cells forever and being served cold food. I am a changed man and resent everything Mr. X and his new friends stand for. We want a better world for fellow men and women who were judged by society, but not destroy it all. Even I can't even stand the idea of following this man anymore if he wants a world where everything is gone. What's going to happen to him, he dies too? And how will he be sure this new universe they will make is any better than the one we live in now. I beg of you. Let us fight for you!" Shiva said in pain.
Max and Dr. Zan could tell that the feelings of respect for his former boss were never mutual anymore, someone who's lost in a place of who else to follow now that he's on his own. Ai Rin cries even further that someone really wants her to have a chance at reliving a new life that will take over the old one that she can't live anymore. Even the KapuKapu would be in tears himself due to the dreary atmosphere around his tiny cage. You would never even once see these fearsome space cats cry unless they mourn the dead or face starvation.
"Mei-Rin, I wish I can just hug you right now. I love you so much for being my best friend. You're the best cat that a girl could ever ask for," his master cried.
The sounds of crying and screaming would be enough to make the downed RinRin finally open her eyes. The middle sister looked around to see what happened to her, then noticed the red dress that she is wearing currently. This startled her, then she realized that she is locked in a cell instead of outside rescuing Ai Rin.
"Wh...what, what's going on? Why am I in this dress and who locked me up? Did we get captured?" she panicked.
Ai Rin finally noticed her older sister finally up, with more tears pouring out.
"Oh RinRin! I' love missed you so much! We thought we lost you after you became that thing again," she cried.
The last statement sent chills down the spine of RinRin, as if she knew exactly what happened.
"Did I do it again? I hope no one gotten hurt. Did I try killing Fei Rin again? Answer me!" she asked in confused sorrow.
"No. But you did try to destroy this ship, which would had endangered me and Fei Rin too. Even Isaac, the only one who made our older sister genuinely happy. It wasn't your fault, you just lost..."
"It was my fault damn it! My power gotten the best of me and I didn't want to fail the mission. You all could has died and it would've been too much for a burden to handle. I'm a terrible sister to the two of you. There's only one way to stop this!" RinRin interrupts.
Ai Rin feared what to expect from her own sister's suddenly interruption. RinRin frantically digs in her dress to find her fabled weapons. She grew frightened knowing that they were missing and tried looking in other parts of her attire or even her black weapon satchel on the leg.
"What are you doing? Please don't tell me you plan to kill yourself!" her sister called.
"Where the hell are my damn fans. Just when I want to do something, they are gone!" RinRin complained.
"We discarded the weapons from you and your sister. We know how powerful you are with them, and hid them in the treasury room. Unfortunately, we have an intruder there as we speak and going there now would be too risky..."
"Don't feed me that bullshit, bitch! You think you are so special that you can just lock up anyone you please. Well, I only wanted my fans so I can burn myself alive. I want to die, it's better for everyone. Even my sisters that had been endangered by me for too long," RinRin cried.
It was then Blaze our her foot down to try talking the confused captive out of her plans.
"You have a family that loves you. And you really think ending your life would make them feel better? You will only hurt them, make them miserable for the rest of their life when all they ever have in life is yourself. We aren't going to assist in hurting you or even allowing you to just kill yourself. Ai Rin told me about your past, we can understand how painful it is. Just that we don't trust you fully to be unlocked from these cells. But you know that we will not allow you to kill yourself while you're still here. The captain would be greatly disappointed in us if we just watch you waste away your living state," Blaze beamed.
RinRin turned her face toward the steel wall behind her, with only sorrow and anger filling her head over her own existence being painful enough.
"To hell with all of you! I'll end my own life as I please. Anything to keep that monster within me from harming anyone else that I ever loved. Even the man of Fei Rin's life that would be ended by these bloody claws of mine. A monster should only be put out of its misery and not live any longer to hurt anyone that means too much to me or those that love them," she cried once again to ignore Blaze's warnings.
The first thing she would do is bash her head against the hard surface with all her strength. A drop of blood fell to the ground to signify the damage to her own body. Blaze couldn't bear it anymore and taken out the keys to unlock her cell.
"Stop! You don't know what the hell you're doing!" the female cop shouts.
RinRin continues to bash her head against the steel wall, denting it more and more and leaving stains of her own crimson blood. She felt the pain and only keeps going if it means her finally leaving this world of the living.
"Just stop it! You mean too much for me for you to just kill yourself. You don't have to do things this way because you lost control of your power. We will love you no matter what. That was why we were great evil these people stopped your rampage and saved you!" Ai Rin cries.
Blaze eventually made her way into the cell and restrains RinRin from doing anymore suicidal harm to her brain. Had she kept going, it would had caused permanent trauma and indeed kill her.
"Get the hell off of me, you bitch! I already made up my mind that this isn't the right life for me and killing myself will only save my family!" she cries while struggling from Blaze's arms.
"Except your family is already next to you. Just think about what you're doing. She could be scarred for the rest of her life to watch her own sister commit suicide in a cell. As a cop, it's my sworn duty to treat everyone humanely, even if they had commit atrocities. Axel Stone would never forget me if he comes back to see your dead body and the three of us fail at keeping you all alive as prisoners," Blaze replied.
Despite this, her strength is impressive enough to try moving Blaze with her and go back to the same bloodstained dent to continue her bashing.
"Shut up, you shouldn't feel sorry for me. I am a killer and this is the life I lived just to get a nice home for my family to live in. We even enjoy the screams of our victims and their warm bloodshed when doing our job. The worst crime of all is how I once again became the thing that made my own sisters fear me. Monsters like me deserve to go straight to Hell and burn forever," RinRin cried.
Without hesitation, Dr. Zan unlocked the cell door for Ai Rin to her surprise swiftly.
"Go, she's your family and reason with her!" The cybernetic officer orders.
Instead of wondering why she's free, the younger sister rushed her away out of the cell and into RinRin's to assist Blaze in preventing her rash suicide.
"Stop it, RinRin! I'm here for you and love you no matter what. Just please, please don't see yourself as a monster that deserves to die!" she cried.
RinRin already succeeded in adding a few bloody headbutts to the wall while Blaze tried her best to restrain her. And now, she feels the warm embrace of her younger sister holding her from in front. She could feel her small arms trying to hold her from bashing her cranium any longer, struggling to hold back the many tears that stained her blood.
"Get out of my way, I'm serious that ending my life will be enough to no longer put you or Fei Rin in danger anymore! Just let me die already!" she cried.
"No, we will not let you die on our watch. Captain Vyse and Axel Stone will never forgive us if we sit and let you waste your own life away instead of atoning!" the female cop calls while holding down her suicidal captive.
"She's right, I want you to stay with me and our other sister forever. You may be a monster, but you are all we have for family. It won't be the same without you, not after everything you've complained under our master's training. He wants us all to live and never die!" Ai Rin shouts at her sister.
RinRin couldn't bear these thoughts plaguing her mind forever and begin losing her will to continue her desire for death itself. Blaze could feel her body slowly starting to resist less and watched the long haired assassin bow down in shame. Shiva watched everything from his cell only to wonder why she finally decided to listen to them for once. Max and Zan watched from outside the open cell to see the sobbing assassin now held by two women that only made this possible.
"I..is it over?" the wrestler asked.
"It seems so. If I had never let that sister out to comfort her, it wouldn't had been a happy ending," the cyborg scientist stammered.
Blaze finally decides to let go of RinRin, so the two sisters can have their space to embrace each other while one of them is alive. The damage done to RinRin's head is still servers with many deep gashes on her head, a truly gruesome image of ripped open flesh and rivers of blood flowing down her face. Had she gone even further, she would had succeeded breaking her own skull open and bleeding to death since you original intent. Blaze eventually unlocked Shiva's cell to set the former Syndicate superior from his time out. The long haired man eventually walks out of the cell in a composed yet serious manner to show just how grateful he is for the decision. Max and Zan still keep an eye on him just in case he intends to do anything out of the ordinary. He paid the two men no kind since he had a bigger thing to focus on that should concern the rest of them. He faced Blaze with a solemn expression and took a bow to express his greatest gratitude for letting him out.
"Where is this intruder? We can find this cretin and take him out together. I'll give you a more proper thanks after we complete this more urgent task first," he calmly said.
"The treasury room. That's where we also happen to hide these two's weapons. And unfortunately, where the three Chaos Emeralds were kept. This person is probably here with the intent to steal them from us. We've wasted enough time here and have to go," Blaze responded.
"Then we will do this together. I'm not some likely criminal anymore, but someone that will atone for every sin on these hands. And use them for the better good. Now, let's move out!" Shiva replied.
The two eventually started to run out of the holding room to each their destination. This would leave Max Thunder and Dr. Zan behind to keep an eye on the sobbing sisters and the caged space cat.
"Good luck, Ms. Fielding and Shiva! We can handle everything from here. The two are in no condition to get their weapons back themselves and should spend more time here for a while!" the cyborg scientist shouts.
"Thanks. I can leave it all to you. We will give their stuff back after we take care of the intruder," Blaze called back to her ally.
Ai Rin and RinRin continued to hug each other in tears to enjoy their sorrowful reunion together. The older sister hugged her even tighter with her senses back to reality where it belong.
"Thank you for making me realize that my family is too precious to leave. I'll always stay with you no matter what. I'm not a monster, but someone with a strong will to live. For the sake of our master," RinRin cried softly.
Ai Rin understood her words and rubbed her smaller head into the chest of her taller sister.
"That's right. You're our sister rather you lose control of your power or not. We will always love you and live for your sake. Never do that again. Your life is precious to all of us," she replies with more tears.
Max and Dr. Zan continue their promise to keep watch of the two as the KapuKapu leader rumbles his cage frantically. He wanted to be given the same freedom instead of being cramped in a small cage forever.
"KaaaapuuuuKaaaapuuuu!" the alien cat screeched before the cage fell face forward.
Zan noticed the creature's frantic behavior and figured that he wanted to be let out of the cramped cage.
"Oh right, you'll be let out in a minute. Just wait for me," the scientist apologetically called.
He ran over to the fallen cage to help it back in a good place to fulfill his promise.
"Even you mean a lot to these girls too. It would be fair to have you join them again and be free," Zan says before taking out the key.
The fight between the robot and Varla in the Holding Room continued to rage wildly in the sacred room. Many weapons and treasure fell from each clash, and fell onto the ground. The two fought competitively in a battle for the mechanical box that contains the three stolen emeralds SCR-HD so desperately wanted. The zombie stripper charged at the white robot again with her might to slug it again at full force. The robot once again couldn't feel any signs of breaking thanks to the strength granted to it by the Ark of the Cosmos. Instead, it once again rolls in a large white wheel to attempt drilling into the durable body of Varla. The zombie stripper caught on to this and gripped her arms on the sides of his body to stop the rolling.
"As I said, you will have to try harder than that to beat me!" she shouts while hurling the robot at the ceiling.
SCR-HD is sent spiraling towards higher ground thanks to the momentum combined with the strength his opponent had used. But this robot had another special trick up his sleeve, which his single red eye begins to glow.
"Tapping into Ark's power. Prepare to be crushed!" the robot beamed.
He now raises a single robotic hand and stares down at the flying zombie below him. Varla still charged at him regardless of his actions with her fist ready for another blow. But then something terrible begins to happen to her. Her body stopped completely as if some there were holding it. Varla gasped from the sudden force that stopped her movement completely. Her arm couldn't move and her body could no long keep moving forward anymore. It's as if some strings were to metaphorically stop her movement to defeat the very robot before her.
"What the hell? What did you do to me?" she questioned.
Even moving her own legs would be futile thanks to what's happening to her own stiff body. The robot's visor could only show what appears to be a gravity level. This is due to the robot's ability to control all forms of gravity around him thanks to the power of his ancient artifact. The levels indicate that she were simply stopped with the wave of his hand thanks to this mysterious power. Eventually the gravity levels scanned on her would continue to sharply rise within seconds. Varla plummets straight to the solid steel ground and slammed with tremendous force thanks to SCR-HD's gravitational power. Many dust clouds formed from the impact of the attack and more shelves shaken to drop the few loot that were stored atop it. Bags would drop to the ground as well due to being full of coins, rings, gems, and other valuables that the Blue Rogues collected on their long voyages. Guns, swords, and other high tech weaponry would all fall from the heavy thus caused by Varla's body and the forces the robot would control. He continues to watch his easily defeated victim to scan the gravitational levels on her body. Then they suddenly start dropping at a fast rate as if something were happening.
"I'm not done yet! I don't know how heavy your making me but I will not be allowed to lose that easily. Those emeralds are not yours, you damn scrap bucket!" a voice shouts.
The clues would finally clear to reveal a glowing Varla using the natural Chaos energy in her body to try standing from his forces. This is due to pushing her zombies body to its full potential to go against the gravity push that initially overpowered her. Some blood dropped from her body, but the damage is minimal thanks to her lower along with being undead from the start. SCR-HD would only be surprised that someone finally managed to overpower his gravity powers at least once when anything falls victim to his mastery of gravity control.
"Target still lives. Must raise levels to pulverize their willpower!" he announced.
This time, he raised both of his robot hands to up the ante on crushing the one that gets in the way of his goal for Eggman. His visit depicts the gravity levels on Varla rising again but now at a faster rate thanks to him putting more effort into it. The weight begins crushing the determined zombie now, even starting to crack the bones that even support her undead body. She refused to get up and used her power to try resisting these powerful pulls. SCR-HD continues to push even harder despite this ti cripple all strength she has to try resisting him. She push her own back upwards despite her very ribcage and spine falling apart and flowers even brighter with the Chaos Energy in her veins.
"N...not yet! I…I'll defeat you...at all costs!" she shouts will using her might.
Even her own legs continue to lift despite the femur and other major bones cracking rapidly from the gravity.
"Gravity levels, reaching its midpoint. Must defeat this woman at all costs," the robot shouts.
Now the levels rises to the point of no return now that it gets bigger than anything a normal human would survive.
"Yo...ur ass is mine when I...break out of your hold and beat yo...ur face in!" she yells.
Even her own skull begins to crack immensely from the gravity its that hits her at a force she couldn't even withstand. Soon even her own arms start to crack from under her willpower to try overcoming the force that overwhelmed her entire body. The robot's red eye gleams coldly to watch its target slowly suffer from his cruel method to defeat her. Soon, an electrical guitar strumming could be heard in the east part of the room. The robot looks only for its visor to see an electrical wave that strikes him. This shocks the robot immensely and cause his gravitation hold to finally end its torture. The free Varla finally flies into the air to attack the robot while he's defenseless.
"Get out of here while you still can, you son of a typewriter!" she shouts after striking the robot in his face.
This time, it would send him flying towards the opposite end of the wall and cause a loud crash. The robot is seemingly defeated thanks to Varla's unknown savior.
"It's me, Pudding. Reporting live for a beating of our no good robot friend snooping for our best scoop," the green haired reporter announced.
Alongside her are familiar faces like Columns, Tyris Flare, Zoe, Narsha, Mae, Paris, Boogie, Cube, Rhyth, Gum, Tillis, Rolly, and Leanne on guard to fend off the intruder. Paris eventually transforms into his larger realistic form now that it's time to have his first real battle in a long time. The Parasaurolophus lets out a mighty bellow that echoes throughout the ship to signal everyone within it. It even reached the main power chamber that Fina and Aika were monitoring the crew members working on the main generator. The two had a bad feeling about what they heard and opted to try leaving them behind.
"Hold on, crew. Fina and I have some investigating to do. Just keep working on the system. We may be back to check on your progress," Aika said.
"Understood, Vice Captain Aika. We will do our best. This ship is our crew's pride and joy. It should never fall to enemy hands," a crew member responded while fixing the circuits of the generator.
Fina looked down at her hand knowing that she will be needed for healing any harm that come to the New Blue Rogues that suffer fighting off an unknown enemy.
"Alright, keep doing your work everyone. Aika and I will be back when we fend off whoever snuck their way on this very ship," she said with a smile.
Back in the cargo room, Opa Opa and AGES caught wind of the roar in the midst of their boredom. The multicolored ship placed his wing over his head as if he were looking at a unusual sight.
"Opa Opa can hear sounds of that dinosaur friend of ours. Maybe him and the others are in danger. We got to get up there and help!" he beamed.
AGES would allow the Ferrari to shift into an F1-Tomcat within seconds to prepare for fast flight.
"Roger that, my colorful friend. Let's defeat the enemy and complete our main objective!" the infamous plane said.
Both of them begin flying toward the door at blinding speeds to assist everyone else. Meanwhile, a handful of the male Blue Rogues would be running down the halls to follow the source of Parry's roar. Vashyron, Zephyr, Ax Battler, Corn, Alex Kidd, Billy, Chick, Bantam, Schezo, Max, Chomp, Rex, Ace, G, Washington, Shou, Yogurt, Axel, Satan, the Bonanza Bros, Noah, and Odin could tell this is a sign that they all need to pick up the pace to defend the Delphinus. The three chicken warriors had no time to turn around since rolling their massive eggs were a bigger priority. Alex Kidd rides his prized Sukopako Motorcycle to race his way in the right direction of the sound.
"We have to keep going if we will stop whoever is in the treasury room. The emeralds are there without a doubt . Vyse placed them all there for a reason," he called.
"Which is why our main goal is to get there before this fiend before he gets away," Ax Battler replied. "That's right. We have to kick this guy's ass and chase him out of our ship. It's the least we can do for the sake of Beat and the others while they explore that island," Corn states while skating quickly.
"Let me at em, I'll make sure this big and bad villain gets off of our prized vessel at all costs," the determined Yogurt said.
Max and Chick struggles to hold in their laughter at a hamster knight thinking he's a threat at all to someone possibly strong.
"Quiet, you two! Or else you will face that same wrath," the embarrassed Yogurt shouts.
"Save that energy when we face this thing. In-fighting will only slow us down and open our guards for this person," Alex Kidd warned.
"Enough talk, let's just pop so many shots up this guy's ass that he will never freaking walk again. Or maybe never take a shit again," the foul mouthed Washington called.
Just the thought of his statement sent shivers down Corn and Zephyr's spines.
"You all sure see a bunch of characters. But let's not forget that "first come, first serve". His ass is mine for being a threat to all the lovely women on this ship. People like him don't deserve to breathe the same air as me," Vashyron shouts.
"Weren't you the one who was jealous of Isaac being lucky?" G said.
"You want to be the first to get your ass kicked, Agent Glasses?" Vashyron barked.
"You want to be the first to not shit anymore, ponytail wearing punk?" Washington warned.
"Enough you two, we need to hurry fast! I have a bad feeling about this," Noah called.
SCR-HD is now entrapped in a garden of strong ferns and vines that spring from the ground. This is thanks to Paris' Emerald Garden move, a trump card for all grass based dinosaurs to trap and sap the energy of their opponent. Zoe trapped the intruder right where her tram wanted him to make sure that he couldn't think about escaping.
"Good job Paris. Now we can see what he's really after," she called.
Gum retrieved the high tech box that would contain the three emeralds that the robot tried to steal from everyone. the rudie double checked to make sure everything is all together after counting them in the inside.
"That's all of them. But we have to take these somewhere else for safety," she called.
"Shouldn't we kick the butt of this tin can for invading the ship in the first place?" Boogie asked.
"Not really. That dinosaur friend of Zoe's have it under control. There's no way of escape for him," Tillis responds.
Everyone taken a good look at the damaged robot struggling to free himself. With his arms fully constructed, he had no means of gravity control anymore. Same for the idea of rolling with his legs tied tight enough to restrict any movement. But that wasn't all, he appeared to grow weaker every second with all electronic energy being sapped from his system. Leaving him a sitting duck instead of being in a state to accomplish his mission. Before his battery fully drops, he would desperately send an electronic distress signal to an unknown party in silence.
"Cal...ling all SCR-GP...units for...back up...immediate..ly," the robot said in a weak manner.
Just hearing that would alert the entire group immediately.
"Wait, is he signaling more of these robots to come here?" Cube asked in caution.
"That means he never came here alone and his backup could follow the signal directly to here. We really have to protect this ship with our lives," Mae warned.
"It doesn't matter. If we try and destroy the leader now, there would be no way for them to make it in time," Gum called.
Zoe nods and watched her full sized Paris continue sapping the robotic creature in its place.
"Alright, let's finish things up with Atomic Bomb!" she called.
The dinosaur then under his master's orders let out a mighty bellow that echoes throughout the ship again and begun charging at the trapped robot. The damaged robot then struggles to escape with the little energy it had left from the energy sapping vines that attacked it. Paris picks up his speed as a charging tank ready to crush his intended target. The robot could scan the creature to look for a weakness that it could take advantage of with its screen flickering. The dinosaur eventually flips the robot into the air with a strong headbutt that shreds the vines that originally held him. The robot is sent spiraling into the air at high speed once again. Paris eventually use his strong legs to propel himself into the air with a powerful high jump.
"That's it, send that robot to the ground with your weight!" Zoe called to her dinosaur companion.
The dinosaur casts a threatening shadow over the robot's body to prepare for the heaviest drop ever. SCR-HD eventually moved its weak arms in a good position to defend itself.
"What is he doing? Shouldn't that robot have no energy left to defend itself?" Rhyth shouts.
The damaged robot eventually pushed the dinosaur back at a powerful force with the strength it had left, sending both sides spiraling in the opposite direction. The robot plummets to the group from the recoil and succumbing to his damage to crash into the ground. Paris however sorrowfully wails as it spirals towards the hard ceiling for a crash. The sight horrified Zoe since there were few non-dinosaur beings that ever tried to severely harm her prized partner before.
"No, Paris!" she screams.
"At least that's robot should be down. It's suicide to pull that off. It should be fully broken apart after hitting the ground," Columns states.
The dust clouds clear up to reveal a damaged SCR-HD still having some fight in him left. The work that happened is his internals being damaged, which the Ark's power managed to soften the blow for him.
"What the hell? It still survived. That's impossible!" Tillis said in anger.
Boogie took a closer look at the robot's body to notice a ring shaped device latched onto its right left. Watching the blue veins glow on it gave her a bad feeling about it.
"Hold up, it's that thing. Maybe it could be a back up energy source to keep it alive!" she points out.
Gum eventually noticed it and figured it was the reason the robot still has a reason to fight.
"What is that? Some kind of high tech life support device? If that's what we have to take, then we need to do it fast," the green wearing rudie called.
Pudding takes out her trusty electric guitar for an encore now that she knows what to do.
"Let me handle this. I can try over riding it with the strongest jams I've ever done before. Cover your ears everyone!" she ordered.
The entire group clamped their hands over their ears as told to not have their heading damaged by her playing. The now weakened and knocked out Paris falls back towards the ground in his chibi form. Zoe noticed this and instantly ran toward the robot to catch her falling friend. Pudding noticed this and hesitates to play her guitar when someone is in harm's way.
"What are you doing? It's too dangerous to go out there!" she called.
"I'm not leaving my friend in harms way. Not after what that stupid robot did to him!" Zoe cried while ignoring her friend's pleas.
SCR-HD slowly stands up with the sparks still flying from his weakened body. He watched the human girl approach her without any remorse and aimed to strike her out of his way. Paris is falling closer to the robot's grasp in a dangerous position where both of them could be hurt.
"Paris!" she shouts once more with rage and tears flowing.
Eventually the robot attacks at full force, the other girls shielded their eyes from the attack. Instead, a loud wet splat could be heard. Zoe opens her eyes to see a very gruesome sight. Varla Guns gotten in the way of her to throw Paris at Zoe in time. Unfortunately, her body succumbs to the earlier gravity pressure, which made her entire body fragile enough to be split apart by SCR-HD's attack. Her arms, hands, feet, legs, head, chest, pelvis, and abs now fly in every direction possible accompanying the founding of infected blood that occurs. The hard work Dr. Curien went to creating the ultimate super soldier finally comes to an end. Zoe is shocked at the fact someone risked their life to save her and Parry as he flies backward from the force.
"Varla!" Pudding shouts.
Zoe couldn't believe her eyes that someone allowed themselves to be killed just for her to live.
Why, did you do this? I should have been the one to take the hit and not you.
Varla's heart slipped from below the body segment that contains her abdominals then explodes from the impact. Then the decapitated head of Varla coughs even more blood from the attack. Even when undead, destroying something vital as the heart means possible death other than the brain. And with her entire body fully separated, that means the chaos energy that gave her the power she has dies. The female GGs still couldn't believe that their own ally is defeated before their eyes in the messiest manner. Narsha however didn't want to give as a Shaman with immense magical power to help her allies.
"Aura!" she shouts while casting a green spell on the body of Varla.
This last minute save by the mage would be proven effective to some extent. The flying body parts suddenly begin pulling back towards each other at a fast rate. The blood that spills begin pulling toward one another. But that wasn't all, Varla begins glowing green herself as if her power were coming back to her. SCR-HD scans the phenomenon before her to check her gravity levels slowly rising from the negatives. He also senses major readings of power emanating from the decapitated body that slowly pulls itself together. A new heart eventually forms from the detached cells in the air and pulls itself back inside of her ribs. Zoe is surprised that Narsha's plan would actually be working on someone mostly undead. However, she felt that this isn't mostly her doing but something else.
"Aura while a powerful spell normally doesn't replace destroyed organs very easily. Was she an experiment that involved the Chaos Emerald?" she asked.
"Yes. She told us that she's a zombie made by that Curien guy infused with the energy of a Chaos Emerald. Just to be some personal super soldier for him," Columns replied.
Varla's body begins sticking back together in the right spots like a human puzzle piece, slowly regaining her senses now that her veins reconnect within the right spots. Even she is personally confused as to how her body is recovering itself this rapidly.
"I'm not dead? And what's up with my body?" she said after testing her neck flexibility.
SCR-HD however isn't amused and begin charging at her vulnerable body.
"Get away from her!" Rolly shouts as she did an Egg Shot.
Her large egg with red comb markings knocked the robot back from the healing Varla to defend her. Then her own Egg Animal Peliwan spins at him in the form of a green tornado.
"Mow!" the long eared dog pelican creature barks during his attack.
The robot is now tossed around violently by the strong green vortex that attacks him. Leanne rushes at the twister and flips before rapidly shooting at the weaker parts of the robot with thunder bullets. This sent a powerful shock down the robot's internal system and gets amplified by Peliwan's tornado.
"Everyone, crush that robot before his back up gets here!" Mae shouts.
Zoe stands back to tend the wounds of her defeated dinosaur as everyone rose charged at the electrocuted robot. Boogie, Rhyth, and Cube all sprays at the tornado to allow the strong winds to splat their bright colors all over SCR-HD. It tries to process the damage to its body but could only see many splats of colorful paint over its visor. Blinded and confused, the robot tried its best to use his gravity powers as a backup plan. He succeeds in disrupting Peliwan's twister to daze the Egg Animal, but Leanne follows up with more thunder bullets to shock the robot once more. Gum performs a series of aerial tricks to gain momentum in her jump to follow up with a powerful kick to SCR-HD's face. Then Mae hurled her steel lance at the robot to pierce his weakened chest. Then Columns slam many colored gems onto its body to crush him into the ground.
"Good work, Columns. Keep it going, and end things here!" Narsha called.
She turns to see Varla standing on her feet again in good condition. Her trademark clothes even remained intact, a good reason to dress in a skimpy manner other than to avoid overheating. She twiddles her fingers and look around to make sure there were not a single abnormality on her body.
"Well I'll be damned. I barely escaped death thanks to that dumb scientist's own experiments on this body. Does that mean I can't really die?" the zombie stripper wondered.
"Save the questions for later. We're glad to have you back, but we have to crush this thing before his friends get here," the gothic Cube called.
Everyone now surrounds the robot while his body is being crushed by the force of many magical gems smashing on his wounded body. Columns knew this is what she had to do in order to keep the emeralds safe. SCR-HD lets out a shrill cry as a last resort to try alerting his faraway comrades to save him from his crushing. Leanne once again shoots his face with a thunder bullet to attempt silencing him.
"Why don't you accept your fate of being scrap metal. No one will save you or help in your mission to steal these emeralds," she coldly said.
However, a loud boom would be heard from the east. This alerts all the girls from continuing where they had planned for the mechanical thief.
"Did they get here fast enough? Damn!" Boogie uttered.
Bantam appears with a similar robot below his massive egg and crush him with a powerful Egg Bounce.
"Yahooooo!" the large boy called.
Then more similar robots would begin pouring into the treasury room to everyone's surprise. The men that were heading to the place came in time after having a few scuffles with certain curious robots. Most of them appeared to be exhausted due to the superior numbers of these mechanical monsters. Aika and Fina also arrived to provide their support for everyone else.
"We arrived! Let us help you deal with these pests and we will explain everything to Vyse later," Aika called.
Several of the women nods since more help with these flying pests were much appreciated in a dire situation like this.
"We have to defend this ship at all costs. Columns, keep their leader pinned. We will take all the others here," Tyris ordered.
Several of the robots would be destroyed by energy blasts and missiles, this being the work of Opa Opa and AGES who appeared in the nick of time.
"The cavalry has arrived! Sit back because we will be bringing more than just blast processing," the F1-Tomcat announced.
But they weren't the only ones, Shiva and Blaze jumped out of a secret door to knock one SCR-GP unit into the air. Never would anyone expect the two to make an effective team when fighting together.
"Damn, we came too late. And now he's gotten reinforcements?" Blaze said.
"Relax, we will crush all of these steel dolls before they think about winning this fight," Shiva replied.
An all out war would soon begin within the treasury room to prevent any theft of these powerful gems from reaching the Legion again. Meanwhile, Vyse's group world finally reach the main village of the Maboo people that resides in this fantastic island. However, they could see that the tribespeople were not playing around about the storm doing too much damage to their beloved villages. Many huts were a destroyed mess of straw and wood that needed to be rebuilt by the most diligent villagers. The local medic has to bandage a few wounded tribespeople only for a larger row of stretchers to be waiting their turn. Many palms were now broken and lacking their prized fruit, leading the gardeners to replant new ones in hopes of growing new ones. And the many architecture the Maboo people were proud of were broken and even beyond repair by the powerful winds.
Amy and Sakura felt very sorry for that fact these proud people have to go through this much damage to their ancient society. Something about all of this felt all too familiar for Knuckles as if he seen this before. Many curious tribesmen would watch their new visitors with cautious, chattering to each other in their native language. Vyse could feel that his group could easily stick out like sore thumbs, but hoped they all behaved themselves to not raise any suspicion to them. Big felt quite embarrassed by their stares, as if they saw him as a big scary threat that could hurt him. Zobio raised his wife higher on his shoulder to keep her secure enough to avoid a fall. Vectorman would only not mind their stares as he's more focused on helping in any way. Tembo still remain on his guard if anyone thought about the idea of wanting to hunt him as big game. Honey held Ryo's hand tightly, which he responds by making a brave face to show that he's always on her side. BD Joe remains smiling as his motto is being positive even in the light of the most dangerous situations. Axel Stone felt the atmosphere would be all too familiar given his many experiences of saving Wood Oak City from criminal takeover.
"Your village. It's bad as you say it was. You have any idea of who did it?" Tails asked.
"It's none other than the work of the Evilings. They were always a threat that wanted to corrupt our people and take over the real world. Something we all wanted to prevent," the tribesman said.
The last part would surprise everyone else due to the implications of their unknown origins.
"Real world? But you are already in it. You can't be serious that the world we live in is fake. Just where are you from anyway?" Knuckles shouts.
"Calm yourself. You are actually in our world. You see, the Isle of Monsters was always within a special magical book. Making it a work sealed away from your world for the sake of protection," he replied.
Tails would think about this statement and try connecting the dots with the storm that had hit them. Arle did remember when the storm hit the Delphinus, it had high amounts of magic properties and thought back to the tribesman's statement about the magical book that originally contained this island.
"Have you even considered the possibility said storm had magical properties and transferred your island to the real world? The Legion of Subspace have some powerful magic users in their forces and this was probably part of their plan. Inadvertently helping these Evilings to run rampant in this world, the real world, to start their plans. I know because as a mage, I can sense many high magic readings from this island alone. Which means the book that originally contained your island is still out here somewhere or likely destroyed. It may sound too crazy, but trust me on this one," she explains.
The tribesman would stop and slowly turn his terrified head back at everyone after hearing that. He would be sweating alot as if he had seen a ghost.
"Wha...what did you say?" the frightened tribesman asked.
"I said that there's a possibility your island warped itself into the real world thanks to that magical storm. And the book that originally contained it may be destroyed by the winds. What, is there something wrong?" Arle asked.
The tribesman would only dread the result that occurred and dropped to the ground on his knees. The other villagers grew concerned with the state of their fallen emotionally distraught comrade.
"Brother, what seems to be upsetting you?" one said.
"Did these outsiders do anything serious to you? Let us handle them," another shouts.
"They have weapons. Perhaps they are here to cleanse our people while we are still down," another angrily shouts.
"Monsters, how could you do this to him? All he ever did was show you mercy and you did this to him!" an older tribesman screamed.
The heroes would feel very alert when the tribespeople were accusing them of something they had little control over.
"Wait, you got the wrong idea. All she did say was that your island is our world thanks to some villains we know are causing enough damage to it," Knuckles said in defense.
"He's right. Your leader is only upset about that part. We did nothing serious at all to him. Trust us!" Amy shouts.
"The last time we trusted anyone, they abandoned us when we were in need. The Hero that saved us before probably forgotten about this land like the countless other selfish humans that exists in this world," an another angry tribesman shouts.
"You are probably the same and aim to side with the Evilings to begin with. Begone, evil doers!" an older one shouts.
"Like I said, you got it all wrong. We only crash landed here by accident by that same storm. Your leader cake to us to help restore your island. We care in peace and never intended to do any harm. Believe us!" Vyse called.
"He's right. We can't leave here even if you want us to because our ship is too damaged to fly. It would take a week or longer to get everything running again. Our real goal is to put a stop to the Legion of Subspace. They are the reason your island is not in this book that your leader talked about," Tails explains.
The tribesmen were still upset with what is happening to listen to the pleas of their possible saviors, instead choosing to approach them with their spears.
"Look alive Tails, they are not willing to reason anymore," Knuckles called.
"They shouldn't be serious about this. We only came here to see their chief and things went south too fast," Ulala said in caution.
The people completely surround the very heroes before they thought about leaving here unscathed, looking less friendly the closer they approached.
"That's enough, all of you! This is the thanks you give to nice people that give our tribe a helping hand? For shame!" a loud elderly voice commands.
The tribesmen eventually froze in fear upon these powerful words, the heroes even growing curios of who it as.
"It appears they had stopped. Someone with a lot of power must had said that," Ryo states.
"But is this person a friend or foe? We need to watch ourselves," Honey said while clutching him. "
Nothing to worry about. My men are all just too angry about the state of this island. I would like to apologize on their behalf for their emotions getting the best of them," the same elderly voice boomed.
All the Maboo tribe members backed away from the heroes to resume their usual duties as a result of this voice's dominion over them.
"Who are you? The chief that we were here to see?" Vyse asked in confusion.
Soon everyone would hear heavy footsteps from the north of the village trail. A large wholly man appeared, with the same proportions as his people. He wore a green tribe chief hat to match his stated and walked with a large cane made with the strongest palm wood. Other traits he would have included a duck like bill, large eyes with blue lower lids, and three toes.
"Chief Jimba, we terribly apologize for making our people look uncivil. I hope you find it in your big heart to forgive us. We were only filled with scorn, wanting to bring our village back to the way it was," a tribesman replied to the large elder.
"We're sorry too. We only wanted to fend off anyone suspicious. One of our men collapsed and we thought they had something to do with it," another replied.
The wholly white chief sighs knowing that this is only his burden to keep all of his remaining people in check. He then looked at the group of heroes before them with a friendly smile for his old age.
"Come, my hut is over there. We can all explain everything inside. Same for your reasons of landing on this once beautiful island," Jimba says in a welcoming manner.
"Thank you, Mr. Chief. We would had been in a rut if you hadn't intervened in our defense during that misunderstanding," Vyse said gratefully.
"The name is Jimba. But yes, I am the leader of the Maboo tribe. The one that live among the unique monsters of this island. Unfortunately they all went missing since the storm and we have to recover this village. Just follow me and we can talk more about this privately," he continued.
The large elderly tribe chief walked his way to the direction of a large damaged hut. This would be presumably his hut that he wanted everyone to report to. Vyse looked back at his group to see if everyone were together before they follow.
"Are you sure this is a good idea? We were almost attacked back there over a mixup. Just my suspicion," Knuckles wondered.
"Never mind that. That Chief Jimba fellow saved us. He's trustworthy and probably have more answers about this island," Zobio said.
"We also could tell them more about the Legion and why their island is no longer within the magical world previously contained in that book. If that book no longer exists, these Eviling creatures are probably back to haunt these people and our own world," Axel Stone suggests.
"There's still something I can't quite put my finger on it. These monsters they keep talking about are missing and how they served as guardians of the island. What really happened to them?" Akira said in a stoic tone.
"You could be on to something Akira. Maybe that storm must had swept them away somewhere or sent them somewhere else. Or they could just be frightened of coming out in case another storm of the same magnitude hit the island again," Amy explains.
"There is also another thing bugging me. This hero the islanders spoke of. Who are they and what are their whereabouts? At least we know that they lived in the same world as us and left the book after previously saving the island," BD Joe said.
"It would had helped if we heard a name of this hero. My databanks would require a name to accurately find the identity of this person. All I see are talks of this special book known as Amazing Island. An ancient one of a kind book founded since the early civilizations that once were a part of this planet. Nothing about a hero that supposedly helped them," Vectorman spoke.
Beat couldn't put it past Vectorman from knowing so little about culture on this planet.
"So this book actually came from the real world after all. If it's still out there, is there a way we can possibly fix it and send this island back where it belongs?" the red haired rudie wondered.
"Maybe these people are the only ones capable of doing it. We have some magic users on our side, but we are unsure if they would be on par with Jimba in being able to fix it. This is a tough spot," Zobiko states while combing her blonde dead hair.
Vyse would notice that the chief is already waiting for them in front of the hut waving his hand.
"Hey, the hut is this way! Save the talking for when we are inside. Come now!" Jimba called.
"I'm sorry, Chief Jimba! We were just collecting our thoughts for the big talk we will have. Just wait there, we will be coming immediately," the apologetic captain called.
He would be the first to start running down the path to lead the way. Amy, Knuckles, Big, Beat, Ulala, AiAi, and many others would soon follow quickly to reach their destination on this mysterious island. The battle inside the Treasury Room of the Delphinus rages on with many rogue SCR-GP units for the heroes to fend off. These were tough and fast fliers that would require enough powerful hits to bring down. But one of the most shocking moments would be what is happening with their leader. He is finally free thanks to several robots attacking an exposed Columns from behind to free their damaged leader. He begins standing on his sparking legs with the little energy he has to stand his ground. Gum is still seen defending the box of Chaos Emeralds from a pack of robots with her fellow GG's at all costs with Corn in the mix as their backup. The ChuChus arrived at the last minute with their fully functional Dural unit as backup for these robots. Zephyr could only smile knowing that his small rodent friends succeeded in reprogramming the once malevolent robot into a handy assistant for battle.
As always, she used familiar techniques of the many Virtua Fighters based on what the Judgement 6 ingrained in her memory system. But she has some new tricks up her sleeve compared to her usual arsenal. She now has the ability of flight thanks to having rocket thrusters in her soles and could launch mice shaped drones from her palms thanks to the state of the art technology from the ChuChus' home planet. Another reprogrammed robot ally would be none other than Break. He resembles the same he was, but now sports a pair of shades and golden chains around his neck. Essentially stylized to fit the customs of the planet Funkotron by the work of Toejam, Earl, and Latisha. In addition to being able to fight the same way Axel does, he now knows the art of Funk Fu like his three saviors. He defeats a few SCR-GPs with the help of his new funky martial arts moves in a flash to defend the three Funkotronians.
"Great going, Break. Or shall I say Funky Breakin'. You're the best robot homie a guy could ever ask for," Toejam says in a thankful manner.
"No problem, brotha. It's mutual to back up a homie in need on this peace, you know? Those who don't respect our funk should be put in their place," the groovin' android raps in a rhythmic manner.
Things are turning for the worst with SCR-HD seemingly showing off a new terrifying ability. The robot synthetically fuses with a group of SCR-GPs that initially surrounded him for support. The sight resembles something out of a creepy sci-fi film as the few heroes who witness this shudder at the sight. It now resembled a mass of white and black steel that happened to have a group of robotic limbs and eyes.
"What the hell is happened with it?" Gum exclaims.
"I don't know, it now look like one of those amoeba things that absorb everything!" Narsha cried.
Shiva took a closer look at the mess that's happening, it appears to be shrinking and forming a new shape.
"What is that robot actually doing its own?" he asked.
Blaze would observe they white mass now forming a familiar shape that gave her an idea.
"It's using nanotechnology to heal itself. No wonder why it invited this many friends to help it. We need to destroy all the weaker ones to give it less resources," she shouts.
The two would resume destroying the few robots that approached them from above with powerful kicks. The newly healed SCR-HD now regains his familiar form and lets out the most fearsome mechanical roar any robot ever had. The robotic menace is now stronger than ever with no signs of damage thanks to fusing with its kin. The real battle is far from over now that the robot is back on its feet to retrieve the emeralds by force.
"I have no time to just sit here. Let me handle this!" Zephyr shouts before charging at the robot.
Leanne reached out her hand to try stopping her stubborn ally from going for the kill. The robot then slowly raise its hand to do what it does best. The blonde boy would eventually be stopped dead in his tracks by a mysterious force before he could fire his guns. Zephyr tries his best to wiggle out of the gravitational grip the robot had on his vulnerable body.
"What the hell is this robot doing to me?" he groaned.
Eventually his body would rise into the air as everyone stared at him in horror without a plan.
"Zephyr!" Leanne and Mae shouts with tears.
All hell officially broken loose in the ship while the other group is talking with the mysterious locals.
Well then, so much happened. Anyways, the island everyone landed on would be none other than the titular Amazing Island, aka the Isle of Monsters. They tribe in initially welcomed the heroes only for a misunderstanding due to a scary revelation of their island being free from the book along with the possibility that the Evilings have a chance to rule the world. However the chief intervened to give the heroes a chance to explain themselves. Meanwhile, the rogue robot SCR-HD is back and now working under the orders of Eggman to try stealing the emeralds while the crew aboard the Delphinus face his robot army. Next Saturday, you all will be in for a treat. See you all soon.
