A Mechanical Rampage!
"So, I was thinking maybe we could combine our magic to make a REALLY tall crystal tower and jump off while singing then we bring out the floating crystals beneath our feet and land with awesome poses!" Auriana explained her idea for their television concert performance.
"That does a little… extreme, but we could use something a little new." Talia agreed, soft of.
"Yeah, what do you think Iris?" Auriana asked, but the lead singer didn't respond as her mind was somewhere else.
"Iris, are you okay?" Talia asked placing her hand on Iris's shoulder.
"Huh, oh, sorry girls. I was just thinking something." Iris apologized with a worry look.
"Is it something you ate, even I would be careful not to eat too many sweets." Auriana said, wanting to watch out her figure for her fans whenever she and her friends perform.
"No, it's actually about last night when we felt that weird power." Iris confessed. It's been bugging her since this morning and she can't get it out of her head.
"I know how you feel, it was very different than any magic power I felt before, it might not even be from Ephedia at all." Talia theorized.
"Maybe it could be aliens from another dimension?" Auriana guessed.
"Somehow, I knew you were going to say that." Talia sighed. Almost like Auriana forgot that all three came from another world.
"My point is that we should be on guard at all times, you never know when something unknown could come out to attack you at any moment." Talia stated as she watches her surroundings.
Iris knows Talia is not entirely wrong, anything could happen at any moment without being aware of it and people may not always be prepared for them as life can be unpredicted most of the times. Although, she also thinks that whatever it was can't be all bad that would be considered a threat, plus they have a concert to focus on.
"How about we worry about the unknown after our first live-television concert." Iris suggested, thinking they should focus on thing at a time.
"I'm down with that, I want to show the whole country our awesomeness!" Auriana bragged as Talia rolled her days and Iris chuckles.
The girls make their way to the Smoothie Bar going for either their usual order or maybe going for something new today, they hope the smoothies would help calm their nerves for the concert. They enter the bar walking towards the register/barstool seeing a blue-haired guy working at the mixer.
"Hello, are you a new worker here?" Iris asked curious, but she gets a weird feeling that she know this guy somehow.
"Well, by new you mean my look then yes." The guy turned around showing himself to none other than Nathaniel which shocked the Lolirock.
"Whoa, Nathaniel! I didn't even recognize you!" Iris surprised her crush's new look.
"Yeah, my boss and some customers said the same." Nathaniel chuckled.
"You look like you got pranked while you were sleeping." Talia descrebided.
"This is actually more naturally for me… since the day I was born." Nathaniel said nervously, decided to go with the "being born with" excuse.
"Really, but I've always seen you wit brown hair and what happened to your eyes?" Iris asked worrying.
"When I was little before I met you,a lot of kids used to pick on me because of my blue-hair and green eyes, so I covered them up with dyed color and contact lenses." Nathaniel explained.
"Well, that's the most ridiculous thing I ever heard. I think you look great like that!" Auriana complimented.
"Thanks." Nathaniel smiled.
"Wait, if you've been hiding them all this time then why show them off now?" Talia asked curious.
"I guess you could say it's about the changes I've been going through and decided to embrace it." Nathaniel answered, that and having super speed too.
"Well, I'm glad you're feeling that way because I definitely feel a new whole you and I like it!" Iris said out loud, blushing a bit.
Nathaniel also blushes while feeling joy that Iris likes the new look, he hope he'll tell her about his speed and the Chaos Emerald soon.
Nathaniel gave Lolirock their smoothies then later Doug came in standing next to the girls while ordering his usual smoothie without looking away from his smartphone. Auriana leans back a bit as she spotted something furry hanging from the middle-back of his waist.
"Oooh, going for a new look too, Doug?" Auriana asked curious.
Doug snapped out of his focus on the phone when hearing the question and looking at Auriana then at his tails.
"Oh, huh, yes, it's my way of showing… how much I love animals mostly fox!" Doug lied almost looking like he's about to sweat a lot as Nathaniel gave him the "really" look.
"Aww, that's adorable like you could a cute little fox." Auriana commented, imagining Doug as a little chibi fox.
Doug blushes of embarrassment what way Auriana is thinking about that, but he wouldn't let that bother him because he has something important to tell Nathaniel of what he just found back at his lab.
"Here you go, buddy." Nathaniel handed him the smoothie and Doug leans close.
"Meet me at my lab after work." Doug whispered.
"What are you two up to?" Talia asked with a raise eyebrow. She finds both boys behavior to be suspicious with their new look.
"Oh, I was just… huh… telling Nathaniel about the… new cheering routine for your concert." Doug lied with a nervous smile.
"A new cheering routine! Can we see it?" Auriana asked exciting. Doug became more worry as he tries to think of something else.
"Sorry, it's a surprise. So, you'll have to wait until the concert." Nathaniel smirked, Doug sighs in relief for the save.
"Speaking of the concert, we should head back and practice some more before tonight." Talia said.
"Guess it wouldn't hurt to be prepared some more." Iris agreed as she and the girls walk towards the door then Iris stop looking back at Nathaniel.
"See at the concert." Iris said.
"Oh, I'll definitely see you there my Singing Angel." Nathaniel winked at her.
"I'm looking forward to that, my Handsome Blue boy." Iris said flirting before walking out the bar.
A second after the girls left Nathaniel smacked his face with his hand hard.
"Why the heck did I just say that!" Nathaniel freaked out.
"You two really need to date now." Doug advised, feeling that they haven't ask each other on a date yet.
(Outside of Smoothie Bar)
"Why the heck did I just say that!" Iris freaked out.
"I don't think it's something to be worry about, you two are perfect for each other!" Auriana said cheerfully.
"I agree, why not just ask him out already?" Talia asked.
"But what if he thinks my line was weird? What if he thinks I was making fun of his blue hair? What if" Auriana and Talia placed their hands on Iris's mouth to get her to stop taking.
"Girl, you really to believe in yourself more and I'm totally sure Nathaniel loves you the same way." Auriana stated.
(Doug's Lab)
"What if Iris thinks I'm weird with the line and" Doug slapped Nathaniel across his face to stop him from panicking for no reason.
"Alright, let's talk about what I just found." Doug said typing onto his new supercomputer he just made.
"Found any Chaos Emeralds?" Nathaniel asked.
"No, the radar isn't fully ready, but I did found something strange." Doug answered, a digital map appears on the big screen and a red dot blinking at a location on the map.
"I don't know what is it, but it certainly has a strong single that is somewhere near the mountain pass the camp. I want you to go check it out to see if it's anything dangerous and maybe bring it back to me for an analyze." Doug assigned Nathaniel's first mission.
"Okay, hopefully it's something more exciting than a nature walk." Nathaniel excited doing some leg stretches.
"Before you go, here." Doug tossed a small device at Nathaniel as he catches it in his hand.
"Something I whipped up for us to talk to each other from a far distance." Doug said, feeling proud of himself.
"Cool." Nathaniel commented, putting it on his ear. "Well, I'm off."
"Wait, you should make sure" But Nathaniel didn't listen as he speed his way outside and heading to the mountain.
"...to not let anyone see doing that." Doug finished his sentence.
(Near the Mountain)
Nathaniel ran pass some trees heading where the spot Doug's computer pinpointed and so far, he hasn't seen anything out of the ordinary yet.
"Nothing where I'm seeing buddy." Nathaniel reported.
"Hmm, it looks like the single is a little weak like scrambled, maybe it's inside a cave." Dough said.
Nathaniel looks around and runs around until he spotted a big opening, he smiles thinking something exciting may happen and head inside which is dark and started to regret not bringing a flashlight for something like this. He suddenly remembers his phone has a flashlight button and use it see the inside of the cave, walking forward while noticing some strange marks on the walls almost like they belonged to some kind animal. With very large claws.
As the blue-haired boy walks around, he felt his foot has step onto something looking down to see a weird metal ball thing that looks like a blue-colored eyeball.
"I wonder if this is the single Doug's been getting?" Nathaniel asked himself and taps the metal eye a few times.
Then the metal eye just blinked twice freaking out Nathaniel a bit as it looks up at him and raises by a metal line attachment, the eye flash a red light scanning Nathaniel up and down for a few seconds. Once it finished done scanning, the blue color instantly changed to red flashing with a loud alarm going off before being reeling in back to whatever it came from.
"Flash, what's going on? What's with the alarm? Oh, I wish I put in a camera on this thing!" Doug regretted.
"I think I may have found the source of the single." Nathaniel responded.
He notice something with glowing red eyes coming straight at him and on instinct ran out the cave fast before something big burst out and started chasing Nathaniel.
The thing reveal itself to be a 12 foot tall animal-like machine that is a bear with its' upper body brown color and yellow lining, six round buds on the back, four clawed-arms and the lower part is four legs like that of a lion with golden color and its tail is a machine gun.
"Doug, I'm being chased by a giant, killer robot bear-lion!" Nathaniel panicked.
"That must've been the single, interesting. And it seems to be catching up to you." Doug commented.
"Anyway you need to take care of that before I could hurt anyone or find its way towards Sunny Bay." Doug pointed out.
"But I'm still getting use to my super speed, and I never thought a giant robot before." Nathaniel stated, then he dodges a swing attack from the Bear-lion robot.
"You'll have to try, Sonic wouldn't run away from danger to protect lives and I know you won't too. Especially to protect Iris!" Doug lectured.
Nathaniel knew that Doug is right, if this thing gets to Sunny Bay he'll destroy the whole town and its people including Iris. He jumps up dodging another swing strike towards a nearby tree and jumps off to deliver a dive-kick on the side of the head knocking to a tree and nearly losing its balance. It roars in anger and stares down at Nathaniel with a confidence face.
(Music-His World: Sonic the Hedgehog Music)
"Alright tincan, let see if you are a force of nature!" Nathaniel taunted before running ahead and the bear-lion robot chase him again locking onto him in its target system.
The Bear-lion strikes down its claws at Nathaniel who dodges them letting them hit some nearby trees as they fall to the ground. Nathaniel jumps high facing the bear-lion's face.
"Spin Dash Attack" He rolled into a ball-form dashing at the head bashing it a few times. The half-animal machine roars before leaning down, the buds pops up and launches out like rockets going for the target Nathaniel as he dodges them too making sure not to get caught in the explosions.
Nathaniel suddenly got an idea; he jumps at one of the rockets that's shaped like a bee hive and kicks it back at the Bear-lion-bot giving it a taste of its own medicine and kicked another to do the same as it groans in pain.
"What's wrong, I thought bear love honey?" Nathaniel joked.
The Bear-lion was getting angier now and its head burst into flames like a lion's mane and its claws got on fire too as it roars louder than before.
"Whoa, the dude's one fire, literally! I better it out of the woods before it start a forest fire." Nathaniel said to himself.
Luckily, Nathaniel spotted a lake up ahead and thought to lead the vicious animal robot there so their fight can do less damage and see if its waterproof. He move his legs faster than before moving a little further from the Bear-lion robot then jumps high backward landing on the back of the lower-lion part while treating it like he's surfacing. The upper-bear part turns around to a full 180 degrees looking down at Nathaniel roaring and thrust its an armed-claws at the reborn blue blur, he steps back quickly letting the claw hit its own back then dodges the other claws also hitting itself. Nathaniel use this moment while the claws are stuck to spin dash attack the both the head a few times putting in some deep dense and the joints to the arms break them apart.
The Bear-lion robot could not see clearly as its system are malfunctioning going a little hazy from all the damage it has taken and some explosions are erupting from within probably due to the flaming claws piercing itself earlier.
"Hope you have a nice swim!" Nathaniel said before jumping off.
The animal robot could not stop itself from running into the lake as it jumps through the dock and jump into the water, seconds later a large explosion erupted the water causing it to rise up like a giant geyser.
(Music End)
Nathaniel smiles proudly that he just defeated his first evil robot wondering how Iris would think if she saw him like this. Then the head of the robot lands right next to him with half its face destroyed exposing the skeleton-like machine parts.
"Nathaniel, I just lost the robot's single, are you okay?" Doug asked worry.
"All good buddy, and I'll be bringing you back a souvenir." Nathaniel said patting on the dead-robot's head.
"You it's weird, I feel like I seen this kind of machine before. Maybe from Sonic's memories." Nathaniel stated.
"Weird, I'm still reading something from the robot or whatever left of it. Bring it back so I can have look." Doug said.
Unknown to Nathaniel as he try carrying the head, a small, black creature with one eyeball and some crystal parts on its body is watching Nathaniel like it watched the whole fight.
KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!
Nathaniel has fought his first robot and won in an awesome style that Sonic would be proud of and he may have gotten something more than just the head as a trophy for his first win.
Next chapter will be to the start of the Lolirock season 1 episode 25, Iris is certainly going to be surprised when she see Nathaniel in action and may fall for him more.
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