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BGM: Mementos (Persona 5)
"Hmmm…" Futaba walked through a datafied Mementos while looking through her screens. Iris, Rantaro and Jade were behind her.
"So this is what Mementos looks like outside of that Smash arena?" Iris wondered. "I have to say… it's… really creepy."
"According to this, it's made entirely out of data…" Futaba mused. "And I'm also picking up on a weak link that could get us the heck out of here."
"The question is… where exactly is here anyway?" Rantaro wondered.
"Good question." Jade rubbed her head.
"Aha! Here's a small rift!" Futaba said, seeing that a wall was glitching. She immediately conjured up a holographic keyboard as she sat down cross legged. "Okay, attach the files, encrypt the keys here… it's gonna take me a while to hack into it, so you might wanna get yourselves comfortable."
"We're gonna hack our way out of here?" Iris asked.
"Yup." Futaba nodded, immediately typing on the keyboard. She even went through her screens and pulled out a digital soda as she took a swig. "...Blegh."
"Digital carbonation not that good?" Jade teased.
"Nah, it's flat." Futaba put it away. "The woes of storing away food and drink into the cloud…"
"Wait wait wait, time out. You managed to find a way to store real world objects into your technomagic?" Rantaro asked.
"What, Chiaki can open rifts with her chaos magic for storage yet somehow this is unbelievable?"
"...Fair enough."
"But yeah, I can. It was by complete accident too. I was doing a project and I wanted to store my snacks away. I looked at my technomancy and had a big ol "What if" and decided to see if I could store something into it. Put a hot cinnamon roll in it and watched as it digitized in it for storage. Pulled it back out and it was still toasty."
"Incredible…" Iris mused. "Well, now I know where I can secretly store my snacks-"
"I'll eat them behind your back."
"Aww… so much for that idea…" She pouted.
Futaba giggled as she continued working. "Most of the things I can do with technomancy is stuff I found out by complete accident. Mwehehehe, eat your heart out, Sombra~"
End BGM
As she was busy cracking the code, they would hear footsteps approaching them as they turned to see Awoofies, Scarfies, and Space Pirates.
"What the… Space Pirates?!" Futaba said in surprise as they aimed their clawed hands at them. Interesting… She narrowed her eyes.
"We'll keep them busy!" Jade said, pressing some buttons on her wrist as a ghostly barrier wrapped around Futaba.
BGM: Take Over (Persona 5 Royal)
"Ah, like an undead security blanket. My favorite!" The Phantom Thief chuckled.
Jade aimed her Poltergust at the enemies while Iris and Rantaro got ready, both of them unsheathing their swords.
The Awoofies charged forward and pounced on them, but Iris quickly slashed through one of them, where it was immediately evaporated into data. Data…? Iris wondered as Rantaro swiftly took care of a few Awoofies and Scarfies while Jade sucked up a Scarfy and blew it back out and smacked it into a Zebesian where Iris slid underneath a few lasers and slashed up to knock it back before launching a fireball from her gunblade.
A Zebesian swung down at Rantaro but he blocked with his weapon as he smirked, pressing a button on it as Greek-like wings came off of the sword and flew around Rantaro's head before they fired lasers into the Zebesian's head, disintegrating it into data.
"I forgot your sword had that feature!" Iris said, shooting down a Scarfy.
"Hadn't had the opportunity to show off!" Rantaro chuckled.
Futaba casually glanced over at the enemies disintegrating into data. "They're just made out of data…? Could it be that…" She mused as she kept hacking into it. The plot thickens!
At that moment, a few Magikoopas arrived as Soldier Heartless, Kihunters and a few Beowolf Grimm appeared as well.
The trio quickly made work on the Grimm as Jade sucked in the Kihunters and shot them into the Magikoopas to knock them down as both Rantaro and Iris slashed through the Magikoopas.
A Soldier Heartless ran around them and charged at Futaba, only to bounce off of the barrier. It got back up and tried to attack it. "Hmm?" Futaba turned her head and pulled out her ray gun and shot it in the head with ice to kill it. She then turned around and went back to work as she still continued to try and crack the code.
"You think you can stop this hacker?" She asked herself with a smirk. "Buddy, not even Watts' firewalls could stop me."
As the enemies disintegrated, more showed up with the likes of Bonkers, Wave Troopers, Boomerang Bros and even an Ursa.
"Hmhmhmhmhmhm~" Futaba hummed as the chaos was going on behind her as she put her arm behind her and casually buffed up the trio's strength and defense without even looking. "You're welcome."
Suddenly, a screen opened up near her, sounding the alarm. "Huh? What's up?" She wondered as she curiously looked into it.
"Powerful enemy close by!"
Futaba rolled her eyes. "What, is it Giygas?" She snarked as she looked into it, only seeing a silhouette of the enemy in hand.
This silhouette had a hat, chains all over its body, and two pistols while wearing a cloak. It also had no feet either.
"Wait… that's…"
Futaba's eyes widened, paling at what enemy was coming over. "Oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit!" She grimaced as she stood up. "Okay… Plan B." She took off her glasses and activated her Maiden powers, proceeding to fire into the crack while also using a free hand to continue hacking as well.
"Come on… COME ON."
"Ha! Yeah, that's right! RUN!" Iris laughed as the Wave Troopers ran away. "That the best you got!"
"Even the enemies are running away… come on…!" Futaba growled as the crack proceeded to grow.
"...Guys? What's that?" Jade asked as they saw the enemy emerge, loading its guns.
"A gun totin' maniac that's about to have a really bad day!" Iris smirked.
Futaba quickly turned her head and stomped on the ground to create a massive wall of water between the trio and the enemy, then it immediately froze over.
"Hey Futaba, what's the hold up?" Rantaro asked.
"Guys… remember that story I told you a week ago about an enemy in Mementos that nearly wiped out the Phantom Thieves because of how stupidly OP it is?"
"Yeah?"
"THAT'S HIM!"
Jade turned to the ice wall, her eyes widening. "That's the Reaper?!"
"It still doesn't look so tough!" Iris said as the Reaper began firing at the ice wall, causing it to crack within each shot. In fact, one shot shattered through the ice wall and struck Iris's shoulder. "Nnngh!" She grunted as her aura immediately shattered upon impact. "What?!"
Futaba quickly repaired the ice wall as Rantaro grabbed Iris as Jade opened up the barrier to get them through and closed it as Futaba quickly extended the ice wall and thickened the ice as she quickly went back to opening the crack, causing it to break apart.
"Almost got it… need to give it everything I've got!" Futaba exclaimed, immediately buffing up her own power and quickly opening the crack as best as she could as the Reaper got closer. However, as the crack opened, the area around them started to glitch like crazy.
"This isn't good…" Jade said.
"Almost… COME ON…!" Futaba growled when the rift completely shattered. "Alright, go!"
The trio immediately ran out as Futaba jumped out right as the rift closed behind her, leaving the Reaper all by itself.
End BGM
BGM: Kronos Island - 2nd Mvt (Sonic Frontiers)
"Aaaaaand that's how we managed to break out." Futaba said. "I might have exhausted myself, but it's better than being turned into a pincushion."
"So you guys were dealing with datafied enemies too?" Sonic asked.
"Pretty much." Iris nodded. "Wait, you guys had data too?"
"When I first woke up, I was met with Grimm and Bokoblins and Moblins from the Sky Era of Hyrule. Then I faced a knight that I had fought in combat to prove myself to Jacques that I was ready to go to Beacon. I also had Shroob UFOs going after me too." Weiss said.
"Where were you at?" Jade asked.
"The SDC mansion. My second go around was a mixture of Rainbow Road and my time in space when we were helping Rosalina. Heck, I even drove through the Observatory."
"Hmm… that definitely coincides with my hypothesis." Futaba said after she drank an Elixir to perk herself back up.
"What do you mean?" Penny wondered.
"Our area was Mementos…" Futaba paced around. "My hypothesis is that during our time here at these islands, Cyber Space is digging deep into our memories. Because of that, we're seeing data versions of everything we've encountered."
Weiss's eyes widened. "So you're saying-"
"Yup." Futaba nodded. "Every place we've ever been to? Every enemy we've encountered? Every potential boss battle we've had? Cyberspace is using that to create unique challenges for all of us."
"Funny you mention that because we've encountered a few of them outside of Cyber space as well." Sonic pointed out.
Futaba folded her arms. "Good to know… then that means we need to be on our guards at all times. There's no telling what The E- I mean, Starfall Islands will throw at us." No need to go into spoiler territory yet… She thought to herself.
"Great. A trip down memory lane. How exciting." Sonic said.
"Every battle we ever had…" Weiss mused as Adam flashed into her mind. She grimaced at the thought. Ugh, can't I just be rid of him?
"I have a question, Futaba!" SAPR spoke up.
"Yeah?"
"Why do you remove your glasses when you activate your Maiden Powers?"
"Ah… that…" Futaba activated her Maiden Powers, where her glasses immediately fogged up.
"Oooooh… that explains it."
"One of the woes of being a Winter Maiden… can't see with fogged up lenses." Futaba deactivated it and then wiped them.
"So, you ever thought of contact lenses?" Weiss asked.
"Ha! Yeah, let me just poke my eyes out while potentially losing clear lenses by accidentally dropping them. No thank you."
"Good point…"
"Though I will admit… ever since I got my powers, I've been able to see just fine without my glasses weirdly enough. I'm beginning to think that the Maiden Powers can help clear up whatever is ailing you."
"You think so?" Iris wondered.
"At first I laughed at the idea, but then I asked Sothis because I know she helped train Edelgard and she mentioned that her hair was slowly turning back to its originally brunette form. She suspects that her Summer Maiden powers got rid of that disease in her and her body was slowly repairing itself. Ruby just gave her and Lysithea a boost with that Miracle Cure. Because of that, I told her about my eye sight-"
"Hmm, first Edelgard's hair and now your eyes? I'm beginning to suspect that the Maiden Powers give you a massive boon to your health."
"You think so?"
"It's just a theory anyway."
"Huh! So your eyesight's getting better… why keep the glasses?" Sonic asked.
"Astigmatism or not, I ain't gettin' rid of these glasses. Kinda… sentimental value at this point."
"Ah-"
"That and I don't feel as nerdy without 'em and I like being a nerd, sooooo-"
Sonic sweatdropped. "Uh… huh."
Jade giggled. "That's my girl for ya."
"Alright…" Weiss looked off toward the distance. "Time to see if we can't run into anyone else. Let's go, WSSP."
"WSSP?" Iris asked. "You guys formed a team just like that?"
"It's temporary." Weiss responded.
"Yeah, that makes sense." Rantaro nodded as they walked down the hill.
"Enemies we've faced based off of our memories, hmm?" SAPR wondered. "That's most interesting."
"Something on your mind?" Penny asked.
"Hmm… considering I used to be R3-B7… I'm curious if her enemies would be you guys in data form." SAPR said.
"Well… I never really met that version of you in space, so I should be alright." Futaba said.
"Same here." Rantaro agreed.
"Yes, but then there was that time where we met all of you in that ship during Eggman's invasion." SAPR said.
"Ooooh… right…" Futaba frowned. "Honestly, seeing a digital version of myself would be rather weird…"
"I don't think there's anything to worry about that." Iris said. "If anything, it could just be the enemies that you've encountered when you were reborn as SAPR."
SAPR smiled slightly. "That makes me feel better."
They soon approached another portal to Cyberspace.
"I guess we need a portal gear." Weiss said.
"Ha! You'd think!" Futaba smirked as she used her technomancy to hack into it. "Hmhmhmhm~" She hummed as the portal lit up. "Aaaaand we're good! Mwhehehe~!"
"Alright, let's see what we're gonna be dealing with." SAPR said.
"And may this one be better than the last one." Sonic mumbled as they all went inside.
End BGM
Weiss emerged from the portal, finding herself in Faron Woods. "Faron Woods, huh…"
"I have to say-"
"Wah!" Weiss turned around to see Futaba walking by.
"It's a lot more vibrant than on the Wii and Switch."
"Y-you… you tagged with me?"
"Apparently so." Futaba nodded as she brought up her screens. "According to this, Jade is with Sonic, Iris is with Penny and Rantaro is with SAPR. Oh, and it looks like Jade is keeping up with Sonic with a Mach Bike!"
"On a highway?" Weiss looked into it.
"Yeah." Futaba nodded. "It looks like Iris and Penny are at Beach Bowl and Rantaro and SAPR are… in some kind of dead futuristic city. …Wait, is that the City of Nil?" She wondered.
"And we're in Hyrule's past apparently."
"Pretty much!" Futaba nodded. "Now let's see if we can't find our way out of here." She looked through the entire area with her screens. "Let's see… best route to take is this way."
Weiss smiled. "Okay!" She nodded as they walked off together… but the moment they took the first few steps… the sky turned red.
BGM: Cyber Space 1-3: Digital Cave (Sonic Frontiers)
"Huh?" Futaba wondered as they heard a rock wall started to break apart as a Guardian tore through the wall. "Oh crap!"
"Again?!" Weiss groaned as she grabbed Futaba's wrist. "Come on!"
"Right!"
Both of them took off running as the Guardian gave chase, swinging its sword to knock down a few trees as they climbed up a cliff wall and were greeted by a pit with lava with mushroom platforms in the center.
"This is the best route?"
"The other routes take up too much time!"
Weiss turned her head. "I can see why!" She said as they both jumped over the Mushroom platforms and ran across, jumping in-between when suddenly Magmaarghs rose out of the lava and started to eat the platforms behind them, while Futaba noticed the Guardian was going around them by climbing the mountain.
"Talk about dedication!"
They quickly made it to the other side as they ran up the hill where the Guardian met them half way and swung its sword, but both of them rolled out of the way as Futaba quickly froze it up to slow it down.
"I don't think that'll slow it down!"
"It's worth a shot!" Futaba said as they kept running up the hill until they reached a cliff wall to climb. Futaba grabbed Weiss's wrist as she flew up until they reached the top… only for the Guardian to dig his way through the ground and met them.
"You gotta be kidding me!" Weiss frowned as Futaba turned her head and made an ice bridge, then she grabbed Weiss and ran though as the Guardian gave chase.
"Get ready to jump!" Futaba said.
"What?!" Weiss said in surprised as Futaba snapped her fingers to make the bridge disappear as she jumped as she did so. Weiss jumped a touch late but latched onto the cliff edge with Myrtenaster while the Guardian fell into the lava below.
Futaba grabbed a hold of Weiss's hand and pulled her up. "Should've given you a better heads up…" She sheepishly said.
"Yeah… that would've been nice." Weiss mumbled as she put Myrtenaster away as they found the portal in front of them.
"And that's how we do it!" Futaba smiled, fist bumping Weiss as they walked through together.
Meanwhile, with Jade and Sonic…
Jade screeched to a halt with the Mach Bike. "So, I'm curious. What was so bad about the second area you were in?"
"Well, to put it bluntly, apparently it wouldn't let me go through the portal until I beat the time of fifty seconds… which, ya know, didn't sound so bad but every time I restarted, there was always something that popped in to trip me up."
"Oh, I doubt it was that bad."
"Rathalos materializing inches in front of me, a Shroob UFO breaking apart a grind rail, at one point Bowser showed up at the end and backhanded me a few feet away from the goal."
"...Oh."
"Worst part was that I was doing a perfect run and then suddenly, a data version of Diddy Kong tossed a banana peel right at the end… made me slip into some spikes I was always jumping over."
Jade grimaced. "Ouch."
"Yeah… then there was one time the ground was nothing but molasses. That… was fun."
"BS indeed."
"Tell me about it…" Sonic shook his head in disgust as they walked through the portal.
End BGM
Meanwhile… with Eggman…
Eggman looked around, seeing that he was at some sort of highway.
"I appear to be in a digital dimension. I've employed similar constructs in my own systems, but this is markedly more advanced."
He tapped a button on his outfit.
"Note to self: Don't admit that to anyone."
He started to walk forward. "The amount of data stored here defies quantification." He tapped his forehead with a determined look. "But it won't stop me from trying."
He turned around to see Orbot, Cubot and Metal approaching him.
"Have you boys found anything yet?"
"Nope." Orbot said.
"Nada!" Cubot responded while Metal shook his head.
"Hmmm… I'm sure we'll find some way out of here."
Back with the others…
"Wait… do you guys hear that?" Sonic asked.
"Yeah… it sounds like it's nearby…" Weiss said as Penny scanned the area.
"Oh! Over there!" Penny pointed as they ran toward a red sphere of sorts, where they would see Amy trapped inside, and she was accompanied by Yang, Mine and Masaru.
"Amy?!" Sonic said in surprise.
"Yang… Mine… Masaru… oh my gosh, why are they in there?!" Weiss asked.
"Hang on, I'm going to see if I can hack into the system and bust them out!" Futaba said, quickly diving into her hacking skills while Iris tried to slash her way out.
"Hey… am I going crazy? I swear I'm hearing something!" Mine said as Weiss and Sonic walked over with the Heart emblems they collected. In turn, the emblems went inside the sphere and broke the quad free.
"I… might have softened it up for you…" Futaba mumbled. Damn, I was really hoping to avoid that with Weiss…
"Ugh…" Yang groaned while rubbing her head. "Huh? Oh hey guys! What's new? …Aside from us being a bit static-y?"
"First I'm a demon and now I'm nothing more than a glitch. I can't seem to make up my mind…" Mine grumbled.
"Let's not worry about that. Let's just worry that the fact that that cybernetic energy just went into Weiss and Sonic!" Masaru pointed out as Weiss looked at some black gunk in her hand before it disappeared on her, same with Sonic.
"I don't know why, but I feel… enhanced." Weiss said.
"You too?" Sonic stretched. "But regardless, I think we ought to worry about these four being half here."
"I mean, it's better than just sitting inside a cramped prison with four of us inside." Yang said.
"Sheesh… somehow I feel useless in this." Masaru folded his arms. "...Though, I wonder if we could do something to help out."
"We could… but we need to get moving. If we were trapped in there… chances are that Tails and the others are trapped too." Amy said.
"Speaking of which, how did you guys get trapped in there anyway?" Weiss asked.
"Um… I think it was some kind of robot. I didn't get a good look at it." Yang said. "I tried punching my way out but no good."
"Yeah. Both of us went into our Demon and Shin forms yet we couldn't bust out." Mine added. "Aaaand thanks to whoever did this to us, I think we're… one with cybernetics or something?"
"I think that's how it is." Masaru nodded. "To make matters worse, I tried calling for help but my scroll is like… useless."
"Well, we'll try to figure things out… I guess." Weiss said.
"So while we run around and try to figure out what's going on, what are you gonna do?" SAPR asked.
"Well, I'm not gonna sit around and mope. I'm gonna try to figure out how to make myself tangent again! Maybe there's something on this island that can help me out."
"That tower over there looks like a good start. Maybe." Mine nodded.
Futaba brought up her technomagic screens, typing something in as an idea had come to her.
"Not sure if this will work, but it's something to try out!"
"What ya doing?" Amy asked.
"Aaaaand… Enter!" She said as the four started to glow, and then their scrolls started to glow. "Okay, it worked. I just entered these four as travel points, so if you ever need to fast travel around the island and these four are far away from you, you can easily teleport to their location. You're welcome~!"
"Okay, but Sonic doesn't even have a scroll. How would he-"
"What's the problem? I can get to you in a split second just like that." Sonic interrupted Masaru.
Masaru sweatdropped. "Fair point."
"I don't know how I should feel about being a "travel point", but I guess it's better than nothing." Mine said.
"We'll let you guys know if we find anything!" Yang said as the four took off, though Amy stayed behind for a bit.
"Just be careful, Sonic."
"Careful? Now where's the fun in that?" Sonic chuckled as Amy rolled her eyes and ran off.
"You really do think of everything, huh?" Jade smiled. "How'd you know that was possible?"
"I didn't. To be honest, I didn't think I could do such a thing." Futaba shrugged.
"One of those "See if you could try it" moments?" Iris asked.
"Bingo."
"Alright, now let's go and-"
Suddenly, the ground vibrated as they turned to see one of the "towers" moving toward them.
BGM: Guardian: Asura (Sonic Frontiers)
Face It's Wrath! - Asura
"Do Towers move in this area?" Penny wondered.
"This one does! It's a Guardian!" Futaba said.
The Asura swung its arms down on them, forcing them to get out of the way as shockwaves knocked them down, but there were also blue speed rings. "Hmmm!" Sonic had an idea and rushed toward them, quickly going through them to launch high into the air, and the moment he found a spire for one of the arms, he immediately Homing Attacked into it and then punched and kicked it until the Asura roared as the arm broke apart.
"Oh… I see." Rantaro smirked as he ran off. The Asura punched the ground again, creating electrical barriers as Futaba quickly put up ice shields to block them as Rantaro soon got underneath the giant.
He immediately grabbed onto the leg, where aura wrapped around his fingertips as he immediately started climbing the Asura.
"How is he doing that?" Weiss wondered, dodging an electrical wave.
"That's his semblance in action!" Iris said.
"About time we saw it in action!" Jade smiled before launching ice chunks from her Poltergust to get Asura's attention.
Rantaro got up on top flawlessly, immediately finding another spire as it was surrounded by laser rings. He ran toward it, and when he found the opening, he jumped in and began to swing his sword into the spire, damaging Asura until it started to crack.
He turned around and ran the other way after the laser ring had an opening and leaped right as the arm broke apart. He latched onto Asura's body after he leapt forward, nearly missing his mark but caught on to it.
"Phew… just like rock climbing." He said as Asura roared as electrical shocks ran down its body to try and zap Rantaro off. He quickly jumped to the side and latched on to avoid getting electrocuted.
"...Only a little more extreme!" He chuckled and climbed through, dodging the electrical sparks coming his way.
Sonic ran up the other arm, only to accidentally hit a red ring and launched him back. "So that's how you're gonna play, huh?" He chuckled as he ran through while everyone else was trying to get to him, with Futaba even making cybernetic steps for everyone to walk up on.
Rantaro made it to the last arm, but he saw a light aiming directly at his chest as the spire fired an electrical laser into him. He quickly got out of the way and used the wings from his sword to fire lasers to counter attack it.
Sonic soon made it up the arm with some trial and error, and then noticed what Rantaro was doing. He immediately got into position and charged up a spin dash, where he launched himself and slammed into the spire hard enough to make it stop firing the laser.
"Thanks!" Rantaro said as he ran ahead and slashed through the spire, causing it to break apart and Asura to explode.
End BGM
Rantaro and Sonic landed on the ground together, the former putting his sword away as the two fist bumped one another. "Not too shabby with that sword play of yours."
"Heh, thanks." Rantaro smiled as they walked over to meet up with the others.
"Sure, show us up, dude." Futaba teased. "Still, at least we know what your battle prowess is like."
"He's from my island. He's pretty good." Iris said.
"I'm picking up on a Chaos Emerald nearby." SAPR mentioned as she looked up ahead where they all walked down the hill and spotted the red Emerald. As they got close, Weiss and co unlocked the vault as Sonic took the Red Emerald.
"That's two down!" Jade smiled.
"Now let's go get the others!" Weiss said as they started to run off…
BGM: Mystery Girl (Sonic Frontiers)
…Only for a gigantic Titan to materialize out of thin air and attempted to stomp on the group, forcing them all to get out of the way.
"Whoa! Where'd that come from?!" Iris asked.
"I'm guessing that's one of the "Titans" that's keeping those four trapped!" Sonic guessed as they were ready to face it, but then a small girl appeared and put her hand out, seemingly "deactivating" the titan as she warped over to the group.
"You. Leave. Immediately."
"Where'd you come from? Are you trapped too?" Weiss asked, where unbeknownst to them, Mine was looking through Pumpkin's scope.
"That's the robot that trapped us in there…" Mine whispered. "...But is it a robot or a little girl with telekinetic powers like the Ayami twins?"
"Do not approach the Titan." The girl ordered.
Sonic smirked. "Sorry, kid. But we got a job to do."
He immediately started to run off with the others behind him.
"If we are fortunate, it will destroy you…" She said, "reactivating" the Titan in question.
Futaba narrowed her eyes. In the game, we use the Chaos Emeralds… but here, a Maiden should suffice! She took off her glasses and activated her Maiden powers, quickly launching herself up in the air.
"Hey big boy!" Futaba called as the Titan turned his head to her as she immediately put her hands together and unleashed a powerful stream of ice and water into it, freezing the head solid as she conjured up an ice hammer and threw it, directly hitting the frozen head and shattered the ice.
"Yeah! Way to go, Futaba!" Sonic cheered as Futaba conjured up a lightning bolt but covered it in ice as she threw it, and once it struck the Titan, an electrical snowy explosion covered the head.
…However, all the attacks that Futaba threw at it simply just annoyed the Titan with hardly any damage as it responded by backhanding Futaba away.
"AAAGH!" She cried, being launched to a wall.
Jade gasped. "FUTABA!" She yelled as she ran after her as did everyone else.
"HEY!" Sonic glared at the Titan as the Titan proceeded to stomp on the ground to knock Sonic into the air with a lot of boulders, only for him to Homing Attack his way through and slammed into the Titan's head, punching and kicking the face angrily… only for the Titan to grab him and threw him where he backhanded Futaba.
"Oh gods!" Mine said as she immediately ran to where everyone went.
The girl simply turned away and disappeared.
End BGM
Jade immediately got to Futaba as she immediately saw Yang and Masaru trying to dig Futaba out of the snow that she created to cushion the landing before hitting solid rock. "Futaba… Futaba!" Jade dug her out.
"Uuuungh…" Futaba moaned as Jade sighed in relief, pulling her out and hugged her tightly.
"I thought I lost you…"
"I thought that was it for me for a second… guess I'm way too nerdy to die…" Futaba chuckled before wincing. "Ow! Ow… hurts to laugh…"
The others came over to them while also checking on Sonic, where Amy was trying to get him to wake up.
"...Gah!" Sonic yelped, sitting up and shaking his head.
"You okay?" Amy asked.
"I should be…"
"Who was that girl?" Weiss wondered.
"I don't know… but I think that was the chick who put us into that cage." Mine said. "I don't know if I can snipe her in the head in my condition."
"How many fingers am I holding up?" Masaru asked, putting up four fingers in front of Futaba.
"Uuungh… three…? Five…? Wait, no, that's four." Futaba sighed. "Sorry guys, I thought my Maiden powers would knock him around like that."
"No no, it's okay." Penny said, gently putting her hand on Futaba with a soft smile.
"Okay, so… clearly taking it down the old fashioned way is a no go. We definitely need the Chaos Emeralds for this." Sonic said. "...And a bit of luck."
"And protective headgear just in case Futaba hits her head again." SAPR said.
"Oh, cut me some slack, SAPR… I didn't know I'd get hit by the world's biggest bitch slap." Futaba mumbled as she pulled out her glasses… only to see that they were completely broken. "Dammit… that was my best feature."
At that moment, they heard the sound of honking as they turned their heads to see a van with wings flying over to their location. It then landed on the ground and drove toward them before screeching to a halt and drifting before coming to a stop just inches from where they were.
On the side of the van had "Devil May Cry" as the side door opened to reveal Nero and Nico. "Yo!" Nero greeted.
"...Guys? Am I severely concussed and these two just popped in with a flying van in my hallucinations?" Futaba asked.
"No, we're seeing it too." Weiss said.
"Kyoko told us what was going on and is creating a B Team to come help out." Nico explained. "We just decided to get a head start, and test out our newest feature on our van. We can make it fly!"
"Yeah! So now we can fly wherever we want to with this thing."
"Mhm!" Nico agreed. "And the best part is… it's completely safe!" She grinned… and then the wings immediately fell off. "...And… currently in beta testing."
"Seriously?! How many times have you tested that?" Weiss asked.
"Well, as of this flight… once." Nero said as everyone gave the two deadpanned "Are you serious" looks. "...What? You're acting like we drove a death trap."
"Soooo. What'd we miss?" Nico casually asked.
Meanwhile, with Kyoko…
BGM: Toad Town (Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story plus Bowser Jr's Journey)
"So that's why you called us up here." Byleth said.
"Indeed. I figured you would want to go after your family after they disappeared. I also asked your wife to come along just to hold you back." Kyoko said. "I know you're still pretty angry with Eggman with what he did to you."
Byleth folded her arms with a scowl. "You're damn right…"
"I got her covered~" Dorothea smiled.
"I also called in Gonta for extra support."
"Gonta will help hold back big sister!" Gonta said, hugging Byleth from behind and picking her up like it was nothing.
"Mmmph! Thanks, big guy…" Byleth smiled.
"I can imagine he's there to make sure I don't do something similar?" Winter approached with a chuckle. "Though I do not blame Byleth for having strong feelings over Eggman. I, too, don't have it in me to forgive that bastard."
Dorothea shifted her eyes, seeing Shadow approaching them. "Oh, you're coming with us too?"
"Considering what the doctor had done, I wouldn't mind seeing what he's up to…" Shadow said.
"Good, everyone's here." Kyoko said. "Now, we just need to wait for Nero and Nico to come by and pick us up."
"I don't know why, but I feel like they left without us." Winter said.
"Now now, I'm sure they're just making some final preparations and are coming to pick us up any second now."
End BGM
Ten minutes later…
Kyoko sat on the bench as Shadow and Winter were leaning against the bench, the latter looking through her scroll while Dorothea hummed as she tossed a fireball in her hands while Byleth laid her head on her lap.
As for Gonta, he was busy admiring a Butterfree that curiously flew over to him.
"They left without us." Shadow said.
Kyoko let out a soft sigh.
"They left without us…"
Ibuki: Wah wah waaaaah...
Deadpool: Well, A for effort for waiting, I suppose!
...Holy crap, a Sonic Generations Remaster with a Shadow side story? AND they're putting it on the Switch and not shafting us like last time where they couldn't be bothered to put it on the Wii while putting it on the 360 and PS3 and giving an inferior version of Generations on the 3DS?
Sega, you're awesome.
