Kokonoe: …*taps foot with arms crossed under her chest*
GammaTron: I know, I know. It's been 5 chapters. Of course it's going to be on. But no skimming your review of the previous five chapters like Chapter 30.
Kokonoe:...Good. You better do it, or else…
Seanzilla115: N...noted.
GT: Welcome, everyone, to Chapter 35!
SZ: Hai! And as you saw last time...things ended on a rather...ominous note.
GT: Eeyup.
SZ: Hai...let's see what this chapter has to offer now. So...since you know what and who we own and who and what we don't own, let's begin the story, minna!
A few days passed since the reconstruction of Mobotropolis began. The members of the Freedom Fighters that were sent with the needed supplies had been quick in getting the supplies dropped off and helping in to refilling the massive hole that had once been Robotropolis. Any objects and machinery that once belonged to Eggman were being tossed out, or repurposed for something within the slowly rebuilt city. Many were doing a strong effort in making sure everything was going along both as fast as they could and as careful as they could to make sure there wouldn't be issues with any regular invasion. It may have been starting out slow, but hopefully within time, the city of Mobotropolis would return to its once former glory, or perhaps...something better. Only time would tell.
"Thanks, Ben," an Overlander thanked as FourArms dropped a set of four pallets of bricks near them.
"No problem, John," FourArms replied before he walked off to grab a few more pallets.
"Sure we can't use those extra hands in laying out some of this?" a Mobian jackal asked as FourArms picked up two more pallets of mortar.
"Then who'd be getting all the pallets to everyone in this part of the city?" FourArms joked.
"Good point," the jackal chuckled, "Still...thanks a lot for the help. Thanks to you, reconstruction of the city is moving along smoothly."
"Hey, it's what I do," FourArms shrugged before walking off with the pallets, "Plus, it's not just me; it's everyone working as hard as they can to make this place great again."
"Indeed," a Wolf Mobian nodded as he helped bring some supplies in, "Alone, this would've taken longer. But together, we can rebuild Mobotropils back to it's true glory."
"Oh shit!"
Everyone looked up to see a 'rain' of I-Beams falling towards them. FourArms put the pallets down and slapped his emblem. A flash of green light was soon followed by the I-beams slowing down and stopping a few feet above the ground. In place of FourArms was a yellow and black lanky alien with pincer-like hands, spikes emerging from the shoulders, and a metal head floating between the shoulders.
=I happen to think Lodestar has a rather magnetic personality, wouldn't you all agree?= the alien quipped before pointing his pincers upwards, the I-beams heading upwards to where they needed to go =Be careful next time up there!=
"Thanks!"
=No problem= Lodestar replied before turning into FourArms and carried the pallets off to where they needed to go, 'Never thought I'd be using the Omnitrix to help with rebuilding a city. Wonder how the others are doing?'
"No, no, no. What about the off-chance that Robotnik would make metal-eating robots?" Skye questioned as he, Cyrus, Chuck, and an elder lion were around a hologram of the city so far, "Those defensive walls without the proper protection would fall in minutes."
"True. Perhaps an energy barrier of sorts that activates when Eggman's forces are near?" the elder lion asked.
"That'd be pretty hard to do individually, dad," Cyrus replied, "And if we did it for technorganics in general, the few rare Freedom Fighters that ended up with a metal limb from being freed during Roboticization wouldn't be able to get in."
"We could modify the filter for the barrier to have an access list of sorts; so long as you're on it, the barrier will not come up when you come," Chuck suggested.
"We'd need to deal with the off-chance that a spy could get in and get to the filter to let Eggman's forces in," Skye pointed out.
"Right. We'll need something to help us with security measures and such," Cyrus added.
"Exactly. You can never be too careful," Skye added, "Heck, there was this girl next door my son Haseo had a crush on-roughly around fourteen right now if I guess right-, and she made a pretty cool security protection program for my computer within a day. Aside from Miyuki's little bro, she was the smartest girl in our village before she left."
"...By any chance, was she a lynx?" Cyrus asked.
"Yep. Got a good head on her shoulders and got along well with my son and daughter," Skye chuckled, "Aphrodite just loved the girl and considered her an honorary Sakurai because of how close she was to our kids and…" he sighed, going to a corner of the tent they were under and just began poking at the ground.
"We should've stopped him at the first sentence," Cyrus's father sweatdropped.
"Agreed, Lionel," Chuck nodded.
"...Note to self; be extra cautious on what I ask around him," Cyrus muttered to himself.
"So how long are you three going to hide under there?" Tsubaki asked, looking at the trio of raccoons hiding beneath the kitchen sink of the bus.
"Not until we know those dang Strafer sisters are no longer out there!" Jacky yelled.
"You could join the Plumbers Academy," Rook suggested, working on an ID Mask with Tsubaki and Manic, "You would be off-world and far away from them. Though, once you've graduated, you will most likely not be able to come back here if you're assigned to another planet far away from this one."
"...COOL!" Jake beamed, "Jacky, J, Can we join?! I want to go into outer space!"
"As long as we don't have to deal with those damn raccoons, then I'm up for whatever."
"While it does seem intriguing, I do think we'll need some time to think of the consequences of accepting or not accepting," J admitted, "If we do go, but will not return here once enlisted, we would unable to see all of friends that we've made here."
"Would you rather stay here and let those psycho possums do whatever they want to us?" Jacky asked.
"And that is one of the primary negatives should we stay," J amended.
"Yeah, and another is never having to deal with that evil little cousin of ours!" Jacky added.
"..." J frowned at him.
"...What? She's evil and you know it," Jacky argued.
"..."
"Okay, okay, fine," Jacky grumbled.
"Okay. I think they're ready for a test," Manic noted, looking at the ID Masks on the table.
"Test?" the raccoon bros repeated as they poked their heads out.
"Yeah," Manic held up one and put it over his face before he was replaced with a human disguise, "See?"
"Cool~!" Jake awed, none seeing the small blush adorn Tsubaki's face.
"Intriguing," J noted.
"Yep," Manic grinned before taking the mask off, letting the disguise drop, "Been a big help hiding Ben, Makoto, and Tsubaki in places that have issues with Overlanders and Beastkin."
"Ooh ooh! I want to try!" Jake said excitedly as he got out from underneath the sink.
"Okay, okay, settle down," Manic chuckled before tossing one to Jake, "Try it."
"YAY!" Jake cheered as he put the mask on, causing him to change into a tall raccoon Beastkin with the colors of his clothing inverted, "Well? How do I look?"
"Amazing!" J exclaimed.
"Woah...that's actually pretty cool," Jacky admitted before an idea popped into his head, '...You have any spare ones?"
"We made three," Rook held up two more.
"Gimme!" Jacky shouted as he snatched them, tossing one over to J before putting the remaining mask he held on.
"Do not abuse these masks," Rook warned, "If you do, I will take them."
"Oh, we won't," J assured him before looking at Jake and Jacky, "Right, Jake? Jacky?"
"Yeah, yeah, whatever," Jacky waved him off as he looked at himself in a mirror, "Dang I look good."
"Okay, try it now," Ragna ordered as he slammed the lid of the truck he had been working on in the city.
The Mobian in the truck nodded before turning the key. At first, the engine gave a stalling sound before it finally turned over, purring like a dream. She sighed in relief before waving to Ragna and drove off to drop off the load inside of the back of it. Ragna sighed as he put his tools away. From the most wanted man on his planet to Freedom Fighter...He still wasn't sure how he ended up having that happen to him.
'At least it's better than the alternative,' Ragna thought, his mind flashing back to those last moments he could remember before he awoke on Mobius, 'I know Noel and I fell into the Cauldron, so how the hell are we still alive?' "You know, it's not a good idea to sneak up on me."
"My humblest apologies, Ragna," the white-haired man turned to look at Paradox.
"Who are you?" Ragna frowned.
"Ah. It appears that this is our first meeting," Paradox noted, "Or rather, the first time you have ever met me."
"You better not be like the Usagi with the cryptic shit," Ragna growled.
"Calm yourself. I have been trying to make contact for quite a while now, however you've been around someone whom I cannot be seen by," Paradox informed before pulling out a paper bag, "My name is Professor Paradox. Gumball?"
"..." Ragna just slowly blinked in confusion at this before he got up, "Look, old man. I don't know what you're up to, but I'm kinda busy with some stuff at the moment."
"Even if it's meant to help your honorary brother?"
"Ben? What's he got to do with this?" Ragna frowned.
"Something dangerous will emerge soon," Paradox informed, "When it does, young Benjamin will not be able to help anyone once again since the last time that emerged."
"That?" Ragna repeated, pondering that for a bit before it hit him, "...The Black Beast…" he then narrowed his eyes dangerously at Paradox, "Okay old man, you got 5 seconds to explain what Ben has to do with the Black Beast or else."
"Calm yourself, Ragna. I never said nor implied that it is the Black Beast that young Benjamin will not be able to help with," Paradox informed, "The three triggers will come soon. And once they do, young Benjamin will not be able to do a thing."
"What? But...What else is there than the Black Beast?" Ragna scowled, "Is it a goddamn alien?"
"Partially. The first trigger will be here in a day and has been looking for him for five years now. Perhaps a nice look at the sky at night will be good for your health," Paradox informed.
"...Soka…" Ragna noted, "Wait. This is some more cryptic shit. You'd better start talking straight, or I'm…" he blinked before his eye twitched, "And he just vanished. ...Is that the damn rabbit's dad or a relative of her's? Ugh...damn it. Now it's gonna be on my mind all day..."
"Ragna-san!" Ragna looked to see Haseo fly over.
"You doing okay?" Ragna asked.
"H-hai," Haseo nodded.
"How are you feeling with your dad back?" Ragna asked.
"I...I'm really happy," Haseo replied with a small smile, "E...even though I don't remember much of him right now...me and Onee-chan are happy that he's around…" he then looked down sadly, "I...if only Okaa-san was alive…"
"She's still where it matters," Ragna patted his head before putting Haseo on his shoulder, "Come on, I'll make some soup tonight."
"...o-okay…" Haseo nodded.
The soft ambiance of the night time fluttered about. The day had ended well with any enjoying a good meal and good progress on rebuilding. While everyone else was sound asleep aside from a few stragglers, Ragna was standing on top of the Underground Bus, looking at the sky with a scowl. It grew deeper once he saw something falling across the sky. Pulling out Rook's binoculars, he zoomed in on it and barely saw something amongst the flames that certainly wasn't a meteor. He followed it until it crashed a good distance away. Five minutes later, and Ragna stopped the pickup before a massive construct. It appeared to be based off a factory, but more...streamlined and made of a strange dark-mustard color with neon purple designs littering the sides. The back of the 'factory' began to move, going up and down like a seesaw. Ragna looked at the neon purple lights flare up as they moved towards the front of the 'factory' which resembled a red-eyed, one-eyed, block face. The 'upper teeth' of the 'mouth' slid down into a ramp, a bright light hiding the inside. A lone figure stepped out, standing the size of Humongosaur at his base height. It seemed to be based off a samurai in full armor aside from the weapons, detailed in silvers, blacks, and yellows. The branched helmet showed a solid black visor and nothing else.
"Bring it," Ragna narrowed his eyes while pulling BloodScythe out.
"These are interesting," Skye noted, looking at Bolverk, "And you say they run off something called Seithr?"
"Um...Y-Yes," Noel nodded.
"Remarkable," Skye nodded with a small smile, "So long as you have Seithr, it seems that you'll never have to reload and you can even charge the shots."
"Th-Thank you…" Noel thanked before he let her dismiss the guns.
"Only problem is when she fights, she tends to go into a mute trance of sorts," Makoto noted.
"Some sort of emotional suppressor?" Skye raised a brow, "Yeesh. Talk about risks when working with them."
"Don't you mean 'when using them'?" Tsubaki asked.
"No. Weapons are not something you simply use," Skye shook his head, "They are an extension of yourself. When you hold one, you are not just person and weapon, you are one being, acting together."
"I...never thought of it that way," Tsubaki blinked twice.
"It's not just weapons. Everything we touch, we do not use it, but work with it. We give it purpose and it gives us assistance in life," Skye went on.
"Has anyone seen Ragna?" Rook asked, "I have not seen him all day."
"Our truck's missing too," Alpha added as he ran over.
"Did he...leave?" J pondered.
"The tracker that I put on the pickup says that it is a few miles due east," Rook informed, looking at his Proto-Tool's scanner mode.
"That thing's pretty cool," Ben noted.
"It is called a Proto-Tool, though I have made a few modifications to it," Rook admitted before he began to type on a holographic screen that popped up from the Proto-Tool, "I will try and activate the security camera I installed in the pickup to see what is going on."
Ben nodded as he and the others looked at the screen, looking at the footage as Rook searched through it. Eventually, it came upon a live feed, showing Ragna slamming into the hood of the truck. The white-haired man growled before whipping his sword out and switched it into its scythe mode before lunging at something off-screen. Rook had the camera turn to see Ragna cleaving a humanoid platinum-colored robot in two before a large tainted mustard-colored structure.
"Oh my. That is a Techadon Factory," Rook noted.
"Techadon?" Makoto repeated.
"That thing makes Techadon robots?" Ben asked, recalling the only one he'd ever fought before.
"It appears someone has been put a hit on someone on this planet if a Techadon Factory is here," Rook noted, "Someone who owns a fortune at that."
"What makes you say that?" Tsubaki questioned before they saw the factory activate and bring out a teal-colored Techadon robot, a sword on its back.
"That. There are two types of Techadon robot; bulk and custom," Rook informed, typing before a second holographic screen appeared, displaying an image of Ben and a Techadon robot, "Bulk Techadon Robots are made for quantity not quality." it showed the simulation Ben turn into Goop and get into an opening on the robot, causing it to explode when Goop expanded inside of it, before resetting, "Custom ones are meant for a continuous assault on the life of someone. Each time they are destroyed, they send the data back in the process of destruction and the factory adds something new to counter whatever destroyed the previous." it showed simulation Ben try Goop again, only for the robot to blast Goop the moment he moved with a solidifying agent from its wrist, freezing him in place before the robot smashed it, "Based on that recent addition, Ragna has most likely been fighting the factory for a while now."
"And that relates to rich dudes how?" Manic raised a brow.
"Bulk ones are available for only 83 Taydens, but custom ones are between one thousand to ten thousand Taydens depending on who the target it," Rook replied.
"And Taydens are how much compared to Rings?"
"A single Tayden is the equivalent of 5000 Rings," Rook replied, causing a long, slow whistle from the green hedgehog.
"Can you bring up the earliest file on when Ragna was alone in the truck?" Ben asked.
Rook typed something down and the simulation screen changed to a video feed of Ragna stopping before the factory, glaring at it.
"He must have seen it come down last night and went to investigate," J observed.
"It would appear so," Rook noted, "But the main question is...why is it here now of all times? And who sent it?"
"Who cares? Right now, Ragna's most likely in trouble," Ben replied, activating the Omnitrix and turning into Fasstrack before running off to the east.
A few moments later, and the Underground Bus was driving after Fasstrack.
"So how do we blow it up?" Sonic asked.
"That is relatively impossible," Rook replied, "The outside of the Techadon Factory is equipped with a defense mechanism so that it cannot be moved or breached. If anything damages it, the Techadon Factory will go into a rebuild mode where all damage is repaired almost instantaneously."
"The ones who made it must really not want it to be destroyed," Sonia noted.
"Its only goal is to create robots until their objective is achieved," Rook replied, "Just what that objective is though is a mystery right now."
"Well, we better find this thing then before ol' Eggbut catches wind of it," Sonic spoke up, "I mean, who knows what'll happen if he gets his hand on this Techadon thing."
"I've managed to find a security camera from Robotropolis still active a few miles outside of where it had been," Lien-Da noted as a holographic screen was displayed, "When I turned it on to live feed, it began to show this."
The screen showed Ragna destroying the sword-wielding Techadon robot outside of the factory. Eggman leaned forward a bit as he watched the factory activate and let out another robot, this one having a more knight-like quality to it.
"...Interesting…" Eggman noted as he looked at the screen.
"It does not appear to be Mobian in design," Shockwave noted, "Most likely, we are dealing with something extraterrestrial, such as Ben Tennyson's Omnitrix."
"...Starscream!"
"Yes, my liege?" Starscream saluted as he stood at attention.
"I want you to go to where this factory is located and get me one of those robots," Eggman ordered, "If you can't, then get me a sample of the material it's made of."
"At your command," Starscream nodded before running out to the upper deck.
Back over with Ragna, he panted heavily as he stood on top of a pile of broken Techadon Robots, his jacket nearly torn to shreds with a few burn marks on it.
"Ahh...ahh….damn it...these things keep coming…and getting stronger each time," Ragna panted, 'That last one has me partially activate the Azure Grimoire even…'
"Ragna!" Ragna turned to see Fasstrack run up, "Are you okay?"
"Get back, Ben!" Ragna ordered as the factory activated once more, "These things are after you!"
"Wait, what?" Fasttrack blinked twice before the factory opened, the two looking towards it, "?!"
Emerging from the factory was another robot, but this one was more of a king in terms of design than knight or fighter. Its body was primarily silver with bits of black armor as the shoulders, the lower arms, the fingers, and lower legs/feet. Its helmet had three jagged horns like a crown while its visor was smaller and tinted red. A red plasma-made cape emerged from its back as it pulled out an exact duplicate of Ragna's sword, resized for the robot. The robot looked out before looking right at Fasttrack, who was staring at the robot with a haunted look, his mind flashing through images of an armored figure resembling the machine.
"D-Driscoll…" Fasttrack took a step back.
"Driscoll?" Ragna repeated before the robot shot at Fasttrack, preparing to slice at him, "Ben!" he tackled Fasttrack out of the way, letting the robot's blade cut through tree behind them like a burning hot knife through softened butter, "Damn."
Fasttrack changed back into Ben, the haunted look still on his face, as the robot turned to them again. It raised its sword and pointed it directly at Ben, the red visor flashing once. Ragna moved between it and Ben, pulling his sword out while glaring at it. It was about to attack before the Underground Bus came rushing in, crashing into the robot as it was sent flying back.
"Wow. It's bigger then on the screen," Makoto noted, looking at the factory before looking at the robot, "How many of these things did you trash?"
"I lost count after the fifty-seventh," Ragna replied, "Been fighting these damn things since one in the morning."
"Twelve hours now?" Rook blinked twice, "And only now they have been giving you issues?"
"Yeah," Ragna replied.
"Did you find out their target at least?" Rook asked.
"Most likely? Ben," Ragna thumbed towards Ben as the robot rose up, its visor flashing again before pointing its duplicated sword right at Ben, "...Yep. It's Ben."
"Wait...why Ben?" Sonic asked as he brought out his sword.
"Not sure..but they're hellbent on capturing him," Ragna stated.
"Kill, actually," Rook corrected before blocking the sword of the robot with a beam blade from his Proto-Tool.
"Someone put a hit on the kid?!" Ragna snapped.
"Ben, come on! We need one of your heavy hitters!" Makoto urged before noticing Ben had a far-away look in his eyes as he looked at the robot, "...I think Ben's got issues with the robot."
"He kept calling it Driscoll," Ragna replied as Sonic and Roll tackled the robot, breaking the stalemate of blades between the robot and Rook.
"The Forever King?" Rook questioned before looking at the robot, "This one does resemble the man's armor."
"Forever King?" Ragna repeated.
"Leader of the…" Rook began before whispering to him, making sure not to bring up bad memories for Ben, "Forever Knights."
Ragna nodded before glaring at the robot, "All of you get out of the way."
"Huh?" Sonic blinked twice as Ragna walked between them and the robot.
Ragna held up the Azure Grimoire, the back facing towards the robot, "Restriction Number 666 released. Dimensional Interruption Field deployed." the red orb on the back of his hand opened up, revealing a glowing core that began to produce red/black smoke, "Rrrrrrrrrr…!" The smoke encircled his arm, "BlazBlue ACTIVATE!"
The smoke solidified with a burst of black electricity surging off of him. Engulfing the Azure Grimoire all the way up Ragna's arm was a demonic pitch-black arm with jagged red circuit lines covering it, culminating in a demonic red eye in the palm. Ragna titled his head up to glare at the robot, revealing his red eye had jagged red marks coming out of it. Ragna swung and the robot was torn to shreds, parts of the factory's 'face' torn right out behind where the robot had been. Ragna panted as his arm and eye changed back.
"...holy…" Sonic gawked, "Wh...what was that?!"
"Such power…" Roll whispered with wide eyes, nearly dropping her sword.
"And now that factory's going to have a counter, right?" Makoto asked in concern.
"Yes," Rook replied before Ragna bonked Ben on the head.
"Gah!" Ben yelped, "Ow…"
"Snapped out of it?" Ragna frowned.
"R-Ragna?" Ben blinked twice.
"Someone's put a hit on you, dude," Manic informed.
"The Techadon robots that this produces will always follow you no matter where you go," Rook informed.
"But I could always…"
"It attacked you as that blue and black guy," Ragna replied.
"Techadon robots target using image recognition," Rook explained.
"So it knew Ben was the target, but not because of his face," Tsubaki pondered before looking at Ben's arm, "...I think I've got it." she ran into the bus and came back out with a cleaning rag that she quickly tied over Ben's Omnitrix just before the factory activated again and a black king themed robot emerged, a demonic robotic arm in place of one of its arms, "I hope I'm right about this."
The robot looked around. It paused at looking at Ben for a few moments before the glowing red visor shut down.
"It was looking for the Omnitrix," Tsubaki explained, "All your forms have that as a common item on their body that's always visible. It probably knew you were here because the factory had something that was letting it see the Omnitrix, but this probably keeps it completely hidden."
Ben looked at the robot before taking off the cloth. Its visor lit up and raised its demonic arm. Ben covered the Omnitrix again and the robot shut down, its target lost.
"...Okay. Until we figure out how to get rid of this factory, you are NOT taking that thing off," Ragna ordered as he glared at Ben.
"G...good idea," Ben slowly nodded.
"I will contact Plumber HQ about requesting an extraction team," Rook informed as he typed something down on his Proto-Tool, "In the meantime, we'll need to set up a perimeter to prevent anyone from coming here."
"We'll talk with Mom about this, see if we can get some volunteers," Sonic offered, motioning to himself and his siblings when he said 'we'll.'
"Good. in the meantime, we…" Rook began before he heard something, "...Jet engines? I did not request Jetfire or Jetstorm to come here."
"...oh crap. It's St-" Sonic began before Starscream flew into the area, transforming as he landed between the group and factory, firing missiles at them, "Scatter!"
"Woah!" Makoto yelped as she and the others managed to dodge the missiles fired at them.
"Hello, Freedom Fighter Scum," Starscream smirked, "Thank you so much for finding this place for Lord Robotnik."
"This does not belong to you or him," Rook informed, switching his Proto-Tool into its gun mode and began to fire at Starscream, who rolled out of the way and fired another volley of missiles.
"He is interested in it, so it rightfully belongs to him!" Starscream countered, "So stay back and let me return this to my master."
"...yeah fuck that," Ragna frowned as he stepped forward, "Hell's Fang!"
Starscream yelped before pulling out a device and slapping it on the Techadon robot, causing both to vanish in a flash of light just before Ragna's attack could strike.
"What was that?!" Sonic gawked.
"Some sort of teleportation device," Rook guessed.
"Where'd Eggman get the idea to make that?" Manic asked.
"You got one fully intact even!" Eggman grinned as he looked at the offline Techadon robot, "Excellent, Starscream. And good job testing out the teleportation module."
"Y-You are welcome, my liege…" Starscream replied.
'He was able to modify the last of the Egg Grape teleportation devices I had into a working teleporter for his machines to be brought back here,' Lien-Da pondered, '...This Eggman keeps surprising me every time I think he won't…'
"Men! Take this robot to Shockwave's lab for examination," Eggman ordered as four robots began to work on moving the Techadon robot out, "Shockwave, I expect a report in three hours."
"It will be done," Shockwave nodded before leaving after them.
"Wow. It really does regenerate from damage," Makoto noted, seeing the factory's 'face' already repairing itself quickly.
"Damn it…" Ragna muttered as he gripped his sword, "Be ready in case anymore of those damn things come out."
"A-Ano…" Haseo lowered Rook's binoculars as he pointing at the distance, "S-Something coming from the sky."
Everyone looked to see a burning object coming towards them. The flames dispersed, revealing a bulky rusted-red ship that landed near the factory. It opened up to reveal a ramp before a bulky figure jumped out of it excitedly. His body was engulfed in a suit of dark-red/plump colored armor withbits of silver to it while his head was exposed, revealing an orange-skinned being with a jagged mouth and solid gold eyes.
"Yes! He's dead! He's…" the figure cheered before seeing Ben Tennyson, "Aw, what the hell?!"
"Should've guessed you put the hit on me," Ben muttered.
"Um, Ben? Some introductions?" Sonia asked.
"This is Vulkanus, one of the richest aliens in the universe thanks to a scheme of mining Taydenite," Ben informed.
The alien chuckled, "Yeah. Kevin was a great source of the stuff before you and your cousin messed it up. But I made some great investments and got some good cash now." he grumbled, "I waited five years for the call that you were gone from those guys, but you're not! I was gonna throw a riot, too!"
"Yeah…" Ben held up his covered arm, "Nice try."
"While Techadon robots are used for killing, they are not that intelligent," Rook informed.
"I spent enough Taydens on that thing to buy a small solar system," Vulkanus grumbled, "I was expecting it to destroy you, mash you up, rip your head off and put it on a pike or a trophy I could put on my fireplace!"
"Maybe you should consider getting a refund," Makoto smirked.
"Don't tell me what to do!" Vulkanus pouted like a child.
"Or what? You'll send a Techadon after me?" Makoto smirked.
"Ooh! Burn!" Manic and Jacky grinned.
"This isn't over," Vulkanus vowed.
"You know where to find me," Ben smirked, "I'll be waiting."
Vulkanus grumbled as he turned to leave. Ragna grabbed an ID Mask from Rook and walked up to him. Ragna patted the alien's back.
"Hey, no hard feelings," Ragna informed before Vulkanus swatted his hand, leaving the ID Mask stuck on where Ragna had put it.
"Get your hands off me!"
"Just trying to be friendly to one of my bro's enemies," Ragna shrugged as he walked off, smirking as he saw the ID Mask turn into the Omnitrix.
The machine came back to life before releasing one more king-like Techadon robot. The robot looked at Vulkanus.
"What are you looking at me for?" Vulkanus asked before the robot deployed missiles on its shoulders aimed right at him, "?!" he turned to look at the group.
"Problem?" Makoto snickered.
"What did you do?!" Vulkanus demanded.
"Tag, you're it," Manic grinned before the missiles fired and sent Vulkanus slamming into his ship.
Vulkanus got up and frantically ran up the ramp. The ship took off into the air before the Techadon robot flew off after it.
"Tennyson! I wish I could hate you to death!" Vulkanus screamed from the ship.
"Heh...Guy's still an idiot…" Ben chuckled before frowning a bit, "But seriously, how did he know where I was?"
"That is a good question," Rook noted as he held his chin in thought.
"He said he got a call from the guys who own that factory," Makoto noted, "Guess they were tracking the energy of the Omnitrix and it took them five years to find it here."
"So we're most likely gonna have to face more of things soon then…" Manic noted, "...oh crap...and Starscream took one for Eggman."
"It seems that it is unwise to underestimate him," Rook frowned.
"What was your first clue?" the natives of Mobius deadpanned.
"...I suppose you are right," Rook admitted, "I mean, the fact he was able to make some robots similar to Cybertronians is mind boggling."
"Cyber what now?"
"I think I read that in the ALD," Alpha noted.
"The what?" Sonic asked.
"Alien Lifeform Database," Alpha replied, "Rook let me borrow it when I was bored one day and I studied on some aliens. One of them were the Cybertronians. Their planet, Cybertron, has been dead for millennia now, but the race has been seen on other planets. They're normally giant robots that can turn into vehicles, though there have been rumors that they can also become giant insects and even dinosaurs."
'Dinosaurs?!' the Underground Freedom Fighters thought as they all thought of Ben's form Grimlock.
"...What...happened to their original planet?" Roll couldn't help but ask.
"From what I read, it was destroyed due to a civil war between two separate factions," Alpha replied, "I also read that that a civil war was also the cause of the destruction of the Incursion race's homeworld as well. Something about a powerful weapon blowing it to smithereens."
"...Ugh...war never changes," Sonia shook her head.
"Agreed," Tsubaki added.
"Mmm...what's keeping Shockwave so long…" Eggman muttered as he waited for results on that Techadon robot Starscream retrieved.
"You did give him three hours, sir. He must be milking it for every minute in finding new discoveries," Starscream noted before Shockwave entered.
"Perfect timing, Shockwave!" Eggman grinned, "Now...what did you find?"
"It seems to be built as a hunter unit to go after one specific target," Shockwave explained, "Telling by the footage I manage to collect from it, it seems to adapt to counter its current target's abilities. However, should that target disappear, the machine powers down. If I can modify the machine, it can be created into the ultimate hunter."
"Ultimate Hunter…" Eggman repeated before shivering, "Ooh...just the very words just send tingles down my spine! Make sure you put a subroutine in it when you do to never target or hunt anyone in the Eggman Empire and make sure that paradoxes don't confuse it. Remember Metal Sonic Model Zero? Saying 'This sentence is a lie' caused it to self destruct and take out the factory we had it guarding."
"...Of course, my lord," Shockwave nodded.
"You made more than one?" Lien-Da asked.
"Well, I was...for a time...obsessed with just killing those three hedgehogs, primarily the eldest one," Eggman informed, "I made four different versions before stopping with the one that was involved with Incident Little Planet."
"Ahh…" Lien-Da nodded.
"Yes. Now let's move…" Eggman began.
=Ahem! Um...excuse me, my lord, but you seemed to have a call= Sleet spoke up =Someone by the name of...Rodyle=
"Oh? One of my New Grand Masters is calling?" Eggman raised a brow at that, "...Well put him through."
=...Of course= Sleet replied.
=Greetings, Lord Robotnik= a new voice came out of the radio on Eggman's chair =I've been wanting to talk to you for quite some time, but I think I will, how do the youth's put it...oh yes. Cut to the chase. I was searching through some old files I discovered when GUN tried t...=
"GUN?!" Eggman exclaimed before his eyes narrowed, "You didn't let them take anything, did you?"
=Of course not! They were hardly a match for my pets= the voice replied.
"Good. Because that would have been a terrible first report," Eggman informed, "And a horrible first impression for our first talk on your end. Continue."
=Of course… Now while I was searching through the files, I came across a few interesting subjects=
"...Such as?"
=The Eclipse Cannon=
"..."
Lien-Da's brow raised, 'So we're moving on to the ARK, are we?'
=There was also a name...a rather familiar last name at that; a 'Gerald Robotnik' was involved with it=
"My grandfather?" Eggman stood up, a giddy expression on his face, "...Tell me more, Rodyle!"
=Better yet, why don't I show you the statistics of the Eclipse Cannon?=
"Do it! DO IT!-!" Eggman ordered, "Everything you found, bring it up immediately! Leave out nothing!"
=Already done, Lord Robotnik= Rodyle replied as various data appeared on some of the screens in the room.
Eggman got up from his seat as he looked over everything on the screens, excitement overtaking him as he looked at them all.
=Tell me, my lord. Have I not made a good first impression?= Rodyle asked.
"Yes...and no," Eggman replied, "This is all just on the Eclipse Cannon. I said 'everything you found.'"
"Ahem!" Lien-Da cleared her throat, catching Eggman's attention as she pointed at some other monitors, "The rest is over here."
"Ah...Then you've done wonderful, Rodyle," Eggman informed, "Prepare for a budget increase in your sector." he zipped over to the monitors, "Oh! My grandfather's diary! Wonderful! Looks like there's some heavy encryptions on it. No issue. I'll work on it on my own." he quickly copied the digital diary into a USB stick and had it deleted from all other systems, "I'll be busy for the next few hours. Lien-Da is in charge until then. Rodyle...if you're still there...you're officially one of my favorite Grand Masters, and you're excused."
=Thank you, Lord Robotnik= Rodyle responded before the radio went silent.
"Heh heh heh...Oh this is exciting!" Eggman exclaimed with glee as he ran off.
"I'm not surprised he had that higher on his priority list compared to the Eclipse Cannon," Lien-Da muttered once he left before turning to a robot, "Get me a coffee while I look over the information we received from Rodyle."
The robot saluted as he ran off, leaving the female Echidna by herself as she looked over that data.
"...Yeesh...never expected to be working with Eggman again. But...I see a few good things out of this. One; he's a far better improvement on the one I knew. Second…" Lien-Da paused as she smirked, "I don't have to deal with my sister again."
Elsewhere, a part of the air began to ripple a bit, a bit of energy seemingly crackling off it before what looked like a large golden ring appeared. Something fell out of the ring before said ring disappeared.
"Ugh…" the figure groaned in a female voice as they got up, the darkness of the area blocking her from sight as they looked around a bit, "...Where am I?"
The figure looked around a bit, stumbling a bit as they tried to regain their legging. They soon noticed they were in a Alleyway of sorts, noticing a Mobian or two passing by.
"...Am I...back on Mobius?" the figure pondered as they stepped out of the alleyway, only to bump into someone, "Ahh!"
"Oh! Sorry about that," the tall Mobian fox she bumped into apologized, "I've been…" she tensed before pulling out a blocky object with a trigger on it and aimed it, "Freeze right there. What's a member of Robotnik's empire here?"
"...Robotnik?" the figure repeated, "...You mean Eggman, right? He hasn't called himself Robotnik in a long while."
"Stop trying to circumvent the question," the fox growled, a strong Latin accent coming into her voice, "If you do not comply, then you're under arrest for treason of the planet Mobius to the terrorist Robotnik and his empire."
"...Y…you're joking, right? 'Cause there's no way I'd ever work for him!" the figure replied, offended by that, "Now...please tell me where I'm at so I can get back to Angel Island."
"As if I'd fall for that shtick," the fox replied before motioning to the figure's dreadlock and metal arm, "I know good and well about his soldiers having parts replaced with machinery and seen those alteration myself."
"...Something's up here…" the figure whispered before holding her hands up, 'Maybe this will work.' "I am not a member of Eggman's empire, miss. I am a Freedom Fighter. I was saved from a Roboticizer while it was active and ended up with this dreadlock and this arm."
"...Say something that would be considered treasonous to Robotnik," the fox ordered, checking just to make sure.
"What? Like 'he's a fatass egomaniac that has an obsession with trying to beat Sonic the Hedgehog'?" the figure deadpanned.
"..." a few tense moments passed before the fox relaxed, putting her blocky object away, "Sorry about the accusations. Things have been rather...difficult...lately. I am Inspector Carmelita Montoya Fox of Interpol."
"...Julie-Su," the figure replied as she stepped into the light, revealing she was a female, pink echidna with purple highlights in her bangs and violet eyes; she wore a black tank top with teal padding on the left side, a pair of hip-hugging jeans secured by a yellow-orange utility belt, white gloves resembling Knuckles's gloves minus the spikes, and a pair of teal combat boots with plating around the toes while her dreadlocks reached to her knees.
"Buena. Come with me to Interpol HQ and we'll sort this out," Carmelita informed.
"Okay then," Julei-Su nodded, "...Just..one question. You...haven't seen any large Mobian Tasmanian Devils around here...have you, specifically ones named Thrash?"
"No, I've never heard of Thrash before," Carmelita replied.
"...I see…" Julie-Su noted, "...Best I can say is keep a close eye out for him. He's an extremely dangerous Mobian."
"Fair enough, but you'll see he's not the only Mobian that's dangerous," Carmelita smirked.
"Now then...I'm not familiar with this place. I don't even know its name," Julie-Su admitted.
"Ah. You're in Paris," Carmelita replied.
"...I see," Julie-Su noted, 'Okay. Something is definitely up here.' "...One more question. Do...you know who the king and Queen of Mobotropolis is?"
"Que?" Carmelita raised a brow at that, "Did...you hit your cabeza or something? It's the late King Azure and Queen Aleena, along with their children, Sonic, Sonia, and Manic."
"..." '...WHAT?!' despite her mental freakout, Julie-Su nodded, "Thank you, Inspector Fox."
"...no...problema?" Carmelita just blinked at that, 'Something's up with this character. I'll need to keep a careful eye on her while she's here.' she mentally sighed, 'And I may have to contact Bentley to see if he has any connections that know about this 'Julie-Su.' As if getting ready to move and spy on the place I'm being transferred to wasn't frustrating enough!'
'Another Zone...I'm in an entirely different Zone…' Julie-Su thought as she walked behind Carmelita, 'Wait...she mistook me for someone who works for Eggman...then that means…' a frown grew on her face, 'So this is where Lien-Da ended up at…I may need to talk to my 'sister' and see what she's been up to.'
"Help me: Professor Kokonoe!" A chibi style omake
Starring: Professor Kokonoe, Tager, Knuckles, and Haseo
The curtain lifted, revealing something of a dark unlit lab…Said lab being somewhat messy. Then a spotlight sparked to life, revealing a fairly young adult catgirl with a slim body, wearing a large scientist like jacket with abnormally long sleeves that end up looking like paws, with cuts made in them allowing her slender arms to slip through, red pants with two long pink tails with white tips coming from the back, and high-heeled sandals. Her hair was pink, tied in a style consisting of a long ponytail backing up longer tufts resembling large cat ears which tend to overshadow her actual cat ears. Her eyes were a golden-amber with visible bags under them, possibly due to over-working, and she was also wearing glasses. With a certain elegance, she began to speak.
"Hello lost children. I am Professor Kokonoe, lord and master of the Sector Seven laboratory," She paused to push her glasses back into place briefly, and then began to speak again, "…Well, OK, we aren't in the lab at the moment. This place can sort of be temporarily moved into the Boundary. Well, simply put, it's a mysterious room. A mysterious room where you can do anything you want. To be honest, it's a paradise for all those sad, little children who couldn't make it to the true ending. A sort of Avalon. If you're one of those nutbars who's all 'I don't need help,' or 'I want to unlock hidden stuff,' or 'I'll just look for a flowchart online,' then you can piss off."
She proceeded to sigh.
"Anyway, my job here more or less is to do three things every five chapters. First: Answer common questions that I believe most people are asking. Second: To do a little re-cap of what happened in the past five chapters for you idiots who decide to skip them to get to the good parts in later chapters. And finally, give out supporting information to further your understanding of the terms of BlazBlue and Ben 10," Kokonoe proceeded to glare at you, "One thing I would like to make clear now, is that none of the actions in this segment are considered canon to the story, regardless of how crazy, funny, or even lovey-dovey it is. If I get one message asking about if this was canon or not, I'm castrating the sender of said message with a cattle prod and a rusty knife!"
Kokonoe proceeded to sigh once more. It was rather repetitive for her at that point. She began to speak yet again to you, the reader.
"Very well. Now that that's out of the way, lost children of the day…you may enter," She ordered, and suddenly the whole lab lit up and Kokonoe took a few steps back.
As if on cue, the sound of a metal door sliding open echoed in the area. Knuckles ran into the room, followed by Haseo.
"What the…? How did I end up here?" Knuckles pondered, raising a brow.
"A….ano...wh-where is here?" Haseo asked as he looked around.
"Haseo?" Knuckles pondered, "I thought you were in Mobotropolis."
"...Ugh...great. I get the idiot and the shy one," Kokonoe facepalmed.
"Hey!" Knuckles snapped, turning to her, "Who the hell are you?!"
"...You really need to put something on that door that lets them know about this place," Tager noted, Haseo squeaking and hiding behind Knuckles when he saw him.
"A-a-a-a-aka oni…" Haseo stammered with frightened eyes.
"Who are you anyway?" Knuckles demanded before frowning dangerously at them, "You're not another of Eggman's Grand Masters, are you?"
"I have no affiliation with that man. I was in an accident and Kokonoe saved my life," Tager informed, motioning to Kokonoe, 'Though with her experiments on me…'
"Right now, you're in my lab and you can't leave until we're done with all this or I give you my advice," Kokonoe replied.
"Grr..."
"Hey! No growling at me, or else," Kokonoe warned him.
"H….h...hai," Haseo nodded nervously.
"...Fine," Knuckles muttered, "But I got my eye on you."
"Yeah yeah...whatever. Let's just get this over with," Kokonoe waved him off, "Basically, we're doing review questions, then a review of the four chapters before this, and then additional information about something in the story."
"O….okay…" Haseo nodded.
QUESTIONS:
"Okay, how many questions do we have this time?" Kokonoe asked Tager.
"I'm checking," Tager replied, looking at a computer, "We have a PM from TwilightKingA5L. But first…No, Ultimate-Zelda-fan, Sly Cooper will not be worrying about the Strafers. The Strafers should be worried about him and his gang." he opened up the PM, "The first question: Which of the two is more powerful, the Black Beast or Perfect Chaos?"
"Let's see...the Black Beast tanked nukes and caused our planet 100 years of being unable to stay on the surface and resort to living on mountains," Kokonoe noted, "But Perfect Chaos is also the God of Water. If he wanted to, he could get rid of all the world's water and we'd all end up dehydrating. And don't forget that humans, Beastkin, and most likely Mobians are partially water. So if that happened, we'd all be husks. So, yeah, I think I'll have to lean on...a Death Battle between the two. Someone get Wiz and Boomstick on this."
"They're stuck in Valhalla at the moment, Kokonoe," Tager replied, "Question 2, Kokonoe: Is there anything from Ben's world you would love to study?"
"Yes. The Omnitrix, all the aliens, the technology, everything," Kokonoe replied.
Haseo whimpered as he hid further behind Knuckles.
"That's...okay, that freaky," Knuckles stated.
"Mmm hmm…." Haseo nodded really nervously, "A...ano...next question, please."
"Yeah," Knuckles agreed, looking at the screen, "Have you tried to figure out how White is getting everything for Miyuki in a instant? No! No, no, no! No way!" he crossed his arms, "We are not going to try to figure that out!"
"H-Hai…" Haseo nodded, fear in his voice as he remembered the last time.
"Oh come on. How hard could it be?" Kokonoe asked.
"Okay. Apparently, figuring it out is very, very hard," Kokonoe sweatdropped as Tager finished extinguishing the fires in the lab while Knuckles and Haseo peeked out from under an overturned couch, "Now...ahem! If there's any questions left, let's move on."
"Last one from the PM we got. If you have the energies of the Chaos Emeralds and the Omnitrix, what would you use them for?" Tager asked.
Kokonoe's crazed laughter was his reply. Tager wisely shot her with an elephant tranquilizer dart before she could do anything else.
"...A….arigatou," Haseo spoke up meekly, "...ano...here's a pair of questions from Seanzilla115. Does the Kaka Clan have any rival clans? And...what does the Kaka Clan look like without their hoods on?"
"The Koko Clan. They're wolf Beastkin and are smarter than the Kaka Clan, but fall for all the stereotypes of canine distractions. And no one is allowed to know since it results in the one who sees it becoming the Kaka Clan member's mate for life," Tager replied, adjusting his glasses.
"...S….soka…" Haseo noted, blushing a bit at that last part.
"Let's move on to the next subject, shall we?"
RECAP:
"Okay, so a lot has happened in the previous four chapters before this one," Tager noted, "Would you two care to do the recap, Knuckles, Haseo?"
"H...hai…" Haseo nodded, "O...Onee-chan-tachi had received word there was something going down at Kaine island, a place in the southern oceans that was supposed to be a myth. A..along the way there, we met up with Sly-itoko and his group."
"I just got a recap of that from everyone, but from what they said, it turns out that there was most likely a Chaos Emerald in the Cooper Family Vault on that island and the Cooper Gang was going there to get into the vault because a crazy baboon called Dr. M took over the island."
"H...hai...a-and it turns out M-Hakase was a member of Eggman's Grand Masters," Haseo added, "H...he was after the vault because he thought he deserved it from Sly-itoko's tou-san. Wh-when he found us, we tried our best to escape from him and that...that…" he paused as he gulped, "Giant monster of his..."
"Yes. He had it grab Bentley and Haseo, but Sly used his cane to get them out at the cost of it being sent flying away," Tager noted, "That, and he himself getting caught and nearly eaten. But that even was something Yacker was witnessing and awakened another form; the Violet Void."
"Sc...scary…." Haseo shuddered.
"Oh come on, it can't be that scary," Knuckles scoffed.
"It one-shotted the monster after Carmelita and her mercenaries arrived to arrest the Cooper Gang," Tager stated, "Another one showed up but Humongousaur tackled it and proceeded to clobber it while the others got Sly back to the ship, Carmelita following since her mercenaries were all killed by suicide bombers."
"Hai…" Haseo nodded sadly, "A...after we got away and while Sly-itoko was resting, minna-san was trying to get the cane back, but M-Hakase was always a step ahead of us, m-more or less."
"He got the cane?" Knuckles asked, earning a nod from Haseo.
"Haseo had to go into a biplane operated by Carmelita to get control of the skies over the island so Dr. M couldn't get the cane to the vault before they could get it to Sly," Tager added, "They were doing good until Dr. M came out in his hybrid whale-dragonfly-machine."
"Whale-dragonf….how's that even possible?!" Knuckles demanded.
"Science," Tager replied, a glint in his glasses as he adjusted them, "Now then, Roll heard that you and Carmelita-primarily you, Haseo-were in the air. Do you think she overreacted to you being up there by having herself fired out of the Panda King's fireworks bazooka and then had Yacker use Ivory Lightning with her sword to make a lightning version of the RYNO V?"
"Oh no...that's a 'normal' reaction," Kokonoe deadpanned, having woken up a few minutes ago.
"Gh?!" Haseo tensed as he hid behind Knuckles.
"Excuse me, Kokonoe, but 'normal reaction'?" Tager questioned.
"I was being sarcastic," Kokonoe replied.
"I suppose the reaction she had to your predicament up in the sky would be due to her having just found you after so long," Tager noted to Haseo.
"...I...I suppose that's true," Haseo nodded, "W...while that was going on, Sly-Itoko landed on the Whalefly and got his cane back from M-Hakase with Sonic-nii, and most of us were able ot get into the vault while the others stayed outside. O-once inside, me, Onee-chan, and Sly-Itoko had to tredge on ahead to where the inner sanctum of the vault was, where we saw different parts contributed by Sly-Itoko's family, in...including Rioichi Cooper."
"Ah, yes, that's the Cooper Ancestor that was also your Sakurai Ancestor," Kokonoe noted, "And you stayed on your cousin's back most of the time, right?"
"M...most of the time, hai," Haseo nodded, "Other times...I used my tails to fly past the other parts while Sly-itoko and Onee-chan used Yacker's Hover Form." he then began to shake a bit, "Th...though...we didn't know….Chaos was in there as well."
"Along with Dr. M once he got mad enough to steal some of Panda King's fireworks to blow a hole in the side," Tager noted, "And you were the one who discovered the Laser Slide technique made by Sly's father, didn't you?"
"Hai…" Haseo replied before chuckling, his tails wagging a bit, "That was fun."
"Once they were in the inner sanctum, I ended up running into them," Knuckles noted, "Didn't know it was a family vault, but I did find some more Master Emerald shards."
"Hai...demo…" Haseo began with a gulp, "We...we ended up running into M-hakase as well and we had to fight...and during the fight...he took Yacker and began to use his power against us."
"The little guy was in pain the entire time as his power was being forced out by that baboon," Knuckles scowled, "I was able to get one of the guy's metal legs before everyone else began to show up and getting another of his metal legs."
"By that time, Chaos 1 appeared in the Inner Sanctum, didn't he?" Tager asked.
"If by 'appeared' you mean 'impaling the guy with his arm and then shattering the container on his head when he saw Yacker inside of it and then ripping him in two,' then yeah," Knuckles shrugged, Haseo's face turning green as he recalled that.
"G….gory…" Haseo whispered, trying to keep his lunch in.
"...Anyways, before any of us could react, Chaos ended up taking the Chaos Emerald I found in Soumerca, along with the two Sonic had to turn into a weird shark like creature," Knuckles continued.
"Chaos 4. And as I recall, he went to town on all of you and not really getting hit at all," Kokonoe noted, "If it wasn't for the place starting to collapse, it would've been a thorough curb-stomp battle in his favor."
"H-hai," Haseo nodded, "O-onii-chan-tachi and Sonia-Onee-chan used their music to repair the island, changing it completely."
"I still call bullshit on that…" Kokonoe deadpanned.
"It's ancient magic in those Medallions," Knuckles informed, "Never underestimate magic."
"...I still stand by my statement," Kokonoe argued.
"Of course, while we were there, Makoto and Tsubaki's friend Noel got kidnapped in Soumerca," Knuckles ignored, "We went on Air-Underground Bus to get there as fast as we could."
"But before that, you had to deal with that crazyass Eggman fan girl, Thunderbolt," Kokonoe pointed out.
"...Don't remind me," Knuckles muttered as Haseo's fur poofed up at the mention of that name, the twin-tailed fox shaking.
"Sc….scary Chinchilla…" Haseo shook.
"She seemed to retreat once Ben turned into that Upgrade form of his," Knuckles noted, "Something about not wanting that robot suit of hers not wanting to be used against Eggman."
"Still find it freaky that fatass even has a fangirl," Kokonoe deadpanned.
"You and me both," Knuckles nodded, "Ahem! Moving on. I sensed pieces of the Master Emerald once we stopped the bus and went off to find them. Ended up going into this 'Lost World' of sorts and ran into Sonic and Roll down there. We ended up before this mural and then a ball of red light floated before us and we ended up at that weird place filled with Echidnas again...but the shrine was destroyed and on fire with the girl hurt and the creatures dying or dead. We were going to follow her up the shrine when we woke her up when another flash of light happened and we were at the Master Emerald's shrine."
"While you were there, you returned your collected shards only to find a bit more were missing, correct?" Tager adjusted his glasses.
"Yeah. The Master Emerald showed us an image of the ship Eggman made, the Egg Carrier or something, and then it flew over us and we gave chase. I managed to get onto the ship and find the last of the missing Master Emerald pieces before it began to blow up," Knuckles replied.
"And during that time, what were you and the others doing?" Kokonoe looked at Haseo.
"Ano...w-well, Sonia-nii-chan, and Onee-chan went with Ben-san to go flying after it while me and the others, i-including Alpha-san's team, Carmelita-san, Jetfire, and Jetstorm snuck onto the Egg carrier just as it was about to take off," Haseo replied, "W...we eventually find Noel-Nee….demo...w...we found out...she's not really human."
"...Hold it," Kokonoe held up a hand, "You found out she's not a human?"
"Th...that's what we found out wh-when we found Noel-Nee in Shockwave's lab," Haseo replied.
"We'll come back to this later," Kokonoe narrowed her eyes, "Continue on. What happened after you all rescued her?"
"W...we regrouped with Sonic-Nii-chan, Onee-chan, and Ben-san and tried to escape, demo...Eggman was ahead of us and t-tried to Roboticize Ben-san first," Haseo replied.
"But he was able to escape by coming to terms with what happened in his past in terms of one of his Aliens, allowing him to turn into Feedback and free himself, correct?" Tager asked.
"H...hai," Haseo nodded, "H-he was able to overpower Eggman's robots and…" he paused as he shuddered a bit, "Makoto-san's a bit scary when she's angry."
"Agreed," Tager nodded, "After that, you helped Inspector Fox escape the descending ship while Jetfire and Jetstorm were helping everyone else but a few who stayed behind to go after Eggman, correct?"
"Hai. I...if I recall, Sonic-nii-chan, Onee-chan, Ragna-san, Ben-san, J-san, and Jacky stayed behind to rescue Jake," Haseo explained, "I...really don't know what happened after that."
"I do," Knuckles spoke up, "After I regrouped with Sonic, we encountered Eggman with Chaos 4, who absorbed the other 2 Chaos emeralds, along with Jake, to become Chaos 6. Think big, fat, frog-like scorpion made of water and you'd get Chaos 6. It took a lot of work, but we took him down and I got out of there with the Emeralds and the Master Emerald pieces I got on the ship. I think the others got out by a plane if what I saw while I was leaving was right. Anyways, I managed to fully fix the Master Emerald, and held onto the six Chaos Emeralds to make sure no one else would use them. But...after a bit and the island falling again for some reason, I came across Eggman and his badly damaged robots."
"They were attacked by Chaos 0 who then attacked you, stealing the six Chaos Emeralds you had before Ben, Ragna, Sonic, and Roll got to you, correct?" Tager asked, earning a nod.
"Turns out that Sonic's pal Tails, the guy who made the plane they used to get to Eggman's ship, was fueled by the last Chaos Emerald...which Chaos managed to get," Knuckles frowned, "After that...he made it to Robotropolis and proceeded to completely destroy it in a massive flood and his Perfect Chaos form forming from where the main palace had been. By the time we all got there, Perfect Chaos was well on his way to destroying everything around him and Ben...I'm still trying to understand it, but he turned into a giant alien that got bigger when Eggman, using a spare of his new ship, was one-shotted by Perfect Chaos."
"Well, what did he expect?! He was going up against a God of Destruction for fu-" Kokonoe began before Tager cleared his throat, motioning to Haseo, "...ugh. He was going up against a freaking God of Destruction!"
"That ball of light appeared once more before the others, revealing itself to be Tikal's spirit, having lived within the Master Emerald the whole time, even when it was split into two smaller Emeralds," Tager noted, "She wanted to seal Perfect Chaos away again, but Sonic, Sonia, and Manic argued against it, even when Perfect Chaos absorbed the negative energy of the Emeralds and began to easily fight off Ultimate Way Big, correct?"
"H...hai," Haseo nodded, "Th...things were looking bleak before minna-tachi gathered the Chaos Emeralds and gave them to Sonic-Niichan. E-Even Manic-Niichan and Sonia-Neechan gave their Medallions to him and…"
"We all started rooting for him to beat Perfect Chaos and our positive emotions brought out the positive energy of the Emeralds, transforming Sonic into what Roll called Super Sonic."
"Sounds like a ripoff of that Super Saiyan group," Kokonoe noted.
"No idea who those are, but he and Ultimate Way Big worked together and defeated Perfect Chaos," Knuckles shrugged, "The positive energy Sonic had been using negated the negative energy in Chaos, calming his rage. When Chaos 0 reformed, we were going to attack when a group of Chao-the very Chao he protected so long ago-came out of the water and surrounded him while cheering."
"H-hai," Haseo nodded, "O...once Tikal and Chaos 0 passed on, minna began to slowly repair the city, helping out anyone that was hiding within the wreckage. A...also, we found out the water had something in it that changed everyone that was roboticized back to normal, i-including Sonic-Niichan's uncle, and...m-my and Onee-chan's tou-san…"
"Didn't he faint when he learned what happened while he was Roboticized?" Knuckles asked.
"..." Haseo just nodded sadly in response.
"And it seems that Rook made contact with Plumber HQ and learned some bad news," Tager noted.
"Which leads into this chapter, so we don't need to explain what it was," Kokonoe stated, "Aside from that, that fatass Eggman found a new place to hide out at. I won't say here though...spoilers and all that."
"...Huh?"
"Ignore that. Last segment!"
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
"...Actually, I don't think there's anything to talk about here," Kokonoe stated.
"Not exactly," Tager adjusted his glasses, "Let's talk Conductoids, shall we?" a screen lowered, depicting Ben turning into Feedback, "Conductoids are a species from the Teslavorr nebula, an interstellar area roughly 60 light-years in diameter, containing high levels of static discharge and comprised mainly of ionized gases. Conductoids easily travel through Teslavorr, using minute voltage differences between to propel themselves."
"Teslavorr kinda reminds me of the famous physicist Nikola Tesla, who was renowned for his work in electric manipulation, and the suffix vore, which is derived from vorare, that means "to devour" in Latin," Kokonoe rubbed her chin in thought before pulling up a simulation and began to put a lot of Conductoids in the same room...only for them to all blow up, "What?! Okay, what just happened?!"
"Conductoids are not social beings. Males of the species are negatively charged, while females are positively charged. If too many male occupy the same area for an extended period of time, the resulting arc could destroy them all. The same holds true for females," Tager explained, "Because the consequences of social groups are so potentially devastating, Conductoids tend to be solitary creatures."
"Damn, there goes that study…" Kokonoe frowned.
"Fr-From what I saw from Feedback-san, Conductoids have the ability to absorb and redirect energy from their antennae, tail, and fingers, even from a distance," Haseo noted as the screen showed clips of Feedback doing that, "Condu-Conductoids can use electrokinesis to jump over long distances, and fire energy toward the ground in order to fly or move with great speeds on a current carrying path."
"Not bad, kid," Knuckles patted Haseo's head.
"Some believe that Conductoids may be crucial to stellar formation, although that theory has yet to be proven," Tager added.
"...Has yet to be proven, huh? Tager, get your shit. We're getting a Conductoid," Kokonoe ordered.
"Excuse me?" Tager raised a brow at that.
"We. are getting. A Conductoid," Kokonoe stated, a dark glint in her eye.
"Hey. Hold on now. What about us?" Knuckles frowned.
"Oh, that's simple," Kokonoe replied before pointing at Haseo, "Stop being so goddamn shy." she then pointed at Knuckles, "Quit being a knucklehead if you can." she waved them off, "You can go now."
"O...okay…" Haseo nodded.
"Why you…" Knuckles growled before a spring beneath the two went off, sending them flying off-screen, "GAH!"
"Ahh!"
"And that is how you get rid of a shy individual and a knucklehead," Kokonoe smirked, "Now hurry up and let's go find a Conductoid! FOR SCIENCE!"
"I really hope we don't find one for their safety…" Tager mumbled as he followed after Kokonoe, the curtains falling down as he did so.
GT: Wow. Kokonoe must really want a Conductoid to experiment on.
SZ: Indeed. Dout she'll find one though. Those things are hard to find, correct?
GT: I believe so, yes. Probably harder to find than a To'kustar.
SZ: *nods* Anyways, this chapter is good and done with.
GT: Aye. And it's a bit ominous in terms of Paradox's warning to Ragna.
SZ: indeed. Plus don't forget what happened with Eggman.
GT: *nods* And that new echidna, Julie-Su.
SZ: Yup. Like Lien-Da, she manage to escape that Pocket Zone she was stuck in, and ended up within an area owned by Interpol.
GT: Yep. Though not owned; they house an Interpol HQ there since the nations that make up Interpol own Interpol. Though...I feel sorry for her. I mean, she's got a soulbond with Prime Zone's Knuckles and with the Genesis Wave and all…
SZ: Yeah...blame two certain people for that.
Deadpool: you mean Archie Eggman and Ken penders?
SZ:...Corner. Now.
Deadpool: What…?
SZ: *aims RYNO V at him* Get in the freaking corner!
Deadpool: Okay okay! *stomps off* Yeesh...just making commentary.
GT: ...Why is he even here? I thought I set up an anti-Marvel/DC ward around this part of the studio.
Deadpool: Loophole.
GT: Hm?
Deadpool: I found a loophole.
SZ: ...
Deadpool: ...fine fine...shutting up.
GT: Security! Remove the idiot!
FNaF Foxy: *runs in and drags Deadpool out*
Deadpool: Pfft! Please...like I'm scared of you guys anymore.
GT: Make sure you throw him into the Barney Torture Chamber.
Deadpool: ...You're evil. EVIL!
SZ: And you're a moron most of the time.
Deadpool: I'm not a moron! I'm funny!
SZ:...until next time, I'm Seanzilla115, he's GammaTron…
GT: ...And we hope you Read and Review.
SZ: yup. Ja ne, and have a good day.