SZ: Hey folks. So….quite a cliffhanger last chapter, eh GT?
GT: Yep.
SZ: Hai...so let's keep the talk short and move onto the story. No need for disclaimers since you guys know who and what we own and don't own, so...begin the story!
GT: Right. *pulls screen down*
The tension was strong in the tent belonging to the queen as the sun was starting to set. On one side, Aleena was sitting with a cup of tea in her hands, Sonic, Sonia, Manic, and Roll at her sides with mixed expressions. On the other, a man in his late fifties/early sixties wearing a general's military uniform with heterochromia stood, a pair of wolf Beastkin in military uniform at his sides.
"I apologize for bothering you at this hour, but…" the man began before glaring a bit at Sonic, "Let us keep this short. We're still on duty, and intend on bringing this welp to justice."
"The 'welp' as you refer to him is my eldest son. Now speak of the allegations against him," Aleena warned.
"...Very well," the man nodded before looking at one of the Wolf Beastkin, "Play the security footage."
The Beastkin nodded before pulling out a device and placed it on the table, pressing a button on the side as it displayed recorded footage.
"As of a few hours ago, a mysterious figure had raided a building kept safe by agents of Interpol in Paris," the man stated as the footage played, showing a few men being shot, "And as you can see, that figure killed everyone within the building, and stole the sword that was kept safe there."
"...And what does have t-" Manic began.
"Watch the video closely," the man stated/ordered.
The footage kept playing, a blur shooting over the dead bodies. The video rewound and played in the slowest motion it had, revealing the blur, while still not fully detailed, was that of a hedgehog.
"As you can see, the intruder was a hedgehog, and last I check, your highness…" the man paused as his frown grew, "Your eldest son is the only known hedgehog on Mobius that can run that fast."
"But I couldn't have been anywhere near there. I've been stuck inside a metal box for hours!" Sonic argued.
The man made a motion with his left hand and a Mobian wolf entered, carrying an evidence bag with a Dessert Eagle in it. The man nodded as the wolf gave it to him.
"The murder weapon used on the guards, confirmed by comparing ballistic markings from the bullets removed from them with a test shot fired from it, is rather interesting. There are fingerprints on the trigger…" the man looked right at Sonic, "Your fingerprints to be exact."
"What?!" Sonic exclaimed.
"For the acts of murder, breaking and entering, and stealing a valuable object, you will be sent to Prison Island," the man stated to the blue hedgehog, "There we will decide on your full sentence, which by the looks of the evidence here...is a very long time."
"Ano…" everyone looked at Roll, who was now before the man with a pamphlet held to him, "Read section 8, paragraph 17 please."
The man raised a brow before nodding and opening the pamphlet, "'In the event of the kissed being jailed, the kisser must be put in the same cell as him/her.'" he looked at Roll with a raised brow.
"She's from Ryugu and my eldest son saved her from being killed," Aleena explained, "As such, by the Treaty of the Eclipse established three centuries ago between King Sonaris and the ruler of Ryugu at the time Emperor Shenyu, the Ryugu Laws were put into effect and she is currently unable to be more than a radius of five city blocks away from him."
"…Very well then," the man nodded, knowing the sentence for breaking the Treaty of the Eclipse, before looking at Roll, "You will be placed in the same cell with Sonic the Hedgehog. Come along quietly."
Roll nodded.
"Roll, we're not gonna really go with the guy, are we? I mean, have you known me to use any gun?" Sonic questioned before nearly everyone in the room glanced at his medallion, "...I use a guitar. Not a gun; a magic guitar. Does not count."
"Commander, I know my eldest and I know that he would not…"
"You've already used your yearly pardon on the Cooper Gang of all their combined crimes due to 'vital assistance in the name of the royal family,'" the commander informed, "If you want to try to press harder when the evidence all points to your son, I will be authorized to call on the Avalon Act."
"?!" Aleena's eyes widened.
"The Avalon Act?" Manic repeated.
"You wouldn't…" Aleena spoke, barely managing to hide the shake in her voice.
"I would not come here in person if I did not have permission to call on it," the commander informed.
"..." Aleena closed her eyes, "Sonic, please go with them."
"Say what?!" Sonic gawked.
"Please," Aleena insisted, "Just go with them for now and I assure you that it will be okay."
"But…" Sonic began before Roll placed her hand on his shoulder, "?"
Roll leaned in and whisper, "Listen to her, Sonikku. I'm not sure what the Avalon Act is, but it terrifies your Kaa-san. If a mother is terrified, then it must be for good reason."
"..." Sonic looked at Aleena, a momentary look of hurt passing his face before sighing, "...Okay." he pulled off his medallion and tossed it to Sonia, "Keep it safe, sis."
"…I will," Sonia nodded slowly.
"Bro...you can't go…" Manic spoke up, his voice nearly a whisper as his hands shook, "The team's broken up enough as it is...we can't lose you and step-sis too…"
"Don't worry, Manic," Sonic assured.
"Hai!" Roll agreed, "I'm sure you'll be sly with telling everyone what's going on, Manic-nii." she frowned, "Demo...Be gentle with Haseo-chan and Tou-san, hai?"
"..." Manic blinked twice before nodding, "Yeah. I'll...I'll make sure they get the message."
Roll nodded just as the man turned to the tent's exit. Removing her family's sword from her waist, she handed it over to Manic. His eyes widened at the offered blade before looking at her. Roll nodded with a trusting smile before basically forcing it into his hands.
"Let's go," the man spoke as the two Wolf Beastkin walked up and slipped some cuffs on both Sonic and Roll, "We've already wasted enough time here."
"...Fine. L-" Sonic began before one of the Beastkin shoved him, "Hey! I was gonna comply! Sheesh!"
*WHAM*
"..." the commander looked at the ground, where the lower half of the other Beastkin was visible.
"Only Sonikku can touch there," Roll glowered.
'...At least she has another reason to be taken now,' Sonic sweatdropped while glaring at the half-buried Beastkin, 'And wherever the bastard touched her...I'm gonna strike him in the same spot on him when I get out and see him again.'
"Okay, so you found the Chaos Emerald on this island," Eggman noted, pointing at a map of the islands in the area.
"Yes, sire," Starscream nodded, "It was on a large pile of bananas. My men and I were going to get it when we encountered the one who put those bananas there; a gorilla in a red tie."
"And you were all beaten by a monkey?" Eggman questioned.
"I recorded the impact force on one of the robots with me," Starscream informed, "...The gorilla could probably punch the moon and shatter it. Either that or leave a large crater that breaks the moon apart anyway."
"Shockwave, options on getting the emerald from the…" Lien-Da entered the repair bay and dropped a red Chaos Emerald on the table, "..."
"I went to the island with a bushel of bananas and traded them for it," Lien-Da explained.
"Ahh...excellent then," Eggman grinned, "Good work, Lien-Da. I knew I could count on you."
"Mmm…" Starscream gave a small growl as he glared at the female echidna.
"And Sleet got the ape's attention for me," Lien-Da added as a nurse EggPawn carted in Sleet, wrapped up like a mummy, "When we couldn't find the ape, he voluntarily ate one of the bananas. Turns out the ape sleeps in the pile."
"Mmm mmm mmm mm~ (I never want to see another banana for as long as I live)," Sleet gave a muffled whimper.
"...Anyways, now that we have the Emerald…" Eggman began as he picked it up, "Any suggestions on how we can use it to get Shadow's attention?"
"Well…"
"Not you, Starscream. You're on thin enough ice as it is right now," Eggman frowned at him before looking at Shockwave and Lien-Da, "Now then...any suggestions?"
"Logically, if he is able to manipulate the energies within these emeralds, then it could be that he can also sense them," Shockwave explained.
"So if we build some sort of amplifier for this, we could sent out a pulse of it that'll attract him," Lien-Da guessed, earning a nod from Shockwave.
"Excellent. Shockwave, get right on that," Eggman ordered, "Lien-Da, get a few EggPawns prepared just in case he's against us. Starscream."
"Yes, sire?" Starscream asked.
"I want you to stay outside the base and let me know when you spot him," Eggman stated, "Do not attack him. Just let us know he's here."
"Ulp. Y-Yes, sire," Starscream nodded as he made his way out to follow the order.
"Now if you'll all excuse me…" Eggman began as he walked off as well, "I'm gonna go prepare for when he arrives."
"...haa…" Makoto sighed as she sat down on her bed.
All the windows in her room were closed as she held her legs to her chest, a pair of red panties being the only thing on her. Ever since she found out her home planet was destroyed, she pretty much locked herself in her room, avoiding any contact with anyone outside. A knock came at her door.
"Makoto! Makoto, open up!" Tsubaki called on the other side.
"Go away, Tsubaki…" Makoto sighed, "I'm not in the mood to see anyone right now."
"Makoto, Ben's missing and Sonic was just arrested," Tsubaki informed.
"...What?" Makoto whispered, her eyes widening a bit as she quickly got up, grabbing a nearby shirt and slipping it on before she opened the door, "What happened?"
"You know about the Techadon factory outside of town? A Weapon Master from where it came from came here," Tsubaki explained, "He...kidnapped Ben and ended up unlocking Master Control on the Omnitrix."
"Master Control? Well, that's good right? I mean, Ben said that it unlocks all the DNA in the thing," Makoto raised a brow.
"He activated the Mobian DNA and he turned into a black hedgehog…" Tsubaki shook a little, "Ben...The alien DNA was actually sentient and took over. Calling himself Shadow, he killed the Weapon Master and stole a Chaos Emerald before vanishing using the emerald somehow."
"?!" Makoto's eyes widened further at that, "...And...what about Sonic being arrested?"
"We got locked in the Weapon Master's ship and it took us a few hours to get out of it," Tsubaki explained, "When we did get out, these soldiers from this military unit called GUN showed up and Manic, Sonic, Sonia, Roll, and Aleena spoke to them alone. When Manic and Sonia came back here, they told us Sonic was arrested and Roll had to go with him due to her homeland's laws...and for also attacking an officer."
"..."
"...Makoto?"
"...Excuse me. I need to get changed," Makoto spoke, a serious tone in her voice as she closed the door, "You go get Noel and tell her to get ready."
"Eh?"
"We're gonna go look for Ben," Makoto continued, "Then we're gonna go find the teme who framed Sonic."
"Right," Tsubaki nodded, "I'll inform th-"
"No. It's just gonna be us," Makoto stated, "I don't want to be anywhere near Rook right now."
"...Right," Tsubaki nodded, "But...I don't think it's such a good idea to go alone, even if it's just the three of us."
"Well what do you suggest we do then?!" Makoto snapped from the room, "No way am I losing anymore friends!"
"...I can't believe I'm suggesting this, but...we get Ragna the Bloodedge involved. He and Ben seem to have a sibling relationship to them, sort of a big brother/little brother thing. How do you think he's feeling that someone he sees as a little brother has become...well...a murderous hedgehog that got someone innocent arrested for something they didn't do?"
"...Good point," Makoto said as she opened the door, now dressed in her normal clothes, "What about Kevin and Gwen?"
"They're downstairs with Rook, speaking with Azmuth," Tsubaki replied.
"...Who?" Makoto raised a brow.
"The creator of the Omnitrix."
"...Wait. Isn't he that old looking Grey Matter we met during that whole zone incident thing with Kirby?"
"Yes, but this is our dimension's Azmuth, not the Dimension 23's Azmuth," Tsubaki confirmed.
"Ahh…" Makoto nodded, "...I'm guessing he's here about the Master Control being unlocked in Ben's Omnitrix?"
"More or less, yes."
"Soka…." Makoto noted, "...I'll go ahead downstairs. You go get Noel….hopefully she's doing okay."
A faint green spark turned into a flash of emerald-green light. An instant later, the light was replaced with Shadow landing on his feet from a few feet in the air. Shadow looked around, scowling. A gurgling hiss made him turn around to see a strange creature approach him. Its body was made a liquid with a metal skull letting out dreadlocks made of the liquid. He held his hand up and the liquid turned black and red while the emerald green optics turned an ominous scarlet.
"It seems you were able to survive," Shadow noted, "Any others?"
The creature nodded before letting out a gurgling roar. Minutes later, and Shadow was surrounded by liquid creatures all with the same skull, but the liquid was in different shapes. After looking at them all, he gave a slow nod.
"Make sure everything is in proper working order," Shadow ordered, "If any remnants of GUN are on here, deal with them."
As the creature's slithered off, Shadow walked towards a wall. The wall slid up and exposed a hidden path. He walked down it and entered a large barren chamber with a lone computer before a pillar with seven slots in it behind the computer. Holding up the Emerald, he inserted the gem into one of the slots. The pillar began to glow before cybernetic patterns began to cover the walls as a heart-shaped metal object above the pillar began to beat in time with the patterns pulsing.
"Six remain…" Shadow whispered as he looked at the 'heart', "Only six more, and my goal will be realized…" a panel slid out of the pillar and Shadow attached it to his wrist, the lone gem on it glowing before a map of the planet appeared, a red dot beeping on one location, "Someone is using an Emerald there." he scowled before he turned and left the area, the hidden entry sealing shut behind him, "Time to go retrieve it."
"...Mmm...stupid echidna…" Starscream muttered as he stood outside the base, "I'm Lord Robotnik's most loyal soldier, and yet he trust her more than me. And even if she has been right in some situations, how are we supposed to believe that it's because she comes from an alternate reality?!" A green flash soon caught his attention, causing the large robot to turn towards the jungle surrounding the island. "...That must be him now…" Starscream muttered as he cautiously moved towards the jungle, activating his intercom, "Sire, it seems our 'guest' has arrived sooner than you thought."
=Excellent= Eggman responded =Now do not engage him. Just stay there and keep a cautious eye out. Understand, Starscream?=
"...Yes, sire," Starscream answered, a small frown on his face.
=Good. Robotnik out= Eggman said before going silent.
"Right…" Starscream nodded, standing ready while activating his zoom function, "...There's nothing there." He blinked, switching to normal sight, and most certainly did not let out a startled yelp at the black hedgehog only a few feet away, the long obsidian-colored broadsword aimed at him, "Wait! D-Don't attack!" he backed up, holding his hands up, "Y...You would not harm a fellow creation of a Robotnik, would you?"
"...So you know who created me," Shadow narrowed his eyes.
"O-Of course!" Starscream replied, "After all, I was built by his grandson."
"..." Shadow said nothing as he looked over at the base, "...The Chaos Emerald. It's in there, correct?"
"Y….yes," Starscream nervously nodded.
"..." Shadow placed the sword on his back, "Show me."
Starscream gulped and nodded, "R...right this way."
Shadow nodded as he followed the tall robot to the base, keeping a close eye on him in case he tried to pull any tricks. Once they were inside, Shadow took a quick look around, seeing the different machines there while a few Mobians with cybernetic parts worked on them.
"...It seems the current Robotnik enlisted some Mobians I see…" Shadow noted.
"Yes yes. He says they're far more efficient than Roboticized Mobians…"
"...Roboticized?"
"Uh...nevermind that for now," Starscream quickly waved it off before stopping at a door," H-here we are. This is where the Chaos Emerald resides."
"Not a vault?"
"Oh please, no. This is a transporter room to a safety deposit box. Who actually thinks keeping something of great importance behind something so easy to break open when you can have someone unwittingly do it for you?" Starscream questioned before knocking on the door, causing the upper half to slid to the side, revealing a mole Mobian with metallic goggles seemingly fused to its head, "Moleair, please withdraw the Chaos Emerald from its Safety Deposit Box."
"ID number of the object in question, please?"
"RCE-001."
"Reason for withdrawal."
"Him," Starscream pointed at Shadow, who just watched with a raised brow.
"Ah, yes," the mole nodded before the top half of the door slid shut before the bottom half slid down and a robotic dog wearing a mailman's hat walked out, opened its back, deposited the Chaos Emerald, closed its back, printed a receipt from its mouth, gave it to Starscream, and then went back in before the door slid shut.
"Would you believe our runner is a sloth?" Starscream smirked as Shadow looked the Chaos Emerald over, "I know this is not my place to say, but may I ask as to where you were before you, I presume, escaped? When we checked and abducted the chamber you were said to be within, there was only a single note from an Azmuth."
"He is the one who sealed me away for almost fifty years," Shadow scowled.
"...I see…" Starscream slowly noted, slowly inching away from the black hedgehog, "Well you've got what you came for so…" he paused before bolting out of there, "Good day!"
"..." Shadow shook his head before looking at a nearby wall for a moment before clenching the new emerald and vanishing.
Shockwave looked at Lien-Da behind the one-sided glass they had seen Shadow on the other side from, "He was aware we were hidden here."
"I noticed…" Lien-Da whispered as Starscream ran into the room, panting.
"Oh...Oh thank Lord Eggman…" Starscream muttered, "I thought I was going to be scrapped for a minute there!"
"You performed your part well, Starscream," Shockwave nodded.
"I'm still in disbelief that you actually use a Safety Deposit Box," Lien-Da shook her head.
"It is only logical to do so. By using one of the few soldiers that did not go through Cyberization, they are able to use a Safety Deposit Box to hide objects of importance for us in the case our current base is discovered," Soundwave explained before turning on a monitor, "Lord Eggman, Shadow the Hedgehog has left the vicinity with the Chaos Emerald."
=Good. Were you able to learn anything at all from him being here?=
"Indeed. Starscream was able to plant the tracer and we are now triangulating where he is at the moment," Shockwave confirmed, Lien-Da sitting down at another computer.
=Excellent work, Starscream. I knew I could trust you with the important job of first contact with him=
"Why of course, sire," Starscream bowed in response, "I only live to serve you."
"Suck-up…" Lien-Da muttered.
The door slowly opened and Makoto, Noel, and Tsubaki peeked into the bus's built-in garage.
"...Okay. The coast is clear," Makoto whispered.
"I'm still not sure this is a good idea," Noel mumbled, "I-I mean, shouldn't we at least tell them we're going out?"
"We left a note. That should handle it," Makoto shrugged as the trio entered the garage.
"...I'm still unsure about this, Makoto," Tsubaki spoke up.
"Come on, Tsubaki. We can do this," Makoto assured her, "Besides, even if it's just the three of us, we'll be reforming Team Remix Heart. Plus with our skills combined, no one will be able to stop us from getting back Sonic a-"
"What're you three doing?"
"It was Tsubaki's idea!" Makoto quickly blamed.
"Wait, what?!" Tsubaki exclaimed.
"Oh! R-Ragna-san," Noel gulped as Ragna closed the door behind him.
"What are you three doing?" Ragna repeated.
"...E-eto….w...well…" Noel began nervously.
"We thought we'd go out, get some fresh air. Y'know, the usual stuff," Makoto replied.
"...You're going out to free Sonic and Roll," Ragna didn't question, he stated.
"...Hai," Makoto slumped before quickly shaking it off, "But not just that, we're….well…"
"We're going to go try and find Ben afterwards," Tsubaki added with a sigh.
"...By yourselves?" Ragna snorted, "From what I saw in the few moments, you'd all get your asses handed to you in a few seconds at best."
"Hey!" Makoto frowned as Ragna walked by her and to a tarp-covered object.
"Still, if you're going to be like this," Ragna grabbed the tarp and pulled it off, revealing an ATV that was primarily blue with red detailing, "Might as well go along with you three."
"What?" Makoto gawked.
"Do any of you have prior experience in breaking into highly-protective bases?" Ragna questioned.
"...W-well…" Noel muttered, poking her two index fingers together.
"Well...I technically was in the Intelligence division of the NOL before…" Makoto admitted a bit, 'That, and I'm secretly a member of Sector Seven as well…'
"I...Is this about Ben-san?" Ragna looked at Noel, "W-Well...It is, right?"
"..." Ragna snorted, "Look, you want to get them out or not? Because the longer we take, the more likely they'll be six feet under."
"Eh?" Noel blinked twice.
"Red head, you and me both saw Ben's new look. Who do you think he resembled at the moment but with a different coat of quills?" Ragna questioned.
"...He resembled Sonic," Tsubaki replied.
"Exactly," Ragna nodded, "Which means those dumbasses at GUN mistook Sonic for him. Or, rather..."
"They know that it wasn't Sonic," Makoto realized, causing Noel and Tsubaki to look at her, "They...They must know about Shadow and that they don't want anyone to know about him." she paced, "And to make sure that no one thinks about it, they needed a scapegoat." she stopped and looked at the three, "Sonic's their fall guy since he looks almost like Shadow in the night. I bet the evidence they have is also fabricated as well."
"...That's a very good point," Tsubaki admitted, holding her chin in thought.
"But...how do they know about Shadow?" Noel asked, "H...He's just another alien form, r-right?"
Ragna shook his head, "I don't think so. From what I've heard, this has happened before with Ben with some of his alien forms."
"With Ghostfreak and Big Chill," Tsubaki added, recalling that part of Kevin and Gwen's explanation, "But with Shadow...from what I've noticed, the Omnitrix symbol completely disappeared. And Azmuth did say that he sealed Shadow away... What could this mean?"
"...Hmm…" Makoto paused for a moment, "...What drove him to seal Shadow away in the first place?"
"...Call it a hunch, but I think GUN has something to do with it," Ragna spoke up, "So while we're going to where they have Sonic and Roll," he looked at Makoto as he went on, "We're going to do some investigation as well while we're there."
"Good idea," Makoto nodded.
"Yeah. But now here's the real problem…" Ragna paused a he frowned a bit, "We have no goddamn idea where those people fmo GUN took Sonic and Roll. All I overheard was something about a place called Prison Island, and who knows where the damn place is."
"..." Makoto and Tsubaki tapped their chins in thought before both spoke at the same time, "Bentley."
"Excuse you?" Ragna raised a brow at that.
"I just...I don't know what to do now," Manic sighed as Ferrel stirred a large cauldron.
"Well, kiddo, life's never easy. You and I both know that," Ferrel noted as he tossed a dead rat into the mix and gave a quick taste, "...needs more cumin." he grabbed a bottle of the spice as he went on, "And going up against GUN? That's something that would terrify any normal thief. They're ruthless, utilize every single possible Loophole in all sorts of laws in order to handle things. Not a lot is really known about them, like their exact number of agents, who's who in it aside from the public faces of GUN, or even what they do exactly in their bases." he moved away from the cauldron while plopping a lid on it to let it cook and put a hand on his shoulder, "But I have heard that certain Mobians, Overlanders, and Beastkin have been recruited due to unique circumstances, such as dealing with the supernatural." Manic looked at him, "Heck, for all I know, someone who worked with you might be a member, but is either unaware of the situation at hand or being kept intentionally hidden from it due to knowing you all." he shrugged, "But like I said, no normal thief would or could even try to deal with GUN and its secrets. Now a master thief? Well, between you and me, I'd rather be a master thief going against GUN than just a normal one. Don't you think so?"
"...Yeah, I get it," Manic nodded, "Thanks, Ferrel."
"Anytime, m'boy," Ferrel chuckled before Manic ran off, "...Good luck out there, kiddo."
"Okay, we've checked, double-checked, and then triple-checked every single page on ThiefNet," Penelope explained as she, Bentley, and Sly sat in one of their hideouts, "No one has ever seen that hedgehog that you saw at the museum."
"A few did note that there were some resemblance to Sonic, however," Bentley added.
Sly nodded, "Yeah, I thought so too. Though...it was weird. I mean, we were after that sword because of the rumor that it belonged to the Royal Hedgehog Family and was sold by Eggman early in his reign and yet when that guy touched it, the rust was all just...gone. Like it knew that it needed to be in a better condition for the guy."
"I see…" Bentley noted, "But now the real question is...how are they connected? Could it be that…"
"Uh, Bentley? Sly?" Penelope spoke up, her eyes widening a bit behind her glasses as she was looking at her laptop, "You might want to look at this."
"What's wrong?" Sly asked.
"Manic just sent us a video," Penelope explained as she turned the laptop around and started the video.
=Hey, Sly. How's the thieving and…= Manic awkwardly greeted before sighing =Look, I...I need your help big time, dude. Ben's been taken over by one of his alien forms and took off with a Chaos Emerald, Makoto and Noel are locked up in their rooms after learning that their planet's been blown up, and...and Bro and Step-Sis were arrested by GUN just a few minutes ago. And...Oh god…=he shook his head =I...I don't know what to do. Sly, please. I need your help getting them out of this jam!= he got up =I...I gotta go now and...and tell lil' Bro-in-law and Pops-in-law that step-sis was...was arrested with bro=
The video ended and Penelope looked at the two, "What are we gonna do? Murray and the Guru went back to Downunda to finish his Dreamtime training, Panda King's visiting Jing King in Ryugu still, and Demitri's busy with his cover job of being a professional diving instructor. And I've never even heard of an organization called GUN before."
"They're a covert military unit in Interpol," Sly explained, "That's all I know from Carmelita's note in her old apartment." his eyes narrowed, "But one thing I do know is that this group messed with our family with arresting Roll."
"We'll try to scrounge up anything on ThiefNet about GUN," Bentley explained, "Once we get a good idea where they've taken them, we'll tell you. In the meantime, rest up or train up."
"...I think I'll go do the latter right now," Sly said, grabbing his cane before leaving, 'Carmelita...what the hell kind of group have you gotten yourself mixed into?'
A pair of metal doors slid apart, letting Sonic and Roll go through, guns pointed at their backs by two GUN soldiers with the commander following them.
"Welcome to Prison Island," the commander informed, "Right now, we're heading for the most secured area of the prison where you two will be locked up nice and tight with zero chance of escape."
"Oh?" Sonic questioned before the next pair of doors opened and his eyes shrunk to dots, "...oh."
Between the next door and the one that just opened as a long tunnel with the walls made of a clear glass revealing a green-colored liquid surrounded the tunnel.
"We were originally going to fill it with water, but our research team thought this powerful acid would do better," the commander informed, "The walls are lined with a unique material that prevents the acid from damaging them while this tunnel will retract once we're done putting you two in the cell here."
"..." Sonic gave an audible gulp at that.
"And even if you managed to escape, the entire base and island is surrounded by trained guards and robots programmed to capture and/or kill any escaping convicts, and anyone that dares to trespass on the island," the commander continued, "So do not expect anyone to come and rescue you."
"...Well….you sure know how to make someone welcome," Sonic nervously chuckled before the soldier behind him hit him on the head, "Ow!"
"Enjoy your stay on Prison Island, where there is no checkout," the commander smirked as he left as the two soldiers made the two go across the path towards a floating sphere in the center of the acid.
"...Ugh…." Sonic sighed as they neared the sphere, only for the soldier to hit him once more, "Ow! What?! I'm not allowed to sigh either?!"
"No, I just did that because I wanted to," the soldier smirked.
'I am so going to get that jerk back for this,' Sonic thought as the doors opened, revealing a semi-lit cell littered with formulas carved into the walls, a long metal bed with a ragged spring mattress and a tattered blanket, a toilet, and a sink, "...What? No mint or pillow?"
"Get in there," the soldier frowned before kicking the hedgehog into the cell.
"Uh...Right this way, ma'am," the other guard informed, holding the cell door open.
"Arigatou," Roll bowed before walking into the cell and helping Sonic up.
"..." the first guard raised a brow at the other.
"I saw what she did to Palomo. Docs say his spine was shattered," the second guard whispered.
"Ouch," the first cringed as the two walked out, letting the doors slid shut, showing the formulas were even carved into the back of the door.
Sonia looked at the two Medallions as she sat under the tree Ben had just been under earlier that morning. In her hands was a seldom used cellphone, the casing magenta with swirls of blue and green on it. Inhaling and slowly exhaling, she opened it up and opened up the list of contacts. Once she found the contact she was looking for, she dialed it and put it up to her ear.
=What?= the voice on the end responded.
"I…I need help," Sonia explained.
=…Sonia? What happened?=
"Sonic…He…He's been arrested and he didn't do anything. And Roll had to go as well because of her bond with him and Ben's gone missing, taken over by one of his alien forms, and.."
=Shh-shh-shh-shh. Settle down. I'll be right over to get the full story=
"Please hurry. I…They've been taken by GUN and…"
=GUN? GUN?! GUN ARRESTED MY LATE HONORARY BROTHER'S SON?!= Sonia moved the phone away =CURSE YOU, GUN! YOU ARREST MY HONORARY NEPHEW AND KIDNAP MY LITTLE BUDDY! RAAAAAAAA=
*click*
*Beep…Beep…Beep…*
"…I'm starting to think calling Uncle Sam was a bad idea," Sonia muttered before looking at the two Medallions, "But…Desperate times call for desperate measures."
GT: Well...This is bad all around.
SZ: No kidding. Sonic and Roll are all locked up thanks to Shadow...or rather thanks to GUN, and there's hardly anything Aleena can do about it. However, it seems a few of the others are making plans of their own.
GT: Indeed. Seems we're all in for a big next set of chapters.
SZ: Indeed, so be prepared for the next big arc of this story. Until next time, I'm Seanzilla115….*puts a sweatband on*and I'm going to go workout. Later folks.*runs off*
GT: And I am GammaTron. Bye-bye! *waves*