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Disclaimer: I don't own MST3K, whose format I will be using. I do, however, own my character, Nyperold the Meerkat, Sue, and the robots he makes. If you wish to use any of them in your own work, ask me so I can help them stay in character, and credit me. It's the nice thing to do. :) The concept of Someone... ask about it on NR's Messageboards. I'm sure they'll be glad to tell you. :) Also, I don't own the fic below. I'm MiSTing it with permission from Aura Starfire. All works referenced are the property of their respective owners. No money is being made from this work. Enjoy!
(Sue is now calm, and sitting in her big brother Nyperold's lap.)
Sue: I'm soooo glad you're okay. But what are we doing here?
Nyperold: Well, what we're doing is modeled after a TV show. On the show, this guy and two robots watched movies and made funny remarks at them. Here, we read fiction and make funny remarks at it.
Sue: Ohhhhh... speaking of robots, here come a couple!
Box: Hey there!
Tiff: Hello! Nyperold, who's this cutie-pie?
Nyperold: Guys, this is my little sister, Sue. (hugs her, and she reciprocates) Sue, these are a couple of robots I invented: Box, (gestures to box) and Tiff. (gestures to Tiff)
Sue: (smiles and waves) So, when is this fic gonna be ready?
Someone: RIGHT NOW! This one isn't even on the 'net; Aura sent it to me! You'll love it! (pushes a button, and the four disappear, and reappear in the the theater)
Nyperold: (falls back, since he was still in a sitting position) Ow!
Sue: You okay, Nyper?
Nyperold: (stands up, picks up Sue, and smiles at her) Yeah, I'm okay. (carries her over to the chair, sits down, sets her in his lap, facing the screen, and puts his arms around her belly)
DESCENT
Nyperold: I'd joke about Sonic being a Material Defender, but it's been done, and I don't know the game that well.
A Sonic The Hedgehog fic by Aura Starfire
Nyperold: Yep, that's the Aura I know. How'd he get her to send one for this purpose?
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Sue: Cute! A row of anime smileys!
Dawn came to the Emerald Hill Zone,
Sue: Oh welcome oh welcome to our little play-- (suddenly giggles as Nyperold tickles her tummy)
Nyperold: That's Prairie Dawn, silly!
Sue: (grins)
lighting the zone with
Box: Continuous nuclear explosions, constantly casting ultraviolet radiation to the land below.
Sue: Whaaaat?
Nyperold: Never mind...
it's warmph
Tiff: (pleasantly) Warmth, dearie.
and brightness, and at their base the FF as the rest of the
Box: Tape recorder buttons...
zone, decided to take advantage of the weather and try for once to
forget the war against Robotnik, and have fun.
Amy was practicing her crossbow,
Nyperold: Ooh, that's a good weapon. Weapon class of 15, Critical Hit of 15%, and almost everyone can use it.
(The Obscure-o-meter sparks at this.)
Tiff: Uh, Nyp...
Sue: What's going on?
Tiff: (whispers an explanation)
Sue: Ohhhh...
Johnny with his staff,
Nyperold: That's a surprisingly good weapon to start with. Better than a Dagger, anyway. You'd think any bladed weapon would do more damage, but...
(The Obscure-o-meter sparks more.)
Box: Nyp...
Sonic and
Tails, were racing against each other, Tails to try and be faster
than Sonic, and Sonic, to keep up his reputation as the fastest thing
alive.
Nyperold: Since he has so much Speed, maybe he should have a short-range weapon. He'd sure get a lot of hits with--
All except Nyperold: NYP!
Nyperold: What?
All except Nyperold: That. (point to the Obscure-o-meter, which has started to smoke slightly)
Nyperold: Ohhh... Hmm...
Uncle Chuck and Tekno, were yet again, working on some technological thing.
The day would have passed as peacefully as the one before,
then a figure appeared, it was very small and at first glance,
seemed to be one of the Flickies from Flicky Island, but when it
flew closer, they could see that it had many differences from the
Flickies, it was bigger for one, twice the size and had longer,
sleeker wings and feathers, it was a light purple all over, with
blue tipped wings and a yellow beak, it landed next to Sonic, green
eyes glinting.
All: O.O
Box: Man... appropriate, though, that a Sonic fic would have such a run-on sentence.
"I bring something for the one called Sonic" it spoke in a clear, lilted voice, it was a female "I have flown a great way to give you it"
"what is it then?" Sonic queried
Tiff: (as the figure) All the missing periods, use them well
The bird mentioned down
Box: Uh, "mentioned down"? You could motion down, if you want...
to a bag resting on her shoulder, it looked heavy and had something bulky in it, Sonic opened the strap and pulled out a package, wrapped in brown paper and had words on it, saying
Tiff: Nothing, which was not surprising, considering it was an inanimate object.
Sue: (as George Frankly, Mathnet) It doesn't say anything. You have to read it.
- For Sonic Maurice Takishi Hedgehog in black writing, written
carelessly by hand, as if in a hurry.
Sue: I'd hate to be stuck with that as a full name...
Tails, looking over Sonic's
shoulder exlaimed
"is that your name Sonic!?"
Sue: (as Tails) There's almost no room for the address!
"yeah Tails" Sonic replyed "Uncle Chuck told me a while ago,
but who else would know it"
"open it Sonic" Tails said, Sonic did so.
The package unfolded easily, revealing a small box, it was brightly
coloured and shimmered in the sun, then, Sonic opened the box.
Inside, was a necklace, round in shape, around the size of Sonic's
fist, a bit smaller and had a chain hanging through it, in the middle
of the necklace was a stone, grey in colour and as Sonic touched it,
he felt a strange sensation go through him, as if electricity had
gone through his veins.
Nyperold: (singing) When you touch this small gray stone, you feel the
All: E-lec-tri-ci-ty - e-lec-tri-ci-ty!
he blinked to clear it, the sensation went,
but he felt different. the edges of it were tinier jewels, each a
different colour and shone in the sunlight.
As Sonic looked at it, Uncle Chuck caught a glimpse of it and
gasped quietly, he remember seeing it! it had been a long time ago and
he had almost forgotten....................
* Flashback *
"We shall give it to him when he is 16" one voice said,
Uncle Chuck stood beside this speaker, a female and
Nyperold: Motioned for the soundman to turn down the volume, as he was getting feedback.
looked at the
small child in the cot, barely 6 months old, and already a deep blue
colour,
he looked at the female and Uncle Chuck, then at the other
male who stood at the other edge of the cot.
"when he is 16....................
*******
Box: With the stars Art Carney... Audrey Meadows... and Joyce Randolph.
"Yo, Uncle Chuck, you okay Unc"
His eyes opened to see Sonic and the others looking at him, Sonic still
held the necklace in his hands
"Sonic, can I see that necklace please"
Sue: (as Sonic) It's not invisible, Unc...
"sure Unc, still don't have a clue where or who it came from
though, wierd" Sonic added thoughtfully, handing the necklace to Uncle
Chuck, who fingered it lightly, it couldn't be the same one, not after
all this time, then, with trembling fingers, turned it over and read
the inscription which he knew, would be there.
Tiff: Canis Corpore Transmuto?
Box: Traguna Mekoites Tracorum Satis Dee?
Nyperold: Do not ingest?
But still he was not fully prepared and felt dizzy and Johnny
Box: Heeeeeeeere's Johnny!
Tiff: (singing) "Who's Johnny?" she said...
Box: Yeah, who is Johnny?
Nyperold: Johnny Lightfoot, from Sonic the Comic. This author is one of a very few who writes Sonic the Comic fanfiction. Some say that she's the best STC writer, which she denies, of course, so I assume she's improved since.
caught
him, the necklace fell from his hands onto the ground
"Uncle Chuck?" Johnny asked "are you okay"
"yes....I'm okay....I think" he replied, Amy and the other's
Box: The other's... what?
led him back into the base, followed by the bird, only Sonic stayed,
glancing quickly at the group, he reached down for the necklace, and
turned it over, reading the inscription which Uncle Chuck found so
shocking.....it read :
To our special son, we will treasure you in our hearts and as
long as we live, will love you, treasure you and protect you. From
your loving parents, Jules and Bernie.
And with that, Sonic ran for the base, necklace dangling from his hand........
Sonic didn't take this as well as Uncle Chuck and when he
finished reading it, he felt dizzy as he ran for the base, his mind
wandered - *parents, HE had parents, but where were they, why did
they go" the thought whirled in his head and was so distracted that
he bumped into Amy, who'd come back out to find Sonic.
Amy, who hadn't seen the back of the necklace/amulet, was shocked to
see Sonic, he looked as though he was in a trance,
Nyperold: And muttering things like "Eldrad must live..."
stumbling about,
after he didn't seem to notice her, she took him by the shoulders and
shook him hard until he looked at her
Box: Is this standard procedure?
"Sonic?" she said, worried "what's wrong Sonic"
"That necklace Amy" he muttered "the necklace"
"what?" Amy said and took the necklace, Sonic walked inside
the base and Amy followed him, as she did she glanced at the necklace,
not seeing anything special about it, then remembered the way Uncle
Chuck had looked when he had turned it over and she did so, reading
the inscription
"I don't believe it" she said to herself "It can't be true"
she never knew Sonic had parents, Uncle Chuck had told him they had
dissapeared, thinking they were dead, but then again, until a few
months ago, they hadn't known Sonic had an uncle either, but this,
this was even more.......
Tiff: Ya know, four of those could have been distributed to deserving sentences.
When she got inside, Johnny and Techno
Tiff: Were raving the day away.
Box: The word "Techno" is not in my database of characters that have appeared in this fic. Closest match: Tekno. Are they two different characters, or is one a misspelling?
Nyperold: Probably the latter.
Sue: They have a ladder named Techno?
were sitting by Uncle
Chuck, who had by this time, partly got over the shock, but Sonic,
who was sitting down near them, with Tails who looked very anxious
for his pal, wasn't even moving, if not for the fact he was sitting
up and his eyes were open, you would have thought him dead and for a
minute, it reminded Amy of when they had found Sonic when he had been
captured.
Nyperold: More specifically? He's been captured and almost killed/robotized/whatever, dozens of times. Hey, the last fic we read had him captured and mutated.
Finally, after a long pause, Uncle Chuck got up and walked
across to Sonic, he sat down by his nephew and put an arm around him
"Sonie"
Nyperold: Hey, how did Serena get in this fic?
he said finally "I guess you want to know the truth"
Box: YOU--
Nyperold: Box, that movie quote... too obvious.
Sonic seemed to snap awake "the truth!" he exlaimed "You mean you
KNEW they were alive!"
Uncle Chuck shook his head "No Sonie, I didn't know, I'm as shocked as
you are, but I was keeping something from you, y'see it involves Robotnik
and the reason WHY your parents went"
"You mean Robotnik was responsible!" Sonic shouted "No, It
isn't fair,
Tiff: Poor Sonic. He must've hit his head hard in the last fic, for him to think Robotnik would be fair.
Nyperold: This isn't even in the same continuity, Tiff.
he's kept everything else from me being happy!" Uncle Chuck
took his shoulders and held him still, staring into Sonic's face as he spoke.
"Sonic, calm down boy, you don't know the full story, now sit
down" Uncle Chuck told him and Sonic sat down, Amy and the other's did
too, but before Uncle Chuck could start, a alarm went off
Box: Bob the Angry Flower was invading! He was enraged over the use of apostrophes in nonpossessive plurals, and was determined to have his say!
and Amy
turned on the console to see Porker Lewis and Knuckles
"Hi Amy, just checking in to see if you're okay and..........."
Box: See, SEE how the rich sentences hoard their periods!
Knuckles voice broke off when he saw Sonic, and turned back to Amy
"Ummm, did we miss something"
"No Knuckles, but I think you'll want to know" Amy said,
quickly explaining the events, Knuckles face almost turned pale,
which would have been amazing to see, Porker was nearly the same,
Amy knew why Knux seemed to know what Sonic was feeling, he knew nothing
of his parents either, and had no relatives, his 'Family' were the
FF's and Porker.
Finally all was quiet again and Uncle Chuck began.......
"Your dad Sonic, he was my brother Jules,
Nyperold: (as Uncle Chuck) Hence the term "Uncle" used constantly before my name.
he was only 3 years
younger than me, but we were very close, of course we had arguments, but
we were close" Uncle Chuck stopped "when he met your mother Sonic,
Sue: But... I thought her name was Bernie...
it
was as if they were MADE for each other, and it was the happiest day
of his life when he married her"
"Of course Sonie, they were even happier when they had you,
especially since they didn't think they would be able to have kids,
so they were exstatic when they found out Bernie was having a baby"
Uncle Chuck smiled, then looked sad "when you were born Sonic, your
mother, Bernie, was told she couldn't have any more kids, so you were
even more special to them and they would have done anything for you"
Nyperold: This information brought to you by the same folks who told her she couldn't have ANY kids in the FIRST place!
Sonic raised his head and spoke up "then why did they leave"
he said softly and hardly audible at all, but Uncle Chuck heard "I'll
tell you Sonic" he said with a trace of sadness in his voice
"Anyway" he began again "For just over 2 years everything was
perfect
Nyperold: Chaos.
, your mother and father worked together, they were BRILLIANT
scientists, I sometimes worked with them as well, but I was more
knowledgeable in Robotics, still, they had an assistent, his name was
Dr Ovi
Sue: Raptor.
Nyperold: Hee! This name is even better than Ivo, if we're foreshadowing his transformation to The Eggman. Of course, his names did get reversed...
Kintobor, he was a great scientist and a great friend to your
parents, in fact, when you were born, they asked him to be your
godfather" Uncle Chuck paused for breath
Box: Dey made him an offa he couldn' refuse.
"everything seemed perfect for them Sonie, but something
went wrong.......It was when they started work on their most important
experiment yet, studying the Chaos Emeralds. They wanted to know
just HOW they worked and how much power they had, so together with
Kintobor, they performed countless experiments......"
"But one day, they were performing what was to be the last
experiment, they were so desperate, they hadn't found out enough, they
said this was to be their last try, then they would place the Emeralds
back in the South Cave"
"what happened!" Sonic said, eyes wide and he was shaking slightly
Uncle Chuck sighed
Nyperold: (as Uncle Chuck) Well, Sonie, someone set us up the bomb.
"their machine malfunctioned, it was supposed to
stop the emeralds radiating chaos energy, but it went wrong and the
energy came through, they would have been infused with chaos energy
if Kintobor hadn't went in front of them and absorbed ALL the energy"
"they watched, horrified as he changed with the energy surging
through his body, his appearence changed, he was thin and he became
fatter, ripping the clothes he wore,
All: EWWWWWWW!
Sue: They prob'ly had to wash their eyes out with soap after that!
but even worse was that as well
as his appearence changing, his personality and behaviour did too,
he became evil, pure evil and just before he ran out of the lab, he
looked at your parents and told them, THANKED them, for changing him"
"then what?"
"They told me all about it, we didn't report it, no-one would
believe us, so we kept it quiet, and hoped, but then, a month or 2
later, we heard of a man across Mobius, who was capturing people and
turning them into Robots"
Something in Sonic's mind and, the other FF's clicked "No"
Sonic whispered "No!"
Uncle Chuck sighed "the man, called himself Dr Robotnik"
"we tried to kid ourselves it wasn't true, but we saw a
picture and KNEW it was, at lease Jules and Bernie was
Box: But then, the lease expired and he had to give them back.
and as the
reports of people being put into Robots, who he now called 'Badniks'
continued, they started to fear, they were worried that if anyone knew
what had happened, they would be blamed, I tried to tell them it
wasn't their fault, but they were so scared."
Nyperold: They weren't scared of self-blame, they were scared of *external* blame.
"then, one day when I came back, to the place we shared, I
lived their with your parents, as seeing as my work was different, I
was around more to look after you, but as I came back one day, I opened
the door, and saw you, lying on the sofa, fast asleep and a small
note beside you, I can remember it as if it were yesterday, it said
that they had left because they did not want you to be in danger if
they were found out, and that they hoped I would look after you"
At that moment Sonic could take it no longer, and he started
to cry, Uncle Chuck held him close and Sonic cried for a few minutes,
then he sniffed and wiped his eyes
"I thought they were dead Sonic, now I know they arn't"
"I'm going to find them!" Sonic said, standing up "I have to"
"okay Sonie" Uncle Chuck said, "I'm coming too"
Amy looked at Johnny, Tails and Tekno, they all nodded "us too!" she
said looking at Sonic and smiled
"D'ya mind if we come too Sonic"
Sonic looked at the com-screen at Porker and Knuckles "sure guys" he
whispered "it's cool, but Knux, what about the Island"
"Don't worry Sonic, I'll stay" Porker said "it'll probably
turn into an adventure if I come"
Sue: And of course, it won't be an adventure if he stays on the Island. No way. It's just Sonic looking for his parents whom he didn't even know were alive until that day. No adventure possibilities in there.
Porker grinned "I need to work on
some defense systems, if ANYTHING ever tries to get into the Emerald
Nyperold: It will have some difficulty, as it doesn't have any entry points whatsoever.
Chamber, or even set FOOT on the Island, they'll get *grin* a HOT welcome"
Box: That's right folks, he's turning the entire island into Sandopolis and Lava Reef!
"Okay then guys" Sonic exclaimed grinning at the group "LET'S
GO!"
Nyperold: GO GO GO NEXT ZONE!
As they waited for Knux, Sonic thought long and hard about
what was happening, once or twice, he pinched himself, just to make
sure he wasn't dreaming, he had a family, not just Uncle Chuck, but a
mother and a father, who had been so scared for his safety, that
they left to protect him.
As he thought more, he remembered bits of memories, that he thought
had never been there, someone holding him, rocking him and singing, with
a soft sweet voice that remembering it, made him feel so happy, and
another person, holding him again, but then he was between them and
the other person, making his way, walking unsteadily, but these
seemed the only memories he had.........*so long ago*, he softly
sighed, *so long ago, I wish I could remember more*
But he felt happier when he looked at the necklace again, he'd
placed it round his neck now and it felt like a part of him, the small
stone in the middle still glowed slightly, and when he touched it, he
felt the slight shock again, but it was not painful, or unpleasent,
more like a warm feeling through his body.
"HEY GUYS!"
The voice, shocked Sonic out of his thoughts, as Knux came through the
door of the base,
Sue: Without opening it.
Box: Knux IS Albert 'Al' Calavicci!
Johnny walked over to Sonic "you okay Sonic?" he
asked carefully
"yeah" Sonic said "I'm okay Johnny" then he added silently "I hope"
Johnny cast a concerned gaze at him "you sure Sonic, you don't look fine"
"he's got a point Sonic" Knuckles said walking over "you do look a bit
out of it, then again, discovering you have parents is a BIG shock"
Sue: And touching that stone is a little shock.
Sonic nodded silently, but still he felt different, feelings
of confusion overwhelmed him, glancing quickly to make sure no-one
else was around, Sonic crept away back to his room in the base and
looked under the bed for the small book he kept there, he opened it,
feeling the pages as he turned them, watching as the scribblings of a
5 year old hedgehog, scared of being alone in a different place,
turned to the neater and happier feelings of an older Sonic when he
found friends and a purpose to fight, but now, Sonic thought, he
knew the reason he was fighting, the reason he had been alone and
now, why his parents had left him, and never saying goodbye.
These thoughts filled his mind and he took time, writing his
feelings down, as he did he noticed the book was almost full, over 200
pages filled with scribblings, drawing and feelings he had felt and
wanted to put down, to try to help him to understand, he remembered
what Uncle Chuck had told him before when he had given the diary
to Sonic, he hadn't listened that much, having been only 5 years
old and with the span of attention he had then (and still did now)
but he did remember the words
Sonie, just remember, you shouldn't keep feelings bottled up, if ya
can't tell anyone, write them down here, you'll feel better for it
Box: Oh dear; the narrator is speaking to the characters in her story.
"Yeah Unc" Sonic whispered to himself "you're right" and
watched a solitary tear drop to the page, he wiped it away, leaving
a small smudge where it had once been and closed the book, putting
it in his backpack along with some other things he thought would be
useful, or that he would need.
"Sonic?"
Amy walked into his room and watched as Sonic whirled around
suddenly
"Amy, DON'T do that!" he said, regaining his composure, Amy
grinned "come on then Sonic, Tails's fixed up the Bi-plane and we're
all ready to go!"
"okay Amy" Sonic said, and walked behind her. Leaving the
deserted form of the base behind him, fully assuring himself that the
defences would be sufficiant to protect it,
Nyperold: But scant minutes after they left Eggman and company broke in, no problem.
and climbed into the
Bi-Plane, but then, decided that it would be too crowded, and feeling
a bit nostalgic, climbed onto the wing
Box: Do you have... the wing?
and strapped his feet into the
special locks holding him onto the plane.
Tails, looking up from his usual position as pilot, suddenly shouted
to Sonic, nearly knocking the hedgehog from his perch
Sue: Sonic want some crackers?
All: (start humming Sonic Crackers - Dirty Beta)
"Sonic!" he shouted, above the roar of the engine as it
started "you havn't been on the wing since....well, y'know" Tails
added silently, Sonic knew what he meant, since the time he had jumped
from the plane while sleepwalking (previous fic)
Nyperold: Well, hey, I usually read fics in their chronological order... except now, when I have no control over such things...
and had some
nightmares afterwards, after being told what he had tried to do, a
fear had developed for some reason and Sonic had refused to go on the
wing, but for some reason the fear had gone.
In response to Tails, Sonic simply curled his hand and gave Tails a
thumb up, reassuring him all was fine.
The Bi-plane was packed,
Tiff: With nuts. Tornado really satisfies!
Nyperold: (snickers)
even with the modifications Tails had
made, it still was just big enough for the group of Tails, Knuckles,
Amy, Johnny, Tekno and Uncle Chuck and the bird who had bought the
necklace and message, flew alongside, giving out directions as they
started off.
Nothing too much happened for a while, the bird took them past
the Emerald Hill zone, all through South Island and Knuckles looked out
to see the jutting outline of the Floating Island through the clouds,
and sat back, hoping it would be okay.
Each were lost in their own thoughts, especially Sonic and
Uncle Chuck, each thinking about what was happening, Sonic was shocked
and scared, his thoughts going haywire, Uncle Chuck was more calm, but
still wondering about it.
Then finally they saw an island in the distance, Sonic felt
his heart leap slightly, they seemed so near, it didn't seem real, but
he pinched himself and realised it was, it wasn't a dream, it WAS real.
But as they got nearer, dark clouds started to fill the sky and rain
started to fall, Tails was fully occupied with steering the plane
in the strong winds and Sonic was glad of the straps which held him
on the plane.
Tiff: But which hadn't kept him from sleepwalking.
Suddenly, hailstones started to come down, each slightly
smaller than Tails' hand, they crashed down on the plane, at first,
only knocking small chips of paint off the side of the plane, but then
as they increased, they started hitting the plane with such force that
it started to lose speed.
"TAILS!" Sonic shouted above the roar of the engine and the
deafening thunder, he heard Tails shout back, but couldn't tell what he
was saying, the noise drowned it out.
Nyperold: Well, yeah, he's getting hit on the head with hailstones, too. That can really distract you.
"WE'RE GOING DOWN GUYS!" Tails yelled "HOLD ON!"
Nyperold: (singing) I'M COMING! HOLD ON! ...
They all did as the plane started to spiral out of control, but
then, Sonic felt one of the straps come loose, then the other and
soon he was holding onto the wing of the plane, fearing for his
life, then a hailstone hit his head, his grip went and he knew nothing.
Tiff: Aw man, it gave 'im amnesia!
Tails saw Sonic fall from the wing of the plane and into the water
"WE'VE GOTTA BAIL OUT GUY'S!
Box: Guy's what? And which Guy, Guy from Final Fight, Guy Smiley, Guy Fawkes...?
Tiff: Is this still mid-quote?
Nyperold: Nah, we're just missing something. She's been good about having this punctuation 'til now.
he shouted, and jumped out, the other's
following, splashing into the water.
Sue: One of the others has a following?
Nyperold: With all the fansites out there, I'm sure. What I'm wondering is why it's important to mention them here. And why the others aren't getting out of the plane, as well.
Sonic, was the first to hit the water.
Box: Are you appositive about that?
His nose, mouth filled with the icy cold liquid,
Tiff: This is not a newspaper headline. Items in a list of two should only be separated by an "and".
he spluttered, but only succeeded
in swallowing more. On opening his eyes, they stung fiercly, though not
as bad as chlorine. Looking around, he could see he was sinking,
fast and regretted never learning to swim.
Sue: He was fasting, too?
Nyperold: Somehow, I don't think so...
"woulda come in useful" he thought
His natural fear of water had prevented him from that,
Box: (starts playing Sonic - Water Warning (U Can't Breathe 2 This Revisit))
he kept
the fear hidden, his friends knew of course, but he was frightened
more of it than they would ever know, but right now, the fear seemed
strange, somehow silly and he wondered briefly, why. Was death an
acceptable trade for it.
He started to struggle, making some headway up to the top, he
knew the basics of swimming, repeated missions, ending with a dunking
had shown him the starting points, but there had always been Amy, or
Tails around to help him. He could see them above, floating shapes
darkened by the depth.
A shape came towards him, his vision was too bad to tell
exactly what it was, but he knew it wasn't his friends, struggling
harder to get to the surface, he felt a small bite on his leg and
reached down to feel it, and the shape swam back away.
"stupid fish" he thought bitterly, and made his way back up
to the top of the water, ignoring the stinging which was starting
it's way up his leg, but the time he had been under, coupled with
the pressure on his body, Sonic quickly started to feel dizzy and
just as he blacked out, saw Tails, swimming back down and knowing
he was safe, he let go and let the darkness envelop him.
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Tiff: Unfortunately, this was that magical lake from The Ewok Adventure which had a clear one-way ceiling, and they couldn't get out, the end.
Sue: Wha...?
Nyperold: (smiling) Not really, Sue.
"GOT HIM!" Tails shouted, breaking the surface, waving with
one arm, the other kept tightly around Sonic's limp body, with this
signal, they started swimming towards the island.
Tails looked back sorrowfully at the remains of the Tornado,
Box: (Plays the Windy Valley tornado music)
Nyperold: Not... *that* tornado, Box...
it was floating in the water, but as the water seeped into the plane,
it got heavier and started to dissapear from sight. It had been HIS
plane,
Nyperold: (pirate voice) Arr, now it belongs ta Davy Jones!
he'd built it himself, HE'D flown in on it's first successful
flight, when it got damaged, he repaired it, but he didn't see any
hope of getting it back now, at least.....in one piece.
It seemed ironic that as soon as the bedraggeled and tired group finally
reached the shore of the island, the skies cleared and the sun started
to shine again.
Sue: It was then that they realized that they were stuck in a story. (giggles)
Sonic stirred again at this point and pushed himself out of
Tails's grasp "I'm okay" he muttered, sitting up and shaking his head
to clear his blocked ears of the water "first thing I'm doing when
we get back" he said standing up "is learning how to swim!"
"good for you Sonic" Uncle Chuck said smiling "that's what I
always told ya, face your fears sonny"
Sonic looked at hus uncle
Box: Hu's uncle? Who is that?
Nyperold: "Miy" is "who" and "hu" is "he" and "hiy" is "she".
Tiff: But doesn't that make you her?
(The Obscure-o-meter sparks slightly.)
"thanks unc" he smiled and leant down,
absentmindedly scratching his leg, it was worse now, although there
was no rash, it had spread further and he almost had to fight not to
scratch it,
Box: In this cornaaaaaaah, weighing around 45 kg, the fastest thing alive, Soniiiic theeeee Hedgehooooog! And in this cornaaaaaah, weighing less than 1 micrograaaaam, the scourge of all with pain sensooooors, the iiiiiiiitch!
Amy looked at him "Sonic, what's wrong?"
"dunno" he said quizzingly "When I got dunked in that *water* "
he shuddered, this mondo wierd eel thingy bit me"
"EEL?!" the flicky type bird screeched suddenly, making her
presence known a bit more, "what kind of eel!" she said "what did it
look like?" she seemed very agitated by Sonic's answer, he looked at
her and shrugged
"I think it was green, with wierd stripes....why birdy?"
"first off!" the flicky bird said "my name isn't *birdy*,
it's Larika and second"
Sue: (giggles) Nice to meet you, Larika Ann Second!
she paused, her expression growing more somber
"that eel is VERY poisonious, it can kill someone VERY quickly if
the antidote isn't administered quickly!"
Sonic's face, turned very pale, kill.....dying, he didn't
fear death from Robotnik, being attacked, that kind of death scared
him slightly, but he knew if he died that way, he's die helping...
being a hero. but dying from an illness was something he'd never
thought about.
Evidently, Uncle Chuck was thinking the same thing, though his face
didn't pale as much as Sonic's, he'd lost so much, most of his family
and his nephew once, but he was not about to lose him AGAIN!
"Where's the antidote!?" he shouted, growing almost
frantical
Nyperold: Go away, Al.
Al: Oh, all right. (leaves, muttering)
All: O.O
with each passing second, his hands curled into tight
fists and shook, he lifted them as if to issue a challange, but it
was just an emotional outlet and he let them at his side and glanced
over at Sonic.
In the short seconds in hearing about the poison, Sonic
seemed to have started showing signs of it working, although he was
still on his feet, his whole body seemed to be shaking, he had his
arms wrapped round his body, shivering and teeth chattering.
It seemed sudden when his legs gave way and he fell to the ground,
Knuckles who was nearest, knelt down beside him and helped him back
up, wrapping his arm around Sonic and letting him lean heavily on
him for support.
Box: (piano music is heard) "Oldie but a goodie..."
Nyperold: Box... are you about to play Lean On Me?
Box: (stops) I guess I'm... not.
The guardian showed no signs of sagging down under
Sonic's weight, if there were any. Years of guarding the island and
the emeralds, and the other jobs which came with the guardianship,
had made him strong and he took Sonic's weight without complaint.
Nyperold: (as Knux, as Bob) My format: Guardian. To mend and defend. To defend my newfound friends. To defend them from... their enemies.
Uncle Chuck turned back to Larika, who stood as still as the rest of
them, evidently she had seen a victim of the eel before and from her
expression, which held a tinge of sadness, she knew exactly what
would happen.
"Where is it!?" Chuck asked again, trying to keep his voice
down for Sonic's benifit, his eyes were closed, but he had not fallen
asleep, or unconciuss,
Nyperold: Ugh... unconciuss?
they were closed tightly and at the sound of
Uncle Chuck's raised voice before, his teeth had gritted tightly
and his eyes closed tighter as well. Sonic felt as though his head
was going to explode, he could no longer hear his uncle, or make out
Tiff: Which makes it an especially sad day for Sally.
Nyperold: Wrong Sonic universe, Tiff...
any noise, anything he heard had no meaning, just a drumming motion
inside his head which made him want to give up, and it took all his
energy not to give in.
"There IS an antidote" Larika began and Chuck's face (as
well as the others) lit up,
Nyperold: Huh. She stated earlier that there was an antidote, and Chuck questioned its location, not its existence. What gives?
but she faltered slightly "but" she
stopped "there is none ready at the moment, and we must act quickly
to save him"
"how do we make it?"
"you don't" Larika said, smiling a slight smile, tinged
with sadness "it is made up or many ingrediants native only to the
island and only those who live here, can make it"
"who does make it then, how many live here"
This seemed to make Larika smile again, this time, a happier
smile lighting up her face, which seemed strange in the situation they
were currently in "Oh, not many live here, in fact there are only 3
inhabitants of the Island......myself and the 2 you seek"
"you mean" Chuck said silently "Jules....and.....Bernie"
Larika smiled again "yes" then she turned and faced towards the group
of trees, starting the massive jungle "follow me"
Nyperold: (singing) Set me free, trust me and we will escape from the city...
Tiff: Um... Nyp, they're not in the city...
she called back
"I will guide you there"
Knuckles lifted Sonic, who gave no protest and carried him in his
arms, Uncle Chuck by one side, Tails, anxiously looking on, by the
other, as they made there way, following Larika, through the dark
forest....
The forest seemed to get darker as they walked further and
further into it's depths, but sunlight shone through the leaves of
the trees surrounding them, giving them at least, some light.
Finally, they came to a clearing, 2 huts were to the side,
Sonic, by this time had fallen into unconciussness and was in what
seemed like a deep sleep. Whether he would wake from it, was a
different story, no-one could imagine life without Sonic and they all
tried to put it out of their thoughts.
"wait here" Larika told them and went to one of the huts,
slipping inside as the door opened and closed behind her,
Sue: Since the floors had just been waxed. Wheeeee!
the group
could hear voices, very faint, whispering and they could distinguish
between 3 voices. One was Larika's and they all wondered who the
others were.
Nyperold: (a la the gremlin in a Bugs Bunny cartoon) Well, it ain't Wendell Wilkey!
(more sparks from the Obscure-O-Meter)
Nyperold: Hmmm... (starts whispering to Sue and the 'bots)
Finally, it opened and Larika stepped out, 2 figures came
out as well, both had cloaks on, presumably for the cold, with hoods
covering their heads, their faces couldn't be seen, and they walked
up to the group, heads low. Finally they gazed up and on sight of
Uncle Chuck, the first cloaked figure drew in a breath and gasped,
then in a shaky and hardly audible voice spoke
"Charles......is that...is that you" the figure said, on
looking at Uncle Chuck, his eyes were open wide and his mouth hung
open, he spoke, in as much a whisper as the other "Jules......?"
"yes" the figure said and removed his hood,
Box: (as Jules) Author of Journey To The Earth, Around The World In Eighty Days, and 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.
Nyperold: (removing the Obscure-O-Meter) Not Jules Verne, Box...
emerging was a
face, so similar to Sonic's, it was uncanny, he had Sonic's eyes
and mouth,
Tiff: Rendering Sonic incapable of sight, speech, and food consumption.
in fact the only noticable difference was that of a
slight age and the lock of brown hair that hung over his eyes.
Sue: Which, unfortunately, he had forgotten the combination to.
"then...." Chuck made out, looking at the other cloaked
figure "Bernie......?"
The other smiled "of course, who else" then dropped her
hood, and her face emerged as well, her spines, hung downwards like
Amy's and 2 silver clasps hung from them, these spines were a
lighter colour that her husbands, and a lock of pink hair hung from
her head, she pushed it away and walked up to her husband, then
they both walked up to Chuck
"I missed you so much Charles" Bernie said smiling sadly
"every day we thought of you, our son and out home"
Box: Out home? Does that mean they lived in an outhouse? No wonder they spent so much time at the lab.
Nyperold: (carrying the O-O-M to another wall) Somehow, I don't think so.
"we wanted to come back, but we just couldn't" Jules sighed
"I'm so sorry"
"don't be" Chuck said "we're together now, nothing will part
us again" he said, "Jules, Bernie"
"yes"
"we need help, you see our Echidna friend over there, the
boy he is holding.....is your son"
Tiff: (synthesized giggling) Yes... that... would be a problem...
Nyperold: (grinning and shaking his head as he mounts the O-O-C on said wall)
The colour drained from Jules and Bernie's face
Nyperold: (walking away from the O-O-M and picking up his sister) Hey, like my art before I use Paint on it.
and they
rushed over to Knuckles, as soon as Bernie caught sight of Sonic, she
started to cry and Jules held her as tears ran down his face as well
"our son" he whispered "I can't believe it, I thought I'd
never see you again" Jules sighed and ran his hand through Sonic's
spines, Sonic murmered and moved slightly, but nothing more
"he's been poisened by the eel in the waters near the
Island" Larika spoke up "we must administer the antidote quickly"
Bernie's head shot up "yes!" she whispered "quickly, follow us" her
voice showing a hidden concern, she didn't want to show it, but tears
were whelming in front of her eyes and she turned away trying not to
show them.
"come on Bernie" Jules said placing a hand on her shoulder,
"let's go and help"
Everybody entered the hut they had seen before, it was a
lot bigger on the inside
Nyperold: They were Time Lords, you see.
and Knuckles placed Sonic down on a small
makeshift bed, Jules walked across to the other side of the hut and
brought down a small bottle filled with a darkish liquid
"when we came here I was bitten by the eel" Jules explained
and showed a small scar on his arm "that was when we met Larika, she
helped Bernie make the potion and there was some left over, so we
saved it" his voice grew low "I thought we might have needed it" he
murmered, looking over at Bernie, who was sitting by Sonic's bed "but
I didn't think it would be like this"
Box: I hope it's not past the expiration date...
"it's okay Jules" Charles said, placing his hand on his
brothers shoulder "it'll be alright"
Box: (playing music) "It's okay, it's alright..."
Jules said nothing, but nodded at his brother and walked over to
where Bernie was still sitting by Sonic, he sat down beside her "we
have to get him to wake up Charles" he said to his brother "we have
to get him to swallow it.
"just get him to swallow it!" Amy said, she'd been wound up
by the events, but this just seemed absurd, get him to swallow it she
thought easy
As if reading her thoughts, Jules shook his head "it's harder
than you think" he said sadly "when I was ill, I was delrious most
of the time and it took Bernie and Larika a very long time before
they could even get near enough to give it to me"
Tiff: In Sonic's case, he had had a bunch of chili dogs for strength.
Nyperold: No, Tiff...
Suddenly Bernie looked at Sonic, his breathing was getting
louder, as if he was so needing air, he had to gasp like crazy, he
began to twitch uncontrollably as if when you sneeze, but he kept on
twitching, until they got faster and larger and became fits, and
then, as suddenly as they started..............they stopped.
It was as if he was dead, he stopped moving, twitching and even
seemed to stop breathing, but if you listened closely, you could hear
him gently breathing and in slow motion....his eyes opened.
But as soon as they did, it was obvious all was not well,
they were glazed, his whole face seemed to shine with the high fever,
his breathing stayed the same, Bernie smiled sadly and placed her hand
on his face "my son.." she whispered "my little baby, I've missed you
so much"
If Sonic could hear her, he didn't show it, his mind seemed
so clouded, so...strange, voices could be heard outside, seeming
friendly, but a voice inside told him *danger, RUN!* and he obeyed it
and before anyone could stop him, jumped from the bed and ran for
the door, or at least tried to, he hadn't got halfway before a pair
of hands grabbed him, Uncle Chuck took his nephew by the shoulders
and picked him up and took him back to the bed and laid him down
again. Sonic was too tired to argue and Jules sat down and tried to
administer the medicine.
Nyperold: Which, of course, means an unsuccessful try.
Box: (as Yoda) Do, or do not do. There is no try.
Sonic seemed to be psycic, even with his eyes closed, he was able to
lift his arm and knock the small flask from Jules' hand and if it
wasn't for Tails catching it, the life saving fluid would have been
lost and Sonic would have been doomed to a painful and long death
from the poison.
After being handed the flask back, Jules tried again "Sonic" he said
"trust me, it'll make you better again and then we can get to know
each other better" he stopped and his voice lowered "like we should
have"
Something inside Sonic changed and he allowed the liquid to be poured
into his mouth and swallowed and fell back into a restless sleep, Jules
stood up "now all we have to do is wait"
And wait they did, he didn't wake up that day, or the next,
it seemed an endless cycle, every time someone looked in, either
Jules or Bernie was say by Sonic's side, willing him to wake up and
be alright.
On the evening of the second day, Jules was sat with Uncle
Chuck in the small clearing outside the hut, everyone was already
asleep and Bernie was sitting with Sonic.
"Charles, I'm.....I'm scared" Jules finally said
Sue: (as Terra) Was that a bad person? I'm... I'm scared...
Nyperold: Sue... you haven't been reading Captain Chaotica's MST of Final Fantasy 6, have you?
Sue: No, but you told me about that line in it from the game, remember?
Nyperold: Oh, yeah...
"I'm scared
that he'll resent me, we left him there, we thought it was for the
best, but was it really?"
Jules wanted his brother to give him an answer, Charles sighed "it's
not your fault Jules, you did what you had to do, in your position, I
would have done the same"
"But I know what's happening, Robotnik's still around,
hurting people, and there's nothing we can do"
"your son Jules" Charles said, emphisising the *son* "is
leading a group, those friends you saw earlier, they are his group,
he leads them" Charles smiled "he's so much like you Jules, a born
leader, wanting to do everything he can to help those less fortunate,
when he's grown up, he'll look just like you"
Jules smiled too "I wish I'd been around for his childhood,
you were lucky" Jules said, but stopped when he saw Charles sad face
"I wasn't there for all of it" he said sadly and explained what had
happened (read my last fic - Pain and Longing. or this won't make
ANY sense)
Nyperold: Like I said, I normally have control over such things...
Jules was angry and upset when Charles finished "I can't
believe it!" he said "how could he do this to us, he already ruined
our lives, but now our son's!"
"come on Jules" Charles said, putting his hand on his shoulder,
"get some sleep, it'll look better in the morning"
Jules yawned and realised how tired he was "thanks" he said "try and
get Bernie to get some rest too, she's taken this worse than I have"
"sure"
And Jules retired for the night, not before whispering a
prayer to God, for his son to be safe and for the troubles he had
to be over, he had always been religious, praying was natural to him,
he did it every night, but this time it seemed more urgent and a
good hour passed with his prayer, every second seemed to mean more
than it did and he hoped with all his heart, that it would be answered.
Happier news greeted him the next morning, Sonic had woken
in the night, almost fever-free but still very confused and very
tired, after a few muttered words (mainly about water and eels) he
had slipped back into sleep and Jules was reassured for his son's
health.
Now all he had to do, was wait till Sonic woke up again
and for the first time in years, get to know his son and try to
bridge the gap they had.
And finally, wake Sonic did, it was very slow, his eyes
opened and he blinked a few times to clear the blurryness in front
of them, the first thing he saw was a face, so much like Uncle
Chuck's, but so much more like his own, Sonic paled and said the
first word that came to his mind
"dad?"
"yes Son" Jules smiled and slowly opened his arms and Sonic
lent into them and shared the first contact
Nyperold: Odd. I would've thought that Generations would be more appropriate...
with his dad since he had
been a baby, Charles watched through a window and smiled too, he knew
Sonic wouldn't reject him, Sonic had a good heart and he hated only
those who had done wrong.
He walked across to the other hut and opened the door,
Bernie was sitting with Amy and Tekno, Johnny, Tails had been taken
for a tour of the Island by Larika
Sue: I'm confused. Where's Johnny?
Box: With Amy, Tekno, and Bernie.
Tiff: (simultaneously) Touring the Island with Tails and Larika.
(The bots look at each other, then back at Sue.)
Box: Touring the Island with Tails and Larika.
Tiff: (simultaneously) With Amy, Tekno, and Bernie.
(The bots look at each other, then back at Sue.)
The Bots: We don't know, either.
(Knuckles had said he would be
fine on his own and had gone off to explore) Charles walked over to
her and placed a hand on her shoulder "Bernie" he said "he's awake,
go and see him"
Bernie's eyes filled with tears and she hugged Charles
"thank you so much Charles" and left the room in a rush, and in no
time at all was at the door, she opened it slowly and walked in.
Sonic looked up at her "mom" he said softly, she sat down
beside him and hugged him, Jules joined in as well and finally, Sonic
had all the family he needed, his REAL family and his friends,
everyone he had hoped would ever be with him, was and he couldn't
be happier.
Finally he broke away, tears in his eyes, Bernie whiped them away
Nyperold: Ouch. Great, Bernie. The first time you've seen your son since he was a baby, and you whip his eyes when they show tears. And you were worried about resentment before.
with her hand "my darling son, you're everything I dreamed you
would be, I'm so proud of you"
"thanks mom" Sonic said
"Sonic, I'm so sorry we wern't there, it's all our fault,
we were scared for overselves, we were selfish"
Sue: (as Jules) It was our underselves we should've been thinking about!
"nah dad" Sonic smiled "you weren't selfish, you did what
you thought you needed to, we're all together now, that's all that
matters"
And for the next few hours, no-one left or entered the hut,
few words were uttered, but everyone inside was happy and Sonic felt
as though he had touched the sky and was flying like Tails.
Nyperold: (singing) Think about it every night and day...
- - -
Late that night, everyone was set around a campfire,
Box: One question: Who set them there?
a small
pile of chilli-dogs had been prepared and everyone had eaten well.
Knuckles had a question he's been thinking about "Larika?"
he said "how did you know what the cure was for the poison"
Larika's head drooped and Knuckles looked sad "you don't
have to tell us if you don't want to"
"it's okay" she said "I can tell you"
"it happened a long time ago, when this island was full of
my kind, we're a distant cousin of the Flickies, but we have nothing
special about us like they do. When I was very young, there was a huge
epidemic of those eels which bit you, they infected all of our race"
Larika's head sank again "all except me" she stopped, then continued
"there was no hope, as soon as one was cured, he was infected again
and it was much more severe than it is now, my mother was one of the
last to die and she told me what the cure was just before she passed
away. We didn't ask for help from anyone, because we wanted our
Island to stay as it was, hidden to all, but I had to get help, so
I went to our cousins, and they helped to rid the Island of the eels,
but by then, no-one was left of us except me and I lived alone here....
until Jules and Bernie came and we became good friends, and when they
asked me to take something to you Sonic, I didn't want to say no,
I'd lost my family, so I helped them"
Everyone was silent after this, except Jules and Bernie, who
had known much of the story,
Tiff: Sooooo... what did they say?
finally Knuckles spoke "Larika, when we
leave.....would you like to stay on the Island with me and Porker"
Larika felt touched "thank you....I would like that very much"
"mom, dad" Sonic said turning to his parents "you're coming
back with us, ain't ya" he said doubtfully, Jules hugged him, as did
Bernie "of course we are son, we're not letting you go again"
"but how do we get back" Tails said "the tornado is under the sea"
Box: (playing Under the Sea)
Tiff: I believe that's known as a whirlpool.
he pointed out, Larika smiled "I have some friends that can
help"
They walked to the beach and suddenly she started singing a
beatiful song, and 2 shapes came out of the water, Dolphins.
Nyperold: Miami's football team to the rescue!
She told
them what she wanted and they dived back in, and 10 minutes later
around 15 dolphins bought the Tornado
Box: What does a dolphin want with a flying machine?
Nyperold: "Don't underestimate the power of dolphin."
back up to the surface and to
the beach.
Luckily it hadn't been too damaged, the water had doused
the flames and the large box of tools was still intact and for a
good part of a day, Tails worked on it and soon it was as good as
new, it was a squash to get in,
Nyperold: But they were cool as cucumbers. As long as they were together, they didn't carrot all about the discomfort.
but Larika flew, as did Tails and
Tekno, while Johnny piloted the plane.
Larika took a last glance back at her home and towards to
the future, where she knew she would be okay.
Knuckles and Larika left halfway through the trip home at
the Floating Island where Porker had been waiting and after quickly
meeting Sonic's parents, they flew off again.
"this is it mom, dad" Sonic said proudly, showing them the
base, we've got loadsa spare rooms around" he smiled and the rest of
that day was spent outside..............
Box: Again, tons of periods that could've been used elsewhere...
Nyperold: Calm yourself, Box, we're almost at the end.
"SONIC!" Jules shouted "CATCH!"
Sonic revved his legs and jumped high and caught the frisbee,
landing and bowing, Jules and Bernie had wide eyes "what!?"
"ya didn't know what I can do?" Sonic said puzzled
"we knew you were special Sonic, we just weren't around to
see it"
Of course, hearing this, Sonic spent the rest of the day
showing his parents his speed talents, and it was very late when they
went back inside.
Jules was unpacking the small bag he had, when a photo
caught his eye, it was of him, Bernie, Sonic, Charles and Kintobor,
he sighed
"we almost have all our family back now, but one's still
missing" Bernie smiled and placed a hand on his shoulder "we can
undo what happened Jules, it'll just take time to find out how"
"you're right" he smiled and hugged her back "we'll find a way"
- - - - -
Reach me at ****.********@**********.*** or *********@******.**.** ^_^
Nyperold: I'd have to invoke a Homing Stone and get to my computer first.
(Upon hearing this last obscure comment, the O-O-M EXPLODES, leaving a gaping hole in the wall.)
Nyperold: Let's go, here we go, everybody!
(They all escape through the hole.)
Someone: WHAT?!?
Nyperold: Bye bye, O offended one!
Someone: You cannot escape!
Nyperold: You will be the one escaping!
(Someone attempts to teleport him back in, but misses. Nyperold anti-magnetizes himself, and pushes the whole edifice over, causing it to collapse. Someone escapes, in a manner reminiscent of Dr. Wily.)
Someone: I... uh... have to go warp some space in order to trap a spacecraft "Vaus". But mark my words, I'll return, and I shall gain control of Netraptor's Messageboards! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA... (zooms away)
Box: Yeah, right...
Tiff: Good riddance.
Sue: Hey, Nyp, except for the captivity bit, that MiSTing wasn't so bad. Do you suppose we could do that just for fun?
Nyperold: Sure, Sue. There's this guy Anthony that I think we can talk to about that...
The End... for now...
Next in the continuity: Trapped by Dr. Sipp!
"WE'RE GOING DOWN GUYS!" Tails yelled "HOLD ON!"