A Sonic The Hedgehog Fanfic Story...
"Coming of The Waroir of Light" Part 2, Return of The Princess
By King Torrid
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Disclaimer:
Sonic the Hedgehog, and all related characters are trademarks of SEGA.
© 1999 SEGA, Archie Comics Publications Inc, Sega of America, and/or DIC
cartoons
Tarlex Starenhilde, Travis Torric, Talkon, Detrao, and Detrax
characters/personality are property of © Robert H. Hasenzahl
Any and all similarities between any characters and actual persons, or
other characters by other authors (Living or dead)in name or in
personality are completely coincidential. No one may use any of the
characters Robert H. Hasenzahl has created, without written permission
of the author.
All rights reserved
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This story is rated PG-13 by the author, due to:
Violence
Harsh Language
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Foreword:
7-19-99 E.D.E.(Earth Date Equivilant)
5:20pm
Travis Torric storms out of Knothole's infirmery, after being insulted,
scorned, and verbaly attacked.
Tails runs up to Travis, and is now asking him to give the people of
knothole a second chance...
"Travis! come back!" Tails said
"Why? They all hate me." Travis said "I'm going back to my world...
My people!"
"What about Sally?" said Tails
"You'll find someone, I'm sure of it." Travis said
"It'll take awhile, but they'll get used to you." said Tails
"One week! That's it!" said Travis
"You mean you'll come back? said Tails
"Yes, I will." said Travis.
"Good, let's get back to Knothole" said Tails.
Tails and Travis headed back to the hospital
"We're back!" said Tails
Looking to Travis "My deepest apologies, " Quack said "I didn't realize
you were the one who saved Sally from that demon, Robotnik"
"Sooo, we all look alike do we?! I guess I weigh three tons, I'm bald,
and I should be wearing a shirt that says 'Goodyear", and I should be eating
everything I see... Or do I look like snively, My nose is two feet long,
I'm knee-high to a footstool!, OH! and I'm still bald!" said Travis, in
his most sarcastic voice "And the hair on top of my head is just a figment
of your imagination! And while I'm at it, I think I'll hang myself by my
'ten foot moustache' , or eat a few tubs of tallow!"
"Uh... Travis... the doctor apologized..." said Tails
"I'm sorry, I've just had a hard time since I set foot on this world"
said Travis
"You're not a Mobian overlander?" asked Quack
"No, my world is called 'Earth." said Travis
"As in soil and dirt?" Quack asked
"Yes, and we are refered to as Terrans, or humans" said Travis
"I see." said Quack "So what makes you think you can help Sally?"
"Tarlex told me that I never upset Sally before" said Travis "So what do
I need to do"
"You will have to enter her mind" said Quack
"I think I'm a wee bit big" said Travis
"Her mind, not her brain" said quack
"And how praytell do I do that?" said Travis.
"With a set of neural analizers." said Quack
"Why can't someone else do it? I'm just curious." said Travis
"If someone enters her Id, one who has upset her in any way, they will
be attacked, and killed. And in reality, will be brain dead!" said quack
"Why cant a stranger do it?"said Travis
"They can't get access without being attacked by the Id and Ego. and
dying." said Quack
"Well, hook me up, doc!" said Travis
"And if you get any ideas about hurting her, don't! Even ill will could
get you killed... after all, she is omnipotent there." said Quack "After
you get in, I will be able to monitor your movement and progress."
"What does her mind look like?" asked Travis
"It depends." said Quack
"On what?" asked Travis
"You and Sally." said Quack "The layout, personalities, and people are
her doing, the buildings and landmarks are interpreted by you., You'll
understand when you get there."
There are also risks. If you, at any time upset her, while in the Id, you
will be attacked instantly, and end up braindead. Do you understand the
risks?"
"Yes, I do." said Travis
"By the way, why did you rescue Sally, I'm just curious?"
"When I met her, it was if I had known her, and as if we were good
friends"
"I see." said Quack "Well, let's get going"
After an hour of preperation, they were ready.
"Man, this place is strange, I'm in a dark forrest, not much light,
Normaly I'm not scared by this type of thing, but I'm scared!" said Travis
"You are in her Id, the most primitive section... life preservation."
said Quack
"That you, Quack? asked Travis "Where are you?... Where am I?"
"I am in the hospital room with you and Sally, your body is in here,
too... But your mind is in Sally's mind" said Quack
Travis sees Sally walking around, with a pair of wings and a sword.
Travis walks up to her "Are you okay Sally?"
"Don't do that, are you crazy!" said Quack
Sally looks at Travis in horror, and runs away
"That was fight or flight! it could have chosen fight... and it would
have killed you"said Quack
"It?! But that was Sally!" said Travis
"A part of her, one without remorse, ask me next time you walk up to
someone, at least while you're in the Id" "Keep in mind, I see what you
see." said Quack
Next, Travis sees several blue hedgehogs attacking Sally "I thought
that was her boyfriend?!?" said Travis
"What you see in the Id doesn't always reflect reality, it must be
correctly interpereted." said Quack
"how do I know what this means?" said Travis
"You would have to ask the Ego" said Quack
"How do I get to the Ego?" said Travis
"I don't know" said Quack "I can only interpret."
"Hold on, I'm in Knothole... I never saw this, a huge statue of Sally,
blindfolded and holding a scale in one hand, and a sword in the other I
must be back in reality! said Travis
"You're not, your in her Ego. The Ego is her judgement and reality,
not exactly true reality, but her view of it." said Quack.
"What do I do here?" asked Travis
"Well, you will have to speak with the icons of thr Ego and Superego
first, and the Id last." said Quack
"Why not the Id first." asked Travis
"The Id won't comunicate with you, untill you have the others" said
Quack "The Id is to primitive, and the Ego and Superego understand it better
than anyone else."
"Makes sense. What now?"
"Find Ego" said Quack
"Where do I look?" said Travis
"The place she finds moste secure, I suppose."
"Where is that?" said Travis
"Hold on, I'll get Sonic..." said Quack
Travis looked around for about ten minutes, and saw Tarlex, in his
hedgehog form "You need to help Sally." said Tarlex
"How?" said Travis
"I don't know." said Tarlex
"Some help you are" said Travis
"Travis, you there?" asked Quack
"Yhea!" saidTravis
"The place Sal' felt most secure was by the waterfall, we went there all
the time." said Sonic "Hey guys, I'm goin' for a chilidog!"
Travis walked to the waterfall, strangely knowing where it was. "Sally!
is that you?
"Yes." answered Ego
"How have you been?" asked Travis.
"Currently, my body is in a comatose condition. Mentaly, I am not well,
I am suffering" said Ego "I am in need of assistance"
"Let's go." said Travis
"Go where?" said Ego
"Quack, why does she talk like a robot?" asked Travis
"She can only answer questions, and perform simple tasks by herself."
said Quack
"Okay, let's try this... Who were the hedgehogs I saw in Id's realm?"
"Why was he attacking you?" asked Travis
"Durring my first month in captivity, I was tortured by Sonic, much
torture, torture of the worst kind, he would..."said Ego
The ground shook
"What was that?!?" asked Travis
"You're lucky you weren't in Id when you said that!" said Quack " That
would have got you killed!"
"What did I say? asked Travis
"You brought up a painful subject!" said Quack
"It was your idea to ask!" said Travis
"I didn't know it was this bad." said Quack
"Sally, can you follow me, please?" said Travis
"I am capable of following another person in spacial relation." said Ego
"What did she just say?" said Travis
"She said she is capable of following you, you might want to rephrase
your sentences, semantics are important here." said Quack
"Please follow me, Sally." said Travis
"I will follow" said Ego
"Where to now?" said Travis
"The oposite direction of the Id
Travis begal to walk. when he stoped to get his bearings, Ego ran into
Travis, knocking him over. "Hey doc, I see a palace, what is it?" said
Travis
"Look at it closely, so I can get a look" said Quack "It's the royal
palace! You've made it to the superego."
"Come on, there isn't much longer to go!" said Travis
After passing the border, Travis saw a look of relief on Ego's face
"Hey doc, i look in the palace, right?" said Travis
"That would be the logical place to look." said Quack
"No, Superego would be at the fountain, we always liked it here" said
Ego
"Could you take me there, Ego?" said Travis
"Now why would you want me to do a thing like that?" said Ego
"It's just very important to me." said Travis
"Okay, I will take you to the fountain." said Ego
Ego and Travis made it to the fountain. Travis looked to Superego, her
fur was tan, and she was wearing a crown
"Um... Superego, is that you?" asked Travis
"You should address me as Your majesty" said superego
"What now, doc?" asked Travis
"Have them talk to each other." said Quack
"Could you talk to Superego? said Travis to Ego
"I don't have anything to say to her at the moment. said Ego
"Could you speak to Ego, your Majesty?"
"I do not liset to anyone except Ego, I am sory, but I cannot acomodate
your request" said superego"
"How do I get them to talk, Doc?" said Travis
"I don't know. That's a tough one said Quack Let me think...
"When do they talk normaly?" said Travis
"Normaly they're connected, I don't know" said Quack
"Wait! They talk when they pass a judgement!" said Travis
"Might work..." said Quack
"Ego, " said Travis "I have a hypothetical question."
"What is it? said Ego
"We are in a desert. I havea bottle of water, and I said you could have
as much as you want, what would you chose;
A. None of the water
B. Half of the water
C. All of the water
But consider these facts
A. If you take the water, I would die
B. If you let me keep all the water, you will die
C. If we split the water, there is a fifty-fifty percent chance that
neither of us would make it out of the desert alive." said Travis
"Well... Hmm...I... uh..." said Ego
"Your answer?" said Travis
"Let me ask Id and Superego" said Ego "Id is not here..."
"Well ask Superego." said Travis
"Superego..." Said Ego "What should we chose?"
Ego and superego looked into each others eyes, then spoke in unison
"I would have to let you keep all the water, because it belongs to you,
not me."
"You did it! " said Quack "You did it!"
"How should I address you?" asked Travis
"Call me Sally, like you normaly do replied the pair in unison
"How do you feel" said Travis
"I feel fine, thank you, Travis... Thanks for getting me out of
robotropolis alive... I feel whole again." said the pair
"Let's find Id so you can be completely whole again" said Travis
"But I'm just fine without Id, I don't need her! She's a bad
influence!" said the pair "She only makes others suffer for her own needs"
"But you can't get along without her, and I can prove it!" said Travis
"Then prove it." said the pair.
"Another question..." said Travis
"Ask." said the pair
"Tails left you a large bowl of fruit, and told you not to eat it,
because it was for a party next week, and he runs out the door. You have
not eaten for weeks, and you will die if you don't eat it. But consider
this... If you eat it, Tails will be upset with you for awhile. If you
don't eat it, you will die... What do you do?" asked Travis
"I leave the fruit alone, it is not mine to eat."said the pair
"The result... you are dead from hunger, Tails comes back a week later
and looks at your dead body, bursts into tears, and is sadened for the rest
of his life, and blames himself" said Travis. "However, if you ate the
fruit, Tails would understand, and only be mildly upset."
"Not to mension that without Id, you cannot lead your resistance group."
added Travid
"I guess I understand, let's find Id." said the pair.
The pair started off towards the realm of Id, Travis followed. The
pair stoped at a large ornately decorated fortress, with defaced statues of
Sonic all around it
"Where are we?" said Travis
"This is the tower of Libido." said the pair
"I don't like the name of this place, I think I'll stay out here..."
said Travis
"You have to go in, Travis" said Quack
"But, I... If I go in there, I might get..." said Travis
"You're an overland... Terran, I don't think Id will give you any
trouble." said Quack
"If anything happens, so help me I'll..." said Travis "I'll have to
think about it."
Travis and the pair entered the tower, the smell of ferramones filled
the air, and were turning Travis' stomach. "What's this smell?" asked
Travis
"Well, since you're in this tower, I'd say it was ferramones, try to
resist them." said Quack
"The only thing I'm having trouble resisting is the urge to puke!"
said Travis"
"Well, you're the same species as overlanders, so that is to be
expected, And that's a good thing." said Quack
"Why is this good?" asked Travis
"Let me put it this way... If they weren't nauseating, you would be
overpowered with your own libido" said Quack
"She may be cute, but... ... ..." said Travis " Different species."
After reaching the top, Travis noticed another likeness of Sally, this
time a dark brown, almost black fured.
"Umm... Id, that is your name, right?" said Travis
"Do you find me atractive?" asked Id
"Um... That's not important right now, I need for you to..." said Travis
"I haven't been with someone for soooo looong... am I pretty?" said Id
"I thought you were with Sonic." said Travis
"Sonic!?! He hurt me! He's a no good son-of-a-b...!" said Id
"Ego, I have a question..." said Travis
Id jumped up and knocked Travis over "I'll have my way, I always have
my way, no matter what!"
"Uh... Doc, Uh... somethin's wrong here... I need some help here!...
help?" said Travis "Sonic, you there?"
"They can't hear you! You're mine!" said Id
"Get her off me! Ego! She's a nympho! Get 'er ofa' me!!" Travis
yelled, his shirt was faiding away
"Do I always have to keep you in check, Id?" growled Ego "Get off of
him!"
"But...But..." pouted Id "You never let me have any fun!"
"You should never do this to anyone without proper consent Id! said
Superego sternly
Returning to his feet "You sure cut it close!" said Travis
The three forms infront of Travis started chattering, faster and faster,
untill a light flashed, there was now one form, looking at Travis "I'm sory
about that attack."
"I'm just glad to see you in one piece" said Travis, as Sally vanished.
"What's going on?!?" Travis said, noticing himself in a bed with wires
stuck all over his head "I guess I'm awake now."
"We thought we lost you. We lost contact when you got to the top of the
tower." said Quack "when we noticed your body writhing, we tried to pull you
out, but it took awhile! What happened in there?"asked Quack
"Let the cat out of the bag, Travis, did Sally get back to one?" asked
Sonic
"Yes." said Travis
"What else hapened?" asked Sonic
"I don't want to talk about it, and you don't want to know about it!"
said Travis "Consider yourself lucky that the conection went out!"
"And you, Quack, You got one comin' to ya'! groweled Travis
"How is Sally?" asked Travis
"I'm afraid she's still in a coma" said Quack "But fortunately she's in
a pleasant state"
"What caused her Psyche to break down in the first place?" said Travis
She was fine before she lef robotown
"This little nasty!" said Quack, holding a clear dish with a tiny black
box in it "It was wired in to her vocal cords, apparently when she left the
range of the transmitter in Robotropolis, It initiated a program that was to
cause random damage to her mind. I heard about one that caused someone to
rip their own head from their shoulders! And anotherthat destroyed the Ego
and superego, turning them into a monster, an unleashed Id, I can't even
imagine it!"
"Oh, I have a prety good idea of what an unleashed Id is like..."
chuckled Travis as he removed the contacts
Two large wolves, orderlies, entered the room, and held down Travis
"I'm sorry we have to do this" said Quack "But untill we're sure of
what happened when the connection went out, you have to wear this."
One wolf held Travis down, while the other atached a device to Travis'
arm
What's this? a bomb?!? said Travis
"No, it's a tracking device." said Quack "In case you try to make off
without us knowing" "If it turns out that you did something... damaging to
Sally, you will be punished."
"You know, I'm getting sick of your 'hospitality' I've done nothing but
good, and you still don't trust me one smidgeon! You people are rude and
contemptuous!" said Travis "So help me, when I leave this world I am NOT
coming back!"
"Actualy, procedure requires me to place you in a padded room untill
Sally wakes up," said Quack " But I've decided to waive that policy, and
let you go anywhere in the viliage you want."
"I guess I should be thankful, But this is still demeaning." said
Travis
"But what hapens if I leave the preset range?" asked Travis
"It will give you electroshocks, every twenty seconds, each one getting
progressively stronger." said Quack "And we will be allerted"
"Ooooo! This is humiliating!" groweled Travis "May I be excused?"
"Yes, you may" said Quack
"Stupid planet, stupid viliage, stupid people, stupid doctors, stupid
hospitals, stupid robots..." mumbled Travis as he left the hospital
"Hey, your Travis, aren't you" said Rotor
"What if I am? said Travis
"You are Travis!" said Rotor
"I take it your going to make your death threat now..." said Travis
"Heavens no! I was going to thank you for saving Sally from
Demonbotnik!" said Rotor
"Demonbotnik? who is he?" asked Travis
"That's what we've called Robotnik, since he took up black magic, and
eating mobians."
"How did Sally get caught in the first place?"
"She was on a mission to wrest the tome of insidious acts from the
clutches of Doctor Robotnik" said Rotor
"I read about that book... But I thought it was make believe!" said
Travis
"Where did you read about it?" asked Rotor
"In my Progressed Cellars and Lizards GameMasters book!" said Travis
"Come to think of it, I casted a few spells out of my Cellars and Lizards
notebook!"
"You have a book of magic?" asked Rotor
"On my world, the books don't do anything, they're just for a roleplay
game." answered Travis " Just pretend!"
"Well, this world is full of magic!" said Rotor
"I'm hungry, where's the kitchen?" asked Travis
"This way, but it hasn't been used for fourteen months" said Rotor
"Where has everyone eaten since then?" asked Travis
"Nuts, berries, and bark." replied Rotor
"Why did you stop using the kitchen? asked Travis
"Sally and Sonic were the only cooks" answered Rotor " Without Sally,
Sonic spent most of his time by the waterfall, and he was too depressed to
do anything else."
"Well, to quote a doll I know of 'My place is in the kitchen'!" said
Travis
"You can cook!?" asked Rotor
"Yes, I can cook." said Travis "I know how to make specialty meals,
vegitarian dishes, confectioners, and I can even bake!"
"You can?!" Rotor said, eyes widening "Please cook for us! Please!?"
"Well..."Travis said
"Please?" Rotor asked
"Okay" answered Travis, as he entered the kitchen "Hmmm... What do we
have here?..."
"Wait, I have magic!" said Travis. Holding his hand over the counter
"In Sust Soll!"
Nothing happened "Curses! not enough mana!"
"Looks like you'll have to do it the conventional way." said Rotor
"You should only use your mana in emergencies, 'cause you never know
when you'll need it!" said Tarlex, as he enterd the kitchen
"Combot!" yelled Rotor "Oopse! said Rotor, it's just you, Tarlex... You
scared me!"
"I guess you're right, Tarlex, I'll hold off the best I can." said
Travis
"Rotor, I think we need to work on customizing Tarlex's body, what about
you?" asked Travis
"I think that task is a bit overdue." answered Rotor "Dinner can wait!"
Travis, Tarlex, and Rotor entered the workshop "May I?" asked Travis,
pointing to a drawing board
"Sure!" said Rotor
A few minutes later "Finished!, how's it look?" asked Travis
"Looks cool!" said Rotor "What is it?"
"It's a sketch of Lightning Falcon, off of a game called 'Giga Guy'"
"I think it looks like a rebuilt Scratch! But alot cooler!" said Rotor
"But What's that thing on it's arm?"
"A fusion cannon." answered Travis "at least in the game it is."
"Hmmm... I have a fusion cannon in the storage room." said Rotor
"Cool! What's in the storage room?" asked Travis
"Sonic hates the storage room." said Rotor
"What's in there? Quill remover?" asked Travis
"I think it's just some sorta' childhood trauma thing." said Rotor
"Understood, I've got one of my own." said Travis "I'm afraid of
fish..."
Looking to Travis "Fish!?" said Rotor, holding back laughter "Why fish?"
"When I was little, I was making a whirlpool with my finger, and a
catfish swam up and bit it!' said Travis in a somber tone
Rotor began to laugh "I'm sorry, I can't help it!"
"Don't wory about it, everyone laughs at that one, I'd laugh at that
myself, if it didn't happen to me." said Travis
"Now, where were we?" asked Rotor
"Fusion cannon in the storage room." answered Travis
Rotor walked to the storage room "Here it is" "Wait?! This is only a
shell!" said Rotor
"I seen somethin' like that, On the skycraft that flew me and uncle
Chuck here!" said Travis
"Do you remember where it landed?" asked Rotor
"About a half mile nortwest of here." said Travis
"Let's go there, we can take that!" Rotor said, pointing to a Hoverbike
"You sure it can carry me?" said Travis "I'm at least twice your size!"
"It belonged to one of the 'Nasty Hyenas' " said Rotor
"Your point?" asked Travis
"The guy who owned this bike was twice YOUR size." said Rotor
"I just hope he doesn't come by wanting it back."Said Travis
"Not much chance of that happening, They were chased out of the great
forrest years ago." said Rotor.
Travis got onto the hovercycle with Rotor "It's this way" said Travis,
pointing to a trail
Rotor reved the engine and went as fast as he could maneuver
"Ouch! My arm!" said Travis
"What happened" asked Rotor
"I must've hit my funnybone." said Travis
"Allright." said Rotor
Rotor pulled up to the crashed ship
"OWWW!" Said Travis, this thing zapped me! Oh no! I forgot about the
tracking device! We need to get back to Knothole NOW!"
Rotor tried to start up the hovercycle, but it wouldn't start.
"AAAOOWWW!! It won't stop zapping me!" cried Travis "Get it off!"
"If I remove it, you have to promise to return with me, or I could get
into big trouble" Said Rotor
"I agree, just" said Travis "AAARRRGGHH!"
Rotor pulled out a laser knife, and cut off the tracking device, and
threw it a few yards away, it exploded
"Thanks Rotor!" Said Travis "Now let's get those fusion cannons!"
"It's amaizing that a tiny thing like this could vaporize a fighter jet"
said Travis, After removing the cannon" It's no larger than watermellon!
"This is a pretty big cannon" said Rotor
"You mean that the don't make 'em any bigger" asked Travis
"No, If it were any larger, it would cave in on it'self" answered Rotor.
"We'd better get back to Knothole, before you get in trouble" said
Travis
"Got it!" said Rotor "Let's go!"
"What about the hovercycle?" asked Travis
"Oh, I forgot, we'll have to walk, the hovercycle is outa' fuel." said
Rotor.
"I don't believe this!" said Travis
"What is it, is there a fueltank that you forgot? said Rotor, half
jokeingly
"Uh... Yes, there is..." said Travis
"Well, get it... and let's go
Rotor filled the hoversycle's tank, and he and Travis returned to
Knothole with the two cannons.`
"There's something I have to do, I'll be back..." Travis said, walking
back to the hospital
"Hey Doc!" said Travis
"Travis?" said Quack
"Oh, we're on a first name basis now?" said Travis "I expected the
shock, but not the boom."
"We were able to get the information we needed..." said Quack
Turning to the door, and beginig to run "Swaizey! I'm outa' here!"
Travis wasn't looking where he was going, and ran right into Sonic."
"Oh hi Travis, me and the Doctor wanted to thank you for helping
Sally!" said Sonic
"And I thank you for not taking advantage of Sally in her weakened
condition" continued Sonic, whispering in Travis' ear.
"So you guys are going to show me some courtesy now?" said Travis
"I'm not one-hundred percent sure about the others, But I will" said
Sonic "And it seems that tails trusts you, too.
"He sure likes mints too." said Travis
"Where did you get the mints?" asked Sonic
"I brought them in my backpack... Uh oh... My backpack's still in
blubbertown! NOOOOO!"
"Chill, My uncle got it before you were rescued." said sonic "We put it
with your tent , telescope, and the mints."
"So he's YOUR uncle..." said Travis "Okay, I got it now"
"There was a small blue box labeled 'Radio Hut', but it got wet."said
Sonic "But radios don't work here, so it shouldn't matter"
"The blue box!?! Wet!?!" Travis said, flabbergasted "Nooooooo!!!!!"
"I thought it was just a radio." Said Sonic
"That was my graviton emmiter!" said Travis
"I take it that's not good..." said Sonic
"That's terrable!" said Travis "I can't get home without it!"
"Maybe Rotor and Uncle Chuck could help you repair it." said Sonic
"And if they can't, I'm stuck here untill the next summer solstice" said
Travis
"That was a few days ago." said Sonic.
"It'll be almost a year 'till it reopens" said Travis "I just hope
Detrao and Detrax can take care of my house while I'm gone"
"Who are Detrao and Detrax?" asked Sonic
"My two houskeeping robots" said Travis
"You left your house to a couple of robots?" said Sonic
"Not just any robots, they have free will." said Travis
"You roboticized them?!?" said Sonic
"No, they're self programing," said Travis
Sonic was speechless
"That means that they had to learn everything they know, similar to the
people do." Travis continued
"But they don't have emotions, do they?" asked Sonic
"Even though they have the knoweledge of an adult" said Travis "They
have the emotions of young children."
"How, they're machines?" asked Sonic
"And so are we, we're just organic life forms, Detrao and Detrax are
inorganic life forms."answered Travis "When I get back to my homeworld, I'll
bring them here, "You should meet them, they're quite an interesting pair"
"A pair?" said Sonic
"They don't like being appart, even though they constantly argue and
bicker when they're together" said Travis "I just hope they don't get into a
fight and destroy my house!"
"They're armed?" asked Sonic
"They don't need to be. they wrecked the livingroom with a game of
socker" answered Travis
"What were they doing playing socker indoors" asked Sonic
"That's what I asked!" answered Travis "All they did was point fingers
at each other and argue"
"Did you punnish them?" asked Sonic
"Yes." answered Travis "I made then sit in different rooms for five
minutes."
"That's all?" asked Sonic
"Yep! To an andomeck that's a long time" answered Travis "That'd be like
sending you to an empty room, by yourself, for about a day an'a half"
"You must've been pretty ticked off!" said Sonic
"I was." said Travis "They destroyed my favorite lamp, and one of my
television sets." "But all an' all, they'er pretty cool.
"Back to the little blue box..." said Sonic "How does it work?"
"It emmits a graviton pulse, which echoes throughout the portal"
answered Travis
Sounds like somethin' Rotor would say."said Sonic "What does the portal
look like, anyway?"
"At first a golden sphere, then it grows larger, a hole appears in the
middle, then it grows into a ring." answered Travis
"I think I've seen something like that on Flicky Island!" said Sonic
"I'm sure Rotor'll be able to help you fix your box."
"I hope so." "Who knows what diabolical things Detrao and Detrax are
doing! I just hope they don't build an atomic bomb or something stupid!"
"Your robots know how to make an atom bomb!?!" asked Sonic
"No, that was just a figure of speech, anyway, neither one of 'em use a
soldering iron, so my world is safe." answered Travis
"What's Soil like?" asked Sonic
"I beg your pardon?" said Travis
"I mean Earth, What's it like?" asked Sonic
"There's alot to Earth." answered Travis "You'd hafta' be more specific"
"What color is the sky, what are the sounds of nature there?" asked
Sonic
"Well, the sky is blue, like here... and the sounds... In the cities,
car allarms and ambulance sirens. In the forest, crickets, like here.
There is only one moon. Um... " answered Travis
"What are the people like?" asked Sonic
"Well, the only people are... well, they look like your overlanders, but
they look very different from each other. They have a variety of skin
colors, hair colors, eye colors. weights, heights, builds, they aren't as
different looking as your people are from eachother.
"So you're speecies is the only one on Soil, I mean Earth.?" asked Sonic
"Oh, no... There are many speecies on Earth, but none are as advanced
as you or I" answered Travis
"Are there hedgehogs like me there?" asked Sonic
"There are hedgehogs, but not like you." answered Travis
"What are they like? asked Sonic
"Slow, clumbsey, and dumb" answered Travis "And very small" replied
Travis
"So they aren't physicaly as advanced, or smart, but they must have some
inteligence." said Sonic, in a disturbed tone."
"Let me put it this way, if you walked up to an Earth hedgehog, it would
recognize you as being human, like I am." said travis "It's the same for
most species on Earth."
"I see... so they're that primitive? said Sonic
"Yes. Earth is the same as this world in some ways, and very different
in others" "Another thing the puzzles me, is that we speak the same
language, I have a few theories, but that's it."
"Do you have a wife?" asked Sonic
"No, I never found anyone."answered Travis
"You could look here!" said Sonic
"I'm affraid it isn't that simple..." said Travis "On my world, humans
will mate with is other humans."
"But you're on Mobius." said Sonic
"I still have my principles." said Travis
That's why you were able to hold back from Sally's Id, isn't it?" asked
Sonic
"Now you understand." said Travis
"Not realy." said Sonic
"It also has to do with my religious standing." said Travis "Normal
principles can be changed easier than religious principles."
"I think I understand." said Sonic
Rotor came up to Travis "can you cook for us? please!?"
"I thought you had food materializers on this world?" said Travis
"Demonbotnik has them all!" said Rotor
Sonic, Rotor, and Travis walked to the kitchen
"So all you need for your emmiter is a gravaton coil, that shouldn't be
too hard to find" said Rotor (In a technical conversation with Travis)
"I didn't understand a word you guys said, so I'll take your words for
it." said Sonic
"And what kind of processor do your two andromechs use?" asked Rotor
"Each one uses a two-hundred fifty-six bit Decium chip, runnin at about
one point seven GigaHertz" said Travis
"And they are free-willed? amaizing!" said Rotor "I just hope Robotnik
doesn't get hold of that technology!"
"The great thing is, is that they can't be reprogramed, or mass produced
I got the information from de-clasified military information. They were too
much like humans that they were useless to the military!"
"Trust me, Robotnik is tricky!" said Rotor
"If an andromech sees it'self as being abused, or if it doesn't get
enough atention, it will shut down, and blank it's memory core." said Travis
"That's why I made two of them"
"And Robotnik will try that too." said Rotor
"Another great thing about the andromechs is that they tend to have well
built ethics base and a strong concience, which also makes them useless for
military use..." said Travis, "But I guess anything's possible
"Especialy if you're insane, and have an inteligence quotient of
three-hundred percent like Demonbotnik!"
"Great, I only have an I.Q. of one-hundred eighty five..." said Travis
"That's still good!" said Rotor
Entering the kitchen "Not much to work with, here..." said Travis
"There's fish in the freezer!" Said Rotor "And spices on the rack on
the wall!"
Looking into the refridgerator "Hmm... fuzzy fruit, fuzzy cheese, fuzzy
tofu, fuzzy spagheti sauce, fuzzy cake, fuzzy... Heck, I have no idea what
that was!" Travis said "I hope i got enough mana for this..."
"You might need some help for this much rot." Tarlex said
"Tarlex! Thank goodness you're here!" said Travis "This is alot of...
food...er, whatever ya' call it..."
"You could handle this yourself, you should see the walk-in cooler,
I'm glad I couldn't smell it!" said Tarlex
Travis walked into the walk-in cooler "I'm glad it's frozen!" said
Travis
"An Rot Sust Sol!" shouted Tarlex
All the food in the cooler became fresh
"An Rot Sust Sol!" yelled Travis, into the refridgerater
All the food there became fresh
"Okay! now I can cook!" said Travis
Travis made fillet of salmon, and several other dishes. Outside, there
was a crowd forming, due to the smells from the kitchen
Travis set the table, and brought out all the food and yelled "Come an'
get it!!"
The dining room filled allmost to it's capacity, The occupants ate as
if they had never seen food before. Travis made a plate, and went to the
hospital, and made his way to the infirmary where Sally was, left the plate,
then returned to the kitchen.
Sniffing the air, Travis noticed..."Propane!" gasped Travis , scrambling
to the door, to open it, a spark of unknown origin set the room ablaze,
Travis was thrown halfway to the dining hall, and was surrounded by everyone
in the room. Doctor Quack entered "Everyone, out of the way! Doctor coming
through!"
Knothole Infirmary
3:00pm
Travis awoke in the infirmery "Where...on...Earth...am...I..."
"Your In the infirmary" said Doctor Quack "You'v been out since six o'
clock last night
"That you, Detrax, Detrao... I just had the worst nightmare..." asked
Travis
"He's delusive" said one of the nurses
"Ooohhh... my aching head.... " groaned Travis
"Do you know where you are?" asked Doctor quack
"I think I'm... Nope, you got me on that one." said Travis "I give up,
where am I?"
"What's the last thing you remember?" asked Doctor Quack
"I was in the flaming abyss, with these little red guys pokeing me with
little sallad forks, and there was this fat guy in a red suit, with horns,
and a big orange moustache, "
"Do you know who I am?" asked Doctor Quack
"Yhea, you're Doctor Quack!" said Travis
"And do you know where you are?" asked Quack
"Well, it looks like the infirmery." said Travis "I feel so light"
"It's the morphine." said Quack "You sustained some first degree burnes,
and a second degree burn on your back, If you hadn't been waering those
cloths of yours, you would have been burned even worse, unfortunately, we
had to cut them off to treat your burns"
"Cut off?!?" No wonder I feel light! You took my cloths!" snarled
travis, while tending to his burns
"This is a hospital, keep it down." said Quack "and the patients who
are sleeping need their sleep"
"What did you do with my cloths?!?" snapped Travis "I want them back,
and I want them now!"
"I'm sorry, but they were desposed of, they were shreaded."
"Then you wouldn't mind getting me a towel" said Travis irritatedly
"Here..." Quack handed Travis a hand towel
"Now how am I supposed to wrap this around my waste?" asked Travis
"What's wrong?" asked Doctor Quack
"I'm not sure if you know this or no, but humans feel extreemly
vulnerable without their clothing." said Travis
"Your boots are fine, you can put them on" said Quack
"To be more specific, I want my pants!" hissed Travis
"Well, we don't allways get what we want, now do we?" groweled Quack
"Okay, then how about we pluck all your feathers from your body, then
dip you in butter and have you stand on a table, for all eyes to see?"
"Is that some sort of sick recipe?" groweled Quack
"Yes, a recipe for humiliation!" said Travis
"I see some of your argument, We'll try to fing a pair of pants your
size, but that could take a week or two..." said Quack
"Intollerable!" bring me thread, a sewinfg needle, and five square yards
of camaflage canvis!" said Travis
"My my my, are we a bit demanding today?" said Quack
Sitting up "If I were dressed, I'd get them myself!" said Travis
"Well you're not, so it looks like you won't be getting up!" said Quack,
smirking
"Hey, Trav!" said Sonic with tears in his eyes "You feel okay?
"Untill the morphine wears off." Travis said "Did you guys like the
meal?"
"Best meal in years!" said Sonic
"Great!" said Travis "At least one thing good happened today..." his
head dropped
"Man! this guy snores like a chainsaw!" said Sonic, "He didn't even let
me tell him about Sally..."
Travis dreams...
"Travis?" a female voice said
"Sally?" said Travis
"The food sure smells good, I wish I could move to eat it, but my body
doesn't respond, I can't wake up! please don't let them pull the plug on
me!" said Sally
"They wouldn't pull the plug on you! You're too important!" said Travis
"I heard them talking about it awile ago." said Sally "They think I'm
brain dead!"
"Sonic wouldn't let that happen." said Travis
"Sonic!?! That mongrel is the one responsible for my condition,
He and Robotnik did things of unmentionable horror to me!" said Sally "He's
pure evil!"
"If he was a bit evil, one single impure thought, I'd be the first to
know!" said Travis
"Please make him leave the room, He's scaring me!" said Sally
"Okay, I will." said Travis "But first, why can't you wake up?"
"A timed curse, set to go off some time after I left Robotropolis." said
Sally
"And tell Doctor Quack not to pull the plug... NOW! He's pulling it!"
Sally screamed
"Nooooo! Don't pull it!!" screamed Travis, awakened from his sleep
"Travis, you're awake!" said Quack
"Don't pull the plug!" said Travis "She's not dead!"
"I'm the doctor here, not you!" I know how hard it is to accept, but..."
"She's NOT braindead! She told me!" said Travis
"I don't believe in psychics, psychic healers, nor do I believe in the
paranormal." said Quack
"Then watch this!" said travis, tying the sheet around his waste "Is
there a patient here with an infection, or a deep cut?" said Travis
"Well, Aimy here has a nasty gash on her leg, from trying to climb a
poison spike tree, she's lucky she wasn't impaled on a thorn!" said Quack
Travis, Looking to Aimy, said " Poison spike trees are not for climbing"
"But Gwen dared me!" said the pink hedgehog
"So If 'Gwen' dared me to set myself on fire, should I?" asked Travis
"Is that why you're all burned up?" asked Aimy "Did Gwen dare you burn
yourself up?"
"No, I got blown up in the kitchen, after i smelled a propane leak."
said Travis
"You were the cook?!" asked Aimy
"Yes." answered Travis
"Now, if this Gwen girl dared you to chop your head of, would you?"
asked Travis
"No, I'd die!" said Aimy
"Same with the poison spike tree." said Travis
"Which leg is cut?" asked Travis
"This one... they say I'll never be able to walk on it again, because
the nerve is ruined... It might have to be amputated." said Aimy, pointing
to her right calf muscle, tears in her eyes
Rubbing his hands together, Travis said "This wont hurt"
Placing his hands on the wounds, Travis said "I have to concentrate"
Five minutes later, Quack returned "What the heck are you doing to my
patient!?" shouted Quack "You'r not a certified Physician!"
"Look at the wound!" said Travis
"I will, it needs re-bandaged anyway!" said Quack
"Well I'l be, It's healed! Poison pike tree wounds don't heal like
this" said Quack "It must have been diagnosed incorrectly, there's no other
explanation!"
"Yes, there is, you just don't want to look at the posibility of the
supernatural" said Travis "Now let me continue..."
"Okay, but if you hurt her, I'll shoot more setatives into you than I
use in a month!" said Quack
Travis placed his hands on Aimy's leg, twenty minutes later..."I'm done!
Look!"
Quack walked over to where Aimy was lying "This'll be worth a laugh..."
Quack said, finishing his cup of java
"What the!!!" quack said, java spraying out his nose "How!?!"
Aimy hopped off of the bed and said "It's all better!" "Can I go home,
Doctor Quack?"
Doctor Quack was dumbfounded
"I think this fits under psychic healing" said Travis
"She must have not been hurt, it's not possible, It deffies all laws of
reality" said Quack
"Then what's this?" said Travis, holding up the notebook from the tray
by Aimy's bed "Read it!"
"Patient has been diagnosed as having a wound from a poison spike tree.
Treatment will include amputation from the knee down, and antibiotics for a
period of ten to twenty years..." said Doctor Quack, in a disturbed voice
"I... I guess I have to believe..."
"I also have linked with Sally, telepathicaly, in my sleep, she told me
you were going to pull the plug, then I woke up, and you were getting ready
to cut power to life support." said Travis
"If you're so smart, why isn't she waking up?" asked Doctor Quack
"She mentioned a curse" said Travis
"A curse? How do we stop this curse?" asked Doctor Quack
"I don't know, I'll have to ask her."
"You have twelve hours, after that, I have to pull the plug... It's
pollicy, for her sake, I hope you're right about her not being
braindead..."
Lying down, Travis began to drift off
"I see you didn't listen to me about Sonic! Sally said, sneering
"Listen, you can beat me to a pulp later, first I need to know how to
break the curse!" said Travis
"I don't know magic, I only know that Demonbotnik is the one who cast
it." said Sally
"Let me try something,,," said Travis "Tarlex! Can you hear me?!?
"What is it now, you kids never let me rest, do you? I was in the
middle of cleaning up the kitch... Your Majesty?!" said Tarlex, now
looking to Sally, and kneeling "How may I assist you"
"By answering my question!" said Travis "How do I break the spell on
Sally?"
Tarlex passed his hand over Sally "This is the spell of Long sleep, A
more fitting name would be endless sleep, it also masks the mind, creating
the ilusion of braindeath. This is quite serious!"
"How do we break it?" said Travis
"Well, you have to find the gem that the spell is tied to." said Tarlex
"Robotnik could have that cursed stone anywhere!" said Travis
"Fortunately, he must keep the stone on his person." said Tarlex
"That makes it easy to find, but that means I have to fight Robotnik,
and win." said Travis "This could take over a week, and Sally doesn't have a
week!"
"What are you talking about?" said Sally, as a shadow crossed her heart
"Travis... what are you talking about?" "Tarlex?"
"Quack says I have twelve hours to get you out of this coma, or he's
pulling the plug." said Travis "Unless I could prove that you are not dead."
"Great!" Sally said sarcasticaly "I'm as good as dead..."
"Wonderful." Said Tarlex sarcasticaly
"Wait, Tell me something only you and Quack know."
"He is a doctor, you should call him Doctor Quack" said Sally
"Okay, but i need that tidbit of info." Said Travis
"Let's see... no, I can't use that...Hmm..." said Sally
"Can't use what?" asked Travis
"Forget I said that" Said Sally "It was part of a checkup I had, And I
don't want to talk about it"
"If you don't, you're dead!" said Travis
"And if I tell you, I'll be permanently humiliated!" said Sally "It's
very personal!"
"Then think of something else!" said Travis
"Hmm... the first lollypop he gave me was grape, with a chocolate
center." said Sally
"Remember anything else?" asked Travis
"Hmmm... Yes, I do!" said Sally
"Spill it!" said Travis
"Well... when I was little, after my first booster, I called needles
'ouchiepokes'" said Sally
"That should do it!" said Travis "I'll have you awake in no time!"
"And get Sonic out of the room!" said Sally
"Aw man, I hafta' get my mana up before I do anything." said Travis
"I'll have to get some sleep before I go"
"You've slept for about two hours!" Said Tarlex
Knothole Infirmary
6:00pm
Travis awakens as Antoine walks in
"Um... Travis... I have something for you." said Antoine
"What is it?" asked Travis
"I found 'zees in ze warehouse..." said Antoine, holding a pair of
camaflage combat trousers "Zeh should be your size."
"Oh my! Your a lifesaver!" said Travis
"I also found 'zeese" said Antoine, holding a matching jacket
"Thank you! How can I repay you?" asked Travis
"You tried to help Sally, zat's enough for me."
Awhile later, Travis was dressed
"Hey Qu...Doctor Quack!" said Travis
"Yes?" said Doctor Quack
"I have proof that Sally's nod braindead." said Travis
"Here we go again" said doctor Quack "What is it?"
"She said that the first sucker you gave her was grape." said Travis
"Lucky guess" said Doctor Quack
"With a chocolate center!" said Travis
"Okay, so you asked around..." said Doctor Quack
"And she called hypodermic needles 'ouchiepokes' after her first
booster shot"
"I'm not sure about this, but I'll hold off as far as the shutdown on
the life support... I could lose my liscence if your wrong, but I'll go with
it. I'd never forgive myself if I didn't look into this... you have
twenty-four hours, no more.
Travis walked out of the infirmery, as Sonic walked in and saw Tarlex,
but Tarlex looked like Lightning Falcon
"Wow! your new body's awesome!" said Travis
"Yep! and a few changes were made, I have a sleep mode now, so I can
restore my mana. and my hands feel just like they did when I was a
hedgehog!" said Tarlex
"You don't consider yourself dead anymore?" asked Travis
"No, I don't. I have everything I lost back!" said Tarlex "Plus, I can
fly!"
"Well, we got an extension, Sally has twenty-four hours!" said Travis
"But it won't be enough, so I need you to stay with Sally, and protect
her."
"Better yet, I could fly you to Robotropolis, destroy the stone, and be
back by tomorow morning!" said Tarlex
"Good Idea, let's go!" said Travis
Tarlex picked up Travis in his arms, and they flew to Robotropolis
Robotropolis
10:00pm
"I hate this place!" said Travis
"How do you think I feel? I was stuck here for ten years in that
refridgerator!" said Tarlex
"You got me on that one!" said Travis "Now what does this stone look
like?"
"It's black." said Tarlex
"That's all you know?" said Travis
"The spell calls for a black stone. It could be an obsidian stone, a
black diamond, a piece of black quartz, or a simple piece of coal." said
Tarlex
"So Tarlex, where should I look?" asked Travis
"It will be in a ring, or on an amulet, or some other piece of jewelry"
answered Tarlex "And when we're here, just call me Lightning Falcon. If
Robotnik finds out who I realy am, he could retake me!"
"I understand" said Travis
"Good!" said Tarlex
"How do we get in?"asked Travis "The doors are heavily guarded!"
"We fly!" said Tarlex
"Let's go, Ligtning!" said Travis
Travis and 'Lightning' flew up to Travis' old window
"How do we get in, that looks like the diamond glass I saw in the
roboticizer chamber, it's tough stuff!" asked Travis
"Easy!" said Lightning "We vaporize it!"
Lightning charged up his fusion cannon, and unleashed a sphere of pure
energy. After the light faded, Lightning carried Travis in.
"Home sweet Hole." said Travis as he opened the door. "You keep an eye
out for guards, I'll deal with the round boy!"
Sneeking into Robotnik's room, Travis saw the sleeping Robotnik, and
pulled out the army knife that was in his pocket, and held it to Robotnik's
throat. Robotnik woke up.
"One word, an' I'll cut you!" said Travis "I know you have a neck under
all that fat."
"What do you want from me?" whispered Robotnik
"Good, just keep it down like this, and there won't be any trouble."
said Travis "I want the stone."
"What stone?" asked Robotnik.
"The black one!" hissed Travis "Don't play stupid with me, I know you
have it!"
"Oh, the black opal ring" whispered Robotnik "The one with the curese."
"That's a good fatboy!" said Travis "Now, where is it?""
"I gave it to Sonic." said Robotnik
"Liar!" said Travis, grabbing Robotnik's left hand "One, two, three,
four, five... four?"
"No... I'm not lying..." said Robotnik "There are two Sonics, One from a
paralell world, one good, one evil... please don't cut off my fingers...."
"Where is this evil Sonic?" asked Travis
"I don't know. please don't hurt me...." whispered Robotnik
"I'm feeling generous today." said Travis "You get to live, and you get
to keep all four digits!"
"Nooooo..." Said Robotnik
"Did I say four, I meant five." said Travis
"An Con Phantas Zu" Travis said, Robotnik's eyes glazed over
"Did you kill him?" asked Lightning
"No, I could never kill." said Travis "He's just gonna' have some realy
bad nightmares tonight"
"Had me fooled" said Lightning "Apparently he was fooled... he wet
himself!"
Travis went into Snivley's room
"Hey Snivley, it's me, Travis!"
"Travis?!?" said Snivley "You better leave, before the swatbots get
you!"
"Shhhh... I have protection. I need something!" Said Travis "I need a
certain black opal ring, know anything about it?"
"If Robotnik catches me with you, I could get into BIG trouble!" said
Snivley
"Robotnik's gonna' be out cold for awhile," said Travis "Tell me about
the ring!"
"It's a black opal ring..." Said Snivley
"I know that!" said Travis
"I was getting there!" said Snivley "You remember that smell in the
roboticizer?"
"Yes." said Travis "How could I forget?, it smelled like a smashed
skunk"
"Close, it was used to roboticize a skunk named Geoffery StJohn" Said
Snivley "The ring belonged to him!"
"Tell me more, please." said Travis
"You said please, why?" asked Snivley
"Because I think you're okay," said Travis "Now, tell me about the
ring."
"Robotnik used the ring as a meterial component for an evil curse called
Deep sleep" said Snivley
"You mean Long Sleep?" asked Travis
"Yes. well, Robotnik gave it to Sonic... a bad Sonic!" said Snivley
"That explains why Sally's so afraid of Sonic now!" said Travis
"Unfortunately." said Snivley "Robotnik and Sonid would tease, taunt and
torture Sally. Even though I don't particularly LIKE the freedom fighters,
I would not wish that kind of treatment them, or anyone. That's just plain
wrong. In fact, I'm glad you took her away, I was sick and tired of seeing
her suffer like that."
"You have a good heart, Snivley, no matter what anyone else says." said
Travis "You wouldn't know where the 'evil' Sonic is by any chance, would
you?"
"He likes to sleep in the guard's tower" said Snivley "But he sleeps
durring the daylight hours, so he's awake now."
"That'll do!" said Travis "Thank's!"
"Before you go, thak this with you." said Snivley. Snivley handed
Travis a blue vest, a pair of kneehigh boots, and a small device that looked
like a folding cellular phone, and a signent ring "This belonged, I mean
belongs, to princess Sally, take it with you."
"I will." said Travis "Thanks!"
Travis placed the items into his oversized pockets in his trousers, and
went back to his old room.
Travis activated the intercom
"Sonic Hedgehog to room two, twenty-three. Sonic Hedgehog to room two
floor twenty-three" said Travis, doing his best to impersonate Robotnik's
voice
Guard's Tower
11:00pm
"Aw man, Robotnik better have a good reason to Be calling me" Said evil
Sonic, who was clad in a leather jackes, as he smashed an empty 40 oz. beer
bottle against the wall
Travis' former room
11:01pm
Travis had the lights out and his back turned
"What do you want, Robotnik?" said evil Sonic "This had better be
important!"
"It is, Sonic." said Travis. Travis could smell the beer on the
hedgehog's breath. Travis hated beer.
"What's up wit' dis? You never call me by my first name!" growled the
evil Sonic
"Now, Lightning!" said Travis
Lightning hit the evil hedgehog over the head with his massive mettalic
fist.
"Get the ring! Hurry!" said Lightning
"Where is it?" said Travis "Where?!"
"Try removing that leather glove!" said Lightning
"There it is!" said Travis, as he pocketed the ring "Let's get outa here
you hold me, and I'll get the leather guy!"
"No can do! he's to heavy" said Lightning "The fusion blast used up most
of my energy reserves, I can only get you back, and I'm not leaving you here
alone, you'd get killed for sure!"
Lightning carried Travis out the window, and the two were gone
On the way back to knothole
3:00am
"Don't fall asleep, we're almost there!" said Lightning
"Why can't I sleep?" asked Travis
"Aerodynamics." said Lightning "You'll cause too much resistance."
Lightning lowered his altitude, and grazed a tree
"What's the big idea!" yelled Travis "Can't you see where you're going?
"I can see fine." said Lightning "I had to drop altitude, we're being
followed!"
"By who?" yelled Travis
"Judging by the poor piloting skills," said Lightning "I'd have to say
it's our drunken leather wearing friend"
A fusion blast flew past Lightning and Travis "That was close!" said
Travis
"Give yerselves up! or the next one wont miss" said the evil Sonic
using the megaphone, in a slurred voice "I just want my ring back!"
"Looks like we'll have to land!" said Lightning
Lightning landed
"What now?" asked Travis
"We wait here, intill he leaves. I'm going to sleep. keep your hand
around mine, if you let go, I'll wake up, I need to recover some power. If
I'm asleep I use less power, that way, my reactor can accumulate power
faster."
Lightning shut down. Dark Sonic looked at his controll pannel,
"Hmmm... that winged robot isn't showing up, I'll return to Robotropolis,
and report this incident"
Dark Sonic turned around and went back to Robotropolis.
An hour later,Travis let go of Lightning's hand
"That was a good nap, I'm all ready to go, let's fly!" said Lightning
Lightning was ready to go, untill he fired up.
"Oh no! my engines aren't responding!" said Lightning "They're wet!"
"Great!" said Travis "how far are we from Knothole?"
"According to my navagation systems, about thirty miles. If we move,
we can make it there in time." said Lightning
"What time is it?" asked Travis
"My timer says it's two o' clock" said Lightning
"Let's go.!" said Travis, "We need to hurry, if we're going to get
there on time!"
While walking, Travis said "What do we do with the ring?"
"Well, either it must be away from it's user for three days, or it must
be crushed, and the powder sprinkled on the victem, in this case, the second
meathod must be used.
Knothole Viliage
8:00pm
"We're here!" said Travis, what time is it?"
"Yore not going to like this... My clock is off by two hours" said
Lightning
"So what time IS it?" asked Travis
"Eight o' clock..." said Lightning" We're two hours late, I'm sorry..."
"So close..." said Travis, he began to cry
"Let's go to the infirmary..." said Lightning
Travis and Lightning walked into the infirmary, to Sally's room. The
bed Sally was in was gone
"Ahhhh, Travis, how are things?" said Doctor Quack, chearfully
"Just 'ducky''! " growled Travis "You pulled the plug, didn't you?"
"Yes I did!, as a matter of fact!" said Doctor Quack
"And you're in a pleasant mood?!?"
"Why, I couldn't be any happier!" said Doctor Quack
"I've heard of emotional detatchment from patients, but this is
disgusting"
"What are you talking about?" Said Doctor Quack
"You knew Sally her whole life, and while she's dead, you're happy as a
fly on trash!"
"Oh, I see, you thought I," said Doctor with an amused look on his face
"Sally's in the other room, you were right!, at eleven o' two, the
electroencephalograph showed that her brainwaves were back to normal, but
when Sonic enterd the room, the other devices showed terrible fear, so I
told Sonic to leave the room, and things went back to normal." said Doctor
Quack."
"Anyway, Sally's breathing on her own. Instruments say that she is in a
normal sleep, but I can't wake her.
"I think I can explaine the fear and Sonic." said Travis
"You mean there's a connection?" said Doctor Quack "I thought it was an
error, or a bad reading."
"Apparently, there is an evil duplicate of Sonic running around
Robotropolis, I took this ring from him around elevenish last night!" Said
Travis "And when I talked to Snivley, he told me that..."
"Snivley talked to you?!?" asked Doctor Quack "Are you out of your
mind?!?"
"If it weren't for Snivley, I wouldn't have been able to get this ring!"
said Travis "If I was right about the brain thing, I think I'm right about
the ring thing!"
"I'll take your word on this." said Doctor Quack "But I'm still unsure
about it."
"Snivley informed me that Robotnik, and this other Sonic had tourmented
her in ways too horrible to mention. That's why she get's nervous around
Sonic. Now, I have one last task to perform... May i see a pestle and
mortar?"
"Hold on." said Doctor Quack as he left the room
A minute later, Doctor Quack returned, with the pestle and mortar.
"Here!" said Doctor Quack
Travis pried the black opal loose from the ring with the army knife he
found earlier. The stone fell into the mortar, and Travis crushed the black
opal into powder, then poured the dust into his hand. Travis walked over to
Sally, and sprinkled the dust over her body.
At first, nothing "Would you mind telling me what kind of voodoo witch
doctor mojo ritual thing you're doing now? asked Doctor Quack
"I'm trying to remove the rest of that curse." said Travis "But I can't
figure out what I've done wrong."
"I'll tell you what you did wrong! You didn't remove Sonic from the
room!" growled Sally "And I told you do it twice! But you didn't listen!
I made myself clear! But you didn't listen!"
Travis was going to tell Sally that she was repeating herself, but
decided to keep his mouth shut on this one... "Um.. Its good to see you
awake!" said Travis
"You did help me. I'd be dead if it weren't for you. But you disobeyed
my orders! You could have listened to me. It would have taken no effort
whatsoever! But instead, you took it upon yourself to let Sonic stay!
Didn't you?!?"
"Yes, I did, but I can explaine!"
"Do it! and It better be good!"
"Apparently, there is a paralell, but oposite plane, similar to this
world. From that world is an evil version of Sonic."
"Wrong answer! We destroyed him years ago!" said Sally
A female monotone voice came from the proximity of Travis' leg "The
assumtion that Sonic's counterpard was destroyed in the explosion is
incorrect. Sonic's counterpart still exists, and is in Robotropolis at the
current time."
"Nicole!?! I thought Robotnik disassembled you for research!" said
Sally
"Oh, I forgot to give this to you!" said Travis, removing the clothing,
boots, and Nicole from his pocket "Snivley told me to give these to you."
"What?!? They could be bugged!" Sally said, going throgh her things,
then popping the cover off of Nicole "That's funny, no tracking device"
"Hey Sall! what's up?" asked Sonic, as he walked in the door "I
brought you some cake, want some
Sally backed away from Sonic "S...Sonic? go away! Leave me alone!"
said Sally, shaking in fear, huttled up in her bed.
"Sonic, I'm asking you to leave, nothing personal, but your presence is
disturbing Sally." said Doctor Quack
"I demand to know what is going on!" Yelled Sonic
"Max, I need your help here!" said Doctor Quack
"I get it! I'm history, outa here, I quit the Freedom fighters!" said
Sonic
Travis ran to get to Sonic "Whoa Sonic!"
"What do you want?" pouted Sonic
"Hey, It's not your fault Sally's upset with you." Said Travis
"Then who's fault is it?" asked Sonic
"Robotnik and an evil version of you." said Travis
"I know that guy! I'll rip his guts out! I'll gouge his eyes out
I'll...I'll..." said Sonic
"Hold it, sport!" all that'll do is get ya' bad karma!" said Travis
"If you wana' get to 'em, I'll help ya."
"First, he's always drunk. That means He'll be a little stronger than
you."said Travis "But he'll be a lot slower. Also, if you get him with a
good right hook, he'll hit the floor, and he won't get back up!"
"Then I gut 'em?" said Sonic
"Uh... no. Even though he hurt Sally, all killing him will do is give
you bad karma." said Travis "Now if you realy want'm dead, I can't stop
you, but I can't help you either."
"Why?" asked Sonic
"If I did help you, I'd run the risk of losing my special abilities."
said Travis
"And what are those?" asked Sonic
"The healing touch, immunity to disease, spellcasting, and any powers I
don't know about." said Travis "Now, I can help you capture him, But I need
sleep, I'm going to the infirmary
"Um, Travis, can I have a word with you?" said Tails "Me, Rotor, Bunnie,
Dulcy, Antoine, Sonic, Uncle Chuck, and Aimy made you something."
"What is it, I'm tired." said Travis
"We made you a hut!" said Tails "One big enough for you! It's not
finished yet, but it's getting there. We even put together a big bed!"
"Thank you! Is the bed finished?" asked Travis
"Yep! all done!" Tails said
"What's not finished?" asked Travis
"The carpet. and we haven't found a refridgerator yet." said Tails
"Don't worry, everyone wanted to do this."
"Well, I can't thank you enough." said Travis "Would I be able to use
the bed for awhile?"
"Sure you could!" answered Tails
"Thanks" said Travis
Tails lead Travis to the new hut "Here it is!" said Tails
"Who's is that one?" said Travis, pointing to the other large hut
"That's Dulcy's hut!" said Tails
"I haven't met dulcy, what does she look like?" asked Travis
"She's behind you!" answered Tails
Travis turned around, looked down and saw a large pair of scaily feet.
He gradualy looked higher and higher, untill he met the gaze of a large
smiling dragon. Travis gasped then said "A dragon! A real live dragon!"
"Hi. I'm Dulcy, you must be Travis, nice to meet you!" she said.
"They'll never believe this back home!"
"You don't have dragons on your world?" asked Dulcy
"No, we don't" Travis stoped there, he didn't want to run the risk of
insulting Dulcy with all the dragon slayer mumbo jumbo that covered the
airwaves. "It's an honor to meet you!"
"Travis walked into the hut, and went to sleep on the bed."
Travis' hut
9:27pm
Travis woke up when Sonic was rocking his shoulder. all Travis could
recall was a dream about a talking heap of candy wrappers and a short fat
clown with a saxiphone who looked like Bill Clinton <> travis thought to himself
Travis looked up, and saw Sonic wearing a backpack, and holding the
plasma rifle that Tarlex brought with him when he arived in Knothole with
Sally
"Ready?" asked Sonic
"Can't this wait 'till tomorow?" asked Travis "At least by then, I'll
have my mana up"
"I can't go another night without Sally!" said Sonic
"You waited over a year, another night won't hurt... Have patience."
said Travis
"Okay, I'll have patience" said Sonic "Okay! patience is over, let's go!
"I guess I won't get to rest untill I go with you, let's go!"
"Take this!" Sonic handed Travis a fusion rifle "You get the big one!"
"How did I let myself get pulled into this?" said Travis "Me and you
against a thousand swatbot's, almost fair..."
"No. It's me, you, Dulcy, and Tarlex, er Lightning" said Sonic "I
think Tarlex is way cooler than Lightning, But lightning is cool too."
"He took that name to avoid being caught by Robotnik" said Travis
"Ol' Rot' gave Lightning a power boost, and he upgraded his reactor!"
"Okay, what's the plan?" asked Travis
"We slip in, grab my double, slip out, and expose him to Sally, then she
won't be mad at me anymore!"
"Okay, let's go!" said Travis
Robotropolis
1:32am
"Should we go in the way we did last night?" asked Lightning
"Yes, only a fool would use the same trick twice, that's what Robotnik
will think, therefore, we should have no problem getting in." said Travis
Lightning flew Travis back to the hole's location, but the hole was
replaced with eight inch Titanium alloy
"We're being expected, we should go back" said Travis
"No! we can't... I can't!" said Sonic "You guys can go home, I'm
staying!"
"We could use Round Boy's wall!" said Travis "anyway, another night like
last, and he'll never ge a good night's sleep ever again!"
Lightning flew around to the other side of the fortress, made a hole
there, then entered.
"No jellyrolls! " said Travis "He's in the restroom." whispered
Lightning I'll take care of ton's o' fun, you and Sonic get leather clad,
meet me back here" "Oooo This'll be fun!, time for my revenge!"
Sonic and Travis went out the door and ran into Snivley.
"Well if it isn't ol' Snidely?!" said Sonic
"The hedgehog!" growled Snivley
"Lay off of Snivley" said Travis "He helped wake up Sally! We're here
for leatherclad!"
"Hey Snivley, wanna' get rid of dark Sonic?"
"Well, I'd get my old office back if I did, okay, it's a deal!" said
Snivley
Snivley went to the intercom "Yes... put me through to the guard's
tower." said Snivley "Yes, Sonic, is that you?
"Of course it is, you idiot!" said dark Sonic "What is it this time?!?
Wet your bed?"
"No, I got another case of beer." said Snivley
"Why didn't you say so?" said dark Sonic "I'll be up as fast as I can,
and don't drink any, or I'll kick your tail... oopse, you ain't got a tail!
Sonic out!"
"He'll be here any second..." said Snivley "Hmmm... He's late."
About ten minutes later, dark Sonic came up the stairs, panting
"You better not have drank anya' my beer!" said dark Sonic
Dark Sonic looked at Travis with blurred vision "What's that combot
doing here?" Obviously, Dark Sonic thought Travis was a combot, due to the
camaflage outfit he wore.
"It's in my room, in the refridgerator." said Snivley "Come look!"
As Dark Sonic got closer, he recognized Travis "You! " said Dark Sonic
"Because of you, I didn't get to eat any of that mobian squirl pot pie
Robotnik promised me! I'll kill you! You can't match my speed!"
Dark Sonic ran up to Travis as if in slow motion
"This is pittiful!" said Travis, as he placed his right hand on Dark
Sonic's forehead, and pushed him just barely, but hard enough to knock him
over.
Now Dark Sonic was on the ground, passed out.
"He's gonna' have a hangover tomorow like you won't believe."
Travis returned to Robotnik's bed room "Time to go!" said Travis
"I didn't get to cast one nightmare spell!" said Lightning
"Let's go!" said Travis
Travis and Lightning took their prisioner, and flew out the hole in the
wall.
Knothole Viliage Infirmary
5:45am
Travis dragged his unconcious prisioner, carrying him by hes belt to
Sally's room, and looked to Sally, who was reading a book. she smellt the
beer in the air
"This is the Sonic who tourmented you all those months!"
Sally backed away in fear.
Travis dropped the vile hedgehog on the floor, and placed his foot on
the hedgehog's chest
"Oh my gosh!" Sally said "You got him... and to think, he used to be
my boyfriend! Yeck!"
"This isn't your Boyfriend, he never was." said Travis "Sonic, could you
come in here?"
Sonic (The good one) came down the stairs. "Sall? I hope you're not
still mad ad me." he said
"Sonic? Sally said, edging towards him "It wasn't you, was it?"
"No." said Sonic "I missed you so much!"
Sonic picked Sally up from the bed, and held her in his arms, tears
running down his cheeks
"I'll never let this happen to you again!" said Sonic
"Robotnik still has the tome?" asked Sally
"Unfortunately, but we'll get it!
Sally looked to Travis "Thank's, again!"
Travis could see Sally's ribs through her fur, then looked at her face,
<> travis thought to himself
"Your welcome, Sally." said Travis "I'll see you two later"
"Where are you going?" asked Sally
"I'm going to bed!, I'm dead tired!" said Travis
Doctor quack came down the stairs
"Hey, Doc?" asked Travis "Could you throw this piece of trash in a quiet
room or something?"
"Why?" asked Doctor Quack
"That's the Sonic that did all that horrible stuff to me!" said Sally
Doctor Quack called four orderlies, and they took Dark Sonic away
"Now Sonic, be gentle with her, she's very weak!"
Sonic placed Sally back on her bed.
"Travis, could you stay... here?" asked Sally
"He's out cold, Sall'." said Sonic
Travis has finaly been accepted. Sally is recovering well. The freedom
Fighters ar all happy, for the time being, except Tails, and he still won't
tell what's eating him. Dark Sonic is in confinement awaiting trial,
but he's got other plans. Robotnik still has the Tome of Insidious acts,
and is prepairing to use it to summon an unknown force of great evil
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