190A/N: Hey, it's me again. Alright, then, now that I finished the prologue, I can really start the series. And what better way to start this than by introducing some key players? Oh, and before I forget… for some odd reason, I don't think this series would work very well without music for introduction and conclusion. If you have any suggestions for songs, then by all means, tell me. Okay, here we go!
Outskirts of Station Square- 02:24
A large, sparkling city was the first sight anybody who was coming from out of town would see, even at this time of night. A grand casino, a colossal five star hotel, excellent museum, one of the world's greatest amusement parks, a giant beach, romantic seaside, express train service to just about anywhere in America, a vast collection of Chao Gardens, and an excellent school district… Station Square, the "Capital of the Western United States" had it all. One look from the beautiful cliff that was part of the hiking trail, and one could see the entire city.
Speaking of that cliff, there were two small beings standing on top of it. The beings were- despite their alterations- obviously Chao. The first of these two Chao was a small, yellow-orange being with a white muzzle, ocean blue eyes, white fur all over his small stomach, a pair of groomed fox ears, and- odd enough, even for one of his species- two small but long fox tails. On his chest was an ancient looking, violet colored badge, a tool belt was around his tiny waist, and over his small, nearly nonexistent eyebrows were a pair of brown goggles. There was a dark green dot floating above his head. In his tiny hands were a screwdriver in the left, and an odd, blue, human sized watch in the right. "Are you sure that this is the place?" the small, fox-like Chao asked his friend, adjusting a screw on the watch. "This is where that man who has your Emerald took it?"
The fox Chao was looking at an all dark ocean blue hedgehog Chao with long, spiky, hair like quills slicked back, pointed ears with tan insides, a light green dot over his head, and a tanned stomach. Around the Chao's left wrist was a teal ring that had a faint glow to it, and covering his closed eyes was a pair of sea green sunglasses. The hedgehog Chao's arms were crossed, as if he was focusing on something. The Chao stayed silent for a minute before relaxing his arms, perching the sunglasses so they were on his forehead, and opening his emerald green eyes, which seemed to sparkle as he grinned. "Oh, yeah," the hedgehog Chao smirked in a confident tone. "My senses haven't let me down in the past. I have a good whiff of the Emerald… and that whiff's coming from in that town." The fox Chao looked up from his work on the watch to look at Station Square. The vast size of it… as a Chao, this was rather intimidating. A large swirl of confusion and fear appeared over the tiny dot floating over his head- Chao had the ability to project their emotions from the dot- a large heart indicated that they were happy or in love, an exclamation point meant that they were excited or surprised by something, a question mark meant that they were confused, wanted something, or didn't know what was going on, and the swirl meant that they were scared, hurt, annoyed, or angry.
"It's a pretty big place," the fox Chao nervously pointed out. "It'll take us days- no, probably all week to search that town top to bottom! Too many people will figure out what we're looking for in no time!"
"Don't worry, buddy," the hedgehog Chao retorted. "Let's not forget about my sense for the Emeralds and my super speed… as well as your ability to fly and your brains. We'll have that Emerald by this time tomorrow."
"You always seem really confident about these things," the fox Chao stated, calming down. He sighed, "It's really amazes me that some organization like GUN hasn't caught on to our freelancing."
"That's because we don't have a cool name for it, yet," the hedgehog Chao shrugged. "You know that the world's current media only pays attention to celebrities, deaths, music, terrorists, economics, and small groups with really cool names." He then looked at the watch, and asked, "So, how long until this thing-a-ma-jig is done? You've been at it for a couple weeks." The fox Chao's ear twitched slightly, making him look at the watch with a swirl back over his head. He placed both the watch and the screwdriver away.
"First of all," the fox Chao slightly scowled at the fact that his partner forgot the name of the device for the twentieth time this week, "I called it the 'Chaos Energy powered Human-Chao Spiritual Unity Morpher', or, to put it simply, a 'Chaos Morpher'. And second, it would have been done much sooner had we had a human to try it out with and we hadn't lost the Emerald we would've used for the test."
"Well, we found the Emerald's location for the most part," the hedgehog Chao smiled, calming the fox Chao down. "And this is a city. There are more humans to test it out on than we found exploring the ruins that we set up a base nearby."
"A problem, though," the yellow-orange Chao announced, making his blue friend's smile fade. "Not too many humans can exactly take the levels of radiation that are emitted by Chaos Energy. Not to mention that the Chao is also a key factor, itself. Should the Chao have way too much Chaos Energy in its body for the human partner to partake of, then there's no way a successful fusion will take place. And you have plenty of it, considering you were born by that Emerald."
"Yeah," the blue Chao acknowledged, looking into the city. As he flipped down his sunglasses, he could sense it- the gem he grew up with was in that city. He didn't know exactly how he could tell, but he could. There it was- in the city. The blue Chao only grinned, "It's time I got my birthright back." He then disappeared into a light blue streak dashing down the hiking trail straight into the city. The two tailed fox dashed to the edge of the cliff, kicked off of it, and fell. Instead of falling straight into the cold, hard, ground that was waiting for him, though, the fox Chao's two tails started to perform multiple three hundred sixty degree helicopter spins around each other, allowing him to hover in the air. He then flew straight after the light blue streak heading straight for the city, turning into a yellowish streak himself. The darkness of the night sky engulfed this pair of high speed streaks as they entered Station Square… where their real adventures will begin.
Episode 1: Start-Up! The Thorndyke Boy and the Hedgehog Chao!
Thorndyke Manor- 06:27
A large, white, luxurious mansion just on the outskirts of town would normally seem to be full of life at any time of the day. However, to one of the home's residents- a teenaged human boy with messy cherry oak brown hair, slightly tanned skin, and sky blue eyes wearing a coal black long-sleeved shirt under a red and yellow t-shirt with white sleeves, a pair of dark blue jeans with two yellow streaks going up the sides of the pants legs- to him, had it not been for his grandfather who had just moved next door in the "shack" next door and the butler and maid of the house, the place may as well have been abandoned. The last time the boy saw his busy parents was about last week at the New Year's Eve party his father threw at the house. With his father the CEO of the technology corporation Meteor Tech that traveled around the world to help promote his company and his mother a world famous actress that kept getting, the boy's parents hardly ever stayed at the house, anymore.
He was half-used to this, though. The longest his parents have ever stayed home in the past three years was the two weeks during the winter break. Still, it was pretty sad that now that he was in his second semester of his freshman year in high school that his parents wouldn't rather be spending their time with their only son while they still had him. He never really asked for much, else.
The boy walked down stairs to a vast living room. The room had just about everything you could expect from a luxurious mansion's living room: large, flat screen television placed oh so carefully in between two grand sized speakers, a freshly made light tan sofa, a huge, red armchair, a mahogany coffee table, several golden trophies (his mother's collection from the films she's made), and some pictures of the boy when he was younger. This room was hardly ever used whenever his parents weren't home- in fact, the only thing that kept this room from collecting dust from lack of use was the maid who was currently cleaning it. The mansion's maid was a rather plump woman with curly brown hair, dark tanned skin, chocolate brown eyes, and a round face wearing a sky blue uniform, and she was currently finishing vacuuming the floor when the boy walked in. The maid looked up as she switched off the vacuum, and smiled.
"Good morning, Master Chris!" the maid greeted the boy. "I trust you slept well last night and breakfast was excellent?"
Christopher James Thorndyke- or as the maid and everybody else called him "Chris"- had to chuckle a bit. The maid was most likely referring to the "feast" that was once in the dining room on his plate. "Ella," Chris smiled, "breakfast was nice, as usual. But seriously, for the thousandth time, you do not have to call me, 'Master'."
"But Chris," Ella smiled back, "while your parents are gone, you are the Master of this home." At the mention of his parents being gone, Chris frowned a bit. Ella caught notice of this, and sighed. "I know, Chris," the maid noted, making the boy look up. "Your parents do love you, but they're always gone, these days."
"They seem too busy for their family lives, anymore," Chris pointed out. It was a rather depressing thought, but even Ella knew this was the case- Nelson Thorndyke had just made a deal with a computer company in China, and was working day and night on solidifying the deal while Lindsey Speed-Thorndyke was the leading actress in the upcoming movie Ruin Raider 3: Guardian of the Abyss, and the final shootings were taking place in the Amazon Jungle, and she usually did her own stunts. (A/N: Imaginary Cookie to the first reviewer to guess the reference in the title of the movie). There would be no way they could come back anytime soon.
Still, Ella had responsibility for Chris. "Don't worry about them," she smiled. "I'm sure that once they've taken care of their current business, then they'll come home and you'll all have a good laugh." For some reason, the boy had to return the smile. Ella and the butler, Mr. Tanaka always could cheer him up.
"Thanks, Ella," Chris said, feeling a little better. He looked at the clock above the large, flat screen television- 6:38. "Uh-oh," Chris blinked. "I'm going to be late for the bus!" He then ran out of the room, heading out to the door, putting on his dark blue backpack.
Ella reminded him, "Your lunch is in the fridge."
"Thanks, Ella!" Chris called to her, grabbing the bag lunch from the fridge, and turning to leave. As he opened the door, Chris turned to the living room, and said, "Tell Mr. Tanaka I said goodbye!"
"I will," Ella laughed. "Have a great day, Master Chris!"
"You too, Ella!" the boy replied, heading out the door and closing it. Ella turned back to her cleaning for just a second before the door opened, and Chris told her, "And for the one thousand first time, just call me 'Chris,' Ella!" He then closed the door again. Ella sighed.
"Aye, aye, aye," she announced. "It seems like just yesterday, his parents brought him home for the first time. Now, they're rarely here, and he has some interesting friends in high school." It almost brought a tear to her face- the little Chris she knew was growing up. She just prayed that Nelson and Lindsey saw this, and could try to put their busy work aside to spend what could be the little time they had left with their boy. It was only a matter of years before he went to college, and more likely a few years after college that before he had found an excellent girl to be his wife and had kids of his own, and really wouldn't need them anymore. Ella knew that they wanted to be with them, but too much fell onto their plates over the years.
All Ella wanted from Chris' parents (besides her usual paycheck) was for them to somehow lighten their heavy loads before it was too late for both them and Chris himself.
Station Square High- 07:22
Chris barely made the bus earlier that morning, but that was better than not making it and having Mr. Tanaka drive him. As much as he thought of the butler as a godfather, the fact that Tanaka was so stern and almost never seemed to smile around anybody besides Chris was what made it awkward with Chris' friends. Not to mention that Tanaka was Chris' bodyguard- there was an ongoing rumor that when Chris was a baby, a rival company to Meteor Tech had a group of mercenaries attack the hospital Chris was born in to kidnap him, and Tanaka killed the entire group with nothing more than a scalpel and a couple medical syringes before they could even reach the nursery. To this day, nobody tried anything to Chris in broad daylight, lest they wish to wake up staring into the eyes of an angry Japanese butler who knows how to use every bladed weapon known to man.
Anyways, Chris was walking throughout the crowded halls of kids talking. The young boy turned around the corner to see three of his classmates- a boy and two girls. "Morning, guys!" Chris greeted them, making the three look up.
The only other boy of the group of four was an African American boy with curly brown hair, caramel-chocolate colored eyes, and a smirk on his face while he waved at Chris. His jade green jacket complemented the black t-shirt he was wearing rather well, and to finish his outfit was a pair of jeans. "Hey, Chris!" the boy replied. "I see you're doing well, today."
"Yeah, Danny," Chris answered. "I suppose I am. By the way, is the new prototype almost ready?"
Daniel "Danny" Prower knew that the prototype Chris was talking about was a homemade biplane that the two and Chris' grandfather had been working on. Danny's family was well known to be expert mechanical engineers throughout generations. "All that's left is the actual flight test," Danny announced. "If it works, then we can actually do the real plane." At this point, the two heard a pair of giggles coming from the girl.
"Flight tests again, you two?" the first girl, who was a short haired redhead with semi-pale skin, quite a few freckles on her cheeks, and jade green eyes wearing a light blue shirt under a pair of magenta overalls. "Considering what happened with the twelfth crash, I thought you guys would've learned your lesson."
However, the boys had yet to actually have a successful flight test, due to something going awry in the air. Number twelve was arguably the most successful attempt. However, Danny had accidentally flown the plane close to a Guardian Units of Nations- or, as they are more formally known, GUN- military air base. Being an unidentified aircraft, the boys and Chris' grandfather Charles Thorndyke were shot down. Had it not been for the quick thinking of Charles- or "Chuck," as he's often called- as well as a quick production of a pilot's license from Danny, the three would have been arrested. To this day, though, none of them have gone back to the state of Arizona, lest they wish to be reminded of the incident.
"I'm pretty sure that we're going to avoid the military, this time, Frances!" Danny scowled. "And besides, all that's taught me was where and when not to fly an unmarked plane. As for the others, those are seventeen ways not to make a plane. Number twelve almost worked, had we had more time to get her home!"
Frances Burns only shook her head. "God, you're stubborn, Danny. It's the reason why Helen and I don't ever go with you guys when you do these. But it's really a miracle how you guys have survived each crash with but a few scratches and some bruises."
"Well," the last girl stated, "I don't really think I could go on those tests even if I wanted to, Frances." With a smile, though, she told Chris and Danny, "But good luck, anyways, boys!" The girl was a natural blond with shoulder length and slightly curly hair, rather pale skin, and (in plenty of people's opinion) the prettiest pair of sky blue eyes you could have ever seen wearing a light pink dress with white sleeves with a green bow tied around her dress' collar, and she was in a power wheelchair. For as long as she could remember, Helen Rose had been diagnosed with polio, making her unable to walk. While this made her parents worry, Helen insisted that she was totally fine with this.
Her smile gave Chris a slight blush on his face. He had known Helen perhaps the longest between Danny, Frances, and himself. They first met in daycare when Helen was being teased by some of the other kids for not being able to walk. Mr. Tanaka had been teaching him self-defense martial arts for a bit beforehand, so, being the young gentleman, he told them to leave her alone. When they refused, a quick fight broke out. While Chris did get grounded for the whole incident, he had earned a life long friend that day. Not to mention that it confounded the entire staff as to how a three-year old boy knew how to properly operate a washing machine and stuff another boy into it during the rinse cycle. Now, as young teenagers, Chris had a crush on the blond girl, but he didn't quite know if she thought the same. Little did he actually know, though, that Helen also had a crush on Chris, as well.
"Um, thanks," Chris awkwardly smiled back. He heard quite a few footsteps heading their way, so he casually turned to see a man in his mid-thirties with tanned skin, dirty blond hair that went to his shoulders, dark blue eyes that seemed to sparkle behind a pair of glasses, and a happy look on his face approaching them. He was wearing a sapphire blue jacket over a black shirt with a white tie, and coal black pants. Chris' blush from Helen's compliment quickly faded as he greeted, "Good morning, Mr. Stewart!"
"Morning, kids," Stewart replied. Looking at his new watch, he asked, "You four do realize you have just about five minutes until first bell starts, right?"
Chris blinked, taking a peak at the watch. Mr. Stewart was right- they only had about five minutes. "Uh-oh!" the boy gasped. "I've gotta go get my stuff! See you guys later!"
"Right!" Danny, Frances, and Helen all nodded. The four then went their separate ways, saying their goodbyes to Mr. Stewart as they went. Stewart could only shake his head at the four- they were quite an interesting group of friends. While it made him proud as a teacher that they were so close that they seemed inseparable… his real job made him rather curious as to how far the four of them would be willing to go for each other, even if it meant going to the gates of hell itself. Because with the current events unknown to the mass public, the world would need good people like those kids soon enough.
Chuck Thorndyke's Garage- 14:48
Chris and Danny casually walked towards Chris' grandfather's home. School had seemed to pass by rather quickly, that day. Perhaps it was because of the boys' excitement to be testing out their plane. Perhaps it was the fact that winter months seem to pass by faster than the other seasons (despite them being in California and it hadn't snowed for a couple years). Either way, Chris and Danny were glad that they could be testing the plane out today, but kind of disappointed that their two friends Frances and Helen had chosen to go shopping with Helen's pet hedgehog Chao, Amy. "It's a shame that Helen and Frances didn't want to see test number nineteen," Danny pointed out. "Why did they decide to go shopping, anyways?"
"I usually don't ask," Chris announced as they arrived on the doorstep. While it was by no means as big as his parents' mansion, there was a grand feel about Chris' grandfather's home. While it was just plain white on the outside of the house, the interior had several knick-knacks from around the entire world. Charles "Chuck" Thorndyke, although a scientist and inventor in his own right, was an archeologist that traveled the world, searching the globe for some of the world's greatest treasures. And in his garage were some of his greatest inventions, including the prototype for the biplane that they were going to test out, today. Those that he was still working on were in the basement, where his real lab was.
Chris was about to ring the doorbell, when a voice called, "I'm already in the garage, boys!" The two boys turned to see the large, metal door that held Chuck's completed inventions inside of it. There were plenty of things just lying around, but what drew their attention was the large, silver biplane with four seats in the center of the garage, as well as the two men standing next to it. The older of the two men had shrunk in his age to the point that Chris was almost as tall as him (but the man was slightly taller), had a deep tan his skin, his wild brown hair had faded to solid white, his face had quite a few wrinkles, and his dark brown eyes still had that odd shimmer. He was wearing a light green shirt under his white lab coat, and a pair of dirty tan jeans. "How was school, Chris."
"It was okay, grandpa," Chris smirked. Turning to the other man, he asked, "How are you doing, Mr. Tanaka?"
Mr. Edward Tanaka was quite an imposing figure at five feet and nine inches. A somewhat muscular man under his black butler uniform, a seemingly stern look on his face, perfectly straight black hair, black, beady eyes, perfectly tanned skin, and a pair of thin glasses on his small nose, not too many people wanted to mess with Tanaka. "I am fine, Master Chris," he politely greeted.
Danny whispered to Chris, "Why exactly is your butler here?"
"Probably because of what happened with test eighteen," Chris whispered back. They all knew that eighteen was their worst test so far. One of the wings suddenly tore off in the middle of the air, and they had to crash into the parking lot of a mall in northern California. Unfortunately, they had chosen to use the car of the leader of a northern California mafia, Li Yan, as a pillow to their bumpy landing. Chris, Danny, and Chuck had each been held at gunpoint by his men until Tanaka showed up and cleared the lot himself.
"And I do not wish to travel fifty miles to have to save you three again," Tanaka calmly reminded them. "That is why I insisted to Master Charles that you all build an extra seat for me, just in case."
"Well," Chuck sighed, "I'd normally disagree if not for what happened last time. And since we almost actually were gunned down, I'd feel safer with Tanaka."
"How was I supposed to know that the right wing wasn't properly fastened and we'd end up facing the barrels of loaded guns?" Danny protested. "Don't worry, Mr. Tanaka, we'll stay in the area of Station Square's airspace, this time."
"As much as I wish to believe that," Tanaka scowled, "I insist that you at least let me come on this flight. Otherwise, I may have to report to your parents about what truly happened the last flight, Mr. Prower." Danny's eyes went wide at that threat. While his parents did know about his flight tests- hence, how he actually got his flying license- they didn't want him actually leaving the city by plane without their permission. That being said, Danny had told them that they had been flying too long, and the plane ran out of gas instead of the whole gangster story.
"…Fine," Danny sighed in defeat. "You can come, Mr. Tanaka, just no backseat flying." At this, Tanaka smiled- a rare, almost shocking sight to anybody but the Thorndyke family.
"Thank you, Mr. Prower," Tanaka politely bowed. "If there are no objections, shall we proceed with the test?"
"Actually," Danny stated, "we need to go over some things before we actually start. Then after an engines test, we'll take off. For now, let's just get started." And so, the four proceeded to work on the plane, making sure everything was in order.
Downtown Station Square- 15:09
The yellow-orange fox Chao stood on top of the five-star hotel, working on the watch he was beforehand. He was clearly focused on the watch. That's why he didn't seem to notice the obvious confusion on the people below in the busy streets that a cyan blur was dashing past them and up the wall of the hotel at around two hundred miles an hour. Once the blur reached the top, it slowed down to reveal the dark blue hedgehog Chao. "Hey, buddy," the blue Chao greeted, making the fox Chao jump with an exclamation point appearing over the green dot on his head and drop his screwdriver to the floor of the roof, letting it roll.
"Must you always do that?" the fox Chao questioned while a swirl appeared over his head, grabbing the screwdriver before it rolled off the side of the building. He turned to see that his hedgehog Chao friend was lying on the ground, a relaxed look on his face. Calming down and placing the screwdriver away, he asked, "So, how did the search go?"
"So far, nothing on foot," the hedgehog Chao answered, closing his eyes behind his sunglasses. "I sensed it on the outer parts of town, probably in one of the homes. Call me crazy, but I think that man who took the Emerald still has it." The fox Chao blinked at this statement, a question mark popping over his head.
"What makes you think that he kept the Emerald in the first place rather than a jewelry store or a museum?" the twin tailed fox Chao asked. At this, the hedgehog Chao smirked.
"Well, let's see: the Emerald is- to most humans- a rare, one of a kind gem that is worth millions in US currency, let alone the rest of the world. That's not money you'd just donate to a museum for just any price, and way too expensive for even sell to a jeweler. However, there's also the slight chance that the guy discovered the true power that the Emerald possesses, and can't just afford to give it up easily. Give me about five minutes, and I'll find out where it is, and I'll get it out of his hands before he knows it's gone."
"If the gem is in the man's home," the fox Chao announced, "then we can't just go in and get it back without a big sacrifice on our part- like probably your super speed and my ability to fly." The blue Chao sat back up, an exclamation point over his head. He had seemed to forgotten a key factor of Chao Code.
There was a key difference between Wild Chao and Homegrown Chao. Homegrown Chao who were either raised from a Chao Garden (a safe haven for Chao to be played with and raised by countless humans) or adopted in human dwellings to be raised by that family could come and go into homes as long as they were with their owners who they had made pacts with. Wild Chao, such as this duo, had long ago made an agreement to never enter a dominant species' home (in this case, the dominant species on Earth are humans) without an open invitation, or they'll permanently lose their key abilities. For a Speed Chao like the blue one, he would no longer be able to run at high speeds. For a Flight Chao like the yellow-orange Chao, his power to soar through the air would be gone and similar things would occur to the Power and Swimming Chao who broke the code. It was a rather cruel punishment for Wild Chao to have to endure, but it made them remember that they were to be guests only on this planet- their being here is intrusion enough.
"…Then, I'll peak the guy's interest and get him to let me in," the blue Chao suggested while standing up, and walking towards the edge of the hotel's roof. "From there, I'll convince him to hand the Emerald back over without a fight, and then we'll be on our way for your Chaos Morpher tests." He then grinned, "Come on, buddy… I'll race ya to the outer parts of town to find the guy!" The fox Chao only sighed. The blue Chao always had to make the simplest jogs a race. Though when this challenge happened, it did make for quite a bit of entertainment, and spice up life.
"You're on," the fox Chao grinned, walking over to the edge, himself. The two knelt down, ready to take off. "On your marks… get set-"
That's as far as he got when a large shadow was cast over the building. The two Chao, confused, had question marks as they looked up to see a large battleship just floating in the sky. It was a large, ugly green ship, cannons protruding from each and every side of the ship- the top, the bow, the stern, port, starboard, and there were even cannons on the bottom of the ship. There was a large symbol on the side of the ship that- despite the large shadow that the ship was casting- looked like the shadow of a round, human face with an insane grin and the largest mustache that the two Chao had ever seen. Despite this seeming just disgusting to the two Chao, all of the humans below felt intimidated.
The blue Chao only asked, "What in Lord Chaos' name is that hunk of junk?"
Just then, a trapdoor underneath the large airship opened, and out of it fell several red, round, metallic men about the size of the average human man with small, thin arms and legs, glowing blue eyes, carefully painted grins and noses, and fully armed with either long, white lances, oddly shaped laser blasters, or large, red bazookas. Among them, though, was a golden variation of these robots, armed with a probably heavier lance and a huge, spiked, crimson metal shield.
Wherever there was a surface- whether it was solid ground, the large fountain in town square, on top of the cars that happened to be in the streets, or even on the rooftops of several buildings- the robots landed straight onto them, cracking the ground that they placed their heavy armored feet on, crushing the hoods of cars, shattering glass. The humans below the two panicked.
The golden robot, taking charge of the sudden chaos, ordered, "ATTACK AND CAPTURE THE HUMANS! BURN THIS CITY TO THE GROUND!" The robots didn't need to be told twice. Those who had blasters fired away at the humans, making them scatter in every direction possible. The lance-wielding robots hacked and slashed up the signs. Anybody that got too close to them was slashed, too spraying blood on the walls. The robots holding bazookas opened fire themselves, blowing away the doors and windows to stores and setting fire to some of the buildings. Station Square, the once beautiful city, just now became Hell on Earth. People were dying on the streets… children were crying for their parents… parents were frantically searching for their kids… ambulances were trying to save whoever they could, while police officers tried to stop the robots on their own, but to no avail… firefighters were struggling to put out the burning buildings, but were having trouble with the robots trying to shoot or gut them.
The duo of Chao looked at the destruction raining down on Station Square. They looked rather angered watching all of the madness that took place. "I don't know about you," the fox Chao stated, looking at his hedgehog Chao colleague, "but I'd rather not look for the Emerald when all hell's breaking loose in a town."
"Yeah," the blue Chao agreed. "It's been too long since we had plenty of cannon fodder for us to fight, anyways. Whadaya say to us kicking their ugly, robotic hides?" The two were interrupted by the sound of metallic feet crunching onto solid concrete.
The two Chao turned to see the robots landing on the roof of the hotel. The robots seemed to eye them in a menacing way. One of the red robots pointed his gun at the two, and ordered the duo as its comrades did the same, "SURRENDER, FOOLISH CHAO, OR YOU TWO WILL BE TERMINATED. THOSE ARE THE ORDERS OF DOCTOR ROBOTNIK, HIMSELF!"
Now, a normal Chao, when faced with over a hundred robots armed with extremely deadly weapons and about ten times their rather miniscule height (the average Chao being not even half of a foot tall), would panic as well, running for the hills. The blue hedgehog Chao did have plans for running. Though, instead of running away like anybody with even a forth of the common sense that you're not only outnumbered but outgunned, the hedgehog Chao had plans of running towards the robots. He smirked while adjusting his sunglasses so that they were perched on his head, "Do you tin cans think that you can just scare me with your numbers?" The hedgehog Chao laughed, much to the confusion of all of those present- apart from his "foxy" friend. He then disappeared faster than anybody could blink, alerting the red robots. They looked in just about every way… until the robot holding the gun up noticed that his blaster was missing. It looked down at its feet, only to see a dark blue blur jumping up and ramming an red-orange gun into the robot's face at demonic speeds. The blue hedgehog tore through the durable metal, ripping the head right off the body with one incredibly swift pistol whip. Now without a head, the robot just fell over, oil spilling out all over the roof.
The other robots, had they had actual emotions, would have been shocked to see that their leader had been decapitated with only a blaster held by a Chao. The blue Chao, his visible green eyes burning with pure rage, had a dark look on his face as he leaned on the gun, a green swirl over his head. "What's the matter?" the hedgehog Chao angrily asked, stepping on the blaster's gun barrel, crushing it under his small foot. The swirl faded to normal as he announced, "About a minute ago, you guys were prepared to blast me and my cohort to bits. Now, you're practically oiling yourselves just because I went and blown one robot's head off. Look at you all; you're so damn nervous, now, you're all practically falling to pieces."
At this, the robots then noticed something. The small fox Chao was gone. They looked behind them to see the fox Chao holding his handy screwdriver, a smile on his face. He casually put away the tool… and watched as the robots' screws fell out of their sockets. The robots then, quite literally, fell apart, piece by piece. The fox Chao asked, "Perhaps we overdid it, there?"
"No," the blue Chao stated while looking at the events- the police were vastly being overpowered by the robots lack of fatigue, and the fact that everything around them was on fire was burning up didn't seem to help. There was no way that the regular authorities were going to be able to deal with these metallic menaces on their own. If anything, the hedgehog Chao would give them half an hour longer, and that was being nice. Placing the sunglasses back over his eyes, the blue hedgehog Chao suggested, "Let's split up- I'll cover the northern half of town on my own, and you deal with the robots here. Do whatever you have to, as long as we don't hurt the humans more so than they already have been. This is, after all, what we do."
"Have you thought of a name for your little hero organization?" the fox Chao asked, starting to spin his tails again and take off of the ground and placing the brown goggles over his eyes. The hedgehog Chao shook his head.
"Not yet," he replied, "but it'll come to me, soon enough." He then dashed off the side of the building, whooping as he ran vertically down it and heading for the northern part of town, running straight through several robots. The fox Chao lowered himself to ground level, and ran off towards the robots.
As the two proceeded to start aiding the humans, they were confused about one thing- Robotnik. Who was he, and why did he just order an attack on Station Square? They weren't sure- and neither exactly were any of the humans around. But they would soon find out- the war against the Robotnik Empire had just begun.
Chao Card: Blue Hedgehog Chao (Name Unknown)
Type: Normal, Hedgehog, Speed
Known Powers: Super speed, impressive strength, "Chaos" sense (can detect the odd energy waves produced by "Chaos Energy" without the use of a radar), wind energy
Equipment: Sunglasses, mysterious cobalt bracelet
Kingdom Rider92's Notes: And that's only part 1 of the first episode. I hope I didn't put too much action for a kickoff in that last part. Part two will be released soon enough.
Now, to thank some reviewers:
White Hunter: Sorry I took so long. I've been busy with the whole, "Back to school" thing, along with family matters. Still, I have updated. Hopefully, part 2 will be up soon enough.
Zohaku: First of all, nice pen name. Secondly, I hope this didn't disappoint.
Give me some time to get this all together. I'll get the next chapter up soon! Kingdom Rider92 out!