The Sol dimension - Secret Lair of the Wicked

[L]

"MUSIC START!"

A back-up band sounded loudly and rhythmically, creating a fusion of jazz and Arabic music styles. Then the singing started.

"o/ Dora dora dora.
Dora dora dora.
Do do ra ra, do do ra ra,
Bandoraaa. o/

o/ Dora dora dora.
Dora dora dora.
Do do ra ra, do do ra ra,
Bandoraaaaaa. o/


o/ You can't beat me.
Can't you see?
Your efforts are so futile-

Then something crashed from the ceiling completely crushing the mechanical band.

A small cyborg dog now laid atop a pile of bent and broken instruments and robots. The young pooch's optics were now spinning around in the back of his head. "So many trains are hitting me today, pappy~" He muttered wearily.


A middle-aged female sheep in full costume was looking upon this site in utter disgust. "... YOU WRECKED MY BACKUP SINGERS, YOU LARDY POMPOUS TWIT!" She lamented loudly.


At that, the tiny pooch immediately snapped to his senses, throwing his hands over his mechanical ears in pain. He leaped from the pile yelping in shock. "Sorrysorrysorrysorrysorry! Dart pleaded.


The sheep held her right hand to her hip, brandishing a large crescent staff in her left. "How dare you trespass into the lair of Bandora the Wicked? How in the name of Sol did you find your way in here?" She demanded.


Dart unfortunately didn't know exactly how to answer that question. "I was fixing daddy's machine and fell off." He replied the best he could.


Bandora rolled her eyes. "Do you honestly think I'm going to buy a story about a head injury story?" She asked angrily.

Fiercely, she held her staff up to his neck. "Did the Knights of Soleanna send you?"


Dart fidgetted nervously. "- Knights of who? Where's daddy?!"


Bandora, becoming frustrated with him, gave him a swift whack to the face with her staff. "DADDY ISN'T HERE, YOU FLEABITTEN NINNY. NOW TELL ME WHO YOU ARE AND WHO SENT YOU!" The sheep demanded angrily.


The whack to the head apparently triggered something. Dart's eyes went blank, and he stood perfectly still. "I am R-Series Android R-13: Dart. Built by Professor Resson to provide quick repairs to Professor Resson and the additional R-Series units while on the battle field and at home. Main Priority is assisting Professor Resson (Daddy) as he commands." The fluffy android dispersed in a monotone voice.

Dart's eyes suddenly went back to normal. "... Where'd I go just now?" He asked, looking around.


Bandora crossed her arms, slightly unsure of whether to believe the canine's display. "R-13 Dart?" She asked.


The canine's ears perked. "Yes?"


She pointed to the pile of broken instruments and robots. "Fix this mess would you, please?" The sheep asked, attempting to sound polite and slightly less irritated.



Dart thought on the command for a moment. He was supposed to be helping his father back in that weird city. Though... his father wasn't here now, and neither was the city. Logically, he thought, he should make himself useful. "... Okay." He replied, quickly going to work.


Bandora laced her fingers and watched the small android go to work, intrigued to see his abilities.

[Rix]

Rix clenched his teeth, searching about frantically - he was down to upturning small boulders in hope of finding a small switch.. but nothing turned up. He sighed and looked about.

"I swear.. she must move the base somehow... I could have sworn it was here!"

Then he heard that telltale song, which made him cringe.

"...Well. There it is."

He heads towards the direction of the noise, when there's a crash and it suddenly cuts out, leaving him with little else to go on.

"GAH! Curses and drat!!" He punches the ground in frustration, sending a few lightning bolts flying upward from his fist and arm.

[L]

Within a few minutes the petit pooch had completed repairing the back-up band. "ALL BETTER!" He exclaimed, turning to Bandora.


The sheep smiled in delight. "You work quickly." She commented.

Then an idea entered her head. An evil, manipulative idea. "Perhaps you'd like to assist me until we can find this "daddy" of yours, little dog?" Bandora proposed.


The dog bit his thumb at the proposal, thinking on the best course of action. Though daddy wasn't here to direct him on the right thing to do, she DID promise to return him to daddy if he helped. ... Or at least that's what he had wanted to hear. "Okay." He replied. "But as soon as we find Daddy, I go back to him, right?"


Bandora grinned. "But of course, child." She said, promisingly.


Dart smiled and saluted. "OKEE DOKEY!"


Bandora, still grinning, nodded to the dogbot. "Excellent."

Without a second thought she cast a gaze to her robotic band. "Now, boys... MUSIC START."


Dart was suddenly wearing a sombrero and holding maracas.


Bandora started her vocals as soon as the band began playing.

"o/ Dora dora dora.
Dora dora dora.
Do do ra ra, do do ra ra,
Bandoraaa. o/

o/ Dora dora dora.
Dora dora dora.
Do do ra ra, do do ra ra,
Bandoraaaaaa. o/"

[Rix]

And the music started up. Rix cringed, finding it rather hard to move toward the music, but it was the only way he could find the exact location of the base. He covered his ears and stepped forward until the music got its loudest, looking for the entrance.

[L]

((T'was waiting on Stoney for the longest time... >>;; ))

"o/ You can't beat me.
Can't you see?
Your efforts are so futile!o/

o/ Your opposition is completely useless!
Soon the world be right in my palm! o/"

The Robots began a backup chorus.

"o/ Bow down! Bow down o/"


Bandora slammed the bottom of her staff into the ground. "Dart, you buckets of bolts; EVERYBODY!" The sheep commanded.

Everyone joined in.

"o/ Dora dora dora.
Dora dora dora.
Do do ra ra, do do ra ra,
Bandoraaa. o/

o/ Dora dora dora.
Dora dora dora.
Do do ra ra, do do ra ra,
Bandoraaaaaaaaa. o/"

And then the music ended.

Dart, still clad in a sombrero and maracas, was jumping up in down in excitement. "That was fun!" He exclaimed. "Can we do it again?"


Bandora didn't know whether to be annoyed or amused by this occurrence. Nevertheless, a small smirk spread across her face in reaction to the android's behavior. "I suppose." She replied.

She directed her attention to the robotic band. "YOU THREE. Switch to samba mode."


The three robots whirred and buzzed momentarily before exploding into what sounded suspiciously like Carnival from the game Samba di Amigo.


Bandora tapped her foot with the beat. "Uno, dos, tres, quatros!"

"o/ DORA DORA DOOORAAA.
DORA DORA DOOOORAAAA. o/"

[Rix]

He was sure now; he was definitely standing right over the secret lair of Bandora the Wicked. And.. that noise. That infernal NOISE.

Unable to bear it any longer, Rix jams his hand into the ground and channeled all his rage into a surge that went into the depths of the base. "SHUT UP!!"

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[Stoney]

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The electric current moving throughout the ground caused the unconscious body of a nearby purple cat to spasm like she was creating a trendy new breakdancing move. She flopped all over the place in the fashion of a dying fish, her jumping body finally leaving the ground altogether and slamming into Rix's side.

She slid to the ground afterwards, still unconscious, still bleeding, and now smoking and slightly charred to boot.[rand=291004267970287955960799191944745085911012743051405737589747763]

[Rix]

Rix blinked and looked over at the source of the impact - his eyes suddenly widened and he fell to his knees, partly out of shock and partly to get a closer look. "P.. PRINCESS!!"

He immediately wrapped his arms around her shoulders and shook her lightly. "Are you all right, your highness? Wake up.. wake up! Did Bandora do this to you? Was it Eggman Nega?" He looked over her body again. There were a good deal of cuts and bruises... but there was also a few burns which were still fresh. The cuts and bruises were there for a little while, but...

"...No... I did this..." He clenched his teeth and shut his eyes. How could he have been so foolish!? He let his emotions get a hold of him - something the Princess told him to never let happen. And now she was left in a critical condition, made worse by his own impulsiveness. His body began to spark and glow...

"...No.. have to calm down..." He exhaled deeply, looking over the Princess's wounds once more. He immediately took off his scarf and wrapped it around one of the Princess's deeper cuts as he examined her body a little more to make sure she was safe to be carried. "It'll be all right, Princess..." He gently stroked his fingers across her brow, one of his fingertips brushing across the jewel in her forehead - she probably couldn't feel the comforting gesture, but it was an unconscious action for Rix, who barely realized he even did it.

[Lans]

"Oh good job spikey..."

Hovering in the air, on her board, a few feet away was Katie, her right hand cupped over her face in a face-palm gesture. "...Well, you found her at least, I suppose that's something."

[Stoney]

Blaze let out the smallest of groans as Rix's fingers brushed the jewel, her eyelids fluttering. However, she did not awake, and soon returned to unconsciousness once more.

The blood around the worst cut was getting out of hand by now -- one whole half of her head was stained crimson and Rix's scarf was rapidly joining it. Blaze was looking a bit pale from blood loss, as well...

[Rix]

Rix took a slight moment to glare up at the fox before returning to tending to the Princess's wounds. He extends a finger and begins to carefully cauterize a few of the less prominent cuts to stop a good portion of the bleeding. "Stop gawking and do something! She needs serious medical attention, right now!" He clenched his teeth in frustration; he could only slow the bleeding, not stop it.. the best he could do is get her in a good enough condition to be taken back to the palace. "Could that hover-board double as a stretcher, by any chance?"

[Lans]

"Hey don't yell at me! You're the one that almost deep fried her!" she retorted, but she was already dropping down. She hopped off the board next to them and carefully slid her board underneath Blaze's body.

[Stoney]

The sudden movement jarred Blaze's body, causing her head to smack into the edge of the hoverboard as she was slid onto it.

"Nngh..." Blaze's face scrunched with pain, as her eyes opened a crack to reveal clouded and unfocused pupils. "Ahugh...ow...S-Sonic...?"

Blue sky above her. Blaze stared at it without comprehension. Cloudless...the sun's heat felt good on her face...

She couldn't feel her body. That was odd. Not like she considered it of particular importance, though -- at that moment her mental processes could be considered equivalent to a watch running with several gears removed. she just gazed upward blankly for a few moments before her head flopped to the side, succumbing to the forces of gravity.

"Hi Rix," she blinked slowly as the tenrec came into view. "Nice day...isn't it?"

It was a nice day. The weather was quite calm and peaceful. A gentle wind brushed her face and blew several red strands of hair that had come loose from her ponytail into her perepheral vision. She went cross-eyed as she looked at them. Huh, that's odd.

Not really crucial, though. Just something to be noted. Like discovering you put your shoes on the wrong feet after you woke up. Or realising you were holding that pencil in your hand after you spent several minutes looking for it.

She didn't wonder how Rix had gotten there when she last remembered being in a forest amongst huts. She DID wonder where Sonic went though. Or had she imagined him? Maybe she had. Maybe it had all been a dream.

A nice dream...

Blaze tried to lift one of her arms and failed. Huh, that's odd. She tried to look at it but her neck wasn't working right. That's odd, too. Oh well.

"I feel tired," She mumbled to nobody in particular. "I think I'll take a nap..."

[Rix]

Rix frowned upon hearing Sonic's name, but continued to watch and listen as she mumbled to herself. "She's delirious... we've got to get her back to the palace." He looks back toward Katie and smiles apologetically. "Sorry, gotta take this! Bye!"

He immediately darts off with all his speed (which is quite a bit), thankful that the hoverboard negates any bumpy terrain he could be passing.

[L]

The music stopped. "... Did anyone hear some sort of commotion just then?" Bandora asked, slightly befuddled.


The group of robotic musicians shrugged.

Dart shrugged as well.

Bandora slammed the tail of her staff into the ground. "TO THE SURFACE!"

[Lans]

"H-hey! Don't just leave me!" Katie shouted after him. She sighed then closed her eyes and then screwed up her face as she conentrated real hard. A bright purple glow surrounded her, and she shot a few heet up in the air for a moment before her surprise broke her concentration and she landed unceremoniously on her behind, just missing landing on her tail.

"Owie..." she said, rubbing her sore postierior, "DANGIT SPIKEY, YOU KNOW I CAN'T FLY...yet!" she yelled after Rix, then began to jog after him.