Pumpkin Hill - Egg-O-Lantern

[Lans]

A small, yet sleek, black aircraft wove its way through the slightly creepy, pillars of the aptly named Pumpkin Hill, named not only for the type of squash, but for the shape that the rocky pillars had been carved in, either naturally or artificially, no one knew.


Nor did the pilot of the aircraft particularly care. Inari glanced at the GPS unit again, making sure they were on course. The satellite readings he'd tapped into had indicated that a chaos emerald was somewhere in this region, and he intended to find it.

"We must be getting close.." he peered out the cockpit's windshield, "We'd better not have to search the entire damn..." and then he saw it. "Ah...of course."

Dwarfing the other pillars around it, a gigantic pumpkin pillar appeared out of the mist dead ahead. However what made this one particularly notable, was that, while all the other pumpkin pillars had various jack-o-lantern faces carved into them, this one was carved with an enourmous insignia: The smiling, mustached symbol of the Eggman Empire.

[Jamie Lee]

Pumpkin Hill may not have looked anywhere near as spectacular during sunny days, but at night, and on dark gloomy days as this, was a breathtaking and eerie sight. The tall, ominous spires rose out of the mountains like dark sentinels, their eyes radiating a bright yellow glow from some unknown source.

Mist parted way around the pillar necks, darting and swirling about as a small figure cleaved through it at an incredible speed. Metal's glowing red eyes, highlighted by the the fine vapor clinging to the air, added to the eerie surroundings as they turned their focus up to the large mustachioed fortress ahead. He never even saw the other aircraft. Rarely were there living visitors to Pumpkin Hill, aside from perhaps the occasional paranormal investigator, and so he had decided to take the time needed for this trip to reflect on recent events.

Something he was very angry and upset about.

Of all the recent events, from getting lost on Mobius, to having to babysit that obnoxious Mobian Sonic, one particular event stood out above the others: Resson. The metallix's talons curled into tight, angry fists as he recalled the canine's "parting" words. So this was Resson's true feelings about him. His eyes slowly flashed as he replayed them in his head. How could he have allowed himself to become so vulnerable? He put his trust into someone - one person - and he was rewarded with betrayal. After all he had been through and put up with for him! Why, if it weren't for him his 'son' would be spare parts by now! His eyes brightened furiously at the thought of Rush. All the times he withheld his anger and reluctantly put up with him. All for that traitor!

"Stupid bloody HYPOCRITE!" Metal hissed to no one in particular as he touched down on a landing platform and entered the base.

[Lans]

At the same time on another of the base's landing platforms, the Dark Legion transport was also landing. Inari led the way out of the craft, consaulting a small pda he was carrying in his mechanical hand.


"Stay close. We don't know what kind of defenses may be active," he told Facade, "So we should be on alert..."

[Raki]

The chameleon chimera nodded, then slipped out of the visible spectrum. They really didn't know what kind of security there was, after all, and the element of surprise was always an important one.


Of course, some didn't entirely understand that concept. For instance, Paleo, one of the only other 'Dark Legionnaire' that hadn't been mysteriously portaled to another dimension. Unfortunately, the title of Legionnaire was only very loosely applied, seeing as he was more of a... mascot or pet of sorts. Not usually brought on missions... for the following reason.

Not actually having rode on the aircraft, what with owning his own pair of perfectly good wings and wanting for a good reason to soar, Paleo had not heard Inari's comment about 'staying close' or 'security'. Therefor, when he landed, he decided to land on a nearly vertical surface. It wasn't anything he hadn't done before, and, in fact, he was quite good at landing and clinging to things such as, for instance, cliff faces.

However, this was not a cliff face, and once he'd grasped onto a latch on the mechanical wall with his clawed fingers it... er... well, gave way, sending a fluttering, startled, and very, very loudly squawking resurrected prehistoric beast crashing to the ground. Which all echoed very well in the otherwise empty seeming hanger.

Oh, and also the latch fell on the ground with an echoing clank as well, for good measure.

[Jamie Lee]

That latch, as coincidence would have it, happened to be for the alarm. Which was now blaring at a deafening pitch and caused a set of security doors to crash down.

Including one to a room Metal had been about to access. At first all he could do was blink in surprise at his path so suddenly being cut off, but as realization sunk itself in that quickly boiled into anger. With an irate growl he began accessing the base's network to find where the problem was coming from.

[Tony]

Of course, as fate would have it, the sudden security breach that had arisen was soon to be the least of his concerns, because unbeknownst to the metallic doppelganger, he was about to be the recipient of yet -another- surprise visitor.

A portal had silently opened up out of thin air behind him, and through the sudden rip came flying a blue object. Or, rather, a blue being, which, once it hurtled from within the dimensional space, flung itself accidentally right into the wall on the left side of the tightly locked down security door with a bit of a SPLAT.

Sonic lay against the wall for a moment before comically sliding down the surface, falling onto his back once he reached the bottom. For a moment, there was no movement. Then there was a twitch, and the hedgehog sat up, rubbing his forehead as he groaned in an irritated fashion. "Dang, that kinda hurt... Maybe I oughta pull off a not-dive next time... Maybe just walk through..."

He sighed, and then stood tall, brushing some dust from his knees and legs. He then turned his head slightly to examine the door in front of him. It seemed like it was rather important, having been planted firmly in place like that. Sonic smirked, and decided to walk around the door, and give it a small examination, curiousity about its contents having been piqued.

Of course, he somehow had managed to completely remain unawares of the fact that his shiny look-a-like was standing right behind him, possibly completely so -taken aback- by the hedgehog's sudden arrival to do anything much else.

Possibly.

[Jamie Lee]

And taken aback he indeed was. He had only just received information on the Dark Legion's presence, and to have Sonic appear so suddenly and so unexpectedly after that caused a conflict of data in the poor metallix's processor. So much so that he could only stand there gawking like a complete idiot.

"What are YOU doing here?!" he finally managed to blurt.

Were he in better spirits he probably would have been amused by the fact it was Sonic who ran into the heavy steel door this time and not him.

[Lans]

Inari facepalmed with his organic hand. "You MORON!" he raged. He feet jets lit up and he began rushing towards the hanger's exit. "Move it! We'll have to make this quick now!"

[Raki]

The stunned pteradon took a moment to realize what'd just happened, giving a rather indignant, and squawkish, shout- "IT'S NOT -MY- FAULT!"

[Tony]

There was a brief pause in the hedgehog's train of thought, as he heard a familiar, uh... voice question his presence. He turned and, as he expected, standing before him about as bewildered as could be was Metal Sonic. With a tilt of his head, a grin, and a raised palm, Sonic gave his lookalike a friendly greeting of sorts. "Yo! Didn't expect to see you here! Buuut, now that I have, I got somethin' of a clue as to where I ended up."

He jabbed a thumb towards the door he had been checking out, raising an eyebrow. "I gotta ask ya somethin', Metaguy. Just what's beyond that steel blockade, eh? The way out?" His ears twitched as he looked around, noting at -that- point in time, that sirens had been blaring since his arrivak. He fiddled with his ear a bit as he quickly ran some thoughts over the current situation, coming up kinda... blank. "... I take it someone else had a wise idea to attack? 'Cause I know for a fact that I had nothin' to do with this. For once..." Sonic trailed off just slightly, and then went back to looking the door over.

Yes, he was in the same proximity as one of his better-known rivals. Yes, he knew the risk of -being- in the same room. But, rival or not, Metal did have something else to worry about at the moment. Sonic posed no threat, other than the possibility that he might start making faces. For the moment, he was purely the neutral party.

Though, he was intrigued; He really -did- want to know just who decided to cause trouble.

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In the meantime, a slew of Egg Pawns, both airborne and otherwise, had begun to storm throughout the entire base, their location being, of course, the hanger that had apparently just been invaded. Noting the sheer amounts of the Pawns, there was more than likely a -very- high chance that the intruders would definitely run into a few. Times five.

While this was going on, there were a couple of chambers somewhere within the stronghold that had opened up. Silhouettes of slightly bigger Pawns made their way to the end of their room, and the moment the door of this mysterious location opened, the both of them immediately sped away, heading directly for their targets.

For the record... One was red, the other green...

[Jamie Lee]

Metal's confusion quickly faded away as he reasoned with himself over which Sonic this had to be, and with it his temper swiftly rose to the point of boiling. How dare that hedgehog act so casual! Who did he think he was talking to?! His fists tightened at his sides; he was being mocked! It was obvious!

"SHUT UP!" he shouted, his hand flying toward Sonic's face so quickly he only just barely managed to redirect it into a threatening point at his nose, rather than the punch it was originally intended to be. The annoying blare of the sirens continued to ring out, reminding him that there were other equally important issues at hand. Of course, if he has any sense of reason when dealing with his counterpart he might have realized that, since Sonic wasn't there on malicious terms, he could possibly be used as an advantage.

Instead, he allowed his emotions to roil impulsively.

"Just..." his arms shook. "Just STAY OUT OF MY WAY way you inferior RAT!"

So with a loudly aggravated growl he reluctantly turned and began to stalk off down the direction he had come from, knowing, and dreading, that the hedgehog was probably going to follow him. It wasn't like he was going to get through that security door.

[Tony]

And follow Metal, Sonic did. ... Whilst running in place at walking speed right next to him, arms placed behind his head. ... While going -backwards-. ... Poor Metal.

He seemed to be entirely unaffected by the whole ordeal with the robot's temper tantrum and almost-striking-of-the-face. Eh, nothing he hadn't dealt with before, in his eyes.

"Now, hold on a sec, Metalm'n. First of all, if I'm a rat, that means you gotta be one too, right? Secondly, I was here first, smart guy." He yawned, and glanced over his shoulder towards the direction they were going. "But 'nuff about that stuff. You never answered my question. Who's causin' the ruckus at this fine base? You know, the reason the alarms are blaring, troops are movin'... the source?" Sonic seemed rather curious about what was going on, and, if he wasn't pissing off Metal too badly, perhaps he'd get an answer.

But, a part of him seemed to know that it might not be coming, so he might've been prepared to take off and find out for himself at any moment. Granted, he was somewhat enjoying having conversation (if you could call it that) with his robotic counterpart; But curiosity overrides all, at the end of the day, so who could tell -what- was going on in that hedgehog's mind...

[Lans]

Inari shot out of the hanger, his robe and hood making him look like a firey spector as he flew. His robotic arm shot forward as the laser in his forearm extended, firing at any Eggpawns they came across. "I need to get to a computer terminal of some kind...this hanger must have a control room, find it!"

[Raki]

The dinosaur hopped the best he could after the wolf, but, when it came to traveling on the ground, he was slow at best. Not to mention, the Eggpawns left rather shiny remains. Pausing at one of the piles or wreckage, Paleo stared wide eyed at the sparking, shining metal. So pretty... A quick snap of his beak and a small tidbit of metal was missing, probably to be the source of future indigestion. Apparently pleased now, Paleo went back to lopping after Inari.


Meanwhile, Facade was... invisible. It was hard to say where he was or what he was doing.

[Jamie Lee]

"SHUT UP!" Metal growled. "I am an automaton, not a hedgehog!"

The metallix inwardly groaned. Of all the annoying people in the universe, it had to be him! What was he even going to do about him once he was done taking care of the Dark Legion?!

"Hmph." Sonic, Dark Legion, Resson, Julian... did the whole world just conspire against him or something?! Rather than answering his hedgehog 'companion''s question, Metal sped himself up into a glide and raced down the hallways.

[Tony]

Yes, Sonic knew he was ticking Metal off.

Yes, Sonic was aware that his copy was not keen on letting him in on things.

Yes, Sonic had an idea that the robotic hedgehog was bound to vent his aggravations on his own person soon enough.

But did that, even a bit, make him care?

...

Naaaaah.

The hedgehog simply shrugged, and easily began to run right along with Metal, catching up with no trouble. ... Oh, and he was still running backward. "Okay, I get it, you don't wanna tell me. Maybe because... you have no idea yet. That's arright. I'll just follow along until I sees me some answers, 'kay bud?"

Eventually, he rightened himself into a position that allowed him to face forward, and grinned. "I normally don't do this kinda thing, buuut I think I'm gonna help out for a bit. Once all is said and done, I gotta inquire about somethin'. But, we'll get to that bridge and burn it later."

And so, he kept going alongside Metal Sonic, if not just a little bit faster. Things were getting just slightly all the more interesting, and he wanted to take part of it. However, had he forgotten that he was aiming to get back to the other dimension to begin with...?

Nah, of course not. In fact, he had an inkling... perhaps, instinct... he knew that there was an emerald here. He'd get some answers about -that- really soon, and maybe even make off with it once the smoke cleared.

... Nah. He -fully intended- to steal that little piece of gem like a little rat.

A blue rat named Sonic the Hedgehog, in any case.

[Jamie Lee]

"Do you ever do what you are told?" Metal muttered more-so to himself than his counterpart. Letting loose what sounded like a frustrated sigh, the metallix's eyes dimmed. "The Dark Legion. Satisfied?"

Meanwhile, he began to send out a transmission elsewhere... <My Liege, Metal Sonic reporting. I am at the Pumpkin Hill base. Both Sonic and the Dark Legion are here.>

[Tony]

"The Dark Legion?" The hedgehog looked up a little as he mulled over the meaning of this new title, picturing it to be -some- kind of organization... Actually, to be honest, he did seem to recall hearing of them at some point. But, for the time being, the most that he was able to muster in regards to this news was 'Meh'.

Still following alongside Metal, the hedgehog glanced over at his counterpart. "I'm gonna go ahead and assume that they definitely aren't pals of yours here to say 'hello'."

In which case, if they were against Eggman, then they'd be on -his- side, right?

... Then again, he had a hard time attributing such credit to a group that harbors the word 'Dark' in their title, anyway.

The chances that he and this Legion were gonna be good "friends" soon enough seemed to grow ever so higher..

[Jamie Lee]

(Eggman bits written by Ish)

@eggma There was a crackle of radio static before Eggman's voice came in. "This is Dr. Eggman. Sonic and the Dark Legion?! How in the world did THEY end up there?" There was a slight pause, but Eggman soon followed up with, "And can you confirm which Sonic it is?"

<Ours,> Metal responded bitterly. <He appeared in front of me from a rift just after the base went into lockdown. He is still with me now and is offering to assist. As for the Dark Legion reports show them currently locked in one of the hangars.>

There was a slight click as Eggman switched to an encrypted frequency, intended only for Metal to hear. "Listen carefully. Until we can ascertain the trustworthiness of the hedgehog, we will need to be cautious. I want you to grab the Emerald and flee from the base as soon as possible! That is your top priority. I don't care what happens to that base as long as you get out of there with the Emerald! Understood?"

<Yes sir,> Metal respoded. <However that may be difficult. I am currently locked out from where the Emerald is being held.>

"I am sending you encrypted map data, the blueprints for this facility. If you analyze them, you may find an alternate route to the Emerald." The file was sent after a brief pause. "However, before that, there's a certain blue hedgehog I'd like to speak with. Metal, activate your speaker output so that I can communicate with him."

<As you wish,> Metal suddenly stopped in his tracks, glancing over at Sonic with a passive-agressive glare. "My Liege wishes to speak with you."

[Tony]

The hedgehog glanced up as Metal addressed him, and gave the robot a smirk. "So he missed me after all! I didn't know he cared!" Once he was for certain that he and Eggman were able to hear one another, Sonic gave a smug waving of his hand, even if the Doc couldn't see it, and followed it with the usual tone that he reserved specifically for the doctor.

"Heeey, Egghead! What's the word on the radio, Leigeman?"

[Tony]

(( OOC: Aaawesome Mini-Session collab between me, Jamie, and Ishnt. Here we go! ))



Eggman's voice came through in a burst of radio static. Possibly for dramatic effect, since it's likely Eggman would have a radio system capable of coming through perfectly clearly. "Sonic! This is no time for pleasantries! And even if it were, you should refer to me by my proper title!"




Sonic simply rolled his eyes, and shrugged. Always with the formalities, this guy. "Arright, fine, -Dr. Eggman-." The hedgehog made sure to put some emphasis on those three syllables, just to ensure that the good doctor got the message, and, hopefully, didn't persue the matter further. It was like talkin' to a kid sometimes. Ah well. At least he was always fun to jerk around.

But now, back to business. "Watcha got to say? The podium's yours."




The doctor's voice came back even and serious. "Circumstances are looking dire, Sonic. You are aware, I'm told, of the portals that have been appearing between this world and the other, correct?"




"Yeah." Even the hedgehog seemed to take in that it was now time to get a bit serious about the situation. "They're starting to get pretty common. The only reason I made it back here is because I happened to randomly stumble upon one back in World 2." He rubbed his chin slightly, eyes closed as he concentrated on the events that had been occurring for a while now... "First time I ran into one, I ended up being dumped into that other world with Tails and the others. I even ran into Blaze for a short time... I can only assume that the emeralds might be causin' this, or maybe even a G.U.N. experiment gone nuts, assuming they still do that kinda stuff incognito..."

He paused, and placed his fists onto his hips, glancing at Metal. "I can guess you've probably done your homework and figured out what's really the cause, yeah?"




Metal, having already folded his arms at some point, just turned his own glare away.




"I have my suspicions. However, while the fabric of reality potentially tearing itself apart is a large concern, I'm currently focusing on the world we seem to be contacting specifically. This 'Mobius'... Tell me, have you seen it for yourself?"




"Well, yeah." He ignored the urge to roll his eyes at that particular comment, seeing as how he just stated that he was there briefly. He let that one slide, but that probably can't be said for any other future 'oversights'... "Like I said, I ended up there for a short bit when I was out for a run. Went from Station Square to a wooded area in the blink of an eye. Plenty of people there, to be certain. I even saw a couple of others who looked pretty similar to this world's... but were pretty different, as far as personality goes."

The hedgehog's eyes widened as he remembered something that might've been pretty crucial. "... Heck, I even ran into another one of -me-. I thiiiink we were both confused... We each thought the other was another one of your look-a-like creations, though he kept referring to you as your real name. "Robotnik"..."

He paused, as he realized something he should've earlier. "Waitasec... Maybe he -was- referring to a Robotnik that -wasn't- you... ... Another Eggman?" He peered at the robotic double that was standing just a few feet away, glaring off in another direction. "Tell me, Eggman, did you happen to make contact with anyone like that?"




"Now you understand, Sonic. But I doubt you realize the true severity of this situation!" Eggman paused for dramatic effect. (Actually, he was posing back at base, but no one could see that from here. Old habits are hard to break.) "There is 'another me', and while I have not contacted him directly, I have seen and heard of his handiwork. Imagine any cruelty and malice I have, magnified by ten! Imagine what an opponent I would be with no sense of honor, no line I wouldn't cross! This man is named Julian Robotnik!"




Sonic's expression turned slightly more serious than it had been already. "Julian..." He repeated the name with just a whisper, mulling over it for a moment. "It definitely has a bit of a ring to that... And you're saying this guy holds no limit to what he'll do, huh...?"




"... I have actually met him," Metal spoke up suddenly, shooting a side glare at Sonic. "He is far worse than my Liege describes."




Sonic looked Metal over for a moment, grimacing just a bit. He was aware how extremely difficult it was for something like a robot to exaggerate the gravity of a situation, as well as tell something close to a -lie- about it. If Metal meant what he said, then chances were that Sonic, Eggman, and everyone else living in the world were in for a nasty surprise.

"That's always lovely news..." He paused, and shifted his attention back to Eggman. "So, we got a real nasty fella who probably knows about what's been going on as much as you do, huh? I'm starting to think that it'd be wise for someone to keep a bead on him, in case he decides to make any sudden decisions. I don't think we'd enjoy someone like that steppin' into our backyard anytime soon."




"Oh, but that's not all. It gets worse. Keeping a bead on him, as you say, would be incredibly difficult. Tell me... how would you like to deal with this madman... when he was ALREADY in the control of an entire planet?"




"..." There was a noticeable break in the conversation, as the hedgehog dwelled on what was just told to him. "... Soooo... lemme get this straight... Where you have yet to succeed thus far... this other guy's already laid out his iron fist on this 'Mobius'?" Sonic didn't really mean to jab at the Doctor like that. It just kinda slipped out. ( Really. ) Either way...

This couldn't get any worse if it tried. ... Could it?




Eggman quietly sent an order to Metal to scowl at Sonic, then continued. "It gets even worse, but I'd prefer to go into details in person. Metal."




The metallix certainly needn't be commanded to scowl - it seemed he was already doing a pretty good job of it, albeit for different reasons. "Yes, sir?" he answered.




"I want you to grab the Chaos Emerald and get out of there! And Sonic, this may be difficult for you, but try to trust me... If the Dark Legion gets their hands on that Emerald, we'll both be in a tight spot. Can you keep them busy while Metal performs his mission, until I arrive?"




The hedgehog tilted his head as he listened to the Doctor's request. Easy as it was to listen to him and heed his words, the doctor was no stranger to pulling the wool over one's eyes. With a skeptical expression, Sonic spoke back. "Oh, no problem. I'm used to getting into peoples' hair, especially if they have the mustache to fit the bill. Of course... There's still the matter of whether or not you're actually gonna show up, or if you're gonna have Metal make off with the emerald, leave me behind to deal with these legion bozos, and then not show up at all."




Eggman laughed a bit at the suggestion. "While it's very tempting to use this opportunity to get rid of you, I'm afraid I have BIGGER problems on the horizon, and, as much as I hate to admit it, I'm going to need as much help as possible. In other words, what happens within the next few minutes could decide the fate of our world, so don't fail me!"




Sonic grinned, and closed his eyes as he let out a small chuckle. The big egg had a point. This was pretty much gonna decide the events to unfold in the future... Even if Eggman did try to high-tail it and take off, Sonic would probably manage to find him anyway. He just had a sense for that kind of thing. Besides, getting to mess around with some big-headed organization folks -did- sound like a great deal of fun...

With a mock-salute, the hedgehog smirked. "You've got yer man, Doctor. Uh... Hedgehog. Heh." He crossed his arms, and began to look a little mischievous at this point... "Just tell me where these guys are loiterin' around, and I'll be there before you can say 'GET A LOAD O' THIS!' in seven different languages while standin' upside down an' garglin' salt water."




"Metal, give him directions to the location of the intruders, then go grab the Emerald! Oh, and one more thing, Sonic. Everything I've told you just now is to remain a secret for the time being. I'm heading out now!" And with that, the communication closed.




"..." Metal made a face at the ground as the transmission suddenly cut, scowling slightly. Great. Being forced to put up with that obnoxious Mobian Sonic was already just barely tolerable! His fists tightened at the thought of having to work with this one now too! With an irritated mutter of something or the other about the hedgehog in binary he snapped around. "... Follow," he said in a reluctant way that almost sounded as thought it came through non-existant teeth. Not even bothering to look back at Sonic as he took off down the corridor.




The hedgehog watched Metal take off once more, and shrugged. He knew that his very presence was grating on the robot's circuits oh so very much; not being allowed to inflict any harm on his living flesh must've been something akin to a personal hell for Metal.

That was the part that made him smirk as he tore after his doppelganger. He was picturing a scenario in his head...

You aren't touching meeee~! You aren't allowed toooo~! Nyeah nyeah nyeah-nyeah nyeeeeah~!


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Little did Inari know (you know, aside from the assault of the hundreds of Pawns), there was something else -other- than the miniscule menaces that had a bead on him. Rather.. a bead on the back of his head. A sharp whistling noise rang through the air as two silhouettes closed the distance -fast- between themselves and Inari himself.



The two souped-up Egg Pawns zoomed fast towards the intruder on some rather -handsomely- made Eggmodel airboards. Larger than a standard Egg Pawn, and much more durable, these two bad boys both boasted something that no other security system had.

Wrenches.

And both of them, in unison, just about made ready to -SMACK- Inari right in the skull with them the moment he was passed up between the two of them.

(( UNISON WRENCH SMASH -UNITE- ))

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[Lans]

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Inari was busy scrapping a couple eggpawns when the gear riders attacked, but luckily he managed to spot them at the last second and roll out of the way. "Hmph," he said, getting back to his feet. "Something that may actually be a challenge?"

He promptly took aim at the red one and let loose a shot at its board.

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[Raki]

And since Inari has after Red, Paleo decided to go after Green- jumping into the air with a flap, the ancient reptile dive bombed the Rider with his sharp beak.


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Meanwhile, Facade was attempting to find a way to bypass security... or maybe he'd already had. It was hard to say, he wasn't anywhere to be seen...
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[Tony]

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The boarding badnik was no stranger to acrobatic feats of amazement. Which is why when Inari fired a shot at the robot, Red flipped backwards, while still keeping forward momentum, soaring through the air as he dodged the Legion member's attempt to knock him off his cool. The moment the board 'landed' on solid ground once again, Red veered into a tight U-turn, coming back at Inari with full-fledged speed, that huge wrench looking like it'd kill volkswagens.

Hey, batter batter, hey, batter batter, hey, batter batter SWING!

Right for the face.

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Meanwhile, Greenie wasn't having as good of a luck streak as his metal brother had been. Once he and Red had missed their chance to strike whom appeared to be the leader, they both began to curve around in opposite directions to make another attempt at giving the fellow whats-for. However, what he didn't count on was the witless member of their gang up and dive-bombing Greenie right where it hurt. ... Sort of.

The badnik was obviously knocked off of his board (which continued to fly off and crash/explode into the nearby wall), and fell to the floor, a big beak stuck in what -could- have been called his 'belly'.

What happened next was a bit... anti-climactic.

...

Greenie promptly self-destructed.

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[Lans]

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Inari just grinned savagly. "Bring it."

Just as the robot swung at him, Inari made a move of his own. There was a screech of metal against metal before the head of the wrench and a few smaller chunks clanged to the floor. He then quickly turned, giving his shoulder a bit of a roll to work out the slight cramp that catching and dismembering the wrench with his cybernetic hand had caused before taking another potshot at the robot's back.

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[Raki]

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Either Green's blast wasn't that strong, or Paleo's skull was pretty thick. Perhaps both, as the bird-like creature wasn't all too terrible effected by the blast other then being a bit dazed.

Dazed, that is, and unable to open his beak thanks to the nice chunk of metal that become lodged on to it.

"HMMPPPHHHHH!"

Flailing ensued.

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[Tony]

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Such a cowardly maneuver when the robot's back was turned...! Hardly honorable! Of course, this never really meant anything to the Pawn at all, seeing as how it was able to track the movements of his opponent behind it as well... So when Inari raised his weapon to fire, the Pawn promptly activated a feature that practically turned its metal legs into -stilts-, sending the red robot into the air quickly, just in time for Inari's shot to careen underneath it, between its spindly, metallic limbs. Once this was done, the pawn had started to bend forward several meters, its feet clamped firmly onto the floor, before throwing itself backwards, using the moment to just -SLAM- its back right on top of its opponent, with a resounding -CRASH-

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And... one could almost note.. a very, particular echo... no, more like a very loud wind... only getting -louder-, as -something- was charging down a local hallway... but what was...?[rand=67192904614145533051921593451964843434041514848541940264479324996]

[Lans]

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Or would have if Inari hadn't jumped back out of the way just in time. The only thing the robot was crashing into was the floor, though it did leave a sizable crater in it. "Enough of this..." Inari muttered, firing a shot at the pawn's head at point blank range.
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[Tony]

Right as Inari took his supposed final blow, there was the sound of mass carnage sounding through the entire room... Nay-- the entire -base-, it almost sounded like. The sound of the roaring wind had eventually heightened to a point that it was close to impossible to ignore it... and that's when it happened.



It was much too unfortunate for most of the other pawns and robots that were trooping about the place, as a blue-tinged blur appeared to race into the lot of them, crashing into their metallic forms and sending most of them flying, others exploding nearly on impact as an object (or, rather, -being-) slammed into the machines head-on, without even coming to a halt for a -second-. Much to Inari's chagrin, the mysterious creature that had suddenly posed a monumental threat soon jumped into the air to reveal himself for who he was... though at this point, there was almost no need to; His trademark speed, and true blue hues had already been shown off.

It was as if time had stopped for a moment. The hedgehog was hanging in the air, limbs outstretched, before he curled himself up, and came spinning down the floor of the base, upon which he shot -right- for the DL member that just so unfortunately happened to be right within his sights. The ball of blue fur was hurtling like a -comet- towards Inari, ripples almost emanating through the air as he moved at high speeds.

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[Lans]

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"Wha-ARGH!"

Inari was knocked off his feet to go sprawling across the floor of the hallway. [rand=458864255430617156262654063559987366085153092432335231326956123083]