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Floofy-Chu — SSP Ep. 18 The Final Strike Part 1
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Published: 2016-04-14 18:45:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 11771; Favourites: 7; Downloads: 0
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Nighttime in Station Square…Lilian makes her way back to the Wisdom Haven book store. She unlocks the store doors and walks in. Just before she could walk up to her dorm…
Lilian: (Yawns…) Mm… Really tired… (She had a strange feeling that… Someone was there…) … … … (Turns around) !!!!!!
Several armed G.U.N soldiers smash through her windows! One pins her down to the floor!
Lilian: AH-! H-hey! Let me GO!!
Soldier 1: (Talking on an earpiece) The target has been secured!
Lilian: T-Target?! What are you talking about-?! (The solder shoves her face to the floor.) Mfgh!!
Soldier 2: Shut up!!
The first solder unlocks the door as the second handcuffed Lilian and held her up against her will. The Commander of G.U.N walks in.
Commander: Thought you could remain hidden in our city, Mrs. Elenora? How unfortunate that you picked the most out of place area to reside in.
Lilian: Mff! Who ARE you?! What do you want from me?! What’s going on here?!
Commander: Don’t think you’re playing dumb with us. You are putting the city in grave danger.
Lilian: (Struggling against the soldier’s grip.) Mff! Mfgh!! Can any of you elaborate on what the hell you’re talking about?!
Commander: I should’ve known. Your short term memory disability makes you unaware. For the past few months give or take, we searched and eradicated any trace of liquid madness quoted as the Pink Craze purging the ground underneath our city.
Lilian: …
Commander: Making matters worse, you’ve been luring your little girl scout troupe into a spiral of deceived hope and false visions of success thinking you have what it takes to destroy what can be the very end of mankind.
Lilian: …
Commander: You don’t remember do you? … You are the very cause of the Pink Craze!
Lilian: W-WHAT?!
Commander: You must have it locked away in your little playpen of secrets. So tell us! Where is your realm where you plot your schemes?!
Lilian: One, I’m not telling you. Two, I’m not the one who made the Craze, and THREE, you have no damn proof that it’s me!!
Commander: That can be arranged. Before we lost our source code of the Craze, we deciphered a certain amount of data. When translated and patched it reveals a complete essay of secrets. The only clue is that it refers to someone who… has short term memory loss.
Lilian: No… No, you can’t believe it!! I never made the craze to begin with!
Commander: Our conversation is over, Mrs. Elenora. We’ll kindly finish what we started at our base.
Before Lilian could object, the soldier bashed her on the head and she falls unconscious…
Not too far, The Commander leads the two soldiers carrying an unconscious Lilian to a helicopter getting ready for takeoff.
Meanwhile, at the G.U.N headquarters… Blake leaves a room…
Blake: …Get some sleep, kiddo. You have a big day ahead of you. (He closes the door and leans against the wall.) Heh heh… The kid’s losing it. But she has to do what has to be done. … (He takes out a small box of cigarettes and a lighter.) When the time comes, it’ll be my turn to play the cards.
Just when he was about to light his smoke… A loud bang came from the room. Curious, Blake walks in and looks through the door ajar. He sees Honey the Cat, backing away from the gun he gave her and watchers her throw up in a small trash bin.
Blake witnessed her slouching to her cot and crying herself to sleep… Blake just closed the door and lit his cigarette.
He walks down the dark metal hallways until he turns a corner and enters a new room. He was talking to the same scientist that gave Honey the medicine.
Blake: Is he almost done?
Scientist: Yeah. He should do nicely.
Blake: You sure you wanna go through with this? Using a small amount of Craze in a robot?
Scientist: I’ve put some tweaks in this little guy’s code to make sure he uses his true potential for our needs. It took some time, but he should be able to locate the “heart” thanks to all this programming. We would’ve found it sooner after we finish patching the source code data, but… we know what happened.
Blake: Ok, I get what’s up. We use this little guy to hunt the source down, and then we?
Scientist: We… Heh heh… We destroy it of course.
Blake: Not until we complete our end of the bargain, buddy.
Scientist: Yeah yeah, I get it. Oh, by the way… You know my desk near the Commander’s office?
Blake: What about it?
Scientist: There’s something in it that I need. It’s sort of a… good luck charm.
Blake: Your little four-leaf clover, huh?
Scientist: It’s… something special to me.
Blake: Huh. The way you say it sounds like you don’t remember.
Scientist: It’s something important, that’s all. Y-You know what, never mind. I’ll get it myself first thing.
Blake: Well, you better get crackin’. We’re on a homestretch. Kane. (He holds up a cigarette.) Wanna smoke?
Kane: … Yeah. I’d love one.
Both Blake and Kane smoke their cigarettes… As Metal Sonic lays on the table. His eyes glow a light pink.
The next morning in Station Square… Amy leaves her house walks down the busy morning street as usual. She still feels a little stressed out from her homework assignments, but is slightly more optimistic like her normal self. Around her shoulder she holds the purse with fake gems she always wanted.
It was the same purse Honey designed…
Cream leaves her house; however, Cheese wasn’t with her. From her bedroom window, Cheese watches Cream leave. He still felt afraid that Cream might hit him again…
Rouge exits her apartment and takes a deep breath before calmly walking off.
Each girl walks down the busy sidewalk as people made their way to work or other places they have to be for a living until the three of them walk in.
Rouge: Hey.
Amy: Morning.
Cream: Hi…
Amy: … (Turns to Cream.) Where’s Cheese?
Cream: … He didn’t want to come with me today.
Rouge: Something the matter?
Cream: … I think he’s scared of me, and I don’t know why…
Amy: … Cream… I’m sorry for shouting at you… Really, I am.
Cream: … I’m sorry too, Ms. Amy… (They hug.) Are you ok, Ms. Rouge?
Rouge: Yeah. I’m doing fine myself. Had a bit of a rough night.
Amy: (She lets Cream go.) Yeah, we all did. So, what do you want to do today?
Rouge: I dunno. (They walk along the sidewalk together) I’m just too tired to do anything right now. It feels like all the negativity gets sucked out of you like life’s drinking it through a straw.
Amy: Hey! Speaking of straws, how about we go to Milkyway Café? I heard they have new milkshake flavors! Come on! (She runs ahead.)
Rouge: Wow. She’s pepped up her attitude quite fast.
Cream: I… I guess I’m kinda thirsty. Let’s go. (She walks ahead as Rouge follows.)
Later, the girls were hanging out at the open bar Milkyway Café. They each try out new flavors of milkshakes and slowly and steadily become their old selves as they chatted amongst each other.
Amy: …So I was thinking maybe I should go to tutorials in order to get my work done, but at the same time I have cheerleading, and I figured I might as well just lean more on my homework so I won’t be left behind.
Rouge: Smart move.
Cream: Mm! Banana custard pie! (She sips her milkshake!) This is delicious!
Rouge: You know, for this whole place having a… “Kiddish” feel to it… I kinda like this place. Makes me feel welcome.
Amy: Hello! Earth to Rouge! We’d like you to come back to earth!
Rouge: Does not comply, sister.
Cream: Over and out!
They all laugh as the female bartender gives them some napkins.
Bartender: You enjoying these milkshakes?
Amy: Mh-HM! They’re delicious!
Bartender: Well since you like them a lot and apparently are the first to try ‘em, how about these be on the house?
Rouge: Now that’s good service.
Cream: Thank you so much!
Bartender: Well thank YOU for being my favorite customers! Now if you’ll excuse me. (She walks in to the back to continue her job.)
Rouge: (Sips her milkshake and eyes Amy’s gem purse as she blows bubbles in her milkshake.) You’re still carrying that?
Amy: Carrying what?
Rouge: That fake gem burden around your shoulder. That one.
Amy: It’s not a burden, Rouge. It’s… It’s something I always wanted.
Rouge: Well it still looks crappy to me.
Amy: It is NOT! It’s made by… By someone special.
Rouge: Oh really? Let’s see who then. (She takes Amy’s purse and drops it on the counter.)
Amy: Hey, what are you doing??
Rouge: (Looks through her bag and dumps most of Amy’s stuff on the counter.) I’m looking for the company logo paper or whatever to see who made this piece of junk. … Oh, found something. It looks like it was made by… … … …
Cream: What is it?
Rouge: Huh. “Honey Brand Clothes and Accessories”?
Amy: Gimmie that! (She snatches her purse and puts her stuff back inside.)
Rouge: Wait, wasn’t that Honey’s fashion company?
Cream: Oh yeah! I heard so much about it! It has such wonderful clothes! But… Why is she working for G.U.N?
Rouge: Well I guess we’ll never know. Who do you think gave you that purse anyway, Amy?
Amy: … … …
Rouge: Amy? … Hello? Earth to Amy.
Amy: … … … Honey…
At Amy’s house her house phone rings loudly but no one was there to answer it. It goes to voicemail.
Amy’s voice: (Voicemail) Hi, you reached Amy Rose! I’m not available or home right now to answer! So please leave your name and number and I’ll get back to you later! Bye! (BEEEEEP.)
Tails’ voice: (Talking on the phone) Hey, Amy. It’s me, Tails. I hope it’s not too much of a bother to call you, but… I haven’t heard from Lilian today and she’s not answering her phone. Do you know where she is? If you do, can you tell her that I just finished deciphering entries fourteen and fifteen of the Pink Craze source code entries? BOY… Is it something. Also, I think I’m this close into opening that weird black box Eggman had. Just make sure you let her know, ok? I have to get back to work. Thanks. (The call ends.)
At G.U.N’s facility out in the ocean… In a small bunk room, Honey was sitting on her cot, looking at her cellphone that had a picture of her and Amy on it.
Honey: … … …
Her cellphone indicated that it was low on battery. She shuts off her phone and puts it away. Just then, the Commander’s female secretary opens the door.
Secretary: The Commander would like to see you off. You better get ready.
Honey: … … … (The secretary leaves and Honey gets off her cot to get ready. She goes to the corner she tossed the gun to and holds it in her hand… She places it in her gun holster and walks out of the room.)
Meanwhile, in the Commander’s office, this scientist Kane was talking to the Commander.
Commander: I trust you know what you’re doing with this?
Kane: No sweat, sir. Using a sample of the Pink Craze and some proper coding will net us the Pink Craze’s source. I swear it. He’ll locate it, take it back and we’re in the home stretch. I’ve also figured out how to… heh heh… properly destroy it.
Commander: … Despite some ludicrous acts, your vision of keeping our city safe is much honorable to us, Kane. Now that we have the maker of the Craze in our grasp, our mission will finally be accomplished once and for all.
Kane: Glad to hear it, sir. Station Square will be pure and beautiful with our help.
Commander: I’m glad you notified us of this situation ahead of time, Kane. We are in your debt.
Kane: …
The doors open as Honey walks in.
Commander: Welcome, child. Today you will have one last chance to prove yourself worthy. As what Blake Bronze suggested.
Honey: … I… Understand… Sir.
Commander: I myself am a bit hesitant on putting a stop on these Patrollers once and for all, but they have mingled in our affairs for far too long. And if they discover their leader is missing, they’ll surely do everything they can to stop us. You must do what is done before this happens.
Honey: … … … Y…Yes… S-Sir…
Commander: You have a colleague waiting for you outside. Take the speedboat you found and make your way back to the city. You know what needs to be done.
Honey: … … …
Meanwhile, Lilian slowly wakes up to find herself in an empty bunk room with no windows…
Lilian: Ugh… Where… Where am I? (Sniffs) And what’s that awful smell??
Blake: (Smoking a cigarette) You’re in G.U.N’s headquarters. In your own little casa.
Lilian: !?!?!!?
Blake: (Exhales some smoke) And that “awful smell” is my chill pill. Care for one?
Lilian: …
Blake: Oh right, you’re not the smoking type. My bad.
Lilian: You set them up, didn’t you?!
Blake: I don’t know what you’re talking about.
Lilian: Don’t think you can play dumb with me, you sick bastard! (She approaches him up to his face.) You tricked this facility into thinking that I created this Craze, didn’t you?!
Blake: (Exhales smoke, making Lilian cough and reel back.) For starters, I have no idea what you’re talking about. I’m just working part time with these morons until I make my leave. Secondly, I had no intention on kidnapping you. Though it does sound like they know what they’re doing.
Lilian: Why the hell do they think it’s ME that made that monstrosity?! I had nothing to do with it!
Blake: Are you sure? You probably must’ve… “forgot” that you were involved with this… monstrosity.
Lilian: (She felt her anger rise.)
Blake: Look, I understand this is all nothin’ but “cruel and unusual punishment” to you, but take some time to think about it. Do you remember making this stuff? Or do you remember SOMEONE making this stuff?
Lilian: … … …
Blake: You’ll have plenty of time to think about it for a while. For now, just make yourself at home. It’s… heh. Quite cozy when you get used to it. I know when you first worked for me; we kind got off the wrong foot. So how about when this is over, we can just put everything behind us and be business partners once again?
Lilian: Like hell I’ll work for you.
Blake: Babe, you’re missing out.
Lilian: And YOUR pretty much sailing on a sinking ship. My Patrollers will find me eventually and will kick your butt the moment they spot you.
Blake: (Sarcastically) Ooh, how terrifying. (Normal) You think they’ll come in and save you like a knight in shining armor? There’s a fifty-fifty chance your little patroller friends won’t be coming to recuse you. I have our little spy equipped with something that’ll put them to sleep.
Lilian: … … … (She realizes something.) That spy. It’s that cat girl, isn’t it?
Blake: …
Lilian: You gave her a weapon to… to Kill them… DIDN’T YOU?
Blake: Right on the DOT.
Lilian: But they’re only children! How could you think of such a horrible thing to do to them?! Making matters worse, you’re putting such a huge influence on her! What are you going to GAIN from all this?!
Blake: Ok, Ok. I know it’s a little harsh and all, but here’s a little food for thought. I know that little kitty cat can’t do it. She doesn’t have the guts. Which is why I’m going to… put her out of her misery as soon as possible. She’s been pushing herself far too long. Who knows? Maybe then your little Patrollers would risk their lives to save you. Isn’t that a pleasant thought?
Lilian: Y…You can’t do this… She’s just as young as they are!
Blake: Well since the Commander agreed to have them shot down maybe I’ll just finish the job myself.
Lilian: Shut up… Just SHUT UP…
Blake: Hey, I’d be pissed too if I was in the situation. Hell, if it was my own MOTHER pinned down, I’d be bawling my eyes out.
Lilian: (She was angrier as she approached him…) I’m warning you, Bronze…
Blake: But at the end of the day, it’s just another walk in to the office, get your pay, and keep food on the table. It’s nothing personal. (Exhales his smoke…) It’s just business.
Lilian: I said SHUT UP!! (She punches him in the face.)
Blake: … … … Heh heh heh. (He rubs his cheek.) I’ll admit you pack quite a punch. But beating me up won’t solve anything. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have some cards to play. And it all leads up to a full house. (He leaves and locks the door.)
Lilian trembles and sits on the ground against the wall, beginning to cry. She was worried about the Patrollers in danger. And she is unable to warn them that their fate may be sealed…
Outside the G.U.N headquarters, Honey was about to start the speedboat she stole from the patrollers before she caught a glimpse of something blue zooming across the water while heading straight towards the city.
Back in the city, Amy and her friends walk down the street to Lilian’s bookstore.
Amy: I guess it’s only fair to apologize to her. … Do you think she’ll be happy to see us?
Cream: I’m not so sure.
Rouge: Well she did call me last night apologizing.
Amy: She called me too.
Cream: Me too.
Rouge: Hope she’s ok. … Ugh. Let’s just hurry this up. All this opening up stuff is making me queasy.
Amy: Aw, Rouge actually has FEELINGS!
Rouge: Shut it, Amy.
Cream: !!!!! Look!
They see Lilian’s bookstore windows were smashed and the door was unlocked! They ran inside.
Amy: Ms. Lilian! Hello! Ms. Lilian, where are you??
Cream: What happened here??
Rouge: Whatever was going on, Lilian must’ve had a crazy party last night.
Amy: A party? REALLY?
Rouge: Hey, it could be THAT.
Cream: I don’t think so. Something’s wrong. Very wrong…
Amy: Cream’s right. Lilian might be in trouble. (The girls turn their watches on.) Station Square Patrollers to Lilian, come in, Ms. Lilian. (There was no response.) This is Station Square Patrollers to Lilian, come in! (Still no response) I’m not getting anything.
Rouge: Ok, that’s just weird.
Cream: What do we do now??
Amy: Let’s go ask Dr. Blyner. He might know where she went.
The girls rush out of the store and make their way down the street.
Meanwhile, Tails is walking down a corner.
Tails: Man, to think I’m almost done with the whole Pink Craze code. It’s taken me ages to do it, but it’s all gonna be worth it. (He notices the girls running in!) H-Hey, girls! I’ve been looking for-! Hey, where are you going??
At the Station Square Research Facility, Blyner was writing down something on a clipboard until Amy and the girls enter the small building.
Amy: Mr. Blyner! (She and the girls approach him.)
Blyner: Amy? Girls? What are you doing here?
Rouge: We can’t get in contact with the boss.
Cream: Have you seen her?
Blyner: Lilian? Uh… No, not this morning. I escorted her home last night and… That was the last I saw of her. Why, is something wrong?
Amy: We, uh… Can’t get in contact with her. Someone broke into her bookstore and we think something bad happened to her.
Blyner: Whoa... Well maybe Lilian’s gone to the police station.
Amy: If you see her walk by, can you let her know we’re looking for her?
Blyner: I’ll make a note of that. I have some work to do, so let me know if you find her.
Cream: O-Okay.
Amy: Come on, girls. Let’s get to the police station. (They leave the building.)
Rouge: He could be helping us, you know!
Sometime later, the girls leave the police station and are near the middle of a busy street.
Amy: Can’t believe the police haven’t seen her. It’s getting too crowded over here…
Cream: We may never find her…
Rouge: Maybe we’ll have a better chance of finding her up THERE. (She flies up in the air and leans on a flagpole connected to a building.)
Amy: Do you see her??
Rouge: If it was NIGHTTIME it would be a lot easier to spot her! … Wait, I think I see something!
Cream: What is it??
Rouge: It looks like it’s… FLYING. And it’s BLUE.
Amy: Flying? … BLUE??
Rouge: … Oh… That is SO not good.
Something smashes the concrete ground, sending everyone into a panic! It was Metal Sonic. Pumped up and more dangerous than ever… Metal stood up from the wreckage he landed in and gazed upon the people trembling in fear to him.
Metal: … … … (He thrusted his hand and out shot a powerful energy ball exploding a nearby car.)
People were screaming as they rushed and pushed past each other to get away from Metal. Amy and the girls were petrified by Metal’s seemingly increased power.
The police ran out of the station and were in horror at the sight of Metal! Even so, they pointed their guns toward Metal!
Policeman: Stay where you are! You are hereby under solitary confinement!
Metal responded by shooting a powerful beam from his hands! The police scream and rush away as the beam destroyed part of the entrance to the station!
Rouge: (Lands on the ground near Amy and Cream.) Looks like Metal-Head’s been working out…
Metal quickly turns his direction to the girls! Through his eyes, he locks onto the girls.
Amy: We won’t be able to stop him like this, girls! Let’s suit up! (They press the gold buttons on their watches and were all dressed and armed in their Patroller uniforms!)
Metal Sonic sees that they aren’t backing down and hovers to the ground in order to combat them more efficiently.
Amy: What are YOU doing here, Metal? Come to knock us off our feet again?
Metal: …
Amy: How did you get patched up anyway??
Rouge: You do realize he can’t speak, right?
Amy: … Uh… I knew that.
Metal: …
Amy: (Slides her boot to her side as she holds up her hammer. Rouge activates her knife gloves and Cream holds up her staff.) We’ll be giving you one last chance, Metal! Back down or the Station Square Patrollers will take you out!
Metal: … (He stood his ground, holding his robotic fists up.)
Amy: Ready, girls?
Amy and the girls rush forward only for Metal to instantly zoom into Amy and pin her to the ground!!
Amy: AAh-!!
Cream: Amy!!
Metal’s hand clenched Amy by her neck on the ground, while his other hand was forming a fist with electricity surging around. She tries to break free of Metal’s grip only to see Metal’s eyes… They were a dark hue pink. Just when Metal was about to strike, Rouge punches him off, giving Amy air to breath.
Rouge: You ok?
Amy: (Coughs and breaths again.) I’m just DANDY.
Metal gets back up, unharmed. He rushes forward and begins to fight against Rouge. She kept dodging his punches and kicks only until he finally got an opening and kicked her into a building wall!
Rouge: UGH!! Ow… (She kneels to the ground, clenching her stomach.) This guy packs a punch!
Cream was trying to defend herself only to be confronted by Metal. He glares at her as electricity surges once again around his fist.
Cream: !!!
Metal: … (He was about to deliver the blow upon Cream until…)
Amy: GET AWAY FROM HER!! (She hits Metal with her hammer once again, but it looked as if there was no damage on him…)
Rouge: What is going ON with him??
Cream: I don’t remember him being THIS strong…
Amy: H-He’s been boosted by the Pink Craze…
Rouge and Cream: WHAT??
Amy: Look at his eyes!
They both looked at Metal and saw that Amy was right…
Rouge: Oh this day just keeps getting BETTER.
The engine on his back begins roaring…
Cream: What do we do now??
Amy: Run!!
The girls flee as Metal begins to give chase to them!! Metal quickly gets airborne and uses his laser beam to attack the girls! As they run from Metal, his laser breaks part of the streets and people nearby scream in terror!
Metal fires one last laser behind the girls, launching them forward and down onto the ground. He lands on the ground, ready to fight them again…
Cream: (They quickly get up) How was he infected??
Amy: I don’t know, but what I DO know… Is that he’s pretty steamed from our last fight.
Rouge: Could be worse, someone else would be working WITH this tin can.
Someone lands on the ground near Metal. It was Honey as she took out her whip and stood before the Patrollers.
Rouge: OH COME ON, I WAS JUST KIDDING!!
Honey: …
Amy: Honey… (She puts her hammer down and begins to walk towards her…)
Amy could see the look of hesitation in Honey’s eyes as she felt that her friend didn’t want to go through with this… Metal appeared right in front of Amy, ready to fight again until…
Honey: Wait. (Metal turns to her.) Let me finish this. Ok? … Do what you have to do.
Metal: … (He turns to the girls again and begins to fly away.)
Rouge: He’s getting away! Let’s MOVE it! (She and Cream begin to run off after him.)
However, Cream stops in her place and witnesses Amy and Honey…
Cream: Ms. Amy, come on! We have to move!
Amy and Honey: … … …
Cream: M… Ms. Amy?
Rouge’s voice: Come ON, squirt! We’re losing him!
Cream: … … … (She couldn’t bear to leave Amy alone with her, but she had to follow Rouge, leaving the two alone…)
Amy: … … …
Honey: Why can’t you just quit? Why do you have to make things so hard for me??
Amy: … … …
Honey: This is my last opportunity to prove myself… And I won’t let you get in my way again!
Amy: Honey, LISTEN to yourself! What’s gotten into you??
Honey: This doesn’t concern any of you! Not you, Rouge, Cream, ANYONE! If I don’t do this… I’ll lose more than I lost… (She couldn’t bring herself to say what she wanted…)
Amy: Honey… We don’t have to do this. We can stop this right now.
Honey: … … … (She jumps away from Amy and uses her whip to wrap around Amy’s arm!)
She tries to pull her in, but Amy was stronger and thrusted Honey down to the ground! Kneeling on the ground, Honey looked as if she was losing herself…
Amy: I don’t want to fight you, anymore! This has to STOP!
Honey: (She struggles to get up…) Just… Surrender already! (She readies her whip…)
Amy: I won’t! Out of everyone I’ve met… You’re the one I refuse to fight! (She begins to run off!)
Honey: I won’t let you get away from me, Amy!! (She begins to give chase to Amy.)
Honey chases down Amy across various parts of the city streets. Amy tries to use her watch grappling hook to swing by flagpoles to gain more distance, but Honey was catching up on her.
Meanwhile, Metal flies through the air as Cream and Rouge try to keep up with him by flying.
Rouge: How are ya holdin’ up?
Cream: O-Ok, I think!
Rouge: Well keep it that way! This metal-head won’t know what hit ‘em!
Thinking quickly, Metal takes a flag pole connected from a building, snaps it off and throws it at the girls!
Rouge: WHOA! (They dodge quickly!) Ok. MAYBE I spoke too soon!
Tails’ voice: Girls! Wait up!
Tails flies in along with them!
Cream: Mr. Tails!
Rouge: Not now, Mr. Know-it-all! We’re kinda on Metal’s tail and we can’t lose track of him!
Tails: I can see that! I just wanna tell you that I just finished transcribing two more Pink Craze entries! And I think I figured out how to open that black box!
Rouge: You mean the one that Metal wanted?!
Tails: Exactly!
Cream: Look out!!
Metal carries a broken city mailbox and throws it at the group! They franticly dodge at the last minute!
Tails: Whoa, Metal’s beefier than I remember! What’s WITH him?!
Cream: He’s infected!
Tails: What??
Rouge: He has the Pink Craze inside him! But what I really wanna know is where the heck this monstrosity is going!
Cream: (Looks around the area) Doesn’t this place look… familiar??
As they race down to chase Metal, it turns out they were heading straight towards forty-seventh avenue…
Tails: Isn’t this-??
Rouge: Oh yeah. And we’re in trouble if we don’t move it!
Metal lands on the concrete ground, cracking it until he witnesses the abandoned alleyway that will lead to the SSP lab underground… Just when he was about to make his pilgrimage, he knew that the small group caught up to him.
Rouge: Well that’s just GREAT.
Cream: How did he find the entrance to our lab?
Metal built up energy, quickly turned around and shot a powerful beam towards the group!!
Tails: LOOK OUT!! (They all jumped out of the way as the beam penetrated a concrete building wall behind them!)
Metal’s eyes target each of them trying to get up…
Rouge: Alright, metal-boy. (She activates her knife-gloves) Hope you can appreciate becoming recycled when we’re done with you! (She rushes towards him and tries to strike at him.)
Hit after hit, blow after blow, Rouge couldn’t deal a dent with her knives!
Rouge: Why! Isn’t! This! WORKING?! (Metal grabs her arm!) AH-!
Metal lunged her into a wall and bashed her in the stomach!!
Rouge: AAUGH!! (She falls to the ground, panting hard…) A little HELP here would be nice!
Cream: (She summons her courage, takes out her staff and rushes toward Metal!) You leave me friend alone! (She strikes with her staff, but Metal doesn’t feel a thing!) !!!!!
He grabs Cream by her dress collar and tosses her into Tails!
Tails and Cream: OOMPH!!!
Just when it looked like Metal was about to finish them, Rouge quickly got back on her feet and strikes Metal rapidly with her knife gloves!
Rouge: We’re not through yet! Just wait till I cut through you!
She tries one final strike… Only to break the knives into dozens of little pieces all around the ground!!
Rouge: !!! Oh no. (Metal kicks her to Cream and Tails!) AUGH!!! OOMPH!!
Tails: Mfgh! Are… Are you two ok??
Rouge: Oh no I’m USED to robots kicking me in the gut, thank you very much!
Metal approaches them…
Cream: What do we do?? What do we DO???
Metal stares down at them as he approaches with his eyes glowing a hideous shade of pink…
Meanwhile, Amy runs past some passerby’s as Honey continues giving chase… Some people watching it happen seem a bit perplexed by the situation.
Amy quickly hides in an alley as Honey looks around for her…
Amy: (She catches her breath in hopes that the cost is clear…)
As Amy walks out of the alley to what seems like an empty city street, she had the feeling that she wasn’t alone… Honey drops down and pins her to the ground!
Amy: Ahh! Let GO of me!
Honey: Just give it up already!
Amy: Please stop this, Honey! We can help you!!
Honey: You’re not getting through to me THIS time!
Amy: Please stop it!
Honey: (She pushes Amy’s face to the ground!!)
Amy: Why are you doing this?! Why did you leave everything and everyone you loved behind?! I was your biggest fan, and your best friend!
Honey: … … …
Amy: (She shoves Honey to the ground and gets up…) … It was you. … You gave it to me.
Honey: …
Amy: (She holds up the gem purse…) See? It even has your company logo inside. You made this purse, didn’t you?
Honey: !!! I… thought you… I thought you… would’ve thrown it out by now…
Amy: Throw it out? Why would I throw it out? I love this purse. I just knew the moment I saw it… It had that familiar ring to it.
Honey: …
Amy: You were my inspiration to be… a fashion designer. You remember, don’t you? “If it’s not sweet…”
Honey: … … … “…you’re not wearing Honey...”
Amy: See? You do remember that! You had everything anyone could dream of! You were a fashionista! A great inspiration to me! Why did you throw it all away?
Honey: … … … You… (She slowly gets up and clenches her stomach…) You think I threw it away?
Amy: …
Honey: (She was tearing up…) It was taken away from me. Everything I knew and loved about fashion… Was torn away… (She tries to shed a tear…)
Amy: I… I don’t understand…
Honey: … Of course you don’t… Mff… You don’t know what it’s like to lose something that means… So much to you…
Amy: … You don’t have to go on like this. Me and my friends can help you.
Honey: …
Amy: I don’t know what happened, but what I do know is… You miss doing what you love. And I can help you get it back. We can stop this fighting… and we can work together again.
Honey: (She groans in pain…) Mff… I… I feel sick…
Amy: Honey?
Honey: I feel… I feel like… the world is spinning… I… Ooh… That stupid medicine, I…
Amy: Medicine? What are you-? (Honey kneels to the floor.) !! Omigosh! (She tries to help her up…)
Honey: Don’t TOUCH ME!! (She shoves Amy away as she buries her face in her hands, trying to cry…)
Amy: Honey, please. Let me help you… (She approaches her and puts her hand on her shoulder…) It’s going to be alright… We can just…
Honey retaliated by punching Amy in the face and shoving her to the ground.
Honey: You don’t understand what I’m feeling! NO ONE does! All I want is to feel inspired again. I want to feel that I can accomplish something! Is that too much to ASK?!
Amy covers her nose as it slightly bleeds while tears fill her eyes…
Honey: I have to do it… I want to feel… like I’ve accomplished something… (She takes out THE gun from her holster, loads it… and points it towards Amy.)
Amy: !!! Honey… What-? What are you DOING??
Honey: I’m sorry, Amy… But it has to be done…
Honey’s finger wraps around the trigger…
Amy: Honey… Please… Please don’t do this… I can help you…
Honey: … … … No one can help me… Especially YOU… (She was going to pull the trigger…)
Amy covers her eyes… But when she opens them… She witnesses Honey trembling. Honey was breathing harshly. Her arms began to grow weak. Her legs shamble… Her heart sinks…
She couldn’t do it. She couldn’t risk killing her own friend. The one who after her own downfall still remembered her legacy that inspired her. She drops the gun… and kneels to the ground, groaning and whining like a child with a stomach bug…
Amy slowly gets up and was about to approach her former friend…
Honey: (Trying to cry…) I can’t do it… I can’t do it… I can’t… Can’t-… I can’t do it… … C-Can’t… Do it… I can’t…
???: My oh my, what a sight.
Amy: !!!! Y…You…
Blake: (Clapping his hands as he approaches them.) I haven’t seen a performance like that in such a long time. You both deserve an Oscar.
Amy: B…Blake Bronze??
Blake: That’s my name, don’t wear it out. You two’ve been keeping each other busy while the cards are being played properly.
Amy: Why are you here? What do you want with us?
Blake: Nothing too much of your time. I was just here checking on our little failure here.
Amy: Failure? Honey’s NOT a failure! G.U.N made her think that way!
Blake: You’re making us look like the bad guys here, little lady. Just a heads up. We’re only doing our jobs.
Amy: Are… you working WITH G.U.N?
Blake: Part-timer. Basically. Pays pretty well. You have no idea how much pressure we’ve been trying to push onto this little kitty-cat. She wanted to prove herself worthy by showing us that she has what it takes. Before all that came along, she lost everything in her name. Her own brand, money, reputation, all that flew out the window.
Amy: No…
Blake: She was sent out as our little spy to find your little hiding place and arrest you. And look at her now. Nothing but a bundle of disappointment.
Amy: …
Blake: So sorry you had to hear the truth.
Amy: But… How are you able to destroy the Craze when she collects it from us?! Were you using it all this time on Metal??
Blake: Whoa whoa, all that’s classified, lil’ lady. But I do know this. G.U.N IS planning to properly destroy the Craze, but what really matters is that we’ve finally caught the person who made it. Someone with… short-term memory loss?
Amy: !!!!! (She thought he was referring to Lilian…) N…No… No, it can’t be…
Blake: All this time, Lilian had you running around the city trying to stop HER creation. And she doesn’t even remember that she made it. Typical.
Amy: Y…You’re lying! You’re LYING! Lilian would NEVER set us up like that! NEVER!!
Blake: Do YOU believe that though? What would your other circus freaks say if they heard the news?
Amy: …
Blake: We’re done here. I’ve said all I wanted to and now… (As Honey finally stands up, he picks up the gun.) It’s time for me to finish the job. (He points the gun at Amy…) This lil’ beauty packs a punch that’s more powerful than your average pistol. Let’s test it out, shall we?
Amy was hesitant as Blake puts his finger around the trigger. Blake turned his eyes towards Honey…
He pointed the gun at Honey and pulled the trigger…
Her body jolted back and thuds to the ground as Amy was in complete shock… When Amy opened her mouth… All she could do was scream at the sight of her own friend being shot…
Honey breaths rapidly as she was bleeding… Amy rushes over to her and holds her up slightly… She was freaking out as tears flood her eyes…
Amy: HONEY… H-HONEY, NO!!! (She turns to Blake…) How… HOW COULD YOU?!
Blake: I’m just trimming out the fat. Now that we’re closer than ever to catching the Craze… we don’t need her anymore. (He tosses the gun to the ground… And leaves.) Now if you’ll excuse me… I have JOB to finish.
Amy: (Getting angry) You-! Don’t walk away!! Don’t walk away from me!! … (Turns to Honey again, clinging on to life…) Honey, please don’t die! Stay with me! You have to! PLEASE!!
All Honey could do was listen to her friend’s screaming and crying as she slowly closes her eyes…
Meanwhile, Metal had the upper-hand against Rouge, Cream and Tails… The area they tried to fight Metal in was nothing but rubble and car metal tossed around…
Rouge: (Panting hard) This guy… Just doesn’t want to quit…
Cream: How are we supposed to stop him??
Tails: (He looks around the area frantically as Metal slowly began to approach them… He got a look at a fire hydrant near Metal…) !!! I got an idea! (He takes out a wrench.)
As Metal continues to approach the heroes, sparks of electricity surge around his hands… Rouge uses her watch to shoot a string-shot at Metal.
Metal however grabs it with his hand. Just when it looked like he had the opportunity however, Cream flies to the opposite end of Metal and uses her watch to shoot a string-shot into Metal’s back!
The two girls pulled vigorously to stop Metal from escaping. While all that was happening, Tails was trying to open the fire hydrant with a wrench!
Rouge: (Pulling as hard as she could!) Are you almost DONE there, Tails?!
Tails: (Trying to pry the lid off!) I’m almost… There!!
Cream: (Pulling hard too.) Hurry!!
Metal moves slightly forward, making Cream skid a bit. He tries to thrust his arm back as Rouge tries to hold her ground.
Rouge: MFF!! Any TIME now!!
Tails: (Trying to pry the lid off…) Almost… MFGH!!! (He pries the lid out and a huge burst of water shoots out of the fire hydrant!!)
The water bursts into Metal and he falls to the ground as water engulfs him! The group reunites as the water consumes him!
Tails: We did it! All this water should be enough for Metal to rust!
Rouge: Why didn’t Sonic think about THAT before?
Tails: What?
After the water stopped blasting out, Metal was lying on ground, presumably shut off from all the water pressure… However, his eyes turn back on and he gets up, still dripping wet…
Cream: W-What just happened??
Tails: That’s impossible! Robots always rust up when in contact with water!
Rouge: So much for that…
Electricity surges around Metal’s fists as his anger began to rise. He was about to shoot a powerful beam of energy to the group… But he looked down the alley… And instead shot his beam down there.
BOOM! The alley was halfway destroyed as a giant hole in the ground was Metal’s ticket. He flew down the alley and down the hole!
Tails: Oh no!
Cream: We have to go after him!
Rouge: Obviously. Come on! (They rush down the alley and jump down the hole to follow Metal.)
Inside the lab, Metal looks around as his eyes scan the entire area… His focus of vision laid on a certain wall area in the gym part of the lab. He walks toward the glass door leading to the small gym and smashes the glass with his fist. As he walks inside, the group arrives to stop him.
Tails: There he is!
Metal: (Walks up to a wall and presses his hand against it.)
Cream: What’s Metal doing?
Rouge: From the looks of it, he might be interested in the structure of this place.
Tails: Or… Maybe there’s something INSIDE the structure…
Once again, Metal formed a powerful beam from his hand to break down the wall, spreading rubble and concrete around the room. The group coughs from the dust until it settles. They are quite awestruck by what they saw.
Metal and the group gaze upon what looked to be some sort of pink substance in the shape of a badly made sphere embedded in the dirt ground… It sounded like it was beating…
Cream: (Complete shock…) WH…What IS that??
Rouge: It looks like… a whole bunch of Pink Craze packed together…
Cream: It’s been… Inside our lab the whole TIME??
Tails: No way… It…It can’t be POSSIBLE…
One of Metal’s fingers turned into a syringe and plucked the beating source. It was then sucked into a glass container connected to Metal’s arm. After he collected every last drop, his finger reverts back to normal and zooms out of the gym!!
Rouge: HEY!! STOP!! (They chase after him!)
Metal launched himself out of the hole outside and flies off just before the group came out of the hole as well. Unfortunately, Metal got away…
Tails: We lost him…
Rouge: Ok, hold up. This… doesn’t make any sense. You mean to tell me that a big blob of Pink Craze had made it’s way into our lab the WHOLE DAMN TIME, it was RIGHT INSIDE THE WALLS?!
Tails: It looks like it.
Rouge: That can’t be possible, right? Not unless it’s…
The group: ALIVE??
Tails: The entries DID say something about it having a mind of its own. Like an intelligent parasite. That’s why it looked to move and think on its own.
Rouge: And it clings onto something, it’s like mind-control.
Tails: Sort of, but… not internally. It’s just manipulating the mind depending on what it wants to do with you.
Cream: That’s so scary…
Rouge: Where do you suppose Metal’s headed anyway?
???: Back to our headquarters.
The group: !!!!! (They turn to see Blake Bronze.)
Tails: Who’s that?
Rouge: Blake Bronze. The same jerk-wad that kicked the Pink Craze out his business window.
Blake: Ok, I admit that was little careless of me, but hey, it’ll make this little game a lot more fun to play.
Cream: Where’s Ms. Lilian??
Blake: Who? Oh yeah, the little forgetful girl. She’s our guest over at the headquarters out by the ocean. That’s where your little robo-buddy’s bringing the source over to.
The group: The… SOURCE??
Blake: Oh yeah. That little blob of Pink Craze that sat in the walls of your lab? That’s the one. Quite ironic that it’s made its home in there.
Cream: What does this… source do?
Blake: Oh that’s an easy question. You know what a heart does? Pumps blood. That’s what this source is like basically. A heart. And what do you think this heart pumps out?
Tails: It finally makes sense… The Pink Craze appearing all over… This source must’ve been surging it in the ground, making it spread all over our city!
Blake: Bingo! It took us a long time to get it back from you scrawny little kids. I say it was all worthwhile.
Cream: Is G.U.N going to destroy it?
Blake: … I dunno. Maybe.
Tails: But don’t you know how dangerous the Pink Craze is?? With that whole source, who knows what it’ll do to that place!
Blake: (A helicopter flies in and throws down a ladder for him to climb on.) Why don’t you stop by and take a look for yourself. That’ll make this game more fun. Heh heh heh… (He latches onto the ladder and the helicopter flies off…) Hasta luego, Station Square Patrollers.
Tails: This is bad news. If the Pink Craze is going to G.U.N headquarters it might go berserk, bringing everyone down with it.
Rouge: Including the boss…
Cream: We have to rescue her, now!
Rouge: And just how are we going to infiltrate a military base in the middle of the ocean?
Tails: Don’t worry, ladies. I have an idea. But we need more of us if we’re going to rescue Lilian.
Rouge: You got that right. Squirt, we better prepare ourselves. This may be one pretty intense fight we’re facing.
Cream: (Nods) Hm. Ms. Lilian needs us.
… … …
Honey slowly wakes up to find herself in a blank white clean bed in what appears to be a hospital room… Honey felt weak and fragile as she opened her eyes widely. She had an open window of fresh air keeping her cool as she looked out to see the city below her.
She tries to lean closer but flinches and clenches her waist in pain… She scarily remembers Blake shooting her with the gun he gave her before… She tries to shake it off as she looks around her room.
She never felt more comfortable before as her cot from G.U.N was uncomfortable and small. This bed however was just her size, cool and clean and very soft to sleep on. Honey softly laid on her back, still unsure on how she got here and tries to close her eyes again.
She was startled by the sound of her door opening. Amy (Dressed in her normal clothes) walks in with some flowers and a small gift-box.
Amy: … Oh, you’re… you’re awake. (She approaches Honey and puts the flowers and gift box on the small dresser.) Are you ok?
Honey: … … … I think so… How did… I get here?
Amy: I was begging you to come back to me… (She pulls up a small chair and sits in it…) I thought you were a goner. I had no choice but to rush you the hospital. … Honey… I…
Honey: You’re still carrying it.
Amy: Huh? (Looks at the gem purse around her shoulder.) … Yeah. Like I said… I really like it. A lot.
Honey: … No one else seems to.
Amy: ... L-Look, if you don’t wanna talk about it, you don’t have to… I know it’s hard for you to understand, but…
Honey: I’ll talk about it. You saved my life, so… it’s least I can do…
Amy: …
Honey: Remember where we first met? At Eggman’s fighting tournament? Well… after we went our separate ways, I was just about my usual business ways… Doing the thing I loved the most. Making my customers happy. Then one day I wanted to make a new line of purses.
Amy: …
Honey: I’ve put so much thought into it, but at the time… We were running low on resources. I remember I told my co-workers… “We can’t let this stop us. Let’s use what we have and make the best that there is!” I’ve worked on it for months… And well… there’s the final product you have.
Amy: …
Honey: Unfortunately, using all our materials on that purse drained us of our resources and… profits weren’t up high like they usually were. It was a commercial failure… Soon after… my company became bankrupt. I’ve tried everything to come out of bankruptcy, but… little by little everything was being yanked away from me…
Amy: (She felt a bit of disbelief…)
Honey: I began to lose everything. My co-workers, my reputation, my whole company… Everyone and everything was just… gone… I felt like I’ve lost my inspiration and my will to do what I loved… To make people happy. And I sulked down into depression for such a long while… I needed something to regain my self-esteem and to prove to everyone and myself that I don’t wish to be a failure.
Amy: So… So that’s when-…
Honey: That’s when I joined G.U.N. To become an elite soldier and prove to the world that I can move on. But then… Ever since I found that you and your friends are Patrollers… my skills went downhill… And I didn’t want to hurt you or your friends because… Because… it would hurt me even more.
Amy: … Honey…
Honey: No matter what, I wanted to find my inspiration to show that I can still make people happy. But they treated me as if… I was failure. The last straw was drugging me so I wouldn’t disobey their orders… And I felt so sick to my stomach… I couldn’t bring myself to cry or shed a tear. I just couldn’t take the pain anymore and… I just wanted to point that stupid gun to my head and-! … (Buries her face in her arms…) Just look at me now… I lost everything… Including myself…
Amy: … But you haven’t lost anything. You still have such a wonderful legacy to stand on. I can understand that you weren’t happy at G.U.N, and wanted to find something that you wanted for so long. But you never had to look. It’s always been with you this whole time.
Honey: …
Amy: Your love and desire to make people happy was always inside you. Both in fashion and… well, in general. They just didn’t understand that deep down; you didn’t want to hurt your friends. But you just wanted them to accept you and understand how loving you are.
Honey: …
Amy: (She stands up from the chair.) Your inspiration to make people happy never went anywhere. It’s always been in you… And inspiring to all of us as well. Besides… (She brushes her dress.) Aren’t you the one who designed my dress? (Smiles…)
Honey felt… something inside her. Something that would make her tear up… Amy was right. She did have her inspiration to make people happy all this time, and yet… She just didn’t look within herself to find it out sooner…
She slowly sat up and got out of the bed, facing Amy. With the pain in her waist, it was hard for her to stand up, but she didn’t care. She slowly staggered to Amy and hugs her. Amy embraces her warmly as Honey’s emotions begin to tremble.
Ever since she took the medication from G.U.N she couldn’t be able to shed a proper tear, but now… she started to cry. She was crying and wailing like a baby as Amy was comforting her…
Amy: (Gently rubbing her back as Honey continue crying loudly…) It’s ok, Honey. It’s over now. It’s… (Sniff) It’s… over.
Honey finally composed herself as tears flood her eyes… Amy walks her back to the bed and tucks her in under the covers…
Honey: (Sniffs and tries to calm herself…) T…Thank you… (Sniff…) Thank you…
Amy: Are you feeling ok now?
Honey: I’m fine… My body hurts from the blow but… (She sniffs and tries to breath…) I’ll… be fine… I’m just… s…so tired…
Amy: Get some rest. You’ve been through a lot.
Honey: (A cute kitten smile appears on her face as she slowly falls asleep…) … … …
Amy smiles warmly as she puts the gift box on the small chair. She leaves the flowers on the dresser and walks out of the room.
As Amy walks down the hospital hallways, thoughts race through her mind…
Amy’s thoughts: Honey’s been through a lot… But now we have bigger problems on our hands… Is Lilian… the creator of the Craze? … I have to find the truth. No matter what…
To Be Continued.
Next time on Station Square Patrollers
Casted into a bewildered mystery, our heroines must search for the pieces of the puzzle that will lead them to the truth through all the horrendous events. Is Lilian really the creator of the Pink Craze? What about Kane, who wishes to cleanse this world? The answer lies within their next stop to rescue and interrogate Lilian as they plan to infiltrate G.U.N headquarters. While Metal Sonic rushes back to the facility with the source that spread the Craze around the whole city, time is of the essence for the Station Square Patrollers…
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Oh man, this was packed with feels! That moment with Amy and Honey at the hospital, got me good. Made myself tear up a little bit. The powah of friendship! ;w;
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Other parts are being planned.
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...dear Sonic Booms the crud had hit the fan.
Everything has reached a boiling point... I hardly even type this. All I can say is... the wait for part 2 is gonna hurt
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Planning has already begun for parts 2-3 so far. Everything will be resolved, just be patient.
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