Message #440024

[Marie Rose]

(Didn't expect that, did ya?)
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Toxic Saga: Chapter 59 – Welcome to Cerenia

Shortly after the events of chapter 58, Amber and Tiara were walking through some woods as Amber started talking. “So let me get this straight, you’re a princess, the King has been captured by some demon, the prince is out trying to find him, the demon’s minions are all over the place, and you can perform spells with that staff yet you still need help?”

“That’s pretty much it.”

“But wouldn’t you, the princess and the prince be related?”

“No, we’re not related, that kind of thing is frowned upon here.”

“It’s frowned upon in a lot of places.”

Suddenly, several grey humanoid creatures with glowing grey eyes and spiky shoulders surrounded the two of them. Amber then covered her fists in fire. “You can actually fight, right?”

“Well, I use my staff to cast spells, but bringing you here took a lot of power so I can’t do much right now.”

Amber sighed. “Fine, just try not to get in the way.” Amber moved forward and kicked one creature, then flew right and punched another. As the creatures got closer to Tiara who stood in the middle, Amber hit them with a blaze of fire. One creature then fired a gust of wind which Amber flew over and kicked it in the face. As Amber landed on the ground a bigger creature holding a spiked club entered the area.

The creature walked up to Amber as she stood in one spot. As the creature tried to crush Amber with the club, Amber side stepped the attack and kneed it hard in the stomach, slowly making the creature fall to the ground as she began to walk off. Tiara watched in shock and slowly ran to catch up with Amber. “Whoa! You just destroyed those guys like they were nothing!”

“Pfft, that was nothing; a lot of people on my planet could have done the same. Now which way do we go?”

“I think its east.” Tiara said as she walked east.

Back in the mountain area, Crystal woke up and stood up slowly then scratched her head and looked around. “I really should have seen that coming, now where did she go to?” Crystal then reached for one of the buttons on her suit. “This suit voice communication can sure come in handy...”

On Cerenia, Amber’s suit started blinking, Tiara then noticed it. “Is that meant to flash?”

Amber looked at the suit. “It’s probably Crystal, I won’t bother answering it.”

“Do you mind if I do?”

“Knock yourself out.”

Tiara pressed a button on the suit and Crystal’s voice was heard. “Amber, where are you? And how dare you attack me when my guard was down, I didn’t think you’d stoop so low.”

“Your friend Amber is on my home planet, Cerenia, to help me defeat a monster which has taken over my planet. She does not wish to speak to you for some strange reason.”

“...Is this a joke?”

“This certainly is not; I need your friend’s power to insure victory against this demon on my planet.”

“...Whatever, if you’re going to play practical jokes, I’ll just go by myself.” Crystal said before cutting the connection.

“Pfft, she annoys me more than before.” Amber said as they kept walking. Several creatures then surrounded them again. Amber jumped forward and began punching and kicking several of them. One of the creatures blew Tiara into the clutches of a bigger wind creature then they began to run off. When Amber noticed the big creature was half a mile away, she then sighed. “This is more trouble than its worth...” she said as she slowly walked in the creature’s direction.

Meanwhile, Zulu entered the control room of the mysterious base to see a chair by multiple screens. The chair spun round revealing a human male as he entered the room, the scene then paused and the word, “Nintendude.” came up on a greyish bar below him. He had a dark blue cap, brown hair and dark blue eyes. He wore a black jacket, a brown shirt with the Nintendo logo on it and dark blue pants with dark grey shoes. “So how did the mission go, Zulu?”

“I couldn’t really capture the girl.”

“And why not?”

“Because fighting two hedgehogs is quite a hassle. Besides, they’re on their way here now, and should be turning up shortly.”

“Nice work, Zulu. Before you ask, go see Mr. Mooyah for your pay.”

“Will do.” Zulu walked off as he quietly said, “lulz, Mooyah.”

In a very dark room, from an air vent high above, Felicia broke it opened and dropped down, Sonny then dropped down afterwards. “Man, it’s incredibly dark in here, I can’t see a thing!” Sonny said.

“Yeah, hold on to me so we don’t lose each other.”

“Ok.”

There was silence for a few seconds. Felicia then sighed. “...Hold on somewhere else.”

“Ok.” The lights suddenly switched on moments later and Sonny was now grabbing Felicia’s tail. Dozens of Omochao robots were around them and had their guns pointed at them.

Sonny looked around and then said, “Well this was unexpected...”

“Yeah...and let go of my tail.”

Crystal was flying across the sea and pasted a small Island Kyle was lying down on. The scene then paused and the words, “Kyle Forst.” came up on a greyish bar below him. Kyle then sat up and waved as Crystal flew by. “Hey Crystal, over here!”

“Hmm?” Crystal looked in his direction and flew over. “What is it?”

“Have you seen Amber lately?”

“She’s apparently on a planet called Cerenia, helping save the place from some demon.” Crystal said as she rolled her eyes.

“Alright, thanks.” Kyle took out the prism of teleportation and vanished a second later.

Crystal floated in silence for a few seconds. “...Where did he get that from?”

Back at the base, Sonny and Felicia were escorted to a large room by the Omochao robots where there was a giant platinum cannon with gold stripes high up in the middle of the room. There were dozens more Omochao robots around the room and sitting by the giant cannon was Nintendude who looked down at Sonny and Felicia. “Dude! Is that Sonny the Hedgehog I see?”

“Yep, it’s me alright.” Sonny said with a grin as he nodded.

“I gotta say I’m a big fan of yours dude, you and the other four you’re usually with. Where are those other four?”

“They’re busy right now. Is it normal for a villain to be a fan of a hero team?”

“Well it’s not unheard of; anyway, coming in through a vent was kinda predictable to be honest.”

“I guess, but that was only part of my plan.”

“Really? So what was the plan?”

“We were the distraction, this was the plan.” Felicia said before clicking her fingers.

Shade and Blade burst into the room through a wall and fly kicked one robot, Shade then jumped left and punched another while Blade ran right and spun in circles with his sword out, destroying many robots. Sonny and Felicia then ran towards a long line of robots. Sonny spin dashed towards them and knocked them into the air while at the same time Felicia jumped up and did a spiral claw slash threw the robots. Sonny came to a halt and Felicia landed next to him, Sonny then ran right and Felicia ran left.

Nintendude watched them as they moved about destroying the robots. “Now why didn’t I notice those other two come in round the back?”

Shade flipped over one robot firing at him, he then put his foot through the robot and pulled off the laser cannon it had. He then fired at robots in other directions. Blade deflected one of the blasts with his sword which hit several other robots. A multicoloured orb with the Sega logo on it then hopped by him. He slashed at it a few times until it broke; he then had an aura around him with the colors of the rainbow. As several robots got close to him, he covered them with his cape in slow motion as the room went dark. He then delivered a sharp slash with his sword, destroying the robots as the area brightened up again. (Does this attack remind you of anything?)

Sonny slide tackled one robot then Felicia landed down and stuck her claws into it. Nintendude then attempted to charge up the cannon. “Since this isn’t going well, I’m gonna start blowing stuff up, dudes.” The cannon then flashed red moments later. “Hmm, and here I thought I needed more power, well here I go.”

“Oh no you don’t!” Sonny yelled. He then ran up to Felicia. “Throw me up there using your tail. Felicia nodded then grabbed his leg with his tail; she swung him round three times, jumped and then threw him at the cannon. Sonny rolled into a ball and hit the cannon, causing no damage and hurting his head as he fell to the ground. Felicia then laughed.

As Nintendude charged the cannon again, the Lounge members broke down a wall in a 4x4 then all of them took out laser cannons. The scene then paused and the words, “The Lounge.” came up on a greyish bar below them. Together they fired a big blast from the laser cannon’s at the larger cannon which tilted it up as it fired, shooting the beam into the air.

Nintendude then looked at the energy of the cannon. “Dudes! You totally ruined it, now it has no more power to fire!”

Shade jumped up towards one Omochao robot which was in the air and hit it with a downward kick, slamming it into the ground. He broke another multicoloured orb on his way down and an aura covered him as he slowly got up. He then clutched his fist as he glowed red with red energy waves surrounding him and a few of his vain’s could be seen as he said, “Death to all who appose me!”

Sonny then began to run as he said, “I have a feeling we should get out of here.” The others then followed. Nintendude ran out a door on the top path. Shade then jumped up near the large cannon, curled up into a ball and performed a large chaos blast, blowing up the entire room and creating an explosion which could be seen from far away.

Meanwhile, on Cerenia, Kyle walked up to several knight’s who were on the floor. “Geez, what happened to you guys?”

“This red-haired girl came through here, she was exceedingly strong.” One knight replied.

“She wore a black suit with a fire symbol on it, right?”

“Yeah, that was her.”

“Heh, no wonder you guys stood no chance.” Kyle walked on past the Knights.

Near Green Hill City, on a bridge, Toxic was walking down knocking cars out of the way as she moved across the bridge. Some civilians stopped their cars and ran in the other direction. Toxic then saw a ball of energy come towards her which she knocked away. Crystal then landed down 10 feet away from her. “So you’re the monster causing all this.”

Toxic looked back at Slasha. “This is another one of those five, right?”

“Yeah, just destroy her, and then we’ll go find those hedgehogs.”

Crystal then threw a car at Toxic using her psychokinesis which she jumped over and Slasha jumped out the way. Toxic then extended her hand and tried to punch Crystal who flew up and away from the bridge. Toxic then spread her wings and flew after Crystal. Slasha then shouted, “Hey! What about me?” after a few moments she then walked off and sighed.

On Cerenia, in a grassy area with a few trees about the wind blew softly as Metroid Metal version of Phendrana Drifts played. A few rose petals floated in the air after thirty seconds and frogs hopped across a small pond. At 00:53, a dozen grey creatures walked down a path slowly. The big creature carrying Tiara walked through a gate to a small castle at 01:15 then it closed.

A second later Amber jumped from one tree to another, and continued moving then jumped high into the air at 01:24. She then covered herself in fire and flew down the path seconds later, smashing through a group of wind creatures; she then jumped and spun at 01:30 as she moved along the path then flew along the path again with a trail of fire seconds later. She smashed into another group of creatures then jumped at 01:39 and landed in front of the iron gate at 01:47.

At 01:50 Amber then created one big ball of fire in her right hand which glowed neon red, then did the same with her left hand, she then put them together and fired a beam which knocked down the door at 02:03, Amber then smiled. An alarm then sounded inside the castle and several wind creatures ran towards the entrance. Amber then slowly walked in at 02:13 to see several wind creatures forming a long line sideways. Amber began knocking the creatures away every second, then tripped some up and threw them at others.

One creature fired gusts of wind at her 02:37 which she avoided. She then punched him several times then kicked the creature into a wall at 02:44 as a big creature with two spiked clubs landed down. He tried to swing at her moments later while she dodged the attacks and kicked the creature at 02:56, knocking down the castle entrance. Amber then walked in and went up to a higher path at 03:06. As she walked down a long hallway dozens of wind creatures came down the path towards her.

She moved down the hallway, knocking the creatures left and right and eventually reached a room at 03:44 and knocked the door down. The big creature tried to attack her as she entered, she dodged the attacks and knocked down the creature at 04:00, Amber then ran out the room carrying Tiara on her shoulder with the creature chasing her. She then reached the end of the hallway at 04:18 and jumped down to the bottom floor seconds later then ran out the castle. She then jumped over the iron gate at 04:33 and kept running as the song stopped.

Back at Green Hill City, Crystal was firing blasts at Toxic who dodged them, as Crystal turned right at a building, she turned around and saw Toxic was gone. Toxic then kicked her down from the right and threw a lorry at her. The lorry was hit with an electrical blast moments before it hit her. The lorry then flew right and landed on Mike who was walking by. Jessica then landed down near Crystal and the scene then paused and the words, “Jessica Tricity.” came up on a greyish bar below her.

“Saving you is starting to get annoying.” Jessica said as she landed down.

Crystal then got up and into a fighting stance. Dozens of big rocks then flew into the area and landed on Toxic. She then broke out moments later and saw someone coming towards the area on a big rock platform. The person on the rock platform landed near Crystal and Jessica. He had black hair with a few bangs sticking up, a small black cap and yellow eyes. He wore a green and black striped top and dark green pants with silver shoes. 

“Who are you?” Toxic asked.

The boy pointed down then the scene paused and the words, “Adam Clear.” came up on a greyish bar below him. He then looked at Crystal. “Hey Crystal, remember me?”

“Adam, is that really you? It’s been years, where have you been?”

“Well when I heard you lived down here I just had to check it out, oh, and the destruction made it easier to follow.”

“So…you have elemental powers now.”

“That’s right, the power of earth, you know, controlling anything connected to the ground and stuff.”

“Hello?” Toxic yelled as she waved. “Could we get started?”

“I agree with the monster.” Jessica said. “And how exactly are you two related?”

“I’m her cousin.” He said quickly.

Toxic quickly picked up a car and threw it at them, which they all flew out the way from. Someone then threw another car at Toxic from high above which she jumped over. She then looked up to see Ruby sitting on a ledge. Ruby waved at her and said, “Hi!” the scene then paused and the words, “Ruby Clear.” came up on a greyish bar below her. Toxic extended her arm and tried to grab Ruby; Crystal flew by and grabbed Ruby before Toxic’s hand reached her. Crystal jumped about avoiding Toxic’s second hand as it tried to get her.

Jessica then fired a bolt of lightning which went through Toxic’s chest. Jessica then smiled. “You don’t wanna fight on an empty stomach, do you?” Toxic quickly inhaled, closing up the hole then fired a gust of wind at her which she dodged, moving about the air. Toxic then turned to Crystal and created a big ball of fire in both hands then put them together.

Crystal then raised an eyebrow. “Wait, that move looks familiar...” Toxic then fired the beam at Crystal who quickly fired back; the beam eventually hit Crystal and knocked her into a building. Ruby then flew towards Toxic as Adam joined her. Ruby fired several blasts of energy which Toxic moved back from, Adam then threw several rocks which Toxic blocked with one arm, then with her second hand fired several tentacles towards them both. They both flew back with Ruby blasting the tentacles as they got close.

Jessica ran towards Toxic covered in electricity and hit her, knocking her over as she ran by. Adam then flew towards her away on the rock platform. As Adam got close, Toxic extended her arm and broke the platform into four as Adam jumped up. Adam then commanded the pieces to hit Toxic; he then landed down in front of Toxic and kicked her into a building.

“We’re winning, guys! Let’s keep going!” Adam said as he ran forward.

2 Minutes later…

“We’re losing guys, retreat!” Adam said as he ran away. Crystal, Ruby and Jessica followed him while Toxic laughed as they ran off. Toxic then flew off out of the city as they left.