Chapter 8: A Tale of Two Colonies

The Cyclone lands on the swampy planetoid, the N’rrgal Colony. Seeing the poison fog and lightning, Sonic chooses Big to accompany him. With her knowledge of the races, Shade is chosen too. So is Knuckles.

Knuckles: I’m gullible.

Sonic: That’s nice.

A bunch of slimy little monsters appear and start sucking on the Cyclone.

Sonic: Uh, Shade?

Shade: Those N’rrgals are sucking the power from the Cyclone!

Big: My face itches.

Tails’ voice: Uh guys, can you get them OFF the ship?

Sonic: Right!

Sonic, Knuckles, and Big start attacking until the N’rrgals are done for.

Sonic: Taken care of.

Shade: … They still have the power.

Sonic: Well why didn’t you say that?

Shade: You didn’t give me enough time.

Sonic: You’re too slow!

Everyone else: …

N’rrgal: Yyyyyyyyyoooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuu bbbbbbbbbbbbbbeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaattttttttttt tttttttttthhhhhhhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeemmmmmmmm uuuuuuuuuuppppppppppp………

Another N’rrgall: Ggggggggggooooooooooo ttttttttttttaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllkkkkkkkkk ttttttttttoooooooo ooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrr qqqqqqqqquuuuuuuuuuueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnn………

Rouge’s voice: They don’t sound very pleasant.

Shade: They want us to speak to their queen.

On the other side of the colony, a giant N’rrgal appears.

Queen N’rrgal: Wwwwwwwhhhhhaaaaat iiiissss iiiiittttt?

Sonic: Well, you’re not as bad as the others at least. We want your Chaos Emerald.

Queen: Ttttttooooooooooooooooooo bbbbbbbaaaaaaaaddddddddd.

Sonic: Come on!

Queen: Ttttteeeeeelllllllllllll yyyyyyyyooooooooouuuuuuuuu wwwwwwwhhhhhhaaaaaattttttt… Ttttthhhhhhhhooooosssssseeeee aaaaawwwwwffffffuuuuuuulllllll Zzzzzzzoooooooaaaaaaaahhhhhh hhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaavvvvvvvvveeeeeeeee ooooooooooonnnnnnnneeeee. Ttttttttttaaaaaaaaaakkkkeee ttttthhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeiiiirrrrrrrrrrrsssssssss aaaaaaaaawwwwwwwaaaaaaaay aaaaaaannnnnddddd tttttttthhhhhhhhhiiiiiiisssssss ooooooonnnnneeeeeeee iiiiissssss yyyyyyyoooooouuuuurrrrrrrssss….

Sonic: Okay… What exactly?

Shade: The Zoah have one of their own and we have to take theirs away first. Probably has something to do with their feud.

Sonic: Okay.

Queen: Mmmmmyyyyyyy mmmmmiiiiinnnnniiiioooooonnnnnssss wwwwwwwiiiiiiiiillllllllllll rrrrreeeeeeessssssstttttooooooorrrrrrreeeeeeee pppppoooooooowwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeerrrr tttooo yyyyoooouuuurrrrrr ssssssshhhhhhhiiiiiiipppp… Iiiiiiiiittttttt wwwwiiiiiilllllll ooooooonnnnnnnllllllyyyyy ffffffffflllllllllyyyyyyyy tttttttttooooooo ttttthhhhheeee Zzzzzooooaaaahh Ccccooolllllloooonnnyyyy…

Sonic: …

Shade: They’ll give our ship enough power to go to the Zoah Colony.

Sonic: All righty then, see you later.

Everyone gets back to the Cyclone, only to find that it’s flying itself to the Zoah Colony!

Tails: It’s only flying where the N’rrgals want it to fly.

Cream: So they still have control over us?

Omega: SHADOW, I JUST NOTICED THAT SHINY BUNEARY ACROSS THE ROOM FROM US. MAY I USE MY MASTER BALL ON IT?

Shadow: Omega for the last time, I’m not playing “DBZ Abridged” with you.

Omega: YOU RUIN MY FUN.

Meanwhile the Zoah shoot down the Cyclone, so it crashes onto their colony.

Everyone: Ow…

Sonic: Why?

Shade: The Zoah love to shoot things. “Shoot first, ask questions never”. Most of the time at least. Let’s go.

Sonic, Shade, Knuckles, and Shadow get out of the ship. A Zoah walks up to them. It’s a big robotic thing. Or something like that.

Zoah: I WILL CRUSH YOU IN TONIGHT’S STEEL-CAGE, RPG BATTLE SLAMMA!!!!! HUAAAA!!!!

Sonic: Where?

Zoah: RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW! AND THERE’S NO CAGE! I STOLE I T SO I COULD SMASH YOU WITH IT! RRRRROOOOOOOOOOAAAAARRR!!!!

Sonic: Okay Shadow, you can do it this time.

Shadow: Chaos Rift!

Shadow kills the Zoah and his nearby friend. Another nearby one runs off and screams like a girl. They pass a Zoah merchant.

Haniman: Lamp oil? Rope? Bombs? You want it?

Sonic: I’m gonna say no.

Haniman: But without bombs, the Night Stalker will get you! At least some lamp oil?

Sonic: No.

Dragodon (dull voice): Roar. I am the Night Stalker.

Knuckles: We’re supposed to be scared of that? It’s just a lower-leveled monster from Chapter 4.

Shade: Not to mention it’s a hologram. We don’t need any of his stuff, guys.

Sonic: But I just bought all his stuff! HEY! HANIMAN! I DON’T KNOW HOW I KNOW YOUR NAME, BUT GIVE ME A REFUND!

Haniman: Sorry Sonic, I can’t give refunds! Come back when you’re a little… MMMMMM…. richer!

Haniman runs away.

Sonic: Grrr…

Shadow: What’s that?

Shadow steals some rope from Sonic and notices a sticky note on it.

Shadow: “Beat up General Raxos to get the Chaos Emerald”. That was convenient. Who wrote it though?

Plot Point Zoah’s voice: ME! I DID IT!

Shadow: Oh. I don’t care.

PPZ: YOU’RE MEAN!

Shadow: I know.

Shadow smiles and a puppy dies. The four make it to the Gem of Power Containment Building.

Sonic: Little Zoah, little Zoah let us in!

Quite Large Zoah: NOT BY HAIRS ON MY CHINNY-CHIN CHIN!

Knuckles: What hairs?

Zoah: SILENCE!

Sonic: No, take us to the general!

Zoah: WELL SINCE YOU ASKED SO NICELY… NO! HAHAHAHAHA-

One Axe Kick, Uppercut, Blade Rush, and Chaos Spear later, the Zoah crawls away in pain.

Peaceful Zoah: Solve a math problem and you can get in that building!

Knuckles: Or…

Knuckles punches the door down.

Sonic: RUN!

Everyone runs into the building and reaches the Blue Chaos Emerald.

Knuckles: Emerald… Emerald… Emerald…

A giant Zoah appears.

Commander Syrax: OH NO YOU DON’T!

He warps them to the Zoah Arena.

Syrax: I WANT TO KILL YOU! SO-

General Raxos appears he’s even bigger.

General Raxos: WAIT! I WANT TO WATCH! IF YOU CAN BEAT ME, YOU GET THE EMERALD. IF YOU CAN BEAT HIM, YOU CAN BEAT ME!

Syrax: ROAR!!!!!

Sonic: Uhhhh, guys? What do we do?

Shadow: I can run off and do whatever I want.

Knuckles: We’ll have to fight.

Shade: We probably should.

Sonic: Okay let’s go.

Syrax: IN THAT CASE LET IT-

The four take down Syrax.

Raxos: AH! WHAT STRATEGY! TRULY YOU ARE WARRIORS OF A HIGH CALIBUR! THIS WILL BE INTERESTING! BUT ONLY THE LEADER WILL FIGHT ME TO MAKE THINGS FAIR.

Sonic: Shade, since you know the most-

Shade: You’re the leader.

Sonic: Aw crud.

Raxos tries to tackle Sonic, but the hedgehog gets out of the way and performs many Axe Kicks, defeating the Zoah general.

Raxos: OH THANK GOODNESS! NOW I HAVE A REASON TO REVOLT AGAINST THAT STUPID IX!

Knuckles: So how about that Chaos Emerald?

Raxos: FINE, WHATEVER. JUST WATCH OUT, THE NOCTURNUS HAVE PROBABLY HEARD OF MY DEFEAT AND WENT TO SEE WHAT’S GOING ON.

Shadow: How would they possibly know about that already?

Shade: The Nocturnus have cameras installed all over the Twilight Cage.

Shadow: No, that’s not weird… But how do we fix our ship?

Raxos: ALLOW ME TO HELP.

Soon, the party gets back into the wrecked Cyclone. Raxos picks it up.

Raxos: GO AWAY!

He then throws the Cyclone all the way to the N’rrgal Colony. They crash in the royal nook.

Queen: Wwwwwwwweeeeeeelllllllllllll?

Sonic crawls out.

Sonic: Ow… It worked… We got it.

Queen: Ttttttttthhhhheeeeeennnnnn tttttttaaaaaakkkkkeeeee ttttttthhhhhiiiiissssss…..

She gives them the Green Chaos Emerald. The only one that’s actually an emerald, save for the Master Emerald.

Sonic: All right! Can you fix our ship?

Queen: Lllllllleeeeetttt’sssss ssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee………

After somehow fixing the Cyclone, the team is in space again.

Sonic: That was actually sort of easy, when you think about it. So where to next?

Shade: The only other place we can go is the Voxai Colony Beta; that gray planetoid with the pink spots all over it. But the Voxai in Sector Charyb are dangerous. You know, because of the mind control.

Sonic: Sounds good. Let’s go Tails!

Tails: All right!

Tails uses the Hyper Drive.

Sonic: STOOOOOOP DOOOOOOOIIIING THAAAAAAAT!!!!

Everyone but Sonic, Tails, and Big: AAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!

Big: WHEEEE!!!

(This is getting old, huh?)

To be continued.