Roleplay:The Echo Project

This Roleplay is invite-only, ask permission before joining!

Overview
Years ago, in a project to create the strongest weapon of all time, and the most powerful being ever, G.U.N began a plan known as Project Echo. Project Echo started out as a super-soldier serum, meant to be given to members of G.U.N to increase all of their power. However, the serum was a failure in almost every way, killing all who were introduced to it. Then a new idea submerged. In an accident, a child of one of the scientists was given the serum, and she lived. An idea struck that if they were to take 14 other children, gene splice all 15, and give them all the serum, they could raise an army.

The project ended in a failure, with many of the creations killed, only one truly survived, Echo the Cat. The station where the experiment happened, has now been located, questions can finally be answered, and new ideas can come from this, but will we know for sure what is located behind the walls of this abomination? Will all the answers we seek be there? Will we make it past the hordes of robots, failed experiments, and the secrets of the hold, or will it all come crashing down on top of us? It's time for our heroes to find out.

Rules

 * Do not auto Hit
 * At the same time, do not dodge everything
 * No Godmodding
 * Ask if you wanna join, do not just hop in
 * No Canon characters
 * Please do not de-rail the plot

Participants

 * Neoexlucky
 * TheDarkMantis15
 * Zapor888
 * MaverickHunterSigma
 * DoomDegree
 * Metal

Involved Characters

 * Echo the Cat (Neo)
 * Ages Tranquil (Neo)
 * Leah the Chao-born (Neo)
 * Zero Evol (Neo)
 * Robots and Experiements (Neo)
 * Time Spinner (Neo)
 * Deadline the Lizard (DarkMantis)
 * ??? (Neo)
 * ??? (Neo)
 * ??? (Neo)
 * Zapor the Hedgehog (Z88)
 * Blade the Hedgehog (Z88)
 * Lexi the Hedgehog (Z88)
 * Leo the Toonarite (Z88)
 * Zak the Kirby (Z88)
 * Argent Hellsing the Wolf (MHS)
 * Rose Hellsing the Wolf (MHS)
 * Yuhi Saisei the Mouse (MHS)
 * Transford Cyber (DoomDegree)
 * Transford the Hedgehog (DoomDegree)

Part 1: The papers
Ages dropped the papers on the coffee table, causing the few objects on it to bounce a little. Their was a large amount of papers in the stack, and it seemed very heavy. Ages gave a quick sighed, and loosened his tie a bit, his suit was getting a little annoying. "We have, one of the biggest problems ever right now." Ages started. "You all have been doing a lot of dangerous work, I know. You've all fought bravely together, you've saved the world several times, most of the cities owe you their lives, I get it. I don't want to put any more work on you, but something has come up. I'd normally just have Neo do this, but since he's gone, I want you all to do it." The red fox took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled. "I obtained the files to the original Echo Project, the same project that caused the creation of Echo."

Zapor, now back into his normal form, sat on the couch. "Ok, so what do you want us to do?"

"Yeah, this is about a friend of ours, so we really got to know." Leo said.

"I want to go there." Echo said simply. "And I can't go alone."

"I think that if Echo wants to go see where she was born, she has the right to." Ages agreed. "I only requested she didn't go alone. The last time we dealed with someone in G.U.N, one of us died."

"Hey, he came back just fine!" Zero called.

"Exactly my point." Ages smirked. "I just thought, you know, a chance to learn more about Echo, you might like that." The red fox turned his gaze towards Zapor, with a smirk still on his face. "Especially since, you know, a little birdie told me you two went on a date not that long ago."

Zapor's face turned almost as red as his fur. "Darn you Kenny.." He muttered.

Blade chuckled. "But won't we get attacked if they see us. Last time Zapor went to a G.U.N place, he nearly blew up the whole building."

"They shouldn't have me tied up on a rescue mission!" Zapor said, still blushing.

Zak grinned. "The only way they won't shoot at is if they don't recognize us. So we just have to dress as G.U.N soldiers."

"And I suppose you have a closet filled with them?" Lexi said as Zak nodded.

One of the people Ages had called for, Blitz, wasn't there. Instead, a lizard with a rifle slung over his back and military attire stood leaning against one of the walls of the room. He was notified that, since Blitz appeared to have been preoccupied with something going on in a place called "Fortune Hills", the sniper would have to take his place. At first he objected, saying that as much as he wanted to, he couldn't do this mission without his partner Lockdown. His superior shot that objection down by saying he needed to keep a low profile regarding this mission, and the lizard decided to comply.

Now, he was listening as Ages spoke, nodding at intervals and saying nothing.

"I've already checked it out." Time Spinner said. "The building is nearly abandoned, save for a couple of robots."

"Doesn't sound like too hard of a problem." Leah mentioned. "Why did you call all of us then?"

"It's G.U.N." Ages said simply.

The lizard blinked. GUN was behind this? That seemed... odd. If they were behind this, why would they send one of their own soldiers to accompany Ages in this mission?

He scowled. He had more questions than answers, and that wasn't good.

"He's got a point." Zero agreed. "I'm sure that G.U.N might still have some traps lying around here and there. Not to mention what would happen if Millie or Warlock learned about this."

"Millie already has." Ages said. "Or that's what I bet at least. I got this stuff from an info broker from A.R.T.E and knowing them, they've probably already sold this information, and their closest buyer is Millie."

"But, there is a room that I want to see..." Echo said. "I...I keep seeing this room and I want to find out why it's so important."

"What room?" the sniper said finally.

"Well... I don't know..." Echo said. "It...had a lot of computers in it...and something that looked kind of like a bed...but there were not blankets...and I remember a bunch of other people being in there. A bunch of other kids."

"Other kids?" the sniper questioned further.

"The...uh...other experiemnts..." Zero started.

"The Echo Project was made to make a series of super soldiers, with a serum that worked well on children." Ages explained. "According to the report, there were originally Echo's 1 through 15, but most of them died when they tried to escape. The only one that we have left is Echo-01, the one that is right here."

"I know that 14 is still alive though!" Echo piped up. "But....Echo-14 is probably long gone by now..."

"Well, if we're ever gonna find where Echo-14 is, or anything else important for this matter, we gotta go to that old abandoned base and search that place like cops!" He then runs out of the door.

Blade's face:-_-' "You don't even know where it is."

Zapor walks back in. "Oh.."

"Well, wherever it is, I'll bet it won't be easy getting in," the lizard commented.

Zak pulls out a G.U.N costume from his mouth, or in this case spat it out. "Unless you have a disguise to make the robots think you are a G.U.N soldier."

"Erm...I'm not wearing that stuff..." Leah said.

"Besides, shouldn't most of the robots already be deactivated?" Zero mentioned. "Back when I worked for G.U.N, they didn't send energy to old bases."

"My thoughts exactly." Ages agreed. "But this is a G.U.N base we're talking about, there is bound to be traps, and if Millie's gang finds it, Echo won't be able to fight them all by herself, which is why I need you guys to go with her."

"I can deal with Millie's partners" a dull and expressionless voice rang out behind the group. There was what looked like a black hedgehog with a brown coat was behind them.

"Ok, that's good to hear, but if we're gonna go to the old abandoned base, we'll have to know where it is." Lexi said. "Oh and Zak, I am not putting that on."

"We don't kill." Ages said simply. "Why you're here, is a mystery to me, but you follow my family's rules."

"And don't worry, I know where it is." Zero said. "I've been there, but I couldn't find anything interesting there..."

The sniper tapped his foot impatiently. When were they going to go?

The black 'hedgehog' pulled the gun from Zero's hand and once again spoke in a dull voice "I'll lead,  their is a secret entryway located at the base of the mountain and the suits will not be required"

"Then lets quit standing waiting and get going!" Zapor ran out the door again and went into a car in Neo's driveway and honkedits horn.

Zero's eyes flashed red. He stood straight up and grabbed the 'hedgehog'. Leah and Time Spinner also stood up, both their hands glowing and Echo already had a card out. "You. Do. Not. Touch. Weapon." He growled angrily. "You let her go right now."

Ages calmly stood up, and eased everyone down. "Listen here, 'Transford'." Ages said in a smooth voice. "What you're holding right now isn't a normal weapon, it's a chao, Zero's chao in fact. You need to give it back. You also need to realize that you do not lead this group, Neo does. And since Neo is not here, Zero will be leading this. Furthur more, I think you have your wires crossed, the base isn't on a mountain, nor does it have a secret entrance. I've checked over it myself, along with Fate and Neo. There is no secret entrance."

"Yeah, and if you abuse a chao while Zapor's around, you can ask the 10 people he put in the hospital about why you shouldn't hurt one." Leo said.

Zapor yelled out the car. "Hey, you want a chao not to reincarnate,  you got problems!"

The black "hedgehog" gave Zero his chao back and once agqin spokein a dull voice "Transford was teterminated on October 19, GUN took blood samples and created my CPU from his memories,  Transford's sins are not my own."

"Somehow I doubt that." Zero said softly and took the chao back. "Alright, everyone in the car."

"Not everyone." Ages said. "I need to speak to Zapor before you guys leave."

Zapor lets out a "dang it" sigh and walks in the house. "See you on the flipside." Blade said.

Zak pats his back. "Stay strong, dude." He walks to the car.

"......So...?" Zapor said making an "alright I know your mad at me so lets just get it over with" gesture.

"I get the feeling he's not gonna hear the end of it anytime soon..." Argent said.

"Shut up, bro. You're gonna jinx us..." Rose said.

Ages kneeled down a little so that he was face to face with Zapor before he spoke. "Now listen Zapor..." He said calmly. "Echo really cares for you, and I care about Echo. So I want you to make sure that you keep her safe, alright?" He smiled weakly. "And if anyone tries anything that might cause some problems, punch them in the face for me."

Zapor smiled. "And make them have a bloody nose so they feel like jerks?"

The sniper exited the room and hopped into the car that Ages told them to enter. "If I fall asleep, poke me and I'll get back on my feet," he said as he settled into the back seat.

"Exactly." Ages said and stood up. "Now go get in the car."

Zapor ran out the door, and did a cartwheel into the car which hit Leo in the face. "Alright, Zero start it up!"

"I call changing the radio!" Zak said.

As the car backed out the driveway, Zapor saw Ages standing by the window giving him a thumbs up. Zapor gave a thumbs up back to Ages.

Part 2: The Asylum of Echoes
It didn't take too long for the group to make it to the building. There was moss growing up the siimmediately" walls and many of the windows are dusty and cracked. The door though stood strong and wouldn't budge. "What's up with it?" Leah asked. "I feel weaker when I touch it."

"It's soul metal, it drains the power of the soul." Zero said. "And the electrical currents that flow through the door when it detects metal, helps. It's basically a giant tazer." He pulled a card out and slid it over the side of the door, causing a clicking sound and forcing the door open with a jut. The inside of the building was a simple hallway with two doors. One lead to a stair case and the other led to an empty room with a broken mirror. "Don't look in the mirror." Zero said as they passed. "Just trust me, don't question it." He lead the group down the stairs into a long hallway filled with ash-covered mobian statues.

"Jeez, this is like dead space all over again." Blade said.

"Ah, except we aren't in space, there aren't any zombies, we.." Zak was cut off by Lexi kicking him and motioning toward Echo. "Oh, sorry."

The sniper followed the others, brandishing a light handgun and flicking the safety off.

Cyber scanned eaxh statue and found out the statues were rigged "get out of here, now" he said in his dull tone.

Echo walked forward as she looked at the statues. She stopped at one statue and stared at it. "Dr. Tungsten." She said. "He was one of the scientists that worked with us. He wasn't really a bad guy, you know? Like he somewhat cared about us." She looked to the statue next to him and scowled. "And that is Dr. Palladium, our battle systems trainer. Now he was a jerk."

Zapor walked up to the Dr.Palladium statue and punched it in the face. That, however, caused the statue to fall and the head to fall off. "Oh.....sorry."

All the statues began too glow orange, Cyber pushed the entire group out of the room as the bombs went off.

"Oh my God, Argent, a bomb!" Rose said.

"A bomb!" Argent replied, not unlike a JC Denton.

"When the bombs detonated, they sent a Signal too GUN and a strike force will be on its way here too make sure you are dead" Cyber explained in his emotionless voice.

"How do you even know all this?!" Zak yelled as he waved his nub hands in the air.

"Don't worry. Three statues were duds. The one Echo thinks is nice, and two others. I don't who these are, but I'll hold em for just reasons!" Zapor said.

Zero shook his head. "He doesn't." He answered Zak. "None of the statues gave off a signal. I've already checked."

"Those two are..." Echo started as she stared at the other two statues. "I...don't know who those two are...or I can't remember at least. I think the one on the left is Dr.Radon. He acted really tough, but he treated Echo-11 like a son, unfortunatly he was one of the scientists that died first."

"In any case." Time Spinner began. "We need to go see the next room."

The group moved forward finding another room which hled another group of statues, though these did not look like scientists. These statues had people who held weapons and other objects in threatening ways. "These were the agents." Echo explained. "We got our genetic material from them."

Zero looked at three piles of dust on the floor. One with the name tag "Agent Number" another with the nametag "Agent Destiny" and a final one, which was missing a name tag, but someone had wrote "Mystic Down" into the dust.

"You think these statues will explode?" Leah asked.

"'Mystic Down'?" the sniper repeated.

"Just a couple words that keep haunting us." Zero said as he kicked the dust aside. "No, there isn't anything on them..." He turned to Leah. "These statues look normal."

The sniper looked around warily. He didn't like the statues at all...

"I don't understand why these statues are here..." Echo said as she put her hand on her deck of cards. "I mean, we didn't have this many people in the Echo-"

Upon the word Echo being said, there was a loud screeching sound and the statues started moving towards Echo and the group, who were right next to the next door, which was locked.

The sniper turned and fired a bullet at the statues, hoping to get them down quickly.

Blade hets his katanas ready. "Ok, does anyone else want to know why they have statue robots in an old base?"

Rose hopped back, summoning her Stand. "Don't ask questions. I'll just reduce these things to dust in second."

"You know I just realized. Those stands are also on the JoJo's bizzare adventure game coming out." Lexi said as she got in her battle stance.

"Ok, that's fine, but we got statues and no time, so..yeah." Zapor stated as he pull out his missile launcher.

Zero took a step back, and pulled a card through the door's slide. "The lock doesn't work." Zero gruffed. "Looks like we-"

The door opened, causing light to pour into the room, and an orange hedgehog to step through. "Come on, get in!" Th hedgehog said.

The sniper fired off a few more shots before running into the room, making sure to fire at the statues again should they try to attack his fellows.

"New guy!" Zapor ran to the door, followed by Lexi, Leo, Zak, and Echo. Blade tossed another fireball before he got in.

Argent and Rose rushed into the room, turning to see if anyone was having trouble with the statues.

A red mouse had slashed at the statues as she slid into the room.

Leah, Zero, Echo, and Time Spinner all rush into the room.

Blade shuts the door behind them and gets a rifle to block the doorknob. "So..you're a new guy? Thanks..." Blade finds it weird that the new guy came to the rescue despite the fact they don't know him.

The sniper kept his pistol raised, now alert. He wasn't going to let his guard down.

Standing in front of the group was another group of three people, one being the hedgehog that opened the door for them. The hedgehog was orange, wore Silver clothes and had iron gloves on his hands. A purple rat, that looked just as tall as he was, wore a simple silver dress and blue heels. The last one was a small echidna that wore a green robe and brown shoes. "Well, most of you don't know us." The hedgehog said. "But we know one of you."

Echo stared in disbelief at the group in front of him. "04...?"

"Hiya, kid." The hedgehog smiled.

Zapor smiles also. "Wow, and we just talked about him a couple of hours ago! And find him!"

"Rescue party dance?" Zak said.

"Rescue party dance after this mission!" Zapor said.

The sniper lowered his weapon. "Friendlies. Good."

A figure in the shadows reloaded a shotgun and a blade extended from his left arm

"No...that was 14, this is 04...and 11..." She pointed to the rat. "And...02..."

"We're not called by our numbers anymore." 04 said. "You can call me Thomas, 11 is Sedna, and 02 is Sierra."

"What are you doing here?" the lizard said bluntly. He had names now, so he thought he might as well get some info.

"Well, we were creations from the Echo Project, just like 01, here." Thomas began.

"But unlike 01, we had soul links." Sedna said. "Well, Sierra and I did, Thomas chose to stay with us so that we could be safe, but after we deactivated our soul links, we couldn't get out. The statues started to become an annoyance that way, and there are a couple of other problems down the other way."

"Describe said 'problems'..." Argent said. "I don't want anymore 'surprises'."

"So basically your trapped? That sucks more than a lollipop." Blade said.

"I guess the GUN knew that they would try to leave so they made the statues robots so they would prevent them from escaping." Zak said.

"And now that we've entered, it's only a matter of time before a strike team arrives and destroys the asylum, we must relocate immediately" Cyber said

"No, we still have a job to do. We don't leave until we finish it." Rose said.

"But a strike team? That sounds fun." The mouse said.

"That's what I'm saying. And besides, it's not like they'll bring giant robots at us." Lexi said.

"Job? What's that mean 01?" Thomas asked.

"Echo." The cat said. "My name is Echo."

"...Alright then...what job are you trying to do?" Thomas said slowly.

"I want to find the room, the room where we all slept." Echo said bravely.

"I see...you want to take the back door then." Thomas murmered. "It's in the back, you just gotta keep going. Though there are worse problems back there especially for...us..."

"Elaborate," the lizard prompted. "You've seen them before, I assume, you must know how they work,"

"...How long have you lot been stuck down here, anyway?" Rose asked.

"A while." Thomas said. "I don't remember how long it's been."

Sedna turned to the lizard. "Which one?" She laughed. "The statues outside run when the word 'Echo' is said. Behind door number 2, is a couple other things. Traps, riddles, and that stupid locked door that needs a key card to get passed."

"How did you survive down here, then?" Rose asked again. "Did they leave behind all the military rations or something?"

"A key card? I don't suppose they'd just have one lying around somewhere... having no personel around actually complicates things even more, otherwise you could probably just steal one..." the mouse asked.

"...Yuhi, why are you here, anyway? You just sort of left after that incident in the underground monarchy..." Argent asked.

"I lingered around there for a while... there's a whole nexus of information down there that's rather hard to obtain if you're looking where the sun still shines. I convinced someone from A.R.T.E. to sell me some info on what the so-called 'Guardian Units' have been up to... and then this just sort of came up. I'm not saying what I plan to do with that info now, but now that I'm here, I want to help. These four aren't the only ones who've had their normal lives robbed from them at the hands of G.U.N." Yuhi said.

"Have you guys tried blowing the locked door up?" Zapor said.

The sniper frowned. More and more, he was starting to feel uneasy about what GUN did here... though he kept it to himself.

"...We've tried most things to get that door down." Thomas said. "From soul powers, to dragon techniques, to just blantly shooting it with missles, it just doesn't want to come down."

"Hmm, door that doesn't go down by missiles...strange." Zapor said.

"Have you tried hacking?" Zak said.

Cyber pulled out a cwrd with a GUN symbol and an M '"I have a master card."

"No not that kind of card." Thomas said. "We need a special card, the only one of it's kind. The one that only a member of the echo project can hold. The one that Echo has in her deck."

"Woah, heavy."

"What type of card power is it?" Leo asked.

"Wait a minute, aren't the rest of you products of the Echo Project as well? Are you saying that you weren't issued anything?" Yuhi asked.

"No, not all of us got cards." Sedna said. "Our powers are judged by our numbers. I'm 11 and have Dragon techniques, but I don't have a real weapon. Thomas is 04 and has soul powers, but those attacks do damage to him. The only ones who have the cards are Sierra and Echo, and only Echo has the grey cross card that we need."

"We need to hurry then." Zero said as he stared at the door. "Let's get to this room and get out."

The sniper nodded. "Let's go."

As the group made their way to the room, Zapor needed to think of some questions out of boredom. "So does the grey cross card only open this door or does it have any other powers?"