In this Roleplay, heroes are traviling to the center of the earth to sotp the 2012 Core Explosion which was said to have end the world.
The journey begins on Earth itself as the heroes travel to save the lives of others and themselves.
This roleplay is a Drama, Comedy, Adventure so feel free to spread your horizions if you join.
Due to the lack of inactivity I'm going to start inviting users, please do not be annoyed or angry If I do and you already told me no, it was an honest mistake.
Rules
~Pretty basic rules here.
No God- Modding, any form of god-modding will be removed, if it happens more than once then I will remove you from the RP.
No Jumping In.
If the role-play has already began and we are far into it do not just jump in, tell me on my talk-page and I will arange a way to get you into it.
If I happen to leave, do NOT continue the RP without me unless I allow you to.
This storyline I have in mind is complex, I may intrust some of you to continue without me but sometimes no.
No Official Characters
This RP does not include official characters.
Keep the RP PG-13
Meaning, nothing too sexual and nothing too gorey. Blood, and kissing, hugs, etc. are allowed and mild cussing, I honestly don't mind it that much.
And anything I feel that needs to be added will be added later.
Warning** I DO roleplay in detailed paragraphs sometimes, If you feel any type of offense or weakness with that then I am warning you now. Do NOT yell at me if my responses are "too long" or "too detailed" im only doing my part in trying to make this more visual and fun :I
Smash's Additional Rules, to back up the above.
- There Will Be No Godmodding. I will begin handing out penalties depending on how bad the situation was. I will not allow any godmodding in this roleplay, unless it's plot important.
- Please try to use proper grammar. I do not want any chat speak, text smilies, or mismatched sentences here. I'd prefer if you used story format, but script is acceptable.
- Stick to the plot at hand. And pay attention to it, for that matter. If you're confused on what's going on, ask on the Talk Page.
- Keep things at a PG13 level. Cut down on the swearing, and no sexual content at all. I'm serious.
- Do Not Break The Fourth Wall. Really, Don't.
- Wait for other people so that they can catch up. We don't want to leave anyone behind. If you see that someone isn't replying, get everyone to wait for them.
- For everything else that has not been listed, please refer to this guide.
Our Brave Heroes
Vegas Silversnow VegasFox 04:15, December 29, 2011 (UTC)
Kurahk "Bloodnova" Dragonblaze ( Bloodnova)
Lisa the Fox Hybrid (StH1515)
Jack the Hedgehog (Spongebob100)
Patricia the Skunk (Spongebob100)
Isaiah the Angelic Hedgefox and Team Chronohog (Draon)
Endac Korinth Dragonbane (Shadow DragonKnight)
Felix the Echidna (SDK)
Krados Trandigo the Drowhog (SDK)
Anu the Anubis Warrior
Maxie Flippercorn (PIUPZ)
Ichiro 'Takayama' the Hedgehog (Jon)
Kenji 'Kazuo' the Hedgehog (Jon)
Claude 'Claus' the Ocelot (Jon)
Bluray The Fox (Who else)
Aleah The Fox (Bluray)
Plasma The HedgeFox (Bluray)
Yasumi The Fox (Bluray)
Savant the Goetian (Ryu)
Edgecrusher the Wolverpine (Ryu)
Hayden the Hedgeidna (User:Hedgeidna97|Hedge]])
Hector the Hedgehog (Hedge)
Duan The Hedgehog (ParaGoomba348)
Floyd The Pink Echidna (ParaGoomba348)
Our Cute Partners (Chao, Creatures, etc.)
Lunar (Vegas's Chao) VegasFox 04:15, December 29, 2011 (UTC)
Skylar (Isaiah's Chao; Draon)
Jay Jay the Aipom (Isaiah's main pokemon; Draon)
Jango the Teddiursa (Jay Jay's lacky: SDK)
Prop the Emolga (Jay Jay and Jango's friend; General Knight)
Maddie (Maxie's Chao)
Scout (Maxie's Chao)
Kitty The Cat Chao ~Gizmo's partner. (STE)
Echo And Brandy (Bluray)
Plush the Seal (ParaGoomba348)
Our Wandering Mobians (Neutral)
Oak the Black Cat VegasFox 04:15, December 29, 2011 (UTC)
Taylor the Hedgechimp (Draon)
Alasdair the Lionolf (General Knight)
Dismal the Hedgehog (Ryu)
The Ones Who Want Our End (Villians)
Main Villian: Zorutra the Dragon VegasFox 04:15, December 29, 2011 (UTC)
Drawing By Me
Singe the Tasmanian Wolf VegasFox 17:10, December 29, 2011 (UTC)
Dr. EggPlankton (Spongebob100)
Beserker the wolf
Zenaroid The ???????? (Bluray)
Hydra the Bat (Hedge)
RMG-24 (ParaGoomba348)
Part I: And so it begins
Vegas sl
ept soundly in her usual tree with her blanket wrapped tightly around her in the bitter cold, her chao, Lunar, snuggled close to her. There was a light shake in the ground, but no one noticed it. The moon shone beautifully through the tree leaves glowing on her face, everything was peaceful. It was that time of night where finally, you could actually hear everything in the world cease, you could actually hear the sense of peace.
But that sense of peace would be destroyed today.
The shaking grew stronger, Vegas peeked open one eye, only to shut it again ignoring the feeling.
Soon the earthquaking overwhelmed her and completely shook her resting area. She shot up quickly,
"What the?!" she exclaimed. Lunar quickly jumped up to and landed on her head.
From above, Vegas could see the ground tearing apart, cracks and crevices opening up. She quickly grabbed Lunar and hugged her in tight to protect her as the earthquake moved its way towards her tree.
"What's going on?!" Vegas screamed over the loud earthquake.
The ground continue to break, and Vegas crouched closly into the tree in order to keep herself from falling, slowly but surely the shaking began to cease, and when it finally broke to a halt, Vegas loosened up, opened her eyes carefully, and looked around.
Everything was destroyed, some trees had fallen over and the ground was absolutely mutilated.
Vegas then carefully slid down the tree, careful not to fall into any of the cracks.
"Wow..." Vegas whispered.
Staring far ahead she heard people screaming, rage and fear mixed in their voices, she ran forward to see what the problem was and Lunar flew close behind her.
Jack & Patricia: (appears on Patricia's Flying Broom with Patricia looking scared & Jack looking angry)
Jack: What's going on here?!
By now Vegas had made it to where all the screaming was,
"I was alseep and everything just broke apart! Luckily it didn't knock down my tree while I was aleep but... that earthquake was POWERFUL, are you two alright?"
Jack: We're ok, Vegas.
Patricia: Vegas, I'm scared
Vegas bent down a looked into the cracks, she spotted a bit of magma bubbling down there, it was very very far but she could have sworn she saw the color orange.
"That quake nearly broke into the inside of the ground!" Vegas exclaimed. Lunar was still on her shoulder sleepy, not really paying attention to what was going on.
A black echidna runs up to the group, jumping over the cracks.
"What the hecks going on here?"
Lisa:*rides in on her Ex gear* did anyone else feel that huge earthquake?
Vegas nodded at Lisa, " Uh huh, Im sure everyone felt it." Vegas motioned her hands towards the black echinda, " Hey dude! Feel the earthquake?"
"How could you not feel the earthquake?" asks the echidna.
Jack: Guys, I just want to know, what's going on here & why are they're huge cracks on the ground
"There was an earthquake." says the echidna.
(Meanwhile in a base outside of station square)
Isaiah walked into the Main room, looking around at his team who had also felt the quake. "What the heck just happened?" He says, breaking the silence.
Gregory stands up and looks at Isaiah. "A quake just erupted over a nearby forest. The place is in ruins."
Geo looked up at Gregory. "Sit down kid, he's not the general."
Renegade turns back from his window. "I suggest we go see what we can do and help the injured that are there."
Geo turns to him, bewildered. "Whoa whoa whoa! There were people there?! How did you know this?!"
Renegade looks to Geo. "You get used to cyphering noises in the battlezone."
Geo stares at him, confused. "What ever..."
Isaiah then speaks up. "Boys! We've got work to do. Get to the quake site quickly and see what we can do to help."
The other five stand up and nod to him. "Yes sir!" They all run off.
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Anu: Patrica where are you?
Vegas shook her head slowly, "Im...Im actually not that sure."
"I know what's going on." A voice growled from behind as he walked up.
Jack & Patricia: You do?
Alasdair ran up. "This can't be happening. Why is this happening?!"
an Emolga climbs onto his shoulder. "Maybe the planet wants some ice cream." He says. Then, after waiting for a few seconds, he pulled up a bucket of ice cream and poured it in a crack and stared at it for 5 minutes. "Nope, Not hungry." He said, and through the bucket away with a smile then he rose his arms and jumped off of Alasdair's shoulder.
then a small teddiursa hops into the ice cream "mmm strawberry"
"Whatever's going on here, I don't like it." says the echidna.
Jack: Me neither {C {C {C}Lisa: this is so weird.....
"It's-" the person who walked in started but was then interupped as a gust of wind and a swift moving creature flew by them.
"Gah!" Vegas screamed.
The creature flapped its wings strongly in the wind, looking up Vegas got a good look of the attacker, it was a dragon, and a big one, its body was covered in red and black stripes, and his eyes had no pupils they were just thin and red, his claws were exteremely long and his wing spaned across the majority of the moon behind it.
"You creatures will burn forever in the fire of your own misguidance! These few days will be your last and your pitiful exsistance will be destroyed forever!" the dragon echoed loudly before once again swooping down and flying by everyone's head and leaving the area.
" What the heck was that?! It looked like something I know...." says the echidna.
Lisa: yikes, where did that thing come from
Jack: I don't know
Patricia: What are we gonna do?
"Kill it, or course." says the echidna, with a slightly crazy look in his face.
Jack: (gulps)
The echidna pulls out a knife and walks over to a tree. He then carves some strange letters into the bark.
Jack: Guys, look. He's carving something
Patricia: I wonder what's it say
The echidna finishes, then says, " Try and figure it out."
"No leave it alone!" the boy who came earlier demanded, " Let me explain now, that creature is not a force to be reckoned with, you cannot just kill him off and expect everything to be rainbow and daises, that was Zorutra, and the extra details about him are unimportant right now, all you guys need to know is that he is trying to kill every single one of us."
"How?" Vegas questioned.
"He was born in the core of our world," he continued, "for over 2000 years he has been watching the world develop, he hated it, he hated everything about the place he was born from. So, he began plotting, and disabled the egg he was born in (the core) so that when the time was right it would destroy everything. The egg is reacting now, which is why these earthquakes are occouring."
"Why should we not kill him? What's so important about him not dying?" says the echidna.
Jack: Remember Zorutra is part of the Planet's Core
"If you kill him we'll all die sooner!" he growled.
Patricia: Oh, so looks like we're gonna attach the Planet's Core, either the Easy way or Hard way or the medium way, or the semi-medium-easy-hard way, or the sorta hard with a touch of awkward-easy-difficulty-challenging way
The echidna shrugs, then goes back to carving letters in the tree.
Jack: Uh....right. (clears throat) Anywho, how much time do we have left to save the planet
The boy flicked his tail irritably and responded, "We have untill exactly 2012, the first January of that year at 12:00am."
"Wait a minute what's your name?" Vegas questioned,
"Im Oak, Oak the Cat, what's it to ya?" Oak growled.
"Oh nothing, it just makes me curious how you happen to know so much," Vegas suspiciously responded.
Lisa: well what day is today......
Vegas began counting on her fingers,
"Err...December 29...so that means we have about....2-3 days left before we all die to death :D"
Lisa: 2-3 days? well, how do we save the world with in only 3 days
Jack: Yeah or else we'll be a rocket to Mars!
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The quake had reached more than just the forest. One of the cities in the area had experienced it too. Many of the roads were destroyed, buildings damaged, and trees fallen. The city was in terrible shape, but fortunately not many people were hurt.
A blue echidna stood outside of his house, looking around the neighborhood. "Good lord...that was bad..." He said quietly to himself. "We don't usually get earth quakes over here. Why now..?" He looked down the street with a frown. He then heard the front door of his house opening, a pink echidna with purple hair emerged from the house.
"Smash..." She whimpered. She was frightened from the earthquake, and shocked at the results. They could hear the TV on from indoors, with a news report about the quake and how it shook up Green Flower City, where they were living right now.
"I'm worried about everyone else." Smash said. "I'm going to check on them." He looked back at her. "I'll be back soon." He then walked down the road, leaving his sister at the front door.
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Meanwhile with Ichiro, Claude and Kenji, Kenji is sitting on the ground, completely terrified after feeling a really strong earthquake, while Ichiro does his best to comfort him.
"What was that all about. Did someone tried to use nature powers the negative way?" Claude asked, who is seemingly confused.
Ichiro shakes his head, knowing that no Mobian would create such powerful tremors.
The three then wanders off, with Kenji clinging onto Ichiro. Claude then inadverdently steps on a large crack, causing his foot to become caught and ends up twisting his ankle, causing it to release a crackling sound.
"AUGH!" shouted Claude, who is in pain. He sits down and holds onto his ankle, groans in pain. "What did I just stepped on anway?!" Claude shouted, again in pain.
"Anata ha ookina kiretsu, kuroodo o fun de. (You stepped on a large crack, Claude.)" Ichiro replied in Japanese. Kenji was still too terrified from the recent earthquake and therefore is unable to translate his father's language to Claude.
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Vegas clapped her hands, "Well bravo and well done with that captivating tale Oak, we're all happy that you warned us we're going to die in 3 days, what now we should all rampage and freak out? Break a few rules? Oh no wait, how about we all go down to the center of the Earth, burn our bodies to smitherines and say we actually tried saving the planet? That would be just WONDERFUL." Vegas finished sarcastically.
Oak glared angrily at her, "Oh no look out everyone we've got a bad a-"
"Ah Ah Ah language my boy," Vegas interupted.
Jack: I guess we no other choice but to put Zurotra back where he belongs for the next 3 days
"And how exactly are we going to do that? Without killing outselves? I definatly know that none of us can survive in the planets core." Says the echidna.
Oak whipped around angrily and began screaming,
"Would you all stop whining and thinking negative for a second so we can create a plan?! Do you all WANT to die on New Years?!"
"Ohoho, Harsh much, and I guess you're right, I really don't want to miss the countdown, I love watching everyone blow up confetiee everywhere. But what's your thing with New Years?"
"Nothing!" Oak hissed.
"Okay, Okay, geez." Vegas rolled her eyes.
"Are you seriously this laid back?! The entire WORLD is going to BLOW UP."
"I see no reason in freaking out until it actually happens," Vegas groaned, " and besides staying calm helps me think and I actually have 2 ideas right now, but I couldn't talk over your whiny voice."
Jack: Guys, we have no time to argue
Patricia: Jack's right, we gotta bring Zutotra back where he belongs or else we're doomed
Lisa: im trying to stay as calm as vegas
"Hey, I'm all for saving the world, but how exactly are we going to do that?" says the echidna.
"With thinking," Vegas started, finally having her thoughts collected.
"Alright...so the thing blowing up is the core right? So naturally we are all going to head to the core that is our main objective. We need a power source to contain the core's power from exploding."
"But none of us has the power to contain that explosion." Oak growled.
"Exactly, but who do we know who DOES have that power? Zorutra of course!"
"So...?" Oak muttered through clenched teeth.
"SO, we need to find a way to knock Zorutra into the core, but we have to do it at the right time."
"And how do you plan on getting to the center of the Earth and returning alive?" Oak hissed.
Jack: There's a high chance that we would burn into a crisp
Patricia: We just gotta find a way down somehow
"I'll leave you guys to the thinking, and I'll handle the smashing" says the echidna.
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Back with the trio, Claude follows the two while trying to walk properly with his crippled ankle. Along the way, however, Claude is forced to stop, knowing that the injuries are far too great for him to continue. He then sits behind a rock.
"You two go on without me, get some help when possible." Claude said to Ichiro and Kenji.
Ichiro nodded before walking off, leaving Claude behind while he seeks for help.
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Smash stopped in front of a white house along the road, where a neon purple colored hedgehog stood. She was staring at the damage done to the area. "Violet..You okay?" He asked, beginning to walk towards her. The hedgehog looked at him, her pupils had shrunk from shock, and she looked pretty shaken.
"Y-yeah...I'm fine." She responded. She looked towards the neighboring house, which had taken quite a bit of damage from the quake. A tree had fallen over on top of the house, causing part of the roof to collapse. Both Smash and Violet stared at it, with equally worried expressions.
"Speedy's not gonna be happy when he gets home." Smash said, flatly.
"I hope he and his family are okay, where they are.." Violet said. Suddenly, something caught Smash's attention. At the corner of his eye, he could see at the intersection down the street; a figure nearly stumbling over the cracks as he recklessly ran down the street. He made a sharp left turn at the intersection and charged in their direction. Smash turned around to get a good look at him. It was a red and blue multicolored hedgehog.
"Smash! Violet! Are you guys okay!?" He cried out. He staggered over the cracks, trying to keep running until he reached them.
"Relax. We're alright." Smash said. "And what about you, Splice?"
Splice let out a sigh of relief when he stopped in front of them. "I'm fine. I'm just rather high strung right now." He looked behind him, "I can't believe this all happened so suddenly...Do earth quakes always make the ground crack and separate like that?"
Violet shook her head. "I don't think so..." She said. "But I've never been in an earth quake before, so..."
Just then, they all heard a familiar tune playing. Smash dug in his pocket and whipped out his cellphone. "Sorry, I gotta take this." He said. He opened it up and held it to his ear. "Hello?"
"Smash, is everyone alright?" The voice of one of his friends answered from the other line.
"Yeah, for the most part. I didn't check on everyone, though." He said. "What about you? How's everyone over there?"
"We're fine. Listen, Smash. When you finish checking on everybody, I need you guys to come down here as soon as possible! I'll explain when you get here."
Smash's eyebrows rose. "I don't like the sound of that." He said.
"You shouldn't. Anyway, I'll see you soon."
Smash hung up, and looked at the two. "Gizmo needs us at his house." He said. "Splice, Could you go check on everyone else for me? I think I'd better look into this now."
Splice nodded. "Already planned to. I'll meet you at his house." He turned around and dashed off.
Smash looked over at Violet, "I don't like where this is heading. Let's go." He said. Violet nodded, and followed him down the street.
Along the way, both Ichiro and Kenji, who is now walking behind his father in case bad things happen, encoutners the group. "Hei! Wareware ha anata no tasuke, minna ga hitsuyou desu! (Hey! We need your help, guys!)" Ichiro shouted in Japanese. "My friend is hurt and needs help!" Kenji shouted as well, but this time in English, in hoping that the group would understand. Smash and Violet stopped in front of them, looking surprised. Violet quickly ran ahead of Smash to their aid. "You go on ahead, Smash!" She said, while briefly looking over her shoulder at him. She stopped in front of them, "Which one of you is hurt?" She asked.
Smash watched for a moment, then hurried off to get to Gizmo's house.
Ichiro shrugged, implying that both him and his son are all right. "Claude is hurt and in need of help!" Kenji shouted. He desperately points to the direction both him and Ichiro walked off from Claude in order to find help.
Violet nodded, "Lead the way!" She exclaimed, ready to follow and help them in any way she could.
The two then leads Violet to Claude, who is sitting behind a rock, looking pale from breaking his ankle and being left untreated, while waiting for Ichiro and Kenji to return with help. Kenji immediately breaks down in tears and frantically shakes Claude in an effort to keep him awake. "No Claude! Don't die! Please!" Kenji shouted, with his voice breaking. "Kenji...? Ichiro... Is... that you...?" Claude murmured faintly while being shaken by Kenji while fighting to stay consious.
"Oh my gosh..!" Violet gasped in shock, holding her hand to her mouth. Immediately, she knelt down beside Claude, checking his wound. "He looks pretty bad.." She quickly dug in her pocket, and pulled out a pale emerald green ring, and put it on her wrist like a bracelet. "I've only done this once before, so I might not be able to completely do the job, but it should keep him alive." She clenched both of her fists together, as the ring began to glow and sparkle. She extended her hands towards his ankle, and the glow began to move to his wound, slowly treating it.
As Violet heals Claude, Ichiro pulls Kenji away from him while she is healing him. Ichiro then comfortingly hugs his son. "Sore ha, Kenji daijoubu desu. Kanojo ha kuroodo o iyasu shi mashou. (It's okay, Kenji. Let her heal Claude.)" Said Ichiro in japanese. Kenji nods and cries less as Claude is being healed.
Soon, Violet stops. "There. That's all I can do for him." She said. He was looking a bit better, and was brought out of danger's way, but still was not fully healed. She looked back at the two, "I have a friend who has far greater healing powers than this thing has to offer. We should take him there."
Both Ichiro and Kenji nodded. Claude then got up onto his feet, staggering to keep his balance after being healed, despite not being able to fully walk. "Thanks for the help." Claude said to Violet, despite not knowing her name. "Can you walk, Claude?" Kenji said with concerned and after calming down from being in tears. "Heh, I can try, just not fully, little Kenji." Claude said with a small chuckle.
Violet put his arm around her shoulder and supported him. "Here, lemme help." She offered. She then began to lead the group down the street. "It's not too far from here." The three nods and Ichiro and Kenji follow Violet and Claude.
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"Okay, first thing first, Zorutra is probably back down in the earth, but he had to have gotten here somehow right? And if he was able to get to us so quickly it must be nearby." Vegas planned.
Oak looked at her shockingly, "You actually know what you're talking about." Oak said impressed.
"Of course I do," Vegas brushed off not really caring for the compliment at the moment, "We still need a way to get under that without getting burned to death..."
Jack: But what?
Anu: Patricia:*Hugs his wife*
Patricia: Anu! (hugs her Husband) Thank goodness your here, we need your help as well
Anu: Anything hon you name it
Jack: We need your help to put Zorutra back into the Earth's Core, because if we don't, bye bye mobius
Vegas snapped her fingers, "I got it!" I know what we should do, but first we have to go over there lets start heading out now!"
"You actually have an idea?" Oak questioned, "What?"
"Wait and see." Vegas replied already walking off waiting for everyone follow her.
It seems the seismic activity was felt in more places than suspected before. A cyborg wolverpine was busy examining the extent of the damage done to the Mystic Ruins.
"What did this...?" he said to himself, looking around with legitimate surprise and concern, quite rare for the gruff cyborg.
(At Dr. EggPlankton's Space Station in Outer Space)
Dr. EggPlankton: I'm still thinking of a plan
YellowBot: You mean you still don't have one boss?
Dr. EggPlankton: I don't think so, but it's nice to be in my own Space Station Lair in Outer Space
BlueBot: But I feel Space Sick
Dr. EggPlankton: Maybe you would like to be the first bot on the moon
RedBot: It already happened
GreenBot: He's right
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Meanwhile, a robot is picking on a baby seal who looks remarkably like a plush. The robot, who is none other than RMG-24, Duan the Hedgehog's arch-nemesis, has his cannon in position.
"YOU ARE SO PUNY. SO WEAK. YOU ARE A WEAKLING SEAL!" RMG-24 taunts.
The seal, in desperation, is cowering in fear and cannot speak.
"NOW, I SHALL KILL YOU BECAUSE CRUELTY IS SO MUCH FUN!!" He is about to fire. Suddenly, he hears the voice of Duan the Hedgehog!
"Pick on someone who can give you a fight!" Duan says to his rival.
RMG-24, frustrated, turns around. "DUAN!! ALWAYS COMING AT THE WRONG TIME! I WILL KILL YOU IF IT IS THE LAST THING I DO!"
Duan poises his guitar, turns a knob, and strums his guitar. A laser fires out of the head of his guitar! RMG-24 swiftly dodges the attack.
"THAT ATTACK IS SECOND NATURE! I'VE KNOWN YOU TOO LONG TO BE HIT BY THAT OLD TRICK!" RMG-24's arm transforms into a cannon. He fires around 1000 bullets into the air, all aiming towards Duan.
Duan smirks. "That is also second nature! I won't get fooled again!" Duan turns another knob on his guitar, and strums. A bright cyan energy field surrounds Duan, and the bullets deflect off the shield. 900 of the bullets deflect in random directions, while the other 100 directly hit RMG-24. He hits the ground!
Duan turns another knob on his guitar, which turns the head of the guitar into a knife, and he jams the knife into the back of RMG-24's head, in the spot where the memory chip is.
"Come on... don't do it..." Duan frantically watches RMG-24's body, hoping not for Memory Conservation Mode. Nothing happens.
"That's a relief!" Duan looks at the baby seal. "Hey there, little guy! Sorry about him, I know he's a scary guy. But he won't hurt you anymore!"
The seal doesn't answer. He is afraid.
"Hey, it's all right, I'm not gonna hurt you."
The seal shyly speaks. "M-my name is P-plush."
Duan smiles. "Plush, huh? I can see why. My name's Duan. I won't let you get hurt by that RMG-24!"
Plush smiles. "Th-thank you so much, D-duan."
Duan shakes Plush's flipper. "Hey, you're gonna be all right. Why don't you just hang out with me for a while?"
"Ok!" Plush answers.
Just as Plush speaks, the ground begins to shake. "Uh oh..." Duan says.
"Aah!" Plush cowers in fear.
Duan picks up Plush and begins running. "It's okay, Little guy, I've gotcha!" He is running away, and behind him, the ground begins to crack...
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Smash finally made it inside of Gizmo's house. Gizmo was waiting outside the door for him, and lead him inside. "Where's everyone else?" He asked, as he opened the door to his basement.
"They'll catch up. I just had a head start, is all." He answered. The two walked down the stairs into the basement. "So what exactly is going on here? Does this have anything to do with that quake?"
"Unfortunately yes." Gizmo said. Once they made it down the last step, Smash immediately noticed how messy the place was. Kitty, Gizmo's cat chao friend and partner, was just finished sweeping up a big pile of glass. He noticed that the glass cases on the wall in front of him, which used to hold several items on display, were all either cracked or completely broken. Gizmo directed him to their left, where a strange computer like radar machine stood. Smash remembered it from earlier that year; Gizmo had created a radar to detect disturbances in the area during the summer. Gizmo stopped at the machine and turned to look at him, his face was hardened and serious.
"Look here." He said. Smash did as he was told and glanced at the monitor. Remembering last time, there was a single dot flashing on the screen, detecting a disturbance back then. But now, the entire screen was flashing.
"What the...?" He squinted his eyes, trying to figure out what it meant. At first he thought something was wrong with it, but seeing the way Gizmo was looking at him, he felt his heart sink. "A..disturbance..?"
"The biggest disturbance I'VE ever seen, that's for sure." Gizmo said. He pressed a button on the keyboard. "I upgraded the radar so it can show the globe." As he spoke, the small map of the area zoomed out until it showed the whole world...which was flashing entirely. Smash's eyes widened in shock. "Something's happened, and it's affected the entire world. Whatever it was, it caused this earthquake."
"Holy crap..." Was all that Smash could say.
Gizmo began to type on the keyboard again. "I've detected that the source of this "disturbance" is coming from the very center of the planet..."
"That can't be good."
"It appears that the very core of the planet is becoming unstable. I don't know what's causing this or why, but it's only gonna get worse." Gizmo explained. "If we get more earth quakes like that..." His voice trailed off, as his expression changed from serious to worried.
"I don't understand...how did this happen...?" Smash wondered aloud. He shook his head, and whipped out his cellphone again. Quickly speed-dialing home, he impatiently waited for someone to pick up.
"Hello?" He heard the voice of his sister on the other end.
"Pearl, we've got a situation here." He said. "Get the place ready for a meeting. And hurry."
Violet knocked on the door to a house down the street. After a moment, the door opened to reveal an adult white fox with long hair. She gasped when she saw Violet supporting Claude. "Oh my goodness, is everything alright?" She asked.
"Yeah." Violet reassured. "He'll be fine, but he just needs someone to finish treating his wounds. Where's Crystal?" She asked.
"She's in the other room." The woman answered. "Please, go right in."
"Thanks." Violet helped Claude walk towards the living room.
Claude looks around as he is taken to the living room, with Ichiro and Kenji following him. "Will you be alright, Claude?" Kenji asked with worry. "Don't worry little guy. I will be fine." Claude replied with a chuckle. Kenji nods and sits in a waiting room with his father while waiting for Claude to be fully healed.
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Meanwhile, Duan and Plush continue running. They eventually outrun the the cracks in the ground. They are safe... for now.
"Okay, Little Guy, I can't promise anything, but we'll be just fine for a few hours or so." Duan says to his new friend.
"O-okay..." Plush fearfully says.
Duan sees his frined, Floyd, across from him. "Floyd?"
Floyd looks at him for a second. "Duan?" Floyd runs at him. "Dude, what's going on? And who's the cute baby seal?"
"No time to explain. The world is in danger!" Duan says to him. "We need to find shelter, quickly!"
Floyd looks confused. "What?"
Duan is not messing around. "Now!"
Duan and Plush run farther away, and Floyd tries to keep up. They find a house with a lot of people crowding up into it. "Wow... a lot of people are going in here... I wonder if it's supposed to give people shelter?" Duan ponders.
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Back Down
Zorutra was pacing back and forth angrily on the burning hot ground, he was angry. Very angry. He didn't know why, today was the day! Today was the day he would end all of his and their suffering. Maybe he was angry because he realizes the reason for this. Maybe he was angry at himself, he didn't know. "Zorutra you are right, you are not in the wrong you are right."he began talking to himself, "No Zoruta, you are horrible, you are cruel, you will burn. Heh, I know I will, it will be worth it right? No, you are wrong. No you are wrong!" " 'cuse me boss..." a powerful looking man wolf came in, with his arms crossed and eyes narrowed.
"WHAT?!" Zorutra hissed, still in a horrible mood.
"Those kids you decided to scare earlier are heading this way."
"WHAT HOW?"
"Well it was pretty idiotic if you to decide to leave our safety area just to freak them out, they've found out where the opening is."
"Was it really idiotic?" Zorutra questioned manipulatively, " or was it a strategy?" he flew over and began creeping around the wolf, "How do you know I wasn't trying to scare them off? Or, get them to look at realization. To die with regret is the worst thing possible right? How do you know I wasn't trying to make their final moments as sickly as possible?"
"I don't know sir." the wolf replied bluntly staring straight ahead despite the dragon creeping around him.
"If you didn't know why did you try to correct me?"
"I don-" Zorutra interrupted him.
"'You didn't know' well if you don't know anything why don't you make yourself useful and stop them for me?"
"Thats just it sir, I can't do it alone, I was going to request that you recruit more people somehow." the wolf replied. Zorutra narrowed his eyes, "Oh sure, sure, whatever. I need you to do what you can to provide me now first though." he growled.
The wolf blinked unsurely but then nodded, "Yes sir," and began walking out of the lair but before he walked out he turned around and asked, "By the way...how is reviving my sister going?"
"Fine, fine it's going great now LEAVE." Zorutra growled uncaringly.
"....Yes sir" the wolf replied leaving the lair.
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Part II This is Our Last Chance, All or Nothing
Vegas continued walking forward silently, not looking back at the others. Oak also continued following her but he had no idea where she was going, and was starting to wonder if she did either.
"Hey," Oak called to Vegas, although she ignored him and continued walking, "I said Hey!" he screaned which caused Vegas to lightly jump and look around.
"What?!" She exclaimed.
"Where the HECK are we going?"
"Towards the opening to the earth where else?!"
"Do you KNOW where were going?"
"Yes. Now shut up and walk, its a long walk and yapping your mouth waste your energy and we haven't eaten all day." Vegas replied.
An odd sound comes from nearby.