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Post by Stoney on Mar 10, 2007 0:52:36 GMT -5
"...Chaos damn it, Metal! PUT ME DOWN ALREADY! I've got legs and I can use them!" The robocorgi's voice echoed loudly in the otherwise tranquil forest environment. Birdsong and animal cries combined with the gentle rustling of leaves in the breeze to create a soundtrack that perfectly complimented the glowing shafts of sunlight streaming through the green canopy, which lit up the multitude of flora on the forest floor in beautiful detail. They'd slowed down by now after having escaped immediate danger, and Rush had increased his struggles tenfold. He'd already discovered to his extreme annoyance that Robotnik had disabled his plasma buster, leaving him without his primary weapon. This didn't leave him completely defenseless, however, since he still had his robotic strength to support him, but it did severely reduce his combat effectiveness. Needless to say, it did not help to improve his mood. But right now he had a bigger concern than his fighting ability. It had formed during their escape when he'd recalled his last set of recorded memories. Though he'd been critically damaged in that jail cell, his systems had still retained enough data from it to present Rush with an alarming dilemma. "I've got to go back there!" He cried, actually sounding concerned. "Merce got captured -- he's a friend of the family, Dad will kill me if I let him get hurt!" A hostile growl arose from Rush's throat as he bared his teeth. " Let me go before I bite your hand off!"
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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 10, 2007 1:09:37 GMT -5
By that time the trio had traveled fairly deep into the forest. Feeling that they wouldn't be easily trackable by now Metal finally cut his engine and began to slow down. Before coming to a complete halt, however, he spitefully pulled the arm holding Rush forward and then released it, causing the android corgi to tumble forward. He shot him an annoyed look. "Merce is fine, do not concern yourself with him. There are more important things to be concerned over at the present."
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Post by Stoney on Mar 10, 2007 1:21:16 GMT -5
Rush leaped to his feet in an instant, glaring his rival down. "Like hell there are! How could YOU possibly know of Merce's condition? You weren't even there!" He stomped forward, roughly shoved Metal aside, and began running back the way they'd come. "I'm gonna find him before the Pillsbury Dough Bitch tries on him what he did to me!" His eyes narrowed to dangerous slits. "And then I'm gonna show that disgusting sack of meat this wonderful new diet plan that burns away fat by setting it on fire."
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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 10, 2007 1:35:57 GMT -5
Metal gave an infuriated growl when the android shoved him. Racing after Rush he placed himself in front of the android and hovered a couple inches off the ground in front of him. "Who do you think helped him escape?!" the metallix argued. "Do you honestly think I took him," he pointed at Dash. "But left Merce in there?! You will not find him in that city!"
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Post by Stoney on Mar 10, 2007 1:44:50 GMT -5
"Really, now! Where is he, then?! Why didn't he escape with us? Why isn't he here in the forest where it's safe? Why'd you rescue him separately from me when it would've been faster to get us both in one trip?" Rush jabbed an accusing finger in Metal's face. " You are lying to me. I know he's still back there and I will find him, and you can take whatever protests you may have about it straight with you to Hell!" Again he forcibly pushed aside the other robot and continued forward, this time increasing his pace so as to distance himself from Metal and avoid another delay.
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Post by DB on Mar 10, 2007 15:03:18 GMT -5
The robot tenrec was only paying partial attention to the argument, mostly because when Metal had dragged him and the corgi along at high speeds, his arm happened to loosen quite a great deal. When Metal had let go, it decided just then to give loose... meaning... Dash was down one arm, which he was now trying to reattach. Screwdriver fingers were still creepy, but at least they were useful in situations like this. Well. Semi useful. Dash didn't really have any advanced knowledge of mechanics, and, right now, was just wishing for a good roll of duct tape.
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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 10, 2007 15:11:07 GMT -5
Okay, now the metallix was just getting pissed. Rather than deal with cutting him off again, Metal just decided to go for a more direct approach... by barreling at him with a burst of speed and tackling him to the ground where Metal pinned him on his stomach. "How should I know where he is?! He is as much--" he paused for the briefest of seconds to wince. "--of a stubborn bull as you! I cannot keep tabs on his position if he refuses to stay! He is safe! Take my word for it! HE IS SAFE!"
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Post by Stoney on Mar 10, 2007 19:36:04 GMT -5
There was a terrible ominous silence as Rush lay unmoving, his face squashed into the soil and smeared with its filth. Then…Rush’s fingers carved deep trenches into the dirt as he clenched his hands into trembling fists. These fists braced themselves against the ground, and the corgi pushed with all of his might against it. Slowly, he got himself up onto his hands and knees as he bore on his frame all of Metal’s weight and the downward force he was using to pin Rush. ”I…AM GOING…TO KILL YOU,” He roared, the deep booming sound akin to a demonic battle cry from the darkest depths of Hades. With a surge of strength, he straightened himself upright and threw Metal off his back, regaining his footing in the same motion. Then he turned and leaped onto Metal, his fists flailing with the fury of a thousand enraged bulls as he sought to hit his hated enemy someplace exposed and hopefully painful. [dice=6] [rand=91294204596338566430214314826466375959942682594255251872507868873]
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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 10, 2007 20:01:47 GMT -5
[dice=6] Even despite the fact Metal had expected this, Rush managed to throw him onto the ground and tackle him before he could stop him. "I DID NOT GO OUT OF MY WAY TO DRAG YOUR CIRCUITS OUT OF THAT GARBAGE DUMP JUST TO FIGHT WITH YOU!" Metal shrieked angrily, attempting to kick his assailant off him and grapple his way back on top. [dice=6][rand=390455495066149326932414267735164049052674843327018041670688534]
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Post by DB on Mar 10, 2007 21:21:56 GMT -5
The robot tenrec 'blinked' and looked up at the fight. And then looked back down at his detached arm. And then up again. After a moment of blank staring, he decided to go back to working on his arm. He had no idea what those two were fighting about, and, well, he didn't want to get involved. Also, missing an arm is annoying.
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Post by Stoney on Mar 10, 2007 21:52:55 GMT -5
[dice=6] That damn robot was fast. Rush was once again pinned before he even had time to process it. "SHUT UP!" He screamed upon hearing Metal's words. That rescue was still a very sore point with him, and Metal's mention of it had increased his rage to unfathomable levels. With a screech of grinding metal he broke Metal's hold and threw him off. He leaped back to his feet and pointed his arm at Metal, accessing his special weapons grid. Though his plasma buster wasn't working, there was still a small chance Robotnik had not discovered his copying ability and thus had not disabled those weapons. "STARLIGHT BLAST!" He yelled as his armor changed colors to purple and black. [dice=0] ...Nothing happened. His arm remained the same as it had been before, unable to shoot any special weapons unless it could first transform into buster configuration. ".......01000000 00100011 00100100 00100101 00100110 01000000 00100101 00100011 00100100!" Rush turned to a nearby tree and slammed his arm against it out of sheer frustration. Not caring that the impact had all but snapped the tree in half, he turned back to Metal with his hands curled into eager claws. " I'll rip you apart with my bare hands!" With a snarl he dove at the hedgehog robot again, vowing to not get off him this time until he was mauled. [dice=6][rand=8626804842184161835149072597192175367014947477788874221703554079]
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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 10, 2007 22:02:40 GMT -5
[dice=6] Metal easily dodged, and, not particularly in the mood to fight with the belligerent android, ignored his jet and sailed up into the air out of the corgi's reach. "Damn you, Rush!" he snarled. "Do you have ANY idea the depth of the amount of trouble we are in?! If you want to even see your FATHER again, MUCH LESS MERCE, then you will SHUT UP AND HEAR. ME. OUT."[rand=877357922231509233053720024596019364959311985696267236100315825]
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Post by matrixx on Mar 11, 2007 4:32:29 GMT -5
Resson's ear perked up - he had just entered into the forest and was hastily, but silently making his way deep inside, hovering silently atop his floating platform with two of his sons in tow. However, he had heard the noise - a fight. Not an epic struggle, robots, goo flying everywhere fight, but some sort of heated dispute. Both voices sound familiar. He peered around a tree to observe for a moment.. and upon realizing whom the voices were coming from, blew his cover and hovered around the tree, observing the situation with a slight look of frustrated confusion. "Metal Sonic...? Rush? What's going on around here?" He leaned forward onto his console, tapping his fingers against its surface; he didn't make it clear whether he meant the whole portal incident or the fight.
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Post by DB on Mar 11, 2007 16:10:35 GMT -5
At the sound of a new voice, Dash looked up. He gawked a moment before giving the newcomer a proper greeting. Well, an attempt of a proper greeting. "Hi." he stated simply, waving at the green dog. He paused, realizing that, essentially, he was waving his disembodied arm at the guy. Yeah, that wasn't weird at all. Thusly, he quickly stopped doing so and went back to trying to put his arm back into place, with little luck.
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Post by Sipp on Mar 11, 2007 18:47:10 GMT -5
Cyro gave a small, exasperated sigh. "We can't leave him alone for five minutes."
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Post by Stoney on Mar 16, 2007 12:40:05 GMT -5
Had Rush contained forehead veins, they would have been comically throbbing at that point. He was so pissed off that he never even noticed that, speak of the devil, Resson had arrived. Instead his tunnel vision was focused on one thing only. "You DARE speak of dad like that!" Rush roared again, his body shaking with rage. "YOU'RE NOT WORTHY TO EVEN MENTION HIM!" He leaped at a tree and rebounded upwards off of it to get the height advantage needed to attack Metal. " I'LL TOSS YOU INTO A WOODCHIPPER YOU THRICE-DAMNED ABACUS!!" He screeched as his hands stretched out to wrap around Metal's neck. [dice=6][rand=96153085023785466840855003305093176175902893489177808680597222034]
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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 16, 2007 14:21:25 GMT -5
[dice=6] Metal, on the other hand, did notice him, and in surprise had snapped around with a startled blurting of " Professor?" just as Rush managed to tackle him back to the ground. Though momentarily stunned, it didn't take but a second for the fury to return. "GET OFF OF ME!" he yelled, attempting to kick Rush away. [dice=6][rand=060890843043526992114191167352401635481604832678894317055413545744]
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Post by Stoney on Mar 16, 2007 14:31:50 GMT -5
[dice=6] Rush clung tight to his prey, refusing to relent his grip even against the force of a powerful kick. He repeatedly shook his hands up and down and simultaneously squeezed them, throttling the blue robot as he slammed Metal's head into the ground over and over. "I'M--" Slam. "--GONNA--" Slam. "--CARVE--" Slam. "--MY--" Slam. "--INITIALS--" Slam. "--INTO--" Slam. "--YOUR--" Slam. "--HARD DRIVE!" Slam.[rand=765219629310458563807584672043650342704473859315643530960786597]
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Post by DB on Mar 16, 2007 16:55:34 GMT -5
Still trying to reattach his arm. He glanced over at Resson. "I don't suppose you'd have duct tape?"
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Post by matrixx on Mar 16, 2007 17:35:12 GMT -5
Resson growled in frustration, watching as Rush continued to be exceedingly difficult and competetive, as always. This normally would be a mere annoyance to him, but seeing as how he had much worse things to worry about, he was furious. Since his shouts didn't get Rush's attention, he pushes a few buttons on his console and send a rather loud burst transmission straight to Rush. "R-10 RUSH. As your father and your master, I COMMAND you to stop. IMMEDIATELY!!"
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Post by Stoney on Mar 16, 2007 22:02:27 GMT -5
Every single fiber-optic muscle in Rush's body simultaneously tensed (including his hands, causing Metal's neck to make an unpleasant crunching noise) as he heard what was unmistakably -- " DAD?!" He dropped Metal and whipped his head around to stare at his father, eyes the size of dinner plates and attention completely diverted from the metallix unit below him.
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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 16, 2007 22:10:27 GMT -5
One really had to question the corgi's logic (or lack thereof) in his method of brutality. Considering the metallix was incapable of feeling pain in his current form and equally incapable of breathing, the most he got from that stunt was a shaken up field of vision. Regardless of that, however, Metal's temper hit the boiling point when he heard the armor around his neck suddenly cave in. " OKAY, THAT DOES IT!" Thus, with the corgi directly on top of him, Metal fired off his laser at a low setting, blasting Rush off of him.
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Post by Stoney on Mar 16, 2007 22:35:02 GMT -5
KABLAM. The corgi was suddenly airborne, flying up away from the canopy in a crazed midair somersault of confusion. "GAaAaAaAAAAAAHHH!" He yelled as gravity noticed his defiance and grew rather irate. He began to rapidly descend back whence he came, falling like a screaming corgi meteor at the hapless forest below. (LANDING DECISION TIME! 1=Metal, 2=Resson, 3=Tree, 4=Cardboard Box, 5=Bash's Hunting Serpent Army, 6=The Ground) [dice=6] AND LO, IN A SUDDEN FLASH OF LIGHT, DOZENS OF ROBOTIC SNAKES APPEARED. They stared up intensely at the falling and flailing object milliseconds before it smushed them all flat. ALAS, DEAR SNAKES, WE BARELY KNEW YE. Farewell, godspeed, and may a flight of angels send thee to thine rest. *sad violin music* MEANWHILE, Rush was laying on top of the snakes with his eyes pointing in two different directions and his tongue lolling out of one side of his mouth. Apparently he'd landed head-first. "Gluuuuuuurgh..."[rand=7648533224697948764832532680848748330446315852674878013126333]
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Post by matrixx on Mar 16, 2007 22:39:27 GMT -5
Resson scoffed, shooting off a glare at Metal before turning back to Rush. "Feel lucky! I would have done worse. Now get up." He gives Cyro and Dart a "I'm really pissed so you should probably stay here" look and hops off the platform, walking toward the spot where Rush landed, motioning for Metal to follow. "Now, will someone please explain why we're all in some post-apocalyptic alternate reality and the first thing you two do is fight eachother? I seriously hope you two have the slightest idea of what we're dealing with."
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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 16, 2007 22:46:32 GMT -5
"Humph," Metal muttered and attempted to fold his arms in response to Resson's glare. As he made an attempt to turn his head, however, he discovered its mobility had become severely hindered. Great. Flashing his eyes in signal of his frustration and then rolling them into his head he initiated his nano-repair and followed after. "I just rescued him from certain death and this is how he repays me." he hissed angrily.
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Post by Stoney on Mar 16, 2007 23:03:44 GMT -5
" D-Dad..." Rush struggled to push himself back onto his feet, not even noticing his reptilian saviors in his haste to obey his father. He finally regained his footing and, unexpectedly, dove at the Professor. "DAD!!" And Resson was suddenly subject to a tight embrace (but not TOO tight...Rush was aware his father was mere flesh and blood) while the corgi trembled. "You're safe...oh, thank Chaos..." Rush was whispering, unable to muster the strength to speak louder. His eyes were clenched shut tightly as the words tumbled out of him uncontrollably. "I-I was so worried...I somehow wound up here and got separated from you...what if you'd gotten hurt without me to patrol the base? I..." He choked off the rest of his sentence, suddenly glad he did not have tear ducts. Indeed, he had been worried -- and scared half to death, though he refused to show it during his stay in this godforsaken hellhole. Being separated and unable to protect his father in any way, Rush had channeled his confusion and terror into anger at his surroundings -- at Robotropolis, at Robotnik, and especially at Metal. But now that he'd seen his father, was able to hold him and confirm his presence, it was like a cork that had stopped up all his emotions was suddenly removed. And he found himself in a rather embarrassing position as he forgot about the rest of the world. " Dad, please don't ever scare me like that again..."
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Post by matrixx on Mar 16, 2007 23:16:18 GMT -5
Resson gritted his teeth. "You've got a LOT of explaining to d-" And then Rush damn near tackled him. Resson wasn't sure how to react for a moment. He was still mad, of course... but really, it was more Seven Force being destroyed, one of his scant few friends being kidnapped, and now that he realized it, Rush going missing was quite a contributor. He sighed, utterly defeated, as he brought an arm around to pat Rush on the shoulder. "It's.. it's okay. I can take care of myself, Rush." After a moment, he pulls away from his son, a good deal of the rage gone from his face, reduced to mere annoyance. My softness is going to be my end, I'm sure of it..."Now I would much like an explanation of what exactly is going on between you two."
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Post by DB on Mar 16, 2007 23:37:06 GMT -5
Dash just... sighed... guessing that no answer meant "No, I don't have any duct tape and your arm will forever be dettached. Sucks to be you." ... in more or less words.
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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 17, 2007 0:36:28 GMT -5
Dimming his eyes, Metal walked over toward a tree and sat down, tilting his head back and resting his head to ease the weight on his neck while it repaired itself. "So you are aware this is an alternate reality? Good, that makes things easier to explain. Somewhere back that way," he pointed out into the forest. "Is a city that I just dragged Rush and Dash over there," he gestered at the struggling robian as he referenced him. "Out from. I am not sure how either Rush or I got here, but while I opted on gathering information, he immediately ran out into the city and started destroying everything, putting everything on high alert and getting himself nearly killed. The three of us were later captured and I managed to convince the city's owner, Julian Robotnik, to repair him." He paused for a moment and he pondered over the rest of the details. "Julian than tried to dispose of me. I had to break the three of us out, and in the process, I lost a major advantage I had had rescuing Rush," he shot an irritated glare at both Dash and Rush. "And then, of course, I am thanked by being forced into a fight."
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Post by Stoney on Mar 17, 2007 1:07:36 GMT -5
Rush's ears, which had been laid back on his head as he hugged his father, suddenly sprang back up into their default upright position as Metal spoke. He spun to glare at the robot. "THEY attacked ME first! I was fighting in self-defense! I didn't know you got captured as well...And what's all this crazy talk of an alternate dimension? This is the first I've heard about it." Another realization snuck up on him. "Oh crap, I forgot about Merce!" He spun around again to give his father a pleading look. "Dad, Merce is here too and he also got captured! We have to go find him!" He paused, his eyes straying to the platform they were on. "Could you use Seven Force to help me look for him? It'll be faster if we can just plow through the city's defenses with it, and besides," Here he lowered his voice to an infuriated grumble, "Those sons of glitches disabled my buster..."
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