Enter the Blazz
"Easy...easy...easy..come on....just a little further...that's
it...NO!!!!" Cerebral was in a local arcade playing a crane game
to win a stuffed animal for Roxy. This was his fifth attempt at the
same toy. "Stupid rigged scamming crane machine....take
this!" He used his telekinesis to make the toy float into the
retrieval bin. He handed it to Roxy who gave him a kiss on the cheek
in thanks. "Get a room, you two!" joked Ava, who turned
around just in time to see Sparx give Psycho a kiss.
"Aargh!" cried Ava in vain. In a rare occasion, Snowy spoke
up, "Guys, is it just me, or is it getting hot in here or
what?" "Yeah, I feel it too." replied Utah, who had
already started to sweat.The Island Freedom Fighters let the arcade,
and walked to the central plaza of Echidnapolis. They went to the
thermometer thingy, and checked the temperature, it was a scorching
37�C!! Suddenly, Morningstar ran up, "Guys, there's a fire down
by the Lava Reef Zone!" "Gasp! Let's go!" cried Sparx
as she caught an air current and glided away. The rest of the gang
caught up and they were on their way to save the day...or so they
think.
As they got closer to the Reef, the heat grew stronger. Cerebral had
to put a telekinetic shield around them. They finally arrived at the
fire. "How are we gonna put the fire out?" asked Ava.
"Throw sand on it!" replied Snowy.Cerebral used his powers,
and collected a huge pile of sand which he threw at the fire. The fire
was put out, but the heat didn't go away. Sparx looked ready to pass
out. She fell to her knees. "Guys...can't...take...it--"
mumbled Sparx, her eyelids drooped. Utah rushed over to her. "You
O.K. Sparx?" he asked, very concerned. Sparx couldn't answer. She
felt numb all over. "... ... ..." "Let's get outta
here..NOW!!!" yelled Snowy, actually displaying emotion.
"Who died and made you leader??" asked Utah sarcastically.
Sparx's body went limp, and she fell unconscious. "Enough
guys!" cried Morningstar, "Let's vacate this zone,
Now!"Everyone started to leave when Sparx started to float in the
air. "Cer, what the heck are ya doin'?" asked Roxy. Sparx
disappeared. "That wasn't me?" he mumbled, in shock.
"SPARX!!!!!" yelled Snowy. They ran from the reef, Snowy was
looking really mad. "If I ever find out who's responsable for
this, I'll hit em, and again, and--" started a furious Snowy.
"We need cool heads, bro." said Roxy, full of worry for
Sparx. They ran to Cer and Utah's hut where they had an emergency IFF
meeting. They contacted Hunter Eagle, who came as fast as he could.
"While I was flying over the reef, I used my X-Ray vision, and
saw an underground lab. I could see Darkstar, and a red hedgehog.
Darkstar was draining the red hedgehog, and producing the heat that's
terrorizing the Island." he said. "Darkstar!" cried
Morningstar, "I'll get him for this!" "Hunter, can you
lead us to where you saw the lab?" asked Utah. "Follow
me." he said as he flew off. Again the IFF rushed off towards the
Lava Reef.
Sparx woke up, she couldn't move. "What the heck.." she
mumbled to no one in particular. She looked to her right and saw a red
hedgehog, who was tied down, like her. Her vision blurred. She started
to get warm, and the feeling in her body returned, and she was able to
move...somewhat. Once she could see again, she noticed an echidna
standing in front of her. "Darkstar!!!" she yelled, hatred
in her voice. "About time you noticed...it won't do you any good.
The shakles that are holding you cannot be broken..." he started
before Sparx interrupted him. "Oh really, if they're so strong,
how can I do this?" she asked as she pulled the shakle off of her
right arm, "Or this!" She did the same for her left arm.
Darkstar gaped at that. But before Sparx could do anything else,
Darkstar started up his machine and Sparx was rendered unconcious.
"Take that..." said Darkstar as he resumed his work.
Back at the reef, Cerebral. Utah, Snowy, Roxy, Ava, Morningstar, and
Hunter were just arriving. Hunter showed them where he saw the lab.
Naturally, the rest of the gang couldn't see. "I can see Sparx
down there now. She is also being drained." said Hunter,
"Oh, and by the way, Utah, happy face boxers again?"Utah
blushed, "Er...um...heh heh." "I wonder where the
entrance is?" asked Ava, as she looked around a bit. "Have
fun, it's not like Darkstar left it in the open. For instance, he'd be
pretty dumb to put it in this rock fissure..." said Cerebral as
he leaned on it. Suddenly, an entrance in the rock appeared, revealing
a winding stairway, leading downwards. "I'd like to see you do
that a second time, hon." said Roxy in amazment. They all headed
downwards, singlefile since it was so narrow. It was dark, and they
could barely see two feet in front of them. Finally, they reached a
doorway. Hunter stepped forward, and used his x-ray vision to check
out what was on the other side. He could see two elevated platforms.
"I can see where Sparx and the other hedgehog are being held
prisoner. I can also see Darkstar pulling a lever and--" he
started before he was interrupted by Morningstar who asked
"Lever????" before they fell down some sort of chute. They
fell into a cavern. Their entrance was soon closed by a titanium door.
Other than that, there were no openings. Cerebral tried to rip the
doorway apart using his telekinesis, but it didn't work. Beads of
sweat started to form on their foreheads. Out of nowhere, ligntning
struck nearley hitting them. Cer quickly put a telekinetic shield
around them, which kept out the ligntning, but not the heat.
"Guess that's what Darkstar is using Sparx for..." commented
Utah. "Ya think so?" asked Snowy sarcastically. The heat
started to get to them. Snowy walked over to a wall, and started to
examine it. Finding nothing, he quickly examined the rest of the walls
until he found what he was looking for. He pulled back his fist, and
slammed it into the wall. A crack ran up the wall, and onto the
ceiling, which created a hole. The falling debris bounced harmlessly
off of the shield. Each that could fly carried someone who couldn't
and they went through the hole that Snowy had made.
They entered a brightly lit room. Inside were weapons of different
sorts. "Jackpot!" exclaimed Utah as he picked up a sword,
"Just a sec, this looks like Sparx's sword." "It is our
fearless leader's sword, Utah." replied Roxy. They then proceeded
to enter the next room. Finally, they had entered the place where
Sparx was held. Darkstar was nowhere to be seen. They walked up to a
machine. Ava looked at it, and pressed a button. The machine shut
down. They then heard moaning come from a few feet behind them. The
IFF turned and saw Sparx sitting up. "Maaaan! Do I ever have a
headache." moaned Sparx. "I feel like I've got a
hangover." said a new voice.Everyone looked at the hedgehog with
fiery fur. "Who in blazes are you?" asked Roxy. "My
name is Blaze," replied Blaze, "and--" He was cut off
by a screeching voice, "HALT!!!!" Darkstar appeared
brandishing a scimitar(real cool sword). Utah threw something at
Sparx. "My sword!" she said as she caught it, "Engard,
mon ami!"
Darkstar was excellent with the sword, but he was no match for Sparx,
who had learnt at an early age. Her skills were unparalleled on the
Floating Island. Even though Darkstar's scimitar was bigger, he was
easily defeated. "It seams that I've underestimated you,
Sparx." sneered the echidna. He lunged at her throat, but in a
sweeping move, Sparx knocked the scimitar from his hand. She tripped
him, and pointed her sword at his throat. "Surrender, and I can
assure you of a nice jail cell in Echidnapolis." said Sparx.
"Shut up you bi---" snarled Darkstar before Sparx punched
him in the face. "Don't call me that!" she said as she
punched him again. "You'll pay for this insolence."
threatened Darkstar. "No one kidnaps me and gets away with
it." she said cooly. "I did." cackled Darkstar as he
disappeared in a flash of light. "Is it just me or do the greater
part of our ennemies disappear in a flash of light?" asked Roxy.
Every one nodded. Suddenly, the lab went black, and an electronic
voice was heard, "Auto destruct sequence initialized." Blaze
made a fire consume his body to create light. Ava thought that was
cool. They ran to where the staircase was, but it was blocked by
debris. They had to find another way out, or they would die.
They backtracked their way to the weapons room. Hunter scoured the
room with his X-Ray vision, and found a secret tunnel."I can see
a tunnel leading upwards. It must've been Darkstar's escape
tunnel!" said the eagle. Utah cleared the weapons out of the way,
and opened the hatch. **KABOOM** The lab was starting to explode. They
all crawled into the tunnel. They didn't get too far when they came to
a larger space that they could walk upright in. They ran. The heat was
increasing. Blaze slowed so that everyone could pass him, and he took
up the rear. Sparx looked at him quizzically. They were all knocked to
their feet by a small quake. In the distance behind them, they could
see bright light coming towards them."Uh oh!" said Cerebral.
They booted farther down the tunnel, and they could finally see an
exit. Ava looked behind her, and saw a huge fireball heading their
way. Blaze stopped, unknown to the others, who exited the tunnel into
the starry night. Sparx looked back just as the remnants of a fire
spewed out of the cave. She took a head count, and noticed that
someone was missing. "BLAZE!!!" she yelled. Everyone joined
in to call for him. *hack, cough* "What?" came his voice. He
came out, unhurt. "Phew, we thought that you were a goner!"
said Roxy. They all had a good laugh when Sparx spoke up, "Guys,
where's Psycho?"
It was near closing hours, but the Arcade was still bustling with
activity. Psy was standing up right, hunched over, eyes bulging out of
his skull, sweat running from his forehead and just kept rambling to
himself, "Your mine!! HA HA!!," His voice was very
disturbing, and started to make little kids cry at the arcade
"YOU CAn'T escape me!! THE ALL MIGHTY!!!" the crane dropped
the mario doll as it was half way to the little deposit hole.
"NOOOO!!!!" He cried out in agony. Psycho, very desprate
now, just started pressing the button like a mad man, raving about
that mario doll, swearing and cussing like a
salior.
