Sonic Series Fan Fiction ❯ Ozzy ❯ The Cut ( Chapter 2 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

Chapter two!
 
“So it was a girl?” Tino breathed as he threw a powerful punch at Oz's head.
Oz blocked his punch with his forearm, “A girl cat! Big difference…” He spun around and kicked Tino in the side. Tino grimaced slightly and blocked Oz's next punch and then spun and smacked him in the back of his head with his elbow.
“Yah know it kind of sucks.” He said breathing hard, “I finally meet some else like me and she's the bad guy.” He did a back bend dodging Tino's punch and kicked him in the stomach and does a back walkover.
Tino stumbles back and finds his ground quickly. They both stop and watch each other. Tino stands in his fighting stance and Oz stays kneeled on the gym mat. The lynx makes his move first. He jumps up and spins around kicking Tino in the head. Tino's head snaps to the side. “You need to work on that…” Tino comes back with punch after punch, then does a roundhouse kick and sends Ozzy across the mat.
Just then Tye walks in and stops the match. Tino and Oz both nod to each other, just their way of saying good match. “The big guy wants you Oz.” She said as she walked over to the weights.
Oz whistled, “Girl you be killin `em in those shorts.” Tino punched him in his arm. “What? It's the truth.” Tino just glared at him and walked off and started beating the tar out of a punching bag.
Tye smiled, “You just keep your eyes to yourself. Oh and he's waiting in the lab with Professor Kwan.”
Oz grabbed his gym bag and slung it over his shoulder. “Let me guess its another `You've disappointed us' speech.” Then he walked out.
The lab was any typical lab. It had state of the art technology and the best scientists operating it. Professor Kwan was talking to a large heavyset man when Ozzy walked in. Compared to Professor Kwan this guy was the titanic. Kwan wasn't a small guy…just one of those puny science nerds, like the ones who couldn't lift a five pound weight if their life depended on it but could solve a geological problem in a split second. The big guy he was talking too was Ozzy's high superior. He was the kind of guy where if he asked you to jump you'd say how high. But he and Oz never got along.
“Sup mom?” Oz said patting the professor on the back.
The professor smiled and nodded his head then whispered in Oz's ear. “A lot better then what you're gonna be in a few seconds.”
Oz flinched then looked up at his superior. His name was Scythe. An odd name for a human, Oz thought. “How's it going Scythey?”
The man glared down at him. “Your in no position to be making jokes.” He turned around and pulled something out of his brief case. When he had his back turned Oz grabbed a pen and acted like he was going to stab the guy in the back with it but he stopped and smiled up at him when he turned back around.
Scythe opened up the manila folder and started reading it out loud, “Oswald AKA Ozzy AKA EX15…” Ozzy flinched, it was his record and did he have to say Oswald? Oz zoned out for a few seconds while Scythe kept reading it. He looked back up when Scythe stopped reading. “Pay attention 15.” Oz glared at him. Scythe was the only person to call him by his experimental name.
“No offense sir but could you get to the point.”
Scythe looked at him and then continued on reading. “Destruction of public property, disobeying orders, failing to apprehend the target-“
Oz cut him off, “ That wasn't my fault!”
“Then where is the culprit! I don't see her here do you!” Scythe yelled.
“Speaking of her! You sent me on a blind mission! I didn't know what I was up against until I was flat on my face!” Ozzy yelled back even louder.
“I can't believe you haven't figured it out yet.” He said as he shut the manila folder.
Oz looked at him like he was nuts, then it hit him. “You wanted to know if I would go after others like me? It was all a set up.”
Scythe sneered, “Only half right. We were testing you but it was no set up. The mission was real. Yet you still let her go. Which is why we're putting you back in recon.”
Ozzy was all up in his face now. “What! She got away! You want to know why? It was because she had the advantage of knowing what she was up against! I didn't! If I did I wouldn't be lookin at yo' ugly mug right now and she would be behind bars!”
“You will not speak to me that way!” It was more then a command then a threat. But Ozzy ignored it.
“I'll speak to you like that if I feel like it! You can't put me in recon! That's for rookies!”
Scythe's face turned beet red. “The stunts you have pulled lately and your careless actions have put in recon! So don't you dare criticize my judgment!”
Oz looked at Kwan for help. “Professor do something!”
Kwan just shook his head. “It's out of my hands Ozzy…”
“So who is gonna take my place? You know no one is as good as I am!”
“I believe we chose Sanchez.” Scythe replied coolly.
Oz was stunned, “Tye…?” He shook his head. “You can't send Tye! She has no experience in the field and you know it!”
“We believe she has plenty experience. Or else we wouldn't send her.”
“She won't last a day on even the simplest mission! She'll get hurt or worse!”
Scythe got fed up; he grabbed Oz by the throat and picked him up off the floor. “ I told you NOT to question my judgment! Tye goes in and YOU come out!” He dropped him. “Is that clear 15!”
Oz stood up and defiantly looked him in the eye. “Crystal…”
“Good…I'll leave it to you to tell Sanchez.” He picked up his brief case. “Good day Professor.” Then he walked out of the lab.
Oz yelled in rage and punched a nearby wall putting a crack in it. Professor Kwan stood there in silence. It was better not to get in his way right now. Oz leaned his head against the wall and then turned and walked back to the gym. When he got in there Tino and Tye were in the middle of a sparring match. Tino did a roundhouse kick and Tye did a backhand spring to dodge it.
Oz cleared his throat and the two stopped in mid punch and looked at him. “I have to talk to you two.” They looked at each other then back at Oz then walked over to him.
“What's up?” Tye said accepting a towel from Tino.
Ozzy avoided looking directly at her, “Well I've been booted back to recon…”
Tino and Tye both froze, “…”
“And you've been boosted up to field agent Tye…”
Tye was shocked for a second then she hugged Ozzy. “ Are you for real? That's great!”
“Why?” Tino asked ignoring Tye's outburst.
Ozzy looked at his partner. “ The mission was a test for me. To see if I would go after others like me. It was a real mission but also a test for me…. and I failed.”
Tino glared at him. “I told you to start taking things more seriously! And see! I was right!”
Tye turned to Tino. “Hey! He's the best this government has ever seen and you know that!”
Tino glared at her. “That's not what I mean!” he looked at Oz. “But he does…” With that he walked out of the gym.
“Oz…what's he talking about?”
Ozzy looked at her. “He doesn't want you to get hurt. That's all.”
She smiled. “I'll be careful. I've been waiting for this my whole life Oz. You know that. I'm not going to get hurt. I promise.” She kissed him on the forehead.
“You should go tell Tino that, not me.” Oz turned and walked out.