Sonic Series Fan Fiction ❯ Ozzy ❯ The hunt for Isis, the Fight with the virus ( Chapter 8 )

Chapter Eight

 

Ozzy and Tino started right away on locating Isis. Rouge had told them the information she managed to beat out of the guy. So far all they had was that Isis was some where in the Middle East…yeah that was all they had. They couldn't find any more people that might be connected with Isis either. Tino blames Ozzy for that.

Tino helped Ozzy train so he would be at least an equal match with Arsinoe. Which both of them knew was impossible. Both of them were pretty much on the edge. Every time they got a lead it lead them to a dead end.

To keep sane Oz did some extra credit work. He remembered Project Shadow being mentioned. So he looked it up and found some interesting information. Turned out that Rouge was supposed to obtain the prototype but it was presumed dead. He dug around some more until he thought his brain would explode. He sat there brainstorming wondering if there was a connection with Isis and Project Shadow. He shook his head; there was no connection at all. But, Dr. Robotnik may have been her mentor or idle to follow after. So now Isis has a motive or a reason now. She was getting revenge for Dr. Robotnik. So now she created a strategic weapon (A weapon capable of destroying an army or a city or a nation) using black biology (The secret use of biotechnology & genetic engineering to create recombinant or chimera weapons with artificially altered genetic material). Oz began to think if he was in way over his head.

Just then Tino burst in the office scaring Ozzy and causing him to fall out of his chair. “Geeze! Would you knock first before you decide to give someone a heart attack?”

Tino was slightly out of breath he had ran all the way up from the lab. He gasped for air and spoke, “Sorry about that.” He took in another deep breath of air, “But you gotta here this.”

Ozzy stood up, “What is it?”

Tino had fully regained his breath now, “Follow me.” Tino lead Ozzy to the communications center. It was a huge round room with rows of computers in the middle. Each one had their own operator and each one had a different job. There were maps all on the wall and one huge digital screen on the wall with the map of the world. Tino lead Oz into a small cubicle and handed him a headset. Oz put it on and Tino pressed play on the touch screen computer.

Oz cocked his head to the side perplexed. “Play it again Tino” he asked and listened again. He heard someone talking but their voice was muffled, he couldn't make out the words. He also heard someone screaming, they sounded in pain, worse even like they were dieing. It was horrible, and then it went silent, then static. He looked at Tino, “What the heck was that?”

“We picked it up from this location,” Tino pointed at the digital screen on the wall with a tiny remote. The image enlarged on Iraq, there was a flashing red dot on the country, “Al Hakam.”

“I thought that was destroyed in `96,” Oz said taking off the headset and looking closely at the map.

(A/N: Al Hakam is a biological-weapons facility in Iraq; disclosed by Iraq. Used for manufacturing anthrax up until 1995 or 1996. Destroyed by the United Nations in 1996. I like to use some fact in my stories. A lot of this if you look it up is fact, especially the scientific terms.)

Tino nodded, “Yeah I thought so too…but you can't attack what's not there.” Tino used the mini remote to zoom in some more. A building was camouflaged matching the white desert sand. It would be invisible to the untrained eye. It was more like a big complex. “Look real close Oz…” Tino said.

Oz squinted a bit looking hard. Then his eyes widened. “Whoa….” He whispered in amazement. They place had to be more suited up then the Central Intelligence building. There were guards all over the place, probably some of the clones. Some were on dirt bikes possibly doing a perimeter check while other was at the towers armed and ready to shoot at anything that moved. Then before Ozzy could keep checking it out the picture looked like it was starting to melt. Then some one at the computer called out, “Sir someone hooked onto us. We're loosing the signal.”

Tino spoke sternly and professionally, somewhat like Oz was when on the job. “That's impossible. Can we trace them?”

The guy shook his head, “No sir-“ a siren went off, and the guy looked at his computer, “They've loaded a virus into the system!”

Before Tino could give out an order all the screens even the big digital one went blank. “Ok people I want an anti-virus and I want one now. I want this place running in twenty!” At his orders everyone got to work immediately.

Tino lead Ozzy into a small office. Tino took a seat behind the desk and stayed standing leaning against the door with his arms crossed over his chest. Ozzy looked at Tino and cocked an eyebrow, “Soooo…are you going to tell me what all that was about or are you gonna leave me hanging?”

Tino looked up at Ozzy, “What you were listening to, just a few minutes ago, was transmitting from that complex. At the same time we received word that Rouge is M.I.A. possibly a P.O.W.” Ozzy was silent as Tino spoke, “The sounds that we heard was from Rouge's communicator. She had it on while…well you can probably guess.”

Oz's voice was cold and detached, “I thought she was being reassigned to different mission.”

Tino nodded, “She was but she was intercepted by Isis.”

“So Isis tortured her for information.”

“That's what we're going on.” Tino watched the gray lynx. He was void of all emotion now; Ozzy was growing with every mission. Becoming the agent that Tino was afraid he might become. Tino continued, “We tracked down Rouge, but she's nowhere near Iraq, she's in Japan. We did some digging and got a hold of the Central Intelligence Agency and they say they haven't received anything like we have. They contacted Rouge and she was fine, like the whole situation never happened.”

“It's a set up…” Oz said.

“That's what I think.” Tino stood up and walked around the desk standing in front of Ozzy. “The transmit we received was the bait…but what confuses me is that Rouge is nowhere near that area now.”

“…” Oz stared at the floor. “Maybe the transmit was an accident. Maybe we stumbled onto it by accident.”

“And when we traced it they loaded the virus into the system.”

“But its all ready to late, the damage is done. Rouge may still be in danger.”

“True. Lets go get you suited up.”

 

Ozzy caught a plane to Kyoto, Japan; supposedly that's where Rouge was. Ozzy would be going as a tourist on vacation. He got his passport out and showed it to the lady at the front gate when he landed. He walked out the airport and made his way to a garage where Tino had set up a ride for him. When he got there all the way in the back was a red Kawasaki Ninja, only the best motorcycle there is. Oz smirked and shouldered his backpack and checked out the bike. There was a small hidden compartment in the seat he tapped it and the lid to the compartment slid open. Inside was a pair of sunglasses and a communicator headset with an eyepiece attached for visual perception. Ozzy took out the sunglasses and closed the compartment. He put them on and immediately a small map appeared on the lenses. On the map was a yellow dot flashing…Rouges location.

Ozzy hopped on the bike and jetted out of the garage. Following the little map he wove in and out of alleys and through the crowded streets. He turned the corner leading down an abandoned dirt road. Rouge's signal on the map became stronger she was on a few kilometers away. He picked up speed and came to a tunnel. He stopped his bike and parked it just outside. He popped open the compartment on the bike and replaced his sunglasses with the headset. He hooked up the headset and heard Tino's voice on the other end. “Ok Ozzy you are online and ready to go.”

“Wow, what was your first clue?” Oz retorted lowering down the eyepiece over his left eye. “All right are you getting feed from the camera?”

“Yes oh bossy one…” Oz heard him rapping on computer keys.

“Chill with the wise cracks ok. “ Oz said as stepped into the tunnel. His feline eyes adjusted to the darkness and the tunnel began to take form. He guessed it was an old subway station or something. He asked Tino, “Fill me in Tino…Where am I?”

He heard Tino rap on some keys again. “Your in an old subway station…it was destroyed about thirty years ago in an earthquake…”

Oz continued walking. There was rock and pieces of broken concrete everywhere. He looked around for any sign of Rouge. As he got deeper into the tunnel he became more and more worried. His ears turned like mini radars as he strained to hear any sign of her…nothing. “Hey Tino you got anything?” He asked hopefully.

“Hold on…go left there should be another tunnel.”

Ozzy nodded and made his way to the left. He didn't see anything but he thought he heard something above him. He looked up and caught a glimpse of a set of blue orbs staring down at him. “Rouge?” They didn't say anything he called again. “Rouge is that you?” He heard a graceful `swoosh' and they sound of heals landing on the concrete in front of him. He took a step forward, “Ok now I definitely know its you.” He took another step forward and he could make out the shape of a bat.

Oz heard Tino's voice in his ear, “Be careful…something isn't right.”

Oz reached out his hand to her, “Rouge you ok?” She smacked his hand away. “Rouge this isn't funny.”

Rouge staggered and screamed as she fell to one knee. She held her head in her hands and shook her head. “Go away Ozzy!”

Ozzy reached out to her but she smacked his hand away. “Rouge! Let me help!”

Rouge screamed again, “GO AWAY!” She fell backwards trying to get away from Ozzy.

“Rouge just tell me what's wrong! I can help!” he said in sincerity. He heard Tino rapping on key the keyboard again no doubt trying to see what's up.

Rouge crawled over to the wall and leaned with her back up against it. She closed her eyes and whispered, “You can't help me…no one can…” She clenched her fists and her whole body writhed in pain again. No, she wasn't about to let the darkness consume her. She didn't like the dark. It was consuming her mind-beckoning calling to be let free. Rouge shook her head. No! She didn't want to! She was lost in her mind running away from the darkness. It was so tempting but so scary at the same time.

She screamed out as another wave of pain came over her body. It was too much her body began to hit critical limits. She fell on her side screaming and punching the concrete with her fists.

Ozzy stood there in horror. He heard Tino speaking to him. “Ozzy…this is bad. Her body is changing some how…she's gaining more power form an energy within her…” Oz stood there in silent exasperation, his friend needed him and he couldn't help her!

Then it was silent…Ozzy took a step toward Rouge. All of a sudden a bright green light illuminated the dark tunnel. Oz shaded his eyes, and gawked.

Green fire emitting from Rouge's body swirled around her and consumed her. She screamed out in pain like she was dieing. Then it went silent again. Then a pair of green eyes opened within the fiery energy…a new being was born. Rouge stepped out of the green flames and they dispersed behind her. Rouge stood there with her arms relaxed at her sides and a smirk on her face. Her eye's glowed fiercely with an evil amusement.

Ozzy blinked hard trying to readjust his eyes again to the darkness. He looked at Rouge with wariness and uncertainty. “Rouge?”

Rouge's smirk widened into a smile her fangs showing. “Rouge is no longer…”

“What are talking about?”

Rouge walked up to Ozzy their bodies touching, she whispered, “Rouge is no longer…and you…you are mine!” She put her hand on his chest and with no effort at all she sent him flying across the tunnel and crashing into a cement column.

Oz fell onto his back and groaned. “What the…?”

“Ozzy! Ozzy! You ok?” asked Tino through the communicator.

“Yeah” Oz grunted. “Why-“ Oz couldn't finish Rouge had picked him up by his throat and had him jacked up against the column.

She smiled, “I want to play a game…” She squeezed his throat. “Now be a good toy and cooperate.” She threw him down on the ground and kicked him in the stomach. He was bent over on his hands and knees. Rouge pushed him over onto his back with her foot. She sat on his chest straddling him. She bent over and crossed her arms resting them on Ozzy's throat. “This is how the game goes…if you tell me where the chaos emeralds are being kept I kill you. If you don't well…I'll kill you. Doesn't that sound fun?” She chuckled sinisterly.

Oz looked up at her, “Drop dead…” He spit in her face.

Rouge wiped her face with the back of her hand then she backslapped him. “You first!” As she stood up she kicked him in the groin.

Oz grunted and positioned himself on all fours. He smirked. “Cheap shot for a cheap slut.”

(A/N: Come Ozzy stop beating around the bush!! Just come out with it! ^^ hehe )

Rouge's ear's pinned back against her head then she relaxed. She turned around and faced him as he stood up. She spun around and kicked him sending flying into the air with a loud smack as he made impact with a wall.

Ozzy slid down to the floor in a crippled heap. He stood up and leaned against the wall for support. “Tino…” He breathed, “Have you got anything yet?”

There was silence on the other end of the communicator as Tino considered his response. “I don't know…I haven't gotten anything.”

“Wow…you're a lot of help…” He looked around waiting for Rouge to come at him again.

“Well wait a minute…” Oz heard Tino shifting around again. The eyepiece on Oz's headset illuminated a green light and Oz could see one hundred times better. “I activated the night vision on it so you can get a better scan of her…”

Oz extended the eyepiece so that it covered both his eyes. He looked around but Rouge wasn't anywhere to be seen. He didn't dare call out to her, he needed all the time he could get to recuperate and devise a plan. “Tino are you getting all this?”

“Yeah…but where is she?”

“I don't know…activate the satellites…see if you can get anything from down here on them.”

There was silence for another minute, “Ok I got a feed back. There's an old abandoned station car to your left…maybe she's in there?”

“Its worth a shot…” Ozzy walked over the station car and kicked open the door glass shattering going everywhere. He stepped inside and looked around. He didn't see anything. He turned around to walk out then all of a sudden Rouge swung down from the top of the doorway and kicked Oz in the chest sending him through a window behind him and out the other side of the car.

Rouge stood on top of the car looking down at Ozzy. She jumped up and did a flip and came down hard. Ozzy rolled out of the way just in time and got back up. He turned around to take a swing at her but she was quicker. She had her arm around his throat and pinned his other arm behind his back. “Just give me what I want to know and you may have a swift death.”

“You don't want to do this…” He choked.

Her eyes glowed softly, “And why not?”

“Because she wont let you!” Oz grabbed her arm that was wrapped around his throat and slung her over his back onto the floor.

Rouge hissed and rolled backwards-kicking Oz and stood up. Oz stumbled back a few steps but stayed standing. “You're faith in Rouge is useless. She can't hear you…and you cant save her…” She spun around and kicked him, but he grabbed her leg and flipped her backwards. She landed on her feet and smirked.

Oz went to punch her but she caught his fist in her palm and twisted his arm. Ozzy cried in pain. He kicked her in her chest only making her stumble slightly and release him. He swung with his right and clipped her chin. Her snapped to the side and blood trickled down her chin. She looked him in the eye and wiped the blood off with the back of her hand and licked the blood from her hand. She glared at him and her eyes glowed brighter. She jumped up and kicked him in his chest sending him sailing across the tunnel. With a god like speed she appeared behind him and did an elbow drop making him impact the floor with an incredible force.

Oz's face was buried in concrete. His body had just about had it. He felt Rouge get up. He forced himself over on to his back. When he looked up he didn't see her anywhere. He hared Tino through the communicator. “Ozzy I don't see her! Where is she?”

“I don't know!” He growled through clenched jaws. “You're the one with a computer!” Oz yelled out as he stood up. His body was throbbing with pain. He looked around, the night vision shades were cracked but still in working order. He heard Tino typing again. “Well?” He said coughing up blood at the same time.

“I don't see her. I can't even pick her up on the scanners. She's completely disappeared.”

“That's impossible…” Oz murmured.

Tino started to freak out. “The whole thing is impossible! How can she get so strong in such a short amount of time! And what the heck are theses freaky readings I'm getting from her!”

“Whoa dude chill out Tino…” Oz spoke through the communicator.

“Sorry…”

Oz rolled his eyes, “So do you happen to have a plan?”

“Yeah…”

“….”

“…”

“TINO!”

“What?!”

“What's your plan?!” Oz screamed.

“Oh…stop letting her hit you…”

Oz glared, “That's it?”

“Yeah…pretty much.”

“I am so going to kick your butt.” Oz growled.

“That's if you make it out of there alive.” Tino said.

“Yeah, you got that right…”

“Oh Oz… I forgot to tell you…Rouge is behind you.”

Oz swung around and sure enough Rouge was behind him, and not looking to happy either. “So Rouge…you prepared to give up?”

She kept her face blank so he couldn't read her emotions. “Keep motivating yourself like that…you'll only die quicker.”

“Keep talking like that and I might have to hurt you.” He said with a cocky smirk.

“That will never happen.” She glared at him. “You know you made bleed…”

Oz shrugged, “Yeah, so, what of it?”

With the same god like speed as before she had down on his knees again and had him in a headlock, “I don't like to bleed.” She tightened her grip cutting of his air supply.

“Ozzy do something!” Tino yelled.

Oz would have yelled back but considering the circumstances, yeah you know how it is. He extracted his claws and dug them deep into her arms.

Rouge didn't even flinch. “My tolerance for pain is unlimited…so I suggest you just let me kill you.”

Oz was getting desperate now. With his claws still deep in her arms he dragged down through the meat. He could hear the ripping of the muscle tissue, and felt the nerves in the muscle twitch. This only seemed to make Rouge more amused because now he had her laughing. Then she dropped him so suddenly that he fell flat on his face.

Still laughing she looked down at him. Her eyes were sparkling with a demonic amusement. “Your feeble attempts are comical.” She smirk, “I think I my have a little bit more fun before I finish you off.”

Oz looked up at her. He felt something near his feet. He looked behind him and saw a five-foot pipe under his foot. He looked back at Rouge and stood up smirking.

Tino interrupted, “Oz don't do anything!”

“Are you nuts!” Oz yelled. Rouge stopped and looked at him.

“No I'm serious! I think I got something.”

Rouge cocked an eyebrow, “Whatever you have Tino it won't work. Besides, once I'm done with the kitten I'm going after you.”

Tino gulped. Oz looked at Rouge, “Hey! I resent that you demon bird!”

Rouge growled and came at Ozzy again. Oz kicked up the pipe and caught it in the air and swung it like a baseball bat slamming it right into Rouge's gut. Rouge was actually sent to the ground that time. Oz stood there with his head cocked to the side in puzzlement. Why didn't he think of that sooner?

“Tino?”

“What?”

“How come when I hit her with my fists it didn't work…but I hit her with a pipe and she's down.”

“Well she's losing power.”

“Huh?”

“Well if I'm right then she's losing power the more she uses her strong attacks.”

“What if your wrong?”

“Then hit her with the pipe again and see what happens…”

Oz shook his head. “I can't believe I'm having this conversation…” He turned his attention back to Rouge. She was standing; he didn't bother waiting for her. He came at her with his weapon in hand. He swung his fist; she caught it in her palm falling for his trick. He swung the pipe up and knocked her feet from under her. He went to kick her while she was down but she caught his foot and twisted it and pulling him to the ground. Oz fell hard enough to have the wind knocked out of him and he had dropped the pipe. Rouge stood up grabbing Ozzy by the collar and forcing him up as well. Then she punched him sending him into a wall.

Oz hit his and black and red spots formed in his eyes. He shook his head but that only made it worse. Rouge kicked him in his chest and the sound of cracked bone echoed through the desolate tunnel. Oz cried out in pain as Rouge dug her hand in his skin under his rib cage and twisted the broken bones. It was for sure now, Oz new he was without a doubt going to die down here.

Tino was frantic he had no idea what to do to help his friend. Nothing was making any sense. How could Rouge become so powerful in such a short time? She was emitting tremendous power. He had seen it before but he couldn't put his finger on it. He heard Ozzy cry out in pain again. He looked at the monitor. The whole time he was seeing what Oz saw through the video camera. Now Rouge was approaching him again. Tino was thinking fast now. She seemed like she was invincible. No weaknesses at all. Then a thought struck him. It would buy Oz some time to get out of there. Rouge may be strong but she was still a bat. “Oz! Oz can you here me!” Tino cried out desperately.

Oz moaned acknowledging him. He was hanging by his last thread. “Oz!” Tino cried out again. “Oz I'm going to send through a high frequency pitch through the communicator.”

Tino didn't have to say anything else. Oz had already picked up on the plan. He didn't see Rouge anywhere but she couldn't have gone far. Oz lay there on the floor all his strength gone. He pulled of the headset and tweaked it so the sound would fill the whole tunnel. Just then Rouge walked out from the darkness her eyes were hot with anger and fury.

“Your time has come to an end.” She came closer.

“I don't think so…” Oz growled and on cue Tino sent the frequency through.

Rouge gripped her ears screaming. Oz gritted his teeth as the pain in his ears increased. He couldn't bare it too much longer.

Rouge fell to her knees. Her sense being a hundred times stronger made the pain a hundred times worse. She gripped her eyes still screaming. Her ears began to bleed.

Oz's ears began to bleed too. He dropped the communicator and gripped his ears. It wasn't helping at all. He yelled out in pain. He and Rouge both were on the floor screaming in pain.

Tino stopped the transfer and there was complete silence. Neither Rouge nor Ozzy moved. They both seemed to be momentarily unconscious.

Oz was the first to stir. He looked over and saw Rouge start to get up but she fell back down. She looked up at Ozzy. Her eyes were her own again. She crawled over to Oz and collapsed next to him. Both of them were silent.

Then Oz poked Rouge. “Stop poking me.” She said in the familiar attitude Ozzy knew all to well.

“Just seeing if you're you.” He said as he closed his eyes. “Tino…” Oz calle out loud enough for Tino to hear him. “Dude...you're gonna have to send someone to come and get us.”

Tino smiled with relief, “Yeah sure thing.” He called back.

Both Ozzy and Rouge completely out of energy fell asleep and waited for someone to come get them.

(A/N: o.o; Whao…that was a really long fight. >) Hehe im so mean to my chars.)