Sonic Series Fan Fiction ❯ The Great Chao Search ❯ Negotiation ( Chapter 11 )

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The two DL guards were on patrol at the gate armed with AK-47 assault rifles.

 

But then, the guards immediately got on alert by aiming their weapons towards the presence of an approaching, unarmed crème-colored rabbit by the name of Cream, who took note of this and halted in front of them while waving her hands in defenselessness.

 

“Easy, fellas. I'm unarmed.”

 

The first DL guards shook his head.

 

“Doesn't matter. No one is to approach or enter through these gates. So I suggest that you keep walking.”

 

Cream shook her head.

 

“No can do. I actually came here to talk to your boss.”

 

Silence, the first DL guard's expression grew of suspicion towards the rabbit.

 

“What for?”

 

A smirk appeared on the left side of Cream's lips as she spoke.

 

“I have something he wants.”

Int.

Menniker, who was naked with a towel over his buttock and was positioned on his stomach on a flat bed, issued a moan of pleasure while one of his feminine masseuses softly massaged his bareback and shoulders.

 

“Lower, sweetheart, lower.” He commanded while the female echidna obeyed with a seductive smile plastered on her face.

 

As Menniker constantly moaned from the soft caresses, the intercom in his room chimed to life before his moan of pleasure turned to a moan of annoyance upon the sound.

 

“Darling, would you answer that for me?”

 

The masseuse nodded in response before approaching towards the intercom system. As she depressed a button, the surveillance screens were active on the many monitors. But the dark legion echidna paid it no heed. Instead, he responded to the intercom, with a hint of dismay in his voice.

 

“You know, it's bad enough that I have to deal with Sojourer and Enerjax, and now I got to put up with you?”

 

“Sir…” The DL guard started from the other side before Menniker intervened.

”I mean, I can't even get a good day's massage or a moment of casual sex without you or anybody else interrupting me.”

 

“Sir…”

 

“Right now, I just hope that you got something good to report other than to piss me off with this interruptive call.”

”Actually, it is something good, sir.”

Silence, Menniker issued a scoff from his breath before speaking.

”Really? Elaborate.”

 

“Someone is here to see you. And I think that she has something that you want.”

Slowly, Menniker's expression grew of wonder before silently signaling his masseuse to find the surveillance that's near the gate. As the masseuse complied instantly, the dark legion echidna spoke on the intercom.

 

“You, uh…you're at the gate, right?”

 

“Yes, sir.”

As soon as he noticed the frequency on the right channel, he signaled his masseuse to halt the process while she complied.

 

As he surveyed the single surveillance monitor, his expression grew in question upon seeing an unarmed crème-colored rabbit standing in front of the gate where his two patrolling guards are positioned.

'Who the hell is this?' His thoughts questioned.

”Who is she?” He questioned.

 

“She says her name is Cream Rabbit, Station Square Newspaper Delivery Girl.” The guard replied.

 

Silence, Menniker softly nodded.

 

“A female newspaper delivery girl. Interesting.” He muttered, but then his expression grew of disinterest upon the guard's earlier comment before speaking. “Other than not issue a request for a newspaper delivery, what could she possibly have that would benefit my interest?”

 

As Menniker watched his front guard question the rabbit, his gaze widened with surprise as he took sight of a chao drive shining brightly in her left hand.

 

`The final piece of the puzzle.' His thoughts replied

He thought about commanding his guards to force her to relinquish the item in her hand, but decided against it. She was, after all, coming to see him.

 

“Let her in.”

 

“Yes, sir.”

Ext.

 

The 1st DL guard depressed a button to end the transmission while his gaze was directed to Cream, who kept the smirk intact.

”The boss awaits.” He replied.

 

“Good.” She said as the 2nd DL guard started to open the double doors.

 

As soon as that was done, the 1st guard started to escort her to their boss' lair while the 2nd guard stayed behind and watched their departure.

 

As soon as Cream and his partner were out of sight, the lone guard proceeded to close the doors.

 

He managed to get the left side closed and before he could proceed to the right side, an arm was grasped around his neck.

 

As he gagged and tried to fight his way out, he was yanked behind the left door before a crack sound issued from that position, rendering the guard motionless.

 

Int.

 

As the guard escorts Cream to the boss inside the lair, the delivery girl took into her surrounding with the stern expression masking her face.

There were a couple of furnitures, a large weapons cabinet, and a few half naked female echidnas, who are, to Cream's guess, associated with their boss.

 

Nonetheless, Cream grew heedless to this. All she cared about at this point is rescuing her little friend. But where was her friend? And why would they take him?

 

As they stopped at the center of a workroom, Cream could see a number of monitors and a flatbed not far from her position.

 

Suddenly, clapping has caught her attention from the front distance.

 

Several feet in front of her was Menniker, the Dark legionnaire echidna. He was in a military suit and was wearing black boots along with an evil smirk plastered on his face.

 

Yet, Cream, her sternness intact, grew unflinching by the expression.

 

“Leave us.” Menniker commanded as the guard bowed and left their sight.

 

As soon as the guard was gone, Menniker made his slow approach towards the delivery girl.

 

“You know, you have caused a hell of a lot of trouble for me and my comrades, Ms. NDG.”

Cream raised her left eyebrow upon that comment.

”NDG?”

 

“Newspaper Delivery Girl. Catchy, isn't it?”

 

Silence, Cream switched back to her stern, yet glaring demeanor and crossed her arms.

 

“Hmph. A little too catchy. My name is Cream, first of all. And secondly, if, by comrades, you mean those two idiots that were chasing us around, trust me, they had it coming. Now where's my friend?”

 

“Excuse me?”

 

“No, you heard me! It didn't take one person to beat down my bartender and issue two to three bullet holes in him. But then, maybe I'm wrong. You know what I think? I think one of your goons shot at my bartender and the other one took my best friend. I came to collect him back. Hence the question: Where's my friend?”

 

Slowly, with his evil smirk intact, Menniker raised his left index finger and waved back and forth in Cream's direction.

 

“Mm-mm-mm. You know the deal: My delivery package for your friend. The perks of a negotiation.”

 

“Bullshit. What assurance do I have that you won't stab me in the back once I have my friend?” Cream asked as Menniker lost the smirk with an expression of irritation.

 

“None if you continue to stall. Now give it to me!”

 

Silence, Cream slowly reached in her pocket and took out the medium-sized prism-shaped jewel from her pocket.

 

Menniker took sight of it with widened eyes while the glow of the jewel issued on his pupils.

 

“Ladies…” Menniker commanded as his two half-naked female apprentices issued their presence. “…fetch me the water drop.”

 

As the ladies complied, Cream slightly twitched her left eyelid upon the offensive comment of her best friend, yet she kept her posture to avoid deviation.

 

After a while, the ladies came back: One carrying a cage with the captive chao and the other carrying a tazer in hand behind her back without the delivery girl's notice.

 

Upon notice of the cage that withheld her little friend, Cream, with the chao drive still in her grasp much to the dismay of the dark legionnaire echidna, rushed passed Menniker towards the cage as the female echidna on the right joined the dark legionnaire echidna in witnessing this scenery.

 

As Cream snagged the metallic cage from the female associate, she looked and found that, to her horrified shock, her chao friend was in seemingly bad shape.

 

Multiple sweats were embedded around his face and body while his entire bodily feature was giving off a slight coloration of black.

 

Little fangs were also protruding in the little chao's mouth and due to his condition, he was unable to acknowledge Cream's presence at the moment or hear a single word from her.

 

“Oh, Cheese.” She said softly.

 

She almost felt tears relinquishing from her eyes upon this sight, but refrained herself while her expression cringed in anger.

 

“You monster. What did you—? Aah!”

 

She didn't get much of a chance to finish before a tazer shot was issued to her neck.

 

As she tumbled to the ground, she, with the chao drive still in her grasp, forcibly dropped the cage and started to get up before another shot was issued to her neck, which was enough to have her on the ground for the moment.

 

But regardless of that, she was conscious enough to glare in the dark legionnaire's direction. She took note of one of the associates that held a tazer in hand, which anticipated to her that the shot came from her. But she paid it no heed. She would take care of them soon enough as her glare diverted back to Menniker.

 

Menniker took note of it with the evil smirk intact.

 

“I suppose you're wondering why I'm doing this. Well, five years ago, we've discovered a scroll that was laid to rest for at least a century. It indicated that one of the legendary chao, no matter which one, were to bring destruction to this island. At first, we paid it no interest until we came upon something that indicates to us on how to control this would-be monster of darkness by use of this.”

 

Menniker gestured a dark water drop shaped fruit in hand as Cream acknowledged it in shock.

 

“Dark fruit.” She said, softly

 

Menniker chuckled evilly.

 

“That's right. Upon that fact, my minions and I have decided to issue a search party for these little water drops. We called it `The Great Chao Search.' We've issued this for five years. But, due to recent laws on Angel Island, we were unfortunate in our findings. I almost had the impression that they were hiding the chaos themselves. Though I was going to raid Angel Island in search for them, I recently came upon info of a chao in the City of Station Square.”

 

Regaining from the tazer shot, Cream struggled to her feet while grimacing from the stinging pain.

 

“And now after five years, your search is over. Is that right?”

 

Menniker nodded.

 

“Yes, that's about right.”

 

Almost instantly, he whipped out a pistol and fired off a shot in Cream's direction.

 

Cream didn't have time to dodge the projectile as the impact grazed her right shoulder with enough force to get her back on the ground and caused her to yelp in pain, yet she was still at a conscious state. Afterwards, Menniker holstered his gun and instructed one of his female associates to carry her towards the prison shelters while they both complied.

 

As Cream braced her hand on her injured shoulder, they each started to pick her up by the arm, but not before one of the associates stunned her to an unconscious state with the tazer shot before she even got a chance to struggle.

And upon her unconscious state, she, to Menniker's notice, dropped the chao drive to the ground.

 

Afterwards, they carried her towards the outside area to her prison room while Menniker, his evil smirk intact, approached, retrieved the chao drive from the ground, and halted in front of the sweating chao, who breathing was labored.

”It won't be long now, little water drop.”