Sonic Series Fan Fiction ❯ The Stage is Set ❯ Back and Back Again ( Chapter 7 )

A/N: Well, there's a new hero introduced. Nothing else...

It was the next day, and I was on the bus heading for school. My mom threw a fit about my injuries, but she thought I was still well enough to go to school. I sighed. [So, how are we gonna defeat Eggman?]

[Zzzzzz.]

'Damn,' I thought. 'How is he able to sleep at a time like this?' The bus arrived at the school, and I filed out after the other kids. I walked down the hall, looking for my friends, so I wouldn't have to explain myself, and I saw them in the cafeteria. I quickly walked past the doors, trying not to be seen, but Silas saw me and ran after me, followed by my other friends. After explaining how I got my injuries, I lied to them of course, and headed off to my first hour class: Japanese.

"Ohaiyo gozaimus, minna-san!" the teacher said, greeting the other students. "Today, we will watch one of the best anime's ever made, I think." She turned on the tv and put a movie into the VCR. "The movie is Akira."

'Can they show movies like this in school?' I thought. 'Aww, who cares?'

Zane yawned and said, [Good morning, Tim.]

[Yeah,] I replied.

[Hey, don't you think you should try to come up with a plan to beat Eggman?] Zane asked.

[I'll do it later, I still have three more classes to bore myself through.] The class ended about half-way through the movie, and I headed to English. 'Man, I hate English.' I sat through, trying to not fall asleep, and trying to come up with a plan to beat Eggman, when I started to feel something weird. [Hey, do you feel that, Zane?]

[Yeah, that's Roland's energy! C'mon, you've gotta get everyone out of the school and stop him!]

[I'm on it!] I raised my hand and asked if I could go to the restroom.

[Let me get this straight, this whole school and everyone in it is in danger, and you're gonna go use the crapper?!]

[No,] I said. I walked into a bathroom and transformed. I walked back out and pulled the nearest fire alarm. [That'll get everyone out of the school.]

[So, can you tell where he is?]

[Yeah, I think he's in the gym.] I headed there as quickly as I could, but the injuries were slowing me down a little. I walked into the gym, and found that a layer of ice covered the whoe room. "Okay, where are you, Roland?!"

"Over here." I looked towards the bleachers. "Heh, you look like you're in a little bit of pain."

"Naw, I'm fine," I said. "I'll be able to beat you with only one arm."

"What about this injury?" He teleported near me, kicking me in the side. I slid back on the ice, and the injury that Metal Sonic inflicted opened.

"Ow." I heated the wound, scabbing it over. "Heh, I forgot about that one."

"Those wounds are gonna slow you down, little man."

"Little man?! I'm gonna kick your ass for that!" I threw a fireball at him, which he dodged easily. "Hey, quit moving around and let me shoot you!"

"C'mon, can't you do any better?" Roland smirked. "Or have you given up? You know you can't beat me."

"I haven't given up! I'll never surrender to the likes of you!" I sent a column of fire at him, which he dodged. This continued for a little while, until all the ice in the gym was melted. But now there was a foot and a half of water on the floor.

"You are an idiot," Roland said. "You've fallen into my trap!"

"Huh?"

"Now I'm gonna re-freeze all of the water and trap you within it."

"Um, I'll just melt it again," I pointed out.

"You won't if I'm beating the snot out of you."

[Hey, this might be a good time to get somewhere dry!] Zane said.

[Yeah, but where?!] I asked. I could already feel the water freezing around my feet.

"Oof!" I looked up to see Roland getting double-teamed by Silas and another friend of mine, Andrew. I blasted the ice on my feet and went to join them. Roland made a shockwave of cold air and pushed my friends away from him. "I'll get you for this," he said. "Just wait until the next time I find you alone!" He teleported away.

"Whew, he's gone," I muttered. I walked over to Andrew and Silas. "Hey, thanks for the help."

"Don't worry about it," Andrew replied casually. "But who are you?"

"Zane Darkheart, Elemental Warrior of Fire," I said, going into a pose.

"Right," Silas said. "Well, uh, you're welcome for the help, but we'd better get back with our class."

"Later," they said, walking away.

[Heh, that was kinda close,] Zane commented.

[Not really,] I said. [If they didn't show up, I would've done my fire-sphere thing.]

[Whatever.]

School was closed early due to the gym and surrounding classes mysteriously flooding. As soon as I got home, I went into my room, closing and locking the door. [So, any ideas on how to beat Eggman?]

[You're the tactician, you come up with the plan,] Zane said.

[You're no help!] I put in a video game, thinking I could do a rip-off of one of the games, but I didn't see anything I could use against him, although I will try some moves from the Legend of Dragoon.

{Hey, Tim, you ready to go back?}

{Fin? Sorry, but I won't be able to. I need to stick around so my mom doesn't become suspicious. But I will be going once my wounds are healed!}

One week later...

"Hey, my arm's better! And I don't have to worry about that wound that Metal inflicted on me!" I threw a few light punches, testing my arm. "Heh, alright, I'm ready!" I went into my room and wrote a note that said I was going somewhere and that I'd be back soon. "Alright, Fin! I'm ready to go back!"

/Sonic's World/

I landed in the middle of the resistance camp of the escaped animals. "Hey, is anyone here?!" 'This place's desserted.' "Hey, anyone?" I was answered by growl from up above. I looked up and saw a gryphon robot descending down towards me. As soon as it got close enough, it slashed at me, tearing my shirt. I jumped over its next slash, landing on its head. I charged fire into my foot and smashed through the robot's head. I landed as another gryphon charged in to slash at me. I didn't have time to dodge, but a blast of wind energy sent the robot flying through a tree, the tree falling on it afterwards. "What the?" I looked to where the blast originated. The figure I saw was a young boy, about 12 or 13, with snow white hair and pale blue eyes. "Uh..thanks?"

[Hey, it's my little brother, Jinn.]

END CHAPTER SEVEN

A/N: There ya go.