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Rip In Time: Espio Act 5

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Act 5: Mystic Run Zone

It was late night in Central City, and the time portal glowed ominously in the parking garage. Just as suddenly as Espio had vanished into it, the team jumped out of it, with Espio holding a sleeping Vanessa on his back.

"Luckily those Pseudo dudes seemed to be asleep, huh?" Charmy said, "We didn't have to fight nearly any of them off!"

"Indeed. It was quite convenient." Espio said, "I suppose even they need their rest."

"Even if they were acting up, we wouldn't have any trouble fighting them!" Vector said.

"Uh, Vector?" Espio said, "Where's Metal Sonic? Weren't you carrying him back?"

"Oh, uh... remember when my headphones fell off? And I had to go looking for them?" Vector explained, "I uh... I kinda put Metal Sonic down, and I guess I forgot to pick him back up again!"

"You FORGOT?" Espio said, baffled by his boss' blunder.

"Mmm..." Vanessa said in her sleep. Espio's yell almost woke her up.

"Keep it down, will ya?" Vector said, "Don't worry about it! Metal Sonic is 4000 years in the past and deactivated! He can't hurt anybody. We'll get him on our way back, ok? Now, let's get to our client!"

"Gee, Vector." Charmy said, "You're kinda dumb, huh?"

"Aw, shaddap!" Vector said, swatting at Charmy. Espio, though still a little mad about what Vector did, couldn't help but smirk at his two cohorts. The group went back to the hotel where a devistated Mr. Buchs was waiting. He was sitting in a chair in the lobby, his head down and holding it in his hands. But when he heard the group com in, his face lit up.

"Vanessa!" He cried out, running over and picking up his granddaughter.

"Ah... hi grandpa!" A sleepy Vanessa said, "I'm sorry for running off... I won't do it again, ok?"

"Of course, of course... you had me so worried!" Mr. Buchs said, hugging Vanessa tightly.

"Well boys, looks like another job well done!" Vector said.

"A happy ending!" Charmy added.

"Oh, how can I ever repay you three?" Mr Buchs said to the team.

"With our payment of course!" Vector said.

"Ah yes, quite. But it's fairly late right now... I know!" Mr Buchs said, "I insist you three stay the night at my mansion. Then tomorrow, we'll go to the Mystic Ruins for a celebratory picnic! We can discuss your payment over lunch!"

"Ah, we couldn't intrude." Espio said, wanting to get back to the time portal.

"Oh yes we can!" Vector said, "Er, that is to say... we gladly accept your offer!"

"Splendid!" Mr Buchs said, "I'll summon my staff from the city, and we'll get a ride to my home."

As Mr. Buchs got out his phone and began making calls, Espio pulled his team mates aside.

"Is it alright to be doing this?" Espio asked, "We promised Diamond we'd help him. Plus, we left Metal Sonic back there!"

"The past isn't going anywhere, Espio!" Vector said, "You need to loosen up a bit. Besides, I want to make sure we get our payment. THEN we'll come back here!"

"Yeah, we'll come back later!" Charmy repeated, "But right now, let's go to the big mansion! I've always wanted to stay in one of those!"

"If you say so... perhaps I do need some relaxing time." Espio said. He had been fairly high-strung lately.

Eventually, a limousine pulled up and Team Chaotix got inside along with Mr Buchs and his sleeping granddaughter. It was quite roomy, and very impressive looking.

"By the way..." Mr. Buchs said, "You never did tell me where Vanessa went off too. What happened?"

"There was... a tunnel in the parking garage." Espio said, "It lead underground and out of the city."

"Oh my! Really?" Mr Buchs said, quite surprised, "I'll have to see this for myself..."

"I-it collapsed!" Vector said, "So you can't. I wouldn't bother going back in there, if I were you! It's too dangerous!"

"Oh... that's too bad then." Mr Buchs said, "Oh well, I suppose it doesn't matter. The whole things coming down soon anyway, so why bother with it, ey?"

"Right." Espio said. On the way back home from the past, the group decided it would be best not to tell anybody about the time portal. If the police or G.U.N. got a hold of this info, they might not be allowed to go back through and help Diamond.

The limousine drove a ways outside Central City, and parked in front of Mr. Buchs' house: a huge mansion, definitely worthy of someone who owned a successful chain of hotels.

"I'm afraid it's might be a bit untidy, due to almost all of my staff being out and about today." Mr Buchs commented, "But I hope it's too your liking!"

Everything was to the teams liking, and more. Never had they stayed in such a luxurious house; it was as grand as it was huge. The team each got their own bed, but sleep didn't come very easily for Espio. He still had quite a bit on his mind, but he figured he would think about it more tomorrow after their outing with Mr. Buchs and Vanessa.

* * * * *

After a delightful breakfast, the group of five headed out to the Mystic Ruins for a day out and a picnic later in the day. Mr Buchs and Vector talked business, while Charmy and Vanessa  played together in the fields and trees of the Mystic Ruins. Espio, however, was still preoccupied with all that had happened and was sitting alone thinking to himself.

"Hey Espio!" Charmy said, "Why so glum? The time traveling thing still bothering you?"

"I suppose it is." Espio said, "Charmy... is it right for us to involve ourselves with the past? We could end up altering history."

"Huh. I never thought of that!" Charmy said, sitting down next to his friend, "Well, we could end up doing stuff like that. But isn't doing what's right important? I mean, they need our help, right? So we should just help because it's the right thing to do... but at the same time we gotta be careful... huh. Time travel makes my head hurt!"

"Mine too. But I suppose you're right." Espio said, still thinking. All this was a lot to take in, and being stacked on top of his dream made it worse. It was the right thing to do, but was that reason enough to justify going into the past? They could end up seriously altering the future if they weren't careful about what they did or what they said.

"I'm going for a run." Espio said, getting up, "Maybe it'll help clear my head a bit."

"Okay, Espio. See ya later!" Charmy said, getting up and flying back over to where Vanessa was to play some more. Espio took off through the fields of the Mystic Ruins. Passing by the red mountains and feeling the breeze of strong winds, he could help but feel at ease, even though he still had a lot on his mind. He finally stopped running when he came upon a familiar sight: Angel Island.

Upon seeing it, he couldn't help but start thinking deeply about what has happened again. He decided to continue running to keep his mind off it, but then he saw something gleaming in the sunlight out of the corner of his eye. Going over to investigate, he found the purple Chaos Emerald, just lying on the ground.

"What's this doing here?" Espio said, picking the emerald up. If this was left lying around, he felt it would fall into the wrong hands too easily.

"Hey! Espio!" A familiar voice came. Espio looked up and saw Knuckles approaching him from the direction of Angel Island.

"Knuckles!" Espio said, "It's good to see you again."

"Yeah, same here!" Knuckles said, "It's good to see that, too!"

"Oh, the Chaos Emerald?" Espio asked.

"Yeah!" Knuckles said, "I found it earlier, but it fell off the island. I was worried Eggman or someone might find it, so I came down looking for it. But since you found it, I'm relieved."

"It fell off the island?" Espio said, "Strange... then it should have fallen in the water. How did it end up all the way over here?"

"I don't know." Knuckles said, "But it's a good thing it did. I would hate to have to go diving for it! Now, can you give it to me? I'll keep it safe, don't worry."

"Oh, sure." Espio said, handing the emerald to Knuckles. For some reason he couldn't help but feel uneasy, though. As he was about to give the emerald to Knuckles, though, he noticed something strange.

"Knuckles?" Espio said, pulling the emerald away from Knuckles, "What's wrong with your eyes?"

"What are you talking about?" Knuckles said curiously.

"They're yellow." Espio said, "Why are your eyes yellow?"

"Oh, this?" Knuckles said, "They're... something that Tails made. Special contacts the help me focus better in fights."

"...prove it." Espio said, now suspicious, "Take the contacts out."

"Wh-what?" Knuckles said, looking a slightest bit nervous.

"Take the contacts out!" Espio said.

"Espio, why do you sound so angry?" Knuckles said, "You can trust me!"

"Then why don't you just do what I ask?" Espio said.

"Just give me the emerald!" Knuckles said, making a grab for it.

"I don't think so!" Espio said. Putting his hands together, Espio used his Ninjitsu to form a Leaf Swirl. Wind and leaves whipped up around him and blew Knuckles back into a rock. However, he began to change form. It wasn't actually Knuckles; it was a jet-black hedgehog with droopy quills. He had yelow eyes like before, and red boots on with Eggman's mark on them.

"So! You're part of Eggman's army!" Espio said, "What are you? A shape shifter?"

"That's none of your concern!" the hedgehog said, "Now give me that emerald! I need it!"

"What? So Eggman can use it? I don't think so!" Espio said, getting in a fighting pose and taking out a shuriken.

"This isn't for him! I need that emerald so I can get answers!" The Hedgehog said. He jumped in and attacked Espio.

While Espio had never met this hedgehog before, everything about him seemed familiar. He seemed like he was almost as fast as Sonic and almost as strong as Knuckles. He had something unique about him, though: he occasionally launched what looked like balls of electricity.

The fight went on for a while, but eventually, though. Espio managed to subdue him.

"Now! Tell me who you are!" Espio said. However, before the hedgehog could answer G.U.N. Robots suddenly swarmed into the area from all sides.

"What's going on?" Espio said in surprise. The hedgehog looked at the robots like this was nothing special, and dashed over and rammed Espio while he was distracted. Espio dropped the Chaos Emerald, and the hedgehog grabbed it.

"My name is Circuit!" The hedgehog said, "And thank you for this trick of yours!"

Circuit put his hands together, and with a swirl of wind around him, he vanished. The robots looked around and scattered in an attempt to locate him. Espio was thoroughly startled.

"Was that my vanishing technique? How did he use that?" Espio asked himself, "He got the Chaos Emerald... hopefully G.U.N. will catch him. I don't have the time to go after him."

"Hey, Espio!" came Vector's voice. He and Charmy came running up.

"A bunch of G.U.N. robots just came running though!" Charmy said, "What happened?"

"I'll tell you on the way back," Espio said, beginning to go back to their picnic site. Even though he was concerned about this Circuit fellow and what he was doing with the Chaos Emeralds, like he said to himself, he didn't have the time. He had more important things to take care of, and he still wasn't sure he was right in messing with the past.

He did know one thing though: that fight had made him work up an appetite. He was looking forward to the picnic, and he'd need energy to be able to accomplish their goal in the past. Hopefully they wouldn't do anything damaging to the future, but it was the right thing to do. And it needed to be done.
Vanessa is finally brought home, and everything is happy with her and her grandfather. But Espio still can't help but worry. His teammates are looking on the bright side, but Espio's still thinking about what's been happening. Perhaps a good run through the Mystic Ruins will help...

I know messing with the Sonic series' past can be a bit tough, so please forgive me if I messed up any details. I can always try and fix them if I did!

(Espio, Vector, Charmy, and all related characters and terms belong to SEGA and Sonic Team. I in no way claim any ownership to them. Some characters, however, are my original creations set in the Sonic universe. Please don't try and claim them as your own or anything. Though I don't know why you would :/.)
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jjjackson181's avatar
when is act 6 i can't wait >.<