Fan Fiction / Sonic Series Fan Fiction ❯ The Marines Journey - The SHODAN crisis ❯ Chapter 70: What to do in a cease-fire, train of course! ( Chapter 71 )

The Marine's Journey

Chap. 70: What to do in a cease-fire, train of course!

By: Piccard

Ah I have to say one thing. Whereas I did enjoy typing chapter 69, I can't help but feel that I botched it up in places. Oh well, I'll work on it and might publish a better version at the end of the fic. (That'll be something to look forward to, ORGY!!!) Ahem, urges took over again! Let's get going before they take over completely!

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I'd best stay clear of you? That's what they all say!!!

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"That's my boy!" Dave said proudly as he saw his son vanish, and he looked down to see Jon pulling a tape from the recorder. "Do you tape all those screwing then Jon?" "Of course," The technician said as he put his tape with the rest, "All these tapes contain, ahem, entertaining material." Dave chuckled slightly as he moved over to the pile and picked up a video on the floor next to it. "Piccard's 18th birthday." Dave read, "Has it really been that long?" "Sure has." Came a voice, and Dave span to see Anaetheron, "Do I know you baron?" "When you last spoke to me, I was a hell knight sitting on top of a pile of rocks with a disdain for fighting!" Dave's eyes sparkled with recognition, "Anaetheron was it?" "You bet yer ass it was!" There was a short laugh at the Baron's speech as Jon took the tape from Dave's hand. "It's about six hours long, we have time!" Dave looked up at the clock, 7:59. "Alright!" Dave said as he jumped and landed on the couch next to Tails. "I need some more entertainment!"

The next morning, Piccard felt something moving against him and woke to see Amy pulling herself up, and he couldn't help but smile at her attempt before she finally stood up. "Want a hand?" She span and fell back onto the bed, and Piccard held her close. "Your still tired from yesterday aren't you?" "Mm hmm!" She muttered before they kissed, and as Piccard helped her up, he glanced at the clock, 9:01. "Wonder who else is up." Piccard asked himself as he pulled on his uniform. "Piccard, problem!" He turned and had to laugh as Amy was now on the bed again. "Do I have to dress you as well?" He mocked as he moved over and spent the next five minutes helping to dress the hedgehog. After doing this, Piccard reached up to his shelf and pulled down a hypo-spray. "This ought to wake you up!" Piccard said as he injected it, and within a few seconds, Amy shot to her feet with her eyes wide open. "What was that?" "My own blend of revival!" Picard said as he put the hypo-spray back and they both walked out and downstairs.

As they walked into the front room, they heard snoring above them, and Piccard looked up to see Chaos sound asleep on the ceiling. "How does he do that?" Piccard asked himself as he summoned his staff and managed to get it into a lever-able position on the sleeping Chaos, and Piccard smirked as he shouted, "WAKE UP!!!" And applied as much pressure to the staff as possible, startling Chaos who promptly fell to the floor with a loud `thud'. "What was that for?" Chaos wailed as he nursed his sore backside, and Piccard just smirked. "Next time, use a bed!" "Ha ha!" Chaos muttered as he walked off, and Piccard and Amy walked through to find Dave asleep on the sofa with several cassettes on the floor. "Are they Jon's?" Amy asked as Piccard leaned down and picked one up. He glanced at the label before looking back. "Label says Bio and Rogue, so I'm guessing it is one of his!" He groaned before moving over to the sleeping figure on the couch and he leaned down and whispered one word into his dad's ear.

"Porn!"

His dad shot up like a rocket, and Piccard managed to jump back before his dad concussed him. "Where is it?" Dave kept saying as he looked around, but Piccard just laughed, "Calm down dad, I just did it to wake you!" Dave seemed to disappoint slightly as he came back to his senses, and saw the video that Piccard was holding, grabbing it in one with a, "I didn't see that one!" before moving to the T.V and pressing the on switch, but instead was greeted by an image of a baron and a cyberdemon fighting hordes of demons on screen. "What's this?" He started as he leaned down, "Finally a combat channel?" "Actually dad," Piccard started as he and Amy sat down, "It's the holodeck, we can create practically anything we want via the holodeck, as long as we can program it!" As Piccard looked closer at the coliseum program that they had running, he couldn't help but think. "Someone's been messing with it!"

Upstairs, Anaetheron and Cybos had just finished with the last boss of the first set and were taking a short break. As Anaetheron lay down on the sandy coliseum floor, Cybos started looking curious. "Remember you said that you met Piccard's father before all this Anaetheron?" The baron didn't even open his eyes, "I did yes. Is there something bothering you?" "And your 132 years old right?" Anaetheron sighed. "Just get to the point Cybos!" "You met Arrowsmith's father over 800 years ago." Cybos started as he stood up, "How could you only be 132?" The baron sighed as he stood up. "Okay, I'll tell you all, but it's not very long!"

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When I spoke to Piccard's father, I was 126. The demonic council found out that not only had I actually let the marine pass me, but also stopped and had a blatant chat about everything.

Well suffice to say I was sent to the icon of sin to see an enraged boss brain, and well, put simply, what chance does a hell knight have against a boss that can summon an infinite amount of monsters?

I was killed, but here's the lucky part for me. As corpses all look the same, they forgot who I was over 800 years, and after the boss brain sensed that Dave's child had been removed from stasis, he sent the arch-viles out to resurrect every demon they could find, and luckily, I was one of them!

Of course, they did try to restrain me from warning Piccard earlier, rather successfully I felt. But in the end they got Dark Piccard to fit me with a brain control device so that I could be controlled by the head demons themselves. Then I only remember what happened after the device was smashed. I joined with Piccard and had a new life.

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"That's all very well and groovy," Cybos started, ruining the moment, "But it doesn't explain how your only 132 and Piccard's 818!" The baron smiled slightly. "Being dead means that you don't age. And as the corpses look the same, they have no idea who they're bringing back!" Cybos smirked slightly before they turned back and resumed their training session. "Besides," Anaetheron started as the next wave started, "If they did recognise me, things would have happened very differently!"

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Roughly half an hour later, most of the mansion were awake, and Piccard felt that the time was right to tell the mall where SHODAN was hiding. "People," He began, but got nowhere, so he fired his shotgun into the air, and the noise died down instantly. "That's better." He said as he stood up. "Yesterday, Tuvok made a discovery, and not of the mediocre kind." He noticed the confused faces. "We have found where SHODAN his hiding," He was interrupted by cheers before Dark yelled, "SHUT IT!" "That's better!" Light said as he pulled out a pad. "She's on a ship, we know that much, and we know what ship it is, but the question is: Where is the ship?" That really confused the others, and Piccard took quick action. "Look at this hologram." He put the pad on the table and a large ship appeared. "This is the UNN Von Braun," Piccard began. "The first of Earth's faster than light star ships, and also the ship that SHODAN originally tried to take over the planet on after her attempt at citadel station failed."

"So how large is this ship?" Tails asked, and Piccard turned with a look of slight worry. "It has six decks, and they're all large enough to fit this mansion several times over!" Wide eyed stares greeted him now as he carried on. "Luckily," Piccard said as he pulled another pad out of his pocket. "My grandfather managed to map out the whole ship and put it on a pad, but here's the problem." He pointed to the bit at the very top of the Von Braun and it started to flash, "This is the Rickenbacker, a separate ship of the heavy destroyer class. It is here where SHODAN was originally defeated, and where her primary data loop is." Piccard heard a cough and turned to his father. "I thought that Reginald said she used Xerxes's data loop." "She did," Piccard said as the android walked over to join him, "So who do you think that this is?" There was a stunned silence as Dave took in this information before Piccard carried on explaining about the Von Braun.

Roughly five minutes later, Piccard was trying to decide on a holodeck program when he noticed Tom and Jon walking up. "Any preference Piccard?" "I was just trying to think of one Tom." The marine said as he looked down and came to a good one. "The coliseum program!" As he pressed the button, he missed the other two shifting uneasily, and as they walked in and the ruins loaded, Piccard immediately stopped and tensed. "Whose been messing with my programs?" He demanded as he span and saw Tom and Jon standing with weapons brandished. "Don't try anything!" Tom warned as he powered up his rapier, and Jon charged his flame blade as he said, "We did nothing!" "Sure." Piccard said as he started glowing a variety of colours, "A handicap match it is!" The two had no time to react before Piccard swung down and fired a blue pulse. "Use whatever weapons you want," Piccard said as he hovered into the air. "I'm only using magic!"

Jon and Tom ran out, and several seconds later came running back with bullet and energy weapons sheathed behind them, and as they stood ready they had laser pistol and assault rifle primed. "Okay Piccard," Tom started as he aimed his pistol, "You can't beat us!" Jon finished as he shot upwards, but Piccard just flew off. "You should know me well enough by now to know that bullet weapons wont work on me." He started glowing a light shade of turquoise before he pointed his hands downwards, yelling, "Cryogenic beam!" before he shot a bright turquoise beam downwards, and Jon and Tom had to jump to the sides to avoid being stunned. As they pulled themselves up, Piccard could be seen smirking. "Why not stay on the ground, you might have taken it lighter!" Before they could question what he mentioned, he pointed a fist down and slammed it into the ground whilst shouting, "Tectonic pummel!" and the two flew up into the air, and they cried in pain as Piccard dashed over and whipped his legs round, flooring them again.

Tom started glowing white as he sheathed his pistol and several blades appeared in his hand. "I know a fair strength spell to!" He yelled as he drew his hand back, and yelled, "Spirit knife!" as he flung all five daggers at the marine, and Piccard glowed gold as the knives vanished and flew into him. "A word of advice," Piccard started as a white spear of magic formed in front of him, "NEVER attempt a spell whilst I glow gold, Energy launch!" The spear shot forward, and sent Jon to the floor, but he managed to pull himself up as he pointed his auto pistol. "Bullet weapons might not be fast enough," Jon started as he set it to automatic fire, "But I can try!" Jon let rip with a large array of bullets, and Piccard sighed as he pressed buttons on his energy shield and the bullets impacted on the barrier that he created. "I could win this now." Piccard said as he held his hands out, and a shape started to appear, "But I could humiliate you even more, taste this!"

The two looked on in shock as the marine formed an emerald in his hand, and there was a bright gold flash as Piccard transformed again, his uniform trim glowing gold now as he aimed his hand and started charging magic. "Take whatever shots you want!" He shouted as the glow increased, and Tom and Jon started to panic, and Jon only mouthed, "We should've told him what we did to his program." "Time to panics up!" Piccard said as the glow stopped and moved to his feet. "Sub-sonic dash!" Piccard yelled as he shot forward, but just before he crashed into another blur, and the three of them looked on in shock as the other blur stopped and took on a hedgehog shape. "Sonic," Piccard started as he folded his arms and started charging again, "This ought to be fun!"

Tom and Jon ran out of the deck and shot downstairs, pushing past D'sparil and turning the T.V. back on. "What the heck?" The warlock shouted as he looked up to see two golden forms on the screen. "Is that Piccard and Sonic?" Anaetheron asked, and Jon just smirked. "You just missed Piccard fight us, now Sonic gets a go!" "Actually we didn't miss it!" Jon and Tom span to see Dave with a tape, "I turned it off after you both ran out. Nice to see my boy's so strong!" Jon and Tom went bright red as they heard the whirring of a new tape as they turned back and saw that Sonic and Piccard had started fighting.

"I'll give you credit," Piccard said as he countered a spin-dash, "You are a fast one, I can see why you saved the world several times." He bought his arm forward and shot a pulse of energy, but Sonic just flipped over it. "And you're a lot stronger than I thought." Sonic said as he revved and shot forward, but Piccard countered it with a well aimed fore-arm. "Well Sonic, I have to admit, you might be able to take me down." "Ahem, MIGHT?" Sonic emphasised as he shot forward, and knocked the marine off his feet with a surprise dash. "You may have magic," he started as he stopped spinning and started jetting over the ground, "But I have speed!" "As do I!" Sonic had to do a double take as Piccard vanished and he skidded to a halt. As sonic looked around, he saw no-one, "Over here hedgehog!" Sonic span, and Piccard knocked him to the floor with a stun charge. "Your lucky that safety's are on!" Piccard said as he moved his hands forward and two spheres appeared, one red and one yellow. "Combine, Pyro siege and Lightning sphere!" The two merged and Piccard's arms started glowing similar to an Arch-viles, "Thunderclap inferno!" He yelled, and the familiar flames surrounded Sonic, but as he tried running forward and shaking off the charge, he was a nanosecond too late as the charge kicked in, and he was sent flying back into a wall.

Sonic smirked as he pulled himself up and started glowing harder as another emerald appeared out of nowhere and he flashed again, causing Piccard to shield his eyes before it subsided, and as he looked back, he raised an eyebrow. Sonic's fur had changed from gold to a mass of flashing colours, and he was surrounded by spinning stars, and Sonic smirked as he saw Piccard's confusion. "Forgive the language," Piccard said as his fist turned grey, and he slammed forward whilst shouting "Iron fist!" and he smashed into a wall. As he noticed what he hit, he span round and sonic spin-dashed him back into a wall, and as Piccard stood up, he shook off some dust from the floor before saying, "What are you now, Hyper Sonic or something?" And the hedgehog smirked, "That's exactly right!"

There we are, chapter 70 out of the way, and don't panic, the fight will be finished, I'll make sure of that! But I hope you like it! If experience has taught me anything, the only thing other than sex and humour that you all crave is action. (I hope, or else I'm screwed!) Well, how was it? Good, bad, popular as a tory leader in a labour council? (WTF am I writing politics jokes for?) Please review!

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