GUN Quest - Only YOU can protect the UF (Sonic the Hedgehog Planquest)
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OMAKE: The Bat and the Gem
SaberFail
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The bat and the gem.
Topaz wasn't expecting to be put in charge of supervising Rouge, oh sure she had been part of the investigation on her robberies, but that didn't mean she was qualified to do this sort of thing!
That Rouge seemed to take every chance to test her patience didn't help, she was never going to live out the embarrassment of the handcuffs comment wasn't she? She could already imagine her coworkers thinking out a nickname about it!
Topaz let out a sigh and leaned back on her couch, remembering everything that happened since they arrived at her apartment.
"So, this is where you will be staying for the foreseeable future" Topaz said, already feeling stressed just from having to sneak Rouge here, the top brass didn't want anyone to know about their newest agent, in order to avoid potential leaks to Eggman or other agencies.
Politics, the one part of the job she really could do without.
The bat had one hand on her hip as she observed the living room, noting the leftover box of takeout on the table, the shirt draped over the couch and the small pile of dishes left over in the sink from the view she could get of the small kitchen area before turning a flat look towards Topaz "charming, I'm sure you have lots of guests over"
Topaz felt her cheeks heat up "shut up! Between Eggman and Investigating your robberies I haven't had time to tidy up ok!?"
"Sure, I believe you"
Topaz rubbed her temples, staving off a headache from the memories, before giving out a groan as she caught sight of the box in her trash can.
"Really? Just shampoo and conditioner, no scented soap or a bath bomb or anything, what a bore you are!" Rouge's voice came from the bathroom, as Topaz went to answer the door, having heard the doorbell.
"Well I don't care about those things, I don't have time to spend hours setting up those things!"
"What do you mean hours!? What do you think bath bombs are!? Are you a freaking caveman!?"
Topaz groaned as she opened the door, noting two packages on her doorstep, both bearing the G.U.N logo.
Bringing them inside in a hurry she placed them on her table, opening the first one, as it had a small stamp on the corner marking it as priority, she found a gaudy looking bracelet inside.
It was gold, or at least covered in it, and had rubies all along one of the edges, the paper that came with it said it had a hidden tracker, she was supposed to present it to Rouge as a 'gift', to show her willingness to work together.
Setting it aside and tearing the note apart as protocol dictated, she looked at the other package, she noted it was signed by Madonna Garnet, one of the officers she had shadowed before "oh? I wonder what she sent" opening the package she found a small box with a note on top of it.
"Hey kid, I just came back from a mission and heard you finally got approved for fieldwork, congrats! Anyway I decided to give you gift and some of the agents that worked with you on your latest mission said you liked this sort of thing"
Maddona Garnet
PS: who's the lucky guy or gal? You better give me the deets when we next meet!
PS: who's the lucky guy or gal? You better give me the deets when we next meet!
Topaz felt her blood run cold as she read, woodenly opening the box to reveal a pair of fluffy pink handcuf-
With a roar she grabbed the box and threw it in the trash, stomping on it for good measure.
"What in the world are you doing out there!?"
"Nothing!!"
"I knew it! I knew that damn joke of hers would come back to haunt me!" she thought, already feeling her reputation as a serious agent plummeting.
She took a deep breath to calm herself, closing her eyes and letting the white noise of the shower clear her thoughts.
The shower, who's water bill she pays, has been running for almost two hours now…
'Slam' 'Slam!' 'Slam!!'
"What!?"
"Get out of there already!"
"I'm not done!"
"You've been there for over an hour!"
"First, I have a lot of fur to take care of!"
"W.well ok I gue-"
"Second, some of us actually care for our appearance!"
"Why you two bit thief!!"
"Old hag!"
"Bobblehead!!"
"Washboard!!"
"Get out of my bathroom!!"
"No!!"
Some time later
Topaz picked at her box of Chinese takeout, across from her Rouge sat on her armchair, looking miserable dressed in one of Topaz's old winter jackets, a single small towel wrapped around her head, turns out there was something neither had thought of, clothing.
Topaz opened her drawers, doing her best not to stare at the near naked Mobian, who was holding her towel over her front while she helped search, "what sort of person has only one towel and no bathrobe!?" Rouge snarled as she tried to find something that fit her, "hey don't take that tone with me! I never needed any of that to enjoy a shower!" She argued back, turning to stare at Rouge while closing the drawer and reaching to open another.
Rouge hissed at her while trying to cover more of herself "don't stare you BDSM maniac!" Topaz turned her head away with a blush, before what she said registered "sorry! Wait a minute I'm not a pervert! That was all a stupid taunt by you!" She yelled, leaning back to avoid a swipe from Rouge
"Stop staring dammit! Just turn around while I search!"
"Fine!" She said as she turned around, crossing her arms "lots of fur my ass, she's almost completely bald" she muttered.
"What was that?"
"I said check the bottom drawer! I think I have some jackets in there"
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"Wow you really are an old lady"
"Wha- hey stay away from my underwear drawer!!"
It turns out the jacket was in the closet.
Topaz sighed "look, we're going to have to work together from now on, so we need to at least be civil" she said, extending her hand towards the bat, "so, I'm willing to try and accommodate you a bit, tomorrow I'll go buy you some clothes that fit, a bathrobe and some hair products, and in exchange, you don't waste all my hot water or insult the way I live, and we can see what else we might need to do later, deal?"
Rouge looked at her hand, before letting out her own sigh and grasping hers "fine, I'll try to be more civil, but I also want real food! This amount of takeout can't be healthy"
The human smiled "alright, deal" the air now clearer between them, they both dug into their food.
It was as they were finishing that Topaz remembered the bracelet, figuring this was as good a chance as any to give it to her.
Rouge's ear twitched when she heard Topaz step near her, turning her head she saw her holding a small black box containing a bracelet "here, I got this… well ok I didn't get it for you, but it was gift from a coworker that seriously doesn't fit me, but I think it would look good on you, see it as a peace offering"
Rouge looked at the bracelet, it was honestly pretty gaudy and didn't seem like it would combine well with her aesthetic, but seeing the eager look in the human's eye and remembering the conversation they just had, she took it and put it on.
Yep definitely didn't fit her at all.
"Thanks Topaz, it's quite nice"
AN: And here's an omake about these two trying to get along, plus introducing Madonna Garnet to the quest, even if only via a package.
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Omake Approved and Canon! Its funny you bring up the bracelet, since I had already written that while working on the update (though it looks like Topaz isn't fully aware of everything else loaded up inside of it). Feel free to just quote and place your Omake bonus where you want.
As a heads up to everyone, this weekend I will be unfortunately busy, so update probably won't be out until early next week.
SaberFail
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Ah CLIP, the way is describe is possible the counterintelligence division of GUN, the motive that we probably don't see in the quest is because they are yet to be relevant simple because they are doing they own thing in the background and hardly need micromanaging. I imagine when suspicion of infiltration appears then they will become relevant.
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All I will say is that fairly soon more options will open up for interacting with Mobians, though at the moment you are dealing with all of the ones initially transported to Earth.
CLIP is a nice sub-organization because they make sense for GUN to have (and at least in Sonic X canon, is definitely responsible for Rouge's bracelet of fun given how radically insane the whiplash is between how tame GUN usually is in the show and what it does).
SaberFail
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At the moment I don't have any plans to adapt Sonic Forces content, if only so the scaling between earlygame and endgame Eggman is semi-sane. For similar reasons I've mostly cut out a lot of the tech from the Sonic Comics, as both IDW Eggman and Archie Eggman wipe the floor with GUN easily. As such for now the choice is to limit Eggman/GUN to SA, SA2, StH, and maybe some of Sonic '06 (at least for Eggman, GUN of course only shows up to talk to Shadow so can't use much).
Eventually we may get to the point where the final showdown with Eggman that Wispons or other games may become viable, but that endstate is far into the future so I don't want to make promises.
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Reminder we might have Gaia/Dark Gaia shenanigans eventually, even if GUN develops to the point Eggman can't casually park an armada of ships in space. Sonic Forces is silly enough since it implies GUN has been neutered as an agency through the previous game events. Losing Prison Island is rather bad.
Okay though since there are some interesting parts of the comics maybe just ransplant bits on a case by case basis. Eggman doesn't need to have his full empire to say hire the Hooligans and/or create X comic badnik.
Also on another note but could GUN eventually hire the Chaotix? Since they need money and GUN needs Hero units so it's a mutually beneficial partnership
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We gotta find out about them first, but this sounds like an excellent idea to me.
Rouge's Raid
She'll say this about Tails, the kid is an excellent pilot. Honestly, "just" calling him a kid genius might be doing him a disservice. In Rouge's opinion, the fox is simply a genius through and through.
More than that though, he makes for quite the distraction. Him and Blue.
The second they both start drawing Eggman's attention, as the latter seems to always do, she takes the opportunity to start slipping into the base. Basically all forces are being directed to engage Sonic, but she knows those are really only going to stall Blue and his little brother.
But in the meantime, those emeralds are going to be hers for the taking! That, and she'll help free Cream and Cheese if she has the time. No reason to not earn a little good will with the heroes after all.
(And, yes, she'll admit that leaving a kid in danger when she can save them is a bit much. Even for her.)
So as the laserfire outside continues to roar, subtle flaps of her wings carry her through the ridiculously sized corridors of Eggman's base. Under normal circumstances her flight would be basically unnoticeable, what with having long since trained herself to be able to move them without producing noise. With all the noise going on however, she's almost guaranteed to go unnoticed.
Still, she doesn't get cocky. If there's anyone who would have the type of security needed to catch her, it would be Eggman.
Experience with the mad scientist's building designs and security measures is enough to see her through for a good long while, but her exceptional hearing catches the clank-clank-clank of robotic feet rushing through the halls. She hides up and around a corner, custom made gloves letting her anchor herself at the point where the wall meets the ceiling. A quick double check ensures her placement is safe, making sure that she's at the exact point where the corner is as close as possible without the lights casting her shadow around it.
It's unfortunate that these reinforcements against Blue came by as she was going through an L-shaped intersection. The varying sounds indicate robots of different weights and possibly different heights. If she's unlucky, they'll see her. If she isn't, they won't.
They get closer and closer. Louder and louder.
Rouge focuses her hearing.
Her legs tense.
The bots turn the corner, and the biggest one is barely eye level with her.
"Hello there big boy~"
She corkscrews through its face. Strength she earned from her more difficult jewel hunts and heists more than adequate for taking down even a robot of this size.
The other robots are turning towards her, but they're far too late. She's already completed her next move.
BOOM!
Custom made bombs for just such an occasion. Easily thrown ones that still pack enough punch to break or slow the least armored bots of Eggman. Pricey little things, but ones with a cost easily recuperated. Well worth it to boot.
All in all, it takes her less than two seconds to defeat the small group. Sadly, she might have to up the pace now.
While it's not impossible that Eggy's tunnel-vision regarding Blue has kicked in, she shouldn't assume that he hasn't yet been alerted that something has occurred. She'll have to take a page out of the hero's book, and go fast.
Just like she thought, the command room is where the emeralds are being kept. Unsurprising really, the doctor is too much of a megalomaniac to have them positioned far from himself.
Also, her wonderful luck is in full force now. Eggy's much too focused on the path of destruction Sonic is carving through his base and robots. All she needs to do is alight herself on the little enclaves of the circular room, and wait for the perfect opportunity.
She doesn't put her full effort in, but she's more than confident she doesn't need to here. Because of that though, Cream and Cheese spot her as she makes her way up.
Rouge makes eye contact with them, winks, and zips her lips. The little rabbit and her Chao smile, nod, and then go right back to looking as scared as they were before.
Fantastic little actors aren't they? It's enough to get an amused smile out of her.
Blue makes an explosive entrance only a short while after she sits down. "Fastest Thing Alive" indeed.
He does his old song and dance of making Eggy look like a fool, and at one point Rouge finds herself needing to take a bit more cover when he accidentally leads some gunfire close to her position.
It's when he tricks the robot into hitting Eggman's latest machine that things go wrong.
The energy harnessed from the Chaos Emeralds is going wild, pure white lighting bolts of energy shooting through the cracks made from the bullets! She's already moving to get out, recognizing a potentially explosive mechanical failure when she sees one.
It doesn't matter, because a white sphere consuming everything in its path closes in on her faster than anyone except Blue could ever hope to move. But when the light reaches her, blinds her, her senses register some immediate changes. And when she opens her eyes…
She's in a whole new world.
…
"Well now. I wonder what new beauties I can find here~?"
AN: Have a little something about how I think Rouge got into Eggman's base. As well as the reasons for why she was there. A little bit of this is made from incredibly fuzzy memories of the first episode of Sonic X lmao.
SaberFail
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When there's no wind.
Helen was used to being alone, due to her parents always being busy with work, not that she resented them or anything, they did it to make sure she had everything she needed, both health wise and educationally.
Then Cream had broken into her room and Sonic arrived shortly after, followed by Tails, and suddenly she felt a weight she didn't know she had become lighter.
Cream, with her ever present optimism, never doubting they would get back home and find all their friends, doing her best to act mature and help around the house.
Sonic, ever active and running around, he didn't spend that much time in the house, but she noticed that for all his cool guy attitude, he was always keeping an eye on everyone, ready to talk and keep their minds off of things.
She hasn't had much time to get to know Tails, but she could tell he and Sonic were close, Cream said they were brothers, she could definitely see it, he didn't spend much time in the house either, but it was mostly because there was no place to hide his plane, so he mostly came to sleep on her couch.
She made a note to go shopping for futons, as much as Cream enjoyed it, she couldn't keep sleeping in her plush toy pile, and she didn't feel right having Tails constantly on the couch, Sonic seemed content to sleep wherever, kinda like a cat now that she thought about it.
Helen had never really thought about having siblings, but she guessed that it would probably be something like this.
Then Sonic got hurt and she understood a bit more about them.
She noticed slight changes in how they acted, there was a tension that wasn't there before.
Cream, trying to finish her self-assigned chores, as though she was suddenly on a time limit.
Tails seemed more tense, and started to come along and stay more often, offering to help fix things around the house. She noticed that when she accepted the offer he first checked the windows and doors before anything else, and whenever he did fix anything one of his ears stayed turned towards a window, constantly alert.
The final piece of the puzzle came when one morning Cream asked her where her emergency escape kit was, so she could help dust it off and check to see if anything needed replacing.
Her heart almost broke upon seeing the confused and concerned look on the young rabbit's face when she told her she didn't have one, as though she couldn't imagine such a thing, she overheard her frantically whispering to Tails one night when they thought she was asleep.
Sonic was more than a friend or brother to them, he was a pillar, someone they could lean on, so long as he was around to protect them, they could relax.
But the moment he was hurt, they suddenly seemed more alert, ready to run or fight at a moments notice, as though they expected the bogeyman that had haunted their world to appear now that their hero was out of commission, even if only temporarily, his absence took away the part of them that allowed them to act like the kids they were.
She decided not to comment on the fact that some things went missing and a box she didn't remember had appeared on a low shelf in the living room, or the fact the wheels of her chair seemed more rugged, made for rougher terrain.
She knew that she wasn't suited to comfort them, she didn't know even half of what they've been through, though she made a promise to herself to talk to Sonic about that, she wanted to understand them, to be able to be there for them.
So she made a plan, neither Cream or Tails felt like going out, citing some excuse or another, but by this point she could tell they were simply nervous about being out in the open without Sonic or the rest of their friends around in case something happened.
Of course, she knew one thing that would get them to move, and so on one of the nights Tails had gone out to check in his plane, she talked to Cream, it only took a few minutes to convince her.
And so, when Tails arrived the next day, he found Helen dressed to go out, a blanket covering her legs and the lower compartment of her wheelchair, where stuff could be stored, "umm hi Helen, thinking of going out?" He asked, subtly looking around, trying to find a way to convince her not to go, she lifted an eyebrow upon seeing his eyes light up "ah, w, what about Cream? I kinda have to go back to check on the Tornado, and she will be all alone!" She nodded, seeing the logic, before responding "true, but that's why…" then she rapped on her chair three times.
Suddenly with a scream of "Surprise!!" Cream flew out from under the blanket, wearing a pink nurse cap and carrying a first aid kit she got from the box "Nurse Cream reporting for duty!" She cheered as she did a twirl while Tails looked at Helen with an expression that told her he knew what she was going to say next.
So Helen smiled and finished "and that's why she's coming with us to visit Sonic at the hospital! So go brush your fur Tails, we leave in five minutes" as she saw the fox kit leave, she couldn't help but feel lighter, she might not be able to make them feel safe yet, but she could bring them to the one person who could, at least until they found the rest of their friends.
She noticed Cream looking in a mirror, adjusting her cap cheerfully and decided to ask "say Cream, where did you get that cap?" The rabbit turned her head to answer while continuing making sure the cap was staying properly between her ears "hmm? Oh! I found it in a box while I was cleaning your parents room, I didn't know your parents had so many jobs!"
Helen felt a chill run down her spine "m,many jobs? What do you mean?" Cream, not noticing her dread, answered innocently "there were lots of outfits in there, they were even tagged! There were outfits for police, a teacher, headmaster and headmistress, plumber, doctor and a nurse outfit! They wouldn't fit me though, so I only took the hat"
Helen added therapy for herself to the list, she did not need to know about that, and would regret asking for the rest of her life.
AN: And here's another Omake! Since Sonic got hurt I wanted to write about the reaction of the younger Mobians to that, since this is set before the events of Adventure, Tails isn't as brave as he would eventually be, not to the levels he was in Forces (never that level of afraid) but he still hasn't developed his own courage, he still decided to stick to the house to keep an eye on both Cream and Helen while Sonic's recovering.
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