Realm Sagas: Story 15: Green Hill Zone: Act 2 By: Chandra Rooney ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- {Why do we put this stuff here anyway? I mean I really doubt Sega or Archie is reading *my* fanfics.} Anyway, take a deep breath if you're reading this out loud and dive in to the... LEGAL STUFF: Sonic & Knuckles, and all related characters are copy-right of Sega and Archie comics. KTE, Jack, Masked Echidna, and Possessed Spam are copy-right of KTE/Possessed Spam. Vampire Sephiroth is copy-right of Vampire Sephiroth. The Green Gibbon! is copy-right of GG! Bo Bayles is copy-right of Bo Bayles. Ecco the Dolphin is copy-right of Ecco the Dolphin. Delphine is copy-right of Delphine Kiminsu. Princess Stephanie is copy-right of Stephanie. Sword is copy-right of SWORD. Moon the Echidna, Selene, Gabriel Shadows, k.a. Echidna, Sailor Evil, Lirsage and all other original realm sagas characters, as well as Spice Da Green Echidna, are copy-right of Chandra Rooney. All the characters and ideas presented are my own, unless otherwise noted. NOTE: A lot of the info on the GHZ came from the HPF (Hidden Place Forum) and the Sky Sanctuary Poll. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter One: Local: Somewhere in the Green Hill Zone They must have made a funny looking group. The silver-haired human girl (with dark blue eyes), the male silver echidna (his dreads prominently streaked with red), and the wolf-headed, can-torso-ed creature. Not to mention the two five-year-old red echidnas, (one asleep) and two kittens. All of them walking through the Green Hill Zone together. Possessed Spam led them back through the numerous areas. The library, where GG! kept all his letters he received from the different GHZ visitors. Selene had been in it a few times to see what adventures the others had in their own Realms. The Gallery, dubbed 'Illusions', where you could view the artwork of Furry characters, NiGHTS into Dreams characters, and others. The Special Stage, where the HPF (Hidden Place Forum), and Sky Sanctuary Poll were located. The Master Emerald chat room was also there, but no one was ever in it. Unless GG! or someone else had organized a party or meeting. Mostly people hung out in the HPF. Cosmic Eternity, where portals to other realms were located. They walked past the Honey Shrine, but after a quick catch, Possessed Spam reported GG! wasn't in there. And he wasn't hanging out in the Little Planet nor Twin Seeds. "Hey, Spam," Selene spoke up, pushing silver hair out of her dark blue eyes. "We seem to be running out of places." "Uh, there's one other place I'll check," Possessed Spam replied. "But I doubt he'll be there." "Where's that?" Lirsage asked. His dark brown eyes reflect how he felt, annoyed and getting tired. "I can't imagine there being any other place left to look." "Well, I'm gonna check the SDA Base Camp," Possessed Spam replied. "What's that?" Selene asked. "Uh, just a place..." Possessed Spam replied. "Wait here." "I wanna come!" k.a. announced. "Please, Mista Funny Spam?" "I'd rather go alone," Possessed Spam replied. "Can't you take him, Possessed Spam?" Lirsage asked. "If you leave, he'll just yell until k.t.e. wakes up." "Yeah, and you've never seen a five-year-old when they first wake up. It's not a pretty sight," Selene added. "All right. Fine. You can come. But you don't touch anything." Possessed Spam told k.a. "I'll be good!" k.a. nodded. "No touchies nanything! C'mon Wah-nillia kitty-cat!" "Well, come on then. I ain't got all day." He muttered, and walked off in one direction, with k.a. following him. "Is k.t.e. getting heavy?" Selene asked Lirsage. "You *could* put him down, the grass is pretty soft." "Funny, I thought it was Astroturf." Lir joked. He grinned. "Somehow I think we had more fun before we had children, dear." She returned his grin. "You're so silly." "Is that the word you came up with? Silly?" He asked. "That's the one word you'd use to describe me?" She chuckled. "No. I think that's another one that applies to the Green Gibbon!." "Well, pick one for me," he demanded. "C'mon, I thought you were supposed to be good with words." Selene was silent a moment, thinking. "Mysterious. You're the Great Mystery, Lirsage. Never letting anyone see the real you." Lir turned to her, and said something odd. "We all wear our masks." "I suppose we do." She nodded. He paused. "Do you remember when we were kids? How your mother told us that story about how she'd thought she'd found her Soul Bond; only to discover it wasn't him?" "I remember. What of it?" "Nothing. I was thinking about old times. We had some fun, didn't we?" "Yes, we certainly did. And we'll have just as much fun in the future." She grinned. "You, me, and Gabe." He frowned. "I wasn't talking about Gabe." Lir sighed, and placed k.t.e down gently so as not to wake him. The orange kitten curled up beside k.t.e. "Caramel's adopted him by the looks of it," Lir remarked. "He'll have a friend for life." "And a trusty advisor once she gets a little older," Selene added. He bent down, and picked a violet-colored flower. Then, he turned to her. "Does this remind you of anything?" She tried, desperately, to figure out what he was thinking. What ever it was, his eyes showed how important he felt it was. "I gave one of these to you," he handed her the flower. "Then, I gave you one of these." "Lir-" Selene began, but he cut it short with a kiss. When the kiss was over, she pulled back and nodded. "I remember, Lir. My first kiss." "Our first kiss," he corrected. "Oh, and it appears you're back to normal." She looked down, confused at what he meant, but then saw and understood. She was back in echidna form. "I guess I am," Moon the Echidna replied. But how had that happened? Could it have been the kiss? Naw, kisses didn't do things like that. The effects of the materia must've just finally worn off. Chapter Two: Local: Sky Sanctuary, Green Hill Zone Metal Sonic turned to Metal Knuckles. "We were instructed by Sephiroth to ensure that the Green Gibbon does not escape." "I am well aware of what our instructions are," Metal Knuckles replied. "Care to torture him?" "Sephiroth wants him kept alive," Metal Sonic replied. "No one has ever died of embarrassment," Metal Knuckles told him. "I have researched the statistics." "What exactly did you have in mind?" Metal Sonic asked. Metal Knuckles reached into a sack, and pulled out a Sailor Moon costume. "That is *evil*, Metal Knuckles," Metal Sonic remarked. Metal Knuckles gave the closest thing to a smile that a mech could. "Why thank-you, Metal Sonic. We shall attend to the Gibbon as soon as that Sailor Evil is finished." "If you don't join our side willingly, I'll use dark magick to force you too!" Sailor Evil announced. She tossed her silver hair, and narrowed dark blue eyes at the green two-tailed fox. "Um...when do I get outta here?" The Green Gibbon! asked. "I'm supposed to meet some people the Great Lord Snively's sending here." She stopped her fuming. "Oh, really? Well, what if I was to tell you that I'm the person Snively sent?" "You?" GG! grinned. "Great Lord Snively would never send you, Sailor Evil! Besides, I already know that you're just a softie wannabe world-dictator, and really not all that threatening, I might add." "If you won't join us, I'll...I'll...feed you to the demonically possessed beanie babies!" "Beanie Babies?" GG! was rolling on the floor, laughing now. "How scary! A *real* villainess would use tamagotchis! " "Argh!" Sailor Evil screamed. "I can't take it anymore! I'll be back with a way to make you join us!" "Can you bring some Drano cookies too? Since you're going out and everything!" GG! called after her as she stormed out. Metal Sonic and Metal Knuckles came into the room a few moments later. "Hurry, Metal Sonic, she said she would not be long," Metal Knuckles said. "I realize that," Metal Sonic grabbed GG!. "I shall hold him down." "Uh..." GG! began. "What are you guys planning on doing to little ol' me?" Metal Knuckles pulled out the Sailor Moon costume, and put it on GG!. "There. Does he not look completely ridiculous?" "Extremely ridiculous," Metal Sonic agreed. "Do you have a camera? This is a Kodak moment." GG! looked down at the costume. "Hey! I'm Sailor Green Gibbon! now! All right! On behalf of the planet Gibbonia I will punish you! DRANO COOKIE POWER!!" He did a few more little sailor scout moves, then turned back to Metal Sonic and Metal Knuckles. "Hey, this is great, guys. What else have you got in that sack? I don't suppose you have a Princess Vi costume by any chance?" Metal Sonic turned to Metal Knuckles. "He *enjoys* being dressed like that." GG! looked at them with big kawaii eyes, and a little upside-down triangle smile. "Ain't I just the cutest?" Metal Knuckles shook his head. "This does not compute. This 'Green Gibbon!' is clearly more powerful than we had estimated. He is invulnerable to the humiliation tactic." Chapter Three: Local: SDA Base Camp, Green Hill Zone "There you are, GG!," Possessed Spam said. GG! just hovered there, a few feet above the ground. "This is the Green Gibbon!, k.a.," he introduced. "GG!, this little guy's k.a." k.a. looked up at GG! with big twilight blue eyes. "Hellwo mista Geen!" GG! didn't say anything. "Uh, well," Possessed Spam scratched his head. "You feeling all right, GG!? I mean, you came out here to the SDA Base Camp instead of the Honey Shrine." "I am the cutest," GG! said finally, in a flat monotone. "What ever you say," he replied. "So, what did the Great Lord Snively want?" "I am the cutest," GG! repeated. Since Possessed Spam made it a point to never think, it didn't seem weird to him that GG! continued to hover above the ground. Or that he was lacking his usual vocabulary skills. "Really? Great Lord Snively called you just to tell you that?" he asked. "Wow, what a great boss." k.a. walked around the base camp; looking at stuff, mostly pictures. But true to his word he didn't touch a thing. "Well, there's some new people here, GG!. Wouldn't you like to come and meet them?" Possessed Spam asked. GG! seemed to nod slightly, but then it could have been the wind. Possessed Spam gave GG! a weird look, then shrugged. "C'mon k.a.! We're going back to the HPF!" Local: Somewhere in the Green Hill Zone Spice Da Green Echidna blinked. "So this is the Green Hill Zone?" "Remember the plan," Princess Stephanie reminded her. "We pose as the people Snively sent long enough to gain the trust of this 'Green Gibbon'. Then we kill him, and take claim this place in the name of Lord Enerjak." Spice nodded. "Daddy will be, like, soooooooo pleased." "Assuming you don't ditz out and screw things up...again." "Y'know, I thought you were, like, my friend, Stephanie. But sometimes you can be such a, like, total meanie." "You don't last long in this profession if you aren't," Princess Stephanie replied. "You might want to keep that in mind." Local: Sky Sanctuary Sailor Evil returned to find GG! dressed in the Sailor Moon costume. Metal Knuckles and Metal Sonic refused to come with her into the room. "That guy is frightening," Metal Sonic explained. "You're mechs! You don't get scared!" She screamed. "Perhaps, but he is frightening, none-the-less," Metal Knuckles told her. Sailor Evil growled. "If you think he's scary now, just you wait to see what he's like when I'm through with him." GG! was still making kawaii eyes when she went in. "Ewww, how disgustingly adorable," she muttered. "You're just jealous because I'm the cutest sailor scout ever!" GG! announced. "This scout outfit just makes it all too clear how cute I am!" She smiled an evil little smirk. "Of course you are, Green. May I call you Green?" She paused, but didn't really seem to care if he answered or not. "In fact, you're kissably cute I'd say." "Really?" GG!'s eyebrow raised. "Certainly." She pulled out a tube of lipstick. "In fact, someone as cute as you deserves a kiss." She put the lipstick on. "Uh," he paused. "What about Soup Broth?" Sailor Evil smiled a little more. "I won't tell if you don't." "Um..." GG! paused. Then shrugged. "What the heck. Okay." She grabbed him, and kissed him hard. Then she shoved him away. "That was a little rough but-" he began. "Shut-up, Gibbon. On behalf of the Dark Emerald I make you a Realm Destroyer," she smirked. "The Dark Chaos Corruption Kiss will kill off any good in of you." "Sure it will," he snickered, and rolled his eyes. "I knew you were delusional, Sailor E, but I had no idea you were *this* delusional. In fact, you're the poster girl for delusion!" "CHAOS BLAST DESTROY!!" Sailor Evil cried, pointing at him. "Hey don't take it personally, there's nothing wrong with being a little crazy!" He cried. "Gack!" Corrupt chaos energy slammed into him. When he sat back up, the change was evident. To say the least, there was a cruel gleam in his eyes. "Wow, I feel so much better," GG! told her. "Like I could do some serious damage!" Sailor Evil smiled. "Excellent. I'll call Sephy, and tell him phase 2 is ready to be put into action." Chapter Four: Local: Hidden Place Forum, Green Hill Zone. GG! still wasn't saying anything. Possessed Spam was a little surprised to see Moon instead of Selene, but he didn't think anything of it. k.a. and the now awake k.t.e. had been thrilled to see each other, and begun a game of tag with the two cats as soon as they had stepped into the Forum. The brown-haired, 12-year-old human boy, and the dolphin were already there. "Hey guys!" Bo Bayles waved. "Didn't you *just* leave?" Lir asked. "Yeah, yesterday, and now we're back," Bo replied. "Yesterday? It can't have been more than 2 hours since we last saw you!" He exclaimed. "Time's funny in the GHZ," Moon offered in explanation. Ecco typed something. "That's right," Bo nodded. "Sometimes it goes fast, and other times slow." "Anybody else around today?" Possessed Spam asked, "Yeah, I think Delphine's in the library," Bo replied. "Where's GG!?" "Right here," Possessed Spam pointed to the floating GG!. Ecco typed something. "Ecco wants to know why he's floating," Bo told them. "You mean he's not supposed to do that?" Lir asked. "No," Bo told him. "At least, I've never seen GG! do that before." "Why would you think he would suppose to be floating?" Moon demanded. "Well, I just..." Lir trailed off. "Hey, he doesn't even look like a gibbon! Why should it seem any odder that he's floating 3 feet off the ground?" "Hey! Don't look at me!" Possessed Spam protested. "Moon walked back with us and she didn't say anything!" "You didn't find it odd, Moon?" Bo asked. "I thought you saw plots everywhere." "Weirdness reins in the GHZ," Moon remarked. "So GG!'s floating today. That's nothing compared to the time when he turned into a vegetable." "Hmm, yeah. Good point," Bo agreed. Ecco typed something. "Ecco wants to know if anyone else thinks GG!'s eyes are going SSSSSSSCCCCCHHHHHLLLLLUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRPPPPPYY!" Possessed Spam told them. "Schlurpy?" Lir asked. "Ecco says there's only one thing he knows of that's eyes do that," Bo added, reading off the computer screen. "Tails Doll." Moon looked at the floating GG!. "Someone made a Green Gibbon! Doll? Who could have possibly been that bored?" They were all silent. Since thinking wasn't allowed in the GHZ they were going to have a tough time solving this one. "How about the Bunkey?" Bo suggested. "Naw, not even he's that bored," Possessed Spam replied. "What about the Purple Baboon?" Moon asked. "Yeah, like he's smart enough to do that," Bo told her. "Oh, that comment comes from Ecco." "Anybody else?" Possessed Spam asked. "Maybe he made it himself," Lir suggested. "Who?" "GG!." "Why would he do that?" Possessed Spam demanded. "Why not? I mean the guy calls himself a gibbon when he looks like a kitsune." Lir replied. "That's beside the point," Bo snapped. "Why don't you ask it?" Moon suggested, pointing to the GG! Doll. "Yeah, like it's gonna tell us." Bo rolled his eyes. "I thought you were the smart one, Moon." "No, GG!'s the smart one. He had all those extra days of school, remember?" "Well, c'mon guys," Lir slipped into enforcer-problem-solver-mode. "Who would want to replace GG!?" "You think somebody's done something to GG! and this thing's supposed to replace him?" Possessed Spam asked. Bo wacked him upside the head. "I've been waiting a long time to get to do that!" "What was that for?" "You thought!" "I did not!" "Yeah, you did! You said 'think'!" Possessed Spam wacked Bo. "Yeah, well you said it too!" While all this was going on, k.a. and k.t.e were checking out the GG! Doll. k.t.e. grabbed one of its shoes, and tried to pull it down. The GG! Doll kicked him off. "No kick k.t.e.!" k.a. yelled and tried to hit it. The GG! doll kicked him too. "Ouchies! Bad Nasty Floater Thingy!" k.a. yelled. "Let's no play with it nanymore," k.t.e. said. "It's a badie." "What you got Wah-nillia kitty-cat?" k.a. asked. "Looks like a sword," k.t.e. told him. "Yeah, Caramel kitty-cat got one too," k.a. added. "What you gonna do with those swords, kitty-cats?" k.t.e. wanted to know. "Merr-ow!" Vanilla cried, and ran off. "Mew-ow!" Caramel added, and took off after her. "Hey!" k.t.e. cried. "Come back kitty-cats!" "C'mon!" k.a. cried. "Let's go get em!" Local: Sky Sanctuary, Green Hill Zone Vampire Sephiroth looked at the boy across from him. "So it's true. You are the shapeshifter of this group of Realm Protectors." The human Green Gibbon! nodded. "It seems that way. Whaddya want, Soup Broth?" "The Master Tool that belongs to you is located somewhere in this Realm. I can sense it. You know where it is, don't you?" "Why should I tell you?" "Because it is the most powerful weapon of the Master Tools," he paused. "We're not so different, you and I. You'll begin to see that." "I doubt it," the human GG! replied. "Hush, yea of little faith," Vampire Sephiroth sneered. "You're fated to walk my path. The Realm Protectors are all doomed to walk the paths the ones before them created." He paused. "Why, the awakened ones have already begun. You will too; there's no way to stop fate. You might as well give up; thanks to Sailor Evil's spell you're off to a wonderful start." "I don't understand. You, a Realm Protector? Wouldn't that make you a good guy?" he shook his head. "Impossible. You're one of the bad guys." Vampire Sephiroth smiled coldly. "Exactly." Local: Somewhere in the Green Hill Zone Princess Stephanie and Spice Da Green Echidna sat across from the assassin. "So, Sword, you'll kill the Green Gibbon! for us?" Princess Stephanie asked. "What's in it for me?" Sword asked. "What do you want?" "All the Drano cookies I can eat." "That sounds like a fair price," Spice replied. She had no idea who this Sword fellow was, but how many cookies could he possibly eat? "All right, Sword, you've got a deal." Princess Stephanie replied. "You've made a good choice," Sword told her. "I'm the best there is." Chapter Five: Local: Hidden Place Forum, Green Hill Zone They were still trying to figure out what to do about the GG! Doll when the red-haired, green-eyed human boy walked in. An orange cat was following him, mewing for attention. "Hey Jack!" Moon waved. "Over here!" He nodded, and said: "Hello folks." "Jack?" Bo asked. "It's that guy who insulted the GHZ!" Possessed Spam yelled. "Let's get im!" "You moron!" Lir yelled. "That's Selene's friend Jack!" "Don't Spam! He's a Realm Protector!" Moon paused, then added. "And he loves the GHZ!" "Yeah! You got me confused with someone else!" Jack added. "Oh, sorry," Possessed Spam muttered. "I just really hate people that insult the GHZ." "No problem," Jack replied. "What's everyone talking about?" Possessed Spam began to tell him what had happened, but he got as far as Bo hitting him for thinking, and another argument started. "Good to see you looking older," Moon whispered. "Good to be somewhat back to normal," Jack replied. "Although I would've rather been myself." "What happened?" Moon asked. "Caramel and Vanilla gave k.a. and me our Master Tools, and well...I guess you know what happens after that," Jack shrugged. "Where is he?" "Oh, Ashrire said he was going to try and find out what happened to the *real* GG!." "Hey, Jack," Bo butted in. "Ecco wants to know if you have any idea about who could be behind this." "Well, guys," Jack paused. "I'm gonna haveta that this is defiantly the work of Sailor Evil and the Realm Destroyers." "Hey, am I not usually the one who gets to say that?" Moon asked, annoyed. "Oh, sorry. I guess I beat you to it. Did you really want to say it?" "It'd be rather pointless now, you've already said it." "Sailor Evil, eh?" Lir grinned. "We'll just get the Masked Echidna in here. She's scared senseless of him." "Uh..." Jack began. "Masked's busy doing his own thing. The guy's got to get back to his own life, y'know." "Truer words never spoken," Lir replied oddly. Then, he seemed to realize he'd said it loud enough to be heard. "Um, but just the same, it'd be sure be nice if he was around. Too bad. Are you sure he's gone, Jack?" "Not completely," Jack gave Lir a weird look. "I mean, how would *I* know? I'm *not* him." "No, and he does seem to have a habit of showing up when he's needed," Lir added. "Yeah...heh..." Jack trailed off, and they lapsed into an uncomfortable silence. "I'm Moon's friend Lirsage," Lir said finally. "I'm Selene's friend Jack," Jack said. "Yeah, I knew that." Jack swallowed, well aware of how everyone was watching them. "Uh, can we get back to thinking of what to do?" "Drop that mallet Spam!!" Moon yelled. "Aw, Moon," he pouted. "Rules are rules, and you're not letting me have any fun!" "You hit me with anything and I'll-" Jack began. "You'll what, cowboy?" Possessed Spam asked. He grabbed Jack's hat, and put it on. "Lookit me everyone! I'm cowboy Possessed Spam! YEE-HAW!!!" "It's not a cowboy hat!" Jack yelled. "Now give it back!" "Now I can rope 'n' ride with the best of 'em!" He laughed. "You give it back, or I kill you!" Jack growled and jumped at him. "Maw-hahahahaha!!! You missed me, cowboy!" Possessed Spam yelled. "Kick his ass good, Jack!" Lir cried. "Get im, Spam!" Bo cheered. Moon sighed. "So much for coming up with a plan." A spray of water hit her. "Ugh! What is it, Ecco?" Ecco tapped the screen of his computer. She bent down to read what it said. The dolphin had typed seven words only: 'Why does Jack have k.t.e.'s hat?' Chapter Six: Local: The Library, Green Hill Zone Delphine Kiminsu pushed her coppery hair out of her green-tinted, blue eyes. She was dressed as usual in her baggy jeans, white baby tee, and light green wind-breaker. She put the journal back into its slot. Catching up on reading everyone's letters was sure exhausting. A shadow fell across the floor. She yawned. "Is that you, GG!?" "Nope, sorry," a voice replied. Del looked up. A tall human guy was standing a few feet inside the door. His eyes were a twilight blue, and his hair a frost-blond. He smiled a nice smile. It reminded her of someone else's, but she couldn't recall who. He was dressed casually in blue jeans, a white t-shirt, and a black jacket. It was kind of creepy that his black boots barely made a noise as he walked over to her. "Hello," Del smiled back. "I'm Delphine Kiminsu." "I'm Ashrire," he extended his hand. "Delphine's a lovely name. It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Kiminsu." "Please, call me Del," she replied. "Ash Rire. I haven't heard that one before. Are you new?" "It's my first visit to the Green Hill Zone," he nodded. "And it's only one name; Ashrire. But, please, call me Ash." "No last name, Ash?" "Nope. You see, Del, my family was very poor and we couldn't afford it." He grinned to show he was joking. "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard." "Give me some time; I can top it. After all, It's still early." Del laughed. She was about to say something else, but another voice coming from outside the door way cut her off. "You're certain?" "Yeah, yeah, Soup Broth. It's in there." She looked up to ask Ash if he knew who it was, but stopped. A moment ago his eyes had been a lighter blue color, and sparkling. Now they were a darker green-tinged color, and cold as ice. He had stopped smiling; his mouth set in a firm line. "Ash, what's wrong?" she asked, concerned. "What is it?" When he answered, he spoke to her, but his eyes never left the doorway. "Trouble, Del. It's trouble." to be continued.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cast: Moon/Selene: does she know what to do about GG!? Lirsage: does he have feelings for Moon? k.t.e./Jack: Is he really going to beat up Spam? k.a./Ashrire: He went looking for GG! and maybe he found him. Tonia/Leslie/Gabe: Where are they? Possessed Spam: He actually thought? Bo: He got Spam back for hitting him. Ecco: Does he know who Jack *really* is? Del: Can she help get things back to normal? Sailor Evil: Will she actually feed someone to demonically possessed beanie babies? Vampire Sephiroth: What is he up to? Green Gibbon!: Now he's evil. Metal Knuckles/Metal Sonic: Will they help the Realm Destroyers? GG! Doll: What is this thing? It's eyes go SSCCCHHLLLLLUUUUUURRRRRPPPYYY!!! Spice Da Green Echidna & Princess Stephanie: are they actually going to attack the GHZ or just hide in the wings? Sword: Will he kill GG!? Great Lord Snively: Who did he send to help GG!?