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familylightfox · 10 months

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With the video call to their friends complete, Light knew what their next steps were. Gibbous had given him a confused look when he put the laptop back to charge and got up from the floor beside her. From one side to the other, the toddler titled her head until she was picked up and held.

“Sally did mention she wanted us to meet everyone.” He ran a hand through her bangs as her ears folded back.

“Do we have to? The Arrow look alike didn’t look very happy to see us.” Light frowned. Part of him had hoped that she hadn’t noticed the hero’s expression towards them when they arrived. But he nodded at the question. Although she puffed out her cheeks, there was no further protest as they made their way out into the hallway.

The sound of voices in what Light assumed was a common area stopped as soon as they had stepped into the threshold. A variety of eyes and expressions greeted them as Gibbous’ hold on his shirt tightened. Thankful of his pokerface, he stepped into the room when Sally stood up with a smile.

“Thank you for joining us Light. Please, have a seat.” She gestured to the remaining open spot around a sizable coffee table, paying just a glance to some of the papers scattered about on it. Maps, plans, and details of information gathered on the nearby Robotropolis.

Quite a collection.

Once he sat, he rubbed Gibbous’ back absently while looking around the room.

So many familiar faces from the files he had on his laptop. Sally took his posture as a sign to begin. “Allow me to introduce the rest of our members.”

“Are we sure that’s even a good idea Sal?” Light spared a glance to Sonic as he stood up and gestured vaguely in their direction. “How can we be so sure that he’s not working for Buttnik? With all that metal and what we know…”

“Sonic...”

“It’s alright,” Light interjected before it became an argument. The hand on Gibbous’ back stilled to draw her trembling frame closer. “I understand that my appearance can be quite jarring, but as I explained in our previous correspondence is that I specialize in programming, coding, software development, and hacking. My cybernetics are clear of any of the Doctor’s malicious codes and failsafes due to the program I wrote to override them. I would be more than willing to share them with you if you need further assurances that I am an ally.”

That seemed to shut the hero up for the time being, flopping back into his seat with a huff. Light ignored the constant side eye to focus on the introductions being made by Sally of everyone in the room. While the tension in the room was still high, as if it could be cut with a knife, Light wasn’t surprised when everyone’s attention turned to them when it was their turn.

“My name is Lightfox…”

“Is that all they called you?” Sonic’s mutter was cut short with an elbow to the side.

“I prefer to go by Light. I originally worked in Robotnik’s IT and Engineering department in Robotropolis before being transferred to Commander Clove’s base in Northamer. I left the Doctor’s forces to hopefully provide a safe environment for her to grow and develop.” Now that eyes were on her, Gibbous’ ears raised then folded as she tried to burrow that much closer to Light’s shirt. “Her name is Gibbous and she’s around the age of three. She is skittish around strangers so please don’t approach her without myself nearby.”

“h-hi…” While it was almost too quiet to hear, Light smiled at the toddler when she managed to wave to everyone with one eye peeking from his shirt. It was better than he had thought things would go and was more than willing to stand shortly after to return to their room for the time being.

They both would need a bit of time to recharge their social batteries after that.

A heavy sigh came, slumping against the door and placing his free hand against his head, Light actually returned the gentle muzzle that came from Gibbous bumping her head under his chin. “Are you okay Da… Light?”

“I’m alright sweetheart.” He ran a hand through her bangs. “Why don’t you help me unpack, okay? We can put your toys anywhere you’d like.”

“Really?” She happy tapped on his crossed leg before jumping off in excitement at his nod. “Thank you Dah-de…. L-Light.”

“It’s alright Gibbous. You can call me that if you want.” The soft smile, reserved only for the toddler was given, getting up to help unload the duffle bag of their belongings. The only time he paused was when she came back over and threw her arms around his neck in a hug. Or maybe it was more a snuggle. He wasn’t sure, but his smile grew just a little more when he returned it and heard two soft words from the toddler.

“My daddy.”

#journal page: queue #ic update: light & gibbous #reporting for duty: ic #lost light of hope: eggsoldier verse

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aquillis-main · 2 years

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Misery Tastes Chapter 1

Effing finally. I’m nearing the end of this.

Wait, didn’t I say that I would only post if I actually finished this multi-chapter series? Yeah, well... I’m actually getting as impatient as you guys about it, so I’m going to release a chapter or two as I write out the last two or so chapters. I’ll also be doing edits as I write out the chapters as well.

Any ways, Misery Tastes!

In this chapter: Jingle Bells, Harold smells, Eggman ran away!

And Ovi breaks his leg, thus kickstarting the problem of Ovi getting stuck back at the one place he DIDN’T want to be at with no way out.

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Ovi sighed as the recent sect of Egg Pawns was smashed into by his escrima, looking over the scene in full. They were near the centre of Obsidianna, a bustling city on the West Coast of Northamer. A mishmash of a city, the megalopolis is planned right from the bottom up to have multiple structures of different eras, creating the disordered and hodgepodge nature of the city. While the city itself was disorganized in it’s structure, all the roads and paths connected to one another, allowing every part of the city to be interconnected. Ovi himself had sat on top of his pile of Egg Pawns, looking over a park area that had been nearly trounced by Eggman’s latest scheme. One hand on his chin and sitting at the topmost Egg Pawn on the pile, Ovi couldn’t help but glare at the building just a little further away from the park.

It was the most grandiose building in the area, a true building meant to mark the epicentre of the city. Its sleek design made Ovi want to gag at it -- yet held a certain fondness for the very thing he was glaring at.

“At least we’re on the side that doesn’t display it’s name.” Ovi thought, getting up and dusting the pants of his leotard, before carefully walking off the pile of Egg Pawns.

Eggman had been eyeing this company for reasons that have yet to be found out, but the idea of letting this location be trashed by the mad doctor made Ovi even queasier.

Once the changeling got off the trash pile, he decided to look for the most damaged/destroyed area of the park. Just as Ovi was looking for the fight, a supersonic pop came through the air, a blue hedgehog tumbling on the ground towards Ovi. As soon as the hedgehog got close to Ovi’s feet, the momentum of the hedgehog’s descent subsided, leaving the blue hedgehog half-burrowed into the ground. Ovi, feeling a bit cheeky, crouched at the hedgehog’s face to mock his friend.

“You seem to be doing well today.” The orange haired changeling stated, smirk getting wider as the hedgehog glared at him. Instead of following up his comment, he immediately held out his hand, which the hedgehog accepted immediately. Once the hedgehog was not half-submerged in dirt and mud, Ovi switched to being serious. “He’s really persistent lately.”

“It seems that whatever Eggman wants this time, he really needs.” The hedgehog stated, dusting himself off before stretching and relaxing his muscles. He turned towards Ovi, and winked his gorgeous, beautiful lime green eyes. “It’s not like it’s going to be super long, anyways.”

“Yeah, it’s just you’re taking longer than you usually do.” Ovi remarked, catching the hedgehog off-guard with the persuasiveness of someone who wasn’t blushing madly. The hedgehog smirked, turning back toward the fight he just flew from.

“Why don’t you come, then? It’ll take less time than staring at that building across the way.” He held out his gloved hand, expecting Ovi to be as eager to join in the fight. However, what he got instead was an intense stare and a nervous bite on the lips, before Ovi decided to accept the hedgehog’s offer – slapping his own gloved hand into the hedgehog’s.

“Well, we shouldn’t be dawdling long, Sonic.” Ovi commented, yet it didn’t feel like the natural flare of his usual remarks. Sonic frowned a little, but immediately zipped along towards where the fight with Eggman was taking place, filing the strange behaviour for later.

After all, it wasn’t right to ask when Eggman’s being his usual self.

The two had arrived at the location where Eggman’s latest mech was tearing through the street, it’s drills going all out against the concrete. It looked like the giant version of Eggman’s original mech in Emerald Hill, only more mole-esque, with the front claws and snout of the mole being replaced by drills. The rest of the machine wasn’t up to Eggman’s usual flare, instead looing like it just only rolled out this morning. Amy was currently trying to hammer one of the front paws into the ground, with Tails staying back and analyzing the situation. Sonic, thinking of the consequences of just placing Ovi near the robot, opted instead to have Ovi get off next to Tails instead.

“Tails, what’s the down-low?” Ovi immediately asked as Sonic got close to drop Ovi, with the latter instead opting to vault off Sonic like a horse vault. The hedgehog grumbled as Ovi stuck the landing, moving his shoulders to get rid of the pain. Tails looked at the two with a slight smile, before showcasing the Miles Electric screen to Ovi.

“It seems that this ‘Egg Mole’ Eggman’s got is meant for more underground work – simply drawing it to the surface has severely damaged most of the mechanisms.” Tails stated, pointing to a line of code that specified this information. Ovi nodded, finding that code correct in Tails’ assumption. “There’s a whole area underneath one of the paws, and Amy and Nebula are trying to figure out which one.”

Just as Tails said that, another blue blur shot off like a rocket from the Egg Mole, the missing ‘paw’ of the machine being the culprit. The bullet managed to hit the tree Tails was nearby, before sagging down to have their butt touch the ground.

The bullet was a light blue dragoness, with a purple skirt and top. When her eyes opened, they revealed a pink so bright it hid any iris or pupil from the outside world. Her head was framed with two horns stuck to the tree itself. The horns themselves go straight to a sky-blue hair like mane that flowed straight down to her tail. Ovi hissed as the dragoness immediately shucked her horns out of the tree, causing a large amount of damage to it.

“Nebula, are you alright?” Tails asked, trying not to look as the dragoness removed herself from the tree. Nebula dusted herself off before replying.

“I’m fine, Friend Tails.” She stated, honey voice dissonant with her tone and glare at the robot. “It seems I might have gotten lucky on which ‘paw’ it was.”

“Good, that’ll make it easier to get Eggman out of here.” Sonic cawed, winding up his arms and preparing for his next attack.

Just as Sonic was about to attack, Amy was also thrown towards Nebula, whom caught the fastball right into her hands. “Ohhh! I think I found it…” Amy dizzily said, getting up before falling back into Nebula’s arms. Tails hummed quizzingly.

“That’s… That’s strange. That’s a bit too easy…” Tails said, before a blast of dark blue and orange ran off toward the Egg Mole. “Sonic, Ovi! Wait!” the fox kit tried to warn the two a second too late – they were already out of earshot.

Sonic immediately stopped in front of Eggman’s newest toy, whistling out a long note for Eggman to hear. The mole-mech turned towards Sonic, whom waved cheekily.

“Eggman! You’re making a mountain out of a molehill! Why don’t you try and pick someone your speed?” Sonic yelled out, confident smirk taking most of his face. The mech immediately slammed one of it’s paws into the area that Sonic was just at, the hedgehog using the arm to climb up to the back where the egg-shaped scientist was seated, the iconic Eggmobile situated within the mole robot.

“Ah, Sonic. Been wondering if you would return after I threw you off earlier.” Eggman stated, not believing a word he said as he pressed a few buttons. “Then again, you’re a persistent little pest, just like the animal I based my current masterpiece off of.”

“Last I checked, I’m a hedgehog, not a mole.” Sonic irritably stated, clenching his teeth. Eggman grinned wider at the testiness of his enemy.

“Now, now. You going off on me might not be the best option for you. After all, claw drills aren’t the only thing I installed.” With that, Eggman pressed a button, bringing out huge machine guns and rockets.

With another press of a button, the rockets went flying off, having targeted Sonic. Sonic broke out into a run at that point, dodging the machine gun fire and dancing around the rockets that got close. In a moment’s notice, Sonic used the rockets to try piercing the metal without success – at best leaving a scuff mark and not much else.

While Eggman and Sonic were having their ‘talk’, Ovi tried his best to handle the feet of the machine. However, no matter how much he tried to line up the pressure points with his escrima, the ‘claws’ kept on moving about thanks to Eggman being preoccupied with Sonic. “Damnit, it’s hard to get a decent hit.” He muttered to himself as he tried again – this time, with a hit.

The machine reared backwards, nearly throwing Sonic off. Ovi yipped and hollered at the hit, getting Eggman’s attention immediately.

“Oh, so you brought the rich brat along?” Eggman callously sneered, pressing another button immediately. “Perfect.”

Sonic realized what was going on, and jumped off the robot to grab Ovi before –

Crash

Boom

Crunch

“GYAHHHHH!”

Ovi’s scream pierced the air before Sonic managed to jump off the Egg Mole entirely, his eyes widening as he saw the damage from the treadmills from the Egg Mole’s hind legs.

While Ovi had been fast enough to get out of the total crush zone of the detached arm, he hadn’t been fast enough to get his left leg free from the falling debris. While the leg didn’t seem to be pierced at all, at least as far as Sonic could tell, he could tell that Ovi was unable to get himself out if Eggman were to try to escape now.

Sonic clenched his fists, not even noticing Tails, Amy and Nebula working together to lift the debris off Ovi, nor did he notice a new human trying to pick Ovi up. Sonic needed all that he had to trounce Eggman right then and there, but as soon as he decided on his plan of action, the contraption started to buckle and sway a load, forcing Sonic to jump off the robot.

“Do leave a space for me! I’ll be paying the family home a visit soon, after all!” Eggman chirped, malice dripping off every word. “His father is who I plan on going to collect from! Ta-ta for now!” Eggman waved as the Egg Mole rolled into the hole it came from, shaking the ground as Eggman fled the scene. Sonic growled, wanting to chase after Eggman, but flashes of Ovi’s scream just minutes before made Sonic reconsider, turning back to find everyone sans Ovi and the mysterious human.

Rushing over to where the trio were, Sonic immediately searched for their wayward friend. “Where’s Ovi?” Sonic asked, keeping himself collected as best he could. Amy and Nebula immediately went into a tirade that Sonic, for the life of him, couldn’t follow. And it wasn’t for lack of trying – both girls were doing their best to inform him about what happened when he was too focused with Eggman, but their constant interjections made it impossible to follow, even at the best of intentions. Sonic instead turned toward Tails, hoping to get a bit of info on what was going on.

Tails’ ears drooped as Sonic got closer, and then hung his head when his brother asked the question. “The man that was here earlier…” He trailed off, before becoming resolute in what he had to say.

“He just took Ovi and left.”