SATMM Ch 34

"Sonic and the Mystic Mage"


Chapter 34


~*~*~*~*~*~*~Tails' House~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"How come you're going out at this time of night?" Amy asked Blaze as she, Cream and Tails were cleaning up after eating their dinner and as Blaze started for the door.

"Remember that I am a spatial mage, you guys," Blaze assured to the party. "I need to explore dimensional barriers outside to absorb some spatial magic."

"Try to be more careful this time, Blaze," said Silver, who was sitting on the arm of an orange throne. "You don't want to cause a spatial distortion like you did last time as we got here."

"That was on purpose," Blaze reminded in slight annoyance. "And that was to get us here to find this so-called Mystic Mage. Remember??"

Silver's eyes widened and blink almost synchronously. "Oh. I knew that."

"But still, hun," Rouge, who was sitting in the same orange throne which arm Silver is sitting upon, spoke up. "It could be dangerous out. You could even be captured by Eggman."

"I agree with her," said Knuckles next, who was sitting on the orange sofa with his right foot on his left knee. "God knows what he and his poop bots and poop furries might be plotting next." (He is using Miia's slang.)

Blaze spoke back, slightly more annoyed, "I can handle this all on my own, thank you." She then turned fast and continued towards the door, but before leaving, she turned back, her eyes on Silver, "And Silver, if you accompany me, I'll never speak to you again."

Silver blinked, stammering for a brief second. "You're nuts(!)"

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In order to synchronize better with fire and space, Blaze was thinking as she was walking through the fairly dim forest of Sakura park. I must convert my fire to space, then space to fire and repeat the same cycle. And awhile, I'll have to explore the dimensional barriers of this world. But then I'll need a Chaos Emerald, though, since Chaos Emeralds do control the flow of time and space...

Just then Blaze yelped as she was suddenly grabbed by a robotic hand sent out of nowhere. As she was struggling to get free, her eyes widened as she saw that she was being held closer to the person who had grabbed her.

"Oh ho ho ho ho ho! Looks like you came to the right place and the right time, little kitten," Eggman laughed evilly.

"This time you won't even defy us, nor the were-animals!" Decoe said.

Blaze gritted her teeth in anger. "Won't you just at least give up your damn evil plan already?! Or else experiment on somebody else other than me who was stupid enough to fall for that lame spell?!"

"You know that we can't do that," said Eggman. "Not after we have successfully put you under our spell."

Blaze gritted her teeth even more, but then almost bit her tongue when she was carried off in the sky of the beginning moonrise.


~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Miia's House*~*~*~*~*~*~*~


I laid on Miia's bed sulking, arms and legs spread out across (I look like a starfish), and ears flattened. Not because I was bored, but I was guilty over what had happened two hours ago (even though it was pretty funny(1)). I'm not actually saying that I am a pervert(2), honest; I just had some bad timing(3), is all. Anyways, I was just laying there, sulking, but at the same time, listening to the faint tapping and dragging of Miia's stylus pen on her tablet(4). Not that entertaining to listen to, I know, and believe me, I wasn't actually kidding (I wish I was, to be honest).

I positioned my head at an angle where I could see my best friend's computer screen. Though it's a little hard to see (because it was a plasma screen, or whatever it's called), she was coloring nicely, with almost little effort(5). I looked even more carefully and I see a black-haired mand and a brown-haired woman kissing (the top part was a little hard to see, it's a solid... gray from the plasma screen(6)). I jerked my eyes from them (the woman, mostly) because I pretty much suffered nearly enough. (Try recalling from the "nudity" episode, I'm sure then you guys'll see the truth.) My first instinct was to come a little closer to see how she was doing (and to get a better look), but I urged myself not to because I don't (or rather didn't) want to annoy her(7). "So, umm, watcha doin'?" I asked, which is the only thing to bring up the conversation (well, obviously, the silence is like, killing me).

"Just doing the second layer of shading," Miia replied, but only quietly. "So far, it's looking pretty good."

"I couldn't agree more," I said as I sat back up on the bed. "Listen, I just wanna apologize for barging in on you earlier. Yet you do have really pale skin and all--"

I was stopped when a stylus pen flung at me, only stung my left eye. "Ah(!)"

"Don't ever mention about my nudity ever again!" Miia shouted(8).

I rubbed my eye just to get rid of the itch and pain (or rather the itching pain, one of the two). "[sigh] Uh, sorry, I didn't intend to say it."

"I didn't mean to yell," said Miia suddenly as she turned her head straight. Now this is new. What's with the sudden apologetic tone? I didn't actually know if she felt guilty or she might me still mad at me. (I highly doubt if she is mad at me.) "It's just... it's just that I..."

I hopped off Miia's bed and gave her stylus pen back. But at the same time, I was eager to hear what she has to say. "It's just that you what?"

Miia didn't say anything for the longest time(9). That's got me worried. If something's wrong with her or maybe something was bothering her, maybe I could just help somehow(10). Then she sighed. "I just wanna apologize for yelling... and cussing earlier. It's just that... [sigh] It's... just, that... [sigh] It's..."

The conversation stopped as we both heard a tapping sound on the bedroom window(11). Curious, I climbed onto Miia's bed and opened the window, but was surprised (well, only a little, to be honest(12)) just to see Bokkun the errand boy(13)... and a little imp with wings. I looked at the imp for only a second. The face... it is really resembling to a human being, except... I couldn't even actually tell if it is FAS-like(14) or even Down Syndrome-like in appearance. But I did study its coloring; yessir, most likely, and I mean most likely belongs to the were-animals, but what sort of crazy plan do they have in mind along with Egg-dick (as Miia would say), I won't even know until, I think, sometime later(15).

"You are Sonic the Hedgehog?" the little runt asked before I could say anything.

I raised a brow suspiciously. "You know I am.(16)"

"Yeah, you know he is," said Bokkun.

"Why don't you just shut your trap, ya little brat?!" the imp shouted. I really gotta say that imp must be short-tempered or something like that(17).

"U-uh, sorry," said Bokkun weakly(18).

"I have a message for you," said the imp, its(19) head  turning to me. "As well as the girl."

"For me also?" asked Miia from behind me. "What message do ya have, little runt?" (She was practically smirking(20).)

The imp growled. Ooh, sounds like Miia's really getting testy with this(21).

"Why don't you let me do it," said Bokkun as he reached into his little messenger bag and pulled out a small television set(22).

He pushed the red button on one side and Eggman appeared on the screen. With his evil smirk as usual. "Sonic the Hedgehog and Miia Kyouko: if you had even cooperated with me in the first place, we wouldn't have gone to the extremes as to kidnapping one of your fellow mages."

The screen shifted elsewhere and to my shock, Blaze was unconscious, bonded in robes and gagged, and was in the arms of that android we fought yesterday night. Except that this android is wearing a black/dark purple helmet with the same purple visor with horns and a blood red antennae on the forehead, blood red mecha-like wings, and she's bustier than we first fought her. To more of a surprise, her mecha gloves and boots are altered too, yet she still kept the same loin cloth(23). I could say that he wasn't actually kidding when he said "kidnapping one of your fellow mages."(24).


"And if you and your mage friends wish to see her again unharmed and intact," Eggman continued. "You must surrender your two Chaos Emeralds to us. Don't even think about transforming and getting worked up with your magic (as in getting all overboard)(!) That is, if you could retreat us alive, first!"

The small TV then went black. But just as I was about to think--"Stay back!" Miia shouted as put her hand out swiftly and royal blue fire came out.

My body then became stiff all of a sudden. Everything around me was still (including the imp and Bokkun as well as the little TV that had just begun to detonate) and totally gray but me, since I'm all color and all(25). But even though Miia was gray along with the foreground and background, she was the only one moving around. She grabbed the set from Bokkun's hands and disintegrated it in just 19 seconds, with the 20th for around me, myself, Bokkun and the imp to be restored to full color and full free movement(26).

Miia's hands are in flames, now that I noticed it, but she didn't actually grimace; it looked to me that she was enduring it. "You honestly thought you would make that chibi-sized telly-land detonate without even thinking that I have ice-time magic on me??" she asked (I really didn't even know if she was acting sly or pretty smug).

Bokkun and the imp stammered, not knowing what to say. This is what I had been expecting for some time.

Miia's amulet then began to absorb the flames from her hands and into the clear gem in the center. Though I was amazed, I kept a straight face because of the current levels of the situation we are now in(27). "Tell His Majesty The Royal Dick that we'll be coming with the Emeralds in hand," she said, hands on hips.

The imp growled. I'm thinking that this is because of what Miia did just now, I betcha. "Fine, then."

Then the imp and Bokkun left us. Miia then put her head out the window and turned to the left, concealing her it, but at least not her long hair(28).

Then she pulled herself back in and said, "I guess we need to do what he says for Blaze's safety."

My eyes widened with both surprise and concern. "But Miia, you can't just seriously give Eggman and the were-animals what they want, are you?(!) I mean, you saw that Eggman had just given that android chick some improvements, altered helmet, new wings."

Miia stepped off her bed and went to her nightstand. She opened the drawer of her nightstand and took out a cyan and green Chaos Emerald. "I do have a plan, though, but for now, we should not transform into mages until the time is right."

My brow raised by itself, though I intended to keep a straight face. "What sort of plan do you have in mind?"

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We were outside at Mayaan's flower garden; I seriously don't know about you, but for some reason, this could be part of the plan Miia was talking about.

I was watching her digging and gathering some dirt, and molded the dirt carefully, as if she was molding some clay. With her earth-stone magic, she brought more detail in the molded soil, and turned it to a darkened cyan. I tried to stop myself from asking this, but failed to do so: "So, what is your plan?"

Miia turned to me and replied, "Simple. I make the fake Chaos Emeralds from the dirt with my magic, bury the real ones deep enough so that no one would notice their glowing light, and hand over the dirt-molded Emeralds to Eggman."

"And the next phase?" Though I was pretty eager, I was just curious of what she might be planning.

"The next phase might be somewhat more complex; I discretely have my fire and psychic magic flow towards the Shi'vha Version 2 android and create a short in her brain, freeing Blaze. Then we take her to our side once again, make tracks and high-tail it outta here."

"And if he attacks us?"

Miia gave the dirt Emeralds to me. "Then we would have to transform and attack back." She dug the hole deeper with the gardening trowel and buried the real Chaos Emeralds in the ground, and put the dirt back to the spot where she dug the hole up and packed it with the trowel.

"Do you think these fake Emeralds out of dirt would be enough to fool Eggman?" I asked.

Miia stood up and wiped her forehead with her arm. "Well, it is better than having to give him and the were-animals the real Emeralds; that's our last resort, to be obvious."

"That's not what I mean," I said back. "What if Eggman finds out that these Emeralds are fake and made of dirt??"

"Then we'll have to proceed along with the plan, even if it is at the midst of becoming backfired. So in the meantime, we play along with this until the time is right. Go and call the others and tell them about what had happened."

"Check."

"Let's just pray to God that it turns out all right."

I knew what she meant by that. She has been scolded by Vanilla a couple of times before. "What if Vanilla finds out that we are gone at this time of night??"

"Then I'll have to cast a forget-me-so spell on my bedroom door just in case she knocks."(29)

I nodded and she nodded and we both went back inside(30). We then went to Miia's bedroom and Miia grabbed her communicator from behind her alarm clock and pressed the call button. "Rouge the Bat," she said to the screen. "We got a situation here."


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