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a story called bound by honour tempted by fate |
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4 teams bound together by two different people. One the Lord of all Evil and the other, The Lady of Light, his arch nemesis…
These teams are bound to meet, fight until one team is declared the absolute superior team of the world.
Their choices are what decide the Great War and its winners.
Team Flash, Team Strike, Team Slash and Team Steam all come together to fight out the last great battle that will decide the fate of the world and their lives…
“Thunda, we’re waiting and no amount of pouting is getting you out of that!” Devil snapped irritably, glaring at his teammate, who glared back and turned her head away whilst crossing her arms.
Devil rolled his eyes, that spoilt little brat was getting on his nerves.
True, she was a good fighter and she played dirty to get who or what she wanted just like himself, but god, was she annoying!
Devil was the leader of Team Strike and he was the one who wanted to get the title of Superior team in the entire world.
He was competitive and he liked it that way.
He was the eldest of the group and its leader. His appearance was what got him his name.
He had jet-black hair and blood red eyes. He wore blue and purple gloves, sported 2 rings and wore yellow, blue and purple shoes.
His main attitude was arrogant and uncaring. He loved to tease people.
His greatest joy in life was not only having the women swoon at his feet but also teasing one particular girl.
Hydro, was Bubbles’ younger sister and the youngest daughter of Sonic and his main victim every time he saw her team, Team Flash.
If he was unusually honest with himself he held a secret attraction to her elder sister and loved getting her angry. And teasing her innocent gullible baby sister was just the way to do it.
He briefly wondered how his younger brother, Demon was coming along with his team, Team Slash.
He worried about his brother secretly; but not much Demon could take care of himself. He had proved it enough.
Thunda was the younger sister of Lightning, the leader of Team Flash.
She was 18 years old and had a menacing temper when she wanted too.
She wore green pants complete with brown and purple shoes with green swirls, she completed her look with brown gloves. Her eyes were a cold baby blue and her hair was bright yellow.
Although she was menacing to most people she’d fallen in love at one point with another brat in Devil’s opinion. Tiger was a part of Team Steam; he was Cheeta’s younger brother and although Devil could see he had feelings for Thunda that were as strong as her own, he remained cold and unemotional towards her except for when they were alone. But Devil didn’t know what happened then because he obviously was never there and he didn’t really care.
The last member of his team was Reta; she had the tail and the ears of a rat. She had long eyelashes and crimson eyes. She wore green gloves, green boots and a red leather cat suit. Like her younger adopted sister Sera; Reta had generous curves and a bag full of confident smirks.
Her love interest was a guy named Flame; he was the younger brother of Team Steam’s leader, Inferno and also her worst enemy.
She was currently looking amused at Thunda who was glaring back at her. They were waiting for Team Slash who was about a minute away from them. Thunda wanted to run but Devil wanted to know if they’d found out any more about this Lord of The Underworld and the Lady of Light. This was their war, and the four teams were fighting it for them, which was something Devil didn’t like. He was a loner by heart and the only true thing he could honestly say he cared about was his brother Demon and Bubbles.
He looked to the distance, yes; he cared about Bubbles a lot. His heart ached for her safety and her well being, he honestly didn’t want any one or anything to harm her.
“Well, well, well, look who we have here people. If it isn’t my baby sister Thunda and her little crew; where you headed Devil?” Lightning asked grinning as he and his team came side-by-side with Devil’s.
“To Skylark City, to see this Ace person. And what about you?” he asked.
“Same, so Thunda why are you upset this time?” Lightning asked teasingly, he loved annoying his sister.
Lightning’s three earrings glinted in the bright mid day sun and he adjusted his brown gloves. He had green eyes and bright yellow hair with orange lightning bolts through them. His archenemy was Devil’s main victim. Hydro.
Lightning had fallen for her at Bubbles’ 17th birthday a while back but she’d always denied him a relationship saying how her family would never accept it and she belonged to good and to serve the mysterious Lady of Light.
Sera, Reta’s younger sister had the ears and wings of a bat. Like her sister she had long eyelashes yet had green eyes. She wore purple gloves with boots the same colour and a blue top and shorts. She, like Reta had generous curves, which she frequently used to drive Inferno crazy with Lust.
Lastly his brother, Demon nodded at them.
He had red and black hair along with deep crimson eyes.
He had purple pants, blue gloves and purple, blue and red shoes. He hated Tiger who hated him just as much because Demon flirted constantly with his love, Cheeta who was Tiger’s elder sister.
Thunda ignored him and went back to her wicked thoughts of how many ways she could kill, maim and torture her elder brother without getting told off by Sonic who liked to check up on everyone.
The groups walked in silence until Skylark city came in to view.
“Right, I suggest the team’s split up and find this Ace character. Thunda, you’re with your brother, Reta you’ll go with Sera and I’m with Demon. Got it?” Devil asked looking around him.
Although Lightning was a leader as well, Devil was 21 and the eldest of all the teams with more experience so what ever he said went. No-body argued.
“Good, now scram.” He turned away and Demon followed silently. Devil wasn’t bothered by his brother’s silence; it was his character to do that. He’d always been like that since Devil could remember. He hardly talked about their parents whom they’d never known.
Both Devil and Demon’s past was clouded and unknown to them, they had no recollection of them and had grown up on the street until Sonic had found them.
So Devil was a little surprised when Demon asked in his low and sensual voice.
“Tell me Devil. Do you ever think about what it would have been like to know who are parents are?”
“No, I leave it well alone and you’d do well too as well.” He replied gruffly.
He hated the subject and stayed off it if he could.
“You never once wondered who we look like? Where we come from? Who we are?” Demon pressed.
“Look Demon,” Devil snapped grabbing his brother’s shoulders and pinning him against the wall harshly with a ferocious look in his blood red eyes. “I don’t think about it, you shouldn’t either. They didn’t want us so leave it alone. We’re part of Team’s, we have a war coming up and I never want you to speak about those damned people again understand?” He spat.
Demon nodded slowly. “I understand Devil.” He said quietly.
“Good. Now come one will you? I’ve had enough of these games, I want to find this Ace person and find out about these bloody mystic people!” He hissed walking away after letting go of his brother.
Demon followed and he remained silent until Reta and Sera met them outside a gambling bar where they both said excitedly: “We’ve found him, he’s inside waiting for all of us!”
“All of us? Not the other two teams too?” Devil groaned.
Although he did want to see Bubbles, he didn’t want to be in the same room as her. Recently he seemed to lose his breath and logic when even thinking of the blue-haired-beauty.
Reta looked dismissive. “No, they’re already there. Thunda and Lightning are inside too. Come on!” She hissed going inside.
Sera followed along with Devil, so Demon brought up at the rear.
The first thing Devil saw when he got inside the bar was her hair.
Bright water blue hair done in waves with purple highlights cascading down her back.
Bubbles had 2 golden rings and her eyebrow pierced. She wore grey gloves and grey, blue and purple shoes. She hated him picking on her younger sister whom he noted with a smirk was there too, standing next to her sister and not looking at Lightning who was staring intently at her making his feelings completely known to everyone.
Tiger was Cheeta’s younger brother at 15. He had a red bandana, red and black fingerless gloves and blue, green and purple shoes. He had blue eyes that were usually cold and unforgiving towards his enemies. His hair was orange. He glared at Demon who smirked back before going behind Cheeta and sliding his arms around her slender waist.
She looked back and smiled at him before settling in to his embrace.
Tiger’s eyes darkened and Devil’s smirk widened in to a triumphant grin. Oh, how he was proud of his little brother at that moment!
Inferno placed a hand on his shoulder and shook his head when Tiger turned his gaze to him.
“He’s not worth it.” He hissed.
Inferno was Team Steam’s leader and Flame’s elder brother. He had Flame coloured hair and warm blue eyes. He wore flame coloured pants, black and blue gloves along with purple, blue and flame coloured shoes. He noticeably kept his eyes glued anywhere but his enemy and interest Sera who was kissing someone next to him to try and get him to break.
Tiger shrugged his leader’s hand off him and huffed in silence.
Devil smirked, came up behind Hydro and pulled her long hair.
She cried out in pain and Bubbles whipped around to face him, anger making her eyes blaze.
“Leave her alone!” She hissed.
Lightning was on guard too and fixed his steely eyes on Devil before gong to Hydro who hurried behind Flame who smiled sympathetically and put his arm around her making Lightning’s eyes go wild with rage.
Hydro was very dear to the side of good and was Sonics favourite daughter as well as being the apple of Bubbles’ eye.
His sister who gripped his arm in a tight grip before giving him an understanding look held Lightning back from doing anything stupid or that would bring unnecessary attention to themselves or worst of all; upset the object of his affections.
He looked back at her and his eyes softened as he recognised the pain and anguish he was feeling in her own eyes as she looked at Tiger who couldn’t help but stare back.
“Hey what ya’ll all doing just standing round here like idiots? You’re meant to be the best teams in the entire world. Or so Sonic says.” An amused and laughing voice chuckled causing everyone to turn around and see a sort of racoon type person. He wore dark sunglasses and had green and purple gloves on. He was dressed in a red t-shirt with a black symbol on it with green pants along with light green and purple shoes with a blue “A” on both pairs. He held 2 cards in his left hand and was smiling confidently.
Devil thought the guy must have x-ray vision, as the bar was so damned dark, how could he see with those dark sunglasses on?
It was actually Cheeta who voiced his question.
He laughed and took his shades off and they all saw why.
Instead of some sort of colour there was nothing no colour, no dark pupil. His eyes were completely white.
Ace, the man who held all the answers that the four teams had waited for, was completely blind. He couldn’t see any of them.
“Oh, I’m sorry for asking.” Cheeta blushed a deep crimson and Demon smiled slightly so that you had to look close to actually see it.
Ace laughed and looked in her direction. “Oh don’t worry about it missy. Always been blind, born that way. Don’t you worry your pretty little head about it girly.” He chuckled smiling at her.
Cheeta heard a sort of annoyed growl when Ace called her pretty from behind her and she noticed Demon’s arms had gotten tighter around her waist protectively.
She snuggled back in to him to prove that she was his for good, which only made Tiger bristle with anger.
He may be younger than her but he was still her brother, and she still needed looking after!
Ace took them back to an old room where they were all seated in specific order.
To Hydro’s discomfort she was sitting besides Lightning. To Cheeta’s outright joy and Demon’s satisfied smirk they were sitting together. Devil was beside a bristling Bubbles, Reta was beside Flame who looked delighted and annoyed.
Sera was beside Inferno, Tiger was beside Thunda who was looking sadly at the floor.
Ace sat right in front of them all and while playing with his cards introduced himself properly much to Devil’s annoyance.
“Right then, you’re all here. That’s good, very good and also extremely interesting. “ He began.
“What is that supposed to mean?” Devil hissed angrily, his short temper was already beginning to frazzle.
Ace merely looked at the Dark hedgehog and smiled slightly.
“Devil right? Not many with blood red eyes boy.” Ace commented earning himself an angry Devil who was held back from hitting the other guy by Bubbles who looked anxious and worried for some reason.
She was extremely close to him and she seemed to realise it too but she didn’t let go.
“Please Devil; don’t start a fight. We need to know about this!” She whispered although everyone heard because they were all silent.
He stared down at her for a few minutes and then his eyes locked on to hers.
Deep-water blue clashing against his unnatural blood red.
He nodded and sat down beside her again and he heard her release a breath she’d obviously been holding.
“Well now, you’ve sought me out to find out what I know about er… er… what’s their names again cutie?” He asked Hydro who blushed much to Lightning’s anger.
“The Lady of Light and The… Lord of… the Underworld.” She replied timidly and quietly making Lightning smile at her in an amused and loving way.
She blushed brighter and looked down.
`He planned this.’ Tiger thought angrily.
“Yeah those two. Well… the truth is… I’m not the one you need.” He replied smugly sitting back and throwing a deck of cards from left to right in the palms of his hands.
This time not even Bubbles’ could stop Devil. He stood up sharply and made his way over to the racoon type animal, hauled him up and pinned him against the nearest wall.
“What the hell does that mean? ” He hissed, his blood red eyes glowing unnaturally.
Ace choked and Bubbles rushed up to grab his arm. “Devil stop! You’ll kill him! Devil!!” She screamed.
Demon and Cheeta were on their feet striding towards the Dark guy followed closely by Hydro and Thunda.
His eyes were now glowing with an immense power that terrified Bubbles.
“Tell me foolish mortal!” His voice was unrecognisable and even Demon stared at his brother in surprise.
His voice held a strengthened voice, one deep, powerful and mystical.
Ace choked out something.
“You need to find Mystic Mat! You’ll find him at the gathering place just in between the realms of peace and justice and chaos and fire!” He choked.
Devil let him drop and stumbled back looking at his hands as if he’d only just realised they were there.
“What… the hell…?” He asked in a trailing whisper.
Demon approached his brother and calmly said: “You freaked, your voice wasn’t normal and neither were your eyes. What’s going on?”
Devil shook his head and Demon knew he didn’t know what had happened to him only that his elder brother hadn’t liked it and didn’t want a repeat performance.
Bubbles and Demon helped him up, he stalked out of the room for air as Demon suggested.
Bubbles watched his retreating back with something like sympathy.
`Oh get a grip girl! Your Sonics daughter! He’s evil you’re good. He picks on your baby sister!’ She scolded herself before returning to her seat.
Ace followed her movements with his sightless eyes.
“Someone had better go after him don’t you think so Trixy?” He asked someone.
Everyone followed his gaze to see a girl of about 14 years old that looked like Ace only she didn’t have any sunglasses and she was grinning mischievously.
“Yeah baby brother. Someone who can calm him down.” She replied looking straight at Bubbles who looked offended by the very idea of it.
But her little sister was the one to change her mind, like always.
“You’re the one who can stand up to him better than the rest of us sis. You’re the best candidate.” She replied.
Bubbles sighed and followed the closed up hedgehog outside where she found him leaning against a wall with his eyes closed and his head hung low.
As if he sensed her presence; he asked coldly: “What do you want rookie?”
Rookie was the nickname he’d given her on his first meeting with Sonics daughters.
After bullying Hydro incessantly of course.
“I came to see if you were alright you idiot! Obviously I’m wasting my time!” She huffed before holding her head proudly and glaring at him with smouldering eyes.
“Why? You’ve never done that before… oh right, Hydro. Why do you put up with her?” He asked with annoyance at himself because he wanted to hear her answer.
Bubbles glared at him again before recognising the submit of defeat and anger in his eyes.
“Devil; what’s wrong with you lately? I’ve been hearing all sorts of rumours about you and your team? Are they all true? What you’ve been doing? To innocent civilians?” She asked and he heard the suspicion but the blind fear in her voice as she asked him.
“It depends on what you’ve heard really. Why don’t you tell me what you’ve heard and then I’ll tell you if I’ve done it or not.” He replied grimly.
“I’ve heard lots of things…” She trailed off when he looked at her directly.
“Care to elaborate rookie? Or are you too scared just like those idiots in there?” He asked mockingly.
Bubbles huffed again and said: “I’m not like any of them in there. As you should well know, we are all different Devil. We’re unique in our own way’s so you can shove that where the sun don’t shine!”
Devil stopped leaning against the wall and towered above the water hedgehog before smirking mockingly and saying: “Well excuse me for saying what I thought!”
“Yeah well; we’re all entitled to our own opinions aren’t we? So if that’s what you think…” She trailed off looking at him again.
Before he could reply; she walked away quietly.
He growled annoyed in his throat and followed her back inside where he took his seat and stared at Bubbles underneath heavy lashes.
Ace continued to talk and then said: “Right; you know who you’ve gotta see; your team leaders know who he is and where to find him. Now; for the ugly part!” He chuckled.
“Ugly part?” Sera asked blinking innocently while examining her nails.
Ace nodded and continued.
“Yeah; on your way there you’ll encounter a hell of a lot of traps.”
“TRAPS! What sort of traps,” Devil asked quickly this was new news for him yeah he had been to the place they were talking about but there were never any traps.
“Yes I know they are new, but I have never encountered them myself a few of my friends have and lived through the journey which I say is quite lucky for them.”
“Lucky you must be joking its more than lucky” replied Hydro in shock
“Calm down Hydro its nothing to worry about….”
“Oh but it is they are very dangerous for little hedgehogs like Hydro” Trixy sniggered earning herself a death glare from Devil for daring to pick on his victim.
“Stop it your scaring her!!!” shouted Bubbles
Trixy shrugged and went abut her own business while Bubbles comforted her frightened sister quietly.
“Right then; I’ve taken the liberty of booking you guys in to a room each, Sonic’s orders. Oh by the way Hydro Bubbles. You’re dad says hi and that your mom misses you and he hopes you keep safe. Ah, ain’t that sweet. Daddy’s girls. Lovely. Well; come one then this way.” Ace stood up chuckling to himself and led them all outside.
Devil noticed that every one had their own room but for some reason his room had a door connected to the one Bubbles had been given and now he could hear her having a shower.
He closed his eyes and tried to block out the images his mind was trying to show to him.
He couldn’t help it though; for once his mind had won and his control was out the window.
Sera stood leaning against the door to her love interests bedroom eyeing up the king sized bed on which he lay.
Inferno was doing his best to ignore her but blocking his mind didn’t block out his sense of smell.
This was going to be a long night.
“So, I take your team is going to the realms Ace mentioned?” Tiger asked Thunda as she sat down in a chair near him.
He had invited her in after she had screamed because Lightning had pulled a trick on her.
She looked at him and then down at the floor again.
“No idea. We’ll see how Devil feels I suppose. He is the leader after all.” She shrugged.
Lightning had tears of pain and anger glittering in his eyes as he asked the same question he asked her every time.
“Why can’t we be together?”
Hydro sighed. He really didn’t understand did he? How much she really did want to be his, and be his alone. It was just too complicated. Her parents and sister would never approve and she would never turn her back on the Lady Of Light.
“It’s just-”
“Too complicated, yeah I know. You say it every single time. We could keep it between us though. No one need know if you didn’t want them too. I’ve told you that and I’ll stick true to my word, you know that.” He sighed again irritated.
Hydro didn’t want to show how tempted she was. But a promise like that, from Lightning only happened once in a lifetime.
Hydro gave another sigh and a loving look to Lightning he thought that she might say the same thing again
“Well if you put it like that and you really do keep your promise….”
“Yes, yes I will I will keep you happy and proud of me I won’t tell a living OR dead soul I promise” interrupted Lightning
“Well ok seen as though you put it that way, I’ll be yours.” She smiled as his eyes lit up and he smiled.
Not a smirk or a forced grin. A true and genuine and so beautiful smile.
He crossed the room and gently took her in his arms before slowly lowering his head to hers and kissing her softly.
When he pulled back; he whispered against her mouth: “Now you’re truly mine.”
She smiled. “I wouldn’t want it any other way either…”
The next day every team was up early inferno was just about to open the door and walk out when he bumped in to Sera “ I take it you haven’t moved from that one spot then?”
Sera shrugged slightly and then smiled seductively, eyeing the bed once more.
Inferno caught the significant look and sighed.
Why was she making everything so damn hard?
Bubbles stood just outside Devil’s door. Biting her lip, she raised her hand to knock and then hesitated.
“Should I?” She questioned herself.
“Don’t bother knocking, you can go right in. The door’s open.” His voice sounded amused just behind her right by her ear.
Bubbles turned sharply and raised her fist to hit him for scaring her but he caught it with a smirk on his face.
“Why the hell did you have to that you idiot!?” she hissed.
“Because I felt like it. Here’s a better question though; why are you outside my bedroom?” He returned smoothly.
“ I … I … I was going to see if you were up and ready to go like the rest of us!!” She covered.
“Don’t lie to me. I can tell when you lie. I’ve grown up around deception and lies; I myself do it all the time.” He smirked.
Bubbles looked away and his smirk grew arrogant.
Taking her silence as an answer Devil moved closer to the younger hedgehog and grabbed her arms.
“Let go!” She hissed.
Silently Devil dragged Bubbles to her room and using his body shut the door.
“What’s wrong with you?! Let me go!” Bubbles was working herself up in to a state and he smiled at it.
She was covering up that she was responding to him.
“Please Bubbles, don’t bother. We’ve both been hiding this… attraction for far too long and quite frankly; I’m tired of it so why don’t we just do something about it and move on?” He suggested with an uncaring tone. Bubbles frowned “ what do you mean”
 vampiress_arra sails · Sat Jul 23, 2005 @ 04:42pm · 0 Comments |
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