Demon's Peak (demon_peak.txt) (USE WORDPAD TO READ) BY: DOOMbot (doombot@colosseum.com) and Speedstar The Hedgehog (no email address yet) a.k.a Enrico Bianco and John Testa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LEGAL STUFF Sonic The Hedgehog, Miles "Tails" Prower, Sally Alicia Acorn, Antoine D'Coolette, Rotor, Bunnie, Amy Rose, Dr. Quack and other associated characters and related indica (too long to list) are Copyright and TM of Service and Games (SEGA) Of America and/or Archie Comics Publications. Used without permission. Violet The Hedgehog and Valley The Hedgehog are Copyright of DOOMbot and Speedstar The Hedgehog. These characters may not be used without permission from either one of us. I have also fixed a mistake about the village of Knothole. It is a series of huts like a village and not a building like I imagined before. Also, the village of Rosco may be used freely. Reader Discretion advised, this may get ugly (no sexual acts though, just blood and/or extreme pain and stuff). This story cannot be distributed without my express permission. This work is Copyright of Enrico Bianco and John Testa, 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TIME LINE: Three Years and two months after the DOOMSDAY PROJECT..... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ In the village of Rosco near the mountain of Demon's Peak, another Freedom Fighter village in the Northern Continent, the sun sets and the shine of the sun disappears from the mountain. Violet and her sister Valley prepare to voyage to Knothole the next morning to see their cousin Sonic. Being able to say your cousin is the best freedom fighter there was and will ever be is quite a luxury. Violet remained speechless, too busy packing her bags to pay attention to her sister but her sister talked anyways, "I wonder what's been happening at Knothole these days, now that Robotnik is gone." Violet was distracted now so she just answered, "I don't know but we're heading there tomorrow." Content with Violet's answer, Valley remained speechless also. An average night at Rosco Village.... Two hedgehogs had climbed the mountain, Demon's Peak that night. They were watching the sun set. The two climbers were packed with a lunch and a LOT of tools to climb with, including a pick to make notches for their feet. Suddenly, a glow appeared from a certain part of the mountain. The two hedgehogs assumed it was rare gold and starting using their picks to dig towards the gold. When the two diggers had finished digging, they did not find gold, instead, they found a Chaos Emerald. It was black as black could be but it shined a rare shade of gold. "This is what we were looking for?", the first one said. The second one was skeptical, "I dunno but it is shining. Let's pick it up". Just as their hands reached for the emerald, it talked using more than one voice, "We are The Three Demons of The Black Chaos Emerald and you are our avatars..." Sonic checked his calendar when he woke up the next morning. "WOO HOO!!! Violet and Valley are visiting today!!". Tails ran to Sonic's hut curiously and asked him a million dollar question cause he was so clueless, "Who are Violet and Valley?". Sonic was surprised that Tails didn't know but he told him anyways. "They are my fave cousins!!". Sonic was very content with the pending visit of Violet and Valley. They would be staying for a month. Sonic thought of what news he could tell them, "Maybe I should tell them about that ancient board game I found or about Mecha's memory regaining process. This visit will be fun." Mecha Sonic woke up, "What's that crazy hedgehog rambling on about..." He went to go check. Sally meanwhile was just covering her ears because Sonic was screaming and cheering while eating breakfast, chili dogs of course. Sally knew when Sonic's favorite cousins were coming over by marking it on a calendar like Sonic so she could plug her ears with ear plugs (and therefore not go deaf). Even though everybody was in different huts (and a few were empty), everyone could still hear him and woke up, unfortunately for them. This happened everytime Sonic's favorite cousins, Violet and Valley came over. Mecha of course, was just plain mad, "YOU CRAZY HEDGEHOG!!! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU??!!". Sonic answered calmly, "My favorite cousins are coming to visit Knothole. I'm so excited." Mecha snapped at Sonic, "KEEP YOUR FEELINGS TO YOURSELF!! YOU ARE WAKING EVERYBODY UP!!". That was Sonic's signal to calm down. Violet and Valley prepared to leave for Knothole. The walk would only be one hour. Then they knew Sonic would start screaming with excitement. As they were leaving, two hedgehogs surprised them. "Heheheh, you'll be keeping us two company, heheheh"..... A communication signal went to Knothole: Mayor of Rosco Village: "Sonic, do you read me?" Sonic: "Got ya loud and clear!" Mayor: "Two hedgehogs climbed up Demon's Peak and have not returned. There in turn though have been reported by witnesses to have kidnapped Violet and Valley." Sonic: "VIOLET AND VALLEY KIDNAPPED??!! I GOT TO GET OVER THERE DAMNIT!!" Mayor: "I'll expect you over in one minute. Mayor out!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It seems the two kidnappers had setup a torture room. The room was filled with torture devices such as The Rack and anything painful that was made of metal. Violet was locked into The Rack, meanwhile her sister was put in a body twisting device. The room also had a tv and couch where the two kidnappers watched a wrestling match. "Come'on Belly Man, you can beat 'em!", one of them yelled. Thank goodness they were too busy to deal with Violet and Valley but the torture room was hidden, Sonic wouldn't likely find it unless he interrogated one of the kidnappers while one of them was wandering around. Violet whispered to her sister, "Do you think Sonic will find us here?" Valley was brave and said in a strong whisper, almost a brave whisper, "He will find us. We ARE his favorite cousins. These kidnappers are gonna get it when Sonic finds us." Yet they seemed to lose confidence.... The mayor was frightened. He had two men close down the mountain but to who could climb the mountain, the rare gold shine attracted. One female fox seemed to have the drive to climb and the love of gold. She was a strong, independant fox packed with quite a bit of hiking gear, just ready to get at that gold. She snuck past the two men closing down Demon's Peak and started her ascent. The men, of course noticed that a fox was climbing the mountain but they couldn't climb, they didn't have the gear. After quite some difficult climbing, she finally found what she was looking for, but it wasn't gold. It was a black emerald. "Why not get what I came for...", she reached for the emerald but it once again spoke, "I am The Last Demon of The Black Chaos Emerald. You are my avatar...." Sonic was speeding towards Rosco Village at max speed. "If Violet and Valley are dead, the killers will get a piece of me!!", Sonic thought. Sonic just wanted to know what was going on though; his thoughts strayed. Sonic reached Rosco Village. The village was full to the brim of huts made of brown straw but the most obvious thing of all was Demon's Peak, which shined a shade of rare gold. The mayor ran up to him upon his arrival to town. "I hope you will excuse me for not investigating the matters further.", the mayor appologized. Sonic tried to keep a smile on his face (the glad-to-see-the-mayor look) but the mayor knew he was madder then a mental patient at the kidnapping of Violet and Valley. "I feel very sorry for you Sonic but I know where the kidnappers may have them hostage, in the forest." The same female fox who climbed the mountain overheard the mayor's conversation and headed to the forest to lay traps. She wanted to get Sonic very bad, for some reason... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sonic sped into the forest fast as he could. He seemed to be easily juicin' around the forest but suddenly, he felt gravity pulling him down. Sonic yelled out, "A TRAP!!". Sonic revved up with a foward roll, took a high jump up and sped out of the trap spinning very quickly. Sonic was out. "Whoever made that trap didn't really know me too well!", Sonic noted. More traps layed in the forest and Sonic avoided trap after trap, sometimes tripping them to see who had laid them. All of a sudden, while Sonic was looking for the trapper, a rope caught onto his foot, hanging him upside down. Sonic then saw who had laid out the trapps. "So you are the legendary Sonic The Hedgehog. You'd be quite a prize with your head on my wall, but I've been making deals with too many people. Looks like you are coming with me, heheheh...." The trapper took Sonic to a position in the forest marked on a map in her pocket and pushed a rock over, revealing a secret passage. Sonic thought, "This may be where Violet and Valley are. This crazed person has taken me right to them. All I need to do is bust out..." The two kidnappers were delighted that the female fox (the trapper) had brought Sonic The Hedgehog and started to explain the torture machines and what they did, just so that they'd know what was coming to them. One of the kidnappers started turning the crank on The Rack while the other started the twisting machine. Just before the female fox could lock him into a torture machine, Sonic slipped out of the fox's hands and started giving her the old one-two. The female fox got knocked out cold. Sonic then went into a Sonic Spin to cut the ropes on the rack and released the pressure of the body twister but the two kidnappers were heading for them. Sonic tried to fight them both but was badly injured. One of the kidnappers sliced his arms and legs with a knife, causing blood spill and the other knocked Sonic out cold with the handle of his knife. It was up to Violet and Valley. Violet kicked the knives out of the kidnappers' hands and passed the extra knife to Valley. They both slashed the kidnappers and knocked them out cold with the knive handles. Both of them escaped. Sonic was recovering from the fight but he had not gained conscienceness yet. The two kidnappers were out cold. "Heheheheh, finally, I don't have to give Sonic to those two knuckle-heads!", the trapper said as she dragged Sonic out of the torture room. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ In the forest, there was a cabin made out of wood, built like a tavern almost. The trapper dragged Sonic into the cabin. Inside the cabin there was head after head after head mounted on plaques in the wall. The trapper had all her utilities in the cabin including traps, instruction manuals, kits and guns. Sonic's head was next to go on the wall. Sonic finally gained conscienceness but was still a little weak. Sonic asked himself, "Where are Violet and Valley? On second thought, where am I??". The trapper was still getting her taxidermist kit and a very sharp axe, although she sharpened it again just to make sure it was sharp enough. Sonic was gaining strength every moment although the trapper didn't know it. Sonic got up, sped by her, grabbed the axe, and chopped her head off. From the opening in her neck (from the absence of her head) a black mist appeared. Sonic couldn't fight that (whatever it was) so he ran out of the cabin to warn the mayor. Violet and Valley had arrived at Rosco Village after escaping from the two kidnappers. They ran to the mayor saying that Sonic was severely injured. Just then, Sonic appeared from out of nowhere. "I'm alright Mr. Mayor but these cuts are painful, ouch, arghhhhhh!!" The mayor was just glad he was alright. Then Sonic revealed some valuable info, "Remember that fox you were talking about who climbed the mountain? Well, she set major traps in the forest and then dragged me by the rope of a trap I got caught in over to a secret passage. It was a torture room where Violet and Valley were being kept. I am glad Violet and Valley are alright. Anywayz, after my cousins escaped, I was knocked out cold and dragged to what looked like a cabin. I gathered up strength enough to run, grab the axe she was about to chop my head off with and chopped hers instead. Then some black mist popped out of her neck. It was scary and weird all at the same time!". Very valuable info it was indeed. After telling the mayor his story, Sonic got a lot of medical attention. (After Sonic's recovery) The mayor was frightened. "Sonic, those three people must be infected by demons. It's the only way the black mist you were talking about could have been coming out of the fox's neck. We must get a demon specialist immediately. One specialist I know is pretty far, in the Southern Continent. You must find him!", the mayor told Sonic. Sonic said, "Then take care of my cousins for me 'cuz I'm off to see the wizard!", and he ran off. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ As Sonic ran off, he thought, "Looks like I'm off to see the wizard". He ran through the Buffer Zone as most people called it, he ran through the Great Forest, always heading to the south. He finally reached the Southern Continent and visited a nearby village. He asked all the villagers about a demon specialist and they all told him the same thing, "He's a hermit, living underground." Sonic jumped up and went into a Spin Dash, straight down through the ground. Luckily for him, Sonic hit right on target. An old fox was mixing up a brew, he was startled by Sonic's appearence and asked him a few questions: Specialist: "Are you the legendary Sonic The Hedgehog?" Sonic: "That's me. I need your help. Demon's are on the loose in Rosco Village, Northern Conitinent. Can you help Rosco rid of them??" Specialist: "What type of demons are they." Sonic: "I dunno but Demon's Peak, a mountain near there, shines of a rare gold..." Specialist: "I got it. These are Chaos Emerald demons. I'll help. Those kind are dangerous... They have special ways of attracting people to their location. Then they once again have a body. Things get uglier the more time the demon enjoys it's stay. We must act NOW!" Sonic grabbed the specialist and ran off towards Rosco. En route to Rosco, Sonic met some "unexpected" visitors. They appeared in front of him in the form of matter forming mist. It was the two kidnappers, laughing like mad men. They took the knives out of their pockets. "Now your ass is grass, Hedgehog!! heheheheh..." The two kidnappers lunged at Sonic, missing very badly because of Sonic's speed. Sonic then took action knowing that if he just kept avoiding them, they'd get him and the specialist sooner or later. He kicked both knives out of the kidnappers hands and used them to cut the kidnappers heads off. Black mist once again formed where their heads were. The specialist was surprised, "So I'm right!". Sonic continued to Rosco Village, with black mist following him..... Still continuing towards Rosco, the specialist gave Sonic some more demon killer talk, "We must get the emerald and ban the demons to it. I still remember the banning spell." Sonic knew that it was his job to get the emerald to ban the demons. Only one thing bothered him, he wasn't exactly your friendly neigborhood mountain climber and Demon's Peak was and still is very difficult to climb, the hardest to climb in the Northern Continent. Still en route to Rosco somewhere in The Great Forest, the 3 groups of black mist that were chasing Sonic caught up to him (Sonic couldn't go to sonic speed with an old person in his hands). The 3 groups of mist formed what looked like demons and one tried to grab the specialist. Sonic jumped up, legs in front towards the demon. Sonic fell straight through and ended up just delaying the inevitable. The demon made a hand out of it's black mist and grabbed the specialist by the neck. Sonic thought to himself, "If those demons get the specialist, Rosco is doomed. I must do something. Let's see, I could use a branch and separate the mist rapidly with it like a hand through smoke. The demon should then drop the scientist. After that, I have to grab him and go to sonic speed, no matter what the risk!" So Sonic grabbed a branch and started to rapidly cutting through the demons with it like a hand through smoke, the demon then dematerialised his hand, dropping the specialist. Sonic grabbed the specialist and shot off at sonic speed. Fortunately for Sonic and the specialist, they reached Rosco hours ahead of the three demons and the specialist didn't get that queasy feeling. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Upon their arrival to Rosco, Sonic and the specialist warned the mayor about the demons and told him that the specialist has only a few hours to setup a circle of banning. Sonic was sent to get the emerald from Demon's Peak so he juiced off towards Demon's Peak and the mayor helped the specialist setup the circle. Sonic raced towards the mountain and stopped at the police line that was used to close off the mountain. Two men guarded it carefully. Sonic looked up at the mountain and saw that it had alot of caves and was extremly difficult to climb in the sense that there were alot of hazards built into the crazy mountain. Sonic revved up his legs, and speeded up the mountain. About two seconds of running, Sonic started rolling up the mountain, crushing everything in his path 'til he found the source of the gold shine of the emerald. Sonic walked into the cave where the emerald was hidden. The black mist demons once again appeared, trying to stop Sonic from taking the emerald, knowing what he'd do with it. One tried to make Sonic it's avatar, another trying to blind him. Sonic grabbed the emerald, stuck his tongue out and juiced out of the cave, not remembering the he was on top of a mountain. He started to fall..... When Sonic realized he was falling he curled up into a ball and started rolling so that when he hit the curvature of the mountain, it would speed him up, the banning had to start now! The demons were chasing Sonic coming out of the mountain and Sonic was speeding towards the circle of banning setup in the center of the village to warn the mayor and the specialist of the demon's arrival at Rosco. "Mr. Mayor, you and the specialist have to finish NOW! The demons arrived and tried to get me when I went up for the emerald on Demon's Peak. We must finish NOW!" So Sonic helped the mayor and the specialist setup the banning spell. Just seconds before the circle was finished, the same three demons arrived and once again tried to take the specialist. The specialist started the spell, "By the powers of the Goddess of Mobius, I ban these three demon's present in this circle to this emerald in the center, so it is said, it is done!" Then the specialist started humming, concentrating his power and Sonic tried to keep the demons in the circle. The demon's knew what the specialist was doing and tried to get out of the circle but Sonic speeded around the circle at sonic speed and stopping in front of each demon trying to escape. The demons thought they were surrounded, and they were. The specialist was still channeling his energy. Suddenly, the demons started dematerializing and were being sucked into the emerald and the demons disappered, hopefully never to be seen again..... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The mayor was delighted at what he saw and yelled out in joy, "It worked!!! The spell worked!!! We're saved!!". The mayor then awarded the specialist and Sonic sped the specialist back to his home. While Sonic was there, he fixed almost everything he broke when he dropped in to see the specialist and congratulated him on a job well done. "On behalf of my cousins and the citizens taken by the demon, I'd like to thank you for a job well done!". Sonic then waved goodbye and speeded back to Rosco. After Sonic arrived at Rosco, he was given a golden medal by the mayor and left for Knothole with Violet and Valley. At Knothole, Sonic told Violet and Valley about the ancient game of Monopoly he found and the medal he got for helping rid Rosco of the demons. The mayor of Rosco had four men very carefully hide the emerald underground to prevent it from being seen again. Back at Knothole, everyone went to Sonic's hut to get the Monopoly game and enjoyed what they could call an "ancient classic" and of course, they all lived happily ever after, until the next disaster.... THE END ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you have any comments about this story, e-mail me at doombot@colosseum.com or page me via ICQ at this address-----> http://wwp.mirabilis.com/1211136 This story was brought to you in part by SPEEDSTAR THE HEDGEHOG. Also, GENEZIX ECHIDNOT helped a little with the editing so I guess this story wouldn't be the same without him. Thanx GEN! GENEZIX ECHIDNOT: genezix@hotmail.com DOOMbot: doombot@colosseum.com