A.N. Here it is, the sequel to the critically acclaimed Shadow and Omega: Quest For A House.
This sequel shall have insanity, Shadow and Omega shall be getting into more insane things, and with a larger cast, that won't be much trouble.
Without further ado…
Shadow and Omega: Take A Road Trip
It was peaceful here. Birds were chirping merrily, the meadow was calm, as a babbling brook ran merrily along, supplying water to the trees.
Was, was of course, to operative word here, as it was now certainly not peaceful, what with the purple RV smashed through the trees, horn blaring.
"We're lost," an occupant of the RV said, it's driver swerving the steering wheel, the large mobile home unit almost tilting in it's sudden reorientation, then heading off for what was assumed to be a road, or perhaps an endangered species' habitat.
"No we're not!" another occupant contested, shouting from the passenger's seat, "We're just…locationally challenged."
The RV shuddered, it's driver gunning the engine, shooting over a dead log, landing with a large thud, and continued along, finding an old dirt road to putter along for now.
"I've been almost everywhere at least once! I don't even know where we are!" the first occupant declared, gripping his seat tightly, "Geez, I can run faster then this thing."
The RV lurched, going into a sudden dip in the road, but didn't slow as it shot out of it, lurching forward and coming to a thundering crash, sending small woodland animals to flee for their very lives.
"Then feel free to get out!" the second occupant huffed, "You didn't have to come along…"
There was relative silence for a few minutes.
"Omega…where are we?" Shadow wondered, glancing to the driver. The large robot paused, going over the data.
"I have narrowed that down to three options. Select most likely answer: The year 1576, The North Pole, or Northern California."
"Oh Chaos, I hope we aren't in Northern California. There's nothing there," Shadow said, making a face.
"How would you know, tube-boy?" Sonic said, heckling Shadow again.
"That's it! I'm ejecting you!" Shadow shouted, waving his fist at Sonic, then pressed a button.
"Comrade Shadow…" Omega began, attempting to warn Shadow. However, it was to late, as the ceiling opened up beneath Shadow, and the Ultimate Life Form felt his seat shaken, and be lifted into the air with a roar of rockets, shooting into the sky.
Omega gave a robotic sigh, bringing the RV to a stop, putting it into park. "Whose turn is it to retrieve Comrade Shadow?"
"I did it last time," Sonic huffed, looking to the other three occupants. "Silver?"
Silver shook his head, "No way. I don't even know why I'm here."
"Because it's better then your post apocalyptic future?" Sonic offered. Silver paused, holding up a finger as if to correct him, then lowered it, admitting defeat.
Sonic then turned his attention to Knuckles, who was duct taped into a cocoon, only his nose protruding, along with a very small hole for the funnel for his mouth. Sonic had decided to make Knuckles come along, but the echidna did not want to leave the Master Emerald behind. So, Sonic trapped him in a duct tape cocoon, and brought him along.
Not even Knuckles could break through duct tape.
The Guardian gave some sort of muffled response, which Sonic thought was either curses upon him, his ancestors, his possible future children, and anyone within a fifty foot radius, or a simple 'not me.'
Tails, the last member of this guys only road trip sighed and unbuckled his seat belt, stretching. "I guess it's my turn then."
He rotated his tails and set off, going through the same retracted roof that Shadow had rocketed himself out of.
Omega tapped his metal fingers against the dashboard, checking the gas gauge. It read full, as always. Omega had, as the flesh organ sacs put it 'tricked out' the RV, which included having it run on a Chaos Emerald, along with the eject button Shadow used, and other devices that will be revealed as the plot demands.
About an hour later, the chair back in place, Shadow grumbling to himself as the RV started up again, Tails pulled out a map to try and figure out where they were.
"Aren't these 'road trips' suppose to be…ahhh…how'd you put it…fun?" Silver spoke up, "So far we've just been lost…Sure, the first couple times Shadow accidentally ejected himself was funny, but it's gotten old now…"
"Don't make me eject you!" Shadow declared, reaching for a button. Omega swatted his friend's hand, who pulled it back with a small whimper.
"I guess the best thing would be to is just follow this dirt road…" Tails said, studying the map, "We're bound to run into civilization sooner or later…Besides, not like we have to worry about gas, and we have plenty of food for a couple days…"
"Oooh!" Sonic seemed to perk up suddenly, "We could camp out for the night! Have a campfire, maybe do some fishing."
Knuckles mumbled something from his duct tape cocoon, Sonic patting the echidna on the back.
"See? Knucks agrees with me!" Sonic grinned. More muffling, and the cocoon shook slightly. Knuckles certainly did not agree with Sonic.
Shadow paused, considering the idea. He had never really slept outdoors before. Sure, he'd woken up in a couple trees before, but those were not conscious efforts on his part.
He glanced outside, and the sun was beginning to set, low in the sky.
"Shall I initiate shut down procedures, Comrade Shadow?" Omega inquired, following his meaty friend's line of sight.
"What? Yah, probably a good idea. We should stop for the night," Shadow said distractedly.
He realized to late what Omega said had meant exactly, the robot's eyes going blank, as the RV shot forward, smashed into a tree, and came to a sudden lurching stop, Shadow plastered against the window.
"That's why you were a seat belt, tube-boy."
"Shuddup Sonic…"
Thankfully the RV suffered no damage besides some scratch paint. Omega had done a lot of work on it.
Gathered around a campfire, all but Omega, who was still shut off, had a stick with a hot dog on it, roasting.
Knuckles, though, lay in his duct tape cocoon, his stick stuck into the sticky mess, and not very near the fire. He had tried to roll to freedom a few times, but a rock to his cranial area had put a stop to that.
Shadow, checking his weenie to see if it was done, looked over at the faces and the nose, wondering just how exactly this had happened. The party was a bit of a blurb, the Ultimate Life Form having accidentally drunken a soda, and proceeded to have one of his 'sugar blackouts.' The caffeine certainly hadn't helped.
The next thing he had remembered was waking up in the bed in the back of the RV with a teddy bear, several cans of soda, and writing on his glove that read 'Call me,' and a number he didn't recognize.
He had attempted to find out what happened, but with minimal results. Apparently he had been the life of the mostly outdoor party, with several strangers having joined in the festivities. He vaguely considered calling the number, having that glove stashed away for now, but wasn't sure what had transpired to get him that number, and wasn't even sure if he wanted to know.
After he had woken up, he found himself in the RV, with Sonic, Tails, Silver, and the duct taped Knuckles, Omega driving along. Apparently they were going on a road trip, and it had been Shadow's idea.
Omega had seen somewhat keen on the idea, so Shadow went along with it. How bad could it be?
Of course, they were lost, and Omega was currently shut off. Last time he shut off, it had been for two hundred years…Of course, that was with the Iblis thing, and that made no sense. Even Silver agreed it was best to just pretend that never happened.
As he sat back, staring into the fire now, he couldn't help but feel a sense of foreboding…
"Ooohhh…they shall pay!" a large figure said, shaking his fist, "Revenge shall be sweet!"
"Are you still pissed you didn't get invited to the party?" a metallic voice wondered, a hint of synthesized contempt.
"Of course I am!" Eggman roared, turning to Metal Sonic, "So, I shall ruin their precious road trip, and defeat Sonic and the others once and for all!"
"Ehhh, you didn't miss much," Metal Sonic shrugged, "Wasn't your cup of tea."
"…You were invited?!" Eggman said, eyes almost widening enough to eat his glasses.
"Of course," Metal Sonic said, waving his metal hand idly.
"And why didn't you bring me?!" Eggman roared now.
"You're a square," Metal Sonic said, then paused, "Well, you know what I mean."
Eggman fumed, turning to the side, typing at the computer console nearby.
"Revenge shall be mine!"
A.N. Muhahahaha.
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