FLAMBÉ - ch19
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FLAMBÉ
Yet another SI fic by Tangent
Hot off the grill with another sizzling entree in the Sonic setting!
O o O o O
Yet another SI fic by Tangent
Hot off the grill with another sizzling entree in the Sonic setting!
O o O o O
And once again I am confronted with a situation in which, sadly, fire is not a solution.
Wait, that makes me sound like a pyromaniac.
But the point is, I was isekai'd into this world with pyrokinetic powers, so presumably some Archie nonsense will cause me to either be a hero or a villain at some point regardless of what version of Mobius I was on. But for all the fun utilitarian things I could do with fire and heat, it was basically useless in combat.
What?
Don't look at me like that! I meant that literally anything I could think of to help Jet the Hawk down there herd or capture the other speedster would risk harming or even killing one or both of them! I never practiced with controlling a living being's heat to make them feel either refreshed or sluggish, and trying to do so with a speedster sounded like a good way to induce either heat stroke or spontaneous combustion!
And while I might eventually be able to somehow sense temperature as temperature, even if only through my pyrokinetic powers, right now that particular ability was barely trained and more useful at very high temperatures such as what's required to be useful… in… Heat… Row…
I am such an idiot.
I've been a pyrokinetic fox girl for months, and it only just now occurs to me that I should be focusing on controlling lower levels of heat!?
Blegh!
Whatever. While I'll keep half an eye on the speed chase below, I'm going back to actively looking for other threats against Amy, trusting that Tails and Amy are doing the same.
O o O o O
Clove tried to keep her head clear as she tried to follow the high-speed chase between Surge and Cassia, Sonic having broken off a moment ago for unknown reasons. She and Cassia had only joined up with Princess Sally's group a few weeks ago, after Snively had tried to bribe her into cooperation by "curing" Cassia's Neural Immune Deficiency Syndrome via treatment in a roboticizer. He had even supposedly left Cassia her free will.
And it had worked for a while. While Clove hadn't exactly turned a blind eye to what the Robotnik Empire was doing, she had taken up a role as a scientist under General Beauregard Rabbot, a Robian with a surprisingly kind demeanor for somebody working for Dr. Robotnik.
For the first time in literally years of limited movement, Cassia got to run and play outside under her own power. And Clove got to pretend that she and her little sister had normal lives again. Sure, working with Snively was unpleasant, but General Beauregard himself was professional and treated everyone under him with respect.
When Cassia's long dormant speed powers reawakened for the first time in years, Clove had urged her sister to keep them secret, lest Snively absorb her into the war effort. Or worse, take her apart to find out how her Chaos gifted abilities might be replicated in other machines. And to her little sister's credit, Cassia had listened.
For a while, at least.
Except that Cassia had snuck out for secret runs that weren't nearly as secret as her little sister had thought. Snively had somehow noticed at some point, had gained access to Cassia via a "routine" checkup, and slipped a code update for the dormant Control Overlay Program that effectively turned Clove's sister into a sleeper agent.
The man had his uncle's arrogance though and had not bothered to even try hiding what he had done from Clove, instead using the threat of activating Cassia's C.O.P. to push for more compliance out of Clove and less concern for the environment or the welfare of the residents in the Norest region of Northammer.
Honestly, the Freedom Fighters returning to Northammer from the west had been both aggravating and a miracle all in one. And Clove would forever be in Bunnie's debt for choosing to let Cassia be the recipient of that horribly misnamed chip designed by Rotor.
Clove absolutely refused to call it a Neural Override Chip - it freed suppressed minds, so even semantically it was a Neural Liberation Module. The walrus was just bad with naming things, that was all.
Although they all, she, Rotor, and Tekno, had dropped the ball when it had come to redesigning how to better secure the Liberation Module to Cassia's head. Adding the hair clip was supposed to have increased the surface area of the attachment mechanism for a more secure mounting that could still be removed in the event that an actual cure for N.I.D.S. was ever discovered and Cassia could safely be deroboticized.
Even now, Tekno and Rotor were still back at the van, working furiously to finish up the upgraded models that were to replace the prototype that Cassia had been wearing.
The prototype that had somehow been knocked off of a supposedly secure mounting, by an almost impossible coincidence that had caused a teacup of all things to hit the hairclip at just the right force and angle to cause the attachment to pop loose!
Truly, the Chaos Touched were normally a marvel to behold, but that lynx was a menace!
O o O o O
Surge raised a brow as Sonic rejoined the chase beside her instead of trying to intercept the kid. "What happened to the plan?"
"The plan's still the same," the blue hedgehog assured her. "But Cassia and I are both gonna go for a tumble if I try to do this alone. I mean, we should be fine, 'cause speedsters are built tough, but I thought we should maybe try to mitigate as much as we…"
Both Surge and Sonic stopped in their tracks as water rushed up from the stream Cassia was passing over to trap the pronghorn like a fly in amber.
"...and I suddenly feel like I was overcomplicating everything," Sonic commented.
"Get over it," Surge snarked with a grin. "YO, KIT! GOOD JOB!" she called out, giving the light blue fennec a thumbs up.
O o O o O
What?
I mean, seriously, what?
That wasn't Jet the Hawk at all!
Wait, no, I'm focusing on the wrong thing again…
What the fuck were Surge and Kit doing in the Archie version of the Sonicverse!?
And why is Surge only wearing boots, gloves, and way too many belts!?
What is going on here!?
I forced myself to calm down before I did something unfortunate.
Such as falling off of this branch when I can't fly (yet - I tried a little fire boost once, but so far all I've gotten was a sore head by pulling a Tony Stark inside my kiln apartment).
Argh! Bad brain! I'm distracting myself again!
Okay, who's the other speedster?
The figure thrashing in the blob of water floating in midair was a bit hard to see, but the other one approaching with Bunnie, Sally, and the other Freedom Fighters was instantly recognizable.
Clove the Pronghorn.
What?
I mean, seriously…
Wait, I already did this bit.
No wonder I've been feeling a sense of dread ever since I found out this wasn't Mobius Prime!
But come on, how the Hell did i manage to forget all about the fucking Super Genesis Wave!?
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