GeneX - The Series
Episode 6 - Spiny the Outlaw

Note: Sonic the Hedgehog and related characters are (c) SEGA and 
Sonic Team. You knew that, right?
GeneX and related fanchars are (c) 2BIT (TheGreatGator), the author.


The story thus far:
Experiment 9, Spiny the Porcupine, has spiky blue quills that cause him to be frequently mistaken for a certain famous hedgehog. Everywhere he goes, people constantly mistake him for a hero. He can't stand it. Sonic has a squeaky clean, always the good guy image, and Spiny finds it sickening. He wishes to create his own identity, separate from Sonic's, and he'll do anything short of changing his look to do it! He's the unmistakable, inimitable Spiny the Porcupine! And he'll prove it by becoming the most feared outlaw in the nation!
Now, on to the episode!


Spiny drove down the calm and quiet streets of Central City in the jet black armored vehicle he'd acquired a few weeks ago from some sketchy gargoyles in a less pleasant city. It was early in the morning, and not many people were out and about yet. He stopped at a parking lot by a burger joint and turned to someone sitting in the passenger side seat, a twitchy looking frog who was wearing a black jumpsuit. "Okay, 'Mister Toad'... Let's go over the plan." Spiny murmured. The frog clenched his fists and glared at him. "You KNOW my name! It's Corky! Corky da Frog! Don't be disrespectin' da frog!" he stammered. Spiny rolled his eyes. "Right, 'Croaky.' You got those floor plans memorized? I wanna be out before the human police show up... Just to show that I got the smarts to do it." he said. Corky puffed out his throat angrily. "Croaky!? How'd you like frog tongue in yer eye!?" he threatened. Spiny stared at him. "Uh... Ew." he said, shaking his head. Corky nodded. "Just drive. We'll get in, get out. Everyone will know yer the fastest crook in town..." he said. Spiny slammed the brakes before the truck got far out of the parking space. "FAST!? Let's get one thing straight!! This has NOTHING to do with speed! Smarts... or strength... But NEVER speed! I am SPINY the porcupine! And it's time this world learned it!" he growled, half reaching for the frog's throat. Corky backed away slightly, extending his tongue up to lick a tear away from his eye. "...Dude, you're gross." Spiny grumbled. "Well, you can't pull this job without an accomplice!" Corky reminded him. Spiny shrugged as he drove the armored car on its way. "I'd like to test that..." he muttered.

Their truck soon pulled up to a building that still appeared busy despite the early hour. It was the First Bank of Central City, possibly the busiest bank in the United Federation, barring some in more commercial cities here and there. Spiny grinned as he stared out the window of the truck, but Corky seemed to get even more nervous and twitchy. "Th-the place is packed! I thought we came early to avoid da rush!" he stammered. Spiny snickered. "We picked this bank because it's always busy. I'd like an audience... We came early so the roads would be clear for our getaway." he explained. Corky shuddered. "All those humans... I hate humans. They're half furry, half... nekkid. It's nasty!" he said, slurping his long tongue over his eyes as though washing the very sight of them away. Spiny stared at him a moment before cracking open the truck's door. "I'll be announcing myself. You get ready to crack the safe." he said. Corky reached beside him and grabbed a ski mask shaped for a frog's head, slipping it on. Spiny rolled his eyes as he did. "Exactly what's the point of that?" he asked. "I don't want my ma to know I'm knockin' off banks with a crazy hedgehog..." he said. Spiny grabbed him by the mask and raised his fist. "That's porcupine!! Now shut up and get moving, 'Mister Toad!'" he snarled. They both exited the truck, Corky hopping alongside Spiny in an acrobatic fashion. "Yes, very discreet." Spiny grumbled. "I'm hopin' ta get you shot before we get there." Corky teased. "Right, because they'll miss you and hit me." Spiny grumbled. They split up as they neared the bank, and Spiny entered the front door, immediately drawing the attention of several adoring Sonic fans who started whispering in excitement, mistaking him for the famous hedgehog, as people normally do. Spiny frowned at this, but waved politely as he glanced around, looking for the security guards. "Hellooo..." he muttered as he spied them out. He then cleared his throat. "May I have your attention, everyone? Blue spikeruped speaking... Let me introduce myself... Because you see, many of you believe I am a certain... hero..." he announced, quickly surrounding himself with Chaos Spears, which he then proceeded to fire at each security guard, systematically knocking each of them out! "...Well, from now on, no one will mix us up! I am Spiny the Porcupine!! And I'm here to rob this bank! Feel free to flee in terror...now!" he sneered.

While crowds in the bank started panicking, a group started to approach the building outside. They were all various species, none of which were human. Most of them were wearing black uniforms, which featured a red star with thirteen points on the front. Leading the group was one who was not wearing a uniform, just a black cape and a gray fedora. He had a sheathed sword attached to his black, gold buckled belt. It was Conan the Raccoon, a treasure hunter turned criminal who had vanished from the grid for some time. Now, he was back, ready to make himself known once again. He reached for his blade's handle as he approached the door to the bank. "Ready yourselves. It seems we're not the first ones here." he said. "Should we try another bank?" a uniformed cat asked. Conan shook his head. "This mission is as much about intimidation as it is about raising capital. Let's show that we will not back down." he declared. He then drew his sword and began pointing in different directions, sending his minions off to different sides of the bank. A female wolf at the back of the crowd remained, watching everything intently with her one good eye, her right eye concealed by long strands of hair.

Spiny was busy showboating, keeping the remaining bank security distracted watching his Chaos Spears shoot around in acrobatic displays before chasing after them! He laughed as those remaining guards frantically tried to anticipate the moves of his controlled Chaos Spears. "You can't outwit me, pigs! I've thought of everything!" he smirked. Just then, Corky hopped on to one of the desks in the back, startling a teller as he jumped over her! "B-b-boss!! I can't get da safe open! It's a real state of da art setup!" he stammered, "...Oooh, is that a mint?" he added, lifting his mask so he could flick his tongue at a bowl of candy, swallowing it wrapper and all. Spiny rolled his eyes. "Do I have to do EVERYTHING???" he grumbled, stomping towards the desk and knocking over a guard with a Chaos Spear as he was slowly standing up. While the two of them went back towards the safe, animals in black uniforms stormed their way into the lobby through the doors and windows! Conan stepped through the door seconds later, but looking around, saw only the few frightened civilians that remained and a bunch of unconscious security guards. "You either worked very fast... Or it was like this when we got in here." Conan mused. "Does this mean I don't get to stab anybody?" said a colorful fox in a very disappointed tone. The female wolf stepped past Conan and addressed the crowd. "Listen up... All of you... I don't know who got here first, but we're taking this human currency. And we will use it to fund our noble mission... to end humanity's destructive reign over our planet! Fear our name, humans! We are the Covenant of Despair!" she roared. The uniformed animals clapped and cheered at her words. "You tell 'em, Fera!" shouted a random animal in the crowd. Conan stood there with his arms crossed, looking bored. "Troops rallied enough? Can we go now?" he muttered. Fera started towards the door, smirking. "I'll be the lookout. And make no mistake... I'll be watching you, too." she said. "How flattering." Conan replied, marching further into the lobby to look around.

Spiny marched to the safe, finding the bank manager standing in the way. "This bank hasn't been robbed in 200 years and it'll be a cold day in a warm place before I see that streak broken!" he warned. Corky chortled, raising his mask so he could flick his tongue at the manager and slam him against the wall hard! "Looths lipe ooo broth sthomethin' elthe, firsth!" he sneered, his tongue still hanging out. Spiny held his hand to his forehead as he shook his head hopelessly. "A sidekick. I hired a sidekick. I should have hired two people to avoid this situation. Then they'd be minions." he growled, looking at the safe door. "All right, then... Spear Storm!!" He fired a massive barrage of Chaos Spears from his back, assaulting the door with all his might! Corky, not knowing he was going to do that, was blasted aside by a few stray spears at the start of the attack! "Yeowch!! What's da big idea!?" he yelled. The spears aimed for the joints in the safe, bashing them until they weakened and were smashed! Spiny backed away as the safe crashed open, and Corky stared inside, jumping up and down excitedly. "Ooooooh, who needs smarts when you can just blast down da door, eh?" he chuckled. Spiny scowled at him. "Finally make yourself useful and start loading the loot onto the truck!" he ordered. "Huh? I thought you was gonna do it..." Corky muttered. "Well, change of plans. I did everything so far! You do something!" he snapped, stomping off. Corky stared at him, baring his creepily sharp teeth. "That's not true, I took out dat dude... Ya putz." he said, slurping his eye in frustration.

While Spiny was heading off to check that the route to the truck was still secure, he quickly ran into Conan! "Hm? Why are you out of uniform?" Conan said at first. Spiny backed away and struck a defensive pose. "I am NOT Soni-- wait... uniform?? That's a new one." he said. Conan glared at him. "You're not with the Covenant of Despair... Who are you!?" he asked suspiciously. "No one... I'm just here to make a withdrawal." Spiny said slyly. A crash was heard behind him, and they looked back to see Corky stumbling around, hurriedly grabbing stacks of money as they went flying all over the place! Conan rolled his eyes as Spiny shook his head. "You're the ones who got here before us! Sorry, simply put, we have you outnumbered. You're not getting out with that money." Conan said bluntly. Corky glanced at them nervously. "Wat?! We prepared for cops, not da mob! Let's bail, man!" he yelled. Spiny shot a Chaos Spear in Corky's direction. "Load the money ON THE TRUCK! I'll handle this!" he growled. As Corky hopped away frantically, his eyes darted all around. "I gotta get outta dis gig..." he whimpered. Conan drew his sword as Spiny turned to face him. "Well, well... Someone who can use the power of the Chaos Spear! Then let me introduce my blade... the Chaos Sword!" he said, pointing it at Spiny and firing a Chaos Spear from that blade at him! Spiny tumbled back a bit, mostly from the surprise, and growled at Conan. "You think that's funny, do you? Then you'll think this is hysterical!" he snarled.

While Corky was looking for a way out, he found himself surrounded by animals in black uniforms! "Yipe! You'll never take me alive, mafia!" he yelled, hopping around as they tried to grab him, only to be knocked over by a swift tongue lashing! "Uh huh huh!! Ake pthat!" he laughed with his tongue sticking out. Then, he heard someone chuckle "Hee hee!" behind him in a psychotic tone. Spinning around, he saw the colorful fox, mimicking how he was hopping. "You're neat, froggy! I'm tryin' to decide if I should kill you... Or slice your tongue! Or poke your eyes...with my knife! Or..." Corky's face turned white while the fox was talking, and he dropped to his knees. "No, no don't!! I don't even LIKE Spiny!! Can't we work somethin' out? Animal ta animal??" he begged. The fox stifled a chuckle. "Well... We could go see what Fera says..." he said.

Conan and Spiny tumbled back to the entrance of the bank, locked in an all out brawl! However, Conan soon threw Spiny away from him. "Off me, you brute! I see you have no sense of humor, despite your appearance. Very well, I'll just have to skewer you from..." before Conan could finish speaking, Spiny started hurling spears at him. "Shut up! The long-winded monologue is MY thing! And I got here first! I'm robbing this bank! I'm going to prove that I'M a worthy villain, and NOT a stinkin' HERO!" he yelled, hurling spears as he spoke so as not to be interrupted. However, Conan simply started parrying the spears with his sword. Being a blade of chaos, it could not be damaged by it. "Um... Mister villain? Is this your entire plan?" Conan said. Spiny looked, and realized Conan was getting closer to him. "What? Oh, fine..." Spiny shot a Chaos Spear and controlled its flight path, surprising Conan, but only briefly. He still managed to turn around and smack it with his sword, but the distraction gave Spiny an opening. "Now I got you..." he muttered. However, before he could attack, he felt himself slapped across the face with a wet object! "Consider dis my resignation, ya putz!" Corky had smacked him with his tongue! Spiny shook his head and looked around. The Covenant of Despair was surrounding him, and he was on his own. "Ready to surrender?" Conan asked. Spiny looked all around, then shook his head. "NEVER!!" He built up as much Chaos energy as he could as quickly as he could, as the Covenant of Despair came at him! "SPEAR STORM!!" He fired a massive hurricane of spears erupting from his back, and soaring all around the room, striking away the uniformed goons and Corky before coming after Conan! "No you don't!" Conan started spinning his sword to block the incoming spears, moving it as fast as he could to keep each one away from him! It was an intense moment, and when the dust settled, the covenant was quite battered, and both Spiny and Conan were exhausted. Panting, Conan kept his sword clutched until Fera entered the room. "I think we got the message across... Let's go." she said. Conan then sheathed his sword and picked up his hat, which had been knocked off during the fighting. "Stay out of my way in the future..." he grumbled.

As the Covenant of Despair fled the scene, Conan slowly looked around and considered trying to grab the money himself. However, the few remaining conscious humans in the area started to crowd him! "He did it! Hooray!!" they cheered. A child went up to him and gave him a hug. "Huh...?? Wha???" Spiny muttered. "Thank you for saving us from those bad guys, Sonic." the youngster said sweetly. Spiny's eyes twitched and his ears drooped. "S-sonic...?" he stammered. "Three cheers for Sonic!!" the crowd roared as they hoisted him up and started to carry him out. Spiny sighed as "Sonic" was smothered with praise for saving the day. "Yup... hooray for Sonic..." he groaned. Not far away, a familiar blue hedgehog raced by and thought he heard people chanting his name. "Huh...? Nah, couldn't be." he muttered, patting his obviously mistaken ears before taking off in the opposite direction.

Episode End!