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		          Living Biohazard
 	   Part 2: The Evil Upon the Space Colony ARK
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        The days dragged on into weeks of confinement for her, as Eggman continued to slowly watch his creation come together. Her fur was Ebon black with Crimson red streaks. Oh her head were 3 large spine like quills, the two side ones curved upwards and the top bending downwards. From her forehead, a red streak began and ended at her top quills tip. Her arms and legs holding two red bands each, as well as stripes leading from the upper most bands, to her pinky fingers and outermost toe. Her eyes also bearing the same crimson colour. Her breasts and part of her torso, covered in a dull white fur in the shape of a heart. All Eggman could do was smile at his new creation... his mind thinking of all the dirty tricks and schemes that he could now pull off with his new toy, his new pawn in the game that he had been planning for all too long. Today was finally the day that he felt she was ready for life. She had been living within this tube for nearly two weeks as her body became accustomed to the power pulsing within the green fluid, absorbing all the energy it could. She had just begun to awake from her first night of slumber without any sort of bodily pain, when she slowly started to feel like she was getting heavier, almost to the point of the air being forced out of her lungs. She had not felt anything like this, the feeling of a cold surface beneath her feet. Her body struggled to stand after being suspended for so long. The doctor walked up to her, blanket in hand to cover her up.


She coughed violently as she ripped the mask from her muzzle, taking in the harsh cold air into her lungs. “Up, we will get you warm and cleaned.” he said in a neutral tone. All she could do is stare at him. He looked so much different now that her vision was clear. His form was rotund, face covered in the longest and bushy moustache. She reached out for aid, still coughing and unsure how to really move around, this triggered Eggman to help her up and walk her to a bathing area. “We have to remove the Artificial Chaos from your body. Without something to control its chemical make-up, it could cause some unwanted side-effects.” he noted. She stumbled most of the way before collapsing. Exhausted from forcing herself to walk this far for the first time. Eggman sighed and picked her up, carrying her the remaining way till they reached the bathing area. He sat her down and removed the blanket, then ran a hot shower. “I will leave a towel and set of clothes for you outside the door.” he said leaving her alone. She stared at the shower head, pondering what to do before finally sticking her foot under the running water. It stung and burned, but in a soothing way. She watched as the greyish green ooze slowly washed down a an odd metal plate with holes in it. She saw her fur become a glossy Ebony black, striking and exotic looking being this is the first time she has ever seen her own fur this colour. She forced herself up and under the hot water, washing the rest of the ooze away with it.


        After she finished her shower and got dressed, she looked in the large mirror. The look on her face was blank and emotionless, just as her mind was. Two weeks she had been alive and had not yet been given a name, or been able to express herself properly. She brushed her large bangs out of her face, even went as far as to rattle them around, causing her to chuckle slightly at the sight of how fluffed up they got. She ran her fingers through her bangs to straighten them out and back into their original position. Staring deeply into her reflection is all she did till she heard a knock at the bathing area’s door. After the third knock, the doctor slowly slid the door open “Oh good, you are dressed. Its time to tell you about the current mission I would like you to do.” he said with a grin. “M-mission?” she stammered, confused with what he meant. His classic laugh rang throughout in the halls of the ARK, “Why yes, there is something important I want you to do for me.” he said leading her out and into the hallway. “I need you to blend in on the planet below us. You see, there is someone who despises me, and loves to make my life a living nightmare when I just try to help them. I want you to... lets say gain their trust, and report to me, what they are planning.” Eggman stated in a faked solemn tone. He continued on about the small group of mobians that always foiled his plans. He seemed to like the idea of spying on them and even hinting around at capturing this ‘blue hedgehog’ that he was so focused on, nearly to the point of obsession.


        He looked down to her and smiled, she at this point she was near spacing out when he spoke up “So, you leave tomorrow, Scarlet.” her ears perked up and her attention glided straight to the doctors face. “Scarlet?” she said questioningly as he chuckled “Yes, Scarlet. That is your name. I figured it would fit you best.” Scarlet looked at Eggman, repeating the name several times in her mind before finally speaking “Scarlet... I like that name.” she said smiling at him “As for this mission... who do these others look like?” The doctor smiled once more and lead her down the hall just a few doors before coming to a large room with one console and several monitors. Scarlet watched as he put in the code “M.. Ma... What’s the importance of that code you put in?” she asked. Eggman looked to her as he moved in front of the console. “That code or... whatever you call it, ‘Maria’.” she stated again. “Oh, that...” he paused “Just a memory is all.” he said passingly as he brought up everyones faces. “Only one I am really concerned about is this blue one” he says pointing to an emerald eyed hedgehog in black jeans and red shoes. “The rest of them will be following along in his little game, but they aren’t much of a threat, so don’t worry yourself too much about them.” he added. The console’s buttons glowed gently as he closed the file, then finally it shut down entirely. She continued to stare at the console, wondering if something else was supposed to happen, but her attention was drawn away from it when Eggman placed a hand on her shoulder.  He lead her to a plain looking room. Its walls were a dull grey, lights barely on, or even working at all. The bed in the far right corner of the room was neatly made, a bag sitting next to it “Get some rest for now. You will go down to planet, Mobius, tomorrow to begin your mission.” She went to look at him, but his backside was just leaving the door as she turned fully around. “The planet looks lovely. I wonder what it’s like down there...” she said to herself as she looked out the window.


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 	        Back at Tails’ Workshop
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        “God damn that Bat Girl!” the crimson echidna shouted out, infuriated by the newest actions of Rouge. Tails ignored Knuckles current ranting and continued to work on his TornadoX, the newest model of the Tornado Biplane. The features it had were nearly identical to the Cyclone, but greatly improved as well as a more modern design. Most of the gang was there as well, including Amy, Sonic Cream and her little Chao Cheese. Sonic reclined and yawned, not paying much attention to the Hot-headed Echidna. “Jeez Knux, relax for once will ya.” he retorted to Knuckles. He ran right up to Sonic and lifted him up and into the air “You tell me to relax one more time, I swear!”. Cream immediately shielded Cheese as Amy stumbled on her injured leg to hurry the two out of the room. Tails jumped over the Tornado and made an attempt to push the two apart “Can’t we go two minutes without you two getting at one anothers throats!” the little two tailed fox shouted. “Lets TRY to focus on more important matters, like what caused that large crater that Sonic and Amy ran into.” He dropped sonic on his ass, then walked to the other side of the room, grumbling to himself. Sonic gagged and smirked at Knuckles, taking this more as an invitation to a sparring match, then the simple fact that he had rubbed a nerve raw. The same nerve that has caused many fights before.


        Tails walked to his computer, it was covered in parts and tools from his attempts at making new gadgets and creating his new Biplane, picking up a small tablet like device “Now, if we can actually focus, here are the seismic readings from the earthquake that reached over here. Nothing major, a slight 3.2 on the richter scale, but from what Sonic and Amy said, they nearly fell into one of the craters.” Knuckles scoffed “Maybe he finally just ran too fast for his own good.” Tails glared at knuckles “Not helping.” the echidna shrugged and turned to the door “Whatever, I have to go check on the master emerald.” he retorted as Amy passed him, limping toward the two who were like brothers to one another “Guessing it went a little south?” she asked passingly “You have no idea...” Tails sighed as he looked over to Sonic, the hedgehog shrugging and sitting back down in a recliner as if nothing really happened, nearly dozing off that instant. “That’s Sonic for you.” he said with a slight chuckle.