Sonic Vortex: Flame Rising/Part Four

==Part Four==
Harper started up the driveway, which was indeed made of silver. "Wow, You're dad must be a billionaire to able to afford all this," Cobalt said. "Father is a successful architect. He's designed many of the buildings found here in Portal," Harper replied.
Keira had just raised up her eyebrow, and walked around. "Hmph," Shadow grumbled, as he kept walking, smirking at the confused angel hedgehog beside him.
"What?" Keira snapped at the smirking hedgehog beside her, as she slapped him slightly, leaving him behind, smirking.
"How long have you two known each other?" Cobalt asked, nicking at a peice of dried mud stuck to his right ring talon.
"We've known each other for many years now, and plus, we're rivals," Keira explained.
"Rivials, eh?" Cobalt said. "I have a rival, too. He's a large, strong, black-furred, and most importantly, very dangerous."
Harper's attention flew to Cobalt, "Was he a hedgedragon?" She asked. The prince nodded, starting to pick at bits of flesh stuck between his sharp teeth.
"Cool," Keira commented. "We train and battle almost every time we meet, to see who's stronger."
Something in the back of Harper's mind. The black diablos snapped her fingers together, "Ah! Now I know how I ended up in the river."
".... How?" Keira asked.
"The person Cobalt just described is the hedgedragon that attacked me," Harper replied.
"Hmph," Shadow snorted. "Let's just go beat up that he-- What the?!"
"Shut up Shadow!!" Keira scolded the red and black hedgehog. "We can't just rush into battles like that."
"Calm down," Cobalt said, "Aegrine isn't here," he assured, then muttered under his breath, "Hopefully."
The four reached the mansion's front door. Harper walked up to the black wooden door, pushing the doorbell. After a few minutes, a brown sparrow opened the door, his yellow eyes widening when he saw Harper.
"Miss Harper! Thank the heavens you are ok!" Ashton exclaimed. The black diablos shrugged, "I can take care of myself, silly birdbrain," she nudged the sparrow gently in the shoulder.
The angel hedgehog snorted, as Shadow rolled his eyes, both thinking of the same thing, 'Too overprotective....' Keira grumbled as she plastered a fake smile, "Oooohhh boy, here we go."
"C'mon in. And bring your friends too," Ashton insisted, pushing Keira, Shadow, and Cobalt into the mansion and shutting the door behind them.
"Owww..." Keira whined in pain. "He has a good push..."
Ashton frowned, "Sorry. Didn't mean to hurt you," he apologized. "I don't think you've met them. This is Cobalt, Keira, and Shadow," Harper said, pointing to each mobian.
"It's okay, Ashton, was it?" Keira smiled. "And nice to meet you!"
"The name's Shadow, Shadow The Hedgehog, Ultimate Life Form," Shadow grumbled, as he stood by Keira for protection if he was gonna get dragged or something else.
"Nice to meet all of you," Ashton said, smiling. Harper adjusted her visor, "Do you know where Father is?" The black diablos asked.
The sparrow wiped his brow, "Varusa is upstairs in his office," he said, "I'm sure he'd want to meet the people who brought his daughter home." Ashton gestured towards the stairs.
Shadow and Keira looked at each other, and their eyes signaled each other to beware on doing this one.
"Don't be nervous," Ashton assured, "Mister Varusa will love ya!" He pipped, starting towards the staircase. Harper put her arms around Shadow and Keira and gently pushed them towards the upper level.
"Okay then," Keira mumbled, as Shadow had just blinked his eyes.
The group ascended two sets of staircases to the third level. Ashton lead Harper and the others to a black wooden door, the sparrow opening it. Inside was a very fancy room. A stone fireplace sat in back of the room, a large window overlooking the city, a high-definition flatscreen tv built into the wall, a black leather couch, and a tiger skin carpet.
Sitting on the couch, with a wine glass in his hand, was a maroon varusaburosu. He turned his head to look at the group, "Harper!" He exclaimed, setting down his drink.
"Father!" Harper ran to her fathers arms, hugging him tightly. "Thank Chaos you are ok," Varusa said, hugging his daughter back.
Varusa looked at Keira, Shadow, and Cobalt, "I assume you are the people who brought my daughter back to me?"
"True, but with a hedgehog called Isaac too," Keira added.
Varusa let go of his daughter, "Tell him I said thanks," he said.
"What is that ebony hedgehog doing here?!" A voice from behind the group rasped.
"What?" Shadow growled. "Is it me, or Isaac?"
Keira took a hold of Shadow's wrist, as a sign to calm down. "Calm down Shadow," Keira mumbled.
Standing in the doorway was a tall, slim-built hedgehog-like creature. He glowered at Shadow, his icy-blue slit-pupiled eyes digging into the black and red hedgehog like daggers.
"Now, now, Mori," Varusa said, "Shadow here helped get my daughter home. Don't be too aggressive."
Shadow glared back, with his famous death glare, and growling aggressively, and took hold of Keira's wrist. He pulled her, and dragged her towards the exit. Then, Shadow held his Chaos Emerald, about to say the two words that he was supposed to say, until... A certain horn sounded, and some type of army was waiting outside, as the loud bomb exploded near the mansion.
Cobalt jumped, looking around frantically, "The heck was that?!" Mori hissed and glared back at Shadow, then pointed with his scythe arm, "It's him! Those baboons outside must be looking for him!"
"Kira," Shadow mumbled at Keira, as she looked up at him. "Let's battle them all..."
"Yeah, let's dash!!" Keira shouted, ignoring what Mori had just said, and Chaos Controlled outside, and started to fight them all, with only Shadow by her side.
Mori narrowed his eyes, snarling as he walked to the window, as did Varusa, Harper, and Cobalt. "What on Mobius is going on? My yard isn't a war zone," Varusa mumbled.
Keira looked back, and heard what Varusa said, then warped all of the enemies, herself and Shadow, to another dimension, which is the War Zone. "All of them, I hate them all," Keira growled. "All at the mansion, except Cobalt of course."
Varusa didn't seem surprised in the slightest that the enemies were gone. He had seen teleportation before. "Father, are Keira and Shadow going to be ok?" Harper asked. The rich man turned to his daughter, "I'm sure they can handle themselves, dear."
"Too many of them," Shadow mumbled. "Chaos Blast!!!"
"I have no care, but... Here it goes," Keira smirked. "... Phobos!! Lend me your power!!"
Then, Keira had some of Phobos' abilities, and at the end of the battle, the effect wore off. They won the battle. Warping back with a fierce face plastered on their faces, the duo sat down, as Keira started casting a healing spell at the both of them.
"Quite amazing," Varusa said, even though he didn't see the fight. Mori snarled and crossed his arms, giving Shadow a killer stare.
Keira snickered at Mori, saying, "Is that your best death glare you got? Cause' it isn't scary."
Mori snarled louder, glaring at Keira, looking like he was going to tear her throat out. "Mori...No killing guests," Varusa said bossily. The mutant hedgehog huffed, baring his sharp fangs at Keira.
The angel hedgehog wasn't intimidated at all, because she was so used to her opponents glaring at her, as she just ignored it. 'BAD Temper...' Keira thought. "So... What are we supposed to do here?" Keira asked, tiliting her head to the side. "Oh and Mori? Nice fangs, better than my tiger teeth."
Mori frowned slightly, "Thanks, I guess." Harper turned to Keira, "You all can stay here as long as you want. As long as Father is ok with it," she said, turning to Varusa for permission. The varusaburosu nodded, "Make yourselves feel at home. And if you'd like, you could stay for dinner," he said. At this, Mori smirked, "Or become dinner," he hissed, then gave off a sinister chuckle. Varusa gave Mori a 'stop trying to scare the guests' stare.
"We aren't scared, we are used to it," Keira grumbled, walking away to change into her princess dress from the Dark Dimension.
Mori rolled his eyes, then glared at Shadow. Harper looked at Varusa, "Father, why does Mori hate Shadow so?" She asked. Varusa shook his head, "I don't know. Mori doesn't talk about his past often." The mutant glared at Varusa, "The hedgehog's creators are the reason I look like THIS!" He gestured to his distorted form.
Then, a while later, Keira came out, wearing a dark blue dress, with a golden belt wrapped around her waist. As she rolled her eyes at Shadow, she whispered about their escape plan later on.
Mori snarled, slashing his scythe arm in between Keira and Shadow, "Would you like to share your conversation with the rest of us?" He hissed. "MORI ELL RIKUMI!" Varusa yelled. This time Mori didn't respond, staring Shadow directly in the eye.
Shadow stepped up, saying, "Hmph, I don't think so."
"Mori, what's up between you and Shadow?" Keira snapped. "If you don't want us to be around, just say so!!"
Mori looked between Keira and Shadow, then growled and crossed his arms, "It was seventeen years ago. Before I was turned into this thing I was a nuclear radiation scientist," he started.
"One day a group of darklings showed up and asked for a tour around the plant. Being the naive eighteen-year-old I was, I accepted," Mori went on, his expression hardening, "When we got to the radiation site, they doublecrossed me. Some idiot left one of the energy pods open, and I fell in."
Mori grimaced, "Instead of killing me like it should have, it mutated into the freak you see in front of you," he continued. "In a fit of rage, I mercilessly slaughtered those darklings. Everyone at the plant saw me as a monster and drove me away. Didn't even give me a chance to explain!" The salmon mutated hedgehog hissed.
"It wasn't my fault, the darklings wanted that on their own, I was battling Eclipse at that time," Shadow explained calmly.
"Still doesn't change that you are one of them," Mori hissed, turning his back on the two. On the tip of his long tail was a sharp scorpion barb. One strike with that would hurt very, very much.
Shadow raised his eyebrow up, as a sign saying, 'Why the heck are you so immature? Picking fights like that.'
"Mori, if it's not his fault, then it's not, because he's the one who defeated Black Doom, leader of the darklings," Keira retorted back.
The mutant thought for a moment, then sighed, "I despise the species that turned me into this," he said, then took short, shallow breaths. "Shadow can get a pass. At least he did something good..."
"Whew..." Keira sighed.
Ashton entered the room, "Mister Varusa. Dinner is ready," he said. The rich man nodded, turning to Keira, Shadow, and Cobalt. "Would you like to stay for dinner?" He asked.
"Sure," Keira nodded, answering for Cobalt and Shadow too.
Then, after that, she received a call from Crystal in her communicator, and Crystal said that Shadow Deimos was on the loose again. "Shadow," Keira grumbled, coming into the dining room, worried. "Shadow Deimos is on the loose again..."
"Crap," Shadow grumbled, as he started to eat.
Cobalt tilted his head to the side, "Who is Shadow Deimos?" He asked. "Most likely a villian," Harper replied. Varusa looked at Cobalt, "I just noticed. You are the hedgedragon prince?" He asked. Cobalt nodded, using one talon to slice his steak in half.
"We got to defeat him again then, that doppelganger son a of a-" Shadow grunted as Keira smacked him on his back, glaring. "Sorry."
"Shadow Deimos is a villain like Mephlies, the one that can change into a shadow, and he's a doppelganger of my uncle," Keira explained.
"Evil doppelgängers. Oi, been there," Cobalt muttered. "Ever heard of Tanzanite?" He asked. Harper looked at the azure hedgedragon, "You're Moebian counterpart?" She replied, skeptical. "Trivia mentioned him once," she said.
Cobalt nearly jumped out of his seat "Trivia was here?!" He stuttered. Harper looked confused, "Yea. She was one of Father's elites," she turned to Varusa, "What happened to her, anyway?"
The varusaburosu chuckled, "I don't know where that fool went. Probably ran off to hunt down that albino echidna," he responded, picking up a teapot. "Tea?" He asked, motioning to Keira.
"Sure," Keira told Varusa politely.
The varusaburosu poured a glass of tea and passed it down to Keira. "So, Cobalt. Haven't seen many hedgedragons around. Where've you guys been?" He asked.
The prince smirked, "Well, if I told you, then I'd have to kill you," he joked. Varusa chuckled, "I get it if you don't want to tell me. You're species are endangered, after all."
"Yup, true," Keira smiled.
"I have one more question," Varusa started, "Hedgedragon fire is very powerful, correct?" He asked. Cobalt nodded, though he seemed unnerved by this question.
"Very, very powerful," Keira agreed to the question. "Shadow, I heard Shadow Deimos speak to me just now, we need to keep our guard."
"Hmph," Shadow grumbled, agreeing while eating.
Cobalt shrugged, slicing off another piece of meat with his talons and tossing the chunk into his mouth. Mori stared at the hedgedragon, "Dude. There is something used for cutting called a knife. Use it," he said blankly. Cobalt rolled his eyes and continued to eat. 
"They have their own ways," Keira mumbled, as she got another piece of meat, frying it with her electrokinesis before eating it.
Harper tapped the plate with her fork, "Cobalt. Can you describe this 'rogue hedgedragon' for me?" She asked. Cobalt swallowed, then nodded, "Well, Aegrine is, like, twice my height, black fur as dark as the night sky, soul-pericing orange eyes, large beige wings, and wickedly sharp teeth, sharper than any other hedgedragon I've seen," Cobalt described.
Harper seemed uneasy, "He attacked me. That's the hedgedragon who knocked me into the river," she said. Hearing this, Varusa sneered, "I'm going to sue the pants off of that cretian," he mumbled. Harper frowned, "No, no. It's ok, Father. I'm fine."
"I need a moment," Keira said, as she stood up, and walked away.
Cobalt and Harper watched Keira leave the room, Varusa and Mori continuing to eat. Ashton, who had sat down and started to eat, received a message on his tablet. His cheery expression became a sneer, "Mister Varusa. Zakuski wishes to speak with you," he said blankly.
The varusaburosu nodded, then turned to his guests, "Excuse me for a moment," he said, then left the room with Ashton. Cobalt watched the two depart, something lurking in the back of his mind.
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