City Streets

[Alpha Omega]

As Omega moves to follow the chameleon, he quickly halts, staring down at the creature. He glares at it, and aims a swift kick at its glowing head, but its own attack moved it swiftly out of the path. He peers into the window, worried about what happened.

[Espio]

[I'll add color next chance I get. Good to see ya Alpha!]

Before Espio could reach the door, the creature was upon him, sending him flying through said doorway and into a hallway. He stays composed, snapping to attention as he gets to his fours. He was fairly sore from the impact, but his resolve, and the flowing adrenaline overided the mild pain. "What...is that?", he thought to himself.

This...creature was no badnik, and he's yet to encounter a creature like this in his travels. "Evil spirit, begone!", he shouts out as he tosses a pair of shuriken out from his right arm bracer. He was aiming for the glowing area, though it was essentially a test to gauge the creature's speed. He knew it wasn't going to be -that- easy felling the beast, and the narrow corridors wern't helping matters either.

[Dr. Robotnik]

One of the shuriken grazed the creature's red crystal, leaving a cut. This sent it into a spasmic fit, as it shrieked loudly from the pain. However, it quickly regained its composure and slithered into a darkened doorway and out of sight. If Espio followed, he would catch a glimpse of the creature slithering into an open vent on the wall.

[Alpha Omega]

Omega jumps in through the window, once the shurikan have finished flying around. He covers his ears as the thing shrieked, before looking around, and gazing back outside, hoping no one had heard that. He looked over at the chameleon, whispering, "What was that thing?"

[Espio]

Espio got to his feet as the beast shrieked, prepared to make his next move. Two more shuriken are drawn into his right hand in a flash, but the beast then made his hasty retreat, the ninja following behind him. He caught just a glimpse of it's tail slithering up an air duct, and out of sight. "Gone...", he said as he holstered his throwing weapons.

Soon Alpha joined him, the chamealeon letting out an ill sigh shaking his head. "I have no idea. I haven't encountered a beast such as that before. The closest thing...", he said trailing off as he dwells on Sonic and Vector's past encounters, "This is bad. Either the doctor is up to something big, or other...ominous forces are at work I fear. We need to find a way inside that tower, ASAP, then meet with the others.", he says with a wave of his hand. "We also can't stay here long, someone HAS to have heard that.", he muttered. He mulled over his options. He could head back out the alleyway, but if someone DID hear that scuffle, thats where they'd come from. Theres also the rooftops, but he would have to be mindful of survailance bots whist carring Alpha.

[Dr. Robotnik]

If there were any hope the group wouldn't be heard, it would soon be dashed. Outside, the homeless man wailed long and loud, in between shouting unintelligible gibberish. He seemed to have been left out there and forgotten in the confusion. If the group looked out the window, they'd see him wildly pointing up towards the sky.

Overhead, the group would see more shadow beasts gliding through the air. All of them appeared to be headed straight for Robotropolis' HQ tower, which could be seen in the distance. If they thought the area of the city they were in was dark, they hadn't seen anything yet. The area around the HQ tower looked like a black hole.

In fact, the group would also hear the snake shadow slithering across the ceiling overhead. However, after a moment the slithering stopped, probably indicating it had left to go to the same place as all the other creatures.

[Espio]

Espio listened carefully, finally taking a moment to look outside after the creature had left the vicinity of the area. He was...greeted with quite the sight to say the least; it looked as if the gates of Hades themselves had been opened! He took on a [more] serious expression, his face furrowed as he heads downstairs to creak open the door for Whip and the man to get inside, to -general- saftey. All of robotropolis must be in a state of confusion and disaray now, the small scuffle he had probably drowned out amidst what was happening nearby.

"Okay. This is worse than I thought, and time is NOT on our sides.", he explained back up in the main room. "You two should stay here, or in one of the adjacant buildings and keep an eye on the hangar. We're gonna need to ensure we have a ride out of here.", he explained. "If worst comes to worse....take a swatpod and clear out of here by yourselves.", he said as he began to pull his glider out of his invisipack. "Any objections?", he asked glancing around the room.

(Whip, Alpha, ya got about 2 days to reply before I go join the main topic, okay?)

[Alpha Omega]

Omega ran to the window to check the scene Espio was looking at. He shook his head slightly. "I ain't staying here. I can't fly those tin cans. If Whip wants to stay, okay, but I'm keeping with you." He took a ring from his finger, dropping it. It floated several inches above the ground, before glowing a light silver and growing to a foot in diameter. Omega stepped onto it, crossing his arms. "I'm ready for a fight."

[Giichi Twinkieland]

[Guys, this is Nail/Robo. Go ahead and move onto the Chaos Within topic. I don't have anything else to add.]

[Espio]

[Just need to clear one thing up with nail before I jump us both over there.]