Chapter 2 - Cleaning Up.

Chapter 2-Cleaning Up.[br]
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A grubby room was their next area. A broken bench, an incomplete set of weights, locker doors, buckled from past abuse, dripping taps, graphitised walls, rustic foldable chairs thrown to one side of the room. Cans of beer, cigarette butts, “Ketel One” bottles, glasses, plasters and broken windows, all covered in a thick layer of dust. The only thing undamaged and unused was a first aid kit, also covered in dust. Everything was disgusting, top to bottom.[br]
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“Wow, some body needs to clean up around here” Chain spoke with disgust.[br]

“Well, I’m glad you said that, Chain,” Vertigo appeared from behind the four, “Because I want you to clear it up.”[br]

“You’re kidding me, all of this?” Thorn taken back by the command.[br]

“I wouldn’t be saying it otherwise.”[br]

“Are you helping out?” Chain enquired[br]

“I did say “You” are cleaning this up.”[br]

No-one spoke back. Thorn, angered by this, gritted his teeth. With Vertigo having his back towards them, Rogue glanced at Mikey, who was at the back of the group, leaning against a wall. Mikey, never returned the look, feeling like he’d betrayed them.[br]

“Before you start,” Vertigo carried on “Project “Voltage”, I want a word with you.” He turned to Mikey, as did the other three.[br]

Mikey never spoke after exiting the lab, due to the fact that they were working for Eggman, he felt like his voice box had been muted. He didn’t return a reply.[br]

“Are you listening, Wolf boy?” seeking an answer from him, he stood directly in front of Mikey.[br]

“Yes, sir,” He replied under his breath, feeling a sickness rising from the pit of his stomach.[br]

“Good, now, follow me.” Vertigo walked out of the room, Mikey, grudgingly, followed suit. “I want this room spotless by the time I get back.” The door closed behind him.[br]
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“God, this sucks, big-time,” Chain complained.[br]

“You’re not kidding,” Thorn agreed, then glimpsing a frustrated Rogue. “Hey, are you okay Rogue?” He asked with concern.[br]

“I’m fine.”[br]

“Something’s wrong with you.” Chain, also concerned, added to the question.[br]

“What did he mean by “psychic control”?”[br]

“Why don’t you try it out?” Thorn talked into the “Ketel One” bottle, taking a swig.[br]

“Good idea, Give me that!” mentioned Chain, snatching the bottle from Thorn, spilling the alcoholic beverage all over the place.[br]

“Hey, I was drinking that!”[br]

“Tough, you don’t know where it’s been, or how long it’s been there,” Chain told him with disgust, and positioned the bottle on a ledge, “Why don’t you try and do something to this?”[br]

Rogue nodded, widened his stance, extended his wings and put his right hand in front of him, directly at the bottle. Chain and Thorn looked on in anticipation, Rogue’s hand started to glow a light blue, eventually turning into an azure blue ball, his eyes seem to disappear into a heavy deep blue glow. Then…[br]

*FWASH*[br]

The ball careered rapidly into the bottle, hitting it directly in the body, destroying it instantly, the shards flying in all direction, and evaporating in many flashes of ruby red flames. Thorn was gob smacked, Chain was ecstatic from seeing the destruction, and Rogue, smirked at his devastating power, and fired at a glass that Thorn was about to pick up. Thorn retracted his arm instantly.[br]

“Watch it!” Thorn bellowed in terror.[br]

“This…” Rogue started to pronounce, “This power…, will show him who the ultimate life form is!”, then fired energy balls in all directions, wiping out every contaminate in the room, different colour flames littering the area, then vanishing into the air. He then smirked, folded out a chair, put his feet up, and relaxed.[br]

“So, that’s it? That’s all you’re doing?” Thorn asked with confusion.[br]

“Stop whining. I’ve done the hard work, now fix the bench.”[br]

“Easy for you to say.” muttered Thorn.[br]

“Help me out then, Thorn!” Chain told him.[br]
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After two hours of hard graft, both of them had fixed the bench, stop the leakages and reshape the lockers. Rogue dozed off after the first thirty minutes of watching them work. Thorn planned on shoving Rogue off the chair, until the door swung open, Vertigo standing at the door, his knuckles covered in blood. Thorn stopped what he was about to do and Chain printed his name onto the locker he called without telling anyone .He viewed the room, without saying a word, then smirked immorally.[br]

“Hmph, impressive. Very, very impressive.” He said slowly, without any emotion in his face. He then reached behind the wall and chucked the bloody, lifeless figure of Mikey into the room, “but, I can say other things about him.”[br]

Mikey coughed up blood as soon as he landed on the floor. His face was scattered with many cuts across the face, his bottom lip bleeding, the scar on his chest reopened, covering him and the floor in blood.[br]

“Crud,” Thorn uttered, and flew to the blood-soaked being, trying to wake him up. Chain, immediately seeing the distress on Thorn’s face, rushed beside him, colliding into Rogue in the process. Rogue plummeted to the floor, instantly waking him up. He looked directly at Vertigo, and unintentionally put his hand into the thick red liquid that trickled beside him. Without looking at his hand, his temper grew rapidly. Vertigo couldn’t care less.[br]
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Vertigo grabbed something else from behind the wall and threw it recklessly towards the body of Mikey. The items were his three swords, named Thunder Aura, Kitesu 4 and Phoenix Plume. The swords clattered on the floor. Mikey’s ears twitched from hearing it, then his eyes snapped open, a fire burning inside him. Without warning, he stood straight up, blood still trickling from the cuts on his face. He instantly charged at Vertigo. Vertigo, however, closed his eyes. Mikey threw a triple attack combo; a straight punch, a roundhouse kick and a lightning heel kick. The Hedgesquirrel, still with eyes closed, blocked the punch, ducked the first kick, then jumped out of the range of the second kick, that left a trail of blue lightning behind it. He then reopened his eyes, which was now glowing a dark purple. Mikey was swinging around for a lightning left hook, until Vertigo swung a violent roundhouse kick into the reopened chest scar of Voltage’s, splattering blood all over the wall. Mikey stopped the attack instantly, doubling over in a inferno of pain. Vertigo grasped Mikey by the forehead and dragged him to his feet, and kept hold.[br]

“CHAOS…” his hand that held him firm started to glow a dark purple. “POWER BLAST!” In an instant, a flash of purple light tore through the room, sending Mikey airborne through the area, colliding with the lockers, devastating the lockers, sending chunks of metal through the air.[br]

Chain immediately turned his arm into a blade and stormed Vertigo. Vertigo grabbed the other arm and threw him back into the room effortlessly, landing in Mikey’s blood.[br]

“Stay down if you know what’s good for you,” he warned, then walked out of sight. Rogue just missed him with an energy ball hitting the wall.[br]

“Goddamnit! Thorn! Check up on Mikey, NOW!” Rogue commanded. Thorn nodded, then moved the locker that was laying on top of Mikey, trying to check up on his condition. Voltage looked up, his forehead covered in blood, the dreads, spikes and rainbow aura bang, soaked by blood.[br]

“Damn…” he uttered, near to silently under his breath, before blacking out.

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