Who is my father? by Steffie Author's notes:This part of my fanfic not only gives Remington centre-stage but...nah,won't spoil it for you. Knuckles etc (c) SEGA Kragok etc (c) Archie Lupe-An and everybody else you don't know are (c) Steffie/Lupe-An(me) Enjoy ^_^ ________________________________________________________________________________ Time:Morning Place:Echindaopolian Apartments The sun's shiny rays shone through an apartment window and into Remington's face while he tried to sleep in his bed.He swiftly covered his face with his hand but it didn't help at all. Sighing,he got out of bed with a lot of effort. 'Thank goodness I'm off duty...' Remington thought to himself while he dragged himself into the kitchen.He noticed his mom made some eggs,not just any eggs but charcoaled ones like usual and not like usual,they're on his plate;they're usually on the ceiling.His mom sat by the coffee table with a coffee mug in one hand.She wore a red nightgown with matching fluffy slippers that matched her red bob-styled hair and olive fur. "Ah,guess who was brought back to life!", Lily-Na joked with Remington,"G'morning,Rem,how are you feeling this morning?" "I'm okay.Mom,why don't...never mind." Remington mumbled. "What don't I do,Rem?" Lily-Na asked. "Why...don't you...speak about...Dad?" Lily-Na stared into her mug,took a sip and mumbled that Remington isn't ready to know yet.Remington huffed.This happened again,his mom won't talk about his dad.Why won't she? Lily-Na added about two tablespoons of sugar in her coffee and stirred nervously.As she brought the mug to her lips,her hand shooked violently with the mug.Remington knew what that body language meant:He must not only not about his dad but something more...much,much more... *Meanwhile in a dark cave somewhere* "Here it is,boss!" the figure informed the large figure. "About time,you green pest!" The large figure snarled after he snatched the tablet from his minion's hands,irritated at the figure,especially his high-pitched voice. "Whatcha gonna do with that old rock?" a second figure asked.He was huge compared to the little figure but the large figure made him shrimpy-looking. "It's a tablet;telling the legend of the Chosen One,The Saviour,The Peacemaker and...The mysterious Psychic One..." the figure answered back ,more interested in the tablet he's holding. " 'Sigh-kick one'?", The first figure pondered,"We know the Chosen One is that freak of a fox and the Saviour is that echidna but who is this Psychic One?" "That's why I need this tablet.I need to destroy him or her...the legend said that this 'Psychic One' has the ability to defeat The Living Fossil.The Living Fossil is me or maybe Dimitri...anyway,they must be killed or else I won't be here to rule Planet Mobius!" "Why is he such a threat? You're more powerful than them,right?" "There's some evidence that psychic powers are almost as powerful as chaos emeralds...I mustn't let them defeat me!" "Let them defeat ya and tell them that you're not only powerful but you were also Mobius' ruler and just allowed the lower lifes to takeover 'cos you're too proud and stupid?" The large figure punched the figure to a pulp,satisfied he took his anger out on his minion.Two other figures joined the three.The large figure turned his back to his minions and smacked his forehead. "Why must I be with these idiots?" The large figure asked himself while the first figure flew around everywhere,the second flexed his muscles,the third ran everywhere and the fourth...bumped into the first in midair... *Back to Remington-eight hours later* The young constable decided to visit the Echidna Security Agency's lab to check something out,hoping that his worst fear isn't true at all.While Remington walked on the sidewalk,Harry drove past in his taxi-cab.He stopped and poked his head out of his window. "Need a lift,constable?" the dingo shouted across the street. "No thanks,just going to ESA quickly." the echidna replied.He walked up to Harry. "Hey,constable,don't tell anyone I told ya",the dingo whispered after he checked both sides to see if anyone else is nearby," but there's a woman echidna who wanted to know if I knew a Remington.Don'tcha find that odd?" "Not really,er...then again,there's something fishy about this..." Remington admitted,he wondered if this woman is somehow related to his dad... "Maybe it's some lost relative and it's another Remington." Harry suggested,"She didn't show any photo to me...". "What does she look like?" Remington asked eagerly,almost desperate. "She has orange fur with a blonde fringe.Her hairstyle is just like yours.She has a blue "armband" around each dreadlock.She wore a purple dress with a pattern on there at the legs,her dress even had a hood.She wore weird boots like that Dark Legionnaire dude...Kdagok is his name" "His name is 'Kragok',Harry,not 'Kdagok' !", Remington chuckled,"And what else can you describe about her?" "She has dark green eyes and a large belly.I think she's pregnant with at least three babies!" Harry demonstrated how huge her belly was by stretching his arms and made a semi-circle where his belly is. Remington thanked the dingo for the information and waved him goodbye.He trotted off as soon as Harry rode off.The dingo's words echoed through the young constable's mind,"Her hairstyle is just like yours...She has blue "armbands" around each dreadlock...she has dark green eyes and a large belly...she's pregnant with at least three babies!" and the one which really bothered him,"She...like that Dark Legionnaire dude...Kragok" Is this lady his mom?Does that mean that his mom isn't his mom? Remington felt his heart sank.All he could say was,"Please let my suspicion be wrong...please!" "Good morning,constable!" Terri-Lu greeted Remington when he entered the building.Remington was too absorbed in his thoughts to even hear his security.Terri-Lu noticed how his eyes hosted fear in them;the worst fear the constable had ever imagined.Before the pretty female could even ask what the matter was,Remington was already in the lab:the only truth about his father will be in there... As soon as he entered,a scientist chucked a piece of paper away and grumbled about not being able to solve some problem.Remington cleared his throat to make his presence known.The scientist turned around from his desk,took a puff from his cigar,blew some smoke from his mouth and chuckled at the constable.Remington squinted his eyes in disapproval at the aged scientist.The scientist decided to leave the lab,seeing that some people really can't take jokes at all.As soon as he left,Remington rushed to a cabinet which contained blood samples of all the ESA prisoners.Remington looked under 'K' and finally found Kragok's blood sample. "Remington,don't even think of the worse.Kragok can't be your dad...he can't,you are brown-furred and he's red-furred.Why would you be living in Echidnaopolis and he in the Twilight Zone? He looks about only a few years older than you..." Remington told himself while he pricked his finger after he took his glove off to get his blood sample... *Back to the dark cave...* "I translated this damn ancient language thingamabob at last!" The large figure told his minions who are obviously quite bored and not interested. "What does it say?" a burly figure asked to break the deafening silence after their boss told them about the news which was two minutes ago. "It says 'The Psychic One is an echidna and he'll only defeat The Living Fossil when his loved ones' are in danger'." The figure read the translation. The large figure chuckled when he figured out how to defeat not only The Psychic One and the others but also how to control the universe. "This legend must be bogus...all other legendary characters kill whoever they have to kill with no reason at all." *Back to Remington* Remington positioned both Kragok's DNA and his on a sheet of glass.He switched the DNA scanner on but it just can't work.Remington scratched his head in confusion.He walked up to the wall to see if he switched the machine on.He swore under his breath when he noticed the plug's wire had obvious proof that a rat gnawed right through it to satisfy its hunger pains. "What luck!Just I was so ready to learn the truth..." Remington snarled to himself.He threw the wire down and turned his heel to walk towards the exit. As soon as he opened the door to get out of the musty lab,the lights flickered a few times and died.Several shrieks escaped the throats of several echidnas and a few shouted to them back to keep quiet or else they'll give them something to shriek about.Remington heard Terri-Lu typing away to see if anything could work. "Nothing's working,constable." Terri-Lu fumed,"Is there any chance that an electrical wire snapped off?" Terri-Lu suggested to the constable after she flopped into her chair.Remington didn't know what to say;his mind was so absorbed about who is father is,he used up all his mental energy and can't think properly. "I'll go and check it out...wait here in case the electicity comes back on." Remington ordered Terri-Lu.He marched out and slammed the door behind him. 'Why is the sky so dark?' Remington thought to himself.He felt his fur stand up after a very loud thunderclash crashed loudly through the sky and striked a distant palmtree.The sky turned green,emerald green.The constable noticed something up in the sky and tried to get his binoculars out to check this odd object out.As soon as he could get the binoculars near to his eyes to check it,it...just disappeared. "Odd...how can something so large vanish out of the blue in a millisecond without the use of technology or anything else for that matter?", Remington pondered out loud,"I also wonder when we'll get out of this pocket zone as well...it's just like Echidnaopolis on the Floating Island but...I dunno,something's not right here..." A large whoop came from the people in the ESA building as the electricity came back on.The young constable sighed sadly,not knowing about your dad will also make you wonder if your mom is hiding more than that... *Back to the figures* "Damn it!I couldn't travel through that pocket zone and kidnap someone to tell me where the Guardian of the Floating Island and the Master Emerald are without someone seeing me!Using my power to make everything pitch-dark and blocking the electricity supply to distract them so that I could kidnap someone was for nothing!" The large figure cursed,bashing his walking stick on the ground with all his fury.His minions cower when he glanced evilly at them,wearing a sadistic grin while he thought about his plan to take over Planet Mobius. "Boys,let's take this show on the road and make everyone see it!" The figure laughed menacelly while he put his robe on and raised his fist into the air. To be continued... Next story:When things couldn't get any worse prt 1:The Return