The Twilight Virus strikes again by Steffie
Author's notes:This fanfic happened in SSS # 11 as well.This happened
four years after the previous fanfic.
Knuckles etc (c) SEGA
Kragok etc (c) Archie
Lupe-An and everybody else you don't know are (c)
Steffie/Lupe-An(me)Please don't steal my characters or my storyline.
Enjoy ^_^
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Place:DL HQ
The Dark Legionnaires were doing their daily tasks when suddenly one of
the computers beeped,"Portal opening.Portal opening.This is not a false
alarm,the portal is opening right now."
.Luger took this opportunity to go and regain what is rightfully
theirs,The Floating Island.The Legionnaires swiftly dressed into their
trademark uniform.Everyone stood outside where the portal was and waited for
their leader.Luger stood in front of the army with his
wife,hand-in-hand.
Luger lead his people alongside his wife,Merin-Da.None of the children
were present because this is a war and being inexperienced,they might
make a mistake and get killed or the enemy might use them to make the
Dark Legionnaires surrender.A whole army of black-hooded legionnaires
with red faces and yellow eyes marched through a jungle.Luger barked
orders left and right while Merin-Da rubbed her temples.He turned his
attention to her.
"What's wrong?Do you have a headache?" he asked sympathetically.
"Think so...it'll go away.Don't worry so much" Merin-Da whispered.
"If you say so..."
Luger paid attention to his troops and noticed how near he was to
victory.
*Haven*
"Dark Legionnaires had escaped the Twilight Zone,brother." Thunderhawk
panicked.
"We'll sort them out.The Brotherhood and the present guardian always
did." Spectre reassured them.Moritori Rex smiled evilly while he watched
his "descendants" spying on the Dark Legion via the monitor.
'My son,get back what is rightfully ours.' Moritori Rex thought to
himself.Masquerading as Tobor,Moritori Rex now knows many secrets and
passwords of Haven and its technology.Sojourner almost gave Moritori Rex a
heart-attack when he suddenly asked,"What do you think,Tobor?"
"Let's wait and see.Do you notice that guy that's in front of the
army?He must be the leader or maybe the female he's with.Maybe we should use
our Chaotic powers and brainwash him into ordering him to go back to
the Twilight Zone with his army?" Moritori Rex suggested.That suggestion
might sound lame but Moritori Rex will never want to see his only son
get killed.Unlike other Grandmasters,Luger was a kind-hearted man.He
will never kill anyone,not even the enemy.Luger definitly didn't get that
from his ancestors.
Suddenly the Brotherhood noticed how the female(Merin-Da)gripped the
grandmaster's hand and whispered something.The grandmaster looked
concerned and they(The Brotherhood)couldn't believe what they've heard.This
grandmaster shouted,"Retreat!We must go back.My wife is deathly ill." The
Dark Legionnaires didn't even question him and retreated back to where
they came from.
"I don't believe it.Is something wrong with my hearing?I could've sworn
I heard him say,'Retreat!' " Spectre told the others.They also didn't
believe it.Moritori Rex stared at the screen.
'So,my son,you'll even give up this once-in-a-lifetime chance of
getting back the Floating Island to save your own wife?' Moritori Rex thought
to himself,baffled about his son's choice.Luger wanted to regain the
Legionnaires' rightful heritage more than any other,even more than all
the grandmasters combined and will even stab his own father in the back
to get it.That's the only thing that'll make Luger become vicious.While
Moritori Rex was deep in his thoughts,Spectre glared at him.He didn't
understand why his "father" looked so confused.Yes,they were all
confused(and shocked)about the grandmaster's action but nowhere as confused as
Moritori Rex...
*Back to the Dark Legionnaires*
Luger contacted the paramedics via a cellphone and as soon as he
entered the Twilight Zone with his wife in his arms,the paramedics were there
in their ambulance and they gently laid Merin-Da on the bed.The troop
returned to their zone,all wondering if Merin-Da will survive.The
paramedics rushed the grandmistress into the emergency ward as fast as they
could.Kragok and Lien-Da ran up to their father and asked what happened.
"I really don't know.One moment she said she had a bit of a headache
and they next,she complained about having a fever and passed out!" Luger
cried.His children hoped their mother's illness isn't
life-threatening...
Luger drove to the hospital in his boogie as fast as he can to the
hospital.He landed the boogie on the landing site,helped his children out
of the boogie and tried to walk slowly but his legs said he must run.As
soon as he entered the elevator,he literally punched one of the buttons
to go to the Emergency Ward section.
"Gee,Dad,don't blame the elevator!" Lien-Da teased.
"Yeah!" Kragok agreed.Luger ignored them.He cursed the elevator while
it took them to their destination.The elevator finally stopped at its
destination and Luger marched towards the female secretary.He looked at
her with angry eyes,hoping this'll get her attention.It got her
attention alright;she stuttered if there's anyway she could help the burly
echinda.
"In which room is the Grandmistress?" Luger asked.
"In the fifth room on the left,Lord Luger."
"Thanks.Oh and...I'm not angry at you,I just wanted to get your
attention." Luger apologised.
"Sir,I advice you not to give everybody those eyes,there are
secretaries or anybody else that'll just slap you through the face for that."
"Thanks for the warning!"
"Sir,only two visitors are allowed to visit at a time,so one of your
children must stay in the Waiting Room."
"I think I should go and visit my wife first and then when I'm
finished,the twins go and visit their mom."
"Okay,Lien,Kragok,go and wait in the Waiting Room while I visit Mom."
"Yes,dad..." the twins groaned.They dawdled into the Waiting Room while
Luger went inside the room to visit his wife.He noticed his wife's
awake and smiling sweetly at him.He walked up to Merin-Da's bedside and sat
on the chair besides the bed.
"Hi honey!" Merin-Da greeted her husband as if nothing happened.
"Merin,you...you're awake..."
"Yes,of course,Luger..."
"But you were so ill..."
"I still feel ill...not so bad as before..."
"That's good,I was so worried about you."
"You shouldn't worry so much."
Merin-Da held her husband's hand and smiled again at him.Her grip
weakened.She passed out again.Luger first thought his wife was just
exhausted and allowed her to rest in peace.He kissed her on the forehead and
whispered,"Goodbye.".As he got up,he heard a
"BREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" from the heart
monitor.Luger flew towards the door and opened it.He screamed,"DOCTOR,MY WIFE'S
IN TROUBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!".A doctor ran in with a nurse.The doctor tried
to revive her,each attempt didn't help.After about eight attempts to
revive her,the doctor shook his head sadly at Luger.The grandmaster just
stared blankly at his dead wife.
'It's just a dream,no,it's just a nightmare...', Luger told
himself,'but I'm awake...how must I tell the kids their mother's dead?' His
shoulders shook while he cried.After the nurse covered Merin-Da's corpse with
a thin velvet sheet that rested itself on the body,she and the doctor
allowed Luger to be alone to mourn for his beloved.
Meanwhile in the Waiting Room,Lien-Da and Kragok were bored.Lien-Da
went through all the magazine CDs and not one of them she wanted to check
out on the laptop computer that's on the table.While no one was
looking,Kragok used his telekinesis and made the table and whatever was on it
float.Lien-Da wasn't at all impressed,Kragok did this sort of thing all
the time.But the other echidnas present freaked out and screamed,"It's
some type of Guardian Trickery!".Kragok stopped what he was doing when
he and Lien-Da heard their father scream,"DOCTOR,MY WIFE'S IN
TROUBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!" They looked at each other and nodded in agreement.They
rushed towards the room.They stopped in their tracks when they saw the
doctor and nurse storm out of the same room they went to visit.Kragok
opened the door slowly while Lien-Da stood behind her brother.They noticed
their father was crying.They also noticed somebody's body is covered
by a sheet.They put two and two together.
"Mommy's dead?" Lien-Da asked her father,tears forming in her
eyes.Luger nodded.Luger called his children over to his side.He explained what
had happened to his children.They sadly looked at their mother's cadaver
and back to their father.Both started to cry...
*Weeks later*
Luger and his children looked on while Merin-Da's coffin was buried
into the grave.They stood like statues while they looked up in the sky.
"She went to the realm beyond...she'll be okay,I promise." Luger told
his children.He walked off with them,each hoped they are prepared what
the future holds for them...
To be continued...
Next story:The unpredicted soulmates