The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Rafiki, Lion King 1½
Chapter 1: PrologueDay two of leaving Earth and TL was asleep. The ship he had repaired with the help of Sylar, the ex-psychopath, was meant for only one person. So, there was only one bed. The hedgehog and serial killer had come up with a system: one would sleep and the other would keep watch. TL had taken the first shift while Sylar rested.
This time, however, TL was laying on the bed, snores sounding like a bulldozer. For Sylar's super-hearing, the noise was UNBEARABLE. He flicked his fingers and TL's mouth suddenly snapped shut.
"Thank God for telekinesis…" Sylar sighed as he continued guiding the ship through the cosmos.
However, the hedgehog began jerking around as his nightmares returned to haunt him.
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CM looked at the swirling darkness with concern in his eyes. He made to go into it, but Archangel TL stopped him.
"ChaosMagemon, what are you doing?" the Light Fictorian asked.
"I'll do it." CM replied, "You've ALREADY died today. If you die NOW, that would've been for nothing."
"NO." Archangel TL snapped, "I'll do it. You saw what would happen if YOU died. I would end up just like FTL."
However, they heard something stand up. They glanced over to see the bloodied mess of Anti-TL stagger up, using the wall to support him.
"I'll…do it." Anti-TL gasped, "It's…gotta…be me. You…spared me…so that I…could save…the world."
Anti-TL shifted his left arm so that the fist resembled a cannonball. He thrust it out and it sprung out, carrying a chain with it. The black hole caught the cannonball and began to absorb it, dragging Anti-TL in.
"So long." Was all Anti-TL had to say before he got sucked into the black hole. The vortex expanded for a moment and then shrank into nothingness.
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TL's eyes snapped open and shouted something. Whatever it was, Sylar couldn't make it out, seeing as he held TL's lips shut.
The Fictorian Hedgehog began clawing at his lips and groaning. Sylar wheeled over and saw TL clawing at his lips.
"Oh. Sorry." Sylar apologized, moving his fingers. TL's mouth then snapped open.
"Was I snoring again, Sy?" TL asked.
"Yes." Sylar deadpanned.
"Sorry." TL apologized.
"Anti-TL again?" Sylar asked.
"Yeah, pretty much." Replied TL. The hedgehog kicked his feet over the bed and sat up, "I'm not sure on what to think…I mean, I know he saved the world from losing DM and all, but still…I could've saved him. But, I didn't. I just stood there and watched him get flushed away like waste in a toilet."
"The less you talk about toilets, the happier we'll ALL be." Sylar stated.
"You're in the mood…" TL muttered before saying, "Take a rest, Sy. I'll take the shift."
Sylar stood up and walked over to the cot as TL walked past him. It was useless to argue. The hedgehog would insist on doing it.
Sylar looked over to his pack, which was unusually large. He unzipped it. Prior to leaving with TL, he had made some paintings that foretold some of the events unfolding. FTL's death, TL's (albeit temporary) death, and Anti-TL's death…sort of. He also made some other paintings. He pulled out one, which was of a Siberian tiger wearing a Hawaiian shirt.
"Hey, Sy, goin' good?" TL asked.
"Yeah. It is." Sylar replied, shoving the painting down into the pack. The serial killer looked over and asked, "Are you REALLY paying attention or are you just using it to play pinball again?"
"HOW DID YOU KNOW…" TL shouted before catching himself, "Uh…no, I'm not."
"Just switch it to radar. I wanna know where we're going." Sylar said.
"Fine, Mr. Slice-'n-dice." TL said as he switched the navi-computer from pinball to a radar.
"We'll be approaching a planet in about…a day or two." TL replied, "We could be ANYWHERE in the galaxy."
"No thanks to you." Sylar stated.
"So I fell asleep at the wheel." TL said, "What of it?"
Sylar sighed before smirking. The hedgehog had his foibles, but still was worth travelling with.
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Unknown base…
An alarm blared in a Darkside base.
"HE ESCAPED!" shouted one of the guards.
A strange creature was running through. It appeared to be a tiger, but was running on two legs. It brought its fist smashing into one of the Darksides as it swiped a blaster. It fired it at another Darkside as it got in the way. It then did a flying kick on the next one.
"Gotta get outta here…" it said in a definitely masculine voice. He bolted behind a wall and hid as the Darksides ran past. He let out a sigh as he saw a window. He quickly darted over and jumped out the window. HE WAS FREE!
However, he noticed something—the landscape was charred. As if it had been burned.
"NOOOOO!" the tiger-man screamed as he took in the surroundings. He looked over his shoulder as he saw another group of Darksides pursuing him. Being alone, the tiger-man bolted off into the burned wasteland. He was the last of the beings here. If they caught him, his entire species would go extinct.
(A/N: I do NOT own the song. Whoever wrote it does.)
READY STEADY CAN'T HOLD ME BACK The scenery blowing by like it's rolling forward. If I can't depend on this map, may as well burn it up I've run through quickly with singular determination Sounding out -your voice- calling to me. Even if I bear countless wounds If I meet you on the other side of that hill, I've run through quickly with singular determination sounding out -your voice- calling to me. (READY!) READY STEADY CAN'T HOLD ME BACK My heart -races-, under that sky Let them reach you -just a little further- PLEASE, TRUST ME
READY STEADY GIVE ME GOOD LUCK
READY STEADY NEVER LOOK BACK
LET'S GET STARTED READY STEADY GO
even if things start looking desperate,
I won't lose sight of the target.
I'll seize the buried truth in these palms.
my racing heart beats so loudly it could rip me apart.
there's no time to be standing around
READY STEADY GO
I'll never let you get my soul.
Where to begin…I can think of nothing else.
my racing heart beats so loud it could rip me apart.
there's no time to be standing around
READY STEADY GO
READY STEADY GIVE ME GOOD LUCK
READY STEADY NEVER LOOK BACK
LET'S GET STARTED READY STEADY GO
I can't stop the feelings going nowhere from screaming out.
a ray of sunlight shines warmly on the other side of this road.
READY STEADY GO
An original fanfiction…
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Scott McNeil…
Colleen O'Shaughnessey…
Yuri Lowenthal…
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