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Base held Veejay tightly, rubbing her back and stroking her quills as she sobbed into his shoulder. Base looked along the wall of graffiti in front of him, silently fantasizing of repainting the walls with Magellan and his crew's limbs. The hate that had filled him earlier, an itching anger, fueled by the idea that Veejay had thought that it was better he'd been in the machine than her, was gone.

He had been wrong to think it, Veejay had taken his roboticization harder than he had. Base recalled a time he had found Bunnie by herself sitting by the Power Ring Pool, she'd been sobbing over her limbs, she felt cursed and felt she'd never been normal again.

"...they're a blessing...and a curse...depending on how you use them." Base remembered aloud.

Veejay leant back looking at him, her face twisted with sorrow, unable to form a word between sobs, but he knew what she was asking. Tears rolled down his cheeks, but he smiled regardless,"The limbs...I'm just remembering home...is all."

Veejay slowly leant back to his shoulder, feeling the tears coming again. Base held tightly,"Veejay...as long as I'm here, you'll have one person at least...who has your back regardless, little sis."

"Is...that some sort of joke...on what you said back at the Roboticizer?" she managed between sniffs and sobs.

Base thought a moment, what had he said? He said, Me first, I'm older...

He chuckled, despite himself,"Yeah...its a barrel of laughs. So...who's Daviel?"

Veejay sobbed louder, clutching the lapels of his jacket,"My....son."

"Son?" Base said lifting a brow.

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Veejay was asleep, having cried herself to sleep, Base had removed his leather jacket and folded it up so her head was resting on the soft back like a pillow. He sat against the wall staring out one of the few windows of the building, staring into the moonlight. She'd told him everything; Daviel, her husband James, the nomads, how she had them with the nomads to protect them from Robotnik, how she made regular trips to be with him. She'd sobbed louder then.

"I'm a horrible mother! I can't even be with my own son!"

Base had grabbed her shoulders and shook her,"At least he KNOWS his mother!"

She didn't retort, her eyes rimmed red from her tears, but Base trudged onward,"At least...his mother WANTED him, neither of my parents..." Base trailed off.

How long ago had it been his adoptive parents had discovered the truth behind his real ones? The sniveling cowards had abandoned him at a month old, because they didn't WANT to be parents yet.

Veejay had burst into a fresh burst of tears, and Base looked to the stars for the first time that night,"You're not a horrible mother...you're just a struggling one."

Back to the present, Base's mind caught up with it again, he stood, looking down at the sleeping form. He turned towards the door, all he could think of now, was Magellan and his crew, Base had proclaimed himself her big brother, and swore his loyalty, and with his loyalty, came his protection.

No sooner had he opened the door, he was met with an elderly gentleman, a cougar, Base closed the door behind him and stood tall in front of the door,"One of Magellan's?"

The cougar smiled, shaking his head,"Oh non, please to be putting that out of your misery."

Base instantly felt himself warming to the old coot, it was like listening to Antoine, it was like, a little piece of home, he smiled despite trying to maintain his tough appearance,"Alright, pops, if you're not here to take a shot at Veejay, what're you here for?"

"Well, we were scheduled for a chest game-"

"Chess."

"Chest."

"Fine, I'll fold." Base crossed his arms in front of his chest.

"Oui, yes, well, when I arrived, I found her home in disarray, it was, how you say, ze pig's eye? Ze horrible graffitis was everywheres, and I knew zat Magellan had to be behind it, oui? Veejay comes to ze factories for zer piece of her quiet. So I came looking for hers." the cougar said this, as if this were a normal occurance for him.

Base nodded,"Well, apparently the group of dead men came here first. She was met with as much, if not more graffiti here, she's resting right now."

"Restings?" the cougar questioned.

"Yeah, as in she's been taking it rough on herself and probably hasn't slept in some time." Base walked toward the cougar, passing him.

"I am Antony D'Callais. It is ze pleasure to be making your aquiantances."

"Meetcha..." Base muttered.

"Where are you goings to in ze so fast hurry?"

"I'm going to feed Magellan his head through his ass, and anyone who gets in my way gets fed to his ass too." Base said storming toward the village.

Antony followed him, slowly,"You sink it is so easy to walk in and start to punch your way through them?"

Base didn't glance away from his path,"Why not? Veejay's done it."

"Veejay is stronger than-"

"Veejay's can fight, yes, but so can I. The only reason she won our first fight was because she had the element of surprise and Mission's last lesson hadn't truly taken in my head."

"What lesson was zis?" Antony said with genuine curiosity.

"Defending yourself against a female fighter doesn't make you a woman beating schmuck." he stopped, and looked at the cougar,"Since you seem set on accompanying me, how about you tell me a little more about Veejay and the nomads?"

Antony raised a brow,"She was tellings you about Daviel and James?"

"Why not?" Base started walking toward the village again,"we're practically family."

Antony smiled,"Family is thicker than ze blood zat binds them, though, we have ze ceremony for such a sing we learned from wolves and echidnas." he said matter-of-factly.

"You mean the Wolfpack's blood rite?"

"You know of zis?"

"I spent some time with the wolfpack up north, and saw the ritual first hand."

"You must regails me with ze story!" Antony coaxed.

"First," Base said, pointing a finger to Antony's nose,"you tell me about the nomads...and how to find them."

"Why would you want to be knowing zis?" Antony said with a raise of his brow.

"Think of it as a mission of mercy? To set Veejay's mind to rest about being away from them so often."

"What do you means?" Antony tilted his head.

"You'll see. You remind me of someone back home, its kinda nice."

"I am thanking you for the compliment if it was?"

"It was." Base said with a roll of the eyes and a smirk.

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Base's feet touched in the middle of the village, Antony had split from his path, excusing himself, saying that while he could fight, he was quite old to be tangling with youths, Base only gave him a smile and a nod.

Base was here for blood, he would beat Magellan to within an inch of his life, as he'd wanted earlier. His voice shot through the air,"MAGELLAN! HAREBIT! COME OUT HERE!"

Huts across the village opened, Magellan stepped out of one to Base's far left, he came walking towards Base slowly,"How's th' arm feelin'?" he said with a sneer.

Base glared at him. Magellan's crew knew that look, it was like Veejay had possessed his face. It went right over Magellan's head,"I'm bettin' ya came to ask help in whalloping Veejay, its just as well, I figured you'd be itching for revenge, and a prickly whore like her-"

The sentence didn't finish, Base's fist found its way into his muzzle, a small CRACK! as the fist collided with its target. Magellan held his nose,"-gwhut thug fug?! Gmy gnose! You fugging brogke my gnose!"

Base threw the first punch, and many others were coming his way now. He braced himself, he ducked low and charged forward, dropping low onto his metal arm and kicking around he gripped one attacker by the neck and spun and brought him into the second, no one else had come forward, and when Base got back to his feet, he was met with a blow, Magellan had struck him in the metal eye.

Magellan brought his fist back and shook it,"Damn! Like punching a SWATbot!"

Base smirked and leapt forward, he punched Magellan in the mouth with his metal fist, giving a sharp twist of the body, bringing the metal elbow into the side of his face. His real hand shot for Magellan's left ear and tugged down. A yelp, then a scream. Magellan had brought his right fist at Base's head again, Base had caught it, and giving a twist that was supposed to be a simple arm bar, had actually broken Magellan's arm by twisting it right out of socket; some intense surgery would be needed to fix that.

Base grabbed Magellan by the shirt and body slammed him face first into a wooden table, dragging his face through the wood then slamming him against the side of a hut. Magellan had three horizontal cuts over his left eye, peppered with wooden bits.

Magellan looked down at Base, the look in his open eye was of impending fear, Base's left arm shook, as if holding it back from crushing his skull in was against its programming,"You good and afraid?"

Magellan shook his head defiantly, and spat in Base's real eye, Base brought his fist up fast, slugging him in the mouth, a few teeth were spat out, Base growled,"You and your cronies are going to clean up the mess you made in Veejay's hut."

"Oh suddenly you're so fond of her? Me and m'mates aren't doin' shit!"

WHAM! Another fist in the face, Magellan squirmed,"Crown polisher! you'll just throw your allegiance to anyone who takes pity on you! Are you so desperate for acceptance?! Or is that just what half biotics like that whore with the metal legs up there are like?"

Base snarled he brought his fist back for another swing, two hands grabbed his arm and held it fast. He turned his head to see who it was; it as Veejay.

Veejay, her eyes still red, she still looked like deep fried hell, his jacket was draped over her shoulders,"Not like this, drop the pecker head."

Base looked to Magellan, then to Veejay. Veejay gave Base a soft smile,"He's going to need false teeth and I think those three cuts over his eye are going to scar, plus he's got at least a year of healing ahead of him for the arm."

"But...but he-!" Base stammered.

"Let him live, Base. That's an order." Veejay said, stern faced.

"What is there in saving him for you? After all he's done to hurt you?!"

"I save him, and he spends the rest of his life trying to make amends to the skank he owes a life-debt to."

Base looked at Magellan, who looked worse and worse by the second as he squirmed,"He and his punks can start by fixing your home. I'm going to be leaving for a little while, some business elsewhere. If I find out when I come back you even spit in her food, I swear to any god out there you will answer to ME."

Magellan shook on Base shouting ME at him. Base dropped him and lead Veejay away, seeing Antony at the end of the village, sly old man, went and got Veejay.

Magellan stood up,"I knew you were the whore I always said you were, how else would you get someone who hated you to side with you so eas-"

Two feet found their way into his chest, sending him backwards into the hut and slumping to the ground, Base and Veejay had both kicked back, hitting him square in the chest. The two walked back towards Antony.

Base looked to Veejay,"So, the life-dept count even if you kicked him in the chest?"

"I saved his life, I never said I'd let him get away with being a dick."

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Not sure if this story is satisfactory, but at least the image above was decent. A continuation from 's part of this.

Base Hedgehog belongs to me.

Magellan, Veejay, and others belong to

Description
Base held Veejay tightly, rubbing her back and stroking her quills as she sobbed into his shoulder. Base looked along the wall of graffiti in front of him, silently fantasizing of repainting the walls with Magellan and his crew's limbs. The hate that had filled him earlier, an itching anger, fueled by the idea that Veejay had thought that it was better he'd been in the machine than her, was gone.

He had been wrong to think it, Veejay had taken his roboticization harder than he had. Base recalled a time he had found Bunnie by herself sitting by the Power Ring Pool, she'd been sobbing over her limbs, she felt cursed and felt she'd never been normal again.

"...they're a blessing...and a curse...depending on how you use them." Base remembered aloud.

Veejay leant back looking at him, her face twisted with sorrow, unable to form a word between sobs, but he knew what she was asking. Tears rolled down his cheeks, but he smiled regardless,"The limbs...I'm just remembering home...is all."

Veejay slowly leant back to his shoulder, feeling the tears coming again. Base held tightly,"Veejay...as long as I'm here, you'll have one person at least...who has your back regardless, little sis."

"Is...that some sort of joke...on what you said back at the Roboticizer?" she managed between sniffs and sobs.

Base thought a moment, what had he said? He said, Me first, I'm older...

He chuckled, despite himself,"Yeah...its a barrel of laughs. So...who's Daviel?"

Veejay sobbed louder, clutching the lapels of his jacket,"My....son."

"Son?" Base said lifting a brow.

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Veejay was asleep, having cried herself to sleep, Base had removed his leather jacket and folded it up so her head was resting on the soft back like a pillow. He sat against the wall staring out one of the few windows of the building, staring into the moonlight. She'd told him everything; Daviel, her husband James, the nomads, how she had them with the nomads to protect them from Robotnik, how she made regular trips to be with him. She'd sobbed louder then.

"I'm a horrible mother! I can't even be with my own son!"

Base had grabbed her shoulders and shook her,"At least he KNOWS his mother!"

She didn't retort, her eyes rimmed red from her tears, but Base trudged onward,"At least...his mother WANTED him, neither of my parents..." Base trailed off.

How long ago had it been his adoptive parents had discovered the truth behind his real ones? The sniveling cowards had abandoned him at a month old, because they didn't WANT to be parents yet.

Veejay had burst into a fresh burst of tears, and Base looked to the stars for the first time that night,"You're not a horrible mother...you're just a struggling one."

Back to the present, Base's mind caught up with it again, he stood, looking down at the sleeping form. He turned towards the door, all he could think of now, was Magellan and his crew, Base had proclaimed himself her big brother, and swore his loyalty, and with his loyalty, came his protection.

No sooner had he opened the door, he was met with an elderly gentleman, a cougar, Base closed the door behind him and stood tall in front of the door,"One of Magellan's?"

The cougar smiled, shaking his head,"Oh non, please to be putting that out of your misery."

Base instantly felt himself warming to the old coot, it was like listening to Antoine, it was like, a little piece of home, he smiled despite trying to maintain his tough appearance,"Alright, pops, if you're not here to take a shot at Veejay, what're you here for?"

"Well, we were scheduled for a chest game-"

"Chess."

"Chest."

"Fine, I'll fold." Base crossed his arms in front of his chest.

"Oui, yes, well, when I arrived, I found her home in disarray, it was, how you say, ze pig's eye? Ze horrible graffitis was everywheres, and I knew zat Magellan had to be behind it, oui? Veejay comes to ze factories for zer piece of her quiet. So I came looking for hers." the cougar said this, as if this were a normal occurance for him.

Base nodded,"Well, apparently the group of dead men came here first. She was met with as much, if not more graffiti here, she's resting right now."

"Restings?" the cougar questioned.

"Yeah, as in she's been taking it rough on herself and probably hasn't slept in some time." Base walked toward the cougar, passing him.

"I am Antony D'Callais. It is ze pleasure to be making your aquiantances."

"Meetcha..." Base muttered.

"Where are you goings to in ze so fast hurry?"

"I'm going to feed Magellan his head through his ass, and anyone who gets in my way gets fed to his ass too." Base said storming toward the village.

Antony followed him, slowly,"You sink it is so easy to walk in and start to punch your way through them?"

Base didn't glance away from his path,"Why not? Veejay's done it."

"Veejay is stronger than-"

"Veejay's can fight, yes, but so can I. The only reason she won our first fight was because she had the element of surprise and Mission's last lesson hadn't truly taken in my head."

"What lesson was zis?" Antony said with genuine curiosity.

"Defending yourself against a female fighter doesn't make you a woman beating schmuck." he stopped, and looked at the cougar,"Since you seem set on accompanying me, how about you tell me a little more about Veejay and the nomads?"

Antony raised a brow,"She was tellings you about Daviel and James?"

"Why not?" Base started walking toward the village again,"we're practically family."

Antony smiled,"Family is thicker than ze blood zat binds them, though, we have ze ceremony for such a sing we learned from wolves and echidnas." he said matter-of-factly.

"You mean the Wolfpack's blood rite?"

"You know of zis?"

"I spent some time with the wolfpack up north, and saw the ritual first hand."

"You must regails me with ze story!" Antony coaxed.

"First," Base said, pointing a finger to Antony's nose,"you tell me about the nomads...and how to find them."

"Why would you want to be knowing zis?" Antony said with a raise of his brow.

"Think of it as a mission of mercy? To set Veejay's mind to rest about being away from them so often."

"What do you means?" Antony tilted his head.

"You'll see. You remind me of someone back home, its kinda nice."

"I am thanking you for the compliment if it was?"

"It was." Base said with a roll of the eyes and a smirk.

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Base's feet touched in the middle of the village, Antony had split from his path, excusing himself, saying that while he could fight, he was quite old to be tangling with youths, Base only gave him a smile and a nod.

Base was here for blood, he would beat Magellan to within an inch of his life, as he'd wanted earlier. His voice shot through the air,"MAGELLAN! HAREBIT! COME OUT HERE!"

Huts across the village opened, Magellan stepped out of one to Base's far left, he came walking towards Base slowly,"How's th' arm feelin'?" he said with a sneer.

Base glared at him. Magellan's crew knew that look, it was like Veejay had possessed his face. It went right over Magellan's head,"I'm bettin' ya came to ask help in whalloping Veejay, its just as well, I figured you'd be itching for revenge, and a prickly whore like her-"

The sentence didn't finish, Base's fist found its way into his muzzle, a small CRACK! as the fist collided with its target. Magellan held his nose,"-gwhut thug fug?! Gmy gnose! You fugging brogke my gnose!"

Base threw the first punch, and many others were coming his way now. He braced himself, he ducked low and charged forward, dropping low onto his metal arm and kicking around he gripped one attacker by the neck and spun and brought him into the second, no one else had come forward, and when Base got back to his feet, he was met with a blow, Magellan had struck him in the metal eye.

Magellan brought his fist back and shook it,"Damn! Like punching a SWATbot!"

Base smirked and leapt forward, he punched Magellan in the mouth with his metal fist, giving a sharp twist of the body, bringing the metal elbow into the side of his face. His real hand shot for Magellan's left ear and tugged down. A yelp, then a scream. Magellan had brought his right fist at Base's head again, Base had caught it, and giving a twist that was supposed to be a simple arm bar, had actually broken Magellan's arm by twisting it right out of socket; some intense surgery would be needed to fix that.

Base grabbed Magellan by the shirt and body slammed him face first into a wooden table, dragging his face through the wood then slamming him against the side of a hut. Magellan had three horizontal cuts over his left eye, peppered with wooden bits.

Magellan looked down at Base, the look in his open eye was of impending fear, Base's left arm shook, as if holding it back from crushing his skull in was against its programming,"You good and afraid?"

Magellan shook his head defiantly, and spat in Base's real eye, Base brought his fist up fast, slugging him in the mouth, a few teeth were spat out, Base growled,"You and your cronies are going to clean up the mess you made in Veejay's hut."

"Oh suddenly you're so fond of her? Me and m'mates aren't doin' shit!"

WHAM! Another fist in the face, Magellan squirmed,"Crown polisher! you'll just throw your allegiance to anyone who takes pity on you! Are you so desperate for acceptance?! Or is that just what half biotics like that whore with the metal legs up there are like?"

Base snarled he brought his fist back for another swing, two hands grabbed his arm and held it fast. He turned his head to see who it was; it as Veejay.

Veejay, her eyes still red, she still looked like deep fried hell, his jacket was draped over her shoulders,"Not like this, drop the pecker head."

Base looked to Magellan, then to Veejay. Veejay gave Base a soft smile,"He's going to need false teeth and I think those three cuts over his eye are going to scar, plus he's got at least a year of healing ahead of him for the arm."

"But...but he-!" Base stammered.

"Let him live, Base. That's an order." Veejay said, stern faced.

"What is there in saving him for you? After all he's done to hurt you?!"

"I save him, and he spends the rest of his life trying to make amends to the skank he owes a life-debt to."

Base looked at Magellan, who looked worse and worse by the second as he squirmed,"He and his punks can start by fixing your home. I'm going to be leaving for a little while, some business elsewhere. If I find out when I come back you even spit in her food, I swear to any god out there you will answer to ME."

Magellan shook on Base shouting ME at him. Base dropped him and lead Veejay away, seeing Antony at the end of the village, sly old man, went and got Veejay.

Magellan stood up,"I knew you were the whore I always said you were, how else would you get someone who hated you to side with you so eas-"

Two feet found their way into his chest, sending him backwards into the hut and slumping to the ground, Base and Veejay had both kicked back, hitting him square in the chest. The two walked back towards Antony.

Base looked to Veejay,"So, the life-dept count even if you kicked him in the chest?"

"I saved his life, I never said I'd let him get away with being a dick."

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Not sure if this story is satisfactory, but at least the image above was decent. A continuation from 's part of this.

Base Hedgehog belongs to me.

Magellan, Veejay, and others belong to