Isa

Sonic and I arrived on a hill 20 km away from Cirque Ironica's entrance. I had no idea what to expect when we arrived....

... But I definitely was not expecting it to be in despair.

The entrance sign had collapsed, with part of it stuck inside the ticket booth. The cages were ripped apart, and there were parts everywhere. The tents were shredded, and several tents had collapsed upon themselves. The big top had gigantic holes all over it.

".... The hell happened here?" I asked as we walked by the wreckage. We looked around for clues, but if there were any, they had been destroyed.

"Looks like someone destroyed this place - or several people."

"Yeah, but why?" I muttered, examining torch marks on the big top.

"Who knows?" Sonic mumbled.

I sighed and closed my eyes. Where we really on a wild goose chase? If so, then why did Crazy Hand send us here?

Sonic grabbed my hand, snapping me back to reality. "Isa, look!"

I looked to where he was pointing, seeing a bunch of Primids gathering near a door. Above the door where the words, "Master's Office."

"Looks like something might come out of this," I smirked. Summoning Gray Shadow from my bag, I held my hand out -

Only to miss two guns and two heels with guns attached to them. They hit the ground with a thunk.

"Huh?"

"Isa, Gray Shadow is your set of guns modeled after Bayonetta's," Sonic muttered.

"Who is Bayonetta?" I asked as I put the gun heels away and picked up the guns.

"You really need to get your head check. Bayonetta is the Umbra Witch who hunts angels."

"Good thing we don't have angels."

Sonic face palmed, like he couldn't believe the words coming out of my mouth. "You know what? Let's just fight these Primids and head back before you ask anything else ridiculous."

I shrugged and held the guns out. We approached the Primids slowly (despite Sonic's protests) and stood behind them. They ignored us.

"Saa, Hajimeyou!"* I yelled.

They whipped around, but before they could attack, Sonic spun forward and hit them, defeating them all.

"We walked too slow," he explained.

"Right," I replied with a laugh.

We both stared at the door. After a few seconds, I kicked it open and pointed both Gray Shadows ahead. Nothing greeted us.

We both poked our heads in and glanced around. We entered an office of sorts with papers everywhere. Other than that, the place was clean.

"Does anyone ever clean?" I muttered as I inspected the desk.

"Nope," Sonic replied.

I picked up some papers and inspected them. "Looks like someone took something.... I got page 1 and 200, but not 2-199 of this... Top secret plan."

"That's not good."

"Yeah."

I stood up and inspected around the desk some more as Sonic ran around and picked up the all papers, shifting through them for stuff.

"No good.... Lots of papers are gone. A bunch of these are bogus notes."

"How can you tell?" I asked as I opened up the drawers.

"They are all empty."

"That's not good..." I mentioned. I noticed a button. "What does this do?" I pressed it.

The room shook, and the floor opened, leading to a secret passage.

"Oh."

Sonic waved to me. "Come on." With that, he speed down it.

"Hey!" I yelled as I followed. "Don't leave me behind!"

Sonic was way out of my line of vision by this point. Grumbling, I walked, not wanting to waste my energy.

As I followed the lights, my head began to hurt, like I was experiencing deja vu. Had I been here before?

I eventually reached the bottom of the stairs. Sonic was nowhere in sight.

"Stupid hedgehog," I cursed.

The room here was super dim. I looked into my bag and began to look for something before I realized that my bag was basically Hammer-space and thus had a lot in it.

"Damnit... I need a light."

I eventually pulled out a flashlight and turned it on. Putting away one of the Gray Shadows, I held out the other one and followed the passageway ahead of me.

After what seemed like forever, I entered a dim room. I took a few steps in, only to trip on something and fall down.

"F***!" I yelled.

"Hmph!"

I pointed my flashlight at the thing I tripped over. "Sonic?"

Sonic glared at me. His mouth was gagged, and he was tied up.

I cursed. We weren't alone.

I scrambled off the ground and turned around, nearly getting hit with a blast. I dodged it, and the blast nearly hit a cage. Inside was a pink marshmallow thing with blue eyes. It tapped on the glass,  but I couldn't hear it. After a few seconds, it was shocked, forcing it to fall asleep.

Before I could open my mouth, another blast hit me, sending me backwards. I hit the wall and fell over, groaning.

I heard something clang in front of me, and looked up to see something approaching. I pushed off the ground and swung my legs forward, connecting to his legs and sweeping him off the ground. I quickly got up and ran towards Sonic, freeing him.

I turned to see our assailant approach. I blinked. "Proto Man?"

Sonic scowled. "Isa, that's Megaman!"

Megaman aimed his arm at us, revealing a blaster. He fired, and Sonic and I split, dodging to the sides. I aimed Gray Shadow at him and fired a few rounds. He stumbled back a bit, glaring at me.

"Megaman!" Sonic yelled. "It's us - Sonic and Isa!"

Megaman ignored him. He grabbed the table nearby him and threw it at Sonic, who dodged it. While he was distracted, I ran forward and punched him. It didn't affect him. Instead he picked me up and tossed me, forcing me on the ground. I winced in pain.

Sonic and Megaman began to fight. Megaman kept shooting at Sonic, who kept dodging and spinning. I slowly got up off the ground and noticed something on his back, beeping.

I crouched forward and flung myself at Megaman, tackling him. He was thrown off balance and hit the floor, allowing me to grab the device on his back and crush it.

Megaman fell over and shutdown. After a few seconds, he rebooted and looked up.

"Why am I on the floor?" He asked.

Sonic breathed out a sigh of relief. "Glad to have you back."

I let go of Megaman and helped him up. "You were under someone else's control," I explained.

"Oh.... What happened?"

"The Manor was attacked," Sonic explained as I approached the cage and examined it. "Most of the Smashers and Master Hand were gone, and most of the techs were injured."

"But you two escaped," Megaman noted.

"Isa and I were on missions," the hedgehog replied.

"Ah."

I opened the cage up, releasing the marshmallow.

"At least we got Kirby as well," Sonic added.

"This is Kirby?" I asked as I held him.

"Oh yeah, Isa has some weird amnesia thing going on," Sonic added with a bored tone. "She can't remember the Smashers but can remember Nova's security protocols."

Megaman frowned. "How did that happen?"

"Your guess is as good as mine," I replied. "Let's get the hell out of here."

We ran out of the room and headed out of the passageway. As we climbed the stairs, Sonic pressed a button, allowing us to enter the Master's Room. As we left that building and tore through the grounds, several Primids began to follow us. Sonic dashed to defeat them all as Megaman and I kept running.

"Is there a door ahead?" Megaman asked.

"Yeah!" I yelled back.

When we reached the hill, Sonic rejoined us. The door began to flicker.

"Hurry!" Sonic yelled. He opened the door and waited for us to pass through. Once we did, he followed us and closed it.

Reina: Two Smashers found, several to go. Don't worry, the others will be found..... Eventually.

I'm wondering if any of the techs should wake up... Crazy Hand will still be knocked out though.

Also, Isa has the strangest amnesia ever. She can barely remember Sonic, Crazy Hand, and Master Hand, but can remember all of the techs.

* Now, let's begin / Come, let's begin.