Sonic: Legacy: Volume 1

Chapter 14: Operation: Daredevil

Arnec sat down his journal and looked at Tangle. "So, we should probably get ready." he said before getting up, only having his pants and a pair of socks on. Tangle nodded and handed him a cassette tape and motioned her head towards a cassette player that wasn't there earlier... "Asmodeus said you'd like it." she said with a smile as she tilted her head. Arnec looked down at it before putting it into the player, pressing play and walking by the bed
(The show must go on - Queen)

Arnec's ears perked up as he heard the song start. Putting on his chaps before looping the belt around as the lyrics started. He grabbed his undershirt and waistcoat and put them on before tucking them. Then he tightened the belt, making sure it wouldn't move. As the song went proper he swayed his hips a little in sync with it, mouthing the lyrics. Tangle got up and grabbed a new jacket similar to the one Whisper had but a black and yellow color, and slid it on. Arnec put the scarf on and grabbed his jacket, Tangle smiling as she walked up to him, helping him make sure it was on good and the collars were out. She tightened the harness on his coat and he smiled "Jacket's nice."
"Heh. Try not to get too distracted." she said as she put her arms around his neck, both leaning from side to side as his hands were on her back. They shared a quick kiss before stepping out into the hallway, Whisper and Silver coming from behind and walking alongside them. Jewel came from another hallway and went alongside of them, Arnec whipping his hair out of his face as Tangle adjusted her jacket. They walked into the hangar to see everyone else getting ready. It felt strange, seeing some Mobians help some of the Demons load up and vise versa. He liked it though... If only his parents could see it... He then saw Nero and walked up to him as the Mobians joined the others.
"Hey, Nero... Is it okay if I give the final briefing?" he asked. Nero crossed his arms, leaning back a bit "Go ahead. We're set to warp soon anyways. Couldn't come up with a good name for the operation anyway. How was your rest, sleep well?"
"Good." Arnec responded before they gave each other a nod.
"By the way, the ship has a new name... Sacred Promise..." Nero said before walking off. Arnec hopped on top of a Vampyr and looked at the others before having one of the biggest smiles Tangle had ever seen. Arnec adjusted his coat collars before clearing his throat and giving everyone a chance to get close enough to hear him "Well, I think we're all just about ready. I've never given a proper briefing before so excuse me if I'm not that great at it." he said before looking around the hangar, mostly at Tangle who had a small smile. "...As soon as we leave warp, we're going to go down and make sure Angel Island is secure. Hopefully Knuckles can hold Grendel off long enough for us to get there. I'll go and face Grendel alone after getting him off of Knuckles, if he beats me I want every gun on this ship to fire on my last position. Operation: Daredevil is about to start. Everyone lock and load, we're ending this war..." Arnec said before stepping off of the Vampyr. Nero had his arms crossed but nodded before looking at the demons around him "Silent Shadow, rally up and prepare for battle! Tygrys will rue the day he started this war!" he yelled, drawing his longsword and pointing it up, the Demons around him cheering. Sonic looked at the Mobians "Alright guys, been a crazy few days but this is it. Nothing starts until we take action! When Eggman tried to roboticize our world, we stood against him and fought! We, together, can help end this fight. It's my fault that this Grendel guy has the Chaos Emeralds, but we can't get them back if we just sit and let our world die!" Sonic said, looking at everyone. Arnec walked next to him "We can let our past guide us... But we can't let it control us. We make our own future..." he crossed his his arms, looking at Tangle "...Almost all Mobians have something that most demon don't... A heart. That's why my father fell in love with my mother all those years ago. He understood that you can have all the power you want... But if you don't have the courage, the will to do what's right... Your power is meaningless... I'm honored that I get to fight alongside you all. Maybe after this over, we can get to know each other better..." he finished, smiling as he looked at Sonic. Sonic nodded and they all began getting ready,
A few minutes later and the Sacred promise spooled up its warp drive, the ship going into warp as the temperature slowly dropped inside. They left warp and Arnec, with Tangle, looked out the hangar door.