The Beginning: Angel Island Part 1of the Julie Series
#3- Battle on the Egg Carrier
Sonic and friends scampered down the hall until they came to a door.
"There's robots on the other side of that door." Tony warned as they stopped.
"How many?" Sonic asked.
"Two or three. How're we gonna beat 'em up as squirrels though?"
"Easy," Julie said, "I'll smash 'em together and they'll blow up."
"Okay, good plan, but how do we open the door?" Tails wondered, looking around.
"Um...I don't know..." Sonic scratched his head.
"There should be a switch around here somewhere." Tony told them.
"Do you know this place inside out or what?" Julie glanced at Tony.
"No, just this part 'cause this is where they took me after they captured me."
"Oh..."
"Hey, look!" Julie was interrupted by Tails, who was pointing up. Julie looked up and saw a green switch next to the door.
"Oh, I see. But how are we gonna pull it?" Sonic asked. This puzzled Julie. She didn't want to morph out, and the switch was too high for her to reach with her powers.Suddenly she got an idea.
"Tony, how strong are you?"
"Huh? Oh..um...I'm what you would call..macho squirrel!" He flexed his little squirrel's muscles.
Julie giggled. "Okay, here's the plan," she said, getting serious, "Tony, you stand over there by the wall." Tony nodded and scampered over to the wall. "Okay. Here's what we're gonna do. Sonic's gonna climb on top of Tony. Then I'll go, on topa Sonic, and Tails on topa me. Tails should be able to reach the switch and pull it down."
"Oh, I get it now!" Sonic said, "We're gonna build a pyramid- thingamajigger!''
Julie laughed. "If that's what you wanna call it." Sonic ran over to Tony and climbed on top of his shoulders. Julie went next, followed by Tails. "Okay Tails! Pull!" Tails reached up and stretched to barely grab onto the switch. Tails started to pull down, but couldn't pull hard enough.
"I'm....slipping..." Sonic said, straining to keep his balance. All of a sudden Sonic lost his grip and Tony, Sonic, and Julie fell to the floor. Tails was dangling on the switch and with his weight, the switch clanked down and the door slid open.
"Alright!" Tails said as he let go of the switch and dropped to the floor next to Sonic. Julie, Tony, and Sonic got up, dusting off.
"That was a wild ride!" Tony said.
"Yeah! Tell me about it!" Sonic said, with a hint of humor.
"Right, but we need ta keep goin'. Let's get off this crummy ship!" Julie scrambled over to the door entryway, followed by the rest. She stopped at the corner and peeked around.There were two robots standing guard. One was yellow and the other was blue. The yellow one had the numbers E-104, and the blue E-101. Julie focused and her eyes began to glow yellow. The robots were lifted off the ground, buzzing and clicking.
"What..bzzz..is happening...bzz?" The yellow robot said as they were seperated, then suddenly slammed into each other. Chunks of electrical wire and twisted metal fell to the ground, shooting sparks. Julie stopped and her eyes quickly faded back to their normal red color. Julie turned back to her comrades.
"Okay, guys. I took care of the robots."
"That wasn't too hard!" Tony joked.
Julie smiled. "Hold on, I'll check where we're s'posed ta go." Julie closed her eyes. The corridor they were on popped into her mind. On down the hallway was a set of stairs going up to the deck. Julie opened her eyes and the image disappeared. "We've gotta go this way," she pointed to the left, "and there's some stairs we can take up to the deck."
"Well then, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Sonic jumped to the and took off to his left.
"Wait up!" Tails called as he dashed around the corner too.
"Boys..." Julie rolled her eyes.
"Hey!" Tony said, looking at her. Julie just smiled and ran off after Sonic and Tails.
Not all boys are like that..Julie thought as she ran, especially not Knuckles..at least he waits on me..I wonder what he's doing...
Sonic and Tails came to a stop in front of the staircase and a few seconds later, Julie and Tony stopped as well. They all looked up and saw storm cloud moving and rain flying by.
"Oh, great! It just had to be raining, didn't it?" Tony moaned.
"That means it'll be easier for us to escape." Sonic scampered up the stairs.
"I don't really favor rain either.." Julie ran up the stairs. Luckily for her, her hair sheilded most of the rain from her eyes. "You guys wanna morph back?"
"Sure, I don't think we'll be able to get off the Egg Carrier like this." Sonic said.
"Of course you can!"
"Eggman!" Tails turned around and looked up. Julie turned around too, and before them was Robotnik's huge vehicle(remember, they're squirrels).
"Whoa.."Tony said, "that thing's huge!"
"It's just 'cause we're small." Sonic said, hopping up to face Robotnik.
"Ha! You think you can beat me like that?" Robotnik pushed a button inside his ship and grabbed Sonic.
"Whoa!" Sonic said as he was lifted up.
"Sonic!" Tails reached for him, but only grabbed air.
"Tony, Tails, take my hand and concentrate on your normal form!" Julie said as she held out both hands.
"Okay.." Tony said cautiously as he took Julie's hand. Tails held Julie's other hand.
"Hey! What about me?!" Sonic yelled, trying to wiggle free of the mechanical arm's grasp.
"Don't worry 'bout it Sonic!" Julie closed her eyes and thought about her, Tails, and Tony in their regular forms. As Sonic and Robotnik looked on, the group began to glow white. Tony's bushy tail lost most of its fur and went back to its normal cat size. Julie and Tails' tails weren't as bushy and were fox tails again. Their little squirrel paws turned back into cat and fox hands, and their arms and legs grew longer. When they reached their their normal sizes, the glowing stopped.
Oh no..not this again...Robotnik thought. "You can't stop me now!" He said, pulling the claw up so they could all see Sonic, "I've got your star player!"
"Not for long!" Julie's eyes began to glow again and a Robotnik was frozen in place.
"No! Not again!" Robotnik said, unable to move.
"Tony, Tails, go grab Sonic and let's get out of here!" Tony and Tails ran up to Eggman's ship. Tony looked at Sonic.
"Wow..I didn't realize how small we were.."
"Just hurry and get me outta here Tony!" Sonic said. Tony grabbed the claw and tried to pull it apart, but it was wet from the rain, so Tony's fingers kept slipping. Tails looked at the ship and got an idea. He jumped up and grabbed the side of the ship.
"What are you doing?!" Robotnik yelled, still frozen in place.
"Aha!" Tails had found what he was looking for. A green button labelled 'Claw Release'. "Here Sonic!" Tails pushed the button. The claw shot open and Sonic fell out. Julie stopped him in midair and brought him over(with her powers). When the claw had opened, Tony had fallen backward and landed on his butt, but he quickly got up.
"You're not going to get away with this!" Robotnik yelled as Tony ran back to the group. Julie had already began morphing Sonic out.
That fox is causing problems...I still can't believe she survived five years in that desert after I destroyed her beloved city...Robotnik thought as he watched the transformation. I need to destroy her before she ruins everything..but now she can fully use her powers..unlike when she was eight..and now she's got Sonic on her side...this isn't good..
"See ya later Eggman!" His thoughts were interrupted by Sonic.
"See ya later?! Get back here and fight!" He called.
"Oh yeah, I forgot. I've gotta turn him loose sometime." Julie said, smiling. She increased her focus a little and lifted her arm up to her chest. As she lifted her arm, Robotnik's ship went up. Then she acted like she was throwing something and Robotnik went flying off in that direction. Julie's eyes went back to normal as Robotnik crashed somewhere on the ship.
"Come on, let's get off this hunka junk!" Tony said, looking at Sonic.
"You said it! Let's go!" Sonic ran over to where the Tornado was. He hopped up on the rudder and Tails climbed into the cockpit.
"Where'm I gonna go?" Tony asked.
"In the second cockpit." Julie said, closing her eyes.
"But you've gotta sit there!"
"No, Tony, I'll fly." Julie argued as she began to glow.
"Oh alright.." Tony sighed and climed in. Tails looked back and then cranked up the Tornado.
"You're not going anywhere!" Robotnik yelled as he an up to them.
"You wanna bet?" Sonic said, jumping down from the rudder. Julie opened her eyes and stopped glowing.
"Of course! Get 'em Chaos!" By this time Tails and Tony had already climbed out of the Tornado.
"Chaos? Who's Chaos?" Tony asked, looking around. "You'll find out soon enough Tony!" Sonic said as the watery blob crept up towards them. The water creature transformed up into Chaos. But this time instead of having one metal arm, he had two. His right arm's jewel was purple, while his left arm's was yellow.
"You already know Chaos, but now he's Chaos2!" Robotnik sneered as he stepped back to let Chaos in control.
"That's Chaos?" Tony stared at the jelly-like creature as it came closer and closer to them. "That thing looks like a giant jello mold!" When he said this, Chaos stopped in his tracks. He looked over at Tony with his crystal-like eyes and shot his left arm out toward him.
"Tony! Look out!" Sonic yelled. Tony jumped aside just as Chaos' arm shot by.
"Whoa! That was too close!" Tony sighed. Chaos withdrew his arm and started to melt into a gigantic ball.
"What's he doing?" Tails wondered out loud. Then the ball of water suddenly burst into several kick-ball sized balls. The balls began to bounce rather quickly towards Tony. He jumped out of the way of most of them, but was hit by the last two. He was shot backward and rolled a few times, coming to a stop on his stomach.
"Man! Why's this thing goin afta me?" He said as he got up. The watery balls turned around and started to bounce at Tony again. "I don't know why, but I'm fightin' back!" As Tony said this, claws popped out of his four-fingered paws. As Chaos got closer, Tony prepared to attack. The balls bounced up and Tony sliced though them. Tiny drops of water fell to the deck. Soon, all the balls were sliced through and the water drops joined together again, closer to Robotnik. Chaos turned his head and looked at Tony. Then, changing his mind, he turned to Sonic. He thrust his right arm toward Sonic. Right before it hit, Sonic jumped. But instead of jumping away, he jumped towards Chaos and used his homing attack. He hit Chaos on the head and Chaos roared.
"Come on Chaos! Show 'em who's boss!" Robotnik yelled, trying to stengthen Chaos' spririts.
"We'll show 'em who's who!" Sonic yelled as he hit Chaos on the head again. Chaos roared once more and melted into a giant ball.
"Oh no you don't!" Julie closed her eyes and focused. Beneath the white glow, her pointed ears rounded out and her tail grew thinner and striped. Her arms and legs grew into powerful feline limbs. She grew fangs and sharp claws. When the glowing stopped, she was average size tiger. She still had her hairdo and the necklace.
Chaos turned into a giant all again and began bouncing toward them. Julie roared and ran forward. When she got near to Chaos, she leaped and slashed into his gooey body. She was jerked to a stop in midair because her paw had gotten stuck inside Chaos. She landed on her other three paws and tried to free her stuck one. Chaos morphed into his normal form and turned his head to Julie. Julie looked up at him. They stared at each other for a minute until Chaos tried to slam his into Julie. But she was quick to react, freezing his hand in midair, inches from her face.
"I don't think so!" Julie jumped, released Chaos from her grip, and pushed off of him with her hind legs. As she jumped back, her paw was freed and Chaos was sent into a wall. Julie did a backflip and landed on all fours.
Chaos got up slowly and turned to Julie again.
"You want more?" Julie's eyes turned yellow and she lifted Chaos off the ground. Then she jerked her head to the left, thus sending Chaos into another wall. Chaos roared again, slumped to the ground as a puddle, and crept slowly over to Robotnik.
"Yes!" Sonic and Tails slapped each other high fives.
"No! How could Chaos lose again?" Robotnik said in delusion.
"Easy!" Sonic said, "He's fighting us!"
"Well I've run out of ammo! Whatcha gonna do? I can't fight back!" Robotnik said.
"We're going to leave! See ya!" Tails ran towards the Tornado and hopped in. "Come on guys!" He yelled as he put on his helmet and cranked up the plane. As Sonic and Tony headed for the Tornado, Julie morphed into a bird. When she finshed, she was a red-tailed hawk.
"Alright, let's go!" Tails pushed the control stick forward and the plane began to roll down the runway. Julie flapped her wings and took to the air. When the Tornado had picked up enough speed, it lifted off the Egg Carrier. With Julie behind them, they headed towards Tails' workshop.
While they were heading back, Knuckles was resting by the waterfall, leaning against a tree trunk. Sammie had already left, so Knuckles was by himself.
"I wonder where Sonic and Julie are?" he wondered out loud as he stared up at the sky. The in the distance, he heard a soft hum. Knuckles sat up and continued looking at the sky. As he looked, a small red dot appeared. Knuckles squinted his eyes. The little red dot was the Tornado.
"They're back!" Knuckles jumped to his feet and stretched. He started walking towards the workshop.
Tails sighted his workshop and began to lose altitude. He put down the wheels and hit the runway. He pushed the brakes and the plane came to a stop. Tails took off his helmet and Julie flew by. She landed next to the Tornado and morphed out. Sonic jumped down off the rudder and Tony climbed out. When Tony got down, he couldn't stand straight. He walked around dizzily.
"Whoa...never done that before...cats weren't meant ta fly!" He regained his balance as Knuckles appeared at the top of the steps.
"Hey guys! I see you're back!" Everybody turned and looked at him.
"Hey Knux! Whatcha been up to?" Tails said, climbing out of the cockpit.
"Nothin' much. You?" He shifted legs, feeling uneasy around Julie.
Sonic raised his left eyebrow. "Same old, same old. Fighting some funky monstera Eggman's, savin somebody, and just chillin'.
"I'm guessin the cat's the one ya saved?" Knuckles said, gesturing towards Tony.
"Yeah..and the name's Tony. And your names Knux?"
"No, actually the name's Knuckles, Tony.." His voice had a hint of annoyance on the last word.
"Oh..so your nickname's Knux?" Julie could tell they obviously didn't like each other.
"Yeah, what's it to..."
"So, you found any more Emerald pieces yet?" Julie interrupted Knuckles, knowing it was going to turn ugly.
Knuckles relaxed a little and looked at her. "Yeah. I found two more." Julie nodded.
"Sonic, why don't you take Tony back to Station Square? Me and Knuckles'll look for more emeralds." Sonic looked at her. Then he caught on to what she was trying to do.
"Sure! Come on Tony, let's go." Sonic walked a little ways then turned and looked back. Tony glared at Knuckles and walked past Sonic.
"I'm gonna stay and work on my new prototype." Tails said. He walked inside his workshop. Julie walked over to the steps and began to walk down. Knuckles watched her for a minutem then walked to the edge of the plateau and glided down. He landed at the bottom as Julie reached the last step.
"Alright...so..where do we start?" Julie asked.
"I dunno...wherever.." Knuckles said, glancing over to her. Julie looked at him.
"We don't haveta look for any..I was just tryin ta get you and Tony away from each other."
"Oh.." There was a pause, like neither one of them could think of anything to say.
"So...you just...um...wanna walk around?" Knuckles studdered as he looked at Julie. There was another pause.
Then Julie answered, "I guess..if you don't mind.." Knuckles silently sighed.
Alright, he thought, maybe she does like me..just a little...or at least I hope so... Julie was thinking the same thing as they started walking down the second set of stairs and off towards the waterfall. As they passed the waterfall, Julie thought she saw something sparkle on one of the ledges that were beside the waterfall.
I wonder what that was? Julie thought as her and Knuckles climbed into the mine cart to go into the jungle and explore.
To be continued...
Story [c] to Emily B./Julie F.
#3- Battle on the Egg Carrier
Sonic and friends scampered down the hall until they came to a door.
"There's robots on the other side of that door." Tony warned as they stopped.
"How many?" Sonic asked.
"Two or three. How're we gonna beat 'em up as squirrels though?"
"Easy," Julie said, "I'll smash 'em together and they'll blow up."
"Okay, good plan, but how do we open the door?" Tails wondered, looking around.
"Um...I don't know..." Sonic scratched his head.
"There should be a switch around here somewhere." Tony told them.
"Do you know this place inside out or what?" Julie glanced at Tony.
"No, just this part 'cause this is where they took me after they captured me."
"Oh..."
"Hey, look!" Julie was interrupted by Tails, who was pointing up. Julie looked up and saw a green switch next to the door.
"Oh, I see. But how are we gonna pull it?" Sonic asked. This puzzled Julie. She didn't want to morph out, and the switch was too high for her to reach with her powers.Suddenly she got an idea.
"Tony, how strong are you?"
"Huh? Oh..um...I'm what you would call..macho squirrel!" He flexed his little squirrel's muscles.
Julie giggled. "Okay, here's the plan," she said, getting serious, "Tony, you stand over there by the wall." Tony nodded and scampered over to the wall. "Okay. Here's what we're gonna do. Sonic's gonna climb on top of Tony. Then I'll go, on topa Sonic, and Tails on topa me. Tails should be able to reach the switch and pull it down."
"Oh, I get it now!" Sonic said, "We're gonna build a pyramid- thingamajigger!''
Julie laughed. "If that's what you wanna call it." Sonic ran over to Tony and climbed on top of his shoulders. Julie went next, followed by Tails. "Okay Tails! Pull!" Tails reached up and stretched to barely grab onto the switch. Tails started to pull down, but couldn't pull hard enough.
"I'm....slipping..." Sonic said, straining to keep his balance. All of a sudden Sonic lost his grip and Tony, Sonic, and Julie fell to the floor. Tails was dangling on the switch and with his weight, the switch clanked down and the door slid open.
"Alright!" Tails said as he let go of the switch and dropped to the floor next to Sonic. Julie, Tony, and Sonic got up, dusting off.
"That was a wild ride!" Tony said.
"Yeah! Tell me about it!" Sonic said, with a hint of humor.
"Right, but we need ta keep goin'. Let's get off this crummy ship!" Julie scrambled over to the door entryway, followed by the rest. She stopped at the corner and peeked around.There were two robots standing guard. One was yellow and the other was blue. The yellow one had the numbers E-104, and the blue E-101. Julie focused and her eyes began to glow yellow. The robots were lifted off the ground, buzzing and clicking.
"What..bzzz..is happening...bzz?" The yellow robot said as they were seperated, then suddenly slammed into each other. Chunks of electrical wire and twisted metal fell to the ground, shooting sparks. Julie stopped and her eyes quickly faded back to their normal red color. Julie turned back to her comrades.
"Okay, guys. I took care of the robots."
"That wasn't too hard!" Tony joked.
Julie smiled. "Hold on, I'll check where we're s'posed ta go." Julie closed her eyes. The corridor they were on popped into her mind. On down the hallway was a set of stairs going up to the deck. Julie opened her eyes and the image disappeared. "We've gotta go this way," she pointed to the left, "and there's some stairs we can take up to the deck."
"Well then, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Sonic jumped to the and took off to his left.
"Wait up!" Tails called as he dashed around the corner too.
"Boys..." Julie rolled her eyes.
"Hey!" Tony said, looking at her. Julie just smiled and ran off after Sonic and Tails.
Not all boys are like that..Julie thought as she ran, especially not Knuckles..at least he waits on me..I wonder what he's doing...
Sonic and Tails came to a stop in front of the staircase and a few seconds later, Julie and Tony stopped as well. They all looked up and saw storm cloud moving and rain flying by.
"Oh, great! It just had to be raining, didn't it?" Tony moaned.
"That means it'll be easier for us to escape." Sonic scampered up the stairs.
"I don't really favor rain either.." Julie ran up the stairs. Luckily for her, her hair sheilded most of the rain from her eyes. "You guys wanna morph back?"
"Sure, I don't think we'll be able to get off the Egg Carrier like this." Sonic said.
"Of course you can!"
"Eggman!" Tails turned around and looked up. Julie turned around too, and before them was Robotnik's huge vehicle(remember, they're squirrels).
"Whoa.."Tony said, "that thing's huge!"
"It's just 'cause we're small." Sonic said, hopping up to face Robotnik.
"Ha! You think you can beat me like that?" Robotnik pushed a button inside his ship and grabbed Sonic.
"Whoa!" Sonic said as he was lifted up.
"Sonic!" Tails reached for him, but only grabbed air.
"Tony, Tails, take my hand and concentrate on your normal form!" Julie said as she held out both hands.
"Okay.." Tony said cautiously as he took Julie's hand. Tails held Julie's other hand.
"Hey! What about me?!" Sonic yelled, trying to wiggle free of the mechanical arm's grasp.
"Don't worry 'bout it Sonic!" Julie closed her eyes and thought about her, Tails, and Tony in their regular forms. As Sonic and Robotnik looked on, the group began to glow white. Tony's bushy tail lost most of its fur and went back to its normal cat size. Julie and Tails' tails weren't as bushy and were fox tails again. Their little squirrel paws turned back into cat and fox hands, and their arms and legs grew longer. When they reached their their normal sizes, the glowing stopped.
Oh no..not this again...Robotnik thought. "You can't stop me now!" He said, pulling the claw up so they could all see Sonic, "I've got your star player!"
"Not for long!" Julie's eyes began to glow again and a Robotnik was frozen in place.
"No! Not again!" Robotnik said, unable to move.
"Tony, Tails, go grab Sonic and let's get out of here!" Tony and Tails ran up to Eggman's ship. Tony looked at Sonic.
"Wow..I didn't realize how small we were.."
"Just hurry and get me outta here Tony!" Sonic said. Tony grabbed the claw and tried to pull it apart, but it was wet from the rain, so Tony's fingers kept slipping. Tails looked at the ship and got an idea. He jumped up and grabbed the side of the ship.
"What are you doing?!" Robotnik yelled, still frozen in place.
"Aha!" Tails had found what he was looking for. A green button labelled 'Claw Release'. "Here Sonic!" Tails pushed the button. The claw shot open and Sonic fell out. Julie stopped him in midair and brought him over(with her powers). When the claw had opened, Tony had fallen backward and landed on his butt, but he quickly got up.
"You're not going to get away with this!" Robotnik yelled as Tony ran back to the group. Julie had already began morphing Sonic out.
That fox is causing problems...I still can't believe she survived five years in that desert after I destroyed her beloved city...Robotnik thought as he watched the transformation. I need to destroy her before she ruins everything..but now she can fully use her powers..unlike when she was eight..and now she's got Sonic on her side...this isn't good..
"See ya later Eggman!" His thoughts were interrupted by Sonic.
"See ya later?! Get back here and fight!" He called.
"Oh yeah, I forgot. I've gotta turn him loose sometime." Julie said, smiling. She increased her focus a little and lifted her arm up to her chest. As she lifted her arm, Robotnik's ship went up. Then she acted like she was throwing something and Robotnik went flying off in that direction. Julie's eyes went back to normal as Robotnik crashed somewhere on the ship.
"Come on, let's get off this hunka junk!" Tony said, looking at Sonic.
"You said it! Let's go!" Sonic ran over to where the Tornado was. He hopped up on the rudder and Tails climbed into the cockpit.
"Where'm I gonna go?" Tony asked.
"In the second cockpit." Julie said, closing her eyes.
"But you've gotta sit there!"
"No, Tony, I'll fly." Julie argued as she began to glow.
"Oh alright.." Tony sighed and climed in. Tails looked back and then cranked up the Tornado.
"You're not going anywhere!" Robotnik yelled as he an up to them.
"You wanna bet?" Sonic said, jumping down from the rudder. Julie opened her eyes and stopped glowing.
"Of course! Get 'em Chaos!" By this time Tails and Tony had already climbed out of the Tornado.
"Chaos? Who's Chaos?" Tony asked, looking around. "You'll find out soon enough Tony!" Sonic said as the watery blob crept up towards them. The water creature transformed up into Chaos. But this time instead of having one metal arm, he had two. His right arm's jewel was purple, while his left arm's was yellow.
"You already know Chaos, but now he's Chaos2!" Robotnik sneered as he stepped back to let Chaos in control.
"That's Chaos?" Tony stared at the jelly-like creature as it came closer and closer to them. "That thing looks like a giant jello mold!" When he said this, Chaos stopped in his tracks. He looked over at Tony with his crystal-like eyes and shot his left arm out toward him.
"Tony! Look out!" Sonic yelled. Tony jumped aside just as Chaos' arm shot by.
"Whoa! That was too close!" Tony sighed. Chaos withdrew his arm and started to melt into a gigantic ball.
"What's he doing?" Tails wondered out loud. Then the ball of water suddenly burst into several kick-ball sized balls. The balls began to bounce rather quickly towards Tony. He jumped out of the way of most of them, but was hit by the last two. He was shot backward and rolled a few times, coming to a stop on his stomach.
"Man! Why's this thing goin afta me?" He said as he got up. The watery balls turned around and started to bounce at Tony again. "I don't know why, but I'm fightin' back!" As Tony said this, claws popped out of his four-fingered paws. As Chaos got closer, Tony prepared to attack. The balls bounced up and Tony sliced though them. Tiny drops of water fell to the deck. Soon, all the balls were sliced through and the water drops joined together again, closer to Robotnik. Chaos turned his head and looked at Tony. Then, changing his mind, he turned to Sonic. He thrust his right arm toward Sonic. Right before it hit, Sonic jumped. But instead of jumping away, he jumped towards Chaos and used his homing attack. He hit Chaos on the head and Chaos roared.
"Come on Chaos! Show 'em who's boss!" Robotnik yelled, trying to stengthen Chaos' spririts.
"We'll show 'em who's who!" Sonic yelled as he hit Chaos on the head again. Chaos roared once more and melted into a giant ball.
"Oh no you don't!" Julie closed her eyes and focused. Beneath the white glow, her pointed ears rounded out and her tail grew thinner and striped. Her arms and legs grew into powerful feline limbs. She grew fangs and sharp claws. When the glowing stopped, she was average size tiger. She still had her hairdo and the necklace.
Chaos turned into a giant all again and began bouncing toward them. Julie roared and ran forward. When she got near to Chaos, she leaped and slashed into his gooey body. She was jerked to a stop in midair because her paw had gotten stuck inside Chaos. She landed on her other three paws and tried to free her stuck one. Chaos morphed into his normal form and turned his head to Julie. Julie looked up at him. They stared at each other for a minute until Chaos tried to slam his into Julie. But she was quick to react, freezing his hand in midair, inches from her face.
"I don't think so!" Julie jumped, released Chaos from her grip, and pushed off of him with her hind legs. As she jumped back, her paw was freed and Chaos was sent into a wall. Julie did a backflip and landed on all fours.
Chaos got up slowly and turned to Julie again.
"You want more?" Julie's eyes turned yellow and she lifted Chaos off the ground. Then she jerked her head to the left, thus sending Chaos into another wall. Chaos roared again, slumped to the ground as a puddle, and crept slowly over to Robotnik.
"Yes!" Sonic and Tails slapped each other high fives.
"No! How could Chaos lose again?" Robotnik said in delusion.
"Easy!" Sonic said, "He's fighting us!"
"Well I've run out of ammo! Whatcha gonna do? I can't fight back!" Robotnik said.
"We're going to leave! See ya!" Tails ran towards the Tornado and hopped in. "Come on guys!" He yelled as he put on his helmet and cranked up the plane. As Sonic and Tony headed for the Tornado, Julie morphed into a bird. When she finshed, she was a red-tailed hawk.
"Alright, let's go!" Tails pushed the control stick forward and the plane began to roll down the runway. Julie flapped her wings and took to the air. When the Tornado had picked up enough speed, it lifted off the Egg Carrier. With Julie behind them, they headed towards Tails' workshop.
While they were heading back, Knuckles was resting by the waterfall, leaning against a tree trunk. Sammie had already left, so Knuckles was by himself.
"I wonder where Sonic and Julie are?" he wondered out loud as he stared up at the sky. The in the distance, he heard a soft hum. Knuckles sat up and continued looking at the sky. As he looked, a small red dot appeared. Knuckles squinted his eyes. The little red dot was the Tornado.
"They're back!" Knuckles jumped to his feet and stretched. He started walking towards the workshop.
Tails sighted his workshop and began to lose altitude. He put down the wheels and hit the runway. He pushed the brakes and the plane came to a stop. Tails took off his helmet and Julie flew by. She landed next to the Tornado and morphed out. Sonic jumped down off the rudder and Tony climbed out. When Tony got down, he couldn't stand straight. He walked around dizzily.
"Whoa...never done that before...cats weren't meant ta fly!" He regained his balance as Knuckles appeared at the top of the steps.
"Hey guys! I see you're back!" Everybody turned and looked at him.
"Hey Knux! Whatcha been up to?" Tails said, climbing out of the cockpit.
"Nothin' much. You?" He shifted legs, feeling uneasy around Julie.
Sonic raised his left eyebrow. "Same old, same old. Fighting some funky monstera Eggman's, savin somebody, and just chillin'.
"I'm guessin the cat's the one ya saved?" Knuckles said, gesturing towards Tony.
"Yeah..and the name's Tony. And your names Knux?"
"No, actually the name's Knuckles, Tony.." His voice had a hint of annoyance on the last word.
"Oh..so your nickname's Knux?" Julie could tell they obviously didn't like each other.
"Yeah, what's it to..."
"So, you found any more Emerald pieces yet?" Julie interrupted Knuckles, knowing it was going to turn ugly.
Knuckles relaxed a little and looked at her. "Yeah. I found two more." Julie nodded.
"Sonic, why don't you take Tony back to Station Square? Me and Knuckles'll look for more emeralds." Sonic looked at her. Then he caught on to what she was trying to do.
"Sure! Come on Tony, let's go." Sonic walked a little ways then turned and looked back. Tony glared at Knuckles and walked past Sonic.
"I'm gonna stay and work on my new prototype." Tails said. He walked inside his workshop. Julie walked over to the steps and began to walk down. Knuckles watched her for a minutem then walked to the edge of the plateau and glided down. He landed at the bottom as Julie reached the last step.
"Alright...so..where do we start?" Julie asked.
"I dunno...wherever.." Knuckles said, glancing over to her. Julie looked at him.
"We don't haveta look for any..I was just tryin ta get you and Tony away from each other."
"Oh.." There was a pause, like neither one of them could think of anything to say.
"So...you just...um...wanna walk around?" Knuckles studdered as he looked at Julie. There was another pause.
Then Julie answered, "I guess..if you don't mind.." Knuckles silently sighed.
Alright, he thought, maybe she does like me..just a little...or at least I hope so... Julie was thinking the same thing as they started walking down the second set of stairs and off towards the waterfall. As they passed the waterfall, Julie thought she saw something sparkle on one of the ledges that were beside the waterfall.
I wonder what that was? Julie thought as her and Knuckles climbed into the mine cart to go into the jungle and explore.
To be continued...
Story [c] to Emily B./Julie F.