((I don't claim the Sonic characters. They belong to Sega, and all these other companies. And if I did claim them... well... I probably wouldn't be making this! I do claim Whisper, Dawn, Hawk, Death, and Rush from this chapter.))
An ear-splitting scream alerted the red echidna standing beside the Master Emerald
An ear-splitting scream alerted the red echidna standing beside the Master Emerald. His eyes widened to see Tails in the Tornado crash-landing.
No... that couldn't happen!
Missiles, or something along the lines of that, were flying towards the red plane. Knuckles took a few steps backwards, beginning to feel... worried, to a small degree.
What the heck...? What's with Tails... no matter. Hopefully... Sonic noticed, I hope. I might as well warn him.
"No way!" Sonic spat as he saw his friend in the Tornado.
What the heck is going on here?! He asked himself, dashing off to help Tails.
Gotta stay calm... stay calm... what should I do?
The orange two-tailed fox, attempting to stay calm, contemplated with how to get out of this mess.
What did I do for this to happen? Oh well. It doesn't matter now... now, just how do I get out of this without killing myself?
With no other real option, he decided to jump out of the plane. Maybe it wasn't the brightest decision... but... whatever.
"Hm?" A female hedgehog that resembled Shadow, except with dark blue high-lights mumbled. Her amber eyes glanced up at a red plane, now pilot-less. She looked confused.
What the...
"Hey, Dawn!" She called out, beckoning a three-tailed fox to her.
Dawn looked up, her three tails swishing around in different directions. Her dark-red fur flattened, and her green eyes just stared at Whisper blankly.
"What?" She asked simply, walking towards the black and dark-blue hedgehog.
Whisper pointed to the red air-plane with no pilot.
"Look over there," She replied, "Doesn't that seem a bit... eh... odd?"
Dawn only nodded, obviously watching it.
"I see a two tailed fox. Falling," She turned to Whisper, "Gather up the others and go?"
Whisper's pupils narrowed, annoyed, and said, "That's my say, not yours, Dawn. But yeah."
She swung her head to look at Hawk, a brown feathered eagle with amber eyes, Death, a gray echidna with amber eyes, and Rush, another hedgehog that resembled Shadow, except with brown fur and black highlights and green eyes.
"C'mon, guys. This better be good."
"Huh! Shadow, Rouge!" Sonic yelled, "What're you doing here?"
Shadow glanced to Sonic with cold eyes. His red eyes quickly silenced Sonic.
I could ask you the same.
"Stop," Rouge said, "What exactly are you doing here?"
Sonic smirked.
"For possibly the same reasons you are?" He shot back.
"Hmph! It's about that fox cub, Tails, isn't it?" Shadow asked, catching Sonic off-guard.
"Wha-" Sonic asked, "So what if I am?"
"Hmph."
Whisper skidded to a stop, with the others behind her. In front of them was the plane...
"So surely the pilot is around here somewhere," Dawn pointed out, interrupting Whisper's thoughts.
Whisper was about to snap at the three-tailed fox, but then Death pitched in.
"Or otherwise he or she is dead, and so thusly, they don't matter anymore."
Whisper rolled her eyes.
"No wonder your parents called you Death. You're literally obsessed with it!" She muttered.
Rush sighed.
"C'mon guys, less bickering, more searching. In other words, shut up and start looking for the pilot."
Hawk nodded and flew off.
"Silver? You're... here?" Knuckles asked, his purple eyes glancing at the silvery-white hedgehog in front of him. Silver, or at least... the supposed Silver, stared back at the red echidna. He looked confused for a second.
"You're... Knuckles? Friend of who I thought was the Iblis Trigger, Sonic?" He asked.
So it is him! But... what's he doing here? And how does he still remember? Slightly shocked, Knuckles nodded.
"I found that one fox, Tails, I think was his name... he's unconscious..."
"Thanks," Knuckles replied, and without another word, he left. Silver ran after him.
"Knuckles... Silver is with you?" Sonic asked Knuckles. He looked at the familiar silver hedgehog.
"Sonic, I found Tails," Silver said quietly, "He's knocked out cold."
"You did? So he's unconscious... where is he?"
"If you want to find him... then follow me."
"Tails? You alright?" Sonic asked, gently shaking the orange fox. Tails opened his eyes and looked at him.
"Y-yeah..." Tails replied.
"Don't tell me you were working on another prototype."
"I wasn't, actually. I was... shot down, so to say."
"Shot down?" A new voice asked.
Shadow looked past Sonic to see five others; two hedgehogs that resembled him, two echidnas that looked like Knuckles, a bird that slightly resembled Jet, and a fox.
"Who're you?" Knuckles asked, staring down the gray echidna with amber eyes.
"Whisper. Whisper the Hedgehog, and this is Rush. Rush the Hedgehog."
Rouge couldn't help but snicker. Those names sounded so out of place.
Death stared back at Knuckles.
"I'm Death."
Tails overheard this, and almost went into a laughing fit. Death, the echidna?! That was just absurd!
"I'm Dawn," Dawn said, "And Rush is Whisper's brother. The brown eagle is Hawk. And...?"
Looks like we got competition! Sonic thought, smirking.
"Sonic! Sonic the Hedgehog!"
Whisper looked at him, returning the smirk.
"I'm Tails," The orange fox looked over at Rouge, who was busy annoying Hawk, "That bat over there-"
Knuckles interrupted Tails.
"That's bat-girl, but her real name is Rouge. I'm Knuckles," He said, still staring at Death with angry eyes.
"I'm Shadow. Shadow the Hedgehog," The black and red hedgehog said blankly, and Silver looked at Dawn.
"I'm Silver."
((Heh, sorry for the crappy ending.))
