Title: Defeated
Author: Kamaria31
Disclaimer: If you recognize it, it isn't mine.
Summary: Eggman has a new lackey; she's a purple lioness by the name of Kalila, or Kali. She's worked for him for a year, seemingly loyal. But when her own foes turn up and offer her the opportunity she needs to save a VERY important person, will she try to go it alone? Or seek help from the ones who truly offer it?
Note: Bits and pieces of this were contributed by a friend of mine (love ya, Penguin!) who is the nicest person you'll ever meet, but seriously REPELS punctuation. If I missed anything, notify please! Also feel free to help out with the character's speech patterns. (Heh, I repel those.)
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Ari POV
I had been walking down the street thinking about my best friend, about what she did and wondering why she betrayed me. "Hey, over here!" a voice yelled interrupting my thoughts. I had run over to where the noise had come from and saw none other than Bokkun.
"What, Bokkun?" I asked impatiently. Bokkun had then started to blab about things I didn't care about, so I had snapped, "Cut to the chase, Bokkun!"
"Well I have a message for you" Bokkun had said shyly. I had given Bokkun my glare so he of course had continued with what he had been afraid to say. "This message is from Kali she told me to tell you she only joined because she had to and he promised to find it" Bokkun finished timidly and, like always when he left, dropped a bomb. I saw it and flew away with a look of amusement on my face.
"Messing with Bokkun is so much fun," I laughed as I flew back to my apartment.
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Kali POV
'I DIDN'T BETRAY YOU!!!' I have wanted to scream that at Ari for an entire year, 'He said he could find it.'
"Did Bokkun find her OK?" I asked myself quietly; just then, Bokkun flew in.
"I told her."
"Everything?"
"I think so, it was a long message."
I knew which part he would have forgotten, "Did you tell her where we were landing next?"
"Oops! Sorry Kal."
"DON'T—Oh, never mind, just go tell her."
"OK!" He flew off again making me think, 'I'm waiting twice as long this time, I just know it.'
A few hours later, I had started wandering around the town
"Hello. You would like?" I had chosen this store at random.
"Oh, nothing," I turned around and saw something near the door, 'Ooh, The Doctor's gonna like this, I can even find Chaos Emeralds when I don't mean to!' I looked back at the storekeeper, "On second thought, I rather like that purple jewel."
"No! Is deesplay only!"
"Why?" I said, moving toward it, "I can buy it."
"Do not argue. Is deesplay!"
"Fine, but Dr. Eggman will be the one 'displaying' it from now on," I had been inching toward the gem (and door) through the entire exchange so I grabbed it and ran.
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Objective
Tails (Miles) Prower had been walking down the street on his way to visit the crazy Russian Storekeeper. "Move! …Out of my way!" a lavender colored lioness had screeched. The lioness had shoved him to the ground but not before he caught sight of a purple Chaos Emerald.
When Tails got up it took him a minute to register who exactly the girl was and what she had when he realized he said "Oh shiz," Tails had hovered off the ground and flew back to find a member of the team. The first person he came across was Rouge, "Rouge- ROUGE!! I saw Kali, she had a Chaos Emerald, and she went that way!" Tails half screamed, pointing the direction he had come from.
"Ok, I'll go after her. You calm down and find Sonic… or Knuckles." Rouge then flew off the direction Kali had gone while Tails went to find Sonic and Knuckles.
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Kali POV
"Dr. Eeeeeggmaaaaaaaan~!" I called, "Guess what I foooooooouuuund~!!"
"What??" The doctor snapped, clearly annoyed.
"Oh, well that's nice! You can't even be grateful that I found a Chaos Emerald!"
Eggman's tone and demeanor changed dramatically the instant she said 'Chaos Emerald', "Good job Kalila, You even do your job without prompting, on your own time, Bocoe and Decoe should take notes."
"Err, thanks. …Doctor? When are we going the look for my—"
"All in good time, Kalila."
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Objective
"SONIC!! KNUCKLES!!" Tails saw the object of his search up ahead, "GUYS!!"
"What's up, Tails?" Sonic asked, registering his friend's expression.
"Sonic, I saw Kali. I was going to visit the Russian storekeeper and Kali ran past me with a Chaos Emerald!"
"WHAT??" Sonic yelled, and Knuckles looked slightly angry.
"We need to get that Emerald!" Tails concluded. Sonic and Knuckles nodded once as they all turned to get back to the workshop, which held the X-Tornado, Tails' plane.
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Kali POV
I had left the ship again, wandering out of boredom, when I heard something behind me; I was surprised enough that I nearly wheeled around, vaguely recognizing Rouge's scent, I said, "It's too late, Jewel Hunter. I've already given the Emerald to the Doctor."
"That isn't why I'm here."
"Surprising, seeing as according to the Doctor, that's all you can think about."
"Well, I think we both know that Eggman has a bit of a penchant for exaggerating."
I finally decided to turn around, "I guess… But if it's not the gem, why are you here?"
"You joined him for a very good reason, didn't you?" Rouge looked at me expectantly, reminding me strongly of a different bat, Ariala, my first and best friend.
"Yeah… I' looking for a necklace, because it enhances my ability to track."
"You seem to be OK without it, you've found more than a few Chaos Emeralds… even though we got them back."
"If the scent is similar enough to mine, I can't track it without that necklace."
"Why do you need to track your own scent?"
"Not mine, my cous— Why am I telling you? When the doctor helps me find the necklace, I will find Levon on my own!!" I yelled. Realizing what I had said, I clapped a hand over my mouth.
"Levon?" Rouge asked interestedly, I shook my head frantically, still covering my mouth.
Finally, I uncovered my mouth, thinking that she'd find out anyway, "Levon is my cousin, that necklace was a gift from him. A black jaguar took great interest in it, her name was Alvah, and we thought she just liked it. We were only half right, apparently, the gem in the pendant enhanced certain powers… like mine, or … his."
"We aren't talking about your cousin anymore, are we?"
I shook my head mutely and returned to the ship.
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A.N. Yeah, part of why Difference isn't updated... this and Writers Block (icky, ICKY stuff writers block is).