Sienna

I got back on board and was told to get my ass straight over to the Bridge. 'Oh great.' My mind groaned as I walked slowly to my destination.

The doors opened and I saw Jet steering the ship. "Where the hell did you go? What could we have done if something happened to you? Step out of line one more time and I swear I won't come looking for you! Do you understand Sienna?" He growled with his back to me. "Sorry Jet." I said sincerely. "What did you say? I didn't quite hear that." Oh yeah, I forgot. "Sorry…boss."

"Hmph! That's better. Now, why did you run off like that? It had better be good."

"I was going to come straight back boss. Only this guy challenged me to a race. I have never seen anyone move that fast without a board. I think he said his name was…oh yeah, Sonic." Jet gasped and turned to face me. He let go of the wheel as he gawked at me. "Boss! The wheel!" I yelled as we were about to crash in to a mountain. He got back in time and steered it away. "I trust you left him in the dirt or you'll have to be punished." He snarled.

That's the way it was with the Babylon Rouges. You loose a race to anyone other than your own team you either get punished or banished from the ship. Luckily I have only lost races to the Babylon Rogues but I still got punished. Really nasty jobs no one else would want to do. When I finally beat Storm, Wave and Jet I was the one who got to assign them to the nasty jobs that time. When I kept beating them I stopped assigning them tasks and eventually they stopped racing me. First came the excuses then were the times I kept getting stood up. It was then I finally learned they didn't like being beaten all the time. It hurt, but in order to remain their friend I had to stop racing. So now I would just test new gears around the courses without anyone else to race. That pain never left me but at least I'm still their team mate and friend.

"Of course, I left him eating my dust. There was no way I'd let someone beat me without a board."

"Good girl. Now as for running away you can clean the propeller with Storm today. He knocked down my father's portrait and it landed on me yet again." I sighed, that was a really annoying job and took ages if you were fighting the winds. "Be thankful it's a relatively calm day today. I could've assigned you something far worse." I came to his side and looked at the view through the window in front of me. "I'm really am sorry for worrying you Jet…I mean Boss. We're still friends right?" I asked and he sighed before putting his hand on my head. "It'll take a lot more than you just running off to break that. Now get on with your job!"

"Right away boss!" I turned to face Jet and saluted him. He smiled and chuckled at my antics as I ran out the door.

Outside Storm was already tied to the ship by the constantly moving propeller. "Sienna, where have you been? Jet's been worried sick about you! What if something happened to you?" That's the way it was. Jet would say his bit only for Storm to repeat it. "Who else could tune up my gear when Wave isn't around? I don't need my little mechanic getting hurt." Jet and Storm were complete rivals when it came to who cared about me the most. Storm was like a brother whilst Jet was more like a father or a guardian. "I'm sorry Storm. I promise never to do it again." I said crossing my little heart. Storm just sighed deeply and patted my head. I swear if Jet and Storm keep doing that I'm gonna end up with a flat head when I grow up. "See that you don't. Now let's get back to work."

"Ok." Thankfully Jet stayed out of the rough winds and our work was completed faster than I expected. But it was no less exhausting.

When I came back inside I over heard Wave talking to Jet in his office. The door was slightly open so I just leaned back against the wall and listened. She was talking about me again. "You have to make her punishments more well…punishing. You're too soft Jet. The older she gets the wilder she is. We can't afford to have a juvenile delinquent with her power running around this ship!"

Wave lives up to her name. When she makes them you'd better head for cover. It may sound like she's just looking out for Jet, Storm and herself but really she's not a bad bird. She looks out for everyone's interests and really does care. She's just a bit stern and tries to mother me to death but other than that she's cool. Once I was sick and she was first in line to care for me.

"We all have the same punishments whether they are a Babylon Rouge or a human who can use Chaos energy." He said sternly. "Sienna isn't out of control. She's never run away from us before and she was racing Sonic. Don't try to deny you've been caught up in the thrill of a race to loose track of time." He sneered. "Besides, I feel kinda bad she had to stop racing us. But we weren't a challenge for her anymore. It would've just been a waste of her energy and time." He sighed. 'No it wouldn't, I miss racing my friends. Especially you Jet, I have to keep looking over my shoulder just to make sure you're not right on my tail.'

"That and we hated having to do her worst chores." Wave sneered. 'You didn't have to do them if you hated them that much.' I left after that and tried not to think about what they said.

After a shower I flopped back on my bed and tried not to think about what I had just heard.

Ten minutes later there was a knock at my door. "It's open." I called and in came Jet looking a bit grave. "What's wrong? You need another course built already?" I asked and he smiled before shaking his head. "Then what is it?"

"I was wondering if you would like this." He asked and unrolled a large roll of paper in front of me. It was a map of Mobius. How I wanted to yell at him for being so stupid. It felt like he was trying to get rid of me for reasons unknown. That was the first and final time I would ever run away but he didn't seem to believe me. "What's the occasion?"

"Nothing, I just feel you could use it if you ever get lost. Something tells me this won't be the only time you wander off." He said putting his hand on my head. It was different to all the times before, he did it tentatively and I could feel his sadness. "Jet?"

"Hmm?"

"Can we visit the human city Soleanna one day? I'd like to see what it looks like. It's supposed to be really pretty." Jet removed his hand and looked sad once again. "Sure, how about your birthday?" He asked and I looked up at him. "You mean it?" I asked and he nodded his head. "Thanks Jet!" I exclaimed and hugged him. For once he actually returned it and held me close. "Jet?" Something was clearly wrong. "You're starting to scare me. If there is something wrong please tell me." But he just held me for a while as if he'd never see me again. "Jet?" He breathed in deeply. "I just wanted the chance to do that before you're too old for it." He said. "You're growing so fast.:"

"Ok." I said and held him back just as tightly. Something was seriously wrong, but whatever it was he wasn't telling. He started to worry me before he pulled away and walked out the door as if nothing had happened.

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A week had passed since Jet's strange behaviour but everything was normal. Sienna had hung the map above her bed so she studied it every night until she knew it off by heart. But her eyes wandered to Soleanna at the end of each study period. 'The human city, that's where I will find my answers. Do I want to is the question. Is Jet trying to get rid of me? No, don't be so stupid.' She thought but there was still a certain amount of doubt.

The month passed with Sienna looking in the direction of Soleanna. She looked out her window, whilst she was on top of the ship to clean it but especially when she was on the ground.

Every time they touched down to train she calculated how long it would take for her to get there. It didn't go unnoticed by Jet but he said nothing. She made the courses but weren't watching them and continued to stare in the same direction. Wave was starting to get suspicious and saw Jet's interest. Storm on the other hand was just clueless and thought Sienna was just day dreaming.

But then one day they found a note on Jet's desk and Sienna was nowhere to be found.

'I know why you gave me that map. I don't want to leave and I know we agreed to go on my birthday but I'll go crazy before then. I want to find out where I came from and this is the only way I know how. I'm sorry, please forgive me. But most of all don't tell me to stay there! You can't ask me to do that, you're my family now. Humans gave me up and you saved me. I think we both know who I'll choose to stay with.

Your friend

Sienna.'

"She's taken enough food for three days and her gear is gone. Can she survive alone?" Wave asked Jet with a great amount of concern. "She has the chaos emerald so she should be ok. She's a tough kid too." Storm said confidently. "But that just it, she's a kid. Jet, she can't survive on her own! Jet?" Jet just looked out his window and smiled. "Go for it kid." He said under his breath. "We'll give her two day's head start." He finally said and the others just nodded. It was more like an order than anything else.