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Chapter 2 Stranded
The next morning, the girls woke up to explosions and screaming.
"W…what's going on?" Ashley asked sleepily.
Polari rushed to her window. Is this World War Three or something? Polari wondered.
She came face to face with fires everywhere in Oceanopolis.
"Everyone, move!" Polari cried, the fire getting closer.
"What the hell is going on?" Ashley asked.
Connie and Polari stared at her.
"…excuse my French." Ashley said quickly.
"Get dressed, quickly!" Polari said, trying to calm down.
I don't know what's going on, but something tells me it's not going to be legit. Polari thought.
Meanwhile, the families of Polari, Connie, and Ashley were downstairs conducting an informal emergency meeting.
"We have to stay and fight back. If we don't, who will?" Ashley's father Jack said to the parents.
"We cannot risk our lives and the well-being of our adolescent children. We should flee the area at once." Connie's mother Melinda countered.
"That's true, but what about our city? Everything will be destroyed." Gwen pointed out.
"There won't be a city if all the people here die!" Timothy, Connie's father, insisted.
"We can't run away! That'll only make him stronger." Jack muttered.
"Who?" Rafael asked.
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Mom! Dad! What's going on?" Polari cried, rushing downstairs with her best friends.
"You three have to leave Oceanopolis now!" Gwen said strongly.
"Why!" Ashley wailed.
"Mephiles is attacking the city. We can't keep you three here." Lynn, Ashley's mother replied.
"Mephiles? I thought he had been destroyed years ago by the legendary Sonic the Hedgehog!" Connie said, shocked.
"Apparently he wasn't completely destroyed. He's after our Chaos Emeralds." Timothy replied.
"We have three of them." Rafael added.
Gwen looked out the window and saw the explosions dangerously close to their house. She could also see the silhouette of Mephiles.
"You girls have to get out of here!" Gwen cried.
She tossed the three friends backpacks.
"That's your emergency kit with food, blankets, and water."
"Take the Chaos Emeralds." Rafael said, giving Polari his.
Timothy and Jack gave up theirs to their daughters.
Just then, the house exploded. Gwen put up a telekinetic force field around them just in time.
"Get out of here NOW!" Gwen shouted to the girls.
"Hurry up! We'll be fine!" Rafael said, giving Polari one last smile.
With one last look at their parents, Polari, Connie, and Ashley ran out of the house, far away from their family and Mephiles. Polari turned around to see her parents and her friends' parents battling Mephiles. Not wanting to see any more of it, Polari turned back around.
On the outskirts of Oceanopolis, the trio stopped running, their adrenaline pumping iut of control. They turned around to see their beloved city set ablaze. Tears spilled over the girls' eyes as they watched their city burn.
"W-what do we do now?" Connie whimpered.
"I don't know, Connie. I don't know." Polari replied, trying to be strong.
"I just can't believe this! Why?" Ashley wailed.
Polari faced Connie and Ashley.
"All we know is that all we have now are each other. We have been sisters, even though we're not related. We're a family now. We must be strong." she said.
Connie and Ashley nodded, taking Polari's words to heart.
"Let's go. The Mystic Ruins aren't too far from here." Polari said.
By nightfall, the trio of sisters were in the dark, murky woods of the Mystic Ruins. Polari had spotted a cave, and the girls decided to camp out there.
"Who wants food?" Polari asked, digging in her emergency backpack.
"I'm too upset to eat. Maybe tomorrow." Connie said coldly.
"Same." Ashley agreed.
Polari sighed. "Fine."
Everyone got out their blankets and went to bed with heavy hearts. Polari couldn't sleep at all
I don't know who this Mephiles is, but when we encounter him, some serious shit is about to go down. Polari thought angrily.
How intense! Merry Christmas!
