Alright, I forgot to leave an author's note on the last chapter, so here's one! I'll try to make these short and sweet for you guys!

To the guest reviewer who reviewed last week or so, congratulations! You are the first person to review the story! And another congratulations! You actually helped me! I had no clue how to progress the plot past these next three or so chapters but you helped me! And that's awesome!

Speaking of, I thought you all deserved to be informed that, although I'm a huge Sonic fan and know almost everything about it, I am new to the PPGZ fandom-I haven't even finished watching all the episodes yet! I'm working on that now, and also juggling other fandoms I'm in or trying to get in, and school (the cursed place of doom) and the other books I'm writing. I'm on episode 30-something, so I will hopefully know more and maybe before I get too far in this book.

...I should really try harder on the whole 'short' and sweet part. Just enjoy!

2

How'd She Get Down There?

"You see anything yet, Tails?" a blue hedgehog asked. He and a yellow-and-white fox were exploring a forest. On the ground behind them, you could see a little hill in the ground as someone or something dug a burrow underground, discarding the dirt in the ever-growing pile.

These weren't just your typical hedgehog and fox, if that hadn't been drawn to your attention by the blue-quilled rodent. These were Mobians; animals that had gone through a rather complex series of mutations and adaptations none of them could remember and looked almost completely different from their animal ancestors. They were bipedal, inhabited cities amongst their human look-alikes, and could speak your language. And through a mutation almost literally none could explain, some of them had superpowers.

"Not yet, Sonic," the fox said, peering at a handheld device in his gloved hand. It was a yellow tablet with directional pad buttons, grip handles on both sides, and two knobs on the top like on a giraffe's head that glowed blue but didn't seem to have a purpose. If anything, the pad looked like a toy, a gaming system perhaps. And it could have games downloaded on it for entertainment purposes, however for now it was being used for a more important matter—right now it was an emerald tracker. "That's weird, the tracker said we were in the right area earlier, but now the emerald isn't even showing up on the screen!"

"That is weird. Maybe you didn't get all the kinks out of it yet."

At the hole in front of the dirt mound, the head of a red echidna popped out. "Hey, guys! I found something!"

"Is it a Chaos Emerald?" Tails asked curiously.

"No. The Chaos Emerald can wait for now, we need to check this out."

"Hmph. What's up, Knuckles?" Sonic asked, leaping into the tunnel as soon as the echidna moved away.

"Well, I was searching for the Chaos Emerald when I saw this white light—" the echidna said

"It's probably the sun shining through a little hole in the ground or something,"

"Not that kind of light! I'm talking 'bout a bright flash that seemed to fill the whole tunnel! It blinded me for a few seconds. So after it faded away, I checked to see what it was."

"And?"

"I found her." Knuckles said, pointing farther down the shaft. Sonic gasped.

"How'd she get down here?" he whispered, eyes wide.

"I dunno! I'm just surprised she isn't dead yet; there wasn't a source of air down here until I dug the tunnel."

"Maybe she was caught in some sort of teleportation rift, and she appeared down here while you were digging," a voice stated. The two turned around as Tails continued "In some circumstances, the warp will hold the person in a sort of limbo until it can be found by the right person. I dunno…toying with destiny."

"When'd you get down here?" Knuckles asked.

"I followed Sonic."

"Okay, fine; stay down here then. But what kind of warp would happen at a school?" Sonic said.

"How do you know it happened at a school?"

"She still has on her school clothes. Well, I guess it doesn't really matter, anyways. Let's bring her back to the house." At that, the green eyed hedgehog gently picked up the orange-furred cat girl and took her out the tunnel as Knuckle's dug a shortcut route out the tunnel. Once his feet rested on the upper layer of the forest floor, he 'jogged' away. By that, we mean he was running away faster than a jet. "Keep looking for that emerald!"

"Sure thing, Sonic!"

"Has she woken up yet?" Knuckles asked as he and Tails walked back into the lab. Sonic was sitting on the chair, flipping through channels on the TV, a plate of chili dogs beside him and the girl laid on the couch.

"No…I've tried everything, too. Loud music, poking, shaking, nudging…I was just about to try and see if I could find that Justin Beaver concert on TV to see if she'd wake up once she heard it or something." The hedgehog shrugged, settling on the news channel before tossing the remote behind him and making himself a bit more comfortable. The remote hit Knuckles in the head, and the red echidna muttered something under his breath as he rubbed the sore spot.

"Maybe she's in a warp coma?" Tails suggested. The two older Mobians turned to look at him in confusion.

"A warp coma? What's that?" they asked, raising an eyebrow as a further expression of their puzzled thoughts.

"It's when the person or animal the warp is transporting is being exposed to so much force that they're in a coma."

"How long do these last?" Sonic asked.

"Hm…sometimes a few days, or months—once almost a year! But they tend to wake up faster when they're exposed to a Chaos Emerald."

"Oh. Did you find one?"

"No…sorry…"

"It's okay! Don't worry about it, buddy! We'll just have to wait for her to wake up, then! I'm actually kinda curious about her, though…"

"Why? She's just a normal school girl." Knuckles asked.

"I can kinda feel some sort of power coming off of her. Some kind of energy. It makes my quills really itchy."

"Has that happened to you before?" Tails pondered.

"No, not that I can remember. Maybe we'll figure it out once she wakes up!" Sonic said, picking a chili dog off of his plate and taking a bite out of it.

"Okay. I'm going to my room. Let me know if she wakes up, then, so we can figure it out. I don't wanna miss out." Tails said. Sonic held up a thumbs up, and Tails left the room and went upstairs. Knuckles wasn't sure if he was confirming his promise to Tails, or if he was congratulating himself on the chili dog. Not that it mattered.

Constructive reviews are always welcome! Especially now! But please no flames...

Also, I don't own the PowerPuff Girls Z or Sonic the Hedgehog franchises in any way.