Hi! Thanks to everyone who reviewed my story, it made me so happy! Well, here's the second chapter, I hope you like it!
Yeah, I don't own anything except for Jade and Tory. *sighs* Oh well.
Chapter 2: Prison Island
JADE'S P.O.V
I hit the ground with a thud. 'Ow…' I thought.
"Yipee!"
I groaned. 'Oh no. Please NOT him.' I looked up.
"We did it! We did it!"
I sweat-dropped. 'It's him.'
"That hedgehog's in the hooskow thanks to you Shadow!" Eggman cried, shaking the black hedgehog's hand vigorously. There was confetti falling from the ceiling. I slapped my forehead.
"So embarrassing…" I mumbled.
"And my dear jade, how are you doing this fine evening?" Eggman asked in a falsely sweet voice. I rolled my eyes.
"Shut up and wipe that stupid smirk off your face." Tory growled from my pocket. "You look like an idiot-oh, too late. You already do!"
I groaned. He was going to get me in trouble pretty soon.
"You may want to wash that turtle's mouth with soap." Eggman said. "Before he says something he'll regret."
"He's already done that plenty of times." I said.
Eggman growled. I loved to annoy him, it was SO easy!
"I take it you've met Shadow?" he guestured to the hedgehog.
My eyes narrowed. "Yeah, we've met."
Then, Bokkun came flying in, carrying a little T.V.
"Doctor I have a message for you this time!" he laughed, throwing the T.V at Eggman.
When he caught it, it turned on, and Rouge appeared on the screen. I sweat-dropped. 'What the-ROUGE!' I thought in annoyance. 'I swear, she can't decide which side she's on.'
"Hiya Doc, long time no see. I was wondering if we could get together to discuss a little buisness transaction."
"A buisness transaction?" Decoe repeated.
"I would not trust her doctor!" Bocoe declared.
"Who asked ya' bolt brain, fetch her right away!" Eggman barked.
Then the T.V started beeping. "Aw crap…" I said, trailing off.
"Uh-oh." Bocoe said in worry. "Here we go!"
Then the little message T.V blew up with surprising force.
I dodged a piece of ceiling that fell towards me, and accidentally fell into Shadow, knocking both of us down. I jumped away, my cheeks almost as red as his eyes.
"S-sorry." I stammered.
He didn't really seem to acknowledge me however, all he gave me was a curt nod, his expression as hard as stone.
'Does he even know how to smile?' I wondered.
"What was that?" Tory cried.
"The ceiling fell in." I answered. "You know Egghead, you should really fix that."
"Shut up Jade!" he called from the other side of the room.
I looked to my right when I heard the sound of something light hitting the floor. I saw Rouge drop through the hole, and land on her heels, which was what had made the noise. She was carrying a big bouquet of red roses. I raised an eyebrow.
'This is beyond weird…'
Bokkun was laughing his head off.
"That's not funny!" Eggman yelled. I could just imagine him pulling at his mustache in irriation.
"Don't blame me, lots of stuff on television bombs! HAHAHAHAHA!"
"That was a terrible joke." Tory said.
I returned my attention back to Rouge, who was looking around through the dust.
Eggman almost ran her over. "Ah! Rouge, I didn't expect you here so soon!"
"Good evening Doctor." Rouge said with a smile. "I have a little something I'd like to show you." And out of the bouquet she pulled…
"A Chaos Emerald." Eggman breathed.
"It's all yours Eggy, if you agree to my conditions. All you have to do is be a good boy and play nice, and I'll show you where the others are. What do you say Doc, do we have a deal?" she glanced over at Shadow, who just turned his head away.
"TRAITOR!" Tory yelled, his black eyes blazing. "Rouge you traitor! Just you wait till I get my hands-er…paws on you!"
I rolled my eyes. "It really lost effect when you messed up." I sighed.
Then, I suddenly got an image. The world around me disappeared and I saw the pale face of a young girl with blonde hair and blue eyes. But then it was gone as quickly as it had come. I shook my head when the world returned to normal. 'What was that? A memory? Whose was it? That was strong.'
"Now, what are your terms?" Eggman asked.
"Pleasure before buisness. Who's this charming young friend of yours? I'm Rouge the Bat. What's your name?" she asked in a rather seductive voice that made me slap my forehead again.
'She tries WAY too hard.'
"It's Shadow." He turned and glared at her. "Shadow the Hedgehog."
Rouge seemed to go into the same trance I had been in when my eyes connected with his earlier. Her eyes widened and at his and she seemed frozen.
"TRAITOR!" Tory yelled again. I put my hand over his mouth as he started letting loose a stream of-not-so-nice words.
This was going to be interesting.
LATER…
Tory and I had been stuck at Eggman's base for God only knows how long. But what I did know was that Eggman had taken Shadow and Rouge somewhere to do something 'important'. It annoyed me to no end that I didn't know what that twisted mind of his was plotting.
I was sitting on the floor with Tory on my shoulder. We were watching Decoe, Bocoe and Bokkun play cards.
So far, Bokkun was winning.
I growled suddenly and stood up quickly, nearly losing Tory.
"Jade?" Decoe asked.
"I can't take this anymore!" I declared. "I'm going after them."
"No you can't! It's too dangerous!" Decoe cried.
"We won't let you!" Bocoe added with his robotic arms crossed.
I stopped in my tracks. "What do you mean it's too dangerous?" I asked in suspicion. Bocoe and Decoe looked at each other.
"You big pile of scrap metal!" Bocoe yelled, hitting Decoe on the head. "You said too much!"
"Who are you calling a pile of scrap metal, you pathetic excuse for a robot?" Decoe countered.
I sighed.
"Wow they're annoying." Tory said.
"Tell me what they're doing now!" I demanded. "Or so help me, I'll rewire your hard drives!"
They looked at each other nervously.
"Jade, we can't tell you!" Bocoe cried.
I growled. I wasn't getting anywhere with thses guys. But there was another way…
I spun around to Bokkun, and batted my eyelashes. "Bokkun? You'd tell me, wouldn't you?" I asked in a cute voice.
He started shaking and then blurted out, "Dr. Eggman took Shadow and Rouge to blow up Prison Island!" then he slapped a hand over his mouth, in horror of what he'd said.
My eyes widened in shock. "He did WHAT?"
"Jade, you can't!" Decoe cried as I walked away at a very fast pace.
"Stop this instant!" Bocoe commanded.
"Try me!" I returned without stopping. I had to stop them from blowing up the island! I had to! There were innocent people on that island, who didn't deserve to die!
I walked into a hanger and found a small ship.
"Perfect!" I cried, climbing into it.
"Jade, do you even know how to fly this thing?" Tory asked in worry as the windshield closed, selaing us in. I strapped my seatbelt on.
"It can't be much harder than the Tornado X can it?" I said. "Don't worry. Tails gave me flying lessons a while ago."
"But this is a completely different ship!" Tory protested as the engine roared to life. I felt a rush of adrenaline go through my system and I shoved the joint-stick forward, propelling us into the air.
"YEEHAW!" I cried.
"WAAAAHHHH!" Tory screamed.
"Calm down Tory!" I said, trying to figure out which way to go.
"JADE YOU IDIOT!" he shouted. "I HATE FLYING!"
"Well tough luck buddy." I replied, playing with navigation controls. "Since you're my Familiar, you can never go anywhere without me, and I you." I looked down. "Oh hey, look. We're in Egpyt." I said, noting that Eggman's base looked like a giant pyramid.
"But Jade-"
"No 'buts' Tory. Now let me concentrate and find our way."
"Jade, did you ever stop to think that there could be a TIME LIMIT?"
I stopped. Of course… Well, they were going to blow up and island.
"Aw dang!" I yelled, hitting the controls. They sparked.
"Uh-oh." I said quietly.
"Look what you did now!" Tory cried. "WE'RE DOOMED!"
"Shut up already!" I yelled back. I grabbed th ejoint-stick and pulled back as hard as I could. We were currently heading downward, and well, needless to say I didn't want to die.
Then, as if by a miracle, the ship slowly changed direction and headed back up, now in a straight line.
I smirked. "You may thank me later for saving us from our immenent deaths." I said haughtily.
Tory glared at me. "Go gloat somewhere else."
I looked ahead. "Wow. I'm going to take a wild guess and say that we found it."
There below us was an island with one giant building in the center. It looked like a Prison alright.
"How did we get here that fast?" I asked aloud.
"Jade, do you know how to land?" Tory asked.
"Seriously, I thought we were in Africa." I continued, not hearing Tory. "How did we end up here so quickly?"
"Jade, we have to land."
"There's something fishy going on here."
"WOULD YOU LAND THE FREAKIN' SHIP?" Tory shouted, gaining my attention.
"What?" I returned. "But I don't know how!"
"Next time Tails offers you flying lessons, DECLINE!" Tory yelled. "Then you wouldn't think you could do this, therefore not endangering our lives-AGAIN."
I frowned. "Calm down, ye of little faith."
"If you land the ship without killing us, I will never doubt you again!" Tory cried.
I rolled my eyes. "Yes you will."
"Yeah, I know, but I don't want to die!"
"The more you yell at me, the more nervous I become!" I said. I tried to figure out which one was the landing gear. I saw a lever.
"Ah. Maybe this one." I said, pulling it.
The ship completely stopped and started falling.
"Correction!" Tory yelled as I pulled another lever, this one starting it up again. "Next time Tails offers you lessons on how to land, TAKE THEM!"
"I'm not doing that bad!" I defended. We were getting closer now.
"Jade, you're running out of time." Tory said.
"I know that!" I cried. I saw a lever that was labeled in big red letters, "Landing Gear"
I frowned and stared straight ahead as I pulled it, making the wheels come out.
"Steady, steady." Tory coached. "Now turn left."
"Hey! No back seat driving!"
"I'm not in the back seat!" Tory argued. He looked behind him. "Jade, there isn't even a back seat!"
I groaned.
The ship was getting closer now. "Here we go…"
"Jade, you're not on the landing lane!" Tory cried.
I realized he was right, since there were trees about twenty feet in front of me. I jerked the joint-stick to the side, hard, in an attempt to save the ship from the trees. Thankfully it worked, and the landing lane was right next to us.
"Yay!" Tory cried. "We're still alive!"
As luck would have it, I STILL crashed the ship. It bounced and skidded across the pavement, finally coming to a halt.
"Let me rephrase that. We're almost alive." Tory remarked, shaking his head.
"What a landing!" I cried, opening the cockpit and jumping out. I stumbled a bit though, as my legs were getting used to gravity again.
"Come on Jade!" Tory cried, leaping onto my shoulder. "Now all we need to do is find the others!"
"I know." I said, running towards the building.
The interior was creepy. There was not a soul or robot in sight.
"They must have evacuated the place." Tory observed. "I hope we still have enough time."
"Don't be such a pessimest." I growled. I walked through the hallways, trying to find someone.
Preferably Rouge. She was, after all, my best friend. Besides Tory.
I was getting really nervous. "Tory, get in my pocket." I said, holding it open.
You didn't have to tell him twice. He was in my pocket quick as a flash, even zipping it from the inside. (A/N: It's a special pocket that Jade designed herself by the way. It has like, kind of a mesh covering so Tory can breathe and see, and has a zipper on the top so he won't fall out. Just to let you guys know.)
As I searched the empty walkways, I heard a familiar voice.
"I can feel those Chaos Emeralds here. All I have to do is crack the code and help myself."
I looked around the corner and saw Rouge standing in front of a large metal door, fiddling with a key pad.
"This'll be a sinch." She mused, her pointed little fingers gliding over the keys. Then, the doors opened.
"Rouge!" I cried.
She spun around with a look of surprise. "Jade? What are you doing here-how did you get here?"
"She flew." Tory answered. "Trust me, don't fly with her if you have the choice."
"Hey I wasn't that bad."
"You almost hit a tree!"
"Shut up!"
"Jade you flew here?" Rouge said in a disapproving voice.
"Who are you my mother?" I asked, walking to her.
Rouge was about to say something when we heard some footsteps around the corner.
"Quick, get in!" Rouge whispered urgently, gesturing for us to get in the vault.
I ran in and Rouge followed me. It turned out to be a robot. It had big gus that were aimed at us.
"WAAAHHH!" Tory screamed.
"Jade, get down!" Rouge yelled, jumping at it. She performed her spinning jump kick, and blew it up. Unfortunately, the blast caused the doors to close.
"Jade!" Rouge cried, flying back into the room as the doors closed. Now the three of us were trapped in here.
I coughed a bit from the smoke. "Rouge, we're trapped!"
She ran to the door and put her hand on it. She growled. "Great. What do I do now?"
"Jade!" Tory suddenly cried, forgetting that Rouge was in the room. "Look! Emeralds!"
Rouge's ears instantly went our way when Tory said 'emeralds'.
There in the corner of the room was a glass case with two emeralds in it, one purple and the other sea green.
"Hello gorgeous!" she cried as she flew over.
"Rouge, we don't have time for this." I said, trying to peel her attention away from the gems. "We have to find a way out."
"Jadie have you ever seen anything that sparkled so much?" she asked, as if in a trance.
I growled. "Don't call me Jadie!"
"Jade, we're going to die!" Tory reminded me.
"Thanks for that." I said dryly. I went over to Rouge and shook her shoulders.
"You idiot! Come back to Earth!"
She frowned at me. "Jade, take your hands off me."
"Yes you're back!" I cried. "Rouge, we're going to die if we can't find a way out."
She glanced at the shining jewels again.
"Rouge," Tory said. "if you don't help us get out, then not only will you die, but you'll loose two Chaos Emeralds. Not one, but two. How terrible would that be?"
Rouge was already at the door, trying to kick her way out. I glanced down at smiled at Tory.
"You may thank me later for saving us from our immenent deaths." Tory mimicked.
"Oh you have your moments." I said.
"Jade, we have a slight problem." Rouge said from across the room.
There wasn't a dent on the door. Not even a scratch!
"How is that possible?" I cried, running over. I put my hands on the metal. There weren't any depressions, not even the slightest.
"Is this it?" Tory asked seriously.
We all looked at each other. Maybe it was.
"No!" Rouge cried. "I won't loose those Emeralds!"
Tory and I sweat-dropped. 'So much for saving the day…'
"I have an idea!" Rouge suddenly announced, bringing a walkie-talkie from who knows where.
"Why didn't you do that sooner?" Tory yelled.
Rouge ignored him however, and pressed a button.
"Shadow? Come in! Shadow!"
'Shadow…' My mind lingered on his name for a moment, although I didn't know why.
"What is it?" came his voice from the other end. He sounded like he was fighting.
I felt as though a huge weight had just been lifted from my heart at the sound of his voice. Now I felt like there was a tiny ray of hope shining through the darkness of doubt surrounding us. I shook my head. 'What is with me lately?'
"I've got a little problem." Rouge admitted. "I'm stuck in a vault with the Chaos Emeralds and I'm locked in. There's no way out."
"Oh thanks for mentioning me." I said in sarcasm.
Rouge rolled her eyes. "Yeah, and Jade somehow showed up."
"The girl with the big mouthed turtle?"
"That's her." Rouge said.
"What is she doing here?" Shadow cried.
"How should I know?" Rouge asked. "She just showed up! I'm not her babysitter Shadow!"
"I never said you were!" he retorted. It didn't take much to tick him off.
"Back to the problem at hand please!" I cried.
"That's right." Rouge said. "Shadow-"
"I can't talk! I have to go now!"
"You mean, you won't help me?" Rouge cried out. I wasn't really that surprised.
"Not right at this second, no!"
"But you can't leave me! After all, I've got the Emeralds." Rouge said with a wink.
"Rouge, he can't see you winking." I said with a sweat-drop.
"I'm busy right now!" Shadow yelled from his end. Then he switched off, and I felt the giant weight return to my heart.
"What do we do now?" Rouge wondered aloud.
For once, Tory was silent. And so was I. There was nothing we could do.
So we sat there and tried to think of s solution. But nothing came.
As we sat there, I was picking up some faint signal. Someone was having a very string memory. But who was it?
Then Rouge's walkie-talkie beeped.
"Rouge, this is Shadow. Come in."
"I'm here!" Rouge cried in joy.
"Have you still got the Chaos Emeralds?"
"Of course I still have them!"
"I'll be right there to pick them up." Then he hung up again.
"Uh! He's coming for the Chaos Emeralds, but what about me?"
"Ahem!" Tory coughed.
"And you two. But technically you shouldn't even be here!" Rouge reprimanded.
"Oh don't start." I moaned. "I get enough of that from Sonic."
Then suddenly, Shadow appeared in the middle of the room, along with Chris!
"Chris!" I cried, running over. "You okay?"
"I'm fine." He answered. I looked over at Shadow and saw that he had swiped the Emeralds from Rouge.
"Oh-what the-!" Rouge cried.
Shadow held up the gem "Let's go!"
"Hey hold it Shadow!" Rouge said, pointing to Chris and I. "You're not going to leave thsese kids behind!"
"Rouge, I'm fifteen." I said quietly. "I'm not a kid."
"It doesn't concern me what happens to that boy." Shadow said quietly.
I growled. And this was the guy who had given a light feeling to my heart earlier? Unbelieveable!
"Hold on!" Chris pleaded. "My friend got arrested cause of you! He's still here! We have to save him please!"
Shadow seemed completely unfazed by Chris's pleas.
"Please will you help me? I have to rescue Sonic somehow! He would rescue you if it were the other way around!" Chris cried.
"Sonic was arrested?" Tory cried.
Then I was hit with a memory. The same girl with blonde hair and blue eyes appeared before me. This time she spoke.
"Please Shadow?"
The memory faded then, but I was still in shock. 'It…was Shadow's memory? The girl…Shadow knew her? Who is she? How does she know Shadow?'
I saw Shadow looking directly at me, causing my face to burn up.
"Chaos Control!" he yelled. Suddenly a bright light appeared, engulfing everyone in the room in its powerful glow. I felt the strange sensstion that I was moving, but staying in one place. Even though I couldn't feel myself physically moving, my mind told me I was. And very fast.
This must have been the power of Chaos Control.
Tee hee! Long chappter I know, but hopefully it will meet the expectations of you wonderful readers, who have been waiting so patiently! Love you guys! Please review and let me know what you think of this chapter! How was Jade? Does Tory complain too much? Was Shadow in character? Let me know! Tee hee! Till next time!
