"Hey, hey! C'mon, hurry up, Silver!" Whisper yelled as she leapt out of his grip, "C'mon, Sonic, Shadow! Race you to Ice's!"
"Heh, you're in for it!" Sonic shouted, and sped up. Shadow only gave a small smirk and dashed off after him.
"SONIC!" A rather feminine voice called out, "Gotcha!"
"A-Amy...? Oh, shoot!" Sonic cursed, "Gotta go... now!"
Whisper looked over her shoulder to see a pink hedgehog running after them.
Oh, great StarClan, no, don't... She prayed, hoping that the pink hedgehog wouldn't do something to her.
Well... it didn't help. Whisper assumed that the pink hedgehog was Amy, and she was coming right for her.
Of course... I obviously look like a male because I'm not wearing some form of clothing besides my gloves and shoes... gah, sheesh. And I must look like Sonic... we are in the shadows, thanks to Shadow's not-so-excellent idea.
Whisper realized that pink arms were now around her, and her ears ached. Her whole body was beginning to be racked with pain, and she was struggling to breathe.
"Aha! I knew I was... wait a minute... who are you?" Amy asked.
"I- I'm... W-Whisper, the... ack, hedgehog..." Whisper said in between gasps for breath, "C-could you please... let... me go now...?"
God, that girl has a grip! She thought.
She could barely hear Sonic laughing his head off. Amy still hadn't quite let go of her yet, and she began squirming.
"Oh, right, sorry..." Amy said, letting Whisper go, "So... you're Whisper... oh! And you're with Shadow... Silver too? Well... where's Sonic?"
Whisper dropped to her knees, and her head throbbed. She pointed to the tree Sonic was hiding in.
"He's right over there!" She spat, "Don't hug me again, or otherwise, I will kill you or something."
Shadow and Silver looked at Whisper and nodded approvingly. Sonic smiled, looking at Whisper, and dropped down from the tree.
"H-heya, Amy..." He said nervously as the pink hedgehog ran to him. Sonic took a few steps back and asked, "Wha- what do you want?"
Aww... hehe, Sonic likes Amy! I guess I've got something to bug him with later, Whisper thought with a devilish grin on her face.
Amy smiled innocently.
"Well, I was wondering -"
"If it's a date or something, then, no," Sonic quickly interrupted, and looked at Whisper with the look of desperation.
Here we go...
"Uh... look, Sonic, Shadow, Silver, and I... eh... we're just off to commit suicide! Yeah!" Whisper lied enthusiastically. She couldn't help but grin, as she was pleased with her lie. She was close to laughing, and Amy just gave her a 'whatever you say' look. Her shoulders sagged.
"Well, you guys look like as if you're in a hurry. See you around," Amy said, and walked off.
"Booyah!" Whisper yelled once Amy was out of ear-shot, "My idiotic plan worked!"
She was literally rolling around on the ground laughing her head off. Tears were streaming down her face, and her jaws hurt from smiling. Sonic grimaced, knowing the pain, Shadow didn't do anything, and Silver was standing there, dumbfounded.
Once Whisper stood up, she muttered, "Ow... my body hurts again..."
Shadow closed his eyes and looked at the ground.
"Maybe you shouldn't have acted so joyful when you sent Amy away with your fake suicide plan."
Sonic couldn't help but let out a small laugh at how serious Shadow was acting when the suicide plan sounded so farfetched.
Whisper's ears drooped, but she still smiled.
"That's what my stupidity is for; sending people away with my insaneness!"
"Whatever," Silver said, "Weren't we going to that one place...?"
"Oh, right, yeah. Let's get going... Sonic, Shadow, Silver, now I'll race ya! Just follow my directions, and don't run into a building!"
Shadow snickered. Running into a building... did Whisper really think that they were that... stupid? It seemed more like the thing she'd do.
Shadow happened to get to Whisper directed, and was in front of some sort of a underground lab. Whisper and Sonic tied in second place, as Whisper decided, just to be fair, and Silver was the last.
"Woo!" Whisper exclaimed, "Here we are! Man, that race was longer than I expected."
She opened the door to the lab, with a white and black hedgehog that also looked like Shadow with ice blue eyes to greet Whisper. Shadow noted that she had a robotic muzzle, yet she could still have the regular frowns and grins. She also had a small, metal nose that was black. She has black and white shoes as well.
"Whisper! What are you doing here at this time of day?" The hedgehog asked, yawning, "You came just in time, if you were looking for- hey, who are those guys behind you?"
"The blue hedgehog is Sonic-" Whisper began.
"Sonic?! The legendary hero?"
Sonic smirked and boasted, "The one and only!"
"Ahem. The black and red one is Shadow, and the silver hedgehog is Silver, much to the irony," Whisper finished, and turned to the three males, "Guys, this is Winter, my friend and personal comic relief person. She won't kill you, heck, she won't even hurt people unless if they're getting on her nerves really bad."
Winter beamed as she heard Whisper's description of her. She looked at Whisper, who was now facing her again.
"So, why are you here?"
"I wanted to speak with Ice..."
"Oh, Ice went out to run some errands. Oh yeah... I found this lavender and purple cat with a red jewel on her forehead earlier this morning. She was unconscious. Still is."
Silver's eyes widened.
"That's Blaze, my friend!" He exclaimed, "But... how'd she pass out?"
Winter shrugged.
"Beats me," She said.
"Okay, is Flame still here?"
"Yeah. She's scaring the crap out of me, ever since your last visit. Actually, I don't think Flame's even fallen asleep since last month... not even vaguely."
Shadow murmured something that none of them could make out, and finally Whisper broke the small silence.
"And the last time Flame did that was last year? Oh well. I want to talk with her, then, if Ice isn't around."
"You found the Chaos Emeralds, didn't you?"
"Only one, but... yeah..."
"Hi, Sonic!" A new voice interrupted.
Sonic turned around, recognizing the voice. Whisper turned around, and sighed with relief. It was only the orange two-tailed fox, Tails. She motioned Tails to come towards her and Winter.
"Winter, this is Tails," Whisper introduced the two, "Tails... you already know who she is. Winter."
Tails glanced over to Sonic, who nodded.
"It's okay," Sonic said quietly, coming up to Tails' side with Shadow and Silver.
"C'mon. Come inside if you want; actually, I'd suggest it!" Winter exclaimed, "If you don't want to burn to death, that is."
Whisper rolled her eyes.
"Oh, shut up, Winter. You only say that because you're part robot."
"Not true!" Winter snapped.
"Whatever," Whisper muttered, amused. She hung her arm over Tails and Shadow, and Sonic looked annoyed... no, more like angry. Shadow looked very annoyed, and shoved her arm off before dashing off. Silver was the only one that didn't look upset at all. Tails... well... he was annoyed but hid it.
"So, where's Flame?" Whisper asked Winter.
Winter only smirked.
"You won't believe it, Whisper! But, Flame... she's actually hiding out in her respective part of the lab!"
Whisper didn't look very fazed, just annoyed.
"Okay, thanks," She said, obviously annoyed, "I'll go to the pharmacy afterwards. Oh, and, show Sonic, Tails, Silver, and Shadow around for me, will ya?"
"Yeah, sure! I'll do it right now!" With that, Winter ran off towards the heroes.
"Booyah," Whisper murmured as she dashed off to Flame's 'lab'.
Whisper knocked on the stone wall before wandering into a dark room.
"Flame?" She asked.
"Mm? Leave me alone, Winter..." a voice muttered. Blazing orange eyes stared at her.
"Actually, it's me, Whisper," Whisper said quietly, "I'm back."
Flame's fire-orange eyes lit up, instead of the dull orange look from earlier.
"Whisper!" She yelled, and wrapped herself around the black and dark-blue hedgehog. Whisper managed to bring her hand over Flame's unusually soft, dark red fur. Flame's eyes had no pupils, just a sclera and an iris. Her ears were weird horn like things that hung over her eyes, giving her the sad yet sinister look, and her tail was longer than normal. Her two long spikes were like Silver's, and she let go of Whisper. She smiled for the first time in... months. She brushed some dust off of her red and white striped gloves.
"Why did you leave?" Flame asked.
Whisper grinned sheepishly and winked.
"I had to go," She replied simply.
Flame's smile turned into the neutral stare.
"So you got a Chaos Emerald..." She said blankly, and her eyes narrowed when she heard Winter's voice.
"...and here is Flame's part of the lab! Dark and dreary, isn't it? That's alright... she's happy with that."
Flame sighed and walked up to the doorway.
"Hi, Winter. Will you please high-tail out of here so I can see if anybody else is here?" She asked, completely oblivious to the three hedgehogs and fox.
"Y-yeah..." Winter said nervously, and backed away.
Flame smirked and threw out an orange gem that resembled a Chaos Emerald, and the emerald was alit, lighting her room. She caught the gem as it fell back into her hands.
Tails was watching her with slight awe. Flame jerked her head to Whisper.
"Ah, right. Come right on in, guys!" Whisper said, motioning her hand, "Flame, the blue hedgehog is Sonic, the first hero. The black and red one is Shadow, and the silver hedgehog is Silver. The orange two-tailed fox is Tails. Guys, this is Flame. Don't get on her nerves or she'll maul you to death. And I mean it."
Whisper walked down the stone hall. Running would've been better, but she felt like taking her time today. She passed by a doorway with red paint around it. She back-tracked, turned on the light, and saw a lavender she-cat laying on the ground. Winter wasn't kidding when she said that Blaze, which Whisper assumed was this cat, was knocked out. Blaze almost looked dead or something.
At least she's alright...
She smiled and turned the light off. She began to run once she was out of the room, before something like an earth-quake ensued.
"Ha! Eggman's back here again?!" She heard Sonic yell.
"Eggman..." Whisper groaned. She still had unfinished business with him. She heard Silver and the others also saying something about Eggman, and she brought her hand to her forehead slowly. She was starting to get a little light-headed from this quake.
"So, how'd you know I was here, Eggman?"
Whisper skidded into the room and clamped her hand on Sonic's mouth, immediately making him shut up.
She leaned over and muttered in his ear, "Shut up."
"I'm going to try destroy the world again, with you out of the way!" Eggman announced, his voice going through the ground, so the group could hear him, "I'd like to see you try to beat me this time, Sonic!"
Whisper's eyes narrowed, and Flame just smirked.
"If a fight's what he wants, then I guess that's what he gets!" Flame murmured.
Yeah, but... how're we going to solve this?