Just One More Chance

Hello again! I'm back and here's part four! Please feel free to review and favor. Anyways, enjoy!

Gadget finally pulled Zero on the couch. "Okay Zero, I'm gonna help you out" Gadget said. "GAH! How are you gonna pull this thing out of me?" Zero looked up while holding his chest. "Simple! I got an emergency kit" "are you kidding me? With those toys-". "Look Zero, do you want this pain out of you or not?". Zero looked away and replied "just hurry". So after 4 hours of intense surgery at home, Gadget patched Zero's torso with a bandage. "Great! So what about that ruby-" Zero asked but the ruby began glowing. "Tell me, why did Dr. Eggman placed this ruby in you when he already had one?" Gadget said while picking up the phantom ruby. "*Sign* The doc wanted to experiment the ruby with a fellow being like myself. How did you think I was able to use all that power? To emerge all those illusions?". He answered. "Come to think of it, when you mentioned that he had another one, there might be a possibility that he hid one". "Wait! What do you mean?". A knock on the door was heard and outside was none other than Sonic the hedgehog. "Dang! That blue hedgehog!" Zero growled. Jupiter woke up from her unconsciousness and before she could say anything, Gadget held her mouth. "*muffling* Gadget what the heck!" "June I know but Sonic is at the door, just get him out as soon as you can while me and Zero hide?". June stood with a frown on her face and then nodded. The two went upstairs as June opened the door for Sonic. "Oh! Well if it isn't Sonic!" she teased. Sonic secretly felt bad about their last encounter and the situation between her and Amy. "I just wanted to see you before we head off" he said. "You guys were here?" "well no… it just me. Look I feel bad about the last time we-". "Sonic, I broke it off remember? I knew you didn't want to be tied down. Not at least now!". "Yeah, I thought you would be mad at me cause you'd think I was leaving you for Amy even though you two don't like each other. I wanted to make things good between us even though you're not with the Resistance anymore. Plus, I heard there were still badniks here". "Don't worry about me and Amy if you still choose her I wouldn't be mad. As long as you're happy, I'm happy. You're my friend after all!". June replied. Zero rolled his eyes while Gadget gave a soft smile. "About the badniks, you might want to check outside the city. we haven't had any lately here, the Intelligence Division here have been on a strict watch and they've been doing a good job so far.". "Right! I knew I can count on them! Thanks for the info Jupiter!". Soon Sonic contacted Knuckles about leaving. "Alright June! Until we meet again, catch ya later!". June sweetly smiles and waves him goodbye, then gently closes the front door. She turned to the two with an angry expression. "ARG!" Zero yelled while holding his chest. "Zero!" Gadget said "Look!" he pointed. The bloody phantom ruby was starting to glow and the energy source roamed all over the living room. "What's happening?!" June jumped. "There's-there's one more" Zero said. "One what?" June looked up. "One more- ah! Phantom ruby!". He pulled out a handheld metal detector. "I know it's somewhere in the-the Guardian Rock. we just have to go and break both jewels before they duplicate". "Why don't we break this one-" Gadget tried to plan "NO! Just take this one with you because if you destroy this one first, the phantom ruby out there will detect it and start to duplicate. Dr. Eggman created that first". "Well let's get going!" Jupiter said.

Guardian Rock:

On their way to the half desert half hilly zone, Gadget thought about what Jupiter said to Sonic about Amy and their relationship. He turned to his older cousin and asked her quietly. "June, how come you don't like Amy? She a great leader to the Resistance and she even helped me out with the badniks?" curious Gadget. "*sign* She doesn't like me Gadget. She didn't like the fact that I was hanging with the guys, especially Sonic" June replied. All I was doing was helping out so we wouldn't be in this cluster. She was being immature and thought of herself and Sonic". (Read "Sonic Forces: Infinite and The Resistance for the details). "Oh, that sucks" Gadget replied. "I don't care! I didn't like the fact that she made me feel like a nuisance when there was more important things to deal with!" June said. Once they arrived, the middle of the area was like a literal desert land. "What do we do?" Gadget looked towards Zero. "Just start digging, fast!" he ordered them. "It's a good thing I brought shovels here" June stated. "Catch!" while she threw one for Zero and Gadget. Minutes turned into hours. "I can feel the source…. It's-it's" Zero said "There it is!" Gadget jumped. "HURRY! DESTROY IT AH!" Zero yelled in pain. Gadget and Jupiter both smashed the rubies with their shovels then buried the pieces. "Whew! That was wayy too long to find this stupid ruby. Let's go Gadget" June said as she was leaving. He soon followed but Zero looked at the buried pieces. "My squad, my pride what happened to me?".