Out in the City
Hai Guys, wassup? Here is CHAPITA FOUR! The boys are going out into town for the day, but something happens...
"BADADADA...BADABADADA BADABADADA!" droned Benny's Blackberry. Grumbling, Benny shifted over and pressed a button and stopped the alarm.
"Darn it..." he groaned, "I forgot to turn it off yesterday." He sat up, rubbed his eyes and turned to Tom. He too had awoken. He ruffled his long hair and squinted at Benny.
"What time is it?" he asked. Benny looked at his BlackBerry. It read: 10.00am
"We should get up now." he said. The boys went to the bathroom, brushed their teeth, combed their hair and put on their clothes. Now wide awake, they returned to the bedroom. They realized that all the other beds were empty.
"Maybe they went to go have breakfast." proposed Tom. Benny nodded and they walked across the front lawn and into the mansion. They walked through it until they arrived in the dining room. They where just in time to see Ella leaving, holding a stack of dirty bowls and plates. They looked in. They found Chuck at the head of the table holding a mug. He smiled and beckoned them to come in. They sat down at the table.
"Morning, boys." said Chuck, "How did you sleep?"
"Like a log." Tom replied, "Those were some comfy mattresses!"
"I'm sure they were!" said Chuck, sipping his coffee. Ella returned with two pieces of toast, several jars of jam, a stick of butter and some orange juice. She laid them in front of the teenagers and left. They licked their lips and tucked in.
"By the way, where are the others?" asked Benny after taking a bite of of his toast, "They weren't in their beds."
"Oh, they got up at around seven o' clock. Sonic's gone for a run, Cream's out picking flowers, Tails is in the garage working on the X Tornado and Amy's gone shopping for clothes. Chris, however, went to school."
"The usual, I presume?" asked Benny. Chuck nodded. He looked at his coffee.
"Hey, you guys want some coffee or something?"
"Sure, I'll have some mint tea, please."
"And I have some coffee, please." added Tom. Seconds later, Ella zoomed in holding two mugs. The boys took them and sipped.
"Hey, I was thinking," said Benny, leaning back on his chair, "Why don't I and Tom go out into town for the day? We might as well if we're gonna stay here!"
"GREAT IDEA!" yelled Tom. Chuck just shrugged.
"I don't see why not." The boys cheered and rushed out of the house. "But be careful and be back by 7pm!"
"We will!" replied the boys.
At around three o' clock, the boys walked down the Main Street of Station Square. Both of them were carrying full bags of shopping. Benny was holding a slice of pizza and was chewing on it slowly, savoring the taste.
"Hmmm, what a day so far! Shopped at the mall for clothes and games and stuff. Then went downtown to buy a pizza! COR! What do you think?"
"I can't wait to get back on my Xbox!" Tom replied, lifting up one of his bags, "There are some really cool games in here that don't even EXIST back on Earth. Hope they work though."
"Yeah, but we've also got these clothes!" exclaimed Benny, holding up a white t-shirt with 'I LOVE STATION SQUARE' written on it, "The guys at home will be dumbfounded!" They laughed and continued walking down the street in silence.
After several minutes, "Hey, what shall we do next ?" asked Tom excitedly. Benny scratched his head.
"Well, we haven't been to the beach yet! We could go swimming or sunbathe or..."
"LOOK!" Tom suddenly yelled, pointing down an alleyway. At the bottom of a dustbin, something glinted. The boys rushed over and bent down. The thing, whatever it was, was stuck under the bin. Tom grabbed hold of it and yanked it out. It was a pure white gem, glowing with a brilliant shine. The boys stared wide eyed at it.
"A Chaos Emerald!" said Benny. Quickly, he grabbed it and tugged Tom out of the alleyway. They laid back on a nearby building and looked at the ground.
"Wow..." said Tom slowly, "That was quick. Come on, we've got to get back to the mansion and alert..."
"OHOHOHOHOHO! Where do you think you're going?" came a voice. The boys froze. That laugh was familiar. They swerved around and turned white. There, in his highly advanced hovercraft, was none other than Dr. Eggman. A thick bushy mustache protruded from his large pink nose. Two goggles rested on his bald head. He wore a red coat and large black pants, overlapping his egg shaped belly. He leaned forward from his levitating vehicle. "I believe that pretty stone you have there is in fact mine. Now, if you please?" He extended a gloved hand, "I'm in such a hurry."
"We'll never hand it over to you, freak!" yelled Tom, "Do you really think we can fall for something like that?"
"Yeah, Ok. Here it is." said Benny. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the Chaos Emerald. He dropped it into Dr Eggman's waiting hand. Slowly, the evil scientist brought it up to his face, grinning devilishly. He plopped it into a small compartment in his hovercraft. He turned to Benny.
"Why thank you, dear boy. I will reconsider your fate when Eggman Land will arise. As for you," He pointed at Tom, "You will suffer in the lowest pit I can find. Now, I must be going. I have some 'plans' to figure out." He laughed evilly and zoomed off into the distance. Tom stared open mouthed at Benny.
"YOU IDIOT!" He bellowed, "YOU JUST GAVE UP THE MOST IMPORTANT OBJECT ON THIS PLANET TO HIM! HAVE YOU GONE MAD!" Benny looked at him, with a strange smile on his face.
"I'll tell you later. First, we've got to find a quick way back to the Thorndyke Mansion." They looked around, searching for some possible means of transportation. Suddenly, down the road, came an old motor car. It was Chuck's car. The boys ran onto the road and waved frantically at Chuck. He screeched to a halt and the boys jumped in. Chuck turned to the teenagers.
"You boys have got to be more careful!" He scolded, " I could have run you over! What were you doing on the road anyway?"
"We need to get back to the Mansion, NOW!" screamed Tom.
"Why? I just got into town."
"Let's just say it includes a pretty stone and a egg shaped nut job." Chuck's eyes widened. He turned back to the steering wheel and hit the accelerator. The car jerked forward.
"Hang on!" he cried, "This is gonna be a BUMPY ride!" The car screeched across the road, making a U turn, and sped off at a speed that could rival Sonic's. After several minutes of none stop jerking, the car arrived at the Thorndyke residence. Chuck flew out of the driver's seat and opened the passenger door. Two moaning boys slumped against the sidewalk. Chuck sighed, grabbed both of the boys by the collar and dragged them into the garage. He went upstairs and placed them on a bed. Three sets of eyes widened in shock and rushed over to the two mangled boys.
"WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM?" cried Amy. Chuck shrugged his shoulders.
"They wanted to come back here urgently, so I drove like crazy to get back." Cream stared anxiously at Chuck.
"You could have least driven a bit safer!" She said softly. Chuck scratched his head.
"Yeah, I do admit that I did go a bit over the top. I'm sorry Cream."
"Look, they're waking up!" said Tails. Amy, Cream, Tails and Chuck watched the two teenagers slowly open their eyes. Tom was the first.
"Uhhh... Where are we?" he said groggily.
"Don't worry, you're back at the Mansion." said Tails. Suddenly, Benny's eyes flew open.
"BACK AT THE MANSION!" He leapt to his feet. "ALRIGHT GUYS! SIT YOURSELVES DOWN! I HAVE AN IMPORTANT ANNOUCEMENT!" The four people sat down. Benny cleared his throat. "I'm afraid I have some bad news. Dr Eggman has found a Chaos Emerald." Amy and Tails clasped the mouths, Cream was on the verge of tears and Chuck tried to calm her down. "HOWEVER," Benny announced, "He has been TRICKED!" Everybody looked up, including Tom.
"How? How can somebody fool HIM?" said Tails, "He's the smartest living thing around, except for me, of course." Benny sat down and began.
"You see, when we went into town this morning, I had a thought. What if we, somehow, manage to come across a Chaos Emerald one day? That idea excited me a lot. But then another, more unsettling question appeared. What if we managed to come across a Chaos Emerald, and Dr EGGMAN found out? What would he do? That question worried me, so I came up with a plan to fool the old man and save our lives. So, using the generous amount of money that the Thorndykes bestowed me and my friend here for the day out, I went into a jewelry store when Tom was out buying video games. There, I found what I was looking for: seven inexpensive diamond shaped stones, each with the exact same color as the Chaos Emeralds. They looked like them, they shone like them, but they certainly WEREN'T them. So, I bought them for a cheap price of 10$ and headed off to meet Tom. Later on in the day, we actually found a Chaos Emerald. We grabbed it and tried to get away with it but somebody spotted us, EGGMAN. He demanded us to hand it over. I was prepared. I reached into my pocket, pulled out a FAKE Chaos Emerald and handed it to the old buffoon. He was so happy that he didn't even notice any difference!"
The five spectators stared at Benny. They all had blank faces. Nobody made a sound. Suddenly, the entire room burst with laughter. The two girls giggled until they were red, Chuck chuckled uncontrollably and Tom and Tails were snorting loudly. This went on for several minutes. Finally, the room calmed down.
"Man, what a greedy fool!" said Tails, wiping the tears from his eyes, "He didn't even CHECK them." The others nodded in agreement.
"Hey, let's watch TV! There might be something good on!" said Cream. The group nodded and Chuck turned on the small old TV that he installed last night. The screen flicked and came to life. There, on the screen, was a orange haired woman wearing an orange uniform. She looked concerned.
"Good afternoon! I am Scarlet Garcia and this in an emergency news flash! Dr Eggman's ship is attacking Station Square!" A short clip of live footage of Dr Eggman's EggFort bombarding the city appeared behind her. "Rockets and robots are practically trashing the town. Nobody knows the reason for this unexpected attack! The military is mobilizing as we speak and assures us that they will try their best to stop Dr Eggman. Our only hope is Sonic and his friends. This is Scarlet Garcia, signing out!" Five heads turned at glared darkly at Benny. He let out a nervous laugh and shrunk into a corner. Grumbling, the gang got up and formed a circle.
"Alright, here's the plan," explained Chuck, "I'll go get Sonic while Amy and Tails will distract Eggman. Cream, you'll stay here and be a good girl, ok?"
"Ok."
"Good. Let's get moving."
"WAIT!" called out Benny, "What about me and Tom? We... I mean I started this problem and it should be up to us to solve it." Chuck scratched his chin.
"Well, it's very dangerous out there, but you are teenagers and not kids like Chris and it IS your fault, so yeah, why not?" The boys grinned.
Suddenly, a quiet droning noise appeared outside and was getting louder and louder. The boys gasped and jumped into a nearby cupboard.
A strange black creature flew through the window and seated himself on the bed. It had large imp like ears and small yellow eyes. It wore a purple belt with a large yellow M on it, a pair of red boots and a yellow jetpack. Over his shoulder, he had a green bag with the word 'EGG' written on it in yellow letters. It was Bokkun, Eggman's little robotic messenger. He looked around, as if searching for somebody.
"Hey, you bozos have seen a blond haired kid and a nerd? Eggman's got an important message for them!" Inside the cupboard, Benny was having a hard time from keeping a raging Tom from bursting out.
"I swear, I'll KILL him!" Tom hissed angrily, "I'm gonna throttle him for calling me a NERD!"
"Whoa, man. Chill." whispered Benny, "we mustn't give away our hiding place!" Back outside the cupboard, Bokkun shrugged and pulled out a yellow monitor from his bag.
"Oh well, I might as well show YOU the message!" he sneered. The screen flickered and Dr Eggman appeared. A very ANGRY Dr Eggman appeared.
"YOU BUNCH OF YELLOW BELLIED LIARS!" he roared, "HOW DARE YOU DEFY THE GREAT DR EGGMAN! I AM GIVING YOU ONE LAST CHANCE! HAND ME THE REAL EMERALD OR STATION SQUARE BECOMES THE LARGEST LANDFILL IN HISTORY!" He calmed down and a smile spread across his face. "To help you decide, Bokkun here is going to... 'motivate' you. Hit it, Bokkun!"
"Alright Boss!" yelled Bokkun. Seconds later, the room exploded into a cloud of smoke and Bokkun flew out of the garage, laughing childishly. The smoke soon cleared and Amy, Tails, Cream and Chuck were covered in soot. There was an awkward silence. Suddenly, the cupboard doors fell off and Tom and Benny stared out, also covered in soot.
"That was a BIG bomb." uttered Benny.
YAY! Another chapter over! The next chapter will be an action packed thrill ride as the teenagers slug it out with Eggman, or will it? SEE YA LATER MATES!