Chapter 5
"Oh...no..." sighed Citrus.
"Where did he go?! OH NO!!" sobbed a Pink Hedgehog, running around with a hammer, and dressed in a red dress
"Oh no is right..." said Rini, shivering in fear of the girl.
"AMY," both Citrus and Rini said, shaking in fear.
"Oh she's that girl I saw in the city," said Angel.
"She scares me," said Rini.
"You guys are so pathetic! She is just Amy Rose," growled Shadow.
"You don't know how we got off to a start, Shadow," said Citrus.
You see Citrus had a run in one day with Amy when she was skateboarding over to the docks. Amy Rose was chasing after Sonic. Amy always carrying that Piko-Piko Hammer of her's, would whack anyone in her way. Let's just say Citrus was in the hospital with a head concoction.
Citrus touched the area on her head where she was hurt.
"Citrus? You okay?" asked Claws, in concern.
"Me? P-Peachy K-Kean," Citrus stumbled, staring just at Amy.
"OH SHADOW!!" squealed Amy.
"Hmph! What?" Shadow barked.
"I lost Sonic! You have to help me!!" begged Amy, who dropped to her knees.
"Pathetic. Fretting over love. How pathetic," Shadow said, annoyed and walking off.
"I LOST HIM!! ALL I REMEMBER WAS HIM USING A CHAOS EMERALD--"
"Did you just say... Chaos Emerald?" asked Claws, with an evil giggle.
"Yeah! I bet if you help me find him he can give you the Em-er-ald... Hehe," said Amy Rose, with a toothy grin.
"DEAL!" shouted Claws.
"WHAT?!" the group shouted.
"OH GOODIE!!" squealed Amy.
"He headed in that direction," Amy said, pointing to a snow-topped mountain.
"Great! Hiberna is in that direction! We can head there and find one of the Four Ancient Relics. Oh yeah just so you know in Hiberna it gets about three feet of snow everyday." exclaimed Claws.
"LET'S GO!! YAY SNOW!!" squealed Rini, in joy.
"Not on my watch, my wind and weather powers will change that all," said Citrus, ruining everyone's
fun.
"NOOOOOO!!" sobbed Rini.
"OFF WE GO!!" said Amy.
The group headed off. Amy wouldn't stop talking about, how many times Sonic has come to rescue her. Claws and Angel were really the only ones listening. Angel got a headache from hearing, "Sonic" over and over again. Angel made her way back to where Shadow was lingering. His head was facing down, looking at the ground, and walking a very slow pace. He sighed.
"Hey, Shadow, Are you okay," asked Angel, glaring into the final moments of the beautiful sunset. She moved her eyes to meet his.
"Yeah, I guess," Shadow sighed.
That was one time he wasn't rude to Angel. She felt as if that was a milestone for her.
He wasn't rude!
I am finally breaking-though to him!
"Hey, Angel?" said Shadow, "Do you ever feel... never mind."
"What? You can tell me!" Angel insisted.
"No it's nothing," he replied.
"Please."
"No."
"Please."
"No."
"Please."
"No."
"Please."
"Fine."
"Please."
"I said 'fine'."
"Oh."
"Now, do you ever feel... stronger... around... me?" Shadow said. (It took him forever to come out with it.)
Angel blushed, she looked into the starry sky, and nodded a "yes" to Shadow, "Shadow it is strange, but I do."
"Well, I do to... just when I'm around you," Shadow said, looking into Angel's beautiful icy blue eyes.
Angel met his eyes and blushed.
"Hey! Angel it is getting dark! We are going to make camp for the night!" shouted Amy.
"We also need dinner!" shouted Rini, in excitement.
"Hey, Shadow?" said Angel, giggling.
"Hm?"
"Race ya," Angel said.
"You're on," Shadow replied.
Angel scanned the horizon for a "finish line".
"First one to the giant rock wins. Ready? 1...2...3...GO!"
They took off like bullets. You could just see a black streak and a white streak. Angel was running her all. She was saying in her head, "I will not tie him, again. I'M GONNA WIN IT!!" They jetted right past the group.
"Hey! WAIT FOR US!" shouted Claws.
The giant rock was nearing closer and closer, yet Angel and Shadow were still neck and neck. Angel thought for a second and took out her Chaos Emerald.
"No one said we had to use Chaos Emeralds" she thought.
"CHAOS CONTROL!!" Angel shouted.
The time froze. Angel ran up to the rock. She un-froze time.
"Hahaha! I won," Angel said, flying on top of the giant rock.
"Yeah-yeah..." Shadow said, ashamed.
The voices in the distance kept getting stronger and stronger. Amy was leading them. The finally caught up to the Supersonic Hedgehogs.
Amy and the group were trying to catch their breath.
"Wait... for... us... next time," said Amy, gasping for breath.
"Sorry... heh heh," said Angel, giggling.
Claws was trying out his fire powers for the first time. He was making a nice big campfire to keep them warm.
"Cool!" said Claws, starting the fire.
"Where's Rini?" asked Angel.
"She went out to look for food. I think she said she saw an apple tree," said Citrus.
"Apples for dinner..." said Angel, sitting down by the fire.
"Hope she gets back soon. I'm starving," said Claws.
"Me too," sighed Citrus.
Angel put her hands closer to the fire. She was getting pretty cold. After all the group was nearing a snowy mountain. Not to mention, she had a tank top and jeans on.
Angel shivered.
"You cold, Angel?" asked Claws.
"Uh huh, just a little," said Angel, with a chill going down he spine.
"Lemme help then," Claws said, while making the fire bigger.
"I'm back," said Rini, clutching the apples she brought back. All red and ripe.
"Thanks, Rini," said Amy.
They all bit into their apple.
"So, Claws, what are these Ancient Relics?" asked Amy, munching her apple.
"Well, there are four Relics. You following me?" asked Claws.
"Uh huh."
"Well they each have enormous powers. If we collect'em we can you them to defeat Malum. The thing is, they are each in there own temple. Legend says that the temples they are kept in are trapped. Not to mention, we have to go through four persistent temple guards, one for each temple; Milo the Fox, Slash the Echidna, Jade the Wolf, and Rane the Swallow," exclaimed Claws.
"Okay, so who is Hiberna's Temple Guard?" asked Angel.
"Milo, the funny thing about this fox is, he is only ten-years-old," said Claws, bitting into his apple.
"Like me!" said Rini, jumping up and down.
"Sit down, Rini," said Citrus, acting like her mother. It was really her job while they were away from home.
"Ugh... fine..." Rini said.
"So... When should we arrive in Hiberna tomorrow?" asked Citrus.
"Eh.. Just depends how the weather is... but we have you. So if we use your powers we can arrive there three hours after we awake," Claws said, throwing his apple core on the ground.
"Uhh... Rini thanks for going through the trouble to get us some food but, I'm not that hungry," said Angel.
"It's okay," Rini said, bitting into her apple.
"Thanks, Rini. Well I'm off to bed, G'night," said Angel.
"It's still early..." said Claws.
"I know, I just didn't get a lot of sleep the night before," exclaimed Angel.
"Oh. Well, good night," said Claws.
"Good night, Angel!" said the group. (Even Shadow!)
Angel walked over to a tree and lied down to rest. The area was peaceful. Watching her friends laugh and having a good time around the camp fire made her forget about the horrible journey they were on. She fell asleep.
"So, Shadow, isn't it kinda obvious that Angel likes you?" said Amy, giggling.
"... Whatever I'm off to bed," barked Shadow, throwing the apple core to the ground.
He walked over to a nearby tree and fell asleep quickly.
Angel was having a dream. Her dream was like she was on a space ship or something. The area was dark it kind of looked like a laboratory. There an older man was there with a sleeping Angel and Shadow.
"Angel and Shadow the two Ultimate Lifeforms," shouted the man.
"They would understand each other like no other!"
Angel's dream was disturbed. She awoke to her being carried up a snowy hill. She was being carried by one of Malum's Warriors.
Where am I?
Shadow!
Rini!
Citrus!
Claws!
Amy!
Help!
"Put me down you creep!" Angel shouted, trying to fidget her way out of the man's clutches.
"After you get me the Ancient Relic of Hiberna! Ultimate Lifeform!" shouted the warrior, squeezing
Angel.
"Wah? Ultimate Lifeform?" said Angel, confused and still fidgeting.
"Wow you're slow, we found the documents before you? Hah! Well please, lemme go on... Project: ANGEL was a project created by Professor Gerald Robotnik. You were created along with Shadow, to keep each other happy. You contain special powers that only you can harness. AND MALUM WANTS THEM!!" exclaimed the Warrior.
"LET ME GO!!" Angel screamed, flying out of his arms.
Angel threw a punch in his face. He fell into the cold, bitter snow.
"CHAOS BLAST!!"
The warrior was either, knocked out or dead. Whatever happened Angel tried to escape.
"Where is Angel?!" screamed Rini.
It was a new morning. The gang was frantic trying to find where Angel went.
"I don't know!" screamed Claws.
"I know," said Shadow, "I can sense her path. She went up closer to Hiberna. Lets go."
Angel was up on the hill being buried under piles of snow. She fell over may times and was getting weak. She needed someone to rescue her.
"Help me!" screamed Angel.