Hey guys, sorry for the wait. Here's chapter 9.


Ashley ran down a dark hall. She passed many rooms, but all of them either abandoned, or cluttered.

"Don't these people know how to keep things clean?" Ashley asked herself. She finally ran into the right room. There was Matt, leaning up against the wall,looking right at her.

"Took you long enough," he smirked.

"Be happy I came at all, it's not easy getting out of bed this early," She said jokingly. "Now, how exactly do you expect me to let you out?"

"Look right here," He said, pointing to a machine attached to the outside of the cell. "It looks like you'll need some kind of activation card."

"One like this?" She asked pulling the card she took from the soldier out of her pocket.

"That might do, now get me out of here." Ashley swiped the card through the machine, and the cell unlocked.

"Great job Amy, now lets hurry and get out of here" Matt suggested as he walked out of the cell.

"Wait, Dr.Eggman is here with two other people like us, they must have gotten rings and now they are working for him!" Ashley shouted.

"Shhhh, quite down. What did they look like? I bet one of them was a black hedgehog, right?" He asked.

"Yeah, and the other was a bat I think, that bitch had an attitude." Ashley told him.

"Well, it doesn't matter, we have to stop them, any idea on why they are here?" Matt asked as they walked down the hallway.

"I think Eggman said something about Chaos Emeralds," Ashley said. I think that bat was after them."

"Well, then we have got to find them, you go try to find her, and I'll find Shadow. Contact Tails, tell him I'm free and to look for Eggman!" Matt told her. They went their separate ways, ready to fulfill their missions.

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"Cream, that bat girl must be after the emeralds!" Nick said to Emily, as they followed Julie through the base of the government.

"I wonder why she is here, how would she know where they are?" Emily asked.

"I'm not sure, maybe she is working for the government?" Nick suggested.

"I doubt the government would hire someone like us, they want to capture us to do tests, remember?" Emily asked.

"Oh yeah, how could I forget?" He asked.

"And your supposed to be so smart..." Emily laughed. Julie came to a stop, and Nick watched her closely.

"How sneaky do you think you are with that thing?" Julie turned around to face them, smirking as usual. "So, are you here to stop me, or to take the emeralds from me?" Nick and Emily just sat there, not knowing what to do.

"Well, we wanted to know wh-"

"Save it fox boy, or should I say..." She flew over to Nick, and whispered in his ear. "Nick Sherman." Nick's eyes widened. People knew who he was, and if she was bad, then this would be an advantage for her.

"How did you know...?" He asked, puzzled.

"How did I not know?" She asked. Anyways,I'll make a little deal with you. I'm going to fly away like nothing ever happened here, and your going to do absolutely nothing about it, unless of course, you want your real identity to get out."

"But, you didn't even get the emeralds you were after," Emily said. Julie winked and pulled out 3 of the emeralds. The two just sat there in dismay, they had watched her the whole time, when did she find these emeralds?

"Didn't see me did ya? It's all apart of being a treasure hunter," She said, winking at them. "Till next time." She took up in the air, and flew off very fast.

"How did she know who you were?" Emily asked.

"I don't know, but I have a feeling she knows who all of us are," Nick said.

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Ashley walked through the government base, looking around for Julie.

"She has to be here somewhere..." She said to herself,holding her hammer tight. She saw something flying right for her, and knew what it was. "Bingo."

"Oh great, this little pest again!" Julie said right before she got close enough to talk to Ashley.

"Going somewhere?" Ashley asked.

"Well, actually, I was going to take these emeralds I just stole, and high tail it off this island," Julie said.

"And what's with the rush? Don't you want to stay and play a bit?" Ashley asked sarcastically.

"Rouge! Hurry up! The Island will blow up soon! Shadow just set the bomb!" Eggman's voice yelled over the walkie-talkie that was attached to Julie's waist.

"That's why. I'd love to stay in chat, but I have better plans. Hopefully, we won't meet again, but if we do, just be ready," Julie said, flying off.

"Blow up?! I gotta warn the others!" Ashley yelled.

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Matt had wondered away from the base. He was in a forest area. He had searched all over, he knew that Eric was somewhere in here.

"Come out you faker, I know your hear somewhere!" He yelled.

"Faker? Ha. Was it me that got caught all those times? I don't think so," Eric said. Matt turned around and there he was, grinning at him.

"So, why are you freaks even at this island?" Matt asked.

"Emeralds, why else?" Eric started. "Our hunter has probably already gotten them."

"So, I see your working for Eggman," Matt responded.

"I see you saw right," Eric said. "With our help, he will be victorious."

"Theres just one thing standing in your way."

"And what would that be?"

"Me!" Matt yelled as he charged towards Eric. Eric didn't hold back, he charged just as fast at Matt...


Well, there's chapter 9. Thanks to everyone who reviewed for chapter 8. n other news, My new website is up! You guys should check it out. It's my sprite comic, it may start out slow, but like my fics, it will pick up, and hopefully make you guys laugh. The link is Check it out, leave a comment, and join the forums! And, please review the chapter.