Shadow stood high up on top of a cliff, looking out towards the sea. He suddenly had a feeling that something was wrong. At first he shook it off but then it came back stronger than ever. An image of a girl with dark hair and blue-green eyes standing next to a large cherry tree, it's blossom in full bloom appeared in his mind. "Jasmine." he muttered. Immediately he jumped off the cliff and landed stealthily to the ground. He took off at a lightning speed towards the large tree.
Sonic was lying on the ground, tears were forming in his eyes. Jasmine was gone. Gone with Scourge. He tried again to stand up, but couldn't. "Slow down, faker." said a familiar voice. Sonic looked up to see Shadow standing over him, his red eyes burning. "Where's Jasmine?" he asked. Sonic looked back at the ground. "Scourge..." he replied, "Scourge took off with her."
Shadow helped Sonic up. "Do you know where he went?" he asked, his voice was covered in anger. Sonic didn't look at him but stared at where Jasmine and Scourge had disappeared. "He used a portal ring, so he must've taken her to Dr. Finitevus." he answered. Shadow cussed in anger. "We'll get her back." he said, "I promise."
I felt Scourge's hand slip away from my waist, and grab my wrist, pulling me forward with a hard yank. I looked around me to see where I was. Nothing but walls and doors. "Where are we?" I asked coldly. Scourge chuckled. "No place in particular." Was all he said, leaving me clueless. We turned onto another hallway doors flew past us at a surprising speed. Scourge suddenly stopped in front of a door. I looked at it in confusion. Suddenly a figure walked through the door. It was a white echidna with strange black markings decorated on his head, on his hands and feet were bandaged, his eyes were black with golden irises, and behind him was a black cloak. I shuddered and looked away. The creature smiled and looked at Scourge. "Very good, Scourge." he spoke in a dark voice. Scourge only smirked and pulled me forward. I forced myself to look at the creature. I felt a prickle of fear move down my spine. "Wh-who are you?" I forced myself to ask. The white creature smiled. "My dear girl, my name is Dr. Finitevus," The creature said, "I have many great and wonderful plans for you my dear."
"Keep away from me!" I screamed and began to struggle out of Scourge's grasp. Scourge only laughed and held on tighter. Dr. Finitevus only smiled. "My dear, you have no idea what trouble you've caused." he said. I quit struggling and glared at him. "What do you want from me?"
"I want that emerald that you have."
"What emerald?"
"Don't lie to me."
"I don't have any emerald!" I screamed and began to struggle again, desperately trying to get away. Finitevus laughed at my desperate actions. He looked at Scourge and nodded. Scourge grinned and put a hand inside my bag. A faint blue glow began to grow brighter as Scourge pulled out a large emerald. My eyes grew wide in desperation. I felt angry causing the emerald to glow brighter. I heard a loud ringing, echoing inside my head. I covered my ears desperately trying to block it out. My head began to throb with a sharp pain, causing me to topple over. The emerald began to change into an angry color of red. "Cover the emerald, now!" screamed Dr. Finitevus and immediately snatched the emerald from Scourge's hand. He quickly wrapped it with his cloak then looked at me, curious. The ringing immediately came to a stop. My head still throbbed but not as bad as before. "What was that!" Scourge yelled in surprise. He looked at me then back at Dr. Finitevus. The doctor didn't look at him but was looking at me with a strange expression on his face. "Very interesting..." he said, "Scourge, take the girl to her room. She must rest." was all he said, then he walked back through the door. When he left, Scourge looked at me. I glared back. "Come on!" he said and dragged me down the hallways.
"Let go of my arm, I'm not going anywhere!" I said and pulled my arm away from him. Scourge smirked. "Sorry to make you feel uncomfortable babe." he said. I looked away from him. My blood was boiling in anger. My head, filling itself with questions. What happened back there, with the emerald and what does the doctor want from me? My thoughts were interrupted by Scourge's voice. "Here we are! Home sweet home, hahaha!" he mocked. He looked at me and motioned towards the door. Reluctantly I walked into the cell. I heard the door close behind me. I tried to fight the tears that were beginning to form in my eyes. I thought about Sonic, hoping that he was okay. I thought about Amy in the hospital, I thought of Tails and Cream waiting at Tails's house anxiously for us to return. Then Shadow appeared inside my head, his serious expression staring at me. I silently prayed that they were all safe. I walked towards a cot that was placed in a corner of the room and collapsed in exhaustion, too weak to cry. Slowly I felt my eyelids begin to droop heavily, till at long last I fell asleep.
Dr. Finitevus was running some tests on the emerald when Scourge came in followed by the rest of his gang appearing through the doors. Scourge looked at the emerald then back at the doctor. "What'd you find, doc?" he asked. Dr. Finitevus turned to face them with the emerald in hand. "The girl seemed to have attached herself somehow to this emerald. I don't quite know how that was possible but it seems that through her strong emotions, so far anger, affects the emerald causing it to change color and channel negative or positive energy through the emerald. If my theory is correct, she may be the most powerful creature we've found." he explained and marveled at the emerald. Scourge was looking at it too only in disbelief. "You mean that Jasmine can control the power in the chaos emeralds?"
"No," Dr. Finitevus said and looked at him, his face growing serious, "From what I've seen from our little encounter, she cannot control them. I don't think she even knows what's going on. She was just as surprised as we were when the emerald began to change."
Scourge looked at his gang. Each one of them had their eyes transfixed on the emerald. A yellow fox walked up to the doctor, his eyes still focused on the emerald. "I've never heard of anyone attaching themselves to an emerald. I didn't even think it was possible." said the fox.
"Well, think again Miles." said Scourge. Dr. Finitevus walked past them and placed the emerald inside a bulletproof case. "Scourge," Finitevus began, "You have spent time with the girl, surely you've learned a thing or two about her life..."
Scourge shrugged and leaned against a table. "Sure, I know that nobody likes her at school, they thought she was a freak, and I know that her dad isn't an all fatherly type. As a matter of fact, he looked like he enjoyed hurting her then helping her out."
"Interesting..."
Scourge looked at the doctor a little troubled. "Why are you all of a sudden so interested?" he asked. Finitevus faced him. "I believe that somehow she has succeeded in attaching a bit of herself to this emerald out of loneliness, sorrow, pain, and so on and so forth." he said, amazement filled his voice. Scourge smirked and closed his eyes. "So what do you plan on doing with her?" he asked, "I mean, I had to make a deal with the girl to come with me. No doubt Sonic will try to rescue her, so what are we going to do?"
Finitevus only chuckled and put his hands together. "First, I have to run a few tests on the girl's abilities. If she is as strong as I believe she could be useful." he said with another chuckle. Scourge opened his eyes and grinned.
"Let me out!" I screamed, pounding on the door. This was so stupid, why did I talk myself into doing this? my head screamed. An image of Sonic crept into my mind. I shook my head, waving it away and slump to the cold ground. Just wonderful. "Now what?" I asked myself. Suddenly I heard the creaking of a door open and I watched as Scourge appeared. I pressed myself against the wall in fear. He smirked and walked towards me. "The doc wants to have a little talk with ya , babe." he said.
This is not good...
