Skye: wow... 9th chapter in one day! :D

Jolie: And in all of those 9 chapters, we don't own sega's charaters...

Skye: However, we do own ourselves... Somehow that works...

Cassandra: ?

Boo: Just go with it, Cass...

Nova: Steve... XD

"They're out of camp, Master," a voice came out of a speaker in King Thorvlad's office, "What do you want us to do next?"

After Throvlad's main creature had told him about the seven signals, he had discovered that the signals were coming from items called Chaos Emeralds. Shadow's signal was received because he had Chaos Energy in his blood, but the Emeralds were raw power. Throvlad knew that the emeralds were what gave the bracelets 'Life.' There was no other explanation. The colors and energy levels were almost matching.

"Break into the plane and take the emeralds, all of them. Don't leave any evidence, and bring them back to me with no questions asked." Thorvlad ordered strictly.

"Yes, Master."

The wolf king's eyes narrowed as a wicked smile appeared on his face. "If I get those emeralds, taking over Cypris will be simple."

If he had the emeralds, that meant he could use the them to control the bracelets... And the ones wearing them. His first plan had been to kill the owners and take the bracelets for himself, but now that the emeralds were in the picture, he could control Team Free. He could use them to take over Cypris so he wouldn't get his hands dirty. He wouldn't have to fight them like his creatures.

His plan was perfect and simple. The six girls couldn't do anything to fight back with him in control of their minds.

Sonic and his friends crowded behind Knuckles and Janna. The jaguar was right; If Nova saw her like this, there would be hell to pay, but for some reason Nova didn't attack, she only stood there with pure anger radiating in her eyes.

"I'm sorry... We didn't mean to hurt her..." Cream's voice came from the back of the crowd.

The tenrec didn't reply, but her shadow disappeared and a sword formed in her left hand, "Why did you do this?"

"We didn't!" Sonic yelled desperately, "She found us and Knux followed her! Then she came back like this!"

Knuckles glared at Sonic, "Thanks for blaming me."

Cassandra looked down, "Nova, you might think they're lying, but I think they're telling the truth."

"Wanna join them then?" the tenrec raised an eyebrow. The tiger only backed away from the crowd, and closer to the trees surrounding the clearing. Nova glared back at the group that was surrounding Janna. "Put the jaguar down," she commanded.

Knuckles tried to hand her to Boo, but Janna kept struggling, "No! I'm not going! Don't hurt them, Nova!"

"Why?"

Janna glared at the tenrec, "Because without them, who knows how I would be now? Those weird monsters could've attacked me. I'm weak, the monsters could bring me down easily."

The jaguar's words echoed through the wind for a few seconds, "Fine," Nova's sword vanished and her shadow returned, "I won't hurt them."

Janna smiled, "Thanks."

"But," Nova continued, "I do want to know what you guys are doing here."

Rouge was the first to speak, "We got sucked into the Master Emerald and ended up here."

"The whatta whoota?" Skye questioned.

"The Master Emerald is the controller of the Chaos Emeralds," Rouge answered.

Boo looked confused, "Chaos Emeralds?"

Knuckles looked at them with shock, "Everyone knows what the Chaos Emeralds are!"

"Well we don't," Jolie leaned on a tree and crossed her arms, "I guess you guys aren't from here."

Tails looked up, "We aren't..." his eyes widened, "Oh no! The Emeralds! We left them at camp!"

"What?" Shadow yelled, "You left them at camp? That's the reason why those creatures were following me!"

Cassandra looked at Shadow with confusion, "Really?"

"They thought I was one because Chaos Energy is in my blood."

"Hehe... Monsters thought you were a rock," Sonic chuckled.

Skye narrowed her eyes, "Well if they're that valuable... You guys should go get them before they get stolen."

Tails nodded, "Good idea..."

"Skye," the cat smiled.

"... Tails," the two shook hands.

Cassandra spoke up, "Hey, where'd that stupid tenrec go?"

Everyone looked around. "Maybe back home?" Boo thought of an answer.

"She wouldn't leave us like that just to go home," Jolie pointed out, "Well, anyway, she'll meet us back there. Let's go back ho- GAH!" she tripped and landed on the cold grass.

"Jo?" Janna started to freak out.

"M-my head is pounding!" Jo yelled, clutching her head, "I never get headaches like this!"

"Nobody hit you..." Boo thought out loud, "Maybe someone has a voodoo doll?"

Everyone looked at her with confusion, "A voodoo doll?"

"Don't poke it like that!" a creature said while smacking another ones head, "It hurts the owner of the bracelets!"

"Whoops, sorry," the other creature apologized while putting the White Emerald into a bag, along with the other ones, "Why does master want these?"

"He said no questions asked," it replied, "we should hurry, they'll come back soon."

"Hey... Way hasn't Master given you a name?"

"What?"

"You know... He normally names his favorites. You're one of his top assistants!"

"I never asked about that..."

A voice suddenly echoed through the camp, "HEY! Don't you know not to take things that aren't yours?"

"Ah, crap! Hurry, grab the Emeralds!" the two ran off, disobeying one of Throvlad's rules; don't leave any evidence. Their paw prints were left all over the camp, and they had trashed Tails' plane.

Nova jumped out of the tree she had been hiding in. "That was easy..." the tenrec looked at the damage on the plane, "Pretty scratched up," she commented, running her gray gloves over the metal surface. She then looked at the engine, and her eyes widened. "Looks like they're not going anywhere in this."

Nova's eyes wandered around the trashed camp, and a strange glowing gem attracted her attention. It was cyan colored, and shone as if a light resonated out from inside it.

"Is this one of those Chaos Emeralds?" she bent down to pick it up, but it, along with her bracelets, glowed, and a painful shock of energy went up her arm. She winced, "What the heck?"

"What happened!" Sonic was the first to arrive, "What happened to our camp?"

Nova was still in shock from the Emerald. "Is that one of the Emeralds?" she asked warily as she backed away from it.

The hedgehog ran over to it, "Looks like they missed one," he picked it up, "Why didn't you grab it?"

"It shocked me."

"It what?"

"Sonic! You know how I hate it when you run ahead!" Amy ran up and hugged her boyfriend, "Don't do it again!" The blue hedgehog didn't reply, only stared at Nova with question in his eyes. Amy glared at the tenrec, "Why is he staring at you?"

Nova stayed silent and stared at the emerald The shock didn't really hurt... Too much... But man, it felt weird. Numbing more than anything...

"Why is everyone ignoring me?" Amy whispered, "Did I do something bad?"

"... No" Nova finally replied after a few seconds.

Everyone else was catching up, "Are you okay?" Rouge asked.

Skye walked up to Nova, "Boo and Jo are taking Janna to the base... Nova?" the cat waved her had in front of the tenrec's face, "What happened?"

Nova shook her head, "Wha...?"

"What happened?"

"I... Don't know," the tenrec paused, "Their camp is messed up..." she looked at the others, "Skye, do we have enough room at out base for them?"

Cassandra's eyes widened in shock, "Are you high?"

Nova glared at the tiger, "No, I'm just curious. That weird gem shocked me when I tried to pick it up. I don't think that's normal. Plus they're not from here, I don't want them where they're vulnerable."

Knuckles joined the conversation, "It never does that! The only way that they would shock something is if there's a foreign Chaos Energy by it..." his eyes widened, "Maybe your bracelets are foreign..."

Skye tapped her foot, "I think we have enough room in our base... And we could always weld our beds together and make bunk beds. We wouldn't have enough beds... but I could weld some more."

"Are you a mechanic?" Tails questioned.

Skye stared at the ground. "Somewhat... More of a computer geek than anything..."

The twin tailed fox grinned at her. "Cool! I work on machinery and stuff. I could help you weld and build the stuff we need."

Skye blushed, and cursed herself for having a white muzzle. "O-okay... That'd be great! We could start when we get back to our base."

"That should be fine," Nova spoke up, then looked back at Knuckles, "How do you know so much about the emeralds, anyway?"

Knuckles smiled, "I'm the guardian of the Master Emerald. I know everything there is to know about the Chaos Emeralds," the echidna said this with pride in his voice.

"Good," Nova concluded, "Let's go home."

Throvlad's sharp claws tore through the arms his chair as he roared in anger, "WHAT?" his teeth were grinding, "YOU SOMEHOW LOST ALL OF THE EMERALDS?"

"No!" the creature protested, "We have one..." he reached behind his back and pulled out the red emerald, "The bag we used seemed to have a hole in it and we didn't know."

The king calmed down slightly, "Only the red one? I guess we can improvise with one."

"What's your plan?"

Throvlad smiled, "This is just to scare them... But first we need to find out where the owner of the red bracelets is located."

"How do you want that to happen?"

"Send out biggest creature to Kryptonia. I know the owner lives close to there."

"Yes, Master. Oh, and I was, um, wondering..."

"Yes?"

"Well, I've been with you for years now, and I don't have a name..."

Throvlad narrowed his eyes, "I do seem to talk to you a lot, don't I?"

"Yes..."

"I might as well give you one."

"Really" the creature jumped in excitement, "I really deserve a name?"

"Yes," the king paused for a few seconds to think of a name, "I like Steve."

"S-Steve? Really? You must be joking," the creature complained, "Do you have any good ideas?"

Throvlad's eyes narrowed, "YOU SHALL BE NAMED STEVE AND YOU'LL LIKE IT!" he shot a bolt of cyan lightning at Steve's feet, making him yelp in panic, and run out of the room.

Steve ran through the hallway until he thought he was at a safe distance. He saw his friend close by, and went over to talk.

"So, how'd it go?" the other creature asked.

"Master gave me a name..." Steve frowned and stared at the floor.

"Really? What is it! That's a HUGE honor to be have a name!"

"... Steve."

The creature put his paws over his mouth and tried to not burst out laughing, but he couldn't contain it, "BAHHHAHAHA!" he fell onto his back and rolled on the floor, "STEVE? That's the stupidest name I've ever heard!"

Steve glared at his laughing friend, "Shut up."

Skye: Introducing Steve!

Steve: Shut. Up.

Tabetha: Calm down, steve...

Steve: I HATE MY NAME!

Thorvlad: Review... I'm the bad guy, so I won't say please :]

Janna: *smacks on the head with a rock* You should always say please! I apologize for Kingy's behavior here.

Skye: Reviews are greatly appreciated! :D 333333