Silver and Snipe were arguing as they walked back to the castle.

"I'm telling you, there is nothing French about French Fries!" Snipe kept telling Silver.

"French Fries were made in France!" he would reply. Snipe shook his head.

"No Silver, nothing is French in French Fries!"

"And when did you become a know-it-all about France?

"Quand j'y est resté pour un an et à moitié!" Snipe told him. Silver stared at him in confusion.

"Umm… What?" he asked. Snipe did a face palm.

"Vous êtes un idiot complet Silver..." He told him. Silver was getting angry.

"What are you saying?" he asked. An evil grin stretched across Snipe's face.

"Qu'est? Suis je vous met en colère?" he asked. Silver was now pissed.

"SPEAK FREAKING ENGLISH!" he demanded.

"Pourquoi?" Snipe asked. Silver just ran off ahead while Snipe stood there laughing. "Il est si bête!" Snipe then ran to catch up to him.

Marine was in the castle directing Tails thought the building. They went up and down hallways opening and closing many doors. After an hour of doing this, they arrived at the entrance.

"This concludes Marines castle tour! Please exit to your right mates!" she said while holding out her hand. Tails walked up to the large door.

"I guess you come here a lot. I could never remember all those rooms and directions!" Tails told her.

"Well I usually come here to visit me first mates Blaze and Silver!" she replied. Tails was about to ask something but he saw Sonic running towards him.

"Hey Sonic! What are you doing?" Tails asked. Sonic came to a screeching halt in front of him.

"Have you seen Silver yet? I need to find out if he knows were the spring is." Sonic asked. Tails thought for a moment.

"I think we passed him while Marine was showing me the castle. He and Snipe were looking for Blaze." Tails told him. Sonic nodded before running off.

"SONIC! WAIT UP!" yelled Tails as the fox ran to catch that blue hedgehog. Marine was left behind.

"Hey! Don't forget me!" she yelled while running as fast as she could after them.

Blaze was in her room with a stack of papers. She would briskly read one, stamp it, and then place it next to her. She was soon interrupted by a loud knock on the door.

"Hey Blaze, we found out were the spring is!" a voice rang out.

"No, I found out were to go! You just popped up and started to annoy me!" another voice responded.

"Silver, it doesn't matter who found out. What matters is that we get there before the Eggmen." the voice replied.

"Oh shut up Snipe!" Silver yelled. "I found out so I get the credit!" Just then, Blaze opened the door and angrily glared at the two boys.

"Can you two stop arguing and tell me where the spring is?" she demanded. Snipe shrugged.

"It's under the hot springs about 4 miles north of here. There we got to find its guardian Marcelo. She will take us to the chamber were the spring is." Snipe explained. Silver was astonished.

"H-how did you know that!" he asked. Snipe chuckled.

"Well let's just say being back in this town refreshed my memory." he joked. Blaze nodded and stepped out of her room.

"Let's go find Sonic and Shadow to tell them." Blaze instructed. Snipe looked down the hallway.

"Wouldn't bother with that Matches, I can hear him running this way." Snipe told her. Just as he said that, Sonic came around the corner and ran up to them. Tails and Marine were right behind him.

"Hey guys, you know where to go yet?" Sonic asked them. Silver nodded.

"Yep, we just got to find Shadow and then we will be on our way." he explained. Marine butted in.

"Wait a second mate! What are ye all talking about?" Marine asked. Blaze explained the whole thing about the lakes and the spring. Marine seemed exited.

"But I want you to stay behind and watch over the castle while we are gone." Blaze told her.

"WHAT?" Marine yelled.

"Don't worry; Tails has already agreed to stay back to. Maybe he will show you one of his new inventions." Sonic told her. Marine cheered up again. Tails gave him a dirty look. Sonic just replied with a grin.

"By the way, where's Shadow?" Silver asked. Just as he said that, a loud yell echoed down the hall.

"WHERE'S THE DAMN EXIT TO THIS PLACE?" the voice boomed. A black blur shot pass them. Sonic started to laugh.

"Found him." Sonic told the group. They managed to stop Shadow from destroying the castle and explain to him the plan. They then headed down to the entrance. Sonic, Blaze, Shadow, and Silver all lined up at the door like they were about to run a race. Snipe stood behind them.

"Ummm… What are you guys doing?" he asked. Sonic sighed.

Waiting for the stage to start!" he told him.

"3… 2... 1… G-"a voice yells.

"Who just said that?" Snipe interrupted.

"It's the guy that starts stages! Now shut up!" Shadow growled.

"3… 2…1-"

"Why can't we just start on our own?" Snipe interrupted again. Blaze sighed.

"This is just how it goes." Blaze told him.

"3… 2-"

"But why-?"

"CAN YOU SHUT THE HELL UP SO I CAN DO MY LINE?" the voice boomed. Snipe took a step back.

"Ok, ok! Do your counting!" Snipe told it.

"3… 2… 1… GO!" It yelled. The group shot out the building and out the town. They jumped over spikes and wholes, crashed in to robots and badniks, ran across loopy-loops, and picked up a bunch of rings. Where did they put them? I have no freaking clue. They soon reached the goal ring and smashed right on through it. Some music played and their stats flashed in front of them. A giant C crashed down. Snipe crossed his arms.

"I think we should have at least gotten a B..." Snipe complained. Shadow turned and looked at Silver. He was bent over and breathing hard.

"Well we had to keep stopping for Silver!" Shadow told him. Silver flipped him the bird while he dropped to the ground.

"Dibs out on carrying him!" Snipe yelped. The remaining group members laughed. Blaze then looked around. The sun was starting to set.

"It will be dark soon." She told them. "We can set up camp here." Snipe nodded.

"Matches and I will go find some fire wood, and you two go try and find something for us to eat." Snipe directed. The groups nodded and ran off. Snipe and Blaze came back with a bunch of wood while Sonic and Shadow came back with chocolate and gram crackers. Snipe was surprised.

"How the hell did you guy get that in the middle of nowhere?" he asked. Sonic pointed behind him.

"There is a Wal-Mart just around the corner." he told him. Blaze started a fire while Snipe went with Sonic to buy a bag of chips and some sleeping bags. When they returned, the group had some smores then went to bed.

When Sonic woke up, he wasn't in his sleeping bag. In fact, he wasn't even outside anymore! His arms were chained together and he was hanging from the ceiling. Silver and Shadow were hanging next to him fast asleep. But what freaked Sonic out the most was that a familiar robot was standing about a foot away from him. Its glowing red eyes staring into Sonic's

"Pleasure to see you again my copy!" it spoke to him in a deep robotic voice. Sonic grinned at it.

"Nice to see you to Metal Sonic!" he said to the robot.

Sorry if I messed up in my French. I'm still a bit rusty. Hope you enjoy the cliff hanger I left you on! ;)