Chapter 11

Once we reached the outside area from the hole in the side of the wall, our group looked around us to see what was going on... only to see that Eggman was right in the center area waiting for something. Chaos growled and sniffed the air, immediately catching scent of something. "AH! My tail! I sense my tail nearby!" Chaos gawked as she rushed forward and went directly towards Froggy, who was being held by mister derp himself. And seeing Big the Cat in person? I had to hold in every bit of my being to exclaim his name like a dumbass would.

"Ah! Chaos, you're back!" Eggman said with a smile, not any bit the wiser as he hadn't seen our group with the freed Chao yet. Chaos didn't listen to the egghead, however, and immediately went to Froggy. "Hmm... you, big guy. I ask that you let me see your pet for a second," Chaos frowned, looking at Big in the eyes. "Um... okay?" Big asked, his voice just as deep and stupid-sounding as ever.

Big then gave Chaos Froggy willingly and we saw that he actually had the Red Chaos Emerald on him, which made Chaos instantly transform into her frog-like form, the only part of it not looking frog-like being the hair on her head. She then absorbed the tail from Froggy into her own and then spat Froggy back out at Big, the little frog perfectly unharmed. "The Emerald of Flame..." Tikal gulped, her breath being the only thing vocal. That's how softly she spoke.

"Now, Chaos. Tell me: do you happen to know what happened in the main hull of the ship?" Eggman asked her. Chaos didn't answer, instead sending a pressurized blast of water right at him, knocking him to the whole other side of the ship from it. "THAT WAS FOR TRYING TO KILL THOSE INNOCENT CREATURES!" Chaos exclaimed in pure rage as she then jetted forward some more and attempted to hit him again, Eggman running away in the Egg-o-matic before Chaos could get him again, like a smart person would.

"Well, while he is dealing with an angry mutated Chao, how about we take these little guys off this freight train before it crashes? Because we're losing altitude fast," I said as I saw that we were starting to descend to the ground at a rapid rate. "But what of the Chaos Emeralds?" Tikal asked. "We can handle that later, Tikal. First off, we need to find a way off the ship," I said as I looked over towards Big and I saw that he had already activated the Tornado and had already jetted off... somehow.

"Okay then. Amy and I will go with Tikal. Sally and Sally's mom? You go with Cosmo," I said with a smile. "My name is Sandra, so you know," Sally's mom smiled. "Queen Sandra, of the Acorn Kingdom," Sally followed it with. "I see... less talk, more fly," Cosmo frowned as she latched onto the duo and they held onto their Chao as well as Tikal, Amy, and I. "Okay, let's go to Mystic Ruins. We'll try and come up with a plan afterwards," Tikal said as we flew off the ship when we were only a few seconds before the entire ship exploded.

Once we were flying through the air, Amy looked amazed at being in the air while Sandra looked a little scared of the sheer height of how she was flying. "Okay... this is a little high..." Sandra gulped as she hung onto Cosmo tighter, which made Sally smile a bit. "Too high for ya, mother? We can always descend quicker, you know?" Sally smirked widely at her mom, which made me giggle a bit at her reaction. "Don't you dare do anything rash, Sally!" Sandra exclaimed as she held tightly onto Cosmo as they finally neared the ground, Tikal, Amy and I already reaching the ground by the Lost World entry stage.

"Ah... my home... how long it has been since I've been back here... but to find it in this state... it breaks my heart," Tikal sighed as she looked around the temple itself as Cosmo and her duo touched the ground next, standing a few feet away from us. "I-Is it safe to let go now?" Sandra asked. "Look down, Queenie," I smirked at her, noting how she wasn't even touching the ground and still holding onto Cosmo out of fear. She did that and let out a sigh of relief as she let herself down from Cosmo's arm, looking a bit embarrassed about the situation.

"Okay, now that we're all here, we need to discuss the next step," Tikal said as she and the rest of us held our baby Chao again. "We need to get these Chao to a garden before Eggman catches onto the fact that we freed them. In the meantime, someone needs to check up on speaking with Chaos while another deals with the threat of Eggman's mechs in this jungle. I saw a hidden base appear out of nowhere due north of us, so I'm certain that's where we'll find him.

"Sounds like we're in for a long one... okay, I'll go with whoever is going to find Eggman, since I still need to find this little guy's parents," Amy said. "Then that will be me," I smiled widely. "I'll handle the Chao along with whoever wants to join me," Tikal said. "I think we'll go with you," Sally said as she held onto her mother's arm. "And that leaves Cosmo in charge of trying to find Chaos and tell her to meet up with us at some point. We have our assignments, so let's go and do them," I smirked.