"Put her with the others!" A green and white robot with a torpedo shape head ordered. Some of his pirate-style robots were carrying a black colored female raccoon, taking her to the insides of the ship they were. The raccoon was tied by the ankles and wrists, unable to move adequately. But she wasn't calm or at ease. Like, at all.

"YOU BETTER HOPE I DON'T GET DOWN RIGHT NOW OR ELSE YOU WILL SEE WHAT I AM MADE OF! YES YOU WILL, YES YOU WILL! CMON, COME AND TRY YOUR LUCK YOU SWEET WATER FISH! PREPARE TO CRY!" The girl shouted, flailing as little as she could. She was wearing a large robe, covering part of her head. For some weird reason, she was also wearing a purple pirate style hat with a white skull.

Jonny had to put his hands at the side of his head, covering his audio receptors. She was just too loud. However, before they took her deep into the ship, he took her hat. She instantly noticed it, losing her composure even more. "I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND, THIS MEANS WARRRRRRR!" She roared.

"Silence her already!" He ordered. Instantly, she received a punch to the gut, as well as her face, blood starting to fall from her mouth and nose. She stopped for a little while.

The robots took her to the deepest level of the ship. In there several kids and other female anthros to shiver in fear the moment they noticed the robots coming. They were inside a metal box composed by several metal bars forming small squares. The robots opened it and threw the girl in there.

"`I don't want to color my hair´ she says. `There aren't many hedgehogs so I am going to be suspicious from the beginning´ he says. `Think of the people you are going to save´ they said." She mimicked their voices in a whine manner, while struggling to lift herself from the floor, with her face. She spit the last bit of blood on her mouth before looking at her surroundings, finally able to at least sit down.

She looked at the anthros: all of their eyes were hurt, lifeless even, hope escaping them; they were hurt with different degrees of bruises; she also could easily see that they were under nourished, some of their bones were shown below their skin. Marine then felt bad for them. *Right. The mission first.* She thought.

She stood up and cleared her throat. "Don't worry people, I am here to save you all." She said, trying to put her hands on her hips, forgetting that she was wearing handcuffs. As a result from her sudden struggle, she lost her balance, falling again to the floor, face first. Several whispers started, most of them were not positive toward the raccoon. "I AM TELLING YOU, I WILL SAVE YOU ALL! THAT OR MY NAME ISN´T MARINE THE RACCOON, CAPTAIN OF THE WHIM!" She shouted at the top of her lungs, only lifting her face from the floor.

The people around her started to exchange looks, the same confused was shared among them. "Who?" a woman finally asked. Marine let go of her head again, hitting the floor with a *Thud*. She then rose up again, sitting on the floor. From that position, she lifted her legs and arms, in a way that, from her perspective, both restraints were just in from of her, one over the other. She then started to make some movement on her mouth and spitted at the handcuffs.

The spit, however, came in a thin, almost unable to identify line that ran across both restraints, a second later these were cut in half. The people all looked in awe now. "Wait here for a moment." She told them. Before they knew it, Marine threw the coat she was wearing. She was wearing a dark blue skin tight scuba suit, fully covering her body to the neck. She wasn't even wearing her shoes or her yellow scrunchies, so her pigtails were actually just big balls of unordered fur. It was also to be noted that the girl had a curvy womanly body, not ridiculous like Rouge the bat but the girl was not bad looking.

She then put the cloak a random person. She then made a gesture with her finger on her mouth. "But you have being shouting the whole time." The person whispered. Marine looked annoyed by his comment.

"Just pretend to be me so they don't suspect someone is missing." She whispered, somewhat angry. Then she spitted again, this time on the locked door. She waited a second before pushing it, avoiding getting electrocuted or anything while opening it. Looking around for any possible trouble, she noticed the cameras moving at their intervals. Rapidly realizing their blind moments, she made a mad dash to the other side wall and stuck to it. Then she felt it: potable water. A water dispenser was on the wall, with a square hand sensor on it. It made sense that a water dispenser was kept near by the anthros they needed alive, but only a robot could activate it.

This was going to be tricky. Some of the robots were walking around, guarding while being in the sights of the camera. One in particular was moving close to her hiding spot, so she could do something about it. Once he was close enough, she threw herself at the robot. Now, Marine might be very reckless but she is also a competent mechanic. A few blows in the correct places and Marine was able to force the metal arm out of its body. The piece fell on her foot, to avoid much noise but that caused her to produce a loud squeal of pain instead of a scream. Without missing a moment, she introduced her hand on the wires and started to pull them and snap them, rendering the robot disabled without the need of fully destroying it.

However, with her luck, the robot made a shot before fully getting unable to move. *Damn it.* The robots looked at her way. Marine stepped away, only taking the robot hand with her, the remains betraying her presence. The robots went deeper, trying to find her. A robot moved closer to her position, near the water. *Swiss*, a soft sound was heard on the room, the robot froze in place before the upper half started to fall, only stopping because Marine grabbed it and slowly let it fall, barely able to hold it. When the other robot was on another blind spot, she also quickly and silently destroyed it.

The slaves wondered how the girl was destroying them. When Marine stepped out of the shadows and back to the cell that the answer came. Somehow, from the water she had taken, she created some kind of water saber, now on her hand; the hilt was a water sphere on her hand. She entered again in the cell and started cutting their restraints. The people were free, however, Marine told them to wait.

"There plenty more robots out there. Keep here. If they don't know something is wrong, they won't do something about it." She said before, walking away for the last time, the people she left behind felt something that they had lost for so long: Hope.


Sometime later.

"As you can see, my dear buyer, you always get the best with us. The fastest of them all. But don't dare to forget the payment." Jonny said cockily, sitting on a chair while talking to his recent buyer. There were talking via a computer, able to see the face of each other.

"Good. Guess you really are the fastest there is. If you will permit me to ask, why are you wearing a hat?" A fat red cat was talking on the computer, wearing a white, fancy looking suit, even having a cane made of gold as support. He had this arrogant, snob way of talking.

"Oh, I took it from one of the anthros you will get. You might want her, she wasn't bad looking at all." He said.

"Hohoho." He laughed, snobby. "How was she? Full details."

"She was quite energetic and loud, quite fire-y, but nothing a bit of training won't fix. Taller than average and quite curvy. A rare pearl, you might say."

"Hohoho. Sounds interesting. I love when they flail a lot. It is always the best to extinguish their hope." He said, a sinister smile appearing on his face.

"That should be all. Don't forget the payment." Johnny said, about to cut the call. Then, a big explosion came from the other side. The bot stopped on place, looking at the screen. The buyer had fallen from his seat, to the floor, siren like sounds were getting emitted from his ship. "What is going on?"

"Something is attacking us!" He said. He moved away, disappearing from screen. It, however, didn't last long, as he was literally thrown back to the camera´s range, a certain purple, fire-y cat appearing at his side. Blaze had landed in such a way that she was giving the back to the camera. She made a slow movement, moving her head in a way that she could only look at the screen at the corner of her eye.

When she did, even across all that distance, even with the fact that he was only watching an image on a screen, the moment Johnny optical receptors met her eye, he felt a shiver going down his spine, fear crawling up by her soul piercing stare. The feed from the other side was cut, but Johnny was still too shocked to do anything.

"Blaze? There? Impossible!" He thought aloud, being the only thing he could do really. "We were too careful. It should have looked like any other ship. There was simply no trace."

At the moment, *Clang* some metal sound was produced in the room. Johnny looked behind, right on the entrance, was Marine with her water blade, a cut in half robot right on her side. "That would have being me!" She said, proud of the timing.

"Marine the raccoon!" Johnny said.

"Yes. YES. Finally. Some recognition!" She started shouting while lifting her armed hand to the sky.

"And if Blaze was there… That means Silver will appear here at any sec." He said with panic.

Marine stopped her celebration at that moment. "Oh, Come on!" She shouted. "I am fairly strong and capable myself, why doesn't anyone take me seriously?!" After that, she sat, having her knees bent while she holds them with her arms. From what little they could hear, it sounded like she was crying. *After all these years, people still think of me as a sidekick. I think this is how Tails feels…. Wonder what happened with the guy.*

"Wait, what did you do?" He asked.

"Oh, I entered in your machines room and traced the video call so we knew where was the receptor thingy so Blaze could crash their party. I bet you think it wasn't a big deal either." She didn't break from her position, her voice being low, lacking her well known energy and excitement. It was even a little depressing.

Johnny stayed still for a moment, processing her answer. The moment that happened, he lit his jetpack and blasted off toward her. "You WHAAAAT?" He roared.

Marine finally snapped out of her depression, stepped aside while slashing at the robot, barely able to dodge his tackle. The robot was going a little too fast, needing to used both arms and legs to fully stop and spin on his own center, ending in a position like he was about to start racing. Here, he noticed that his arm had a rather big cut, courtesy of Marine´s last attack. *But I should not be this easily damaged by a measly sword.*

"HA!" Marine shouted as she waved her blade at her opponent. It was a strike meant for the head, and in his distraction, Johnny could only block it with his arm, another scar left from the hit. Marine continued with her barrage, the robot only able to block each coming slash.

"Now, you will see…" The robot answered, throwing a fist at her when he found an opening. All he found, was water. The girl had stepped away, but his fist passed through her blade. Then, his arm got stuck, not able to pass again from the blade. He yanked, pulling Marine. The raccoon then responded by lifting him from the floor. "What?" he asked.

Then Marine started flailing the blade all over the place, crashing Johnny into the walls and the floor over and over again. "Take this! Take this! Take this!" She shouted repeatedly, without really paying attention to what she was doing to him.

"Would. You. Stop. It. Bitch?!" Johnny said, being slammed into something between each word. Knowing that he wasn't escaping by just talking, he lit his back propeller, flying away and dragging Marine. The girl shouted of surprise. "You will be down in five seconds flat!" He promised. Using the momentum from his jetpack, he started smashing Marine against the walls of the room the same way as she did before.

Even if the area of the cabin was cramped, Johnny managed to maneuver at incredible speeds, harming Marine with each object on his way. Finally, he put a hand on the trapped arm and waved them down, sending Marine to the floor with all his strength. Marine, however, managed to land on her feet and did the same, pushing the robot to the floor for another hit. "That´s it!" He said, bolting away, still dragging Marine. He went to the outside of the ship, crashing against each wall while he tried to maneuver, the girl going through the same pain as him.

Finally, they got to the deck of the Ship, or, to be specific, over it. Johnny then stopped mid air. Thanks to momentum, Marine flew toward him. The robot grabbed her arms, pulling them up, not letting her move them freely. Then, he sped up toward the ship, crashing against it while using Marine as a shield. *BAM*

Marine felt the full force of the crash and the weight of the machine, her whole body in pain. However, Johnny wasn't done: igniting his propeller, he started dragging Marine against the floor. The raccoon started shouting from the pain, the burn produced by the graze was infernal. She tried to flail and squirm but the grapple the robot had her was too strong. "Can't take the heat, HUH? Then don't mess with the fastest on the…" Before he could finish the sentence, Marine was able to free an arm, sent the water blade to the free arm. The water took a new form, as an orb. Then, twisting her arm behind her, she shot the water, taking the shape of a large energy ball, sending the robot flying.

After getting some distance, Johnny descended, back to the other side of the deck. Marine fought the need to lose consciousness, and tried to stand up, but her whole body now lacked the strength to do so. Johnny, while buzzing and heavily damaged, struggled and managed to stand up. However, he was too damaged to even bother to try hurting her more.

"You know girl, I will make this quick and painful." He said, tired. Touching some kind of bottoms on his right arm. Suddenly, from the boarders of the ship, cannons started to appear, bending and pointing to Marine. One final touch and the guns shoot their ammunitions. Marine tried to stand up, only to hit the floor again. She then put her hands on her ears and closed her eyes, to prepare for impact… A little while happened, but nothing exploded. Marine opened her eyes, looking at the giant missiles around twenty times her size being stopped in the air by some kind of green-blueish aura.

A little further in the sky, wearing brown greaves, black boots, a white and red stripes shirt, a sky blue trench coat and bandana over his head (Using it to also tie his weird long quills in some kind of ponytail), Silver the hedgehog flew above them, thanks to his psychic powers. A small move with his hand made the bombs fly toward Johnny.

"HA!" Johnny shouted, too late since he couldn't get away from the explosives. The explosives left a giant cloud of smoke near his area.

Silver then made a horizontal movement with his arm, generating a psychic slash and cutting all the cannons with ease. After that, Silver lowered himself toward Marine. "Are you alright?" Silver Asked.

"Yes, Silver. I am so fine I don't want to get from the floor." She said sarcastically.

Silver let go of a *mmmrrrr* sound. When he first met Marine, she would constantly bother him because he didn't catch subtleties or because he asked stupid stuff. Excuse the guy for being from an Apocalyptic future!

"Sorry." Silver said, helping her stand up. Then, the whole ships shook, starting to incline. Silver was able to get to safety thanks to his powers, while Marine fell to the water, unarmed.

"What the….?" Both asked. Then, they noticed Johnny escaping in the distance, leaving a trail of smoke on his way.

"Suckers!" He shouted. Both of them noticed that he was flying low on the water, realizing that he had damaged his own ship, forcing it to sink.

"You weak will coward! A captain sinks with its ship!" Marine shouted.

"Marine, help the people on the ship. I will stop it from sinking but I need you keep everyone safe." Silver told her and she nodded. The girl took air and dived, entering the ship from the damaged area. Reaching the prison area, she instantly met trouble: the metal box was partially filled with water, not fully, and the hole was in higher than the box and the people, meaning that it would take less effort to stop more water from getting in. The problem was the people: they were trying to use the other as support, pushing each other back to the water, fighting for the area of air there was.

The door was closed, melted so it would not open the way Marine had opened it. At the same time, Silver covered the whole ship with his ESP aura, and started lifting the ship, trying to avoid it sinking further. He struggled to put the ship in a more comfortable position. However, he did not try to expulse the water that was already inside of the ship: If he wasn't careful, it was possible that the draining water would pull the people and harm them even more so it was up to Marine to save them.

So, Marine dived, searching for the pieces of the robots she destroyed earlier. After finding a robot arm, she resurfaced and directed herself toward the stairs. There, she shook the arm to get as much water as she could and started checking it. "Let´s see. This system goes there, these wires activate the vision, where is the trigger?" She said to herself, closing an eye to see more carefully at its insides. "AH HA!" She exclaimed when she found the wires she needed. "HEY! I NEED YOU TO GET AWAY FROM THE DOOR!" She shouted.

The people however, didn't reacted any different from her screams. Marine gulped, knowing that this was going to be much difficult than she expected. She hold the arm with her elbows while grabbing the two cut wires she needed to trigger the shot. Aiming the best she could with this conditions, she took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down. *Here goes nothing.* She thought and made the two wires connect. Then, the shoot came, shaking Marine from her place.

The bolt entered the water and hit the metal box, hitting it with enough strength to push it open. Silence and the lack of movement followed for a moment. It was just a few seconds, but to Marine felt eternal, each second feeling slower than the last. The idea that her attempt of rescue had backfired slowly got worse. Thankfully, the sound of people swimming, combined with some of their desperate sounds signified that Marine had succeeded. Soon, the people passed by her side, in a panic but they all were saying their thanks to the girl.

Her whole body ached courtesy of the robot arm, but at least, the people was now safe. *There, everything went fine.* She thought, satisfied. A second later, she wanted to kick herself in the arse for jinxing it: Her eyes caught that the water was turning reddish. Ignoring the pain that her body was, she jumped into the water again, trying to find the hurt body. The blood made it hard to see, so she searched it with her hands, finding something. Carefully checking it out with her hands, she found a small body and found the torso, grabbing it and swimming back the best she could.

Not long after (but in Marine´s mind, never too soon) they reached the stair, getting the body out of the water. She initially thought it was an undernourished person, but it actually was a little kid, a small pika, with a huge scar on the head from where the blood was coming. Marine put her hands on her mouth, fear starting to grow on her. *Damnit, this was not meant to happen. What do I do? WHAT DO I DO?!*

"Help! Someone! A doctor, nurse, lifesaver, anything! I need help!" She shouted on her place, remembering not to move the body more than necessary. Some of the people she found however ignored her, turning away when Marine asked them. Marine couldn't believe it when they did it. "Are you kidding me?! She was in the same place as you, but you don't show her any sympathy?" She challenged, but they just kept guarding themselves. She lowered her head, anger growing, some to them, sure, but mostly to her own incapacity to handle this situation. "I can't do this alone." She said, sounding vulnerable and worried. Noticing that no one was coming, she decided to try again herself. Panic again started since she didn't know what to do. She knew about pushing a person chest to help them breath. But did he needed that? What about the head wound?

"Here." Said a voice behind her. She looked back, a person bringing a piece of cloth. Marine stepped back a bit, watching the person put the cloth on the wound. He then put his ear over the kid chest. "Make pushes on his chest. His heart isn't beating."

Marine did as told, internally praying that everything went right.


Somewhere else and a few hours later.

Blaze returned to her home island, Royal Ray island, taking the ship she invaded. Silver and Marine returned with theirs too, although Silver was completely drained from his strength after carrying the whole ship all the way. Once there, Blaze´s soldiers started roaming the ship, taking the people they rescued and the captured criminals. There was, however, one in particular with her.

"Dear Princess, this must be all a misunderstanding. Why don't we remove this rope and talk about it?" The red fat cat talked, not worried at all, almost ignoring the fact that Blaze just finished tighten the rope.

Blaze pulled the rope harder, tightening it further. He let go of a pain air when she did. The girl kept an intense stare on him. He didn't seem affected by it. "I am just an honorable business person. This is certainly not a fair treatment."

"Your ship has a shipment of slaves in the deepest areas." Blaze said, directly and not chattily. She looked tired, with large black rings below her eyes.

Blaze had not changed her appearance and attire that much: the same purple coat, white pants, flurry white cuffs, pink and white shoes and the same ponytails at the back of her head. The only real difference was a gold belt, with a part meant to insert her rapier and scabbard, for carrying it around with ease. The rapier had a golden cup hilt with a white grip and a sky-blue double blade.

"It did? I had no idea." He said, clearly feinting surprise. "My captain and crew chose and prepared this ship. I had nothing to do with that."

"We know about your deal with Captain Whiskers."

"I make a lot of deals every day. You would have to be more specific than that. I am confident that I didn't say anything wrong in it. I also wouldn't make a deal with a thief of the sea… intentionally, of course."

"We have footage of your video chat with Johnny."

"I know a lot of Johnnies. I also don't believe you have the person I made the contact with in that video. I highly doubt what you have would be enough to justify this treatment." The cat continued, confident of the situation. Blaze kept her cold stare at him, unchanging. Suddenly, Blaze pulled out her rapier. The red cat finally changed her expression to fear. "So that´s how it is? The nobles again show their true colors. They feint they care for the people as equals but when things get to the direction they don't want, they get rid of them, unpunished." He spat, indignant. There was a bit of a pause before he resumed. "I actually thought you were better than that." He ended, with real disappoint in his voice.

A few seconds happened, only the stare contest continued. Then, with an almost invisible move, Blaze hit him on the neck with a non-sharp part of the hilt. He was put out cold, shutting him up. The fiery cat sheathed the blade back, more satisfied with her decision than she wanted to admit.

"Take him away." She ordered.

"Umm, ma'am. He is Fancy." The soldier said. He was a rather infamous businesscat, plenty of time accused of committing crimes, but never found guilty, due to his connections.

"I noticed." She said sharply and with a no nonsense tone.

"He is a known figure."

"He was also in the ship, so, for now, he is also a suspect, even if later he is found innocent."

"B-but…" He started. Blaze was losing her patience, her right arm started to shake. She grabbed it with her left one, trying to make the movement less noticeable. The soldier still noticed it. "R-right away, ma'am!" The soldier shouted a bit panicked and carried him under his shoulder.

*Smooth, Blaze. Another soldier scarred for life. This time, without actually burning him at all.* She nagged herself. She was usually more in control, but being sleep deprived was a bitch at times. But sleeping was still not in her priorities: this slave traffic matter had only gone worse as time kept going; today they stopped two ships, but who knew how many more there were out there. What's more, she expected that Fancy would just dodge law again and repeat his tricks.

She willed away these thoughts, thinking only of getting an idea on to where they could search the next ship. That was until she noticed that Silver and Marine were discussing something, clearly not happy about one another. Normally, she would just leave them be, but today was not a good day.

"`Marine, you did a good job´. That all you got to say. Is it really that hard?" Marine complained at the white hedgehog.

"You broke that kid´s ribs. Is that what you are really proud about?" The white hedgehog shouted back.

"What about everyone else?"

"We go around saving tons of people every day. It is not that special."

"So what is the problem with one person I screw up? I remind you, he was in shock, so I started his heart back."

"Because there shouldn't be any."

"You are an idiot!"

"What does that have anything to do with this conversation?!"

Suddenly, a burst of fire appeared between the two, separating them. After the two surprised guys put some distance between the fire, it died down, Blaze walking slowly over the burnt area. The duo kept silence until she got far enough so she wouldn't hear.

"When was the last time she slept?" Silver broke the silence, showing concern.

"Like three days ago at my most generous estimate. She tries way too hard." She moved her head to the sides, also worried about her friend.

"Should we put her to sleep?"

"She hates when we force her to sleep."

"Are you afraid of what she might do?" He teased

"You are an even bigger dolt than I thought if you think that." She quipped.

Later

"So we, investigated the northeast area of the sea, near the Big Swell and Pirates Island. There are some islands we haven't investigated. The most logical procedure if they know that we intercepted the other cargo is to escape to other areas. Coral Cove might be a good option of a hiding spot." Blaze was back at the sea in the Ocean Tornado, having a meeting with her strategist about what would be her next plan. However, said noticed Blaze tired look, only keeping away after gulping down four large cups of coffee. She was barely holding herself from falling, supporting her head with her arm. "Madam, if you permit me a suggestion, I think you need a little of rest."

"Not yet, I want to find the next navy as soon as possible." She stubbornly said.

"But-" he started but Blaze didn't let him continue.

"There are out there plenty of missing people that are being tortured or put on inhuman force labor. I can't permit myself to sleep with comfort while so much people is suffering." She said, ending the discussion. It was not that he didn't want to continue, but Blaze in such a state was terrifying. Not many people dared to do something to challenge her in such state, for their own safety. Of course, there was also Silver and Marine.

"Blaze!" Marine shouted from somewhere in the ship. Blaze instantly heard, her instinct kicked in. She started running as fast as she could, without burning the whole ship. "Blaze!" She shouted again, Blaze already outside of the room that was the origin.

She kicked the door open. "What is it?!" She shouted, worried about what could be happening to her friend. She would have never guessed what was going on in there.

"THE BED IS TOO COMFY!" The younger girl shouted. She was flailing her arms on a large, soft bed, soft enough that she was a little sunk in it, like a giant marshmellow.

Blaze stood frozen for a second, processing what just was said. In that second, Silver appeared behind her and, with a psychic push, threw her friend into the bed. Marine rolled off the bed in the second Blaze flew toward it.

"What the?!" It was all the cat could said when she landed on the bed, sinking a bit in it. She attempted to lift herself with her arms, but said just got deeper into the squashy object, unable to have a solid area to support. Marine then pressed a bottom on a stereo that was at the side of the bed, starting to play a lullaby. Soon, only one arm of Blaze was visible, as her body sunk deeper in the bed. Her arm stood straight, before giving up and falling to the side.

Silver and Marine moved a little closer to the bed, noticing that Blaze had fallen as sleep, snoring a bit. The sound she produced when she whizzed was like a little kitten sneeze. The two fist bumped, satisfied for their result and tip toed their way out of the room.

There are many boring and generics Laters in this episode

Blaze woke up in the room, suddenly, lifting her whole body at once. Then, because of the movement, the bed started moving, bouncing a little on its place. Blaze stood still: Last time, because of her fatigue, she couldn't concentrate enough to leave the bed by spinning over it. Now it was effortlessly. She left the room, the guards on her door tensed up at her presence. She recognized one of the two in particular.

"Amadeus." Blaze said. There was no threat or anger in her voice, just command. Amadeus, however, was concern for his wellbeing.

"Y-your majesty?" He said, nervous.

"You where the one before who told me about Mr. Fancy earlier today, right?" Blaze said, the poor soldier just tensed even further, sweat appearing. "I am sorry." She said. The soldier didn't seem to ease up, confusion adding to his mix. "I was tired and lost some control with the fire. I know it was enough to scare you soldier." She explained.

The soldier heard her comment, an awkward silence followed. "M-madam, don't worry about stuff like that. It happens to anyone." He said a little too fast.

"Maybe. But not everybody has my power. That's the thing."

"U-understood ma'am." He said, going stiff again. Blaze imagined she wouldn't go any further for now with this man.

"I will be counting in you in the future." She said before leaving.

"Ma'am?!" He said, unable to avoid it. He looked at Blaze but his queen kept walking, apparently not hearing him. He let go of a held air. It was then that he noticed that his partner was at his side, clearly holding his air until he burst into a laughter. "… What?!" Amadeus asked.

"Nothing rookie, nothing." He said, amusement still present in his voice. This only concerned Amadeus even further.

Blaze walked to the deck, her eyes finding Silver and Marine just looking at the horizon, talking about something and, to her surprise, not discussing like usual. It was nighttime already, the full moon shone intensively, its reflection in the waters was beautiful.

"Silver, Marine." Blaze said, calling their attention. They turned around looking at her.

"Blaze!" Marine shouted, running toward her.

Marine had changed her outfit at this point and removed the paint from her body: She was back at her orange color with brown rings on the tail and ears; she tied her hair, forming her upturned pigtails hold together by gold rings; she was wearing black, tight shorts, green and white boots, a green top that covered her chest and exposed her tight stomach and the purple pirate hat with a white skull that Johnny had taken away earlier.

Marine threw herself at Blaze in a hug, almost causing her to fall because of the push. "Marine, be careful!" The cat told her, but the raccoon simply ignored it.

"Did you sleep well? Are you not tired anymore? Not feeling like a little bitchy at all?" Marine asked, well aware that last part was going to hit a nerve on the cat.

"Marine!" Blaze nagged in a commanding voice.

"C'mon, girl. Relax. You know I don't mean it."

"Sometimes I wonder." Answered Blaze, well aware that Marine was the kind of girl to do whatever she wanted without thinking. She had learnt it was better to work with that, rather than against that.

"Joking aside." Silver joined the conversation. "Are you feeling better?"

"Yes, I am much better. But…" She started, but then stopped, at the moment she wanted the least. These were her friends, some that she had lived many adventures, but the words simply wouldn't leave the mouth, like, they wouldn't be enough. *Just say you are sorry. You said it no problem to the soldier!* She thought.

Surprising her, Silver put a hand on her shoulder. Blaze hair instinctly went up, feeling threatened, but when she identified the hedgehog, she eased up again. "It is OK, we understand. We know you are a bit obsessive. But that's what makes you." He said, trying to ease her up.

"Besides, that's why you have us. To make sure you don't loose your freaking mind." Marine joined, making a weird facial gesture when she said the last two words, saying them with a much deeper voice.

Blaze sighed, putting an arm on each of her friends and hold them closer to her. "Thanks guys. It means a lot." They remained together for a minute.

"That's what friends are for." Silver said.

"Yeah, yeah. You say that. I want some BBQ." Marine said, perkily.

"… You want to use my powers, the powers of the Sol, powers that can destroy anything in their way if used correctly, to cook you some meat." Blaze crossed her arms, unamused by her proposal.

"I am not hearing a `no-o´." Marine said.

Blaze let go an air from her nose, smiling weakly. "Captain of the Whim indeed."

Back to Tails and Wave

"Shorty! Hey! Earth to Shorty!" Wave shouted. Tails´ thought bubble burst with this. He was thinking about the adventures he had back in the Sol dimension, now that Wave mentioned it.

"… Uh, I am sorry. What were you saying?" Tails asked.

"Nothing really. You started laughing, then stopped, and then nothing. What was that all about?"

"Nothing, just lost in thought." He answered.

"Weirdo" She told him.

"Enough about that. What have the infamous Babylon Rouges being up to all these years?"

"Geez, Shorty, so much interest in me. It sounds almost like someone is falling for me." She mocked.

"Oh, Chaos. I have been discovered." He said, pulling an arm on his eyes. "Woe me!" He messed around.

"Stop it you idiotic dolt." She answered, somewhat amused.

"But really, what kind of messes have you guys gotten into?"


Found in the last chapter "sixty years all"... Sixty Years all! What is wrong with me?! I search for mistakes for hours but noooooo. I find them after uploading a chapter.

OK. Enough self-pity. I have heard about the theory that says that Marine has Aqua-kinesis: the power to manipulate water with her mind. I had planned this scene where Marine is at the deck, with several robots around her. Then, using some god-like water control, she would dispatch them one after the other: there would be giant water tentacles, blades and other stuff, there was even this idea of her bringing a shark inside a bubble of water to attack them and rip them to shreds. Decided to scrap that idea because Marine would be too OP in the Sol Dimension, so she can now only use drinkable water.

Good news people. I got job! Kinda. Bad news: I will have less time for writing. I would also like to upload the other fanfic I have soon too. I want to end the `more thing changes´ thingy I have been going for the last 4 episodes, thought only one more to go. So expect that and keep cool people.