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It took my some time to finish this but it was enough time to make it come to you everyone for your lovely patience
and reviews. Speaking of which,
Oh and I have a little something to say to aj. I understand that you're as excited for this story to finish as much everyone else is. The problem is, I'm not even half way through. Patience is a virtue.
Chapter 11: Worried
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"Will she be alright, Rouge?"
"Of course not! Don't you see her?!"
"Don't jinx it Cherry!"
Days had passed after that incidence, but nothing was the same. Everyone grew suspicious of how in the world Emi knew about the attack and not even the guards could see coming. Sonic out of all of them was even more concern. She had been stabbed with some kind of weapon and she knew that the shadow ninjas were coming. So, did that mean she was one of them? It didn't make sense though. Some guards were stabbed too, hurt or….none were killed thankfully, but why was she stabbed? None of the maids were but her.
"She's one of them!" Cherry exclaimed.
"Then why would she warn us huh? Why would she risk even yelling at the king that the Shadow landers were here? She got stabbed by one of them." Wave defended.
"That could mean one thing, she might have been betrayed or maybe she backstabbed them." Mina figured while rubbing her chin.
"No it can't be! She's so innocent. She has nothing to do with these dark creatures." Cream squealed in.
Sonic lifted his head up from his hand. He was sitting on a stool in the Healing room. Outside he could hear the maids complaining and protesting, only making him more confused. They kept putting two different stories in his mind and he didn't know what to take in.
"Then how do you suppose Emi knew of this attack?"
"It had something to do with the flowers she smelled. That's when she reacted like that." Blaze explained.
Sonic looked back at Emi who lay lifeless on the bed. He's brows furrowed in sadness and he sighed.
The castle was being attack and there were a few grenades that were being ignited outside where the guards were fighting so, he wanted to make sure the girls were in attack formation. Sonic had gone inside the hallways where Cherry and the girls were running to the throne room to see what was going on when a Blinder grenade went off. It sparkled brightly and everything was left to an illusion. They were left confused and blind for a while. He heard everyone screaming and only thought the worst. When the bright fainted light began to fade away and the all was normal, he ran back to the throne room finding one of his guards lifting a lifeless body.
Emi.
The whole floor where she had been laying was covered in red liquid. Blood was covering her maid dress on her whole stomach part. She had been stabbed, because he wasn't there to protect her. He had left her.
The shadow landers headed back to their land with some of his valuables and left his people hurt. Sonic felt anger rise up when he saw so many people hurt. He couldn't save them.
Sonic buried his head in his hands. Emi was a hero. She saved half of the people in his castle. Luckily, the town wasn't involved. Emi was the only one who really got a bad attacker. He doubted her, but still there were many questions he had to ask her. One question he was dying to know was;
Number one: How did she know The Shadow Landers were going to attack?
Cream walked in quietly with her hands in front of her. Sonic heard her come in and turned around.
"Evening, Your majesty," She quietly spoke.
Sonic smiled softly with nodded and turned back to face Emi. Cream approached the bedside and stood there looking at her too. It was silent for that moment until she decided to speak. "She was so scared."
Sonic paused and looked at her. Cream was smiling down at Emi with a sweet passion of care. "I know you don't really like her…Mr. Sonic, but it only comes to show you the opposite." She turned to face him. He had one of those confuses looks that made her feel upset. Though, she still held her sweet smile. "She really likes you, and would risk getting hurt to protect you all."
Sonic stiffened in place. The smiled in her face and her words she had said were the conclusion to most of his questions.
Cream placed her hand on Emi's forehead and closed her eyes. Sonic saw small energy of light release out from her hand and into Emi's body. Sonic forgot the fact that Cream had the power for healing and take in energy. Although it had its catch, giving energy to others took her life source away from her. The only way she could heal back was by Sun gaining water and lots of sleep. Just like flowers and for a young girl these kinds of powers were rare to see on them. These healing orders were only used on special occasions. 'Guess these were one of them.'
"Thanks Cream," He said.
Cream shook her head feeling a little dizzy but stood firm on her feet. "Don't thank me," She said looking over at Emi. Sonic turned getting the point and nodded. Cream left and Sonic was left alone once again. Emi was sleeping so peacefully it seemed she was just sleeping. Nothing was wrong with her. She was going to be just fine.
.:XxX:.
A communicator device beeped in a dark room. The darkness didn't alone the mobian to be seen. Only a bit of light was allowed to come in through the window. The light hit a gray communicator that was attached to the pocket in the waist. A hand reached to grab it and lift it to the ear.
"Is she dead?" asked a dark smooth calm voice.
The mobian clicked a black button in the communicator and lifted it to her lips. "No, your little ninja was too weak to kill her. He aimed at the wrong spot." She stated bitterly.
"Exactly! I don't want her dead moron!" The mobian in the other line yelled. "I ordered him to give her a warning. She needs to know I'll be coming for her." He explained.
"I'm sorry Sir," the mobian apologized swiftly, trying to hide any annoyance.
"And don't forget! You're still on your mission. Don't get distracted by her. Understood?"
"Yes…sir,"
The sound of tweeting birds began to ring in her ears and the light of the sun's rays coming from the opened window hit her eyes. Her eyelids lift up being cut blind by it. Her vision was burry for a second before adjusting. Her eyes blinked multiple times and she rose up from the bed a little for the pain in her stomach began. The room again was the empty healing room in which she had already been in for a different state. She looked down to see she was dressed in a short green tank top that cut down to her stomach. It was bandaged and wrapped a few times around her stomach. The cloth was new and she saw only a tint of dried blood. She had small black short and white socks. She turned to her side and saw a table. On the table she saw a rose bud. It was small and closed. She stared at it carefully as it sat of the vase it was placed in on.
She reached out to grab the stem and touched it. The rose bud simple began growing and sprouting into a large beautiful rose, spreading it's petals out and opening. She smiled and was going to get up, but pain shot her lower abs and stomach. She groaned and stopped from getting up any further. She gasped and nervously looked around until looking back at the rose that was fully bloomed. A sad concern look placed over.
.:XxX:.
The queen Sonic, and Tails all traveled down the hallway of the castle. They were on their way to go see how Emi was doing after days of being in bed. Maybe she had woken up or was doing better or not at all. They'd never know if they didn't go check.
"I wonder who the guy who gave her that blow was." Tails wondered to himself.
"A Shadow Lander," Sonic replied evidently. "Duh."
"I mean, well, C'mon Sonic you know what I mean." Tails jokily stated. Sonic smirked. "Of course I do," He joked back with the same tease.
Sonic arrived at the healing room's door and stretched out his arm to grab the door knob. "I know they were from the shadow lands but I don't' understand why'd they'd do that to her." He priestly
"We all don't understand much and until she wakes up," Sonic turned the knob and pushed the door opened entering the healing room. "Well surly get some-What!?" He exclaimed, his eyes widening.
The bed where Emi laid was empty and her pillow was on the floor. Her bed sheets were scattered everywhere and Emi was nowhere to be seen.
"She's gone!" He roared. Tails shook his head. "No, no it can't be," He ran down to the bed's side and looked around catching the attention of something else.
"I knew it! She's one of them!" Sonic growled his white shiny teeth smashing against each other. The queen shook her head and placed her hand on her son's shoulder. "No, she must have walked out." She suggested. Sonic's head quickly jerked up to the door and determined, he raced out of the room and turned disappearing around the corner.
Tails grabbed the plant's vase where once a beautiful rose stood, strong and tall, now weak, pale and bend down touching the dirt; dead. He eyed the plant with curiosity and bewilderness and turned to the queen.
"Uhh, this wasn't like this." He told her. She turned facing him and saw the dead rose. She gasped and eyed it stunningly as a dead rose petal fell off it and down to the dirt.
.:XxX:.
Sonic sped through out the castle's halls and went in each room there was. He entered in to hers but no one was inside. He closed her door's room and raced down the stairs and out through a gate to the garden. He looked left to right and just as he was about to suggest the worst he found Emi petting a few flowers. He halted making a loud disturbing screech and casually walked to her.
He could have sworn that he heard her softly talking to the flowers, saying words like 'Sorry' or 'Thank you'. Without making a sound, he approached behind her and stopped.
"Emi,"
She flinched as she flipped around. Seeing Sonic angry was frightening. Seeing his him with a serious emotionless look was a different story. She clenched her hands tightly and closed them together in front of her. "Sonic," She began astonished. "I didn't know uhh-Good morning."
Sonic's upper side lip slid up to a half disappointed smirk. With a swift move he bend down and swept her off her feet into his arms, bridal style. She winced as he grabbed her and bend her stomach a little. She looked up and saw his concern stare. "Hurts, doesn't it?" He said before flashing away.
.:XxX:.
Tails saw as another petal fell off the rose. He couldn't understand how the flower could have just died. The strange thing about it was that the rose had just been given to Emi this morning by Tails who came early dawn for a visit.
"How do you think the rose died?" Tails asked Aleena, twisting the turning the vase around while looking closely at it.
"I'm not sure," And she wasn't. She in her life hadn't seen this kind of behavior happen to a plant. She was sure of it being some kind of spell or someone having some kind of plant poisoning, but then again the only mobian who has been in the room the whole morning was Emi after Tails had left the plant.
Sonic soon came around the door and entered the room. In his hands Emi dangled wincing and grimacing. The queen gasped in relief as she placed a hand on her heart. Tails grinned out of happiness and walked up to is buddy.
"Where was she?" He asked looking from Sonic down to Emi.
Sonic frowned down at her. "I found her outside sniffing flowers." He replied quite annoyed with her.
Tails raised both brows with a great deal of shock. Emi avoid all eyes and stared down at her injured stomach where the bandages were wrapped around her waist.
"Your were sniffing flowers?" He inquired.
"I was thanking them."
"The Flowers?! You can't be serious!" Sonic loudly said. Emi felt her cheeks flush out of embarrassment.
"Sonic," The queen scowled. "Place her back in bed and stop yelling at her." She ordered.
Sonic went to the bed and Tails went in front to move the sheets to make room. Sonic placed Emi on the bed carefully so he wouldn't disturb her healing stomach. Tails got the sheets and pulled the up on top of her body.
"Thank you Tails," Emi told him.
"Na, it's all cool. You don't have to thank me." He happily said. Emi offered her sweet little innocent smile of hers.
"Now," The queen approached the bed and her hands laid on top of one another on her dress. "I have a question to ask you deary."
Emi looked up at her. "How did you know the Shadow landers were coming?" She asked her.
Emi blinked and smiled. "The flowers told me."
And to their surprise, Emi was a plant a tamer. Plant Tamers were rare. Only those who love plants and care for them end up growing the element to talk to them. It could also happen through genes.
"You're a Plant tamer," Sonic stated in disbelief. "The way you hold and touched a plant, the way you watered them, how you even told the rest to the ways to help them grew longer. It all make sense now."
"The flowers told me something bad was coming and where it would be coming from. I only flowered there orders." She explained. Tails rubbed the tip of his chin and listened to her saying. Sonic couldn't believe what she was saying and Aleena only stared.
"So does that explain the flower's condition?" Tails suddenly asked pointing at the dead flower.
"It gave its life up to heal me a little bit with one condition. It plants its seeds in the garden. That's why I went outside." Emi sighed and laid her head back on the pillow.
"If that's so then," He hesitated to say what he wanted to say next but muttered, "Tell them I said thank you."
Emi's smiled widened. "I will," Her cheeks once again began to flutter and she felt them go warm.
Tails grabbed the vase with the dead flower. "Well let's go bury rosy her," He teased and was headed lout the door when he stopped. Tails turned back to Emi. "Oh, Emi are you hungry?" He asked.
"Uhh," Was all so could say. She definitely was but she didn't want to be taking advantage because of her injury.
"You're hungry. I'll go get the chief to get started cooking early." The queen added for Tails and she
"But I-I don't want to be a bother. I will wait till-"She was cut off by Sonic who protested, "Nuh uh, you're eating and it's final." He told her.
"You've got to be hungry. You haven't eaten in days." Tails stated.
Aleena chuckled a bit before saying, "Besides, The cooks and Miles are very good in coming up with their own spices to food. You'll learn to love it." She gushed with her hands up in the air happily. She turned to continue walking. She passed Tails who held a nervous face. "It's Tails," he corrected as he followed after.
"Sonic would you please keep an eye on Emi," Aleena ordered more than questioned. Sonic nodded as they both walked out.
Sonic walked to a chair around the other side of the bed and sat down next to her. Emi smiled up weirdly at the blue king. Sonic kept a warm smile. It was awkward for them both for a while until Sonic talked. "So you talk to plants. You've got my attention." He said very interested.
Emi blushed. "Yea, I can also create and grow them too." She said looking down at her hands.
"Explains the sudden chili tree outside," The smirked as he said slyly. "Yea," She softly said.
Sonic's smiled faded and he turned serious. "Why did you do it? Why couldn't you stay quiet?"
Emi raised her eyebrows. What did he mean by that? Why did he even say that for?
"Do what?" he asked.
"Save us?"
Emi stayed quiet and just stared into his perfect emerald eyes. "Because, I…" She stopped and never said the rest of the sentence. Sonic waited for the next words to come out from her but she only nervously looked at him. "You defended me after all I said about you." He explained again.
"I did, didn't I?" she agreed, sounding surprised than proud.
Sonic skeptically stared at her. "My point,"
"I don't seem to be getting your point." She gave in, and strangely stared at him.
Sonic sighed and gave up himself. He didn't know how to explain it himself and plus the way he was blushing. Sonic shook his head and stood up. "Never mind," He saw her sadly saw her frown and he grew guilty for some strange reason. "I hope you get better," He said and smiled at her. He turned the chair and stood up. Emi watched him as he walked down the floor to head out the door.
"Sonic," She accidently spoke to stop him. She immediately regretted it but it was too late. Sonic had turned around to her.
"I wanted to say…Thanks for the uhh support of believing me."
Sonic smirked and winked before he got the door knob and closed the door behind him. Emi bit her lip trying to prevent herself from smiling too much.
'I will find you! You will die!'
Emi shook her head and frowned. She held the side of her head and looked around nervously. It got her to think and wonder about something else. Something that she saw when she had passed out on that day she was attacked.
"Amy"
Frustrated Emi frowned and her eyes narrowed. "What's going on with me?"
You all didn't expect for this to come to end like this.
Emi is getting calls from someone, but who?
Will she gain her memory soon, or is it just the beginning?
Stay tune to find out?...
I sound lame X(
Oh, and i had to refix ^-^'
