Chapter 11: Aftermath
Shade smiled and they went back to their house and inserted the AI on their computer. Silver appeared on the screen. "Hello," it said as it materialized itself as a hologram on the desk.
"Hi. What did you learn?" Shade asked it.
"Many things. What Eggman is planning, and what he needs. The information is amazing."
"Can we see it?"
The AI nodded and brought up the information on the computer.
"This is impressive," Maurice said.
"Indeed," Shade said. "Now we know what our uncle is up to." He looked at the artificial intelligence. "Can you change back?"
It closed its eyes and willed itself to change into a hedgehog. In a few minutes, it had succeeded. "I'm here," Silver said. It smiled at them.
"Can you still turn into Silvond?" Maurice asked it. Silver thought again, and took on Silvond's form. It smiled at its brothers and nodded. "It's great to have you back," Maurice said.
"Thank you," Silvond said as it smiled at them. "Being an AI is really interesting."
"How?"
"I can do all kinds of amazing things."
Shade looked at him curiously. "Are you Silver, or Silvond, in mind right now? You seem to remember what Silver did."
"I guess I'm both."
"That's awesome," Maurice said. "Are you able to change at will?"
"I don't see why not."
"How is it you're both Silver and Silvond?" Shade asked him
Silvond shrugged. "I remember things from both of them."
"So, any ideas how we can get Crimson back?"
"Recharge the emerald?"
Shade nodded. "How can we do that, though?"
"I don't know."
The black haired teenager nodded. As the day went on, the three left notes for their alter egos. At night, they transformed. The hedgehogs looked at the paper and smiled.
"Crimson has been taken by Eggman," Silver told them as it walked over to the computer. Closing its eyes, it started to become an artificial intelligence again. Its body went into the computer once it was close enough. Sonic and Shadow smiled and saw its face appear on the screen.
"What can we do?" Sonic asked
"Keep the rest of the emeralds from Eggman."
"How do you like being an AI?" Sonic asked it.
"I like it a lot."
"What can you do as one?"
"I can control technology to some extent, hold a lot more information than before, and probably electrocute someone."
Sonic and Shadow chuckled. "Is it permanent?"
The artificial intelligence nodded. "It is."
"How is it you can change back? Or is that just a hologram?"
"It's a hologram."
Shadow smiled. "That's interesting."
"Thanks."
"We should talk to Chris about this," Sonic said.
Silver nodded. "Go on. I'll wait here."
"Do you want to come?"
It shook its head. "No. Just go without me."
"Where do you think Chris is?" Sonic asked Shadow.
"Probably on Angel Island," Shadow said.
Sonic nodded and they teleported there. Chris was on Angel Island, and smiled when he saw them. "Hi," it said. "What do you two want?"
"We wanted to talk to you about the situation."
"What about it?"
Shadow sighed. "Crimson has been taken by Doctor Eggman."
"What? Is he okay?"
"No, it's not. Eggman has drained its energy in its emerald form."
Chris frowned. It started to pace, and looked at the hedgehogs. "We have to keep the others protected. But two people can't do that without help."
Sonic looked at it. "What do you want us to do?"
"Find people you can trust to help with this."
"But...we can't reveal our secret to just anyone."
"I know. That's why I said people you can trust."
Sonic and Shadow nodded. "What about the other Chaos Emeralds? Are they going to help?"
"Of course."
"All right. Thanks."
The Chaos Emeralds glowed and turned into their human forms. "We'll do what we can to keep ourselves safe."
Chris nodded. "Very well," it said, and looked at the two hedgehogs. "Damson and the others will help you. Keep them safe. I don't want them falling into Eggman's hands. I can tell that he has plans for the city."
"Okay. We'll do what we can."
The Master Emerald in human form smiled as they vanished from Angel Island, watching the island fall to the ground and settle in the middle of the ocean.
"Do you have a house?" Sonic asked.
Chris nodded. "Of course we do."
"Where is it?"
"We'll show you."
Sonic smiled as he and Shadow followed the seven brothers.
