Chapter Fourteen: Christmas Battle (Part Two)
Meanwhile, the rest of the gang was still running to where the four hedgehogs had disappeared to. The 'snow' crunched slightly where their feet hit it, and instantly it turned to water. The group stopped sprinting in surprise and looked back at their tracks.
"The snow just melted!" Tails said in astonishment.
"Totally expected from Mephitis Venefirous." Jess sighed. "It looks like the Aquarians had stolen the spice from my planet and had combined it with water. And that seems like it's their specialty."
"Stealing?" Kristen asked.
"No, I was going to say combining things with water, but stealing works."
"And that is correct, Princess." A voice called out.
"What? Stealing and merging things with water is your specialty?" Jess asked, turning around to face the source of the voice. However, as she turned, everything around them was covered with heavy mist. The only thing they could see was themselves—almost like a spotlight on them. The voice laughed.
"Ah, I suppose so."
"Where are you?" Trey asked. "Show yourself!" The voice chuckled, but ignored Trey's command.
"What are your motives for slowing us down with this poison?" Aqua asked.
"And making us practically blind?" Sandy added.
"Great. Now I'm going to be a blind sloth." Rouge muttered to herself.
"Yes, it is true that we had used Mephitis Venefirous for slowing you all down and then we shall attack. That way, you won't be in our way. Especially that little blue rat." The voice replied, not hearing Rouge's complaining.
"What are you planning to do?" Dagger asked.
"That is for us to know, and you to never find out!" The voice yelled and from the mist walked out about fifty Aquarians. They were surrounded by the water creatures, which looked like they were ready to fight.
"Chao! Chao!" whispered Cheese. Cream held her friend tightly.
"Don't worry, Cream and Cheese. We'll be just fine. I'm sure that Sonic and the others would be here any second." Coral reassured them, but she clenched the handle of her wheelchair and wished desperately for Shadow.
"Oh, little lady, I'm sure that that is not going to happen. Those little pests are occupied." The voice sneered.
"Wh-What do you mean?" Kristen asked.
"Let's just say we put up a trap."
Suddenly, nets came out of nowhere, flying all over the place. And one by one, the friends got captured.
"Help!" Dagger shouted, but no one answered. As they got dragged to the Aquarians' base, the mist slowly disappeared, leaving scrambled footprints in the snow.
Sonic, Shadow, Axle, and Spike were too late.