Whew…here's a new chapter! There'll be another one, with The Big Plot Hole Of Doom-
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So, hopefully I won't get yelled at by people who have played Shadow The Hedgehog.
Darkrose826: Yup, jackals are my favourite animals next to rats, foxes, cats and wolves! That's why Tachi is one of my favourite OCs to write about…
Epsilon Team Captain Hande: Oh. That's a pity, they don't have Dinosaur King where you live. If you want to, you can visit Youtube, and they've got all the episodes there (sadly, it's from 4Kids) or you can watch the Japanese version, if they have episodes up.
Disclaimer: Oh…don't have the energy to write….you know I don't own Sonic. Just the OCs and the clothes on my back.
Chapter 25: Paul returns (again)!
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"So, we've got six Chaos emeralds." Hikari said, looking at Tails. The group were having a meeting in the workshop in the late afternoon, except Tachi, who had gone for a hunt.
"Yeah, but where is the last one?" Akemi wondered.
"Can't we just use the Chaos emeralds we have now to track the other one?" Shadow asked.
"We can, but we might as well send you out on the road to search all the buildings in town. We can't track the Chaos emerald until we get close to it." Tails explained.
"Then it's like looking for a needle in a haystack, and we've only been lucky so far." Akemi sighed.
"Well…there is one thing I can try…" Tails muttered.
"What is it?"
"I can go onto the Internet and look for rumours about the location of the Chaos emeralds…"
Right on cue, Sapphire walked in. She had somehow managed to get a pair of blue goggles on her head.
"Shadow, that cat's not normal." Akemi muttered to the hedgehog.
"She's just smart."
"Meow!" Sapphire mewed, walking over to the computer, jumping on the desk and typing at the keyboard.
"She can even type! Is she a bakeneko?" Akemi asked.
"I don't know."
"Mew!" Sapphire nodded at Akemi.
"So, you are a bakeneko…I wonder who you were?" Akemi said.
"This is getting away from the point. We should be looking for that emerald." Shadow muttered.
"Yeah, he's right. We don't want o-l-d guy with orange moustache to get it." Hikari agreed.
"You're talking about Eggman, right? How come you spelled out old?" Tails asked.
"A random ghost guy keeps on appearing in front of me to tell me off…" Hikari whispered.
"Oh…let's not mention o-l-d and guy in the same sentence, then."
"Why can't we say old guy in the same sentence?" Shadow asked. He instantly regretted speaking when the random guy appeared.
"SHADOW! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU, DON'T CALL ME OLD! OR I'LL GROUND YOU FOR A WEEK!" he yelled.
"Sorry, sir." Shadow sweatdropped as the guy vanished.
"Did you just call him sir?" Hikari asked.
"Yeah…it just came out."
"We should search for the emerald when we get time. For now, let's go and get some lunch." Tails said.
After lunch (which was pizza) the group had another meeting in the workshop. Sapphire was still at the computer, typing away.
"Have you found anything?" Tails asked. Sapphire shook her head.
"Maybe Eggman has the last emerald, then…"
"I think it's time for me to go out for a run! Hey, Shadow, do you want to race?" Sonic asked.
"What's the point? I'll beat you anyway, faker."
Sonic grinned, and Sapphire jumped onto Shadow's head.
"Mew!"
"You're coming?"
Sapphire nodded, and Hikari got up.
"I'm coming too. Because someone has to be mature enough to keep an eye on you two." she said. Sapphire stared at her.
"No, I'm not calling you immature, they are."
"What are you talking about? I'm the most mature guy around here!" Sonic cried.
"Actually, that's not true." Tails coughed.
"Oh really?"
"Chilli dog eating competition." Tails said simply.
"That was just for fun!"
"Faker, are we going or not?" Shadow asked.
"Yeah, I'll come." They walked out, closely followed by Hikari.
"Can you even keep up?" Sonic asked.
"I'll try."
Sonic turned to Shadow.
"Let's get this party started!"
WHOOOSH!
Hikari just stared as the blue and black blurs shot off.
"Great. Now I'm going to have to run after them." Hikari ran after them, at a really slow speed.
Meanwhile, back with the hedgehogs, Sapphire was doing her best to stay on Shadow's head. She finally just gave up.
"MEW!" she mewed loudly. Shadow slowed down.
"OK, I'll carry you." he picked up Sapphire, and chased after Sonic, who had slowed down to look at something.
"Shadow, look!" Sonic pointed at Tachi, who was lying against a rock.
"Tachi, what happened?" Shadow asked, checking to see if the jackal was fine.
"Big group…dark haired person…" Tachi fainted.
"Who would want to attack Tachi?" Shadow wondered. Then he saw a metal dart in Tachi's shoulder, and he realised what was going on.
"Come on, Sonic! Let's get out of here!" Shadow turned around to hear a whistling noise, and then a dart hit him. He collapsed onto the ground.
"Shads! Are you OK?" Sonic asked.
"Just take Sapphire and Tachi, and get out of here!" Shadow yelled. Sonic picked up Tachi, and Sapphire jumped on his head. As the hedgehog was about to go, he saw Paul and a huge group of GUN soldiers. Paul came over, and took Tachi out of Sonic's arms.
"Hold that for me." he said, giving Tachi to a soldier.
"What do you want?" Sonic asked.
"I'm here to arrest Shadow, and get the Chaos emeralds."
"But we haven't-"
"I'm getting tired of this conversation." Paul stood aside as a soldier came forward, and shot a dart at Sonic. The blue hedgehog fainted, and Sapphire hissed. She turned to Paul, who was pointing a gun at her.
"You remember I said I didn't like cats?"
Sapphire flattened her ears.
As Hikari was just catching up, she stopped to take a breath. Then she heard a loud bang.
"I wonder what that was…" Hikari thought. She ran towards the noise, and then gasped as she saw Paul and the soldiers.
"Paul!" she shouted.
"Hi, Hikari. It looks like you haven't got your frying pan." Paul said.
"What did you do with Sonic and Shadow?"
"Oh, Sonic's OK. It's Shadow you should be worried about." Paul pointed his gun at Shadow, who was lying on the ground.
"Go and get the Chaos emeralds, and come back here. Don't bring anyone else, or Shadow will end up like his cat."
"What did you do to Sapphire?"
Paul pointed at Sapphire, who was on the ground, not moving.
"You shot her?" Hikari yelled.
"I don't like cats. Especially freaky ghost cats."
"You know Sapphire's a ghost cat?"
"But of course. What kind of normal cat can control fire? Now, you'd better go and get those Chaos emeralds."
Hikari nodded, and ran back to the workshop. As she got inside, Akemi, who was sitting on the sofa, looked up.
"Hikari! Where's Sonic and Shadow?" Akemi asked. Hikari grabbed her bag, which had the Chaos emeralds.
"Paul's back…he wants the Chaos emeralds, or he'll shoot Shadow."
"Paul? I'll come with you!" Akemi got up.
"He said not to bring anyone else…"
"You honestly don't think I'll let you go back there by yourself?"
"Fine…" they ran out, and went back to Paul.
"So, you've got the Chaos emeralds?" he asked. Hikari nodded, and then Paul saw Akemi.
"I thought I told you not to bring anyone else. But Akemi's fine…"
"I'll give you the Chaos emeralds, but you can't shoot Shadow, ok?"
Hikari gave Paul her bag, and he put his gun away.
"Right, you two are coming with us."
Hikari nodded, and followed Paul with Akemi. Paul led them to a van that was parked on the road.
"Where are we going?" Akemi asked.
"You'll see. Now, get in the van!" the teens got into the van. Paul carried Shadow and Tachi inside, then shut the door and walked off.
"Sir…what about us?" a soldier asked.
"Do I look like I care? Walk or get a bus or something!" Paul got into the van, and drove off, leaving a group of puzzled soldiers.
"Does anyone have any money to get the bus?" one asked.
"Paul's really mean…I think we should just go to the cinema, and not come back." another one said. They started walking down the road.
Back at the Mystic Ruins, Sapphire got up slowly. She yawned.
"I'll never get used to this idea of having nine lives…or that would be eight lives now." she thought. She looked around, and saw Shadow wasn't there.
"They must have taken him! I need to go and get some help!" Sapphire set off at a dash to the workshop.
A few hours later, back with Akemi, Hikari, Shadow and Tachi, they were finally at the GUN base. Paul led them in.
"I think it's time you met Samuel." he said.
Gee, I wonder who Samuel is?
Note: I feel bad for giving Sapphire/Maria that déjà vu thing…at least she has nine-no, that'll be eight lives now.
Shadow: So, YOU'RE the author who allowed this! *summons Chaos Spear*
Oh crap. *Runs away*