Day: July 18, 2184
"Eggman's dead?" Everyone exclaimed?
"Yes, unfortunately." Rouge said.
"Bu-But how did he die?" Sonic asked.
"Well, while trying to evac everyone to the shelters, I flew over to eggman's base to get him out of here as well. I walked in and Becoe and Docoe were standing around something. I looked and eggman was lying on the ground. I asked what happened and Becoe said that eggman suffered some sort of heart attack. I didn't stay long so that's all I asked."
"Wow this is unbelievable." Jane said as she walked up. Rouge walked up to Jane and examined her.
"And who would this be?" Rouge asked.
"That would be Jane." Shawn said as he walked up to the group.
"Very well then, blonde." Rouge said, "I've got no use at Mobius anymore, so I'm gonna stick it with you guys from here on out."
"Sounds good!" Sonic replied.
"Yea, whatever." Knuckles grumbled. Suddenly, Rouge ran up and embraced Knuckles.
"Oh, come on," Rouge said, "Admit that you missed me."
"Yea I missed you," Knuckles said, "Because now I can keep an eye on you to make sure you don't steal the master emerald."
"But Mr. Knuckles," Cream said, "WE have the master emerald." Everyone began to laugh as Knuckles began to wildly blush.
"Whatever." Knuckles said. Just then, a beeping noise came from the overhead monitor.
"We've targeted another dark core." Tails said, "It will take a few days to get there in slip-space, but it will be faster than flying for two weeks."
"Absolutely." Shawn said.
"Alright," Sonic said, "Everyone rest up, we need to be ready for the next battle."
"Sounds good!" Everyone said as they headed back to their beds.
"And where am I going to sleep?" Rouge asked.
"You can sleep with Knuckles." Sonic said with a smile.
Knuckles walked up to Sonic, "That is a terrib-"
Rouge covered Knuckles mouth, "A great idea Sonic! Now knucklehead over here can have his dreams come true."
Knuckles growled at Sonic, "I hate you hedgehog."
"yea, but you love me like a brother." He replied. Then, everyone filed out of the deck and walked off into their beds and went to sleep.
Day: July 21, 2184
The group sat on the deck, waiting to be close enough to identify the location of their next planet.
"Where do you think we will be going next Cheese?" Cream asked. The chao then squealed.
"That sounds like fun!" Cream replied.
"How do you understand him when all he says is Chao Chao?" Shawn asked.
"We've learned not to question it." Sonic replied.
"Whatever." Then, some information about their next planet began to go across the screen.
Tails began to read the description out loud, "The next planet's name is marmot-" Tails stopped dead in his tracks. He knew the next planet they were going to all well.
"We're going back to Marmolin." Sonic said with a straight tone. This was bitter sweet for the original group. It was good since they had already been here and had many great memories, especially for Tails and Cosmo. It was bad though since they know that the dark monsters were more lethal than the metarex, so they probably weren't as forgiving to the marmolins.
"So you guys have already been to Marmolin I assume?" Shawn asked.
"I've always wanted to go to Marmolin!" Jane squealed.
"Eggman never took us to Marmolin, so I don't know what's so special about this place." Rouge said.
"It's full of many shops!" Amy said. She then started gazing at Sonic, "There are also many love spells to make your dream boy turn into a reality." Sonic rolled his eyes and sighed.
"Oooh!" Rouge said, "Maybe this means Knuckles can get something for me?"
"Hah!" Knuckles laughed, "In your dreams bat!"
"Let's just land this thing." Tails sighed. While it was funny to watch romance spark amongst everyone, they had to focus on the task at hand. He turned his head to look at Cosmo to see what she was up to. Cosmo was looking right back at Tails, blushing wildly in the process. When Tails looked at Cosmo, Cosmo quickly looked away and acted as though she was staring at the stars. Tails laughed as he descended the ship to the same spot that they had landed before.
"How many chaos emeralds do you have?" Rouge asked.
"We've got 3 emeralds." Shawn said.
"Not bad." Rouge replied. The ship then landed and the group was terrified to what they were seeing. The shopping square had been set to rubble and people were running franticly, not knowing where to go. They suddenly looked at the ship landing, which was identified as the blue typhoon. The marmolins began to celebrate as the ship landed, happy to see the heroes return to save them once more.
The group exited the ship and walked up to Lue, the orange Marmolin that they had met from the ship they caught.
"It is so good to see you all again!" Lue said.
"Good to see you too old pal." Sonic replied as the two shook hands. "So this was the dark monsters doing I assume?"
"If that's what you want to call them." Lue replied, "These things came flying from the air and started destroying our homes. I tried the same thing I did to the metarex so that they wouldn't do too much damage: offering them lots of cash. Unfortunately, they didn't want any of it and just marched through out town and destroyed everything."
"Don't worry Lue." Tails said, "We'll stop them."
"Thank you so much!" Lue replied, "Most of us went to the shops. That was the only place that didn't take serious damage."
"Hey Sonic." Amy said, "Why don't you and I try for love once more?" Amy reached for Sonics hand, but wasn't able to grab it as he quickly dashed to the side.
"Hey!" Amy yelled.
"Maybe another time." Sonic winked.
"So how am I going to do anything to the dark monsters?" Rouge asked.
"I guess I can make another thunderstorm." Tails asked. "I've also got some new sentry gun things I'd like to try. Might help us out in the long run, you know."
"I want to join as well." Cosmo said. Everyone gasped in shock. The only time Cosmo joined in battle was at Pirate Cove, but wasn't really in combat.
"I'm sick of standing by and watching you guys possibly getting hurt. I want to help." She continued.
"No way." Sonic said, "We don't you getting hurt, Cosmo. There's no way that I will let you go."
"I say we give her a chance." Shawn stated, "If she thinks she's ready for battle, then I think she should have her say in what she does." What do you think, Tails?"
Tails didn't know what to say for a little bit. Until he said, "Whatever makes Cosmo happy, that's what I will support."
"I want to join you in battle." Cosmo said, "That's what will make me happy."
"Very well then, Cosmo." Sonic said, "But how are you going to harm the dark monsters?"
"I can summon branches, remember? If I summon them hard enough, then it could take them out."
"I'm not sure that will work Cosmo, but just make sure you're careful." Sonic stated.
"Thank you Sonic." Cosmo said.
"Don't thank me." He replied, "Thank Shawn and Tails. They're the ones that vouched for you to do this." Cosmo turned and looked at Shawn and Tails. She smiled and nodded.
"Alrighty then, let's get started." Shawn said. He turned to Lue, "Hey Lue. Do you know where the dark monsters are camping out?"
"Yea, they're not that far!" Lue replied. "Follow me." The group began to follow Lue as he led them to the dark core. On the way, Shawn took a count of heads. There was Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Cream, Cosmo, Amy, Shawn, Jane, and Rouge. So that added up to 9 People. On the way, the group discussed how squads should work. They agreed that one squad would be Shawn, Tails, and Cosmo. The Second squad would be Knuckles, Rouge, and Cream. And the third squad would be Sonic, Amy, and Jane. Shawn had begun to notice Amy's liking for Jane. It seemed as though the two got along very well. They also had a lot in common, except that Jane wasn't full blown pshyco over Shawn. At least that's what he thought.
After 2 hours of walking, the group arrived at the base. The team gazed at the massive fort ahead of them. It was around the size of Herthia's base, but a little bigger.
"Wow," Tails said, "It seems like every time we come to a new planet, the bases get bigger and bigger."
"This means an even bigger explosion." Shawn exclaimed. Then, loud alarms boomed through the area around them. They were only concealed by a few rocks and a little bit of forest. Just then, about 20 Jeeps were sent with machine guns armed with dark shards. There were also many snipers on the base and had 4 large laser cannons on top.
"Everyone take cover!" Sonic yelled. The group began to split up and find cover.
"Shawn!" Tails yelled while he and Cosmo ran with him "Pull out a rifle, except call for dark energy ammo!"
"O-Okay!" Shawn replied. He almost forgot Tails modified his armor. "Computer, get me a SCAR-H rifle with dark energy ammo."
"Roger sir." The computer replied. The rifle formed on his back and he pulled the rifle out. He pulled the trigger and fired. Dark bullets were sent through the air and towards the vehicles. Shawn sent almost a full clip into a vehicle and destroyed it.
"Wow Tails!" Shawn said, "These bullets are awesome!"
"I know!" Tails yelled, "I'm going to do this with everyone else's weapons later." Just then, a dark shard whizzed by Tails.
"We need better cover!" Cosmo yelled. They took cover in a circular thing that looked like it used to be some sort of fountain.
"We're surrounded!" Shawn yelled.
"I'm not going down like this!" Tails yelled. Cosmo looked around and felt useless. She peaked over cover and found that there was a large group firing at Shawn. The walls of the fountain near Shawn were starting to crumble.
"The walls are giving away!" Shawn yelled. Cosmo looked and thought about the wall. She concentrated hardly at the ground and had her hand face the area of Shawn's wall. Then, oak wood began rising from that area and covering the wall.
"What the?" Shawn exclaimed. He then turned and looked at Cosmo and smiled.
"I knew you would do fine!" Shawn yelled. She looked over at Tails. Tails had about 10 armed men moving towards him.
"Cosmo!" Tails yelled, "I need some help." Cosmo looked at the men and concentrated intensely. Then, a large amount of wood rose from the air aggressively and went straight through the dark soldiers. The men were hit and faded to the ground. From a distance, Sonic looked over at where Cosmo's squad was and he nodded his head.
"I guess she was ready." Sonic said as he homing attacked some of the dark soldiers. Cosmo was gaining confidence, and got out of cover. She began to send dark soldiers to their graves one by one. She smiled, feeling happy to help the group truly for the first time in a long time.
"You're doing great Cosmo!" Tails yelled. She smiled as she continued firing. Suddenly, she felt a pinch close to her left shoulder. She grabbed the area and looked at it. She moved her hand and gasped. There was a hole in her shoulder and it had blood oozing out of the hole. She fell to her knees from shock.
"Hey Cosmo," Shawn asked, "I could use some hel… oh my god."
Tails took cover as he was taking heavy fire, "What's wrong Shawn?" He looked over at Cosmo.
"COSMO!" Tails yelled.
"Hey, Hey!" Shawn yelled as he looked at Cosmo.
"Stay with me Cosmo, you're going to be alright, just look at me." Tails yelled. He tried to keep Cosmo conscious, but she couldn't hear anything. All she could see was them yelling into her face as she slowly passed out.
End of Part 28
