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"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Double D slowed to a halt. Where was that screaming coming from? Some one was coming from the tunnel ahead. That's when a small purple blur came to a stop at his feet.
"It's Imp." Topaz said plainly.
"AUGH! YOU KNOW IT'S BAD IF I'M COMING TO YOU, TOPAZ!" He cried, grabbing her hands. "THOSE GUYS KEEP TRYING TO BLAST ME!" And he pointed behind him, totally scared out of his mind.
They could see a group of ghost pirates chasing the young fox, and they were carrying weapons similar to cannons but really small.
"We seriously don't have time for this!" Topaz cried, readying her keyboard.
"FIRE!" Tails cried.
Sonic, Sonia, Topaz, and Shadow released their laser blasts while Nova used a fire spell.
"IMP! GET YOUR TAIL IN HERE!" Topaz yelled.
"No way! I'm not getting turned to ashes!" He cried.
"GET YOUR TAIL IN HERE OR I WILL MAKE SURE ICY WILL TURN YOU INTO AN ICECUBE AND YOU'LL STAY THAT WAY FOR MONTHS W-IMP-Y!" She yelled.
"When you put it that way…" Imp said, slightly scare by her sudden outburst. "BA-BOOM!" And his, own fireballs were flying.
"You keep them busy!" Garin ordered his crew. "I'm going after Scar Blade!"
"On your own?" Sonia asked.
"I've fought him before and survived, and I can do it again." Garin growled. "You just make sure help doesn't come."
"What happened anyway, Imp? Where's Shelby?" Topaz asked.
"Well, she was going to take the Chaos Emerald when she got caught, I was about to help but those freaks jumped me." Imp said, throwing another fireball.
"Oh great." Topaz groaned.
Meanwhile…
"WHOA!" Shelby dove as Scar Blade tried to swing his sword at her. For the most part, she had been ducking and dodging, causing all sorts of things to get shattered. She just had to get closed to the canopy to grab the emerald and she'd be out in a flash, literally.
"Ye thinks you're pretty clever, huh Lassie?" Scar Blade sneered.
"I don't think I'm smart, I KNOW it." She said, barely being able to dodge the blade.
"You won't be thinking that once I'm through with you." Scar Blade growled.
"We'll see about that." Shelby said, jumping away from the blade.
"You may work for the queen but that doesn't make you her!" Scar Blade growled.
"Maybe not, but she's trained me well!" Shelby said, landing on the canopy. "And with this, you'll see just how good I am!"
She reached under the pillow and pulled out the Chaos Emerald.
"Now, back away slowly before I use Chaos Blast on ya!" Shelby threatened.
"SHELBY!"
"Guys!" She cried.
Garin kicked the door open and held out his sword. It was clear that he wasn't happy.
"Alright Scar Blade, I'll give you ten seconds to get away from the girl. I'm the on you want, right?" The tan hedgehog said.
"You know me so well, Garin." Scar Blade hissed.
"We know you have the Black Jewel. Before this day is over, we'll be on that ship, escaping this cursed place." Shelby hadn't seen Grain like this in a long time and she knew very well what was coming next.
"I will defeat you." Garin growled. "No matter what, I will defeat you."
"Then come and get it." Scar Blade challenged.
"Shelby, don't get in my way. Stay there." Garin said in a deep voice.
"Done and done." Shelby said with a quick nodd.
And they began.
Elsewhere…
"Are we there yet?" Sonic whined.
"Sonic, if you ask that one more time I swear I'll-"
"Sonic, Sonia, we don't have time for this!" Topaz snapped.
"She's right, guys, we have to stay focused or we could lose Shelby and quite frankly, I don't want a death on our hands because you guys have been fighting." Manic said.
"Nicely put, Manic." Double D agreed.
That's when something on the ground caught Topaz's notice.
"Double D, think fast!" She said and threw him the item.
"What is it?" He asked.
"It's a rod. You can use it for a weapon." Topaz said.
"But why something like this?" Double D asked.
"You can hack into things, right?" Topaz asked.
"Yes." Double D nodded.
"Well, some times you need something to open the computer up to hack it, besides, you can use it for self defense." The young fox explained.
"I suppose." Double D agreed.
"Can we get moving already?" Eddy asked. "I don't wanna miss this!"
"Okay, I think the door was just around the next corner." Imp said, trying to remember the route.
"You think or it is?" Topaz asked.
"I don't know! Get off my back!" Imp snapped.
"How Shelby could think that these two have a love hate relationship I have no idea." Sonia said.
"Hey, I'm still trying to figure out how we can get back home!" Kevin snapped.
"Do you want to be tied up and put back in a closet again?" Sonia asked, causing Kevin to go pale.
"Uh, no, I'm good." He said sheepishly, not even noticing that Eddy was laughing his head off.
"He looks like he just broke my brother's trophy!" Eddy laughed.
"Thanks, I learned that from our friend, Hotshot." Sonia said.
"Aren't we on a rescue here?" Manic asked, tapping his foot.
"Whoa, am I rubbing off on you?" Sonic asked.
"Shut up." Manic said. "I'm just worried, that's all!"
"Yeah, yeah, we're going." Sonic said.
"Forty bucks says that we don't get there in time." Kevin whispered to Eddy.
"And I say we do." Eddy challenged. "You willing to take that bet?"
"Oh, you know it, you'll have to pay me when we get home though." Kevin said.
"I know you will." Eddy said. "But how about we make it more interesting?"
"How so?" Kevin asked.
"If I win, you carry me around Peach Creek for a week and give me your allowance for a month."
"And if I win, you have to spit wash my bike with your tongue and give me your allowance."
"Well, wince it's so sweet, why not add a little more on it?"
"Okay, if you win…I'll give you all the jawbreakers in my garage and if I win, I get to pound you to a pulp for a week or are you scared?"
"Nope, in fact one last time. If I win, you'll be my personal monkey slave for a week and if you win, I'll be your monkey slave for a week plus all of the rest of the stuff put together and the loser has to fight Knuckles."
"You've got a deal!" Kevin said shaking Eddy's hand.
"Would you guys hurry up?" Knuckles called.
"Comin'!" Eddy said and ran to catch up.
"Okay, now the door should be down this hallway and to the left." Imps said.
"You better be right about this, W-imp-y or else I'm gonna-"
Something came crashing through a wall, cutting Topaz off.
"Never mind." She said and aimed her keyboard.
"Put that peashooter down, Topaz, it's me!"
"Shelby, that you?" Topaz asked.
"Who do you think, Icy? Just kidding!" Shelby said.
"What the heck just happened?" Shadow asked.
"That." Shelby said and pointed over her shoulder. They looked into the hole and saw Garin, facing off with Scar Blade, swords clashing, sparks flying, glass being shattered, it was clear that they were fighting to the death.
"Looks like I win our little bet, Kevin." Eddy said.
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Sorry that this chapter isn't the best, things are getting pretty hectic and I haven't been feeling too well and a slight case of writer's block but I hope you enjoyed it. R&R please.