Episode 23: Romance Riders
In her bedroom, Eve is relaxing on her bed. She is still tired from the fiasco back on the Island. After dealing with the Dark Legion, fighting Mogul, investigating Tobor, and interrogating and fighting Kragok, Eve can really use a rest. Shun and Jazz are sleeping in the crib close by.
Eve sighs, "I can't believe it's already been three weeks since the incident on Angel Island. I could really use a rest after that."
Then thinks, "Then again. I ended up having missions for the past two weeks. Not that I'm complaining. It was good to see Lupe, Rob O', and the Downundra Freedom Fighters again. That mission when Bill and the other Platypus Herd being controlled was a bit of a challenge. Still, wonder what I should do. It's been two days since I've been on missions. Although, I like to do something relaxing once in a while.
Suddenly, a ringing sound appears in the room. Sun sits up and turns her head to see the video phone calling. Sun walks over and presses the button to activate the call as she puts on her headset, so she doesn't wake the young ones. To her surprise, she sees Jet the Hawk on the screen.
"Jet? This is surprising. I haven't seen you in a while," Eve says with a smile.
"Um yeah it has," Jet says, blushing a little.
Eve asks, "So jet, what you've been doing. Find anything about your Babylon History?"
"You could say that. We've been researching Babylon Gardens for some time," Jet says.
He then blushes again, "Anyway… I-I want to ask you something."
"What is it?" Eve asks.
"Um, well, If you aren't busy… do, uh, do you think you can I can uh hang out just the two of us. Maybe this Saturday?" Jet asks, feeling embarrassed and blushing.
Eve is surprised to hear what Jet is asking her to hang out with him and just him. Eve calmly down with her muzzle turning red.
She smiles, and says, "Um yeah. I would love to hang out with you."
"Cool. I'll pick you up this Saturday. Sounds cool?" Jet says.
"Sounds cool," Eve says.
"Great. I'll see you then," Jet says.
Jet then hangs up the video phone.
Eve then screams as her cheeks blush, "EEEEEE!"
She quickly covers her mouth and see Jazz and Shun are still asleep. Eve takes a deep breath and decides to leave the room. She leaves the door open so her parents can hear them just in case. Eve quickly leaves the house and rushes over to get some help.
Meanwhile in Babylon Rogues' ship. Jet takes deep breaths and shows a calm smile on his face.
Then shouts, "Yes!"
Just then, Wave and Storm walks into the office.
"Hey Boss, you seem excited about it," Storm says.
Jet calms down and says, "It's nothing, just uh, found uh."
"Save it. We know you've been planning to ask Eve for a date for some time now," Wave says.
Jet blushes, "I uh, what?"
"It's about time you ask her out. What do you plan to do with Eve?" Wave replies.
"Uh. I'm not sure… go out for lunch, ride our Extreme Gear, hang out and stuff," Jet says.
"Only you will bring your Extreme Gear on a date," Wave remarks.
"Why not? Eve likes riding her Gear too," Jet sternly says.
"That's true," Wave replies.
Then says, "I hope you have fun on your date."
Wave laughs and leaves the room as Jet growls in anger at Wave for teasing him.
Meanwhile, in Sonia's bedroom, Eve explains to the girls about Jet call and asks her to hang out with him. They are very excited to hear it.
"Oh my gosh! Jet has finally asked you on a date! Amy happily says.
"Well… I'm not sure if it's a date. I'm sure he wants to hang out," Eve says.
Mina laughs, "Eve. If a boy asks you to hang out that his way of saying a date. Either way, you're going out with him."
"I guess so. I wonder what Jet wants to do. I figure I bring my Extreme Gear with me," Eve says.
"That sounds good. Jet loves riding his Extreme Gear and so do you. I think riding on the gear is a great way to hang out," Sonia says.
Amy happily sighs, "I'm sure Jet is planning on taking out to lunch or to see a movie or have a pizza."
Eve blushes, "Well, um, I'm not sure. I mean… I do like Jet, but I've never been on a date before."
"That's okay. We'll be sure you are ready for your day out with Jet. When is the date?" Amy replies.
"It's this Saturday," Eve says.
Amy gasps, "This Saturday! That's the day after tomorrow!"
Then says, "You need to get a new outfit, and be sure to get some goggles to match. You also need to have Tails tune up your gear."
"I can tune my own thank you. I do have a few clothes to us," Eve says.
Sometime later, the girls are in Eve's room while Shun is watching from the crib as he holds his rattle. Amy, Mina and Sonia search in Eve's closet to see.
"I must admit Eve, you got some nice clothes. I think I know just the outfit you should wear," Mina says.
"What?" Eve asks.
Amy then holds out the outfit Eve has wore for the Music Festival.
"This one. It looks pretty, and it's good for riding on Extreme Gears," Amy says.
Sonia then brings out Eve's black goggles that has red glass on it.
"And with these goggles. You'll look like an Extreme Gear pro," Mina happily says.
Eve smiles and says, "Thanks guys."
Eve then walks to the closet and takes out her Extreme Gear, "I'll maintain my Extreme Gear before I see Jet this Saturday."
"We're glad we're able to help you a little. I'm sure Jet is going to love hanging out with you," Sonia says.
"I sure hope so," Eve says.
"I know so. He likes you," Amy says.
Eve blushes as the girls begin laughing.
Mina says, "Well, I should get going. Ash is taking me out to dinner tonight, and we're going to write a new song for the band."
"I better get going too. Rotor and Tails needs me and Manic to help out with a new invention," Sonia says.
"And I promise to hang out with Cream," Amy says.
The girls leave the room as they say, "See you later."
Eve smiles, "I can't wait to see Jet this Saturday. We're going to have a great time together."
Unknown to Eve, Bokkun has been spying on Eve from under her bedroom window, and hears everything the girls are saying.
Bokkun giggles, "Oh boy. This sounds really good. Wait until Dr. Eggman hears this."
Bokkun then flies off on his jetpack as he laughs.
Sometime later in Dr. Eggman's lab, Bokkun rats Eve out about her her day out with Jet.
"So. Eve has a date with the Leader of the Babylon Rogues does she?" Eggman asks with a smirk.
"Yes. It's going to be this Saturday afternoon," Bokkun says.
Eggman smirks, "Maybe we should check this out this little date of hers."
Bocoe asks, "Why would we want to do that?"
"So we can mess it up for them. A good way to get our hands on that hedgehog without her family and friends around," Eggman says.
"How do you suppose we do that?" Decoe asks.
Eggman chuckles, "You'll just have to wait until Saturday. That meddling singing hedgehog won't know what to expect other than Cupid's arrow."
Then maniacally laughs about his plan to get rid of Eve.
Days have gone by and it's the day of Eve and Jet's day out together. Jet rides on his Extreme Gear towards New Mobotropolis. He flies through the entrance and looks around to see the city.
"Hmm, Eve's house has to be around here somewhere," Jet says.
He then lands on the ground and look around. He then sees one of the houses that has a black hedgehog shaped mailbox with red stripes on it.
"There it is. Eve told me to look for that mailbox," Jet says.
He walks to the front of the door and knocks on it. Jet waits patiently until the door opens to reveal Eve wearing her outfit and holding her Extreme Gear and goggles.
"Hey Jet, great to see you again," Eve says with a smile.
Jet is surprised to see Eve wearing the outfit and to him, she looks great on it.
He quickly says, "Um, Hi Eve. Yeah. It's great to see you again. So, are you ready to ride on your Gear."
"I sure am," Eve says.
She then leaves her house and closes the door.
"So Jet, where are we heading?" Eve asks.
Jet hops on his gear, "You have to race me to find out!"
Then flies off on his Gear.
Eve laughs and shouts, "Hey! No head start!"
Eve then hops on her Extreme Gear and follows Jety out of the city and into the Great forest. Unknown to them, Dr. Eggman and his robots are on the Egg Mobile.
"Alright you three, we might remain quiet so they won't catch us," Eggman says.
Decoe whispers, "Yes."
"We need to be quiet as mice," Bocoe replies.
Bokkun chuckles, "This is going to be so much fun."
Dr. Eggman then flies the Egg Mobile to follow Eve and Jet on their day out.
Somewhere over the sea, Eve and Jet are still racing against each other. Eve and Jet looks down to see dolphins swimming under the sea. Jet and Eve look at each other and soon begins to blush a little. They both continue to ride their Extreme Gears over the ocean. Eve snickers with a smile on her face. She then leans to the side and then splashes Jet with water.
Jet yelps, "Hey!"
He then shakes the water. He turn turns to Eve and begins laughing. Jet begins laughing as well. Jet and Eve then sees a giant wave up ahead. Jet smirks and begins to ride on top of the wave. Jet then continues to ride down the wave and then goes through it. Eve giggles to see Jet riding his gear.
Jet then points out, "Hey Eve! Come up here and see the view!"
"Okay," Eve says.
Eve rides her Extreme Gear up the ocean wave and close to where Jet is. She then sees a beautiful large city and the water goes into the city. There are bridges, and roads for people to walk on. She can see different types of buildings.
"Oh my! This place is beautiful," Eve says.
"Welcome to Soleanna! Also known as the City of Water!" Jet announces.
"Wow! I have never been here before," Eve says.
"You're going to love it here. Follow me," Jet says.
Jet rides down the wave with Eve following behind him. They both ride their gears over the water until they reach the calmer parts, and into the river that leads to the city. Jet and Eve looks around to see the city known as Soleanna. Eve is astonished to see the city. She then notices that the citizens in Soleanna are mostly inhabited by humans.
"This place is beautiful," Eve says.
"I knew you love it. The city Soleanna is a constitutional monarchy. It is ruled by Princess Elise the Third.
"Really? A Princess lives here," Eve says, surprised.
"Yeah. I came here with Wave and Storm some time ago. We were trying to find any more information about our ancient Babylonian ancestors," Jet says.
"That sounds cool. Did you find anything?" Eve replies.
"Well, we did found something. We found an old book that is in ancient Babylonians. Wave is making a copy and translating what the ancient writing is," Jet says.
"Sounds amazing," Eve says.
Jet and Eve lands on the stone road of the city and place their feet on the ground. They hold their gears and begin to walk around the city. Dr. Eggman, Bocoe, and Decoe continue follow them from a distance.
Then asks, "By the way, did you find out anything about it."
"Not much. The city showed hour the Babylonians lived and always out looking for treasure," Jet says.
"You mean like you?" Eve asks.
"Yeah. Pretty much," Jet says.
Eve ask, "So what are we going to be doing here?
"Well. I thought maybe we can grab some lunch, looking around the city, and such. Best of all, we arrived just in time for the Festival of the Sun which is today, so we're going to have a lot of fun," Jet says.
"Really? A festival. That sounds exciting," Eve says.
"I knew you will like it. So let's go and have some fun," Jet says.
"Yeah," Eve cheers.
Jet and Eve then hurries down the road to go have some fun at the festival. Meanwhile, Dr. Eggman and his robots are spying on Jet and Eve as they are heading to the Festival of the Sun.
"Doctor, are you sure you want to do this?" Decoe asks.
"Yeah. I don't feel right about this," Bocoe replies.
"What?! Are you guys are chickens?!" Bokkun yells.
Eggman says, "No one's chickenin' out. We need to get that hedgehog and that hawk. We need to be in incognito."
"That means a disguise," Decoe replies.
Eggman and his robots secretly hide behind the building so they can put on disguises.
Meanwhile, Jet and Eve reach the Festival of the Sun. There are many human beings gathered around. There are food stands, craft areas, stores, and there are beautiful decorations. Everything has a picture of the sun on it. Some of them shows golden wings on the flags, booth, and other forms of decorations. Eve looks around to see so many humans gathered for the festivities.
The first thing they do is get something to eat. Dr. Eggman has Decoe pretending to be a waiter and bring a plate to Jet and Eve. Two plates of chili dogs and sodas that have sleeping pills in them. Bocoe brings the plates over places the food and drinks on the table. Jet and Eve enjoy their lunch together. Before they have their drink, a ball hits the table and knocks them on to them. Jet and Eve soon begin laughing, but Eggman is angry to see them having fun.
After that, they head to the craft center. Eve paints a pot. The designs are purple with a gold sun and yellow wings on it. Jet isn't too much for crafting, so he sits this one out, but Eve doesn't mind. She then paints two more small flower pots. One of them has the seven Chaos Emeralds. The third pot has Chaos on it. Eggman then has Bokkun flies over and then drops a large amount of rubber balls on everyone. Eve then notices the ball and uses her Chaos Energy and stop them. Then gently places the ball in a large trunk close by.
Sometime later, Eve is carrying a bag that has her three small pots. Each of them are in a safe box. Right now, Jet is waiting in line to buy himself and Eve a snack. Eve looks to see people are also wearing clothes with sun symbols on it, and wearing feathers on their heads.
Just then, a sound catches. She turns around to see a group of men walking by playing music with their instruments. At the stand, Jet just pays for the food to eat. He turns around to see Eve dancing to the music, the musicians are playing. She twirls and moves her feet to the melody. She then takes the hands of a young boy and dances with him in the center of the town square. Eve then grabs a man by the arm and drags him to the dance. She then takes the hand of another man and invites him in. The man grabs a woman by the hand, then she grabs a young man to join in. Eve. Then Eve has invited three teenage girls into the fun.
With a few claps, Eve dances with the people who she invites in the festivities, At the same time, people are their playing music, clapping to the beat, or simply watching the show, even Jet is watching Eve dance. She can see that Eve and everyone in Town Square are having fun. Eve dance closes to where Jet is and invites him in. He doesn't feel like it, but Eve grabs his hand and drags him into the group.
Jet then buys Eve a red scarf that has a golden sun on it. Eve is pleased that she puts it around her neck. Eve and Jet continues to dance with the humans around the square. They try to dance with each other, but are swept away by the other dancers. Eve then draws some chalk drawings on the ground, one of them is a group of Chaos playing together. After that, Jet and Eve have cupcakes. During those time, Eggman has his robots do what it takes to ruin their date, but fails.
Throughout the day and into the late evening, Eve, and the townspeople are dancing in town square. Jet is also dancing along with them, even though it's hard for him too. People play their instruments to play music, clap their hands to the music, and stomp their feet to the ground. Eve continues to dance and swirls around to the music. At the final beat of the song, Jet and Eve find each other at a waltz position. Everyone begins to clap and cheer with excitement.
Suddenly, a man shouts, "Sun down!"
Jet and Eve begin to follow the people of Soleanna to where the ceremony is. Meanwhile, Eggman is not pleased with how they are able to elude his tricks.
Bocoe sighs, "Ah, young love."
"It is so sweet," Decoe says.
Bokkun sticks his tongue out, "Sounds sappy to me."
"Well I'm not going to let them spoil my day. I still have one trick up my sleeve!" Eggman says, and maniacally laughs.
Later in the night, Eve and Jet walk around the crowd of people to find good seats for the ceremony.
"There are so many people, it's going to be hard to find a place to sit down," Eve says.
Jet smirks, "Who says anything about sitting here?"
"Huh?" Eve replies, confused.
Jet takes Eve's hand, "Follow me."
Jet takes Sun away from the crowd and into an alley close by. Suddenly, they are stopped by four familiar figure: Eggman and his robot henchmen.
"Hello Eve, are you enjoying your little date?" Eggman remarks.
"Dr. Eggman? What are you doing here?" Eve sternly asks.
"Yeah. We don't have time to deal with you!" Jet angrily adds.
"But I have plenty of time to deal with you two," Eggman says.
He then brings out a remote, "I thought I should bring you a new little toy."
Eggman then presses a button. Suddenly, something falls out of the sky and lands behind Dr. Eggman. The robot is a large cloud wearing a blue outfit with pink polka dots with matching hat, he has orange hair, white face with colorful makeup and a red nose. It has a spring and no legs. Eve and Jet look a bit confused.
"What is that?" Eve asks.
"Meet Clown Bop, and he wants to play," Eggman says.
He then presses the button again, and the Clown Bop begins to hop towards them. It then leans back and begins to swat forward. Jet and Eve quickly dodge out of the way. The Clown Bop then tries to hit them at the wall. Eve and Jet continue to dodge on the wall and on the ground. Jet brings out his Extreme Gear and grabs Eve as they fly down the alley.
Eggman commands, "Clown Bop! After them!"
The Clown Bop then begins to follow the two riding on the Extreme Gear. Jet flies through the city as the Clown Bop is bouncing after them. Eve turns her head around to see the robot is still chasing them.
"Looks like that robot is not so easy to lose," Eve says.
"How are we going to lose that clown?" Jet asks.
"Well. I do have an idea, but I'm going to need you to keep it busy. Think you can do that?" Eve answers.
"If you say so," Jet says.
Eve then hops off and then runs on the wall to the top of the building.
Jet turns to the clown, and shouts, "Hey Clown boy, looking for someone to play with. Then here's a game just for you."
Jet then turns his Extreme Gear around and begins to fly right towards the Clown Bop. Je then spins around the Clown Bop, that causes the robot to spin as well. Then Jet rides his Extreme Gear into the air and then uses it to create a tornado around the alley. The Clown Bop flies in the air and lands in the opening of Town Square. Luckily, no one is around to get crushed. The Clown Bop uses it's spring to bend and tries to swat Jet. Jet continues to ride his extreme gear as he dodges the attack. As Jet distracts the Clown Bop, Eve is standing on top of the roof and is holding her Master Emerald Sword in her hand.
Eve then shouts, "Jet hit the clown on the back!"
"You got it!" Jet says.
Jet moves out of the way as the Clown stands up. With that, Jet speeds on his Extreme Gear and hits the robot clown on the back and it's spring goes up. Eve then dives down and slashes her sword at the spring breaking it in half.
Eve then spin dashes it and hits it to the sky. Eve then brings out her Extreme Gear and flies towards the Clown Bop. She then creates Chaos Energy as she clutches her left fist.
She shouts, "Chaos Blast!"
Eve then slams her fist a the Clown Bop and sends the robot far away from the city and into the ocean. Eve and Jet fly on their Extreme Gear as they ride beside each other.
"That take care of that robot," Eve says.
"Yeah. Let's go enjoy the rest of the festival. We can still catch the ceremony," Jet says.
"Sure," Eve says with a smile.
Jet and Eve ride their Extreme Gear through the alley with excitement. They are soon heading towards to Dr. Eggman and his robots.
Bokkun screams, "They're coming right towards us!"
"I think we're in for it now," Bocoe says.
"I knew it's not good to mess with love," Decoe adds.
The next moment, Eve and Jet swift rights past them, and the wind blows them out of the city.
Eggman screams, "Curse you Eve the Hedgehog and Jet the Hawk!"
Soon, Eggman and his robots are flown far from the city of Soleanna and who knows where they'll end up.
Sometime later, Jet and Eve are sitting on one of the high buildings to see the Ceremony of the Sun. They watch fireworks shooting from the sky as they hear the crowd cheer. The crowd cheers as a magnetic large gondola that has dancers wearing yellow on it. At front is a young woman wearing white and has light brown hair. That young is Princess Elise the Third, ruler of Soleanna. The gondola comes to a stop and the princess approaches the center where the spiral torach and goes up to a small cauldron at front. One of the priests gives her the flame that will be used to light up the torch.
The princess holds the flame and says, "We give thanks for the blessed flames. May we always continue to have peace. Sun of Solenanna, guide and watch over us with your eternal light…"
The princess then walks up and lights up the small cauldron. With that, the fire lights up the pattern and reaches the top where the large cauldron on top. The people of Soleanna cheer for the Soleanna flame as fireworks light up the sky. Eve and Jet clap and cheer for the wonderful ceremony. And it's a good thing no one knew Eggman attacking them in the city. Eve leads to Jet as Jet places his hand on her shoulder. Soon fireworks in the shape of a red heart light up the sky. Love begins to bloom for the Babylon Rogue and the Freedom Fighter.