Episode 28: Lost Little Ones

On a bright and sunny day, Sonic and Eve and their friends Mobian and Human are going on a camping trip. Right now, they are at a bus station. Commander Tower, Alice, Ben, Rachel, and Ramond are there as well. Even Decoe and Bocoe are on the trip, now that they're part of their team. Shadow and Eve look at the map on how to get to the campsite.

"It says it's a town located deep in the mountains. I guess we'll have to transfer here. It should take another hour," Eve says.

Amy turns annoyed with an annoyed look and asks, "What? How far do we have to go?"

"It's not that far, Amy. Why not just think of this as part of the adventure?" Rachel says.

"Camping is not my idea of an adventure," Amy says.

"Oh, I'm sure we're going to have a lot of fun," Molly says.

"All right, if you say so," Amy replies.

The girls then giggle.

Tails turns to Rachel, "Hey Rachel, so, you know a good place to set up camp when we get there?

"I do. There's a great place near a river morth of here. It's nice and peaceful, and it's good for fishing too. My grandparents and parents took me there almost every summer when I was little," Rachel says.

"Hey, that sounds like a perfect spot! And maybe you and I can go for a swim," Cream happily says.

Then turns to Cheese, "Cheese. Sounds fun?"

"Chao!" Cheese happily replies.

"I have to agree. I hope we can see some beautiful things," Eve says.

She then shows a sad smile and takes out a photo of Maria and Gerald Robotnik.

She holds it to her, and says, "I'm sure you will like it too."

"Why'd you bring that picture Eve?" Sonic asks.

Eve blushes a little, "Well… it's kind of silly, but I thought it would be nice to bring it with me. That way, Maria and grandfather can join us… in spirit. I'm sure they would like to see it."

The others soon grow a bit concerned. They remember how Maria's life is tragically cut short. According to Shadow, Maria really wanted to see the planet, but never had the chance. Shadow walks to Eve and places his hand on her shoulder. Eve then leans to Shadow and he wraps his arms around her. Commander Tower, Alice, and Ben know how they feel, Maria really wanted to see the planet, and now is never going to see it.

Alic calmly says, "How about we start heading to the campsite and we can have some fun?"

"I know Alice, but…" Eve says, feeling sad.

"I know Eve, but I'm sure Maria doesn't want you to feel sad. She will want us to do the best to see what Mobius has. I'm sure she'll be happy knowing how much you're doing to protect it," Alice says.

"I guess so," Eve says.

Amy cuts in and says, "All I can say is this this whole camping thing better be fun, or they're gonna hear it from me.

Soon everyone begins laughing. Just then, the bus arrives at the station.

"Alright everyone, time for us to go camping," Sally says.

Everyone cheers happily, "Yay!"

Sometime later, everyone is looking at the scenery through the bus windows to see the mountains and the trees.

"Look at that," Cheese says.

"Chao chao!" Cheese happily replies.

"It's lovely," Decoe says.

"I think I'm going to like camping," Bocoe replies.

The bus continues to drive over a bridge that has a river, and turns up the road. Soon, the bus stops at a bus station, and everyone walks out. After leaving the bus, it drives away.

Eve looks around, "It sure is pretty. Wouldn't you agree, Shun?"

The bab spider smiles and moves his arms around a little. Jazz then begins to play peekaboo with hum.

Amy turns to Ben, "Where do we go from here, Mr. Tower?"

"Well, just follow me and I will take you," Abraham answers.

Soon, the group begins to walk to their destination.

"Look at the mountains!" Cosmo happily says.

"And all the nature around us," Galaxina says.

Fioan sighs with a smile, Nothing but blue skies, trees, grass - sure is pretty."

"It's the most beautiful place we've ever seen," Cream happily says.

Then turns to her Chao, "Isn't it, Cheese?"

Chao chao!" Cheese happily says.

Sometime later, everyone is able to see the large clearing where they're going to camp. There are trees, a river, even a small lake next to it. The campsite also has a large flower patch.

"Wow! This place is beautiful," Fiona says.

"I agree. It reminds me of when we used to live in the Great Forest," Bunnie says.

"Oui. It is magnifique," Antoine says.

"Alright. Let's set up camp and have some fun," Sonic says.

Sonic, Eve, Shadow, Sonia, and Manic help set up the tents. Antoine and Bunnie set up the firewood. Everyone gathers up their supplies and food and makes sure they are safely secured from wild animals. The group is excited about having fun camping with their friends.

Unknown to them, someone is secretly spying on them from the trees close by. The being has glowing red eyes and lets out a hissing sound. Then it lives the scene before it can be spotted by Sonic, Eve, or his friends. Sometime later, Eve, Sonia, Amy, Antoine, Ramond are cooking lunch.

Eve stir the pot that is full of chili as she looks at the hot dogs that are being cooked.

Sonic zips in and asks, "Hey is lunch ready."

"No. It is not," Sonia says.

"It still needs time for lunch to be ready, so try to be patient," Eve says.

Suddenly, they hear Manic "Yo Sonic"

Everyone turns to see Manic holding a volleyball. Sally, Bunnie, Shadow, Fiona, Leon, Rotor, and Rouge. They are by a volleyball net that is set up for a game.

"You wanna play? We could use another player," Manic asks.

"Sure. Let's play," Sonic says.

With that, Manic and Sonic speeds over to play.

Fiona laughs walking over, "Those boys. They sure like to play ball."

Just then Amy walks over, "Would you like to help me mix the dressing for the salad, Fiona?"

"Sure," Fiona says.

Antoine walks over, "Here's a bowl to put ze vegetables in, Sonia?"

"Thank you, Antoine," Sonia replies.

In the forest, Tails, Galaxina, Cosmo, Decoe and Bocoe are walking around. Decoe swings a net to catch a butterfly, but misses.

"... Aww…" Decoe says, disappointed.

"You just missed," Bocoe says.

Nearby, Tails, Galaxina and Cosmo are looking at a flower patch.

"Those are very pretty flowers and they're healthy," Cosmos says.

"I have to agree. They're very pretty," Galxina says.

Tails asks, "Do you think any of them can be the ones you planted?"

"It's hard to say for sure, but I can sense life coming from each and every one of the trees and plants here," Comos happily says.

Meanwhile, Cream, Molly, and Rachel are playing in the stream.

"Wow, look at all the fish, Cream!" Molly happily says.

"Yeah, here's some!" Cream says.

Cream runs over and falls into the water. Just then, the fish jumps out of the water.

"It jumped!" Cream says, surprised.

Rachel and Molly begin to giggle. Until Molly turns and becomes shocked to see little Shun in a baby float is being drifted to the with Cheese and Jazz along with him.

Molly calls out, "Cheese! Jazz! Watch out!"

Cream and Rachel look up and become shocked to see the three leave the stream and are floating down the river.

"Cheese! Jazz! Shun!" Cream cries out.

Cream, Molly, and Rachel begin to head towards the river. Back at the camp, Eve and the others look at the stream so see the girls running towards the river. Eve gasps to see Shun and jazz are gone and hurries over. She hurries to the river to see Shun, Jazz and Cheese are swift away by the current.

Eve cries out, "Jazz! Shun!"

Sadly, Shun and Jazz are gone and Eve begins to shed tears from her eyes. Not long, everyone gathered together about the situation.

"Cheese, Jazz, and Shun must be up the river somewhere," Ramond says.

Commander Towers points, "About a mile from this spot, the river splits off in two different directions. There is no telling which way the current was traveling.

Soon Eve covers her face and begins to cry, "Oh, Jazz! Shun!"

"Don't cry, Eve; it'll be okay! Remember, Cheese and Jazz are very good swimmers, so they'll keep Shun safe," Amy says.

"Yeah, Amy's right," Tails says.

Eve nods her head, but tears are still coming out of her eyes. Cream feels exactly how she feels when it comes to Cheese, and knowing Shun is in the river too is making her worried.

"But… Shun is a baby," Eve says sadly.

Sonic and the others can see Eve worrying about Shun's safety.

Shadow places his hand on Eve's shoulder and says, "Don't worry Eve, we'll find him and Jazz."

"Okay," Shadow says, wiping the tears off her face.

Ben says, "The current may be rapid, but there are many areas where the water is shallow. Cheese may very well be stuck in a patch of sand somewhere."

"Let's all search, right away!" Leon says.

"Okay! We'll start an official search party!" Sally says.

"Right!" Everyone cheers.

Somewhere in the woods, Sonic, Eve, Sally, Shadow, Rouge, Sonia, Manic, Cream, Leon, and Molly look around for Cheese, Jazz, and Shun. Everyone else remains at the camping sight in case the Chaos return with the baby. The group calls out for Shun, Eve, and Jazz by their name.

Eve calls out, "Shun! Jazz!"

"Cheese!" Cream calls out.

"Jazz! "Sally calls out.

"Shun!" Sonia calls.

Manic calls out, "Cheese! Where are you?"

"Where are you?" Molly calls out.

Everyone continues to follow the river to find the baby and the two chaos.

"They must have gone far down the river. I do hope we find them before anything happens," Molly says.

Suddenly, Rouge feels her ears twitching and turns around.

Shadow turns, "What is it Rouge?"

"I'm not sure. I thought I heard something," Rouge says.

Eve and Sonic look around.

"I don't see anything," Sonic says.

Just then, two non-mobian squirrels come out and climb up the trees.

Cream smiles, and suggests, "Maybe it could have been those squirrels?"

"Ir probably was," Rouge says.

"Let's continue to follow the river and see if we can find them," Sally says.

"Yes. They must be found as soon as possible," Rouge says.

The group continues to walk down the path to follow the river to where Shun and the Chaos could have gone. The group calls out their names as they try to find them. Up in the trees, someone is spying on them. The next moment, the being spread its wings and flies over the trees toward the mountain.

Soon enough, they reach a cave that is over the Mobian's height. Shadow looks inside to see a tunnel that does feel in the cave.

Cream worriedly asks, "What if Cheese, Jazz, and Shun are inside that tunnel?"

"I'll look," Leon says.

He looks to see how dark and far the cave goes in.

"The tunnel is too far and dark for me to know. We'll have to go inside the tunnel and search for him.

"Let's go in and see," Sonia says.

Eve turns to Cream, "Stay close Cream."

"Okay," Cream says.

The group walks down down the cave to see how dark it is.

"Woah. It's really dark here," Manic says.

"And a bit scary," Cream nervously says.

"I agree. The tunnel looks like it goes by for hours," Eve says.

"Not quite. I hear something up ahead," Rouge says.

"Then let's keep moving forward," Sonic says.

Everyone continues to walk down the tunnel until they see a light up head and the ceiling is getting higher so they can stand up now. They soon walk out of the tunnel to where it leads too.

"Looks like this is the end of the tunnel," Eve says.

"I wonder what's over here," Sonia replies.

Everyone becomes surprised to see a small lake with flowers, grass, trees, bushes and most of all, a large group of Chaos are either flying around or swimming in the lake.

"Wow! They all look like Cheese," Molly says.

"I can't believe it! It's a Chao colony!" Tails says, amazed.

Soon, everyone hurries over to see the area the Chaos are in. Sally and Molly see the Chao smelling the flowers.

"Aww, they're all so cute!" Sally says.

Soon, the Chaos gathered around Sonic, Sonia and Manic.

"Hey look, Chris, they really like us!" Manic says.

Sally giggles, "I guess they can sense that we're friendly."

One of the Chaos fiddle with Tails fur on his face.

"Hey, this one wants to go for a swim!" Tails says.

Meanwhile, Eve and Cream are looking for their Chaos and Shun somewhere around near the lake.

"Cheese!" Cream calls out.

"Jazz! Shun!" Eve calls out.

Just then, a Chao flies over.

"Is that you?" Cream asks,

But sees that he's not it, "I guess not."

Then another Chao flies to them.

"Oh, Cheese!" Cream happily says.

But sadly says, "Sorry…"

Suddenly, they hear someone call out, "Chao!"

The girls turn to see Jazz and Cheese still floating on the baby float and Sun is on it.

"There you are!" Cream happily says and runs into the water. Eve follows after her.

She then happily cheers, "Cheese!"

"Jazz! Shun!" Eve happily says.

Cream picks up Cheese while Eve does the same for Jazz and Shun."

"Oh Cheese, you're okay!" Cream happily says.

Eve hugs her Chaos and says, "I was so worried about you."

Sally walks over and says, "They sure are so happy. Come on out of that water. You're getting your feet all soggy."

Cream and Eve walk over with their little friends and baby in their hands.

"We don't mind. All that matters is that Cheese, Jazz, and Shun okay," Cream happily says.

"We're glad that they're safe and sound," Eve says.

"Are you happy?" Sonia asks.

Cream nods her head, "Uh-huh."

"Looks like Cheese and Jazz made some friends," Tails says.

"Chao chao!" Cheese happily says.

"Chao," Jazz happily says.

Suddenly, the Chaos begin to gather and call out with glee.

"What's up?" Manic asks.

"They're all excited about something," Tails says.

"I'll bet they're just happy that Cheese, Shun, and Jazz found her friends again, that's all," Sonic says.

"I think you're right," Sally says.

Leon looks around, "It really is pretty here, don't you think?"

"Sure is. Let's look around," Molly replies.

Meanwhile, back at the campsite, the rest of the group have finished cooking food for the day and begin to wait for the others.

"You think they'll be alright?" Bunnie asks.

"I hope so," Galaxina says.

"Me too," Cosmo says, worried.

Rotor says, "I think we should have come with them. I'm starting to get a funny feeling."

"What is zis feeling you are having?" Antoine asks.

"I don't know. Like something bad is about to happen," Rotor says.

"Whatever problem they're having, I'm sure Sonic, Eve, and the others can handle it," Ramond says.

"He's right. They can handle Eggman or any of his robots," Fiona says.

"Yep. Sonic and Eve are a couple of tough cookies, including Shadow," Nic says.

"Yes… but they have been gone for a while now. Maybe we should start looking," Fiona says.

Back in the Chao Colony's home, everyone begins to play with the Chao.

"Come on! Throw the ball, Manic! " Sonic calls out.

Manic throws a better and one of the Chaos catch it.

"Hey, nice catch!" Cream happily says.

"Chao!" Cheese replies.

Sally and Sonia are with some of the Chao at a berry bush.

Sally picks a berry and says, "Ah, these look great. Here."

"Here you go," Sonia says, holding out a berry.

The Chaos soon begin to eat the berry.

"Look how they gobble them up," Sonia says.

Leon turns to Tails, Hey Tails, do the Chao on your planet have little colonies like this too?

Tails nod his head and says, "Yup. They have colonies in a lot of places, but there has to be fresh water. And since the water has to be kept clean, most of the Chao colonies are kept a secret.

"I guess they're kept a secret here too. I've never seen anything like this. It's like a whole different world!" Molly happily says.

"Yeah, a secret world," Tails says.

"I agree. It's beautiful," Eve says.

Then looks at Shun who is in her arms, "What do you think, Shun?"

Little Shun giggles and makes Eve giggles too. Suddenly, she and Shadow hear Jazz calling out to them. They turn their heads to see Jazz pointing to the ground close by. Eve and Shadow walk over to see Jazz pointing to the grass.

"What is it, Jazz?" Shadow asks.

"Chao Chao," Jazz replies and goes into the grass.

Then pulls what looks like a black rock that seems to be broken in half. Then shows it to the two black hedgehogs. Seeing it closely, Eve realizes what it is.

"A stone?" Shadow says.

"That's no ordinary stone, that's the Deep Power Stone," Eve says.

"What?" Shadow asks.

Sonic turns his head, "What did you say?"

Sonic and the others gather to see the Stone Jazz has found. Sally and Sonic are especially surprised to see the Deep Power Stone Jazz is holding.

"It is the Stone. I thought they disappeared forever," Sally says.

"I think we all did," Sonia says.

"I guess the Deep Power Stone split in half and separated themselves from each other," Sonic says.

Suddenly, someone says, "Yesssss…. And now I'm here to put them back together."

Everyone turns their heads to the cliff on the mountain to see the Ixis Wizard… Naugus standing before them with an evil smile on his face. Everyone soon becomes shocked to see the wizard before them.

"Ixis Naugus!" The mobian exclaims.

Everyone looks to see the Ixis Wizard in the area and is looking down at them.

"It's you!" Sonic angrily says.

"Sonic. Do… Do you know him?" Molly asks.

"We do. Watch it, he's trouble," Eve says, bringing out her sword.

Naugus cackle, "Yes. It is a pleasure to see you Quickster and Sword Wielder. And let's not forget the Princess and her friends."

"Hmm, I remember you telling me about him. I suspect that he is the Ixis Wizard who gave you trouble," Shadow says.

"What? What is he doing in the United Federation of all places?" Leon asks.

"I'm guessing trouble," Sally says.

"I wouldn't call finding a certain object trouble. Of course, your little Chao friend seems to save me the trouble," Naugus says.

Eve quickly grabs Jazz and holds her and Shun deep in her arms. Jazz holds the Power Stone in her hand.

"So you're after the Deep Power Stone," Sally demands.

"And we won't let you have it Naugus," Sonic adds.

"We'll see about that Quickster," Naugus says.

With that, Naugus fires his ice power at Sonic. Sonic quickly dodges out of the way and runs on the wall of the mountain.

"Take this horn head!" Sonic shouts and begins his spin dash.

Suddenly, Naugus turns his cape into large bat wings and flies in the air.

Sonic lands on the ground and looks up, "What the?!"

Naugus then dives down and lands in front of the group. Molly and Leon bring out their guns and blasters. Naugus flies towards them. The three humans fire their guns at the Ixis Wizard. However, the wizard uses his magic to repel the attack.

Molly exclaims, "What the?!"

"Look out!" Sally screams, and everyone moves out of the way. Even the Chaos panic and fly out of the way.

Naugus then flies up and uses his ice powers to stop Eve by freezing her feet. She falls down and still has the Chao and the baby spider in her arms. Eve turns her head to see Naugus.

He holds his hand out and asks with a sinister smile, "Now Sword Wielder, let me have the Deep Power Stone."

"I'm not going to allow you to take it. Why would you even want it for?" Eve sternly answers.

"I sensed a strange and powerful energy in the Void. And when you enter it, you, your quickster brother, and the princess were emitting the same energy. When you and I encountered the mounter, I tapped into your memories to see the Deep Power Stone. I have been trying to find it since then. Glad to know that you saved me the trouble of finding it," Naugus says.

"Well you're not going to get your hands on this stone," Eve angrily says.

Nagus chuckles, "On the contrary Eve, the Deep Power Stone will soon belong to me."

The next moment, Nagus naps her fingers and Eve's eyes begin to glow. Eve soon sits up and is now under Naugus' spell.

"Now… give me the Deep Power Stone," Naugus calmly orders, holding out his hand.

Before Eve can take the Stone, Jazz flies away, knowing Eve has been put under Naugus' control. Before Jazz can get far, Naugus' grabs Jazz by the wings.

"Not so fast little Chao, you have something that belongs to me," Naugus says.

"Chao Chao!" Jazz screams and tries to get away by the wizard's grasp.

Eve shakes her head and regains consciousness. She gasps in shock to see Naugus holding Jazz by the wings with his claw and tries to take the stone with his hand. Just then, a spin dash from behind strikes Naugus on the head, dropping the Chao and the Deep Power Stone. Eve quickly grabs the stone and puts it in his bag. However, feet are still frozen in place.

"I think my feet are starting to actually hurt now," Eve says.

Sonic then spin dashes at Eve's feet to break the ice.

Then Sonic asks, "Are you okay Sis?"

"I think so," Eve says.

"You meddling hedgehog," Naugus angrily says.

Jazz quickly hides in Eve's quills.

Then Shadow stands in front of Eve and Sonic. Then he uses his Chaos Energy to create as Chaos Spear and is ready to be used. Naugus grits his teeth in anger. Then turns to see Sally and the others ready to fight them off.

"Alright Naugus, you're outnumbered. Either come quietly, or we're going to have to do this by force," Sonia says.

"And we can call the rest of the Freedom Fighters to take care of you," Manic adds.

"I'll be back and when I do. I'll return to get that stone," Naugus says.

Naugus then uses his magic to disappear into thin air. Everyone sighs in relief.

"That was too close," Amy says.

"I agree. That Naugus doesn't seem like a nice character," Rouge says.

"He's not. I'm glad he didn't get away with the Deep Power Stone," Shadow says.

Then kneels towards Eve, "Are you sure you're alright?"

"I'm fine, just had a bit of a frostbite on my legs and feet," Eve says.

Sonia says, "Still, Naugus knows that you, Sonic, and Sally used the Deep Power Stone and plans to use their power."

"We need to find the other half of the stone before he does," Sonic says.

"It's a good thing Jazz and I were able to protect it," Eve says.

"Chao Chao," Jazz says.

The Chao of the Colony fly over to everyone and are glad that they protected their home. Soon, they give them berries and flowers.

"Woah! What's with the presents?!" Sonic asks.

"I think that's their way of thanking us for protecting their home," Tails says.

"They are very sweet. I do hope we come back to visit again soon," Molly says.

"Me too," Leon replies.

Later in the night, everyone is having dinner by the campfire and roasting marshmallows on metal sticks.

Eve turns to Commander Tower, "Bet you knew about the Chao colony, didn't you, Abe."

"Yes. It all happened years ago back when me, Alice, and Ben were around Cosmo's age," Commander Tower says.

"We went camping one year with Ben's parents and we all decided to go exploring. However, we ended up getting lost," Alice says.

"We ended up finding the same tunnel you have and travel through it to find the Chao Colony's secret home," Ben says.

"Since then, we came here every summer to visit the Chaos and play with them. Then we also brought our children to the same location, and then we did it with our grandchildren," Commander Tower says.

"Grandfather first brought me here when I was twelve and showed me the Colony," Rachel says.

"And we were hoping that we can take you and Shadow to the colony when you are brought back to us," Alice says.

Eve smiles and says, "I really love it. Jazz and Shun do too. Don't worry, we'll keep it a secret. "I wonder if the Colony will be there when I'm grown up."

"Or perhaps even beyond," Shadow says.

Eve smiles at Shadow and the two look at the night sky to see the twinkling stars.