High Stakes on the High Sea Saga Episode 5: Cold Battle on Blizzard Peak
Sonic, Eve, and the others have been traveling across the sea of ice floes for a while and thanks to Tails, they are able to ride past the giant block of ice with ease. After their travels across the sea, they arrived at Blizzard Peak. Tails dock the Aqua Blaze, and he along with the others travel across the island. Of course, there is a reason why it's called Blizzard Peak. The place is full of snowy mountains and icy areas.
"Whoooooa! It's a huge field of white!" Marine says, amazed.
"Look at all this snow! This is so cool!" Sonic says.
Eve wraps herself up a little, "Brrrr! It's actually kind of cold here."
"I think it's very pretty," Maria says.
"Chao Chao," Jazz syas.
"You're right. It does feel a little cold. How are you feeling, Marine?" Cosmo replies.
"Oooh! So then this is 'snow,' ay?" Marine says, looking around.
She touches the snow and shouts, "Oh, it's all chilly! This is so c-c-cold! We should build a snowman to commemorate my arrival here, ay, mate?"
Then walks off.
"She seems okay," Tails says.
Suddenly, Marine calls out, "Check it out! You just roll it and roll it and it keeps on gettin' bigger and bigger!"
"Watch your footing. You could slip," Blaze says.
"Blaze is right, this place is covered in snow and ice," Eve says.
Marine returns to the others, "Oh, I know, I'll be okay!"
But soon notices something, "Hm? Hey, look at that! It's a house made of ice! Strewth! I'm gonna go check it out!"
Then the little girl walks away again.
"Marine, wait!" Tails calls out.
"There's no way to stop her, is there?" Sonic questions.
"You can say that again. She's really itching to have some adventure," Eve says.
However, Blaze has remained silent as she looks around the area and sees Marine runoff in excitement.
Noticing it, Maria asks, "What's wrong, Blaze?
"I don't see the Vikings. We ought to have seen them by now," Blaze answers.
"Might they be in those houses?" Cosmo asks.
Blaze turns to Cosmo, "They've got outsiders on the premises. They should have come to take a look."
"That's a good point. Maybe they're tightening their guard... or else…" Sonic says.
"I got a bad feeling about this," Eve says.
Marine soon returns and is taking deep breaths, "H... hey! You lot! We've... we've got trouble!
"What is it, Marine?" Sonic asks.
"I... I knocked on the door, and I didn't get an answer... So, I took a peep inside... And nobody's in there!" Marine says.
"What?!" Sonic and Eve ask in shock.
"I thought it was weird, yeah, so I looked at some other houses, and they're all empty!" Marine says.
"That's never a good sign, unless they've gone out," Eve says.
"Yeah. Something's weird here. I wonder if the pirates are involved," Sonic says.
"I wouldn't put it past them," Tails says.
"Then we should go look for the Vikings right away," Cosmo says.
"Chao," Jazz agrees.
"In that case, you guys, it's great to use these," Tails says, and brings multiple snowboards and places them on the ground.
"Snowboards?! That's awesome," Sonic says.
"I had a few extra materials and made them in case we come across something like this. I made enough for everyone," Tails says.
"Thanks for the snowboard," Blaze says.
"Thank you, Tails," Sonic says.
"Thank you," The girls reply.
"Now that we have a way to travel in the snow, let's go check the place out," Sonic says.
"Yeah. This is going to be fun," Eve says.
"But I never snowboarded before," Maria says.
"Don't worry, we'll five you a quick course," Sonic says.
"Alright. Let's put on the snowboards and begin searching," Blaze says.
Sometime later, Sonic, Eve, and everyone else begins to snowboard across the area. Of course since Maria, Cosmo, and Marine have never snowboard, Tails, Blaze, Sonic, and Eve are helping them out. The adventure may be a bit slow, but they are working on it. Maria wobbles as she rides the snowboard down a small hill. Eve is at front and is riding the snowboard down the hill a little fast.
Maria calls out, "Eve! You're going too fast!"
Eve then stops with her snowboard and turns to see Maria catching up.
"How are you doing?" Eve asks.
"A little okay, but I'm not too good," Maria says.
Eve says, "You're doing fine, Maria. You just need more practice."
"Chao Chao," Jazz syas.
"Alright, let's continue," Eve says.
"Okay," Maria says.
The two girls soon continue with the snowboarding and ride down the hill, following Tails and Cosmo who are ahead. Like Maria, Cosmo is a little wobbly on the snowboard.
Tails turns to Cosmo, "You're doing great Cosmo! Just remember to keep your balance!"
"Th-thanks Tails," Cosmo says, and begins to wobble as she keeps her balance.
Then says, "It's a lot harder than it looks."
"Don't worry, it's a little difficult at first, but you'll get the hang of it. Just remember to stay close so I can keep an eye on you," Tails says.
Cosmo blushes and says, "Thank you."
Suddenly, Marine and Sonic snowboard right past Tails and Cosmo at top speed.
"This is awesome, mate!" Marine says.
"Hey Marine, you're actually really good for your first time," Sonic says.
"Thanks! This is the funnest thing I've ever done, other than this adventure," Marine says.
"Yeah. Last one down the place is a rotten egg," Sonic says.
"You won't win!" Marine says.
The two then continue to snowboard down at top speed.
Eve calls out, "Sonic! Marine!"
"Guys, you need to wait for us!" Blaze says.
Everyone continues to snowboard down the hill. Sonic and Marine continue on their race. with excitement. Eve and the others decide to follow them and catch up. Soon, everyone is able to reach down the hill. They notice that Marine is not stopping.
"Um Marine, you can stop now!" Sonic calls out.
"Stop? You didn't tell me how to stop," Marine says as she continues to ride across the plains at top speed.
Seeing trouble Sonic, Eve, and Tails comment, "Uh oh!"
Marine continues to snowboard as she has no clue on how to stop. Just then, she crashes into a giant ice block.
"Uh, are you okay, Marine?!" Eve calls out.
Jazz calls out, "Chao Chao."
"I… I think so…" Marine says, through the ice.
Marine falls to the ground and shakes her head. She suddenly noticed something in the ice. Marine walks over and rubs her gloved hand against it. She looks deep in the ice to see a face that has a red and gray color helmet with peach color horns.
Seeing this, Marine screams in fright, "Aaahhhhh! G-guys!"
Marine runs away and leaves her snowboard behind and runs towards the others screaming in a panic. Marine soon falls into the snow and lifts her face to be covered in snow.
"What is it, Marine?" Sonic asks.
Marine quickly stands up and points to the ice in fright, "In... in the ice! Th-there are people in there!"
Hearing the statement, everyone hurries to the ice block. Sonic, Eve, and Jazz look inside the idea and are shocked to see the many people trapped inside. Blaze looks inside the ice as well.
Blaze says, stunned, "These... These are the Vikings!"
"You're right. These are the vikings! They're all trapped in the ice," Eve says.
"Poor vikings," Maria worriedly says.
"Chao Chao," Jazz worriedly says.
"This is terrible," Cosmo says.
"Who could do such a thing?" Tails asks, shocked.
"I can name one villain who is this rotten, but he isn't here," Eve says.
"Yeah right. Egghead is back on Mobius and has no clue that we're even here," Sonic says.
"That may be, but we met one rotten robot who is just as bad as he is," Eve says
Suddenly, they hear a familiar manically robotic, "D'arr har har har!"
"That voice!" Blaze says, recognizing it.
"Speaking of rotten robots," Sonic comments.
Just then, Captain Whisker and his two little minions appear in front of them.
The robot captain says, "Ahoy there! Why, I could be doin' such a thing, of course! D'arr!"
"I knew you'd be behind this!" Eve sternly says.
"Why would you do something so awful?!" Maria asks, shocked.
"Chao Chao," Jazz says, angrily
"D'arr, why indeed! Arr... why? Ah, yes, right!" Whiskers says.
Then turns to his mateys," Mateys, why did I do this?"
"Because the Vikings were in your way, boss!" Mini answers.
"D'arr, yes, that's right! They were in me way, so I froze the lubbers solid!" Whisker says.
"That's terrible," Comso says.
Blaze angrily clutches her fist, "Why you...!"
"D'arr har har! You're lookin' at the scourge of the Seven Seas now, ye dogs! Now, mateys, since I ain't got a plank, what should we be doin' for our guests here?" Whisker says.
Mini says, "Freeze them solid, boss!"
"Right into big ol' blocks of ice!" Mum agrees.
"D'arr, frozen solid it is, then! Time for me to shiver YOUR timbers, landlubbers! Avast, Ghost Whale! Freeze these no-good pests solid!" Whisker says.
"Ghost Whale?" Eve asks.
"Looks like we've got company!" Sonic.
"Then let's take care of this," Blaze says.
The group looks to see something swimming towards them. What they see is a giant, robotic whale. It has several hues of purple on its sides, back, and tail. It has a giant red jewel on its head, tan teeth, and green eyes. It has light-purple wheels on its side and peach colored stripes most of the places. It has yellow blowholes on its back.
"Is that some kind of whale?" Eve asks.
"But it looks like a robot to me," Tails says.
"And it's heading right towards us," Sonic says.
The Ghost Whale swings towards them with full force. Then ram into the island, causing it to quake. Everyone begins to fall to the ground and look to see the robot is firing flying missile fish at them.
"Incomin' missile!" Marine shouts.
Everyone quickly moved out of the way as the missiles hit the ground. The Ghost whale continues to swim and uses its tail to splash water at it. The Ghost Whale continues to splash water and launch missiles at them. Sonic, Eve, and Blaze use their attacks and powers to attack any threat that is coming their way.
"That thing is after us," Eve says.
"We gotta stop that thing, before it tries to sink us into the ocean," Tails says.
"We better do it quickly, cause here it comes again," Sonic says.
And Sonic is right, the Ghost Whale is heading right towards them. Blaze then performs her fire power and strikes it at the skin of the monster, but it doesn't seem to have any effect, causing Blazer to be shocked. Sonic and Eve then perform a double Spin Dash. It's enough for them to push the Ghost Whale back, but the robot isn't down for long.
"Our attacks aren't working on this thing," Sonic says.
"We need to find a way to stop it," Eve says
Just then, the Ghost Whale begins to fire the fish missiles again. Blaze uses her fire powers to black the missiles out of the sky. She then uses her fire blast to attack the robotic Whale. Sonic then uses his Spin Dash and Eve launches her Chaos Arrows. They are able to attack it with full force, but their attacks aren't causing any damage to it.
"What is that robot made of anyway?" Sonic asks.
"Our attacks aren't putting any dents on it," Eve says.
Blaze quickly says, "Guys, looks out!"
The group looks ahead and shocked to see the Ghost Whale is swimming towards them at top speed and opening its large jaws. Before they have the chance to react or run, the Ghost Whale slams it's jaws down, trapping Sonic, Eve, and Blaze inside. Tails, and the others gasp in shock.
Tails cries out, "Sonic! Eve! Blaze!"
"The Whale swallowed them! They're doomed! We're doomed!" Marine screams in a panic.
Maria looks very concerned, "Eve."
"Chao Chao," Jazz replies with the same concerned expression.
Trapped inside the Ghost Whale, Sonic, Eve, and Jazz notice there are a lot of parts inside. There are machinery like gears, panels, buttons, along with other metal materials and machinery.
"So this is what the inside of the Ghost Whale looks like?" Sonic says, curious.
"Yeah. There is so much machinery here and they don't seem as strong as the materials on the outside. It seems that all of it's controls, power, and any machinery that it uses to operate it is on the inside," Eve says.
Sonic smirks and says, "I say that the Ghost Whale is able to give us the means of defeating it."
"Yes. If we can destroy all of the machinery that is used to power it, then we'll be able to destroy it," Eve says.
"I think I know how. Eve…" Sonic says, turning to Eve.
Then says, "I know it's much for me to ask, but you need to remove your Inhibitor Rings and use your Chaos Blast at full power," Sonic says.
Eve who is feeling reluctant nods her head, "Yes. I understand. It might be our way of stopping it.
"What do you mean?" Blaze asks.
Eve begins to take off her inhibitors as she says, "Well, the rings I have aren't really used for accessories. My grandfather gave me and Shadow these special rings which are used to limit our powers. Shadow and I only remove them and use our Chaos Control full power when it's needed. And now it's the time to use them."
She then places the rings in her pocket.
"Understood. We appear to have limited options. Sonic and I will try to find a way out while you perform using your powers," Blaze says.
Sonic looks up and says, "And I think I found our existence."
The girls look out to see a round opening that is coming from the robot.
"Hmm, what are the odds," Blaze says.
"It must be a spout that the Ghost Whale uses to shoot out water. It's like how a normal whale shoots out water," Eve says.
"Then we must hurry before the Ghost Whale tries to harm the others," Blaze says.
"Then let's go," Sonic says.
Blaze takes Sonic's hand and the two then fly out. Eve then begins to charge up her Chaos Energy that the energy of it begins to flow around her boy. Blaze and Sonic are able to exist from the whale and hurry back to shore where the others are. Seeing their friends, Tails and the others hurry to see them.
"Sonic! Blaze!" Tails happily says.
"Ripper! You two are safe and sound!" Marine happily says.
"But… where's Eve?" Maria asks.
"Chao Chao," Jazz says, concerned.
"Eve will be back in a minute, but we need to get away from shore. Eve is about to let out a very massive Chaos Energy," Sonic says.
"I see… we better hurry," Tails ssys
"Um… I guess that means Eve has taken off her inhibitors? If she is, I understand. Grandfather doesn't want Shadow and Eve to use their power when it's needed," Maria says.
"It's needed if we don't want that whale to destroy us," Sonic says.
"Right," Maria replies.
Inside the whale, Eve continues to charge up her Chaos Energy to maximum energy.
She unleashes them as she shouts, "CHAOS BLAST!"
With that, a massive force of Chaos Energy spread across the inside of the Ghost Whale, destroying the parts and machinery inside of it. Eve quickly flies out of the whale using the spout and flies towards land. Eve lands on the ground and turns her head to see the ghost Whale explodes and falls apart. And soon, it begins to sink into the icy sea.
Eve sighs, "Phew. That was really close."
"Yo Eve!" Sonic calls out.
Eve turns to see Sonic and the others hurrying to her.
"Hey guys, are you okay?" Eve asks.
"We're okay. Are you okay?" Comso asks.
"I'm fine, just a little tired," Eve says, putting her inhibitors back on her wrists.
"We're glad that you're okay. I'm guessing it takes a lot of energy to defeat the robot," Maria happily says.
"You have no idea," Eve says with a smile.
Unknown to the gang, Whiskers and his minions are shocked to see the Ghost Whale has been destroyed.
After a moment of silence, Whisker says, "D'arr, it be a wee bit chilly here! Let's be getting back home where it be warm, mateys!"
"Aye aye, sir!" Mini and Mum say.
Then all three run away. When the three heroes turn to the others, they see Whisker and his two minions aren't around anymore.
"Did he get away?" Blaze asks.
"Well, if there's one thing he's good at, it's slipping through our fingers," Sonic says.
Eve sighs, "You never stop, do you?"
"You're only just kenning that now, mate?!" Marine asks.
"Come on. We've got to help the Vikings!" Tails says.
"You're right. We need to get them out of that ice block," Sonic says.
Eve turns to Blaze, "Do you think you can get them out with your fire powers?"
"I believe I can. Everyone, step back," Blaze answers.
Everyone walks away as Blaze prepares to use her powers. Blaze assumes a pose and then uses her fire powers to melt the ice the Vikings are trapped in. Soon enough, all the vikings are free from their icy prison.
One of the Vikings happily sees the saviors and says to them, "Ohoo! We're saved! If you hadn't come, we'd have been done for, for sure, yup!
"Oh, no worries, eh! My mates 'ere were able to handle it all in a jiffy, yeah," Marine happily says.
"It must've been terrible for you guys, though," Tails says.
"We tried to fight the pirates off when they showed up on our island. But we got frozen by those weird machines they had, yup," The Viking says.
"Those nasty little buggers!" Marine angrily says.
"I agree, what the pirates did is terrible," Cosmo says.
"Those guys are mean," Maria says.
"Chao," Jazz agrees.
Tails asks the Viking, "Mr. Viking, do you know anything at all about those pirates?"
"Well, they say that they make their hideout in some ancient ruins from days of yore, yup," The Viking says.
Hearing it, Blaze soon realizes, "Ancient ruins? You mean…"
"Blaze, you know what he's talking about?" Eve asks.
"Yes. You remember I told you about a place called Sky Babylon?" Blaze says.
Everyone nodded their heads in reply.
Then Blaze says, "The ancient text speak of a city that existed on a continent in the sky."
"In the sky...?" Cosmo asks.
"That sounds a lot like Angel Island back on Mobius," Sonic says.
"Continuing. But one day, it fell from the sky and crashed into the ocean. I never paid the legend much heed, but…" Blaze says.
"Aye, neither had we. But the pirates spoke of it like it was real, yup, and so…" The viking says.
"I see. What'll we do?" Blaze questions and turns to the others.
"Well, this sure isn't much to go on…" Sonic says.
Suddenly, Marine says, "What's that you reckon, mate? Those pirates 'ave gotta be in those ruins!"
Then she gets excited, "Think about it, mate: legends! When has a legend ever not been true, huh? HUH?!""
Eve giggles, "Okay Marine, just calm down."
Marine stops and blushes, "Y-yeah, mate…"
"For now, let's see if we can find any more info on the pirates," Tails says.
"Good idea. There might still be more for us to find out," Sonic says.
"Okay, let's head east, then. Much that way is unknown, so we should learn something new," Blaze says.
"Alright. Then let's hurry," Eve says.
The Viking waves, "Good luck, friends!"
"Thanks again, Mr. Viking!" Tails says.
"Bye," Everyone replies.
After saying goodbye to the Vikings, they ride on the Aqua Blast to continue their adventure. Their next stop is to find the Island of the Sky Babylon.
