High Stakes on the High Sea Saga Episode 6: The Island from the Sky

Time has gone by since they have departed from the island known as Blizzard Peak, and are now traveling through the fog to find the island called Sky Babylon, an island that used to soar in the sky before it has fallen to the ground. As they travel across the sea, they find themselves in thick fog. The fog is so thick, it's hard to see anything that could be right in front of them.

Cosmo looks out the window to see the fog, "It's really foggy outside."

"I know. It's kind of hard to see anything here," Tails says.

"It will be best if we're careful. We don't want to run into anything dangerous," Blaze says.

"And it will be easy for Captain Whisker and his crew to catch us off guard," Eve says.

"No sweat, we'll just beat them and all of their other robots like we always do," Sonic says.

Tails says, "Let's not get carried away. We still need to find them and get the Chaos Emerald back. We also need to get the Jewel Scepter back from them as well."

"Do you think we'll be able to find them because they always seem to get away every time we find them?" Maria asks.

"I'm sure we will, mate. Captain Marine and my crew are on the case," Marine says.

"Don't bite off more than you can chew, Marine," Eve says.

"She's right. We must be vigilant about this. The pirates could either be at sea or on the island we're supposed to…" Blaze says, but interrupted with a thud.

"What was that?" Sonic asks.

"Sorry, but I think we found land," Tails says.

"Alright, let's go out and explore." Sonic says.

Everyone gathers their supplies and also stays close together so they won't get lost in the fog or separate from each other. As they explore from the beach and on to the island, they notice something off about it. They notice that this island is not the same as the other island they have come across this far. As they look around, they are also able to pick up different materials, this time is gold. They notice that different islands have different materials, like Blizzard Peak has aqua materials, and the island with the coral reef has red materials.

Sonic looks around as he says, "Wow, talk about a weird island…"

"It's like the entire island is hollow, with that huge hole and everything…" Tails says.

"Caves so deep, where you can still see the sun... it's amazing and scary all at once," Blaze says.

"Yeah. And it's surprising that there is way less fog here than it is out at seay," Maria says.

"The place is a lot of plant life, and yet, it feels a little unsettling," Cosmo says.

"I'm a little scared," Maria says.

"Chao Chao," Jazz says.

Suddenly, Marine says, "Aw, quit yer fussin'! I think the sunlight makes it seem a fair bit safer, if you ask me."

"Well, that may be so, but these holes just can't be natural," Tails says.

"I agree. Something's off about this place," Eve says.

"Hm?" Marine says, noticing something on the ground.

"Hey, mates, take a gander at that!" Marine says, and rushes over.

Everyone follows Marine to where she's going. They all hurry to see some strange statue in the shape of a bird on a pillar.

"Wh-whoa, what the...? It looks like some sort of statue," Tails says, surprised.

"Oh, ripper! This could be some huge treasure, reckon? Think we oughta nick it, mates?" Marine says.

"No, Marine, just leave it alone, okay?" Tails says.

"Tails' right. I don't think we should touch it," Eve says.

Marine sadly protest, "Aw, but this 'ere could be the discovery of the century, don't you reckon?"

"These ruins are valuable historical relics. Stealing them is a criminal act," Blaze says with a frown on his face.

"Aww, how come I'm always gettin' the rough end of the pineapple from you, eh? I'm not gonna get my pawns all over it TOO much," Marine complains, and heads over to grab the statue.

Blaze sternly says, "Marine, stop! I said don't touch it! What if you break it?"

"Come on, Blaze. No worries, really!" Marine says, and reaches for the statue.

"Marine, wait! We don't know if this place is…" Eve panics.

But Marine touches it anyway. Once she touches it, a strange rumble happens catching everyone's attention.

"...wha?" Marine asks.

They wait for anything to happen, but nothing so far.

Tails sighs in relief, "...whew! Okay, Marine, really. You have to be more careful."

"I'll say. Every one of us could be endangered by your thoughtless actions," Blaze says.

"Just leave it Marine. We don't want anything else going on," Eve says.

"You understand, Marine? We just don't want anyone to get…" Sonic says.

Suddenly, Maria asks, "Um, do you hear something?"

"Here what?" Cosmo asks.

Suddenly, everyone begins to feel the ground shaking.

"Wh-what's that?" Sonic asks.

Suddenly, everyone begins to be shot up into the air. They all scream in shock to be shot in the air. In fact, the entire island is being shot into the air. The island they stand on continues to fly higher and higher into the air. Sonic, Eve, and the others hold on to each other's hand as they are being pushed to the ground. Suddenly, they feel a loud thud and are bounced into the air for a second and soon land on the ground.

Sonic rubs his head, "Owowowowow... What the heck was that?"

"Ow! That really hurts!" Eve says.

She then helps Maria up and picks up Jazz.

"Are you both okay?" Eve asks.

"I think so," Maria says.

"Ch… Ch-Ch-Ch-Chao," Jazz says, still stunned from the event.

"Are you okay, Cosmo?" Tails asks, helping Cosmo up.

"I'm okay. What about you?" Cosmo asks.

"I'm fine," Tails says.

Sonic helps Blaze and Marine up, "You two, alright?"

"I'm okay," Marine says.

"Yeah, I…" Blaze says.

But Blaze notices something, "Huh?!"

Shocked, Blaze says, "Everyone, look down there!"

Everyone looks down and is shocked to see what they're seeing. What they're seeing are clouds and they are at a closer view.

Marine exclaims, "Oh, CRIKEY! Th-th-those are clouds!"

"Yow! Talk about a view!" Sonic says.

"Wow! It's so amazing! We're really high in the clouds," Maria says.

"But how did we get here?" Cosmo asks.

"Strange as it sounds, it looks like we got blasted off of that island and ended up here," Tails says.

Eve turns her head to see Blaze is looking a little nervous.

"It... sure looks that way. Guess that, ah... it must've, y'know, been set so that…" Blaze nervously says as she steps back a little.

"Blaze, are you okay?" Eve asks.

"I'm… I'm okay. But, why... why don't we just back away from the edge, here... yeah?" Blaze says and steps back, further away.

Everyone becomes confused and simply walks away from the edge.

"Blaze, is something wrong?" Marine asks.

"Blaze: No, no, come on. We just need to back away, mm? Th-then everything'll be fine.," Blaze quickly says, and begins to push everyone away

Surprised, Marine says, "Oy, Blaze! Don't shove!"

"Are you sure you're okay? You seem nervous," Maria asks.

"I'm fine. We just need to find out if Whisker and his crew are here," Blaze says.

After being pushed away by Blaze, everyone is exploring the island, but decide to remain away from the edge of the island.

"Okay, so where are we, then? We know that we got launched someplace high up, but…" Blaze says.

Suddenly, Marine comments, "Aw, now she's flipped back to her normal self…"

Blaze blushes and turns away.

"Right. I mean, if we're on the other side of the clouds, we're pretty darn high up," Sonic says.

"Also, the buildings here look really old. I'd almost guess that they're ancient," Tails says.

"There are tales of a continent in the sky... Supposedly, it's the last remnant of an ancient civilization. Which means th…" Blaze says, realizing where they are.

They suddenly hear a familiar laugh, "D'arrr har har har!"

That catches everyone's attention.

"Oh no, not him again," Eve says.

Suddenly, Whisker and his two robots appear.

"C... Captain Whisker!" Blaze says, surprised.

"Oy, it's that bloke with the face-fuzz again!" Marine says.

Whisker turns to them and says, "I never thought I'd be seein' yer faces here, landlubbers! Ain't the place for visitors. I'm impressed at yer bein' able to make it up here to this place!"

"So, then, these ruins here are really…" Blaze says, knowing what the place is.

But Whisker interrupts her, "D'arr har har! You be knowin' the story then, I take it? The ruins of... arr... The, arr... ruins of…" and kind of forget."

"Sky Babylon, captain!" Mini answers.

Whisker announces, "D'arrr, yes! Welcome to Sky Babylon, ye scallywags!"

"Sky Babylon... so it really does exist, just like the legends said!" Blaze says, surprised.

"Hey, that's actually pretty cool!" Sonic says.

"It really is like Angel Island," Eve says.

"Chao Chao," Jazz happily says.

"I wonder if it has a magical item that keeps it floating in the air," Comso says.

"I wonder if anyone lives here," Maria says.

"Right, then! C'mon, mates! Let's get ourselves on a walkabout 'ere, yeah?" Marine says, excited.

Blaze turns to Marin with a stern expression, "Marine, we didn't come here for sightseeing."

"Yeah, orright, Blaze. Sheesh. You could talk the leg off an iron pot, you know!" Marine says, annoyed.

"What's that, now?!" Blaze asks.

Whisker angrily says to them, "Arrr, mateys! Pay attention back up here, will ye! I'll not be ignored by the likes of you yet again!"

"Don't you worry about that. We'll make sure you're busy!" Sonic says.

"D'arrr, then let me show ye just how much attention I warrant, ye rascals!" Whisker says, and brings out his sword.

Eve brings out her sword, "It will be our pleasure."

Suddenly, Mum says to the captain, "Boss, the mission! Don't forget the mission!"

"Arr, true, the mission! We've no time to be lollygagging with these folks, then! We're off, mateys!" Whisker says.

Then hurries off with Mini and Mum.

"They're getting away.

"Hey! No running away!" Sonic calls out.

"Come back!" Eve demands.

With that, Sonic, Eve, and the gang then hurry off after the pirate robots. The group hurries after the pirates as they follow him somewhere to who knows where.

"Come back here Captain Whisker!" Sonic calls out.

"Surrender the Jewel Staff!" Blaze says.

"And give us back the Chaos Emerald," Eve calls.

"Never ye swashbucklers! Time to send in Ghost Condor!" Whisker says.

"Ghost Condor? What does he mean?" Cosmo asks.

"I'm guessing it's another one of those robot crews," Sonic says.

"And I'm guessing that we have to fight another one of those robots," Blaze says.

Suddenly, they hear a loud screeching sound that it's happening close by.

"What is that?" Cosmo asks.

And just then, a large shadow begins to overshadow them. The group turns around and to their shock, they see a giant robot flying in the sky towards them. The robot behind them is a giant, robotic contraption resembling a snake. It is mostly green with gray spikes, orange stripes, a red jewel on its head, and dark-gray parts on the lower torso. It has lime green under its mouth. It has black eyes with blue eyelids and yellow teeth. It also has two green cone-shaped structures with small holes in the center of the flat face which can pop out spikes. The structures each have metallic grey underside and a yellow spike at the end.

"I think we just met the Ghost Condor!" Cosmo says, frightened.

"I think we got in trouble!" Sonic says.

The robot then dives down and at top speed.

"Duck!" Tails screams.

Everyone quickly moves out of the way, and suddenly they hear two screams. Sonic, Eve, and the others look up to see Blaze and Maria are being carried away by the Ghost Condor.

"Blaze! Sonic panics.

"Maria!" Eve exclaims.

"Chao Chao Chao Chao Chao Chao Chao!" Jazz freaks out.

Maria cries out, "Help us!"

Blaze however is very stunned to see she is in a high place as she is trapped in the talon of the robotic bird. Down on the ground, Sonic, Eve, and the others hurry after them.

"Come on, we gotta catch up to that bird!" Sonic says.

"Yeah! Blaze and Maria are in danger!" Tails says.

Still caught by the bird, Maria cries out, "Help us, Sonic! Tails! Cosmo! Marine! EVE!"

The Ghost Conder continues to take them away in the air as Blaze practically covers her eyes in fright.

"Blaze! Maria!" Cosmo cries out.

"Bring them back!" Sonic calls out.

"Let's hurry!" Tails says.

"Right," Marine says.

Everyone then hurries off to go find their friends who are captured by the Ghost Condor.

"We gotta reach them somehow!" Tails says.

"But only Eve and Tails are able to get up there," Comso says.

"I can carry Sonic up there and help fight that bird," Tails says.

Eve turns to the girls, "Jazz! Cosmo! Marine! You guys wait here, we're going after it!"

"Be careful mates! That bird is very huge!" Marine says.

"Then let's hurry!" Sonic says.

Tails spin his tails as Eve uses her Chaos energy to lift herself in the air. Sonic takes Tails hands and Tails flies in the air leaving the others behind.

"I hope they can save them," Cosmo says, worried.

"They have to…" Marine says.

Somewhere above some ancient ruins, Maria and Blaze are still being held captive. Maria is scared that she is captured by the bird robot as Blaze seems terrified about something that she is covering her eyes.

Maria turns to Blaze and says to comfort her, "Don't worry Blaze, I know Sonic and Eve will help us get out of this."

"I-I-I-I h-h-hope i-i-it's so-soon," Blaze says, frightened.

"Are you okay?" Maria asks.

"I-I'm n-not o-okay. I-I'm not go-good with being up th-this high," Blaze nervously says.

Seeing the way she reacted is the way she reacted when they're close to the edge of the island. Maria soon realizes why Blaze has been acting strange since they arrived on the island… Blaze doesn't like heights.

"Hey Bird brain!" Sonic's voice calls out.

Maria happily turns around to see Tails, Sonic, and Eve heading towards them.

"Sonic! Eve! Tails!" Maria happily says.

"Give them back or we'll take them by force and knock you out of the sky!" Eve angrily says.

Just then, the Ghost Condor flies and makes a U-turn and is flying towards them.

"Here it comes!" Sonic says.

Then turns to Tails, "Do it!"

"Right!" Tails says.

Tails spins around like a tornado and then throws Sonic at the Ghost Condor. Sonic Spin dashes and has a hard collision with the robot. The robot screams in agony and drops the girls. Luckily, Eve flies down and uses her Chaos Bubble to catch them in the nick of time.

Eve flies to them and asks, "Are you both okay? You're not hurt are you?"

Maria shakes her head in reply and happily says, "Thank you, Eve."

"It's no problem," Eve says.

But notices the frightened look on Blaze's face, "Are you okay?"

"I'm… okay…" Blaze nervously says.

Eve becomes confused, but starts to become concerned to see the scared expression on Blaze's face. If she can see her face with her hands covering it.

Suddenly, Sonic calls out, "Yo Eve!"

Eve and the others look to see Sonic spin dashing the robot and bounces off. Then Tails has to catch him.

Tails says, "Can you give us a hand?!"

"Sure!" Eve says.

Then turns to the girls, "I'll be right back!"

Maria and Blaze nod their heads. Eve then flies towards the Ghost Condor and brings out her sword. She then uses her Chaos energy and charges up her sword until it begins to glow bright.

She then swings it as she shouts, "Chaos-Calibur!"

Eve then slashes at the Condor with one strong blow. With that, the Condor slices in half and the robot explodes and falls out of the sky.

Sonic grins, "Another robot bites the dust."

"Yeah," Eve says.

"That's g-great. But um, can we please get back to solid ground?" Blaze asks, nervously.

"Okay," Sonic says with an awkward expression.

The group descends back to the ground with Maria and Blaze in the bubble. Eve places them down and is now free. Marine, Cosmo, and Jazz arrive to see them.

"What ripper you guys did! That was amazing," Marine happily says.

"Is everyone okay?" Cosmo asks.

"We're fine, just have a little scrape and bruises," Eve says.

"And we manage to beat another robot," Sonic says.

Finally calm down, Blaze says, "But we still need to find Whisker and his crew."

"Then let's find them," Tails says.

With that, the group hurry across the island to find them. Luckily, they are able to find them in the ruins and they seem to be done with whatever they're doing.

Seeing that another one of their robots has been defeated, Whisker tells his minions, "Arr, this wind be rufflin' up me whiskers something fierce! Let's get back, now, mateys."

"Aye-aye, sir!" "Mini and Mum replied.

With that, Whisker and his gang run away before the heroes can capture them. By the time, Sonic, Eve and the others arrive, the pirates are already gone.

Tails says in frustration, "Argh! He ran off again!"

"Those guys just will not sit still!" Blaze says.

"You can say that again," Eve says.

"But why have the pirates come to this island?" Cosmo asks.

Suddenly, Maria and Maine walk over to notice a purple stone monument in front of them

"Oy, mate! 'ave yourself a peek at this 'ere!" Marine calls out.

The group hears them and walks over.

Sonic looks at the stone, "Hm? What's this? Some kind of monument?"

"Something's written on it. I can't read whatever language it's in, though," Blaze says.

"Orright, then, chumps, step aside and let Captain Marine take a butcher's at this 'ere," Marine says, walking to the statue.

"Marine, you can read this?" Tails asks, curious.

Marine looks at it and reads, "Hmmm... Uh-huh...?"

She then groans, "Crikey, this don't make a lick of sense! I'm really up the gumtree now!"

Blaze walks over and takes the book to see it herself. "...let me have a look."

"Oy, howzat?! Don't be such a stickybeak, Blaze!" Marine says, trying to take back her book.

Blaze looks at the book, "This is some pretty ancient writing, all right. Let's see what it says... !"

She finds her answer and tells the others, "I know why the pirates came here. They wanted to destroy this place."

"What do you mean?" Cosmo asks.

"This writing talks about the ancient ruins," Blaze says.

"You mean the ruins that the pirates are supposedly using as their hideout?" Tails asks.

"That's got to be it!" Sonic says.

"Then we have a good clue to figure out where they are. Blaze, what does the writing say?" Eve says.

Blaze reads the book and says, "To reach our homeland, head north along the shallows, and you shall find it there."

"North, eh? That's that way!" Marine says, pointing in one direction.

"Um. Marine, north is THIS way," Tails says, pointing to the right direction.

"Yes, well…" Blaze says. Then shows deep concern.

"What's wrong? You still look worried about something, Blaze," Sonic asks.

"The problem is how we'll get in. It seems that the entryway is on the seafloor," Blaze answers.

Sonic flinches in fright, "The entrance is underwater?"

"That's what it says, at least," Blaze says.

"You okay Sonic, you don't look very good?" Marine asks.

"Yeah. Sonic can't swim," Eve says.

"You can't swim?" Blaze asks, turning to Sonic.

"Yeah. I'm not very keen with water, it's because I can't swim. I never really learned. I can run on water, but I can't swim in it," Sonic says.

"I'm surprised you were able to sail at sea and be in a submarine without being scared or feeling nauseous," Blaze says.

"I can understand, but Sonic knows that saving others is important. Even if he was scared. Besides, everyone is scared of something. Even you, Blaze," Eve says.

"Wha-what do you mean?" Blaze asks, feeling uneasy.

"It's okay Blaze. I kind of realized it while we were fighting that robot and we first discovered we were at the ruins. You're afraid of heights, aren't you?" Eve says.

Blaze feels a bit uneasy, and admits, "Yes. I am. I feel a bit nervous being up very high places, especially at this height."

"I understand. I used to be afraid of heights too," Eve says.

"You were?" Blaze asks.

"Yes. But then I was able to see so many amazing things from up high with my powers and I wasn't scared anymore," Eve says.

"I see. Sadly, there are places I rather preferred being seen from not somewhere this high up," Blaze says.

"It's okay, everyone is scared of something, and you're brave staying with us and helping us stop the robot," Tails says.

"Thank you," Blaze says, feeling better.

"As much as I like to talk about our feelings, but we still have a problem here. The entrance is still underwater and we need to get in there. How the heck're we supposed to get down there?" Marine asks.

Tails says, "Heheh! No problem. I'll just have to build us a submarine!

"A submarine?" Sonic asks.

"Sure! With the Material from Blizzard Peaks… and the Material we got just now, it'll be a cinch!" Tails says.

"You're the best, Tails! Those pirates will never know what hit 'em!" Tails says.

"Then we should get back to the Southern Island at Seagull Beach and make the sub, and also relax for a bit," Sonic says.

Maria asks, "But um, how are we going to get back to the ground?"

"Maybe if we go back the way we came. We might be able to get back to the island that way," Eve says.

"Oh dear," Blaze says.

Everyone heads back to the ruins where they arrive and does the same event. With that, the island drops to the ground and lands in the middle of the ocean. Surprisingly, the trip back down isn't so bad, and the island gently descends to the ocean blue. After that, they get back on the Aqua Blast and head back to the Southern Island back to Seagull Village to get a new vehicle fixed up, get more supplies, and have some time to relax.