GT: Hello, hello, hello. Welcome, everyone, to the new chapter of ADP2.
SZ: Yup. As usual, I'm Seanzilla115…
GT: ...And I am GammaTron.
SZ: And we're here to bring ya another chapter of ADP2. Sorry for the delay and stuff. We...had our own things to do, such as me playing some new games I got recently, and posting a new story involving Kamen Rider Den-O and Mauroz' version of MLP: FiM
GT: And that Mewtwo DLC for Super Smash Bros that you got, SZ. And I've been busy with schoolwork and replaying Sonic Adventure on my XBOX 360.
SZ: Cool. A-*hears smashing off-screen*...ignore that. Momotaros is still a bit...peeved after what happened at the end of chapter 5 of FiT
GT: *walks off-screen*
*Two minutes later*
GT: *walks back on screen* Okay, Momotaros won't be bothering us for a bit. Also, we need to fix the hole in the ceiling or put glass in it to make it a skylight.
SZ: ...the latter sounds good, but...what did you do to Momotaros?
GT: Oh, I gave him to some top men I know.
SZ: Who?
GT: Top. Men.
SZ: *sweatdrops*
GT: Okay, so enough delay. Let's get on with the disclaimers! Zane, you do them this time.
Zane: Right,..*walks off in the opposite direction*
SZ:..Other way, Zane
Zane: Oh, right..*walks in the correct direction and puts up the disclaimers*
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"Okay. We're almost there, you two," Sonic informed as he kept Tails's arm over his shoulders as he helped the two-tailed fox towards the hotel, "I'm glad we found you just in time."
"H...hai," Ellie nodded before shivering, "I r-really hope I never see another whale for a while."
Roll shuddered as she nodded while Soic responded with, "Yeah. Especially that species. Gotta warn the coast guard that it's near here later."
"P-please do," Ellie nodded before looking at tails, "...Ano, Tails right?"
"Yeah."
"Ano...if I may ask, what exactly happened with you and that plane?" the female hedgewolf couldn't help but ask.
"Yeah, Tails. I thought you and me agreed you wouldn't test out any new planes without me on board," Sonic frowned in concern.
"Sorry, Sonic," Tails apologized, "But I just had to show you what I was trying to do with it. It was a big breakthrough, too!"
"Well, I'm just glad you're okay," Sonic sighed, "So what was the breakthrough?"
"It was a new prototype jet propulsion system. It's got a few bugs to iron out…" Roll's yip of disbelief went off at that, "...Okay. Maybe more than a few. But I guess it was a bit of a good thing I tried it."
"You know I'm going to be confiscating your toolbox once we're back home, right?" Sonic asked.
"What?! Seriously?!"
"You worried me too much with that," Sonic replied with a concerned frown, "So..what exactly made your plane go haywire anyhow?"
"...a ch…"
"...I'm sorry, what?"
"...A...Chaos Emerald?"
"...I'm sorry, I think I had something in my ear. But...did you a 'Chaos Emerald'?!" Sonic demanded.
"Ta dah," Tails sheepishly replied as he managed to pull out a purple, fine-cut emerald from one of his tails, "Managed to grab it before the plane crashed."
"Whoa! A Chaos Emerald!" Sonic exclaimed, nearly dropping Tails in surprise.
Roll blinked a bit as she moved a bit closer to the Chaos Emerald, looking at it a bit. She gave it a small tap with her nose before yelping, moving back a bit. Something zapped her nose!
"Ite...hurt…" the hedgefox winced.
"...Remind me to write that down, Tails," Sonic ordered.
"Gotcha," Tails nodded.
"Now where did you get that?" Sonic asked.
"I found it in the lake near our house," Tails replied, "This thing's got unlimited power, ya know…"
"I know, buddy, I know. You're looking at the guy who has to use them more often than not," Sonic rolled his eyes, "But still...shouldn't they be in the Special Zones?"
"I don't know," Tails replied.
"Special...Zones?" Ellie blinked.
"What….that...kyu?" Roll asked.
"Not really sure," Sonic shrugged, "But I do know that the Chaos Emeralds are supposed to be in there when no one is trying to collect them."
"Maybe there's something wrong with them?" Tails suggested.
"Maybe," Sonic replied.
"...Ano, these 'Chaos' Emeralds don't have a negative side effect...do they?" Ellie asked before shivering, "Not sure if it relates to one, but me and my nii-san encountered this one town and…" she paused before shuddering once more, "...Those smiles...they were not right."
"Uh…" Sonic and Tails glanced at each other, "I'm...not sure."
"You just gotta come back to the house, Sonic! I've got something to show you!" Tails grinned before holding his head with a small groan.
"Uh-uh, Tails. You're in no condition for the train," Sonic frowned, "Lucky for you, I still have one more night in that room at the hotel, so we're spending it there. You take a bed, the girls can share one, and I'll take the couch."
"Wh-What?" Ellie blinked.
"No way are we leaving you alone if Eggman's robots are after you," Sonic informed.
"...That is a good point. I mean...I...I had barely gotten away from that chicken robot and drill robot when they started arguing with each other."
"Scratch and Grounder?" Sonic raised a brow before snickering, "Oh, those guys are easy to fool. Honestly, I once just only wore a pair of glasses and spoke in a nasally voice and they were fooled."
"...They're...not too bright, are they?" Ellie asked with a slight sweatdrop, Roll tilting her head.
"Nope. Not a bit," Sonic replied, shaking his head, "And yet, those two are actually the guys in charge of trying to catch me for ol' Egg-head."
"And if I recall, the score is them, zip. And you…" Tails paused as he added up a bit, "..I can't recall. You've out-wited those two so many times, I've lost count, Sonic."
"True. They're just so easy to trick," Sonic smirked, "Now come on. The hotel we're at has a medical wing so we can get a better look at your injuries."
"He has a point. You were lucky I was there to bandage up your wounds," Ellie added.
"Okay, okay," Tails sighed.
"And you can't order room service."
"Aw man…!"
"Hey, I don't let Roll do it," Sonic pointed out, Roll looking up from the seashell she found at the mention of her name.
"Roll can't even talk in complete sentences yet," Tails pointed out.
"True, but you still can't order room service."
"...Darn it."
Ellie giggled a little, 'These two are like Nii-chan and me when one of us is in trouble with the other...'
"Achoo!" Zane sneezed, accidentally spilling the coffee he got on him, "Gah! God….darn it that's hot."
"Why'd ya pause there?" Vector asked.
"My...sister doesn't like it when I curse around kids."
"I see…" Espio noted, glancing at Vector.
"...What?" Vector asked.
"Forgive Vector, but Charmy's already been exposed to a lot of cursing," Espio informed.
"Espio doesn't let me use any of the words I hear Vector say when something crushes his tail," Charmy pouted.
"I see...Well trust me, kid, if you had heard me cursing, a whole ship of sailors would be screaming like babies the minute they hear me," Zane stated
"Vector did that once when a shipping crate landed on his tail after a case at the harbor," Charmy noted, "He turned a really cool set of colors for a bit after it landed on his tail, too."
Vector sighed as he hit his head on the table they were at, Mighty and Ray picking up their drinks beforehand so his head didn't crush the cups.
"So...How did half the pillows in this room become tatters?" Tails asked as he and Sonic sat on the couch.
"Roll apparently sleep-claws," Sonic informed, "Don't know what she was dreaming about, but I do know is that before I fell asleep, all her pillows were intact, the next they're all just piles of shredded fabric and feathers."
"I see…" Tails sweatdropped a bit, "...So uh...what do we do about that Ellie girl?"
"Well, we can't let her be alone. I mean, Eggman's after her," Sonic informed.
"Yeah. But why is he after her?"
"No clue, but we still need to make sure she finds her brother," Sonic noted.
"Right," Tails nodded before yawning a bit, "What...time is it?"
"Almost ten," Sonic replied.
"Ahh…" he paused to yawn, "Might as well hit the hay then," Tails hopped off the couch and walked to the bedroom, "I'm off for bed now."
"Okay then. And make sure to keep your head elevated like the nurse said," Sonic reminded.
"I remember."
"Was this before or after she gave you that butterscotch lolli?" Sonic teased as he turned the TV off.
Tails blushed a bit, but continued on, "I may have an IQ of 300, but I'm still a kid."
"Heh..that's tr-" Sonic began before his ear twitched a bit, "...Did you leave the radio on or something?"
"No."
"Okay," Sonic replied, "You get to bed then. I'll check it out."
"Right," Tails nodded as he left for his room.
Sonic soon got up off the couch and began to follow the source of the music. The way it sounded...it was...soothing...calming (SZ note: Think Lugia's song from the second Pokemon movie). Looking out at the balcony, he blinked twice.
Standing there was Ellie, the hedgewolf playing her ocarina as the moon's light shone down on her. Roll was sitting by as she listened, her tail swaying calmly as she took in the sounds of the soothing melody. Sonic blinked twice, trying to make sense of the melody. Ellie stopped as she lowered the Ocarina, her eyes slowly opening before she noticed Sonic looking at her from the corner of her eye.
"...Do you need something, Sonic-san?" the female hedgewolf asked.
"Huh? Wh-what? Oh, uh, well, it's…" he cleared his throat, "It's getting late."
"Oh...I see," Ellie noted.
"Yeah...hey uh...that song just now...what is it?"
"Well...it's something my…" Ellie paused as she smiled sadly, "...my mom taught me before she…" she paused once more to wipe a small tear from her eye, Roll letting out a sad whine, "I...I don't know what it means myself, but my mom told me that in the past, this song would help calm a great beast…" she then looked down at her ocarina, "Whenever it's clear out, and the stars and moon are out, I would play that melody on this...my mother's ocarina."
"No wonder you were so happy when I brought it out," Sonic noted.
"Hai…" Ellie nodded as she wiped another small tear from her face, "She gave it to me before she...passed on. I...I've treasured it always...and I make sure to keep with me always. it's almost...as if my mom is with me when I play this."
Sonic nodded. Glancing over at Roll, he frowned a little at seeing the sad Hedgefox. She had amnesia. What if...she had someone trying to find her and she wasn't even aware of it? Shaking his head, he would later spend until three in the morning thinking about ways of trying to help the two girls and how he was going to try to keep Tails away from his toolbox and succeed in hiding said toolbox.
"Gaaaaaah!-!-!-!" Ray zipped around, Charmy chasing him, "Get it off! Get it off! Get it off!-!-!"
"Stop flying around and I think I can get it!" Charmy argued, trying to keep up with the frantic flying squirrel with an octopus over his face.
"...Ugh…" Zane sighed as he sat up before grabbing Ray just as he passed by, grabbed the octopus on his face, and punted it back into the water, "There."
"Oh...Oh thank you," Ray sighed in relief before the two were tackled by Charmy and sent all three into the water.
Charmy let out a gasp as he poked his head out of the water first before sheepishly rubbing the back of his head as Ray and Zane poked their heads out and gave him a look, "Sorry! I couldn't stop in time."
"Okay, judging by the wreckage around here…" Vector noted as Mighty picked up a piece of wood with a large chunk of it missing, "...I think we may have something bad in the water."
"...There's s-hey!" Charmy yelped as Zane grabbed him and Ray, and swam to the shore as fast as possible before coming ashore.
"We should go…" Zane said as he put the two down, "Now."
"Hold it," Vector informed before holding up a pair of tweezers, "Mighty, keep that board steady. I think I just spotted something where the bite area is."
Nearby, Espio looked around. Grabbing a bit of the sand, he picked it up and let it sift through between his fingers. Nodding, he looked over towards the city. He was about to move when he turned, kunai out. All that was behind him was a small puddle of water. He looked around before turning back. He opened his mouth before his eyes widened. Nearby, Vector's eyes were currently resembling dollar signs as he began to giddly chuckle quickly, holding a yellow Chaos Emerald.
"We hit the jackpot!" Vector beamed.
"Vector, what about the missing girl?" Mighty asked.
"Huh?" Vector blinked quickly, his eyes back to normal, "Oh. Yeah, her. Well, based on this bite, we can conclude she was chased by a Barracuda Orca and…"
"A WHAT?!" Zane shouted.
"...and managed to get away. Will ya let me finish a sentence?"
"...Ugh...fine," Zane grumbled as he sat down against a palm tree.
"Now based on the path of wreckage, she went roughly five kilometers east of here," Vector informed, "Charmy, get up in the air and try to find anything recent that may be out of sorts with the area five kilometers from here."
"Okay!" Charmy saluted as he flew off.
"Does he even know what a kilometer is?" Zane asked.
"Espio made sure he knows distances," Vector shrugged before said chameleon began to approach, his head slumped, "Speak of the ninja. Hey, Espio! Where have you been?"
"..."
"...Uh, hey. Espio? You alright?" Mighty asked.
"Maybe what we found will cheer him up," Ray suggested.
"Oh yeah. Hey, Espio, check this out!" Vector grinned as he held up the Chaos Emerald, "We found one of the Chaos Emeralds! We take this to the right guy, we can get a ton of cash for it! Can you imagine what w-huh?"
Everyone blinked twice. A long tongue was wrapped around the Chaos Emerald. Said tongue connected to Espio's open mouth. The tongue retracted and Espio swallowed. Vector looked back and forth between the chameleon and the now-empty hand.
"...AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!-!-!-!" Vector screamed, "H-He ate the emerald! MY MONEY~!-!-!-!"
"He's getting away!" Ray screamed as Espio began to run...at least until Zane blocked his path, his sword out, "H-hey! Wh-"
"It's not your friend," Zane stated, glaring at the chameleon, "I'm not sure what, but something is possessing your friend."
Espio's head was still slumped while his body rippled and vanished.
"...There!" Zane shouted as he slashed the air, sending a cutting wave that sliced a palm tree in half, creating a small sandcloud in the process that revealed 'Espio'.
"Hey...Is his tail...pointier than normal?" Ray asked before yelping as the scorpion-like tail 'Espio' now had tried to impale him before the chameleon jumped into the water, vanishing while swimming down deep.
"After that chameleon!" Vector shouted, about to jump into the water when the Barracuda Orca emerged from it, "...RUN AWAY!"
Zane stayed in his position, sheathing his sword as he stood in a resheathing style position. The Barracuda Orca roared before collapsing on the shore, a gaping hole through its neck.
"What the…?" Vector blinked as Mighty ran over to it.
"It was dead before it even reached the surface," Mighty informed, looking at the new hole in the beast.
"Wh..how...how did…" Vector gawked.
"Whatever's taken over your friend is strong," Zane scowled as he put his sheathed sword back on his back, "Best keep an eye out for it incase it returns."
"Oh no we're not. We're going after it!" Vector informed, "Mighty, you stay and help Zane with Charmy. Ray, you're coming with me. We're going fishing!"
"Oh no," Ray squeaked.
"You sure we have enough for the train, Sonic-san?" Ellie asked as Sonic and his group headed for the train station.
"Sure, I'm sure. Tails and I have a pass for this that's good for four passengers," Sonic informed, "We got it in case Tails needed to get something here and I wasn't at home to just run here to get it."
"Oh...I see," Ellie noted.
"It was Tails's idea," Sonic shrugged, looking behind his shoulder to see Tails showing Roll something on a blue rectangular gadget, "I tell you, he's the smartest guy I know. Heck, he even made a phone out of nothing but wire, an old can, and a few pieces off of a discarded satellite dish."
"Eh?!"
"I kinda lost him when he started to talk after saying what he made it with," Sonic sheepishly admitted, rubbing the back of his head.
"Oh…"
"Eheh…yeah…" Sonic nodded before he decided to change the subject, "...So uh...your brother...what's he like?"
"...Ano….W-Well, Nii-san can be a bit...too overprotective of me at times," Ellie replied.
"...Well he can't be that b-"
"He once beat up an entire gang for making wolf whistles at me."
"Hoo boy," Sonic blinked a few times.
"Y...yeah…" Ellie laughed sheepishly a bit, "But despite that, I still love him...and personally...well...I think nii-san needs a girl in his life or something to help calm him down."
Sonic shrugged at that before the four stopped before the ticket booth. Minutes later, they were on the train. Roll's tail wagged as she looked out the window, looking at everything going by in awe.
"...I take this is your first time on the train, ne Roll-chan?" Ellie asked as she sat next to the hedgefox.
"Actually, this is her second time on one," Sonic chuckled.
"At least, we think it's only her second time on one," Tails added.
"Oh...I see. Well it seems she's really enjoying it," Ellie noted as she saw the hedgefox look out the window.
"Yeah," Tails nodded.
"Eeyup," Sonic nodded.
"Well, this is my 4th-5th time on the train actually," Ellie admitted, "Nii-san and I travel so much, we hardly use the train or anything."
"Cool," Sonic noted, "Only time I really use the train is when I'm with someone and they don't want to run or be carried by me."
"Or when the doctor tells you that you need to rest," Tails added, "Remember the last time you ignored what she said?"
"I get it, I get it," Sonic blushed as he looked around before noticing a figure looking at a newspaper, "Huh. Carmen Electra and Dennis Rodman got a divorce."
"Seriously?" Tails asked in disbelief, "It's only been nine days since they married."
" I know, right?"
"This is why I don't really follow celebrity news," Ellie whispered to the confused Roll, who only nodded to try to get her to change to something she did understand.
"...Oh look. We're almost at Mystic Ruins," Tails spoke as he saw some mountains coming within range from the window.
"Mystic Ruins?" Ellie repeated.
"There's a jungle nearby with this really old temple in it," Sonic informed, "So far, no one's been able to figure out how to get it to open. Heck, a year back some grave robbers tried to blow their way into it and not a single scratch got on the thing, so they think there's something that's protecting it."
"Really?"
"Yeah," Tails nodded, "Sonic and I went there once and it kinda felt...weird. There was just some sort of...presence there. Almost like we were constantly being watched by someone or something, being judged by something."
"I see…" Ellie noted before the train came to a stop, "...I think we've arrived at our stop."
=We have now arrived at the Mystic Ruins. For all archaeologists, tour guides to the Mystic Ruins are available in the cabin below the station. For all tourists, tour guides to the Mystic Ruins are available in the cabin below the station while bug repellant is located in the cabin near the railway towards the Mystic Ruins= a woman's voice went off on the PA.
"...B…..bugs?" Ellie gulped.
"The majority of all insects on Mobius live in jungles," Tails informed.
"...l...like…" Ellie paused as she gulped once more, "S-S-Sp-Spiders?"
"Those are arachnids. There's a difference," Tails replied as they got out of the train.
"I know there's a difference. Just…g...gomen. I...do not like spiders."
"Then I hope you don't meet that spider Mobian clan I ran into a few years back in Japan," Sonic warned, "Their strongest are all black widow spider Mobians."
"C...can we please stop talking about spiders?" Ellie whimpered, her whole body shaking, "Just thinking about spiders makes me nervous."
"Okay, okay," Sonic nodded, "So, Tails, what were you showing to Roll?"
"Oh, something I've been working on. Once it's done, it'll be able to store hundreds of songs. I'm thinking that 'MP3 Player' sounds good," Tails informed.
Ellie watched the two talking before noticing someone was missing. Looking around, she spotted Roll was watching a butterfly in curiosity.
"...Ano, r-" Ellie began before Roll chased after the butterfly, "Ahh! R-Roll-chan, matteyo!"
As Ellie ran after Roll, a nearby bush rustled before Scratch and Grounder poked their heads out.
"There she is," Scratch whispered.
"Who's she with?" Grounder pondered, "She looks familiar."
"No idea," Scratch replied, "We just need to catch the girl for Dr. Robotnik."
"Why does he want her?" Grounder scratched his head.
"No idea, but he says he needs her because she's got something he needs," Scratch replied, "Now come on. We need to ready the trap. You have the glue, right?"
"Got it right in here," Grounder replied, opening his chest and pulled out a paint can filled with glue.
"Good. Now once she stops, we quickly put this on the canvas I brought and put it behind her. Then we jump in front of her. She'll turn and run, get caught in the trap, and then we roll her up and bring her to Dr. Robotnik!" Scratch informed.
"And we agreed to share the glory, right?" Grounder asked.
"Come on, she's getting away," Scratch ordered as he ran after Ellie and Roll.
"Hey. Wait up," Grounder frowned as he rolled after him.
"...Uh...Tails?" Sonic spoke up, the hedgehog noticing something missing as the two headed towards Tails' place, "Where are the girls?"
"Huh?" Tails looked around the higher level they were on, "I...don't know."
"You don't...what do you mean you don't know?! They were right behind us a few moments ago!" Sonic exclaimed.
"Well they're not there anymore," Tails replied, "I guess we were distracted, huh?"
"...Yeah. good point,"Sonic sighed a bit, "...Come on. Let's go find them or…"
"Oh ho ho! If it isn't Sonic!"
"...Curse you, Murphy…" Sonic growled in annoyance as he instantly recognized that laugh, the two turning to see Robotnik hover down in his Eggmobile, "Heh. Look! It's a giant talking egg!"
"Silence, you fool! I am Dr. Robotnik, the greatest scientific genius in the world!"
"Whatever you say, Eggman!" Sonic smirked.
"Enough! I've got big plans and now I'm gonna put them to work!" Robotnik declared.
"You're always up to no good. Now what d'ya want?" Tails frowned.
"I want all the Chaos Emeralds! Surrender the one you have to me, or else!" Eggman threatened.
"Or else what, ya Egghead?" Sonic quipped.
"Or else I'll have to take it from you by force...the hard way!" Robotnik declared as he flew his vessel behind the side they were on and floated back up, his vehicle now covered imore more armor with a pair of drills on the front and rockets in the back, "Behold, my Egg Hornet!"
"Doesn't even look like one," Sonic deadpanned.
"Shut up!" Eggman growled as he pushed a button, releasing a volley of missiles on the two.
"Woah man!" Tails yelped as he and Sonic rolled out of hte way of the missile barrage.
"All systems, full power!" Eggman shouted as the Egg Hornet charged at Sonic, attempting to crush him with its weight as the drills began to spun.
Sonic immediately leapt back from the attack, causing the Egg Hornet to crash into the ground as it began to drill into it. He smirked before he unleashed a quick barrage upon the cockpit, causing the machinery around it to spark and blow off.
"Gah! My machine!" Eggman exclaimed in shock, "Wh...how…?"
"Word of advice eggbutt; don't make a machine that embeds itself in the ground when it does a charging attack," Sonic smirked.
"You…!" Eggman growled before spotting Tails, "Ah ha!"
An extendable claw zipped out of his machine and grabbed the Chaos Emerald from Tails.
"Uh oh!" Tails gasped, trying to reach for the Emerald as it extended back to Eggman, who soon caught it.
"Gotcha…" Eggman smirked as he looked at the Chaos Emerald in his hand, "Come on out, Chaos! It's time to eat!"
A sloshing noise made Sonic tense. Looking around, he saw water coming up the side of the edge behind Eggman's vehicle. The large puddle of water that formed once it all reached up moved between Eggman and them and reformed into the creature from the night before.
"What the...it's the monster I saw from the other night!" Sonic exclaimed.
"..M….monster?" Tails gulped upon hearing that.
Eggman merely smirked as he tossed the Chaos Emerald to Chaos, who 'ate' said emerald as it floated around its body. A flash of light occurred and Chaos was slightly bigger now, easily a head taller than Sonic. Its left arm was bigger as well, filled with a metallic bone-like structure and the Chaos Emerald in the middle of the hand.
"Oh yes! Yes! It's just as the Stone Tablets predicted!" Eggman smiled widely upon seeing this before looking at Sonic and Tails, "You both are probably wondering what just happened. You see, everytime I feed Chaos a Chaos Emerald, his strength increases. And once he gains all seven, he'll be invincible...and work for me! Together we'll destroy Station Square, and upon its ruins, I'll build Robotnikland, the ultimate city where I rule all!"
"But how are you going to get the others? They're most likely still in the Special Zone," Sonic replied.
"Oh, that's simple; I destroyed it."
"...What?" the two asked.
"You see...An important project of mine needed quite a lot of power to create. And what better energy source then an entire zone that could be considered another universe?"
"..."
"What's the matter? Can't comprehend at how genius that is?" Eggman smirked.
"More like not sure whether to call you insane, or an idiot," Sonic deadpanned.
"WHAT?!" Eggman snarled before calming down, "Well, no matter. I was able to create something just like you, hedgehog, something that is both equal and far surpassing of you!" he turned and flew away as Chaos 1 turned into a large puddle of water that went away, "Mwahahahaha!"
"Hey wait!" Sonic cried out until Eggman was no longer in sight, "...Shoot. He got away."
"We should find the girls first," Tails noted, "If Eggman's here, than he might have someone going after Ellie again."
"Good point," sonic nodded, "We'll split up and search. You take the high ground, I'll check around the waterfall."
"Got it."
"Mou...Roll-chan, where did you go?" Ellie muttered as she tried looking for the hedgefox.
A happy yip made her look down in the deeper part of the area, seeing Roll hopping around, trying to grab the butterfly.
"How did...never mind," Ellie shook her head as she called out to the hedgefox," Oi~! Roll-chan!"
"Au?" Roll paused in her pounces to look up at Ellie and waved, her tail wagging, "El...lie!"
"How did you get down there?!...wait…" she blinked when she realized something, "did...did you just say my name?!"
"El-lie!" Roll smiled, her tail wagging.
"She did say it…" Ellie whispered, "Ano...don't move! I'm coming down to get you!"
"Yip!" Roll nodded before the butterfly went by her eyes, "Ah!"
"Roll-chan, mat-kya!" Ellie yelped as she tripped off the side, sending her tumbling off the side as she landed on her butt, "Itai~!" the sound of rock being crushed snapped her out of it, "Eh?" she looked and gasped, seeing Roll tilting her head as she looked at the rubble around her.
"Au…" Roll whined, her ears down with a sad look on her face.
"Roll-chan...what...happened?" Ellie asked slowly as she got up, slowly walking towards the saddened hedgefox.
Roll let out another sad whine, rubbing her forehead. Ellie looked back and forth between Roll, her forehead, and the rubble.
"You...hit the rock and it broke apart?" Ellie asked with wide eyes, earning a nod from Roll.
"I...tai…" Roll whimpered as she rubbed the sore spot on her forehead.
"...Ano...there there, Roll-chan," Ellie said, gently and carefully rubbing the hedgefox's head
Roll let out a small purr from the rubbing. The two stayed like that for a few moments before the sounds of metal crashing, two screams, and a can of liquid splashing made the two look to see Scratch and Grounder crashing into the ground nearby, followed by the bucket of glue and then covered up in the tarp.
"Au?" Roll tilted her head.
"Ara?" Ellie tilted her head as well before she recognized the two bots, "Ahh! It's those two same robots that kidnapped me before!"
"That's right! And when w-ow! Get your nose out of my back, bothead!" Scratch's voice snapped from underneath the tarp.
"I can't! It's stuck!" Grounded grunted.
"Hold on. Let me-GAH! Now my foot's stuck on your face!"
"Let me try!"
Scratch's muffled cries would be translated as, "Your tread is stuck to my face!"
"...eto...they really aren't bright…" Ellie blinked with a sweatdrop.
"Au?" Roll tilted her head to Ellie, "El-lie?"
"Oh! Ano...hai, Roll-chan?" Ellie asked.
"..." Roll held up a silver egg the size of her head.
"Where did you find that?"
Roll pointed at the rubble.
"It...was in that rock?" Ellie blinked, earning a rapid nod from Roll, "...Nevermind. Let's uh...get out of here before those two figure out how to get out of that...ano, trap they tried to set up."
"H...h…" Roll tried to get out, "Hai...El-lie."
"There you two are!" Sonic exclaimed as he saw Ellie and Roll climb up the stairs, "Where'd you go?"
"Ano...Roll-chan followed a butterfly, and...well…" Ellie paused as she motioned to the silver egg Roll was holding.
"El-lie!" Roll beamed, her tail wagging.
"...Did she just say your name?" Sonic blinked.
"H...hai!" Roll nodded.
'...It looks likes she's starting to speak better...albeit in Japanese, but still...progress,' Sonic thought as Tails landed.
"There you two are! Are you girls okay?" Tails asked.
"We are," Ellie nodded, "Demo...we did end up running into those same robots that kidnapped me before."
Roll giggled, her tail wagging faster as she thought how silly that was.
"Eh heh...they…" Ellie began with a sheepish chuckle, "Ended up getting caught in their own trap."
"...Heh...ahh... They never change," Sonic chuckled a bit, knowing who Ellie was talking about.
"Huh?" Tails noticed the egg, "Oh! Sonic, isn't this a Chao Egg?"
"C...c...cao?" Roll tilted her head.
"Eh?!" Ellie exclaimed in surprise as she looked at the egg, "Th...this is a Chao Egg?!"
"Yeah. Why? Y-"
"An old friend of my mom used to raise them!" Ellie smiled brightly, "When we went to visit, I always helped look after the Chao! Oh, they're just so kawaii!"
"Au?" Roll tilted her head as she looked at the egg, "C….Chao?"
"Hai!" Ellie giggled before blinking a bit, "Demo...I've never seen a Chao Egg of this color before. It must be a really rare one."
"Heh. Nice job, Roll," Sonic gave her a thumbs up.
"Hai!" Roll cheered, a big smile on her face from the praise while her tail was now going nuts in her happiness.
"...Ano, maybe we should head somewhere," Ellie spoke up, "We need to get the Egg to a safe place so it can hatch into a healthy Chao."
"Right...let's head back to Tails' place," Sonic suggested, "We'll stay there until we can figure something out."
"WHAT THE HECK?!" the two turned to Tails to see him staring at something above them.
The two looked up to see Roll, her tail spinning extremely fast while she was giggling from the praise and the hilarity from earlier.
"...I thought you could only do that," Sonic blinked owlishly at Tails.
"I...I thought I was, too," Tails gawked as Roll's tail grew tired and she landed in Sonic's arms.
"Sh….she flew…" Ellie whispered with wide eyes, "Wh...how…?"
"I have no idea," Sonic replied, 'First she's as fast as me and now she can fly like Tails can. Who is this girl?'
GT: Phew…*puts the broom away* That's the last of it. Man, it's been a while since we were in here. I was still Dekamaster back then!
SZ: Yeah…*looks at the readers*Sorry for the MAJOR delay, minna. A lot of things have happened since we've worked on this. For me, plenty of new games, a new PS3, tons of DLC for Smash bros, such as Ryu, Roy, Lucas, and Cloud, and quite a few other things. GT...well, it's a bit of a mixed bag for him really. Currently, he's in a bit of a Yokai Watch mood, along with Sekirei, Megaman, and Undertale, which I might add is a pretty good series.
GT: Agreed. It's the one game where if I ever get it, I'm not sure that I truly wanna replay it. But I do know that I refuse to go Genocide.
SZ: Same...and you can get the game off Steam, GT. All you have to do is get an account on there, and you'll be able to purchase it. Heck, you can get Team Fortress 2 off of Steam for Free, along with Source FilmMaker.
GT: *nods* Yeah...my computer's not strong enough for that.
SZ: Same here Gt. I wish my laptop was strong enough to run SFM. After seeing so many people's creations with it, I've been wanting to do a few myself...but for now, I'll stick with fics and drawing pics...albeit using bases, but still…
GT: Like I said, it's fine, SZ. We all start from somewhere.
SZ: True...just need to work on the hair and tails though...but nevermind that. We have a chapter to finish up here, so...thoughts?
GT: I think it went well. And with Espio now having eaten the Chaos Emerald and being infected by Chaos's tail, we have effectively removed Big from the equation.
SZ: Thank kami...His gameplay in Sonic Adventure was just...no. While the fishing was a bit interesting, it got annoying pretty fast. Heck, i was watching the Game Grumps play Sonic Adventure and….well, Egoraptor pretty much lost it in Big's third level when he was trying to fish out Froggy.
GT: Really? Was it hilarious?
SZ: His outbursts are always hilarious. Watch some Game Grumps Episodes, mainly the ones involving sonic 06, Sonic Adventure, Battle kid, and Super Mario maker, and you'll see what I mean, GT. It...is ...hilarious. Hell, Jontron used to be on Game Grumps before he went back to doing reviews. In fact, he and Egoraptor pretty much started Game Grumps back in...2006-2008 I believe.
GT: JonTron?! Nice.
SZ: Yup. And his interactions with Egoraptor were pretty funny. Like I said GT, check out Game Grumps when you can. You'll find them to be pretty hlarious. Hell, Egoraptor and Danny(his current co-host) made a band by the name of Starbomb and...they made some pretty good songs in my opinions. Heck in one song, they had Markiplier in it.
GT: Right. *turns to the readers* Make sure you read and review, minnya! *waves*
SZ: Hai! Ja ne, minna-san!*waves*