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Chapter 05: Disaster at Emerald Coast
Day 3
Station Square
9:39 A.M.
Miles was just off the coast of Station Square, flying the
plane that Manic had worked so hard. Miles was so insistant that
Manic was a thief that had stolen the plane from a friend of his.
"Look, kid. I have NO idea what you're talkin about!" Manic
shouted from in front of him. "I was asked to work on that plane for
some time now!"
"Tell me another one!" Miles sneered.
Manic sighed and continued to rub the roped he was tied up in
with a piece of sharp metal he found.
"Okay, we're just now flying low over Station Square. Soon
I'll land the Tornado here and turn you in to police."
"Look, I'm TELLING you that....hey...how'd you know it was
called the Tornado?" Manic asked.
"I told you, this is my buddy's plane! He-"
Suddenly, the engine started to fizzle.
"Uh oh...what's this?" Miles said, worried.
"Problem, Miles?" Manic asked with a smug.
"You know what? DON'T call me Miles. I hate that name. You
know, I might just go with that name my best friend called me. And
YES, I DO have a problem. The converted engine is malfuntioning."
"I'm afraid you have another problem, kid," Manic said, holding
up the ropes he cut.
Miles started to sweat. "Eggghhh...."
Manic glared darkly at Miles. "What did you do to MY plane?"
"YOUR plane! HAH! That's a laugh!" Miles growled.
Manic was about to say something, but the engine sputtered
again and then...it died.
"Nooooo!" Miles cried.
Manic looked down and saw a flagpole sticking out near a building.
"Well if YOU'RE so insistant on this being your buddy's plane,
then YOU explain to him how YOU crashed it!"
And with that, Manic sprang out of the plane in a flip, grabbed
the flag pole and swung around it, then realized he didn't have a
back-up landing plan. He was still 7 stories above the ground, and
there was nothing to stop him from hitting the pavement. He saw a
pink light enter his vision.
He lost conciousness, seconds before the sound of a sickening
thud followed.
Meanwhile, Sonic was laying in a deck chair near the pool of
Station Square hotel. His chao was sleeping on his head. He was trying
to catch up on his sleep he missed last night. The roar of a plane
engine woke him up. He opened his eyes and looked up to see a vaguly
familiar plane smoking in the sky.
"It's the-no....it couldn't be the Tornado. I had that thing
scrapped 2 years ago and gave it to Cyrus' crew! But....what if...hmm?"
Sonic took a closer look at the pilot. It looked like an 8-year
old flying the thing. Sonic blinked.
"What? TAILS?!"
Sonic remembered the lid from when he was 13 years old. Tails
was, like his sidekick! Sonic taught Tails how to fly, and Tails even
got better than Sonic himself! He was a pro to be! But now-
"Watch out! You're gonna crash!" Sonic yelled futiley. The plane
crashed in the distance beyond the hotel, and Sonic cringed at the
crash. The chao started crying from the noise.
Sonic sighed and calmed the little tike down.
"Come on, kid. Let's go rescue Tails," Sonic sighed. "Tails....
what am I gonna DO with you?"
Sonic held on to his chao and took off to where Tails and the
Tornado crashed at: Emerald Coast.
Up in the sky, the news chopper was arriving at Emerald Coast,
where they saw the plane go down just then.
"This is Nellie Stargazer, live at Emerald Coast, where just
moments ago, a plane went down along with its pilot. We are-"
Nellie stopped suddenly as she saw something out of the corner
of her eye. "wait, what's that?" Nellie asked, poining. Bane whirled
the camera around to where Nellie was pointing.
"Folks, this is a turn of events. None other than that flashy new
hero, Prince Sonic, is making his way across Emerald Coast with his
faithful new chao to rescue the pilot of the plane!"
Sonic, in the meantime, was running down the beach, trying to
figure out the best route to get to Tails. As he dashed across the beach,
he came to a boardwalk. Realizing that he was over, he shuttered as he
dashed over the boardwalk. To his horror, there was a gap in the
boardwalk, where part of it was washed away. He couldn't stop in time,
and he didn't want to fall into the ocean. Thinking quicky, he threw
himself at the support poles and shoved hsi feet off of it onto the
next poll. He did this again. Landing on the next poll, he threw himself
at the other side of the board walk, JUST making it, and he continued
on. Further on, he realized he was on an island, and Tails was beyond
a few more islands. He set himself for a move and leaped off the
cliffs of the island, going at enough speed to land at the other island,
without having to touch the water. Running across the sandy isle,
leaping acrss the shallow waters onto the next island, where a grassy
road streached out towards the boardwalk that exends to the next
island. Leaping onto the boardwalk, gripping his chao tightly, he
started to run across it. The board was on the water, so it was
floating with the waves. Suddenly, something huge and black splashed
out of the water, over the boardwalk and splashed down on the other
side.
"WHOA! What was that?" Sonic asked, as he continued to run.
His chao, sensing danger, started crying again.
Sonic groaned and ran on, down the boardwalk. Suddenly, he heard
a crashing down and turned his head to see a giant orca tearing up
the pier, chasing after Sonic.
"This is incredible, folks. It seems that a giant killer whale
is looking to have Sonic for lunch!" Nellie said calmly. As she realized
what she said, she dropped her mic and screamed out the helicoptor.
"RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!!!" she screamed franticly to Sonic.
Sonic, who didn't need to be told twice, leaped off the pier
onto the next island, where a beautiful lagoon was at. Beyond the
lagoon was a lighthouse. Running across the stone bridge, Sonic
heard a splash, and looked below, where a pod of dolphins were following
him. Smilling, Sonic ran and leaped over a few more islands until he
reached the crash site.
The helicoptor landed next to Sonic as he started to dig Tails out.
"Sonic! MILES?!" Nellie cried, leaping out of the chopper. Bane
was close behind.
"Man! I've never seen anything like that in my life! Didja see
that whale?!" Bane asked.
Everyone looked at him like "DUH!".
"Is everyone here and accounted for?!" Nellie asked, tapping her foot.
"No. That thief got away scot free!" Tails muttered, rummaging
through the plane. Sonic eyed Tails suspiciously. "Thief? And where'd
the heck did you find my plane from? I sold that thing for scrap 2
years ago to the Resistance!"
"The thief had it...." Tails said simplily. Nellie nodded.
"I saw him myself. He was most definitely a thief-"
Nellie handed Sonic a set of picklocking tools. "I found THESE with him."
Sonic inspected them. "Hey! I know these tools! They belong-"
"FOUND IT!" Tails announced. Everyone looked up at him.
"Found what?" Sonic asked.
"Only THIS!" Tails announced, holding up-
"WHOA! A chaos emerald!" Sonic gasped.
"Yep. I happened to find it during one of my test flights with
other prototypes."
"Um, guys? Mind if we chat about this back on the mainland?"
Bane asked.
"Oh yeah. We better go....away from all of this-gulp water..."
Sonic swallowed.
"Problem. I don't have enough room for all of us in the
chopper." Nellie announced.
"Fine. You, Bane, and Tails get in the chopper." Sonic stated.
"But Sonic-" Tails started.
"Just go, Tails!" Sonic growled.
Tails sighed and got in. Sonic watched the chopper take off.
Nellie looked at Tails.
"Why does he call you that name, Miles?"
"Because it was the nickname he gave me when we met before I
moved down south. What's your story, Aunt Shalita?"
"Well..."
1 mile from the shore of Emerald Coast
10:15 A.M.
The green-eyed water beast watched Sonic cross the shoreline,
carrying the chao in his hands. In his battle with the evil hedgehog
last night, he learned that the hedgehog was not particuarly fond of
the water. Perhaps the little rodent would like to go for a swim. He
was the one who sent the whale after Sonic. But the hedgehog was too
fast. Lets see how he can handle a ton of water coming at him...
In the air over Emerald Coast
10:18 A.M.
"Is it me, or is the tide coming in awful fast?" Bane asked,
watching the water line. Already, some of the islands have waves
washing over them.
"Sonic better hurry up and get to land," Nellie said, worriedly.
"Don't worry, Aunt Shalita. If I know my best budy Sonic, he'll
be out of there in no time!" Tails piped in...
"I hate water.." Sonic muttered, standing on an island. Most
of the island was covered by water, and the rest of the islands had
long been washed away. So there he was, stuck. And he couldn't
swim. He hoped the chopper would find him stranded and come back to
pick him up. He heard a low rumble and thought it was the chopper
coming up. He turned around and his eyes widened, as he saw a wall
of water coming at him. The chao started to cry again.
"That's a lot of water....." Sonic thought before it slammed
into him.
Nellie gasped as she saw the huge wave wash over the islands.
"Oh my gosh! Sonic!!!" she cried as the chopper landed. They
piled out of the chopper as it took off and headed back for base.
They scanned the water for any signs of Sonic.
"I see him!" Bane pointed. Sonic was hanging on to a piece of
driftwood, fighting for his very life. A long-whip like tenticle
lashed out against his back. Sonic cried out in pain and sunk
beneath the waves. All they could see was Sonic's chao, who was
struggling to swim.
"I'll get him!" Bane called, running out to the docks and
diving into the water. The water was getting real choppy and Bane
struggled against the tide to get the chao.
"I got ya, lil' buddy," Bane called quitely, holding the
chao up. "We gotta get get Sonic..."
Under the water, the water beast held the weakly struggling
hedgehog in his grip, trying to drown him. Sonic was running out
of air, and the wound on his back stung like he had backed up
against a reef of fire coral. Weak and exausted, the last of his
energy was zapped and he floated limp in the monster's grasp. The
vaguely humonoid head rose out of the water, holding the pale, limp
hedgehog by the scruff of his neck. Bane gasped and backed up as
the thing saw him with the chao. It made a low noise and was about
to attack Bane...
Bane heard a loud whisting and a series of clicks. The monster
turned its head to see a dolphin attack it! It swam under Bane and
carried him away from the beast. A green figure riding another
dolphin attacked the beast as well, grabbing Sonic from its grasp
and swimming away. The monster, defeated, deformed into the ocean...
As soon as the dolphins were as close to shore as possible,
the two riders and their cargo dismounted them and waved, thanking
the dolphins as they swam off.
Bane turned to his rescuer.
"Man! Thanks for saving our butts out there!"
"No, thank YOU." the stranger said.
"Bane! You're okay!" Nellie cried, the others running to them.
"Thank Dolphin Boy here," Bane said, jerking his thumb towards
the green hedgehog.
"Oh yeah! I saw it! You-" Nellie started, staring up at the
familiar hedgehog.
"You...YOU!" she cried angrily. "What are you doing here?!"
"Saving these two," Manic said in a powerful tone. "There's
no time to argue."
Manic layed Sonic down in the warm sand and started pumping
his chest. "Come on....come ON bro! Breathe!"
Nellie watches Manic in awe, in spite of herself. Could it be
that this green quilled thief is actually the twin brother of Prince
Sonic?
Sonic finally coughed up a lungful of water, starting to
breathe again. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"We'd better get him to my place where he can rest. I can treat
his wounds better there than here at Station Square," Nellie stated.
"Come on. We can leave Sonic's chao in the Garden in the Hotel
and head on over to Mystic Ruins. One less headache on our hands...."
Bane suggested, holding up the crying chao.
"Excuse me. Miss Stargazer?" Manic spoke up.
"Yes sir?" Nellie asked. That statement took everyone by
suprise. "I need to talk to Miles-"
"TAILS," Tails corrected.
"-TAILS, alone for a few. I wanna get some things between us
straight. Is that alright?"
Tails gave that 'don't leave me alone with him!' look.
Nellie glared at Tails and told Manic, "Sure."
Tails groaned as he walked with Manic towards Station Square,
while the others went to wait for the next availible train.
"Look Tails...I know we haven't started out on the best terms....
put lets put it all past us, alright? Bygones be bygones?" Manic
asked, walking down the street of Station Square.
"Sure....I guesso....why did Aunt Shalita call you Sir?" Tails
asked.
"I don't know...maybe she figured out I'm a prince...."
Tails looked at him.
"You you think I'm THAT stupid?" he asked.
"No. But I'm telling the truth. You should ask Sonic."
"How would Sonic know?" Tails asked.
"Because he's my brother," Manic said casually. Tails stopped short.
"Get outta town! REALLY?!"
"Yes. Sonic's my twin brother!" Manic smiled.
"Whoa! Cool! But that still doesn't hold water for you being a
prince..."
Manic proceeded to explain to Tails about the Prophecy of the
Ancients, what's been going on until now, including explaining how he
got a hold on the Tornado.
"So you're in the resistance, and explains why you're a
thief...." Tails said. "Wow...." Tails thought deeply, letting this
all sink in. "I guess I'm very humble then, to be in the presence of
a real prince!"
"So how did you know Sonic?" Manic asked.
"A long time ago, I was still living with my paerents in
Robotropolis. They were barely able to afford to live. When my
pops couldn't pay the taxes one day, Robotnik attacked my home, and
kidnapped my parents. My mom hid me in a secret passage, so I was
safe. I hid there until I was found later by Sonic. I was only 4
at the time, and he was 11. I found out he had run away because he
thought his uncle treated him like a baby. He wanted to fight
Robotnik. So he took me back to his home, and got in trouble later.
But we usually went off on adventures, and he taught me how to
fly the Tornado. He built it himself when he was bored. His uncle
was a great inventor, and he kinda learned from him. Anyway, my
aunt Shalita finally got word of what happened, and picked me
up, and took me here, two years ago."
"I see..."
"Shouldn't we be heading for the train station?" Tails asked.
Manic stared off.
"No....follow me..." Manic said in a low, mysterious voice.
He suddenly started heading for the canal behind Twinkle Park.
"MANIC! Where you going?" Tails called, following him.
Tails followed Manic up the canal into the drainage system,
into a small room where Manic stood.
"What's going on?" Tails demanded.
Manic held out his hand. A pink orb glew brightly in his hand.
In its place were a special kind of gadget.
He handed them to Tails.
"Take these. You will need them for your upcoming battles
ahead," Manic stated.
"Battles?" Tails asked.
"No time to explain. Go!"
Tails scratched his head but ran off anyway.
Manic stared after Tails for a moment. He suddenly doubled
over, clutching at his heart. A pink light emerged from his chest
before he collasped.
"And he lead me into the canal, and he gave me these wierd Jet
Anklets, and then he told me to go. Weird huh?"
Tails was telling his aunt Shalita the entire story. Nellie was
deep in thought. As the train unloaded of its passengers, they got
on. Nellie held the unconcious hedgehog in her arms.
"I hope he'll be okay..." Bane said worriedly.
"Sonic.....Sonic please wake up...." Nellie whispered.
"Nell-" Bane started.
"Hey....Shalita...." Sonic called weakly. Nellie smiled and
hugged him.
"You're okay!"
"Yeah, I will be......my back hurts..."
"Yeah, we're gonna get you treated back at my place..."
Sonic looked into her eyes. She seemed so sweet and delicate.
She was also the first friend he made in Station Square.
Nellie was drawn by him. The sweetness of his personality, his
good looks...
Bane stared as the only girl he ever knew leaned over Sonic.
She wouldn't...would she? Yes. their lips were drawing together
like magnets, there was no way to stop-
RING RING!
It never happened, for Nellie's cell phone rang. She sighed
and answered it.
"Yeah? Oh! Yeeah.....what? NOW? But....ohhh....fine....I'm on
my way..."
Nellie hung up looking upset. "That was my boss. He wants me
to check out an expedition team in the Mystic Ruins. They supposedly
found an ancient civilization and needs me to cover it."
"Don't worry, Aunt Shalita! I'll take Sonic and help him out!"
Tails said.
"Swell...." Nellie said, dissappointment in her voice. Bane
sighed with relief.
"Saved by the cell phone...."
Station Square
11:01 A.M.
Among the many passengers that disembarked the train, Big the
Cat was among the many passengers.
Now he stood outside the station, looking for his pal, Froggy.
"Froggy! Yoo hoo!" Big called out.
A pink light flew in front of Big.
"Do you know where my poli-wog pal could be?" he asked the
little firefly. (That's what he thought it was). It said nothing,
but started to fly towards the canal behind Twinkle Park. Big followed
it into the canal, where it stopped over something shiny. Big looked
into the water and found a fishing lure! Perfect!
"Thank you, Ms. Firefly, for helping me find a way to catch
Froggy!" Big called, as he waddled out of the canal.
What he didn't see what the firefly entering the body of a
seemingly dead animal...