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Chapter 18: Stowaways

Day 5

Angel Island
12:25 P.M.

	Knuckles and the Station Square Freedom Fighters were discussing 
what to do now. They searched everywhere for the emerald pieces.
	"Ya know, we should have a name for our team," Jett said.
	"Yeah, but what?" Knuckles asked.
	"Dunno..." Jett shrugged. "The Fearsome Five?"
	"What about just Freedom Fighters?" Lauren asked.
	"Nah, too bland," Bryce said.
	"I got it! What about Knuckles' Chaotix?" Jo asked.
	Everyone looked at each other.
	"Nah."
	"It'll never work," Knux agreed.
	"In a video game, maybe," Bryce laughed.
	"Wait a minute guys! It's not just US in the fight ya know," Knux 
said. "Sonic's the REAL hero out there, fighting just as hard as we 
are. HE'S the real leader."
	"True, you you DO lead a smaller group. US." Jett said.
	"We're the....Sonic Adventurers!" Lauren said.
	"Heeeey! I am liking that already! It's got a nice ring to it!" 
Bryce said.
	"Then it's settled," Knux said, standing up. "We're the Sonic 
Adventurers!"
	"YEAH!" everyone cheered.
	"Now let's go out there, and find those emerald shards!" Knux 
said.
	Suddenly he saw something in the emerald. A ship. The Egg 
Carrier.
	"Hey wait, guys. Look! It's the Egg Carrier!" Knux called.
	"Dude! What does it mean?" Jett asked.
	"That must be where the rest of the shards must be!" Knux said.
	"Then let's go!" Bryce said.
	"But I don't know where that ship is," Knux murmured, deep in 
thought. Everyone fell over in frustation.
	A metal clang drew their attention. They saw a red robot heading 
for the mountainside, where the exit to the mainland was.
	"Hey! Isn't that one of Eggman's robots?" Knux asked.
	"Yep. I've seen him hanging around Station Square," Bryce said.
	"I know! We'll follow it back to Eggman's base!" Knux said.
	"Good idea!" Jett said. They put their hands together.
	"Here we come, Eggman!" Knux shouted.

Mystic Ruins
12:32 P.M.

	In reality, Gamma's been absent-minded since he grabbed the frog. 
As soon as he had gotten it, there was a bright flash. And then he found 
himself in front of a shrine. But he had not known what had happened.
	"Searching for location," he droned, scanning the area. But he 
still had no idea where he was. "No data found. Location unknown. This 
presents a problem."
	As he wandered towards the shrine, to get an idea where he was he 
saw over a dozen chao singing.
	"Stop! Don't go any closer!" a voice shouted.
	A girl echidna ran up to Gamma. She gasped and shyed away. "I'm 
sorry. I see you must not be one of them," she said, never seeing 
anything like him before. She thought it was a warrior scout.
	"Do you feel the presence guarding these children? He's a gentle 
loving creature."
	One chao, a green hedgehog-shaped, wandered by her side.
	"These little guys are too vulnerable without his protection. But 
now my father wants to take the emeralds from their holy grounds. It 
seems his heart is harden to us all."
	The girl paused. "But someday, I hope we can understand each 
other..."

Red Mountain
12:54 P.M.

	Knux is gonna kill me, Sonic thought. Sonic had realized that 
in order to chase the Egg Carrier, he's have to sneak onto Angel Island 
and travel through Red Mountain. Now Sonic realized how different Red 
Mountain was from the Ice Cap range. Red Mountain was bursting with 
sesmic activity.
	I take that back. The heat's gonna kill me first.
	A pink light flew to him.
	"What's this?" Sonic asked as it flew around him. He felt a great 
energy fill him.
	"Wow, what was that?" he asked.
	"This is the ancient light," a voice called. "This will protect 
you from the harsh elements of heat."
	"Neat trick, lady. Now where are you?" Sonic asked. He got no 
response, but the ball of light shot off.
	"Hey! Wait for me!" Sonic called, running after the ball. He fell 
through a hole in the ground.
	"AAAGH!" he cried, landing inside the mountain. Lava pools were all 
round him. It must be Lava Reef, a place Knux told Sonic about. At least 
he wouldn't fry anymore. He wandered around, looking for a way out.
	After wandering the Reef for 25 minutes, he found the exit and 
came out into fresh air. He looked and saw he had missed the Egg 
Carrier by maybe 5 minutes. Stupid light. He saw in the distance what 
looked like a storm brewing.
	Suddenly he heard a cracking sound and a chao crying. Perfect. 
Just what he needed...
	"Sonic, the heat made Rukicha hatch," Chaima called, popping out 
of the pack with a crying gold chao.
	"I realize this," Sonic grumbled.

Mystic Jungle
1:31 P.M.

	Knux and the FFs followed the robot through the jungle when 
they found the base.
	"Ah ha! You've lead me to your doorstep, Eggman! Maybe I can 
punch out that robot-"
	A pair of hands grabbed Knux and pulled him in a bush. The same 
thing happened with the rest of the FFs.
	"Who-?" Knux yelped. A furry blue hand slapped Knux's mouth 
closed.
	"Knux, it's me, Sierra Ranay," came the answer.
	The other slowly realized they were looking at the freedom 
fighters from earlier.
	"What?!-I mean, what are you doing here?" Knux demanded 
quietly.
	Sierra, Cyrus and Trevor looked at each other.
	"Frog-catching," they said at once.
	Knux gave them a weird look, then remembered seeing that robot 
hold the weird frog.
	"I'm not gonna ask," Knux said.
	"It's my cousin's friend," Sierra said. Knux looked at her. 
"How many cosuins DO you have?"
	"4. Shalita, Big, Amy and Daniel. Then there's my adopted 
nephew Tails..."
	"I see. Well, we need to get in-"
	"Hey, where's Big?" Trevor asked. Everyone looked around and 
saw the cat running for the bridge. Everyone groaned. "BIIIIIG!" They 
ran after him.

Egg Carrier
1:37 P.M.

	They got in just in time, for as soon as they got on board, the 
Egg Carrier took off from refueling.

TO BE CONTINUED