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Chapter 33: "The Living Chaos Emerald"

Day 8
Mystic Ruins Base
9:12 A.M.

	Sleet had his head on the computer console, sleeping. He been 
working all night and was waiting for the computer to calculate results 
for the location of the eighth chaos emerald.
	A loud beep came from the computer, waking him up.
	"Huh? Whazzat?" he mumbled, then looked up at the screen. "Dr. 
Robotnik!!!"
	"What is it, Sleet?!" Robotnik called, walking over.
	"I've finally found where the emerald is!" he said.
	"WHERE?!"
	"There!" Sleet said, poking at the screen.
	"THERE?! That's impossible!!!" Robotnik yelled, staring at the 
screen.

City Hall
10:05 A.M.

	"And I just want to say that I want to apologize for accusing 
Sonic and banning him from the city," Mayor Blaze said, putting a hand 
on Sonic's shoulder. "Welcome back to Station Square."
	"Thank you sir," he said graciously, as everyone gave a rousing 
cheer.
	The doors to City Hall burst open, and SWATbots came in like a 
flood, pointing their guns at all the civilians.
	"What's the meaning of this?!" Blaze demanded.
	"The meaning of this, is none of your business," Sleet said, 
walking in. "No false moves, or these SWATbots MIGHT have a glitch and 
accidently pull the trigger."
	Sonic growled, but stood where he was, in fear of someone getting 
killed. "What do you want?"
	"It's not what I want. It's what HE wants," Sleet said, pointing 
to Dr. Robotnik.
	"Hey Robuttnik! I see you've gotten more round since we've last 
met!" Sonic called. "I'm suprised you were able to get out of that 
machine without any trouble!"
	"Very amusing, Hedgehog. But I'm after a power source."
	Robotnik shouted. "A VERY LARGE power source!!!"
	He turned to Sonic again. "Someone in this room has it, and I'm 
after them. They have the eighth chaos emerald!"
	"Give us a break. The eighth chaos emerald is a myth," Shalita 
said.
	"SHUT UP! I WASN'T FINISHED!" Robotnik shouted, smacking her.
	"SHALITA!" Sonic cried, bolting forward, but held back by a 
pair of SWATbots.
	"Ah Sonic. The noble prince of courage and chivalry. Wouldn't 
you want to know where the eighth chaos emerald is?" Robotnik asked, 
cupping his chin.
	Sonic spat in his face in reply.
	Robotnik rooared, wiping his face off. He pulled out a needle 
and pressed it into Sonic's arm. Sonic cried out, but Sleet grabbed 
him and put his hand over the hedgehog's mouth.
	"Sonic!" Shalita cried.
	"Oh no!!!" Sonia yelled.
	Sonic fell into a drugged stupor and collasped under his own 
weight. Sleet lifted him and flung him over his shoulder like a sack 
of potatoes.
	The two villans left before the SWATbots retreated, leaving 
everyone in complete shock.

Mystic Ruins Base
7:59 P.M.

	Sonic moaned softly, and opened his eyes. A light shone down on him.
	"Ah, the hedgehog is awake," Robotnik called. "You're just in time."
	Sonic realized he was strapped down tightly. "What do you want?"
	"You have something I want," Robotnik said.
	"The chaos emerald? I don't have it."
	"Oh yes you do. We realized the eighth emerald couldn't be found 
just anywhere, because the force of nature creates it differently."
	"What do you mean?"
	"Once every 1000 years, nature chooses a special life-form, and 
because of which, they are born with a chaos emerald INSIDE THEIR BODY."
	Sonic's eyes widen. "Is that why I been feeling pains these last 
few days?"
	"Yes, dear boy. You are a living chaos emerald!"
	Sonic closed his eyes. "I don't believe you."
	"Oh, is that so? What if I told you the emerald's energy has an 
affect on the person that has it? Sonic, your aging process is slowing."
	Sonic opened his eyes and stared at the doctor. "Slowing."
	"Exactly. It's slowing as an adnormaly fast rate. By the time 
you become 20, it would stop completely."
	"Meaning I can live for years without aging," Sonic said, 
closing his eyes. "Joy."
	"Well now that that is over with....time to remove that emerald 
from your body."
	"And how do you propose to do so?" Sonic glared.
	Sleet wheeled in a big device.
	"With this. This is my emerald extractor. It'll remove that 
emerald from your body."
	"And what about me?" Sonic demanded.
	"Noting that the emerald preserves your life energy...I suppose 
you'll begin aging adnormally fast and die within a few days. Ha ha ha!"
	"NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!" Sonic cried.
	"ACTIVATE!" Robotnik ordered.
	A green ray shot from the machine. Sonic felt this incredible pain 
and started yelling out loudly.

Mystic Forest
9:09 P.M.

	Sonia looked around before she opened the vent to get inside the 
base. Shalita was on the other side, waiting to cut power, and get 
Sonic before it comes back on.
	As she silently crawled into the vent, she heard her brother's 
cries of pain. Just hearing him was bringing tears to her eyes. 
She had to hurry. As she reached the room Robotnik held Sonic in, she 
saw Sonic, being zapped by a ray. Power cut, killing the energy.
 Sonic collasped, staring at the ceiling, breathing hard.
	Robotnik and his guards went to check out the commotion and 
Sonia got out of the vent to her brother's side.
	Sonic never saw her. He was reeling in so much pain, it was unbearible.
	"Oh Sonic..." she whimpered, uncuffing him and cradling him.
	"Hold it right there, Princess," Sleet growled, appearing in the 
doorway.
	"Stay away, Sleet!" Sonic growled.
	"Sonia!!!!" came Dingo's voice.
	"Oh brother," Sonia moaned, slapping her forhead.
	Sleet raised his gun. "You have nowhere to run this time. And 
no one to help you!"
	Before he could pull the trigger, an arrow shot out, striking the 
gun, destroying it. Sleet looked up. "YOU!!!!!!"
	The cloaked figure leaped from the vent and in front of Sonia, 
with his bow and arrow. "I have a perfect aim and a strong release. 
Clear a path now or you will find THIS arrow through your black grimy 
heart!"
	Sleet gasped and ran. "I'm outta here!"
	Sonia looked at her hero. "Thank you very much!"
	"Hey, it's the least I can do-"
	The figure pulled back his hood.
	"-for my only brother and sister."
	"MANIC?! You're ALIVE!!!!" Sonia shouted.
	Manic nodded. "Let's not wear out our welcome. We need to get 
Sonic to the hospital, PRONTO."

Station Square Hospital
11:58 P.M.

	By near midnight, the doctor came out from the ICU.
	"Sonic is going to be just fine. He just needs a few days. However, 
there are a few things about his health I wish to discuss." he told 
Sonic's family.
	The doctor say down and explained about the chaos emerald inside 
him and how it's slowing his aging process. He also explained a few 
health rules to keep Sonic from having his chest pains like he's been 
having.
	By early morning, they were allowed in to see him. He was sleeping 
quietly, no longer tomented by his pains of HIS Chaos Emerald.