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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.