A/N: GRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! For all of my readers of this
fic, I am SO sorry! _ I've been grounded from the net because my parents
are evil, and my friend didn't have the net at her house yet, so there was
nothing for me to use to upload since the computers at my school are evil,
EVIL Macintoshes and don't let me! -_- Soooooo.I am really kind of behind
with all of my fanfiction. I'm going to try to get more up to date on this
one before anything else, since people actually read this fic. ^^;;
So.here's chapter eight, and there will be more chapters soon, but I can't
keep up a steady schedule because of school and such. Damn school. Damn it
all to hell! Anywayz, I really apologize to all those who like this fic.
Hopefully this will make up for it!
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Arielle chattered meaninglessly as she led Tails and Tikal back to her home, excited to finally have someone around. Tails gave Tikal a tired look and sighed. Tikal shrugged. Neither one of them particularly wanted the strange little fox around, but who knows? Maybe she could be of some use sometime.
"And look over here!" she cried, throwing her hands in the air flamboyantly. "Isn't that just the cutest little batch of flowers? I love it! I'll go out on nice days and pick some and take them back to my tree for some decoration." She turned her head around as far as she could for a second, making sure that Tails and Tikal were at least pretending to listen before she continued.
"It's awful hard to decorate a tree, you know," she said solemnly. "Sure, there's plenty of things to hang from the branches, but it just doesn't have the same.charm, ya know?" Tails blinked.
"Oh, hmm?" he said, cocking his head. "I missed that." Arielle stopped in her tracks and turned around, her face set in a miserable pout.'
"You aren't even listening to me!" she sniffed, tears welling up in her eyes. "Ooo, I can't even believe that I like you.you.freak!" She gained confidence then, taking a step closer to Tails, who looked slightly taken aback by the insult.
"Why DO you have two tails anyway?" she sneered, her face loosing some of the innocent look and her eyes shooting daggers. "No other fox has two tails. Do you think you're better then the rest of us foxes?" Tails blinked, trying to comprehend this inanity.
"What do you mean?" he asked confusedly. "Of course not, don't be-"
"Oh, just shut up!" she shouted, and started to cry. "Come on now, you think you're better then the rest of us! The way you and your.your girlfriend came in here and demanded my emerald.a-and.ooooooooooooooooooo."
She slid to the ground and cried, unable to go on. Tikal and Tails looked at one another, confused on what to do, and quite shocked as well. Tails sighed and finally went over to her, going against his better judgement. He sat down next to her and put one of his tails around her, trying to be comforting.
"Hey," he said softly, trying to calm her down. "Hey, Ari, please.don't cry. I'm sorry you think that. I don't think I'm better then anyone else.all that Tikal and I are trying to do is restore peace to the world. That why we want your emerald, not because we want to be mean." Arielle looked up at him and sniffed a bit, using her own tail to wipe her eyes.
"R-really?" she sniffled, making eye contact. "Y-you're not just trying to be mean to me?" Tails shook his head.
"Of course not. Don't be silly!" he exclaimed. "I have no reason to be mean to you." He paused, looking at her. "In fact, I bet we're going to need your help." Arielle's eyes lit up at this idea and she jumped up, hopeful.
"REALLY?!" she cried ecstatically, dancing around. "You're going to need me?" Tails nodded furiously.
"Oh, of course!" he exclaimed, trying not to let his sarcasm show. "We're going to need all the help you can give!" Arielle squealed.
"That's GREAT!" she shouted, leaping into the air. As soon as she landed, she ran ahead of them, her tree decorations forgotten.
"Come on!" she cried happily. "Come on, we have to get to my house so I can pack and we can leave!" She giggled and twirled, her giddiness overpowering her body.
"I can't believe I'm finally going on an adventure! This is going to be so great, and fun, and."
Tails sighed and shot a look over at Tikal, who rolled her eyes. This fox was nuts.
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"You know, you've been digging at that wall for five days," Robotnik stated idly while leaning his fat bulk up against the wall. "I think it's about time you tried something else, echidna." Knuckles growled and lifted his head up, staring coldly at his temporary ally.
"You have any better idea, Robobutt?" he spat, wiping the dirt from his hands. Robotnik smirked.
"I thought the good guys were the ones who always came up with the clever plans," he replied smugly. Knuckles groaned and looked down at his bloodied knuckles, worn and mangled from the five days of hard digging.
"Well, this is one good guy who's all out of ideas," he sighed. "I never thought I'd say this, but I wish Sonic was in here. He's always been pretty good with ideas." Robotnik scowled.
"Oh, of course," he muttered. "Sonic has always been an annoyingly clever little rodent." Knuckles' hair on the back of his neck bristled.
"Watch what you call my friend, Eggy," he snarled, baring his teeth. Robotnik just laughed, holding his stomach like an evil version of Santa Claus.
"Pfft, your idle threats don't bother me," he replied coolly, pushing his bulk off the wall now and standing up straight. "I still suggest you work on finding a way out of here. Who knows what that dastardly hedgehog is doing while we're trapped in here."
"Why is this all shoved on me?" Knuckled snapped, irritated. "Just what do you plan to do to help?" Robotnik shrugged and went back over to the pile of hay on the floor of their cell, which served as their bed.
"I never said I would help you get out of here," he smirked. "I only said I would help against Shadow." With that, he flopped down on the hay and ceased to speak. Knuckles muttered something nasty under his breath and turned back to his shallow hole, still digging.
"Fat bastard," he grumbled, scraping at the rock. "Stupid, fat bastard."
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Rouge lowered her head, pushing her emaciated and battered body against the bars, trying futilely to push them down. Her strength fading, she stumbled and fell to the ground, her hands breaking her fall. Letting out a whimper, she got back up and tried again, only to fall over a second time, and then a third. Her whimpers soon turned to sobs, and she slumped down against the bars and wept, physically and emotionally drained.
"Tails." she whispered, wiping her eyes with one of her gloves, dirtied with the grime of the cell. "I wish you were here to.to hold me.and love me."
She turned her eyes to the ceiling, the faint light that was available reflecting off them, turning them into shiny, iridescent orbs.
"Please come back to me," she said, her voice fading into another sob. "Please."
She slid all the way to the floor then, and wrapped her wings about her grimy, pummeled body, and wept.
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Arielle chattered meaninglessly as she led Tails and Tikal back to her home, excited to finally have someone around. Tails gave Tikal a tired look and sighed. Tikal shrugged. Neither one of them particularly wanted the strange little fox around, but who knows? Maybe she could be of some use sometime.
"And look over here!" she cried, throwing her hands in the air flamboyantly. "Isn't that just the cutest little batch of flowers? I love it! I'll go out on nice days and pick some and take them back to my tree for some decoration." She turned her head around as far as she could for a second, making sure that Tails and Tikal were at least pretending to listen before she continued.
"It's awful hard to decorate a tree, you know," she said solemnly. "Sure, there's plenty of things to hang from the branches, but it just doesn't have the same.charm, ya know?" Tails blinked.
"Oh, hmm?" he said, cocking his head. "I missed that." Arielle stopped in her tracks and turned around, her face set in a miserable pout.'
"You aren't even listening to me!" she sniffed, tears welling up in her eyes. "Ooo, I can't even believe that I like you.you.freak!" She gained confidence then, taking a step closer to Tails, who looked slightly taken aback by the insult.
"Why DO you have two tails anyway?" she sneered, her face loosing some of the innocent look and her eyes shooting daggers. "No other fox has two tails. Do you think you're better then the rest of us foxes?" Tails blinked, trying to comprehend this inanity.
"What do you mean?" he asked confusedly. "Of course not, don't be-"
"Oh, just shut up!" she shouted, and started to cry. "Come on now, you think you're better then the rest of us! The way you and your.your girlfriend came in here and demanded my emerald.a-and.ooooooooooooooooooo."
She slid to the ground and cried, unable to go on. Tikal and Tails looked at one another, confused on what to do, and quite shocked as well. Tails sighed and finally went over to her, going against his better judgement. He sat down next to her and put one of his tails around her, trying to be comforting.
"Hey," he said softly, trying to calm her down. "Hey, Ari, please.don't cry. I'm sorry you think that. I don't think I'm better then anyone else.all that Tikal and I are trying to do is restore peace to the world. That why we want your emerald, not because we want to be mean." Arielle looked up at him and sniffed a bit, using her own tail to wipe her eyes.
"R-really?" she sniffled, making eye contact. "Y-you're not just trying to be mean to me?" Tails shook his head.
"Of course not. Don't be silly!" he exclaimed. "I have no reason to be mean to you." He paused, looking at her. "In fact, I bet we're going to need your help." Arielle's eyes lit up at this idea and she jumped up, hopeful.
"REALLY?!" she cried ecstatically, dancing around. "You're going to need me?" Tails nodded furiously.
"Oh, of course!" he exclaimed, trying not to let his sarcasm show. "We're going to need all the help you can give!" Arielle squealed.
"That's GREAT!" she shouted, leaping into the air. As soon as she landed, she ran ahead of them, her tree decorations forgotten.
"Come on!" she cried happily. "Come on, we have to get to my house so I can pack and we can leave!" She giggled and twirled, her giddiness overpowering her body.
"I can't believe I'm finally going on an adventure! This is going to be so great, and fun, and."
Tails sighed and shot a look over at Tikal, who rolled her eyes. This fox was nuts.
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"You know, you've been digging at that wall for five days," Robotnik stated idly while leaning his fat bulk up against the wall. "I think it's about time you tried something else, echidna." Knuckles growled and lifted his head up, staring coldly at his temporary ally.
"You have any better idea, Robobutt?" he spat, wiping the dirt from his hands. Robotnik smirked.
"I thought the good guys were the ones who always came up with the clever plans," he replied smugly. Knuckles groaned and looked down at his bloodied knuckles, worn and mangled from the five days of hard digging.
"Well, this is one good guy who's all out of ideas," he sighed. "I never thought I'd say this, but I wish Sonic was in here. He's always been pretty good with ideas." Robotnik scowled.
"Oh, of course," he muttered. "Sonic has always been an annoyingly clever little rodent." Knuckles' hair on the back of his neck bristled.
"Watch what you call my friend, Eggy," he snarled, baring his teeth. Robotnik just laughed, holding his stomach like an evil version of Santa Claus.
"Pfft, your idle threats don't bother me," he replied coolly, pushing his bulk off the wall now and standing up straight. "I still suggest you work on finding a way out of here. Who knows what that dastardly hedgehog is doing while we're trapped in here."
"Why is this all shoved on me?" Knuckled snapped, irritated. "Just what do you plan to do to help?" Robotnik shrugged and went back over to the pile of hay on the floor of their cell, which served as their bed.
"I never said I would help you get out of here," he smirked. "I only said I would help against Shadow." With that, he flopped down on the hay and ceased to speak. Knuckles muttered something nasty under his breath and turned back to his shallow hole, still digging.
"Fat bastard," he grumbled, scraping at the rock. "Stupid, fat bastard."
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Rouge lowered her head, pushing her emaciated and battered body against the bars, trying futilely to push them down. Her strength fading, she stumbled and fell to the ground, her hands breaking her fall. Letting out a whimper, she got back up and tried again, only to fall over a second time, and then a third. Her whimpers soon turned to sobs, and she slumped down against the bars and wept, physically and emotionally drained.
"Tails." she whispered, wiping her eyes with one of her gloves, dirtied with the grime of the cell. "I wish you were here to.to hold me.and love me."
She turned her eyes to the ceiling, the faint light that was available reflecting off them, turning them into shiny, iridescent orbs.
"Please come back to me," she said, her voice fading into another sob. "Please."
She slid all the way to the floor then, and wrapped her wings about her grimy, pummeled body, and wept.
