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~~~~~ROLM
"Over it? How?" Amy asked as we walked outside.
"Simple. Haven't you seen me fly?"
"Fly?! Who do you think you are? Only Tails can fly!"
"Not anymore!" I yelled as I flew into the air with a gust of wind.
"Whoa! How can you do that?" she asked as she stared up at me.
"It's simple, once you know the basics. But enough of that, let's head towards the base!" I swooped down, grabbed her arm, and flew off over the forest.
"WHOA!" She screamed as she dangled from my hand.
"Hang on! I'll get us there in about five seconds!"
I summoned as much energy as I could into the Chaos Emerald and shot forward, the fastest I have ever gone. I landed just outside of Eggman's base and held my head in my hands. Using the Chaos Emeralds was a lot of work. I tossed my fatigue aside and walked towards the base entrance.
"Wait up for me!" Amy yelled as she ran after me.
I walked into the base and was greeted rather rudely by ten robots with lasers. I used my Wind Blast attack to smash them to pieces against the wall. Another wave of exhaustion swept over me, but I shook my head and cleared it of my pain. Amy entered the base and looked at the mess I had created. After she came in, however, the door behind her slammed shut.
"Shoot! I guess we have no choice but to go forward now," I said as I looked at Amy.
"There's no turning back," she agreed.
We continued down the hall until I spotted another group of robots around a corner. I hid behind the corner and motioned for Amy to get close.
"I'll hold these guys off. Head for the prison cells. They should be down that way," I said as I pointed to the right.
"All right, but be careful," she said as she ran down the other tunnel.
I jumped out from behind the corner and Wind Blasted many of the robots aside like broken dolls. A few survived this time, however, and the proceeded to fire lasers at me. I hid behind the corner again for a break. All these attacks I have been doing have been really wearing me out.
'I hope she hurries,' I thought as I jumped out from behind the corner again.
~~~~~AMY
'Now, where could Sonic be?' I thought to myself as I looked around. I knew I was close. Empty prison cells were on both sides of me. I could in a way sense where Sonic was. That's how I could follow him all the time, even though he was faster than I was. I was getting closer.
I turned a corner in the tunnel and found a lone robot guarding a cell. I ran and quickly caught it off-guard with a smash to it's head with my hammer. Its head went flying off and hit the wall behind me. Its body fell to the ground, shooting sparks.
"Sonic, look! It's Amy!" Tails said from the cage.
"Amy! Geez, I'm getting dejavu from when she got me out of that mess at Prison Lane..." Sonic replied.
"Hey! I did most of the work for that one!" Tails shouted.
"Pipe down you two! Do you want us to get caught?" I asked as I walked towards the cell.
"So, who else did my little buddy bring? Or is it just you?" A green hedgehog asked from behind Sonic and Tails.
"Who are you?" I asked.
"Oh, we haven't been introduced yet. My name is Garion. I'm Rolm's guardian and also the guardian of the red Chaos Emerald. There's no need to introduce yourself, I have heard about you already," the hedgehog replied.
"Well, any friend of Sonic's is a friend of mine!" We shook hands through the cell bars.
"So, how do we get out of here?" Sonic asked.
"Stand back," I said as I brought my hammer behind my back. Everyone walked to the back of the cell. I smashed forward with my hammer with a slight twirl to do more damage. The cell door bent inwards and I quickly kicked it down.
"Thanks Amy," Sonic said.
"Anytime Sonic. And remember, you owe me one." I looked into his eyes and he gave me a smile.
"OK, so, let's get out of here," Sonic said, breaking eye contact.
"Not so fast! I need to get my emerald back!" Garion shouted.
"Mine too!" Tails added.
"And the doors to get out of here are shut anyway. We need a plan," I said.
"First things first. Where is my buddy at?" Garion asked.
"Oh, shoot! He is holding back the robot forces at the entrance! Let's go!" I yelled as I ran down the tunnel.
~~~~~GARION
'He had better not be hurt, or I'll...'
My thoughts were cut short when we reached Rolm. He was panting on the ground, and robot parts cluttered the floor around him. A robot ran around the corner and he blasted it with a gust of wind, which actually sent himself flying backwards against the wall.
"Rolm!" I shouted as I ran towards him. "Are you OK?"
"Garion... I'll be fine, but I need a break for a bit," he said as his eyes shut. He was unconscious.
"Man, he really overworked himself. I'm going to stay here and watch over him until he's awake again. Go on without me," I stated.
"All right. Take care," Sonic said as he and the others walked off.
'Rolm, you've done your part. Now I'll do mine.'
~~~~~TAILS
I ran down the corridor, trying to catch up to Sonic. He had to run back every five seconds just so that Amy and I could catch up. He finally got tired of it and said,
"Look, you guys look for the emeralds. I'll take care of Eggman. His robots are getting to be a real hassle."
"No, Sonic! I want to stay with you!" Amy complained.
"Amy, it's too dangerous! Besides, Tails will need your help more than I will. Trust me," he said.
"Be careful, Sonic," I warned. "We have no idea what new idea he has cooked up this time."
Sonic laughed. "I'm looking forward to it!"
He ran down the corridor and went his own way.
After much time spent searching, we still hadn't the slightest clue where the emeralds were. And I was getting worried for Sonic, and wondered how he was doing.
"Here, Tails, what's that?" Amy pointed at a strange red glow coming from underneath a door.
"That must be the red chaos emerald!" I shouted as I opened the door.
In the room was a sight I hadn't expected to see. Clutching the red chaos emerald in her hands was the same creature that had betrayed me in the forest. To look for a missing ring that wasn't there. To be lured right into a trap.
Strangely enough, my mind went completely blank as I looked at her. My mouth hung open and I sort of walking in a trance towards her. I wanted to be with her. I wanted to comfort her, and let her know that I was there for her to depend on. I was there...
~~~~~AMY
"Tails, what are you doing!?" I shouted for the third time as he walked slowly over to the strange girl hedgehog.
"Hmm, it seems to work, but I may have a problem with you," she said as she looked at me.
"What seems to work? What have you done to Tails!?" I yelled.
"I have used the power of the Chaos Emerald to sort of... twist his mind into feeling a particular way. However, since it's power doesn't seem to work on you, I guess I'll have to take you out the hard way!" she yelled as she took out a menacing looking whip.
I took out my hammer and charged towards her. She flashed her whip at me and I barely had enough time to dodge. Man, she was fast! I charged again, this time with my hammer in front, aiming for her stomach.
She dodged to the side just before I hit and slashed my back with her weapon. Pain erupted all over my body and I could barely focus.
I jumped to the side just as another blow landed where I was. I jumped, smashed down and managed to hit her shoulder with the edge of my hammer. She yelled in pain and backed up, gripping her shoulder with her hand.
I charged again, but before I could get even half way to her she lunged with her whip and wrapped it around my hammer. With one quick pull she yanked the hammer out of my hands and tossed it behind her.
"Now what are you going to do?" she asked as she coiled her whip, biding her time to strike...
~~~~~TAILS
...I'm by your side, what can I do to help? What can I do...
A sharp pain on my head brought me back to reality. I looked down behind me to find Amy's hammer. It must've fallen on my head. I grabbed it and tossed it to Amy, who caught it and deflected an attack from the strange girl just in time. I ran and tapped her shoulder to distract her just long enough for Amy to come in with a hammer blow to her head. She was out like a light.
"Yes! You did it Amy!" I congratulated as I took the red chaos emerald from the now sleeping girl.
"Yeah, that wasn't bad!"
I searched around the room to find my own chaos emerald on a table. I grabbed it and ran out the door.
"Amy, take this back to Garion," I said as I handed her the red Chaos Emerald. "I'm going after Sonic."
"OK Tails, but be careful!" She said as she took off. I twirled my tails to get a slight hover and zoomed down the corridor where Sonic had disappeared...
~~~~~SONIC
"Eggman, you're going down!" I yelled.
"I think not, Sonic!" he shouted from the inside of his repaired spider- bot. "There is no Satil to save you this time!"
I jumped and Homing Attacked his cockpit, but it didn't do any visible damage.
"Hah! I bought the right type of glass this time! You won't be able to put so much as a scratch on this machine!" Eggman taunted.
He fired a laser from one of the legs of the spider-bot and I back-flipped to dodge the attack.
"I have a new weapon for you, Sonic! Fire rockets!"
Eggman's spider-bot fired multiple homing missiles from its back and they flew towards me. I ran as fast as I could to the back of Eggman's robot. The missiles did a U-turn and smashed into Eggman's machine.
"That does it! I'm going to destroy you!" Eggman yelled as he turned the robot around. "Fire the ultimate weapon!" he commanded as he pushed a couple buttons.
A huge missile the size of me came out of Eggman's machine and soared to the ceiling, where it turned and dive-bombed towards me. I was too awed by the size of the weapon that I didn't dodge or run. The missile kept coming down and down, until it... stopped?
"Hang on, Sonic! Leave this to me!" Tails shouted as he pulled on the back of the missile while twirling his tails as fast as he could.
"Tails! Boy am I glad to see you!" I yelled.
"You meddling fox! If Sonic isn't the one to ruin my plans, it's always you!" Eggman complained.
Tails turned the missile and pointed it at Eggman's spider-bot.
"No, no, Tails! I didn't mean it like that! I mean..."
BOOM!
Eggman's now useless machine fell to the ground, lifeless. Eggman cursed from inside while he shook his fist at Tails and me.
Tails landed by my side and we walked out of the room. We were finished here... for today. Maybe one of these days Eggman will learn. But until then, we might as well give him second chances.
I grabbed my friend's arm and we raced down the corridors, heading towards the exit. We got there in about two minutes.
When we arrived the first thing we noticed was Amy holding her hammer over her head as she waited for a robot to come around the other corner. Garion was using his Chaos Emerald to burn a hole in the door for us to get out. Rolm was conscious now, but he was still sitting on the floor, resting.
"Hey Garion," I said as I walked up. "How are you doing here?"
"All right," he said as he stopped. "It should be finished now."
We all went out and walked down the path to our houses.
"Hang on a second! How about a race among the four of us?" Rolm suggested.
"What?! A race? I thought you were exhausted!" Garion exclaimed as he looked at his companion.
"I feel a lot better now, actually. Cmon, it'll be fun!"
"Is that OK with you, Sonic?" Garion asked.
"Of course! I never turn down a offer to run!" I said. Tails nodded in agreement.
"All right then, let's race to the other end of the woods," Garion stated.
"On your mark," I said.
"Get set," Rolm added.
"GO!" Tails finished. We were all zooming along the woods, heading for the end. I was in first, but the others were close behind me. Garion was a hair short of being neck and neck with me.
~~~~~TAILS
I twirled my tails as fast as I could as I flew along above the others.
"Hey, where did Rolm go?" I asked myself.
"Right here!" he shouted as he zoomed along beside me.
"How can you fly with only one tail!?" I asked in surprise.
"I use the Chaos Emerald of wind to carry myself along," he replied.
"Cool!"
"Yeah, but not as cool as you. You actually look awesome when you're flying. Me, I just look like I'm running on air," Rolm admitted.
"But still, not too many people can do that," I said, trying to cheer him up.
"Yeah, you're right. But anyway, let's get back to the race!"
"Right!" I looked down to see Garion and Sonic a ways ahead. "Shoot!"
~~~~~GARION
I struggled to get more speed out of my Chaos Emerald. I needed more. More! Only a tiny bit more and I would win. I would beat Sonic! I pushed myself to as fast as I could go, and burst through the edge of the woods... a second after Sonic did.
I panted and leaned against a tree for a break. I was sweating a lot. I had tried my hardest, and I STILL couldn't beat Sonic.
'One of these days I'll beat you Sonic,' I thought to myself as he walked up to me.
"Nice run! You kept up with me the whole way! It looks like I have some competition!" he said as he grinned.
Tails and Rolm came through the trees for a tie at that moment and landed near us. They both were tired and gasping for air, just like I was a couple seconds earlier. The only one of us who wasn't was Sonic. He looked like he could've ran all the way around the globe without breaking a sweat.
"Don't sell yourself short," I replied to Sonic. "You have extraordinary talent yourself."
He scratched his head for a second and looked at the ground. "Thanks Garion."
"Anytime."
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~~~~~ROLM
"Over it? How?" Amy asked as we walked outside.
"Simple. Haven't you seen me fly?"
"Fly?! Who do you think you are? Only Tails can fly!"
"Not anymore!" I yelled as I flew into the air with a gust of wind.
"Whoa! How can you do that?" she asked as she stared up at me.
"It's simple, once you know the basics. But enough of that, let's head towards the base!" I swooped down, grabbed her arm, and flew off over the forest.
"WHOA!" She screamed as she dangled from my hand.
"Hang on! I'll get us there in about five seconds!"
I summoned as much energy as I could into the Chaos Emerald and shot forward, the fastest I have ever gone. I landed just outside of Eggman's base and held my head in my hands. Using the Chaos Emeralds was a lot of work. I tossed my fatigue aside and walked towards the base entrance.
"Wait up for me!" Amy yelled as she ran after me.
I walked into the base and was greeted rather rudely by ten robots with lasers. I used my Wind Blast attack to smash them to pieces against the wall. Another wave of exhaustion swept over me, but I shook my head and cleared it of my pain. Amy entered the base and looked at the mess I had created. After she came in, however, the door behind her slammed shut.
"Shoot! I guess we have no choice but to go forward now," I said as I looked at Amy.
"There's no turning back," she agreed.
We continued down the hall until I spotted another group of robots around a corner. I hid behind the corner and motioned for Amy to get close.
"I'll hold these guys off. Head for the prison cells. They should be down that way," I said as I pointed to the right.
"All right, but be careful," she said as she ran down the other tunnel.
I jumped out from behind the corner and Wind Blasted many of the robots aside like broken dolls. A few survived this time, however, and the proceeded to fire lasers at me. I hid behind the corner again for a break. All these attacks I have been doing have been really wearing me out.
'I hope she hurries,' I thought as I jumped out from behind the corner again.
~~~~~AMY
'Now, where could Sonic be?' I thought to myself as I looked around. I knew I was close. Empty prison cells were on both sides of me. I could in a way sense where Sonic was. That's how I could follow him all the time, even though he was faster than I was. I was getting closer.
I turned a corner in the tunnel and found a lone robot guarding a cell. I ran and quickly caught it off-guard with a smash to it's head with my hammer. Its head went flying off and hit the wall behind me. Its body fell to the ground, shooting sparks.
"Sonic, look! It's Amy!" Tails said from the cage.
"Amy! Geez, I'm getting dejavu from when she got me out of that mess at Prison Lane..." Sonic replied.
"Hey! I did most of the work for that one!" Tails shouted.
"Pipe down you two! Do you want us to get caught?" I asked as I walked towards the cell.
"So, who else did my little buddy bring? Or is it just you?" A green hedgehog asked from behind Sonic and Tails.
"Who are you?" I asked.
"Oh, we haven't been introduced yet. My name is Garion. I'm Rolm's guardian and also the guardian of the red Chaos Emerald. There's no need to introduce yourself, I have heard about you already," the hedgehog replied.
"Well, any friend of Sonic's is a friend of mine!" We shook hands through the cell bars.
"So, how do we get out of here?" Sonic asked.
"Stand back," I said as I brought my hammer behind my back. Everyone walked to the back of the cell. I smashed forward with my hammer with a slight twirl to do more damage. The cell door bent inwards and I quickly kicked it down.
"Thanks Amy," Sonic said.
"Anytime Sonic. And remember, you owe me one." I looked into his eyes and he gave me a smile.
"OK, so, let's get out of here," Sonic said, breaking eye contact.
"Not so fast! I need to get my emerald back!" Garion shouted.
"Mine too!" Tails added.
"And the doors to get out of here are shut anyway. We need a plan," I said.
"First things first. Where is my buddy at?" Garion asked.
"Oh, shoot! He is holding back the robot forces at the entrance! Let's go!" I yelled as I ran down the tunnel.
~~~~~GARION
'He had better not be hurt, or I'll...'
My thoughts were cut short when we reached Rolm. He was panting on the ground, and robot parts cluttered the floor around him. A robot ran around the corner and he blasted it with a gust of wind, which actually sent himself flying backwards against the wall.
"Rolm!" I shouted as I ran towards him. "Are you OK?"
"Garion... I'll be fine, but I need a break for a bit," he said as his eyes shut. He was unconscious.
"Man, he really overworked himself. I'm going to stay here and watch over him until he's awake again. Go on without me," I stated.
"All right. Take care," Sonic said as he and the others walked off.
'Rolm, you've done your part. Now I'll do mine.'
~~~~~TAILS
I ran down the corridor, trying to catch up to Sonic. He had to run back every five seconds just so that Amy and I could catch up. He finally got tired of it and said,
"Look, you guys look for the emeralds. I'll take care of Eggman. His robots are getting to be a real hassle."
"No, Sonic! I want to stay with you!" Amy complained.
"Amy, it's too dangerous! Besides, Tails will need your help more than I will. Trust me," he said.
"Be careful, Sonic," I warned. "We have no idea what new idea he has cooked up this time."
Sonic laughed. "I'm looking forward to it!"
He ran down the corridor and went his own way.
After much time spent searching, we still hadn't the slightest clue where the emeralds were. And I was getting worried for Sonic, and wondered how he was doing.
"Here, Tails, what's that?" Amy pointed at a strange red glow coming from underneath a door.
"That must be the red chaos emerald!" I shouted as I opened the door.
In the room was a sight I hadn't expected to see. Clutching the red chaos emerald in her hands was the same creature that had betrayed me in the forest. To look for a missing ring that wasn't there. To be lured right into a trap.
Strangely enough, my mind went completely blank as I looked at her. My mouth hung open and I sort of walking in a trance towards her. I wanted to be with her. I wanted to comfort her, and let her know that I was there for her to depend on. I was there...
~~~~~AMY
"Tails, what are you doing!?" I shouted for the third time as he walked slowly over to the strange girl hedgehog.
"Hmm, it seems to work, but I may have a problem with you," she said as she looked at me.
"What seems to work? What have you done to Tails!?" I yelled.
"I have used the power of the Chaos Emerald to sort of... twist his mind into feeling a particular way. However, since it's power doesn't seem to work on you, I guess I'll have to take you out the hard way!" she yelled as she took out a menacing looking whip.
I took out my hammer and charged towards her. She flashed her whip at me and I barely had enough time to dodge. Man, she was fast! I charged again, this time with my hammer in front, aiming for her stomach.
She dodged to the side just before I hit and slashed my back with her weapon. Pain erupted all over my body and I could barely focus.
I jumped to the side just as another blow landed where I was. I jumped, smashed down and managed to hit her shoulder with the edge of my hammer. She yelled in pain and backed up, gripping her shoulder with her hand.
I charged again, but before I could get even half way to her she lunged with her whip and wrapped it around my hammer. With one quick pull she yanked the hammer out of my hands and tossed it behind her.
"Now what are you going to do?" she asked as she coiled her whip, biding her time to strike...
~~~~~TAILS
...I'm by your side, what can I do to help? What can I do...
A sharp pain on my head brought me back to reality. I looked down behind me to find Amy's hammer. It must've fallen on my head. I grabbed it and tossed it to Amy, who caught it and deflected an attack from the strange girl just in time. I ran and tapped her shoulder to distract her just long enough for Amy to come in with a hammer blow to her head. She was out like a light.
"Yes! You did it Amy!" I congratulated as I took the red chaos emerald from the now sleeping girl.
"Yeah, that wasn't bad!"
I searched around the room to find my own chaos emerald on a table. I grabbed it and ran out the door.
"Amy, take this back to Garion," I said as I handed her the red Chaos Emerald. "I'm going after Sonic."
"OK Tails, but be careful!" She said as she took off. I twirled my tails to get a slight hover and zoomed down the corridor where Sonic had disappeared...
~~~~~SONIC
"Eggman, you're going down!" I yelled.
"I think not, Sonic!" he shouted from the inside of his repaired spider- bot. "There is no Satil to save you this time!"
I jumped and Homing Attacked his cockpit, but it didn't do any visible damage.
"Hah! I bought the right type of glass this time! You won't be able to put so much as a scratch on this machine!" Eggman taunted.
He fired a laser from one of the legs of the spider-bot and I back-flipped to dodge the attack.
"I have a new weapon for you, Sonic! Fire rockets!"
Eggman's spider-bot fired multiple homing missiles from its back and they flew towards me. I ran as fast as I could to the back of Eggman's robot. The missiles did a U-turn and smashed into Eggman's machine.
"That does it! I'm going to destroy you!" Eggman yelled as he turned the robot around. "Fire the ultimate weapon!" he commanded as he pushed a couple buttons.
A huge missile the size of me came out of Eggman's machine and soared to the ceiling, where it turned and dive-bombed towards me. I was too awed by the size of the weapon that I didn't dodge or run. The missile kept coming down and down, until it... stopped?
"Hang on, Sonic! Leave this to me!" Tails shouted as he pulled on the back of the missile while twirling his tails as fast as he could.
"Tails! Boy am I glad to see you!" I yelled.
"You meddling fox! If Sonic isn't the one to ruin my plans, it's always you!" Eggman complained.
Tails turned the missile and pointed it at Eggman's spider-bot.
"No, no, Tails! I didn't mean it like that! I mean..."
BOOM!
Eggman's now useless machine fell to the ground, lifeless. Eggman cursed from inside while he shook his fist at Tails and me.
Tails landed by my side and we walked out of the room. We were finished here... for today. Maybe one of these days Eggman will learn. But until then, we might as well give him second chances.
I grabbed my friend's arm and we raced down the corridors, heading towards the exit. We got there in about two minutes.
When we arrived the first thing we noticed was Amy holding her hammer over her head as she waited for a robot to come around the other corner. Garion was using his Chaos Emerald to burn a hole in the door for us to get out. Rolm was conscious now, but he was still sitting on the floor, resting.
"Hey Garion," I said as I walked up. "How are you doing here?"
"All right," he said as he stopped. "It should be finished now."
We all went out and walked down the path to our houses.
"Hang on a second! How about a race among the four of us?" Rolm suggested.
"What?! A race? I thought you were exhausted!" Garion exclaimed as he looked at his companion.
"I feel a lot better now, actually. Cmon, it'll be fun!"
"Is that OK with you, Sonic?" Garion asked.
"Of course! I never turn down a offer to run!" I said. Tails nodded in agreement.
"All right then, let's race to the other end of the woods," Garion stated.
"On your mark," I said.
"Get set," Rolm added.
"GO!" Tails finished. We were all zooming along the woods, heading for the end. I was in first, but the others were close behind me. Garion was a hair short of being neck and neck with me.
~~~~~TAILS
I twirled my tails as fast as I could as I flew along above the others.
"Hey, where did Rolm go?" I asked myself.
"Right here!" he shouted as he zoomed along beside me.
"How can you fly with only one tail!?" I asked in surprise.
"I use the Chaos Emerald of wind to carry myself along," he replied.
"Cool!"
"Yeah, but not as cool as you. You actually look awesome when you're flying. Me, I just look like I'm running on air," Rolm admitted.
"But still, not too many people can do that," I said, trying to cheer him up.
"Yeah, you're right. But anyway, let's get back to the race!"
"Right!" I looked down to see Garion and Sonic a ways ahead. "Shoot!"
~~~~~GARION
I struggled to get more speed out of my Chaos Emerald. I needed more. More! Only a tiny bit more and I would win. I would beat Sonic! I pushed myself to as fast as I could go, and burst through the edge of the woods... a second after Sonic did.
I panted and leaned against a tree for a break. I was sweating a lot. I had tried my hardest, and I STILL couldn't beat Sonic.
'One of these days I'll beat you Sonic,' I thought to myself as he walked up to me.
"Nice run! You kept up with me the whole way! It looks like I have some competition!" he said as he grinned.
Tails and Rolm came through the trees for a tie at that moment and landed near us. They both were tired and gasping for air, just like I was a couple seconds earlier. The only one of us who wasn't was Sonic. He looked like he could've ran all the way around the globe without breaking a sweat.
"Don't sell yourself short," I replied to Sonic. "You have extraordinary talent yourself."
He scratched his head for a second and looked at the ground. "Thanks Garion."
"Anytime."
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My longest chapter ever! If you have read this far into my story, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Review if you feel like it.