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Sally left the library feeling even more befuddled and confused than she did when she entered. "This place gets more and more confusing every minute." She turned her head over to the barracks where Olivia half-carried, half-dragged Mikhail--Misha, Sally reminded herself. Misha to after their encounter. She said she was going to take Misha to bed, maybe he'd feel better after resting and a taking a nice hot shower.
"Not the worst idea I've ever heard." Sally had to admit. The way the past two days had been going, it was a miracle she hadn't torn her hair out. She also realized that trying to figure this place out had taken her away from her friends and her mission far too often. No more.
When she met up with her friends again, Bunnie was busy scolding Tails over something or other. As she got closer, Sally managed to pick up what they were saying.
"...but, Aunt Bunnie-"
"No buts sugah! What you did was completely- "
"What happened?" Sally asked as she stepped forward.
"I was just trying to help!" Tails said as innocently as he could.
"Bunnie?"
"A little while ago, ol' Sky Lynx went flying out over the jungle and Tails decided to follow him."
"Tails..." Sally began to scold, but stopped. "Did you see anything useful?"
"Sally-girl?" Bunnie asked in confusion.
"Well...I did see him drop something into the trees. Then there was a loud sound and then he started spitting fireballs! It was way past cool!" Sally frowned but didn't bother to scold Tails anymore than Bunnie had already done. The cogs in her mind were spinning again and she knew what was coming.
"Another damn mystery." She thought sourly. The last one she just solved took a lot more out of here than she would've liked. Speaking of which...Sonic chose that moment to pipe up.
"Yo, Sal? Did you find out what the deal was with our rotten Russian renegade?"
"He's no terrorist, Sonic. He's a victim, many times over and I have no intention to victimize him further."
"What makes you so sure, Sally?" Rotor asked in confusion. "I thought the reports..." She shook her head.
"Reports can be faked. I read the whole thing over again, it's full of little inconsistencies and contradictions. And trying to make a five year old an accomplice to terrorism? It's too much."
"But how are you to be knowing for surez?" Antoine insisted.
"I used Nicole to scan him while we talked. She acted like a polygraph machine, divining truth from lies. He told me nothing but the truth the whole time. He's innocent, and so was his brother. Nicole's confirmed it." Nicole beeped, demanding Sally's attention. Once she got it, she kept it. Sally read over the results of another scan she had Nicole run and closed her eyes. Not her day at all.
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Sally left the library feeling even more befuddled and confused than she did when she entered. "This place gets more and more confusing every minute." She turned her head over to the barracks where Olivia half-carried, half-dragged Mikhail--Misha, Sally reminded herself. Misha to after their encounter. She said she was going to take Misha to bed, maybe he'd feel better after resting and a taking a nice hot shower.
"Not the worst idea I've ever heard." Sally had to admit. The way the past two days had been going, it was a miracle she hadn't torn her hair out. She also realized that trying to figure this place out had taken her away from her friends and her mission far too often. No more.
When she met up with her friends again, Bunnie was busy scolding Tails over something or other. As she got closer, Sally managed to pick up what they were saying.
"...but, Aunt Bunnie-"
"No buts sugah! What you did was completely- "
"What happened?" Sally asked as she stepped forward.
"I was just trying to help!" Tails said as innocently as he could.
"Bunnie?"
"A little while ago, ol' Sky Lynx went flying out over the jungle and Tails decided to follow him."
"Tails..." Sally began to scold, but stopped. "Did you see anything useful?"
"Sally-girl?" Bunnie asked in confusion.
"Well...I did see him drop something into the trees. Then there was a loud sound and then he started spitting fireballs! It was way past cool!" Sally frowned but didn't bother to scold Tails anymore than Bunnie had already done. The cogs in her mind were spinning again and she knew what was coming.
"Another damn mystery." She thought sourly. The last one she just solved took a lot more out of here than she would've liked. Speaking of which...Sonic chose that moment to pipe up.
"Yo, Sal? Did you find out what the deal was with our rotten Russian renegade?"
"He's no terrorist, Sonic. He's a victim, many times over and I have no intention to victimize him further."
"What makes you so sure, Sally?" Rotor asked in confusion. "I thought the reports..." She shook her head.
"Reports can be faked. I read the whole thing over again, it's full of little inconsistencies and contradictions. And trying to make a five year old an accomplice to terrorism? It's too much."
"But how are you to be knowing for surez?" Antoine insisted.
"I used Nicole to scan him while we talked. She acted like a polygraph machine, divining truth from lies. He told me nothing but the truth the whole time. He's innocent, and so was his brother. Nicole's confirmed it." Nicole beeped, demanding Sally's attention. Once she got it, she kept it. Sally read over the results of another scan she had Nicole run and closed her eyes. Not her day at all.
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