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Sonic Tales Chapter 2
(Twinkle Park)
Amy was waiting for Sonic and Tails to finish their games when Knuckles showed up, looking a little relieved, and a little suspicious.
"Hi Amy." He said. "Have you seen Rouge? It's usually not a good thing when she disappears like that."
Amy thought about what Rouge said for a moment, then responded. "She's in the bathroom. It was probably something she ate."
"Well, that's a relief, sort of."
"Are you having a good time?"
"As long as I know Rouge is in there, instead of being somewhere else, trying to steal my master emerald, then everything's fine."
"I'm having a good time too."
"You don't seem to be."
"That's because I'm waiting for Sonic. He promised me that he was going to take me on a few rides and games, just as soon as he's done with this last ride with Tails."
"Are you sure you can trust him on that one?"
Amy's smile became even wider. "That's why I'm watching from here. Just as soon as their off, I'll spot them, no matter where they go."
"Sounds like a plan to me." Knuckles said, then thought of something, and grinned. "But just in case you can't spot him, I'll help you out. That hedgehog isn't going to split the scene while I'm around."
"Thank you! I really appreciate it." Amy beamed. "Just five more minutes."
"By the way, what ride are they on?"
"The monster roller coaster. Sonic bet the ticket guy that he and Tails could last ten minutes on it at top speed. He's doing well so far."
The echidna just shook his head. He was used to Sonic playing speed games to earn quick cash.
Amy looked around. "Hey, has anyone seen Omochao?"
(Angel Island)
Meanwhile, Rouge finally made it to Angel Island, and is standing in front of the Master Emerald.
"It sure looks pretty." She said to herself. "Much better than when it was broken into small shards." She then took it from its stand. She was about to take out the replica, when she heard a whirring sound coming from the sky. She looked up to see none other than Dr. Eggman, landing his egg mobile.
"(Damn)!" She thought to herself. "(Out of all the times to make an appearance, he has to make one right now)!"
Eggman finished landing his machine, and came out with the egg walker. He glanced at Rouge, and then noticed she had the Master Emerald.
"Greetings, Rouge." He said. "How kind of you retrieve the Master Emerald for me. Now, if you hand it over right now, I promise to let you go."
"No way!" She shouted. "I stole this fair and square! I need the money, and I'm going to sell it to the highest bidder!" She had just realized what she just said, then grinned. "So, how about it? How much would you be willing to pay for this?"
The evil scientist smiled wickedly at the offer. "How much did you have in mind?"
"Well, I want this to be worth it, so, I'd say about, 3 million."
He thought about it for a moment, then responded. "You drive a hard bargain, but since I can afford it, I'll pay your price." He then handed her the money, and she handed him the Master Emerald. "Pleasure doing business with you."
Just then, Omochao appeared.
"To avoid suspicion, place a false Master Emerald in place of the real one."
"Already taken care of." Said Rouge as she pulled out the fake emerald, and put it on the pedestal.
Eggman placed the Master Emerald inside his Egg mobile, and then took off to his "secret" base.
"Well, that's that." Said Rouge. "After I pay off my bills, I'll just steal it back from him, repeat the deal, and steal it back again." Then she turned to Omochao. "And unless you want to stop helping people, I suggest you keep quiet about what I just said."
"I love to help people. If I keep quiet about your secret, I'll be helping you. I'm helpful."
"Good." She said, and then they both went back to Twinkle Park.
(Twinkle Park)
Rouge snuck into the park without being seen. She spotted Knuckles and Amy by the bathrooms. She thought of how she could get in without being seen. Then Omochao answered.
"To get into the bathrooms quietly, create a diversion."
"Good idea." She said. Then she picked up Omochao, and threw it at Knuckles. She used his moment of dizziness to quickly fly into the restrooms. Within a couple of minutes, she walked out casually.
"Oh hi Knuckles. I didn't even know you were here." She lied.
"Well, I guess I can partially thank 'you' for that." He said while rubbing the bump on his head. Then he turned to Omochao. "What was that for anyways?"
Before it could respond, Sonic and Tails arrived. Tails had a bright smile on his face, holding a lot of money. Sonic had a look of triumph, and wasn't the least bit modest to show it.
"I take it your bet went well." Said Knuckles.
"They didn't even know what hit them." Answered the blue hedgehog proudly. "I run faster than lightning. What could've 'ever' possessed them to make that bet with me? With great speeds like mine, roller coasters are 'SO' slow!"
Amy went up to Sonic, and placed her arm in-between his. "You remember your promise, right?"
Sonic gulped. "Y-yeah. How could I forget?"
"Yay! C'mon, let's go! Rouge, you can escort Knuckles."
"Gladly." Said Rouge as she winked at the echidna, who could only respond with a strange look. "Don't worry, I'm not up to anything...right now, that is."
"Well, alright." He said.
"Besides, it'll be nice to get to know the 'real' you. Not the grouchy 'give me my emerald' you."
"I wouldn't be like that if you didn't try to steal it."
Omochao interrupted. "If she wasn't like that, you would've never known her in the first place.
"He's right, you know." Rouge said as she slid her arm into his. "You can also get to know the 'real' me."
"You mean you're not just a jewel thief/agent who deceives people?" he asked jokingly.
"I can assure you I have very good reasons for my actions. But let's not talk about that right now. Our debates only keeping Amy and Sonic from enjoying themselves."
"Actually, we don't mind." Said Sonic.
"Oh Sonic, you're such a kidder!" Said Amy as she hugged him. "What should we do first?"
"I know!" said Tails excitedly. "Let's play some games! Sonic can win prizes for me and Amy!"
"Sounds good." Said Knuckles.
"And you could win some prizes for me." Said Rouge, grinning at him.
"We'll see." Said Knuckles, still a bit suspicious of her, but not as much.
(Eggmans 'secret' base)
Meanwhile, Dr. Eggman was very busy with his newest creation. He had already stored the Master Emerald away for safekeeping.
"Ah," he started, "this plan will surely succeed. With the Master Emerald in my possession, I can install it in my latest device, just as soon as I'm finished building it. In fact, I'm almost finished. This new suit of armor will give me the power of the chaos emeralds! Well, not exactly. I need to find the chaos emeralds first, then I can install them in the suit, and 'then' I can rule the world!"
After a while, he finished the mechanical armor, and then got out the Master Emerald. He brought it to this other machine. It was huge and cylinder shaped, dull gray, connected to the floor and ceiling, and had an open/close compartment in the middle. He opened it, place the Master Emerald inside of it, and shut it. After activating it, it made some whirring noises, and many bright lights illuminated across the entire laboratory.
"There, that'll do it." He said triumphantly. "The primary purpose of the Master Emerald was to create an impregnable security system in my base, since it doesn't seem to be very secret. I wonder why that is? No matter, on with the present! The Master Emeralds secondary purpose is to easily locate the seven chaos emeralds, which I will do right now!"
He typed a few keys on his master computer, looked through many files, and waited for the results, which came only seconds later. Then he gave an evil grin as the coordinates were appearing on the monitor. The evil scientist wrote down the coordinates, and then printed the results just to be on the safe side. After examining them, he gave a wicked evil scientist type laugh.
"Those chaos emeralds are as good as mine! The only thing that could stop me now would be that meddlesome hedgehog!" He then paced around a few steps, trying to think of a way to get Sonic out of his way long enough to search for the chaos emeralds. "I wish I had some help right about now!"
That was when Omochao appeared.
"Hi. I am Omochao. I'm here to help you."
This surprised the evil scientist. "How did you get past the security?!"
Omochao just shrugged its shoulders.
"No matter." He continued. "Do you have any advice that will allow me to distract that hedgehog for a long period of time?"
"Sonic or Shadow?"
"Oh yeah, I forgot about 'that' hedgehog. Well, both of them."
"To distract Sonic, look for something that he likes, and keep him there."
"Hmm, I'll have to look into Sonics files, but that is a very possible feat. Now what about Shadow?"
"To distract Shadow, look into the heart."
Eggman frowned. "What kind of advice is that?! It doesn't make any sense! I thought you were supposed to be helpful!"
"I am. I provide hints to help you."
"Oh, just hints. I'll have to think on my own as to what that means."
"To have fun, go to Twinkle Park."
"I'm done with you now." Said Eggman as he catapulted Omochao out of his base. "Now, on with my plan!"
(Twinkle Park)
Meanwhile, Shadow has finally made it to the theme park, but the security guard wouldn't let him in.
"I have a mission in there!" He exclaimed.
"And I have a job to do." The guard answered. "If you don't have any money, then you can't enter."
"Well, in that case," said Shadow as he pulled out his chaos emerald, "CHAOS, CONTROL!"
And in a blinding flash, Shadow was gone, leaving a very dumbfounded guard behind.
When Shadow was done using 'chaos control', he found himself in the middle of the theme park.
"So much for having to pay to get in." he said while putting away his chaos emerald. "This shouldn't be too difficult. All I have to do is complete a few good deeds, nothing to it."
He looked around for someone who might be in distress. He didn't have long to wait until he heard a child crying. He went to the little girl, who was only three feet, wore a pink frilly dress, and short blonde hair.
"(Definitely a human child)." He thought, then said aloud, "What's with you?"
"I've lost my mommy!" she said in between sobs. "I can't find her anywhere!"
"Well, I could help you find her. What does she look like?"
"She was a tall lady, and pretty, and, and had, hair."
Shadows eyes narrowed. "That doesn't tell me much."
"But that's all I know!"
Shadow groaned. He realized that this wasn't going to be easy. "Tell you what. Just follow me, and together, we'll help you find your mother."
"Really? You'll do that for me?"
"Yeah, sure."
"But, I can't."
"Why not?"
"I can't because mommy said never to talk to strangers."
"But you just talked to me."
"Oh, well, then I can't talk to you anymore. Go away, Mr. Stranger."
The black hedgehog was about to blow his top. "(Annoying brat)!" he thought. "(Does she want to find her mother or not)?!" He calmed himself down, and then spoke again calmly. "Listen, if I tell you my name, I'll no longer be a stranger, since you'll already know who I am. Sound fair?"
The child nodded.
"Good. My name is Shadow. Now that you know me, what is your name?"
"Maria."
This made Shadow almost pass out. "(Why did fate have to be so cruel as to make me help someone with the same name as the one I once cared about?! I know it's probably just a coincidence, but c'mon, I'm still not over it)!"
"Um, Shadow? Are you alright?"
Upon hearing this, he regained his thoughts. "Yeah, I'm alright. Let's go find your mother." He continued to think, "(I'll just go along with it. Who am I to mess with fate)?"
So he took the child's hand, and they started their search for Maria's mother.
(Elsewhere in Twinkle Park)
Meanwhile, Sonic, Amy, Tails, Knuckles, Rouge, and even Omochao were in the section of the park where the games are (don't ask for an exact location though). The first game they played was the fish catching game. Sonic went first.
"Can I use my hands instead of the net?" he asked the keeper.
"No!" he answered.
"Sheesh, alright then." Sonic said, and then eyed the fish very carefully. He knew that the nets broke easily in the carnival games, so he made sure to use precise aim. After a few seconds of watching the fish, he swiped them with the net with lightning speed, catching every fish, and having them tossed at Amy, who successfully caught them.
The fish keeper was awed with surprise. "H-how did you do that?" he asked.
"Simple." Sonic answered in a cool tone. "I 'am' the worlds fastest hedgehog after all." He then looked at the prizes. "And, since I caught all of them, which entitles me to three of the prizes."
"What?! What are you talking about?! You only paid for one game!"
"Tails, please examine this fishing net." He said while handing it to the orange fox.
"Sure thing Sonic." He said while accepting it. He looked at every angle, and then handed it back to Sonic. "Just as I suspected. These nets were dried by an open flame before use, making them break with contact of water."
"Just as I thought." Said Sonic. Then he gave a smile, turned to the fish keeper, and said, "We'll pretend we didn't examine the net, if you give us free choices of the prizes. Do we have a deal?"
Grumbling, the fish keeper responded, "Yeah, sure. Just be quick about it. I guess that was a pretty stupid thing to try to out speed Sonic." He was hoping Sonic didn't hear that part, but unfortunately for him, it was heard, and only made the hedgehogs grin even larger.
"Oh Sonic, you're so tactful!" Beamed Amy as she hugged him tightly. "How did you know?"
"Um, Amy? That's too tight." He said. Then she let go. "Anyways," he continued, "I can't take 'all' of the credit for that. My buddy Tails here once told me about how some carnival games try to rip people off by rigging their games. I would've been clueless about it if he didn't say anything about it, not that my lightning fast reflexes didn't have anything to do with it, like I said before, you should also thank Tails for that bit of info."
"That's right." Said Tails proudly. "Now let's take some prizes!"
Amy took a Sonic and Amy plushy, Tails took a plushy of himself, and Rouge took a plushy of herself. Knuckles looked around, but didn't find what he was looking for.
"Hey. Why don't they have a plushy of me?" the echidna asked.
"Perhaps you're not popular enough?" answered Sonic as he grinned at the Sonic and Tails plushies that he took for himself.
"Sorry about that." Answered the fish keeper. "That was a hot selling item. The other stands took them for themselves before I could get them."
Knuckles grinned at this. "Hear that, Sonic? 'I'm' a hot selling item."
"You sure are." Cooed Rouge. This made the echidna slightly blush.
"Did you know that there are more Knuckles plushies at the ring tossing games?" Omochao inquired. "There are also light and dark chao plushies."
"Hear that?" asked Rouge, then turned toward Knuckles. "I could win one for you, if you don't mind accepting prizes from a cute girl."
"Mind it?" he said. "I don't mind, if you're good at ring toss, that is."
"Oh, I'm very good. So good, in fact, that I'll even win a plushy of myself for you as well."
"Kind of strange how there are so many plushies in carnivals." Sonic said aloud.
"I know what you mean." Tails agreed. "They're so easy to win at carnivals, but so hard to acquire everywhere else. If it wasn't for Twinkle Park, I would've had to pay 30,000 Mobians, just for a plushy of myself."
"They range that much?"
"Yeah. And plushies of you range from 50,000 to 60,000."
"Yeah," Sonic grinned, "I guess I 'am' pretty valuable."
Rouge rolled her eyes. "If you two are done talking," she continued, "we'd like to continue on with our fun time."
So the small group went to the ring tossing game.
(Twinkle Park: food court)
Shadow was impatiently waiting at the food court for the little girl to think about where her mother was.
"Are you sure this is where you last saw her?" he asked.
"Yeah." She answered. "There are so many people though."
"Then why don't you just ask them?"
"I'm not supposed to talk to strangers."
"(This is taking too long)!"
"Which one is my mom?"
Shadow was finally out of patience. Without the girl noticing, he brought her and himself on top of a tall tree, and shouted; "WILL THE PARENT OR PARENTS OF A CHILD NAMED MARIA, PLEASE COME FORWARD RIGHT NOW!" He then waited for a response.
Some of the people were just shrugging their shoulders. Others were just giving him dirty looks. None were responding.
"I guess she isn't here." He said to Maria.
Just then, a young woman came running up to the tree, waving her arms. She had blonde hair that was about shoulder length, a green sundress, and a sunhat to complete it.
"That's my daughter!" she shouted. "Please bring her to me!"
"Mommy!" the child cried in delight as she jumped off the tree, and ran to her mothers arms. "I thought I lost you!"
"I thought I lost you too." She answered, hugging her daughter. She looked up at Shadow, and signaled him to come over there.
The black hedgehog just shrugged, and then walked over there. "You're daughter is now found."
"Thank you so much!" she said happily. "I can't even say how grateful I am that you showed up when you did!"
"It's nothing." Shadow answered. "Just helping out."
"By the way, what's your name?"
"Shadow."
"Well thank you, Shadow. My name is Maria. You already met my daughter, Maria."
The hedgehog's eyes bulged out. How is it that such a coincidence could occur?
"Is something wrong?" Sr. Maria asked.
"N-nothing." Shadow answered. "I was just thinking about something."
"Well, thanks again for finding my daughter."
"I have an idea!" Lil Maria beamed. "Since Shadow found me, why don't we let him come with us?"
"I couldn't intrude." Shadow answered. "Besides, I'm broke. I had to sneak in here just to get to walk around."
"That's okay! Mom has lots of money!"
"Really, it isn't necessary."
"I think that's a great idea." Sr. Maria finally said. "And don't worry about money. What you did for my daughter and I was worth more than what money could buy." She looked around at the crowd that was listening to her conversation. "Besides, after my daughters little outburst about my having a lot of money, I could use an escort."
"What makes you think you could trust 'me'?" Shadow asked.
"That's an easy one." She answered. "Have you ever heard of the saying; 'the eyes are the windows to the soul?"
"Yeah, what about it?"
"Well your eyes say that despite your appearance, you're a good person inside. So let's just go."
"Well, alright."
"Yay! Shadow's coming with us!" Lil Maria said in delight.
So the three of them went on their way.
(Eggmans 'secret' base)
Dr. Eggman was now busy searching through Sonics files, the one's that the government stores. After a while of reading, he exits the program, leans back, and laughs. After a good laugh, he sighs.
"Ah, I always enjoy an evil laugh every now and then." He said. "Now, on to business! According to that hedgehog's profile, he loves to participate in events that will win him money and the attention of his adoring fans. While this might be somewhat difficult and expensive to pull off, no plan is beyond my comprehension. With that annoying hedgehog distracted, nothing can stop me from collecting the chaos emeralds! Once I have achieved that, I will obliterate Sonic and his friends for good! Hahahaha! Well, I better start planning some events."
Then he turned on his projector at Twinkle Park. The camera shown many people having fun. He saw Sonic and his friends having fun as well. "This won't be too difficult of a plan to execute after all." He then turned his gaze to where Shadow was. "As for 'that' hedgehog, I have special plans for him and his emerald! Mobius will soon be mine, for 'I' have the master plan!"
After that, he laughed a bit, and then proceeded with his work.
End of chapter 2
A/N: Well, I hope you all liked this chapter. Tell me what you think. In the meantime, I'll be thinking of what to put into the next chapter. Well, until then, goodbye for now.
Sonic Tales Chapter 2
(Twinkle Park)
Amy was waiting for Sonic and Tails to finish their games when Knuckles showed up, looking a little relieved, and a little suspicious.
"Hi Amy." He said. "Have you seen Rouge? It's usually not a good thing when she disappears like that."
Amy thought about what Rouge said for a moment, then responded. "She's in the bathroom. It was probably something she ate."
"Well, that's a relief, sort of."
"Are you having a good time?"
"As long as I know Rouge is in there, instead of being somewhere else, trying to steal my master emerald, then everything's fine."
"I'm having a good time too."
"You don't seem to be."
"That's because I'm waiting for Sonic. He promised me that he was going to take me on a few rides and games, just as soon as he's done with this last ride with Tails."
"Are you sure you can trust him on that one?"
Amy's smile became even wider. "That's why I'm watching from here. Just as soon as their off, I'll spot them, no matter where they go."
"Sounds like a plan to me." Knuckles said, then thought of something, and grinned. "But just in case you can't spot him, I'll help you out. That hedgehog isn't going to split the scene while I'm around."
"Thank you! I really appreciate it." Amy beamed. "Just five more minutes."
"By the way, what ride are they on?"
"The monster roller coaster. Sonic bet the ticket guy that he and Tails could last ten minutes on it at top speed. He's doing well so far."
The echidna just shook his head. He was used to Sonic playing speed games to earn quick cash.
Amy looked around. "Hey, has anyone seen Omochao?"
(Angel Island)
Meanwhile, Rouge finally made it to Angel Island, and is standing in front of the Master Emerald.
"It sure looks pretty." She said to herself. "Much better than when it was broken into small shards." She then took it from its stand. She was about to take out the replica, when she heard a whirring sound coming from the sky. She looked up to see none other than Dr. Eggman, landing his egg mobile.
"(Damn)!" She thought to herself. "(Out of all the times to make an appearance, he has to make one right now)!"
Eggman finished landing his machine, and came out with the egg walker. He glanced at Rouge, and then noticed she had the Master Emerald.
"Greetings, Rouge." He said. "How kind of you retrieve the Master Emerald for me. Now, if you hand it over right now, I promise to let you go."
"No way!" She shouted. "I stole this fair and square! I need the money, and I'm going to sell it to the highest bidder!" She had just realized what she just said, then grinned. "So, how about it? How much would you be willing to pay for this?"
The evil scientist smiled wickedly at the offer. "How much did you have in mind?"
"Well, I want this to be worth it, so, I'd say about, 3 million."
He thought about it for a moment, then responded. "You drive a hard bargain, but since I can afford it, I'll pay your price." He then handed her the money, and she handed him the Master Emerald. "Pleasure doing business with you."
Just then, Omochao appeared.
"To avoid suspicion, place a false Master Emerald in place of the real one."
"Already taken care of." Said Rouge as she pulled out the fake emerald, and put it on the pedestal.
Eggman placed the Master Emerald inside his Egg mobile, and then took off to his "secret" base.
"Well, that's that." Said Rouge. "After I pay off my bills, I'll just steal it back from him, repeat the deal, and steal it back again." Then she turned to Omochao. "And unless you want to stop helping people, I suggest you keep quiet about what I just said."
"I love to help people. If I keep quiet about your secret, I'll be helping you. I'm helpful."
"Good." She said, and then they both went back to Twinkle Park.
(Twinkle Park)
Rouge snuck into the park without being seen. She spotted Knuckles and Amy by the bathrooms. She thought of how she could get in without being seen. Then Omochao answered.
"To get into the bathrooms quietly, create a diversion."
"Good idea." She said. Then she picked up Omochao, and threw it at Knuckles. She used his moment of dizziness to quickly fly into the restrooms. Within a couple of minutes, she walked out casually.
"Oh hi Knuckles. I didn't even know you were here." She lied.
"Well, I guess I can partially thank 'you' for that." He said while rubbing the bump on his head. Then he turned to Omochao. "What was that for anyways?"
Before it could respond, Sonic and Tails arrived. Tails had a bright smile on his face, holding a lot of money. Sonic had a look of triumph, and wasn't the least bit modest to show it.
"I take it your bet went well." Said Knuckles.
"They didn't even know what hit them." Answered the blue hedgehog proudly. "I run faster than lightning. What could've 'ever' possessed them to make that bet with me? With great speeds like mine, roller coasters are 'SO' slow!"
Amy went up to Sonic, and placed her arm in-between his. "You remember your promise, right?"
Sonic gulped. "Y-yeah. How could I forget?"
"Yay! C'mon, let's go! Rouge, you can escort Knuckles."
"Gladly." Said Rouge as she winked at the echidna, who could only respond with a strange look. "Don't worry, I'm not up to anything...right now, that is."
"Well, alright." He said.
"Besides, it'll be nice to get to know the 'real' you. Not the grouchy 'give me my emerald' you."
"I wouldn't be like that if you didn't try to steal it."
Omochao interrupted. "If she wasn't like that, you would've never known her in the first place.
"He's right, you know." Rouge said as she slid her arm into his. "You can also get to know the 'real' me."
"You mean you're not just a jewel thief/agent who deceives people?" he asked jokingly.
"I can assure you I have very good reasons for my actions. But let's not talk about that right now. Our debates only keeping Amy and Sonic from enjoying themselves."
"Actually, we don't mind." Said Sonic.
"Oh Sonic, you're such a kidder!" Said Amy as she hugged him. "What should we do first?"
"I know!" said Tails excitedly. "Let's play some games! Sonic can win prizes for me and Amy!"
"Sounds good." Said Knuckles.
"And you could win some prizes for me." Said Rouge, grinning at him.
"We'll see." Said Knuckles, still a bit suspicious of her, but not as much.
(Eggmans 'secret' base)
Meanwhile, Dr. Eggman was very busy with his newest creation. He had already stored the Master Emerald away for safekeeping.
"Ah," he started, "this plan will surely succeed. With the Master Emerald in my possession, I can install it in my latest device, just as soon as I'm finished building it. In fact, I'm almost finished. This new suit of armor will give me the power of the chaos emeralds! Well, not exactly. I need to find the chaos emeralds first, then I can install them in the suit, and 'then' I can rule the world!"
After a while, he finished the mechanical armor, and then got out the Master Emerald. He brought it to this other machine. It was huge and cylinder shaped, dull gray, connected to the floor and ceiling, and had an open/close compartment in the middle. He opened it, place the Master Emerald inside of it, and shut it. After activating it, it made some whirring noises, and many bright lights illuminated across the entire laboratory.
"There, that'll do it." He said triumphantly. "The primary purpose of the Master Emerald was to create an impregnable security system in my base, since it doesn't seem to be very secret. I wonder why that is? No matter, on with the present! The Master Emeralds secondary purpose is to easily locate the seven chaos emeralds, which I will do right now!"
He typed a few keys on his master computer, looked through many files, and waited for the results, which came only seconds later. Then he gave an evil grin as the coordinates were appearing on the monitor. The evil scientist wrote down the coordinates, and then printed the results just to be on the safe side. After examining them, he gave a wicked evil scientist type laugh.
"Those chaos emeralds are as good as mine! The only thing that could stop me now would be that meddlesome hedgehog!" He then paced around a few steps, trying to think of a way to get Sonic out of his way long enough to search for the chaos emeralds. "I wish I had some help right about now!"
That was when Omochao appeared.
"Hi. I am Omochao. I'm here to help you."
This surprised the evil scientist. "How did you get past the security?!"
Omochao just shrugged its shoulders.
"No matter." He continued. "Do you have any advice that will allow me to distract that hedgehog for a long period of time?"
"Sonic or Shadow?"
"Oh yeah, I forgot about 'that' hedgehog. Well, both of them."
"To distract Sonic, look for something that he likes, and keep him there."
"Hmm, I'll have to look into Sonics files, but that is a very possible feat. Now what about Shadow?"
"To distract Shadow, look into the heart."
Eggman frowned. "What kind of advice is that?! It doesn't make any sense! I thought you were supposed to be helpful!"
"I am. I provide hints to help you."
"Oh, just hints. I'll have to think on my own as to what that means."
"To have fun, go to Twinkle Park."
"I'm done with you now." Said Eggman as he catapulted Omochao out of his base. "Now, on with my plan!"
(Twinkle Park)
Meanwhile, Shadow has finally made it to the theme park, but the security guard wouldn't let him in.
"I have a mission in there!" He exclaimed.
"And I have a job to do." The guard answered. "If you don't have any money, then you can't enter."
"Well, in that case," said Shadow as he pulled out his chaos emerald, "CHAOS, CONTROL!"
And in a blinding flash, Shadow was gone, leaving a very dumbfounded guard behind.
When Shadow was done using 'chaos control', he found himself in the middle of the theme park.
"So much for having to pay to get in." he said while putting away his chaos emerald. "This shouldn't be too difficult. All I have to do is complete a few good deeds, nothing to it."
He looked around for someone who might be in distress. He didn't have long to wait until he heard a child crying. He went to the little girl, who was only three feet, wore a pink frilly dress, and short blonde hair.
"(Definitely a human child)." He thought, then said aloud, "What's with you?"
"I've lost my mommy!" she said in between sobs. "I can't find her anywhere!"
"Well, I could help you find her. What does she look like?"
"She was a tall lady, and pretty, and, and had, hair."
Shadows eyes narrowed. "That doesn't tell me much."
"But that's all I know!"
Shadow groaned. He realized that this wasn't going to be easy. "Tell you what. Just follow me, and together, we'll help you find your mother."
"Really? You'll do that for me?"
"Yeah, sure."
"But, I can't."
"Why not?"
"I can't because mommy said never to talk to strangers."
"But you just talked to me."
"Oh, well, then I can't talk to you anymore. Go away, Mr. Stranger."
The black hedgehog was about to blow his top. "(Annoying brat)!" he thought. "(Does she want to find her mother or not)?!" He calmed himself down, and then spoke again calmly. "Listen, if I tell you my name, I'll no longer be a stranger, since you'll already know who I am. Sound fair?"
The child nodded.
"Good. My name is Shadow. Now that you know me, what is your name?"
"Maria."
This made Shadow almost pass out. "(Why did fate have to be so cruel as to make me help someone with the same name as the one I once cared about?! I know it's probably just a coincidence, but c'mon, I'm still not over it)!"
"Um, Shadow? Are you alright?"
Upon hearing this, he regained his thoughts. "Yeah, I'm alright. Let's go find your mother." He continued to think, "(I'll just go along with it. Who am I to mess with fate)?"
So he took the child's hand, and they started their search for Maria's mother.
(Elsewhere in Twinkle Park)
Meanwhile, Sonic, Amy, Tails, Knuckles, Rouge, and even Omochao were in the section of the park where the games are (don't ask for an exact location though). The first game they played was the fish catching game. Sonic went first.
"Can I use my hands instead of the net?" he asked the keeper.
"No!" he answered.
"Sheesh, alright then." Sonic said, and then eyed the fish very carefully. He knew that the nets broke easily in the carnival games, so he made sure to use precise aim. After a few seconds of watching the fish, he swiped them with the net with lightning speed, catching every fish, and having them tossed at Amy, who successfully caught them.
The fish keeper was awed with surprise. "H-how did you do that?" he asked.
"Simple." Sonic answered in a cool tone. "I 'am' the worlds fastest hedgehog after all." He then looked at the prizes. "And, since I caught all of them, which entitles me to three of the prizes."
"What?! What are you talking about?! You only paid for one game!"
"Tails, please examine this fishing net." He said while handing it to the orange fox.
"Sure thing Sonic." He said while accepting it. He looked at every angle, and then handed it back to Sonic. "Just as I suspected. These nets were dried by an open flame before use, making them break with contact of water."
"Just as I thought." Said Sonic. Then he gave a smile, turned to the fish keeper, and said, "We'll pretend we didn't examine the net, if you give us free choices of the prizes. Do we have a deal?"
Grumbling, the fish keeper responded, "Yeah, sure. Just be quick about it. I guess that was a pretty stupid thing to try to out speed Sonic." He was hoping Sonic didn't hear that part, but unfortunately for him, it was heard, and only made the hedgehogs grin even larger.
"Oh Sonic, you're so tactful!" Beamed Amy as she hugged him tightly. "How did you know?"
"Um, Amy? That's too tight." He said. Then she let go. "Anyways," he continued, "I can't take 'all' of the credit for that. My buddy Tails here once told me about how some carnival games try to rip people off by rigging their games. I would've been clueless about it if he didn't say anything about it, not that my lightning fast reflexes didn't have anything to do with it, like I said before, you should also thank Tails for that bit of info."
"That's right." Said Tails proudly. "Now let's take some prizes!"
Amy took a Sonic and Amy plushy, Tails took a plushy of himself, and Rouge took a plushy of herself. Knuckles looked around, but didn't find what he was looking for.
"Hey. Why don't they have a plushy of me?" the echidna asked.
"Perhaps you're not popular enough?" answered Sonic as he grinned at the Sonic and Tails plushies that he took for himself.
"Sorry about that." Answered the fish keeper. "That was a hot selling item. The other stands took them for themselves before I could get them."
Knuckles grinned at this. "Hear that, Sonic? 'I'm' a hot selling item."
"You sure are." Cooed Rouge. This made the echidna slightly blush.
"Did you know that there are more Knuckles plushies at the ring tossing games?" Omochao inquired. "There are also light and dark chao plushies."
"Hear that?" asked Rouge, then turned toward Knuckles. "I could win one for you, if you don't mind accepting prizes from a cute girl."
"Mind it?" he said. "I don't mind, if you're good at ring toss, that is."
"Oh, I'm very good. So good, in fact, that I'll even win a plushy of myself for you as well."
"Kind of strange how there are so many plushies in carnivals." Sonic said aloud.
"I know what you mean." Tails agreed. "They're so easy to win at carnivals, but so hard to acquire everywhere else. If it wasn't for Twinkle Park, I would've had to pay 30,000 Mobians, just for a plushy of myself."
"They range that much?"
"Yeah. And plushies of you range from 50,000 to 60,000."
"Yeah," Sonic grinned, "I guess I 'am' pretty valuable."
Rouge rolled her eyes. "If you two are done talking," she continued, "we'd like to continue on with our fun time."
So the small group went to the ring tossing game.
(Twinkle Park: food court)
Shadow was impatiently waiting at the food court for the little girl to think about where her mother was.
"Are you sure this is where you last saw her?" he asked.
"Yeah." She answered. "There are so many people though."
"Then why don't you just ask them?"
"I'm not supposed to talk to strangers."
"(This is taking too long)!"
"Which one is my mom?"
Shadow was finally out of patience. Without the girl noticing, he brought her and himself on top of a tall tree, and shouted; "WILL THE PARENT OR PARENTS OF A CHILD NAMED MARIA, PLEASE COME FORWARD RIGHT NOW!" He then waited for a response.
Some of the people were just shrugging their shoulders. Others were just giving him dirty looks. None were responding.
"I guess she isn't here." He said to Maria.
Just then, a young woman came running up to the tree, waving her arms. She had blonde hair that was about shoulder length, a green sundress, and a sunhat to complete it.
"That's my daughter!" she shouted. "Please bring her to me!"
"Mommy!" the child cried in delight as she jumped off the tree, and ran to her mothers arms. "I thought I lost you!"
"I thought I lost you too." She answered, hugging her daughter. She looked up at Shadow, and signaled him to come over there.
The black hedgehog just shrugged, and then walked over there. "You're daughter is now found."
"Thank you so much!" she said happily. "I can't even say how grateful I am that you showed up when you did!"
"It's nothing." Shadow answered. "Just helping out."
"By the way, what's your name?"
"Shadow."
"Well thank you, Shadow. My name is Maria. You already met my daughter, Maria."
The hedgehog's eyes bulged out. How is it that such a coincidence could occur?
"Is something wrong?" Sr. Maria asked.
"N-nothing." Shadow answered. "I was just thinking about something."
"Well, thanks again for finding my daughter."
"I have an idea!" Lil Maria beamed. "Since Shadow found me, why don't we let him come with us?"
"I couldn't intrude." Shadow answered. "Besides, I'm broke. I had to sneak in here just to get to walk around."
"That's okay! Mom has lots of money!"
"Really, it isn't necessary."
"I think that's a great idea." Sr. Maria finally said. "And don't worry about money. What you did for my daughter and I was worth more than what money could buy." She looked around at the crowd that was listening to her conversation. "Besides, after my daughters little outburst about my having a lot of money, I could use an escort."
"What makes you think you could trust 'me'?" Shadow asked.
"That's an easy one." She answered. "Have you ever heard of the saying; 'the eyes are the windows to the soul?"
"Yeah, what about it?"
"Well your eyes say that despite your appearance, you're a good person inside. So let's just go."
"Well, alright."
"Yay! Shadow's coming with us!" Lil Maria said in delight.
So the three of them went on their way.
(Eggmans 'secret' base)
Dr. Eggman was now busy searching through Sonics files, the one's that the government stores. After a while of reading, he exits the program, leans back, and laughs. After a good laugh, he sighs.
"Ah, I always enjoy an evil laugh every now and then." He said. "Now, on to business! According to that hedgehog's profile, he loves to participate in events that will win him money and the attention of his adoring fans. While this might be somewhat difficult and expensive to pull off, no plan is beyond my comprehension. With that annoying hedgehog distracted, nothing can stop me from collecting the chaos emeralds! Once I have achieved that, I will obliterate Sonic and his friends for good! Hahahaha! Well, I better start planning some events."
Then he turned on his projector at Twinkle Park. The camera shown many people having fun. He saw Sonic and his friends having fun as well. "This won't be too difficult of a plan to execute after all." He then turned his gaze to where Shadow was. "As for 'that' hedgehog, I have special plans for him and his emerald! Mobius will soon be mine, for 'I' have the master plan!"
After that, he laughed a bit, and then proceeded with his work.
End of chapter 2
A/N: Well, I hope you all liked this chapter. Tell me what you think. In the meantime, I'll be thinking of what to put into the next chapter. Well, until then, goodbye for now.