Disclaimer: See previous chapters.
All right. Let me make one thing very clear. I mean, I never told anyone to give me characters to add. Pyro-kid/Link64, I'm sorry, but honestly. Don't correct me. I respect your review, but I almost blew my top. I set the corresponding ages according to how I wanted them. And about the Limey scene to some of you who didn't expect it… I'm sorry, but I had planned on adding a lemon sometime soon, and decided to make it into a lime for obvious reasons. So on the fortunate side, there won't be anymore sexual scenes from this point on…
Oh yeah, By the way…. I don't think Shadow is 27 years old… or else this fiction story would have never been possible.
Anyways, sorry about the lag in posting; I got too engrossed into schoolwork… Common Exams could be any time… without warning, might I add, and the fact I had started other stories… * Coughs, bops self *. Enjoy.
Broken Hope[Light-filled area. No one is around, but voices are whispering and chattering very calmly, as if… they were discussing something of importance. Sometimes a hint of uncertainty strikes the sentences.]
"It's happening all too soon. I have to intervene when they do battle… a battle that will be very hard, even for the seven Chaos Emeralds combined. I've seen what will happen."
"I understand. And I will assist you every step of the way. I just hope my dear friend hasn't gotten the wrong idea about the girl. Love has no barriers," A gentle, concerned voice, sweet sounding, and very relaxing to one's ears. Both of these voices were ghastly, yet both had the same apparent goal.
"That may be so, but despair has blocked the view. Your friend is worrying very much. I'm afraid this is what had drastically changed the future outcome. One mustn't be afraid of another's feelings."
"I have told before, but I am afraid my words may have fallen upon dulled hearing. The concern is just too great for one to bear; this is why I suggested that you and I come out of our peace and help them for the last time. The legend of the eighth jewel you had once told me about… it is within your possession. Right?"
"Yes, of course it is. I won't allow evil to have a hold of this jewel. Even with the seven emeralds, this item is something that was once hidden within the Master Emerald. Chaos could not have it for the contamination of impurity could be sensed. This special item can be used only once, for it has immeasurable powers, then… it is no more but an ordinary jewel; the power will go back to the Master Emerald… and I will give it to the pure of heart, a soul whose only concern is that of a loved one. For now, we will wait until that moment happens…"
"Yes… then I will be able to see my friend one last time before I depart for the true afterlife. You were kept back as well. We each have one more duty to perform, and then… we may rest in peace for eternity."
"And another concern shows. Apparently there is one in similar blood to the Guardian. Yet the madman has him pinned under control, along with a dismayed, innocent soul with force. Evenly, this one had shown a great amount of fearful safety for the one your friend has trouble over. He is suffering as we speak. His soul must be released in order to ease the suffering, and by that… I never wanted to see it when I sensed a bloody quarrel in the near future."
"I see. It pains to see similarities of the same kind to bicker. And I know of the innocent one you speak of. How I missed my days with them."
"Yes…"
"My sympathy is with you."
"Thank you for you kindness…"
The last voice seemed like it was in a little bit of distress over the last part. To who they are, no one knows. But to the future, they do know. It is their last mission to save their comrades for the very last time.
[Station Square, Hospital Waiting room.]
"Well, what the heck are we going to do now? We don't have a damned clue where that egg-shaped fat bastard went to, you know," Sonic muttered the last part of that sentence beneath his breath, snorting at Shadow from across the room, who just replied back with a brief 'I'm-going-to-murder-you-one-of-these-days' glare. The bastard started shit with him, and Sonic himself was tending to his bruises that ebony hedgehog had inflicted upon him. Hrn… but almost at the same time as Sonic was trying to keep himself at bay, a consistent clicking pesky noise rang to his ears. And that noise only was really starting to agitate him.
"Tails… will you stop pressing those keys every three seconds? It's really annoying me, just to warn you."
"Sorry, Sonic. But if my computer is correct, and the device is working, then I'll be able to pinpoint the exact location of where Eggman's taken Amy, and Blizzard. Then we can go and bust his butt, but first I have to concentrate."
Miles was correct; he needed some preoperational time in order to have the tracking device to come out of standby mode, and into active state. And by doing that, he'll be able to find where that fat dumbass has taken them.
Just the basics; Reactivate the beacon thingy, locate the stupid doctor, save Ames, and Blizzard, bust Eggass' brains open, and turn Metal II into a pile of scrap heap that can't be rebuilt… actually, a pit of hot lava would do nicely to make sure he never comes back. To no longer mistreat his victims. To not torment him into actually doing high-risk factorial shit. …But he liked doing that… it was…actually, is, his "favorite" pastime activity.
Still, he almost missed the fact of suing Ames for just picking on Shadow. Truly he didn't mean it, but then again he'd rather poke fun at Shadow than to think about what sort of pain Amy was going through at this moment. And again, some 'Hero' Sonic was turning out to be. His face scrunched from the facts of Eggman maybe wanting to kill her, maybe make her into a mindless robotic slave, even worse a slave that'll be designed into a killing machine to murder each individual off until there's no one to oppose the doctor. Pfft… like that would ever happen. But, those are possibilities. Thoughts that could lead to her freedom, or her death.
Sonic was snapped from his thoughts five minutes later, when a loud screeching sound from the other side of the room, away from Shadow's position snapped him out of his pondering in a flash. That loud screeching came from Rouge, intensely glaring at Knuckles, who was just gladly giving back as much glare as she was, both treasure hunters apart at a great distance, either tensing up for another duel. Why in the hell you think she was screeching for, you say? Well, take a hint.
Knuckles asked again why she saved him. Rouge replies that she didn't want the Master Emerald to be left unguarded. Then came another question, back to the old school despising temperament Knuckles obtained right back from the last adventure. Why was she concerned about the Master Emerald? She retorts that she'd rather steal it with someone around rather to steal it by itself… where's all the fun in that, since she had this tone encoded into her response like she liked to bicker with him? This get Knuckles confused. Then he points his hand at her, accusing her of being a thief again, just by revealing that statement. Calling her a liar, in other words. Rouge gets pissed off on the spot and deafeningly screeches at him for saying that.
"YOU CREEP! ALWAYS ACCUSING ME OF BEING A THEIF!! So what if I said that!? I'm not after your ridiculous emerald anymore! Can't you take a damned clue, you… you…. stupid hard-headed moron!"
"Oh? Is that all you can come up with, huh, Bat girl? Well, let's say it's very hard to trust you anymore. I don't care; what you're saying may as well be a trick of the sorts."
"Oh puh-leeze. You're too simple-minded to understand that I have NO INTEREST WHATSOEVER in your precious Emerald. I can get a whole bunch more gemstones, precious and semi-precious, totaling more in money than your echidna-scented," Small gag on her part. "… Stone!" Ouch? … maybe not.
"Stupid idiot."
"Dolt."
"Winged freak."
"Excuse me? These wings are natural. Those spiked barbs on your knuckles are more along the lines of saying you're the freak here."
"And the same to you; these are natural, you lying thief."
"There you go again with the thief comment!! Quit calling me that! Pessimistic bastard!"
"Thank you, I try to be one."
"Go dig yourself a hole, crawl in it, and die for all I care…"
"Ooh, aren't we a little over-the-edge. What does Amy and Sonic call it? …. Pre Menstrual Syndrome, PMS, more likely? Not quite sure, but you have the symptoms."
The white bat was ready to kick his ass from here all the way to the Andromeda Galaxy, and back till he was beaten, bruised, broken, and busted … seeing as her face seemed to blow up with complete anger.
"Why you outrageous mother fu---"
A darkened voice interrupts.
"And you told me not to battle Sonic when he does any of his petty insults again. How ironic you two end up fighting, instead of me and Sonic breaking it up when the two of you decide to go at it," Shadow is giving a snicker at the end.
Rouge and Knuckles' cheeks turn two shades of red at the comment, right after double taking directly at Shadow. It was ironic, wasn't it?
Sonic calls out to the red-faced couple, holding back laughter in the process. "And quit being so hostile towards each other. Makes us think you're a couple with technical difficulties." The Blue hedgehog grins like an idiot, snickering, which Shadow also seems to have joined in on purpose in the background.
/Gee, and I thought I was the mature one around here, / Tails comments to himself, ignoring the argument, and add-ons. He was more concerned with the work of tracking down the metal robot, the location, and his friends' conditions. Sighing incoherently at the hostilities between Rouge and Knuckles, and Sonic … maybe Shadow, encouraging embarrassment rather than a fight, the resilient foxboy restlessly inserted some codes into the main computer/laptop. A beeping sound started up, silence eating the room up in a split second, Rouge, Knuckles, Sonic and Shadow turn their attention to Tails and his mini computer lying on the floor. … Did this mean? …
"Guys! The tracker's been activated. The coordinates are coming in!" The frisky two-tailed fox turned his screen to everyone's view. A whole map of the world was displayed out accordingly, each continent and ocean visible to the onlookers. Series of complicated lines began to head directly over a specific area. Creating a square, the highlighted square magnifies over Europe, over central Europe to be exact. Then another set comes in to view the enlarged area. Specifically outlining a country in the present highlight, it was a medium sized country. A red beep was nearest to the capital of that country.
"Tails, that's Austria. What on earth would he be doing there?"
"Exactly. He wanted us to think he was never going to be there, Rouge. That's where he has Amy… possibly Blizzard."
Shadow resized his lids to slits at this news. Maybe this time he could have a chance to save the both of them. But… how could he admit he can't love Amy? ... Simple. He didn't have to. Act natural, as he did back then… care about her safety, but not her herself.
"Well, what in the heck are we waiting for? Let's get going!" Sonic yelled, excited for adrenaline action. Of course. Our usual Sonic. Everyone nods, to agree. Differences will have to be set aside, no time for pointless arguments that lead nowhere…