The blue hedgehog rubbed his closed eyes with gloved fists and yawned
widely, stretching his arms out. Letting his arms fall to his sides, he
slowly opened his eyes drowsily as he walked out of his bedroom and down
the hall to the kitchen. The clang of various bottles rang out softly as he
closed the refrigerator door and popped open a soda he had just retrieved
from the cold depths.
Taking a gulp, he wiped the wetness off of his mouth with the back of his free hand and proceeded to the living room. Sonic yawned again as he walked up behind the orange fox sitting with his legs spread out on the floor. A large metal box stood at an awkward position in-between the fox's legs, one of his hands holding it in the position while the other turned a wrench inside of the box.
Sonic rubbed his eyes with his free hand and kneeled down next to Miles, peering into the box to see what the fox was doing. "How long until this thing is done anyway?"
Miles closed his eyes and sighed, pulling his hand with the wrench from the innards of the box and wiping a drop of sweat from his hair. "I thought it would be done last night, but every time I think I've finished; A whole new problem presents itself." The orange fox opened his eyes and reached his hand back in to the box, latching the wrench on a loose bolt and tightening it more. ". and this is just the shell. I still have to upload the software in to it." Miles looked over to Sonic, who nodded slowly. Miles stared at Sonic for a moment, before returning his attention to the box.
"But isn't Eggman Suppose to program and upload the software?" Sonic inquired. Miles nodded slowly in response.
"Yes, he is. But this whole thing is turning out to be more of a hassle than we had originally predicted." Miles finished turning the bolt and pulled his arm out of the box, gently tossing the wrench aside and setting the box down. He put his hands on the ground behind him to hold himself up as he leaned back. ". I'm starting to wonder if this is as good of an idea as it seemed to be when we came up with it."
Sonic bit his lip and looked away for a moment, before nodding in recognition. "I think we are all having our doubts about this Miles." Sonic closed his eyes and sighed, "But what else can we do? It seems every time we turn around, the Chaos Emeralds are causing some sort of trouble. Someone or something is always finding a way to harness their power, and then use it for their own personal gain."
"But Sonic. all those times, it has been Eggman behind it." Miles argued. "Now that Eggman has recognized the error in his ways, we don't have to worry about him going after that power any more. so, who is left to try and use them?"
Sonic opened his eyes and looked back to Miles. "Don't tell me you've forgotten the Chaos incident," Miles opened his mouth to speak, but Sonic cut him off. "-I know that Eggman was working to get the Chaos Emeralds for Chaos, but, you have to realize that Chaos would have come after the emeralds itself eventually." Sonic gritted his teeth slightly; he didn't enjoy thinking about these things. "I mean, look how easily Chaos got all of the emeralds in the end. We were just really lucky that it didn't drain all of their energy." Sonic looked right in to Mile's eyes and stared at him with a stern look. "No Miles. they have to be locked away, and Never found again."
Mile's ears sank down in defeat and he looked down towards the metal box in front of him. "But Sonic," he began, "What if the Chaos Emeralds are more bound to nature than we think.? If we do this, it could cause some sort of chain-reaction that might really mess the earth up. Maybe even more than the earth." Miles stared at the seven emerald-shaped holes inside of the box. Colored glass circled the outline of each emerald's place; each colored slot matched the color of the emerald itself.
Sonic reached his free hand up and scratched behind one of his ears. "I see Knuckle's little speech has gotten to you." Sonic grimaced.
Miles looked to Sonic, his expression very upset, "But Sonic, what if Knuckles is right?"
Sonic shook his head slowly, "It's more of a risk to leave the emeralds out where anyone can get their greedy hands on them." Sonic slowly raised his soda can up and took a sip, then continued, "And besides, it's not like we're getting rid of them completely. If something starts to go wrong, we can always retrieve them and scatter them again." Sonic blinked and looked over his shoulder; Knuckles was leaning against the wall behind them, his arms crossed and his familiar stern look upon his face.
Knuckles un-crossed his arms and raised a gloved fist; his signature spiked knuckles pointing out towards Sonic and Miles. "I don't see why we are even bothering. It seems like the military is keeping the emeralds all in-check." Sonic nodded slowly; but didn't agree in the least.
After Sonic thwarted Dr. Eggman's attempt at world-domination using the space colony Ark's "Eclipse Cannon", the seven Chaos Emeralds had been left on the space colony. The military known as "G.U.N." had been relieved of their authority and the new military unit "G.U.A.R.D." had been given complete freedom with the space colony, as well as all other military issues for the government. G.U.A.R.D. had completely locked down the space colony, and stored all seven Chaos Emeralds onboard. G.U.A.R.D. shuttles were sent to the colony at specific times to re-supply the colony, and switch out staff, but otherwise the colony was off limits to anyone.
Sonic took another sip of his soda, "Look at how easily all of us got around the colony, and there where military units everywhere. And remember, we went with almost no preparation. Imagine how easy it would be for someone who planned the entire operation out before-hand?" The hedgehog narrowed his eyes; this was his view on the subject, and he felt very strongly about it.
Knuckles let out a sigh and dropped his arms to his sides. He nodded slowly and looked down at the metal box. "I guess that you're right Sonic. I just hope that we aren't causing more disaster by trying to prevent that very thing." He closed his eyes and turned away, walking down the hall and back to his room.
Sonic slowly stood up and gave Miles a gentle pat on the back with his free hand. "Don't worry about it Miles, it will all work out." The hedgehog smiled and took a gulp of his soda, proceeding to walk over to the couch in front of the television with the gaming system.
Miles sighed as he heard the electric hum of the television warming up. He closed his eyes and thought to himself for a moment, "Something about this isn't right."
Taking a gulp, he wiped the wetness off of his mouth with the back of his free hand and proceeded to the living room. Sonic yawned again as he walked up behind the orange fox sitting with his legs spread out on the floor. A large metal box stood at an awkward position in-between the fox's legs, one of his hands holding it in the position while the other turned a wrench inside of the box.
Sonic rubbed his eyes with his free hand and kneeled down next to Miles, peering into the box to see what the fox was doing. "How long until this thing is done anyway?"
Miles closed his eyes and sighed, pulling his hand with the wrench from the innards of the box and wiping a drop of sweat from his hair. "I thought it would be done last night, but every time I think I've finished; A whole new problem presents itself." The orange fox opened his eyes and reached his hand back in to the box, latching the wrench on a loose bolt and tightening it more. ". and this is just the shell. I still have to upload the software in to it." Miles looked over to Sonic, who nodded slowly. Miles stared at Sonic for a moment, before returning his attention to the box.
"But isn't Eggman Suppose to program and upload the software?" Sonic inquired. Miles nodded slowly in response.
"Yes, he is. But this whole thing is turning out to be more of a hassle than we had originally predicted." Miles finished turning the bolt and pulled his arm out of the box, gently tossing the wrench aside and setting the box down. He put his hands on the ground behind him to hold himself up as he leaned back. ". I'm starting to wonder if this is as good of an idea as it seemed to be when we came up with it."
Sonic bit his lip and looked away for a moment, before nodding in recognition. "I think we are all having our doubts about this Miles." Sonic closed his eyes and sighed, "But what else can we do? It seems every time we turn around, the Chaos Emeralds are causing some sort of trouble. Someone or something is always finding a way to harness their power, and then use it for their own personal gain."
"But Sonic. all those times, it has been Eggman behind it." Miles argued. "Now that Eggman has recognized the error in his ways, we don't have to worry about him going after that power any more. so, who is left to try and use them?"
Sonic opened his eyes and looked back to Miles. "Don't tell me you've forgotten the Chaos incident," Miles opened his mouth to speak, but Sonic cut him off. "-I know that Eggman was working to get the Chaos Emeralds for Chaos, but, you have to realize that Chaos would have come after the emeralds itself eventually." Sonic gritted his teeth slightly; he didn't enjoy thinking about these things. "I mean, look how easily Chaos got all of the emeralds in the end. We were just really lucky that it didn't drain all of their energy." Sonic looked right in to Mile's eyes and stared at him with a stern look. "No Miles. they have to be locked away, and Never found again."
Mile's ears sank down in defeat and he looked down towards the metal box in front of him. "But Sonic," he began, "What if the Chaos Emeralds are more bound to nature than we think.? If we do this, it could cause some sort of chain-reaction that might really mess the earth up. Maybe even more than the earth." Miles stared at the seven emerald-shaped holes inside of the box. Colored glass circled the outline of each emerald's place; each colored slot matched the color of the emerald itself.
Sonic reached his free hand up and scratched behind one of his ears. "I see Knuckle's little speech has gotten to you." Sonic grimaced.
Miles looked to Sonic, his expression very upset, "But Sonic, what if Knuckles is right?"
Sonic shook his head slowly, "It's more of a risk to leave the emeralds out where anyone can get their greedy hands on them." Sonic slowly raised his soda can up and took a sip, then continued, "And besides, it's not like we're getting rid of them completely. If something starts to go wrong, we can always retrieve them and scatter them again." Sonic blinked and looked over his shoulder; Knuckles was leaning against the wall behind them, his arms crossed and his familiar stern look upon his face.
Knuckles un-crossed his arms and raised a gloved fist; his signature spiked knuckles pointing out towards Sonic and Miles. "I don't see why we are even bothering. It seems like the military is keeping the emeralds all in-check." Sonic nodded slowly; but didn't agree in the least.
After Sonic thwarted Dr. Eggman's attempt at world-domination using the space colony Ark's "Eclipse Cannon", the seven Chaos Emeralds had been left on the space colony. The military known as "G.U.N." had been relieved of their authority and the new military unit "G.U.A.R.D." had been given complete freedom with the space colony, as well as all other military issues for the government. G.U.A.R.D. had completely locked down the space colony, and stored all seven Chaos Emeralds onboard. G.U.A.R.D. shuttles were sent to the colony at specific times to re-supply the colony, and switch out staff, but otherwise the colony was off limits to anyone.
Sonic took another sip of his soda, "Look at how easily all of us got around the colony, and there where military units everywhere. And remember, we went with almost no preparation. Imagine how easy it would be for someone who planned the entire operation out before-hand?" The hedgehog narrowed his eyes; this was his view on the subject, and he felt very strongly about it.
Knuckles let out a sigh and dropped his arms to his sides. He nodded slowly and looked down at the metal box. "I guess that you're right Sonic. I just hope that we aren't causing more disaster by trying to prevent that very thing." He closed his eyes and turned away, walking down the hall and back to his room.
Sonic slowly stood up and gave Miles a gentle pat on the back with his free hand. "Don't worry about it Miles, it will all work out." The hedgehog smiled and took a gulp of his soda, proceeding to walk over to the couch in front of the television with the gaming system.
Miles sighed as he heard the electric hum of the television warming up. He closed his eyes and thought to himself for a moment, "Something about this isn't right."