Hello again! As you probably have guessed from the end of the last
chapter, thins are starting to heat up. Sonic is in trouble and... well, if
you're really lazy, you can just read the lazily pasted ending of Chapter 1
here :P Now we get to see Tails in action. Anyways, please RR, I haven't
been getting many lately. Your reviews help me to keep on going, which I
hope happens since I've got a lot of cool stuff planned for later in the
story. Anyways, enough chit-chat, let's start the next chapter of "West
Island Chaos"
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"Tails!" Sonic called out, "we're going to have to-- No!" Sonic looked on as one of the hornets noticed Tails, still frozen on the ground, firing its cannon at him. "TAILS!" Sonic rushed over to Tails as fast as he possibly could, and then pushed him hard out of the way. But before Sonic could move away, the hornet's shot hit him square on the arm, causing Sonic to scream out in pain.
Tails was shaken by the sudden push, and when he got back on his feet, noticed Sonic wincing in pain. "Sonic!" he screamed loudly, attracting the attention of the hornet's again. No. Now what do I do? The hornets aimed their cannons at the fox, ready to finish him. Sonic can't beat them. But that means... Tails looked at Sonic, still recovering from his injury, and remembered what he had said earlier... He's right. If I can't defend myself, I'm not going to last long against Eggman. And there's no way I'm going to let him get away with what he's done. It's time I stopped being afraid. Tails tightened his face and looked towards the hornets again. They're going down. Tails braced himself as the hornets shot their cannons, causing two blasts of energy to come straight towards Tails, which, when they hit, would ensure Tails' demise.
WEST ISLAND CHAOS Chapter 2 - Showdown: The Fast and Furious Battle
"Tails!" shouted Sonic from the ground where he kneeled. He had tried to start running again, but for some reason found himself unable to move his feet. With him incapacitated, he had no way of helping Tails, who found himself the hornet's line of fire.
This is it. Tails closed his eyes and jumped as high as he could. At the height of his jump, his two tails started to spin rapidly, bringing him even higher into the air. The two energy blasts hit the ground, causing a large explosion that managed to knock Tails back a few good feet yet still remained in the air. The two hornets didn't waste any time, firing another round of energy blasts almost immediately after the first. Tails quickly moved to the side, dodging the shots easily. Not letting up, the hornets continued with a barrage of fire, which Tails was able to evade easily, moving quickly through the air.
Sonic watched the spectacle from below. Wow... who would've thought he'd be so fast... He tried to get up again, but without the support of his legs, he simply fell to the ground again. But how long can he keep this up...
Tails continued sifting through the barrage of shots that bombarded him. There has to be a way to stop them... Wait a second! Tails moved forward towards the hornets, dodging all their shots in the process. Soon enough he found himself between the two machines, and then stopped. A split-second later, Tails moved out of the way as the two robots fired again. But now the robots' shots were heading straight towards each other. Gotcha. Tails looked on as the shots reached their targets... and then watched as the shots proceeded to pass the hornets, which had dodged the concentrated energy with swift speed. The hornets repositioned themselves and looked at Tails again.
Eggman's gotten smart, Sonic thought as he watched the hornets dodge each shot. His robots are much faster this time around, and he made sure I wouldn't be able to run. Sonic massaged his legs, which were still sore from the previous blast. Tails had an awesome idea, but that didn't even work...
Tails moved as the barrage of energy shots began to start again. He continued flying through the air in quick motion, all the while trying to come up with a way to stop them. I can't run from them forever, and trying to make them hit each other didn't work. They're so fast they could just move out of the way! Tails looked at the hornets again, this time taking note of an interesting detail that he hadn't noticed before. Perhaps... but that'd be too risky. He looked at Sonic below, who was still unable to move. Still, I have to do something. Tails turned around and started approaching the hornets again, much in the same way he had before. After some time, he was in the hornets' vicinity once again... but this time, he wasn't between them.
He was on top of one of them.
Tails had grabbed the body of one of the hornets and latched himself to its metallic body. The hornet started to move around erratically, attempting to knock Tails off, but the young fox would not let go. Suddenly, the hornet stopped moving, and in fact stood perfectly still in the air. Tails continued to hold on and watched as the hornet opposite him began to power up a large energy bullet. Tails didn't move an inch and waited for the hornet to fire... and that it did. The blast headed towards him and the hornet. Tails watched it intently as it approached him at a fast speed. Just a little further... The blast was within 10 meters of Tails when he loosened his grip slightly and, with a fling of his arms, swung the hornet below him in front of him, making it act as a shield. The blast made a direct hit on the hornet, causing it to explode into a myriad of broken metal pieces. Tails felt the recoil from the explosion, causing him to fall to the ground near where Sonic was...
Sonic watched as Tails landed beside him. "Tails!" he exclaimed, hoping for some sort of response.
"I'm... I'm fine," Tails replied, getting up slowly. He looked at the remaining hornet in the air. "That last blast took a lot of energy. It needs time to recharge before it can attack again."
"I guess we're lucky then. Tails, what you did there was awesome!"
Tails smiled. "I guess it worked after all didn't it?" Tails' musings were interrupted as it noticed the hornet repositioning itself. "It looks like it's almost ready to fire. Sonic."
"What is it?"
"I have a plan. Sonic, are you able to do your spin attack?"
Sonic thought for a moment. "Well, I think so, but even if I could I would have to be in the air. My legs seem to be paralyzed so I can't jump."
"Well, then just leave everything to me." Tails approached Sonic quickly and grabbed his hands. A second later the fox's tails began to spin, preparing him to fly into the air again.
"Tails, what're you doing?" Sonic asked nervously.
"You need to be in the air, right? Well, I can take you."
"WHAT!" Sonic exclaimed as he felt himself lift off the ground. Immediately afterwards, the hornet began firing again. Sonic began to feel dizzy as Tails sped up his flight.
"It was a good thing the first hornet had been destroyed, or else I probably wouldn't be able to dodge their attacks." Tails continued to evade the attacks as he moved higher and higher into the air. Sonic watched on as he sung himself to avoid the energy blasts. "All right Sonic, this is it." Sonic nodded as Tails began to fly faster, moving perpendicular to the hornet's line of fire, causing it to pivot in place in order to attack Tails. Tails continued at that speed as he threw Sonic towards the hornet. The hornet had been chasing Tails, but immediately noticed the threat coming at him from above.
"Not this time you oversized bug..." Sonic curled up into a ball and headed straight towards the machine. The hornet attempted to reposition itself for an attack, but it was too late. In one quick moment, Sonic found himself on the ground and the hornet found itself the same fate as its fallen comrade...
Tails finally landed on the ground and ran towards Sonic, who had collapsed upon reaching the green terrain. Sonic tried to stand up, but found that his legs were still paralyzed. "Hey Tails," Sonic said as Tails went next to him, "Can you help me up?" Tails began to laugh, but found himself drowned out by the cheers coming from the denizens of the large Emerald Hill waterfall.
In another part of the Emerald Hill, Eggman watched as the final blip on his radar screen vanished, and then banged his fists on the cockpit of his Drill Tank. "Darn you Sonic. How in the world was he able to defeat my robots? Surely, one of them must have hit him with those paralysis shots."
"Perhaps you didn't see the bigger threat."
Eggman, startled, looked around to find the source of that mysterious voice. He found it in a small green hedgehog, a little over three meters tall, wearing a pair of jet black sneakers and a small yellow bracelet around his left wrist. "So you've finally come. All the time I wasted here could've been spent trying to destroy that blasted hedgehog."
"Hedgehog? Ah, that blue hedgehog you've told me about. He's here. What a remarkable coincidence." The hedgehog smiled, looking at a few small animals surrounding him.
"You don't seem to take this very seriously, do you?" Eggman looked at the green hedgehog. "Then again, I suppose this whole situation is a big game to you."
"A game? No, more like... a challenge. These chaos emeralds seem to be very elusive, are they not? Speaking of which, where is the one you missed."
Eggman looked down with a stern look on his face. "The hedgehog and that blasted fox got to it first..."
The hedgehog looked at Eggman. "So, it seems your impulsiveness has cost us again. If you would be a bit more observant, we'd have three emeralds instead of just that one."
Eggman cringed. "I didn't think that there'd be two emeralds so close to each other."
"Don't forget the one in the ruins you didn't bother to check. Carelessness like that isn't going to get your 'experiment' ready any time soon."
"I never asked for your help."
"Then why did you except it when I offered?"
Eggman remained silent for a minute. The hedgehog smiled and looked away towards the horizon. "Get that emerald back and kill the little thieves. I'll see what I can find at those ruins." With that the hedgehog turned away from Eggman and started to run towards the forest. He wasn't particularly fast, but it was enough to get him from place to place quickly.
Eggman watched as the hedgehog disappeared from view. "Well, if I know the little rodent, he's going to be here soon. And when he arrives, I'll make sure he doesn't leave here alive...
"And soon I'll be alone in my conquest..."
Sonic uttered a sigh of relief as he placed his injured leg into the water. "Wow, I think it's getting better already." Sonic massaged his legs again and was actually able to move it around a little bit.
"Hey Sonic!" Tails exclaimed as he surfaced from below the water. He had jumped in to refresh himself after the battle with the hornets. "Why don't you jump in? I'm sure that'll help your leg even more.
"Heh, no thanks. I'm sure it'd be nice, but I... sort of have a thing with water..."
Tails looked at him for a few seconds, slightly puzzled. "Okay, suit yourself." Tails swam under the water again.
Sonic sighed, and then took out the blue chaos emerald. Tails had given it to him before he went into the water to look at. I don't understand... I was sure I had released the six emeralds' power on South Island. So why do they still exist, and better yet, why are they here on West Island? Sonic clutched the emerald as Tails resurfaced from the water. Wait a second, how would Eggman know if--
"What's on your mind?" Tails inquired as he jumped completely out of the water and made his way to the side of his friend. "You're looking at that gem quite intently. You had the same expression just before Eggman attacked us." Sonic looked at Tails, slightly taken aback, "Is there something about it I don't know?"
Heh, Sonic thought, I'm going to have to be careful around him. He's trustworthy though, so I guess... "Well, these gems are actually quite special. They're called Chaos Emeralds, and they're a huge source of energy that's capable of changing the very essence of space and time, if used correctly."
"A huge source of energy?" Tails was a bit dumbfounded, "Are you sure about that?"
"Quite sure. I had to make use of its powers when Eggman completely trashed my home on South Island. It was the only way to undo all the problems he caused and put things into order."
"Chaos emeralds... controllers of chaos. That makes sense actually. I remember hearing some bizarre stories about South Island, but most of them were thought be just hot air." Tails stood up and thought for a moment. "A powerful source of energy... I wonder if the energy can be harnessed for mechanical purposes..."
"Oh yes, it can..." Sonic smirked. "After all, why else would Eggman want them if he didn't know exactly what they were capable of?"
"So that means... what we have here is a source of energy more powerful than any fuel. I'm sure with enough time we can use it to our advantage."
Sonic was surprised to hear this. "You really think you can do that?" he asked.
"Sure, why not?" Tails replied, smiling encouragingly.
I can't believe this kid. None of the mechanics at my home would even think of trying to use a chaos emerald... yet this fox doesn't even seem to break a sweat. Sonic shook his head. "Well, if you think you can do it, try. I'm not going to stop you."
"That's good. Still, if Eggman's looking for them, he has to have a good reason. Tell me, how many of these chaos emeralds are there?"
"Six..."
"Six?! And we only have one? Come on Sonic, we have to go."
"Go? Go where?"
"Sonic, Eggman said he had something to take care of."
"Yeah, so?"
"What other reason would he have for him not to fight us? After all, if you're his main enemy, you'd think he wouldn't waste any time trying to kill you."
"Wait, are you implying that he's found another chaos emerald?!"
"That's exactly what I'm saying."
The thought hadn't even crossed Sonic's mind. To think I would've stayed here while Eggman got himself another emerald. How stupid of me. "Well then," Sonic replied as he stood up, "we're going to have to go and stop Eggman right this second."
"I'm going with you." Tails said with confidence as he stood up alongside the hedgehog.
"... I don't know if that's a good--"
"Come on Sonic. You saw how I fought against those hornets."
"Okay, that's true..."
"...Besides, I can fix your plane, I can help with the chaos emeralds, and besides that your leg is still--"
Sonic put his finger on Tails' mouth. "I get it, I get it. Okay, I could use your help. You can start by making sue the plane is in prime condition."
"Okay!" Tails affirmed excitedly as he ran towards the red plane.
"Meanwhile," Sonic spoke to himself, "I have to do something about this leg." Sonic stumbled to the ground holding the still numb leg. "Heh, perhaps standing up wasn't the greatest idea I've thought of." He promptly placed his leg in the water again, which helped ease the discomfort. He thought about the chaos emeralds again, and pondered over many of the puzzling aspects of the situation, but one question stood out in his mind.
How could Eggman have possibly discovered the emeralds he thought were destroyed? ----------------------- I hate laziness. After aout six months I'm finally updating this story witha relatively shor chapter. Don't worry though, I'll finish this story eventually. And before you ask the green hedgehog is in no way supposed to be a character similar to Shadow. I'm not that unoriginal :P Remember to RR, I need encouragement as incentive to continue working. Thanks for reading
"Tails!" Sonic called out, "we're going to have to-- No!" Sonic looked on as one of the hornets noticed Tails, still frozen on the ground, firing its cannon at him. "TAILS!" Sonic rushed over to Tails as fast as he possibly could, and then pushed him hard out of the way. But before Sonic could move away, the hornet's shot hit him square on the arm, causing Sonic to scream out in pain.
Tails was shaken by the sudden push, and when he got back on his feet, noticed Sonic wincing in pain. "Sonic!" he screamed loudly, attracting the attention of the hornet's again. No. Now what do I do? The hornets aimed their cannons at the fox, ready to finish him. Sonic can't beat them. But that means... Tails looked at Sonic, still recovering from his injury, and remembered what he had said earlier... He's right. If I can't defend myself, I'm not going to last long against Eggman. And there's no way I'm going to let him get away with what he's done. It's time I stopped being afraid. Tails tightened his face and looked towards the hornets again. They're going down. Tails braced himself as the hornets shot their cannons, causing two blasts of energy to come straight towards Tails, which, when they hit, would ensure Tails' demise.
WEST ISLAND CHAOS Chapter 2 - Showdown: The Fast and Furious Battle
"Tails!" shouted Sonic from the ground where he kneeled. He had tried to start running again, but for some reason found himself unable to move his feet. With him incapacitated, he had no way of helping Tails, who found himself the hornet's line of fire.
This is it. Tails closed his eyes and jumped as high as he could. At the height of his jump, his two tails started to spin rapidly, bringing him even higher into the air. The two energy blasts hit the ground, causing a large explosion that managed to knock Tails back a few good feet yet still remained in the air. The two hornets didn't waste any time, firing another round of energy blasts almost immediately after the first. Tails quickly moved to the side, dodging the shots easily. Not letting up, the hornets continued with a barrage of fire, which Tails was able to evade easily, moving quickly through the air.
Sonic watched the spectacle from below. Wow... who would've thought he'd be so fast... He tried to get up again, but without the support of his legs, he simply fell to the ground again. But how long can he keep this up...
Tails continued sifting through the barrage of shots that bombarded him. There has to be a way to stop them... Wait a second! Tails moved forward towards the hornets, dodging all their shots in the process. Soon enough he found himself between the two machines, and then stopped. A split-second later, Tails moved out of the way as the two robots fired again. But now the robots' shots were heading straight towards each other. Gotcha. Tails looked on as the shots reached their targets... and then watched as the shots proceeded to pass the hornets, which had dodged the concentrated energy with swift speed. The hornets repositioned themselves and looked at Tails again.
Eggman's gotten smart, Sonic thought as he watched the hornets dodge each shot. His robots are much faster this time around, and he made sure I wouldn't be able to run. Sonic massaged his legs, which were still sore from the previous blast. Tails had an awesome idea, but that didn't even work...
Tails moved as the barrage of energy shots began to start again. He continued flying through the air in quick motion, all the while trying to come up with a way to stop them. I can't run from them forever, and trying to make them hit each other didn't work. They're so fast they could just move out of the way! Tails looked at the hornets again, this time taking note of an interesting detail that he hadn't noticed before. Perhaps... but that'd be too risky. He looked at Sonic below, who was still unable to move. Still, I have to do something. Tails turned around and started approaching the hornets again, much in the same way he had before. After some time, he was in the hornets' vicinity once again... but this time, he wasn't between them.
He was on top of one of them.
Tails had grabbed the body of one of the hornets and latched himself to its metallic body. The hornet started to move around erratically, attempting to knock Tails off, but the young fox would not let go. Suddenly, the hornet stopped moving, and in fact stood perfectly still in the air. Tails continued to hold on and watched as the hornet opposite him began to power up a large energy bullet. Tails didn't move an inch and waited for the hornet to fire... and that it did. The blast headed towards him and the hornet. Tails watched it intently as it approached him at a fast speed. Just a little further... The blast was within 10 meters of Tails when he loosened his grip slightly and, with a fling of his arms, swung the hornet below him in front of him, making it act as a shield. The blast made a direct hit on the hornet, causing it to explode into a myriad of broken metal pieces. Tails felt the recoil from the explosion, causing him to fall to the ground near where Sonic was...
Sonic watched as Tails landed beside him. "Tails!" he exclaimed, hoping for some sort of response.
"I'm... I'm fine," Tails replied, getting up slowly. He looked at the remaining hornet in the air. "That last blast took a lot of energy. It needs time to recharge before it can attack again."
"I guess we're lucky then. Tails, what you did there was awesome!"
Tails smiled. "I guess it worked after all didn't it?" Tails' musings were interrupted as it noticed the hornet repositioning itself. "It looks like it's almost ready to fire. Sonic."
"What is it?"
"I have a plan. Sonic, are you able to do your spin attack?"
Sonic thought for a moment. "Well, I think so, but even if I could I would have to be in the air. My legs seem to be paralyzed so I can't jump."
"Well, then just leave everything to me." Tails approached Sonic quickly and grabbed his hands. A second later the fox's tails began to spin, preparing him to fly into the air again.
"Tails, what're you doing?" Sonic asked nervously.
"You need to be in the air, right? Well, I can take you."
"WHAT!" Sonic exclaimed as he felt himself lift off the ground. Immediately afterwards, the hornet began firing again. Sonic began to feel dizzy as Tails sped up his flight.
"It was a good thing the first hornet had been destroyed, or else I probably wouldn't be able to dodge their attacks." Tails continued to evade the attacks as he moved higher and higher into the air. Sonic watched on as he sung himself to avoid the energy blasts. "All right Sonic, this is it." Sonic nodded as Tails began to fly faster, moving perpendicular to the hornet's line of fire, causing it to pivot in place in order to attack Tails. Tails continued at that speed as he threw Sonic towards the hornet. The hornet had been chasing Tails, but immediately noticed the threat coming at him from above.
"Not this time you oversized bug..." Sonic curled up into a ball and headed straight towards the machine. The hornet attempted to reposition itself for an attack, but it was too late. In one quick moment, Sonic found himself on the ground and the hornet found itself the same fate as its fallen comrade...
Tails finally landed on the ground and ran towards Sonic, who had collapsed upon reaching the green terrain. Sonic tried to stand up, but found that his legs were still paralyzed. "Hey Tails," Sonic said as Tails went next to him, "Can you help me up?" Tails began to laugh, but found himself drowned out by the cheers coming from the denizens of the large Emerald Hill waterfall.
In another part of the Emerald Hill, Eggman watched as the final blip on his radar screen vanished, and then banged his fists on the cockpit of his Drill Tank. "Darn you Sonic. How in the world was he able to defeat my robots? Surely, one of them must have hit him with those paralysis shots."
"Perhaps you didn't see the bigger threat."
Eggman, startled, looked around to find the source of that mysterious voice. He found it in a small green hedgehog, a little over three meters tall, wearing a pair of jet black sneakers and a small yellow bracelet around his left wrist. "So you've finally come. All the time I wasted here could've been spent trying to destroy that blasted hedgehog."
"Hedgehog? Ah, that blue hedgehog you've told me about. He's here. What a remarkable coincidence." The hedgehog smiled, looking at a few small animals surrounding him.
"You don't seem to take this very seriously, do you?" Eggman looked at the green hedgehog. "Then again, I suppose this whole situation is a big game to you."
"A game? No, more like... a challenge. These chaos emeralds seem to be very elusive, are they not? Speaking of which, where is the one you missed."
Eggman looked down with a stern look on his face. "The hedgehog and that blasted fox got to it first..."
The hedgehog looked at Eggman. "So, it seems your impulsiveness has cost us again. If you would be a bit more observant, we'd have three emeralds instead of just that one."
Eggman cringed. "I didn't think that there'd be two emeralds so close to each other."
"Don't forget the one in the ruins you didn't bother to check. Carelessness like that isn't going to get your 'experiment' ready any time soon."
"I never asked for your help."
"Then why did you except it when I offered?"
Eggman remained silent for a minute. The hedgehog smiled and looked away towards the horizon. "Get that emerald back and kill the little thieves. I'll see what I can find at those ruins." With that the hedgehog turned away from Eggman and started to run towards the forest. He wasn't particularly fast, but it was enough to get him from place to place quickly.
Eggman watched as the hedgehog disappeared from view. "Well, if I know the little rodent, he's going to be here soon. And when he arrives, I'll make sure he doesn't leave here alive...
"And soon I'll be alone in my conquest..."
Sonic uttered a sigh of relief as he placed his injured leg into the water. "Wow, I think it's getting better already." Sonic massaged his legs again and was actually able to move it around a little bit.
"Hey Sonic!" Tails exclaimed as he surfaced from below the water. He had jumped in to refresh himself after the battle with the hornets. "Why don't you jump in? I'm sure that'll help your leg even more.
"Heh, no thanks. I'm sure it'd be nice, but I... sort of have a thing with water..."
Tails looked at him for a few seconds, slightly puzzled. "Okay, suit yourself." Tails swam under the water again.
Sonic sighed, and then took out the blue chaos emerald. Tails had given it to him before he went into the water to look at. I don't understand... I was sure I had released the six emeralds' power on South Island. So why do they still exist, and better yet, why are they here on West Island? Sonic clutched the emerald as Tails resurfaced from the water. Wait a second, how would Eggman know if--
"What's on your mind?" Tails inquired as he jumped completely out of the water and made his way to the side of his friend. "You're looking at that gem quite intently. You had the same expression just before Eggman attacked us." Sonic looked at Tails, slightly taken aback, "Is there something about it I don't know?"
Heh, Sonic thought, I'm going to have to be careful around him. He's trustworthy though, so I guess... "Well, these gems are actually quite special. They're called Chaos Emeralds, and they're a huge source of energy that's capable of changing the very essence of space and time, if used correctly."
"A huge source of energy?" Tails was a bit dumbfounded, "Are you sure about that?"
"Quite sure. I had to make use of its powers when Eggman completely trashed my home on South Island. It was the only way to undo all the problems he caused and put things into order."
"Chaos emeralds... controllers of chaos. That makes sense actually. I remember hearing some bizarre stories about South Island, but most of them were thought be just hot air." Tails stood up and thought for a moment. "A powerful source of energy... I wonder if the energy can be harnessed for mechanical purposes..."
"Oh yes, it can..." Sonic smirked. "After all, why else would Eggman want them if he didn't know exactly what they were capable of?"
"So that means... what we have here is a source of energy more powerful than any fuel. I'm sure with enough time we can use it to our advantage."
Sonic was surprised to hear this. "You really think you can do that?" he asked.
"Sure, why not?" Tails replied, smiling encouragingly.
I can't believe this kid. None of the mechanics at my home would even think of trying to use a chaos emerald... yet this fox doesn't even seem to break a sweat. Sonic shook his head. "Well, if you think you can do it, try. I'm not going to stop you."
"That's good. Still, if Eggman's looking for them, he has to have a good reason. Tell me, how many of these chaos emeralds are there?"
"Six..."
"Six?! And we only have one? Come on Sonic, we have to go."
"Go? Go where?"
"Sonic, Eggman said he had something to take care of."
"Yeah, so?"
"What other reason would he have for him not to fight us? After all, if you're his main enemy, you'd think he wouldn't waste any time trying to kill you."
"Wait, are you implying that he's found another chaos emerald?!"
"That's exactly what I'm saying."
The thought hadn't even crossed Sonic's mind. To think I would've stayed here while Eggman got himself another emerald. How stupid of me. "Well then," Sonic replied as he stood up, "we're going to have to go and stop Eggman right this second."
"I'm going with you." Tails said with confidence as he stood up alongside the hedgehog.
"... I don't know if that's a good--"
"Come on Sonic. You saw how I fought against those hornets."
"Okay, that's true..."
"...Besides, I can fix your plane, I can help with the chaos emeralds, and besides that your leg is still--"
Sonic put his finger on Tails' mouth. "I get it, I get it. Okay, I could use your help. You can start by making sue the plane is in prime condition."
"Okay!" Tails affirmed excitedly as he ran towards the red plane.
"Meanwhile," Sonic spoke to himself, "I have to do something about this leg." Sonic stumbled to the ground holding the still numb leg. "Heh, perhaps standing up wasn't the greatest idea I've thought of." He promptly placed his leg in the water again, which helped ease the discomfort. He thought about the chaos emeralds again, and pondered over many of the puzzling aspects of the situation, but one question stood out in his mind.
How could Eggman have possibly discovered the emeralds he thought were destroyed? ----------------------- I hate laziness. After aout six months I'm finally updating this story witha relatively shor chapter. Don't worry though, I'll finish this story eventually. And before you ask the green hedgehog is in no way supposed to be a character similar to Shadow. I'm not that unoriginal :P Remember to RR, I need encouragement as incentive to continue working. Thanks for reading