Luff: Um…well what can I say? Here's the long-awaited epilogue of 'The Adventures of the STREKS gang!' #cheering#
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Epilogue
"Good morning everyone!" Emily yelled merrily to the room in general, clearly very happy about something. It could have been because of the video tape she was holding in her hand.
"Shuddup…" Sonic mumbled, turning over from his position on the sofa so he was facing away from her.
"Oh, stop being so grouchy!" Sammie said joyfully, leaping over to the sofa and practically jumping on top of him. "Come on, we have something to show you all!"
"What's all this bloody noise?" Came a grumpy voice from the corner; Gregg had been dozing there in an attempt to get some sleep, but instead he was kept awake by the loud snoring that Sonic had been producing. He had considered trying to cut his head off, but ultimately thought he just didn't have the inspiration, nor the energy to get off his bony butt. Instead he just contented himself with imagining the reaction from the others in the morning when they watched the video they had been recording all the previous evening.
"Gregg? Can you go and wake the others up please?" Sammie smiled sweetly at him, batting her eyelids to add a little more persuasion to her words.
"What are you doing that for?" He asked suspiciously, before growling as he got up from the floor using his scythe. "You know I'm only helping you for the benefit of my own amusement…" He mumbled something under his breath as he walked towards Knuckle's room, and being satisfied, Sammie and Emily turned back to the unsuccessful waking of Sonic.
However, they barely had time to open their moths when a loud 'crash!' was heard behind them, which was more than enough to wake Sonic from his slumber. It took a while for them to realise that Sonic had managed to jump up high enough and was now swinging from the light bulb on the ceiling and was clinging on to it for dear life.
Sammie turned around to find Gregg standing in front of an open door, which he had hit so hard with his scythe it had sprung open and crashed against the wall on the other side. In the doorway on the other side stood a bewildered-looking Knuckles, who had luckily moved out of the way of the door just in time to miss it hitting him. A moment later Rouge appeared by his side, rubbing the sleep from her eyes as she clung onto Knuckles' arm.
"What's the emergency?" She said groggily as she looked cautiously at Gregg, the scythe in his hands still pointing towards them.
"Time to get up, you lazy beggars." He indicated Emily and Sammie, who had now turned to trying to coax Sonic down from the ceiling, before moving to his next port of call: Eggman.
"Oi, fatty! Wake up!"
"WAAAAAAAARR…!" He bellowed as he sprung to his feet, his eyes wildly looking around the room to find the source of the noise. His eyes were bloodshot, and bags had formed neatly around the edges of them. He was obviously nowhere near recovering from the alcohol yet.
"Over there." Gregg brandished his scythe under Eggman's nose, making him more than happy to comply. He heaved himself onto one of the sofas, shortly followed by Knuckles and Rouge, who looked tentatively at him before perching themselves onto the edge.
After Gregg had roused the other members from their rooms, and carrying both Marie and Tails over to the seating area, he stood below Sonic who was still clinging onto the light bulb and promptly poked him in the backside with his scythe.
"Argh!" Sonic yelled, finally letting go and landing flat on his face on the floor, Gregg having moved out of the way just in time.
"Now why didn't we think of that…?" Emily wondered aloud, before picking him up and dumping him on one of the chairs.
"Right, now that you're all here, we have something to show you all!" The manic glint in Sammie's eye told them that this would not be a good thing. Everyone moved back an inch or two in their seats, as if it would help them to escape what was coming next.
Once Emily had inserted the video into the VHS, she pressed the play button and the torture that was known as 'watching yourself act like an idiot' was unleashed upon them…
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About and hour later everyone was staring wide-eyed at the TV, evidently horrified by what they had seen.
"So, what did you think?" Emily looked happily around the room, only to be met by glares form everyone else. Especially Eggman. For the first time ever, Emily actually looked scared of them. "Um, I guess you didn't like it then…"
"I didn't think it was so bad…" Tails piped up, blushing as everyone's eyes turned to him. "Well, I thought Eggman falling asleep was funny…" It was evident that he was trying his hardest not to laugh.
"Yeah, that was, wasn't it!" Sonic snorted, trying to encourage the others to see the funny side of things.
"I guess…" Shadow agreed, his eyes lighting up.
"Hey! Why you pickin' on me?" Eggman slurred, flailing his arm around as if to wave away the insults.
"I wonder why…" Gregg mumbled sarcastically, receiving a confused look from Eggman.
"If we're lucky, they just might not kill us…" Emily mumbled hopefully to Sammie, who nodded in agreement.
"Yup."
By now everyone was joking about the video, pointing out at least one embarrassing thing that that each person did, although they were afraid to linger on the subject of Eggman in case he decided to go on a murderous rampage.
"Ah, that was great…" Sonic relished the moment of Knuckles swaying around everywhere as he tried to keep his balance. "We should do that to him more often…"
"Hey!" Knuckles looked sulky as he hid his head in his hands, Rouge 'comforting' him to the best of her ability.
"Please you two, get a room!" Shadow growled in annoyance, although still smiling slightly from Sonic's comment.
"We're in a room…" Rouge smiled smugly, before continuing to 'comfort' Knuckles.
Marie sighed in her seat, leaning her head against Tails' shoulder.
"What's wrong, Marie?" He asked, concern in his voice.
"Headache." She mumbled, looking as if she was ready to fall asleep.
"Ah, well you did kinda get fed a lot of alcohol…" Sonic said wisely.
"I think you should rest up Marie…I don't think your parents will be too happy if they find out you've been drinking. Have plenty of water, that should help a little." Emily said kindly, getting up to help Tails carry Marie to his room.
"Well, looks like that's it then…" Sammie sighed mellow-dramatically.
"Good." Gregg said almost happily, slipping off the sofa and walking to the door. "I only came so I could see everyone else making fools of themselves…" They watched him leave, somehow managing to open the door from his height and close it behind him without much difficulty.
"Yep. Typical Gregg. We will teach him to love again…" Sammie said as if she were acting in a play, swinging out her arm as if to emphasise the point.
"Of course. We know he cares really." Emily smiled as she walked in from the bedroom.
"So what happens now then?" Sonic asked, looking to the two girls who were now standing up.
"Well…until next year…I suppose this is goodbye." Sammie said thoughtfully.
"Oh…" Rouge said sadly, standing up so she could hug the two girls. "Thanks for everything you two…you've done so much for us."
Everyone else followed suite, taking their turn to hug Sammie and Emily and say their own goodbyes.
"Say goodbye to Gregg for us, won't you?" Knuckles asked, stepping back from the warm embraces he was receiving.
"Of course." Emily said warmly.
"We will see you again, won't we?" Shadow asked.
"Maybe." Sammie smiled sadly, understanding the looks on the others' faces. "We'll see how things turn out."
"Goodbye then…" Everyone turned to see Marie walking out of the room behind them, taking her turn to embrace the two. "I'll miss you both so very much."
"We'll miss you too…all of you…you've been such great friends to us." Emily smiled as she turned towards the door.
"Until another day then…sayonara…."
Emily: AT LAST! THE END! #dances around like a loon# Halleluiah, Halleluiah, Halleluiah, Hallelui-ahhhh…
Sammie: I think Luff has actually died with relief.
Emily: Yup.
Luff: Ah! I'm alive! #sings for joy, then turns white as she sees angry mob of people running towards her# Oh crap! I'm sorry! #starts doing a Ritzu# I'M SO SORRY! I APOLOGISE TO THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE! I AM NOT FIT TO BREATHE THE SAME AIR AS EVERYONE ELSE! I ONLY EVER CAUSE PAIN FOR OTHERS! I SHOULD DIE SO I—
Emily: Right, while she's being, gagged, bound and tied to a chair, I will on her behalf apologise to all our loyal readers who have stuck with us through this story. There will be an extra-special thank you note going up soon after this (NOO! NOT MORE!), so we can thank you all properly for your patience. If you haven't died yet from waiting.
Sammie: Eh-hem. I will now read out this apology note that Luff has just written. 'I am very sorry this epilogue is short and not nearly enough for all you people who have been waiting for so long. I have no excuse. Apart from the lack of inspiration. But there are pictures you can have if you ask me in your reviews… #hint hint#' That is all.
Emily: Anyway…I apologise, but S. Chensu cannot be with us at the moment. Maybe this chapter will be re-posted so she can be included…
Sammie: Well, leave a review please. Although Luff really doesn't deserve it…but still. You can just complain at her if you want. #smiles# So yeah…until the note, we'll be seeing ya's!