Chapter 18 - Blue blue sky

We've just landed on the ground. Most of the people from the ship go to nearby villages. Bass was on the ship too, but I can't find him anymore. I wonder what he'll be doing? Tails has just checked the engines, and comes to tell us the bad news. They're broke, and too much spare parts are needed. We might as well go to the closest town or city, and make an entirely new ship. According to Tails that would be fast... although just replacing the engine would be faster according to my logic. It's Tails, so i'm sure he knows what he's talking about.

For now... all I care about is resting. I don't want to think about anything. I lie on a grass hill, looking at the sky. It's not long before Jody joins me. "So... what are you thinking about?" She asks. "I just... want to rest my mind and body a bit. So much has happened ever since I got here." She doesn't say anything anymore. I keep staring at the mildly clouded sky, and she goes out for a walk after a couple of minutes. Right after that Lexer and Blaze join me.

Blaze: "Looking at the sky, eh? Things got a bit too much?"

Me: "I'm not on the verge of breaking down. But some relaxation like this once in a while is nice."

Lexer: "You've been pretty popular with the ladies. You can always get some ah... relaxation from them if you need."

I get up fast and look at Lexer. "What! No way, i'm not like that!" Is he out of his mind? "Come on, go make a move on Jody or Amy." He follows. Yeah... right. "I don't think you should take him too seriously." Blaze says. "But I AM serious! Seriously, you must be under immense pressure!" Lexer responds. "Yeah, I am under immense pressure. But I can handle it. Besides, they're friends. It would never work out between us. And I can't imagine me having little hedgehog kids yelling daddy at me either."

Lexer: "I hadn't thought about that yet."

Blaze: "Little hedgehog kids yelling daddy... Somehow I like the sound of that."

Lexer: "Wouldn't you just toast them when they annoy you?"

Me: "Lexer... I think you need to realize that ones own kids, and other kids... aren't the same thing."

Blaze: "Are you saying I would toast kids!"

Lexer: "Hell yeah!"

Blaze: "... ... ..."

I lie down again, and they leave. I still don't get much rest. Within several minutes Solar, Regulus and Overdrive sit down next to me. Chao plays in the grass... with the giant shuriken. Surprisingly... none of them say something. They just came... and leave after 30 minutes. They didn't say one single word, until they left. I suppose they wouldn't know what to say to me either. Now that everyone is gone, I fall fast asleep.

I get woken by Jody and... Seria. So she finally is back. I look around. It's dark already. Only Seria and Jody are there, the rest is gone. They left a note and a compass, saying we should travel to the south-east. I ask Seria what she did. She still hasn't accomplished her mission, which is to find a legendary source of near infinite energy. It's not the one that Summers uses, because only I know that Summers has an energy source. At the government, they're developing a special weapon that can annihilate anything. The reason she hasn't accomplished it yet is because she can't find much information about it. And she doesn't want to kill the brother of a friend.

Now, we head to the south-east. According to Seria, a mysterious underground village should be somewhere in the south-east too. Why not check it out?

End of chapter