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Chapter Seventeen: Regrouping

Tails stared at Sonic, " do you want everyone to die? What is one life worth thirteen? You'll really gunna let your son die!"

" It's obvious that he doesn't want to go. Amy, what about you?" Sonic asked.

" I don't wanna leave you either Tails it's not right."

Knuckles and Rouge nodded, " we agree."

Huri smiled at Shadow who just smirked.

" They are right. One goes we all go," Shadow stated.

Tails growled as a bead of sweat rolled down his face. He smirked and looked at the timer, just one-minute left. His fist clenched as light began to emit from Omega's chest plate.

" I'm not going to give you much of a choice."

Questioning looks appeared on everyone's faces as light appeared behind him.

" Chaos Control!"

Sonic's eyes shot opened as he bolted up, or at least tried too. There was a weight on his stomach. He looked at closer at the weight. It had a very small body, dark blue fur, pink steaks in his quills, and it was drooling all over him. Now he knew who it was, no question about it.

" Kage? Kage? Can you get off of me?" Sonic shook him lightly.

Kage opened his eyes and smiled, " hi daddy."

Kage got off his father, and stood up. Sonic sat up and looked around.

" Where are we daddy? Where is everyone else?"

Sonic stood up, " I'm lookin I'm lookin."

' This area looks familiar, where have I seen it before?'

There wasn't much light left, so it was hard to see. Kage sat down again; a board look on his face.

" Hey, this is a soft rock!" Kage exclaimed.

" What are you talking about? There are no soft rocks."

" Well, this one is!"

" No it's not."

" Yes it is dad!"

" No."

" Yes!"

" No."

" Yes!"

" Gaht off meh Kage I cont breth!"

Kage jumped off the "soft rock" instantly.

" It's a cursed rock! Run away! Its gunna eat us!" Kage yelled running around in circles.

Sonic sighed and walked over to the "rock" and helped her to her feet.

" Kage, stop messing around and help me help your mother up," Sonic stated simply.

Kage stopped running and smiled sheepishly. He walked over to them and helped Sonic get Amy to her feet.

" What happened? How did we end up here?" Amy asked.

" You know where we are?" Sonic asked eagerly.

" Yeah, this is the place we stayed at over night remember?"

" I knew that this placed looked familiar!" Sonic shouted.

" Now that we know where we are, I would like to know what happened," Amy stated.

" Tails used Chaos Control."

Sonic, Amy and Kage turned their heads.

" Uncle Shadow! Auntie Huri! Uncle Knuckles! Auntie Cream! It's good to see your okay!" Kage yelled.

Even though Cream was unconscious, they knew that she was okay. Shadow had just knocked her out, nothing more.

" Yeah, it is good to see that you guys are okay, but where are the others?" Amy questioned.

Knuckles shrugged, " we don't know, we heard Kage yelling something about a cursed soft rock and we came running."

" Good to know, anyways, what did you say Shadow?" Sonic asked.

Shadow sighed and placed Cream on the ground carefully, " I said, Tails used Chaos Control to teleport us out of there."

" Affirmative."

" Omega!" everyone, with the exception of Cream yelled.

" What about us?"

" Rouge!" Knuckles yelled running over to her.

" Don't forget about me daddy!" Gen said in her mother's arms.

" I could never forget about you Gen," Knux said, hugging them tightly.

" Have you guys seen Page, Emerl or Gamma?" Huri asked worriedly.

" We're here!" Page shouted, walking out of the brush with Gamma and Emerl right behind him.

Huri ran over to him while Shadow calmly walked over.

" Oh Page, you had us so worried!" Huri exclaimed.

She hugged him tightly, and picked him up.

" Can't breath mom," Page hurriedly said.

Huri loosened her grasp, " sorry, I was just worried about you."

Page took in a deep breath of air and released it before looking around, " hey, where is Uncle Tails?"

As if on cue, the whole island shook, knocking everyone to the ground.

" What the hell was that?" Knuckles asked, though it sounded more demanding.

Everyone looked in the sky, and saw smoke. Knowing instantly what had happened, Sonic stood up and ran towards the north.

" Sonic! Wait for us!" Amy yelled, running after him.

Shadow picked up Cream and followed them. The rest followed after Shadow. Sonic stopped just before the ocean, and saw the after math first. The volcano hadn't erupted surprisingly. You couldn't see the massive building that once stood there, all you could see was debris.

Amy covered her mouth with her hands, " oh Mobious."

Slowly, the others appeared by them, all silent. Shadow once again set Cream down.

" Damn it Tails, I'm supposed to be the hero! I'm supposed to be the one that risks his life to save everyone and everything not you! You had your whole life ahead of you still!" Sonic yelled to the sky.

Tears streamed down his cheeks like rivers. Everyone else was crying too.

" Why did you have to save me Uncle Tails? He wanted to kill me, why did you have to die!" Gen shouted.

Rouge and Knuckles were holding her shaking form.

" It's my fault he's gone! I've killed two people in the last three days!"

" It's not your fault Gen, it's my fathers. He never should have tried to do what he did," Rouge whispered soothingly.

Knuckles could only rub his daughters fur. His head turned towards a noise he heard. Cream was sitting up, rubbing the back of her neck.

" What the hell happened? Where am I? Where is Tails?"

No one could answer her verbally, so Sonic motioned his head toward the burning island. Cream hurriedly stood up, tears instantly formed in her eyes. Her head was down as tears rolled down her cheeks.

" Did you guys even bother to check the rubble?" she asked.

" No," Shadow stated simply.

" Why not?" she demanded, " he could be hurt in the rubble! He could be dying as we stand around doing nothing! Why did you just leave him there!"

" We didn't have a choice. Somehow, he used Chaos Control on us."

" Then use it to get over there! You and Sonic use Chaos Control to teleport us back over there so we can find him!"

" I don't know about Sonic, but I don't think I have enough energy left even with the Chaos Emeralds, to help teleport us all over there. For some of us to go would be unfair!"

" We have to look for him Shadow! He's our friend right? Friends help friends! Or are you not his friend?"

Shadow's gaze hardened, she had gone to far, " if I wasn't his friend, then I would have done what he asked me to do! He asked me to knock you out so you wouldn't interfere! I was able to do that, but I couldn't leave him there to die! You were unconscious, so how the hell would you know! HE used Chaos Control on US! I didn't help him in anyway! He made his own choice to save us all!"

Cream was silent, she knew she had gone to far, " Shadow, I'm sorry."

Shadow calmed down, " it's alright. Sonic, why don't we give it a try?"

Sonic smiled and nodded, then walked over to Omega and grabbed four of the emeralds, while Shadow grabbed three. Everyone made sure they were touching before Sonic and Shadow started to charge up.

" Chaos!" Sonic yelled.

" Control!" Shadow yelled.

The group disappeared in a green flash, onto the destroyed island base.