Remember when in chapter 2 Flash said that he was born in a jungle? Well, Flash will make a homecoming!
Chapter 6: Flash's Choice" Eggman! No way off the hook this time!" Ghost growled as the trio ground on a vine. Flash started to look around with a smile on his face.
" This place looks familiar. Wait, I'm home!" he cheered.
' It looks like Eggman's robots are here too!' Scribbles wrote. The team jumped off the vine to surprise the bots. Ghost smashed two of them together while Scribbles booted some of them into the lake. A gold robot with a spiked shield summoned more into combat. The new opponents surrounded the tiny trio. Things seemed bleak when suddenly, the robots exploded! Flash looked at the remains and saw arrows jutting out of them. The chao continued along the path where they encountered a giant frog.
' Ooh, frog…' Scribbles wrote as the frog yawned. The mute chao stuck his head in the mouth. The frog's mouth quickly snapped shut, trapping Scribbles inside.
" Cough him up, fly-muncher!" Ghost yelled as he began to kick the amphibian. Scribbles pried the frog's mouth open and held it open with a sign that read 'JACK'. Flash snagged some vines and arranged them in the mouth like reins. The three chao then climbed onto the frog's back and rode it like a horse.
' Good idea, Flash!' Scribbles wrote. The team drove the frog into a patch of trees, where chao dropped out of the trees.
" Don't move!" a red girl chao ordered while pointing a bow at the frog.
" Is that you, Flame?" Flash asked. Flame lowered her bow slightly.
" Flash? Where have you been for a year?" she questioned.
" After the Pink Demon captured me, I stayed with her for a few months. She then left me in the Neutral Garden where I met some new friends like Ghost and Scribbles." The sonic chao replied.
" You know her?" Ghost asked.
" Yes, she is my fiancée. We were to be wed on the day that Amy took me." Flash explained.
' How touching. I think I'm gonna cry…' Scribbles scrawled while tears welled up in his eyes.
" Gather the villagers. Today we celebrate the return of Flash!" Flame said. Later, the trio wandered through the streets of the town. Scribbles was trying to get some walnuts open. Flame led the chao into the chief's house.
" So, where's the chief?" Ghost asked.
" You're looking at her." Flash answered.
" Flash, now that you're here, we can start the wedding!" Flame smiled. Suddenly, a brown chao burst through the door.
" Miss Flame, robots have found the entrance to the town." he panted.
" Eggman must have followed us!" Ghost gasped.
' Let's go!' Scribbles wrote. Flash nodded and the team dashed out of the house. Outside, the town was under attack by giant robots wielding massive hammers. Ghost shot at one with little effect. Scribbles sat a walnut next to one robot and watched as the hammer broke the shell. Flash whipped up a twister to immobilize some while Ghost used Chaos Control to destroy them. The invasion was soon quelled.
" Why would someone do this?" Flame asked.
" After we kicked Eggman's butt, he wants to destroy all chao. We came through here to intercept him before someone got hurt." Ghost explained.
' We need to stop him!' Scribbles wrote.
" Flash, do you need to leave again?" Flame cried.
" Yes, I'm sorry." Flash replied. When they left, Flame started to cry. One of her maids, a black chao, started to talk to her.
" Those chao need Flash more than everyone. Think for a second, why do you want Flash to stay? Is it because you're afraid of him leaving you again? No matter where he's at, he'll still love you." The maid explained.
Later, the team found themselves on a stretch of land surrounded by water.
" He's heading for that mansion in the distance." Ghost stated.
' Party time!' Scribbles scrawled. Flash was silent.
" Hold it!" a voice screamed. The chao turned to see Sonic, Tails, and a wheelchair confined Knuckles.
" Hey, look! It's the three stooges. Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles!" Ghost chuckled. Knuckles charged at Ghost, only to smash into a rock. Sonic delivered a punch to Scribbles' jaw.
' Look! Amy!' he wrote. Sonic whipped around to see this, but Scribbles knocked him into the water. Flash grabbed Tails by his tails and tossed him into the water. Knuckles whipped his chair around to ram Ghost, but Scribbles pushed the wheelchair into the lake.
" Something on your mind, Flash?" Ghost asked.
" Now that I'm home, I don't know what to do." The sonic chao answered.
" Well, here's what we're going to do. You decide if you want to roll with us or stay here. Either way, we won't hold it against you." Ghost explained.
" Flash!" Flame screamed as she ran into the clearing.
" Flame?" Flash said.
" Go with them. They need you more than we do. I was selfish wanting you to stay." She cried. Flash comforted her.
" I promise I will return safely. Don't be afraid." The sonic chao said. Flame smiled and looked at Ghost and Scribbles. Flash then joined his pals and together, they walked away in the sunset.
" I know you can do it. Together, you are strong." Flame said.
Sorry about the sad stuff… Next chapter, Team Chao will meet some ghosts. Review!
