K, let me start by clarifying some general stuff:
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1. No, Quill is not a Chao. He is a cat-like creature who has wings and acts pretty much like a little kid, which he is.
2. Anti-energy is just as real as a cut gem the size of a twelve-year-old that generates perpetual energy.
3. About the grass - well, how do you think Angel Island manages to stay green and wonderful when its moving around into different climates all the time?
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Thank you for bringing this to my attention, Ri2. After all, I can't interest anyone is a story they don't understand, now can I?
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Disclaimer: Sonic is not mine
Claimer: Quill and Minastron are both mine
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The rest of the day was surprisingly orderly. Shadow woke up on his own…eventually…and then he spent the afternoon with Sonic and Knuckles, scouring Angel Island for Master Emerald shards. These they piled in the Master Emerald's slot on top of its shrine, for lack of a better place to put them.
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Tails was working on the Chaos Emerald problem.
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First, he made a container for the dark blue/pink Emerald, shielded hopefully well enough for Shadow's sake. Then he started scanning for the other five Emeralds, as well as for information on the Doctor Minastron Knuckles had talked about.
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The Emeralds were already starting to be big headline news: the gray Emerald had been put on display in a museum, and therefore had started 'melting' right in front of a group of kids on a field trip.
There were also plenty of reports on how many people, apparently sensitive to the powers of the Emeralds, had suffered headaches, dizziness, and fainting spells when the Master Emerald had exploded.
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But absolutely nowhere could Tails locate information on the weird Doctor Minastron. He had to settle for starting up a program to determine where all the chunks of Dead Master Emerald pieces had been blasted away to, which was not an easy task.
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"I think we've got all the pieces that were still on the island now," Shadow was saying as the two hedgehogs and the echidna approached the plane later that afternoon.
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"Less than half," Knuckles replied, his tone sour.
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"Relax, Red!" Sonic cried, "I mean, its not like Egg-head is going around grabbin' the other pieces! Nobody's gonna want some useless, broken - HEY! Is that any way to treat someone trying to make you feel better!"
"I'd feel even more better if you'd just hold still!"
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"Any progress?" Shadow inquired of Tails, trying to ignore the usual Knuckles-vs.-Sonic stuff.
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"Only a little, and its not good," Tails sighed, "We were dead-on with the idea that all the Chaos Emeralds are decaying at the same rate. And as for that Minastron guy, its like he doesn't exist!"
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"Trust me, he does…until I get my fists on him, he does," Knuckles growled.
"Great," Sonic cut in, "Of course, since we can't find him, this guy's gonna practically live forever…"
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Knuckles shot the blue hedgehog a sour look. Even if Sonic hadn't picked up on it yet, it was fairly obvious that the Master Emerald Guardian blamed himself for all of this happening at all. If only he'd been a better guardian, Minastron wouldn't have gotten past him to almost destroy the Master Emerald…
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"Okay, sitting around wishing this didn't happen ain't gonna fix this," Sonic said next (maybe he HAD picked up on it after all), "We need to find the rest of the Master Emerald and put it back together before the Chaos Emeralds do something weird and more than likely really bad. We can still use that old scanner to find the pieces, right Tails?"
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"I think so," Tails blinked, "The range'll be really short, since the pieces aren't giving off any power right now…"
"Okay, so we'll hunt down the pieces while you figure out that Minastron guy. Maybe he's with GUN or Eggman."
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"…You want to hack into the GUN database?" Shadow wondered.
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Sonic shrugged.
"Why not?"
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Shadow smirked.
"And here I never would have picked such a laid-back slacker to be such a conniving military mind," the black hedgehog answered.
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"Who're ya calling a slacker!"
"Sonic is right, he's no slacker," Knuckles cut in.
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The Echidna waited just long enough for Sonic to shoot Shadow a triumphant look before adding, "He's actually a lazy idiot who can run fast on occasion."
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Sonic made a face as the other three laughed. This laugh was sorely needed to raise their spirits, which it did. Unfortunately it was the last time they would be so carefree for a while.