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File 5 Maria;ver1:dot:ohEntry 2- Raw Power
Miserie held Amy's hand, stumbling through the mud. They had been walking all night into morning. Shadow and Amy didn't talk to each other, but they alternated helping Miserie out. Miserie was worried about both of them, because they were her only friends…They had already been attacked six times. Miserie's feet hurt, but she couldn't ask for a break, what with Shadow's angry pace now. He had gotten hurt, but he didn't want any help. Amy too, had been injured,but hers was covered up by a torn off piece of her dress.
"Amy?" Miserie whispered.
Amy turned to look at Miserie. "Something wrong, Miserie?" She asked, loudly. Miserie shushed her before Shadow turned around.
"What happened?" He asked harshly.
"No…nothing!" Miserie stuttered. Shadow turned around again and continued walking. "Amy!" Miserie whispered again. "We have to help Shadow!"
"With WHAT?" Amy whispered back.
"His leg!" Miserie pointed at his limping leg. He had gotten shot by a recent attack.
"We can't do anything about that!" Amy shook her head. "I can't splint it. I can't do anything."
"But…But…!" Miserie worriedly stared at Shadow's leg. "What if in the next attack, his leg gets shot off? Amy, we have to do SOME"
"Shh!" Shadow hissed, suddenly right next to them. He pulled Amy in front of Miserie, forming a barrier.
"What's going on?" Asked Miserie. Amy said nothing.
"Those bushes." Shadow said, narrowing his eyes. "They're moving." He didn't move. Amy looked scared. Miserie could feel her palms getting sweaty. She felt bad, as if she should tell Amy something. When she opened her mouth, a sensation ran through her body, like a rush of adrenaline. Suddenly, she knew what was back there, something weak and frail. It couldn't hurt them…
"You're scared…" Miserie said, not sure of what else to do. "You're scared, Amy…so are you, Shadow…"
They looked at her. Amy's green eyes widened and Shadow's eyes narrowed even more. "Why?" Amy asked. "You're not?"
Miserie felt a rush of calm come over her. Surprised, she looked them both in the eyes. "No. I'm not scared."
Shadow looked at her strangely. "And why not?"
"Because…Because…" Miserie struggled to find the right words. "Because you said not to be afriad anymore, remember? In the ship. You said to get over my fear."
"You were afraid of fire." He said bluntly.
"But I was afraid of what's behind the bushes." She said. "I know what it is. I know what's back there."
Amy gasped. "How?" She asked.
"…I don't know. But What's back there isn't gonna attack us. It's too weak." She said. "It's so weak. It's afraid too."
Shadow shook his head. "And what if you're wrong?" He asked.
Miserie shook her head. "I'm not wrong. I'll prove it to you." She let go of Amy's sweaty palm, pushed past Shadow and Amy's protective barrier and headed towards the bushes.
They rustled. Every step she took caused another shake, a more violent one each time. Miserie tiptoed closer and closer.
"Here!" Miserie pushed open the bushes. "See! I told you!" She revealed an immense human, with long orange whiskers and small glasses. He was bruised and beaten and bleeding all over, looking more like a fox out of commission than a Fox ready for battle.
Amy took a long stare. Shadow stared too.
"Pinch me, I'm dreaming." Amy said to Shadow. Shadow lifted his hand as if he was in a trance, not taking his widened eyes off of the human, and pinched Amy. "OWW! Not that hard!" She screeched. Shadow didn't even listen to her.
"You…" He muttered.
Miserie looked at the human, who was smirking almost too mean like at both of them. "Well, well, well. What an unlikely team!" the human said.
"Do you…Know this human?" Miserie asked. "He's really big. Hey, Mister, I can tell you how to speed up your metabolism so that your body won't be so"
"Miserie, get away from him!" Amy screeched again. "He's Eggman! He's an evil doctor!"
"Doctor…" Shadow repeated. "Doctor Robotnik…"
"What!" Miserie cried. She whirled to face the Human again, grabbing his shirt. "Robotnik? Like Professor Robotnik?" she looked him over. "No way!" She breathed. Then she let him go. "Hey! Maybe he can tell us what"
"No!" Shadow said. Amy took out a giant hammer. "Amy?"
"…You!" Amy cried angrily. "What are you planning, Eggman? Why are you putting the Chaos Emeralds on Angel Island?"
"Me?" The human, now known as Eggman (or was it Doctor?) asked. "Me put the Chaos Emeralds in YOUR hands? So that Sonic could beat me in a single stretch? Think again, hedgehog!" He snickered evilly. "Someone's been stealing my Emeralds! And I have a feeling it's that sneaky little bat girl, ROUGE." He said.
"Rouge?" Shadow asked. He had stopped gaping with a glazed over look, and was now narrowing his eyes again, standing with his arms crossed and facing away from all of them.
Amy shook her head. "No way. That doesn't make sense. Rouge loves jewels, she wouldn't leave them on the Island!" Then Amy jumped. "HEY! I told him where the Emeralds were! I can't let you get away!"
Miserie shook her head. "He can't go anywhere." She said. "Look at those injuries! If we can't even splint Shadow's leg, there's no way we could help him!"
Shadow didn't reply, but Miserie knew he was secretly agreeing.
"Who could possibly have the technology to even build something stronger than what the chaos emeralds can bring forth?" Amy asked. "Tails said it was a constant source of energy!" she said.
"It is." Shadow said. "It's a constant supply of energy."
Eggman also told them, "They're all the same strength while alone. None more powerful than the next."
"But how do they work?" Miserie asked. "How is it that they have all that energy in them? And…just why are they on Angel Island?"
"I don't know where they're from, but they work with…wave…uhm…" Amy shook her head. Never mind. All I know is the Master Emerald cancels their effect."
"The Master emerald makes the Chaos Emeralds just Emeralds." Shadow said. "And the chaos emeralds have to be brought together slowly, otherwise you'll have a Chaos Control."
"So they work by…wave…WAVELENGTH!" Miserie said. "Am I right?"
Eggman said nothing, and neither did Shadow or Amy. Miserie continued:
"If they work by wavelength, that means everytime you get one, you have to wait until the wavelengths match. If all…all…"
"Seven," Amy put in.
"If all seven have the same wavelength, then the power generated would never end! The supply would be greater than normal!" Miserie continued.
"Yeah?" Shadow said.
"Oh! Tails was talking about this!" Amy said. "The Wavelength of the Chaos Emeralds could be disturbing something else!"
"That's right." Eggman said.
"But…" Miserie hesitated.
"But WHAT?" Shadow asked.
"Why does the Master Emerald nullify the Chaos Emeralds? And since it does, doesn't that mean they'll all be on the same wavelength?"
"Why does that matter?" Amy asked.
"The people who are putting it on Angel Island KNOW the power of the Chaos Emeralds! They're waiting to collect all seven! Then they'll take them from you, to form the strongest machine you'll ever see!" Miserie exclaimed.
The forest was silent. Even the birds didn't make a noise.
"Another stupid fox." Eggman said, but he probably didn't mean it. Miserie knew what she had said hit them all hard. Although she didn't know much about the Emeralds, she knew one thing for sure- The Emerald's power was one to be reckoned with, and they couldn't let anyone use that power against them.
But who knew so much about them, and why? Would shadow and Amy start working together to get everyone out of the Forest? What about Eggman? And could they reach in time? If they didn't could this 'Tails' figure ANYTHING out on his own? Or…Or would they all suffer at the hands of this horrible thing that was being born of raw power?