Author's note: Ahhhhh it's so good to be backkkkk! Okay, I'm finishing file eight today!
I was notified via e-mail that I usually write one chapter little stories. I do, don't I? I like to let people's minds wander. That's one of the simple joys of life. Plus, I'm a horrible writer. I kid, I kid. The suspense is killing me too. Commence!
File 8 Angel Island; The lost Sanctuary
Entry 5 My Will
The group was sitting under the stars: Amy leaning on Sonic, who was poking the fire with a stick, Miserie drawing a picture in the sand, Knuckles glaring into the fire like a hawk, Talon glancing at everyone, Shadow silently watching Miserie, and Tails, drawing with his finger.
He was planning of course, the next move. He was worried about everything happening, mostly because half of it was his fault, or so he thought. The next few days would lead up to D-day, Day of Demise.
Of course, he could look at it a little happier, but Tails wasn't in a very good mood. He was in a dark mood right now, and he didn't want to take it out on anyone. It would be wrong to take out his anger on someone else.
Amy sighed. Knuckles and Talon looked up for a second, then back to wherever their eyes had previously been focused. Tails could see them out of the corner of his eye.
"Well," Miserie interrupted the silence, her cheerful mood making Tails look up. "I guess that's it then."
"What's it?" Sonic asked.
"Their plan." Miserie said. She looked at Tails. "You have two chaos emeralds. Sonic has one. And Shadow has one. We have a total of Four."
"Yeah, so?" Knuckles asked.
"They have three. So the previous plan has been ruined." She said. Talon nodded.
"Yeah, it's ruined. So what?" he asked.
"So they're coming for us now." Miserie said. "We'll have to do something."
"I knew it would happen, but I don't think they can find us easy." Sonic said.
Everyone looked at Talon, who shrugged. "The royal family of Freedom is the Prower family. Only direct relatives can get knowledge like that."
"The one time you could have been of use to us, you stupid fox…" Shadow said. He shook his head and said to the fire mostly, "So what'll we do?"
Tails said, "We could intercept them." When he got five odd looks and one glance that probably meant 'huh?' he explained further: "Say we intercepted them with the Chaos Emeralds on board. They would want to fight us, right?"
"Eh, yeah." Talon said.
"But I'm on the plane." Tails continued, "So they won't set us on fire. Right, Talon?"
"M'lady has always wanted to see you again." Talon responded. "She wouldn't kill you, me, or Miserie, but everyone else is as good as dead. I feel horrible for everyone except a certain someone…" Talon gave Shadow a futile glance.
"Yeah, whatever fox boy." Shadow said. "I'll use you as a shield when that happens. I think Earth would be that much better minus one lame ass excuse for a fox."
"You got somethin to say to me!" Talon rose his voice.
"For the hearing impaired…" Shadow began, but Tails interrupted.
"That's right!" He said happily.
Shadow looked at him strangely. "Tails, hearing impaired people don't hear. They're deaf. You're supposed to be smart…"
"No, no, using me as a shield." Tails said. "I'm your ticket out of this mess!"
"I think I'm thinking what you're thinking!" Talon said, grinning.
"I think you're thinking the perverted version of what he's thinking!" Shadow said. Miserie laughed.
"Hey buddy," Talon said, angrily.
"I'm not your buddy." Shadow interrupted.
"Listen"
"I'm NOT your buddy." Shadow interrupted again.
Talon's fist clenched, and Shadow grinned.
"Do you think it's a good idea to do that, Shadow?" Amy asked. "You're ticking him off."
"Ticking him off?" Miserie looked at Talon. "I don't hear anything."
"Not like that." Amy told her.
"that's it!" Talon said angrily. "I refuse to work with him!"
"fine, you're fired." Shadow said.
"Why you! You can't fire me! I quit!"
"But I fired you first." Shadow said, with a smirk.
"You did not!"
"Actually he did." Sonic grinned.
"Hey! You stay out of this!" Talon said.
"Anyway," Tails said to the rest of the group, "If we use me as a way to get past them, we can fight them on Angel Island. Or even better, steal the chaos emeralds they have."
"That could be dangerous." Amy said. She grinned. "But fun."
Sonic pulled his arm out of her grip for a third time. "Whaddya mean, fun?" He asked.
Amy grabbed his arm again.
"Well, your mama's so ugly…" Talon screamed.
"How many times do I have to tell you? I don't have a mother. Who are you making fun of? The capsule I was in for fifty years? Gimme a break." Shadow said.
"I'll make sure they kill you! It's things like YOU that give hedgehogs a bad name!" Talon said.
"It's things like YOU that make the fox race seem mentally retarded." Shadow told him.
Miserie gasped. "Talon, you're mentally retarded! I'm so sorry! I didn't know!" She paused. "Perhaps that's where his perverted nature is from!" She told Shadow.
"I told you Miserie, it's definitely from his mom." Shadow said, mock seriously.
"Leave my mother out of this!" Talon yelled.
"Why?" Shadow asked.
"Oooh, boy." Knuckles groaned. "Another session."
"I like these arguments." Amy said.
"I like my arm. A lot! Leggo!" Sonic yelped.
"Never!"
After a couple hours of arguing, fighting, and the eventual KO of Talon, the group agreed Tails' plan would be best.
"Then we're good to go!" Sonic freed himself for the one hundredth time.
"Yay! And we decided on our hundredth anniversary!" Amy cheered.
"What are you TALKING about?" Sonic asked, as Amy grinned happily.
"Are you sure you're okay with this, Tails?" Miserie asked. She looked upset. "Because it'll be dangerous. We have to pass them without a scratch for your plan to work."
"I know. I know." Tails told her. He smiled. "It's cool."
Miserie smiled. "Alright. Good." She said. Then she winced. "Ow." She said, turning around.
Talon had gotten out of his recent KO and was throwing rocks at Shadow, who was dodging them as easily as possible. Talon's face went from anger to sheer horror when Miserie looked at him. Sonic laughed.
"she's got a Shadow stare." Sonic said.
"I have a WHO?" Miserie looked at Sonic, her usual questioning glance.
"What you just did, it looked just like Shadow's." Amy told her. Then the whole group looked at Shadow.
"What?" he said.
"When'd you teach her to do that?" Knuckles asked.
"I don't teach anything." Shadow said.
"You don't have anything to teach, bub." Talon said.
"When you explain to me what kind of insult 'bub' is, I'll teach you something." Shadow told him. "Miserie can learn on her own. She doesn't need lessons."
"I'm kinda tired." Miserie said. She shook her head. "the firewood is running low."
"We should get some sleep. Right Sonic?" Amy asked.
"Looks like I'm up for guard duty!" Sonic said, getting up and dusting himself off.
Amy got up too. "No way are you leaving me here!"
"Wait, don't run!" Knuckles cried, but it was too late. Sonic and Amy had already disappeared and the group of five left by the fire were now siting around a pile of sand.
"Oh great." Knuckles said, sighing. "Here we go again."