Author's Note: Nya. I'm so unproud of myself, because it took me THAT long to get this entry up. You may shoot now.
My dad shut off the Internet, sowwies… That and Fanfiction was being uber retarded- I love you guys anyway!
Naima won America's Top Model, and I'm so proud of her. I mean, she's so pretty. So I was happy she won. Oh, and I'm pissed off about this chapter. It's pretty bad.
File 9 Ballad of A Fallen Angel
Entry 5 Sadness and Sorrow
Miserie closed her eyes and felt the pain that was welling up in her stomach flare. She tried to cease it, but she couldn't. At least she was getting used to it.
"Which way, Miserie? Which way are the Emeralds?" Talon asked, excitedly.
Miserie turned her head towards Talon's voice. "Wait." She said, softly, focusing.
Where are you? Talk to me! Miserie thought. In return, she saw bubbles coming from her left. She turned. Even with her eyes closed, she could see the colors of the Emeralds- Azure, Scarlet, Rose, Saffron, Navy, Emerald, and Violet. Saffron, Rose, Azure, and Navy disappeared. She had those four. But Scarlet, Violet and Emerald lingered, and then burst into bubbles. They danced away into the distance. Miserie's eyes slowly opened. There the bubbles were, as if they were real. Were they? "This way?" She asked, following the bubbles.
Shadow, Sonic, Amy, Talon and Tails followed her as she slowly walked. She cringed with every new step. A spring of pain was being built inside of her, but she couldn't turn back. She felt slower and more woozy than ever.
"Miserie's hurt." Amy said, softly. Miserie felt Amy's hand, and she gently pushed it off.
Bubbles popping! She couldn't see them anymore! A splatter of crimson made her jump. She didn't feel as much pain anymore, but her whole body shivered like a leaf.
"No." She said, shakily. "They are calling me, but they're afraid…of you. So please." She cringed as she took a step forward. "Don't… Worry anymore."
Sonic said, "We'll still need to protect you as we get deeper in. Knuckles has already knocked out most of the guards. Still, we need to be careful. Okay, Miserie?"
"Yes." Miserie agreed. I'm coming, guys. She told herself, where the Emeralds were closely listening. Don't be afraid anymore. I'm coming to help you. I'm here. I'm here
The bubbles slowly returned, dancing away
Every shaky step intensified her pain. Bit by bit, she could feel her strength ebbing away.
"So that must be why you know so much about the emeralds then." Tails said suddenly.
Miserie glanced at him. "…What?" She asked, in almost a whisper.
He smiled. "Nothing."
Miserie looked up into the sky, where the bubbles were now dancing. She sighed. Where are you going? She asked. They still danced, waiting for her to follow. "…Up there." She pointed.
Shadow stared. "Into the sky?" he asked.
A crashing noise startled the group.
"Tails, you stay with Miserie. You two can probably disarm whatever they're making with the Emeralds. Me and Shadow'll keep in front, and Talon and Amy, you bring up the rear. We can't let Miserie get hurt right now." Sonic ordered.
Miserie widened her eyes as the group fanned out. Tails was the only who stayed close by.
"Are you alright?" he asked. Miserie looked, wide eyed, at the bubbles.
"All this pain…for jewels." She said.
"But they aren't ordinary jewels. And the outcome will be far greater than any other I can think of." Tails said.
She closed her eyes, trying to comfort herself. "I wish I could believe it too." She said.
"You're upset?" Tails asked.
"I hurt." Miserie said. "The pain is killing me."
"Why is it happening to you? The pain?"
"I don't know. Maybe it's…maybe it's my blood's wavelength." She said, looking at her hands. "If my blood is really liquefied Chaos Emerald, then… it's wavelength is different."
"Your blood is what?" Tails shook his head in disbelief. "How could anyone get a piece of the Chaos Emerald?"
"It's not diamond. Although strong, it can become fragile. The doctor injected it into my bloodstream, then probably took out all my real blood. And he changed my bone marrow to secrete chaos emerald liquid." Miserie said. "It could have taken years."
Tails reach out to touch her hand, but recoiled instantly. "I can't touch you, right?"
Miserie shook her head 'no', but she said, "Yes."
Tails looked confused, and then he laughed. "Miserie, make up your mind."
Don't be afraid. She told the Emeralds. Don't be afraid. He's gonna help us, so don't be afraid. She reach out for Tails' hand. "Alright. As long as they aren't afraid." He took her hand. She closed her eyes tightly and thought, Please don't be afraid. Please!
The bubbles faded, but finally they returned to their normal state. Dancing in front of her, the bubbles still showed her a path to the sky.
"…Alright. Let's go." She told Tails. He nodded. "Up." she said, which didn't evoke a response in Tails at all.
"I can't fly for very long. You'll have to tell me which direction and everything as soon as you see it." He told her.
Miserie stared at him for a couple seconds. "Fly…?" She asked. Then she weakly smiled. "Alright. I'll tell you it as soon as I"
Amy let out a piercing yell. Tails didn't waste any time getting into the air, looking back at where Amy was worriedly.
"She's hurt!" Miserie said, her stomach's pain intense. Tails didn't really have time to go slow, but it hurt…so badly, it hurt. Tails had taken her other hand and was flying them up, into the stream of bubbles, Crimson, Emerald, and Violet.
"We can't go back…not now." Tails said. "Keep your eyes focused on the Emeralds! I'll go back and help Amy, when you're safe."
Miserie looked back before turning back to the bubbles. They had split by color. Crimson veered off to the left, Emerald to the right, and Violet straight ahead. "Keep going…straight." She said.
As they flew, Miserie could see a giant spire. It was the same silvery gray as all metal was, with a flag of white cascading off of it.
"What is that?" Tails asked.
"Descend here. I think it's a…" Miserie paused. "A citadel."
"We aren't close to the citadel yet. Why are we going down?" Tails said. Miserie followed her trail of Violet bubbles.
"We're getting close to Violet now." Miserie said. "Are you going to leave me here?"
"…I can't. You have to…have to be safe." He said, sadly staring back at where Amy was.
"Just go." Miserie told him. "It can't be that hard to find it."
"I won't." Tails said. Miserie looked up at him and finally asked:
"Why?"
He looked down at her. "What kind of friend would I be then?" he asked. "I told you I'd protect you. So I will." He paused. "Plus…I told you before that…I loved you. Would it be fair to leave you here to die?"
"…" Miserie looked down. "…I guess not. But Amy"
"Talon's job is to protect her now. I can't." Tails said. "Sonic told me to stay with you. So we'll stick together."
"… If we collect all the Emeralds, I can take their powers away for a while. But that energy could cause a chaos control if it's not controlled well." Miserie said. "I can't let you get hurt either." Miserie felt her feet drag against the ground. Tails collapsed under a bush, and Miserie peeked in at him.
"For once, Miserie," Tails said. "It's alright…if you worry about…you."
Miserie stared at him, but he looked away.
"…I'm not going to worry about me when you're here." She said. "I can't." She felt tears well up in her eyes.
Tails looked at her. "Don't cry!" He said, looking flustered. He got up.
Miserie shrank back, holding onto her stomach, where the pain had ceased, but now was replaced with a stinging numb feeling. When Tails reach out to get a hold of her, she scuttled backwards.
"Why…?" Tails asked.
Miserie sighed. "If I really wanted to stop worrying, I'd have to stop caring. And I care a lot about you, Tails… So don't make me stop caring. Alright?" she asked.
He glanced into the sky and then back at her. "Alright." He said. "Worry away."
Miserie breathed a shaky sigh. "Violet is here." She said, watching violet bubbles swirl around her. She backed up until she found her hand touching something cold. "What…?" When she turned to look, it was a giant metal…tree root?
Tails came over and studied it. "…There's no question now… They're doing everything they can to suck the energy out of the place."
"Wh…Why are they doing this?" Miserie asked. "What's gonna happen?"
"There are nutrients in the soil that cause trees to grow. This root is fashioned like a tree root, and I bet it sucks up those same nutrients. The nutrients can be reformed into energy." Tails paused. "But they have the unlimited supply from the emeralds…"
"…That's terrible." Miserie said. She winced at the sharp pain she felt when she stood up. "I think Violet is inside there. We have to free it." Then she paused. "The unlimited supply… Maybe they want all the Emeralds at once. It's harder to insert an Emerald while a machine is running."
"Sounds okay. But we have to free it soon. Look." Tails pointed at the small trees around them. They were wilting, dying away.
"But there's no way…" Miserie cut herself off. That day when she was with Shadow, the first day on Earth, that day when they had attacked her and Shadow, what had he told her…?
'Your tails are your weapons. If you swing them fast enough, they can become almost knifelike. They'll swing though anything.' She remembered Shadow saying.
"What?" Tails asked. Miserie looked at him and smiled.
"I can…I can open it. If you keep watch." She told him.
Tails looked worried, but he did as he was told. Miserie looked down at the root again. No doubt the guards were off fighting someone, but she could almost guess there was an alarm set up to in case someone hit the root and damaged it.
Still, Miserie had to hit it. She whipped her tails up and tried to find a point of weakness. None… at all. She'd have to make one. With that last thought, she slammed her tails into the root, sending a blaring siren off.
"The Root!" Miserie heard a couple voices. She shook out her tails and struck again. A giant dent appeared, but the structure was fine.
Tails looked around. "Where will they be coming from?" He asked.
Miserie shrugged and shook out her tails again. "I don't know." She said. "I'll hurry."
Two muscular male foxes burst out of the forage. "Miles!" They sounded surprised. Them they looked at Miserie. "YOU!" They yelled, banshee cries.
Miserie glared up at them and shook her tails out.
"Don't get any closer!" Tails commanded, as the two foxes barreled at Miserie.
"We don't take orders from you!" One fox said, as Miserie watched them growing closer.
One more hit… and the structure would break.
"Terrorists!" Came another cry, and a couple more foxes came running at Tails.
Miserie slammed her tails into the root. It still didn't break. She looked up fearfully, and turned to run.
"Miserie!" Tails called, catching up. He took her arm and said softly, "Sorry about this," before tossing her into the air with all the strength he could muster up.
Miserie went back flipping into the air. She could feel her stomach pain decrease.
"He can't do this..." Miserie cried to herself in the air. "I need help…Help to get Violet back!"
She closed her eyes, and she saw the emerald they already collected. She stared at them in her mind, wondering. Finally she realized it. The reason she wasn't reacting was because SHE WAS ALREADY USED TO THOSE EMERALDS. How could they hurt her? They were offering her their power. They were telling her to help Tails…and she would…
With Your help…She said to the Emeralds, I'll save Tails for all the times…He's saved me.