Hiya everyone! Miss me? Haha, i just hate going back to school and i'm sure all you did to, so to make it up to ya, i wrote another chapter for ya! Yay! Enjoy!

Chapter 7

Knuckles sat in the bridge thinking long and hard while staring out of the window. Just then, Gabbriella walked into the room and sat next to him. "Is something wrong?" She asked him.

"Something...just doesn't feel right..." Knuckles started. "I don't know what...but somethings telling me that we're doing the wrong thing...you know...with Loki. Something just doesn't feel right when he's around. But...maybe that's just me."

"Don't worry. Loki's fine. He's been an angel ever since he got here."

"Where is he now?"

"I think he's helping Tails fix the ship." Just then the lights went out. "What was that?"

"I don't know, but we better go check it out." Knuckles and Gabbriella ran out of the room and to another part of the ship. Tails sat in the floor with a dizzy look on his face and smoke was everywhere. "Tails! Where's Kiara?" Tails dizzily pointed to a small opening in the wall where the smoke was coming from. Gabbriella gasped.

"No!" Knuckles ran over to there and listened closely for her voice. He couldn't hear anything. Loki came out of another hole in the wall and walked up beside Gabbriella.

"What's going on?" Loki asked.

"Kiara's in there! We can't tell if she's trapped or not!" Gabbriella said very scared. "Knuckles! Do something!" Tails finally shook himself out of it.

"Wha- where am I?" the little 8 yr old asked. "Why is everyone crowded around the breaker?"

"KNUCKLES!" Knuckles climbed inside and looked for his daughter.

"Kiara!" Knuckles screamed from inside. He couldn't see. There was too much smoke. After a few minutes of calling, he heard a faint cough and a soft cry.

"Daddy." Kiara said from inside. She could barely talk. The smoke was clouding the oxygen and if Knuckles couldn't get her out, she would die. Kiara heard something beside her. It sounded like a wire crackling. "Daddy hurry!" She cried weakly. "The breaker's gonna explode!" Slowly, Kiara's voice got faint and Knuckles couldn't make out the words.

"Kiara!" Knuckles screamed. Gabbriella turned to Loki.

"Can't you do something?" Gabbriella asked him.

"Can't." Loki said pointing to his right arm. "I broke my arm inside the breaker." Tails looked at him confused.

"You never went inside the breaker!" Tails screamed at him. Loki thought for a minute.

"I went in when you were on the floor taking a nap." Loki said angrily. Tails scowled at him and then he ran over to a control panel and began pressing several buttons.

"Maybe if I can get control back of the ship, i can drain the smoke. I just need to find the...found it!"

"Tails, you're a genious!" Gabbriella screamed hugging him tightly.

"I try, heh heh." Tails winked. Tails pressed a big red button and a siren turned on and a red light flashed on in the room.

"Kiara!" Knuckles yelled again. Finally some of the smoke went away and Knuckles saw a small pink echidna curled up on the ground a few feet in front of him. "Kiara!" He picked her up and started back out. Just then the breaker exploded.

"Knuckles! Kiara!" Gabbriella screamed. Loki didn't say a thing and Tails ran to the opening and looked inside. There was fire everywhere.

"Kiara! Knuckles!" Tails yelled down the breaker.

"Tails!" Knuckles yelled faintly.

"He's ok!" Tails reached in and pulled Knuckles out. Both Knuckles and little Kiara were covered in dust. "Are you ok?"

"Yeah...but I'm not sure about Kiara." Knuckles said sadly with a small cough.

about an hour later

Kiara was once again in the recovery room. Tails stood over her and felt her forehead and shook his head. Sonic walked in. "How's she look?"

"Not so good. Her pulse is decreasing by the second." The little 8 yr old said sadly.

"Anything I can do to help?"

"Yeah, could you go get me a wet washcloth, her forehead's burning up."

"Okey doke." Sonic sped out of the room causing all the papers in the room to fly around and Tails shook his head and looked back at Kiara. Just then Loki walked in holding something behind his back.

"What do you want!" Tails asked angrily.

"Look, I know you don't like me very much and I don't really like you either, but I'm here for Kiara." He walked over to a nightstand beside the bed Kiara laid on and set a vase full of flowers. Tails started to steam. "Boy, she doesn't look so good, did you check her pulse?"

"I think I can handle this on my own." Tails said through his teeth. Loki scowled at him. Loki then leaned over and kissed Kiara slightly on the forehead. Tails almost exploded.

"See ya Taily." Loki said as he left the room and he laughed. Tails sat in a chair near Kiara and looked sadly at her.

"What's wrong with me? There's no way I could compete with him." Tails sighed. "I might as well just give up and face it. Kiara would only ever like me as a friend." Just then Sonic sped back in the room with the wet washcloth.

"Miss me?" Sonic winked. Tails grabbed the washcloth and placed it on Kiara's forehead and looked at her for a second and then jumped down. Tails then put a oxygen mask on her mouth.

"Thanks for your help, Sonic, but I think I can handle it from here."

"Just holler if she needs something." Sonic walked out of the room.

"It's getting late." Tails said to himself. He looked at the clock. It was almost midnight. "I can't leave her in here all alone. I'll just sleep in here tonight." Tails thought. Tails walked over to the closet and pulled out a pillow and a blanket. He laid them out on the couch and laid down. "But how am I supposed to get any sleep when I know something might be wrong with Kiara." Tails hopped back up and walked over to one of the computers. "What's this?" Tails saw something very strange and different than he had ever seen before. The computer was picking up something on Kiara. Something was on the back of her neck. Tails ran over to her and looked on the back of her neck. It was a small chip. "What the...?" Tails thought a minute and scowled. "Loki!" He said under his breath.

Hope you enjoyed that! It's funny i had a big laugh myself noticing how many times Kiara ends up in the recovery room. Haha! It was also kinda funny when i said that Knuckles coughed, cuz right after, I coughed. It was pretty funny and...a little weird. See ya.