Chapter three- Babylonian twins
"So, what do you think about this dress?" Amy asked. The girls were all shopping at the mall looking for clothes.
"I think it's pretty," Cream said.
"Chao Chao!" Cheese squealed. ( It's O.K. I guess…)
"What do you think- Starr? You okay?" Amy asked. Starr was acting really strange for the past week, it seemed to get worse by the day. The first day, she looked like she was struggling to be happy. The second day, she was getting sluggish. The third, she was crying a lot. The fourth, she was getting a little testy. The fifth, she was acting like Shadow, keeping to herself. The sixth, she acted like she felt guilty about the whole week and did lots of things with everybody. But today, it was definitely the worst. She wasn't talking, eating, or sleeping. Right at the moment she was staring into oblivion.
"Oh- wha? Oh, yeah, it's nice," she said barely looking at the dress.
"Starr, is something bothering you?" Amy asked.
"No," she lied, " I'm just not on top of the morning I guess…"
"Starr-," Amy started but was interrupted by the loud speaker.
"Attention, shoppers! We have shoplifters running around the women's department!"
"SHOPLIFTERS? What are we going to do if we see them?" Cream said squeezing Cheese.
"I think we all know what to do," Amy smiled pulling out her Piko Piko Hammer.
"Right," Starr nodded pulling out a boomerang. It had two green feathers attached to the middle.
"Starr, where'd you get those?" Amy asked, "Those aren't yours."
"I found them on my travels." Starr said fast. So fast that it was an obvious lie.
"Starr…" Amy growled, "Don't lie to us…"
"I'M NOT!" she panicked. Before Amy could say another word, the shoplifters rushed right in front of them. One appeared to be a green Hawk, another was a muscular grey-black Albatross, and the third was a purple Swallow.
"WOO! PANTIE RAID! WOO HOO HOO HOO!" the boys squealed evilly, followed by the girl who was screaming, "You two insult women-kind!"
"Oh, not you guys AGAIN!" Amy groaned.
"Yes it is I, Jet." The Hawk said.
"And I, Wave," the Swallow giggled.
"AND STORM," the Albatross added. (rimshot and audience howls with laughter. Especially me. I laughed so hard I soiled my pants.)
Jet smirked.
"So let's see, we have Sonic's girlfriend, that one weird bunny that nobody cares about-…"
(Audience boos Jet for the remark about Cream. Especially me. I threw a heavy object at him and then apologized because he's a favorite.)
"… The cute little Cha- OW! SHE BIT ME! (copyright)" Cheese spat a raspberry at Jet.
"And…" Jet paused. He studied Starr closely. Her eyes met his and she immediately perked up. "Starr?" he asked.
"NO!" Starr screamed and ran off almost as fast as Sonic.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER?" Amy shrieked flailing her hammer in attempt to bash Jet. Jet dodged her attack and jumped on an Extreme Gear that he pulled out of nowhere.
"Starr! Wait!" he called.
"AAH! He's after Starr! What are we going to do?" Cream screamed.
"Let's kill him and serve him for Thanksgiving," Amy cackled.
"Amy?"
"Oh, fine let's just smash his noggin with a rock…"
"Okay. That works too."
"Chao, chao." (Yay, killing people is fun.)
While I agreed with Cheese that killing people is fun, I could not let them murderize Jet, considering that he's so cute and cuddly I just want to give that little a hawk a big old bear hug! HE'S SO ADORABLE! Like a plushie! (Squeakie) And so- OW!
Sonic (mine)- Get on with it, you freak.
bloomacncheez: Alright, fine. I'll stop rambling… just don't you spike me no more! Anyway… I couldn't let them kill Jet so I made them decide to let Cheese smack him.
"Hey! Let's let Cheese smack him!" Amy said.
"YEAH!" Cream squealed.
"Chao chao!" (I love ouching peoples!)
Anyway, carrying on…"Starr! Please! Don't you recognize me?" Jet cried. They passed by Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, The Chaotix team and all them other peoples.
"Hey… was that-?" Sonic asked. The others merely nodded.
"Hey, Starr! Remember US?" Wave called evilly.
"PRETTY BUTTERFLIES!" Storm bellowed.
"YEAH! AND I'LL NEVER FORGET YOU EITHER!" Starr screamed running for dear life. Her heart rate was going like, a million miles an hour and she kept on running.
"I can't let them catch me," she thought to herself. "If they catch me then I'll lose my friends…" With that, Jet sped right in front of her path. She turned the other way but the other two had formed a triangle, trapping her with in it.
"Starr, look at me," Jet said calmly, "Do you know who I am?"
"Yeah, if you know us, you outta know him," Wave hissed.
"I LOVE YOU! AND PANCAKES WITH PICKLES!" Storm screamed. Starr was scared. She covered her face with her hands and cried.
"Starr, it's okay! It's me!" Jet comforted. Finally, Starr got some courage.
"JET! LEAVE ME ALONE! DO YOU REALIZE YOU'VE PICKED THE WORST TIME TO FIND ME?" she yelled. Jet grinned and hugged her.
"AW, STARR! I LOVE YOU TOO!"
"This is SO sick," Wave hurled.
"PLEASE DON'T DATE ME! I'LL WORK HARDER!" Storm squealed.
"Can you please stop screaming?"
"I CAN'T HELP IT! IT'S A REAL BAD HABIT!"
"HEY! RELEASE HER NOW!" Vector shrieked. Jet stopped hugging Starr and smirked.
"Why?" he sassed. Sonic steamed.
"What do you mean 'Why?' What do you want with her?" Sonic barked.
"I have a right to say 'Hi' to my sister, sheesh," Jet said rolling his eyes.
"YOUR SISTER?" everyone (except Starr, Wave, Jet, and Storm) screamed.
"BLUE IS A COLOR!" Storm yelled. (Copyright)
" I don't believe you, Jet," Charmy said.
"Me neither. Cheese, ATTACK!" Amy shouted.
Smack.
"OW!" Jet yelped and fell over.
"Nice," Cream complimented.
"If elected Miss Babylon Garden, I promise to bring honor to this tiara…" Jet said all woozy. (Major copyright)
"I have been waiting for this forever," Amy grinned putting her foot on him and raising her hammer.
"Boy, does she need a hobby," Shadow whispered to Sonic. (copyright)
"I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT!" Storm shouted. (copyright)
"We're not yelling," Tails said, "only you are."
"I LIKE TO! IT HELPS ME REMEMBER THINGS! I LIKE PIE!" (copyright)
"Alrighty then… time for Jet to die," Amy said. Jet looked up at Starr with pleading eyes.
"Bye, Starr. I'm glad we met again before the end…" he said with a little smile. Starr's eyes filled with tears. She shook her head and embraced him.
"Amy, don't! He IS my brother!" she sobbed.
"HUH?" Amy stuttered.
"WHAT!" Vector, Charmy, and Espio shrieked.
"LOUD NOISES!" Storm thundered. (copyright)
"I didn't think she had a brother…" Sonic sighed.
"Look, if you let me plead my case, I'll tell you everything," Starr cried.
"When you say 'everything,' do you ACTUALLY mean 'EVERYTHING'?" Espio said suggestively.
"Ugh! No! Not like that, you pervert!" Starr shuddered.
"Now scratching 'Espio' off the wanted brother-in-law list…" Jet muttered taking out a pen and a very short list with, "Espio, Charmy, Shadow Eggman, Storm, Tails, Sonic, Knuckles, Chaoia, Chaoy, Big, E-102, Emeral, Mighty, and Chris Thorndyke all crossed out. Except Sonic's name was special. His was so scribbled out, that there were holes in the paper.
"Uh, who's Chris Thorndyke?" Sonic asked.
"I dunno, we haven't gotten that far into the story yet," Jet shrugged.
"So… how many names are left?" Vector asked.
"Four. Bokkun, Bocoe, Decoe, and Vector."
"Well, you could automatically cross out three of those four because I'm not marrying robots!" Starr snapped.
"Ooh, that narrows it down!" Jet said happily. Vector grinned.
"What were we talking about?" Wave asked. Everyone shrugged except Storm who screamed,
"THE WONDERFUL TELEPHONE SYSTEM!" Starr then duck-taped his beak shut.
"Oh, yeah," Starr exclaimed, "my real story."
"Eighteen years ago, when Jet and I were born, our parents had our futures set. We're Babylonian Rouges, see, and we're supposed to be bad and dishonest. Most brothers and sisters fight all the time. But not us. Jet and I loved each other and we were always playing with each other. But when we were both one, the stealing trials began. I didn't like it, it was boring and it was wrong. However Jet and my parents begged to differ. This didn't affect Jet and my relationship, but it affected my parents. When we turned two, my parents had had enough of my stalling and banished me from our village. Before I left, Jet and I traded two of our feathers as a memory. So, sixteen years later after searching for a new home in every possible place on the planet, I saw the big World Grand Prix on the TV. The minute I saw my twin brother on the screen, I leaped up in the air and knew I had found him. Then I saw Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles, racing him and I prayed for him. Tails and Knuckles fell back and it was between Jet and Sonic. I was scared when Sonic passed him. But as I watched the screen, I saw Wave activate a bomb on Sonic's board, letting Jet win. (How I loathe her for that.) When he brought back the Babylon Garden I thought I'd get there first and surprise him. I got up there on my Extreme Gear, and looked high and low for him, so I walked to the road and with that two robot racers hit me and knocked me off the island. The wind must've been amazingly strong that day because I flew into the ocean and was separated from my board. This is when I discovered that I couldn't swim. I became exhausted from flailing, and passed out. When I woke up, I was in a whole different place, and when Tails came to see me, I realized there would be trouble if you all knew who I was. So I had to lie and say, I don't miss my family, I ran away from home, and that I found these two feathers on my boomerang on my travels. Guys, I'm really sorry I lied to you."
They all stared at Starr blankly. Jet sighed and took two sunset colored feathers off the bottom of his Extreme Gear.
"Hmm? I'm sorry? I wasn't really paying attention. Will you please repeat that whole whatever you were rambling about?" Shadow said pulling on his ear.
Starr gave a shuddered sigh and cried softly, "I'm so sorry," and she ran away. Jet started to run after her but Tails and Sonic got in front of him.
"Leave her be, she'll be back by tonight," Sonic softly told him. There was a long silence before Jet plopped down on the ground and covered his face with his arms and knees.
"BUY THE PIANOHONKEYPHONE! ITS DELICIOUS!" Storm squealed, "JUST ADD CHEESE!"
"CHAO CHAO CHAO!" Cheese screamed. (CANNIBLE!)
"Storm, Wave, go away, just leave me here…" Jet sighed.
"What?" Wave stuttered, "You- you're kicking us out? I THOUGHT WE WERE MEANT FOR EACH OTHER!" she howled.
"Wave, it would SO not work out beyond many levels…" Jet said in a disgusted tone.
"You're leaving the band?" Sonic asked.
"Hey, my sister can do it, so can I," Jet sighed.
"Fine! If that's how you want to play it! Come on, Storm," Wave hissed.
"CAN WE STOP AT OLD NAVY? THEY HAVE SKIRTS ON SALE!" Storm insisted.
"I cannot believe that we're friends…" Wave sighed.
That night…Back at Tails' house, everyone sat waiting for Starr to return home. Sonic felt something fishy about Jet. Why would he just give up like that? He kept a close eye on the hawk.
"So how does that work?" Sonic asked Jet.
"How does what work?" he replied.
"Well, you're a hawk, she's a toucan, we're talking about a whole different climate zone, how does that work?"
"Hey, I know you hate me, and to be particularly honest, Hedgehog, I don't for you much either, but you could at least believe me about her being my little sister," Jet snapped.
"Okay, okay, don't be testy," Sonic replied suavely. There was a silence, and then Jet answered, "My mom was a toucan, my dad was a hawk, and when they had us, this is how we turned out. We're only half-Babylonian anyway. Ourmom got confused and found the Garden on accident and then she met our dad."
"Oh, okay, just wondering…" Sonic shrugged. They waited a few minutes longer before Jet got up and grabbed his Extreme Gear.
"Where do you think YOU'RE going?" Sonic asked him.
"I'm going out," he said.
"Out where?"
"To go visit Santa Claus," Jet said sarcastically, "To find my sister, stupid, what did you expect? I lost her once and I don't want to lose her ever again…" he pulled down his goggles and flew off.
"Sonic…?" Tails groaned.
"I don't trust him," Sonic snarled.
"Well, what reason has he given us to trust him?" Amy growled.
"None," Charmy said.
"Um, that was a rhetorical question, Charmy," Vector said, "In other words, you weren't supposed to answer it."
"Oh… well… who wants pancakes with pickles?"
Meanwhile…Jet flew down in the direction that Starr ran. Where was she?
Charmy: I don't know.
Vector: Once again that was a rhetorical question.
Okay… um… anyway…
"STARR!" he called. His voice echoed through the vast emptiness of the night sky. "SIS!" All he heard was the waves (HA HA! I SAID WAVE! HA HA!) of the ocean. He slowed his board a little and hopped off. He walked alongside the water in hopes of seeing a sign of his little sister.
"Jet?" said a voice behind him. He whirled around to face Starr. "I'm sorry…" she said again.
"Aw, Starr…" Jet sighed as he hugged her.
"Ah, young love…" Decoe sighed. (What the…?)
"Uh, no, he's my brother…" Starr said blushing.
"Whatever…" Boecoe said. (WHAT THE...?)
(No, why are THOSE guys on the beach alone at night... TOGETHER?)
Later…"I found her!" Jet said triumphantly.
"Oh, thank heavens! I thought I was going to have to find her myself," Sonic laughed.
"Ha ha ha, real funny…" Jet said sarcastically.
"Um, look, I'm sorry-," Starr started.
"For what? We're fine with it!" Amy smiled.
"Thanks…"
Sonic and Jet smiled to see how happy Starr was. But still… that didn't mean that they liked each other…
TO BE CONTINUED…