Hola everybody. Sorry for the wait. Like I've said before, end of the year chaos. Anyways, it should all be over soon, so I may be updating more frequently. Here's chapter 12. Enjoy!
They had gone through the week and it was finally Friday. The four had told Josh about their encounter with Eggman. But since they hadn't seen or heard from him again, they decided to leave it at that.
"Alright guys, are you ready?" Nick asked, as the five of them walked out of the school.
"Ready for what?" Emily asked. Nick pulled them to a corner so no one would hear them.
"Ready to go to that secret lab. We have to go sometime, and right now is the best time," He said.
"Right now?" Matt asked surprised. "It's somewhere in West Virginia! How in the world are we going to find it, never mind get there!"
"Hehe, you just leave that to me...come on!" Nick started running away from the school, the others followed. After everything was clear, they slipped the rings on and continued running.
Nick had lead his friends to the same government building that they had been captured at a few nights ago.
"Why in the world did you bring us here?" Ashley asked.
"Right before that commander came into the room and saw us breaking Cream out, I noticed a room across the hall. There was a huge map on the wall. There was a sign above it that said, 'Lab Locations'. If we could get a picture of it , or better yet, get the map itself, then we should be able to find the lab perfectly," Nick explained.
"I see your logic, but how exactly are we supposed to get there?" Matt said.
"I was getting to that," Nick said. "Then as we were crawling through the air vents, I saw a room underneath us through the vent. They was a red plane inside of it. It only had two seats, but we could make us all fit into it. That way we could fly over to the lab."
"Why would there be a plane in the building?" Josh asked puzzled.
"Beats me? Maybe they were going to use it to capture us. But were gonna get it first!" Nick said.
"Alright Mr.Smart, how are we going to get inside? We can't just go waltzing in!" Ashley yelled.
"Well, the only thing I thought of was to crawl through the vents again..."Nick told them.
"Well, if it's the only way in, then lets get going!" Josh said. Nick flew them to the top of the building. They opened the vent shaft and went in, one by one.
"Alright guys, Ashley, Josh and I will sneak in and get the map, you guys get to the plane," Matt whispered to them.
"Wait a minute," Ashley started. "How are they going to get the plane out of the building?" There was a long silence and nobody answered.
"We'll worry about that when the time comes," Matt said. "Just go and get the plane ready for us." They split up, Matt, Ashley and Josh going to find the map, and Nick and Emily going to find the plane.
"Down below us is the room that they locked Cream in guys," Josh told them.
"Alright, take the vent off slowly, don't make any noise," Ashley told him. Josh did as told, they all jumped down from the open shaft on the wall.
"Look, there's the map Nick was talking about," Matt whispered, pointing across the hall.
"What are we waiting for? Lets hurry up and get it!" Ashley told them. They tip-toed to the open doorway of the room they were in. Matt stuck his head out, to make sure no one was in the hall way. It was clear.
"Alright, lets go," He said. They tip-toed like mice across the hall, and went into the other room. There was a huge map up on the wall.
"Lets just grab it and go find the others!" Ashley yelled. She didn't mean to, but she went a little loud. And soon, soldiers started flowing trough the door. The commander leading them, as usual.
"So, our little friends have stopped by for another visit..." the commander said smirking.
"Yeah, we love your kind hospitality," Matt said sarcastically, also smirking.
"We'll just be taking this," Ashley said grabbing the map, getting ready to plow her way trough the soldiers.
"What in the world would you need that for?" The commander asked. But they didn't give him any time to say anything else. The three started dashing their way through the soldiers that surrounded the room. They found themselves in the hallway, Ashley still holding the map.
"Run!" Josh screamed as he saw about 5 soldiers going right for them! Matt and Ashley started running but Josh stood their, getting in a fighting stance.
"What are you doing Knuckles!" Matt yelled to him.
"Just go, I'll catch up in a sec." He said. The soldiers ran to Josh, getting ready to grab him when he swung he fist around in a full circle, sending the soldiers flying into the others that were running down the hall to help.
"Great job Knux!" Matt said once Josh was with them again.
"Hehe, thanks," He said, letting a smile out. They found the room where Nick and Emily were waiting in the plane.
"Floor it!" The three of them screamed in harmony with each other, as the jumped on the wings.
"What do you want me to do!" Nick yelled at them. " There are about 5 walls ahead of this room!" Josh jumped up, right behind the propeller.
"Just go, I'll handle the walls," He said. Nick listened, and just in time, The commander entered the room with about 6 soldiers.
"Hold it right there!" The commander yelled. At that, Nick started the plane up, right in the building! It started moving forward a little bit. When it got to the wall, Josh punched a huge whole in the wall, leaving room for the plane to continue moving.
"It's working!" Matt yelled. The planed started going faster, and faster, until it reached it almost highest speed. Josh was moving his arms as fast as he could, getting rid of the walls in their path. The commander just looked down the wholes in the walls at them in awe. Soon, the plane was outside of the building, with about 7 wholes in the walls. If you looked in, you could see the commander still watching them, as the plane took to the sky.
"Where do you think they are headed, Sir?" A soldier asked.
"Isn't it obvious? They are headed to Gerald's research lab. Get the air force on the line, we need to tell them about this situation..." The commander said, walking off.
In the sky, the five friends were flying high over their small town.
"Everything is so small from up here," Emily said to them.
"Yeah I know," Nick responded while trying to fly the plane. It's not like he had ever done it before! "I think I'm starting to get the hang of this guys!" He yelled, the plane then wiggled, almost causing Josh to fall off.
"Hey watch out!" Josh yelled, climbing back on the wing.
"Hehe, sorry," Nick said while trying to keep it steady.
"So guys, now that we have nothing else to do, lets talk about the dance," Ashley said.
"Oh great, not this again," Matt said.
"So Matt, who are you going to ask?" Ashley asked him.
"(Sigh) Most likely no one, I probably won't even go," He said.
"What about Bree Bossi?" Ashley asked smirking. Bree Bossi was a girl that Matt had like since he was in 6th grade, but there was no way that she would like him. She was one of the most popular girls in school.
"If she asked me, then I would go in a heartbeat, but since there is a 1 to 3000 of a chance that she will ask me, then I will most likely not be going," He told her.
"Well why don't you ask her?" Josh said joining in.
"Yeah, she would probably say yes," Emily gave her thoughts.
"You guys, I appreciate your support, but lets face it, Bree would never, ever, want to go to the dance with me," Matt told them. The discussion was over after that. They stayed mostly silent for the rest of the ride, beside the sound of the plane engine. They were all busy enjoying the view.
"Alright guys, according to them map, we should be there in about 10 minutes! See that island over there?" Nick asked pointing to a nearby island. "That's where the base is!"
"Finally!" Ashley yelled.
"What do you mean finally? It only took us an hour and a half to get here. That was pretty quick to get to West Virginia!" Nick said to her. They landed the plane, or at least, Nick attempted to land the plane. They got out and walked up to the old building.
"Well, we just gonna stand out here? Or are we gonna figure out the meaning behind these rings!" Matt said, opening the doors. They walked into a huge room. There was checkered tiles on the floor. Tables with scientific things were scattered around the room. They was a few doors here and there, but they were mostly closets. And last, there was a massive computer at the end of the room.
"Wow..." Nick said to himself, but loud enough so the others heard.
"Well, lets start cracking the mystery!" Matt said smiling.
There ya have it, chapter 12 in a nutshell. Not the best perhaps, but not the worst either. But I'll let you be the judge, so you know what that means...REVIEW!