Burying The Past
A couple hours after Tuxedo Mask took the second Rainbow Crystal Molly, Serena, and Melvin all returned back to their homes, and Molly was going to get a huge surprise.
"Mom I'm home!" Molly called walking through the front door.
"Oh Molly!" Her mother called, and she rushed downstairs with a huge smile on her face.
"Why the big smile?" Molly asked.
"Because I found this at the top of the fire escape in the building over." She smiled. "Come let me show you." She took Molly's arm and pulled her to the back. She took her into the back room and showed her a radiant light blue gem inside a glass display case.
"Hey that looks just like the gem that Nephrite had before that blue animal took it." She thought. Sure enough this gem is in fact a chaos emerald.
"This gem is going to make headlines!" Molly's mother cheered. "I already called the press here, to do a full story tomorrow."
"This gem must be that rare huh?" Molly asked.
"Of course!" Her mother cheered. "This is the biggest piece of jewelry I have ever gotten, just look at it, it's glowing brightly!"
"It is quite remarkable." Molly said in awe.
"That and for some reason when I am in the same room with it I feel like I can do anything." Molly's mother said flexing her muscles.
Meanwhile Sonic and Tails left the city and went back home.
"Geeze." Tails said panting. "After four hours we found nothing."
"The emerald is still glowing." Sonic said looking at it. "it's getting late, let's rest and continue tomorrow."
The sunset as everyone went down to go to bed for the night.
The next morning the news media and paper journalist were at the jewelry store to get the story of this rare jewel.
"This is definitely a rare find." Molly's mother said, flashing the chaos emerald in front of the flashing cameras.
"Do you know what kind of gem this is?" One reporter asked.
"I'm afraid not." She responded. "I looked in the books and there is no record of any kind of gem on earth."
"So this is more rare than any gold or diamond." Another reporter said taking this down on paper.
"Do you plan to do with this gem?" Another reporter asked.
"This super rare gem is available for whoever can produce 500 billion Yen." Molly's mother smiled.
"So rare and so pricey." Another reporter said.
"Well a super rare gem doesn't come cheap." Molly's mother said.
Within a couple hours the news of a super rare gem was all over the city, but this was about to get much worse with all this publicity.
At the Dark kingdom Zoisite is cuddling with Malachite again.
"So Zoisite." Malachite said. "Tuxedo Mask got the second Rainbow Crystal."
"Yes." Zoisite said softly.
"But don't despair." Malachite said. "I have this." He showed him a newspaper and it showed the headlines of the Chaos Emerald.
"Looks like this is going to look up!" Zoisite said, and he saw the location of the gem. "Oh wonderful the location is the home of that annoying girl who got involved with Nephrite. I shall call on the monster Chimaera." and they both walked to the cages where the Dark Kingdom keeps it's most wild monsters. And found the legendary Chimaera.
"Perfect." Malachite said.
"Let's get that chaos emerald." Zoisite smiled.
Meanwhile at Eggman's base.
Scratch was sleeping at the radar computer. Then it began to beep loudly again. "AHHHH HOHOHO!" Scratch said jumping and hitting the floor.
"What now?" Scratch asked, jumping up looking at the screen. "Yes!" and he ran out to get Eggman. "Your smartness! A new signal has appeared!"
"What is it?" Grounder asked just now rolling in from the repair garage.
"At the screen!" Scratch said, they all ran to the radar screen and on it was a video of the news broadcast.
"At the jewelry store today." The anchor reported. "A rare unknown gem that has not been discovered on earth. Here is the gem." The screen switched to a picture of the gem.
"A CHAOS EMERALD!" Grounder cheered.
"Good, one right under my nose." Eggman said. "Ready my Egg Colossus! We're going hunting."
Back into the city it was starting to get late but the jewelry store was still open for another half hour.
Sonic and Tails were rushing through the city. Still looking for the next emerald.
"It has to be around here somewhere." Sonic said, seeing that the emerald is still glowing.
"Hey look!" Tails said looking at a newspaper stand. They stopped next to the stand.
"Hey pal may we borrow this?" Sonic said to the merchant, running the stand. He just silently nodded in response. "Thanks." He took a paper from the stand and began to read it. "Mystery solved, hmmm. Jewelry store."
"Hey look!" Tails said pointing at the picture of Molly's Mother with Molly in it.
"It's her!" Sonic said. "Serena's friend Molly! I think it's this way!" Sonic pointed to the west, "let's go!" And they both left.
At the jewelry store Molly's mother was out buying groceries, Molly was getting ready to close the store. Melvin was there, and he's studying the emerald.
Molly was still reminiscing about Nephrite and how he died.
"Molly." Melvin said snapping her out of it. "Are you ok? You still seem glum."
"I'm fine." Molly sighed.
"Well." Melvin said scopeing the emerald. "This is extremely valuable, and there seems to be something hidden within."
"Yes there is!" Said a voice walking in through the doors, they all turned to see Eggman and his henchbots walking through the doors.
"Excuse me!" Molly said firmly. "The store is closing in five minutes, is there something you need quickly?"
"Yes we need to see the gem." Scratch said.
"Wow!" cheered Melvin running up to get a closer look at Scratch and Grounder. "Two real live robots! How many servoids do you have? What's your portable power source? What's your name?" Melvin took many notes and measurements on Eggman's lackeys.
"Nice to know that my skills are not going unnoticed." Eggman said, twiddling his mustache.
"I'm sorry I don't have time to show you the gem." Molly said still firmly. "I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to leave."
"No." Eggman said. "I'm not leaving this store until I get to see the gem." He then looked over her shoulder and saw the gem and cheered. "That's it! The chaos emerald!"
"Chaos Emerald?" Molly asked. "That's no emerald! Emeralds are green!"
"Yes." Grounder agreed. "But ordinary emeralds don't glow either." Eggman took out his red emerald to show what he was talking about.
"Another one?" Molly said.
"Yes." Grounder said. "There are only seven in the world and once all seven are gathered they can unleash a power that can make the impossible possible!"
That really spoke out to Molly.
"Make the impossible possible?" She asked with anticipation.
"Yes." Eggman confirmed. "I will take this emerald!"
"Can you pay the price?" Molly asked with skepticism.
"I can offer you something better!" Eggman smirked. Melvin was still studying Scratch and Grounder.
"Really?" Molly asked, with a hint of doubt.
"Yes." Eggman smiled. "I will hold a special place for you once the Eggman empire takes over the world, I will hold a special rank for you two and no harm will befall you two, after all you will be the ones helping me."
"I'm afraid I can't accept that." Molly scoffed.
"Oh I'm afraid you have no choice!" Eggman declared, snapping his fingers and Scratch, Grounder and Eggman took out small laser blasters and pointed them at Molly and Melvin.
"GAAAAAHH!" Melvin screamed, throwing his arms in the air. "Molly, give it to him!"
"I know just what to do!" Molly said she grabbed the case with the emerald with it and approached Eggman, he smirked and Molly seized the opportunity. And snatch the red emerald from Eggman's hand.
"HEY!" He screamed as Molly ran for the back door. "GIVE THAT BACK TO ME!" He and the three badnicks all raced after Molly.
"Hey! Come back!" Melvin also called running after Molly.
"Ok." Molly to herself, rushing through the door and up the alleyway into the street. "I have two now I need to find the last five."
"Oh please." Another voice said from above she stopped and looked up, and there was Zoisite.
"You again?" Molly whimpered.
"Yes." Zoisite said. "Now if you please I'll be taking that chaos emerald."
"No!" Molly squeaked.
"What are you doing here!" Eggman said to Zoisite and sure and Scratch approached from behind.
"Oh how rude!" Zoisite said. "I don't think I need an invitation to go get a chaos emerald."
"Maybe." Eggman slightly agreed. "But they're mine!"
"Oh calm down." Zoisite said. He snapped his fingers and the monster Chimaera leaped from the roof and roared at Molly. It looked just like the stories say it is, The body of a lion, with the head of a mountain goat and another head of a sea serpent with wings of a dragon.
"As you can see you are surrounded." Scratch said calmly. "No harm will come to you if just hand over the emeralds."
Molly clutched the emeralds tightly to her chest and sneered at both parties.
"MOLLY!" Melvin cried from around the corner but Grounder came at him from behind and shoved his blaster in his spine.
"Not so fast spiral man!" Grounder said and Melvin put his hands up.
Sonic and Tails were turning the corner away from the scene but they did see the people fleeing from the alley.
"Looks like someone else is after the emerald to." Tails said.
"I think I know who." Sonic said and he spotted Zoisite.
"All right." Zoisite said. "This can be done the hard way, which is the way I like it." The monster called Chimaera, roared and got ready to attack.
Just then a blue streak whizzed by and severed the goat head from Chimaera's body, the monster wailed in pain as Sonic and Tails stood across the street. Everyone looked at them and got angry.
"You just love to meddle in my affairs don't you hedgehog!?" Eggman screamed.
"I guess I can see your true strength." Zoisite said seeing the severed goat head burst into nothing.
"Leave the girl alone." Sonic said sternly, he turned his attention at Molly.
"You ok Molly?" Tails asked, She nodded at them both.
"WOAH!" Melvin screamed looking at the two. "This day just gets better and better!"
"Grr." Zoisite growled. "Chimaera sick him!" Chimaera charged at Sonic and Tails they dogged his attacks as the attacks continued.
"Call the Egg Colossus!" Eggman ordered, Melvin was released and the two henchbots ran from the scene.
"Allow me!" Zoisite said turning towards Molly. "Zoi!" He shot rose petals at Molly and she used her arms to cover her face from the attack but in turn she dropped both the chaos emeralds. Eggman ran and picked up his red one.
"Finally!" He said with glee now the other one.
"Got it!" Zoisite said with glee, Eggman turned to see Zoisite holding it.
"Thanks." Eggman said, holding out his hand. "Now please hand it over!"
"Sorry." Zoisite objected. "I must borrow this for now, tah tah!" Zoisite teleported away with the emerald.
"HEY!" Eggman screamed.
Molly ran off to the alleyway adjacent to the next one and just sat and watched.
"Wow!" Melvin said moving closer to the action and was getting mesmerized by Sonic and Tails movements.
"We're here!"Scratch and Grounder said in unison, flying a humanoid shaped robot no bigger than an ordinary skyscraper.
"About time!" Eggman said the head lowered itself to the ground and he got in the captain's seat. Scratch and grounder sat in smaller cockpits next to Eggman. The robot itself is like a giant humanoid like something out of a japanese sentai program.
"I'll take an old rotten egg. You handle this big kitty from hell!" Sonic said to Tails.
"Gotcha!" He said.
"I gotta lure him away from this place." Sonic said to himself. "Hey egghead!" He called and he took out his emerald.
"A Chaos Emerald!" Eggman shouted, Sonic sped off to the field between the forest and the city.
"He's mine!" Eggman declared as he activated his thrusters and chased after Sonic.
They both met outside in the fields.
"Now!" Eggman shouted and he had the robot throw a punch at Sonic. He leaped up on the arm as his fist got stuck in the ground.
"I'll launch some missiles!" Scratch announced.
"DON'T!" Eggman screamed. "If you do it while he's on the arm it will destroy us!"
Grounder pushed a button and it closed the cockpit.
"Good thinking!" Eggman said. "That will stop him from attacking us from the inside."
Back at the city, Tails was having trouble deciding what to do next.
Chimaera pounced at Tails and he jumped and flew upwards to dodge but sadly this turned into a chase in the sky because Chimaera just flew up after him.
"Oh great." Tails said looking behind him.
Back in the fields Eggman just had the other arm swat Sonic off the arm like a fly. It didn't hit Sonic but he did have to get off.
He grabbed the chaos emerald and focused on its power. Eggman then moved forward and tried to stomp on him. Sonic quickly moved out of the way.
Eggman quickly retaliated by launching missiles at Sonic they came out of compartments hidden within the shoulders.
Sonic weaved around as the missiles hit the ground and made small craters in the ground.
"The More the Merrier!" Eggman said as he launched more missiles.
Sonic rushed over to the legs and the missiles collided with the legs of the robot, but sadly there wasn't even a scratch on them.
"Guess that won't work." Sonic said.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Eggman laughed.
"How come you were worried when he was on the arm of your rancedness?" Scratch asked.
"Because everything from the waist down is reinforced." Eggman said. "After all that is where Sonic will put most of his attention."
Sonic just kept running around, as all the missiles were gone. He finally got the power boost from the Chaos Emerald.
"Ok now you're in for it!" Sonic smirked as he began to run around the robot and created a wind more stronger than any tornado. Eggman tried to squish him to no avail, and since he was too close, launching missiles would be out of the question.
The wind knocked the robot on his back, and Eggman was struggling to get up.
"No!" Eggman screamed. "We got to eject!" He pressed the eject button and his egomatic ejected from the robot.
"Sonic You'll pay for this!" Eggman shouted as he escaped.
"Well this is my message to you Egghead!" Sonic smirked as he cut through the core and the robot self-destructed. Time to go check on Tails! And he sped back towards the city.
Tails was still being chased and he landed and so did Chimaera.
"This one is a real predator!" Tails said. "Not like that bull." Tails quickly curled up and using a super speed dash attack launched himself over the body, he managed to sever the serpent head and it burst into nothing. Chimaera wailed in pain as Tails took this opportunity to use another spin dash to go over Chimaera and connected the attack in Chimaera's spine, he managed to go straight through him and he was finished off, he burst into nothing.
"I did it!" Tails cheered.
"Way to go little bro!" Sonic said just now showing up. They heard police sirens coming up the road. "Sounds like we got company."
Molly approached Sonic and Tails, they just smiled at her.
"That was amazing." Molly praised. "How did you do that?"
"I used this to help beat Eggman." Sonic said, taking out the emerald. Molly snatched it from Sonic's hand and ran down the road.
"Hey!" Sonic cried "Stop! Come Back!" He and Tails chased after Molly.
Molly saw them catching up to her, she had a small gamble, she saw another alley and she hid in it in hopes that Sonic and Tails would just go past her. But to her dismay they didn't.
"Molly." Sonic said softly, with a sympathetic look. "Please, give that back to us."
"How do you know me?" She asked.
"Sailor Moon knows you and I know her." Sonic explained, he held out his hand. "Now please."
"I can't." She whimpered holding the Chaos Emerald to her chest.
"Why?" Tails asked. "You have no use for it."
"You're wrong." Molly cried, turning her head.
"How?" Tails asked, feeling confused.
"When all seven are gathered the impossible becomes possible." Molly said. "If I can get all seven, maybe they can bring him back."
"Who?" Tails asked, but Sonic knew immediately who she was talking about.
"Nephrite." Sonic sighed. "Molly please you have no idea what you're getting yourself into."
"Why should I listen to you?" Molly snapped. "If it wasn't for you! He would still be alive!" And tears began to flow from her eyes.
"Maybe." Sonic said ."And maybe you saved him from himself, but you have to understand his destruction would have been unavoidable. He also was getting involved with things he didn't understand."
"Yeah." Tails said. "Like Sonic said, those bad people will come after you again and again, just for the gem, you don't want this! If he kept it, you both would never be safe!"
"I know but." Molly sniffed.
"Listen." Sonic explained. "The Emeralds grant one great power, as far as we know they cannot raise the dead."
Molly jumped at that statement.
"I had no idea." Melvin said, approaching from behind. "But he does have a point."
"Seriously though." Sonic said. "I know definitely one thing, you should spend your time looking forward and racing to the experiences. Not wasting it by glooming for your lost love. Mourning is fine, but Molly, you have so much more life to live!"
"Right what he said." Melvin said, and he jumped remembering what he was talking to, "Wait!" He shouted. "First of all, who are you two?"
Sonic smiled. "I'm Sonic the Hedgehog and this is my buddy Tails. We're visitors from another world."
"ANOTHER WORLD!" Melvin shouted, getting really excited. "People always thought I was crazy but those science fiction stories were true!" And he began to babble and babble on about the great wonders of his discovery.
Seeing Melvin reminded her that Melvin tried to save her from Eggman earlier, and he did save her from the monster yesterday. Then what the priest told her.
"Love is all around you, all you have to do is look."
Molly smiled and walked up to Sonic.
"Sonic thank you." She said, handing him the emerald. "I thought I was over his death and ready to go on, but I guess I wasn't completely. I will always miss him, but with you, Tails, and Melvin, I can now. And I don't want the trouble that comes with these gems."
"Thanks." Sonic said putting the emerald away.
"Do you still have the blue emerald?" Tails asked.
"No." Molly sighed.
"That effeminate man in gray took it." Melvin explained.
Sonic grunted and frowned.
"Thanks anyway!" Sonic said.
"Nice meeting you!" Tails added, as they got ready to leave.
"Oh the pleasure's all mine." Melvin said. "I really hope to meet you again!"
"Oh!" Molly called. "When you see Sailor Moon again, tell her I said thank you."
"No problem!" Sonic said and he and Tails sped off home.
Molly and Melvin walked back to the store and the police were combing the area and Molly's mother was being questioned by police.
"Molly the jewel is missing!" Molly's mother said. "Where is it?"
"Sorry Mom." Molly sighed. "But we were robbed."
"But don't worry a friend of mine from outside this world has us covered." Melvin said.
"Well." Molly's mother sighed. "I guess it was just a matter of time."
"Did you see how fast they were going?" Melvin cheered. "They're so cool! Something so small, going so fast!" And he began to babble again.
Molly looked up to the sky.
"Thanks Sonic!" She thought.