(Hey everyone, I just started school again, so it'll be hard to update chapters to stories all the time. I'll try my best, but for now, things will be slow, anyway, to the chapter!)
The birds are singing, deer grazing through the fields, absolutely beatifu-, "WAKE UP WAKE UP! IT'S TIME TO WAKE!" Shadow kept yelling through the megaphone on top of the rock. Everyone, very tired still, stepped out of the cabin. "Alright everyone, today's challenge is something that will definitely drive you guys crazy," Shadow said to the two groups. "I thought we were already being driven crazy," Tails said, and Shadow nodded. "Yeah, you were, but now things get real. Now, today's challenge is a simple, yet hard one. There are two islands that are close to this one right now. Each team will be teleported to an island. You must stay on the island unless you want to leave. In that case, Jet ski's have been given to do so," Shadow explained. "If you get on a jet ski, you must come back to this island, and you are out of the challenge," Shadow said. "Hey, wait, you said teleported? How will you do that?" Jet asked. "Oh, simple, Chaos…," Shadow began. "Hey wait, I ain't ready ye-," "CONTROL!" Shadow yelled as the two teams were both teleported to their respected Islands. "Hey, wait, isn't chaos control only suppose to teleport the user and not other people?" Tails asked as soon as his team teleported onto the island, and they all shrugged.
"Ok, we need to do a roll call so we know everyone is here," Robotnik said. "Jet?" "Here." "Wave?" "I'm here, even though I don't want to be." "Storm?" "Right here, boss!" "Rouge?" "Ugh… here…" "Vector?" "Yes, I'm here." "Charmy?" "Right here Eggman sir!" "And finally… Eggman…" Robotnik said and looked around. "Wait, where is he?" Robotnik asked as it cuts to Shadow having a nice giant scrambled egg for breakfast, with the shell of the former Eggman sitting just next to them. "You know, this egg tastes really good."
Tails, Blaze, Silver, Amy, and Espio were all sitting down on the small island, just thinking about getting off the island as soon as the challenge is done. "I mean, seriously, where does Sonic keep getting these islands?" Blaze asked, and Silver shrugged. "How did he one island in the first place? I mean, this is Sonic and Shadow we are talking about after all," Silver answered. As Tails was observing the one tree on the tiny island. "This is the most stereotypical island ever. I mean, it looks as if it came out of a cartoon. And is it also a coconut tree?" Tails asked himself, and Espio was just sitting, meditating. Amy was walking back and forth, getting worried. "How long will this challenge last?!" Amy asked frightened. "As long as the Emeralds are willing to go," Tails answered. "Let's hope that's not long," Blaze said.
After all the chaos that was going on, Rouge decided to leave, because she was trying to sleep, but it's kinda hard to sleep on a sandy island with six other people screaming at the top of their lungs for an egg. "Oh hey Rouge, see that-," "Don't talk to me, I need my beauty sleep," Rouge said, and walked to her cabin. "She was as worst as I remembered," Shadow whispered to himself, and it cuts back to the chaos on the island. "Ok, calm down everyone, at least we still have everyone, right?" Robotnik asked, and everyone looked around, to see a missing jet ski, and Rouge missing. "And I spoke too soon," Robotnik said, as he face-palmed.
Two hours have passed since the challenge started. No one except Rouge had left their island. "So, if we want to survive, we have to collect food first. Is someone really good at fishing?" Tails asked. "Tails, I got telekinesis, I think I can easily get food," Silver said. "Yeah, guess your right, but we also need other supplies, but…" Tails said and looked around the bare island, with just one tree, and sand. "That'll wait," Tails finished. "Well, since I have fire powers, and there is a tree there, we can collect some wood, and start a fire," Blaze recommended, and Tails nodded. "Good idea, we can also use your fire to cook the food," Tails said. "I can use my hammer as an ax to collect wood," Amy said. "Yes, all good ideas, ok, let's get to it!"
As for the Emeralds, well, let's just say they have gotten better with the chaos, but… mentally… "We're going to die," Jet kept repeating over and over while swaying back and forth, back and forth. Charmy was getting very bored and kept annoying Vector about it. "Hey Vector, you got anything to do?" Charmy asked Vector, who was trying to nap. "No, but if your bored, you can use those jet skis. Don't know why they are there, but you can use them, I think," Vector said. "Ok! See you soon Vector!" Charmy said and went on the jet ski. Needless to say, he never returned to the island. Or at least the island he was supposed to be on.
Cut to six hours, and the Rings have already had their first meal. Cooked fish with coconut milk as their drink. It wasn't great, but hey, one million rings is one million rings, right? "This is by far the worst meal I've had, but at least it's food, I guess," Blaze said while taking a sip of the coconut milk. "Hey guys, how are we going to have shelter, you know, when we sleep?" Silver asked. "We don't," Espio said coldly. "What?! No shelter, aw man, now I really regret coming here!" Amy complained loudly. "Hey wait, is our diet only going to contain fish?" Silver asked, and Tails nodded. "Looks like it. We have that, and also maybe the occasional bite of the coconut tree leaves," Tails answered. "I wonder how the others are doing," Espio said while taking a drink of the coconut.
To answer his question, even worse. Now everyone was panicking realizing that Charmy disappeared and another jet ski has gone missing. "Where did Charmy go?! Did he leave us?!" Wave asked angrily, trying to find him. Vector was sweating bullets when he realized that Charmy was gone because of him. "Um, guys… I think that-," "Not now Vector, Charmy is missing, most likely left us without him telling us!" Eggman said to Vector while looking for him. "That's the thing when I was napping, and I kinda told him to go and play with one of the jet skis, and I kind of forgot you get disqualified if you use them," Vector explained, and everyone turned over to him. "We're so screwed."
Eight hours have passed since the challenge started, and all the Rings are still on the island, but Silver was debating to go back to the island, already bored of the fish diet. He wished he could've had maybe chicken, or pizza, or anything but a fish or coconut. The fish tasted bland without flavor and the coconut milk tasted horrible. "Hey Blaze, I want to go back to the island," Silver said to Blaze. "Please don't, the other team already has a huge advantage with them never going to elimination once," Blaze responded. "Yeah, but I mean, aren't you going to become bored with fish and coconut milk too?" Silver asked Blaze, and Blaze nodded. "Oh sure, I will, but I also want a million rings, so this isn't so bad compared to other challenges. I mean, at one point, we couldn't eat for a long time, so at least we can eat," Blaze answered. "Ok, fine, I will stay here for you," Silver said. Meanwhile, Tails was hitting his head against the tree over and over again. "So bored, so bored…," he kept repeating. "Uhh… Tails, you okay?" Amy asked to Tails, who was still banging his head. "At the main island, I had something to do, but now I'm bored," Tails answered. "Ok then…" Amy just said and backed off from Tails.
With the Emeralds, Storm was already wanting to go back to the island. He was thinking of going back to read that fanfiction he had in that safe that no one knew about… hopefully. Also, they hadn't eaten since they couldn't figure out a system to fish just yet. "If only we had supplies to make a robot to fish for us! Then, we could get us some fish, and maybe grab a coconut or something," Robotnik said to himself. "Hey guys, check this out!" Wave yelled, and everyone came over to a barrel that had washed up to the island. "What is it?" Vector asked. "I don't know, but let's find out," Wave said, and opened it, revealing blueprints and pieces to a fishing robot. "Huh, that's a coincidence," Robotnik said to himself. While almost everyone was astonished by the robot, Storm decided he wanted tacos and not fish. So he went to the jet skis and hopped on to return to the island.
"Tails has been banging his head on the tree for five minutes, you think we should tell him to leave?" Amy explained to Silver and Blaze. "Well, I guess so, he does look like he needs a break, I mean, we all do. So yeah, maybe we can lose one person," Blaze said. "Alright then, I'll go tell him," Amy said and went to Tails. "Hey, Tails, you alright?" Amy asked, and Tails stopped banging his head to look at her. "To be honest, no," Tails said to Amy. "Yeah, I can see. You know, you can leave, right?" Amy said. "Well, being bored isn't the only reason I am hitting myself against the tree," Tails said. "Well, tell me. You can tell me what's on your mind," Amy replied. "I just… feel bad for Cream getting eliminated," Tails answered. "Yeah Tails, I understand too. Cream was my friend, but you have to understand, this show is about eliminating people to earn a prize. You have to expect people to eliminate you," Amy said to Tails. "No, you don't understand," Tails replied. "Huh? What do you mean?" "Uhh… nevermind. You know what, I think I should go now," Tails said, and walked off to the jet ski.
Ten hours have passed. With the Emeralds, they used the wood from the barrel to make a workbench and were currently almost finished with the robot. "Jet, hand me the wrench," Robotnik ordered Jet. "Yes, sir. Here you go," Jet said, and gave the wrench to Robotnik. "Ok, almost done. Just screw this thing in, connect this wire to that wire… and done!" Robotnik cheered, as they marveled the masterpiece. It was a black and grey robot, kind of looking like a diving suit, which would be perfect for catching fish. "Ok, now time to see if it works," Robotnik said, as he got out the remote, and pressed a button to turn it on. It sparked for a second, then completely collapsed into thousands of pieces again. "Why does this always happen," Wave said, as everyone looked at the now rubble of a robot in disappointment. Suddenly, Jet remembered something. "Hey, guys, where is Storm?"
The Rings, now only left with four people, were still stuck on the island they were teleported to. Espio hadn't really talked or done much, except for eating another fish, Silver had kept dreaming about eating different food other than fish again, Blaze was trying to sleep next to the fire, and Amy was drinking coconut milk. "You guys wonder how much people are left on the other team?" Amy asked Silver. "Eh, I suspect Rouge left a long time ago. I mean, there is no way she is staying longer for more than two hours on an island like this," Silver answered, still thinking of other food. "Yeah, you're right. But anyone else you think left by now?" "Maybe Jet, but that's all I can think of," Silver responded. "Hey, Silver, why did we never use the coconut tree leaves to make some shelter?" Amy asked, and Silver looked at her. "Um… never thought of that," Silver said, and used his telekinesis to take down all the leaves to the ground. "Ok, let's make shelter, shall we?" SIlver asked, and Amy nodded, as they began to work.
The twelve-hour mark had stricken. Attempt two to get the fishing robot to work is currently in motion. "Ok, let's try this again," Robotnik said, and pressed the activate button. The robot started to light up, and at first, it looked like it was working. Then, like last time, it broke apart into several pieces. "Ok, I can't keep doing this, I need food," Jet said, and walked to a jet ski, got on, and drove off. "Um, he doesn't know how to drive one," Wave said as soon as he left. "Well, he'll probably be ok. Probably," Vector said, and they all turned back to the robot. "Is this thing ever going to work?" Robotnik asked to himself. "I mean, at least it still has most of the parts intact. We could fix it in about five minutes," Robotnik said and got to work. Again. After five minutes, he pressed the button one more time. It started to light up, then finally stood up. "Fishing Bot Online," It announced as soon as it awakened. "Yeah! We got food!" Vector cheered in response to this.
Shadow sat at the console, looking at the screens displaying what was happening on the islands. "Ugh, this boring! We have to keep the ratings up! But how?" Shadow asked as he looked at the screens. Suddenly, he got a ring on his phone. "Oh, hey J," Shadow said when he answered the call. "Hey Shadow, we would like to inform there is a storm happening soon, in case you need to remove them from the islands," The person, who is called, "J," informed Shadow. "A storm? Perfect! It will keep the ratings up!" Shadow replied. "Well, ok then. You can do whatever you want. Now, if you excuse me, I got an amusement park to run," J said and hung up the call. "I'm sure they'll be ok in the storm," Shadow said, and got up to get some popcorn.
As Amy and Silver looked at the tent, or whatever you could call it, they were noticeably disappointed that they would have to sleep in this thing, but it did have enough space for the whole team. "Ok, so, what do we do now?" Silver asked, and Amy shrugged. "Sleep, I guess," Amy said, and then she felt a drop on her face. Then Silver did too. "Hey, is it storming?" Silver asked, and looked up to see a storm cloud forming, (well, see as much as you can for it being night-time and all.) "Oh, there is one. Luckily, we built this in time. Ok, go wake up Blaze. I'll go inform Espio," Amy said and ran off to go tell Espio. Silver walked up to Blaze, who was still sleeping. "Hey Blaze, wake up," Silver said, but Blaze didn't respond. "Ok, do I really have to do this? Come on, wake up!" Silver said and shook Blaze. "Ok, ok. I'm awake. What do you need?" Blaze said, wiping off the sand on her face. "There is a storm forming, but Amy and I made a shelter so we can sleep in it," Silver explained. "Oh, ok," Blaze responded, and got up. "You know Blaze since we're alone, I need to tell you something," Silver said. "Ok, go ahead." "Look so I-," "Come on guys, it's about to be raining," Amy said, interrupting Silver. "Oh, Amy needs us. You can tell me later," Blaze said. "Uh, ok then…," Silver said, and they went to go take shelter.
Meanwhile, with the Emeralds, the robot had retrieved some fish for the Emeralds. "Oh finally, we have food!" Wave said. "Um, how do we cook the food?" Vector asked, and everyone looked at him. "Uhh… robot, can you start a fire?" Robotnik asked the diving bot, and it shook it's head no. "I am programmed to collect fish, not start fires," the robot answered. "Ugh! Now how are suppose to eat!" Wave complained, and kicked a rock on the island. The rock hit the robot, and it broke into several pieces again and started a fire. "Uhh…" Wave tried to say something but was interrupted by Vector. "Well, we got a fire at least," Vector said, and then it started to rain, putting out the fire. "Uhh… nevermind," "You know what, forget this, I'm leaving!" Wave said and stormed off to the jet skis.
Fourteen hours have passed since the challenge started, and with the Rings, it started to rain heavy now, as everyone was tightly packed in the "shelter," some trying to sleep, others staying awake. Those being awake being Espio and Amy. "You know Amy, you should get some sleep, otherwise you'll be too tired to do anything," Espio told Amy. "Well, why aren't you sleeping?" Amy asked while crossing her arms. "I have to stand guard and make sure the shelter stays put while the storm is going on," Espio explained. "Well I can watch too," Amy replied. "We only need one person to watch," Espio said. "Ok, fine I'll go too-," Amy was about to say something but was interrupted by Shadow teleporting in front of the shelter. "You guys won the challenge. Congrats. You'll be teleported now," Shadow said, and pulled out a chaos emerald. "Wait, wha-," Amy tried to say again, but was interrupted by Shadow teleporting them to the island. "Emeralds, you guys lost for the first time. Now, we have to wait for the storm before we can begin the elimination ceremony. So, see you at the campfire when this is done." Shadow said when they teleported. "Hey wait, before we go, we need the egg back!" Jet said, and Shadow looked at him confused. "What egg?" "You know, the giant egg on our team." "Oh yeah, here you go," Shadow said, and kicked him the shell of the former, "Eggman," "No! Egg! Why?!" Jet cried out and fell to his knees crying.
The storm has passed, and the Emeralds gather at the campfire for the first time. "Emeralds, you have seen how this elimination works, so I do not need to explain to you. Idiots watching this show, we are forced to show you an ad, so watch it," Shadow said, and it cuts to Knuckles sitting on a stool. "Have you ever had problems with bats? Well, introducing the new Bat-Spray. The spray is very good at keeping any bat girls you have following you. Allow me to demonstrate," Knuckles said, and walked up to Rouge with the can. "What do you want Knuckles?" She asked while reading her book. "Nothing. Just take this!" Knuckles yelled and started spraying at Rouge. "Eeek! Get away from me!" Rouge yelled and flew away. "Works like a charm," Knuckles said after the chaos, and it cuts to an image of the Bat-Spray can, which shows it's price at Two million dollars. It cuts back to the elimination ceremony and Shadow.
"Welcome back, now, let's begin the ceremony. All of you have voted, so let us begin. The prizes today are bottles of air," Shadow said, and pulled out a tray of bottles filled with air. "Wait, you mean the other team got cupcakes and chili dogs, and you are giving us air!" Jet complained loudly. "Well, be thankful I am giving you something!" Shadow replied. "But we already have-," "SHUT UP! Now then, let's begin," Shadow said, and pulled out flashcards. "Wave got zero votes," Shadow began. "Oh yeah! I knew it!" Wave cheered and walked up to grab her air when she noticed it was missing. "Hey, where are the bottles?" Wave asked. "Air was too expensive," Shadow answered. "How is air-," "Go sit down," Shadow interrupted before she finished. "Robotnik, you got zero votes," Shadow continued. "Jet got zero votes," Shadow called out, and Jet cheered. "Oh yeah, I'm the best!" "Vector has also received zero votes," Shadow said, and Vector nodded. "Oh yeah!" "Charmy has received one vote," Shadow said. "Aw man, oh well, at least I stay," Charmy said. "Oh yeah, Charmy is still in!" Vector said after Charmy got done talking. "Storm has received one vote," Shadow said. "Now, bottom two, that eggshell, and Rouge. Who will survive the elimination?" Shadow asked, sounding super sarcastic. Then Rouge stood up. "There is no way I lost to the egg, so just say my name and let's throw away this disgusting thing!" Rouge said with confidence, and Shadow laughed to himself. "Actually, with three votes, you are eliminated!" Shadow said, and Rouge had a look of shock on her face. "Why? How?" Rouge asked, still shocked she lost to an egg. "Come on, follow me to the boat," Shadow said while pulling on her arm. "Good riddance she is gone," Wave said, and the team walked back to their cabin to get some sleep. Meanwhile, Tails was in his cabin, looking at a photo of Cream, with a tear in his eye. "Don't worry, Cream. Soon, we'll be together again."