Chapter 17: South America III
It's 12:30 pm, and our heroes are still flying.
"Our first stop on Chile is Torres del Paine," said Tails.
"Torres del what," said Sonic.
"According to the guidebook: Torres del Paine is a national park in the Extreme South region of Patagonian Chile and features mountains, lakes, and glaciers. The park's centerpiece is the three Towers of Paine, three spectacular granite peaks shaped forces of glacial ice. The highest peak is about 2,500 meters (8200 feet)," said Amy, reading the book.
"Sounds like an awesome place to build an ice palace," said Tikal.
"And that's where going. The three towers," said Tails.
When they landed, the plane turns back into a jeep.
"Time to go hiking," said Tikal, taking out 6 pairs of hiking boots.
While our heroes continue to hike, they see the three Towers of Paine.
"I thought they are towers, not rocks," said Cream.
"What a rip-off! They should have called them the three Rocks of Paine," said Knuckles.
"Lesson learned. Sometimes, the things you expected won't turn out as you thought it would be," said Sonic.
When Cream puts her hand in the water, she takes a sip of it and says, "this water is so clean."
"Do you think the battery and plug are underwater," said Amy.
"I'm not going into the water again," said Sonic, crossing his arms.
"I guess we have to do it the hard way," said Tikal, snapping her fingers to command the water.
The water spits out a 4-ft tall battery in a 4-ft plug.
"That was the hard way? It looked easy to me."
"Hahahaha! Oh, Sonic. Always wanted to do things the hard way."
Then the water spits out Zomom, and he lands in front of the heroes.
"Oh, my head! It took all of you long enough," said Zomom, rubbing his head.
"Zomom," said Knuckles with anger.
He opens his backpack, takes out a hand-dryer machine, and hits Zomom on the head with it. When Zomom gets knocked out, our heroes quickly escaped.
At Hotel Rio Serrano, our heroes are enjoying their dinner.
"I was right. They do make chilidogs in Chile," said Sonic, eating one.
"Omg, Sonic. Omg," said Amy, who's annoyed.
"Come on, Ames. You know me."
"After a good night's rest, it's off to the Atacama Desert," said Tails.
Then Zomom jumped out of the window and said, "Aha! Now, I got you."
Knuckles takes out the hand-dryer machine and hits Zomom with it again.
"Lock our doors, team. We don't want that guy to break into our rooms," said Sonic.
The next morning, Amy, Cream, and Tikal are trapped in their hotel room with Zomom on their door on the outside.
When the boys see them, Knuckles said, "should I hit him with the hand-dryer machine again?"
"Nope. He'll be expecting that," said Sonic.
But he was too late. Knuckles sneaks up behind Zomom and hits him with the machine again. The girls come out of the room with their bags and run to the boys.
"Thanks, boys," said Tikal.
"No problem. Thanks to my good friend, the hand-dryer machine," said Knuckles.
"Onward to the Atacama Desert," said Tails, getting in the jeep.
A few hours later, our heroes are still on the road. Tails are riding the jeep while listening to the radio. Cream and Cheese watch the scenery while Sonic and Amy take pictures. Knuckles sleeps while wearing sunshades and a sun hat. Tikal reads a magazine while getting a tan.
"Girlfriend, how can you get a tan while we're in a desert," said Amy.
"I'm trying to keep my skin and fur from getting pale or too light," said Tikal.
"Shouldn't you be on a souvenir hunt?"
"Once we find a gift shop."
"We have been stuck in this desert for so long. Are we even close to the battery yet, Tails," said Sonic.
"Almost there."
"That's what you said 2 hours ago."
"When did I put on a hat and shades," said Knuckles, getting up and yawning.
"I put them on you. It would be best if you didn't get sun-bleached," said Tikal, with a flirty smile.
Knuckles blushed and said, "thank you."
Tikal fluttered her eyes and said, "you're welcome."
Sonic and Amy giggled at the echidnas. Then gunfire was heard far away, causing Tails to freak out and let's go of the wheel. The Team ducks in cover by going under their seats while Cheese takes control of the wheel.
Cream said, traumatized and hugging Tails when the team looks up, "what in the high skies was that?!"
"That was not balloons popping or Knuckles," said Sonic.
"Hey! I think it was gunfire because guess who is coming to us while riding a bull," said Knuckles, looks behind him, and sees Zomom riding a bull with 4 badniks on his sides.
"YEHAW! We got them animals on the run! Let's aim fire, boys! WOO WEE," said Zomom, taking out a hunter's gun.
"That guy drank too much," said Tikal, until her mouth gets covered by Knuckles' hand.
"Tikal! Not in front of the children."
"Oh, sorry."
"It's hand-dryer machine time!"
Knuckles throws the machine at the villains, but it only hits one of the badniks.
"You're going to need something harder than that, Knux," said Sonic.
Knuckles goes through his backpack and takes out an anchor.
He throws them at the villains, and when Zomom sees it, he said, "seriously?! Where did he get the anchor?!"
When it hit them, Amy said, "he's right. Where did you get the anchor?"
"It's my duty to be prepared at all costs," said Knuckles.
"Ha! You said duty," said Sonic, laughing.
"Aim higher, Sonic."
"Something is wrong with the wheel," said Tails, stopping the jeep.
When he checks the wheels, he notices a 4-ft tall battery in a 4-ft plug caught on one of them.
When he detached it from the wheel, he said, "that was easy then I hope to be. All well. Time to search for a hotel."
At Tierra Atacama Hotel & Spa, our heroes are having a massage.
"Finally, a good massage. We should do this all the time, girls," said Amy.
"Agree. I can't believe I got a real ear massage," said Cream.
"My back has never felt this great," said Tikal.
"I can't believe there is such thing as a tail massage," said Tails.
"That's a good massager. I could really use a good foot massage," said Sonic.
"So, Tails. Where's our next location," said Knuckles.
"Starting tomorrow, we're going to Galapagos Islands, Ecuador."
"Did you get a souvenir from here, Tikal," said Amy.
"Yes. I got a Lapis Lazuli."
Morning has come, and our heroes are well rested from their massages from yesterday.
When our heroes arrived at their plane, Tails started the engine and said, "it will take us 5 hours and 35 minutes to get there."
Sonic gets grabbed by the neck by Zomom, and Zomom said, "I think have you for dessert."
"Stop it! You are about to break my neck," said Sonic, getting choked, and his face turns green from lack of air.
Amy instantly saves Sonic by knocking out Zomom with her hammer.
While Sonic caught his breath and said, "thank you, Ames. I almost got killed."
"Let's get out of here before Animal-Eating McFatty Zeti wakes up."
Our heroes fly away, leaving Zomom out cold.