Chapter 43: Asia IX
It's 12:55 pm (USA time: 12:55 am) in Malaysia.
"The most abundant resources from Malaysia are palm oil for cooking, rubber, and timber for furniture. The country's tropical climate allows for these plantations to flourish. They also allow for great biodiversity in the rainforest. The country is rich in culture and has lots of traditions. The five main races (Malay, Chinese, Indian, Iban, Kadazan) make up most of the country's citizens. There is much traditional food from the country, and amongst each traditional food, some may still have variations based on the states/ region. Laksa is a traditional fish soup noodle. Malaysia has a total of 878 islands, and it's tough to pick a favorite," said Amy.
"I would like to taste that kind of soup," said Sonic.
"878 islands?! Sweet," said Knuckles with joy.
"I would like to sunbathe at any of those islands," said Tikal.
"It will have it wait. The battery is at Lord Murugan Statue," said Tails.
"A statue? Why would Dr. Eggman put a battery there," said Cream, confused.
"The iconography of Kartikeya, who is called and worshipped as Lord Murugan in the southern part of India, gives a lot of importance to his vehicle – the peacock known as Paravani. As legend has it, Paravani was originally a demon known as Surapadma who incurred the wrath of Murugan. While fighting with him, Lord Murugan defeated Surapadma and split him into two parts with his lance. His birth was intended to kill the demon (asura) Tarakasura, who repeatedly defeated the Hindu gods until heaven was on the verge of collapse. Also, the demon had a boon that a son of Lord Shiva should only kill him," said Amy, a book about Lord Murugan.
"Yeesh! Sure don't want to be the enemy of that guy," said Sonic.
"I see his statue. I'll park," said Tails, turns the plane into a jeep and parks it.
When the Team comes out of the jeep, they walk up to Lord Murugan's statue.
"Wow! I hope he isn't that tall in real life," said Sonic.
"The battery is on the head of the statue," said Tails.
"Hey, Tikal. Can I borrow a ninja suit," said Amy.
"Sure thing," said Tikal, takes out a ninja outfit with a skirt.
Amy puts it on over her clothes and jumps up to carefully climb the statue.
"Isn't she the best," said Sonic, amazed by Amy's skills.
Then Amy reaches the head and finds a 2ft battery in a 2ft plug attached to the head.
As she carefully disabled them, Zor arrives and says, "you call yourself a ninja? I'll show you a ninja when I throw ninja stars at you."
Then Amy finishes disabling the battery and plug. She quickly takes out her hammer and hits Zor with it, which causes him to blast off into the sky. Then Amy jumps back down with the battery and plug.
She takes off the ninja suit and says, "are there more batteries to here?"
"Nope, we're good in Malaysia. We need to save Taiwan, Kanagawa, and China. And Asia will be saved at last," said Tails.
"Let's find a hotel before Zor comes back," said Knuckles.
It's 1:12 pm (USA time: 1:12 am) at Grand Seasons Hotel. Team Sonic is at the pool. The guys and Cheese are sunbathing as the girls are swimming in the pool.
"Did Tikal get a souvenir," said Knuckles.
"I heard she got an orange Baju Kebaya. I think it's some dress women wear," said Sonic.
Then a beach ball lands on Tails' lap, and Cream says, "Tails, can you pass the ball back to us?"
"Sure thing, Cream," said Tails, pass the ball back.
"Hey, boys! Are we going to Taiwan; first," said Amy.
"Yes, but it takes four hours and twelve minutes to get there. So, we'll leave at 12 pm; tomorrow after we have lunch."
"So much for going to China," said Tikal.
"Taiwan only has one battery, and so does Kanagawa. China has two batteries. Also, Taiwan is the closest state to Malaysia."