Hey everyone! Last chapter was pretty intense. I honestly enjoyed making the chapter. Also, give a big around and applause to Milla for defeating Mecha Sonic by herself!... Enjoy this chapter!:)
Lilac: Hi! I'm Sash Lilac! Oh man, I told Tails and Knuckles that I watched Sonic get arrested by General Gong and Neera. They decided to look for him themselves, when it should be me. We've finally met Dr. Eggman that Sonic and his friends were blabbering about for the past days. He destroyed our home and took the Chaos Emeralds. He ran away and left us fighting with robot Sonic. Luckily that he's down for the count, and we can start searching for Sonic and friends... I hope they're okay...
Chapter 12
During the same time when Lilac arrived at the tree house, Sonic has finally arrived to Shang Tu's castle. Neera and Gong forcefully pulled the poor hedgehog out and drags him inside with his hands and feet cuffed. While getting dragged inside, Sonic sees something big and moving fast in the rain. Sonic squints his eyes for a better vision. He sees the Termabot holding two glass tubes in its arms.
Sonic: Eggman!
Sonic tries to break free, but they have him really restraint.
Neera: Hold still, hedgehog!
He continues to fight back, until Neera throws him on the ground and shocks him with a shocking stick. Sonic screams in agony from the rain adding more voltage. She stops, then picks him up by the scruff. Sonic pants heavily; too weak to move now.
Sonic: Th- they're i- in trouble.
He said in an inaudible voice.
Neera: Quiet! I don't want to hear it!
A little later, they threw him in the cell with his hands and feet still cuffed.
Gong: Right now, the Royal Magister is resting. You'll be slumbering here tonight.
He slams the bar door closed and locks it.
Neera: And don't think that digging a hole will work this time. We covered it up with a shit of metal.
Sonic lies on the floor, grimacing from the shock that Neera gave him. Both pandas walked away from the cell.
Meanwhile with Eggman, he's still in the Termabot, heading towards to Shang Tu's city. He's reading a Chaos Emerald radar that was installed in the robot from the start. On the radar, he sees a blinking light close by.
Eggman: Hm... I supposed that the Emerald is somewhere in the city sitting inside a jewelry store?
He enters the quiet city with nobody roaming around. Everyone is now inside doing whatever they like to do overnight. Eggman slowly looks at all the stores in the streets. He got closer and closer to the dot. He looks up and sees that it's inside a jewelry store. Eggman shakes his head, annoyed.
Eggman: Of course. How is that not obvious?
He said to himself. He presses a button for infrared to see if anybody is inside the little shop.
Eggman: Good. Nobody is in...What?!
He sees someone drop from the ceiling and land on the floor. He turns the infrared off and looks. It was Spade trying to get the Chaos Emerald as well.
Eggman: Huh? Who's that?
Spade is looking around for the Chaos Emerald himself. Eggman growls.
Eggman: He's looking for the Emerald himself!
The robot points at the shop with its mini machine gun and starts shooting through the glass. The alarm goes off. Spade quickly runs to cover, as Eggman is breaking everything in the store. Spade looks up and sees that he has broken the case where the Chaos Emeralds is at. He quickly hops up and runs towards it.
Eggman: No you don't!
He yells out. The robot extends its arm, trying to grab the Chaos Emerald. Spade quickly uses his hyper speed move and snatches it up. The robot's arm goes through the wall.
Eggman: Darn it!
Spade throws pellets on the ground. Smoke flies everywhere. When the smoke died down, he was gone.
Eggman: He's gone...
Eggman hears sirens in the distance.
Eggman: Better get out of here.
Eggman speeds out of the area.
Meanwhile with Tails and Knuckles. They're in the woods, lost. The rain has finally stopped. Knuckles is standing around, looking around. Tails has finally caught up to him.
Tails: Knuckles!
Tails was panting a little.
Knuckles: Drats... we're lost.
Tails: You think?
He gives him a stern look. Tails sighs.
Tails: We don't know where Sonic is at!
Knuckles: Then why not go back and ask Lilac?!
Tails groans.
Tails: That's WHAT I WAS TRYING TO TELL YOU! HELLO!
He yells at him. Knuckles rubs the back of his head.
Tails: Now lets go back to the tree house and we'll know where Sonic went.
Tails leads the way. Minutes later, when they arrived to the tree house, they saw the house destroyed.
Tails: What happened?!
He rushed over to see if he could find the girls.
Tails: Milla?!
He hops in the destroyed house and starts throwing the boards out the way.
Tails: Lilac?!
Knuckles hops in and walks over to the nightstand.
Tails: Carol!
Knuckles picked up the nightstand and opens it.
Knuckles: The Chaos Emeralds are missing too.
Tails: Oh no...
He stands up. He starts worrying.
Tails: I hope they're okay...
Knuckles: I bet it was that panda guy that me and Carol came across to.
Tails shakes his head with his gaze soft.
A little later with Eggman, he's back at Shang Mu's office with the Chaos Emerald. The tube he got from the Egg Carrier is left at the factory for the scientists to rebuild. He lays the Emeralds in a cup holder he made for them. He thinks about Spade, who stole the emerald before he did.
Eggman: That panda... this is a strange world.
He thought to himself.
Eggman: No matter... I'll get it away from him when it's that time.
He walks out the room. The window in the room suddenly opens. Spade hops in the room and looks around. He sees all four Chaos Emeralds in the cup holder.
Spade: Jackpot...
Meanwhile with the heroins, they have arrived to Shang Tu's castle hiding in a shrub. They peeked out and sees that Neera is guarding the entrance. They dived back into the shrub.
Carol: What's the plan, girl?
She whispers to Lilac.
Lilac: We gotta move her away from the entrance.
Milla: I can distract her.
Lilac: A- are you sure, Milla?
Lilac asks a bit worried that she might get caught by her. Milla nods her head.
Milla: You can count on me.
Milla jumps out the bush and walks up to her. Milla starts barking at her and growling.
Neera: Hey! What are you doing here?!
Milla shoots the weird energy at her. Neera blocks it with her staff, then sees that Milla is running away.
Neera: Get back here!
She starts chasing after her. Carol and Lilac both hopped out their hiding spots,then sprints inside. For the past minutes, they were trying their best to hide away from the guards that are patrolling the halls. While they were sneaking downstairs, they heard footsteps coming upstairs. They quickly looked around for a hiding spot. Carol hides in a uniquely made jar, and Lilac hides behind a thick window curtain. It was General Gong walking upstairs patrolling the royal hallways. Lilac peeks and sees that he's walking away. She waits for him to move away a little further. She gets out of her hiding spot.
Lilac: The coast is clear, Carol.
She whispers. Carol pops her head out and looks. She starts climbing out of the jar, but while doing so, the jar tilts over and breaks a piece off. Lilac looks back with her eyes wide. Carol quickly picked the jar up and put the piece back on. Both the girls scurried downstairs. When they reached downstairs, they see Sonic's cell up ahead.
Lilac: Down there.
They ran down the hallway. When they made it, they see Sonic sitting in the corner with his eyes closed.
Lilac: Sonic!
She yells in a whispered tone. Sonic slowly opens his eyes. Lilac smiles a little, knowing that he's okay.
Sonic: Lilac? Carol? Why are you guys here? And what in the world happened to you guys?
Lilac: It's a long story, but we gotta get you out of here first.
Carol unsheathes her claw with her pinkie finger. She starts nitpicking with the lock. Sonic got up and hopped over.
Sonic: Oh man. You guys didn't have to come rescue me.
Lilac sadly looks away.
Lilac: Yes we do... you don't deserve to be in there. I should be the one in there from my lack of knowledge. I'm sorry for what I did to you earlier. I'm a lot smarter than that.
Sonic: Hey, cheer up. I've been through this type of situation before. So it doesn't bother me at all. Besides, I didn't want them to follow me all the way to the tree house; I let them capture.
Sonic watches Carol nick picking with the lock.
Sonic: To be honest with you guys, I didn't want you guys to come with us to search for the Chaos Emeralds. I didn't want you guys to be involved in our problems with Eggman trying to tear all of us apart.
Lilac gives him a warm smile.
Lilac: Don't worry, Sonic. We were probably going to be involved in this somehow. And I didn't want to leave you behind. Like you told me days ago; friends don't leave each other behind.
Lilac smiles.
Lilac: That's what friend's are for.
Lilac gently puts his hand on top of his.
Lilac: Best friends.
Sonic feels a bit better that she remembered what he told her days ago. It made him feel great, even though he always feel great.
Carol finally gets the gate to unlock. She opens the door.
Carol: Got it! And now to get the cuffs off of you.
She walks over and starts with the ankles.
Lilac: We thought Tails and Knuckles might've beaten us here, but guess not. They might've gotten lost somewhere.
Sonic shakes his head.
Sonic: Hopefully they're okay. I saw Eggman earlier.
Lilac: Speaking of him... we've finally crossed path.
Sonic's gaze hardens.
Sonic: And he did this to you guys?
Lilac: Yeah... well no. He destroyed the tree house by using this... big robot. He took the emeralds and left us to fight another version of Metal Sonic except... it was much taller and a lot stronger. It electrocuted me and Carol, which is why our body's are like this. But luckily, Milla was the one that destroyed it
Sonic: Really?
He sounded a bit surprised.
Lilac: Yeah. I was pretty surprised myself.
Carol finally got the ankle cuffs off him. she stood up and starts picking with the handcuffs.
Carol: How can you handle yourself in this type of situation?
Sonic looks down at the cat.
Sonic: I don't know to be honest. I keep moving forward, until I finally reached my goal. I don't let anything stop me. That's why I love going on adventures. I find them exhilarating.
Carol: Not me. I like to sleep most of the time.
Sonic scoffs.
Sonic: I see.
Carol finally got the handcuff with ease this time.
Carol: And you're all free!
"Think again!" A familiar voice said behind the girls. They both looked and saw that Neera is standing in the doorway with Gong. Neera has captured Milla finally. Milla sadly walked in the room. Gong closes the gate and locks it. Sonic rushes to the gate.
Sonic: Hey! Don't you guys understand what's going on?
Neera: Yes we understand what's going on. You guys have caused trouble long enough. You should be happy that you're still alive.
Sonic growls.
Gong: And just to make sure that you're not planning anything, we'll be standing here watching you until the morning.
Lilac: General Gong, you have to understand-
Neera: We heard enough from you, Lilac!
Vexed, she interrupted her sentence.
Lilac kept quiet, not wanting to cause anymore problems.
The next morning with Tails and Knuckles, they were looking for the girls all night, but no luck at all. They decided to rest inside a cave in Dragon Valley. They are sleeping peacefully on opposite walls. Tails wakes up, stretching. He rubs his head and looks at Knuckles.
Tails: Knuckles...
Knuckles opens his eyes and looks at him.
Knuckles: Finally awake?
Tails stands up and dusts himself off.
Tails: Yeah... Were you awake this whole time?
Knuckles: I slept for a good amount of hours.
Tails walked outside and sees the morning sun shining down on his face.
Tails: Are you ready to start looking for the girls and Sonic?
Knuckles nods his head.
Knuckles: Yeah. Come on. Maybe we'll find a Chaos Emerald while looking.
He follows the two tailed fox.
Meanwhile, Eggman walked into his office and noticed that the Chaos Emeralds are missing. He shouts at the top of his lungs and noticed that the window was left opened.
Eggman: Blasted all!
Eggman storms out the office and heads towards the factory where Zao is at. A lot of egg pawns and egg scammers are standing in rows holding a katana swords in their hands. The scientists have been working hard on them, despite most of them working over their hours. The egg flappers are hanging above the ceiling, ready to be used. They're still the same model when they were last used, which was years ago. Eggman busts through the door, irate. Zao looks at him.
Eggman: The Chaos Emeralds are gone!
Zao's mouth gaped in shock.
Zao: What?! Someone dare to take the Emeralds right under our noses?!
Eggman: I probably have the slightest clue of who did it! It was probably the panda that stole the Chaos Emerald from the jewelry store last night!
Zao: I think I know who you're talking about. I bet he's working with that pesky hedgehog and Shang Tu!
Zao giggles.
Zao: Don't worry. I'll have my troopers look for them!
Zao looks at all the egg pawns that are standing idle on a moving conveyor belt.
Zao: And maybe a couple of robots.
Eggman smiles at his plans.
Eggman: Brilliant idea! And maybe I'll have King Dail work with us.
Zao intently giggles.
Zao: Can't wait! This'll be something quite interesting!...
Sonic: What up! It's Sonic! Oh man, we're finally getting the chance to speak to the Royal Magister. Finally! Someone understands that the Chaos Emeralds are more than just rocks. Whoa! Eggman has sent a whole army here! Girls, we can't just sit here and watch! We have to work together and take all of them down! Lets show these creeps what we're made of! Next time in Sonic the Hedgehog: Chaos is Freedom, "THE WAR BEGINS!" Don't miss out!
See you guys next chapter!