Chapter 11: Girls Day Out

.:In the Future at the Mall:.

Amy, Cream, Marine and Tikal were all taking a break from their motherly duties to hang out with each other at the mall. Rouge would have came but she had been complaining that she had felt sick that morning and Blaze was busy dealing with her kingdom. It seemed nowadays that Blaze was even too busy to spend time with her husband Silver.

Amy let out a breath that she didn't even notice she had been holding,

"Something wrong mate?" A girl with a light accent asked as she patted Amy on the arm. Amy turned to face the girl who was none other than the raccoon girl Marine.

"Ah nothing…just thinking about Blaze and Rouge. I think they would have enjoyed that movie," Marine smiled,

"I just wish that they'd at least give her a day off or something! The only times that she talks to her daughter are during her self-defense classes and everyone knows that Blaze and Silver haven't had one night where they could just eat dinner without some emergency coming up," Amy nodded.

"I know right? I feel like we need to set them up on a date before they really begin to distance themselves from each other! I think that she's unconsciously reverting back into her old shell…I know that Silver's been longing to just have a conversation with her without the topic changing to the kingdom's politics or the military situation or anything!" Cream and Tikal turned towards Amy,

"Are we talking about the Silvaze situation again Amy?" Tikal asked. Cream looked downwards,

"As Blaze's best friend, I should say that I've noticed that she's been more and more formal with us. When she texted me to tell me that she couldn't make it today, she made it sound all official. It was like a brick long paragraph! I felt awkward only texting 'k' back, but I think that she's just stressed and overwhelmed. I'm sure the kingdom would allow her at least a half a day off due to all of the things she's done for them." Marine chuckled,

"Knowing her she would probably be like 'A Queen doesn't have time to go on a vacation! A Queen is always in duty!'" The three girls laughed at Marine's spot on imitation.

All of a sudden, Shadow appeared next to Tikal.

"Hi honey," Tikal smiled as she kissed Shadow on the cheek. Shadow's lips twitched in an attempt to smile but failed. Tikal noticed this slight change in her husband's expression and turned towards him concern etched on her face, "What's the matter?"

Shadow sighed, "I hate to ruin your day out…but Jem, Maria and the twins have gone missing," Everyone gasped and Tikal raised her hands to her mouth,

"W-What? Are you sure?" Shadow nodded solemnly,

"Knuckles called me to see if Jem was at the house with Maria and I went to go and look for her only to find out that neither her nor the twins were in the house. They're also not in a 25 mile radius so I couldn't sense them," The peach echidna had tears in her eyes,

"D-Do you think its Eggman?" she whimpered. Shadow held her close,

"We're not sure. That's why I was going to take us up to Angel Island to talk with Knuckles and Rouge and figure this out. If it is Eggman though, I think they'll be fine. Maria knows how to take care of herself and wouldn't let anything happen to the twins." Tikal began to sob into her husband's chest, as Shadow grabbed a hold of his chaos emerald,

"Wait!" Amy called out just as Shadow and Tikal were about to leave, "Let us come with you! It'll be easier to find them with more people helping out." Cream and Marine chieming in agreement. Shadow nodded, although the worry was evident in his eyes. He didn't argue,

"Chaos control!" Shadow said before transporting the group to Angel Island. A split second later they were on the island's shrine next to a weeping Rouge and a worn out Knuckles.

Amy instantly ran over to the distraught bat and began to comfort her. Having been a pregnant mother twice, she knew how to deal with them. Knuckles gave her a thankful look before leaving them alone and going to Shadow.

"Have you found out anything?" Shadow asked the red echidna. Knuckles sighed.

"Not yet. I asked the Master Emerald to show me where they were but they only showed a picture of Vanilla's old house, and I'm pretty sure that none of the kids would have gone there…" Cream's eyes filled with tears at the mention of her mother's house. Shadow narrowed his eyes,

"Just to be sure…Chaos Control!" Shadow muttered as he disappeared. Tikal ran up to Knuckles and gave him a hug,

"K-Knuckles! I'm so worried!" She sobbed. Knuckles awkwardly patted her back. He never knew what to do with sobbing women.

"It'll be alright Tikal-" The peach echidna pulled away from him, anger evident in her eyes,

"What do you mean, it'll be alright? My daughter and the last of the echindae are missing! How is that alright!?" That struck a chord with Knuckles. If they couldn't find Inca and Maya then it could be possible that the echidna tribe could be wiped out completely, "If that happened then I would be failing not only Chaos but our family as well!"

Chaos had allowed her to come out of the emerald in order to help Knuckles re-populate the echidna tribe. However, at the time Knuckles had been engaged to Rouge so the plan hadn't worked. She went to the Master Emerald for help only for Chaos to tell her that she didn't need to mate with another Echinda to repopulate the tribe. That was around the time she had met Shadow. The fact that they were both basically immortal, also helped to jump start their relationship.

Shadow had returned almost as soon as he left,

"They aren't there." Buckets of tears flowed from Tikal's blue orbs,

"Shadow, what do we do?" Shadow pulled his wife into a comforting hug,

"We pay Eggman a visit," While Knuckles was trying to comfort Tikal, Amy was consoling the man's wife,

"Rouge…Rouge please! Everything's going to be alright! They couldn't have just disappeared off of the planet-" Rouge glared at the pink hedgehog, her eyes red from sobbing,

"Pinky, something's off about this. Knuckie can't find them anywhere with the Master Emerald, and Shadow can't sense them! They're probably dead!" Amy slapped her in the face, tears now evident in her eyes as well,

"Don't you dare say that Rouge! Don't you dare! No one is dead! Don't jump to the most morbid conclusions!" The pregnant bat glared at the hedgehog through the film of water on her eyes,

"Do you think I want to proclaim my own son dead!?"

"I don't think that you have enough faith in everyone! While your gut feeling is telling you that something is off, my gut feeling is telling me that they're alive and well! So don't lose hope!" Tears still fell from the bat's eyes but she didn't say anything, "I'm going to call Sonic and Tails and see if they can help us look for them. Tails can cover more ground with the Colbalt Tsunami and with two of the fastest hedgehog's in the world, we should be able to find them. Plus we have the best hunters, the power of an entire kingdom if we need it and the Chaotix Detective Agency! With everyone on our side there's no way we won't be able to find them!" Amy said, determination fighting her tears. Rouge stood up shakily before giving Amy a hug,

"Thanks Pinky…I needed that…" Amy returned it,

"Its not a problem. We'll find them. I promise," And with those words, Amy whipped out her cell and dialed Tails' home number. She remembered Sonic telling her that he would be taking the kids to Tails house when she went to hang out with the girls. Tails picked up in two rings,

"H-Hello? This is Miles Prower speaking," Tails sniffled. Amy's ears fell,

"Tails? It's me Amy? Are you alright? Where's Sonic? I need to talk to him. Jem, Maria, Inca and Maya have gone missing!" Tails gasped, "I-I'll get Sonic right away!" Tails began to call for the blue hedgehog,

"S-Sonic! A-Amy's on the phone! Knuckles and Shadow's kids have gone missing!" Tails then covered the talking end of the phone so that Amy couldn't hear what he was about to say next, "S-Sonic w-what should I do? We can't just tell her about Rosy, Flash and Dash? Can we?" Sonic on the other hand was slumped on the couch. That was all he had been doing ever since he learned that his kids were in the past...or future.

"…She has to learn about it eventually…tell her I'll be right over…I don't want to tell her over the phone…" Tails went back to the phone,

"Sonic and I will be over in the Colbalt Tsunami in three minutes!" Amy huffed,

"Alright but please hurry! Rouge and Tikal are in pieces!"

"Will do Amy," Tails said before racing to Sun's room,

Only to see the room empty. Tails' eyes widened as he ran out of the room and around the house, calling out his daughter's name,

"Sun? Xavier? Where are you guys? This is important!" Tails ran back in the living room where Sonic was still slumped on the couch, "Sonic, I can't find Sun or Xavier! They're not in the house! And will you please get off that couch! We have to get to Angel Island!" Tails said with worry in his voice. Sonic's ears perked up, noting the fox's obvious worry.

"You keep looking for them Tails," I'll ready up the Tsunami," Sonic said as Tails nodded at him before racing back around the house.

"Kids! Where are you guys!"

Sonic raced outside, and was charging over to the garage, only to notice a piece of paper on it, marked, 'To Daddy!'

"Tails!" Sonic called out, "Tails I found something!" Tails was over in a speed that would make Flash jealous,

"What is it?" Sonic held out the piece of paper,

"It's a letter. I think it's from Sun and Xavier!" Tails snatched the letter from Sonic's hands,

To Dad,

I know that you taught us to take action, so Xavier and I are taking action! We have a plan to find Rosy, Flash and Dash! Our plan includes Maria, Jem and Lily so they're gonna be gone too! But don't worry! We'll be fine! And we'll be back with them before you know it!

Sincerely,

Sun and Xavier

Tails was obviously annoyed,

"Argh! Sun-why?" Tails was moaning as he clutched his head, "And Xavier? Didn't they know that we were working on it? Why did I teach them that phrase?" Sonic blanched,

"We have to get to Angel Island and tell them this!" Sonic nodded,

"Roger!" The two best friends ran for the garage and to the Colbalt Tsnumani. It was a hyper powered silver jet with blue stripes and 8 seats that ran on solar power and wind energy. It was equipped with state of the art technology and had a game console installed in it for the kids as well as a mini fridge filled with food for everyone to eat. The Colbalt Tsunami was also the plane with the best milage, so it could travel the farthest before it had to recharge. Tails had recently repaired it, once they had figured out that the kids were in the past/future.

Basically a high-tect RV with wings.

Tails jumped into the cockpit while Sonic grabbed onto the wing,

"READY SONIC?!" Tails called out. However, this ready stood for just more than the blue hedgehog's safety but also the preperation to face Amy with the truth about their kids.

"AS I'LL EVER BE LITTLE BUDDY!"

"ALRIGHT! WE'RE OFF IN T-MINUS 3…2…1…AND WE'RE OFF!" Tails shouted as the Colbalt Tsnuami rocked into the air. Sonic's grip was sturdy and soon he caught sight of the familiar floating island. Sonic gulped,

"As ready as I'll ever be…"

.:Fifteen Minutes Ago on Angel Island:.

"I can't stand this! I'd never thought I'd say this but Sonic and Tails are too slow! I'm gonna go to Egghead's right now and knock his block off!" Rouge said angrily. She turned to Amy,

"You coming with?"

"Of course!" Amy then brandished her hammer, which was now heavier and even more deadly than her tween years. Knuckles knocked his fists together and got his shovel claws,

"Honey are you sure this is a good idea-" She gave Knuckles the death glare,

"If you think that this baby is gonna stop me then your crazy Knucklehead," Knuckles sighed, knowing that he wouldn't be able to reason with her.

"He'll never see it coming!" Suddenly there was a bright flash of light. Silver appeared holding Blaze in his arms, both of them looking very distraught,

"Lily is gone." Blaze huffed as Silver put her down. Blaze had changed a lot over the past years. She had cut her hair short so it only hung over her shoulders and had forgone the royal Queen's outfit for an upgraded version of her guardians outfit. Instead of a red gem on her forehead, she had three golden ones. Silver's appearance was the same as his teenage years, except he was taller, his quills were longer and he had a golden crown on the top of his quills. His eyes were weary, and stress laden,

"Blaze!" Cream cried out as she went to hug her friend. Cream was in an orange shirt with blue jeans and white sneakers. Her hair had grown out to the mid of her back. Blaze returned the hug, albit stiffly.

"She was running an errand for the chefs but she didn't come to Self-Defence practice. The only thing left was a bag of groceries that she was delivering. There's a notice being sent all over the kingdom to find her." Tikal gave Blaze a hug and pulled away,

"We're in the same boat then. Jem, Maria and the twins have also gone missing!" Silver looked shocked,

"W-What? T-That's insane! Do you think its Eggman?"

"We were gonna go and storm his base right now!" Marine said as she cracked her knuckles, "Give 'em what for!" Over the years, Marine had become skilled in robotics and was able to create a metal sword that was able to shoot laser beams (Think Kid Icarus: Uprising's Crusader Blade). Blaze and Silver nodded,

"Shadow? Tikal? Are you in?" Rouge asked as she turned towards them,

Tikal shook her head, "I'll be with Cream, praying for everyone's safe return," Blaze angrily made a flame appear in her hand,

"Eggman's gonna pay big time for this…" Shadow gave Tikal a kiss on the forehead before everyone gathered around him,

"Chaos Control!"

Cream and Tikal gave each other worried glances as they each gave each other protective hugs,

"I hope that they're alright…"

"Us or the kids?"

"Both…" Tikal began to cry softly into the rabbit's hair as Cream stared out towards the sky,

Hurry up Sonic and Tails…we all need you...

A/N: Yeah, Yeah, this was supposed to be done in April :/ I know I know...The May update is coming soon okay! So think about getting two chapters for one month! Yay! Schools over for me in 36 days...not that I'm counting, LOL so maybe you'll begin to see more updates...or maybe until after my finals are over xD This next chapter is going to be sooo much fun! Well not for Egghead, but for me to write :D So…loved it? Hated it? Want me to improve? Drop a review!