It's time for the next chapter.

In the last chapter, Marine introduced Sonic and Tails to one of her friends, Setter the Koala. The next day, Marine crashed her boat to the point of no repair, and the place she got her building materials had been blocked off. Sonic blazed a trail, however, and got her some more items called Materials, which could be used to build pretty much anything.

Now the heroes are going to get the waterbike built, and their adventure begins.

Warning: If you have not beaten the game (or played it up to the point before the first level) and don't want any spoilers, then stop reading this story.

Chapter 3: The Adventure Begins

Sonic, Tails, and Marine had just acquired some blue and iron Materials for the waterbike that they were going to build. They found a place south of Windmill Village where the water was calm, and found an unused dock.

"What's with the dock?" Sonic asked.

"I used it as a holding point for my old boat. I used to ride around the island before you two came here." Marine told them.

"This would be perfect for the waterbike." Tails said.

Sonic gave Tails the material they had collected.

"Alright. What we have right now is enough, according to the book." Tails said, holding a blueprint of a waterbike. "This waterbike is called the Wave Cyclone. Let's get started. Sonic, Marine, help me out."

"No need, mate. Just watch this." Marine told Tails.

Marine took the materials and tossed them into the air, took the waterbike picture that Tails had come up with, and tossed it into the air, right in the middle of them. The materials sent out a light that appeared to copy the waterbike blueprints. A bright light appeared, blinding Sonic, Tails, and Marine. When it disappeared, a yellow-blue waterbike with handlebars and one seat was floating in the water near the dock.

"Whoa!" Tails exclaimed.

"That…was cool." Sonic said.

"I know. All you have to do to build a boat or ship is to draw a picture of what you want it to look like, then toss the required materials into the air, then toss the picture in the middle, and the materials will copy the picture and create the boat without any work." Marine explained.

"How do you know all this?" Tails asked. Marine just rolled her eyes.

"Because I've been doing the same thing for the past two years!" She snapped at him.

"Well, sorry." Tails apologized.

"It's amazing that you can make stuff like this out of materials." Sonic said.

"This is new to me, but Marine seems to know more about it. I'm sure she may be able to help us." Tails told Sonic. "But once you know how to do it, it's easy."

"So the more we gather, the better ships we can build." Sonic concluded.

"Enough with the chinwagging, you lot! Let's give it a whirl, eh?" Marine asked. Then she saw an island in the distance. "First, let's go explore that island."

"That one over there?" Tails asked.

"Yeah, that's right. I grew up always scratchin' my head over what's on that there island. It's the perfect starting place for my adventures." Marine said, excited.

"It's that island to the west of here, right?" Tails asked.

"Well, it's not that far, so it'll be a good test run for the waterbike." Sonic said.

"We may find some new Materials, right?" Tails asked.

"Maybe. But we won't find anything by standin' around 'ere, mates. Let's go! Here begin the adventures of Captain Marine! Orright! I can't wait!" Marine said, even more excited.

Sonic jumped on the waterbike and started it up while Tails and Marine stood on the dock.

"Don't worry about us, Sonic. I'll fly there with Marine." Tails called over the sound of the waterbike.

"But I want to ride the waterbike!" Marine said.

"But only one of us can fit on the waterbike, Marine." Tails told her. "And besides, I don't want anything to happen to this one. Remember what happened to the last one?"

Marine remembered. She understood.

"Oh, alright." Marine said, a little disappointed.

Sonic stepped on the accelerator, and the waterbike started to move. Tails took Marine's hand and started to fly up into the air.

"Hang on tight, Marine!" Tails said.

"No worries, mate!" Marine called back.

Sonic started to reach the waterbike's top speed while Tails flew quickly to keep up. The waterbike was going fast. It wouldn't take long to reach the island. After about five minutes, they saw a clearer visual of the island. It had some large mushrooms and other plants.

"I see the island!" Sonic called.

"Let's go!" Tails called back.

After a minute longer, the waterbike landed on the island. The area where they landed was a beach, but when they entered it for real, they saw the large mushrooms, trees with long branches, and some water.

"The jungle, ay? Oh, that's beaut." Marine said, bewildered at the sights.

"O…kay. The water's going to be a problem." Sonic said, a little nervous.

Tails, meanwhile, noticed Marine starting to walk away.

"Marine! Don't wander off by yourself!" Tails called. Marine stopped.

"Sonic, Tails, look! Don't these 'ere mushrooms look tasty? They're all over the place!" Marine exclaimed before walking off again.

"Hey, uh, Marine…!" Sonic began, but Marine cut him off.

"No worries, mate! No worries! I'll stick with cooee." Marine said. Sonic rolled his eyes.

"Man, she's hopeless." Sonic said, annoyed.

"At any rate, where are we, Sonic?" Tails asked. "I've never seen anything like this. I think we need to go out and gather some more information."

"Yeah, whatever." Sonic said, bored. "I just hope that we can find something here on this island. Hey, Marine! Come on, let's go!"

"Sonic, wait!" Marine said, tired. She had run back to them. "I just saw the keenest thing! Don't you want to hear about it?"

"No, not really." Sonic replied, still bored, plus kind of annoyed. But Marine wouldn't listen.

"'Course you do, mate! There's these mushrooms bigger than my house! The outside world outside has so much ace stuff in it! I'm having so much fun I'm nearly knackered!" Marine exclaimed.

"The world isn't just fun and games, Marine." Tails warned. "You've got to be careful, you kn…"

"Oh, hey, I have an idea!" Marine cut him off. "Why don't we call this 'ere place "Marine Island," ay? That way we can commemorate our arriving 'ere on our very first adventure."

"She's not listening…" Tails began.

"…to a word we're saying." Sonic finished. "Well, we're not getting anywhere just standing here, so we might as well explore."

With that, Sonic dashed off. He sped by Marine.

"Hey, wait up!" Marine called before following him. Tails sighed.

"Typical of Sonic running off like that." Tails muttered before taking off after them.

The island was more than they expected. There were three different paths for them to follow. Sonic had a path filled with loops and slopes, Marine's path had a bunch of large mushrooms that she kept bouncing off of, and Tails's path had a bunch of gaps that were perfect for flying over. Sonic looked to the path on his right and saw Marine bouncing off of the mushrooms.

"Whoa! I never knew those mushrooms could be bounced off of." Sonic said.

Marine looked over to Sonic's path and saw him going through a few loops and corkscrew vines.

"That path looks dizzy." Marine said, unsure of the path.

Tails looked over at both paths, and saw Sonic running through the loops and Marine bouncing off of the mushrooms.

"Well, at least those two are occupied." Tails said to himself.

Soon, they reached an area where the three paths merged into a clearing, and everyone reunited. The clearing had one long log platform that was laying on what seemed like unstable ground.

"Well, that was sweet!" Sonic said.

"Those mushrooms were bouncy. I want to go again." Marine said, excited.

"You two, this isn't time for fun and games." Tails told them both.

"Alright, calm down, Tails." Sonic said.

But there was no time to calm down. The trio suddenly felt a small quake from the ground. It sounded like something giant was coming, because the trees were shaking as well.

"W-What's going on?" Marine said nervously.

"Something's coming!" Sonic said.

Soon, something roared behind them. It was a large robotic T-rex. The robot was mainly a light yellow color, with green and light orange spots located on certain areas. The joints were gray to signal that it was a robot, and its eyes were a neon blue.

"What the…?" Sonic asked.

"A robot?" Tails wondered.

"It's coming this way!" Marine warned.

Marine Island: Ghost Rex

The T-rex started circling them, as if it were deciding on who to have for an appetizer. It looked at Tails and started to open its jaw to eat him. Tails quickly jumped out of the way, and the robot's heavy head weighted it down. Sonic saw a red button on its head.

"Try hitting that button!" Sonic called.

Marine got the first hit. She jumped and stomped on it, causing the robotic dinosaur to bring its head up. Everyone knew what they had to do now. If they could hit the head enough times, it would blow up. The robot T-rex decided to attack again, so it approached its first attacker, Marine, from the side.

"Marine, look out!" Tails called.

Marine looked over to the side only to find the robo-dino heading right for her. Sonic saw this, however, so he charged up a spin dash and launched at the robot, jumping a bit so he could hit the button. After hitting it, the T-rex didn't back down, so Sonic kept pushing into it, trying to hold it back. Soon, the T-rex had had enough and decided to back down, causing Sonic to fly off the edge. Because there was ground below, however, he was able to get back on the log. They had to stay on the log because they could reach the robot easily when it was vulnerable.

The robot decided to attack once again, so it brought its head down, only to have it get stuck again. Tails decided to attack it this time, so he flew up into the air, aimed his namesakes at it, and slammed them down on its head. This enraged the T-rex, causing it to stomp a few times. It then leaped into the air and came down, but the unstable ground combined with the force of the impact was too much, and the ground collapsed, revealing a cave of some sorts. The trio fell down along with the T-rex until they landed at the bottom. The T-rex got up and roared again, and the trio took it as a sign that it was pissed off.

"Now we've done it!" Sonic said.

"Get ready!" Tails called.

The T-rex started the second round by lifting its head high into the air, then stretching its neck so that when it came down, it would create a large shockwave. Sonic and Tails started moving to avoid it, but Marine just stood there.

"Hey, ya big meanie! Down here!" Marine taunted.

The T-rex slammed its head down, but Marine jumped out of the way in time, and the head got stuck again. Sonic started attacking again, this time from the top down. It wasn't long before the T-rex recovered. But Tails wouldn't allow that. He flew up to the T-rex's head and slammed his tails down on it several times. The T-rex went down, but didn't explode. Sonic had a plan, and quickly told Tails and Marine.

"Ready?" Sonic asked Tails and Marine.

"Ready!" They both replied.

Sonic started spinning into a ball, and Tails picked him up and flew into the air. He then dropped Sonic onto the red button, dealing some damage. As Sonic rebounded into the air, Tails picked up Marine and tossed her up right above Sonic. Marine then clasped her hands together, and spiked Sonic right into the T-rex's head, causing the button to shatter. They saw the robot flash a couple of times, which they took as a signal to get out of the way. After they started running, the T-rex was destroyed in a large explosion. From it, a bunch of green jewels started shooting out and landed all around Sonic, Tails, and Marine.

Ghost Rex: Annihilated!

Sonic, Tails, and Marine took a look at the green jewels that shot out of the robot.

"Hey, what is this?" Tails asked. Marine knew at once.

"This is more Material!" Marine exclaimed. She then took a look at the booklet she had brought along. "The book says this is Green Material. Can we now use this to build a sailboat?"

"Not yet. We still need some more Material." Tails told her.

They took as much as they could and started to exit the cavern by way of an opening that had been created when the robotic dinosaur was destroyed. Soon after they got out, they heard a rustle nearby in some bushes. They looked over in that direction.

"Who's there?" Sonic asked.

"What…? Is someone there?" A voice asked. Marine knew it.

"Ay, I know that voice!" Marine said.

Soon, another gray koala came out. He wore a green vest that was open down the center, a yellow straw hat, a green backpack with a roll-up tent, and the same brown sandals that Setter had worn.

"Oy, Marine, how are ya?" The koala asked.

"G'day, cobber! I haven't seen you in forever, mate!" Marine said.

"Cobber?" Sonic and Tails asked.

"Yeah. Tabby's a member of our village's youth association. We call it the Coconut Crew. Setter's a part of it as well." Marine told them.

"Yeah, well, anyway, fancy meeting you here. Are these your buddies?" Tabby asked.

"Yep! These blokes 'ere are my assistants, Sonic and Tails." Marine said as she introduced them.

"Assistants?" Sonic and Tails asked each other.

"Well, what are you doing in Plant Kingdom?" Tabby asked.

"Plant Kingdom?" The trio asked.

"Yeah. This island is called Plant Kingdom because of all the plants located here. Why?"

"Well, we named it Marine Island because we thought it was new." Marine explained.

"Yeah, well, anyway, let's go back to Southern Island." Tabby suggested.

After about five minutes, they were back in Marine's house.

"So, are you searching for Material?" Tabby asked.

"Too right! Tails 'ere says that he can build us a real beaut of a boat, mate!" Marine explained.

"Speaking of which, we really need to continue the search." Tails told them.

"In that case," Tabby began. "You might want to sail southwest of the Plant Kingdom. There's an island made up of machines. I believe it was called Machine Labyrinth."

"A machine island? We can probably get some Metal Material there, I bet!" Tails said.

"All right, then. Looks like we've got ourselves a new destination!" Sonic told them.

"Okay, time to launch, then. Let's mosey, you blokes!" Marine urged.

"Wow…she's really getting into the whole thing." Sonic said, in an annoyed voice.

"All the better for us to continue." Tails told him.

With that, the trio started heading outside to start up the Wave Cyclone.

End of Chapter 3.

Well, the Green Material has been found, and Sonic, Tails, and Marine have learned from Tabby about possible Metal Material at the Machine Labyrinth. What will they find there? Find out in the next chapter.

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