Chapter 2: Crashing into New Beginnings
POV: Trina
I was woken up by a thud outside. I sat up and rubbed my eyes. I quickly grabbed my helmet off my desk and placed on my head. I couldn't bare people seeing all of my face; I wasn't much to look at anyway. I got up and got half-dressed; I didn't bother putting the sleeves of my sweater on, so it was a tank-top that nearly passed my knees. I decided what I had went to bed in would do for under my shirt until I came back for my sleeves. I exited my room and went downstairs wondering if James had ever gone to bed. I had invited him to come sleep in my room with me, but he had claimed not to be tired, but I think he was just too shy to sleep with me.
Once I got downstairs I walked over to the door and peeked around the corner. I caught a glimpse of the sun rising and smiled at house nice it looked. I looked and saw the Raine girl from yesterday knocked out on the side of my shop. I guess she must have crashed. I sighed and went back inside. I wasn't going to go around and help every person who crashed while boarding. I only helped James because there was no board and I had seen an open window a few stories above him, so I guessed he was tossed out, I'm just glad he was okay. He had a nice body, but I doubt he thought as much about me, after I had pressed my tongue against his I think he started thinking I was weird. I walked upstairs and picked up my sleeves and pants. I didn't put them on, since I was going to take a shower. I went to the bathroom and opened the door. I walked in and laid my sleeves on the counter. I was about to get undressed when I heard someone clear their throat. I turned to see James stepping out of the shower with a towel around his waste. He had the hair dryer in his hand, so I guessed he was about to dry his fur. I blushed with my shirt half pulled up showing off my underwear and the base of my bra. I blushed and quickly pulled my shirt down.
"Oh my… I'm sorry, I should have knocked…" I couldn't help but look him over. He looked really nice, and he was soaking wet. I quickly picked up my clothes.
"It's fine" he said politely flipping on the dryer "You can do what you were doing" he continued, shutting his eyes "I won't spy on you" he promised. I blushed worse and shook my head. I got out of the bathroom and rushed to my room, my face red. I got fully dressed and then laid down on my bed with my pillow over my head.
POV: James
I finished drying my hair and threw on my scarf and goggles. I stepped out of the bathroom and went down the hall and knocked on the door Trina had told me was her room.
"Who is it?" she called out. I opened the door a crack.
"It's me" I announced. I walked over and sat on the foot of her bed. She was lying on her bed with her pillow over her head. "Are you okay?" I asked her.
"You must think I'm a total idiot now…" she told me. I patted her leg.
"No I don't, it could have happened to anyone, I'm sure I must have done that once of twice before" I assured her. She looked up me moving her pillow.
"Really?" she asked. I nodded to her and she leaned over to give me a hug. I hugged back shyly and she let go getting up. "I'm going to go take my shower now" she explained "If you want, there's food downstairs, oh, and could you check to see if that girl's still outside for me?" she asked. I nodded to her and she skipped out her door. I went downstairs and walked out the door. I looked around and saw Raine lying on the ground, blood coming off her face. I walked over and listened for a pulse. It was faint but there. I picked her up and brought her inside. I bandaged up her head and brought her to the living room and laid her on Trina's couch. As I did so Trina came down stairs, her hair was still dripping wet, but I couldn't tell the rest of her. I blushed faintly and looked over at her.
"She was wiped out bleeding, so I thought we should at least stop the bleeding" I explained. She seemed to gasp.
"I didn't see any blood earlier" she told me "Oh my god, I was just going to leave her there until she woke up" she admitted. I shrugged
"She was the one who wiped out, it wasn't you fault" I assured her. I can't tell, but I think her eyes started to water. She rushed over and hugged me closely.
"You've been so understanding towards me" she cried "no one has ever treated me this well." Her tears streamed onto my chest as I hugged her back. I rubbed her back comfortingly, in hopes to calm her down. She looked up at me. Suddenly she reached up and kissed me softly. I blushed terribly as my eyes widened. She pulled away and looked away. "I'm sorry…" she cried.
"It's alright" I assured her as she released me. She smiled at me wiping away her tears.
"Thanks for being so understanding" she said smiling.
"It's what friends are for" I assured her. She giggled and blew a kiss at me.
"Maybe we should go eat now" she teased. I nodded chuckling and we headed into the kitchen.
POV: "Raine" the Hedgehog
I slowly opened my eyes for what seemed a couple of hours, or maybe a couple of days. I turned over a little and looked around. I noticed I was in the board shop, but I didn't know how I got onto this couch. I looked towards a wall and noticed the blue hedgehog and the girl I saw earlier. I went to move, but got a sharp pain in my leg and fell back down on the couch. I stretched a little and felt a sharp pain in my left arm and left leg now. I yelped in pain and closed my eyes. I heard a voice coming from the kitchen,
"Well, I guess she's awake" I heard the blue hedgehog say. I opened an eye and looked over at him,
"You talking about me in there?" I said, pouting. The blue hedgehog walked over to me and smirked,
"Yes we were talking about you in there" he replied. I stared at him, suddenly getting a flashback of me with James the hedgehog. When I came back from my flashback, I pointed a finger at him,
"I remember you! You're James the Hedgehog and I loved you! And my name…my name is Jenn the Hedgehog! Jet was right…ow" I exclaimed. James looked at me strangely and slowly backed away,
"Think someone hit their head a little too hard" he said, looking over at the other girl. I shook my head,
"No really! Listen to me…I'm not crazy!" I began to explain what had happened to me (see the Sonic files). He whispered something to the other girl, but I didn't know what he said. She nodded and ran upstairs. A few minutes later she came back down and I heard sirens outside. I jumped a little and looked at James, "What are those?" I asked him.
"Ambulance" he said simply. I shook my head and tried to get up,
"No way, no how am I going to a HOSPITAL!" I exclaimed, trying to get away. James sighed and handed me what looked like a skittle,
"Here…eat this" he said to me. I took it and ate it. A few minutes everything went dark. When I woke I was in a hospital bed with a cast on my arm and leg. I sighed and looked up at the TV and saw a news report about a rampaging hedgehog. I looked closer and noticed it was Neo rampaging. I shook my head and flipped the channel and it was now Eggman talking about some space mission. I sat up and decided I wanted to go on this "space mission." I grabbed my crutch and hopped out of the hospital on one leg and made my way to Eggman's base.
When I got there, I noticed James, Trina, Sonic, Shadow, Tails, Wave, and Knuckles standing before Eggman. I hopped over and exclaimed, "I want to join this space mission!" Eggman looked over towards me,
"Well I guess we have our last person…alright pack your things and get ready to go tomorrow!" he said. I looked down at myself,
"Uh…this is all I have as far as I know" I blushed. Everyone looked at me and Eggman sighed,
"Alright then. Let's go now seeing everyone already has their things…" he said, going towards the rather large spaceship. We all followed him in and took our seats in the spaceship.
POV: Jet the Hawk
I slowly opened my eyes and noticed Jenn was missing. I sat up and saw Storm coming in. I looked over at him, "What are you doing here?" I asked him. He panted and held onto his chest,
"Wave…dumped…me…" he panted. I raised a brow at him, shaking my head,
"You and Wave were dating…why wasn't I informed of this?" I asked him. He finally caught his breath and answered,
"Well it was a secret, but now that she dumped me I'm telling everyone in the whole wide world!" he replied. I shook my head and got up, putting my goggles on and grabbing my board,
"Come on you babbling idiot…let's go find Jenn and Wave…" I simply said, heading out door, Storm trailing on his board behind me.
POV: Trina
I sat beside James as we pulled on our safety belts. I looked at him and held his hand. I was a bit worried we wouldn't return to Earth, since the aliens could have just set a trap for us. When I took his hand James looked at me and seemed to blush faintly. I blew a kiss to him as the space ship took off. I squeezed James' hand as we got air born. I shut my eyes and prayed. When I opened them everyone was okay. I turned to the window and saw that we were now in space. The view was beautiful. I undid my belt and floated over to the window. I turned and saw James float over to a small button. He pressed it and suddenly the gravity of the ship kicked in and I landed gracefully. He walked over to me smiling. I blushed a bit and hugged him. I had fallen for him, but I didn't want to tell him, but I guess he knew, I wasn't very hard to figure out. I looked up at him and he smiled back at me.
"James, do you think that we'll ever be more then friends?" I asked him. His face turned as red as a cherry. He turned away, trying to hide his blush. I giggled and rubbed his side "You're so cute when you blush" I teased. He stuck his tongue out at me quickly, so I couldn't press mine against it.
"I don't know yet" he admitted, trying not to make eye contact. I smirked and tickled his sides. He struggled trying to get away, so I stopped and he turned away crossing his arms, almost pouting.
"I'm sorry" I said shyly "I've never had a friend like you before" I told him. He smiled at me and kissed my cheek. I giggled. Even though he was really kissing the mask built into my helmet, I still felt his warm lips against my skin. I liked it. I blushed, and the mask revealed it. I looked away as he rubbed my back.
"Its okay" he assured me. I stuck my tongue out at him playfully. He chuckled and petted my head. I longed to curl up to him and have him stroke my hair, but I'd have to take off my helmet to do that. I looked at him.
"I'm going to my room for a bit" I told him. He nodded and walked me to my room. I walked in and laid down on my new bed. It was comfy. I wondered if James would come lay with me tonight. I blushed picturing his warm body lying up against mine all through the night. I crossed my legs thinking about it bit my lip. I'd never done anything with anyone and I had never 'explored myself' as my health teacher explained it. I sighed and decided now was not the time, nor the place. I shut my eyes and let myself rest a little while.
POV: James
I wondered down the hall to my room and leaned against the window sill. I sighed and thought of who I might have been before I lost my memories. I guess I would never know the truth. I stared out into space and thought of everything I could remember. I day dreamed of Trina. She was a nice girl, she was pretty, but she was a bit childish, of course that also meant she was playful. I thought about her question, but soon realized I was being watched. I looked to my left and saw Jenn starring at me.
"Yes?" I asked her.
"Hi" she squeaked "How are you?"
"Fine…" I replied plainly.
"That's good" she said. Suddenly she wrapped her arms around me hugging me. I cleared my throat motioning her to get off. She didn't get the hint.
"Please let go" I told her. Instead she leaned up and kissed my cheek then giggled letting go
"Okay, fine, but do you mind if I stay here?" she asked playfully. I scolded at her
"Yes, I do mind…" I grumbled.
"I promise I'll be quiet" she pleaded. I shook my head and coughed. "Please, I promise I will" she begged again. I sighed and looked back out the window.
"Fine…" I groaned.
"Thank you Jamesykins" she teased. I sighed starring off into space. The starts were beautiful. I heard papers flipping behind me, so assumed she started to read.
"Why don't you go read somewhere else?" I asked her.
"I'm not reading, I'm looking through OUR old photo album" she replied. I sighed and resumed staring off into space. "Here's a funny one" she announced. I shifted my eyes to my right as she waved a picture of Shadow holding a sign that read 'Homeless and Uneducated' with most of the letters backwards or upside down. She then flashed me another one of a demonic looking Shadow with a sign that read
Dear Knuckles
I froze myself so that you can warm me up again ;)
-Shadow.
"And here is my most favorite one" she said showing a picture of the two of us holding each other. I looked at the picture, then remembered looking in the mirror earlier and shook my head. I realized she had me confused with someone else. Their quills had shorter streaks then me and had no red streaks around his eyes. He also had blue eyes with no pupils, while I had red eyes with pupils. I decided I should probably let her know.
"That's not me" I informed her.
"What?" she asked looking at the picture. I knew she wouldn't notice the streak length or the missing eye streaks.
"I have red eyes, he has blue eyes with no pupils" I explained.
"Then, who are you and what did you do with James?" she screamed. I shook my head.
"I am James the hedgehog, this is obviously some other hedgehog with a similar 'J' name, like Jamie or Jeremy" I told her "You must have remembered the wrong name" I told her. She shook her head
"No his name was James" she insisted. I sighed and cleared my throat
"Well the fact is he isn't me, now please get out of my room and stop kissing and hugging me" I told her agitated. She looked at me
"Okay… Thanks for saving me back there" she said. I thought for a moment, then realized she meant from her accident.
"No problem" I assured her. She put her hand out and I shook it. She turned to the door and left
"See you around" were her last words. I stretched and decided I needed some rest. I went over to my bed and laid down. I tried to sleep, but whenever I was near sleep, I felt a sharp headache wake me again. After a few tries I decided I couldn't sleep and I should go see Trina. I got up and went down the hall to her room and knocked on the door.
"Who's there?" she called out.
"It's me' I answered.
"Come in" she replied. I opened the door and walked in, shutting the door behind me. She was lying down, but had sat up, holding herself up with her elbows to look over at me. I walked over and sat at the foot of her bed. "What's up?" she asked me. I sighed
"I can't sleep" I said plainly. She crawled over and sat beside me.
"Why not?" she asked "can't stop thinking about me?" she teased. I smirked at her comment and shook my head.
"No," I assured her "I keep getting a pain in my head" I admitted.
"Aww, poor baby" she said sweetly. I felt myself blush terribly. She had never called me 'baby' before. She hugged me and kissed my cheek and I felt like I was about to melt in her arms. She let go then laid down and patted the bed for me to come lay with her. I laid down beside her and she wrapped her arms around me holding me closely. She looked into her eyes and then we both looked away blushing. She rubbed my side I suddenly felt dreamily content. I cuddled up to her and fell asleep in her arms. As I slowly fell asleep, I almost could have sworn I heard Trina say "I love you James".
POV: Jenn the Hedgehog
I slowly and quietly headed towards my room, thinking about what James had said. Was it true that he really wasn't James? Or is he just trying to pull my leg? I sighed and sat down on my bed, deciding whether or not I should get some sleep since I had been up all night. I sighed and laid down on the bed, trying to fall asleep. After a few attempts I gave up and went to look out the window. I was starting to think when I was suddenly interrupted by a small green thing jumping onto my window (Gremlins anyone?). I jumped a little and fell backwards, screaming at the top of my lungs. I slowly moved backwards with my only mobile arm and tried to escape as the creature made a whole with its nail and crashed through my window. I covered my face and was suddenly lifted off my feet by a cloaked figure and all the creatures dispersed. I looked around to thank the cloaked figure, but he disappeared. I blinked and limped towards the group that was huddled in the middle of the ship,
"Uh…what happened here?" I asked them, standing before them. Eggman stood before me, crossing his arms over his chest,
"Clearly we've been attacked by these aliens that obviously don't want us around. No matter, we must return to earth before this happens again. Everyone, get into your seats and we will go back…" he began. I nodded and sat down back in my seat, closing my eyes and hoping this would all end soon.
When I opened my eyes we were finally back on earth. I sighed in relief and got up, hopping off the ship. I hopped off towards the town, hoping I could find somewhere to rest for a while. I sighed happily and saw a bench and sat down. I looked over towards the western part of town and noticed Neo walking down with a girl that looked oddly like the girl and the guy I met. I frowned and hopped over to them,
"Hi Neo…who's this?" I asked, pointing to the girl. He grinned and put an arm around the falcon,
"Oh, this is Pepper. I met her while I was rampaging around the town. Listen, I love you and everything Jenn, but I think we should see other people. You love James and all and I respect that. We can still be good friends and go get lunch sometime. I mean, if that's ok with you" he said, blushing faintly. I stared at him in disbelief,
"Who are you and what did you do with Neo?" I asked, pulling a gun out of my pocket and pointing it at him. I heard a familiar voice from up above,
"Oh calm down Jenn, give the poor man a break" the familiar voice said. I looked up and saw a familiar blue and red hedgehog dressed in the green muscle shirt and blue baggy pants. I gasped and realized who it was,
"JAMES!" I exclaimed, hopping towards the building. He jumped down in front of me and smirked,
"Did you miss me?" he asked, holding his arms out to me. Tears filled my eyes and I fell into his arms, sobbing softly. "Aww c'mon…no crying or I'll have to kiss you" he teased, holding me close to him. I looked up and wiped my eyes with my free arm,
"Where were you all this time? And who was that hedgehog that look almost like you?" I asked him. He let go of me and clapped his hands together,
"Ok, let me explain. You see. Dr. Eggman had originally created the Shadow Clone Alpha aka SC-1 who took the code name James. Now, after his first adventure where he had a little bit of a romance with Amy, he had disappeared and no one knew where he was. Now when I came to earth as Symbiote Blue, I copied his form because it was the most powerful one on the planet at the time. Now, during the time of early events (see Sonic Files) when I went 'missing' in those woods I had in fact gotten knocked out and put in a tube and the original SC-1 was given all of my memories and returned to earth. Now, no one originally noticed the difference because he couldn't see himself before he screwed up his memory chip. After that, I was in space and returned to Star-Ci to be re-informed about my powers. After which I returned to here and explained what happened" he explained, a large smirk on his face. I smiled slightly, looking down at the ground,
"Umm…seeing you no longer have Rouge and I no longer have Neo…do you want to try, you know…dating?" I asked him. He paused for a minute and then pulled out his cell phone, dialing a number,
"Yea, hello, Rouge? Yea" and he muttered a bunch of things I didn't catch and finally hung up after a few minutes, sighing, "Alright, I'll give you a shot" he said, putting the cell phone in his pocket. I smiled and hugged him, pressing my lips against his,
"I love you so much James" I exclaimed, holding onto him tightly. He smirked and kissed me back,
"So, um. Do you want to go give me my welcome back present now?" he asked. I giggled and nodded, but remembered I didn't know whether or not I had a house or not. I looked up at him and blushed,
"I don't know if I have any place to go to now…I mean I lost my memory and just recently got it back…" I tried to explain. He chuckled,
"Oh don't worry. I'm Strike will lend us a room" he grinned, wrapping an arm around me and leading me off down the road, leaving Neo and Pepper behind.