Another Aphrodite chapter! But I did say they would be important? So, what's going to happen?
"Ember," we all yelled. I ran over to him and scooped his head in my arms. "How did this happen? I thought…"
"I wanted to say I never had the guts to put the chip in you. I put it in myself, because Eggman said he would hurt all three of us if I never put a chip in somebody." He coughed. I looked over to Eggman.
"What will the chip do to him!" I felt tears trickling down my face. He couldn't die, I wouldn't let him. Eggman sat in silence, staring at what had happened.
"I…I don't know. There was poison sealed inside the chip and its set to go through the arteries and kill the host. " He cracked a smile, almost deviously. "And now it will only be easier to wipe you all out." And he flew away.
I saw a gloved hand go on Ember's chest. It was Amy. "Ember, this is all my fault. No, it's Sonic." Sonic put up his hands.
"What?" Amy got up and pointed her finger in between Sonic's shoulder blades.
"You told him to leave and that you worked 'too damn hard.' So I want you to apologize. There was nothing going on between us, and if you never had such a big head, maybe he would still stay alive." Amy shook her head ashamed. Sonic's face drooped with guiltiness.
"Ember, I'm so sorry. I never meant to get that mad. I think it was the chili dogs talking." He let out a light chuckle. "Can you forgive me, I don't want your last minutes to be thinking I hated you. I don't, I…"
"You're trailing off," Ember said weakly. And then his eyes closed. He was gone. I looked up, and so was Eggman. Boomer looked up, too and smiled.
"Bud, he's gone. And also, you are such a bad faker!" Boomer held out his hand and Ember opened his eyes and shot up holding his hand. Words couldn't describe how surprised I was
"What…How…You…HOW COME I DIDN"T KNOW?" Boomer and Ember looked and laughed. My face was as red as Ember's fur.
"Well, you want to tell her or shall I?" Boomer pointed at Ember, who nodded and continued. "There was a deletion chip, just not an effective one. You see, our geeky friend here," He pointed to Boomer.
"In case you didn't know, I'm that geeky friend." Ember punched his shoulder and shook his head.
"Eggman wanted to see us install it, but we came up to an agreement. Put it in me, and you. If he never watched. He stupidly agreed. But he wanted to still watch us."
"So I uninstalled the poison chamber locked in the heart of the chip when he wasn't looking, and we planned to trick Eggman this whole time!" Boomer added. "We only made him think there was one, because we knew a day like this would come."
"That still doesn't answer my question," I said calmly. "WHY THE HELL WAS I NOT INCLUDED?" Ember pushed his hands to calm me.
"We both knew that you were sort of a blabber mouth and you would have spoiled it. And besides, it funny as hell watching you get mad," He said between chuckles. This got snickers from everyone else, including my dad. I turned around.
"DAD!" I whined. He cleared his throat.
"I think it's about time we all go home." We all groaned.
"Or…" Sonic said. "We could go to the pool." Everyone cheered.
"TO THE POOL!" We all said.
_*_*_*_*Pool_*_*_*_*_
"Don't you just love the sunshine, Digger?" I turned over at the white echidna. His purple eyes were hidden behind black sunglasses.
"Could be better," He shrugged. I let out a puff of breath. I looked down at the ice cream I was holding. I wonder if he can see out of those things. I thought quick and smashed the ice cream in his face. Frosting, who was sitting on my other side, just burst out laughing with me? Digger was covered in melted pink and brown. All he did was smile.
"Well that's a first. What's with the…" He scooped me up and ran over to the pool. "SMILE," I yelled as he threw me into the crystal blue water. I floated to the bottom and groaned. He was so annoying…but kind of cute. I swam back up to the top. I looked over at Digger. Dripping, I stated, "I'm going to the bathroom. And I hate you," He smirked underneath his glasses.
I murmured to myself. "Annoying little…" I opened the small hallway door that led to the bathrooms and gasped silently. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Amy and Ember kissing.
"What the hell?" I couldn't help but whisper. My whisper turned into a yell, and they both looked at me with worried eyes.
