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Chapter 2-Meet Jack
How could Espio keep a secret like that from everyone? Sonic thought to himself as he leaned closer to get a better look. As Sonic moved he accidentally kicked a pebble down the spiral staircase. The noise caused the red chameleon to spin around.
"What was that?" exclaimed the red chameleon in alarm. "Were you followed?"
"I don't think so" replied Espio.
"We must find out" said Espio's brother with worry in his voice. "If you were then they must not leave this cave alive".
I'm screwed! Thought Sonic as the two chameleons split up and become invisible. Suddenly an invisible gloved hand was brought up against Sonic's mouth to stop him calling out. As Sonic struggled against his unseen assailant he imagined that at any moment a katana would be slid into his back.
"It's ok" whispered Espio as he de-camouflaged. "It's me".
"You scared the shit out of me" Sonic hissed.
"I'm sorry Sonic but I can't let Jack find you" said Espio quietly. "Jack is a really nice guy when you get to know him but right now he'll kill you without mercy".
"See you back at the campsite Espio" said Sonic obviously wanting to get away. Sonic was just about to run away when a piece of metal was pushed against his neck. Sonic looked down and saw that the piece of metal was actually a blade. He also saw that the blade's handle was being held by a red and grey gloved hand witch belonged to a certain very angry chameleon.
"How dare you spy on us!" roared Jack as he pushed Sonic up against the wall with his katana. "Give me one reason why I shouldn't kill you now".
"My friends are camping nearby" said Sonic as calmly as he could. "If I'm not back in half an hour they'll come looking for me". Jack pondered this for a moment.
"How will I make sure you stay silent?"
"Well if Espio can keep a secret this big from his friends then so can I" blurted Sonic. Jack stared at Sonic in surprise for a moment before glaring at Espio. It took Sonic a second to realise that Espio had not told his brother about the Chaotix.
"Why Espio?" asked Jack sadly.
"I did it for you I did it for us" cried Espio. "I can't have you live your life in a cave"
"I had nowhere to go!" yelled Jack.
"But you do now" said Espio softly. "Come with me, I have very understanding friends and I'm sure they'll like you"
A look of conflict came across Jack's face as he thought. Jack sighed and released Sonic from the wall. "Alright, I'll come".
Twenty minutes later and they were all back at the campsite. Although Jack came with Sonic and Espio he insisted he remain camouflaged until he was ready.
"Hey you guys" said Amy cheerfully. "What took you so long?"
"Well it's kind of a long story" replied Sonic. Before he could continue the sound of clanking gears and growling motors filled the air around them. Suddenly a squad of Grounders, Buzz Bombers and Skorps burst out of the surrounding foliage and moved in.
"It's an ambush!" shrieked Tails as the assorted robots started their attack.
To be continued……..
By the way if you havn't played the 16-bit games then you probably don't know what the robots I'm talking about look like. Later.
