Well you think that you can take me on,
you must be crazy.
There ain't a single thing you've done,
that's gonna phase me.

Everyone was busy doing their part in working on the Blue Typhoon. Tyler didn't want it to seem too much like work, so he got out Jerred's CD player. Knuckles argued that since he was letting them borrow the Master Emerald, he should get to pick the song. No one fought against him as he picked a song out. He went through Tyler's CDs, and found the song Get Off My Back by Bryan Adams.

Oh, but if you want to have a go,
I just want to let you know,

Everyone had their own job. Knuckles, Jerred, Muctarr, and Sonic's jobs were to bring parts over to Tails and Tyler, who were busy tuning up the battleship. Knuckles and Jerred finished their job quickly, and were soon having a strength contest. Tails had to show Tyler exactly what to do, since he had no clue what to do. Amy, Cream, and Kristen were sent out to get some supplies for the long trip, like food and stuff. Cosmo and Angelique didn't have to really do anything. Everything was already being taken care of, so they just watch everyone else work and listen to the music.

Get off my back and into my game.
Get out of my way and out of my brain.
Get outta my face or give it you best shot.
I think it's time you better face the fact,
get off my back.

Tyler was busying connecting wires together, exactly what Tails ordered him to do. All he had to do was connect two wires together, but since he really didn't want to do anything else, he was pretending that it was taking him awhile.

You know it's all just a game that I'm playing.
Don't think that you can't find a way in,
that's what I'm saying.

Tyler then heard some giggling as he faced over again towards the girls. Cosmo and Angelique were both laughing at Jerred and Knuckles, who had both dropped all the stuff they were lifting all over them. For some reason, his eyes became fixed on Angelique, and for awhile, all he was doing was looking at her, before a voice snapped him out.

"What are you doing?" asked Tails from behind. Tyler jumped, startled as he grabbed his chest.

"Oh, hi Tails. I uh… was just fixing these wirings like you told me!" he sorta lied.

Tails cocked an eyebrow. "Yeah, but you were staring off over there." He pointed over to where Cosmo and Angelique were sitting.

"Oh, uh… I, uh… thought I saw something on the wall over there. But it was just my imagination." He nervously laughed after saying that, leaving Tails even more confused.

"O…kay, well, after you finish up here, I need you up in the control room, alright?"

Tyler gave a thumbs up. "You got it." Tails smiled as he walked off, leaving Tyler alone to finish his work. He quickly finished, and headed off for the control room after Tails. Right before he left, he found himself looking back over to the girls, and back to Angelique, which he immediately stopped himself.

'What the heck is going on?'

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Tyler made it up to the control room, where Tails was already seated, typing in commands into the main computer system. From the control room, the music could barely be heard. Tails turned around when Tyler entered.

"Hey, listen, I got another job for you."

Tyler forced a smile on his face. "Great…"

Tails laughed at Tyler's face. "Don't worry. It's nothing hard."

Tyler sighed in relief. "Oh thank god…"

"All you need to do is tell everyone to get anything they're taking on this trip packed and ready to go. We should be leaving in a couple of hours."

Tyler gave another thumbs up. "Can do!" He exited the control as Tails turned back around to the controls. He back into the rooms with the others, as Knuckles and Jerred were placing everything that they used for the contest back where it belongs.

"Hey, guys. Tails said that if you have anything that you wanted to take on this trip, that you should go get it packed and on the ship now," said Tyler.

Knuckles shrugged. "Well, since the Master Emerald's already on the ship, I have nothing else to pack."

Sonic also shrugged. "I got nothing else, either."

"I guess I'll go get my soccer ball," said Muctarr, heading for the door. Jerred was following after.

"Yeah, I guess I need to pack my guns. And I need to get my Extreme Gear, too."

As they left, Cosmo and Angelique turned to Tyler. "What's an Extreme Gear?"

"It's like a board that floats in the air," answered Tyler.

"How does it float in the air?" asked Cosmo.

Sonic sighed. "Well, as Tails puts it," Sonic took a deep breath, "according to the Kutta-Joukowski Lift Theorem, the control surface flow is balanced by the inverse kinetics of the… Hey, you guys alright?" He noticed that everyone was holding there heads in pain, and Tyler was gripping his head real hard.

"So many words… Too many words…" he muttered.

"Ah, don't be such a baby!"

"Well, anyway, I gotta go. If we're packing stuff, I need to get my stuff from my room," stated Tyler.

"What are you bringing?" asked Angelique.

"Just the essentials, video games, movies, TV, DVD player, and my pizza-making kit."

"That sounds like a little bit more than essentials…" said Sonic.

"Well, they're essential to me!"

Angelique put her hands behind her head. "Well, what are we to do? We're getting bored her!"

"Well, you got two choices. You can either go see if you can help the girls with their shopping, or you can help Tyler pack his… essentials," said Sonic.

"I think I'll go help the girls," said Cosmo.

"I think I might go with Tyler. He might need the help. What do you say, Tyler?" said Angelique.

"Uh… it's okay with m-me." Tyler walked out the door, as Angelique and Cosmo followed. When they were outside, Cosmo went off to find the girls while Tyler and Angelique headed for Tails's house.

---

As they walked, there was a long, awkward silence. They were about half-way home when Angelique broke the silence.

"Hey, you mind me asking something?"

Tyler shrugged. "Shoot."

"What really happened to your parents?"

Tyler stopped in his tracks, taken aback by the question. "What? It's like Tails said, I don't know!"

Angelique stopped too. "I think you do. When we were talking about it earlier, for one, you wouldn't look at anyone, and two, you were a little too quick to change the subject."

Tyler went to say something, but couldn't really get anything else out to defend himself. All he did was nod and say, "You're good." Tyler then gave out a long sigh.

"Alright, look. If I tell you, you have to promise me that you won't tell anyone, especially Tails. Got it?"

Angelique hand her hand up. "I promise."

"Okay. Well…" Tyler started to go into the horrid details from what happened, from the capture all the way to his parents being turned into robots by Eggman. Angelique was in shock when she heard the part about the roboticizing-part.

"What happen after that?"

Tyler's head dropped, as he stared at the ground. "I ran. I escaped from the robot's grasp and ran. sniff Just like a coward would…" Tyler was on the verge of tears, but he was holding them back.

Angelique put her hand on his shoulder. "Don't say that. You were just a kid. There was nothing you could have done. But what I don't understand is why you haven't told Tails. Why haven't you?"

Tyler's sobs decreased. "Because… I don't want to hurt him. I don't want to crush that little bit of hope he has left. Besides, there is still a chance that they're still out there…sorta. Look, just make sure to keep this quiet. Please?"

"I will."

Tyler looked up to her face. "Thanks."

"No prob. See, isn't it better that you finally got it out?"

"I guess… Come on, we need to hurry over to Tails's house so I can get packed."

"Okay. Hey, can I ask you something else?"

They started walking again. "Nothing's stopped you yet."

"Why did you just tell me all this? You could have just kept denying it."

"Well, something told me that you would keep asking… Now, c'mon! We don't want to miss our flight!"

Angelique laughed. "Alright." They both hurried off to Tails's house.

'But that was a good question... Why did I just tell her? It's like... I feel comfortable around her. What the deuce?'

---

"They should be able to leave the planet. Go stop the building process of their spacecraft. Do not leave any survivors."

At the edge of the atmosphere, a giant Meterax had just received its orders from its leader. The robot began to move towards the planet, preparing to carry out its mission.

Back on Mobius…

Amy, Cream, and Kristen were walking their way back to the ship, carry their bags in tow up the hill. The each had a bag in each hand, and Amy even had a backpack on.

"Well, that's everything. Now, just to get everything on…" said Amy. They stopped walking when they saw Cosmo walking up.

"Hey, Cosmo, what are you doing?" asked Kristen.

"I came to see if you needed any help with the bags," she replied.

"Well, we have it under control but if you want to help…" said Amy. Amy handed one bag to her, and Cream did also. It was one bag too many, as she was struggling to hold them up.

"Are you sure you got that?" asked Cream.

"I… got it," said Cosmo. She started to lose her balance, and she started rolling down the hill. Everyone gasped as they saw her roll all the way down the hill.

"She don't got it," said Kristen.

Cosmo finally stopped rolling when she reached the bottom of the hill. The items in the bags she was carrying had spilt out on the grass.

The others girls had ran down the hill to check on her. "Are you okay?" asked Kristen.

"Just fine," she stated.

Suddenly, a giant shadow moved across the ground. Everyone looked up, only to gasp in horror. It was the Meterax, and it had just flown over them. It crash-landed about a mile from the site of Tails lab, where the Blue Typhoon was.

"A Meterax…" said Cosmo.

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Okay, I know I've been saying that my chapters would be longer, and this one was supposed to go all the way through episode 54 but I knew that you all might grow impatient, so I'm posting what I have now.

But don't worry. Next chapter will be the rest of ep. 54 and all of ep. 55. It might take longer, but oh well…