I don't have much to say here… Except that I have a lack of fan character applications. I decided to split Samuel's backstory into more than 2 parts, maybe 3 or 4, i dunno. Those applications can be in the form of a review, or a PM, I don't really care, I should get it either way, so… Go for it.

Song: Tornado & Scramble ...for Sky Chase - Sonic Adventure

Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles chased after Eggman.

"We won't catch up to him on foot. I'll call in the Tornado II!" Tails yelled.

"Good call, buddy!" Sonic said. "Why're you being so quiet, Knuckles?"

"I can feel it. Doctor Eggman has Master Emerald Shards!"

Sonic and Tails gasped. "He he. Then I guess it's time to crack this Eggman wide open!" Sonic saw the TOrnado II about to fly right into them. "Ah! Jump!" They hopped into the plane, and Sonic and Knuckles stared at Tails.

"Sorry. I'll have to upgrade it's autopilot systems.

Song: Tornado & Scramble ...for Sky Chase - Sonic Adventure

Sonic and Knuckles stood on the wings of the Tornado II.

"Drop everything and fight us like a man, Eggman!"

"You know what they say…" Eggman pushed a button, and a bunch of bird-like robots were released from a capsule flying next to him. "... the more the merrier!"

"Dang!" Sonic said. "All those robots and not a blue hedgehog to destroy them! Oh wait!" Sonic jumped off the plane and spin balled into one robot, and bounced back to the Tornado. "Knuckles, give it a go!"

"I'm not as reckless as you, hyperactive moron!" Knuckles yelled.

"Knuckles, you take the blasters!" Tails yelled.

"Got it!"

Remember how I said a while ago that I was writing the whole chapter together? Well… this was the result in chapter 9. I was so focused on story, that I decided I would just do level stuff for Sonic's section. Then I went and wrote Chapter's 10 and 11 ahead of time, and there's nothing but Sky Chase even possible between now and then, because the first thing they do in Chapter 10 is get on Eggman's battle ship. Well… There's the Chaotix, but I have them scripted doing boring stuff that we'll find out about later, so this is all I have to offer you. But hey, my chapters for Sonic Chaotix were always shorter and less story driven, so at least this is consistent.

As I said, I have the final two chapters written, but I'm trying to decide if I should post them as is, post them together, or post them as one, long, continuous chapter. Chapter 10 ended up being 13 pages, 4002 words, while chapter 11 is only 7, 1859. (I just realised that that's all together, not separated into three sections, but chapter 9 altogether is 10 pages and 2979 words. Quite a bit less than Chapter 10, but more than Chapter 11) That's not even the reason I'm thinking about this. Just something I decided to look at. The real reason I'm trying to make this decision is just because I think it would be epic to have a super long chapter, but now that I look at it, the super long chapter is the penultimate chapter, rather than the final one, which strikes me as a bit odd.