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"When I get my hands on you two. You won't come out even for a chilidog factory!" Sonia cried as she continued to chase her two brothers.
"Pick up the pace, bro. She's gaining!" Sonic said, yards ahead of his brother.
"Hey, not all of us were born with super sonic speed!" Manic said, struggling to keep up with brother but keep ahead of his sister at the same time.
"What is going on out here?" Shelby asked, opening the door to the medical room.
She barely had enough time to get out of Sonic's way as he ran past.
"What in the world?" She asked.
"Gain way!" Manic cried, running past.
"What's going on here?" Shelby asked, seeing Sonia running past. "On second thought…"
"What is going on out there?" Shadow asked.
"You got me." Shelby said with a shrug.
"Sounds like they're playing." Nova said, peeking out.
"That, or running for the sakes of their fur." Shelby said.
"What does that mean?" Nova asked.
"It means Sonia is pretty ticked off at them." The blue hedgehog said.
"I hope they don't get hurt." Tune said, grabbing onto Nova's leg.
"Don't worry, I'm sure everything is going to be just fine." The yellow hedgehog said, scooping up the white one.
There was the sudden sound of wood splitting.
"Oh, that HAD to hurt!" Shelby said, cringing.
"What happened?" Shadow asked.
"I think they crashed into some wooden crates." Shelby said.
"Should we do something?" Nova asked.
There was a sudden blue gust of wind holding something green, a pink tornado following close behind.
"I take that back." Nova said.
"Wise choice." Shelby said. "Besides, they're probably just going to tire themselves out and go to bed after a while."
"What makes you say that?" Nova asked.
"I have friends just like them." Shelby said. "Get Pyro, Oscar, or Flame to start fighting with one of them and it'll go on for a while. Sooner or later, they'll get bored and end it. I've seen it before."
"If you're sure." Nova said, watching them run like heck around a corner.
"I haven't seen anyone run like that since Kiabutsu nearly destroyed Ohu." Shelby said.
"Kai-whatsu?" Tune asked.
"Kaibutsu, Tune." Shelby corrected. "A terrible monster that was going to destroy a paradise located in the twin mountain pass of Futago Pass. He hid in the strong hold of a demon bear known as Akakbuto, defeated years ago, by a group of brave mobians."
"I've heard that legend!" Nova said. "Are you saying that it's true?"
"As true as the blue fur on my spines." She said.
"Gin and Gajou too?" Nova asked.
"As true as Shadow's attack." Shelby said with a shrug.
"How'd the story go?" Shadow asked.
"You might want to take a seat, this is one LONG story." Shelby said, hearing a crash come from somewhere down the hall.
Meanwhile…Double D found himself staring up at the ceiling of his quarters. He couldn't get to sleep. Too much was racing through his mind but it all had to do with one topic: How did he get the Medallion of Music implanted in his forehead? Ever since he was a child, he had it there, unmoving. He had some interest in his medallion and Sonic's. They could be connected. When he first saw the Royal Hedgehog Medallion, he was shocked to see that it looked so much like the one on his head. His parents asked doctors about it but there was no way they could safely remove the object. So his parents took a daring step: hiding it from the world, in fear he would be made fun of because of it. But then that terrible day last summer when it happened, Eddy and Ed saw it. When they tied his hat to a lamp hanging from the ceiling. He had let go for merely a second and his hat popped off. They took it better then most people would have, he still panicked. He pulled his hat back on. He warned them that he would never speak to them again if they told anybody. Eddy had once threatened to tell that it was there, making him go along with his ridicules plan.
"I can't believe it." He whispered under his breath. "I've had this…thing implanted into me for years and I've never known a thing about it. But Nova suddenly tells me all about it. I hold an object of another world. I've had something from this world for YEARS and never even known about this world!"
The sound of splitting wood could be heard again. The last thing Double D wanted to do was get involved.
"OUT OF MY WAY!" Manic's voice could be heard from down the hall.
"WATCH OUT!" Sonic cried.
"GET BACK HERE!" Sonia screamed.
A sonic boom could be heard just outside Double D's room. Whatever the problem was it had to be BIG.
"What is going on out there?" Double D asked.
He slowly opened the door and peeked out. Three blurs ran right past, almost taking his hat with them.
"What on Earth?" Double D asked, forgetting he wasn't on Earth any more.
"When I'm through with you, it's going to be The Council of Two instead of four!" Sonia cried.
Double D just groaned, they were almost there and he wondered if they would make it.
"I think I'll check o Shadow." Double D told himself and headed down the hall.
In the medical room…"So, Gin attacked the demon bear, using his father's attack! Taking the head of the monster right off its own shoulders!" Shelby said, telling the story about Weed's father, Gin. Those before her were totally shocked, this was one scary story, and what made it all the more scary was that it had actually happened.
"Was Aka…Akakab…?"
"Akakabuto." Shelby answered Tune. "And yes, he was finally dead!"
"Wow, years of terror suddenly taken out in one final blow!" Nova said, holding Tune.
"Huh not nearly as scary as facing Hougen." Shelby said. "He was merciless. I still can't believe that sweet little Ruby managed to trick that ugly mug and force him into the river."
"What happened?" Tune asked.
"Hougen had found her, Mel, and Hiro, who was in no shape to fight. Mel charged him and Hougen easily threw him to the ground. Hougen was going to kill Hiro but Ruby used the fact that she's a female to her advantage and tricked Hougen. She made it look like she was falling in love with him. She got him away from Hiro and Mel by a few feet and when Hiro asked if that was the kind of girl she really was, Roby said that she had the willpower of a female, the willpower to never go changing her mind. When Hougen asked what it meant, Ruby made her move. She then jumped him and pushed him into the river, going in with him!"
"Was she alright?" Nova asked.
"Yeah, Jerome came to her rescue." Shelby said.
"Jerome?" Tune asked.
"One of Weed's greatest allies."
"Oh."
"If I remember right, one of them took a bullet to the leg." Nova said.
"Yep, that was Jerome." Shelby said. "Got infected, and right when he was going to takeout Hougen too. He couldn't control his body, and Hougen threw him into an ice, cold, river. The poor guy never came out."
They could see that Jerome had been a brave soul and in losing him, they had all the more reason to fight.
"I still wish that I could have stayed and fought with them. I might have been able to do something." She said, looking out a window.
"Poor Jerome." Tuna said quietly.
"Well there's nothing we can do about it now." Shelby said, looking back at them. "As long as Hougen was taken down is all that mattered."
"It must have been a long time." Nova said.
"It was." Shelby sighed.
KNOCK, KNOCK!
Tune jumped up in surprise.
"Someone's just knocking on the door." Shelby told him.
Tune held his pounding heart, breathing heavily. Shelby just shook her head and answered the door. Standing there was Double D.
"Hey, Double D." Shelby said. "You need something?"
"Yes, I was wondering if you've seen Nova." He said.
"I'm right here." Nova said, walking into view.
"Nova, may I talk to you? In private." Double D asked.
"Alright." Nova said, having a pretty good idea what it was. "Tune, it's time for bed."
The small hedgehog nodded and headed down the hall to his quarters. Once his door closed, Double D and Nova took their leave.
"What was that about?" Shadow asked.
"You got me." Shelby lied.
She turned her attention back to Shadow. His breathing was still somewhat raspy so she didn't take her eyes off of him. She was into finding out who it was that attacked Shadow and why. If there was anything that she had learned about this kind of stuff is that the attacker would try again. Shadow slowly climbed onto the bed, and pulled the blankets over him and slowly fell asleep.
'Don't worry Shadow, I won't let that attacker get his hands on you again.' She thought.
In Double D's room…"Nova, I'm at wit's end, I need to know more about this medallion." Double D said as he opened his door.
"I know it's shocking, Double D, but you have to understand, I don't know how you got it." Nova said. "Think about Shelby, she has the weight of the world on her shoulders, the Crest of Light is extremely powerful and in the wrong hands, it could destroy all of Mobius."
"But I want to know why I have it." Double D said.
"I don't even know myself." Nova said sadly, shaking her head. "I wish I could do more."
Double D just sighed and looked out the window. Why was this happening? Why was he the one who had to get the Medallion of Music? Surely there were more worthy people in the world, heck, even some of the kids were more worthy then he was.
"How do we get home?" Double D asked.
"I wish I knew." Nova said. "I once heard that there was something that could transport things from other dimensions but I never learned what it was or what it was called. It may have been a rift between dimensions, that's been known to happen."
"That's what Manic said." Double D replied.
"I don't know how it happens but it does." Nova said.
The two remained quiet for a moment.
"What were you talking about with Shelby?" Double D asked, taking them off the subject.
"She was telling us about her friend's father, Gin. She was telling us how he defeated a demon bear." Nova said.
"Well, on my world, Gin is Japanese for 'silver'." Double D said.
"Really?' Nova asked.
"Yes." Double D nodded.
Nova scooted a little closer to Double D.
"I could tell you about it, if you'd like." Nova said, blushing.
'I would." Double D said, feeling his heart in his throat.
"Well, it all began with Gin grandfather…"
As Nova told Double D, they didn't notice that they were scooting closer and closer to each other. But even though they were telling a story, they were too busy to notice a ship flying just a few miles away, with three figures riding inside, familiar giggles echoing over the open ocean, saying the same thing over and over again.
"Ed, Ed, and Eddy, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!"
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Wonder who's in the ship, she asks as if she didn't know. Well, we know who's going to show up soon but when and how, and what about Queen Aleena's message? And awaits for everyone on the island? Keep reading to find out. R&R please.