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When they opened their eyes for the first time, they could see the others, smiling, the ghosts had run off to escape the music.
"Nicely done!" Sonic said, giving the two a, thumbs up.
"Thank you, thank you." Shelby said.
"You guys are good." Manic said.
"Thanks, Manic." Topaz said.
"Can we get moving? We've got ghosts on our tails and I don't want to be caught!" Eddy snapped.
"We're going, we're going!" Sonia said.
"We'll show you how to get to the Revenge." Smith said.
"Thank you, Smith." Topaz said.
"And when you see Gin, tell him I'm so sorry." He said, bowing his head.
"Weed already did." Shelby said.
Smith looked up at her.
"You and the others were buried in the grounds of Ohu, with great respects." Topaz said, nodding her head. "Gin will remember you, and he still thinks of you, Weed too."
"He always was a good kid." Akatora admitted.
"Oh, that HAD to hurt your pride." Topaz said, nearly bursting out laughing.
"More then you can imagine." The red fox said.
"I now know where your nephews lost their sense of humor." Topaz said.
"I still remember the look on everyone's faces when Ben mistook Kagetora for Ken and tackled him to the ground!" Shelby laughed.
"Yeah, I thought I'd bust a gut!" Topaz agreed.
"You can recap on everything later, right now we've got to get moving!" Akatora snapped.
"Aw, come on, Akatora, where's your sense of humor?" Topaz asked.
"I left it in my last life." He growled.
"Yeesh, where's this guy from? Deadsville?" Eddy asked Sonia. She replied with a quick nudge in the ribs.
"Let's beat it before we're spotted again." Topaz said.
"With pleasure." Shelby said.
"You'll have to get to the main chamber, that's where Scar Blade keeps the ships he steals, the Black Jewel is there, he only tore the name off, you should be able to escape with it." Smith explained. "We'll keep them busy, the rest of you get that emerald back."
"Yes sir!" Shelby and Topaz said, saluting him.
"Let's move it!" Sonic said, tapping his foot.
"We're moving, we're moving!" Topaz snapped.
SWISH!
"What the?" Eddy cried out.
Something fell right on top of them it was fast they didn't even know what was happening.
"What's going on?" Tails asked.
"I think I know." Topaz said.
A cage had fallen above them, a cage made of bones. Topaz and Tails hid behind Shelby and Sonic.
"Sonic, I'm scared." The young fox said.
"It's okay, little buddy, we're gonna be alright." Sonic said.
"Is Sonic right?" Topaz asked Shelby.
"Is grass green, is the sky blue, is dirt dirty, is water wet, are lambs wooly, does lightning fork, do bears hibernate?" Shelby asked.
"Under those conditions…"
Sarah quickly shushed them. Something was coming. As it got closer, they could feel the air turn icy.
"Smith, you and the others get out of here while you still have the chance, if Scar Blade catches you, he'll make your afterlife a living heck." Shelby told him.
"No way, we're going to fight." Akatora said.
"But if you're busted, the chances of any of any of us getting out of here are next to nothing! You guys are gonna hafta stay low for the time being." Topaz said.
"Now hurry up and go before you're turned into a paperweight!" Shelby said.
"They know what they're taking about, we have to go." Jerome said.
"No! I'm going to stay and fight!" John growled.
"Has he been like this since he died?" Topaz asked.
"Worse, much worse." Smith whispered back.
"Yes, but don't forget that Hougen's followers were attacking him when he died, he died fighting, he's bound to have SOME memory of that." Shelby explained.
"Toube died fighting, and he refused to fall to them, his body froze over and you don't see him here trying to get rid of those freaky ghosts!" Topaz said.
"He was one of Hougen's followers, he was one of the three survivors in his platoon, he was a fighting echidna! He was one of the strongest guys we knew! He knows when the time to stop fighting has come!" Shelby explained.
"He was also stubborn." Topaz added.
"Just like Ben and he's the oldest of the Ohu soldiers." Shelby added.
"I guess you're right." Topaz said, placing her hands behind her head. "But just for the record, I seem more calm then I really am."
"You mean other then the shaking knees and sweating?" Shelby asked.
"Yeah, that's about it." Topaz said as her voice started to break.
The air grew colder as the figure got closer.
"Go!" Shelby told them.
"Alright, but we'll be back." Akatora said.
"I know it." Shelby said.
"Scar Blade's coming!" Sonic said.
Once Smith and the others were out of sight, Shelby and Topaz ran to the blue hedgehog's side and waited. A tall green wolf walked closer to the cage, he wore a fancy pirate outfit, a coat, and hat, but he looked terrifying.
"Well, well, we met again, Garin." He hissed.
"Scar Blade, you are nothing but scum!" The tan hedgehog spat back.
"I relish the thought." Scar Blade hissed.
"What are you gonna do, turn us into robots?" Manic demanded.
"Oh, perish the thought, my prince, the good doctor will be doing that, he gets you and your friends and in return, I get to keep Garin and his crew." Scar Blade said evilly.
"Like that'll happen!" Shelby snapped.
"Yeah, he'll just double cross you and turn all of us into robots!" Topaz agreed.
"He's not to be trusted!" Sonia put in.
"The guy's a nutcase!" Eddy said.
"He is pure evil!" Ed added.
"He will probably destroy the entire island by turning it into a factory!" Double D said.
"He's already wrecked the rest of the world!" Kevin added.
"We have yet to see a single healthy tree!" Johnny said.
"CHOA, CHOA!" Plank cried.
"You both are full of darkness." Rolf growled.
"You'd have a better chance of keeping us safe by throwing us into the sea with rocks tied to our necks!" Nazz snapped.
"You can't trust him!" Knuckles said.
"He's tricking you!" Shadow added.
"You can't trust him!" Nova said.
"He'll probably turn you into a robot too!" Tune said.
"He's dangerous!" Tails finished.
Sarah, Jimmy, and Canvas just looked at them in confusion. What where they talking about?
"SILENCE!" Scar Blade's roar shook the whole cave, sending those in the cage to the ground. "BENNY! TAKE THEM TO THE PRISON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!"
"Yes sir!" The smaller wolf said. "TAKE THEM TO THE CELLS!"
A few other wolfs came running in, picked up the cage, and started marching off.
"We're not done yet!" Sonic cried. "You can bet that we'll be back!"
"Oh my, I'm shaking in my boots." Scar Blade said. "Take them away."
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Well, that chapter thirty. R&R please.