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"Nobody knows the trouble I've seen, nobody knows my sorrow!" Johnny went on.
He had been singing that same song for nearly an hour now.
"JOHNNY! STOP IT!" Sonia roared. "And Eddy, if you bang that cup one more time, I will feed you to the sharks myself!"
Eddy had been banging a tin cup against the bars of their cell, making everyone go nuts.
"What? I'm trying to get us out of here." He shrugged.
"Well it's not working so stop it!" Sonia snapped. It was easy to see that she was stressed out enough as it was.
"I can't believe it!" Manic snapped. "I can't get me picks to work!" He had been spending the last hour trying to pick the lock that held the door closed yet they kept going through it all together and yet it still held the door closed. "This stinks!" Manic cried.
"I can give it a shot." Topaz said. " I can use my tail." The young fox held one of her tails.
"You sure?" Manic asked.
"You're not doing any better." Topaz pointed out.
Manic just gave her a sharp look and went to sit next to Sonic on the floor. As Topaz started using her tail to pick the lock, Double D noticed that Shelby didn't seem to be worried. How was it that she could stay so calm? Did the Crest of Light have something to do with is, or was it the darkness of her past, maybe she really was scared but wouldn't show it for Topaz's sake? Whatever the case, she didn't show any signs of fear.
"AUGH! THIS THING IS IMPOSSIBLE!" Topaz cried, grabbing her ears.
"Hey, kill it!" Kevin snapped. "Someone's coming!"
Everyone started to act as normally as they could as a ghost came to the door.
"Get in there you brat!" He snapped and threw someone in.
"Oh yeah! Come back here and say that to my face!" The small figure snapped.
"Imp.is that you?" Topaz asked.
The small figure turned around revealing that he was a dark purple fox probably no older then Topaz. His muzzle, belly, and tip of his tail were a very pale white and his ears were so long that they went out and the sides flopped over, almost like a jester's hat. He had green eyes, red gloves, and red sneakers.
"Oh no, not you two again." He groaned.
"Man, what happened to you?" Shelby asked.
He was beaten up quite a bit and pretty dirty.
"Where's your bandana?" Topaz asked.
"Stupid pirates took it." He growled, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Bandana?" Double D asked.
"It's his lucky red bandana." Shelby clarified.
"Well, I'm getting it back and I don't give a dirty hanky if you help me of not!" Imp snapped.
"Easy, W-IMP-Y, we've got to get out the cave all together before we all turn into ghosts!" Topaz taunted.
"DON'T CALL ME THAT!" Imp snapped.
"Why not, W-IMP-Y!" Topaz said again.
"THAT DOES IT! I'M GONNA TURN YOU INTO SOOT!" He yelled. "BA-BOOM!"
A small red and purple fireball appeared less then an inch from Imp's index finger and threw it at Topaz! The young vixen easily dodged his attacks with very little effort.
"Come on, W-IMP-Y, you're making it too easy for me!" Topaz said, spreading her tails apart as a fireball flew in between them.
"I'M GONNA TURN YOU INTO ASHES IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO!" Imp yelled.
As they others watched, Shelby just sighed, shook her head and let out a small chuckle.
"What's so funny?" Sonia asked
"Those two have a love hate thing going on, they're in love but Imp only shows hate towards everything and everyone. He usually just causes trouble but it's pointless trying to get him to stop. I know he has a good heart he just needs the right person to help him let it show and I think that person may just be Topaz, however, they're too stubborn to admit it and when Topaz calls him wimpy she's really saying 'I love you'." Shelby explained.
"Oh." Sonia said, nodding her head.
"However, at this moment I want to know how a certain little "imp" got here to begin with." Shelby said, tapping her foot.
"Good question." Garin agreed.
"C'mon, W-IMP-Y, is that all you got?" Topaz asked, doing a handstand.
"YOU'RE GONNA LOOK LIKE COAL ONCE I'M DONE WITH YOU!" Imp shouted, his arms spinning extremely fast, fireballs flying all over.
"YO! GUYS! ENOUGH!" Tails snapped.
The two didn't so much as hear him. They were too busy with the fireballs.
"Come on, W-IMP-Y!" Topaz continued taunting.
"ONCE I'M DONE WITH YOU, YOU'RE GONNA BE ASHES!" Imp yelled.
"ENOUGH ALREADY!" Sonia yelled. That stopped them.
"Guys, stay on task." Shelby said. "We've still got to get out of here, before things get bad."
"And this is worse." Eddy said. He was starting to sink into the floor with Tune.
"Looks like some of us are already starting to turn into ghosts." Sonic said.
"Well, maybe I could dig us out of here like I did before." Knuckles said.
"Dude, right now I'm willing to try anything!" Manic said.
"You know, I'm starting to think that maybe we're going about getting out of here through the wrong exit." Double D said.
"What do you mean?" Ed asked.
"I mean that if we blasted the bars on the window with something, we might be able to get out of here." Double D said, pointing to the window.
"That might just work!" Nova said.
"But how do we blast them?" Tune asked.
"Hey, Shadow, think you could lift me up to the bars?" Shelby asked.
"Yeah, why?" Shadow asked, walking up to her.
"I'm gonna try to call for Queen Aleena and see if she can help us." Shelby explained.
Shadow nodded once. He cupped his hands together and she stepped into them.
"Okay, now hold it steady." She told him.
"I'm doing my best down here." He growled.
Shelby held her hand to her mouth and made a sound similar to a bird cooing. There was no reply.
"She's out of reach." Shelby said, jumping from Shadow's hold.
"Then what do we do?" Tube asked.
"I've got an idea!" Sonic said, touching his medallion. "If these guys are anything like the ones back home, then they'll hate music. If we play a song, we may just have a chance."
His siblings, liking the idea, touched their own medallions. They already knew what song they were going to sing.
"Count us in too!" Shelby and Topaz said, holding the guitar and keyboard.
Sonic and Shelby: "Where there's a will, there's a way!
Wherever there's a will we can find a way!
Together we'll overcome and become what may."
Manic and Topaz: "Take away our medallions, take anything you want.
But Sonic Underground we can't be stopped!"
All girls: "Well it took a long time for us to find each other.
Ain't nothing gonna beat this sister and her brothers."
Sonia: "WHOA-OA-OA-OA-OA-OA-OA-OA-OA."
Sonic Underground: "WHOA-OA-OA-OA-OA-OA-OA-OA-OA! YEAH!"
All: "Where there's a will, there's a way!"
Sonia: "OH-OH-OH!"
ALL: "WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY! WHERE THERE'S A WILL…THERE'S A WAY!"
Nothing happened at first.
"Man, I was sure that would work!" Sonic snapped.
"Maybe it did!" Topaz said.
"What are you talking about?" Sonic asked.
"Look!" She pointed to the window. A sort of purple and pink light was coming from the outside!
"Hit the dirt!" Shelby cried, pushing most of them to the ground. Almost the second they hit, a loud blast came from the outside!
"Does she ever just use the door like the rest of us?" Imp asked.
"Shut it, W-imp-y." Topaz said.
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Sorry it's so late, I went camping with my dad and little bro last night ands then we went out to dinner for Mother's Day. Pretty hectic day, huh? Anyway, please R&R.