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"What was that?" Manic asked.
"Queen Aleena." Shelby said. "She used her staff to make that explosion."
"Then she heard us!" Manic said happily.
"Who couldn't?" Jacques asked.
"Those bars aren't the only things that got blown away." Kevin said. "Look."
The door had been blown out!
"Those who are turning into ghosts get out of here now!" Garin instructed.
"You guys go on ahead." Shelby said. "I'll catch up later."
"But what about you?" Sonia asked.
"I have to get the black emerald back, if Scar Blade keeps it, we can pretty much kiss our planet good bye!" Shelby said.
"But you'll turn into a ghost if you stay in here for too long." Nazz said.
"I know, but I've lived through worse." She said.
"Then I'm going with you." Shadow said.
"Shadow-"
"I'm coming if you want me to or not. I know you'd do the same for me."
Shelby looked at him for a minute.
"Thank you, Shadow." She said with a smile.
"Hey, I'm coming too!" Imp snapped. "They've still got my bandana!"
"Fine." Shadow said coldly.
"You guys might wanna make it quick!" Topaz said. "I smell gunpowder, and a lot of it!"
"So what?" Eddy asked as he went through the hole in the wall. "They're pirates, they're gonna make gunpowder."
"Not just any gunpowder." Topaz said, still sniffing the air. "This gunpowder is made from Super Rubies and extra powerful ones at that."
"Super Rubies?" Double D asked.
"Gems that make laser guns more powerful, ten fold!" Nova said.
"That is more powerful then the Nitron Laser Jewels from Robot Ravel Ranch!" Ed said.
"We've seen them before." Sonia said.
"Yeah but the powder from grind up ones is highly explosive, just one small mound of the powder could blow up this entire island! That's why we only use them in…bombs." Topaz said, almost scared.
"You're not suggesting…" Sonia said, just as scared.
"They have bombs on this island?" Sarah asked.
"Actually, from how much is in the air…I'd say that there's one giant ones in the middle of the jungle." Topaz said.
"Oh no! The Knakers! We forgot about them!" Eddy cried.
"Oh man! If how could bad could it be if it goes off?" Sonic cried.
"With how much I'm smelling, I guess that it'd take the island off the map!" Topaz cried.
"So not good." Sonic said.
"We'll handle the bomb, Shelby, you Shadow, and Imp get the emerald!" Manic said.
"Done and done!" Shelby said.
"Let's do it to it!" Sonic said.
The two groups headed in their own directions, Topaz led one with her nose guiding her to the bomb, while Shadow, and Imp followed Shelby, who could feel the emerald's power surging through the air.
"You getting anything, Topaz?" Tails asked.
"Well air tracking isn't very easy but I'm doing my best." She said.
"This is taking too long, shouldn't we-"
"Hold on, I think I've got something!" Topaz said, cutting Eddy off. "Oh yeah, that's Super Ruby powder if I've ever smelled it!"
"How much can you smell?" Tune asked.
"Too much for normal hand grenade." She said. "There's enough to blow the island and the whirlpools off the map!"
"How can she smell it, I can't smell anything." Nazz asked Nova.
"Foxes have a very good sense of smell, if they train well enough, they can smell things a mile away and how much of it there is." She explained.
"I guess that makes sense." The blond hedgehog shrugged.
"Wait a second." Topaz said, sniffing the air even more. "Night Trait, oh this is bad." She said, shaking her head.
"Night Trait?" Sonia asked.
"The guy we hate the most makes it." Topaz growled.
"Robotnik?" Sonic asked.
"Wrong, Tucker." Topaz corrected.
"Tucker?" Manic asked.
"He's the one who made Night Trait. It's a type of extremely high explosive powder, that, when mixed with Super Ruby powder, can take a small continent off the map! He usually only uses it because, when in a gas or liquid form, can be used as poison. He rarely ever turns it into powder." Topaz said coldly.
"So that's why he's such a threat." Sonic said.
"Wrong, Sonic, Night Trait is just the tip of the ice burg. However, now isn't the time to explain, we've got to get rid of that stuff before they light it." Topaz said, extremely coldly.
The others could only wonder what that Tucker guy did that would make Topaz like that, and they could tell that it was other then the Night Trait.
Else where…
"We're almost there." Shelby said. "We're real close, I can feel it!"
"Are you sure?" Shadow asked.
"Positive!" She said.
"I know my bandana is there too! I can feel it!" Imp said.
They entered a few chamber of the cave, one where hundreds, maybe thousands of ships bobbed up and down in the water.
"Whoa, I've never seen so many ships in one place." Shadow said in awe.
"Look! There's the Revenge!" Imp said. "That HAS to be where he's keeping our stuff!"
"And there's the Black Jewel!" Shelby said, pointing to a ship that was a tugboat compared to the Revenge! "Shadow, you get the Black Jewel out to sea, we'll get the emerald."
"AHEM!"
"And Imp's bandana."
"Thank you."
"Alright, but be careful." Shadow said.
"Don't worry, we'll be fine!" Shelby said, winking and giving him a, thumbs up.
With that said, the two headed to the Revenge, Shadow watched for just a few seconds.
"Be careful." He whispered and went to get the Black Jewel ready for departure.
In the jungle…
The group had found the Kankers and they had a HUGE bomb with them, almost as big as they were! But Topaz got an extremely sour look on her face when she saw a mark in the shape of a "T" written in old, fashioned quill.
"So what do we do?" Manic asked.
"Keep them busy while I defuse that bomb!" Topaz said.
"With pleasure!" Sonia said, readying her keyboard.
"Then I guess there's only one thing to do." Sonic said.
"What's that?" Manic asked.
"We jump 'em!" Sonic said.
"I like that idea!" Eddy said.
"Then let's do it to it!" The Sonic Underground said and went on the attack.
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I decided to update this chapter extra soon since the last chapter wasn't so good. R&R.