I opened my eyes to find myself in a room. It wasn't my room…but the walls were sandy and the floor was wooden so I was still in the temple. I looked around and my eyes rested on Finitevus who was sleeping in a chair. I closed my eyes and did an Aura scan of the room and found that Lightning was on the other side of the door waiting. Damn…what happened?
Then it all came rushing back to me and I instinctively hid under the covers in case of Scourge was in the room as well. Nothing came and I pulled the covers off and relaxed. I looked back to Finitevus and remembered what Felidae and I talked about.
"You and I both know that Finitevus is incapable of love, friendship, and self-sacrifice and anything else like that. I could die right in front of him and all he would say is what a shame. Then walk away."
Maybe not. Characters can change can't they? Fiona did, Anti-Bunnie, Buns did. And Geoffrey has switched back and forth from good to bad! So why can't another one change? Finitevus began to stir and he opened his eyes.
He looked around the room and then his gaze fell on me. "Where is Scourge?" I asked and he stood up and said "Pissed, don't talk to him."
Crap, now every time I set foot in the same room as him he is going to try to murder me…great! I looked around until I saw a window and I looked out to see this was the room right under the top of the temple.
"Is this your room?" I asked and Finitevus nodded and said "Scourge tore up your room so you will have to stay in here for now." I blushed and then asked "What about you?" he didn't answer instead he said "I got to go." Then he walked through a warp ring and left me alone. I sighed and then looked around the room. There was a desk full of notes, a lamp was there to. The room looked pretty boring to me. But since I am an Information broker… I hopped off the bed and then got on my knees and peeked under the bed. Ah ha!
I reached under and pulled out a brown box. It was very dusty and it was about the size of a basketball. I picked it up and then placed it on the bed. I looked back at the door and then I opened the top and started snooping. I looked inside and then pulled out a few pieces of paper and started to read through them. At first they were just letters about his research and stuff like that. But what I noticed is that they were not just recordings but Letters to someone. The part where it says dear whoever, it was too faded to read. I narrowed my eyes at the papers and then said to myself "Looks like I will needs some help with this."
I placed the papers back in the box and then picked it up. I pulled off my warp ring and walked through it and appeared in Felidae's room. Felidae was painting the wall over where Knuckles had been knocked through.
"Got the wall fixed that fast?" I asked and she nearly dropped the brush. Felidae turned around and said "Don't scare me! Or I might end up knocking you through the other wall!" I rolled my eyes and tossed the box on her bed. She took one look at it and asked "That belongs to Finitevus, doesn't it?" I nodded and said "I went snooping in his room, after I woke up from fighting with Scourge." Felidae put her paint brush down and walked over after wiping her hands clean of pain and pulled off her gloves.
"What did you find in that little old box?" she asked with a smug look and then added "Most likely machine parts or warp rings." I shook my head no and said "Nope! Letters to someone and that's just on the top." I pulled the box open and handed the letters to Felidae. She read through them and I went deeper into the letters and grabbed something smooth and small. I pulled my hand back and found it was a silver locked at my eyes widen to the size of dinner plates.
"Celty? What'cha got there?" Felidae asked as she saw my expression. I held the locked up by the silver chain. It had some scruff marks and even looked like dirt was on the chain and the heart. Felidae gently grabbed it and looked it over and then said "I bet it's got a pic of Enerjak inside." She joked but I said "No, I think it's a real locket. But I don't think it's his." Felidae shrugged and then tried to pry the locket open, but it didn't budge. She growled and I swiped the locket away from Felidae before she could through it at the wall or out the window.
I looked down at it and said "If Finitevus has something like this, and then he must have sealed it shut so people like us don't open it up and look into his deepest darkest secrets." Felidae suddenly stood up and raced out of the room heading left. A minute later she came back with Espio. When Espio saw me he pulled out a ninja star and I made an Aura sphere. I smirked and said "I'm ready for round two Ninja."
"Felidae! What is she doing back here?" Espio asked and Felidae said "One she is my friend, Two, she has some secrets on Finitevus she could tell us." I stared at Felidae thinking I'm not going to do that! I made my Aura Sphere disappear and then Felidae strolled over and wrapped her arms around Espio's neck and kissed him on the cheek and said "Don't hurt her. She is a friend from where I came from." Espio calmed down and I smiled and made a heart with my hands and held it up and said "Funny Felidae, you always did like the silent type."
Felidae rolled her eyes and I looked away but remembered that Felidae has been her since Knuckles became Enerjak and maybe before. Scourge is out of Zone jail and that means… "Hey Espio." I called sitting down on the bed. He looked away from Felidae and I asked "So, what was it like leaving Felidae for the clans?" Felidae walked over to me and asked "Please don't start anything Celty." I sighed and said "Too late. You remember when that guy at our School broke your heart?" Felidae shivered and said "How could I forget. You nearly tore his arm off and that's why people started to call you 'That Violent girl'."
"Same thing here Felidae." I said and turned back to Espio and said "Huh? You goanna answer?" Felidae huffed and said "He doesn't have too. And it's not as bad as Lightning breaking my leg." I looked at her and said "He did what?" Felidae must have remembered that I work with the Destructix because she sweet dropped and said "Nothing. I said nothing." I looked back to Espio and said "You got lucky. I got to go pound Fur ball into the dust." Felidae coughed and I remembered the locket and asked "Espio, since you are a ninja, can you open this with your ninja skills?" I asked him playfully.
Espio took the locket and then began to tinker with it. I heard a click and he handed it back and asked "Who does it belong to?" before Felidae could say Finitevus I said "My sisters." I opened the locket up and Felidae and Espio looked over my shoulder. Inside were a female echidna and a male echidna. Both were in fancy clothing and Espio asked "Your sister was an Echidna?" I turned and nodded and then said "Yes, my mom was a Lynx but dad Echidna." Lying was very easy for me if you haven't noticed.
"Is that your sister at a wedding?" Espio asked again and my mind was stuck on the word wedding. I suddenly shut this locket and said "Yes…my sister didn't survive the Albion attack." I placed the locket in my short's pocket and Espio said "Finitevus is the cause for the attack." I turned to Espio and said "I know. I know more about Finitevus then you ever will." I put the stuff back into the box and took a closer look at the locket and started to clean it using my shirt. I rubbed the dirt off witch didn't feel like dirt. I rubbed it my finger against it and said "Ash? Oh…" I realized what I took form Finitevus room and I placed everything inside the box and then closed it up and then dropped to Felidae's floor and rubbed my arm underneath her bed.
"What are you doing?" Felidae asked and I pulled my arm back which was covered with Dust bunnies. "When you go snooping, you need to cover up your tracks my dear Felidae." I said and rubbed the Dust bunnies onto the box. Felidae nodded and said "Stop by more often and tell me how your fights with Scourge go because we both know you like to fight." I smiled and then picked up the box and opened up a warp ring and said "See you on the flip side!" then first poked my head through to see no one in the room then I walked in. The ring closed and went back onto my wrist.
I bent down and slid the box back into its place and then sat on the bed and stretched. After a minute of just sitting there I got up and walked out of the room. I feel like messing with the Destructix. I walked down some old stars and then reached the main floor. Hum…
I opened my door and looked into my room to find it a mess. "He wasn't lying, Scourge did fuck up my room." I said to myself and closed the door and walked down to the living room. I reached the living room to find Lightning and Predator playing cards, until I got closer and found it was poker. I strolled up and asked "May I play?" Lightning looked up and said "No." then he placed his card on the table and Predator smirked and then showed Lightning his cards.
"Ouch…you should have folded." I said and Lightning glared at me. "So you think you can do better?" He growled and I shoved him out of his seat and started to shuffle the deck. I looked up at Predator and asked "How we playing?" before he could answer, Simian and Flying came in and saw the game and joined in. Lightning also pulled up a chair and joined. After everyone had seated Predator said "Let's play Mobian Fold." I stopped shuffling and passed the cards to him and said "Don't know that version, I'll watch the first game and see how it goes." I watched the game and soon figured it out. They were playing a Texas Holdem game. So when the game ended and Simian won I joined in.
Just before the game started, Scourge and Fiona happened to walk into the room and I tensed up. As I looked over my shoulder, Scourge saw me and he walked over and I narrowed my eyes.
"Scourge, were playing Mobian Fold, want to play?" Lightning asked which surprised me and apparently everyone else. Scourge smirked and joined our growing game along with Fiona, now all we need is a bigger table and Finitevus and we could have a Full House! And my mind must have been read because the albino Echidna walked into the room.
