That night, while Jade watched Vector make dinner, Espio messed with Eggman's gear to find out if her theory was right, but to do that they needed to actually see the location on a map. Watching Vector make dinner made her remember the Hex, and how she used to run around the kitchen to make something suitable. Sometimes everyone would eat it, sometimes nobody even liked it, and sometimes she burned everything leaving only cold meat and some veggies for the night. Sometimes Zik came to her rescue and corrected her mistakes before anybody could figure out how badly she messed up.
When they got back she demanded Espio show her how it worked so she could go get the Chaos Emeralds before Eggman.
"What about taking you home?" Charmy had asked with a sad look on his face.
"My brothers will be fine without me for a few more months. If anything happens, though, we'll have to abandon the mission to search for them."
They had agreed to help her out without much fighting.
"Ah-ha! Got it!" Espio finally announced. "It looks like the first of the Emeralds is over on the Southern Isles."
Charmy peeked over his shoulder. "They're islands. How are we supposed to get to them?"
"Swim?" Jade suggested but Vector shook his head.
"They're too far away to swim. You'd get half way before tiring out. We can probably rent a boat. That's what we'll do too!"
"We don't even know if there'll even be a civilization to rent a boat from on this beach." Espio gestured toward what beach he was talking about on the map.
"We'll just have to find out then, huh?"
Jade smiled and Vector passed out the food on plates to everyone. "Since we have food now, Jade can tell us her story." He sat in the empty spot next to her.
"Hey that was my seat!" Charmy complained.
"Well you got out of it making it free." He started eating.
While Charmy complained Jade watched her plate like it was going to move. Where should she start?
Espio, seeing the look she was giving the plate, said, "What's your relationship with Eggman?"
Jade laughed and shook her head. "It isn't much of a relationship. I didn't even know who he was before all of this happened."
"So then why was he after you?" Charmy finally took a spot on her lap and stuck her tongue out at Vector.
"I shouldn't be alive…" She whispered as if that answered his question. "A year ago I was so sick I should have died…" she wasn't looking at anybody, all she saw was the plate with hamburgers and peas. "But Sonic and Tails and another friend, Knuckles, they all used Chaos Emeralds to save me. One of them bonded with me, which is how I was able to heal Charmy's leg so easily. Eggman kidnapped me wanting to use the power of the Emerald but I'm not sure what for."
Finally she looked up. Everyone stared at her in awe.
"So where do you come from?" Vector asked.
"I still don't trust you enough to answer that. Besides, none of you would believe me if I told you." She took the hamburger and started eating it.
Zavok sat outside, staring at the night sky until Sonic came and started to annoy him with his questions. Each time he opened his mouth Zavok got more and more annoyed.
In the sky he traced the stars Jade used to trace in the sky. Sonic sat near him, watching the moon. It lit up everything in a pale light. Soon the moon hid from the sun's rays. The sun lit up the eastern mountains and painted the sky pink and purple.
Tails burst from the house. His eyelids were half closed. He must've stayed up all night.
"I know where the first Chaos Emerald is, guys!" On his tablet he showed them a map of the world. A dot covered what appeared to be a small series of islands. "The Southern Isles. If we're lucky that's where Jade will be heading."
"Can you fly us there, Tails?"
Tails opened his mouth but Zavok interrupted, "What if Jade isn't going after the Chaos Emeralds? She may be trying to find you two. Isn't it best if Tails stays here?"
The fox thought about it. "I can drop you guys off at the Southern Isles and come right back. The whole trip shouldn't take more than an hour and I can put up a note explaining where we're going, this way if she is trying to find us she can just hang out here."
He was smart, Zavok had to give him credit for that. "Then let us go."