Sorry this took me so long...I didn't get any reviews on the last chapter and it really did a number on my want to continue writing. Here it is though, review or no! ...I really hope this chapter gets one though ^^; Anyway; read, review and enjoy!
"Femur!" The black and red hedgehog looked up to see two bats flying towards the shrine, the guardian of the island still a corpse...it seemed that draining the energy directly left her like that longer.
"Rouge..." Shadow realised aloud as he saw the woman land, run past him and to the girl along with her daughter.
"Femur!" Mascara yelled again, worried about her friend.
"She's fine...she should wake up shortly." He clarified to the two, causing them to turn to him.
"Are you sure?" Rogue asked, her ex-partner nodding. She let out a sigh of relief. "When I felt Femur was in trouble I feared the worst and we came as fast as we could." She explained, the male making a small noise of understanding.
"Faker and the Echidna showed up as well...it seems we were somehow all called to her aid."
"The Master Emerald was the one who called us." The bat stated, the hedgehog looking at her a little oddly. "It's done this before...it called Sonic frequently after Knuckles first turned into a girl." He stared at the giant emerald, remembering when its guardian had said she and it had called him long ago...perhaps that wasn't so far-fetched after all.
"...Do you know what Masa is?" The red eyed man questioned suddenly, looking at the teal eyed woman and the brown eyed girl. They looked at one another, figuring it best to explain.
"The Master Emerald has the ability to create a projection, though only Femur has ever been able to see it or hear it because of just how connected she is to said emerald. Masa is what she calls that projection to distinguish it from the emerald itself." The once thief explained, a small groan coming from the undead girl as her now glowing eyes slowly fluttered open.
"Femur, you're awake!" The thief exclaimed, running to her friend and hugging her.
"Mascara?" Femur asked, looking a little shocked at the sudden hug. "What...?" She looked around, seeing both her aunt and her crush.
"We scared them off." The anti-hero specified to the guardian, who nodded in understanding.
"What are you two doing here?" She asked the two white fliers.
"Mother says the Master Emerald called us; we suddenly felt like you were in danger and we came here as fast as we could." The younger girl said as she pulled away from the hug, the older making a small noise of understanding.
"I see..." The red and blue fighter murmured.
"There are plenty of us here; we should go get some food." Rouge said suddenly, causing everyone to turn and look at her.
"I can-"
"You should rest a little more Femur." The woman interrupted. "We can go get enough food for the three of us." She assured her.
"Well...alright, if you say so." The hybrid agreed hesitantly, not wanting everyone to have to look for food just because she was still recovering.
"We'll be fine!" Mascara smiled widely at her friend, looking at the skater who looked deep in thought. "Let's go Mr. Shadow, you need to help to."
"...Fine." He sighed after a moment, the three leaving the clearing.
"Shh, you'll see." The once thief whispered to her ex-partner as he stared at her in mild curiosity, they were just out of the guardian's sight and sitting down.
"You should be able to hear Femur from here." The thief too was quiet in her speech despite her usual loud tendencies.
"I see..."
"Jeez, I just wake up and they all go to look for food." Femur sighed, moving to lean against one of the pillars.
"Shadow was waiting for you to wake up for quite some time." Masa stated, causing the girl to look down sadly.
"I didn't mean to worry him..." She said sadly, looking up suddenly. "I can't fight them...as soon as I touch that glove I'm nearly useless, and I can't use any Chaos Energy against them! I'm a...a useless guardian..." Her voice quivered, fists clenched and tears gathering in her clenched eyes with even her fangs digging into her bottom lip.
"You're not useless Femur, you never have been!" The projection disagreed angrily, suddenly glaring at his guardian and causing her to make a small noise of shock.
"Masa..." The undead girl murmured, her charge slowly smiling at her again.
"You just need a weapon. If you use a weapon, without using Chaos Energy to enhance it, then they can't drain anything." The echidna pointed out.
"A...weapon?" The hybrid asked, the boy nodding.
"A weapon." He repeated with that same smile.
"A weapon..." Shadow murmured, realising the same thing that the Master Emerald and in turn its projection had. Unfortunately he only knew how to use fire arms, and he doubted that the daughter of his rival would use something like that.
"Amy Rose is the only one I know able to use a weapon that Femur might be able to." Rogue whispered, the hedgehog nodding.
"Will Rose help?" Even he knew that she'd once been in love with Sonic...she couldn't be happy that she lost him to the echidna.
"I don't know, but it's worth a shot. I'm going to go look for her, this is rather important, I'll be back." Spreading her wings, the anti-hero grabbed her wrist.
"I should go." He pointed out; being able to Chaos Control would make finding her and bring her back that much easier...however his ex-partner shook her head.
"No." She disagreed. "You may not realise this Shadow...but you're rather important to Femur. You should stay here." With that the elder bat took flight, leaving the island without another word.
"Where did Aunty go?" Femur asked when the hedgehog and younger bat walked up the steps of the shrine with food.
"She went to find someone, she said it was important." Mascara explained, placing the food down on the shrine floor.
"Oh, alright." The guardian smiled simply at her friend. "...Are you alright?" She asked her trainer when she noticed he had yet to speak.
"...I'm fine." Shadow said, sitting down beside the older girl and beginning to eat. The thief sighed at the man's sudden change of attitude, assuming correctly that it was due to what her mother had said before leaving, before sitting beside her friend and beginning to eat herself.
This was actually an idea I've had for a little while, giving Femur a weapon I mean. I doubt she's going to use a hammer like Amy...maybe a quarter staff or something. That's all I've really got to say, hope you all enjoyed! See you later!