4:20 p.m
Silver and Blaze are on a boat, being sailed to White Acropolis. Silver is just staring at his phone, while Blaze is looking at the other people on the boat. There's not many people granted, but the purple feline has nothing better to do. And conversating with this moronic boy won't help her.
A young woman in her 30s comes over to them and asks, "Enjoying your honeymoon?"
Is this woman for real? These two aren't even old enough to get married. "We're not married, thank you very much," says Blaze.
Silver looks up and says, "Yeah. I'd rather lick magma balls than be married to this ungrateful witch!"
Blaze gets offended and stands up. "Well maybe if you weren't so stupid, I would actually give you some respect!" she screams to Silver.
"I'm the one who actually found the Iblis Trigger!" Silver screams back.
"Only for him to get away from you!" the lavender cat yells.
The two preteens keep arguing, making the other passengers walk away, not wanting to listen to them.
Meanwhile... (I need a different transition word...)
Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles are on another boat, also on their way to White Acropolis.
"So you boys are going to White Acropolis?" an elderly human man asks them.
"Yeah," Sonic answers.
"I remember when I was a young lad," the man begins, "I used to go to White Acropolis with the family every year. It used to be a snowboarding resort, but the resort closed down because too many people were getting hurt or killed."
"That's terrible!" Tails cries.
"It's probably for the best Tails," Knuckles reassures the fox.
In White Acropolis...
Silver and Blaze are at a snowy hill, where they see about five snowboards laying aside a tree.
Silver is amazed at the snow and begins making a snow angel. He asks Blaze, "What is this fluffy substance?"
"It's snow," answers Blaze, still facepalming over Silver's ignorance.
"I've heard of this," the hedgehog smiles. "We don't see any of it in the future, you know, because it's always on fire?"
He then notices the snowboards. He picks one up and shouts out, "Woah! A hoverboard!"
That's a snowboard, you idiot! Blaze screams in her head, facepalming herself.
Silver hops on the snowboard and begins to notice something. "Hm... This hoverboard's broken," says Silver. "Blaze, what should I do?"
The purple female casually says, "Oh gee... Let me help." She pushes Silver, causing him to scream and snowboard down the snowy hill. Blaze watches Silver slide down in amusement as Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles run up to her.
"Hey Blaze!" Sonic greets her with excitement.
"Hey guys," says Blaze.
"I didn't know you were in Soleanna," says Tails.
Blaze scratches the back of her head saying, "Yeah... I'm on a mission with someone."
"Really?" Knuckles wonders. "With who?"
"Knuckles, I think it's 'whom'," Tails corrects the echidna.
A thump is heard in the distance. "OW!" screams Silver. "I think I broke my arm!"
"Some idiot who confused a snowboard for a hoverboard," answers the cat as she slides down the hill, without a snowboard mind you.
"A snowboard?" Sonic says as he notices the remaining snowboards against the tree. "Hey, a snowboard!"
As Sonic picks one up, Tails freaks out. "Sonic, don't! Snowboarding in White Acropolis is very dangerous!" he screams. "You could get injured!"
"Me like danger," Sonic responds using his improper grammar.
Knuckles gets in the conversation and says, "You know, if anyone has a name for this place, it should be called White Acrapolis."
Sonic laughs, "Good one, Knux!" and snowboards down the hill. "Geronimo!"
Knuckles grabs a snowboard and begins sliding down the hill. Tails sighs and just flies around the trees.
5:00 p.m.
The three boys are in the hallway of Eggman's base. After sliding down the hill, they all fought against the Egg Gunners and destroyed some search lights. Sonic and Knuckles were only mildly injured from snowboarding. No broken limbs, and only a scratch of blood.
"...I kept telling you to not snowboard, but noooo!" Tails scolds the middle-schoolers. "You grabbed the snowboards anyways! And look where that got you two!"
Sonic rolls his eyes, not wanting to listen to a seven-year-old boss him around, and says, "Yeah, yeah. We get it, Tails. Now shut up."
"I think I see daylight," says Knuckles, who might have a concussion from hitting his head against a tree.
Not daylight exactly, but the guys end up in a white room, where Dr. Eggman is waiting on a higher-level floor, with a window surrounding it.
"You're late," Eggman says with a cold tone.
"You never said what time we needed to be here!" Tails yells to the villain.
"Oh yeah," says Eggman. "I forgot."
Then Knuckles says, "We also slid down a dangerous hill and dealt with your little pets."
"Where's Elise?" Sonic asks the human.
Eggman smiles. "My... Aren't we impatient," he says, then turns around screaming, "Robot! Bring me the princess!"
"Yes sir," Robot says in a different room.
"And don't call me sir!" screams Eggman. "You know I hate being called that!"
Robot comes in with Elise, whose body is no longer tied up, but still has duct tape on her mouth. Eggman grabs her by the arm and drags her to his side. Elise muffles in shock as she sees Sonic and his friends.
Sonic is shocked himself, seeing Elise's mouth still covered in duct tape. "Give us Elise!" he screams to Eggman.
The human calmly responds, "First give me the Chaos Emerald."
A capsule rises up from the lower-level floor, ready for the powerful gem to be placed on it.
"Just place it there," Robot commands the hedgehog.
Sonic takes his blue emerald and puts it on the capsule. Eggman then smiles and presses a button. The button initiates a pink force field from the ceiling, surrounding Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles.
That bald-headed rat! He tricked Sonic!
"Eggman tricked us!" Sonic complains to his friends.
"See?!" says Tails. "I told you this was a trap!"
"Don't worry guys," says Knuckles. "I'll get us out of here!" The echidna attempts to punch the field, only for him to be knocked back.
Eggman watches them in amusement. "It's no use," he says. "This force field is too powerful for you to overcome. Now allow me to introduce you to my latest creation: the Solaris Prototype!"
Elise gasps in fear as Eggman pulls a handle, laughing maniacally.
"With this machine," Eggman explains to the boys, "I'll be able to control the flow of time itself!"
The force field sucks Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles (who are screaming in fear) all the way up to the ceiling. The boys disappear, along with the force field. Elise leans against the window muttering to herself, "And just when they were about to save me..."
"Don't worry princess," Robot reassures her. "They're not dead... Yet."
"Robot's right," Eggman explains. "They've just been teleported by my glorious invention to another time! Who knows where they could end up? It could be the distant past or the far future. My machine still needs some fine-tuning."
"Yes," says Robot. "This machine needs your power to be complete."
"My power?" Elise wonders.
"Of course your power," says Eggman. "I can finally complete my plans! Now that we have the Chaos Emeralds and you, the princess of Soleanna. That's all I need to revive the Flames of Disaster. And with its power, I will be able to control everything and rule the world!"
Robot looks at one of the computers, which is showing footage from a security camera. On it, shows a white hedgehog and a lavender cat wandering around the outside of the base. "Doctor?" Robot begins, "You're not gonna like this, but there's a couple of kids outside the base. Should we do something about it?"
"Yes," Eggman says, not looking at his sidekick. "Go fire up the Egg-Genesis with one of the Chaos Emeralds, and I'll take the princess out to dinner."
Elise smiles asking, "Dinner? Where are we going?"
Eggman turns to her saying, "We're not going out. I just figured you were hungry." He then grabs her arm and drags her out of the room.
Outside the base...
Silver and Blaze are looking around the base, in search for Sonic.
"I don't see the Iblis Trigger," Silver states.
"Me neither," says Blaze.
Suddenly, the ground trembles beneath them. The tweens look around to see what's causing this shaking.
"Is this an earthquake?!" Blaze asks in fear.
"Don't worry," says a determined Silver. "I know what to do in an earthquake."
Blaze sighs in disbelief, hoping Silver won't do or say anything stupid. And in the nick of time, a giant light orange floating box-like robot with four arms appears. Silver, confused, says, "Funny. I don't remember seeing giant boxes in earthquakes."
"That's because it wasn't an earthquake in the first place!" a new voice responds to the white hedgehog.
"Robot?" Blaze says, familiar with this particular voice.
The top of the giant robot's head opens, revealing Robot, who is seen controlling the machine.
"That's right Blaze," Robot answers. "I caught you and your marijuana-headed friend red-handed!"
Marijuana? That's messed up to say, even for Robot's standards. Blaze growls back, "Whatever; you don't scare us!"
"Yeah!" Silver agrees. "We're going to kick your butt!"
"Try me!" Robot says as he pushes a button on the Egg-Genesis. All of a sudden, the giant machine starts malfunctioning. Robot looks around, realizing he accidentally pressed the self-destruct button.
"Oops," Robot says as he flees out of the machine, away from the situation. The Egg-Genesis explodes, causing all kinds of parts to fly in different directions.
One in particular was a blue jewel, dropping on the ground in front of Silver. The hedgehog picks it up saying, "Ooh, shiny!"
Blaze looks over to Silver, specifically the gem he's holding. "That's a Chaos Emerald."
"A what?" Silver questions her.
"A Chaos Emerald," she answers. "Legends say this gem can transform your thoughts into power. If you collect seven of these, a miracle's supposed to happen. Keep it as a lucky charm."
Blaze walks ahead as Silver looks at the Chaos Emerald. "It transforms your thoughts into power..." says the hedgehog. "This could solve a lot of my problems."
And that was Chapter 9! Next chapter, Team Sonic end up in a different timeline, along with Shadow and Rouge (it's been a while since we've seen those two!). We also get some girl talk from Amy and Elise (not the puberty kind).
Make sure you review this story, and I'll see you in Chapter 10!
