SONIC HEROES: THE SERIES
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Now begins the part one of the three part Sol Emerald Saga.
Chapter Thirty-Seven: Heart and Sol, Part 1
Pleasantly, a week had gone by and neither Eggman or Nazo has made any attempt for an attack on the Heroes. To celebrate the momentary peace, Silver, Blaze, and Tails had decided to spend the day at Emerald Beach. It was Silver who suggested it for 1) enjoying some fun in the sun and 2) hoping to see Blaze in a bikini. But Blaze had decided to wear her regular cloths, much to Silver's disappointment. Tails was playfully developing an automated sand castle with an actual working garage while Silver and Blaze sunbathed.
"Hey, Blaze, why don't you take a quick dip in the water?" Silver suggested hopefully.
"Give up, Silver. It'll be years before you see anything." Blaze said playfully.
"What are you saying?" Silver questioned innocently.
"I have known you for years. I know what goes on inside that head of yours." Blaze said. "Besides I'm a cat and a pyrokinetic. Those two don't really work well with water."
"I'm sure we can do something about that." Silver smirked.
Concentrating around Blaze, Silver used his telekinetic powers to levitate her body into the air.
"Silver, don't even think about it!" Blaze shouted. But her cries fell on deaf ear as she hovered over the water. "You put me down right now, Silver the Hedgehog!"
"Whatever you say." Silver chuckled.
As agreed, Silver dropped Blaze...straight into the ocean. Blaze sputtered and waved her arms like she was drowning when she realized it was only two feet deep. Silver laughed his butt off until he realized Blaze was standing over him; a roar of flames in the background. Silver, not wanting to be roasted, shot straight down the beach as Blaze released a wave of fireballs in his wake.
"Calm down, Blaze! It was only a joke!" Silver cried.
"Yeah, now he's the punch line!" Blaze roared as she shot another fireball.
Tails shook his head and laughed at their antics.
"He really is related to Sonic." Tails said.
For a moment, Tails had thought he saw Blaze's forehead jewel glow. But he just put it off as a glint from the sun. He turned back to his sand castle, where he was building an actual working model of the Tornado III. He then noticed the area had suddenly became darker. Dark clouds floated over the beach, blocking the sun from view.
"Uh...guys? Is that normal?" Tails asked worried.
Blaze stopped pelting fireballs at her boyfriend, who was now cowering up a tree, at looked up to the sky like Tails.
"Did you know there was supposed to be a storm?" Blaze asked Silver as he jumped down, realizing he was safe.
"Impossible." He replied. "I used my powers to check the weather. It was supposed to be clear for the next two days."
"Then what's that?!" Tails screamed.
One of the storm clouds formed into a funnel and crashed into ocean; sucking everything within a five mile radius. Tails, easily the lightest, was picked up by the sudden storm. Silver tried to save him when he realized he was being picked up along with Blaze. The three were sucked inside and lifted beyond the clouds. Blaze could feel a throbbing pain in her forehead and was knocked out. Tails quickly followed. Silver saw a small glow from Blaze's jewel and then everything went black.
"Do you think he's all right?"
"I hope so. Oh, why did I try to burn him?"
"Because you're just hot." Silver joked as he regained consciousness. Blaze and Tails kneeled over him with worried expressions. Silver sat up, groaning. "Sorry, that was a terrible pun."
"It doesn't matter." Blaze said; wrapping Silver in a loving hug. "As long as you're all right."
"I wonder where we are." Tails said out loud.
"What do you mean?" Silver asked.
"Take a look." Tails replied.
Silver stood up; his back aching a bit, when he realized where they were. It was a beach, but not the one they had come from. Behind them was a small forest of trees, a dock down the beach, and a dormant volcano was seen in the distance.
"I don't think we're in Kansas anymore." Silver said.
"Or Emerald Beach." Tails stated. "Where do you think about this place, Blaze?" She didn't answer. "Blaze?"
Silver and Tails turned to the pyro cat, who seemed to be frozen in place. There was something about this place that seemed to scare Blaze.
"This place..." Blaze thought. "...It can't be."
"Blaze." Silver called; shaking her awake. "Blaze, what's up?"
"I...think I know this place." Blaze said slowly.
"Where are we?" Tails asked.
"I think we're..." Blaze started.
Suddenly, a loud motorized sound filled the air. The three searched up and down the beach, but found nothing that would create the sound. Suddenly, a motorized boat soared out of the forest for no reason at all and smashes into the heroes. The boat was destroyed and the heroes were buried under the wreckage.
"Why on Earth would there be a boat in a forest!" Silver exclaimed.
"Ow, my head." Tails groaned.
Blaze; being forced in an awkward angle, made feeble attempts to clew her way out of the wreckage when she hear a voice, a voice she knew.
"Crikey, maybe I should have put that brake in." said a young female with an Australian accent.
Just from hearing the voice, Blaze used her flames to melt away the wreckage so that she could stand up straight. There she found a raccoon girl at the age of eight sitting on the sand. She had orange fur with brown markings and two strands sticking out the back of her head held by two gold rings. She wore a green sleeveless shirt, black shorts, tan gloves, and green and orange shoes. She also wore a blue square-cut gem around gem around her neck. The young raccoon groaned and rubbed her head until she noticed Blaze. The two remained silent, never leaving each others gaze until.
"M-Marine?" Blaze whispered in disbelief.
"Blaze?" The girl known as Marine also whispered.
"I...I can't believe it." Blaze said happily.
"Blaze!" Marine cried; happy tears trekking down her face. The young raccoon jumped into Blaze's arms, who twirled her around playfully before embracing her. "Blaze, I can't believe you're back! I missed you!"
"I missed you, too, Marine." Blaze said; crying a little herself. "I'm so happy to see you again."
"Where have you been?" Marine asked as they separated.
Before Blaze could answer, the wreckage shot off into the air in random directions. Silver used his barrier to free himself and pulled Tails back up. The two turned to Blaze when they finally noticed her little friend.
"Who's the kid?" Silver asked.
"I'm no kid!" Marine shouted outraged. "I am Captain Marine the Raccoon! The world's greatest explorer!"
"So you finished your ship?" Blaze asked.
"No." Marine said glumly. She turned her head to the wreckage. "That was my latest one and your friends ruined it!"
"Hold up! We ruined it?!" Silver exclaimed. "We're not the ones that drove that thing into the forest!"
"I think we all got off on the wrong foot." Blaze sweated; fearing a fight might break out. "Let's introduce ourselves. Marine, this is our resident genius, Tails."
"Hi." Tails greeted.
"G'day, mate!" Marine replied enthusiastically.
"And this is my boyfriend, Silver the Hedgehog." Blaze introduced.
Marine stepped up to him and began to inspect grey hedgehog. She looked up and down and said. "Nice catch, mate."
"O...k." Silver said awkwardly. "So, who is this?"
"This is Marine the Raccoon." Blaze introduced Marine. "She was my best friend before I met you, Silver." She turned and kneeled down to Marine. "Marine, I need to ask you something very importent. Is this Southern Island?"
"Yep." Marine said cheerfully.
"Where's Southern Island?" Tails asked.
"It's an island in the southern hemisphere of...my dimension." Blaze said silently, but they heard.
"Your dimension!" Tails exclaimed. "You mean we went through the barriers that are seperated by time and space! This is amazing!"
"Since when has this been your dimension?" Silver asked.
"It was hers until she left five years ago." Marine explained. "Ain't that right, princess?"
"Princess!!" Silver and Tails yelled in surprise.
"I guess you didn't tell them." Marine said to Blaze, who shook her head. "Sorry, mate. I've just been so busy with my ship, I didn't think right." Marine held her head sadly as she stared at the wreckage. "I worked for weeks on that one."
"This is an interesting design." Tails said interestingly; inspecting a piece from the wreckage. "The body seems great, but the structure is lacking and it seems to be missing the breaks."
"Wow, how did you know that?" Marine asked curiously.
"I know a thing or two about building things." Tails said proudly.
"Do you think you could help me build it?" Marine asked hopefully.
"How about this?" Tails said. "How about I build you an entirely new ship for you?"
"Oh, thank you!" Marine while hugging him.
Back at the Sonic Heroes base, Cream was rolling in the grass with Cheese when she suddenly froze.
"My Tails senses are tingling!" Cream screamed as she jumped to her feet. "I'm coming, Tails!"
Back at Blaze's dimension, Tails remained back on the beach to fix up the broken ship. Silver, Blaze, and Marine decided to head back to Marine's house in the nearby village. But unknown to them, someone was watching; their sights set on the gem around Marine's neck.
"Argh, there it be." A voice said. "After months of searching, the last gem is within our grasp."
"What now, cap'n?" A second voice asked.
"Isn't it obvious?" The first voice asked. "We steal it, of course."
"Leave it to me." The second voice sniggered.
Silver, Blaze, and Marine reached the small village and were sitting outside Marine's house; she left her key inside. Silver used the next ten minutes yelling about how Marine was dumb enough to forget her key inside her own home. When he was done, Blaze spent the next half-hour explaining everything about her past. From her birth to her discovery of her fire to the legendary gems, the sol emeralds.
"So let me get this straight." Silver said. "You're a princess destined to guard these 'sol emeralds'." Blaze nodded her head solemnly. "Wow, I've been dating a princess all this time and I didn't even know it! How lucky can you get?!"
"Really lucky." Marine giggled.
"So if you're a princess, why did you decide to leave?" Silver asked.
"I was nine years old when my parents forced me to become the guardian of the sol emeralds." Blaze said; her hands shaking furiously. "They stamped this jewel in my forehead to symbolize my guardianship. I was didn't want this responsibility; I panicked. By discovering the secrets of the sol emeralds spatial powers, I travel to your dimension. You know the rest."
"What happened to the sol emeralds? Silver asked.
"They were scattered." Marine explained; her friend's eyebrows rose. "I was only three, but I would remember when my best friend left. The emeralds zoomed off, but I was lucky enough to catch one." Marine lifted the gem around her neck to eye level. "I always kept it so I would always remember you."
"Marine, I'm sorry I left you behind." Blaze apologized.
"Aw, no trouble, mate!" Marine shouted cheerfully. "At least you're back now!"
"Yeah, but we won't be for long." Blaze said sadly. "Right now, we need to think of a way back."
"While you do that, you won't mind if I take this off your hands." A new voice said.
Suddenly, a violent gust of wind came out of nowhere and knocked Marine down on her back. She rubbed her head when she noticed her sol emerald was missing. Silver and Blaze jumped to their feet while the gust started to make a break for it. Silver threw his hand forward and created a barrier, which the gust slammed into and revealed its true face. He was a green robot with a torpedo head and a shark face.
"Hey, what's the big idea?!" The robot shark snarled.
"And who are you supposed to be?" Silver asked.
"I'm Johnny, the fastest thing alive."
"Hate to burst your bubble, but Sonic the Hedgehog is the fastest thing alive." Silver sniggered.
"As princess of this world, I order you to unhand the sol emerald!" Blaze demanded; her hands beginning to spark.
"Sorry, prissy, but I don't see that happening any time soon." Johnny sniggered.
"Then feel my wrath!" Blaze shouted.
Roaring flames formed around Blaze's fists as she charged forward. Blaze spun into the air and formed into a tornado of fire. Johnny, realizing that Silver's barrier was still up, kicked up off the invisible wall and flipped over Blaze, causing her to smack into the barrier. Johnny laughed as Blaze sprawled against Silver's barrier when he noticed his feet started to glow. Johnny was suddenly thrown against the sandy ground. Johnny growled While Silver leaned against Marine's house, grinning madly.
"You may be fast, but the mind is faster." Silver smirked.
"Oh yeah?" Johnny challenged.
Johnny jumped to his feet and shot forward at Silver. But the grey hedgehog waved it off like it was nothing. But when he came within feet of him, Johnny smacked into an invisible barrier.
"You think he would have figured that out by now." Marine said amusingly.
"Aw, shut up." Johnny said.
Johnny pried his face from Silver's barrier and growled when he felt a sudden burning sensation from his backside. He looked back to find blaze, ginning madly, pointing at his rear. He looked down to find his rear end was on fire. Johnny screamed; the sol emerald flying out his hand. Marine caught the emerald, laughing her heart out as Johnny dragged his butt across the ground. Realizing the sand was only making it worse, Johnny ran off toward the beach, screaming his head off.
"That was classic!" Silver laughed; wiping tears from his face. He wrapped his arms around Blaze's sides. "It's times like these I realize why I fell in love with you."
"Oh, you." Blaze said playfully, pulling him into a kiss.
"Aww!" Marine said giddily. She swooned over the couple until. "Watch out!"
The two lovers looked over just in time to flip away as a steel fist swung at them. Another fist flew out of nowhere and stole the sol emerald from Marine's hands. The fist flew over and reattached to its owner. The owner was a bulbous, one-eyed robot in a red coat, two skull gauntlets, a pirates hat, and had a steel white mustache on his face. Johnny stood by his side.
"Avast, ye bilge rats!" The pirate proclaimed. "I, Captain Whisker, have successfully obtained the last sol emerald!"
"The last emerald?" Silver questioned. "Does that mean you have all of them?"
"Argh." Whisker said. No one had any idea what that meant.
"He means yes." Johnny explained.
"Oh!" said the heroes.
"As princess of this world and guarding of the sol emerald, I order you to surrender the emeralds in your possession at once!" Blaze demanded.
"Not a chance, ye scurvy wench." Whisker stated. Marine had to hold Silver back from beating him to a pulp. "With the emeralds, we can open the door to the Jeweled Scepter!"
"The what?!" Blaze and Marine exclaimed.
"Way to go, big mouth." Johnny muttered.
"What's the Jeweled Scepter?" Silver asked, but no one answered.
"I will never allow you to touch the Scepter!" Blaze yelled. "Not as long as I remain it's guardian!"
Blaze skipped off the ground and performed her signature flame tornado.
"You don't have much of a choice, wench." Whisker said. He raised the blue sol emerald to the sky. "SOL CONTROL!"
Seconds before Blaze could reach them; a white vortex formed behind the robots and sucked them in. The vortex disappeared and Blaze landed face first into the sand. Silver and Marine quickly ran to her side.
"Blaze, are you all right." Silver asked in concern.
"The Jeweled Scepter." Blaze muttered; ignoring Silver's question. "We have to get to it before they do!"
Without taking a moment to rest, Blaze jumped up and ran back to the beach with Marine at her side. Silver stood stunned for a moment, wondering what had happened, before reluctantly following. They arrived back on the beach just as Tails put the finishing touches on the ship. It was made from special steel found only on the island, polished finely as the sun gleamed brightly against it, and put in an engine with a similar disign like the one he put into the Tornado III. Tails was wiping the grime off his face when the others showed up.
"Hey, guys." Tails waved happily.
"Did you do all this, Tails?" Marine asked in awe.
"Yep." Tails said proudly. "It's made from jeweled steel, a fine chrome coat, and high-powered turbo engine for extra speed. I even put in a break."
"You're amazing, Mate!" Marine cheered, hugging him.
--Meanwhile--
"I'll find you, Miles Prower!" Cream screamed.
--Back to the Heroes--
"We don't have time for this." Blaze snarled. She grabbed the children by the scruffs of there necks and threw them aboard. "Prepare to cast off! Marine, take the wheel!"
"Aye, aye, captain!" Marine saluted.
"What's going on?" Tails asked Silver as he jumped aboard.
"I have no idea." Silver said honestly.
"Marine, plot a course for Coral Cave!" Blaze commanded.
"Aye, aye, mate!" Marine replied.
Marine took the ship by the wheel and gave a sharp turn to the right, causing Silver and Tails to nearly be thrown overboard. Blaze remained firm. Silver could not even remember a time when Blaze was this serious. Not even against Iblis. She wasn't telling him something and he wanted to find out what. As the heroic crew sailed off after the robot menace, a pair of blue eyes watched them from the shadows of the trees. The leaves of the trees flowed in the wind, revealing momentarily the dragon face of Future Mecha Shadow.
"So this princess has arrived as I predicted." Future Mecha roared. "This world will not be the only one under my control."
Blaze returns home, but trouble also follows. What is the Jeweled Scepter? What secret does Blaze possess? and what plan does Future Mecha have in store for for Blaze? Find out on the next Sonic Heroes.
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