42. it's the answer to everything. Why wasn't Espio in the Ninja World Saga, considering he's the only real ninja out of the Sonic characters? 42. Why did the chicken cross the road? 42 told him to. The Number 23? More like The Number 42.

Song used:

Boss Stage Clear – Sonic Unleashed


Fujin Gem Saga: Chapter 42 – Show Me the Treasure

In a place pretty close by, Sonic was in Tails' laboratory, telling him about the wide amount of things he did earlier. "So I did some of those, and ran into Metal Sonic again. Maybe I'm thinking too much, but he seems to be following me around more…and the rest is kinda a blur. I somewhat remember beating Eggman as usual, but, well, it wasn't me."

"I have just the solution to this problem." Tails said, raising a finger. He then pulled back a curtain, revealing an operating table and two high tech transporter devices near it. "Behold! I came up with it yesterday, didn't take very long."

"Just what are you planning to do?" Sonic asked.

"You'll lie on the operating table, and using an x-ray injection with mini magnabots hooked up to a computer, they'll explore inside you and find the pill."

"But how can they find it after it was digested so long ago?"

"They just can. Once they find it and remove it, the problem should be solved."

"Then what are those for?" Sonic asked, pointing at the two transporter devices near by.

"We'll see, now let's begin." Tails said as he put some commands into a computer.

"I'm not gonna like this very much…"

Back in the pyramid, Rouge, Omega and Team Chaotix entered the final room to see a somewhat long staircase leading to the Fujin Gem which was platinum, covered in tiny gold pieces, and was shaped like a small replica of the number 42. They all looked up in awe at the gem; expect Omega, since he doesn't have that function.

"It really does exist…" Vector said.

Espio nodded. "Seems the legends were true…"

"Then how come we never heard of these legends until this morning?" Charmy asked.

"He's pointing out valid plot points, get him!" Vector yelled, just seconds before he and Espio both tackled him.

Rouge ran past them and towards the gem as she said, "Well thanks for solving the puzzle, boys, but this ones mine."

Suddenly, the room shook, knocking Rouge back down the stairs as dozens of rock pieces began to form until a large Egyptian golem appeared. "Those who seek treasure will find only…"

"Only what?" Charmy asked.

"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"

"That makes no sense!"

Omega began firing at the golem while it tried so swat him, missing with each swing. While this happened, Rouge kicked the golem in random places all over its body, knocking it off balance occasionally. Espio began chucking shuriken at it, while Vector shoulder barged the golem. After performing a spinning spiral kick to the face, Rouge soon made the golem fall and explode for no reason. As the Boss Stage Clear theme from Sonic Unleashed played, Rouge hopped up the stairs, and then flipped multiple times before landing beside the Fujin gem and raising it into the air.

As she did so, Sally Sue suddenly flew by and grabbed it before landing. "Even though I should be angry, I'm not. Thanks for saving me the trouble, losers. Now I'll be taking this, and you'll go about your business." As she began to walk off, the five of them attacked her from all sides, which seemed to make no difference, just before Shadow managed to kick her across the room as he appeared.

"Glad you could finally show up, Shadow." Rouge began. "It doesn't usually take you so long."

Shadow growled for a second before announcing, "All hail Virus!" confusing pretty much everyone in the room.

"The hell?" Rouge said in response.

"That makes even less sense!" Charmy exclaimed.

"Mind equals blown." Omega added.

"I honestly have no idea what's going on." Vector said. "This is what happens when we're only in it for the money…"

"Technically, only you're in it for the money." Espio pointed out.

"Well someone's gotta be."

Sally Sue got to her feet and approached Shadow in a surprisingly calm manner. "I really don't know what you're saying, but that's no excuse for what you just did. I'm going to kill you, and I'd prefer it if you didn't have that purple aura…it's weird."

"I'll make you suffer, non-believer!" Shadow yelled.

"No! That's my line!"

"This might be weird, but I'll just sit and watch for the moment." Rouge said as she continued watching.

Meanwhile, in the mall far, far away, Lily and Rose were now at a clothing store. They were in one aisle looking at a range of clothing when Lily picked up a red sparkling dress and turned to Rose. "Hey Rose, I think this would suit you."

"Not for walking down a street, it wouldn't."

"Sure it would. Just add a red rose to your hair, and there you go! A meaningful name and you look good. But you'd have to remove that red hat, which most people would have forgotten had I not just mentioned it. Plus, it fits your body type quite well; miss tall, dark, and snarky. What's your cup size?"

"You'll never know." Rose replied as she kept looking around.

"Well you seem just a little bigger than me…"

"If you 'glomp' me then I'll stab you."

"You're being uptight again…"

Rose turned around. "You're being annoying again…"

"C'mon! Just let me grope you, just for a few moments."

"No."

"It'll feel good, I promise!"

"No."

Back at the pyramid, Shadow and Sally Sue had began fighting, matching each other blow for blow fairly quickly. Sally Sue hit Shadow with a flying kick, only for Shadow to recover in midair, land on one hand, then flip up as Sally Sue swung at him and throw three chaos spears which ricocheted off the walls. While she avoided them, Shadow hit her in the stomach, then sent her flying by kneeing her in the face. Shadow chased her and performed a sliding kick, only for Sally Sue to jump over it and attack with a roundhouse kick which Shadow jumped above, then a ground pound attack that Shadow jumped over.

Shadow rushed over and performed a series of attacks which Sally Sue blocked before jumping back. They both charged at each other and punched the other in the face with all their strength that they both knocked each other out, while the others were left confused and stunned. As they had finished, the area began shaking again, causing the Fujin Gem in Sally Sue's pocket to fall down a small crack in the floor nearby.

"Well isn't that convenient…" Rouge said with a sigh.

"Well there goes the money…" Vector sighed.

"I can get it with my drill!" Charmy exclaimed.

"Charmy, your stinger definitely wasn't made for that purpose." Espio said as Charmy got ready. "We should probably cut before Charmy really hurts himself." Espio said as the pyramid was slowly coming down, while Rouge and Omega carried Shadow and Sally Sue as they left.

At the shopping mall, Lily and Rose had finished. Rose was at the till SA2 stood at, paying for her clothes while Lily passed by on the back of a wheelchair yelling, "Woo! Villains out shopping!"

Rose turned to SA2 and said, "I don't know her." before handing him the money.

In Tails' laboratory, Tails had recently extracted the remains of the pill from inside Sonic, and used an unknown source of power from one transporter machine to bring back the female Sonic, so there were now two Sonic's in the room.

"Wait, Tails, how did you just do that?" Sonic asked.

"To be honest, I just don't know." Tails shrugged. "Just smile and nod."

"Awesome!" the female Sonic exclaimed. "My own body…" she thought for a second, then felt her chest and ass. "Yep, it's all there! Nice shirt by the way." She said, looking over at Sonic.

"You're wearing the same clothes."

"I am?" She looked down. "Awesome. I'm gonna need a name now…yeah, Sonya will do, because I just remove two letters and replace them."

"Cool 'n stuff." Sonic replied. "Man, I look good as a girl…"

"I also look good as a guy…" Sonya replied. "Nice to meet you, Me." She shook his hand.

"The pleasure is all mine, other Me." Sonic said with a smile.

"I may not have made the right decision…" Tails said.

"What's with him, Me?" Sonya asked.

"He's just jealous, Me." Sonic replied.

"Makes sense, Me. I'd be jealous of having two really cool Me's going about as well."

"Great minds think alike, Me." Sonic nodded.

"Definitely made the wrong decision…" Tails said with a sigh.

Lily and Rose were now currently outside the shopping mall, with a few bags of clothing. As they walked, Lily began talking, "Y'know, today was quite good, wouldn't you say so?"

"Surprisingly yes, I had my doubts but it turned out well."

"And now we share a sacred bond and you'll be my BFF."

"I don't think so."

"Suit yourself, Rose, but remember." Lily stopped and paused. "We ride together; we die together, Villains for life."

Rose smiled as she spoke, "I'll consider it."

Lily suddenly gasped. "So it's true, it is possible for you to smile! Virus said you also laughed at Disneyland, but my first thought was 'pics or it didn't happen' because I thought such a stuck-up assassin was incapable of such a thing. It feels my heart with joy! Do it again, please?"

"No." Rose said, returning to her normal expression.

"C'mon, just once more!"

"No, I don't want to."

"Your tsundere is showing…" Lily said with a smirk.

"I'm leaving." Rose said as she walked off in the opposite direction.

"It was a joke, don't take it personally!" Lily yelled as she chased after her.

Meanwhile, Virus returned to a dark room where Eggman Nega was researching information on a computer screen.

"My progress is running smoothly." Virus informed him. "I've already infected two hedgehogs recently, but I need more. What's that one Eggman seems to talk about a lot? Sonic the Hedgehog was it?"

"That would be correct."

"Then that's all I needed to know."

Out in the middle of Emerald Hill Zone, Shadow woke up on the grass with Rouge sitting next to him, while Omega blasted badniks in the background.

"How long was I out?" Shadow asked.

"About ten minutes. So what happened back there?"

"I fought one of those typical villain monsters which somehow took control of my senses. I'll get it checked out later. So what happened during that time?"

"Sally Sue stole the gem, you beat her up 1-on-1, the gem fell down a crack and I was unable to find it. Sally Sue was disappointed that I didn't have it when she woke up, and complained about not being able to bring her back without the necessary items."

"Bring her back?" Shadow arched an eyebrow. "Bring back who?"

"Her older sister, Mary Sue. She required a number of items to bring Mary Sue back from a void she's currently trapped in, for unknown reasons. As you can guess, it's in our best interest to make sure this doesn't happen."

"Mary Sue, huh? I've heard about her…"

"Pretty much everyone has. Oh, by the way, the Commander said they ran out of lemons, so we should get our asses back to HQ."

"Right." Shadow got to his feet. "Let's get going then." The two walked off, followed by Omega who joined them several moments later.


SA2 walked onto the right side of a set with some notes. In the middle of the set was a red curtain which opened to reveal Team Chaotix in the middle of a wasteland, about to take on robot monkey ninjas. SA2 began to read out the notes. "The next one is to do with Team Chaotix, because I said so, and for another reason I won't mention. So stay tuned for the Escort Saga." SA2 looked up. "Lame name, but I didn't have much to work with."


This is all for now since I'll be going to Egypt for the majority of August, so I'll probably update when I get back, at some point within the last week or so of August. So take care until then.