Sorry I had a hard time with my other stories. This will be one of my favorite chapters. BTW, I have put a poll up on my site profile for this story, please vote. My profile will be updated to show the bios of my characters, their descriptions will be updated as my stories come together, there will be no spoilers.
Chapter 12: Left Alone
Sovia was tossing and turning in her bed. She looked at her white clock. 2:26. She knew one of thing that would help her sleep. She left her room, the lights outside were dimmed because of the time of night. It was just light enough to see. She turned the corner leading to T.J.'s room when something caught her attention. It was the info board. There was a notice about a couple's skating race in a few days.
"Who put that up", she asked herself. She started back toward T.J.'s room only to stop again at the sight of something that sent a chill down her spine. Standing no more than 15 feet away from her was a wolf. It was completely brownish-gray except for a snow white stripe that led from its muzzle and split into two at the top of its head and down to its tail, which had only a white tip. They stared at each other until Sovia's fear made her, for some reason, start after it. The wolf turned and fled. She chased it through the halls of the Carrier. After a few turns Sovia knew where it was going, T.J.'s room. She quickened her run to a sprint. She turned a corner.
"Aaaaah!"
BLAM!
She had collided with T.J.
"What the, Sovia what are you doing. Why are you running like your chasing something", T.J. asked, helping her up.
"I was on my way to your room to ask if I could get a kiss to help me sleep when I saw a wolf and chased it through here. Did you see it? What are you doing up anyway", she asked.
"I'm taking over for Timmy tonight, he's starting to come down with something, and no, no wolf came through here. Are you sure you saw a wolf, it is late", he said.
"Yes, I didn't imagine it", Sovia said.
"It could have been a hallucination, ya know insomnia causes dillusions", T.J. reasoned.
"Trenton Joshua Howitzer", she started, using his full name, "it was NOT a hallucination."
"Okay, okay, I'll check the scanners, but I still thin...", he stopped after seeing his love's expression.
"Please don't say it", she said.
"Alright", he said. T.J. kissed her forehead.
"Thanks, I'll be able to sleep now", she said. When she turned the corner going back to her room, she heard T.J. sigh.
She walked back to her room. She thought about that wolf. She knew she couldn't have imagined it. She was drifting off to sleep when she heard the faint and distance howl of a wolf from outside. She was too tired to get back up and fell asleep.
The next morning everyone but Timmy and Tootie gathered in the now larger flight deck. The pilot's seat was now on an upper floor with only a ladder to get to it. There was more room on the floor below it now.
"Where's T.J.", Amy asked walking in and realizing he was nowhere to be seen.
"Look at this", Tail's said holding up a small cube he found in the middle of the room. It had a button on it that said "push".
Tails pushed it. The cube shot a beam of light that split opened and showed a holographic prjection of T.J.
"Hey you guys, if you're watching this it means I've already left. Last night I saw something on the scanners that peaked my interest. I took my Arwing to check it out and will meet you at the next world. The scanners showed a few energy signatures that looked like Chaos Emeralds. Sovia, please don't come after me, I'm too far by now to catch up to anyway. Tails you're in charge of flying the Carrier, J.E.E.V.E.S. is on the control panel, put him on your left arm. You should all arrive at the next world in three hours. Only two of you can come down", the recorded T.J. said. The box shut off.
Tails placed J.E.E.V.E.S. on his arm, the computer shrinking to fit his thin arm.
"What am I going to do until then", Sovia said aggrivated.
"You could help my mother and I knit a scrarf for T.J.", Cream said. Speedy and Cheese were flying around them so it was hard to talk face to face.
"For what", Sovia asked, puzzzled.
"His birthday is coming up", Vanilla said. Sovia had completly forgotten. It was hard to forget his birthday, because it was her birthday too, but with the stress of the things going on around her, it was hard to remember anything.
"Okay, I'll do that", Sovia said.
In Timmy's room, Tootie was looking over him with worry in her heart. He had a fever of 100.09, it wasn't very high, but it still worried her. The fish in the bowl beside his bed looked worried too, she didn't blame them. There was a knock at his door and she answered it. It was Peach.
"How is he", she asked.
"His temperature is still rising, and he's still asleep", Tootie said. She was lucky that Peach had nursing experience (in Dr. Mario).
"It sounds like the common cold", Peach said, "let me or Mario know if anything changes."
"I will thanks", Tootie said. After Peach left she heard Timmy stir.
"Timmy are you awake", she asked. No response. She sighed. False alarm, she thought.
Three hours later.
Sovia was in Vanilla's room helping Vanilla and Cream make a scarf.
"We're there whoever wants to go better get up here before Sovia does", Tails said over the intercom.
"See you guys later", she said. She warped to the flight deck, know she wasn't going to beat Sonic if she ran.
Sonic got their half a second before Sovia did.
"Looks like Sovia beat you here, Sonic", Tails said.
"Barely", Sovia said.
"It looks like Sovia and I are going down", Tails said.
"I don't know if going without a guide is a good idea", Cosmo said, walking in.
"It's okay we have one", he replied, holding up his wrist, revealing a blue J.E.E.V.E.S.
"How can you be sure you'll be safe", Cosmo asked.
"Because J.E.E.V.E.S has been there, and he said that it's not a real dangerous world", Tails said.
"Okay, but be safe", she said kissing his cheek. They blushed like crazy because they haven't been very open to everyone about them dating.
"Alright let's get down there and find T.J.", Sovia said. They warped to the hanger. Sovia decided as a precation to wear her Power Suit. She used A.N.N.I.C.A. to upload it on to her body. The ruby red suit phased over her. She met Tails by the Skiff, he was in a white, black, and red...what looked like a ship of some kind, with its thrusters connected to two legs.
"Tails, what is that", Sovia asked. She never did spend a lot of time in the hanger.
"It's the X Tornado's battle mode", he said, "that Power Suit looks just like Samus's."
"Who?"
"You'll see."
They boarded the Smash Skiff. In minutes they were above the surface of the world. Once they were at 1,500 feet, Sovia jumped off. She looked at the ground getting closer through the visor on her helmet and braced herself. She hit the ground, sending a shockwave through it. Tails landed next to her.
"I've already sent the Skiff back, let's go", he said.
She was lost in thought and didn't hear him.
I hope T.J.'s okay, and I hope we'll be alright without him. I just hope.
Really interesting chapter, right?
It's hard to describe the Power Suits, but you can get a very good idea if you Google Image the phrase "Samus' Power Suit".