Me: Hey bitches! I finally return.
Sonic: Would you stop saying it like that? Please?
Silver: Yeah. Dude, it's only been like a week. Leave for a month and then come back. Then you can dramatically open up like that.
Me: IT'S MY STORY AND I'LL OPEN AND CLOSE IT HOWEVER I WANT TO!
Silver:….okay.
Trevor: Hey, AK.
Me: Trevor! Why the hell are you here in this story?
Trevor: Just thought I'd stop by and say hello to the characters that aren't in the AutoKnight series. Wassup, Silver?
Silver: 'Sup?
Trevor: Enjoying your story?
Silver: Yeah. Yours?
Me: It's going good. Can't complain.
Cream: Mr. Trevor? What were you and Mr. AK doing in the closer of chapter 23 of the AutoKnights 6?
Me: Uuuuuuhhhhhhh….
Trevor: That's something you shouldn't learn about for at least…let's see. You're six right now. So…ten more years. Then I'll show you personally.
Amy and Blaze: You will NOT!
Trevor: Whatever.
Me: So who's doing the disclaimer this time around? NOT IT!
Everyone: NOT IT!
Trevor: I'm not even in this story.
Shadow: Doesn't matter. Go.
Trevor: Ugh. Fine. AK does not own Sonic, Silver, or any other characters created by Sonic team.
Me: Just to be clear, Trevor. Who DO I own?
(Trevor glares at me)
Trevor: You own me. And if I so much as hear one joke about that tiny detail, you people are gonna be dead faster than Sonic can run.
Me: YOU DON'T GET TO MAKE DEATH THREATS IN THIS STORY!
Trevor: Are you robbing me of my right of free speech?
Me: Wait. Before we kill each other, I propose we go to the basement.
Tikal: No way. What happens in that basement is…
Amy: Tikal, just let them go. Unlike most people, Trevor actually NEEDS the basement.
Me: Alright then. Enjoy chapter 4. See ya in the basement. Oh yeah. And I don't own the song used in this chapter either.
It's Blazing on the West Side
Chapter 4: Arriving in Cally
Only one hour had passed. In that time, Silver had already spent nearly two thousand dollars in cash. His cab driver was a walrus from another country and asked for an outrageous tip. He gave that walrus three hundred dollars and then the walrus finally put down his gun and let Silver get out of the car. That was the first time Silver had never been in a cab, and he swore right there it would also be his last.
Silver walked into the airport and got in line for the front counter and waited patiently. It took nearly half an hour for his turn to finally come. He had to pay seventeen hundred bucks for a one way ticket to San Diego. There were no direct flights to the city itself due to fueling reasons. So he had to catch a connecting flight in Denver. It was reasonable. But it was a bit much to spend on a vacation before he actually got to the destination. But it wasn't really a vacation. It was more like a mission. A mission of total craziness, ambition, and love. He would pay anything if it meant he would see Blaze again.
He went through all the security measures and equipment and he boarded the plane. When he looked around, he saw that he was the only Mobian on the plane and he was sitting next to a normal woman in her prime with long beach blonde hair. The plane took off and Silver noticed the girl next to him was staring right at him.
"I've never seen any Mobians on a plane before." She said.
Silver looked at the chick. "Really? We fly on planes all the time just like you humans do."
"Oh. I just don't fly very often." The girl said..
Silver nodded and pulled out the Sky Mall magazine in front of him.
"I'm Tiffany." That was the girl sitting next to him.
"Silver's my name." the hedgehog gave out his.
"I hope you don't mind but I just like talking to people when I have to sit for a good five hours." Tiffany said.
"I understand. It's a long flight. You have to do SOMETHING." Silver agreed.
"Exactly." Tiffany said. "So where are you headed? Just to Denver or are you connecting?"
"Connecting. I'm going to California to find my best friend so I can finally tell her that I love her."
Tiffany put her hand over her heart. "Oh my God. That is SO romantic. I wish all guys would be that sensitive and creative. I mean I dated this one guy like years ago, he was a total jerk. God I just wish he would die so hard I hate him so much. Bastard cheated on me with some floozy brunette I knew from college. But who cares she had HIV and now he does too."
This was how it was for the next four and a half hours for Silver. The girl next to him just wouldn't shut up. Here he was at the start thinking he had a talking buddy for the flight, and then he soon realized that she just never stopped talking at all. Silver began to wonder how she was able to talk for so long without getting a sore throat. Eventually, the white hedgehog drifted off to sleep and she was still chatting.
When he woke up, it was four hours later and Tiffany was STILL talking. Apparently she didn't even stop for long enough to notice that he had even fallen asleep. She was now ranting on about one time she had flashed her boobs to Chad Kroeger of Nickelback once at a concert when she was really drunk. Silver rolled his eyes. But the mention of Nickelback made him remember that he had brought his Ipod with him. And there was still an hour to kill before the plane had to land. So he took out his Ipod and put the buds in his ears. He liked Nickelback. He scrolled through the songs and found one.
It was called Far Away. How fitting. He pressed the center button and the song began to play.
(BGM: Far Away; By Nickelback)
This time, This place
Misused, Mistakes
Too long, Too late
Who was I to make you wait
Just one chance
Just one breath
Just in case there's just one left
'Cause you know,
you know, you know
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you'll be with me
and you'll never go
Stop breathing if
I don't see you anymore
On my knees, I'll ask
Last chance for one last dance
'Cause with you, I'd withstand
All of hell to hold your hand
I'd give it all
I'd give for us
Give anything but I won't give up
'Cause you know,
you know, you know
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you'll be with me
and you'll never go
Stop breathing if
I don't see you anymore
So far away
Been far away for far too long
So far away
Been far away for far too long
But you know, you know, you know
I wanted
I wanted you to stay
'Cause I needed
I need to hear you say
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I forgive you
For being away for far too long
So keep breathing
'Cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
'Cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
Hold on to me and, never let me go
(End Background Music)
As the song faded, Silver sighed. Nickelback didn't have a lot of soft songs, but the ones they DID have were beautiful. It reminded him all too much of Blaze. He switched artists to Van Halen and listened to the album 5150 throughout the rest of the flight. When the last song ended, the plane had begun its descent. And Tiffany had finally shut up too. When they landed, Silver gathered his things and got off the plane and headed straight for the next terminal. He got through no problem and took his seat. But when he saw who was next to him, he thought like he was about to die.
He was sitting next to a full on hippie. He had on a tie dye shirt glasses with red lens, long black hair, and facial hair everywhere. His eyes were red so he was already high. He must have snuck a joint into the bathroom or something. And Silver knew what he was staring at. The hippie was looking right at the hedgehog's five leaf-looking quills with a wide smile. Silver groaned and rubbed his forehead hoping that all would happen was staring. But it wasn't all that happened. Ten minutes in the air, the hippie leaned over and grabbed his quills and tried to smell them.
"Man, this is the BIGGEST leaf I've ever SEEN, man!" The hippie said.
Silver groaned again. But fortunately since the hippie was being so loud, the attendant asked him to move to the back of the plane, leaving Silver alone. The hippie took one last 'hit' off Silver's head and got up and headed to the back of the plane. One hour later, the plane touched down in San Diego. Silver got off the plane and took a look around. He was exhausted, but when he looked at the clock, he remembered something. There was a three hour time difference between Station Square and California. So it was only early afternoon where he was now as opposed to back home where the sun would be setting right about now.
The white hedgehog waved it off and decided to get a hotel for the night. He was just too exhausted to search for Blaze after a couple of flights like the ones he had just went through. He left the airport, got a cab, and found the nearest hotel. He ended up at the Hard Rock Hotel downtown. He went to the clerk behind the counter.
"What can I do for you?" he asked.
"Do you happen to have any rooms available?" Silver replied.
"One moment, sir."
The clerk began to type on his computer to check availability.
"We do have one room available, sir. It's the King Suite. Would you like it?"
"How much is it per night?" Silver asked.
"Standard rate is $209 per night."
Silver went into thinking mode. He could afford it no problem. He had nearly one hundred grand in the bank. But it wasn't cash he was worried about. He had no idea how long he should stay in each city at a time. One night wouldn't be enough time to do a full search and a week was too long. So he had to find a middle ground. He settled and four days and three nights in each city. He would travel upstate by train.
"Alright I'll take it for four nights." Silver said adding the present day he was in.
The psychic hedgehog handed the clerk his Visa credit card and watched as it was swiped through the scanner. The clerk handed him the key to his room and he went up to it to check it out. It was actually a very nice room. It was the kind of thing a rockstar would definitely love to stay in. Feeling no need or desire to go outside the hotel and find dinner, he decided to stay there and eat. After all, it was the Hard Rock Hotel. Which meant there was a Hard Rock Café inside of it. After eating dinner the hedgehog went back upstairs and went to bed.
He had absolutely NO idea how crazy tomorrow was going to be.
Silver: That's it? I arrive in California and that's it?
Shadow: Be patient Silver. You'll have more action in the future.
Tikal: Are AK and Trevor still down in the basement?
Amy: Chances are that's a big yes. I say we just leave them there.
Tails: Do they even know how many brain cells they kill when they do that?
Sonic: Well I've read about Trevor. There are memories inside his head that I think he actually NEEDS to kill.
Vector: True dat.
Sonic: Alright then. I'm sure AK will get started on chapter five whenever he and Trevor get done. Bye everyone!
Everyone: See ya!