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Chapter 7: Confusions
The inhabitant snapped open his eyes and saw he was in a bed in a simple room. It looked like his home.
"You're awake."
He snapped his head to the speaker and saw Freezing Fang resting his back against the wall. Talu immediately fell off the bed and rushed to his feet while looking for anything to help his situation.
"You must be hungry." spoke the Metarex as he moved away from the wall.
He offered a plate of food that the inhabitant heard of only in stories before their home became like this.
"No." said Talu.
His stomach grumbled defying him and the Metarex grudgingly stuffed the plate into his hands.
"You better eat. The others are worried about you." The inhabitant's head snapped up.
"Others?" questioned Talu.
The door burst open and he saw the children from past kidnappings.
"Talu!" They rushed towards him.
"What?" He could barely grasped the situation when they surrounded him.
They all huddled around him and nearly toppled him over.
"Be careful. He's still weak from the trip." Freezing Fang came to his aid and stopped the children from knocking him over.
"Sorry Freezing Fang." They hung their heads in shame.
"Freezing Fang?" he muttered the name as if it was from a foreign language.
"It's his name." One of the kids chirped.
This time the inhabitant spoke it with more confidence: "Freezing Fang."
"I need all of you to stay here. I have work to do." said the Metarex as he moved to leave.
"Okay." spoke the children.
"Wait a second." said Talu as the door slid open.
Freezing Fang reached the door to only find himself standing before the leader.
He got down to his knees and said, "Master."
"There you are. I was wondering where you went. You took a long time getting back." The Metarex leader signaled for him to get up.
"There was some interference." spoke the Metarex as he got to his feet.
"I know. Let me see your wings." said the leader pointing to the folded wings.
"Master…" started Freezing Fang.
The Metarex leader waved him off. "I don't want excuses. I know you were injured."
Reluctantly, the Metarex unfolded his wings and the smell of burnt metal and flesh filled the room. The children gasped as they saw a gaping hole in one wing and scorched marks on the other.
"It was that person wasn't it." The leader didn't seem fazed by the injuries.
"Yes." He folded his wings back into place.
"I have to deal with him soon. He's getting out of hand." spoke the Metarex leader.
"Freezing Fang what happened?" One of the children reached out to touch his wings.
"I was attacked while bringing him here." he said as he pointed to the inhabitant.
"That's horrible." They went to hug him.
One perked up. "It must be that monster."
"Don't worry about it. We'll deal with it." spoke the leader to reassure them.
"Why don't you stay and play with us Big Brother?" inquired the children.
"I decline. I'm very busy." responded the Metarex leader.
"Please." Their puppy eyes were getting to the leader as it put both of its hands in front of itself to try to shield itself from them.
Freezing Fang came to the rescue. "Maybe later little ones. Why don't you play with Talu?"
"Okay." said the kids as they went to the said person.
The two Metarex left the room and left them to their own devices.
"Are you all okay? You're not hurt are you?" asked Talu as he searched each one.
"Of course. Big Brothers are taking care of us." They stared at him as if he had gone insane.
He couldn't understand why they were acting so friendly with them. "But they're bad."
"No they're not. They're nice to us." spoke the children.
"This doesn't make sense. Why are they doing this?" questioned the inhabitant to no one in particular.
His stomach growled again and he decided te eat the food they had provided him.
"Chris. Tails. We brought everyone. What are you thinking?" inquired the plant girl as the group came to a stop in front of the Blue Typhoon.
Chris and Tails came out holding a bunch of things in their hands. "This."
They threw them to the inhabitants who nearly dropped them to the floor, but managed to cling onto them.
"What are these?" asked one of the inhabitants.
"It's a weapon only for the Metarex. I've been making some, but there's not a lot." replied the boy.
Amy went up to them and whispered, "Are you sure it's a good idea? They might not be able to handle it."
"We'll be showing them how; also, we'll need some help fixing and running the ship." said the two-tailed fox.
"This looks good. We'll take them by storm." spoke the echidna.
"Chris. Tails. Did Sonic come back?" questioned the girl hedgehog.
"No. We tried contacting him, but he isn't responding." answered Tails.
"We figured he was with you or would come back." said Chris.
"Sonic has been really out of it. What are we going to do?" spoke the girl rabbit.
"Choo?" wondered Cheese.
"There's nothing we can do. Let's hope he didn't go off to attack them by himself." said the girl bat.
"We should find out as much as we can about the Metarex from these people." spoke the boy.
"By then that idiot should be back." said Knuckles.
"If only that were true, but with the way things seem to be going it's going to be a disaster. Maybe if I contact White Lily…I can't go to her. That Metarex will know I'm contacting her and refuse to tell me anything else and I can't betray my friends. I don't know what I'm supposed to do." thought Starlight as the others continued to talk.
"Starlight." This got her to focus on the situation at hand.
"Yes?" The two-tailed fox was staring at her intently.
"Why don't you go look for Sonic?" inquired the Tails.
"Me?" Amy's head had turned fully around as she glared at Cosmo's daughter.
"We need someone to look for Sonic and you'll be able to defend yourself better than any of us." spoke the two-tailed fox.
The girl hedgehod burst in between them. "Hold on. I'll look for Sonic."
"But Amy it'll be dangerous. What if you run into really powerful Metarex?" interjeted Chris.
"Chris is right. Besides, I need your help with something." said Tails.
This time it was the plant girl's turn to react. "I can help you Tails."
"Sorry Starlight, but it's something only Amy can help me with." spoke the two-tailed fox.
Both of their answers were simple: "No. I refuse."
"Calm down. Please. We really need you two to do this. If we're going to beat the Metarex, we need to work together." The boy jumped in hoping to convince them to get along.
After some moments, they gave their verdict: "Fine."
"Thank you." said Chris.
"I'll be back with Sonic." spoke Starlight.
"Please be careful." said Tails.
She was already running into the unknown as the first signs of snowfall.