Dynamiteboom12345: I KNOW NOTHING!

Chapter 24: Tropical Treasure!

"Damn it...it's fucking frying." mumbled Fang, fanning himself with his cowboy hat as he, Fiona, and Bean were trekking through the thick jungle of a small island, a sister island to the remote tropical paradise known to very little people as Cocoa Island. Fiona took point, being the only member able to track the Chaos Energy as Fang followed close behind, Bean holding up the rear.

"Quit complaining, Nack." taunted Fiona, the Fox's entire now being cargo shorts and a black tank top and black boots, "You should be grateful the Emerald isn't in some some underwater maze like last time."

Fang shuddered, "Don't remind me...and stop calling me Nack!"

"Whatever..." mumbled Fiona, "...Bean, you've been pretty-"

"YAHOO!" cried the duck himself as he was apparently swinging on a vine above their heads, "Come on, sour pusses! Lift those legs!" Fiona face palmed as she sighed to herself.

"I'm starting to think Bark is the lucky one right now..." mumbled Fiona.

Two Days ago...

"Cocoa Island?" questioned Fang.

"That's right, my little Hooligans! The tropical island of Cocoa!" called Eggman, "But your focus is on its Eastern Sister island-for those who don't know, the little island on the right."

It had been a week since Eggman's last little hunt for a Chaos Emerald and the Hooligans were enjoying the weak of leave as Fang and Fiona rested and recovered. All four members were sitting inside the living room.

"Weird, I never heard of this place..." mumbled Fiona as he typed on his computer, "In fact, there's no sighting of it on the World Maps."

"That's because I'm much smarter then Google Maps." Eggman chuckled.

"Oh! Oh! Guys! Guys! I know that place!" Bean chirped up.

"You do?" just about everyone-except Bark, obviously, asked in shock.

"Yeah! Yeah! It's a remote island that isn't on any map! In fact, the magnetism on the island screws up compos and radars! Which is why nearly nobody can reach it or its sister islands!" explained Bean, which actually took everyone by surprise by how much he knew about this.

"Er...how exactly do you know that?" Fiona asked him as Bean snickered.

"The Battle Bird Armada used those islands for training grounds! It's where they tried to 'take me out'." chuckled Bean deviously. Fang and Fiona looked at each other before looking at Bark, who just seemed to shrug it off casually.

"Well...I assume you have a map?" Eggman asked as Bean snickered.

"Map! I practically know where the place is!" he grinned, "We can get the emerald lickity-split, Monsieur Mustache!" Eggman fumed a bit as she let out a sigh. He should have expected this from hiring Bean. "Well, Bark! You coming with us?!" he asked with a big grin.

Bark shook his head no.

"Oh...right. Hot climate." Bean sighed, "Well, Boss! Foxy! Team Hooligans are heading out!"

"Hey! I'm calling the shots!" shouted Fang.

"Oh boy..." Fiona mumbled.

Present...

"Yeah, he is." mumbled Fang as they kept walking through the woods. Fiona looked at Bean as he kept running ahead of them, turning over every rock and look at every shiny piece of scrap metal he could fine as Fiona sighed.

"Fang...you said when you guys broke up, were Bean and Bark stayed close?" Fiona asked.

"Yeah. Those two were still partners when we reunited." Fang told her.

"And you met them both at the same time, right? I mean, when you first became a team?"

"Yeah...why?"

"Well, if Bean's been partners with Bark for so long, how do you think he deals with it?!" Fiona asked, "I know you guys are friends, but look at him! He's like a sugar-high 8 year old who was let loose with dynamite!" Fang and Fiona looked at Bean, who was swinging on vines as he kept laughing.

"Hey guys, look! I'm Tarzan! Where's Clay so I can blow him up?!" shouted Bean as he kept swinging casually.

Fang shrugged, "Couldn't tell ya even if I knew." Fang told her, "Maybe they're just that close."

"Hey guys! Check it out!" Fang and Fiona quickly caught up to Bean, learning that they had come across, what looked like, an ancient ruins. The entire place looked as though there was a civilization here, but was now slowly decaying to time itself as stone walls were slowly falling apart and being covered with vines.

"What...what is this place?" Fang mumbled, "There must be so much loot here!"

"Yeah! We gotta collect 'em all! All the shinies!" cheered Bean with glee. Fiona rolled her eyes at the two of them.

"Would you two focus." leered Fiona, "We've got an Emerald to snatch." Fiona peered around the place. Looking left, right, up, forward, spotted! "Up there!" she shouted as she pointed at a glowing yellow Chaos Emerald, "Ha, easy enough."

"I've got this one." smirked Fang, curling his tail into a spring before taking bouncing upward, landing on the wall the emerald was perched on before snagging it into his paw, "Well, this little trek was fun. Lets roll, guys!"

"Not quite!"

Fang didn't have much time to think as green blur, literally, collided with his face as he fell off the platform and fell onto the ground, head first, the emerald having gotten tossed into the air as a silhouette flipped in the air, caught the Emerald, and landed on the green blue, which had turned out to be an Extreme Gear Board.

"Thanks for the find, Weasel." smirked the rider, "You really saved me and my team the time of finding it." Fang growled as he got up, his turning feral when he recognized the rider: Jet the Hawk.

"You!" snarled the weasel, grabbing his pistol as he got up and onto his feet.

"You know this guy?" Fiona asked as she leered at the Hawk.

Jet smirked, "Sorry to say it, fuzz ball. But you're too-"

"Jettingson!" cried Bean, suddenly hugging the Hawk with a very hard grip and impressive speed, "Jettingson Q. Hawkington! I've been worried sick about you! I haven't even gotten a letter in months! Where have you been?!"

"Ugh! Damn it, you miserable duck! Off!" Jet shouted as he tried to get Bean off him.

"Uh..." Fiona mumbled.

"I don't know." shrugged Fang, "I guess he was part of the Armada." he said nonchalantly before pushing Fiona to the side, both of them narrowly avoiding a punch from a large grey bird. Storm the Albatross to be exact as he flew his own Extreme Board over to Jet as Wave the Swallow followed, Bean quickly hopping off of Jet as he saw the three birds.

"How's it going, guys?! I didn't know you brought the entire family, Jetsy! I would have brought my camera!" squealed Bean.

"Ugh...this guy again?" Wave hissed, "I thought we were rid of you back in the Great Forest..."

"Oh, you guys!" Bean snickered, "So, we were looking for that shiny! And we found it first! So why don't you three give it back like good sports!" grinned Bean, quickly getting kicked in the face by Jet.

"No way, nut house!" laughed Jet, "This Emerald's now property of the Babylon Rogues! So unless you want to fight for it, get lost!" he crowed.

Fang growled as he pulled out his second pistol, "Actually, that's what I was hopping for."

"Yeah." Fiona cracked her knuckles.

Bean snickered as he got up, "A friendly little brawl? Sure." he grinned.

Jet scowled as he tucked the Emerald away in his satchel, "Storm! Wave!"

"Right, boss!" nodded Storm.

Wave huffed, "This is gonna be too easy."

Oh boy! We've got outself some serious action lined up for next week! Oh, and in case you guys are wondering:

YES! Bark will have more major appearances in the story. Just wait...