Sonic 25
Level 7: Welcome to Emerald Hill
Act 2: The coming storm
Authors note: series status
Okay first off this series is not being canceled, but being sick really set off the rhythm of the series so Mondays slot is off this week so I can fill that with level 7's bonus and trhe first part of the next episode be posted until Wednesday with any luck and Fridays slot will be moved to Sunday for now with the bonus slot moving to Monday.
Within a week things should go back to normal but with a new schedule.
Friday will now be the new part 1 slot, Saturday the part 2 slot and Sunday the bonus slot.
This way I dont over extend myself while making up for lost time and not burning myself out.
Ray the flying Squirrel was walking off to the town of Aqua Lake, he was heading there as a part of his daily routine to catch some exorcise.
He was nearing the outer reaches of the town when he saw something, a large shadow cast itself on the ground as he looked up.
He saw a rather large ship, bigger than any ship he saw before in the air.
It was massive, Ray was amazed by the sight of such a thing.
He then saw the front of it open and some sort of beam hit the town unlike anything he had seen before.
He could swear that he saw people transform into robots but he thought that was crazy.
"No way" he thought "people can't turn into robots right?"
But then down came lots of small craft into the town and more robots appear.
He looked on as the robots gathered, he started to have a bad feeling about this as he turned around to warn people.
But before he could something came down on top of him, it pulled him inside as he gave a cry of surprise.
Ray had no idea what had got a hold of him but if he did he would be even more worried than he was right now.
He then felt energy enter his body, he felt himself stiffen as he saw his body become robotic.
He felt his free will leave him and as he gave out a loud cry he was now a Worker-bot.
"All hail Robotnik's eternal empire" he droned
Worker-bot 80301 then marched off to Aqua lake, he then started his duty for his master by taking apart the town making way for Robotniks new factory.
He and the many enslaved citizens then started to construct large tanks and pipes and within a few hours Robotniks new chemical plant would be operational.
Sonics group were sitting at the kitchen table eating dinner together provided by Tails' parents
"Wow this is one delicious meal!" said Amy "thank you Mr. and Mrs. Prower!"
"Your welcome Miss Rose" said Mrs. Prower "we are happy to help you"
"Indeed we welcome you to our home" said Mr. Prower
Amy nodded "we will get jobs here soon, know of any work?"
Mrs. Prower nodded "there is a warehouse uptown that is looking for workers, you four could go there"
"I can deal with that" said Knuckles
"There is also the mail service" said Mr. Prower
Sonic shrugged "I could go for that one"
"I know there is a carnival in town" said Tails "maybe they got something?"
Amy smiled "count me in there, I will just need some tarot cards"
"I can get a deck for you" said Mrs. Prower "pay me back when you can"
"Anything for me?" asked Sticks
"Why not join me in the office I work at" said Mrs. Prower "we could use a file clerk"
"There things look like they are going to work out" said Amy
"Until Robotnik starts showing his ugly butt here" Sonic sighed
"Come on its something for now" said Knuckles "hey I won't mind breaking a sweat or two"
"Hey we can't think about Robotnik right now" said Sticks "this is not going to be like South Island"
"No it will be faster with that new weapon of his" said Sonic bitterly
"Sonic" Amy spat "don't ruin dinner for us, we know what's going on no need to remind us all the time!"
"Sorry, just being honest" Sonic said with a sigh
"Well that's why a job is good for you" said Tails "your brain is filled with Robotnik right now"
"Hey we understand" said Mrs. Prower "its not easy at taking a loss"
"Yes but don't let it hang in your head" said Sticks "I still got my eye on you"
"Maybe you should go with Sonic to the mail service Miss Sticks" said Mrs. Prower
"Good idea" said Amy
Sonic shrugged "as you wish"
"Well lets finish this dinner and get some rest" said Amy "tomorrow we will get our jobs and start on our new plan."
"What are you thinking?" asked Knuckles
"Well we first work then try to get in contact with Princess Elise" said Amy "but by now Robotnik is probably attacking some part of the Island so we have to hurry on that front"
"So we will have two jobs" said Sonic
Amy shrugged "can't be helped, until we get contact with Princess Elise and use her resources we don't have many options"
Knuckles nodded "fine with me, its all understandable"
Amy smiled "glad we got it settled then"
"Hey I look forward to having a job, was kind of dull for the most part guarding the Labyrinth until you guys came" said Sticks
"I bet" said Amy "come on chow down and get some sleep folks!"
The others nodded though Sonic was clearly distracted.
Sticks noticed and knew she would be having a talk with him quite soon.
Sonic looked on as he heard Shadows voice.
"Listen Sonic we only have a minute and I am sorry that I failed"
"Shadow is there any other way you can go?" Amy asked
"No I am in the inner chamber of the door, Robotnik made this to contain any blasts so its too strong. If its any consolation I don't think Metal will make this and in fact I might not make it" said Shadow
"Well it was Worth a try" said Knuckles "but guys I need your help over here, I'm sorry but we need to get away from here"
Amy and Sonic sighed
"Okay Shadow, for what its worth I thank you" said Sonic
"We will move on Shadow, thanks for doing your best"
"Attention, Scrap Brain will overload in T Minus 30 seconds!" came the alarm
Sonic and Amy ran forward helping Knuckles clear a path as they ran.
They reached the area near the Labyrinth and looked on.
Below they saw a large explosion, Sonic fell to his knees as he cried
"Oh Uncle Chuck"
"I am so sorry Sonic" said Amy
Sonic knew this was a dream, his memory of the last day was deep in his mind.
"Just get me up already" he shouted "Tikal where are you!"
"The fury of the wolf cries inside you" said Tikals voice
"Oh come on not you too!" Sonic cried
"Your anger is not in check, you are now stuck here in this moment" she said appearing before him
"But why, I don't want to be here!" Sonic spat
"Yet you exist here" said Tikal "this is you right now"
"Come on don't tease me, is my Uncle alive?" Sonic asked
"I don't know" she said "I don't sense those who are roboticized"
Sonic sighed "what about Shadow is he still alive?"
"If he is I cannot sense him right now, my connection to him is not that strong"
Sonic put his hand on his head "fine enough, sorry"
Tikal nodded "your anger needs to focus, listen to Sticks she has more answers than you think"
"If you say so though I don't know her that well"
Tikal said "it will help I promise, I sense great things in her"
Sonic nodded as he awoke.
It was morning already, Sonic put his shoes and socks on as he got outside the barn.
It was a rather calm day and he saw Sticks come his way
"Hello there Sonic" said Sticks
"Well you are up early" said Sonic "much like someone else I know"
Sticks laughed "yes Amy was up before did, and I though I got up early"
Sonic shrugged "so you are going to be attached to my hip from now on I guess"
Sticks nodded "I had a dream about it, I saw a girl named Tikal in it"
Sonic tilted his head "you saw Tikal?"
"Yes do you know her?" Sticks asked
Sonic nodded "yes ever see a chaos emerald?"
"Never" said Sticks "but I know I was close to one, must be some side effect of being in the Labyrinth."
"But you never held an emerald have you?"
Sticks shook her head "nope, guess I am lucky"
Sonic gave a shrug "guess you are, so guess we go to the mail delivery now huh?"
"Yes, come on Sonic lets try to get that job!" Sticks charged ahead as Sonic followed
"That girl is going to be interesting isn't she?" he said but then followed her to the mail station.
Amy Rose saw the carnival as she walked near one of the tables.
Behind it was a yellow cat with dark hair and was wearing an interesting looking red dress.
"Hello there lady!" said the cat
"Hello yourself" said Amy "do you know who runs the carnival?"
"I run it actually" said the cat "my name is Honey, pleased to meet you"
Amy nodded and looked down at the tarot cards on the table
"Are you a fortune teller?" she asked
Honey laughed "In a way I am, you know Tarot?"
Amy smiled "sure do, say if I tell a fortune will you give me a job here?"
Honey tilted her head "well I can do that, but show me what you got"
Amy nodded as she shuffled the cards and then started to deal.
She then placed the cards out and smiled "lets see, you are going to come into vast wealth and marry a nice husband, but beware his brother he's a tricky one"
Honey laughed "well you know how to sweet talk a pretty girl, but keep optimism down a little by throwing in some drama. Nice one my friend, you are hired!" they shook hands "got a name?"
"Name is Amy"
Honey nodded "well its nice to meet someone who is tune with the mysterious forces"
Amy nodded "well I never con anyone, most of my skills are from within but I can read a person."
"So can I" said Honey "and you read as someone with secrets"
Amy nodded "bet I do but we all do in a way"
Honey laughed "we sure do, but don't worry I won't hold it against you. Come into my trailer and Let's talk this over."
Amy nodded as she followed Honey into her trailer.
Honey sat down and said "well now that we are alone lets talk turkey, you got your own table and I can lend you my deck of cards for now. I sense you have no money but I am sure you will earn your weight around here. We here at the lavender flame carnival are a good folk are open to those who join just make sure to pull yourself and everything will be fine"
"No problems there" said Amy "I look forward to entertaining people"
"Glad to hear that, ambition is much appreciated here. Plus I did like your style out there keep it up"
Honey gave a smile "I got a good feeling about you, now prove it and take your table"
Amy nodded as she went outside.
Knuckles was at the warehouse looking around, he asked a worker where the manager was and was directed upstairs.
Knuckles went there and a large polar bear was looking at him.
"So Knuckles, interesting name" said the Polar bear "then again my name is Bark haha!"
"Well my real name is Adam" said Knuckles "Knuckles is a nickname"
Bark smiled "no I can roll with that, you look strong do any lifting?"
Knuckles shrugged "yeah I bench pressed a few times, don't know my limit but I got a lot of power in me"
"Now that I can tell, echidnas are said to be a tough lot and I can believe that" said Bark
"We are but I don't want only words to prove that" said Knuckles
Bark laughed "well good to hear that, tell you what lift a few boxes to show me what you got and you have a job"
Knuckles nodded as he picked up a few boxes and carried them around with no effort.
"Very good!" said Bark "you got some skill there, but over there on the right corner is a very heavy box that even I cannot lift can you lift it?"
"I will try" said Knuckles as he tried to lift the box, he heaved as he tried to lift the large box but could not.
Bark nodded "well your effort was noted"
"That test was rigged" said Knuckles "you have a magnet under the floor"
He then shoved the box over and then lifted the box with ease
Bark laughed "so you figured it out, good! Though that test was made for the one testing it to fail and admit you have limits"
Knuckles gave a laugh "I suspected it when I tried to lift the box, nice test"
Bark nodded "glad you liked it, not everyone can solve it nor admit they failed. In any case you have the job, a strong willed worker is what I like to see"
Knuckles smiled "your test is a little unfair though, but I get it. It's a test of character I like that"
"Life itself is a test, that's my philosophy" said Bark "by the will of Sol I take the test before me"
Knuckles tilted his head "you know the old ways then?"
Bark nodded "it's from my childhood, those old ways are hard to break"
Knuckles gave a laugh "no I get it, I know the old ways pretty well"
Bark nodded "you are an echidna, it's to be expected. Anyhow welcome aboard my friend"
Knuckles nodded as the two shook hands.
Sticks entered the door to the post office with Sonic close behind
"Well this is the place Sonic time to ask for jobs!" she said
"Are you sure they have any though?" Sonic asked
"Hey never know" said Sticks "lets ask around"
Sticks then saw a red and black armadillo and said "hey there you work here?"
The armadillo nodded "the name is Mighty, how can I help you?"
"Well do you have any positions at your mail service for us?" Asked Sticks
Mighty nodded "yes sure do, things have been a little slow for us but a helping hand or two is welcome"
"That's good" said Sticks "see Sonic we are good to go."
Sonic nodded "well glad to hear that then, sorry if I don't seem into it though"
"Come on Sonic its good for you, it might even be fun!" said Sticks
"You sure are a peppy one" said Sonic tilting his head at her
"Yes I am, if that's okay with you Mighty?"
Mighty gave a laugh "hey it's a bit boring in this line of work sometimes, so I do like a laugh now and then"
"Well glad to see you are cool with it Mr. Mighty" said Sticks
The armadillo smiled "just call me Mighty"
"Okay then Mighty, awesome name a lot cooler than Sicks"
Mighty gave a chuckle "it is, well I can see we are going to get along just fine"
Sticks nodded "yeah we sure are, you know you are kind of cute"
"We are here for us to get jobs you know" said Sonic "not to flirt"
Mighty gave another laugh "its fine your friend here is spirited though"
"Yeah I try" said Sticks
"So I guess we start soon?" asked Sonic
Mighty nodded "yeah some paperwork to fill first but yes you can have jobs here"
"Glad to be on board!" said Sticks "come on Sonic are you in the mood for some writing?"
Sonic shrugged "guess so" as the two prepared to sign the papers they needed.
Tails was working in his lab, his mother came in behind him and said "hey son what are you working on?"
"I am working on a roboticization immunity device for our town" said Tails
"A what now?" asked Mrs. Prower
"Roboticization immunity, Robotnik can turn people into his robot slaves with a new weapon, I want to protect our village from it. I have studied it on South island, heck I was a robot, twice in fact!"
Mrs. Prower laughed "well that's interesting but also a little scary"
Tails nodded "yeah mom it is, are you headed to work soon?"
Mrs. Prower nodded "I am going to Aqua Lake in a few, I will see you later okay?"
Tails nodded as he said "see you later mom!"
Mrs. Prower smiled as she said "see you too"
She then walked off as Tails continued his work.
Mrs. Prower then headed off to Aqua Lake, she started walking.
She crossed the many bridges and fields that were between Emerald Hill and Aqua Lake, she saw something hovering in the sky but paid it no mind as she moved onward.
But then she saw a small band of robots come her way, they looked like monkeys and they all ran to her, Mrs. Prower tried to run but was caught by something, a roboticization pod had unfortunately taken her and Mrs. Prower was quite scared as it transformed her into a robot. But it was not long before those fears were erased by programming and loyalty to her new master, Worker-bot 803110 was soon activated as she marched into Robotniks new slave factory.
Worker-bot 803110 moved forward, she grabbed a large container and poured it into a larger vat of chemicals.
A large vat of purple colored fluid started to fill up as Robotnik looked on.
"Excellent" he said "the fuel for my next plan is coming along nicely"
The first day of work for Sonic and his companions was coming to a close.
All came back to the Prower household and sat in the dining room.
"So where is Mrs. Prower?" asked Sonic
"Have not seen her today" said Mr. Prower "perhaps she is just running late. She thought she might so tonight's meal is on me, anyone want Chun-nan?"
"Sounds like a good deal, I love those Chun-nan meat buns!" said Amy
"Chun-nan?" asked Knuckles
"Guess you never had it" said Sonic "do you like noodles?"
Knuckles shrugged "sort of, any spicy stuff?"
"Oh yes" said Sticks "Monk surprise is my favorite"
"What is in that?" asked Knuckles
"It has nuts, baby corn, snow peas, noodles and very hot peppers in it!" said Sticks
"Sounds good to me" said Knuckles
"I like Lord Pings chicken myself" said Tails
"Give me some Changs deluxe" said Sonic
Mr. Prower nodded as he called his normal Chun-nan restaurant
"Huh that's funny no answer" said Mr. Prower "Aqua Lake's Chun-nan restaurant is normally open right now. Oh well the one in town isn't as good but it will do"
"Well Aqua Lake is sometimes busy" said Tails
"Yeah but its not like them not to pick up, oh well" said Mr. Prower, he placed the order and they waited for the food to come.
Within a few minutes the food came but still Mrs. Prower did not show
"Wow Mom has never been this late" said Tails "she is usually here just after we get Chun-nan"
"Want me to look for her?" asked Sonic "if anything is wrong I am the fastest."
Mr. Prower nodded "I will reheat your food if you run late too"
"Where is Aqua Lake?" Sonic asked
"Take a left at the house and head past the giant mill house, turn right and in ten minutes you will reach the outskirts of the town"
Sonic nodded as he went outside.
He didn't run at first conserving his energy as he went onward, he followed the directions Mr. Prower gave him and as he reached the hill just outside Aqua lake he saw Robotniks ship.
"Oh no" he said as he saw many Worker-bots in the distance building a large plant of some kind.
"That no good Robuttnik!" he spat "he got another village and most likely he got Mrs Prower, I have to tell Tails!"
Then some Monkey like robots came near and tried to catch him, some even threw coconuts at him.
"Yipes!" he cried as he dodged the coconut throws, he heard that coconuts were more dangerous than one may think and kill more people a year than sharks did yet there were no movies called three headed coconut attack or Coconutnado or some other silly movie like that.
He sped up fast racing back to the Prower household as fast as he could.
He got inside out of breath and some of his fur going brown.
"Sonic what happened?" Amy asked
"Robotnik's here!" Sonic cried "he got Aqua lake!"
"Oh no" said Sticks
"Well that's just great!" said Knuckles
Sonic turned to Tails and said "its more than likely your mom is roboticized, I am sorry Mr. Prower and Tails"
"Oh no" said Tails "we have to help her then!"
"Wait what happened to my wife now?" asked Mr. Prower with concern
Amy sighed "Robotnik can turn people into robots, I know that sounds like its impossible but trust me its real."
"And my wife is a robot?" Mr. Prower cried in surprise
Amy nodded "if Robotnik is around its probably true"
Mr. Prower sighed, Tails came over to him and said "don't worry dad I will save her"
Tails then looked over to Sonic and said "I will give you a power ring, tomorrow we will head out and see if we can save my mom"
"Robotnik probably has an army waiting" said Amy
"And will probably take over this town next" said Sticks
"Guess we will need to get some defenses too" said Knuckles
"I got that covered" said Tails
"Lets eat everyone" said Amy "I know we are upset but if this party is going out for battle I want us well fed and rested"
Sonic and the others except for Mr. Prower nodded, they ate and then fell into a not so deep sleep.
Sonic was dreaming again.
"Listen Sonic we only have a minute and I am sorry that I failed" said Shadows voice
Once more the vision of Scrap Brain was playing out
"Not this again!" Sonic cried "Tikal I don't want to do this again!"
"But you exist here" said Tikal
"Stop saying that!" Sonic cried
"Sorry but its true, you are in control here not me"
"Shadow is there any other way you can go?" Amy asked as the dream went on
"Argh get me up please I don't want to be here!" Sonic cried once more
"I did say you were in control here, go ahead change something if you want to get out of this" Tikal replied
Sonic sighed "but that won't change anything in the real world right, this is a dream right?"
"No I am in the inner chamber of the door, Robotnik made this to contain any blasts so its too strong. If its any consolation I don't think Metal will make this and in fact I might not make it" said dream Shadow
"remember Amy saving you?" asked Tikal
Sonic nodded "but that is different, she was able to do something."
"So are you" said Tikal
Sonic cried "oh come on I can't change what happened here!"
"You can" said Tikal "just try"
Sonic huffed as he ran forward to the door, he tried to spin dash his way into the Scrap Brain to save Shadow, Rouge and his Uncle.
He was able to tunnel in and said "Shadow run with us come and lure Rouge and my Uncle!"
Shadow nodded as they lured the two robots out of the Scrap Brain.
"I still may want to knock these two out" said Shadow
"I know" said Sonic "look there is a cave in the labyrinth"
"I know of it, the Genesis Point right?" Shadow asked
Sonic nodded
"Attention, Scrap Brain will overload in T Minus 30 seconds!" came the alarm
"We may not reach safe distance in time" said Shadow "When this place blows we will need cover!"
Sonic nodded as they both ran out of the factory with the robots in tow.
Shadow took cover as he knocked the robots over.
The factory exploded as Sonic woke up.
Sonic went outside and looked for Amy, she was in the living room of the Prower household and he came up to her.
"Hey Amy I have a question"
Amy nodded "sure ask"
"This may be an odd question but I had a Tikal dream. Did Shadow escape the Scrap brain?"
"Oh no you are going into denial, no Sonic I am sorry"
Sonic sighed "I knew it, sorry to bother you"
Amy nodded "no it's okay you are going through another stage of grief. It's okay, I guess for you anger was your first step but I am glad you may be getting better"
Sonic gave her a soft smile "thank you Amy"
"There you are smiling a little, glad to see that"
Sonic laughed "well guess we better prepare to head out"
Amy nodded "yeah I have a plan underway, we won't head out right off as I want to pull some resources I am probably going to make a call out to Princess Elise. I just hope she answers us"
"She might already know" said Sonic
"Maybe but we should get this village defended too" said Amy
Sonic nodded "well we can get some people in the village to join us in defending it, see who is willing to fight to defend the village"
"good idea" Amy replied with a nod "we have work to do it seems"
Sonic and his companions were on the move to help prepare the village for defense, everyone in the village was gathered at the center hall as Amy got the mayor to let her speak.
"Hello everyone my name is Princess Sally of South island" she said "I did not want to come here to wave my name around and I rather have kept it secret but these are dark times for us. There is a evil human out there named Robotnik who has the ability to turn people into his robotic slaves, I know this is all hared to believe but I have friends who can back me up and confirm my story and one of those friends is one of your own Miles Prower"
Tails came up and said "hello everyone, what she said is true. You all know me and I never lie and neither does my father. If this was a joke I wish I was laughing, but no its real. If you go to Aqua Lake you will see this is true, this is a very serious matter"
Amy nodded "yes so those who wish to see for themselves can but they must be escorted so they wont get caught by Robotnik, we already lost Mrs. Prower and the thought of more of you falling saddens me. We must prepare this village for future invasions and make it like a fort but I also want you all to go on with business as usual afterwards as we need to keep this town running. With some effort we can make this village something we can count on for safety, it wont be easy but its the only way"
"well if this is true I am willing to help" said Bark
"so am I" said Honey "I knew something was different about you miss Amy, um Princess Sally"
Amy nodded "just call me Amy, look we have work to do and we have to prepare."
Everyone nodded as some stood to the side
Amy looked down at them as she said "I guess you are the ones who dont believe me"
Mighty came forward "yes sorry but it sounds like crazy talk, no offense"
Amy gave a nod "no I understand, Sonic and Sticks will take you to the outskirts of Aqua Lake and will help if the enemy attacks you"
Mighty nodded as they followed Sonic.
Amy sighed as Honey came up to her "so there is that secret I sensed for you"
Amy nodded "I am sorry for keeping that from you"
Honey smiled "no I understand its a big secret, I guess you dont like admitting you are royalty"
Amy sighed "yeah its not something I like talking about, its not like I am afraid of anyone wanting to hurt me nor am I ashamed of it but its not something I like to be reminded of. My parents were roboticized and I was left an orphan"
Honey nodded "sorry to hear that, so guess you never lived the royal lifestyle"
Amy shook her head "never, never seemed right for me anyhow. Heck even if I do get my parents back and claim my throne I wont be happy. I rather explore the world and see things, I want to go places like Never Lake and see the Tiny Planet."
Honey nodded "thats pretty cool, you have great dreams"
"yeah but I cant do that until Robotnik is defeated, I want to take him down and make sure he doesn't hurt anyone anymore."
Honey put her hand on Amy's shoulder "I will help you in any way I can then"
Amy smiled "just pay me for my job and I will fine, the carnival must go on to keep up morale. Will you stay in this village?"
Honey nodded "sure it would cost me a little but I can do it"
Amy smiled as she said "thank you, we are going to be good friends I can tell"
Honey laughed "we sure are" as they both began to help build defenses for the town.
"well there it is, what did I tell you" said Sonic
"oh wow" said Mighty "you are not kidding about this place"
Mighty and the others looked down as many Worker-bots were still building a new factory.
"yeah and those robots really did used to be people, its really sad" Sonic replied
"I still think its crazy, how can someone become a robot!" said someone
"keep it down" said Sticks "we are very close to them and Robotnik probably is monitoring us"
"yeah I am not liking this" said Mighty "we should get away from here"
"come everyone, lets go back to Green Hill" said Sonic
Then from above some Buzz Bombers came down but they were yellow instead of purple and seemed to be modernized a little.
They came in low which the originals could not seem to do, they fired multiple Gatling style shots at Sonic and his group.
"ugh those are different than before!" Sonic cried
"did you fight them before?" Mighty asked while taking cover near a tree
"yeah but these seem a lot meaner!" Sticks spat as she tossed her boomerang at the robots.
She was able to take them down as the group ran.
A roboticizer pod came down and grabbed a citizen and all watched as she became a robot.
"oh no its true" said one citizen
"lets run!" said Mighty as they tried to run.
But more of the monkey robots Sonic encountered earlier were coming around the group and tried to attack them.
"look out!" Sonic cried
The monkey like robots tossed coconuts at them, warding some of them off.
Sonic did his spin dash and was able to destroy them, the group ran as fast as they could as they ran to Emerald Hill.
Mighty let out a sigh of relief as the group seemed to run far enough away from their adversaries "sorry I doubted you before"
Sonic nodded "hey I understand, its a tough pill to swallow"
"And I guess Amy is a real princess, guess I better start apologizing to her too" Mighty replied
"I am sure she understands" said Sonic
Mighty nodded
"yeah dont worry too much Mighty" said Sticks "I am sure Amy will understand"
"but what kind of power can do this?" asked Mighty "its something I never seen"
"chaos energy" said Sonic "its why I am blue and can ruin fast"
Mighty gave a nod "I heard of that, something about emeralds yes?"
Sticks nodded "yeah the chaos emeralds, do you know the story about them?"
"only a little, I thought it was a fairytale"
"oh its real" said Sonic "come we have a lot to talk about"
Mighty nodded as he followed Sonic and Sticks to the center hall.
Big the cat had silently followed Sonic and his friends off shore to Emerald island and kept to himself to the shores off the sides of the beach.
A small green frog hopped up to him and gave a croak
"I bet you miss South Side island Froggy" he said as he fished
the frog gave a croak
"I understand, well better move from here the fishing isnt so good here besides we have work to do"
Big got up and started walking as a smaller purple female cat came up to him.
"hello there" he said "long time no see"
"you have my emerald?" said the female cat
Big nodded "of course I do, would not hold it from my cousin now would I?"
"and no one knows about us right?"
Big gave another nod "war has come to this island, playing the fool is sometimes the only way to win"
The female cat nodded "yes but we must be cautious, now where is my dear sister?"
Honey came by and said "hello sorry I am late you two"
The female purple cat nodded "keeping under cover still?"
Honey nodded "and it came in good use, princess Sally she is here and I have met her"
"I met her too" said Big "she does not know a thing about our plans"
The female purple cat gave another nod "better that she doesnt, we must take her soon into our protective custody."
"that wont be easy to do" said Honey "she is helping to defend Emerald Hill"
"no matter" said the female purple cat "we will help her out there but then she must come with us."
"but Princess Elise I must say she should not be treated like a weakling" said Honey "I dont think she will appreciate that"
"but war has come" said Princess Elise "and please out here call me Blaze"
"sorry Ellie… I mean Blaze" said Honey
Blaze nodded "we have to keep our operations secret for now, the war must start and we must prepare"
"but how many of those poor roboticized citizens will suffer when the war begins?" asked Big
"as far as I am concerned they are casualties of war" said Blaze "come lets go"
The three cats began walking off setting up a new line of events that would soon makes Sonics live even more complicated.
End of Level