Chapter 21: Kidnapped!

Yay! Chapter 21! Do you ever notice how all of my AN's start the same? XD

"Ugh, let go of me!" Angel yelled as Melaney dragged her through the forest. "What do you want from me, anyway?"

"You'll find out soon enough," Melaney simply replied.

"I have a spear in my boot, you know," Angel threatened.

"But it doesn't do you any good if you can't reach it, does it?" Melaney retorted. Angel knew she was right. If she was tied up like this, she would never be able to escape.

"They'll come and get me," Angel said. "Either that, or I'll escape myself. This isn't the first time I've been kidnapped, and I know how to deal with it, unlike some people in your world."

The Yoshi stopped abruptly. "We're here," she said. Angel looked straight forward, and saw nothing.

"What am I supposed to be looking at?" she asked. Suddenly, a tree near them began to shake, revealing a small door in the trunk. An elevator?

"Let's go," Melaney said. "And don't try to get away. We know all of your weaknesses."

"Who's we?" Angel asked. "And what do you mean weaknesses? When are you going to explain anything?!"

"I told you'll find out soon enough," Melaney said, getting annoyed. She dragged Angel in to the elevator and they began to descend underground.

"How in the world are we supposed to find them?!" Tails asked Rouge as they flew above the forest. They had all been looking for Angel for hours, and Tails was beginning to worry about her.

"It might take a while if Knuckles keeps bragging about what an amazing treasure hunter he is," Rouge replied.

"I heard that!" Knuckles shouted from the ground. "And I am an amazing treasure hunter," he mumbled.

"Then why don't you put those skills to work!" Amy yelled. "We're not going to find them if you don't start looking," she smashed through a bush using her Piko Piko Hammer. "Why are we worrying about Angel, anyway? She's proven that she can take care of herself."

Shadow leaned on a tree. "As far as I'm concerned all she'll lead us to is trouble," he said.

"And you don't?" Sonic said. Shadow only growled.

"Can we focus please?!" Tails shouted from the air. He spotted something strange on one of the trees on the ground. "What's up with that tree?" Tails said. He flew down to it to inspect it. "Uh, guys, you might want to take a look at this," he said.

The rest of them gathered around the tree. "What did you find, Tails?" Sonic asked.

"This tree has an elevator in it," Tails said. "I wonder where it leads to…I'm gonna check it out." He began to spin tails again and stepped in to the elevator. "You guys stay up here. I'll tell you if it's safe." He pressed a button and the elevator began to descend slowly.

When the elevator reached the bottom, Tails stepped out of it. He looked around, and saw nothing but a dark room. "Why would they make a room that would just-"

He was cut off when he felt something tackle him to the ground. He took several kicks and punches to the face, then was tied up. He felt a bright light shine on his face, then realized that it was only a light bulb. It casted a small circle of light on the floor, but he could sense there was someone else there with him.

"I see you've found us, Tails," said a voice from the darkness. It sounded like a teenage girl, fierce and determined. "We've found one of yours, too." Another light turned on, revealing Angel sitting on the floor, still tied up. "Hi, Tails…" she said quietly.

"What's taking him so long?" Amy complained outside of the tree. It had already been at least ten minutes since Tails went down the elevator.

"Maybe we should go down there and see what's taking him so long," Sonic said. He jumped down the elevator shaft and in to the darkness. The rest of them hesitated, then followed.

"Where's everyone else?" Angel whispered to Tails.

"They should be coming in three…two…one."

At that exact moment, Sonic, Shadow, Knuckles, Amy, and Rouge dropped in to the room. "All right," Sonic said. "What have you done with them?"

Zoey emerged from the darkness. "I'm impressed. Melaney didn't have an epic failure."

Melaney stepped out of the darkness. "Does that mean I get anything?" she asked.

"It means that you don't die," Zoey said.

"Well that's a stupid reward," Melaney mumbled.

"What do you guys want from us anyway?" Tails asked.

"I suppose it wouldn't hurt to tell you now," Zoey said. She turned another light on, revealing a large group of people. "Welcome to the rebellion," she said. "We seek the finest, highest ranked people of the world, and bring them here in attempts to stop the Capitol. And we chose you."

"Wait," Amy said. "If you want the best people, why do you have Doofenshmirtz here?" she asked.

"Oh, come on," Doofenshmirtz exclaimed. "What is you people's problem? I could be a useful asset to you!"

"All you're useful for is bait," Raven said darkly.

"Sorry, but I'm not interested in any alliance," Angel said as she wriggled her way out of the ropes.

"What do you mean?" Tails asked Angel as he shook himself free. "This is what we came here for, isn't it?"

Brian Griffin stepped forward. "No, you know what? She's right. This is ridiculous. Look at the people we have here. We have four reality show contestants that are absolutely ridiculous, the Teen Titans who have gotten A LOT stupider over the years, a fat guy that we're using for comic relief, two evil geniuses that can't possibly any brains at all, and a Yoshi. This is a horrible group of people to start a rebellion."

"And you're a dog on crack," Zoey said sharply. "What's your point?"

"My point is that this will never go well," Brian explained. "We'll all be dead in a week, tops."

"You have a chance with us though," Sonic said to the rebels. "We have to take down the Capitol, whether or not it seems possible with this group. We're the world's only hope."

"Sonic is right," Tails said. "We can't sit around and do nothing. I'm joining the rebellion."

Sonic and the others nodded in agreement.

"What do you say, Angel?" Tails asked, offering his hand to Angel to help her up. "Please?"

Angel smiled and took his hand. She stood up. "I guess you make an offer I can't refuse."

"Joy!" Starfire exclaimed from the crowd. The rest of the crowd began to cheer too, excited about the newest members of their group.

Zoey allowed herself to smile a little. "All right, we'll move out to Mistralton City tomorrow. Get a good night's sleep, because we've got a lot of ground to cover!"

Tails and the others began to go up the elevator. He turned around and noticed that Angel still hadn't move. "Are you coming, Angel?" he asked.

"Hmm? Oh, yeah. Just give me a sec," she said.

"Okay," Tails said. He headed in to the elevator with the others, and ascended to the forest.

Robin, Starfire, and Zoey had stayed underground with Angel. "We know why you didn't want to join us," Zoey said to her.

"I highly doubt that," Angel said. There was no possible way they could know.

"But it is true," Starfire said. "We had heard about what happened to you and Team Plasma. Are the stories not true?"

"That's not the only reason why I didn't want to join," Angel argued. "I didn't want the rest of them to get hurt."

"But those things you did when you were an agent," Zoey said. "That's the reason why we chose-"

"You can't tell them that you know," Angel interrupted. "It's best for them not find out yet. Especially Tails…"

"Wait," Robin said. "You haven't told anybody?"

Angel shook her head. "Only Shadow and Rouge know, and I can tell Shadow wants to tell everyone else at the worst possible time…"

"Your secret is much safe with us," Starfire said. "I shall not tell anyone, not even the Silky."

"None of us will," Zoey said. "You have to tell them yourself, though, eventually."

"I plan too," Angel said. She yawned. "I'm exhausted. Where do we sleep exactly?"

"We try to stay as far away from the base as possible," Zoey replied. "We'll probably have to sleep outside tonight, a couple miles away from here."

"Good," Angel said, stretching. "I'll probably just ride my bike there. See you guys later," she ran to the elevator and got in, rising back to the forest floor.

"Do you think she trusts us?" Robin asked.

"Far from it," Zoey replied. "After all that's she's been through in her life, I doubt that she'll ever fully trust anyone again."

And that I the end of Chapter 21! Please review and all of that good stuff! *SPOILER ALERT IF YOU'RE NOT UP TO DATE ON TOTAL DRAMA* Yeah…I heard that Duncan and Gwen ended. But for the remainder of this fanfiction, I'm just gonna have them stay a couple. I never was a fan of Duncan X Gwen anyway. I kind of like Duncan and Courtney and Gwen and Trent better, but it looks like that won't be happening for a while.*SPOILERS END HERE* But anyway, this is the third chapter I've added this week. Whoop whoop! See you guys later!