Chapter Twenty Six: Twist Mountain

Chapter 26! Yay! Got writer's block, but gonna try to do this anyway!

Twist Mountain Entrance

"So that's Twist Mountain?" Knuckles asked. The rebellion was at the foot of the snowy mountain, looking at the steep cliff they had to climb before they could enter the cave on the face of it.

Zoey nodded. "We have to keep moving before the snowstorm comes," she said, looking up at the sky. "Let's get going." She began to climb the cliff, swiftly and flawlessly. She was at the top within seconds.

After a few minutes, almost everyone else had reached the top. Gwen was about to climb to safety, when her hand slipped. "Help!" she yelled.

Brock jumped in to action before she could even finished the word. He grabbed her hand and pulled her over the edge, protecting her from harm.

Gwen smiled. "Thanks, that was really cool of you." The two of them walked over to the rest of the rebellion together while Duncan watched them.

"Jerk," he mumbled, breaking the twig that he held in his hands.

"Somebody's jealous," Angel said in a singsong voice. "Afraid that Gwen will figure out that a doctor is a better choice than a Juvenile delinquent?"

"Well I was just wondering if Tails was ever gonna figure out that the hot head with a hammer is better than the criminal with a spear," he fired back. This resulted in Angel giving him a swift kick where it hurts.

"Don't compare yourself to me," she said in a low voice. "You'd never measure up to the damage I caused." She then walked away, feeling that her threat had been clear.

Tails was standing next to Ash, waiting for Zoey's okay to go in to the mountain. He looked at the Trainer's wrist. "Is that a X-transceiver?" he asked.

Ash looked down at his wrist. The X-transceiver was a small watch like device that allowed people to video chat with others. It also showed the time, date, and many other features. "Yeah," he said. He handed it to Tails. "Why'd you ask?"

"I think I can wirelessly hook it up to the emerald tracker," he said. He opened up the back of it and began to rewire it. "There," he said. "Now you can use it like the tracker. I put a tiny little laser in there too."

"Wow, how'd you do it so fast?" Ash asked.

Tails smiled and shrugged. "It's always kinda been my thing," he said. "Can we get going now Zoey?"

Zoey nodded. "Let's go." The rebellion began to enter the side of the mountain. Inside of it was dark and moist, the rock walls and floor covered with small patches of snow here and there.

"I was told there would be jewels, and so far I haven't seen any," Rouge commented.

"You didn't actually think that people would just leave them around, did you?" Knuckles asked. "Come on, even I'm not that dumb."

Rouge growled at him, but said nothing else.

Doofenshmirtz looked at the roof of the cave and saw a small bat-like creature. It had black wings, a heart shaped nose, and took the appearance of a blue puffball. "Yeah, I don't like this place."

Angel rolled her eyes. "Don't you have to be beat up by a platypus or something?"

"Believe it or not, but I actually defeated Perry the Platypus a long time ago," he replied.

Angel and Sonic exchanged looks, then burst out laughing. "Yeah, right," Angel said. "Just like how all of the other evil scientists would be able to defeat their nemeses," she said with a laugh. Her laughter eventually died down, but she was still smiling. "Honestly, I haven't heard of a bigger failure since Team Rocket."

"There are really people stupider than Team Rocket?" Ash asked.

Tails nodded. "I could probably think of a hundred people that are dumber than Team Rocket, trust me."

"Whatever," Doofenshmirtz said. "Can we just get going now?"

"Uh, we might have trouble doing that," Gwen said. The rebellion gathered around her. There was a large pile of rocks across the wall, blocking their way in to the next cave.

"No problem," Ash said. He pulled out a Poke Ball, then threw it. "Pignite, I choose you!"

A medium sized orange pig jumped out of the Poke Ball. It stood on two legs and had muscular arms. Its long black ears stood straight up on its head, and a small flame came out of its nose as it snorted.

"Pignite, Flamethrower!" Ash yelled to the Pokemon. It nodded, then took in a deep breath. It blew a powerful beam of fire out of its nose, hitting the pile of rocks. A few rocks fell away from the pile. "That's some great stuff, Pignite!" Ash cheered. "Now do it again!"

The fire pig was about to take in another deep breath, but it stopped. The ground was shaking.

"Is that supposed to happen?" Heather asked, a look of worry on her face.

"Everybody run!" Cilan exclaimed. The shaking of the ground caused the remaining rocks to fall from the pile, opening up the cave they needed to go through. The rebellion began to run through the opening of the cave.

"Let's go!" Angel yelled to Sonic and Tails. But it was too late. The entrance to the cave had already collapsed, and the rocks were continuing to fall. Then everything went black.

Twist Mountain, Inside Area

A few hours later, Angel opened her eyes. She couldn't see anything but darkness and snow. Then she realized that she was buried in it. She dug her way to the top, then spat out the snow that had found its way in to her mouth. "Sonic? Tails?" she called out.

"Over here!" Tails yelled. Angel ran over to him, waist deep in the snow. She pulled him out, only for him to sink in it again, this time to his knees. He looked at Angel, standing on it like it was solid concrete. "How are you doing that?" he asked.

"I don't know," Angel said, looking down at her boots. "It's one of the amazing things about being me," she said with a laugh. She looked around the dark cave. "Now where's Sonic?"

"I'm down here," a muffled voice said from under the snow. Tails and Angel began digging, then pulled the hedgehog out. "Blech," he said, sticking his tongue out. "I don't care if it's frozen, I hate any form of water."

"Gee, thanks for the compliment," Angel said sarcastically. "I hope you have to battle Misty sometime."

Sonic gave an uneasy smile and shrugged. "So, what happened?"

"It looks like the plates in the earth created a small earthquake in the area," Tails explained. "It shook the cave pretty hard, and caused an avalanche within the mountain. I guess we're stuck here for now."

"Earthquake and Avalanche…"Angel said to herself. She turned to Tails. "Those sound like Pokémon moves to me. Maybe this little incident wasn't caused by plates in the ground. You follow me, Tails?"

"I find that hard to believe," Tails said, looking down at the emerald tracker. The light it created made it a little easier to see in the dark. "There were no signs of any others in the area," he explained. "There's no way it could have Pokemon."

"Pokemon can be very sneaky," Angel said. "Not only that, but the ones that live in this mountain are perfectly capable of learning those two moves. Either way, how are we going to get out of here?"

"I could probably rewire the emerald tracker to put a laser in it so we can cut through rock or something," Tails said, opening up the back of the tracker. "After all, I built a TV out of paperclips-"

"Yeah, we know," Sonic said. "And you reprogrammed a super computer using dish detergent and a toothpick."

Tails nodded. "And the second time I didn't need the dish detergent." He closed up the emerald tracker, content with his work. "There, all set." He pointed the tracker at the pile of rocks that blocked their way out. He fired the laser, only to have the beam bounce back at them.

"But how?" Sonic asked, astonished.

"Everstones," Angel said, kicking one of the rocks. "Nothing like the regular ones back home."

"How do you know all of this stuff?" Tails asked. He was amazed, even a little jealous, of how much she knew about this world.

Angel shrugged. "I just…learned, I guess." Her face began to burn bright red, then the emerald tracker started ringing.

"What does the fox say…"

It was Tails' turn to blush now, embarrassed that he had set that as his ringtone.

"So you DO like that song!" Sonic said with a laugh. "I knew it!"

"Yeah…" Tails said, still his cheeks still red. He accepted the call on the emerald tracker. "Is that you Ash?"

Ash nodded. He was using the X-transceiver, and the picture was hazy, but the audio was fine. "Where are you guys? I tried to use the tracker on here to find you, but I couldn't get a clear reading."

"You'd have to know how to read first…" Angel mumbled to herself.

"I heard that," Ash said. "So Tails, do you have any idea where you are?"

The fox shook his head. "It can't be that far from the entrance. But I still don't know how-" he was cut off when a rumbling sound came from the rocks that blocked the passageway. The pile finally gave away, revealing Ash and Pignite standing amongst the rubble.

"Does that work for you guys?" Ash asked, a smile on his face.

"Yeah, that works," Tails said. He, Sonic, and Angel proceeded through the opening. Angel stuck her tongue out at Ash as she passed by. Ash did the same.

Amy ran up to Sonic, squeezing him in a really tight hug. "Oh, Sonic, I'm glad you're safe!"

Angel rolled her eyes. "Enough with the PDA, can we get out of here?"

"In a minute," Tails said, looking down at the emerald tracker. "It looks like there might be another emerald in here."

Melaney groaned. "The last time you said that we had to fight off a creepypasta."

"We?" Angel laughed. "I didn't see you fighting off any evil dolls."

"Fine," Melaney mumbled. "The last time you said that SHE had to fight off a creepypasta."

"Why are the Chaos Emeralds so important anyway?" Brock asked.

"That's easy," Tails said. "You see, there are seven Chaos Emeralds, and they all contain immense power that could be used for either good or evil. There are a certain few people that can use something called Chaos Control, which allows you to teleport, and even go back in time!"

"It sounds awesome," Ash said. Pikachu, sitting on his shoulder, nodded in agreement.

"That's not all," Tails elaborated. "If you have all seven emeralds in one place, you can use Chaos Control to go in to your Super form. Then you'll be indestructible!"

"Wow, that's amazing!" Iris said. "Is there anyone here who can use Chaos Control?"

Shadow nodded. "That would be me and the faker," he said, gesturing to Sonic, who was still trying to get away from Amy.

"Good," Zoey said. "We can use them in our fight against the Capitol."

Everyone was silent for a moment, remembering why they were all together in the first place. Tails was the first one to speak. "Yeah." Not being able to take the silence anymore, he continued to talk. "Anyway, the emerald tracker says that the next Chaos Emerald is at the heart of the mountain. That means that we have to keep going further in."

Everyone nodded, then continued through the mountain.

"It's so cold," Iris said, shivering. "I hate the cold…"

"What are you talking about?" Angel said. "I'd say the temperature here is perfect."

"It's twenty below!" Iris yelled, her teeth chattering. "What do you mean perfect? I'm freezing my butt off here!"

Angel took off her hoodie and offered it to Tails, who gladly accepted it and put it on. "It's not that cold. You've been hanging around your little Dragon-types way to long."

"Well unlike you, some of us have hearts that are actually beating," Shadow said. "Maybe you're used to this weather because it matches the temperature of that black hole in your chest."

"Well you're one to talk," Angel mumbled.

"Stop," Zoey said abruptly. She stuck her arm out, preventing the others from going any further. She looked down at the ground. In front of them stood a huge crevice in the earth, at least ten feet wide and a hundred feet down. From what they could see, there was nothing but pure blackness at the bottom.

"I'll go check it out," Tails said.

"Are we seriously gonna make the exact same mistake again?!" Melaney exclaimed. "Do you people not see what we're doing here?!"

Tails ignored her and slowly descended to the bottom of the hole. After a few minutes of careful flying, he landed on the icy floor of the center of the mountain, almost slipping. He caught himself at the last second by putting his hand against the wall for support. The heart of the mountain was extremely dark, forcing him to turn the flashlight of the tracker on. The room was almost empty-the only thing there being a large rock, frozen in ice. He took a step closer, then stopped when he heard a voice coming from above him.

"Don't touch that!" Angel yelled. She landed on the icy floor without flaw. She was out of breath, as if it took all of her energy to get down there. "If you touch that," she said through gasps, "you'll freeze to death.

"Well that's good to know," Tails said, looking at the icy rock.

"Tails!" another voice yelled from up above. It was Sonic. He landed on the ground with a Spin Dash. "What's up with the rock?"

"Don't go near it,' Angel said, blocking his way. "It'll kill you if you touch it."

Sonic gave her a strange look. "Uh, care to explain?"

Angel nodded. "This rock has been frozen in ice for hundreds of years. It is said to contain some sort of special power."

"Like what?" Tails asked.

"You see, there's this Pokemon called Eevee," Angel continued. "And it's said that if it levels up near this rock, it evolves in to another Pokemon called Glaceon."

"Is that it?" Sonic asked.

Angel nodded. "But it doesn't seem like it…it seems…familiar." She closed her eyes and placed her hand on the rock, feeling a shock of cold shoot down her arm.

"We've created the ultimate weapon…"

Angel gasped as she ripped her hand away from the icy boulder. Tails caught her before she could fall.

"You okay?" he asked. He looked at the rock. "You weren't kidding when you said don't touch it."

"It's not that," she replied, gasping for breath. "It's…"

Tails looked straight in to her eyes. "It's what?" he asked curiously.

She shook her head. "It's nothing. We should get moving." She formed her snowflake and flew back up to the surface.

"That was strange," Sonic said. He noticed something on the ground. "Hey, Tails, check out what I found." He picked up a white and a purple emerald off the ground.

"Did you find a Chaos Emerald?" Tails asked.

"Wrong," Sonic said teasingly. "I found two," he tossed the white emerald to the fox, who caught it.

"Cool," Tails said. "So that means we have four emeralds now. Or three and two halves of one, anyway."

Sonic gave him a thumbs up. "Yeah." He looked up at the steep incline of the crevice. "D'you think you can give me a lift back up to the top?" he asked.

Tails smiled. "Sure thing," he grabbed Sonic's hand and began to spin his two tails, flying both of them back to the top.

"Find anything interesting down there, Sonic?" Knuckles asked.

"If two emeralds and a deadly rock count as interesting, then yeah," he replied.

Rouge looked at Angel. "By rock he wouldn't mean…"

Angel only nodded. Her face was very pale, but no one seemed to notice.

"Are there any other emeralds around?" Robin asked.

Tails shook his head. "Not in this mountain.

"Well, thank God," Melaney said. "I'm sick of these stupid emeralds leading us in to trouble."

Starfire flew up to her. "Perhaps you are jealous of the emeralds because the power-ups in your world are inferior to those in Sonic's," she said.

"I am not," Melaney said, crossing her arms.

"'You should be," Angel said, color reutrning to her face. "All of the power-ups in your world are based off of things you would find in a soup can."

"And what about you guys?" Melaney challenged. "You use weird little alien things…" the two of them continued to argue as the others watched.

"This has got to be the most pointless argument I've ever seen," Gwen said. Raven nodded in agreement.

"If the two of you are done your bickering, some of us would like to get going," Brain said.

"Oh, shut up," Angel and Melaney said at the same time. They looked at each other, than laughed. The argument was over.

"We'll never understand girls," Ash said to Brock.

"You mean YOU'LL never understand girls," Brock replied.

"Giggity giggity," a random voice said from the idstance.

"What the deuce?" Stewie said. "Was that…was that Quagmire?"

"CAN WE PLEASE GET OUTTA HERE NOW?!" Cyborg yelled, pointing his laser cannon arm at everyone.

"Okay, just chill out, dude," Beast Boy said. "Where do we go next, Zoey?"

"Icirrus City," Zoey said, her face expressionless.

Angel's eyes grew wide. "Are…are you sure? Is there any other-"

"We're going there, Angel," Zoey snapped. "There's no other option." The rebellion continued walking, Angel following them a few feet away.

Misty and Iris walked next to her, noticing her negative mood. "We know you're hiding something," Misty said softly.

Angel's heart jumped a little, but she didn't show it. "I've got nothing to hide," she replied simply.

"Oh please," Iris said as she rolled her eyes. "When someone in this world doesn't want to go to a certain city, it means that they have a past there. For me it was Opelucid City. I ran away from the school there without telling anybody."

Misty nodded. "And I didn't want to go back to Cerulean City because I needed to prove to my sisters that I would become a great Trainer."

"That doesn't prove anything," Angel said, staring straight forward. "I've never even been to Icirrus City."

Iris raised an eyebrow. "And this is coming from someone who's last name is Icirrus?"

Angel shrugged. "Ash's last name is Ketchum but after all of this time he still can't catch 'em all. Now if you'll excuse me I've got other people that I could be talking to. And they aren't annoying." She ran over to Melaney, trying her best to avoid the two Trainers.

"Are they trying to figure you out?" Melaney asked.

"I don't want to talk about it," Angel replied.

"Wait a sec," Tails said to Sonic. "Why don't we just use Chaos Control to out of here?"

"Oh yeah," Sonic said. "Hey Shadow, Angel, over here!"

"What do you want?" Shadow growled.

"We need to use Chaos Control to get everyone out of here," Tails explained.

Shoot, Angel thought.

"Everybody ready?" Sonic asked. He handed the green emerald to Shadow and held the white and purple in his hands. Angel and Tails stood next to them, each one having half of the cyan emerald on their arms.

"Chaos Control!" Sonic and Shadow yelled at the same time. The whole rebellion became surrounded in a bright light, then disappeared. Within a few seconds, everyone was outside the cave.

Angel clutched her arm with the Chaos Emerald on it. She winced. "Can we never do that again?"

"What's your problem?" Shadow asked.

"It's called you guys just burned out my arm from the inside," she fired back.

"Relax," Sonic said. "It's just a Chaos Emerald. It'll heal."

"Whoa," Tails said. Everyone turned to look at him. He was looking at the scenery: there was a cold, steel colored lake, surrounded by frosted evergreen trees on three sides. On the fourth side was a snow covered clearing, which was where they were standing.

"The city is on the other side of the lake past the trees," Zoey said, looking straight forward. "We're going to have to stay here for a while, so we'll have to get supplies."

"I'll go get the Tornado," Tails said.

"Do you want to use Chaos Con-" Sonic began.

"No!" Angel exclaimed. "Not again."

"It's fine," Tails said to Sonic. "I'll just fly up there." He started twisting his tails and flew over the mountain.

"I'll go unpack," Ash said.

"I'll help you," Sonic said. He followed Ash, leaving Angel behind.

"You still need to tell them," Zoey said.

"I know…"

And that's Chapter 26! Yay! I was so worried, I almost lost my WHOLE story on Word, because Office was being STUPID! But it's all good now, so no need to worry. No need to worry. Dawn. Ugh. Anyway, did you notice the Sonic Lost World reference in there? I watched the cut scenes and cobanermani456's Let's Play on youtube, and it looks EPIC. I really want it *SPOILER ALERT IF YOU HAVEN'T FINISHED THE GAME* Tails got roboticized! Can you believe it?! It was AMAZING! *SPOILERS END HERE* Anyway, remember to review and all of that stuff, and tell me if you can spot the Lost World reference and what it is! See ya around!