Chapter Twenty Seven: Street Fight
OMG YES! I've been waiting to write this scene since I- no, BEFORE I started writing this fanfic! I've only got one shot at this, hope it goes well! I'm so excited! Oh yeah, and werewolflover99 those guys that you were asking out are fine ;)
Icirrus City, Lake Clearing
The rebels were all gathered around a folding table in the clearing next to the lake. The sky was still a dark gray, despite the fact that it was almost noon time. Zoey laid a map out across the table, showing Icirrus City and the surrounding forest.
"Okay," she said. "We need to get from here," she pointed to where they were, "to here." She pointed to the Pokemon Center in the city. "We'll have to break in there and take all of the supplies."
"Are there going to be guards?" Ash asked.
Zoey nodded. "Even though this place is supposed to be abandoned, there's still a few Peacekeepers here and there. We need to be careful."
"Yes! I did it!" Doofenshmirtz said. He ran up to the table, a Poke Ball in his hands. "I caught a Pokemon!"
"Cool!" Ash said. "What is it?"
"I'll show you," Doofenshmirtz said, a proud grin on his face. He threw the Poke Ball in to the air. "Behold, BIDOOFENSHMIRTZ!" The Poke Ball opened and a small beaver like creature popped out. It was brown, had a stubby tail, and big buck teeth. It looked absolutely ridiculous.
Angel couldn't help but burst out laughing. "THAT'S your amazing news?!" She scoffed. "Here I was, looking at you and expecting some awesome Pokemon, and that's what you come here with?! Wow, just, wow." Her laughter died down after a few minutes, but she was still smiling.
"C'mon, don't be so mean," Ash said, looking at the small Bidoof. "It's not that bad…"
"Really," Angel said, wiping a tear of laughter from her eye. "So YOU would train that stupid thing?"
Ash looked back at the beaver like creature. "I guess you've got a point."
"I was on the verge of eating one of those things in the arena," Tails said. "They aren't hard to kill at all, let alone catch."
"Oh come on!" Doofenshmirtz exclaimed. "It's not weak at all! In fact-"
He was cut off when Angel walked up to the Bidoof. She nudged it with her foot, causing it to fall over on its side. "Bidoofenshmirtz is unable to battle, Angel wins," she said with a smirk. "Honestly, the only thing I can think of that is worse than this thing is its evolution. And this is already pretty bad to begin with."
"What's its evolution?" Melaney asked.
"It's so stupid, I swear to God it has to be dumber than Peter," Angel replied. She turned to Zoey. "Shall we get going?"
Zoey nodded. "We'll have to hack in to the Pokemon Center, which is where we'll be getting most of what we need."
"Are you sure we have to hack in to it?" Tails asked, crossing his arms. "Or did we just say that even though in actuality the door was already open and just needed a push."
"We actually have to hack in to it," Zoey fired back. "Are you going to do it or not?"
"Fine," Tails said. "Is anyone gonna come with me?"
"I will," Angel said. "If I start laughing about how pathetic Bidoofenshmirtz is, I'll blow our cover."
"I'll come with," Ash said.
Angel groaned. "Why do I have to be stuck with you again?!"
"Well you're no picnic yourself," Ash retorted.
"Then why are you even going with them, Ash?" Iris asked. "That makes absolutely no sense at all."
"I want to find out about this romantic stuff," Ash replied.
Angel groaned again. Tails smiled. "It'll be fine," he said. "Besides, it's not like he'll ever figure anything out."
"Don't worry," Melaney said to Angel. "I'll come along too and make sure he doesn't get in the way."
"Thanks," Angel said.
"What are we waiting for?" Sonic asked. "I'll meet you guys down there." He sped off through the woods, avoiding the lake as much as possible.
Icirrus City, Entrance
A few hours later, the rebellion had reached the entrance to the city. It was starting to snow, the sky getting darker and darker by the minute. The rebels were hiding behind trees and bushes, watching for guards.
"There are a few Peacekeepers over by the Pokemon Center," Zoey said. She pointed to the two Storm Troopers in front of the building. "We need to figure out a way in."
"Why don't we just use the force," Angel joked. Tails snickered at her remark.
"Can you guys be serious for a second?" Gwen said. "This is important!"
"Fine," Angel said as she rolled her eyes. "Watch the master." She hopped out from behind the bushes, swiftly and silently. She flew over to the Pokemon Center, careful to stay out of sight. She raised her hand as she snuck behind a Peacekeeper. She grabbed his neck, then applied a cold pressure, causing him to crumple to the ground. The other one raised his gun to shoot, but she kicked it out of his hand and punched him, knocking him out.
Tails and the others ran over to her, astonished. "That was pretty good," Tails said.
Angel laughed. "I knocked him out cold. Pun fully intended."
"What took you so long?" Sonic asked. He had been on the roof, watching. "I've been waiting here for hours," he jumped off the roof, landing in front of Tails and Angel.
"Sorry for taking so long, Mr. 'I'm the fastest thing alive'," Duncan said. "We can't all get where we wanna be in two seconds."
"Well while you slowpokes were taking your time to get here, check out what I found," he held out his hands, revealing the three missing emeralds: yellow, red, and blue.
"Nice," Tails said. "Now we've got all seven!"
"Let's just get in there before more Peacekeepers come," Knuckles said. He pushed on the door, but it refused to budge. "Just…open already!" He yelled.
"I stilled haven't hacked in to it yet, Knucklehead," Tails said. He pulled out a screwdriver and opened up the control panel, unscrewing a few things. Within seconds he was electrocuted again. "What is wrong with the stupid doors in this world?!" He exclaimed. He kicked at the door, frustrated.
"Hmm…" Iris said, examining the door. She grabbed the door and pulled, causing it to swing open. "Not all doors are opened through pushing, you know." She walked in.
"Are you freakin kidding me?!" Tails yelled. "Screw this!" He chucked the screwdriver at the control panel, only for it to bounce back and hit Stewie in the head.
"Damn you!" he yelled, pointing at Tails.
"We'll take it from here," Zoey said to Ash and Melaney. "You, Tails, and Angel go and check out the other buildings. "We'll get all the supplies from here."
"Got it," the four rebels said at the same time. They took off in to the streets of the city, unaware of the dangers that lied ahead.
Icirrus City, City Square
"Where do we go first?" Tails asked, looking up at the big city. The area still seemed natural- grass and puddles still everywhere, the occasional Pokemon, but there were still man made buildings and monuments everywhere. There was a certain building that caught his eye. It had the Pokemon Gym logo on it, but it was covered up by another logo that looked like a blue P and a Z overlapping each other. "Let's check out that one!" He flew in to the building, Ash right behind him.
Angel stared at the building, shocked. Her face was pale as a ghost as she stared at the logo. "No…it can't be…"
"What is it?" Melaney asked. She gasped when she saw the logo: Team Plasma. "What are you gonna-"
She didn't get a chance to finish her statement. Angel had already sped off in to the building, determined to stop Tails from finding out what was inside.
Icirrus City, Ex-Plasma Base
"Wow, this is amazing," Tails said. He was in a dark room in front of a large super computer. There were seven monitors, each having its own complex keyboard. Seven large glass tubes stood in the darkest corner of the room, one of them broken. "Whoever built this must have been a genius or something."
"I just see a bunch of numbers and stuff," Ash said, totally confused by the greatness of the computer. Tails sighed.
Angel flew in to the room, almost knocking Tails over due to the speed she was going at. "Tails, we need to get out of here," she said frantically. She tugged on his arm, a pleading look in her eye.
"Wait a sec," Tails said. "I wanna see what this is about." He began to type something in on the keyboard, but Angel blocked his way before he could get very far.
"We need to get out of here NOW," she growled.
"What's up with you?" Tails said, somewhat hurt by her strange behavior. "You've been acting weird since we got here. What's going on?"
"Nothing," Angel said. "We should be fooling around here. Now let's go."
Tails gave her an odd look. "Now I really want to know what's going on." He tried to get around her, but she blocked him every time.
"Please, Tails, we need to go. There are plenty of other buildings in this city-"
Ash sighed, then leaned up against the computer. A beeping sound went off, making him jump. "Uh, guys?"
Tails and Angel gasped as they turned around. The computer began to flash a red ominous light as the beeping got louder. Smoke began to come out of the six tubes in the corner that weren't broken. "What did you do?!" Tails exclaimed.
"I don't know, but we shouldn't stick around to find out!" Ash yelled as he ran out of the building.
Angel turned to Tails, a panicky look in her eye. Her expression then became calm- she knew what to do. She put her hands on Tails' shoulders, looking in to his deep blue eyes. "Listen, Tails. You need to get out of here. Don't question it, just trust me, okay? Everything's gonna be fine." She then gave him a long passionate kiss, even colder and more exhilarating than the last one. "Now get going!" She pushed him out the door, slamming it shut and locking it. She turned to the tubes in the corner. "Here we go."
Icirrus City, Outside Ex-Plasma Base
Tails pulled and pushed at the door with all of his might, frantically trying to open it. "Angel, please! You need to get out of there!"
"Stop!" Melaney said, grabbing Tails' arm. She forced him to listen to her. "She knows what she's doing. I know it must really hurt you to have to leave her in there, it hurts me too. But we have to trust her. Now let's go."
Tails wanted to protest, wanted to break away from her grip and keep trying to kick down the door. But he swallowed his feelings and nodded. The two of them ran back to the Pokemon Center, searching for the other rebels.
Icirrus City, Inside Ex-Plasma Base
Angel clutched her spear in her hands, ready to fight. The smoke from the tubes continued to come, filling up the room with white air.
"Well look who came crawling back," a voice said from the smoke.
Angel gritted her teeth in anticipation as six shadows became visible, hiding behind the fog. One by one, they all revealed themselves. They all had a strong resemblance to Angel. The first one was a grass colored green and held a whip made out of vines. The second one was a light purplish pink color and controlled three small balls in the air. The third was a deep black with a dagger in her hand, squeezing it fiercely. The fourth was a bright yellow and held throwing stars that crackled with electricity. The fifth was a dark blue with nunchucks that appeared to be made out of water. The sixth, which was the leader of the group, was a fiery red color and held a flaming sword in her hands. They all surrounded Angel.
"It looks like the mistake has come back," the red one said. "Even though we were told she was dead."
"Shut it Amber," Angel growled. "I am no mistake, I'll tell you that much."
"You continue to live a life of denial," the green one said in a soft calm voice. Unlike Angel and Amber, she and the other look a likes had no name. They were simply copies created with different powers.
"Oh, Angelica," the dark blue one said, turning to Angel. "Lord Ghetsis always said there was something off about you. Even if you are the ultimate weapon, there's no doubt that you ended up being the weakest of us all."
"Quiet!" Angel snapped. "I'm stronger than all of you combined. Even if Ghetsis and the other idiots in Team Plasma couldn't realize it."
"Then why don't you prove it," the black one said in a dark voice. She held up her dagger, surrounded in a black mist. The psychic and electric copies stood next to her. The six of them took a few steps closer to Angel, pushing her up against the wall.
"Let's end this the way it was supposed to end," Amber said. She held her sword up to Angel's neck, causing her to choke. "Let's go back three years ago, right before the apocalypse happened, shall we? Yes, I remember that. I believe Dr. Colress' machine made a little mistake and ended up with seven weapons instead of six. It was supposed to be a happy accident, but…" she applied more pressure to the sword.
Angel choked a little more, but kept glaring at her look alike. "Get…off me!" she shouted. She kicked Amber off of her, causing her to fall to the ground. The others turned to her. They were ready to attack.
The first attack came from the black and purple copies. The psychic used her powers to lift Angel in to the air, smashing her against the ceiling, then dropping her on to the ground. The dark copy raised her dagger to stab Angel, but wasn't fast enough to stop the icy hedgehog from forming her spear in to a bat and swinging it at her legs, making her fall. Angel stood up as quickly as she could, then made a run for the door.
The green clone saw this and cracked her whip in the air. It wrapped around Angel's wrist and prevented her from escaping. She pulled the whip back tightly, which made Angel cringe in pain. Angel formed her spear in to a knife and cut herself free as fast as she could. She ran for the door, only to be shot with a forceful blast of water that came from the dark blue clone.
The blast was so powerful that it blew the doors and Angel in to the streets. Angel stood up slowly, persistent in a fight as usual.
The electric look alike flew up to her, picking up Angel by the hood of her sweatshirt. She had a devious smile on her face. "Oh, sweetie, didn't they ever tell you that water and electricity don't mix?" she raised her fist, which crackled with electricity. She punched Angel in the face, sending her flying in to a nearby building.
Amber sped to Angel, grabbing her right after she crashed. "I'm not done with you yet!" she raised her sword again and swung. Angel blocked it with her spear. She kicked the fiery girl away again, then jumped in to the air.
"If I have to take you all out one by one, I'll do it," she growled as she flew through the streets of the city. She spotted the green clone on the ground. "And I'll take out the one with the type disadvantage first." She flew down to her clone, ready to fight.
"I see that you still have not learned your lesson," the green look alike said. "Of course, that's always been who you are. You never learn."
"I know," Angel said. "But it looks like that's something we have in common." She jumped in to the air and formed her spear in to a bow and arrow. She shot arrow after arrow, chasing her enemy through the streets. She finally shot her in the arm, causing the clone to fall on the ground. She smiled. Then she heard a voice from behind her.
"That's only the beginning," the voice said. Angel whipped around to see that it was the black look alike, her psychic partner beside her.
Angel rolled her eyes. "I see you're too scared to take me on individually. Whatever. I can kill two Pidgey with one stone." She formed her bat, ready to go.
The psychic one was the first to attack. She raised the three balls in to the air, then telekinetically shot them at Angel. The icy hedgehog was ready however, and hit them away with her bat.
"Huh. I should play softball or something," Angel said. "Anyway," she swung her bat at the psychic, making her crash in to a building.
The dark copy saw this and raised her dagger in the air. She raced at Angel at high speeds, attempting to stab her multiple times. Angel dodged all of the attacks, however.
Angel jumped even higher in the air, flying above all of the buildings. "I wanna try to do this Sonic style," she said with a smirk. She curled in to a tight ball, then began spinning at high speed. Her body became cloaked in ice. She smashed in to the dark clone, performing her own Homing Attack. The clone smashed in to the street below.
"Wow, I'm dizzy," Angel said. She landed on the roof of a building. "Now where's Amber and the other two…" she asked herself, scanning the area. She was about to take in to the sky again when she felt a paralyzing shock go down her spine.
"You are weak," the electric hedgehog said. "How shocking." She concentrated power in to her fist, then proceeded to attack Angel.
Angel caught the fist before it could hit her. She kicked the copy away with her metal foot, then attempted to slash her with her spear. She cut her opponents arm, then was tripped when the copy chucked her throwing stars at her. Angel fell to the roof of another building below as the look alike put her foot on her chest in triumph.
"Hey!" a voice said from the air. Both of the fighters looked up in to the air and saw a two tailed fox hovering over them. "Stay away from her!"
The electric copy had a smirk on her face. "The mistake chose a deformity to be with. No surprise there, but it really shows that two wrongs don't make a right."
"What are you doing Tails?!" Angel yelled, still sprawled out on the roof. "I told you to get out of here!"
"I couldn't leave you out here by yourself. I have no idea what's happening, but I want to fight along your side to the end."
"You can't fight if your dead," the electric one said. She shot a blast of electricity of Tails, making him crash to the ground.
Feeling a rush of anger go through her, Angel used her powers to blast her copy through the air. She stood up and grabbed her before she could get away. "If you EVER try to hurt him again, I'll make sure that your death is the most painful there ever was," she threw the clone off the roof of the building and into a dumpster below. She scanned the ground for Tails, but he had already disappeared.
"All right, you two, come and get me!" Angel screamed at the top of her lungs. "I'm ready to take you on and end this thing!"
The water copy appeared behind her. "You called, Angelica?"
"Don't call me that!" Angel growled. She formed her spear in to her own pair of nunchucks, ready to use them against her clone's. She swung them at her enemy, but missed everytime.
"This must be the first time you've had to use them," the water hedgehog said. "Whatever. It makes an easy fight for me," she swung her nunchucks at Angel, hitting her in the face and in the side.
Angel crumpled on the roof, clutching her hip. She smiled. "You know what, you're right. This is the first time I've had to use nunchucks. I should be using a weapon I'm more familiar with," she formed the nunchucks back in to a spear, then stood up. "Is that any better?"
The dark blue hedgehog's eyes widened, then took a step back. Soon she was on the edge of the building. She smiled. "You think you may be winning, but at this very second, Amber is taking care of the deformity," she left Angel wondering, then jumped off the building in to the street below.
Angel gasped. Tails! She jumped in to the air and formed her snowflake, flying at high speeds back to the camp. She landed on the ground, looking for Tails. Then she saw it:
Tails and Amber facing off right above the lake.
Angel took off to where they were, flying right between the two of them. "Leave him alone," she growled, glaring at her fiery copy.
"All right," Amber said. "Killing you will be much more fun. It'll be a challenge."
"Tails, go find Sonic and Melaney," Angel said, still keeping an eye on Amber.
"But-"
"Tails!" Angel exclaimed. "Please, just do it. This is my fight, not yours. I don't want you to get hurt here, okay?"
Tails nodded reluctantly. He flew to the edge of the lake where the rest of rebellion was, watching.
Angel took a deep breath, then exhaled. "Okay. Let's do this." She flew higher in to the air, gripping her spear tightly in her hands. She formed it in to a gun then began to shoot at her clone. Every bullet was dodged until there were no more. She turned the gun in to a sword, then rushed towards Amber, leaving an icy trail in the air. She raised her sword in the air to attack, but the attack was blocked by Amber's. The combination of fire and ice caused steam to rise in to the air.
"Impressive," Amber said, still holding her grip on the sword. "I obviously underestimated what you can do here. No matter. I'll still kill you." She put full force on the sword, knocking Angel's in to the icy water below.
Angel growled, then used all of her power to give a swift kick to Amber's hand. Her sword went flying out of her hands and in to the water. Smoke rose as the flame went out.
Amber glared at her, then set her fists on fire. She attacked Angel, punch after punch, but the attacks were countered with Angel's fists, which where covered in ice. "That's it!" Amber yelled. "Enough of this!" she grabbed Angel by her hoodie and kept her from kicking away. She ignited her fist in an even bigger flame, ready to use it to punch Angel. Angel closed her eyes and braced for impact. The fire punch hit someone, but it wasn't Angel.
It was Tails.
The fox was knocked unconscious by the powerful punch and plummeted in to the lake below as the rebellion watched in shock.
Amber smiled in triumph. "Maybe this was better. It'll be much more fun to watch your pain of never being able to see him breath again. No matter how fast any of you move, none of you will be able to save him. Instant death from shock of cold. If that's not what kills him, hypothermia will. Have fun with your dead boyfriend!" She flew off in to the woods.
Angel glared at her as she flew away. "You will pay for this. I"ll make you wish you were never born." She wanted to stay back and beat her clone to death, but she knew what she needed to do. She flew down in to the icy water to save Tails, immune to the cold.
The water was a dark black under the surface. It was impossible to tell up from down, and she had to think of where the surface was. How am I going to find him?! She thought frantically. Then she remembered. The Chaos Emerald! Angel focused all of her energy in to her arm, trying to find Tails' half of the emerald in the deep blackness of the water. She could see a small cyan colored glow in the distance. Without thinking, Angel swam as quickly as she could to the glow. She grabbed Tails, then shot out of the water like a bullet and headed to the camp, a few miles away.
Tails slowly and painfully opened his eyes half way. He felt an icy wind go over him as the back of his head beat with pain. He looked up and realized that he was being carried by Angel, a look of worry and determination on her face. "Angel?" he asked hazily. She didn't seem to hear him, since she continued to stare straight forward. He felt another pain in the back of his head, which went down his spine. A cold sleepy feeling went over him as his arms, lets, and tails went limp. Then everything went black.
Angel gasped as she felt the fox in her arms go limp. No, please, don't leave me, she thought desperately. She picked up the pace, flying faster than she every had before.
Sonic was running on the ground when he heard a booming sound in the air. He looked up and saw Angel fly by so quickly if you blinked you would have missed it. "Holy, crap," he said in astonishment. "She's going faster than I am."
Back up in the sky, Angel spotted the camp in the clearing. She saw Brock on the ground preparing dinner for the rebels. "Brock!" she called out. Unable to slow down, she made a crash landing in the dirt, making sure Tails was unharmed.
"What happened?" Brock asked, rushing to her side. "Are you okay?"
"Never mind me," Angel replied quickly. "Tails needs help," she held Tails in her arms, desperate.
"But what about-"
"Brock!" Angel scolded. Her eyes were pleading for help, tearing up a little. "I am BEGGING you, please, help him!"
Brock nodded. He took Tails in his arms. "I'll take him to my tent. Go get my medical kit and all the blankets you can and meet me there."
"'Kay," Angel said. She took off towards the supply tent. She ran in to Sonic on the way.
"Where's Tails?" he asked before she could go any further.
"With Brock," she said, out of breath. She pushed past him before he could ask anymore questions.
Rebel Camp, Brock's Tent
"Chansey, Ninetales, let's go!" Brock shouted. He threw two Poke Balls into the air and two Pokemon popped out. The first one was pink, white, and shaped like an egg. It had a small white oval in the pouch on its stomach. The second Pokemon was a golden fox with nine fluffy tails. It had red eyes and a very elegant appearance.
Brock gently placed Tails on the sleeping bag in his tent. "Where is she…"
Angel and Sonic sprinted in to the tent, blankets and medical supplies in their arms. "We're right here," Angel said. She and Sonic dropped the supplies in the corner. Her eyes fell on Tails, who was sweating and shivering. His eyes were closed, but it was clear he was in pain.
"Ninetales, heat up the blankets," Brock ordered.
Ninetales crawled under the blankets, heating them up with its body. It picked up them up with its teeth and gently placed them on Tails, one by one.
"Chansey, find the medicine," Brock directed.
Chansey nodded. It dug through the pile, then pulled out a small glass vile and a spoon. It handed it to Brock.
"Thanks you two," Brock said. He poured the medicine on to the spoon. "Here," he said to Tails. He slipped the spoon in to the semi-conscious fox's mouth. Tails scrunched up his nose at the horrid taste.
"I know it's bitter, but it'll help you sleep," Brock said. He turned to Angel and Sonic. "He's got it bad," he whispered. "There's a good chance he'll recover, but on the other hand…"
"Thanks for everything," Sonic said. He didn't want to think of the negative. "C'mon," he said to Angel. The two of them left the tent, leaving Tails in Brock's care.
The rebellion was gathered outside the tent, anxious to find out about Tails' condition. Gwen was the first to speak. "Is he…"
"Brock says he'll be okay," Sonic said to the crowd.
Angel gave Ash a cold stare. "This is your doing," she growled furiously.
"What?!" Ash exclaimed, immediately getting defensive. "What are you talking about?"
"You're the one who set the clones free," Angel said darkly. She took a step closer. "You're the reason why Tails, who may just be the most valueable person in the entire rebellion, is on the brink of death! And you don't even care, do you?"
Ash scoffed. "He's not that important."
Angel's temper was boiling now. "Not important, huh?!" Let's see you fly faster than the speed of sound! Let's see you score a 225 on an IQ test! Let's see you build amazing machines out of scrap metal! Let's see you rist your life for anything that doesn't only say its own name!"
"Why do you even care?" Ash fired back. "I bet you don't really like him the way you say you do. You're probably just using him!"
The last comment pushed Angel off the edge. Blind with rage, she made a full assault, kicking and punching Ash in every place she could hit. Soon she had him pinned against a tree.
Still being attacked, Ash grabbed a stick on the ground and gripped it tightly. He put full force on it, then stabbed Angel in the eye.
Angel let out a small whimper. She covered her eye that was usually hiding behind her bangs. She removed her hand and looked down. Her white glove was soaked with blood, fat red drops of crimson falling on to the dirt.
She glared at Ash. "You really screwed up this time, Ketchum. You don't have a clue what you just got yourself in to." She formed her spear in to a knife, then threw it at Ash's head. It landed right in his eye.
Ash fell to his knees in pain as blood ran from his eye. "That's it!" he yelled. He stood up and charged at Angel, who was coming at him at full speed too.
"No!" Sonic and Cilan yelled at the same time. Sonic grabbed Angel before she could attack Ash anymore. He held her hand behind her ack as she attempted to kick away. Cilan did the same thing, except with Ash.
"I'll kill you!" Angel screamed, trying to break away from Sonic's grasp.
"Not if I kill you first!" Ash threatened.
The two of them were dragged off to separate tents to cool down.
"What do we do now?" Misty asked quietly.
"We stay here," Zoey said.
"What?!" Iris exclaimed in surprise. "But-"
"Look," Zoey snapped. "We have two fools who thought it would be a good idea to punch each others eyes out when we've already got someone with hypothermia. It would be idiotic to keep moving."
"The Zoey is right," Starfire said. "It would not be intelligent to keep going."
Iris rolled her eyes. "Fine."
Rebel Camp, Angel's Tent
Angel was in her tent with Brock's Ninetales. It had followed her around after the fight with a brush in its mouth, despite the fact that Angel had told it to go away several times. She was now brushing its soft golden fur, the Pokemon nuzzling her. Her eye was now wrapped in bandages and covered with an eyepatch. Brock had said that there was no way it would fully heal and she would have to get a fake.
"That Ninetales has definitely taken a liking to you," a voice said from outside the tent. It was Zoey. She pulled the flap back and sat on the ground.
Angel stared at her in astonishment. Zoey looked so different- her headband that was usually tied around her head was gone. The black war paint she normally wore had been washed away. For the first time since Angel had met her she wasn't in commando mode.
"What is it with you and foxes with multiple tails?" Zoey asked.
"Um…I don't know," Angel said, a little surprised. "So, what's up?"
Zoey sighed. "So you know we're not going anywhere for a while."
Angel nodded. "It's so Tails can recover, right?" She didn't want to talk about Ash at the moment; her temper would only flare up again.
"Well, I kinda have a separate reason that ties in to that," Zoey said, looking down at the ground.
"Which is?" Angel asked. Ninetales placed its head in her lap, the heat causing Angel to cringe a little.
Zoey sighed again. "A few years ago, I was in a different rebellion with Mike." She looked at Angel. "You know who Mike is, right?"
Angel nodded, remembering seeing him on Total Drama.
"So the two of us were in a small group with a few others," she continued. "We weren't really that important, just there to add some extra people. Everything was great as long as we had each other. But then…"
"But then?"
"Then there was a Peacekeeper shooting." She wiped her eyes, which were starting to water. "We were trying to break in to a city when we were surprised attacked. I got shot in the shin, but I survived. Mike on the other hand…" she sniffed, then paused for a moment before continuing. "Mike could've been saved. He could've been saved if we took the time to stop and let him heal, but the leaders refused." She looked back at Angel, tears in her eyes. "I don't want you to have to go through the same thing with Tails. No one should have to go through what I did." She was silent after that.
"So that's what happened," Angel said quietly as she absorbed all of the information. "Thank you for giving Tails a chance."
Zoey nodded, then stood up. She tied her headband around her head, then rubbed some dirt on her face. "You can never tell anyone that story or what I did for you, got it? Not even Tails."
Angel nodded as Zoey left her alone in the tent. She paused for a moment, then looked at the sleeping Ninetales. "I know what I have to do."
Rebel Camp, Lake Clearing
Sonic was sitting in front of the lake, throwing stones in to the icy water. He was worried about Tails. There were multiple times where he had almost lost his best friend, usually because of Eggman. But this time…
Angel walked up and sat down next to him. "Hey," she said.
"Hey," Sonic replied absent mindedly.
Angel sighed. "Look, Sonic. I have something to tell you."
Sonic looked at her. "What is it?"
She took a deep breath, then exhaled. She was finally ready to say it. "I'm part of Team Plasma."
And that's Chapter 27! This is the longest chapter yet, over 6000 words! A lot going on in this one, phew. You might be REALLY confused, but Angel will explain everything in the next chapter! Anyway, during the whole process of writing this chapter, I've been listening to City Escape from Sonic Adventure 2, I think? I'm not sure, but I think it's the level where you're in a city and a giant truck chases you through the street or something XD Another thing: Did you notice that I changed the rating from K+ to T? Yeah, after this chapter, I think the rating should've definitely changed. Thanks for reading so far! Please review!