Here's Chapter 8. It's a little shorter that my usual chapters but I hope you enjoy anyways. I own nothing!
Bokkun had enough energy to make it back to the island. It had felt like he had been gone for weeks and he was happy to see his own home again. He landed on the beach and noticed that his sand castle had been washed away in the tide and the only thing that was left was a lump of sand and his explosive.
He picked up the bomb and began to exam it as he walked back to the base. He had found that the electronic was full of sand. He dumped out the sand and then pressed a button to open the door. He put the explosive into his bag and began to look around, the base that was oddly quiet and dark. "Hello? Is there anyone home?" He called but no one replied.
He turned on the switch for the hall lights and began to search for his creator or Decoe and Bocoe. He had made it to the computer room with no luck of finding anyone. He opened the door and when he saw the doctor's chair was empty he was about to go look in a different room when he was stopped. "Bokkun is that you!?"
Bokkun stopped and turned just in time to receive a tight hug from Decoe. "Bokkun! I'm so glad that you're alright!" Bokkun couldn't breathe in the embrace and began to try to squirm away.
"Decoe, you're killing me." Bokkun coughed. Decoe released him.
"Right." He laughed and rubbed that back of his head. "Bokkun, stay here." He ordered and ran to the computer where he called Eggman. Eggman's face appeared on the screen and Bokkun could tell it was full of concern. "Doctor, Bokkun has returned." Decoe informed. Bokkun walked behind Decoe and waved at the screen.
Eggman sighed in relief. "Alright, call in the forces." He ordered. Decoe nodded and stopped the call before sending a message to the search robots. Decoe spun the chair away from the computer, leaned back in the chair and let out a sigh of relief.
Bokkun stared at him for a second. "How long have you guys been looking for me?" Bokkun asked. Decoe checked the clock on the wall then looked back at him.
"Eleven hours." He said. Bokkun looked to the ground, he felt a little bad that they had to stay up and look for him all night but part of him was glad to know that they cared.
Eggman, Bocoe and their search team soon arrived home. Eggman and Bocoe joined Bokkun and Decoe in the dining room shortly after putting away the search party. Eggman paced in front of the table, across from Bokkun and behind Decoe and Bocoe.
Bokkun thought that his head would explode from the silence and tension in the room. He slowly began to slide under the table, if no one was going to say anything he was just going to try and escape. "Sit in your seat." The doctor finally spoke and Bokkun quickly obeyed. "Care to explain yourself?" He asked.
Bokkun looked at the smooth wood table as he tried to think up a quick lie. "I- I saw this really pretty pond and I thought I would take a swim and then my jetpack wouldn't work…" He lied. Eggman turned to face him.
"You know you can't be in water." He said. Bokkun's ears lowered.
"I know…" He said he forced tears in his eyes and he began to sniff as if he was really upset. Eggman's expressions softened as he watched his creation.
"Don't be upset Bokkun, I was just worried about you is all." He said. Bokkun looked up at him with large watery eyes. "But don't expect to be delivering any more messages until I can trust you again." Bokkun nodded.
Bocoe and Decoe looked at each other, it was totally obvious that the kid was lying. Was the doctor really that gullible? "Decoe." The doctor called. The tall yellow robot quickly stood and turned to Eggman.
"Yes sir?"
"Take Bokkun to his room, his systems need to dry out more. The water must be shorting out his tracking device." He said.
"I have a tracking device?" Bokkun asked but before anyone could answer him Decoe helped him up and brought him out of the room. 'Talk about no privacy.' Bokkun thought.
Decoe brought him to his plain, blank white room. They entered and Decoe closed the door behind them. Decoe took Bokkun's bag and his jetpack and set them next to the door as Bokkun got in bed and stared curiously at the robot who walked over to the bed. "Bokkun, may I ask you something?" He asked.
"I'm not tired anyways, so yeah." He answered with a shrug. Decoe sat at the end of the bed.
"Bokkun, what really happened?" He asked. Bokkun's eyes grew wide.
"What are you talking about?" He asked nervously. "I told you what happened."
"We both know that's not really what happened." Decoe said. Bokkun began to sweat and look around the room nervously. "I won't tell anyone even Bocoe, I promise." He encouraged. Bokkun grasped the blanket tightly as he thought about it, he really didn't want to tell anyone but Decoe was like his best friend and there was a few things he was curious about.
"Okay…" Bokkun answered slowly. "But if you tell anyone I'll never trust you again!" He threatened. Bokkun looked down at the bed. "Well I delivered the message yesterday but when I got done I decided to play around in the city for a while but then my jetpack went out and I fell into a pond and almost drowned." He paused, he realized how close to death he was and how he probably wouldn't be here today if Cream hadn't saved him.
"Go on." Decoe said thoughtfully.
"Well I got out and I hid under a slide because it was a little warmer under there. And then…" He hesitated for a moment. "Then this nice person rescued me and brought me to her house and cared for me. Then the next morning I flew home."
"So who helped you?"
"Her name was Cream…" He said and blushed a little. "She was really cute." He blushed even more. 'Why did I say that out loud?' He though, then moaned and hid his face from the other robot.
Decoe knew that Cream was the small young rabbit that was one of Sonics friends and he smiled at the thought that Bokkun liked her. "I see." He said. Bokkun looked up at him. "So you liked her?" Bokkun didn't answer but Decoe knew he was right.
"It's okay Bokkun, everyone likes someone." Decoe said.
"Really? What about you?" He asked.
"I should say, almost everyone." Decoe replied.
"What about Eggman or Bocoe?" The yellow robot sighed.
"Never mind." He said in defeat. "But I'm going to help you get your girl." Decoe said with a determined look on his face. Bokkun perked up a little.
"Really?" He asked. Decoe nodded and began to arrange plans in his head. Wait… what was he saying, he didn't even know if he really liked Cream or if she even liked him…
Well now Decoe knows... So is he going to help with Bokkun's relationship or make it work, guess you'll have to wait and see. :3 Thank you so much for reading this!