CHAPTER 12: CHAOS IN THE CAVES!
"Whoa, easy there, eight-eyes!" said Sonic.
The spider looked at him with hungry eyes. It seemed puzzled for a moment, as if trying to understand what Sonic had just said, but then snapped out of it.
The spider lunged at Sonic, who quickly darted to the left. For a spider this big, it was pretty nimble. Sonic tried to find a weak spot by running around him. He then slid under the spider. He saw a soft spot and kicked it. The spider screamed in pain. But it wasn't down yet. It hopped to the side, revealing Sonic, and smashed it's leg down. Sonic rolled out of the way. The spider lifted it's leg. A large hole was left where he stomped. Luckily it wasn't through Sonic.
Suddenly, the spider's eyes seemed to light up with an idea. It then scuttled into a nearby cave which Sonic didn't notice before. Then Sonic remembered his red Chaos Emerald. He looked around. That was gone, too! But the Emerald in the web was still glowing, meaning that the red one was around here somewhere.
Sonic followed the Spider into the cave. It was dark and damp, with webs all over the place. He walked through the tunnel and ended up in a large room. It was lit by orange crystals embedded in the stone walls. All around him were large, over-sized webs. He also saw a few bubbles of web in the network above him, like trapped flies.
But one of the bubbles hadn't been finished. There, struggling to get free, was Fluttershy.
"Fluttershy!" exclaimed Sonic, his voice echoing around the cavern, "How'd you get up there?"
"When you looked up, we were all caught by that huge, scary spider." she replied. "Where is it?"
"I was about to ask the same thing." said Sonic.
And, as if on queue, the spider landed just in front of Sonic. The cavern shook, letting loose some stones. It hissed at Sonic aggressively.
"Man, you need mouth-wash! That bad breath smells like a thousand Eggmans!" said Sonic.
The giant spider lunged at Sonic, who, again, dodged it. The spider then crawled up the walls and onto the celing. It then dropped down, nearly landing on Sonic. Once again the cavern shook, letting loose some rocks again.
Wait a minute... Thought Sonic. The rocks... It's gonna cave in!
Sonic had to work fast. If he fights for too long, the spider will eventually let loose the entire cave, crushing them all.If he runs away, he'll let his friends die.
"Alright, eight-eyes!" taunted Sonic. "I want this over quick."
Then he saw a glint of light up on the ceiling. A ring! He couldn't reach it by jumping, nor could he run up the walls and grab it, as he risks getting caught in the web. But then he had an idea!
The spider went up the wall and onto the ceiling again. But this time, using his razor-sharp jaws, he cut one of the bubbles of web and carried it back down. He aimed his web at the bubble and then made sort of a rope. Holding it by it's abdomen, he started to twirl, then let go of the bubble, hurling it towards Sonic, who dodged it. When it landed, Sonic heard the familiar cry of pain from Tails.
"Hey, not cool!" exclaimed Sonic.
The spider jumped, just what Sonic wanted. Sonic jumped too, and in mid air, hit the spider so he spun and landed on it's back. Then he jumped off his soft part and a bunch of web came out. Luckily it wasn't that sticky. Perfect. He got the string of web and made a small lasso. He then threw it up and it landed around a rock on the ceiling, then it clang on to it. He then started to climb up the web. It was hard work. But it was made harder when the spider started to climb up it too!
"Sonic!" shouted Fluttershy.
"I'll be fine!" answered Sonic
The spider was catching up. Sonic climbed faster. He wouldn't make it! Unless...
He let go, jumped of the spider's head, and grabbed the ring from the ceiling. He bounced off the spider's head again. summersaulted through the air, and landed softly.
"Alright, let's go!" Sonic exclaimed.
He harnessed the Ring's power and started spinning, then he shot towards the spider, and went right though it, leaving a hole in it's weak spot and it's armored bit. The spider hissed one last time, and fell to the ground with a large thump, shaking the cavern once more.
Now it was happening. The cave started to crumble. Sonic acted quickly and used the ring to spin through the air, letting go Fluttershy and the rest. He landed and caught each bubble and put it down using his super-speed power from the ring. He then yanked out one of the Spiders jaws and cut open each one, including Tails.
"You OK?" asked Sonic.
"I've been better... Just shaken up. I'm going to have nightmares about this..." replied Tails.
"Speaking of shaking up, this whole place is gonna go down unless we get outta here fast!" exclaimed Sonic.
"I'll take care of Pinkie-pie and you take care of Tails, alright?" said Rainbow Dash.
"Hey, I need help too!" shouted Rarity.
"You got magic on your side! You could hold them up if they come down!" explained Tails.
"I guess..." replied Rarity.
The rocks started coming down.
"Run" shouted Sonic.
The group ran fast, Rarity slowly, but keeping up at least. Sonic was cradling Tails in his arms while Pinkie-pie hung on to Rainbow Dash for dear life. (which she thought was fun)
Applejack was fast enough, keeping up with the group, while Fluttershy was flying as fast as she could.
They reached the exit.
Just as the whole thing collapsed