Here's chapter 13. This chapter continues where the previous chapter ended. Like the previous chapter, this chapter takes place at the same time as chapters 8, 9, 10 and 11.
They finally arrived. It was the exact place where she was. According to the emerald tracker it was right below them.
"Well, now how do we go down to where the master emerald is?" Asked Tails.
"Well, leave that to me, but I need you to watch so you know how to do it in an emergency," said Jack pressing a set of buttons on the control console.
The helicopter lowered to the level of the sea and there it began to make sounds while it changed shape outside to that of a submarine. And landing softly in the water. After that little by little he began to submerge in the water until he left no traces.
Just at that moment Dr. Eggman appeared with his three robots in the flying vehicle, they observed the place where the submarine had been submerged. They had put a jammer on their vehicle so they couldn't be detected.
"This is the place Dr.?" Decoe asked.
"That's right, my own tracker gave the coordinates that this place is and since our enemies submerged here, it is because they also know that the master emerald is here" Dr. Eggman replied.
"And how will we get there?" Bocoe asked.
"I was waiting for you to ask. Last night I made some arrangements for the Egg Mobile so that it could serve as a submarine in aquatic missions" Dr. Eggman replied by pressing a couple of buttons.
Suddenly the Egg Mobile descended to the level of the water. A propeller appeared in the lower part and a dome made of a fairly resistant glass in the upper part covering the human being and the three robots.
"Dr. Eggman always thinks of everything," said Bokkun.
"Of course. A mind as big and great as mine always thinks of everything. Well now we are going to get another one of the emeralds for our collection" said Dr. Eggman.
After that the Egg Mobile plunged into the water with its 4 occupants on board. The surface of the sea was completely empty and calm.
In the depths of the ocean, the sub was almost reaching its destination. Only a few more meters to go.
"Tails, do you think Sonic is okay right now?" asked the striped rabbit.
"Well it's hard to tell, depending on the situation he could act calm or he could be crazy" replied the two-tailed fox.
"Did it happen to you once that he went crazy?"
"Yes, once they invited us to a cruise I tried all the means to make us come back to land. He begged our friend Chris that we had to go home. He made me believe that my plane, the X tornado, would miss me for not being there with it. And finally he tricked Amy into believing that she liked how she used her hammer to destroy things. In the end his methods didn't work. He even tried sprinting across the ship to take a big jump to get ashore. He never made it. I even lost count of how many times he did it. "
"It must have been very stressful for him."
"Yes he was, but in the end he relaxed a bit."
At that moment, a small beep sounded from the emerald tracker.
"We arrived. He is right in front of us. Jack could turn on the outside lights," said Tails.
"Of course," said Jack, turning on the lights of the submarine.
With the lights illuminating the exterior, Jack marveled at what was in front of his eyes, it was an emerald a large size, approximately the size of the submarine and it was green.
"I've never seen anything like this before in my entire life" said the striped rabbit.
"And that you hardly know a few things that emerald can do, its place of origin known as Angel Island is an island that thanks to its power can float in the air" said the two-tailed fox.
"Amazing. If it weren't for what I've seen since yesterday I'd have a hard time believing that. Well we better let the others know" said Jack putting the autopilot on the sub.
When they got to where the others were, they could see that Sonic was a little nervous because although he told the others that he was fine with a smile, he had chills that everyone noticed immediately.
"He is fine?" asked Jack.
"In these situations this is the normal with him" answered Amy.
"Okay. We come to tell you that we are already in front of the master emerald. So some of us have to go out and go for it and a group should stay here," said Tails.
"Well, Cosmo and I could stay here and wait for you return," Tikal said.
"I'll stay with you too" Sonic said suddenly.
"Well, I was expecting that," Knuckles said.
"Then me, Amy, Knuckles and Jack will go for the master emerald," said Tails.
"Well, since we have already decided who will go, you better put this on" said Jack going to a closet and taking out 4 diving suits.
Before putting on the diving traches, each one took off part of their clothing. Tails removed his scarf, pilot glasses, gloves, boots, and tool belt. Amy took off the headband that she had on her head, gloves, bracelets and boots; but she kept her dress on. Knuckles removed his hat, gloves, armbands, boots, and tribal cloth. Jack took off his coat and tie, but he kept his button-down shirt and pants on.
After that, Tails, Amy, Knuckles, and Jack began to put on their diving suits. Sonic helped Amy, Cosmo helped Tails, and Tikal helped Knuckles. Jack put it on without help, as this was not his first underwater mission. Although this is the first in which he was not alone. First they put on the suits, then they put on the gloves, then the booties, then the hoods. Then some masks to cover the face that had a hose in the front. After they had the suits, they put the scuba tanks on their backs and attached the hose to said tanks. After that they lit the tanks.
Once they were ready, Jack led Tails, Amy, and Knuckles to the section where they could exit the submarine to the outside.
Once outside the submarine, the two-tailed fox, the pink hedgehog, the red echidna and the striped rabbit began to approach the master emerald.
"This emerald looks bigger every time I get close to it. But how will we move it?" asked Jack.
"No need to worry, I have enough strength to move it" Knuckles said flexing his arms as a sign of that.
"Well then I'll let you take care of that" said the striped rabbit.
The red echidna approached the master emerald. He bent down and without any problem was able to lift it over her head.
"Well, I had a little doubt that he could lift it by himself, but now I'm glad I was wrong," said Jack.
"And you don't know the things that he, Tikal and their two sons can do with the master emerald" said Amy.
"Well, I hope I get a chance to see it in action," said Jack.
"The way things are these two days, you could see it with your own eyes," said Tails.
"Well, we better get back to the sub," Knuckles said.
They all nodded, but before they could move, a metal cage fell on them, trapping the 4 of them inside. And another cage locked inside the submarine in which they came. Then 4 laughs began to be heard at the same time.
"Are they!" said the striped rabbit upon recognizing the Egg Mobile and the 4 occupants of it.
"So he's my little new enemy. I see you preferred to get involved in this too" said Dr. Eggman.
"Of course yes. My job is to defend the inhabitants of this planet from beings like you. And I have even come out of situations worse than the one you put me through yesterday" said the striped rabbit.
"Oh really, then you think you could get out of this" said the human being pressing some cans in his Egg Mobile that electrified the cages causing the two-tailed fox, the pink hedgehog, the red echidna and the striped rabbit to be electrocuted. Not so much to kill them, but to render them unconscious.
"Okay, let's take that cage and take them back to base" said Dr. Eggman, bringing the Egg Mobile closer to the first cage.
"But Dr., what will we do with them?" Bokkun asked.
"Very easy. We are holding them hostage to deliver the missing chaos emeralds," Eggman replied.
"Very good idea Dr." Decoe said.
"He asked me where the others are, though," Bocoe said.
"Who cares. As long as they are not near here, it will be beneficial for us" said the human being.
"Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you Eggman. I'm not going to let you take my wife, my friends, nor the master emerald" said Sonic from inside the submarine.
"Oh, I see our little friend who's afraid of water is here. Well, let's knock them unconscious too" Dr. Eggman said and electrified the second cage.
"Well, it won't be a problem for now. Better take our award and let's go," said Bokkun.
At that moment the submarine began to charge a kind of lightning which not only destroyed the cage that surrounded the vehicle but also destroyed the other cage and also sent the Eggmobile with its four occupants flying out of the ocean. The only thing that could be heard from them was their screams as they went further and further away.
Half an hour later Tails, Amy, Knuckles and Jack began to wake up, the four of them were lying on the floor of the submarine. Tikal and Cosmo were sitting in front of them waiting for them to react and they began sighing in relief that they began to wake up. The four of them slowly sat down with the help of the green alien and the orange echidna.
"What happened?" asked Jack.
"Eggman knocked them unconscious when he shocked them with the cage they were trapped in," Cosmo said.
"And when he tried to do the same with us, the submarine charged a beam that sent him and his robots flying," said Tikal.
"Oh, that was the self defense system. I activated it before I left the control booth" said Jack.
"But who brought us here?" Knuckles asked.
"It was Sonic" Cosmo replied.
"Sonic did it?" Amy asked.
"But how?" Tails asked.
"Well, he knew he couldn't leave them out there so he put on a diving suit and went out and brought them two by two. You two first. Then to Knuckles and Jack" Tikal replied.
"And where is the master emerald and Sonic?" asked Jack.
"She's already in here and Sonic is watching her. Sonic was able to find between the controls a function to bring it inside" said Tikal.
"Although we had a hard time figuring out which of all the buttons on the controller activated that function," said Cosmo.
"At least our mission here is complete. It's time to go back to Japan," Knuckles said.
"But where will we take the master emerald? She can't stay in Gori's apartment" said Tails.
"It's true, there's no room there for the master emerald," Amy said.
"Well, if it's not a bother to you, we can drop it off at the agency where I work," said Jack.
"I'm not sure. What if Eggman finds out the agency's location and attacks it?" Knuckles said.
"You don't have to worry about that, the entire perimeter is surrounded by a system that prevents the base from being located. Only the agents who work there know its exact location" said Jack.
"I say we leave the master emerald with the agency" Sonic said as he rejoined the group. "I say that we give them the opportunity. Even as Jack said earlier, the others who work with him could be of assistance in this case. I did trust his word that they will be able to keep the emerald safe."
"It's fine. If you say so, I will give the opportunity" said Knuckles.
"Well then we will bring the emerald to the agency and then we will return to Japan" said Jack.
"But are you sure you can blow up the ship after what happened?" asked Tikal.
"Well, not 100%, but I'll set the autopilot to take us. It is better that we all return to our seats" replied the striped rabbit.
After that, Tails, Amy, Knuckles and Jack put on the clothes they had removed before leaving. Then Sonic, Amy, Cosmo, Knuckles, and Tikal returned to their seats. Jack and Tails returned to the cockpit and sat in their seats, the striped rabbit setting the vehicle's autopilot.
The submarine began to rise to the surface. Upon arrival, he changed form to that of a helicopter again and began to fly in the direction of the place where the master emerald would be safe.
And here the chapter ends. These last two chapters focused in Sonic, Amy, Tails, Cosmo, Knuckles, Tikal and Jack. The next one is going to focus on the children of the Zootopia, Aggretsuko and Sonic X characters so stay tuned.