Here's chapter 98.

Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the city, in the nearby forest, Zorori, Ishishi and Noshishi were on their way to the city, several days had passed since they had gone there, and although being in a castle was a dream come true (even if it didn't belong to them) having been locked up there for several days made the three of them bored, for this reason they decided to take a walk around the city to see if they found something interesting to do. Maybe they could find something they could entertain themselves with for the rest of the day. They only hoped that a rather serious incident would not occur in the city that day like the previous two.

Although in case something like that happened, surely the mobians would take care of it. Thinking about it for a bit made Zorori and his apprentices realize that they could be of some help to the mobians. Since one of the things that Zorori was known for was building things with whatever material he had on hand, no matter what materials he had used at the time. Perhaps even if the three of them got down to business, they could create something that, while it wouldn't stop Eggman, could serve as a kind of distraction from whatever he has planned at the moment, and the mobians could take advantage of stop him.

When they had finally reached the city, they decided to go to the place where the mobians were staying to see if they were there and offer their help. So they went to one of the buildings in the city. When they had reached the right floor, they looked everywhere, and made sure there was no one in the area, so they wouldn't run the risk of knocking on the door and the mobians could answer. They waited a few seconds, after knocking on the door, and no one answered. They assumed that it was due to the fact that they didn't expect anyone to get there and kept silent in the hope that no one would notice that someone was there.

They knocked on the door again, but this time the three spoke in low voices to tell them who they were. But there were no answers. Apparently they weren't there, that made them wonder where they were. They weren't around town because if someone hadn't seen them, they would have heard people making comments about it, unless they were out incognito. Even if that were the case. Would they be in the same city or had they gone elsewhere? Knowing that there was nothing if they stayed in that place, the three decided to go to a slightly more closed place to contact them with their communicators. They left the building, and started looking for an area where there weren't many people. As there were many people in all the streets and nearby places through which they passed, it was a bit difficult for the fox and the two wild boars to find a place.

Once they reached a small phone booth, which was in a place where there weren't many people passing through, Zorori took his communicator and called Sonic through it, it didn't take long for the blue hedgehog to appear on the screen. The three could see that the blue hedgehog was not in fact in the apartment where they had met him on the Sunday of the week before. They couldn't see much of where they were. But a background noise could be heard that sounded similar to a ship's engine. That could confirm the doubt he had that they weren't in the city at the moment after all. They must be doing something important at the time.

"Hello, Sonic. I hope we haven't interrupted something important" said the yellow fox.

"No. We're in the middle of a search right now, but since we haven't gotten where we're going, we're not busy. Is something going on over there?"

"At the moment, no. Everything is calm. No indication of anything unusual so far. Actually, I was calling you to tell you something."

"What is it about?".

From there, the fox and the two boars began to tell the blue hedgehog about how they could help create distractions for Eggman in case of any attack and about how many things they could do without the need to use stuff which would be quite difficult to achieve. Sonic listened to every bit of what Zorori, Ishishi, and Noshishi could do.

"Well, I'm fine that they want to help. But they will have to show us everything they can do."

"Of course. By the time they come back we will."

"Well, we will return to the city in two hours. Wouldn't you mind waiting for us?"

"Of course not. We can find something to train with until you guys get here."

"Alright. We'll see each other in two hours."

After that the call ended. So the fox and the two wild boars came out of the phone booth. And luckily for them, no one went through there during the time they were on the call.

"Well, since there are still two hours until they return, what do you think if we go to the cinema and watch a movie for a while" Zorori asked.

"That's a good idea," Ishishi said.

"We haven't been to a place like this in a long time," Noshishi said.

"How much money do we have?" asked the fox.

"We have enough money to be able to buy the tickets and buy sweets and drinks" said one of the two wild boars.

"And calculating what each thing will cost, we will still have money left over for anything else," said the other boar.

Once they saw that, the three of them went to the movies. After seeing the movies that were on the cinema listings, they chose one that caught their attention. Bought the tickets. Once inside bought sweets and drinks for each one. They delivered the tickets, went to the room, found their seats and after waiting a few minutes the movie began.

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Meanwhile; Nick, Judy and Jack had finished listening for a while to what had happened in the last few hours. They stopped when it was time for lunch. During the morning they listened to almost the entire search and even listened to the part where everyone found out that Eggman had taken the ships of the two teams that came from the Lylat System. Although Jack didn't know what kind of ships Star Fox and Star Wolf used, what he knew about these ships is that they were even more powerful than the vehicles he used, so at that point it must be very dangerous for it to be used in against the civilian population. He only hoped that those ships could have a blockade in which no one else apart from their owners could use them.

The fox and the two rabbits had decided not to tell Stu, Bonnie and Mrs. Wilde anything. Neither did Nicole and Jerry. They didn't want them to worry about the situation. The only ones they gave the information they knew were Finnick, Bogo and Clawhauser, since being the ones who know a little more about what is going on, it was better to have them updated on what they knew. So just before lunch they told Finnick what he knew, and then they called Bogo and Clawhauser to fill them in as well. Since unlike the respective parents of Nick and Judy, they did know more about what could happen since the mobians had told them in detail what was happening when they met them. By now everyone was aware of what was happening and prepared for anything that might come.

Shortly after having finished lunch, while the children were playing with their grandparents; Nick, Judy, Jack, and Finnick began to make preparations by packing some necessities in some backpacks, in case another attack occurs and the city has to be evacuated. Although they didn't know if it would come to pass, it was better to have everything ready. In the backpacks they put their clothes, food, cell phones and locators. Also, Finnick put his bat near his backpack to hit anything that gets in his way in case during the escape. Jack for his part put his weapons in, obviously he couldn't leave them behind in case something serious happened. After finishing with their own backpacks, they also prepared the children's backpacks just in case. And finally they prepared the backpacks of the rabbits and the oldest fox. After that they put everything in a place of quick access, under the beds, to take them quickly in case the alarms went off. With everything ready, we would only have to wait and pray that nothing bad was going to happen in the city.

Once they finished arranging everything, they proceeded to close the curtains of each of the windows of that hotel room so as not to be spied on by a camera or a mini robot from Eggman. They didn't want to know what he would be planning for them if he found out what they do all the time. They also went to the room where Nick's mother and Judy's parents were staying and closed the curtains on each window. When they finished doing that, they left a note on the table where they were only told that for security reasons it was better to keep them closed and that they shouldn't open them at any time and don't peek through them.

When the four returned to their room, they saw that Nicole and Jerry had already gotten tired of playing and had fallen asleep in their grandmothers arms. Taking into account how much they played throughout the morning it was not and that they only stopped at breakfast and lunch times. Both childs definitely had a lot of energy when it came to playing. That is why when night came they went to sleep when it was 8:30 PM. Beyond that they didn't stay up, unless it was Christmas or New Years, where the cravings to receive their Christmas gifts or witness the start of a new year kept them awake until 1:00 AM at the latest.

After that they went to make a quick call to Bogo and Clawhauser to see how they were doing. It didn't take long for the call to be answered. Clawhauser was the one who answered. When they asked him how things were going over there. He told them that everything was fine. They were preparing their backpacks at that time in case something happened. They could see from the phone screen that they were saving almost the same things that they had saved in theirs. Only unlike the others Clawhauser didn't put normal food in his, but cereal boxes and milk containers. Seeing that made them realize that even in these situations Clawhauser wouldn't leave either of those things behind.

After verifying that the two of them were also trying everything, and even saw that the curtains of his hotel room were already closed, they could say that they were prepared for whatever was happening. What's more, they could see that they had the TV on a news channel, they supposed the reason for this was just in case some breaking news started at that time. It would be a good idea for them to do the same, but in order not to attract the attention of others, they would put the news on their cell phones and use small wireless headphones that they would put in their ears just in case to be able to listen, although they couldn't the volume too loud to be able to hear what others were saying. Once the calls ended. The two foxes and the two rabbits, seeing that for the moment they had nothing else to do, went to talk with the other adults, while the children continued sleeping.

So far the chapter. I hope you liked it.