Chapter 8: Anniversary
"Tangle's log,
Oh boy, things have been busy lately! Sorry I haven't had a chance to write lately, but it was so busy I kept forgetting!
Ok, let's start with the movie shoot. Chris' Mom had a movie shoot going on and she invited all of us to come and watch… she still thinks we're in costumes…
Anyways, it turns out that the mansion where the filming was taking place was haunted… cause of course it was… and we had to save everyone from a bunch of ghosts…
Yes… we did that… and I totally helped a lot… completely fearless might I add!"
"Oh come on, you do know that ghosts aren't actually real, right?" Tangle asked a very afraid Amy and Cream. "These 'arms' are probably just some weird fog that came in through a window. Or maybe some of the equipment broke or something."
At this moment, Tangle felt something brush up against her back.
"Oh haha. Very funny you jerk." Tangle said as she turned around. "Trying to scare me… like… that…"
There was a group of ghosts right there…
And the girls all began to scream.
Shortly after, Sonic, Tails and Chris all arrived, but not before Ella, Cream and Cheese all got pulled into the wall.
And then Tails got pulled in…
And finally Sonic.
"Sonic!" Tangle shouted as the hedgehog got pulled into a wall by the ghosts. She then stretched her tail into the wall to try and grab him, but something grabbed onto her and began to pull her in.
"NONONONONONONONONO!" Tangle screamed.
And just like that, she was gone.
"Yup… completely fearless…
Anyways, after that was all done, we decided to get back to our vacation. It was enjoyable at first… but then there was Sonic. That dude really… REALLY did not like being on a cruise ship that entire time. So much so that he tried to trick us into wanting to go home ourselves…"
"Hey Tangle, are you alright?" Sonic asked.
"Uh… yeah? Why do you ask?"
"Oh, it's just, I thought you wouldn't be too happy about being in a tight space like this." Sonic said.
"Uh… what?" Tangle asked. "I'm not in a tight space…"
"Really? You're trapped on a boat with no way off… sounds like a tight space to me!" Sonic said, sounding just a little bit desperate.
"Oh, I guess your right!" Tangle said with a very sarcastic tone. "As a matter of fact, I should be freaking out all the time! How could I stay calm when I am stuck on a planet with no way off?!"
"… I see your point."
"Yeah, nice try though!"
"He eventually calmed down enough to stick around for the rest of the cruise, so that's good.
After the cruise, Sonic had a race with Chris' uncle… he won… that's it… seriously, the guy crossed the finish line twice he won by so much. No-one's ever gonna beat that guy in a race.
Not long after the race, we went on a camping trip in Tanaka's homeland, and it was gonna be just a really relaxing time... and it was, until Cheese went missing… and Eggman showed up… but hey! We found a chao garden in the area! Guess that means that chao have always existed in this world.
So, that just leaves today. We really don't know why, but we are on our way to some place called 'Filmdom City' to meet with Chris' father. I'm just relaxing in the cockpit while Tails flies the X-Tornado.
Oh yeah! I completely forgot! Knuckles got in contact with us the other day! He actually managed to find another Chaos Emerald! So now there are only two left! I really can't wait to get home and see Jewel again, though it will be sad to leave Chris and the others here… but hey! We can come and visit some time! Tails is really smart, I'm sure he'd be able to figure out a way to do that!
Anyways, looks like we're going down for a landing, so I better get ready to go!"
Tangle closed the notebook and put it away for safekeeping as Tails landed the X-Tornado.
When everyone went inside, they quickly introduced themselves to Chris' father, Nelson…
"Seriously though? When did his teacher get here?!" Tangle asked as Chris' father went over his plans for the day.
"Eh, let's not worry about that right now…" Amy said.
"By the way Ella, what do you think about this ring?" Nelson said as he opened a box to reveal the ring.
Then, all hell broke loose.
The ring began to emit a very bright light, along with Sonic's Chaos Emerald.
Shortly after, it stopped when the ring, and Nelson left.
"…That was a Chaos Emerald… wasn't it?" Tangle asked.
"Yup…"
"So we gotta take it from them somehow… don't we?"
"Yup…"
"… Great…"
"So wait… this means that we are about to have six of the Chaos Emeralds, right?" Tangle asked. "Including the one Knuckles has of course."
"Yeah, looks to be that way." Tails said. "Just one left…"
"By the way… shouldn't we also be disguised? I mean, she knows what we all look like, so if she see's us…" Tangle asked.
"Eh… I think it'll wo-"
And then Nelson tripped.
And once again, all the Chaos Emeralds in the area began to glow a bright light, including the one that Knuckles brought…
"WAIT?! WHEN DID KNUCKLES GET HERE?!"
"JUST HURRY AND PUT THAT EMERALD AWAY!"
And they did just that…
And then Eggman showed up.
"Can anything just go RIGHT today?!" Tangle shouted as the doctor and his robot companions charged at them. Deciding to split up for the most part, Tangle decided to stick with Knuckles for the time being.
"Why are you following me?" Knuckles asked.
"Eh, there doesn't seem to be a giant robot this time, so it should be easy. Thought I would take the time to finally get to know you!" Tangle said. "We barely got to talk before now!"
"Oh, okay then…"
The two then lost one of the robots in a space movie shooting.
"So what's going on here?" Knuckles asked.
"Eh, it's Chris' parents anniversary, and his dad made a ring out of a Chaos Emerald to give it to his wife as a gift." Tangle explained.
"Wait… don't you have to drill holes into the gem to make rings?" Knuckles asked.
"Nah, there's a bit more to it than that. I think they make a perfectly sized hole in the ring and wedge it in there or something like that. Then there are some metal bindings to help keep it in place." Tangle explained.
"… Ok, you do not seem like the kind of person to know about this kind of thing." Knuckles said.
"Blame my friend Jewel. She's really into gems and stuff like that, so I took her to a place to watch how they make rings for her birthday last year." Tangle said.
In truth, the mayor was kind enough to pay for the trip, but Tangle was the one who came up with the idea, so the mayor let her take credit for the gift.
"BOCOE! DECOE! I GOT THE EMERALD! LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!" Eggman suddenly shouted before the two robots ran towards him.
"Crud! We gotta go get it back!" Tangle said as the two of them ran towards the doctor.
"EGGMAN!" Tangle, Knuckles and Sonic all shouted together. "YOU'RE GIVING US BACK THE CHAOS EMERALD!"
...
"How did we do that?" Tangle asked.
"Just a thing that happens every now and then." Sonic said.
"Seriously… I can't help but feel lost all the time…"
Then, a giant green robot burst into the building.
"An Eggman robot…" The trio once again said in sync.
"SERIOUSLY! WHAT?!"
Then something crazy happened… Tanaka tried to fight the robot… emphasis on the word "tried."
"… Seriously, how did he think that was going to end?" Tangle asked.
"Tangle, you try and get the emerald back! Me and Knuckles will take care of the robot!" Sonic said as the two of them went to work.
"Got it!" Tangle said as she chased after Eggman, who was currently trying to retreat to his ship.
Unfortunately for Tangle, her lack of super speed meant that he managed to board the ship and take off, so she had to resort to using her tail to spring onto the hull and go for a ride.
"Dr. Eggman, the lemur is hitching a ride!" Bocoe said.
"Really now? Well, let's turn on the turrets and take care of her, shall we?" Eggman said as he pushed a button.
Meanwhile, with Tangle.
"Ok, gotta find a way inside…" Tangle said.
Then the turrets came out.
"… Uh oh."
When the turrets began to fire, Tangle was actually surprised by her actions.
She was dodging in between the lasers, just like Knuckles did during the raid on Eggman's base!
Her training was really paying off!
That being said, she wasn't perfect.
She was trying to get closer to the cockpit of the ship, but that meant getting closer to the turrets, and between that and the fact that she was on a moving aircraft, it made it really difficult to dodge the lasers from the turrets.
"AGH!" Tangle shouted as a laser hit her stomach and sent her flying back, off of the ship.
"NO!" Tangle shouted as the ship flew off out of view.
Then, she realized how much danger she was in…
"NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO!" Tangle screamed as she plummeted towards the ground.
Thankfully for her, Tails came flying towards her with the X-Tornado, and she managed to grab onto the plane before she hit the ground.
"Tails… you really are a lifesaver… thanks." Tangle gasped out.
"Don't worry about it. Come on, the others are worried." Tails said before he began to fly back to the theatre.
When they arrived.
"Sorry guys… he got away." Tangle said.
"Hey, don't worry about it. That was a tough situation I put you in without any backup." Sonic said. "I should be the one apologizing."
"Still… I was so close. I thought I could do it once I started dodging the lasers…"
"Wait, you were able to do that?" Sonic asked.
"Y-yeah." Tangle said. "One got me in the gut though…"
"Still, that shows some real improvement. Good work!" Sonic said. "We'll get you all patched up at home though."
"Right… thanks." Tangle said as she sat down on the ground.
"Still… now Eggman has an emerald…" Knuckles said.
"Eh, we'll figure it out." Sonic said. "We always do!"
Tangle, while still feeling a bit down, couldn't help but smile at this.
Yeah, they'll figure it out.
End of Chapter 8
So, let's address the elephant in the room. Yes, I saw the Sonic Central this past week. The Sonic Colors part of this story is not going to be starting until probably next year, so chances are I won't have to worry about it too much if they add a lot of story or something. I will try to do something with Rise of the Wisps though. As for Sonic 2022… again, I am not getting to Colors until some time next year, maybe not even until 2023… yeah, these stories could very well be THAT LONG! Even so, it doesn't really matter. Act 3 is basically going to be "IDW comics and beyond." This means that whatever games, tv shows, comic arcs or whatever get released at this point, they'll just be added to that story as they release. I have a plan for how I want to do that, but I'll save it for when we actually get to Act 3.
I wanted to do a couple of things with this chapter: Do something to more so differentiate it from the actual show, and try and establish something. Tangle is still really new to all the shenanigans the crew get into. An outsider looking in I heard someone on youtube describe it. So, having her surprised and questioning stuff like all of them saying the same thing at the same time was to do that… and to clue in that she is starting to kinda merge into their culture, kinda like Law in One Piece suddenly yelling out that he doesn't like bread.
Anyways, hope you all enjoyed, and are ready, cause next time is the Season 1 Finale! See you then!
