Chapter 22: Reunions Part 1
"Tangle's log,
It's been about a week since the whole situation on the Ark… Things around here have been getting a bit crazy since then.
For starters, it looks like the whole world merging thing got sped up a bit, as houses are starting to show up all over the place. Right now it's looking like it's only in the Mystic Ruins, so it's unlikely that Jewel is here quite yet, but it is gonna happen soon.
I'm going to be honest… I don't know how I feel about that.
Normally, I would be really excited about the idea of seeing Jewel again… but I honestly don't know anymore. I think it's because I don't know how to tell her about what happened with Shadow… Yeah… I'm still blaming myself for that. The stuff that Eggman said to me… I just can't get it out of my head…
That guy may be a grade A jerk… but he had a point, I pretty much only got in the way that entire time.
I just… I don't know… I think I'm done writing for now… we're back in Chris' house by the way, so that's nice."
Tangle groaned as she put the put the notebook down.
Walking into the living room, she saw everyone sitting in front of the TV.
"Hey, what's going on?" She asked.
"Well… Eggman just fixed the moon." Tails said.
"…Huh?"
"Yeah, he made an artificial half of the moon and fixed it!" Tails said.
"Huh… neat." Tangle said with little energy.
Everyone noticed the lack of energy in Tangle.
"Anyways, I'm gonna go for a run. See you later." Tangle said before she left.
Amy just sighed at this. "We… really should talk to her about this."
"I know… I just don't know what to say." Tails said.
"Well… let's think of something, and talk to her when she gets back." Amy said.
A couple of hours later, Tangle returned to the Thorndyke residence.
"Ugh… that didn't really help at all…" Tangle said. "Now I just feel tired…"
Then, she noticed something. A Crocodile and a Bee sneaking into the house.
"What in the world?"
Deciding that she wouldn't get any answers by just standing there, Tangle decided to be sneaky and follow them.
"Sneak-sneak-sneak!"
"Huh? Did you hear something?" The Bee asked.
Tangle covered her mouth and hid.
"Eh, probably just the wind." The Bee said as they continued to sneak into the house.
When they were out of sight…
"I really need to kick that habit…" Tangle said as she continued to sneak in.
When she got to the living room though.
"Uh… what's going on here?" Tangle asked.
"THESE GUYS JUST CAME OUT OF NO-WHERE AND ATTACKED US!" Tails shouted.
"Help us out here Tangle!" Amy shouted.
"Oh uh… alright." Tangle said before jumping into the pile.
She completely trounced the two trespassers.
"Alright, talk. What are you two doing here?" Tangle asked the two currently wrapped in her tail.
"Yeah, I'd like to know that too." Said a voice from the door.
They all looked over to see Sonic standing there.
"Oh, hey Sonic." Tangle said.
"Ah, if it isn't the kidnapper himself!" The Crocodile said.
"Kidnapper? What are you talking about?" Tangle asked.
"Sonic here kidnapped…" The Crocodile continued, but stopped when a familiar face entered the room. "Ah! You're…!"
"Hey Cream, take a look at who's here to see you!" Sonic said.
Cream, who was currently helping to clean up the mess looked over…
And tears instantly started falling from her eyes.
"M…Mother?"
"… What…?" Tangle asked.
Sure enough, Cream's mother was here, and Cream sprinted over and hugged her like her life depended on it.
Tangle on the other hand, couldn't help but think.
'If she's here… then does that mean…'
"Vector, thank you so much for all your hard work." Vanilla said as Tangle let the two trespassers down.
"Oh, it's no problem!" Vector said bashfully.
"And Sonic… thank you so much for taking care of her all this time." Vanilla said.
"…Huh?"
Vector seemed very confused by this.
"What was that about kidnapping?" Tangle asked.
"Oh uh… nothing!" Vector said. "How have you been… S-Sonic… my old… pal…?"
Sonic just stood there and grinned.
"Uh… no hard feelings?"
"Yeah… no." Amy said, with her hammer now in her hands.
"Uh… well then! I think it's time for us to get going Charmy!" Vector said as he began to sprint out of the room.
"R-Right!" Charmy said he quickly followed, while everyone laughed at their… shenanigans.
Deciding that now was the best time to do so, Tangle approached Vanilla.
"So uh… hi, don't know if you remember me but uh… I'm Tangle, Jewel's friend."
"Oh! That's right! So you have been with Sonic and the others!" Vanilla said. "Jewel will be so happy to know that you're alright!"
"Y-Yeah… about Jewel… do you uh… know where she might be right now?"
"Oh, she should be somewhere in this world too!"
End of Chapter 22
Yup, we finally made it to this part of the story!
I'll put part 2 up tomorrow :)
See you all next time for Jewel's real introduction to the story!
