Chapter 34: The lost island

"Tangle's log,

It's been a couple of weeks since the tournament… Cream is… doing better. Not great, but better… the poor thing…

I decided to try challenging Sonic to a sparing match a couple of days after the tournament since he was the only one I didn't fight… he washed me. It was like fighting Tails, but he was a lot faster and stronger…

He said I'll get there one day, but honestly? That dude feels completely untouchable right now.

Anyways, there was something on the news earlier about ships going missing… that's something. Also, Knuckles is here with some science dude and everyone is talking about some map that Eggman's robots stole. Looks like we are going on another adventure to try and stop… whatever Eggman is doing… I really was not paying attention. So yeah, guess I'll write again whenever that get's taken care of."


Two days later

"Is that it?" Tangle asked.

"Looks to be the case…" Sonic said.

The group, minus Cream, Cheese, Vanilla and Jewel, was currently on a boat, heading to what they believe to be the lost continent known as Murasia. They are also on the lookout for Dr. Eggman, who stole a map that should of been able to lead him to the same location.

"Let's keep our eyes peeled… Eggman can attack us at any time…" Sonic said.

At that moment, they saw the water begin bubbling in front of them.

"Like I said…"

The waves caused by Eggman's ship emerging shook the entire ship, and knocked the X-Cyclone over… and broke off one of the legs.

"OH COME ON! I JUST POLISHED THAT!" Tails yelled.

"Sonic…" Tangle groaned out.

"Yeah yeah, I got it…" Sonic said before spin attacking the ship…

Only to be deflected into the ocean.

"SONIC!" Chris screamed as he dove in after the hedgehog.

"Seriously? What is happening right now?!" Tangle asked. "Alright, gonna do this myself."

"And how do you plan on going over there?" Knuckles asked.

"Hold onto this." Tangle said as she held out her tail, which Knuckles complied. "You too Amy."

The two of them now holding onto her tail, she backed into it, creating a slingshot of sorts.

"Ok, when I say 'now' you guys let go, ok?" Tangle asked.

"You got it!" Knuckles said.

"Ok… ready?" Tangle said before lifting her feet off the ground. Her tail then shot forward and sent her flying.

"NOW!"

Amy and Knuckles then let go, allowing Tangle to go flying, all the way over to Eggman's ship.

"Ok… how do I land now…?" Tangle said.

She didn't get the time to answer as she landed on the ship, face first.

"Doctor! The lemur is on the ship!" Bocoe said.

"TAKE THIS SONIC! HAHAHA!" Eggman shouted.

"…He's not paying attention…" Decoe responded.

"Oh well, not like she can do much on her own…"

Back with Tangle.

"Ok, could of stuck the landing a bit better, but I am on the ship." Tangle said. "Let's see if I can find something here to break and make things easier for the others."

Tangle then used her tail to punch a hole into the hull of the ship, and tore it open so she can jump inside.

"Alright, let's see here…"

Then, the ship began to shake.

"Wh-What in the world?! No way Tails fixed that thing already… and no way they would attack knowing that I am in here…" Tangle said. "I'll think about that later, let's break some stuff and get out of here!"

Getting to work, Tangle ran over to the nearest cannon and used her tail to break it.

"Geez, there are a lot of these things here… gonna be a bit."

After a bit of work, she noticed that the shaking got more intense. And after finally taking a look outside, she saw that the ship was now flying.

"Of course it flies…" Tangle said.

"Hey, is someone there?!" She heard someone call out.

"Huh? Someone's here?" Tangle said before running over.

When she got there, she saw…

"Wait, you're Topaz, right?" Tangle asked.

"Tangle! Boy am I glad to see you!" Topaz said. "Eggman has us hostage!"

"Wow… jerk!" Tangle said. "Hold on, I'll get those ropes off you guys soon."

Tangle quickly got to work on freeing the group, just in time for the shaking to stop.

"What is going on out there?" Topaz asked.

"No clue… I mean, the others are probably doing some things… I am gonna have to talk to them later…" Tangle said.

A little bit later, Tangle finished freeing everyone.

"Alright… welp back to work!" Tangle said.

"Hold on, what are you doing here anyways?" Topaz asked.

"I could ask you the same thing." Said a new voice.

They all looked over to see Rouge flying there.

"Rouge!" Topaz said.

"Geez, I come in here to save you, and you're already saved!" Rouge said.

"You're welcome!" Tangle said. "Anyways, I'm trying to destroy some cannons and stuff to help the others outside!"

"… Why not go straight for the doctor?" Rouge asked.

"…Huh?"

"… You didn't think of that… did you…?" Topaz asked.

"Well guys! Change of plans! Let's go straight for Eggman!" Tangle said before leading everyone away.

"I'll take that as a yes…" Topaz said.

"This girl sometimes…" Rouge said.

The group then proceeded to the helm of the ship, and were ready to take Eggman down…

Only for them to get distracted, and Eggman got away.

"Rouge…" Tangle said.

"That's my bad…" Rouge groaned out.

"No kidding…" Tangle said.

Then, the ship crashed into the ocean, completely wrecked.

"Ugh… is everyone alright?" Rouge asked.

"Yeah, I think so…" Topaz said. "Wait… where's Tangle?"

Looking around, Rouge saw that the lemur was gone.

"Hold on!" Rouge said before diving into the water, hoping to find Tangle.

Moments later, she came up.

"I can't find her anywhere!" Rouge said.

"Don't tell me she got washed away…" Topaz said.

"Who got washed away?" Sonic asked as the X-Tornado began hovering nearby.

"Tangle, we can't find her anywhere!" Rouge said.

"WHAT?!"


Later, on shore

*Cough* *Cough*

"Ugh… that was not fun…" Tangle said as she pulled herself to her feet. "Note to self… ocean water… tastes terrible."

Looking around, Tangle saw that she was on the island.

"Ok… I'm on the island… by myself…" Tangle said, before realizing something. "Wow… I am really lucky to be alive right now…"

Then she saw it… or rather, him.

"Eggman?" Tangle asked.

Deciding that standing around wasn't going to do anything, Tangle decided to follow. Before long, she was propelling herself down a volcano after him.

"Just what is he up to?" Tangle asked.

After following him for a while…

"What in the world…?"

They had found some sort of… underground civilization?

"This place is actually kinda crazy… are those roots coming down from the sky? Is that even the sky?!" Tangle asked.

"Alright! Let's set up camp right around here!" She heard Eggman say.

Deciding that her questions will be answered later, Tangle decided to hide in some bushes nearby, and watched as Eggman's henchbots set up camp for him.

"You know… he really does teach them pretty terribly…" She said as Eggman sent the two robots off to go get him some food.

"…"

She decided to follow them.

After a while, she decided that she has had enough.

"Hey! You two!" Tangle called over.

"Huh?" Bocoe said.

"It's that lemur girl!" Decoe said.

"Yeah, hey… listen, I wanted to ask you two something." Tangle said.

"Oh, uh… sure?"

"Why do you put up with Eggman so much? I mean, he treats you terribly!" Tangle said.

"He's our creator! We can't really disobey him!" Decoe explained.

"Really? Does he have some sort of remote to deactivate you or make you self destruct?" Tangle asked.

"Uh… no?" Bocoe said.

"Then what's the problem?! He treats you terribly, so stop listening to him!" Tangle said.

"… Nope, sorry, not listening to your mind games!" Decoe said.

"Wha- mind games?!" Tangle asked.

"After we get the doctor's food, we are telling the doctor that you're here! You better be ready!"

And with that, they were gone.

"Welp… that didn't go well…" Tangle said. "I better hide out somewhere…"

Shortly after however, she heard some yelling.

"What in the world?" Tangle asked before going to investigate. Before long though…

"IS THAT A GIANT MOTH?!" She screamed when she saw the two robots being chased. "Do you guys need help?!"

"Don't help us! We'll lose our dignity!" Decoe said as they ran away.

"Uh… huh…" Tangle said. "I… better go follow them…"

A couple of steps later though…

"AH!"

She fell into a hole.

"WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA!" Tangle shouted as she fell down the winding hole.

After a while…

"Oof… that hurt…"

"Huh? What are you doing here?!" Asked a voice in front of her.

"Huh? Eggman?!" Tangle asked before getting up. "Alright creep, just what are you…"

At that moment though, she felt something fall on top of her… something large… and metal… right onto her head.

And just like that, she was out like a light.


"Ugh… someone get the number on that robot…" Tangle groaned out as she woke up.

"Tangle!"

"Huh?… Chris?" Tangle asked. "What's going on?"

"Eggman has us hostage…" Chris said.

"Not for long!" Tangle said as she tried moving her tail… to no avail.

"You really think I wouldn't tie up your tail?" Eggman asked.

"Eh, it was worth a shot…" Tangle said. "So… I guess Sonic and the others are here?"

"Yeah… everyone was really worried about you…" Chris said.

"I can imagine…" Tangle said.

"Alright, get out!" Eggman said as his Eggmobile stopped. "I have work to do!"

Eggman then went over his plans, to destroy the planet's bellybutton and basically destroy everything.

"That is REALLY messed up dude!" Tangle said.

"Eh, not my problem…" Eggman said.

At that moment though, Bokkun came running over, screaming some nonsensical gibberish.

"Geez, what's got him so freaked out?" Tangle asked.

Then, they saw it… a giant robot heading straight towards them.

"Uh… any chance that's one of yours?" Tangle asked.

"RUN FOR IT!" Eggman shouted before shoving everyone out of his way.

"JERK!" Tangle shouted.

Tangle then jumped out of the way as the robot launched an attack at them.

"Oh no… Chris!" Tangle shouted.

She then saw that Rouge managed to save him.

"Ok… good." Tangle said before running over. "Hey! Rouge!"

"Tangle! You're alright!" Rouge said. "Here, let me get those ropes off of you."

"Thank you!" Tangle said as Rouge did just that.

When the ropes were removed, Tangle did a little stretching.

"Alright! Now, what do we do about ugly over there?" Tangle asked.

At that moment, the ground around them began to shake.

"What in the world?!" Tangle asked.

"The underground volcano is about to erupt, we have to get out of here!" Rouge said.

"That's scary!" Bocoe and Decoe said in unison.

"Wait, why aren't you…?"

"Dr. Eggman left us here!" Bocoe said.

"That jerk!" Decoe added.

"Hey, I told you guys that you should just ditch him!" Tangle said.

"It's not like it matters… the world's bellybutton is going to explode in eight minutes… we will never get out in time!" Decoe said.

At that moment, Chris began to run.

"Chris!" Tangle shouted as she followed.

When she saw that he was about to be attacked by the robot, she decided to keep it busy while Chris did… whatever he was doing.

"Take this you creep!" Tangle shouted as she shot her tail at the machine… only for it to bounce right off. "What in the world?!"

At that moment, Rouge tried to attack as well, but only got a punch in the face as a result.

Tangle then ran over to help the bat… and shortly after, Bocoe and Decoe were sent flying above her.

"Welp… they're dead…" Tangle said. "Rest in peace… they… didn't really deserve that to be honest…"

At that moment, a bunch of missiles struck the machine, and Tangle saw the X-Tornado flying over head.

"About time you guys showed up!" Tangle shouted.

The group then went to work, fighting off the robot, but none of their attacks seemed to do anything to it.

Eventually though, Chris revealed his plan… the bomb Eggman was going to use.

"Heh, good thinking!" Sonic said. "Lunchtime!"

The group then went to work. Rouge kept the machine busy while Knuckles landed a powerful blow to it's back.

Tangle then delivered a powerful uppercut with her tail as Sonic spin attacked it's face, before chucking the bomb into it's mouth.

And just like that, the machine was destroyed.

Rushing back to the X-Tornado, everyone quickly made their escape before the volcano's eruption ended up killing them.

"Whoo… talk about a close call." Tangle said.

"You really scared us there!" Sonic said. "We all thought you drowned!"

"Heh… sorry about that…" Tangle said. "Kinda fell off the ship and got washed away."

"It's ok, you're alright and that's all that matters!" Tails said.

"Right!" Tangle said as they went back to the boat and landed.

"Tangle!" Amy shouted. "We were so worried about you!"

"Sorry! Sorry!" Tangle said.

The group then looked back at the island.

A little while later…

"Those two robots… Bocoe… Decoe…" Chris said. "They… died to save me… didn't they?"

Everyone just stayed silent at this.

Chris then started to cry.

"Bocoe! Decoe!" Chris shouted.

"Wow, you really care about us that much?"

"Huh?"

They all turned around to see the two robots in question standing there.

"What?! How are you two…?" Tangle asked.

"Their parts landed at our camp, and we happen to have a couple of mechanical geniuses here!" Chuck said, to which Tails nodded.

"Hey! Lemur girl!" Bocoe said.

"Huh? What's up?" Tangle asked.

"We decided to take your advice!" Decoe said.

"EGGMAN! WE ARE DONE WITH YOU!" They both shouted.

Tangle then smiled at this. "Well, I'm happy for you two!"

The boat then sailed off into the distance, everyone on board eager to know where their next adventure would take them…

Little did they know, this would be the last adventure they would have in this world.

End of Chapter 34


So, I should explain a couple of things. Why I haven't been posting this story these past couple of weeks, and why this isn't an original arc like I promised.

I wanted to do an arc all about Jewel and her past, however, the more I thought about what I was doing with it, the more I didn't really like it. I didn't want to completely scrap the idea of it, but I also didn't like the idea of just posting it. So, I am going to start it at a later point, and we are going to continue from here. I spent the last couple of weeks debating this.

I decided to knock out this entire arc in one chapter! I also challenged myself to do a lot of original stuff in here, so I pretty much split Tangle up with everyone for a while there.

Anyways, next up is the Season 2 finale! See you all then!