Note: This is a continuation of Part 3. bạn need to read some of the other stuff first.
The rush of wind flowing past his ears made Sonic feel alive again. Of course, he wasn't running at the speed of sound, exactly. He was just running faster than 60 miles an hour, because he had both Tails and Knuckles following him at 50 miles an hour.
"Feels like old times, huh?" Sonic called back. "Man! I'm unstoppable!"
"Just like old times." Knuckles rolled his eyes. "At least I have a life and a career! I'm not living in my mother's basement!"
"You don't even know your mom." Tails snapped. "Anyway, the Chaos ngọc lục bảo locator says the ngọc lục bảo should be in that big abandoned nhà chọc trời ahead of us."
"What skyscraper? OOF!" Sonic ran into the base of the giant steel structure. "Ow."
The sky grew darker. A lightning bolt flashed through the sky. It would rain soon.
"Well, we found it." Knuckles leaned against the building. "How do we get to it, Tails?"
"Well," Tail always had 1,000 ways to do something very, very simple. "We could just fly up, but I'm detecting some other life form up there, though. Maybe if we sneak up from the inside...there is a spiral staircase for Sonic and an elevator shaft for Knuckles and me."
"Does it still work?" Knuckles asked.
"No, why would it work if no one is here?" Tails raised an eyebrow. It all seemed pretty dang obvious to him. “Are bạn really that primitive?”
"Just asking.” Knuckles replied, offended.
Then, it began to rain. Sonic, who absolutely loathed water, burst through the broken doors. The result of that was getting drenched. The ceiling had a leak. Make that a big hole in the middle of the particular level above.
“EW!” Sonic screamed, shaking violently. Water flew off in every direction. “I absolutely HATE getting wet! Why’d it have to rain! I mean, seriously, I was all there! Now…”
“It’s just a little wet.” Knuckles deliberately shook himself dry so all the water splashed onto Sonic. “You didn’t get struck bởi lightning.”
“Are you implying that bạn were?” Sonic chuckled grimly.
Knuckles pointed at his shoulder. A small scar glared mercilessly at the hedgehog. Knuckles’ expression grew dark. “Duh. Ever since Eggman disappeared, the weather on Angel Island has grown out-of-control. For the past three years, I’ve been avoiding another shock. It hurt, Sonic. Don’t underestimate lightning.”
“Not every person who’s hit bởi lightning lives.” Tails pulled out a book that he had managed to keep dry. “About three-quarters of them die. The reality is that if bạn get struck bởi lightning, bạn just get burnt and the electricity temporarily runs though your veins, shocking you. bạn don’t get Supernatural powers. To avoid getting shocked, bạn might-”
“We don’t need a safety lesson right now, Tails.” Sonic started walking towards the stairs. Let’s go find the Chaos Emerald!”
***
“♪Midnight, not a sound from the pavement. Has the moon Mất tích her memory? She is smiling alone. In the lamplight, the withered leaves collect at my feet and the wind begins to moan.♪” Lil sang along with her iPod. Oh how the âm nhạc touched her soul.
The window opened silently. Lil heard it, but paid no heed. She knew who it was.
“♪Memory! All alone in the moonlight! I can smile at the old days, I was beautiful then! I remember the time I knew what happiness was. Let the memory live again!♪” She twirled in her small kitchen.
The silent figure that had entered her house stood at the edge of the floor now. His dark shape tense and ready for action. Something was wrong.
Lil smiled, carefree. “I’m a soprano.” She laughed. “I don’t believe bạn care about that. Lemonade? I’m lactose-intolerant. Can’t have milk.” She bent over to open her small fridge. “I’m getting myself some, even if bạn don’t any.”
“You had a bad day?” The figure started to approach her.
“Yes. It’s nice to kick back and sing sometimes. Don’t tell anyone that I actually do, Shadow!”
The hedgehog chuckled a little. “So, what song are bạn listening to tonight?”
“‘Memory.’ It’s from the musical, ‘Cats.’ I have the version bởi Barbara Streisand if bạn want to look it up on iTunes.” She laughed again, knowing Shadow wasn’t into songs at all. “You don’t come over often,” she took a sip from the lemonade, “so bạn must have a reason for this meeting.”
Shadow’s smile wiped completely off of his face. Lil was one of his only Những người bạn that actually related to him. She didn’t care about his past. She most often was the reason he had a little bit of light left in his DARK nature. She made him hold on.
He chose his words carefully. “I need to know about someone.” He decided. “Someone very imperative to my existence.”
Lil raised her eyebrows. “Who?”
***
Sonic dashed up the stairs in a chẻ, phân chia, split second. Only a blue-blur remained of his body as he sped up to the hàng đầu, đầu trang of the building. That’s when he found the door leading to the room where the ngọc lục bảo was. He slowed to a stop. He heard noises. Someone else was inside the building!
Slowly but surely, he opened the door. He couldn’t see that well in the dark, but he saw a figure overtop a safe. Summoning up his knowledge of martial arts, Sonic quietly crept over to the person. Just when he was about to attack…
He was flipped over too fast for him to react! Sonic felt himself being kicked in the stomach. Hard. Not giving up, though, he grabbed his opponent and fought back. He knocked his fist against his attacker’s nose. Big mistake. His enemy grabbed Sonic’s arm and hurled him into the ground. The attacker then backed up, off of Sonic.
“Oh no bạn don’t!” Sonic yelled and threw himself onto his opponent. What came at him was a booted foot right in between the hedgehog’s legs. That was the last thing Sonic could take. He crumpled to the ground, his tenders aching. “Ow.”
“Well, sorry ‘bout that.” Came a quick, sarcastic reply. “Can’t have ya’ll takin’ my ngọc lục bảo now, can I?”
“It…ow…doesn’t belong to you!” Sonic wheezed. “Where are bạn anyway? Still in the shadows? Come out where I can see you!”
The rush of wind flowing past his ears made Sonic feel alive again. Of course, he wasn't running at the speed of sound, exactly. He was just running faster than 60 miles an hour, because he had both Tails and Knuckles following him at 50 miles an hour.
"Feels like old times, huh?" Sonic called back. "Man! I'm unstoppable!"
"Just like old times." Knuckles rolled his eyes. "At least I have a life and a career! I'm not living in my mother's basement!"
"You don't even know your mom." Tails snapped. "Anyway, the Chaos ngọc lục bảo locator says the ngọc lục bảo should be in that big abandoned nhà chọc trời ahead of us."
"What skyscraper? OOF!" Sonic ran into the base of the giant steel structure. "Ow."
The sky grew darker. A lightning bolt flashed through the sky. It would rain soon.
"Well, we found it." Knuckles leaned against the building. "How do we get to it, Tails?"
"Well," Tail always had 1,000 ways to do something very, very simple. "We could just fly up, but I'm detecting some other life form up there, though. Maybe if we sneak up from the inside...there is a spiral staircase for Sonic and an elevator shaft for Knuckles and me."
"Does it still work?" Knuckles asked.
"No, why would it work if no one is here?" Tails raised an eyebrow. It all seemed pretty dang obvious to him. “Are bạn really that primitive?”
"Just asking.” Knuckles replied, offended.
Then, it began to rain. Sonic, who absolutely loathed water, burst through the broken doors. The result of that was getting drenched. The ceiling had a leak. Make that a big hole in the middle of the particular level above.
“EW!” Sonic screamed, shaking violently. Water flew off in every direction. “I absolutely HATE getting wet! Why’d it have to rain! I mean, seriously, I was all there! Now…”
“It’s just a little wet.” Knuckles deliberately shook himself dry so all the water splashed onto Sonic. “You didn’t get struck bởi lightning.”
“Are you implying that bạn were?” Sonic chuckled grimly.
Knuckles pointed at his shoulder. A small scar glared mercilessly at the hedgehog. Knuckles’ expression grew dark. “Duh. Ever since Eggman disappeared, the weather on Angel Island has grown out-of-control. For the past three years, I’ve been avoiding another shock. It hurt, Sonic. Don’t underestimate lightning.”
“Not every person who’s hit bởi lightning lives.” Tails pulled out a book that he had managed to keep dry. “About three-quarters of them die. The reality is that if bạn get struck bởi lightning, bạn just get burnt and the electricity temporarily runs though your veins, shocking you. bạn don’t get Supernatural powers. To avoid getting shocked, bạn might-”
“We don’t need a safety lesson right now, Tails.” Sonic started walking towards the stairs. Let’s go find the Chaos Emerald!”
***
“♪Midnight, not a sound from the pavement. Has the moon Mất tích her memory? She is smiling alone. In the lamplight, the withered leaves collect at my feet and the wind begins to moan.♪” Lil sang along with her iPod. Oh how the âm nhạc touched her soul.
The window opened silently. Lil heard it, but paid no heed. She knew who it was.
“♪Memory! All alone in the moonlight! I can smile at the old days, I was beautiful then! I remember the time I knew what happiness was. Let the memory live again!♪” She twirled in her small kitchen.
The silent figure that had entered her house stood at the edge of the floor now. His dark shape tense and ready for action. Something was wrong.
Lil smiled, carefree. “I’m a soprano.” She laughed. “I don’t believe bạn care about that. Lemonade? I’m lactose-intolerant. Can’t have milk.” She bent over to open her small fridge. “I’m getting myself some, even if bạn don’t any.”
“You had a bad day?” The figure started to approach her.
“Yes. It’s nice to kick back and sing sometimes. Don’t tell anyone that I actually do, Shadow!”
The hedgehog chuckled a little. “So, what song are bạn listening to tonight?”
“‘Memory.’ It’s from the musical, ‘Cats.’ I have the version bởi Barbara Streisand if bạn want to look it up on iTunes.” She laughed again, knowing Shadow wasn’t into songs at all. “You don’t come over often,” she took a sip from the lemonade, “so bạn must have a reason for this meeting.”
Shadow’s smile wiped completely off of his face. Lil was one of his only Những người bạn that actually related to him. She didn’t care about his past. She most often was the reason he had a little bit of light left in his DARK nature. She made him hold on.
He chose his words carefully. “I need to know about someone.” He decided. “Someone very imperative to my existence.”
Lil raised her eyebrows. “Who?”
***
Sonic dashed up the stairs in a chẻ, phân chia, split second. Only a blue-blur remained of his body as he sped up to the hàng đầu, đầu trang of the building. That’s when he found the door leading to the room where the ngọc lục bảo was. He slowed to a stop. He heard noises. Someone else was inside the building!
Slowly but surely, he opened the door. He couldn’t see that well in the dark, but he saw a figure overtop a safe. Summoning up his knowledge of martial arts, Sonic quietly crept over to the person. Just when he was about to attack…
He was flipped over too fast for him to react! Sonic felt himself being kicked in the stomach. Hard. Not giving up, though, he grabbed his opponent and fought back. He knocked his fist against his attacker’s nose. Big mistake. His enemy grabbed Sonic’s arm and hurled him into the ground. The attacker then backed up, off of Sonic.
“Oh no bạn don’t!” Sonic yelled and threw himself onto his opponent. What came at him was a booted foot right in between the hedgehog’s legs. That was the last thing Sonic could take. He crumpled to the ground, his tenders aching. “Ow.”
“Well, sorry ‘bout that.” Came a quick, sarcastic reply. “Can’t have ya’ll takin’ my ngọc lục bảo now, can I?”
“It…ow…doesn’t belong to you!” Sonic wheezed. “Where are bạn anyway? Still in the shadows? Come out where I can see you!”
Simy: Um...i...just...want to say...that...although we've not known each other that long, i've really grown to tình yêu bạn dearly. I tình yêu bạn so much, with all my heart...and i want it to stay that way for a long time, so...my câu hỏi is...*takes the box out of his pocket, and goes on 1 knee, opens the box, to reveal a vàng ring, with a diamond in it*....Princess Emerald...will bạn marry me?
>Emerald: *she covers her mouth with her hands, blushing hard, tears forming into her eyes* Simy...*she removes her hands slowly* Yes, with all my tim, trái tim yes!
*people: Awwwwwwww!"*
Simy: *smiles, tears up, and gently takes her left hand, and puts the ring on her ring finger*
Emerald: *she bends down & hugs him tightly* ^//////^ Simy: !~ *hugs back tight, and stands up, both of them standing and hugging* ^/////^
Emerald: *softly crying, still hugging him*
Simy: *crying to, looks in her eyes, and kisses her*
>Emerald: *she covers her mouth with her hands, blushing hard, tears forming into her eyes* Simy...*she removes her hands slowly* Yes, with all my tim, trái tim yes!
*people: Awwwwwwww!"*
Simy: *smiles, tears up, and gently takes her left hand, and puts the ring on her ring finger*
Emerald: *she bends down & hugs him tightly* ^//////^ Simy: !~ *hugs back tight, and stands up, both of them standing and hugging* ^/////^
Emerald: *softly crying, still hugging him*
Simy: *crying to, looks in her eyes, and kisses her*