Chapter 18- Setting The Stage…

Tails

“Well, I guess we better start trying to find him.” Tails said resigned. “How? He could be ANYWHERE!” Sonic pointed out. “Wait a sec!” Tails called. All eyes fell on the young fox. “So, he gained our powers, right?” he started. They all nodded. “Shadow, if I do some studies, I can probably find a way to trace his location via chaos energy!” Tails exclaimed happily. “Um, guys? One problem.” Rouge cut in. “Now I’m no scientist, but I don’t think we have the materials to do conduct a project so large.” Sonic and Tails exchanged a look. “Actually, I’ve got a lab.” Everyone’s eyes widened. “It’s a short distance from here! Let’s go!” he said. Taking lead, Tails started off on his way to his place of enjoyment.

Sonic

Catching up to his best friend, Sonic whispered, “I knew you’d find some reason to take us there.” Smiling, he replied, “What can I say? I miss the old place.” “How much longer?” Silver asked impatiently. “Not too much longer…” Tails answered… for the fifth time. Looking around, Sonic finally recognized where they were walking through. Shifting his gaze from the checkered floor to the long loops in the road beside them, nostalgia filled his mind. “Ah, good old Green Hill Zone… I forgot we had to go through here to get to Central City.” he muttered to himself. Finally, something to stop my boredom!

Griffin

Looking around, Griffin stared at his progress. Buildings laid in chunks around him, and he just shook his head. You would think with the amount of times this place is attacked that they would reinforce the buildings… Oh well, not my problem. Hearing a faint sound in the air, he gazed skywards. A fleet of military helicopters were advancing on his position. Normally he would have been worried by this sight, but now, there was nothing normal about him anymore. Focusing, he said two simple words. “Chaos control!” The helicopter pilots’ puzzledly viewed the spot where the criminal once stood. Slowly, they realized what happened. Great… Now TWO people have chaos powers!

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Let’s see… His powers are amazing. He seems to not be very trustful, and shut others out. His dark past haunts him, and he doesn’t quite know what to do. He is the most qualified… Yes, I know what I’ll do. He’s PERFECT for my needs. All I have to do now is to wait… My moment will come soon enough.