"Absolute Chaotix, Page 32"



Into the Fire, Through the Fire, and Out of the Fire...



By SZ

She was answered by a "We can't!" from a frightened Charmy...
Sharon's eyes ballooned as the wall of flames came closer. She looked towards Charmy, Mighty, and Knuckles. Mighty had thrown his body over Knuckles, to protect the unconcious echidna from the oncoming flames, while Charmy had also used Mighty as a shield.
Her eyes then wandered to Sonic and Tails. They looked as if they needed a good night's rest, but still looked towards the flames with an angry determination. Sharon turned her head back to follow their gaze. She almost "died" in despair when she realized the fire was now less than 100 yards away. 80 yards. 60 yards. Were they going to survive this? It certainly didn't look like it...
But as she was comtemplating this, Sonic decided to take things into his own hands. As before, he used the incredible power of the emeralds to transform into the supercharged being that is Super Sonic, then plummeted head-first into the fire!
Tails stared into the abyss with horror in his eyes. Sharon wanted to cry for him. But, she had to admit, the hedgehog's reasoning had been right - The fire had receded. And stopped less than 2 yards away from Vector and Espio. Vector had fainted from the heat, and from the fear of being scorched. Mighty and Charmy cautiously approached him. Sharon flew over to comfort Tails. She was about to say something to him when she heard him sobbing.
"WHY!?!?!? Why, Sonic?! WHY!?" he screamed aloud.
"Tails... Tails... That is your name, right?" Sharon quietly asked.
"Yes..." Tails replied as his head dropped to the ground.
"It's going to be all right..."
"No, it's NOT!"
They were both interrupted by a unseen figure in the shadows.
"Yes, it is."
"Son... Sonic!?" Tails exclaimed. Sharon and Tails looked up to see Mighty and Charmy transfixed, staring straight ahead.
"Yeah, Tails?" Sonic replied as he emerged from the shadows. He was hunched over and burnt badly. He gradually made his way to Mighty, and alerted all of them of the impending danger.
"As far as I can tell," he began, "the island isn't balanced correctly, making all the lava in Lava Reef flow up here! If I hadn't been able to temporarily redirect it..."
"Oh my..." Charmy started to say.
Mighty interrupted him. "We GOTTA get Knuckles to WAKE UP!!!" he exclaimed.
Charmy appeared less than flattered. "Brilliant deduction, Sherlock..."
"Aww, be quiet."
"You be quiet."
"No, YOU!"
"NO... YOU!!!"
"BOTH OF YOU SHUT UP!!!" screamed Sharon, effectively ending the argument, "The point IS, we NEED to wake up Vector and Knuckles, and FAST!!! And DON'T forget about Espio!!!"
"Yes, SARGENT!" both Mighty and Charmy declared in unison. Sonic and Tails just rolled their eyes.
"So, what do we need to do first?" Tails questioned her.
At this, Sharon grinned ear to ear. She had been hoping Sonic and Tails would help, but hadn't been sure they were going to. "Well... First," she began...

CHOICES: 1. "...we need to find medicine of some sort for Espio..."--OPEN.
2. "...we have to get some water to wake up those two sleepy-heads!"--OPEN.
3. "...SOMEONE has to track down that Robotnik guy..."--OPEN.

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