Chapter 5
Blaze shook Ralda awake.
“ What is it?” She grumbled, she hated to be awaken at such short notice.
“No questions! We don’t have much time!”
She sat up reluctantly and yawned.
Blaze picked up her jacket and handed it to her.
“Why?” Asked Ralda who was a little impatient. “ What is going on?”
“Someone stole the master emerald and the island is floating!”
Ralda was very awake now. “ Master emerald? WHAT? What is a master emerald?”
Blaze ran out of the cave and into the moist jungles. Ralda was trying to
keep up, but she fell over her strappy shoes. Blaze picked her up and flung
her over his shoulder.
“ Stupid shoes…” She muttered darkly. Blaze continued his search for the
echidna and Emerald…
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He did not have to go very far, they were just around the corner waiting for
them.
Blaze set Ralda down who fell as soon as her feet touched the ground.
“ What now?” Emerald asked Knuckles. Knuckles scratched his arm. “ The only
way down is to jump…” “ No way!” Interrupted Ralda. “ There is no way I am
going to jump off of some stupid floating island…” Emerald shook her head.
Even in time like these, her big sister was still so self centered! “ Fine,”
Emerald said. “Stay here and see what happens…” Knuckles and Blaze chuckled
and Ralda turned beet red. “ Ok, so we are jumping…what do we do when we hit
the water?” Asked Blaze, who was very annoyed at them all. “ Its like four
miles to the shore, even with the master emeralds help, you can’t swim that
far….” Ralda’s face brightened. “ HEY! I got here by my little speed
boat….its only at the beach!” Everyone’s miserable mood lightened at those
words. They had a plan.
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They were now inside of Ralda’s messy house.
“ Go ahead…” Said Ralda. “ Make yourself at home…or prison….I don’t mind.”
Emerald and Knuckles had managed to land in the boat when they jumped, but
Ralda and Blaze were sopping wet.
She left the room and came back a few minutes later wearing a black shirt
instead of white.
“ Come on Blaze, you need to take off that stupid robe, you look like a
dork…”
What she really meant was that it was wet and she did not want him to catch
cold…
“ NO! It never comes off!”
“Fine!” Said Ralda, using the same tactics as Emerald had used only an hour
ago, crossing her arms looking away. “ Catch ammonia see if I care.”
Emerald, who was laying next to Knuckles giggled. She thought that Blaze was
on his last nerve and she loved to agitate people…
Blaze reluctantly took it off and Ralda went to put it in a dryer.
Knuckles was sleeping now, so she snuggled up next to him and closed her
eyes trying to figure out who stole Knuckles’ emerald…..
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Knuckles awoke to smell the sweet aroma of breakfast cooking.
Blaze was hunched over Ralda’s stove and Knuckles stood next to him.
“ What are you doing?” He asked curiously watching him put some fish into a
pan.
“ If you must know, I am cooking a decent breakfast for Ralda….”
Knuckles nodded “ Why?”
Blaze sighed very frustrated and shy.
“She is accommodating us and I am very grateful…I will carry my weight.”
Knuckles scratched his tummy and sighed. “So where did you get the fish?”
“I have been awake for hours now. During the night I went fishing….I knew
she would appreciate good food as she only has pizza boxes and frozen
dinners….” Blaze cringed as if he would not dare eat artificial food.
“ So where is the girls?” Knuckles asked.
“ Oh, they are in bed….Emerald hopped in with Ralda last night…said
something about snoring?” Blaze chuckled. Ralda walked into the room. “ So
that’s what the stove is for!…huh I never knew that!” She said
sarcastically.
“So, What’s cookin’?” She asked peering into the pan.
“ Broiled Trout.” ( oh like you did not see that coming…)
“WOW!!! Really? Thanks?!”
Blaze blushed. “ I did not think you would get so ecstatic over breakfast…”
Knuckles mumbled. Emerald walked into the kitchen yawning. “ That is because
trout is her comfort food…..loves trout.”
Blaze continued cooking the fish and they slowly forgot what had happened
that night.
Rouge left the window and knocked on the door. She sighed. Its time I make
my appearance.. she thought.
Onward to... Chapter
6
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4
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