Need to Want

Chapter 10: Divinations

After a rousing time in the Labs of the Royal Castle, the previous night everyone retired early, preparing for the bad feeling in their guts the following day. However, as Blaze, Sonic, and Marine arose today they found that not only did it not look like morning, it didn't look like a day at all. Everywhere, from around Mobius, from reports on the news all around Blaze's world there was nothing but black skies. Blaze and Marine joined Sonic in his room this morning, poking their heads out the windows and observing the black clouds stretching as far as they could see. Unusual lightning streaked through the dark cloudy skies, and they all knew it was not a natural phenomenon obviously. The Sol Emeralds and the Chaos Emeralds were reacting to each other, and the energy of each set of Emeralds alone was dangerous. The energies of the Emeralds were mingling with one another, causing their worlds to merge. Who knew what type of destructive energy would be unleashed if their energies were allowed to continue to interact.

So after meeting up with Tiara and Honey, whose bedrooms were just around the corner, the group quickly went and ate breakfast then immediately began discussing their plans. Blaze was given special reign over the top general's War Room as the Princess and Guardian of the Sol Emeralds. So with her authority she ordered for all the generals to converse elsewhere until her plans were finished, and they would follow her lead once her plans were completed. It was still early, and everyone was still a little tired but they all stood around a metal table looking at maps of Arch City and surrounding areas trying to gauge Eggman Nega's route of attack. The War Room, as like other areas in the Castle, were still made mostly of stone walls and ceilings, but it was filled with technology. There were three big computers on each side of the room, computer consoles, and papers scattered all around the room.

Blaze, Sonic, Marine, Tiara, and Honey stared at the maps on the table in front of them with contemplative faces as they thought. The King and Queen had been evacuating the city since early this morning. A few hours had passed by now, but they all guessed it was still on its way. They also gathered more info from the black boxes signal last night. The signal was getting closer to the city, so they didn't have much time. They didn't have to guess what Nega was coming for; he would go on another rampage if he got his hands on anymore Emeralds.

Blaze glanced over to her left pass Sonic; the Sol Emeralds were sitting in a sack on a chair; she had retrieved them this morning from the wing of the Castle where she left them. She then looked to her right; the five Chaos Emeralds they had collected were sitting in Marine's backpack. One part of their plan was simple; they had to defend the Castle. They were going to keep all the Emeralds in one place as it seemed that with so many of Nega's robots running around, that's how he even found two of the Emeralds. He probably could track the remaining Emeralds with the ones he had now. If they got separated or they tried to take them somewhere else, then it would only make it easier for him to get his hands on them. It's why they collected them, like they always did, there is strength in unity. If he wanted to get the Emeralds, they would all be in one place, and he was going to have to go through Sonic and her to get them.

The second part of their plan they weren't so sure of because they did not know what he was attacking with. They had no clue what form of giant robot he would be attacking with. It was a blank as of now, and they also had to deal with the leftover robots that were probably still lurking through the city. There already were reports all over the city in the last few hours about mysterious attacks from citizens. Unfortunately, that was Tiara's territory, but she didn't have time for it at the moment.

They had all been in the War Room for an hour or two now, and they had all come to one singular agreement. Despite not knowing what Nega was going to do, they all knew since the Emeralds were going to be here, Nega was coming to the Castle. So the Castle grounds became their battle arena; something was going to get broke today.