Jayde and the Seven Shards [1]

15: To Escape... ✔️

MUSIC: (Sonic Generations Version) Mushroom Hill Zone Act 1 (Classic 3DS)

Jayde, Shadow, Silver, Blaze, Rouge and Knuckles sat around the clearing, the grey hedgehog dangling from the tree branch from her legs. Her hands hung down as she listened to the argument below her.

"Instead of being so nasty all time maybe you should try being nice to me and then maybe I wouldn't find you so unlikable!" Rouge snapped, clenching her fists at the red echidna. Shadow rolled his eyes at the pathetic pair, one leg over the other as he stared at his fingers. Silver and lying on the grass, his arms over his eyes as he groaned, slightly annoyed with the bickering between the bat and echidna, "As it is right now you're as sour as a truck load of lemons!" Rouge punched her fist against her palm, glaring at the red echidna. Blaze sat silently with her hands in her lap, picking a few petals off a flower and throwing them towards the white hedgehog below her. She chuckled as he flinched, sitting up and shaking them off.

"Then don't hang out with me!" Knuckled shouted, his fists by his sides.

"I won't!" The bat yelled back, "Once I'm gone you'll be completely miserable mister."

Knuckled grinned, crossing his arms and closing his eyes, "Actually, it'd be a huge relief to not deal with your batty behaviour." One of his purple orbs opened again, "But I'm sure you'll come flying back." Rouge glared at the echidna before slamming her fists against him. The grey hedgehog in the tree laughed slightly as Knuckles flew back, moving her position on the tree branch.

"Remind me not to mess with Rouge." Silver muttered under his breath.

"What's taking them so long?" Blaze asked, standing up from the log. "They should've been finished by now."

"Maybe the guardian captured them?" Silver suggested, crossing his legs.

Shadow stood up and looked to the grey hedgehog above him, rolling his eyes, "Renee, you will fall in a minute." The grey hedgehog was swinging her arms around, her quills drooping down.

"Huh?" she asked before her communicator bleeped, startling the grey hedgehog, making her lose her grip. Jayde's body suddenly stopped falling, surrounded by a green aura. Silver looked up, bored, his finger turning Jayde in the air before dropping her on her feet.

"Told you." Shadow muttered. Jayde rolled her eyes at the ebony hedgehog, moving her mouth to mimic his words before clicking her communicator. Tails appeared on the screen, "Hey, Tails." Jayde smiled before projecting the screen in front of her so everyone could see, placing the raconteur on the log, "What's taking you so long?"

"And why are you covered in gunk?" Rouge asked with a scowl.

"We ran into the guardian which then trapped us in this ancient cave. Amy and Sonic then fought a giant spider which had a Chaos Emerald in its brain!" Tails exclaimed, showing Amy trying to get cobweb out of the blue blur's fur.

"Did you say Chaos Emerald?" Rouge grinned which caused Knuckles to growl at her.

"What are you doing now?" Silver asked, standing in their view. Tails turned the communicator to the wall, showing the rest of the gang the Latin markings.

"Did you not hear me say trapped?" Tails muttered, "Jayde, Knuckles. I need either of you to read these words to help us get out."

The grey hedgehog looked towards the male, "Well, Knuckles is a bit banged up for the minute." She chuckled. Jayde stepped forwards a bit, squinting her eyes to the writing. Jayde muttered a few words under her breath before her eyes widened, "Uh, Tails?" the fox turned his communicator back to him, watching the grey hedgehog, "I don't think that wasn't the only spider down there."

The gang heard Amy's voice, "What!" she gripped the screen, the camera turning to face her, her eyes widening in fear.

"You need to follow a path. Choose one out of the six there. Whatever one you choose, you can't go back. There will be spiders, huge bats and ancient robots in every trail." Jayde scratched the back of her head. "You have to go through it before the walls cave in!"

As if on cue, a loud rumble was heard above Tails, Sonic and Amy, a small rock landing on the cobalt hedgehog's head, "Ow!" he spoke, standing up, "We gotta go!" he grabbed Amy and Tails' wrists, dragging them along, the communicator going out.

"I think we're going to waiting for them a bit longer." Blaze sighed, throwing a few flames into the dying fire.

"And good luck to them." Rouge muttered, watching the red echidna beside her who looked away, folding his arms.

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Meanwhile, the three stuck in the ancient cave were discussing which path to take. "Look, we should just go for the middle, simple!" Sonic said leaning against the wall with his eyes closed.

Tails looked towards his proclaimed brother, sighing, "Everyone knows that the middle exit is always the worst." The blue blur shrugged.

Amy stepped forward, glancing at the carved patterns on the walls, trying to make out what they meant. Each one was of a human, going through each trail with spiders, bats or robots. "Hm, I think we should take the right." She spoke, placing a hand on her hip as she clutched her hammer in the other.

"Whatever decision we make, it better be quick. That roof is going to cave in on us any minute!" Tails yelled, pointing upwards to were rocks were falling from.

"Well, I'm taking the middle so see ya!" Sonic sprinted into the middle trail, the cave crumbled, rocks falling to block his exit.

"Sonic!" Amy and Tails shouted. The blue blur tried pushing, kicking and even spin dashing into the rocks but they wouldn't budge.

"Now look what you did!" Amy yelled from the other side, slamming her mallet against the old stones.

"Go to another trail, they probably all meet up somewhere!" Sonic shouted back, turning and walking further into the dimly lit cave. It wasn't long before robots charged towards him, a small grin appearing on his face, "Better late than never!"

The pink hedgehog was cursing the cobalt hedgehog and his stupid actions whilst walking through the sixth trail with the two-tailed fox. Tails' fingers scanned the device around, checking for any spiders, bats or robots. Amy couldn't believe Sonic had left her, could he not have taken her with him? She sighed, fiddling with the head of her hammer.