Jayde the Hedgehog • Negative Rebound [4]

1 • We Were Playing Go Fish? ✔️

Music: Leaving the Lights - K-391

GUN Training Centre

Several shots were fired, slicing through the air before they hit the center of the target and a familiar 'whoop' of joy came from the grey hedgehog as she cheered. The commander nodded approvingly, "I see that training from Shadow has paid off."

Jayde grinned at the Ultimate Lifeform who smirked smugly in the corner of the room, "You bet!" she looked back up to the commander, "So, any missions for me to try it out for real?"

The commander sighed as the three began to walk out, "Jayde, you've asked me the same question every day for the past two months now and it's always the same answer."

"Really?" She sighed, "What's Egghead up to?"

The commander shrugged, he too feeling slightly lost on what to do. It had been months since the doctor attacked the city or even left his lair! It was like he had vanished into thin air. The heroes didn't know what to do, and boredom was beginning to take a toll on them.

At first the idea of no Eggman seemed great. They could do what they wanted without worry of being attacked, they could hang out with each other and not have to keep looking behind them. But now it was like there was nothing left to do.

In the short span of four months, Jayde had visited Casinopolis, Soleanna, Babylon and Emerald Coast, among others. She had visited her parent's house multiple times and gained back that relationship she thought she had lost. She had been challenged a few times by Jet as well to prove who the 'King/Queen of the Skies' really was – mostly ended up in a draw, but Jet was certain he had always won. T'ch, he wishes. And Shadow and Jayde had grown even closer in their new relationship, yet they still kept it well hidden from the outside world.

It had been a good few months, no doubt, but it was becoming tedious.

"We've been in contact with Tails and, even on the surveillance footage for Dr Eggman's lair, there is no activity." The commander spoke, "He hasn't left, hasn't retrieved anything and no one's gone into his lair either."

Shadow crossed his arms, "Are there any other entrances or exits the doctor has?"

The commander sat in his chair as they reached his office, "All ways into his lair that we know of we have CCTV on them 24/7. There just seems to be no activity around him."

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"I don't like it." Jayde muttered as they walked towards Tails' workshop, "Eggman's never been this quiet since I've been here. What was he like before?"

"He may have had his silent periods where nothing happened, but that was only for about a week before he attacked again." Shadow answered, "I've never known him to not do anything for four months."

The only good thing about this whole 'no Eggman' ordeal, was that the people of Mobius were much happier. None of them seemed to walk looking behind them every so often, children were free and allowed to run off to the park themselves without their parents worrying so much.

It was like this everywhere.

It wasn't only Mobius that Eggman attacked, he would attack anywhere and everywhere. But when GUN Agents went around the planet to search for him incase he had any hidden lairs, they all came back with the same stumped expression. He was nowhere.

"Go fish!" Tails yelled as the two hedgehogs stepped into the workshop, scooping up some cookies from the table.

Sonic looked up from his card and stared confusedly at his twin tailed brother, "We were playing Go Fish?"