Stubborn Love: Lost In The Amazon (Sonadow)

The Mission Begins

About a half hour later, Sonic, Shadow, and Officer Charles were looking at a map while sitting underneath a gazebo over by the forest. With them was another human man, an Amazon tourist named Karl. He was offering to guide the three of them through the jungle over to the Amazon River, where one of the Indian tribes were settled. There, they would ask for an Indian guide to take them down the river in a canoe to Eldorado. Sonic obviously wasn't too thrilled about having to go through the river, but he didn't voice it, not wanting to piss Shadow off more than he already has.

"So we're here." Karl pointed to an X on the map, indicating their current position. He took a black pen and started drawing a dotted line through the forest to the Amazon River. "If we take the path here, straight across the forest, we'll come up to the village. There, we can ask for a canoe to take us to Eldorado. The trip should only take three to four days."

"Good, because we only have a month to find this creature and study it." Shadow nodded in approval.

"We have a few things that'll help us survive through the jungle." Sonic informed as he went through his bag that G.U.N had given him back home. "A machete, some rope, insect repellent, bags of rice, a lighter, a tin cup meant for boiling water, there's even a first aid kit. Yeah, we're pretty good to go."

"Good." Karl nodded in approval. "But going through the river, there's a chance you might lose it. I have an idea for that."

"What do you suggest?" Sonic asked, raising an eyeridge in confusion.

Karl smiled and reached under the table, pulling out some empty tin cans with string tied around them.

"Tie these to your bag and should it come loose from your back in the river, the bag will float with the cans."

"Not a bad idea." The azure hedgehog smiled in approval as he took a few cans and tied them on his bag. When he realized that Shadow wasn't doing the same, he looked at him quizzically. "Aren't you gonna tie some cans around your bag? We're gonna need those walkie talkies to communicate with G.U.N. It'd be a shame to lose them."

"Hmfph," Shadow rolled his eyes, crossing his arms over his chest, the straps of his bag snugged tightly. "I don't need some dumb empty tin cans to tie to my bag. I'm not gonna lose it to some dumb river, unlike your slippery and clumsy hands."

Sonic growled at the insult, but that was about it. He wasn't about to waste his energy fighting with his companion when they were just about ready to enter the forest and take their journey to the next level.

"Like Karl said, it'll take us three to four days to reach the village." Officer Charles announced. "While we're travelling, we'll scavenge for food by eating fruit off of palm trees and bird eggs. And for meat, we can hunt animals."

"Sounds like a plan." Shadow nodded in agreement, looking over to Sonic as the blue blur hung his now rattling bag back over his shoulders. "Ready to go?"

"Ready Shads." Sonic smiled confidently as he held up a thumbs up.

"Then let's get going."

...

Day 1

About an hour later, the group of four were walking through the jungle of the Amazon, headed towards their destination by the Amazon River. All around them animals and insects called out, shouting their opinions of the intruders that obviously didn't belong.

As they walked, Karl, with a hunting rifle hung over his shoulder, took the lead up front as he read the map in his hands, making sure they were going the right way. Sonic and Shadow followed behind the human in silence, while Officer Charles took up from behind. As they were walking, Karl began explaining what was safe to eat in the Amazon.