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Penny has finally had enough, and snaps at the hedgehog. "How are we supposed to know where you need to go!?" Penny yells out in frustration. "You don't want the emeralds, you don't want us, and we already told you we crash landed here. Leave us alone and go bother someone else!" She clenches her fists tightly. "There's a prison up on the hill a couple miles back where our friends were held hostage. Maybe you can go find some stupid supplies up there!! And another thing, why do you have to be so condescending and pessimistic! We don't deserve to be treated like children, just lighten up a bit! Why don't you--" | Penny has finally had enough, and snaps at the hedgehog. "How are we supposed to know where you need to go!?" Penny yells out in frustration. "You don't want the emeralds, you don't want us, and we already told you we crash landed here. Leave us alone and go bother someone else!" She clenches her fists tightly. "There's a prison up on the hill a couple miles back where our friends were held hostage. Maybe you can go find some stupid supplies up there!! And another thing, why do you have to be so condescending and pessimistic! We don't deserve to be treated like children, just lighten up a bit! Why don't you--" | ||
Tracker wonders if Penny is having some sort of mental breakdown. But then, he notices the steam rising up from behind the hedgehog. Moments later, Shimm rises up as well, sopping wet from the melted ice | Tracker wonders if Penny is having some sort of mental breakdown. But then, he notices the steam rising up from behind the hedgehog. Moments later, Shimm rises up as well, sopping wet from the melted ice. | ||
"Really? You've repeated this same point several times. Either you're planning a sneak attack, or you're a flat-out idiot - based on the conversation I've heard, I'll assume the latter. Don't get in my way again." Shimm goes for a kick to the back of the hedgehog's knees, but he doesn't so much as flinch. He turns around. "I'll let you go, but cross me again and I won't be as merciful. Consider yourself blessed by the gods that I'm not killing a nuisance like you." Putting his rapier away, the hedgehog started to run away. | "Really? You've repeated this same point several times. Either you're planning a sneak attack, or you're a flat-out idiot - based on the conversation I've heard, I'll assume the latter. Don't get in my way again." Shimm goes for a kick to the back of the hedgehog's knees, but he doesn't so much as flinch. He turns around. "I'll let you go, but cross me again and I won't be as merciful. Consider yourself blessed by the gods that I'm not killing a nuisance like you." Putting his rapier away, the hedgehog started to run away. | ||
Shimm walks back over to the group. the water now evaporating off of him in a flash of steam. "You like it? It's pyrokinesis. I'm able to heat up my body at any time," he says smugly. "What a jerk that guy was though, I wonder what he is looking for?" "These scraps look like they were some sort of device for harnessing the Sol Emeralds," Tracker said. "He's either lying about the Emeralds, or he had a run in with one of the blokes that took our friends. I'll see if I can pick up a scent off of it. | Shimm walks back over to the group. the water now evaporating off of him in a flash of steam. "You like it? It's pyrokinesis. I'm able to heat up my body at any time," he says smugly. "What a jerk that guy was though, I wonder what he is looking for?" "These scraps look like they were some sort of device for harnessing the Sol Emeralds," Tracker said. "He's either lying about the Emeralds, or he had a run in with one of the blokes that took our friends. I'll see if I can pick up a scent off of it." Tracker picks up the scraps. | ||
Suddenly, a young voice yelled, "Hey, didja say somethin' 'bout the Emeralds?" as electricity began to crackle around the group, a black figure stood in the trees. | Suddenly, a young voice yelled, "Hey, didja say somethin' 'bout the Emeralds?" as electricity began to crackle around the group, a black figure stood in the trees. "I am SO done with surprise guests today!" Shift yelled out. "If you're gonna try to threaten us, just leave us alone already, okay!" | ||
" | "Or, maybe, you can tell me what you were doin' with that freak," the figure said. "If you have bad plans with 'em, prepare to meet the Blue Thunder." | ||
"We were looking for our friends," Penny yelled back. "Yeah, that clown of a hedgehog threatened us about wanting to raid supplies or something, he wouldn't shut up about it! Good thing I was there to protect all of us," Shimm added smugly. Penny rolled her eyes. | |||
"We were looking for our friends," Penny | |||
"Could you just tell us who you are, and who he is?" Shift asked. "I'm tired of not knowing what's going on." | "Could you just tell us who you are, and who he is?" Shift asked. "I'm tired of not knowing what's going on." | ||
"He," the figure started, jumping out of the tree to reveal a young, brown-furred tiger wearing a short-sleeved white shirt with a lightning bolt on it and jean shorts, along with a belt with two guns on it. He didn't seem threatened - he was keeping his hands in his pockets. "Is a freak who attacks people out of nowhere. He did the same thing to me - just froze my leg and asked not-so-nicely where he could find supplies. I managed to fool him into going... somewhere, I don't know, but he's a creep, and I want to make sure he didn't say anything convincing to you." | "He," the figure started, jumping out of the tree to reveal a young, brown-furred tiger wearing a short-sleeved white shirt with a lightning bolt on it and jean shorts, along with a belt with two guns on it. He didn't seem threatened - he was keeping his hands in his pockets. "Is a freak who attacks people out of nowhere. He did the same thing to me - just froze my leg and asked not-so-nicely where he could find supplies. I managed to fool him into going... somewhere, I don't know, but he's a creep, and I want to make sure he didn't say anything convincing to you." | ||
"Well, our friends were captured and held in some building up in the hills back there, so Penny told him to go find it," said Shift. "To tell you the truth, we crash landed here just a couple hours ago. We're just trying to find the rest of our friends and get out of here." Tracker steps forward. "We saw these scraps on the ground, looks to me like he had a run in with the blokes that we've been fighting with." He holds out the mess of plastic and electronics. "He didn't really do much else besides threaten us." | |||
"Hey listen pal. You seem like my kind of cat." Shimm said, stepping in front of Tracker. "How about you just tell us what's going on here so we can get on with our lives?" | |||
=== Chapter X: The Showdown === | === Chapter X: The Showdown === | ||