Chapter 16: Between Realms

.:In the Past:.

"What?!"

"What do you mean?"

"Where is my baby Jem?!" Older Tails was the only one who's face portrayed a relative calmness. He slowly walked up to Tails and made eye contact,

"Younger Me...so you did what exactly?" Younger Tails was staring in awe at his older self and took a second to register that he was talking to himself,

This is just like in Generations...Tails thought to himself, before Older Rouge practically began to scream in his face,

"TAILS! Answer me! Where are the kids?!"

"Huh...what? Oh! Sorry! That's right...I just sent them all back to the future," The two tailed tween gestured to the large prototype sitting in the middle of the room. Everyone sweatdropped, as Older Cream pulled out her wrist comm.

"I will try contacting Bokkun to confirm if the kids are in the future," Cream said as Older Tails wiped his nose pridefully,

"Younger Me, just remember. Installing inter-time communications on the wrist comms is not a bad idea," Younger Tails looked up to his older self, soaking in all of the information he could.

After a few minutes of static, Cream connected to her fiance,

"Hey love, what's up?" Bokkun's scratchy voice came through,

"Bokkun, can you do me a favor and check to see if the kids are back?"

"What? Are they? Wait, aren't you here? Where are you anyway? I thought you were at Tails' place,"

"We were but then Tails completed the Time Machine and...its kinda a long story, but Younger Tails sent them back, so we just wanna double check to make sure,"

"Sure, no problem. The Chaotix and I'll head out to do a kingdom wide scan in a minutes. I'll call you back when we're done," Older Cream nodded, even though Bokkun couldn't tell,

"Okay, I'll talk to you later sweetie, hugs and kisses," Older Cream smiled softly,

"Ditto here, love," One could almost hear the smile in his voice, "Talk to you later," And at once communications ended. Older Cream then turned back to the group,

"Bokkun and the Chaotix are scouting the area to make sure the kids are in the future...however, that might take a while, so...We could look around I guess," Everyone knew that Cream was itching to see her mom again, so Older Sonic took the stage,

"I agree with Cream. There's no point standing around here clogging up Tails' lab. Lets all chill until we get more info, alright?" Everyone murmured in agreement

Younger Sonic then stepped in front of the group of adults, "Come on then, I'll lead you to Vanilla's house; It's right this way. Cream are you coming?" The older Cream's eyes were glazed over,

"I'll be there in a minute," Sonic shrugged and left the lab, the others following him. Cream waited until they all left before sitting down on a stray chair. She gingerly turned on the wrist comm and called Bokkun,

Bokkun answered in seconds,

"Hey love, we're just getting ready to leave-" he stopped mid-sentence after he looked a Cream's face, "Cream, what's wrong? Is everyone okay? Are you hurt?" Hi voice began to waver as Cream's eyes began to fill with tears,

She continued to just stare as tears fell down her cheeks,

"C-Cream, please...I can't help you if you don't tell me what's wrong..."

"My M-mother is a-alive here..." Cream managed to squeak out, her throat constricting with each word. Bookun's face visable lifted,

"Wha...? Honey that's great," he smiled a warm smile. But the rabbit shook her head,

"N-no...I...I shouldn't have come...I w-want to see her but..." she began to hiccup, "I don't want to relaps! B-bokkun I wanna go home!" Cream's face was in her hands.

Around the corner from where Cream was sitting, Older Tails had come downstairs once more to get Cream, but had hid behind the wall once he heard Cream hiccups. Tail's heart felt torn and his eyes also began to prick. He couldn't stand seeing Cream so sad and lost. All he wanted to do was run in there and hold her, comfort her.

Bokkun was silent for a second and Tails began to feel angry,

If Cream was my girl I wouldn't say nothing...! I would... Tails' eyes went wide. The sudden stream of jealous thoughts that had just run through his head shocked him and he had to take a step back,

Bokkun's voice finally picked up through the wrist comm, "...Cream, if you really wish to come back, I will go to Tails' lab with Marine and bring you back...but I love you...and I think you were given this chance for a reason...I think if you have the chance to spend a few more minutes with your Mother then you should...spend time with her and tell her that you love her..." Cream still continued to cry, but her tears began to dissipate

"O-okay, I'll try..." she sniffled and tried to smile,

"Give it your best shot, okay Cream? I've gotta go, but call me if you need anything else! I'll always make the time to listen to you," Bokkun said gently. Cream nodded wearilly,

"Okay...thank you...I'll try to be strong...Bye Bokkun,"

"Love you,"

"Love you too," The communication ended and Cream sighed as she got up. She wiped her tears and put on a determined face,

"I am no longer a child...I must be strong!" Cream muttered to herself as she gathered her courage and walked out of the lab confidently. Tails, who had continued to hide in the shadows of the lab, sat there quietly for a minute longer, contemplating those feelings,

Cream…? What was that all about? I don't like Cream do I? I mean, she beautiful and kind and caring and sweet but… Tails' face flared up slightly, No...this isn't the time for this...The kids are the first priority… Tails gave his head one final shake to clear his mind of his thoughts and turned his attention back to the kids.

"I've gotta make sure the kids are alright…!" And with that Tails flew out of his lab.

By the time Tails flew to Cream and Vanilla's old house, everyone else had already gotten there and explained the situation to younger Vanilla and younger Cream. Vanilla had taken to giving them all some tea to try and calm their nerves,

"I see dearies..." Vanilla said as she sipped from her own tea-cup. She and the other Sonic heroes were all sitting in the living room, "So. you came back to retrieve the children but our Tails had just sent them back, so now you're checking to see if they are actually back, correct?"

Amy nodded, "Yes, that's correct. It's nice to see you here Vanilla," Amy said with a bright smile. The future Sonic members knew that Vanilla would not be with them in the future but they couldnt hint anything to her about her demise or else the entire future would change and maybe even collapse on itself!

Vanilla grinned, "Why thank you Amy. It's nice to see how you've grown, how you've all grown," Vanilla gestured as she referred to the entire group, "However, you said that Cream came back as well...did she?" Sonic sheepishly shook his head, trying to think of an excuse,

"She's here, she's just...gathering her wits together," Silver jumped in,

"Yeah! You know, time travelling can be a very exhausting process on those not used to it. She was just, uh, catching her breath, but she's probably on her way right now, heh heh," Silver stammered as Blaze gave him a pointed look. Silver never got any better at lying as he grew older. The entire Sonic team had deduced why Cream needed a moment before going to see her mom, but Vanilla couldn't know why.

"Hello everyone," a light voice wafted into the room. Everyone's heads turned to look, as Older Cream stood in the doorway, with a smile on her face and no evidence of a nervous breakdown. Blaze sighed with relief. Cream had managed to get herself together.

Vanilla placed her tea cup on the coffee table and stared in awe. The room fell silent.

"Oh my..." Tears pricked at her eyes as her hand went to her mouth,

"My Cream...you're...you're so beautiful," Vanilla's hands were shaking. Cream went up to her, slowly, her smile waivering slightly,

"It...It is nice to see you in good health Mother," Cream said before hugging her. Young Cream was standing in the doorway, staring at her older self with awe and slight joy,

"Cheese, do you see? Look how big my ears get in the future! I wonder how long I can fly for...And my hair! It's so long!" Cheese 'chao'd' with excitement as well.

The hug however, was broken short, when the doorbell rang. Vanilla moved to go and open the door, but Older Amy got up instead,

"It's fine Vanilla, I've got it,"

"Maybe it's another time traveller...Chaos knows how many we've gotten today," Vanilla pondered as Older Cream sat next to her.

"Hey, Vanilla! I just came by to see if Tails and Sonic...we're...HUH?!"

For at the door was Amy Rose herself,

"What's...What's going on here?" Amy peered around Older Amy, "Vanilla? Cream? Are you here? Tails? Sonic?" Older Amy looked in shock at Younger Amy. Mostly at her small size...And her high pitched voice. Older Amy had grown out her quills down to her mid-back and her figure had developed fuller, however, her eyes were still a bright jade and her bangs were still present so there was still some resemblance.

Younger Amy's face contorted into a snarl as she got a good look at the girl who opened the door for her

"Tails! Is this another one of your Amy Robots?! Cause it wasn't funny the first time, and it sure as Chaos isn't funny now!" She got a closer look at the Older Amy, "But I have to admit, she does have a nice build...could've designed her with more red though...That shade of green is pretty ugly," Older Amy's eye twitched, "And that hair style...so Classic Genesis," Older Amy began to snarl. She had forgotten how annoying her younger self had been. She had been a pretty intense fashion snob...and she wasn't afraid to speak her mind. Older Amy herself had put it as...'having a strong conviction' but most others referred to it as just being 'obnoxious'.

"Don't tell me what's ugly! I'm you from the future you stupid brat! So whatever you think is ugly, well, ha! You'll be wearing it soon enough!" Older Amy yelled before slamming the door on her awe-struck face. Older Amy was huffing, until Older Sonic came up to her and placed a comforting hand on the shoulder,

"Um...Ames...You kinda just-"

"DONT TELL ME WHAT I JUST DID, I KNOW!" Older Amy slapped his hand away before opening the door again.

Amy was still star struck from the curt retort,

"Alright, fine, get in here Amy" Older Amy looked away from the young girl, as she placed her fingers to her forehead in exasperation, "...Sorry, for snapping, but I'm you in the future, so you kinda know how to push my buttons...if you get what I mean..." Amy just blankly nodded, walked over to the nearest couch with a zombie-like gait, and plopped herself next to Younger Sonic.

Younger Sonic was sweating and he was sure his face was turning red, Aw, chaos! Why'd she have to sit right next to me!? Chaos chaos chaos chaos!

Younger Tails grinned as he noticed Sonic's discomfort. If there was one benefit to having this entire crisis occur, it was seeing Sonic out of his element. Older Tails then flew into the doorway and closed the door,

"Alright? Everyone here?" Older Tails did a quick headcount and nodded, "Alright, let's get down to business. As of right now, we have the Chaotix-"

"As well as my Kingdom's police arsenal," Blaze chimed in,

"Searching all corners of our world in the future to make sure that the kids are there. If they aren't there...well...then we've got a whole new crisis on our hands..." Younger Tails squirmed in his seat. It'd be on his head if the kids weren't alright...he stared at the floor as he felt the eyes of everyone on him. Amy, feeling the growing tensions, suggested an idea,

"Well searching the world might take some time, so why don't we take a look around and meet up again once we hear back from Bokkun?" She looked at Knuckles and Rouge whom she was expecting the most adversity to come from but Knuckles shrugged,

"I agree with you. Not much we can do but wait,". There was an intensity in the air. The worry of the parents was oozing into the atmosphere. Older Shadow got up and walked outside, Older Tikal gave him a curious look and muttered a quick, "Please excuse us," before following him as well.

Older Blaze sat on a couch and stretched her arms above her head, "All we can do now is wait. I suggest getting comfortable. I would place my life in the hands of my police force but they can be quite slow sometimes," Older Sonic, who overheard her last sentence, gave a chuckle,

"Not everyone can be as fast as you Blaze," Blaze closed her eyes,

"Yes, Sonic, I am aware of that...Maybe it is the uncertainty of my child's whereabouts that makes every moment feel like an hour," Her surprisingly mournful tone brought shiveres around the room. Silver instantly made a motion to sit down next to her and looked at her with sad eyes.

"Blaze..."

Older Amy looked at her younger counterpart out of the corner of her eye and allowed a smile to grace her face. She recalled the memories of her 12 year old self, and they were full of ambition and spunk. Interestingly enough, Older Amy began to think, Now that I think about it...I have no memories of this entire encounter from this happening to me at such a young age...I wonder what that all means… she then got up from the couch,

"Hey Amy!" she called out to the star struck girl, "Let's have a girl talk, just you and me. And I won't take no for an answer!" she chirped out happily as she grabbed Younger Amy by the arm and dragged her off the couch,

"H-Huh?! HEY! I don't care if you're me, you can't just go dragging people everywhere! Who do you think you are?!" Younger Amy gained her voice back as she was dragged out of the room.

…

Older Amy continued to drag Younger Amy until they were out of the house and in Vanilla's yard.

"Are you done dragging me?!" Amy said with a humph as she snatched her arm back from her older self and rubbed her wrist,

Older Amy sweatdropped, "Sorry? Did I hurt you? I seem to forget my strength. After I started dating Sonic I underwent strength training with Rouge and Knuckles and I became really buff"

Younger Amy looked at Older Amy with surprise, "Wow! Thats amazing! So I can expect to have such a nice figure when i grow up then? " Older Amy laughed, "I can't tell you all of my secrets can I? You have to grow and figure things out for yourself Amy". Younger Amy looked up at her older self with a look of awe.

"So then...older me...maybe you could tell me this...How did Sonic and I..." Younger Amy started to blush uncontrollably, "S-Sonic and I-I get...together then?" Older Amy smiled down at herself.

"Weeeelll, it's quite a story," she smirked as she put a comforting hand on the girls' shoulder, "I'll get to that, but first, you have to tell me all about your hair techniques. I can't remember my hair being so nice and full! When you get older, these things start to wear out," Younger Amy looked up in shock,

"Whaa?! Really? But you, I-I mean, Me (gosh this is all so confusing-we?), y-you look great!" The two continued to walk around the house, chattering lively,

…

Meanwhile, the groups had split off. While Younger and Older Amy had gone off of their walk, Younger and Older Tails had camped out in the living room where they were examining the pictures that Vanilla kept on her walls.

Older Tails looked at the photos on the fireplace and picked one up in his hands,

"Wow, this really takes me back," it was a photo of the Sonic gang at a picnic. Tails and Sonic had their arms around their shoulders and Sonic was hoisting a chilli dog in the air. Amy and Cream were in the foreground posing and Knuckles for once was smiling, "This is a blurry memory but I think I remember having this picnic. This was a few months after we came back from space right?" Younger Tails got up from his seat on the couch to look at the picture with him,

"Yup! Cream had made lunch for us because she wanted to try out a new sandwich recipe so she invited us all to hang out by the big tree, and the Vanilla ended up taking this picture." Older Tails smiled gently,

"Man...Space...that was such a long time ago...it felt like an entire life time ago..." he looked away from the picture and his gaze turned upwards, "Cosmo…"

Younger Tails's eyes widened, "Um...does...does she...I-I mean Sunflower already told me much b-but..." Older Tails turned back to his Younger Self,

" Unfortunately Tails, she...I could never figure out a way to bring Cosmo back to life; however, Sunflower is a gift in her own right," Older Tails looked away from the photo and into his younger counterpart's eyes, "She is a Seedrian princess, the last of her kind, the last...connection we have to our lost love," Younger Tails's eyes gleamed as a fresh film of water glossed over them,

"Y-Yeah...I figured,"

"That is why it is up upmost importance to get the children back...I couldn't bear...to see Cosmo's last gift to us destroyed," Older Tails placed the picture frame back onto the fireplace and clasped both hands on Tails's shoulder before kneeling to his eye level. Younger Tails scanned his face and took notice of the multiple scars, that although were faint, were currently not present on his own self,

"You know Tails...Time heals all wounds...I was able to get over her, but only because I opened myself to the possibility of loving again," he glanced away from the young fox's shocked gaze and turned towards the sight of his Cream chatting with her mother and the younger Cream,

Tails's face grew red, "B-But I don't want to forget her! I don't want to move on- E-e-even if I know that s-she ne-never will come back!" Older Tails noticed how fixated he was on Cream and turned back to his younger self,

"Cosmo wouldn't have wanted us to waste away, searching endlessly for a way to bring her back to life," Tails turned away from him, cheeks puffed out in defiance, teeth gritted,

"I...I refuse to accept that!" His older counterpart's face became stricken with an indescribable emotion,

"Tails, I-"

Suddenly a loud ringing emitted from Cream's communication watch,

"A-Ah,I'll get it!" The older rabbit said as she quickly accepted the call, "Hello?"

"Cream darling, we just finished sweeping all of the continents and there's no sign of the kids,"

Cream's breath hitched, "W-Wha?!" Older Tails motioned for everyone to come back into the living room and the adults and children soon surrounded the rabbit, "A-Are you sure? Have you looked everywhere?"

"Yeah, we got permission from all of the governments to access their data banks and there's been no sign of any of the children- not on cameras, in stores, or anything,"

Older Knuckles's eye twitched as he punched the wall in anger,

"Ha! Are you serious? How can we trust the data from one of Eggman's old robots?" Cream whipped her head towards the echidna, eyes blazing with fury,

"Knuckles, how dare you?! Bokkun has proven himself multiple times over that he's dispatched himself from Eggman's service, and he is my fiance-"

Knuckles's face became even redder, "Then what's the explanation for their disappearance?! They're not showing up on any government radar, and the only word we have for confirmation of this is a measly, lying , shrewd-" Bokkun's voice came over the communicator, tinged with rage,

"Hey Buddy, I know that this is a stressful time for all of you, but that gives you no right to-"

Another voice came through on the communicator- this one deep, soothing and smooth,

"Bokkun please, let me handle this. Knuckles, I also managed to hack into the satellites that we were denied access to and I found no sign of anything,"

Older Amy's eyes became wet, "So...So what you're saying is...the kids aren't in the correct timeline?"

"Unfortunately, that seems to be the case,"

Rouge slammed the wall with her hand,

"Dammit!" Older Sonic cursed under his breath,

A thud quickly followed,

"Rouge!" Knuckles went to catch his wife who had crumpled to the ground, "S...she's out cold,"

"Chaos! We're too late!" Older Shadow grit his teeth while Older Tikal clung to his shoulder,

Blaze turned towards Silver, worry etched on her face, "Silver-"

"I'm on it," the white hedgehog closed his eyes and clenched his hands as he tried his best to sense out anything. After a few minutes, he opened his eyes and gasped, "I...I'm...not getting...anything," Older Tails's face paled,

"Okay..okay...we have to just stay calm...I need to think of a plan...What are our options?! We're running out of time...Chaos!" the fox slammed his hand on the table, "Sun...Xavier…"

Where are you…?

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"Okay...Okay guys, let's think for a second...flames everywhere and burning buildings...Does that sound familiar to anyone? Does anyone remember their parents talking about a place like this?" Jem asked in an authoritative tone.

The struggle to stay calm was evident in Xavier's face, "I-I can't remember a thing right now Jem...are we lost? What if our parents can't find us here? There's no Uncle Sonic or Tails to save us now, I-I mean, we're just KIDS! That's it, some of us may have some powers but thats not enough to get us out of this mess-" The sound of a slap resonated in the air. Rosy grabbed Xavier by the shoulders and pulled him into a hug,

"Get it together Xavier. We're the kids of the Sonic Heroes. We'll be alright. We just need to thiiiink!" The pink hedgehog shrieked as a pillar of flames rose out of the air right next to her. Sunflower screamed as the flames morphed into a giant flame monster with a worm-like body. Galexia the chao's body cowered at the sight. The monster towered over the group, an estimated 12 feet tall. Its limbs were created of lava and rock, but it seemed to have a pair of eyes that were dead set on the group of children beneath it.

"Rosy!" The twins began to wail. Roseanne, gifted with the quick reflexes of her father, quickly jumped out of the way and sped over to Jem and Maria. Maria had gathered together Maya, Inca, Lily, Sunflower, and Xavier and stood in front of them in a protective stance, her hands sparking with building chaos energy.

Lily stared at the pillar, her normally analytic eyes frozen in fear,

"This...This is...I...I don't know what this is..." Maya shielded her eyes from the painful light, burying her face in Inca's shoulder. Inca, trying to be brave, held onto her tightly, but he too was shaking.

Jem ran over to Maria along with Roseanne,

"Jem! What do we do here?!" Rosy asked in a panic, her face sweating from the heat of the flames. Jem turned his head to look around the entire area, and was about to call out a re-treat when the ground behind the group crumbled and vanished. Maya, the closest to the crumbled edge, screamed in fear,

"Maya!" Maria screamed as she turned back to see if she was alright. The flame monster saw that Maria was distracted and grabbed her.

"Maria! Maria no! Watch out!" Sun called out. She reached out to her but a flickering flame near her made her yelp and retreat backwards. Flames were detrimental to Mobians but to the plant like species that she was, they were fatal. The flame worm-like monster grabbed the struggling black hedgehog as she cried out,

"Jeremy! Roseanne! Help! Gah!" The molten lava was searing her skin and the girl gritted her teeth, "C-Cha-Chaos S-AHHHHHH!" The pain was so great that she couldn't focus enough to utter the words that activated her powers. The monster tightened its grip on her and the fire literally cut into her sides. Tears went to Roseanne's eyes as she turned to Jem,

"Jem!" Jem read the expression in her eyes and nodded. He turned to Lily,

"Lily! Move the kids out of the way!" Lily was torn out of her stupor long enough to nod. She gestured to Xavier with her head and they both grabbed the hands of each small child and ran to a safe-ish covering behind a twisted metal wall.

"Galexia!" Rosy called out without taking her eyes off of the monster. The chao, whom had also been helping to lead the kids away, instantly flew to her owner's side. Jem then grabbed Rosy, expanded his wings and hoisted her into the air, where the flame worm was. Maria was shrieking and was in so much pain that she could barely muster out a cry for help, let alone the words needed to perform a chaos spear.

The chao flew into the air besides Jem and Roseanne, and instantly summoned a crowbar and some water balloons. Jem saw what Roseanne and Galexia were about to do and shouted in outrage,

"Seriously! A crowbar and water balloons!? Rosy, that thing is 12 feet tall! That's not going to do anything!"

"We have to try and do something! Even distracting it could help! Maria is in pain! There's no time to think! Now, let's go!" Rosy let out a yell and Jem flew straight to the worm.

Galexia yipped and began to throw water balloons and flying in an erratic pattern. This caught the attention of the worm and allowed Jem and Rosy to fly up to the worm's hand, where Maria was being held captive, and whack at it.

"Don't worry Maria! Ngh! We-agh! We've got you!" Rosy grunted as she chipped at the molten rock's grip with the crowbar. Maria's eyes were teary and she could only convey gratitude. I must try harder...I am the daughter of the Ultimate Lifeform and the Princess of the all powerful Echidna tribe...I...I…I WILL NOT BE BESTED BY SOME STUPID LAVA MONSTER! ALL BECAUSE OF STUPID SUNFLOWER WANTING TO GO BACK IN TIME?! THIS ENTIRE SITUATION IS RIDICULOUS!

"S-Sunflower...I'm...going to...KILL YOU! C-Cha-Chaos B-BLAST!" Maria yelled as her eyes shone and a massive explosion of chaos energy erupted from her hands. The blast radius was enough to throw Jem and Roseanne out of the air and break the hand of the monster. Galexia, her role as the distraction finished, rushed back to the safety of the metal wall. Maria also fell out of the air, and all three children landed on the hard ground.

The worm monster shrieked as its hand blew off and angrily turned towards the three children. It raised its other, non-injured arm and prepared to smash the three children to oblivion. Roseanne groaned and raised her head, only to see the worm monster about to crush her, Jem and Maria,

Is...Is this my demise…?

Roseanne closed her eyes and braced herself.

"Not today worm! Hyaa!"

A whip like object sliced through the fiery body of the monster in one slick motion. The monster's howled and turned towards the direction the projectile came from.

Lily, who had been crouching over the children to protect them from the sight, looked upward,

A girl?

"Back off monster!" The mysterious girl cried out as she retrieved her whip like weapon. She quickly jotted her head backwards, "Hey! What are you looking at? Move!" The monster shot out a blast of lava that she barely dodged. Rosy, Galexia, Jem and Maria were frozen in shock. The girl sent another projectile whip flying before yelling back at the kids,

"Move idiots!" Finally shaken out of their shock, Maria slowly stood up, a chaos spear already in her hand,

"Let me help, I can-"

"I don't need your help pansy, now mov-" a whip of lava struck out from the monster's hand and scraped the girl's leg, "UGH!" She pushed the hedgehog out of the way, "You can't handle these monsters. Now back OFF," she growled before leaping towards the monster.

Midway through the air, the girl pulled out her whip and lunged out towards the monster. Wrapping her whip around the monster's neck she pulled on it tightly to decapitate it.

As the monster fell to the ground, gurgling and oozing lava, the kids came out of their hiding spots and inched slowly towards their savior. Now that the fight was over, the kids were able to get a closer look at the girl that had saved them.

The girl in question seemed to look like a pink hedgehog. She had a black and teal outfit, a black ribbon on her head and what looked like black ribbons tied around her arms and legs.

"H-Hey! That was amazing!" Sun cheered as she jumped towards the girl,

"Thank you for saving us!"

"You have our eternal gratitude,"

"Hey, thanks for that. You saved my life," the pink hedgehog placed a grateful hand on the girl's shoulders, "Do you happen to know where we are-" Rosy's sentence was cut short as the edge of the whip slapped her in the face,

"AUGH!"

"Rosy!" Two voices cried out as they ran to her sister. Jem grabbed the girl by her chest,

"Hey! What's wrong with you? First you save our skins then you attack us?!" The girl spat in his face before jumping out of his grasp,

"I don't know who you are, or why you," she pointed to Rosy who was now bleeding from the gash, "look like me, but I don't trust you,"

"Nobody trusts each other, not here in Crisis City,"

And with those words, the girl escaped, leaving only the bewildered group of children, lost in the middle of the lava coated city.

Wow! Its been three years since I've uploaded a chapter. Lol my b. (((I wonder if anyone still is following this story))) I'm sorry for leaving the worst cliffhanger in the history of ever!

Dont worry dont worry, this story has an ending planned...its just been so long since I've written for this fandom (or for fun in general T^T) that it takes forever to find the motivation to write...but I will finish this story! Even if it takes 10 years! (plz lets hope it doesnt)

Chao for now!

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