Sonic the Hedgehog XII: Where the Trouble Started Sally sat alone in the dark cabin. "Something has happened," she said. It was nearly a month since Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles had left for the castle. Sally remembered other times that they were gone for a while, sometimes they would camp out in front of the castle and wait until someone walked out. Sonic used to call it a surprise attack. She listened to the walkie talkie. "I gave Sonic one, but he must not have it on." "Sally to Sonic, come in!" Sally said, talking into the walkie talkie. She got nothing bad static. "I can't go to the castle by myself. I can't fight Robotnik, Tails X, and Destiny without their help." She sighed and laid down on the bed. "I need help." She played around with the patterns on her bed, thinking about what to do. A though popped into her head a she let her finger wander. Without hesitation, she ran to the phone book. "Hedge, hedge, hedgehog... here it is! Uncle Chuck's phone number!" She picked up the telephone and quickly dialed the number in Harpsville. No one answered. "What could he be doing?" Then she remembered that Knuckles and the others had found his apartment ransacked. "Uncle Chuck wasn't there. What should I do?" Sally finally decided that she had no other choice than to go the castle herself. "I can't just sit here, I have to go!" She stood up and walked out into the sun. "SALLY SCREAMER*!" Knuckles laughed. "No way Tails X, I have the best butt!" "Oh yeah? Destiny's the one who can tell!" he said, looking at Destiny. "Hunny, could you-HUNNY!" Destiny looked up. "Can't you see I'm doing my nails?" "It's a very important question." "All right, go ahead." "Who has a cuter butt? Me or Knuckles?" Destiny rolled her eyes. "Grow up guys, I don't' care." "I'll ask Sonic!" Tails X said, looking at the wall. Sonic and Tails were chained next to Binx. "Sonic?" Sonic looked up angrily. "Neither." Tails X was going to say something when Robotnik walked into the room. "What's going on in here?" he shouted. "Nothing. We were just talking," Knuckles said quietly. "You were talking to the hedgehog." "Yeah, so?" "Bad guys don't talk to their prisoners." Their conversation went on. Sonic looked over at Tails, who appearing to be sleeping. "Psst, Tails!" Tails looked up. "What? What?" "Over here." "Hey Sonic." "We have to get out of here." "I've been trying to figure that out." "The chains are too strong, Tails." "Yeah, but Binx only has one. Remember you broke one off?" "True. My walkie talkie is in my pocket." "Good luck trying to-" Destiny turned around and looked at Sonic and Tails. "Stop the talking! Do I have to get the whip?" "No no, keep it to yourself. You need that to tame Tails X." "Shut up Tails, keep your stupid little outside comments to yourself!" "Sorry." Sonic was about to close his eyes when he looked at the window. He saw Sally's head peeking up. He motioned for Tails to look, but Sally ducked. `Sally will get us out of here!' Sonic thought. Sally stood on the ledge outside of the window. "How am I going to get them out of the room? she mumbled to herself. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a cherry bomb. She dropped it and it landed outside the front door, and it made a loud bang. She looked in and saw Knuckles jump. "Knuckles it bad? But how?" As she thought about it, Knuckles, Robotnik, Tails X, and Destiny ran downstairs to see what the noise was. Sally climbed into the main room and ran towards Sonic, Tails, and Binx. She only needed them to be gone for a few minutes, just enough to get the guys and get out. Chapter 2 "Sally!" Binx whispered, making sure that the guys were downstairs. Sally ran over and ripped off the other chain on Binx. Binx skipped around the room. "It feels great to be normal again!" "Don't celebrate too soon," Sally warned. "We still have to get Sonic and Tails." Binx ran over to Sonic and started to pull off one of his chains. She stopped when she heard footsteps. "Sally! Somebody's coming!" Binx whispered. Sally hid behind the computer desk while Binx ran over and grabbed the whip on the ground. They waited for someone to enter the room. After a couple of minutes, Knuckles entered the room. "What the-" Binx cracked the whip. "Time for some punishment boy." "What do you think you're doing? How did you get free?" Knuckles asked, surprised. "Nevermind the questions. Come over here." "Why should I?" "Just come here, sweet-ums." Knuckles slowly walked to her. Sally jumped out behind him and knocked him down. "STOP ROBOT-" Sally gagged him with a long piece of cloth she had found. "Trying to call for help, trader? Ha!" Sally picked him up and tied him to a chair using the remainder of the cloth. "Get Sonic and Tails and let's get the heck out of here!" Binx stared down at the whip. "I'm keeping this thing. It makes me look macho!" She preceded to dance around the room, swinging the whip. "@Macho, macho man! I want to be, A MACHO MAN!@" "Come on Binx!" Binx came back to her senses and pulled off one of Sonic's chains. Together, her and Sonic pulled off the other. "Hey, nice meeting ya Binx, no chains can keep us apart." Binx grabbed Sonic's hand. "We need to talk. Not now, later." "Okay." Sally was struggling with Tails. "Um, guys, I'm trying to say this as nicely as I can, SAVE IT!" They ran over and pulled off Tail's chains. "All right!" Tails screamed. He said it a little too loudly. "Tails! Quiet!" Sally snapped. Tails ran over to Knuckles and ripped off the claws. "I believe these are mine, thank you very much." "Shhhh! I hear footsteps!" Sonic whispered. They stood ready by the window. Sonic was in front, with Binx, Tails, and Sally behind him. Binx held her whip, and Tails had his claws. Sonic turned around to Tails. "Now Wolverine, please keep your cool." The door opened, and Destiny walked in. "What happened in here?" Sonic smiled. "Meet the Freedom Fighters from 15 years ago!" Destiny saw Knuckles in the corner. "Oh Knuck! What have they done to you?" Robotnik and Tails X walked into the room. Robotnik stepped back once he saw Sonic. "Whoa!" "Yeah, say what ya want Robotnik! It's hard to believe!" Tails said, laughing. "TAILS X THRASHER*!" They weren't prepared for that. Tails X rolled into a ball and aimed for Sonic. He pushed forward, but Sonic and the others managed to jump to the side. Sonic just happened to jump next to Knuckles. "Don't say a word. Don't even look at me," Sonic said. Knuckles loosened the gag. He smiled. "What do you want me to do? Apologize? Just like Rotor did all those times?" Sonic looked over and noticed Sally was fighting Destiny, Tails was battling Tails X, and Binx was fighting Robotnik. He looked back at Knuckles. "Why must you ask all these hard questions?" "I know, I know, your brain is not up to par." "You better shut up, or I'll get Tails to put his claws up your butt!" "Quit talking and fight, YA LOSER!" Sonic stood up and walked to Robotnik. "Give me Knuckles." "Why would you want him?" "Just give me Knuckles." "OVER MY DEAD BODY HEDGEHOG!" The room became silent. Tails stared at Robotnik. "We must have killed you twenty times!" "Nevermind that junk. Before I show you what I found, I just want to say-" "LOOK!" Tails X said, pointing at the window. Sitting on the window sill, was a black pigeon. The same black pigeon that had Sonic X's mask attached to it. Tails X walked over to it and picked it up. "The mask is gone!" "It can't be! Who would have taken it?" Robotnik cried. Sonic ran over and pushed Tails S. He took the black pigeon and let it fly away. "Some little kid probably find it. No biggie." Tails X grabbed Sonic's neck. He raised him about his head and held him over the window. "Let's see if the hedgehog flies!" "NO!" Binx yelled. Destiny held her back. "Let me go!" Sally ran towards the window. She turned around and saw Robotnik holding Tails back. As she ran, anger filled her. She pushed Tails X. "NO!" Binx cried again. Sally looked at Tails X, as he fell out the window...with Sonic. Chapter 3 "SALLY?! WHY DID YOU DO THAT?" Tails cried, breaking free of Robotnik's hold. He turned her around and grabbed her shoulders. "I, I don't know." Destiny laughed. "The bushes!" Tails looked out the window and saw Sonic and Tails X laying on the bushes.. They were fighting. "SONIC! I'LL BE DOWN!" Tails and Sally ran out of the room, forgetting about Binx. Binx stood up and walked towards the door. "STOP RIGHT THERE!" Robotnik shouted. Binx turned around, clinching the whip. Robotnik, Destiny, and Knuckles walked towards her. She raised the whip and pointed at them. "Don't come near me!" They ignored her. Knuckles smiled, and grabbed the whip. He cracked it loudly, making Binx jumped. "Please Knuckles, please..." Tails and Sally ran out and jumped on the bushes. "Yeah!" Tails said, as he jumped on Tails X. As they fought, the bushes flew everywhere. It looked as if they were digging a hole. Tails X shouted, which caused Sonic, Tails, and Sally to back away." "Oh my God! No No NO!!!" Sonic looked puzzled. "What is it?" Tails X motioned for him to come over. Sonic knelt down on the bushes and looked in the hole. Laying there, was Sonic X. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOO!!!!!! Robotnik laughed as Binx was whipped for the second time. Knuckles just kept on hitting her and hitting her, making no attempt to stop. Destiny ran to the corner and held her ears. She didn't like the sound of the whip, because of what Tails X did to her...whenever he got mad. When Knuckles was finished, he took Binx and tied her to the computer chair. Destiny stood up and looked out the window. `Funny, I though Tails, Tails X, Sally, and Sonic were out there,' she thought. She turned to Knuckles. "Hey Knuckles, have you seen Tails X?" "Nah, not since he fell out the window." They all returned to their usual work, Destiny did her nails, Robotnik thought of an invention, and Knuckles thought about how well the whole thing was going. Binx tried to get free. As she was about to give up, Sonic and the other ran back into the room. "Help...you...come...hide...anything...back..." Sonic said, out of breath. "What is it?" Robotnik asked. "Me." Robotnik looked at the doorway. A large shadow stood there, but no one could tell who it was. Sonic, Tails, and Sally ran to the window and pressed themselves against the wall. Destiny dropped her nail file and stared wide-eyed at the door. Robotnik was the only one who spoke. "Who's there?" "You should know Robotnik. You created me." "I never created anything." "Then Rotor did." "WHO'S THERE?" The shadow came into the room. "SONIC X." Chapter 4 "HOW?" "WELL ROBOTNIK, FUNNY YOU ASKED." Sonic X turned to Binx. "I was the one who pulled you out of the church, my love." "YOU EVIL TWO FACED SLUG!" "Binx, is that anyway to speak to someone like....me?" "I can do whatever I want. And if I was free, I would beat the crap out of you!" "Well Binx, it appears your talking time is up. So stop whining!" he laughed. Sonic X walked over to Sonic. "So, I see Mr.Immortality survived the blast." "I don't believe it's you." "Oh, and why not?" "How could you get your head back on?" "Head?" "Yes. Head. The skull, you know." "No I don't know." "Tails X wore it." Tails X gasped. "I found the mask at the graves." Knuckles gasped. "And I found it in the rubble." "You guys have the wrong hedgehog." "SONETTE!" Tails screamed. "TAILS X WAS WEARING SONETTE'S HEAD! HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Tails X ran out of the room. "Ew ew ew ew! Gotta get the good germs off!" "Well, you think you're gonna have the last laugh this time, Sonic?" "No, Sonic X. I am always going to be a Freedom Fighter, no matter what!" "And nothing is going to stop us!" Tails added. Sonic X looked at Tails. "Well, it appears our little blossom has bloomed!" "Yes, I have. I could beat you anytime, any place." "Now Tails-" Sonic said, putting a hand on Tail's shoulder. "Quiet Sonic! If we really wanted to me could take over Knothole right now!" Sonic X laughed. "Over my dead body!" "Deja vu," Sonic whispered. "I ain't here to chat, I'm only here to get back the emeralds." Robotnik laughed. "The chaos emeralds? There isn't such a thing anymore!" "They were thrown in the fire that Clucky died in," Sally said. "Or so ya'll thought," Sonic X said, making his way to the center of the room. He pulled something shiny out of his pocket. Sally gasped, realizing what it was. "The green chaos emerald!" Sonic X raised it to the sky. "MY green chaos emerald!" "No...IT'S IN THE WRONG HANDS!" Sonic cried. "I need the other 6, just 6 more!" "No!" Tails screamed as he ran towards him. Sonic X grabbed him by the neck as he came near him. "SILLY FOX! YOU ALWAYS WERE THE DUMB ONE!" Sonic X said, looking from Sonic to Tails. Sonic was fed up. "SONIC SPINDASH*!" Sonic X laughed. "SONIC X SPINDASH*!" "TAILS THRASHER*!" "SALLY SCREAMER*!" "KNUCKLES GROUNDER*!" Sonic pushed forward into Sonic X, At the same time, Sonic X pushed into Sonic. The collided, causing the others to stop spinning. The ground shook. The castle was beginning to fall down. It was raining rocks. Sally tried to see through the mess. "Sonic? Tails? Binx?" She managed to find the door and ran down the steps. Everyone was standing in the doorway. "What are we waiting for?" Robotnik searched in his pockets. Sonic X sat on the step. "The door is locked, it must have locked when Sonic X came in." Sonic got an idea. "Hey Tails, Sonic X, and Robotnik! Get over here!" They all met at the large door. "On the count of three, push!" "All right," they agreed. "ONE!" "Hurry!" Sally screamed. The castle steps were starting to break. "TWO!" "THREE!" They pushed against the door as hard as they could. Luckily, it opened. Robotnik ran out into the cold air. Sonic, Tails, Sally, Tails X, Destiny, and Sonic X ran out behind him. "That was weird," Tails said. Sonic looked around. "Binx?! BINX?! NO! BINX IS STILL IN THERE!" Robotnik screamed. "KNUCKLES!" Sonic was about to go in when Sonic X held him back. "I'll go in Sonic, Let me get them." Sonic didn't argue as Sonic X shielded himself as he walked into the castle. Sally sat on a rock and cried, she was worried about Binx. They stared at the castle until the unthinkable happened. The castle burst into flames and exploded, trapping whomever was inside. Chapter 5 "BIIIIIINX!" Tails cried out. "NO NO NO!" Sonic began to shake. He fell to the ground, his legs collapses beneath him. "I can't believe it. I did it. I had TO SPINDASH SONIC X!!!!" He took a glimpse at the castle. "NOOO! I'M SORRY BINX!!!" "At least Sonic X is out of my hair," Robotnik laughed. "How dare you say that!" Sally screamed, holding onto Sonic. "I CAN SAY WHATEVER I WANT, YOU...UGH!" Sally walked over to him and looked him in the face. "Say anything you want Robotnik, you can't hurt me now." Robotnik turned away and walked to Destiny and Tails X, who were sitting on the ground, shaking. "You two all right?" Destiny held Tails X's arm. "I'm fine." "YES! YES! ALL RIGHT!" Tails screamed, causing everyone to look at the castle. Binx was being carried out of the building by two people. No one could tell who they were because they were covered with flames. Sonic ran towards them. He grabbed Binx, who was also covered with flames. He put her on the ground and stomped the flames out. "Binx!" She opened her eyes which were badly burned. "Sonic?" I can't see..." The flames on the figures behind her went out. Robotnik ran over to them. "SONIC X! KNUCKLES! What the heck do you two think you're doing?! We're trying to get rid of Binx, remember?" "I no longer work for you Robotnik," Sonic X said, wiping ash off of his arm. "Who says?" Sonic X walked into the woods. "I do." Tails X turned to Knuckles and grabbed his arm. "What the heck where you thinking?" "I don't know. She was screaming, I had to do something," he said, staring at the ground. Tails X slapped him across the face. "Don't ever try to pull a stunt like that again." Sonic saw what he did and ran over to Tails X, pushing him to the ground. "I am so sick of your orders and your whining. You never did anything, squat...zilch...for Robotnik. You just pretended to be his bodyguard, but when it came time for you to fight, you were defeated every time!" Binx, now standing, began to cry. "Guys, help me!" Sonic ran over and hugged Binx. "What's the matter?" Sally and Tails ran over too and tried to keep Binx from falling. "What is it?" Sonic asked again. "I, I can't see!" she screamed. "SHE'S BLIND! HAHAHAHAHA! YOUR WIFE IS BLIND! DID YOU HEAR THAT DESTINY? YOUR SISTER'S BLIND!" Robotnik cackled. Destiny laughed. "Now every time she looks in the mirror, she won't go ballistic!" Sonic and Tails picked up Binx and turned to Robotnik. "You may have won this time Robotnik, but we'll be back, stronger than ever!" Sonic said. They walked into the woods, Robotnik, Destiny and Tails X waved and said good-bye, smiles on their faces. Knuckles frowned, a tear in his eye. "Binx will see again, and when she does, I'll make sure I'm the first one she sees!!!" Stay tuned Sonic XIII: See No Evil.