*Cue title sequence*

Episode 7: A forest of troubles, superstar and mercenary work together.

*Jade and Veggicana stare each other down. Zoom out to reveal that it’s on a screen back in Amethyst’s castle*

Amethyst: This should be quite a spectacle.

Augman: Veggicana is one of the strongest in our army, is she not?

Amethyst: Quite so…*Changes the image to A giant golem-like monster (The fully-mutated Bubs)* Gonzola…

Gonzola (Not sounding at ALL like Bubs): DAAAR, hiya, master! Gonzola find GOOD vessel!

Amethyst: Right…Have you found the Ancient of Water yet?

Gonzola: DAAAR…No…Gonzola no find pretty lady master wants…But DID find other pretty lady and funny man!

*Pearl flies up in front of Gonzola*

Pearl: UNCLE AMETHYST, TELL THIS BIG LUMIX TO LISTEN TO ME!

Diamond: *Pops his head out from behind Gonzola’s head* She took her meds; this is just how she acts!

Amethyst: Find that Ancient and be prepared for that fool of a cousin of your’s incase he beats Veggicana!

Pearl: It’s most likely that he will beat her…But don’t worry!

*Cut to the other side of the screen which disappears*

Gonzola: PRETTY LAAADY! WHERE ARE YOU!? *Walks off*

Pearl (Thinking): Be careful, Jade, you better pull through*…

*PA-PA-PA-PLOT TWIST!

*Anyway, let’s get back to the fight at hand, shall we? Jade is still standing in front of Veggicana*

Jade: …Before we begin, I must ask you a question.

Veggicana: Go ahead.

Jade: Do you feel a sensation making you feel like you lost all your fur and hair particles?

Veggicana: A little, why?

Jade: That means you are afraid. Now, let me guess what’s going through your mind right now.

Veggicana: Is this necessary?

Vector: Let him, he’s just gonna tell you anyway.

Veggicana: Very well.

Jade: Thank you…Looking at me and feeling that sensation; you’re probably thinking…Who is this man…? How can he make me feel this way…? Will this be my last fight…? Shall I turn away and hang on to my life a little longer…? If I did that, I would fail my master…I have no choice, I must stay and fight…! Am I close?

Veggicana: …How did you know that?

Vector: Those things always go through somebody’s mind when their about to face-off with him.

Jade: So, what’s your decision?

*Veggicana thinks about this for a second and fires seeds from her fingertips at Jade. The two begin fighting to the Biolizard theme music. Veggicana makes a series of vines rise up from the ground which Jade slices with his sword. The fight continues until they temporarily stop at the instrumental break*

Viggicana: Had enough?

Jade: You kiddin’ me? That last attack barley even FAZED me! Play time’s over, time to get down to BUSINESS! *Holds out his hands like Veggicana did when firing her seeds*

*The music stops*

Veggicana: What are you doing?

Vector: Uh-oh…

Big: Is he about to do what I THINK he is?

Cream: I think so.

Cheese: Chao…

Omega: If you are wise, you will surrender now!

Rusty and Veggicana: Why?

Vector: You see…Jade here has a special and quite unique ability in his arsenal of powers.

Cream: He can read his ally’s as well as his opponent’s mind and use powers and abilities and use them against him, her or somewhere within.

Rusty: Within what?

Cream: The additional three genders.

Big: He can use anyone’s powers!

Omega: Gargantuan house pet has recapped the small woodland creature!

Big: What?

Cream: You repeated me on Jade’s ability.

Cheese: Chao…

Jade: The ability in question is a little trick I like to call… *The music starts up again* “MENTAL MIMIC!” *Fires seeds from his finger tips and continues with using all the abilities she used on him. He comes out victorious as the song ends* Give up?

Veggicana: Don’t be so cocky, I still have one more trick up my sleeve...*Lifts her hands in the air*

*The earth shakes as a giant purple crystal emerges from the ground*

Vector: HOLY CRAP!

Jade (Minimally-Phased): That’s gotta be one big-assed Crystal Monger…

Cream (Thinking): That’s the same size of crystal I saw in my dream!

Veggicana: *Pulls out a sky-blue crystal* You have a 30-second head-start before the Crystal Master awakens…use it wisely! *Tosses the crystal down and disappears in a wisp of blue smoke*

Rusty: *Looks and points at Axl waking up* LOOK!

*Cut to Axl’s location*

Axl: Ungh…*Sits up* What happened?

Jade: You got possessed by a crystal with evil magic and I snapped you out of it.

Axl: Mm…*Starts looking around* Kat…? KAT…!? WHERE ARE YOU!?

Jade: Who?

Axl: MY…Girlfriend! She got mutated with a mixture of the ground and a green space rock!

*Jade slaps his eyelids and shouts the following along with Cream and Vector*

Jade, Cream and Vector: A SHARD OF THE MASTER EMERALD!

Axl: WHAT!? Did that thing get broken AGAIN!?

Jade: Is EVERYONE aware as to how often that happens? Anyway, we’ll fill you in as soon as we get out of here.

Axl: Why?

Jade: Well, in a few minutes, that giant crystal over there’s gonna transform into a giant Crystal Monger.

Axl: A WHAT!?

Omega: Analysis of new hedgehog does not compute!

Cream: What is it, Omega?

Omega: *Looks away* Reframe from asking. It strikes me as illogical.

Vector: Go on, SPILL IT!

Omega: *Points to Axl* No life force is detected within this organism!

Big: You mean he’s a ZOMBIE!?

Omega: …My conversations shall be directed to more inelegant life forms at this time.

Big (Sounding a little offended and hurt at the same time): Okay…

Cream:  Just like my dream from last night!

Rusty: What?

*The earth starts to shake. The crystal grows arms*

Jade: We’re gonna have to hold our questions until we’re in a safe place. Until then, we’re gonna need to get outta here!

Axl: Not a problem! *Pulls out a remote and presses a button*

*A black, modified Jeep with flames painted on it and a big metal tube in the back drives over to our heroes*

Rusty: Whoa!

Axl: HOP IN! *Gets into the driver’s seat. The others get into the other seats with Jade in the passenger’s seat. He drives away from the fully-transformed giant Crystal Monger* WHAT THE HELL’S GOING ON HERE!?

Jade: I’ll explain during the cutaway.

Axl: …WHAT!?

Jade and Vector: Never you mind!

*Cut to Rouge (Wearing a communication device) in one of Eggman’s bases. She walks up to one of the computers. She types in “Jivala”*

A.I: Password accepted. Begin commands.

Rouge: Bring up every file you have on “The Day”…Hmm…*Pulls out something that looks like a USB stick* Ok, I’m in. You ready?

*Cut to Tails at his house at his computer. Shadow is present behind him*

Tails: Ready!

Rouge (On the other line): Alright, here goes!

*Several files show up on the computer*

Shadow: This could take a while…

*Cut back to our heroes in Alaska…Still riding in that Jeep*

Jade: …And that’s our situation in a nutshell.

Axl: That’s quite a tale.

Jade: If you want your *Ahem-ahem* girlfriend back, you’ll have to join us in our quest.

Axl (Thinking): Bugger, does he know?

Vector: He’s gaining!

Axl: Not a problem! *Presses a button on the dashboard. The cannon makes a weird noise* SON OF A-! Problem!

Jade: What, your cannon jammed?

Axl: Yes, I forgot to fix that…*A thump from the back is heard* WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!?

*Everyone looks back at the source which happens to be Shade wearing her helmet*

Big and Cream: IT’S SHADE!

Cheese: CHAO!

Omega: Familiar presence detected!

Shade: *Waves to the four* Hey, how’ve you been?

Cream: We have a bit of a situation.

Shade: *Looks at the Crystal Master* I can see that.

Axl: I hate to break this little reunion, but WE GOT A GIANT PURPLE GOLEM THING CHASING US!

Shade: Again, I can see that…*Looks and points at Jade* You, you look capable of assisting in this!

Jade: Of course…*Flies over to the cannon and removes a bullet-shaped explosive the size of a water bottle and flies to the Crystal Master. Shade soon follows* Alright, what’s the plan?

Shade: I haven’t gotten that far.

Jade: Good, ‘cause I already came up with one. You distract that thing while I shove this down its throat!

Shade: Understood-

Jade: Unless you want to do it the other way around.

Shade: You’re the main character, are you not? *Realizes what she just said*

Jade: You’re right! Let’s do this!

*The Crystal Master roars as he’s trying to smash Shade who runs around it*

Shade: NOW!

Jade: *Flies over the monster’s mouth* Hey Crystal Moron, guess what you’re gonna get…*Tosses the explosive into the mouth which causes the Crystal Master to nervously swallow it* A BANG OUTTA THIS! *Flies Shade away from the occurring explosion*

Crystal Master (Sounding like the following but still has its mouth closed): Uh-oh…*Explodes into a million clear Crystals*

*Moments later after making it to an open field*

Jade: So tell me, what do you look like under there?

Shade: *Removes her helmet revealing her face* Does this answer your question?

Jade: …Another Echidna…Yawn…

Shade: So you have met the other one?

Jade: Babe, I’ve seen THOUSANDS!

Shade: I don’t believe I understand…Are you saying there are more?

Jade: Hmm. The “Other” in question was skeptic as well. A member of a team I lead as a lieutenant of G.U.N is an echidna.

Shade: You don’t say…

Jade: Possibly related to the guy you’re referring to since we started this conversation. Now tell me, have you ever heard of the Four Clans?

Shade: I have. A society made up of four allied clans made up of a different species for each who are above the law if I recall correctly.

Jade: Right…Now, have you heard of the Opaduka Clan?

Shade: Of course, before we were banished to the Twilight Cage, there was a third echidna clan. They were neutrals, wild cards if you will, between the Nocturne and Knuckles Clans. How do you know of this clan?

Jade: Their one of the Four.

Shade: How can you be certain?

Jade: Hello, I’m a member of one of those clans!

Shade: Ah, I see…So you are the famous Jaden Von Bat, correct?

Jade: The one and only of this generation…But call me Jade.

Shade: Well, you must know MY name by now since the others on that car recognized me.

Jade: Yeah…Hey, you wanna know what’s weird? Our names (Once mine is shortened) sound alike! Isn’t that a-?

Shade: If you’re trying to say that it’s fate, I’m 4000 years old.

Jade: I wasn’t trying to get with you, woman, I’m just saying!

*Axl drives back to Jade in his Jeep. The others are not present*

Axl: There you are! Get in!

*Jade and Shade hop into the Jeep*

Jade: Where’re the others?

Axl: They’re waiting at my cabin.

Jade: Alright, let’s go.

Shade: I’ll be sure to explain myself once we get there.

*Moments after making it to a log cabin, Jade’s goes into an unexpected Vision-Fit in involving him jumping up and hitting his head on the ceiling and back onto the floor and standing up looking to his right*

Jade: JEEZ LADY, WARN A GUY! *His eyes return to normal* Hmm?

Axl: What the bloody-

*During the following dialogue, an orange, female hedgehog wearing a pair of golden brown sandals, army pants, a grey belt, brown, fingerless gloves, a golden heart-shaped locket, a pair of sunglasses, some goggles with orange lenses on her head and a blue shirt which looks like a cloth tied together to cover her breast walks up behind Jade. She looks really eager to say something*

Jade: Sorry, I had a vision someone would make me react that way.

??? (Causing Jade to repeat his actions except he doesn’t get back up until the next two people not counting this one are done talking): EEEEEEEE! YOU ARE TRAVALING WITH HIM!

Vector (Off-Screen): Told ya that would happen.

Rusty (Also Off-Screen): Damn, I owe you 2000 Rings now, don’t I?

*The two continue their conversation unintelligibly through the following*

Jade: *Stands back up* JEEZ LADY, WARN A GUY…! *Turns his attention back to Shade and Axl* And THAT’S how it connects.

Axl: Uh-huh, yeah, Jade, this is my twin sister, Chole and uh…*Looks around* Hey, where’s Serena?

Chole: She’s out by the lake with that rabbit girl you brought back.

Axl: You let those two leave unattended!? Serena’s only TEN!

Chole: That big cat guy went with them.

Axl: Right…Ah-…*Realizes Jade left with out a trace* Where’d he go?

Shade: He said something about finding that lake.

*Cut to the lake in question. Cream is sitting in a flower field with A young, light purple, female hedgehog wearing a blue cap, a similar-looking locket to Chole’s, long, pink, arm-covering, fingertipless gloves, a blue t-shirt and skirt, thigh-high, light-pink socks and hot pink sneakers (Obviously Serena). Big is unsurprisingly fishing in the lake*

Serena: So what’s it like traveling with International Superstar, Jaden Von Bat?

Cream: Well…While it’s a constant honor, some parts of it are a little predictable…

*A terrified Jade jumps into the water. Chole looks around to see where he is and runs the opposite direction*

Chole: You can’t get away from me!

*Jade pokes his head out and spits out some water Vector runs in*

Cream: This being one of them.

Serena: I actually expected that to happen, my big sister always wanted to see him in person.

Jade: Heh, who DOESN’T!?

Vector: You know, you think you would learn to change your form to avoid this from happening.

Jade: This is coming from a guy desprit for attention outside of our usual locations together.

Vector: That only happened ONCE!

*Later that night back at the cabin Jade and company are sitting around a campfire in the front yard. Serena is nowhere to be found*

Jade: So, what’s the deal with that no life force thing?

Omega: Perhaps it will make my reading more logical.

Axl: …I don’t want to talk about it…

Jade: Come on, man.

Axl: Ok fine…I warn you, what I’m about to tell you is not for the faint of heart…

*See the link in the Artist’s Comment. It’ll tell you about the OC of the guy who made the story*

Jade: …Dude…

Vector: Ugh, my stomach’s TURNING from that!

Omega: One segment does not compute, if your significant other is aware you have no life force, how is it that she remains with you?

Axl: I SAID it was a challenge…We have a long day ahead of us so you all better get some rest.

Jade: Good call…*YAAAAWN!*

*Our heroes fall asleep in their respective areas they set up. Axl stays in watch. Fade out. After the credit sequence, scenes from the next episode begin to play with the same music as before*

Axl: YOU BEAT UP MY WIFE!?

Jade: She was possessed and mutated!

Axl: it doesn’t matter, that was not right!

Vector: Uh, GUYS!?

Rusty: This had better clear up before the season finale!

Jade: NEXT TIME: A BROKEN TRUST, JADEN VON BAT VS SUMMER THE UNIGON!