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[babylonmuscle]

Wave! WAVE!! Are you here? Jet's gone! I woke up and... and he's just GONE!!

This place looks crummy. Is this your home? Why do you live around piles of rubble?

Oh. Um... hi, people. I'm Storm the Albatross. If this is your home, I'm sorry it's so crummy.

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[babylonmechanic]

...Storm?! What the heck are YOU doing here?! Slow down, what happened to Jet?

Yeah, this place is a real dump, but you caught it on an off-day.

[babylonmuscle]

Wave! Jet's missing! I woke up in my bed and he wasn't around anymore! I don't know where he went, so I came to find you! Do YOU know where he is? I don't know what to do if you or Jet are gone!

[babylonmechanic]

Just take a deep breath and calm down. You know how he is. Did he say anything the night before?

...Wait, how did you get here anyway?

[babylonmuscle]

All he said was something about finally getting his final reward. I don't know what that means or that he'd actually act on it!

Oh. I heard you could go to faraway, distant places if you jumped the track on SEGA Illusion. I fell for a long time and had to travel a long way, but it worked.

[babylonmechanic]

You jumped the track on SEGA Illusion and ended up here.

...Never mind. I have no idea what Jet thinks his final reward would be. The only thing he's that obsessed over is beating Sonic.

[babylonmuscle]

That's what I said!

I don't get it, either. We've been poking around some ruins lately, but I don't know what he's looking for! We didn't find any treasure, so I thought we were done!

Oh.

Oh, maybe that ancient tapestry has something to do with it.

[babylonmechanic]

Tapestry, huh? What's on it?

[babylonmuscle]

I don't remember, but Jet seemed to think it meant there was a great hidden treasure in the temple we were at. Gee, it makes me wish I paid more attention to what Jet keeps rambling about...

[babylonmechanic]

We can worry about your shortcomings later. First things first, I guess now we've gotta track down Jet.

[mach_n_roll]

SCREECH.

That's the noise Sonic's sneakers make when he slides to a halt. That voice was calling for Wave? It DID sound familiar...

"Oh hey! Storm!" Sonic zips over once he places the right name to the voice and the right voice to its large owner. "What up, big guy?"

[babylonmuscle]

Storm remembered this guy. He was that blue hedgehog Jet was always ranting about. He thought the little guy harmless, but Jet was convinced he was a menace to society, so far be it for him to argue with the leader of the Babylon Rogues.

"Sonic! Sonic, have you seen Wave? Or Jet? I can't find either of them anywhere, and it's an emergency!"

[punchtheflute]

[Hey, look at that big bird guy!]

Hi! Welcome to the school! My name is Sonny Moe - yeah, everything is kind of broken right now. But the student kitchens survived! I don't know where your friends are, but I can make you something to eat if you need it!

[babylonmuscle]

[Hey, this guy has cool hair!]

Hi, Sonny Moe. What happened to your broken school? I mean, why is it broken? If I had a broken school, I would leave it!

Oh, food sounds good. I haven't eaten since Splash Canyon. I could eat a hippo!

[punchtheflute]

This school is lik a home to a lot of us! So, we're staying here and trying to fix it up a bit! Plus, we can't go to our own original homes any more. That's all!

I don't have any hippo - but I DO have some regular old cow steak if you want some! I can cook it for you?

[babylonmuscle]

[Cuh-COW?? Barbaric!! ...Oh, wait. They didn't have little tiny cows that pop out of robots. Still...]

Cow is red meat, right? Red meat makes my stomach hurt. Do you have anything lighter? Bread would be nice!

[punchtheflute]

Oh! OK! Yes, I do have bread! What about if I make you a sandwich? I have lots of things I could put on it - do you like vegetables like lettuce or spinach? Oh! And maybe some cheese?

[babylonmuscle]

DAH! Veggie sandwich would be great! I like you already, Sonny Moe. Haha. Do you always have good food on you?

[punchtheflute]

I try to! Eating is my first favorite thing to do!

[monotreme_101]

Heh. Welcome to Smash Academy.

So. The school's already kinda ruined, which means we can fight all-out pretty much anywhere we want! I got no clue where Jet is, but he'll probably come find you if he can hear you yelling. Sound like a plan?

[babylonmuscle]

Red Guy...!! Er, Knuckles! What are you doing here?

Wait, you think Jet would have come back to the ship? Or that he could find me here? Because he doesn't know I'm here at all! How would he find me?

[monotreme_101]

I live here, now! This is a fighting school - I've been learning techniques here like you wouldn't believe. It will be way different than the last time we met!

If he's around, he'd hear you. If he isn't around, then there's no point lookin' for him here, right? It's just logic.

[babylonmuscle]

Hmm. I think he's around, but I don't know where around the school exactly, or even if he's still here. Maybe I beat him here! Remember that flashy track we raced on? It turns out that if you jump off of it, you land a few kilometers from here. Weird, isn't it?

[monotreme_101]

I was zapped here by the Master Emerald... You fell here from a track? That IS kinda weird.