by Kipekee » April 13th, 2014, 3:36 am
Sonic laughed. "Ya THINK." He said. "They're much more social though. I guess it's their father."
"Oh, geez, don't talk about their father in front of them." Tails added.
"Why not?" Adofo asked.
"He abused them. They hate him even long after he died. And their mother, the poor thing had no idea." Tails answered.
He looked back at the three, and they were still staring.
"What's with them and manners? I thought they were royalty?"
"Being echidnas kind of cancelled that out."
After whatever was going on, Knuckles came down the steps and started chatting with his brothers. Two female echidnas came forward, one beige and one pinkish, and Sonic explained that those were Shilah and Tourna. Shilah, Tourna, and Onyx had a different father than Skipper, Leonidas and Knuckles. Either way, they seemed tightly bonded.
"So where's Kelsey again?" Tails asked, worried about his adopted sister being gone for so long.
"Probably with Shade in their hideout," Said a masculine voice, this time unfamiliar. Adofo turned around to see Skipper, his pinkish eyes seeming to pierce the foliage- and Adofo himself.
"How do YOU know?!" Simba challenged. "And where's Nala?"
"Nala is dead," Said Leonidas, coming up behind his brothers. "She had pneumonia, and she bled to death during the lung transplant. Alas, death is pretty much part of Kelsey's life, the animals dying at her hands when she's either too late to save them or she has to put them down."
"It must be hard." Skipper commented.
Simba and Kiara just stared.
The beige echidna, which Adofo guessed was Shilah (he was right), lead her brothers away at Knuckles' command. After all he was pretty much their boss. Then he came towards his teammates.
"So where to?" Vitani asked.
"Shade and Kelsey's hideout. It's a cave, and it's reaaaaally dark so I need to lead the way because I have the best night vision in the dark, all echidnas do. I left Skipper in charge, I trust him being the second oldest of my mother's sons. First oldest being me but you probably already knew that." Knuckles said. "Come this way, and Tails you may have to make a few trips, we're going flying."
Tails nodded. "Ay ay, captain!"
"You're so cheerful." Knuckles grumbled.
"Well, I sure hope so." Tails said, laughing.