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✶ Maxine the Fennec ✶

Maxine stopped on the steps as she heard that hated voice yelling out. Her ears twitched as she listened to what they were saying, it seemed like a lot of bad things had happened while she had slept. One of such problems being someone beating her to punching Shadow in the face.

"You're not going to be able to beat him." Max said calmly, walking out from where she was on the stairs and stopping a few feet away from the group. She wasn't all that sure how they were going to react to her after whatever had happened. She noticed the red male from before, figuring from context that his name was Knuckles. Both him and Shadow were in bad shape, was this her fault? Had she led him to them? But why didn't he attack earlier then? thoughts rushed through Max's head but she shook them off trying to focus on the task in front of her.

Turning her gaze onto Sonic, Max spoke calmly "I'm sorry that this happened. I'm not to sure what he's after, but he's strong enough to get whatever it is." Max stated not bothering to even glance in Shadow's direction. Her and the hedge-bat had had a few encounters together before, but she was never really able to tell what his goal was, he was always acting strange around her.

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Max was a bit surprised as the two laughed, stating that beating him wouldn't be a problem. They took this way to lightly in Max's eyes, but whatever, if they were going to help her handle him that was fine by her. The two ended up coming to an agreement that they would work together and Max couldn't help but to let out a small chuckle.

There was a knock on the door making Max's ears twitch as her gaze moved over to it. Two beings stood there, then there was one as Sonic took off with the other who seemed angry. Hearing Shadow's comment Maxine turned to him "What just happened?" she asked then smirked a bit "Funny, I didn't think you had a comedic side." she teased then walked over to Knuckles and knelt down next to him.

Letting out a small breath to focus, Max held the palm of her hand out towards Knuckles. Slowly the interior of the bracelets and choker started to emit a light glow. Keeping her focus, Max's eyes didn't move from the body of Knuckles. Gradually, the injuries on Knuckles started healing and after a few moments they were gone.

Max let out a small sigh of relief sitting back a bit, she wasn't all that sure how she did things like that, she figured it probably had something to do with the bracelets and choker though. The dim lights from the bracelets left, and Max looked over Knuckles glad that she could at least do something to help out. She wasn't all that sure how long he would still be unconscious, she never really had to use the power on anyone else before.

"You should lighten up more often. Then maybe you'll get a girlfriend." Max said only turning her gaze onto Shadow at the end of her sentence a teasing smirk on her face. She still had no idea about what was going on with the pink girl that Sonic had run off with, but decided not to question it. These people were going to help her after all, she might as well trust them.

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A devilish smirk crossed Maxine's face as Shadow asked why he would ever want a girlfriend. She was about to say something along the lines of 'it's fine if you're gay, but you're still going to have to lighten up. Before she said anything, Knuckles let out a small sound and Max turned her attention onto him her ears twitching a bit. It only took about two seconds for Knuckles and Shadow to be at each others throats. For being a group of friends, or allies, or whatever they were, they obviously had a lot of internal problems. Maybe bringing them into this mess was a bad idea. Maybe she should just leave, save them the trouble.

A blur of blue came in between the red and black, stopping the fight that seemed was going to break out at any moment. The pink one was obviously still having issues for whatever reason and Sonic exclaimed that she was Shadows "I'm not anyone's!! I was just trying to pass through the area! I didn't mean to cause all this!" Maxine stated becoming ticked off at herself for letting this happen.

Slowly the group seemed to calm down and Sonic asked for her to inform them of the situation. Should she really bring such an unstable group into this mission? Was she willing to let them put themselves at risk? At this rate she felt like her presence alone was causing even more conflict between the members. How would they be able to accomplish anything when they couldn't seem to go three minutes without fighting one another?

Max let out a small sigh, thoughts still rushing through her head. Looking over the group, her gaze ended off to the side not looking directly at any of them. "Honestly, I hardly know what's going on. Robotnik has been out for me, Hedge-bat I believe you called him, tends to show up every now and then but he doesn't really attack me. Most of the time he'll just have some strange little conversation before heading off again." Maxine said her tail swaying a bit uncomfortably behind her. "Look, you don't have to get involved any further if you don't want to. I'll just take my leave, there's no reason for you to try and help. Max said with a small shrug.

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As Sonic asked if she was from the labs she unconsciously placed a hand on the bracelet around her right wrist. Giving a small nod, Max spoke quietly "Yeah.". She couldn't bring herself to say anymore than that, and she was relived when none of them pressed on. The pink one asked if they knew what the hedge-bat was capable of and Max couldn't help but to tense a bit. She hadn't fought him, he never seemed interested in fighting her, but that doesn't mean that she hasn't seen what he can do. And now, based on what they had said, he was going to be stronger.

None the less, they didn't even seem to acknowledge the question about not getting involved. Slowly the group dispersed as they went to get some rest for the night. Unsure of what to say, Maxine walked outside and jumped quietly up into a tree, laying down on one of it's thick branches. Looking up at the sky, some thoughts about just leaving still spotted her thoughts. Slowly she started drifting off to sleep.

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Max was surprised to find herself wake up in the guest bed, hadn't she fallen asleep in the trees like she normally did on her travels. Spotting a note to meet in the garage, Max grabbed it before heading out. It didn't take her long to find the place, a few people had already gathered inside, she assumed that the one that had greeted her was tails.

As Tails stated Gethin's name, Max knew that she had heard it before, but where and when eluded her. He only ever told her nicknames to call him, and even then they changed almost every other time he'd find her. As Tails asked for confirmation about her being from the labs, Max gave a small nod. Shaking her head a bit to Tail's next question about life before the lab. At some point shortly after escaping the lab, she had tried to recall memories but hadn't gotten any luck, eventually just accepting the fact that she couldn't remember.

Once Tails had stated that she was confirmed dead, a few images flashed into her head. She was on the ground, Gethin not far off to the side, flames and sounds of fighting roaring in the air. Then... everything went dark. When she woke, Gethin was once again at her side, and the gold bracelets and choker hanging on her wrists and neck. Gethin, the being that seemed capable of destroying just about anything, had saved her. Why? From what? How did he revive her? Thoughts rushed into her head, and she placed a hand against the wall to balance herself out.

Gethin was the one that had given her the bracelets and necklace. Was that what he used to bring her back? And if so what were the weird shards inside of it? What connection did she have with Gethin? Snapping out of her thoughts, Max took a shaky hand off of the wall and walked over to the plane that everyone was getting onto. Should she say something? Maybe they would know about the weird things Gethin had given her.

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Max watched in amazement as the plane took off into the sky, leaving behind everything as it seemed to shrink in the distance. Tails sat in front of her and the others sat on the planes wings. Max couldn't help but to let out a small chuckle as Shadow asked about where they were going then not sounding to pleased with the answer. "Hey, new places, new adventures. It will be wonderful." Max teased Shadow. He was definitely an odd one, but maybe he wasn't as bad as she had initially thought.

Figuring that Tails was the smartest of the little ragtag group, Max decided to try and ask some of her questions. "Hey... Tails... Do you know of any shard like material that could... bring someone back..?" it felt odd stating it like that. She had died there wasn't any denying that, but she wanted answers. If anything, maybe she could get Gethin to answer her questions, after all, he was apparently the one that saved her.

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Maxine let out a small chuckle as Sonic and Shadow were once again arguing though this time it didn't seem to be escalating into a actual fight. Sure, the group seemed kind of dis-functional, but part of Max was really starting to think that maybe they would be able to help her. As Tails responded to her question, Maxine's attention went onto him and she gave a small nod of understanding as he stated that he would need to do more researching.

Moments later, Tails instructed everyone to hang on as the plane reached it's destination. Looking over the rim of the plane, Maxine spotted the Tsutamaki Ruins, a place she hadn't been back to in quite a while. She knew a couple of the traps that were placed around the ruins, but had never really spent much time searching about the place.

Maxine's ears twitched a bit hearing Shadow mumble and turned to him with a playful smirk on her face "Now you're getting the hang of it." she teased. She could tell he didn't seem thrilled about being here, but maybe that would change.