Chapter Text
It was a lovely day at Restoration HQ, the flickies were singing, the flowers were blooming, the windows were washed, and the team was frantically rushing to get ready for Amy's party.
Lanolin, as usual, was desperately trying to maintain order while also trying to figure out what to do. They were held up by a mission, and now they were going to be late!
"Where did you put the lore cards Amy gave us? What outfits were we supposed to wear again? AND WHERE'S TANGLE?!!" Lanolin was constantly shouting as she was frantically looking through the team's stuff, everything was a mess.
"I think the lore cards got put into the laundry." Silver said.
"What, WHY?!" Lanolin shouted.
"Because Whisper just found some in her dry cleaning!" Silver said with as much annoyance as Lanolin as he handed her the crumpled envelopes. The team had been back together for a while now, how could they be this disorganized?
"How have we been THIS busy? We seriously need to get on top of our organization." Lanolin said as she looked at the cards with a grimace.
Just then, Tangle came bouncing into the room followed by Whisper. "Bad news!" the lemur said, "We can't find the outfits! We've looked everywhere!"
"Argh! Great, just GREAT!" Lanolin scowled. She was trying to hold herself together, trying to not lash out or act... how she used to act, but it was especially hard today. "The party started several minutes ago! We're not going to make it!"
"Hey, optimism." said Silver, "What's this compared to robots and eldritch shapeshifters? We'll figure this out."
Lanolin realized Silver was right and took a moment to breathe. Just then, the landline started ringing and the screen flashed: "EMERGENCY! DISTRESS CALL!"
"Oh no, what is it this time?" Lanolin said, as she picked the landline up. "Hello?"
"Hello?" answered a voice, the line was on speakerphone, "Is anyone there, I need Sonic's help, but I can't reach him!"
"Ms. Vanilla? What's going on?" replied Lanolin, "Sonic and the others went to the party, what do you mean you can't reach them?"
"I don't know!" replied Vanilla, the panic in her voice was very noticeable, "But I need help! Someone broke in, took down Gemerl, and TOOK CREAM!"
The Diamond Cutters all gasped in horror.
Whisper then spoke up first, "Who kidnapped her?"
"I don't know who it was, I was knocked out!" said Vanilla, "When I came to, Gemerl was offline, the house was a wreck, and Cream was gone! My baby!"
"Calm down, Ms. Rabbit," replied Silver, "I'm not sure why you can't reach Sonic, let us try."
Lanolin then tried to page Sonic and the others on her communicator, and got back nothing but static.
"Argh, something must be interfering with their coms," Lanolin said. "They must be in trouble."
"Hold on, let's deal with one problem at a time," Silver said, "Cream is in danger, and she needs help now! I'm sure Sonic and the others can take care of themselves!"
Tangle chimed in "Yeah, I agree, I don't think we have much of a choice." Whisper nodded.
Lanolin then sighed and turned back to the landline, "Don't worry, Ms. Rabbit, we'll be there immediately, and we will find Cream, I promise."
"Thank you," said Vanilla, "And please hurry!"
Lanolin then turned to her teammates, all of them having a look of determination.
"Alright team, move out!"
DUN-DUN-DUUUUUN!!!!
To be continued...