Chapter 10- Hunted

Shadow

Things had been going pretty well for the gang. But not for long. Little did they know, things were about to be FAR from alright. It started like any other of their days, with them being relatively bored. Well, except for Sonic. He was having the time of his life annoying Shadow, much to the Ultimate Lifeform’s ire. ‘Hey Shadow!’ What do you want?! You’ve been saying that for the past twenty minutes! ‘I’m bored.’ Then go annoy someone else! Shadow was sick of his counterpart’s behavior. “I’m going for a walk.” he said moodily. Walking into the forest, Shadow leaned against a tree and sighed. He hadn’t got a break since they developed their telepathy. For some reason, Sonic decided that Shadow was the perfect person to take out his boredom on. He walked some more and eventually returned to the camp, feeling a little better. Everyone was sitting down and listening to a probably exaggerated story by Sonic. Instead, upon listening, it was the story of how he became a werehog.

Sonic

Sonic was much relieved of the chance to be free of boredom and to tell a story at the same time. “It all started before the Curse. I was running around at nighttime when I came upon this hole in the side of a mountain. Being as young as I was, I didn’t think twice about going in. As I went further in, I could tell I was going deeper into the ground. At last, I came upon a chamber. There were many drawings on the wall, telling of some ancient deity called Dark Gaia who was sealed in the center of the planet. While I wasn’t paying attention, a creature had sneaked up behind me and attacked. Now, this creature was unlike anything I had ever seen before. It was an aqua creature with red eyes and a few red markings. It resembled one of the markings on the wall labeled Nightmare but before I could react, it jumped INSIDE of me. I felt this strange feeling and fell to the floor. I don’t remember much more from that night besides getting out of that cave and howling to the moon.” Sonic finished his long, lengthy story. Before anyone could respond, Omega blared out, “Hostile robot in range. Prepare for attack.

Tails

Everyone heeded Omega’s warning. Cream hid for safety as the rest prepared to fight. Soon enough, the robot showed up clearly expecting the fight ahead. Everyone surged forward in attack. Shadow with a bolt of energy in hand, Knuckles with fists flying, Omega pelting bullets like there’s no tomorrow, Blaze using her namesake, and Silver holding the mechanical being still while lifting rocks for catapulting. Tails lifted Sonic and dropped him at the perfect angle for an attack. As the fox approached the ground, he could only watch as steel bars followed. When he collided with the ground, he turned in his new prison to see another robot start to lug him away. The poor fox knew even if he tried to call out that his friends were too busy with the original to hear him. Oh no…

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“CAPTURE SUCESSFUL.” the robot said as it entered the room. “Good, now drop him here and leave. Call back M-346 as well.” a deep voice said from in the room. The robot obeyed and left the room. The man got up and approached the now shaking fox. “Wh- Who are you?” he asked fearfully. The man ignored the question and walked back to his desk, chuckling menacingly to himself. One down, six to go. Who’s next?