All characters are (c) Sega or Archie Comics! I own MARK!! He's MINE, MINE, ALL MINE! Anyone using him without permission will be fried and put on a sandwich.

These * * indicate thought and these indicate telepathic speaking.

I got the idea for this story whilst reading another fic. The ending was a bit crap so I decided to do a similar story and hope that it turned out better. Oh yeah, and this is a SU/SatAM story, so if you don't like it, don't bother reading it and flaming me, cause there ent no point. There is a Sonic/Sally relationship in here as well, so once again, if it ent your cup of tea, then don't bother reading it.

The Band Break-Up
By Robyn Echidna


Chapter 1- Arguments.

It was a warm day in the Great Desert. The native birds, the kukolabra, were peacefully resting underneath the shade of a nearby tree out of harm's way. Only a few kilometers away, a large cloud of dust was rising from the sleepy desert floor. Three hedgehogs were being chased by a large patrol of SWATbots and ULTRAbots. A cobalt blue male was driving the van at incredibly high speeds, not surprising considering who he was. Next to him, a fuchsia hedgehog with an outrageous hair-do was holding her gloved paws over her make-upped face and screaming at the top of her voice for her blue brother to slow down. On the other side of the van, a green hedgehog was holding onto the sides of his chair with his eyes tightly shut and his teeth firmly clenched together. His untidy quills were flying back behind him, and the rest of him would have followed if he had not had his seatbelt on. They had been like that for miles, hardly being able to catch their breath, for they were not adapted to high speeds like Sonic was.
"Would you slow down??" Manic yelled. His brother either ignored him or couldn't hear him, for he didn't even attempt to but the brakes on. The laser shots suddenly stopped raining on them and gradually grew fainter. The bots had given up the chase, and had gone back to terrorizing their city. Sonic suddenly crashed the brakes on, nearly sending both of his siblings through the windshield.
"There," he exclaimed proudly. "I lost 'em!" he laughed and threw his paws behind his head. "Piece o'cake, right guys?" he asked, still grinning. Manic and Sonia both glared at him.
"We wouldn't have had to 'lose em' if you'd have stuck to the plan I gave you." His sister snapped.
"Yeah" Manic agreed. "You keep messing things up bro, and the danger you put us in is getting bigger each time." He looked as angry as his sister did, and Sonic was getting nervous.
"All you had to do was distract the guards. But no, you had to go and entertain yourself at the same time, and got all of the SWATbots in the area to chase after us!" Sonia yelled. For once in his life, Sonic was speechless.
"I...I just thought that...that I could take out another factory...as well as the one we were aiming for." He muttered. "Give us a break would ya."
"Give you a break? I'll give you a break you ungrateful little..." Sonia screamed. She carried on screaming, but after a few minutes her brother just tuned out.
*Ungrateful? Who does she think she's talking to? I was just having some fun thats all. If this is what being a FF is all about, then I might as well just quit now, cause with you babbling on about how good you are and how 'ungrateful' I am, then we could be here forever.*
"Is that clear?" Sonia finished, eyeing her brother, making sure that he had been listening.
"Yes, mom." Sonic snapped sarcastically. Manic gave his a glaring look, but his brother just ignored him and stormed off. He walked outside of the van and after the door had shut on him, he yanked the silver medallion off his neck and threw it into the sand.
"The Sonic Underground is over. Catch you guys later." He growled to himself. He ran off with a large burst of speed, towards the city of Robotroplis. Behind him, the gust he had made shifted the sand over the metal necklace he had discarded.