Disclaimer: I don't own anything except the plot and other characters.
Author's note: I meant to post this last year before 'Legendary Werewolf', but my USB caught a virus and all the files were deleted, this 8th story included. Anyway, here it is ^_^
The Wolf and the Hedgebat
Chapter 1: Escape to another Dimension
CRASH! KABOOM! Westopolis is under attack – a whole army of Shadow Androids had gone on a rampage through the city, searching for one thing and one thing only. "Search everywhere!" commanded their android leader, "Destroy anything that stands in your way, but bring the specimen alive!" Hidden in an alley, Isis held her breath as a small group of Shadow Androids stormed past her. "Phew…" she breathed out, "That was close." She then felt some movement in the baby sling against her chest. Smiling, she tickled her baby brother's soft, white ears. "Don't worry, Terios," she whispered, "Those androids are not gonna get either of us."
"Isis, where are you?" shouted Shadow in the distance. His daughter flew to him; he hugged her close, relieved she's still in one piece. "What's with those androids?" asked Isis as he released her, "Have they gone (beep!) haywire or something?" Terios began to cry; Isis comforted him until he stopped. "I dunno what's going on, actually…" replied Shadow, "But I did hear that some computer virus got into them." Isis hoped her mother – Rouge – would hurry up if that's the case. Terios squeals as he tugs at his sister's red shirt. "With the whole city crawling with those things, how am I supposed to hide?" she asked. Shadow replied, "I know…but the best thing you could do is –" but stopped in mid-sentence as he suddenly sees a missile heading straight towards them. Grabbing his daughter by the shoulders, he yelled, "Get down!" She shrieked as the missile zoomed over them.
KABOOM! Debris flies everywhere as one part of a building gets blown to bits, forcing the entire structure to collapse. Fortunately, Isis used Chaos Shield to prevent them from being crushed…but her energy is slowly fading away as its weight was too much for her to hold back. Shadow managed to crawl out and noticed that his two kids are still trapped in the rubble; his daughter's Chaos Shield is fading and his son was crying from being accidentally dropped n the ground – luckily, he's got some protective padding to cushion the fall. Left with no other choice, Shadow Chaos Controlled them to a safer dimension just as Isis fainted and the building fell in their place. Don't worry, kids, he thought, I'll bring you home once this whole thing is over. He then looked at the city's condition, wondering if it'll ever end soon.