Silver groaned, his ears taking in the pulsating noise of his blood pounding through his veins. He lifted the large chunk of concrete off of his silvery fur and looked around the abandoned parking lot. He could still hear screams of pain echo through his ears, threatening to override his knowledge of the present. Across the dark cement, another chunk of rock trembled, and Silver knew he had found her.
"Blaze?" His voice echoed in the dark 4 story lot. "Can you hear me?" Her response was a muffled groan emitted by the lavender cat, who moved the rock slowly off of her skinny body. Amber eyes met amber eyes as she pushed her head through the crack.
"Silver!" She shouted in joy, for he was alive, and the zombies had not eaten him. She felt some nagging at the back of her mind, a feeling that something, rather someone was watching them. She looked around themselves cautiously, and then felt the apprehension fade away. "You're alive!"
"Yeah... but Sonic' s gone, and we might have some difficulties with infections, and food, and-" Silver was cut off by Blaze' s pointer finger on his lips.
"Let's not worry about the future, only the present. Where are the others?" She asked him seriously, ready to leap into action if needed.
"The thing is, I don't know. Sonic and Amy left together for higher ground, and Tails was trying to find Cream, who had gone to help the soldiers with injuries. Shadow and Espio went to fight and defend the injured, and Jet and Wave were busy helping deliver messages between war towers. Tikal and Maria were helping Cream, and Big and Charmy were helping gather and bury the deceased. Marine and Sticks were also fighting." Silver told the princess in a depressed manner. Blaze shook her head disbelievingly.
"They can't all be dead..." Blaze stated hopefully. "At least some of them must've survived..."
"Well then we'd better get searching." Silver told her while pulling a pistol out of a nearby dead soldier's hand. "We'd better stick together; it'll decrease the odds of one of us dying." He handed her another gun as he trudged around the room, collecting guns, ammo, and melee weapons. Blaze turned the gun around in her hands, a AK 47. She opened the ammo box and loaded the gun with sharp, silver bullets.
"Our first priority is to find survivors. The most useful at this point would be Tails, Cream, Shadow, or Espio. The first two would be able to heal the wounded, and the second two are master fighters. Our second priority is shelter. Third is medicine and fourth is provisions. We need a place to sleep before anyone can be healed, and everyone needs to be healed before being able to eat or drink." Silver explained while helping Blaze through the broken side of the parking lot. Blaze smiled at how serious Silver was being; he was usually a bit goofy, and 'happy-go-lucky'.
Blaze watched as Silver picked up a grappling hook, and proceeded to wrap his arm around her waist. She felt herself being lifted off the ground, and almost felt herself get nauseous. She saw buildings fly past her view, and almost didn't notice a strange moving rock.
"Silver! Stop here!" Blaze commanded him. He, after hearing her order, let go of the trigger that was keeping the grappling hook tight on the building's edge, and they fell a few meters away from the concrete slab. Blaze landed on top of Silver, who let out an "Oof," and he released her waist, allowing her to move freely again. She stood up, glancing down at the poor grey hedgehog who was struggling to regain his breath, and then directed her vision back to the huge moving rock.
Blaze watched as a pink arm protruded from the rock and proceeded to pull a red and gold hammer out of thin air; Amy. Amy smashed her hammer awkwardly into the cement, and it broke into several large pieces, revealing Sonic and Amy. Sonic appeared to be unconscious, and Amy had a broken leg.
"Amy?" Blaze asked, shocked. Her friend was so strong for one who had suffered so much pain, emotionally and mentally.
"Blaze..." Amy sighed contentedly. "We're finally free Sonniku!" She told the ocean blue hedgehog, who replied with a strangled grunt. "The cement hit his head, so he is sorta delirious..."
A/N - Annnddd... I'll leave it at that. It's late as it is, and I've got to sleep. So everyone knows, I only say the disclaimer in the first chapter, because I assume that everyone has read it. So, here it is - I do not, and probably never will, oown Sonic the Hedgehog. Those rights belong to SEGA alone.