Bits of concrete fell from the sky as the hedgehog and the echidna finished off today's routine fight with the evil robot genius. Station Square was safe for another day. Not that Eggman was much of a threat, but he could still cause some major damage to the city. For some apparent reason he couldn't just barge in and state what he wanted, no, he had to wreck half of the city to show that he was serious this time, just like every time. The hedgehog got a little bit annoyed by this over time, but slowly started to grow slightly fond of it, seeing it as a fun way to pass time – as long as nobody got hurt, that is.
Several police-cars surrounded the building with tons of officers checking if someone was injured, and keeping everyone from panicking as well as keeping the media away.
The two boys casually walked away from the shattered town hall, bringing up the topic 'food', as Dr. Eggman shouted behind them.
"You won this time, you little critters! But I'll get you!"
Sonic and Knuckles casually waved him off, as if saying 'catch you later, Eggman'. They couldn't care less about the panicking Dr. Eggman as he ran around in circles trying to get on to his ship. Even though his body-mass hindered him slightly, he finally made it and flew away while bad-mouthing the two mobians.
"Hey Sonic, what do you think Ella's making for dinner today?" The echidna asked, while ignoring people around them.
"Beats me. Something delicious like always, I guess." Sonics belly growled loudly.
"Guess I'm not the only one with food on his mind." Knuckles said, cracking a small smile and letting out a sound 'heh'.
Suddenly, they heard the crowd of people starting to scream and yell in panic. Sonic and Knuckles turned around only to see the building, that once was Town hall, falling apart completely.
"A boy! A boy is stuck! Help!" a civilian shouted as she pleaded for help.
It turned out a little boy, just about Chris' age, had gotten stuck under a piece of debris and crushed his leg. He was unconscious and the woman tried desperately to pull away the big chunk, hindering her from escaping the rain of debris. The police were too busy to come and help, as they tried to evacuate the place – and it was a fairly big amount of people around the building.
Knuckles and Sonic were just about to run to their rescue, but got cut off by a red and neon purple light. Within seconds the piece of debris was smashed, and the woman – not really knowing what happened, picked up the boy and ran as far as she could before the cops came running towards her. Fortunately they were nice enough to call an ambulance which arrived within a few minutes.
Sonic and Knuckles looked around with their mouths agape, trying to understand what just happened. What was that light? Where had it come from? And most importantly – where did it go?
"Hey Knuckles… I think it's time we head home. I don't want to be around if that light comes by again. Since we don't know what it is, we can't really make a plan to fight it if it would confront us. Our safest bet, and also the most comfortable bet would be to head straight home."
Knuckles agreed with the hedgehog as they turned around again, leaving the remaining disaster to the police.
Within seconds Sonic had raced away home, leaving Knuckles behind. He didn't really mind though, but it's just that he was very curious of what he had seen just a few minutes ago.
The echidna decided to let it go and went to catch up to Sonic.
Back home, dinner was already done and waiting for them – as well as everybody else.
"Finally! What took you guys so long? We followed you on the news but it took way too long for you to get home after Dr. Eggman fled!" Amy was the first one to speak, standing up by the dinner table. She had to jump down, since Mobians are so short.
Sonic sat down by the dinner table without hesitating, starting to gulf down every single piece of food he could find.
"Ish nothing." He said with a mouth full of potatoes. He swallowed and drank some water before turning to Amy. "We ran into something unexpected, but I think I know what it is – or at least I have a clue."
Amy rolled her eyes and sat down again.
Knuckles joined the group by the table and prepared for a good meal as well.
"So what's your clue on that thing, Sonic?" Tails and Knuckles said in unison.
"I think it's a Mobian. Dunno what kind though."
"Do you think it's an enemy?" The twelve year old boy spoke with a vague hint of fear in his voice.
"Nah , he or she – whatever it was, if it even had a gender – saved a little boy that had gotten stuck under some cement blocks. I hardly think it is here to fight any of us. But just as a precaution, I'd suggest we stay away from it for now until we can figure out what to do about it. Don't worry too much about it, Chris." The blue Mobian said.
"We could do that. That or we ignore it." Sonic raised an eyebrow as Knuckles spoke. He didn't really feel calm about ignoring something like this. If it was another Mobian – it could mean trouble.