I was taking the night shift. James decided that he was too good for this job and quit not three hours ago. I had gotten a call from my boss that I was going to be doing double duty...Fun.

My job was to patrol two beaches and make sure there was no 'Illegal activity' present. Apparently because my boss owned three major hotel tourist traps, he was partially responsible for any 'problems' that occurred on his property. So he hired teens who quit school early so he can underpay them and protect his beaches. On the downside, the pay is horrible. On the upside, I got a free gun.

Yeah... Nothing really happens. The few kids I find running around on the beach, I just tell them to get lost and they run like their pants are on fire.

Tonight was no different. I just had to walk around the beaches for two hours, then he would let me off tonight. I would get paid double because he woke me up at 11 pm. So of course I accepted to go out tonight.

I checked the time on my disposable flip phone and noted I had twenty minutes left. I glanced up at the sky. It was cloudy tonight, so only a few stars could be seen, as well as the glow of the moon from behind a cloud above me.

That's when I saw something falling through the sky.

I blinked, then rubbed my eyes. The something was falling towards the ocean...

"What th-" I couldn't finish as the blue blur hit the water and sent up a tower of water. I let out a yelp as the splash created a wave that went up to my ankles. I jumped back, the sound of the sound barrier breaking behind me. I felt the ground shake from the intensity and I fell onto the ground, my phone dropping in the water. "Crap!" I yelped as I searched for my phone in the receding water.

"ACK!" I jerked my head around to see someone flailing in the water before the person was pulled under.

"Wh- Erk!" I grabbed onto my head. I looked at receding water, then at the spot where the flailing person was. "God dammit!" I yelped and started wading towards the drowning person. "You kids these days!" I yelled out. I got to my waist before I started doggie paddling towards where I last saw the idiot. I wasn't the strongest swimmer, but two jobs before this I was a lifeguard at a kitty-pool, so I knew the basics.

I couldn't feel the ground under me anymore, but I felt something cold sweeping under me. I glanced around, then felt someone grab onto my ankle, dragging me under the waves.

I covered my mouth, my eyes stinging from the salt water. I grabbed onto the hand on my ankle and tried swimming up.

Keyword is tried.

I felt the water pushing us away from the surface, dragging me and the limp figure away from the beach. I felt my lungs start to sting and I started to panic, I swam towards the surface, but only ended up getting exhausted and being farther at sea. My grip on the gloved hand lessened as my mouth tried to take in the water.

We were stuck in an undercurrent.

My head ached and my lungs burned. I remembered that we were supposed to move opposite to the shore, but I didn't know where the shore was anymore! I picked a random direction and just kept swimming until my energy ran out. I pulled the waterlogged person up to me and started moving up. At least, I thought it was up. I kept going and going until my head burst through the surface. I started heaving and trying to get as much air to my lungs as possible. I pulled up the person I hope I saved, and thankfully he started coughing up water. I felt him start climbing onto my head, trying to escape the water.

It was dark and the only light was from the moonlight bouncing off of the water and the lights of the city seemingly yards away. I tried to catch my breath by relaxing on my back, floating in the sea. The person I saved seemed like a little kid, perhaps no bigger then a six year old. I could only make out a soft outline, so I didn't know what he looked like. I did notice he was shaking and coughing up his lung.

Once he caught his breath he seemed intent on staying on my head, as far away from the water as possible.

"Thanks." His voice was really deep for a kid... was he a midget or something? I started back paddling towards the shore, slightly unnerved by the midget.

"So... What's your name?" I asked, hoping to pass the time. He seemingly tired to stand up on my head, but fell back down

"I'm Sonic! Sonic the Hedgehog." He said proudly, trying to pose on my head. I scrunched up my face.

"What kind of last name is the Hedgehog?" I snorted a laugh.

"W-What? No, That's what I am." Sonic explained, seemingly his ego deflated.

"You're... a Hedgehog?" I wanted to cross my arms in disbelief, but I was swimming.

"That's what it says in my name." He finally decided to sit criss-cross applesauce on my head, seemingly content. Great, he's crazy. "What's your name?" He asked.

"Christina. Chris for short." I let out a small grunt. "You conformable?" I asked sarcastically, the weight a problem on my neck.

"Of course not, I'm surrounded by water and you're moving way too slow for my liking." He huffed as I felt him shuffle around.

"Then what were you doing going in the ocean?" I countered. I felt something brush past my leg. I froze, my pulse starting to race.

"I flew off of a highway that wasn't finished yet." He huffed. I didn't respond.

"Oh... god..." I stopped moving, hoping not to attract attention. Sonic seemed to notice though because he spoke him mind.

"What's up?" He asked, slightly confused.

"There is a shark under us..." I turned around my body and started doggie paddling. "Oh my god... A shark.. And...Oh...it night..." I gulped, my pause racing, all of my years of watching shark week catching up to me.

"A shark?" Sonic seemed confused, but still relaxed on top of my head.

"Yes a shark! Big, mean, rows of teeth, gonna eat you, dun dun dun shark!" I hissed at him. I felt it brush past me again and I yelped, the shore seemed so far away now. I started paddling faster.

"Oh... Alright." He still seemed calm. I felt the ground underneath my feet and started running. But I was slowed by the water. We were up to my waist before I saw a fin heading towards me.

"You know what? I truly hate my life." I grabbed the midget off of my head and threw him to the shore quickly. He let out a yelp as the waves lapped at him and he jumped back. I was up to my knees and I was practically jumping the entire way to the beach.

I didn't stop until I was halfway up the beach, my hand on my heart, and my chest pounding. I promptly turned around and fell onto my back. My heart going a mile a minute.

"You alright there?" I heard the crazy midget ask. I raised my hand and put up a thumbs up.

"Yeah... Just.." I sat up in my soaked clothes. "I usually have a very boring day." I laughed, shaking as I stood back up.

"Oh," He crossed his arms. "This has actually been an OK day for me. Didn't really save the world, so I would say this just has been average really." I snorted and looked him over, but then gave him a confused look.

Sonic was blue. He was about three and a half feet tall and a huge blue head with... Quills? Coming off and drooping down slightly, as if it was some sort of anime like hair. He had two cat like ears and large eyes that seemingly morphed slightly together. His pupils were green, while he had a long black nose on his face. He had on white gloves with sock like cuffs. His legs were long and lanky and he had red sneakers with a white strap, cuffs and a gold buckle.

"You're naked." I blinked.

"What?" He looked down at himself. "No I'm not. I have my gloves and shoes on." He pointed to each on respectively.

"You were on top of my head... and naked." I promptly started trying to rub my head of any naked germs. "EW! That's gross!" I yelled at him. I then blinked. "Wait..." I then promptly freaked out at the fact I had just saved a naked animal who can talk. "OH MY GOD WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING!?" I started running around in circles. I noted that Sonic had just started tapping his foot in irritation.

"Alright, I get it. Hedgehogs aren't that common around here." He interrupted my panicking.

"B-But you don't even look like a hedgehog!" I yelped at him, pointing an accusing finger. He pushed my finger out of his face.

"Look, you saved my life and I'm grateful and stuff, but if you don't quit it I'm gonna go." Sonic promptly turned on his heel, but I stopped him jumping in front of him.

"Alright, Alright! I'll calm down.." I took a deep breath to show I was calming down. "Just..." I paused, "Er... You don't have anywhere to go correct?" I asked, tentatively.

"Well, No. B-" Before he could finish I interrupted.

"Then where are you going to get food? You can't get a job to earn money, and I don't peg you as the 'stealing' type." I grinned as he realized what I was getting at.

"Well.. alright." He shrugged. "You've got me."

"So then, you can come with me!" I grinned even wider. "Come on!" I motioned for him to follow.