Disclaimer: Sonic & Co. are property of Sega/Sonic Team. Concepts of any video game/shows/comics rightfully belong to its original creators. Any other characters presented in any format rightfully belongs to Double Dee Dee.


EDIT (10-15-10): Fixed a few grammar mistakes, here and there. A big thanks goes to the wonderful Ladyamalphia for the helpful criticism. I know that I am bound to miss some tenses and awkward sentences. So, if anything, please point them out when you have the chance. ~ Double D.


City Escape!

Attention all units. Suspect seen heading south. Grab all major roads and capture the suspect.

"Oy! Mind calling this whole thing off? This must be a misunderstanding!"

"We don't take things lightly around traitors, hedgehog!"

The blue speed demon rolled his eyes at the irony of said comment, "Really…I never would have guessed."

Gaining the upper hand advantage in size, the driver accelerated the enormous truck; silently praying that his wishes of 'hedgehog road kill' would become true in a matter of minutes. Though, having a supersonic hedgehog that runs faster than the speed of sound (using his abilities to run backwards by the way) while having mindless conversations with two determined soldiers did destroy the purpose of having wishes in the first place.

Perspiration leaked onto his forehead; total concentration ensuring he never lost his focus on the cobalt hedgehog. His hands were dampened with sweat, gripping the steering wheel with such force that it may have broken in two. Unfortunately, his trusted partner didn't receive any excessive training upon these special protocols since the screaming and shouting didn't desist from his lips.

"Bloody murder, I tell ya!"

Most G.U.N applicants flee from having any attribution on stopping a maniacal genius that builds fascinating robots and threatens them with it. Ordinary: definitely not – especially hyperactive talking hedgehogs that don't give up so easily.

'First-timers should really suck it up.'

"Alright, soldier, try to remain calm."

"CALM? We are crashing upon obstacles like rampaging monsters!"

'Oh boy...'

Out of thin air, Sonic reappeared on the left window, giving his polite courtesy to comfort the shivering recruit – even though he is maintaining balance on top of a colossal monstrosity and evil glares that penetrated force fields were sent his way by the insane driver.

"How can you not be enjoying the ride? It's a lovely view from up here! By the way, I'm Sonic. Your friendly, neighborhood true blue hedgehog!" Sonic winked at the frightened recruit and posed a classic thumbs-up in an idle greeting manner.

The soldier gave a skeptic look at the hedgehog's generous behavior. Aren't traitors supposed to be menacing and cruel amongst their enemies?

"Name's George. It's an honor to meet you, Sonic."

"Alright, you bumbling animal! You have the count of three to get off this truck or I'll ram this mammoth into a building!"

"Henry!"

Sonic pouted sarcastically at Henry, disappointed that their little chat was interrupted, "Man, can a hedgehog just have a friendly one-on-one talk with someone not trying to kill me these days?"

Old Blue laughed enthusiastically when Henry tried to lash out at him but accidentally, lost his grip on the steering wheel, causing the colossal giant to maneuver right into the structures.

"George, take hold of the wheel! That rodent needs to be secured for severe punishment."

Hesitating whether to obey his orders, George had no choice but to listen to his commanding officer by switching car seat positions. Henry began to climb his way out of the monstrosity and used his instincts of Sonic's compulsive behavior of enjoying dangerous stunts to seek the hedgehog at the top.

George's hands were nervously shaking in absolute terror of colliding with an unlucky pedestrian that just found his way to the ragged street. Silently gulping, George prayed that his captain didn't pull any wild stunt that the hedgehog was known to commit.

"I reached the top!" Henry proclaimed happily, knowing the overwhelming feeling of satisfaction to capture that insane hedgehog after all the troubling causes. Suddenly, a blue streak came about and sneered at the comment with a hearty laughter.

"…and now you reached the bottom!"

'Oh why me..'

A scream of impending doom filled George's ears, receding the farther he traveled away from its anguish cries. Yet, he couldn't do anything in his power to save his commanding officer. He had his own problems to handle right at the moment.

Sonic whistled loudly; surprised how far the foolish human have gone to, "It wouldn't be a complete shocker if he hit a telephone pole right abooouut…."

THAWMP!

"Mischievous little runt!"

The blue blur grinned cheerfully and left without any smart remarks to tick off the officer even more. Henry had his fair share of painful experience already. So, why bother? A trip to the hospital sounded delightful. Jumping out of the truck with relative ease, Sonic pursue the colossal truck in order to confront the sane recruit in this whole cat and mouse game.

"Hiya!"

"ACK!"

Scared out of his wits, George felt his fingers slip away from the tight grip bestowed upon the wheel until the blue hedgehog caught hold of his hands and reposition them to the way they were. Sonic sighed in relief and thanked the heavens for his gift in speed.

"We wouldn't want the whole neighborhood to collapse now, do we?"

"Where's Henry?"

Smiling at the thought of a crater-human shaped telephone pole, Old Blue just gave a shrug in response. "Well, he knew it was coming sooner or later. It was the best thing I could think of instead of shredding him into mutilated pieces."

George cringed at the revolting thought while Blue just laughed. "Just joking around with you, Georgie! No need for a heart attack!"

"But, sorry to say this, buddy. You were a nice guy and all but I can't lead any other G.U.N forces on my trail. Soooo…"

George gave a skeptic look at the hedgehog's sudden turn of behavior, "What are you talk-ing aboooouut?" Why did he, suddenly, feel so heavy? None of his muscles were responding to any of his movements. Maybe, a nice nap did sound good!

Sonic grinned at the masterpiece set before him - in the palm of his hands. "Tails, you are one brilliant kid. This sleeping gas works like a charm! Got to thank him later but for now I got some important business to take care...OF?"

A bridge of small size appeared before them with intentions to hold them back with full force.

Old Blue smiled nervously in embarrassment of his mistakes, "Great, I knocked out the driver without any thought of a truck recklessly destroying the city. Oops, that slipped!"

Grabbing a tight hold on the unconscious man in the passenger seat, Blue safely maneuvered out of collision's way of the truck's steadfast approach of the bridge. A resounding crash bellowed across the abandoned roadway with several demolished obstacles flying around in midair. A loud hiss rumbled beneath the truck's main engine, already signifying that the damage has been done.

Leaving the fallen recruit to its post, Sonic fled the scene before any other troops caught hold of the impact that he had made. Sounds of patrol cars followed in immediate response to the catastrophe created, befuddled when they caught sight of a humongous truck before them. Several officers rushed to the two injured men with only scattered bruises and scratches in small areas.

While the medical team tended to their wounds, the Commander of the GUN Federations have appeared before Henry, asking a series of questions as to what happened. What angered Henry the most was: "Have you captured the hedgehog, soldier? This is an important issue we must apprehend."

"No, sir, we haven't."

"Then you have failed me, soldier. I demanded exactly that you must apprehend this hedgehog from any further cause of destruction and you failed on doing so! Luckily, since I feel very generous today, I will give you a second opportunity on capturing this hedgehog. Are we clear, soldier?"

"YES, SIR!"

The commander glared at Henry with furious eyes, getting his utmost attention. "This mission will be your LAST if you don't bring that damn blue hedgehog to me at once. I may dislike those filthy animals but failures are something I don't take kindly to. Understand?"

Henry lowered his head without saying a word.

"Good day to you, Henry. Remember…don't disappoint me."

While the commander walked off to leave Henry absorbed within his mind, he didn't notice a certain blue hedgehog standing upright at the top of an aging building, listening to every syllable shared between the forces.

He didn't get the information he wanted but this will just have to do in the meantime.


A/N: When I play SAB2, I always wondered how the GUN Federation forces actually went through to handle that overgrown truck and ram just about everything in its path. George and Henry are essential to be in this one-shot so they can express their emotions on how the experience might have been for them. That was my approach. It's not original but I find it creative.

This one-shot didn't come out exactly as I planned but it will do. It seemed like it needed more and the ending seems rushed in my opinion. That's when my mentality state just says, "Screw it."

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