Hey guys! I'm back! With another chapter! (Well, I haven't written it yet, but by the time I post this it'll be done :P

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I woke the next morning to smell of roasting meat, which someone must've put on. That must mean that either Sonic Boom woke up early or I slept in late. Either way, it still had the same results. I stood up and got into a luxurious stretch. Once I felt refreshed, I walked to the other section of the shelter. There were two sections, or, as we like to call them, the kitchen and the bedroom. That's all they were really used for, sleeping and cooking food, or at least that's what I heard from Speedy.

When I entered the kitchen, Sonic Boom was roasting some kind of meat over a fire. I accidentally stepped on a twig, causing it to snap. Sonic boom turned to face me and said, "Oh, morning Sunburn. How'd you sleep?" She seemed like something was funny to her.

Ignoring that look, I said, "I slept okay. I'm used to sleeping on hard, rocky surfaces, but it's still hard to sleep in new places."

She still looked like she was about to burst out laughing. "Are you sure just 'okay?'"

"Yeah," I replied. "Why?"

She couldn't hold it in anymore, but was able to soften the laughter down to a giggle. "When I woke, you were sleeping on your back, snoring away. Flight, Angel, and Speedy were sleeping on top of you, one on your left wing, one on your chest, and one your right wing. It was a pretty cute sight to see. But, as you may already know, they woke up before you, and for you to not hear and feel them get off you, you must've been sleeping like a rock."

I blushed. "Well, I- wait, did you say they were on top of me?"

"Yeah, why?" She looked confused.

"How were they on top of me without being burned by my flames?"

"You seriously don't know?" She asked. I shook my head no. "Your flames go out while you're unconscious. It happened both when you were knocked out and while you were sleeping."

"Well," I said, "You learn something new everyday. By the way, where are those three?"

"Outside, playing. Why?"

"Well, you see, I kind of have to tell you something that may make staying in this place dangerous, and I don't want them to be scared. It's about me."

"Is it about your flames?" Sonic Boom asked, concerned. "Because this place is pretty much fireproof."

"Oh, it's a bit more than that."

With that, I told her my backstory, the same one I told you, finishing with "So that could mean they could attack this place at any given moment." By the end, I was ready to sob, but I held it in. It was just one of my instincts: Don't look weak.

We stood there in silence for a few minutes, until I broke it.

"So, I guess I should leave..." I walked toward the door, ever so slowly. Except for the physical speed of my movements, it felt just like when I was leaving my mother. It was like losing the one thing you really knew about, and never being able to see it again.

Just when I was about the walk through the exit, a paw stepped in front of me, making me stop.

I picked my head up to find Sonic Boom looking into my eyes with a faint smile on her face. "I never said you had to leave."

"But me staying here will indirectly put you in da-"

"Hey, who's the one that fought off those monsters while you were out cold?"

I looked down at the ground and mumbled ever so quietly, "You."

"Sorry, what was that? I couldn't hear you." Sonic Boom said in a teasing tone.

I grinned, looked up at her, and replied, "You know what I said." Sonic Boom giggled and poked me in the ribs, causing me to flinch back, which made her giggle again.

"Some tough guy you are. I gotta go tell those three it's time for breakfast."

"Ooh, what is it?"

"You'll see." And with that, she left the cave, leaving me alone in it, which gave me time to think.

Jeez, she's cute, but I don't want to put her in danger. I don't think she gets how serious this is. I guess I'll leave tonight, if I can stay awake. Wait; of course I can stay awake, heck, normally I stay awake 48 hours at a time!

A minute later, Sonic Boom came in with Flight and Angel. She had a worried look on her face. "Where's Speedy?" I asked.

Her voice trembling, she replied, "Flight and Angel both say they were playing some game of theirs, and he ran off! Oh, Sunburn, please help me find him!"

"Of course I will," I replied, "where did you last see him?"

"Well, the most descriptive Angel would get was that they were playing a game and he ran off, thinking it was part of the game. These two figured he would come back, but I think he's lost."

While my powers haven't evolved yet, and I would be about as much help as anyone, I couldn't just leave this situation alone. I simply said, "Okay, I'm not coming back until I find him." because that's just the way I am. I can't help it.

I walked out the exit (which, by the way, is also an entrance), spread my wings, and took to the skies.

The warm air felt great, and the flight was quite relaxing because I flew with the wind, I just had to spread my wings out and glide. I flew around for a couple of hours, until I started to feel some strange tingling inside my head, that I had never felt before. I closed my eyes for a few seconds, thinking that would help, but instead, I saw EVERYTHING. Whatever came to my mind, I could see where it was. Even though I've never experienced this before. I thought of Speedy, and he showed up in a cave, right below me. I dove down to the entrance, and suddenly heard scratchy, headache-inducing voices.

"Where is he? Where is the orange bird?"

Then, I heard a terrified voice. "I... I don't know w-what you're t-talking about."

Another wretched voice spoke out and said, "Lies!" Directly after I heard a blood-curtling screech followed by crying. I've heard enough.

I burst into the entrance and immediately grab one of the beasts by the neck. I squeeze so hard my claws go into his neck. I drop him, and turn towards the other one to get a knife raked across my face. I stagger backwards, but I see that the knife has been burned to bits. The beast pulls a dagger out of its small sheath and immediately ran towards me with it. Still recovering from that last blow, he was able to stab my left wing with it. I cried out in pain, causing the thing to laugh. That really got me fired up. I suddenly got a boost of strength, and tackled the beast to the ground. I pinned him down, and began to say the last words the thing would hear. "I HOPE YOU DIE IN-" I couldn't get the last word out because when I opened my mouth, a thick stream of fire came jutting out of my mouth, burning the strange beast. I slowly walked backwards trying to figure out what just happened. I couldn't think straight; my head was pounding. But I was still able to remember one thing: I had to get Speedy back to Sonic Boom. I cut the ropes that bound him, and realized he had a small but deep scratch on his stomach that would turn into a scar. I couldn't worry about that now, I was going to collapse any moment.

I picked Speedy up in my mouth, kind of like a mother would do, and took off.