"What's going on, Rosy?" A green hedgehog said, sitting up. In the third bed, a green and black hedgehog sat up as well, pushing the white hedgehog aside as he stood up. "Who said we had to do what now?" He blinked as the purple hedgehog that had woken him up pulled him into a standing position.

"Maria said we had to get to the escape pods." She said as she continued to shake the blue hedgehog. "She wouldn't tell us why."

"Hey, Nikki! Wake up!" The green and black hedgehog shouted, throwing a pillow at the blue hedgehog, only getting a rollover in response. "Man, he ain't waking up. Manic, it looks like we're going to have to carry him."

"Alright, Ashura. Kay, can you carry his feet so they aren't dragging?" The green hedgehog said as he walked over to the blue hedgehog's bed, motioning for the white hedgehog to join them.

Rosy walked over to the door, dragging the purple hedgehog with her. "Sonya and I will go on ahead." She said before the two walked out.

The three hedgehogs lifted the blue hedgehog and walked out the door as soon as they could, steadily walking down the hall like they had been trained to in case of emergencies.

As they came to an intersecting hall, two men in uniforms ran screaming followed by a blue thing that looked liked liquid. "What was-" Manic began.

"Don't worry about. Think that it's our reason to get out." Ashura replied, urging the others to go faster.

All of a sudden, another blue liquid thing came out and stopped in front of them. "Intruders! Leave or be eliminated!"

"Trying to leave." Manic said, letting the arm he was holding drop into Ashura's grip.

"Prepare to be eliminated!" The machine attached the liquid squawked.

"You two go ahead. I'll distract him." The green hedgehog said, charging into the creature.

The two hedgehogs rushed past him, not looking back for fear of what would happen to him as Nikki continued to snore. Finally, they reached the escape pods, and all of them except the purple hedgehog piled into one. "Where's Manic?" She asked, looking down the hall.

"He made sure we could get here." Ashura replied, sticking his head out of the opening. "Get in here or it's for nothing, Sonya."

"No, he's coming." The purple hedgehog replied, staring down the hall. There was an explosion from the direction that they had taken. "He has to be."

"We can't just wait here if something bad is happening."

"He'll come. Just give him five minutes." They all watched down the hall, waiting for the green hedgehog to come dashing down it. Finally, Ashura reached out and grabbed Sonya's arm. "We can't wait any longer."

"No…." She whispered, as the others watched from inside the pod.

"Wahoo!" An echo bounced around the walls, as they saw the green hedgehog zooming towards them on a piece of metal, sliding to a stop at Sonya's feet. "Hey. You waited for me. Thanks." He said as he pushed the purple hedgehog in, jumping in after her. "No time to waste. Let's go!"

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An officer watched as many pods left the station, headed for Earth. A younger man stood beside him. "All civilians have been evacuated, sir. Gerald Robotnik has been apprehended, but he erased all the ship files before we could find him. We have no idea of any of the projects they could have had except for Emerl and Shadow."

"Find Shadow. I want him on ice." The man said, watching as the pods broke through the atmosphere.

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"I missed all of that?" The blue hedgehog said, finally waking up. "I can't believe it."

"We're in a pod right now. What more proof do you need?" Manic replied over his shoulder, watching Kay and Sonya work at the console in the craft.

"Video. How did you manage to beat anything in a fight?"

"Shut up." Ashura said, his head bowed forward. "If it hadn't been for Manic risking his life, we might not have made it at all. And if he had been hurt, it would've been your fault."

The pink hedgehog started giggling spontaneously. It drew everybody's attention except Sonya, who continued to work at the console.

"Rosy, what's so funny?" Nikki asked, leaning forward to look at her.

"I'm not Rosy…" She whispered.

The other hedgehogs looked stumped, but Kay caught a glint of gold around her hand. "Chaos? It's Rascal!"

The pink hedgehog sprung forward, slamming the white and purple hedgehogs into the console, crushing it under their mass. The inside of the pod started flashing red as an alarm went off. The two hedgehog's started twitching as the pink hedgehog spun around, grabbing Manic and flinging him into Ashura.

"Rosy! What are you doing?" The blue hedgehog shouted, grabbing her shoulder. "We're you're friends!"

"I'm not Rosy and you're not my friend!" She shouted, swirling around and slamming his head against the wall. She grabbed the back of his neck and slammed his head into the wall a few more times, throwing him aside on top of Manic as he started to stand up. Ashura tried to jump onto her from behind, only succeeding in getting thrown into the console as well. She then jumped onto Manic, missing Nikki in the strike as he rolled off. The green hedgehog coughed up blood as his ribcage audibly cracked. She then kicked at Nikki, breaking his spine. "I prefer to be alone." She said before she was flung to the side of the craft as it landed, all the lights shutting off.