The big city.
Scourge stood up and looked where he had ended.
It seemed no different from any big city of his home dimension, pollution darkened the air, and mobians along with some humans walked together on the streets, nobody seemed to pay attention to him, even though he has just appeared coming from a shiny portal in the middle of the road with the looks of a criminal that has just broke free from jail. (Which was actually what had happened, but it didn't matter at the moment.)
Icy blue eyes narrowed while he took the warp ring from the floor, now useless because it had ran out of energy, he could see some wires coming out from the place where the cop had shot the device. It was obviously broken, but he might find somebody who could fix it, he always did. He put it on the pocket of the ripped orange suit he was used to wear since he was jailed and started walking at a slow pace, joining the crowd of street walkers.
He couldn't help but chuckle a little bit. He was free again (apart from the ring on his neck, that ached him now more than ever) and it seemed that nobody was going to disturb him in a while, maybe he could conquer this other dimension and became king again, since it seemed that no Sonic was around, or maybe he just could get some peace for the first time in a while, he was exhausted of trying to beat the crap out of goody-two-shoes and people whining about his ways to entertain himself. Of course he knew that the cops would come in time, but he was happy that he could at least, enjoy while it lasted.
But then, a huge explosion and lots o people crying in fear at his back made his triangular ears perk up and round himself. He gritted his teeth in an annoyed manner. There was a huge robot there; painted in yellow, red and blue with the symbol of some kind of mustached egg staring obviously at him.
Before he could ask what was going on, the robot grabbed him by his neck with a metallic claw, trying to strangle him. He struggled without any change. The No Zone device was still working getting his strength out of him, and he just couldn't fight like he was used to.
Was it the way everything was going to end for the self proclaimed king? He couldn't believe it, moments back he was grinning at the idea of freedom and now he was hanging there like a rag doll. Getting less and less oxygen thanks to the robot's strength …
Then, Click. The collar shattered thanks to the same grip that was trying to break his neck.
And then a green homing attack made its way tearing the metallic limb from the walking machine. Scourge rubbed his sore neck while he looked angrily towards it.
"You've made a wrong move there dude." He grinned while he picked a black pair of sunglasses that somebody had lost on his way out of the robot's attack and placed them over his half-lidded eyes. "The king's back."
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Two colored light streaks made their way through Station Square's traffic jammed roads. One cobalt blue, the other one a bright yellow, in some kind of full-speed competition.
Sonic showed his trademark smile while he ran next to Shadow, enjoying the race with the grumpy black and red hedgehog. The other one just showed his usual frown and scowl that made hard to know what he was actually thinking at that moment.
They had been running for hours, with no winner. Sonic loved the challenge of trying to beat his black counterpart's speed, which usually ended on ties, and that's why always he found him coming back from a GUN mission he'd try to beat his ego a little bit and make him come play the supersonic speed game.
Shadow, on the other hand, was absolutely pissed and getting annoyed of the childish blue hero. He never got tired of ticking his nerves, but somehow he still managed to make him race, and for Shadow, running may be not as important as Sonic, but it made him relax and put some of his problems apart. In the end, he may have to thank the cocky hedgehog next to him; not that he would actually do it.
Never.
"Hey Shads! Getting tired already?" The blue hero made a final sprint trying to gain some speed advantage. Shadow pushed his hover skates harder to maintain his position next to him.
"Don't call me Shads." He growled.
"Aw man! How come you're so grumpy all the time? You constipated or somethin'?"Sonic ran while he looked mischievously at the dark hedhehog with his characteristic cocky grin plastered on his face.
"S-shut up!" Shadow tried to punch him in the face, but Sonic just jumped, evading the move and laughed at his rival's annoyed look.
"That's what I thought!" They continued arguing while running, with the usual laughs from Sonic's carefree attitude and some angry growls coming from the Ultimate Lifeform. Then suddenly the sound of people screaming and running past them made the race come to an end. The two hedgehogs looked down the street from which the panic was coming.
"It seems like the doctor has sent some robots before you pissed him on your last encounter." Shadow stated, recognizing the sound of metallic feet in the distance.
"Poor Egghead doesn't know what else to do when he's bored and I'm around." Sonic shrugged while his ears perked on. He was sure that he had heard a sonic boom in the distance. "You coming?" He looked to his counterpart with curiosity and a cocky grin.
"Lead the way, hedgehog." He was sure thanks to his black engineered ears that he had heard the same sound as Sonic and couldn't help but wonder where it came from. The only ones that would be able to break the sound barrier where themselves.
"Cool! Race ya there Shads! "And the cobalt mobian took off without warning; Shadow followed him with a frown.