once again, we don't own jack-sht. so, no lawsuits, ok?
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Sonic stared at the girl he stumbled on with dazed eyes. She was an orange hedgehog, with orange spines falling to her mid-back, a small tuff of orange hair, and stormy deep blue eyes. The girl wore a light green blouse with a yellow pleated skirt, emerald shoes, and yellow laces. "Wait, let me rephrase; what's your name?"
"I'm Sonic." Sonic grinned, rubbing his head.
"Well, my name's Velocity, Sonic." She smiled at her, then placed a gloved hand on her hip. "What'cha doing out here all lost and dizzy-like?"
"I was going through town lost, when all of a sudden, a huge crowd of people came screaming out of nowhere at 6:10." Sonic glanced at the large clock; 6:13. "After almost getting trampled, I was shoved out of the way by some fat guy, and bumped into you."
Velocity snickered, then shook her head. "Ah, I see. Well, my blue friend, you're lost in the worst part of the worst city in the entire world. So, with that...FOLLOW ME IF YOU WANT TO LIVE."
Sonic cracked up, then let the orange girl drag him down the alley-way into a maze of twisting and winding passgeways formed between crumbling tenement walls. The sun had comepletely set by the two stopped infront of a large manhole overing, the boy asking, "Where are we?"
"The way to the biggest joyride of your life." Velocity flashed a toothy smiled, then lifted up with covering, revealing a very steep slide. "You afraid of small spaces?"
"Nope."
"Good; you'll have to comfort me when I start screaming." Velocity suddenly jumped down the slide, and as was promised, her yells echoed up to Sonic. Giggling, he jumped in after her, yelling too, but in delight. Dark shades of green and purple flashed before his eyes, the small form of Velocity far ahead. After an eternity of speed-enduced euphoria, they landed in a shallow pool of cold water, snapping the children back to their senses. Sonic yelped, then stood up, shuddering, "Y-You didn't warn m-me about that!"
"You're afraid of water?" Velocity cocked her head, straightening her headband. When Sonic turned away, she smiled, shaking her head. "Figures."
"...Anyways, where are we?" Sonic looked around the tunnel he and his new friend were in. They were standing on metal pipes suspended over more water, balanced by moss-covered rocks. More pipes, all covered in the same blueish-green gunk formed a ceiling, boulders being walls. Infront of them was a space with a brown-colored pod, the noises of the pipes forming a musical beat.
Velocity smirked, then asked coyly, "You've ever played a pinball machine?"
"Yeah..."
"Here, you're the ball; as you're running, crouch down and hope for the best!" With that, she jumped into the pod, which launched her up into another level,a nd out of Sonic's sight. Not willing to be left behind, he ran towards the pod with his back bent, and automatically curcled into a spike-covered ball, the air around him whipping by. Suddenly, he found himself in what appeared to be a GIANT pinball machine, Velocity richoceting off of mechanical worms. Grinning, he joined the orange furry, destroying the mechas in a puff of smoke. The girl flipped in the air, and yelled, "DRAIN THE SLIME!!"
Without thinking, he homed onto a glowing red orb, and the giant container that stuck out in the middle of the room drained itself of the green sewage, the slime traveling through a pipe and out of sight. Velocity bounced off of a pair of large flippers through a tube leading to an adjacent room, and a few monets later the noise of a lever beingpulled echoed through the room, mixing in with the rythmatic beat of the machine. Sonic warped suddenly into a different room, landing on a cart. Leaning to a side, he soon expirenced the rollercoaster ride of his life, shooting up through a tube and finding himself lunging for a large key (A/N: no Emeralds here, sorry) floating in the space. Grabbing onto it, he fell down into the lower level, then raced back up into another brown pod; this place was growing on him.
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Velocity shot through the air, avoiding a mechanical bird and worms to get to a certain key in the large container. Unfortunately, she fell through the air; not enough momentum to propel herself. Landing on a cart, she leaned to the left, and in a matter of moments, had a large key in her gloved hands. Launched back into the higher level room, she used the flipper's erradic movements to launch herself to the area she couldn't get to: a platform with one of the infamous levers. Pulling down on it, she rolled through a tube, wind rippling through her spines and skirt...then fell down...into the final key. Yelling out in triumph, she bounched back into the air, meeting Sonic face-to-face. "I see you've got the hang of it, Sonic."
"Tell me about it." They shared a high five, then the orange hedgehog led the blue through a newly opened wormhole to a wide opening, where a large metal door with 3 locks stood waiting. "Oh...that's why we needed the keys."
The girl straightened her shirt and skirt, giggling. "That was fun; you got the other key?"
"Yep!" He handed her the bright blue instrument, grinning, "We gotta do this again sometime, 'City."
She blushed slightly at the nickname, then smiled, placing the three keys in the locks. They automatically turned, and the heavy metal doors slid apart, revealing a long corridor leadning to a small colony of some of the cutest life-forms on the planet: Chao. They looked atr the newcomers, then cheered in their native language, boucning in the air. Sonic blinked, then asked, "What's this?"
Velocity shrugged, rubbing her ear. "I've collected these guys over the years, and they live with me; is this a problem?"
He shook his head, smiling, "No way!" With that, he raced towards them, the thrashing winds blowing the Chao into the air, to their delight. Velocity joined him, cheeks flushed in the slightest hint of red.
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Sonic and Velocity were lying against the wall, the Chao sleeping quietly in their colony. Time was for the birds; they didn't have anything to go to sleep early for. The blue boy yawned, then asked, "So...why do you live here?"
She sighed, then tugged on a spine. "Actually, compared to the orphans in this town, I'm well off."
Ignoring the shocked and sympathetic expression on his face, she continued, "My mom and dad...they didn't like each other very much. And one day, when I was about 3, they got in a fight, and my mom left. My dad took me here, then started bringing me a bunch of Chao, teaching me how to survive on my own. Then...he left too. But for a while, it was ok; the Chao kept me company, and I ran errands for food. But then...Robotnik-"
"Say no more." He held up his hand, emerald eyes heavily lidded. "I grew up alone too, and the giant Egg blew up my town. I'm guessing that he had to do with why I don't know my parents..."
"What?" She cocked her head, confused. "You came from another place?"
"Yeah..why?"
She blushed, shrugging. "I mean, I lived all of my six years in this place...I didn't know that there was an outside world. Kinda stupid, huh?"
"Not really." Sonic smiled, then yawned, streching his legs. She yawned back, bginning the notorious wave of yawns that both amused and annyoed the two hedgehogs. Sonic, done trying to resist, curled up in a ball, letting sleep overtake him. Velocity stared at him for a moment, at peace. "My first real friend..."
The gentle but overpowering embrace of sleep soon took her toll.
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apple: i liked how this turned out...except for the end ..
orange: why?
apple: too much for one chapter -- other than that, i think that we did a good job
References
Sonic Spinball (duh)