Sonic to the Rescue

'Code Red 19!' 'Code Red 19!'

Lights are flashing and sirens are blaring as another dangerous criminal enters our base. Some people might panic, but the fact that we are in the most high-tech prison on Earth really calms you down. This is normal for us, as every few months another trouble-maker is brought in. They are usually too dangerous for the police to control, so they get shipped to us. It's near impossible to escape because you have to get away from the guards, avoid the lasers AND try to navigate the winding labyrinth of a prison.

Normally I sit and watch the procession of the criminal getting escorted to his cell, but I know exactly how it would go, and anyway, I had more important matters to attend to. Around a week ago, a small, cream, rabbit-like creature had been transferred to one of our labs, and (as lead scientist) I was in charge of examining it.

The creature had long ears and other rabbit-like features, but it stood up on two legs, wore a dress and had a small blue Chao following it around. This confused me, because Chao gardens were extremely rare, and they were the only places you could obtain one of the flying animals, and even then they would almost never leave their homes. However the most bizarre thing was that it could talk. The Chao just murmured in its own language, but the rabbit-girl spoke in a polite, human voice.

We first thought that it was some kind of robot, but after days of examination we discovered that it was, in fact, an organism. Now, we are trying to figure out where it's from and what it is. We're keeping it locked up in a small metal cage with a thick sheet of glass on one side, just to make sure that it doesn't escape. I'm still not sure if it's dangerous, and what it could do if it was allowed to roam around freely, but it didn't seem dangerous when we found it. One of the lab's helicopters had been scouring the Arctic ocean in a hope to uncover more of its secrets, but instead they came across the rabbit-girl (also named Specimen 00739). It was nearly dead from hypothermia, however we managed to save it before it was too late, and brought it back to the lab for testing.

Some of my colleagues want to listen to its speech instead of just running tests, as they have been softened by the sweet voice and child-like actions of the creature, but I'm not fooled that easily. We listened a bit and apparently it's a girl, its name is Cream and it comes from a planet called Mobius, although if that were true she should still be on this 'Mobius' and not stranded on an iceberg!

Realizing that I'm arguing in my head again, I turn to the glass tube and start looking for more data and making mental notes about where we need to run some further examination. Everything is going as normal, scientists rushing around, a random explosion coming from the chemical area of the lab and the steady rhythm of computer keys tapping, all barely heard over the buzz of voices.

Suddenly, everything goes dark, and all of the noise gently fades away.

Like the rest of the workers at the lab, I'm surprised, but instead of panicking, I quickly step out of the room and make my way towards the room with the mainframe of the base's electricity. I may be a scientist, but I'm quite good with wires too. When I arrive I see that an entire crowd has already gathered, but I am respected enough to manage to get to the front.

Tiny paper aeroplanes, made entirely from circuit boards were scattered throughout the entire mainframe, piercing into important wires and cables. This is annoying for me, as my team have to wait for a while before the power comes back on to find out more about Specimen 00739, but I hear something which makes me forget my annoyance. Apparently, this isn't the first technical difficulty that the prison has encountered today, as the laser-cameras stopped working earlier for now obvious reason, and when security went to check, they found that they were smashed to pieces! This startled me, and I began to run as fast as I possibly could towards the laboratory.

My immediate reaction is that someone tried to steal our specimen, maybe even another of that kind, as this type of attack had never been done before successfully. Hoping that they hadn't succeeded yet, I run to the door and try to ignore the breeze which seemed to be following me. Now inside, I rush towards the capsule with the specimen enclosed in it and sigh in relief to see it sleeping. Startled by the the noise, it wakes up and looks around, a look of dismay appearing on its face when it sees me. I look away and begin making sure there aren't any intruders.

Torchlight helps me see a little bit, but after patrolling the whole room for a couple of minutes I don't feel any more secure. I feel like something is watching me, just planning to attack, and suddenly it does. A streak of blue light whizzes around the room, confusing me for just enough time to let it break through the glass with some kind of immense force. Startled, I run towards the capsule, only to find that my worst fears have come true- the specimen is gone and the criminal which broke her out is also gone.

This is confusing me so much that I just decide to start running in a random direction and hoping that I can find them, not thinking about what I would do if I found them or how they managed to get in in the first place. I hear the whirr of an engine, so I run to the closest window, only to see a yellow biplane hovering above the roof, as if waiting for someone. Putting two and two together, I look away, thinking about how I can explain losing a valuable specimen to my boss.

Little did I know, a little cream rabbit and her Chao spotted me from the biplane and looked at me scornfully, as they remembered how I kept them captive.

A/N

Hello! This is my first story, so I didn't realize that you had to write the author's note before uploading the story. This chapter actually has a title! :)

I wasn't sure what the place where Cream and Cheese were being held captive was called, so if anyone knows please tell me!

In the stories that I've read, the authors reply to comments on the story, so I'm going to do that too.

Hazel the Rabbit: Thanks for reading, and here is the next chapter!

R&R, Bye!