-1Sorry for being gone so long, been busy with some personal things.

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"WAAAHHH!!" A faint cry was heard across the dark forest as a metallic basket slams into tree after tree on the way towards the ground. The young Sabrina clutches the basket tight as it suddenly stops falling in a rather bouncy stop. She slowly peers over the edge to see that the basket has gotten caught on a high branch.

"Ulp…" She takes a deep breath, not quite fond of heights. Tucking herself back into the basket, she tries to calm down. A sudden roar of thunder shakes the forest as the downpour of rain begins. Within minutes, the young hedgehog is soaked and cold. A sudden gust of wind sweeps the trees, shaking the basket rather violently to the point of throwing her right out and onto the muddy ground below, her fall softened by a soaked pile of leaves. Seconds later, the basket comes down, nearly crushing her in the process.

"Ahh!" She struggles to get to her feet, dazed from the bumpy landing. "Where am I?"

"Is anyone there!!" She shouts, but all voices were swallowed up by the heavy rain. All she could hear were her own echoes.

Wet, cold, and hungry, the young hedgehog huddles to the basket, which laid on its side. It's now her only shelter. She slowly flips the basket over so it's now upside down, encasing herself inside.

"Giordano, where are you…? I'm scared…!" She slowly sheds a few tears as lays down, covering herself tightly with her wet cover. Eventually she falls asleep, waiting for the storm to pass through the night…

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"Mmmmh….." The hedgehog wakes up to a slight rustle heard nearby. She slowly sits herself up, a little sore from last night. Almost immediately her stomach begins growling. "Ohhh…how long has it been since I ate…?" She sighs, already homesick.

"I guess I need to find my way back to Station Square…" With that, she stands up, lifting the basket and revealing a rather dense, green forest. No signs of a city here at all.

"Which way do I need to go…?" She couldn't really see a path to follow, being only used to the city. "Well, maybe it's this way…." Trusting her instincts, she heads in the sun's direction.

Hours later, the young hedgehog finally collapses, exhausted. After a minute of resting, she looks over next to her to see the same basket she started her trek from. "Ooh…" Frustrated, she drops her head into the now dry leaf pile. Exhausted and hungry, she lays there, looking into the clear blue sky above her, the sun beginning to set.

"It feels so…refreshing here…" She takes a deep breath, recognizing the intoxicating aroma of flowers she smells each spring in Station Square.

As she closes her eyes to relax, something began rumbling throughout the forest. "Huh?" Sabrina sits up, the darkening sky making it difficult to see. The rumble gets stronger each second, alarming the hedgehog even more. "Is someone there??" She stands up, but is suddenly blown back onto the leaf pile by a powerful gust of wind and heat.

Overhead, a large, metallic figure soars above the forest, scanning for it's target. Seconds pass, and it's heat sensors pick up a small figure beneath the trees. Large, red eyes flash in approval. "Target hedgehog located, priority: capture!"

Sabrina looks around everywhere, not seeing anything moving. Suddenly, a large spotlight appears, searching around the area. At the same time, a violent rumble is felt across the forest as something heavy and metallic lands nearby.

Sabrina is knocked off her feet by the shock. "Ahh!" She slowly looks toward the source of the spotlight, where seconds later a large mechanical claw grabs the tree right in front of her, and rips it from it's roots like a toothpick.

"Ahhhh!!" Sabrina is frozen in fear as she looks up to face the large mechanical beast, it's large red eyes glowing as they lock onto her. The monster being twice as tall as the trees, it tosses the uprooted pine behind it like a toy. The machine then aims it's right claw towards the hedgehog. The mechanical claw quickly transforms itself into some kind of cannon. "Capturing…"

"Capture??" Before she could think, the machine suddenly launches a green energy capture net. The hedgehog quickly leaps out of the way. The net strikes a tree that was behind her, wrapping around the entire huge trunk.

"Ahh! Why is it trying to capture me??" The machine fires two more energy nets, both getting narrowly dodged. "I can't keep this up…OOFF!!" Sabrina slams into a large tree in the darkness. She falls backwards, out cold.

The machine fires one more energy net, which successfully wraps around the unconscious hedgehog. Taking two giant steps, it leans over to carefully pick her up with it's enormous claw, when an alarm suddenly sounded in it's system. "Enemy hedgehog approaching, priority: terminate!"

The giant beast turns away from it's original target, and points it's spotlight toward the sky , where a red bi-plane was soaring nearby. In its cockpit sit a two-tailed fox, and on the top wing, a blue hedgehog standing ready to fight.

The metallic bot emits a loud roar before launching a barrage of homing missile fire at the plane. The fox pilot retaliates with some aerial fire, shooting out all but one missile. The blue hedgehog leaps off the plane's wing, leaping off of the last missile and onto the shoulder of the capture bot. He delivers a powerful side kick that sends the bot crashing to the ground.

Being a capture bot, it already used up it's only offensive power. However, it already completed it's mission. It sends instructions to the net that is surrounding Sabrina, and triggers a self-destruct program. It's red eyes begin flashing brightly.

The blue hedgehog jumped back. "We need to get out of here, this thing is gonna blow!"

"Right!" The fox pilot said as he swooped down the plane to the hedgehog, who swiftly jumped onto the wing.

"Let's go…Huh?" The hedgehog noticed a bright green figure jetting away at a very high speed. "Hang on!" He suddenly darted after the object at supersonic speed, soon catching up and grabbing the net and ripping off the jet. "Come on!" Seconds later, a large explosion rocks the forest….

Once the duo escaped the forest, they flew to their workshop in a rather uninhabited area.

When they entered the shop, the two-tailed fox noticed the net. "What is that, Sonic?"

"I don't know Tails, but I recognize the net anywhere, and I'm sure Eggman has something to do with it." The hedgehog responded.

The fox grabbed a special blade, and used it to cut through the netting's power supply. The energy net disappeared, revealing a naked and bruised hedgehog girl.

"Ahh! It's a girl! Is she ok?" The fox asked.

"Looks like she took a good knock to the head, but she's alive. Was that capture bot after her?" The hedgehog asked, picking up a scrap of metal that had Dr. Robotnik's logo painted on. "It was definitely Eggman's machine..."

As the two were discussing, the yellow hedgegirl slowly began to stir. "Uhhn...."

Tails heard the small voice. "Looks like she's waking up, we should put her somewhere to rest."

"Right." Sonic said, pulling out a large blanket from a nearby shelf. Setting it aside, he carefully picks up the girl, taking her to a sofa in the next room. "Let her rest tonight, then tomorrow, we can take her home." He said, covering her with the blanket. She remained sleeping quietly.

"Gotcha." The fox said, turning off the lights as he left the shop with Sonic, closing the door quietly behind them. The young hedgehog remains asleep for several hours…

Sorry it's a little short ^^; Been a little brain dead the last few days.