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I sure hope Amy can do something help too...

Chapter 4: You Lied

Cop cars were parked along the side of the street just waiting for a blue blur to blow by. They weren't disappointed. In and instant the hedgehog in question had landed on one of their hoods, knocking on the glass and startling the dozing police officer within.

The man jerked awake fumbling over confusion and reaching for his microphone(1). "Hedgehog! District three. Requesting back up." The lights whirled to life and Sonic rolled backwards to the ground. Sirens came whining from the distance but the hedgehog was already running with wheels burning asphalt behind him.

'I need metal.'

'Just how do you expect me to get that?'

'Well Sonic… cars are made of quiet a bit of metal.'

He felt he was doing just as the 'doctor' wanted. Keeping pace just before the persisting vehicles as he lead them down the widest path in the forest. Come on… Couldn't they see he was leading them into a trap? Why didn't they turn around and head back to the city.

They didn't even question why they could keep up with him. They just thought they were lucky.

'Promise you won't hurt the people.'

'Of course Sonic. You have my word.'

'That's never really meant much Robuttnik.'

He skirted to a stop dust showering his spikes in a thick brownish substance as he turned to face the cars which were now screeching their breaks to a stop. Seeing they drawn too close he bounced back a step and waited for the cops to emerge from their vehicles. They came from around their doors with guns drawn. "Don't move." They warned creeping closer.

Suddenly a loud 'thud' resounded from behind them and not even one officer didn't jump at the crunching metal of their cars. "Good job Sonic. You make quite a worthy ally." Up above the roundish(2) man had called down to them gaining a retort that made his thick mustache bristle. "SHUT UP!"

"Get rid of these… things…" Robotnik waved at the humans down below and they all directed their guns up at him. "Fire!" With a girly cry the evil genius zigzagged with bullets bouncing off his Eggmobile and retreated to higher up. "That's it! They attacked me first Sonic!"

A large amount of older class egg pawns emerged deflecting bullets which easily bounced off their hard metal bodies. "That wasn't part of the deal Robotnik!"

"Oh boohoo Sonic. Life doesn't always go as it is planned. What are you going to do about it?" Robotnik's robots had popped like balloons under a fury of blue. Unlucky man, he found the hedgehog landed upon his Eggmobile and was now giving him a quickly darkening glare. "Careful Sonic, you do that again and I won't be giving these people the cure."

The blue hedgehog pressed his foot down on the small windshield, with an unchanging expression and suddenly it shattered, shards raining down to the ground below. If looks could kill, Robotnik would already be a smothering pile of ashes. "Now… Sonic please… be reasonable…"

The police had already all fled leaving nothing but pieces of glass to watch the scene unfolding.

"Reasonable?… I am being… reasonable…" He grabbed the man's mustache forcing him to lean awkwardly forward. "You're the one that's not being reasonable." Robotnik was sweating "how so?…"

"Poisoning all the people…"

"Sonic I-"

"What they ever do to you?…"

Robotnik didn't like the way this was going. If it kept going, if it did maybe Sonic would do the one thing he had never done before and his life long enemy would no longer remain. "It wouldn't kill them!" Overwhelmed by confusion the hedgehog took a breath, loosening his grip but not letting go. "W-what?…"

"The poison is a harmless substance, it causes symptoms like the stomach flu and soon after leaves a person's system completely…"

"So you lied to me?…" Maybe it was the shock of the truth that was causing the hedgehog to feel so dizzy all the sudden. The man laughed nervously "yes. I needed you to get some things for me though. You have to understand." Sonic felt as if he might be falling backwards.

"You… s-suck…" His nerves stopped functioning as he wanted, his fingers stopped gripping the mustache and he became aware of one sure thing; he was falling.

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Amy had arrived at the fox's door busting in on her elbows the second it swung open. Their furry friend pinned beneath her weight and she quickly arose brushing off her skirt before stating a comment with a mixture of unheard emotions. "Tails! Sonic robbed all the jewelry stores in the city."

The fox shook his head as he got up as well. "No… he wouldn't Amy… he has no reason and you know it…"

"That's why I'm concerned!"

For a moment their was silence between expressions and Tails turned away picking up a single sheet of paper and handing it to Amy. "It's Robotnik?" She read aloud arching her eyes and question. "He called me earlier too. Told me that Robotnik poisoned the water."

"So what does that have to do with stealing all the diamonds in the jewelry stores? And what about this poison?"

Tails pulled out a chair and sat pulling his tails over his knees. "I'm not really sure what Sonic is trying to do but this poison is practically harmless till gets to a certain level…"

"Then what?"

He swallowed hard "you die…"

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Short chapter, sorry.

(1) I do not know what they call those devices in police officers' cars that they use to speak to other officers.

(2) Yes I know roundish isn't a word.

Next chapter: Faltering Odds

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