Chapter 4
Sonic woke with a start. He heard some noise, which sounded like someone moving things. He himself was stuck under something. So he carefully pushed it off of him without making a sound. Once Sonic was up, he identified the other person. She was a wolf, and from the looks of her, she was very strong. Sonic suddenly got very dizzy as he approached the wolf. He grabbed onto her for support, when she spun around, pulling out a guitar, and swinging it at Sonic. He barely managed to duck out of the way when she stopped.
"Who the hell are you?" she demanded. Her glare was definitely showing she was pissed off.
"I'm...Sonic..." he muttered. Her glare lightened a bit, but she still seemed pissed off. She held out her hand.
"Get up." she said. He grabbed her hand, and was pulled up to his feet. "My name's Alex." she said. She turned around and started to walk through more rubble. Sonic took a step towards her, but stopped. He heard a noise behind him. A panel was being kicked at. Sonic approached it, and carefully peeled it back. Under the panel was a very greasy and dirty Commander.
"Oi, Sonic! Get me out of here, will ya?" he said. Sonic smiled, and picked up the Commander. Sonic turned around, and saw Alex off in a distance. She seemed focused on something. Sonic didn't have time to deal with this, and faced the Commander.
"I need to get with the other ships Sir." Sonic said. The Commander nodded, and pulled out a little radio. He turned it on, and put it to his mouth.
"Star 2, this is the Commander. Turn around, and assume Position 4 over the destruction zone. We need you to pick up 3 people." he said. There was some static.
"....................Roger that Sir, glad to hear your voice...." came a reply. With that, the Commander nodded his head, and turned around. He started to walk towards Alex.
"Excuse me young lady, we will be departing soon. I insist you come with us." he said. She turned around, and looked back at the Commander, and nodded her head. As she was facing the General, an explosion sounded behind her, and out came four zombies. She turned around, startled, and was immediately overrun by them. Sonic screamed out in fear, and ran off towards her. The Commander started barking orders into the radio, and Alex had finally gotten her guitar out, and was proceeding to beat the hell out of the zombies. Sonic came up behind them, and launched few spinning kick attacks, knocking the rest of them away. Alex sat down to catch her breath, and Sonic looked at her.
"Hey, you OK?" he asked. She glared at him.
"Yes, I'm fine." she replied. "Just not used to those damn things." With that, she stood up, and walked over to the General. He looked at her, then to the sky.
"Our ride has come." he said.
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Joshua was hauling ass. He noticed the zombies rushing up on the survivors. His heart was racing. He had to get to them before the zombies tore them apart. One of the survivors was overrun instantly, but somehow, fought their way out. A blue blur soon came to the aid of the other, and soon, the zombies were gone. The survivors seemed shaken, but were OK. Joshua ran even faster, somehow, and the rest of the team struggled to keep up.
Almost there, just a little further. He thought. They reached the edge of the debris field. A ship roared overhead, and towards the survivors. Joshua smiled, Great, our team can get transportation back to the city.
"Hey, over there! Can you hear me?" Joshua shouted. The blue one turned around and waved.
"Yeah! Need a lift?" he shouted back. "Yes!" Joshua yelled. He nodded, and talked to someone else, who nodded. The ship had touched down by now, and a ramp had descended down to the ground. Joshua and his team finally reached the ramp, and met with the others there.
"Hey there, my name's Sonic" the blue one said. Joshua smiled.
"I know you! You're pretty popular." Joshua said. "My name's Joshua." Sonic smiled, and the two shook hands.
"This is the Commander, and this is Alex." Sonic said, pointing to the two. The Commander smiled, and shook Joshua's hand, while Alex just kinda looked and grunted. Joshua frowned, she seemed like a troubled person. He shook his head.
"Well, shall we go?" Joshua said. Sonic nodded, and the entire group, including Joshua's team, walked up the ramp.
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Tails was extremely tired. He had spent the last few hours waiting on a transport get him to where everything was happening. He suddenly remembered something, nobody else knows yet. He jumped up, and dialed Shadow's number.
RING RING RING
"Hello?" Shadow said.
"Shadow! It's Tails, got a problem." Tails replied. Shadow grunted. "What is it?"
"You seen the news recently?" Tails asked. "Not really..." Shadow replied. Tails shook his head.
"Damn it, well there's not a lot of time to explain. Get to the Pyramid they just discovered, and you'll know what I'm talking about." Tails said. Shadow rolled his eyes. "OK." Tails hung up, and proceeded to dial Knuckles.
RING RING RING
Nothing. The line went dead and Tails hung up. He dialed again, but got the same response. He sighed, frustrated...where the hell could he be? Tails shrugged, and dialed Amy's number.
RING RING RING
"H-hello?" Amy said. "Who is this?"
"Amy, it's Tails!" he exclaimed. "Where are you right now?"
"In the hospital.." she said. Tails' mouth dropped.
"Why?? What happened?" he asked. Amy sighed. "It's a long story, but Rouge and I are OK."
"Rouge got hurt too?" he exclaimed. Amy sighed again. "Yes. Now, why did you call me?"
"Watch the news, you'll find out why." Tails hung up, and sighed. Jesus Christ, what's happening to everyone? He thought. He sighed, and waited for his transport.
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Shadow hung up the phone. He sighed. "Why is all this shit happening now?" He asked. Without receiving an answer, he slumped down, and turned on the TV to see what exactly is going on.
"........and as you can see behind me, GUN is attempting to fight back what appears to be an endless wave of Zombified creatures from this Pyramid recently discovered in a newly acquired area. A video of a GUN Capital Ship being destroyed by these creatures is seen here...."
Shadow paid no attention to the video. He looked at the Pyramid. It seemed familiar, like he had been there before. He didn't know what to think about it, but something didn't seem right about it. He understood what he had to do. Shadow strapped on his boots, and took off towards the Pyramid.
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Knuckles awoke with a start. His head was throbbing. The first thought he had was 'Master Emerald'. He ran off towards the shrine, and found the Emerald, still there, unharmed and not moved from when he last saw it. He sighed, and rubbed a very large bump on his head. His mind flashed back to when he got hit. He realized that it wasn't Amy. Only Silver the Hedgehog could morph with such precision, but wasn't he a good guy? Knuckles scratched his head. Nothing was adding up, or making much sense anymore. Whatever the issue was, he had to warn the others about Silver's change of heart.
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Sonic was resting in the Med Bay again. After being reinjured, the nurse was treating him with several cuts and bruises, only a minor wrist fracture, and a sprained finger. The Commander escaped injury, and was currently in the Bridge, issuing commands to the rest of the fleet, as well as ordering reinforcements in, and issuing a mandatory draft, that will go into effect if GUN drops down to 80% remaining soldiers. Sonic decided to get up, and see what he could do. As he approached the door, a figure blocked his way. He looked closer and saw it was Alex.
"Hey Alex, what's up?" he asked. She glared at him. "Sit your ass back in that bed." It was no request. Sonic backed slowly away, and sat down. He knew when to take his chances, and this was not one of those times.
"You can't just expect to heal instantly, and be up and ready for more." she continued. Either you can stay here on your own free will, or I can have you tied down with straps for your own safety. Your decision, and either way, you're stuck here." With that, she walked off, leaving Sonic in a slightly emasculated mood.
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Amy was feeling pretty down. She let herself get raped, and her friend as well. She may have been a Freedom Fighter, but she just wasn't as strong as the rest of them. She sighed. Several weeks ago, apparently, Sonic found the Pyramid, and went to help. Amy wanted to go, but Sonic made her stay behind.
---Flash back---
"Sonic, let me go with you!" Amy whined. Sonic shook his head.
"No, you need to stay and watch after Rouge, make sure nothing else bad happens to her, OK?" Sonic said. Amy's eyes began to tear up, as she glared at Sonic.
"Why can't I come!?" she demanded. "Why won't you let me go with you!?"
"Because, I can't risk having you hurt again." he said. Amy stood there for a second, and watched Sonic walk out of the hospital.
---End Flash back---
"This sucks..." she said. "I wish all of this would just go away, and never have happened." Rouge grunted, and Amy looked towards her, a hopeful glimmer in her eyes. Rouge slowly opened up her eyes, and sat up. Amy's heart skipped a beat.
"ROUGE!" Amy shouted. She ran over and bear hugged Rouge, who hugged back weakly.
"Glad to see you're OK too Amy. How long was I out?" Rouge asked. Amy looked at the wall.
"About a month." Amy said. Rouge's eyes flew open.
"Oh my God, what has happened, what events did I miss?" she started. Questions flew out of her mouth, and there never seemed to be an end to it. There was a knock at the door. A doctor walked in.
"Miss Rouge, I need to speak with you. Miss Amy, would you please give us a moment?" the doctor said. Amy looked at Rouge, then to the door. She stood up and slowly walked out. The doctor watched her leave, and turned back to Rouge.
"Miss, there was an unusual positive result in your blood work we ran. I'm glad you're conscious for this, because I'd have to tell Miss Amy instead." The doctor said. Rouge sat there.
"Well? Go on!" she demanded. The doctor nodded.
"During a routine blood work check, we found something different, eh, unexpected. Rouge, you have Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia. The reason it took so long for you to wake up is because of this disease. Your Liver is failing, and unless we find a donor, you will die within 4 days." The doctor stood up, and walked out, leaving Rouge alone, to ponder what the doctor just told her.