A.N. Well, I guess I have a lot of explaining to do. I ditched you guys again, and I couldn't be more sorry. But before I go into excuses, I wanna start by saying: I will NEVER quit writing Emergency Exit Only until I say it's over. I will try as hard as I can to stop going on extended breaks, but I actually have a good excuse this time. I was asked to write a movie. That's right, an entire movie, by myself. It was a tough job, but it was for a buddy of mine who really wanted to live his dream, and he read this story and asked me if I could write him a script. Unfortunately, the movie has hit a bit of a rough patch, meaning my hiatus may have all been for nothing, which SUCKS! But it was fun, and certainly an experience. Well, I'm not gonna bore you with more excuses, here is chapter 6!

When we last left Sonic and company, Link was sad, Shadow was rude, and Sonic and Knuckles sat on the floor

They are no longer on said floor.

Sonic seemed to have everything under control, which was a feeling he hadn't felt in a long time. He went to bed that night with an extreme confidence, and felt like rewarding himself by sleeping in until noon and then waking up to enjoy some bacon. But, because it's Sonic, that didn't happen.

There was a knock at the door at 6 a.m. sharp, when the only person awake was Knuckles, who was doing his daily workout. He went to go see who could be knocking at such an early hour, and when he opened the door, it all made sense.

"Ahh, red one. It seems you have prepared for my arrival. Where is blue one? We must start planning immediately."

It was Silver, who was ready to take Ganondorf down, no matter how early the time.

"He's asleep," Knuckles said, while flexing... "But there's no way I'm waking him up. He'd kill me."

"Well if he wants to help his friend, he must wake up now. I will do it."

It actually went better than Knuckles expected. Sonic only swore like, 10 times at Silver, and he didn't even break anything.

"If Link wasn't in such a horrible position right now, you would be dead." Sonic grumbled, and he didn't even get bacon.

"Don't be so simple," Silver said in his obnoxiously calming voice, "we need to take down this fat pile of bully"

"That was the best thing I've ever heard." Knuckles was ready to plan at that point.

The 3 of them discussed for about 2 hours. Well, Sonic didn't contribute much, but Silver had plenty of ideas.

"So, we could do the plan with the monkeys and mashed potatoes, or the one with my psychic powers. What do we vote?"

"Oh man, that's tempting." Sonic said, "but I need the mashed potatoes for dinner tomorrow, and we can't afford a monkey."

"So it's decided," Knuckles said cheerfully, "Ganondorf will never see it coming"

"Of course not," Silver grinned, "It's my idea."

The gang went to school the Monday, and the plan was put into action. It started in homeroom, Sonic would get Link and Zelda to go sit with him at lunch, Knuckles would keep Tails away from them, and Silver would get Ganondorf to fall into their trap.

"Link, you need to cheer up," Sonic was a great at convincing. "Just sit with me at the lunch table today, you can't just sit with yourself and Tails everyday for the rest of the year."

"I guess you're right." Link was in, now he just needed Zelda. This would be tough, because after their last conversation, it's been... awkward between them. Sonic was able to catch Zelda after homeroom, even though he dropped his books while standing up. It's a good thing he's fast.

"Alright, this may not sound super enticing, but I think you should sit with me at the lunch table today, I need to discuss some stuff with you." That sounded way to creepy.

"Well, as long as this 'stuff' isn't weird, I guess I could sit with you today." She thought it was creepy too. But Sonic didn't care, his part of the plan was done, he just needed Knuckles and Silver to pull through.

The plan was going as... well, planned. Sonic, Knuckles, Link, Zelda, and not Tails were at the table, they just needed Silver to bring Ganondorf.

"So is everyone good with the plan?" Sonic said after his debriefing with Link and Zelda.

"Yeah, but... who's gonna take the picture if we're all here?" Link questioned.

"Oh crap, I forgot newspaper headline pictures don't take themselves. What do we do?"

"I can help." Apparently Amy had heard everything.

"No way, every time you offer to help you always have some crazy thing you want me to do in exchange." Sonic was all to aware of her idea.

"This time it's different, I want to take down Ganondorf just as much as you guys. All I want is photo credits."

"Well that sounds reasonable." Sonic said with a sigh of relief. Everything was in position. "Okay, so as soon as Ganondorf sits down, Zelda pretends to choke on her food. When he goes to help her, Silver will make him push her to the ground, and Amy will get the picture. Then Link will come in, save Zelda, stop Ganondorf, and look good in the process. People will see how good Link is and how stupid Ganondorf is, and forget about what happened last week. Let's do this!"

Silver walked over to the table, with Ganondorf right behind him. They both sat down, and the plan started.

Zelda started her choking act, and Ganondorf went to go help her. But the plan took a huge turn for the worse after that. Instead of Silver making Ganondorf push Zelda, he knocked Zelda to the ground himself, and when the picture was taken, it looked like Ganondorf was trying to stop her from falling. And when Link went to go help him, Silver knocked Link on top of Zelda. He had been working for Ganondorf the whole time. Sonic and Knuckles went in to help, but Ganondorf held them off while Silver escaped with the camera. The five of them were left in the cafeteria, with everyone around. They had been defeated, by the person they thought was helping them. Sonic was more defeated than he had ever been before, and Link walked out of the lunchroom, thinking he would never be able to show his face again.

A.N. I know, sad cliffhanger, but hey, it's a plot twist! See you all next time!