SAF: I really appreciate the reviews guys! here's CH.7!

Shadow: are we gonna talk about how you-

SAF: NOPE!

Silver: But you said that you-

SAF: SHUT UP!

Sonic: All we're saying SAF is that-

SAF: STORY START!

"Sir! East perimeter has been cleared, sir!" The Commander nodded at the report, allowing the soldier to return back to his post. There were still more areas they needed to survey and secure before they could say the perimeter was safe. The Commander bit the inside of his cheek. What was with those specimen from earlier? Just as the Commander began to approach the direction with the most corpses, Shadow emerged from that direction, his face looking mildly grim. "Hedgehog." The Commander stated, gaining the mildly angered glare of the other. "Commander, we have a serious issue." Shadow began smoothly suggesting the commander follow him to the room he had just left from. Once the duo were back in the room, the Commander quickly spotted the remains of the weirdly deformed creature. "What the-" "I believe the doctor had been working to create this and it would seem that we are on the verge of having a deadly parasite pandemic."

"What?" The Commander hissed as his attention snapped from the creature to the ebony hedgehog. "What are you talking about?" Shadow shifted his gaze to the corpse behind him. "In the video the agent had, there was a duo that would repeatedly exit from this building. It was made even more alarming that they never had been seen entering it once and… well…" The Commander looked behind him to the door. There wasn't anyone around, at least not yet, but he would be needed to take up the reports. Shadow locked eyes with the commander. " I believe that there had been some sort of cloning going on in this facility. The real people who had entered here can be found among the corpses in the main lobby. Their clones are likely wandering the city…" The Commander's eyes widened at the news. The man bit his lip angrily as he turned towards the exit.

" I'll need to mobilize our PR team to prevent that reporter's story from causing panic, and finish securing this area. Hopefully that'll mean we gain more information on what that doctor has been up to… yet I don't believe having the soldiers wondering the street will be the best approach for this-" "-Commander, if I may, it seems as if you are suggesting to let this be?" Shadow questioned incredulous. "Shadow, there is no telling how these things may react if they now we're onto them. Not only that, but the alarm the people will have may work against us." The Commander stated. The hedgehog scowled. 'This was nothing but naive…' the hedgehog thought. "You'll need to get some locations so we can take all of these things down without alarming the people or them." The Commander stated as he headed towards the exit. Before he left out, he turned towards the hedgehog, seriousness and urgency laced in his stare. "Starting right now,"

"You are officially on your break."

The words still lingered in Shadows mind even as he raced through the city on his motorcycle. Being 'on his break' during all this mess simply meant he could act freely, without much consequence. Normally, he'd be eager to use any of his available resources for cases like these, however there were too many factors to be considered right now. For starters, it was obvious that his blue faker was in some sort of predicament. For Sonic not to emerge from the building which was currently filled with corpses and monsters meant that either he had been taken or… Shadow sighed before abruptly changing courses and heading down an alley. This should be a quicker route to the police office…. But that lead him to think about the second thing that was bugging him.

For Eggman to open and run a government owned facility and conduct the experiments on the scale that he had...there was definitely someone behind the scenes helping him… the real issue was that he didn't know who. Shadow tightened his gaze on the street up ahead. He would need to analyze the cameras and locate the mother daughter duo from there…

WITH CREAM AND AMY

"NOOOOOO!" Amy yelled, slamming her hands on the coffee table in front of her, just barely missing the plate of cookies. Her outburst had managed to knock over the tea pot and now the freshly brewed pot of Chamomile was spreading over the table. "Oh dear." Cream stated, trying to repress her giggles. "Oh! Sorry Cream!" Amy said sheepishly. She leapt up from her spot on the couch and began to run towards the kitchen. "I just got so frustrated!" Amy said, blushing mildly. Cream couldn't stop herself then, and she let the giggles escape from her mouth, lightly clutching her belly as she did so.

Cheese, who had been in the midst of a wonderful nap, wasn't as jovial as the other two. The Chao sleepily flew his way from his spot on the couch to the cream colored rabbit, nearly demanding some comfort. Cream happily obliged as her giggles began to slowly dispel. Soon, Amy was returning back from the kitchen, a handful of paper towels in her grasp. "I'm truly sorry, Cream." Amy said again, less embarrassed now. The pinkette was swiftly cleaning up the tea, casting little glances at the TV.

"Well, Miss Rose, I do understand why you were so frustrated." Cream said. "It's just," Amy began, lifting the plate of cookies. "How could he do something like that to Chonic? She's been faithfully besides him the whole time! Zane is such an idiot!" Cream tilted her head wonderingly. "Maybe Zonic doesn't know that Chonic likes him?" the bunny questioned causing Amy to gasp. "There's no way! Chonic is always there for him! Zonic is just so-" "Chao!" Cheese interjected causing the girls to realize they were keeping him from his nap. Amy and Cream shared a look before giggling.

"Sorry cheese." Cream said, lightly petting her Chao. "Yeah, sorry for waking you up, Cheese." Amy replied quickly going to the kitchen to throw the wet towels away. When she returned, Cream was in the midst of turning the volume down some before the TV glitched. "Hmm?" Cream questioned as the screen switched to a news report.

"This just in," a female news caster began. "Lorrell Wattingson of TRUU21 and her partner Jerry Wholmes had been in the midst of getting an inside scoop of the mysterious blockage just outside of Healthy Life Wellness Clinic when they were attacked by what the police are calling terrorist. An emergency stay in has been issued. All civilians are urged to get to their homes or another safe location and stay there until the authorities say other wise. This is Rogers with more information of safe locations and what to do during these times. Rogers," "Thank you Grace," Rogers began.

Amy and Cream shared a look before looking back at the TV. The pinkette slowly took a seat by the rabbit. She was supposed to go on a date with Sonic in a few minutes… Would he be alright?

MEANWHILE...

The milky blue E-gamma had been trying, but failing to feed his charge. The little blue hedgehog wouldn't eat the protein blended soup and potatoes no matter what he tried. Not only was the hedgehog refusing to eat, but he was also distracted from his studies. The medical virology he had been told to study was at the point of quizzing its students, yet the hedgehog refused to offer an answer. This just wouldn't do. At this rate, the little hedgehog would end up getting himself in trouble and the E-gamma just wouldn't have that. Sonic had turned his head way from the spoonful of mush the upteenth time when he heard a low robotic beeping. Then there was a little clank of the spoon on the bowl. Curious, Sonic looked back at the other. The 102 E-gamma robot pointed its non-threatening claw at Sonic's face and then proceeded to wave it back and forth all the while emitting beeping. Sonic blinked at the robot… then blinked again. Was the thing trying to communicate with him?

It seemed his attempts to talk with the little hedgehog wasn't going to work, judging by the confused expression the little one was giving him. If it was possible, Sonic would consider the long robotic beep to be the E-gamma's way of sighing. Sonic opened his mouth, but only coughed and wheezed in response. Maybe that was the issue, the E-gamma considered. The robot slowly reached its hand out to touch the little one. The hedgehog watched him cautiously, slowly leaning away from the touch before he felt his back pressed to the seat. The E- gamma haulted in its advancements and put both hands a few inches away from the baby. The robot waved both his hands, almost to tell Sonic that he had nothing to worry over. Then the robot proceeded to place its hand on its on head. It emitted a beep and the screen on its belly showed the robots body temperature read at 120 degrees F. Judging from the high beep the robot emitted, Sonic assumed that was good.

The little one seemed less uneasy with the robot after it told him what he was doing. The E-gamma once again went to place its hand on the other's head, but the little one still seemed guarded. The E-gamma carefully put his hand on the hedgehog's head. The little one was eyeing him warily the entire time and then, he beeped. Both Sonic and the E-gamma looked at the belly screen.

88 degrees F.

That was considerably high. The E- Gamma beeped making the noise go from high to low. So Sonic figured that wasn't good. The robot removed his hand before walking away becoming an indescribable blob. Sonic rested his head on his left fist before he blinked annoyed. He rubbing at his eyes. None of this made any sense. There was no way he was gonna play along with this sick game Eggman had put together… he just needed his leg to get better and then he'd be gone… unless a chance came before then… Becoming frustrated, Sonic angrily went to slam his hand down on the highchair table.

What he didn't notice was the bowl still there.

His hand ended up hitting the bowl perfectly. The contents and the container went flying off of the table as if in response to a small fit. With a THUD the items laid messily on the floor. Sonic looked at the ground and at the mess he involuntarily made. That… wasn't supposed to happen. To make matters worse, S.E seemed to chose that exact moment to walk in. The robot calmly surveyed the mess and the surprised hedgehog before approaching. "Throwing tantrums can and will result in punishment." Sonic couldn't hide the jump as he looked up from the floor to the robot standing on his left.

As if his voice decided to humor him, the hedgehog tried to explain. "I...I… dn't…" the hedgehog began but gave up. S.E had quickly grabbed the straps across his chest and pulled them, and the hedgehog, closer. " Lies also result in punishment." The robot stated. Sonic went to pry the hand off from the straps near his chest, but S.E used his free hand to easily wrap around both of the hedgehogs. Foolishly, this ignited a surge of anger. He had enough. Lesson or no lesson- Sonic wasn't gonna play around. In hindsight though, there really wasn't much the blur could do. S.E, though surprised by the leg kicking at him, was nonetheless prepared. Using his normal hand, the robot proceeded to remove the hedgehog from the highchair. Once the tray and the straps had been removed, S.E swiftly sent a small shock to the other. Sonic yelped out in pain, shaking from the shock.

Tears rushed to his eyes and the blur quickly realized that he just screwed up. S.E, using his liquid hand, yanked Sonic to the floor, ignoring his injured leg- much to the hedgehogs future dismay. The crushing weight of his body on his leg opened the flood gates as another pained yell left the blur. Sonic was on the floor, kneeling down as a way to get the weight off of his leg. What the blur didn't think about was the liquid melt still griping his wrist, keeping him in that position. The faint whirring noise of electricity, gave away what was about to happen as a memory quickly rushed across his mind.

"I warned you. Now you get to experience the t.s.s!"

There was a slight swoosh noise before Sonic felt the Smack to his backside. Suddenly, the new burst of heat and electricity his behind felt forced a yelp from him. Smack! And another...Smack! And another… Smack! Smack! Sonic tried to move his hands. That's when he discovered S.E was keeping him to the ground. Smack! Smack! The tears from before easily slipped out and streamed down his face. The hedgehog gritted his teeth together. He didn't want to cry from this. That's exactly what they wanted him to- Smack! Smack! Another yelp forced its way out along with soft whimpers S.E was certain the hedgehog didn't know he was making. The robot decided to turn up the voltage a few more watts and went to hit the blur once more before something gripped his arm.

It was the E-gamma. S.E stared at the other, nearly telepathically conveying how he needed to punish the brat for his insolence, yet the E-gamma's argument was equally compelling… The hedgehog's vitals were already suffering from both his cold and his behavior… at this rate, they may not even complete all the lessons they had planned for the day. With great reluctance, S.E morphed the paddle back to a hand and released the hedgehog from his liquid metallic hold. " Remember those lessons hedgehog."S.E stated before he left. He had already delivered the items the doctor ordered him to, so there was no other business he had to be in the room.

If the little one had heard the command, he didn't make an effort to reply. E-gamma let out a small low beep as he carefully went to pick the other up. Sonic tensed and tried to scrub away the tears and snot. Crying while sick didn't help his stuffed nose one bit, and now he felt even more congested. E-gamma carefully placed the hedgehog on his shoulder, mindful not to touch the little one's backside, and proceeded to another room. Sonic, noticing that some robot- he hadn't identified which- was carrying him, tried to push himself away. The sudden struggle nearly caused E-gamma to drop the lad and, while trying to prevent that, the robot accidentally touched the other's backside. The little one yelped and involuntarily pushed himself closer.

Poor baby. The little one hadn't even had proper nourishment before he had been punished… Sonic silently hissed at the soreness his backside was in. He just couldn't seem to get a break… E-gamma beeped lightly, spurring the blur to look at the robot and then try to make out what was going on in the rest of the room. There was still nothing but blobs of things, but one spot was becoming more visible. Was that a table…? Sonic squinted more, still unable to make out the object they were nearing. Soon, though, the hedgehog was placed down on top of the thing. It was relatively cushioned and slightly resembled the crib he had woken up in…..

The little one had winced when he had placed him down at first, but now the blue baby was looking about with curiosity. At least this was a way to distract the little one from the events from earlier. The robot buzzed and slowly placed his hand on Sonic's chest. The hedgehog resisted at first but eventually the little one allowed himself to lay down. E-gamma went to grab the items S.E had brought, slightly forcing the little one to lay back down before he found some ointment. Sonic had just laid down before he felt his legs get lifted up. Alarmed the hedgehog went to sit up but suddenly found metallic bands over his chest.

The E-gamma lightly patted the little one's tinted bum. They were a little red, but maybe the ointment would help. Sonic tensed at the light pat to his behind before he began to struggle. Was this robot going to…. "Sto…" the hedgehog coughed, squirming along with it. "Sto...op...stop…!" more coughs. The little one must be feeling very poorly, E-Gamma figured. The robot quickly applied the ointment to the squirming little one's backside, before finishing with the new soft item. As Sonic's legs were released, he felt something wrapped securely around his lower waist. The band that was on his chest was released and the hedgehog quickly sat up to better survey the item. E-gamma made another sad beeping noise as the baby's face heated up… they would need to get him feed and give him some medicine quick. The little one's temperature must be rising.

SAF: PLeAsE ReAd and ReViEw!

Sonic: You lied about finish-

SAF: SONIC SHUT UP! JUST STOP!

Shadow: Spooked much?

SAF: Uuuuggghh...

*Silver giggles*