Call of the Wolf
The afternoon sun was blazing high over the shoreline of the hidden island. Several mounds of sand were scattered slightly throughout the beach, along with twisted metal, shattered pieces of boulders, and the occasional driftwood that floats in from time to time. A lone crab scurried across the sand, pinches snapping open and close as it approached the closely packed sand mounds. It studied the mounds curiously, viewing one mound after another until something peek its interest. Sticking out of the sand of the fifth mound was a piece of white fur. Reaching out its claw, the red crab pinched the fur.
"Ow!" A feminine voice shouted as the mound began to shake slightly. The crustacean was hanging to the white fur as the bat lifted itself up slightly before turning her attention to the crab. Rouge angrily grabbed the crab, causing it to rip a bit of her fur out, and threw it several meters away from her. The crab landed with a thud, but seemed practically intact as it scurried away inland. The white bat watched it scurry away in frustration before scanning the surrounding areas, "Hey, guys, we made it." She heard a groan escape the mound on her right side as red dreads stuck out of the mound before releasing the echidna from it. Red eyelids open to reveal violet eyes as they quickly scanned the area.
"We made it. Man, for a second I thought we were goners." Knuckles replied as he rubbed his head to dull the headache that formed after being hit with one of the piece of metal when they entered the tornado. The other mounds were now starting to fall apart, revealing Shadow, Storm, Wave, and Tails. "Wait a minute," the echidna looked out toward the calm blue ocean in shock, "wasn't there a hurricane here just a second ago." The others looked out in the same direction, noticing it was way calmer than earlier.
"Maybe, it only affects those who aren't on the island." Tails suggested.
"Well, don't worry; you'll be seeing it again real soon." A slightly deep voice replied. The group turned to find a gray wolf standing on the outskirt of the forest. Dark brown eyes glared at the group, a small snarl trying to escape the closed muzzle.
"Oh yeah, you and what army." The white albatross shouted to the wolf. The canine let a mischievous smile cross his muzzle before replying.
"You mean this army." The wolf said. He took a step forward before lifting his head toward the sky; a loud howl escaped his mouth. Several seconds after the wolf was finished howling, the vegetation behind the mammal rustled greatly as hundreds of wolves rushed out from the forest to stand side by side of the first. Some dashed through the undergrowth while others leaped from branch to branch of the understory.
"You just had to say something, didn't you?" Wave growled as she sent a glare at the rouge. The group had gotten into position for the wolves attack. Rouge and Tails were ready to take off into the air, Knuckles and Storm had fist held out and ready to punch, Wave had pulled out a few bombs from her tool bag she carried, and Shadow had two chaos spears ready to throw if one dare approach. The gray wolf looked toward the assembled pack and barked several times, earning nods and responding barks. Seconds later the wolves were approaching quickly in rows of fifteen. Shadow threw the chaos spears at the first two wolves, causing scorch marks to appear on the flank and the duo to run off whining. Tails and Rouge had flown into the air and were swooping down for the occasional kicks when ever given the chance. Knuckles and Storm were sending out flurries of punches, making a few wolves fly into the air. Wave was throwing bombs after bombs, some had several injured the wolves, forcing them to retreat from the field, while others only caused minor scratches and bruises. Though, with all the effort the group was putting out to stop the attacking force, for every wolf they forced to retreat, another one took it spot. A sudden loud bark erupted throughout the battle and all the wolves retreated back behind the leader.
"Impressive, the Guardian was right to take caution against you." The wolf said with interest as he smirked, "Though, can you handle this?" His right hind leg moved back just as his left foreleg did. HE moved backward slightly, letting the fur on his belly brush against the sandy ground before releasing a powerful bark that forced the sand to blow out almost like a tsunami and head straight for the mobians. They all held their arms in an x position in front of their face, their eyes closed tightly and their heads turned the other way. They heard the slight thudding of paw steps, but the sand blew too hard for the group to determine their destination. The group lowered their defenses slightly as the sandstorm became weaker, allowing them to see the sudden drop of wolves in front of them since there was only about five hundred of the remaining nine hundred wolves in front of them. They glanced to the sides of them, seeing that the other wolves were nowhere in sight. Shadows summoned another chaos spear as black ears perked up as another slight thud was made from the direction behind Rouge.
"Watch out!" He shouted as he hurled the energy spear at what seemed like empty air, but made another thud as it hit something. A brown wolf howled in slight pain, a scratch running down its muzzle, before growling in frustration and lunging at the group. It let out a whine as Storm grabbed the canine by the throat. The wolf folded its ears back and growled as it tried to bite the albatross hand until it was hurled toward the forest with a scared expression on its face. The 'missing' wolves appeared in the same area as the first, each had teeth bared and ready to pounce. "Everyone, get ready." Shadow shouted as a slight red glow. Tails and Rouge instantly grabbed the other three mobians, two of them being confused at the moment, and hoisted them up into the air.
"Wait, don't do that." The gray wolf said as the others froze in fear, some had ran away the instant they saw the glow.
"You asked this amongst yourselves." The black hedgehog replied as the glow grew larger, "CHAOS BLAST!" The red glow enveloped the hedgehog before expanding in a dome shape toward the wolves at a fast rate. Some of the wolves were lucky to escape being thrown into the air, but others, including the leader, were blasted into the air, burn marks covering their fur, as they were tossed in random directions. Some were lucky to only land in the ocean, but most landed on the ground with a loud thud, a few had landed in or had broken a tree branch as they fell. The wolves quickly recovered, but whined slightly as they dashed back, leaving the leader to struggle back up onto its hind leg.
"You may have your laughs, but just you wait. You'll be begging for your death when the Guardian is done with you all." The wolf turned in followed its comrade into the dense wilderness of the forest.
"Ok, that was kind of weird." Tails said as he gently placed Knuckles onto the ground before landing beside him.
"Tell me about, how they were even able to talk is what I want to know." Wave replied as she dropped to ground along with Storm as Rouge land beside them.
"Maybe it's the chaos energy on the island, another reason why G.U.N. might want it." Shadow said as he watched the sun began its slow descent toward the horizon. "We should go look for shelter, its starting to get late."
"I believe shelter would be the least of our problems." Storm said as they approached the forest, "who knows what other creatures are going to attack us now. We still have a lot more things to worry about, even if you don't count Sonic, the Boss, and the Guardian."
"I really wish Omega was here." Rouge said as she walked beside Shadow, pushing away large tree leaves, ducking under the occasional low hanging braches or stepping over upturned roots. Shadow glanced as he replied.
"Right now, I agree with you."
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