Chapter 9

Authors note, I'm so sorry for the wait guys, hope this chapter makes up for it. Leave a review if you have time! I don't own Sonic or Sega only my OCs.

Jennifer's pov

I quickly glanced around my surroundings. Since we were on a pretty open stretch of road, there was no hiding from Eggman. There was a field to our left, and a dense forest to our right. I couldn't go back to the town. My thoughts whirled as panic set in me. "JENNIFER GO FASTER!" Rouge screamed at me. I was about to holler that I was doing the speed limit, until a explosion rocked my car. Swerving, i looked in my mirror slack-jawed. He was shooting missiles at us. Slamming my foot on the gas we narrowly missed death, as a missile collided where my car just was.

With booms and Rouge screaming in my ear, (Knuckles just looked sick) God gave me a hand. I saw a small sign pointing to a old nature path, the opening just big enough for my car. "Hold on!" I cried. Jerking the wheel, we bumped down the path. Once we got sufficiently far enough I stopped the were all breathing heavily, our adrenaline wearing off. We all seemed to be fine, until Knuckles leaned out and vomited. Feeling a bit queasy myself, I grabbed a shaking Spunky and got out. Looking up at the sky, I was pleased to see the trees were too thick to see anything. "Eggman won't be able to get us for now" I said with a smile. Rouge had followed me, "He will find us eventually, we need to find the others" she said gravelly.

Frowning I asked again what exactly happend. She sighed, "After Sonic, Shadow and Tails left to get you, Eggman showed up at your house. He took Cream and Amy before we even knew what was going on. While Knuckles tried to distract him, I hid the emeralds. But then we had to surrender when he threatened Creams life. He left us at that circus, because and I qoute, " You two are a threat to my plans!". I don't know what happend to Amy and Cream." By now Knuckles had joined us. He still looked a little green, and I scooted away from him."How are we going to find the others Rouge?" he asked. All of a sudden we heard something crashing through the bushes."In the car now" I said.

We sprinted to the car, but as I was opening the door I was slammed to the ground. Spunky ran from my arms and I groaned in pain. I was flipped over and I closed my eyes in fear. Without looking I swung at my attacker. "You've got quite a swing for a girl." a very familiar voice groaned. Opening my eyes I gasped, "Sonic!" He stood gripping his jaw, "How did you guys get here? I thought Eggman captured you all, we were so worried!" "Who is we?" I asked. But Sonic didn't get to answer as I was smashed into the ground yet agian. I whimpered in pain, "I think a rock just broke my back." "Jennifer?" a deep voice said. Looking up I saw a pair of crimson eyes looking at me with disbelief. "I thought you were gone" he mumbled. "Nope still here" I smirked. He actually gave a little smirk back.

Then I saw our position and I felt old feelings hit me hard. Scrambling away from his touch, I felt fear slam into me as my breathing got hard. Everyone was looking at me in shock. I tried to quickly cover it up, forcing a smile and yelling, "I'm so happy we found you two!" I even gave a little jig. Thankfully they all started talking with each other and I slipped away unoticed. I got in the back seat of the car digging in my suitcase. Getting my anxiety medicine I shook two in my hand, throwing them in my mouth and swallowing them dry. I had made some progress with my problems, but now it seemed I had tried to do too much at once. Leaning back I tried to calm my emotions.

I was starting to relax when, "What's that?" Letting out a yelp I jumped forward hitting my head on the front seat. Rubbing my forehead I grumbled. I looked up to see Shadow with a amused glint in his eyes. I sighed, "Hey Shadow, how is everybody?" Tails is on his way, and Rouge is telling Sonic how you rescued them. By the way what is that you have?" Confused I looked down and saw I still had my medicine in my hand. I flung it back in my suitcase and slammed it shut."Just making sure I brought my sleep meds" I lied smoothly. He raised a eyebrow at me, "Right, anyway once Tails gets here we are going to get Amy and Cream back." "How are we going to do that?""Well Eggman supposedly has a chaos emerald, and if we use Tails machine we can find him pretty easily." "Then you will have four chaos emeralds right?" I asked.

"Yes then soon we will be able to go home" he replied. "Hmm home" I mumbled. I didn't know why, but I didn't want them to leave. I finally felt like I had a purpose, I was really getting a little better. And I shivered at the what my life would be if they left. Maybe I could let them in just a little. I wanted to be friends with them. And I was getting tired of the lies. If I told anyone I think I would want to tell Shadow first. I felt a connection with him that I didn't really feel with anyone else. He acted like he cared so maybe he could help me more. I took a deep breath and gathered my courage. "Shadow?" I asked. "Yes?" Can I tell you something? I mean something I haven't told anyone like ever." His eyes had slightly softened and he said, "I won't judge you Jennifer." Taking a deep breath I was about to tell him everything. Until a flood of robots surrounded us.