Escaping Earth (by RAWN)
Chapter 8: New Predicament
If there was one thing about the large black furred dog, that looked like a crossbreed between a Rottweiler maybe and something bigger and hairier, that the two
hedgehogs were absolutely sure of; the canine was NOT a 'nice doggy'.
After a quick sniff on the caged creatures, it had growled aggressively at them and startled them further by trying to bite its way through the cage. Strong jaws
actually leaving dents on the solid metal bars.
Shadow snarled back at their attacker, ripped out one of his own quills and planted it in the large animal's sensitive snout. The dog yelped in pain and let go of his
prey while unsuccessfully attempting to remove the sharp spine with his front paws.
The pained cry apparently had attracted someone's attention, because the voice of an old lady was suddenly heard "Baxter? Was that you? Don`t tell me you`ve
attacked another porcupine again!" she called out. The dog lowered its head and tail in shame, and ambled its way toward her.
"What do you know, a quill. Why am I not surprised you mean old thing? Hope you`ve learned your lesson this time. Now stand still so I can remove it" the two
hedgehogs could hear her scolding her pet. "There! It`s out. Better see to that you haven`t harmed the poor critter" this caught the mobians immediate attention.
"Perhaps we shouldn`t talk to her, it might scare her off" Sonic suggested in a quick whisper. Shadow frowned at this but gave a small nod of agreement, secretly
thankful for not having to talk with the blue annoyance for a while.
As Sonic predicted, the shock of finding two alien creatures was probably as much as the poor lady, probably in her late sixties, could handle. When she came back to
her senses, she decided to bring them to her home where she managed to open the cage with a crowbar. She had also brought along the gun, though she had
without a second thought thrown it in her garbage can outside her house to the two infants great regret. After being left on the countertop in her kitchen, the old lady
apparently went to find them some food, they began to talk again.
"We need to get that gun back" Sonic said in a lowered voice.
"Obviously" Shadow commented unenthusiastically, already missing the silence of the other.
"Think we can slip out through that open window behind you?" the blue one asked unaffected by the black one`s unconcealed resent against him.
Shadow glanced over his shoulder and looked down out of the window.
"That depends…how do you feel about landing on barbed wire?"
Sonic`s eyes widened in shocked surprise "What! The kind old lady who lives here has `that` outside her window?"
"Close, It`s a rosebush really, but a rose by any other name still stings" the black one shrugged.
Landing in a bush full of thorns as sharp as their quills was out of the question. It might as well have been barbed wire, cute and decorative version.
"Not to forget that 'charming' hellhound she keeps as a pet. Pretty sure it would be thrilled to tear us to pieces if we even did manage to get to the other side of the
roses" Sonic added dryly while apprehensively eyeing said dog, which was at the moment relentlessly patrolling his territory inside the fenced garden with a headless
stuffed toy trapped between his drooling fangs.
"This is got to be the weirdest fortress I`ve ever been trapped in" the blue blur thought resentfully with a frown.
