Chapter 10

Miles slowly walked down the sidewalk. He closed his eyes and listened to the birds chirping in the trees. He opened his eyes and sighed. The birds had made him feel a little bit better, but he was still a little upset from his bad day at school.

He was at the sidewalk in front of his house when he heard someone call his name. He looked behind him and saw Amy running up to him. He stopped walking. "Amy?"

She got to him and bent down breathing hard. "The school…is under… attack…. I know it sounds crazy…but you have to believe me…you're the…only one…that can…help us," she stopped to catch her breath.

Miles looked confused. "What do you mean I'm the only one?"

She stood there for a minute breathing hard until she managed to catch her breath. "You're the smartest person I know, we need you!"

"Why me? I'm just a kid."

She sighed; she had hoped this would go quicker. "Miles… you're not just a kid, you're more than that."

"Yeah… I'm a freak."

"No!" she stood there silent trying to think of what to tell him. She wished Tikal was there, she always seemed to know what to say. "Look, you're a kid and you're different from everyone else, but you're also our only hope. You have to come with me."

He stood there not sure what to think.

Mrs. Prower stepped out of the house. "Hello Amy, is something wrong?"

Amy straightened. "Oh, hello Mrs. Prower, can I borrow Miles for a little bit?"

"They need me mom!" said Miles.

"Well…OK. You two stay safe!"

"We will!" Amy waved good bye before grabbing Miles' hand and running off toward the school.

"What's going on?" asked Miles.

"I'll explain on the way. But I'll warn you, it sounds crazy.…"

"Sonic… Sonic… wake up!" Rouge kicked him in the head and he sprung awake.

"Huh? What's going on?" he looked around and saw that students were holding his, Rouge's and Shadow's hands behind their backs and marching them to some unknown location.

"Quiet down," she whispered. "They're taking us to their master, and Shadow's knocked unconscious, well so were you but I couldn't get him awake, they must have hit him harder. So thanks for leaving us back there," she glared at him.

"I had to save Amy."

She looked away.

"I thought you'd be fine, and where's Silver and Tikal?"

"They left us too," she said without looking at him.

Sonic sighed. He looked up to see who was dragging him. "Espio?" Are you the one who hit me?"

Espio didn't answer.

"Looks like me and Silver are the only ones left of the team."

"It could be worse," said Rouge. She looked at him. "You could be the only one left of your team."

"We'll save them."

"How?" she asked still glaring at him.

"I'll show you how!" He kicked Espio hard in the stomach making let go of him, then he ran off.

Rouge was struggling to get free. "Sonic, you better not leave me!"

Sonic ran a ways down the hall and turned back. He was running at them full speed. "Duck!"

"What?"

"DUCK!"

Rouge ducked as he rolled into a ball and jumped over her. He flew into the person behind her, knocking all three of them to the ground.

Rouge was the first one up. "What on Mobius was that?"

"I don't know, I just made it up," he said getting up. "It was pretty cool though. I think I'll call it a spin dash," he gave a thumbs up.

"A spin dash? Uh OK."

One of the students grabbed Rouge's hand and she did a spun around and kicked him. "You're just making this up as we go along aren't you?"

"Pretty much," he dodged a punch from Espio.

The girl that was dragging Shadow dropped him and joined the fight. She grabbed Rouge's shoulders.

Rouge reached behind her and threw her over her head. "You're insane, you know that?"

"I'm insane?" he asked as he dodged another punch. "You hid your jacket in another girl's locker so you wouldn't have to admit you were jealous," he stepped to the side to dodge a kick.

She glared and kicked one of the other students extra hard. "I don't know what I ever saw in you."

"And I don't know what I saw in you," he leaped over Espio and kicked him in the back, making him fall over.

"I guess for once we actually agree on something," she ducked under a punch.

"I guess so. Does this mean you can get over it already?"

Shadow opened his eyes and slowly sat up. "Ow!" He put his hand to his head.

Rouge jumped back from the student she was fighting and glanced at Shadow. "You OK?"

"I'm fine."

"Sonic, fighting these guys is getting us nowhere."

Espio jumped back up and turned to face Sonic.

"You're right, I'm not even sure they're getting tired."

Espio threw a punch at him. Sonic jumped to the side and tripped him. "Help Shadow, I'll hold them off."

She ducked a punch someone swung at her and ran to Shadow. She put her arm around him and helped him up.

He pushed her away. "I'm fine."

Sonic ran past them. "Come on!"

They ran after him.

"Good thing we're faster than them aye Shadow?" said Sonic.

Shadow just ignored him.

"What exactly are we going to do?" Rouge asked Sonic.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean fighting them is useless, running gets us nowhere, and hiding till they find us seems pretty pointless too."

"I'll think of something."

"Well think faster my feet are getting tired!"

He looked back at her. "Will you shut up? It's not all about you!"

"Look out!" said Rouge.

He looked where he was going but too late, he ran straight into something and fell. He sat up and saw Amy lying on the ground. "Oh no!" He helped her up. "You OK?"

She giggled "I'm fine." He smiled at her and she blushed.

"I thought you left."

"I came back. I also brought someone who can help, but we got separated while running from those goons. You got to help me find him, he's a kid and I promised his mom I'd keep him safe!"

Sonic nodded "Don't worry, we'll find him."

"First we got to get away from them," Rouge said pointing behind her at the students chasing them.

"Right," he grabbed Amy's hand and ran off.

"Hey don't leave me!" Rouge called before running after them.

Shadow shook his head. "Why am I still following these people?"