Chased to another World (By RAWN)
Chapter 9: Finding the Twins
The blue hedgehog gasped as he abruptly regained consciousness, and quickly scrambled to his feet. He shook his head in the hopes of ridding himself of the
dizziness the sudden action had produced, and was surprised to hear the rattling sound of chains. Confused, he looked down on his arms and feet. They were free
from any restraints, so where…?
With a sinking feeling he reached for his neck where his fingers hit something hard, a collar. He traced the thin chain dangling from the metal collar with his eyes and
saw that it ended in a thick metal ring that was securely attached to the stone tiled floor.
Tugging at the solid ring around his neck didn`t help, but he was sure that he at least could cut through the flimsy chain without much difficulty using a simple spin
attack.
He spun and was instantly released, though he couldn`t get rid of the annoying collar with half of the chain still stuck on it, but that was of no consequence as long
as he could move freely about.
When taking a closer look at the room he had been brought to, he realized that he probably was in an old basement, with nothing more than a single light bulb
hanging from the ceiling as the only source of light. Three of the walls were stacked with cages, most of them unoccupied, but unfortunately there were still plenty of
them occupied by various exotic animals. He also noticed that the cages were kind of small, too small for him anyway, which explained why he had rather been put
on this metal leash that was currently hanging from one of his shoulders.
He started to search for the tiger twins, and found them huddled together in a small cage. Their ears were lowered, and they both stared at him with blue fearful
eyes.
It angered him to see how scared and undernourished they were, but he nevertheless softened his expression to not scare the already frightened cubs.
"Hey guys, don`t worry, you`ll be back with your mother in no time" he promised in a calm comforting voice, while opening the lock to their door.
Sonic reached his hands into the cage to take the kittens out. One of them didn`t resist at being picked up at all, while the other one squirmed and clawed fiercely
against the hand holding it.
"Ouch! You`re as bad as your mother! I`m here to help you, you know" he hissed through clenched teeth.
Ignoring the pain made by the struggling striped fur ball, he took a quick look at all the other animals. It was impossible for him to take any more of the poor
creatures along with him; he already had his hands full. All he could do was remember where they were and report it to Dr. McKinley, and hope that she could get
someone to help them out. That is, if he could get out of this basement first. On the top of the staircase on the forth wall, a solid metal door blocked his way. There
was not enough room to build up the necessary momentum to spin attack through the door, he had only managed to do it with the chain because it had been so thin,
and his spin dashes didn`t work well on stairs…
He froze in place as he heard someone unlocking the door from the other side, and watched almost in disbelief at his own luck as it slowly creaked open.
The second that the opening became wide enough for him, he zoomed out of the door past a very surprised human.
"Max! Get over here quickly! That blue creature is loose" Sonic heard him yelling out in alarm as he ran past him.
The blue blur screeched to a halt as a huge figure blocked his way to what he presumed would be the front door of this house.
"I`ve got him Jason, just come and grab that chain!"