Sorry for being late, I'm so lazy. Here is the newest chapter yet.

Wing and a Prayer

Maria's POV.

Shadow walked up to a house built into a tree, the nearby mailbox, which was full of letters address to one 'Sonic' sent by an 'Amy', had the words 'HEDGEHOGS' painted on it. Shadow stared at the door what felt like a year to him.

They're waiting, Shadow, don't let them down.

Shadow finally mustered the strength in his heart to move forward, fighting off the doubt in his mind. When he opened the door, elderly looking Jules and Chuck were there waiting, as well as a blue woman hedgehog. Shadow then noticed a purple girl hedgehog and two hedgehog brothers, one green and one blue, who were in their teens coming in the room. There was a moment of silence.

That blue hedgehog, who is he? Why does he look like Shadow?

The adult Jules spoke to Shadow, "Welcome home, Shad."

The young blue hedgehog then gave the ebony entity thumbs up, "Welcome home, bro."

Bro? Were he and Shadow brothers? But Jules and Chuck look years old while Shadow is the same. Could Shadow be immortal? No, it's not that. Something… in the future did this to him, something…. Not of his choice. Something… against his will.

Huh? The vision, it's breaking apart by some sort of disturbance. Something's coming, something cold. A loud blast of stone broke my trance completely.

On the far side of the lake, a tank with a mining drill for a hood ornament busted the wall down. Soon some werewolf like creatures in field uniforms came in through the hole in the wall, huddling around the pool. The strange lights that glowed when I came died at some point when I had those visions.

The center of the spring began to bubble as a certain jaded mystical jewel began to emerge from the water.

"General Stryker, we found it, we found the Master Emerald's hiding spot."

Instinct instantly told to go under water as soon as Master Emerald gave off a green glow. I stayed submerge as long as I can hold my breath. I felt a strong urge to resurface and breath, and I did so. As soon as mouth and nose were out of the water, a huge hand grabbed my arm and hosted my out of the water.

My captor was 10 foot dingo with a buzz cut. Compared to my preteen size, he was a giant. A giant with a stomach that would be almost be around my size…

One of Chucks eyes kept a look out for land while the other pay close attention to the fuel gas, which showed that to be 3/10 full.

When they meet and left for Ark, Professor Gerald told Chuck that there was a city known as Station Square due west from Angel Island's location. And in Station Square was a base for the military Guardians United Nation, also known GUN. Chuck hopes to reach this base to get reinforcements, but deep in his mind, he half-expected the tragedies that would befall on ARK if he did.

"Tornado to GUN Base: Respond, please. Tornado to GUN Base: I have a message from Prof, Gerald." Said Chuck into his radio, knowing that no one can resist a message from the head genius of their own world.

"GUN Base to Tornado:" went the radio, "We have you on radar, do you need assistance?

"Yes, how far am I from the nearest landing strip?"

"23 miles due 178 degrees northwest, can you make it there? Over."

"I'll try. Keep an eye out for me; I'm a blue hedgehog flying a red biplane."

"One of the hedgehogs that are supposed to be on ARK?"

Chuck hesitated, "Yes."

Ice Cap Mountain proved to be a difficult climb, not even the dingoes made a base of operations on the perilous peak. Jules was the only one who was shivering in the group. "I-I-I'm turning bluer than I already am."

Shadow, being built by the military of course, felt nothing, "Relax, father. It's only 15 degrees below zero."

Locke sneezed while walking close behind Lara-le. "Cover you mouth!" Scold the female echidna.

"Well excuse ME!" grunted the male in an annoyed tone.

As the small party continued forward when a jet with the Dingo Army logo one it flew right above our heroes.

Jules managed to find his funny in the cold with the ringing in his ears, "Don't you guys have Sound Polluting laws around here?"

Lara-Le began to curse and gave her flying opponent an odd hand gesture, "You flea bags can straight to-" she was cut off the jet over passing them again.

Jules turned to Shadow and said, "That's your mama."

Locke turned to his female counter part, "Have anything to take something like THAT out?"

"No, I had no idea that they brought jets here. They must have been cloaked when I was spying on their camps."

Shadow skated after the jet, with his shoes at full blaze, and launched himself into the air and onto the back of the plane. From there, the pilot saw him and started to do a vertical climb. Frost started to grow around both Shadow and the jet. As air was getting thinner, Shadow began to lose felling in his body and his grip on the plane went limp and began to fall.

Shadow did not like this feeling at all, falling in such a cold and airless environment in such a weak state. His blood was unevenly portioned in various parts of his body, almost like they given up on him and just standing around till the end comes. If only he was stronger, if only…

Lara-Le, using her abilities to glide, manages to catch Shadow in her arm. The project, whose eyes were burned by wind and ice, thought he was seeing his guardian angel.

Jules and Locke, who were mad as a t-rex in a tofu factory when they saw they're boy almost died, got into a special formation; Jules curled up in a ball and Locke holding him like a bowling ball. Using his ancient echidna strength, Locke launch the blue pin covered pinball towards the jet. With all of it's reinforce titanium steel plates, the plane was quickly dismantle as a twig in the inferno of the two fathers' wrath. Jules mange to tear through the plating, server wires and gas-lines, and cut off the right wing. The flying death machine soon plummeted into the ocean while the pilot drifted safely on land via parachute, but he was still unfortunate enough to land three steps away from a ticked off echidna mother. The dingo, who was at least in his early twenties, muttered to himself, "4 thousand dollars just went down the sinkhole."

Lara-Le lifted her giant glove hand over the canine's head, "And a big lump on your head!"

THEWP!

The dingo punched the female right in gut with an evil smirk on his face. Locke rush towards Lara-Le, using a strong punch to shift his weight for more speed, and gently catch her in his huge palms. The dingo looked down at the crimson couple, "I am a descendant of the head chief of the dingo tribe Stryker, the tribe that your ancestors destroyed long ago. Every dingo on this island has a linkage to the ancient tribe, and they're also linked by the motive to kill off you echidnas."

Jules took a fighting stance, "Man, these guys need to get a life…", and said to the cruel canine, "Alright, you demented dingo! First you made my boy pass out and fall to his death, then you knock out Locke's girl. That' ant cool at all!"

Locke patted his fists against one another, "No hurts any echidna on MY Island."

The hero hedgehog and the extreme echidna charge to the canine. The dingo pulled out a gun but Jules manage to disarm him, not to mention removing his combat armor, and Locke came in and punched the dingo so hard, his stomach lost its depth.

The dingo wrapped his arms around the sore spot, "How, I was the top graduate in solo-missions. I have the ability to take down any echidna."

Jules just smirk, "Whadda about an echidna and a super cool, super fast, super slick hedgehog?"

A nearby secret camera planted in a hollow tree monitored the dingo collapse.

Shadow slowly regained consciousness. He found himself. Sitting a front of a fire, with his fathers and napping mother around it.

"What happened?" ask the confused.

"Nothing much," said Jules, "Just taking down losers a peg."