The Sandlot
By Mutitoon90
Chapter Thirteen: The Retrieval.
"At the sandlot, Sonic revealed his secret weapon."
The team was standing Sonic, trying to convince him not to hop the fence.
"Don't do it." Yoh and Zeke begged.
"Yeah." Trucks agreed.
"Don't go." Sly said.
"Yeah! You'll be eaten!" Crash whined.
Ranma and Naruto nodded in agreement with Crash.
Tails stepped forward and said, "I have to the one to hop the fence."
Sonic turned to the fox and gave him a reply.
"I have to do this."
Then, he pulled out a pair of new shoes.
'High-tops: shoes that could make a kid run faster and jump higher.'
The hedgehog took off his old shoes and placed the new shoes on. Then, he placed the old shoes into the shoebox that he brought the high-tops in.
"This is it." Sonic said.
The team made one more attempt to change Sonic's mind, yet it was in vain.
"I really have to do this." The hedgehog said one last time before he started climbing the fence with the words, 'Heroes are remembered, but legends never really die', in his mind.
Once on the other side of the fence, Sonic heard something hocking up and then he saw the baseball that the Beast swallowed the other day. Then, the beast appeared from the doghouse. Their eyes locked, and the hedgehog and the dog-beast were in a standoff. Sonic's hand twitched as the beast barked at the hedgehog.
Then, Sonic dashed to the ball, grabbed it, and turned back to hop the fence. Once back at the sandlot, the hedgehog received praise filled with awe.
"That was so cool!" Tails announced the loudest.
Sonic heard something over the praises of his teammates. He turned around and saw something that make curse out, "Oh, shit!" before he ran off.
The group was confused about the hedgehog's behivor for a few moments, until the Beast ran passed the team, scaring the team.
"Whoa!" The boys exclaimed, but then they realized that the Beast was after Sonic!
"After them!" Sly announced, trying up leadership of the team.
The others obeyed and followed the raccoon.
Sonic ran down the alley as the Beast nipped at his heels.
"This guy's quick!" The hedgehog said between pants.
Meanwhile at the local pool, Carmelita was looking out for drowning swimmers, while she saw a large dog running towards the pool.
"What the!" The fox exclaimed before she saw Sonic running towards the pool.
Carmelita jumped off the lifeguard's post and went to the locked gate where Sonic and the Beast were heading, and unlocked and opened it.
"Move out of the way!" The vixen yelled at the sunbathers and swimmers.
A second later, Sonic and the Beast ran passed the lifeguard.
"Move it!" Sonic yelled.
The people ran out of the way of the Beast; mothers and fathers picked up young children, sunbathers leave their towels and belongings as they ran off. Sonic dodged any stragglers with the Beast knocking some of them down until Sonic ran out of the pool area. A few seconds after Sonic and the Beast left, the team entered at the pool area and saw what happened.
"Whoa!" Ranma exclaimed.
"This looks bad." Crash agreed.
"Yeah." Tails said.
At the founder's day luncheon, Sonic ran on tabletops, dodged people, and even slid under the cake that was nearly destroyed by the Beast.
"Whoa!" Naruto exclaimed as he saw the mess.
"Sonic's been here for sure." Yoh said.
"Follow that mess!" Zeke yelled to the team.
Then, Sonic ran through a small building that was showing an old werewolf movie, causing great chaos.
The team appeared after the destruction of the building, hearing the chaos inside.
"Is there anyway to keep up with them?" Crash asked.
Then, Sonic ran to the team, yelling, "Go to the sandlot!"
The hedgehog dashed passed the team with the Beast chasing after them.
"I know a shortcut!" Sly announced, "Follow me."
The team obeyed and followed the raccoon.
The team returned to the sandlot, but Sonic and the Beast were nowhere to be seen.
"Where is Sonic?" Tails asked the team.
The other shrugged their shoulders, when they heard barking.
"The Beast!" The team yelled out to each other.
Then, the boys saw Sonic running into the sandlot.
"Sonic!" Tails yelled as he saw his friend's jersey get bitten and ripped by the Beast.
The hedgehog continued to run, and so did the Beast, which allowed the piece of the jersey that he bit off to fall out of its mouth.
"Run faster!" Sly yelled.
Trunks covered the raccoon's mouth to help Sonic by keeping the raccoon quiet.
The hedgehog hopped the metal fence again with the Beast right after him. He turned around and saw that the fence was falling into the yard.
"Look out!" Sonic shouted.
But the metal fence fell onto the Beast with a loud crash. There was silence; none of the boys would make a noise.
Then, a noise destroyed the deafening silence, and Tails was the first one to react by running to metal fence, where the Beast was under.
"Help me!" The two-tailed fox yelled to his teammates, "He's hurt!"
Sonic was the first to help his friend free the Beast. Seeing this, the others ran to help Tails and Sonic, which helped.
Tails opened his eyes and saw the face of the Beast, which was not the face of a gorilla-dog monster, but of a Rottweiler, which gave Tails a loving and grateful lick in the face, leaving saliva on the fox's fur.
"Tails, be careful!" Sly yelled, "He's tasting you!"
"I don't think he is." Tails said.
"What are you talking about?" Crash asked.
"I think he's just lonely." The fox replied.
"I think Tails is right." Sonic said, "Look at the yard."
The team looked and saw that it was completely devoid of life of any kind.
"Talk about depressing." Trunks said, seeing the yard.
"Yeah." Ranma agreed.
The twins were shocked as well to see the yard.
Then, the dog pulled on Tails, who asked, "What is it?"
The dog barked and ran off.
"What's going on?" Yoh asked, as his twin, Zeke, shrugged his shoulders.
Tails followed the dog with Sonic and Sly right behind him.
"Don't go!" Sly yelled, still convinced that the dog would eat them.
Then, the team followed their teammates and the dog to a treasure trove of baseballs.
"Wow!" Trunks said in awe.
"You can say that again." Ranma agreed.
"We can play forever!" Crash announced.
"Yeah!" The twins agreed with the bandicoot.
"But before that," announced Sonic, "I have one more thing to do."
The team knew what it was: telling Shepherd that his dog got out.