Gabriela's Pov

"ABBY! Abby! Uppy! Abby! Wakie! Uppy!" I groaned as my toddler brother jumped on top of me shouting for me to get up. I opened my eyes yawning then sat up causing Justin to tumble to the end of the bed. I crawled over to him and sat him on my lap as I tried to wake up.

"What's the big rush, Justin?" I asked while mussing with his hair, he wiggled away from me with a huge grin on his face

"Icnic! Icnic!" He cried out in glee then slid down the bed as the bedroom door opened, Sonic leaned against the doorframe with a grin.

"He means, Picnic. It looks like its going to be a nice day so I though we all should go on a picnic. What do you think?" He said while Justin toddled over to him with a grin matching Sonic's, I smiled sleepily nodding then fell over backwards on the bed still wanting to go back to sleep. I yelped as I felt arms wrap around me then it was a blur of colors, wind rushed past my ears.

"Okay! Okay! I'm awake! I'm awake!" I laughed as Sonic came to a stop then I noticed he had run outside, then I remembered something.

"Hey Sonic, mind running by my house?" I asked as I remembered the new dress my mom had ordered, he nodded then two minutes later we were in the kitchen. Luckily my parents were busy making themselves breakfast, after a quick good morning I rushed upstairs and threw open my closet with a grin…

I quickly walked down stairs messing my hair ribbon, Sonic and my parents were talking in the kitchen and from what I could see they were laughing.

"Hey everyone! What's so funny?" I asked as I snatched a piece of toast from my dad, he rolled his eyes at me with a mischievous grin then a moment later he grew serious.

"Oh nothing. You look very pretty Gabriela, I'm so glad you picked out that dress instead of that hot pink one." My mom said as I spun around for her to see, Sonic smiled at me. I had gone on a shopping spree with my mom a week before Sonic and the others had gotten back to earth. It was a knee length green dress with a matching green hair ribbon and with luck we found a pair of green shoes with a ribbon winding around my leg like a ballerina's shoe.

"You look gorgeous, Gabby." Sonic said as he stood up and walked towards me, I could see my dad eyeing Sonic.

"Is there something wrong, dad?" I asked peering at him, he looked at me then shook his head. My mom lightly touched his arm with a sad face, then sighed and answered me

"Your father could lose his job, honey. They're deciding today who leaves, so he's worried." She explained as I nodded understanding the pressure on him, I walked over to him and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Don't worry dad! It'll be okay. If you have to leave. You have to leave. There's nothing you can do about it. I love you." I said as I hugged him, Sonic and I left a minute after that back towards the Blue Typhoon. Amy and Cream had everything packed up and had Justin dressed by the time we came back, so after a round of ooh's and ahh's at my dress we headed off to find a picnic spot.

"I can't believe we haven't found a picnic spot yet!" Amy complained as she switched the picnic basket from one arm to the other, Sonic sighed rolling his eyes.

"I already have a spot picked out, we would have gotten there faster if you could have walked faster, but…" He trailed off, I giggled hearing the irritation in his voice. Smiling I took his hand and continued to walk, when suddenly he started to run.

"Slow down! The rest of the guys won't be able to keep up!" I said as he dragged me behind him, he laughed then shook his head.

"It's up ahead and besides they'll find us!" He said then ran even faster, I was about to ask him to stop when we suddenly came to a clearing. It wasn't just any clearing. There was a small lake and near the water's edge was a peach tree filled with flowers spilling out everywhere, it seemed like this place was enchanted.

"It's so beautiful. How did you find it?" I asked in amazement as we walked closer to the tree, Sonic smiled.

"I was on a run and found it. You like it?" He asked his emerald eyes hopeful, I spun around as a wind blew some flowers off a tree.

"Like it? I love it! It's just so beautiful." I said then turned around and hugged him. His hand rested on my back, I felt unfallen tears sting my eyes as I remembered that we had limited time together. I pulled away and looked towards the guys as they entered the clearing, soon enough they all did the same as me.

"Its so pretty!"

"Look cheese! You can play in the water!"

"Petty! Wawa!" Justin said looking around then he saw the lake and instantly started running, I quickly dashed in front of him grabbing him before he could get in the water.

"I'm sorry Justin, but you can't swim here. No wawa, okay? No water." I said as he pouted then saw Cream and Amy begin to unpack instantly his sugar instincts kicked in.

"Cookie! Cookie!" He squealed then wiggled from me and ran towards them hoping to get a sugar rush. Sonic and I looked at each other then burst into laughter, Shadow and Knuckles were the last to enter and said the least but I could see that they were just as amazed. Looked back at the tree as a very familiar urge tugged at me, rolling my eyes I ran towards it and started to climb. It was fairly easy since the dress wasn't long and it was made out of a light cotton. I waved down at Sonic with a grin as I sat on a branch, he laughed then in an instant he was sitting next to me.

"Nice view!" He said as we looked above everyone and everything, I sighed.

"Yeah, it is." I said then leaned towards a branch and lightly pulled one close to smell the flower when Sonic tapped me on the shoulder. I looked back to see a flower in his hand, with a smirk he lightly tucked it underneath my hair ribbon.

"Thanks!" I said looking at him with a smile, he chuckled then leaned closer to me. I could feel his breath on my face and as we got closer to kiss, Amy called for lunch. I smiled mischievously at him then climbed down, I looked around to see Shadow, Knuckles, Tails, Amy and Cream already sitting down. One person was missing.

"Where's Justin?" I asked looking around Amy looked at me in shock.

"I sent him back to you after I gave him a cookie. I thought he was with you." She said standing up as blood rushed to my head.

"He never came over to us. Justin! Justin!" I said then called for him as I scanned the area. Soon everyone put down lunch and started to look for the two year old.

"Justin! Justin!" Everyone's voices echoing in the clearing, instantly my older sibling instincts kicked in. What if he's hurt? What if…what if he fell in the lake? As the thought crossed my mind I began to panic, then I heard a soft giggle. My head jerked ahead of me when I saw a brown mess of hair in the bulrushes next to the lake. I sighed in relief as my hand rested near my heart

"I found him!" I called out then hurried over towards him, then my eyes saw a something silver behind a tree close to the lake.

"No." I gasped out as I realized who and what it was.

"NO! Sonic!" I cried out then ran towards my innocent unsuspecting little brother, Nazo instantly was behind Justin about to grab hold of him when a blue blur smashed into him.

"You just won't give us a break will ya!" Sonic growled as I cut through muddy cattails and other lake plants toward Justin.

"I will have that boy!" Nazo snarled then crashed into Sonic sending then both into the lake.

"No!" I cried out seeing them crash into the water, he can't swim! Was all I could think of at the moment. I was only a few feet away from Justin when a figure stepped out of the lake, Nazo. I snatched Justin up and ran to the cover of the trees, when I felt something hit me on the back sending me sprawling forward. I flipped over cradling a wailing Justin close to me as Nazo walked toward me.

"Give him to me!" He growled as I crawled backwards away from him

"Never!" I cried out defiantly then a red blur smashed into him, I got back to my feet as Knuckles stood in front of me fists held up.

"Go Gabriela! We'll distract him, while you and Justin escape." He growled then ran forward swinging his fist forward landing a punch to the jaw. With out even hesitating I ran back towards Amy when I remembered something. Sonic. He was still in the lake! I ran to the water's edge when I saw Knuckles get slammed to the ground, a flash of light and Nazo was standing behind me. I took a step back, my foot entering the cool water.

"Stay away from me!" I shouted as I took another step back both feet entering the water, I had no where to run. Shadow was standing off to the side looking at the ground eyes closed. Wasn't he going to help me? For a split second I thought he had sided with Nazo when I looked down to see the blue/green water change to a bright gold. Gasping I turned around to see the water rippling then a bright figure floating above the water. I felt like crying in relief when I saw Super Sonic in the air, then looking back I saw why Shadow wasn't helping. He was changing as well and then a moment later he too changed into Super Shadow.

"Leave her alone!" Sonic shouted then flew at Nazo as they crashed through the trees, Shadow was instantly after them. I quickly stepped away from the lake and looked towards Amy, Cream and Tails. I was about to say something when I heard a deep wicked laughter, I looked up to see red cackling through the sky. Then I felt my blood run cold, a red figure was hovering in the sky. Perfect Nazo.

"You and Justin need to get away from here, Gabby. Go into the city, he won't think you'd go over there." Tails said as I quickly nodded then glanced over to Knuckles.

"We'll take care of him, go! The fate of the world depends on you and Justin. Hurry!" Amy said giving a light shove towards the opposite side of where the fight was. I nodded then quickly ran out of the once peaceful clearing and towards my house. I felt like I was running for hours till I finally reached home, thankfully no one was home. I threw open the garage and jumped into my car and rushed to buckle Justin in. It was so hard to drive every time I saw something red or a glint in the light I would look back. I just hoped that the others would be okay. As I glanced back one last time I saw three figures coming towards me, Nazo the closest near me. A yellow blur shoved the Nazo to the side blocking him away from me, I quickly slammed on the gas. I could hear the boom and crashing of the fight behind me, soon enough we were in the city. I can lose Nazo in the mob of people, I hope…

Thanks everyone for the nice commments on the last paragraph in the chapter before!:) So I've decided there's just two more chapters left till the story ends so you have this chapter and the next to post the picture then it'll be over. Also Lazulithecat, for some reason it says that your story doesn't exist when I click on it? Weird..Anyway can Super Sonic and Shadow defeat Nazo? Will Gabriela escape with Justin? Find out in the next chapter! And so the battle begins... ~God Bless!~