Sophia's Pov
I snarled kicking the waste basket against the wall, my eyes were blurred with tears. I had tried everything I could think of to escape and yet nothing.
"Grr! I hate this!" I snapped as Danielle and Step watched me.
"I hate my life! I hate Darien! I hate the Sonic heroes! I hate everything!" I shouted kicking a chair letting myself throw a tantrum. Then I had an idea, I turned to Danielle clenching my fists.
"This is your fault!" I said as she stared at me in shock.
"Me? How is this my fault! I'm not the one who spit on their face!" She snapped as I got closer to her.
"If you hadn't been antagonizing them then we wouldn't be in this mess!" I said shoving her back, I knew this plan of mine would be very painful but I had to try. She regained her bearings and hit me right across the face. I grimaced then swung, hitting her across the shoulder.
"Fight back, Danielle! Fight! You're the leader of us all! Fight back! Teach me a lesson, I dare you!" I shouted as I saw her fists tighten. I twisted around then knocked her to the ground pinning her there.
"Listen to me! I'm just acting. Go along with it. If they think we're fighting then they'll get too cocky-" I whispered furiously as she stared at me then kicked me back before I could finish my sentence
"And then what, Sophia! Tell me!" She shouted as I tumbled back, I looked at her to see if she understood. And she did because there was a mischievous glint in her eyes. Jumping back to my feet I held my fists up.
"I don't want to fight you! But I swear if you keep this up you'll wish you were never conceived!" She snarled out as I smirked.
"Too late!" I then swung when she twisted around grabbed my flailing arm and sent me crashing into the wall. Which I might add was very painful.
"Not that realistic." I whispered as I felt sharp pains running through my spine, I got up and tried to fight again. After about what felt like and hour, I collapsed to my knees and looked up at her. She stood over me with a smirk, acting the part out. Although I had to admit she was a superb actress, for a few moments I thought she wasn't faking. And she probably didn't for a little bit. She grabbed my arm and yanked me up so we were eye to eye.
"Had enough?" She asked cockily as I smirked as spat at her.
"Never." I yelped as I was once again sent crashing into the wall, but this time I kept my eyes closed and body limp. There was a dead silence except for Danielle's ragged breathing.
I laid there for a few hours, I wanted so badly to shift myself and my back was aching. Then I heard the sound of the door opening, I could hear Danielle snarl. Who was it?
"What are you doing? You've got gall to come here, after you deserted her!" Danielle snapped as I heard approaching stepped.
"What were you thinking! Come on and help me with her, I was able to disable the cameras for a bit and I've got the keys for the helicopter." It was Darien. I felt his arms wrap around me, but when I looked up at him I saw a brown hedgehog with red spiky hair and blue eyes. We stared at each other for a moment, I blinked then pushed away from him and stood up. I quickly dusted myself off then looked at him as my hand shot up hitting him across the face.
"So guilt finally got to you, huh?" I snarled out as he lightly rubbed his cheek, he stared at me sighing.
"I'm sorry, but I wouldn't have been much of a help then. But I am now. I've come to make it up. Come on, the 'heroes' will be here soon." He said as I nodded then followed Danielle and Steph out of the room.
We made it out of the building with ease, that was how I knew they were waiting for us. Things never get easy for us, so it wasn't a surprise when I found the three of them standing outside the door. I looked to Danielle, Steph then Darien. Looking at the three fallen heroes, I could see that Sonic was the most angry. My guess was that he was happy that I was 'supposedly' beaten, I smirked crossing my arms.
"Hey, guys. Long time no see." I said as Sonic let out a snarl at me, Danielle chuckled at him as Shadow gave her a deathly glare.
"You just won't die, will you?" Sonic snarled as I smirked and watched him.
"I'm hard to kill, you of all people would know that." I said as his face twisted in fury. Shadow looked over all of us with a critical eye, I could see that this might be the death of us.
"Outnumbered…but they're still no match." He smirked as I saw Danielle's fist clench at the comment, before I could stop her she lashed out an arrow. It instant collided with Shadow's, I threw up the shield as Shadow sent a torrent of arrows at us.
"Drop it, Sophia!" Darien shouted as his hands began to glow, I stared at him in surprise. He has powers?
"On the count of three, drop the shield! Ready?" He shouted his eyes trained on the three of them, I nodded then listened for the count down.
"1...2...3! Now!" He shouted as I let my arm fall to my side, his hands turned a bright red, then a half second later several fire balls were hurtling towards the heroes.
"Go! Get to the helicopter! Now!" He said giving me a light shove as I looked to him, he quickly pressed the key into my palm as I crashed into Danielle.
"Get off me!" She snarled as I ignored her and grabbed her wrist dragging her towards the helicopter, Steph instantly caught up. The helicopter was just a few yards away from the battle scene, as Steph and Danielle climbed in I looked back to see Darien still in the same place, but it seemed like his hands were getting dimmer and dimmer.
"Lets go, Sophia!" Steph called to me as I heard the whirring of the propellers, but I was frozen to the spot.
"W-we can't leave him!" I called back as Darien looked in my direction, he shook his head then looked to the plane. We couldn't just leave him here, they'll kill him. They won't show mercy, especially if we escape.
"Go, Nightingale! Go, I'm here with him. I always have been with him. He'll be safe, I promise you. Just go. Save yourself, you, Danielle, Steph, Andrew are the key to destroying this dictorial world. Go…" Adrian's voice echoed in my ears, I knew he was right. I knew he had been there all along. I just didn't want to believe he was actually gone. Tears slipped down my face as I made myself turn and climb inside the air craft. As we began to lift off the ground, I saw Darien give a small smile. I didn't cry, but my face was stained with small tears.
"You're my hero, Darien." I said softly so the others wouldn't hear me, I was about to shut the door when I was suddenly sent crashing into the wall behind me. I looked up to see an ebony hedgehog glowering over me. He grabbed the front of my jacket yanking me up, his ruby eyes blazed with such an inevitable hatred.
"Leave her alone!" Danielle shouted when I was dropped as Danielle tackled Shadow to the ground. Looking up I could see Danielle pinning Shadow to the ground, in a flash Shadow had thrown her off and held her by the neck. He instantly moved to the open door of the in-flight helicopter.
"Let her go!" I shouted as Shadow looked at me then smirked.
"As you wish." He chuckled as I saw him start to drop her over the edge. The next thing I knew was that I collided with Shadow knocking us off the plane. I looked up as I felt a hand wrap around mine, Danielle held on to the landing gear as we dangled helplessly. Shadow was gone. I didn't dare look down, Danielle's eyes focused only on getting me onto the landing gear.
"Just hold on!" She said as I lightly growled.
"I don't think I have much of a choice!" I snapped back as my hands finally gripped the railing. We looked up to see Steph reaching to help us up when a thought came to me.
"Steph! Who's controlling the plane?" Her face paled then we all screamed as the plane began to hurtle to the ground. Within the next minute the plane was righted, but instead of making things better…it got worse. Danielle and I were now gripping the railing with one hand, my fingers burned as I tried to pull my other arm up but it was almost like something was holding me down. Then I turned to Danielle afraid of what might happen.
"Danielle! Let go of the railing!" I shouted over the roar of the helicopter, she looked at me like I was crazy and I knew I certainly sounded it.
"Trust me! Just let go on three!" I shouted again as she stared then slowly nodded.
"1...2...3!" I let go of the railing and for a moment we plunged through the air, but while that happened I had my palm facing down and a moment later we were sitting on a flat surface. My shield. Danielle looked at me in shock, while I grimaced as the weight began to take its toll on me.
"You need to cut back on the dessert!" I gasped out as the pain shot through my arm once again. Luckily Steph quickly pulled the helicopter next to us and within moments we were back inside. Danielle and I gasped for breath as we shut the door and collapsed on the floor, I looked at her and lightly smiled.
"Do me a favor. Never let me get on a plane, boat, or anything that can get blown up when you're with me. Ever." I said as I gasped out short laughs then a miracle happened. She laughed. Danielle Hazel, ruthless leader of the rebels, laughed with me. It took forever to get that to happen, but who knows maybe it'll turn into a great…well maybe not a friendship but at least a partnership…
"You girls know what this means, right?" Steph called from the controls, I frowned in confusion as Steph laughed
"We're free. We finally escaped!" She said as I felt a small weight be freed from my heart. We were finally free. No more rules, no more timed lunches or anything. We could do what ever we wanted, whenever we wanted. But we were also fugitives with the almost unbeatable Sonic Heroes hunting us down…it just couldn't get any better than this…
Finally finished this chapter! Nine pages worth of escaping! Thanks for the review Neo's Shadow! Please keep up the reviews!
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