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Premonition

Chapter 25

Tails grunted in pain when his body hit the ground with a thud. He didn't say down however, because he knew that he couldn't afford to. The kit hopped back up before hovering in the air, looking around at the massive amount of robots they had yet managed to break apart. Don't get him wrong, the group had mangled a lot of them, but there were many left. Too many…

The young fox surveyed his immediate area and glared as best as he could at the robots that continuously came closer. That look abruptly ended when surprise overtook his features when he swiftly dodged a laser fired in his direction.

"Ah!" He cried, flying to the right in the air. That was a close one! Tails focused on the bot that tried to fry him into a crisp before readying his own weapon: a ray gun he picked up from one of the fallen piles of scrap metal. Luckily it was easy to use. "Have a taste of your own medicine!" The kit aimed and fired, hitting the machine right in the chest, sending it down to the ground with its wires fried.

Tails had no time to celebrate, for one of the Crabmeats got too close for comfort. The fox moved his namesakes just in time to only have a few strands of his fur snipped. He kicked the bot away before firing at it, watching the machine fall in satisfaction. Tails then focused the sizable group of robots gaining on him, and, after dodging a deadly missile, went to work on them. The kit wasn't an ace shooter, but he wasn't a lousy shot neither. The bots went down in two shots max.

Until the gun ran out of juice.

Tails kept shooting blanks, not wanting to believe it. His ears drooped a bit when it finally sunk in. "Oh man…" he muttered, dropping the weapon to the ground and looking everywhere to find another one so he wouldn't become minced meat, "I gotta – Oh!" Tails perked back up at the sight of a still usable Eggrobo mini-rocket launcher in the middle of a pile of scrap metal out of many. Too bad Eggman's machines were all around it. "This is gonna be tricky…" The bi-tailed fox flew higher in the air while dodging the many projectiles being thrown at him before diving back down, aiming for the useful weapon.

Tails swooped lower and reached out when he was close enough, mentally cheering when he grabbed hold of it. The kit then cried out in surprise when one of his namesakes were grabbed, stopping him before he was thrown to the ground harshly. Tails felt his side throb as he rolled with it until he figured that he was far enough away.

The fox, now on his back, pressed his ears firmly against his head as he let a missile fly. A small smile grew on his face at the resulting mini-explosion and the scattering of multiple metal parts everywhere. I can see why Shadow likes weapons so much. Blue eyes drifted over to where said hedgehog was fighting his own section of bots. Shadow was mostly engaging close combat with the opponents, but also tossing in a Chaos Spear when necessary.

Tails shook his head, refocusing on his own situation. He stood back up before hovering in the air once more, willing the pain in his side down. This wasn't his first injury in the fight, nowhere close, but it was the one that hurt the most.

The fox took a deep breath as he looked over at the robots who quickly replaced the ones he had blown up. He gave the weapon in his hands a swift glance, wondering how much ammunition the thing had, but then he realized that he had to make use of it to see.

Tails aimed and fired the launcher only to fall out of the air because of the unexpected knockback. He still hit his targets, but now his rear didn't feel the best. The kit winced when he stood back up, rubbing the sore area, "I'm going to have to stay on the ground if I want to use this thing," he mumbled to himself before hissing in pain when bullets grazed his arm. Tails automatically covered the wound with his hand, gritting his teeth. He then pulled it away to see blood on his glove.

I have to stay focused, the kit thought as he readied the gun with a slightly shaking arm, I can't keep getting hurt like that. Next time they won't miss… However, no matter how hard he tried to clear his mind, there was that stubborn spark of worry for Sonic that didn't go away. Sure, to the fox, his bro had gotten the better end of the stick. But he just couldn't help but fret. Sonic wasn't himself right now…

Tails then jumped out of his skin and pulled the trigger when there was a loud smash behind him. The kit turned around with celerity, ready to defend himself, only to see a robot completely flattened by a large red and yellow hammer. He let out a relieved puff of air when he saw a slightly banged up Amy grinning at him.

"It almost got you Tails!" she then chuckled, gripping her piko piko harder, "Glad I had your back huh?"

"Yeah," Tails breathed out, "Thank – Amy duck!" The kit yelled out when he saw one of the machines aim its gun right at the pinkette's back. She had automatically responded to Tails' shout and squatted low to the ground. The fox barely gave himself any time to lock-on to the target before letting loose the deadly missile. Not a second later, the offending robot and many of its neighbors were blown to smithereens.

"Oh my…" She shakily stood back up, "That was a close one…"

Tails mimicked her grin from before, "Glad I had your back huh?"

Amy giggled and smiled back until she turned and ran toward another crowd of bots, swinging her heavy hammer like it was nothing, mowing down each machine one-by-one. Tails watched her for a passing moment before the sound of an incoming laser brought him back to reality. The kit ducked and tried to send a projectile his attacker's way, but nothing came out.

Tails felt his stomach drop, "Not again…"

A ways away from the fox, a certain echidna was tediously pounding on the metal machines that constantly replaced each other. Knuckles let out a roar as he knocked the head off the closest bot, sending it to oblivion. The guardian only had time to shake off the dull pain in his fist before he was forced back in action.

Okay, at first, Knuckles was revved up for the fight with Eggman. To get his adrenaline pumping. It was an unfortunate surprise when the oversized egg pulled a trick out of his sleeve. Actually, close to two hundred tricks. The sight of the horde of robots didn't bring down his excitement for the fight, it was when the whole thing became horribly mundane and redundant. Punch, dodge, punch, dodge, punch, dodge…and add in the occasional kick. Now, the echidna was ticked off about two things. That the annoyances were still coming, and that his hand hurt. Yeah. The guardian didn't even remember the last time his hand got sore from attacking something.

Couldn't they just win already? Knuckles glanced around the area after pulling a handful of wires out of a bot's torso and scowled. Not anytime soon…

However, before he focused back on the approaching punching bags, the echidna saw Tails in the distance weaponless. The kit always had some kind of damage dealer on his person, so the sight kind of worried him. Sure, Knuckles knew that the kid could make some moves on the robots without anything to help, but not on a group this obnoxiously large.

The guardian jumped up and smashed a Buzz Bomber to the ground, "I'm coming Tails!" Knuckles yelled out, but was more than positive that the other couldn't hear him over everything that was going on.

"Think again!"

"Huh?" Knuckles turned his head in the direction of the voice only to be blinded and nearly knocked off his feet. It took a second to realize that something was covering his face. It took another to figure out who exactly it was. "Gah!" the echidna shouted out, muffled, "Get off me you stupid robot!" Knuckles attempted to pry the messenger bot off him, but the other was clinging on tight.

"Not anytime soon!" Bokkun replied with a smirk, watching as the other robots steadily got closer to the struggling echidna, "Not so strong now huh Mr. Tough Guy? Can't hurt me without hurting yourself!"

Bokkun's only response was in irritated growl and the echidna doubling his efforts in trying to remove the mechanical tick from his face. The longer he wasn't able to see, the longer the horde was able to get a good angle on him. Instead of fighting two-on-one, Knuckles would have to fight ten or maybe fifteen at once. And that wasn't a favorable matchup, in case it wasn't clear.

Knuckles reached behind his head to attempt to weaken Bokkun's grip on his dreadlocks, but he couldn't loosen those metal fingers for anything. This is the first time I question my choice of fingerless gloves, the echidna thought, seriously considering just punching the messenger bot in the back, to hell with the pain he'd cause himself. Better than having ten times the amount given by his numerous adversaries.

The red Mobian then hissed in pain when there was a sudden flare of heat on his right leg, sending him into a kneeling position. Knuckles reached down and felt the apparent wound, gritting his teeth when the touch sent a shock throughout his system. Stupid laser, he inwardly growled while resuming his efforts in getting Bokkun off him.

And plus, who knew how Tails was faring right now.

"Looks like you have a little pest problem there, Red."

He'd never felt so relieved at hearing that sultry voice. "Rouge! Get him off!"

"Well, you don't have to be so pushy. But since I'm so nice…." The echidna let out a surprised grunt when a sudden yank had him leaning forward. Then there was another one. And another. And another.

"You're one stubborn brat, aren't you?" Rouge's exasperated voice asked.

"I'm not letting go!" Bokkun shouted and Knuckles could feel the dark robot tense his hard body around the echidna's face more, "I gotta take at least one of you guys out while the Old Man's gone! It'll seem like I'm slacking on my part if all of you are still kicking!"

What makes you think that the doctor cares about you? At all? And it sounds like you think that your side is going to win. Ha, fat chance, Knuckles inwardly snorted.

The guardian could feel Rouge's eye roll. "Yeah sure it will. Now be a good boy and let go…"

"No!"

There was a sigh before Knuckles felt two arms wrap around his head to get where Bokkun's fingers were. The echidna didn't know why he found it a bit harder to breathe. After a quick moment, there was a sharp pull and light suddenly flooded his vision. Taking a needed deep breath, Knuckles blinked a couple times before focusing on a floating Rouge holding Bokkun by the bot's wrists.

Knuckles scoffed quietly at the smirking bat, "I could've done it myself, given the time."

Rouge rolled her eyes again, holding the messenger throwing a tantrum a bit away from her, "You're welcome." She watched as the echidna carefully stood back up. He grunted at her before quickly limping over to where Tails was in the air dodging attacks. She didn't miss the nod of appreciation as he left though.

The bat then glanced down at the annoyance in her grasp. "It's time to put you in time out," she muttered as she flapped her wings and flew to the edge of the clearing, narrowly moving out of the way of a missile that came from behind.

"Put me down!" Bokkun demanded, squirming in her hold, "Where are you taking me?!"

"Now, now, I'm not going to spoil the surprise," the G.U.N agent gave him a harsh shake, "but if you don't stop yelling, then I'll treat you like the rest of those metal heads and smash you to bits. You don't want that, now do you?"

Wisely, Bokkun chose not to answer that.

"Good," Rouge said with a grin as she reached the trees. She hummed to herself, looking around, until she grabbed hold of both of the robot's wrists with one hand and yanked some vines down with another.

"What – Ack!" Bokkun could barely get the question out of his mouth before he was smashed onto the trunk of a tree. It didn't hurt of course, but still, that amount of force was unexpected. The messenger bot was reeling from the action for a moment until he realized that he couldn't move. He gasped when he saw thick vines wrapped around his torso, pinning him to the sturdy bark. His legs were immobile as well.

"I hope you stick around to enjoy the show," Rouge grinned mockingly before she flew away and went back in the fray, ignoring the childlike cries coming from the little robot.

Teal eyes drifted over to where Knuckles went to see the echidna helping out Tails, fighting away the bots as the fox searched for something to fight with. A small smile grew on her face when the kit found a ray gun. The duo were then back to back, taking down the machines two and three at a time.

The bat refocused on her situation when a bee bot zipped over and tried to stab her. She weaved out of the way before kicking the weak pawn in half. Her smile grew as she dipped down lower and started to destroy the robots on the ground, hoping that this fight wouldn't last too much longer. It was getting harder to flap.

Shadow glanced over to where Bokkun was tied up after throwing a Chaos spear that left a pile of parts smoldering on the ground. He didn't understand why Rouge wouldn't dismember the robot then and there, since he was a potential threat. A small one, but one nonetheless. Shadow shrugged it off, spin dashing an Eggrobo straight through the chest. He then Chaos controlled behind robot after robot, sending all of them down in shower of sparks.

The black hedgehog dropped to the ground, panting a bit. He shook off the fatigue, I can't start slacking now, before getting ready to perform a homing attack.

But then he heard it.

The sound of rockets getting closer to where they were. Shadow's ears twitched and he gazed up in the direction the noise was coming from. He still kept an eye out for the bots around him, for they didn't seem to be hear it or if they did, didn't pay it any attention. The Ultimate Lifeform dodged a pincher before he punted the crab away from him, eyes searching the sky.

Ruby irises widened at the sight of the Death Egg robot flying over the canopy of trees. They then narrowed at the implications of the presence of the intact massive machine. Only one thought had ran through his head.

Where's the Faker?

Shadow watched as the Eggman replica stopped in midair over the clearing as he sidestepped a raging missile. The striped hedgehog then let out a nearly inaudible gasp when all of the machines around him dropped to the ground without a warning. The cries of Bokkun suddenly cut off also.

"Did Eggman just…" Shadow snapped his head to the side to see Rouge settling down next to him, "…shut down all of his robots?"

"It has to be some sort of trap!" Knuckles yelled with a frown as he came trotting over, a worried Tails and hysterical Amy in tow. "I know it!"

The kit's ray gun was trembling in his hands. "If Eggman's here," he gulped, fearing the worst, "where's S-Sonic?" Did…Did he lose? Is he somewhere in the forest? Is he-

"Eggman!" Amy shouted out with tears welling in her eyes, following as the Death Egg touched down at the edge of the clearing. She tightened her grip on her hammer, and the others readied themselves to fight. "Where's my Sonikku?! What did you do to him!?"

There was no reply, then, "Wow," a very familiar voice called out, "Thanks for putting so much faith in me."

Amy gasped, the relief rolling off her in waves, "It's Sonic!" Then she glanced around the group and asked quietly, "Do you think he's-"

Tails shook his head sadly, knowing the answer already, "No. He isn't back yet, but at least he beat Eggman…" The kit furrowed his brow, "Where is he anyway?"

No one responded to the fox's question. They just watched as the head of the Death Egg slowly opened up and as the hover craft that Eggman always had everywhere detached from the body of the robot. The floating vehicle flew forward a bit before lowering itself slowly to the ground. Once it landed, everybody's eyes widened at the sight of the blue hedgehog. Compared to the other, their fight was a walk in the park.

The hero was extremely worse for wear. He had burns around his body, small splotches of irritated skin showing where the blue fur had been burned off. There were bloodstains running down the side of his face, the source from the stitching on the side of his head. Also, his gloves were in shambles. Bruises and scratches covered his torso, and last but not least, his right arm was severely broken. It was swollen and red and it hurt Tails by just looking at it.

"Oh Chaos…" He breathed out, dropping his weapon. He hadn't ever seen his brother this badly injured. Ever. What did Sonic have to go through?

The speedster let out a deep breath as he stepped off the vehicle, thankful that his little drive was over. It was so hard steering that thing with one hand. He was kind of fearing that he would crash or something, and that would've been just a great turn of events, wouldn't it?

When the grass poked through his sock and tickled his foot, Sonic glared down at it before meeting the surprised expressions of the other Mobians. He could almost see the questions rampaging in their minds. He had to let them know that those weren't priority right now.

Sonic held up his injured arm gently with his other, wincing slightly at the pain it caused. "I need this taken care of pronto. Any questions, comments, or concerns are going to have to wait until after that."

Rouge nudged Shadow, knowing that the Chaos emerald could help. The black hedgehog looked at her before standing straighter, getting over the shock of the situation. "How did you manage to do that, Faker?"

The blue 'hog sighed in irritation, "Did you not hear what I just said? I'll answer afterwards!"

"Tell us what happened to your arm."

Tell them.

Sonic clenched his teeth and glared at the darker one, "Are you serious right now? After I did all of this, after I did exactly what you said, you still want to use that on me?" He relaxed his jaw when there was a sudden throb in his head, "Fine," he said lowly, "Eggman had hold of me and was flying back to his base. I managed to get free and fall. I landed on my arm. Are you happy now?"

Shadow just grunted while the rest of the group winced at the image.

"Wait a minute," Knuckles started, "What did you tell him to do earlier?"

"I told him to help us," Shadow answered, glancing back at the echidna, "so he wouldn't get any ideas."

Rouge rose a brow and put a hand on her hips, giving Sonic her attention, "So, you only fought Eggman because he told you to?"

Sonic scoffed, "Of course not because I learned that Eggman had been lying to me the entire time." Let me just answer the question before they ask. He looked back at the standing Death Egg. "I recognized that hunk of junk when I first saw it. I remember fighting it in space."

Tails' hope rose like a balloon filled with helium, "Do you remember who was with you in space?"

Sonic cocked his head, "No." The kit slumped with that answer, bummed at learning that his bro didn't learn anything else substantial. The hero returned his focus onto Shadow, "So now are you going to set my arm or something? Because hurry up and do it," Sonic took a deep breath, "Please."

Shadow faltered in his step at that unexpected word. The Ultimate Lifeform hadn't ever seen the Faker beg for anything before. Well, maybe it was because this wasn't him per se. It just sounded strange coming out of his rival's mouth.

The black blur approached Sonic before gingerly grabbing the broken arm. Despite his cautionary action, a hiss still escaped the hero's mouth, "A little gentler will ya?"

Shadow ignored that in favor of saying, "Prepare yourself. One, two-"

Sonic let out an agonized scream when the other snapped the bones back in place. It was bad as the first time he had shattered it.

The Ultimate Lifeform just observed quietly as the speedster writhed in pain. Then he muttered, "Now you know how it felt." Sonic, in his pain-filled mind, understood exactly what he meant. He didn't respond comprehensibly, panting from the torture his body just went through.

Green eyes then watched as Shadow pulled out a red gem, palming it in his hand. "A Chaos emerald? What possibly can you do with that?"

Definitely still gone, Shadow thought as he focused on the energy in the jewel. He put his other hand over where the break in Sonic's arm was. He healed the arm until he felt that the bones were together once more. It took longer than usual because his whole system was tired and it took more focus to perform the task. He knew that any other quick fixings were going to have to wait a while. Shadow backed up a few steps and gestured to the body part.

Sonic couldn't keep in the relieved chuckle as he moved his arm around. "This thing had been bothering me for way too long." He wiggled his fingers around before glancing over to the emerald with a curious expression on his face, That's how they recovered so quickly from last night, "I didn't know that had healing powers."

And that you can do it yourself, but that isn't relevant right now. Shadow stuck the gem back in his quills before crossing his arms, "Now you do, but let's move on to more serious matters. You said you helped us. Where is the doctor?"

Sonic was about to bring up the fact that he wasn't fully healed yet, but then figured that the other was still upset about that fight. He felt a little bubble of guilt building up inside him; however, he pushed it down, realizing that now was not the time.

The hero humphed at the question, bobbing his head in the direction of the hovercraft. "Him? He's back there, out cold. Only way I could bring him back."

"Out cold? As in unconscious?" Tails was completely shocked. The Sonic he knew wouldn't have attacked anything that had skin without absolutely good reason. As bad as Eggman was, Sonic only targeted the man's pawns, not directly causing the doctor's injuries. This was just…wow.

The kit flew over to where the doctor laid, the rest surrounding Eggman as well. "What did you do to him?" Rouge asked, looking at the bruises on each side of the man's head.

"Kicked him against the wall of the Death Egg's head." Sonic responded while walking up. He harshly nudged Eggman's side with his shoe, "He deserved it after all he did to me."

"And how it affected all of us…" Amy murmured as she glanced up at the blue hedgehog, "But don't you think it was too much?"

Sonic rolled his eyes. "Doubt it. He made me lose my memory according to him," he jabbed his thumb over to Knuckles, "took control of me, made me attack you, caused all of that," Sonic pointed to the mess in the clearing, "and caused all of this," he gestured to himself. "I think he deserves more, but you all need him alive."

A stunned silence blanketed over the group.

However, before anyone could address what Sonic just said, there was some movement beneath the dashboard of the hovercraft and a small sound, "Yip?"

While the others look confusedly around, the hero let the ghost of a smile grow on his muzzle. "Oh yeah, I almost forgot about this guy." Sonic squatted down, cringing when his burns stung him a bit, and held his hands out, "Come on…It's okay."

Not a second later, the red fox kit stuck his head out from the shadows before dashing out and into open arms. Sonic stood back up with the furry bundle against his chest, ignoring the flabbergasted stares. He let out a little chuckle when a wet nose nuzzled the side of his cheek.

Both hedgehog and fox flinched at the high pitched squeal that came from Amy. "Oh my gosh!" She gushed, "It's so adorable! Is it a girl or a boy?"

Sonic had to take a step back since the pinkette decided to get into his personal space. He shot her a quick glare and she smartly back up some. The smile on her face continued to split it in half.

"It's a guy," he replied, petting the fox's back.

"Aww!" Amy cooed, "What's his name?"

"Uh…" Actually, Sonic hadn't thought about that at all. He shrugged, "I don't know…Foxy?"

The red kit let out a happy whine at that.

Sonic nodded, "There you go."

Shadow grunted, "Creative." The hero was going to pretend that he didn't hear that.

Knuckles shook his hands in front of himself, "Whoa whoa whoa wait a minute. Are you serious Sonic? Are you really about to take in a wild animal?"

"What's it to you, Dreadlocks?" Sonic asked with a growl to his voice, "And plus, he doesn't have a home to go back to. I'm not leaving him to die, unlike somebody."

Before Knuckles could respond to his new nickname, Tails interrupted him, attention perked at that bit of interesting information. "He doesn't have a home to go to? That's why you're taking him in?" Sounds extremely familiar… "What happened to him?"

"That rotten egg's what happened. I'm sure the kit's mom got caught in the fire that he start-" Sonic paused midsentence, frowning, "We should probably call that in. It's still going on right now…"

"I'll call that in right quick!" Tails turned toward the house before stopping and glancing back at the blue blur. His face was solemn, but there was a sparkle of rebellious hope in his eyes. "Please…think hard. My past was kinda like Foxy's there…as you already know. I was homeless too before you took me in, helpless and lonely. But it wasn't long before I considered you my best friend, family, like I'm sure Foxy already knows you as… Please, please tell me that you remember something…" That red fox kit has to be some type of sign.

Sonic inwardly sighed, but hesitated in answering a flat-out no. The hedgehog saw the look on the other's face and knew that this whole thing affected him hard. Most likely the hardest of the little group. And all that stuff that happened before the hero went to Eggman was all the proof he needed to know that Tails was telling the absolute truth. He and Tails were supposed to be close. There was something in the blue gaze that surpassed friendship. There was a brotherly bond between them, not broken by anything.

Until…

The hero actually responded to Tails' request, trying hard to pass through the fog that was his mind. But he just couldn't. Everything Sonic knew began abruptly when he woke up yesterday up in that bedroom. The only exceptions being the strange memory of laughing gas and the helpful one of the Death Egg robot. They didn't have anything to do with Tails though, so even if the fox wanted them to become brothers again, Sonic just couldn't do it. Not right now anyway. As mean as it sounds, the hero knew next to nothing about all of the Mobians here, and couldn't label them anymore than newfound friendly allies.

Sonic was sure that would change quickly, but not in the way Tails would want it.

The speedster shook his head and saw the bi-tailed kit slump, "I don't remember anything kid," he saw the subtle flinch of the yellow form when he said that, but continued anyway, "It's just that-"

"I-It's okay!" In his tone however, Sonic could tell it wasn't, "I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up, I knew what the answer was anyway!" Tails forced out laugh as he turned back around and went up to the house, hopping over fallen robots along the way. "I'll be right back!" He called over his shoulder. Sonic saw him wipe his tears before disappearing inside.

It was quiet for a moment before there was a hand on his shoulder. Sonic's body tensed at the touch. "It'll be alright hon," Rouge consoled, "You're memories should come back and-"

"What if they don't?" Sonic rounded on the bat, pulling away from her, "How will anything be okay when I don't remember the first fifteen years of my life?!" The hero heard the low whine of Foxy in his arms and calmed himself down a margin, "That's the opposite of alright! How can you possibly think that when the friend you've all known is gone and a complete stranger took his place?"

"Well that's no way to think," Rouge said, wagging her finger with a grin, "I say that he isn't all the way gone. He's just waiting."

"Yeah!" Amy chimed in, "You're still the Sonic that we all know and love!" Cue scoffs from a specific echidna and striped hedgehog. "Some parts are just…covered up, you know? And that surgery you had is supposed to take away the layers!"

The speedster placed Foxy on the ground, and the kit automatically curled around on of the hero's legs. Sonic folded his arms in front of himself. "Yeah, supposed to. There's no guarantees here!"

"That's life, especially yours," Knuckles commented with a frown, "You might not know this, but you have never faced a situation where there was a one hundred percent guarantee on anything. You dove in head first without weighing the possibilities and worked for the outcome you wanted. It was never given to you. It isn't the best of strategies, I know that for a fact, but it fits – or fitted – your attitude on things."

"In other words," Rouge knocked on Sonic's head the opposite of the stitches, "You won't get anywhere complaining and throwing tantrums, hon." She smirked and glanced over to the Ultimate Lifeform, "Now Shadow, you've dealt with amnesia before. Got any tips for him?"

Shadow shrugged, "It may be different for him, particularly because of the way he acquired it." He faced Sonic, copying the blue one's stance, "Ask as many questions as you can. Gather any information you can find about yourself. That may jog your memories."

The blue blur shook his head and ran a hand through his quills, "Alright, alright. I'll look at this in a more positive light. After we're done with Over-easy over there, be prepared for a massive Q and A session." No one said anything else until emerald eyes drifted over to the front door of the home. "What's taking him so long? He just said that he was reporting the fire."

A grin grew on Knuckles' muzzle, "He might be getting some rope too."

A 'deactivate all' button is quite useful, isn't it? Good thing Eggman likes to label all of his buttons. XD