I was born to run. I know lots of people say that about a heck of a lot of things, but for me running is in the blood. It actually hurts if I stand still for too long, due to the amount of running I'm used to doing. But I just love it, the wind on my face, the sight of all the buildings and things rushing past me, most of it going too fast for me to even register what it was. It's a great way to get away from everything, especially when you can cover the distances I do in the speed I can.
Sonic looked up to see the base of Silver's feet hovering above him. Above that, seemingly the exact same distance away from Sonic's eyes Sonic could see Silvers face, a look of partially concentration upon it as the albino hedgehog was focusing his thoughts to levitate himself above the blue blur beneath him. Sonic himself was going rather fast to keep up with his idol, though this was still nothing for Sonic, who had decided to make the journey to Eggman's base more interesting by means of a race.
The pair needed to go fast though, they were following a trail of smoke, and while Silver couldn't perceive a problem, Sonic was all too aware that even that might not be enough due to the universes unique way of giving logic such a headache that it would give up on life itself where logic a living being.
However, Silver had the easier path. Save for the odd sideways tree, or floating bar of scrap metal, Silvers path was more or less straight. Sonic on the hand, had to contend with a twisty path that seemed intent purely on annoying him. If it wasn't a patch of grass decided to fall upwards, it would be an invisible wall blocking his way, and if it wasn't an invisible wall he'd find himself enter a tunnel, only to come out of the entrance he'd just walked into to begin with. Needless to say Sonic was finding this terrain frustrating at the best of times to navigate.
"Makes me want for the Scrap Brain Zone," Sonic mused, "At least that place had a fair system of gravity," he grumbled, as another chunk of land fell to his left, collapsing in a pile on the side of the canyon.
"The where?" Silver asked, lifting himself out of the path of the falling ground.
Sonic began to repeat himself but stopped, "No idea actually," he said confused. Sonic shook his head, within all the confusion of the last few days Sonic had to admit he had no idea what was and wasn't real. A tiny part of Sonic was worried that he'd find out that he himself wasn't real, and that in doing this he would bring about his own demise, but he dismissed those thoughts, and focused instead on jumping self righting trees.
Within a few moments, the pair of hedgehogs had reached a large metal structure attached to the side of a rocky cliff. The door was on the ceiling, and Sonic's brain immediately told him he'd have no way of getting to it. Silver then naturally suggested he lift them both into the door, an idea Sonic was all too keen on, after all the upside down gravity his brain could handle.
The pair of them watched carefully, looking for guard patrols, or any sign of hostility as they made there attack on the tower. Seeing nothing to indicate any sign of an attack, Silver began to focus, levitating both himself and Sonic towards the door. Sonic felt gravity switch under him. It was no longer a case of being lifted to the right anymore, but rather being lifted upwards.
Neither hedgehog expected the loud roaring noise from bellow. The tower began to shake, as the blue and grey hedgehog made there slow accent, the blue hedgehog silent; the grey one focusing on the task at hand. Sonic was watching carefully, and he couldn't understand why the tower was shaking so ferociously. He felt the air get warmer on his skin, and looking down Sonic got his answer. The tower was coming loose from the rocks, pushed from the very earth the tower was mounted in.
It was then that Sonic realised that this wasn't a tower at all, but a large airship, perhaps even a spaceship. The hedgehog looked to his telekinetic friend, and wondered if he should point this out. The pair was now less than ten feet from the door, but at the rate the ship was moving, they might not make it if Sonic broke Silver's concentration.
There was a quiet whirring noise, barely audible above the roar of the engines. It took Sonic several seconds to register what it was, and by that point the bullets had scraped past his blue fur by fractions of an inch. Breaking his silence, Sonic yelled to Silver. Silver looked up, and watched the guns fire. The pair of them were sitting ducks now. Silver couldn't lift them any faster, but if they didn't make it now, they might never make the entrance, and consequently might not find Eggman.
"Sonic!" came a familiar yell, as a purple bi-plane passed the pair of hedgehogs. "We were looking for you, we found Eggman's base," Tails finished.
"We found it too," Sonic yelled back, "Think we could get a hand here?"
"Affirmative," Tails replied, as the bi-plane flew underneath them. Sonic jumped from Silver's telekinetic grip, and landed atop the bi-plane's wings, something he felt he had done numerous times before. Silver too noticed that Sonic had left his grasp, and harnessed the spare mental power to propel himself faster up. Sonic watched from the plan as Silver stood on the door.
"I suggest you move out of the way," Sonic yelled to Silver. The grey hedgehog did so, and watched as Sonic leapt of the plane with a spin, and smashed through the door, sending shards of metal flying.
"I'll see if I can take out the ship before it gets into orbit," Tails yelled, as Sonic re-emerged from the door, "You lot go in there and save Dawn!"
"Dawn's in there?" Sonic said, alarm in his voice.
"Yes," Tails replied, "Eggman's holding her prisoner, he said something about revenge, but I didn't catch it all," the fox replied, two of his three tails swaying out of the back of the bi-plane. "I'll be in radio contact if anything happens, and if I say to get out, then you three get out."
"Three?" Sonic said confused by what Tails meant, until he noticed a bright pink hedgehog carrying a crossbow. Sonic hadn't even noticed Amy until now, and wondered if he had enough hedgehogs with him now. Having Amy nearby probably meant that Shadow wouldn't be too far behind, unless reality changing had made that something only he could remember.
"Glad to see you too," Amy said sarcastically, "Look, I know you've got a crush on me Sonic, but don't let that interfere with our mission okay?"
