Scourge and Fiona were the first to run out of the forest while screaming in fear. Fiona dropped to her knees and started to cough very hard from all the running she had to do. Her throat felt so dry and scratchy and her stomach was in knots. Scourge looked back to see if the monster was following them. All he saw was the entrance they all took. He looked all around the area and towards their cars to see if anyone else made it out before them, "Fi...I think...we're safe.." he panted then leaned forward and placed his hands on his knees so he could stable himself from falling.

Fiona couldn't reply. She was too preoccupied to breathe normally and trying her best not to get sick from fear and the running. "Shit!"

While they two were still breathing heavily, Their friends, or might as well be called "lackeys" were the next to run out of the woods while screaming their head's off. Bolt was first to scramble out with Shark coming in behind him. He didn't see where he was running and immediately collided into his partner sending them both rolling down the small hill all the way towards Scourge. Before he could react, or even hear what was going on, the "mobian-pinball" crashed right behind him instantly. "Gahh!" Scourge shouted feeling his tired and heavy body fall face first into the pavement.

"Scourge!" Fiona shouted finally feeling better after getting her body and breathing back to normal. She got up and ran over to her boyfriend ignoring the two next to her now on the ground riving in pain, "Scourge? Scourge?"

"Ugh...Fi...shut up." he groaned as he started picking himself before looking behind him at Shark and Bolt, "What the fuck is wrong with you?" Both of them quickly darted their heads' up to him.

"Scourge! Fiona! We-" Shark was the first to speak until Bolt pushed him out of the way to interrupt, "We saw it! We saw the monster!" he cried.

Fiona glared at them, "Then where's the proof? We saw it too, but how do we know you two are lying just so you wouldn't have to be in the forest for too long?" she accused.

Getting back up from the hard shove, Shark began to fumble around his jacket, then his cargo pants until he found what he was looking for, "Here!" he exclaimed practically shoving the phone right in Fiona's face. Scourge quickly snatched it out of his hand and turned it on. Bolt was beside his friend watching to see if he actually did get some proof. If they did, then maybe they could show the city about the monster and possibly get loads of money for the picture. Once Scourge got onto the camera app, then flipped to the pictures, his eyes darted down to the recent photo they took. What he saw made him angry, "You idiots!" he shouted as he quickly turned the phone around, then shoved it back into their faces to see the picture. "This is a picture of your thumb on the camera lens!".

Unfortunately, it was Shark's finger covering almost all of the picture. Both of them looked at the photo, then at each other, "You said you got it!" Bolt argued first. Shark growled back.

"I did! But in a highly stressful situation like that, it's hard to even know what your doing!"

"Wait!" Before they could continue, all three turned to Fiona, who was looking around while twitching her ears, "Guys...we gotta go."

Her boyfriend stood up along with her and looked around trying to see what she was looking at, "What are you looking at? There's nothing around except-"

"We gotta go!" Fiona quickly snatched his hand, then immediately pulled him towards their car.

After their cars disappeared from the mini parking lot, it was just at that time Sally and Cream ran out of the forest. The two were covered in dirt along with some leaves and twigs that were stuck in Sally's hair and Cream's ears. Both of them were breathing heavily from the running they both did. Cream had to drop to her knees to rest while Sally stood with her back hunched forward and her hands planted firmly on her knees. She looked up while panting through her dry open mouth to see the rear lights from the car leaving in the distance. Her breathing turned to a heavy growl knowing who full well was in that car.

"Those...bastards...!" she heaved.

Cream looked up from the ground at her friend, "W-What do you mean...?" she breathed still trying to calm her lungs down slowly. Sally glared down at her.

"Those bastards...! Scourge, Fi-Fiona...and those other two...they just left us!" her smaller friend gave her a weak smile.

"But...we came out...we came out after them...we won." she was right. Sally saw Scourge's car leave with him and Fiona along with possibly Shark and Bolt behind them in their car. Their gone, they came out last, so the bet was off.

She slowly pulled herself up and released a heavy sigh from her dry lips, "Your right...we didn't lose. So those idiots won't be bothering us for a long while." she cheered before turning around to face the forest entrance again. "But where's Amy and Sonic?"

The young rabbit burst up from the ground and grabbed her hand roughly shaking it in fear, "Sally! Amy and Sonic are still in there! We have to get them out now! What if they're hurt? Or if that monster got them! Sally we have to save them!" she cried.

Sally hushed her gently and took her hands in her other hand to stop her from shaking so much, "Okay, I understand, Cream. But Amy is with Sonic. He's a strong guy that will protect her no matter-" her gentle voice was interrupted as a sudden blue flash darted right behind the female chipmunk having her long red hair blow in the same direction.

Both of them turned to see Sonic sliding to a sudden stop adding more dirt to his red and white colored shoes. He finally stopped having his body shift forward from the fast impact of the wind behind him, then pulled himself back to a regular stance, "Ah! Amy? Amy where are you?" he sputtered out some dirt and a twig from his mouth after running through whatever he could to either find a way out, or Amy for that matter.

"Sonic!" the blue hedgehog turned around quickly hoping it was his girlfriend only to find her friends running up to him in a panic, "Sally? Cream? When did you guys get out here first? Where's my brother and his friends?"

"They left. We came out just after they sped off in their cars." Sally answered, "But where's Amy? I thought she was with you?" Sonic looked around a full 360 only to see nothing, but their cars and themselves.

His heart was racing like crazy. He thought she would be out here with them hugging each other till their heads popped right off their shoulders, "I...she was with me. But we heard something like a scream of terror and she just bolted off!" he explained. "I tried running after her, but we lost our flashlight and it was so dark, I had to use my instincts to find my way out, or find her! I ended up going right through a couple bushes here and there which made me get at least a few splinters, but I lost her in the forest of death!"

Cream couldn't say anything, her eyes were watery and her whimpers turned to a quiet sob. Sally lowered her gaze down at her, then the ground trying to find any sort of way to find Amy before anything else happens, "I knew we shouldn't have done this..." she mumbled under her breath feeling a rush of guilt through her body for leaving one of her best friend behind.

Suddenly, a loud sound of a siren rang through their ears having them all jump in fear. Each pair of eyes turned to the road they took to see flashes of red and blue coming up the hill and over to where they were. Cream silenced her cries as Sally and Sonic stood firmly in front of her to watch as a couple police cars reeled around a corner, then up to park as the fog lights shined on their bodies making them cover their eyes. Sonic growled under his breath thinking that his brother had called them just to screw up their lives even more. No wonder they left so early only because they didn't want to get caught and be sent to the police office again. He's gonna have a good talk with him...and his mother when they get home.

"All of you, hands on your head and on your knees!" one of the police men, a red bear came out from the driver's seat while holding a speaker in his hand.

Begrudgingly, all three slowly did what their told and placed their hands on their heads, then got down on their knees. The bear and his partner, a green lizard came right up to them keeping one hand on their belt where their gun is so they could use it just in case, "Alright, you three, what are you doing here where it's strictly prohibited?" the bear asked with a stern look and voice.

"We...we made a bet to come here, sir." Sally spoke up first feeling a little scared at the higher males. Sonic nodded.

"My brother and his friends made the bet and forced us to go along with it." he continued, "But we're missing one other person. My girl-" his body was yanked up by the bear's stronger hands gripping onto his quills as he forced him to stand on his feet.

"You three are in very big trouble." he scolded now pushing the blue teen forward to the police car as the lizard came up to Sally and Cream.

Both girls were taken over to his car much more carefully than what the police bear was using, but as soon as they got to the hood of their cars, all three were placed on the hard surface on their stomachs and their hands cuffed on their backs, "Please! We're innocent!" cried Cream as her tears started once more. Sally turned her head to face the lizard.

"Why are you arresting us? We told you the truth!" she argued baring her fangs at him.

"Should've thought of staying home and studying than venturing out in a place where you'll get in trouble." he shrugged his shoulders at her, then one by one, he started putting both girls in the back of the police car starting with Cream.

"No! My girlfriend is still in there! Amy needs help, you assholes!" Sonic fought with the bear as he was now being forced into his car.

The bear growled at the teen and used his strength to pull him towards the back passenger seats, "Stop squirming, or you will be in much more trouble than you are already, boy!" he argued as he opened the door, then practically shoved Sonic in before closing it and locking it.

Sonic quickly got up and rammed his left shoulder into the car door, "Damnit! Amy is still in there! Let me out!"

"Sir! Our other friend is lost in those trees! Please, we have to find her!" Sally begged as the lizard slammed the car door behind her.

As he walked around the hood to the driver's seat, he looked over towards the forest entrance wondering if that girl their saying is really in there, "Calling from the office, this is Officer Scales." he began to talk in the walky talky on his chest, "We found some misbehaving teenagers at the front of the forest and they claim that their other friend is still inside. Request a backup?"

"No need, Scales." the bear answered having the lizard look over to him, "Right now, we have these three to deal with, and possibly more. Once we get them to the office, then we can go back and see if they even telling the truth."

His partner, Scales, decided to go along with it and take them in instead much to the other's dismay. After they got in their cars, the two were close to start their engines while they continued to banter and yell until Scales looked up and noticed something coming out of the forest opening, "Roger? Something's walking out." he spoke in his walkie on his shoulder.

All three silenced their yelling after Scales said those words. Roger slowly got out of the car again and looked over towards the entrance, "Whoever you are, you better show yourself, or else!" he demanded.

Sonic looked over the driver's side through the bullet proof glass and noticed a small pink figure slowly appearing from the shadows. His eyes widened and shouted, "Amy! That's Amy!"

Roger looked at him for a sec, then turned to see Amy coming into view of the lights. She was limping and her arm was holding her side tenderly. She looked pretty beaten up. It wasn't looking good for the three in the cars at all, "Miss! Get on your knees now!" he yelled.

Amy said nothing, but did what she was told. She couldn't hold herself up anymore anyways, so she dropped to her knees and immediately collapsed to the ground. Her friends screamed for her while Roger and Scales, after he got out of his car, rushed over to inspect her. Scales was the last being a much faster runner and dropped to his knees beside her, "Miss! Miss, are you alright?" he asked.

"Don't touch her!" Roger shouted at his partner after he got up next to her, "You might injure her more if you do anything." Scales nodded and pulled his walkie off his shoulder to talk.

"We have the three in custody, but we found another who needs medical support. We'll be bringing her to the hospital."

Sonic watched as Roger rushed over to his car and opened the door before pulling him out and dragging him over to Scales' car, "How is she? Is she okay? I wanna see her!" he shouted while trying, again, to scramble out of his hold.

Roger growled under his breath, "Your not going anywhere near her! You three are in much bigger trouble now!" After Scales opened the door, his partner shoved Sonic inside with Sally and Cream, then helped Scales bring Amy to his car.

The three watched them put her bruised body in the back seat and Roger climbing into driver's seat before turning on the engine and making a quick pull out before driving around and down the dark path. Scales went back to his car and got in so he could drive off, "Sir, is she okay?" Cream asked as her tears continued to fall.

"No talking until you get to the police station." he ordered making her quiet in fear as he backed out and pulled around to drive off following his partner from behind.

While the two police cars drove off, a dark figure was back on a tree where it was before watching with it's burning red eyes as the hood lights started to grow farther and dimmer in seconds.