Sonic & Ayla to the Rescue
(Ayla's POV)
*The next morning, Sonic & I were on the roof of Chris' Mansion & listening to him talk to his Mom on the phone. He was now wearing a red, white, & yellow t-shirt over a black shirt, blue pants, white socks, & blue & yellow shoes & standing on the balcony*
Lindsey:*off-screen* Oh, this picture has been such a disaster darling, a complete disaster. We've had to stop shooting because there's been torrential rain for days. So there is nothing I can do besides sit and wait. I don't think I'll be back until late next week at the earliest, but I've had plenty of time to go shopping, and I'm having lots of wonderful presents sent. I hope you'll like them. They're coming on Daddy's jet so you should have them tonight.
Chris: Thanks Mom. Mom, there's something I have to - well, there's something I did that I'm kinda not supposed to.
Lindsey:*off-screen* Christopher, what happened!? Are you alright!?
Chris: Yeah, I'm totally fine. But remember how you said that I'm not allowed to swim at night, and how you wanted me to stay away from the adult pool?
*A adult human male wearing a black suit & bow tie came up behind him & put a breakfast tray on the table*
Lindsey:*off-screen* Did you go swimming in the adult pool at night all by yourself!?
Chris: Um, well... not exactly. You see there were these two cats in the pool, and I got them out.
Lindsey:*off-screen* Oh, you have a big heart just like I do. Next time, ring for Mr. Tanaka and he'll take care of it, alright? Oh darling, I must run. Kiss Mommy goodbye. *she made kissy noises & Chris blushed as he kissed her back* Ciao sweetheart.
*Sonic jumped from the roof & landed on the balcony railing*
Sonic:*pointing to himself* Take a good look. We're hedgehogs, not cats.
Chris: Uhh, I know, please don't be mad. You see, my Mom wouldn't understand.
Sonic: Why wouldn't she?
*I jumped down from the roof & sat next to him on the balcony railing*
Ayla: Sonic, do you really think anyone would believe him if he told them he had dived into a pool to save two little talking blue hedgehogs?
Sonic: I guess not.
Chris: Ayla's right. What else could I say to her? That reminds me, where and where did you guys learn how to talk?
Sonic:*scratching his head* Good question. Unfortunately, I don't have a very good answer because I don't remember. Do you, sis?
*I shook my head & the phone ran again*
Chris: Hello?
Nelson:*off-screen* Chris, is everything alright!?
Chris: Hey Dad, how are ya?
Nelson:*off-screen* I'm fine, but your Mother just called and told me that you made an emergency rescue last night. I guess our security system can't protect against stray cats that decide they want to go for a midnight swim. Chris, I know you like animals, but what you did was dangerous. Were you hurt? Did the cats scratch you while you were trying to save them?
Chris: No scratches at all. I'm fine, Dad, honest I am. It really wasn't that much of a big deal. *Sonic started picking at his ear* After I jumped in and got them out of the water, they were really happy. I could tell.
Nelson:*off-screen* Yeah, gotcha, yeah.
Chris: Besides, I could've had Grandpa, or Ella, or Mr. Tanaka to help me if I needed to. Don't worry Dad, they're taking good care of me.
Nelson:*off-screen* Yeah, they better be. Listen, Chris. I've got an important meeting to run to. You call me anytime if you need anything and no more late night swims, promise?
Chris: Okay, Dad. I promise. See you soon. *he looked at us. Sonic shook his head disapprovingly & I giggled a little. he blushed in embarrassment* Oh, I almost forgot, you two must be pretty hungry. I was thinking you might like to have something to eat.
Ayla: Yeah, I am a little hungry.
Sonic: What's on the menu?
Chris: I checked out hedgehogs on the internet and found the perfect thing.
*He gave us a bowl full of brown pellets. Sonic picked up a piece & ate it, but pretty soon, he looked disgusted*
Sonic: What is this!?
Chris: Cat food.
Sonic: Ugggh, no wonder! It tastes like there's cat in it!
*I didn't say anything, as I tried to keep myself from throwing up*
Chris: The website I went to said most hedgehogs love cat food. I guess that doesn't go for all hedgehogs. I can get you a bowl of crickets.*Sonic knocked the bowl away & jumped from the railing, landing on a nearby tree branch* No! Please don't run away!
Sonic: Sorry, kid, but crickets don't do it for me.
Chris: I'll get you whatever you want, but just don't go!
Sonic: Heh, see ya later, sis!
*He jumped off the branch & ran off*
Chris: Come back! Sonic, you could get hurt out there!
Ayla: Don't worry, Chris. *he looked at me* He's just going for a run. He'll be back.
Chris: Are you sure?
Ayla:*winking* Trust me. I know Sonic better than anyone.
Chris: Ok . . . If you say so.
(Gotta Go Fast!)
(KC Undercover Theme Song)
*An hour later, Sonic did come back. Right now, we were sitting with Chris on the couch in the living room watching TV. Well, Chris & I were watching. Sonic was just eating some cookies. Chris sat in between us*
Scarlet Garcia:*on the TV* The supersonic Speed Team seen here from this police helicopter video, has the city baffled.
Police Officer:*on the TV* They were about this high, they were both blue, and they looked like freaks!
Citizen 1:*on the TV* I was doing about 60 when this thing went 'wooo' right by me. Another one riding some kind of flying purple surfboard was close behind it.
Citizen 2:*on the TV* That thing moved too fast to be a regular animal!
*One of the teenagers I saw last night appeared on the screen*
Jake (look up "skateboard boy" by Pink-World" on "DeviantArt"):*on the TV* One of them had this really awesome board that hovered in the air! Hey, Hedgehog Girl, if your watching, you gotta let me ride that board!
Dr. Kai Narasu:*on the TV* As to the question of whether this is a UMA, Unidentified Mutant Animal, it is positively not. Even the cheetah, which is widely believed to be the fastest member of the animal kingdom cannot outrun a speeding Formula One car. Because of this, in an inescapable conclusion one must inevitably come to is that this so-called 'hedgehog' is a reality of a machine.
*I didn't know whether to be flattered by the attention or be insulted for being called a freak. Chris & I looked at Sonic, who was just eating his cookies & ignoring the news. Just then, an adult human male with gray hair & wisteria eyes wearing a white lab coat over a green striped sweater, a blue shirt, brown pants & purple shoes came into the room*
Chuck: There you are! Guess what?! Two big blue hedgehogs came out of nowhere and one of them outran the S - Team yesterday!
*Just then he noticed us. He looked at the TV & then back at us. Just as he & Sonic's faces got got close, Chris covered Sonic with a pillow & I hid behind him*
Sonic: Hey, cut it out, I can't breathe!
*Sonic threw the pillow off of him & crossed his arms with a scowl*
Chuck: Blue. Just like that - It's him!
Chris: Easy, Grandpa! *the old man grabbed Sonic & pulled out a screwdriver* Grandpa, what are you doing!?
Chuck: I have to see how this thing is put together! *he started tickling Sonic with the screwdriver & then Sonic jumped out of his arms* Stand still!
Chris: Grandpa, wait. He's not a machine. He's Sonic's the Hedgehog *Chuck dropped his screwdriver & Chris motioned to me behind him* And this is his sister, Ayla.
Ayla: Hi.
Sonic: Baby sister, actually.
Ayla: Hey! *I marched up to him & glared* Just because you're older than me by a year, that doesn't make me a baby!
Sonic: Whatever you say. *he smirked & patted me on the head* But you know you'll always be my baby sister.
*I growled at him*
Scarlet Garcia:*on the TV* Now let's go live to this late breaking story.
Cream:*on the TV* O - Oh please!
Cheese:*on the TV* Chao-Chao!
*We looked at the TV & saw Cream & Cheese on a billboard. Humans were coming towards them & they were hugging each other, shaking*
Cream:*on the TV* Please, leave us alone.
Ayla: It's Cream and Cheese!
Chris: It's who?
Sonic: We weren't the only ones who got transported to this weird world after all. I'll save those two.
Ayla: Wait, Sonic - *just before I could finish, he ran out of the house. I went after him* Do you even know where they are!?
*He zoomed back & shrugged. I face-palmed. My brother can be such a dork sometimes*
*Later, we were all standing in the garage. Chuck was talking on the phone, Chris & I were watching him, & Sonic was fiddling with a machine*
Chuck: I thought they'd do something along those lines. Well, thanks very much for getting me the scoop and I'll talk to you soon. *he hung up the phone* Well, it seems like Sonic and Ayla's friends were captured by the Police and moved to Area 99.
Chris: Area 99!? That's that top secret military base.
Sonic: What?
Chris: It's where the national defense force keeps all their tanks, fighter jets, and high-tech spy equipment.
Sonic: That sounds like Eggman's like of place.
*I was getting really scared. Cream was like a little sister to me. If she & Cheese got hurt, I'd never forgive myself*
Chuck: Your friends have been taken by the army and placed under 24-hour guard. The authorities believe they could be aliens or perhaps members of a mutant species developed by an enemy power designed to attack out population. I wonder if they might be right, Sonic and Ayla, eh?
Sonic: Think what you want. I'm gone. Now that I know where my friends are, I'm outta here.
*He started to leave, but I blocked his path*
Ayla: And where do you think your going?
Sonic: Uh . . . to save Cream and Cheese, where else?
Ayla: All by yourself?
Sonic: Yup.
Ayla: Without a plan?
Sonic: Yup.
Ayla: Do you even know where this Area 99 is?
*He walked past me*
Sonic: Relax sis, I'll figure it out. I always do. *just then, the garage door blocked his way* Open that door!
Ayla: Don't look at me, I didn't touch anything!
Chris: Me neither!
Chuck: Ha! It was me! You guys are going to need some help. I'll go with you.
Chris: Grandpa, are you serious?
Chuck: Of course I'm serious. And you're coming along too. You told me you didn't want to live a boring life like your Father so here's your chance for some excitement.
Chris: Well, if you're up for it, then I'm up for it.
*I smiled, happy to have people we knew we could trust in this world*
*Later, we were riding in Chuck's car on our way on our way to Area 99. Sonic & I sat in the back, while Chris & Chuck sat in the front*
Sonic: It's going to take forever to get there. I'd rather just go by myself.
Chuck: Chill out.
Chris: Is it time?
Chuck: It's time.
*Chris reached into the back & gave us each a weird device*
Chris: Put these on.
Ayla: What are they?
Chuck: They're infrared scopes. I'm certain Area 99 is full of infrared motion detectors that set off security alarms. If you wear them, you may be able to avoid them.
*Sonic & I put them on & we gave them a thumbs up. I pulled the purple cube out of my pocket, pressed a button, & the cube turned into my hoverboard. Then we unbuckled our seatbelts*
Sonic: Ready to rock, sis!?
Ayla: Ready to roll, bro!
*We then jumped out of the car. I landed on my hoverboard & Sonic landed on the pavement*
Sonic: We'll see you guys later!
(Third-Person POV)
*Sonic & Ayla took off down the road at high speed. Chris looked at them in excitement*
Chuck: They certainly are speedy little critters, aren't they? YEAH!
*He floored the gas pedal, making the car pick up speed*
(Ayla's POV)
*We made our way down the road, towards Area 99's front gate*
Chris:*off-screen* Sonic, Ayla, can you guys hear me?
Sonic: Yeah!
Ayla: Loud and clear!
Chris:*off-screen* Remember, when you get to the building, go through an air vent. That should be a blind spot for security.
Sonic & Ayla: Got it!
Chris:*off-screen* But Grandpa, after they get inside, how will they find where their friends are?
Chuck:*off-screen* Give me that. Listen to me, guys! Once you head inside, you won't have much time so think quickly and act quickly!
Chris:*off-screen* But Grandpa, what if they don't?
Sonic: Thanks for the tip. We're going in,
Ayla: Don't worry, Chris, we've done this sort of thing loads of times.
*Once we made it over the main gate, alarms started to go off*
Computer Mainframe: INTRUDER ALERT, SECTOR D. INTRUDER ALERT, SECTOR D.
*We ran past the security cameras. When we made it to an air vent, I turned my board back into a cube & jumped in after Sonic*
Sonic: We're inside the air vent!
Chris:*off-screen* Be careful.
*We slide down until we reached the bottom*
Sonic: It feels like I have skid marks on my butt.
Ayla: That's why I always tell you to wear pants.
*He scowled at me & we started to crawl through the vent, then he stopped*
Sonic: Hold up, Ayla.
*I looked ahead & saw lasers. I knew if we touched one of those, the alarms would go off*
Chris:*off-screen* How's it looking guys?
Sonic: Just great.
Ayla: Sonic.
*He turned towards me & I pointed down through a vent. Below us was a hall full of security cameras*
Sonic: This will be a piece of cake. *he looked at me* Okay, I'll go first. You follow my lead. *I nodded. Sonic opened the vent & we jump down into the hallway. he took my hand & we moved quickly down the hallway avoiding the cameras. we stopped in the middle where another hallway leads* We're too fast for them.
*We took off down the hallway avoiding more cameras*
Computer Mainframe: SEARCHING FOR INTRUDER. SEARCHING FOR INTRUDER.
*We kept going down the hall until we came to door. On it was a sign that said "Staff Only"*
Ayla:*in her mind* They're probably in there. But once we have them, how do we get them out? We need to do this without getting too reckless.
*I looked at Sonic & saw that he was thinking about this too. Suddenly, all the lights went off*
Computer Mainframe: ABNORMALITY DETECTED IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. ABNORMALITY DETECTED IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
*Sonic & I looked at each other & nodded. We sneaked into the room. Cream & Cheese were trapped inside a glass tube*
Scientist 1: Ah great.
Scientist 2: Now we can't see anything.
*We broke the glass & ran for cover*
Scientist 3: What the -
Scientist 4: Hey, where'd they go!?
*We hid behind one of the machines*
Cream: Mr. Sonic, Ms. Ayla-
Sonic & Ayla: Shhh!
*Suddenly, Cheese got excited & wrapped his little arms around Sonic's neck, making him laugh.
Ayla:*whispering* Cheese, no! Not now!
Scientist 3: Over there!
Sonic: Let's go!
Cream: Right! *he handed Cheese to Cream & I took her hand. we ran down the dark hallway with Sonic leading the way. Cream, Cheese &, I were right behind him* Wow, guys! How did you shut off all the electricity?
Ayla: We didn't do it, Cream! I guess it just happened!
Cream: Maybe it's just because you guys bring good luck everywhere you go!
Sonic: You might be right!
*Suddenly, all the lights turned back on. The security cameras turned to us*
Cream: I shouldn't have said anything. This must be a jinx.
Ayla: This isn't your fault. *little laser guns came out of the cameras* Cream, hang on!
*Lasers started firing at us. We all ran down the hallway, avoiding the lasers*
Chris:*off-screen* Guys, what's going on? Are you and your friends alright?
Sonic: Not exactly. *he turned to us* Run!
*I nodded & took off down the hallway with Cream. Sonic jumped up & using a camera, fired it's laser at the other cameras, making it easier for us to get down the hallway*
Computer Mainframe: D2 AREA LOCKDOWN IN PROGRESS.
*The door at the end of the hallway started to close*
Cream: The door! We won't make it out!
*Sonic stopped what he was doing, ran to us, picked us up, & helped us reach the door. But we only found more cameras on the other side*
Cream: Hey, what are they? *a bunch of tiny airplanes flew down the hall & destroyed the security cameras* I don't understand, what's going on?
Sonic: We can't stick around to find out!
Ayla: We gotta move!
*We ran up some stairs with lasers firing all around us*
Cream: Mr. Sonic, Ms. Ayla, are we going to make it out!?
Ayla: Don't worry, we'll make it!
*Suddenly, one of the lasers destroyed part of the stairs where Cream was standing. She almost fell, but I kept a tight grip on her hand. Another part of the stairs was destroyed. Sonic helped me pull Cream up, then he grabbed both of us & carried us to the top*
Sonic: See Cream. We told you we'd make it, and we did. You didn't doubt us, did ya?
Cream:*shakes her head* Thank you for saving us.
Sonic: Ah, anytime Cream. Anytime.
Ayla: You know we'll always be there to help you no matter what.
*Just then, we heard a noise*
Sonic: Huh, what's that?
*We took off our infrared scopes & pressed our ears to the wall*
Ayla: Sounds like a plane.
*Sonic & I both smirked & looked at each other*
Sonic & Ayla: The Tornado!
*Sonic grabbed both me, Cream & Cheese. We crashed through the ceiling & we landed on the wing of the plane*
Tails: Alright, Sonic and Ayla!
Sonic: Hey!
Ayla: Hi, Tails!
*He waved at us*
Cream: It was you. You were the one who helped us out of there.
Tails:*winks* I helped, but Sonic and Ayla are the real heroes.
*He steered the Tornado straight for home*
*We made it back to the Thorndyke's garage. It was time for introductions*
Chris: My name's Christopher. Sonic landed in our swimming pool last night. Ayla got him out & I pulled them both out*
Tails: My name's Tails and I'm Sonic and Ayla's very best buddy. Right guys?
Sonic: Correct.
Ayla: That's right, little buddy.
Cream: My name's Cream and this is my very special Chao friend, Cheese. Thank you for saving us.
Chris: It's very nice to meet all of you. I have a feeling that we're going to become really good friends. Oh, and this is my Grandfather.
Chuck: Extraordinary! Tiny radio-controlled airplanes. Extraordinary.
Tails: We've got lots of neat gadgets.
*Chris turned to Sonic with a stern look*
Chris: Listen Sonic! This isn't some game we're playing, you know! You could have gotten us all thrown in jail!
Sonic: Maybe I could have, but I didn't, did I?
Chris: Couldn't you try to be more careful?
*Sonic just shrugged. I rolled my eyes*
Chuck: This in an amazing piece of equipment. It goes beyond anything I have seen. How did you develop it?
Tails: It's nothing special. Not in the world we come from.
Chuck: And where is that world, Tails?
Tails: Beats me. But I think we got here through a warp in time and space.
Chuck: Hmm, very interesting. Not very helpful, but interesting.
*Chris & I were giving Sonic stern looks while he picked at his ear*
Tails: I just thought of something. If you two, me, Cream, and Cheese are here, maybe the others got here too.
Sonic: You might be right about that Tails and if you are here, that means . . . maybe . . .
*An image of Eggman holding the Red Chaos Emerald flashed in my mind*
Sonic, Ayla, Tails, & Cream: Eggman's here too!
