This is Chapter 5.

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"Alright, everybody pick a partner." Sonic said eyeing the arctic fox.

"You're mine.." the Elephant said to Knuckles.

"Let's go, girly." The marten whispered to Rouge.

"I guess that leaves me and you," Tails said to the bear, swallowing hard.

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(Authors Note: All of the following events happen at the same time.)

"Hey, fat ass." Knuckles yelled as he dodged a punch, "You're to slow to touch me."

The elephant roared with anger and tried to stop on Knuckles, "My name is Norman, you red, uh, what ever you are."

Knuckles weaved between his legs and jumped up and punched Norman in the stomach. The elephant laughed.

"Didn't even feel it."

"Feel this!" Knuckles shouted as he flipped into the air and came down on Norman's head. He them drove down and landed, hitting him in the knee. Falling to one knee, the elephant cried out in pain Knuckles rushed forward, hoping to finish him off.

The elephant grabbed hold of him.

"Gotcha!" he gloated. Knuckles wheezed as the air was squeezed from his lungs. "I ain't gonna let you go." Knuckles fought as hard as he could, but to no avail. "Soon you're gonna sleep." The final breaths of air left, Knuckles and he passed out.

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"You wouldn't hit a lady would you?" Rouge asked.

"I would." The marten answered.

Rouge launched forward hoping to take him by surprise. Much to her shock the marten dodged all her attacks with relative ease.

"That the best you can do?" he asked, laughing at her.

"Not by a long shot." She said grinning.

The marten was on her in a second and kicked her into the head. Rouge flew backward and hit into the wall. Stumbling forward she rushed forward again and tried to kick him. He sidestepped her attack

"You know, this fight ain't gonna last to long if you can't hit me." He smirked as he spoke.

Filling with rage, Rouge launched a furry of attacks and managed to hit him in his chest. The marten staggered back, clutching at his wounded chest. Recovering quickly, he dropped down and swept her feet out from under her. Not finished he grabbed her head as she fell and drove it into the ground. She bounced off the floor and didn't rise.

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Tails backed up quickly as the bear advanced on him.

"Is there any way we can settle this with out violence?" He asked the bear meekly.

"Not a chance shrimp."

Tails thought quickly, why did he have to come without the modified Tornado? He leaped over one of the bear's punches. Moving quickly he dodged another attack and sped around the bear and leaped into it's back.

"That the best you can do?"

Tails, desperate, tried the same attack. He caught the bear firmly in the stomach. An angry look came over the bear and he marched forward.

"Uh-oh," Tails thought, "I made him mad."

Turning to run, he was surprised to see that he wasn't going any where. He looked back and saw that the bear had hold of one of his tails.

"You ever want to fly?" He asked Tails.

"I have a plane." Tails replied.

"Well," he said slowly, "let's see if you can fly under your own power!" Hw began to spin Tails around. Faster and faster, he spun Tails and then let him go. He flew head first into the wall and then slumped to the ground.

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Sonic and his opponent circled each other.

"I'm sorry about this." The arctic fox told him.

"Sorry about what?" Sonic asked her.

"I'm sorry that I have to beat you. I really don't have a choice." Lunging forward she tried to land a kick to his head.

Sonic flipped backwards. "Who said anything about you beating me?" he asked sarcastically.

Growling she unleashed a flurry of kicks and punches at him. Sonic, dodged them all with relative ease, since he had the edge in speed. He tried using the same tactic that he used against the gorilla, earlier. Using the nearby wall as a spring board, he launched forward and used a spin attack. Sonic hit the fox in the head and sent her flying.

Hearing a cry he turned around to see crash into a wall. "Tails!" he cried and rushed to the fallen fox's side.

Sonic felt a pinch on his shoulder and then he passed out.

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The fox stood over Sonic's body. She was breathing heavily. The loud speaker behind her came on.

"It is good that you have succeeded, slaves." Dr. Edwards said, "Now bring those lowly creatures to the holding cells. I will be in my lab. Do not disturb me!"

The Alpha Squad picked up the fallen bodies of Sonic and his friends and came down a cold, steel hallway. Norman hit a few buttons on a control panel and the door at the end of the hall opened. Walking to a separate cell, they dumped the bodies into them. The marten, bear and elephant , then left.

The fox stared at Sonic's body, "Don't worry," she whispered to the fallen hedgehog. She hurried to catch up with the others.







I do not own any of the characters portrayed here, except for the Alpha Squad and Dr. Edwards.