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FOUR:
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The heavy metal door to the cell creaked open. Scratch and Grounder tossed Sonic into it and quickly closed the door, locking it. Sonic slammed into the rocky wall and toppled over, seeing a cluster of stars. Scratch peered through the miniature barred window in the door.
"BWA-HA-HA-HA! You're trapped now, Hedgehog," Scratch said, "And without your shoes - you can't run anymore!"
Sonic grumbled and carefully stood up. He glanced about the empty cell looking for some form of escape. There was no window, but there was a small, rusting grating in the floor. However, it was much too small for him to fit through. The only object in there with him was a pile of hay near the door.
"Lemme see, Scratch!" Grounder knocked him out of the way, and tried to leap up to the bars.
Sonic suddenly came up with an idea. He easily yanked off the rusted grating and dove under the pile of hay. Sonic stayed extremely quiet and didn't move a muscle.
Grounder grabbed onto the bars and pulled himself up, peeking into the cell, "Where is he?"
"What are you talking about?" Scratch pulled him off the bars and took a look, "WHAT?" The cell appeared to be empty. Scratch then spied the open grating, "He went into the sewer?"
"He's gone?" Grounder cried, "What are we gonna do, Scratch?" he whined, tugging on his arm.
"Wait! We'd better make sure that's where he went!" Scratch unlocked the door and opened it. They carefully glanced about in all directions before entering. They didn't see any sign of Sonic. Creeping towards the grating, they spied around. Scratch bent down and stuck his head in the hole.
"Did he go in there?" Grounder whispered, "Do you see him?"
"I can't tell, it's too dark!" Scratch replied, as Sonic quietly crawled out from under the hay pile. He dived out of the cell and shut the door silently, locking it.
"Maybe you guys should have brought a flashlight!" Sonic leapt up to the bars and peered in the cell.
"Oooh-Oooh! I have one!" Grounder replied, and changed his drill hand into one. Then he realized who had said that. He cringed and turned around, "Scratch!" He exclaimed.
Scratch pulled his head out of the hole, "What?" He looked at the door and his eyes bugged out, "AHH! How did YOU get out!?"
"The same way YOU got in - through the door! See ya!" Sonic saluted and headed down the hallway.
Scratch bonked Grounder on the head, "Now look what you've done! Now we're stuck in here!"
"Hey! You're the one who just HAD to look in the cell!" Grounder replied, rubbing his head, "It's your fault this time!"
Sonic shook his head and laughed as they continued to argue in the cell. For a shoeless slowmo, he was doing pretty good so far!
To Be Continued...
FOUR:
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The heavy metal door to the cell creaked open. Scratch and Grounder tossed Sonic into it and quickly closed the door, locking it. Sonic slammed into the rocky wall and toppled over, seeing a cluster of stars. Scratch peered through the miniature barred window in the door.
"BWA-HA-HA-HA! You're trapped now, Hedgehog," Scratch said, "And without your shoes - you can't run anymore!"
Sonic grumbled and carefully stood up. He glanced about the empty cell looking for some form of escape. There was no window, but there was a small, rusting grating in the floor. However, it was much too small for him to fit through. The only object in there with him was a pile of hay near the door.
"Lemme see, Scratch!" Grounder knocked him out of the way, and tried to leap up to the bars.
Sonic suddenly came up with an idea. He easily yanked off the rusted grating and dove under the pile of hay. Sonic stayed extremely quiet and didn't move a muscle.
Grounder grabbed onto the bars and pulled himself up, peeking into the cell, "Where is he?"
"What are you talking about?" Scratch pulled him off the bars and took a look, "WHAT?" The cell appeared to be empty. Scratch then spied the open grating, "He went into the sewer?"
"He's gone?" Grounder cried, "What are we gonna do, Scratch?" he whined, tugging on his arm.
"Wait! We'd better make sure that's where he went!" Scratch unlocked the door and opened it. They carefully glanced about in all directions before entering. They didn't see any sign of Sonic. Creeping towards the grating, they spied around. Scratch bent down and stuck his head in the hole.
"Did he go in there?" Grounder whispered, "Do you see him?"
"I can't tell, it's too dark!" Scratch replied, as Sonic quietly crawled out from under the hay pile. He dived out of the cell and shut the door silently, locking it.
"Maybe you guys should have brought a flashlight!" Sonic leapt up to the bars and peered in the cell.
"Oooh-Oooh! I have one!" Grounder replied, and changed his drill hand into one. Then he realized who had said that. He cringed and turned around, "Scratch!" He exclaimed.
Scratch pulled his head out of the hole, "What?" He looked at the door and his eyes bugged out, "AHH! How did YOU get out!?"
"The same way YOU got in - through the door! See ya!" Sonic saluted and headed down the hallway.
Scratch bonked Grounder on the head, "Now look what you've done! Now we're stuck in here!"
"Hey! You're the one who just HAD to look in the cell!" Grounder replied, rubbing his head, "It's your fault this time!"
Sonic shook his head and laughed as they continued to argue in the cell. For a shoeless slowmo, he was doing pretty good so far!
To Be Continued...
