The armored vehicles drove off. Soon, they were out of view of the running furries!
Shadow, Sonic, Tails, Geoffrey, Griff, Cyrus, Mina, Rouge, Trevor, Antoine, Mighty, and Aleena are the furries still running. They tried chasing the vehicles, even when they're out of sight. They ran and ran! The more they ran, the more they were being chased by the Dark Legion.
The furries continues to shoot and run at the same time. They ran down a dirt street leading out of Echidnapolice.
An unarmed female echidna jumped out of the bushed and ran away screaming. Shadow almost shot, but stopped.
SHADOW: Get down! Get down! Get down, lady!
The echidna just ran and ran. More of the Dark Legion appeared and continued shooting at the soldiers. Shadow ran out of bullets. He hid behind a car to reload. Tails stopped next to Shadow and behind the car with him. Tails fired his rifle constantly at the echidnas. Shadow then realized he had no more magazines left!
SHADOW: I'm out of ammo! Tails, I'm out of ammo!
It didn't do much help, Tails just ran out of ammo too!
Tails hung his rifle over his shoulder, pulled out his handgun, and began shooting his handgun at the echidnas. Shadow pulled out his handgun too and began shooting at the echidnas. Tails killed two.
Somewhere else, Griff and Mina are behind a car, shooting and killing all the echidnas they see. Soon, one unarmed female echidna was left in front of Griff.
GRIFF: Don't you do it!
The female echidna slowly bent down to pick up a dead echidna's AK-47.
MINA: What are you doing?
GRIFF: Don't you damn do it!
The echidna popped back up and aimed the AK-47 at Griff. Before she got to fire, Mina shot the echidna dead-on. She flung backwards, arms flung out, and fell backwards.
SHADOW: Griff, let's go!
All the furries ran and ran! They heard the gunshots echoing behind them.
Shadow and Tails are the only two furries with their rifles slung over their shoulders and holding handguns in their hands.
Mighty spat out some gunk from his mouth from all the running.
SLOW-MOTION:
They continued to run and run and run.
Mina fell. Geoffrey and Antoine helped her up and they continued running.
They ran and ran. All they can hear are themselves panting. The echoing of the machine bullets behind them faded. The Dark Legion just stood and watched as the furries ran away and out of sight. The furries soon ran out of their visual and out of Echidnapolice!
FURTHER ON
Shadow, Sonic, Tails, Geoffrey, Griff, Cyrus, Mina, Rouge, Trevor, Antoine, Mighty, and Aleena are still running.
Jumping in the street in front of them are three famished echidna children. They smiled and laughed as they saw the soldiers coming. The three soon began running with them.
The furries soon saw hundreds of echidnas around them. They cheered and cheered as the soldiers continued running. These were not the Dark Legion, they are friendlies!
All they could hear are happy cries. Many echidnas pointed forward. In the clearing, they could see it! The soldiers couldn't believe their eyes, but they saw it! It was the entrance to the Downunda Stadium! It was only about 40 feet away from them!
They were all out of breath from running many miles to their destination. It was a relief on sight! More of a relief now that they're only 25 feet away from the entrance!
One echidna ran next to Sonic and kissed him on the cheek! Even though Sonic was exhausted from running in his boots, heavy clothing, and heavy weapons, he still had the strength to smile back.
Only 10 feet away! Five feet! Then they finally entered!
Shadow... Sonic... Tails... Geoffrey... Griff... Cyrus... Mina... Rouge... Trevor... Antoine... Mighty... and Aleena... are FINALLY inside of the stadium! This was the biggest relief they have ever felt in their entire lives!
This marks the end of Mobius' biggest mess-up in military history since the Great Mobian War!