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Sonic and Amy instinctively rolled from their bed, grabbed their M-16s and aimed them at the door. After a second, they both stood, Sonic in his boxers and Amy in her underwear and tank top, grabbed their black Kevlar vests, put on some pants, and ran into the hall. Tails ran from his room at the same time and they almost shot each other. Down the hall the same thing was occurring with Knuckles, Rouge, and Shadow. They all looked at each other for a second.

"What the hell's going on?" Knuckles yelled over the sound of the explosions and gunfire outside.

"I don't know! Either it's one hell of a drill or this is a TERRORIST ATTACK!!!" Sonic screamed at Knuckles, he rolled his eyes and ran down the stairs to the entrance hall, followed shortly by the others. They formed a sort of perimeter, two facing the rear, two facing the right, two facing the front, and two facing the left. Sonic opened the door and almost ran headlong into a man, clad entirely in black, with night-vision goggles, a bullet proof vest, and an M-4 carbine, a smaller version of the M-16. They stared at each other for almost a second before they both raised their weapons and Sonic pulled the trigger, firing three rounds into the mans chest.

It was then that Sonic realized that he was about to run out into a firefight with only his pants, one M-16 clip, and his black Kevlar vest. He shut the door and turned around.

"Everyone go back to your rooms, grab your gear, and meet back here ASAP. Make sure to get your night vision goggles." He said. He knew those night vision goggles would be a valuable asset against, from what he had seen so far, a well armed and well trained enemy. He ran back to his room, put on his clothes and gear, and grabbed as much ammo as he could carry without having to drop any of his other gear. He decided to leave his water canteen behind; he knew they weren't going very far from water. He ran back downstairs and waited for everyone else, who arrived shortly wearing their helmets, vests, and all their other gear. He told everyone to put on their NODs (as they called the night goggles) and ran outside.

The scene outside was utter chaos. Fires burned, rounds cracked through the night, and people were running around everywhere. A large plume of smoke rose from the white house. It was an eerie site when seen from the green and white of the NODs.

"Shadow, go find a good sniping position and dig in a bit," Sonic instructed. "Rouge, stay with him. The rest of us will head to the secret entrance. When we get there, we'll lay down cover fire for you guys so you can make it across. For now give us some cover fire."

Shadow nodded and ran up into a tree while Rouge hunkered down in the bushes. Sonic, Amy, Tails, and Knuckles all ran out into the fire. Shadow took careful aim and quickly picked off targets in their way. Fire was coming from almost every direction and it was all Sonic could do to not stop running so he could take care fuller shots. He was firing at anything that was shooting. They dove for cover on the back porch of the white house and immediately turned and laid down cover fire for Rouge and Shadow, who were already on their way over. They hid behind the white fence surrounding the back porch, jumping up and firing periodically. Eventually Shadow and Rouge dove onto the porch, rounds crack past the spot where they had just stood.

"What took you so long!?" Sonic yelled. "Traffic was awful!" Shadow replied.

They jumped from their hiding spots, sidestepping in a line and returning fire. They stopped and Sonic started looking for something. He eventually found it and kicked a brick. A keypad popped out, asking him for a code. He typed it in hurriedly and the wall opened to form a doorway. They ran into the hallway inside and closed the door just as three men in black ran by. They ran down the hallway to another door that lead to the oval office. Sonic stopped and told everyone to put silencers on their rifles if they could so they could try and keep the element of surprise on their side. Next he called Knuckles over, who was carrying his SAW.

"Knuckles, check it out" Sonic said. "Right boss" Knuckles replied, strapping his weapon across his chest and pulled out his pistol. He screwed a silencer on the end and ran forward. He eased the door open and peeked around it. There were two men with their backs to him, at the office. He pulled his pistol out, took aim, and fired two quick shots. The two men fell in a heap and Knuckles fell back. He put his pistol away, pulled his saw off his chest, racked it, and signaled the others to move forward. Sonic walked past him, pushed the door open, and ran inside. At that moment a man came around the corner.

"Hey, what's taking you guys so-" ptew ptew ptew the man fell before he could finish his sentence. Sonic grabbed his body and pulled it into the room. Three men came up the stairs in the center of the hall and fired on them. The men fell dead and several voices began to shout.

"All right, let's split up. Three teams: Rouge and I'll look up here. Tails and Amy: you guys take downstairs. Shadow and Knuckles: You guys stay here and guard this area; it might be the only way out of here. Keep in touch." Sonic said.

They all ran off, leaving Shadow and Knuckles alone. Shadow kicked the President's desk over, taking cover behind it with Knuckles.

"How long do you think this'll take?" Knuckles asked. "I don't know, till they find the President I guess."

At that moment four men walked by, all pointing their guns at the back of a man, who walked reluctantly in his pajamas. Knuckles took a closer look and realized who it was: "It's the President," he thought. He nudged Shadow, who looked over. He nodded and pressed the button wired to his rifle that turned on his headset.

"Sonic, this is Shadow. Come in Sonic."

"This is Sonic, go ahead."

"Sir we've found the President, he's being led downstairs. Please advise."

"Roger, hold your position, we'll come to you. I'll radio ahead to Tails and Amy and have them lie low."

"Roger, over and out."

"So what'd he say?" Knuckles asked. "They're coming to us. They ought to be here any minute." Shadow said.

Meanwhile, Tails and Amy were in the dining room.

"Come in Tails"

"This is Tails"

"Tails, it's Sonic, Shadow said he and Knuckles saw the President heading downstairs"

"I haven't seen anything-wait, someone's coming."

"Tails? Who is it? Tails? TAILS?!"

Tails turned off his headset and told Amy to follow him. He crawled under the tablecloth that adorned the dinner table and peered out from under it. Four men walked by with the President in front of them and their guns to his back. Another man met them halfway across the doorway.

"Good evening, Mr. President" the man said in an icy voice that sent a slight chill down Tails' spine. Tails heard the sound of choppers approaching. "I hope your ready for a little ride, because we've got big plans for you."

"I hope you know that we don't negotiate with terrorists," the President said coolly. "Ha, you think its money I want? You fool." "Then what do you want?" "You'll see. In about two minutes the chopper back to base will be here. You're coming with us, whether you like it or not." The man lifted a walkie- talkie to his mouth and spoke in to it. "All units to the back yard" he said. He clipped the walkie-talkie back on his belt and motioned the other men to follow him.

When they were gone, Tails and Amy crawled out from under the table and peeked around the corner. Down the hall they saw at least 30 men filing into the backyard. Sonic turned his headset back on.

"Sonic, you guys better get down here quick. They're taking the President, and there're a lot of 'em. I'm estimating at least 30 to 40."

"Right, we're on our way."

A moment later Sonic and the others came running down the stairs. The roar of the chopper was louder than ever and they all ran to the backdoor. They saw two huge cargo choppers landing in the backyard of the white house, men already running toward them. Sonic gave them the signal to open fire and they did so. Several men fell with the first few rounds, and they all rolled from the doorway and shot out windows so they could have a little cover. Rounds shredded the wall outside Sonics window. When they stopped to reload he jumped up and fired his M-16 rapidly, taking down several men. He looked at the end of the chopper and saw the President being loaded into it. "Shit!" He yelled at everyone to direct as much fire as possible on the helicopter, and it was suddenly lit up in a shower of sparks as bullets pinged off the metal frame. The leader was ushering his men into the helicopter. Sonic crawled over to Knuckles.

"Knuckles! I want you to put a LAW right through that bastard!" He screamed, pointing at the chopper. Knuckles nodded and pulled the Light Anti-tank Weapon off his back. It was compact and light, and was mainly for use against ground armor. He unfolded it and jumped up, taking aim at the chopper, and fired.

The co-pilot of the chopper looked to his right through his NODs and saw the smoke trail of the LAW as it flew through the night air. He slammed the throttle to full and yanked on the joystick. The helicopter was propelled into the air just as the LAW passed by. The man who had talked to the President earlier stumbled into the cockpit.

"What the hell just happened?" He yelled at the co-pilot. "I just saved our lives, there was a rocket headed straight for us. Have you got the cargo?" he asked, he was ready to leave. "Yeah but I still have men on the ground." The man yelled. "Forget them, we have to go." "Alright!" The man left the cockpit; he hated this part of the job.

Back on the ground, Sonic suddenly saw fire erupt from the rear of the chopper. The last of the terrorists that weren't on the chopper fell to the ground. They were shooting their own men. Sonic looked back up at the chopper and watched in horror as it began rising higher. They all ran out with their guns blazing. Even Shadow wasn't taking careful shots anymore. He was just trying to shoot the damned thing down.

Rouge jumped into the air and flew as fast as she could, barely making it onto the ramp of the nearest chopper. She raised her M- 16, fired a sustained burst, and watched several men fall to the ground. Suddenly something hit her hard in her right breast. She saw a puff of white come out of her black vest and realized she'd been hit. Her Kevlar vest had saved her life. But she was gonna be in a lot of pain for a while.

She looked up just in time too see a foot coming at her. She grabbed it, spun around, and let go. Her assailant flew out the back of the chopper and screamed as he hit the trees below. Suddenly something hit her in the spine, and she flew out the back of the helicopter. She turned around just in time to see a huge man clad in black pressing the up button on the ramp. She watched her last hope of saving the President slip away, meekly tried to flap her wings, and it was all black.

To Be Continued