Sozza, my prologue may have seemed a little random, but it does have something to do with the fic.
Disclaimer (Again): I don't own Sonic
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A lone shadowy figure ran through the now dark Knothole. Occasionally a rumble of thunder would be heard above and the figure would wince and run faster. He was heading in the direction of the great hall. They stopped when they got to the door; the figure quickly opened the door, walked in and closed it behind him. He was greeted by the sound of music and talking, he walked deeper into the hall towards a certain blue hedgehog (guess who!).
"Sonic?" He asked tugging on Sonics arm. Sonic turned around to look at what had caught his attention.
"Hey little bro'. I thought you were in bed." He said picking Tails up.
"I got scared." Tails replied timidly.
"Ok, you can stay up till the storm clears," Sonic sighed
"Thanks Sonic," Tails said grinning widely.
"Huh, I LOVE this song!" Sally said jumping up in surprise
"Wanna dance?" Sonic asked. He held out his hand, she took it and he led her to the dance floor.
Sally rested her head on Sonics shoulder as the danced,
"This was a great idea Sal. Having a party to boost moral." Sonic said smiling,
"I know, I'm surprised on how well it worked out. Nothings gone wrong so fa-" As if on queue a laser blasted through the wall drawing all presents attention. Screams resounded around the hall as several massive robots marched into the Knothole and started firing their lasers.
"Buttnik must have discovered the Knothole!" Sonic shouted avoiding another laser's blast. He jumped up and did a homing attack on the robot without even leaving a scratch.
"Man, these things can sure take a beating," Sonic said before trying another homing attack.
"Tails, I need you to fly up there and try to find a weakness," Sally said as she dodged a piece of flying rock. Tails flew up and circled the robot looking for a weakness. It launched another batch of missiles at the Freedom Fighters.
"That's it!" Tails shouted, "When they open the hatches to fire missiles, attack the inside of the hatches!" Sonic nodded and went for an attack, flames burst out of the robot and Sonic went for a final attack, destroying the robot instantly. The Freedom Fighters managed to destroy two more robots this way, but after a while of waiting and dodging Sally realised that they had stopped firing missiles and had figured out that they knew their weakness.
"Tails," She called "Look for another weakness!" Tails flew up and circled the robots, suddenly out of nowhere a laser came down and hit Tails' namesakes sending him hurtling to the ground. The robot then proceeded to pummel Tails who was too scared to move. Sonic saw this and raced to the robot and performed several homing attacks on it to try and distract it from his buddy. The robot eventually got annoyed by this and left Tails to chase after Sonic who was running deep into the forest. Sally ran over and picked up Tails.
"They're too strong, RETREAT. Get everyone to the caves!" She shouted heading to the caves as well. Once everyone was out of the Knothole Sally called a role to check who was there and who was not. She called out their names one by one, many had been lost to Robotnik. She sighed and continued
"Sandra?"
"He-ere." A shaky, sobbing voice replied, she'd lost her husband.
"Sid?"
"Here."
"Sonic?" No reply
"Sonic?" She asked again, more anxious this time. Still no reply.
"Sonic?" Silence "No, please no." She whispered, a tear falling down her cheek. Knuckles, who had joined the battle half way through, stood up.
"We gotta go find him!" With that he stormed out the room. Sally stifled back tears
"Carrying on. Rosie?"
About five minutes later the register was finished and she assigned everyone to dorms in which they would sleep until it was seen safe to come out. Sally was in a dorm with Bunnie, Knuckles, Rotor, Antoine and Tails. Usually she would have been with Sonic but this time...he wasn't there. Sally sat on her bed with Bunnie sobbing into her pillow.
"There, there Sally-girl, Ah'm sure Knux will find Sugah-hog. Don't ya worry." Bunnie said as she hugged Sally. They heard the door of the room swing open and Knuckles walked in, drenched in rain. Sally and Bunnie looked up hopefully. Knuckles looked down and shook his head.
"I'm sorry."
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What a happy note to end on, huh? Don't ya worry it will get better.
