Ick didn't get alot of reviews for that last chapter. School's probably got everyone busy. Anyways here's the next chapter. Be for warned there is a bit of violence in this chapter.

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"Everyone get inside!" Sally shouted as the boulder had been moved, the hover trucks started into the metallic tunnel, followed by those on foot, Bunnie stayed out with Sally who seemed to be waiting for everyone to get inside.

"I'm going to wait on Sonic." The ground squirrel stated, looking off into the forest.

"Then we oughtta wait inside Sally-girl, you'll die of cold standin' out here in this rain." The rabbot stated, "And I'll probably rust."

The princess nods, and heads into the pipeline just enough to get out of the pouring rain. Their fur dripping wet, Sally's hair looking like a wet rag slopped on her head.

"Oh my stars hun, y'all look like a drowned rat." She said with a little laugh.

Sally looked up at Bunnie and smiled, "You aren't exactly dry yourself."

With that the rabbot took out a mirror and looked into it. She let out an 'ack!' and wrung her ears out. "I look like I done been in a wreck."

Sally lightly chuckled, but then in a heartbeat her expression changed to a serious one. "When Sonic and the others get here we'll have to seal this off, and try and cover up the evidence of its existence. That way we don't endanger the Lower Mobians."

Bunnie nodded and sighed. "I hope they're all right..."

Sally nodded, "I'm worried about Sonic, but I guess this wouldn't be the first time."

Bunnie thinks to herself. "This is more like the 316th time." She then laughs.

"You've been keeping count?" The ground squirrel asks giggling along, "I didn't think I was being that obvious."

The rabbot nodded in response. "Ya, it's obvious how you feel for him hun, you're in love I know that feelin', and the feelin' of worrin'." She was thinking of Selim, she hoped he was alright.

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"I think we left those Swatbots in the dust Sonic!" came Dulcy's cry from the back of the truck; she was in the middle of the floor while the other four that remained sat on the benches on either side. Selim looked out the back window, while the other three kept to themselves; it was probably the first major fight they've been in so they were pretty stirred. This was supposed to be Selim's first too supposedly; he wondered if he should act worried. No, if Sonic were the only one thinking straight they'd really be in trouble.

As that thought crossed the fox's mind he wondered why he was still fighting Sonic, he shook his head, he guessed that when Sonic took offense at him all those times his old friend had become more of a rival, and he saw him in a new light. He saw how immature the hedgehog acted sometimes; the things he once admired became the things that were flawed of him.

"Not yet we haven't." The vulpine said as his eyes moved upward, "We got Stealth Bombers on our six."

Above the trees there we about three Stealth Bombers on their tail, menacing, but holding their fire, probably waiting for a clean shot, which it'd only be a matter of time before they did.

The hedgehog looks in the mirror and scoffs. "Caution, stealthbutts are closer then they appear. Hang on guys we're gonna shake 'em and bake em." He hits the gas causing everyone to almost fall over, they held onto what they could as they sped up. The trees moving by making light whooshing sounds as they dodged through them. The steathbots were able to keep up, since they were free from obscurities. "What's with this stupid pile of junk? I could walk briskly and get away faster." The hedgehog whined.

Sonic was never one for technology, probably because it had been his greatest adversary for his whole life. Selim didn't look at it quite that way. Machinery was a tool, it only did what it was made to do, the purpose of good, or evil depended on the designer. He never understood what drove Robotnik, or his nephew to such extremes, to want to make all life into a mechanical order, it was just weird, when they themselves were living, breathing life forms. The vulpine wished he could give them a taste of the fear they lived through, the constant threat of being absorbed into the collective of machines that was Robotropolis.

A sudden jolt and shaking snapped the fox out of his daydream. Looks like those steathbots found their clearing, and were making good use of it. "Rotor couldn't give us any weapons...?" came the voice of one of the freedom fighters.

A blast suddenly tore through the top of the rear cabin causing all inside to jump. "Can't you make this thing go any faster Sonic?" Dulcy whined as the beam cut through the floorboard only an inch away from her right foot.

"The petal's to the metal Dulce." The hedgehog shouted as he dodged the trees easily. He was used to moving through them several times as fast, so doing so at this slow pace was a breeze.

Selim did his best to stand up as the truck jolted about, he looked up through the hole in the roof. He could see the three bots through the hole. "Hold her steady Sonic I'm going to see if I can't hit them." The fox said, his wrist laser was still activated and he pointed it out of the hole in the roof. Sonic sighed, "You wanna drive? If I keep it steady we'll crash!" He yelled back at the vulpine.

The older Tails called back, "Do what you can." He said as he raised his hand up to the hole. The beam started to charge as he aimed at the center bot. Just as he fired the beam the truck hit a bump causing the vulpine to fall back right as the blast went off. "Shit!" He cried as the beam went off and put another hole in the roof. Little to say the shot was off, but luckily it shot ahead of its intended target, and instead of a direct hit, the target was too close to pull out in time. The beam cut across the hull causing the aircraft to fall, spiraling forward with increasing velocity.

The bot continued to spiral and it crashed in front of the speeding truck. Sonic was the next to let out a curse as he pulled swiftly to avoid the wreckage. Though he jolted out of the way he couldn't see past the smoke and fire, unfortunately it blinded the path and the blue hedgehog couldn't react in time. "Hold on!" He cried as a tree suddenly jolted out into view and caused him to swerve sharply, but it was perhaps too sharp causing the whole truck to tilt over. Everything seemed to come crashing to a halt as the vehicle tumbled over tossing about its occupants. The hedgehog was the only one with a convenient seatbelt snapped on the others had no such luxury.

After the crashing of metal and muffled yelps and screams from the occupants, suddenly the vehicle had hit a tree effectively halting the truck's momentum. Selim returned to the world quickly as he wondered what the hell happened. Taking in his surroundings the other occupants were with him sprawled out on the roof.

"Smooth move Slim..." a voice came from the front of the vehicle, followed by a click and a thump of sneakers on the roof which sent a light vibration from their new floor. The fox started to pick himself up when a sharp pain rose from his arm. He looked down to see a seriously deep wound, it was bleeding pretty badly. He growled as he put a gloved hand on it putting pressure on it. He looked about the cabin to find the loose cloth he saw dangling about earlier, from which he tore off a piece and tied it around his arm tightly.

"I didn't mean for that to happen, Sonic, it just did; now we gotta get outta here." Selim said groaning as he stood up, ducking slightly so his head wouldn't hit one of the benches on their new ceiling.

A light shined through the windows and they both knew the Stealthbots had probably spotted them. "Alright Slim, we can't change what's been done. Here's what we'll do, I'll distract the ol' bolt brains while you get the others outta here."

The fox nodded, it was a good plan considering it was Sonic who formulated it, and the hedgehog was quite good at diversions. Hopefully it'll work, because they had used it so many times before that Robotnik might not fall for it, in this case though it probably would since he wouldn't expect other survivors. With all decided Sonic popped out the back and raced away, the two air unit followed in pursuit calling 'PRIORITY HEDGEHOG! CAPTURE!'

Selim seemed to be the only conscious one in the vehicle; however that was soon erased as a voice came through the dark. "Its ok ma, I'm alright." It was obvious the voice belonged to the dragon Dulcy, who had probably been through worse bumps. She was obviously coming around.

"Dulcy, you ok?" the fox asked into the darkness.

There was a bit of silence. "Well I'm in one piece..." the response came, "where's Sonic?"

"He's giving us a chance to get out of here, I say we use it." Selim stated, searching about the cabin for the other bodies which would be laying about, Dulcy assisted him, she could see better in the dark anyway, she was anxious to get out of there though, her claustrophobia had been bothering her this whole time.

The older fox felt his hand come across another one, "Wake up." He pleaded as he shook the seemingly unconscious form. He wished there was some light as he got no response, he then felt something warm on his right hand, a warm thick fluid, and he had a good hunch on what it was. Just then a flash of lightning shot through the windows and confirmed what the vulpine was thinking. A freedom fighter form, a young tiger, flashed into his eyes, he was impaled by a metal cylindrical item, probably a thin pipe that had been left loose in the truck. It caused Selim to jump back a bit. "Damn..."

Dulcy kicked open the door and stepped out into the rain. By the smell starting to linger in the cabin she could tell what the older Tails cursed about. The other two were fine though, the bear still missing the one hand. "Let's get out of here, before the rest of us buy the farm."

The vulpine wished they had time to bury the corpse properly, but Sonic probably wasn't expecting to delay thorough a funeral. Beside, too many were lost today, and there would probably be a memorial once they were all safe. "Dulcy you take..." He said looking for the bear's name.

"Ralph." The Mobian responded to the pause.

Selim nodded, "you'd have an easier time riding her since you only have one hand... I'll take the other one."

The rabbit mobian nodded, he being the one the vulpine was referring to. With no more said the bear hopped onto the dragon's back and Selim started to hover in the air grabbing the wrists of the rabbit. Both of them pleaded for them to not go too fast, and their carriers responded similarly with a 'don't worry; we know what we are doing'.

Unfortunately they didn't have the time to pace themselves, as the princess might not wait around forever, and then they would never escape. So through the trees they moved swiftly under the cover of the leaves evading branches left and right. The rabbit a bit more scared then the bear, probably because he was dangling through the whole ordeal.

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"Look, here comes somebody now." Bunnie stated as the four forms came up through the trees, appearing to be a flying fox and dragon, each with a passenger in tow. Sally looked in the direction the rabbot was and saw the four coming toward them.

"Oh my gosh, that's not all of them is it?" She asked as they approached, she ran out to them in the rain, a thunderbolt shattered in the distance. The two flying Mobians landed softly and let their passengers off, who were shaken as they were used to being on the ground. Sally had a worried look on her face, "Where's Sonic, and the others?"

Dulcy laughed. "Sonic's just taking care of a couple of stealthies that were tailin' us." She said pointing in the direction they came from. "He'll probably be right behi-"

As if on cue the hedgehog blasted through the hedges and was standing right next to Ralph the bear. "Sorry to hold ya guys up, I had to bake a couple of lead heads." He said, he saw Sally's expression, it held a little more relief, she could stop worrying now. However there was still an element of concern that lingered in her expression, something pressing on her mind.

"What about the others?" She asked again, not getting her response the first time around. With that all was silent, and she could read the response from their faces. Apparently so could Bunnie as she gasped. "Oh my stars!"

A harsh whimper was heard from inside the tunnel causing the others to jump and look toward the opening into the pipeline. A coyote stood there and everyone immediately knew who it was. Antoine stepped out of the shadows and Sally looked to him, "I thought you left with the others." She said simply.

The coyote shook his head and smiled weakly. "I would zot go without ze princess! I could not, would not, leave you 'ere unprotected!"

Sonic shook his head and chuckled. "Cut the bull Ant. You were probably just scared of the darrrk and scarrry tunnel."

The coyote jumped to defense quickly. "Ha! And Ha again! You thinking that I am zeefraid of ze stupid tunnel. Ha!"

Sonic suddenly jolted a bit. "Ant! Watch out behind you it's a monster!"

The royal guard jumped up and spun around screaming, and then shivered though he could see nothing was there.

"Ant, Ant, Ant, you really need to chill out." The hedgehog laughed as he passed the coyote and went into the tunnel.

"I'm already cold..." He said in response following the hedgehog.

The others, who were still outside, sighed. "I wish they didn't have to bicker now..." Sally stated as they themselves started toward the pipeline. "Alright, we have to make this extrusion in the pipe vanish without a trace... Selim can you use your laser on it?"

The fox shook his head, noting the blood stained bandage on his other arm. "I can't if I'm bleeding, because I might exhaust my oxygen from the remaining blood."

Bunnie saw the wound and gasps. "My stars! You alright Selim?"

The vulpine nods and smiles, "I've had worse, trust me." He said.

Sally nods, "I'm sure you have, but I was anticipating the worst, so I have one of the hover trucks inside that have some explosive in it. If we place them in the right places we could have the structure collapse in on itself and then the rain would wash the dirt in on it to cover it up."

The fox nods, "Seems pretty chancy, but I guess we'll have to give it a shot." He said as he reached the inside of the tunnel.

"I know, and the worst part is, is that we'll have to be inside and a good distance down the tunnel before we set them off, so we won't be able to tell if it was successful or not." Sally stated as she started to set the charges, setting the trigger on Nicole.

"Y'all are gonna make sure it won't be like some huge explosion sendin' up a flare right?" Bunnie asked.

"Right, don't worry the balls of fire will be contained in the pipeline, hopefully." Sally stated. "There that's the last one, now let's get going."

Bunnie was looking out the hole in the pipe, looking at the trees thrashing in the harsh wind. She sighed lightly looking down and away, "Do y'all ever think we'll see the Great Forest again?"

Selim looked down. "We will, as long as we don't give up on it."

Dulcy, who was looking down, was still standing out there. "I wish I could come with you... but I... can't, I'm too scared of such small underground places. I'm going to go home to Dragon's Nest..."

Bunnie walked up to, "Are you sure hun? I mean it's not really all that small, it's pretty big I heard."

"I'm sorry... it was bad enough in that truck, I don't think I can go through it again... It's been great fighting with you guys, I'll see you again, don't be afraid to drop by if you need anything." She said on the verge of tears. Bunnie hugged her. "Sugar, you're always welcome to come to Lower Mobious if ya ever change yer mind."

Selim nods and Sally comes up and smiles with a nod. "We will meet again Dulcy, you've been a great Freedom Fighter, and you always will be, for all of us on Mobius are fighting for it one way or another."

Dulcy smiled and sniffed. "Alright guys, give him hell."

"No worries there sugar." Bunnie giggled.

With that it was all done, Dulcy flew off, staying low to avoid immediate detection. Bunny looked down, and she sniffled lightly to herself, though trying to remain strong. "Everything is happenin' so fast..."

Nicole suddenly piped in. "Incoming message Sally."

Sally picked up her palm computer, and allowed the machine to play it, it was Grif, and unfortunately his news wasn't good.

"Sally, you guys may want to hold off your approach. We've had massive flooding in some of the pipe systems and need to shut off the main access route. You guys should stay where you are until everything is all clear." The message finished.

"Oh my gosh, Sally-girl... the others already went on ahead."

Selim sighed... "Damn it, can't we ever get a break?"

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That's it for now, next chapter will be up in two weeks, like normal.