Yes, I realize that I ripped the title off a Beatles song. On a side note, thanks Dragonmaster Kyra for some of the ideas!

Chapter 4: A Hard Day's Night

The denizens of the Neutral Garden looked at their home. Scrap metal was everywhere and the earth was charred. The pond was polluted by oil and the fruit trees were all dead.

" They blew it up…they blew it all up. Darn them! Darn them all! Those darn dirty apes!" Ghost cried. Techno started to inspect the metal while Boomer wept over his smoldering X-Box. Scribbles was packing his things into a small duffel bag.

" Any idea who did this?" Ghost asked Techno.

" The programming is similar to Professor Gerald. And there's only one person that knows of Gerald's work, Shadow the Hedgehog!" the purple chao declared. Everyone gasped.

" I say we kick his butt now! I must avenge my X-Box!" Boomer raged.

' We need to sleep first. Maybe we could crash at someone's place.' Scribbles wrote sleepily.

Later that day, the chao approached Sonic's house. He had a party going on. The volume was maxed out and the bass was up so high that the chao felt it through the pavement. After that, they tried Angel Island. Knuckles and his horrible singing drove them away. Their next visit was Tails' place. Unfortunately, the little kitsune wouldn't shut up about his inventions.

" I wonder whose house this is?" Boomer said as they approached a pink house. When they knocked, Amy answered in a red gown.

" Sorry, I thought you were Sonic…" she said, slightly embarrassed. The chao were rolling on the ground screaming, " My eyes! They burn!" After that fiasco, the homeless heroes tried Cream's house. Cream answered the door and saw them.

" What are you doing here?" she asked.

" Our garden was trashed by an army of Omochao. We need a place to stay." Ghost yawned.

" I wish I could, but my mom has some friends over playing cards…" Cream was cut off when she heard the sound of a table being broken. The six-year-old rabbit sighed and picked up a broom. They had almost given up hope when Scribbles suggested they go to Rouge's mansion. They got there and knocked on the door. Rouge answered, yawning.

" Hi Rouge! We need to stay somewhere for the night. Could we camp here?" Techno explained to the spy.

"Sure. Stay as long as you need to." She answered. The chao set up camp in the kitchen. Each went to sleep knowing that tomorrow the biggest adventure in their tiny lives will begin.

Chapter five is on the way! Please review!