Chapter 3
This was a pretty bad situation for Sonic. Fang was standing close by with his gun fully loaded. He was trapped, Big blocking his only exit. He looked to Fang, who had a rather irritated expression on his face, his large fang glinting lightly as he got into a stance, taking aim at his blue target. Sonic smirked, putting an arm to his waist and waving the other somewhat arrogantly.

"Fang, what the heck are you doing here?" Sonic asked, shutting his eyes. "Surprised to see you, considering you haven't been around since, well, I kicked your butt last time."

Fang lowered his gun briefly, a scowl crossing his face as he lifted his gun again, putting his finger on the trigger. "Rrrngh shut up! That was then and this is now hedgehog! I've spent the last few months training like crazy, and now I'm gonna take you out!" He smirked, staring at him like a predator would its prey. "You may have bested me last time mate, but no one makes a fool out of Fang the Sniper, especially not a careless blue runt like you!" He started to pull the trigger, then stopped, a large object crossing into the line of fire. "Wh-what the...?"

It was Big, and he was standing strong in front of Sonic, looking at Fang with a somewhat dull expression, one commonly seen on his face. "Now you look here mister. Sonic's gotta find my friend Froggy! He said he would, and if you shoot him it'll take me longer!" He lifted his arm, waving a finger at the weasel, who lowered his eyelids with an irritated expression. "Besides, shooting people is bad! You should know dat!"

"...Are you done?" Fang glared, lifting his gun again. "Because quite frankly, I don't wanna hear it mate."

Sonic sighed a little, then grinned, walking out from behind Big. "Ah, hey Fang. Can't say it hasn't been fun but I have a frog to find." He chuckled, and began to run, waving calmly as he did.

"What!" Fang growled, hopping off the dumpster and onto the ground. He ran to the front of the building, finding his parked Marvelous Queen in front. He turned it on and quickly hovered, flying after Sonic, though he knew it would be difficult to catch up. "Get back here you stupid hedgehog!" He shouted, his Marvelous Queen darting off.

Tails yawned, sitting in the lobby with a bagel and a cup of tea. The sounds of people conversing, their feet pitter pattering across the floor, every sound seemed to flip through his head again and again, and he began to take in the scenery. The chairs were an off red and had a leathery feel to them, slippery but comfortable. The floors were of a hard tile, and the small table in front of him seemed to have a glass top; it was not good to put his cup down there without a coaster. There were various plants about the lobby, some Tails was able to identify, and a few he couldn't. This was fine; he was more of a mechanical man than a botanist anyways. He took a bite of his bagel, setting his tea on a coaster. He leaned back and started to watch people come in. He was rather bored waiting for Sonic but it did do him good to relax a little bit.

The fox started to sip his tea, but immediately spat it out due to shock, leaning foreward as he watched the next group walk in, trying to make sure he wasn't seeing things. Much to his surprise he wasn't, as Amy, Cream, and their kin came walking through the front door, right to the front desk. Tails was curious about the sea green hedgehog; that was a person he had never seen before. He set his tea down again and started to walk up to them, scratching his head in a confused fashion.

He decided to talk to Cream; she was the closest to him and Amy was busy confirming her reservation. "Ah, Cream?" He started, still not certain as to why she was there.

"Tails!" She smiled, turning to him with her hands behind her back, Cheese doing the same thing. "I thought we would see you here."

Tails nodded, rubbing the back of his head. "Speaking of which, why are you here anyways?"

Cream blinked, then smiled, tapping her chin. "Well, Amy said she wanted to take her cousin to see the big city of Mobotropolis, and she invited my mom, Cheese and I to come."

"Chao chao!" Cheese nodded in agreement, flailing his arms excitedely.

"Ah, so that's who that is." Tails nodded to himself, putting his hand to his chin. "Are you sure that's the only reason?"

Cream opened her mouth to speak, but was interrupted by Amy, who waved happily at Tails. "Hello there Tails!" Amy shouted, taking her cousin's hand and dragging him over. "I want you to meet Rob, my cousin."

Tails nodded, and extended his hand, smiling nervously. "Ah, hello sir."

"Yay verily!" He shouted, happily shaking the fox's hand with both of his. "Thou must be Miles Prower! Oh I've heard so much about you from my dear cousin Amy."

"Ah, y-yeah?" Tails asked, rubbing the back of his head. "That's weird, I've never heard a thing about you."

Amy bites her lower lip, then laughs, glancing off a little. "Yeah well, I don't talk about my family much is all," she retorted, swinging back and forth.

"Miss Amy, I think it's about time we go to our room." Vanilla calmly said, taking Cream's hand.

"Ah, oh yes." Amy replied, looking at her key set. "It says here, we're at room 658."

Cream looked to Tails, smiling sweetly. "Would you like to come with us Tails?" She asked, giggling a little bit as she did.

Tails nodded, making a hand motion. "Yeah, I'm on that floor in fact. Er, lemme just get my breakfast." He walked back over, picking up his bagel and tea and followed behind them.

"Whut's that goin on down thar?" A girl asked, looking out her window. She was a yellow rabbit, her eyes blue, with one ear flopping over her face. She lifted her left arm, which seemed to be mechanical, leaning out the window of a four-story apartment complex to see the comotion down below. "Looks like some sorta drag race."

A coyote walked up to her out of curiousity, his rather fake-looking blonde hair stuck in place as he looked past her, watching just as she did. "Hn, apparently so my Bunnie. Zeeze ruffians are all about lately."

Bunnie leaned foreward a bit more, peering down. "Wait...that ain't a car Antione.."

Antione raised his eyebrow, rubbing his chin. "What do you mean Bunnie?"

"Ah think that's a...person..."

"Hedgehog!" Fang shouted, firing recklessly out of rage, his eyes darting left and right as Sonic was constantly on the move. "Hold still damn you!"

Sonic lept of a slick yellow car, then back onto the ground, trying to get onto the ground. This was nearly impossible, as traffic was packed that day, a herd of cars taking up the entire road. He sighed, shaking his head. "Hey Fang calm down!" He shouted, leaping onto a red camero, "Innocent people are gonna get hurt!"

"Shut up!" He shouted, firing at the car as Sonic lept. "Stop moving you stupid little rodent!"

Sonic sighed, knowing he had to get out of traffic. He hopped off the car and onto the sidewalk, speeding up so he could gain momentum. Fang was hot on his tail, though he was falling behind from Sonic's increased speed. He continued to follow, clenching the gun in his fist angrily. "Damn you..."

It was then Sonic began to dash up a building, taking Fang off guard. The sniper persisted though, raising his Marvelous Queen up vertically, shooting at him once more. Sonic winced as a window shattered near him, but kept running; if he had stopped then he'd fall back down. In time, he arrived at the top, quickly running across, to leap to another building.

Fang reloaded his gun, putting his ship on autopilot as he aimed, swirving only slightly. This however took off his aim, and he fired in the air, hitting a flicky. "Crap."

Sonic looked to the ground below, raising his eyebrows at a group of people who seemed to be crowding around a set of people, one carrying a large bomb. "Wha...?"

"Nobody move, or the mayor gets it!" A green duck cried, a crazed expression on his face. The people crowded around nervously in front of City Hall, more curious than anything, many of them quietly talking. The duck had a red bandana sashed about his neck, carrying a rather large bomb, clenching it with his fist. "I'm not kidding. I'll blow his head off!"

Acorn gasped, biting his lower lip as he tried not to move, also trying to keep a stern expression, though it was rather difficult for him to do so. He could hear the crowd talking, wondering if their mayor was going to be killed. Wondering if they were next. He had to remain strong, courageous for his people.

"Hold it there mate!" Nic cried, walking out from the crowd. "I don't think you'll be doing anything of the sort."

The duck looked to her, a mad grin on his face. "So, come to save your mayor, huh? You must be pretty damn stupid to risk your life for such a stupid reason."

"Let the old man rot." She said, taking out her gun. "I'm just here for the bounty on your head, Bean the Dynamite."

Bean cringed, and tightened his grip on the king, having his arm wrapped around his neck. "I'd like to see ya get it, ya stupid bitch!"

Nic glared, and quickly took her gun out of the holster, shooting at him. Bean squinted, then blinked as his bandana fell off, a hole straight through where it tied. He looked to Nic, who was blowing off her gun, winking at him with a smirk, her fang gleeming in the light. "Ha!"

Bean gasped, and tossed Acorn aside, taking out a match. "Take one step foreward, just one, and I'll light it!"

Nic smirked, and leaned foreward, lifting her leg up in an effort to call his bluff.

Sonic gasped, and slapped his forehead, jumping up as Fang shot at him again. "It just keeps getting better, doesn't it?" He sighed, stopping completely in the center of the building. The rood was covered in bullet holes, as he was running about it to mess with Fang's targetting. The stop caught Fang by surprise, causing the Marvelous Queen to jolt back a bit when he slammed on the brakes, his body flinging foreward a bit. "Sorry Fang,"he started, "I'd love to stick around and play, but I've got something important to do." He winked, then ran, dashing a bit before jumping off the roof.

"Whaa!" Fang shouted, driving to the edge. "What the hell is that bloke thinking!"

Sonic made a lunge. He was hoping to land in just the right spot, though he couldn't garauntee it. It was up to luck. He could only hope the dash gave him the boost he needed. "Look out belooooooooow!" He shouted, lifting a leg to fall at an angle. Bean looked up, a paniced expression on his face as the hedgehog kicked the bomb from his grasp, causing he himself to fall to the cement ground, flat on his rear.

"Ooow!" He shouted, quickly rising to his feet. "What's the big idea!"

Sonic landed on his feet, putting his hands to the ground to keep balance, then standing up. Nic blinked, rather confused, trying to take in what had happened. Sonic looked to Bean and smirked, clenching his fists. "You know, it's not good to play with matches. Don't wanna start a fire now do you?"

Bean scowled, and clenched his fists, the match in his hand breaking. "You...you think you can stop me!" He turned back, running to his bomb. "We'll see about that!"

Nic shot at him, but missed, reloading her gun. Bean quickly took out another match, setting the fuse aflame. "Hee hee, you're going down. You're all going down right now!"