EMERALD FOREST
Disclaimer:
I don't own any characters in this story
[CHAPTER 7: APARTMENT BUILDING]
Sonic and Shadow froze in the middle of the stairs. 'What do you think that was?' Sonic whispered.
'Jeez, I wonder,' Shadow whispered sarcastically. The two hedgehogs slowly walked down to the last few steps and hid against the wall. 'I think someone might be after you, Sonic.'
Shadow held his gun, ready to jump into action. The two were pressed up against the wall of the stairs, ready for someone to turn the corner and come into their view. 'Shadow,' Sonic whispered. 'You're closest to the hall, take a quick look and see if he's there.'
Shadow wiped the sweat off his forehead, then took a quick look around the corner. 'Was he there?' Sonic asked, as Shadow held his gun up.
'Nope,' said Shadow. 'We'll have to go after him.'
The two hedgehogs spun around, pointing their guns at the other end of the hall as a safety precaution. 'He's either in two places,' Shadow whispered. 'The lobby or up the stairs.'
'Or in the kitchen, the laundry or the janitor's closet,' Sonic added.
'Or the dining rooms,' Shadow added.
They slow walked forward. 'How bout I check the kitchen and the laundry, and you check the lobby and the dining rooms,' said Sonic.
'Deal,' said Shadow. He walked slowly to the lobby, pointed his gun, then stepped through the smashed glass. Sonic walked past him into the laundry.
Shadow pointed his gun around the lobby, glad that the curtains had been pulled close despite the fact that it made it harder for him to spot anyone in the shadows. He walked around the lobby, pointing his gun around, and found it was empty.
He left the lobby and walked back into the hall, making sure that he wasn't followed. He walked past the laundry, past the kitchen which Sonic was in, and into the dining room.
'He's not in the kitchen or the laundry,' said Sonic as he walked over to Shadow. The two hedgehogs looked out at the dining room, and its almost infinite tables and chairs. There was a bar over to the right of the door, and a few windows on the far side of the room. The curtains were pulled over them, too.
'How many tables are in this place?' Shadow asked.
'Fifteen, maybe twenty,' Sonic replied.
Shadow looked at the four rows. 'He could be anywhere in here, under the tablecloths just waiting to jump out and kill us.'
'Or he could be hiding behind the bar,' said Sonic.
'You go over and check the bar okay?' said Shadow.
'Okay,' said Sonic. He walked over to the bar, and was about to check to see if the guard was there when he heard something go THUMP! He jumped and crouched with his back to the bar, to see that Shadow was flipping over the tables.
'Very smart,' said Sonic. 'That's a sure-fire way to find them. Just hope they're not ready to shoot you.'
'At least I'm doing something,' said Shadow. He flipped over more tables, each one with nothing under them except maybe some chewing gum that was stuck under it.
'Don't you think he'll notice that you're kicking over tables if he's hiding under one?' said Sonic.
Shadow kicked another one over. 'If he's hiding under one, he'll have no escape. Besides, you'll be watching in case he tries to sneak from one table to the other, right?'
'Yeah,' said Sonic. 'Only one problem: if he's not here he'll hear us and find out where we are.'
'Oh well,' said Shadow. 'I have a feeling he's in here.'
Sonic stayed in his position crouched against the bar. He watched as Shadow started on the last row, so absorbed that he didn't notice anything except the tables.
However, Sonic heard it. He stood up, spinning around to face the bar, and pointed his gun.
'Crap,' said the guard.
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Tails rode the skateboard up the ramp, grinded along the top of the ramp for a few seconds then rode back down.
'What's that trick called?' Amy asked.
'Grinding,' Tails replied. 'That's the first time I've tried it.'
'Cool,' said Amy.
'Hey look, what's Knux doing?' Tails pointed to Knuckles, who was running towards them.
'Tails! Amy! I need to tell you something!' Knuckles jumped, then glided over to them, dropping in front of them. 'Rouge reckons the people that closed off Sonic's apartment building are going to set it on fire today. Do you know where Sonic is?'
'He and Shadow went to check out why they closed the apartment building down,' said Tails.
'That's bad,' said Knuckles.
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'I will never tell,' said the guard.
Sonic tightened his grip on the guard's collar. 'You will tell us everything, or we will shoot you,' he said through gritted teeth.
'I do not care if I die,' said the guard.
'You don't, overgrown raccoon?' said Sonic. He held his gun up against the guard's temple. 'Let's see then.'
'I am not scared,' the guard replied.
Sonic cocked the gun. 'Scared yet?'
Shadow looked out the doorway, nervous that someone might come in and find them.
'I am not afraid to die for my cause,' said the guard.
'Very well.' Shadow turned away, and heard Sonic's gun go off. 'Great, his brain's splattered all over the floor.'
'I didn't need to know that,' said Shadow as Sonic dropped the guard to the floor. Shadow turned around and closed his eyes at the site of the dead guard. 'Did you have to kill him in a way that the contents of his head would come out like that?'
'No other choice,' said Sonic. 'This guy is obviously a bad guy.' He bent over and checked the dead raccoon's pockets for anything. He pulled out a wallet and a folded-up note. 'Here, you read the note while I check out his wallet.'
'And steal his money.'
'Yeah.'
Shadow read the note, and a shocked look came over his face. 'Uh, Sonic? According to this the building should be in flames in a few minutes.'
Sonic looked up from the guard's wallet and said one word. 'Run.'
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Tails, Amy and Knuckles hurriedly made their way towards the apartment building. 'What if we don't make it?' said Amy. 'What if we don't make it?'
'We will,' said Knuckles. They turned the corner to see the building still intact.
'There's still time!' said Tails. Knuckles stopped, but Tails ran for the building.
'Tails, no!'
Suddenly the place erupted in flames. 'Holy crap!' Tails shouted.
'Did - did - did it just explode?' said Amy. She was nearly in tears. 'Sonic - Sonikku - he's dead!'
Disclaimer:
I don't own any characters in this story
[CHAPTER 7: APARTMENT BUILDING]
Sonic and Shadow froze in the middle of the stairs. 'What do you think that was?' Sonic whispered.
'Jeez, I wonder,' Shadow whispered sarcastically. The two hedgehogs slowly walked down to the last few steps and hid against the wall. 'I think someone might be after you, Sonic.'
Shadow held his gun, ready to jump into action. The two were pressed up against the wall of the stairs, ready for someone to turn the corner and come into their view. 'Shadow,' Sonic whispered. 'You're closest to the hall, take a quick look and see if he's there.'
Shadow wiped the sweat off his forehead, then took a quick look around the corner. 'Was he there?' Sonic asked, as Shadow held his gun up.
'Nope,' said Shadow. 'We'll have to go after him.'
The two hedgehogs spun around, pointing their guns at the other end of the hall as a safety precaution. 'He's either in two places,' Shadow whispered. 'The lobby or up the stairs.'
'Or in the kitchen, the laundry or the janitor's closet,' Sonic added.
'Or the dining rooms,' Shadow added.
They slow walked forward. 'How bout I check the kitchen and the laundry, and you check the lobby and the dining rooms,' said Sonic.
'Deal,' said Shadow. He walked slowly to the lobby, pointed his gun, then stepped through the smashed glass. Sonic walked past him into the laundry.
Shadow pointed his gun around the lobby, glad that the curtains had been pulled close despite the fact that it made it harder for him to spot anyone in the shadows. He walked around the lobby, pointing his gun around, and found it was empty.
He left the lobby and walked back into the hall, making sure that he wasn't followed. He walked past the laundry, past the kitchen which Sonic was in, and into the dining room.
'He's not in the kitchen or the laundry,' said Sonic as he walked over to Shadow. The two hedgehogs looked out at the dining room, and its almost infinite tables and chairs. There was a bar over to the right of the door, and a few windows on the far side of the room. The curtains were pulled over them, too.
'How many tables are in this place?' Shadow asked.
'Fifteen, maybe twenty,' Sonic replied.
Shadow looked at the four rows. 'He could be anywhere in here, under the tablecloths just waiting to jump out and kill us.'
'Or he could be hiding behind the bar,' said Sonic.
'You go over and check the bar okay?' said Shadow.
'Okay,' said Sonic. He walked over to the bar, and was about to check to see if the guard was there when he heard something go THUMP! He jumped and crouched with his back to the bar, to see that Shadow was flipping over the tables.
'Very smart,' said Sonic. 'That's a sure-fire way to find them. Just hope they're not ready to shoot you.'
'At least I'm doing something,' said Shadow. He flipped over more tables, each one with nothing under them except maybe some chewing gum that was stuck under it.
'Don't you think he'll notice that you're kicking over tables if he's hiding under one?' said Sonic.
Shadow kicked another one over. 'If he's hiding under one, he'll have no escape. Besides, you'll be watching in case he tries to sneak from one table to the other, right?'
'Yeah,' said Sonic. 'Only one problem: if he's not here he'll hear us and find out where we are.'
'Oh well,' said Shadow. 'I have a feeling he's in here.'
Sonic stayed in his position crouched against the bar. He watched as Shadow started on the last row, so absorbed that he didn't notice anything except the tables.
However, Sonic heard it. He stood up, spinning around to face the bar, and pointed his gun.
'Crap,' said the guard.
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Tails rode the skateboard up the ramp, grinded along the top of the ramp for a few seconds then rode back down.
'What's that trick called?' Amy asked.
'Grinding,' Tails replied. 'That's the first time I've tried it.'
'Cool,' said Amy.
'Hey look, what's Knux doing?' Tails pointed to Knuckles, who was running towards them.
'Tails! Amy! I need to tell you something!' Knuckles jumped, then glided over to them, dropping in front of them. 'Rouge reckons the people that closed off Sonic's apartment building are going to set it on fire today. Do you know where Sonic is?'
'He and Shadow went to check out why they closed the apartment building down,' said Tails.
'That's bad,' said Knuckles.
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'I will never tell,' said the guard.
Sonic tightened his grip on the guard's collar. 'You will tell us everything, or we will shoot you,' he said through gritted teeth.
'I do not care if I die,' said the guard.
'You don't, overgrown raccoon?' said Sonic. He held his gun up against the guard's temple. 'Let's see then.'
'I am not scared,' the guard replied.
Sonic cocked the gun. 'Scared yet?'
Shadow looked out the doorway, nervous that someone might come in and find them.
'I am not afraid to die for my cause,' said the guard.
'Very well.' Shadow turned away, and heard Sonic's gun go off. 'Great, his brain's splattered all over the floor.'
'I didn't need to know that,' said Shadow as Sonic dropped the guard to the floor. Shadow turned around and closed his eyes at the site of the dead guard. 'Did you have to kill him in a way that the contents of his head would come out like that?'
'No other choice,' said Sonic. 'This guy is obviously a bad guy.' He bent over and checked the dead raccoon's pockets for anything. He pulled out a wallet and a folded-up note. 'Here, you read the note while I check out his wallet.'
'And steal his money.'
'Yeah.'
Shadow read the note, and a shocked look came over his face. 'Uh, Sonic? According to this the building should be in flames in a few minutes.'
Sonic looked up from the guard's wallet and said one word. 'Run.'
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Tails, Amy and Knuckles hurriedly made their way towards the apartment building. 'What if we don't make it?' said Amy. 'What if we don't make it?'
'We will,' said Knuckles. They turned the corner to see the building still intact.
'There's still time!' said Tails. Knuckles stopped, but Tails ran for the building.
'Tails, no!'
Suddenly the place erupted in flames. 'Holy crap!' Tails shouted.
'Did - did - did it just explode?' said Amy. She was nearly in tears. 'Sonic - Sonikku - he's dead!'