Ultra Sonic 17
Quick Reunion
"Pretty nice hiding spot down here, don't you think?" Sonic said as he laid back against a wall. "They'd never find us under all of this rubble."
"Shhh." Shadow shushed Sonic as he listened by the entrance.
"I guess we're lucky that we got down here before they spotted us." Sonic continued, "But you'd think they'd just be here to investigate. Why would G.U.N. send such a large force here?"
"Your guess is as good as mine."
The two hedgehogs sat for a moment, both lost in thought. Nothing came to mind however as they sat there, and both were about to make a comment on something when a crashing sound was heard above.
"What do you think that was?" Sonic quickly asked.
"Let's go have a look." Shadow answered.
The two quickly looked out the entrance and saw a flash of something blue followed by the sound of a missile and a couple of exploding robots.
"It couldn't be..." Sonic said as he jumped out of the opening to the small covered area. Shadow quickly tried to grab him and pull him back under, but Sonic moved too quickly.
Out in the open, Sonic looked around and saw what was making all the commotion. A blue plane was jetting around and firing missiles at all of the robots that were around.
"Hey, Tails!" Sonic yelled into the air as he waved his arms high. The plane quickly spun around after a moment and flew right over his head. A moment after, Sonic realized something had been dropped from the plane.
"Sooooooniiiiiiiiic!" yelled the voice of Amy as she landed atop of Sonic after jumping from the plane. "Sonic, I'm so glad to see you're ok! Where have you been? Are you hurt? Is everything all right? Why did you turn white before? Why aren't you white now? What was that attack you did before? Why did you attack everyone else? And why-"
"Amy, slow down! Give me a chance to answer at least!" Sonic said as he tried to get up off the ground from under Amy.
"I've just been so worried about you Sonic."
"At least let me help Tails then." Sonic said, succeeding in getting up and immediately dashing off.
He quickly charged at a couple of robots and within seconds turned them into scrap as Tails flew in from behind him and fired a number of rounds at another group that was about to fire at Sonic. Quickly moving, Sonic swerved around shots fired from another group and ran up a make shift ramp. Tails quickly passed by once more, blowing up the group Sonic just dodged, and gaining another rider as Sonic jumped on.
The plane quickly flew up and around, coming into a dive and firing at all of the robots below. Pulling up, it skimmed across the ground as Sonic jumped off and used the speed boost from the plane's dive to speed right through another set of robots.
Eventually, the area became clear, and Tails switched into walker mode and landed by Sonic as he returned to where both Shadow and Amy were waiting.
"Well, how did you like that show?" Sonic asked gleefully with his arms behind his head.
"That was amazing Sonic!" Amy cried out as she ran over and gave him a hug.
"Don't get cocky, there will be more soon, we should hide." Shadow said as he turned and reentered the hiding place he had found.
Tails, who Sonic realized hadn't spoken up to this point, put his walker into some kind of roller mode and drove it in after Shadow.
"What's up with Tails?" Sonic asked Amy.
"It's about yesterday..." Amy said before letting go of Sonic and running inside also.
Left alone, Sonic looked up into the sky for a moment, looking for something, before going inside as well.
Coming in, he saw Tails in the corner working on his machine from the cockpit, Amy looking around the accidental cave, and Shadow sitting by the entrance acting as lookout.
"Hey, Tails...what's up?" Sonic asked.
Upon hearing his name, Tails froze, but didn't look up at the blue hedgehog. "Sonic...what happened yesterday to you?" Tails asked slowly.
"Eggman...did some kind of experiment on me with a powerful emerald. I swear I wasn't myself yesterday."
"Really?" Tails asked.
"Really. I wouldn't lie to you little buddy."
"He's telling the truth." Shadow said from his position as lookout.
"Well, in that case," Tails quickly turned and threw a wrench at Sonic, which was barely caught. "I need you to fix part of the wing." Tails said with a smile.
"You got it." Sonic said as he sped over to the side of the machine and started working. Tails also doubled over once more and the two began to work in tandem once more, like they did outside. Amy couldn't help but smile, and hidden from everybody was a small smirk from Shadow.
Soon Sonic and Tails were finished and the two of them along with Amy started chatting and telling jokes to pass the time as Shadow stayed by the entrance. At least an hour had passed before Amy and Tails both fell asleep and once more it was Sonic and Shadow in silence.
"Hey, think you need a break from lookout?" Sonic asked, getting up from the tangle of Amy and Tails' sleeping bodies and walking over to Shadow.
"I'm fine." Shadow said firmly.
"Are you sure? You've done a lot in the past day."
"You don't need to worry about me."
"Fine." Sonic plopped down next to Shadow and looked out the door. The sun was beginning to set and Sonic was surprised that so much time had passed.
"Sonic..."
"Yeah?"
"How did you do that attack...'Ultra Chaos Blast' you called it?"
"What attack?"
"The move you used to decimate this entire city, what else?"
Sonic's eyes widened in surprise for a moment before he looked back at the sunset.
"To tell you the truth, my memory stops at around the point in which you tried to sap away my powers. I wasn't in much control then, and when you did that, my mind sorta went blank. I'd always figured that I just raged out and kept attacking everything until there was only rubble, and that I tired out my powers through that."
"I see..."
Suddenly, Sonic's quills stiffened. Shadow's too.
"They're coming..." Shadow said quietly.
Suddenly a hole was blasted through the ceiling in a big explosion. Smoke quickly filled the room. When it finally cleared, Sonic and Shadow were face to face to Metal Sonic and Silica.
"Correction, they're here."