Chapter Ten

"Yet another close one but a more exciting one. We have cops on our ass and a zone away too." Sonic said with excitement in his tone as they stood together.

"Sonic I am growing concerned that you are enjoying all this way too much." Shadow said with a little concern showing in his eyes but was also feeling the excitement in being chased by their counterparts from No Zone.

Just not as much as Sonic was.

"I'm with Shadow on this one, you are far too happy that we are fugitives on the run from yours and Shadows zone cop counterparts. Don't get me wrong, it's a little exciting but when they catch us it won't be." Silver said with a small frown as yes he didn't care all that much with being chased before all this started but after that close call he was quickly changing his mind about that.

"Well I say let's do a quick visit here and rush off to the next zone before they come here while we are here." Sonic happily said with a cheerful looking smile then began to walk off down the dirt path they appeared on.

Shadow and Silver exchanged looks then began to walk also.

"What a lovely vibe this place has huh guys!?" Sonic called out as he looked left then right, both sides of the dirt path showed miles of grass and a few trees here and there.

"Yeah a little too happy and just a tad boring." Shadow replied with some disappointment in where they ended up.

"Don't jinx it guys, we've had a bunch of close calls and a nice calm place is a blessing. We need a short break to energise and wind down before the next killer scare." Silver said with now a bad feeling that the couple have jinxed it and trouble laid ahead of them.

"Suppose you're right Silver, we could do with a break and rest up a little." Shadow muttered with a small frown.

"Yeah and a bite to eat. I wonder where we can get food and drink in this zone." Sonic said with wonder as he looked up a little and tapped his chin.

"I would imagine in that town up ahead, I can just about see the outskirts from here." Shadow said with a grin while looking far out in front of them and able to see further than that of Sonic and Silver.

"Awesome, lets get going!" Sonic said with high excitement then dashed ahead at top speed.

Shadow and Silver stopped and exchange looks while both grinning. Shadow grabbed Silvers hand gently then chaos controlled to that town Shadow saw or at least at the area he could see of it. After they appeared they only had to wait ten seconds for Sonic to show.

"How did you...you used chaos control didn't ya babe?" Sonic said with shock then after he realised how he frowned with arms crossing.

"Well if you hadn't rushed off you could have joined in with the teleport." Shadow smirked playfully at Sonics grumpy look.

"Whatever let's go find me some chilly dogs." Sonic said with his cheerfulness back then began to lead the way further into town.

Meanwhile...

"Face it the thing's broken and just taking us all over the place." Zhadow sighed with a shake of his head as they reached where the tracking devise took them.

"No it is not, Shadow is chaos controlling to confuse us so they can make an easy escape." Zonic growled with frustration as he and Zhadow stopped walking.

"And he is doing it thirteen times before leaving? It's broken and they are not in this zone anymore." Zhadow growled back with equal frustration.

"Ok fine we go to the next zone and if they are not there then we are coming back here. Of course if they are here then they won't be when we get back, this is probably their plan. They want us to leave so they can go to another zone so I'm staying here and you are going to the next zone ahead of them." Zonic seriously said as he turned his head to look at Zhadow.

"Fine by me, at least two zones are being searched instead of the one." Zhadow casually said with a shrug then made a zone portal and rushed in it.

Meanwhile...

"There looks like a cool place to grab chilly dogs." Sonic brightly said then began to walk faster to a diner.

Shadow and Silver rolled their eyes at Sonics over cheerful behaviour and soon caught up with him. They found a booth to sit in and Sonic grabbed a menu.

"And how exactly are we supposed to pay for our food when we do not have currency for this dimension?" Shadow asked as he sat back with arms crossed.

"Eat and run babe eat and run." Sonic deviously said as he looked up over the menu at Shadow then looked back down at it.

"Now who's the badass?" Shadow said with a smirk and was kind of liking this plan.

"Yep you guys are perfect for each other." Silver sighed with a shake of his head.

"Agreed and glad you think so." Sonic chuckled as he glanced beside him at Silver.

"Hello and welcome to Cathy's, are you boys ready to order?" A sweet looking rabbit waitress softly asked as she held a pen and pad.

"Er yeah, I noticed you don't have chilly dogs on the menu, do you have them?" Sonic asked as he placed the menu down flat on the table and looked at the waitress with a smile.

"Chilly dogs, what are those?" The rabbit asked with a puzzled tilt of her head.

"You know chilly dogs, sausage in a bun covered in spicy chilly." Sonic happily explained with a smile.

"Sausage?" The rabbit asked with more confusion.

Sonic was now in shock and dropped his jaw as a result of that. Shadow rolled his eyes then looked at the waitress.

"Do not mind my crazy boyfriend, what is good here?" Shadow politely said with a grin, feeling a little amused inside.

"Oh right well in my opinion I would recommend the curly fries with the bacon and cheese burger." The rabbit happily said as she looked back at Shadow with a smile.

"Yeah we will take four of those." Zhadow casually said as he took the spare seat next to Shadow.

"And cokes too." Zhadow added while sitting back with a grin on his muzzle.

"Wonderful, I'll be back with your drinks and your food will be out in ten minutes." The rabbit cheerful said then walked away.

"Chill guys it's just me, Zonic still thinks you are in the other zone chaos controlling about in an attempt to confuse us. I got bored and frustrated with his stubbornness." Zhadow explained with some amusement as the zone hoppers got very uncomfortable with his appearance.

"So you are not here to arrest us?" Silver asked with concern while looking at the zone cope opposite him.

"I'm on my break." Zhadow chuckled and did decide to have this break when he saw the hoppers sitting in this diner.

"But after you are back on duty, you will give us like a head start right?" Sonic asked with some hope as he looked at his boyfriends No Zone counterpart.

"I'm going on a very long break and totally tagging along for this adventure. What they don't know cannot hurt them besides I'm using the I'm giving chase excuse to avoid a demotion. I like being at the same level as Zonic, you get more privileges." Zhadow answered with amusement in his voice.

"Cool, another member added to our zone hopping boredom killer." Sonic cheerful sad with some excitement.

"You know I have always found it strange that you are the laid back one and Zonic is the more serious one." Silver said with a small frown as the No Zone counterparts of Sonic and Shadow were complete opposite to Sonic and Shadow.

"Yeah well he needs to chill out more and stop taking the job so seriously, he's just asking for an early grave with how he never slows down and doesn't take time off." Zhadow said with a shrug.

Meanwhile...

"I know you three are here somewhere!" Zonic shouted out in frustration as he stood back at the beginning where he and Zhadow first saw the three.

"You are quite entertaining." Mephiles said with an amused grin after he appeared behind Zonic.

"You, tell me where Sonic, Shadow and Silver are!" Zonic said with high frustration as he turned around and glared at Mephiles.

"Does the word please come into your vocabulary?" Mephiles asked with a devious smirk and was in no way going to say the three hedgehogs were long gone.

"Please, can you please tell me where Sonic, Shadow and Silver are." Zonic begrudgingly said through tightly clenched teeth.

"Sorry I have no idea where abouts they are hiding but I did get you to say please which isn't a total loss. Well this is me now leaving so bye." Mephiles said with a wink then dissolved into the ground and vanished.

"I hope Zhadow is having more luck than I am." Zonic grumbled under his breath then stormed off to have one more look around.

Meanwhile...

"Are you serious, that actually happened?" Zhadow asked as he laughed at what Sonic had just told him.

"Hell yeah it did and poor old Egghead ran away crying because not only did I kick butt but rubbed it in his face too." Sonic said with high amusement.

"Yes and I recall you calling out go on a diet then maybe you might have a chance in winning." Shadow said with a smirk.

"And did he? No he did not." Sonic said as he laughed while talking.

"Having a good time I see. Can I get you anything else like some dessert perhaps?" The rabbit waitress asked as she began to take away the empty plates and glasses.

"Do you have pie?" Both Zhadow and Shadow asked together while looking at the rabbit.

"Yes." The waitress said with a giggle.

"Man you both share the love of pie." Sonic said with a grin at the two opposite him and Silver.

"What pie would you like? We have apple, summer fruits, cherry, pumpkin and blueberry." The rabbit happily said with a friendly smile and had now gathered the empty things onto her tray.

"Cherry." Both Zhadow and Shadow said together.

"And you both share the love for cherries too." Silver said with an amused grin.

"Ok I'll be right back with your pies, do you both want anything else?" The waitress said in a cheerful manner then looked at Sonic and Shadow.

"Apple pie sounds nice, I'll have a slice of that." Sonic said with a grin.

"I'll have apple as well." Silver politely said as he smiled at their waitress.

"Of course, I'll be back in a few minutes." The waitress said then left to drop the tray into the kitchen.

"Damn, should have asked for a refill on the drinks." Zhadow said with a sigh.

Meanwhile, half an hour later...

"Ok hopefully they are still here and maybe being contained by Zhadow." Zonic muttered as he walked towards the town, having decided to ditch the last zone and move on.

He reached the town and walked in a random direction until he suddenly stopped with shock. Across the road from where he was standing was a diner. In the diner by a window seat were not only the zone hoppers sitting together but Zhadow was with them eating pie.

"He actually found them and what does he do instead of arresting them, have pie." Zonic muttered with some anger in his features as he stormed over there.

"Pie is the best dessert in all the zones." Zhadow said with a content sigh then ate more of his cherry pie.

"Not better than sex though right?" Sonic grinned a little teasingly as he looked at Shadow, knowing his boyfriend was in total agreement with Zhadow.

"It comes very close but pie wins by a couple of points." Shadow chuckle as he teased back.

"And why are you sitting in here having pie with these fugitives?" Zonic seriously asked as he glared down at Zhadow, having walked fast to get to their table.

"Hey Zonic, pull us a chair and have pie with us." Zhadow casually said with a grin up at his, clearly over stressed out, colleague.

"Yeah take a break for once Zonic, it will do ya some good." Sonic said as he grinned at the ever too serious zone cop.

"A break, you expect me to have a break right now when we have you three in one place ready to be brought back to No Zone?" Zonic seriously said with some frustration detected too.

"Yeah pretty much." Shadow casually replied then scooped some pie into his mouth.

"We've been hopping from one zone to another for hours non-stop, we deserve a break Zonic. So go grab a chair, order pie and chill." Zhadow semi seriously said as he looked up at Zonic with a just do it frown on his muzzle.

Zonic sighed deeply then relented. He walked over to an unoccupied chair, dragged it over then placed it at the end of the table. He then went over to the counter where a waitress was busy filling up some guys mug with coffee. He waited for her to finished then placed his order for an orange juice and blueberry pie before returning to his table.

"See now that wasn't so hard was it? It's ok to have breaks Zonic and when you are off your break you need to allow us to have a head start before you come and destroy our fun." Zhadow said with a playful tone and watched Zonic sit down.

"Excuse me, I do not think I heard you right. You are going with them and hopping zones illegally?" Zonic said with some shock in his voice.

"Yep I'm taking a holiday and what better way to spend it than tagging along with these three and actually have some fun for once. Of course you can come with then after we can slap them on the wrist, take them home, write up some bogus reports on how they kept giving us the slip until we caught up then finally call it a day." Zhadow said with hope that Zonic will tag along too.

"Or I come off my break, arrest them, tell our supervisor you had joined them then after punishing them I'll call it a day." Zonic seriously said and was slightly debating if he should just tag along and go with Zhadows plan instead of doing what he said.

"You are so boring, let your quills down and come have fun with us." Sonic said with a slight groan, not wanting to be arrested this early in their zone hopping adventure.

"I say we go with Zhadows plan." Silver said with strong hope in not getting arrested then punished in some way.

"Damn, ran out of pie." Shadow complained with a deep frown at his plate.

"Trust you to be more upset with that than getting arrested." Silver sighed with a shake of his head.

"Locked up, no pie...both equally concerning in my opinion." Shadow casually said back with a shrug.

"So you coming with us or not?" Zhadow asked as he and Zonic looked at one another through their helmets.

"Oh fine, I'll restrain from arresting you three and tag along too." Zonic sighed out in defeat but in secret he was getting sick and tired of the chase now.

After another twenty minutes they all up and left the diner, with Zhadow paying the bill. They walked until they reached a nice quiet area so Sonic and Shadow could make a portal without anyone getting in the way or watching.

"To the next zone." Sonic cheerfully said as he held his emerald out towards Shadow.

Shadow rolled his eyes and crossed his emerald with Sonics. They both called out chaos control and the portal appeared. After quilling the emeralds all began to walk inside with it shutting after the last one entered.