Hey y'all! Let's get ready for a fun chapter!

This is going to be a nice break from all of those depressing chapters. Also, I do not own or take credit for any of the games mentioned. They all belong to their respectable owners and makers (I am not looking all of them); I am simply using their wonderful games in a chapter.

Comments on Reviews:

Zosonils: Enerjak: Reborn… Is that a fanfiction, or did I just miss an issue in Archie Comics or is the Enerjak thing in Archie Comics called that? I think I just confused myself… anyway; I want to be an author, so I'm happy that you think my writing is that good. Best compliment I could ever get.

Autumn: I will and thanks for the review!

Quantum27: Well, I just don't own the game or know anyone who does. Is Sonic Generations on the Xbox 360? I get giddy when I read something that makes me go, 'Ooh, I like that. Wish I had thought of it first,' or, 'hey, it's just like my story!' Actually, I didn't mean to make that ironic, but after I typed it and reread the chapter, I died of laughter. 'Chaos Blessed'... Can I use that term? Just kidding, but seriously that does have a really cool ring to it. Roberts and Bobby...let me just say, that I am not good with coming up with names and I usually just use the first name that pops in my head. (For instance, Bobby the cop and Bobby the fox who picks on Sonia...whoops.) I love the INTERWEBS. That's how I read the Archie Comics. Look up sonicscansf. Membership is free.

gwencarson126: Here is an update and I will continue to write. Thank you!

Let's Move Out!

Sonic's POV:

I will never understand General Tower's ideas or intentions. Seriously, I'm actually starting to understand why Shadow doesn't like the guy much. Every fight-free Friday night (alliteration, heh), Team Sonic and Team Dark were basically required to do some sort of 'bounding exercise'. It was supposed to build 'trust' or something like that. They might as well just lock all of us in a room with a bunch of loaded guns and turn off the lights.

Sometimes we went to a movie, other times it was an amusement park. But I think my personal favorite was game nights. It always was entertaining to watch and attend.

In fact, the Friday after my birthday was one of these special nights. Rouge was hosting this time at her apartment. And when I say apartment, I really mean her luxury penthouse. If there was one thing Rouge knew how to do, it was get what she wanted. When joining GUN, she arranged to get this high in the sky, state-of-the-art penthouse in downtown Station Square. After Shadow and Omega joined, she had the two move in the guest bedrooms... which they never use. Pretty sure that Shadow never slept anywhere and that the only time he stepped in that place was on these types of nights. Omega just remained in GUN HQ at all times (he wasn't allowed on these outings due to the time we were at a movie theater and he started shooting at the screen...probably not the best idea to take him to an alien invasion movie). Basically, it's Rouge's spy hideout and Team Dark's Headquarters. That week, Tails and I were running late.

Again.

"Seriously," Tails commented as we waited for the elevator to reach the correct level, "For the fastest guy on the planet, you sure are late a lot."

I tapped my foot impatiently, watching the numbers just seem to crawl until it finally reached the top floor. "I knew we should have taken the stairs…"

Tails rolled his eyes as the doors opened. We walked down to number 13 and knocked.

Amy answered the door, her expression a little peeved. "Well, well, the Tardy Twins have arrived!" She motioned us into the penthouse. "I can't believe you're late again! Even Shadow came on time."

The faker was sitting at the kitchen table with Knuckles, Rouge, and Cream, watching them play some card game. As far as gaming went, Shadow usually sat out of all of the games. We once made the mistake of playing poker one night, though. Let's just say that all of us lost our money and Shadow made a fortune.

He nodded at Tails and me slightly then turned his attention back to Rouge and Knuckles, who were arguing about something.

"I swear, I'm not the bat around here."

"Rouge, I know you cheated!"

"And how, sweetheart, am I supposed to cheat at 'Go Fish'?"

"...I dunno, match them in the deck? You're the criminal mastermind here, you tell me!"

"Whatever helps you sleep at night, hon."

The two of them finally saw us. Knuckles greeted us with a nod and Rouge stood up and spread her arms out. "Why, hello boys. I see you finally decided to grace us with your presence."

"Sorry we're late… Sonic wanted to stop for chili dogs. Shocker, huh?" Tails sat down next to Cream, who gave a little curtsy and wave in greeting.

Rouge faked an expression of hurt. "Blue, you know I always have chili dogs on these nights."

"Well, I just felt a little bad last time when I ate them all and decided I should eat something before I got here." I sat down across from Tails, Shadow to my left and Amy to my right. Cream sat in between Tails and Rouge and Knuckles was next to Rouge.

The bat put the cards away and pulled out a different box. "Who wants to play Monopoly?"

Okay, before we dive into too much detail, let me just say that all of us are an expert at at least one of the games that we play every time. Yes, we play almost the same exact same games every week, but hey, why mess up a perfect game plan? Everyone has a slight higher chance at winning at least one game every night. It made things a little less...messy.

As you can probably guess, Tails bankrupted everyone on the board after roughly 12 turns, which I never knew was possible. Amy is the queen of guessing and acting out charades. It's like she was born into this role. For a reason no one ever understood, Cream always won Pictionary. And when I say always, I mean always. Even when the drawing was just a few scribbles, she always knew what it was, and her drawings were simple, but easy to guess. We played a few rounds of poker (we got smart and betted snack foods this time) and Shadow swept everyone away, even when he wasn't trying (which was basically the whole game). Knuckles had a knack for anything involving memory and Rouge owned Yahtzee (she claimed that her dice rolling skills from her days in Vegas helped out some). My game of the night was usually Uno. Don't ask why, but I was really good at it.

I loved these game nights for a few reasons. One, I'm a competitive person and sometimes I need a slice of humble pie. Actually, forget I said that. I hate losing and this was one way to get better at a few games that I wasn't as good at. Another reason is we had some conversations that would never happen anywhere else. For example: "Tails, please stop building those chaos cursed hotels. Otherwise all of my money is going to go to some invention that's going to blow up our house."

We were in the middle of our fifth round of Uno when everyone finally had enough of my crazy-awesome skills.

"That's it! I quit! Game over!" shouted Knuckles, tossing his cards in the air.

"Great idea, Knux, let's play fifty-two pick up." I retorted, smirking. "You know what they say- if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."

"When did we start talking about kitchens? This is about you making me skip my turn for the last seven turns! Come on!"

"Here's an idea," I said, grinning. "How about instead of being a sore loser, you just admit that I'm ultimately superior to you in every way that counts? There's no shame in coming clean."

In hindsight, I probably shouldn't have said that. If I didn't, we might have been able to avoid the resulting, eh, 'scuffle' between us. But in my defense, I really didn't expect Knuckles to just lunge at me like that.

Amidst the fighting between me and Knuckles, I could heard shreds of conversation in the background: Tails yelling at us to knock it off, Rouge laughing, and Amy threatening to get out her hammer if we didn't quit.

"Mister Shadow, mister Shadow!" pleaded Cream. "Please make them stop! Please, mister Shadow!"

The next thing I knew, Knuckles and I were being pried apart with Shadow's Chaos Control.

We both went silent and quit trying to squirm out of his telepathic grip. Shadow scowled menacingly at us, and then tossed us both across the room to separate corners. I got up and brushed myself off.

"Well, that was fun!" I said cheerfully, walking over to Knuckles and reaching out a hand to help him up. "Anyone up for another round of Uno?"

"NO!"

"Your vote doesn't count, Knux."

"How about Risk?" suggested Amy, riffling through Rouge's games cabinet.

Shadow raised an eyebrow, "What in Chaos is that?"

Tails scratched the back of his head, "It's sort of like taking over the world with an army, but in board game form."

"Oh… Why not?"

Let's just say that Risk became one of those games that you cannot play with Shadow. Ever. It's actually kind of scary how good he is at it. In fact, when I made a comment about it, he just looked up and glared at me. I shut up pretty quick.

After two hours of board games we finally got bored (heh, heh- puns), which meant every guy basically grabbed for a video game controller. The three girls just rolled their eyes and joined us on the couch to watch, although Cream went home when her Mom dropped by. Good thing too, because I don't really like playing Halo with her around (she starts freaking out the minute she thinks we're killing people).

After about seven racing games, ten rounds of Halo (one with the girls at their insistence. They won), and some crazy party game on the Kinect (Shadow refused to play), Rouge finally called it night around eleven.

We all thanked her and headed out the door. When we left the lobby, Shadow hopped on his motorcycle and drove off to Chaos knows where (why he has that thing is beyond me). Amy, Tails, Knuckles, and I gave a wave as he drove by, but we all just took the bus home. On the ride, we chatted about the evening and what we wanted to do next week if Robotnik didn't attack.

About ten minutes later we pulled to a halt in front of our bus stop. We paid the fare and walked down the street towards our houses. At Vanilla's, we said our goodbyes to Amy and she started to walk up to the front porch.

Just next door, we were just seconds behind her to get to the door. I paused on the porch and peered in the darkness towards the little cottage. The front porch light was still on and flickered slightly, but it was enough to see Amy's outline.

I guess she saw me staring at her, because her silhouette waved at me. A little too quickly, I waved back and went inside.

Knuckles must have already gone up to bed. Tails was standing in the front hall, his arms crossed and a smug smile twitching to life.

"What?"

"You like her."

"What? No!" I gave a shrug. "What's wrong with making sure your friend gets home safely?"

"Oh, nothing. Except when she's Amy and can summon a giant hammer to smash anyone who could possibly hurt her."

I didn't have anything to say to that, so just walked to my room.

Yep… just an average game night with Team Sonic and Team Dark.

...Can I just point out that Shadow would be scary in Risk. Like, really scary. Also, you may have noticed that Shadow listens to Cream. I just like the brother-sister relationship between those two, because let's be honest here: Cream would be the only person who can get away with buttering up Shadow's attitude.

Also, that was a really bad Sonamy moment, but for the record, I'm trying to ease into the pairings and of all of them, Sonamy is the one that I am having the most difficulty with… which is kind of weird because it is one of the more common ones that people use.

And if you are ever on a date, make sure that your date either watches you or you watch them walk safely to the door. It would be nice if you walked them up, but seriously, don't just drive off. It's rude and can be a little freaky for the person all alone at midnight. I'm just saying (and no, I'm not talking from personal experience, I'm just saying.)

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