Piper cried under a tree as she had her head burried in her arms. "Get off me!" She heard someone say. Piper saw a chipmunk with some blue shorts, blue eyes, white tank top, and wavy red hair that barely went above his cheeks, being held by two crabmeat bots. "hold still you test dummy!" Eggman said as he held up a needle. "No! Please!" the boy said. "I need somebody!" Eggman said before Piper jumped out. "Then use me!" Piper said. "Huh?" the boy and Eggman said. "I said, use me. If you need someone to test out your little serum use me." Piper saud as she held out her arm. "What do you want from me?" Eggman said. "For you to let the boy go." Piper said. Eggman smirked as the crabmeat robots let go and grabbed her instead. Eggman injected her in the stomach as she screamed in pain. "There. Now you'll come back to me if you want the cure...with Sonic and the others." Eggman said, knowing her connection to Sonic and his friends, before flying off grabbing the two robots woth the egg mobile, as Piper fell to her knees and grabbed her stomach. "Why did you do that?" the boy asked. "Well I couldn't let him do that to you. I'm Piper." Piper said as she held out on of her hands. "Thank you Piper. I'm Freddie Meyer. But you can call me Fred." the boy said as he tried to help her up but she fell back down. "Can't feel anything under my gut. Just go back to the village and I'll find a way back." Piper said, then, Fred picked her up as they locked eyes. "Or...I could carry you. It's the least I could do for you helping me out." Fred said as she smiled. "You don't have to." Piper said making an attempt to get from his grip. "Just let me help you." Fred insisted. "I don't have a choice do I?" Piper asked as he shook his head in response, but he did it in a childish way, like he was playing around with her. "Nope. I'll drag you if I have to." Fred said as he walked off. Before she could say anything she started screaming and her ears started to ring. "Are you okay?!" Fred asked. "It burns!!!! Make it stop!!!!" Piper yelled as her claws came out and gripped her stomach. "Hold on! I'll get you help!" Fred said as he put her in a piggy back position and ran off with her, now sobbing in pain.
Flames teleported back into Tails' workshop and sighed, she hadn't found Piper. "I'm sure she's fine." Sonic said. Before she could even breathe, Fred ran in as Piper scrramed the words, 'It's burning' over anand over again. "She took a bullet for me in the woods." Fred explained. "What happened?" Amy asked. "MAKE IT STOP!!!! IT BURNS SO MUCH!!!!" Piper screamed as she cliched her stomach with her claws. Piper stopped screaming as she opened her orange cold eyes. "Piper?" Flames asked. "I'm-I'm okay...ugh...I think." Piper said not looking away from the ceiling. "Then look me in the eyes and tell me that." Flames said. "I don't think that's a good idea." Piper said. "Why?" Sonic asked as her eye twitched. "I have a small urge to..." Piper started off. "To what?" Sonic asked. "I don't know actually. But something tells me I shouldn't look at her, or you, or Knuckles, or anyone." Piper said before she could feel her teeth sharpening. "I think I know what's going on. When you look at someone do you feel aggressive?" Sticks asked. "I don't know!" Piper said. "Then, find out." Knuckles said. Piper sighed as she looked at Sticks. She felt a large bubbling feeling flowing threw her. "Yeah." Piper said as she tried to unlock her eyes from her. Sticks put out her hand as Piper felt a beam of pain threw her chest. "Garh!" Piper grunted as she looked away from Sticks.
"She's been zombie-fied!" Sticks said. "There's no such thing as zombies!" Piper growled in a dark voice. "Then why are you turning into one?!" Sticks asked. Piper jumped off the table and threw it at Sticks. "Whoa!" Everyone said as they dodged the table. "I'm not turning into a zombie!" Piper said as her fur palled. "Yes you are! See! Zombies exist!" Sticks said before she was knocked down by Piper. "If there is then I'll...AGH!!!! IT HURTS! MAKE IT STOP!!" Piper said as she claw anything around her. "Piper?" Fred asked as he leaned beside her. "NO GET AWAY FROM ME!" Piper said. Piper's pupils shrunk to the size of a cell as she clawed Fred. "Are you okay...um?" Sonic asked. "Fred. I'm fine. But something's wrong with Piper." Fred said as Piper hissed. "Piper? It's me...Flames." Flames said as she held her hands out and walked slowly towards Piper. Piper backed away to a wall as she dug her claws in the wood behind her. "She's acting like a wild animal." Amy said. "Piper. We don't want to hurt you. Just help you, we're your friends." Sonic said as she clawed the air. "She took a bullet for me. I'm taking one for her." Fred said as he walked slowly at Piper. "Piper. Whatever fatty injected into you is making you act like a wild animal. I just want to help you. Like you helped me." Fred said as Piper's nose twitched. Fred put his hand in front if her as she sniffed it and then rubbed her head on it. "Go ahead. She won't attack." Fred said as Piper looked at Sticks.
Tails heard the last part as he groaned and opened his eyes. "What's going on?" Tails asked as he saw his hand in a wrap. "Eggman injected something into Piper and now she's acting wild." Knuckles said. "When we're done with a problem we have another one." Tails thought. The group circled Piper as she hissed under her breath. "Why is she acting like this?" Flames asked. "I could figure it out if she would let me get a blood sample." Tails said as Piper growled. "That isn't going to happen." Fred said as he hugged Piper and she stoppped growling. "Then I'll have to get it anyway. My hand is tattered up anyway." Tails said. Tails put the needle in her arm as it filled with blood and her eyes widened. "Ow!" Piper said as the group looked at her. "Piper?" Amy asked as she nodded. "Yeah. What happened?" Piper asked. "That stuff Eggman injected you with made you act like a wild animal and you tried to protect yourself." Fred said before Piper noticed her claws and gasped. "I'm sorry. I just felt...so...much...pain.." Piper said before passing out into Fred's arms. "Piper? Why'd she pass out?" Fred asked. "I'm about to find out." Tails said as he dropped some of the blood in a box connected to his computer. "So?" Flames asked. "Her body is just getting use to the change. She's lucky that she wasn't fully confused with her humanity and snapped back into control. Eggman has triggered a chemical into her body thst makes her forget her humanity, it's very painful. That's why she wasn't acting Mobian." Tails said as Piper woke from her sudden pass out. "I feel it again. It's not safe for me to stay." Piper said as she make a run for the door. "Wait!" Fred said as he grabbed her hand. Piper looked at him with a spark of love in her eyes as he looked back with the same look. "I can't stay. What if I go wild again?" Piper asked. "Then I'll be here to help you." Fred said as she smiled and he smiled back.
"Okay Mister Tough Stuff? How are you going to help me?" Piper asked as she crossed her arms. "I have some skills you don't know of. Like I can see in the dark, and I know karate." Fred said as he made a karate pose which made Piper laugh. "I want to show you something." Piper said as she held out her hand. Fred smirked as he grabbed her hand and they teleported off.
Piper let go of his hand as she tapped the lake in front of her. Fred looked around as he saw the frosty decorations and the frosty yet still defrosted lake. "Like it?" Piper asked. "Love it." Fred said as Piper blushed. "Thanks. This is like my littke hideout." Piper said as she sighed and sat down. "Is everything okay?" Fred asked as he sat beside her. "No." Piper said. "Do you...wanna talk about it?" Fred asked. "No." Piper said as she looked at her reflection. She saw the cave and a piece of ice that looked like the ine Tails held when she first saw the group. "Please?!" Fred begged. "It's hard to say no to someone as cute as you." Piper said as he blushed. "So? What's up?" Fred asked. "It's...GAH!!!!" Piper said as she clawed her stomach. "Piper! Not again! Not now! When I don't know where I am!" Fred said as her eyes turned orange and her pupils shrunk. "Run..." Piper said as she tried to hold herself back from nit attacking Fred. "I won't leave you here to be tooken over by that serum!" Fred said. "I said run!" Piper said before she got up and tried to claw him with her sharp, long, claws. "Piper! Fight it!" Fred said as she looked back and tried to attack him. Piper clawed the air trying to attack Fred as five shockwaves made of ice hit Fred. "Fred? No! Stop it." Piper said as she tried to stop herself. "You're doing it!" Fred said. Piper snapped back to her wild form as she scratched his stomach. "Gah!" Fred said as he fell to the ground and held his stomach. Piper then took her claws and threw him into a tree.
"Please Piper... your losing your humanity... I'm losing you..." Fred said as he fell to the ground. "You...you care for me?" Piper asked as her eyes turned to her purple blackish color. "I always did." Fred said. "Oh...Fred..." Piper said before she passed out. "Piper! Come on. I'm getting you that cure." Fred said as he picked her up and walked off hoping luck would be on his side. Fred saw the village and Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails hanging out. "Guys!" Fred said as he ran over to them. "What happened?!" Sonic asked as he looked at the unconscious fusion. "Long story... is she okay?" Fred asked. "Yeah. She just needs some rest." Tails sais as Fred growled. "That's it. We need that cure. She almost killed me." Fred said as he walked off. "Where're you going?" Knuckles asked. "Drop Piper off at her sister's house. Then we have to get that cure and get rid of that serum." Fred said. "That's what he's wanting! We have to wait until we know what he's planning!" Sonic said. "We can't wait any longer! I saw how painful that was for her! And thanks to her I didn't need to feel it! So I'm going to find a way to save her!" Fred said. "We just-" Tails said. "We need that cure! Even if I have to get it myself!" Fred said as he took out a bat from his back. "Where did that come from?!" Sonic asked. "I had it the whole time. And it will be the last thing that fat guy sees before I knock him out and take that cure for Piper." Fred said as he walked off. "Hey! Why is Piper so important to you?" Knuckles asked.
"She's the only one who cared for me in years. She means allot to me." Fred said. "I can relate to that." Knuckles said. "What are you talking about?" Sonic asked. "Flames and my relationship is the way he feels about Piper." Knuckles said. Fred walked off holding the bat as the group talked. "Don't worry Piper. I'm gonna save you. Even if it means taking it to the extreme." Fred said. Piper heard the last part as she tried to open her eyes and stop Fred from hurting Eggman. "No...Fred..." Piper thought as she tried to pri her eyes open. Aboit thirty minutes later Piper eyes shot open as she noticed Fred was gone.
(Wolves by Selena Gomez)
"No! Fred don't hurt him! Gah!!!" Piper said as she clawed her stomach. "Piper!" the three said as they snapped out of their argument and rushed to her aid. "I...need to stop him..." Piper said as her eyes turned orange and her pupils shrunk. Piper looked into the forest and sniffed before running off in that direction. "Piper! Wait!" Sonic said as he ran off after her. Piper jumped up on the side of a tree and then in another as bark flew at Sonic. Piper grunted as her claws grew out and her teeth sharpen. "Piper! You're gonnna make the change permanent! Don't risk it!" Sonic said. "I'll risk anything to make sure he doesn't become a murderer." Piper thought as she ran off. "Wait!" Sonic said.
Piper's eyes now about had no pupils as she ran off at a fast pace. "I need to stay in control. No matter how bad it hurts. He's doing this to help you for garsh darn sake!" Piper thought as her speed increased. "Piper! If Fred doesn't kill Egghead she will." Sonic said as he sped up. "Sonic! Did you find Piper?" Tails asked over the communicator. "Yeah, and she's going pretty fast. If Fred won't kill Egghead she'll be sure to finish the job. I need Flames to get to Eggman's before she can." Sonic said as Tails hung up and Flames called. "What is this about Piper?" Flames asked. "She went after Fred and now she's gonna kill Eggman. She's barely in control. I can tell...get to Egghead before she can kill him." Sonic said as Flames gave a satisfying signal of she was on her way and hung up. Piper ran out of the woods and saw Fred as her urge to kill him increased and she grunted. "Fred... don't do it...please." Piper begged as Fred turned around and saw her fall to her knees. "Piper! You're changing aren't you?" Fred asked. "I already did. I can't control the serum much longer. Make sure I don't kill anyone okay?" Piper asked. "I'll do my best." Fred said as Piper looked up and gave him a weak smile before she looked down and grunted. "Thank you Freddie, now, get away from me." Piper said as her claws grew. "O-okay." Fred said as he backed away. Piper's pupils disappeared as their was only a big orange circle in each eyes as she looked up and growled at Fred. "What's going on out here?!" Eggman asked as he walked out. Piper turned to him and showed her sharp, razor teeth as she stood up.