I slowed to a stop. I had been running for nearly a mile without taking a break and surprisingly, I wasn't as winded as I normally got nor did I have that cramp that showed it's ugly head whenever I ran or walked distances. I sat on the ground and gave my starving lungs a chance to relax and having air filter through them. The pollution gave the air a terrible taste but it was air all the same.
"What do I do now?" I asked myself. "I could have at least searched the place for any Freedom Fighter prisoners and get their help. Well it's too late for that now."
Then another thought came to my mind.
"If Egg Belly is here, as well as Needle Nose, the ultimate life form, then that means, …" I gasped! "Which way is the Great Forest?"
I looked around, trying to figure it out. Who knew where the sun rose and set with clouds of pollution covering the sky, if I knew that, I could tell north and south.
My mind was taken away from at a crumbling sound. I looked behind me and gasped! The building I had pinned myself against was coming down! There wasn't enough time to run so I crouched down and covered my head and the back of my neck with my arms. I braced myself as the building caved in. I slammed my eyes shut and waited for it to end. Once it finally did, I looked up to see that a, group of SWATbots were on the other side. THEY were the ones who brought the building down! I was about to try and run when I found I couldn't move my foot! I looked down and saw that it was trapped under a piece of roof.
"OH FOR THE LOVE OF PETE!" I snapped and started pulling my leg.
The large robots advanced towards me and I struggled more to free my foot. I could see that with each step they became a yard closer! I started counting.
Ten yards…
I kept on pulling.
Nine yards…
"Come on, come on."
Eight yards…
Seven yards…
Six yards…
Five yards…
Four yards…
Three yards…
I kept pulling, if I didn't break free, who knows what would happen?
Two yards…
"They're almost on top of me!"
One yard!
"HELP!"
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Sonic had been running through Robotropilse, trying to find the girl and quite frankly, it wasn't going so well.
"Oh come on, how hard can it be to find one girl?" Sonic asked, himself.
CRASH!
He turned around to see a building come down.
"I hope she wasn't there." He said to himself.
He slowly walked closer to the sight, wondering what he'd find.
"HELP!"
"That's my cue." He said and charged.
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I was clawing at the ground where my foot was trapped. The SWATbots were just three feet away from me it was next to hopeless. I could feel tears building up in my eyes. One of them reached for me. I did the only thing that came to my mind.
"SONIC!"
Something blue charged the SWATbot and sent it flying. I wiped the tears from my eyes and looked up to see…
"Sonic." I whispered in awe. To me, at the moment, he was the greatest champion ever he even seemed to have a sort glow coming from his body. I couldn't smile, I couldn't frown I couldn't move my mouth at all. All I could do was let it hang.
Sonic walked up to me, got down on one knee and looked me straight in the eye.
"You alright?" He asked in a whisper.
I couldn't answer, it felt like there was something caught in my throat tears were building up in my eyes but I did manage to nod my head.
"That's good." He said. "Now let's go."
"I…I can't." I managed to get out.
"Why not?" He asked.
I just looked down to my trapped foot.
"Don't worry, I'll get that off your foot." Sonic said. He dug his hands under the cement and slowly lifted it up. I slowly slid my foot out and Sonic let it drop when my foot was well out of the way. "You alright?" Sonic asked.
"I…I think so." I said quietly.
"That's good." He said. "Come on, let's get out of here."
"Thank you, for helping me." I said in a shy voice.
"No problem. So you know me, who are you?" He said.
"I'm Shelby Workman." I said, placing one hand over my loose fist.
"Nice to meet cha, you already know me as Sonic." He said, giving me a, thumbs up.
I nodded and slowly got up, or tried to. The second that my foot that had been hurt touched the ground I yelped in pain.
"Whoa, you better not use that foot." Sonic said. "Here, I'll take you to Knothole myself."
The next thing I knew, I was scooped up into Sonic's arms, making my blush brightly. I had NEVER been carried like that before. I place my hands over my chest in loose fists. He could somehow tell I was a little nervous and pulled me closer to his chest. It helped me relax the clam beat of his heart was so soothing it had something pure to it. I slowly blinked and my breathing became shallow. Not before long I had drifted off into a deep sleep.
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Sonic looked down, smiling at the girl curled up tightly in his arms. She seemed to have gone through a lot that night, so he figured that she deserved a nice rest. He held her closer to him for extra warmth she seemed so peaceful sleeping like that. He smiled and turned in the direction of Knothole. He revved up his feet as quietly as he could and took off, so not to disturb her.
"Sally's not going to like this." He told himself.