Chapter 6 "Alone"
Spike struggled to his feet, the vibes of energy seemed to course through him as the wave of light faded away.
Something had caused his father and sister to disappear but at this age he had no idea what warp-zones were.
He got on his feet slipping on the broken floorboards looking at the wall with the hole in it and the terrorized scenery that used to be his house.
"I'm…the only…the only one left…" Spike struggled to say.
Spike didn't know how to explain it but in his young eyes his father had been blown off the face of the earth and he told himself there was no way of living through that.
He couldn't make up his mind what to do; everything seemed to happen so fast.
He raced out the door quickly heading for the shack seeing Blake's armor missing but no sign of him.
After that he ran towards the place he last saw Sarah…But there was no sign of her either…Spike laid on the chair in the middle thinking to himself; he felt confused and angry like he didn't know anything in the world.
He just laid there for hours starring at his mother's silver rings until he fell asleep.
The next morning it didn't seem like day had come despite the bright sun it felt like he was still asleep and the world had slowed time down.
"What should I do now…?" Spike thought to himself.
He knew nobody would be coming for him, unless the elites came and that would be worse if they got suspicious of him.
He didn't have any other family either and since he'd lived in such a remote area he didn't know anybody either; no friends or anything in fact he didn't hardly know what another hedgehog would look like outside his father's men and his family.
He'd known how to take care of himself but he hadn't experienced much outside running around or being taught battle plans and strategies from his father's hopes of him leading in his place one day.
Spike got off the chair at last wiping his eyes. "I need to get out of here."
The young hedgehog went into his kitchen looking through the cupboards for food and other items.
He pulled out a lot of random canned and snack items, some apples and some peanut butter and other such things that couldn't go bad after time.
After that he turned his sink on pulling out canteens and bottles to contain the water.
"I wonder if He has any packs in his closet." Spike wondered scampering off to Blake's room.
As he opened the closet door he was lucky enough to find a bag to store his food in.
He sadly returned to the kitchen with the hole in the middle of the wall and he packed everything up.
His sink was still running and he washed his face after he was all ready to go.
Slowly he slid his mother's rings over his hands but felt…bad about wearing them; he didn't want to remember what had happened.
Spike slid the rings under his gloves reluctantly so nobody could see them then he took the pack over his shoulder.
He had an angry feeling inside him, he wanted to prove himself to the world and he was ready now.
The young hedgehog knew of his father's plans after yesterday, he'd gone over all the strategies his whole life and knew them by heart but he would not dare use them.
But he didn't see his mother's point of view either, all he could do now was make his mind up for himself.
"I'm going to single handedly take this world by force and shove it in his nose! Then we'll see how much of a 'failure' I am!" Spike said angrily slamming the door behind him.
As he left the wind blew in through the hole in the wall knocking a few things over.
As Spike decided to make his way in the world, alone.
End chapter