Chapter 5: Shadow

Volki hesitated. Apparently this was a hard topic for her. Finally she was ready to answer my question.

"It happened a few years ago. I was still young, only 10 or 11 years old. Eggman attacked our camp site. Droids came out of nowhere and captured my people. Those who resisted were stabbed, is they continued to resist they were poisoned. One of the droids attacked me. It started slashing at me since I wouldn't cooperate."

"That's how you got that scar, isn't it." I said.

She touched the scar beside her right eye. "Yes."

I nodded. She may continue.

"It was my horse, Nightshade, that saved my life. He was the one I was ridding before you came here. When the droid was smashed, I jumped on Nightshade and rode as fast as I could away from the campsite. When I returned, everyone was gone."

"And you assumed they died, logical. I also wanted to ask, why does your horse have mechanical parts?"

"Oh, he lost his limbs in battle and needed to replace them. Well, we used robotic parts."

"Hmm, interesting."

Volki yawned.

"Anyway, enough with the asking. It's 'bout time we got some sleep, eh?"

I nodded. Sure why not.

I unrolled my sleeping bag and snuggled in. Not too long after I fell asleep.

Chapter 5: Sonic

I woke up to see Tails already packing his stuff. I looked around. Knuckles was sleeping like there's no tomorrow. Figures, that guy sleeps even when he's on guard duty.

"Good morning, Sonic." Tails said, "Hope you're ready to pack up for the trip."

"Of course I'm ready to pack up! Don't you remember, I'm the fastest thing alive." I answered.

Tails laughed. "I figured you'd say that."

In seconds flat I was ready to go. Next step was waking up Knucklehead. This was the fun part. I scooped up some sand on the ground and threw it at Knuckles. The result was priceless. Knuckles woke up, punching the air and yelling "Show yourself you coward!" Tails and I laughed.

"THAT'S NOT FUNNY!" Knuckles yelled.

"You're right," I said, "it's not funny. It's hilarious!"

"Grrrrr! I'm gonna kill you!"

Just when Knuckles was about to grab me Rouge came into our tent.

"Hey boys." She said, "We've got breakfast ready. You strong men would like breakfast, wouldn't you?"

"Yah. Sure, why not?" I answered. "I'd love some breakfast. How about you, Tails?"

"Huh? Breakfast? Yah, that'll be great!" Tails exclaimed.

"And you Knuckie?" Rouge asked in her teasing manner. Or as I call it, the ultimate weapon for embarrassing Knuckles.

Knuckles blushed, "Uh, sure. Breakfast sounds nice..."

We went outside to see Blaze starting the fire with her powers and Silver helping her by directing her flames using his Psychokinesis. I looked around and saw Marine digging through her bag trying to find a pan. Though no matter where I looked I couldn't find Shadow or Volki.

"Where's Shadow and Volki?"I asked Rouge.

"They must be in their tent. Go wake them up." Rouge answered. And so I did.

When I walked into their tent, what I saw you could saw was funny. You could also say it was odd. To me it was downright hilarious. Shadow was sleeping on his sleeping bad and was hugging Volki like a stuffed animal. Volki didn't mind. She snuggled into him, held her arms in a very dog like position, and mumbled and woof in her sleep. I started to laugh.

That woke Shadow up right away. When he realized what "position'' he was in he jumped up.

"That wasn't what it seemed," he said blushing.

"Oh, sure it wasn't." I nugged him, "Did our Mr. Gruff find himself a girlfriend?"

"I am not his girlfriend!" said Volki as she woke up. "You should know better!"

She was blushing, too.

"Sure, sure." I laughed, "Both your faces are red!"