Shadow bit her lip, hurrying through the kitchen to the manager's office. The old man was probably playing pocket golf on his handheld phone or taking a nap, while the fire from the oven was already spreading up the wall. Shadow opened the office door and was unsurprised to see Mr. Eiglestein taking a nap with his earbuds in. Shadow pulled his earbuds out, and though a somewhat painful breach of music etiquette, awoke Mr. E to get him out of the building.
"Oh, hey, Ms. Shadow. What's up?"
"Fire. Escaping. Now, preferably. What's up with you?" sighed Shadow, sarcastically, taking Mr. Eiglestein's hand and pulling him to the door.
Sonic slowly started coming around, surrounded by five humans in waitress uniforms who smiled, sympathetically. If he were human, Sonic might have attempted a "smooth recovery", or in other words, would have said "hey ladies" and passed out again. However, he was focused on something else.
"Everyone okay?" he asked, attempting to sit up, but was being held in place by a young man who insisted he stay still until the ambulance arrived. Sonic shrugged, rubbing his bruised forehead and trying to think. Nothin' doin'. But he did pass out again. That was progress.
Shadow hadn't known Mr. Eiglestein was a pyromaniac. It wasn't particularly useful information, but it did make getting the man out of the burning building much harder.
"I've been wanting to burn this place down for years! Thank God I have insurance! Who do you think left the oven on- was it Robert? I'm giving that kid a raise! Hoo-boy! Look at that! Who knew ham did that when it caught on fire?" Shadow had never known a crazier diner owner.
Smoke was filtering into the restaurant from the kitchen, making it hard to breathe. Why wasn't there a back door in this place?
Amy looked out the window of the police cruiser. Sonic was now surrounded by human women and even had a human man over there tending to him! What was the world coming to? As the ambulances arrived, Amy became aware of another presence in the back of the car. She could hear something breathing heavily over her shoulder as something large and wet dragged across her face.
Shadow and Mr. Eiglestein exited the front of the building, Mr. E having returned his earbuds to his ears. Shadow coughed a couple of times; handing Mr. E over to the paramedics as a couple of fire trucks drove up, too, blocking the street. Mabel and Sonic were already taken care of, so that was a burden off of Shadow's mind as she found herself slipping out of consciousness.
Officer Collins sat down in the driver's seat of his cruiser, turning around to see the girl he'd just arrested having fainted, due to the surprise of meeting his canine partner, Delta. Delta rather enjoyed the company of delinquents; after all, she didn't see much action in such a quiet city.