Silver and Flash were curled up at opposite ends of the sofa, fast asleep. That was, until the doorbell rang.
"Flash! It's Mollie!" said Flash's Dad. Quietly, Flash got up off the sofa, hoping that Mollie wasn't going to be too long. Silver didn't stir. It had been a hard day.
Flash stumbled downstairs and to the door. O her surprise, not only was Mollie standing there, but Tails too.
"You haven't seen Tails," she said to herself. Only people picked as partners could see Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy and Silver.
"Hi Mollie," said Flash, "what's up?"
"Not much. Hey, I was wondering if you'd try some of this new energy drink me and T… Tobias made."
"T… Tobias? More like Tails!" Flash wanted to say.
"Sure!" she said instead, laughing inside. It was weirdly coloured, but couldn't hurt. Mollie was about to give her one of the bottles, when suddenly she and Tails were knocked flying. Flash blinked in surprise and then saw that Silver was standing in front of her.
"Truth potion. Oldest trick in the book," he muttered. Then he turned to Flash. "C'mon. Before the reinforcements turn up."
"Dad! Going out with Mollie!" Flash yelled over her shoulder, and then took off with Silver. However, trouble was waiting at the end of the road. Rouble in the form of Gemma and Amy.
"Hello Flash," grinned Gemma, sugar sweet but staring at Silver.
"Hey Gemma. And Amy," said Silver. His ESP confused them long enough for the escapees to get round the corner.
"Two pairs down. Two to go," said Flash.
"The hardest two to go," replied Silver.
They ran. Every so often they changed direction. Down pretty little side streets, along a main road with heavy traffic. Finally they stopped in a dark alleyway, pausing for breath.
"D'you… think they'll find us?" Flash panted.
"Might… do," replied Silver.
"Already have." A voice echoed down. Craig and Knuckles were at one end of the alley. Tobias and Sonic at the other.
"We were right," said Tobias, "It was Flash."
"What is this? Cluedo?" Flash smirked.
"There's no way out," said Knuckles, "join us, and we can be a team."
"There's one way out," replied Silver.
"Up," said Flash, reading his mind.
"CHAOS CONTROL!"
The pair shot into the air faster than the speed of light. Leaving the four behind.
"Sonic can follow us," said Silver, "but not Knuckles."
"The hardest pair is left," said Flash.
"We'll beat them. We can do anything."
The pair had travelled by chaos control that morning, to orbit the Earth. Then, it had been magical. Now it was a desperate chase.
"SILVER! FLASH!" Sonic's voice was projected. Silver and Flash turned to face the enemy.
"Please. Let's just talk," said Tobias.
"Too bad your little closing in method didn't work," spat Flash.
"We only want peace," said Sonic.
"That's all you ever want, Sonic!" Silver yelled. "That's not how we work! Peace is when you die, like… like…"
"Blaze would only want-"
"DON'T YOU DARE!" They both yelled.
"I know exactly what Silver's been through," Flash whispered. "You're just making it worse."
They were hovering above Earth's surface now. A wall of green energy shot from Silver's hands. Sonic dodged.
"Sonic boom!" Tobias yelled. It headed for Silver, who deflected it. Flash conjured up a ball of green energy and fired it at Tobias. His reflexes weren't as good as Sonic's and it caught him in the chest and expanded, like a giant bubble.
"Tobias!" Sonic fired a sonic boom at the two then went to help his friend.
"Go!" whispered Silver. The pair flew off, back to Earth.
But it wasn't over yet.
In a rage, Sonic lobbed a chaos emerald at Flash. It hit her in the back, and she flipped in the air.
"FLASH!" screamed Silver. Her eyes rolled into her head and she shot to the ground. "NO!" He yelled.
With a groan, she landed back in the alleyway. Knuckles and Craig were nowhere to be seen.
"Flash!" Silver shook her. "Speak to me!"
All of a sudden there was a blinding flash of green, and Flash sat up.
"Thank the chaos emeralds," Silver sighed in relief.
"What happened?" asked Flash.
"Sonic fired a chaos emerald at you," growled Silver, helping Flash to her feet.
"I wonder where it went-oh!" Flash staggered suddenly.
"You okay?" Silver asked, concerned.
"Yeah… think so." There was another flash of green.
"Hang on. Flash, weren't your eyes grey?"
"What?"
"Now they're green. E-Emerald green."
Flash's eyes suddenly began to glow. The sky lit up with emerald colour. Silver gasped.
"You've absorbed a chaos emerald!"
"Well it sure beats coffee!" grinned Flash.
"But… you shouldn't be alive! You're only human."
"Only human and your partner!"
Silver looked at her in awe.
"Now, I think we should go home," said Flash. "I feel like I've used up a lot of energy today. Chaos energy!"