Hunter's Night
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Sorry about that, had to let him/her know
Chapter Four — Three Way Free For All
After studying the area he pointed to, the map quickly scrambled and disappeared. The top closed and it walked over to Rouge. It stood above her with its blade still extended;
"We had a deal," Knuckles growled, "Remember," He said, assuming it could understand him.
It roared once, the lion like growl startling Knuckles. It grabbed the lock point and picked her up by it. It brought her closer to Knuckles; the net was a tear like shape with Rouge's weight pushing down. The top point had a thick mix of wires twisted together. It brought its toothed side of the blade and ripped it across the wire twist. The net instantly snapped opened and Rouge dropped to the ground with it.
Snorting it began to walk away. The Predator crouched down and picked up its staff. It turned invisible as it made the ends recede, it ran off; the darkness of the night giving perfect cover.
Knuckles ran to Rouge. Wobbling she used an arm to hold her self more upright. Whimpering she looked to her legs and noticed the amount of cuts and how deep the net had cut in. Her arms had the net marks lined in blood on her arm, her legs had little blood but you could tell where the net cut through. She felt the blood trickle down her left ear; she touched the wound, causing it to sting painfully.
"Why did you do that?" She moaned looking at Knuckles.
"Because…" Knuckles paused, "It was going to kill you." He pause again, staring into her beautiful eyes, "I-I can't let that happen." He fought the blush that rose up to his cheeks.
He looked at her wounds, "We need to get you some help. Can you walk?"
She nodded weakly. Knuckles aided her to stand up. Her left leg drooped as it gave to for a short second. She sucked her teeth with pain as her knee bent;
"Here," He brought her closer to his body, "Just hang on me," He said putting an arm around her and holding her up by her side. Carefully she placed her arm around him to pull herself up; careful not to touch his injured arm.
He dominated right now. The echidna was basically dragging her; she took small steps by hopping lightly on one foot but the net had done more damage than thought. She couldn't stand pressure on her left leg and couldn't walk well with her right. She grunted as she tried not to slow him down; right now she felt embarrassed.
She always said she never needed anyone and right now she had to depend on him to get help, but at the same time shouldn't help but like being this close to him…with the exception of her numb legs and bloody cuts, it would be great if it weren't for those. And the fact that thing was after the others, that too.
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'What happened? How the hell did I get here?' He thought as he broke off.
Shocked with himself, he couldn't find a word to say. Leaning back slightly he made his body upright. He stared into her eyes, his own enlarged with surprise.
She had a dreamy smile and daze. She stared at him her eyelids half down, she look she could fall down out of happiness. She had beaming smile across her lips like if the best thing had just happened to her. To him, her stare was like an angel day-dreaming.
"I…" He mumbled, "I'm…sorry?" He flushed heavily for the first time in while out of embarrassment.
Her mind snapped out its dreamy state, "Huh?" She blinked and looked at him blankly, "For what?" She blushed as reality came back to her and she realized what they had done.
"For doing that…" He muttered his blush fading slightly, "I don't know…what…came over me."
Mina had her mouth open slightly as her fingers ran across her lips. She let out soft dreamy sigh, she couldn't believe it. He kissed her, not her to him; he did it first. It just amazing how it came so slowly and yet so unexpected, it was seeing it coming but the thought that it would never happen that shocked her. She never expected anything like that from him; he had always kept to himself and ran around doing things for himself.
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Quick Flashback
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She met him when Sonic ran to knothole once. He was looking for him and tracked him down near the outskirts.
The legendry blue blur dropped by her house and brought him along. That was over a year and half ago; when they entrusted her with the dark blue emerald. Of course she accepted, but she tried to find out more about his friend, the dark black hedgehog with red stripes. She tried to find out who he was exactly, why did he carry a gun and about his personality. Within time she discovered not many knew much about him, not even Sonic. All she was told by anyone was that he was quiet, harsh and wanted to be alone.
Upon meeting Rouge, due to Amy, she was told that his past was dark; no one knew it; not even him. She learned fully of the events on Ark and why he was always away from people. His memories were vague or gone; probably to never be fully recovered or brought back. Slowly with bits of information she gathered she pieced together a statement, "There's something I'm missing about him…Shadow the Hedgehog…what are you so intent on hiding?" she said to herself one day.
His spot was the Mystic Ruins, usually by the temple. She searched out for him there. Unfortunately she was never good at tracking. She walked through the chilly jungle. Moving creepers and hopping streams she still couldn't find him.
Passing another stream she jumped a large rock. Suddenly she stopped and stared at the mountain's side that dead ended her. She cursed at her stupidity; she led herself into wolf pack earlier. Panting she looked back; they were fast enough to keep up.
These underdeveloped creatures were more much menacing than their evolved counter parts. There were four; each had its own tone of dark gray fur with a few hairs of brown. One was on a large gray rock; two were right in front of her on the dusty ground. The fourth was on her left, blocking the only other hope she had of running off. They snarled, their razor teeth flashing as the fur on their neck ruffled. One shook its head and neck growling at her. It leapt off the rock and walked towards her, closing the half circle they blocked her in.
She whimpered and closed her eyes, hoping the death would be painless. She heard one bark and heard another whimper suddenly. She didn't want to open her eyes, hearing a tree brake and the wolves cry scared her. She flinched as she heard a growl; she couldn't but help but open one eye. She saw one wolf gritting its teeth growling at the air. It was in an attack position; it was facing the woods on her right. She looked to the side and saw three wolves lying down, one looked dead. One with all gray fur had a slash across its side, the others whimpered as they lie on the ground, almost motionless.
She looked back to the one on all fours. Right before her eyes a green bolt engulfed wrapped itself around of the wolf neck.
"Get the fuck outta here," A deep voice growled. The wolf whimpered and ran off suddenly hearing the voice. The others limped as they got up; they heard the voice too and limped away. The one with the slash remained on the ground; a green glow surrounded it. It was suddenly lifted and brought into the woods and hidden under their shade.
Mina trembled right now, her knees knocking with fear. She couldn't move; she was scared out of her mind. One dead wolf and the others scared away, all by a voice or something deadly enough to be recognized by its tone.
A dark figure walked out of the forest. His hand gripped a green emerald, she could tell who it was, even without his signature gun. She could never forget his eyes; they attracted her so much for some reason. The crimson color that matched his striped quills, how they looked when ever he had glanced in her direction. The few times she had seen him, she wanted to know more. It was curiosity, she wanted to know why; why hide, why alone, why isolate one's self from most of the world?
Well now she had a chance. He stood before her, his quills gently blowing back as the wind blew. His red eyes examining her from head to toe;
'Its her again. What the hell does she want from me? She's been asking everybody about me, why is she here?' He locked eyes with her;
"What are you doing here alone?" He said with no emotion, "It isn't the best idea." Her shaking had stopped when he talked; he raised an eyebrow as she sighed with relief.
"T-Thank you," She said in nervous tone. This was her first time talking to him face-to-face, alone this time too, no Amy or Sonic or Rouge.
He huffed lowly, "Mmmm,"
His silence was worrying to her;
'Is he mad? Why does he keep staring at me like that?' She looked to the sides with her eyes, she felt nervous, like if she was next;
"Why are you following me?" He asked harshly losing his patience.
She broke her eye contact with him and looked away, hoping it would be easier to talk to him, "I-I uh…" His growl reminded her of the reason she came, "I wanted to talk to you." She said moving some her purple hair that hung in front of her eyes.
"About what?" He asked his voice still emotionless.
She hesitated, trying to find the right words, "…about you…" She flushed slightly when she heard how it sounded.
"Why?" He responded.
"Cause…" She paused, "Because you're always…alone, you never talk to anyone, why?"
He flexed his free hand, extending the fingers and then curving them, "I like the quiet," He said simply.
"Why do you avoid people?" She asked, now feeling more at ease.
"Because I like the quiet, I already told you," He said growling a little.
"Where do you sleep?"
"What?" He tilted his head to such a strange question.
"Where do you sleep?" She asked again, ignoring his strange look.
"No where." He groaned, this was getting on his nerves.
"Why don't—"
"—do these questions of have point?" His annoyance finally reached its peak.
"Yes, I want to know why do insist on being alone," She didn't let him speak, "Why do want to be away from everyone, why don't you want to make any friends—"
He forced himself to keep cool. He closed his eyes and spoke with a forced tone, "First of all, I don't like people; so I try to stay away from them. Second I don't have any friends nor do I consider that faker or the bat or any of their friends anything to me. Third; it's none of your business of what I do or choose to do, now then, I suggest you leave now before I leave and those wolves track you again; this time I won't help." He pointed harshly to the side.
"Who's Maria?" She asked, ignoring his statement. His eyelids rose up slowly and his looked softened for a second.
His arm let down and he gritted his teeth, "No one; don't worry about it, now get out of here." He said harshly.
"Rouge says that she's the only person you ever considered a friend. Why?"
'God damn…this girl is gonna drive me insane. She worse than Amy! What the hell does she want from me? The only time I leave my gun behind…she wouldn't be acting like this if I had it.' He frowned when she crossed her arms and waited for her answer. He huffed and began to walk away, fed up with 20 questions.
"Hey," Mina yelped following him, "You can't leave me here,"
"Why not?" He frowned and rolled his eyes.
"Cause…" She twiddled with her fingers, "I forgot how to get back to Knothole from here…" She looked down, he couldn't see but she smirked, knowing it would work.
Shadow rolled his eyes again, "Oh my fucking god…" He groaned, "Fine…" He growled, "I'll walk you back…" He half growled;
'Can't believe I'm doing this…but then again…why do I actually feel bad about ditching her here?'
"Thank you!" She squealed embracing him from behind/side, avoiding the quills on his back.
He gritted his teeth;
'I knew I should have brought my gun…'
He stared at her from the corner of his eye, "I don't like hugs…" He mumbled, making her snug on him break.
"Oh," She said timidly, "Sorry," He rolled his eyes again; his annoyance was already beyond its limits, he wished so badly in his mind that he had never left his gun behind. He kept thinking so much about how different this situation would be if he had that dark metal gun with the inner silver barrel.
He would slowly lead her towards the outskirts of the city. Many hungry creatures came forth and watched her walk with him. They dare not try an attack, animals from experience have spread word that he was a deadly person; it is best not to fight him. Any type of predator would spot her by the bright yellow fur, ready to pounce but then they would notice her dark escort, instantly they would turn and run off.
Unfortunately for Shadow, the curious mongoose would not leave him alone. Escorting her wasn't enough, she kept pounding him with questions; some personal, some random, some of truth or lie. He regretted not bringing his gun so much right now, and due to that fatal move; the mongoose would find out enough to piece together a picture of his past. Shadow would not speak much but when his mind couldn't take it he would mumble an answer and thus Mina found out a little more about him; what she didn't know is that she new more about him than anyone else had ever known from that one little walk back.
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Okay not so short…End Flashback
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He cleared his throat; knocking her out her wonderful day dreams that all traced back to her first kiss with the mysterious Shadow.
"Mina?" He asked not getting a good response from her. She had been lost in her lovely thoughts and was blankly staring at his chest fur, which he found a little bit uncomfortable.
"Huh?" She focused.
"You…okay?" He asked slowly.
"Yeah," She looked up at him, smiling still.
"So you're not mad—"
"—why would I be?" She leaned more, trying to get that great feeling of their lips together again. "Shadow…" Her tone was softened as she put her hands on his chest fur.
He was a little confused as she leaned on him more. He looked down as she leaned fully on him. He blushed as she put an arm underneath his and around him, resting the side of her head on his chest;
'Focus Shadow…c'mon, you can't let her get to you; letting your guard down even for her is unacceptable.'
"Don't leave me…" She said quietly. Her joy was killed when she remembered the situation.
She looked up, "You have to…" He said as she closed the short gap between their noses. She nuzzled her nose with his before starting another kiss. She wanted that feeling; it was one of the best things of her life that he had done to her.
Clinging to his neck by her free arm she moaned softly as she took breaths between mouth openings. She noticed he did the same; they both wanted it to last. She didn't care what happened; this was all that mattered to her. He on the other hand he wanted her to break off so she could get away. He broke off suddenly as the thought came to mind, he lost track of how much time had passed…
"Mm-mm-mm—stop!" He muffled breaking off finally, "Mina, you need to get out of here." He began to glare at her, as if ignoring their kiss. She wouldn't move.
A sudden double sheathing sound made him groan in his thoughts;
'Today is not my day is it?'
He mentally slapped himself for letting a distraction stop him.
His back to the door way that led to the kitchen now had the fully exposed and visible creature with its single and dual blades extended standing in it. Shadow turned around and tried to cover Mina with his body.
It was hunched forward and to the side as he was too tall for the room. His legs where straight, not bent as if to attack. Shadow was unsure what to make out from its body language; its arms with extended blades were relaxed and resting against its legs.
"Go," Shadow order sternly, "Now, I'm not gonna tell you twice." He said even though he had already told her over four times.
The hum of shoulder mounted gun made him grit his teeth. Shadow lifted his and pointed at the middle slash mark of the three, in between its eyes. The thing's laser aim was three red dots in the form of a triangle. It aimed so one fell on Shadow's cheeks and the top on bottom left dot were aimed at the of Mina's head, which was exposed slightly. The gun made a charging whirl sound, the tip began to glow dark blue.
"Why the hell haven't you run yet?" Shadow snapped his head to the side slightly. Mina instead attached herself to him, wrapping her arms around his body, careful of his quills.
"No!" She said, her voice ready break, "Don't do this; you have to stay with us." She hugged him tightly and tried to pull him back.
"I'm doing this to protect you. You'll only to get yourself killed if you keep this up! Just do what I say and get out of here!" He harshly pulled her arms off and pushed her back without looking.
The bounty hunter remained motionless, next to his right eye was the laser aim point. The object moved slowly, aiming at Shadow, who was acting weird in his eyes. He heard the black hedgehog speak unclearly; he spoke harshly at the female that now cried; for him it seemed. He titled his head at the questionable behavior, but then again, this wasn't like his home world, this one seemed…more sensitive in certain matters.
It purred again, letting them know it was still watching. Shadow turned around and focused, telling Mina to run away. Shadow aimed at the exposed area in the abdomen.
It growled once, his knees bending as it took a striking stance. It slowly crept towards him, if the hedgehog wanted to fight, than it was fight he was going to get. The Predator shut off his gun, the barrel cooled and vented a bit of steam.
Shadow put a hand to Mina's chest and pushed her towards the door as he backed up as well. As he approached the three emeralds on the ground, he kicked them behind and closer to the door.
The bounty hunter could hear unclearly and could care less of what the mongoose was crying about. He slowly moved his feet as Shadow did the same. He saw Shadow kick back the emeralds, and saw his plan. He was pushing the girl out.
Before she knew it she fell back, her foot missing the small drop of the doorway. She grunted as she looked up and saw the green emerald roll off the drop.
"No!" She screamed as she saw Shadow close the door.
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'Hopefully she'll take the hint and run.' He locked the door so she wouldn't be able to run back in, though she tried; kicking the door and trying to pull it open, her screams muffled by the door.
"Don't you dare touch her," He growled at the thing that seemed to observe their every movement.
Shadow aimed at the leg and fired. The bullet hit the armor, causing a spark. Having started the fight, the bounty hunter proceeded to swing with its arm. They were only three feet away, the blade nearly caught Shadow, luckily he ducted in time. Seeing its legs spread, Shadow dive in between them and slid to the other side. On his back he fired the gun that was reactivated. The bullets hit each time, but it seemed so heavily armored that they only managed to dent it and dislodge its position moderately. The spun around and roared, he rushed the five foot gap and slashed upwards at Shadow. Rolling over Shadow dodged the blade and let it tear the couch's armrest off.
He got up and turned around, as he did, Shadow heard a snapback sound. The thing aimed with its arm and fired one arrow off of its right arm. Assuming he would dodge it, he jabbed with its dual blade to right. Terribly, he was…
The jagged edge ripped through Shadow's side, the blood instantly dripping out and onto the floor.
The pain was instant. He gripped the blade, he could feel the sharpness. He gasped and looked down; the blade was coated in a light color of his red blood. He grunted as he felt the searing pain through his rib area. He groaned as the bounty hunter yanked his blade back, tearing the long wound, even wider. Shadow sucked his teeth with pain as he felt the recent wound renew.
The bounty hunter punched him with the gauntlet of his arm. Shadow's body flipped onto the couch, his blood smearing on the cushions. Never letting go of his gun, he fired back in his defense, aiming on pulse he managed to land a hit to the arm.
The predator roared as it saw its own green blood gush out as the 12mm bullet ripped through his flesh and out the other end. The pain was intense but ignorable; he turned his body and slashed at the black hedgehog with his single blade.
Shadow kicked up his foot. The red colored alloy edge of his shoe stopped the oncoming swing from the side. He pushed his foot with all his force as the blade and metal clashed together and now deadlocked. His foot shook as did the arm of the bounty hunter. Shadow was too occupied with the shoe and blade to remember about the plasma gun.
He looked up upon hearing the humming sound. He twisted his foot and tilted the blade into an angle that let him roll off of the couch and fall to the floor, avoiding the blade that came at him once he removed his foot. The Ultimate Life Form ignored his pain and got to his feet, holding his wounded side he fire the gun with his free hand.
The bounty hunter could not ignore this pain. One ripped through his abdomen and the other into his leg. His vision fuzzed as he looked down as saw his own blood leaking, the green liquid only dripped out of his stomach when he looked down and clutched it. He saw the green liquid shoot out when the second shot burst through his right leg. Gritting his teeth behind the mask, he growled once fiercely and fired his gun.
The dark blue tip whirled and kicked up slightly when the power of plasma slug blazed out. It was about the size of a large tennis ball. Heavily colored blue, it grazed Shadow's shoulder, burning his dark fur right off. There was no bleeding; the heat was so intense it seared the cutting caused by the plasma itself. It was extremely painful and he had to pause for it, he couldn't bear to move his arm, letting go of his wound he groaned as he fell to a knee.
The bounty hunter let out a sinister huff. The hedgehog was very strong and persistent. He had to give him respect, and then he began to thinking in darker areas. That skull would much more valuable then the powerful jewel; so maybe after the Elite was killed, this hedgehog's skull would a great trophy for his collection. After all, the two he took from those others, were easy kills—this one was die hard. But first things, first;
Both blades receded as he walked slowly towards the stunned Shadow. He could see through thermal imaging that the hedgehog was badly injured, maybe with some recovery time he could put up a better fight, but then again, it could back fire.
Shadow groaned as he looked up. The pain was almost unbearable, his side and his shoulder. He wondered how he wasn't dead yet. Looking up he was amazed at the fact that this creature could took take so much. Three 12mm shots and it was barely affected; it bled and it wouldn't care; it would just pause and keep going. With its incredible endurance it picked him up by his throat.
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Outside she could only watch in horror at what she saw. Only a terrified gasp escaped her lips. She now wished she just listen to him and ran. Her fear had her deadlocked into watching him pull through like the incredible fighter she knew he was.
Sadly she couldn't turn her head and had to watch the horrifying shattering sight.
She broke the eye contact on the view, after his body slummed. She couldn't see the rest. She picked up his emerald. She believed it was all she had of him now.
The cold heartless killer picked him up by his neck. She saw him mumbled a few words and point at his body with his gun, as if to have stalemate. It would not accept it; its other hand, the one with the dual blade, extended at point blank range. The terrifying thought ran through Mina's mind; the blade ripping through his stomach area.
The blood the streamed out heavily, his white shoes covered almost instantly in red dots that ran down and dripped into a puddle in the ground. It didn't seem possible to her that he could ever be defeated, after all he fought the bio-lizard, destroyed an entire platoon of soldiers after him and had survived Ark's fall, but now, for his body go limp on the blade that was rammed through his body now had him lifeless, it just didn't seem possible.
Now she ran her fastest, hoping that this nightmare would end.
She cried as she looked down; his beautiful jade emerald, the one that rarely left his hand. She cradled it to her chest, never wanting to it leave her. It was all she had of him now. Her tears fell on it as she ran, she still couldn't believe it. She always thought of him as this emerald; lovely and eternal and powerful, with something special on the inside.
Her running turned into a jog as she reached the forest outskirts. She couldn't tell nor care if it was near Mystic ruins or Knothole. Her jog slowly became a walk. As she continued into the forest she whimpered more. Suddenly she fell to her knees, the white of her eyes pink now from her crying. She found everything in front of her distorted, for her vision was blurred completely by fresh tears that saw no end. She took deep breaths as she exhaled more than she inhaled.
She wiped the wet surface of the gem and stared at it. Her mind let her see into the emerald; letting her see him. His dark quills lined with red in the form of a stripe, the white patch of fur on his chest that was probably the most incredible thing that any girl could ever see on a man, which put him in his own league. Then his eyes, they had two sides. The always seemed like hard, cold red fire. No emotion, just harsh and brutal cold eyes that seemed to burn through you with pure anger and hate. They would kill if it were possible.
Then there was the side that she saw the most. The one side of his eyes that could let you see his truer self, it was the side that he blocked due to pain that he had suffered and he no longer wanted to deal with. Sonic once said that Shadow just seemed heartless, she wouldn't believe it, one look into his eyes and she saw a glimpse of a sweet creature hidden under a hard shell, only making an appearance in extremely deep situation. She saw a heart, a sweet mind, a caring personality.
The sad thing is a series of events made him block it all off, hoping to never let it out. She tried to get him back to the person she thought he wanted to hide; she would fail and realize that the only person that would see more than anyone else his inner personality would be her for some reason.
But now, he was gone. Just like that in an instant, he stopped and went limp. All she could do was cry, she couldn't think of anything but running away. She wouldn't stand a chance against a 7 foot killer from another planet, she felt so helpless. It was like all the years that she had gained her confidence with help from Sonic with her singing and other issues; it seemed all of that was shattered in mere seconds upon seeing him die. Without him she felt like there was nothing to look forward to, nothing to work for, nothing to impress or try to entertain. The hedgehog had become a nice part of her life; even though he didn't always act or say he appreciated what she did with or for him, she didn't care. A soft look and maybe a tiny smirk said it all to her. She didn't want to seem like a dumb madly-in-love girl but to her, he filled that special need in her life, whether he wanted to or not.
"Why?" She sobbed, "Why couldn't you just run with us, it wouldn't make you a coward!" She wept loudly.
On her knees still, she rested the emerald by point on the line created by both her thighs placed together. She stared at again, wiping her tears only to have more come out. She hunched over more as she felt more hurt in her heart than ever as their kiss came back to memory.
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"Do you think he's okay?" Amy asked with more worry in her voice than ever.
"I hope he is," Tails responded, yawning out of his need of sleep. The young fox had tired eyes and ruffled fur and his three little bangs were not neatly combed.
Sonic sat at the temple steps. The net he had on his hair was gone; he tossed it while he had been waiting for Shadow. Now he sat on the cold stone steps of the huge ancient building with an upset look. His frown had not faded since they arrived here, his usually happy emerald eyes were now dim and faded from the confident look he always had. He was now in deep thought. Neither Amy nor Tails dare bother him, seeing him with such a serious made them scared to ask him.
"I hope Mina got away too, that thing sounded really close…" Amy said to Tails quietly.
"I'll be back." Sonic said standing up suddenly. "Tails," He looked at his friend, "You see anything weird or even get that feeling, take Amy and run." Sonic was about to bolt off, but then a loud roared made him stop and glare into the woods nearby.
The brutal lion's roar had Sonic trembling with fear but he would not back down. If Shadow would make a sacrifice then he would have to do it too. He may not be able to scare it back or even seem like a threat but he could at buy Amy and Tails time to get away.
"Bring it!" Sonic shouted with anger. "Come see me! I ain't scared of you!"
As if on his call it deactivated its camouflage. It was so sudden, as if to answer his battle call. The Elite purred upon seeing him flinch at his sudden appearance. He watched from behind the mask, Sonic's thermo identified body let the elite see the hedgehog grit his teeth at him. His huff was amused in tone, it sounded like a low growl.
"Amy, Tails," Sonic said to his side, "Run, now." The two obeyed without question and slowly began to move. Tails took her hand and started into a sprint so he could fly off quickly.
'No, no!' The blue blur thought as he saw Tails and Amy pushed inward into the Mystic Ruin's area plain. The culprit was another Predator…it had pushed them closer to the elite and away from the safety of the forest. It purposely pushed Tails and cut one of the tails, he had seen the fox fly; a two tailed fox would be a rare and fine trophy for him or for a collector to buy…later of course that would be taken care of.
It roared loudly; its arms lowered as the blades extended fully. The dinosaur like roar terrified Amy as she saw the blades snap out the gauntlets. Its head shook as did its long sliver ring decorated dreadlocks and snorted suddenly.
The elite shifted focus from Sonic to the more dangerous one. The Assassin had been getting on his nerves; this ends now.
Sonic backed away from the elite as he walked towards him to get to the assassin. They were a good twenty feet away from each other. Amy tried to tend Tails bleeding wound as the thing walked to the side of them, making them stuck in between.
"Run!" Sonic shouted as he saw they wouldn't move from their spots. "They're not after us! Run!" Before they could react another purr made the elite's and the assassin's head snap to the open corner of their broken triangle.
The bounty hunter jumped from the woods. His feet slammed to the ground with a roar, it shook its head and drew its blade weapons. The assassin let an offensive snort while the elite let out threatening roar. The bounty hunter shook its head, shaking its dreadlocks and roared powerfully like lion. The elite reached to its back and pulled out a staff. Its hands spaced out well, it held it with both, blades still extended. It roared once more at the two trackers.
Sonic could only watch in fear. Not even the legendary blue blur could take on three at once. On his rump he backed away from the elite near him and the bounty hunter closing in with its battle ready steps. Before he knew it, he had bumped into Amy and Tails who were doing the same as him.
They could only tremble in fear as they were in the middle of this deadly triangle.