Chapter 4: Happy Birthday Sammy!

Chapter 4, nothing new, so here we go!

Zero the Dog isolated himself in his room for 3 days… literally. He only had Sammy bring him stuff and to have Sammy sleep. Sonic and Tails tried to come in but he froze the door.

But today… is a day where he has to go outside. It was Sammy's 5th birthday! He was waiting eagerly for Sammy to wake up.

About 10 minutes later, Sammy stirred. His eyes blinked sleepily, "Hey."

"Happy Birthday!" Zero cheered.

"Thanks!"

Zero remembered something, "Remember what we were going to do on your birthday?" Sammy was confused but remembered.

"Steal a birthday cake?"

"Yeah, want to do it still?" Zero asked. Sammy scoffed.

"Well, yeah I do! I haven't gone good for good," he shuddered at being good completely. They opened the window and snuck out. But before they left, Zero broke the ice on the door, with his mind. Not shocking, huh? Anyways, they went to Station Square and got the same glares, because they were known as the uncaught thieves! Zero got the best idea ever.

"I have an idea! Follow me!" he said. He walked into the bakery. There was an old raccoon working, and he was mean. They walked up to him, who was working the cash register.

"Oh great. What do you nuisances want?!" the raccoon grumbled.

"Nice to see you too, Maurice," Sammy chuckled.

"Can we have a birthday cake?" Zero asked, in his nice boy act.

"Will you pay?"

"Yes!"

Maurice growled and walked to get a cake, "What do you want it to say?"

"Happy Birthday, Sammy!"

The raccoon gave them a cake with a bunch of suns on it. Which was a coincidence.

"That will be $25," Maurice grumbled. Zero smiled and put fake $25 He grabbed the cake with Sammy and they dashed out. They could hear Maurice yelling, "HEY! This is a fake! Police!" Zero looked at Sammy and nodded. They turned to light and snow and dashed away.

When they snuck back to their room, Sonic was in there waiting.

"Let's tell him we paid," Sammy whispered. Zero nodded but paused.

"He won't believe us!"

"Then what should we do?!"

"I don't know!"

"I can hear you, you know," Sonic called to them. The two stopped bickering and slapped their hands on each other's mouths.

"Hide it!" Zero mouthed, then winked.

Sammy hid it in a little bush, and hopped up to the window, "Hellooo!"

"Where've you been?" Sonic tapped his foot impatiently.

"Out."

"Out where?"

Zero sighed, "We… got bored."

"Bored?" Sonic said, disbelievingly.

"Yup," he replied, confidently.

"Then, where were you?"

"By the lake!" Sammy nearly shouted.

"I don't believe it," Sonic said. It looked like Sammy was about to burst.

"We gave you an explanation!" Sammy responded through gritted teeth, "Now get off our backs!"

"Sorry, but I can't do that." But before the hedgehog could continue, Sammy pulled the window shut.

Sammy turned to Zero, who had been silent most of the argument, "He's getting on my nerves!"

"Let's go to the big, secret field we found!" Zero jumped. So they grabbed the cake (It was small, so it was easy to carry), and ran.

They got to the secret field and sat in the middle of the field, and ate the cake. But they ate half of it, so there was the other half left.

"Man, I'm full!" Sammy burped.

"Ew!" Zero wrinkled his nose, but thought of an idea. He grabbed a piece of cake and through it at Sammy.

Sammy got hit and wiped it off, "Oh! You want to play it that way, huh?" He grabbed a piece and through it at Zero, which hit him in the face too. It turned into an all-out war.

At the end of it, they were covered in white and yellow frosting, but Zero was white, so you only saw the yellow.

"So, are your friends with Sonic?" a voice grumbled. They turned around and saw a black hedgehog a red stripe.

"Who're you?" Sammy challenged.

"I'm the Ultimate Lifeform," he said, "Or you can just call me Shadow."

"Ok 'Shadow,' what do you want?" Sammy asked, suspiciously.

"Do you know where Sonic is?" Shadow replied.

Zero pointed northeast, "That way!"

"Thanks." Was all he said and skated off. Zero looked at Sammy and all he did was shrugged.

It was the afternoon when they returned. Sonic was out fighting Eggman, but Tails stayed home. He jumped up off the couch and ran up to them.

"Your back!" he squeaked, "Sonic is still fighting Eggman with Shadow."

"Big surprise," Sammy muttered. Zero rolled his eyes.

Then Tails noticed they were covered in frosting, "Um… What happened?"

"Just a little battle we had while we were gone," Zero smiled.

"I'm taking a shower," Sammy said, walking away. Zero sat there, bored, again.

"Do you want to play Apples to Apples?" Tails asked. (One of my favorite games!).

"Yeah!" Zero exclaimed.

Zero ended up winning Apples to Apples, twice; Tails won once. Finally, Sonic got back.

"Sorry I'm late," Sonic merely said, "There was a little problem."

Tails leapt up, "What was the problem?"

Sonic scratched the back of his head sheepishly, "Well, a house got destroyed. It's in the middle of the forest. I also found this on the way back." He held up a blue digital camo backpack. Zero gasped, it was the one that they filled with candy, fruit, and toys. Zero dashed over and grabbed it out of his hands. It had the word 'Sam's Backpack' in red on the front of it.

"That's Sammy's!" he nearly shouted.

"What's mine?" a voice asked from the bedroom. Sammy walked out, wet from taking a shower. When he saw the backpack, his eyes widened, "That's mine!" He skipped over and Zero handed it to him.

"That's taken care of," Sonic said, "I got to take a shower now!" he looked down at himself. He had oil and scratches on himself, so he went to the bathroom and got in.

"Sammy, do you want to play Apples to Apples now?" Zero asked.

"Sure," he replied.

Again Zero won twice, Sammy won once, and Tails won once. Finally Sonic got out.

"This is why I don't like robots," Sonic muttered. He looked at the time and it was 5:00, "Well, time to make chilidogs!"

"Yay!" Tails cheered. Sammy and Zero cocked their heads to the side.

Sonic face palmed himself, "Its food, guys!"

About an hour later they were done. Sonic put four plates and utensils on the table, at sonic speed.

"Here you kids go!" The 10-year old hedgehog said.

Sammy took a bite and liked it, but Zero took a bite and it tasted weird.

"Um, I don't feel hungry," he lied. Sonic raised an eyebrow.

"Ok," was all he simply said.

"I'm going to bed! G'night!" he yelled.

"Good night!" they yelled back.

Zero sighed and walked to his room and shut the door. He leapt onto his train bed, and grabbed his stuffed rabbit and hugged it. He had found the rabbit in the forest, nearby their house. His bed was right next to the window and when he looked out it, he saw the moon shining in the sky. It reflected off his eyes and made them glow. There was also a glowing star next to it.

"Stars aren't supposed to be that bright," Zero whispered. He didn't get the concepts of space yet… or at all. He was bored; he didn't even feel tired.

"Ugh! I'm so bored," Zero complained, "How funny it would be if I made it snow in here and make Sammy slip!" He laughed to himself. He heard, what sounded like pebbles, hitting the window. He could also hear a faint voice.

(Think of this part as Chapter 4.5)

"Hello? Is that double-tailed dog in there?" the voice said.

Zero got up and opened the window, but a pebble hit him in the face.

"Ouch!" he rubbed his cheek, where it hit him.

"Oops! Sorry!" the voice giggled, "I need your help!" Zero climbed out the window and walked over to a bush that showed glowing cherry red eyes.

"Who are you?" he asked. The owner of the voice walked out. What Zero saw was shocking, yet exciting for him.

It was a cat/wolf hybrid! Of course she was female, but she had a wolf's tail, cat ears and nose, and short whiskers. She had green fur too, with dark green cat stripes. It also looked like she was also 4 years old. She wore pants, which were dirty because she went through so much to get there, a dark red t-shirt, boots, and grey gloves. But what was weird was she had angel wings (NOT involving her being an actual angel! Also this is my sisters' character!)

"I'm Angel! I need help! A bad guy, I don't remember his name, it was something weird, but he took my chao, Rye!" she cried.

"Ok, but you have to lead the way!" They both ran off, but Angel had lots of agility. So Zero decided to take flight. Once he got in the air, all he and Angel could hear was the beating of his spinning tails. They got to the Mystic Lake and stopped at the shore.

"They went that way!" she pointed up to where smoke was still hanging in the air.

"Why'd you ask me, and not Sonic or anybody else?" Zero asked.

Angel fidgeted a bit, "Well… uh… I guess you seem like a better choice," she finished more silently. That statement made Zero blush.

"If… Rye… means a lot to you," Zero began, "I will help!" Angel squeezed him in a hug.

"Oh thank you, uh…" she paused.

"Um, I'm Max, but just call me Zero!"

"Zero," Angel finished. She let go and got something out of her pocket, and pressed a button. It had turned from a cube, to a pink hover-board!

"Cool!" he exclaimed. She got out a second one for him, it was blue. "How do you drive these things? How do you even get on?" He was struggling to get on the board.

Angel laughed, "You balance first!" Which he finally did, "Now it basically has a mind of its own."

Zero smiled, "Then let's go!"

With a bunch of struggles, they got to where Rye was, hopefully, being kept.

"So, this is where you say he is?" Zero asked.

"I believe so!" Angel piped. Zero felt happy, he was like a detective!

"Let's sneak in," Zero whispered. Angel nodded vigorously. She looked at a window near the roof, and showed Zero it.

"What do we do?" she looked at Zero for answers.

Zero twisted his tails together and flew up.

"Wow!" Angel exclaimed. Zero picked her up and flew to the window.

"Open it, slowly!" Zero instructed. Angel opened it, except it creaked a bit. Angel snuck in first, with Zero close behind. Finally they got to the ground; it was dusty!

"*cough* ugh, this is bad for our health!" Angel coughed.

Zero sneezed, "Yeah. Which way now?"

"Use your sniffer," she pointed to his nose, "Dogs have great sense of smell. I learned that!"

He sniffed, but then wrinkled his nose. "Ew! It smells like a bunch of sweaty… chao. This way!" Zero dashed off, with Angel close behind. They got into a vent, and finally a room was underneath them. Chao's were everywhere! But there was a white chao, with a black spot on his stomach, left paw and on his little wings, a halo above his head (Again, NOT heaven-like), and had forest green eyes. He was cowering in the corner.

"That's Rye!" she gasped. Before Zero could stop her, she leapt out of the vent and dashed for her pet.

"Rye! Rye, I missed you!" she cried out. The chao stopped shaking and looked at her with big, happy eyes.

"Chao! Chao!" Rye chanted, running… well flying towards her. The two got to each other and hugged. But that didn't last long, because somebody kicked Angel away.

She screamed and hit the wall. Rye went over to her and grabbed the back of her shirt and tried lifting her. But to his avail, he couldn't lift the unconscious cat/wolf.

"Angel! No!" Zero yelled and leapt down to her friend. He knelt and tapped her shoulder.

"Angel, wake up! Hurry! We got to get out of her," Zero said, scared. But she didn't wake up.

Zero heard the charging of a gun and when he looked behind him, the thing that kicked Angel was holding a gun and shot. He closed his eyes tightly, waiting for the hit.

But, it never came. He opened his eyes and saw an ice wall in front of him. It shattered, revealing a red rabbit. He had dark red eyes, his left ear was bent forward, he wore a dark red shirt, and red shorts. He also had red shoes and a black cape behind him.

'He's a fan of red,' he thought.

"I'm Ender," 'Ender' said, smirking, "I used to be a laser surgeon, so call me Dr. Ender!" His eyes started glowing and he shot lasers. Zero deflected it with another ice wall.

"I see why you were fired from your job," Zero muttered. Dr. Ender, (I'm going to refer him to that for the story), growled and charged his hand up with heat and shot a laser at him again. This time it hit Zero, in the chest. He screamed in pain at the unbearable pain.

'Yup. This is the end of me,' Zero thought, sadly. But he looked up and saw a dark room. He smiled and got up.

"Coming back for more, eh?" Dr. Ender chuckled, "Bring it!" He got into a fighting stance and waited for the attack. But Zero picked Angel up, like soldiers do when their comrade hurts their leg, they swing their arm over their shoulder and carry them like that, except Angel was unconscious, so her legs dragged. Zero also grabbed Rye and limped into the dark room.

"Cowards!" Dr. Ender shouted and ran after them. He flicked the lights on and they were gone. He muttered colorful words under his breath, angrily, and kicked a box. It was demolished into bits and burned up.

Zero was, kind of, running through the shadows, and finally they got to somewhere he knew and fell to the ground. He breathed in and out heavily. Angel came to.

"What happened?" she murmured.

Zero coughed painfully, "I got the three of us out."

She looked and saw Rye floating nearby. She got up instantly, "Rye!"

"Chao!" Rye yelled. Obviously he yelled, 'Angel!' They hugged again.

"I missed you!" she sobbed. She now realized the big burn on Zero's chest, "Oh no! Your hurt!"

"No, no. I-I'm fine," Zero rasped.

"No. You're not," she said, sternly. She took a roll out of her pocket in her pants.

"What's that?"

"It a bandage?" she replied, matter-of-factly. Zero nodded.

She finished bandaging him, "Well, it's," she looked at a watch she was wearing, "9:00! I got to go!"

"Me too!"

"Bye!" she stopped, "And thanks," she gave him a kiss on the cheek and ran off. Zero blushed, and smiled. He ran in the direction of his house.

He got to his house and saw the lights were on in his room. He also heard distant shouting.

"Zero! Where are you?" it sounded like Sammy. He bolted over to where his voice was. He got near the house and spotted his friend.

"Sammy?" he whispered. Sammy turned around and breathed a sigh of relief.

"You are so lucky I didn't tell Sonic!" he scolded, but he couldn't help but smile. Zero rolled his eyes and smiled back. They walked to the window and hopped in. Zero collapsed onto his bed, exhausted.

"This day was so tiring," he said through his pillow that covered his face.

"What did you do?" Sammy asked.

"Well, I helped a… friend, get her pet chao back!" Zero said, sitting up, "And there is a new bad guy! His name is Dr. Ender."

Sammy chuckled, "What a dumb name!"

"Anyway," he continued, "I saved the chao, but there are many more and we need to save them!"

"Tomorrow," a voice said in the door way. They turned slowly and saw Sonic.

"But we need to get them now!" Zero whined.

"Well, we will do that tomorrow," Sonic stated, "Get some sleep."

"Fine!" Zero sighed, "Good night! For real this time."

Sonic laughed, "Good night guys! And Happy Birthday, Sam!"

Tomorrow was going to be a big day!

Chapter 4= DONE! Hope you like it so far! Chapter 5 will be up soon!

*Disclaimer: I don't own Sonic, Tails, etc. They belong to SEGA. I only own Zero, Sammy, Angel and Rye, and Dr. Ender*

By the way, Dr. Ender is also my brothers' character! Review your thoughts on this story so far! PEACE!