A/N: When I get reviews, I get happy. And when I get happy, Sword gets...PIE!

Sword: Yay! *devours pies*

Pen: Ugh, that's revolting.

Would you do the disclaimer while she eats?

Pen: Fine. The author only owns Gauge. The rest of the characters are owned by Sega.

Sword: Yum, yum!

Pen: Eat slowly, don't gorge yourself.

Chapter 5- Captured

Sonic, Tails, and Gauge burst into Amy's room. Cream and Cheese's crying were drowned out by the sound of gunfire coming from outside.

"Great, now we're trapped," Gauge muttered as Sonic rushed over to Amy and helped her out of the bed.

"Sonic? Do you have any chaos emeralds?" Tails asked.

Sonic shook his head. "No, the only one who has one is ol' Knucklehead."

"Wait, chaos emeralds?" Gauge asked. Loud beating was heard on the door and Gauge and Sonic rushed over to hold it shut.

"What about them?" Tails asked.

"That's what these guys want! Some chaos emeralds that they said I stole!" Gauge shouted as the soldiers kept trying to ram down the door.

"Did you steal them Mr. Gauge?" Cream asked through tears.

Gauge shook his head. "I don't even know what they are! But we better find them before these guys have our heads!"

"Wait, there's one person who would steal chaos emeralds," Tails thought aloud.

"Eggman," Sonic growled.

"Who?" Gauge questioned.

"Some fat guy, evil genius, blah, blah, blah," Sonic answered. "Always takin' them."

"We could go to his base," Tails suggested.

"Sounds great, but one problem," Gauge replied.

"What?"

"What do you want to do about them?" Gauge jerked his thumb to the door, which was nearly about to collapsed.

"Need any help?" a voice said. Everyone turned to see a red echidna standing at the window to the room, with his eyes closed and his arms crossed.

"Yeah Knucklehead," Sonic smiled at Knuckles' irritation, "could ya give us your emerald so we can get outta here?"

Knuckles shook his head. "I can't. It was stolen along with the Master Emerald." Everyone, except Gauge gasped. "Eggman took both and I've been looking for them since. In fact, that's the only reason I even saw this fight going on."

"Well that's all very nice, but right now-" Gauge was interrupted as the door finally gave way, knocking Sonic and Gauge back.

"Everybody, split up and meet at Tails' place!" Sonic ordered as the soldiers began firing at them. Knuckles picked up Cream, who held Cheese, and flew out the window with her. Gauge and Tails began fighting the soldiers while Sonic helped Amy to her feet.

"Can ya walk?" Sonic asked her.

"I think so," she replied. Sonic nodded and helped her out the window. They both hopped off of the roof and ran off into town.

"They're gone," Tails told Gauge. Gauge nodded and kicked one of the soldiers into a group that was entering the room. Then Tails and him escaped through the window as well.

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"I think we made it," Knuckles breathed a sigh of relief as he glided through the air over the city. Carrying Cream and Cheese made it a bit difficult, but he somehow managed. Every so often, he would turn slightly making his way for Tails' workshop.

Cream had stopped crying and her and Cheese were enjoying the view from such a high place. Below, all the people looked like ants moving around a model city with toy-sized cars driving through it. Cream giggled at it while Cheese made cooing sounds as well.

"Not much further," Knuckles told Cream, interrupting her imagery of the dollhouse-sized city. She glanced up a little to see the workshop in the forest coming into view.

"So Cream," Knuckles began, "you mind telling me what happened back there?"

"Well," Cream said, thinking back to earlier events, "it all began when Ms. Amy and me were attacked by Eggman..."

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"Geez, are we almost there?" Gauge asked. He was panting hard while he tried to keep track of his flying guide. Tails turned his head to Gauge and smiled.

"Yeah, we're almost there. It's just a little further," he replied before he took off faster.

"This is ridiculous," Gauge mumbled to himself, barely keeping pace. "Who does he think I am? Sonic?"

Eventually, they arrived at a wooden cottage sitting on a small hill, with a dirt path leading up to the front door. To Gauge, it looked like any sort of house you might see in the wilderness, complete with flowers growing around the place and some forest animals as well.

"I take it you're into nature," Gauge commented as he followed Tails to the door.

Tails laughed. "Not quite." He opened the door to reveal a normal living room, complete with a large television, a few sofas, table, and any other normal furniture. Yet, Gauge could see all sorts of machines and inventions lying all over the place, some only half-finished and some only a pile of parts.

"If you think that's something, you should see the stuff in my lab," Tails said. "C'mon I'll show you." He headed for staircase in between the living room and the kitchen. "We must be the first ones here, so I'll show you some of my newest inventions." Gauge nodded, following him down while still marveling at all the little gadgets and gizmos.

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"C'mon Ames," Sonic encouraged Amy as he helped her through the city. "We gotta keep movin'."

"I'm hurrying Sonic," Amy replied, holding her head as she shook her head. Her vision was still blurred and everything seemed to be spinning slightly. Then she felt Sonic pick up her up.

"Don't worry. We'll take the Sonic express," he told her as he sped off. She nuzzled into his chest, content and relaxed as she sighed lovingly. Sonic mentally grinned.

This kept him from seeing the trap that he stepped on, activating a cage that sprang up from the ground, containing the two hedgehogs. Instantly, dozens of G.U.N. soldiers surrounded them, with the leader from before coming up to the bars. He gave a sneer as he laughed at Sonic's predicament.

"Caught you hedgehog," he boasted. "Now, we will get out chaos emeralds back, one way or another."

A/N: And that's all for now. Now, Pen did you have something that you had been wanting to say to Sword?

Pen: *mumbles something*

Sword: Huh?

Pen: Sorry about making you worry about me.

Sword: Aw! I forgive you! *kisses his cheek*

Hm, young love.

Pen: Ugh! I'm going off to read something deeper than this drivel.

Will Sonic and Amy escape?

Not this guy again.

Will the chaos emeralds be found? Who stole the Master Emerald? And-ack!

*Chokes the guy* There, much better.

Sword: Find out next time on-!

Sword!

Sword: Hee hee! Sorry!