Sliding down the smooth metal ladder into the alleyway, Sonic soon came down after Kyra reached the bottom of the fire escape. Shadow was still there, ears perked attentively and eyes narrowed, watching the blonde human. Kyra had a modest smile on her face as she pulled out the keys to her mustang- which Tails was standing by and examining intently- before taking the book from Sonic as he held it out toward her.
"Sonic," Shadow said as he noticed this. "Why are you giving her the journal?" Sonic opened his mouth but was cut off by Kyra. "Look, mate, I know you think this journal belongs to you but the thing is it doesn't." She tucked it under her arm as she started toward him. "You don't know what it says or how to use the information in it. So you have no purpose of holding it."
Shadow flicked an ear in annoyance. "Yes, but we-"
"Mate," Kyra stared at him intently. "Trust me. You don't know what you're doing with it." Shadow glared at her as she strutted over to her car, flicking Tails on the ear before telling him to put the hood down. Opening the door, she slipped the book inside a compartment and put her coffee inside the cup holder.
"This is a really nice model. How long have you had it?" Tails asked, now peering inside the car in awe. She pursed her lips in thought before closing the driver side door. "Err…I'd say about forty-five years."
Tails laughed. "Good joke! But seriously, how long have you had it?" Kyra peered over her sunglasses and raised a brow. Tails's smile faded and his ears flattened back nervously.
"But…that would mean you've had it since the year it came out." Kyra smiled and nodded. Tails backed away from the car, staring at her fearfully. Kyra frowned at this, Sonic and Shadow began approaching the car.
"Don't be discouraged- I'll explain later." Kyra said reassuringly to the young fox. Tails nodded wearily, still not completely convinced.
"Well," Sonic sighed. "Now that we've arrived to an agreement, what's next?" Kyra looked over at him, then at Shadow, his arms crossed as usual.
"First off," She began. "We need a game plan. We-" Her eyes widened in fear. Her gaze followed behind Shadow, then to the right a little. She then pushed the nearby Tails back violently, toward the car door. "Get in the car…"
"Huh? Ky-" Sonic started. "I said get in the damned car!" Tails (being scared of her) obediently got in, while Sonic and Shadow stayed out. Shadow raised a brow.
"Why? You-" Kyra tackled him to the ground seconds before a flash of bright red struck him. Screams erupted from nearby pedestrians as it hit the side of a building, making a trash can set fire and the glass on a window shatter.
Getting off the ebony hedgehog, Kyra thrust open the car door and threw him inside. "Wait here!" She demanded before going after a fight-ready Sonic.
Grabbing Sonic by the arm and pulling him out of the way three oncoming red flashes, she gritted her teeth as one almost grazed her shoulder, the heat so intense it made balls of sweat roll down her forehead. "Hey! What are-oof!" Sonic had the breath knocked out of him as he hit the passenger's seat hard.
Swinging open the driver side door, Kyra threw herself in before starting the ignition. The engine roared to life and the loud squeak of fast-moving rubber on asphalt sprang up as she slammed on the gas. Another round of red flashes shot past them as she pulled away, grazing the paint on the car.
A chorus of worried sounds erupted from Tails and Sonic (along with a startled moan from Shadow) as Kyra skillfully dodged cars in traffic and balls of red flashes. "H-Hey! Slow down we're gonna crash!" Tails cried in fear.
"Just hang on! It's going to take more than this to get rid of those shenkaii!" Kyra said as she turned quickly into an alley just wide enough for the car. Tails cried out loudly as she turned viciously back onto traffic, barely avoiding a Coca-Cola delivery truck.
"Shen what?" Sonic asked, a death grip on the seat. "I'll explain later!" Kyra roared. "Right now we've gotta-HOLY-!" The car flipped uncontrollably into the air as a large bulky dark brown and neon green object catapulted into it.
The three passengers all screamed as the car flipped one…two…three…four…five times before landing on all of it's wheels. Jolting from the impact, the car leaped forward once more as Kyra hammered the gas pedal.
Rocketing through more traffic, Kyra gritted her teeth, eyes constantly glancing to the rear-view mirrors. "Hey!" Shadow barked, his fangs showing and quills standing on end. "Slow down and let me outta here! We're gonna hit a building or something!"
"Believe me, that's the least of your worries at the moment!" Kyra barked back before glancing to the mirror again. Sonic growled. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but I second that! What the hell is coming after us anyway?"
A brown bulk rammed the car in the front, sending it flipping backwards. Glass shattered everywhere and the loud screech of metal on asphalt was deafening. The car was now upside down and was a mess.
Kyra growled, a long slice was on her forehead and her jacket had bits of glass on it. Her sunglasses were smashed and coffee was spilled everywhere. Sonic touched his own hand to his head, which stung from the shattered glass hitting it. His glove came back bloodied on the tips of the fingers.
Kyra then crawled out of the car and around to the side Sonic and Tails were seated on. "You guys alright?" Tails looked over at her, shell shocked from what had just happened, but nodded yes.
"Yeah, just a few cuts on my cheek and forehead." Sonic grumbled as she helped him and Tails out of the car. She then glanced nervously around the wreckage before ducking back behind it. "Shit…" She said under her breathe as she turned back.
Sonic shook his head and growled at her, ears flattened back. "What the hell was all that about?" He shrieked in rage. "You could've killed us back-" Kyra clamped her hand over his mouth and hissed at him in a shushed voice, "Shut up! If you don't stop blabbering then we will be dead! Eaten to be more accurate! Just calm down and don't talk."
Sonic shoved her hand away, still infuriated. Kyra looked behind the car again, this time she shot back immediately. Heavy balls of sweat mixed with blood as she sighed deeply, her eyes closed. Opening them again, she tore off her jacket, and threw it to the side. Scars covered her arms, which were well built and tan. She crawled into the broken window Tails was sitting by and began consulting Shadow.
Shadow was cursing under his breath when Kyra got to him. She helped him out quickly before looking behind the car again. She swore under her breath, then sighed again.
"What the fuck is your problem?" Shadow whisper-yelled at her, fangs showing and a small trickle of blood flowing out of his mouth and just below his right ear. Kyra ignored the question and pulled out the book from the bag. She then took her jacket and wrapped it around the book and shoved it into Shadow's hands.
"Look," She whispered, her eyes focused behind her. "We have to make a run for it. Where's the closest place you guys know we can go? He can't follow us into a house or apartment."
Sonic eyed her untrusting, but complied. "Shadow's place- it's only three miles away from here."
Kyra nodded. "Alright, you lot need to make it there and fast. Once you're inside they can't follow you in just-"
"Hang on, what exactly are-" Tails began only to be cut off by the car suddenly being swatted away, skidding and flipping like a rag doll on the asphalt. Sonic barely had time to look or get up before Kyra had shoved him out of the way of a…hoof?
The three members of the Sonic team's eyes widened at the thing before them. Before them was a giant silhouette of something that Sonic had only ever heard of.
A minotaur.
The beast roared, it's huge beige horns shimmering in the sunlight. Kyra gritted her teeth in rage. "Augh! Why don't you people ever DIE?" She hollered. Another roar-strangely sounding like a demonic laugh-was her reply.
She then looked over at the trio, black smoke rising from the ground behind the minotaur. "RUN GOD DAMMIT! RUN!" She screamed into their frozen faces, fangs bared and eyes glowing.
Tails immediately obliged, screaming like a girl as he flew to the top of a nearby building. He was terrified, but he wasn't going to abandon Sonic or Shadow. Though he knew the ebony male could handle himself, he wasn't completely sure.
Sonic lifted himself up and raised a brow, a cocky-ish smile on his face. After all, what's so terrifying 'bout a giant cow?
Shadow had a different point of view. He gritted his teeth and was a bit scared, but still stood tall and made a fighting pose. There was more to this…thing, than what Sonic was taking it for. This human-bull was a killer- a cannibal. If it got down to a fight, which it would, they had to be careful.
The beast roared again, huffing and puffing, it's large hooves pawing at the ground eagerly. Then, without warning, in the spot where Kyra was standing was now a large white wolf lunging toward the minotaur.