Me: I'm so sorry everyone, but this chapter was a pain in the behind to write. Took me a lot longer than I thought it would, but nonetheless, here it is! Plus, this chapter got away from me once I got going, so longer than most of my chapters so far.

Brightshadow: Idalia doesn't own anything from this story but the plotline!

After a few hours and many stories shared, Christopher and Michael left with promises to be back later in the week. Not long after, Shadow and Knuckles cornered Sonic to interrogate about the Chaos Control he pulled off earlier. A little ways away, the four brothers got together to discuss everything they had learned about their guests.

"You're just full of surprises Sonic"

Sonic just shrugged, looking like he didn't want to talk about it at the moment.

"When were you going to tell us Sonic? Why would you keep something like that from your friends?"

Sonic looked away from Shadow and glared at Knuckles, scowling.

"Oh, so I'm not allowed to keep some secrets? That's nice to know."

Knuckles scowled back at Sonic's sarcastic tone.

"That's not what I meant."

"It sure sounded like it!"

Sonic shook his head and started to walk towards the turtles. When he got over to them, he spoke again.

"I'll be back later; I need some time away from Knucklehead."

Raphael looked slightly concerned, but didn't say anything when Leonardo nodded.

"Alright, just be careful not to be seen up there."

Sonic mock saluted and headed out into the sewers. Passing a few manholes so as not to come up too close to where the turtles were staying, he finally chose one and headed up to the surface. Finding himself in an alley and the sun close to setting, he went up to the roof of a nearby building and sighed as he settled down to wait. Halfway through the change, he heard footsteps behind him. Thinking it was Raphael or Shadow coming to check on him, he ignored it. Suddenly a cold metal collar was clipped around his neck and he lashed out with a snarl but missed. He opened his eyes long enough to see a black-clad figure before succumbing to the darkness of unconsciousness.

Foot Clan Headquarters

Tails stumbled as he and Blaze were pushed down a hallway by a mutated human-dog hybrid someone had called Bradford. Tails couldn't help but notice that Bradford seemed to be missing a lot of fur, and there were deep gashes – almost like claw marks – across his chest, arms and back. The two sapients didn't know what was going on, but they were being cautious. They had been told they were getting released, but it seemed too good to be true. When they were pushed out the door and onto the street, Tails relaxed and smiled at Blaze. She still looked tense and her fur was bristling.

"This is too easy Tails…they wouldn't just let us go. We have to get out of here as fast as possible. I don't trust this 'Shredder'."

Tails nodded and grabbed Blaze by the wrists, flying her up to the roof of the nearest building, and they both set off in search of somewhere safe to shelter.

The Shredder stood in the doorway of his headquarters, a growling figure beside him.

"Follow them, my new pet. If they should encounter the Turtles, kill them all."

The figure darted forward to the closest building and started climbing before dashing across the roof and after the sapients in the distance, brief flashes of dark-blue and white fur all that was visible.

The Old Station

Shadow watched as Raphael paced back and forth. He had started about half an hour ago and hadn't yet stopped. Leonardo, finally fed up by Raphael's constant pacing, came over to talk to Shadow.

"It's been nearly four hours, is it usual for Sonic to disappear for this long?"

Shadow, although worried, kept up the emotionless façade.

"Usually he's back in an hour or two. He's not one to make his friends worry like this."

"Alright then…Raph, you're with me, Donnie go with Shadow, Mikey go with Knuckles. We'll split up and search the city."

Somewhere on the rooftops

Tails and Blaze sat on the edge of the roof, panting from their mad dash as they looked across the city.

"Think this is far enough away from there Blaze?"

"It should be, even if they decided to pursue us."

"Blaze…I have a question for you."

"Ask away."

"Is there a reason you were dimension hopping?"

Blaze turned her head but wasn't fast enough to hide her blush. Tails looked confused before it slowly dawned on him.

"Spill. Who is it?"

Blaze's blush just got worse and Tails grinned.

"It's Sonic, isn't it?"

Blaze answered with a half-hearted swipe at Tails' head.

"Did you say Sonic?"

Tails and Blaze jumped, before whipping around into fighting stances. Two turtle sapients stood there, one with a pair of sai (AN: Still not sure of this spelling!) and a red mask, the other with two katana and a blue mask. The one with the red mask spoke again and Tails recognized his voice as the one who spoke earlier.

"We've been looking for Sonic all evening, he left like 3 hours ago and we haven't seen him since."

Tails felt the air around him heat up a bit and saw fire around Blaze's hands. The blue-masked turtle's eyes were wide with surprise, but the red-masked turtle seemed to recognize her.

"You must be Blaze. Sonic told us you had control over fire."

He turned his attention to Tails.

"That means you must be Tails. I'm Raphael and this is my brother Leonardo."

Beside Tails, Blaze relaxed and the fire around her hands went out. Tails took the opportunity to speak up.

"So Sonic is here? I wasn't sure if I got the calibration right on my machine."

Raphael frowned.

"As I said, we're looking for Sonic right now. Knuckles said some insensitive things and Sonic left to cool down."

Blaze narrowed her eyes.

"Tails told me Knuckles came with him. Is there anyone ELSE here that we might know?"

Raphael and Leonardo looked at each other before Raphael spoke again.

"Um…yea, Shadow is here too."

Tails, who after thinking he had seen something on one of the rooftops nearby had been scanning them nervously, turned back to the conversation.

"Shadow is here? Knuckles and I were the only ones anywhere near my machine when I activated it, how did he get here?"

Leonardo shrugged and Raphael looked slightly uncomfortable when he spoke again.

"You'd have to ask Shadow himself. Came through a portal hurt with a doppelganger hot on his tail before Sonic stopped it."

Tails looked curious but shook his head.

"Blaze and I are exhausted, is there anywhere we can rest? We'd love to try to help find Sonic but we wouldn't be much help."

"Sonic and the rest have been staying with us. Go down the manhole in the alley below us, take a right, then a left, another left, a right and another two lefts and you should be at the old station. It's safe there and there are a couple extra beds."

Tails nodded.

"Got it. Thanks for this."

Blaze jumped off and Tails followed. Once they were gone, Leonardo sighed.

"This is going to be hard; keeping Sonic's secret from those two until he wants them to know. Anyways, let's go meet up with Mikey and Knuckles; see if they've found anything yet. Might have to save Knuckles from Mikey's jokes too…or maybe Mikey from Knuckles temper."

Raphael chuckled.

"That I would love to see."

Half an hour later

The three groups had met up and shared their news. Shadow and Donatello went back to the old station to settle Tails and Blaze in, while Knuckles, Leonardo, Raphael and Michelangelo opted to keep searching.

"Nothing yet. How hard is it to find a big, blue, and furry hedgehog/wolf hybrid!?"

Knuckles shrugged, and Mikey and Raphael laughed at Leonardo's expression.

"He's good at hiding when he wants to. Takes us all forever to find him when we mention the beach or something."

This time it was Raphael's expression that they all laughed at.

"Why's that?"

"Because Sonic is terrified of water. If you mention a lake or the ocean, Sonic's gone and in hiding faster than you can say 'Chili Dog'."

"Weird. You wouldn't think Sonic was scared of anything."

"Yeah, well…"

Knuckles froze midsentence at a low growl from the shadows.

"Who's there? Show yourself!"

The four stood back to back as they watched for what was out there. Out of nowhere, Sonic came barreling out of the shadows and lunged at Raphael, claws spread and teeth bared in a snarl. Eyes wide, Raphael dodged out of the way and landed on Leonardo. Michelangelo and Knuckles helped them up, facing the snarling werehog.

"I told you! I don't care if Sonic's our friend and a hero, ALL werecreatures snap at one point or another."

Raphael punched Knuckles in the head. Before it could escalate into a fight between Knuckles and Raphael, Sonic charged again and swiped at Michelangelo. Knuckles rushed in and punched Sonic, sending him backwards. Sonic caught himself against the ground, claws digging furrows into the roof as he slowed, then lunged forward again and sent Knuckles flying with a backhanded slash. Glaring red eyes and a glint of metal around Sonic's neck was the last thing Knuckles saw before he was flying off the roof, down to the alley and into unconsciousness, heavily bleeding gashes across his face.

Me: Please don't kill me? This was the best place I could think of to leave off on.

Brightshadow:…that and the period is almost over.

Me: That too. I wanted to get this updated before it ends. More reviews to answer this time than last time, you guys are awesome!

Girl of Darkness10: Let's just agree to disagree on what's Sonic's best form ;) I find it's always the genius that misses the obvious stuff, so…yea. As for April…you're right, she's the last and should be coming in the next two or three chapters. Still haven't decided where to add her.

TatlTails: No worries, that's the last time Tails helps evil...Tails is one character who won't do it again once he realizes his mistake.

madagascarmaster: Hehe…welcome to my life! My brain periodically shuts down. Might be the reason my updates are so slow

Skipper917: Thanks!

MutantGirl95: There will always be a next part. Might take me a long time to update, but expect the story to finish ;)

hcsp1: Since the turtles usually are only really out at night, it will be mostly Sonic the Werehog, so there won't be much Sonic the Hedgehog action. Once I'm done this story though, I have another story in the works with a lot more Sonic the Hedgehog.

Yasmine155: Tails will figure it out eventually…most likely sooner than later.