Me: I'm so sorry about not updating guys! Believe it or not, but when I ended off the last chapter I got hit with a major case of writers block.

Brightshadow: There's that….and she saw Rise of the Guardians and that's all she's been able to think about…it was like pulling teeth to get her to write this chapter today. She's STILL on a sugar high from what she ate before the dodgeball tournament :/

Me:*Deadpans* ...Shut up now please Bright. *grimaces* Sorry again, 'cause I didn't mean to leave it at such an evil cliffhanger either.

Brightshadow: HOW IN THE WORLD do you still have that much sugar in your system 9 HOURS LATER! Oh, and Idalia doesn't own anything in this story except the plotline.

Me: *deadpans again and smacks Bright* Without further ado, here it is!

"Knuckles!"

"Leave him Raph we have our own problems, or have you forgotten about our feral friend here?!"

"Leo, Raph has the right idea, we can't just leave him down there, he was bleeding heavily. You two are the better fighters; I'll bring Knuckles home and come back with help. Lead him on a chase over the rooftops or something."

Raphael grunted.

"A good plan from you for once Mikey. Well Leo, up for a little game of tag?

"As ready as I'll ever be."

With a quick nod, Leonardo and Raphael dashed off, Sonic right on their heels. Mikey jumped down into the alley and when he found Knuckles, he winced.

"Ouch. That does NOT look good."

Picking Knuckles up, Mikey kicked the manhole cover off and jumped down into the sewers and headed down the tunnel.

The old station

When the door opened, the 3 sapients and Donatello looked up, only to see an exhausted looking Mikey carrying Knuckles, who was badly hurt. Tails jumped up and ran over, followed closely by Blaze and Shadow. Shadow narrowed his eyes and asked the question Mikey had been dreading.

"What happened to him?"

"Blaze, Tails can you two stay here and look after Knuckles? Leo and Raph need help."

Blaze stood up, a glare set on Mikey.

"You seem to be taking only Donatello and Shadow…why?"

"Because this is something that started before we found you two. Donatello and Shadow know what's going on; it would take too long to explain it to you guys, and it's not for us to explain."

Blaze looked down before nodding.

"Alright…but I expect to hear about this when you guys get back!"

"I can't promise you anything."

At this, Michelangelo, Donatello and Shadow left, leaving Blaze looking frustrated and Tails tending Knuckles. At the troubled look on Tails' face, Blaze shook her head.

"What's wrong Tails?"

"The collar I made….why do I have a feeling its part of the problem they were talking about?"

"Probably because it is…are you okay here alone? They need someone to warn them."

"Yeah, I'm fine here. Go, before you lose them."

Alley near first fight

"Michelangelo, what's going on?"

Michelangelo frowned.

"Can't you just do what everyone else does and call me Mikey?"

"…No."

"Mikey, just tell us already, I don't want to get into something and have no idea what's going on."

"It's Sonic. We've found him, but he's snapped or something. He's the one that hurt Knuckles, and right now Leo and Raph are leading him on a chase around the city rooftops. We gotta go help them."

Shadow chuckled.

"You guys are lucky it's not daytime…you think he's hard to beat right now? During the day you wouldn't even be able to blink before you were down..and not getting back up for awhile. Back to the topic at hand though…aren't we supposed to be helping Leonardo and Raphael?"

"Uh…right. Donny, do you have some way to find them fast?"

"Yes. They're…wow, only a few buildings away. They must have led him around here so that we could find them without searching all over the city. Let's go!"

All 3 jumped up to the roof, only to scatter as Leonardo and Raphael nearly barreled into them. They scattered again as Sonic landed not far behind and went after the closest enemy, which turned out to be Michelangelo. Unprepared for the assault, he was quickly overwhelmed. Just as Sonic was about to deal the finishing blow, he was hit in the back by a Chaos Spear and was sent flying headfirst off Michelangelo. With a snarl, Sonic got back up and lunged again, this time towards Shadow. He was interrupted mid-leap by Raphael, who looked increasingly uncomfortable as the fight wore on. Before Sonic could get a good grip on Raphael, Leonardo darted in and knocked Sonic flying with a spinning kick. While Sonic twisted to land on all fours, Raphael caught a glint of silver around his neck. Eyes widening, Raphael called out.

"Sonic hasn't gone feral guys, he's being controlled! There's something metal around his neck!"

Shadow narrowed his eyes as he too caught a glint of the silver metal.

"Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, try to keep Sonic distracted. If Raphael or I see an opening, we'll see what we can do about getting whatever is on his neck off. Raphael…scatter!"

The last word was directed at all of them, as Sonic had gotten up and again gone after Michelangelo, who happened to be right in the middle. Taking the opportunity that presented itself, Shadow landed a hit on the collar with a chaos-energy charged fist. With a snap, the collar broke and Sonic cried out in an anguished howl. With a thud, he dropped to the ground, unconscious. The 4 turtles and Shadow looked at each other, before Shadow sighed and moved to try to get Sonic. With a grunt, Shadow awkwardly moved Sonic around his shoulders and jumped down into the alley.

"One of you guys want to get the manhole for me? My hands are kind of full."

Me: I know it's short, really short, but I wanted to update something before I head off to bed. I have senior privileges and spare back to back, so I should be able to get a good chunk of the next one done.

Girl of Darkness10: It did. Thanks for both the advice and the review!

Skipper917: It's not often I have to spell things like that lol, so if you do catch any spelling mistakes or stuff, let me know!

hcsp1: Hahaha, they do the same thing to me allll the time. Sorry for a bit of a short, late update.

Purest of the Hearts: I know the feeling. I do it all the time too lol. Let me tell you, your reviews really made my day a lot better, inspired me to try to get SOMETHING out soon!