Chapter 1: Returning Home
Sonics POV:
As I was sitting in the train to Station Square, I slowly started to remember all my past memories, of Tails, of Knuckles, of The Chaotix, of Shadow, Rouge...and Amy. 10 years I've been waiting to return, ten years I've been hoping for a warm welcome, but what are the chances of that. I leave without a word, and then return 10 years onwards. Hah, I can imagine it now, I burst in the door with a big grin only to get a big wallop from Amy's infamous Piko Piko hammer. Thinking about it is making me grin, not the fact of being hit, but the fact I'll see them all again. Then my grin slowly fades to a look of worry and confusion. I start worrying about the fact that Tails was still in a coma when I left. 'What if he's still in one, impossible. But what if...he didn't make it. No' I thought, 'He'll be fine, he has my luck.' Then I start to think about Amy, 'Will she Acce-' My thoughts are interrupted as the train comes to a deafening stop. I look to the front carriage, where the driver is. He looks at me and in a serious tone, says, "We can't go any further pal. The city's been sealed off from transport, dunno why. But you can walk the rest of the way if you want, or you can go back. Dunno what's going, but it can't be good." I look at the floor, thinking about why they'd seal of Station Square. After a few more seconds of wondering, I look back at the driver, who's busy chewing gum, that always irritated me when you're talking to someone,then I say in gratitude, "Thanks for the info, I'll go the rest of the way." He nods and opens the electrical doors, and I step out.
I watch as the train leaves, still pondering about why they'd seal off Station Square. I glance quickly to the sky, only to get a raindrop hit me in my eye. I look back down, rubbing away the water, and after getting the annoying substance out of my eye, I stare to the direction of Station Square, and start my journey.
After a good run at a reasonable speed, for me, I start to see the dim glow of lights in the distant sky. I speed up, smiling. I couldn't wait to see my friends again. After a few seconds, a small figure slowly becomes visible. It's definately a person, I can make out an arm. As I get closer I realize that the figure is a girl, a little girl. As I stop and slowly bend down and turn her over, my heart skips a beat. Her face is cover in burns, bruises and cuts, and on the side of her mouth is some sort of liquid. I dip my finger to the substance and smell. 'Oil? Why has a girl got oil coming from her mouth?' I open her eyelids, they're blood shot and...lifeless. I hurriedly check for a pulse, and find none. This girl was dead. She was no more than four. My eyes start to water. I pick her up in my arms and walk towards the city. In her hand is a picture. I look at it, and see the girl, happy, smiling and with, what I guess, her family. I then start focusing on the lights in the distance again, and slowly I realize not lights but...flames.
After getting closure, I fall to my knees. The city where my friends are, was engulfed in flames. My body becomes numb, my eyes emotionless. I slowly feel not sorrow, but anger rising. Whoever did this, killed this little girl. I leave the girl where she is and get up from my knees. My stare becomes a glare. My hands become fists, and I start to walk. I was gonna find the bastard who did this, and I was gonna make 'em pay.