Hello everyone. I hate the fact that when you write a story, you miss a few words in order to understand when you first read it. Anyway, Chapter 4 is coming up next. Team Sonic and their new friend will be joined by a familiar face. Let Chapter 4 begin everyone!
Chapter 4: Passing and Killing Time!
Acorn Mall-Two Weeks and Counting
Sonic and his friends have been stuck inside the mall for two and a half weeks and it's been fun for them. Tails and Cream have been hanging out ever since and were slowing beginning a relationship. Every night, Tails and Cream would watch the stars through a telescope and name any constellations. Cream could not have been any happier.
"Thanks for being there for me Tails." Cream said one night under stars.
"You're welcome." Tails replied smiling. The two looked back up at the stars and held hands. Cream was blushing as she felt her butterflies grow twice their size. Cream looked back and Tails, who was blushing hard as well. The two stared into each other's eyes and slowly leaned in and kiss each other. Tails and Cream continue to kiss until air became necessary. The two slowly pulled apart and smiled.
"Cream, why did you kiss me?" Tails asked.
"Because you're always there for me and I love you." Cream said happily.
"I love you too Cream." Tails said. The two shared another kiss and continue to look up at the stars. Despite everything that has happened, Tails will always love and protect Cream until the end of time. The pair would tell the gang about becoming a couple and the gang could not be happier.
Meanwhile, Shadow and Tracy formed a friendship during those two and a half weeks. During that time, Shadow and Tracy played games such as chess, checkers, and even duel monsters. Carson and Hugo even found a Dick's Sporting Goods store inside the mall, where they brought out basketball hoops, golf clubs, a football, and a volleyball net to play. In fact, Carson and Hugo were hitting golf balls at the zombies with Silver keeping score during their lock in.
"Fore!" Carson yelled swinging his club. The golf ball hit a zombie right through its head, killing it instantly.
"That's five points for Carson. The score is; Carson: 35, Hugo: 10." Silver said writing down the score. "You suck Hugo." Silver said, making Carson laugh.
"Shut up!" Hugo said taking his swing. The two would only continue for another five minutes, with Carson blowing out Hugo 50 to 10. Hugo angrily walked away from Silver and Carson.
"Here's a sore loser." Silver said to Carson.
"I heard that!" Hugo said loudly to the duo.
At the same time, Rouge was trying out different outfits at Macy's while Blaze was spray-painting the mall walls. Knuckles was pumping iron at Dick's; keeping himself healthy and strong. As for Sonic and Amy, the two spend their time cooking together and laughing. Sonic and Amy, like Tails and Cream, were slowly beginning a relationship. They didn't admit their feelings until Amy asked Sonic one day while making brownies for the team.
"Hey Sonic?" Amy asked as they were finishing baking brownies. Sonic looked up as he finished washing the dishes.
"Yeah Amy." Sonic said.
"Can I ask you an important question?" Amy said.
"Sure, let's take a seat." Sonic replied. The two walked to a nearby table to talk. Once they sat down, Amy was feeling her butterflies get bigger as her nervousness was showing more. Sonic noticed her nervousness and waited for her to speak.
"I really want your real answer. Sonic do you like me?" Amy asked looking up. Sonic was surprised by her question. Sonic new his answer, but he wanted to make sure it was from his heart.
"No Amy I don't..." Sonic began to say. Amy heard his words and began to feel tears in her eyes. She was about to leave when she felt Sonic place his hand on hers. He gave her a reassuring smile and continue to speak.
"I don't like you Amy. You have been there for me whenever I was feeling down and I when I came back from Chris' world, you were there to welcome me back." Sonic said to Amy. "Even after all the things I've said to you, you were still there to make me smile. I couldn't ask for any more from the most beautiful rose in the world. I love you Amy!" Sonic finished. He finally admitted his feelings to Amy. Amy smiled tears of joy as she gave Sonic a hug. Sonic returned the hug as he felt tears in his eyes as well. After hugging each other, the two pulled apart and looked into each other's eyes.
"I love you too." Amy said. Sonic brushed a strand of hair and leaned to finally give Amy a long-waited kiss. Amy returned the kiss as the two hedgehogs were lost in their own heaven. After kissing for what felt like forever, the two slowly pulled away from the kiss and smiled. They heard a cough from someone and turned their attention to the source; Carson.
"Should I leave you two in a room?" Carson said jokingly.
"Shut up you pervert." Sonic said jokingly. Amy giggled as Carson laughed and congratulated the couple. The rest of the team will learned about the couple later on and congratulated them as well. Sonic and Amy could not be any happier and celebrated with their brownies.
It was a beautiful day for Sonic and his friends. The sun was shining, the birds were singing, and the zombie hedgehogs were still surrounding the mall. Tails and Hugo were watching the zombie hedgehogs do their own thing when all of a sudden, a bullet went through one of the zombie hedgehogs head, killing it instantly. Their attention was drawn out by Carson's voice.
"Damn, nice shot." Carson said. Sonic and Knuckles smiled and laughed with excitement as they watched Tracy shoot his sniper at the zombie hedgehogs. Shadow put down his sign and erased the name, Miley Cyrus. Sonic, Knuckles, Tails, Shadow, Silver, Carson, and Hugo played a survivor version of Hollywood Squares with Tracy. Rouge, Amy, Cream, and Blaze watched the boys getting excited with every dead zombie. Tracy smiled and loaded his sniper for the next dead celebrity.
"Alright Tails, you chose next." Silver announced.
"Okay." Tails happily said. He looked through his binoculars in search of the next dead celebrity look-alike. He found a zombie hedgehog that closely resembled Jay Leno. Tails excitedly smiled as he found their next target.
"How about Jay Leno?" Tails said to the guys.
"Good choice!" Hugo said. Shadow nodded in agreement and wrote down Jay Leno on the white board. He held it back up for Tracy to see and Tracy gave him a smile in return. Tracy aimed his sniper, but this time he closed his eyes and took the shot. The Jay Leno zombie hedgehog immediately died from the shot, impressing Team Sonic.
"Oh he did it without looking." Hugo said.
"Now he's showing off." Sonic said.
"Or he's that damn good." Carson replied. Tracy smiled as he once again loaded his sniper rifle.
"Anyone else?" Knuckles said taking a drink from his Coca-Cola.
"Who do you see Tails?" Silver asked eating his Subway sandwich.
"Hey, how about Gwen Stefani?" Tails said.
"Oh yeah, that's a good one." Shadow said.
"No way, let's give him a hard one." Hugo said looking through his binoculars. The girls shook their heads as the boys continue to play with Tracy. Hugo looked through his binoculars and found the perfect zombie target. The zombie hedgehog very closely resembled Donald Trump, and it was a tricky shot for Tracy. Hugo eagerly smiled and announced his founding to the team.
"I see Donald Trump!" Hugo said in a sing-song voice. Sonic grabbed the binoculars from Hugo and spotted zombie Trump. Tails saw him as well and realized it was a tricky shot for Tracy.
"That's a perfect shot for Tracy!" Tails announced.
"Donald Trump it is!" Shadow said writing his name on the white board. He held the board up for Tracy and prepared his sniper. Tracy saw that Trump was right in the middle of the zombie horde. Once again, he closed his eyes and prepared to fire. Sonic and the boys were on the edge of their seats, waiting for the shot. Tracy fired his sniper; the bullet hitting zombie Donald Trump dead center in the eyes, killing him. Tracy open his eyes and smirked at Team Sonic.
"Damn, that was dead center!" Hugo said looking through his binoculars.
"A beautiful shot!" Silver said excitedly.
"He isn't shitting around." Sonic spoke up. He felt a tap on his shoulder and turned to his smiling girlfriend Amy.
"You guys had disturbing childhood games." Amy asked to her boyfriend.
"Yeah you could say that." Sonic said jokingly. Amy rolled her eyes and smiled; Sonic always comes up disturbing yet fun games.
"I don't know about you guys, but if I turn into a zombie, I would be begging Rouge to put a bullet through my head." Carson said jokingly.
"I'll keep that in mind." Rouge said teasingly. The gang laughed at their antics as they continued their game. After killing three more "celebrities", Tracy's sniper was empty and waved goodbye to the gang for the day. Shadow waved goodbye to his new friend as he and the gang walked back inside the mall. The zombie hedgehogs continue to walk around and find a way inside the mall, but to no avail.
Later that night, Sonic and his friends were having a barbeque in the food court. Carson and Hugo were grilling chicken, steak, and ribs while Sonic, Shadow, Tails, and Silver were setting up the table. Amy, Cream, Rouge, and Blaze were making mac and cheese, fresh salad, and corn bread for the meal. Elsewhere, Knuckles was walking around the mall keeping watch for any zombie hedgehogs. He continued his walk until he heard knocking from one of the front entrance doors.
"Stupid zombies." Knuckles said to himself. Knuckles wanted to leave, but the knocking grew louder and louder. Knuckles looked towards the doors and noticed that something was killing zombie hedgehogs. That something was a dark orange echidna with a black fighter suit. Knuckles immediately recognized that it was Shade trying to get inside the mall.
"Shade!" Knuckles said. He grabbed the axe and ran towards the front entrance. Shade continue to fight off the zombie hedgehogs until Knuckles opened the doors. Shade took the opportunity and ran inside the mall just in time before the zombie hedgehogs got in. Taking a few deep breaths, Shade looked up at Knuckles and smiled.
"Hey Knuckles." Shade said exhausted.
"Shade what are you doing here?" Knuckles ask as he led Shade to a nearby bench.
"I was trying to find you when those freaks attacked me." Shade said. Knuckles listened intently as Shade spoke.
"I was killing those zombies until I reached the mall and saw you through the door." Shade finished. She looked up and saw that Knuckles had a worried expression.
"What's wrong Knuckles?" Shade asked.
"I need to see if you were bitten." Knuckles said. He pulled Shade off the bench and examine her. Knuckles checked her whole body for any bites and Shade came up clean. Shade blushed in embarrassment as Knuckles let out a sigh of relief.
"Why did you checked my body?" Shade asked.
"Nothing to worry about. Come on let's go see the others." Knuckles said smiling. He held out his hand and Shade took it. The two echidnas walked to the food court, where the barbeque was almost ready. Shadow looked up from his seat and saw Knuckles and Shade together. He ran up to the pair, wanting to know what happened.
"Why's Shade here?" Shadow asked.
"She was looking for us when the zombies attacked her. Don't worry, she was bitten." Knuckles said reassuringly. Shade was confused by what Knuckles said, but decided to let it go. Shadow smiled and let Shade join in on their cookout. Sonic and the gang welcomed Shade to their survivors circle. Shade helped the girls finish preparing the cookout.
"Hey Carson, how do you cook so well?" Tails said watching Carson and Hugo grill.
"I'm the grill master my two-tailed friend. That's how!" Carson said smiling. Tails just chuckled as Carson placed a chicken breast on his plate. The others will grabbed their plates and received their food. After everyone had received their food, Carson and Hugo grabbed their food and join the others at the table.
"Let's dig in everyone!" Sonic announced. The gang enjoyed a delicious meal and talked about their today. Shade even joined in on their conversation, but still wonder why Knuckles checked her for any bite marks. She couldn't wait any longer and wanted to know now, so cleared her throat and spoke up to the team..
"Hey guys, I want to know why you guys check for bites." Shade questioned the team. Sonic and his friends looked at each other and let Carson speak.
"It's a long story, so I'll make it short and simple. If you get bitten by a zombie hedgehog, you will become one as well." Carson said to Shade. Shade was surprised by this fact, but now understood the potential danger. The team continued their meal when all of a sudden, the power went out in a flash. The mall was now completely dark with the only source of light coming from the flame on Carson's tail. Tails was able to find a flashlight and turned it on for everyone.
"What happened?" Silver asked.
"The power went out." Tails said pointing his flashlight towards Silver.
"I'm getting scared." Rouge said holding onto Shadow's arm. Tails and Carson went to Dick's real quick to grab more flashlights for everyone. Now that everyone had flashlights, the team search for the mall generators on a map.
"Okay it looks like the generators are…"Knuckles began to speak but did not finish.
"Where Knuckles?" Cream asked. Knuckles looked back up to the team and found his words.
"Outside." Knuckles announced in a low voice. The gang was shocked about the answer. They stood in their spots for nearly ten minutes, contemplating of what to do now. They remained quiet until Sonic finally spoke up.
"We have no other choice. We're going outside!" Sonic announced. Although the girls were quiet, the boys eventually agreed with Sonic. The girls looked at each other and eventually agreed as well. Sonic, Shadow, Carson, and Hugo volunteered to bring back the power while Knuckles, Tails, and Silver stayed with the girls. The four went to Dick's to grab baseball bats, hockey sticks, and other survival gear before heading out the door.
"Alright, let's go!" Sonic said as they slowly were out the door.
To Be Continued!