The Key To Everything

by The Chuckinator

Some things happen by accident, and some things happen for a reason- like Sonic and Shadow were tied together, even before the ARK, but not by themselves... But by their families! Not only that, but they are all part of a protection program! So... Hiding from GUN is gonna work so well and will be easy... Right? A collab with Shadow7104. Proofread by TactileImp78.

5. The Door

Chapter 5: The Door

"So, you've never been down this hall?" Shadow asked the triplets as they continued down the hallway.

"No," Sonic responded, looking at everything they passed. "Though it looks like this place has been long abandoned." He nodded to the walls and the others looked at the worn and deteriorating wallpaper. Manic walked up to the wall and ran his hand along it.

"Manic!" Sonia scolded and the green hedgehog rolled his eyes.

"Relax sis. I was just feeling to see about how long it's been untouched. It definitely has been long enough though that the walls haven't collapsed." He said as he waved his right arm toward the wall; hitting the wall. "Ow!" He whined for a second as he jumped away from the wall and then looked back to the cracking forest green wallpaper, resulting in his siblings and Shadow to look at him funny.

"Manic?" Sonic questioned, "What is it?"

Manic only responded by running back to the wall and placing an ear to it; his hand tapping different parts. His two siblings looked at each other both thinking their brother had gone crazy. Shadow only watched the green hedgehog as he lifted his ear off the wall and looked at them.

"It's hollow."

"What?" Sonia gasped as Shadow looked at the three. "Is this possible?"

Sonic blinked repeatedly in shock. "Obviously." He mumbled.

Shadow approached the wall, feeling for the range of the hollowness. "I think...this is a door."

"What?!" The three gasped.

"That's not possible." Sonia shook her head as Manic and Sonic helped Shadow try to figure out the door and how to open it.

Sonic grunted. "Sonia, help!"

She blink then ran over to help the three. Unknown to the four, four colors began to glow through the paper- red, blue, green, and pink. Sonic was the first one to notice and yelled, "Guys, back! Now!"

The three didn't argue and watched as the sound of gears were heard and the wall open in half, revealing a metallic door which slid open, the doors disappearing into the floor. The four hedgehogs watched in astonishment, then the floor beneath them rose quickly as a slide formed into the door. The four couldn't react as they slid into the opening; the door and all hints of it disappeared once the four passed the entrance.