The group continued on to their destination, driving past settlements and avoiding gangs.

Right now, they stopped right next to the house.

The house where Sonic, Miles, and Cain used to live.

"Wow. I can't believe it's still standing." Sonic said.

"Yep." Miles said as he looked out to see the sun is setting.

"We better rest up here. It's getting dark, making it easy for the Night Freaks to attack us."

With that, the group got out of the truck, along with the cargo, and entered the house.

The house was still in the same, but dusty and it smells horrible.

"Ugh. I think some of the ocs came here. Both figuratively and literally." Eggman said as he held his nose.

"Well, we can't go out now, so we better get used to it." Cain said as he turn on a lamp he found in the truck.

With that, the group sat down in the living room, while Sonic stares at the poster, which is still miraculously undamaged.

"I missed this poster so much." Sonic said.

"Heh, like the good old days." Miles said as he began to think.

"Hey Cain."

This caused Cain to turn towards him.

"I've been thinking. We know a lot about our own past, but you never told us about yours." Miles said, causing Cain to widen his eyes.

"There is a reason, but since you brought it up and we aren't getting rescued, I might as well tell you." Cain said as he got ready.

"I was born in a regular family, had a nice life, until one day a girl asked me out. And one thing lead to another, we were married, but the father asked me about some alliance. Turns out they mistaken me for another guy who was the son of the leader of some rival gang. When the family I married to found out, let's say things didn't went well. In the end, I ended up working for them, to "pay back" what was owed to them. For a while, I like the job, but I wanted to settle down. But then I got drafted to the war between the consoles, became mercenary for hire during that time, head back to work when the war was over, got arrested, escaped and ended up here."

The group could just listen to the story of Cain.

"Wow. You lived some life." Link said.

"Yeah." Cain said, only for the group to hear a clink of a gun.

"Get out."

The group turned to see a black hedgehog similar to Sonic, with an eyepatch and a peg leg, holding a pistol at them.

"Woah now. We ain't looking for trouble. We just need to rest for a bit until day breaks." Sonic said.

"I don't care. Why should I help you after everything you have done to us?"

It took a moment for Sonic to look at the hedgehog and realized something.

"Shadow? Is that you?"

"Oh now you remember me. I should kill you where you stand." Shadow said in rage.

"Shadow, listen. I'm sorry about what happened, it was Sega who caused it." Sonic pleaded.

"Don't you think I care. You caused all of this. I was popular, I had everything, until your fans took and ruined everything, like they did to dear Amy." Shadow said as tears fell from his eye.

"I get it, I have my faults. But you don't have to do this. If the fans find out-"

"They don't care about you. All they care is themselves and their art." Shadow said.

"How about this? You and me. A dual to the death. If I win, you leave, but if you win, you can stay." Shadow said.

"I don't want to do this, but very well.

The group were outside, with lanterns strewn around, and Sonic and Shadow were back to back.

"Ok, it's very simple. You each take ten steps. Then from three, you shoot each other only once. The one who lives is the winner."

Both hedgehogs nodded, before Sonic whispered to Shadow.

"We don't have to do this. We can just forget this ever happened and walk away."

"No."

The hedgehogs then took their ten steps and waited for the count down.

"Three."

"Two."

"One."

"DRAW!"

BANG!

Shadow didn't even turned around, as Sonic used his speed to turn and shoot him in the back.

Everyone just looked at Shadow as blood comes from his back.

"Heh. You really are the fastest hedgehog alive. Do what you want. I'm out." Shadow said as he dropped his gun and begins to walk away from the house.

"Should we stop him?" Eggman asked.

"No. Sonic won fair and square. Besides, he's bleeding bad and none of us can help him."

The group went back in as Sonic look out to where Shadow went.

"I'm sorry."

The group woke up and got the cargo in the truck and headed out.

On the way, they pass by some sort of monument made of metal.

It was painted green and it had red jerseys nailed to it.

"The Infinity Franchise." Cain said out loud.

"You know them?" Eveline asked.

"A long time ago, way before the Mario Death Incident, a gang came into the city where I was imprisoned. No one knows where they came from, because they spent most of their times running from the murderous masses. I guess it somehow found its way here." Cain said.

"Along with its people." Miles said as he got out a shotgun.

As if on cue, a couple of men wearing a jersey came from behind the monument, each holding a bloodied weapon.

Before anyone could say anything, one of them threw a spear at them, hitting Eggman, only for it to do nothing.

"Ha! You got to try harder than that!"

The one who threw the spear then took out a spear where a chainsaw was attached instead.

"Oh shit."

Then the jerseyheads attacked the group, only for them to escape by driving away.

"Now that was close." Miles said as he looked back to see the group getting smaller.

"Yeah. Imagine if we fight them instead." Cain said.

After driving for a while now, Sonic checked on the map.

"If we continue on this route, we can make it to the destination before the next night." Sonic said.

"That's good to hear." Jim said.

Eveline looked out of the window and saw someone.

"Hey! I think I see someone!"

The group looked out to see a man having his thumb out, only for Cain to realize something.

"I know that guy! Stop the van!"

The van stopped and the man walked up to it.

He had puffy brown hair, wears a prisoner outfit with blue and white stripes, and has handcuffs around his wrists.

"Cain? Is that you?" The man said.

"Jacob Murphy Sunderland. I never thought I see you out here." Cain said surprised.

"And yet here I am."

"As much I want to know why you two know each other, we don't have time for this. We need to get to our destination, so we can go home and drink some ass wine." Thunderhead said.

"If you are heading there." Jacob then points to where they are heading. "I wouldn't recommend it, because there is a war between the cannibalistic ocs and a group of people wearing jerseys. You got to have a death wish if you want to go there."

"Damn it!" Sonic said as he slams his fist.

"But luckily for you, I know a short cut around them. I was planning on hitching a ride, and since we are heading towards the same place, we can help each other." Jacob said.

"We might as well take the offer. Since we got no other choice." Miles said.

"What? But we can get through them. We just need to stay in the truck." Eggman said.

"I don't care about that. I've seen more jerseyheads then you made robots. It's too risky." Cain said.

"Then let's make a deal. Those who want to risk going through the war, stay in the truck." Jim said.

This caused Sonic, Miles, Eveline, and Cain to get out of the truck.

"Well fine. We can handle it without you." Eggman said.

"Sorry Miles. We'll come back when we find a safe passage." Link said, as the truck drove into its original destination.

"Sorry about that." Jacob said.

"Naw. You made the right choice saying it." Cain said.

"Yeah. After what I've seen and experienced, I don't want to go through with that." Eveline said.

"So now what? They got the cargo." Miles said.

"Actually, I nabbed it before they drove off. I ain't letting those freaks get it." Sonic said as he held the cargo.

"Once a douchebag, always a douchebag." Miles said.

As the group waits for the truck to return, they learned from Cain that Jacob used to be a cellmate of his before he got transferred.

"Just right before the franchise came in." Cain said as he finished his story.

"Talk about dumb luck." Miles said.

"Yeah. I was pretty lucky. When I came here, I thought my luck would turn around, only for it to get worse when the fandom came." Jacob said.

"The fact that you managed to stay alive is nothing short than a miracle." Sonic said.

"Yeah."

Eveline then noticed something in the distance.

"Hey! I think they're coming back."

The group got up and were ready to meet the gang, only to see something worse.

It was Eggman's car he used to drive when he and Sonic were enemies, only for it to be covered in blood, wheels having spikes, and a machine gun attached to the top.

Two men wearing the jerseys were driving it, with one of them on the top holding to the machine gun, while the other drives.

The group hid as the car came to a stop.

"Are you sure they are here?" The gunner said.

"They got to be here. We didn't broke their bones and bodies just nothing." The driver said as he got off the car.

"But we did had a good meal out of them. Hehehe." The gunner said as he laughs.

This was enough to make Miles snapped and charged at them.

"You monsters killed my love!" Miles said as he ran up to the driver and attacked him.

The gunner was about to shoot them both, until a blade pierced his neck, causing him to bleed and choke.

"Hurry, that was my only blade!" Jacob said, who was the one who threw the blade.

This caused Cain to run up to the driver, and kicked him between the legs.

"Come on! In the car!" Cain said, making Eveline, Sonic, and Jacob to go to the car, along with the cargo.

After Tails finish beating the driver, he ran up to the car, where Jacob just tossed the body of the gunner out, after retrieving his blade.

"Let's go now!" Jacob said, as Cain got into the driver's seat and drove off.

"That was too close of a call." Sonic said as he made sure that the cargo is secured.

"But what about the others? Shouldn't we go after them?" Eveline asked, causing the others to tense up.

"Eveline. I'm sorry, but... I don't think they made it out alive." Miles said.

"Oh." Eveline muttered out as she was saddened to hear that.

"Well, let's just hope for the best for them. Now come on, we got a cargo to deliver." Cain said as he drove.

"You might as well, count me in too. I got nothing to do and you need some help." Jacob said.

"Well, better then nothing." Sonic said as the group drove off.

End of Chapter 11.