Escape

(Sonic's POV)

*I hid as I watched a bunch a tough looking dudes search the forest for me & Ayla*

Sonic: Okay, okay. Everything is fine. You played some baseball, got a little upset, lightning shot out of your butt, and now they're coming for you and your sister.

*I zoomed back to the cave, where Ayla was waiting for me*

(Ayla's POV)

*Sonic came into the cave, looking panicked*

Ayla: What's going on out there?

Sonic: All right, all right. Things are looking very bad now. Earth isn't safe anymore. Time for Plan B. Mushroomville.

Ayla: Okay. Let's start packing. Only the bare essentials, and don't get carried away with the personal items.

Sonic: Right! *we started to pack. I packed some clothes, my toothbrush, toothpaste, hairbrush, deodorant, journals, notebooks, pencils, markers, & crayons* Okay, toothbrush, toothpaste, hair gel, night-light. Funny hat. This half-eaten cantaloupe. Oh, my scented candle. My entire comic book collection. Beanbag chair. Can a beanbag chair fit in a backpack?

Ayla: Sonic! Be serious! There's no way that thing would fit in either of our backpacks!

Sonic: You're right, you're right. That's stupid. Okay, what else?

Ayla: Don't forget the Rings!

Sonic: The rings! The rings, yes, of course! Thanks, sis. *he grabbed the Ring pouch* Got everything?

Ayla: Yep.

Sonic: Alright, here we go. Ring time. Mushroom planet, here we come.

*He was about to throw a Ring, when a couple of shadows flew overhead*

Ayla: Oh no! They're right outside!

Sonic: We gotta go somewhere else! *we started to leave, but stopped to look at our home for the last 10 years one last time* Goodbye, cave.

Ayla: It's been fun.

*We snuck over to Tom Wakowski's garage. On our way inside, Sonic accidently broke a flower pot*

Ayla:*whispering* Sonic! Watch what you're doing!

Sonic:*whispering* Sorry! But we're in. With minimal damage to Donut Lord's property. *we climbed down to the floor & Sonic took out a Ring* Alright then, here we go. It didn't work out on Earth, but that's okay! We're going to a safe world. A nice, safe world filled with mushrooms - a bunch of smelly mushrooms. And it will really be just the two of us. That sounds awful, I can't do this!

Ayla:*whispering* Sonic! I don't like this anymore than you do, but we have to do it. There's no other option.

*Sonic sighed*

Sonic: You're right, as always. All right.

*He was ready to toss the Ring when suddenly, Tom burst into the garage, holding a tranquilizer gun & a flashlight*

Tom: SFPD, pending background check! Paws in the air!

*He turned to us, the flashlight director on us*

Ayla: Oh no . . .

Sonic: Uh . . . Meow.

*All three of us screamed & Tom accidentally fired two darts. One of them hit Sonic in the leg & the other hit me in the arm*

Sonic & Ayla: OW!

*Everything started to go blurry. We both looked up at Tom's shirt*

Sonic: San . . . Fransisco . . .?

*The Ring he was holding slipped out of his fingers & fell to the floor, opening, revealing a big city. We started to stumble & then fell to the floor, the pouch falling out of Sonic's hand & into the portal*

Ayla: No . . .

*I tried to reach for the pouch, but it slipped through my hand & went through the portal, landing on the roof of a tall building. That was the last thing I remember, before everything went black*

(Third-Person POV)

*Tom took Sonic & Ayla back into the house. He put Sonic in Ozzy's dog cage & handcuffed Ayla to the side of the cage. He poked both of them with a spatula. He then picked up the blue quill he found two days ago & saw that it matched their fur*

Tom: The Blue Devil . . . The Guardian Angel . . .

*He turned around went to the counter to think. Suddenly, Sonic & Ayla started to wake up.

(Ayla's POV)

*When I woke up, I was surprised to find myself handcuffed to a dog cage with Sonic inside. I picked the lock & Sonic got out of the cage. We both tried to stand up, but our legs felt like jelly. Tom picked up his phone & then turned around, flinching when we saw us moving*

Sonic: Donut Lord?

Tom: It can talk. You're not . . . You're not here to abduct me, are you?

Ayla: Of course not. I'd say it's the total opposite.

Sonic: You abducted US!

Tom: Okay, that's a fair point. What are you? Why were you hiding out in my garage?

Sonic: We needed somewhere safe. And you're the only person I could think of, Donut Lord.

Tom: Why do you keep calling me Donut Lord?

Sonic: Cause you talk to donuts and then eat them if they get out of line.

Ayla: Which is kinda funny.

Tom: Again, fair.

*Just then, Sonic I noticed something*

Sonic: Wait, wait, wait. Where are all the mushrooms? Why are we still on Earth? What is - Oh, no! I lost our Rings!

Tom: What!?

*I groaned in annoyance*

Ayla: He's talking about the little brown pouch that fell through the portal when you hit us with your tranquilizer gun & knocked us out!

Tom: Oh. Right. *suddenly, we heard a truck pull up to the house* What's happening? Is this your Mother Ship? I'm not in the mood to get probed.

Sonic: You think you're worried? I'm not even wearing pants!

Ayla: Sonic! You don't wear pants at all!

Sonic: Right. Right.

*Tom went to the window & saw a black truck pull up to it*

Tom: What the . . .

*Sonic & I went to the window. When we saw the truck, we yelped & quickly closed the curtains*

Sonic: They're coming for us!

Tom: Who's coming for you? What does that got to do with me?

Ayla: We don't have time to explain, but we need your help.

Tom: No, I don't! Why?

Sonic: Well, my legs, which normally would be classified as lethal weapons, feel like spaghetti.

Ayla: And my arm feels like a wet noodle. I kinda need all my hands and feet to fight!

Sonic: We need your help. Please? It's life or death.

*Tom looked at us & then back out the window*

Tom: Fine. Come with me.

*He walked out of the room with me behind him, but Sonic still could walk & face-planted on the floor*

Sonic: Uh . . . Little help.

*I rolled my eyes & picked up my brother. Tom took us to the attic*

Tom: All right, stay here. And be quiet.

*I nodded*

Sonic: Good plan. Great plan! We're already working so well together! Practically finishing each other's sentences.

*I covered his mouth*

Ayla: Sonic! Zip it! We need to stay quiet so they don't find us.

*Tom closed the door*

Sonic: Okay, bye . . .

*I just elbowed him*

*Sonic & I hid as a round drone came in through the window & started scanner the room*

*A few minutes later, Sonic was curled up into a ball next to some other balls & I was hiding behind some boxes*

Sonic:*whispering* Okay, I'm a ball, just a normal ball. I'm blending in like a ball.

Ayla:*whispering* Sonic! Stop talking!

Sonic:*whispering* You stop talking!

Ayla:*whispering* Be quiet!

Sonic:*whispering* No, you be quiet! Oh, I hope they aren't scanning me with X-rays. I had a kind of an embarrassing lunch.

Ayla:*whispering* Ugh, Sonic. That's gross.

*Just then, another round drone came in from the window & started scanning the room. The scanners started getting closer to Sonic*

Sonic:*whispering* Don't freak out. Don't freak out, don't freak out. *the scanners were inches away from him when . . .**out loud* I'm freaking out!

*He jumped out of his hiding place*

Ayla: Sonic, don't!

*He rolled down the attic stairs & then down the main stairs*

Sonic: Why don't you have your staircase carpeted!?

*He bumped into the kitchen counter. I quickly ran down the stairs. I saw Tom was talking to a man wearing black sunglasses, a black trench coat with customized tails & red piping over a a dark grey tunic, black gloves, black trousers, & black shoes*

Dr. Robotnik: Compared to what I -

*I quickly hid in a kitchen cabinet, but kept the door open a crack*

Tom: Old pipes.

Dr. Robotnik: Yeah. Probably just the house settling. Nothing to see here!

*He pushed past Tom & went into the house*

Tom: Hey!

*All they saw was a raccoon eating a cake left on the counter. I noticed my brother hiding under the counter & sighed in relief*

Dr. Robotnik: Here's the thing. I'm never wrong.

Tom: Well, first time for everything, I guess. *the raccoon left through the doggy door* Would you like some cake? I hear raccoons have the cleanest mouths of any animal that routinely eats garbage.

*Dr. Robotnik turned to leave, but stopped when he noticed a blue quill sticking out of the drawer & picked it up*

Dr. Robotnik: Look at that. I was right. Note the lack of surprise. Shall we try this again? *a bigger drone came into the room & aimed at Tom* I'm going to give you five seconds to tell me where it is. Five.

Tom: I don't know what you're talking about.

Dr. Robotnik: Four.

Tom: Hey, tough guy. I'm a cop. And you're threatening an officer.

*He took out his badge*

Dr. Robotnik: How can you threaten somebody who never existed? Three. Come on! Rack your brain! You might be able to come up with some lame excuse to go on living, in two . . . One.

*Not wanting Tom to get hurt we both jumped out of our hiding places*

Sonic & Ayla: Wait! Don't hurt him!

*Robotnik screamed when he saw us. Tom punched him in the face. The drone got ready to fire at him, but he grabbed us & we ducked the drone as it fired lasers at us*

Sonic: This feels excessive!

Tom: Stand behind me!

*He & I turned to Sonic, but he wasn't there. We saw him climbing the side of a shelf. We motioned for him to stop, but he just smirked & jumped on to the drone*

Sonic: Hiya! *he seemed to be in control of the drone* Don't worry, I got it right where I want it! *Tom & I stayed down as it fired again* Can you believe Amazon is gonna deliver packages with these things?! *soon, he started to lose control* This was a horrible plan! What was I thinking?! I'm gonna puke!

*Sonic fell off it. Tom stood up, grabbed a bowl & hit the drone. I then jumped up behind him & kicked the drone hard, destroying it*

Tom: Come on! We gotta get out of here.

*He picked up Sonic, grabbed my hand, & took us out of the house*

Ayla: Don't need to tell me twice!

Sonic: Oh, don't tell me that's all you got! I'm just getting started! Let me know if you want to go round two with the blue!

Ayla: Sonic! Not now!

*Tom put him in front passenger seat of his truck & I got in the back seat as we drove away*

(Third-Person POV)

*As the truck was leaving, a black car pulled up. A grown male human with short-cut black hair, light brown skin, brown eyes, a thin beard, & wearing a black jacket, navy shirt, a black tie, black pants, and black shoes stepped out & went into the house, surprised to find Dr. Robotnik on the floor*

Agent Stone: Doctor! Are you okay? *he helped him stand up* I saw a guy race out of here and thought -

Dr. Robotnik: That you should stop them? *the agent didn't say a word* Open your mouth and say you thought that you should stop them.

Agent Stone: No, I thought that maybe I should check to see if you were okay . . . !

*The Doctor grabbed him by the jaw*

Dr. Robotnik: You know what's hard about being the smartest person in the world?

Agent Stone: Everyone else seems stupid?

Dr. Robotnik: Stupid, yes! Way to go! You got that one. *he let go* Whatever these creatures are, it's our job to secure them, neutralize them, uncover the source of their power. And if they resist . . . We take them apart . . . Piece by piece. See what makes them tick. *he put his broken glasses back on* Stone?

Agent Stone: Doctor?

Dr. Robotnik: Call Optical Illusions. Tell them I need new frames. They know what I like. Oh, and bring that quill.

Agent Stone: Yes, Doctor.

*The Doctor left the house*