Road Chase

(Ayla's POV)

*The next morning, we arrived in California*

Sonic: So, what's on your bucket list?

Tom: Who, me?

Sonic: Yeah. Everyone has a bucket list, right?

Ayla: I highly doubt that, Sonic.

Tom: Well, sure, but, I mean, you're the one leaving Earth, and I'm not planning on dying anytime soon.

Sonic: Don't be so sure. Your best friends are a magnet for danger.

Ayla: That's mostly you, bro.

Tom: Oh, are you anointing yourself as the bestie?

Sonic: Mm-hmm.

Tom: A little presumptuous, but- I mean- What, no- I-I like you, of course, but, you know, we're not best friends.

Sonic: You tucked us in last night. *Tom chuckled at that* Fine, fine, fine. Best animal friend

Tom: That would be my dog, Ozzy.

Ayla: Oh, I love Ozzy! He's adorable.

Tom: Thanks.

Sonic: Okay. Let's drop this increasingly humiliating topic of conversation. Bucket list. Give it to me!

Tom: Okay, there is one thing. In Green Hills, I've always felt, I don't know, more like a babysitter than a real cop, you know? So I want a chance to prove myself, under real pressure. I'm gonna move to San Francisco, become a street cop. And, I don't know, see if I have what it takes. *both Sonic & I were shocked & sad to hear that* What? Why-why are your faces doing that?

Sonic: You're leaving Green Hills?!

Tom: Okay.

Ayla: Why?

Tom: This may be hard for you to understand, but Green Hills is a small town. It's a very small town.

Sonic: Uh, it's not small! There are hundreds of people.

Tom: That's a small town, dude!

Sonic: It's a perfect town, and the people need you.

Ayla: Yeah. Those people depend on you.

Tom: Please, I clean out their gutters, I jump-start their cars in the winter. They could call anybody to do that.

Sonic: Sure, they can call anybody, but they don't. They call you. *suddenly, I heard something behind us. I turned around & my eyes went wide when I saw a drone coming up behind us* You're not making any sense!

Ayla: Uh . . . Guys?

Tom: Would you calm down?

Ayla: Guys?

Sonic: You come from a great town with great people and, by my count, zero bad guys trying to kill you!

Ayla: Guys?

Sonic: Besides, what could possibly be more important than protecting the people you care about?

*A harpoon came out of the drone*

Tom: Look, I get your poi -

Ayla: GUYS!

*They both turned to me*

Sonic & Tom: What!?

*Suddenly, the harpoon shot out of the drone, attaching to the truck's dash, & missing me by an inch. Tom started the swerve to get the harpoon out*

Sonic: You know what? I was wrong about you. You're not the Donut Lord at all! You're more like . . . the Jerk Lord!

Ayla: Sonic, now's not the time for this!

Tom: Yeah, and have you noticed the harpoon stuck in our dash?!

*He slammed on the break to get the harpoon out. It just started coming loose when he slammed on them again to avoid a traffic barrier*

Tom & Ayla: SONIC!

*Sonic held on to the windshield of the truck*

Sonic: We were forced from our home! Your home is perfect, and you're leaving it! Why would you do that?!

*Suddenly, he quills started to glow bright blue*

Ayla: Sonic, you're quills!

Tom: They're glowing again!

Sonic: Oh, no, no, no, no, not again!

Tom: Hey, hold on!

Sonic: Why?

Tom: Because I'm gonna do this! *he slammed on the breaks a third time & the harpoon went flying out of the dashboard. Sonic also went flying, curled up into a ball, & crashed straight into the drone, shocking it so much it exploded* Sonic!

"He stopped the truck. We noticed Sonic still in his ball form*

Ayla: Sonic! Are you okay!?

*He uncurled & stood up, dizzy*

Sonic: Guess I had a bonus life. *then he noticed the wreckage he caused. he started to get excited & did a little happy dance* Oh, yeah, baby! Sonic, one. Big tank, zero. I'm sorry. Did we get that on camera?

Tom: How are you not dead?

Sonic: I have no idea! Do you see me dancing!?

Ayla: Yes. We see you.

*Sonic started taunting the wrecked drone*

Sonic: No, but thank you for asking. *suddenly, a smaller version of the drone came out of the bigger one* Uh-oh.

Ayla: Sonic! Watch out!

Tom: Get back in the truck!

Sonic: You go! I'll catch up! *Tom drove the truck away while Sonic zoomed after us & climbed into the truck* I think that tank just had a baby.

*The smaller vehicle started shooting disks at us*

Ayla: Incoming!

*Tom swerved to avoid them. They all flew towards a minivan in front of us. One of them attached underneath the van & sent electro magnetic waves through it, causing it to go flying until it stopped. Sonic climbed into the trunk of the truck*

Tom: Where are you going?

Sonic: I'll take care of this. And if I don't make it, just ditch me. You seem good at that. *that's when I decided not to be left out of the fun & jumped out of the truck* Ayla! What are you doing!?

Ayla: Don't worry! I got this! *I got out my hoverboard board, zoomed over to the drone, put my board on autopilot, jumped on top, & looked into the camera on it* Hey, Robotnik! Let me show you the fun way to destroy something!

*I climbed on the top of the drone, opened a panel, & messed up with some of the wires, causing the drone to short-circuit & crash. I jumped off just in time & got back on my board*

(Third-Person POV)

Tom: Wow! She's a little firecracker.

Sonic: Yep. That's my baby sister.

(Ayla's POV)

*I then got back in the truck*

Sonic: Yes, we did it! *a one wheeled drone came out of the wrecked drone* We did not do it! Who is this guy?

Tom: My turn. Here, just keep us going straight. I put us in cruise control.

*He unbuckled his seatbelt & went to search for a flashlight. Sonic took the wheel*

Sonic: Ha-ha, I feel just like Vin Diesel! It's all about family, Tom. *spikes came out of both sides of the drone's wheels as it caught up to the truck. Tom opened the backdoor of the truck & swung the flashlight at the drone, but it dodged* Quick suggestion. Roll up into a ball and smash him with your body.

Tom: Whoa! Where'd you learn how to drive?!

Sonic: Here, in this truck. It's happening as we speak!

*He swerved to dodge the drone*

Tom: I can't reach it! Bring him in closer!

Sonic: What?

Tom: Bring it in closer! Hit the brakes!

Sonic: Oh, you mean this one?

*He hit the gas instead*

Ayla: That's the gas! He said the break!

*Sonic hit the break & Tom hit the drone with the flashlight, knocking it over*

Tom: Ha-ha! Whoo!

*I kept my eyes on the drone, because I got a feeling that this wasn't over yet. I was right, because a tiny helicopter drone came out of the one-wheeled drone & flew towards us*

Sonic: Aww, this one is cute. Let's keep him.

Ayla: Sonic! That's not a pet!

*The drone's laser started slicing through the metal of truck*

Tom: Oh, come on!

Sonic: How could something so adorable be so terrible!?

Ayla: When it's made by a crack-pot like Robotnik, I'm not surprised!

Sonic: You've got car insurance, right?" *the drone had almost completely destroyed the truck. The window frame of the truck suddenly went flying off, causing all three of us to scream. he grabbed the drone* Buzz off! *he pulled off the body, but the core of it stayed on his hand & started beeping* That doesn't sound good.

Tom: No, beeping is bad! Get rid of it!

Sonic: I'm trying!

*He tried to shake the bomb off, but it wouldn't come off*

Tom: Throw it out the win - throw it anywhere!

Ayla: Hurry, Sonic!

Sonic: I'm trying!

Tom: All right, I'm pulling over!

*He pulled the truck over & drove a little ways away, while Sonic tried to get it off. He managed to pull it off*

Sonic: Did I get it?

*It was stuck to his forehead*

Ayla: Nope!

*Tom came up to Sonic with a handkerchief*

Tom: Here, hold still.

*He pried the bomb off & threw it away*

Sonic: It's going, it's going . . . *now it was stuck to Tom's hand* It's still here!

*Only now it was stuck to his hand. I tried to get it off, but I just got it stuck on my arm. Sonic got it off me, but it got stuck on his hand again. He tried to pry it off with a stick*

Sonic: Get off me! *he managed to get the bomb off off him & it got stuck on a rock* Ha-ha! Nailed it!

*Just then, I heard it beeping faster*

Ayla: Sonic! Get away from there!

*The bomb exploded, sending Sonic flying. Tom & I managed to get out of the way in time. When the dust cleared, we saw Sonic lying on the ground unconscious*

Tom & Ayla: SONIC!

*We both went up to him & Tom turned him over*

Tom: No, no . . .

Ayla: Sonic, please wake up!

*Tom pressed his ear to Sonic's chest & looked around*

Tom: Hey, come on. You're all right. Wake up. Wake up.

Ayla: Sonic . . . Please don't leave me too.