Sonadow: Coincidence

Chapter 11: Under attack

It was nightfall. The trio was the the car, driving down the lane. California girls was playing on the radio and both Sonic and Silver sang along to it, Shadow claiming he 'wasn't a good singer' and therefore not singing along.

"California girls, we're unforgettable! Daisy dukes, bikini's on top!" The musical duo sang out. Shadow meanwhile was looking out the window in the back seat. They drove by someone and in that moment, time seemingly went in slow motion.

The singer's voices became slow and muffled. Shadow's heartbeat began to race a mile a second. His breathing became heavy and jagged as he made eye contact with the person outside. Crazy lime eyes looked at him and despite the person wearing a mask, Shadow could see them smile.
Everything went back to real time as he looked away from the window in a panic. He subconsciously grabbed Sonic's hand as he could only muster saying:

"He found us."

Suddenly, the car exploded with the three hedgehogs inside. Luckily, all of them lived to see another day. They lied on the ground, the car debris around them. Silver was facing the sky while Shadow and Sonic were basically stacked on top of each other. They all scrambled to stand up and see what the heck just happened to the car.

For sure, the vehicle was set aflame and basically unusable. Silver cursed under his breath. From the flames emerged a shadowy figure, holding something that resembled some sort of firearm. Lime green eyes glowed in the darkness.
"Silver... Shadow... My cousins." The shadow said, the voice raspy. Sonic looked confused as hell while Shadow stood protectively in front of him. Silver walked in front of his brother.

"Mephiles, hey. Long time no see!"
"Cut the chitchat, Silver." The shadow hissed. Meanwhile, Silver put his hand in his pocket, as did Shadow. While Silver distracted the gray hedgehog, Shadow turned to Sonic. He pulled out of his pocket a pistol and handed it to the blue hedgehog.
"Do you know how to use these?"
"Of course not!" Sonic hissed quietly. Shadow rolled his eyes and put the gun in his hands, their fingers grazing each other.
"Just aim and pull the trigger to shoot." He quickly said before turning back to Mephiles.

"I want to collect what's rightfully mine! Even if it means taking all three of you out." Mephiles said with an audible smile, cocking his gun and getting ready to point at Silver. Silver took out his gun and pointed it at his cousin.
"Two can play this game, Mephiles."
"Alright. Let's dance."

The two began to attack each other in a mix of gunshots and punching. Shadow grabbed the files as they seemed to still be intact. He handed them to Sonic.

"Run to the RC building and deliver the files. Silver and I can handle this guy." Sonic looked over Shadow's shoulder. Silver was struggling to fight Mephiles.
"Now go!" Shadow pushed Sonic in the direction he needed to go. Sonic ran as fast as his legs could take him, which wasn't as fast as you'd think. His body was shaking and his breath was heavy. He was scared. He didn't make it too far before he tripped and let go of the files. They flew high in the air and in that very moment, a gun bullet flew right through them.
When Sonic fell, he turned around to see Mephiles tackled to the ground by Silver while Shadow lied on the ground, ceasing movement.

Mephiles laughed like a crazy person and with a free hand, he threw a smoke bomb on the ground right as he disappeared.
"Fuck!" Silver yelled out. Sonic grabbed the damaged files and ran over to the brothers. He handed the files to Silver, then ran to see Shadow.

He seemed to be knocked out cold. Sonic sighed in relief as he checked his pulse.
"Thank Chaos he is still breathing."