Manic the Hedgehog (Unfinished)

Chapter Thirteen - The Survivors

The news reporter coughed a bit irritable in the damp weather that morning. She didn't want to be out here, but she was anyway. She twirled a gloved finger through her hair and looked crossly into the camera her partner was holding. " Do you have that thing working yet?" She huffed.

The camera man had a screw driver and was having troubles getting his camera to work. " Hang on, almost...got it.." He said then put the camera on his shoulder. He gave it a hard slap on the side and it finally powered on." Alright, go! "

The reporter cleared her throat again. " This is Stella Harp from Channel Five News here live outside the city of Motropolis, or should I say, the remains of Motropolis. The once lively city had seen its sudden doom within minutes yesterday afternoon. From what appears, super villian Doctor Eggman's fleet had crashed down on what seemed to be a normal day. If this was intentional or an accident, we are unsure. Agents of G.U.N. and multiple mobians have volunteered to help clean up the city and search for survivors. But one flash that everyone is concerned about hasn't been seen ever since the accident... Where is Sonic the Hedgehog?"

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Everything was dark. Sonic blinked multiple times trying to see, but everything seemed like a large, dark blur. Finally he saw a being staring right at him all wide eyed. It was a young girl and she grinned.

" Sonic awake! Sonic awake! " The little child said happily and hopped up and down. Another mobian, resembling a larger, male bearded version of the little girl, came over and stood beside her and laughed. " Looks like you're right, Darlin! " He said and patted the little girl's head. He then turned to look at Sonic and smiled. " You've been out for quite awhile, son. Almost seventeen hours I'd say, " He turned his head and looked to the right. " whaddya think Marge, about seventwen hours it's been? "

" How should I know! " A crabby woman's voice yelled bitterly. " Do I look like a walking clock to you? I've been stuck in pure darkness for what seems like to be an eternity! And why? Because somebody never got the car fixed when I told him to! If we had our car working we wouldn't be in this mess! "

The man helped Sonic sit up and chuckled, " Don't mind the wife, she can get a lil moody. Come join us, Sonic!"

Sonic was a bit dizzy when he stood up, but other than that he felt fine. He looked around the area, which was still pretty dark but saw a dim light ahead. The man lead him over to a small fire which multiple silhouettes accompanied.

" This here is the gang! " He said gesturing toward the silhouettes. " I'm Ozzie, this is my little daughter, Darling, " He patted the head of the little girl who stood beside him.  " And that's my wife Marge, our friends Jerry, Olivia, Grandpa Gray, Bob, Larry, and Petunia. Everybody say hi to Sonic! "

All of them looked at Sonic and greeted him.

" Nice meeting you all. So what is this place?" Sonic questioned looking around.

" Don't you remember Sonic?" Ozzie said. " You saved us while those contraptions were falling from the sky. You saw how the buildings were crashing in and knew that this was the safest place to be, in the center of the city. We may be closed in, but we're alive. We owe you our lives. "

Sonic smiled at that. " No need for that."  Well good, he saved them. He hoped that everyone else had gotten out of the city in time or at least found a safe spot like he did. Now the question was, how to get them all out and into the open.

" So is everyone here okay? " Sonic looked around the camp fire as they answered. They seemed fine. Just sleep deprived and hungry. Sonic looked up. Pure blankness. " Anyone have a flashlight? "

The little girl pulled on Sonic's arm and held a stuffed... rabbit maybe?.. up to him.

" Fwashlight! Fwashlight for Sonic! " She cheered.

Sonic rose an eyebrow, but looked at the toy.  There was a button on its paw, he pushed it and the toy lit up. Sonic smiled. " Gee, thanks! " He told the little girl and started to walk away.

" Where are you going Sonic?" Ozzie asked reaching out a hand.

" Gonna get you guys out of here. "He said then started around the area.

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After a little while, Sonic had found a soft spot within the rubble and rolled into a ball to tunnel a way out. He finally saw the sky and stopped, it was cloudy and the city was completely totaled. Not one building stood. Sonic sighed. Suddenly a static sound came in on his radio earpiece.

" S-Sonic..... Do... Read.... Tails.....Please answer..."

" Tails? " Sonic said, a bit of alarm and worry was in his voice.

" S-...Sonic! A-A-About time you answered! We were getting worried.  " Tails let out a sigh of relief. Sonic was okay.

"Is that Sonic, Tails? " Amy's voice called over the radio.

" Hi Amy. " Sonic said, of course now Sonic knew she was gonna throw a fit.

" SONIC THE HEDGEHOG-" Amy yelled. Sonic smirked at his prediction coming true. " YOU SCARED ME TO DEATH! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN THIS WHOLE TIME!? "

"Yeah, Tails had told us about Eggman's fleet falling and we've been digging through the city all night thinking you got buried! " The voice of a slightly aggravated Knuckles said over the radio. It sounded like there was digging in the background of him.

" I kinda was, but not anymore. " Sonic answered. An idea came to Sonic's mind. " Hey Knuckles, I could use your help getting something for me. " Sonic said, looking back down the hole he came out of. " Have your shovel claw on you? "

" Yeah I'm using it na... Whoa, who are you?" The sound of digging stopped.

" Knuckles? " Sonic asked.

" Knuckles who are you talking to? " Amy questioned.

" How long have you been stuck? " Knuckles said, he obviously had found someone and was talking to them, but none of them could hear who he was taking to.

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Knuckles hurried to the mobian's aid. " Are you okay"

"Knuckles, who are you talking to?" Knuckles had heard Amy say on his radio again, he ignored them as he dug around the Mobian to get her out.

She coughed as Knuckles pulled her up. " I think s-so.. ow! " She reacted reaching for her ankle.

" You'll be okay. I gotcha. " Knuckles brought her up in his arms. He talked back into his radio finally. " Guys, I found a girl here. She has a broken ankle but otherwise seems fine. "

" Thank you. " The girl whispered and grinned.

" Well can you bring her up to the surface? " Sonic asked. "There's a whole group of people stuck where I'm at."

"Alright, I'm coming up. " Knuckles said. He looked at the tunnel he came from and started that way.

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Knuckles finally caught up to Sonic, along with Tails and Amy. They all helped bring the other survivors out into the open. Helicopters seemed to be circling the area, some landed and took the survivors to the hospital to check and make sure they were okay.  Some news helicopters also landed and a reporter hurried up to Sonic with a microphone in hand and a camera man behind her. " Sonic the Hedgehog, is it true that this disaster was just by an accident you did? "

" Sorry, no time to chat. " Sonic said and sped off.

The reporter frowned. Then turned toward the camera with a fake smile. " Let's see what Tails has to say about this. " She turned but to her luck, Tails had started up his plane and flew off.

" Okay then..... Amy. Where's Amy? "

" She ran after Sonic. " The camera guy said.

The reporter was starting to get very frustrated. " I think we deserve a break. We will be back after these messages. This has been Stella Harp on Channel Five News. "

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OH MY GOSH I WROTE ANOTHER CHAPTER FINALLY!!!!! If you read this i thank you for still wanting to read my story even if the chapters could be a day to a month apart xP when ill write the next chapter... who knows.. but hopefully sooner than this one came.