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The Five Heroes - Chapter 4

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Chapter 4: Trust

Location: Barren Wastelands
Dimension: -unknown-

No sooner did the words leave Sonic's mouth that the look on everyone's faces became one of concern.  Up till now, the other four had been more transfixed with each other to really look at where they were.  Now that Sonic had brought it up, they all looked at each other with confusion, and then turned their attention to the empty wasteland they were in.  All they saw was nothing but sand and skies with no traces of life, no sign of anyone around.

They all looked at the horizons to see if they could make out anything useful.  Even Mew flew as high as his small body would allow.  However, when they all regrouped, not a single one of them were able to see any signs of civilization.

"Where are we?" asked Kim, as she directed her attention back to Sonic.

The blue hedgehog crossed his arms and said, "Like I said to you before, I wish I had an answer for you, but I don't, at least, not now."

Twilight inspected the sand beneath her hooves, slightly trotting as best as she could away from the others.  Then, she trotted back towards them, her eyes fixated on the sand below.  This caught the attention of the others and they all stared at the lavender unicorn as she trotted back and forth.

"You on to something, Twilight?" asked Sonic, a look of hope on his face.

Letting out an audible sigh, she looked up at them and said, "I was just looking for any kinds of tracks or prints in the sand.  I was hopeful that whoever, or whatever, brought us here left behind tracks for us to follow.  Unfortunately, I found nothing."

Kim rubbed her chin with her hand.  "That means whoever or whatever brought us here was smart enough to clear their tracks before they left," she said.

"That's not the only signs that whatever brought us here is smarter than we think," said Sonic, as he put his hands at his sides.

"What do you mean?" asked Sailor Moon.

"What I mean is that whoever or whatever did this to us was also smart enough to make sure we didn't remember what happened prior to waking up," he explained.  "Think about it for a second; what's the last thing you remember before you woke up here?"

All of them thought for a moment, trying their best to recall what they were doing before they woke up in this empty world.

As he gave them time to think, Sonic said, "The last thing I remember was running through a mountain range, like I always do when there's no danger afoot.  Either than that, there's not a single thing that I remember that connects to this place or to anyone, or anything, that may be responsible for this."

"Strange," said Kim, "I can't seem to recall anything either.  The only thing I can recall was heading home with my boyfriend after school.  Besides that, I've got nothing."

All of them shared similar stories of blank recollections: Twilight was heading to a picnic with her friends and Sailor Moon was running late for school (which she stated was a frequent occurrence for her).  The only one that couldn't explain what had happened was Mew, only because none of them could translate what he was saying into English, except for his name being repeated over and over and over again.

After several moments of reminiscing, Sonic said, "Like I said, whoever or whatever did this doesn't want us to remember something that happened to us and was smart enough to erase certain parts of our memory."

"The million-dollar question is 'what'," said Kim, "Looks like the key to finding out who, or what, did this lies in our forgotten memories."

"It looks that way," said Twilight, "Which leads us back to the situation at hoof: where are we and how do we get out of here?"

"There's got to be someone here," said Sailor Moon, "I mean, for all we know, this could be just a desert or something.  I'm pretty sure that there's someone here that can help us.  I mean, we got here, right?  Obviously, there must be a way out."

"Maybe," said Kim, "But there's no way we can go and see if there is anyone out there.  It doesn't appear that way from where we're standing and to travel on foot would take us too long.  We'd most likely die of starvation or dehydration before we find any signs of life."

"So, times of the essence, huh?" asked Sonic as he flashed a toothy smile.  "Wait here and leave everything to me."

With that, the blue hedgehog began running away from them, kicking up plumes of sand as he did so.  After a small coughing fit from all of them, they all began to look in the direction Sonic was running in.  Not knowing what he was doing, Kim did the only thing her thoughts told her to do: go after him and find out what he was up to.  The others followed suit and began running after the blue creature.

"Sonic!" Kim shouted, as she began closing in on him.  Because he was running on sand, he wasn't able to go all that fast.  However, she had a hard time keeping up with him because of the wound on her stomach.  Despite the pain, she pressed on, determined on finding out what was going through his mind at the moment.

Sonic turned his head to see Kim and the others were following him.  He slowed his run to a jog to allow her to keep up.  However, he didn't stop his momentum.

"What do you think you're doing?" asked Kim, slightly out of breath.

Seeing that making all of them run after him was more dangerous than it was helpful, Sonic stopped running and allowed all of them to catch up.

As the others began catching their breath, Sonic decided to explain what he was doing to them.  "I'm going to see if there is anyone out there who can help us," he said.

"Are you out of your mind?" asked Kim, as she stood up straight, "First of all, there's no way you can make it there and back in time to save us.  Secondly, how do we know you're not going to bail on us the moment you find help?  For all we know, you could have been the one who sent us here and..."

"I already said that I wasn't the one responsible for this," interrupted Sonic, an annoyed tone in his voice, "I woke up here just like you and everyone else did."

"And we're supposed to believe you?" asked Kim, raising an eyebrow at him.

"She does have a point, you know," said Twilight, "You could have told us what you were doing instead of running off like that."

"Look, if you guys want any chance of surviving, you'll let me do what I have to do," said Sonic, as he began running away again.  However, he didn't take two steps when he felt some sort of restraint on his right leg.

It felt like someone had their hands wrapped tightly around his ankle and was pulling him in the opposite direction.  Sonic looked at his leg to see what it was and went wide eyed in surprised at what he saw.  A maroon-like aura wrapped around his leg and was holding him in place.  He looked at the others to see who was doing it to him and why.

When he did, he saw that Kim, Sailor Moon and Mew were slowly backing away from Twilight.  The maroon aura was surrounding the horn protruding from her forehead, making it evident that she was the one doing it to him.  Before he could protest, Twilight squinted her eyes, making the aura glow slightly brighter than it did before.  Then, out of nowhere, Sonic felt the force pull him towards her, making him lose his balance and fall face-first into the sand.  Since he wasn't fully where she wanted him to be, he felt his body being slightly dragged across the sand and towards the equine.  When he was where she wanted her to be, he felt the force on his leg begin to loosen and soon, vanish completely.

Sonic rolled on his back and came nose-to-nose with the unicorn.  The look in her eyes almost made Sonic shudder with worry.

"Listen here, hedgehog," she said, her voice firm and direct, "I don't know who you think you are, but if you're not going anywhere without us.  Am I understood?"

Before he gave an answer, Sonic saw the aura begin to glow from her horn.  If he didn't know any better, he'd say she was trying to threaten him.  However, he didn't take the threat too seriously, because he had something she didn't.

"That's a nice trick," he said with a smile, "Wanna see one of my own?"

Before she could protest, Sonic kicked his legs on the ground, allowing him to slide on the sand and away from the equine.  Then, he jumped onto his feet and came face-to-face with Twilight.  He flashed a smile and a wink at her before jumping into the air and curling his whole body into a ball.  Then, while he was still suspended in air, he began to spin like a ball, the quills on his back looking like saw-blades rotating out of control.

The motion caused Twilight's eyes to widen with disbelief.  Then, the tension rose even further when Sonic's body hit the sand and began coming towards her nonstop.  Unsure of what to do, Twilight did the only thing she could do; she closed her eyes and allowed her horn to glow.  Then, there was a flash of light and the lavender unicorn was gone.  Seconds later, she reappeared behind Sailor Moon, trying her best to avoid the spinning hedgehog.  However, it wasn't any good because, after Twilight reappeared, Sonic turned and began spinning towards her again.

The moment Sailor Moon saw Sonic coming at her, she let out a small shriek and jumped out of the way, leaving Twilight exposed.  Like before, she closed her eyes and teleported away, trying desperately to avoid the spiky ball that was once a hedgehog.  However, no matter where she went, no matter how far she went, Sonic was always right there, ready to take her down.

It went on for several moments: Twilight vanishing and reappearing out of Sonic's way, only to have the hedgehog turn and come after her again.  After several minutes had gone by (even though no one could really tell because there was no time), Kim let out an annoyed groan.  She had had enough of the two of them going at each other and wanted them to stop.  Furthermore, watching the two of them was doing nothing but wasting time.

It was then that Kim decided to intervene.  However, she didn't say anything to stop them, but rather did something to stop them.  Watching Sonic's motions, she was able to time where a certain part of his anatomy was going to be; he might have been a spinning ball, but that didn't make him invincible, she figured.

Then, after Sonic turned and began heading towards Twilight again, Kim stepped in and, with all the strength she could muster, jumped and landed on one of her hands.  Then, spinning her flat body parallel with the ground, she extended her right leg out towards the spinning hedgehog.

All of them watched in amazement as Kim's foot connected with Sonic's face, causing him to release his ball form and go flying across the ground.  His body bounced on the ground, causing him to groan as he stopped moving.  After catching his bearings, he looked up at the red-haired girl, an angered look on his face; in all the years he had been performing his famous 'spin-dash', no one was ever quick enough to stop him.  Now that he found someone who was able to, it infuriated him to no end.

Kim faced the hedgehog, a smile beaming across her face.  Then, Sonic began running towards her, hoping to knock her on the ground.  However, because of his injury and the sand slowing him down, he wasn't able to run as fast as he really wanted to.  He didn't let it stop him though, as he jumped into the air again.  As he did, he began spinning like a ball again.  Unlike last time, he didn't fall to the ground but began heading straight towards her from the air.

Seeing his motion, Kim did the only thing she could do.  Arching back, she began performing backflips to avoid the speeding blue ball.  She jumped back, pushed off the ground with her hands, and landed on her feet again.  When she did, she watched the spinning ball collide with the ground, kicking up sand as he did.  Still in his ball-form, he jumped back up into the air and charged her again.  Like before, she somersaulted backwards and avoided him.

When he landed on the ground, he released himself from his ball form and landed on his feet, breathing heavily as he did.  His eyes looked directly into hers as a look of annoyance came across his face.

"You're very agile for a human," he said, wiping his mouth with the back of his uninjured hand, "I'll give you that."

Kim didn't say anything to him.  All she did was smile in response.  She watched as Sonic put both his hands on his knees and begin breathing heavily.  Knowing the fight was over, she lowered her defensive stance and began approaching him.  However, she didn't take any more than three steps towards him when Sonic looked up at her again and smiled a toothy smile.  Then, faster than she could blink, he formed a ball again and charged at her, ramming into her stomach and sending her flying backwards.

She collided with the sand, her body rolling a few times before stopping.  With her stomach facing down, she clutched her injury and began groaning in pain; it wasn't so much because of his spinning attack but the fact that he nailed her right where her injury was.  Still moaning in pain, she managed to look up to see Sonic standing over her, a serious look on his face.  Then, she watched as he extended his hand to her, a gesture that she suspected was a trick of some kind.

Before she could accuse him of anything, the hedgehog said, "I am not your enemy.  The enemy is what brought us here and all of this fighting between us is getting us nowhere."

"If that's how you feel," she said between gasps, "Why did you attack?"

"You gave me no choice," he said, his hand still extended to help her up.

"How do I know I can trust you?" she asked, refusing to take his hand.

Sonic lowered his hand and let out a sigh.  Then, he turned his back on her and crossed his arms.  He tapped his foot against that sand for a moment, almost like he was trying to think of an answer.  As he did, Kim saw that the others were already regrouping on their position; no doubt they had seen and heard everything they had said and done.

Finally, after all of them gathered together, Sonic turned to her and said, "I know you guys have never seen anything like me.  It's because of this I can't really expect you to believe anything I say.  However, if there's anything you should know about me, it's this: I never turn my back on my word."

Then, he extended his hand to her again.  "I know it's a lot to ask of you, given our circumstances and all, but all I ask is that you trust me.  We all woke up here and, like it or not, we're in this together.  If that means we put aside our differences and work together, then so be it."

Kim let out a sigh and reached out her hand to his.  He gripped her hand and pulled her to her feet.  When they were at eye-level with each other, Sonic said, "I'm sorry if I hurt you.  Are you alright?"

"I'll be fine," she said, "I've dealt with worse, trust me."

Sonic smiled and turned to Twilight.  "Sorry that I attacked you too, Twi."

The unicorn smiled softly and said, "No, it was my fault.  It was me who intimidated you first, so it should be me apologizing."

"Well, this is all well and good," said Sailor Moon, "But we still have a problem on our hands.  We need to find a way to get out of here!"

"Mew, Mew!" Mew said in agreement.

"Alright," said Sonic, "Our best bet is to try and find anyone here who can help us.  Maybe what Sailor Moon said was true; for all we know, this could be some sort of desert.  No desert is endless, so what we should do is head in any direction and hope for the best."

"Agreed," said Kim, "But, I think it'd be better if we traveled together.  'Safety in numbers', you know?"

They all nodded their heads in agreement and decided to head north (or what they figured was north).  As they began to walk, they all remained silent, focusing on where they were heading.  The scuffle that had just happened might have been over, but there was a small part of each of them that felt that they should keep their guard up around each other.  After seeing what some of them could do, the feeling of trust was still lingering with a cloud of doubt.
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