WOW! It's been such a long time. I'm sorry everybody, I've just been caught up in real life.

Chapter 10- Aerania pt. II

Sonic and Tails stepped out of the forest and glanced around. Not too far away a dirt road could be seen winding towards a town in the distance. "That must be where they are." Tails said pointing to the town.

Sonic glanced around a bit and then grabbed Tails' arm, "Tails look! There's Akeii!" Sonic took off towards the red figure in the distance just as Liz came out of the trees dragging a delusional Shadow. She looked up as Sonic raced after Akeii and her eyes widened.

"YOU IDIOT! STOP!"

"GOTCHA AKEII!" Sonic lunged at Akeii and tackled him off the road into the grass, however, Sonic hadn't counted on Akeii over powering him and soon found himself on his back with Akeii's knee on his chest pinning him down and the tip of his broadsword in his face.

"Who are you?" he demanded, "And what is your motive for attacking me?"

Sonic stared up at him, a bit confused, "What are you talking about: who am I?" he asked, "It's me, Sonic!"

"I've never heard of you." Akeii replied with a glare, the other soldiers he was walking with had come and surrounded the pair of them. Akeii pulled himself up and two others grabbed Sonic's arms and pulled him up and began to bind his hands.

"Hey!" he shouted, "What are you doing?"

"For the assault of an Imperial soldier, you are being placed under arrest." Akeii recited, "Do you have anything to say in your own defense?"

"WHAT?!"

Liz had to restrain Tails from running to the aid of his friend as he was carried off by Akeii and the soldiers, "DON'T YOU DARE!" she shouted, "Sonic's already drawn enough attention to us and if you do anything else to screw around with this place then there'll be serious trouble!"

"But what if he needs our help?" Tails asked anxiously.

"Well obviously Sonic can escape by himself!" Liz said releasing Tails, "They're not going to throw him into Alcatraz for Christ's sake."

"Man, that is totally not groovy." Shadow said dreamily, "Don't they know? Violence is not the answer." A moment later he was bent over watching a very interesting bug crawl across the petals of a field flower.

"Come on, I bet I know where our Akeii ran off to. Just follow me." Liz said as she headed in the opposite direction of the town.

Hannah squirmed uncomfortably in her new dress as she followed Anya up the rocky dirt road, which was also very uncomfortable because her new moccasins had no soles to stop the rocks from poking the bottoms of her feet.

She glanced up at Anya, a few feet in front of her and sighed, "Where exactly are we going?" she asked.

"Oh, it's my favorite place." Anya said turning and clasping her hands together, she continued to walk, although backwards so she was facing Hannah, "It's a lovely little meadow next to an old graveyard. It's just gorgeous during this time of day."

Outside a graveyard? Hannah thought. Anya obviously didn't have the best social skills or she would know how creepy it sounded that her favorite place was a graveyard.

"Oh, it's just over this hill!" Anya cried running ahead and disappearing over the hill. Hannah groaned and began to follow her but before she could she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned around and was surprised to find Akeii standing behind her.

"Hey, I thought you went into town." she said.

"No, it's ME!" Akeii said placing a hand on his chest, "The other Akeii, the one who's been living with you back on Earth."

"Oh! You guys came back to find me already?!" Hannah asked excitedly, "That's great, where are the others?"

"Don't worry about that," Akeii said, "I need your help with something first."

Sonic groaned as he paced back in forth behind thick iron bars. By now he had realized that he had attacked the wrong Akeii and was wondering if he should escape by himself, or if the others would come rescue him. As he continued to pace, a creaking was heard as a door down the hallway opened and Akeii came in and approached Sonic's cell. He opened his mouth to speak but Sonic interrupted him, "Hey, sorry about before." he said holding up his hands, "I thought you were someone else. My mistake. Could you guys let me go now?"

Akeii glared at the hedgehog, "I know that's not true." he said, "You called me by name when you tackled me."

"Oh, is your name Akeii too?" Sonic said trying to sound sincere, "The person I'm looking for is named Akeii. You see, we're not from around here."

"Yes, I can tell by your clothes... or lack there of." Akeii mumbled, "But what I would like to know is who you are exactly. Sonic was your name, correct?"

"That's right." Sonic said proudly with a wink, "Sonic's the name and speed's my game."

"Well, Sonic, you're in a lot of trouble. I'd expect at the very least a hanging as your punishment-"

"WHAT?!" Sonic demanded, "But it was just a mistake!... AND WHAT DO YOU MEAN AT THE LEAST?!"

Akeii shrugged, "Well, unless you can prove that or make yourself useful in some other way, I am afraid my hands are tied in the situation. There were five other soldiers who witnessed the attack, I can't just let something like that slide."

"Make myself useful..." Sonic mumbled, "Actually, I do have some information you might find interesting... It's about your wife."

Akeii's eyes widened, "What about her?!" he demanded.

"Well, don't ask me how I know, but the soldiers here have been given orders to kill both you and her soon." Sonic said with a smile, knowing this information was definitely going to get Akeii to let him go, "They got orders from the Queen to kill you because you turned her down for a position in the royal guard and it offended her."

Akeii's face now bore an expression of both shock and fear, "H-how could you possibly know all of that?" he asked grabbing ahold of the iron bars, "I didn't tell anyone about her offer!"

Sonic shrugged his shoulders, "So are you going to let me out now? I told you everything I know."

Akeii hesitated for a moment but then nodded and pulled a ring of keys out of his pocket and unlocked the cell. Sonic stepped out and smiled, "Thanks buddy." he said with a thumbs up.

"Right, right... you show yourself out, I have to go!" Akeii said running past him out the door.

Sonic watched him go and was about to follow when suddenly Liz's warning echoed in his mind:

"There is to be NO action unless permitted by me. I don't want you guys going around messing up my plot."

"Oh shit... she's going to kill me." Sonic thought, biting his lip.

Awhile later...

Akeii burst through the front door of his house, "ANYA!" he screamed. She quickly ran out of the living room and threw her arms around him.

"Akeii! We have to get out of here! Hannah told me something awful-"

"Was it about us being attacked?" he asked.

"Yes, how did you-?"

"Some hedgehog we captured knew about it." Akeii grabbed ahold of her hand, "Come on! We can run away to somewhere safe."

He turned to head back out the door but, unfortunately for him, Liz was standing in the doorway holding up a nail gun towards him, "I was hoping it wouldn't come to this." she said angrily, "But I guess those stupid hedgehogs just don't know how to keep their mouths shut!"

Akeii stepped in front of Anya, "Stay away from us!" he shouted, "I won't let you hurt my Anya!"

"Oh don't worry, I won't be the one to hurt her." Liz said with a snap of her finger. Instantly the two foxes fell over unconscious... again. Liz turned around in a huff, "Well, see what you've made me do?"

The future Akeii was sitting in the grass behind her, tied up and looking furious. Behind him stood Hannah, Tails, and Shadow (still quite intoxicated). "Sorry I told Anya all that, Liz." Hannah said with a shrug, "Akeii kind of tricked me into it." (A/N: which we might've gone into detail about but the writer is just so lazy, y'know. :3)

"YOU BITCH!" Akeii screamed, "I WAS SO CLOSE! WHY DO YOU HAVE TO KILL HER?!"

"Well Akeii," Liz replied with a smile, "If she doesn't die then your story never really happens hence, I never would have created you. So in a way, her death is what constitutes your existence."

"I DON'T CARE!" Akeii screamed again, thrashing about trying to free himself, "LET ME GO! I WON'T LET YOU DO THIS!"

Liz ignored his shouting and reached down and picked him up, with Akeii under her arm she led the others away with a smile, "Don't worry, they won't remember any of this when they wake up and the story will resume, as scripted." she said, "Now let's get going so we can rescue someone else."

Tails pulled out his mini time device and pressed a few buttons, "Alright, it looks like next we're on our way to... middle earth...?"

"EXCELLENT!" Liz cried, "TALLY-HO THEN!"

"HEY, DON'T YOU LEAVE WITHOUT ME!"

Liz turned around to see Sonic racing up the road towards them, "Drat, I was sure we were going to be able to leave him behind..." she mumbled, "Oh well. Let's get going then."

Tails pressed a few more buttons on his time device and there was a bright flash. Sonic, who was still a few yards away, dove quickly into it before it faded, and when it did they were all gone.

It's kind hard to make this part funny because it's kinda serious. X3 oh well. It'll get funnier next chapter, I promise.

LOTR HERE WE COME!!