Escaping Earth (by RAWN)

Prologue: And Hello Again

Sonic screeched to a halt in front of Jed. The human jumped in surprise, before he gave him a big relieved smile "Thought you had found another way to go home and

left without even saying goodbye. Em and I just looked all over for you".

"Give me some credit! I wouldn`t have done that after all you`ve done for me, besides there really is no other way for me to leave this planet without that emerald. I

also got those tiger cubs back" the blue hedgehog answered with a wink of an eye and returned the smile.

"You did!? That`s great news! How on Earth did you manage to find them?" Jed asked eagerly in wondering awe.

"The thieves returned so I simply let them catch me and take me to them, no biggie" Sonic said with a casual shrug of his shoulders.

"Whoa, is that why you have that thing around your neck? Did you actually break through it?" the young human asked further and pointed at the chain, which now

hung in front of Sonic after the sudden halt he recently had made.

"Almost forgot about that! Think you can take it off?" he asked with a rueful smile while giving the metal leash a light tug.

"Not without hurting you…the best thing would be to get the key" the other pondered.

"In other words, I need to go back, don`t I?" Sonic groaned and ran off before Jed had time to reply.

The zookeeper stared in amazement at the dust cloud left by the blue blur when he suddenly realized something.

"He forgot the emerald!"