Chapter 5 Knocked Out Song: OUTSIDE - ENHYPEN I opened my eyes to find that I was still in the abandoned bookstore. As my vision became clearer, I saw a hallway in front of me. It led to a room where I could see the shadow of someone hovering over a desk, and blue electricity crackled now and then. I turned to survey the room and saw a mirror on the wall to my right. It was a mirror for children, with a frame in the shape of a dinosaur. I squinted and saw that I was a paler shade of blue than I normally would be, and my quills were totally messed up. It looked like I had a bad quill day, but the way they were shaped… only someone else could have done that. Then I turned my head toward the hallway and realized something eerie. The same shade of blue that crackled in that room… was the same color as me. Or, the color I usually was. The thought made shivers crawl down my spine. It felt so sinister—who would try to take someone's quills? I looked down to see that I was tied to a bookshelf, but the ropes were loose. Ha! I bet they suck at tying knots! I managed to wiggle through them and was standing up in the nick of time. However, my right leg wouldn’t move properly as I stood, so I kind of wobbled and lost my balance. I almost made the old wooden floors creak, which wouldn't have been good. I took a step forward and almost lost my balance again. I realized I couldn't walk properly because my leg was badly sprained and throbbing. My legs were a bit banged up, and I had some scrapes on my arms, but weirdly, I couldn’t feel much of anything else… I slowly started to limp my way out of the bookstore, and I honestly thought this was too easy. It was like whoever kidnapped me wanted me to get away. As that creepy thought stayed in my head, I pulled my phone out of my pocket to check the time and call for help. No signal?! Looks like that kidnapper was very good at their job. It had been five hours since I was taken. I saw various texts from Tails, Knuckles, Rouge, and Amy. I opened my private messages with Tails and told him to get to my location as quickly as he could so I could tell him everything. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When Tails pulled up in my driveway later, I could see a red figure standing outside my door. Oh, good. It's Knuckles. I got out of the car, and Tails drove away to get my car from where I'd left it. Knuckles started to walk toward me. “Hey, Knux! Here to give me a lecture, I see.” “No time for jokes, Sonic. You know what happened is a serious crime, and we need to make sure it doesn’t happen again.” “Oh, c’mon, Knux! I can take care of myself.” Knuckles raised an eyebrow and looked me up and down. “Well…. kind of…” “Look, while you were gone, I was talking with the police and Tails, but I was also looking at something else." “Like what? A bodyguard?” “Exactly.” “WHAT—”
