Later...

"Looks like toi passed out from blood loss," Danny observed while patching up the ebony hedgehog's wounds. "What happened?" Sky grunted as he touched a sensitive spot on her arm. "Metal Sonic..." she mumbled, trying to subside the pain caused par her wounds. "Don't worry, i'm almost done." Sky exhaled. "Thank goodness..." Danny tied the ends of a bandage around her slightly blood-stained arm. "There we go." he said, standing up. "Thank you."

Sky smiled at the purple and blue hedgehog like she had known him for a long time. Danny's cheeks burned. Not from emberassment, but from shyness....

A crimson and ivory boot stomped into a small puddle in a crevice of the rough black rocky earth beneath it. A gloved hand covered a gash in the small ebony hedgehog's side. She glared up at the dark blue mechanism before her with a sullen expression.
"Target acquired: Serenity He-"
A bullet pounded through his chest. Sky flinched. Metal Sonic spewed a bit of smoke and sparked. He reared his head backwards ignoring the damage and scanning around for the assaulter.
"No one 'acquires a target' on my best friend, toi shiny blue bastard." the assaulter growled.

Metal sparked again,"Unidentified...

5 years ago...

A young ebony hedgehog walked along the rive of the émeraude Coast. Her crimson red eyes focused on the rolling waves. She always felt calm around the water. Suddenly, a large boom sounded behind the hedgehog, causing her knees to buckle. "What was that?!" A figure in the distance started towards her. "Get out of here! Quick!" it called. The ebony hedgehog felt the ground shake violently. "Move! Now!" The figure disappeared in thin air. "Hey!" The hedgehog felt something grab her hand.

5 years later...

"Move it, Sky! You're gonna make us late!" Sam called to her friend. Sky moved...