~Sonic's POV~

I groaned as I woke up.

"Ugg… What... happened..?" I asked no one in particular.

Then everything came flooding back, filling me in on every little detail. Eggman. The robot.

I growled and tried to stand, planning to finish Eggman, but I couldn't move my ankle, it hurt extremely bad and was swollen to the point my sock cuffs fit it snugly.

'D*mn it!' I cursed under my breath. Red flashed at the edge of my vision and I turned to see a laughing Eggman. I growled and tried to attack him with my signature move. But to spin dash, you needed to push of with both feet, and when I tried it, stabbing pain flew up my leg, making me yelp.

But I could still sort of run. I tried that and made good distance. Yet nothing happened, Eggman was still laughing, taunting me by moving when I moved. He was just a figment of my imagination!

Just then, it started pouring heavily.

'Just my luck.'

I frantically scanned the surrounding area, desperately trying to find a shelter. I noticed that I was in an alleyway and the best cover I could find besides trash heaps was a pile of cardboard boxes. I slowly limped towards them, wincing with ever step.

I reached the biggest one and crawled into it, curling up in a ball. It was freezing, but this will have to do until I could contact someone. Smasher Bot had destroyed my communicator during out battle. I was just about to fall asleep when I heard a familiar voice.

"Hey, hey! Look who it is, it's that blue rat." I looked up from my box to see a guy named Gruber, I've stopped his crimes several times before. Several other faces appeared next to him.

'D*mn it.'

"G-go away! O-or I'll- AHH!" I started, attempting to stand up. As soon as my injured foot touched the ground, a stronger jolt of agony spread like wildfire through my leg. I fell, squeezing my eyes shut and whimpering as the pain subsided. They all laughed at my weak state and failed attempt at bravery.

"Looks like your ankle is broken. Guess you aren't so strong now, huh?" Gruber teased.

"How pathetic. Guess The Blue Blur isn't a Blur anymore!" One of the guys yelled. His friends all laughed.

"Get him!" Gruber ordered. They all smiled and ran down the trash heaps in packs. I backed away, truly terrified by now. The kept coming, surrounding me on all sides. I whimpered, and pressed myself against a hard surface. It moved and I looked up, panicking. I had run straight into one of Gruber's minions. He smiled evily at me, then grabbed me.

I punched him, forcing him to let go. I dropped to the ground and scampered the best I could back to my box. They started tightening the circle, advancing, claws and teeth at the ready.

"N-no!! S-stay away!" I whimpered, closing my eyes and curling into a ball, covering my head with my arms.

I cowared there, ashamed of myself, preparing for the worst and hoping for the best. I've heard of God and prayers. I've been told that you could pray anytime, and anywhere. Worth a shot.

'God, if you're truly listening to your children, please help me! I'm begging you, please! Help me…'

Before I could finish, I heard a roaring bark. I opened my eyes to see a black wolf with dark purple stripes going across its body sail over the alleyway rats and land. It ran to where I was and stood over me, protecting me. My prayers were answered! I looked up at it and noticed that it's stomach was a dark blue, almost navy color. It growled viciously and they all laughed.

"What's a wittle dogwy gonna do?" Gruber mocked. The wolf growled again. "Ahh! I'm so scared!" He taunted again in the baby voice he was using earlier.

The wolf glared at him and without taking its eyes off the grey rat, raised its head and howled.

"AAARRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOWWW!!!!!!!!!"

'Thank you, God… or whoever's up there. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!'

"I didn't know dogs could howl!" A pink mouse exclaimed, terror lacing her voice.

"It's a wolf." I corrected her, not stuttering at all. The wolf growled again band leaped while they were laughing at the mouse's fear.

The wolf bowled into the thugs and knocked a quarter down like they were bowling pins. A few guys ran away when they saw this, leaving the braver to their fate.

"GET BACK HERE!!!" Gruber yelled. "COWARDS!"

He looked up at the wolf that now towered over him, saliva dripping from it's bared teeth. "N-nice d-d-doggy…." Gruber greeted the wolf, shivering in terror. The wolf growled a third time and barked in his face. Gruber closed his eyes and curled into a fetal position, whimpering.

The wolf glared at him and slowly sniffed him, biting his arm.

"AHHH!" Gruber screamed in pain. The wolf seemed to like the taste and proceeded to rip Gruber apart, limb by limb until he died of blood loss. I couldn't watch it. I wouldn't even wish that death on Eggman!

The wolf looked up, blood covering it's muzzle, and seemed to challenge the horrified remnants of Gruber's pack. At the wolf's glare, they screamed and scattered in different directions.

Once they were all gone, the wolf cleaned itself like a cat and trotted towards me, tounge lolling out in joy. It stopped to leap on me and lick me.

"Aww, that's very duscosting!" I told it, laughing. Then I realized how tired I was. "Down, boy." I ordered, sitting up. It whimpered and layed down in the box. "Sorry. I'm just tired." I assured it, laying down next to it.

I smiled and enjoying his warmth in the cold night as I slowly drifted off to sleep.