Chapter 7 - [ Camping ]

𝗔𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗘𝗛-𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗚𝗘𝗥 :

We were just sitting there for a while, bored. Knuckles and I were balancing the french fries..

Sonica was watching us with an emotionless expression... Ahem.

Tails was working on some inventions. And Amy and Sticks were... doing eachother's makeup, I feel bad for Amy.

Then I spoke.

"I have an idea guys."

The balanced french fries fell on the plate and everyone looked at me.

"What idea?" asked Amy.

I coughed to stifle my laughter as I saw Amy's makeup that was done by Sticks. But Tails and Knuckles already failed in doing so.

"Okay," I said while chuckling, "why don't we go camping?"

Everyone's eyes widened for a second and they looked at eachother. Well, except Sonica.

"So...Is it a 'yes' or a 'no' ?" I scratched my head..

Then they (except Sonica) cheered at the same time, "YESSSS!!!"

I smirked.

"It's a great idea, Sonic." Amy added and hugged me cheerfully.

"Okay, okay, Amy." I said and separated the hug. "Phew! You should get that makeup off quick."

"But what about Eggman?" asked Sticks.

I tried to rack my brain. "Uh.. Maybe.. we could—"

"Fear not, citizens! I shall heroically protect this village using justice, courage, and proper posture!"

Ugh. Tommy Thunder.

What he said was more hilarious than Amy's makeup.

"It's not that easy, Tommy. Do you think you can do this all by yourself?" I snickered, eating a fry.

"Yes, of course, but I am not alone, there are beaver policemen too. Besides, you don't have any other option." he grinned, showing his white, sparkly teeth.

I sighed and looked at the gang as they nodded.

"Fine!" I said and crossed my arms. "Don't come crying later."

"I shall not betray your trus—"

"Yeah, whatever."

𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗖'𝗦 𝗣𝗢𝗩

Now that everyone had agreed, there were just two things left.

1: Convincing Sonica.

And 2: Packing our stuff.

But Sonica, ever the difficult one, stayed silent with her arms still crossed. Iconic.

Why was she like that?

"Is it a 'yes' from you too, Sonica?" I asked, flatly.

"No—"

Amy cut off Sonica and said, "Of course, it's a 'yes'. We will have a lot of fun. Isn't that right, Sonica?"

Then Sonica sighed, "But I can't join you."

"And why not?"

"Because I don't want to." She replied in an annoyed way.

"Come on, Sonica. It won't be that bad." said Amy with puppy eyes.

She hesitated for a moment, glancing to the side. Then finally she decided to bless us with her company. "Fine..."

She sighed for the 100th time.

"Y E S S ! !"

"So, lets get readyyyy!"

"After we are done packing, we will meet here." said Amy. Everyone nodded.

"I am starting to believe that Meh-Burger is our headquarters." I smirked and was about to sprint off, but then I noticed Tails talking to Sonica.

He held out a communicator to her.

She blinked and carefully took it. "You made it?"

"Yup. Still got a few features to add in the future." Tails said, tapping his own communicator.

"I see..."

"You could have said 'Thanks', Ms. Edgy Hedgy." I retorted, then finally sprinted off, leaving a blue blur behind.

—TIᗰᗴ - ՏKIᑭ —

Everyone was ready! And we all were at the Meh-Burger again. They brought backpacks and Knuckles carried the heavy stuffs.

"Alright, let's go camping!" I took the honourable place of the leader, marching forward.

We started walking towards the hill where we would camp. On the way, I cracked some jokes and everyone laughed except Sonica as usual. We saw some insects on the way and Amy was scared and started hitting here and there with her hammer. Then... Sticks squashed those insects with her feet. Very hygienic.

"Aah! You made it worse, Sticks!" Amy cried, jumping to the other side.

I snickered.

But still Sonica hadn't laughed, smiled nor talked. Reminded me of that edgelord.

Then we continued walking and soon we were there. A sweet camping spot.

We placed our bags on one side and enjoyed the view... till we got bored again.

"Say cheese!" Amy smiled, holding up her camera. "Let's take a group photo!" She beamed with excitement.

After a while, when the rest were busy singing, I took a look at the photos.

Most of the photos were of Amy, but to my surprise, there were some photos which included Sonica. But in every photo, she had either facepalmed or turned away. There wasn't a single proper photo of Sonica.

How dramatic.

Then Amy suggested, walking to the center. "Let's play blind man's buff!"

"Blind man's what?!" Most of us shouted, confused and shocked.

"Uh.. the game where one wears a blindfold and has to find the others..?" Amy blinked, gesturing animatically.

"Ohh, that game." Everyone muttered, "Yeah, we can play that."

"Okay, so, you are the 'it' , Amy." I smirked.

"Okay, okay." she replied as Sticks blindfolded her asap.

"Ready?"

"Yeah!"

Then the game started.

Amy started walking very slowly while her hands were extended forward, like grabby-hands.

"Where are you, guys? Give me a clue!" 

"Fine!" I winked at everyone as a signal.

Everyone nodded and started blabbering.

"I am here!"

"To your left!"

"No no, your other left!"

"I am here! Here!"

"Turn around!"

"No, no! To your right! Right!"

"Your OTHER other left!"

"How many lefts and rights ARE there?!" Amy shouted, frustrated.

I just chuckled again and everyone else started laughing.

"This game is exposing serious flaws in our teamwork." commented Tails.

"Ugh! I don't want to play this game anymore!" Amy yanked the blindfold off.

"But you were the one who suggested." I smirked.

"Fine! I take it back!" She huffed and turned away.

"Hey, where is Sonica?" Sticks suspiciously looked around and sniffed the air. "I swear she is upto something-"

"I don't know. She was just here a moment ago."

"I don't trust her—"

"I saw her going towards the forest while we were playing." said Knuckles while trying to put on the blindfold on himself.

"Forget, Sonica! It's time to set up the tents and the campfire!" yelled Sticks, holding up a few sticks.

"Oh, yes! I had forgotten about those... But what about Sonica?"

We tried calling her through the communicator but got no reply.

"She's not picking up. How about I go to search for Sonica and you guys continue to set up the tents and all?" I suggested.

"Okay... Please be careful, Sonic." Amy and the rest waved their hands as I saluted before dashing into the woods.

Now, where could she be? It's a pretty big forest.

"Sonicaa" I ran around, checking the bushes and trees.

"SONICAA!!!"

No use.

I groaned and sprinted further into the forest. "Sonica!! Where are you?"

Ugh. Maybe Sticks was right—

Just when I was about to head back, I caught something from the corner of my eye. Near the river. On a tree. FINALLY.

There she was.

There was this huge tree on the edge of the river and Sonica was hanging on one of the branches upside up, arms crossed and eyes closed. Maybe she was asleep.

Like a bat? Pfft-

I sneaked up behind her, and... "Rise and shine!"

Startled, her eyes snapped open while she lost balance and fell off the branch, but 𝘐, in my heroic way, caught her.

Aw, she looked shocked. Hah!

"Gotcha." I smirked and placed her down on her feet. "You're welcome. But what are you doing here?"

She crossed her arms again and looked away, "I wanted a break."

"From us?" I joked.

"Yes." No humour in her voice.

It made my smirk drop, replaced by a scowl. "Fine, Ms. Nonchalant. Let's go."

The walk from there was silent.

I groaned and scratched my head. "Wanna race? I heard you run fast."

"Uh..."

"Aw, don't worry. I will go easy on you." I said with a smirk. She must be scared.

"..." She sighed and said, "Fine."

"Great!"

"Ready, 3 . . . 2 . . . 1. . . GOOO!!"

We started off at the same time. She was running right beside me with that emotionless expression.

I just looked at her, overly confident. "You sure you can keep up with me?"

Suddenly—

"Look out!" She yelled, pushing me aside and we both ended up rolling over the mushy grass, (mushy due to the rain lately). And it felt gross!

Then we fell/landed in a bush. I was lying flat on my back, one leg dangling over a branch. Ugh. I quickly spit the leaves out of my mouth before realizing that Sonica was on top of me.

"Whoa..."

"Didn't you see the tree?! Where were you looking?!" She muttered through clenched teeth as she leaned over me with that glare, her nose inches from mine.

"I was focused on the race! I blame the tree." I muttered, looking to the side. Then I smirked, "Couldn't miss an opportunity to get close to me, could you?"

"The tree was standing still." She muttered again and quickly got off of me, dusting off her clothes. "Besides, no one would be thrilled to have to stick with you."

I smirked towards you, breaking the fourth wall. "I doubt that."

She just blinked and shook her head, rubbing her face. "Let's just go."

I hummed and got back to my feet but wait— A sprain. A very painful one.

I discreetly glanced at her, then at my leg, hoping I could still run.

She looked over at me, probably noticing my stiffness, "Something wrong?"

"Absolutely not." I muttered and straightened up, walking ahead, trying not to limp.

The walk was quiet again.

Then my mind drifted off to the fact that there were leaves stuck on our heads and arms. I had injured my left elbow and right leg and there were a lot of scratches.

Sonica had a lot of scratches too but, I doubt Ms. Nonchalant feels pain She just held her right elbow, walking like a tyrant.

After walking for a long time in silence, we finally reached the camp. Amy, Knuckles, Tails and Sticks had finished setting up everything and were looking at our direction.

"I see 'em!"

"Hey," I said, raising my uninjured arm with a smirk, "Look who I found~"