𝓗𝓮𝓭𝓰𝓮𝓱𝓸𝓰𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓲𝓼𝓽

      Sonic, sitting in the back seat of the car, takes out a video camera and, for fun, records how he contorts his face. — Sonic, stop fooling around with the camera already! — echidna takes the camera from the hedgehog. - you behave childish! When will you grow up? — Let me think! — hedgehog asked and thought for a moment, and then raised his shoulders and answered. — Never! — Never say never, Sonic! — Tails answers. — You yourself aren’t more sure that you’ll never grow up. — Tails, Knuckles, stop it! Sonic is still a child! He will decide for himself when he can grow up. — Tom answers. — That's it! — Sonic assured. — Have we arrived yet? — Almost, all that’s left is to drive through this block. — says Maddie. — Fine. Phew, I can't wait to finally try these delicious chili dogs that just came out. — You should just eat it! — Knuckles waved his hand. — It’s hot outside now, I’d better think about buying some water, as I’m thinking about it even now. — Please don't remind me! — Sonic was upset and Knuckles laughed to the side: — Fine, I will not. They drove to a large supermarket, left the car in a free parking space, and then got out of the car. Everyone except Sonic stood up. He decided to stay in the car and said: — Buy me some chili dogs or some cookies! — Well, no, we didn’t agree that way. Will you come with us. — said the echidna, took off the hedgehog’s seat belt, grabbed it in his arms and dragged it along with him, like a bridegroom. Sonic lazily tried to break free. — No, I don’t want to be with you. Let me in! Let me go! — No. You were already fooling around in the car the whole way. How can? Knuckles assured. — You’re kind of nervous, Knucks. — hedgehog answers and gets off the echidna’s hands. He looked around and admired the blue sky. — Great day! Blue sky, the sun is shining. I don’t understand why these quarrels are happening. — Okay, I shouldn’t have gotten so angry. — Knuckles apologized. — Maybe I’m overtired too. When we return home after shopping, we will need to sleep! — Certainly. Sleep is sacred! Especially during the day. — Tails agreed. Wakowski and three anthropomorphic animals walk to a supermarket and the electronic doors open automatically when they approach. It was cool inside the supermarket because the air conditioners were on. — So, kids, what will you take? — Tom asked. — I’ll probably take some water and maybe... Some bars. — echidna answers. — And I’ll go and look at some new games among game consoles and video games. However, I won’t take it for now until I make up my mind and make up my mind. — Tails answers. — And I’ll go and get it as usual. — Sonic answers. — You are sure? You always just take this dry drink. Maybe you can take something else instead for a change? — Maddie asked. — Okay then. Then I'll take some cookies and a carton of milk. — Sonic answered boringly, if only they wouldn’t pester him anymore with such similar questions about chili dogs. Apart from this dish, he could not think of anything else. — Agreed! Meet me at the checkout! — says Tom and the family splits into four ways. The Wackowskis went left, Knuckles went right, and Sonic and Tails went straight, passing five shops and also splitting up. The hedgehog wandered past a bakery shop and thought: — “And where do they actually have chili dogs?... No?... Looks like I’ll have to look for them better.” While he was looking, he heard a man swearing: — Always the same thing! Not food, but some kind of rubbish! — Calm down, Mr. T! The products are fresh and very tasty! — assured the manager. — Yes, I know your fresh products! You put chemicals in them and poison the people with this nasty stuff! — Not true! Products come from a nearby farm. There are no chemicals. — Yes? And you can smell it yourself! — Mr. T shoves a rotten tomato to the manager’s nose. — What are you poking at me for? Don't poke! I'll call the security now. — At least call the fire department! I don't care about your threats. — Mr. T shook his rights. — I say sniff! — Well, I sniffed it! They smell great! — You're lying! They smell disgusting. Don't lie to me! The Lord sees everything. — Please, if you don’t like our vegetables, then take something else! — Yes, I only need tomatoes! To rid your market of deceivers for deceiving customers and selling the most useful goods at too high a price. Sonic decided not to listen to their swearing any longer and moved away. On the way, he accidentally collided with the cart of an old man he knew. — Oh, be careful, Blue Devil! — Sorry, Karl! They passed each other and Sonic passed by one family consisting of a mother, father and daughter. — Jerry, it's time for us to go back! It's time for Catherine to take her medicine. — Yes, I know, give me a couple of minutes! Now! — We're already late! Are chips and beer more important to you than your daughter's health? — O my God, Maria, what are you talking about? — I say that you are completely stunned! While Sonic listened to the chatter of other customers along the way, he just now reached the cookie shop. He never found any chili dogs. Apparently he was deceived. Well, since he promised that he would buy the cookies, then he’ll have to take them. Taking one pack, the hedgehog walked slowly, yawning out of boredom along the way, straight to the checkout. He is not used to walking with normal steps. He was more used to running at super speed. However, they were in a supermarket with their parents; he was forbidden to behave like that. Especially visiting without permission. While he was thinking about this and being offended by such stupid rules, he did not notice how he passed by a shop with boxes of milk. Noticing them behind him, he returned and took one with him. Should I wash down the cookies with something? — “They deceived me with chili dogs. Okay, I'll have to buy what I promised. I wonder what else to take? Maybe some bread? Or maybe regular sausages and a bag of dough, so that you can make chili dogs at home?... Although Sir Donut and Lady Pretzel have already taken something similar for themselves!” — as soon as he thought about this, the lights and music in the supermarket suddenly turned off and everyone began to be indignant in the dark. — What is this? — Your freak mother! Has it started again? — Calmly! Now it will turn on again! After a couple of seconds, the lights and music came back on. — Watch it so that the overvoltage doesn’t sag! — Well, what can we do? The wiring is old! And lately there have been a lot of us in the city that everyone uses too much electricity, and we don’t have our own transformers for such cases. It's time for us to change everything! — “Really! The light got a little dimmer." — Sonic thought and moved on. — “I think Mom, Dad, Tails and Knuckles are already at the checkout waiting for me! Because I myself already want to leave this strange place as soon as possible. Some people here are all angry and everyone is swearing.” Sonic got to the ticket office, but Wakowski, Tails and Knuckles weren't there yet. Apparently the hedgehog was the first to arrive and he will have to wait for them himself. How bored he was and didn’t like to wait at all. With a gloomy muzzle, he walked past the cash registers with customers and listened to how even some of them were sworn at: — I'm sorry, but the eighth cash register is not working! Go to checkout two! — Did we stand in line for half an hour in vain? Let's serve us! — What do you mean the cash register is not working? — Sorry! Due to tension, the program crashed. We'll have to wait a little! — How long do you think I should wait? — Literally a few minutes! Calm down please! — Maybe these products are his? My daughter needs an injection! — Just wait a little! Now let's buy it and go. — Mom, look how foggy it is! — the daughter pointed to the window. — Yes, yes, now! — the busy mother answered and didn’t even look where her daughter pointed. Only Sonic paid attention to the window. — “Hmm! The fog is quite large and thick! And white as snow. He really is strong. I hope when we go home we won’t drown in it and get lost.” — Sonic thought and came closer to the window to get a better look at the fog, which began to approach and became thicker and thicker, so that even some of the cars in the parking lot were almost invisible. — "Wow! I can't even see our car! What a great weather today! Although today was promised to be hot, there was also a cool breeze blowing slightly. Could this be because hot and cold air are mixed? It may very well be.” — What a strong fog! Is it true? — asked that same girl, also going to the window. The hedgehog turned to her and answered: — Yeah! I agree. You can’t even run normally through such fog, because you won’t be able to see the road at all. But we will have to run all the time, much less drive. At this moment, Wakowski, Tails and Knuckles were also back, heading towards the fifth checkout. Sonic noticed them and immediately went towards them. — Did you buy anything? — Sonic asked Tails. — No. The new items are somewhat dubious and expensive. I decided not to take it at all. Suddenly, Wade Whipple ran through the supermarket doors and shouted: — THERE IS MONSTERS ON THE STREET!!! MONSTERS!!! THERE IS SOMETHING IN THE MIST, THEY TOOK BRANDON AWAY!!! But no one in the supermarket believed him. They decided that he had probably gone crazy. Only Tom came out from behind the cash register first, leaving his purchases with Tails and asked his partner: — Wade, Wade, what's wrong? — I was given an intern, Brandon, to train him. He and I had just left the station when suddenly this fog appeared. Brandon came out for a minute and then I heard him screaming. And when I ran to his aid, he was not there, except for traces of blood. Something pulled him away. There is something in the fog. — What is he carrying? — asked Mad Karl. — Don’t you believe me? — Wade asked. — Calm down! You were probably overheated in the sun before the fog appeared. — Tom assured him. Be that as it may, Wade took his partner’s advice, took a breath and decided to stay in the supermarket for a while. Wakowski and three anthropomorphic animals at this time completed their purchases and left the store. — Wow, fog! You can't even see your legs. — Maddie said. — What a pungent smell this fog has. — echidna wondered out loud. — I hope it’s not poisonous? — How should we go now? — Tails asked. — Nothing! Let's turn on the fog lights and drive slowly so as not to crash into anyone on the road. — Tom answered. From what he heard, Sonic could, of course, be indignant that they would drive even slower, that he would die of boredom. However, all his thoughts were occupied by what Wade said about the monsters in the fog that he was talking about and about the intern he had lost. He thought about this and stood still like a statue. — What's wrong with you, Sonic? — Knuckles shook his shoulder lightly. — A? Nothing! I was just thinking about what Wade said. What if he's telling the truth? Maybe this strange fog that appeared suddenly is really not an accident. And there really is something hidden in it. Agree, Tails and Knuckles and I exist. This means we shouldn’t deny that some monsters can exist. — No, Sonic, don’t be stupid! — Maddie answers. — You are just aliens from other planets, but the monsters that supposedly hide in the fog are all fairy tales. Horror stories to scare children. — What if not? — Sonic suggested. He suspected that something was wrong here. — What if it’s Dr. Robotnik again? Maybe this fog and the monsters from it that scared Wade were his doing? — Well, we'll deal with this later. Now it's time for us to go home! — said Tom. — As you wish, I’ll still come back and interrogate Wade in more detail. — hedgehog suggested and decided to return to the supermarket. He handed the milk and cookies he bought himself into Tails' hands. — Okay, but not for long! Otherwise we’ll leave without you and you’ll have to run to catch up with us! — he asked him. — I know. This is exactly what I am trying to achieve. — Sonic answers honestly, smiling, imagining how he will run after them in this fog, overtake them and run home before them. He returned and noticed that Wade was still trying to convince the others: — I'm telling you! I'm not lying, honestly! There's something hiding there. Well, believe me, people! I'm really not lying, I saw it myself. — Sorry, but what exactly did you see? What did this monster look like? — Sonic asked him and Wade began to explain: — I only saw blood, but for what I heard... — Maybe your intern just wanted to prank you? — hedgehog suggested. — No! Why don't you believe me? Look how foggy it is! Look at him! Have you ever seen anything like this? There's something there in the fog. There's something hiding behind the trees there. Sonic went to the window and tried to see the forest. — Yes, the fog is really quite thick. But I don't see any monsters. Only slightly blurry silhouettes of Christmas trees. At that moment, Wakowski, Tails and Knuckles returned to the supermarket. — O! Didn't you leave? — No. We realized that visibility in the fog was zero and decided that we would wait here for now. Maybe the fog will dissipate quickly. — fox explained. — Okay. Let's wait. — Sonic did not argue and stood near the window, deciding to watch the Christmas trees.

One hour later

      The fog never disappeared. It still stands that way, and in the sky you could see the sun itself, which looked like a slightly cloudy gray coin in the water. Sonic continued to stand near the window and look, but he did not see any monsters or anything else. He was already beginning to think that most likely Wade was just pranking them. In addition, some people in the supermarket, besides the Wakowskis themselves, began to get nervous. Some were unhappy and some were scared. One of them bluntly stated: — There are no monsters there! I'm tired of sitting here. I'll walk home from here. — And I’ll probably still be here. I need to write down a complaint. — And we’re not going to either. It feels like it's about to start raining there. — Everything is clear with you! You naively believed this idiot. I'm leaving. Wade noticed that the guy with the beard was about to leave the store and tried to stop him: — Where are you going? You can't go out! There... — SHUT UP!!! — he shouted at him. — I don’t believe in your fairy tales. I’m already late home because of you, and there have been no new videos on my channel for three hours. In general, that bearded man did not listen and went out into the street. — Please stop! You're making a mistake! You will die! — Wade, calm down! — Tom tried to calm him down. — You already scared all the people. In addition, there are also children here. — Mom, is this all true about the monsters in the fog? — No, don't be afraid. The guy just went crazy. Her seen enough horror films and delirious to myself. Sonic looked through the window and saw that guy moving further and further away from the supermarket until he disappeared from sight in this fog. — Listen, maybe we can go home too? — Knuckles asked. — Where are we going? Look, it’s so foggy outside. — Maddie answers. — While we wait for it to end... — Yes, it is already dissipating slowly. — says the echidna. — Went! — Are you sure, Knuckles? There's nothing visible there. — says Tails. — Well, let's see now. If it’s not visible, then we’ll come back. I'm just tired of this screaming guy. — Knuckles answers. Taking pity on the echidna, the Wakowskis went outside with their sons. In one breath of air. Suddenly they heard some screaming. — You didn’t hear anything? — asked the hedgehog. — Yes. It looks like it's from the parking lot. — Tom suggested. — Is this really?... — Sonic wanted to ask, when suddenly the same scream was heard again. Sonic ran supersonic into the parking lot and looked around, but there was no one there. Nothing was visible. Well, judging by the scream they heard, it was the same guy with the beard who came out of the store. Tails, Knuckles and Wakowski came running next. There was no one else in the parking lot except the five of them. The cry of that man was heard for the third time and this time it came from the forest.