sᴏɴɪᴄ ᴛᴏʏ: 𝓐𝓭𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓸𝔂𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓵𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓸𝓯 𝓶𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓼

      The monster, as promised, accompanied the toys to the city of Todash they needed, where it last saw and remembered the license plate number of the car indicated by Silver. It allowed the toys to get off, they thanked the giant and moved on. The monster itself turned in the other direction and went its own way. It was not yet so light outside. It’s only five o’clock in the morning and the sun has not yet risen. When it almost stood up, because of the fog it seemed like a gray and cloudy coin in the water, which you could even calmly look at without sunglasses and without squinting your eyes. Having covered three blocks, the toys entered the park. Since there were no people there yet, they calmly walked around the park and looked around. — How creepy it is, but so beautiful in this fog. Especially walking in the park. — Cream says to herself, looking around. — It’s just like in the Salent Hill games. — And do not say! The atmosphere gives you goosebumps, but it’s something you rarely see anywhere or ever in your life. And the color of the fog itself so early in the morning, so light gray, just like Lily’s eyes. — says Mephiles. Then he sighs heavily. - How is she doing? Without us? Amy shrugs Mephiles' shoulders and says: — Everything will be fine, Mephiles. When we find Sonic and return home with him, she won’t even notice we’re missing until David returns. — Silver, how far do we still have to go? — asks Rouge. — Don't know. The map only led us to the country itself, otherwise the monster led us to this city. And where to go next is not clear even to me. — Silver answers honestly, and then scratches his chin. — Although... I have a feeling that I’ve been here before... I’ve been. — Well, of course. You yourself told us a long time ago about the store where you were kept and where Lily ordered you then. — the Devourer answers. — Really? — Silver didn’t believe what was said. He seemed to have forgotten about it a long time ago. — Guys! — Omega called them, being in front behind the bushes. — Why did the robot cross the road? — We have no time for jokes now, Omega! — Blaze answers and goes with the rest of the toys to him. — And I love riddles. Why? — asks Mephiles. — Because as everyone knows, the robot has legs! And his feet always lead him to his goal. — Omega finished the joke. It didn’t turn out to be funny for everyone, but when they approached their friend, they saw what they had been getting to all this time. The toy store was just in front of them. All the toys were immediately happy that they had reached their goal. Blaze and Amy even gave each other a friendly fist bump, and Mephiles gave the Devourer a little friendly shove. — I see! — Cream says, clapping her hands. Only Silver's eyes widened and he was confused. — Oh, no... How could I forget about this? — Forget about this? — Bokkun looked questioningly at Silver. — What are you talking about? — It was in this store that they kept me in a plastic box for a long time, until your owner ordered me for her son’s birthday. This store belongs to our kidnapper who we are looking for. — having explained all this, the hedgehog sat down on the ground and lowered his head, thinking. — I couldn’t even imagine that I would be produced and sold in a criminal’s store. Amy, Blaze, Rouge and Cream stood around Silver, hugged him and began to try to calm him down. To bring again from the feelings of a desperate weakling to the feelings of a strong leader, so to speak. - Come on, Silver! Good people produced and sold you, it doesn’t matter! The main thing is what kind of family you lived in and what kind of child you played with! Amy assures. — And also what toys have you been friends with and interacted with all your life. — Blaze added. — You brought us all here and didn’t give up until the very end. He always told us not to give up either. So why should you give up right now? Because of some stupid memory that you forgot about a long time ago and only remembered now. — says Cream. — And you know, Silver. We always followed you because we believed you and knew that you were always right. Because you always led us forward and motivated us to never give up. This means we will never give up. And we won't let you either. — Rouge finishes. Silver again looks up at the store and holding in his head all the words the girls just said to him, he narrowed his stern gaze and said: — You're right. — he says and gets to his feet. After looking straight at the road, he confidently says: — Let’s move on! But suddenly, by morning, cars and drivers began to appear on the road more often. One of the cars even accidentally knocked an empty paper cup of hot coffee off the road with its wheel. The glass crumpled and flew straight to the toys themselves, who were shocked by what they saw. — No. I definitely won't go there! I don't want to be flattened like a pancake. — Rose answers. — I’m not the smartest robot, but I won’t voluntarily crawl under a car either. — Metal stated sternly, raising his right index finger. — Well. We tried! — the Devourer answers and just turned to leave when Mephiles grabbed him by the tail and did not allow him to move. — We need a safe way to get through here. — he said and looked at the white hedgehog. — Silver, do you have any ideas? Silver took his chin with his right palm and began to think, looking straight at the road. Looking around, he noticed a large trash can, and next to it a pile of old and plastic boxes, some of which were dented, torn and even wet, while others were still intact. There was also a bunch of old markers and pencils with sharpeners. Noticing all this and putting it all together in his head, he said smiling: — Yeah!

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      After some time, they picked up all the fresh boxes, drew scaring signs, cones, monster faces, and even signs on them with the remains of felt-tip pens and pencils, like “Beware of children!” or “Stop!” — Are you sure this will work? — Rouge asked. — Certainly. — Silver answers and hides under his box, moving around in it for example, holding the box itself from the inside with his arms outstretched to the sides, walking around the bat. — When the traffic light turns green, we will go first along the road inside the boxes. Even if we don’t make it in time and the traffic light turns red, we will simply listen, hear that the cars are driving and stop in place. Cars will see boxes with scary faces, cones and signs, and will either stop in front of us or drive past us so as not to hit us. If we are lucky and do everything carefully, and no one touches our boxes, then we will cross the road unharmed. Well, at least I hope so. — I kind of doubt it. What if people suspect something and even remove our boxes, after which they notice us? — Mephiles suggested. — Come on! We are in the land of fogs. And the fog here is quite thick, they probably won’t see us moving from afar. And even if they notice, they will think because of the fog that we are more likely the silhouettes of some stones and will not even touch us. - Silver explained. — I still doubt it. — says Mephiles, and Silver in response looked seriously at the chatterbox, lifted his box and asked him in a slightly rude voice: — Do I need eat soil from a flower pot to confirm my theory? Without further arguing with him, Mephiles decided to shut up this time and crawl under his box. All the other toys also went under their own boxes. For now, they were waiting for Silver's command. The hedgehog looked out lightly from under the box and watched the traffic light. When the traffic light turned yellow, he realized that a green signal would soon appear. — Ready? Forward! — the hedgehog commands and all the toys in the boxes walked slowly along the road. Silver walked ahead and listened, not forgetting to turn his eyes in different directions and moving only forward. Amy and Blaze also confidently walked forward and also waited for Silver to command them when to stop and when to go. Mephiles trembled slightly and chattered with his painted teeth, afraid that nothing would work out and he was about to be crushed. The rest were only slightly worried, but continued to confidently move forward. When they had passed the first quarter of the road, the traffic light had already turned red and a car was slowly approaching along the road from the fog. Silver heard the car approaching and shouts to everyone behind him: — DUCK!!! — he shouted and all the toys stopped in place with him. The blue car drove forward with its headlights on and barely saw the boxes on the road. He mistakenly decided that it was a pile of stones that stood as if indicating to turn right. Frightened, the driver managed to jerk the steering wheel and swerve. Yes, I just drove over the curb and accidentally crashed into a tree. — Damn it! — the driver swore. In addition, another car was driving, a red one, which also swerved and crashed directly into the bumper of that same blue car. At the same time, the second driver’s airbag also deployed, unlike the first driver’s car. — Forward! — Silver himself commands at this time and all the toys go again, hidden in boxes further. By this time, the traffic light was still green. They almost reached the middle of the road and Silver again heard three more cars approaching them, two from the left and one from the right. — Duck! — the white hedgehog commands and everyone except Mephiles, Bokkun and Cream stops, since the three did not hear. Fortunately, Silver heard their steps and repeated the command: — I say, duck! This time they also stopped in place. By that time, the cars with their headlights on had almost reached them. Two cars noticed the boxes themselves in time and jerked their steering wheels so that they accidentally almost touched the boxes themselves. One of them drove straight into another car that was heading towards the meeting, and the other veered off the road and also crashed into a tree. While jumping a curb, a wheel rim fell off his rear tire and rolled back, accidentally hitting Mephelis' box and pushing it. CinemaSins: Drivers do not pay any attention to boxes with some strange drawings that independently cross the road right in front of their noses. AntiSins: They don't fully or closely notice them due to the thick fog. And even if they do, what should they do? How to express your attention? Should we stop and start filming with cameras? Mephiles was slightly repulsed. He took this as something that almost hurt him and, deciding to ignore it, moved on. Omega accidentally stepped on chewing gum on the road at this time and it stuck to his right leg. Omega jumped up and down in disgust. — Oh, ugh! Sticky stuff! — he said to himself about this rubbish and decided to ignore it, moving on, since it did not stick to him. By this time, the toys had already reached the next quarter of the road and had almost crossed it completely. — DUCK!!! — Silver shouted and everyone stopped again. This time they stood in such a way that they showed a smile. A green car was approaching them from the other side of the road, which managed to notice them and turn around, almost hitting them. As the car turned sharply, a light breeze blew on the boxes and almost blew them away. Fortunately, the toys with their arms outstretched to the sides held them and lowered them down again. The car turned around and was already driving back. A truck was driving along the way, which was carrying a huge sewer pipe behind it, and the car almost crashed into this same truck when turning. The truck driver managed to jerk his steering wheel sharply and the truck barely turned back. The Kamaz walked over the boxes and braked on the side of them. At this time, Silver listened that the truck had stopped and was no longer moving, after which he stood up first and commanded: — Forward! All the toys get up and move on. Mephiles on the way was already beginning to rejoice: — “Will this really work out and will we get there?” Unexpectedly, Bokkun fell behind the others. While he was walking, he did not look at his feet and accidentally touched a branch with his right foot, on which he tripped and fell. His left leg accidentally became detached and also fell onto the road. The truck, which stopped at that time, broke its chains and a huge sewer pipe fell, after which I slowly rolled along the road towards the box with Bokkun. Also at the same time, a man in a light blue jacket and a green raincoat hood was walking in the park early in the morning. He went and ate a sausage in dough. He heard some pipe on the road fall and roll somewhere towards some box on the road. The man was curious and for now he stood aside and watched. — Oh! The leg is disconnected. — Bokkun said to himself, crawled back a little, took it and connected it back to himself. — O! Normal! — he answers to himself and heard some kind of grinding noise. — What are these sounds? At this time, Silver and the rest of the toys reached the next sidewalk. They put their boxes away. — It turned out well. — says the Time Eater. — Yes, Silver. I must admit, you have once again proven that you are a worthy leader who has once again helped us. — Mephiles answers. Silver smiled at them and after examining each toy, he counted. I even added myself to the count, but one toy was missing. — Stop! Where's Bokkun? Everyone began to look around and only Cream, noticing him on the road, pointed there with her finger. — He stayed there! Bokkun at this time slightly lifted the box and saw how a huge pipe was slowly rolling straight towards him. Bokkun experienced a shock and didn’t even think to throw off the box in time and run to his own people. He looked with bulging eyes at the approaching danger in his direction and screamed heart-rendingly at the top of his lungs. Even the toys and Silver didn't know what to do. After all, if they choose to try to save him, the drivers will discover them. Only the same man with a sausage roll in his hands bulged his eyes when he heard a scream from under the box. He decided that some kind of animal was hiding there, which was unknown to science, like other creatures that were in their country. The man made a serious look, threw his half-eaten hot dog aside and ran straight across the road and straight into the red traffic light. While Bokkun was standing still and still screaming, he did not notice how the man himself ran up to him and grabbed him along with the box, after which he ran to the next sidewalk and stopped there. Turning around, he saw how the pipe itself rolled to a lamppost and knocked it onto the road. The pipe itself stopped and no longer rolled. The man breathed a sigh of relief that he did not stand by and watch, but intervened and saved someone. He put down the box with Bokkun, who was nervously taking a breath and before he even had time to think, froze in fear. The Savior put the toy with the box on the sidewalk and gently pushed him forward with his hand, saying: — Go! Go, baby! Bokkun did not resist and, having resigned himself to the fact that the man knew that he was alive, he moved on. This same man, proud that he had saved someone's life, went back to the park, where two drivers were arguing with each other over their cars. Bokkun walked to the fire hydrant with the box and climbed out. The rest of the toys immediately came running to him, worried about him. Blaze, Rouge, Amy and Cream surrounded him. Rouge began to kiss him from head to toe, like a mother worried about her child. Blaze hugged him from the back, Amy from the side, and Cream from the front. — Bokkun! How you scared us! — says Cream, almost crying. — Little bunny, you are ours! Kitty! — Blaise said affectionately. Amy replaced her fear with severity and almost shouted at the dismantling toy: — Never be one step behind us again, and never scare us like that again! You understood me? Rouge had by then stopped kissing the one she was worried about. Bokkun felt ashamed and lowered his head. — Excuse me! I didn't do it on purpose. I just tripped along the way, fell and another one of my legs came off on its own. I was also scared when that pipe was approaching me and couldn’t even move. — Bokkun began to cry and sat down. — Sorry, I shouldn't have gone with you. I am only a burden to all of you on the journey and a hindrance to all of you. It would be better if I stayed at home and didn’t make you worry so much about me. — by the way, he said all this sincerely and he was really ashamed that he had scared them so much. Covering his eyes with his hands, he cried like a girl. Silver ran up to the dismantling toy, sat on his knees, hugged him, wiped away his tears and began to calm him down: — Don't cry, Bokkun! Everything is fine! You are not guilty of anything. If anything happens, we'll cover you. Just promise that you will always be by our side and will not lag behind even a step! Bokkun sniffed again and looked at his friends with still teary eyes. Everyone looked at him with concern, without any hint of malice. He wiped away the remaining tears and gave everyone a confident look. — You're right, guys. I shouldn't dwell on this. This could happen to any of us. But... it seems I inadvertently gave away our secret... — Don't worry, buddy! — Silver tried to calm his friend down. — Most likely, the man mistook you for a kitten or another small animal and did not look into the box. And at that very moment, which the toys again did not expect, a police car arrived with Dennis. Seeing an accident on this road, he got out of the car and decided to figure out what was wrong. The toys turned their attention to him. — Here's Dennis! — Mephiles says, pointing his finger at him. The policeman looked around and saw the toys themselves next to the fire hydrant. They waved and greeted him silently. Denni quietly raised his cap in front of them and, realizing that the whole accident most likely accidentally happened through their fault, decided to cover his tracks. He approaches the two drivers, who were still arguing. — Good morning, gentlemen! — he tells them and shows his documents. — Krasnogurbinsk police. We apologize to you for the damage and accidents caused. Nuclear tests were taking place nearby to increase the size of the giants. The experiment failed and only affected the fog. This caused drivers to hallucinate and almost die when they drove off the road and crashed into something. We advise you not to blame each other and not to panic, but to reassure others who, like you, almost suffered in the accident. Let's hope that most of you still survived. Such words sounded more like nonsense. But what can you do? As best I could, I came up with it as an excuse. Then those drivers stopped quarreling and began to approach the others and explain themselves. At this time, Dennis approached the fire hydrant, where the toys themselves were hiding. — Where have you been for so long? I've been looking for you all night. I even rented a room in a hotel for the night so that I could find you in the morning. — he tells them. — And we just walked all the way and even waited for you, but you still didn’t appear and didn’t appear. — Metal explained. — Probably when a car drove past us, we mistakenly thought that it was not Dennis, but some other driver. How come you didn’t notice us? — asked Amy. — So we are toys and we are small compared to people. Of course, while he was driving, he didn’t see us. Especially because of such thick fog. — Blaze explained. — Okay, guys! Went. We are almost there and will soon reach Sonic's kidnapper. — Dennis tells them, taking everyone in his arms and walking towards the building where they were all going.