Sonic The Hedgehog - Chaos on Mobius
5th Saga: The Flashforward Saga

Deep beneath what appeared to be a severely damaged Robotropolis, there was a large cavern filled with robots and other machinery, all ordered by a fat man with an egg-shaped head, and red eyes with black on the outside of the irisis...
"It's taken me 30 years..." He said in a creepy, whisper-like voice. "Thirty... long... years I have waited for my revenge... and when I return to the surface... all of Mobius shall cower in fear at the very mention of the name... Robotnik!" As the man breathlessly laughed, his robot slaves had come to attention, and saluted their master.
"HAIL ROBOTNIK." They all stated in unison with the same monotone voice.

Episode 106 - Chapter One: Race to the Future

Within the center of a city that seemed to be floating above a forest, was a castle. Inside the master bedroom, a blue hedgehog had just gotten out of bed and walked out to the railing, where he saw the city thriving with happy Mobians. Seeing this made him sigh happily. The hedgehog looked a little taller, not to mention older...
"(Still kinda hard to believe it's been 30 years since we finally put an end to the Eggman Empire...)" He thought, before directing his attention to a building that had two yellow tails on top of it. "(We've all pretty much moved on since then. Tails-err... Miles started his own technology franchise called Miles Power Elecrtonics, which Nicole helps him out with. Business sure has been booming for those two. For twenty years, they've had nothin' but success! My buddy even got time to marry sing-star Mina Mongoose and have two kids with her!)" The hedgehog then looked at a photo of the Freedom Fighters that was taken along with the Chaotix and Team Dark 30 years ago. "(Don't really know much about what happened to TodStar after the Eggman was cracked. He just said something about 'getting closer to Tikhaos' and left. No one saw him again until Knuckles and Julie-Su had their daughter, Lara-Su.)"

The blue hedgehog then looked at the black hedgehog in the picture...
"(Shadow... my old man...)" He thought. "(Haven't really seen much of him, either. Although, he's told me that he's pretty darn happy being married to the Queen of the Sol Zone.) *chuckle* (I can relate to that...)" Then the blue hedgehog saw a pink hedgehog in the picture, making him look sad... "(Amy... after we smashed Eggman, she disappeared. No one really knows why. Maybe that was the real reason why TodStar ran off... I dunno. I really miss Amy, though...)" Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of his younger self in the photo, before spying a certain Mobian squirrel in his bed, holding what appeared to be Extreme Gear close to her.
"(Me? Well with Eggman gone, I got to take up a sport that's been pretty fun for me for the past 20 years... Extreme Gear racing! Of course, Sally was pretty worried about me at first, but when I proposed to her after I won my first championship, she definately changed her tune! Y'know, I never imagined me becoming King of Mobius with Sal by my side... and we've even got teenage twins! Sal even let me name them after my late cousins, Sonia and Manic...) *sigh* (Two more people I miss...)"
"Come back to bed, my King..." Said a voice from behind the hedgehog. When he turned around, his squirrel wife was inviting him back into bed.
"I'd love to..." He replied as he tightened his gloves. "But I've got a charity race to win." This made his partner get out of bed and hug him from behind.
"Don't you mean a race to compete in?" She asked with a smirk on her face, making the hedgehog kiss her.
"Sal, it's me. I always race to win!" Having a bit of a giggle, they kissed each other again.

Walking downstairs, Sonic and Sally found a green echidna waiting for them. This echidna was taller and darker then the one in the picture Sonic was looking at, and also had a black patch over his left eye.
"Your Majesties..." He said as he bowed to the hedgehog and squirrel. Sonic's appearence hadn't changed very much. Only he had a gold crown on his head, a gold shoulder-pad with a red cape that covered his left arm, and his shoes now looked a little more... advanced, shall we say. Sally on the other hand, was wearing a smaller crown on her head that had a red jewel in the center of it, a purple backless dress, and purple heels.
"TodStar, please... just call me Sonic, like you used to." Sonic told the echidna, as Sally looked around.
"Say... where's your apprentice?" She asked. "She's going to be late for guarding her King, today..."
"Like I need the protection..." Said Sonic whilst shrugging.
"I was hoping you two'd know. She said she was hangin' out with your son, after all..." TodStar told them, making both Sonic and Sally plant their palms over their faces in shame.
"Manik..." They both groaned before they and TodStar heard giggling getting louder. When the three of them looked to see where the sound was coming from, they saw a blue male hedgehog and a red female echidna. The hedgehog resemble Sonic quite a bit, except he had Sally's eyes, and his shoes looked like shoes Sonic had worn in the past, but they had two white straps on them instead of one. The echidna was wearing small glasses, and one of her dreadlocks was tied up in plats. She also wore a blue sleeveless jacket, with a darker shirt underneath it, and blue boots.
When the hedgehog and echidna looked up, they saw Sonic, Sally and TodStar staring at them with their arms folded whilst tapping their feet in unison.

"Oh, uhh... hey Mom, Dad..." Said the young hedgehog.
"M-master..." Said the echidna as she bowed before TodStar.
"Lara-Su, I told you that I wanted to see you at 6am sharp for training on Angel Island..." TodStar told the echidna. "Where were you?" Lara-Su hesitated to answer, as she looked at the ground and started drawing a circle with her foot.
"Just on the edge of the city with Manik..." She replied, startling TodStar, aswell as Sonic and Sally. "Nothing happened, Master. Although I have grown to like this blue boy... *chuckle*"
"How'd you two get over there and back without getting spotted, anyway?" Sonic asked Manik, making the young hedgehog reveal keys, making Sonic jump and Sally put her hands on her hips.
"You took your father's car?!" She angrily asked, startling Manik.
"Mom, just chill... there's not even a scratch on her." Manik replied as he handed Sonic the keys. "The car's fine, too, Dad."
"...You're lucky I need your support out on the track today, buddy..." Sonic told his son. "Otherwise you'd be so grounded..." Manik sighed with relief as Sonic and Sally walked further downstairs.
"As for you, young lady..." TodStar started before Sonic and Sally left the room. "Good onya for giving Manik a go."
"Thank you, Master. And thanks for a great night, Manik." Said Lara-Su before flicking a Ring at Manik, which he caught. "Call me."
"You know it!" Manik replied before winking at Lara-Su. "(She is so gonna talk to Sonia 'bout this. I know it...)"

About three hours later, Lara-Su was in the royal skybox of the city's racetrack, with a young squirrel girl that resembled Sally. Only she had green eyes like Sonic, and she was wearing a pink top with a purple sleeveless jacket over it, a silver acorn around her neck, metal bands around her arms and wrists, a purple belt, a crown much like Sonic's, only smaller, and purple boots.
"So... are you gonna talk about last night?" She asked the echidna, before sticking her tongue out in disgust while Lara-Su wasn't looking. Lara-Su just sighed happily before facing the squirrel.
"Honestly Sonia, I wasn't looking forward to it at all..." She told her. "But after spending some time alone with Manik... I started to see something in him..." This made Sonia just look worried.
"So you... like my brother?" She asked, before Lara-Su nodded. "Ew!"
"Yeah, you're probably the wrong person to talk about Manik to..." Stated Lara-Su, as she looked down at the pit area and saw the hedgehog sitting in a blue one-seater car, talking with a young two-tailed fox. "Still... I hope he does call me..."

At that moment, the young blue hedgehog (who was now wearing a crown like his sister's) was indeed talking to a young, two-tailed fox. The fox was wearing goggles, and white shoes with light-blue lining.
"Skye, I gotta tell you, man..." Manik told the fox while sitting in the car. "...Lara-Su really is somethin' else."
"You're talking to the wrong guy, Manik." Skye replied. "I told you, I-I'm not old enough to be talking about this kind of stuff with you."
"Right. Doesn't help that you're shy..." Said Manik, making Skye hang his head in shame.
"Yeah, great motivation there, son." Sonic told Manik as he placed his hand on the young hedgehog's shoulder. Sonic was now wearing a pair of blue-ish purple gloves with white around the fingers, and black shoes with red markings on them. "Now, get outta my car and help me tune up my board!" Sonic then showed Manik and Skye a curvy-looking board that was blue-and-white with yellow on the back of it.
"I-I could help if you want me to, King Sonic..." Skye pointed out, making Sonic place his hands on the young fox's shoulders.
"Sure Skye, you can help out..." He told him. "But you and your sister have gotta stop callin' me that... c'mon, your dad and I are still pretty close... why not just call me your uncle?"
"O-okay... Uncle Sonic." Said Skye, making Sonic chuckle before leading the fox to the board.

A short time later, a certain pink hedgehog wearing a red dress with matching boots and a pink cloak covering her face was watching from the shadows of the city...
"Sonic... I missed you..." Was all she said before disappearing into thin air, as the crowd started cheering, and Queen Sally approached the microphone.
"Good afternoon, citizens of Mobotropolis." She announced. "As you all know, this race is for charity... to help the poor people of Mercia and Downunda rebuild after Dr. Eggman destroyed their homelands so many years ago. All of our racers today have donated to our cause, and it's important that you do too." Little did anyone know that the buried Overlander was watching this event from his underground base... "But without further ado, let's introduce who will be competing today!"
"Ah, 'Queen' Sally... you certainly have grown..." He said before the camera showed King Sonic in the pits, who was standing confidently with his Extreme Gear... "Sonic... oh, how I loathe that hedgehog..."
"LORD ROBOTNIK, OUR SENSORS HAVE DETECTED THE FORMER GUARDIAN HAS APPEARED OUTSIDE OLD ROBOTROPOLIS." Stated a loyal robot, making Robotnik clasp his hands together in anticipation.
"Excellent." He replied. "Prepare our attack forces, so I can finally begin my master plan for revenge... but first, I must wait for my creation to make his appearence..."

"Our first racer today is none other than the King of Mobius himself, who has just returned from another successful Grand Prix run!" Said Sally, making the crowd all excited. "While he's riding his Blue Star board, give a warm welcome to King Sonic the Hedgehog!" When Sonic walked out of the pits waving, the crowd was screaming with joy at the sight of their King. It was at this moment that Lara-Su started floating above the starting line.
"(Good luck, Your Highness.)" She thought.
"The second Mobian to compete today is the former leader of the disbanded Babylon Rogues." Sally pointed out. "With his Type-J board, it's none other than Jet the Hawk!" When Jet walked out, the crowd did cheer, but not as much as they did for Sonic. Jet also looked a little different; his feathers were a darker shade of green, he was wearing black sunglasses, and he also had a pair of wings on his back.
"It's been a while... Sonic the Hedgehog." He said to the royal hedgehog.
"Hey, Jet. Those wings supposed to help you beat me?" Sonic teased, while pointing at Jet's wings.
"Oh, these? Nah, they're just a long-lasting side-effect from the Cube of Babylon." Jet replied. "Not that you'd know anything about that..." Sonic merely shrugged at that. "You got any idea who we're racing... Your Majesty?"
"Nope." Said Sonic. "Sal's been keeping that list a secret from me."

"Our third racer is one of the few Nocturnus Clan echidnas left on Mobius, who is also quite artistic." Sally stated. "With his Palette board bound to leave all sorts of colours behind him, please welcome Martz the Echidna!" Emerging from the pits was an orange echidna who had white on the tips of his dreadlocks. He also wore a white tank-top, aswell as standard-issue Nocturnus soldier pants and boots.
"(And here I thought we weren't gonna see anymore of these creeps...)" Jet thought, remembering when he had to deal with the Nocturnus...
"Next is an old friend of King Sonic's from the Sol Zone..." Said Sally, getting her husband's attention. "Feeling breezy with his Wing Leaf board, give it up for Radical the Raccoon!" The crowd cheered, but they weren't as excited to see Rad as Sonic was. Rad had undergone a change himself; getting taller, and also replacing his headband with goggles.
"Rad! Long time no see, dude!" Sonic exclaimed as he & Rad high-fived each other.
"Hey, KING Sonic!" Rad replied. "What say we chat more after the race?"
"You got it." Said Sonic, giving the raccoon a thumbs-up.

"Our next racer is someone we don't know much about, apart from the fact that she's donated a large sum of Mobiums to our cause..." Sally announced. "Please welcome Asunta the Cat, riding with her Solar Glider!" When Asunta walked out, the crowd certainly seemed excited to see her, especially since she was wearing a low-cut dress, along with pants in the same style. Both seemed to be in the same sun style as what she used to wear 30 years ago... The only one who wasn't excited to see Asunta was Sonic.
"Hmph. Seein' her makes me wish I'd helped out with the entries..." He said to himself, before she blew him a kiss, making him uncomfortable.
"Our next entrant is a hedgehog who has told us that he wishes to spread joy and strength to this charity race..." Said Sally. "And if he's using a Trap Gear, he just might do it... please welcome... Nameless the Hedgehog!" An orange hedgehog with a cybernetic eye aswell as a cybernetic arm walked out of the pits, holding his board with a major grin on his face.
"Man... that guy's givin' me the creeps!" Rad pointed out, while Sonic just looked at the other hedgehog.
"(There's something about that guy I don't like...)" He thought. "(Though I don't know what it is yet...)"

"The second-last racer is someone who loves doing things for charity." Said Sally. "Though with her having a black belt in karate, will the other racers keep their distance from her and her Fly Sky board? Please welcome Belinda the Dove!" Walking out of the pits was a Mobian white dove resembled someone Jet once knew, except she had no bandana, and also had blue eyes aswell as her hair/feathers facing upward.
"Whoa..." Was all Jet could say.
"And our final competitor today is a big fan of both Jet AND King Sonic." Sally announced, making both Sonic & Jet stare at the pits. "Using his Lite-S board, please welcome Kevin the Porcupine!" The last Mobian to walk out of the pit area was a young green porcupine who wore goggles aswell as glasses, a red scarf, and yellow sneakers that had white lightning stripes on them.
"Huh. Seems like a nice kid." Sonic pointed out, before Kevin started scratching the back of his head.
"Yeah. Shy, too." Added Jet, as they all got into position.

"And now that all of today's racers are ready, let the race begin!" Said Sally, before she pressed a button within the skybox where her daughter was, allowing lights to appear above the starting line... as they all turned green, all eight competitors zoomed away from the starting line, with Sonic & Jet out in front!
"All right, let's get this party started!" Sonic happily shouted as he and Jet started moving further and further away from the pack.

END OF CHAPTER