Chapter 1

The New Recruit

Hey guys! This is my first Sonic the Hedgehog fanfic so go easy on me in your reviews! While the story isn't about a known character, expect to see cameos from them. And with that, sit back, grab your fave cup of whatever, relax, and enjoy chapter 1 of The Assassin!

Station Square Police Station 56 weeks before the War

A young chipmunk, in her late 20s, is walking towards a room in the police station, a room where a person goes to be interrogated. Finding the room she was searching for, she walks in to the room to find a cat, who looks to be 20, sitting with his diamond eyes focused on the table he was handcuffed to. Sitting opposite the boy, she pulls up a file from her computer phone and places it on the table. After a few moments, she speaks to him in a calm tone of voice.

"Let's start over, shall we?" She begins. "My name is Sally Acorn. I'm the commander of the Freedom Fighters here in Station Square. Who are you?"

The boy says nothing for a few minutes, but he eventually speaks up.

"My name's Niko. Niko Collins." The cat begins. "I'm an assassin."

Sally looks at the cat in front of her with a look of sheer disbelief. What the hell? Sally thought.

"An assassin, huh?" She says in a sarcastic tone. "Tell me, then; why would someone like you decide to become an assassin?"

The young cat looked down at the table again, tears streaming down his cheeks. He began sobbing. Sally, seeing that she had struck a nerve and asked a personal question, felt sympathetic towards her captive. Walking towards Niko, she puts a hand on his shoulder, speaking in a soothing voice.

"Whatever happened isn't my concern." She said in a motherly tone. "You never killed anyone to date, so I have no right to hold you here. But I have to know something: who were you targeting?"

With great difficulty, he managed to say the words, "you". Sally was taken aback by this but remained sympathetic.

"The Freedom Fighters could use your skills, Niko," she continued. "You can get help finding whatever it is you're looking for, you can put your skills to better use—"

"-And I can stay out of prison, right?" Niko said, finishing her sentence.

"Yeah," Sally replied. "You stay out of prison. So, what do you say?"

Niko looks at his captive and then at his coat. It was a silver coat with navy and ruby red linings with a sheathe on the back for a sword or other types of melee weapons. He stared at it for a while, remembering what each color meant. The navy signified his father, Cole and the ruby red represented his mother, Emily and his sister, Lily. He then turns to Sally, stares her in the face and says only two words; "I'm in."

Sally then uncuffs Niko and says, "Welcome to the Freedom Fighters, Niko Collins. First thing tomorrow morning, please report to the clock tower in Soleanna for advanced assassin techniques."

Niko nods at this and salutes smartly, dons his coat and hops out the window! Sally run towards the window and looks out to see that her latest recruit was just climbing out of a conveniently-placed wagon of hay. Niko turns to his new boss, waves farewell and climbs on top of a roof and starts jumping from rooftop to rooftop.

Sally watches him leave and thinks to herself, an assassin? Wonder what kinda person he is and what he'll contribute to our cause?