Hi everybody, Ciel the Hedgheog here! I finally got an idea for the sequel to You Never Know, and here it is. This story stars Akumu and Yume, Shadow and Rouge's two children. Although preferable, you don't have to read You Never Know in order to understand this. I hope you enjoy it all the same. This chapter is the prolouge, okay? Go on now, read!
Clink clank. That was the only sound that could be heard in the base that day. The only live inhabitant was Eggman, if you could call him "alive." After all this time, he still had not been able to transform himself back into his human form, so he was still an echidna cyborg. The lone scientist kept his pace, his destination was clear. Recently, he had finally perfected his army of clones, the ones that he had used over ten years ago to accompany the Egg Aqua.
Eggman sighed. Things had gotten even harder for him since then. Eleven years ago, that's when it all went downhill. The hedgebat twins, born to Shadow and Rouge, had been born that year, as well as that pesky blue hedgehog's daughter, Amythyst. In an effort to make sure the mad doctor would not harm the children, Sonic and Shadow had gone on rampage, totally oblirating all of Eggman's resources and bases. It had taken the cyborg forever just to get this base built, but he had done it. Nothing would stop Eggman from one day taking over the world, he was sure of it.
"Stop," beeped his robotic security system. "Access code required."
"I am the Eggman," said he, watching the security light flash from yellow to green.
"Access code confirmed. Voice recognition confirmed. Welcome, Dr. Eggman." A door concealed within the nearby wall opened, and the doctor stepped inside. In front of him lay his greatest creations, the clones. There were robotic look-a-likes of Sonic and all his friends, even some of the children. They were recreated down to the most exact of details. It would be almost impossible to tell them from the original. All he needed was the right AI, an artificial intelligence system that would make them act exactly like their duplicate, and then there would be no difference at all. Even without those, they were still deadly fighters.
"Ah, my beautiful creations," Eggman said lovingly, as if they were his children. "Soon, you all shall be activated, and the world shall be ours." The doctor thought he heard footsteps. His orange fur stood on end as his robotic eye took a survey of the room. No sign of organic life. Nothing out of the ordinary confirmed. The doctor shook his head, maybe he was becoming paranoid. Again, he focused his attention on the legion of robots in front of him. He walked up to some of them, taking in the fine detail. He had definetly outdone himself this time.
A Sonic clone caught his eye. The fur was the wrong color, a pale blue instead of the regular dark blue of the original hedgehog. The eyes were also defective, a bright yellow.
"I have no need for defects," Eggman muttered, throwing a punch at the robot's side using his cybernetic arm. If it had been alive, it would have screeched in pain. A large hole was in the bots side, sparks flying out. The left arm was severed, only a bit of the shoulder remaining. It would be permantely useless now, unless it was kept for a punching bag. The once-human echidna grabbed the defect, preparing to drag it off to the scrap pile.
"Not so fast Doctor," A chilling voice cut through the air. "We need as many clones as we can get for our New World Rule." Eggman turned his head around, once again scanning with his robotic eye. Still nothing organic. Then what had just spoke? A figment of his imagination?
"Who goes there?" barked the mad scientist. "Show yourself, I order you to!"
"Very well then, sir." A dark figure stepped in through the hidden door. Eggman's non-robotic eye widened in suprise at his new visitor, a red and black hedgehog, with an evil glint in his crimson eyes.
"It can't be," He muttered. "...Shadow?"
Is he really Shadow? Sorry, you won't be able to find out for a while, for next chapter brings us to our stars, Akumu and Yume. I will say that Eggman does play a bigger role in this story than he has in most of the other ones (except for One Step Down, of course). I also expect this story to be one of my longest ones, but how long, I don't know. Either way, I hope you all read it. Please tell me what you think!