Author's notes:

Greetings friends. As most Sonic fans know, there are several different continuums in the Sonic Universe. I won't get into any debate regarding the validity of one or the other. But I will only say that this story does not belong to one particular line, but instead blends the best elements of all universes while minimizing plotholes and cliches. I call this universe Ando-Mobius.

I would also like to say that this story is not a work in progress, but 100% complete. Its fairly long, but not too long I hope. I will upload the chapters as I complete my final grammar pass. Enjoy and feel free to drop me a line.

Chapter 1: Five Days After Doomsday

The bright, golden sky was abuzz with life. A hyperactive wind pushed objects tiny and light actively through limitless space. As it combed its way through the the rocks of the distant mountains, plowed through the bellowing trees of the surrounding forest. Fading, autumn leaves were snatched from their branches and carried into the yellow field where a young farmer labored.

Another strong gust blew a leaf onto the forehead of this worker who brushed it off her sweat soaked fur. The fox turned and squinted her eyes at the sun.

"It's nearly four o' clock and I still have over half of this field to clear" she thought to herself as she turned back to her plot and picked her till back up.

But as she lifted her rake back up to stroke the ground, it slipped right out of her hands. The object made of carved wood and cast iron groaned as it slammed against the ground, making the fox jump as she tried to save her feet from the free falling rake.

Rather then picking it up again, she left it and began walking towards the looming tree line.

"I just need a break is all, and papa is on the other side of the farm" she whispered herself in assurance.

Lisa looked at her hands as she approached a nearby oak tree. Her peach colored, short lying fur covered the obvious friction induced burns and sores. Papa had promised to get her a set of gloves when she had returned one day with blisters so bad that she couldn't even open the door to their family cottage on the other side of the forest. But that was two years ago and money was always tight in her adopted family.

She finally gave into her protesting legs and sat down at the base of the tree. Her back was protected by an olive colored vest that her surrogate mother had made for here when she was nine. She crossed her legs, and allowed her bushy white tipped tail also wrapped itself around her feet. It didn't take much for the fox to warm herself from the incoming evening breeze. When she did, Lisa finally allowed herself to completely relax in both mind and body. Her eyes wondered across her half tilled field and looked at the mountain range beyond. Another loud gust came and Lisa felt the whiskers on her soft white muzzle flicker as air brushed across it. She closed her eyes and waited for the cold gale to pass her by, but instead she felt a soft flimsy object brush her uncovered shoulder. She opened her eyes back up and notice that a news paper had been carried by the wind right into her lap.

Lisa could feel excitement immediately surge through her body. She lived so far away from any big city, that it was a real treat to get any news from the outside world. It was the New Mobian Gazette, a paper printed by the nearest city called Novus Spes. She knew it as the only city on the planet where Humans and Mobians are able to coexist together in peace. It was also considered to be the most prosperous. As she finished straightening out the creases and folds that the wind had left the paper in she immediately recognized the first figure on the front page.

The world famous Sonic the Hedgehog! Also known as blue blur and the fastest thing alive. She had heard much of this nomadic hero and his talent to be in the right place at the right time. The article took up much of the first page as she read the headline

"Sonic Deals Dr. Robotnik His Greatest Defeat Ever from the Mystical Angel Island"

For ages, Angel Island was considered to be only a myth by scholars and historians. A device of Echidna folklore used to embolden the hearts of youth to seek for the impossible and the reminisce of the distant past. However, the evil Doctor Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik discovered the island when his menacing Death Egg crash landed on the island after a disastrous showdown with Sonic the Hedgehog. The madman, consumed with the desire for revenge and a thirst for power over Mobians and Humans, tricked the only remaining Echidna on the island into becoming his unwitting accomplice. He repaired his vessel and prepared to steal the ancient source of power on the island, all contained within a large emerald, to power his doomsday machine. If it were not for the bravery of Sonic, and the cunning of his two tailed fox friend, Tails, The Death Egg would be orbiting the atmosphere of Mobius today.."

Lisa stopped reading and looked back up at the picture to notice the two other figures standing beside the main hero. A haughty looking echidna stood slightly behind Sonic, his arms crossed with his violet colored eyes daring any onlooker to step closer. But to Sonic's right was a red and yellow painted biplane. And in front of it, was a bright orange fox who was timidly waving at the camera. Lisa instantly gasped as she noticed that he had not one but two white tipped fox tails protruding from behind him. She looked even closer, but despite the grainy quality of the printed picture, she could recognize a familiar glow emitting from the boy fox's bright blue eyes.

"Miles..." she whispered between her teeth.

"Sonic! Hey Sonic!"

The voice was calling from below the roof, where a blue hedgehog was quietly snoozing on. Sonic peaked open an eye to see the young fox calling his name from the ground. The hero of Mobius hopped to to his feet, but before he was able to join his best friend on the ground, the fox had already spun his tails together to lift himself up to the roof of his workshop.

"I think I've got it Sonic! Come on! Lets see if it really works!" Tails proclaimed brightly as he lifted up the source of all his excitement. The object was polished smooth and reflected bright gold in the afternoon Mobian sunlight. During the days of fighting Eggman in the heavens of the world, Tails had noticed just how fast Sonic lost his energy in battle. This started the determined little fox to find a way to deliver condensed chaos energy to Sonic no matter where he was.

"Here, catch." Tails said as he tossed the golden ring towards his buddy.

"Thanks" the hedgehog replied as he caught it in midair without a flinch. But the sudden warmth of the polished metal caused him to widen his eyes as he let out, "Whoa, this sort feels like holding a..."

"Chaos emerald" Tails finished Sonic's sentence with a proud smile.

"I invented a machine that can channel the energy that leaks off of a chaos emerald and contain it in this metal ring. You see the Stoltki theory of chaos mechanics says that the uncertainty factor of..."

Tails stopped in mid sentence as the deafening clap of a sonic boom shook the air around him. He reopened his eyes to see a bright blue streak progressing away from his workshop, perched on a seaside cliff of Westside Island. The fox immediately began to spin his two tails as he leaped off the roof in the direction of his friend.

"Wait up Sonic!" he yelled as he pushed himself faster and faster through the air thanks to the propulsion of his tails.

But Sonic was zoned from all else except for the raw energy that the golden ring fed him. Faster and faster he went through the jungle dodging trees and Mobians as he beheld this new creation.

"Watch it sunny boy!" yelled an angry, old Mobian Gorilla, who was struggling to sweep the porch of his hut deep inside the jungle.

"Sorry mister" Tails called out to the ape as he struggled to catch up with the blur in front of him. But despite this. Tails couldn't help but feel impressed with himself. The power ring was still infusing his friend with energy for a time far longer then he had calculated when designing it. He only hoped that...

BOOM!

A bright light temporarily blinded the fox as a secondary shock wave tipped him off his balance, causing him to fall chin first to the ground. Several minutes passed as Tails lied on the ground with his tails covering the top of his back and most of his head. He then lifted his head from the ground. While rubbing his fur covered chin, he opened his eyes.

"What happened?"

He thought in alarm as he found himself near the center of a large, smokes crater. Fragments of palm tree and stone littered the disaster area.

"Where's Sonic?"

Tails quickly jumped to his feet, but pain screamed from every nerve his leg causing him to fall back down to the ground. He fought hard to restrain the pain induced tears that were building his eyes as he wrapped both arms and tails around his throbbing legs.

"You OK little buddy?" called a familiar voice from behind the fox's shoulder.

Tails turned his head as he saw the blue hedgehog standing over him. Sonic was completely unscathed by explosion that had knocked both of them off their feet.

"I d-dunno" Tails replied he looked back down to his legs and continued, "My legs really really hurt."

"Can you still fly?" Sonic inquired.

Tails didn't answer, but instead began to spin his two namesakes together. Soon he felt himself lift back up off the ground. Sonic smiled and waved for his friend to follow him.

"I'm not quiet sure what happened. One second I was juicing faster then I have juiced for a long time, the next second, that ring started to glow really bright. Then shattered right in my hand."

Sonic halted to see that Tail's was hovering in midair. His face was in a form of deep concentration and the hedgehog could tell his little brothers mind was deep at work. But Tails eyes immediately locked on to Sonic's as he whispered,

"Chaos control..."

"Say what?" Sonic responded as he stared blankly back at the fox.

"You must have caused chaos control when you were running too fast. You were drawing so much energy from the ring that it destabilized the metallic bonds and imploded." Tails finished explaining as he landed back on solid ground. His legs were feeling a bit better.

"I'm really sorry Sonic, I should have thought about that when I was designing these" The fox apologized with his face staring at the ground.

"Hey, don't worry about it little guy. Its not like I'm hurt or anything." Sonic said in a futile attempt.

"But I could have hurt you. See, everyone thought that chaos control was just a crazy theory. Nobody has actually seen or caused one until just now. I'm going to have to think of another way to give you more energy in a fight." The fox replied as he began to walk back towards his workshop, a fresh wave of determination surging through his veins. Sonic shrugged and silently followed his best friend.

Stars both faint and bright pierced the limitless void. Their light, arriving from far off galaxies, reflected off the shiny, smooth panel of durasteel floating helplessly through space. It crashed into the side of a much larger metallic object, yet there was no sound in the airless vacuum. Yet inside the larger object, there were many sounds both loud and sinister. This particular object was no trivial piece of useless space trash, but the pitiful remains of the once feared Death Egg. And despite the devastation wrecked upon the space station by Super Sonic, some corridors deep inside the hulk maintained a seal atmosphere containing just enough oxygen to support life. It is in one of these passageways that a small robot traveled towards it untold destination.

That robot is clad in solid black. The steel with which he was built with was not rough, but beautifully polished so that it reflected the dim halogen lamps that lit the Death Egg corridors. Two treads allowed the machine to move forward at its fast pace, while giving support to its rounded posterior. Painted upon the black metal on its back was the egg head, Dr. Robotnik's signature emblem with the letters E.D.D.I.E printed just below it. One of the robot's four bendable arms was occupied with a small optical disk that wasn't any larger then a golf ball.

Having reached the end of the dark hallway, the mech was now standing before a large bulkhead. It rotated it rounded pyramid shaped head so that the large glowing red electronic eyes could gaze on the control panel nestled into the corridor walls.

"Unit 401 requesting access to sector 33" echoed the artificial voice of the robot. Green lines appeared in the area which would have been the mouth of a normal living being. The glowing lines adjusted their shape depending on the words that were being generated by the voice box of the complex computer buried inside of the machine.

"Password?" Replied the emotionless voice of the door control panel.

"Omlette" EDDIE answered. There was a sharp hiss as pistons began the task of moving the large slab of metal that separated the corridor from the room behind the door. EDDIE now moved into this room with a resumed fast pace.

The sound of laboring computers whirled around EDDIE as he traveled through. Many monitors displayed vital information about the remaining systems of the Death Egg. This auxiliary control by some lack of insight, escaped the wrath of the glowing yellow hedgehog in the last battle. EDDIE knew that this very nerve center was the temporary center of his master's operations. The robot never notice the dark shadow that was moving through the racks of computers until it stood directly in front of the him. The black clad robot screeched to a halt as its computers evaluated the shape.

In contrast to the wheeled worker robots, this one stood seven feet tall on two silvery metal feet. Its torso was clad in smooth blue metal, save for the chest which revealed the uncovered complex machinery inside the creature. Carefully sharpened blue metallic quills extended from the robot's back all the way to its cold, armored head. Glowing red eyes, similar to EDDIE's own eyes, protruded from its metallic skull. These eyes were piercing, as if they were reading hidden data running through the other black robot's processors. This particular machine, wrought directly by the hands of Eggman, was built for only one task, to destroy Sonic. The master had designated the number two to this creation, although he normally just called it Metal Sonic.

"What is your purpose in here unit 401?" Asked the cold voice of the blue clad robot as it towered above EDDIE.

The other robot could feel a growing sense of annoyance building in its artificial brain. This one fancied himself as the true champion of Robotnik. It even dared to call itself the masters right hand bot. EDDIE knew that he must avoid Metal Sonic's wrath.

"I have an urgent message for the master, one that will cause him great displeasure if it isn't delivered promptly." EDDIE said with a calculated edge of urgency added in his voice.

"The master is eating dinner right now unit 401, you may deliver it later" Replied the arrogant voice of Metal Sonic as it waved it sharpened fingertips towards EDDIE, shooing the lesser robot away.

"I repeat to unit 002, this data is most urgent and any further delay could result in punishment from our great master." EDDIE answered with distinct fear in his voice.

Metal Sonic remained standing there, its red eyes staring straight into EDDIE's. Several seconds passed as the deadly robot pondered its decision until it moved slightly over so that EDDIE could travel past him.

"You had best be carrying the secrets to immortality or the death certificate of Sonic the Hedgehog. The master will be enraged to have his favorite meal interrupted by another one of your foolish reports." Metal Sonic hissed as he allowed EDDIE to go ahead of him. EDDIE did not reply and continued to progress towards the inner room, followed closely by Metal Sonic.

EDDIE finally reached the chair which held the over sized body of Dr. Ivo Robotnik. Its back was turned to newly arrived visitor of the room.

"Finally have desert do you? You better not have forgotten the cherries this time." Called the voice of the evil genius as he spun his throne around to face EDDIE.

The doctor had a drumstick in each of his fat hands and his mouth was busy chewing the cooked flesh that he had just bitten off of one them. His red overcoat that covered his bloated belly was stained with crumbs and spilled sauces. Fresh from yet another depressing defeat, Eggman had decided to celebrate it by adding another twenty pounds to his already overloaded frame. Tonight was no exception as the man sitting before EDDIE was going on hour three of his dinner.

"Oh, it's you!" He said with a hint of disappointment. Any fat boy deprived of his favorite sundae treat would have responded in this manner. But EDDIE held the optical disk out towards his creator as he said,

"Doctor Robotnik. The station's sensors observed a large explosion originating from the jungles of Westside Island nearly an hour ago."

Robotnik swallowed the food inside his mouth and frowned. However, Metal Sonic still standing EDDIE, shifted his weight from one ball bearing to another. If the machine had been equipped with lips, they would certainly be formed into a malicious smile. One that only comes from witnessing the apparent demise of another useless servant of his master.

"So! Why should I care about something like that?" Robotnik finally said through gritted teeth.

"It was caused by chaos energy Doctor." EDDIE responded, still holding the disk out towards his master.

"What?!?" the man yelled as his eyes widened with surprise. He immediately dropped both pieces of chicken and grabbed the disk from EDDIE. Robotnik slipped the transparent crystal into the computer terminal in front of him and hit a button. The light inside the command room dimmed softly as a massive holographic image appeared in the center of the chamber.

The image displayed the slowly rotating orb of the planet Mobius, just as it could bee seen if one looked out of the view ports of the Death Egg. But the computer started to zoom in on one of the many green spots on the planet surface. Rivers and lakes began to become clearer as the camera continued to zoom. Finally, the figures of two speeding anthropomorphic animals became visible. The figures were that of a blue hedgehog holding a glowing golden ring in front of him, followed closely by a bright orange fox.

"Watch closely Doctor" EDDIE warned as the recorded footage progressed towards the anticipated event.

Then, without warning, the entire room was filled bright light that made Doctor Robotnik shield his eyes. He looked again to see his foes lying in the middle of a massive crater, the golden ring that he had been wielding was no where to be found.

Robotnik once again narrowed his eyes and began to stroke his food caked, red mustache. A vicious smile began to spread across his face,

"So, Sonic's foxy little friend has found a way to harness chaos control. I must admit, I underestimated the kid. Not even I, the worlds greatest scientific genius has been able to unlock that secret."

"What shall we do Doctor?" EDDIE asked as the lights in the room returned to their previous state. The hologram in the middle was now focused on Tails, who was still lying unconscious inside crater.

Eggman was now on his feet, pacing back and forth through the room. His gloved white hand rubbed his many chins. The cogs inside the mad mans brain twisted and turned until he finally stopped to face EDDIE and Metal Sonic.

"Nothing for now. We have more important matters to attend to. The fur ball may have unlocked chaos control, but he certainly doesn't know how to use it"

He said while looking holographic image of unconscious Tails lying face first in the dirt."

"Doctor?" Metal Sonic responded, still not understanding his master's motives. Robotnik spread his arms out in the air and proclaimed,

"Sonic believes me to be dead, vanquished. We cannot blow that cover because for the science experiments of a mutated fox. Don't worry, I will acquire his secret all in good time. How goes the preparations for Operation Neodoria?"

"Industrial Centers Delta and Mu report they are at full operational capacity. They are still working to replace the armies lost on Angel Island. We should have ten legions ready on time. Also, Gamma station reports that they are ready to receive the first human and Mobian subjects for your new experiment."

EDDIE's voice echoed out as its artificial eyes gazed at a terminal in front of him.

"Wuhahahahaha" Robotnik cackled as rubbed his gloved hands together.

"Soon this entire planet will be mine, and my perfected models of Mobians and humans will worship me as their ruler. Metal, go now and initiate the next phase. See to it that we have good subjects for my plan."

"Yes Master." Metal Sonic said as he bowed and turned away carry out his orders.

Both Robotnik and EDDIE turn now to admire the blue and green surface of the Planet Mobius below them. Its inhabitants were still oblivious to the dubious beings orbiting above them.