This takes place before Sonic Heroes, so no teams and Shadow is still dead.
This fic is an adaptation of another I posted, which was a failure with only one reviewer. (tailslover666 you rock!)
Anyway this is part one of a saga, don't know how long but there will be massive changes to Sonic's life and the entire world.
Animal Chapter One Awakening
His eyes opened, his vision was blurred and his limbs stiff.
"Where am I?" He asked. A huge light hovered over him and further impaired his vision.
A figure hovered into his sight, he couldn't make out the face, only the silhouette, the figure spoke, "A complete success, have him taken to the cells. "All went black.
Kai The Tiger awoke on a hard concrete floor, his bones and muscles ached an as he strained to rise they ached even more. No one around, had that been a dream. His head span as he got up, his muscles still protested. He looked around, a typical cell bed, sink, etc. He looked into the mirror above the sink, an orange face, black stripes, short blonde hair upon his head, but the eyes caught his gaze the most, emerald green globes, but behind them there was something untamed, wild, uncontrollable. He looked down at himself, black leather sleeveless jacket, black jeans and white shoes with a red stripe across the centre. The door behind him creaked open.
Sonic The Hedgehog lay sprawled out on a beach towel getting some well deserved shut eye. Ah silence.
"Sonic!" Damn. Miles "Tails" Prower stood beside him, looking more nervous than usual.
"Tails, not now." Sonic said rolling over so he looked away from Tails.
A period of silence followed and then something struck the back of Sonic's head. Sonic sat up looking to where Tails was and he was horrified to see his friend was gone. A small metallic object lay in the sand before him, it was rounded and had a small button in the centre. Sonic pressed it, the device flew out of his hand and floated about a metre away from him. A holographic image of a man in a military uniform, Sonic recogmised him as the GUN Director, whom he had met just after the ARK incident.
"You." Sonic snarled.
"Well hello to you, blue boy." The Director laughed.
"You, what have you done with Tails?" "I can assure you that Mister Prower will remain safe as long as you cooperate, or would you like to attend another funeral, poor Shadow." "Damn you, how dare you even speak of him! It was your mistakes that got him killed!" "Well, well struck a nerve, didn't I? Anyway let's lay that subject to rest, here are your orders, you are to proceed to the nearest Police station and hand this device to the authorities."
"That's all?"
"That's all."
"Fine but you'd better let Tails go, or you'll regret it."
Sonic walked casually up to the front desk of the S.S.P.D, "Um… I found this." He said placing the object on the desk, "It's kind of odd so I thought I should bring it in."
"Thank you, Sonic. We'll take a look right away." The officer behind the desk said walking away.
Sonic simply turned and realised his only source of communication with GUN had been lost. Never the less he kept walking, back to the beach, maybe he could find a clue.
Just as Sonic stepped out onto the sand he heard a deafening explosion and his heart sank. A bomb? That was it. A bomb? He had taken part in murder? Before Sonic knew what was happening he was out cold.
He sat surrounded by the huge GUN robots, he could take them, but not just yet, bits and pieces of his memory were flooding back to him as he sat in a state of meditation, still, un-intimidated, calm as a country meadow. He heard footsteps, coming closer, right in front of him, his eyes snapped open and startled the person before him, the GUN Director, they had all come to fear him, even the guards just outside were praying, "Not on my shift, please, not on my shift." He smelled their fear from his seat upon the steel floor.
"Director." He snarled.
"Yes, it's me. I have discovered something you may be interested in." The director stuttered.
"Do tell."
"Well it's about that coma you were in when we found you. We have found the cause of it."
"And?"
"We believe you are still in danger."
"Why?"
"You see, this is, complex……"
"Get on with it."
"Y, yes, of course, you see we have discovered who put you in your coma, a well known, so called, hero named, Sonic The Hedgehog."
"Never heard of him."
"Well he has been located and we thought you may want to confront him yourself."
"Yes I would that will be all, I'm leaving."
"But…." The tiger walked past the Director and out of the room. Those in the room heard the guards screaming outside.
Sonic woke up in a clearing, surrounded by dense woodland, where in the world? He got to his feet and looked around nervously. Not a soul to be found. How odd, waking up in the middle of nowhere. And where could Tails be? Perfect, just perfect. A shape shot out of the bushes and struck Sonic, sending him flying. He raised his head to look at his attacker, no, it couldn't be, Shadow!
"You never can keep your nose out of my business, can you, blue hedgehog?" Shadow, or at least someone who looked like him said.
"You!" Sonic yelled, "But you died?"
"Did I? Yes, I suppose that is how you could describe it. I was in that tunnel, going toward the light, I took I left turn back into the darkness and it saved me, being the good guy isn't all it's cracked up to be. You were quick to replace me though, running on back to Miles. Like we had never been friends."
"No!"
"Yes, now why don't we move on to the main event?" Shadow pulled a figure out of the bush beside him, it was Tails! Bound gagged and bleeding, he barely looked alive. "I'll make it easy for you Sonic, fight me before I break his neck."
Sonic didn't want to fight Shadow, or provoke him into killing Tails, what was the right choice. A streak of red ran across Sonic's vision and struck Shadow to the ground, Knuckles? What was he doing here?
"Take him down!" The guardian yelled as he grabbed Tails.
Sonic gave Knuckles a brief nod and turned his attention to Shadow.
"Ready, Sonic?" Shadow jeered as usual.
The two hedgehogs met in the centre of the clearing, a flurry of feet and fists, equally matched, but something was different about Shadow, more calm than usual, not a boast to be heard. The battle continued, every strike met with a counter.
Just outside the clearing Tails was coming around, "You have to help him." He groaned at Knuckles, "He can't beat Shadow alone."
"I can't let him die," Knuckles began, "but I can't help him either, you're his best friend, you of all people should know what he's like when he's angry, imagine what he'll be like when he finds out that, that isn't Shadow The Hedgehog come back to haunt him" The battle continued, neither side presenting an opening. Until Shadow spoke again,
"You know it's quite funny Sonic I died to save you and now, finally, I get to kill you." And that's when Sonic knew, "Sonic wind!" He yelled.
A tornado of Chaos energy engulfed Shadow and when it cleared all that was left were so many spare robotic parts. Sonic sighed. The robotic head, now stripped of its artificial covering still spoke, "You forgot me, Sonic."
"No." Sonic said as he stamped the head into the ground, "Even in the end Shadow knew how much his friendship meant to me. I could never forget you." Knuckles, with Tails in hand stepped out of the underbrush. "How did you know?"
"It was simple." Sonic sighed, "To make it perfect Shadow would have to call me faker and he would have had the Green Chaos Emerald the real Shadow would hunt it down before he faced me. He would have used Chaos Control."
"I get it."
"How's Tails?"
"He'll live, I'll take him to the shrine to rest, my Emerald will heal his wounds faster." "Okay take good care of him."
"I'm glad It wasn't Shadow."
"I'm not."
"Oh?"
"The person responsible for this is still out there."
"Eggman?"
"No something's different about this."
"Are you coming?"
"Yeah, can't go back to Station Square right now."
"Why not?"
"Too much of a hassle." Knuckles could sense he was lying but Sonic would tell him eventually.
From the trees above a figure watched, the game had begun, now for the next move.
Station Square.
The bank of Station Square, the hub of its economy, is now today a victim of the crime its city ceates, the very city it feeds. Bank robbers, with Sonic gone and the Police Station destroyed crime was all around. Utter chaos, speaking of which the item that the lead thief grasped in his hand was no ordinary jewel, it was the Cyan Chaos Emerald. A streak of black ran across everyone's vision and a tiger in black appeared.
(AN The same one from before see above for description.)
The head thief stared at his palm then at the tiger, the Emerald lay in the tigers hand.
"Not so smart are you?" The tiger jeered.
"Kill him!" The thief yelled and his men and himself opened fire with their automatic weapons. The tiger yelled something which none of the thieves heard, because before they knew it they were out cold. Cheers erupted from all around and news reporters were on the scene in no time.
"What's your name?" one asked.
"Kai The Tiger, but you can just call me Kai."
"Where are you from?"
"None of your business."
"What are your views on the recent disaster that has gripped Station Square?"
"I think Sonic has to pay for what he has done. I assure you that I will hunt him down and make him pay."
At her apartment Amy Rose sat on the sofa watching the news broadcast.
"Kill my Sonic?" Amy exclaimed, "Not a chance stripes, he's way better than you." But Amy had to wonder, why would Sonic attack the police? Had he gone crazy or something?
"This new hero." The news presenter said, "Is a sure-fire way to clean up this town once and for all." Amy got up and headed for the door. Wrapping her jacket around her tightly she concealed in it a taser that she had acquired, after all a girl needs to protect herself.
Sonic sat on the bottom step of the Master Emerald Shrine, pondering what had just happened, what was with that Shadow impostor? So many questions.
Meanwhile the GUN Director watched from his island base. It was all coming together.
R&R pleaseI dont want to be a failure again.