A/N: This is my first story so please be nice and leave a review. This fic was inspired by a novel named Old Man's War. You do not need to read the book in order to understand this fic.

Chapter 1: 60 Years later

Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic the hedgehog or Old Man's War

Two things of Significance happened on Sonic's seventy-fifth birthday. He visited his wife's grave and joined the military. The first event was not as significant as the second since there isn't a whole lot to do at one's grave but remember the good memories that you shared with them. This is why Sonic did not spend that much time at his wife's grave. He put some flowers on it, prayed a little, and left.

Sonic's wife, Amy Rose, had died ten years prior to that. Sonic remembered the incident clearly. She had been baking cookies when she had a stroke. Sonic could still remember her last words: "Where the hell did I put the vanilla."

Sonic and Amy had had three children. However Sonic was not very close to their kids throughout their life since he was often off fighting Eggman. The villain had finally died when Sonic was forty and Sonic was able to retire. No one mourned the death of Eggman but many people mourned the death of Amy Rose, the famous wife of Mobius's hero. The funeral for her was ordinary, nothing fancy, and after a while people seemed to move on. Sonic had never moved on, he had loved his wife and always missed her. However he had the feeling that he would see her again eventually.

The second significant thing that happened on Sonic's birthday was a little bit more interesting. Sonic had been home for an hour after visiting Amy's grave when he heard a knock on the door. Sonic got up slowly. His age had taken away his speed and gave him the usual stiffness that comes with age.

Sonic walked over to the door and opened it to see two people he had not talked to in a while, Shadow and Orion. Shadow had not aged a minute in all the years that had passed. His immortality was keeping him breathing and serving in the G.U.N. forces. Orion was the son of Tails and Cream. He was an orange fox with streaks of brown running through his fur. Sonic knew that both of them worked for G.U.N. but couldn't imagine what they wanted with him.

"Long time no see guys," Sonic said in a weary voice, "What can I help you with?"

"What we have to tell you is highly confidential," Shadow replied in a neutral tone, "We have come to give you an offer."

"Come on in and explain it inside," Sonic said, "Are you guys hungry, I have food."

"No thanks," Orion said sitting on a couch, "We are here to offer you a position in the military."

"You must be kidding," Sonic laughed, "I'm an old man, what good would I do in the military."

"Sonic we represent the Ghost Brigades," Orion said, "We have come here offering you something special. Our current technology allows for a massive de-aging process that can make you young again. All we ask in return is that you serve a two year term in G.U.N."

"Make me young again," Sonic said sitting down on a couch, "That's impossible, unless you two are talking about some form of technology that hasn't been released yet."

"You are correct," Shadow said.

"And who are the Ghost Brigades exactly?" Sonic said, "I've never heard of them."

"No one has," Orion replied, "Their existence is highly classified. But for your answer, the Ghost Brigades are a special operations group who all have come from dead or old and retired people. When a person dies in this country the military clones their body and use the dead clone in place of the real one for funeral purposes. The dead person is then regenerated using a special treatment and trained in special operations."

Sonic stopped dead when he realized what they were saying.

"Are you saying then?" Sonic said slowly.

"Yes," Orion replied, "Your wife, Amy, is alive and well. She has been forbidden from seeing you to maintain the confidentiality of the Ghost Brigades. If you join us however, you will be able to see her again."

"Are you saying you were able to bring my wife from the dead and you didn't even tell me," Sonic said aghast. "Shadow how could you do that and not even tell me."

"I was under orders," Shadow replied sternly, "The military forbids contact of the resurrected person and their loved ones or family. I personally do not agree with these rules but I am not the one in charge."

"Do you just keep them in military service for the rest of their life then," Sonic asked.

"No," Shadow replied, "They are required only to serve a two to ten year term before they are allowed to make a home on Mara Prime. However that brings up another point that we must discuss."

"And what is that?" Sonic replied.

"We do not normally recruit people until they have died," Orion replied, "However we are recruiting you because there has been a incident on the Mara Prime. Mara prime is the closest planet to Mobius. As you know, we have been colonizing the planet for some years now and plan to use it as a hub to get to other planets. However something was dug up on the planet. All personnel both military and civilian who have come within a mile of the dig site have vanished without a trace. Since the incident. Civilians and military in the areas surrounding the dig site have been disappearing without a trace. All people who have been sent to investigate have also disappeared. Our mission is to use the regenerative treatment on you, train you for the Ghost Brigades and send you, Amy, and a squad of other Ghost Brigades to investigate the object that was dug up."

"I'll do it," Sonic said without hesitation. He would do anything that would reunite him with Amy.

"Come with us then," Shadow said, "We will leave now. You may not contact anyone else. If you do you will be subject to military law. I hope you understand. This mission is highly confidential and we need to maintain that confidentiality."

Sonic nodded and without another word, followed Shadow and Orion out to their vehicle.