Sonic S: The Tale of Tails
Written by Virtus the Protector
Starring characters copyright of Virtus the Protector, Sega and Archie Comics, used without permission by the two later.
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Prologue
Virtus slowly and unwillingly opened his eyes.
"Only five more minutes, mom..." The masked man mumbled half-awake, half unaware that his current location was Zonic's headquarters in the No Zone, and not the Sweden of Earth-Alpha.
The masked vigilante quickly remembered that he was still in the No Zone, the zone that connected all universes that the Zone Cop known as Zonic had been watching over to ensure balance for a pretty large chunk of his life. Virtus slowly straightened himself up in the bed, kicking the covers to the side.
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The human walked down one of the long hallways in Zonic's headquarters. He could easily have made it through every single doorway and corridor in the entire in a matter of seconds, if he had gone at supersonic speed. But with the masked human's lack of control over the sound bangs his speed generated, it wouldn't be the wisest choice with all that, probably rather expensive, equipment present.
And by the way, who would have wanted to miss that impressive view of the space outside the large windows. Not dark and cold like the usual space you saw in those sci-fi movies, but a beautiful mish-mash of all colours in existence. Surely, whoever was the "Great Architect" who designed this universe, was either a total nutcase, or an artistic genius. Either way, it was truly a sight to behold.
Virtus looked at his own reflection in the otherwise transparent glass. The mask didn't reveal much of the mysterious male, just a pair of blue eyes in the middle of the red V that covered the face of the mask.
From the place where his nose was hidden, a red V-mark extended and split across his eyes, reaching over his forehead and all the way around, continuing down his back over his back, then cracking into a pair of smaller Vs that went back over his shoulders with their outer ends to form the red V-mark that spanned over his chest in a symbolic manner.
Speaking of upper bodies, his black costume's arms had a set of V-s that ran from his shoulders to his elbows. The white gloves had a small red V that decorated the outside of his palms.
The black and white full-bodysuit, continued in the same manner with a white belt around the masked hedgehog's waist with another red V-mark in the belt buckle.
Further on, at the outer side of his legs, another V extended from the belt almost to the end of his slightly baggy pant legs. And lastly, his feet rested in a pair of white sneakers with another red V-mark that extended from the back of his shoes to their toe tips.
Putting the major details aside, Virtus suddenly noticed a small flaw in his disguise. Beneath the edge of his mask, a small strand of a brown hair strand peaked out like an irritating root that you usually found in your garden.
Looking from side to side to make sure that there was no one but himself in the corridor, and no cameras present, the masked human lifted an edge of his mask below his chin. He partially pulled his mask off, revealing more and more of a Caucasian-coloured muzzle...
"Enjoying our reflection, are we?" A familiar voice said.
Virtus quickly pulled his mask down again, cursing silently beneath it. He turned around to look upon Zonic with a serious look in his eyes.
"Have you ever thought about just why I go through all this trouble to keep my true identity secret?" Virtus said, with an irritated undertone in his voice.
"Not quite. Why bother with cool outfits when it's what's inside the package that matters?" Zonic remarked.
"Easy for you to say. Your family and friends must be spread out everywhere around this entire dimension, while the few enemies you have are either banished to some prison dimension or who's home world is a few dimensional jumps away. And even if they have the technology to cross the time/space continuum, what chances do they have of locating you without some sort of interdimensional navigator thingamajig. And while I'm at it, you didn't reveal your true identity to Archie... Sorry, Sonic-Prime until you trusted him enough." Virtus exclaimed.
(Author's Note: Sonic Super Special #12, if you didn't know.)
"That's my point. You need to learn to trust others." Zonic said.
"I trust hardly no one but myself. And so did you that time, after all."
"Touché." Zonic replied at Virtus' quick-witted remark about his dimensional counterpart.
"And for your information, I was only removing some clues to my true identity."
"There will be no DNA-profiling on that hair strand." Virtus said, pulled the strand of hair down and threw it, the hair dissolving into nothingness before it touched the ground.
Suddenly, the alarm blared throughout the headquarters, alerting the two individuals of an incoming danger. Deciding that their argument could be settled at a later date, the two heroes ran to the control room of Zonic's base of operations.
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Author's Notes: Back again, with the next entry in the Sonic S series, and hopefully I'll get more reviews this time around. But I guess that's the price of basing stories on already existing storylines. This adaption will be a little different than the last one, as there's not even slightest resemblance between the two Sonic 2s. (8-bit and 16-bit.) But I won't spill the beans just yet. It might take some time to get the next chapter up, but good things are worth waiting for, aren't they? Get ready for the introduction of Miles Prower, AKA Tails, Sonic's best friend. Please review, but no flames! By the way, is there anyone that knows the year and month of release of "Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine?" Some sources list the US release date as November 1993, while some list it as February 1993. It's rather important, since it will affect further story development.