Chapter 01: No Fate But What We Make

It was a bright day in Los Angeles for Sonic the Hedgehog, whom along with his friends Miles "Tails" Prower, and Knuckles the Echidna, who stood next to the entrance to the Los Angeles Freeway, with Extreme Gear in each others' hands. Knuckles then asked: "Remind me again Sonic, why are we here at the L.A. Speedway?"

"Because, the Babylon Rogues want a Highway battle, and since they happened to be in town, I figure that this will be an interesting race." Sonic replied.

Not soon after, the sight of Jet the Hawk was seen charging straight towards them, along with Wave the Swallow and Storm the Albatross by his side. They soon dismounted their boards and Jet walked up to Sonic. "Well, Sonic, today's gonna be the day! The race of all races! Whoever can get from one side of town to the next earns the title of 'Fastest Thing Alive'!"

"Yeah, yeah, keep on tryin' Jet, because nobody is faster than me!" Sonic replied.

Wave then looked down on Tails and said: "Well, Shorty, let's hope your gear designs can match mine!"

"Wait and see." replied Tails.

Storm then walked up to Knuckles and said: "Let's do this! After this, you and I will rumble!"

"Try me on that freeway." Knuckles said sternly.

They all soon lined up at the edge of the Freeway, and Sonic then said, "You do realize that the LAPD will chase us, Jet?"

Jet cockily replied: "I've outran cops all over the world, these guys will be no different."

"Yeah, they can't fight a hoverboard with those clunky things they call police interceptors." Wave added. They watched the traffic light like a light at a raceway, and when it turned green, the race was on!

Team Sonic and the Babylon Rogues barely scored five miles when they heard 3 helicopters flying overhead. "Two news boys and one cop chop at 6 o'clock!" Jet shouted as they all glanced at the choppers.

Soon the ominous sound of police sirens was heard far behind. "Here comes the cavalry!" Knuckles shouted as the cruisers closed in. The two groups had the advantage over the Police as the traffic grew heavier, as the small and tiny boards maneuvered easily around the cars on the freeway. The Police though had no luck trying to ram them with their cruisers. Jet and Sonic were enjoying themselves until one officer drew his gun and opened fire. "WHOA!" Jet shouted, "These guys must be really mad now everyone!" Soon other police officers begun drawing and opening fire, and Storm responded by turning and smashing the police cruiser behind him directly in the front and made it flip over and a spectacular pile up soon followed. "Nice one Storm!" Wave said, and Storm replied: "You're welcome!"

They were having fun and were almost at the home stretch when suddenly they heard more gunfire, only this time it was from a small white van being chased by a large semi. "What's the rush?!" Sonic asked himself, and then decided to put a stop to it. "Sorry Jet, duty before titles!" and he raced off to get at the semi.

"Hey wait! I'm not letting you have all the glory!" and Jet followed. Sonic rode up and saw a woman in the car firing a handgun at the semi, whose driver was firing a submachine gun back. Sonic peered into the truck and saw a man with multiple holes in the face. "Hey there!" Sonic shouted, and then to his surprise, the man turned and Sonic saw half a face, the other half had metal and a red eye. He trained his submachine gun on Sonic, who managed to get out of the way as the man fired. "What was that?" Sonic asked himself. Jet, who had come up the other side, saw the metal part and soon he was shot at, but missed. Sonic then proceeded to slash a tire with his Spin Dash attack, he managed to take out some of the semi's tires, and made it skid out of control. Jet then created a wind gust with his board that managed to knock over the truck on its side and trapped the man under it. Then the car stopped and the woman came out and pumped her remaining rounds into the fuel tanks and blew up the truck. Sonic and Jet were speechless and even when the others caught up to the scene, there was shock and disbelief. Sonic then asked: "Are you OK?"

The woman looked and said, "Yes….Thank you." Then a young man came out of the car, and gazed upon Sonic and the Babylon Rogues. Then Jet's beak dropped open and he said, "Hey! You're Sarah Connor!"

Sonic then said "Sarah Connor?!" "Oh yeah! You're that woman who has been on the run from the Feds."

Then the young man said, "And you're…you're Sonic the Hedgehog, right? I'm John Connor."

"That's me! The one and the only!"

Sarah then said "Thank you…Come on John, let's go."

Then Tails ran up and asked, "Hey, are you OK?"

"I'm fine." Sarah replied, and both of them got into the car and left quickly.

Then Sonic checked his PDA and said, "Oh no! We have to meet Amy and Cream downtown! Sorry Jet, gotta run!"

"Hey! You owe me for this!" Jet shouted as they headed downtown.

"Where's Sonic?!!" Amy grumbled at the café on Hollywood Blvd, "He was supposed to be here 2 minutes ago!"

"Calm down Amy!" Cream said, "You know him and those Rogue guys, they race to the limit."

"Chao." said Cheese. Soon, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and the Babylon Rogues arrived on the scene.

"Sorry we're late Amy, but…"

"IT TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH!!!" Amy screamed.

"Chill out girlie!" Jet said, "Two minutes late and already you freak out! Jeez! That reminds of Wave in a way." Wave couldn't help but snarl at that remark.

"Wait!" Cream called, "Why are you guys late?"

"I'll tell ya…" Said Knuckles as they went to their table outside the café.

"Wow, you guys saw Sarah Connor today? Why didn't you tell the Police?" Amy asked.

"Well, I don't think she was as crazy as the authorities made her out to be." Sonic replied.

Then, they were interrupted by the sound of "We meet again." they all looked up and there stood Sarah and John.

"Well, what are you doing here?" asked Tails.

Sarah replied: "We didn't have much time to talk, and I saw you guys were looking spooked about something, and I knew that you knew."

"Knew about what?" asked Storm.

"About that Terminator." John answered.

"Terminator?" they all said, and Sarah shushed them. John and Sarah grabbed some chairs and sat down, and then told them about Skynet, the Terminators, and about Judgment Day.

"Man, that sounds pretty serious!" Sonic said after Sarah finished.

"And to think, you guys just want to help everyone, but nobody wants to believe you…" Cream said sadly.

"Chao." Cheese said again.

"And that is why they want to….." "Sarah Connor?" said a voice that came from behind Sarah.

They looked and saw the sight of Shadow the Hedgehog and Rouge the Bat. Shadow glared at Sarah and behind him were a large group of FBI Agents armed with pistols, shotguns, SMGs, and rifles. "You're under arrest." he said as he prepared to grab her, when Sonic stepped up and said, "Hold on a minute Shadow!"

Shadow looked up and said, "Back off Sonic! This doesn't concern you!"

"She's wanted lawbreaker, hon, and we finally got her!" said Rouge with much glee. But things soon went from bad to worse when an FBI Cruiser was crushed by a giant vehicle. Everyone looked up as the FBI Agents pointed their guns at the machine. "Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho!!!" There was the sight of Doctor Eggman laughing above.

"Eggman!!" Sonic shouted as he prepared for battle.

"Well, Sonic! Fine day for your doom huh?" Eggman mocked.

"What have you got planned this time, Eggman?" Sonic shouted back. Eggman revealed the seven Chaos Emeralds and the Master Emerald.

"No!! Not the Master Emerald too!!!" Knuckles shouted in panic. Cream then noticed Sarah and John had fled the scene in the confusion, but that was the least of her concern, as Eggman announced: "I am going to use the power of the Emeralds to make my ultimate weapon operational!! Soon this laser will decimate you all, and I will finally be rid of you Sonic!!"

"In your dreams Eggman!" Sonic replied.

"We'll see!" replied Eggman as he pushed a button which activated the machine. All the civilians, FBI Agents, LAPD Officers, and SWAT Officers backed off to let Sonic sort this out, but before Sonic could make his move, something unusual happened.

"Doctor," said Bocoe, "The machine is overloading!"

"Yes!" added Decoe, "There is something funny happening to the Chaos Emeralds!"

"What!!" shouted Eggman, "What is happening…" but before he could say more, there was a large bright light that appeared out of the machine, and encompassed Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Cream, Cheese, Shadow, Rouge, the Babylon Rogues, and Dr. Eggman's posse. Sonic shouted, "WHAT'S HAPPENING?!!!" But then he blacked out as the light became blinding.