Hey people! Warrior Kitty here with my third Sonic story! Okay, I have had this story for a very long time, actually, since like...two years ago. When I first thought of this, it was originally gonna be a Super Smash Bros story, but I don't really have a lot of ideas and stories for Sonic, I figured I could just make this a Sonic story instead!
Also, I have something to say real quick! To anyone who has read my Sonic Halloween story who might just be reading this, I think I said that none of my Sonic stories will have OCs. Well, it turns out this is an exception. Three major OCs of mine will be in this story and are required for the plot. But, those are the ONLY OCs that are going to be in this story. I am NOT accepting anyone else's OCs. (especially if I don't even know you)
I have one more thing to say real quick! To anyone who reads my Smash Bros stories that might be reading this, I know that I said I was going on a two-month break. Well, I guess my mind healed faster than I thought it would and this was the first idea I got! So, I'm back! :D
Anyways, enough of my talking! Let's get this started! Enjoy!
Chapter 1: What Happened Last Night?
Espio snapped his eyes open with a sputtered gasp. The first thing that met his vision was a moldy bathroom ceiling, visible by a dim, flickering light. Eyes widening, he sat straight up and glanced around wildly. He was in a small, messy looking bathroom, sitting the bathtub.
What in the? Espio said to himself, now extremely confused. He got to his feet and stepped out of the tub, but swayed a little and his vision went fuzzy. Groaning lightly, Espio shook his head and walked to the door of the bathroom, which was wide open. When he got there, he stopped dead in the doorway and stared at the sight before him.
To start, he was in a messy motel room, but the place was trashed. Food, garbage, and bottles littered the floor and a window was shattered to pieces. Apparently, he also wasn't alone. Knuckles and Mighty slung over on the two beds in there, Vector was sprawled on the floor, Shadow was face-down on the couch, and Sonic...hung on a ceiling fan. All five were fast asleep and snoring loudly. Espio stared at all of this, now even more confused.
What the? What...What happened? He asked himself as he now stepped fully out of the bathroom. Where were they, exactly? Why are they all in a wrecked motel room and most importantly, how did they get there? Just...what happened? Espio tried to remember the previous night, but it was all a blur and his head started to throb a little. Rubbing it, he walked forward and stood by the ceiling fan, looking up at the blue hedgehog that hung from it.
"Sonic! Sonic, wake up!" He shouted. Sonic's ears twitched and he shifted his body with an inaudible mumble. Slowly, he opened his green eyes, only to snap them open wide when he saw how far he was from the ground.
"Holy-" He shouted in alarm, but cut himself off when he heard a loud snap. Right then and there, the ceiling fan fell straight from the ceiling with Sonic clinging to it with a yelp. It landed on Vector's back, causing the crocodile to wake up immediately.
"Whowhatwhere?!" He said and quickly sat up, flinging Sonic and the fan off him as he did so. The hedgehog and the fan landed of the two beds, waking Knuckles and Mighty in the process.
"I'M INNOCENT!" The armadillo exclaimed as he snapped out of his dream. The echidna blinked a few times as he looked at the ceiling fan in front of him.
"Uh..." Was all he said when suddenly, a nauseating feeling hit him hard. Face turning green, Knuckles quickly rushed to the bathroom and slammed the door shut behind him. Now, everyone was beginning to glance around the motel room, confusion shining in their eyes.
"Uh, what's goin' on?" Sonic asked, getting up from the bed. "Where are we?"
"I...I don't even know." Espio replied. "I just woke up in the tub in the bathroom, but I don't remember the previous night. It's all...blurry."
"Yeah, I don't remember either." Vector mumbled, scratching his head.
"Me too." Mighty added. "I mean, what did we even do?" The sound of a toilet flushing caught their attention and they all turned toward the bathroom. All was silent until the door slowly opened and Knuckles staggered out, the sick expression started to fade from his face.
"Okay, I need answers." He muttered and stepped out to join them. "Where are and how did we get here?"
"We're trying to figure that out." Vector told him. As they all still conversed a little on the subject, Sonic was silently thinking about it, trying to see how much he could remember from last night. But just like the rest, he couldn't reach any sort of memory; it was all blank. However, something did come to his mind that made his ears perk up.
"Hold up, guys!" Sonic spoke up, causing the others to turn to him. "I think I may have an idea of what happened. Yesterday, I remember that all of all of us, along with Silver went somewhere, but the rest, I don't know." The group was silent as they let the hedgehog's words sink in.
"That still doesn't exactly help us." Espio said. "It's not enough information."
"Yeah, like, where were we going and for what reason?" Knuckles added bluntly.
"Hey, have you guys seen my other shoe?" Mighty randomly asked, looking at his right foot that only had his sock on. But, the rest didn't hear him.
"Also, if that's the case, then where's Silver?" Vector questioned. Realization hit the four of them and they looked around the motel room. The white hedgehog was indeed, nowhere in sight.
Sonic blinked. "...Huh. That's a good question." He said, scratching at his ear. Seeing that the others had ignored his question, Mighty lowered his ears with an annoyed sigh.
"Fine, I'll find my shoe myself." He mumbled to...basically no one and hopped off the bed. Back to the other's conversation, Knuckles groaned and ran his gloved hand down his face.
"Well this is fantastic. Now we to find Silver." He growled.
"Yeah, the poor guy could be starving on a street corner for all we know." Sonic said nervously.
Vector then got to his feet. "Then that means we should hurry up and find him. After all, I leave no mystery unsol-AGH!" He suddenly flopped right to the ground as he was heading toward the door. Blinking open his eyes, he got in a sitting position and looked to see what tripped him. It was a dark blue suitcase. Confusion came to the crocodile as he picked it up with Sonic and Knuckles approaching curiously.
"What's this?" The hedgehog asked.
"No idea." Vector answered. He flipped the latches on the case and opened it. What was inside made their jaws drop. Inside were rows, upon rows of dollar bills, all seemingly emitting a heavenly glow from them.
"Whoa..." Knuckles said as Sonic whistled in amazement. Vector, on the other hand, just stared at all the money in shock. But slowly, his shock melted away into pure joy as a smile crept on his face and tears built in his eyes.
"It's...It's beautiful..." He said quietly and reached for the money. Just then, the suitcase was slammed shut and taken away. Vector looked up to see Espio holding in with a scowl on his face. "Hey! I wasn't done marveling in that! Give it back!"
"Vector, think for a moment." The chameleon told him. "There is no way we could've possibly got all that money on our own in one night. How did we get all of it, anyway? There is only one answer, and it was stolen. There for, we either get rid of it, or return it." The others were quiet as they thought about it.
"Mmm, he's gotta point, Vector." Sonic said.
Vector sighed. "Yeah, you're right, Espio. We should return it."
"Uuhhh...guys." Sonic, Vector, and Espio turned and saw Knuckles kneel down and pick something up from the ground. He walked back to them and held out what he found, which was a small, gold ring with a fancy looking diamond on it. They all looked at it blankly for a few moments.
"...Is that...an engagement ring?" Sonic finally spoke up, breaking the silence.
"Sweet jeez, what did we do last night?!" Vector shouted, now panicked. As the four started freaking out about one of them being possibly married, Mighty continued to search the room for his missing shoe. He walked up to a closet and opened it, peeking inside. Sure enough, his right shoe was laying on it's side.
A smile came on Mighty's face as he grabbed it. "Finally." He said aloud and slipped in on his foot. Unfortunately, his shoe wasn't the only thing in the closet...Before he could close it, a faint, baby whimper sounded from inside. Upon hearing it, the armadillo froze up and his eyes widened. Slowly, he looked back inside the closet for the source of the whimper. In the back, sitting in a booster seat, was a little baby Mobian kangaroo. His eyes were closed as he squirmed from the light coming in the closet. He also had pale brown fur with a cream-colored muzzle and chocolate brown fur around his eyes with a little tuft of it on his head.
Mighty stared at the baby in complete alarm. He then slowly closed the closet door and turned back to the other four, his heart racing. "G-Guys..." He said in a shaky voice. When Sonic, Knuckles, Vector, and Espio turned to him, he opened the closet again and pointed inside. "I think you might wanna take a look at this..."
Eyebrows raising, the four approached the armadillo and looked in the closet. As soon as they say the baby, their eyes widened and their mouths went agape. The baby then blinked open his eyes, revealing their hazel color, and let out a happy giggle at the sight of the four Mobians in front of him. Finally, Sonic started making breathless noises in an attempt to speak, waving his hands and motioning to the infant in confusion and disbelief.
Vector then closed his mouth and rested his hands on his hips. "Well, there can only be two answers for this." He said. "We kidnapped someone's kid, or one of us messed with a lady kangaroo." Espio walked into the closet and picked up the baby in his arms.
"Okay, this settles it." He said and faced the others. "We need to go out there and find out what had happened. We need to find out where we are, find this child's parents, where that case of money came from, and find Silver." The others nodded in agreement, but suddenly, Knuckles eyes snapped wide and his pupils dilated in realization.
"And I have to get back to the Master Emerald!" He shouted in a panicked tone. "That bat, Rouge could be stealing it right now!"
Sonic then looked down at the little kangaroo in the chameleon's arms. "Don't worry, kid. We'll find your parents."
"Um, don't you think we should call him something else other than 'kid'?" Mighty suggested.
"Mighty, we're not keeping him." Knuckles said with a deadpanned expression. "He's not even any of ours...hopefully."
"I know, but still." Mighty stepped forward and took the baby from Espio. "I think we should at least call him something that's more...respecting."
"Alright, fine." Vector replied and thought about it. "How about...Squirt." Sonic, Espio, Knuckles, and Mighty looked at him blankly.
"Squirt, really?" The echidna said. "That's the best name you could think up of."
"Hey, it's a name, isn't it?" Vector answered in his defense. Just then, a thought came to Sonic and he perked his ears again.
"Wait a minute. I haven't heard any complaining or grouchy grumbling at all." He said and looked around. "...Where's Shadow?" The four then turned around to where the small couch stood in the motel room. On it, Shadow remained face-down and motionless. The group stared at him in confusion as they approached him.
"Is he okay?" Vector asked curiously.
"Don't know." Sonic replied and walked up to the dark hedgehog. He stood next to him and looked down at him then started poking his head. "Heeeeeyy, Shadow. Are ya awake?" Shadow's body shifted and he slowly lifted his head. His red eyes were foggy and the only thing he started to say was nothing but slurred gibberish. A bit of drool was even leaking from his mouth as well. Shadow flopped his head back down on the couch and stared off into nothing, a blank look in them. Now Sonic, Knuckles, Espio, Vector, and Mighty were a bit concerned as they looked at him. A sour, acrid smell then wafted to their noses from the dark hedgehog and they now understood.
"Well, I think we know which one of us had the most liquor." Sonic confirmed with a snicker. "Oh, I'm never gonna let him live this down."
"So, is he okay?" Mighty questioned. Espio walked up to Shadow and snapped multiple times in front of his. When he didn't move, he then lifted one of his arms and let it fall limply back on the couch.
"I don't think so." He finally concluded. "If what Sonic said is true and he drank too much of whatever alcoholic beverage, it's affecting his inner mind."
"Meaning..." Knuckles said, not totally following.
"Meaning," Espio then twirled his finger at the side of his head in the "coo coo, coo coo" motion. "Shadow doesn't have any grip on his subconscious. He's not feeling, seeing, hearing, having any sort of emotions...he basically, he doesn't have his mind with him at the moment."
"So, he's basically a vegetable, then." Knuckles said, now understanding.
Espio nodded. "Yeah, pretty much."
Sonic thought for a moment then grinned. "Hold now, I think we can still get him back. Vector, get him up." The said crocodile reached down and gripped the dark hedgehog by his quills and lifted him, gently setting him on his feet. "There. C'mon, Shads, can you stand?" To answer his question, as soon as Vector let go of him, Shadow fell flat on his face and continued to lay motionless. The group stared down at him for a few silent moments.
"I'm guessing that's a no." Mighty mumbled.
"Okay, I think we should just get out there and find out what happened to us." Sonic said and started to head to the door of the motel room. "Let's get to it, guys! Times a-wasting." The other three glanced at each other then followed after the blue hedgehog with Vector picking up Shadow from the ground and slung him over his shoulder.
This is gonna be one hell of an adventure...
Oh yes it will.
Well, this is the first time that I'm actually writing a part mystery story, so I hope this turns out okay. But anyways, thank you all for reading! I hope you're all interested in it so far! The next chapter will be up soon! See ya!