Sonic OVA Z

~Chapter 1: The Heroes from Another Time~

Nobody knows the full story of what happened 200 years ago. All that was known was that the world was devastated by one of Eggman's rogue robots. Now the world was simply in ruins. There were only about nine survivors in the entire world, but there were no known records; the only proof of survivors were the descendants. The planet's inhabitants had adapted to the ruined environment, and to this day they live in the ruins quite happily. Except for one young hedgehog who longs to see the world in its former beauty...

Silver the hedgehog was running across the collapsed buildings as fast as he could. Mephiles, a much darker and seemingly deformed hedgehog, was running after him.

"Where are we going this time, Silver?" Mephiles asked, sounding very unenthusiastic.

"You'll see," Silver smiled as he continued to run, ocassionaly floating over gaps with his psychokinesis. Mephiles, unlike the other hedgehogs, did not have that ability, so instead he relied on Silver to use his psychokinesis to carry him over the gaps.

After a while of running, the pair arrived at a large wasteland.

"...This is just another wasteland," Mephiles pointed out, now sounding incredibly unhappy.

Silver smiled. "No. You'll never believe what I found here," he assured. "Come on!" Silver ran across the dry land, followed by his companion, before stopping at a certain spot and crouching down, observing the ground intensely. Mephiles copied him, but was unsure of what he was looking at.

"I don't understand," Mephiles thought out loud.

"Look," Silver replied. He pointed to a small green plant which was just growing out of one of cracks in the ground. Mephiles just stared at it, looking a little bit surprised, but then he went back to pulling his usual expression of gloom.

"It's a plant," he pointed out.

"I know!" Silver exclaimed excitably, jumping up to his feet. "Don't you know what this means?! Our planet will one day be like it was centuries ago!"

"It will take centuries for the planet to restore itself," Mephiles doubted, also standing up on his feet. "Besides, that small plant will not survive. There is no water. There are no nutrients. It will die, just like everything else."

Silver stared at the dark hedgehog, his face immediately turning into a solemn visage. He slowly closed his eyes and looked away.

"I just... I just wish the world was as it was before," he admitted quietly.

"That's what we all want," Mephiles added. "But this is the world we live in now. We cannot change that. We just have to live with that."

"But I don't want to live like this anymore!" Silver shouted, losing his temper. "We live in a world of ruins! Everything around us is debris from the events which occurred all those years ago! There are probably dead bodies everywhere we stand!"

"And so what?" Mephiles responded vacantly. "There is nothing we can do about that, Silver. You should just be thankful that we are not suffering like our ancestors suffered. The world is peaceful. It is quiet. Now stop dreaming of the previous world; the planet will never be like that again." The drab hedgehog then turned around. "Come; we are leaving," he commanded, walking back to where their homes were.

Silver stared at him for a moment before letting out a heavy sigh, dragging his feet as he followed his partner. He managed to catch up with him since Mephiles was still unable to cross over the larger gaps. Mephiles turned to look at Silver, silently asking for him to lend a hand. Indeed, Silver did use his psychokinesis to lift his friend, but was lost in his little daydream. He really wanted to live in a peaceful world...

"Silver," Mephiles calmly said suddenly. Despite the calmness, it was still enough to startle Silver, causing him him to completely lose focus. Mephiles was no longer being held up by Silver's psychokinesis, but instead he was falling down the large ravine.

"Mephiles!" Silver yelled, instantly using his psychokinesis to catch him seconds before he hit the ground. "Mephiles, are you alright?!"

"I'm fine..." Mephiles groaned, sounding highly displeased and irritated.

"Hang on, I'll lift you outta there," Silver assured, about to raise Mephiles out of the drop.

"Wait," Mephiles called up to him. Silver, confused, did as he was told, listening to what Mephiles had to say. "There's something down here. Put me down and then come down here."

"Got it..." Silver responded, gently placing Mephiles down before floating down himself. As he was about to ask Mephiles what he had found, he simply looked in the same direction which Mephiles was staring in, seeing exactly what he meant.

In front of the two was a hallway which seemed to have belonged to an old laboratory before the events of 200 years ago. It was metallic with rust and dirt staining the walls and floor, and there also seemed to be some blood stains. The corridor was pitch black since there was no electricity to power the lights or any other piece of eletrical equipment.

"Whoa..." Silver gasped, slowly walking towards the destroyed hallway. "It's been years since something like this was last found!"

"It doesn't seem to be very safe," Mephiles noted.

"So? There could be something in there!" Silver responded.

"Like what?" Mephiles questioned the silver hedgehog.

For a moment Silver was silent, unsure of what would be in the lab. He hesitated to get his words out. "I-I don't know! Artifacts, relics... anything could be in there! Think about it: we could be famous and we could make a lot of money if we find something rare!"

"What good does a lot of money do these days?" Mephiles asked him. "We don't need a lot of money. And I do not want to be famous."

"Come on, you told me to come down here!" Silver reminded. "We're going in there!" With that, Silver grabbed Mephiles by the arm and dragged him inside. The further the two walked, the darker the corridor became.

Silver examined the corridor, taking in every little bit of detail, amazed. "I've never been inside an ancient structure before..." he gasped quietly to himself. He then looked at Mephiles. "And surely you find this interesting too? I mean, you do like dark and isolated places..."

"I do," Mephiles agreed. "But I like being in dark places which are not ancient buildings."

"You always have an answer to disagree with what I say," Silver smiled to himself as he walked. Mephiles, no longer wanting to argue, decided to keep quiet. Thankfully Silver was just entertaining himself by observing the surroundings.

After a short while of walking, the two noticed that they had entered a large, round room. Like the corridors, the room was completely black, though the rust and dirt was still visible. There were a lot of broken control panels, and in the centre of the room were five hibernation chambers.

Two were active.

"Huh...?" Silver spoke, slowly approaching the two pods. "But... how are they even...?"

"There's probably some kind of back-up power," Mephiles assumed. "If that is the case, then there is no doubt that those two hibernation chambers are currently in use."

"Wait, so are you saying that there are people in those things?" Silver queried, sounding surprised.

"Yes," Mephiles answered simply. "Be my guest if you wish to open them." As he said that, he seemed to step back, presumably for safety purposes.

Silver stared at Mephiles, feeling as if he had been abandoned. He looked at the two active chambers, unsure if he should open them. It didn't take Silver long to choose due to his curiosity, so he used his psychokinesis to disrupt the technology and open the pods, stepping back a little cautiously.

In the first pod was a robotic hedgehog with black and yellow stripes, a red power gem being his power source. His left arm was replaced by an arm cannon. In the second pod was a similar robotic hedgehog, except he was mostly blue and his power gem was yellow. His arm cannon was also replacing his left arm. Both robots had red LED eyes which switched on slowly as the two stepped out. Mephiles and Silver could only stare, unsure of what to do.

Both robots stepped out of their containment, scanning the area slowly. Silver and Mephiles remained frozen in their spots, but the two machines didn't seem to be bothered by them. Once they had finished scanning, the black and yellow hedgebot smiled and stretched himself.

"Whew! Finally, some elbow room!" he exclaimed happily.

The blue robot just stared at him grumpily, his arms folded. "We were in hibernation, room didn't matter," he pointed out.

"Yeah, well I'm just saying that it feels nice to be awake and free again," the other robot countered. He then drew his attention to Silver and Mephiles, seeing their horrified expressions. "Oh... These guys must be the ones who let us out."

As if he had ignored the happier robot, the other machine instantly pinned Silver on his front. "Who are you?! Answer now or die!" he threatened, his arm cannon already charged up as he pointed it to the back of Silver's head.

"W-Wha...?! H-Hey...!" Silver reacted, panicking as he thrashed around to escape the robot's grasp.

"H-Hey, hey, take it easy, Metallix!" the yellow-striped robot commanded hesitantly, gesturing for him to get off Silver. The blue robot, Metallix, ignored him.

"Answer me now," he hissed.

"M-My name is Silver...! Silver the hedgehog...!" Silver answered, flinching.

"Your name isn't in my database..." Metallix told him quietly. He seemed suspicious, though he stood up and let Silver go. "So. How many years have passed?"

"What do you mean? How many years since when?" Silver asked, completely confused.

"Since we went into hibernation," Metallix answered darkly.

"Take it easy, Metallix," the other robot said to him, trying to calm him down.

"What's going on?" Silver interrogated, extremely confused.

Both of the robots looked at him. Neither of them spoke, until Mephiles decided to fill the silence.

"Silver, I believe that they must be referring to how long it has been since the events that occurred 200 years ago," he concluded.

"200 years?!" both robots exclaimed at the same time, shocked.

"Yes," Mephiles answered calmly.

"Wow... It's been a while..." the black robot muttered to himself. He then looked at the two. "The name's Shard, and this guy here is Metallix."

"Um... nice to meet you?" Silver responded to their introduction, sounding quite unsure and nervous.

"Now then, do you mind updating us on what's been going on since the disaster?" Shard requested. "I'm surprised that anyone survived."

"Well, things are actually pretty peaceful," Silver admitted, scratching his head nervously. "The people of this generation have adapted to the ruined environment, and nothing has really troubled us for a long time."

"Huh..." was all Shard could respond with as he appeared to be in deep thought.

There was an awkward silence for a moment before Silver decided to speak. "So... How did you two get into those hibernation chambers?"

The two mechanical hedgehogs looked at him with a serious look. Metallix looked quite murderous, though Shard just appeared to be a little solemn. Shard then decided to answer the hedgehog's question. "...It's a long story."

"Right," Silver replied, feeling a little guilty for asking the question. Since these two were around at the time of the disaster, they probably saw some horrific things.

"Silver, we should be heading back to our homes now," Mephiles reminded impatiently. This instantly caught Silver's attention.

"O-Oh, yeah," Silver recalled. "But... what do we do about these guys?"

Mephiles just glanced at the two metallic hedgehogs before coming up with his answer. "...They can come with us. But we should explain to everyone that these two are from the past." He then looked directly at the two machines. "And you two should really explain what happened back then. Nobody knows the full story."

"...We'll explain what we can, but only if it's completely necessary," Shard responded honestly.

"Right then. Let's go back," Silver commanded, using his psychokinesis to levitate both himself and Mephiles. The other two used their jet boosters to fly out of the ravine at a much quicker speed, waiting for the two hedgehogs before heading back to the city.

...

There was another room in the ancient lab, much further down compared to the room where Shard and Metallix were found. It was a similar room with more hibernation chambers, but only one appeared to be in use. However, the power in that pod seemed to have gone off when Shard and Metallix were awakened. The pod slowly opened up as smoke flooded out from it, a metallic hand grabbing onto the side as red eyes glowed within the smoke.

~End of Chapter~