Freedom Fighters X
A/N: I'm going to edit my chapters to fit into the timeline/cannon I want and change some aspects from the games to make this a more unique universe.
Each Chaos Emerald will have a special property, be it an element or a mystic power, or both. Like the Emeralds did the Archie comics when all the emeralds in the universe wore melded into seven.
Super Sonic won't always be the ideal answer to the final bosses, I'm taking a page from Fleetway and DeviantArt's C-Puff and making Super Sonic a very unpredictable ace in the hole.
In C-Puff's words "Super Sonic isn't exactly psychotic or malicious, but he is more a force of nature. He is destructive and extremely powerful, but he is also completely neutral as to what or who he does damage to and has no concept of collateral damage. There is no sense of heroism or sadism or being drunk on power. it's just emotionless destruction focused on a specific target. And even then the target in question is usually rather broad. Anything within that area is considered fair game.
Also, because of this soulless power, every time it's used, it gets a little harder to revert back to a 100%. Your personality might not suffer, but you're going to feel some heavy after-effects which could be emotional or physical or both depending on how much power was used and what it was used for.
And of course, using it for too long and using too much power is an easy way to get yourself killed. Heck using the power at all is a gamble as to whether you'll be able to survive when you revert back. It's very easy to just drain yourself of all life without realizing it until the power dissipates again.
Also.. Chaos Crystals.
Because "Emeralds" makes no damn sense whatsoever to me. So fuck that."
Now Super Sonic won't be like that unless Sonic loses control of himself while in that form.
Also the character will look a little bit like her redesigns for them but with clothes and Knuckles will have an accent, an Australian to reflect his origins as a loner from a isolated and uncharted island and a foreign race, as well has doing his dreds/quills into a ponytail.
Why Australian? Because Australia is where Echidnas come from. And in the Archie comics the Island came from Downunda, Mobius' Australia.
Summary: A Sonic X/SatAM/SEGA/Archie/Underground crossover with my own flare to it to improve SX. Chris will be down played, a fact I'm sure you'll ALL like, and Characters will be clothed and while they won't look exactly like these here are links to some picks that will give you an idea.
Sonic: nocturnalmoth dot deviantart dot com/art/Sonic-in-some-random-pose-idk-88907259 with fingerless leather gloves and SA2 soap shoes
Sally: phoenixsalover dot deviantart dot com/art/My-Sally-Desigh-354860558 with a hood attatched to the jacket, a white tank top, biker goggles, and blue fingerless gloves with built in knuckle dusters.
Tails: www dot deviantart dotcom/art/Tails-the-Mechanic-8252344 Minus the head band, add goggles.
Knuckles: www dot deviantart dot com/art/No-4-Knuckles-the-Echidna-121350555 Minus the goggles, add gloves with fingers. (SA style)
Rotor: Grey Jumpsuit
Bunnie: her design from the Facing the Iron Dominion arc in the Archie comics.
Antoin will look mostly the same just with black pants and SA style.
Amy: Same as SA
Big: maiyeng dot deviantart dotcom/art/Big-the-Cat-Human-88089517 Only...you know...a big purple cat.
Also the older characters will be slightly taller. Coming up to an adult's man's chest instead of his waist depending on age, gender and build.
Listening to the Fooly Cooly sound track while writing this.
(A/N: Slight edit based on a cool rebuttle video on youtube made by Gnoggin about the Game Theorists denouncement of Sonic's speed.
Basically it states that Sonic is like Superman in that he holds his speed back to just at or below the Sound Barrier because the Sonic Boom would destroy the environment around him, and injure or kill nearby bystanders.)
Chapter 1: Reunion
It was a quite peaceful night for Big the Cat. Barely a cloud in the star sprinkled sky as he slept by a lake with his pole out.
That is until he heard a sonic boom and he opened those big, round, yellow eyes and looked off toward Eggman's base were a trail of dust was quickly heading.
Sonic the Hedgehog, wearing his black hoodie with deep blue racing stripes on the right arm, worn jeans, and custom soap shoes, was quickly approaching the border fences of Dr. Eggman's base when the entire facility lit up like a Christmas tree with search lights and sirens. Several mobile turrets went to guard the entrance and began firing a hail of laser bolts at him. But Sonic was to fast for their limited A.I to keep track of and he easily dodged them before he used them to springboard himself over the fence.
And because of their limited A.I being programmed to only attack anything outside the base they ignored him once he reached the inside.
But then, the moment his feet touched the steel grounds several large humanoid robots activated and cut him off from his intended path. He quickly hit the breaks and made a b-line for another sector, immediately being pursued by the giants as they began to hover.
He was able to outpace them easily enough but as he was exiting a tunnel he mistakenly stepped on a section of flooring with Eggman's face on it and instantly it sent him flying strait into the air. Taking the opportunity one of the giants flew up after the hedgehog and sent a metallic fist directly to his jaw and sent him flying away from the base like a bullet, blood spilling from his mouth from being forced to bite his cheek.
It was at that moment that a blue and yellow bi-plane piloted by 14 year old Tails in his blue mechanic jumpsuit and flying goggles came cruising toward the base with Amy Rose in the backseat.
"Sonic!" They cried and Tails tried to catch up to Sonic before he hit the ground but Eggman's AA guns were tracking him and put several rounds into the Tornado's broad side, lighting it ablaze.
Amy looked at the flaming bullet holes with worry. "Tails the plane is on fire! What do we do?!"
"What else?" Tails turned back with a very Sonic-like smirk. "We save Sonic!" He pulled a lever and the undercarriage of the place opened, firing a rocket at Sonic. Before it could hit him though it burst open and a power ring bolted toward Sonic who reached out for it and grabbed it.
Almost instantly he felt a surge of power and a chaotic aura surrounded him before he sent himself barreling back to the base at near hyper sonic speeds.
Meanwhile Tails was trying to desperately regain altitude but one of those bullets must have hit something vital because no matter what the two tailed kitsune did they kept loosing altitude.
And to make a bad situation worse.
"Tails we're gonna his that giant rock!" Amy shrieked!
"It's HUGE!" Tails shouted frightfully.
Luckily for them a spiked fist smashed the boulder to bits, allowing Tails enough room to land relatively smoothly.
Tails and Amy shifted to see a familiar figure standing cross armed and stoic on another rock nearby.
"Knuckles!" They both shouted in mild surprise.
Knuckles, in his gray T-shirt, cargo shorts, and tribal jewelry simply "hmphed" in response as he watched Sonic tear the base apart. "Overkill as usual." He commented disapprovingly his tied back dreadlocks swaying in the wind.
-Freedom Fighters X-
In another part of the surrounding forest not to far away from where Tails landed Sally Acorn, in her blue vest/jacket, white tank top, blue khaki shorts, combat gloves, and boots was watching the action from a tall hill with the rest of the Freedom Fighters, her auburn hair was slightly messier than it was years ago back when she and Sonic freed Mobius from Robotnik's tyrannical rule, now sporting slight spikes hear and there but still basically the same style, and she had grown into a fine young Mobian woman. "Be careful Sonic..." she whispered worriedly.
It has been five years since Sonic left with Tails to pursue Robotnik. Wanting to make sure the mad man would never cause trouble again. Sally was hurt that he wanted to leave so soon after they had just started a relationship but she new she couldn't stop him once he made up his mind and reluctantly let him go. She waited one year for him, then two, then three, until 5 years have passed.
Now she was done waiting, and she decided she was going to find him and help him weather he wanted her to or not.
"Don't ya'll worry about 'em Sally-girl!" Bunnie Rabbot's heavy southern accent knocked the chipmunk out of her thoughts. "Sugah-hog has been fightin' that ol' tin can for five years now. He'll come out o' this right as rain."
Bunnie had also changed since five years ago. Now sporting long luxurious blond locks done in two braids with a cowgirl hat and a jacket over her usual tube top. She didn't bother wearing pants since she was roboticized from the waist down not counting her left arm.
"I know..." Sally replied. "It's...it's just I haven't seen him in so long! What if he's moved on? Found someone else?" She questioned worriedly.
"I don't think you have to worry about that Sal." Rotor Walrus butted in reassuringly. He had changed little these pass five years, other than getting a little taller and leaner all that changed was his attire, which consisted of a gray jumpsuit with a very large and heavy tool belt. "He wouldn't do that to you."
"I am not knowing what you see zat feul my princess!" Antoin D'Coolette, whose only change was a slight increase in height and a pair of tight black pants, grumbled. Somewhat bitter at Sonic for leaving them all behind. "Zat 'edgehog left us behind zo he could, eh 'ow you say, Seeking zhe thrill?"
"Can it Ant!" Bunnie and Rotor whisper yelled at the canine who let out a small "eep!" before quieting. Not that Sally was paying attention to him anyways.
'Please be careful..." She pleaded in her thoughts.
-Freedom Fighters X-
Sonic meanwhile had just boarded his way through two of the three giants like a lance and was heading strait for the third. The third was quick enough to pound Sonic into the ground but was quickly Pierced by Sonic's Drilling attack and flew Heavenward, smashing through one of Eggman's searchlights.
"Ahow, my fucking god!" the hedgehog cursed angrily as he apparently knocked his head on something.
"Why does that hedgehog always have to put his nose where is doesn't belong!" Dr. Julian Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik grumbled angrily upon hearing about Sonic penetrating his defenses from one of his desk-bots.
"Because that's what he does !" Cream, a small rabbit girl of six or seven proclaimed from within a glass prison with her chao Cheese. "He'll stop whatever bad things you plan!"
As the child was talking Eggman turned his head to her with a strange verbalization that sounded something like "hajew?" but at the end of her point a wicked smile crossed his mustached face. "Don't be so sure this time Creampuff." He said as he held up a small red gem. "Once I place this final Chaos Emerald in my Energy Amplifier I'll be unstop-"
Before Eggman could finish his monologue he was cut of by Sonic busting down the door to the room.
"Oh crap it's Sonic!" Eggman exclaimed causing the hedgehog to smirk.
Quickly as he could the mad scientist inserted the red emerald and pressed a bunch of buttons frantically before pulling out what appeared to be a detonator, a victorious grin on his face. "You're too late!" He proclaimed victoriously. "All I have to do is press this little button and BOOM no more trouble from you or your friends!"
Sonic only widened his smirk in response. "Yeah, but can you do it before I take it?"
The grin on the overlander's face quickly disappeared when he realized he likely couldn't.
But looming behind the blue hedgehog a new robot appeared from the smoke and the grin quickly reappeared. "We'll see about that!" He shouted and the robot's turrets roared to life.
Sonic quickly began to dash around the room, though not as quickly as usual, Eggman ranting and cheering his bot on. "Yes, get him! Don't stop shooting until he's dead!"
Though it didn't look like that would happen as Sonic was keeping just ahead of the robot's machine gun fire without even trying, then a devilish smirk came as an idea came to him.
"You won't stop me this time rodent!" Eggman boasted excitedly. "By the end of the night, I'll have your ass mounted on my wall!"
Sonic then stopped in front of the doctor. Eggman looked at him confused for a moment until he saw his robot aiming at them and it clicked. "NO!" He shouted with his free hand out as Sonic dodged to his right. "Don't shoot!"
But it was too late and the robot began unloading at him, and his machine.
Eggman managed to just barely avoid having a few extra holes put in him by ducking but his machine wasn't so lucky. To make matters worse Eggman accidentally pressed the activator he got up just in time to see it begin to spark.
"What have you done!?" He roared at his robot just before the room was engulfed in a bright white light.
-Freedom Fighters X-
Sally was now officially fed up with watching from the sidelines. "Okay that's it!" She exclaimed as she put on her blue fingerless gloves with circular, flat metal studs in the knuckles. "Bunnie, you and me are going down there and lend Sonic a hand. Rotor, you and Antoine go help Tails; I think I saw his plane crash down..."
*bwoOOM!*
She was cut off my sound of a particularly loud explosion rumbling from the base and she saw a dome of white light begin to engulf the tower and rapidly expanding!
"What iz zat!?" Antoine shrieked.
Sally could only watch in horror as the light came barreling toward them. 'Sonic...'
"What is that!?" Amy shouted as she saw a dome of light begin to rush toward them from Eggman's tower Tails watching with fright from under the Tornado.
Knuckles simply watch stoically with his arms crossed as the area got brighter and brighter. "Chaos Control." He said just before the light engulfed them all.
-Freedom Fighters X-
"Urgh...erm...where?" Sally groaned as she pushed herself up from the hard ground. Upon opening her eyes she saw she was no longer on that hill overlooking Robotnik's fortress but inside a dark dead-end ally in the middle of some kind of city.
She began to pull herself up and stumbled a bit, holding the back of her head in pain. Upon feeling a small bump and finding a bit of blood when she brought back her hand she concluded she must have cracked her head on something when she passed out.
"Ouch..." She uttered lamely before reaching into the back strapped to her right thigh and pulled out NICOLE. "Nicole, where are we?" She asked the small phone-like device.
[Processing Sally...No Data Found.]
"No data found?" What's that suppose to mean?"
[It Means We Are Nowhere I Recognize.]
"But that's impossible..." NICOLE had at least the bare basic information on every known location on Mobius...which could only mean they were in some undiscovered sector of the planet or...
Sally's train of thought was cut off upon hearing a commotion outside the ally. She quickly replaced NICOLE and when she left it she saw Sonic surrounded by several humans in blue uniforms.
"Sonic?" Sally said to herself. "Wow...he looks..." '...handsome...' She finished in her head.
Just then the uniformed humans jumped Sonic and she was about to cry out to him but noticed he was sitting on a police car watching with amusement as the humans unknowingly strangled each other. She then saw another human attempt to sneak up behind him with a large net and was about to warn him but she didn't notice yet another officer looming over her.
"Gottchya!" The officer shouted victoriously as he grabbed Sally around the waist and lifted her up.
"Ah, let me go!" Sally cried as she began to kick and scream vigorously in the human's bear hug like grip.
The officer grunted in effort at trying to subdue the (to him) strange creature. "Stop squirming you little freak!"
He was rewarded with a foot to the face, courtesy of Sonic who saw the tussle from the car and came to the princess' rescue.
As the officer began to fall over with blood and teeth falling out of his mouth he released Sally, in mid-kick Sonic twisted in the air, scoop Sally out of the air bridal style and boosted out of dodge the moment he hit the pavement.
"Ah, Sonic!" Sally exclaimed in surprise before quickly wrapping her arms around his neck to help steady herself.
Sonic looked down to her and gave her one of his infamous smirks. "Well this is a surprise! Heya, Sal!"
The lightest of blushes dusted the chipmunk's furry cheeks and a smile creased her muzzle. "Hey yourself." She replied.
Suddenly a bright light was shone on them and they squinted up to see a machine they've never seen before, looked kinda like Eggman's Egg Mobiles but with a long tail and spinning blade to keep it aloft. "The hell is that thing?" Sonic muttered as he squinted through the light.
"We have spotted the blue hedgehog and the red haired squirrel, heading north on the central street extension about a mile and a half from the entrance to the 101." The pilot of the helicopter informed command.
"Roger Delta-1. Unit-3, suspect is headed your way, repeat the suspect is coming." A desk sergeant informed.
"Don't worry!" The officer in charge of the road black replied to command. "These two won't be able to go through us, around us, or under us."
Without warning Sonic with Sally in his arms can cruising down the road and leapt clear over their road block. "You guys suck at your job!" Sonic shouted as he flew over them before landing and bolting off once again, laughing the whole time, not knowing they were about to be pursued by a group of officers known as the S-Team.
-Freedom Fighters X-
Sonic and Sally are now sitting next to each other on a tall street light gazing at the night sky. Sonic had his fingerless leather gloved hand on top of Sally's also gloved hand, although neither seemed to have noticed.
"So you and the rest of the old gang were going to visit me and Tails at our pad on South Island but on the way you caught us fighting Eggman?" Sonic concluded after hearing Sally's explanation for why she was here.
"Eggman?" Sally repeated confusedly.
Sonic chuckled slightly. "Robotnik's new nickname, seems even he likes it as I haven't heard him call himself Robotnik in about three years."
Sally giggled lightly in response.
They both then returned their gaze heavenward, watching the stars and the moon intently. It was then Sonic noticed something.
"The constellations are same..." He commented as he began to examine the sky more intently. "So is the moon..."
Sally too began to study the sky and her big blue eyes widened slightly after a moment of searching. "You're right!" She exclaimed in agreement. "What could that mean?"
Sonic began to study the city they were in as well, a grim frown on his muzzle. "That light obviously moved us through space, but did it send us through time to? And which direction did it send us?"
Sally only shook her head in show of her own ignorance of the situation; and gives Sonic a curious look as she has never seen Sonic this serious before. Not since that day he left Knothole. Then an equally grim thought came to her. "And are we the only ones here?"
The two remained silent for several minutes before suddenly that trade mark smirk returned to Sonic's muzzle and he stood up, still gripping Sally's hand. He looked down at her with smile, making her blush again. "Only one way to find out, Sal." He raid before scooping her up and jumping back down to the pavement.
It was at the moment a series of headlights hit them and Sonic sat Sally back on her feet so they could both shield their eyes from the bright lights.
The duo remained silent at five race car-like vehicles rolled to a stop a few dozen feet from them. Leading them was a car with red highlights and they heard the engine shut off before a human in a red jumpsuit and helmet hopped out and gave them a seemingly friendly wave.
"Hi there." The man's muffled voice greeted them. "You two are a hard couple to track, a regular Bonny and Clyde."
Sonic chose to ignore the man and silently grasped Sally hand before turning to leave.
"Hey hold on, it not often we get such fast company."
The couple did and while still keeping their backs to the new arrivals they turned their heads to look at them.
The red clad officer removed his helmet and sat on the hood of his car. "In fact I'm glade you two came along, its way to peaceful here."
Sonic and Sally continued to listen though the latter looked confused at the "too peaceful" statement.
"Over the last year I've only made one arrest. Some joker thought he'd give us a run for our money, had his own F-1 car and everything." He paused, and Sonic let go of Sally's hand to fully face him. "But it was over in a minute, it took me longer to gear up! He never stood a chance"
Sonic put his fist on his hips and another smirk came to muzzle. An exasperated sigh came from Sally's lips and she shook her head. 'Some things never change...'
"'Course it's our own fault it's so boring here. You see we're the High Speed Pursuit Unit, the S-Team, and I'm the leader of it, known as the Highway Star." He paused to let out a chuckle. "So even if you think you're the fastest on the road, think again!" He finished with a dark, challenging smirk.
Suddenly the cars behind Sam's revved up and began to drive after the two Mobians. Sonic quickly scooped Sally up and zoomed away. "Why are you after us anyway what did we do to you!?" Sally yelled back at them.
'Run fast hedgehog.' Sam said to himself in his thoughts. 'This'll be no fun if I catch you too quickly.'
"OW! You hit me with your bumper you asshole!" Sonic's cursed furiously.
Sonic and Sally were now figuratively screaming down the highway as the S-Team chased them.
Sonic grinned as he looked behind himself to see the cars lagging behind him. "S-Team, ha! The "S" must stand for Slow!" He said before he picked up speed.
The S-Team quickly followed his example.
"Sonic they're catching up!" Sally informed wit a bit of worry. She's never seen someone get even close to matching his pace except that robot cheetah Robotnik used for a race back in Robotropolis.
"Heh, not to worry Sal. I'm just jogging right now!" Sonic boasted, earning a shocked look from the chipmunk. Has his speed really improved that much?
"Hey?" Sonic said to regain his passenger's attention and a mischievous look came to his face. "How 'bout we have some fun with 'em before we blast out of here?"
Now, five years ago Sally would have given him a disapproving look and reprimanded him not taking this seriously...but she had to admit that the idea sounded fun. 'God, we've only been together for like, what? Twenty minutes? And he's already rubbing off on me!'
The cars began to box them in.
Sally returned his smirk the impish smile of her own and they nodded in agreement.
"Oh no, how will we ever escape!" Sonic exclaimed woefully, his voice dripping with sarcasm. Sally was about to laugh but was cut of mid-giggle when Sonic suddenly leapt over the cars so quickly even she didn't know what happened at first.
"Where'd he go!?" One driver shouted over his calm but was cut off when he heard a knock on his canopy. He turned to see the couple next to him but before he could react Sonic blurred out of sight again.
Another driver was also searching for the duo when he heard something land on top of his canopy and he saw them.
From his perspective Sonic and Sally were staring at him upside down while standing above him on the glass. Sonic was give his usual smirk and Sally gave the S-Team officer a "V" sigh while winking and sticking her tongue out cutely.
"Hey get down from there!" The driver shouted furiously. "What if the kids saw you do that?"
Sally gave him a deadpan look before replying. "I don't think kids have their own Formula-1 race cars."
Sonic stood strait with his eyes closed and a finger out. "Kids..." He began seriously. "Don't use F-1 cars to chase random chipmunks and hedgehogs."
Sally burst into a tucks of laughter as Sonic was once again scooped her up and tore his way down the road.
"That's it!" One of the drivers shouted, now thoroughly fed up with these two. "No one makes a fool of the S-Team and gets away with it! Everyone boost fins to .5 degrees!"
All four of the cars suddenly began to scream down the highway and were quickly gaining on Sonic and Sally but they were shocked to find Sonic running backwards with Sally hanging from his side so they could both give them a thumbs up.
"They're playing with us!"
"All units open up the center line!" Sam's voice came over the comms and the cars began to drift to the sides of the road.
Sam gave the duo a hard look as his hand hovered near his Super Nitro. "I didn't want to use this hedgehog..." He said to himself before quickly twisting the handle. "But I won't have anyone faster that me, on MY highway!"
Sam's car suddenly shot down the road like bullet as his Nitro took effect and he nearly hit Sonic and Sally who juked to the right just in time.
'Hm…this stretch of road in fairly isolated. I think I can really cut loose here.' He thought to himself. "Hey Sal?" Sonic asked; still playful but with a serious edge.
"Yeah?" Sally replied.
"I'm gonna need you to put your goggles on and cover your ears for about 3 seconds."
"Why?"
"You'll see."
Sam watched with almost psychotic glee as his speedometer quickly rise to and stick at roughly 770 MPH. "Ha ha ha! The only way he'll pass me now is if he breaks the sound barrier!"
(cue Last Dinosaur by The Pillows)
There was a loud, low boom behind him and as he turned Sam's eyes widened in shock as he saw a streak of bright blue light quickly gain on him and in almost slow motion he could see Sonic's smug smirk as he shot passed him like a beam of light!
"A Sonic Boom! He just went Super Sonic!"
"Sir! You're running out of road!" An officer informed and Sam quickly his breaks and deployed his parachutes.
'This is insane!' Sally shrieked in her mind as she tightly squeezed Sonic for fear of being blown out of his arms by the incredible of what felt like a hurricane pushing against her and the world seemed to blue into a kaleidoscope of colors. 'I've never seen Sonic book it like this!'
Sonic watched smugly as Sam slowed to a stop and couldn't help but laugh as Sally squealed frightfully at the incredible speeds he was traveling. He saw the end of the extension and a smirk came as he yes again boosted his speed and jumped with all his might.
To onlookers he flew across the sky as a beam of blue light, the winds from his sonic boom bombarding the nearby wind turbines, causing them to spin more like fans and cause the city lights to brighten.
As they soared through the air Sally was tightly clutching to Sonic's chest with her eyes closed and a softer smile came to the hedgehog's face. "Sal, Sal, you can open your eyes now!" He chortled.
Slowly Sally opened her eyes and looked behind, or rather beneath, herself and gasped at the wondrous sight before her.
The lights city glowed like a million colorful stars beneath them as they soared through the air like kites, the world seemingly oblivious to their being above them. "Oh Sonic! It's beautiful." Sally cooed in awe.
"This isn't so bad I guess." Sonic agreed with a smile that turned into a smirk. "At least I got someone to play with."
Sally thought he was talking about the S-Team when he said that. So why did she feel like blushing and hiding her face in her hood?
Because she knew by the look he was giving her that that wasn't true.
"Uh oh..." Sonic gasped causing Sally to look where he was and see the large concrete pool they were slowly approaching.
"Afraid of a little water are we?" She teased while poking his nose gently.
"It's not the water I'm afraid of; it's how deep it is!" He retorted only gaining a fit of giggles from the woman in his arms.
Knowing that hitting the water from this height would be like crashing on concrete for Sally, Sonic tucked her deeper into her chest, earning a big red blush, and turned midair so that his back would hit the water first.
When they hit the water a pillar of water surged out of the pool like a massive fountain, the noise waking a certain boy in the house the pool belonged to.
It took Sally a moment to get her bearings once the disorientation of suddenly and violently being submerged underwater wore off.
She was glade she was wearing her goggles or the chlorine she tasted in the pool would be blinding her right now. Too bad the same couldn't be said for poor Sonic who had his eyes clinched tightly shut and was blindly trying to find his way out of the pool.
Quickly Sally swam to the blue blur and began to help him out, that was when a human boy also jumped in and helped her out.
A few second later, Sally was patting Sonic on the back as he coughed up about a pint of water and tried to rub the chlorine out of his eyes. "You okay?" she asked with concern.
"*cough, cough* Yeah I think so..." he replied.
"Whoa! You can talk?" The child gasped and the two Mobians looked at him to see he was a boy about Tails' age with spiked brown hair wearing soaked, blue pjs.
"*COUGH, GAK!* I can cough to..." Sonic joked lamely before clearing his throat of what felt like the last of the chlorinated liquid.
"That's so cool! Uh, that you can talk I mean. My name is Christopher Thorndyke, but most call me Chris, do you have names?"
Sally smiled politely before replying. "I'm Sally Acorn."
"ACHOO!" Sonic sneezed as he shivered in his soggy clothes. "Sonic the Hedge-cicle!" He grumbled drearily, earning a giggle from Sally.
"Would you please get us a couple towel, Chris?" She asked.
"Sure." Chris said before he hopped up and led them to his house.
(Aaaaaaaaand SCENE! Hope you all liked it!)