Where It Begins

Up above the sprawling atmosphere of the planet, a huge fleet of cruiser-like spaceships were in orbit, as if on some sort of patrol- but this wasn't anything special. Only that this wasn't owned by some sort of alien race, no- rather, the familiar Doctor Ivo Robotnik, though most simply called him Dr. Eggman over the shape of his unrealistically round body, his tiny glasses and bald head, though his bushy 'stache was his most prominent feature. Sat in a control room deep in the centre of the main cruiser, he had his eyes fixed onto one main console screen.

"Hm... Hopefully that blue annoyance won't find me out here. This base has taken way too long to get going! Especially with the fact that he nearly took down a whole cruiser before it launched." He exclaimed to himself, since he'd had to move off into outer regions after the latest plot to start world domination. "At least now, I can move on with newer projects..." He mumbled, having some data brought up on screen about a Chaos Emerald reacting with residual Phantom Ruby energy to create wormholes.

"Boss! We've got news! Big news!" A yellow, cube-looking robot that was pretty small popped into view, floating in hurriedly as he went up in his face, causing him to get thrown off. "G-Get off of me, you-!" He cried out, having been in a focused state for a long while. Soon after, a red and black sphere rolled in, popping open to reveal he wasn't alone when he said 'we'.

"Shouldn't you two be directing those small squadrons I gave you?" The doctor asked, a little confused by their arrival, if not its suddenness. "She's ready." The red robot, dubbed as Orbot, told Eggman. "What!? Since when?" He yelled, shooting upwards from his comfortable seat as he looked at him. "Since just now, boss!"

"Finalised data's just feeding in and the like, you can check on her." The two spoke one after another, as the doctor was already making his way out the room. Taking a special elevator, he stood on a platform as it began to whirl into action, moving along what looked like a deep chasm of machinery.

"Thank goodness... I can only hope she's turned out exactly how I planned." He mused to himself, deep in thought as he looked out a vast glass window, showing the great planet and the deep space around it in all its glory, sunlight making a glow. As the platform slowed to a stop, he stepped off and keyed in a password next to a tall metallic door, soon unlocking as he walked through. Inside, it was darkened, the only light coming in through the door as he finally laid his eyes on what laid ahead.

"Oho!"

Laid out on some sort of chromatic and sleek bedding, a figure that represented a girl was atop it, eyes closed as she looked peaceful. Covered up in a white body-suit type garment, she had brown, fluffy hair that looked a little flamboyant. A small pout was on her face as well as a slightly angered look. Just perfect, according to the doctor's specifications.

"All that's left for me is to flick the switch..." He spoke quietly, walking over to one side of the room to go turn something on. And just like that, a hum started to resonate from the centre of the room, just underneath the table. It was forcing a special residual power source directly into her systems, bonding a generous fraction of the raw Phantom Ruby that Eggman had been holding onto in case anything of the sort happened to his copies. Though unstable, a small section of its power could be harnessed to power whatever the user desired.

As a grin grew on the Doctor's face, the humming died down as it signified she couldn't be filled with much more. And, with a sudden gasp into life, she shot right up, coughing while everything started to load up, as he finally made his presence known. "A perfect success." Robotnik mused, ecstatic as he got closer to the subject, as her face looked at him with a scared while simultaneously confused expression. She wasn't exactly sure how to perceive her current predicament, and it showed, thanks to her frail figure. "W-where... Where am I?" She asked, looking up to the only person in the room, already imprinting on her maker as he wanted.

"Your new home, and future base of operations... Let me be the first to welcome you to the Genesis Egg Fleet!" He responded with an evil tone, soon breaking into a quick bout of laughter. Though she still seemed wary, she shuffled closer towards him, a bit shaky from the sudden jolt of life she'd experienced. "You and I are going to get to know each-other very well... There's so much to do!" He exclaimed, taking her hand as he hoisted the girl up, heading out the room with her being carried.

Meanwhile-

Way down below in the mainland known as South Island, everything was docile, some would say quiet- until a familiar blue blur came shooting through the island's fauna, out onto an open path. Running through and out a loop, only to jump off a hillside connected to it, the blur could finally be seen by eyes all over- A cobalt blue hedgehog with white gloves, socks and bright red shoes; buckled up with identical white strips. None other than the one and only Sonic the Hedgehog. He'd come right out onto the seafront, letting the golden sands make imprints of his shoes as he continued shooting off, taking in the open blue ocean next to him.

Though, feeling a little adventurous, he decided to turn slightly and resumed his journey, now moving fast enough to stay afloat on the water's surface, carefree about any troubles that may face him. Right now, he was finally happy to get a break after the troubles that faced him recently, taking a deep breath of fresh air as he heard an engine in the distance. A very distinct one, at that. None other than The Tornado, his signature biplane that his two-tailed fox friend Tails kept, which was pretty much his by now. Flying closely, it caught up to Sonic as he slowed down a little bit, revealing it was none other than Tails himself trying to get his attention.

"Sonic, there you are! I've been trying to find you!" He cried out over the plane's noise. "For what? We trounced Egghead once again, we cleaned up the planet, everything's cool." Sonic didn't look half bothered, staying aside the plane. "It's Shadow! He says something's popped up but needs back-up." The fox carried on, discussing. "Well, doesn't he have his so-called 'Team Dark' to help?" "He called on you, specifically!"

"Hm... Alright, fine. Guess he'll finally have something for me to do!" And with that, he sped off, pushing the plane away from the sudden burst... Only to come back a couple seconds later. "Hey, you know where he is?" Sonic chuckled a bit, feeling awkward for suddenly leaving like that. "He said he was meeting up in, uh... the Empire City district." Tails recalled, and with a thumbs up signalling he got it, the blue hedgehog burst into a boost of speed once more, leaving a trail of footsteps in his wake.

In a few minutes, Sonic had arrived in the very city where most of his journeys started, taking the time to slow himself down just enough to search for Shadow in the crowded streets. Since there were a lot of people going around, it was apparent he was getting lost- but that didn't stop him. Without a second to spare, he changed his footing and started running up a building's wall, taking caution to try and dodge any windows he might break.

Finally, he gripped onto a flagpole atop the roof and found it much easier to hunt for him, and sticking out like a sore thumb he noticed the ashy grey hedgehog with his familiar crimson streaks, leaned against a wall. With that, he decided to take a leap of faith and sprang off the side of the building, curling up into a ball on his way down in the direction of Shadow; which didn't take long. Suddenly skidding to a halt in the crowds, Sonic weaved through and found (what he calls) his friend hanging by the wall.

"So, you finally decided to show up? Took you long enough in the first place." Shadow scoffed, looking away momentarily. "Yeah, yeah, yeah. What did you even call me here for?" Sonic placed a hand on his hip as he asked.

"GUN's outstretched providing protection around the world right now after the Doctor's attempt at controlling the world. got a two-person op for the both of us. I'd go it alone if I could, but... I'll need to bring you along with me." He huffed, continuing on with what he was talking about. "Remember the North Chemical Plant outpost in Eastern Holoska? There's other data from the takeover that you missed- after Tails gave over what you recovered to the federation, they found slight sections about something for a future plan."

"Sounds like something to do for once!" Sonic tensed up with excitement for a revisit to one of Eggman's decommissioned bases. "There still might be robots that have the ability to come back online. We either go in quiet... or loud." He told him, deadpan about it. "Well, let's do it to it!" Sonic rubbed his hands together, his energetic tone giving away the fact he was tempted to go in loud and straight-ahead like always. "After you?" Sonic gestured, bowing in a joking manner as Shadow chortled, cracking a slight smile.

"If you're able to keep up." He looked back at him and started to make his way towards the city's limits, as the blue blur shot off behind him.

This is the start of something big. I hope you'll enjoy as we continue to go along. Meanwhile, you can follow me around and check out my other pages on my profile. Obvious disclaimer- I don't own any of the characters used here, as they belong to Sonic Team/SEGA and BBA.

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