Prologue-
Each drop of water is precious as the last; however, the last drop is the most precious of them all.
The once vibrant and bustling cities now sleep under a quilt of dispiriting fog. The once lively homes packed with families and friends now silently rest. No one dares to yell of happiness, no one dares to laugh.
Seven years have passed. Almost a full decade has gone by since the day Dr. Ivo Robotnik, no longer called Eggman due to fear, destroyed the seven Chaos Emeralds. His action caused a distortion in the world. Even the Master Emerald stopped functioning correctly. It was, however, the following event that changed the world entirely. Dr. Robotnik filtered the energy which broke free (from the emeralds) into a single machine. Unsurprisingly, this machine proved to be the most powerful and destructive on Earth. With the emeralds destroyed there was no possible way to halt the scientist. Once more Sonic and his companions set out to stop the doctor, but all their attacks were fruitless. For the first time Dr. Ivo Robotnik won. The blue "menace" failed along with his friends, and this made it possible for the doctor to finally rule the world.
This created the current present; a nefarious world in which all life had to offer was angst. Those who remembered the past suffered due to their hope for a better future, though few remembered at all. Dr. Robotnik took it upon himself to brainwash potential threats and kill insignificant nuisances. He did not want a revolution. His people had to trust and obey him, and for such to happen the citizens had to be ignorant of the past and freedom. Ignorance is bliss.
Naïvely he believed that Sonic, as well as his companions, had been killed during the final battle that granted him victory. He had received a report from one of his robots stating his deadly machine had "successfully sent the pests into oblivion". Wrong he was, for many had survived. However, they remained in a dreamless sleep in a secret underground lab.
A very intelligent, but unknown, scientist found them immobilized on the ground a few hours after the battle. Their vitals were quite low. Along with some friends he carried the Mobians down into his underground lab. Quickly, he placed them on large separate tubes, and after clicking a series of colorful buttons and adjusting some chemicals, the tubes closed and an orange-ish liquid surrounded the bodies. An oxygen mask connected to an oxygen "bank", which had to be refilled everyday by the scientist, allowed the Mobians to breathe. This mixture of chemicals would keep them alive, but asleep, until their bodies fully restored their original and full strength- even if this strength was still to be awakened.
Dr. Luke had been secretly working with these chemicals for years, and he finally put them to the test with the Mobians. It had been a secret, as he feared his research would end up in wrong hands. Also, ever since the battles began, he had feared the heroes would need assistance. For the fate of the future all he could do, along with his few friends and familiars who survived and were also living in the secret laboratory, was pray and wish for them to wake up fully restored.
Seven years after the incident, one of the tubes began beeping. Shadow The Hedgehog was about to wake up. Just as Dr. Luke had suspected, he would be the first. And, as he had hoped, shortly after the other tubes began beeping as well. All seven were restored. All seven were waking up. All seven had to now face the harsh reality.
First of all I would like to thank RyukoVulpix for beta reading this. Thank you very much!
Now, this was meant to be a sequel to my story Emerald Coast High, but seeing as I was unhappy with the story, thus chosing to erase it, I made it so you can read this story and understand it perfectly without reading Emerald Coast High. In fact those who read Emerald Coast High might find some things different here (such as pairings...which I don't know if I'll add any yet).
Dr. Robotnik, Eggman, Sonic... (c) SEGA, Sonic Team
Dr. Luke and other characters belong to me
Please review, I really want to create an interesting story and improve my writing.