Sonic X
The Race of Doom
Prologue
"I can't believe that we missed one group of metarex! They're a lot tougher than the other ones and they were smart to not get involved in the beginning, but why get involved now?!" asked Sonic to himself as he sprinted down a hallway full of metarex in their base.
"Mission: Destroy Sonic the hedgehog!" they all yelled at once.
Sonic grinned and started spinning into a spin attack. He rocketed into the metarex. Their parts flew everywhere and Sonic continued down the hallway.
The leader's voice rang all throughout the ship telling the metarex to destroy Sonic before he destroyed them all.
"Tails, where's that leader hiding?!" asked Sonic to his best friend Tails the fox with two tails that allow him to fly if he uses them like a helicopter would use its propellers. Tails is a yellowish-orange and is the smartest person Sonic knows. He's also an expert with technology.
"Sonic! He's right-"Tails got cut off and Sonic franticly tried to get back in contact with Tails on his wrist communicator.
"He's right where?! Where?!" questioned Sonic in panic.
"Is it me you say that you're looking for hedgehog?!"
"Black Maple!" yelled Sonic in surprise. He jumped backward and nearly fell over onto his tail on the floor.
"I was expecting more than this! Let me to show you who I am and what I'm here for! I'm here to destroy you and I am one of the most powerful metarex in the entire universe hedgehog! Prepare to meet your doom and I hear that your doom is dying to meet you!" Black Maple said.
"Hey! That's one of my lines! I'll make you eat those words and this'll be a battle to die for!" Sonic shot back.
"Enough with the puns and Sonic references! We need to battle, not joke around!" Black Maple snapped.
"Okay, I'll drop the Sonic Heroes and Sonic Adventure 2 lines. Watch out here I come!" yelled Sonic as he began a spin attack.
"What a pathetic attack! If you keep on playing around, you'll be killed for sure! Take your best shot with that puny attack!" taunted the metarex leader.
"You're just so confident in your powers aren't you?! Okay, take this!" yelled Sonic spinning into the giant metarex. Black Maple stumbled backward and grunted.
"Not bad, but you'll need more than that spin attack to take me out you see! Now face the real and true ultimate power!" Black Maple replied.
"He's got a chaos emerald! Now how many times have I used that line?! The only line that I use more is 'Hey! Long time no see!'" Sonic said in his irritation.
A chaos emerald is a miracle gem that is packed with tons of power. Feelings control how the power is used. Ex: hate, caring, love, friendship, anger, etc… Those are feelings that can bring out its power. There are seven of them and when all seven are collected and are in the same place, a miracle is said to happen. They are all controlled by a giant gem however, which is called the master emerald.
"Be silent hedgehog! I want to savor every moment of this! The moment I destroy the fastest pest alive with this! A jewel containing the ultimate power!" yelled Black Maple holding up the gem stone in his giant robotic hand.
"You said no more Sonic references!" said Sonic.
"That's not a Sonic reverence! That's a Shadow reverence!" corrected Black Maple impatiently.
"Oh, right…," Sonic replied.
"Anyways, prepare to- Hey! Where'd it go?!" demanded Black Maple in panic.
"Wow! A stupid Dr. Eggman line! I wonder how many times he's said that!" laughed Sonic.
"I just thought that I should have a turn with it!"
"Knuckles!" Sonic cheered happily.
"Tails told me that you might need some help. I'd never leave you totally defenseless in a place like this," Knuckles replied happily.
Knuckles is a red echidna (If you don't know, look up an echidna) and is the muscle in the group. He wasn't the smartest or the calmest person in the world, but he made a valuable ally. Well, in Sonic's case I guess. He was also the guardian of the master emerald that controls the seven chaos emeralds. from going out of control. However, he allowed for Tails to use it as a power source for the ship that Tails made to allow them to go into outer space (which is where the rest of the Sonic gang is right now). P.S., Knuckles has anger issues sometimes.
"I'm not defenseless, but I am glad that you're here! Let's get out of here!" Sonic said.
"Ahem! Aren't you forgetting something! We're in the middle of a death battle! If you leave now, that means that you forfeit, and if you forfeit, then I'll always see you as a coward!" snapped Black Maple angrily.
"ME AND SONIC A COWARD?!" yelled Knuckles burning with outrage.
"You know what…, run Knuckles! Head for the ship the Blue Typhoon! We can only beat him with all the chaos emeralds!" yelled Sonic already running off.
"What?!" demanded Black Maple in astonishment.
"Hey, wait up!" yelled Knuckles quickly. He ran after Sonic because he knew that he couldn't possibly take out the metarex leader by himself. He may be a red echidna and be very strong, but not even he could destroy it alone.
"Attention metarex! Sonic is trying to escape! Find him and destroy him!" commanded Black Maple.
All the metarex gathered in front of Sonic and Knuckles, but were soon destroyed by the unstoppable duet and the two of them made a way out by destroying a part of the wall. They climbed through it and swiftly drifted over to the Blue Typhoon.
"Sonic you're back!" said Tails with relief.
"Indeed we are! I was only trying to get to know the enemy better and not destroy him just yet," Sonic replied.
"That's my Sonic!" Tails replied.
Within the base, Black Maple was steaming mad. He clutched his fist with anger.
"I'll destroy that hedgehog someday! SOMEDAY!" screamed Black Maple.
A ways away in Eggman's ship, he also was working on something again. Rouge was with him while Eggman worked.
"Based on this DNA sample, he should be exactly the same. He'll even get his memory back, but his personality may be a little different. He's going to be a little bit more open and snappy. That's alright with you isn't it?" asked Eggman.
Dr. Eggman is one of Sonic's arch rivals, but is also a master with machinery. Said to have an extremely high IQ, but he is actually dumber than a box of hammers at times. His only wish is to destroy Sonic and take over the universe. In many other Sonic games, he tries to do that by making a theme park based on himself. However, thanks to Sonic, he never succeeded. He is also the only human who lives in Sonic's dimension and has a HUGE orange mustache under a huge, big, pointy nose.
"He was always snappy! I don't care. Just bring him back!" Rouge replied.
Rouge is a white bat who used to work for the government (in the human world) and has a weakness for jewels. Is a treasure hunter like Knuckles and is all about the glamore. She's got black wings and extremely long eyelashes that are always trying to charm you to death and her eyelids are blue. Rouge wears tall white heart boots and a black bodysuit and is, not to mention, a thief.
"Please have patience my dear Rouge. I should be done in a second. I just need to give him some juice with this chaos emerald and we'll be all set!" Eggman answered.
"What about the rings?" asked Rouge.
"I made copies of the originals. Should function exactly like the other ones he had. Why do you care so much for Shadow anyway?!" demanded Eggman.
"He's more than just my partner! He's my friend!" Rouge replied.
"Explains why you always follow him around. There, I'm done," Eggman said happily.
If you think that I'm going to tell you everything about Shadow right here and now, forget it! You'll learn about him later!
Light flooded from the machine and electricity filled the room. A dark figure rose from the contraption. It stood up and looked at Eggman and Rouge.
"What happened? All that I remember was saving the universe, and then being transported here. What happened in between?" asked the dark hedgehog.
"Shadow, you blew up, stopped time in another world, and worried Rouge half to death. She's been nagging me to recreate you ever since that happened. I finally had to agree. That's all that's happened for now," Eggman replied.
Shadow stood in silence for a second. It took him a moment to remember all that had happened. The Blue Typhoon, Sonic, Rouge, Cosmo, the metarex, Molly, Maria… He jerked back into reality.
"Hold on, what about Molly?! What about Sonic?! Is the metarex gone?! Did Cosmo die?! What about Maria?!" demanded Shadow.
You'll learn about that later too.
"He's back…," Rouge sighed with relief.