` Welcome to my newest fanfic on the site, "Silver the Hedgehog". Before we begin, I will say up front that I don't own any of the established characters in this story. I'm merely... borrowing them... yeah, that's right. Without further ado...

Chapter 1

My name is Silver. I come from a time many years in the future, where technology and nature have intermingled to the point that they now rely on each other in order to thrive. However, this harmony is constantly threatened by those who wish to destroy or rule this world. That's where I come in. To this day, I fully believe that I was born to protect this balance, for I was given gifts that no one else has. This road I walk gets lonely, though. Deep down, I really wish I had some friends…

"Hurry it up, already!" Matt tapped his foot impatiently at the foot of the stairs. It seemed that Matt would never get used to this. Angela was always late, whether it was due to her personal grooming, or her putting the finishing touches on one of her "latest and greatest" inventions. The only question now was this: Which one was it today?

"On my way." The girl in question met him at the bottom of the steps. She cleaned up pretty nicely, Matt admitted to himself: Her brown hair was fairly long, reaching down to her shoulders. She had blue eyes that were often obscured by the black goggles she often wore. Her outfit was another one of her staples: An orange not-quite-zipped-up-all-the-way sweatshirt with a plain white tee underneath it, and black jeans. She finish off the look with black combat boots.

Matt himself took some pride in his own appearance, though not to the extent that Angela did at times. He had brown eyes and his black hair was rather messy, held together by a white headband he wore so often that Angela often joked about him having it "trademarked". His attire was simple: He had a 2-peice black training uniform with a hilt for his daggers built in to specialized "pockets" towards the sides of the shirt piece. His shoes were actually normal white tennis shoes.

"You sure you got everything?" Matt asked, with a slight hint of annoyance.

Angela chuckled lightly as she answered "Do I have everything? What kind of fool do you take me fo-"

Matt cut her off with a cold, steely glare. With a sigh, Angela headed back upstairs to get her bags. As she got them and left, she thought about bringing her robot companions, Tribot and Hexbot. Then she remembered how annoyed Matt was the last time she brought them, so she dismissed the idea. She went down to meet her partner so they could head to the base. Luckily, it was a mere 10-minute hike away.

"So, what was that signal you were talking about?" Matt asked his friend as they walked.

Angela seemed lost in thought for a moment before catching on. "Um, yeah… I think it came from somewhere close by. Let me check." She took her homemade energy radar out of her bag and turned it on. Sure enough, a blue dot appeared north of the red arrow that showed their location. "The radar's picking up the signal somewhere north of here. I'm not exactly sure what it is right now though, so I'll check it out when we get to the lab."

"You think it could be Nega again?" Matt inquired curiously. Dr. Eggman Nega, or simply Nega as Matt had always known him, was a crazed scientist that periodically came here from the Sol Dimension and tried to conquer/destroy the world (he could never tell which). In fact, Matt met Angela during a battle with The Doctor. In fact, in an odd way, he's grateful for it. That doesn't stop either of them from crushing his evil ambitions time and time again.

"Eh… maybe. Something feels off, though. Nega usually leaves a signal I could easily decode from the radar."

"I guess that means that Nega could be trying something else." Matt offered.

"Or maybe, there could be something else entirely out there." Angela offered as an alternative.

"Oh, we'll see."

More questions than answers surrounded the duo as they arrived at the base.

Be sure to review if you liked it!