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SONIC FORCES: PRIVATES HONOR 2

Chapter one: Awakening for some good old breakfast

Beckler had thought the previous battle might've been enough, not so lucky. He awoke in a soft bed. He groaned and rubbed his eyes, feeling like he'd woken up from being dead. He took a look around. Beckler was in a dimly lit room, the walls were a dark red, to his left a window let in light from outside. Directly in front of his bed, a moderately sized TV was set up. Everything seemed so, normal. He sat up, still rubbing his eyes.

" Umph, where am I?" Beckler muttered.

" Thank goodness, I thought you would never wake up! What's up rookie, Good to see you're ok!" Beckler nearly jumped out of his red wolf pelt. Sitting on a wooden chair next to his bed was his one of his comrade in arms. A red echidna, with two comically large fists for fighting. It was Knuckles.

" Oh, wow. You scared me! What's going on? Where are we?" Beckler asked him. It just seemed so odd, things being so peaceful, compared to what happened before…

" We're in Tails' house. He was kind enough to take you here once the doctor let you go. He said that he thought you were good enough to hang with us while we fight this war." Knuckles explained casually. Great, still battling are we? Beckler thought to himself. But one thing still bothered him.

" What happened to Scir?" He remembered seeing his old father one more time just before the blackout. Knuckles' expression got serious.

" We don't know. After you got shot, Sonic jumped in the back seat with you. I think he tried to CPR you or something. Tails dove our plane out of the way as 'edge man' shot a huge laser at us! Then, he, just disappeared. I dunno." Knuckles shrugged. " We had to rush you to a nearby camp for medical help! It was pretty scary!" That made no sense. How could he just vanish? And did he just say that Sonic gave him CPR? Beckler decided that not EVER thinking about that was best. He was about to question some more when Knuckles suddenly sat up and walked toward a door to the right of the room. He opened the door and glanced back.

" Speaking of which, Tails and Sonic wanted to meet with you on the porch. It's just straight ahead to the right. I put your usual outfit on the night stand next to you on the left. Bathroom is right here in the hall." Knuckles walked away.

Beckler hopped out of bed and looked down. He was wearing pajamas. A blue one piece with white stripes going down it. He didn't know who had changed him, but he really did not want to know either. Like Knuckles had mentioned, Beckler's uniform was laid out neatly on the night stand. A simple brown utility belt that slung over the shoulder, glasses, headset, a pair of dark green gloves and shoes. He quickly put on his uniform and made his bed. Well, wasn't his bed, but still, better clean than messy. Beckler checked his military issued watch, dec 2, 2034. It'd been three days since he was last conscious! He tried to not let that bother him as he went out of the bedroom and into the bathroom. Once Beckler was all tidy and clean, he walk towards the living room.

To his left was a couch facing another big TV screen. Knuckles seemed to be watching some sort of old cartoon show with a kid friendly demon and an anthropomorphic wolf. ( Not Beckler some other fellow) Past that was the kitchen, and to his right a glass sliding door leading to an outdoor porch, looking out over the city. And sitting around a small table eating breakfast, was a blue hedgehog with red sneakers and a yellow fox with two big, fluffy tails. Sonic and Tails. Beckler carefully opened the glass door and stepped out onto the porch. Sonic looked up at him and smiled.

" Alright! There he is! What's up First Class?" Sonic exclaimed excitedly. He threw his hands into the air. Tails finished chewing and faced him.

" Hi Rookie! How are you feeling?" He asked. Beckler stood there, shocked. Sure, he'd been on a mission before with these guys, but he never thought sitting down and having a normal conversation would be possible. What was he supposed to do? Last thing Beckler wanted was for him to do something weird and ruin his chance at being legit friends with the two biggest heroes there were.

" H-hello. What is all this?" He sat down on the far end of the table. In front of him was the biggest breakfast Beckler had ever seen. Multiple plates of scrambled eggs, bacon, hash browns, pancakes, waffles and more. Up until now Beckler hadn't realized how hungry he'd been.

" Oh, man, this stuff looks great!" He started shoving loads of eggs and bacon into his mouth. Sonic and Tails stared at him. Sonic laughed.

" Seems like someone has a serious case of the munchies!" Beckler wiped his mouth and looked up.

" Yeah sorry, I just haven't eaten in so long…" He looked out over the porch railing and into the city. There was smoke rising from multiple different locations and pieces of destroyed buildings everywhere. Down on the streets deployed soldier were rescuing and helping civilians into escape trucks. The sun had begun to rise up in the sky. A nice sunny day, except it was during a war. Beckler also noticed a crater near the southeast of the city. The same one he'd help to create. But that again brought up the question of his father…

" It's a mess down there. Good thing the military is on the job! But, blowing up the zeppelin, while definitely being a victory, didn't help clean up." Tails gazed at the city view. Beckler remembered the previous mission he'd been on. He'd learned a lot about the enemy, and it wasn't pretty.

" So, mr. First Class, what do you think about going to a meeting?" Sonic asked suddenly. Beckler looked back at him, confused.

" First Class? I'm not a-" Then he realized what was happening. His tail started wagging and his face lit up.

" You mean I've been promoted to First Class? TWICE past my original rank?!" This was crazy. How could he be promoted so much, only after one real mission? Tails smiled at him.

" Yep! You were pretty courageous for being just a rookie. I mean most of the other soldiers ran away, but you stuck around and helped us! So I convinced the general to rank you up twice!" Tails gave him a thumbs up. Beckler could feel himself blushing, though maybe it was hard to tell because of his red fur. Being friends with these heroes might not be so impossible after all. He turned to Sonic.

" You said something about a meeting?" He asked. Sonic put down his hashbrown.

" Yeah, at the military headquarters just off of the city line, close to Green Hill. You could come with us to stop Egghead if you want." Beckler couldn't believe what he was hearing. Going to an actual official meeting? Who knew this would be a good day.

" Oh, wow. Uh, s-sure! I certainly want to be there! When do we go?" He asked eagerly. Sonic sighed and looked at Tails.

" I've been asking the same thing! But he wouldn't tell me!" Tails put up his hands.

" Hey man, I kept saying that I would call in after the Rookie woke up. So, now that he has and we know he's fine…" Tails held up a phone.

" Hello? This is Miles Prower, the First Class Rookie is fine and kicking! Me, him, Sonic and Knuckles are heading over now." He put down the phone and looked at Beckler.

" So, ready to help make a plan?"

Hello, Beckler here! I guess I'm going with them to this meeting. Still can't believe I'm actually a First Class! But no time for getting excited, the enemy hasn't been defeated just yet. I don't know what kind of plan we'll come up with at the headquarters, but I do know that if it'll help save the world, then I'm in! So, how are we getting there anyway?