Sonic and the Robot Rising
~Prologue~
Sonic, the world's fastest hedgehog, had slowed down for once. He was walking beside Tails as he admired the chili dog in his grasp, licking his lips before biting off a whole half of it. His aggressive chewing was hard to remain unheard, but Tails had grown used to the sound.
"So," Sonic began, his mouth full. "What's happening with good ol' Baldy McNosehair?"
"I haven't heard from him in a while," Tails answered. "That's good news, right?"
Sonic swallowed the other half of his chili dog. "I guess. He's probably hiding so he can grow back the other half of his moustache."
Tails chuckled. "Yeah, that sounds right," he agreed.
Suddenly, a red laser zipped between the two, striking the grassy ground beside their feet. The two hopped out of the way and turned around to face behind them.
"What was that?!" Tails exclaimed.
"That," Sonic replied with a tense frown, pointing up at a chrome object flying towards them. Tails looked up and gasped upon spotting it.
The object was not actually an object at all. It was a robotic hedgehog, its orange irises locked onto the pair. It pointed its arm forward, fist clenched as a laser appeared from within its forearm.
"Look out!" Sonic yelled, diving onto Tails to protect him from the laser as the robot fired its attack. While down, the two felt the gush of wind was the robot flew over their hands and past them.
"What was that?" Tails asked, lifting his head up from out of the ground.
"I dunno," Sonic replied, looking in the direction of where the robot had flown. "Whatever it was, it sure didn't look friendly." The blue blur looked back at Tails. "C'mon, Tails! We've gotta stop that thing before it hurts somebody!"
With that, Sonic sped off and left a trail of wind behind him. Tails twisted his twin-tails and flew after him.
~End of Prologue~