- PART I: INITIAL ENCOUNTERS -
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Chapter 1: The Portal
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The portal.
Sonic calmly walked up to the physics monstrosity with caution.
"I don't know where it goes, Sonic!" Tails said as he appeared behind his best friend. "I wish I knew, but I left all my gadgetry at my lab…"
"Don't worry about it, Tails, my man!" Sonic replied, getting ready to jump in. "I'll figure it out!"
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." A familiar dark voice said from behind, echoing through the stronghold.
"Shadow, calm yourself." Sonic replied. "I think that this thing is completely safe!"
Knuckles came in from the stronghold's library. "You're too reckless sometimes, Sonic. Why don't ya take it easy?"
"Take it easy?!" Sonic asked with exasperation. "I'm up for a challenge. It's been boring lately since we took down Eggman again a month ago."
"You know, he's gonna do something nasty SOME time soon." Knuckles replied.
"RELAX, Knuckles!" Sonic said, forming a smirk on his face. "You know we've beat him every time!"
"Whatever…" Knuckles replied, huffing.
"Well, Sonic," Shadow stated. "Make a decision. You're going to jump in, aren't you?"
"Yeah, of course! But aren't you all coming with me?"
As soon as Sonic said this, some blocks from behind them were pushed away, most likely from telekinesis, revealing an albino hedgehog.
"Count me in, too!" Silver said, grinning awkwardly.
"Well, Silver! You're late!" Shadow stated, condescendingly, turning serious. "Get over here."
"Uhhh, okay?" Silver replied with question.
When Silver walked up to Shadow, Shadow grabbed the albino hedgehog by the shoulders and picked him up, walking towards the portal.
"Shadow! Stop! Let me go!" Silver pleaded, struggling to break free, which was useless against Shadow's iron grip.
Shadow's red eyes glimmered. "Did you seriously think…" he said, hoisting up Silver. "…THAT WOULD WORK?!"
He threw Silver into the flat portal, launching him into another dimension. Shadow turned on his heel with a smile on his face, eyes closed.
"Ummmm…WHY did you do that, exactly?" Knuckles asked.
"I just love messing with Silver," came the reply.
"But Shadow!" Tails blurted. "We don't know where that portal goes yet!"
"Does it matter?" Shadow stated, rather bluntly.
"Uhh…YEAH. We coulda lost Silver. FOREVER."
"DOES IT MATTER?"
"It does." Sonic said with a darker tone in his voice. "Follow me."
Sonic jumped into the portal.
After a few seconds of hesitation, the rest of the gang climbed in cautiously, as they entered another world, another dimension, and another reality.
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