Sonic
Sonic X Crossover
To
Mega Man
Lights Run on Good
Sequel to Evil Runs in Machines
David Carter
CH.1: Love entangled in speed
The day was Thursday and in the early morning at 6:00 a.m. only one creature was awake, and his name was Sonic. It had been a few weeks since their venture into the world of robotics where they met Mega Man; and together beat their very own Dr. Eggman and Mega Man's enemy Dr. Wily. Amy was mad at him for not asking for help and had even locked the door on him. As he sat in the tree he felt miserable, even more as thunder rolled across the sky. Rain came down in a rush and the canopy above him let the water through to wet his blue quills. Looking down into the house he saw Amy eating her salad, but she never touched her dessert. Even though Amy was three years younger then him he couldn't ignore her forever. "These missions are tearing my social life apart," Sonic said as he got up, "but even then I find Amy's attention pleasing."
"Sonic come down before you fall," Helen said. Sonic grinned and climbed down to see his friend. Helen wore a blue rain jacket and her wheelchair was on the cement, not in the mud where she'd be liable to get stuck. "Are you still punching yourself over what Amy said?" Sonic rubbed the back of his head and nodded his head. "Maybe you should take Amy on a cruise."
"Sorry but the constant movement of waves makes my sea green eyes go crazy. When they gaze at that huge body of water I seem to lose myself like that time I fell into Chris's pool. I could get her flowers and say sorry."
"You can only do that so many times," Helen told him as they headed to the house. As they made it to the door Amy was smashing the dessert she had with her hammer until bits of cake was everywhere. Ella came into the kitchen and instead of throwing a fit led her to the living room. "If you want to make Amy happy, you may have to slow-."
"No…no way!" Sonic was upset about the word, yet if it meant Amy…no it couldn't happen. Turning his back to the door he dashed through bushes and into the city. Station Square was afloat in water but all Sonic wanted right now was to do something good. A huge chunk of debris stopped him dead in his tracks and as he looked up into the blinding rain he saw a dark shadow, it was Shadow! As he sped up the building he dodged incoming debris until he stood face to face with him. "Alright Shadow, why are you doing that?"
"I was bored," he said with a false smile. Sonic ducked under Shadow's kick and head butted him. Shadow grabbed Sonic's arm and threw him off the building. "Hope you brought a lifejacket!" Sonic's view was spinning but as he clenched his hands into fists he curled into a ball and raced into the abandoned building. Glass was sent everywhere and the 24 levels he encountered were a breeze. "A little slow today huh?"
"Just…tired," Sonic replied. Lightning hit to their right and Shadow punched him. Lightning hit to the left and Sonic kicked Shadow. The third sliced through the building and both hedgehogs descended to the water below. "This is just great!"
"Care to race?" Even as they fell to their deaths Shadow still held a competitive spirit. Before they hit the debris they curled into balls and broke through. The water was high and for Sonic it meant danger of getting hit by lightning was high. He uncurled from the ball and ran on top of the water. Cart wheeling to his left he avoided getting shocked and saw Shadow ahead accelerate. "Slow poke," Shadow yelled over his shoulder. Sonic narrowed his eyes and followed Shadow, closely behind his heels. In the dark sky white hail came down and hit them hard.
"Shadow the element is against us," Sonic said as a huge piece of hail hit the water, "let's resume the race on solid ground…" Shadow was too far ahead to hear him. Another piece of hail hit the water and Sonic had to skid to a stop or he would've drowned by an anchor of ice. As another streak of lightning came down Shadow was hit and at the wrong time too. With his legs working over time he made it to see Shadow before the lightning hit him again.
"Don't…" Ignoring the villain's plea to die Sonic put him over his shoulder and ran. The hail was bigger now and as it pelted Sonic the lightning began to strike around him.
"Conditions such as this never slow us hedgehogs down do they?" Land was ahead, but it seemed like an old enemy had other plans. In a hovering machine was Eggman and outside the storm became more agitated by the people who dare defy it. "Look Eggman let's resume this somewhere else."
"No, and besides this is the perfect locale to fight…especially if it's over water and your liable to get your sorry hedgehog butt burnt. Prepare to drown Sonic, because here I-." Lighting came down just then and hit Eggman's machine causing it to short circuit. Sonic hated his luck and with his spare arm grabbed the falling Eggman and put him on his shoulder. With all the weight on his shoulder his speed was cut down drastically and the lightning was mad. Perspiration dotted his forehead and his shoes were sinking.
"Land ahead…must use…speed…" As his shoe hit land he lost his balance and fell face first into a mud pile. Up ahead as the lightning came down he saw the outline of Eggman's home. He grabbed their collars and dragged them up the muddy slope, over a pair of teetering bridges, and with all strength wavering kicked the door down. His lights went out then.
"Is Helen alright?" Ella asked Amy as she looked over at the bored child. "Shouldn't she be playing games or talking to Sonic?" Amy uncrossed her arms and sighed irritably.
"Two or three weeks ago, I can't remember how many, but anyhow we sort of traveled to another world where an evil Dr. Wily reigns. Helen falls in love with a blue hero named Mega Man and tries to get him to act like the boy he is. Well me and Sonic hadn't spent much time together lately, and there as well because he has the gutless nerve to play hero with only the help of someone he just met!" Grabbing her hammer again she raised it above her head, if not for Ella's intervention Amy may have actually destroyed the Thorndyke T.V. "I'm…sorry Ella."
"It's ok…maybe next time you should try taking out your anger on something not in this house." Patting Amy on the head she got up and began to dust. "This silent treatment isn't the way you're going to solve this," she said as she dusted the table, "love is teamwork and if one can't compromise, then that love may not be worth it." As she left Amy pondered on it.
"Amy are you busy?" Amy looked to her left and saw Helen sitting there. Shaking her head Helen faced her and seemed to consider what she was going to ask. "If you love someone, and say they live faraway with no communication, how do you say hi, or I want to see you?" Helen asked out of curiosity.
"Well Helen, long distance relationships are quite difficult, not that I have any experience, but one part of the relationship is called compromise. If you want to see him; why not do what we did last time." Helen smiled and Amy giggled, she always liked the role of match maker. "Say Helen, where's Sonic?"
"He…left on a romantic errand," Helen replied hesitantly. Amy gave her a stare, the one where that person knew something was being hidden, so she felt like she had to tell the truth. "I told him to slow down and he ran away."
"You did what?" By now the whole house was alerted and Tails, Cream and Cheese, and Chris were wide awake. Amy's eyes were big now and she was advancing on Helen with her green eyes ablaze. Tails flew in the air and held onto Amy's struggling body and put her a good distance away from Helen. "Sonic needs speed, not slowness."
"I was trying to tell him to slow down on his hero status, so that he could spend more time with you. But after the word "slow" came out of my mouth he ran away. Apparently all of the hedgehogs prefer to hear one part of a sentence without even bothering to hear the rest." Chris still in his pajamas thought Helen had a good point, but he didn't want to upset Amy anymore.
"Everyone hurry a building is going down," Big the cat said from outside. Rushing outside they stared through the hail and saw an apartment building filling with water. Tails dodged the incoming hail and made it to the roof of the building where evacuation was halted. Tails found the leader of the group and tried to tell him they needed to leave. He responded in anger:
"What do you think that downed helicopter was trying to do? This hail is so thick that any vehicle that can fly will get their rotors sliced up and their engines burnt. Where's Sonic the hedgehog?" Tails looked down and saw the water was increasing its speed up the crippled building.
"We can't risk the X Tornado in this weather," Chris said as a piece of hail hit the pool. "What we need is a ship…Eggman's ship!" Running down the dirt path Chris pulled back some bushes to reveal a ship with a long deck. Everyone gave a curious glance and with a smile he said, "every time me, Helen, Francine, and Danny walk to school we see Eggman go here with hordes of treasures. This is his treasure ship."
"Oh so that's why my eyes hurt, I always thought it was the sun," Helen said. As soon as everyone was on Chris set sail and off they went. The building that Tails was on was sinking and as the people landed in the water Big reeled them in with his fishing rod. Tails helped the last girl off and with everyone safely onboard Chris set off for the center of Station Square.
Dr. Eggman sat bolt upright as thunder was heard and as he rubbed his neck he realized he was at his house. Next to him was Shadow…and eating his food was Sonic! Ignoring the pain in his back he advanced towards the hedgehog who in turn saluted him with his fork! "Why are you eating my food?"
"Well," Sonic began and then took his valuable time chewing on a slice of pizza, "we were fighting and lightning struck your smartly made lightning proof vehicle. I carried your two lifeless bodies to land, where I eventually dragged your bodies through mud and across a very high bridge…where I set you two down." Sonic wiped his mouth with Eggman's table cloth and then drank out of Eggman's carton. "So, how's the storm going?"
"If you're asking me, I'd say it shows no sign of dieing anytime soon. But while you're here you'll respect my rules and food limit, understand?" Sonic agreed and went over to the computer where a minute later he was playing games.
"Why do I feel like I've been dragged across a wooden bridge," Shadow said as the room spun and he scratched his back. His red eyes settled on Eggman and Sonic and it suddenly hit him. "Oh, I guess that's why." Sonic jumped from the chair and kept his distance as Shadow got a slice of pizza and ate it.
"This is why I don't enjoy company," Eggman sighed as Sonic joined Shadow. Observing the two fight over the last slice made him see them through different eyes that didn't belong to an evil genius. In a certain light Sonic and Shadow were rivals: rivals, brothers, allies, and above all simple opposites. Shadow was destructive and Sonic was the person to prevent destruction. Collapsing onto his bed he closed his eyes and during the middle of the night the storm died out.