Chapter 1
Deep beneath the Mobian Desert a few miles out of Tech City there was a secret military base with hundreds of soldiers and scientists working. In one dark cold, metallic room was a group of men looking at computer consoles. One man, a tall green squirrel with dark blue hair wearing a messy white shirt and a loose black tie, jeans and white gloves, was watching the others. One scientist, a deep burgundy greyhound approached him, "Corvin? Are you sure we need this 'subject' of yours? Surely we could finish the Project without him."
The squirrel gave her a serious look, "Julie, this "Subject" is vital to Project Ground Zero, without him we should just give up right now."
"But why do we need him? Why is he so important?"
"Because he's one of the most powerful beings on Mobius…we need him to complete the project perfectly."
Around the room was several radios spouting different police radio messages, Corvin's ear twitched as one message started, he turned and pointed at the radio, "There!" One scientist sitting beside the radio turned it up so they could hear the message better; "Attention all nearby police officers, robbery at the 25th street liquor store, assailant is a male brown hedgehog, believed to be Val the Hedgehog, he's headed south east, head him off and take him down!"
Meanwhile in Tech City, Val ran down a street at top speed, carrying a case of vodka in his hand, "Dammit Devina! She just had to want vodka…not cola or coffee or nothing we actually have!"
As he raced down the street a police car appeared ahead of him, coming straight at him at high speed, "Oh come on, you guys think that'll stop me?" Val effortlessly leapt over the car and landed back on the road before running onward through the streets. Eventually Val turned a corner and saw over a dozen black cars and trucks blocking the road, "Heh, what's this? The M.I.B?"
Over 20 men in black suits gathered around Val and aimed guns at him, "Alright, get on the ground." said one of them, a fuchsia cat. Val smirked, "You people obviously don't realise who you're messing with." he gently put the vodka down and clenched his fists, which burst into purple flames. Val glared at the cat and charged at him, punching him hard in the face, knocking him to the ground unconscious. Instantly all the others started shooting at Val, who tried to dodge by jumping up onto a rooftop. He then looked down and noticed that there were small strange darts embedded in the ground a few feet away, 'They're not trying to kill me…' he thought, 'Then what do they want?'
He leapt down and raced towards the men, who continued shooting. Val manuvered around the darts and grabbed one man; a grey mongoose, by the neck, "Tell me who you are and what you people want!"
As Val suspected, no one dared to shoot as long as he had one of their own with him…or so he thought. Suddenly a searing pain shot through Val, emanating from his shoulder, he looked down and saw a dart stuck into his flesh. He looked up and saw a green squirrel with blue hair holding a smoking gun not far away.
Val was overcome by the strange drained sensation that was rapidly taking over his body, he found it impossible to stand or even keep his eyes open. The last thing he saw was the squirrel smirk as his world faded to black.