Chapter One: A Doomed Future and a Restless Present
DISCLAIMER: All the characters shown in this story DO NOT belong to me! The characters belong to their rightful creators/owners!
WARNING: This story contains intense action violence, language, blood, and suggestive themes. You have been warned…XD.
The future, it holds our destinies. Those destinies are all we worked for those years ago, but it is never a happy ending. The Earth has seen many, many brutal wars, and those were the doings of one man: Dr. Eggman. His evil tactics and schemes have scarred the world. But the scars of that came from him were healed by our heroes. A hero, what is the true definition of it? No one may know for sure. A hero is someone who puts his or her life in danger for the good of others. That has happened many times before, and one of them was three years ago. The Dimensional War, an event that is still remembered in all the minds of the people on Earth, and all the hearts of the heroes that watched their brave friend die.
Sonic sacrificed himself to protect the planet. Surprisingly, he's alive. Stuck in a coma for three years, only that the Earth and Sonic's dimension were effected by it, leaving all the other heroes to remain their age. It is quite a mystery, but as time moved on, Sonic awakened and has no interests of the life of a hero, he has given up. The future, it holds our fate. Sonic's fate is already sealed, while he waits hidden from the world, he will face his fate. The war may be over, but something far much worse is about to occur.
Year: 2030, New York City
A debris littered street in New York city sat silent. Fires were on the side or in the middle. Cars were dismantled, turned over, or destroyed. On the ground, was a dirty old newspaper sitting in a puddle titled: IT HAS BEGUN! With a picture of metal clones marching. A red foot stepped on it. It was a Metal Sonic clone. Hundreds of other clones began walking through the street. At the end of the street was a blockade. There were regular civilians, holding firearms, but faces of determination were worn. Miles Prower, or better known as Tails was standing at the blockade. At age 29 he was. Tails ran over to a large tent. Tails was wearing a pair of goggles on his head, he also had a black headband around his head. "Well, are they coming?'' asked Knuckles, walking over to Tails. Knuckles is 33, instead he had metal gauntlets on his fists.
"To answer your question, they are coming.'' Tails answered.
"Then let's get out there and fight!'' Knuckles proclaimed.
"Then you'll die just like Sonic.'' said a voice.
The two looked over to a dark corner. Wearing a black cloak was Shadow the Hedgehog, at 35 years old. His quills were the same, but there were two other quills below his ones on the left and right. He also had one quill on both sides go straight down. His inhibitor rings were changed to a green patch, harnessing chaos energy.
"Don't try and intervene Shadow! We have to make a stand!'' Knuckles confronted him.
Shadow shook his head and removed his cloak, throwing it on a chair. "You're a fool to doubt Eggman's forces.'' Shadow said.
Knuckles raised his fist at him. "We can fight later, those clones are getting closer and-'' Tails stopped when the sound of clanking footsteps came from outside. "It's him.'' Tails said. Shadow walked outside the tent and headed for the blockade. Tails and Knuckles followed closely behind. Shadow stopped in front of the blockade and saw the army of clones waiting. The clones were stepping out of the way. A large bulky figure came walking through the crowd. Shadow narrowed his eyes. Stopping in front of the clones was Mecha WereSonic.
"Whatever you do, stay here with the others, don't even think about intervening, got it?'' Shadow said, facing Tails and Knuckles. The two nodded in agreement. The two giant metal doors of the blockade opened up. Shadow walked through and stopped a few feet away from Mecha. The metal doors shut behind Shadow. "So is this all your weak group of freedom fighters have to offer? Shadow, please, don't waste my time or energy.'' Mecha mocked.
"Shut your mouth! Your empty threats don't frighten no one anymore!'' shadow snapped "Is that so?'' he said. Mecha quickly extended his cannon and fired a huge burst. Shadow put one hand up, blocking the burst of energy. Shadow took all the energy in his hand and fired a blast that was twice as bigger, and twice as powerful. Mecha launched up into the air. All the clones behind him were destroyed in the massive blast, only leaving the few pieces of scrap metal littered across the street.
Mecha hovered back down to the ground. "It has been very long hasn't it my friend?'' Mecha said.
"I'm not your friend!'' Shadow snapped angrily.
"These years sure have took a toll on you, tell me, is it because of what happened to Kuki?'' Mecha said.
Shadow's eyes were filled up with red. "YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR WHAT YOU DID TO HER!'' Shadow yelled as loud as he could. The two charged at each other immediately, resulting in a large explosion. The two went flying separate ways. Shadow landed on the street, putting one hand on the ground as he slid to a stop. Mecha came walking through the smoke. "Did I hit a nerve?'' Mecha asked mockingly. Shadow growled and teleported behind him. Mecha swung his arm, but shadow ducked, grabbed his arm and threw Mecha right into a car. Shadow fired his chaos spear beam, causing the car to explode into small bits and pieces. Mecha rose up from the fire, but was quickly kicked in the face by shadow and thrown into the building behind him.
Shadow jumped up and grabbed both his arms. Shadow threw him back into the street, creating a small crater. Shadow came charging back down at him. Mecha fired a huge blast of his cannon throwing shadow straight through the top part of the building, and into the air. Mecha teleported next to his flailing body. Shadow swung his foot at him, but Mecha flew under him and fired a rocket right into shadow's hip. Shadow was sent diving back towards the ground like a missile. Shadow smashed right into the concrete street. Shadow quickly rolled out of the way to dodge Mecha landing in the spot he crashed. Shadow swung his foot knocking Mecha off his feet. Shadow jumped to his feet, grabbed Mecha's ankles and tossed him in a full circle before letting him go to fly straight into a overturned truck cab.
Mecha dislodged himself from the truck cab and glared at shadow. "I'm surprised…you fought so hard, all the years that have passed, and still, you can't stop me.'' Mecha informed him.
"Then why not test that right now!'' Shadow yelled, firing ten chaos spears at Mecha.
Mecha leaped up into the air. Mecha knocked the chaos spears away. Shadow gritted his teeth in anger. Mecha teleported behind him. Shadow turned around and ducked toe evade one of Mecha's large fists. Shadow grabbed him by the chest. Mecha punched Shadow in the gut sending the hedgehog flying through the wall of a skyscraper.
Shadow bounced through the destroyed office building interior until he slid to a halt. Shadow got on all fours and looked straight ahead. He saw Mecha charging at him. Shadow teleported, leaving Mecha to stop in his tracks. Shadow quickly reappeared behind Mecha and fired his chaos spear blast. Mecha blasted through cubicles and walls until firing out the other side of the building. Mecha was in vertigo dive. Shadow dove down from the hole and headed for him. Mecha fired his cannon immediately. Shadow spun around, teleporting himself in the process. Shadow reappeared right in front of Mecha. Shadow formed into a ball and quickly speared right into Mecha's stomach. Mecha was smashed into the ground, resulting in a huge explosion, sending pieces of concrete debris around the whole area.
Shadow rose up and rolled right off Mecha's chest. Shadow got up and stretched. Mecha's eyes weren't glowing as they usually do, they were nothing but black. Shadow took a step back, then turned around walking up the steep crater he created.
He saw running towards him, Tails and Knuckles. "Are you alright Shadow?'' asked Tails.
"Yeah, nearly broke my back, nothing too bad.'' he replied.
"What of Mecha?'' Knuckles included.
Suddenly, Mecha leaped out of the crater and down at the group. Shadow quickly turned around and fired a huge red beam from one hand. It hit Mecha dead on in the chest and sent the menace flying miles away. Shadow's hand resonated with red energy. He looked at it. Shadow clenched it then looked to the way Mecha went flying.
"You think he'll come back?'' Tails asked, standing next to Shadow "He always does.'' replied Shadow.
"I just wish there was a way we could have stopped this. We had a chance years ago!'' Knuckles exclaimed.
"Maybe, but this our future now…I just wish we could have stopped him.'' Shadow said.
Present Day: The Grand Canyon, 10:00 am
Sonic's eyes opened wide. He looked to his left. Laying down on his bed, the restless hedgehog stretched his bones. He sat up, his legs hanging over the edge of the couch. Sonic looked over at his black cloak on top the TV. He sighed tiredly, "I'll never understand.'' he said. Sonic got up and grabbed the cloak from the TV.
Meanwhile, all the way outside standing at the edge looking across the Grand Canyon was General Richards. He narrowed his eyes, scanning the area. "Are you sure he's here?'' asked Richards. "Yes, sir, a recon report caught sight of him yesterday.'' a lieutenant said from behind.
"Perfect, move all the soldiers in, get the tanks and choppers down there ASAP.'' Richards ordered. "Yes, sir!'' the lieutenant said and walked off. Richards hummed distinctively. "Your days of hiding have ended…Sonic the Hedgehog.'' Richards said with a look of fierce anger on his face.
Sonic sat on the couch. The tattered cloak, with swaths cut at some parts, especially at the bottom that flowed behind his back. The hood was down as the hedgehog was reading today's newspaper. Nothing he read interested him, nothing ever does. Sonic folded the paper up and placed it down. He laid back against the couch, looking at the cave ceiling. "This life is horrible.'' he said. His left ear twitched. He looked to the entrance of the cave. Sonic walked over to it and looked to see three M1A1 tanks coming, with an army of soldiers running alongside them. "No…they found me.'' he said stepping back into the cave.
On the ground, the tanks stopped and aimed their turrets up at the cave entrance. All the soldiers pointed their guns at the cave entrance as well. General Richards walked up and stood in front of tanks. "Where's that chopper?'' he asked, talking into a two way radio. An apache attack helicopter flew overhead and hovered above the others. A soldier handed Richards a megaphone. "We know you're in there Sonic! Come out now!'' Richards yelled into it. No response came. "I'll give you ten seconds you rat!'' Richards threatened.
Inside the cave, Sonic had his back turned to the cave entrance. Sonic wrapped a black cloth around his mouth, put the hood up, and turned around to the cave entrance. "You'll regret calling me that.'' Sonic whispered. He pressed the transformation device.
"That's it! Fire into the cave now!'' the General spoke into the two way radio. The apache flew forwards and hovered right in front of the cave entrance. Suddenly, Sonic in his Werehog form leaped out and latched onto the front of the apache. The apache flew in circles until it crashed into a tall stone pillar. Sonic fell down, below him was a tank. He raised his fists over his head. They grew large and glowed blue. Sonic smashed his fists on the tank. He was sent in a front flip forwards and landed on the ground. A tank rolled up a few feet away. Sonic ran on all fours towards the tank. The tank fired a round. Sonic did a spiral in the air and landed back on his feet. He grabbed the turret and swung it sideways into the canyon wall, creating a huge indent on the rotating turret. Sonic looked over his shoulder to see a dozen soldiers heading towards him. Sonic threw the tank at them. The group of soldiers cleared the way as the tank rolled across the ground.
Sonic raised an eyebrow. He stood hesitant, but then leaped high into the air. A comanche fired a missile that exploded just seconds before sonic dodged it. Sonic pressed the transformation device again, turning back into his normal form. Sonic formed into a ball and dashed at the chopper. The comanche luckily swerved out of the way. Sonic instead headed towards a tall stone pillar which just as he touched it, the hedgehog ran right up it. "Don't let him get away!'' Richards shouted into the two way radio.
Three more comanche's came and joined the lone one to follow Sonic. Sonic ran in circles while reaching the top of the pillar. Sonic sprang into the air when near the top and landed in the middle of the pillar. The four comanche's hovered up and surrounded him. Sonic pulled his hood forward making sure it was tight around his head. All the comanche's fired three missiles. Sonic immediately leaped into the air. Sonic formed into a ball and blasted straight through one of the comanche's, causing it to explode into nothingness. Sonic kept spinning rapidly in his ball form until he landed. Sonic turned around while walking backwards. He noticed the river by his side. The three comanche's were catching up, but that didn't stop them from firing their missiles. Sonic did a backflip. As he came to the ground, he noticed more missiles were on the way, so he boosted himself with just his hand when he came close to the ground and once again launched into the air. Sonic flew backwards through the air and saw coming right at him, a missile. The missile hit the hedgehog dead on and he was thrown down into the river.
"Echo 4 here, the target is in the river, awaiting further orders.'' the comanche pilot said "Wait till he resurfaces, then neutralize him.'' Richards replied back.
"Copy tha-'' the pilot was cut off, when two huge clawed hands came out of the water and grabbed both sides of his helicopter.
Springing himself out of the water, was Sonic in his Werehog form. Sonic retracted one fist back and readied it. The pilot screamed in horror. Sonic came just an inch to it and punched the chopper, causing it to burst into a cloud of fire. Sonic came out of the black smoke back in his regular form. Sonic did a homing attack to one of the comanche's, forming a large dent in the nose to cause it to fall into the river with a huge splash. Sonic dashed at the other and speared through it. Sonic exited his ball form and gasped. The canyon wall was right in front of him. The hedgehog grabbed onto a crack. He then ran right up the wall until he reached the top.
Sonic fell on all fours. He looked straight and saw the flat desert in front of him. He stood up straight, taking in a deep breath as well. A whistling noise came, it was faint though. It started to get louder. Sonic widened his eyes, he took off running. A series of explosions hit where he was just standing. Far away, three 9K33 OSA mobile missile launchers were the source of the missiles. "Any heat signatures of him yet?'' asked the sergeant.
"He's the fastest thing alive, we'll spot him in no time sir.'' reported another soldier. The sergeant walked over to the missile launcher and looked at the radar. A beeping red dot was coming, fast. "He's coming men! Ready the launchers!'' the sergeant ordered.
The three launchers locked on and were ready to fire. Sonic was running across the desert, a cloud of dust trailing behind him. "Ready…'' the sergeant began. Sonic was coming closer, his eyes narrowed angrily. "FIRE!'' the sergeant shouted. About twenty missiles flew up into the air and dove down at Sonic. Sonic ran to the left, three missiles hit the middle path. Sonic spiraled over to the right, dodging five more, then he boosted forwards. The soldiers rose their arms up to cover their faces, when a cloud of desert dust surrounded them all. The soldiers looked around. "Turn the launchers around and fire!'' the sergeant demanded.
The rocket launchers turned around. The dust cloud was far ahead of them. Unbeknownst to them, sonic was holding onto the side of one of the missile launchers. He jumped in one of the launch holes. "FIRE!'' the sergeant ordered. All three 9K33s fired, launching sonic as well. Sonic was formed into a ball and spiraling across the sky.
Sonic landed about fifteen miles away. "Whoa!'' he exclaimed. Sonic smashed into the ground and bounced again on the ground, head first.
Sonic rolled across the desert ground. Sonic grabbed the cloth and snatched it off his face, coughing madly. He took the hood off. His cloak had large tears in it, holes, and scorch marks on it. His ears popped, he could barely here. Sonic rose up slowly, standing dizzily the hedgehog began walking. His hearing started to come back. Sonic looked half dead, his eyes were nearly shut as if he was going to pass out. All of a sudden, the sound of a pistol fired and hit Sonic in the back. Sonic turned around and saw General Richards, with a platoon of soldiers standing behind him. Richards lowered the 9mm pistol, smirking. Sonic fell face first to the ground. Richards and the soldiers walked over to his lifeless body. "Take him to the location, take him far, very far.'' Richards said.