Past, Future And Destiny

Chapter 1: How it began!

„Ah……. I love this beach! It´s so quiet and peaceful. I could lie here all day!", sighed Sonic. " Nothing is better to recover from a long run!"

It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining and there was no cloud to be seen. Sonic would have fallen asleep, due to the hypnotic sound of the waves crashing against the shore, if it wasn´t for a rather unpleasant noise.

" SONIC!" " Ahhh... What now?", Sonic groaned while sitting up and looking in the direction of which the shout came from.

There he saw Tails running toward him.

"Finally! We were searching everywhere for you!", said Tails, still breathing hard from all the running he had done.

"First of all, who is we and why? Is Eggman attacking a city or something?", Sonic asked worried and stood up.

"With we, I mean Shadow, Knuckles, and myself. We were looking for you, because Shadow wanted to speak with you. It seems like its really important!", Tails explained.

"Strange... What could he want from me...", Sonic wondered. "Maybe he finally realized that I´m far stronger and faster than him"

" I don´t think so Sonic", Tails said and rolled his eyes. "We should get going Sonic! Shadow and Knuckles are probably already waiting at my workshop in the Mystic Ruins!"

"Ok then. Lets roll!" Sonic grabbed Tailses hand and blasted of, leaving the beach behind.

"And there goes another vacation. Will I ever get some free time? I just hope this is important, or else..."

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"Do you think Tails found him?"

"..."

" Hey! Im speaking with you Shadow!"

"I know, but I don´t care Knuckles", said Shadow, while staring out the sea.

Shadow and Knuckles where standing right beside Tailses workshop, which was located on a cliff outl ooking the sea.

"Why you little...", Knuckles growled and raised his fist ready to punch Shadow.

"Does that Echidna really think he can beat me! How pathetic! ... Wait a second... that noise...a sonic boom. That must be the faker", Shadow thought

The hedgehog turned around and faced the echidna making him stop in his tracks.

"They are here."

Not even a second later, Sonic and Tails stood next to them.

"Ahh... Looks like we ruined a moment!", Sonic laughed and looked at the hedgehog and echidna, which stood pretty close. "Anyway, what do you want from me Shad?"

"First of all, dont you dare call me Shad ever again! Second, I need your help", explained Shadow, while stepping away from Knuckles.

"See! I told you it must be something important if Shadow is asking for help!" said Tails.

" Spit it out already! I want to go back to my island!", yelled Knuckles.

"Fine. I was walking around the ARK, when I suddenly found a huge computer room Ive never seen before. I walked in and wanted to know what the meaning of this was, so I started the main server. Until now everything went smoothly, but then I had to type in two passwords. I tried every combination I knew! Still it was no use. After some research on another ARK-computer I found out that those passwords are DNA-codes. I tried again and used my own and it worked! I m still trying to find the second one tough. The reason I´m here now is, because I want to try yours Sonic. As much as I hate to admit it, we are very similar", explained Shadow and looked deep into Sonics eyes.

"I don´t know if I should help him or not... It does sound... well... strange. And that look! He looks like he is pleading me to help him...", Sonic thought.

" Ok! I´ll help. But how do we you get up into space?"; asked the blue hedgehog.

"Via CHAOS CONTROL of course. The only problem is, I don´t have any CHAOS EMERALDs. I usually use my spaceship, but it can´t carry more than one person. Thats the reason why we need you Knuckles"; the black and red hedgehog now faced Knuckles.

"Don´t tell me you want me to go and search for one!"

Everybodys eyes were now upon Knuckles.

"You are the one who said: Im the best treasure hunter ever!", said Sonic and poked the echidna into his chest.

"We should ask Rouge instead!"; suggested Tails.

"WHAT! Don´t you dare ask her! Im far better than her! Ill find a CHAOS EMERALD in no time!", Knuckles yelled and ran off!

"He fell for it again!", laughed Sonic as well as Tails. Even Shadow couldn´t hide a smile.