The Deep Urge
By Sailor Saba
At the beautiful beach of Emerald Coast, Sonic was teaching his best friend, Tails, how to run at lightspeed.
"Keep your eyes forward, Tails!" Sonic replied as he and Tails were in a position to start running at any time. Sonic went right into his Sonic Spin as he gathered light energy. Meanwhile, Tails began twisting his twin tails around. After gathering light energy, Sonic started to glow a light blue color as he said, "Now remember, just use your eyes and let your body move to the beat!"
"Don't worry, I can handle it!" Tails said being confident as he spun his twin tails at high speed. "READY…" Sonic said steadying himself, "…GO!"
Within an instant, Sonic and Tails were gone in a flash. At the speed they were moving, Tails was able to keep Sonic, although he was just a few steps behind him. "Prepare to get left behind, lil buddy!" the blue hedgehog replied. Not wanting to be shown up, Tails increased his speed. Seconds later, he was on par with him. "If anybody is gonna get left behind, it's gonna be YOU!" he shouted back.
Strictly on par with each other, they came across a pathway in which they had to jump across. Sonic smiled and said, "Sorry, buddy! But, it's time for me to say goodbye!" Increasing his speed even more, Sonic started to jump the fence. With Tails jumping a second later, Sonic lost his focus and his footing as he tripped off the fence. "Ow! My ankle!" he struggled to say as he fell to the ocean waters. "Sonic!" Tails shouted as he came up off his jump and flew. Still holding on to his ankle, Sonic splashed into the water, unable to swim.
"Hang on, Sonic!" Tails shouted going into the water without hesitation. Sonic tried to hard to hold his breath as he still kept holding on to his hurt ankle. Swimming like a fish, the two-tailed fox grabbed the blue hedgehog and swam to the nearest island.
"C'mon, Sonic! Breath already, dammit!" Tails shouted trying to pump all the water out of the person who is like a big brother to him. Sonic opened his eyes slowly and sat up. "Thanks, Bud!" he said catching his breath, "I owe you one." "What the Hell was that all about!?" Tails shouted walking away two inches from him, "Did you fall on purpose just so you can make me feel better?" "No," the blue hedgehog said standing up slowly, "I tripped and fell in. It's not something I do often." "Look, I know that you can't swim, and I know that you hate the water, but…"
Sonic turned to face his friend, but didn't directly stare eye-to-eye with him. Without any given proof, Tails figured it out. "You've got Aquaphobia, don't you?" he asked as if he was not apparent to him. "Tails," Sonic said holding out his hand, "don't make it bigger than it already is!" The blue hedgehog walked away, with his friend behind him. "Why didn't you say anything?" Tails asked. "It never came to mind!" "I can help you get over your fear!" Sonic swiped Tails's hand away from his shoulder and said, "Forget it! Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly, and I've gotta run…fast!"
Sonic ran back to the Emerald Coast shore, leaving Tails with a confused look on his face.
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The sun started to set over Station Square. Amy Rose came out of a lady's dress shop, stretching her arms. "I never knew dresses could be so expensive here in the city!" she replied smiling, "Then again, I haven't been here in years." 'Ever since that Perfect Chaos incident…'
Walking on the sidewalk, Amy heard some rumbling, ten minutes later. "I guess they're doing some type of construction underground," she suggested. However, the rumbling got louder and the earthquakes got worse. Amy noticed a sewer pipe that couldn't contain the pressure and sprouted up into the air alongside with a massive gush of water.
Amy looked around and saw water beginning to flood the streets of Station Square. "Not again!" she said worrying, "This is like a bad dream!" Not willing to take any chances, Amy jumped on top of the nearest car she could find and watched as she saw the water beginning to rise higher than usual. Standing up on top of the car, Amy realized that the water rose up to skyscraper level again. "At least it stopped," she replied with a sigh of relief, "but I better get to a building that's above this water." Before she could have a chance to move, something behind her appeared out of the water. She turned around and saw a gigantic fish attempting to eat her. "Is that a piranha?" she said looking up. Amy jumped on to the top of the nearest building just before the gigantic piranha plunged the car into the deep water. The piranha tried again, but Amy was ready for it.
"Sorry," she said grabbing her hammer, "but hedgehog isn't on the menu! Rose Uppercut!" With enough force, Amy knocked the piranha up into the air and hit back down into the water. With the splash, Amy said sighing, "sigh If I had known that something like this was going to happen again, I would have stayed in Soleanna!"
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Back at the outskirts of the Mystic Ruins, Sonic continued to train Tails…this time in Combat Training. Both of them grasped hands as Tails tried to stay up off his knees. "C'mon, Tails!" Sonic said somewhat struggling, "I know you can do better than that!" Holding his head downward, the fox smiled arrogantly. "Oh, you mean like this?!" Without noticing, Sonic was instantly kicked in the head after Tails did a backflip off him. "How's that?" he said smirking after landing. Sonic checked his jaw, looked at Tails, smiled and said, "Yeah, that's much better!"
A radio, sitting near Tails's workshop, went off beeping. "Hold on," Tails said waving his hand, "Let's take a break. My radio is going off." Pressing a button, the radio started playing. "We interrupt this music broadcast to bring you a news bulletin! The City of Station Square has once again been flooded by numerous amounts of water. Some of you remember nine years ago (A/N: When Sonic Adventure first came out in North America) when Perfect Chaos started rampaging the city. G.U.N. Military has already begun urgent rescue and evacuation."
"Don't tell me that somebody let Chaos out of hibernation again!" Sonic said being optimistic.
"We have also discovered that aquatic vertebrae and amphibians have begun to mutate into giant monsters."
"Wait a minute!" Tails said remembering something, "Didn't Amy say that she was going shopping in Station Square?" "I remember too. And I don't think she was buying a new swimsuit for this occasion!" Sonic replied, "Let's take the Tornado and hurry over there!" "But the Tornado hasn't been used in years; what if it doesn't work? Besides, it wouldn't be a good idea to take it anyway." "What about the Twister? That jet that you used at the space colony ARK?" "Sounds like a good idea, but we better hurry. 'Cause I have a feeling Amy's gonna be fish bait!"
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Amy stood on the building with her hammer in hand, hoping that no other water-based mammals would try to eat her.
"I really need a vacation after this," she said rubbing her left arm, "I'm wondering if this is really a dream…"
Before she could complete a thought, the giant piranha came back with two friends, a large eel and a monster squid. Amy stood her ground with her hammer to guard her as she stood nervous, shedding a tear.
'Sonic……please help me……'
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An electric eel…a rampaging piranha…and a vicious squid have one thing on their mind…killing Amy Rose.
As the pink hedgehog readies herself to go into maybe her last battle, Sonic and Tails hurry to Station Square as fast as they can. But can they help Amy battle these three monsters as well as a city going under….under water?
TO BE CONTINUED…