A Different Path
Summary: This first chapter takes place in the SatAM Universe after Episode 2 and before Episode 8 of Season 2. However, it also crosses over with the Archie Sonic series with various things like 'Night of a 1000 Sonics' and the Anti-Mobius/Moebius, along with SEGA Sonic with powers like the Hedgewolf/Werehog (I just like Hedgewolf better), the Wisps, and Caliburn. This is a SonicXOC pairing. I do not own the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. I own Roll Cyber Sakurai.
Sonic Hedgehog sighed to himself, barely struggling with the chains that adorned his arms and legs. He just had to not listen to Sally on not coming here to see Uncle Chuck. He had managed to sneak in when these two weird robots popped out of nowhere and caught him. He thought they were just an old cube and an old bowling ball. He looked up at the ceiling, dripping black slime from various cracks in it, before looking down at his chains. When Robotnik put him in here, he had made sure Sonic couldn't try something to escape by chaining him to a wall and his limbs were chained so far that he couldn't spin or run, yet close enough to let him move a bit and, possibly, play an instrument, like the broken guitar parts that were in the nearby corner. He just sat on the bench, metallic and slowly rusting, that was in his cell. He held a hand to his face and coughed a few times. He looked down at his hand to see a gold, glowing ring in his hand, coated in a layer of his saliva from swallowing it to not let Robotnik get it. For some reason, he always felt better when he looked at the Power Ring. It was as if he had seen them long ago. Even now, almost an hour before Robotnik would robotize him, he felt relaxed at seeing it. A nearby clank got his attention and quickly hid the Power Ring. There, he saw the result of what he would become in less than an hour. It was once a female, from the wider hips and slender figure that he saw. It bore no clothing since robots-even those who had once been living creatures-didn't need them. The metallic foxtail swung behind it gently, squeaking a little from missing some oiling, while ending with a mace. Its hands had knives that were once fingernails and its metal fox ears stood attention permanently. What got Sonic was that it had metal hedgehog quills that ended at where it had its hips and scarlet optics that weren't separated like he normally saw in other Mobians. He thought only he and his Uncle Chuck didn't have that funny thing between their eyes.
-I have been order to keep watch of you for this hour, prisoner- the Robian spoke, the feminine voice mixed with static.
"Really? Damn, though you were here to talk," Sonic tried to joke.
-If I were here to talk, I would be talking about your idiocy-
Sonic took a double take on that. Did a Robian just make a crack at him? He looked at the Robian harder.
-If you are trying to melt me with your glare, then it isn't working-
"You're not like the others, are you?" Sonic asked.
-Lord Robotnik asked me to test something for him. To see if it would be perfect for his other creations- the Robian replied –He called it 'Hyper Go-On energy' along with something he labeled a 'Wisp'-
"Lisp?"
-Wisp. With a 'W,' not an 'L,' you idiot. They are extraterrestrial life forms that are of currently unknown origin-
"I'll just stick with 'aliens' if that's okay with everybody," Sonic cracked as he broke the fourth wall, "And you're telling me this…why?"
-You will not last for much longer, so I might as well tell you things that would otherwise be used to thwart Lord Robotnik-
"What if I had a listening device?"
-The walls are made of a special alloy that prevents various signals from breaching it. You cannot contact anyone nor can they contact you-
"Okay…So who are you?"
-I am Model R-0-7-7. But I prefer 'Roll'-
"'Prefer?'" Sonic repeated, "Man, that hyper whatever stuff sure did a number on you then."
-It has some…benefits, to admit. Things such as old hobbies have begun to form once my assignments are completed for the day. I am more aware of my surroundings that before, easily allowing me to prevent my early termination unlike others-
Sonic's eyes widened. If what she said was right, then that meant…He frowned as something filled him. It wasn't guilt or anything like that. He just felt…weird.
-Do you have any last requests before your end?-
"Could you not let them end me?"
-Negative-
"Dang. Then how about letting me have those pieces of guitar with maybe putting it back together? If this is my last hour of being free, then I want to go out with something nice to hear."
-…Affirmative-
R-0-7-7 opened the cell and entered it. R-0-7-7 approached the guitar pieces and slowly picked them up. The Robian held up the parts together in the way they were supposed to go before a strange energy washed over it, swiftly repairing the guitar. R-0-7-7 handed the guitar to the hedgehog and closed the cell, staying inside. Sonic rose a brow at the Robian as the former living creature looked at him.
-I believe this would be a preferred way to guard you. And please reveal the object you have hidden under you. My scanners have been sensing it ever since I approached your cell-
Sonic nodded, frowning. He pulled out the Power Ring. R-0-7-7 just looked at it, scanning it a bit. The energy felt familiar to the Robian's memory banks, but was unable to access it. It was almost as if a password lock had been placed upon it.
"Dang, lost my pick…" Sonic muttered as he ruffled a hand through his quills.
-Simply use the ring- R-0-7-7 offered.
"What? Look, lady…"
-I am no woman nor do I recall when I was robotized-
"…And you still follow him why?"
-It is in the Robotizer's programming to program all Robians to obey Lord Robotnik-
"…Fine…" Sonic sighed as he held it tight, "But if this blows up in our faces, I'll blame you."
-If there is an explosion, there is minimal chance that it will be fatal to us. However, it may result in the loss of possibly three of your fingers, roughly your hands' index fingers and your right pointer finger-
Sonic frowned at it. It didn't know how to take a joke, but it could make them? Robians were strange beings, but this one was the more interesting of them. Something clicked in his head and he began to play. The Power Ring glowed and seemed to focus its energy through the strings.
Oh yeah
All right
Well I don't show off, don't criticize
I'm just livin' by my own feelings
And I won't give in, won't compromise
'Cuz I only have a steadfast heart of gold
I don't know why, I can't leave though it might be tough
But I ain't out of control, just livin' by my word
Don't ask me why, I don't need a reason
I got my way, my own way
It doesn't matter
Now what happens, I will never give up the fight
Long as the voice inside drives me to run and fight
It doesn't matter who is wrong and who is right
Well I don't look back, I don't need to
Time won't wait and I got so much to do
Where do I stop now, it's all a blur and so unclear
Well, I don't know but I can't be wrong
It doesn't matter now what happens, I will never give up the fight
Long as the voice inside drives me to run and fight
It's all your bets on what you think is right
Oh, it doesn't matter now what happens, I will never give up the fight
Long as the voice inside drives me to run and fight
It doesn't matter who is wrong and who is right
No, no, no, no
It doesn't matter!
Sonic put down the guitar, panting. He had never felt a rush like that when he played before. He frowned as he saw the Power Ring fade away as it did each time it was used. His head looked up at R-0-7-7 as it was clapping.
-That was amazing-
"Really?"
-Yes. At first, my processor was stating that you would play something soft. I would have preferred to simply disable your limbs if you had tried that-
"You hate that stuff?"
-Not exactly. It just did not seem like a good time to preform it. That and I have not taken to downloading a preference to it-
"I know, right? Soft is for pillows, for ice cream. Music is gotta move. It's gotta be pedal to the metal. What about ballads?"
-I would rather delete my CPU than listen to it at this time-
"Same here, but I'd rather hurl," Sonic replied as he pretended to hold back vomit, "Chunkage secured."
It was then he heard it: a giggle. He looked at R-0-7-7 to see that it was giggling. For some reason, he liked its giggle. Not too high pitched, yet not too low. He then noticed that it had a bit of a glow. Did the Power Ring do something to it through his music?
"You…uh…You feelin' okay there?"
-Perfectly functional- R-0-7-7 giggled as it tried to compose itself –But I must say that was…funny, I believe organic beings would put it-
"Trust me; you should hear what Anty sounds like," Sonic chuckled before placing a gloved hand to his forehead, "Ow…"
-Is there something wrong?-
"Not really…I just got a…a head…ache…" Sonic groaned as he passed out.
Sonic softly groaned as he awoke. His vision was blurry at best. He shook his head to try to get a clear view of his surroundings. He sat up a bit and leaned against his glass container. …Glass container? He pressed a hand to it and his eyes widened in shock. He was stuck in a glass container of sorts. He looked around before his eyes laid upon a twin-tailed, gold and white fox. He rode within a strange machine of sorts. It seemed like one of those 'airplane' things he had seen in old picture books that his Uncle Chuck had shown him before Robotnik took over, yet also like a robot. It was primarily blue in color with bits of yellow from what he saw. It had two legs that reminded him of his old dog's hind legs and a few lasers on its sides. He turned to a strange, yet familiar, laugh. His eyes widened in shock at the sight before him. It was a fat man, but not fat like Robotnik, and had long legs and arms. He wore a red jacket with a white zipper on his torso and going down his arms into the yellow bands on his wrists that let his white gloves emerge. He had white straps on the sides of his body with four yellow blocks. He wore black pants with black boots, zippers on them as well. His head was completely bald except for a large, messy orange-brown mustache on his face. He had a large nose and wore a pair of blue spectacles on his face, easily covering his small eyes. On his bald forehead was a strange pair of silver goggles with green lenses. Sonic looked down at his left foot when he felt something bump into it. It was an emerald…at least, in appearance. It was fine-cut into a diamond shape, but was the color of lightning. Suddenly, the container he was in moved before he was ejected out. He soon saw he was in space, high above Mobius. His nearly cried when he saw that it wasn't covered in the sickly toxic clouds or looked like it was polluted at all. Suddenly, something in his head switched on. He grasped the emerald and began to hold it tight. When he spoke, he realized he didn't know he had said it.
"Chaos…Control!"
Sonic shot up with a yelp. He looked around to see he was in another glass container. He looked around before seeing a sight he'd rather not see. It was a bald, fat man with an orange mustache and red eyes. He had various sharp teeth inside of his sinister grin. He wore a red, black, and yellow shirt with black pants and boots along with a red cape.
"Robotnik…" Sonic growled softly.
"Hello, hedgehog," the man spat, "I hope you're comfortable in your Robotizer Chamber. Strange that you'd spend your last hour of freedom resting, hedgehog, but to each their own."
"So…This is it, huh?" Sonic sighed, "Can I at least have a request on who gets to Robotize me?"
"Really? Well…Then I'll allow it. You'd probably wish Charles would do it."
"Nope. You sent this Robian to guard me, right? I want that one to do it."
"You mean R-0-7-7?" Robotnik pondered before he smirked, "Very well then. Orbot! Cubot! Get me R-0-7-7!"
Sonic looked at a red and white sphere and a yellow and white cube near Robotnik's feet and scowled. The two items opened up to reveal they were actually robots. The sphere had red optics with red gloves while the other had blue eyes and yellow gloves.
-Yah got it, pardner!- the yellow robot saluted before flying off.
"And fix Cubot's voice chip!" Robotnik barked.
-At once, your liege- the sphere robot bowed before flying after him, the two soon returning with R-0-7-7.
-You summoned me, Lord Robotnik?-
"Yes. My little prisoner has requested that you preform the deed," Robotnik explained, motioning to the slightly waving hedgehog.
-Really?- R-0-7-7 pondered.
"Indeed. Now do your programming and Robotize him!" Robotnik ordered.
R-0-7-7 nodded. It walked over to the controls. Sonic looked up at the ceiling on his container to see it opening. A strange laser-like device emerged from the entrance and Sonic gulped. He looked at R-0-7-7 as it prepared the final parts.
"Well…Guess I'll get to see you around, Roll," Sonic chuckled.
It was then R-0-7-7 stopped. Small sparks began to fall off its frame.
"What's going on here?" Robotnik demanded, "Do it! Robotize Sonic the Hedgehog!"
-ERROR. ERROR. ERROR G-24, ERROR G-42, AND ERROR G-2-4 HAS FORMED- R-0-7-7 spoke in a monotonous, mechanical voice.
"And those would be?" Robotnik growled.
-ERROR G-24: UNABLE TO PREFORM DUTIES DUE TO LOYALTY PROGRAM. ERROR G-42: UNABLE TO PREFORM DUTIES BECAUSE OF DATA OVERLOAD. ERROR G-2-4: ERRORS G-24 and G-42 HAVE ACTIVATED. IF ALL THREE ARE ACTIVATED, ALL PROGRAMMING INSTALLED POST-ROBOTIZATION WILL BE SHUT DOWN AND LOCKED MEMORY DATA WILL BE RESTORED-
"What?" Robotnik screamed, "I never made that program! Abort!"
-UNABLE TO COMPLY…Fatty," R-0-7-7 smirked as the red glow changed into a jade-green glow with the static dissipating from her voice.
With that, she turned and smashed her fists on the controls. The glass container opened up and let out the blue hedgehog. Robotnik roared as slim, humanoid robots marched in, armed with lasers.
"Kill them both!" Robotnik roared.
"I don't think so, egghead," Roll smirked before she vanished.
Sonic and Robotnik gawked at her disappearance when a yellow blur raced by and through a path in the robots. They were all torn to shreds by the following wind that followed. A figure skidded to a halt, dropping the last of the metal she was once covered in while hiding herself in Robotnik's swiped cape. The yellow fur seemed to shine in the lights aimed at the two while her white muzzle gave a smirk. They were surprised that she wore pink and black running shoes with a gold sole. She looked over at Sonic and winked at him, showing her eyes were a deep jade in color.
"Thank you, Sonic-kun," the girl giggled, "I can't believe just how much of my memory had been sealed up. Okay, egghead, now you're in for it."
"Egghead?" Robotnik repeated, turning a brilliant scarlet in rage, as more of his robots came in, "SWATBots, kill them both!"
The SWATBots nodded before aiming their blasters at the two. Roll smirked as she pressed to fingers to her lips and kissed them, forming a pink energy heart before her. She grasped it with a smirk.
"Roll Blast!"
With that, she swung her arm. From her hand, a wave of energy hearts raced out and flew at the SWATBots. Within seconds, each one had been blown up by an impact with one of the hearts. She grabbed Sonic's hand gently.
"Come on. Let's get out of here," Roll said.
"R-Right…" Sonic nodded.
The two ran off. What got Sonic surprised was how easily the girl was at keeping up with him. Sirens began to blare as they raced out of the massive fortress.
"Oh, snap! SWATBots!" Sonic yelped as more of the robots began to block their path.
"You just gotta run faster. Make a mini-Sonic Boom," Roll grinned, "Watch."
With that, she went faster than Sonic. He heard something when she did that; a faint boom of sorts. Within a split-second, pink wind blew off her as she began to run right through the SWATBots, sometimes sending them up and over the two. The pink wind fell off as she slowed down a bit. She jumped above them and curled up into a ball. Within seconds, she began to home in on the SWATBots and rammed into them in her ball form, a yellow trail going behind her.
"Whoa…" Sonic awed as he ran after Roll, "How'd ya do that?"
"Any Mobian can do it," Roll replied, "I thought everyone knew the Homing Attack."
"What?" Sonic blinked as the two skidded to a halt inside a forest.
"And aren't you the world's greatest hero, Sonic the Hedgehog?"
"World's greatest hero? Well, I wouldn't say that…" Sonic sheepishly chuckled with a hand behind his head.
"And what was that place about?"
"Huh? But you were Roboticized, right?" Sonic asked.
"Robo…Are you kidding me? He did that?" Roll exclaimed, "I told him it was a bad idea! But he didn't listen to me!"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! What are you talking about?" Sonic asked.
"What are you talking about? This is 2011, right?" Roll asked.
"20…It's 7011!"
Roll's eyes widened as he face fell. She let out a moan as he began to sway. Sonic yelped as Roll fell on him. Sonic gently got her off him.
"Sonic!" a voice cried.
The blue hedgehog turned to see two girls run up to him. One was a squirrel with a short tail and red hair. She wore blue boots and a blue open jacket with red hair. The other was a yellow rabbit with a white muzzle. Over her chest was a pink heart-like design while she had blue eyes. Her left arm and the lower half of her body were mechanical except for her tail.
"Sugah-hog, you're alive!" the rabbit cheered, her voice showing a bit of a western accent to it.
"Oh thank goodness…" the squirrel exhaled a relieved sigh before seeing Roll, "Who is that and why is she wearing Robotnik's cape as a dress?"
"That's Roll…and…and…" Sonic began before he collapsed, welcoming the darkness the engulfed him once more, as the two girls shouted at him in shock and fear.
Me: It will get better. As Fozzie Bear said to Mr. Harry Belafonte, "Trust me."