Chapter 1: A Season of Kidnappings
"This has been such a great time, Sonic," Amy said gleefully.
"It sure has, Amy," Sonic said.
This was Amy and Sonic's first official "date". As hard as it was to believe, Sonic had finally mustered up the courage to ask Amy Rose out. Needless to say, Amy said yes.
The future couple was just leaving Twinkle Park, holding hands. The answer is no, they haven't kissed yet. Sonic was a bit nervous, but didn't show it visibly. Amy felt a vibration in her hand.
"Sonic?" Amy asked.
"Hmm?" Sonic said.
"Are you shaking?"
"N-n-no. W-w-why w-would you th-th-think th-that?"
Amy smiled. "You don't need to be nervous around me, Sonic." Amy hugged him.
Sonic regained his composure and hugged her back. After six seconds, Sonic pulled away. "I love you, Amy."
Amy had a huge smile on her face. "Oh Sonic, I love you to!" She moved closer to Sonic for a kiss. At first, Sonic didn't know what to do. Then, his head moved closer to Amy. Amy was ecstatic-her first kiss from her lifelong crush, Sonic the hedgehog. Sonic didn't know what to think. He felt a mixture of confusion, love, and indigestion, possibly from an undercooked chili dog. Sonic and Amy's lips were just about to touch when...
"I never thought you had the guts, Sonic."
Sonic's eyes opened wide and he turned in the direction of the voice.
"Neo Metal Sonic!" Sonic called out, stepping in front of Amy to protect her. "What are you doing here?"
"Well I came to cause Chaos and destruction, and then I saw you two about to kiss and found it a lot more interesting," Neo Metal explained.
"You'll pay for this, Metal!" Amy yelled angrily, still behind Sonic. She openly hated Metal Sonic for ruining her first kiss.
"That'll be the day!" Neo Metal said tauntingly. He raised his fist. "Chaos Control!" He disappeared.
"Where did he go?" Sonic said bemused.
"Why don't you look behind you?"
Sonic turned and saw Neo Metal holding Amy by the wrist with Amy trying fruitlessly to pull away.
"Amy!" Sonic tried to attack Neo Metal, but before he could, "Chaos Control!" was yelled by Sonic's chaos-fueled robotic double and he, along with Amy, vanished.
Sonic was lying in the spot where his doppelganger once stood. He swore under his breath. "Of all the times not to have a Chaos Emerald, I choose now," he said ruefully. He stood, shaking with anger. "I'll that Metal Sonic and tear him to scrap!" He ran off.
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"This has been such a wonderful evening, Shadow," Rouge said.
"Yes," Shadow said. "Yes it has."
"Shadow," Rouge began. "What is wrong?"
Shadow looked at her, almost stupidly. "What do you mean?"
"I meant, why do act the way you do?"
"It's who I am, Rouge," Shadow answered. "You know as well as I do. What is it? Is there anything wrong with the way I act?" The last question was asked with curiosity, uncharacteristic of Shadow. It wasn't asked accusingly.
"Nothing, Shadow," Rouge said. "Just wondering." Then she added, "I like this you very much."
Shadow blushed, "hmphed", and jumped on Rouge, knocking her to the ground.
"Shadow?" She asked. "Right now, in the middle of the street?"
"Stay down," Shadow warned. "Chaos spear!"
Rouge didn't know what exactly was going on, but by the sounds of things, she presumed that there was an enemy and that Shadow was protecting her.
"I thought I raised you better, Shadow. You really shouldn't have picked a hooker for your mate." Rouge recognized that voice-Black Doom, Shadow's biological father. And what did he just call her? Hooker was just a "polite" term for "slut" or "whore", but it made no difference to her which was said. She stood, about to make a comment, but Shadow cut her off.
"Don't you dare talk about my girlfr-," he choked and continued. "-romantic interest, that way."
"Your right, Shadow," Black Doom said. "After all, I guess Rouge the Bawd would make a pretty good sex kitten."
That did it. Rouge ran towards the dictator, planning on delivering a powerful kick to his head. But, before she could, Black Doom swung out his right hand, spraying out a green mist that enveloped her. She stopped dead in her tracks.
'He paralyzed her,' Shadow thought. Shadow ran towards Rouge, but before he could even touch her, Black Doom raised his hand. A black light enveloped him and Rouge and they both disappeared.
Shadow swore out loud. Of course, Shadow could perform Chaos Control without an emerald and he surely would've followed them-if only he knew where he'd taken her. He'd have to do this the old fashioned way.
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"I never would've thought that the world could be so beautiful. The colors, the laughter of children, the wonderful smells-".
"Zenith, we just went to an amusement park," Iota smiled.
It was true; Zenith Theta and Iota Kappa were just finishing their first date. Zenith was nervous at first, but warmed up eventually.
Zenith blushed. Iota giggled. Although she couldn't see his now red-tinted muzzle, she could feel the heat radiating off of him.
Zenith looked at Iota and blushed even harder. "Oh, uh um yeah," Zenith stammered.
Iota turned to face Zenith and puckered her lips. If Zenith were a pyrokinetic, his face would have gone ablaze from the redness of his muzzle. Zenith leaned forward to kiss her. Iota could feel her heart about to rip through her chest. Zenith felt as though his chest was on fire. Their lips were about to meet in their first kiss.
Iota stopped. "Wait! I sense something…"
Zenith was about to curse when he saw his brother, the Dark Master. "This is so heart warming," the Dark Master said with mock sincerity. "My brother's first crush," He wiped away a fake tear.
"What are you doing here, Epsilon?" Zenith asked, stepping in front Iota. "Shouldn't you be in the Dark Realm?"
"I was until I got bored. So, I decided to pay the only family member I have a visit because I care."
Zenith crossed his arms and gave him a skeptical look.
"Oh, so now you don't even believe your own relatives?" Epsilon said annoyed. He placed his fingers on his temples. "Chaos Pain!"
Zenith fell to the ground rubbing the sides of his head to try and relieve himself of the terrible migraine he had.
"Dissipate!" The Dark Master vanished. Iota could sense his presence behind her. Before she could defend herself though, he grabbed her wrist and vanished along with her.
Zenith looked around for Iota and the Dark Master. "Darn it!" Zenith said, picking himself up off the ground. "He got away!" He paced the ground thinking. "What place could he have gotten to? What kind of place would my brother like visiting?"
"I've got it!" Zenith said. He held up a cyan chaos emerald. "Chaos Control!" He vanished.
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Silver would have thought that years of fighting Iblis all his life would have prepared him for this, but has he soon found out, nothing could have. What was he doing you ask? He was on his first date with Blaze the cat. He had Chaos Controlled them to two-hundred years ago to Twinkle Park because the one in their time had been shut down for health reasons.
"I had a great time, Silver," Blaze said.
"So did I," Silver said absently, still in his own thoughts. "I just wish I could have kissed you." He had been immersed in his own thoughts so deeply that he had said what he was thinking without noticing.
Blaze looked at him, half amused, half bemused. "Excuse me?" There was no annoyance or anger in voice, but there was a hint of curiosity and hope.
It took Silver all of six seconds to realize what he said. "I uh said uh," Silver stammered. "I uh wished um to-".
Blaze put a finger on his lips. She smiled. "I understand." She removed her finger and moved close to his face. It was a good thing she was the pyrokinetic or else Silver would have set her on fire with the blush that had appeared on his cheeks. He could feel the heat radiating off of her-literally-as he moved closer to her to. This was the moment both of them had been waiting for-their first kiss together.
"I come to cause havoc and destruction, and I find my archenemy making out. For shame."
Silver opened his eyes and looked up. It was none other than Mephiles the Dark. Silver stepped in front of Iota to protect her. "Mephiles!" He called to the semi-god. "What are you doing here? I won't fall for anymore of your "Iblis Trigger" claims."
"I've come to realize that I don't need Iblis to defeat you," Mephiles claimed. "But you aren't my concern now." With that, Mephiles melted into the ground, the only thing visible being bluish smoke moving quickly on the ground. Silver tried to keep up with his movements, but he didn't notice Mephiles suddenly materialize to his side.
"Silver!" Blaze warned. Silver looked to his side, just in time to see a sphere of blue energy impact him to send him flying in the opposite direction. Blaze raised her arms, setting them ablaze with fire. Mephiles nonchalantly raised his hand and the fire on Blaze's arms went out. She tried to set another fire, but failed. "What?" She said, confused. Mephiles took advantage of her momentary stasis and attacked her. He knocked her flat, holding her right arm behind her. He raised his hand and yelled," Chaos Control..." which was actually more of a hoarse whisper due to his lack of or inability to yell. They disappeared in a sphere of blue energy.
Silver looked up to see his enemy and true love to have disappeared. He uncharacteristically swore out loud and slammed his fist on the pavement. "I let him get away," he said. "I'm going to have to find and defeat him on my own." He stood. "If I am, I'm going to have to hurry!" He flew off. He stopped. "But where would he be?"