Oct. 2015 Update: All right, for those new folk, this story was thought of before the Genesis Wave occurred in the comics. So, this story happens sometime before Sally gets robotized and Eggman builds his new Death Egg. The Sega Universe is the only one a bit into the future currently. I just wanted to make that clear since it's been a while since I updated this (Dang since July, 2013?) If you have any questions, feel free to let me know so I can try and answer them for you.
Disclaimer: All characters and setting belong to SEGA.
Chapter 1
Sega Universe:
Things had been pretty quiet for last six months around Station Square. Ever since the last climactic battle against world-renowned hero Sonic the Hedgehog and evil scientist Dr. Eggman half a year ago, nothing was heard from the doctor and most had assumed he was either taking a break or had finally quit altogether.
Most thought the latter and had gone about their normal routines. Among those were Amy Rose, the now official girlfriend of Sonic the Hedgehog, and Cream the rabbit. The two had been shopping in town while gossiping about their latest endeavors.
"I'm telling you Cream, it was the most romantic thing he's ever done!" Amy squealed loudly. Cream, Cheese, and Amy had taken a break at a café in town and were sipping on some beverages.
"I'm really happy for you Amy." Cream replied with a smile while Cheese clapped. The rabbit, now ten years old, had grown considerably. Lately she adorned a longer orange dress and was wearing a pair of matching flip-flops. The blue ribbon was still hung around her neck as always though.
Amy, now being age 16, looked a lot different. Now she wore a thin pink sundress with white leggings. She had kept her boots and golden bracelets but she let her quills grow out to hang halfway down her back. She also wore a pink heart necklace that apparently was a recent gift from Sonic.
"I was afraid he would never get over his shyness over these things." Amy sighed while playing with her new necklace. "But when Sonic took me on our two-year anniversary he completely surprised me! Everything was perfect!"
"I'm sure everyone at the picnic will think Mr. Sonic did a very nice thing as well Amy!" Cream exclaimed.
Since Dr. Eggman had been missing for some time Sonic and Tails decided to host a picnic for all of their friends. It was planned for later today and Amy and Cream started heading there after they finished at the cafe.
Green Hill Zone hadn't changed much since Sonic's first encounter with Dr. Eggman there and was looking as beautiful as ever. Amy and Cream walked over the small hills to the closest loop shaped mountain. No one quite knew how these mountains came to be shaped this way, but they become a popular tourist attraction over the years.
Cream spotted Tails right at the edge of the loop setting up the picnic blanket and both she and Amy ran over to him. Although Tails was four years older he still looked exactly the same besides him being a little taller.
"Hey guys!" Tails greeted enthusiastically while setting up some plates. The wind seemed to keep blowing them off the blanket and he was busy trying to keep them all in one place.
"Here let me help Tails!" Cream said while catching the escaping plates. After securing them on the blanket by putting the silverware on them, the group sat down happily.
"Wasn't Mr. Knuckles and Miss Rouge supposed to be here already Tails?" Cream questioned politely to Tails. He blushed slightly as Cream stared at him expectantly and quickly coughed.
"Uh… well Knuckles and Rouge gave me a call earlier and said they had to cancel. They said something about the Master Emerald but I didn't get the details." Tails said still blushing at Cream.
"When is Sonic getting here?" Amy questioned while giving Tails and Cream a sideway glance. It was obvious to Amy that Tails and Cream had started to get closer as they grew older and Tails had shown signs of liking Cream on more than one occasion.
"Hopefully soon Amy…" Tails said suddenly lost in thought. He looked down at the blanket with a slight frown.
"Is something wrong Tails?" Cream asked innocently. Tails didn't look up from the blanket and just shrugged.
"Well, to be completely honest Cream I haven't heard from Sonic in a few days…" he said looking up at her with fearful eyes. "I mean he said he would be at the workshop first thing this morning to help carry the supplies over but he never showed up. So I went ahead and headed over thinking he must've got held up with something."
"Did you try contacting him?" Amy asked reaching for her communicator under her bracelet.
"Yes actually. I tried reaching him but he didn't pick up." Tails replied. "I mean, normally I wouldn't be so worried but Sonic promised he would be here. And you guys know Sonic never breaks a promise…"
"Do you think something happened to him?" Cream asked looking fearfully at Cheese.
"We should go look for him!" Amy announced as if it was obvious. "What if he had been captured by Eggman or something? He might need help!"
"But Amy, if Eggman had come back, wouldn't we have heard something about it? Maybe he's on his way now." Tails replied clearly in denial. Truth be told, Tails had considered the idea while he was heading over. But he wanted to stay positive and think Sonic would meet up at the picnic. But when he hadn't arrived Tails' worry grew even more.
"We can't take that chance Tails!" Amy shouted. "My Sonniku could be in trouble and I couldn't bear to see anything happen to him!" Even though Amy grew out of most of her fan girl antics, she still sometimes acted a little over the top.
"Okay, okay Amy." Tails said sweat dropping. "I put a GPS on everyone's communicators so I should be able to track him that way. But the tracker is back at the workshop so we'll have to take the tornado."
They all agreed that this was the best course of action and headed toward the workshop. As they flew overhead the hills, Tails desperately hoped Sonic was all right and this was all just one big misunderstanding.
Archie Universe:
New Mobotropolis flourished with life as the citizens took advantage of the quiet atmosphere as of late. The Freedom Fighters had been given a break from the constant attacks from the evil Dr. Robotnik, now calling himself Dr. Eggman, and were taking a well-deserved rest.
However, Rotor and the city's AI, Nicole, had been furiously investigating a series of natural disasters that had occurred all over Mobius.
"This doesn't make any sense." Rotor mumbled to himself as he looked over some charts. He and Nicole had been bombarded with reports of natural disasters ranging from floods to earthquakes, all at the same from various locations across the globe.
"From the information I've collected Rotor, I'd have to agree with you." Nicole said through the computer screen. She had been running some diagnostic scans over the data that had been given to them.
"Did you find anything useful Nicole?" Rotor questioned while wiping sweat from his forehead. The yellow hat he normally wore had been laid to the side as he put a hand over his head.
"I'm detecting a strange energy signature in each location." Nicole stated while pulling up some graphs on the screen. "But something is odd about it."
"The energy signature is very similar to chaos energy found in the emeralds. However, my readings indicate that it is not exactly the same when I run a test on both." Nicole pulls up another graph showing the two energies. "This red one is the chaos emerald energy and the blue one is the energy being picked up at the locations. As you can see, the two are almost completely identical."
"Well that definitely is odd Nicole." Rotor answered back with a sigh. He had worked nonstop since the reports flooded in late last night and was starting to get tired.
A thud is heard right outside as Sonic is seen speeding inside the main headquarters. "Sonic you are so dead!" Knuckles yells while storming into the headquarters. He was covered head to toe in water and had a murderous look in his eyes. Nicole and Rotor just shake their heads.
"Knux I told ya it was just an accident!" Sonic said defensively. His hand was covering his mouth in an attempt to keep from laughing as he hid behind a chair.
"Oh because having buckets of water over doors is normal." Knuckles said, his voice dripping in sarcasm. He slowly stomped forward the grinning hedgehog.
"Sonic and Knuckles!" exclaims a female voice from outside. "Stop behaving like children or go outside and stop bothering Rotor and Nicole."
"I'm not acting like a child!" Sonic and Knuckles both exclaimed at the same time. Knuckles glared at Sonic as he ran towards the safety of the front door.
"Aw come on Sal." Sonic said casually. "It's not my fault Knux doesn't watch where he's goin'."
Sally Acorn then stands just outside the door with her hands on her hips. "That is enough out of both of you. Why don't you guys do something productive instead of always trying to kill each other?" Sally says with an exasperated sigh.
"But-" both teens began but immediately shut up after Sally sent a death glare in their direction.
"Actually I'm glad you all are here. I think you should see this" Nicole says pulling up the graphs for them to see. She explains her and Rotor's findings over the last few hours and how they were affecting everything.
"Wait so this energy is causing all that to happen?" Sonic asked after Nicole finished with the explanation.
"From the data I have collected, yes." Nicole said while materializing in front of the group. "And I'm afraid I have more bad news. I managed to track the source of the energy as well" The group expectantly stared back at her. "It seems to be coming from one of the factories in Robotropolis."
"It figures Robuttnik would do something like this." Sonic said slapping his fist into his palm. "Well, we are going to do something about it right?"
"I suggest sending a team to investigate as soon as possible Sally." Nicole says while bringing up more graphs. "The energy is getting stronger and if something isn't done, the results could be catastrophic."
"Well what are we waiting for?" Sonic asks with a voice full of confidence. "The longer we stand around the worse it gets. Let's do it to it!"
Well I finally decided to start my first fanfic. Sorry for it being so short but later chapters will most likely be much longer. Please feel free to give me constructive criticism on grammar or suggestions on the story so I can improve it! Thanks.