Sonic Rush 2: A Final Flame
Prologue
Despite the force of fate on their lives, Sonic and his friends have yet to forget the adventure they took with a stranger, one who stumbled into their world. The heart they gave her changed her way of life. Unfortunately, she could not remain with them and had to disappear. Her best friend, Cream the rabbit, still wonders if there will be a time when they will meet again. The line of their dimensions cannot be crossed easily. Yet, maybe there is hope, but this hope she may regret to have ever wished for…
Chapter 1: A New Day
"Blaze!" A command of the head of the army of the kingdom of Golda bows before his superior. "The forces are too strong; they're penetrating our front line!"
Blaze, the princess of the kingdom, a slender and pale purple cat, nods in acknowledgement. She is clothed in her warrior attire, which consists of a purple vest with white tights underneath that extent to her legs. Her hair is bundled back and sticks out.
"I am well aware commander…" She replies to him. The commander is a cat as well. Her whole kingdom is a group of a species of humanoid cats. She sighs. "I will be leaving shortly to get us reinforcements."
"Is that wise? We need your power my lady."
"Trust me." She turns away from the commander and walks back to her chamber in the castle. She opens a dresser and reveals a relatively flat jewel of green color. "I will be taking this final Emerald out with me for help."
The commander nods. "As you wish my lady." He stopped disturbing her and left her chamber.
Blaze stares at the final Sol Emerald, the last source of power for her kingdom. With this, she can travel inter-dimensionally to get help from good friends, friends that will aid her in this time of peril. She takes a deep breathe and gets ready for her journey.
"Cream!" Amy yells at Cream, who has fallen asleep under a tree. She wakes up to Amy calling her name. "It's about time you woke up."
Cream yawns. "Oh… I must've dozed off…" She smiles nervously.
"Yeah, obviously." Amy folds her arm in displeasure. A pink hedgehog, Amy obviously isn't in a good mood. Her green eyes are narrowed in between her short, pink hair.
Cream, a very light peach hued rabbit with orange around her eyes and on her forehead, sighs in grief. Whatever Amy wants, it can't be too fun. She lifts her Chao friend Cheese into her arms and stands up. "What do you need Amy?" She asks.
"I need you to help me!" Amy replies.
"With what?"
"With Sonic!"
"How?"
"You'll see! Today we're going to catch him!"
Cream sighs again. "Amy, I really wouldn't like to…"
Amy shakes her head. "I didn't say you had a choice."
Cream whimpers. "That's not fair Amy…"
Amy sighs this time. "Don't worry; we'll do something you like afterwards."
"But…" Cream really doesn't want to help and would much prefer doing other things with Amy. "Fine…" She gives in; Amy is too stubborn to argue with.
"Good!" Amy grabs her hand and takes Cream and Cheese with her. "First, let's find my boyfriend!"
Sonic is a blue hedgehog similar to Amy, except his quills are set default, sticking out behind his head. Amy, as she preaches to the world, has a crush on this world renowned hero. Cream is…sort of…Amy's best friend. Being two of the only people like them around, it's hard to find other friends. They work with what they have. Amy is twelve years old, Cream is six.
"Hey, Amy, look!" Cream exclaims and points at a shine in the bright and grassy field. She forces herself away from Amy and goes to see it.
"It's probably nothing!" Amy calls to her.
Amy couldn't be more wrong. Cream squeals and holds up a Chaos Emerald! This jewel, shaped like a diamond, glows blue in the warm sun.
"Look!" Cream runs back and shows Amy and Cheese, who is now flying.
Amy takes it from Cream rudely. "Oh, this can attract Sonic nicely!"
Cream frowns. "I don't think-"
"Let's get back on track now!"
Amy grabs Cream again and pulls her along. Cream sighs once more. What a day today should be…
Amy talked on about much that Cream didn't pay attention to. They can't find Sonic anywhere, but it's not surprising considering his constant movement.
"May we rest now?" Cream asks.
"Fine…" Amy frowns. "But only for a little."
"I'm hungry…" complains Cream.
"Uh… I guess we could go get something to eat… I'm hungry too…"
Amy and Cream begin to head back, possibly to Amy's apartment, but they're stopped by the voice of their arch nemesis.
"Mind if I drop in ladies?" The two turn to see a large Eggman machine facing them, having been hiding from them in the grass. Eggman is obviously piloting.
"Oh no…" Cream whimpers. She hides behind Amy.
"What do you want from us Eggman?" Amy asks.
"You have something I want!" The high pitched voice yells from the machine. The robot is shaped like a scorpion.
"The Chaos Emerald?" She looks at Cream, who is the one holding it. "We can't let him get it…"
Cream nods. "I won't let him…"
"Try and take it from us!" Amy challenges Eggman, getting her red and yellow Piko Piko Hammer ready to right.
"Gladly!" Eggman accepts the challenge.
The robot swings its tail at the duo, which they jump away from. Amy jumps at the robot and attempts to hit it with her hammer, but it leaves merely a dent. She yells as the tail comes back and hits her away.
Cream wants to help her, seeing Amy can't do it alone. "Ready, Cheese?" Her little Chao nods and she grabs her. Using Cheese as a missile, she throws her friend at Eggman's machine, yet the armor plating is very strong and Cheese can't do more than Amy could. Cream has to be quick to get Cheese out before she's hurt, but takes a hit in the process. She stays away from the fight for now on, afraid to get hurt again.
Meanwhile, Amy goes for another attack. She hits the machine, this time putting a hole in it, but the tail hits her away again. The tail grabs Amy and wraps around her, causing her to let go of her hammer and take her hostage on the machine.
"Now, give me the Emerald, or your friend will become food for my monster's young!" Eggman threatens Cream with Amy. Cream can't fight Eggman and sees no other choice but to give up.
Suddenly, as if by the call of a god, the scorpion tail shatters, releasing Amy. A blue flash zips by in a rush of wind and stops next to Cream. She knows very well who it is.
"Sonic!" Cream squeals in joy at seeing the blue hedgehog. He folds his arms overconfidently.
"Sonic, ha!" Eggman laughs at him.
"What's so funny?" Sonic yells back.
"Just my image of me defeating you at last!"
"You need to stop daydreaming." Sonic shrugs.
"Sonic!" Sonic winces as Amy hugs him in excitement. "You saved me!"
"Yeah…" He tries to push her off of him. "Can you let me handle this now?"
Amy nods, shoving her face into his. "Of course." She then steps back and let's Sonic go.
Sonic leaps at Eggman's scorpion. He curls into a blue ball and spins at the machine (known as a Spin Dash). His hit is not much more successful than the girls. He bounces off of the strong haul.
"Muahahaha!" Eggman laughs at Sonic. "You cannot penetrate my armor, it is far too strong for any hedgehog like you to handle."
The scorpion grows guns and launchers on its surface. Without warning, Eggman fires them at Sonic. Sonic, with his ultra high speeds, has no problem dodging them. Yet, he can't directly attack Eggman. While Eggman fires at him, he tries to think of a plan. His options seem limited.
Not paying attention, a missile nearly catches Sonic and he forces a dive to get away from it. While he's vulnerable, Eggman's scorpion opens its metal mouth and fires metal tubes at Sonic. These tubes grab Sonic and restrain him. He grunts while Eggman laughs.
"Let Sonic go!" Amy exclaims and rushes at the robot recklessly.
"Stop, Amy!" Cream tries to stop her, but it's no use. The scorpion releases more tentacles and captures Amy as well, who is defenseless. Cream, still the holder of the Emerald, isn't sure what to do. All she can think of is run away, but she'd be abandoning her friends.
In the midst of the desperation, there's an explosion. "What!" Eggman exclaims as the back half of his machine bursts into flames. Cream watches in awe as a figure leaps out from behind it, gleams in the sun and then drills into the machine. Cream sees familiarity in the figure, so much that it makes her heart jump. Eggman ejects from the machine in a floating half-capsule, or mobile, running for his life. The machine explodes, letting Sonic and Amy free.
"What happened?" Amy asks, as surprised as Cream.
"Someone saved you!" Cream exclaims.
Sonic doesn't answer, only dusts himself off.
In the ruins of the machine, Cream and the others see the figure again, even more distinguishable.
"It's been too long, Cream." Her voice makes all of them jump in surprise. When she leaves the smoke, she is not much of a surprise anymore.
"Blaze!" Cream immediately hugs Blaze once she knows who it is for sure. "I can't believe it, it's really you!"
Blaze grins. "Yes…" She glances at Amy, who blinks in confusion.
"What are you doing here?" Amy asks.
"It's a long story, I'll explain in a moment." She assures. Her final stare is at Sonic. The one who turned her around stares back at her. Sonic played a large part in her last visit, where she was much more of a loner and lacked emotion. With his help, she turned into a better person than she could believe.
"Look who decided to drop in." Sonic smirks.
Blaze smirked back. "Looks like you're losing your touch." She comments on the previous battle.
"No way! I would've found a way out of that, for sure!" Sonic replies bravely.
Blaze chuckles. "If you say so."
"Blaze," Cream steps away from her, "now can you tell us why you're here?"
"Yes… but it'd be best if we could have as many people as possible with us."
"Sure, let's head to Tails' place." Sonic suggests.
"Good idea." Cream agrees. "I've missed you so much Blaze… there are so many stories you have to hear…"
Blaze nods. "Same here… maybe this time it will not turn out as depressing."