"'Trying' is not enough! I want some action! I need results! Get your intelligence team to run a full analysis of Eggman's forces. Tell all those investigating on the field to run procedure Delta G. I want a full report from every one of your field agents by sundown, got it?"
The disgruntled G.U.N. officer hung up the phone just in time for one of his leading agents to come in with his report. With the impeding attacks of world-renown villain Dr. Eggman on the Republic coming at large, the headquarters of the nation's official security organization, G.U.N., was working in a flurry to launch its counterattack.
"Yes, Agent Jay, come in. Any news about Eggman?"
"Well, you see, I believe we may have been beaten to him. This just came out this morning," the agent handed over a newspaper from Central City. The headline read 'Evil Doctor Defeated by New Hero, Sonic the Hedgehog'. "It says that this 'Sonic' character has destroyed Eggman's entire army. His base is in flames as we speak, and the doctor has already made the appearance of leaving the area."
"Agents have reported already some of this… but I was unaware just how much. Jay, make a note to train the new field agents more on detailed reporting, will ya? 'Sonic the Hedgehog'…I've never heard of him. Seriously, who is this kid?"
"I ran a search on him through our databases, sir. He's really just a street urchin. His village was destroyed in an MD attack when he was 8. He became a ward of the state, but broke out of an orphanage just a year later."
"Were any attempts made to retrieve him?"
"Yes, sir, but he was unable to be caught, so they basically gave up trying. You see, the boy has this super-sonic speed. We are not sure as to the cause of this ability, but it is possible he may be infused with some chaos energy due to the nature of it. Simply put, he's 15 years old, and has been on the run living on his own since age 9. Recently, he has been doing some minor crime-fighting and some rescue actions during natural disasters – helping people, basically. This is his first time attempting to fight Dr. Eggman himself."
"Well, I'm not sure what to say to that. He could be good news or bad news. He may be playing hero now, but the kid's still a classified misfit in society likely to rebel against the system altogether. It doesn't make it any better knowing he's these abilities… Either way, I'm getting some agents to keep an eye on him; he's not one to be ignored."
"Should I take this to the Commander?"
"Let me tell 'em. I'm not sure how much caution the guy's going to put on this. I may see the warning labels clearly, but face it. His top hand-picked agent Rouge is a jewel thief, and that Hope girl is the freaking niece of the Republic's greatest enemy, Dr. Eggman. Just saying, he might not freak out so much over Sonic, but hey, who knows? Time will tell what side this kid's on, but until then, I'll be watching.
1 year later…
BOOM! CRASH! FZZZT!
"Ah, I love the smell of burnt Badniks in the morning…" Sonic sighed, gazing over the field of Eggman's robots that he just got done destroying. "The Eggster never disappoints, now does he?"
"I wonder how many more waves of these Dr. Eggman's going to send," Tails pondered.
"Well, however many, we'll be ready!"
"Oh, that reminds me, I got something to show you!" Tails led Sonic over to his workshop. Once an old warehouse for building materials, the aspiring young fox had converted it into the perfect workshop for building his inventions. When they got inside, Tails uncovered his newest creation, one he had been working on for some weeks now. "I call it…the X-Tornado!"
"Whoa, a new plane?"
"Yep. This one is built to have advanced maneuverability, and it has a fully equipped battle mode. It can accelerate to 658 miles per hour, max."
"Pretty cool. When do ya wanna try it out?"
"Err…now?"
"Great! Let's go!"
As the duo took the X-Tornado out for its first test flight, Tails reminisced about their first plane, the one he ever-so-eagerly fixed up on the day he and Sonic met. Sonic had just defeated Eggman for the first time when he came upon the sobbing fox. Tails remembered it as clear as day-
"Hey, what's wrong?" Sonic had skidded to a halt to ask him.
"It…it's…my g-grandmother. She d-died. Lived in that house o-over there," he pointed to the old and mildewed clapboard house he and his grandmother had lived in for the past seven years. "I-I just got no where to go."
"Nowhere? No parents?"
"No."
"Aunt? Uncle?"
"No, n-nobody."
"Dude, I'm so sorry. Seriously, I know how you feel. Anything I can do?"
"Wha-what's that? Down there?" he pointed to a run-down plane at the bottom of the hill."
"Oh, that? That's just a plane I pulled from a dump. It flew for a while, but then it fell out and crashed. Looks like I'm gonna have to leave the old thing."
"C-can I fix it up for you?"
"I'm not sure. It's in pretty bad shape. Besides, I'd hate to bother you-"
"No, really. It's not a problem. I like fixing up planes and cars and the like. Look over here," he led Sonic to an old barn behind the house, which was filled with vehicles and inventions.
"Whoa. Are these all yours?"
"Yep. I like building stuff in my spare time. My grandpa had a bunch of books on engineering and mechanics, so I used them to teach myself. Your plane is just like one he used to have, a V-487. It's a pretty classic model; it would be really cool to fix."
"Whoa, dude. If you really want to, you can have the thing."
"Thanks!"
And so it started. After repairing the plane, Tails had asked Sonic if he could follow him around on his adventures some. Sonic wasn't too sure about it at first, but since he had taken a liking to Tails, he said that he could come along as long as it wasn't anything too dangerous. However, it didn't take too long for Tails to show that he could handle himself out there, weaponizing the plane and also learning to fly with his twin tails to at least somewhat keep up with Sonic's speed. Also learning that they both came from the same village which had been destroyed years before, the two became fast friends, and the rest is history.
"Dude, this plane is awesome! That is what I call speed!" Sonic congratulated. The two were now at Central City Station, where Tails had stopped to refuel.
"Thanks, but I may have to modify it somewhat. The plane burns up fuel a bit too quickly. I built it to be compatible with a Chaos Emerald to provide energy, but that would require us actually getting one, and we don't even know where they all are! I guess building it that way was more wishful thinking on my part."
"Hey, no problem. I'm sure we can find one eventually. Maybe if we-"
"Extra! Extra! All the news you need at one low price! Fresh off the press!" Sonic was interrupted by the newsboy trying to sell the morning paper to the crowd at the station. "Brand new headline! New attack by Dr. Eggman!"
"Eggman, huh? I'll be back in a moment," Sonic whizzed on over to buy the paper and whizzed on back. "Take a look at this. It looks like Eggman's taken the AcornKingdom."
"As in, conquered the whole nation?"
"Yep."
"Wow, that is bad. He's never been that successful before. Maybe he has a new weapon… What does the article say?"
"Not much, but it does say he's got almost the whole royal family trapped in the Zone of Silence. Everyone but the princess, Sally Acorn, who it looks like he just captured and now wants to banish is some televised spectacle tomorrow."
"I'm guessing he wants to make a show of his power."
"You got that right. Eggman never loses the chance to gloat, which means we better get over there today."
"Wait… what? We've never even been to the AcornKingdom before!"
"Well, we're going now if we wanna stop the Eggster. What do ya say?"
"Well, I guess we could. But we have to be careful. If Eggman already has the whole kingdom, that means that his robots will be everywhere by now."
"Got it! Let's go!"