Yes, a Sonic parody of Star Wars. 'Nuff said! R & R please.
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Sonic the Hedgehog and all related characters copyright by Sega Enterprises Inc. Star Wars (c) by Lucasfilm Ltd. Any sililarities between them are purely coincidental.
(O.K., just kiddin.)
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Not so long, long ago, in a videogame far, far away from its release date...
A blue blur zipped by in his podracer, oblivious to a two-tailed fox about to be eaten by Perfect Chaos. "FOLLLOW MEEE..."
"Sonikin???"
"SET ME FREE..."
"Sonikin!!"
TRUUUUST ME AND WE WILL ESCAAAAPE FROM THE GALAXY..."
"SON-I-KIN!!!! HELP MEEEE!!!"
"Huh?" Sonikin Lightdasher turned his podracer back and noticed the fox's plight. "Uh-oh!" he said. "How can I turn into Super Sonic and beat up Perfect Chaos if I don't have the Chaos Emeralds with me?.... Huh????" The aquatic monster had already disintigrated into a puddle of water. "What happened?"
"Sonikin!" cried the two-tailed fox. "Oh thankyouthankyouthankyou! You saved me! Your AWFUL off-key singing just tortured Perfect Chaos to death as you were passing by! Guess what! I owe you a life-debt now! Let me introduce myself. I'm Kitsune Skyflyer. And I have to stick with you for life!"
Sonikin looked at the puddle of water that was once Perfect Chaos. "Hey, whazzup with this? It had the seven Chaos Emeralds... now they're all gone. I have to get back on the road and find them!" He turned around to the podracer... which promptly broke down. "Oh no!"
" 'S okay," yapped Kitsune. "I'll take care of this!" He ran over to the podracer, looked it over, and had it fixed in less than thirty seconds.
"Whoa!" cried Sonikin.
"Whoa!" cried a strange-looking blue flying thing. "That kid has amazing natural mechanical abilities... or is it something to do with... THE G-FORCE???"
"Who are you?"
"I'm Yodachao. See ya!" And he flew off.
" 'K that was weird," muttered Sonikin. "Well, now I can ride this podracer back to get the missing Chaos Emeralds!"
"Not necessarily," said Kitsune. "You can RUN faster than that old jalopy can HOVER!"
"Oh yeah... that's right!"
"According to these computer readouts..." Kitsune pulled out a laptop and typed a few keys, "... the Chaos Emeralds are to the west, in Station Square!"
"Then let's juice!"
The hedgehog and the fox were running through the desert when they bumped into a strange white glittery thing... {Play Tikal theme} Then a hologram of a teen girl echidna appeared to them in a blinding flash of light. Sonikin and Kitsune were fascinated. "Help me, I beg of you!" pleaded Princess Tikal. "You're my only hope." Then it replayed. And replayed. And replayed.
"I'm getting bored," said Tails.
"Wow!" said Sonic. "She's beautiful! But is there anything more to the message?"
Tikal dissolved into a white glittery ball again. "THIS WAY!"
"Cool beans," said Sonic. "She's heading for Station Square! I bet this has to do with the missing Chaos Emeralds!"
And it did... [Play Boss Music]
A black hedgehog, dark and mysterious like a phantom, strode down a long hallway, and many long lines of GUN robots bowed down to him. Except one, at the very end of the line.
"HEY YOU!" shouted the black hedgehog. "BOW TO ME! (hawwwhuhaaawwhuhawwww)"
"Or what?" sassed the robot.
"Or you're gonna get it!"
"HOW? You can't catch me, you're at the other end if the building!"
"Your lack of faith disturbs me! CHAOS CONTROL!" An in the snap of a finger, the black hedgehog was over next to the insubordinate robot. Before it could protest, the evil hedgehog spin-dashed it and then nonchalantly picked up the Chaos Drive. "(haawwwwhuhaaawwwhuhaaaaaaw) Shoot! Another yellow one! And I was collecting red ones for my Dragon Chao!" He dashed to the end of the hallway and to the platform, standing tall and dark and sinister. "In case you don't know, I am Darth Ultimate Life Form! (haaawwwwhuhaaaaawhuhaaawww)Grrr! How can I make a decent speech with my throat problems I got from a stunt accident in my last movie?! Anyways, everybody, I have orders from Emperor Eggman the Hut himself. We are done with the main construction of the Death Egg and we even have the seven Chaos Emeralds for once, which I MYSELF teleported from Perfect Chaos! But... This Death Egg is so powerful it needs them PLUS the Master Emerald to run, so in a while I have to leave for Station Square!" He stepped off the podium and walked out the room. The robots near that end of the hallway heard him whisper in a longing, melancholy voice, "Stacy..."
"Stacy?" said one GUN robot after Shadow had closed the door. "I thought it was Maria! Who's Stacy?"
[Play Station Square theme]
Sonikin Lightdasher and Kitsune Skyflyer had arrived Station Square-- a city full of people, animals, badniks, cars, and buildings. Sonikin had been here before. It was no big deal. But the naive Kitsune had never seen such a place. "WOW!" he said. "I've never been to a city before- except my home village, but they banished me for being clumsy."
"Uh-oh," said Sonikin. "Maybe I shouldn't have let you tag along. Be careful here! Stay outta trouble, ya hear?"
Then another voice yelled "SONIKIN!!! I knew you'd come!"
"Oh no!" groaned Sonikin. "Looks like I have another sidekick to join my quest."
"Who's she?" asked Kitsune, looking at the pink hedgehog in front of him.
[Play Amy's Theme]
"Why, I'm Queen Amydala!" she squealed in a totally ditzy voice. She twirled around, jumped up, and did a curtsy. "Don't you just LOOOVVVVEEEE my new hairdo?"
"Uhhhh," stammered Sonikin. "It... definately stands out."
"Anyways, I came to ask you for help. I'm the Queen of the Little Planet, and it's being attacked! I need you to save my planet, Sonikin!"
"That stinks," said Sonikin. "But I'm on another mission already. I have to recover the Chaos Emeralds and rescue a beautiful princess. I'll have to save your planet later. I have an important business meeting to arrange for transportation out into space. "
"Can I at least come with you? Please? Pretty pleeeeease???"
"OK. Watch Kitsune for me. Make sure he doesn't get into too much trouble!"
[Play Casino Night music]
Sonic walked into the Mos Eisley Casino. "My old rival Knucksolo has been everywhere in that space jalopy of his," he thought. "He should know something about this mystery."
He saw Knucksolo sitting at his usual table with his sidekick, Chewbigga the huge purple cat. Only this time, they were facing Emperor Eggman the Hutt. "You know you owe me big-time, red!" threatened Eggman. "Specifically, you owe me a JEWEL! Hand it over!"
"No!" replied Knucksolo. "I am the Guardian of the Millenium Floatie. I cannot give up the Master Emerald that powers it!"
"I'm warning you... this is the last time you'll show me up! Because I'm going to hire the infamous bounty hunter Boba Fang to chase you down!" Eggman waddled out of the building, and Sonikin walked over.
"Hey, Knucks. Whats up? How's it going? Still the most-wanted rogue in the galaxy? You definately showed Eggman who calls the shots here at Station Square!"
"Quit sucking up and get to the point," replied Knucksolo. "What do you want from me?"
"Well... I'll need to borrow the Millenium Floatie. Do you know a beautiful princess somewhere out in space who needs help?"
"Hmmm. You're talking about Princess Tikal. She's being held captive in Emperor Eggman's new project, the Death Egg, which happens to be capable of blowing up entire planets," replied the echidna casually.
"WHOA! We have to get onto this right away!"
"Normally I don't like to save the galaxy for the sake of saving the galaxy... but Princess Tikal is rich so I might as well help you. But can't you use one of my other ships?"
"No! It has to be the legendary Millenium Floatie!" insisted Sonikin.
"I'll make a bet with you then. I'll challenge you to a Kart Race on Route 280. If I win, you go home. If you win, I'll let you have the honors of taking my baby to the Death Egg. Hey, I'll even be the pilot for you."
"I wonder how Kitsune is doing," thought the blue hedgehog.
"Kitsune!" cried Amydala. "Look out!"
The hapless little fox had wandered into a circus tent at the Twinkle Park zone and bumped into an elephant, who promptly passed gas. "Eww! Yucky! Yucky! Peeyoo!" he yelped.
"What's with the crude humor?" snapped Amydala.
"Maybe to lighten up the story because of all the battle scenes and stuff," offered Kitsune.
"BATTLE SCENES?!"
"Oops, better not spoil the story for the readers... WHOOPS!" Kitsune crashed into a hot dog stand and knocked everything over. A chili dog catapulted into the air and -SPLAT!- landed right on Knucksolo's face!
"This is my warm reception?" groaned the echidna.
"Looks like it," commented Chewbigga.
"Yeah!" said Sonikin, eating the chili dog off Knucksolo's face. "Hey Kitsune. We've been looking all over for you," he said between munches. The echidna ran off to wash his face when Sonikin explained the situation. "If we can beat Knucksolo in a kart race on Route 280, we'll be able to complete our mission. Problem is, I left my podracer behind and I'll be needing some help!"
"I'll find someone!" cried Queen Amydala. "Hey, Gamma!"
One of the maintenance robots walked over. "BEEEPPP BEEP BEPP BLIP BRRREP!"
"That's my old friend R2D2 Gamma," explained Amydala. "He used to be one of Emperor Eggman's robots until he regained his free will. Also he used to be able to talk, but then there was another one of those stunt accidents, and so all he can do now is make these beeping noises. He'll help us, won't you, Gamma?"
"BEEEPP BRREE REEP!"
"Don't worry," said Kitsune. "I have my own race kart, the Whirlwind S7. With all its gizmos and gadgets, none of you will be able to figure it out, but that's okay. I'll race it for you, Sonikin!"
"Okay," replied the blue hedgehog, although he was unsure.
The next morning they got ready for the race. R2D2 Gamma helped Kitsune get the Whirlwind S7 ready to drive. "Yodachao was right," thought Sonikin. "No 8-year-old is that good a mechanic. He does have certain powers. But whatever is the G-Force?"
"It's ready to go," announced Kitsune. "Maybe I'll actually finish this race!"
"You mean you've never even FINISHED a race?!" cried Amydala.
"Nope. I keep falling down those dang holes in the road or driving off the edge and falling in the water. Not to mention I'm too young to take Drivers Ed. But don't worry! I can beat that level this time!"
"M-maybe you should let me drive!" said Sonikin.
"No time! Knucksolo's coming now! The race starts in just a little bit!"
Kitsune and Knucksolo got into their race karts and got up to the starting line. Three, two, one, go! They tore off.
"Go go go Kitsune!" yelled Queen Amydala.
"GO KNUCKSOLO!" bellowed Chewbigga.
Sonikin watched nervously as Kitsune struggled to keep up with the red echidna. The young fox barely dodged the holes and swerve on the sharp turns, bumping into the walls as he went. "Good thing it's not Hard Mode," he thought.
Then, Kitsune swerved wildly and rammed into the president's limo.
"HEY!"
"Oops! Heheh! Sorry Mr. President!"
The president of Station Square picked up his car phone. "Police! Stop that drag racer! NOW!"
In a matter of seconds, a bunch of black and white cars with flashing lights were driving after Kitsune. The little foz was scared. "WHOA!" he yelped, slamming the accelerator and speeding past Knucksolo, crossing the finish line first.
"Yeehaaawww!" yelled Sonikin. "Looks like I won this bet! That G-Force rocks!"
"G-Force whatever," muttered Knucksolo. "But you're right, you sorta won, you cheated, we said nothing about getting extra help, but okay, you WON! Let's all pile into the Millenium Floatie and go to the Death Egg!"
Knucksolo led them to his property. "I'm only bringing these idiots on this space chase because I want to get away from Emperor Eggman and get the Master Emerald outta here," he told Chewbigga. "But I'm not telling them that!"
Sonikin, Kitsune, Amydala, and R2D2 Gamma followed them to Knucksolos's back yard with his private pool and pool toys, including a huge inflatable space ship. "Sweet pool toy!" remarked Sonikin. "I guess Star Wars merchandise is still popular. Now where is the great Millenium Floatie?"
"This IS the Millenium Floatie!" said Knucksolo indignantly.
"You're trying to tell me we're going to fly to the Death Egg and save the universe in some 5-year-old's BATH TOY?!"
Knucksolo took personal offense. "Don't insult my baby," he said. "She's lasted me many years and won many battles and saved my life. I wouldn't call her Floatie if she wasn't. Yeah, it's not every day that you see a pool toy that can tear through space at warp speed, but THIS baby is powered by the Master Emerald!"
Knucksolo made Chewbigga, R2D2 GAmma, Amydala, and Kitsune get inside. But Sonikin said, "Wait! What's that shadow I see approaching us in the distance? Whatever it is, it's just as fast as me!"
The red schidna recognized Eggman's servant and got very worried. "Sonikin! You idiot! Get in here!"
"But I have to know what that is! I sense a strong disturbance in the G-Force!"
"Screw the G-Force! Get in! NOW!" But Sonikin stood there. Cussing under his breath, Knuckles took off.
"WAIT!" cried Sonikin. "WE HAD A DEAL!!!"
[Play Boss Music] But it was too late. Now he was alone, face to face with the dark, evil, phantom-like hedgehog. "Your adventuring days are over! (Hawwwwwwhuuuhhaaaaawwwwhuuuu) For I am Darth Ultimate Life Form!"
"And I am Darth Could-Care-Less," replied our blue hero. "Actually, I am Sonikin Lightdasher, but that's beside the point. I have a mission!"
"And your mission shall fail!"
The two hedgehogs fought. Spin Dash, Light Dash, Homing Attack... Darth Ultimate Life Form matched Sonikin move for move. "Chaos Control!" The dark hedgehog warped to Sonikin, punched him, and scattered his rings. He had no more left, while Darth Ultimate Life Form's hit point gauge was healthy and still nearly full. "Stacy would have been proud of me (haaaaawhuuuuuhaaaaaahu)!"
Sonikin realized he would be dead unless he got lucky...
"Come on, Knucks!" begged Kitsune. "I owe a life-debt to Sonikin. I promised to protect him and let nothing happen to him!"
"I understand Kitsune!" meowed Chewbigga. "I owe a life-debt to you too! I know how he feels!"
"Pleasepleaseplease turn back and get him!" begged the fox again. "R2D2 Gamma, what do you think?"
"BrrrrEEEPEEEPPEEEEP!"
"See? He agrees with me!"
Queen Amydala was crying. "Save Sonikin! Please! Boohhoooohooo I want my cutey pie back pretty please!"
"You don't know how important the Master Emerald is," replied Knucksolo condescendingly. "I know you want Sonikin to ride with us, but I think he'll take care of himself back down on Planet Mobius. We just can't make decisions based on emotion now."
Queen Amydala stopped crying and just got mad. "I am the Queen!" she huffed. "And my orders must be obeyed! I WANT MY CUTIE PIE BACK!!!" Whack! She hit Knucksolo on the head with her Pico Pico hammer.
"OW! Okay, Okay, I'll get turn back and pick up the hedgehog!"
"(Haaahuuuuuhaaaaaaawwwhuuu) Now you will DIE!" Darth Ultimate Life Form was about to finish off Sonikin with a Homing Attack when the Millenium Floatie, with the bottom hatch open, hovered just over them.
"Hey kid!" yelled Knucksolo. "Get your tail over here!"
"Awesome!" Sonikin bounced up to the escape hatch and got inside. The black hedgehog was about to jump in after him, but Knucksolo quickly shut the door on him. Wham! Darth Ultimate Life Form bounced back down to the Mobius desert sands, throwing a tantrum as the Millenium Floatie rose into space and disappeared among the stars.
"Whew!" gasped Sonikin, covered with makeup and lipstick after he had finally managed to pry Amydala off of him. "We're all together! All six of us! Knucksolo, I owe you one!"
"Sure do, kid," replied the echidna from the cockpit. "Now to get to your little G-Force weird mission thingie!"
The six heroes braced themselves for a wild adventure and headed for the Death Egg.
To Be Continued...
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Sonic the Hedgehog and all related characters copyright by Sega Enterprises Inc. Star Wars (c) by Lucasfilm Ltd. Any sililarities between them are purely coincidental.
(O.K., just kiddin.)
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Not so long, long ago, in a videogame far, far away from its release date...
A blue blur zipped by in his podracer, oblivious to a two-tailed fox about to be eaten by Perfect Chaos. "FOLLLOW MEEE..."
"Sonikin???"
"SET ME FREE..."
"Sonikin!!"
TRUUUUST ME AND WE WILL ESCAAAAPE FROM THE GALAXY..."
"SON-I-KIN!!!! HELP MEEEE!!!"
"Huh?" Sonikin Lightdasher turned his podracer back and noticed the fox's plight. "Uh-oh!" he said. "How can I turn into Super Sonic and beat up Perfect Chaos if I don't have the Chaos Emeralds with me?.... Huh????" The aquatic monster had already disintigrated into a puddle of water. "What happened?"
"Sonikin!" cried the two-tailed fox. "Oh thankyouthankyouthankyou! You saved me! Your AWFUL off-key singing just tortured Perfect Chaos to death as you were passing by! Guess what! I owe you a life-debt now! Let me introduce myself. I'm Kitsune Skyflyer. And I have to stick with you for life!"
Sonikin looked at the puddle of water that was once Perfect Chaos. "Hey, whazzup with this? It had the seven Chaos Emeralds... now they're all gone. I have to get back on the road and find them!" He turned around to the podracer... which promptly broke down. "Oh no!"
" 'S okay," yapped Kitsune. "I'll take care of this!" He ran over to the podracer, looked it over, and had it fixed in less than thirty seconds.
"Whoa!" cried Sonikin.
"Whoa!" cried a strange-looking blue flying thing. "That kid has amazing natural mechanical abilities... or is it something to do with... THE G-FORCE???"
"Who are you?"
"I'm Yodachao. See ya!" And he flew off.
" 'K that was weird," muttered Sonikin. "Well, now I can ride this podracer back to get the missing Chaos Emeralds!"
"Not necessarily," said Kitsune. "You can RUN faster than that old jalopy can HOVER!"
"Oh yeah... that's right!"
"According to these computer readouts..." Kitsune pulled out a laptop and typed a few keys, "... the Chaos Emeralds are to the west, in Station Square!"
"Then let's juice!"
The hedgehog and the fox were running through the desert when they bumped into a strange white glittery thing... {Play Tikal theme} Then a hologram of a teen girl echidna appeared to them in a blinding flash of light. Sonikin and Kitsune were fascinated. "Help me, I beg of you!" pleaded Princess Tikal. "You're my only hope." Then it replayed. And replayed. And replayed.
"I'm getting bored," said Tails.
"Wow!" said Sonic. "She's beautiful! But is there anything more to the message?"
Tikal dissolved into a white glittery ball again. "THIS WAY!"
"Cool beans," said Sonic. "She's heading for Station Square! I bet this has to do with the missing Chaos Emeralds!"
And it did... [Play Boss Music]
A black hedgehog, dark and mysterious like a phantom, strode down a long hallway, and many long lines of GUN robots bowed down to him. Except one, at the very end of the line.
"HEY YOU!" shouted the black hedgehog. "BOW TO ME! (hawwwhuhaaawwhuhawwww)"
"Or what?" sassed the robot.
"Or you're gonna get it!"
"HOW? You can't catch me, you're at the other end if the building!"
"Your lack of faith disturbs me! CHAOS CONTROL!" An in the snap of a finger, the black hedgehog was over next to the insubordinate robot. Before it could protest, the evil hedgehog spin-dashed it and then nonchalantly picked up the Chaos Drive. "(haawwwwhuhaaawwwhuhaaaaaaw) Shoot! Another yellow one! And I was collecting red ones for my Dragon Chao!" He dashed to the end of the hallway and to the platform, standing tall and dark and sinister. "In case you don't know, I am Darth Ultimate Life Form! (haaawwwwhuhaaaaawhuhaaawww)Grrr! How can I make a decent speech with my throat problems I got from a stunt accident in my last movie?! Anyways, everybody, I have orders from Emperor Eggman the Hut himself. We are done with the main construction of the Death Egg and we even have the seven Chaos Emeralds for once, which I MYSELF teleported from Perfect Chaos! But... This Death Egg is so powerful it needs them PLUS the Master Emerald to run, so in a while I have to leave for Station Square!" He stepped off the podium and walked out the room. The robots near that end of the hallway heard him whisper in a longing, melancholy voice, "Stacy..."
"Stacy?" said one GUN robot after Shadow had closed the door. "I thought it was Maria! Who's Stacy?"
[Play Station Square theme]
Sonikin Lightdasher and Kitsune Skyflyer had arrived Station Square-- a city full of people, animals, badniks, cars, and buildings. Sonikin had been here before. It was no big deal. But the naive Kitsune had never seen such a place. "WOW!" he said. "I've never been to a city before- except my home village, but they banished me for being clumsy."
"Uh-oh," said Sonikin. "Maybe I shouldn't have let you tag along. Be careful here! Stay outta trouble, ya hear?"
Then another voice yelled "SONIKIN!!! I knew you'd come!"
"Oh no!" groaned Sonikin. "Looks like I have another sidekick to join my quest."
"Who's she?" asked Kitsune, looking at the pink hedgehog in front of him.
[Play Amy's Theme]
"Why, I'm Queen Amydala!" she squealed in a totally ditzy voice. She twirled around, jumped up, and did a curtsy. "Don't you just LOOOVVVVEEEE my new hairdo?"
"Uhhhh," stammered Sonikin. "It... definately stands out."
"Anyways, I came to ask you for help. I'm the Queen of the Little Planet, and it's being attacked! I need you to save my planet, Sonikin!"
"That stinks," said Sonikin. "But I'm on another mission already. I have to recover the Chaos Emeralds and rescue a beautiful princess. I'll have to save your planet later. I have an important business meeting to arrange for transportation out into space. "
"Can I at least come with you? Please? Pretty pleeeeease???"
"OK. Watch Kitsune for me. Make sure he doesn't get into too much trouble!"
[Play Casino Night music]
Sonic walked into the Mos Eisley Casino. "My old rival Knucksolo has been everywhere in that space jalopy of his," he thought. "He should know something about this mystery."
He saw Knucksolo sitting at his usual table with his sidekick, Chewbigga the huge purple cat. Only this time, they were facing Emperor Eggman the Hutt. "You know you owe me big-time, red!" threatened Eggman. "Specifically, you owe me a JEWEL! Hand it over!"
"No!" replied Knucksolo. "I am the Guardian of the Millenium Floatie. I cannot give up the Master Emerald that powers it!"
"I'm warning you... this is the last time you'll show me up! Because I'm going to hire the infamous bounty hunter Boba Fang to chase you down!" Eggman waddled out of the building, and Sonikin walked over.
"Hey, Knucks. Whats up? How's it going? Still the most-wanted rogue in the galaxy? You definately showed Eggman who calls the shots here at Station Square!"
"Quit sucking up and get to the point," replied Knucksolo. "What do you want from me?"
"Well... I'll need to borrow the Millenium Floatie. Do you know a beautiful princess somewhere out in space who needs help?"
"Hmmm. You're talking about Princess Tikal. She's being held captive in Emperor Eggman's new project, the Death Egg, which happens to be capable of blowing up entire planets," replied the echidna casually.
"WHOA! We have to get onto this right away!"
"Normally I don't like to save the galaxy for the sake of saving the galaxy... but Princess Tikal is rich so I might as well help you. But can't you use one of my other ships?"
"No! It has to be the legendary Millenium Floatie!" insisted Sonikin.
"I'll make a bet with you then. I'll challenge you to a Kart Race on Route 280. If I win, you go home. If you win, I'll let you have the honors of taking my baby to the Death Egg. Hey, I'll even be the pilot for you."
"I wonder how Kitsune is doing," thought the blue hedgehog.
"Kitsune!" cried Amydala. "Look out!"
The hapless little fox had wandered into a circus tent at the Twinkle Park zone and bumped into an elephant, who promptly passed gas. "Eww! Yucky! Yucky! Peeyoo!" he yelped.
"What's with the crude humor?" snapped Amydala.
"Maybe to lighten up the story because of all the battle scenes and stuff," offered Kitsune.
"BATTLE SCENES?!"
"Oops, better not spoil the story for the readers... WHOOPS!" Kitsune crashed into a hot dog stand and knocked everything over. A chili dog catapulted into the air and -SPLAT!- landed right on Knucksolo's face!
"This is my warm reception?" groaned the echidna.
"Looks like it," commented Chewbigga.
"Yeah!" said Sonikin, eating the chili dog off Knucksolo's face. "Hey Kitsune. We've been looking all over for you," he said between munches. The echidna ran off to wash his face when Sonikin explained the situation. "If we can beat Knucksolo in a kart race on Route 280, we'll be able to complete our mission. Problem is, I left my podracer behind and I'll be needing some help!"
"I'll find someone!" cried Queen Amydala. "Hey, Gamma!"
One of the maintenance robots walked over. "BEEEPPP BEEP BEPP BLIP BRRREP!"
"That's my old friend R2D2 Gamma," explained Amydala. "He used to be one of Emperor Eggman's robots until he regained his free will. Also he used to be able to talk, but then there was another one of those stunt accidents, and so all he can do now is make these beeping noises. He'll help us, won't you, Gamma?"
"BEEEPP BRREE REEP!"
"Don't worry," said Kitsune. "I have my own race kart, the Whirlwind S7. With all its gizmos and gadgets, none of you will be able to figure it out, but that's okay. I'll race it for you, Sonikin!"
"Okay," replied the blue hedgehog, although he was unsure.
The next morning they got ready for the race. R2D2 Gamma helped Kitsune get the Whirlwind S7 ready to drive. "Yodachao was right," thought Sonikin. "No 8-year-old is that good a mechanic. He does have certain powers. But whatever is the G-Force?"
"It's ready to go," announced Kitsune. "Maybe I'll actually finish this race!"
"You mean you've never even FINISHED a race?!" cried Amydala.
"Nope. I keep falling down those dang holes in the road or driving off the edge and falling in the water. Not to mention I'm too young to take Drivers Ed. But don't worry! I can beat that level this time!"
"M-maybe you should let me drive!" said Sonikin.
"No time! Knucksolo's coming now! The race starts in just a little bit!"
Kitsune and Knucksolo got into their race karts and got up to the starting line. Three, two, one, go! They tore off.
"Go go go Kitsune!" yelled Queen Amydala.
"GO KNUCKSOLO!" bellowed Chewbigga.
Sonikin watched nervously as Kitsune struggled to keep up with the red echidna. The young fox barely dodged the holes and swerve on the sharp turns, bumping into the walls as he went. "Good thing it's not Hard Mode," he thought.
Then, Kitsune swerved wildly and rammed into the president's limo.
"HEY!"
"Oops! Heheh! Sorry Mr. President!"
The president of Station Square picked up his car phone. "Police! Stop that drag racer! NOW!"
In a matter of seconds, a bunch of black and white cars with flashing lights were driving after Kitsune. The little foz was scared. "WHOA!" he yelped, slamming the accelerator and speeding past Knucksolo, crossing the finish line first.
"Yeehaaawww!" yelled Sonikin. "Looks like I won this bet! That G-Force rocks!"
"G-Force whatever," muttered Knucksolo. "But you're right, you sorta won, you cheated, we said nothing about getting extra help, but okay, you WON! Let's all pile into the Millenium Floatie and go to the Death Egg!"
Knucksolo led them to his property. "I'm only bringing these idiots on this space chase because I want to get away from Emperor Eggman and get the Master Emerald outta here," he told Chewbigga. "But I'm not telling them that!"
Sonikin, Kitsune, Amydala, and R2D2 Gamma followed them to Knucksolos's back yard with his private pool and pool toys, including a huge inflatable space ship. "Sweet pool toy!" remarked Sonikin. "I guess Star Wars merchandise is still popular. Now where is the great Millenium Floatie?"
"This IS the Millenium Floatie!" said Knucksolo indignantly.
"You're trying to tell me we're going to fly to the Death Egg and save the universe in some 5-year-old's BATH TOY?!"
Knucksolo took personal offense. "Don't insult my baby," he said. "She's lasted me many years and won many battles and saved my life. I wouldn't call her Floatie if she wasn't. Yeah, it's not every day that you see a pool toy that can tear through space at warp speed, but THIS baby is powered by the Master Emerald!"
Knucksolo made Chewbigga, R2D2 GAmma, Amydala, and Kitsune get inside. But Sonikin said, "Wait! What's that shadow I see approaching us in the distance? Whatever it is, it's just as fast as me!"
The red schidna recognized Eggman's servant and got very worried. "Sonikin! You idiot! Get in here!"
"But I have to know what that is! I sense a strong disturbance in the G-Force!"
"Screw the G-Force! Get in! NOW!" But Sonikin stood there. Cussing under his breath, Knuckles took off.
"WAIT!" cried Sonikin. "WE HAD A DEAL!!!"
[Play Boss Music] But it was too late. Now he was alone, face to face with the dark, evil, phantom-like hedgehog. "Your adventuring days are over! (Hawwwwwwhuuuhhaaaaawwwwhuuuu) For I am Darth Ultimate Life Form!"
"And I am Darth Could-Care-Less," replied our blue hero. "Actually, I am Sonikin Lightdasher, but that's beside the point. I have a mission!"
"And your mission shall fail!"
The two hedgehogs fought. Spin Dash, Light Dash, Homing Attack... Darth Ultimate Life Form matched Sonikin move for move. "Chaos Control!" The dark hedgehog warped to Sonikin, punched him, and scattered his rings. He had no more left, while Darth Ultimate Life Form's hit point gauge was healthy and still nearly full. "Stacy would have been proud of me (haaaaawhuuuuuhaaaaaahu)!"
Sonikin realized he would be dead unless he got lucky...
"Come on, Knucks!" begged Kitsune. "I owe a life-debt to Sonikin. I promised to protect him and let nothing happen to him!"
"I understand Kitsune!" meowed Chewbigga. "I owe a life-debt to you too! I know how he feels!"
"Pleasepleaseplease turn back and get him!" begged the fox again. "R2D2 Gamma, what do you think?"
"BrrrrEEEPEEEPPEEEEP!"
"See? He agrees with me!"
Queen Amydala was crying. "Save Sonikin! Please! Boohhoooohooo I want my cutey pie back pretty please!"
"You don't know how important the Master Emerald is," replied Knucksolo condescendingly. "I know you want Sonikin to ride with us, but I think he'll take care of himself back down on Planet Mobius. We just can't make decisions based on emotion now."
Queen Amydala stopped crying and just got mad. "I am the Queen!" she huffed. "And my orders must be obeyed! I WANT MY CUTIE PIE BACK!!!" Whack! She hit Knucksolo on the head with her Pico Pico hammer.
"OW! Okay, Okay, I'll get turn back and pick up the hedgehog!"
"(Haaahuuuuuhaaaaaaawwwhuuu) Now you will DIE!" Darth Ultimate Life Form was about to finish off Sonikin with a Homing Attack when the Millenium Floatie, with the bottom hatch open, hovered just over them.
"Hey kid!" yelled Knucksolo. "Get your tail over here!"
"Awesome!" Sonikin bounced up to the escape hatch and got inside. The black hedgehog was about to jump in after him, but Knucksolo quickly shut the door on him. Wham! Darth Ultimate Life Form bounced back down to the Mobius desert sands, throwing a tantrum as the Millenium Floatie rose into space and disappeared among the stars.
"Whew!" gasped Sonikin, covered with makeup and lipstick after he had finally managed to pry Amydala off of him. "We're all together! All six of us! Knucksolo, I owe you one!"
"Sure do, kid," replied the echidna from the cockpit. "Now to get to your little G-Force weird mission thingie!"
The six heroes braced themselves for a wild adventure and headed for the Death Egg.
To Be Continued...