The Eternal Darkness
Chapter 1 - Prologue
Our story begins on the roof of one of the many houses in Station Square. Relaxing on this roof was none other than the world renowned hero named Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic was getting ready to go to sleep, as it was around 11:00 pm. However, just as he began to close his emerald green eyes, he got a peculiar call on his iPhone. It was very rare that anyone called him at this hour, so he figured it was important. "Hello? Who is it?" He asked after he accepted the call. "Sonic, we need you to come to the G.U.N. base immediately," said the caller in a deep voice.
"Commander? Is that you?" Asked Sonic. "Why are you calling at this hour?" The commander sighed. "Just come to the base. We'll explain once you get here." Sonic gave a low growl. "Fine, I'll be there soon." He then hung up, jumped off of the roof he was on and began to sprint toward the G.U.N. headquarters.
- G.U.N. base -
Because of his extreme speed, Sonic reached the G.U.N. headquarters in a matter of seconds. Once he reached the main gates, they instantly began to open for him. He then walked inside and ran toward the conference area. Upon entering the conference room, he noticed the commander sitting at the far end of the table, and many of his friends sitting in other seats. Sonic decided to sit down as well. The moment Sonic took his seat, the commander began to speak.
"Good, everyone is here. First of all, I want to say that I'm sorry for calling you over here at such a late hour. However, there are important matters to discuss. Lately there have been some strange energy signatures found in the area about 25 miles north of here. We sent some of our best agents in to investigate, and they didn't return. We suspect that it is the work of Dr. Ivo Robotnik. We were hoping to send all of you into the area to investigate."
"What if we get attacked?" Said Tails, a yellow, two tailed flying fox. "Do we have permission to engage?" The commander nodded. "Only if necessary. Otherwise, do not attack." Shadow, a black hedgehog who could control chaos energy stood up. "This is a terrible idea. Why don't you just send in a copter to investigate?" The commander shook his head. "No, they're already out on other missions." Rouge, a white bat stood up as well. " At 11:00 pm? What were you thinking?"
The commander scowled at Rouge. "What I do is none of you're business. Now, unless you two want to get demoted, I would recommend that you sit down and be quiet." Both Rouge and Shadow quickly sat down. Knuckles, a red echidna, gave a low chuckle. Rouge growled."Quiet knucklehead."
"Alright, you guys should get moving," Exclaimed the commander. Sonic stood up. "I'll go in first and check out the surroundings." Before anyone could agree, Sonic had already began to make his way to the site.
-27 miles away from G.U.N. base, 11:14 pm-
Sonic had just reached the site when a mechanical arm reached out and grabbed him. Sonic immediately started trying to escape, but his efforts were in vain. "Eggman," he said in a low growl. Suddenly, the arm began to pull him down a small crater, where his arch nemesis, Dr. Ivo Robotnik stood in his personal flyer. "Yes, it is me, Dr. Eggman!" Sonic then performed one of his famous spin dashes to try to break free of the metallic arm-like contraption, but it was no use. Eggman gave a low chuckle. "It's no use, Sonic. I built this machine out of diamond, one of the hardest substances in the world! You'll never break free." Sonic growled at the mad scientist.
Eggman laughed at Sonic. "Well, I have some time to kill, so I might as well spend it telling you about my latest creation! The arm which holds you in place is only a small piece of the marvellous mechanism I have constructed. I would show it to you, but it's underground hidden from sight at the moment. It was built to siphon the energy from the comet which recently crash landed here. I don't know why there was so much energy stowed away in there, but that doesn't matter. All that matters is that I can use it's energy to power a laser powerful enough to destroy an entire continent! In just two more short hours, I will have enough power to fire my laser. Then, you're entire planet will bow down to me, or else."
However, underneath the crater, the energy which came from the comet was joining
together. Said energy eventually turned into a cluster, which was constantly growing. About 15 minutes later, it had grown so big that it started to escape the machine it was encased in. The energy cluster then began forming wings, arms, feet, a tail, and a head. It was transforming into something.
Back on the surface, Sonic was still being held in place by the diamond arm, and Eggman was still monitoring the progress of his machine. However, there was a strange power drop on the monitor. "What? A power drop? But why?" Asked the mad scientist. "Something isn't right here..." Suddenly, an enormous explosion could be heard from underground, and the diamond arm let go of Sonic. All power and connection to the machine was lost, and the bottom of the crater fell apart.
Suddenly, a huge dragon-like creature flew out of the pit in the centre of the crater. "Finally, I have been awakened." It then flew far into the distance, leaving both Sonic and Eggman baffled.