(Note: This story takes place after the events of the game Sonic The Hedgehog 2006 in Soleanna and the "Solaris Incident" so many characters though they were involved do not remember what happened due to amnesia, for details play the game before reading or at least know the story and result of plot. This also introduces a lot of old and new characters though some of my own creation and some new versions (like a newer Metal Sonic) and some just from the newer generation of sonic games like Silver) Chapter 1: The Dynamic Duo

Manic and Sonia sped along the open grassland on their hoverboards, weaving around the rocks and other obstacles that occasionally blocked their path. They had been travelling for several hours now, ever since their attempt at getting food and other supplies in the last city had gone sour.

'That's the third time…those darn rogues' Manic snapped over the whipping of their boards.

'Oh just get over it already, it's in the past, not like we can do anything about it now' Sonia replied, swerving to cut between two rocks.

Manic smirked 'nice move…I just can't though, first they dominate the X-Gear racing scene, making it impossible for us to earn any money and now they are putting thiefs in a bad light, we steal to survive and we always find ways to repay those we steal from, like the way we saved that farmer's daughter, those buzzards are just bullies.'

The two of them slowed down and swerved over to a shaded area, with a rock outcropping.

'I know' replied Sonia, jumping off her board 'but they have clearly been using the gear longer then us…plus they are birds so of course they have the advantage.'

Manic jumped off his own board and put it down in a corner 'they abuse it though!'

Sonia nodded 'yeah…it's a shame really, they could be really helpful if only they chose another path, they remind me of…of Sonic.'

That had clearly not been something Manic was expecting, he looked at her wide-eyed 'how are they anything like Sonic?'

Sonia sighed and sat down and Manic sat down beside her, the two looking out over the sky as the sun began to set 'well they are wild and free…like dare devils, I miss that about Sonic, don't you?'

Manic looked at the sun for a long moment before replying 'I already told you how I felt about this…about him.'

'Him! He's our brother Manic' Sonia replied 'regardless of how far away he is or what has come between us. All these things we've heard about him, everywhere we go, the "Blue Wind" and so on and all his heroic achievements, he's clearly done so much since he left us.'

Manic nods 'maybe, but that is what everyone doesn't know, he wasn't always such a hero; he was the gifted one, the one blessed with super speed and so he ran off to live an adventurous free life and left his normal siblings behind, he left us Sonia, left us to fend for ourselves, he could of found a way to take us with him…but no, he just ran off into the sunset.'

Sonia looked away, hiding tears, she wasn't as royal and posh as she had been when she was young, since Sonic had left, Manic's street life and punky style had rubbed off on her, downgrading her personality and appearance to a more female version of him, though with a more level head.

Manic watched his sister for a moment then stood up and walked over to a different spot and sat down again, leaving her in peace, 'I'm sorry sis, but we agreed on this remember, we're the Dynamic Duo now, all we need is each other…right?'

Sonia wiped her eyes but shook her head 'no, I'm sorry Manic but I can't pretend to not care about him anymore, he's our brother, he must have had a reason for leaving and I say we find him and talk to him.'

Manic leaned his head back against the rock 'ok, fine, if it really means that much to you, then we'll try but I don't know how we're going to find him, we don't even know where he is.'

Sonia smiled 'we follow our hearts, we are siblings, more than that, we're triplets, all we have to do is follow our instincts.'

Sonic dashed across the open grassland, watching the trees, rocks and occasional person blur by 'whooooooh', he leapt into the air, leaping from rock, to tree trunk to the opening of a cave and ran through it, spiralling round and round and then shot out the other side.

Looking up at the sky he sees Tails flying overhead and slows down 'hey Tails, I was wondering where you went.'

Tails laughs 'you know I can't keep up when you do that Sonic' he said descending and landing next to him.

'You know I'd never leave you behind little buddy, don't worry so much' said Sonic patting Tails on the shoulder.

'Yeah…I know, its just…things have been real quiet recently…too quiet, I don't like it, no Eggman or anything' Tails replied thoughtfully.

Sonic didn't reply, unbothered, finally he said 'well hey that's a good thing right, never mind about all that though, Soleanna sure was some festival huh?'

Tails turned and nodded 'yeah it was amazing, all the lights and dancing, the torches and flames, they really take that festival seriously.'

Sonic nodded thoughtfully.

'What's wrong Sonic, you look like something's on you mind?'

Sonic shook his head 'it's just these dreams I've been having and flashes in my head, the princess of Soleanna was there and so was this large beast made of fire…and Shadow… at least I think it was Shadow…but he looked…different.'

'Different how?'

Sonic just shook his head 'I don't know…'

After a moment Tails nodded 'I've been having them too, I think, strange images in my head, but they don't make any sense.'

The two continue walking at a normal speed as Tails continued 'I don't know what to make of it, it may have something to do with Eggman…but I doubt it, it's just not his style.'

Sonic laughs 'yeah, he's all about robots…he never really changes his angle.'

Suddenly there was a cry of frustration from ahead and the two broke into a run, they came into a clearing to find Knuckles punching a large boulder into rubble in that immature way only Knuckles could really pull off.

'Knuckles, what are you doing here' Tails asked.

Knuckles ignored him and continued to punch the boulder 'what's up Knucklehead' asked Sonic casually.

Knuckles stopped, crossed his arms and turned to look at Sonic, giving him a glare 'don't call me that Sonic, I'm not in the mood.'

'So…what's going on then' asked Sonic.

Knuckles turned to point to a small town down a hill in the distance 'I was just in town, down there, heard there was some trouble with thieves, so I went to investigate…ran into some old friends of ours.'

'Who' Tails asked.

'The Babylon Rogues' Knuckles growled.

Sonic shook his head 'those guys just don't know when to quit, I think we should go and teach them a lesson.'

Knuckles grins 'sounds good to me, I could use a good brawl.'

'I wonder how the Babylon Rogues got all the way here' Tails said, more to himself then to the others 'and why are they here…just to steal stuff?'

Knuckles nods 'it seems so, that's low, even for them.'

'It is and I won't stand for it' Sonic said 'come on' and he broke into a run towards the town, Knuckles and Tails close behind.

Jet, Wave and Storm zoomed around the town grabbing everything of value they saw 'alright, now this is more like it, this is the kind of merchandise we've been looking for' Jet said as he swerved to a stop.

'I agree, we can charge the Princess of Soleanna so much to get all this back' Wave replied, holding up a beautiful necklace and looking at it's design of bird shaped beads, like the kind represented all over Soleanna, in representation of Solaris probably.

Jet laughed 'oh way better then that, we can sell this stuff off for new X-Gear equipment, that way I'll never lose to anyone ever again.'

Wave just rolled her eyes, she wasn't going to try and convince Jet that Sonic was always going to beat him on foot anyway so being able to beat him on a board was kind of a pointless achievement. After three tournaments she had finally come to realise this, not that that made her like Sonic and his little band any better.

'Hey boss, looks like we got company' Storm said pointing to three figures running their way fast, unlike most people who were running away from them or cowering.

Jet locked eyes on Sonic and swerved his board round to face him 'ah, speak of the hedgehog and he shall appear' he swung his sack of stolen goods over his shoulder.

Sonic curled his hands into fists 'Jet, you thief, give these people back what you've stolen.'

Jet laughed and tapped his beak 'ok.'

'Really' said Tails.

Jet rocketed past them sending the three of them flying in a tornado of wind 'no, sorry but we gotta make a living you know.'

Wave swerved up beside him 'hey shorty' she said to Tails 'how you doing, still working on being a "Grade A" loser. Like Jet said we need money and as we have no idea how to get out of this world…'

'We steal from others for income' Storm finished, joining the other two.

Knuckles stepped forward 'you crooks.'

The Babylon Zeppelin began to appear over the horizon and Jet smiled 'that's our ride, but this is far from over Sonic the Hedgehog.'

Sonic leapt for Jet but Storm got in the way, Knuckles leapt on Storm, knocking him off his board and the two began fist fighting on the floor.

Tails flew at Wave, managing to grab her bag of loot but not her and flew off with it. Wave flew off after him.

'Go Sonic' Knuckles yelled 'get Jet, I got this feather duster.'

'Who you calling a feather duster, needle head' Storm yelled as the two punched each other back and forth around the street.

Sonic burst to full speed following Jet, who had already made it out of town and across the fields toward the waiting zeppelin near the forest.

'Whoa, what's with the new gear, I know Jet can be fast but he's outrunning me on that thing' Sonic said to himself as he pursued Jet.

Jet looked back at him in the distance 'like my new gear huh, it's perfectly tuned with the wind, air currents and my own ability to fly as a bird.'

Sonic was almost level with him as he finished talking but then he looked up to see Tails and Wave side-by-side playing tug of war over the bag of loot 'let it go shorty!'

'No, you let go' Tails grunted back, pulling as hard as he could while still trying to maintain flight.

There was a zoom and Storm rocketed through knocking Tails out of the air and down to the floor; the three rogues flew into the Zeppelin as it began to ascend.

Sonic stopped to see if his friend was ok 'Tails, you ok?'

With a groan Tails pulled himself up, holding his eye 'yeah, I think so.'

They looked up in time to see the zeppelin disappearing beyond the hills, Knuckles ran past the two of them yelling 'aaaagghhh, get back here, I'm not done with you, cowards!'

Tails sighed 'sorry I lost the bag, I had it, until Storm came along.'

Sonic put his arm around him 'don't sweat it, I doubt that's the last we've seen of them.'

Turning back to look at them Knuckles said 'what makes you say that?'

'Of course' Tails cut in 'what Wave said, right Sonic? The Babylon Rogues are stuck here in Soleanna, that's why they've resorted to thievery, they don't have any races here to get money so they clearly see it as their only option.'

Knuckles gave a disgruntled noise 'not a very good excuse, they could just treasure hunt like me.'

'I imagine they're doing both but they don't know this world, if they knew about any treasure…they'd be headed there now probably but…I guess they don't' Tails continued.

Knuckles shakes his head 'so what shall we do now?'

'I think we should go see if we can help the people clean up the town, the rogues left it in quite a mess, what do you say' Sonic said looking at the other two 'at least until we figure out our next move.'

The other two nod and they set off back towards town together.

As Sonic, Tails and Knuckles helped the people clean up the town the people watched them but only with mild curiosity. They seemed unbothered by their presence or the fact that they were walking talking animals; clearly news had spread fast since Sonic had appeared at the festival in Soleanna capital.

While they were at the docks helping clean up a large pile of crates that had fallen everywhere Sonic suddenly got tackled and almost fell into the water 'aagghhh, I hate water' he looked round to see who had grabbed hold of him and to no real surprise, Amy Rose had somehow found him again.

'I found you at last Sonic, my beloved, blue boyfriend' Amy said.

'Amy' Sonic whined, trying to push her away, 'can you at least let me go.'

'Promise not to run away' she said looking up at him with those ridiculous puppy eyes of hers; the eyes that drove Sonic mad on multiple levels.

'Yeah ok, just let go, this is embarrassing' Sonic muttered.

Amy laughed that girlish laugh 'you're so silly, I've been looking everywhere for you, I was at the festival but I couldn't find you anywhere, then I met up with Cream.'

Only then did everyone notice Cream standing on the jetty 'hello Mr Sonic, Mr Tails um…Mr Knuckles' she said slightly cautious of Knuckles' weary look.

'Then we went looking for you, not that we stood a chance of keeping up with you, you wait for no girl do you' Amy continued, getting into her whiny pitch.

'He doesn't really wait for anyone period, why should you be any different' Knuckles grumbled, folding his arms behind his head.

Amy went slightly red 'because I'm his girlfriend' she said at last in a sweet voice, controlling her anger.

'Says you' Knuckles replied.

Amy pulled out her hammer and started towards Knuckles but Sonic and Tails held her back.

'Excuse me' said one of the nearby people 'perhaps you could give us a hand, we need to clean these docks and we still have a lot of work to do.'

Sonic raised his thumb 'sure no problem, we'll help with not only the dock but the whole town.'

'What happened here anyway' Amy asked 'it's a real mess.'

'The Babylon's happened' Knuckles replied, 'they came in here and started stealing anything and everything of value, they got away with the loot before we could stop them.'

Amy put on a thoughtful expression 'Babylon's…you mean those bird racers you beat a while back.'

Sonic nodded 'they trashed this place.'

Cream ran up beside Amy 'how awful, I remember them, they were really mean.'

'They weren't too bad when they were just interested in racing but I forgot that they are also thieves' Sonic said, 'should have remembered that.'

'It's not your fault Sonic, none of us knew they were even here' Tails said.

Nodding Sonic picked up a couple of boxes, 'I guess.'

Chapter 2: The New Mission

Charmy zoomed around the forest sniffing the flowers; he was bored and in his boredom had taken to his favourite past time of buzzing around like the hyper little bee that he was. Just as he started to think he'll head back to Chaotix HQ and see what Espeo or Vector are up too he saw a man walking through the forest just ahead of him, a human man.

'Hi, I'm Charmy, Charmy the Bee, we don't get many humans round these parts, you look a little lost, maybe I can help, what's your name, where you going?'

The man, perplexed by Charmy's behaviour merely blinks 'I…I'm a messenger, my name is Marcus.'

'A messenger huh, cool so am I, kind of, at least that is what my team mates call me, yep Charmy the messenger bee ha ha, get it, instead of boy, messenger bee.'

Marcus merely nodded; eyebrow raised 'yeah…I'm looking for the headquarters of something called uh…Chaotix, some sort of private investigator or something.'

Charmy did a little spin in the air 'well you found us, your talking to one of the Chaotix members, follow me, I'll show you the way to our HQ.'

Charmy flew out into clearing by the Chaotix HQ, Marcus right behind him 'hey Espio come down here, we got a guest.'

Espio, who had been lying in the tree, eyes closed, focusing his mind in a state of meditation; leapt down and moved over to join Charmy and Marcus, nodding his head in greeting but not speaking.

Vector came out the front door of the house 'what's all the noise Charmy, I'm trying to wor…hey whose this guy, a human, don't get many humans out here.'

Marcus pulled out a large package 'are you Vector, the leader of Team Chaotix?'

Vector nodded 'yep that's me, what can we, that's to say our Private Investigation Team, do for you?'

Marcus handed over the package 'I am Marcus, a messenger of the royal family of the world of Soleanna and I represent Princess Elise, the current sovereign.'

'Soleanna' Espio muttered under his breath thoughtfully but quickly put back his serious emotionless look.

Vector shook his head 'I never heard of it, what exactly is it this princess wants from us?'

Marcus turned to leave, 'everything will be explained on that video tape, I hope you choose to help us, we need all the help we can get.'

The three team members looked at the package with great curiosity.

They went inside the house and Vector took the tape out of the package.

'Why am I getting the greatest feeling we've done this before' Espio said calmly 'oh yes' he continued answering his own question 'because the last time we responded to a package we were led into a trap.'

'That was totally different though, we received this package from a real person Espio, he came from a real place and everything' Charmy replied, flying about impatiently.

'Yes…Soleanna, I think that is where Knuckles said he was going' Espio said, more to himself.

'Yeah yeah, fascinating' Vector grumbled, as he sorted the video machine and inserted the tape 'now let's see what exactly it is this princess wants us our help with.'

The machine came on and a beautiful young red haired woman came onto the screen, she was sitting on a small throne, two hooded figures either side and the smallest amount of light coming in from the window and balcony behind her chair. She was wearing a simple white dress and looked fragile and deeply concerned. She looked at the screen and begun to speak.

Team Chaotix, I hope this has reached you safely…I don't know what to do. My people are suffering from…nightmares and visions of some kind, I do not know why, I do not know how. My people have tried everything…and so we have been forced to look further abroad, we are aware of other worlds, of other creatures, there have recently been many strange creatures in our world as well as a matter of fact, it is clear they are just as aware of us as we are of them. I am aware that you yourselves are animals but I do not judge you on that, you come highly recommended. I hope that you can solve whatever is happening to my people. If you can, we will forever be in your debt and, of course, you will be rewarded, I am royalty, money is no object and it has little importance to me. Please consider helping us Team Chaotix, if you do not…I don't know who will.

The screen went black and there was silence for several minutes, finally Vector spoke 'hmmm, what do you think Espio?'

'Evil of some kind is at work, but not the doctor, I don't think he's capable of causing something like this, nor is it his style' Espio replied.

'Charmy?'

Charmy just shrugged 'something weird, that's for sure, but I know together we could figure it out, beats hanging around here.'

'There's only one problem' Espio voiced 'we don't know how to get to Soleanna.'

Vector looked like he was about to give a smart come back but then realized he didn't have one and Charmy seemed to deflate where he hovered 'awe…great.'

Moving to lean against the table in thought vector tapped his jaw, thinking…Charmy suddenly leapt high into the air screaming 'I got it', causing Vector to fall to the floor, and then zoomed out the front door.

'There are times I really want to swat that little guy' Vector grumbled, getting up.

Espio just smirked from his position by the wall.

After several minutes of waiting in which Vector put his feet up in his chair and yawned and Espio spun one of his daggers on his finger, Charmy finally came back in, dragging Marcus 'ok guys, now we have a way back, Marcus can show us how to find Soleanna.'

The three got up and headed out the door, off on their next mission.