I don't own Sonic the Hedgehog. I do own a bass though.

True Chaos

Chapter 1:

A Guardian's Awakening And A New Plan

It was a beautiful night. The sky was clear, and the moon was full. The air was cool and cris. Sonic and his pals had finally had time to relax, and this was the perfect night. Though the gang was not together. Tails was relaxing outside his workshop, Sonic was resting snoozing in a tree, Knuckles was kicking back next to the Master Emerald, Rouge was enjoying the nightlife of Casino Park, and Shadow was enjoying a concert.

Eggman was the only one who was hard at work. He had spent the last few months translating a forgotten lore he had found underneath the shrine of chaos. It told of three warriors who had protected the Chaos Emeralds and the people of their village. One day, apparently, the people had decided to take the emeralds for themselves in order to gain a new sense of power. The guardians had to defend the emeralds at all costs, but since the people had decided to make their move under cover of night and unannounced they had the upper hand. It was to worn to make out any more of it. It did show the location of one of the guardians.

That was where Eggman came in. He had found the burial chamber of the guardians. Inside, however, was only one coffin. He had taken the coffin back to his base and began researching the properties of its contents. Inside lay one of the guardians, the one known as Zen. He was supposed to be the true guardian of Chaos. Eggman had been working day and night on a way to revive the ancient guardian. And tonight he was nearing completion.

He had safely transferred the guardian Zen to one of his recuperation tanks. The creature was a hedgehog with a black body and green streaks in his quills in the shape lightning bolts. His quills were a bit longer then Sonic's giving him a more punkish look. He lay in the tank with his eyes shut, breathing lightly and softly. He was still in critical state, and could fail at any moment if Eggman wasn't careful.

Eggman ran the data one more time. "This is incredible," he said marveling at the read out in front of him, "According to these readings he has the same energy properties as the chaos emeralds, but how is that even possible?"

He shook off the thought for now. If he didn't keep a close eye on this creature, then it'd fall back into the grips of death. Though everything looked stable, and his recovery was remarkably fast he wasn't responding to the treatment at all. Eggman decided to check and see what was causing this, his guess was the machine was malfunctioning. As he went to the back of machine to check on the circuit board, one of his robots rushed in carrying a chaos emerald. "Doctor we have located a chaos emerald," it said holding up the entrancing jewl.

Eggman turned to look, "Oh good place it over there and get out," he said going back to work. The robot did as it was told. It walked over to the table across from the tank. As it passed the tank the guardian began to stir in its chamber.

"I...I can feel it," it thought, "That energy, that's...that's a chaos emerald, but what's wrong with it?"

He began to shake and move around. He could feel the energy, but he was having trouble moving. Something was restricting him. He clenched his fists tight and slowly opened his eyes. He blinked a few times, and looked around. He was in some sort of water chamber. He reached up and felt the roof of his prison. It was glass. He noticed also that he was wearing a mask over his mouth. He removed it and let himself sink. Once he was at the bottom, he pushed upward hitting the glass and breaking it. He was in the air for the first time in ages. It felt good to be back. He tried concentrating his energy on himself. He was able to sustain a minor float. He noticed an orange metallic creature holding the emerald. He immediately dashed at the creature. His foot extended, he hit the bottom of his foot on the thing's face. It flew backwards hitting the wall, knocking a dent in it. The emerald hovered in the air for a brief moment before making its way to his hand. He took in the emeralds aura, it felt good.

Eggman looked out from behind his machine and saw the guardian standing holding the chaos emerald. He also took note of the dent in his wall. He stepped out proud impressed at the creature's actions. "Well it looks like a time doesn't seem have an affect on you," he said with his usual tone and smile.

The creature looked back and saw an oddly shaped man. His legs were extremely long and his body was stout and fat looking. He resembled an egg. "Where am I? And who are you?" he asked taking in the man's features.

Eggman, still smiling, responded, "You are in my base, oh great guardian."

At this Zen raised an eyebrow. Not many people knew about him and his friends. That's when it hit him. His friends weren't with him. "Where are Searj and Jet?" he asked putting the emerald behind his back and channeling it's energy.

"The other two guardians?" Eggman asked unaware of their names.

"Yes the other two guardians," he responded showing annoyance in his tone, "Where are they?"

"Your friends are long gone my friend," Eggman said trying to fake sympathy.

"You mean...," Zen fell to his knees simultaneously dropping the emerald.

"Correct, they're in the next life," Eggman looked at the ground shaking his head trying to show sympathy to the ancient warrior, "They were killed by the very people you swore to protect."

Zen clenched his fist. He remembered now. They had been sitting around the shrine relaxing, when the shrine was raided by the villagers. The very people he had dedicated his life to, had betrayed him. "Damn," was all he could muster.

Eggman smiled. He could work with this. "You're ancient civilization has also been destroyed, but I brought you back so that we could rebuild it," he lied.

Zen looked up at the man. "How do you propose we go about that?" he asked.

Eggman looked at him and smiled, "By taking over and instigating the forgotten laws of your time," he was on a roll of lies tonight.

Zen thought about it. It might work. And he had no purpose anymore. Why not help this man restore a great civilization. "Alright meet me at Pyramid of Chaos," he said taking the chaos emerald in hand and teleporting out of the base.

Later that night.

Eggman stepped into the center room of the pyramid. He looked around. The walls were covered in moss and cobwebs. The entire place was cracked and old. But in the center of the room was a pillar stretching to the top of the room to the floor. Zen was leaning against the pillar, holding the chaos emerald. "Greetings friend," he said.

Eggman walked over to the pillar, "What is this?" he asked in a curious tone.

Zen smiled and stood up right, "This is what we'll use to restore the world," he said smiling, "Take note of the slots along this pillar," he tossed the chaos emerald into one of the slots. The room began to shake and a section fo the floor fell through. In its place rose a control panel. "This is what was known as the Chaos Drive."

Eggman walked over to the control panel. It was relatively simple, but impressive considering how old it was. With some modifications this place could become a great base. "So, then Zen what exactly does this Chaos Drive do?" he asked.

"Hmph glad you asked," he said walking over to the panel, "It's power is much like my own. It can take the force of gravity and nullify it or amplify it, observe." He pushed one of the buttons on the panel and the room lit up with a silver glow and Eggman and Zen began floating. He pressed it again and they fell back to the ground.

"Impressive for your time Zen," Eggman complimented.

"But to get the full force of this machine you have to have all seven chaos emeralds, and they're supposed to be in this pyramid, but they're not," he said frowning.

"Ah so we'll have to find the emeralds, not a problem," Eggman said smiling, "I know just the place to start."

Zen looked up at him with an arched eyebrow, "Where?" he asked.

"Miles Tails Prower," Eggman said.

"Who?" Zen asked.

"A fox boy who lives not to far from here," he said, "It should be in his plane, but be on guard for a blue hedgehog by the name of Sonic." he warned.

"Sonic?" Zen asked, this man expected him to know everything apparently.

"The world's fastest hedgehog and the cause of all my migraines," he said rubbing his temples.

"World's fastest hedgehog?" Zen asked, "We'll put that to the test."

"Alright then Zen, while you're out looking for the emeralds I'll remain here and fix up this place so we can restore your civilization to its former glory," he said with a smile.

Zen nodded and dashed out the pyramid. Eggman smiled this was to easy.

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