Unleashing Sonic

The world was surrounded by a bright blue haze as it continued to spin in a never ending cycle, with day on one side of the planet, night on the other, and dusk and dawn in the parts between.

A view better seen from space.

Unknown to the people that inhabited the world below, a massive red space armada drifted in space, with intentions none other devious. Each craft contained a plethora of weapons, dozens of satellites, and several purple fighter drones marching up and down throughout, but they all paled in comparison to the gigantic red flagship being piloted by a crazed egg-shaped man with only three aspirations in his life.

Establish Eggmanland, take over the world, and defeat me.

"Oh ho ho ho ho!" Doctor Eggman cackled to himself, patting himself on the back for making it this far with his plan. It wouldn't be his first mechanical fortress or immense fleet, but it was the first time that he managed to make it to space with them, each and every one of his creations still intact…though, not for much longer.

Sensing a disturbance, Eggman ceased his guffawing and stared down at the deck of his flagship. "Hmmm? !"

At the very end of the deck, crouched in a kneeling position but slowly rising, standing in front of a burning hole just recently punctured the flagship…was me.

Bring it on.

Egg Drones and Egg Fighters rose out from the interior of the flagship, as if Eggman had anticipated my intrusion. Cannons on each and every ship turned and took aim at my current position. Everything I was up against was no match for me, and we both knew that, but regardless, the doctor outstretched his arm, pointed forward, and bellowed out, "FIRE!"

Everything happened at once, with projectiles going everywhere and bursting in fiery explosions. However, I started to run, each and every shot fired just a few milliseconds late from hitting me.

Yeah! Here we go!

Detonations and sounds of snapping metal banged at my ears drums, but I remained confident and smug as I snaked my way through the attack. Heh, ol' egg head was destroying his ship for me- all I had to do was make sure he was down for the count afterward.

I was a blue streak in the midst of orange blasts, which was quite a contrast of color against the black vastness of space. I finally made my way to the Egg Fighters, making a show of curling into a ball and throwing myself into the closest one. After that, I made my way over them by bouncing on their head and launching myself upwards, spreading out my arms and drifting for a few seconds.

Perfect opportunity for a slow motion effect.

I landed abruptly and took off with an even more abrupt start, running straight at a mega-size drone armed with massive arms. It brought down a massive fist with incredible timing, because it landed right on top of me.

But I just smirked in the face of danger and pushed the fist away with no more than two fingers, sliding my way underneath.

I proceeded to destroy it afterward, swirling around it in a blue flash and jumping away when it blew up. Back on my fleet, I flinched and braced for impact, barreling through another squad of Egg Fighters. Broken pieces flew upwards and crashed back down, a trail of destruction left in my wake.

Heh, this was too easy!

As soon as the thought crossed my mind, and when I assumed I had a straight shot to Eggman's cockpit, I glanced back to snicker, only to see a new robot arrive on the scene, jumping down from higher up and blocking off my route. Being manned personally by Eggman, I had a feeling that it wasn't going to end well. Its turrets locked onto me right away and fired on the spot. I grunted and hurdled over his shots (once again destroying his own ship) and soared into the air, curling up and taking aim for an attack of my own.

"Why you little-" I heard him sneer within his containment.

I slammed into the ground, bouncing back up and knocking Eggman's little toy off balance. I whirled around him and continued into the passage ahead. I took off up the wall as Eggman righted himself up and cast a rain of heat-seeking bullets! Hearing a faint whizzing sound, I snuck a peak over my shoulder.

"Huh?"

I picked up speed and attempted to dodge the bullets, quickly stepping out of the way each time and leaving the bullets dancing at my feet. I continued up the wall, Eggman's mech still firing at me! Talk about not knowing when to quit!

I muttered something under my breath as adrenaline kicked in. I ceased running and simply slid along the sleek and slippery red walls, still managing to avoid my death. I finally sprung off the wall and made my way down the corridor, most of the bullets demolished at this point.

I was almost there…just a bit farther and I could crash the armada!

"You're not getting away!" Eggman's enraged voice echoed throughout the area. One of the turrets on his suit swapped out for a hand, which extended outwards and chased after me. I had no idea it was coming, and the next thing I knew, five cold metallic appendages had me clasped in its grasp.

"Wuh-oh!"

I still have no idea how it managed to catch up with me.

The hand reeled it and dragged me back to Eggman, the doctor leaning forward in his seat and beaming with the pride of finally having captured me. I glared back, letting him know that this was far from over.

"Mmmm…"

"What?" he gasped, not looking so confident anymore.

I had closed my eyes and called upon the power of the Chaos Emeralds, the trump card I had brought along with me before even setting foot on Eggman's armada. I may have been spoiled by their powers many times in the past, but playtime was over now- Eggman pushed me to be serious.

Eggman was forced to release me, but not before having both of his mech's arms blown right out. Instead of the cornered cobalt blue hedgehog he had captured before, a brilliantly gold-colored hedgehog emerged, with fierce red eyes to match the determination within.

And was blessed with the gift of flight. My favorite bonus.

Eggman knew he was doomed now, scrambled to pull himself together and make a quick escape. I blasted through the torso of his mech, leaving a gaping hole and forcing it to the ground in defeat.

That's what happens when you capture Sonic the Hedgehog.

I flew away from the rumble at the speed of light, once again trying to make it to my destination before Eggman got in my way.

"Uh-oh! Time to g-go! GO!"

He ejected his pod from the remains of his mech, quickly taking off and trying to get a head start. The pod may have been fast, but I was far faster. Eggman shut the doors behind him as he tried to hold me off, but he might as well have put up paper- I tore through them like they weren't even there, leaving yellow flames and blazing explosions behind me.

I felt on top of the world as I took a few more details to destroy more of Eggman's battleship, leaving them no more than huge, powerless husks of metal. This continued until I noticed Eggman's pod headed for a cylinder-like structure, far different than the rest of his armada. Having no idea what purpose it served, I followed Eggman on the spot, cruising on his tail in no time flat.

It was probably nothing I couldn't handle, right?

Eggman was knocked about as he hurried through the narrow halls, knowing he had only one more chance to pull off his latest scheme. However, once he entered the room, his pod tipped over and careened him across the floor, the overweight man sliding along the ground until he hit the wall.

Moments later, I entered through the floor, flying up to the ceiling and grinning down at my adversary.

"S-Sonic!" he began to plead, watching me as I made my descent to the floor. "I-I'm sorry! R-really! Look, go easy on me! I'll turn over a new leaf, I swear! Just give me a another chance!"

"Well, this is new," I smirked. "Showing remorse, Eggman? If you played nice, I wouldn't have to break all your toys!"

However, when I looked back down at him, he wasn't the least bit remorseful or frightened. He had on a sneer that said he had the upper hand…along with a button tight in his grip.

"Gotcha!"

"Wha-? Huh? !"

He slammed his thumb on the button, a machine of sorts rising from the ground and catching me off guard. It took me a few moments to register what was going on, but I bolted soon afterward, only to be stopped by an electric force field.

I was trapped.

Panicking internally, I refused to show weakness as several blue rings of energy closed in on me, doing the equivalent of tying me up. I glowered at Eggman as he laughed at me, a pedestal slowly rising from beneath him and bringing him to a control panel. I was about to say something to knock him off his high horse when a purple shockwave rocketed out, jolting me and forcing out a pained scream. I still tried to look intimidating, but once the voltage was raised, I let loose an even louder scream, and lost my super form and several dignity points in one go.

The Chaos Emeralds expelled away from me, taking back the power they loaned me, yet they suddenly were drained of their color and fell lifeless to the floor, blackened and hopeless. Eggman simply watched from above, enjoying it like sane people would enjoy a fireworks show. I was still suffering, though I noticed Eggman started taking less interest in me and something that was going on outside. I managed to spin myself around so I could stare out the window.

And it stunned me.

This place wasn't a station or anything like that- it was one large laser cannon, ad as power was slowly drained away from me and the Chaos Emeralds, it was opening up, and taking aim at the blue planet below. Now I was panicked for far different reasons- was Eggman about to destroy the world? Would this be the first time Eggman finally got his wish?

Would it be the first time I let this happen?

The pain of knowing that I'd be letting everyone on that planet down was much worse to bear than being electrocuted every three seconds.

"Oh, I've waited a long TIME for this!" Eggman cried, dramatically pressing a red button located in front of him, shouting one word that I'd feared he say. "FIRE!"

I was forced to watch as a massive amount of power manifested into one perfect purple laser, plunging from the cannon and striking the planet at a precise point. A catastrophic boom rocked the whole planet, and I could hear the cracks in the ground as the world literally broke to pieces. The electrocution finally gave me mercy and sent me to the ground, but whether from the exhaustion of being exposed to so much pain, or from the overwhelming situation, I couldn't move. The rumbling of the cracked planet was so overbearing, and when I looked out the window one last time, the world had been cracked like an egg into seven perfect pieces.

Also, with a demonic monster of sorts emerging from the inner core of the planet. Go figure- Eggman needed a new monster of the week to not do his evil bidding.

"Whoa…" Eggman gasped, not expecting his plan to actually…work.

That's when the shocks kicked in again, but I wouldn't take in this time. Now that I was on the floor, I made a feeble attempt to crawl away, but something was keeping me back…as if lead or something was forced inside me and kept me where I was.

I started to tremble uncontrollably, realizing that something was really, really, wrong. The fur suddenly started to grow and turn darker, covering my entire body. My gloves ripped off, unable to contain the giant clawed blue hands within. My fangs became much more prominent, even growing to twice their size. Once this uncomfortable transformation was complete, I threw my head back and let out a roar.

Well, this raid could've gone better.

The machine finally lowered, having no need for me or what remained of the Chaos Emeralds any more. Eggman, meanwhile, was in the midst of celebrating.

"Success! A brilliant success! It's just as a manuscripts foretold!" he exclaimed. "The entity that was sealed within the planet has awakened. Now I just need to harness its power. Eggmanland will finally come to be! Nya ha ha ha!"

Yeesh, Eggmanland again? Why doesn't he just build an amusement park and get his kicks off of that?

"You've really…gone and done it this time, Eggman," I growled in a voice that could've have been my own, getting ready to attack the doctor. However, Eggman was no longer threatened by my presence.

"Ahh, Sonic! That's a good look for you! Festive," he hit another button, this one opening the window and planning to toss me out. "So long, friend!"

I tried to hang on for as long as I could, but soon enough, I couldn't hang on any long and fell to the planet with the Chaos Emeralds…down to the world that was once so peaceful only minutes ago.

Things really weren't looking well for me, huh?

Not really a new chapter, I just rewrote the original oneshot and stuck it in this story. I truly do like the improvement. ^^

And the reviews are all shifted now, but I don't mind. :P