Hello, guys! This week I am back with the start of a new story in the form of a project I've always wanted to share! So first, let's start with little background about this story:
Years ago, I longed for a Sonic movie to exist in Hollywood that would be absolutely perfect for both audiences and hardcore fans alike! Originally starting off as something close to that of a Sonic Adventure 3, I later opted for a movie approach as the idea of writing multiple stories for one game seemed a little complicated. So without hesitation, I proceeded to write a big film script, which consisted of many elements from said game including multiple characters and storylines (such as the Chaotix and Silver), an original villain (Black Hole), hardcore fan references, and myself as one of the main characters. The older I got the more I realized even that approach was still quite messy, so I eventually rewrote it with fewer characters, a more solid story, and actual heart to it. Unfortunately, this version never became a fully fledged script of which I had plans to send into Hollywood in hopes that they would make it.
So, instead, here I am writing a fanfiction version of said story in hopes for anyone to read what I consider to be my ideal Sonic movie - completely unlike the upcoming live action/CGI hybrid film I might add. For this version, this story is an alternate continuation of Sonic Colors and is where I would have personally taken the series after said game.
So, with that lump of text out of the way, I now proudly present to all you casual and hardcore readers alike...
Sonic the Hedgehog: Black Void of Nothing
On a dark night in Central City, a storm was brewing overhead. Lightning flashed, brightening the sky in a spectacle of light as the clouds collided, producing thunder at a distant magnitude of sound. Anything involving a storm of this significance indicated the presence of evil amongst civilization in the world, and this night was no exception.
While most citizens of the city slept safe and sound in their residential living spaces, alarms were blaring nearby at the Museum of World History. The human night guards scrambled to get to the phone, flashlights in hand, as they rushed through the dark corridors of the museum in pursuit of the intruder. Someone had broken into the museum and stolen one of the most valuable artifacts the curators owned - an artifact of great power that had been abused a number of times by evildoers attacking innocent citizens. The situation was already dire as is.
One night guard had split from the others, rushing to the nearest desk phone, waving his flashlight rapidly as he sprinted down the hall. Everything almost literally flashed before his eyes in what little light he had to look forward with, though thankfully he managed to find the phone and dial nine-one-one, his buttons rushing seamlessly across the keypad as he did so. After a three dial rings, the cops answered.
"Hello, officers!" the night guard began, fear trembling his voice. "Someone broke into the Museum of World History and stole the prized Chaos Emerald! We're in pursuit, but he's escaping fast-"
From above, a noxious gas grenade landed at his feet, setting off and clouding the immediate area in a screen of grey smoke. Without much time to react, the night guard took a whiff of the smoke and immediately fell unconscious, his body lying limp on the floor. From where he stood, a small infantry of seven lean, mechanical silhouettes stepped into the resonating cloud of smoke to examine the area. Each robot bore a gun on their right hands, pointing them all directions to make sure no more conscious night guards remained in sight.
"All clear, sir!" announced one of the robots, their synthy, robotic voices resonating throughout the exhibit-filled hall.
Just then, another silhouette stepped through the clearing smoke, this one a rather large, portly mustached figure donning a black jumpsuit.
"Excellent work, E-30000s!" Dr. Eggman congratulated his robots. "Make sure no one's around to witness my escape!"
"Roger that, sir!" responded another robot, aiming his gun hand elsewhere.
With that, the fat man smirked an evil smile, gripping with him in his gloved hand the shiny, emerald green Chaos Emerald he had stolen from the aforementioned exhibit regarding the history of ancient echidna societies in his world. Once he acquired all seven emeralds, which he was rather close to achieving for a change, he would finally have a chance to wipe out the descendants of all ancient Mobian societies in one fell swoop. He stored that evil thought in the back of his mind and continued to lead his robots toward the fire escape, turning them around a corner before finding the door with a large, resonant "EXIT" sign hanging over it - his fat belly jiggled as he ran, but it was nothing that bothered him (his name was Dr. Eggman after all so he ought to look the part). Soon as he and all robots exited the emergency exit, he greeted his most prized possession, the Eggmobile, with a stroke of its windshield. He then hopped aboard and activated the controls hastily in an effort to outrun his continuing pursuits.
"Eggmobile, get us out of here!" the doctor exclaimed as his hovercraft boosted to life, carrying him into the night sky, his robots following close behind.
There was a sense of eerie calm that followed. It seemed like Eggman had a straight shot at escaping from the city before anyone caught him. Suddenly, a pair of blinding searchlights filled his human eyes with a bright white light, his robots remaining unfazed. What befell upon him was a duo of police choppers, propellers whirling in the night air, demanding him to surrender.
"Don't move! Stay hovering where you are and place your hands up in the air!" a pilot announced through his megaphone. Eggman couldn't have been more frustrated over his impeded escape.
"I don't have time for this!" he said with a growl. "Guard robos, evasive maneuvers!"
The hovering robots complied, scattering different directions on command in an effort to confuse the helicopter pilots. Distracted, the helicopters fired their machine guns in different directions to try and pick off the escaping E-thirty thousands. This opened up a window for Eggman to whip out his specially designed ray gun, opening up its targeting reticle as he prepared to squeeze the trigger. He effortlessly pulled the trigger as the weapon became surrounded with bright pink electrical charges that ultimately fired straight at the nearest set of propellers. The top rotors exploded as the doctor turned to fire at the other chopper's tail rotor, hitting it right on target. With both birds spinning out of control toward the ground, Dr. Eggman was free to fly away into the buildings unscathed with his Chaos Emerald in possession.
"So long, schmucks! With this, I will rule the world!" he boasted soundly, likely waking up the residents with all the ruckus he was causing. And he loved it too. He couldn't have felt more on top of the world from his current position.
From behind him, a blue streak sped by in a blaze of light, catching the doctor off guard and leading him towards a number of assumptions as to what that could be.
"Hmm?" the doctor questioned as he peered over his shoulder.
The blue streak zoomed through the helicopters, extracting the pilots and bringing them to safety atop some buildings nearby. The pilots didn't need to stop it to say thanks since they knew full well what its intentions were. From there, the blue comet-like entity began honing straight toward Eggman fleeing the scene ahead of him.
"Yo, Eggman!" the blue streak mysteriously called out.
"What?!" Eggman exclaimed in return.
The blue streak of a ball slowed down in the air, unfolding itself and revealing it to be a three-foot tall, cartoony blue hedgehog with red and white sneakers, white gloves, and blue spikes protruding straight out of its back.
"Stealing the emeralds again?" the hedgehog asked. "You're everyone's number one crook!"
This was undoubtedly the world's number one hero, Sonic the Hedgehog. This guy spent so many years of causing Eggman enough trouble that he lost count of how many times he lost to the likes of him and his meddlesome Mobian pals. He was no doubt about to steal back the Chaos Emerald from him before he could get away. Without a word, Eggman ignited his Eggmobile into overdrive, escaping further into the taller buildings as Sonic pursued. Once he gained a safe enough distance from the blue blur, the doctor reached to flip his hovercraft's communication switch to reach out to his scattered guard robos.
"Guard robos, I need back up!" he called out through his communicator.
Behind him, Sonic had seamlessly taken a leap over several tall buildings in might pursuit of the doctor he loved to call his enemy. Without him, there would be no reason to save the world on a regular basis. As if that weren't enough, however, his robots showed up in the nick of time, flying straight toward his position with their gun hands ready to fire. Noticing the unmistakable high-pitched buzzing of their jetpacks increasing in volume as they flew closer, Sonic green eyes darted their direction, taking note of the fact that they were about to shoot him down. He wouldn't let that happen under any circumstance.
Long story short, he was just too fast for them.
Soon as the seven E-thirty thousands regrouped, they began to fire a barrage of bullets towards Sonic's position. Acting fast, Sonic spun into a ball and dodged the projectiles as they hit the concrete of the rooftop around him. The robots continued to fire as he leaped into the air, each passing bullet unable to lands even the smallest scratch on his spiny blue head. Like a meteor from outer space, Sonic landed his curled up ball form onto the nearest robot's head, shattering it into pieces that fell to the ground in one fell swoop. The hedgehog streaked two more direct Homing Attacks onto the adjacent robots, destroying them as well. With three of their squad already down, the next four robots joined together to take down their enemy, but Sonic was well out of range to perform any additional attacks for the moment. Thankfully, below him lied the red, well-built Central City Bridge that ran across the river. He would likely lose Eggman in the ensuing confrontation, but it was the only way he could regain his footing and prevent additional robots from running a muck in the city.
With a Downward Stomp, Sonic swooped down onto the bridge's suspended cable that connected the two suspension and began to grind on it as if it were a rail for skateboarding. Sparks emitted from beneath his shoes as the E-thirty thousands continued to fire upon him from above, following him downward as he did so. Soon as he reached the bottom of the cable, Sonic leaped off the rail and delivered a kick to the nearest robot's torso, breaking it apart as he caught its metal head. In the style of a baseball pitcher, Sonic through the robot's head straight at another robot as it shattered before his eyes. He then proceeded to leap off the robot's wreckage to deliver two swift Homing Attacks to his remaining attackers. With all seven robots taken care of, Sonic had a reason to be proud of himself - save for the fact that he had done this a million times before.
Not too shabby if I say so myself, Sonic thought to himself. Now where is that…?
Sonic looked overhead to notice Eggman's hovercraft jet boosters escaping into the night sky overhead; like a streak of light, he then utilized the remaining cable suspension to grind back up to the top of the bridge. Making use of the end of the rail like a ramp, Sonic launched his way up off the rail and honed in on Eggman's hovercraft. The doctor blissfully unaware of his presence, he caught onto the Eggmobile's right wing, his gloved hands dangling on for dear life as he tried to hoist himself up.
"Thought you could escape the cops, huh, Eggman?" Sonic quipped his signature metaphorical humor in the doctor's face.
Eggman turned to the side and looked down to notice his enemy trying to steal back the Chaos Emerald announcing his presence. With that he grabbed a hold of the Eggmobile's control wheel with a bright idea in mind.
"Uh oh! I feel a storm about to rock my boat!" Eggman fired his own humor back at Sonic as the hovercraft rocked back and forth upon Eggman's command. By this point, the wind had picked up; the storm was now imminent as Sonic's spines and Eggman's mustache blew in the wind, signifying their struggle to outmaneuver the other. Unable to get his footing on the Eggmobile's wing, Sonic struggled to hoist himself on top the craft as it tumbled through the air into another cluster of buildings. No doubt citizens were watching from below as the struggle ensued overhead, everyone likely cheering on Sonic whilst also wishing Eggman the biggest death wish he ever had known.
Unbeknownst to Sonic, an even bigger threat was now looming overhead.
A bright light ignited over head as the two combatants looked above to witness what was perhaps the biggest monstrosity the city had ever witnessed: Eggman's ultimate stronghold. The ship's searchlight shone down, flaring into their eyes as Sonic's struggle to reach Eggman ceased; much of the ship was barely visible, with only its monstrous metallic lower half descending through the big storm clouds. Sonic didn't need to see the rest in order to know how big it was.
Down below, many civilians in cars and on foot gasped in horror at the sightly excrescence of a ship above. They knew, without a doubt, that Dr. Eggman was back.
As Eggman ascended toward the the ship's underbelly ready to pick him up, Sonic managed to finally gain some footing on the Eggmobile's wing and Spin Dash toward the Chaos Emerald in Eggman's hand. Before he could finish charging, though, Eggman rocked his mobile one last time in an effort to throw Sonic over the edge. His plan succeeded as Sonic launched himself at Eggman, reaching out his hand for the Emerald and just barely missing as he arched over him back toward the ground. Thankfully, a nearby building stood to give him a decent space to land and so, like a cat, Sonic landed on his feet and turned back to witness Eggman ascend through the ship's underbelly hangar door.
"So long, Sonic!" Eggman turned around to shout at his enemy. "This time, you'll be short too many emeralds to stop me!"
With that, the hangar door shut ever so slowly, enclosing Eggman's hovercraft along with the rest of his machines as the ship boosted off into the stormy sky. Unable to chase Eggman any further for now, Sonic was left in the dust to gripe about the fact that he let him get away once more. But Sonic wasn't the one to gripe; he always found a way to make light of any situation, especially if it involved Eggman.
"Short too many emeralds, huh?" Sonic spoke to himself. "While there's no telling how many he's got, if there's one thing I know it's that I'm always one step ahead of him! Tails said he held onto one of the emeralds from our previous adventures so, if I go to him, we can track down the rest of the emeralds together and collect them before Eggman hatches whatever egg he's planning to hatch!"
Sonic stopped himself short of speeding off, thinking about the fact of the matter as to what happened with them before.
"Although how is it that, after getting sucked into a black hole that he managed to come back so fast?" he thought to himself, recalling the time in the last year where he blew up an amusement park in space by sucking it into a black hole of negative energy. "Eh, doesn't matter! If there's one thing I know, it's that it's always the same thing every time: he has a scheme, I try to stop him, I do stop him, and boom! End of story! Well, I got news for you, Eggman: it's always gonna be that way unless you choose to quit now and show some heart! If you tried working with us, maybe you'll finally see things differently!"
And with that, Sonic sped off into the night, leaving behind a trail of blazing blue in his wake. Little did he know what awaited in store for him. In years past, he saved multiple islands from the threat of Dr. Eggman's animals-turned-robots, stopped gods of water, fire, and darkness from destroying the world, took on various robot look-alikes and alien invasions single handedly with help from his friends and allies by his side. With no doubt this would be any different, Sonic remained confident that nothing would ever stop him from saving the world from the threat of danger no matter the cost. All that mattered was that anything Eggman threw at him stood no match for the likes of him and his awesome friends and that, as long as they stood together like they always do, no one, not even their reputation, could bring them down.
Thanks for staying with me throughout this first chapter! I hope that all readers enjoy the rest of this story as I continue to dish it out over the next few months or so!