Chapter 01: Beginnings
It was a dark night, the sight of a large tower loomed on the horizon, and then Sonic raced towards it, with Tails in the Tornado following him.
"Eggman is at it again, Tails! This time, he has the Chaos Emeralds and a new plan to take over the world!" said the Sonic.
"Right, Sonic! And he's got Amy and Cream hostage!" said Tails.
"So we have to come to the rescue, as usual." said Knuckles.
"Right, we gotta hurry!" said Sonic as the three heroes made their way through Eggman's Defenses. Tails and Knuckles ditched the Tornado and followed Sonic as they assaulted the defending robots. Shadow then joined the fray, with Rouge not to far behind.
Eggman was watching their progress on his viewscreen, and Amy, Cream, and Cheese were locked up in a glass vat, and next to them was a large machine with the Chaos Emeralds inserted.
"Heh, heh, heh, Yes Sonic, come and get me!! You soon will fall victim to my trap!!"
Cream and Amy looked at each other. They couldn't warn Sonic about Eggman, since the glass was soundproof. All they could do was watch and pray.
But elsewhere, as Sonic and his posse entered the fortress, Silver came out of a portal, with Blaze in tow. They nodded to each other and set off on their important mission.
Sonic and his posse fought their way through several robots, and they eventually they were outside the control room door.
"Maybe we should knock!" said Knuckles as he and Shadow smashed the door down.
"Sorry we broke your toys Eggman, but you stole something that belongs to us." said Sonic.
"Humph! So what, Sonic? I'll give them back after I demonstrate my new toy." said Eggman grinning.
"No games, Doctor, fork them back over now!!!" demanded Shadow.
Eggman simply grinned further as he unveiled the Master Emerald. Knuckles gasped at the sight of it being placed into Eggman's machine.
"The Master Emerald!! Now I'm really mad, Eggman!!" snarled Knuckles as he raised his fists.
"Don't bother Knuckles." said Eggman as he raised a shield to block off access to the Emeralds. "Soon, I will accomplish a dimensional teleportation and then my Eggman Empire will be even bigger!!"
"Not so fast!!" shouted a voice. Then Eggman felt a powerful force push him away from the controls as Silver and Blaze come into the room. "Doctor, I will not let you achieve this!! For the sake of the future, I shall stop you!!"
"And you have the Sol Emeralds! You will surrender and return them to me!!" shouted Blaze.
Eggman got up and walked back to the controls. "Humph! So what if I did, they will serve their use to me!!" Then before Silver could stop him, Eggman pushed the activation switch and soon the two sets of Emeralds started to activate, and began producing energy beams into the teleporter.
All the others could do was watch as the machine generated a portal into a new dimension. But suddenly, the energy beams started to grow violent, and an alarm went off on the control console. "Warning! Energy overload! Portal instability rising!"
"What's happening?!!!" shouted Tails. But as Eggman attempted to shut the device down, a large electrical surge shorted out all electronic devices within the room, and soon it started to pull everyone and everything loose into it.
"AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!" everyone shouted as they were all sucked into the portal, and the next thing Sonic knew, he blacked out.
Sonic woke to the sight of a bright sun and two tall buildings in his face. He looked around, the first thing he saw were Knuckles and Tails, both unconscious, and the temperature was a little cool. Sonic then saw several people walking on a street outside. He knew that he had ended up in some sort of city, but it looked pretty big to be Station Square. Knuckles and Tails soon got to their feet and then Sonic spoke: "Let's look around, we may find answers to where we are if we look around."
"Good Idea, Sonic!" said Tails. "Lead the way."
The trio walked out of the alley and onto the street, but Sonic soon realized they weren't in Station Square, but in a totally different city. There were flying craft everywhere, and there were humans mixed in with other humanoid species.
"This must be some kind of city to me." said Knuckles. "But none that I've ever seen."
As they walked down the street, two guards spotted them and got curious. They walked over to Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles and one of them asked: "Are you gentlemen lost?"
"I guess so. We've kinda…pooped outta nowhere so to speak. Where exactly are we?" asked Sonic.
The guards looked at Sonic like he was crazy, and then they looked at each other, and then they turned back to the trio.
"You guys must have amnesia or something! You are in New Republic City on the planet Coruscant."
Sonic's jaw dropped as he looked at the surprised Knuckles and Tails. The guards then asked: "Is there a problem, gentlemen?"
But before Sonic could say anything, they heard a massive explosion several blocks away, and the guards got a call on their comlinks: "Attention all units! We have an unidentified machine in Sector 17! Please Respond!! There is a large man at the controls and he is attacking everything in sight!"
The guards then ran towards the direction of the disturbance, and then Sonic knew immediately who it was. "Eggman…" Sonic said as he raced off towards the disturbance.
And Sonic was right, for when he arrived at the scene of the battle in the middle of a plaza, he saw New Republic Guards doing battle against Dr. Eggman and his new Egg Beetle. The guards fired many useless blaster shots, but they did no good against the machine. Eggman then swiped them all aside with a slash of it's claws.
"Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho!!! Is this the best you can throw at me?!! Soon, nothing will stop the creation of my…."
"Not so fast, Eggman!!" shouted Sonic.
Eggman and all the soldiers and civilians looked towards Sonic, who stood on the edge of a wall. "Sonic!! I should have known you'd survive that portal, you miserable rodent!!"
"Well, aren't you having fun playing with these soldiers, Eggman. Too bad I have to put an end to this!" said Sonic.
"We'll see about that, blue boy!!" said Eggman as he and Sonic prepared to do battle. Sonic attacked the Egg Beetle, but there was something different about this battle compared to all the others. Sonic was able to dodge most of Eggman's attacks, as if anticipating their movements. When Tails and Knuckles joined the fight, they felt the same thing. But when it came time to strike, something was guiding their attacks, and it was like they were guided by something.
"Strange…I feel as if I can foresee all movement before I even do it…" murmured Tails quietly.
"Yeah, and I can foresee an attack before I even launch." added Knuckles.
"Well, whatever it is, let's take advantage of it!!" said Sonic.
Eggman was getting more frustrated, as he barely could hit Sonic, Tails, or Knuckles. "Wise guy! I don't care if you are psychic or not! You can't stop me!!"
But then, the Egg Beetle's claw was stopped by an unknown force, and then its flames went out of control and onto Eggman. Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles looked and there was Blaze and Silver. They joined the fight, but began to experience the same kind of anticipation as Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles were feeling. Then an even more enraged Eggman unleashed a massive shockwave which knocked all 5 of them off their feet.
"Now you've made me mad!! Prepare to die!!" shouted Eggman as he prepared to strike them all down with one last slash.
"Not so fast!!" said a voice from above. Everyone looked up and Sonic saw 4 men leaping down from a nearby roof. The one in front was a man of around 30 or so. He had blonde hair and had black clothes and a black robe. He had a thin, silver stick which emitted a green laser blade of some kind. The second was a man of around 40 or so, and he had brown hair and a beard, and was wearing lighter colored clothes and a shoulder patch. He had a brown robe on and was wielding a similar laser sword weapon, but had a blue blade instead. The third man was around his late 40's with a very small amount of hair, but had a mixture of light colored shirt and dark vest, pants, and boots, and had a blue laser weapon as well. The third was a younger man, around 22 or so; he had darker hair, and was wearing dark-colored clothes, along with black pants and boots and had a pair of gloves on. He was wielding two of the laser sword weapons, one with a green beam, and the other with a blue beam.
They landed gracefully on the ground, and the blonde man spoke: "In the name of the Jedi Order, I order you to surrender!"
"No way!" shouted Eggman. "You think you have any more a chance against me as Sonic does?"
"We'll see." said the bearded man. Eggman launched an attack against them, but the men skillfully jumped as high as 5 stories, and swinging their laser swords, sliced the Egg Beetle's claws off like scissors cutting through paper. Sonic and his friends were quite impressed.
"Yes! We finally see those Jedi in action for real!" said a bystander.
"I never thought I'd get to see Luke Skywalker in action for real!!" said another.
"Yeah, along with Kam Solusar, Kyle Katarn, and Korian Dorgell!" said yet another.
"Jedi?" said Sonic. "So that's who those guys are?"
"Very impressive…" murmured Knuckles.
The four Jedi began cutting up the Egg Beetle's legs and rendering it useless. Eggman began to panic as the Egg Beetle was lifted into the air by some mysterious force. Silver then saw the Jedi sticking their hands out at it. He was surprised that it must be telekinesis like his own. Eggman ejected from the Egg Beetle in his Eggmobile and watched as the 4 Jedi crushed the Egg Beetle like paper using their telekinetic powers. In 30 seconds the remains were in a cube, but Eggman fled the scene before the Jedi could grab him. The New Republic Guards chased after him and everyone cheered and applauded in excitement as the 4 Jedi deactivated their swords and hooked them onto their belts.
Even Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Silver, and Blaze were impressed. They had never seen humans fight like that. The blonde man then walked over to Sonic and he said: "That was very impressive fighting, my friend. We watched you handle yourself against that man, and we decided to intervene when he regained the offensive."
"Well, thanks, I guess. You guys were impressive yourself." said Sonic. "I'm Sonic the Hedgehog."
"Greetings Sonic. I'm Luke Skywalker, Jedi Master and leader of the Jedi Order." said Luke. "And these are my fellow Jedi." Luke introduced the bearded man: "This is Jedi Master Kyle Katarn." Then Luke turned to the older man. "And Jedi Master Kam Solusar." And finally, Luke turned to the younger Jedi. "And this is Jedi Knight Korian Dorgell."
"Nice to meet you all. My names Miles Prower. But everyone calls me 'Tails'." said Tails.
"I'm Knuckles the Echidna." said Knuckles.
"My name is Silver." said Silver.
"And my name is…Blaze." said Blaze quietly.
"Nice to meet you all." said Kyle.
"Luke, don't you think we should talk back at the Jedi Headquarters?" asked Kam.
"Quite right Kam. Korian, go fetch the speeder." Luke said to Korian.
"Yes master." said Korian as he raced off.
"We can talk back at our headquarters, maybe you can ask us questions there." said Kyle.
"Good Idea, because I think we do need to talk about something." said Sonic.