Last Stand

Chapter One: Corneria

It was a sunny day in Corneria. A week after Mobius had blown up and Trey Prower had evacuated all of his family and friends off the planet. They had finally taken care of Dr. Robotnik, once and for all. They decided to just live in Corneria with other civilians and have a normal life. Trey had felt sorry for Mobius, but most importantly, for Ashley. Sonic, his father, and Knuckles tried to save Mobius for all those years, and it ended up for nothing. "I can't believe Ashley did that, she took the hit for me, and now she's gone." Trey said and a tear welled up in his eye. Tails put a hand on Trey's shoulder, "Don't worry son, we will cope with this place. I say this isn't quite bad." he said. Monica came back from the store and brought in grocery and some jewelry. "Indeed. This place actually has a store we can go to now, plus it doesn't have a corrupt system that runs this place." she said. Trey looked at his mother and chuckled, "I guess you're right mom. You always did have a knack for bracelets." he said.

In another house…

"So, now that we finally settled here now, what should we do first? Personally, I say we explore the city and then the rest of the planet." Sonic said. Sally looked at the blue hedgehog and then at their daughter, "I don't think we can go on trips anymore, seeing how we would be leaving Kindra behind." Sally said. "I guess you are right. Say, what if we just buy a car instead, or we could teach her to at least run half my speed." Sonic said. Sally laughed, "You can't just teach speed to someone." Sally said. Sonic tapped his foot with his right hand, "But you sure can train long enough." Sonic said. The sixteen year old hedgehog crossed her arms, "Ahemm, don't I get a say in this?" Kindra asked. Sally and Sonic both put a hand on their chins and looked up thoughtfully. "Nope." they both said in unison. Then they both laughed and decided to go buy an ice cream sundae instead.

At the gym…

Knuckles hit the punching bag and started walking around it. 'Trey did the right thing, even though it costed him dearly.' he thought. He was too deep in thought to hear Tikal beside him. "Hey Knux, I want a go at the punching bag, just to see how it is." she said. They had started dating just before the planet exploded and were really getting along with their relationship. Tikal started punching the bag a little lighter than Knuckles, but he could see that she still packed a pretty good punch. She moved around and jabbed at it some more before she stopped. "I don't see how you can do this everyday." Tikal said. Knuckles grinned, "Because I just can." he said and started punching the bag again.

In another base somewhere…

A black fox looked out of the window and saw that the sky had turned velvet orange. He was deep in thought about the battle he had just came from. Him and his group almost didn't make it off the planet in time and could have been killed. Luckily Shadow had pulled the lever before hand on the ship and they had all escaped, but barely. "Nega, are you still thinking about that battle? You know we should thank Tails and the others for helping us. If it wasn't for them, that madman would have succeeded with his plan to take us all out." a black vixen said, putting a hand on his shoulder. Nega sighed, "I guess you're right Shade, but what if they don't even want to see us after what we almost did to Tails' son?" he asked. A black echidna entered the room and grinned, "You won't have to worry about that problem." he said.

At the Cornerian base…

A black hedgehog walked over to the counter of the base and asked for the one in charge. The clerk looked at the hedgehog and looked at his computer. "What is your name and purpose?" the clerk asked. "My name is Shadow and I want to speak to the general on specified things on why we are here." he said. "Very well, hold on." the clerk said and hit a button. A very old hound dog with a red military attire walked into the room and looked at Shadow. "Ah, General Pepper, I see you are up and about." Shadow said. The old hound dog looked at the hedgehog suspiciously, "How do you know my name and exactly what are you doing here?" he asked. Shadow walked closer to the general to whisper in his ear. "I am very great at finding things that I want and I am the fastest thing alive here. I can get almost any information that I need. The planet that I had moved to blew up and now I am stuck here for now." Shadow said. He knew that the first part of the information wasn't true, but he didn't like to think that Sonic was faster than he was.

The hound dog rubbed his chin and began to think. "I see, so how long do you plan on staying?" he asked. Shadow frowned and looked away, "It depends, my leader, Nega, is really the one to decide that." he said. "I have just come here to inform you that if you do see some new faces, that it would be us and some other civilians from the planet Mobius. I don't want to start any trouble, so I'm giving you the heads up." Shadow said. General Pepper looked at the hedgehog with ease. "Understood, I see you try to think ahead of the situation." he said. Shadow looked at him, "Yeah, you can say that." he said and walked off and went out of the military base. The general looked as the hedgehog left. 'Good thing he did check in, otherwise we would have had to take them out as alien subjects.' the general thought and walked back into his office.

Even though they have checked in, the citizens of Mobius will learn that no matter where they go, wars will go on forever as long as intelligent life is living. Whether it is for territory or for the better good, someone always makes the last stand.

To Be Continued