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A blue blur ran through the green hills leaving a mighty gust of wind behind him. His arms stretched out behind his body, they were flowing in the air. It was a new day, a new adventure and he felt like he could do this forever….

"Sonic!"

The green hill zone was not only what knit together the stitches of his childhood, it was his zone - er - his happy place if you will.

"Sonic!"

Call it a ridiculously conveniently grassy area, but he called it a place just around the corner of Mobius, a place to be stress free. One could even go so far as to say -

"SONIC!"

"Huh?" He skidded to a stop just before crashing into a pink hedgehog that looked like she was about to kill him.

"Oh, hey Amy. What are you doing here?"

"Jeez, can't stop one second to admire a cutie like me? I called you three times!" She waved her hands in the air out of frustration. "Anyways, I had a request to make of you-"

"-Erm Amy, actually, I was just headed to Tails' house. I'd love to chat, but his request sounded extremely urgent. Sorry Amy, but we'll talk later, kay?"

"Wait!", she desperately cried, "I just wanted-"

And with a gust of blue wind, he was off.

"I just wanted you to go to twinkle park with me", she whispered. She sat down in the grass and circled her finger around and around in the soil.

She sniffled quietly, "I-I d-don't think I can take this anymore. I was supposed to be destined to be with him…" She glanced at the floating soil around her face, "but he keeps on leaving me in the dust."

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Sonic arrived at his best friend's house. The blue hedgehog and the yellow fox were inseparable. They rarely seriously quarreled, in fact, they were the epitome of best friends. It was almost as if it was their destiny to help each other.

"Hey bro, whassup?"

Around him, he could hear the low hum of lab equipment and mixtures bubbling in the background.

"Sonic you made it!", Tails exclaimed.

"Heh, 'course I did. And in record time too. Ya know me." He relaxed his eyelids, puffed out his chest, and smirked, "I only happen to be the fastest thing alive."

"And soon you'll the fastest thing dead." An eerie figure emerged from the shadows of Tails' workshop.

Sonic's jaw dropped, "Tails? What's my emo fake doing here. You can't have seriously let Mister Red n' Black stripes in."

Tails shifted his weight nervously, "Uh, actually, that's just what I needed to talk to you about." The yellow fox clearly looked uncomfortable.

Even though the hedgehogs were silent, they were glaring daggers at each other, crimson red against emerald green.

"So anyway," he continued, "Eggman is planning an attack, but it's different from his last one. According to the bugs I placed in the Death Egg during our last battle; I've been able to gather some intel."

He walked over to a floating hologram like screen. Sonic followed him, but the black and red hedgehog stayed defiantly planted where he was.

Tails continued, "You know how you hedgehogs can use chaos energy to attain your superforms and defeat him." Sonic nodded. "Well, it appears that he is planning on inducing a chronic sleep cycle on all of you: Shadow, Sonic and Silver. While in stasis, he can use you guy's reaction with the chaos emerald to release pure energy into his robots and badnicks to fuel his plan for building the Eggman empire" Tails cringed. "And just for the fun of it", the fox glanced over his data, "it looks like he's planning on doing the same to Amy" Tails looked up; he saw some concern in Sonic's eyes that quickly disappeared. "So, I've done some thinking and I think I know how to defeat him."

"Alright buddy. Let do this! We've defeated him before, we can do it again!"

"Erm", Tails interrupted him, "There's just one condition. You guys," he said gesturing to Sonic and Shadow, "me, and everybody else are gonna have to work together. Eggman has become increasingly powerful, and we can't just take him down one on one."

Shadow's eye quickly flicked in dissonance, but one could only tell if they were watching him closely.

The fox continued, looking at Sonic he said, "I wanted you and Shadow to warn the other hedgehogs while I debrief everyone else about the mission."

It was now that Shadow glared at Tails, "I am the Ultimate Lifeform and I only answer to GUN. If anyone is going to save those pathetic humans from the Eggman empire, it won't be me." Tails back away fearfully.

"You called me here for this? For a little group meeting so I could join your little group of dimwits to save the world? Hmph. I owe you nothing. You're on your own."

Sonic laughed, "You're never going to come down from your mighty hill are ya Shadow? Wait, maybe it's 'cuz we're in the Green Hill Zone. Ha get it? Green Hill 'cuz were like in the zone with all the hills and you're really proud and arrogant-"

A dark figure gripped his throat, "Pathetic", he spat.

And with that, the dark hedgehog was gone… gone with the wind.

Tails looked defeated.

"You okay buddy?", Sonic asked as he recovered from Shadow's death lock.

"Y-yeah…" Tails looked stunned.

Sonic smiled warmly, "Hey some things never change. I mean the guy barely talks and when he does it only to diss people. I wouldn't worry about it too much."

"Y-yeah… it's just that we need him on our side to defeat Eggman. We can't do this alone."

Sonic smirked, "But Faker is just gonna slow us down. Well, slow me down anyway."

Tails groaned but smiled a little, "Sonic, be serious for a moment here. Shadow is the most experienced in Chaos Control. Even you don't use it as often." The yellow kid had a point; he looked at Sonic desperately. "Sonic, you have to convince him to work with us and the others, otherwise, our chances are slimmer."

The blue hedgehog looked him in the eye; he hated seeing his friend lose hope. "Don't worry kiddo, I'll beat some sense into him."

Tails looked hopeful again, "And if you do-"

"-When I do", Sonic corrected him.

"You two have to warn Silver and Amy, they're lives are in danger. I'll go find the others."

"Don't worry bro, I'll convince Shadow, until then", he chuckled," Amy and Silver can fend for themselves."

"Alright", Tails muttered obviously deep in thought; Sonic was already halfway out the door. "But remember time is running out."

Sonic stopped and looked his kid brother in the eye, "Don't worry about me", he stated into the sky. "I haven't lost before and I won't lose now. After all, I'm Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog"

And with that, he shut the door; only a gust of wind followed.

A/N: Well that was fun! Maybe you'll be back next week? Maybe?

Anywho, why did Shadow really run away so quickly?

Will Amy ever get that date? (prob not)

Will Tails successfully be able to gather the rest of the gang?

Stick around to find out!

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