Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic or other characters mentioned in this story. They are copyright of other companies. Besides, I have no money that you could sue me for anyway.

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As I fell from the sky, I questioned myself. Did I really have to do this? Why do I feel like I have to leave Sonic and the others? And more importantly, why do I even regret leaving Sonic? After all our rivalry and battles.

I fell. I heard Maria's voice inside my head. But was I really planning on dying? Hell no! My life has barely started, and I was finally getting things back together. Die? That was for weaklings who have no life left to live. I had my whole future ahead of me.

"Chaos Control!" I yelled as I clutched the fake emerald that Sonic had dropped in his haste to battle me. "Will this fake emerald have enough power to get me out of here?" I wondered. Suddenly, I was at the top of Radical Highway, looking down at all the cars and people below. Obviously they completed the construction. "Maybe I should take my race car out here for a ride later." I said to myself.

I looked upward at the sky. I searched and finally found the space colony ARK, where I had defeated the ultimate life form with Sonic's help. Who was I? If I had defeated the ultimate life form, does that mean that I am stronger than the ultimate life form, hence making me the ultimate life form? Or is Sonic the one who deserves the credit? But still, since we defeated the bio-lizard together, are we really identical? Which one of us is better? And how can we be so much alike? Surely it can't be coincidence. Something or somebody who played a part in my creation wanted me to be like Sonic. But why? I decided that the only way to find answers was to head back to Iron Gate and tap into it's internal computer within the inner chamber, where Eggman had originally freed me. "I'm sure we will meet again, Sonic," I said to the sky. And then I was off, grinding down the rail, rushing towards the answers to my questions.