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The Beginning

Beginning Recording...

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The screen flickers and splutters before the lines smooth out, revealing the white coat of a scientist and a black buttoned shirt underneath in the camera's view.

"Is it on?" A male voice wonders, and the screen shakes for a few seconds before a slim pair of hands with a ring on one hand come into view and stops the shaking.

"Honestly, so impatient. Give it here." She sighs, tugging the camera round and revealing another lab coat with a green tee-shirt on underneath.

"Not impatient, excited! Can you believe it? That we have finished it?!" Footsteps echo, leading further away from the camera and a rapid typing is heard.

"Yes, yes. As you have told all of us again and again. Now which is the data storage button? To transmit straight into the crystal?" A rustling sound echoes with clothes being shifted so close to the mic.

"Oh yes, I had forgotten." The typing stops and footsteps get louder again. "It's this green button here, press it once and it'll seal into the main structure. Then when you want it to stop recording, press the tiny red button on the side. That way no one can turn it off if they drop it or hold it wrong."

"Ah I see. Ready?" She hums in response, a smile in her tone of voice.

"We are defiantly! How long you gonna make us wait Einstein?" A second female voice echoes from a distance, sounding sarcastic, irritated and excited at the same time.

"Well not if you distract me now, that's for sure." The male voice laughs, as the camera image suddenly lifts and is settled squint, facing a giant ring in the middle of the room with consoles around it at the bottom all connected to it.

"I think that's it." A female with Blond hair in a ponytail mutters, coming into view side wards, focused below the camera image. Her hands readjust something and the picture levels out properly. Blue eyes looked straight into the camera for a second before leaning back.

"Ok, the camera is in place on the tripod and the crystal is secure." She swiped a hand back and moved some hair strands back that had gotten free.

"Excellent." A second face came into view, blue eyes and ginger hair made up a familiar yet strange sight. Hair hung around his face and shoulders, having grown quite long, taming a few of the flyaway strands he used to have. The male got up and strode towards the machine stopping just before it and staring up at it for a long second, before swinging round and grinning at the camera.

Then straightening, he bowed to the camera as everyone went silent.

"Hello, welcome to my lab. I am the head of this team of incredible people, Thorndyke at your service." He grinned again at the camera as he tucked his hands behind his back.

"I have made this recording for one purpose only. And that is to show the first true 'firm' connection between our world and others. When Sonic the Hedgehog and the anthromorphic creatures came to our world it was the first time that it had been proven that other worlds existed, it was a revelation that rocked the world and many dedicated their life after that point to find a way of connecting to those worlds."

"The second time after Sonic and the others went home was the reappearance of Soleanna, the water city that had never been seen before, only heard of in folklore and myth. It was known to the people within as the City of Crossroads, the gateways. Many people have travelled there and seen the 'portals' to various universes and worlds within the palace walls, though we have not been allowed to travel to these worlds. So the President gave us permission to recreate that very same technology."

"This is the result, a prototype portal that we have tested with the use of small fruit and animals to be sure it's safe. They came back unharmed and now we ourselves are going to find out what's on the other end of this 'tunnel'."

"The camera has been specially created to allow us to take it with us and document what we find through it using the latest in crystal technology's, we will be able to record the greatest moment in human history." Thorndyke was getting excited clearly as his arms waved around as he talked.

"Now we are going to begin the start up…" There was a crash. The camera wobbled as the blond female yelped and tried to grab the machine, as heard from the scrabbling sounds that the camera captured, before it fell and hit the ground lying side wards, still facing the scientist.

His face had paled as soldiers streamed in, along with mech's that had their inbuilt weapons pointing at the ginger male.

"Stop! What are you doing!" He yelled, eyes wide and terrified. Unable to stop the solders from shutting down the machine by banging their guns butts against the keypads. He would have rushed over there, but the fear of the others getting shot was keeping him still.

"Enough." It was a cold voice, it echoed around the room and silenced it. But whoever it was, they were out of shot, though Thorndyke's face went completely white he almost looked sick.

"You…"

"Leave us alone you bullies!" Shouted that strong female voice as a dark red-headed girl raced out and tried to attack the solders, though a smack to the back of her head soon had her on the ground out cold.

"Frances!" Two male and the blond shouted.

"Enough!" The hidden male spoke sharply. Silencing them with the guns being pointed in their direction.

"What reason do you have for this act general?" Thorndyke spoke shakily.

"Orders by government, to get your little organisation shut down. Permanently." The ginger male looked shocked.

"Oh don't look so shocked, you'll be contributing to your government still. Just, differently." The hidden male laughed, before the solders began to move towards the group. "Take them before they ask more questions."

"Stop you can't do this!" The screen wavered and fizzed as it was shifted, before the sounds of struggling faded and the screen faded to black.

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Ending…Recording.01