Mobius… It just doesn't has living forms as Sonic and team but also (In this story, at least) wonderful creatures known as pokemon. As it was known, that everyone had at least one pokemon as friend, working mate, and partner. Everyone and still one exception. The famous blue burr everybody knows as Sonic. Sonic was kind of stubborn about picking his first pokemon, he wanted that special pokemon who catches his attention at first and of course, that he could actually feel bonded but finding the pokemon was harder than he would ever expected and it was taking too much time for him. Even Eggman had already his pokemon who which he has actually bonded, which was even weirder.
Sonic was in his daily running, this time in far away mountains. Away from the noises of the big city, his common battles, and Amy. He could do something he normally couldn't; relax. Just laying down by the flowers and watching the pure white clouds pass by was perfect. Still, Sonic was born with a special talent of attracting adventure. It didn't pass too long when something that went, even maybe faster than super-sonic speed, passed just in front of him. Sonic stood up and followed that mystery figure. "It isn't going to!" He thought as he ran trying to catch up with it. This was seriously a worthy speed rival and Sonic being himself, couldn't resist a good challenge at all.
When Sonic got just besides it, he noticed it was actually a flying pokemon, as blue as him and when the pokemon turned to see the one who was chasing him, in its red eyes, Sonic saw something special. Was this the pokemon Sonic have been searching for so long? Maybe but this pokemon would be hard to chase. It changed directions very frequently like if it wanted to lose Sonic and of course was very fast. Indeed a worthy pokemon for the fastest thing alive but Sonic wasn't thinking on that. But he was enjoying it! He ran with someone, or something and it was better than racing with Shadow!
Suddenly the pokemon stopped just in a grassy meadow with some spread flowers. "What do you want?" The blue pokemon asked. "Oh, so you can talk" Sonic said ignoring a bit the pokemon's question. "Well, actually it is telepathy but I still can understand your language. Ok, could you please answer my question?" "Oh, of course. I just wanted to race." Sonic answered. "Just a race?" The pokemon asked. Sonic nodded. "Is there a problem with that?" he asked. "No, I just thought you wanted to harm me or something, that's why I tried to lose you but suddenly I realized you weren't bad. How? Just the soul of a Latios could know" The pokemon said. "So it must be a Latios" Sonic thought to himself, still, he have never seen or heard about such pokemon.
"So, are you racing or not?" Sonic finally said. Latios smiled but his smiled suddenly disappeared. "I'm not sure… I'm actually supposed to be patrolling these areas right now." Latios answered. "Ok, don't worry about it, we can race if you want other day that you aren't busy" Sonic said and started heading home. "No!" Sonic turned a bit confused. Wasn't Latios busy? Latios continued. "Well, if you want you can come with me, we could have our race and watch better the zone" Latios proposed. Sonic smiled at the idea. "Sounds like a good idea to me" Sonic said and both of them started an amazingly fast race with the mountain as track and the wind at their side.
They looked over the meadows and everything. Everything looked alright. Finally they got to a small lake that was the resting spot of Latios before the last place to check out. Latios was ashore drinking some water and Sonic found out some berry bushes, so he picked some and then went to sit next to Latios. "I have to admit that you are really fast, Latios" Sonic said while placing the berries he picked up next to Latios. He might be hungry. Sonic didn't leave one for him because he actually wasn't sure if he could eat those kinds of berries. Instead, Sonic found one or two apples for him. "Umm… Thanks" Latios said shyly and started to eat slowly the berries Sonic left for him. Then Sonic tried to pet Latios in his head but Latios just looked away. The true was that Latios wasn't costume to contact with life-forms as Sonic, so Latios wasn't sure about trusting at all.
"So, where are we going now?" Sonic asked trying to change subject. "Just look at the taller part of the mountain and you would know" Lastios answered and continued drinking water. Sonic looked behind him to behold the rest of the mountain, which was just rocks at all but a medium sized forest located in the middle. He raised an eyebrow. "But what is doing that there?" "It's named the 'Exile Forest' and I beat you can guess why. Still, most of the pokemon from the area I patrol, live there" Latios answered right away. Then Sonic turned to Latios. "Bu-" Suddenly Sonic was interrupted by a great sound and then an earthquake. "What the hell!?" Then both Sonic and Latios looked up toward the Exile Forest, where the sound came from, burning! They hurried to the forest but they had to be more than superfast, since the fire was expanding also a great speed.
The heat could be felt many meters away and the sky started to fill with dark smoke. Some pokemon were getting out but were many few compared on what Latios knew what lived there. "We need to extinguish the fire fast!" Sonic gave his 'idea'. "There's no time! Many pokemon will die in seconds! Look, I will try to slow the fire and you have to take out all the pokemon!" Latios said and Sonic nodded. How would him argue in such situation and then, what other idea could he have?
While Latios got in middle of the fire, he used many moves to try to slow down or even stop the fire in some parts. He used a combination of gust and water pulse but even if he used water pulse, the flames were enough blazing as for making the water evaporate and if the fire got off, the fire was there again in no time. Meanwhile, Sonic got some nesting Pidoves in the safe of the stone just out of the forest with the other pokemon, he returned and found some crying Sunkerns and did so with other many pokemon at his common but still amazing super-sonic speed. Just a blue spot could be seen entering out and in, out and in from the infernal show that was taking place in the forest. In some time there were no more pokemon cries that could be heard. Still, Sonic knew that there was still a pokemon left.
The forest was about to collapse all over and Latios felt more relief when he couldn't hear any more pokemon and he was running out of time. Or he got out now or he would die burned and crushed by the falling blazing trees. Still, he was up to make one more check out. For being sure everyone was safe and Latios trusted that his speed would help him get out just in time and alive. He didn't see nor would expect the tree that felled over him. Even though, he was still alive, he got weak and hurt. He tried to get himself free but when another tree almost felled over him, he started to see the reality. He got hurt and could hardly move the trunk, then all the collapsing forest was over him, and even if he could get free; his wounds wouldn't let him get out alive. Latios finally got his head down in acceptance of his own dead, a painful and slow dead since he was half Dragon-type and a bit more resistant to fire. At least he would die in a noble act.
"Don't give up, bud!" Latios heard the familiar voice. He looked up to see Sonic pushing the trunk. "What are you doing!? Get out of here or we both will die!" Latios demanded. "No, I won't leave you behind! Besides, you told me I must save all pokemon. And there's just one left! Don't give up!" When Latios saw Sonic's arms and hands were red as fire because they were burning as pushing a blazing trunk just for setting him free; in the mind and heart of Latios, a light of hope and a wish to live turned on. It was amazing for him that a total estranger was giving his life for saving him. And Latios didn't trust this estranger like an hour before the fire began.
Latios used all his remaining force to help Sonic to remove the trunk over him. The forest's trees were starting to fall all over them when Latios could finally get free. Now it was the survival race evading the trees out to the rock place. Life or dead; just nanoseconds from difference. The exit they have eyed was blocked at last second, and fortunately there was one just when they turned. But the wounds of Latios made him lose speed. Sonic notice something was wrong with Latios and when he looked back and Latios looked at Sonic´s green eyes, the world seemed to almost stop. Then Latios relooked at Sonic's burned arms. "All what he suffered for me" The thought got in the mind of Latios. "I won't die!" He yelled and got a sudden outburst after the thought that he couldn't let Sonic's sacrifice be in vain.
Both of them ran at full speed and maybe even more cause of the pressure. The falling trees where just rubbing their heads just when they were about to get out. A cheering pokemon crowd was yelling jolly at their two heroes that could get out alive. Latios and Sonic looked at each other with a wide smile. "That was really close" Sonic said. "But we did it!" Latios said and then both of then kind of fainted due the wounds and that mostly, they got exhausted.
The pokemon near them went to help them. That same day, near twilight, when Sonic and Latios felt better and the fire had finally vanquished, they went to investigate the fire's cause. Sonic had some bandages made of medical leaves on his arms and Latios also have but mostly in his wings. "I think that short of explosion had something to do with it." Sonic said. "Yes, but where, how and why?" Latios asked while levitating over the ashes. Suddenly they spotted a big cave which entrance was surely blew up, and Sonic didn't deduced that with just seeing the rock but he also found a piece of metal with Eggman's logo on it near the entrance and covered by some ashes. "Eggman. On what is he now?" Sonic asked to himself as he picked up the piece of metal. "Latios, do you know what´s in this cave?" Sonic asked. "I think so but I'm not sure" Latios answered and went inside, Sonic followed and noticed that in the end of it, there was a painting of some pokemon and an empty dusty box. "The tablet! It's not here!" Latios yelled.
"Tablet? What tablet?" Sonic asked a bit confused. "The tablet of truth! It tells all the story of time and space." Latios said kind of freaking out. Indeed it has to be an important tablet. "Don't worry, Latios, I know we will recover it" Sonic said. "We? But Sonic, you don't have to help anymore" Latios exclaimed. "I don't mind, besides, friends help each other, don't they?" Latios haven't thought on it. Maybe he was already bonded with Sonic somehow and he hasn't noticed. "Ok, but just if you take me with you" Latios said and Sonic actually looked kind of surprised. "You want to be my pokemon?" Sonic asked. Latios nodded. "But what about them?" Sonic asked while pointing the pokemon that were by the lake who were the pokemon that once lived in the forest.
Latios looked at those pokemon, playing, having fun, and leaving together in peace. "They don't need me anymore and now I have no other place to go" He said. Sonic give him a pad on Latios back. "Then, welcome to the team buddy!" Then they looked at each other and, like if they could read each other minds, they started another race. After some time competing, Latios flew near Sonic. "Come up" He said. Sonic smirked and jumped over Latios. "Wooohhhooooo!" Sonic yelled with excitement as he and his first pokemon flew at amazing speed at time of twilight.