A/N : Well...It happened....I got such a mind block on Negative forces that I almost shot my digital folder with a nonexistent gun. I was going crazy, but I slept on it and after about three months, I think I got it back and better than ever. The plot is actually way different and the story starts earlier.

P.S : By the time this is uploaded, Negative forces should be deleted.

Sonic and Co belong to SEGA

Note : Takes place 3 months after the Dark Gaia incident

DISTORTION OF CHAOS

Chapter 1 : Always last : Part I

Mobius.... A planet of beautiful sky's, luscious forests and open oceans. The planet was divided among continents that spread and governed the planet with it's various attributes. The region known as Apotos, which was a blanket of port towns and a gorgeous view of the vast blue oceans. It is also home to the best tasting Ice cream in the universe. The continent of Spagonia, a center of art and a region which consisted of many cities as well as it was central place for the people of Mobius as well as housing several universities for the teaching of future leaders. The continent of Mazuri which consist of large fibrous jungles with exotic wildlife as well as large cities with an abundance of Mosques. The continent of Adabat, a place of villages built on water. This place was also a foreign place of ruins and mountains. Holoska, the beautiful place of water and ice, was home to glowing arctic glaciers and large Orca's and various sea life. Shamar was home to large desert basins and pyramids with the festival of the Sun and Moon is regularly held. Chu – Nan, a mountainous region, held the recipe for the best meat buns around. Finally there was the most evil and destructive region of Mobius.... Eggmanland. Eggmanland was a factory and crazy theme park built by the tyrannical Dr. Eggman ; a contributor to the planet's various problems and dangers. Fortunately, the world of Mobius had been saved, time and time again, by a kind hearted and fiery passionate hero ; the blue hero known as Sonic the Hedgehog.

Sonic the Hedgehog who was literally the embodiment of wind, travelinthe earth, protecting the helpless, and saving mankind from the evil tyranny of Dr. Eggman as he came by. Though the hedgehog had took down Eggman at every chance, he would always run into people that would change his lives. From meeting his long life friend ; Miles "Tails" Prower, to his rival in opposite power ; Shadow the hedgehog, Sonic has always passed through with friends in hand. In the months ahead, Eggman had gotten crafty in his approach ; to rising of a god of destruction, Creation of a robot of equal power to Sonic, to erupting a creature of demonstrable power from the core. Time and time again, he has fallen to the Sonic Heroes; the thoughts of losing finally getting on his nerves.

Three months have passed since the Gaia incident and life seemed to quickly head back to normalcy for the heroes and the citizens. However things haven't exactly returned to normal as strange pulses of energy constantly plague the planet. Though the citizens and Sonic Heroes ignored it, chaos infused beings could not shake the fact that the Chaos emeralds were the cause of it. Unbeknownst to them, the pulses foresaw a strange coming. A darkness that like a plant, would sprout into true evil. This is a story of heroes...this is a story of the Distortion of Chaos.....

Location : ??????

"Where am I?"

Knuckles seem to hit a strong point in his question. He pressed his large mittens to the space below him and pushed himself off the nonexistent ground. His violet eyes scanned the area around him, darting left to right in pure disbelief. He saw himself in a scattered realm full of stone columns around him. The are seemed to be a void of shadows with tints of violet in it's shading. Sapphire crystal stepping stones seemed floating around him and big blankets of dirt and ground seemed to be present. His chest inflated as he breathed in the smell of the area ; the smell was so nostalgic to the ruby Echidna, the smell of angel island burned furiously in his chest. He shook his head and came back to his senses. He reached behind him to bring to light his ruby red chaos emerald, glinting lightly in a show of warmth.

"...my emerald.."

The deep dark voice shook the area, sending the Echidna to look back in stroke of fear. Behind the ruby Echidna stood a set of stone stairs, previously unseen, leading up to a gallant throne of glinting gold. The emerald seemed to heat up at the sight of the throne, sending out a small pulse of chaos energy within Knuckles' gloved hands. His gaze switched to the sky of the void where seven individual lights descended from the dark sky to the nonexistent ground below. To anybody this would look like sun rays through the sky, but to Knuckles they were reminiscent to him as the seven colors of the chaos emerald ; red, blue, green, yellow, violet, snow white, and cyan. His gaze drew back to the golden throne where a pure emerald green light descended on top of the throne.

"My life..."

Slowly coming to Knuckles was the fact that each light seemed to be close or far away from him. His eye particularly followed the sapphire blue light that seemed to be jumping all around the place a great distance away from him. His greatest surprise was the ruby red light shining directly on top of him, forcing the Echidna to block his eyes with his gloved hands. He finally came back to the throne as a swirl of dark chaotic energy came along the seat. It slowly condensed in many places, eventually forming the shadow of a hedgehog. It's blood red eyes pierced through the air, it's deathly gaze focusing on the ruby Echidna himself. The shadow let out a long sigh before falling back into his golden throne. He crossed his legs and folded his arms in an attempt to relax.

"Who are you?" Knuckles questioned cautiously, slipping his body into an unique stance.

The dark shadow sighed in disappointment. " I'm surprised yet of course the guardian wouldn't know."

"What did you say?!" Knuckles hissed angrily.

" It need not matter at this point..." the shadow said in annoyance. " ...all that matters is that you have something of mine.

"And what might that be?" the Echidna questioned with hints of curiosity.

"That Chaos emerald..." the shadow breathed out. " My source.."

Knuckles instantly jumped back from the throne and shot his fist up in defense. " You gotta get through me first." He said sharply.

" A bothersome mess." the shadow said with a wave. He thrusted his finger forward and a small pulse of green energy jetted out.

Knuckles raised a nonexistent eyebrow at the shadow as the scene was quiet for several seconds. Unbeknownst to the Echidna was his red chaos emerald which slowly dulled in color until it stood as nothing but a rock. Before the Echidna could get a word in, a streak of claws came down on his back. The forceful blow sent the guardian flying past the throne and down on the existent ground. He quickly pushed himself off the ground to avoid and dangerous burns from skidding across the ground. He quickly shot his gaze toward his attacker.

"What are you?" questioned the Echidna.

"Why do you ask to much questions?" the being bellowed. " I'm here to fight! Why don't you join me?"

"Your after the emerald too well...what?" The Echidna saw in disbelief. He gazed at the dimmed emerald in caution, rubbing it's dull crystal look. " What happened to the emerald?"

"Why are you asking me?" the jackal lied.

The being was a short considerably golden jackal. It's sapphire blue sinister eyes aligned themselves to Knuckles figure. The short jackal had a peach muzzle coupled with a malevolent grin and an intimidating set of fangs. It's golden fur was marked and drenched with red swirling runes stretching throughout his body. It's arms were disposed in favor of three scythe like blades on each side of his body. It's only part of clothing would be a snow white robe tossed around his young body. He had specifically eight dreadlocks coming down to his back along with several golden rings wrapped around each dreadlock.

"Die, guardian!!!" The golden jackal yelled out.

The golden monster dashed forward with both blades outstretched. Knuckles met this head on with a punch from his own. Their attacks met together, sprouting a powerful shockwave that pushed the two battlers skidding across the ground. They landed stiffly and the golden attacker gathered an immense amount of chaos energy in his claws before dashed forward. Knuckles left out a smirk and sidestepped the slow attack. At that moment, he thrusted his right fist forward and wrapped his fingers around the neck frame of the jackal. The guardian gained momentum as he swung the jackal around. He finally released his mighty grip and flung the jackal into the into the air of the void. Knuckles pressed against the nonexistent ground and pushed up to meet the Jackal in mid air. He reeled back his fist and shot it forward to the jackal.

"The jackal quickly regained his conscious and turned to Knuckles. " Zero Chaos!" The golden attacker bellowed.

The jackal thrusted his blades forward as a concentrated ball of red chaos energy formed. Knuckles had little time to react as the air was filled with an instantaneous blast of pure chaos energy. It's arc and radius greatly filled the area in a luminescence. The light soon died down and the jackal fell down the ground with a grotesque smile creasing his muzzle. The jackal's gaze shifted to Knuckles who had narrowly escaped the chaos attack though without suffering minor damage. The ruby guardian had knelt down to the unseen ground, inhaling massive amounts of air to regain his energy.

"Ah, your not a bad as you look." The golden jackal sang in delight. " Not many people can dodge a Zero Chaos that good. If you had stayed there longer, you would've been nothing but fried chicken."

"Shove it down your throat." Knuckles responded irritably.

"Weak.."

The ruby Echidna turned around to see the shadowed figure sit up from his golden throne. The jackal bowed down to the figure before disappearing in a wisp of violet energy. He stretched his palm outward as an orb of concentrated chaos energy formed. It swirled furiously within his hand, causing knuckles to back up in nervousness.

"I'll tell you one more time." The shadow snapped. " Give me my source."

"Your not getting this emerald" Knuckles said defiantly. He pulled out the dimmed emerald to see it regain it's normal glinting figure. He could feel it's warmth returning and that meant whatever came, it was over now. All he had to do was take care of this hedgehog and he could get out of here.

"You are a fool." the shadow muttered. " Grand Chaos!"

The shadow let loose a concentrated blast of chaos energy at the ruby Echidna. Knuckles steadied himself to dodge, but his eyes widened in fear when he felt his body stay limp. The sapphire colored beam inched closer every second and the Echidna stood there, awaiting his death. In the last seconds, he scoped around the area ; the seven lights still stood, their brilliance standing unbound by all. Everything seemed to swell up at the moment. The jackal, the shadow, the dulling of the emerald, and the seven lights circled the Echidna's brain threatening to explode from within. He closed his eyes as the blast flew into him eradicating everything. In his last moments he saw the void vanishing, the shadows angered face and the red emerald flying from his grasp.

"BRING ME MY SOURCE!!"

Location : Mazuri : Angel Island

Time : Unknown

"It..was just a dream?!"

Knuckles quickly jumped up from the cold ground, thoroughly drenched in sweat. His breathing was hoarse and his hands stood trembling. He quickly scoped his surrounding for any signs of his enemies. He was standing in the dew dropped grass. The time of day instantly showed the morning sun and the puffy clouds moving along the sky. He could feel the fresh breeze brush against his ruby red fur as he stood. He smiled ; everything seemed to be normal, it was just all a dream. In shock he turned around but he sighed happily when saw the master emerald intact. He reached in and brought out his red chaos emerald, the only one found at the moment.

"I guess it was just a nightmare.." Knuckles mumbled to himself.

He walked down the steps of the master emerald and sat down to relax. He closed his eyes and let his worries leave him for the time being. Whatever his dream was, it could wait till later. The master emerald flashed a couple of times in a row, oblivious to Knuckles who had fallen asleep. It power grew brighter before lowering into a small feeble glow.

"...My source....my Emerald.."

Location : Soleanna : Kingdom Valley

The scene opens deep into the shrouded forest above Kingdom Valley. A cobalt blur steadily blazed through the the forest, dodging any obstacle coming into view. The leaves seemed to dance around the streak as he crossed through the windswept grass. Flowing through more of the forest, the streak reached the open area, showing off the clear blue sky and the entire area of the of once filled Soleanna castle. All the was left now was a water submersed field of ruins on what used to be a brilliant castle. The streak slowed to a complete stop to reveal a blue hedgehog who knelt down to pluck a full grown daisy from the emerald grass. The the hero of Mobius, known as Sonic the Hedgehog took the daisy and closed his eyes in delight as he inhaled the aroma of the fresh flower near his nose. He left his thoughts of tranquility as a static buzz filled his ears. He pressed against his ear in order to hear the words of his lifelong buddy.

"Sonic...Sonic can you here me?"

"Loud and clear, Tails." The hedgehog responded casually.

"Eggman is in pursuit of the emerald..I'm following in to make sure he doesn't get it." Tails responded.

"Don't worry Tails.." Sonic said, pressing down on his legs to stretch. " Eggman will never get it... We're always first and old Eggy's always last.."

"Ok, be careful though, my sensors indicate Eggman has some extra muscle around here.." the fox said.

"Got it, bud."

The hedgehog shut off the communicator and pulled his legs back before squatting down. He pressed up, counting to ten. The wind seemed quiet, waiting for the cobalt hedgehog to make his move. He pressed legs to the ground and immediately blasted forth in a wave of cyan energy. The minute he dashed off, he reached a cliff leading to the start of Kingdom Valley. He pumped his feet fast, and at the cliff, pressed his feet against the edged rock to push himself into clear sky. Soaring like an eagle, he flipped backward before extending both his legs and arms out into the open, a clear grin plastered along his muzzle. Gravity seemed to take effect and the blue wonder was descending forward at a rapid pace.

Seeing the grassy ground below him, he tucked in and rolled forward before stomping down, making an effective landing on the ground and spraying a stream of air around. He lifted his head and immediately lunged forward, dashing down the forest in a blaze of cyan energy. As the blue bomber sped forth through the forest, the trees gradually moved side to side, eventually forming a straight path to his destination. Before him was a large gray stone column, possibly an addition to the area of the Kingdom Valley palace. However entry was blocked by robots Sonic knew all to well : Egg Fighters. As he sped along, his gaze shifted around as sleek designed robots tread along beside the blue wonder, their mechanical feet dragged along the ground as their backs held boosters flowing with ruby flames. The blue wonder let a smile crease his lips and increased further speed.

"So, you guys want to race?" Sonic asked slyly. " Try to keep up..."

"Assessing abilities...prepare attack.." the egg pawn muttered in monotone.

Sonic spread his hands behind him and was off in a streak of azure energy. He closed in on the Egg robos, their bulky blue shell bodies easy to spot a mile away. He hopped into the air and set his sights dead straight on the sapphire fighters ahead. He tucked in and began to spin at a constant rate as a thin shell of cyan shrouded over his body. He streaked forward in a spin dash and cleaved through the army of the Egg fighters, leaving nothing but circuit scraps and streaks of cyan energy. He unrolled from his signature attack and swerved from side to side, effectively creating of zig - zag of cobalt energy as he dodge the onslaught of a stray Egg fighter and their missiles. He smirked and blurred out of view, breaking the barrier of sound and dashing straight past the red tinted Egg fighter and continued along his path.

"Is that all you have. Even taking a shower is harder than this." Sonic yelled out cockily.

His eyes widened when the field in front of his view busted in front of him. He entered the cloud of smoke as the debris from the remaining earth flew into the air. He exited the of smoke and gazed into the air to see a sleek robot, it's silver coating and interchanging parts twinkling in the rays of the sun. It lifted it's heavy six holed cannons and unleashed a barrage of small homing missiles. Their elegant movements became deadly as they spiraled towards the Blue blur. Sonic smirked and leaped up into the air, his speed resistant shoes landing on the first missile. He jumped to the second one to the right of the first missile and held his palm forward as a swirl of cerulean wind weaved around his gloved palm. He leaped onto the third missile and quickly carried on to the next missile as the other one collided it's shell into the dark bark of a tree. He soared up as cerulean streaks embraced his fur and increased his speed up into the face of the large robot. He reeled back his fist and ushered the words of his most signature attack.

"Sonic Wind!!" Sonic bellowed.

As he screamed the name of his attack, he shot his fist forward and impaled the cyan orb into the armored chassis of the missile bot. The shell around the orb disappeared and the compact wind burrowed into the robot, destroying the insulated electrical circuits and the metallic units inside it's wired body. The compact power finally coincided and the robot went flying down into the depths of the forest, the sound of recoiling metal evident in the air. The azure bullet slowly drifted down the ground and smiled at his handy work.

"Not bad.." Sonic chuckled. " but I got somewhere to be."

A streak of cerulean wrapped around the hedgehog and he ran forward in a sonic boost. The cyan streaks created an effective shell that razed through nearby eggman robots as they attempted to slash at the hedgehog. He increased his speed and finally skidded to a stop as he crashed into the interior of the castle. His speed had drifted into a soft step as he walked into the center of the frame. A columns stood in front of him having various ropes attached to walls probably meant to keep this area stable. The sound of humming filled the air and Sonic figured he didn't have much time, running up the column to the top of the of castle. Having made it to the top, he got a clear view of clouds moving, possibly a storm was Sonic's idea. To his right was a metal pole holding up a small part of the castle. The cobalt hedgehog casually stepped up to the pole and pressed against it, forcing it to falling down into the water below. As it sunk, Sonic leaped onto the pole and slid his way down in an effect grind, leaping away onto an intact bridge not yet submerged. Three egg fighters, equipped with with two rocket launchers each, cocked their weapons at the azure hero.

"Gimme a break, jeez." Sonic complained playfully.

As they released their bullets, Sonic merely zipped to the right and up a pair of intact steps that curved around until had gotten above the mountains. Seeing a bridge in near site along with a few raising columns, Sonic smiled and pressed against the meager bridge to launch his body towards the first column, grabbing a short grasp upon landing. He immediately pressed off to the next column and repeat these steps to reach the stone bridge.

"Alright I..what whoa.." Sonic cried out.

The hedgehog tucked in and rolled as three missiles jetted over him. They crashed into the far side of the the bridge, forcing it's support to collapse. The side, opposite to Sonic, of the bridge began to descend to the bottom of the water filled castle, forcing the cobalt hedgehog to run towards the higher end. He quickly raised off the bridge and kept a steady stance as he encountered the Egg bots responsible for the missiles. Their disadvantage was the amount of time it took to reload their weapons which gave Sonic a good shot as he jumped into the air. As a cyan shell wrapped around the cobalt hedgehog, he launched forward in what was the famous homing attack. The hedgehog's special attack crushed the chassis of the first robot and he immediately flew to the next in a flurry of cyan streams to deliver his attack. As the robots fell, Sonic gracefully descended onto the ground surrounded by waves of cobalt wind.

"Too easy.." Sonic commented.

A brief sound of buzzing prompted Sonic to gaze up into the air to see what could be known as a mechanical wonder. Hovering above him was the tyrannical yet awe inspiring Egg Carrier. It's scarlet red color and futuristic design was something Sonic couldn't ignore. Inside this giant airship was his enemy, his arch rival, a person to find when bored ; none other than Dr. Ivo Robotnik or Eggman as the hedgehog preferred to call him. A brief smile crossed Sonic's lips as the Egg Carrier flew by. Another time to show up Eggman was a thing Sonic was willing to do though the Chaos Emerald came first in his plans.

"Lets get started." Sonic said; eagerly cracking his knuckles.

The hedgehog hopped down from the high altitude of the bridges and quickly attached himself to the stone columns beside him. In his sights were the drainage systems and water canals of the castle, perfect for him to get to Eggman. He swallowed what fear of water he had, to no avail, and started to run across the water in a quick Sonic boost. The tips of his right gloved hand skimmed through the water as he skimmed through the columns descending into the water. As he dashed through the murky streams, his emerald eyes target a broken column, it's position slanted in his favor.

" Well it's worth a shot, right?" the hedgehog mumbled to himself.

He lunged forward and wrapped his arms around his knees as he tucked in. A thin shell of cyan shrouded itself over the hedgehog and he was long gone in the force of spin dash. His form shredded across the water before coming up to the slanted column. As expected, he catapulted far off the slanted column and was off into the air. He released his spin dash and spread his arms wide as he flew closer to the Egg Carrier. His fur became soaked in water as he passed through the low level clouds and towards the futuristic wonder above.

Location : Kingdom Valley = Egg Carrier

The scene relocates high above into the clouds to reveal the tyrannical fortress of Dr. Ivo Robotnik : The Egg Carrier. It's crimson design set it apart from the gray murky clouds above. It's fiery blaster pitted it against the winds as it slowly struggled to leave the drowned kingdom. On the visible deck lay millions if not, billions of Egg robos tending to each and every corner of the fortress. Standing in the outline center was none other than the one and only Dr. Eggman. In his usually bubbly ( and I mean bubbly) appearance, his gloved hand held the silver chaos emerald, it's glinting appearance bathing him in warmth. A grin slowly spread on his lips as he gazed upon the emerald in greed.

"Three down...four more to go." The doctor sniggered in delight.

"I'll be taking that emerald old pal." A voice ushered out.

"What!"

The doctor was soon blown away as the yellow glazed walkway beneath him busted open. Out of the broken metal hole ascended a comet of cyan light which gushed into the air. The spinning vortex soundly stopped into the air before quickly plummeting to the metal armory below. The spinning sphere immediately impacted the ground, causing a great dent and spreading a shockwave of cobalt energy spiraling into the air. The powerful shockwaves waved across the area, it's power knocking weak Egg bots into the air while others were pushed onto their metal backsides. The ball raised off the ground Sonic the hedgehog who chuckled silently as he watched the egg robos struggle to get off their round behinds.

"Hey Eggman!" Sonic shouted far away. " I think I found a downside to your fat robots." he laughed out.

"S-Sonic!" Eggman said in bewilderment, completely ignoring the hedgehog's earlier comment. " how did you get up here?"

"Sonic tapped his foot at a normal pace before flashing his trademark grin at the irritated doctor. " your robots opened a door for me at the bottom of the ship."

Sonic quickly lunged forward and in a matter of seconds was nose to nose with the doctor himself. " Anyways, I'll be needing that emerald." Sonic said.

The doctor jumped back from the blue wonder pushed his small glasses up to his eyes. " No matter hedgehog. You'll need to do more than break through a couple of robots to defeat me!"

"Got anything better?" Sonic questioned in excitement.

"Off course my dear hedgehog." Eggman said in pride.

He lifted his his right hand and lifted his red sleeve to reveal an armored watch with a glowing red button in clear sight. He jammed the button with his fist and the Egg Carrier responded with a thunderous roar. It's folded wings slowly activated and churned and swerved as it moved until it was outstretched. It raised from being lower to the highest part of the ship and the some of the carriers more offensive weaponry descended into the giant airship. The front deck which contained Eggman and Sonic jetted up until it was a raised column in the middle of the entire ship. The deck was suddenly raised high into the air and series of hatches opened. From the open hatches jetted out a serious of thick metal wires, effectively rails for grinding, which connected to form a giant series of rings to that covered the entire carrier.

"You always seem to make playgrounds for me, don't ya Eggman?" Sonic said sarcastically.

"Only for you, hedgehog." the doctor hissed out. He turned to the hedgehog and raised his arms into the air. " Now I present to you my latest in dual reaction machines!"

The area around Eggman suddenly vanished and the doctor instantly fell down into the depths below. The moment actually shocked Sonic, compelling him to run up to the open circle to see if Eggman was OK. A blast of steam coursed through his cobalt fur forcing him to back away from the open space in the metal deck. The emerald eyes of the hedgehog lit up in astonishment as a menacing machine, shrouded in a blanket of steam, rose up on a platform. It swiped it's huge arms which in turn, discarded the mist like a piece of paper.

"Oh, Eggman." Sonic said with a breath of fresh air. " I thought it was ghost of Christmas past."

"Enough with your dry jokes." Eggman said with a wave of his hand. " Prepare to fight."

The new contraption Eggman was in seemed to be well armored and capable of extreme battle. The Egg mobile, which calmly held the scientist himself, was latched onto a rotating bulk of crimson metal. It spun furiously around and seemed to be the chassis of the giant metal creature. It's left arm were made up of of giant tube which seemed to be it's source of rockets. It's right arm was a complex of eight large tubes, each containing ten small holes that shot out bullets. The midriff of the machine was relatively skinny and only held a rotating disk inside. It's feet was very protective and and held pincer like claws to attach to any form. One the back of the robot were three boosters, letting out a jet of blue streams of fire.

"Behold!" Eggman proclaimed loudly to the hedgehog, pride evident in his husky voice. " The newest creation in dual reaction, powered by leftover energy from Gaia himself : the Dual Railer!"

Sonic chuckled as he walked forward, arms held limp at his sides. " How long did it take you to figure that name out?"

"None of your business."

"Fine!" Sonic said. " Time to put your plans to failure."

Eggman thrusted his fist forward and implanted the silver emerald into the inside of the Dual Railer, instantly activating it. Eggman calmly wrapped his fingers around the joystick and watched the com links focus on the hedgehog. Sonic reached into his six curved quills

Assessing abilities...power routed to offense and life support...analyzing Sonic the Hedgehog. System ready for combat...

Eggman let out a prideful smile and faced towards the hedgehog. " Lets see you get this emerald.."

The giant robot lowered to the ground before jumping up into the air. The bulky beast landed harshly on the metal railing and quickly gained balance faster than expected. It's clamp like feet instantly attached to the grind rail and a surge of electricity jolted between them. Sonic pressed against the metal ground and launched up to greet the Dual Railer on the rails. Once he landed, he held his arms out to gain balance and soon face down Eggman. Excitement jolted out of each of them and they instantly let out a smirk, ready to face their opponent down...

TO BE CONTINUED....

A/N : Well not bad for a restart. For me, think it's a definite improvement but I'll let you decide if it's good or bad. Remember, reviews welcomed and constructive criticism is well welcomed. Let me know how it was, R & R!