~In the future~

Inside a highly securitized prison, alarms went off. Red lights were in the hallways as heavy footsteps hit the hard floors.

"Stop right there, criminals!" One of the guards shouted. The two escapees barely dodged a laser beam as they quickly turned a corner.

"We'll die if we don't hide!" One of the escapees said with worry. He was a Velociraptor with light brown scales, dark reptile yellow eyes, and was only wearing an orange prison shirt. The raptor's friend is a male, white Cockatoo with three long yellow feathers on the back of his head, blue eyes, wearing an orange prison outfit, white gloves, black shoes, and a wristwatch. He looked at his scared friend and nods

"You're right. But we need a distraction first." The bird pressed a button on his wristwatch, and it turned into a small computer. A deck of cards hovered over the watch, and the cockatoo grabs one

"Explode!" He commanded as he throws the card towards the guards. The bird and raptor turned a corner as the card was flashing red.

"Get down!" A guard shouted as the card let out an explosion. The two escapees flinched as they felt the vibration of the blast. They then saw a large door with a Stay away sign. The two stopped while the cockatoo was summoning a card

"Alright, I could do a copy of the key, but it'll take a while-" He stopped when the Velociraptor ran to the door and rammed it opened. The bird stared with widened eyes as he cancels his card

"That could work too." He then put the door back in its place as footsteps from outside was heard.

"Where did they go?" A guard asked.

"Don't stop looking. Those two are dangers to the outside world." A familiar voice said. In the dark room, the bird heard the growling of his reptile friend next to him. The white one hovered his hand next to the raptor's face to silent him. It works as the room was quiet and the footsteps from outside were in the distant. The bird sighs in relief as he puts on the flashlight button on his watch

"Okay, we're safe for now. Are you okay Chomper?" He asked, and looking at his dinosaur friend from the flashlight. Chomper nods twice

"Yes, Conroy." The Cockatoo smiles as he began to explore the dark room

"I've never seen this room before. I guess the guards didn't want us to see it." Conroy said with Chomper walking beside him. The bird points the light to a counter with clothes that were from different eras. The Raptor walked to a rusty helmet then sniffs it

"It smells like someone died." The Cockatoo then points the light to the wall and had half-closed eyes

"That's because of this a room that the Time Council put clothes of dead criminals." Chomper looked up at a banner that said Clothes of died criminals. The Velociraptor awkwardly smiles

"Oh, right." He said with a chuckle. Conroy sighs before he opened a drawer, and grabbing a set of clothing. It was an outfit for a magician. Black vest with a white shirt underneath, black pants, and a black top hat. The Cockatoo smiles to himself

"I still remember those times. I wonder if the circus is still going on?" He thought as he pulls down the zipper of his prison jumper. The raptor looked at this with a tilted head.

"Do you mind?" The bird said without looking at the other. Chomper looked away then walked forward in the room. His yellow eyes spotted a metal door that caught his attention. He tried to open the door with his arm, but the handle wouldn't budge. So he used his teeth to tear it out and pushes the door opened. Chomper gasped as he saw a golden light then walks inside. Conroy was now in his new attire while his old clothes were on the ground

"So glad these clothes are my size. It must have been 11 years since I wore that jumpsuit." He commented himself as he puts the top hat on his head.

"These clothes remind me of Grandpa's outfit during the circus. I hope he's still alive when I see him again." The Cockatoo thought as his blue eyes look around

"Chomper where are you?" Conroy called out, and walk around to find the dinosaur. He saw a door opened with a yellow glow inside

"Alright, I'm changed. We have to have a plan to get out." He trailed off as he stopped next to his reptile friend while staring with widened eyes. Inside a tube was a human-sized eagle. It had golden armor on its wings, chest, back, and a helmet. The eagle had its eyes closed while flowing into the yellow water. The two stared at the frozen bird in silence

"Is it dead?" The raptor broke the quietness. Conroy slowly walked closer to see a plack that said Jikan-Tori

"Wait that name sounds familiar." He said quietly then turned on his watch to give him a card. The bird then put it on the tube, and it scans it. After a few minutes

"Jikan-Tori used to protect the timeline from time jumpers that don't have a permit. But 11 years ago, she killed one which was a mother. After breaking the rules, the Time Conseil locked Jikan-Tori up in this building." Conroy read the card out loud.

"Geez." Chomper murmured.

"But wait," The Cockatoo started reading more. "It says that if you release her, the one who freed her will help them." After a second of nothing, the bird began to type on the computer.

"Conroy, what are you doing?" The Raptor asked as he went to his friend's side.

"I'm getting us a ticket to get out of here," Conroy said while typing

"But what if she kills us? I don't know about technology, but I don't trust this!" Chomper protested. But the bird was finishing typing

"We have to wait for a few minutes," Conroy said with his hands on his hips. Both of them sat near the doorway with their back to the thawing bird.

"Do you think they're still looking for us?" The Raptor asked. The Cockatoo shrugs

"I guess. I mean, we broke the rule of going back in time without a permit."

"Technically you broke that rule. You took me out of my time to be in a circus." The Velociraptor corrected his friend. Conroy pulled his sleeve to show a faded bite mark

"I wasn't smart back then. I've learned a lot during these years with you. Besides I only did that to save the circus from bankrupt." He said while staring at his mark.

"Maybe you shouldn't have picked a meat eater like me," He pulled his orange prison shirt to show a card on his chest "I'm only here because the guards couldn't get your card out," Chomper said. The Cockatoo looked at his friend with a raised brow

"You want to go back to being a dumb dinosaur?" The Raptor shakes his head

"No! I like to speak like this. But I do miss running around endless fields and hunt." He said while smiling at the memory. Conroy stared at the dinosaur for a moment

"Don't worry. Once I learn to get the card out, I'll get you back to your time." He promised and put his gloved hand on his friend's shoulder. Chomper smiles as much of a dinosaur can

"Thanks." Everything was quiet for a minute until the door slammed to the ground. Both of them jumped up to see a Wolly Mammoth Mobian wearing a black suit standing in the doorway with a gun pointing at them.

"Mammoth Mogul." Conroy hissed in anger while Chomper snarls.

"Get back to your cells before you two will be the others in this room!" The Mammoth demanded. The Cockatoo pulled out a card, and the Raptor gets into a pounce stance.

CRASH!

Everyone looked back to see the glass from the tube was on the ground. But in front of it was a hunched wet eagle. The armored bird breathed heavily with its head was low. After air filled its lungs, it lifted its head to reveal glowing red eyes with the pupils shaped like clocks. The eagle looked at the frozen Cockatoo and Velociraptor. But there was an anger expression when it saw the Mammoth. The golden bird straightened its wings, and let out a loud scream. Everyone had to cover their ears from the horrible sound. That gave enough time for the golden eagle to grab Conroy and Chomper in its talons. Both prisoners scream in fear as their captor held them tightly

"Hey!" Mammoth Mogul then shoots the eagle. But the bird flapped its wings to crash through the ceiling. The Mammoth fell to the hallway from the wind. He ran back to the room to see the eagle along with the other two in the air through the hole.

"Dammit." Mammoth Mogul cursed under his breath. From a cell not far away, sits a dark blue hedgehog with arched quills. His ear twitched at the sounds, and there was annoyance in his dark green eyes

"Geez, what does it take to this place being quiet?" His deep voice asked flatly. The hedgehog had big cuffs on his wrists, and on his ankles. There was a bandage on his neck from a needle. The hedgehog watched the wall in front of him with his knees on his peach chest. He felt liquid going down his cheek to the hard ground. The dark blue one wiped his cheek to see a tear mark. The hedgehog smiled slightly

"Oh, Sonic, you almost made me bawl this time."

~Two hours later~

Conroy and Chomper were in the air in the Eagles' talons. But during the two hours, the Raptor was murmuring the same sentence

"We're going to die!" Meanwhile, the Cockatoo was shuffling his cards while one sticks to the eagle's talon.

"Calm down, Chomper. I think Jikan-Tori knows that we're the ones that freed her." Conroy said calmly. Chomper looked at his friend with an odd look

"How do you know that it's female?" He asked.

"Well, it said it was a female on the card."

"Oh. Wait, what am I saying? She'll eat us when we land!" The Raptor said with his tiny claws covering his eyes.

"On the bright side," Conroy pulled the card that was on the eagle's talon off "I got a new ability on my card. Now it can make flying platforms and many more." Chomper gave the bird half-closed eyes

"Good for you." But his eyes widened when he smells a fear scent. He saw that his bird friend was breathing heavily

"He's doing all he can to be brave. Can't believe he was a cowardly kid back then." Chomper thought with worry in his eyes

They got to a forest where there's a large lake. Jikan-Tori carefully put the two prisoners on the grass before going to the lake. The Cockatoo and Velociraptor sat in the grass, watching the eagle

"See, we're not dead yet," Conroy said with a shrug. Chomper gave him a nervous look

"The yet part is scaring me." Jikan-Tori watched the water in narrow clock eyes while seeing fish swimming. She dived her head into the lake and came out with a wiggling fish in her beak. The armored bird threw it behind her to the other two. The Cockatoo moved back and made a disgusted face

"Oh boy! Meat!" The dinosaur chomped down on the fish and ripping it apart. Conroy put his hand on his beak, to not throw up. Jikan-Tori walked to the magician with a dead fish in her mouth. She lowers her head for Conroy to grab the lake animal

"N-No thanks! I'm a vegan." The Mobian bird said with shaking hands. Jikan-Tori tilted her head in confusion.

"Do you speak English?" The Cockatoo asked. But the big bird only blinked at him.

"Hmm." Conroy pulled out a blank card with a pen attached to it. He began to write it with Chomper looking at it over the bird's shoulder. The magician showed the eagle the written card

"Can you speak English?"

Jikan-Tori read it and nods. Conroy threw the card to Chomper to eat it. The Cockatoo began to write another one and showed it

"Can you hear?"

The armored bird slowly shakes her head. Both of the prisoners had shocked looks while the Raptor had half of a card in his mouth.

"Wait she's deaf?" Chomper asked before swallowing the card. The magician then write again

"You were frozen for 11 years. What was the last memory before that?"

Jikan-Tori put her wings on the prisoners' heads then their eyes glow. Images of a broken nest with dead baby birds inside. Next was inside a house with a dead silver female on the floor, bleeding from her chest. The camera looked up to show a small silver hedgehog hiding under a table. His widened yellow eyes had tears rolling down as he screams but couldn't hear it. Suddenly a bunch of armored people grabbed her as she tries to fight back. The next shot was in the tube and seeing Mammoth Mogul as the freezing water wash over her. Jikan-Tori moved her wings away as Conroy and Chomper were recovering their headaches.

"Okay. It looks like you want revenge. Conroy and I want to teach that old mammoth a lesson too." The Raptor said in anger. Forgetting the giant eagle was deaf, Jikan-Tori stared at him. The Cockatoo write in a card and show it to her

"What's the plan?"

The time bird grinned evilly after reading the card. Both Conroy and Chomper had the same grin as the sun goes down.

I hope you enjoy this prologue! I've got the idea from listening to Silver's theme song. Along with Knuckles, Silver is one of my favorites but doesn't get much screentime nowadays. I do remember that I didn't like him in 06. I think it's because he was bland and didn't have much about him. Despite that Silver had his own story in the game. But just like Shadow, he grew on me.

(Side note: Yes there was a time that I hated Shadow. But that was in my early stages of being a Sonic fan. Now I love Shadow next to Sonic.)

And there are many story ideas for Silver like who was his ancestors or what is his relationships with Blaze and others. I hope in the future(Ha! Get it? He's from the future) he'll have more screentime. Silver might have character development in the comics. But I haven't read all of them.

I add a dinosaur character to the story because you don't see any OCs like Chomper. So I put a Raptor for fun. But trying to find a fitting name for him wasn't fun.

Jikan-Tori was from my other story. But they're not the same character because it's on an alternate timeline. The other Jikan-Tori had a different backstory and is not deaf.

Conroy was a bit hard to decide on what animal he should be. I got the idea of him being a magician after seeing the trailer of The Greatest Showman. And the card powers was a concept that I wanted to use but didn't know which story or character to use.

Anyways, I hope you have a good day/night!