Chapter 2: Tour of Future City
The next day, the sun is beginning to rise into the sky, and many of the town citizens are beginning to wake up to start their day. The mobians make their breakfast, start their chores, play, or work.
In the guestroom of Amy's house, the sun shines through the window and brings light into it. Sleeping happily in the bed, Maria is snuggled like a bug in a rug and gets a good night sleep. Maria then opens her eyes and sit up on the bed. Then lets out a yawn and stretches her arms. She walks towards the window to see the bright sun, blue sky and many different people for her to meet.
Just then, the door opens to reveal Amy with a smile on her face.
She says, "Good morning Maria."
"Good morning Amy, today looks like a nice day," Maria says.
"It sure is. Come on down stairs so we can eat," Amy says.
"Okay," Maria says.
Maria walks out of the room to join Amy down stairs. The two walk down stairs and walk through the opening to the kitchen.
Amy says, I'll start making some breakfast, and you can set the table."
"Um okay," Maria says.
Maria looks around, "Where do you keep the supplies?"
"Over there," Amy answers.
Maria walks to the draw Amy is pointing at and open it to reveal the fork and spoons. Maria takes two forks and knifes and puts them on the table. She then open one of the cabinets to see cups. She takes two out and puts them on the table. She then takes the plates and put them on the table.
Maria looks at them with a skeptic expression. She puts the plates on opposite sides of the table. Then does the same with the cups. Finally with the fork and knives.
Maria asks, "Is this right?"
Amy turns her head, and says, "That's right. Can you get the juice? They're in the fridge?"
"Okay," Maria says.
Maria walks to the fridge and opens it to see the variety of food and drinks. She grabs a glass container with orange liquid.
Maria walks to the table as Amy is putting the toasted bread with butter, eggs, and berries on the table.
"Is this it? What should I do now?" Maria asks, holding the glass.
"That's it. Now just pour it into the cup" Amy says.
Maria nods her head, and begin to pour the liquid in the cup, but feels her arm shaking. She feels her arm stinging for some reason. She then pours the juice into the other glass.
Amy notices Maria's shaky arms, and asks, "Are you alright?"
"I think so. My arms feel a bit funny," Maria answers.
She then puts the glass container on the table.
"How come?" Amy asks.
"I don't know," Maria answers.
Amy finds it very strange. Maria's arm are fine yesterday, but now feel a little numbness. She then looks to see Maria is fine now, and decides to wait and see what happens. Amy and Maria have eaten their breakfast, and are now cleaning the dishes and putting them away.
"So Amy, what do you want to do today?" Maria asks.
"I was thinking on showing you around Mobius," Amy answers.
"Mobius?" Maria asks.
"Yeah. Since you're new here, I figure it will be a great idea to show you around. Cream, Cheese, and I are going to the city and want you to come along," Amy says.
"Really?" Maria asks.
"Yeah. There are so much for you to see. And who knows, maybe we can find a way to get your memories back," Amy says.
Maria smiles, "That will be nice."
"Then it settled, we're all going," Amy says.
Maria asks, "But um, where are we going?"
"Future City," Amy answers.
Maria blinks her eyes a few times with a confused look on her face.
Far out of town, there is Forest Hill. A place that is full of trees, plants, and animals living in the trees, bushes or dens. The place seems very quiet. Just then, some kind of blue object flashes across the field at top speed. This blue object is Mobius's speeding hero, Sonic the Hedgehog. As usual, Sonic looks to run super fast and feel the wind at his fast. Flying from behind is Tail, a two tailed fox inventor and Sonic's best friend.
Sonic stops on top of the hill to look over the horizon. Tail lands on the ground beside him.
Tails looks at his device and notices something wrong, "That's strange, my communicator doesn't seem to be working."
"Bad timing, especially when we got a distress call. I wonder who it is," Sonic says.
"I don't know," Tails says.
Sonic thinks, "Hmm, something fishy is going on here, more like egg to me."
"I wouldn't put it past him, especially since Eggman has been sending his robots around the area lately," Tails says.
"Then let's go to Egghead's lair and stop him," Sonic says.
Sonic then runs down the hill and across the valley at top speed. Tails flies in the air with his tails to keep up. The two travel far across the valley. They soon stop at the end of the grassland to see a giant base made of metal. The place is known as Eggman's Base.
Arriving at Future City, Amy, Cream, Cheese the Chao, and Maria walk out of the station to see the many creatures and human figures are walking, ridding, and driving. Maria is astonished to see a place where so many creatures and humans in one place.
Amy happily says, "Welcome to Future City!"
"Wow! This place looks so big, and crowded," Maria says.
"That's right. You need to stick by us or you'll get lost, and you don't want to lose your things.
She makes sure her backpack is still in her hold on the strap. Maria has the photo, the rings and gems, and three of her imitation chaos emeralds just in case.
Maria asks, "So what should we do first?"
"First we're going to get you some new clothes. I noticed that you only have three pair of clothes, and look rather old. So I think it's a good idea for you to get some new and stylish clothes," Amy says.
"I guess so, but um, I never been shopping before," Maria replies.
"Never been shopping? Have you been living under a rock or something?" Amy asks.
"Amy, that's not very nice," Crema says.
"It's okay. I don't think I lived under a rock, but uh. I think I lived in space in a space station. I think the place is called an ARK," Maria says.
"ARK?" Amy and Cream asks.
"I believe so," Maria says.
"Well, at least you're starting to remember. Now come on, let's go have some fun," Amy says.
She grabs Maria and Amy by their wrists and drag them to the city. Maria, Cream, and Cheese smiley smile in reply.
The girls and the little Chao are in one of the clothing stores. Maria is amazed to see the different kinds of clothes; shirts, pants, skirts, dresses, and shoes.
"Come on Maria, pick some out and try them on," Amy says.
"Yes," Cream says.
Cheese happily says, "Chao chao chao."
Maria nods her head.
The girls look around for the clothes they want to wear. Once the find the clothes, they hurry into the changing room and put on the clothes they find. When they all come out, all of them are wearing nice clothes that has sweets and candy on it.
The three girls laugh with smiles on their faces.
The head back into the changing room and try on some more clothes. They then dressed like extreme gear riders. Then then they dress in lovely gowns that look like they're ready to go to a dance. Then they wear beach clothes. Amy and Maria play with a ball. Cream pretends to swim while Cheese is laying down on a beach towel. Cream is wearing a dress with flowers on it. Amy is wearing one with a female rock star. Miara puts on clothes that makes her look like a princess. The three look at each other and laugh with glee.
Finally, they are able to choose normal clothes and with the rings and gems they have, they buy their clothes. Amy and Cream insisted that Maria tries on her new clothes. When she comes out, the girls sparkle to see Maria's new look.
Maria is wearing a dark blue long sleeve shirt with white cuffs on the end of the sleeves, a light blue skirt, blue and white color shoes, and a gray hair band with a blue gem on the top left side.
"What do you think?" Maria asks.
"You look beautiful," Cream says.
"And I love your new outfit," Amy says.
Cheese says, "Chao chao."
"Thank you," Maria happily says.
Then she asks, "So what do you wanna do now?"
Suddenly, they begin to hear some strange rumbling sounds. They turn their head to see that it's Cheese's stomach.
Cream giggles, "I'm guessing you're a little hungry huh Cheese?"
"Chao chao," Cheese replies.
Amy looks at the clock to see that it's fifteen minutes until noon.
"I guess it's time for some lunch. Luckily, I know just the place to get some food," Amy happily says.
The girls have taken Maria to one of the buffets that has become pretty popular. Amy, Cream, and Cheese eat the food they have and they're good. Maria has bring food, but not very much. All she has are fruits, a salad, toast, and water. She doesn't feel too hungry, but is eating the food.
"The food taste good," Maria says.
"Yeah, but you should have some more when you're done," Amy says.
"There's also some cake too," Cream replies.
"Um sure, I'll think about it," Maria says.
Maria and her new friends continue to have their lunch. Maria is very happy to meet Amy, Cream, and Cheese.
Maria says in thought, "Funny, I don't remember having this much fun before. And yet, I felt like I have before."
Maria then begins to remember something from her past. She remembers a human girl sitting in a room that looks like her, and is looking at pictures book. Sitting next to her is the black hedgehog that she remembers to be Shadow.
The human girl says, "See Shadow, this is what the places in earth is supposed to look like."
"There are so many different places," Shadow says.
"Yes. I really want to what it's like to be there. Traveling to different places, seeing different scenery, and meeting the people down there," The girl says.
"I like to see it there too," Shadow says.
"I'm sure that someday, you and I will be going to the planet together, and grandfather too," The girl says.
Maria feels happy to be here with her new friends, but sad to feel that the one being she wants to do this with is not around. She wonders could Shadow be, and hope he is on the same planet as she is. She then looks out the window to see the city and has a sad expression on her face.
Amy, Cream, and Cheese continue to eat, and stop notices the sad look on Maria's face. And then, they both see a verge of tears coming from her eyes.
At Eggman's Secret Base, well not so secret anymore. Many of the robots and machines are being created in the factory. Some of the robots that are created are looking around for intruders. Security cameras are checking the perimeters to find any unwanted guests.
Just then, something blue zooms past the security cameras. Then secretly past the robots, and go inside the closet. The blue being is Sonic the Hedgehog. He is wearing a headset so he can keep contact with his number one buddy.
Through the headset, Tails says, "Sonic! How are you doing?"
"Going good Tails, I'm in the secret base," Sonic says.
He holds the tracking device, and says, "It seems that the distress signal is definitely coming from Eggman's place."
"Just be careful, there are so many robots around the base. A lot more than usual," Tails says.
"Roger. See you in a flash," Sonic says.
Sonic begins to secretly run fast and think quickly. As he secretly run down the halls, he suspect that Eggman has captured someone and that someone is using a distress signal to call for help.
He then runs out of the halls and on to a steel bridget. He stops to look out of the railing to see a factory inside the base. Each machine is responsible for different assignment. One machine is making the robot pats, some machines and robotic arms are putting the parts together and screwing them on. Then a machine that gives the robots power.
Sonic says himself, "What on earth is Eggman up to this time? Whatever he is doing, I need to stop him before he sends these thing all over Mobius. But first, I need to find the source of the distress signal. Maybe they'll know what he is up to."
Sonic runs over the steel bridge and secretly sneak down the halls dodging the security camera and robots.
Just then he stops to see crates and steel boxes, so he hides to hide behind them to see if the signal is getting close. He looks at the device Tails has given him, and look to see the signal is close to where he is on the screen.
Sonic contacts Tails with the headset, "Tails, I'm close to where the distress signal is coming from."
"That's good. Now help whoever needs help, and get out of here. I see robots leaving the base. I'll see where they're going," Tails says.
"Got it," Sonic says.
Sonic hangs up and looks to see a see a door close by. He looks at Tail's device to see that the distress signal is coming from the door. Sonic sneaks quickly to the door, and see that the room is locked.
Sonic says, "Well, it looks like I'm going to have to bust in."
Sonic stands back and performs a super fast barrel roll. Then rams through the door like a wrecking ball hitting a brick wall. Sonic stands back on his feet to see who is in trouble.
Just then a familiar robotic voice cheers, "Hooray we're saved!"
Sonic looks ahead to see the evil scientist Eggman. The red round robot, Orbot. Finally, the square yellow robot, Cubebot.
"Yes, And it's about time you got here," Eggman says.
"Eggman?! What are you doing here?" Sonic asks in shock.
"What does it looks like I'm doing?! I'm waiting for you to rescue me," Eggman answers.
Then says, "And my robots too."
"You're the one who send the signal?" Sonic asks.
"Precisely Sonic, we were ambushed and locked into this room until they decided what to do with us," Orbot
"Yeah, and they were really rough with us too," Cubebot adds.
Sonic turns to Eggman, and asks, "So wait, you're not the one who is sending those robots outside."
"No. but it seems that they're the ones who are sending out their new deadly creations," Eggman says.
"They? Who are they?" Who are sending these robots out of your base?" Sonic asks.
"I know who send those robots off Unfortunately they're a certain group that we never expect to come back and on Mobius for that matter," Eggman says.
Sonic demands, "Who?"
Before Eggman can answer Tails says through the headset, "Sonic, we got trouble!"
"What is it Tails?" Sonic asks.
Tails is outside flying in the air and following the robots.
Tails says, "The robots are heading towards Future City! You need to get out and stop the robots before they destroy it! Did you find out who send the signal!"
"Yes. and Eggman knows who is sending those robots," Sonic says, from the head set.
"Eggman?!" Tails exclaims.
"Not time to discuss about this. We need to stop those robots before they attack the city," Sonic says.
"On it Sonic," Tails says. Then hangs up the line.
Sonic turns to Eggman, and says, "Alright Eggman talk. Who is behind all of this."
"Well, you see…" Eggman begins to say who is behind all of this.
Back in Future City, Amy, Cream, Cheese, and Maria have walk around the city, and are in the park close by. Amy is sitting next to a tree while Cream, Cheese, and Maria are sitting close to a flowerbed. Maria picks a small bouquet of flowers and smell them. She never seen something so nice. Maria turns her head to see Cream and Cheese are making something with the flowers.
Maria asks, "Cream, what are you and Cheese making there?"
"I little something," Cream answers.
"Chao chao!" Cheese replies.
Then Cream says, "And it's all done. Close your eyes."
"Okay," Maria says, and closes her eyes.
Then cream puts a crown made of white flowers on her head.
Cream happily says, "Okay, you can open your eyes now."
Maria opens her eyes, and looks on her head to see a beautiful crown made of flowers.
"Oh Cream, it's beautiful. Thank you," Maria says with glee.
"You're welcome," Cream says.
Maria says, "I always see pictures of flowers, but this is the first time I ever see them up close."
"You ever saw a real flower before?" Cream asks.
"No. I was sick and it came up to the point to not live on the planet anymore," Maria explains.
Amy hears the conversation, and walks to the two with curious look.
Amy asks, "You had to leave earth?"
"Well, I think so. I had to live on a space station for practically my whole life," Maria says.
Suddenly, Maria feels a strange sharp pain on her head. Amy, Cream, and Cheese grow concern to see their friend in pain.
"Amy, what's wrong with Maria?" Cream asks.
"I think Maria is starting to remember something," Amy says.
Amy asks, "Maria, are you starting to remember something?"
"I… I… I think so. I remember… a promise that I have someone made to me," Maria answers, feeling her head hurting, and her arms shaking. She then clutches her chest.
She hears a blast of something, and someone shouting, "Maria!"
Then she begins to shed tears from her face.
She puts her hand over her face, and mutters, "Shadow."
"Shadow?" Amy asks.
Then turns to Cream and Cheese a confused look. The bunny and the chao are just as confused as Amy is.
Suddenly, they begin to hear thumping sounds that is caring the park to shake. Everyone feel it and are getting spooked.
"What's going on?" Maria asks.
"I don't know," Amy answers.
They look to see beings are beginning to run away screaming. Many are paralyzed to see giant robots coming into the city.
"Are those robots? Why are they coming here?" Cream asks.
"I'll bet Eggman has something to do with this," Amy says, bringing out her hammer.
"Eggman? Who is that? Maria asks.
"He's an evil scientist who is always trying to take over Mobius," Cream answers.
Maria looks to see the robots coming at them. Snail robots, bee bots, and robots with weapons are charging into the city. There are also giant robots coming at them. Maria then notices something or rather, someone is walking towards them.
"Uh guys, is that Eggman on that robot?" Maria asks.
The girls and little Chao look up to see someone on the robot, and it's not Eggman. This someone is a tall creature that has a pink upper body with a pink tail and legs are black. He has claws on his hands, feet, and purple spikes on his back, a purple mohawk, two horns with black and purple stripes, yellow and blue color eyes, and he has cuff and a collar with white spikes.
The creature says, "Go on robots, it's time to trash this city and make it our own stomping ground.
The girls gasp in shock to see the creature. What's more, he and the robots are coming right toward the park with them in it.
