TI DON'T OWN SONIC THE HEDGEHOG! I OWN RAIN! PLEASE REVIEW AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK!
RAIN THE HEDGEHOG
CHAPTER ONE: SONIC TO THE RESCUE:
Rain and Sonic sat on the roof, listening to Chris talking to his mom. "Thanks, Mom! Mom, there's something I have to-well, there's something I did which I'm kinda not supposed to." He waited for his mom's answer, and responded. "Yeah, I'm totally fine. But remember how you said about how I'm not allowed to swim at night, and how you wanted me to stay away from the adult pool?" He waited yet again. "Uh...well, not exactly." He glanced up at Rain and Sonic. "You see, there was this cat in the pool, and I got it out." After he hung up, Rain and Sonic lept down. Rain leaned against the railing, and Sonic plopped himself down on the railing of the balcony. "Take a good look, I'm a hedgehog, not a cat!"
"Uh, I know. Please don't be mad. You see, my mom wouldn't understand." Sonic frowned. "Why wouldn't she?" Rain made a scathing noise. "Are you that dense, Blue?"
"Stop calling me that!" She ignored him. "If you were her, how would you react if your son told you he'd rescued two talking hedgehogs?" Chris grinned. "That reminds me. Where and when did you two learn how to talk?" Rain crossed her arms. "I told you before, I used to be human, then I somehow got sucked into Blue's world-"
"STOP CALLING ME THAT!"
"-got transformed into a hedgehog, and was somehow dragged here." Chris turned to Sonic. "What about you?"
"Good question. Unfortunately, I don't have a very good answer, 'cause I don't remember." The phone rang, and Chris answered. "Hello? Hey, Dad, how are you?" He listened to his dad's lecture, and shook his head. "No scratches at all. I'm fine, Dad, honest I am. It really wasn't that big a deal. After I jumped in and got it out of the water, it was really happy. I could tell. Besides, I could have had Grandpa or Ella or Mr. Tanaka to help me if I needed to. Don't worry, Dad. They're taking good care of me." He listened to his dad yet again. "Okay, Dad. I promise. See ya soon."
He hung up the phone, and looked over at the two of them. "I almost forgot! You must be pretty hungry! I was thinking you might like to have something to eat." Sonic nodded, and Rain shrugged. "Yeah, I guess I could go for something. What's on the menu?"
"I checked out hedgehogs on the internet, and found the perfect thing." Rain stared down in disgust at the bowl of something that looked suspiciously like cat food as Sonic put it into his mouth and gagged. "What IS this?"
"Cat food." Sonic stuck out his tongue. "No wonder! It tastes like there's cat in it!"
"The website I went to said most hedgehogs love cat food. I guess that doesn't go for all hedgehogs. I can get you a bowl of crickets." Sonic and Rain knocked the bowl into the air and lept into a tree. "No! Please don't run away!"
"Sorry, midget. Crickets just don't work for me." Rain smirked.
"I'll get you whatever you want! Just don't go!"
"See ya!" Sonic lept away, followed by Rain. "Come back! Sonic! Rain! You could get hurt out there!"
They watched the TV, which was turned to the news. "The super-sonic speed demon seen here on police helicopter video has the city baffled."
"It was about this high, it was blue, and it looked like a freak!"
"I was doing about 60 when this thing went right by me!"
"That thing moved too fast to be a regular animal!"
"As to the question of whether this is a UMA, Unidentified Mutant Animal, it is positively not. Even the cheetah, which is widely believed to be the fastest member of the animal kingdom, cannot outrun a speeding Formula 1 police car. Because of this, the inescapable conclusion one must inevitably come to, is that this so-called hedgehog is in reality a machine."
They looked up as Chris' grandfather entered the room, at first not noticing Sonic and Rain. "There you are! Guess what! A big blue hedgehog came out of nowhere and outran the S-Team yesterday!" Rain gave a loud snort, and he looked over, seeing them. Chris threw a pillow over them. "Hey! Cut it out!"
"I can't breathe!" They threw the pillow off, scowling. Chris' grandfather studied Sonic. "Blue...just like that hedgehog. And another one..." His face lit up, and he grabbed Sonic. "It's him!"
"Easy, Grandpa!" He drew a screwdriver. "Grandpa, what are you doing?"
"I have to see how this thing is put together!" Rain pulled Sonic out of his grip. "Stand still!"
"Grandpa, wait! They're not machines. He's Sonic the Hedgehog, and that's Rain." The screwdriver dropped from his grandfather's hand as he stared at them.
"Now let's go live to this late breaking story." They heard whimpering, and Sonic recognized the voice. "Oh, please...please...leave us alone." Cream and Cheese were atop a billboard, shaking. "It's Cream and Cheese!" Rain frowned. "Cream Cheese? Weird name for a friend..."
"No! Cream AND Cheese! We're not the only ones who got transported into this weird world after all! I'll save those two!" He ran out the front door, followed by Rain, who called after him, "You don't even know where they are!" He skidded to a stop, and raced back, stopping before Chris and Rain.
The four of them stood in the garage as Chris' grandfather spoke into a phone. "I thought they'd probably do something along those lines. Well, thanks for giving me the scoop and I'll talk to you soon." He turned to the others. "Well, it seems Sonic's friends have been captured by the police and moved to Area 99."
"Area 99? That's that top-secret military base!" Sonic frowned. "What?"
"It's where the National Defense Force keeps all their tanks, fighter jets and high-tech spy equipment."
"That sounds like Eggman's kinda place." Rain frowned. "Egghead?" Sonic repressed a snort. "Not EggHEAD, EggMAN."
"Your friends have weird names."
"Eggman's not my friend!"
"Whatever. I'm still calling him Egghead."
Chris' grandfather cut in. "Your friends have been taken there by the military and placed under 24-hour guard. The authorities believe they could be aliens, or perhaps members of a mutant species developed by an enemy power designed to attack our population. I wonder if they might not be right, Sonic." Sonic shrugged, and Rain scowled. "Think what you want. I'm gone. Now that I know where my friends are, I'm outta here." He began to walk away, when Rain smirked. "If you show up there, they'll only lock you up too."
"They can't lock me up!" The garage door slammed shut, and he frowned. "Open that door!" Chris shook his head. "Don't look at me! I didn't do it!" Chris' grandfather laughed. "It was me! You're gonna need some help, Sonic! I'll go with you!"
"Grandpa, are you serious?" Chuck looked over at his grandson. "Of course I'm serious! And you're coming along too! You told me you don't want to lead a boring life like your father, so here's your chance for some excitement!"
"Well, if you're up for it, I'm up for it. Just don't tell Dad." Rain snorted. "Right. An old man, a midget, and Blue." She ignored them as they protested these names. "Anyway, you'll need more help than that. Count me in."
"All right! Let's get going!"
They rolled down the highway, Sonic sulking in the backseat. "It's gonna take forever to get there! I'd rather just go by myself!" Rain whacked him on the head. "Ow!"
"Shut up, Blue, and stop your whining." Sonic rubbed his head, wincing. Chris turned to his grandfather. "Is it time?"
"It's time." He handed Sonic and Rain each a gadget. "Put them on."
"What is it?"
"An infrared scope. I'm certain that Area 99 is full of infrared motion detectors that set off security alarms. If you wear those, you may be able to avoid them." Rain and Sonic slipped them on. Sonic and Rain unbuckled, Sonic grabbed Rain's arm, and jumped out of the car. "See you later, guys!" He sped off, towing a screaming Rain behind him. Chuck grinned. "He certainly is a speedy little critter, isn't he? YEAH!" He stomped down on the gas, and accelerated, speeding down the highway after the two hedgehogs.
Sonic and Rain raced down the highway when Chris spoke over the communicator. "Guys, can you hear me?"
"Yeah!"
"Tell this dolt to slow down!" Chris ignored her. "Remember, when you get to the main building, go in through an air vent. That should be a blind spot for security. Got it?"
"Got it!" Chris looked over at his grandfather. "But Grandpa, after they get inside, how will Sonic find where his friends are?" Chuck seized the communicator. "Give me that! Listen to me! Once you two get inside, you won't have much time, so think quickly and act quickly." They heard a snort from Rain. "Somehow I don't think the acting quickly will be a problem. Since it's hard for him to think quickly-"
"Hey!"
"Shut up, Blue! I don't care about your feelings right now!"
"Stop calling me that!" She ignored him. "Thanks for the tip. We're going in!" They lept over the gate, and landed on the other side. "Blue! Air vent! Dead ahead!" They lept into it, sliding down. "We're inside the air vent."
"Be careful!" Sonic slid to a stop and groaned, getting up just as Rain bowled him over from behind. "Hey!"
"Be quiet!" She pointed at lasers ahead. "How's it looking there, guys?"
"Just great." Sonic grinned. "This'll be a piece of cake." He and Rain grabbed the grate, pulling it aside, and sticking their heads down into the hall carefully, then dropping to the floor. They sped off down the corridor, Rain keeping hold of Sonic so she wouldn't fall behind, setting off the cameras. He grinned. "I'm too fast for 'em!"
"Egomaniac." Rain muttered. "What?" She smiled innocently. "Nothing."
"Heads up." They continued down the corridor.
The car came to a stop, and Chris looked worried. "I wonder if they're okay..."
Sonic and Rain stopped, peeking around the corner at a door marked 'Staff Only', that had an eye scanner on it. "Maybe that's where they are..."
"Right. And how do you propose on getting in, Master Know-It-All?" He ignored her. "We have to get inside and check it out. But this won't be easy. If it was just me, I could get out quick, but if I have to bring you, Cream, and Cheese with me, I can't get too reckless." His eyes widened as the electricity began shutting down, and a female voice spoke. "Abnormality detected in the electrical system. Abnormality detected in the electrical system."
"Ah, great! Now we can't see anything!" The glass smashed behind them, and they whirled around to see Cream and Cheese missing. "Hey, where'd they go?" Rain, Sonic, Cream and Cheese were hiding behind a control station. "Sonic!" Sonic shushed her, and Cheese lept up, hugging him. The scientists heard them, and whirled around. "Over there!" Rain swore. "Time to go!"
"Right!" Sonic handed Cheese to Cream, and they ran for it.
They ran through the halls, Sonic keeping a firm grip on Cream's wrist. "Wow, Sonic, how did you shut off all the electricity?"
"I didn't do it, Cream. I guess it just happened."
"Maybe it just happened because you bring good luck everywhere you go, Sonic."
"You might be right!" Rain. "Yeah, right. And pigs will fly. I'm Rain, by the way. You must be Cream." They gasped as the electricity came back on. "That's not good." The laser cameras turned to face them. "I shouldn't have said anything. It must be a jinx."
"This isn't your fault." The lasers came out of the cameras. "Cream, hang on!"
"Right!" Cream and Sonic ran down the hallway, Rain beside them. She backflipped to avoid some lasers. "Hey, not bad!"
"Thanks! Learned it a long time ago, but we can reminisce later!"
Chris and his grandfather heard the alarm. "Sonic! Rain! What's going on? Are you and your friends all right?"
"Can't talk right now! Kinda busy!" Rain's voice was tense.
Sonic let go of Cream's wrist. "Sonic!"
"Run!" He lept into the air, taking out a laser camera, then lept onto another, pointing it at the others, destroying them, then destroying his laser camera. "Keep running!"
"Right! Come on!" Rain grabbed Cream's hand, towing her away. Her eyes widened. "THEY'RE LOCKING THE PLACE DOWN!"
"WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE IT!" Sonic lept down, grabbing Cream and Rain, pulling them under the door in time. They skidded to a stop. "Great. More lasers."
"Hey, what are they?" Rain and Sonic turned to look at the flying yellow metal objects that attacked the laser cameras, deactivating them. "I don't understand. What's going on?"
"We can't stick around to find out!"
The electricity cut off again and the lasers started going haywire. They raced up the steps. "Sonic, are we gonna make it?"
"Don't worry, we'll make it!" At that moment, the steps under Cream's feet gave way, and she began to fall. Rain and Sonic grabbed her by the arm, pulling her up, then jumped up to the top. "See, Cream? I told you we'd make it, and we did. You didn't doubt me, did ya?" Cream shook her head. "Thank you for saving us." Rain broke in. "Great. Now you've had your little reunion, let's remember we have yet to actually escape." They heard a sound. "What's that?"
"Sounds like a plane." Sonic's face burst into a grin. "The Tornado!"
Sonic grabbed Cream's and Rain's wrists. "Hold on!" Rain's eyes narrowed. "Blue, what are you-AAGH!" She screamed as they burst through the roof, landing on the wing of the Tornado. "Hey!"
"It was you! You're the one who helped us escape!"
"I helped, but Sonic's the real hero!" They flew over Chris and his grandfather's heads. "Well, Chris, mission accomplished! Let's head for home!"
The Tornado stood parked outside the garage. "My name's Christopher. Sonic and Rain landed in our swimming pool last night and I dove in and saved him!" Rain bristled. "I wasn't the one who needed saving!"
"My name's Tails, and I'm Sonic's very best buddy! Right, Sonic?"
"Correct."
"My name is Cream, and this is my very special Chao friend Cheese. Thanks for helping us." Chris nodded. "It's very nice to meet all of you. I have a feeling we're all gonna become really good friends! Oh, and this is my grandfather, Chuck." Chuck was staring at Tails' yellow robots. "Extraordinary! Tiny radio-controlled airplanes! Extraordinary!" Tails smiled. "We've got lots of neat gadgets!"
Chris turned to Sonic. "Listen, Sonic! This isn't some game we're playing, you know! You could've gotten us all thrown in jail!" Sonic grinned. "Maybe I could've, but I didn't, did I?" Rain smacked him. "Blue, if you're not more careful next time, I will rip you limb from limb!"
"That's if you can catch me."
"Shut up!" Meanwhile, Tails and Chuck were discussing Tails' invention. "This is an amazing piece of equipment. It goes beyond anything I've ever seen! How did you develop it?"
"It's nothing special. Not in the world we come from."
"And where exactly is that?"
"Beats me, but I think we got here through a warp in time and space."
"Very interesting. Not very helpful, but interesting." Tails spoke. "I just thought of something. If you, me, Cream, Cheese and...what was your name again?"
"Rain. And I'm not from your world. Nor was I originally a hedgehog, but that's a tale for another day. You were saying?"
"If we're here, maybe the others got here too." Sonic nodded. "You might be right about that, Tails. And if you are, that means maybe..." Their eyes widened, and they all spoke at once. "Eggman's here too!" Rain grinned. "Egghead, huh? This is gonna be interesting..."
