Chapter 1
Danger lurks
"So how far until we hit out destination?" asked Sonic.
Rotor pulled out the map.
"From this speed, I should say it will take about 12 hours without any problems."
"Where is the nearest town?"
"Emerald City, why?"
"I forgot to fill the gas tank."
"What?"
Sonic drove for an hour and Rotor was getting sleepy since it was sundown. An hour later, Rotor fell asleep and Sonic headed into town. Sonic drove up to the gas station and pumped some gas in the gas tank. When it was filled, he putted the pump back where he found it and paid his dues.
"Ten mobiums…not bad," Sonic said before he let out a yawn.
Sonic was obviously getting tired; Rotor just woke up and saw this.
"Sonic, let me drive, you just get some rest," Rotor said.
Sonic agreed and he got to the back seat while Rotor took the driver's seat. Sonic immediately fell asleep. Things were going smoothly for about three hours when a missile headed towards the jeep. Rotor didn't see it coming and the missile just missed the jeep by an inch. The jeep was hit by the close impact and it tumbled to the ground. Rotor picked up Sonic, still sleeping, and jumped off the jeep. Rotor looked up and saw a fighter jet.
"Weird, that's one of ours," Rotor said.
The Knothole jet fighters are painted blue and as only two wings. It has four engines on the back, two laser guns on the bottom, and missiles hanging from the bottom as well.
The jet passed Rotor and turned around for another run. It shot its laser guns at Rotor. Rotor ran for cover near some boulders and took out his laser gun, and then he tried to shoot the jet, but wasn't having much luck.
"Sonic, wake up!" Rotor shouted.
Sonic didn't wake up.
"How long does he sleeps!" Rotor said still shooting at the jet.
The jet dodged all the shots Rotor pulled out and shot another missile. Rotor picked up Sonic again and ran away from the missile, which impacted near him. Rotor was flown to the ground and he dropped his gun and Sonic. Finally, Sonic woke up and saw the jet.
"Huh, what happened?" Sonic asked Rotor.
"Maybe if you were awake, then you would know!" Rotor shouted.
The jet whooshed down to Sonic and was ready to ram him, but Sonic turned into a sphere, charged up, and quickly rolled through the jet, cutting it in half. The jet exploded and Sonic searched through the rubble, no one was inside.
"It was remote controlled," Sonic said.
Rotor walked up to the jeep, thankfully there was only minor damages. Sonic and Rotor flipped the jeep over to its correct position and Sonic got in the driver seat and Rotor took passenger, then they drove off still wondering who was piloting the jet.
Meanwhile, Tails and Marco was looking over the palace and Maria appeared.
"Marco, where you've been?" Maria asked.
Maria's color is tan and her usual clothes are a purple shirt, and blue jeans. Maria's hair was pink and her shoes were purple.
"Sorry, Maria, I must've been caught up in my work," Marco replied, "This is Tails."
"Hi," Tails said.
"Hi…Marco, when are you coming home?" Maria asked.
"Maybe in two hours, I'm helping Tails looking of the palace," Marco said.
"I guess I'm gonna have to stay here then," Maria said.
"Why?"
"You're like my bodyguard, you look over me."
"Aw, man."
Tails couldn't help but to laugh, but he did it quietly. Marco, Maria, and Tails looked over the palace from the outside for about thirty minutes and they got tired.
"Is this what you do all day?" Marco asked Tails.
"Sadly, yes, we don't have anymore enemies," Tails replied.
"Look, I see something," Maria said.
There was something coming towards the palace, it was too far to see it and it was in the air.
"Don't worry, its one of our fighter jets," Tails said.
Suddenly, the fighter jet shot out a missile nearly missing the palace.
"Are you sure?" Marco asked.
Tails flew in the air and went to the jet, he checked inside and there wasn't anyone inside.
"What in the world," Tails said, "its remote controlled."
The jet rammed Tails on its right wing and he fell down hard. Marco and Maria ran to him.
"Are you okay?" Marco asked.
"I'm fine," Tails said getting up.
"Let me help you," Marco said as he spun his tails.
"Marco, hold on," Maria said before she threw him his Hero sword.
The Hero Sword's handle is red and its blade had a blue glow in it.
"Thanks, let's go Tails!" Marco shouted.
Tails pulled out his two swords and flew up, Marco did the same.
"Let's do it," Marco said.
Tails and Marco flew to the jet, which was turning around for another run. The jet shot its laser guns at them, but Marco and Tails used their swords to reflect them. One of the lasers hit the jet in the left wing, slowing it down.
"Yes, we got a chance to attack," Tails said.
Marco and Tails used their swords and took out one of the engines as the jet passed them, that made it slow down even more. Marco swung his sword and made a wave beam that hit the jet's second engine that made it very slow.
"Tails, would you like to finish this?" Marco asked
"Sure," Tails said before connecting his swords, "Mega Rage of Fire!"
A huge, yellow, beam shot out and it hit the jet, exploding on contact.
"Yeah!" Marco shouted.
Marco and Tails landed by Maria and the palace, then Sally ran out.
"What's going on here?" Sally asked with a concerned look.
"Someone tried to attack the palace," Tails replied.
"Who?"
"We don't know," Tails said, "It was remote controlled."
"What was?"
"A jet flew down and almost destroyed the palace with a missile, thankfully we took it down before it did," Marco said.
"What really concerns me is that it was one of our jets," Tails added.
"It was?" Sally said.
"Someone is controlling the jets without reviling itself." Tails said.
"At least it's over."
"I don't think so," Marco said, "It's only the beginning."
Back on the road, Sonic and Rotor has been driving for five hours straight. The sun was rising and since they've been attack awhile ago, Rotor and Sonic stayed awake the whole time. Sonic was fighting his tiredness as he drove. Rotor was falling asleep but he quickly woke back up.
"Who could've attacked us?" Rotor asked.
"I don't know," Sonic replied, "Eggman is dead, Snively is behind bars, and we stopped every criminal for three years."
"Things just don't add up," Rotor said.
"Let's not worry about it right now, we need to find that powerful item in the Mystic Caves," Sonic said "how much longer?"
"By this speed, I say about thirteen hours," Rotor said.
"That's too long; I'm putting it on overdrive." Sonic said before he switched it to full speed, then putting it on power speed. They were going about 100 miles per hour.
"Sonic!" Rotor shouted before he held onto a handle.
"No time to talk, Rotor, I feel the need for speed."
Sonic pulled out a power ring and putted it inside the jeep. It was going warp speed now.
"Ahhh!" Rotor shouted.
"Yeehaw!" Sonic shouted.
The jeep was like that for about an hour, and then the jeep slowed down.
"Why it slowed down?" Rotor said gasping for air.
"The ring was about to send us to the future." Sonic said.
"What!" Rotor shouted.
They approached the Mystic Caves in the next ten minutes. Sonic parked the jeep near the cave and he and Rotor went inside.
