Chapter 1 - Attack on the Endar Spire
Sonic slowly opened his eyes when he felt his body jerking around. But it wasn't his body that was jerking around, he felt the whole room shaking violently. He instantly got up & saw that he was no longer in Robotnik's chamber but a strange room full of beds & lockers. He got out from his bed & looked around, looking out the window to see lasers of both green & red colors shoot past. "Where on Mobius am I?" Sonic asked, looking down to see that he was no longer wearing his red sneakers. Before he could say anything he heard a door open & he was bewildered to see a man with white hair, wearing a strange red uniform & carrying a small laser gun, run over to him.
"We've been ambushed by a Sith battle fleet! The Endar Spire is under attack!" The man announced. "Hurry! We don't have much time!" Sonic was completely confused. Endar Spire? Sith battle fleet? What is going on here? Sonic thought to himself. Did I put something in my chili dog before I got here? "Who are you?" Sonic asked, despite the many questions he had. "I'm Trask Ulgo, ensign with the Republic Fleet. I'm your bunkmate on the Endar Spire." Trask introduced himself. "We work opposite shifts. I guess that's why you've never seen me before. Now hurry up! We have to find Bastila! We have to make sure she gets off this ship alive!"
Republic Fleet? Bastila? What is all this? Sonic thought to himself. "Who's Bastila?" Sonic asked. "Bastila's the commanding officer of the Endar Spire." Trask answered. "Well not an officer, really. But she's in charge of this mission. Our primary duties is to guarantee her survival in the event of an enemy attack! You swore an oath just like everyone on this mission." I did? Sonic thought to himself. "Now it's time to make good on that oath!" Trask continued. "I've heard all about your reputation. Elite combat training, tops in your class. It's no wonder you've been hand-picked for this mission!" Elite combat training, eh? I can do a lot more than that! Sonic thought to himself again, grinning. "Word is that officers haven't seen a recruit with your kind of potential in twenty years. But all that potential don't mean a thing if it won't count! We're soldiers; we're trained for combat. Bastila's going to need men & women like us at her side during this attack!"
I don't see any one else, men or women, around here. Sonic thought to himself, raising one of his eyebrows. "Alright. Let's go help this Bastila, then." Sonic nodded. "So hurry up & grab your gear. You'll need to suit up so we can get out of here!" Trask nodded. "Um...where is my gear anyway?" Sonic asked, looking around. "It's in the footlocker right behind you." Trask answered. Sonic, nodded, then mentally kicked himself for being so stupid. Gotta get used to this place. Sonic thought to himself as he opened his footlocker. He found his sneakers but found a light blue soldier uniform. I have to wear this?? Sonic thought to himself, frowning annoyingly at the uniform. But since time was short he simply put on the uniform then his sneakers then grabbed the laser rifle & the sword, though he wasn't too happy about it. "Who need weapons when you got the dude with two shoes?" Sonic asked.
Trask moved to open the security door due to a lockdown, but he & Sonic stopped to another closed door. "That door's locked & I don't have any override codes." "No prob! Stand back!" Sonic said, getting into his Buzz Saw Spin & slicing open the door to reveal an orange echidna shooting at two white armored soldiers. But after a couple shots from the two white armored soldiers, the echidna fell to the ground dead. "These Sith must be the advanced boarding party!" Trask yelled. "FOR THE REPUBLIC!!" Trask then ran out & started to shoot at the two Sith soldiers. These are Sith? Sonic thought to himself, unimpressed. These look more like SwatBots! Oh well, more for me!! As fast as a blink of an eye, Sonic used his Spin Dash to zoom past the two unsuspecting Sith troopers, killing them instantly.
"How do you like that?" Sonic asked, standing & smiling. "And with no sword or guns too!" Trask took the few moments to search the remains of the fallen Sith soldiers for whatever they could use, then got up & ran past Sonic. "No time for showing off! We have to get to the bridge!" Just when Sonic started to follow Trask, they got a transmission. "This is Carth Onasi! The Sith have overrun our position! We can't hold out long against their firepower! All hands to the bridge!!" That voice sounds so familiar.... Sonic thought to himself. "That was Carth contacting us through our portable communicators. He's one of the Republic's best pilots!" Trask explained. "He's seen more combat than the rest of the Endar Spire's crew put together! If he says things are bad, you'd better believe it! We have to get to the bridge to help defend Bastila!"
Sonic nodded but then a few steps ahead he stopped. "Um, where is the bridge anyway?" He asked. "There's a map of the Endar Spire & a copy of Carth's electronic journal just in case we get separated." Trask answered. Sonic nodded, chuckled, then looked at his journal. "Well that explains it." He shook his head, unimpressed. "Time to juice & cut it loose!" He then zoomed ahead, heading straight for the door but then realized he left Trask behind....& he was struggling to catch up. "I'm waiting!" Sonic said to Trask, tapping his foot impatiently. "Next time: please don't go so fast!" Trask requested. "Fine but I hate going this slow!" Sonic agreed, nodding & rolling his eyes.
After opening the door, they ran into a couple more Sith troopers. "Use your blaster this time!" Trask yelled. "D'oh man. If we fought my way, we could've been at the bridge by now!" Sonic complained under his breath while he readied his blaster, though he wasn't sure how to use it. "OK, now what does this....? YEOW!!" Sonic started but was interrupted when he fired two laser blasts at the Sith troopers. Both fell to the ground. "How'd it do that?" Sonic asked but Trask kept moving with Sonic following. They came down to a curved corridor with Trask stopping him. "They don't know we're here." Trask explained. "They're gonna know we're here anyway." Sonic grumbled, tapping his foot impatiently.
As soon as the Republic soldiers fell, with one Sith trooper also falling from friendly fire, Sonic then finally lost his patience. "That's it! I'm juicin'!" Sonic instantly zoomed out. "Wait!" Trask started but Sonic didn't hear him. By the time Trask caught up to Sonic, all the Sith troopers, including the ones waiting to ambush more Republic soldiers, have already fallen. "What are these?" Sonic asked, holding a white container. "That's a medpack." Trask answered. "It helps to heal your wounds." "Ah. Might come in handy." Sonic chuckled, tossing the medpacks into his packpack. They left the scene & after opening a door, they almost ran into another Sith, this time a red hedgehog. He was battling a female blue fox with tan clothes & they were blocking each others' attacks with red & blue laser swords.
"It's a Dark Jedi!" Trask yelled, stopping Sonic. "We better stay back. All we do is get in the way!" "You're getting in the way." Sonic grumbled under his breath. "If we helped her, we would've saved this Bastila by now!" By the time Sonic finished the Dark Jedi had already been slain by the Jedi woman but an explosion also killed her. "That was one of the Jedi defending Bastila!" Trask explained. "Damn! We could've used her help!" "No time for that!" Sonic pointed at the two Sith troopers coming out from a door & pointing their guns at them. "Eat this, road hogs!" Sonic yelled, using his Homing Attack to defeat the two Sith troopers. Sonic was just about to open another door when Trask stopped him.
"The bridge is just beyond that door. You better equip your melee weapon. There's not much room on the bridge & it's suicide to use a blaster in close quarters." Trask explained while he put away his blaster & pulled out a sword. "Wait a sec. What if they got those laser sword things?" Sonic asked. "Your melee weapon is made from a cortosis weave; it's strong enough to withstand anything, including a lightsaber." "Lightsaber? So that's what they're called?" Sonic asked, turning around & opening the door, putting his blaster away. They walked right into the middle of a fight between Sith troopers & Republic soldiers. Sonic grinned. "Win & spin time, slime balls!" Sonic said, starting to use his Tornado Spin to hurl the many Sith troopers around the room & having them crash into nearby computer consoles.
"Bastila's not here on the bridge. They must've retreated to the escape pods." Trask explained while an explosion killed the rest of the Sith & Republic soldiers. "The Sith want Bastila alive, but once she's off the ship there's nothing stopping them from blasting the Endar Spire into galactic dust!" "That's our cue to juice!" Sonic nodded. "Hold on tight, we're gonna juice!" Trask grabbed onto Sonic just as he zoomed away but when they came to another door, Trask ran up ahead to another door. "There's something behind here...." he said as he opened a door to reveal a green hedgehog clad in black leather robes & boots. "Damn another Dark Jedi! I'll try to hold him off, you get to the escape pods! GO!!" Trask yelled as he walked into the room to battle the green hedgehog. "Wait!!" Sonic yelled but it was too late; the door had already shut after two explosions. That green hedgehog looks so familiar.... Sonic thought to himself but he knew there was no time for reminiscing. "I'm outta here!" He then opened a door & zoomed ahead for the hallway, leading to the escape pods.