Sonic Season Finale: My Enemies Enemy

(A/N: Just renewing my promise this story and series has not been given up on. Again, it may not be for a long time yet, but this is one of the chapters I have done.)

Return From Battle

Sonic sobbed into his mother. Words couldn't begin to express his feelings. His mother was alive! Reassuringly Aleena held him back, gazing up at the night sky and the three stars that shone there. The three stars that had long ago appeared, the eve of a once ruler's demise, and imbedded themselves into their lives. The three stars that had never left since the night her children were born.

"Ally!" Chuck and Jules exclaimed, racing to their sister. She sat gingerly up, Sonic still holding her tightly, and caught her brother's in an embrace as they fell onto her sobbing, kissing her. Sonic reluctantly made room for them.

"Charles, Jules, I'm fine, just tired and sore," Aleena assured weakly.

"Aleena!" Vanilla exclaimed. Chuck and Jules allowed her other friends to embrace her; Rosemary, Alicia, Bernadette, and all the others.

Titus wrapped her gently in his arms saying, "Immortals, we thought we'd lost you."

The moment Titus let go, Argus swooped in. "Your majesty, forgive me. I have failed in my duty as your guard," he begged.

"Never Argus, never," Aleena firmly said.

Amadeus hurried to the queen and held her tightly. "You're alive," he muttered.

Max approached her, tears in his eyes, and fell to his knees next to her. Gently he kissed her cheek, saying, "Thank Chaos." Knuckles, Tails, and Big just watched.

SU

She smiled. It fell, though, as she dazedly put a hand to her forehead, sighing weakly. "Mom…" Sonic began, quickly moving towards his mother.

"I'm fine my darling," Aleena assured, holding the boy gently. "Just drowsy." Carefully she rose, Argus and Titus supporting her. She smiled gratefully at them.

"We should go back to Station Square immediately," Vanilla worriedly said. "We have to inform the others about what's happened."

"I'll say. Things are getting intense," Knuckles remarked.

"He saved you…" Big said, still in awe. Aleena closed her eyes tightly at the cat's words. She didn't want to think about it.

"We want to come with you," Rosemary suddenly said. Team Sonic's eyes widened as they turned.

After a moment, a huge excited grin crossed Tails' face as he asked, "What, really mom and dad!?"

"For a little while, at least," Amadeus confirmed, smiling lovingly at his son.

"All right!" Tails exclaimed, leaping into their arms and laughing. Knuckles swallowed over a strange lump in his throat and looked down to the side. Sonic, on seeing this, cringed, feeling suddenly guilty and sad. Tails caught Knuckles' movement, and his smile fled instantly. "Oops," he remarked, letting go of his parents. Moving guiltily up to Knuckles, he said, "Um, Knuckles, I'm sorry."

"It's fine," Knuckles curtly replied. "Let's get moving. The others will begin to worry."

"Locke was a good man, Knuckles," Jules suddenly said.

"Your mother was an excellent woman as well," Bernadette added.

"Yeah," Knuckles replied. Quickly he headed back the way they'd come. Amadeus and Rosemary came up behind their son. Tails looked sadly at his parents. The Prower's followed silently.

SU

"This is too big to keep quiet. We'll return to Mobotropolis and inform the freedom fighters there," Charles declared to those remaining.

"And we shall inform the ones in Knothole," Max stated.

Sonic hesitated. He looked about to speak, but Aleena put a hand on his shoulder, saying, "Perhaps this time it is for the best."

"But…" Sonic began.

"They don't need to know where we are, just who has returned. What if they go after them?" Aleena stated.

Sonic sighed then relented, saying, "Fine. I just hope it's the right thing."

"There is never a right thing to do, my son. No matter the intentions, no matter how good and decent they are, they can always backfire," Aleena stated.

"Why does life have to be so annoyingly complicated?" Sonic complained. Aleena giggled and ruffled his quills.

SU

The other teams were gathered in the mansion looking tired and ragged. Shadow was pacing furiously. Silver was glaring out the window, expression more dark and cold than they'd ever seen it. "Something is wrong," Silver finally declared.

"Of course is it! They shouldn't have been gone this long!" Shadow snarled, viciously whirling.

"I don't mean them. I sense they're all still alive. Whether they're well or not I can't determine. Something else has been unleashed, though. Something big," Silver declared.

"What is it?" Blaze questioned.

"I only wish I knew, but it's familiar… So familiar…" Silver replied.

"I don't like this. We should look for them," Rouge declared.

Manic and Sonia looked worriedly at their medallions. "Close your eyes, Sonia," Espio gently said, placing a hand lightly on her shoulder. She looked up at him and obeyed. Espio seemed to know what to do. "Think only of your brother and mother."

"Mother, Sonic…" she muttered, focusing.

"What do you feel from your medallion?" Espio questioned, a hand lightly on her cheek.

"I-I feel that mother and Sonic are still okay," Sonia said.

"But what does okay mean, sis?" Manic questioned gravely.

"I-I don't know," she answered meekly. "I think mother was hurt. Sonic seems fine."

"Man we've got to get out of here and go after them like now!" Manic declared.

"Manic, don't be impulsive. I feel that they're on their way back," Tikal gently assured, placing a light hand on his shoulder. "Let's wait a little bit longer for them."

"We can't wait anymore!" Manic argued.

"We can't help them if something happens to us," Tikal practically said.

Manic sighed in frustration, drawing a hand through his quills, and looked out the window. "Fine," he finally relented.

SU

Just then Marine and Charmy gasped and spun, crying, "Guys!" The others quickly looked at them.

"What is it? Is Sonic back yet?" Amy fearfully questioned.

"No, but someone else is," Charmy replied.

"Who?" Shade demanded.

"Look!" Charmy exclaimed, pointing. The others raced to the window and peered out. They gasped in shock.

"Unbelievable," Cream said in awe.

"They're back!" Amy excitedly squealed.

"Who are they?" Sonia questioned.

Espio was about to answer when Vector declared, "Then let's get down there and catch them up on everything that's been happening."

"Who?" Manic demanded.

"The Thorndyke's and company," Espio and Tikal declared together. Sonia and Manic gasped. Oh they'd heard about the Thorndyke's.

(A/N: Chris will be an adult in this, not a child. And I can't say they'll have a big part in it. I wasn't a huge fan of Sonic X, though I could pull out a lot of things that hinted at Sonic Underground. I promise I will try to be quicker, but seriously, I have so many things going that motivation is lacking for a lot of things. Enjoy.)