World renowned hero, Sonic the Hedgehog, woke up to find himself in a world unlike his. The sky repeatedly flashed several colors. The ground was nothing but sand and seemed to stretch for miles. He stood up, slightly panicking. "W-where am I?" he asked himself, his voice echoing. He then noticed someone was missing. "Shadow? SHADOW?"
Accel the Hedgehog jerked, entering reality once more. He was sitting in a chair at a coffee shop, hot coffee spilling of the table. He looked around and noticed that everything was destroyed. Papers singed, holes in the walls, ceilings and floors. "Not again...can't even enjoy a cup of coffee!" he muttered, walking out the destroyed front of the building. He noticed people running from him. He smirked and waved at them. "Hello citizens of Emerald Coast!" He jumped onto the roof of a nearby building within a single leap and sat down.
"All these dreams gotta stop." Accel sighed, rubbing his temples. "Perhaps I just need some fun!" He stood up and dashed off, disappearing in seconds. He stopped near a highway and grinned, throwing a violet colored orb into the freeway. "This is gonna be beautiful!" And thus the carnage began.
Lightning the hedgehog was a fifteen year old Blue hedgehog with white tipped quills. The most odd thing about him was the lightning bolts on his forearms. He was known as a traveling hero and as the cousin of Sonic the hedgehog. He was currently watching the news whilst pulling on his shoes.
"Today, the famous coffee shop known as Merlin's was seemingly destroyed by a Steel colored hedgehog in Emerald Coast." The screen showed footage of a Steel gray hedgehog wearing black and gold boots, as well as two golden bracelet like items emitting Chaos energy out of his body, destroying the building. "This is not the first time, as he has been seen destroying several other buildings as well."
Suddenly the footage changed to a highway, which had several cars floating in the air. "Just in, The mystery hedgehog is at the Freeway in Emerald Coast, causing Cha-" The screen shut off.
Lightning tightened his gloves before zooming towards the location of the attack. 'Ready or not, here I come!'
"Alright Heroes, this guy is very elusive. We've been tracking him for awhile now. Bring him in!" The Commander ordered.
"Yes Sir!" Spiral, Aero and Volt the hedgehog saluted him before leaving.
"This should be interesting..." Volt muttered. He was a new recruit from a G.U.N. Academy. Known as the Hedgehog Computer, he is highly intelligent and invents several weapons, utilities and such.
"Don't be scared cadet! I'll make sure you come out without a scratch!" Spiral grinned.
"You mean it, sir?" Volt asked excitedly.
"Of course!" Spiral loved the fact that he could get people who ranked below him to practically worship him.
"Just make sure you keep your own head on your shoulders." Aero said as the trio stepped into a helicopter, strapping themselves in.
As the helicopter took off, Aero got a message through his Comm. "Hey team, we have another player in the game."
Volt and Spiral looked at each other in confusion.
Accel grinned as he launched a torrent of energy at a car, causing a car to explode. "It's been ages since if had this much fun! although, a few days isn't really ages...unless your a dog! Which still wouldn't be ages..." He went on, trying to correct himself.
Suddenly, someone smashed into his back, causing him to crash into a car. He quickly scrambled to his feet and looked for his attacker, his eyes landing on the blue and white hedgehog before him. "I heard of you...I just can't seem to place it."
"It's Lightning, and I don't think I like what your doing." Lightning stated, smirking. "So I recommend you stop before I decide I don't like you."
"Well look, your name may be Lightning, but your my thunder." Accel sighed before turning around, only to be kicked in the back. This time however, he flipped off his hand and regained his balance.
"I gave you a warning." Lightning got into a running stance, before zooming towards him, his fist heading for the steel hedgehog's face. At the last second, Accel caught it, surprising the hero.
"You my friend, are fast!" Accel swung his leg at his target, who jumped back. "But so am I."
They both smirked before attacking each other at speeds that can't be seen by a normal person's eyes.
It's a good thing neither of them are normal.
Accel thrust his elbow towards Lightning's chest, only to have it blocked. He ducked under a punch that was sent his way and kicked Lightning's stomach. The blue and white hedgehog dashed forward and punched Accel's face, only to be kicked in the knee. The two clasped hands, struggling to push each other back.
"Okay, enough playing around!" Lightning began running in place, his feet moving so fast they became a blur. Accel was immediately pushed back, being slammed into a car. Lightning jumped back, whilst picking up a rock, and began to charge a spin dash, before releasing the rock. The rock flew towards Accel at unimaginable speeds and hit the car, causing it to explode. "Bulls-eye!"
Lightning walked over to the car, but stopped halfway as he heard the sounds of a chopper. He looked up and was surprised to see a G.U.N. helicopter landing besides him. He clenched his fist at the logo on the vehicle. ' Guardians my ass.' .
Spiral, Aero and Volt hopped out of the chopper, Volt looking around nervously, Spiral grinning at Lightning like a fool, and Aero looking solemn as ever. Spiral ran over to Lightning and began shaking his hand madly. "Hi, I'm Spiral! I'm probably your biggest fan! Is it true your Sonic's cousin?"
Aero stepped up and shoved his original aside before Lightning could reply. "Lightning. You are ordered by G.U.N. to stand aside and let the professionals handle this. We thank you for your help so far."
"Are you serious? I don't take orders from G.U.N." Lightning spat.
"Uh guys...?" Volt asked but was completely ignored.
"I don't think you understand." Aero narrowed his eyes. "That wasn't a suggestion."
Spiral looked back and forth between the too, the tension being obvious.
"And I don't think you understand." Lightning stepped forward. "I don't care."
"Guys!" Volt yelled, gaining their attention.
"What?" All three asked at the same time. The cadet pointed towards the car Lightning had recently destroyed. Accel crawled out from under the car, a bloodied mess.
"Did you say Sonic?" Accel asked, gripping his shoulder. He began limping towards them, threatening to fall at any second. No one answered. "I-I've been having dreams about him lately..."
"What?" Lightning asked, a shimmer of hope in his eyes. "You know where he is?" Before he c\could get a reply, Aero whipped out his bow and shot an arrow at him, which turned into some type of glass orb and shattered instantly once it made contact with the Steel colored hedgehog's head, instantly knocking him unconscious.
"Bag em." He ordered. Spiral and Volt nodded and immediately ran too his figure, picking him up and carrying him to the chopper.
"What is your problem?" Lightning yelled. "He could have told us about Sonic and Shadow!"
"I am fully aware of that. That is why we're taking him to H.Q. And you are not welcome to join us." Aero hopped into the helicopter with his team. As the helicopter began to lift itself into the air he turned towards Blue and white hedgehog. "Oh, and sleeping beauty has been muttering your name."
Lightning growled and ran towards the chopper, but it was out of his reach, quickly flying away. "BASTARD!" He yelled, before giving chase.
"Was that really necessary sir?" Volt asked the clone.
Aero ignored him, whilst Spiral sighed. "And he's suppose to be my clone..." No one noticed it, but Aero's eye twitched at that comment.
Shadow the Hedgehog jumped back, dodging an attack from the sky blue hedgehog in front of him. "Nazo, wait!"
"Never! You don't understand that you've doomed us all!" Nazo launched several chaos spears in shadow's direction, but each was dodged.
'Sonic, where are you when I need you.' a Chaos spear hit the ground in front of the Ebony and crimson hedgehog, knocking him backwards into a pool of water.
Accel opened his eyes, gasping rapidly. He looked around noticing he was in a room with only a door and a mirror. He noticed a chair right next to the bed he was strapped too. Sitting in the chair was a yellow mongoose with long pink hair. "Hello Accel, how are you feeling?" She asked, smiling at him.
Accel said nothing, blinking rapidly. "Who is Accel?" The smile instantly dropped from her face. She left the room quickly, leaving the hedgehog confused.
She entered another room where The New Sonic Heroes and the G.U.N. Commander were waiting.
"How did it go Mina?" Spiral asked.
"The subject didn't remember his name." Mina Mongoose stated. The Commander slammed his fist on his chairs arm.
"Dammit Aero!" He growled.
"I had to do something sir, the wounds he had were closing quickly." Aero sighed. "He'd just caused more trouble if he had healed fully."
The Commander began massaging his temples. "This poses a problem...we have no choice but to lock him up."
"But sir, he doesn't even remember anything!" Spiral argued.
"Yeah, it's morally wrong!" Volt agreed.
"I know that, but we hardly have a choice. We can't let him run around endangering civilians." The Commander stood up and left without a word.
Aero stood up and opened his mouth but was cut off by the Alarm sounding off. "Intruder Alert! Intruder Alert!"
"What now?" Volt sighed, and raised his wrist. A virtual screen appeared in front of him and he began typing on it. "Well...Lightning's back."
Lightning jumped off a guards head and kicked another in the chin. "This is taking to much time!" He dashed off, heading deeper into the G.U.N. building. He stopped when he ran into Spiral, Literally. He crashed into him, causing them both to fall onto the floor.
"Oooowwww!" Spiral moaned. He saw Lightning rubbing his forehead and jumped to his feet. "Your under arrest!"
"Me? Your idol?" Lightning gasped, his expression being that of mock surprise.
"Well if you put it that way..." Spiral sighed, confused on what to do. "If I turn you in then I might get a promotion. But if I let you go then what?"
"I'll...do you a favor?" Lightning asked. 'Anything to avoid wasting more time.'
"Anything?" Spiral asked, a mischievous grin on his face.
"Yes, sure, whatever!" Lightning hopped on one foot. Spiral moved to the side, smiling madly. Lightning nodded and began running, but turned around and headed back to Spiral. "Where can I find that hedgehog?"
"I expected better of you Spiral." Aero interrupted the two, his bow drawn. "Why are you helping him?"
"Don't judge me!" Spiral threw his hands in the air. "It's just he's done the world so many favors! So why can't we do one for him?"
"This could get you in a lot of trouble you know." Aero sighed. "The whole thing could-"
"Could have been caught on tape, I know. But I took care of all the security equipment on this level. Electricity is my game remember?" Spiral grinned.
Aero stared at him blankly. Perhaps for that moment he was actually impressed with his original.
"Another line of business!" Lightning pointed at Aero. "Where. Is. Midnight?" He growled. Spiral saw this as the perfect time to leave and did just so.
"Sleeping Beauty? I'm afraid she's on a need to know basis. And quite frankly, you do not need to know." Aero let go of his bow string and watched the Arrow sail forward with deadly accuracy.
But at the last second Lightning jumped over it and charged at Aero. "Then I'll make you tell me!" Lightning threw his fist out, which Aero blocked with his bow.
Aero smirked and kicked Lightning's chin, launching him upward. He armed his bow and fired again, but Lightning moved into a spin-dash and the arrow broke on contact.
"Nice try!" Lightning released his spin-dash, coming down with an ax kick, which was once again blocked by the clone, who threw him back. He looked up to see Aero arming and firing three arrows repeatedly. He jumped over the first wave, slid under the second, but was eventually hit by one, which emitted a loud noise, forcing him to cover his ears.
"Sonic's. Don't worry, the effects aren't permanent." Aero notched another projectile, aiming his bow and pulling at the string. "But this might be." Before he could let go, Lightning coated his hands in yellow and violet chaos energy, and smashed them both into Aero's chest, sending him flying into a wall.
"Don't count on it." Lightning threw his hands out towards his opponent. "Lightning bolt!" Out of nowhere, a bolt of Lightning slammed into Aero, electrocuting him. "One more time. Where. Is. She?"
"I still don't think...you need to know." Aero twitched, his body still jerking from the lightning.
"Fine then." Lightning pulled back his fist, but no sooner had he done so, he was sent flying several feet, no yards, back. Luckily he was able to keep his feet on the ground. "What the?"
"Volt?" Aero asked, surprised.
"Yeah, that's me." Sure enough, Volt stood, holding a large black and silver hammer. He had a utility belt on as well.
"Okay, there is no way that you could swing that thing hard enough to knock me all the way back here!" Lightning yelled.
"Well, I just did." Volt said. "I may not act or look it, but I can fight when I'm prepared. Last time I wasn't so I got kinda nervous. But this time I am."
"Well lets test that theory!" Lightning dashed towards him, preparing to kick him, but was hit in the face by the hedgehog's hammer and sent flying backwards again, this time smashing his face on the wall.
"How?" Aero, still recovering from the effects of being struck by lightning, asked.
"Well, this hammer here has gravity controlling technology. Every time I hit him, it changes it's, and his, gravity." Volt explained. He turned to Lightning who stood on his feet slowly. Pressing a button on it, Volt's hammer shrunk down until it was miniscule in size, which he stored in his utility belt. "How was your flight?" He asked, pulling out some strange version of a jet-pack, which he put on. He also put on some silver gloves.
"Aw shut up." Lightning winced, his face still hurting. He began running, starting of slowly but building up speed. When he reached his target he stopped and began running in circles around the hedgehog. "I see you've changed toys! How did you get all of these?"
"I made them." Volt grinned. "They don't call me the Hedgehog super-computer for nothing!"
"Well, you can't hit me now, so it's pretty much useless." No sooner had the words left Lightning's mouth, he regretted them. Volt slammed one of his gloved hands on the ground, causing a small but powerful earthquake, forcing Lightning into the air, hitting his head on the ceiling. Before he hit the ground however, Volt used his jetport to fly after him and pressed his gloved hand against his chest.
"How about some more gravity?" Volt asked. Unfortunately, Lightning smacked his glove away.
"Hey! Don't touch the merchandise!" He kicked Volt's face repeatedly, each kick moving to fast for him to see. He ended it with one last kick to the chest, sending his opponent flying into the wall right next to Aero. "Okay guys, tell me where she is!"
They both stood up, ready to fight. "Not a chance." Aero said, arming his bow.
Volt hissed in pain and looked at his hand. "Oh no..." The glove was sparking, burning his hand. He ripped it off and threw it away. "Get down!" He ducked, the other two doing the same. A giant explosion ripped through the building, destroying a fourth of it.
Mina huddled under her desk as the ceiling caved in, chunks of rock falling onto it. She waited a few moments before running out of her office room. "Is everyone alright?" She yelled. She heard a few groans and decided that if they were alive, then they were okay.
"Mina!" She turned to see Spiral running towards her. "Thank god your okay, In was so worried about y-"
"Go check on your team! That explosion happened in the west end, which is where Lightning was last seen!" She ordered. Spiral sighed and slunk towards the nearest outlet, phasing into electricity and entering it. Mina made sure he was gone before moving to the stairs, running down a few flights. She entered the first door to her right to find Accel hiding under his bed, chunks of debris on the floor.
"Accel?" She called, but he didn't answer. "Accel we need to go. Hurry up!"
Accel rolled from under the bed and hopped over the chunks of ceiling and run out of the room. "That room was totally uncomfortable!"
"Well criminals don't exactly deserve the best accommodations." Mina replied. "Come on we have to go." the two began running but were stopped as a smaller explosion shook the building, causing more debris to seal of the exit. "I hope Spiral is having more luck than me."
When Spiral left the electrical socket, the first thing he saw was Volt and Aero trading blows with Lightning. Though Lightning was faster by far, there were two of them to worry about. "STOP YOU THREE! THE BUILDING IS GETTING TORN APART!" He yelled. They jumped back from each other and faced the hedge-echidna. "H.Q. Is in shambles!"
"Indeed it is." The Commander entered the room, his forehead bleeding. "I'm sure we can come to some sort of agreement."
"Of course we can. Tell me where Midnight is AND give the info from that hedgehog. THEN I'll go." Lightning said. "Otherwise I can do this all day."
Aero stepped in before the Commander could reply. "Don't worry sir, I'll finish this guy."
"STOP." The Commander roared. "Stand down Aero, you've done enough." Aero relaxed, dropping his bow. "Lightning, I can't just give this information to you, considering you aren't associated with us."
Lightning growled at this response. "That's why I'm offering you a chance to join us and make a REAL difference in the world. I'm sure you know some of the world can't be accessed due to those wretched villains. If you become part of the team, I can give you sleeping beauty."
Lightning thought for a second before replying. "I don't know, I'm not exactly "Pro G.U.N.".
"Then there is nothing I can do for you." The Commander turned away.
"Wait! You owe me a favor Lightning." Spiral grinned. "Join the team, and we're even!"
Lightning laughed at this. "Oh Come on! I'm not gonna-"
"Sonic would keep his promise." Spiral stated, that grin still written on his face.
"You just had to go there...damn. Okay, I'll join." Lightning sighed. "But don't make me regret it."
Aero's face was stuck between a frown and a scowl.
"Where is Mina?" Volt asked, clutching his head in pain.
"I completely forgot! She might have gone to get Accel, considering he still might be able to tell us about Sonic." Spiral said. He walked over to his clone. "The others will get her, Lets get you to the infirmary."
"I don't need your help." Aero spat. Spiral shrugged and backed off. "Fine then. I'll get her then." With that he plopped into the socket, leaving the others alone.
"So what the hell was in that glove that blew up this building?" Lightning asked.
"How are we going to get out of this mess?" Mina asked herself, massaging her temples. She paced back and forth while Accel sat still, his
eyes closed. "Any ideas?"
"Chaos spear." Accel murmured and launched his eyes towards the debris, destroying it. Mina's eyes widened in surprise.
"That was incredible! The last time I saw a Chaos Spear was when Shadow was still around!" She exclaimed. Accel's eyes snapped open at her loud voice.
"What happened?" He asked, rubbing his eyes.
"You don't remember? What were you, asleep?" she rolled her eyes.
"Yeah." Accel replied. "I was dreaming of this red and black hedgehog..."
"I see..." She raised her eyebrow, making a mental note note to inform the commander. 'Things just got a little weird.'
Sorry about the wait. Took me awhile to plot this out while having so many other ideas swimming around! Anyway other chapters are in the work.