Okay, I'll admit, I haven't updated in while probably because I've been discouraged. Not only do I have the agonizing thought of school on my mind, but I haven't gotten a single review for this stupid fic. The DEM was pretty successful, make this one be too! I don't know why I'm even doing this, probably because it's Christmas, and, as lame and commercialized as this sounds, I believe in Christmas miracles.

Disclaimer: I don't own Sonic or any other Sonic character. I do, how ever, have one hand in my pocket… and the other one's holding a… peace sign! Wow… REALLY bad joke.

Chapter Two:

Tyranny

"You said your name was Prower, right?"

"Yeah."

"Hm. That would explain the tails. Are you Tails' cousin, or something?" Sonic asked.

"No."

"Damn, I thought…" Sonic was cut off by Kurt.

"I'm his son."

"Excuse me?" Sonic asked, astonished.

"I'm his son."

"You mean to tell me that Tails had a kid…"

"Yeah…"

"And what the hell happened to Tails!?"

"Well… He…" Kurt started.

"Oh, I'm… sorry." Sonic finished.

"Yeah, I am too." answered Kurt.

"Where am I?" Sonic asked.

"Station Square, follow me." Kurt replied.

"Well… All right…"

Sonic followed Kurt through the ruined city. The haze was so thick he couldn't see. The stench made him feel like vomiting a couple times. He could hardly believe that his beloved city could be this far in shambles.

Kurt stopped, and Sonic looked to see a destroyed building, half of the building still rooted to the ground. Kurt gestured for Sonic to follow, and he did.

The entrance appeared to be some kind of waiting room. A counter was in the middle of the room, chairs were aligned neatly beside each other. Kurt pushed a chair to the right, revealing a hole, steps led down to a basement. Sonic went down, and Kurt followed, picking up the chair so it'd end up over the hole again.

The room was dark, and the air was full of dust. Kurt clapped twice, and the lights came on revealing some sort of base.

"A clapper?" Sonic asked.

"It's a classic!" Kurt replied.

"It's about time you show up, with how long you took, I swear I thought you were dead." A voice said. The figure came into view. A ragged echidna stood there pointing a gatling gun at Sonic. "Who's this?" he asked.

"Relax, it's just…" Kurt started.

"Sonic!" A cry echoed. Another echidna rushed out of the darkness, and hugged Sonic.

"Uh… high… somebody…" Sonic greeted, confused.

"Mom, what are you doing?" The trigger happy echidna asked.

"Relax Zeak, this is Sonic the Hedgehog, he was my dad's friend."

"Dad's friend?" Sonic asked. "Is that you, Maggie? You look so old…" Sonic said, shocked.

"Life fly's by, doesn't it. I'm 57. Zeak is 32 now."

"What? Who's Zeak. How did you get so old?"

"Sonic, You've been gone."

"What are you talking about?"

"Sonic, you've been gone for 48 years."

"W-w-w-w-w-wh-what?! I just woke up!"

"Maggie, why bother with the fool. If it weren't for me we'd be dead." a familiar voice said. Shadow walked down the steps, he too didn't look a day older.

"Shadow? You aged well." Sonic remarked.

"I'm the ultimate life form, what'd you expect?" Shadow answered.

"Don't forget me," Espio said, working his way down the stairs. He had some kind of mechanical mechanism on his back, "Tails fixed me up a while back when I became crippled. Now I'm and android, so I don't age. At least I can walk."

"Well, Sonic. These are the Freedom Fighters," Maggie said. "Kurt Prower, mechanics and demolition. Zeak the Echidna, marksman and demolition. Shadow the Hedgehog, demolition leader. Espio, stealth operations. Of coarse me, Freedom Fighters leader. That title I'm handing down to you." Maggie announced.

"Wow, thanks." Sonic said "But why exactly do we need the FF?"

"These are dark times Sonic. Eggman was able to regenerate his body from old DNA samples. In 2029 he unleashed his whole armada to destroy us. Millions of people died in the bombing of Station Square. After that we declared war. The mercenary group, GUN, were deployed to neutralize the threat. The next time we saw the troops, they were invading Knothole. We have reason to believe that he somehow gained the power of influence. We soon found out that he'd found a way to live forever. Amy decided that he had to be stopped. She was captured in battle, and now sits on the thrown. Known as queen Amy…" Maggie explained.

"Amy…"

"I'm sorry…" Maggie started, but was cut off by an explosion. "We have to kill them before they can find us and alert Eggman. But in a split second the walls started to crumble. The room shook, and gunfire could be heard outside. It was too late. The Freedom Fighters had been discovered. The only way out was to run through a field of bullets.

"Kurt! Got a ring on you? I know your dad always carried one!" Sonic exclaimed.

"Sure… here…" Kurt handed Sonic a ring from his pack.

"Thanks!" Sonic rushed up the stairs and into the fray. He was in such a hurry, he hardly noticed the bullet, the bullet that lodged itself full speed into his head.

Cliffhanger ooooh! I really hope you like this fic, I'd like it to be better than the DEM. Expect a lot of updates on all of my fics, it's Christmas brake for me officially!

NEXT CHAPTER: The Death of a Hero