Shades of the Past

By Unit 03

Legal Stuff: I don't own Sonic or anything of Sega Sonic Team. So don't sue me.

Ch.2 First Strike

The next day I was feeling much better. I guess I only needed a few good meals to get back on my feet. Ivo said that I could ask any robot around for directions if I was having trouble getting around. It would do for now.

I got up out of bed and went to see that uniform waiting for me. As I lifted the shirt a whole array of medals glared back at me. Looks like I did plenty for the Empire. I just hope I can live up to my own name.

I stepped out of that room with a sense of pride. Feeling like I could take on the world. There was a some sort of guard at the door, guess my protection. So I asked him if he could lead me outside for some fresh air. It didn't reply or anything, just started walking. I followed and before long, after going up some staircases we came to a be steel door. It zipped up almost instantly as I got close. With a breath of fresh air and a view of a beautiful blue sky I felt like I could take on the world and win.

It was a small island so I just took a light walk and watched the tide. I probably would have stayed out the rest of the day if I wasn't needed inside. Ivo sent a small flying robot bug to find me. The message said he had urgent matters to attend with me and that I should go meet him in the conference room. Less than five minutes later I was in an exceptional conference room, complete with a black marble table.

"Ivan. I need you to take a small force to this location." Ivo gave me an elaborate map tracing a clear path from our base to coast. The region being known as Mystic Ruins. "It is quite simple. You need only to liberate this portion of the land and capture a terrorist who has setup a shelter there. He is dangerous and poses a grand threat to the nearby inhabitants. We must assure the safety of those people." Ivo passed me a photo. It was a bit blurry but I could make out golden fur and, if I wasn't mistaken, twin tails. "Do not let him fool you. He has stolen valuable military weapons and parts. He has created a number of machines to assault the nearby cities. We must hurry." Well, I had to do something.

"You can count on me sir."

After half an hour we were approaching the coast. I was supposed to ride in the cockpit of this jet plane, but I was just too uncomfortable inside. Funny thing, I ended up riding on the outside of the plane. I was oddly at ease despite the awkward situation.

I saw a shack not far from the cliff. Well, I could see it had its own separate power source, so I could tell he was doing something in there. I gave the order. "Fire the missiles around the perimeter. I want him alive." The robots blasted around the shack, tearing down the walls. As we closed in I set the robots to surround the area. Sure enough, the fox came out fighting. I was impressed, he was taking down robots like they were nothing. This one was dangerous. I could only imagine the kind of destructive power he could have with weaponry. I jumped off my jet that was hovering just beyond the cliff. The fox gave me a look and stopped for a moment. My chance. I ran up to him, rather quickly I might add, and planted a spin kick straight to his head. "So.n." That was all he managed to get out before he fell unconscious. For those final seconds he only stared at me with an odd look on his face. My duty was complete, I could leave it to the robots from here.

"Take him away. And search his place. The Dr. says he has something very powerful. A diamond or emerald. You know what to look for." One pair of robots took the fox to the jet and tied him down good, in case he tries something funny. Another pair when into the crumbling shack, tearing up the place looking for that thing. They came out no later than two minutes, one of them holding a big red diamond. I got on the jet and headed back to the base. I left the remaining bots back there, Ivo said they would setup a defense point in case any of the fox's friends try to do something.