Chapter 4

Sonic's Match

Sonic sped as fast as he could toward the fallen city. He new he had come to it as he saw an unending sea of ash and rubble. All he could do was stare in complete astonishment. He had never witnessed such devastation before. He had always been there to save the day when ever there had been danger, but one thing was clear to him, who, or what, ever did this was one of the gravest threats he had ever faced. Although he came from the planet Mobius, and although he planned on returning there some day, he began to consider the Earth his home. No less important to him, and no further from his heart. For the first time in a long time, Sonic began to feel a chilling fear creep up his spine. The stakes were no longer the loss of a Chaos Emerald. He couldn't waver when the hearts and minds of the people who have grown to love and admire him as their saviour were faced with a very real threat.

His heart sunk as he fell to his knees; He was so wrought with so many emotions he couldn't seem to summon any one in particular, as he stared blankly into the abyss before him. It wasn't long before Amy had caught up, and saw for herself what had happened in Angel City. All she could do was gasp.

All the air was filled with an eerie silence; the kind of solemness you feel in a grave yard, which this city now was. The people of the fallen city were indiscernible from the ash around them.

Sonic stood up and stared back at the frightened pink hedgehog standing before him. A chilling breeze running through the valley made Amy shiver. He looked at her, wishing she hadn't come.

"Amy, I need you to go home now, okay? I can handle this alone." he said calmly.

"But Sonic, I'm not going to leave you to fight Eggman alone! If he can do this to an entire city, imagine what he could do to you!" Tears began to form in her eyes.

"I don't think it's Eggman this time, Amy."

This made Amy's eyes open widely in shock. The only enemy she had ever really known was Eggman.

"If...it wasn't Eggman, then who?" she stammered.

"What ever it is, I swear I'll stop it. If you're here you'll only get in my way. Who ever did this...won't...get away with it." He closed his eyes as his hand tightened. His anger became increasingly apparent to her.

"I wont leave you..."

"I said get out of here now!" he yelled at her.

These words echoed both in the air and in her mind. She just stared back at him, almost on the verge of crying. What she witnessed was the first time Sonic had ever seemed truly angry at her, or at least that's the way she understood it, and, as she was about to burst into tears, she saw a white light booming through the Earth's atmosphere with such speed it not only blasted the air but shook the earth bellow it.

"What was that?" Amy yelled.

He turned around and saw it as it headed North of the levelled city.

"That must be the monster responsible for this. I'm going to follow it before this happens again!"

"Sonic, wait!"

Before she could finish her sentence, once more he was off in pursuit of the light at an enormous pace.

After miles of endless chasing, Sonic quickly began to realise his running was in vain. He couldn't possibly keep up with what ever was flying. He had lost sight of the white light as soon as he began pursuing it. He eventually decided to rest, but as he looked around him, he began to noticed he had been led back into Station Square, the city in which Chris and the rest of his friends reside.

"I've got a bad feeling about this." Sonic said as speeded of toward the Thorndyke residence.

Vegeta had been flying for less than a few minutes before he made it to the new city. He was able to stop almost instantly as he hovered above the air, standing upward with his arms akimbo. He let out another soft laugh, as he looked down at the citizens bellow. From where he was, they looked like ants to him.

"More people in this one! This might be more fun." he said, as he scanned the area. "But I have more important matters to attend to. Ha! It'll take me less than a second to exterminate them, why not enjoy the rest of the day."

He than pressed a small button on his scouter, and the eye piece began to light up.

"That little fat earthling was right. But only a few significant power levels are in this entire city. Bummer." Vegeta began to scowl. "One 300...another 106...another 37. How pathetic. One of these must be the hedgehog the fat one was telling me about."

He then flew off into the direction of the higher energy, but, being the mischievous little Prince that he was, he began to descend lower into the city, within view of the citizens. He relished their fear, but he didn't want to cause too much of a fuss yet. Vegeta, although very impatient, was still a highly intelligent soldier in the Saiyan army. His intelligence made him bitterly aware what was happening to his own people under the rule of Frieza, and sought any opportunity he could to become stronger, thinking he might one day overthrow him. He always held such great contempt for him, although he did not show it.

He watched as his proud father, the King of the mighty Saiyan race, was treated like a dog. If it were his own life on the line he would never accept such humiliation and surrender, but as Frieza could wipe out his entire planet if he did not bend to his will, he had no choice. This anger swelled within Vegeta to the point where he knew not but hatred and cruelty. The only things which mattered to him were his strength, pride, and vengeance for his people.

This is where Eggman made a primary error. Vegeta's plans for the destruction of the inhabitants of the Earth were unchanged, and if he were to become disappointed in any way from the promise the Chaos Emeralds held to him, he would make sure the people of the Earth suffered, Eggman more than anyone.

Vegeta's scouter began to detect the high power level was close by. He sped of hastily toward it, trying to cause as little panic as possible. Vegeta wanted this meeting to be a surprise.