Here's the next chapter. Hope you like it.
Disclaimer: I don't own Ed, Edd & Eddy or Sonic Underground but I do own Shelby the Hedgehog, Topaz the Fox, and the Space Sisters.
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Sonic was the first one to cross the bridge. What he saw shocked him! Sanctuary was in ruins. He could see children running from the SWATbots while the older ones fought back. Most of the huts that served as their homes were either destroyed or on fire, and several of the children were running, trying to get away from the robots.
"HELP!"
Sonic looked to see a young fox being chased by a SWATbot.
"Oh no you don't!" Sonic cried and charged the robot head on!
He jumped into the air and kicked its head off. Sonic looked to the young fox but it was already on the run.
"So much for being grateful." Sonic mumbled.
"SONIC!"
The young prince looked over his shoulder to see Kevin, Johnny, Plank, Knuckles, his siblings, and the Eds come running.
"What's happening?" Kevin asked.
"A bot attack." Sonia said.
"This is so not good." Double D whispered.
"We have to stop this!" Sonic said.
"But how?" Sonia asked. "The SWATbots are all over the place, and we have to get the children somewhere safe and find a new Sanctuary!"
"We'll work that stuff out later!" Sonic snapped. "Right now we have to save those that we can!"
With that said, Sonic revved up and was about to leave when, a bolt of lightning struck the ground right in front of him. Sonic was sent flying and hit the ground hard.
"What the?" Sonic asked.
Suddenly, three figures jumped down from a near by tree. They were all hedgehogs. The first one was pitch black she had icy blue eyes, a black short sleeved, shirt, short pants, and black sneakers.
The second one was grey she had yellow eyes, a grey shirt with sleeves that hung on her arms, a grey skirt, and grey sneakers.
The third and final one was very different from the other two. She was a golden yellow for starters. She was also the only one that had her spines curved downward. She had three short bangs hanging just over her eyes sunny eyes. A bright yellow ribbon was on her head, as well as a golden orange shirt and skirt, orange sneakers, and white gloves.
"Well, well, well, now." The black hedgehog said. "What do we have here? Freedom Fighters. You shouldn't have come here!"
"Who are you three?" Sonic demanded. "Are you working for Robotnik?"
"Introductions? Fine." The black one said. "Girls…"
The orange hedgehog just giggled.
"Black Fire!" The black hedgehog sneered.
"Black Hole!" The grey one said.
"Nova!" The orange one said.
"We are the Space Sister and we will destroy all of you." Black Fire sneered.
"You can't do anything to us!" Sonic simply said.
"Oh, really?" Black Fire asked. "Even if I have a hostage?"
Black Hole suddenly held up a young fox by its tail and Sonic recognized it as the one from before. Black Hole held the young fox in the air and Back Fire made a black star appear in her hand.
"If you don't want this little one killed along with all the rest of them, then I suggest you all back off!" Black Fire ordered.
"What do we do?" Double D asked.
"What can we do?" Knuckles asked.
The group had no choice, if they didn't do it, they'd kill all of the children. They slowly took a single step back.
Just when they were about to take another step, something attacked the three hedgehogs. It charged Black Hole first then Black Fire. Whatever it was sent the young fox flying but something grabbed him. However, the star that Black Fire was holding was released. It was sent flying at the group and it was coming FAST!
Something suddenly dropped from the air and cut straight through the star and caused a small explosion. When the smoke cleared, what they saw shocked them.
"It's Sonic!" Sonia said.
"Impossible! He's right here!" Manic said.
They looked again. This time they saw many differences. For starters, the one before them was a female! She was a blue hedgehog and looked very much like Sonic but she had longer eyelashes, and opal blue eyes. She was also a little younger then Sonic, about fourteen. She wore a white t-shirt with a yellow turtleneck collar sky blue sleeves a sky blue heart on the front, white gloves, slightly faded blue jeans and red orange sneakers. And in her arms was the young fox.
"Well, well, well, now. If it isn't Shelby from back in the forest." Black Fire sneered.
"Zip it." The blue hedgehog said. "Now, if you don't want me to open up some old wounds I suggest you three GET OUT!"
"I think not!" Black Fire hissed and charged her.
The blue hedgehog called Shelby looked behind her.
"Take care of him for me!" She said and threw the fox to Sonic who quickly caught him.
Shelby then turned to the charging black hedgehog. What she did next shocked them: she caught Black Fire when she was just a few feet away from her and threw her back.
"Give it up!" Shelby hissed. "I'll protect this place with me life!"
"Then your future is short!" Black Fire hissed.
"We'll see about that!" The blue hedgehog snapped and charged.
It wasn't her actions that shocked the group it was her speed! She was running as fast as Sonic! She was running around the three hedgehogs, confusing them.
"Where is she?" Nova asked as she held onto her ribbon.
"Don't ask questions!" Black Fire snapped. "Just fight!"
Nova nodded once and held out her hand.
"Fire!" She cried.
A blast of flames shot from her hand and hit the blue hedgehog. She fell to the ground a held her leg where the attack had hit.
"Looks like the shoe is on the other foot." Black Fire said. "Black Hole, send her into your nearest namesake!"
The grey hedgehog stepped forward and pointed her hands at the fallen hedgehog.
"GET AWAY FROM HER!"
Something suddenly charged Black Hole. At first it seemed to be an orange turret but when it attacked Black Hole again he others could see that it was a young fox.
"Rolf! Nazz I could use some backup!" She called.
"On our way!"
Everyone turned to see the yellow hedgehog and blue goat.
"Nazz? Rolf?" Double D asked.
Nazz charged Black Hole and managed a good kick to the chin. Rolf pulled out what seemed to be a bag of rocks and hit Black Fire with it.
"Topaz!" Shelby called. "Get the others and get out of here!"
"No way!" The fox said. "I'm NOT! I repeat NOT going to leave you behind!"
"I think we can help there." Sonic said, stepping forward.
"You guys should get out of here!" Shelby said. "It's too dangerous!"
"No way!" Sonia said. "We're here to protect Sanctuary and that's just what we're going to do!"
"Yeah, I'm not about to let these kids get hurt!" Manic said.
"Too bad your attempts are futile!" Black Fire said.
"I wouldn't say that."
Everyone gasped when they saw Shelby, getting to her feet.
"Shelby, you shouldn't be trying to fight!" The young fox called Topaz said. "Especially with an injured leg!"
"Topaz, you know that I'm strong enough to do this." Shelby said. "I won't allow any of these kids to be robotized."
"We're right with you!" Sonic said, coming to her side.
"We won't let any of these children be sacrificed!" Sonia said, following her brother.
"We'll fight to the very end." Manic said and joined his siblings.
With that said, the triplets touched their medallions and their weapons appeared. The Space Sisters looked at them in fear.
"Robotnik never said we'd have to fight the royal triplets!" Nova said.
"She's right, they're TOO powerful!" Black Hole said. "We have to fallback!"
Black Fire looked hard at them with an icy glare.
"Very well. FALLBACK!" She cried.
The SWATbots replied and left the Sanctuary. Nova and Black Fire ran up to Black Hole and she whispered some words under her breath.
"Stop them!" Shelby cried. "They're going to get away!"
It was too late, Black Hole completed the spell and they vanished.
Shelby fell to the ground, clutching her leg.
"Shelby!" Topaz cried and ran to her side.
"Oh man this is not cool!" Nazz said.
"Nazz?" Double D asked.
She looked at him a little surprised by what she saw.
"Double D?" She asked. "Is that you?"
"Yes." He simply said.
"What about Ed and Eddy?' She asked.
"We're right here!" Eddy said.
"Ed is here!" The lump said.
"Kevin, Johnny, and Plank are here as well." Double D said.
"Hey Nazz." Kevin said.
"Hi Nazz." Johnny said.
"CHOA!" Plank said.
"Rolf is pleased to see that hot shot Kevin, Johnny the wood boy, and the Ed boys are unharmed." The blue goat said.
"Guys where are the others?" Nazz asked.
"We're not sure." Double D said.
"You guys can figure it out later!" The female fox snapped. "Right now, we've gotta get Shelby to a doctor."
"Well, I'm not a real doctor but I know a few things about first aid." Double D said.
He got to the blue hedgehog's side and checked the wound. It wasn't as bad as it seemed. The wind that she had caused while running had put out most of the flames leaving only a fairly small burn. But a burn nonetheless and if it wasn't treated soon, it could become infected.
"Out of the way! Out of the way!"
They looked over their shoulders to see an elderly chipmunk come running, holding a medical bag in one hand.
"Will you please move?" The chipmunk asked as she got to the hedgehog's side. "Oh the poor dear. I'll be able to patch it up soon, sweetie."
"Thanks Rosie." Shelby quickly said. "But you better make it quick. We still need to save Sanctuary."
Rosie just nodded and hurried along with her work.
"What are all of you standing around for?" Shelby asked the others. "Get moving and save Sanctuary!"
"Right." Sonic said. "And I think I know how we can save it."
Sonic held up his guitar.
"With a song?" Sonia asked.
"Yeah, all sort of cool things have happened when we play!" Sonic said.
"He's got a point." Manic said.
"Oh alright!" Sonia said. "But lets' play 'Being a Kid is Cool'."
"Done and done!" Sonic said. "Hit it!"
All three: "Being a kid is cool! There's, so many fun things for kids to do! Making funny faces and acting like fools. Playing chase, singing songs, hopscotch too! Games and toys and ice cream really rule! Being a kid is cool! Running through the house!"
Sonic: "Chasing each other!"
All three: "Jumping on the bed!"
Manic: "Hiding from your mother!"
All three: "A lovely bubble bath!"
Sonia: "Washes off the day's dirt!"
All three: "Put a band aid on the booboo where you fell and got hurt! Being a kid is cool! There's, so many fun things we used to do! Making funny faces and acting like fools! Baseball, bicycle, ballet too! Dogs and dolls and ice cream really rule! Being a kid is cool!"
Sonic: "Being a kid is cool!"
All three: "Being a kid is cool! Being a kid is…so very cool!"
As the song ended, Double D became aware of the surrounding area. The fires were somehow put out but things were still in ruins.
"You finished your song just in time." Rosie said. "I just finished bandaging Shelby's leg."
The female hedgehog got to her feet at once and looked to Rosie.
"Thanks Rosie." She quickly said and was about to takeoff when the young fox grabbed her.
"Shelby, are you sure that it's a good idea to be running so soon?" Topaz asked.
That's the first time that they actually got a good look at the young fox. She wasn't very old about eight-years-old she had bright yellow fur, a tuff of hair hung just above her aqua blue eyes, she had long eyelashes, and her hair was held back with a red ribbon.
"Topaz, if we don't hurry, we'll lose those three!"
"Hey!" Knuckles said. "Who are you guys and who were those other hedgehogs?"
"Oh, I'm sorry." Shelby said. "Allow me introduce ourselves, I'm Shelby the Hedgehog and this is Topaz the Fox. As for your other question, those were the Space Sisters, Black Fire, the Black Star, Black Hole, the Portal, and Nova, the Bright Star. All three of them are super powerful and each of them, have their own powers. Black Fire can call forth black stars as weapons, Black Hole, like her name in tends, can transport people from one place to another, and Nova has fire abilities."
"But why where they scared when we brought out our weapons?" Sonia asked.
"You got me?" She shrugged.
"Hey, where'd that other fox go?" Topaz asked looking around.
"I've got him." Double D said, holding him out.
"Are you okay?" Topaz asked, running up.
"I…I think so." He quietly said.
"Did they hurt you or anything?" Topaz asked.
"No." He said.
"Well that's good news." Shelby said, coming to get a better look at him.
He looked a bit like Topaz only he had three short bangs hanging off of the top of his head and no ponytail. He even had sneakers that were similar to Topaz's.
"Oh my gosh!" Sonia suddenly cried.
"What is it, sis?" Sonic asked.
"I just noticed something!" Sonia said. "He had TWO tails!"
"What?" Manic asked.
Sure enough, the little fox had two tails. Double D put him down out of shock.
"It's okay." Shelby said.
"Okay? OKAY?" Sonia almost screamed. "Are you crazy? He could be a robot!"
"Well then I guess that makes Topaz a bot too." Shelby said as if it were no big deal.
Everyone looked at the female fox and she turned around to show them her two tails.
"But…how…?" Sonia asked.
"Well, we have a guess that before she was born, her mother was given something powerful and instead of doing anything to her, it gave Topaz an extra tail and it comes in extra handy when fighting a group of bots" Shelby explained. "So my guess is that this little guy's mother went through something similar if not the same."
"How do you know she's not a robot?" Kevin asked.
"Because I was there on the day of her birth." She said.
The others just looked at her in shock.
"Ha ha ha, just kidding." She said. "I actually met her when she was getting picked on because of her tails."
"Yeah, she saved me from being tied in a tree by my own tails…again." Topaz said.
"It was nothing." Shelby simply said.
"If you're done." Kevin said. "Can we just let this kid go?'
"I don't think so." Shelby said, taking the small fox in her arms. "Some of my friends protect this place and if anything should go wrong in Sanctuary, they were to take all the children to an underground hideout that we made. The hideout has an underground spring with healing properties, those who were hurt will be alright after they get some of the water but the entrance was designed to cave in on itself after everyone was inside and there's only one way out but I'm afraid that this little guy couldn't get there in time. There's one secret entrance, I'd take him there if I knew where it was."
"So he's stuck here?' Sonia asked.
"I'm afraid so." Shelby said.
"So what do we do?" Manic asked.
"He'll have to come with us." Sonic said.
"What?" Kevin asked.
"He doesn't have a home, family or anything. It's the least we can do." Sonic said.
"You guys can come too, if you want." Sonia told Shelby and Topaz.
"Alright, we've been needing a place to stay." Topaz said.
"Lets' introduce ourselves." Sonic said. "I'm Sonic the Hedgehog."
"I'm Sonia the Hedgehog."
"I'm Manic the Hedgehog.
"I'm Knuckles the Echidna."
"My name is Edward but you may call me Double D."
"The name's Eddy."
"I am Ed!"
"The name's Kevin."
"I'm Johnny and this is Plank!"
"CHAO!"
"I'm Nazz."
"I am Rolf!"
"It's very nice to meet you all." Shelby said. "And what's your name?" She asked the fox.
"I don't really like my name." He quietly said.
"Well, if you tell us your name, then maybe we could come up with a nickname or something." Sonic said.
"Sounds like a plan to me." Shelby said. "So what do you say?"
"Okay." He quietly said. "My name is Miles Prower."
"Now that's not so bad." Topaz said. "We know a few people with even worse names."
"Really?" He asked.
"Yeah, way worse." Shelby agreed. "Now for your nickname…"
The group thought for a minute when Sonic spoke up. "I've got it!" He said. "Lets' call him Tails because he has two of them!"
"Miles "Tails" Prower." Double D said. "I like the timber of that."
"He likes the what of what now?" Topaz asked.
"He likes the sound of it." Shelby answered. "And so do I!"
"Sounds cool to me!" Nazz and Manic said.
"I'm in!" Kevin said.
"We like it!" Johnny said.
"The two tailed one has such so it shall be." Rolf said.
"It sounds cute to me!" Sonia said.
"I guess it's alright." Eddy said.
"Tails, huh?" The small fox said. "I like it!"
"It's a solid vote. Tails it is." Shelby said.
"So, Tails, wanna come with us?" Sonic asked.
"You bet!" Tails cried. "When do we leave?"
"Well, we would go if our van wasn't totally crushed!" Sonia said, looking at the Eds.
"Drove it into a pit?" Shelby asked.
"Yes, they did!" Sonia snapped.
"I'll see what I can do." Shelby said.
"What do you mean?" Sonia asked.
"You'll see." She simply said. "Now lets' get moving already!"
Topaz nodded her head, jumped into the air, started spinning her two tails around at a very fast speed, and started flying!
"WHOA!" Manic said and fell over.
"Oops, guess I should have told you she can do that." Shelby said with a giggle.
"How can she do that?" Sonia asked.
" Don't ask me, I just go along with it." Shelby said.
"Hey, Tails!" Topaz said. "Think you can fly?"
"I'm not sure, I never tried it before." He said.
"Don't worry, it's not so bad, you can even use it as an attack." Topaz explained. "When my tails are spinning around this fast they can cut through all sorts of things, including metal which really helps when I'm taking on flying enemies! And when I'm on the ground, I can spin super fast and cut through just as many things!"
"Why don't you try flying first, Tails, it takes less energy." Shelby said.
"Okay." He shyly said.
Tails jumped into the air, and started spinning his namesakes around as fast as he possibly could and for a moment, he was ale to hover in the air and then he was flying!
"You're doing it Tails!" Topaz cheered. "And if you get enough practice, you can go as fast as I can, and I can keep up with Shelby!"
"So true." She said. "But you can continue with your flying lessons later, right now, lets' get that van out of that hole!"
"Okay!" Topaz said and landed next to her.
"How do I land?" Tails asked.
"Just slow down your spinning until you land!" Topaz replied.
Tails did as he was told and he was back on the ground.
"Very well done for a beginner, Tails." Shelby said.
"You think so?" He asked.
"I know so."
Tails giggled a little.
"I'll see if I can find your van and see what I can do."
With that said, the blue hedgehog took off at super sonic speed, leaving the others in a cloud of dust.
"She better know a real good drycleaner." Sonia said as she brushed herself off.
"She doesn't have time to get her clothes dry cleaned!" Topaz said as she brushed herself off. "But she does have time to stop Rootnik."
"I'm back!"
Everyone looked behind them and saw Shelby standing there.
"Found your van, it's a total wreck, should take a few hours to fix." She explained. "But ten seconds to get it out of the hole."
"And ho is that possible?" Sonia asked.
"I think you might want to take these to find out."
Shelby tossed Manic his hover board and showed Sonia her bike!
"How did you-"
0"I opened up the back and found them." Shelby said, cutting the princess off.
Sonia climbed onto her motorbike while Manic threw his board into the air and jumped on.
"Yo, Ed, Tails, get on!" Manic said.
Ed climbed onto the back of the board while Tails held onto Manic around his neck.
"Get on!" Sonia said as she revved up her bike. Nazz, Eddy, and Johnny climbed behind Sonia while Plank got in front of her.
"Hang on, guys!" Sonic said as he grabbed Rolf and Kevin under his arms.
"And I guess that means you're coming with me!" Shelby said, grabbing Double D by the wrist.
Topaz took to the air and waited for the hedgehog to begin.
"Hey, lets' race to see who can get there first!" Manic said.
"You're on!" Shelby said.
"I'm in!" Sonia said.
"So am I!" Sonic said.
"WAIT!" Double D cried. "WHAT ABOUT-"
He was cut off Topaz's voice.
"GO!" She cried.
It was too late now, the hedgehogs were already on the move and those they were bearing screamed at the sudden gale that hit them.
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Hope you enjoyed that. R&R.