Sonic hopped off the platform ship before it even landed, and dashed around the station until he found Noize.
"Sonic!" said Noize cheerfully. "Did you have fun?"
"Far from it," Sonic replied dryly.
"What's wrong?"
"I need to know everything about Purge, pronto!"
"Uh... okay..." Noize booted up a computer and began researching. "Why?"
"You know how I'm not from around here?"
"Yeah. You're from the past."
Sonic did a double-take. "Say WHAT?" 'The PAST?' the blue hedgehog was further from home then he thought. But then, it made sense, remembering how rusted the ARK looked. And Shadow...
"Shadow?!" Sonic exclaimed in surprise, startling the other 'hog. "Shadow" leapt to his feet, poised to strike. "Who are you?" he demanded. "Why are you here?" "Shadow, it's me. Sonic." A look of bewilderment crossed black 'hog's face, which hardened a second later. "Impossible!" he spat. "Sonic the Hedgehog has been dead for 5 centuries!"
"Okay," Sonic said slowly. "I'm confused now. If I'm from the past... how has Purge been watching me? What does he what?"
"He wants you," Noize replied.
"ME? Why and for what?"
Noize sighed. "I told Fuse this was gonna happen. Would he listen? No!"
"Fuse knew?"
Noize sighed again. "Might as well tell you everything now."
Flashback
The galaxy has been saved. Purge has been blasted into space. Everyone's going home now...
Fuse hears static on his earphones and a menacing voice crackled on.
"You may have won this time," growled Purge. "But the war is far from over. I'll come back, and by then ''he'' will be ready to join me."
"Who's ''he''?" Fuse demanded. Purge only laughed.
"The blue one. The fast one. The one of ''infinite'' power even he is unaware of. Remember me..."
Flashback ends
Fuse had never been the nicest to Sonic. He never trusted him. Now Sonic knew why.
"Fuse never trusted me," the blue hero whispered.
"He was just afraid of you joining forces with Purge," Noize defended his boss.
Sonic gave his friend a weak smile. "Tell your boss he won't have to worry about me anymore. I'm getting Knuckles, and then Shadow's gonna send us all home."
Before Noize could say anything, Sonic had already dashed off. "Sonic..." he murmured before calling Fuse.
"What is it?" the director demanded.
"It's Sonic..."