Seven:Friends in the Making

Sonic had spent most of his afternoon searching for Tails in all of his workshops but had no luck. He was now pacing around Tails's workshop in Mystic Ruins, trying to plot a plan in case he met up with his new arch-rival before he met up with Tails."Let's see..since he's, I hate to say this, extremely fast, I'd have to somehow predict his movements, but how can I do that? Aw, I'll just skip that. Let's move on to what would I do when I catch him by surprise.."

"Catch me by surprise?" A voice rang from behind Sonic."I'm afraid that's going to be utterly impossible."

"Gaaah!"Sonic yelled as he jumped. The blue hedgehog turned around and saw Kazu, smirking at him."Shit! So much for hatching a plan before he finds me.."He muttered to himself.

"You can make it easy on yourself if you just hand over your one Chaos Emerald. I'll leave you alone as long as you give it to me and if you stay out of my plans."

Sonic laughed."In your dreams, Kazu. I'm not going to give you my Chaos Emerald and I will definitely not step aside while you take over Earth. You should just kiss the ground and go back to where you came from 'cause you ain't gonna get anything here except really bad bruises!"

Kazu rolled his eyes."Are you done yet?" He immediately got an answer when Sonic did not respond."You talk too much, Sonic. You know that? But then again..you're fighting skills are rather amazing. You're the only one who had actually been extremely close to hitting me, besides the Nava Interpol, but no one needs to know that."

"Nava? What the hell is--"

"Have you ever considered in joining my side?"

All this time, Sonic had been trying to keep his cool, but this really blew it. Immediately, the blue hedgehog lunged for the black hedgehog.

"HOW DARE YOU ASK ME TO JOIN YOU!!!! THAT IS THE STUPIDEST REQUEST THAT I HAVE EVER HEARD!!!!!" Sonic punched, realizing that he had only punched air. Kazu came from behind and karate-chopped Sonic in the back. The blue hedgehog fell on the ground, but quickly stood up again to make another lunge for the Black Chaos. He jumped and disappeared, leaving Kazu frantically searching for him.

"Yoohoo. Behind you." Kazu turned around only to be flunged back by a punch.

Sonic landed on the ground."Haha. That rhymed! So much for 'impossible to catch you by surprise' statement."He let himself have a few more laughs.

Kazu was not angered because the blue hedgehog had punched him nor surprised of the pain that the punched caused. He was impressed.This hedgehog excels greatly in melee skills. He's too good to be in the side of good. The black hedgehog stood up, wiping the blood from his mouth with his hand. He smirked.

"Wow. I thought you wouldn't be able to stand up from that punch."

"I am more stronger than that, Sonic,"Kazu replied."my strength would probably even excel yours."

Sonic laughed again."I leave the whole strength thing to Knuckles."

"Knuckles? Hm..I think that he has had an encounter with my comrade, Senka. And guess what? He isn't as strong as her."

A wave of shock struck Sonic.Wait..if this Senka beat Knuckles, then that would mean..He shifted his shocked gaze at Kazu. ..that she took his Chaos Emerald!

It was Kazu's turn to laugh."That face that you have is priceless."

Sonic wasn't listening to him anymore. He was wondering how many Chaos Emeralds Kazu already had.

"Chaos Control!" Kazu dissappeared only to appear next to Sonic. He snatched the blue hedgehog's emerald which caused Sonic to snap back into reality.

"Huh?!"

"With this emerald," Kazu began."plus the emeralds that Eggman has recovered, I'll be able to take over this filthy planet!"

"Eggman's behind this too?!" Sonic blurted out, forgetting about his stolen Chaos Emerald.

"That is something that does not concern you. Now will you exuse me--"He was interrupted by a loud beep. The Black Chaos immediately answered his call on his ear communicator.

"Kazu!" Eggman's voice rang out."We need your help in retrieving the Comet Treasure! Mercury has some obstacles in his way. Go to Comet Island expeditiously!" The line was cut off after.

Comet Treasure? Mercury? Comet Island? What that hell?!If Sonic had a million questions before, now he had two million just by hearing those words. What is the Comet Treasure? Where's Comet Island? Was Mercury another of Eggman's newly-found allies? What is this obstacle? Is this obstacle a person, and if he is, was he on his side? His thoughts were suddenly interrupted by Kazu.

"I really must go now. It seems that this..Mercury I recall, is having some difficulties in retrieving the key to our plan." And without any other word, the Black Chaos ran off.

"Hey! Come back here!" Sonic yelled as he ran after him."I'm not gonna let you get this Comet Treasure!" He followed Kazu through Station Square and into the docks.

Where is this dude going? Is he going to this Comet Island? He sped up his running to try and catch up with him and eventually found himself running on the water near Station Square. Kazu took a sharp turn to the right then disappeared into a bunch of fog.

Holy shit! Sonic thought as he entered the fog. I can't see anything!Before he could complain anymore, the blue hedgehog saw a black silhouette getting closer and closer. He squinted to get a better look, realizing that he was about to crash into a forest.

"OH CRAP!!" Sonic crashed into a tree, loud enough for everyone in the island to hear.

"Who goes there?!" A voice called.

Sonic jumped. He had never heard this voice before. Was it the obstacle of Mercury or was it Mercury himself? He decided to take a chance.

"Um..I come in peace..whoever this is. I mean no harm!"

"Well you better not 'cause I'm armed and I am not stuck under a rock so I can beat you up easily!"

"No one was asking you if you were!" Sonic yelled back as he walked towards the voice.

"Well, I'm not!"

"Calm down, dude!" Sonic had finally found the owner of the voice. It was Spark who was still under the boulder.

"Are you Mercury?"

"Hell no!"Spark yelled as he pounded the dirt."I am not Mercury, nor I will pretend I am, 'cause I would be a disgrace to the Porcupine Dynasty if I ever did, and I do not want to disgraace my family even if they are all deceased!"(A/n:Oh, just shut-up, Spark!)

"Okay! Okay! I get the picture! Are you Mercury's obstacle?"

"The hell I am!" He stopped yelling to think."Well..I guess you can say I'm a bad obstacle 'cause he beat me up and passed by me so yeah."He looked up at the blue hedgehog."Wait are you on Eggman's side? Shit! Why am I talking to you if you're my enemy?! Just because I'm stuck doesn't mean I can't beat you!" He raised his fists to protect his face.

"Relax, dude. I'm on your side. I'll get ya outta there."Since Sonic did not have his Chaos Emerald to teleport the rock, he had to do it the old-fashioned way:pushing it. Sonic placed his hands on the side of the rock and pushed. After a few attempts, he managed to push it off the yellow porcupine.

Spark stood up and stretched."Gee, thanks em.."

"Sonic's the name,"Sonic said as he winked.

"Oh, Sonic. Well, my name's Spark. Thanks for getting me outta that 'rocky' situation. Stupid Mercury left me under there then made it even worse, telling me that this Eggman dude stole the Comet Treasure--"

"Wait! They already took it?"

"Apparently yes. How do you know about the Comet--"

"This isn't good. Who knows what Eggman and Kazu are up to--"

"Who the hell is Kazu--"

Sonic faced Spark."Nice meetin' ya but I have to go and retrieve that treasure and emeralds."

"Stop interrupting me--wait did you just say that you were going to go and retrieve the treasure of the Comets?"

"Uh..yeah."

"Cool! I'll go with ya! Not only do I wanna retrieve it but I also wanna get my hands on that Mercury Glider dude. Besides, I have nothing else better to do."

"Um..ok.."Sonic said, not knowing if he should trust the rather talkative porcupine or not. He finally decided to give him a chance."sure. I'll fill you in on the way."

"Okay! Now we're talkin'!" The hedgehog and the porcupine gave each other a high five of alliance and then ran off in search for their rivals.

Aisha!*scream of triumph*I haveth finis!*applauding*Sorry for the delay, peoplez. Honors English teachers really like stacking essay after essay plus a powerpoint on the Elizabethan Era on us honors students.(I really need to stop complaining about my school life, huh. (please do not answer that question s'il vous plait and arigato))

Well, it seems that Sonic and Spark have joined forces! Will this combination of speed and lightning be able to overpower the abilities of evil? Read the next chapta to finds outh!(coming soon! Hopefully my English teacher won't give us anymore essays..)