Greetings from the state of North Carolina! Vacation is going nicely, which is why I haven't been posting as fast, but I hope this post will last you all until I get back. Maybe another one a little later this week. We'll have to see.

Here it is…

*Thirty minutes later*

"So he can't remember anything, huh?" Shadow asked in a disinterested tone. "That's…unfortunate."

"That's terrible! Are you kidding me? He doesn't remember any of us!" Amy cried, clasping her hands together and then turned to the fox. "Are you sure you don't remember?"

Tails shook his head and shrugged. "I believe you that we were friends, but I don't recall ever meeting you. How did I become friends with that black hedgehog?"

"Acquaintances. We were acquaintances," Shadow corrected, messing with his gun. "Get it right."

"So, he doesn't remember the beatings I once gave him, back in the day?" Knuckles whispered, leaning over to Sonic.

"If he does, he's doing a great job of hiding it," The Blue Blur muttered, and then turned to Blaze. "You should go check on Cream. She's…upset, to say the least."

The cat nodded and left the scene, leaving the heroes in the main room of Espio, Vector, and Charmy's base.

"Alright. Well, we've already established that Tails' memory is shot, however he still knows how to fix and operate some things. We can't do anything but try to remind him about his past. That being said, we need to get moving. We may be in a bad spot with our health and all, but our clones are tearing this dimension apart, limb from limb," Sonic explained, standing up and then turning to the chameleon, croc, and bee. "We could use some help."

Vector shook his head. "If all three of us were to help, bad stuff would probably happen here. We need to have resistance everywhere. Don't forget that Eggman has armies of robots swarming the rest of Mobius as well."

"You two will guard this area then," Espio replied, standing up from a chair. "I'll go with them."

"But…you might die!" Charmy sputtered.

"Heard that before," The ninja sighed.

"Well, we should head to G.U.N. and stock up on anything we may need," Shadow stated.

"If it's not already destroyed," Silver and Rouge said in unison.

"I'll escort you guys to G.U.N. and make sure everything is alright there. After that, I'll do a little picking off of some Egg-Bots and then make my way back here. We need to rally people throughout this world to fight back against Eggman," Espio stated.

"Worth a shot. We've gotten lucky in the past. Let's hope it'll happen again," Knuckles said.


*With Jet and Sally, in the mountains, ten minutes earlier*

"I think Eggman and his goons have passed over," The hawk reported, looking out from the cave the two were hiding in. "I don't like hiding. I should be out there, stopping Sonic and th—"

"Eggman already said that those were his creations. He made…or summoned…or whatever those things. Yes, they look like Sonic and the others, and they do talk like them, but there's too much darkness in that hedgehog of mine to be the real thing," Sally defended.

"Of yours? I thought you two split," Jet countered.

"I…Well, we…uh…"

"Whatever. I don't care about your love life. All I know is that my love was obliterated back in the main city, and my best friend was killed. I always wanted to beat Sonic, but now I'm gonna do it in a different way," The racer muttered, and then turned to the queen again. "Seriously. Where are your clothes? It's making me uncomfortable being around you when all you have is a jacket and boots."

Sally's left eye twitched in agitation. "I. Am. Fully. Clothed. When will people stop asking that?"

"Fine. We need to move towards the city. If those aren't Sonic and the others, then there's a chance the real ones are still alive. A chance. However, the president of Mobius doesn't know that those freaks aren't the real guys. We can either seek out Sonic and the others, or alert the president of what's going on. I can go both ways, so what's your call?"

The queen sighed. She knew what the right call was, but her emotions were getting in the way. Her whole body, other than her brain, which wanted her to go alert the president, was telling her to go see if Sonic and the others were okay.

She knew what she had to do.


*With Honey the Cat, real time, in the main city of Mobius*

The cat backed into a dark alley, shying away from two metal robots walking towards her. As they neared, they raised their hands and the fists were replaced with cannons.

"Target acquired. Assessing systems. Ready…" One robot stated.

"Mighty…Where are you?" Honey whimpered.

Honey had tried to fight off the robots with every move she had, but nothing would work. She didn't have any firepower with her, and even if she did, she wouldn't know how to use it.

Suddenly, a grey female hedgehog leaped down from the rooftops above and fired multiple shots into the robots. The droids shook a little, and then fell to the ground in a heap.

"Fire," The girl muttered.

"What happened to 'aim'?" Honey asked, peeking out from behind the newcomer.

"I'm Jessica Thorne. I'm here for business purposes, but I thought you could use some help," Jess stated, turning to face the cat. "You need to get out of the city. It's too dangerous for you here."

"I SAID STRICTLY BUISNESS!" A voice shouted from an earpiece in the girl's ear. "No interfering with any other dimensions until we get our power back up! I can—Blizzard! Stop tea bagging the dead rebels!"

Jess snorted and shook her head. "Calm yourself. Mute, I'm just helping a few people. After that, I'll go get Shock Charge. I know where he is now. Love ya. Bye."

"Thanks for the help," Honey said. "However, I'm gonna help some other people too. I need to find someone. Those drones are too powerful for my fighting abilities. Do you have an extra gun or something?"

The grey hedgehog pulled out a revolver and placed it in the cat's hand. "There. I admire what you're doing. It's brave, but dumb. Reminds me of another cat back home. Good luck, and take care of that gun. It's my third favorite."


*With Scourge the Hedgehog and Fiona Fox, in Moebius, three weeks later*

"I heard about the massacre in Mobius," Scourge stated, walking into Fiona's room. "I wonder if Sonic and Miles Prower were among those dead."

"One can only hope," Fiona sighed, looking at her boyfriend. "If they are, I wonder if they'd let us throw some flowers."

"Or a grenade," The evil hedgehog countered, smiling sinisterly. "It sure would be an explosive funeral if that were the case."

"Quite. Maybe we could seize control over there as well."

"And overthrow the existing powers there now? It would be a thought, wouldn't it?"

"It would! Ruler over two dimensions! Sounds fantastic!"

The green hedgehog sighed and lowered his glasses. "I'd be the king and you'd be my queen."

Fiona stood up and walked over to the villain. She placed her hand on his right cheek and smiled before pulling him in for a kiss. The two embraced and then fell to the floor and began rolling around.

It wasn't until a portal opened up on the balcony that he two stopped and looked. A red cat with orange streaks of fur on their head walked through and stepped into the room. With nothing but flaming gloves and red-hot metal boots on them, the cat looked to be about seventeen or eighteen and male.

"Scourge the Hedgehog; Fiona Fox; the king of the Burner Dimension requests your presence. Please follow me," The cat stated, then turned and walked through the portal again.

"Who was that?" Fiona asked, standing up.

"I recognize him. He's the only son of the king himself. Prince Ash they call him," Scourge grumbled. "Let's see what His Majesty wants."


*With Sonic and the others, three weeks earlier, by the G.U.N. headquarters*

The battered and bruised heroes ducked inside the G.U.N. headquarters base, making sure they stayed out of sight. Outside, their evil replicas were ripping the city apart, throwing cars and concrete everywhere, and attacking pedestrians on whim.

"How can we beat those guys? They know everything we know," Tails sighed, sitting down in a chair and turning on the TV that was in the room they were in.

"This is David Flick, reporting live from the streets of Mobius," A news reporter said, standing before a pile of flaming rubble.

"Convenient how we can watch this right at the beginning. He just started this report," Rouge muttered. "How do we even have power in this city anymore?"

"In a shocking turn of events, it seems that Sonic and the others have turned against the city, destroying buildings and harming innocent people," The reporter continued. "The damage costs are high and the number of lives lost is unclear, but one thing is being asked by everyone: When the heroes become villains, who's left to save us? Additionally, the president of Mobius has declared Sonic and the others public enemies."

Eight posters popped up on the screen, each one bearing one of the heroes' faces on it.

"If you encounter any of them, please do not attempt to restrain them. Run or hide as soon as possible!" The guy continued. "They are considered extremely dangerous and are pos—AUGH!"

A large pile of debris crashed to the ground in front of the reporter, nearly missing him. He was suddenly lifted into the air by the Darkspine Silver and launched across the sky until he faded out of sight. The camera was then ripped out of the cameraman's hand and brought close to the evil telekinetic's face.

"Come stop us," The evil Silver cackled before crushing the camera, turning the screen to static.

The group sat in silence for a minute or two before Sonic spoke up.

"We're wanted now. This makes things more difficult for us," The Blue Blur stated, leaning against the wall and shutting his eyes.

"I was just starting to have a better reputation," Shadow sighed. "Now these freak shows come along and take a dump on it. The first thing I'm doing when I see my evil counterpart is I'm putting a bullet through his skull."

"We need to do something! We can't just sit around and let Mobius get destroyed!" Amy cried. "We have to defend our home!"

"With the military on our butts now, I'm not sure we can," Silver mumbled, staring out the window at the ruined Mobius.

There it is! A lot of open-ended issues in this one! Hope you guys enjoyed.

Remember to leave a review and I'll post again as soon as I'm available.

More to come…

Blizzard: For the record, I was not tea bagging the dead soldiers. I was practicing a new dance move that requires you to squat a lot over their head.

Shut up and get back in the story!