I introduced a new character in this chapter. Her name is Senya. It's not the same Senya from Sonic Robo Blast 2 (a fan game). She's one of my Sonic OCs (you can read more about her on my profile). If the creator of SRB2's Senya reads this, I'd like to apologise for not aving an original name idea.


At the Porcupine Peak, the Purple Pieman and Sour Grapes were making a new plan.

Pieman: "This'll be perfect! I'm going to capture Blueberry and Shadow will have to surrender! This plan cannot fail!"

Grapes: "You say that every time. And I heard that Cherry Jam was back"

Pieman: "I don't care. I'll soon have the Ultimate Life Form on my side"

Grapes: "Let me guess. You're going to use the robots you built using the plans you stole from the Egg Carrier"

Pieman moved to the computer and typed some commands. "Not robots"

Grapes: "Then what?"

From the outside of his so-called base, a large machine emitted a beam of light. A recogniser from the Tron System flew out of it.

Grapes: "I see you finally managed to steal that data from Cherry's disc as well. And what will you do about Senya?"

Pieman: "Senya?"

Grapes: "Remember when you took the weapon she wanted to give to Sonic and threw it away? What if she finds it?"

Pieman: "It wasn't working anyway"

Grapes: "She might fix it using Blueberry's book"

Pieman: "Oh, no, this won't happen. I'm going to make sure of it"

Meanwhile, in Strawberry's cafe, everyone was really bored.

Cherry: "Where's Silver?"

Orange: "Outside, looking for things to do"

Silver rushed through the door. "Guess what I found!" He showed everyone a metal gauntlet with three circuitry lines across it and something that looked like a thin Light Baton attached to the underside.

Sonic: "What is it?"

Silver: "Well, it's something broken for sure"

Shadow: "Then why shouldn't we fix it?"

Sonic: "That'd be a good idea if we knew how"

Shadow: "Didn't Senya have two of these?"

Blueberry: "I think I have a book that describes something similar to this. It's called 'Weapons of the Grid: from A to Z'"

They went to Blueberry's library, but the book was missing.

Blueberry: "Where could it be?"

Sonic noticed someone running away with a book. A book with a Grid pattern. Sonic's legendary speed propelled him through the door and he knocked Pieman down with a Homing Attack..

Sonic: "Who are you?"

Pieman: "I am the Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak! Ratta Tat Ta Ta Tat Tah!" He did his famous tap dance accompanying the "Ratta Tat Ta Ta Tat Tah!"

Sonic: "Okay, and why did you steal the book?"

Pieman: "Do I look stupid to you? I know about your little trip to the Grid"

Sonic turned to the library's window. "Hey, I found the book and this crazy Pieman or something who stole it!"

They all came out, but Pieman had run away.

Strawberry: "What did Pieman want this time?"

Sonic: "Who knows? But he seemed to be interested in the Grid"

Blueberry opened the book. "Okay, let's see...found it! This is a Lightblade, a weapon from the Grid that generates an energy blade similar to the swords generated by Light Batons. Its mechanism is described right here"

Sonic looked at the book, then opened up the Light Baton part. "I don't see any difference"

Blueberry: "Maybe it's from these focusing lens"

Sonic: "No, it can't be. The blade won't even light up, so what would the lens have anything to do with it?"

Blueberry: "But they're directly connected to the power cells"

Sonic: "The power cells, huh? That's it!"

Sonic adjusted something at the power cells and put the Light Baton back into one piece. The circuitry on the gauntlet lit up.

Sonic: "Now, which of us should keep it?"

The girls immediately said no.

Shadow: "Not me. I'll stick to my discs. And good old Light Baton. And assault rifle. And sniper rifle. And shotgun. And-"

Orange: "We got it, you have a large collection of weapons"

Silver: "I'm not keeping it either. I tried to learn how to use one from Senya. For short-"

Sonic: "We know, it's no use. Then I guess it's mine"

Sonic put the gauntlet on his left forearm. He pulled a ring that was hanging from the end of the Light Baton. It synchronised with his Identity Disc. He pulled it again and a blue energy blade emitted from his wrist.

Sonic: "I'll find a use for it later"

Shadow: "You might not want to make the decorations for the Glimmerberry Ball with it though"

Silver: "Why?"

Shadow: "Well, he could if it was the Derezzberry Ball"

Silver: "What does that have to do with...oh"

Lemon: "This reminds me, we're a little late"

During the preparations, more exactly at about 9 o'clock, Pieman and Sour Grapes sneaked to the tree along with a large group of sentries. They were hiding at the entrance.

Sour Grapes: "Tell me again, why so late? I need my beauty sleep"

Pieman: "You surely do. But we need to be stealthy, and this darkness helps a lot. Now, where's Blueberry?"

Grapes: "Right there, I think"

Sonic: "Did you hear that?"

Strawberry: "I think it came from outside"

Sonic activated his Lightblade. "It's time to have some fun"

Sonic got out only to meet the man who had tried to sabotage them earlier.

Pieman: "Hello again. Sonic, was it? I knew there was a new hero in this city"

Sonic: "Let's end this quick"

Pieman: "I agree. Sentries, attack!"

One of the sentries shot a blaster bolt from its gun at Sonic. Sonic deflected it with his Lightblade and boosted into the sentry. A purple Identity Disc flew through another one of them. Sonic looked in its direction to see the disc returning to Cherry's hand.

Cherry: "Don't think we're leaving all the fun to you"

Sonic: "I could never ask for that"

Sonic boosted into another sentry and landed a thrust with his blade. Another sentry tried to hit him from behind with a staff. Sonic drew his disc just in time to parry the staff and sweep the sentry's legs. Strawberry threw both her discs in opposite directions, derezzing two sentries at the same time. Two sneakier programs managed to get to Blueberry and catch her. One of them gave Pieman a signal.

Pieman: "Sentries, fall back! We're outmatched!"

Pieman ran away with the remaining programs. Sonic and his friends got back to

Silver: "This one gives up really fast"

Sonic: "All this just for Blueberry's book?"

Cherry: "Has anyone seen Blueberry since the attack?"

Shadow looked around. "That imitation of Eggman must've taken her!"

Strawberry: "Then she can be in only one place"

Meanwhile, at the Porcupine Peak:

Blueberry was held inside a force field. Her disc was on Pieman's table.

Blueberry: "What do you want from me?"

Pieman: "I want information. You're the only one who knows enough about the Grid and whom I could've possibly capture"

Sonic and the team were eavesdropping on the roof.

Sonic: "So that's why he gave up that easily"

Sour Grapes: "Pieman, our sensors detected unwanted visitors on the roof"

Pieman: "Let them in"

A trap door on the floor opened and brought the others in Pieman's house.

Pieman: "Well, well, well. Look who came to rescue his girlfriend"

Shadow pointed his left disc at Pieman and the right one at Grapes. "Let her go or say goodbye to your faces!"

Meanwhile, outside of Pieman's house, Senya was looking through the window.

Pieman: "I wouldn't hurry, Shadow"

Senya (thinking): "I'll show him what happens when he draws my friends into a trap"

Senya quietly crawled through the window.

Pieman: "Only one move and-"

He was cut off by Senya, who punched him from behind.

Senya: "No, I wouldn't hurry"

Pieman: "You again?"

As Pieman turned around, Senya threw a left hook to his face, knocking him out.

Senya: ""So you remember me, huh? You owe me a Lightblade!" She turned to Sour Grapes: "Wanna be next?"

Grapes ran away. Senya activated her Lightblades and used them to take down the force field around Blueberry.

Sonic: "Hey, Senya. It's good to see you. How long has it been?"

Senya: "We'll have enough time for this later. Right now, we need to run"

Shadow: "You mean to Chaos Control!"

Shadow took everyone to the library.

Senya: "I think you got the wrong place. You should've taken us to the tree"

Sonic: "How do you know about the tree?"

Senya: "I saw everything you did here. Who do you think your Lightblade formerly belonged to?"

Sonic: "What exactly happened to it?"

Senya: "I wanted to make one myself and give it to you. You know, as a gift. I must've got it wrong somehow, then Pieman stole it yesterday when I came here. He tried to extract its data and gain information about the Grid. But it seems like you managed to fix it"

Sonic: "Maybe that's how he got those programs"

Senya: "So, when are you finally going to kiss Strawberry?"

Sonic blushed. "Yeah, about that, umm…I almost forgot. Shadow, you're a master of Chaos Control, so you never teleport somewhere accidentally. Did you take us to Blueberry's library on purpose or did you lose your skills?"

Shadow: "Me? To lose my skills? I did it on purpose"

Sonic: "I thought that you didn't like books"

Shadow: "That's right, I don't like books, but-"

Senya: "-but he likes the librarian"

Silver: "I thought he liked Blueberry"

Shadow: "If Silver managed to figure out, I guess I'm not a good actor"

Blueberry couldn't help but blush, barely being able to realise what she was saying. "Who knows? Maybe we'd look good as a good girl-bad boy couple"

Shadow blushed as well. "Wait, so you…I mean you and me…because…" He couldn't help but pass out.

Orange: "Why was I expecting this to happen?"

Shadow teleported away, still unconscious.

Silver: "Where did he go?"

Orange: "Maybe in his bed"

Raspberry: "No way"

Everyone heard Shadow's snoring from the guest room in Strawberry's house.

Lemon: "How can you do this?"

Orange: "Magic"

Raspberry: "I'd rather call it 'Sonic addiction'"

Sonic: "Either way, Pieman seems to be serious about the Grid"

Silver: "Well, who knows what's next? Maybe we're on the hidden camera. Maybe tomorrow we'll meet a celebrity"

Senya: "Maybe you'll finally get a girlfriend"

Cherry smiled.

Silver: "Why are you smiling? Did you see a celebrity? Are we on TV right now?"

Cherry: "Oh, nothing. I just…umm…I have an idea for what to do tomorrow"

Silver: "Okay then"

Sonic: "It seems like Senya can see the future"

Silver: "Huh? Why?"

Senya: "Doesn't matter"

Sonic: "Getting to things that matter, you couldn't have showed up when Eggman sent his mech after us, could you?"

Senya: "I arrived here yesterday, remember?"

Sonic: "Then how did you see everything I did here?"

Senya: "I watched you by hacking into the recordings of some security cameras. I only came here because your father told me to"

Sonic: "My father? Do you know where he is?"

Senya: "Nope. He had just contacted me yesterday, but didn't want to tell me his location. He was saying something about CLU and that you needed help, but the communication had weak signal, so I couldn't understand everything"

Sonic: "Tron must've taken care of CLU. There's no need to worry about him"

Senya: "Talking about the Grid, what was wrong with my Lightblade?"

Sonic: "The power cells were upside down"

Senya facepalmed. "I knew I shouldn't have read 'Grid weapons for dummies'"