Sonic, Link, and Sora were all in Tail's lab. Gadgets and gizmos were thrown about everywhere. Along with the three, Knuckles and Tails were there.

Sonic and Sora were fine with all the technology around them. But Link couldn't stop asking questions. Eventually they got him to stop and they started talking about what to do.

"Hmm," Knuckles mused. "I guess I should hide the Master Emerald. With Eggman and Ganondorf around, it would be terrible if they got their hands on it."

"That's be a good idea," Tails agreed. "But first, we need to find out what Eggman and Ganondorf are doing." Tails tapped a few keys on one of his many computers. "There. My systems are set to pick up even the smallest unusual increase in power. If Eggman is up to something, we'll know almost right away."

"Aright then, so what should the rest of us do?" Sonic asked.

"I'm sure Link would like to see the place," Sora said. "Or we could go look for Eggman's base on foot."

"Sonic! There you are my love!" came a cry from the front of the room.

"Ugh," Sonic sighed as he turned to be knocked over by Amy. He got up slowly and immediately regretted it. Amy gave him a gigantic hug and Sonic cringed. "Amy, get off!"

"He he!" Amy laughed. "Sonic, I'd like you to meet my new friend, Samus." A blond woman walked in and Sonic stared at her for a second.

"Where have I seen you before?" he asked suspiciously.

She smiled, "I was there when you 'kissed' Amy."

"Oh," Sonic said. "that." Sonic turned to see Link with his jaw hanging open. Sora was looking at Samus with an approving look, then stopped, looking abit guilty. Sonic smacked Link in the head.

"Huh?' Link said completely clueless. "Oh, I'm Link." He walked over to Samus and held out his hand. "It's an honor to meet such a beautiful lady."

Samus laughed, "Nice to meet you."

Sonic and Sora rolled their eyes at their friend's behavior. Sonic made the introductions, introducing Samus to Sora, Tails, and Knuckles.

"I'm sorry Samus, but we have to take care of some things," Sonic said. "I don't think you'd be interested."

"Try me," Samus challenged.

Sora sighed. "We're on a mission to find two villains by the name of Eggman and Ganondorf and stop them before the do too much damage. I don't think you want to get involved."

Samus smirked and hit a button on her bracelet. A high-tech suit of armor, complete with arm cannon, formed around her. A helmet formed over her head and she went into a battle pose. "I'm sure I could take it. And Sonic, I'm very interested. I'm sure I could help."

The room was completely silent. No one was expecting that the beautiful blond was also an awesome looking warrior.

Sora was the first to speak, "Dang. I guess you could help."


"Hiyaah!"

A scream cut through the room as Link swung his sword at Sora. Sora skillfully blocked with the Keyblade and swung at Link. Link dodged then hit Sora with his shield, sending Sora to the floor. Link walked over to Sora with a triumphant look on his face.

"Stop!" Sora yelled. To Link, Sora had just disappeared. A jab to the back sent his sprawling to the ground. Link turned over to see Sora spinning his Keyblade in the air.

"What was that?" Link asked with a puzzled look. "You just, disappeared!

Sora grinned, "Magic. A spell that stops time for everyone but me. Of course, it's a spell I haven't used in awhile, so I wasn't sure if that would work. Good thing it did, or I would have lost."

"Good job guys!" a voice echoed through the room. Platforms descended into the ground and a door opened, revealing Knuckles. "That makes 15-15. You guys are almost completely equal. But obviously, you're both holding back."

"I'm just glad Tails could make a training arena so fast," Link said. "It'd be nice if Samus could fight too. But Tails has to be a show-off. Showing all his technology stuff to her."

"Heh, that's Tails for ya," Knuckles said. "But how about a three way battle? You, Sora, and me?"

Sora started "Yeah, that sounds like a good—" An alarm cut Sora off, with red lights flashing everywhere. The three ran to the center of the lab, where Tails, Samus, and Sonic were already waiting for them.

"We found Eggman's base," Tails said. "There was a massive boost of power, and judging by the power signature, he was making more portals."

"Portals?" Samus asked. "Any chance that, when they appear everything sorta ripples? And they're there for a few seconds and then compress and fade out?"

"Actually," Sora said. "That's exactly what they do. How'd you know?"

Samus sighed. "I've dealt with this before. A planet was hit by something and was divided in two dimensions. One good and one bad. They were fighting over power and there was a huge war. In the end, with my help, the evil dimension was destroyed. If Eggman keeps experimenting, we might all be in a lot of trouble."

"Hmm," Tails said. "We should stop him as soon as possible then. Well, here's his base. It's in a dense section of a forest. Once we're all ready, we should move out."

"How will we get there?" Link asked. "Judging by that map, it's a long ways away."

"Oh, we can take the Tornado," Tails answered. "But, we'll have to make multiple trips.

"Or," Samus suggested. "We can take my ship." She hit another button on her bracelet and everyone heard a humming outside. Looking out, they saw Samus's spaceship, shaped kind of like her helmet. "Shall we?"


Samus had put the ship on autopilot. Tails looked over the controls; while Sonic, Knuckles, and Link looked out the windows. Sora just sat on on a storage container alone.

Samus saw Sora and walked over to him. Sitting next to him she asked, "Are you okay?"

He sighed, "I guess I kinda miss my friends. You know back on my world. Donald, Goofy, Riku, Kairi, and everyone else. It seems I always get separated from them."

She smiled, "Well, at least you have friends to miss. I'm a hero known all over the galaxy, and I really don't have any 'real' friends. I can go to planets and save tons of people, and they'll call me a friend. But, there's never any real friends; ones I know that will always be there for me."

"Really?" Sora asked. "I could be your friend. I mean it looks like we may be saving the world together. Well, this world. Why are you on Sonic's world anyways?"

"I really needed a vacation," Samus said. "I decided to go to a planet I had never been to before. Funny, it seems that no matter where I go, I am always saving people."

"Alright!" Sonic said. "We're here! But it looks like we were expected."

Looking out the window, everyone saw Eggman's robots. But there were also the skeleton creatures from Link's world. Which as he explained, were called Stalfos. But Sora paled at what he saw, a fairly large group of Heartless with arms, legs, and strange antennae. Neoshadows! But what scared him the most was what stood high on top of Eggman's fortress. Eggman, Ganondorf and…

"Maleficent," Sora muttered.


Author's Note: D'oh! I'm so sorry I haven't updated! My internet was down for awhile, and then I was really busy with school. I'll try to do better with the updating.