It's time. Sonic has reached the first real big speed bump in his life. He's already cracking under the pressure. What will happen next? Let's find out.

Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic The Hedgehog or any of the characters, they are owned by Sega and Sonic Team.


April 19th 1995.

To the world, it seemed like Sonic The Hedgehog could do no wrong.

But behind the scenes, it was a different story.

Sonic once again had a full schedule, once again causing a lack of sleep.

Due to Knuckles and Tails working on their solo careers and Amy acting on stage in Station Square, Sonic for the first time in four years, was going it alone.

He would show up on set obviously impaired, taking drinks between shoots for scenes.

Considering the material he was working with, that may have been for the better.

While Sonic was still huge in the public eye, they wanted to expand the ideas even further, resulting in more gimmicky projects being released.

He was filming for a special airing that November, called Sonic Labyrinth, a special where Dr. Robotnik would take away the very thing that defined Sonic, his speed.

Sonic had brought this up with the board, arguing with them, saying it was one of the dumbest ideas he had ever heard.

Soon enough, after its release, everyone who saw it would agree.

Sonic Labyrinth would be his worst project ever.

If that weren't bad enough, his next two theatrical releases, reeked of desperation.

Sonic 3D Blast and Sonic X-Treme.

Both were being heavily hyped by Sega as Sonic's big comeback.

They had been banking on the success of 3D Blast and X-Treme, to finally take down the competition for good.

They were so confident in this move, they made the decision to release them only a month apart from each other.

With two big movies to do at once, Sonic was barely functioning.

On the set of X-Treme, Sonic was passed out in his chair, his odor disgusting everyone around him due to his excessive vices and lack of showering.

Ken stormed onto the set, more furious than ever.

He pushed Sonic's chair, knocking him over onto the floor.

Sonic rolled around, struggling to get back into his feet.

Ken picked him up and threw him against a wall.

"You aren't gonna waste our money just cause you can't handle a little pressure, I won't allow it!" Ken screamed.

The crew just watched in shock and intimidation at what Ken was doing.

"You got Knuckle's big premiere party tonight, clean yourself up." Ken said with contempt, throwing a towel at Sonic then walking away.

Sonic sat there in pain for a few moments, thinking everything over in his head.

He needed a wake up call and he needed it fast.


Later That Night.

Sonic had returned home, shutting the door behind him and pressed the answering machine.

"You have one new message." It said.

The beep came and the voice on the other line came through.

"Sonic, it's your father." He started.

Sonic cringed upon hearing him and immediately deleted the message.

His feelings had turned sour towards him for what his father had done.

It wasn't even a year after his mother had passed away that his father had moved on, dating and eventually marrying her own friend, Aleena.

Sonic felt his own father didn't even care that she was gone and to add insult to injury, Aleena had a baby on the way.

Sonic stumbled into the bathroom, turning on the shower, he slipped in and out of consciousness as the water poured down.

When he fully awoke, Sonic turned off the water and slowly walked out, looking at the clock.

"I'm late!" He thought, panicking.

Sonic rushed into his room, quickly slipping into his tuxedo and running at full speed to the party.

He had made it just before the doors had closed, thankfully, hardly anyone had noticed.

Everyone seemed to be there, even Tails had managed to show up.

"Hey buddy, how've you been?" Sonic asked.

"Been doing great, Skypatrol is coming out next week, plus I met this girl named Mina who did the soundtrack, she's so cool." Tails told him.

"Well, sounds like someone's enjoying the good life." Sonic said, patting him on the back.

"Yeah, hey look, there's Ray, haven't seen him in awhile." Tails said.

"Yeah, after SegaSonic, he said the film life was too much for him so he stepped away, I actually hear he's a screenwriter now." Sonic said.

"No kidding?" Tails said.

"Yeah, hey I gotta go, Ken wanted me to meet with him and the others upstairs." Sonic tells him.

"Okay, I'll see you around." Tails said.

Sonic headed upstairs, walking down the hall, he saw the room he was supposed to meet the executives in, the door slightly open.

Sonic noticed they were already talking.

"He's a liability!" He recognized Ken shouting.

"He's our only money maker, Ken." One exec told him.

"X-Treme is going way over budget and way passed schedule!" Ken countered.

"While that may be true, the hedgehog has brought in billions for this company." Another exec said.

"We can find a new frontman, one who won't be a waste of time, I've already got some candidates for the role." Ken told them.

"What, you mean that weird Bug guy or that purple flying jester?" One of them joked.

"That jester guy calls himself a Nightmaren, I don't know what that means, maybe he's a method actor, but at least he'd be more suitable for us." Ken tried to get his point across.

"Let's face it, Sonic's losing his appeal anyway, pretty soon, no one is even gonna remember his name." Ken said.

The board members all looked at each other, some of them with looks of doubt and others with looks of sadness.

"We'll consider it depending on how all the new movies fare." The exec informed him.

"That's all I ask, thank you gentleman." Ken said with a smirk.

Opening up the door, Ken flinched as he saw Sonic, glaring at him.

"Sonic, buddy, w-what's up?" Ken stuttered.

Sonic held back from acting out, instead storming off down the hall, grabbing a drink from one of the trays a waiter held.

Sonic downed it in a second, then grabbed another.

For the next hour, Sonic would blend in at the party, taking drink after drink.

Finally, towards the end of the party, the next act that he would do, would set the course for what was to come.

As Knuckles got up to the stage, he raised his glass in a toast.

"I just wanted to thank everyone for making this possible." He started.

"To Vector creating the vision, to Espio, Mighty and Charmy for always being there when I needed them most and most of all, to my loving girlfriend Rouge, for always believing in me and helping everyone here to live out our dreams, thank you all so much." Knuckles said.

Everyone applauded and took their drinks.

Sonic had reached his twentieth by the time of toast, causing him to finally let loose.

Sonic clapped loudly and quickly when it became quieter, grabbing everyone's attention.

Using this to his advantage, Sonic rushed onto the stage, grabbing the microphone, slurring his words as he spoke.

"What a bunch of…" He trailed off, falling off the stage onto the floor.

He stumbled back up, talking once more.

"You think you're so great, you're all nothing without me!" Sonic shouted, gesturing around to everyone.

"You're all famous because I put you on the map, my movie made all of this possible!" He continued on, some of them starting to glare at him.

"So, mister big shot thinks he can take the it all away and cut me out!" He shouted, pointing right at Ken.

"Well, you've got another thing coming pal!" Sonic said, pushing Ken into the table, knocking the food over onto everyone around and shattering the ice sculpture.

Ken tried fighting back but Sonic hit him so hard it knocked him out.

Fortunately, Sonic would get a taste of his own medicine.

As soon as Sonic turned around, Knuckles punched him square in the head, knocking him unconscious.

"Security!" Rouge shouted.

Security showed up to the scene, dragging Sonic out of the theater by his feet, then throwing him out onto the sidewalk.

Sonic would lay there till morning.

When he would wake up, he would realize the full magnitude of what he had done.


Hey everyone, sorry if these few chapters are bumming anyone out, but, the mid to late 90's were a tough time for Sonic so this seemed to make the most sense. Don't worry, things will pick up soon. I just wanna thank everyone for the support once more and as always, have an awesome day.