Sonic peeked from behind the building, assessing how many guards were in the area; he saw about eight pairs of guards spread within a few feet of the other. If he went further, he'd probably find more guards together-now he was stuck on whether to go closer and get any intel or if to continue further. He zips from corner to corner in the blink of an eye, arriving at the building right near about four pairs of guards. Sonic stuck his head to the corner, putting his ear out to listen- "I heard some guys are having trouble with a woman a few blocks from here…" one guard said.
"Ah, the one that ran away? Should we go and help?" a concerned guard asked.
Another guard approached them, "Don't worry about it. I heard the traitor Cassim is taking her on right now! The others are on their way here."
"Cassim? You mean the brother of the prisoner Ali Baba?"
"Yes, the one who sold out Ali Baba's treasure to the king-leading to Ali Baba's imprisonment."
Sonic was shocked to hear this, since he thought Morgiana's story was the truth. Could it be that even she didn't know? To Sonic, the situation was starting to seem a little strange, but he now he had a lead on Shahra's sister-heading in the direction where she supposedly was.
A few blocks away from where Sonic was, going on at the same time was a battle between a yellow fox that resembled Ali Baba, except he had one tail and wore different garments from that of his brother. He was battling against a woman who resembled shahra, except her hair was purplish blue and wore a traditional bejeweled green headdress with her attire being the same as Shahra's-only green. She was on the ropes, struggling to defend herself against the swift traitor. Earlier, the traitor known as Cassim had found her in the middle of town after searching for her.
"I thought you'd be more of a challenge…Jinni (genie) of the wind!" the fox said with a smug expression, waving both of his scimitar-one had some drops of blood dripping from the sharp side.
She kneeled and held her waist with one hand-wincing in pain as the feeling the blood escaped through her fingers; she was Dunya, Shahra's younger sister-the one who had become a genie that could control the wind. Dunya was a powerful genie, much like her sister, only problem was that as a user of the wind, she'd destroy villages if she wasn't careful, and since she was in a town where many innocent people were very near-some spectators-she couldn't use her powers at too great of strength; Cassim knew this and took heavy advantage, landing some scratches and even a mortal wound.
Dunya looked around, seeing the many people that were observing the fight-noticing plenty of people watch in fear of what Cassim might do; She grits her teeth and rises to her feet. "Traitor of Ali Baba, understand that the only reason you are not dead is because I cannot use the fullest of my abilities here in the town. However, I refuse to be defeated by a fool like you!"
The smug Cassim laughed, "The genie who controls wind, her power amplified when combined with her sister's sand. Of course, I'm aware of your handicap, with this, I can bring you to King Shahryar for your execution!"
"You are foolish to follow King Shahryar…" she winces, looking at her blood covered hand, revealing the sight of the huge gash on her waist.
"My…what a beautiful sight! I wonder what you and sister will look like without your heads…?"
A powerful gush of wind surrounded Dunya, "Stop talking about my sister!"-she rushes at at him creating a solid spear of wind for battle- "Leave..."-the clanging of the spear and short sword intensifies- "my sister out of this!"
They engage in an intense battle that walked a fine line with both weapons clashing-neither able to land a hit; if Dunya used even two-fifths of her wind powers, she'd kill Cassim overwhelmingly-but doing so would look horrifying to the people of the town that were watching, including the children. If Cassim landed another strike like the one to Dunya's waist, he'd have her down for count. He does an outward slash with both short swords, being met by a block from the wind spear; a huge gush of wind pushes both back from the impact. Dunya lands hard on her waist, feeling the hot sand go in her wound; Cassim fell flat on his back, taking deep breaths after an exhausting free for all. Cassim does a kip up, returning to his feet acrobatically as he laughed, feeling victory close.
"To think a simple wound…"-he twirls his weapons- "I'll scratch up that pretty face of yours some more…"-he throws both weapons at her; she closes her eyes, preparing for the worse.
A spinning blue ball appears from nowhere, deflecting both swords into different directions; everyone present awed, seeing something so swift appear at the right moment. Dunya opened her eyes after realizing she didn't get hit, when she looked before her, she saw a blue hedgehog standing before here. Sonic crossed his arms, a serious look his face with his teeth showing.
"You've got some nerve…" Cassim said, retrieving his two blades.
Dunya noticed the description of the blue blur matched the one of the legend she had heard from her sister, the one that her sister had defeated Erazor Djinn with. His blue quills that brushed with the windy air, bright red shoes with a single white stripe on each, and white gloves as pure as his heart. She held her waist, trying to stop more of the blood from pouring out, "Are you…the Aladdin that my sister spoke of? The one faster than the eye can see?"
Sonic looked confused, "Aladdin? No, I'm Sonic, Sonic the hedgehog!" he said in a serious tone, keeping his glare on Cassim. He turned towards Dunya, "I'll handle this guy and then we'll patch you up, ok?"-he said with warmth, resting his hand over her hand- "Your wound is pretty bad, but I'm sure I can find a place to get you wrapped up…"-he helps her up and over to the side near a building by some elders- "Would you kindly allow her to rest here until I finish this mess?"
The elders nodded, and Sonic helped her down; she was stunned by how kind the hedgehog was, but she was skeptical of what he could do once she saw his appearance. Sonic returned to the middle of the area, doing some stretches to loosen up. The audience was captivated by the sight before them: a dangerous duel wielding fox, facing off against, a fast hedgehog.
"I hope you know this fight won't be lasting long…" Sonic said casually, completing his stretches; Cassim nodded in agreement.
"Indeed…I'll cut you up before you can do anything!" he yelled, rushing at Sonic while yelling; Sonic yawned.
Cassim swipes from left to right with both weapons, unable to land a hit on Sonic as Sonic dodged casually with his eyes closed-smiling. Cassim does an acrobatic spin to throw Sonic off balance, but Sonic read it-leg sweeping him; in midair, Cassim aimed his sword and threw it at Sonic's face-grazing the left side of his muzzle. Sonic's eyes dilated as he positioned his feet, then disappearing for a split second. After a split second, Cassim feels a powerful punch to the gut that felt like it slowed down time; blood is coughed as his eye bulged out from the impact. A dozen more punches are landed on the midair Cassim, followed by a powerful kick that sends him flying a few feet back-if only that was the end; Sonic follows up, appearing behind Cassim with a full force punch to the back followed by a homing attack that sends Cassim upwards. Sonic does another homing attack, the performs a combo of punches followed by a front leg axe kick that sends Cassim crashing into the sand. Sonic cracks his knuckles, ready to punish the fox some more; incredibly, Sonic's entire attack lasted about five seconds in real time-truly he was the fastest thing alive.
"W-what just happened!?" one of the townspeople said in amazement.
"I only blinked for a moment and the next thing I see is the fox is completely defeated…" another said, pointing to the crater in the sand.
Sonic sighed, "Guess I went a little too far…"-he walks over and helps up Dunya- "let's find a infirmary…"
Dunya was stunned by what just happened, she couldn't even follow the swift battle-yet she was aware that in that five second span, Sonic completely defeated Cassim with only a scratch to the face. She was impressed to see such a strong character come to her rescue, resting most of her weight on his shoulders, trusting him to keep her safe; he smiled, sensing the newfound trust from her. After he got her wound disinfected and bandaged up, he explained to her everything that had occurred, notifying her that his sister was already in the palace probably confronting the King as they spoke.
"So, you are him…" she said observing his features.
"Yeah, we can marvel about me later. Right now, we need to get going and meet up with your sister…" Sonic said hastily knowing that they were going to soon get followed by the guards he saw earlier; more nuisances he'd have to take care of.
Just as they were ready to get moving, a swarm of guards yelled running towards them. Sonic had cruciform veins pop up on the side of his head, annoyed by the weak enemies that were hindering his progress. Sonic does a charged spin dash into all the enemies, appearing behind them afterwards on one knee as he saw his enemies' blood splatter from their bodies and into the hot sand; Sonic just eliminated a swarm of guards in the matter of a couple seconds.
"In…credible…!" Dunya said, shocked by the speed. H-he's a monster! He's a true force to be reckoned!
"Come on, we have to hurry!" he said, grabbing her by the hand and kicking into his faster speeds-blazing through the town, leaving a massive trail of sand flying everywhere as they made their way to King Shahryar's palace. In the palace, King Shahryar sat on his throne lazily, being fed grapes by a beautiful court and fanned by another; he was dressed in the traditional garments of a king from those times, only thing was his classes were still the same. He looked at the sight of dozens upon dozens of women before him-the sight of all the unmarried women left in the town, kneeling before him with their heads bowed. There was enough for him to have executed for another three months. He turned to his vizier, who was making preparation for the next execution after Ali Baba.
"Any word on the capture of your daughter?" King Shahryar said in the same tone that Dr. Eggman would; the vizier shook his head with sweat dripping down his face.
"Both of my daughters have yet to be captured, and Dunya-my youngest, has apparently been rescued by a blue hedgehog that possess unbelievable speed…"
King Shahryar raised his shaven right brow, "So he's returned…"-he recalls his previous encounter with Sonic, remembering how hostile the hedgehog was towards him- "That rat will suffer the moment he steps foot in this palace!"
His vizier nodded, "Your preparations were completed, this palace will be impossible for the likes of him to trespass, not to mention…"- he looks around the entire room, seeing guards encircle the large room- "He'll have heavy manpower to fight against."
King Shahryar guffawed, grabbing the bowl of grapes from his court- "He'll be fried! And I'll have your daughter executed immediately!"
The vizier bowed, the guards bowed, and everyone else in the room bowed down to their king. King Shahryar gets up, devouring the grapes and beholds the sight-sprouting a giant grin and beginning to laugh again.