Dream lighting: Wow amazing chapter think she's from a different planet? Wondering write your Hey Arnold or write jungle movie love this book
Angel: Is the she supposed to be Cosmo? I don't know who 'she' is XD Anyway...I'll get back to that story eventually, but right now, it's not happening. I'm not saying I'll neglect it entirely, but now, with the college semester ending soon, and since I'm not done with any stories I've done in the past few months or so...adding a fourth one would just take a toll on me. I don't need the stress ^^' In fact, this story is the only one that's not on-going that I'm doing right now. ANY story would have to wait until Sophia X is done for good. In the summer, I'm going on a cruise for who knows how long, so I don't know how many stories I can accomplish...
Bajy: Excellent. Love this chapter! Hmm...I wonder what else the king and queen are keeping from Sophia and the others? Looking forward to reading more soon
Angel: Thank you. And...more will be revealed in due time.
Crazycartoons5488: I hope they save the day again.
Angel: It's Sonic the Hedgehog and Princess Sophia. If they can survive Eggman's schemes, they can survive anything.
Challishanlon99: Hi it's me again I hope that you're not angry at me but if you are that's okay anyway I love this story so much what's Sonic everybody if you can go on vacation where Eggman can't find you or any villain where would you go? But if this is too personal and very sorry for asking please don't be mad at me.
Angel: Unless there's a reason why I should be mad, I'm not really angry. I'm more tired than any other emotions right now. I'm just glad that I have a few weeks left and that I don't have as much work this week. With two discussions to write and two others to respond to, two tests, two quizzes, a six paragraph essay, and two online assignments...I'm just peachy *smiles widely* I'm tired, so I only managed to get Sophia, Amy, Tails, and Sonic.
Sophia: ...Oh right. Um, I would want to go to Paris. I'd love to see the Eiffel Tower.
Amy: Oh, I pick Paris too! It'd be so romantic! It is called the City of Love, after all!
Sonic: Vacation? I'm always on the run to go on vacation!
Tails: Heh...yeah, remember when we went to see glaciers? But for me, I'd pick anywhere where I can fly the X Tornado.
Sophia: Tails, it's called a vacation for a reason.
Johanvanguard: It's great that Sonic and Sophia fought the Metarex, but it proved too strong for them. When he wanted to take the Chaos Emeralds, Sonic and Sophia had no choice, but to scatter them across outer space. Tails and the others meeting Cosmo, an alien who crash landed on their world was unexpected. I wasn't expecting for Eggman to help heal Sonic and Sophia, and that both were seriously injured from their fight in space. Too bad that another Metarex showed up on the planet and caused trouble for everyone. I wonder what Elliot and Valentina might know about the Metarex and if Sophia might remember something about Cosmo. Even though Sonic, Sophia, and the others did their best, they couldn't defeat the Metarex and it took their world's planet egg. I'm glad that Cosmo finally met Sonic and Sophia asked for their help to save the galaxy. Just then Chris' machine finally worked and he ended up in Sonic's world, but he was 12 years old again. For the next chapter, I wonder how Sophia will react to the explanation of the planet eggs and the Metarex, and how she might help to get her world's planet egg back.
Angel: This...is a lot XD I wish Knuckles wasn't such a meathead so he could actually, you know, understand? He would've done the same thing if it was him. And...Eggman is full of surprises...but most of the time, they're bad ones. And it will be revealed at the end of the chapter how they know the Metarex. Sophia doesn't react about the planet eggs, though.
Devin sands: Love this chapter I want to ask are you going to have the king and queen go into space with Sonic and the others cause I thought of that when I read this chapter and they could help in their own way.
Angel: Yes, they will. If Sophia is gonna go into space where she came from, I figured why not have her parents come along?
SwanGirl24: I just want to let you know that your story is one of the stories that inspired me to write my own Sonic X story. If you're interested I would like you read it when it comes and tell me what you think.
Angel: Why do I feel like this is déjà vu...? Maybe I'm just that tired that I'm imagining things. Anyway, I'm glad that my reluctant Sophia X story inspired you. I'd be glad to give it a read whenever it's released. Let me know when it comes out. Most of the time, I'm either doing homework or working on stories nowadays.
Guest: Update please
Angel: Have you just met me? Thursdays only. I stopped updating on Tuesdays.
GreenD109: After reading this new chapter, one thing is certain, Sophia, King Elliot, and Queen Valentina may or may not have encounter the Meterexes along with Cosmo's people or heard about them. But I guess that's for us to find out, as we keep on reading this story.
Angel: I think next chapter is when you guys get to know the full story.
Courtney: I can't wait to see the team go into outer space to retrieve the Chaos Emeralds and stop the Metarex and I wonder if this is the reasons Sophia's parents alien planet died out than what Sophia explained.
Angel: Sophia doesn't know what happened since she's not from there, so it makes sense that she gave minor details.
The Master Emerald glows brightly as something big was happening...
Dear Mom and Dad and everybody, I'm sorry to leave without saying goodbye. I knew if I said anything, you'd try and stop me from trying to travel to Sonic and Sophia's world. It's very important to me.
Chris stood in front of the machine where everything would change.
So I hope you'll understand. Don't worry, I'll be fine. And, I'll be back. I'll miss you all. Mom, and Dad, Grandpa, Danny, Frances, and Helen.
I love you,
Chris
PS: I'll tell Sonic and the others you said hello.
There was a flash in his lab and then he was gone.
A figure appeared in front of the Master Emerald and they all stared. "Hey, that's Chris!" Sophia, Sonic, and Knuckles said in unison.
"It worked...!" He sounded different from when he left. Their mouths all opened in shock. "I-I did it! I actually did it! Sonic! Sophia!" He then fell to the ground and their feet, placing a hand in front of him. He noticed that it was smaller than his adult hand. He looked at his smaller lab coat, gasping in shock.
Chris was now in his 12 year old body.
"What's going on?" Chris asks in confusion, looking over himself. "What's with my clothes? Did I shrink or something?"
"Shrink?" Sophia asks to herself, frowning. She still doesn't know why the Metarex seem familiar to her, or why her parents seem to know them...
"Great to see ya, Chris," Tails walks up to him with a smile.
"Tails, it's you," Chris gets onto his feet as Cream and Amy walk up to him.
"We really missed you!"
"It's about time you showed up," Amy teases, elbowing him with a giggle.
"Hey Amy."
"It's good to see ya," Knuckles hits him slightly with a laugh. Cosmo, Sonic, Sophia, and her parents look on at the reunion. They all fire their happiness to see him at once and he smiles at them. Cosmo turns to the other four.
"Sonic, your highnesses, who is that boy?"
"He's our friend," Sonic tells her.
"And please, just call me Sophia. Everyone else does," Sophia laughs at her politeness. Honestly, ever since she found out she was born on Earth, she didn't like formalities. She wanted people to get to know the real her, not the princess everyone else is familiar with.
Chris beams at the two. "Hi Sonic, Sophia..."
"How you doing, pal?" Sonic gives him a thumbs up, Sophia smiling softly.
"Things were pretty quiet without you getting into trouble," She chuckles at the thought.
"Sonic...Sophia..." He walks up to them slowly. "I can't believe I'm really here! It's been a long time coming."
"We knew you'd get here sooner or later, buddy!"
"Erm," Sophia cringes as she glances at the forest behind her. "Albeit during a bad time..."
"Wow, Sophia, you got a new look!" He looks at her new clothing.
"Oh this?" She lightly touches the small braid in her hair. "Let's just say that Station Square inspired me a bit..."
"But Sonic, you haven't changed a bit!" He looks around as Cosmo smiles a bit at their friendship. She could tell that Chris really cared about them, and vice versa. "Come to think of it, none of you have." He sees Cosmo and simply nods, wondering who she is. She nods back.
"Doesn't look like you changed much either, except for the baggy clothes. Is that some new style or something?"
"Ha!" Sophia giggles and he sweats a bit.
"No, I don't know what's going on," Sonic then falls to the floor, to their confusion. "Sonic!"
"Sonic?" Sophia bends down to him in concern.
"Sonic, what's wrong?" Amy calls out as they run up to them.
"Sonic."
"Say something!"
Cosmo has her mouth covered in shock, wondering what could've happened to them.
"Why isn't he waking up?"
Tails feels his forehead. "He's okay. I think he's just exhausted."
"Yeah, I guess he still has to recover from that battle," Knuckles replies, the king and queen growing worried.
"Battle? What battle?"
"Sonic got injured in a battle?" Chris asks in worry, Tails and Knuckles turning to him.
"Well...Sophia too, but-"
"Sophia!" Her eyes widen in slight fear as her parents are towering over her. "What is the meaning of this?!"
"Oh boy," She facepalms, standing up.
They take Sonic to Cream's house so Vanilla could look over him. She places a blanket over him. "You rest now, Sonic."
"Your friends Sonic and the princess were fighting against a Metarex," Cosmo explains in the living room. Valentina and Elliot look around uneasily. Elliot gives his daughter a look.
"You were in battle with a Metarex and you did not inform us?"
"I was planning to tell you," Sophia rubs her arm awkwardly. "But it seems like you already know about them..."
"What is a Metarex?" Amy asks in confusion.
"I don't know how many there are, but they've been attacking planets all over the galaxy. Their goal is to unify all the planets under one absolute rule," Cosmo states.
"Let me guess, their rule," Knuckles replies knowingly.
"That's right. They've already extinguished so many planets."
"What do you mean, extinguished?" Amy questions, wondering if that can even be possible.
"The Metarex don't just conquer planets, they take the planet eggs."
"The what?" Knuckles wonders.
"The planet eggs are like the hearts of planets. Without them, planets lose their power to nurture and sustain life. They become just cold, barren rocks, drifting through space. And now that they've taken your planet egg, your world will soon wither away just like the others have."
"Oh my god," Sophia covers her mouth in horror. "That's so awful!"
"Our planet will die?" Amy asks slowly.
"That's right."
Sophia looks up to her parents in worry for the other people on the planet. They just close their eyes and she looks away sadly. By their looks...
Without that planet egg, there's nothing they can do.
"Excuse my asking, but how do we know you're not on their side?" Knuckles asks suspiciously. The queen smacks him on the head with her scepter. "OW!"
"Knuckles! Manners. Cosmo can be trusted."
"She's right, I'm not!" Cosmo stands up in defense. "The Metarex are vicious, and they'll wipe out anything that gets in their way. I am NOT with them, you have to believe me."
"I wish I could," Knuckles narrows his eyes at her, arms crossed.
"At least let's hear her out," Chris speaks up.
"That is correct. Cosmo warned us, Knuckles, and you will do well to listen," Elliot narrows his eyes at the echidna. He holds up his hands in defense, wondering how they know her.
"I came here so that what happened to me might not happen to all of you," Tears come to her eyes. "My planet is gone. Everyone I loved, my family, my friends...everything!" She starts crying. "Everything is gone..."
Sophia's eyes grow soft, Knuckles feeling bad now as they stare at her. The princess steps up and engulfs Cosmo into a soft hug. She knew how the girl felt. Sophia herself felt the same when she found out she was a human...
Chris closes the door to the living room, looking at Tails and Amy. "She's calmed down a little. I think she'll be okay."
"I can't believe Knuckles was giving that poor thing such a hard time," Amy scolds, "It's a good thing that Valentina was there to knock some sense into him."
"I can't believe you built a teleporting machine in only six months!" Tails smiles, impressed.
"Only six months?!" Chris shouts in shock, closing his eyes in embarrassment. "No wonder you all look exactly as I remember you."
"Chris is acting kind of funny, Amy," Tails whispers, sweating a bit.
"Don't forget, he's human," Amy whispers back.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
Amy's eyes widen in embarrassment as Sophia is standing nearby, arms crossed. "N-Nothing, Sophia!"
"Back home, it's been 6 years since I saw you!" Chris crosses his arms. "I guess I still have a lot to learn about teleportation."
"6 years?" Sophia's eyes widen in surprise.
"If it's been 6 years, how come you still look the same?" Tails wonders.
"I'm just as confused as you are, Tails," Chris shrugs at him.
"Maybe time just works differently between our worlds," Sophia shrugs at the possibility. "After all, I was stuck in space for who knows how long before my parents found me and I still looked like a baby."
Amy giggles at their confusion. "We'll figure it out." She opens the door, gasping. "Sonic's gone!"
"Oh no!"
"He must've gone out the window!" Chris runs up to the open window, Sophia facepalming.
"Every time," She mutters, walking out the door.
"He doesn't even say goodbye," Amy places her hands on her hips bitterly, glaring out the window.
"That's Sonic for ya. No matter what, he just takes off. He can't even stay still when he's passed out," Tails smiles at the thought.
"I'm just glad he's okay," Chris says softly.
Sonic is dashing through the forest, landing on top of a mountain. He looks at a big hole in the ground, but something else is off. He noticed it while he was running. "That's weird. There's no wind."
"Sonic!"
He turns around as Sophia lands in front of him. "You should be resting! You know better than to pull a disappearing act."
"How long have you known me, princess?" He smiles in amusement. "I've just gotta run!"
Sophia sighs a bit, facepalming. "I let you run off way too often..."
"Anyway...there's no wind, Sophia. Something's wrong."
She frowns at that, looking out to their land. "Yeah...it means our planet is dying until there's nothing left..."
"Something's not right," Knuckles stares at the Master Emerald. "I don't trust that Cosmo. What kind of business does she have with King Elliot, Queen Valentina, and Princess Sophia, anyway? Are they with the Metarex?"
"So, is it true, Knuckles?" Rouge flies down to him.
"Is what true, Rouge?" Whatever she wanted to know, he didn't care.
"A little birdie told me that all seven Chaos Emeralds were gone."
"It's true," He huffs to himself at the thought. "Sonic and Sophia thought it would be a good idea to scatter them into space. And not only that, but Chris teleported here from his world somehow." She smirks and flies away. "Things are crazy here! A Metarex attacks, then Cosmo-"
"See you around, Knuckie!" She sings as she leaves.
"Hey, Rouge! Come back here! You've got a lot of nerve flying off when I'm still talking! ROUGE!"
"These should fit a little better," Vanilla holds out Chris' old shirt. "They're like your old clothes, aren't they?"
"They sure are," He smiles gratefully. "Thanks," He rubs his neck sheepishly that she has an old shirt. Man, this is embarrassing.
Cheese chirps happily as him and Rose are playing with Cream. Cosmo is looking up at the sky. "Such a pretty place..."
"I'm glad you like it," Cream smiles happily. "My planet's great. Maybe you can learn to love it here."
"Maybe," She smiles at the thought before it fades. She doesn't understand. Without the planet egg, her planet cannot survive... "You know, Cream, if we don't get the planet egg back-"
"We will," Cream answers without hesitation, surprising Cosmo. "We've got Sonic and Sophia on our side," She smiles at the alien girl, "The king and queen too! They'll make everything okay."
Cheese and Rose agree with her. "But Cream, Sonic and Sophia aren't strong without the Chaos Emeralds."
As soon as she says that, Sophia and Sonic arrive back. "Well then, I'll guess we'll just have to go find them."
"We've done it before," Sophia shrugs at Cosmo. "Shouldn't be too hard to do...for a third time."
"I wish you had them now," She frowns a bit.
"Maybe there was something we could've done instead of sending the Chaos Emeralds away, but it seemed like a good idea at the time."
Super Sonic and Sophia stared at their enemy before holding out their hands. "CHAOS CONTROL!" The seven emeralds flew off into seven different directions. They smiled to themselves before falling towards their planet.
"At least he didn't get the Emeralds."
"That's right," Sophia nods at them. "It was either that or he would've destroyed our planet...well, more than they already have."
The door opens and they look to see Valentina, Elliot, Tails, Chris, and Amy walking up to them. "You must've been pretty wiped out after fighting that thing," Tails speaks up.
"We were. Sophia broke my fall when we fell from space. When we transformed into Super Sonic and Super Sophia, we thought it'd be a cinch, but boy, were we wrong!" He smiles at the thought and at Sophia. "Thanks for the save."
"A princess has to protect her people. I was only doing what anyone else would've done," Sophia smiles a bit.
"Sonic, your highnes-er, Sophia." Sophia nods at the recognition. "Listen. The Metarex are extremely powerful. They've traveled through space and taken every egg from every planet they've encountered."
"There's nothing to worry about as long as Sophia and Sonic are on the scene, Cosmo. We'll get all the planet eggs back. We promise," Sonic holds up a finger.
"A dangerous quest in outer space," Amy's eyes shine as she clasps her hands. "Could anything be more romantic?"
"Cheese and I wouldn't miss an adventure like this," Cream stands up.
"You can count me in, Sonic," Tails calls out.
"I wanna go too," Chris smiles happily. "I've been waiting six years to have another adventure with you!"
"Great, then it's settled. We're going into outer space!" Sonic and Sophia declare, pointing up to the sky. The king and queen chuckle at how much Sonic has indirectly influenced their daughter in so many ways.
"Well Tails," King Elliot puts a hand on his shoulder. "Looks like you have a space ship to build!"
"Me?! Oh wow, thank you, your highness! I promise I won't let you down!"
"Tails, to go into space, won't we need a spaceship?" Chris asks as they're in a hanger.
"Ta da!" He turns on the lights and they look up in surprise to see just that. The king and queen clap, impressed. Sonic whistles at it.
"It's so big!" Cream and Amy say in unison.
"It's a multi-purpose, fully mobile Flying Fortress!" Tails smiles at it. "I call it the Blue Typhoon, and with a few quick adjustments, it can even fly into space. Only..."
"Only what?" Chris asks, noticing Tails' sad expression.
"I was planning on using the Chaos Emeralds as the power source. Now what are we gonna use?"
Sophia smiles sheepishly at Sonic as Chris gets an idea. "I know what we can use!"
Knuckles groans as he's walking around in the forest. "I shouldn't have told that batty Rouge anything!" He looks around and gasps as he sees something. Angel Island is no longer floating. "Oh no! The Master Emerald's gone!"
Chris looks down at the power source of their ship: The Master Emerald. Tails looks at the statistics. "The readings look good, Chris."
"The Master Emerald oughta give us enough power to go interstellar!" Chris exclaims and Knuckles suddenly arrives.
"WHAT'S THE IDEA?!"
"We're gonna borrow your Master Emerald for a little while," Sonic grins down at him.
"No way, it goes back where it was!"
"But we need it to go into outer space," Amy tries to reason with him.
"Wha?" He turns to them. "Outer space?"
"We have to find the seven Chaos Emeralds so we have enough power to defeat Metarex," Cosmo speaks up.
"We're going to travel across the galaxy, battle Metarex, and save planets!" Cream chirps in excitement. "Doesn't it sound like the best adventure ever."
"It sounds just peachy," He grits his teeth, glaring up at Sonic. "Now gimme back that emerald, Sonic, or I'll come up there and take it!"
Valentina and Sophia are about to calm him down when they see Cream slowly getting angry. "Listen to you! You should be ashamed!"
He sweats nervously at her. Cream never got angry. Like, ever.
"The fate of the entire galaxy is at stake," Cosmo tells him with a frown.
"But if you won't listen to reason," Amy walks up to Knuckles with her hammer and he screams. "Maybe I could knock some reason into you," Her eyes shine evilly at the thought. "It'd be a pleasure!"
He backs up and knocks into two people. He turns around and sees Valentina along with Sophia. They're glaring down at him, arms crossed.
"Hey, let's calm down!"
"Ladies, if you will," Valentina gestures to Knuckles. Amy, Cream, and Cosmo pounce forward to deal with him.
"Sonic, please, help me! Your highnesses, call them off!"
"I'd like to, but I don't get involved in fights I can't win. You're on your own," Sonic winks at him.
"As queen, I believe that you require proper manners," Valentina closes her eyes in amusement. "Knights do not talk back, and you shall soon learn that."
"It's hard to believe he's actually a knight with the way he presents himself," Sophia sighs slowly. Despite his attitude, Knuckles was still a loyal friend, and that loyalty was possibly the only thing that allowed him to keep his title...
They get to work making the adjustments now that they have the power to go into space. Tails speaks to Sonic with the blueprints, Knuckles transports supplies, but not faster than Sonic, and Tails and Chris are at the control panel.
"Chris," He turns to the boy. "I'm sorry our planet got invaded right when you came to visit us." He wanted Chris to see their planet for what it was, not when it was dying...
"Are you kidding? Don't be," Chris shakes his head. "I haven't been this excited in years! And now that I'm older, I can be of some use to you guys." He smiles gratefully. He may look younger, but he still has all of his previous experiences with machinery. "So is the initial takeoff sequence ready? Prepare to activate the Master Emerald."
Tails smiles at him happily. "This reminds me of our times back in Station Square."
"We should load the ship with lots of cool gadgets! That way, when I tell Grandpa about it, he'll get really jealous!"
"Sounds good to me!"
They continue their work, unaware of someone watching them...
"Do not let them leave the planet," A Metarex is preparing to attack them. "Stop the development of the spacecraft, and destroy them."
It flies towards the dying planet, ready to commence the plan...
Amy, Cream, Sophia, and her mother walk through the grass. They had gone home to grab their items for the trip. "This could be the last of the supplies we have to haul from home. Of course now, we have to load everything onto the ship."
"I can hardly believe it," Cream smiles excitedly. "Pretty soon we'll be taking off in sp-"
They notice Cosmo sitting on a trunk. "Hi Cosmo," Cream walks up to her. She looks up in confusion as Cream sets her things down. "Would you mind carrying these downhill, please?"
"Oh, okay," She stands up, surprised that they're being nice despite their previous suspicion of her. She picks up the bags slowly.
"Are you sure you can handle it?"
"I got it..." She trips, rolling down the grass.
"She doesn't have it," Cream has her mouth covered. Sophia speeds down to Cosmo, but the plant girl bumps into Sophia. Luckily the princess broke her fall.
"I'm...okay..."
"Cosmo!" They run down to her.
"Sophia!" Valentina rushes down to them.
"Are you two alright?" Amy asks them.
"I think so..." Cosmo sits up, turning around as Sophia rubs her head. "Thank you, princess."
"No problem...though, I can't say much about our food," She looks down at the fallen food on the grass. The sky gets darker for a second, causing Cosmo's eyes to go wide. She shudders in horror as she sees something flying in the sky. They look up and it crashes not too far away.
"A Metarex..."
"What?" Sophia frowns at it. "Why? They already took the planet egg."
"The Metarex do not go easy on anyone," Valentina narrows her eyes and Sophia looks up at her in confusion. The queen suddenly remembered how she knew them...
And why Cosmo came for their help.
Sophia looks up at her mom, who nods for her to go and help.
The Metarex bot stands up. "Following directive number one. Destroy the enemy's spacecraft," It fires at the grass. "Adjust firing error 296, tangen 8."
A pink and blue blur fly by, Sonic jumping off its head. Knuckles comes in and knocks the robot to the ground. Sophia flings pick projectiles while still in the air. "Chaos Spear!"
However, they have no effect on the robot. She lands safely between Sonic and Knuckles, the trio confused when the robot emits a sword from its right hand. It slices at them and they jump into the air, the sword slicing off a tree instead.
"I don't think we're gonna stop that thing this way!" Knuckles glances to his right as Sonic and Sophia land on the ground.
"You're right. But we gotta try," Sonic grits his teeth at the robot.
"Sonic, you and I couldn't stop one even when in Super mode. They're too powerful," Sophia narrows her eyes. I know that my parents somehow know them...and I know that I've seen them before, earlier in my lifetime. What am I missing?
The Metarex stands up. "It is futile for you to oppose us. You are never going to leave this planet alive."
"That's what you think!" Sophia grits her teeth, pointing up at it. "You can't stop us!"
"There's no time," Chris glances at Tails as they see the smoke in the distance. "What's our status?"
Tails rushes to the roof to check. "I still have a few adjustments to make, but we can work on those in the air, so I guess we're ready!"
"Let's go," Chris tells him. They nod to each other.
"You're ready?!" Amy asks in surprise, using the communicators they were given. Phones don't exist on their world, so communicators were the next best thing. "We're leaving now?"
"Soon, but we have to activate the Master Emerald first, so we need Knuckles," Tails rubs his neck. "Would you mind finding him for me?"
Amy hangs up, pressing the lid down. "The time's almost here! Cream, go find Knuckles and tell him Tails needs him on the ship. Cosmo, your highness, come with me and help me get the supplies abroad."
"What's going on?" Cosmo asks slowly.
"Tails is almost ready to power up his new ship, and he needs Knuckles to activate the Master Emerald," Amy explains, Valentina, Cosmo, and Cream gasping sharply. They themselves weren't ready, but they had to do what Amy asked.
Sonic jumps back as the robot punches the ground. He jumps again as the robot chops his hand through a tree. The hedgehog lands on a branch. "Hey, up here!"
The Metarex robot stands up, Knuckles and Sophia jumping behind him. He punches it from behind as Sophia goes in for the kick. They land in the same tree as Sonic, looking at the dust. The robot stands up to look at them.
"Huh? Hey, I think I finally stopped him," Knuckles murmurs to Sonic and Sophia.
"You stopped him?!" Sophia flares up her nose. However, it prepares the missiles from the chest plate.
"I don't think so!" Sonic tells Knuckles as they cringe. It fires and they move out of the way. Some of them go straight for the spacecraft. Sophia and Sonic gasp sharply.
Tails is preparing the systems. "Radar systems activated." He glances to his right to see missiles flying towards them. He shouts in horror, but Sonic knocks them away. Sophia lands in front of the ship, closing her eyes. She uses her telekinesis to knock one missile into the other. She then melts a missile with her laser eyes.
"It'd stink to get blasted out of the sky before we left the ground!" Sonic comments, another one landing right behind him. He gasps in shock as the Metarex fires lasers. Sonic looks at where it landed, thankfully behind the ship. Knuckles runs around it, digging a hole. The robot sinks through the hole, Knuckles chuckling.
"Happy landing, pal!"
"Knuckles!" Cream comes flying in with her ears. He looks up at her. "Tails needs you on the ship! He plans to beat the Metarex!"
"I just did!" He brags, but the aforementioned robot gets up, trying to attack Knuckles. Sonic kicks it in the head, landing in front of it. Sophia flies in, landing next to him.
"Go on Knuckles, we got this guy!"
Amy throws the last of her supplies down, wiping the sweat off her forehead. "Whew. You know, Cosmo, you might wanna carry more than one at a time."
Cosmo nods at her, "Right." She struggles to get the backpack off, eventually landing on the ground.
"Why don't you just take it easy?" Amy waves at her sheepishly.
"Yes, do not stress yourself, young one," Valentina helps Cosmo up.
Tails presses two buttons as he's doing a final check. "The main engine's ready. Connecting to the Master Emerald. You copy?"
Chris sees the power going up. "Main engine now connected to the Master Emerald." He looks up as the Master Emerald is locked inside the engine, so that no one would steal it should the engine ever break down.
Knuckles is standing in front of the Master Emerald. "The seven Chaos Emeralds are the servers. Our hearts intensify their power. The controller serves to unify the Chaos. We need your great power to find the Chaos Emeralds!"
"Ignition." Chris pulls the lever and soon, the ship starts up. "Okay, the engine's fired up."
Vanilla is knitting as Cream arrives. "Mother?"
"Oh," She looks up at her daughter. Cream walks up to her slowly.
"Mother, would it be alright if I go out into space with everybody?"
"You mean on that nice spaceship that Tails built? Sure, sweetie, just don't touch any buttons." She smiles softly at Cream.
"Thanks, Mother," Cream hugs her, to her surprise.
"Cream."
Goodbye, Mother. Goodbye.
Sonic and Sophia jump into the air, punching the Metarex. They continue to attack, but it does nothing to stop it.
They land on the grass as the robot lands with a thump in front of them. They glance back at the ship. "Hurry it up, guys!"
The ground starts to shake and they look towards the crater where the ship is.
"The acceleration thruster's almost charged!" Tails reports, looking at the bars going up. "Take off time," He smiles when it's ready.
The ground underneath breaks apart as the ship launches into the air.
"You are doomed," The Metarex robot fires missiles from its chest.
"Great," Sophia and Sonic sigh at the robot's persistence. They spin dash into the air to fend off the missiles. Once they touch them, they explode. The two land on the ship, smirking.
"It's been fun, but we have to be running along now." He rubs his nose.
"We won't miss ya!" Sophia salutes off to the robot.
The Master Emerald glows. "Master Emerald, we need you! Release the power of Chaos to us!"
"We're almost there. 80, 90, 95. The chamber's energy supply is at full capacity," Chris reports. The Metarex takes off after them, both Sophia and Sonic cringing.
"Sonic, Sophia! We're gonna use the main cannon! Stand by!" Tails' voice warns as a cannon is emitted right behind them from the ship. "Transferring power from the energy chamber to the main cannon."
"Cannon pressure sequence now in progress," Chris speaks up as the two speedsters run inside. "Sequence complete. Sonic, Sophia, do your thing."
They know exactly what to do as they land on a platform. "Here goes!" They spin dash, the cannon giving them massive amounts of power.
The Metarex robot stares at the ship, wondering why it stopped...
"Last one," Amy puts down a backpack near an exhausted Cosmo, Cream, Rose, and Cheese.
"Attention everyone," Chris' voice announces through the speaker, "Brace yourselves."
Amy and Valentina sigh, falling to the ground. Elliot stands by, his eyes narrowed. When we depart...Sophia shall be told what she wishes to know...
The Metarex robot is about to fire its missiles again. "Target Metarex, dead ahead!" Tails locks his target into the chest. The missiles are fired.
"SONIC/ROYAL POWER CANNON, FIRE!" Knuckles, Chris, and Tails shout in unison. The cannon powers up and then Sonic and Sophia burst out of it like cannonballs. They destroy the missiles, but they weren't finished yet. They pierce right through the chest of the Metarex, damaging and destroying it. The two fly into the air, still spinning.
Sophia slowly stops, holding her dizzy head. She looks up to Sonic and flies towards him, grabbing his arms. She shakes her head rapidly to clear her head, flying back towards a flying plane. Chris is flying it.
"Hang on, guys," He whispers to himself.
Sonic opens his eyes, smiling. "Hi Chris."
"I gotcha!" He calls out, opening up the window and holding out his arms. Sonic grabs his hand once Sophia reaches the boy. "Mission accomplished!" He flies back to the spaceship.
"Excellent catch, guys!" Tails praises, looking up. "Now get ready. Retracting main cannon." The Sonic/Royal Power Cannon goes back to where it was. "Rerouting energy to the main engine." Luckily, since they're using the Master Emerald, they didn't lose any power at all from the cannon. "Forward wing deployed!"
Two wings from the side appear.
"Alright, Blue Typhoon...here we go." The spaceship takes off into the sky, Amy looking up. She gets to her feet, turning to the others.
"Let's get to the bridge!" She runs off, the others following after her, including the king and queen. Sonic, Sophia, Tails, and Chris smile at the sky. "Hey," Amy calls out once she reaches them.
Sonic chuckles up at her as Cream, Cheese, Rose, and Sophia's parents appear. "Mother? Father? I thought you were staying at the palace. Who's going to look after our world when we're gone?" Sophia asks in concern. They were already attacked; who knows what could happen if all three royals are away in space?
"Nonsense," Elliot waves a hand. "Did you really believe that we would leave our palace in peril? We have very trusted people in the court to take care of everything."
"Court? We have a court now?" Sophia asks in confusion. Since there was really no one from their own world, their own people was down to butlers, cooks, and maids.
"Indeed," Valentina smiles at Sophia. "We have grown very much while you were away with Sonic."
Sophia smiles sheepishly. Has she really been gone for that long that she didn't know about this? "Oops. With my runs, I barely saw home..."
"We have all the time in the world," Elliot smiles, hugging his daughter. He was just glad that she was safe.
"What a beautiful view," Cream peeks out the window. "I've always wanted to know what our planet looked like from this side up."
Sonic rubs his head sheepishly at Amy before he feels something. He looks down at his hand to see a tiny chip.
"I wonder what this is."
"You wonder what is?" Tails asks him, as they don't know it's actually a recording device.
"This thing on my head."
"I'm afraid I have bad news, doctor," Decoe calls out from their base. "Sonic seems to have discovered your electronic bug."
"Ha ha ha!" Eggman laughs, "I planted it on him before he and Sophia woke up. Clever, aren't I? Now, fire up the engines and follow that space ship."
"Roger! Engine fired up," Bocoe pulls a lever and a rocket underneath the base powers up.
"Don't let them get away! Full speed ahead!" Bokkun orders them, to their confusion.
"Hey, I give the orders around here!" Eggman barks at him.
"Sorry, doctor."
Rouge follows them in her own ship, chuckling. Space offers many opportunities indeed...
The Blue Typhoon reaches space and Sophia smiles at it. It reminded her so much of home...both of them. And now they were going back to find the Chaos Emeralds, stop the Metarex, and save planets!
"Sophia."
"Hm?" She turns around to Elliot as he approaches her, Valentina by her side.
"Do you...wish to know about the Metarex?" Valentina asks slowly. She stares at them as she notices their forlorn expressions.
"Yes!" Sophia answers immediately. "Why do I feel like I know them, Father? Why do I feel like I've lived through this?"
Valentina and Elliot glance at each other, unsure if she was really ready to hear this. Though, time and time again, she's already proven herself to be old enough to know the truth. She's lived through so much already, so they had to make sure not to overwhelm her.
"The reason why they are familiar to you, dear, is because..." Elliot takes a deep breath.
"...My brother, Valtor, was their ally. And he paid the Metarex...to destroy our planet long ago. A few days after we found you, they...almost snatched you away. By your former uncle's orders which he gave out just before he passed away with everyone else." Valentina whispers sadly.
"What...?" Is all Sophia can murmur. The Metarex...and her uncle...
Tried to kidnap her after she was found...?
