chapter one: seeking aid
A small unnamed Island, somewhere in the South Pacific Ocean;
"Wheeeee!" Amy giggled in glee, running along the beach towards the waves. "This is soooo much fun, I so totally love swimming!"
"Yeah, yeah... you do that, Amy." Sonic replied, putting on his sunglasses, and leaning back in his chair. "As for me, I'm going to sit back, and catch some rays."
It had been several months since Sonic and his friends had saved Easter Island, and a lot had happened to them since that time. Tom and Maddie found having three mobians as house guests to be too much trouble, and so G.U.N. had arranged a new home for them on this distant tropical isle. Sonic had been upset to leave his home in green hills, along with his human friends. But the blue blur had realized every moment he spent in green Hills was a danger towards the town's people.
Therefore, Sonic and his friends accepted G.U.N.'s offer, and so the trio were relocated to this isle. For Sonic, it was a wonderful new experience. Endless sun, warm temperatures, and a beautiful tropical paradise filled with palm trees and flowers. They received shipments from the mainland; books and comics to read, electric tech for tails to work on, and all sorts of nostalgic early 90s furniture and decor for the trio to decorate their three huts with. It wasn't the best life in the world, but it was a really cool place to live.
"Hey Sonic!" Tails called out, holding up his new invention, a surfboard with rocket boosters. "Watch me surf the waves with my new body board!"
"No thanks!" Sonic replied, lifting his shades, and smiling at his little friend. "Go and enjoy yourself, pal!"
As the two-tailed fox went zipping across the crest of a wave, Sonic turned his radio up, listening to the latest rock turned from the band, Crush40. The blue blur just chilled, lying back and bouncing his foot in time to the music. As the hero just tried to enjoy himself, Tails swerved his body board around to avoid splashing Amy... only to hit the relaxing sonic with a full wave of water.
"Hey, watch it, Tails!" Sonic complained. "I'm trying to chill here, could you be a little more careful?"
"Sorry, Sonic." Tails apologized. "I'll try to be more careful from now on."
"Yeah, watch out!" Amy complained, looking over from the sand castle she was building. "Don't go splashing your best friend with water!"
"Hey! I moved out of the way, so you wouldn't get hit!" Tails shot back. "Why didn't you just use your 'mystical powers', to move out of the way in advance!"
"My powers do not work that way!" Amy retorted. "Why couldn't you have used your science to stop the wave?"
The two continued bickering, as Sonic just rolled his eyes. "Oh great, these two are arguing again." Putting his sunglasses back on, he picked up the latest comic book issue of Captain Rescue to read. "I wonder if that wacky raccoon will catch the crooks who stole his rescue mobile. " While he read about the silly superhero, Sonic adjusted the dial on his radio. Tails had modified the radio to receive transmissions from mobius, and Sonic would listen to the broadcasts to keep up with things on his home world. As sonic adjusted the dial, the radio blared the end of a country song, before the announcer came on;
"And that was country singer, Catty Carlisle, singing her latest hit tune, I want that blue ball of yarn." The radio blared. "And now, this is Collie Chang, your ace news reporter, telling you all the latest news from across mobius. Our top story today; a diplomatic meeting was held in Starlight City zone recently, between the planet's top leaders to discuss trade issues. Among those in attendance were Queen Aleena Hedgehog of South Island, King Nigel Acorn of Westside Island, as well as King Saline of the underwater kingdom of mertopia. Among the topics discussed will be the upcoming marriage between South Island's prince Manic, and Westside Island's Princess Sally. Although there are concerns of the safety of the world leaders at the summit, particularly after the recent disappearance of the Echidna tribe from all diplomatic contact, Chief of security Sargent Doberman assured us that the delegates will be perfectly safe.
In local news today, Local Westside island con-man Wes Weasley was arrested today, along with his accomplice, Harry the Hawker. The two were apprehended by Sheriff Miss Possum of Tranquil Gulch, after trying to sell two broken ovens to diner owner Bert Whoo, and his waitress, Roxy Raccoon. In other news today, the Battle Bird Armada had renewed hostilities with Cocoa Island. His royal highness, the great Battle Kuku XV has sent the battle bird armada's greatest flyers, the Babylon Rouges, to -"
Sonic clicked the radio off, and stared ahead into space. Looking up at the still-arguing Tails and Amy, the blue blur raised a hand to stop them.
"Guys, listen..." Sonic stated, getting both of the other mobians to look at him. "Did you hear what the reporter on the radio just said? The Echidnas have gone missing!"
"The echidna tribe? The ones who killed your adoptive mom?" Tails asked bitterly, setting his body board down, and walking over to argue with her. "Personally Sonic, I don't see how those creeps disappearing could be a bad thing.I wish the Battle Birds would disappear like that."
"How can you say that! Not all the echidnas or battle birds are bad!" Amy protested. "Sonic's adoptive mother was a battle bird defector, and I don't think she was evil."
"You said the word right there, Amy, 'defector'. Even long claw thought they were rotten." Tails turned to walk off. "Look, you two can sit here and ponder over this news. We're supposed to get another visit from G.U.N. agents soon. Agent Topaz is going to debrief us, and Professor Von Schlemmer is going to go over some new G.U.N. scientific advancements with me."
"That Von Schlemmer guy is weird." Amy grumbled, sticking her tongue out. "He talks funny, and he has green skin. Humans shouldn't look like that."
"Hey, he's green because of a lab accident!" Tails protested. "Besides, all you and Topaz talk about is fashion and boys and stuff!"
"It's nice having another girl to talk to sometimes! You two and your gross humor gets annoying sometimes!" The pink hedgehog replied, ignoring the fact she could be just as gross as the boys sometimes. "What, it's not like a mobian girl I could be friends with is just going to drop out of the sky or something!"
At that moment, a ring portal suddenly opened up in the sky above them. Looking up in shock, the trio were surprised to see a little rabbit girl tumble down out of the portal... and land right on top of Tails, tackling him to the ground.
"Aiiiiiiiieeeeeee!-" *THUD!*
"Ooomph!"
The stunned Tails was groggy for a minute, then looked up to see the most heavenly face he had ever laid eyes upon. A pair of lovely brown eyes, long floppy ears, and a silky cream coat of fur greeted his vision. His face turning a deep shade of red, as he noticed the rabbit girl was lying right on top of him.
"Oh no! I'm so sorry!" The little rabbit apologized, getting off of Tails, and pulling him back to his feet. "Are you all right, Mr. fox?"
"Tails, are you okay?" Sonic asked as he and Amy ran to his side. "You're not hurt, are ya, little buddy?"
"Yeah, I'm okay." Tails replied, rubbing his head. "She just surprised me, that's all."
"Good thing you were there to break this poor girl's fall." Amy teased, making the fox's face turn a shade redder. "Amy Turned back to the little rabbit. "Hey there, are you all right?"
"Yes thank you." The little rabbit replied politely. "My name is Cream, and I'm here to-"
But before Cream could finish, several dark shapes dropped from the entrance of the portal. Turning to face the new arrivals, Sonic and his friends saw four humanoid robots descended on jetpacks, and carrying laser pistols. The robots were shaped like eggs, and painted the colors of Dr. Robotnik's uniform.
"Oh no," Cream wailed, hiding behind Tails. "Dr. Robotnik's Egg Robos! They've come for me!"
"Eggman's robots?" Sonic asked, as he, Tails, and Amy took a fighting stance. "There is no way we are letting Robuttnik gets his slimy hands on Cream here. C'mon guys, let's get these scrap piles!"