King Scourge Saga Episode 9: Dimensional Crossfire
Meanwhile, Cosmic Highway, Sonic and Eve are hauling Scourge to the No Zone to put Scourge in jail for his actions. As they run down twisted roads, they notice that some of them have broken apart.
Sonic looks around, "Man-o-man… this place seems to be well wrecked for some reason. I didn't know it would be this bad."
"But we have never been here before. At least I don't think, my memory is vivid about this place," Eve says.
"Well I remember. I ended up on the Cosmo Highway at least once or twice when we ended up crossing between zones. We were able to get out of there with no trouble and without too much trouble," Sonic says.
Eve wonders, "I wonder if we'll meet Zonic and Zeve while we're here. I'll be happy if we can see them again."
"Yeah. So once we dump sleeping beauty here, we can see them and wonder what they're up to," Sonic says.
Suddenly, Sonic ends up getting kicked in the face. Sonic and Eve turn to see Scourge has awakened and is making a run for it.
"Or you can get bent and I'll get back to trashing your planet," Scourge says.
Of course, Sonic and Eve begin to chase after him.
"We were hoping you'd still be drained from your de-powering yesterday," Eve says.
"Yeah. So much for that!" Sonic says.
Sonic and Eve then use their spin dash to catch up with them.
"I may not be at my best…" Scourge says.
When Sonic tries to spin dash him, Scourge uses it to advantage and makes Sonic break the handcuffs he's wearing.
"But I'm still one step ahead of you. Thanks for that," Scourge says.
"Oh, for the love of…!" Sonic angrily ays.
Soon, Sonic and Eve begin to fight against Scourge with everything they have.
"As much as we enjoy kicking your butt, again, we'd be happy to let you chill out for a while," Sonic says.
"In an interdimensional Prison? Yeah… no thanks," Scourge says.
Eve brings out her sword, "Too bad for you, you're going to answer for your actions."
Suddenly, the three find two figures wearing outfits that they remember to look like Zonic and Zeve's outfits, and they are pointing wrist guns or lasers at them.
One with Vector's voice says, "Halt! You are in violation of the Multiverse Lockdown Act!"
"You're under arrest!" The other cop says, having Espio's voice.
Meanwhile, in a completely different zone, there is a town called Station Square similar to the one in the Prime Zone. Somewhere in Station Square, there is a large white mansion. Behind the mansion to the backyard, is this zone's version of Sonic, Tails, Amy, Cream and Cheese. They are having a picnic in the backyard with a young boy with short brown hair and blue color eyes. He is wearing a red and white t-shirt, a belt hanging off the edge of his jeans, and stylish shoes.
Amy sighs with a smile, "It's a lovely day to have a picnic."
"Yeah. There hasn't been any trouble with Dr. Eggman as of late. Maybe he decided to have a break," Cream says.
"Chao Chao," Cheese happily says.
"It's a good idea to have a picnic in your backyard, Chris," Tails says.
"Yeah. I just thought it would be nice to have a relaxing afternoon having a picnic lunch," The human boy, Chris says.
Sonic who is relaxing with his head against the trunk of the tree, "Yeah. It's nice to simply relax and not have to worry about Dr. Eggman and his schemes. Just having some relaxation on a slow day."
Cream asks, "Can we play a game, Chris?"
"Chao Chao!" Cheese happily says.
"Sure. We can play some baseball. Ella said we can also use her croquet set," Chris says.
"That will be fun. Let's finish lunch so we can start playing," Amy says.
"Yeah. I don't think there's anything that can ruin this day," Chris happily says.
Suddenly, a flash of light appears in the middle of the picnic, making everyone move back in shock. The next moment, they see Shadow the Hedgehog with a robotic Sonic. Shadow then kicks Metal Sonic away from him.
Metal Sonic stands back in its feet and says, "Undocumented zone arrival. Postpone objective. Locate resident Dr. Eggman."
Soon, Metal Sonic flies away.
"Blast it!" Shadow says, irritated.
Suddenly, Sonic's voice speaks, "Hey Shadow? Would you mind getting off our little picnic?"
Shadow looks around to see this zone's version of Sonic, Tails, Amy, Cream, and Cheese. She also looks to see he kind of destroyed their picnic lunch.
"Ah… sorry," Shadow replies.
Amy brings out her hammer and angrily says, "You just ruined our picnic."
"Calm down Amy. I think there is something else we should be curious about," Sonic says.
"And um, what's that robot, it looks a lot like Sonic?" Cream asks.
"Chao Chao," Cheese replies.
Shadow turns to Cream and Cheese. He figures that these two must be their counterparts, and appears that they are still the same. Before Shadow can answer, he finds a pair of arms wrapped around him and is picked up. Sonic and the others look to see Chris hugging Shadow and appears to have tears coming out from his eyes. It's understandable to them about why, the last time they've seen Shadow, it didn't end well. Shadow is very confused, and doesn't know how to react to it. Chris puts Shadow down after the hug to see him. He then wipes the tears from his eyes.
"I'm glad you're okay Shadow. I… I thought I'd never seen you again," Chris says.
Reluctant to answer, Shadow stares at Chris. For some reason, he reminds her of Maria.
Sonic walks over, "So shadow, you're gonna tell us what that robot is or what?"
"Uh…. it's kind of hard to explain," Shadow says.
Back in the Cosmic Highway, Sonic, Eve, and Scourge find themselves being confronted by Vector and Espio's counterpart of the Zone Cops.
Eve asks, "Um, Zector and Espio. I suspect that's who you are, um right?"
"That's correct," The cop, name, Zector says.
"Hold on, bud! I'm Sonic the Hedgehog and this is Eve the Hedgehog! From the Prime Zone!" Sonic says.
"We can't make exceptions sir. Please don't resist," Zector says.
"Okay, but you actually showed up in the nick of time. We actually were hoping to find Zonic and Zeve to see about Scourge," Zeve says.
Zector sighs in relief, "Thank you ma'am."
"Y'know, that sounds right to me. It will be nice to talk to the big man myself," Scourge says with a smirk on his face.
Zector then tosses a Warp Ring and it opens, "We're entering the Zo Zone, so prepare for your own spatial adjustment."
"Okay," Eve says.
Everyone walks through the Warp Ring and everyone finds themselves sideways. But to Sonic and Eve's shock, they see the place is practically damaged with broken buildings and hover cars, and so many Zone Cops.
"This is the No Zone?!" Sonic asks, shocked.
Then asks, "What happened? The place is in ruins!"
"The No Zone is a mess," Eve adds.
Scourge adjusts his sunglasses, "Not enough for my taste!"
Then kicks Sonic and Eve on the two Zone Cops, "Thanks for opening the door, chumps!"
Then runs off.
The two hedgehogs quickly get up, "Hey!"
They then super speed to find Scourge and recapture him.
Scourge speeds around as he says, "I've been locked in the clink here once before. Only way to make sure that doesn't happen again is to tear this zone to the ground!"
Then shows an evil smirk on his face, "Then it's a straight shot to Mobius. I owe the hedgehogs' world a cataclysm!"
Scourge then super speed across the area, and is noticed by Zonic the Zone Cop.
Scourge shouts, "Come and get some, jerks!"
Seeing Scourge, Zonic gives chase and calls his colleagues, "As if we haven't had enough trouble! All points converge on the central precinct! Scourge is the priority target!"
Suddenly, someone shouts, "Zonic!"
Zonic stops and turns to see Sonic and Eve hanging on to Vector and Zespio.
"Sonic? Eve? What are you doing here?" Zonic asks.
"It's a long story, but we need to capture Scourge," Eve says.
"We need some doodad to get us upright here. Then you're going to give us some answers about what happened here!" Sonic says.
Back in the other zone, Shadow is in the mansion with Chris, Sonic, and the others. He has explained to them who he really is here and what the robot is. And a bit on where he really came from.
Shadow concludes, "And then I was standing in the middle of your picnic."
"Wow! So you came from another zone, but you look like Shadow," Chris says.
"I guess different zones seem to have counterparts who could have different events, different personalities, and who knows what," Tails says.
"Still, that makes sense," Sonic says.
"It does?" Shadow says, confused.
"Sure! We're all from another world, too. I don't know if we're from a different 'zone'... but our home world is different enough. In the case of this world, you're supposed to be dead…" Sonic says.
That makes Shadow uneasy about it.
"Uh, let's not talk about that. Anyway, you said that Metal Sonic was created by the Dr. Eggman in your zone," Chris says, nervously.
"Yes. Metal Sonic was installed in some kind of engine that allowed it to jump though zones. Meanwhile, I was on a mission to find a Chaos Emerald that G.U.N found in a different zone. However, there was a miscalculation and I ended up in a different zone," Shadow says.
"You worked for G.U.N? That's a bit of a surprise considering your uh, bad experience with them," Tails says.
"Yes. I suspect the incident involving the ARK has already passed. The event of my zone happened a long while ago," Shadow says.
"That's right," Amy says.
Cream then asks, "But what do we do now?"
"I have to find Metal Sonic. If Metal Sonic leaves this zone, I'll be stuck here," Shadow says.
"Don't worry, we'll find Metal Sonic," Chris says.
Suddenly, Amy remembered, "You know. I remember Metal Sonic saying about finding this Zone's Dr. Eggman."
"And we know a Dr. Eggman who is in this zone. When we were sent to Chris' world, so did he," Sonic says.
Then let's go find it before it reaches Dr. Eggman.
Somewhere in this zone there is Dr. Eggman's tower. Suddenly, there is a knock on the door.
This Zone's Bokkun marches in and shouts, "I'm comin' I'm comin'! Sheesh!"
Bokkun walks over and presses the button to open the door.
He angrily says, "Unless you're selling cookies, you can…"
But notices a robotic shadow and sees the mysterious visitor, "Can…"
What he sees is Metal Sonic, and screams as he flies away, but has forgotten to close the door. In so, Metal Sonic follows. In another part of the tower, this Zone's Decoe and Bocoe are doing some cleaning when they hear Bokkun's screaming,
"Keep it down, Bokkun! Decoe and I are working here!" Bocoe says.
"What Bocoe said!" Decoe adds.
Bokkun flies into the room as he screams, "I didn't mean to let him in!"
That is when Metal Sonic follows him into the room. Seeing Metal Sonic, all three robots scream and run for their lives. They run down the halls as Metal Sonic follows them.
That's when this Zone's Dr. Eggman walks in on the scene.
Irritated from the noise, He shouts, "What's that racket?! I'm scheming in here!"
The three robots quickly hide behind Dr. Eggman and the scientist look to see a robotic sonic.
He gasps in shock, "Egad! A robot Sonic!"
Metal Sonic scans Dr. Eggman and says, "Resident Dr. Eggman located."
Metal Sonic then kneels down on one knee and bows in respect, "This unit originates from the Prime Zone. Please Provide mission objectives."
Then stands back on its robotic feet.
Confused, Decoe asks, "Wh-what is it talking about Dr. Eggman?"
Eggman circles around observing Metal Sonic as he explains, "I believe this 'Prime Zone' it refers to is an alternate reality. A world much like this one, but also different in many ways."
"Another world with a Robot Sonic?" That's preposterous!" Decoe says, not believing the situation.
"Unlike a world of talking animals or creatures like Dr. Eggman?" Bocoe questions.
"Imagine a whole other world of candy!" Bokkun says and licks his tongue with glee.
Eggman kneels to Metal Sonic, "No matter where it came from, it's a Killer Robot. This might be just what the doctor ordered!"
Back in the No Zone, Scourge is creating havoc all over. Zonic gives the two hedgehogs silver bracelets and puts them off.
"These spatial stabilizers should keep you oriented here," Zonic says.
"Sweet. I'll just keep it tucked under my glove for the future," Sonic says.
Eve turns to Zonic, "But Zonic, what happened here? Why are the zones being under lockdown?"
"There's a mad man called Dr. Nega traveling the Cosmic Highway, causing Chaos and waging war on the Zone Cops," Zonic says.
"Wait a minute, Dr. Nega did all that? I remember Blaze telling me he is at war with them, but I didn't know it was this bad," Eve says.
"Well, given that we did have an encounter with him when we got sent to Blaze's world," Sonic says.
"You're both lucky you got out of that encounter alive. We've locked down the Multiverse to keep him out of your world. Only a few zones have remained open to yours for stability sake," Zonic says.
"That's good enough for me. Now let's kick Scourge's butt," Sonic says.
"Let it never be said I didn't enjoy your directness," Zonic says.
"Then let's get him," Eve says.
Sonic, Eve, and Zonic begin to chase after Scourge.
Zonic fires his laser at him, "You're worn ragged, Scourge! You can't keep this up forever!"
Scourge dodges and spin dashes to hit Zonic, "That won't stop me from taking out as many of you jokers as I can first!"
"Denied!" Sonic says, as he and Eve spin dash him.
Suddenly, a strange gold wrong clasp on Scourge's neck, and the hedgehog collapses to the ground.
"Who did…" Sonic asks.
But another Zone Cop appears and it's a familiar one with black and red quills.
"Zeve!" Eve says.
"Hello Sonic. Eve. It's good to see you again," Zeve says.
"You made it in time to help take Scourge to jail," Sonic says.
Eve asks, "Is he, okay?"
"Do not worry, it's a Control Collar. It'll keep his abilities in check without hurting him," Zonic says.
"Sweet," Sonic says.
Eve turns to the cops, "So then, when are you coming to take Eggman away?"
"I'm not. Because he originally lives in your zone," Zonic says.
Eve snacks his finger, "Oh man!"
"It was worth a shot anyway," Sonic says.
"I thought maybe we can get Eggman off our backs for sure," Eve says.
"Sorry Eve, but there's not much we can do. Right now, we need to take Scourge to the No Zone prison, and we'll be keeping a closer eye on him after the last time he broke out," Zonic says.
"Wait, he was locked here before?" Sonic says, confused.
"Yes. He's been traveling through different zones, including yours. And now, Scourge's mutation has made him something of a wild card in the Cosmic Scheme of things," Zeve says.
"Hey… Scourge says.
Then says, "You can try to write me off, mutation, evil twin - whatever. But the truth is I'm Sonic the Hedgehog at his full potential. I may be beat this time, blue, but I'm not through yet!"
"Enough," Zonic says, and takes Scourge away.
Then turns to the hedgehogs, "Zector and Zespio will see you both home."
"Okay," Eve answers.
"Sounds good to me," Sonic adds.
Back in the other zone, the Dr. Eggman of that zone, has repaired Metal Sonic and is walking down the halls with it along with Bocoe, Decoe, and Bokkun. As they walk down the hall, Metal Sonic looks around to see the machines this Eggman has built.
"I don't know what your former master was like, but you have the pleasure of working with a true genius! True, I've had my setbacks. But what is science without its fits and starts? A true genius can see the bigger picture!Only a genius would send a killer Robotic Sonic to me! And I'm more than enough of a genius to use you to the fullest!"
Soon, the group reached the hovercraft.
Bokken speaks, "Y'know. I almost conquered the world!"
Decoe shushes Bokkun, "Shush! Don't make the scary robot look at us!"
"How many times is he going to say 'genius?' Bocoe asks with his arms crossed.
Eggman turns to the robots, "Keep an eye on things while I'm gone boys! I'm off to defeat Sonic once and for all!"
Eggman gets in his Eggmobile and flies away with Metal Sonic to defeat his Zone version of Sonic.
At the same time, Shadow and the group of this zone try to find any signs of Eggman, any robot attacks, Eggman flying over the city, or his minions. So far, they haven't found them. They soon are sitting at the beach with a wooden dock and Big is sitting there fishing.
Shadow looks around and says, "You have a very peaceful world here."
"You're welcome to stick around and enjoy it, Shadow," Sonic says.
"Yeah. You can stay with us as long as you like," Chris says.
"Tempting. But I was created to protect my own world. I cannot rest and enjoy any peace until I know my duty has been fulfilled," Shadow says.
"I hear ya," Sonic says.
"It's too bad we haven't run into that Metal Sonic. We looked everywhere," Amy says.
"I'm sure we'll find it," Cream says.
"Chao Chao," Cheese replies.
"Shadow, if you don't mind me asking, what did your world like? I mean, I remember you said you worked for G.U.N in your zone, but have you met Sonic and the others from that zone too?" Chris asks.
"I have. Mostly because of… because of Eve…" Shadow says.
"Eve? Who's Eve?" Sonic asks.
Shadow sighs and says, "My younger sister."
"No way!" Everyone exclaims in shock.
"You have a sister? Are you… serious?" Amy asks, shocked.
"No I'm not. I have a photo here," Shadow says, and reaches to his glove to show them the photo.
To their surprise, Eve is black with red stripes like shadow, and has quills that are down and two dreadlocks: one on each side. She also has a white crescent on her chest, and wears a black jumpsuit with red and blue marking. And has a black and red Chao in her arms.
"Wow! Your sister is very pretty. And she has a little Chao," Cream says.
"Chao Chao," Cheese happily says.
"Yeah. She looks like you, Shadow," Chris says.
"So cool, so what's her connection to us?" Sonic asks.
"It's a rather long story for Eve. In short: in my zone, Eve was adopted into Sonic's family after the incident with the ARK. She also loves him like a brother. And the rest of you are friends with Eve and also consider Tails and Amy as siblings when they're separated from their parents. We never met Chris' counterpart or if there was one. It's hard to determine because Sonic and Eve were always busy saving the day from Dr. Eggman with their friends who are part of a group called the Freedom Fighters. They fight against Dr. Eggman for a long time," Shadow explains.
"Wow! That's a bit amazing," Sonic says.
"Maybe, but it's also very hard on Eve as well. She and Sonic have been fighting Dr. Eggman since they were very long and they along with their friends have suffered from it," Shadow says.
"But it seems that they're able to handle it," Tails says.
"Indeed. She and Sonic were able to stop Eggman every time, always helping those in need," Shadow says.
"Anyway, I think your sister is cool. I wonder if our Shadow's has a sister too," Chris says.
"Who knows," Sonic says.
"But still, I need to find Metal Sonic. If I could find it again, I could use Chaos Control too…" Shadow says.
Suddenly, they hear maniacal laughter as the others turn their heads to see a familiar foe, "I have you now, Sonic!"
The group sees Dr. Eggman on the scene, "Behold! A Robot Double to…"
But notices a familiar face, "SHADOW!"
Metal Sonic scans Shadow and says, "Resuming previous objective. Target: Shadow the Hedgehog."
"I've got to admit, that's a nice robot!" Sonic says.
"Now's not the time. We gotta get that robot while we have the chance," Tails says.
Chris turns to Shadow, "Be careful Shadow, I hope we can see each other again."
"Maybe someday. You might also be able to find your Shadow," Shadow says.
He uses his hover shoes to fly in the air and grabs onto Metal Sonic.
He shouts, "Chaos…"
Then they both disappear.
Soon, Sonic turns to Eggman, "So… where were we?"
Eggman nervously chuckles and says, "Just kidding! I'll… um… see you around Sonic!"
Then flies away on his Eggmobile. Soon, the group looks up at the sky where Shadow and Metal Sonic have disappeared.
Chris says, "Goodbye Shadow. I hope we'll see you again someday."
"I'm sure we will Chris. Who knows, our Shadow might be alive somewhere. Until then, it's best we keep moving forward," Sonic says.
"Yeah. I do hope he'll be okay," Chris says.
"I'm sure he'll be fine," Sonic says.
Chris smiles, "Yeah. I'm sure he will.
After the trip through the Warp Ring, Sonic and Eve are back at New Mobotropolis and are heading home. They both arrive at the Hedgehog daily house.
Sonic calls out, "Yo! We're home!"
Suddenly, Bernadette hugs Sonic, " There's my beautiful boy!"
Then hugs Eve, "And my baby girl! I don't know if I'll ever get used to you saving the world."
"Not that we want you two to stop," Jules says, walking into the room.
"Neither do we," Cloud-Ra adds.
Eve turns to see her mother, father, and the little ones. Jazz and Maria hurry to Eve and hug her as soon as possible. Moments later, both families are sitting in the living room.
"It's still kind of weird coming home to you guys. Not like we mind," Sonic says.
"Yeah. But it still makes me feel so happy," Eve says, and rocks Ichigo while Jazz sits on her head.
"That's what happens when a tyrannical madman conquers the world and ruins everyone's lives," Jules says.
"Indeed, but we're all together now and that's all that matters," Obsidian says.
Cloud-Ra asks, "So Scourge is safety locked away?"
"Yep," Sonic says.
"Do you get a minute to rest?" Bernadette says.
"Depends what happens. We just need to deal with one more fight, and that fight is with Eggman," Eve says.
"Yeah. Hopefully, we'll be able to stop him once and for all," Sonic adds.
