MUSIC – THEMYSCIRA – WONDER WOMAN 1984

Speeding through the brilliant blue dimensional tunnel, Sayaka could only stare in awe at what she is witnessing. When she fell through that vortex earlier, she only got a brief glimpse of this alluring bridge between worlds before falling into slumber. Now she could see it in all its glory.

…And just how much it gave her a slight headache.

Her eyes struggle to keep up with all the white squares speeding past her in the blink of an eye. Whatever she could catch is the faintest of images of fantastical worlds… passing by hundreds in a second.

"Not even the Law of Cycles is this trippy looking!" Sayaka winces.

"Told ya." Tails smirks from behind the wheel, observing Sayaka from an overhead mirror. "Hell of a light show."

"These are all different worlds, right? I can't really tell with how fast they're going, but I think they are?" She then asks.

"Each and every one of 'em." Sonic says.

He then begins pointing to each one that passes by, his super speed not just extending to his feet when he does.

"There's Gotham City, Far Far Away, that weird underground world in Space Jam, the Hoenn Region, New York, New York, New York, New York…"

Sonic frowns for a moment.

"…It just hit me how many worlds have New York City as the center of everything."

BWOOOM!

BWOOOOOOOM!

The Dreamcast alarm blares, snapping everyone into attention.

"Light at the end of the tunnel, prepping for re-entry guys!" Tails then calls out, flipping a couple switches and levers.

"Finally!" Kai sighs, slumping into his seat. "Woke up early in the morning for this mission, I need some sleep!"

"Seriously?" Spyro asks from the seat across him.

"Hey, I at least wanted to be the first to see her for myself! Once in a lifetime chance! Moment the alarms went off, I woke up and forced myself to get changed!"

"Well, if you're awake General, you might as well help show the new recruit arou-" Commander Trace asks before having his suggestion silenced with the sound of snores from the Fire Ninja.

"Zzzzzzz…"

Trace sighs.

"You know, I can't tell if he's tired… or trying to avoid more work." Iron Man shrugs. "What about Neptu-"

The Avenger turns around to the seat where the lilac-haired girl lies, greeted with an expected response.

"Zzzzzz…"

"Oh, of course." Tony frowns.

The blue hues of the vortex slowly change, hints of gold slowly engulfing the rift before opening up in a flash.

"Ack…!" Sayaka shields her eyes from the brightness before moving her hands away to look back at the window. Now all she sees is white.

Not just white, but texture. Something light, fluffy, almost ethereal.

Clouds. Clouds giving way to the shape of the Dreamcast's spherical shape as it lifts upwards into the skies above. For a moment, just a fleeting moment… she thinks she is home.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Golden Skylands." Tails declares, introducing Sayaka to this bold new realm.

An endless sea of floating islands, accompanied by an armada's worth of spaceships, aircrafts, hot air balloons and any kind of airborne vehicle one can possibly envision from the depths of their imagination. They fly from island to island, docking to pick up their inhabitants.

Sayaka could only lean forward against her seat in awe, pressing against the impenetrable glass. "Whoaaa!"

Her eyes lock on one island, seeing a flying monorail dock by a wide rectangular island. Many people and creatures of different shapes and sizes climb aboard and-

"H-Hey, hold up, is that Sailor Moon?!" Sayaka squints, noticing a blonde girl with long twin tails among the crowds of characters she only sees on TV. "I loved Sailor Moon as a kid! Used to wake up every Saturday morning and-"

"Ah."

She then awkwardly stops in her ramble glancing over at all the other passengers. Self-consciousness easily creeps back up to her. She blushes slightly and clears her throat.

"Right, uhh.. Is everyone down there Disciples?"

"Not all of 'em. Every day, multiverses are thrown out of wack. If a universe out there is exposed to evil way out of its league, Golden Skylanders are sent out to take care of 'em." Tony replies. "This whole realm is filled with… er, heroes, for lack of a better term who are bred and trained for this sort of gig."

"And Disciples? We're the best of the best of them. Cream of the crop. As elite as you can get. You get the point."

Sayaka takes one more look out the window, letting out a brief chuckle. "Oh, I get it alright."

The Dreamcast approaches a massive floating stone arch. Atop it, adorning the gateway is the signature Disciples insignia as a stone statue: Four segmented pieces of a circle encompassed by wings. Below it is the location's designation:

THE RUINS.

Come to think of it, Sayaka could have sworn she saw a logo very similar to that on her Wii before… but not quite.

Either way, it's a perfect indicator as to the Disciples' importance to this civilization.

Zooming past the arch, more stone statues hover beside the ship to welcome them back. A statue on the left, another parallel on the right for each row they pass by. Some being carvings of the very same heroes riding with Sayaka right now.

Iron Man, Optimus Prime, Spyro, among many others she hasn't met. But she could pinpoint a few from TV.

Eventually, the final statue on the left reveals itself, a golden recreation of the Sentinel himself: Sonic. On the right…

…Nothing, just an empty golden pedestal. Sayaka frowns, already piecing together what this means.

"You guys really have been waiting for me all this time, huh?" She turns away from the window.

"Yup. We just needed to know who you were gonna be!" Tails says. "Gotta say, dead anime girl was not the first thing I thought of."

"I don't think any of us did, sir." Trace says before observing Sayaka's distraught expression. He coughs to change the subject slightly.

"Not saying we're not open to surprises…"

The Dreamcast approaches a massive island. The thrusters revert into landing positions as a robotic replica of Sonic uses glowsticks sprouting from his arm cannons to park them into positions. Slowly but surely the Dreamcast finally lands, and the doors open.

"Right, time for the grand entrance. Lemme set the tone." Sonic pats Sayaka swiftly on the back before sliding off the seats and making his way down the hall. "Let's rock and roll!"

Stepping out of the Dreamcast to face a massive crowd of eager Disciples, Sonic holds out his hand to the nearby cockpit, Tails grabbing a microphone and slipping it into his mitts.

The VMU cannon positions itself to face the gathering, feedback of the mic playing out of it as Sonic taps it with his finger to test.

"Thanks, everyone for gathering here on short notice! We were all surprised when we got that alert of Golden Energy landing right smack-dab in my backyard! But thanks to Team Sonic…"

The hedgehog pauses for dramatic effect, taking a deep breath.

"…We got her!"

A barrage of cheers sound out from across the island. Sonic cockily performs a mic drop, much to Tails' dismay.

"Hey, hey, hey! Watch the merchandise!" Tails rants.

One by one, the Disciples onboard leave the oversized opening… which is required to let robots like Optimus through.

Even Kai and Neptune begrudgingly step out, waving with one hand and rubbing their exhausted eyes with the other.

They are greeted to sounds of cheering, whooping and welcoming back from a job well done on such a historic mission from heroes ranging from Mr. Incredible to Yu Narukami.

Lastly, Sayaka nervously takes her first few steps out of the ship into a whole new world. She dusts off her skirt, adjusts her bow… are her hairpins on right? It's too late for that!

She swallows her fear and heads into the light.