Chapter 11: Unforeseeable Future.
A/N: I'm back! I've been working on the chapter over the last nine months, during that I redid how I change perspectives between characters, hope you enjoy!
I don't own Sonic The Hedgehog. I only own the characters created for the story.
"Tails remind me why am strapped into this gizmo again?" Sonic asked.
"If I learned anything over the last 20 years, it's not to take everything at face value. I'll be honest I don't trust you. You look sound and act just like Sonic, but you're too young to be him." Tails replied.
"Well, that explains why you put the guards outside," Cherry said.
"Tails this isn't necessary at least take off the restraints he's doing as you asked, So why so strict about them?" Cream expressed.
"No, it's fine I know Tails well enough to know if this is how he wants things it's probably the best outcome," Sonic said with a grin.
Tails prepped the machine to test Sonic when he turned toward the hedgehog.
"Oh, I forgot to mention this might hurt a tiny bit." Tails stated.
"What did you say this thing is loud?" Sonic questioned.
"I said this might hurt a tiny bit." Tails Shouted.
"Wait, what?!"
Before Sonic could continue, electricity spread through him causing him to scream.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh This is a lot more than a tiny bit buddy!" Sonic yelled.
Tails turned the machine off and looked at the results of the test.
"Tails that was heartless!" Cream snapped angrily.
"How could you put Mr. Sonic, through something like that? He's as confused as we are!" She lectured.
Tails seemed to have toned everyone out while he went through the data.
Cherry unstrapped Sonic from the machine and helps him walk out of the room.
"Miss Rabbit when did Tails become so uncompromising?" Cherry asked.
"He's never been like this. Over the years he's had his moments, but has never been thoughtless of how he treats a living being." Cream explained with a somber expression.
Cherry and Cream moved Sonic to a comfortable seat in the control center after that Cream busied herself with the monitors.
"So... Sonic what happened? I mean like how did you end up missing for 20 years?" Cherry asked.
Sonic looked at her confused he wasn't in the mood to explain he was considering dodging or brushing off the topic after what happened but something about Cherry made it impossible for him to do.
"*Sigh* It's a long story..." He replied while straightening himself.
-Future, Dax.-
"How did I get to this point..." Dax's rang out in a dark void.
"Red!"
"Red!"
"Mobius to red buffoon!" A young girls voice said slamming a pillow on Dax's head bringing him back to reality.
"HEY! What was that for?" Dax questioned the gray wolf.
"Were you even listening to me?" She asked.
He wasn't he looked away not admitting he tuned her out when she started going on about that Sonic the Hedgehog again.
"Hmph! That's the last time I talk to you about anything anymore Daxter!" She said annoyed.
"Hey, we agreed not to use my full name it just sounds stupid and doesn't even sound like a name why my parents would name me that I have no clue. Anyway weren't you going to see that Daisy friend of yours?" He quipped.
"It's Rosy, and that's not even her name, that's just a nickname you started and ended up sticking I guess I should get going she's probably been waiting a while." The girl said while slinging a bag over her shoulder.
"See ya, Jacqueline!" Dax said.
She turned toward and growled.
"Hey, it's a two-way street Jax, don't forget that now go before you worry your friend." He said with a cheeky smile.
"Yeah yeah, Oh yeah I just remembered!" She said digging through her bag pulling out a pair of red goggles.
"Hold on to these for me, I got a lot of stuff to do today at my dad's store, and I don't want them to get damaged not before they're ready to be shown off," Jax explained while handing the red goggles to Dax.
Dax stared at the pair of goggles then looked back up where the wolf was standing only to see her standing still staring at the wall.
"You know it's your fault." She said.
"Huh? what do you mean?" He responded confused.
"You know what I'm talking about!" She stated in an angry tone turning to face him.
"It was your idea!" She shouted.
"I'm sorry if I knew I-I-I." He replied in terror.
"You know it's your fault you should have been the one to pay the price." She said.
Dax shot up in a cold sweat panting heavily.
"I *pant* thought I was done with those, *pant*" He said.
"So your finally awake, I didn't hit you that hard..." The masked person stated voice muffled to the point where he couldn't tell gender or age.
The figure waved their hand as if to signal someone.
"I would beg to differ I'm the one who got whacked in the back of the head," Dax replied rubbing the back of his head hitting the bump and wincing in pain, he was sure he was going to have a headache for a while.
He got the distinct feeling the person behind the mask was glaring daggers at him for his comment.
"I'm guessing you're not a fan of sass sarcasm or humor eh?" He jokingly questioned.
'Well plan A is out of the question... "I wow them with my wit until they let me go." It could end badly.'
The plan in itself wasn't very well thought out.
"We don't do humor, but we tend to use sass and or sarcasm." Another voice replied, this one distinctly female.
"Enough playing around, who are you and how did you find this place!?" The masked figure snapped.
'I better play it safe and be vague without tipping them off.'
Again not a well thought out plan.
"My name is Dax, and I was being chased by-" He cut himself off.
The masked figure moved in a way to show they were curious by the sudden stop.
"Don't stop now we don't like cliffhangers." The female voice spoke.
"Uhhhh O-Okay..." He said worriedly.
'Great this will be fun...' He thought.
"Alright, I was being chased by a massive silver hedgehog robot from an outpost or guard station several miles from here." He finished.
"It looked a lot like Sonic," Dax mumbled to himself.
Not realizing the masked figure caught the word Sonic he played it off like he said nothing.
The masked figure stood up and walked away, giving a hand gesture signaling their partner to follow, which Dax didn't get a chance to see where she was.
He was left confused wondering what they caught.
-Future, Sonic.-
Sonic finished explaining to Cherry. Leaving out a few details, like some names and descriptions to shorten the story. After that Sonic was left alone to get rest.
"Miss Rabbit does his story match up with what you remember?" Cherry asked in a whisper.
"Parts of it does, I was only told parts about before he, um I guess went missing, but I'm not sure, but something bothers me." Cream replied.
"Don't tell me you don't believe him! You of all people should be able to tell." Cherry almost started to shout.
"I remember the events at the beginning of his story, I think, I believe him..." Cream answered.
"It's just one thing is bothering me about his story I just can't put my finger on it." She continued.
Cream stood there thinking deeply then she heard Cherry snap her fingers.
"The red hedgehog!"
"The red hedgehog?" Cream repeated confused.
"Yes, all the stories I've been told by you Tails and Mom, no mention of him." She pointed out.
An audible *Ahem* was heard coming from the entrance.
"The tests prove it, beyond a doubt he's Sonic..." Tails states while walking into the room.
The room remained silent.
"And before you go off on me Cream, I want to say I'm sorry." He said feeling horrible.
"No sweat pal. After a brief history lesson, I understand." Sonic spoke out of nowhere.
"Anyways why are you talking about a red hedgehog?" Tails questioned.
"Sonic's story matches up with all the details except the red hedgehog." Cream replied.
"Actually... He's real I'm the only one who remembers, he died trying to save Sonic, or..." Tails stated face lighting up like something just clicked.
"That's it! 20 years ago they were caught in a kind of temporal energy blasting them to the future, how I don't know but that will come later."
"But I still don't understand how there were no readings back then but. First things first, we need to track down the other hedgehog!" Tails said with a new found sense of glee.
A/N: I want to clear something up real fast, due to Tails not being there for the events of cd, he doesn't know much about the time stones so he wouldn't know how to look for their energy. Thus ends this little note enjoy.
-Future, Dax.-
"Come on work you stupid things!" Dax whispered annoyed by his goggles.
"A.L.I.C.E. Come on I know you can do basic functions without shorting..." He whispered.
He continued to fiddle with them, luckily all his work was temporary fixes due to little free time, so tape was on almost all the wires ready for him to try and rewire.
He didn't have the know-how or the skill, he learned some from Jax but was too busy and too stubborn to sit and read books on technical engineering and wiring.
"There that should in theory work for a short amount of time." he patted himself on the back.
Putting on the goggles, he looked around scanning mode was still functional.
"Come on... I know night vision was planned," He muttered.
"Darn, I guess all I can do is wait." He said sliding the goggles back to his forehead.
The masked figure walked back into the room their body language showing them aggravated.
"Tell me what you know about Sonic the Hedgehog, or we'll have to pry the information out of you." They said.
"Huh? Who says I know anything about this Sonic you're talking about, and even if I know anything why should I tell you? For all, I know I'm a dead man no matter what." He replied putting on his best poker face.
'I'm so screwed he must have heard me, play it cool.' He internally panicked.
"Emperor Eggman's forces are on their way to take you, and they will torture the information out of you, or to save yourself lots of pain tell us now." They threatened.
He gave it some thought before answering.
"Alright... I'll take the torture." He responded catching the masked figure off guard.
"You would rather take torture over easily giving up information. You're either stupidly loyal or just stupid." They said.
"Honestly... I would rather do this the easy way but, That would be letting Eggman win, and if I let that happen then that wouldn't be what a Freedom Fighter is all about." He said showing a sly grin.
'I always looked up to the Freedom Fighters using their name wasn't my best idea, but it's the only thing I got.'
Strike three you're out.
The masked figure looked over at their partner seemingly interested in the statement.
"A Freedom Fighter its been a while since we captured one of those." The female voice said from the shadows.
'Awhile since they caught a freedom fighter, why does that feel wrong?'
"Well now Eggman will have fun with you, so keep that smug face of your's on." The masked figure said as they walked up close to the bars of the cage.
"I gotta wonder, what's keeping you so calm right now?" The female asked.
"I'll tell you... Nothing, after the day I've had I'm freaking out its the only constant, heck I thought I had died a couple of hours ago, so yeah being knocked out trapped interrogated and possibly getting tortured is honestly the nicest my day is gonna get." He replied.
The two figures looked over at each other when Eggman's Egg Pawns walked into the room.
"We are here under orders to transport the prisoner to Emperor Eggman." The leader of the robots stated.
"Good, he's all ready." The masked figured stated.
The Egg Pawns picked up and walked away with the cage.
20 minutes later, the Egg Pawns proceed to a clearing where the leader received a message.
"We are to remain here until extraction." The leader relayed.
'I'm trapped, in a cage being held up by robots in the middle of a clearing in the forest, no getting out of this, how would Sonic get out of this. Think I got it! No, Maybe if I-'
His thought was cut off by a sudden exploding Egg Pawn.
"Woah!" He yelped.
A ball of fire came flying from the right hitting the lead Egg Pawn.
The Egg pawns toss the cage with a loud thud.
"Oof," Dax said as the cage hit the ground.
The Egg pawns went into attack formation firing in all directions.
A figure could be seen dashing around the trees and gunfire, then another fireball went flying toward the bots but then walking out of the way causing the ball to hit the cage.
A few more fireballs flew in hitting one or two Egg pawns thining them out. Coming down from above was a flaming tornado taking down the rest of the Egg Pawns.
Once the flames dissipated Dax could see a purple cat looking over the remains of the robots, suddenly her gaze shifted to him.
She walked up to the cage and melted a large hole in the bars.
"T-Thank you, if it weren't for you... Thank you so much." He said.
"What did those Egg Pawns want from you?" She asked directly.
"They were taking me to Eggman to torture me for information." He replied.
"Information about?" She questioned.
"About something I know nothing about, last I checked I was a waiter at a cafe, adventures aren't my thing..." He answered with a sigh.
"It doesn't matter that you don't know, what do they think you know?" She asked annoyed.
"They wanted information about Sonic the Hedgehog." He answered simply.
Her brow shifted in interest.
"Come with me it's not safe here." She said before walking off.
"Wait if I'm going with you at least tell me your name." He said.
"Blaze, and you?" She asked.
"Dax, now that's out of the way after you." He said gesturing forward.
Hours later outside of the ruins of Central City.
Blaze moved a tree stump revealing a hidden tunnel.
"Down here." She said.
Dax complied and climbed down followed by Blaze closing the entrance.
"Okay, I want to know everything even if you 'Don't know anything,' got it." Blaze demanded.
"Ever since this all started everyone seems to have a fixation on him, everything revolves around him sure he's some big hero... And Station Square is piles of rubble..." He replied, putting his hand on his head as if he had a headache.
"H-How am I supposed to give you answers when I don't get the time to process it, its just one thing after another..."
He took a deep breath.
"But I'll tell you what I'm able to."
-Future, Sonic.-
"*Yawn* Looks like a nap was all I needed to feel like me again," Sonic said standing up.
"Woah, this place got busy!" He said looking at the busy command center.
Over a dozen people were working on gathering information, papers scattering around shouts flying.
"Reports say the red hedgehog was seen heading toward Mystic Ruins but disappeared." Someone shouted.
"Mystic Ruins, that's a good place to start, we'll go tomorrow." Tails replied.
"Why not now? I'm rested and ready to get back in action." Sonic replied.
"Because It's the middle of the night everyone's tired, you've been asleep for hours." Tails replied.
"Alright, this isn't the world I remember so I'll let you call the shots," Sonic replied slightly disappointed.
"Okay then. LET'S GO, FREEDOM TEAM SONIC!" Cherry declared with excitement.
It's good to get this out finally. I'll be working on the next chapter when I have the free time to do so. Also, I know the focus was more on Dax, but what I wanted to do was build up and let us get to know the new guy a bit, we will get to learn more about him over time. But for this chapter, I felt the focus needed to be on him more, building up the events also relied on him, for reasons that will be known soon.
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