Here's the next chapter. It might be a little messy, but bare with me on it, ok? Expect some blood and violence.

Also, this chapter contains some spoilers regarding the American Dragon series, but the events in this story has changed dramatically so there isn't too much spoilers. If you haven't watched the show, please do. It's really good!

Oh, and not all the characters are in this chapter or story, just ones I've selected.

Oh, and Sonic may act a little bit OOC (Out of Character), which there is a reason for that. And we got a fight inspired by the Loqi boss from Final Fantasy XV!

WARNING****: This Chapter has been updated and toned down a bit for the Huntsman fight, while adding more dialogue to the plate.


Chapter 09: Gotta Go Fast

The news of the attack at the peace signing spread like wildfire. For those who aren't truly aware, the Huntsmen are warriors who are dedicated to slaying dragons and other magical creatures. Reason why? No one knows, but that could fall under their Master, who used to be ridiculed for his puney appearance and his high-pitched voice, that is until destiny became a bitch and he ended up being thrown into a pit of vicious monsters by none other than Sonic's own father Ezio Parlouzer, who helped the magical dragons long ago on a rescue mission to save one of their own. In the ending result, the Huntsmaster emerged deformed and sadistic, and his voice deepened to a very scary voice, which made him feared by his own peers, even by his students. Now his mission was to slay all magical creatures, and conquer the world, even if it means to slaughter anyone in their path, even his own men.

They were now struggling however, after they made the mistake in capturing Sonic the Hedgehog, who crossed paths with Jake Long and several other magical creatures. Since the blue hedgehog has gotten involved in the fray, the Huntsclan were losing like sitting ducks. But now, from what Marshall had witnessed, they seemed to have gotten their weapons from an unknown source. That Shadowy Figure must be their client, or a client of another source. It was too early to tell.

Now, with everything that has happened. Everyone was dealing with the fallout from the attack. In response of the attack, with the President's permission, the Mayor of Manhatten has issued a manhunt for the Huntsclan, and has dispatched the NYPD to find and take them down. But that wasn't going to solve anything. They don't know exactly who the huntsmen were, and they were not aware of the Magical Realm, since that would cause problems for both sides.

Everyone, including Sonic, were at the Mercy Hospital, and the blue hedgehog was waiting near the doorway to one of the rooms, while Sally was inside, sitting next to her father, who was in bed, unconscious and hurt. The doctors said that he was hit pretty hard from the Huntsman's attack. While they were able to patch the wound, he was in some sort of a coma. They're not sure if he's gonna get out of it anytime soon. Hearing that brought tears to Sally, as she only sat there, unable to do anything. Sonic only watched from the doorway. He couldn't help but feel guilty for what happened to the King.

But he wasn't gonna back out now. He knew at this moment, the Huntsclan has taken this too far. Not only did they attack the King, they tried to kill Sally. They messed with the wrong crowd this time. And this was personal. Sonic knew what he had to do. He had to find Jake and put an end to the Huntsmen once and for all, no matter what. Ready for action, he left and went down the hallway, picking up and putting on his backpack, heading for the way to the roof.

"Sonic?" A voice called from behind. Turning around, he saw Ryder and Rocky approaching him. "You're leaving already?"

"I got to." Sonic said. "Those Huntsmen are not gonna get away with this. Not today. This ends tonight."

"But Sonic, the Huntsclan are pretty dangerous." Rocky said. "I know you have history with them, but they're not ones to take lightly."

"Maybe, but they made a grave mistake attacking the king and Sal." Sonic said. "It's time that I show them what happens when they mess with one of our own." Ryder and Rocky only stood there, knowing that Sonic was not gonna let this go.

"Well, be very careful, Sonic." Ryder said. "And if you need us, you let us know."

"Thanks." Sonic said. "Let Sal know that I'm gonna set this right."

"Don't worry, we will." Ryder said.

"Well then, I might as well check up with Jake. No doubt the huntboys are gonna go after him and his friends." The blue hedgehog continued before making his way to the door, but then he turned back to Rocky "Oh, and Rocky, can you tell Marshall that I'll be back to see him soon?"

"Sure thing, Sonic." Rocky said. The blue blur gave a nod and smile of thanks.

"Welp, see you guys around!" Sonic said with a wink. He opened the door, and in an instant, he took off running at full speed. As the wind blue around them, Ryder and Rocky watched on.

"Wow, if Chase was here, he would give him a speeding ticket for sure." Rocky said as Ryder gave a chuckle.

"Yeah." Ryder said, but then looked at the clock, seeing it displayed 7:30 PM. Chase wasn't back yet from his mission. He was suppose to be back today, but he's been gone for much longer though.

"Chase still isn't back yet." Ryder said. "I hope that he's ok."

"Yeah, I'm surprised he became a member of one of the highest multiverse protectors in the world." Rocky said. "I guess we should expect him to be gone a little while longer."

"Yeah." Ryder said. "Probably."

"Marshall's gonna be a bit disappointed he didn't say goodbye to Sonic though." Rocky said. "Speaking of Marshall, where is he?"

"He's probably taking a nap after helping us get everyone out of the building today." Ryder said.

"Well, he seemed pretty distraught after what happened." Rocky said. "I hope he doesn't start sleepwalking again."

"Ryder! Rocky!" a high pitch voice came from behind into the room. Turning around, the two saw Skye approaching them with worry all over her face.

"Hey Skye, is something wrong?" Ryder asked.

"Is Marshall sleepwalking again?" Rocky asked. "I hope I didn't jinx it."

"No, that's what I came to tell you." She said. "Wait, where's Sonic?"

"He just left." Ryder said. "Why?"

"We went to tell Marshall that Sonic was departing, but we can't find him." Skye said.

"Ryder!" Two more voices called out, revealing to be Rubble and Zuma rushing ito the room.

"Rwyder, we can't find Mawshall!" Zuma said. "He's missing!"

"Yeah, he- wait." Rubble said, and then glanced back at Zuma. "Zuma, why do you have trouble pronouncing the R sound?"

"I told you, I have whotacism." Zuma said. "I can't pwonounce the R sound cowwectly."

"But didn't you grow out of it though?" Rubble asked. Zuma was about to speak, but then started thinking.

"Uhhh... I don't know." He said.

"Um... guys, can we get back to the subject?" Ryder asked. "What do you mean you can't find Marshall?"

"Oh yeah!" Zuma said. "We can't find Mawshall anywhewe!"

"We checked his pup house, but he wasn't inside!" Rubble said. "And his suit and gear is gone too!"

"He's gone?!" Ryder and Rocky asked.

"Yes, but he did leave us a note though." Skye said, showing a piece of paper in her paw. "He asked us to... record the New Season premiere of Winx Club on the DVR?"

"WHAT?!" Rubble asked. "He didn't tell me the new season of Winx Club was airing tonight!" Rubble said, with all eyes on him, making him blush in a tint of embarrassment. "What? It's a pretty good show! Bloom and all those girls are pretty hot too."

"Marshall's missing?" Rocky asked. "Where could he have gone to?" The boy next to him began to think. Then the answer came to his head. He smiled as he looked out the door in the direction Sonic went too.

"I think I know." He said.


Pretty soon, the blue hedgehog was about, jumping from rooftop to rooftop to where he was going, where that was. He came to a full stop to check his surroundings, seeing the Empire State Building. The blue hedgehog gave a sigh. This sure brought back memories. But he had no time for sightseeing. The Huntsclan are on the loose, especially since they have the last of the Aztec Skulls. He had to warn Jake, and get going right away. But... for some reason, his backpack felt a bit heavy.

"Ok, why does my bag feel heavy?" Sonic asked as removed his backpack from his shoulders and let dropped to the ground for a bit.

"Ouch!"

The blue hedgehog froze, turning his head back to his backpack. Did it just say Ouch? Lifting it back up, he opened the latch and peeked inside.

"WHOA!" Sonic shouted as he jumped, dropping the bag back onto the floor. It tipped over, with a white dalmation pup sliding right out. He wore a jet-black long sleeve vest with red cuffs, with a white thick line on the upper chest, and six red rombuluses on each side. There were also two yellow lines on the side, and two pounches around his belt. On the pup's head was a red fire helmet with the Paw Patrol symbol on the front, and a clicked in flashlight on the left side. On his back was a red and yellow pup-pack, with built in cannons. It was none other than Marshall, and he was wearing his Ultimate Rescue Gear.

"I'm ok..." He said. Sonic looked down to see the pup with confusion, but he recognized the little guy.

"Marshall?!" He asked. "What were you doing in my backpack?"

"Oh!" Marshall said, quickly getting to his feet. "I... I... I accidently slipped right in."

"Well, I didn't actually hear you." Sonic said.

"That's because... I was asleep?" Marshall said with a nervous smile. The blue hedgehog only gave a raised eyebrow, but yet he was smiling, knowing something was up. The dalmation pup gave a defeated sigh.

"Ok... I wanted to tag along." Marshall said.

"Does Ryder know you're with me?" Sonic asked.

"I left a note." Marshall said. "Probably should've told him in person though." The pup lowered his head in shame, while Sonic gave a sigh, but his smile didn't faint.

"Aw Marsh." Sonic said as he petted the pup on the head. "All you had to do was ask."

"I was planning to ask you." Marshall said. "But with all the stuff that was going on and all that, you were kinda in a hurry to leave so... I... you know. And..."

"And what?" Sonic asked.

"Well, you told me to find the Skull Gem, and I did." Marshall began. "But I dropped it while trying to help you and that's how the Huntsman got it. It's my fault that he got it. I'm sorry I let you down." The pup only stared at the floor with guilt. Never less, the blue hedgehog petted the pup's head.

"Hey, it's ok Marshall." Sonic said. "What happened isn't your fault. Besides, you saved me. I wouldn't even be here if you hadn't jumped in. What you did was being a good friend, and a good pup too." He scratched the Dalmatian on the head affectionately, making the pup smile.

"Thanks, Sonic." Marshall said.

"Well, we better get going." Sonic said. The pup lifted his head and ear up. He said we should get going.

"Wait, does that mean I can tag along?" Marshall asked.

"Of course you can." Sonic said. "Besides, you're here already so might as well."

"Oh thank you thank you!" Marshall said, but then, the pup gasped for a second. "Oh Right! Sonic, there's something I need to tell you!"

"What's that?" Sonic asked.

"The Huntsman." Marshall said. "They're planning to steal the other Aztec Skulls from your dragon friend!"

"What?" Sonic asked.

"After we got the king out, I stumbled upon a conversation between the big leader and someone wearing a strange coat." Marshall said. "I think it was an accomplice or something. They're gonna steal the other skull gems right under our noses, and they're gonna kill and wipe out all the dragons in the world!"

"They are?!" Sonic asked.

"Yeah, but that's not all." Marshall said. "That girl that your dragon friend is friends with, the Huntsman knows that she's helping you guys! He's blackmailing her to steal the gems, and he's gonna kill her when he's got 'em all! Sonic's eyes opened wide as he heard that. The girl in question was Rose, Jake's friend and... well, they're actually more than friends. The Huntsman know that she was helping them? And now he's gonna kill her?

"Then we better hurry quick!" Sonic said. "C'mon, let's get to Lao Shi's shop! That's where the other gems are."

"Ok!" The pup responded, and they were off.


Making his way from building to building, the blue hedgehog kept running as fast as he could, while Marshall rode backseat in his backpack. It was a bit hard for Marshall to see since Sonic was running so fast, everything looked blurry.

"Where are we going again?" Marshall asked.

"To Jake's grandpa's shop." Sonic said. "It shouldn't be to far now." Pretty soon, the blue hedgehog leaped from one of the buildings onto the street below him. Giving his small structure and acrobatic agility, he always makes a smooth landing. Pretty soon they were at a nice antique shop. Since it was an old shop, the title of it was a bit rusted and unreadable, but Sonic is good with landmarks so he had no problem finding it.

"Wow, this looks pretty nice." Marshall said as he hopped out of Sonic's backpack.

"Yep." Sonic said as they made their way towards the door. "We'll try to make this quick as possible. And don't talk about his height."

"Ok." Marshall said as Sonic opened the door and stepped right in.

"Hey, Lao Shi!" Sonic called out. "We got business to talk a... about." The blue hedgehog's cocky face went to complete shock, as he saw the entire store trashed. The front counter was busted, the tables were broken, and the chairs were reduced to rubble. The blue hedgehog and the Dalmatian pup didn't know what to say.

"Uh oh..." Sonic said. "We might be too late."

"Oh boy." Marshall said as they made their way past the counter and into the backroom, which was where Lao Shi would always be, weather to be alone or train Jake aggressively. Looking inside, they saw everything in ruins. All the stuff inside was trashed, and the ceiling was caved in.

"Lao Shi!" Sonic called out. "Fu-Dude! You guys in here?!"

"Oooooohh..." the sound of a raspy and old voice made Sonic turn his head. There under part of the ceiling, was a short elderly man with pointy ears, thin white hair, thick eyebrows, a Fu Manchu mustache, and he wore blue robes with yellow sleeves.

"Lao Shi!" Sonic called out as he rushed over to help the old man. Yes, it was Lao Shi, Jake's grandfather and mentor. Sonic lifted part of the ceiling up and pulled the old man out.

"Hey, Lao Shi." Sonic said as he knelt down, sitting him right up. "Are you alright?" The old man began to moan a bit in pain.

"Don't go to the light man, don't go to the light." Sonic said.

"You're... on... my hand..." Lao Shi whispered.

"Huh?" Sonic asked as he looked down, and saw that he was stepping on the old mentor's hand. "Whoops, Sorry!" He moved his foot, allowing Lao Shi to sigh with a bit of relief with the pain gone... most of it at least.

"What happened?" Sonic asked.

"They came..." Lao Shi said.

"The Huntsmen?" Sonic asked.

"Yes, they trashed everything." Lao Shi said as he looked around. "And I was so close to selling it for a good bargain."

"Dude, the shop will have to be worried about later." Sonic said. "The Huntsmen were here, were they."

"I'm afraid they were blue blur." A voice said getting his attention. Marshall turned his head and saw another dog coming into the room. It was Fu-Dog, a Shar Pei dog, roughly around 600 years old, Jake's magical dog and guardian. Despite him being an Asian dog, his voice was more American, almost like a certain yellow dog from Adventure Time.

"Those Huntsmen came in and trashed the entire shop." Fu Dog said. They even destroyed my card collection, and all my bones." Marshall stood there a bit dumbfounded to see another dog talk.

"Whoa." Marshall said. "You can talk too?"

"Of course I can talk, and I can tell good jokes too." Fu Dog said. "Say, are you a magical guardian to Sonic here?"

"Oh, no, I'm actually a regular pup." Marshall said. "I'm Fire Pup Marshall of the PAW Patrol."

"PAW Patrol?" Fu-Dog asked. "Never heard of it."

"Really?" Marshall asked. "You never heard of us?"

"Nope." Fu-Dog said. "In all my six hundred years, I've never heard of anything called a PAW Patrol."

"Six hundred years?" Marshall asked, before turning to the viewer. "That's old..."

"Fu-Dude." Sonic said approaching the dog. "The Skull Gems?"

"They're gone." Fu-Dog answered. "The Huntsmen took them all, and I couldn't see a thing. They just got back from my date." Sonic only sighed, but then he remembered. The security camera that was in the room. Looking around, he saw it up on the ceiling.

"Camera!" Sonic said as he jumped up and took it. He looked into the camera itself and watched the footage of the raid. His suspicions were correct. In the footage showed the Huntsclan,the same ones that were at City Hall. They ransacked the whole place. But Sonic's attention was towards the girl with blue eyes in the video. He knew who it was.

"It's true." Sonic said as he lowered his head. He put the Camera in his backpack and glanced at Marshall.

"Marshall, it's time." Sonic said, with the pup giving a nod.

"The Huntsmen must be stopped." Lao Shi said as he struggled to get up. "We must find Jake and..." The old man was still struggling to get to his feet, but his shoulder was touched by Sonic, who was urging him to lay down.

"No, you rest." Sonic said. "I'll fight in your place. Besides, the Huntsman attacked the king, so I'm gonna return the favor." He then made his way towards the exit.

"C'mon, Marshall." Sonic said. "Let's roll out."

"You got it." Marshall said as he followed the hedgehog.

"Wait, what am I suppose to do?" Fu-Dog asked.

"Look after Lao Shi." Sonic said as he opened the door. "We'll take it from here." The blue hedgehog and the Fire pup went out the door, leaving Fu Dog to take care of Lao Shi.

"Oh, great." Fu Dog said. "So I'm gonna be sitting on the side lines this time. Oh sure, leave a six hundred dog who knows jokes out of the story, huh?" Hearing the Shar Pei dog complain made Lao Shi shake his head and sigh.


As always, Sonic kept running down the streets, with Marshall in tow, all the way to Jake's house, located on 182 Shorn Eagle Drive. To give a bit of history between the two, as mentioned before, Sonic accidently stumbled upon a Huntsclan meeting while visiting New York City last year, and after bumping heads with Jake, the two got kidnapped and were chained up to a couple of other magical creatures. They did manage to escape and unchain themselves, and the two decided to lead the magical creatures to fight off the Huntsclan, which was met with lots of success, and since then, Sonic decided to help the dragon boy in his fight against the dragon slayers should he be needed. Of course, the fight was on hold when the Black Arms invaded the planet. When the aliens were vanquished and after Sonic was dealing with his own drama, the two went back to work.

"How much farther?" Marshall asked.

"We should be there in about a couple of seconds." Sonic said. Pretty soon, Sonic came to a stop, right before getting onto the street where Jake lived. He then hid behind the first building.

"Wait, why are we stopping?" Marshall asked as he got out of Sonic's backpack.

"Because..." Sonic said as he lifted his hood up over his head, which covered his spikes and shrouded a bit of his face. "Jake's dad is probably home by now."

"And?" Marshall asked.

"Well, he doesn't know about Jake being a dragon." Sonic said. That was true, unfortunately. When Jake's mom Susan married his father Johnathan, the latter never knew the truth about the existence of the magical realm, nor that his son was a magical dragon. And because of that, it has placed a bad strain on their father and son relationship where Jake would be forced to sneak out to help his grandfather, who was more concerned about the safety of the magical realm than his grandson's personal life issues, deal with all the bad stuff and save the magical world stuff, and in the end Jake would come home and suffer a lecture from his father. It got so bad the two hardly talk anymore. But Jake truly wants to tell him the truth about his magical abilities, but his mom always told him to not say anything because she's worried his father wouldn't understand. Wow. Thanks mom.

"How come?" Marshall asked.

"Ask his mom." Sonic said. "She's all worried that he would never understand and all that crap. If you ask me, she's the reason why Jake gets into trouble without having a good explanation."

"Huh, makes sense." Marshall said.

"Ok, listen very carefully Marshall." Sonic said as he knelt down to look straight at the pup. "Since Jake's pop doesn't know about magical creatures, you gotta make sure you don't talk ok? We're just gonna walk right in and ask for Jake, and bring him out. And then-" As Sonic told him what to do, Marshall sniffed for a second, picking up a strange smell, like... something was burning. He then looked behind Sonic and saw a cloud of smoke hovering and moving behind him. He gasped.

"SMOKE!" Marshall shouted.

"Marshall, that's a nasty habit." Sonic said.

"No, I smell something!" Marshall said. "Something's on fire!" The blue hedgehog started to think and turned around, seeing the smoking moving across the street. He and the pup emerged to see what was burning. Sonic's eyes widened up with pure shock.

"Oh no..." Sonic said. The two were staring right at where Jake's house it... and it... was... burning! Literally, it was in flames. The whole apartment was on fire, with several firemen moving towards the scene.

"Jake!" Sonic said as he rushed towards the scene, with Marshall falling suit.

"I guess we're gonna drop the disguise thing, then." The pup said as he and the hedgehog got close enough.

The blue hedgehog rushed into the building, with the pup following inside. They quickly stopped in their tracks, seeing the entire level on fire. The blue hedgehog glanced around, seeing three people on the ground. One was a middle aged man with brown hair and black glasses, wearing a nice brown work short. That was Jake's father Johnathan. Next to him was an older Asian woman with black hair and a red jacket and blue shirt. That was Jake's mom Susan. And the last one on the floor was a young nine year-old girl with her long hair tied in two pony tails, wearing a purple dress like jacket with a white shirt underneath. That was Jake's little sister Haley. The blue hedgehog lifted his head up and saw something keeping the entire ceiling from collapsing on itself. It was a red dragon!

"Jake!" Sonic called out to the dragon as he ran in. Yep, that was definitely Jake.

"Sonic, wait!" Marshall called out. The blue hedgehog kept going, until the entire house around him began to crumble. The dragon keeping the building up, felt the pressure above him pushing him down. He lifted his head up, seeing the blue hedgehog.

"Sonic!" the dragon spoke up.

"Marsh, put the fire out!" Sonic called out.

"Ok!" Marshall spoke as he gave a bark. "Water Cannon!" With the sound of his voice, his pup pack emitted a water cannon. With him being a fire pup, he can use his cannon to fire torrents of water to put fires out. Speaking of which, he went forward to put the fires out, as Sonic rushed to the dragon.

"Jake, you alright?" Sonic asked.

"Does it look like it?!" Jake asked, trying to keep the building up. "Dude, you need to get my family out! Hurry!"

"What about you?!" Sonic asked.

"Just get them out!" Jake said. The blue hedgehog only gave a nod, removing his hood, and rushed up to Haley.

"Haley!" Sonic said, nudging her shoulder and waking her up.

"Wha... what happened?" Haley asked, but then she gasped, seeing flames everywhere. "I didn't do it! Jake Did!"

"Haley, you gotta get out of here!" Sonic said, getting her on her feet. "Get your mom and go! I'll get your dad out! Now Go!"

"Right!" Haley said as she rushed over to Susan, who was just getting up.

"What?" Susan asked as she looked around, seeing her house on fire.

"Mom, we need to go!" Haley said as she helped her up and escorted her out of the house. Sonic looked at Johnathan, Jake's dad. The blue hedgehog approached him just as he was getting up.

"C'mon, we have to go go." Sonic said, getting the older man's attention. Putting his glasses back on, his gasped, seeing an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog before him.

"Wha... what are you?" He asked.

"Sonic the Hedgehog, that's who!" Sonic said as he got him up. "Now get out of here! Go!" Startled, the older man ran out of the house, with Sonic looking back at Jake, who was still struggling to keep the house up. Marshall was still trying to put out the fires but to no prevail. The flames kept spreading.

"Sonic, the flames are too strong!" Marshall said. "We gotta get out of here!"

"Got it!" Sonic said, then turned back to Jake. "Jake, come on!"

"Go, Sonic!" Jake said. "Get out of here!" The blue hedgehog's eyes widened with confusion.

"What?!" Sonic asked. "No, Jake, I can get you out!" He was about to approach the dragon, but then part of the stairs began to break up and block the path between them.

"Just Go, Sonic!" Jake said. "Don't worry about me! Go!" Sonic looked at the exit, and then at Jake. There was nothing he could do for him now. The blue hedgehog cringed his eyes, and then ran out the front door, with Marshall coming out first. The pup turned around to see Sonic rushing out.

"Sonic!" Marshall said, but then the rooms above the house began to spark up, letting out more flames. Sonic jumped out just as the fires burst the entire building, leaping towards his pup and holding on to him tightly as he and Jake's family made it out and dropped to the ground. Sonic turned back at the house, as did Marshall, only to see the entire house collapse from the flames, dropping down onto the ground. There was nothing left but burnt debris and wood, and Jake was no where in side. Perhaps, the building collapsed on top of him, bringing horror to Sonic's face.

"JAKE!" Sonic called out. His voice echoed across the street, but there was no movement, nor response. Sonic only shook his head slowly, and dropped to his knees. His friend was gone! While there was some despair going through his head, rage began to fuel up inside him. Letting it out, the blue hedgehog slammed his hands into the ground.

"Where's Jake?" Johnathan asked as he got up. "Where's my son?" Sonic only shook his head.

"He's gone." Sonic said, his eyes cringing up. Behind him, Haley only looked at the ruined house. Soon, her face began to shed tears but show some anger. And it wasn't because her stuff was gone, it was mostly because her brother was dead...

"They're gonna pay for this!" She shouted as she ran down the street, with Sonic looking down, seeing the little girl go.

"Wait!" Marshall called out as he ran after the girl. "You might need medical attent-"

"Dragon UP!" The girl shouted as she jumped, surrounded by blue purplish energy, sending a wave that made Marshall stop. As he came to a halt, he saw before him a pink scaley dragon with claws and wings, but she had Haley's hair. The pup nearly yelped.

"Whoa!" He said. "A dragon!" The dragon girl flew off into the air and down the street, with Sonic getting up and was about to go after her.

"Haley, Wait!" Sonic called out, but the girl already disappeared as she turned left down the street, leaving the blue hedgehog and Dalmatian pup behind. The blue hedgehog only sighed. But then he turned around, to see Johnathan standing there, looking up at the sky to where his daughter went. There was shock and confusion all over his face.

"That was a dragon..." He said, pointing forward. "My daughter just turned into a fire breathing dragon?!" Seeing him in this confused state, Sonic only shook his head. At this point, the blue blur has had it leaving him in the dark for too long. He gave a deep sigh and looked at Susan, who was a bit shocked too.

"Ok, if you're not gonna tell him the truth, then I will." Sonic said.

"NO!" Susan shouted.

"Wh... tell me what?" Johnathan asked, and the blue hedgehog spoke, pulling him to the side.

"Your son, Jake, is a dragon." Sonic said.

"A... What?!" Johnathan asked confused as Susan began to freak out.

"Yeah, he's a freakin' dragon, that's what." Sonic said. "He's the American Dragon, so to speak. And yes, your daughter is a dragon too. Your father-in-law, he's a dragon too. Your wife, isn't. Jake's been out saving the world from the Huntsclan and various other demonic creatures, which is the reason why he's been out so freaking late, which, by the way, isn't his fault because he's a good kid. I personally blame his grandfather who doesn't give a flying fuck about his own personal life and feelings." Marshall covered his mouth.

"Sonic!" Marshall said out loud. "You said the F word!" Susan and Johnathan stared at the pup, with the latter still in shock.

"Did he just... and is he wearing a... fire hat?" Johnathan asked, with the fire pup giving a nervous smile.

"Yes, he's a talking dog, and yes, he's dressed like a fireman." Sonic said, pointing to Marshall said. "Anyway, what just happened with the house burning, that was the Huntsclan, and they're about to do something pretty drastic that will wipe out half the universe." The blue hedgehog snapped his fingers. "Just like that. So yes, that is the grand adventure of your son Jake Luke Long, who, by the way, is a very great kid. And you sir, I'm about ready to break your damn glasses, should I ever hear you yelling at him again. Now I'm finished." Johnathan just stood there, utterly shocked, and a bit scared for his life. He then turned to Susan, who stood there in the same expression.

"Aaaand you're welcome." Sonic said. "By the way, next time you have family secrets, share them, regardless." He then picked Marshall up, who almost yelped a bit.

"Now if you excuse me, I got some Huntsmen to take down." Sonic said, and he, with Marshall in his arms, took off down the way they came. But then he came back and went down the other way.

"Haley went this way, sorry." Sonic said as he went down the direction Haley went, going straight and turning right, leaving Susan and Johnathan standing there, with the latter staring at his wife confused.

"Um... is there anything else?" He asked, while Susan only smiled nervously.


Pretty soon, Sonic and Marshall, hanging on for life, was down the street Haley went. But then suddenly, Sonic turned right to the alleyway that was between Jake's house and the other buildings.

"Sonic, wait, didn't Jake's sister went that way?" Marshall asked.

"Yes." Sonic said as he came to a stop and dropped the pup to his feet. "I just need a minute to think."

"Sonic, that was pretty rash, don't you think?" Marshall asked.

"I know, Marshall." Sonic said as he rubbed his forehead. "I'm sorry, I'm just." Before he could answer, Sonic only moved towards the trash can and kicked it over. The sudden action surprised the Dalmatian pup.

"Whoa, Sonic just calm down." Marshall said. He's never seen Sonic this stressed before. Come to think of it, he's been like this in the past couple months. Was it from the Black Arms invasion months ago? He was acting a little bit like... Shadow. The black hedgehog with red arrows on his spikes, and has the same abilities as Sonic. But he harbors a more edgier and darker personality. Of course, that wasn't his fault. It's a long, long story. The blue hedgehog only gave a heavy sigh.

"I'm sorry, Marsh." Sonic said as he shook his head. "A lot is just happening so fast. First I couldn't save the king, and now Jake..." He only glanced back at what was left of his friend's house, burnt down and crumbled up, with nothing but part of the wall, and a large hole through it. He only lowered his head, looking down at his hands.

"God, I think I've been around Shadow too much." Sonic said.

"Who?" Marshall asked.

"Just... someone who looks likes me." Sonic said.

-CRACKLE- -COUGH-

The faint sound made the hedgehog lift his ears up, and the pup did the same thing. Turning back at the rubble, they noticed something coming out of the hole behind the house. Emerging from it was an Asian teenager with jet black semi-long spikey hair with green highlights at the top. He wore a red long sleeved jacket with yellow patches on each sleeve, blue cargo shorts, and grey shoes. It was Jake... Jake Long! A bit dusty, but alive! The blue hedgehog smiled.

"Jake!" Sonic cheered, seeing the boy in one piece.

"Well, that went sorta well." He said, before being hugged by the blue hedgehog.

"You're alright!" Sonic said, nuzzling the kid with his head.

"Dude, you were worried about me?" Jake asked.

"Well, what did you expect?" Sonic said as he let him go. "I saw the whole building crumble down on you! I actually thought you were a goner."

"Aww, c'mon man." Jake said. "You know it takes more than a crumbling building to take me out. I'm the mack daddy dragon of the NYC." Sonic gave a laugh.

"True that." Sonic said as he gave his friend a fist bump, with Marshall approaching the two.

"So you must be Jake." Marshall said. "Nice to meet you." The Asian skateboarder stared at the Dalmatian pup with surprise.

"You talk?" Jake asked. "Are you a magical talking dog like Fu?"

"No, he talks without magic, along with the other pups." Sonic said.

"Yep." Marshall said. "I'm not a magical dog, I'm just a fire pup. Fire Pup Marshall of the PAW Patrol at your service!" He gave a salute.

"An honor." Jake said with a salute too.

"He... kinda knows about the magical realm and everything." Sonic said. "Sorry."

"No worries, men." Jake said. "Anyone you can trust, I can trust too." The blue hedgehog gave a smile. His attention was then turned towards Jake's house... what's left of it at least.

"Wow... what a mess." Sonic said.

"Tell me about it." Jake said.

"So... who caused it?" Sonic asked.

"I can give you a hint." Jake said. "They're bad, they're after me, and my girlfriend is one of them."

"Huntsmen." Sonic said, shaking his head.

"What else." Jake said.

"We just saw Huntsface back at the Conference Building earlier today." Sonic said. "He was after one of the Aztec Skulls that was hidden in a vault inside the building."

"So, wait." Jake began. "There was a skull gem up at City Hall?"

"Yeah... and he attacked the king." Sonic said, his head lowered, his hand gripping tightly. "That skull face attacked Sal's father."

"Is he ok?" Jake asked.

"Dunno." Sonic said. "He passed out in my arms... Doctors aren't sure if he's gonna be ok. Those huntsclan bastards... they're gonna pay for what they've done." The blue hedgehog lifting his fist up, showing that he was serious.

"SONIC!" a voice called out. The group turned their head to see a two-tailed fox flying overhead, and dropping himself to the ground.

"Tails!" Sonic said with a smile.

"Hey, Sonic-" Tails said, but then he let out a moan and dropped to his knees, his hand clutching his stomach.

"Tails!" Sonic spoke as he rushed toward the fox. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah... just a stomach cramp." Tails said. "Had a chili dog before rushing over here."

"Tails, you can't just get up and run after you eat." Marshall said as he walked up to the pup. "You need to let your food digest for about twenty minutes."

"I know... but I was hungry..." He said as he rolled on his back, but his head turned to see Jake's house all in ruins.

"Whoa... what happened here?" Tails asked.

"The Huntsmen." Jake said. "They attacked without warning and they tried to kill me and my family. It was a good thing you showed up Sonic. We would've been dead within seconds."

"Your parents think that you're dead, though." Sonic said.

"To be honest, it's best that they think that way." Jake said. "Besides, Mom still doesn't want my dad to know that we're magical dragons." The blue hedgehog cringed and smiled nervously.

"Uh... yeah, about that." Sonic said. "I uh... I told him about the dragon thing." Jake's eyes widened up.

"WHAT?!" He asked, before Sonic covered his mouth.

"Quiet, we'll wake everyone up." Sonic said, with the boy looking around, seeing no one in sight. As Sonic let go, Jake cleared his voice.

"So wait, you told him?!" Jake asked.

"Yeah." Sonic said. "Before you jump on me, in my defense, Haley lost her cool when she saw the building crumble on top of you. She turned into a dragon in front of her dad and flew off to get payback. Plus, your mom wasn't saying anything, you wanted to tell him the whole time, so I did you a favor. Everyone wins." the boy stared at the hedgehog with disbelief. He then face palmed himself and sighed.

"This day is not going well for me at all." Jake said.

"Tell me about it." Sonic said.

"So, Haley's already went off?" Jake asked. "She could be in danger!"

"I'm sure she's already letting Miss Park know." Sonic said, referring to Haley's teacher.

"But the Huntsclan are pretty dangerous though." Tails said. "Two dragons aren't gonna be enough to stop them." Marshall began to think.

"I do remember the Huntsman saying something when I was eavesdropping on him." Marshall said. "They said that they're heading to the sacred place. But we don't know where this sacred place is."

"Well, luckily for us, I figured it out on my own." Tails said as he brought up his Miles Electric PAD, a rectangular device with two glowing antennas on top and a touchscreen. It's a multi-functional electronic handheld device, capable for video communication, radar operations for detecting hostile targets, being a control panel for an air plane, object scanning and analyzing, even alien translation. It's like a phone, but bigger and higher functional.

"After we secured one of the Aztec Skulls a month ago, I've done an analysis on the object and the only way their power is harnessed if they're placed in ancient gothic architectural statues, where the twelve ones must be placed in each slot and the last one held in one hand and-" As Tails continued his speech, Sonic, Jake, and Marshall tilted their heads a bit in confusion.

"Uhhh… what?" Sonic asked, with the two-tailed fox giving a sigh.

"We need to find a building that has twelve gargoyles on them." Tails said.

"Ooooh, that makes more sense." Sonic said. Jake started thinking and then he remembered.

"Wait, I remember these twelve gargoyles out at one of the buildings a while back." Jake said. "It's located right near the church in the middle of Manhatten."

"Nice!" Sonic said.

"If the Huntsman are gonna do their little battle, might as well make it our final battle." Jake said. "I'll head to gramp's place to get the rest of the skulls, then I'll contact Rose and-"

"That won't work." Sonic said, getting his attention, as well as Tails and Marshall's.

"Huh?" Jake asked.

"We went to your grandpa's house to get the Skull Gems, but we were too late." Sonic said. "The Huntsmen ransacked the whole place. They took the skull gems."

"W... What?" Jake asked. "Is Gramps alright?"

"Yeah, Fu's looking after him right now... and... well..." Sonic said, but then he looked away, showing that there was something else that the dragon boy didn't know about.

"Sonic?" Jake asked. The blue hedgehog sighed, knowing that Jake wasn't gonna like this at all.

"Jake, we caught the whole raid on camera." Sonic said, as he pulled out a video player. "And... well... you should see it yourself." He gave the video to Jake, who then took a look at it. He watched it, and suddenly, his eyes widened up, with shock... and sadness.

"It can't be..." He said. "It can't be... Rose?" Hearing that name made Tails's ears perk up.

"Rose?" Tails asked. "Jake's girlfriend Rose?" Sonic and Marshall only gave a nod. Jake gave a sigh and closed the video camera. This doesn't make sense. Why would she betray him like this? There had to be an explanation.

"I can't watch anymore." He said, feeling hurt. Sonic knew the boy's heart was shattered.

"We think the Huntsman's blackmailing her." Sonic said. "He found out that she was helping us, and he's told he that he'll return her to her parents if she helps steal the skull gems and bring annihilation upon the Magical Realm."

"But he's not keeping that promise." Marshall said. "He's gonna kill her instead."

"That's horrible." Tails said. The boy only stood there, in silence. Sonic tilted his head, waiting for Jake to say something. And he did.

"Dragon UP!" He called out, and suddenly, his entire body was surrounded by red flames and a bright blue aura. As the flames dispersed and the aura faded, there standing in Jake's place, was a red scaly dragon, tall and a bit muscular, a yellow underbelly, dragon wings, green spikes going down from his back to his tail, but he also retained the jet spikey hair with green highlights. This was Jake, in his American Dragon form.

"Whoa!" Marshall said. This was actually his first time seeing someone transform into a dragon. Actually it was the second time counting Haley, but she didn't do in a cool way as Jake did. Honest to god, Marshall was actually expecting a more painful transformation though.

"Jake?" Sonic asked, with the dragon turning back to see him.

"Sonic, you've been such good help, but I need to do this alone." He said.

"What?" Sonic asked.

"I have to finish this myself, this is between me and Rose now..." Jake said, but gave a smile. "Take care Sonic. Thanks for everything." Then, taking flight, the dragon flew up into the sky and took off, while the blue blur and his friends watched.

"So what do we do now?" Marshall asked. Sonic glanced straight forward, reminiscing the time he first met Jake, when he was captured by the huntsclan and the two, along with several other magical creatures were going to be slain. Luckily, the two were able to work together and train the captured beings to fight off the huntsclan. Since then, Sonic has helped Jake in his fight against the dragon slayers whenever he was available. Coming back from his recollection, the blue blur stared up at the sky.

"We have to help him." Sonic said.

"But Sonic, Jake said he wants to do this alone." Tails said.

"True, but this isn't just his fight." Sonic said "It's my fight too. I got into this battle when the huntsclan captured me, so I'm going to help Jake end it once and for all. Besides, the Huntsfreaks attacked the king, and they nearly killed Sally. It's time we show them what happens when they mess with us." Tails couldn't help but sigh hearing that.

"Well, if you're going, then so am I." Tails said.

"Me too." Marshall said. "I'm ready for a ruff-ruff rescue!"

"We're helping too!" A voice called out from behind the two. Turning around, they saw a certain pink hedgehog and a red echidna cracking his knuckles. It was Amy, Knuckles, and Cream and Cheese was there too..

"What are you guys doing here?" Sonic asked.

"What else?" Amy asked, holding her Piko Piko Hammer. "I'm tagging along. Besides, you guys could use a little extra fab by your side."

"And I'm ready to crush some huntboy skulls." Knuckles said. "Besides, you won't last a second without me."

"I'll help too." Cream said. "You'll need all the support you'll need!"

"Chao!" Cheese spoke with a smile. Seeing his friends from home ready to get into action brought a smile to Sonic's face.

"Alright." He said as he turned around. He then reached into his backpack and pulled out a couple of strange bracers. The bracers looked like they were made in either the Third Crusades or during the Renaissance. He placed the bracers on, and looked up at the sky.

"We work in the dark to serve the light." Sonic said, before opening his eyes, filled with determination. "Let's do it to it."

"Yeah!" The group cheered, and they were off to help their friends, completely unaware of CJ Miyamoto watching from the rooftops.

"Chase, I found him." CJ said. "He's heading off to help his dragon friend."

"It looks like the Huntsclan are going to start their ritual." Chase said. "If they succeed, about half the entire population of the world will be erased."

"Don't worry, I'm on it." CJ said, reaching into his belt pocket, and pulled out a card. He then placed the card into his belt buckle, and clicked it, making the orb glow.

"Samurai Storm!" CJ said. "HENSION!" He then formed a pose, with his entire body glowing and flashed.


There was something strange going on in the sky, as there were minor flashes going on in the clouds. It was thunder, but there was no rain. Storms that have lightning but no rain is usually called a dry thunder storm, which means there's no rain, but there is thunder. It rarely happens depending on where you live. But this is usually the sign of something epic of bad about to happen. On top of one of the buildings, there was some weird energy being harnessed at one of the tall buildings near the church. Pretty soon, Sonic's group made their way towards it to see the flashes on top of the building.

"Huh, is this the place Tails was talking about?" Knuckles asked.

"From the weird blue light show going on up there, yeah, this is the place." Sonic said.

"It looks like they're setting up the ritual!" Tails said. "We better reach the top fast!"

"Right!" Amy said as Cream and Cheese gave a nod.

"Alright." Sonic said. "Tails, you, me, and Knuckles are gonna fly up there. Girls, you take the elevator."

"Wait, why do we have to take the elevator?" Amy asked.

"Because... chivalry?" Sonic said. The Pink hedgehog gave a sigh.

"Fine, but only because Cream is here." Amy said as she, Cream and Cheese went toward the building doors.

"Be careful Mr. Sonic!" Cream called out as they went inside.

"What about me, Sonic?" Marshall asked.

"Well, duh, hop in." Sonic said, pointing to his backpack. A bit confused, the Dalmatian jumped into the hedgehog's backpack.

"You ready Tails?" Sonic asked.

"Leave it to me!" The two-tailed fox said as his tails began to spin, allowing him to fly up into the air. He then took Sonic's hand and lifted him up.

"Wait, why do I have to be on the bottom?" Knuckles asked.

"So you can get the first hit." Sonic answered.

"Oh, nice!" Knuckles said as he clung onto Sonic's hand. With all his might, Tails lifted the blue hedgehog and red echidna into the air, pulling them up as he flew up to the building. Marshall looked down from Sonic's backpack with surprise.

"Whoa!" Marshall said, feeling a little anxious. The Dalmatian pup isn't a big fan of heights, especially flying, whether it being with a jetpack or hanging from a harness attached to Skye's helicopter.

"Are we really doing this?!" He asked.

"Yeah!" Sonic said. They were almost halfway up the building, but the two-tailed fox began to feel a bitter tired. Sure, he can fly and carry people at the same time, but there's always a limit to how long he can hold up.

"Guys, I think I need a breather real quick." He said.

"Aw, c'mon!" Knuckles said. "We're almost there."

"Halfway there, actually." Sonic said.

"Yeah, but still." Knuckles said.

"Well... I can't fly for much longer." Tails said, already sweating up.

"And this is why you need to lay off the food once and a while." Knuckles said.

"Knuckles, shut up." Sonic said. Before they could get into another argument, a massive vehicle began to fly above and towards the group. It was a helicopter! A purple and green helicopter!"

"Look Out!" Marshall shouted.

"WHOA!" Tails shouted as he turned to his right, with Sonic and Knuckles holding on for dear life as they barely dodged the helicopter. The group quickly made their landing towards the building next to the one they were flying up. Luckily, it was a nice wide building there, almost half the height of their destination. They made a safe landing while Tails fell onto his back, panting.

"Tails, are you ok?" Sonic asked.

"Yeah." The fox said as he continued to pant. "I need something to eat, though."

"Dude, how could you be hungry at a time like this?!" Knuckles asked. Before any more could be said, they heard blades twirling behind them. Turning around, they saw the helicopter turning to it's side, revealing a red symbol on it's door, which was a circle with it's top and bottom part almost erased. That was the symbol of the Huntsclan!

"Uh, oh!" Marshall said as he jumped out of Sonic's backpack. "It's the Huntsclan!"

"Why do they always have a helicopter?" Sonic asked. Pretty soon, the doors of the chopper opened up.

"Stay right where you are!" A voice called out from inside, revealing a slender but muscular man wearing armored metal, and dark short hair. He was Huntsman #21, one of the youngest, but menacing commanders of the Huntsclan. Unlike most of his huntsmen colleagues, he didn't have a hood or mask. He'd rather have his victims see his face when he kills them.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't the legendary Sonic the Hedgehog." #21 said. "I see that you survived our little show back at the City Hall. Well, you won't survive against what I have in store." He then jumped back a bit and into a strange machine that was inside the copter. Suddenly, it slid out, and the machine began to transform, revealing metal arms, metal legs, as well as a blade in it's right hand, and shield in another hand, revealing it to be a small, but tall battle mech.

"Behold, the glorious HunterX MK XXI!" #21 shouted.

HUNTERX MK XXI / ハンターXマルクXXI

"Wow, that's a pretty lame name." Sonic said as Tails and Marshall gave a chuckle.

"Silence!" #21 shouted. "It's time that your legend came to an end, rodent!" The Mech extended it's blade and shield, ready to fight.

"Ok." Sonic said as he cracked his fingers. "Let's do this." He then started running, making his way towards the robot with a smile. The robot swung down, bringing it's sword upon the hedgehog. But Sonic jumped right, dodging the attack, and then ran up on the sword, and performed his homing attack, bashing into the center of the robot, almost making it stagger. As Sonic zoomed in for another homing strike, the mech raised it's shield, blocking the attack, and thrusting Sonic up into the sky.

"Deviant Rat!" #21 shouted as he lowered the mech, revealing rocket launchers on it's back. He then fired multiple rockets at the blue hedgehog, who quickly leaped onto the first one, than the next one, than the next, while taunting the Hunts commander with faces and a booty smack. With a wink, Sonic jumped off the last rocket, as it and the other ones after it exploded in the air, with Sonic performing a spin attack, drilling against the mech, making it fall onto the ground.

"hahaha-Ahaha!" Sonic laughed in a taunting way, while the mech quickly got back up.

"You little rodent!" #21 shouted as he swung his sword, sending out an electrical shockwave which hit the blue hedgehog, electrocuting him and sending him across the floor.

"Sonic!" Tails shouted as the mech approached the hedgehog, who was still under the effects of the electrocution.

"What joy it will bring the Huntsmaster when he learns that I've finally silenced the great Sonic the Hedgehog!" #21 spoke as he brought swung his sword. But then suddenly, the sword was stopped before it could hit the blue hedgehog! Looking up, Sonic saw Knuckles, keeping the sword at bay with his strong hands.

"What are you doing?" Sonic asked.

"Helping you, that's what!" Knuckles said as he kept pushing the blade, throwing it up and making the mech tumble. With the opportunity at hand, the echidna rushed up and started punching the mech with his spiked knuckles, bashing and cracking the cockpit's glass dome.

"Get off you extinct ant eater!" #21 shouted as he threw his shield out and pushed the echidna away, sending him into the pile of crates behind Sonic.

"I'm ok." Knuckles said as Sonic gave a heavy sigh.

"Now, to finish you off." #21 hissed as he approached the hedgehog once more, but this time, Tails and Marshall stood between the mech and Sonic.

"Stay back!" Tails said.

"Yeah, don't make me use this!" Marshall said as he gave a bark, with his water cannon erecting from his pup pack.

"Ha!" #21 spoke with an evil smile. "You two think you can defeat me?! I am bigger than you! I am stronger than you!" He then raised his sword up, ready to swing. Marshall stood his ground, but closed his eyes, while Tails only looked up with fear. The mech swung it down.

But then... a bright light twinkled in the distance, and zoomed up towards the mech.

-BOOM!-

The mighty blast pushed the mech away from the Dalmatian and two-tailed fox, with #21 screaming at the top of his lungs as the robot landed on it's back. Tails and Marshall opened their eyes, and gave coughs from the dust that was present. Sonic lifted his head up, seeing the mech down. He then looked at Marshall.

"Whoa... good shot." Sonic said.

"That wasn't me." Marshall said, and he, Sonic and Tails looked forward to see what the blast was. The mech lifted up slightly, and from his cockpit, #21 looked with a confused look. The dust was beginning to settle, and to his surprise, he saw before him... a strange looking figure. The figure was indeed wearing a suit, but far different then the others. It was a black suit, but it had white futuristic armor plates on it. It had a sym-bionic chest plate with a red orb in the middle. He wore white gauntlets and boots. His helmet had a V shaped antennae on the front, with two yellow lines on the edge of each side. His circular visors were yellow, and he wore a long red scarf around his neck.

Not much to explain, for it was Captain Japan! And he has arrived once again to save the day!

"Whoa..." Marshall said as Sonic got up to his feet, him and Tails, and of course Knuckles, who got out of the rubble looked with surprised faces, to see the mysterious masked warrior, who protected them and stopped the mech.

"Wha... What the hell is this?!" #21 asked. "Who are you?!"

"Japan..." The masked rider spoke. "Captain Japan."

"Who is... that?" Tails asked.

"I think it's one of those Kamen Rider dudes from the Japanese live action shows, or something like that." Sonic said.

"Alright big mech." CJ said to #21. "Why don't you pick on someone your own size?"

"I would, but there's only you and those pesky rodents." #21 said. "So, you all will have to do."

"Ok, Plan B." CJ said, summoning an input card. He then placed it into the J.A.P.A.N. Unit buckle, and it lit up.

Installing Ninja Card - NINJA MODE!

With a mighty flash, CJ's armor transformed as he made a battle pose, with his scarf now thicker reaching his chin, additional shoulder plates were added, and the left side of his chest plate turned black.

"Ninja Mode!" CJ spoke as he summoned two twin-Shadow Tanto blade swords and charged forward with faster agility. He leaped up and swung both blades on the mech's cockpit, shattering the glass dome that surrounded it before leaping into the air.

"How dare you!" #21 shouted as he fired his rockets, aimed directly at CJ. CJ however spun around and threw multiple ninja stars at each rocket, making them explode upon impact.

"Now check this out." CJ said as he landed on the ground and then suddenly, seven copies of himself emerged from him and surrounded the mech, revealing to be shadow clones which can easily confuse an opponent.

"What?!" #21 asked.

"Which one of us is the real one?" All eight copies of CJ asked. #21 began to worry as he swung his sword on the one he was facing, but it disappeared as the sword made contact.

"Nope." CJ said. #21 swung his shield to attack the other copies on the right.

"Uh uh." CJ said. #21 growled as he smashed the ones of his left.

"Only two left." CJ said, with two more copies standing behind him with a sneaky wave. They both charged forward to attack. With one last resort, #21 swung his sword once more, striking the on his right. An explosion came from no where, but nothing blasted the mech away.

"Got Him!" #21 shouted, until he saw the CJ on the left.

"Wrong one." He said, with the Hunts Commander gasped in shock.

"Now... SHADOW SHURIKEN!" The masked rider called, summoning a massive Ninja Star, and hurled it around the mech, slicing off the sword, the shield, and one of it's legs, critically damaging the HunterX MK XXI.

"No!" #21 shouted. "This can't be! Hunt Squadron! Help me!" The helicopter flew up over them, with it's doors opening, revealing more members of the Huntsclan.

"You heard him!" The one on the front shouted. "Let's mov-"

-BUNK! CLANG!-

The entire chopper they were in suddenly violently shifted downward, as if something jumped onto it. Turning to the other side, they saw the door ripping open, revealing a massive humanoid robot made out of junk contraptions! It was banging on the side of the helicopter, banging it up, while grabbing one of the Hunts soldiers and throwing him outwards, sending him screaming to his death.

"Wait... is that...?" Sonic asked, seeing the strange robot ripping the helicopter apart, while the Hunts soldiers were screaming and panicking at what was going on. Pretty soon, the robot crushed the chopper's tail and then lept off, leaving the Huntsclan Chopper to go out of control and fall down the many stories from the height of the building until it exploded as it hit the ground, killing everyone inside it.

Back inside the building where the ritual was taking place, getting off the elevator, Amy gave a sigh as she, Cream, and Cheese were coming out, with another elevator in front of them.

"I cannot believe this building's elevator doesn't go all the way to the top." The pink hedgehog said.

"At least we have another elevator here." Cream said.

"I guess you're right about that." Amy said, but then her attention was drawn to the massive window before them. Looking outside, they saw the fight taking place on the next building, and she could see Sonic and the others, with a masked rider taking down the big mech in front of them. The pink hedgehog gasped, but then growled.

"Oh sure, they leave us out of the action." Amy said. Suddenly, the doors on their right slammed open, revealing none other than #88 and #89 coming inside, panting.

"Dang, how come we have to take the stairs!" #88 asked.

"It's not my fault that we're late to the show!" #89 said. Amy and Cream saw the two Huntsboys. The pink hedgehog and peach rabbit looked at each other. Amy gave a little smile and pulled out her hammer. She approached the two.

"Excuse me, gentlemen." She said, with the Huntsboys looking at her, and Cream gave a wave from behind, as did Cheese.

"AHHHH!" The two shouted. "More Talking Animals!"

"So it's not just dogs." #88 said.

"Dude, that pink one let herself go, don'tcha think?" #89 asked, while Amy gave a grin and growl.

"Oh, you shouldn't have said that." Amy said. "Because you just got a date with my Piko Piko Hammer!" She raised it up and swung it hard, making the two Huntsboy jump. The two began to scream as they ran for it, while she chased after them and kept bashing them on the head with her hammer, while Cream and Cheese only watched.

"Didn't Amy say that she's proud of her weight earlier?" Cream asked, while Cheese only gave a defeated sigh.

Back outside, after the chopper blew up, #21 looked around, seeing no one coming to his aid.

"No! No! This cannot be!" He shouted, only to be met with a hit by CJ's Shadow-Shuriken, making him tip over. Seeing the mech powerless to fight back, it was now Sonic's chance to strike.

"Tails, lift me up!" Sonic called out.

"Got it!" Tails said as he flew up and picked up Sonic. With a mighty swing, he threw Sonic forward, who spun into a spinning ball, performing his iconic spin dash and dash through the mech, busting through it.

"NOOOO!" #21 shouted.

"Yo, Masked Boy!" Sonic called out. "He's all yours!"

"You got it!" CJ said as he raised his two Shadow-Tanto blades in the air. "KANTANA-RAPPA NINJA SHADOW STRIKE!" He then lunged forward and sliced through the mech, making it spark and explode, while #21 began to scream in defeat, and the robot blew into pieces.

"And he's out." CJ said, spinning his tanto blades, with Tails, Knuckles, and Marshall giving cheers.

"Thanks, kid." Sonic said.

"No problem." CJ said. The two then turned back to what was left of the robot, seeing #21 getting himself out of the destroyed cockpit, covered in soot and dirt, giving a moan and growl of defeat. The man gave a cold glare to the blue hedgehog and masked rider.

"This is not over!" #21 shouted. "You think this is over?!" Then suddenly, a huge shadow appeared behind him, revealing to be the strange humanoid robot that destroyed the copter.

"あなたを殺す / Anata o Korosu." The robot said, then with a might bash, the robot punched #21 in the face. Hard. Sending him into the building wall, making it crumble. #21 only laid there, in pure shock, and in so much pain. Looking back up, the robot approached him, and picked him back up, slamming him on the floor countless times, like the Incredible Hulk slamming Loki down many times in the Avengers movie. Sonic then glanced at the ground, seeing one of the Huntsclan staves on the ground. Sonic remembered that some of the staves can open portals to another dimension, and the blue hedgehog had a good idea where to send #21. The blue blur rushed over and picked up the staff. He clicked one of the buttons, making it glow. He then swung it in a circle, opening a portal to the dimension he specified. He looked over and called out.

"Hey Dog!" Sonic called out. "Throw him in here!" The robot, named Dog gave a nod and moved towards the portal, and threw the screaming #21 inside. As the Huntsmen commander got to his feet, he saw the portal closing.

"NO!" He shouted as he tried to make it out. Sonic then made a taunting face.

"Bye bye!" Sonic said, waving goodbye as the portal sealed up completely, leaving #21 inside.

"NOOO!" #21 shouted. "I was so close!"

-GROWL-

Then suddenly #21 heard a strange growling, unaware of two glowing eyes opening up behind him. He slowly turned around, and saw a huge creature with long thick tentacles, and a huge crow-like mouth opening up. It was a kracken.

"AAAHHHH-!" #21 shouted as it lunged itself at him, following by a few screams of agony, and a loud burp.

Back in the city, Sonic twirled the staff behind him.

"Piece of cake." Sonic said. "No sweat." Tails, Marshall, and Knuckles gave a cheer of victory, glad that the Hunts commander was finished for good. The blue hedgehog then looked at the debris that was left from the robot. Then he turned to see the robot, Dog.

"Hey, Dog." Sonic said. "Good to see you again." The robot looked down at him and gave a nod, before lowering it's head and nuzzled the blue hedgehog.

"Sounds like you missed me a lot." Sonic said. "Hey, is Alyx here? Did she bring you?" Dog then turned his head and pointed forward, straight at Captain Japan, who approached the hedgehog.

"Actually, he came with me." CJ responded. "But don't worry, Miss Vance will be here soon." The blue hedgehog tilted his head. Why did he sound a bit familiar.

"I see." Sonic said. "Say, have we met before?"

"Sonic!" Tails shouted, getting the blue hedgehog's attention. He saw the two-tailed fox pointing forward at the building, where the crazy light show was going on. The blue hedgehog then remembered. Jake was up there!

"Oh, right!" Sonic said. "Sorry sir, but we're gonna have to chat some other time. A friend needs me real quick. See ya soon!" The blue hedgehog then took off, with Tails, Knuckles, and Marshall following him, as CJ and Dog looked on. They looked up and saw the strange lights going on up on top of the building too. He then activated his wrist-com.

"Chase, there's activity going on near my location." CJ said. "Bring the cavalry. It's time for a big fight."

"You got it!" Chase said over the com.


Fighting, was all that Jake was doing. His wings were spread out as he blocked an incoming strike from a staff, swung by a teenage blonde hair girl with beautiful blue eyes, wearing a purple ninja-like battle suit. Yes, this was Rose, Jake's dearly beloved. Well, might as well be his ex now if she kills him. The two have a unique romantic history with each other, which involved them being junior high sweethearts while secretly and unknowingly trying to kill each other since they didn't know their secret lives as the American Dragon and the Huntsgirl. But after being captured with Sonic and the girl was about to kill him, he actually turned back into human to convince her not to slay him, and she let him go.

Since then, the girl had been secretly helping the dragon boy in his fight against the Huntsclan. But now that the Huntsman knows of her betrayal, he has blackmailed her into defeating the American Dragon with a promise to return her to her parents, where she was taken by them from her master because she bared the mark of the Huntsclan. It's a sad story indeed. He pushed back, but the girl swung again.

"Rose, you don't have to do this!" Jake shouted as he dodged another attack.

"All I wanted was a normal life, but the Huntsclan took it away from me!" Rose shouted as she aimed her staff, and fired an electric green energy beam to shoot the dragon. The dragon flew up and swung his claws, but the girl managed to deflect the attacks, while also bringing a couple more swings of her own.

"Rose, listen to me!" Jake said. "This isn't the way to do it, and you know it!"

"I'm sorry, but there's only one way to end this, Jake!" Rose said as she pulled out a chain from her braided hair, allowing it to flow down. She swung the chains hard and managed to wrap them around Jake's hands, legs, wings, and body, and slammed him into the ground, allowing one of the Aztec Skulls, the Master Skull with the green gem eyes, which he must've taken during the fight, drop to the ground. He gave a weak moan, and looked around him, seeing Haley and Sun Park, the light blue dragon with the long black hair, pinned by the Huntsoldiers. He couldn't help but lower his head to the ground. It was over, he thought.

"Man, I wish Sonic was here, right now." He said to himself. The girl only glanced down at him while picking up the skull. She won. But deep down, she felt sad, and ashamed. She was willing to betray the boy who was willing to give up everything for her just to see her family again? Approaching her from behind, was her master, the Huntsman, who was very pleased.

"Well done, Huntsgirl." He said. "I suppose I trained you well after all." She then turned and handed him the Master Skull.

"Alright, I've done as you asked." Rose said. "Now you'll keep your promise and return me home to my parents?"

"Yes, Huntsgirl, I shall." The Huntsman said as he turned around. "But first, you must kill your little dragon mate." The girl's eyes widened with shock. He was asking her to kill Jake? That was not part of the deal!

"What?!" Rose asked. "Hold on a second! I gave you the Aztec Skulls, and I captured the American Dragon. You said that-"

"YOU swore to serve me." The Hunstmaster spoke. "And you betrayed me. If you ever want to see your parents again, you will kill the American Dragon." The girl froze, and her eyes widened a bit. She looked back at Jake, all tied up and defenseless. She had to kill him if she wanted to see her parents again. What choice did she have. She lowered her head, and gripped her staff, approaching the dragon.

"Rose!" Jake said. "Don't do this!"

"I don't have a choice, Jake." Rose said.

"What are you talking about?" Jake asked. "You do have a choice! You chose to help the Huntsclan, you chose to betray us! You've always had a choice, Rose! Just like you have a choice now!"

"You don't get it, Jake." Rose said. "If I don't do this, the Huntsclan will kill my parents... I... I don't want to kill you, but I don't have a choice."

"Rose, Stop!" The girl turned her head, seeing Sonic, Tails, Marshall, and Knuckles, coming from the side of the building, while Amy and Cream with Cheese in her arms, emerged from the elevator, ready to fight.

"Please, Stop!" Tails called out. "Don't do this!"

"Or it'll be the last thing you do!" Amy shouted, gripping her hammer.

"Fools!" the Huntsman said. "You're all too late. Now, Huntsgirl, finish him off!"

"Don't do it, Rosie!" Knuckles said. "Don't Do It!"

"Please Miss Rose!" Cream called out. "Please!"

"Huntsgirl, kill the dragon." The Huntsman said. Rose glanced back at her master, and then back at the dragon before her.

"Rose, don't do this!" Sonic called out as he started to approach her.

"Stay back!" Rose said, pointing her staff at the group. "I... I have to do this!"

"No you don't... please!" Tails called out.

"I know how much you want to see your family again, but this is not the way!" Sonic said. "And besides, if you do this, the Huntsman will end up betraying you! They're just using you!"

"He's right!" The blue hedgehog turned his head to see Marshall stepping forward. "The Huntsclan plan to kill you after he's done." The girl's raised an eyebrow in confusion. Her master was going to kill her after she kills Jake?

"What?" Rose asked. "How do you even know that?"

"Here, I'll show you!" Marshall said, and then gave a bark. "Video Camera!" The pup's puppack then emitted a video camera.

"Play Video!" The dalmation called out, and the video began to show a video on the ground in front of them, large enough to see. What they were seeing... was a video of Marshall dancing in the nude, next to a pole.

"Do the pup pup boogie... shimmy grove it... show me what you got that pup pup stuff!" The video of Marshall played as he was dancing and thrusting against the pole, as confused faces came from Jake, Rose, the Huntsman, and some of his men. Marshall froze in place, his face giving a strong blush of embarrassment. That video was suppose to be private! He probably forgot to delete it a while back.

"Uhhh... Marshall?" Sonic asked.

"Whoops, hehehe... wrong video." Marshall said as he gave a bark. "Play next video." The video camera then played the next video, which displayed the Huntsman speaking with Shadowy Figure.

"I must say, I wasn't really expecting you to convince that little apprentice of yours to betray her little dragon mate." The cloaked man said. The Huntsmaster only grunted in dispute.

"My only concern is to wipe out the entire magical realm and rule it as I see fit." He spoke.

"Oh... and I take it you'll be dropping your little traitor back off to her mother and father once we're done, right?" Shadowy Figure asked.

"No..." The Huntsmaster said. "I don't intend on keeping that promise. Once the American Dragon is out of my way, I will kill her, just as she will kill her precious dragon."

The video ended, with everyone surprised.

"Wow, you actually recorded that while eavesdropping?" Sonic asked.

"Yep." Marshall said. "Something I learned when Chase was training me to be a spy." Sonic couldn't help but smile at the pup.

"What a good pup." He said, giving a scratch to the dalmation's ear. As the recording image ended, the girl glanced back at the Huntsman in total shock.

"Is... Is that true?" Rose asked. "You were just using me?"

"Huntsgirl." He said. "Of course, it's not true."

"But that was recorded with real footage!" Rose said.

"Yeah, it was recorded with real footage!" Sonic said. "Explain that Huntsy!"

"It is true!" Marshall said. "The Huntsman's a liar! He doesn't care about you! He just want to use you until he has no more use of you!"

"Please, don't do this..." Sonic said as he took a couple of more steps forward. "I know you miss your parents, but they wouldn't want you to do this and you know you don't want to either. I know you still love Jake, and believe me, I know. Don't make the same mistake I made. I didn't know what I had until I lost it." His hand was on the tip of the staff, and he staring at the girl. She only glanced at him for a second, then at Jake.

"The choice is yours, Rose." Jake said. "I just want you to know that no matter what happens, I love you. I'll always love you even in death." The girl began to show tears in her eyes. She was so confused. She wanted to see her family again, but yet, in her heart, she loved Jake. The one boy who understood her, who knew what she was going through, who stood by her side, even in the end. Her eyes closed, and she glanced back at him.

"I'm sorry Jake... for everything." Rose said. Her eyes tilted to her right, as if she saw someone. She sighed. She then raised her staff up, ready to strike. The dragon cringed his eyes, as Sonic stepped between them both to shield his friend.

"HEEYAH!" She shouted as she swung... but not at Sonic or Jake. She turned, surprising her master. She whacked him in the face, making him grunt in pain, his helmet cracking a bit more, and the Master Skull was flung out of his hand into the air. Sonic froze as he saw this, as did Jake. He looked up in the air and saw the Master Skull almost drop. But then, the huntsgirl kicked it to her right, and it flung into someone's hand. Sonic's eyes widened as he knew who it was. The person who caught it... was Sally Acorn. She was wearing a much more different attire now. Her hair was in a ponytail, her white shirt was covered by her blue sleeveless royal vest, and she wore black leggings and blue boots, along with blue bracelets. She was staring right at the skull, and then, it began to glow brightly. Suddenly, all the skull gems inside the gargoyles began to light up and send a magical surge to the one in the Princess's hand.

"What the?" Sally asked.

"Quick!" Rose called out. "Make a wish! Any Wish!" The chipmunk looked at the girl and back at the skull. She gave a nod and held it up.

"I wish for my father to be ok!" Sally called out, and the skull gem lit up, charging up with energy. Then, with all the power it had, it sent out a shockwave across the city, leaving behind sparkles.

Back at Mercy Hospital, King Acorn was resting in his bed, while Ryder and Mayor Goodway were sitting and waiting.

"Ummmhh… oohh…" The king moaned out, his head moving a bit slowly, getting both their attention.

"The King's moving!" Ryder said as he and Mayor Goodway.

"Nigel, are you alright?" Mayor Goodway asked. Pretty soon, the king opened his eyes, finally waking up from his coma.

"Am I home Toto?" King Acorn asked.

'He's awake!" Ryder said.

"He's awake!" Mayor Goodway said as she began to cheer.

"He's awake?" Skye asked as she, Rubble, Zuma, and Rocky leaned into the room before falling down on each other.

"Yep, he's awake!" Ryder said.

"Oh, Nigel, thank goodness you're alright!" Mayor Goodway said.

"Take it easy, your majesty." Ryder said. "You may want to rest for a while." The King looked around, trying to spot a certain red haired chipmunk, who wasn't present.

"Wh...where's Sally?" He asked.

"She's probably with Sonic right now." Ryder said. "She said she had to go help him out." The King laid in bed, but gave a smile.

"It's alright." He said. "I knew Sonic would keep his promise."

"Calling All Pups! I Repeat, Calling All Pups!" Ryder froze, hearing that familiar voice. He reached down into his Pup-Pad and pressed the button that allowed him to communicate with the caller.

"Hello? Chase?" He asked.

"Hi, Ryder!" Chase's voice said.

"It's Chase!" Skye barked with glee as she came into the room near Ryder's leg.

"Chase!" Rubble, Zuma, and Rocky cheered as they circled Ryder.

"Chase, it's good to hear you buddy!" Ryder said with a smile.

"Good to hear from you guys too!" Chase spoke through the pup-pad. "Right now, I need your guys immediately at these coordinates, right away!"

"You got it!" Ryder said. "No job is too big, no pup is too small!" He turned to the rest of the pups.

"PAW Patrol, let's head for the Air Patroller!" Ryder said as he ran out the door, while the pups cheered.

"PAW Patrol is on a roll!" They cheered as they followed him out, ready to meet up with Chase.

Back at the building, the flash spread across Manhattan within a second an left behind sparkles, for everyone to see. Sally only stood there, seeing the Master Skull in her hand, which began to power down. It has finally been used, which means that it cannot be used any longer. The Ritual was complete! The wish was made! And the Magical Realm was safe! Everyone stood there in amazed.

"Wha… what happened?" Sally asked.

"You made a wish." Rose said as she approached her. "The Skulls can't be used anymore."

"What about my father?" Sally asked. "Will he be?"

"He'll be alright." Rose said. The chipmunk gave a smile.

"Thank you." She said. Sonic and Jake stood there, quite amazed.

"Wow." Sonic said. "That was... wow."

"The fact that Rose actually saved our hides and your princess girl managed to foil the Huntsclan's plan?" Jake asked.

"No actually, the pretty light show the skull gave was pretty neat." Sonic said. Speaking of the Huntsclan, The Huntsman, lifted himself up and saw the princess with the Master Skull, powering down. His eyes widened with shock. Sally has made a wish with the skull, and now it was useless.

"Wha… What have you done?!" He asked. The chipmunk glanced at him with a glare and smile.

"This." She said, and with all her might, she slammed the Master Skull down onto the ground, shattering it into a million pieces!

"No... NOOOO!" The Huntsman shouted in shock. As the pieces of the gem fell to the ground, the other twelve skulls held in the gargoyles surrounding the rooftop began to shatter one by one. Sonic, Jake, and everyone else watched with surprise and amazement as the skull pieces dropped to the ground, turning to dust as they hit the floor. The Huntsman only growled.

"GRRRAAGH!" He shouted. "I Cannot Believe This! All these years of planning have gone to waste!" But then, his glare turned to Rose, his own apprentice.

"You TRAITOR!" He spoke, summoning his staff. He then charged straight forward to strike her.

"Rose!" Jake called out.

"Look Out!" Sonic shouted, as the girl raised her staff in defense as he was about to strike.

-BONK!-

Suddenly, the Huntsman was bashed in the head by a long blue energy blade, that emerged from Sally's bracelets. Her bracelets were actually her Energy Blades, which she can use to fight. And she used them to bash the Huntsman in the head, sending him towards the elevator. He crashed into it with brute force, causing the doors to open up. No one could see it, but his helmet shattered opened and dropped down the elevator shaft.

"That was for my father..." The princess said, while the girl was surprised that she saved her.

"You saved me." She said, getting the chipmunk's attention.

"Yeah." Sally said. "That's what friends do." The girl was a bit surprised, but a smile formed on her face.

"Thanks." She said. "And... I'm sorry... for everything."

"I'm not actually the one you should be apologizing to." Sally said. The girl then knew what she meant. She turned to her right, seeing Sonic getting Jake out of his chains. Helping him back up on his feet, the dragon and the girl looked at each other.

"Rose." Jake said.

"Jake... I..." Rose said, but soon she stopped, hearing something from afar. Turning their heads, they saw the Huntsman, struggling to get up.

"Alright, time for the grand finale!" Sonic said as he stepped forward, ready to fight. Soon the Huntsman, growling with rage, turned around, showing his lower face was still covered. With a mighty screech, he tore apart his mask, while also ripping part of his cloak and suit off, showing part of his muscular body, which had a red dragon birthmark that reached up to his deformed hairless face. Sonic and Tails only gave disgusted looks.

"Now I know why he has a helmet and mask on." Tails said.

"Who cares?!" Knuckles asked, cracking his knuckles. "Let's take him out already!" The Huntsman, however, gave another shout.

"You... You will all pay for this!" He shouted, but then suddenly, a massive Ninja star struck him in his chest, leaving a massive cut, and making him almost fall over. The ninja star returned to it's sender, back to Captain Japan, who was still in his Ninja-Mode! Everyone gave surprised looks of awe as they saw the masked rider.

"Who is that?" Jake asked.

"The Masked Hero Returns!" Sonic called out as the Huntsman looked at the new hero with a confused look.

"Now What?!" He shouted.

"Huntsman." CJ said as he stepped forward. "The only one paying will be you. If you don't want this to be messy, surrender now."

"How dare you..." The Huntsman said.

"Beg your pardon?" Captain Japan asked.

"No one tells me what to do." Huntsman said. "And who's going to stop me? You?"

"Yeah, and so will they." Captain Japan said. Then suddenly, lights were dimmed onto the dragon slayer and his men. Surrounding them were a couple of ships, high-tech copters without propellers and with jets that began to open up, with many SPD troops coming out, all of them with their weapons and guns ready, and a familiar German Shepard pup joining the frey. He gave a bark.

"Megaphone!" He spoke, and his puppack summoned a megaphone about the size of his head, but as he spoke, it was really loud.

"Huntsman, by order of the Space Police Delta, you are under arrest for murder, double murder, triple murder, quadruple murder, killing your own soldiers, stealing valuable objects, cutting a mermaid's tail off, ripping a giant's arms out of their sockets?" The pup began to read the notes from the list he was given, and he was surprised by how much there was on it. "Wow, there are a lot of citations on this guy."

"Chase?" The pup lifted his head hearing his name, and to his surprise, he saw Marshall with Sonic!

"Oh, hey Chase!" Sonic called out.

"Marshall?" Chase asked. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm with Sonic." Marshall said. "What are you doing here?"

"Here to pick up Sonic." Chase said. "And to put this dragon slayer in his place!"

"You heard the pup, Huntsman." Captain Japan said. "Give it up." Despite the threat, the Huntsmaster gave a gruff.

"Never..." He growled. "Huntsmen!" His call spawned his remaining soldiers left, who were actually all startled and surprised to see soldiers with better advanced weaponry then they do.

"Ok then." Captain Japan said, and he gave the pup a cue.

"SPD, ALL OUT ATTACK!" Chase called out, and the soldiers charged forward, while the other clan members charged too. Surprisingly, the SPD soldiers were actually far better than the Hunt Soldiers, managing to dodge their every attack, and counter attack with ease.

"C'mon!" Sonic out raising his fist into the air, with everyone, including Amy, Cream, Haley, and Sun Park, who were both freed by the former two, joined the battle. Tails flew it and swiped some of the huntsmen with his two tails, while Knuckles bashed their heads with his own two fists. Amy used her Piko Piko Hammer to swat a few of them off the building, making them scream as they fell. Cream was able to fly around and dodge, making the hunt soldiers bash into each other, and Cheese pounced on many of them too. Marshall was using his water cannon to splash some of the huntsmen with water, dazing them off, while Chase shot the drenched soldiers his new Electric Stun Ball Launcher, painfully shocking them and stunning them.

"Whoa." Marshall said with surprise. "Since when did you get a new cannon?"

"Since I joined." Chase said. "Look out!" He aimed his cannon at the two hunts soldiers behind Marshall, stunning them to the ground.

"Thanks!" Marshall said.

"Incoming!" a voice called out, making the two pups look at the sky, seeing four small figures in the air, with a young boy flying with them. It was Ryder and the rest of the PAW Patrol, all of them in their Air Rescue Gear!

"Ryder!" The two called out.

"We're here, guys!" Ryder said as he and the pups flew in.

"Ryder!" Chase called out as he and Marshall ran up to him and nuzzled the boy.

"Good to see you two guys." Ryder said.

"We're so glad you showed up Ryder." Marshall said. "And... sorry for leaving suddenly like that without letting you guys know."

"It's alright Marshall." Ryder said. "Let's get this fight done, shall we?"

"You got it!" Marshall and Chase said.

"Alright pups, PAW Patrol is on a roll!" He said as he and the pups joining the fray.

"Hey, guys!" Rocky said. "Let's use this! Don't lose it, reuse it!" He pulled out a long stitched rope which was made with several pieces of shorter ropes and blanket pieces.

"Quick pups!" Chase said. "Rope Trick Formation!" In unison, the pups took a hold of the long rope and they rushed over to the incoming huntsmen, who tripped over the rope, while the pups laughed. Then, Chase turned to see Princess Sally fighting some of the Huntsmen, until one of them managed to punch her in the face, sending her off balance.

"Princess!" Chase shouted as she charged forward. He shot another Electro-Stun Ball at her attacker, who fell back completely stunned. The German Shepard approached the Princess to see if she was ok.

"Princess, are you ok?!" Chase asked, but the Princess didn't respond. He leaned in and said her name. "Sally?"

"GASP!" Sally shouted as she got up, almost panting. She looked over to see Chase, staring at her. "Chase?"

"Princess, are you ok?" Chase asked. The Princess looked at him and gave a teary smile. She clung to him and hugged him tightly, nuzzling his face.

"I'm ok." She said. "I'm ok. Took your time, didn't you?"

"Yeah, sorry about that." Chase said.

"It's ok." Sally said. "Thanks." She gave a nuzzle and a scratch behind the ear, making the German Shepard give a moan of pleasure. Back with Sonic, he was bashing the Hunts soldiers with his homing attack, while CJ was with him back to back, striking the dragon slayers with his Shadow Tanto blades.

"Nice of you to bring the cavalry." Sonic said as he kicked one of the huntsmen.

"No problem." CJ said as he swung one of his Shadow Tantos, striking down one of the dragon slayers. Sonic turned his head, seeing Jake having his bout with the Huntsman, both of them trying to push each other back. But the Huntsman managed to push him away, sending him to the ground.

"You shall pay for this American Dragon!" He shouted, raising his staff, only to be blasted away by Rose, who stood between him and Jake.

"Rose!" Jake said.

"Don't worry." She said. "This time, I'll protect you." The Huntsman slowly rose back up to his feet, staring at his apprentice... or former apprentice of course.

"How dare you betray me, Huntsgirl." He hissed.

"Rose." She said. "My name is Rose, and it'll always will be."

"How could you do this?!" Huntsman asked. "I trained you, I raised you!"

"You stole me away from my family!" Rose said. "You took fifteen years of my life away! And for what? Just to use me to further your own ambitions?!"

"Whatever is necessary to fill in our ranks." Huntsman said. "If you know what's good for you, stand aside."

"Never." Rose said. "I won't stand aside. To tell you the truth, master, I love Jake more than I fear you." The Huntsman only chuckled.

"Well then." The Huntsman said. "Time to do what I should've done fifteen years ago!" He rushed forward, ready to swing his staff, while the girl stood her ground, only for Jake to move between them, his arms around her and his back faced against the Huntsman to protect her. This was spotted by Sonic.

"Jake, Look Out!" Sonic shouted, rushing in between them and the Huntsman, bringing out the Sword that the King gave him. The sword began to glow brightly, giving a blue and white mystical light. As the sword clashed with the Huntsman's staff, a bright light blasted from Sonic, nearly blinding everyone around them.

As the light cleared up, the Huntsman felt something... pushing against him? Looking forward, his eyes widened, seeing before him was the blue hedgehog, but he was glowing a blue-ish white. His entire body, and the sword he was wielding was bathed in a glowing aura, sparking with a blue colored electricity.

"Wh...What Is This?!" The Huntsman asked, before his staff was pushed by Sonic.

"Don't mess... with their funky flow!" He spoke, then pushed him far back with his blade. The blue blur glanced down at the blade he was holding, which was glowing along with him. Then he noticed something was glowing under the bandana around his neck. It was the ring, and it was glowing the same color as he and the sword was.

"Whoa..." Sonic said. Everyone watched in amazement.

"Sonic?" Tails asked.

"What the what?" Jake asked, as Rose stood there confused herself.

"He's glowing?" Chase asked.

"Wow, that's amazing!" Marshall said. Getting back to his footing, the Huntman saw the blue hedgehog, standing in place, who then noticed that he was glowing, and sparking with some electrical surge along with the necklace around his neck. He gasped in shock.

"That ring... the symbol of the House of the Lucii!" He spoke. "Wha… What Are You?!" Sonic only glanced at the sword before turning to his foe.

"I'm just... Sonic the Hedgehog." He said with a smile. While everyone was watching with shock and surprise, no one took notice of Shadowy Figure, watching from the building top next door. He too was surprised.

"That blade is not a piece of eden..." He spoke. "It's one of the ancient glaives of Lucis! We've been after the wrong sword this whole time!" With an angry grunt, he then walked away, disappearing into the night. Sonic and the Huntsman stood face to face.

"Shall we finish this old fashion style, baldy?" Sonic asked, while the Huntsman growled.

"Gladly..." He hissed, and with a mighty shout, he charged forward, while Sonic did the same. They both swung, crossing blades with each other. Sonic leaped up and down as he swung down to strike, while the Huntsman blocked and countered. As he swung to slash his target, the blue hedgehog only zipped and used several homing dashes to his face. The whole fight was like Master Yoda facing off against Count Dooku from Star Wars: Attack of the Clone Wars, except there were no lightsabers. Pretty soon, which was appeared to be minutes of fighting, the two crossed blades.

"C'mon, is that really all?" Sonic asked.

"You little pest..." Huntsman said. "How is it every time I see you, I see his face?!" Sonic only smirked. No doubt he was referring to the hedgehog's father. The lone wolf who threw him into the monster pit years ago. The Huntsman pushed once more, with Sonic somersaulting back, and crossing his sword with the dragon slayer's staff once more. The blue hedgehog gave a funny face, taunting the huntsman, which only made him angrier. After a couple more swings and slashes, the Huntsman managed to cross the sword out of Sonic's hand. And with a mighty push, he pushed the blue hedgehog to the ground face first.

"Ow..." Sonic said, turning around to see the Huntsman facing down at him.

"You think that this is over?!" He shouted. The blue hedgehog quickly got up and attempted to throw a punch, but he was grabbed by the neck and was held down. "Nothing can stop the Huntsclan! I will not stop until every single magical creature is slaughtered... and I will silence anyone, who gets in my way!" He prepared to raise his staff for the final blow... but then...

-BOOM!-

A laser bullet shot the dragon slayer hard in the back, making him scream in pain. He then felt his entire body paralyzing all over, but he could still feel the pain. He was shot in the back, by Captain Japan, who continued to shoot with his R1-Pistol, while walking up to the dragon slayer. As he got close enough, CJ then pulled his pistol back. He then summoned his Shadow-Tanto swords. He then swung as the Huntsman attempted to turn, striking him in the face.

"Head's up!" He called out, kicking the king's sword back to Sonic, who grabbed it successfully, and swung right into the Huntsman legs, causing sudden sparks to burst out and making him fall to his knees. Sonic glanced and saw that there was some kind of gears and wires in the wound, showing that the Huntsman's legs were not flesh, but robotic! Part of his limbs and body were not flesh but wired cybernetics! So that meant one thing. He didn't have to hold back.

"Hey, Jake!" Sonic called. "Finish Time!"

"Got It!" Jake called out as he flew in and swung his claws, striking the Huntsman's stomach, leaving bloody claw marks. The three continued to beat the Huntsmaster down, with Sonic swinging his sword, Jake his claws, and CJ with his swords, pistol and Ninja stars. All three were tagg teaming him, striking the Huntsman with everything they got, even if it meant beating him to death. Each blow was causing the Huntsman's legs and hand to spark and burst, showing more of his robotic enhancements. CJ blocked the Huntsman's left arm, and swung his own elbow arm down hard on it, breaking the Huntsmaster's arm, making his yell in pain, while Sonic swung up, slicing the arm right off, causing it to burst and rip the wires right out, and Jake breathing fire upon him, burning him to a crisp, and showing the left side of his face, right where his eye was, was a metal plate with a red glowing robot eye. The Huntsman gave a shout as his entire body was shutting down... or malfunctioning to be precise.

"Hey, Rose!" Jake called out. "You ready?"

"Ready!" She called as she rushed in, leaping on Jake and then swinging her staff onto the Huntsman. She then grabbed Sonic, who then spun into a ball, and she hurled him towards the Huntsman, homing dashing him in the crotch. CJ then tossed his ninja star to Rose, who then swung it back to her former-master. She then aimed her own staff and fired, shooting an energy blast, with Sonic leaping in with a mighty spin dash, bashing him straight into a wall. As the wall burst and crumbled, creating a dust explosion, the Huntsmaster fell to the floor, weakened and defeated. He slowly lifted his head up, seeing the blue hedgehog approach him.

For a moment, Sonic stared at the Huntsman from top to bottom, seeing his legs now broken... literally. While small parts of his body, such as his upper chest, his neck and left face was flesh, everything else wasn't. His legs, which were broken were only broken gears and cogs all busted, and his left arm, now just wires and static, and the right side of his face, showing to be just metal. The Huntsman was no close to human. He was an abomination, like Frankenstein's monster. Who would've thought that the most feared dragon slayer in the world was actually just a freak.

"Well, well." Sonic said amused. "Look how the mighty has fallen. To think you were just a man, but no. You're just one freak of a monster. An inhuman, robotic, monster."

"Youuu…" The Huntsman hissed. "You ruined... everything..."

"Me?" Sonic asked. "No, you did this to yourself. The day you captured me was the beginning of your own downfall. But yet, you saw yourself above others and tried to be the most fearsome warrior in the world. But in the end, you're nothing but a hollow shell, drowned in your own greed and ruthlessness."

"Sh...Shut up!" The Huntsman shouted, but he choked, and his head buzzed a bit from the damaged metal. "I give the orders... me!"

"Ooh, big talk." Sonic said, resting his sword on his shoulder. "Say, you wanna know something funny?"

"Not really..." The Huntsman coughed weakly.

"Your sponsors, your business people who have been giving you weapons?" Sonic said. "Turns out I know some of those guys. And they told me that you, Huntsman, were a big fat joke."

"W...What?!" The Huntsman asked.

"A Joke!" Sonic said. "You're nothing but a joke! And they were right. You were a joke before you were thrown in that monster pit, and you're still a joke now. Look at yourself. A real man lives with his scars and failures, not replace them with metal and wires."

"You... you rat!" Huntsman shouted, though his pride was completely damaged.

"It's over, Huntsy." Sonic said. "Your little reign of terror over the magical realm is over. As my father had said to you before, Requiescat in pace." He then turned and walked away, while the Huntsman laid there dying. No... he wasn't going to lose again. Not to a rodent!" Looking down, he saw his staff, and he picked up.

"DIE, YOU RODENT!" He shouted, aiming his staff and fired a green bullet at the blue hedgehog. But to Sonic, time slowed down to a snail's crawl.

"Seriously?" Sonic asked with a cocky smile. He quickly turned around and swung his sword at the energy bullet, bouncing it back at the Huntsman, hitting him in the face, causing an explosion, burning his face and showing his entire left side to break apart, and his robot eye to pop out of it's socket. As the shattered dragon slayer began to choke on his own voice, CJ quickly pulled out a small device and clicked it, which started beeping.

"Hey, Hedgehog!" CJ shouted, getting the hedgehog's attention. "Clock's Ticking!" He tossed the small dagger looking device to Sonic, who then caught it, jumped into the air and threw it at the Huntsman, which jabbed directly in the socket where his metal eye used to be. Suddenly, the beeping went faster, as if it was a bomb... Yes, it was a bomb, and before the Huntsman knew it...

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO-!" The Dragon Slayer screeched... and then...

-BOOOOOM!-

All that was left was a fiery explosion that consumed the Huntsman and blew him up to pieces, as Sonic made a perfect landing with a smile, holding his sword over his shoulder like Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII.

"Yippee Ki Ya..." Sonic said. Everyone, who shielded away from the explosion, turned to see what was left the Huntsman, nothing but smoke, his mutilated corpse and his ruined cape. The Huntsmaster, the fourth biggest threat to the magical realm, was no more. The rest of his men, stood there in great shock, and only stared at the blue hedgehog, who turned back at them.

"Is there no one else?" Sonic asked with a smirk. The rest of the Huntsclan then only did one thing... drop their weapons. Their blades, daggers, staves, guns, all of them dropped to the floor. All of them dropped to their knees in defeat, while #88 and #89 emerged from the side the building, bruised up from their encounter with Amy and Cream.

"Sorry we're late!" #88 spoke. "Some crazy girls tried to-"

"Ahem..." A voice spoke in front of them. The two looked up to see Chase and the rest of the PAW Patrol, staring at them with growls, ready to pounce.

"You two are under arrest." Chase said, while the two Huntsboys looked at the pups, scared.

"Uhhh… we quit?" #89 said, while Chase only shot his net at them, trying them both up.

"Better." Chase said. CJ stepped forward, his Ninja mode reverting back to his standard form, glancing at some of the SPD soldiers.

"Gentlemen, victory's ours!" He said, raising his sword up.

"HUZZAH!" The SPD soldiers cheered, with some of them hugging each other, one of them kicking one of the Hunts soldiers, glad that they won the battle, while some of the were glad that this was actually a much shorter and easier fight. Sonic only stretched, giving a happy sigh, while Jake approached him with surprise and relief, shifting back to his human form.

"Dude, I can't believe it." Jake said. "We won. We won!"

"Was that way past cool or what?" Sonic asked.

"Dude, that was more than way past cool." Jake said. "That was way past awesome!"

"That's what I'm talking about!" Sonic said as he raised his hand.

"Upstairs!" Jake said as he and Sonic high fived.

"Down Low!" Sonic said as they low fived, and fist bumped.

"Sonic, we did it!" Tails said as he flew to his friend. "We won! The Huntsmen are finished!"

"Yeah, and we made it an omega happy ending too!" Sonic said as he hugged his two-tailed friend.

"Oh my little Tailsie-Poo!" a voice spoke from behind Tails. Turning his head, he saw Jake's sister Haley flying right at him.

"Oh No!" The fox shouted, but then he was in the grip of the pink dragon, who was smothering and nuzzling him with affection. Yes, the little Einstein dragon girl was in love with this fox. A little weird, but who can blame her ever since the Fox saved her from a couple of goblins a while back.

"Oh Tails, I knew you would come back to save me!" Haley said as she attempted to peck the fox on the cheek.

"Help Me, Please!" Tails shouted as he tried to break free, with Amy and Cream only giving giggles, while Sun Park and Knuckles approached the hedgehog and Asian boy.

"Not exactly the kind of fight I was expecting, but well done, Dragon Long." Sun Park said.

"Well, Sonic deserves most of the credit, actually." Jake said. "He's the hero."

"Nah." Sonic said. "We're all heroes today."

"Well this stinks." Knuckles said. "I was really looking forward to punching that Hunts freak right in the face. But hey, what'cha gonna do?" Sonic and Jake only rolled their eyes.

"Well, I guess now that's over, I better go talk with my dad and my gramps to make sure they're alright." Jake said. "With everything that happened, me saving the world and my dad now knowing about everything, hopefully things will lighten up on everybody."

"Yeah." Sonic said. "You want me to go with you?"

"Nah." Jake said. "I should probably do this myself. It' time that I stand up and speak for myself this time."

"True that." Sonic said with a thumbs up. But then he turned to his right, seeing someone. "But first..." He then pointed forward. Turning to that direction, Jake saw Rose, staring up at the starry sky. That's right. There was some unfinished business left to take care of. The boy approached her.

"Hey, you alright?" He asked.

"I... I still can't believe it." Rose said, looking up at the sky. "It's over. It's finally over. I'm free."

"Yeah." Jake said. "How do you feel?"

"I feel... I don't know." Rose said, unable to figure out what she's feeling. "I feel, like something heavy has lifted off my shoulders. I feel... happy, and at the same time... ashamed... with everything I've done." The boy knew while she was talking, her voice was trembling a bit, and her eyes were starting to water. But she was trying to fight it back, trying to be strong. He knew if he didn't say anything yet, she was gonna explode.

"Rose." He said, taking her hand. "It's alright. You can let it out." The girl only stared at him for a brief moment, and then her face began to break, as tears began to drop from her eyes. She threw herself over the boy and hugged him tightly, and she began to cry. To be honest, this was probably the first time she had ever cried in a long time. All those years being trained by the Huntsclan and trained to be tough, to feel no emotion. But now, now that she's free, she can finally let her sorrow out.

"I'm sorry..." She choked. "I'm so sorry... I'm so sorry..."

"It's ok." Jake said. "It's alright. I'm here now. I'm here." The girl only sniffed as she continued to cry.

"You're the greatest friend in the whole world." She spoke as she nuzzled him. The boy only smiled as he hugged her back, allowing her to cry on his shoulder. They stood there for only a few more moments until Rose finally got a hold of herself, wiping her tears away.

"Feel better?" Jake asked.

"Yeah, a lot better." Rose said.

"Say, is this a bad time to ask you out to dinner this weekend?" Jake asked a little nervously. The girl only smiled.

"After everything you put up with, you deserve it." Rose said. Pretty soon, she leaned forward and kissed him on the lips, making his eyes sparkling with surprise. Regardless, he held on to her as they continued their kiss, while Sonic only watched with a smile.

"Now this is a happy ending." Sonic said, as Sally walked up next to him.

"You know, you did good today Sonic Hedgehog." Sally said, looking back at him.

"Yeah." Sonic said, looking back at her. "Thanks for coming." The two looked at each other and leaned in to kiss as well.

"Um, Sonic the Hedgehog?" A voice made them end the kiss quickly. Turning to the voice's source, they saw Captain Japan approaching them. That's right. Sonic still needed to thank him.

"Oh right!" Sonic said as he approached him. "Thanks for helping us." With that said, Captain Japan lowered his sword, and moved his hands across his mask. Taking it off, he revealed his medium spiky straight hair, and blue eyes. It was none other than Jamiko Miyamoto, and to top it all off, Sonic recognized him from the Treaty Speech back at City Hall. That boy who helped him with the Huntsmen breaking in was actually this masked rider! That explains why his voice was so familiar.

"Ok, you got my full attention." Sonic said. "Ummm... Miyamota, are you?"

"Miyamoto." CJ said. "My name is Jamiko Miyamoto of the SPD."

"SPD?" Sonic asked.

"The Space Police Delta?" Sally asked with great surprise. "The protectors of the multiverse?"

"Multiverse?" Marshall asked.

"Wait, the Interdimensional Police Force?" Sonic asked.

"Yes." CJ said. "It's such an honor to meet you Sonic the Hedgehog."

"The honor's mine too." Sonic said. "But what are you doing here?"

"To pick you guys up." Chase said as he approached the group.

"The SPD is in need of your help." CJ said.

"My help?" Sonic asked. "What do you guys want from me?"

"The SPD is up against a force that will threaten to destroy the world." CJ said. "And they want you to help." Sonic looked at the boy, and began thinking. It was very odd that the SPD, one of the highest ranking intergalactic space force would want him to help them out, since they're suppose to be the professionals and what not. But, the blue blur had to admit, it was quite an honor that they requested his help. But for what? Guess he had to find out for himself.

"Alright, I'll come along." Sonic said. "But I take my pup, my best friend, and my girlfriend."

"Yes, Please!" Tails spoke, feeling Haley's sufficating hug of affection nearly killing him. "Anything to get away from her...!"

"Already arranged." CJ said as he pressed his wrist-com. "Alyx, copters ready?"

"Ready!" Alyx's voice said. Then turning at the other side of the building, another SPD Carrier Copter emerged, getting everyone's attention. The doors opened up, revealing Barney and Alyx, with Dog behind him giving a wave.

"Hey, Blue Blur!" Alyx called out, with Sonic recognizing her.

"Alyx!" Sonic said. "Good to see you guys again! You guys part of this too?"

"You bet!" Barney said. "Can't wait to fill you in on what's been going on."

"Alright!" Tails said as he flew up to the copter, finally breaking free of Haley's hug, with Sally and Sonic following behind.

"You ready, Marshall?" Sonic asked, looking back at the Dalmatian, who gave a nod.

"I'm ready." Marshall said.

"Then let's do it to it." Sonic said with a wink.

"Yes!" Marshall cheered as he looked at Chase. "Looks like I'm coming along with you, Chase."

"Sure looks like it." Chase said. "But just to let you know Marshall, this isn't the PAW Patrol. This is next level stuff, so you better be on your toes."

"I Will!" Marshall said, while the other pups and Ryder approached the two.

"Wait, you're leaving already?" Rocky asked.

"But you just got back." Skye said.

"I know, but I gotta go back." Chase said, and then turned back to see Sally. "Besides, Princess Acorn is joining Sonic, it's my job as her service dog to look after her."

"And Sonic wants me to come along too, so I can't leave him hanging." Marshall said. "Sorry we have to go."

"It's ok, pups." Ryder said as he knelt down. "You guys do what you two need to do. And remember, if you ever need us, just yelp for help."

"Got it." Marshall and Chase said in unison.

"Well, you be careful." Rubble said.

"And have a Pawwiffic Time!" Zuma said.

"You better come back safe and sound too." Skye said as she approached Chase. "Promise you'll come back?"

"Promise." Chase said with a nod.

"Ok." Skye said as she moved up and nuzzled against Chase's neck. The German Shepard blushed and gave a little nervous smile.

"I saw that, tough guy." Marshall said with a sneaky smile.

"Marshall, not now." Chase said as he rolled his eyes. Pretty soon, the two pups, CJ, Sonic, Sally, and Tails made their way to the copter.

"Hey, you guys be careful!" Amy said.

"Go kick some ass, alright?" Knuckles called.

"Have fun!" Cream said as Cheese waved goodbye.

"We'll do!" Tails said as he hopped into the copter, with the pups and Sally jumping in as well.

"You ready for this?" CJ asked.

"More than ready." Sonic said.

"Then let's forge on." CJ said as he got into the copter.

"Hey, Blue Blur!" Jake called out, getting Sonic's attention. "You take care of yourself!"

"You too, dragon boy." Sonic said with a thumbs up and wink. The blue hedgehog jumped into the copter, and he and his friends waved one last goodbye as the doors closed up. With everyone now in tow, the copter took off, flying away from the area and out of the city, and as Sonic knew, that while this was the end of one adventure, his next one was about to begin!

As the copter flew out of the city, someone was watching from the streets, and it was Shadowy Figure. He was watching the whole fight, no doubt. But he was greatly surprised that sword was actually a sword that belonged to the ancient rulers of yore. Perhaps that hedgehog is much more than he believed. Regardless, he gave a smile.

"Hmmm... no, better not get involved." Shadowy Figure said. "I have my own stuff to take care of..." He then walked away, down the streets into the city night, only muttering a few words.

"Soon..."


8!

Ok! That's the end of his chapter, and it might be a little cunflunkled a bit, because it's told from Sonic's point of view. Hope you guys could forgive me for that, and I hope you enjoyed it!

And Shadowy Figure, again, just has a cameo in the story. But the last word he speaks will lead into something when this story is complete. Let's just say after this story, I have an idea in the works. But enough of that for now. Let's keep our focus on this story for now, which is a long way to go from being complete.

Next two chapters we're going to take a break from Sonic and CJ to go back to the Wattersons and catch up with them. Stay tuned! Next chapter for that is also almost ready too!

Japanese Translations:

I Kill You - あなたを殺す - Anata o Korosu