(I am super sorry I am taking so long especially with this. I want to make sure I give you the best I can do. and anyone offers to help in any way I would appreciate it. anyway hope you enjoy it)
Chapter 11 Spark of Hope.
On the flight back to Pallet Town Ash was informed what happened with Ivysaur and a penguin pokemon that Ivysaur rescued and brought to Oak's place for medical aid, Ash asked Sonic "Is Ivysaur over being evolved? Or does Ivysaur need more time?"Sonic responded to Ash's question by saying, "Ivysaur might need a bit more time before he will be able to move on." Ash understood the former hero of Mobius's answer as they reached Pallet Town and Sonic came in for a landing near Oak's Lab. Ash hops off Sonic and heads inside to talk with professor Oak of this Penguin Pokemon that Ivysaur saved.
Ash saw Oak checking on a Piplup. That must be the Pokemon as he walks closer to the professor, "Is the Pokemon okay?" Oak turned to Ash and said, "Yes the Piplup is fine and has made a full recovery." Ash smiled and said that good but Oak scratched the back of the head as he continued to talk. "But I have to tell you that I was forced to catch the Piplup for you so I can place it in the medical machine and heal its wounds." Ash was not mad at the professor, "I understand, I will let Piplup out and talk with him and see if he wishes to stay or not. If he does not want to be a captured Pokemon then I leave it here with you free and you can call someone to take it to its new home." Oak smiled at Ash's kindness and consideration of this Pokemon he has never met before but will do anything for it to have a happy life.
Ash exits Oak's lab and calls Sonic over who was annoyed his nap was cut short but came when called. Ash tosses Piplup ball in the air as it opens up and a stream of light escapes and takes the shape of Piplup that was let out of the metal sphere. Piplup looked around confused where it was since the last thing he could remember was being in a large body of water and going below the surface before it all went black.
Ash walks to Piplup and crouches down so he can be eye level of the Pokemon and said to the water starter of Sinnoh, "Hello Piplup I am Ash and this my starter Pikachu, also that's Sonic the Charizard."Ash gesture to both Pikachu and Charizard when he said their names. Piplup acted like he was unimpressed when he actually was, "Should I care."Sonic could tell what Piplup was thinking and decided he needed a lesson but not by his own hands. Sonic turns to Pikachu who was looking back at him in wonder if they share the same thought, Sonic's nod confirmed it for Pikachu,
"If you think you can beat me? How about we put that to the test." Piplup was worried as Sonic told Ash that Piplup wanted to challenge Pikachu which was not what he said at all. Ash turns back to face Piplup and asked, "Do you really want to face Pikachu?" Piplup was able to see what they're doing and accepted the challenge. After a moment to find an open area for the two Pokemon to do battle on. Pikachu was stretching his body so he was ready to school the younger Pokemon. Piplup did no stretching, just stood there tapping his foot impatient and wanted to get to the fighting.
"You going to take all day grandpa?!" the Piplup shouted at Pikachu mocking him. but Pikachu looked at the water-type Pokemon annoyed, "I am not that old, also someone needs to teach you patience, it will help you in the long run." the Piplup said whatever as Ash shouts for the fight to begin. Piplup wastes no time firing a barrage of bubbles, Pikachu dodges the Bubblebeam effortlessly and starts to build up electricity at the tip of his tail and took the shape of a sphere.
Once it was formed Pikachu launched the Electro Ball at Piplup. The water type did not doge, instead, he uses Peck and tries to overpower Pikachu's projectile with his beak, but the Electro Ball was too strong and hit Piplup doing serious damage as well as launching him back a good distance. Piplup got up but his legs felt weak from the electric attack. Piplup using Peck charges at Pikachu. Pikachu sidesteps the attack and his tail got coated in steel energy and slams it into the back of Piplup's head sending Piplup flying once more.
Piplup tries to get up but he was too weak and collapse to the floor defeated. Pikachu walks over to Piplup and said to the Sinnoh starter, "Take this as a lesson. You got a longs ways to go in strength." Piplup looks away not like being called weak even though Pikachu was not saying that and was just saying he had room to grow. Ash walks to Piplup and crouches down to check on Piplup. The water Pokemon got up and said,
"Fine, I will join you." which Sonic translates for Ash. Ash sigh before returning him to his Poke Ball and decide to hop on Sonic's back with Pikachu to fly back to Pewter City to continue their journey. On the flight to Pewter City Sonic wonders, how is Mobius holding up with him gone or thinking he is "dead"?
Sonic did want to return home, but until an option arrives he will wait and help Ash become a Pokemon Master. He also has faith someone will figure out what really happens and start looking for him or a way for Sonic to get back home. He thought of asking Oak but he decided to wait until after the Prism League. Sonic decided to put those thoughts on hold since he is flying did not want to crash with Ash and Pikachu on him.
Back on Mobius, in a Church that was in Knothole after being rebuilt after Egg-Man blew it up trying to end the Freedom Fighters many years ago. In this church, all of Sonic's Family and friends were there to mourn the loss of Sonic. His parents Bernadette and Jules agree to have this ceremony be a private event. Bernadette walks up and faces the crowd with a tornado of feelings, pride in her boy, sad to see him go before her, and disappointment they can't even have a body to put in the coffin between her and the people attending this event. Bernadette was like her son but her spines curled up more and they were a purplish color. She had blond hair on the top of her head and wore a black dress that reaches down past her knees and covers her arms up to her wrists. Bernadette took a deep breath before saying,
"My boy was one of a kind. He had to grow up fast to be a beacon of hope for all of us during a dark time." Tears rolling down her face but she wasn't the only one shedding tears at the loss of Sonic."He only wanted to live life to its fullest, but he never got to due to that monster Egg-Man. So I ask- NO Beg them to put the bane on this planet to jail for all his crimes and taking MY Boy-" Bernadette could not stay strong and crack and all present couldn't stand to watch a mother broken at the loss of a child. Jules who still in a metal body due to being a victim of the robotized device created by Egg-Man or as he was known back than Robotnik.
"Sweety." as he places a cold metal hand on her shoulder which comforts her as he guides Bernadette gently back to their seats. Tails decide to go next since he was like a little brother to the blue hedgehog. Tails clear his throat, "Sonic was one of a kind and special to not only me but everyone else. I probably don't need to say that honestly since anyone with at least one eye can see that." the rest could not argue but then the entrance blast open as two figures appear with a drone floating behind them,
"Indeed and but the hope is not yet lost, mister Prower." an older voice that came from an older man with white hair and dual-color eyes. The chick had short brown hair with blue eyes and wore a blue suit with a work skirt. Sally got up and turn to face Mister Tower, the highest-ranking officer in G.U.N and knew they were on rocky ground with the Freedom Fighters.
"What you mean Mr. Tower?" Tower gesture to the girl who nodded as she works on the drone pressing buttons until from its front came a beam of light that projects on the wall behind Tails and show a map of the many zones and dimension known to G.U.N and the Freedom Fighters. And outside the circle, a headshot of sonic this confuse everyone in the room. Bernadette got up and raise her voice, "Are you saying that Sonic is not dead?" Jules rose up with his wife and said in his robot voice,
"Do you have evidence for this." He hopes they do, to cheer up Bernadette but also not to get her hopes up only for it to get stomped on some more. The girl with Tower says to Jules, "We do mister Hedgehog. We found details on the base Sonic "died" in and learn that the base was about universal travel. We also got an alert of a rift into the multiverse." Tails raised his voice to be heard, "So you implying he was sent to another world?" Tower nodded but Sally decide to ask the question of the hour,
"Why are you telling us this now?" "Because we believe Egg-Man is planning to invade the universe Sonic was likely sent to by accident. Spies came back with this information and Agent Shadow and Rogue are off to a floating base said to be the gateway to the other worlds," said Topaz the lady with Abraham Tower. Tower decides they have no need to be at this ceremony anymore and said, "Good day to you all. We will keep in touch Princess Acorn." Sally was not sure if they have a trustworthy source as the two leaves with the drone floating behind them.
Once the ceremony cames to an end, Sally calls Tail over to talk with him, "Is there some fruit to what they are saying?" Tails nodded, "Yes I could try to make my own gate but I will need a destination or we will be trying to find a needle in a never-ending haystack farm." Sally understood and told him to try at the very least. Tails nodded as he started to brainstorming. While Tails' mind was in the clouds, Rogue was bored out of her mind resting on Shadow's jet boosting glider that the duo was using to reach the station they were sent to break in and steal data.
"How far are we from the station? Shadow looked up at where Rouge was sitting, "Look forward." Rouge was confused until she saw ahead of them a base being constructed in the air, it was in the shape of a ring. They flew closer to an open spot that was still under construction. Rouge hops off and Shadow follows suit as the glider flew off to keep its distance from the base to be called when needed for a quick ride out of there. Shadow pulls out a handgun that was custom made for Shadow called Shadow Rifle. Shadow unlock the door as they head inside with Rouge following behind him.
Sneaking by simple Egg-Pawns which were more focused on construction then the security of the base. Rouge smiled as the two head to a door and after a minute hacking, she got it wide open, "Jackpot." as the duo, head in and Rouge got to work on the main computer of this entire station and plug the thumb drive into a port, "Time to steal data from Egg-Man again. You would think he updates his software to stop this from happening?" laughing a bit but unlike her, Shadow had a bad feeling of this.
"Hurry it up." Rouge was about to make a smart ass comment when the screen change and reveal a familiar face,"Trying to steal from me Again Rouge. Or should I say G.U.N agent." Egg-Man appears on the screen and chuckles. As the inner space of the station lights up and energy was building-up, "I hope you enjoy a nice free trip to another universe." Egg-Man laughs before the screen return to it was before he appears. Rouge check the progress on the thumb drive and saw it has gotten 62% of the info of the base and decide to pull it out early sine the base was pulsing energy into the very center of the station forming a sphere.
The windows open which pull Rouge and Shadow out into the space in the center of the station. This causes Shadow to drop his weapon but Rouge held tight on the thumb drive because if that goes their efforts would be lost with the thumb drive. Shadow presses a button on his G.U.N Multi-tool device which is a communication device and remote control for his vehicles, the Sphere starts to create a rip into the multiverse and starts to suck everything in like a black hole including them. The glider appears but it could not get any closer or be sucked into the portal and lost into the vast multiverse. Shadow saw no way for both to escape it, but maybe one can.
Rouge turns about to ask shadow to only get a foot to the face and launched away. She reaches the glider from his kick and held on and realize his goal, "You owe me one kick to the face." Rouge jokingly said as she was taken away from the portal by the glider, leaving Shadow to be sucked into the portal before it collapses on itself and faded away. Once far away Rouge said to herself,
"You plan to use the Communication device as a beacon to find you across the universes and if you're with Sonic." Rouge smiled as she spoke to herself, "Clever as always "Ultimate Life Form." with a smile on her face as she returns to base. To give the bad news but possibly fantastic news depending on where Shadow was sent.
