This is an AU of Sonic Forces written in a realistic, dramatic way. Am in no way the best writer in the world. I'm just an idiot trying to get a story out of my head and put it into to words the best that I can. I would really appreciate some feed back on how everything is.
I Uploaded the 1st set of chapters in one go but this is the 2nd set of Chapters is going to be chapter by chapter at a weekly basis on Friday at around 5pm PST
Forces: Chasing Memories is set after the battle against Infinite from the 1st set of Chapters.
Chapter 1 Word Count is: 3,483
Sonic, Tails and Knuckles are owned by SEGA.
Main Cast: Sonic, Tails... umm going to stop there. Spoilers if you read the 1st set of chapters.
Forces: Chasing Memories
Chapter 1: Couldn't Let Go.
Dear Diary: It's Tails. First Entry
It's been well over three months since the battle. I can still remember it as it was yesterday. Knuckles is still the Leader of the Resistance. He could've stepped down from the position but he decided that it still needed him as much as ever. Sonic is back to his old ways as if nothing ever happened in the first place. He travels across the world helping out whoever is in need of help. He still avoids Amy but every time he comes back into town, Amy is the first person he visits. I can see it in his eyes that he wants to tell her how he feels about her but he always chickens out. Amy on the other hands knows but she never wants to force it out of him. She settled down in a nice house near the entrance of the town. She said it's the perfect spot. It be the first house Sonic would see when he comes back to visit and she was right. Silver has gone back to his future. I hope it's turned out better for him. As for me? I created a maintenance shop to fix things and help people out. It's also to keep myself busy and to help keep my mind busy too. Nobody still knows what I tried to do. The only person that knows is… he's-
Tails slams the diary shut and pushes it away. He puts a hand on his head frustrated. "I thought this would help." He gets up from his seat and walks towards the window that has a clear view of the Memorial Wall. "Never forget." He mutters at the sign that says those exact words on the memorial. "I'll never will. I'll never forget." He hears a buzzer ring letting him know a customer entered the shop. He walks into the main room to greet the person but it turns out to be The Mailman instead.
"Hi Mr. Prower. Weird seeing you so quick." He takes out a bundle of mail and hands it over.
Tails grabs it. "Don't call me that. I'm not that old yet."
Mailman laughs at him. "Is it really my fault that you still look like ten?"
About to go through the mail he looks at him. "At least you're not calling me kid."
The Mailman turns and starts heading for the exit still laughing. "You should take that as a compliment before it's gone. See you tomorrow Tails."
"Goodbye." He says as he goes through the mail. "Sonic, Sonic, …Sonic. Geez Sonic. Explain to me, why am I getting you're mail? …Better yet, why are you getting more mail than me, at my own shop?" Junk after junk after junk… "Huh? He lives? What?" He quickly opens it dumping everything to the floor. He starts reading it hysterically. "Someone's messing with me?" He flips it over. "No return address." He looks at the door. "What? The Mailman?" He runs out the door almost hitting someone. "Where is he?" He mutters looking everywhere for the mailman. "HEY! Do you know where the...-" he notices the delivery car and rushes to it. He opens the door and sees no one in it. He then slams the door. He turns around. "Tails? What are you-" He quickly grabs him and slams him to the car showing him the letter. "Who sent me this? WHO?!"
"Tails I don't know what you're talking about. Gah! Let go of me please. AHHh! You're hurting me."
He slams him again on the car cracking the window. "TELL ME WHO-" He gets tackled to the ground by security officers. "NO! He knows SOMETHING! Let me go. PLEASE! TELL ME! WHO?!"
Tails gets picked up and put into a police car. "What was that all about?" The Officer asks the Mailman.
The Mailman picks the note off the ground and hands it to him. "I don't know. It has something to do with this. Don't press any charges on him. It must have been some miss understanding. Just make sure you get in touch with Sonic if you're going to do anything. I never seen him act like that before." He says as he watches them take Tails away still hearing him in the car.
Across the street is a crowd watching it all happen, a figure turns around and begins to walk away from the scene. He turns into an alleyway pulling out his phone. "Hello? It's me. ….Yeah, he got the letter. …No, that's not what he did. He stormed out and attacked the mailman. …Yup and because of it, he's now at the police station. I'll keep watching and see what happens next. Pretty sure he's going to show up to get him out. I'll call back with more information on what happens next. Goodbye." He puts the phone away and heads to the Police Station.
In the Police Station Tails is in one of the holding cells alone laying down on one of the benches. He hears footsteps approach hearing a familiar sarcastic voice. "My oh, my poor Tails has turned into a delinquent and into a life of crime. Whatever did I do wrong?"
Tails opens his eyes and turns his head to him seeing Sonic being overly dramatic. "The only award you'll win is a razzie."
Sonic stop his skit and puts his hands on the bars. "What's gotten into you that made you attacked a Mailman?"
Answering shamefully, he sits up. "A note he delivered to me. It was about …Chris."
Surprised by the answer. "What?"
He gets up and walks to the bars. "Yeah. Saying he's alive and he can be brought back."
"Was it real?"
He pushes away from the bars and paces around in the cell. "I don't know. There was no return address on it. What also didn't make any sense is that on the letter it says that a scientist knows how to do it but I don't know who it's referring to."
Sonic thinks about it and begins to nod. "A scientist? I think I know who it is."
Tails stops pacing and looks at Sonic happy. "Really?" He walks to the cell door opening it and stepping out. "Let's go."
Sonic surprised by it. "You could've left this whole time?"
"Not important. Who's the scientist?"
They both head towards the exit as Sonic pats his back. "We can't just go straight to him. We have to pay Commander Knuckles a visit and ask for a favor."
Arriving at the Resistance Command Center by riding the Tornado. The Resistance Base was left the same way since the battle. Landing and exiting out Trish was the first to greet them. "Nice to see you again Sonic. Hello Tails. Why the sudden visit?"
"I'm surprised to see that you're still here. We're here to pay Knuc…Uh..I mean Commander Knuckles a visit. Is he around?"
"I couldn't leave. Without me who would keep this place in order? This place will practically fall apart without me. As for The Commander, he's here and bored out of his mind since there isn't any threats going on. Seeing you two will put him into a better mood."
"Of course he will… It's us. Trouble is always just around the corner with us around."
Hearing that she knew something really important was going on. "Out with it. What's going on?"
Sonic chuckles. "Nothing gets around you." He leans closer to her and says. "It's about Chris."
Surprised by the answer "What? How?" She nods. "U-understood. Follow me quick." She puts her hand on her communicator. "Commander Knuckles? This is Trish. Your friends Sonic and Tails are here to visit you with urgent news."
He quickly answers back. "Knuckles here, I'm on my way to the H.Q station."
"Wow! That was fast." Tails said.
"You should see how fast he gets there before we do. He just might be faster than you Sonic."
Everyone laughs along the way.
She leads them towards the H.Q Building but out in the distance a light of reflection can be seen bouncing off of binoculars. "It's me again. They've arrived at the Resistance as you said. …No. I can't do that. …Why? That one chick keeps eyeing me. …Yeah, looks like she's in charge of the field. …Heck no she scares me more than you do. I'll keep watching and see what happens. Contact you later."
Inside the H.Q Building: "Hey Knucks, long time no see." Sonic says seeing him in the center of the room.
"What brings you two here, trouble I hope?"
"Not really but we kinda need a favor." Sonic said.
Disappointed he asks, "A favor?"
"Yeah, we need to talk to that scientist who held Infinite captive."
Tails looks at Sonic. "What? He did that?"
"Are you sure you want to talk to him? After what he did to Amy and to you?" Knuckles bringing it up.
Tails realizes who it is. "Him? He's the one that did it?"
Sonic crosses his arms and warns him. "Yup and he almost got me with a lucky shot too. Are you sure you want to talk to him now?"
"Yes. I still want to." he answers back determined.
Knuckles watching them talk, he figures out something important was going on. "What is this about?"
Tails looks to Knuckle, "Chris. We know that he knows how to bring him back."
Getting surprised, "Back? I thought he got killed on the battle field."
"No, he faded away just like Infinite did. So technically he didn't. That's why I need answers."
He nods, "Okay. We'll drag him down into one of the interrogation rooms. So sit tight for a bit."
One of the dark interrogation rooms, Colbort the scientist get brought in. They force him to sit and handcuff him to the table. Sitting there in the dark, a light finally turns on blinding him barely able to see who's in front of him. "What do you want from me?" He asks.
Sonic looks over to Tails, seeing him eager to be the one to interrogate him. He takes a step back, pulling Knuckles away also to let him do all the talking. "Information. What do you know about the lingering particles that used to be around?"
"The particles? Are you referring about Infinite?"
"Yes. Ever since they all merged together creating one big sphere. Infinite and Chris were both here still right before it vanished, Right?"
Colbort knowing that it's true he answers. "Riiighttt."
"So with that, that means there particles are still around since they didn't have anywhere to go, Right?"
He sits straight up and begins to connect the dots where this is heading. "Riiiight."
"We know… that you know… how to bring him back. Tell us how." Tails demands.
Colbort begins to panic and tries to get up to not answer but he couldn't. "Y-you can't…YOU JUST CANT! If you do… YOU CANT! You bring him back and you're also going to bring Infinite back as well. Do you really want to put the planet at risk, AGAIN?! Risk so many people JUST FOR ONE PERSON?!
Knuckles hearing those last words he looks at Sonic feeling guilty. "I… said that once to someone and to this day I still regret ever saying it. You know what my answer is already."
Colbort hearing Knuckles voice and his answer, he lashes out again. "YOU'RE CRAZY! He might not even be the same as he once was. Being torn apart and put back together would make you…-" He looks out at the figures. "Someone different… or someone that won't remember who you even are."
Tails hoping it isn't true shaking his head. "If it wasn't for him none of us would even be here right now. Chance or not… he deserves to be here."
Sonic looks at Tails, hearing the sadness in his voice. "I guess it's agreed. Let's do this. Let's get him back."
Knuckles nods, "Alright." He comes out of the darkness letting him see him, "Tell us what we have to do to bring back Chris."
Colbort nods trying to back away, "Fine I'll tell you but these restriction placed upon me need to be lessen. I may not be able to leave but at least let me wonder around the base. Agreed?"
He slams on the table, "ALRIGHT. NOW TALK!"
He gives specific instruction on what's needed and how to construct the machines. Tails writes everything down to the slightest detail making sure that nothing can go wrong.
Sonic leaves the room after the first couple of seconds, "If I listen to him any longer my brain is going to explode. I'm outta here."
Once he was done Tails leaves the room figuring out how everything works and how to start. He starts heading towards the Tornado.
Trish chases after him, "Do you need any help?"
He stops before entering the Tornado, "No, am fine on my own. I'll head back to my shop and start working." He starts climbing onto it and starts the engine.
Trish quickly tries to reason with him, "You don't have to. You have plenty of room right here."
Sonic rushes where they are hearing Trish and agrees, "Yeah. You don't have to do it by yourself. We all want him back too."
Tails sits for a bit and turns off the engine. "Alright. I need a big room to work with and I also need all kinds of equipment and parts.
Still off in the distance the figure still hides out of view. "It's me again. He never left the base. He's still there and looks like he's going to build it at the base instead of going back to his place. …Yes. …Yes he's still around too. …I can't, not with her around plus I can see everything fine where am at. This might take a couple of days from what I'm seeing. …That's right. I'll contact you again once everything happens." He puts the phone away and looks through the binoculars looking right at Trish. …Trish …then …stops and begins to look around… after a while she looks at his direction staring almost right at him making him drop his binoculars getting spooked. He slowly picks them up not taking his eyes off of her. "What the f&%$? …Is she a robot, …a psychic?"
Day after day Tails spends each passing moment gathering and building the machines. One night after spending 54hrs with no sleep Sonic walks into the building finding him asleep. "Geez. You can't be doing this to yourself." He picks him up and takes him to bed and closes the door. He looks at the machine almost complete. "Rest up little buddie. You can't be tired when you get to see him again." In the morning he wakes up in his bed knowing exactly why. "Thanks Sonic. Now to get back-" He sees his breakfast. "After I eat then it's time to finish."
Hours later: Knuckles gets a message from Tails. "It's ready. I'm finally done."
He answers back, "Great. Did you tell Sonic yet?"
"Yeah. He'll be here in a couple…never mind. He's here now."
"Alright, I'll announce it and also get ready with a welcome back celebration."
"Sounds great." Tails answers back happy.
At dusk everyone gathers around outside of the building, waiting for things to get going. Inside Tails gets the last things ready to go. Sonic stands near the computer terminals and handle that controls the power flow of the machines. He looks at the three massive turbine engines that surround the small platform that sits directly in the center of them. Thick cables lay all across the floor becoming one big puzzle the more Sonic looks at them, trying figuring out where one begins and the other one ends.
Tails approaches the handle. "Ready? Let's do this." He says with a big smile. He flips multiple switches turning on the machine as the engine turbines roar into action. He slowly pulls on the lever. "40%...still rising. 60% now." Soon a purplish sphere begins to get created. His eyes widen in excitement with the biggest smile on his face. "80% still not stabilized or big enough." He pulls on the lever even more as The Sphere gets slightly bigger and bigger. He starts getting excited. "100% it's working. IT'S-" The sphere starts the deform and brake down. "NO!" Getting worried he pulls the lever crossing the red warning line. "Bringing it up to 110%"
Sonic gets concerned, "Are you sure about-" Electrical sparks begin to shoot out of the machine turbines then a metallic bar snaps and goes flying landing close to where they are. Looking at the machine breaking apart, he looks over to Tails. "YOU HAVE TO STOP!"
"NO! IT'S WORKING!" In desperation he brings it up to 125% as the machine breaks down catching fire.
Sonic sensing danger he rushes over to Tails grabbing him and quickly leaving the building as each turbine engine begin to fall apart ending with the inside of the building exploding shattering every window.
Everyone outside get out of the away as the debris fall right in front of them.
Tails looks back after being released from Sonic watching the whole building on fire. "No, no. All my calculations were right. I had it perfect. It's like… it was always meant to fail."
Knuckles approaches him, "Sorry Tails. It was a good try."
Sonic tries to cheer him up, "You tried. That's what matters the most."
"I know, It's just…-" A tear goes down his face he quickly wipes it away. "Thanks everyone… snif! But I think I'll just go home now." He walks away towards the Tornado.
Trish tries to stop him. "But Tails-" Sonic stops her. "Don't, just let him go. He needs time alone." They all look at him walk away as Sonic says, "He always felt the loss more than anyone."
He gets on the Tornado and flies off back to his shop at town.
Watching at a distance with his binoculars, he sees Tails fly away. He pulls out his phone, "Hello? It's me again. He tried the experiment and it didn't work. The whole thing exploded ending in a complete fail. …What? It was? I just saw it fail. How could it be a success?" He looks at the burning building being put out. "Sure. I'm on my way back for the 2nd phase of the plan."
Tails arrives back to his shop at town. Entering, he slowly heads back into his room taking off his clothes he had on the entire time he was at the Resistance Base and goes into the bathroom to take a bath. He exits out and notices the diary still being on the table. Walking up to it he sits down and opens it to the first page. He stares at it for a moment and crosses his arm on the table shoving his head into them and begins to cry. "I tried. I really did try."
Clear across the ocean close to a forest is town called Nue Heaven. A figure stumbles out of the forest then onto the road and just stands there. Molly a 24yr Old, Sky Blue Hedgehog who lives at town drives by almost hitting the figure she swerves out of the way and stops. From the shock breathing heavily she turns and looks. "What the?" She gets out and looks. "Are you nuts? Why are you on the middle of the-" Seeing that he barely has any clothes on. "Oh shit." She looks away. "Why don't you have clothes on?"
He doesn't say anything. He just grabs his head in pain and says. "I'm…sorry."
Getting a better look at him "Are you okay? Did someone do something to you?"
He whispers back in pain, "I don't know."
"Who are you? Where are you from?" She asks, getting closer to him.
"GAhh!…" He holds onto his head. "I don't know. I don't… know… I-I…-" He collapses on the ground going unconscious.
"HEY! Oh Shit." She runs up to him. "Wake up. I'm still here. Ok? Are you still with me?" She grabs and drags him into the light to get a good look at him. Checking whatever bit of clothing on him. "Nothing. No I.D or anything. Mid 20's Green Hedgehog." She looks at her car and back down to him. "C'mon. Up we go." She gets him up and drags him to her car. "Damn, you're heavy." Finally getting him into the passenger seat and closes the door. Looking at him from outside, she stands there before entering. "Please don't make me end up like one of those horror movies." She gets in and looks at him again. She finally drives off to town. "Don't worry, we'll figure something out. Try to find out who you are."
End of Chapter.
Next: Chapter 2: 6 Months later.
