Sonic The Hedgehog
Mirage
Chapter 4
By, Spectral
Censor: Now that I have recovered and gotten rid of that annoying Spectral, I can take over all of the fics. Seeing as how all of Spectral's fics are complete nonsense, they will be replaced by informational lectures. This one is on the History of Cardboard Boxes.
BOOM!
Okay… now that I've taken care of that… read the disclaimer and proceed please.
Disclaimer: Spectral does not own Sonic the Hedgehog or other related topics. He does own the yet to be named fox and this story.
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Tails and the fox were hiding in the bushes near one of GUN's bases.
Tails: All right, I'll distract the guards while you get Amy. She should be here in this area. That's where they keep the prisoners. *Points to map on console*
Fox: Okay.
Tails moved the Cyclone forward and attacked the nearest guards. While the robots were distracted, the fox slipped through the shadows and got to a vent.
**Inside Base**
An air vent was broken open and the fox dropped to the floor below. He jumped back into the shadows as a few guards rushed past.
The fox made his way through the base until he tripped an alarm. Suddenly he was surrounded by guards.
Guard: Hold it right there, intruder!
Fox: I think not.
Guard2: Wait a second... Isn't that Mirage?
POW!
The fox charged forward and took out the two guards he then turned and smashed through the others. After the guards were unconscious, the fox stood for a moment.
Fox: Mirage…
**Flashback**
The fox was in a cage. It appeared to be in a lob of sorts. There were men and women in lab coats all over the room. They all wore ID badges that said GUN under their pictures.
There were other animals in cages next to the fox's. They were
all frightened and shaking. One of the scientist type people picked up the fox's cage and…
**End Flashback**
The fox snapped back to reality and continued toward his goal.
After searching through several vaults and cells, the fox found where Amy was being held. On the way he ran into the vault that the Chaos Emerald was stored and took it with him.
Amy: How'd you know I was here?
Fox: I didn't. I followed this emerald thing here to this other emerald. *Holds up both Chaos Emeralds* I met up with Tails and he said you were missing.
Amy: I was following Sonic…I thought he would rescue me.
Fox: Sonic's on his way now.
Amy: What about Eggman?
Fox: He's up to something but he's not at his base. *Opens cell* Let's go, Tails is waiting for us.
Amy and the Fox escaped from the base and met up with Tails.
Tails: Let's go!
A few more robots attacked.
Fox: You two go, I'll handle this.
Amy: Okay.
Amy and Tails ran off and the fox charged towards the Laser Hawks. It took a little more time to get rid of them than the Fox thought. He ran quickly after Amy and Tails once he had disposed of the annoying bots.
The fox was running through the jungle when something came speeding at him like a cannonball. It sent the Fox flying back. He smashed into a tree. The mysterious attacker jumped into the air. The fox rolled out of the way as his assailant slashed at the tree with razor sharp claws. The tree fell over and the attack was revealed. It was Metal Sonic. The fox got to his feet and got ready to fight. The robotic hedgehog jumped into the air. The fox did the same and landed a smashing kick to the robot's chin. He followed it up with several punches.
The attack sent the metal imitation flying into the ground. To the Fox's great surprise, his opponent got back up. The fox landed and Metal Sonic came rolling at him with black shield. The attack knocked the fox off his feet, but the mammal recovered and charged at his opponent.
Another volley of punches sent the metal monster through a tree. The fox tried to catch his breath but Metal Sonic was already back in the air. The Fox just managed to avoid having his head cut off as the metal hedgehog's slashing attack left four nasty gashes in the fox's left arm. Metal Sonic used Homing Attack again and sent the fox through a tree. The fox's eyes widened in shock and fear as the metal attacker jumped into the air, claws raised.
???: Teriaaaaaaa!
Metal Sonic took a kick to the side of the head and went flying. Sonic landed and walked over to the injured fox.
Fox: Man am I glad to see you.
Sonic: Are you okay?
Fox: *Slowly gets up* I'll manage.
Sonic: Get out of here, I'll deal with this metal imposter.
Fox: Fine by me.
The fox took off into the jungle, holding his arm, as Sonic attacked Metal Sonic.
The injured animal was running as fast as he could through the jungle. Suddenly a burst of laser fire hit him in the back. The Fox went flying and landed face down in the dirt. Something hit the ground in front of him.
The damaged fox looked up with anger and saw the Egg Walker. The mech kicked the fox and sent the poor creature flying again.
Eggman: Hand over the Chaos Emeralds and I'll kill you quickly.
Fox: …*Pulls out one of the Chaos Emeralds*
The Egg Walker got closer and closer and the fox tried to get up. He managed to pull himself to his feet.
Fox: *Thoughts* Can't run or hide. I'm in no condition to fight… maybe this emerald can help… *End thought*
The fox held the gray (clear?) Chaos Emerald forwards and laughed weakly. Eggman paused.
Eggman: Where's the other Emerald?
Fox: *Whispers* Do something you stupid gem!
The Emerald began to glow and Eggman moved back a step. The gem released a blinding flash of light at the evil scientist.
Eggman: Ack! What happened? I can't see!
The fox saw his opportunity and ran. When Eggman was able to see again, the fox was gone. The radar was damaged so the evil genius couldn't follow the fox. He slammed his fist down on the radar angrily.
**Beach**
Tails and Amy waited. Sonic had called and Tails told him what was going on. Sonic said he was going to meet them on the beach but he hadn't shown up yet. The fox hadn't been seen yet either.
Amy: I'm worried…
Tails: Me too…
Something started moving in the bushes. Amy raised her hammer and Tails pointed the Cyclone's weapons at the bush. They both gasped in surprise as the injured fox fell onto the sand. He got up off the ground and looked over at Tails and Amy.
Fox: Hey.
Tails: What happened to you?
Fox: A metal hedgehog and Dr. Eggman.
Amy: Did you see Sonic anywhere?
Fox: He's the one who saved me from the metal hedgehog.
Sonic jumped through the bushes and landed next to Tails. He was a little surprised at the condition of the Fox.
Sonic: More robots?
Fox: No, just Dr. Chuckles… He want's the Chaos Emeralds.
Sonic: Then why'd he go after you?
Fox: *Holds up Chaos Emeralds* I have two of them.
Amy: You really need some medical attention…
Fox: That would be a good idea.
Sonic: Knuckles' place is nearby, we can go there.
Sonic helped the fox up and then he, Amy, and Tails began walking to Knuckle's home.
**Later**
Knuckles: What happened to him?
Tails: Metal Sonic and Dr. Eggman attacked him.
Knuckles: Let's get him some help…
**Little while later**
The Fox sat on the edge of a rock. His left arm was bandaged up as well as his ribs. He the wound on the side of his face had been patched up. His right leg was also bandaged up. He was just thinking.
**Flashback**
The fox's cage was placed on a table and he was pulled from the cage. The man that had moved him held him down on the table. A woman walked over with a syringe and a clipboard. She injected the contents of the syringe into the small gray animal and stood back. The woman then wrote something on the clipboard as the fox was thrown back into his cage. The cage was placed back in its original position and the fox began to feel strange.
**End Flashback**
Rouge: What's wrong?
Fox: Something I heard in the GUN base must have triggered a few memories. I'm just now starting to remember things…
Rouge: Like what?
Fox: I was in some sort of lab. There were GUN scientists all over the place. I wasn't the only animal there though… They injected me with something… that's all I can remember…
Rouge: If it was a GUN project then I should be able to find some information.
Fox: Thank you…
Rouge: No problem.
Rouge went to search for information and the fox dropped off the rock.
**Later that night**
Fox: What did you find, Rouge?
Rouge: Here… *hands the fox a paper*. It turns out that you were part of a GUN experiment. Using data they took from the space colony ARK they hopped to create the Ultimate Life. They didn't have complete data and failed many times. You were one of there more successful experiments, but you were still just a better than normal fox. Not the Ultimate Life they hoped to create. There were many side effects to the chemical they were injecting into animals. Memory loss was one of the least severe. You were the only creature that survived. They gave up on the project after the many failures. They don't want their secret experiments to be public knowledge. That's why they're after you.
Fox: So I'm Mirage… thanks for helping me…
Rouge: Are you going to tell the others?
Mirage: Yeah, let's go tell them…
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Next Time:
Eggman's Master Plan.