Characters: Sonic the Hedgehog, Tails the Fox, Sally Acorn, Tuftee Acorn, Doctor Ivo Robotnik / Doctor Ovi Kintobor, Tekno the Canary, Porker Lewis, Amy Rose, Shorty the Squirrel / Shortfuse the Cybernik are copyright to Sega / Sonic Team / Sonic The Comic / Fleetway comics. Same goes for existing zones and places from Mobius mentioned.
Story and all other characters mentioned are copyright to the author: Michael Stewart Stephenson, 2001.
Do not redistribute without the authors consent.
Contact on: Stiv_Thermal@hotmail.com
Fastest Thing Alive
Chapter 2
"So, you think it's trouble Kintobor?"
"Well it's definitely trouble, Sonic." The hologram of Kintobor turned to a keyboard panel and began to type a series of instructions into it. The Kintobor program had gone through a few upgrades in the last year. Together, Porker Lewis and Tekno had revamped the system completely, the Kintobor hologram now had a body and could move freely around the Emerald Hill control centre thanks to a holographic emitter implanted in the middle of the ceiling. He could also interact with the computer panels and screens in the base, making it easier for the others to access files.
Sonic walked over to the screen Kintobor was looking at, all he could make out was a series of seemingly random numbers and letters, but Kintobor assured him it meant trouble. Sonic took his word for it, thinking Kintobor should understand all this stuff, after all, he was the one programmed to link in with it all.
"It's something like a huge power surge in the East Metropolis Zone. I'm trying to get a visual, but I'm still new to this upgraded control system. I think I've nearly got it." Kintobor peered at the list of numbers he had typed. "Ah, that thirty-two's supposed to be a seven."
A few years ago, the Metropolis Zone had been thought too large to be named as one Zone, so a petition was passed to split it into four different Zones. The residents agreed to the policy, but they still liked the name, so it had been split into four Zones, the North, East, South and West Metropolis Zones. Collectively known as the Metropolis District.
Sonic just stared blankly at the screen in front of him, he didn't notice anything when he was in the Metropolis District, but then again, he didn't notice anything much, running at a thousand or so miles an hour.
Kintobor continued to type.
"Oh stuff it, I'll find out soon enough." Sonic jumped down the hatch and streaked off in the direction of the Metropolis Zone, freely displaying the kind of recklessness he probably should have grown out of by now.
Kintobor took no notice of Sonic's departure and calmly changed the thirty two to a seven and pressed a large yellow button, the screen flickered and formed a fuzzy picture. As it cleared, Kintobor's eyes widened, he took a step backwards to the main console in the centre of the room, showing a hologram of Mobius, he touched the sphere and it zoomed into a map of the Emerald Hill Zone. He located the house of a certain twin tailed fox and activated the intercom system.
"Um, Tails? Sonic's in the East Metropolis Zone, I think he might need a little help on something. I'll get Amy and Shorty, you'd better get there fast."
Sonic had decided to go easy on the running speed after his little adventure earlier, although he still scorched the ground slightly as he moved across it at his more average 770 miles an hour. He would reach the East Metropolis Zone in about four minutes.
Tails set off as soon as Kintobor told him he'd better get there fast, he'd be there in about six minutes.
Amy didn't really have any speed powers, going as fast as she could all the way, it would have taken her about two days to reach the East Metropolis Zone. Luckily, Shorty was on hand, the new cybernik armour Tekno had built for him enabled him to fly at about four hundred miles an hour, slower than Tails, but still extremely fast. Shortfuse, carrying Amy, would get there in about six and a half minutes.
Trouble is, a lot can happen in four minutes.
Sonic slowed his speed as he neared the Metropolis District, he took the turn left and was in the East Metropolis Zone in under twenty seconds. He stopped and looked up quickly at the huge skyscraper that was the Metropolis City Tower, about a quarter of the whole planet's business was managed within the 218 storey structure. At either side of the tower, huge walls separated the East and West Metropolis Zone, where he currently stood, it was impossible to see over them and just as impossible to get through them, where the walls ended, a forcefield reached up into the sky, only stopping at the edge of the atmosphere, not even letting sounds pass through.. For security reasons apparently. The only way to the East Metropolis Zone was through the tower. The tower didn't seem to be the problem that was supposedly occurring somewhere in the Zone. Of course, the East Metropolis Zone had to be the biggest and busiest Zone on Mobius, apart from the North Metropolis Zone. If something was going wrong in the Zone, it would take ages to find out where because of the sheer size of it, or at least it might have done if it was totally devoid of life, as it happens, it wasn't.
"HEEEEELP!" A shout from one of the windows in the tower. Sonic craned his neck to look up and was barely able to see a figure leaning out of a window on this side of the tower, about 120 storeys up. Actually, looking up at the top of the building made him notice something, a wispy cloud of smoke coming up from the other side of the tower. Sonic hurried to the main doors on this side of the tower, only realising as he got near that the solid megatal shutters were solidly stuck over the doors. There was no way Sonic could get through the doors, megatal was the hardest substance known to Mobius, the same stuff a cybernik's armour was made out of. Totally indestructible and impenetrable. Sonic knew he had to get through to the other side, but the only way was through those doors. He took a few short steps back, trying frantically to think of a way to get through. Really there was only one other way, and it wasn't the most sensible suggestion in the world. The walls were made of concrete, recorded as five metres thick. Sonic considered his other options, which didn't take long, there weren't any. He needed to get through those walls fast, and there was no-one else who did 'fast' quite as well as he did. He ran back about fifty metres, returning to the edge of the Metropolis District, took a deep breath and revved his legs on the spot. The energy he built up around him when he did this was phenomenal, the maneuver itself was unique to Sonic, it somehow allowed him to build up energy, when he had enough, it was instantly absorbed into him and allowed him to accelerate to top speed in milliseconds, it took him roughly three seconds before he had enough energy, then, all within a second, he stopped, stood and burst forward at sonic boom speed. Straight towards the wall. He was within metres of it when he pulled himself into a tight ball of whirring blue spikes, putting into effect his oldest and most reliable move of them all, the Super Sonic Spin Attack. The last time he had done this was months ago, but it was just like riding a bike to Sonic, he would never forget how to Spin Attack.
"Actually," Sonic thought as he was inches off hitting the wall, "If I went back to the base, I could get in contact with Shortfuse and he'd probably be able to blast his way though this wall." Unfortunately, now there was no turning back. He was centimetres off hitting the wall at about 700 miles an hour.
"Oh, shiiiiiiiit!" He shouted as he hit the wall with the force of a tank blast, shutting his eyes tight against the impact.
"Tails?" Shorty shouted into the distance. Activating his cybernik scanners to search for the fox. He picked up a small green blip at the East metropolis border, with Tails' life sign, so he flew straight in the direction of the North Metropolis Zone, gently but firmly gripping onto Amy with his cybernetically enhanced arm.
"Shorty, what about Sonic? Are there any signs from him yet?"
Shorty could pick up no sign whatsoever of Sonic, but he could hardly tell Amy that.
"I think there's something over there, but there's a hell of a lot of interference around this place."
Amy settled for this. "Right, Sonic will be OK, let's find Tails."
They rounded a corner to find a mass of rubble, lying on the floor. "Urm, Amy?"
"What, Shorty?"
"We found Tails."
Shorty checked his scanner again, the fox's life sign dimmed, then vanished completely.
Story and all other characters mentioned are copyright to the author: Michael Stewart Stephenson, 2001.
Do not redistribute without the authors consent.
Contact on: Stiv_Thermal@hotmail.com
Fastest Thing Alive
Chapter 2
"So, you think it's trouble Kintobor?"
"Well it's definitely trouble, Sonic." The hologram of Kintobor turned to a keyboard panel and began to type a series of instructions into it. The Kintobor program had gone through a few upgrades in the last year. Together, Porker Lewis and Tekno had revamped the system completely, the Kintobor hologram now had a body and could move freely around the Emerald Hill control centre thanks to a holographic emitter implanted in the middle of the ceiling. He could also interact with the computer panels and screens in the base, making it easier for the others to access files.
Sonic walked over to the screen Kintobor was looking at, all he could make out was a series of seemingly random numbers and letters, but Kintobor assured him it meant trouble. Sonic took his word for it, thinking Kintobor should understand all this stuff, after all, he was the one programmed to link in with it all.
"It's something like a huge power surge in the East Metropolis Zone. I'm trying to get a visual, but I'm still new to this upgraded control system. I think I've nearly got it." Kintobor peered at the list of numbers he had typed. "Ah, that thirty-two's supposed to be a seven."
A few years ago, the Metropolis Zone had been thought too large to be named as one Zone, so a petition was passed to split it into four different Zones. The residents agreed to the policy, but they still liked the name, so it had been split into four Zones, the North, East, South and West Metropolis Zones. Collectively known as the Metropolis District.
Sonic just stared blankly at the screen in front of him, he didn't notice anything when he was in the Metropolis District, but then again, he didn't notice anything much, running at a thousand or so miles an hour.
Kintobor continued to type.
"Oh stuff it, I'll find out soon enough." Sonic jumped down the hatch and streaked off in the direction of the Metropolis Zone, freely displaying the kind of recklessness he probably should have grown out of by now.
Kintobor took no notice of Sonic's departure and calmly changed the thirty two to a seven and pressed a large yellow button, the screen flickered and formed a fuzzy picture. As it cleared, Kintobor's eyes widened, he took a step backwards to the main console in the centre of the room, showing a hologram of Mobius, he touched the sphere and it zoomed into a map of the Emerald Hill Zone. He located the house of a certain twin tailed fox and activated the intercom system.
"Um, Tails? Sonic's in the East Metropolis Zone, I think he might need a little help on something. I'll get Amy and Shorty, you'd better get there fast."
Sonic had decided to go easy on the running speed after his little adventure earlier, although he still scorched the ground slightly as he moved across it at his more average 770 miles an hour. He would reach the East Metropolis Zone in about four minutes.
Tails set off as soon as Kintobor told him he'd better get there fast, he'd be there in about six minutes.
Amy didn't really have any speed powers, going as fast as she could all the way, it would have taken her about two days to reach the East Metropolis Zone. Luckily, Shorty was on hand, the new cybernik armour Tekno had built for him enabled him to fly at about four hundred miles an hour, slower than Tails, but still extremely fast. Shortfuse, carrying Amy, would get there in about six and a half minutes.
Trouble is, a lot can happen in four minutes.
Sonic slowed his speed as he neared the Metropolis District, he took the turn left and was in the East Metropolis Zone in under twenty seconds. He stopped and looked up quickly at the huge skyscraper that was the Metropolis City Tower, about a quarter of the whole planet's business was managed within the 218 storey structure. At either side of the tower, huge walls separated the East and West Metropolis Zone, where he currently stood, it was impossible to see over them and just as impossible to get through them, where the walls ended, a forcefield reached up into the sky, only stopping at the edge of the atmosphere, not even letting sounds pass through.. For security reasons apparently. The only way to the East Metropolis Zone was through the tower. The tower didn't seem to be the problem that was supposedly occurring somewhere in the Zone. Of course, the East Metropolis Zone had to be the biggest and busiest Zone on Mobius, apart from the North Metropolis Zone. If something was going wrong in the Zone, it would take ages to find out where because of the sheer size of it, or at least it might have done if it was totally devoid of life, as it happens, it wasn't.
"HEEEEELP!" A shout from one of the windows in the tower. Sonic craned his neck to look up and was barely able to see a figure leaning out of a window on this side of the tower, about 120 storeys up. Actually, looking up at the top of the building made him notice something, a wispy cloud of smoke coming up from the other side of the tower. Sonic hurried to the main doors on this side of the tower, only realising as he got near that the solid megatal shutters were solidly stuck over the doors. There was no way Sonic could get through the doors, megatal was the hardest substance known to Mobius, the same stuff a cybernik's armour was made out of. Totally indestructible and impenetrable. Sonic knew he had to get through to the other side, but the only way was through those doors. He took a few short steps back, trying frantically to think of a way to get through. Really there was only one other way, and it wasn't the most sensible suggestion in the world. The walls were made of concrete, recorded as five metres thick. Sonic considered his other options, which didn't take long, there weren't any. He needed to get through those walls fast, and there was no-one else who did 'fast' quite as well as he did. He ran back about fifty metres, returning to the edge of the Metropolis District, took a deep breath and revved his legs on the spot. The energy he built up around him when he did this was phenomenal, the maneuver itself was unique to Sonic, it somehow allowed him to build up energy, when he had enough, it was instantly absorbed into him and allowed him to accelerate to top speed in milliseconds, it took him roughly three seconds before he had enough energy, then, all within a second, he stopped, stood and burst forward at sonic boom speed. Straight towards the wall. He was within metres of it when he pulled himself into a tight ball of whirring blue spikes, putting into effect his oldest and most reliable move of them all, the Super Sonic Spin Attack. The last time he had done this was months ago, but it was just like riding a bike to Sonic, he would never forget how to Spin Attack.
"Actually," Sonic thought as he was inches off hitting the wall, "If I went back to the base, I could get in contact with Shortfuse and he'd probably be able to blast his way though this wall." Unfortunately, now there was no turning back. He was centimetres off hitting the wall at about 700 miles an hour.
"Oh, shiiiiiiiit!" He shouted as he hit the wall with the force of a tank blast, shutting his eyes tight against the impact.
"Tails?" Shorty shouted into the distance. Activating his cybernik scanners to search for the fox. He picked up a small green blip at the East metropolis border, with Tails' life sign, so he flew straight in the direction of the North Metropolis Zone, gently but firmly gripping onto Amy with his cybernetically enhanced arm.
"Shorty, what about Sonic? Are there any signs from him yet?"
Shorty could pick up no sign whatsoever of Sonic, but he could hardly tell Amy that.
"I think there's something over there, but there's a hell of a lot of interference around this place."
Amy settled for this. "Right, Sonic will be OK, let's find Tails."
They rounded a corner to find a mass of rubble, lying on the floor. "Urm, Amy?"
"What, Shorty?"
"We found Tails."
Shorty checked his scanner again, the fox's life sign dimmed, then vanished completely.