Author's Note: Yes I know Tails didn't appear until Sonic The Hedgehog 2, but I was planning on explaining it in this chapter anyway, read on folks! Also I mentioned this was kind of based on Fleetway, where Sonic pulled Tails from a marsh and saved his life. Everyone's got their own vision of the story behind Sonic 1 this is just mine. Also you will notice Grimer slurs his words, just so you know these aren't typos!

Marble Ruins Zone Act 1:

Sonic stood up and looked to his friends, his friends stood up too. For a while no one said anything until Sonic started to speak.

"Guys, I've got…" he began,

"I'm coming too!" Tails interrupted

"We all are!" Amy exclaimed

Sonic sighed and shook his head… he knew they meant well.

"No way you guys," Sonic told them "You'd just slow me down. Besides you guys stay here and look after Green Hill. That freaky Egg-shaped lard-o might come back."

Before anyone could protest Sonic shot off in the direction of The Marble Ruins.

***

As Sonic ran along the ancient ruins, he couldn't help feel a little over-whelmed and at the same time kind of sad. The ruins use to fascinate Dr. Kintobor and he often visited this place. Now though his twisted alter ego Robotnik had filled it with mechanical killer bees and deadly robotic caterpillars.

As Sonic ran along the floor gave way below him, beneath it fire flowed like liquid and Sonic was falling straight for it.

Sonic couldn't believe it, his adventure has only just started and he was about to die.

A hand grabbed his and pulled him up, and a familiar voice said to him.

"You really need to be more careful, Sonic."

Sonic looked up and grinned, jumping on to solid ground.

"Where's the fun in that, Johnny?" he asked

The familiar grey rabbit smiled then shrugged.

"Sorry about following you, but the gang wouldn't settle down so I said I'd go after you." He explained

Sonic shook his head and grinned,

"If you hadn't come along I would have been crispy fried hedgehog!"

As the pair walked away they didn't realise they were being watched…

"Grimer reporting in Slir" a green skinned, frail looking man spat and dribbled as he talked into some sort of com-device, "I think we shlould slend in the troopers. Regular badniks don't sleem to be very effective."

"Already?!" Robotnik roared through the com-device; "You have no faith, besides Sonic is in for quiet a surprise."

"….yes, slir." Grimer spat, clear confused.

***

As Sonic and Johnny ventured through the Marble Zone all seemed quiet, and everything was going well until they ran out of places to go.

"Where to now, Sonic?" asked Johnny

Sonic looked around, this area looked familiar to him. He knew he that he had been here before, but he couldn't think why.

Sighing, he lent against the wall, only to have the wall fall through it.

"Now I remember," Sonic, said mainly to himself, "This is where Kintobor and I discovered the secret door that led to the caves inside…"

The pair ventured into the caves, Sonic taking point. He had never been this far before Kintobor had always been reluctant to go too far into the caves because of what the markings translated too.

"Eek eek eek!" a tiny metallic voice called from in the darkness

The voice was joined by more tiny metallic voices, and they where getting nearer and nearer.

Out of the darkness, hundreds of tiny robotic bats appeared. Sonic jumped at them and took out as many as he could, while Johnny leapt forward using his Bo staff as a pole-volt he flew towards the tiny robots, and smashed them with his powerful feet.

Meanwhile Sonic had rounded up the rest of them.

"Hello, Sonic." A voice called from the darkness.

"Who's there?" Sonic said cautiously,

"Why it's me, Sonic," The voice said as the owner of it stepped from the shadows,

"Doctor Kintobor!"

To be continued…