Chapter 22
Metal Sonic Again?
Sonic streaked across the sky in his…uh…he couldn't even think of what to call it. He figured it was some kind of fighter, so he decided to go with that. Careening towards Red Mountain at an unbelievable speed, he was already thinking of what kind of amazing landing he was going to make to max out the distance he could make in the fighter.
But in these kind of situations, nature decides to throw in something different. And in this case, the different thing was the same blue slice that eliminated Knuckles. It went so fast it didn't even make a sound, so quickly that all Sonic saw was the slice of sapphire. His arms didn't feel different, but something had happened, he knew that. He wondered what was going on, so he looked up to make sure everything was in check.
It wasn't. The part of the fighter that held the top part together had been separated. Now Sonic dangled from the sky being held by two loose pieces of metal with jets on the top. This was absurd, but he had to get as far as he could.
The slice appeared again, this time coming from left to right instead of up and down.
Next thing he knew, he was plummeting from the sky. He checked up again to see the top parts of both of his arm rests floating high in the air because of the jets.
He had lost connection with the only thing that kept him in the air.
Down, down, down…
Sonic relinquished the grip of his left hand, allowing the other bar to drop. Leaning as far right as possible, he got near a tree and jammed the other bar into it. He now hung from high above only by his right hand. Another close call. He was amazed he wasn't smashed into a million pieces, fried, sliced, buried alive, flattened, or had some other incredibly painful death sequence performed on him.
He dropped from branch to branch until he reached the ground. A minute later, the jets from before slammed into the ground, finally out of fuel. As Sonic looked around at his new forest setting, many questions and comments arose. For the first time in a long while, he decided to organize them and answer them immediately. Slow down. Wow, never thought I'd do that, he thought to himself.
Number one. What the hell just happened?
That was gonna take a long time to answer. He decided to go with his usually method of action and just plow on ahead until the answer came up. So he proceeded to the base of Red Mountain and began his speedy ascent. He had no clue which direction to go from here, so he'd better check at the peak. Kinda ironic, he though, considering he was just in a perfect position to find out where they were just a few minutes ago.
After a while, he stopped for a second to catch his breath. This thing was bigger than he first thought. It had taken him a whole three minutes to get halfway up. Maybe he could see the Silver Mountains from here? Nope. Still just a few too many trees. Something was wrong here. No tree in the world could be this huge. Not being a big-shot environmentalist or scientist, Sonic didn't know what to make of it, so he continued on.
He just jumped over the blue slice.
Whatever it was, it was fast, but Sonic was faster.
Now, Sonic's mind brought forth a new, yet similar question. What the hell was that?
The answer came a lot quicker than the last one. But Sonic had a feeling both questions were being answered at once.
Because he found himself staring down his old mechanical nemesis, Metal Sonic.
"Well, well, well," Sonic muttered. "What have we here?" The mechanical hedgehog narrowed its blood red eyes. It looked like it was trying to asses how much of a threat Sonic posed. A second later, it was gone.
"Oh no you don't!" Sonic yelled as he sped after him down the mountain.
Now what to do? Amy had managed to land her plane at Tails' workshop. She was going to go in to see if Tails was there, but thought better of it after what happened at the prison. She had gotten on the train back to Capital City and went back to her hotel. Tired, she changed into her pajama pants and shirt even though it was still the middle of the afternoon, and flopped into bed.
And now there was nothing.
She had no clue where Sonic was, no clue where anyone was to be exact. There was nothing she could do. Just lie here and wait. Wait for news, good or bad. Hope for the safety of her friends. And Sonic. Oh, why couldn't he just have played things safe? But she knew it wasn't his fault. She just missed him so much. For all those years, she had chased him, been crazily in love with him. Now he was gone. And from what she had seen so far, even he had little chance of getting out of this mess. She turned and cried into her pillow. She would never see him, her true love, again. But did he really love her back? She would never know now…
The trees swayed over him. Then, a familiar face blocked his view. He couldn't remember now who it was, but it made him happy, wanted, needed.
"Yes…yes…" the face said, smiling. Then, he shoved on his chest. It hurt like crazy, and it made him spit up water. Another push. A smile crossed his face just as he blacked out a second time.
Rouge and her crew were just about to depart in her fighter with the rest of Squad 65B. She wanted revenge more than anything. That hedgehog wouldn't show her up again. But a crackling on her communication radio put a stop to her heated vengeance.
"Rouge, this is General Ramsey, over." "Yes sir, what is the problem, over?" "Don't bother going out. Don't send your team out, either. Sonic has left our radars. He has escaped., over" The bat's face fell. She had a feeling about what was coming next.
"Please return to the main deck of the carrier. I would like to have a word with you, over."
Suddenly, the shame of being downgraded turned to anger. "No." "What? Over." "Don't give me that crap, Travis. I'm through with this gig. You guys don't give anyone a chance to catch this guy. You always call them back before they have a prime shot. It happened with that Blade guy and it's happening again with me. Well, you can just kiss my ass, cuz I'm outta here!"
With that, she rocketed out of the carrier's bottom area and took off in the direction she last saw the hedgehog go in. But while she was still in communication range, she left one last note to the General. "Over." With that, she crushed the radio in her hand and flew off.
Metal Sonic Again?
Sonic streaked across the sky in his…uh…he couldn't even think of what to call it. He figured it was some kind of fighter, so he decided to go with that. Careening towards Red Mountain at an unbelievable speed, he was already thinking of what kind of amazing landing he was going to make to max out the distance he could make in the fighter.
But in these kind of situations, nature decides to throw in something different. And in this case, the different thing was the same blue slice that eliminated Knuckles. It went so fast it didn't even make a sound, so quickly that all Sonic saw was the slice of sapphire. His arms didn't feel different, but something had happened, he knew that. He wondered what was going on, so he looked up to make sure everything was in check.
It wasn't. The part of the fighter that held the top part together had been separated. Now Sonic dangled from the sky being held by two loose pieces of metal with jets on the top. This was absurd, but he had to get as far as he could.
The slice appeared again, this time coming from left to right instead of up and down.
Next thing he knew, he was plummeting from the sky. He checked up again to see the top parts of both of his arm rests floating high in the air because of the jets.
He had lost connection with the only thing that kept him in the air.
Down, down, down…
Sonic relinquished the grip of his left hand, allowing the other bar to drop. Leaning as far right as possible, he got near a tree and jammed the other bar into it. He now hung from high above only by his right hand. Another close call. He was amazed he wasn't smashed into a million pieces, fried, sliced, buried alive, flattened, or had some other incredibly painful death sequence performed on him.
He dropped from branch to branch until he reached the ground. A minute later, the jets from before slammed into the ground, finally out of fuel. As Sonic looked around at his new forest setting, many questions and comments arose. For the first time in a long while, he decided to organize them and answer them immediately. Slow down. Wow, never thought I'd do that, he thought to himself.
Number one. What the hell just happened?
That was gonna take a long time to answer. He decided to go with his usually method of action and just plow on ahead until the answer came up. So he proceeded to the base of Red Mountain and began his speedy ascent. He had no clue which direction to go from here, so he'd better check at the peak. Kinda ironic, he though, considering he was just in a perfect position to find out where they were just a few minutes ago.
After a while, he stopped for a second to catch his breath. This thing was bigger than he first thought. It had taken him a whole three minutes to get halfway up. Maybe he could see the Silver Mountains from here? Nope. Still just a few too many trees. Something was wrong here. No tree in the world could be this huge. Not being a big-shot environmentalist or scientist, Sonic didn't know what to make of it, so he continued on.
He just jumped over the blue slice.
Whatever it was, it was fast, but Sonic was faster.
Now, Sonic's mind brought forth a new, yet similar question. What the hell was that?
The answer came a lot quicker than the last one. But Sonic had a feeling both questions were being answered at once.
Because he found himself staring down his old mechanical nemesis, Metal Sonic.
"Well, well, well," Sonic muttered. "What have we here?" The mechanical hedgehog narrowed its blood red eyes. It looked like it was trying to asses how much of a threat Sonic posed. A second later, it was gone.
"Oh no you don't!" Sonic yelled as he sped after him down the mountain.
Now what to do? Amy had managed to land her plane at Tails' workshop. She was going to go in to see if Tails was there, but thought better of it after what happened at the prison. She had gotten on the train back to Capital City and went back to her hotel. Tired, she changed into her pajama pants and shirt even though it was still the middle of the afternoon, and flopped into bed.
And now there was nothing.
She had no clue where Sonic was, no clue where anyone was to be exact. There was nothing she could do. Just lie here and wait. Wait for news, good or bad. Hope for the safety of her friends. And Sonic. Oh, why couldn't he just have played things safe? But she knew it wasn't his fault. She just missed him so much. For all those years, she had chased him, been crazily in love with him. Now he was gone. And from what she had seen so far, even he had little chance of getting out of this mess. She turned and cried into her pillow. She would never see him, her true love, again. But did he really love her back? She would never know now…
The trees swayed over him. Then, a familiar face blocked his view. He couldn't remember now who it was, but it made him happy, wanted, needed.
"Yes…yes…" the face said, smiling. Then, he shoved on his chest. It hurt like crazy, and it made him spit up water. Another push. A smile crossed his face just as he blacked out a second time.
Rouge and her crew were just about to depart in her fighter with the rest of Squad 65B. She wanted revenge more than anything. That hedgehog wouldn't show her up again. But a crackling on her communication radio put a stop to her heated vengeance.
"Rouge, this is General Ramsey, over." "Yes sir, what is the problem, over?" "Don't bother going out. Don't send your team out, either. Sonic has left our radars. He has escaped., over" The bat's face fell. She had a feeling about what was coming next.
"Please return to the main deck of the carrier. I would like to have a word with you, over."
Suddenly, the shame of being downgraded turned to anger. "No." "What? Over." "Don't give me that crap, Travis. I'm through with this gig. You guys don't give anyone a chance to catch this guy. You always call them back before they have a prime shot. It happened with that Blade guy and it's happening again with me. Well, you can just kiss my ass, cuz I'm outta here!"
With that, she rocketed out of the carrier's bottom area and took off in the direction she last saw the hedgehog go in. But while she was still in communication range, she left one last note to the General. "Over." With that, she crushed the radio in her hand and flew off.