Notes: Eureka! I actually figured out what to do next lol! Anyways, I hope
you all enjoy this, it's what will set up a lot of other stuff. Thanks for
reading, enjoy! ~ John Kelly
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The air rushed around him and everything was a blur as he spiraled downward, loud explosions blasting holes everywhere. The Orange Fox spiraled his tails and propelled himself forward, pulling himself out of the dive and shooting into the hallway ahead. The patrol robot that had seemingly seized to know of Mile's existence on ARK after he had entered the room with the Eclipse Cannon was now chasing after him again; it had only taken the robot a few seconds to open fire on Miles after he had dashed out through the blast door, and now it was barreling after him, taking corners just as fast as he was.
Miles tried to lose it, suddenly turning and going up and down random staircases, but the robot wasn't deterred at all and never lost any ground on him. Miles whipped out his map and made a sharp turn to the right, barely avoiding a barrage of bullets that causes an explosion further down the hallway he had just turned out of, sending flames bursting past the hallway he was now almost across. Coming towards the end of the hall, Miles fell to his feet and began to run, propelling himself forward with his tails.
The hallway suddenly opened up into a massive hanger, and Miles skidded to a halt, terror-stricken; the room was filled with G.U.A.R.D. robots and personnel, who seemed to have been waiting for him. However, seemed was the key-word in Mile's mind, for all of the units had seemed just as startled by him as he was by them. The ones closest to him rounded on him, pointing their rifles at his chest and demanding he threw down his pack; Miles saw the large mech. units facing an opposing blast door, and gulped. Slowly reaching for his pack, he whimpered.
Miles let out a cry as the Blast Door on the opposing side of the room erupted in a massive explosion, G.U.A.R.D. personnel where thrown all over, and the mechs near the blast where knocked down on their sides, quickly squirming to get back up as a short black figure began to walk through the flames and emerged in the room. Mile's eyes opened wide in shock, and his first reaction was to yell out to his best friend Sonic. But he caught himself and stared in awe; the figure of the hedgehog, standing there, staring into the room, cloaked concealing its body, was completely blackened out. Whether naturally, or just an effect of the thick bright flames, Miles wasn't sure. But the bright red eyes of the hedgehog told Miles that it was NOT his best friend.
Rounding, Miles heard guns begin to fire, random assaults from missiles, automatic weaponry and laser-cannons rang out, but where all silenced by one defining blast, the force of which was so great that it knocked the small fox to the ground, his pack falling off and sliding across the metal flooring. Groaning, Miles tried to pull himself up, and he saw the figure slowly advancing towards him. His ears made out the distinct sound of metal clanking against metal, and he realized the cloak the figure was wearing was made entirely of chain links. As the figure was about half- way through the room, it's head turned as a large Blast Door opened on the side of the room and massive amounts of G.U.A.R.D. personnel and robots opened fire on the figure.
Shooting into the air, one of the figure's arms thrust out and its hand opened. A sudden flash and blast of energy emitted from the hedgehog's palm, causing another massive explosion in front of the personnel, sending their bodies through the air like dolls before the figure shot through the flames and smoke into the troops. Miles heard screams and yells, guns being fired, more explosions. Before he could get up and find his pack, someone grabbed him and began to run. Miles struggled, but before he could get away, a small door closed behind him and the man holding him, and he felt a sudden burst of acceleration.
The man dropped Miles to the floor and ran through another door. Miles ran to the door he had been carried through and saw the space colony slowly moving away; he was in an escape pod. Staring in awe, he watched red flames burst out from a small area of the colony, pieces of ARK breaking off around the flames before a white flash followed by a delayed burst, caused the entire area of ARK to explode in a massive ball of light; everything was incinerated. Miles let out a cry as he realized the Chaos Emeralds where still in his pack, which had been knocked off in the hanger. Hitting himself against the metal door, staring helplessly through the thick glass, Miles screamed to get out; even though there was nothing he could do from here. Tears ran down his cheeks as it sank in that he had failed his mission. "Everyone was depending on me!!" He screamed, hitting his small fists against the door. Pressing his forehead up to the glass, Miles stared out in sorrow.
His eyes suddenly shot open and he stared in fear as he saw seven trails of colors begin to fall towards the earth, red lines mixed with the colors of the objects themselves formed as they plummeted through the atmosphere towards Planet Earth.
The door slammed against the wall; the doorknob breaking through the drywall as the man ran outside before stopping dead in the center of the yard and staring up into the sky, the sun reflecting off of his glasses as he watched streaks of blue and red traverse the sky, traveling at thousands of miles per hour as they headed on crash-courses to all different corners of the world. Eggman simply stood still as the blue hedgehog, red echidna and white bat came running out, also immediately staring up at the streaks in the heavens. Sonic's teeth gritted and his hand formed a fist before he stormed back into the house. Knuckles sighed, lowering his head. Rouge copied him, taking his gloved hand and she patted him on the back, slowly looking back into the house grimly for any signs of Sonic.
Eggman slowly lowered his head before adjusting his glasses and turning to the two. Pausing for a moment, he swallowed, and then began walking inside. "Gather everyone in the lab... we have to track these things down before anyone else does..." With that, he closed his eyes and continued into the house, turning a corner and walking down the stairs to his lab.
Plates came crashing down as Sonic yelled out in fury, bashing his fist into the refrigerator door. Amy and Cream where holding each other in the living room, tears streaming down their faces as they wept. Sonic slammed his fist into the refrigerator again and fell forward, holding himself up and staring at the floor, his teeth gritted together as tight as they would go.
"... Tails..." Sonic slowly said through his rage. "... Why did you go...?" He closed his eyes, tears falling down to the floor as he brought himself up and threw his head back "WHY DID YOU GO!?"
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The air rushed around him and everything was a blur as he spiraled downward, loud explosions blasting holes everywhere. The Orange Fox spiraled his tails and propelled himself forward, pulling himself out of the dive and shooting into the hallway ahead. The patrol robot that had seemingly seized to know of Mile's existence on ARK after he had entered the room with the Eclipse Cannon was now chasing after him again; it had only taken the robot a few seconds to open fire on Miles after he had dashed out through the blast door, and now it was barreling after him, taking corners just as fast as he was.
Miles tried to lose it, suddenly turning and going up and down random staircases, but the robot wasn't deterred at all and never lost any ground on him. Miles whipped out his map and made a sharp turn to the right, barely avoiding a barrage of bullets that causes an explosion further down the hallway he had just turned out of, sending flames bursting past the hallway he was now almost across. Coming towards the end of the hall, Miles fell to his feet and began to run, propelling himself forward with his tails.
The hallway suddenly opened up into a massive hanger, and Miles skidded to a halt, terror-stricken; the room was filled with G.U.A.R.D. robots and personnel, who seemed to have been waiting for him. However, seemed was the key-word in Mile's mind, for all of the units had seemed just as startled by him as he was by them. The ones closest to him rounded on him, pointing their rifles at his chest and demanding he threw down his pack; Miles saw the large mech. units facing an opposing blast door, and gulped. Slowly reaching for his pack, he whimpered.
Miles let out a cry as the Blast Door on the opposing side of the room erupted in a massive explosion, G.U.A.R.D. personnel where thrown all over, and the mechs near the blast where knocked down on their sides, quickly squirming to get back up as a short black figure began to walk through the flames and emerged in the room. Mile's eyes opened wide in shock, and his first reaction was to yell out to his best friend Sonic. But he caught himself and stared in awe; the figure of the hedgehog, standing there, staring into the room, cloaked concealing its body, was completely blackened out. Whether naturally, or just an effect of the thick bright flames, Miles wasn't sure. But the bright red eyes of the hedgehog told Miles that it was NOT his best friend.
Rounding, Miles heard guns begin to fire, random assaults from missiles, automatic weaponry and laser-cannons rang out, but where all silenced by one defining blast, the force of which was so great that it knocked the small fox to the ground, his pack falling off and sliding across the metal flooring. Groaning, Miles tried to pull himself up, and he saw the figure slowly advancing towards him. His ears made out the distinct sound of metal clanking against metal, and he realized the cloak the figure was wearing was made entirely of chain links. As the figure was about half- way through the room, it's head turned as a large Blast Door opened on the side of the room and massive amounts of G.U.A.R.D. personnel and robots opened fire on the figure.
Shooting into the air, one of the figure's arms thrust out and its hand opened. A sudden flash and blast of energy emitted from the hedgehog's palm, causing another massive explosion in front of the personnel, sending their bodies through the air like dolls before the figure shot through the flames and smoke into the troops. Miles heard screams and yells, guns being fired, more explosions. Before he could get up and find his pack, someone grabbed him and began to run. Miles struggled, but before he could get away, a small door closed behind him and the man holding him, and he felt a sudden burst of acceleration.
The man dropped Miles to the floor and ran through another door. Miles ran to the door he had been carried through and saw the space colony slowly moving away; he was in an escape pod. Staring in awe, he watched red flames burst out from a small area of the colony, pieces of ARK breaking off around the flames before a white flash followed by a delayed burst, caused the entire area of ARK to explode in a massive ball of light; everything was incinerated. Miles let out a cry as he realized the Chaos Emeralds where still in his pack, which had been knocked off in the hanger. Hitting himself against the metal door, staring helplessly through the thick glass, Miles screamed to get out; even though there was nothing he could do from here. Tears ran down his cheeks as it sank in that he had failed his mission. "Everyone was depending on me!!" He screamed, hitting his small fists against the door. Pressing his forehead up to the glass, Miles stared out in sorrow.
His eyes suddenly shot open and he stared in fear as he saw seven trails of colors begin to fall towards the earth, red lines mixed with the colors of the objects themselves formed as they plummeted through the atmosphere towards Planet Earth.
The door slammed against the wall; the doorknob breaking through the drywall as the man ran outside before stopping dead in the center of the yard and staring up into the sky, the sun reflecting off of his glasses as he watched streaks of blue and red traverse the sky, traveling at thousands of miles per hour as they headed on crash-courses to all different corners of the world. Eggman simply stood still as the blue hedgehog, red echidna and white bat came running out, also immediately staring up at the streaks in the heavens. Sonic's teeth gritted and his hand formed a fist before he stormed back into the house. Knuckles sighed, lowering his head. Rouge copied him, taking his gloved hand and she patted him on the back, slowly looking back into the house grimly for any signs of Sonic.
Eggman slowly lowered his head before adjusting his glasses and turning to the two. Pausing for a moment, he swallowed, and then began walking inside. "Gather everyone in the lab... we have to track these things down before anyone else does..." With that, he closed his eyes and continued into the house, turning a corner and walking down the stairs to his lab.
Plates came crashing down as Sonic yelled out in fury, bashing his fist into the refrigerator door. Amy and Cream where holding each other in the living room, tears streaming down their faces as they wept. Sonic slammed his fist into the refrigerator again and fell forward, holding himself up and staring at the floor, his teeth gritted together as tight as they would go.
"... Tails..." Sonic slowly said through his rage. "... Why did you go...?" He closed his eyes, tears falling down to the floor as he brought himself up and threw his head back "WHY DID YOU GO!?"