Sonic woke up, once again groggy as an almost familiar panic took
over. Once again he checked himself to see if it really was a dream.
"Whoa, kid, calm down. I'm not gonna hurt you. You did pass out though."
Sonic looked up to see a fiery red-head looking at him, wearing a red vest and white t-shirt and, kneepads, jeans, worn out shoes, and biker gloves, kneeling right beside him. The voice seemed very familiar, however.
"Knuckles?" Sonic mumbled, being as he was still quite nauseous from switching between worlds.
"How'd you guess my nickname?" the guy asked with a wink. "However, I should have known you'd have blue hair."
"Wasn't my fault." Sonic continued to mumble.
Knuckles just rolled his eyes. "Look, I can see that you aren't to accustomed to the temporal sickness caused by dimension travel, and that without the whole Chaos Emerald we don't keep our original forms, and who knows what else, but at least we got here in one piece."
Sonic decided not to say anything.
"Look, we gotta find Robotnik. He's in this world with either Sally, the Bi-Dimensional Barrier Activation Device, or both, and we have no idea where to find him. So, use your fast wits and get us to the 'big bad man' before anything else can go wrong!" Knuckles explained.
Sonic nodded, getting to his feet. "Well, I do know that I still have my speed in this world, but I don't have my spines, so I don't know if that'll be helpful or not. However, I do have an idea of where Robotnik is hiding."
"Yo, hang on," Knuckles said, "Tails is here too, though I don't know if he's in the same area. It might be best to look for him first."
"Tails!" Sonic cried out, suddenly remembering the young fox was involved in the transportation sequence too! Sonic was on his feet in no time, racing out the door of the boy's bathroom (as if he never left) and looked around frantically. Sure enough, talking to Cody, Carl, and Mrs. Anderson as they were beginning to leave, was a young, golden-haired boy with bangs, a stiff pigtail, and overalls.
As Sonic came closer, he heard the conversation between them, and smiled.
".and I ended up here. I'm still looking for Sonic, but I have the idea he's somewhere near here."
Mrs. Anderson smiled. "Well, if he was keeping track of time, then he should be here any minute."
"Tails!!"
"Sonic! Yay!!"
Tails almost tackled Sonic in a huge hug, thankful that the good friends were undivided yet again. Of course, Sonic returned the hug of his faithful friend.
Knuckles then walked up to the happy little group. "Name's Knuckles," he said, nodding at Mrs. Anderson. "I'd like to thank you for taking care of the hot-headed friend of mine."
Mrs. Anderson laughed. "Don't worry about it; He was an angel! By the way, what's wrong with you're hands?"
Knuckles looked at his palms, fingers spread (yes, he actually had fingers) and said, "I think you're just looking at my knuckles. Looks like I still have them in this world after all."
Sonic nodded. "Now we just have to find Robotnik, and get Sally back. Luckily, I just happen to know where he is."
"Whoa, kid, calm down. I'm not gonna hurt you. You did pass out though."
Sonic looked up to see a fiery red-head looking at him, wearing a red vest and white t-shirt and, kneepads, jeans, worn out shoes, and biker gloves, kneeling right beside him. The voice seemed very familiar, however.
"Knuckles?" Sonic mumbled, being as he was still quite nauseous from switching between worlds.
"How'd you guess my nickname?" the guy asked with a wink. "However, I should have known you'd have blue hair."
"Wasn't my fault." Sonic continued to mumble.
Knuckles just rolled his eyes. "Look, I can see that you aren't to accustomed to the temporal sickness caused by dimension travel, and that without the whole Chaos Emerald we don't keep our original forms, and who knows what else, but at least we got here in one piece."
Sonic decided not to say anything.
"Look, we gotta find Robotnik. He's in this world with either Sally, the Bi-Dimensional Barrier Activation Device, or both, and we have no idea where to find him. So, use your fast wits and get us to the 'big bad man' before anything else can go wrong!" Knuckles explained.
Sonic nodded, getting to his feet. "Well, I do know that I still have my speed in this world, but I don't have my spines, so I don't know if that'll be helpful or not. However, I do have an idea of where Robotnik is hiding."
"Yo, hang on," Knuckles said, "Tails is here too, though I don't know if he's in the same area. It might be best to look for him first."
"Tails!" Sonic cried out, suddenly remembering the young fox was involved in the transportation sequence too! Sonic was on his feet in no time, racing out the door of the boy's bathroom (as if he never left) and looked around frantically. Sure enough, talking to Cody, Carl, and Mrs. Anderson as they were beginning to leave, was a young, golden-haired boy with bangs, a stiff pigtail, and overalls.
As Sonic came closer, he heard the conversation between them, and smiled.
".and I ended up here. I'm still looking for Sonic, but I have the idea he's somewhere near here."
Mrs. Anderson smiled. "Well, if he was keeping track of time, then he should be here any minute."
"Tails!!"
"Sonic! Yay!!"
Tails almost tackled Sonic in a huge hug, thankful that the good friends were undivided yet again. Of course, Sonic returned the hug of his faithful friend.
Knuckles then walked up to the happy little group. "Name's Knuckles," he said, nodding at Mrs. Anderson. "I'd like to thank you for taking care of the hot-headed friend of mine."
Mrs. Anderson laughed. "Don't worry about it; He was an angel! By the way, what's wrong with you're hands?"
Knuckles looked at his palms, fingers spread (yes, he actually had fingers) and said, "I think you're just looking at my knuckles. Looks like I still have them in this world after all."
Sonic nodded. "Now we just have to find Robotnik, and get Sally back. Luckily, I just happen to know where he is."